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HE.MIST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 19TB.
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Jacksonville Tampa
St.Augustine Miami
est News
THREATENS TO
THEM CHIEF
BUT OF OFFICE
Jacksonville Mayor and Police
Clash—Fight for Control of
Department Grows.
JAt KSONVTLLE, Sept. 13.—Mayor
Van C. Swearingen this morning
threatened to have Chief of Police
I'rederick C. Roach thrown bodily out
of his office and another officer sub
stituted in his stead if he did not at
tend to his own business. Captain
Harry Hall also was ordered to at
tend to his own business by the May
or.
Both are alleged to have defied the
Mayor and told him to take any steps
regarding them he wished.
Further trouble in connection with
the efforts of the Mayor to control
the police force arose when Swearin
gen went to police headquarters and
iaid out his line of battle to Chief
Roach. The Mayor charges Roach,
who is under suspicion by him. with
giving orders to Clyde Davidson and
R. W. Willis, two discharged police
men. who have been employed by the
Mayor under his private direction.
Roach took exception to the remarks
of the Mayor by saying that he was
doing- a.-, he* saw fii and thought P
just and proper to tell the men any
thing that might personally assist
them.
Conditions in the police department
have come to such a pass now that
the safety of the city is endangered
and the people are demanding that
tlie warfare between the Mayor and
Board of Bond Trustees cease.
Country Schools
•Are in Fine Shape
Increase in Value of Buddings
Reaches $30,000—Local Taxa
tion the Cause.
WAYCROSS, Sept. 13.—Through
oeal taxation, which has been voted
in almost every district of Ware
'ounty, schools in the country dis
tricts have been greatly Improved in
ecent years.
The last report of the State Su
perintendent shows that the value of
school buildings in Ware, not includi
ng Waycross, jumped from $1,800 in
. 1908 to $30,000 in 1913. The gain was
made by the co-operative work of
>rogressive Ware County citizens.
The school term in Ware has been
lengthened by the increased funds
raised by locdl taxation, and the aver
age school in Ware is open for seven
and a half months, as compared to
six weeks and two months of a few
years back, when the funds would
not permit long terms.
TAMPA DOCTOR WEDS IN N. T,
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GROOM ft FORMER ATLANTAN
nil
PENNANT THAN
THE
W. J. Clark, President of Way-
cross Baseball Association,
Declines to Enter Race.
WAYCROSS, Sept. 13.—It devel
oped here to-day that W. J. Clark,
president of the Waycross Baseball
Association, kept out of the race for
Mayor of the city when virtually
promised his election, in order to give
Waycross a winning baseball team in
the Empire State League next year.
In other words, he’d rather have a
pennant than be Mayor.
Mr. Clark won't admit that base
ball kept him from running for May
or. but those who are close to him
have gotten next to the fact that but
for his interest in baseball he would
have announced over a week ago for
Mayor instead o fdecllnlng to become
a candidate. Had his statement been
made as he really felt he would have
had the newspapers say, “For base-
Peck of Gold Coins
Found in Bayou Bed
Treasure Chest Believed to Have j
Been Buried by Spaniards Over
Century Ago.
PENSACOLA, Sept. 13.—Charles
Villar, who several weeks ago found
about a peck of Spanish coins in Ba
you Chico, near Pensacola, in receipt
of advices from Washington that tile
coins are pure and worth bullion
price. Villar says before disposing
of the money he will place it on ex
hibition at the Pensacola Interstate
Fair. The coins are more than 100
years old, and the treasure chest
found by Villar is thought to have
been deposited in the bayou by Span
iards a century ago.
FIGHT STARTS FOR CHILD
IN HARRISON TRAGEDY
SAVANNAH. Sept. 13.—An echo of
the Harrison-Hester tragedy has
reached the court of the Ordinary in
the form of a petition for the cus
tody of Ruth Hester’s 3-year-old
•hild, Howard Bernice Hester.
J. S. Harrison, a farmer, asks the
court to require the child’s grand
mother, Mrs. Laura E. Exley, to sur
render the child io him on the ground
that the Hester woman. Just before
he died, gave the child to him.
Ruth Hester was killed by Hugh
Harrison, with whom she had been
living. He has been convicted of the
slaying and sentenced to life impris
onment.
FLORIDA U. S. MARSHAL’S
RESIGNATION DEMANDED
PENSACOLA, Sept. 13.—T. F. Mc-
lourrin. United States Marshal for
he Northern district of Florida, b’
-aid to have received a peremptory
• equest for his immediate resigna
tion This action was taken by At
torney General McReynolds immedi
ately ‘after he had sent the name of
r. D. Perkins*. Pensacola, to the Sen
ate as the successor of McGourrln.
McGourrin been in office several
"ears* under Republican administra-
iions His resignation was asked for
wo or three months ago, but he re
fused to submit it.
COLLEGE BREAKS RULES
TO ACCOMMODATE PUPILS
AMT.RICT'S. Sept. 13.—The Third Dis-
rict Agricultural and Mechanical Lol
lop is so crowded it was necessary to
violate one of the rules of the institu
tion it is explicitly stated in the cat
alogue tlrat the school will on'y allow
students to live in the dormitories.
Both the girls and boys dormitories are
row.led to their full capacity and the
older boys ami girls are being allowed
the privilege of rooming with private
families. , .
The attendance has already passed
the 100 mark and pupils* are coining in
on every train
HAH ALL COWS
Farmers’ Union Has Agreed to
Furnish Posts if Citizens
Will Construct Fence.
WAYURpSS. Sept. 13.—The great
wall of China is going to have a rival
Waycross is eoing to be “walled in,”
or to be more explicit, is going to ba
fenced in to keep the country cows
and hogs and goats from making
bankrupts of their owners who have
to d!g for stockade costs just as often
as the aforesaid cattle roam in Way*
cross.
Fencing the city is going to be an
easier proposition than was first
thought, too, but it is going to cost
not less than $2,500. The Farmers'
Union has discussed the question it
length and has tentative!*- agreed ‘o
furnish the •'Oatl toT the “city fence.”
People in the city who want to help
the farmers and who have cattle they
would like to stop paying fines on will
endeavor to raise the necessary
money to construct ♦*'- fence.
Eight Miles in Length.
By using fences on or very nea r
the city limits it has been found that
a fence of eight miles will accomplish
what is desired. Automatic gates
have been proposed for all main high
ways, so that people entering or leav
ing the city will not be put to any
great trouble in getting out of th*
fenced-in city.
A committee from those interested
in the fence question has aroused the
interest of the County Commissioners,
and members of the board are now
investigating the matter before mak
ing a report on a petition for assist
ance of a financial nature. It Is be
lieved the fence will be built without
delay, as many favor it as an easy so
lution of not only the cow question
but also the goat and hog troubles.
/Menagerie' Coach
Will Tour the South
Central of Georgia'Will Send Live
Stock Exhibit to Various
Fairs.
Mrs. Rowlett Was New York Belle
Who Had Spent Several
Winters in Florida.
TAMPA, Sept. 13.—A wedding of
interest to Tampa society this week
was that of Miss Gregory Walker, a
popular young society girl of New
York City, to Dr. William M. Row
lett, a prominent young physician of
Tampa, which took place Wednesday-
evening at the Cathedral of St. John
the Divine. New Y T ork.
Caius Rowlett, of Tampa, brother
of the bridegroom, acted as best man,
being the only attendant. Hewitt Hill
Walker, brother of the bride, gave
her away.
Immediately after the wedding the
young couple left for Canada and
other points for a visit of several
weeks. They will be at home to their
friends after October 1 at No. 825
South Rome avenue, Suburb Beauti
ful.
Mrs. Rowlett is a niece of Mr. and
Mrs. Hewitt Hill and has spent sev
eral winters in Tampa with her moth
er. Last winter they were at the
Padgett place on the Boulevard for
several months.
Dr. Rowlett is a very successful
and well-known young physician who
hits practiced in Tampa for four
years. He is a graduate of the At
lanta College of Medicine and has
taken post-graduate courses in the
North. Before coming to Tampa he
was for some time house surgeon at
the Presbyterian Hospital, Atlanta.
FORMAL OPENING OF
WAYCROSS COUNTRY CLUB
FOR STATE GUARD
Jacksonville Lawyer Saves For
mation of First Regiment
Being Disbanded.
ball reasons," instead of “For busi
ness reasons.”
Hard Worker.
Ever since his election to head the
local association Mr. Clark has been
a hard worker for the local organiza
tion and he has strong hopes of Way-
cross making a much better showing
another year. To be Mayor of Way-
cross is no small honor, and to de
cline the position to help Waycross
in a pennant chase is ceTtainly some
indication of the interest that is be-
i ing taken this far in advance of the
1914 season.
The reserve list which lias been
forwarded to National Secretary Far
rell includes the names of McManus
Jones, Shuman, Fenton, Anderson,
Clark, Rafferty. Coveney was given
his release, it being understood that
this would be done when he Joined
the team.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 12.—The Cen
tral Railroad “menagerie coach" -the
exhibit car used in the transportation
of horses, pigs and various and sun
dry live stock for exhibition pin-
poses in charge of Troy G. Chastain,
the road’s agricultural expert, will
again this year make an extended
tour covering the better portion of
the fall months.
The plan of furnishing exhibits to
fall fairs in Georgia. Alabama and
other States traversed by the Central
was inaugurated last year.
The special car used in transport
ing the animals and exhibits will
leave Montgomery on September 29,
and will visit Columbus, Augusta,
Atlanta and numerous smaller cities
before winding up its itinerary on
December 1 at Atlanta, where a pre
tentious exhibit will be made in con
nection with the State Corn Club
show.
'Everybody Tango,'
But Two Orchestras
Couldn't Stand Pace
Musicians Fall From Exhaustion, but
Tampa Dancers Cry for More.
Just Couldn’t Get Enough.
TAMPA, Sept. 13.—Had the tango
pedometer been attached to the an
kles of any of the buds who took
part in the dance given by J. C. Mc
Kay at the Country Club Wednesday
night they would have broken all
records.
“For once we'll have just all the
dancing we want,” said Mr, McKay.
Consequently he engaged two or
chestras instead of one, with orders
to relay when the pace got too hot,
so that there was continuous music
for three straight hours.
Then the two orchestras played out,
but still there were crieH for more
music.
“Never let it be said that I didn't
do my best,'* said Collins Gillett, and
he went to the pianola.
Collins is something of an athlete,
but he played out in less than an
hour, and there were still shouts for
"Encore.” They didn't get it.
Can Serve No Quail
In Restaurants or
Hotels in Florida
Game Laws Have Practically Retired
Game Birds From Markets.
May Change Name.
JACKSONVILLE. Sept. 13. — Quail
have been practically retired from tlie
market in Florida because of the
strict State laws now in force for the
protection of the game birds.
Under the law. not only may hotel
proprietors who serve quail be pros
ecuted, but any person who buys and
eats a prohibited bird at a hotel or
restaurant out of season may be
prosecuted, according to D. J. Her
rin. who was recently appointed Game
Warden in this county by State Game
Warden E. Z. Jones,
In order to avoid prosecution, it is
said, the hotel men will serve the
toothsome birds under another name,
but as Herrin anticipates this* trick,
arrests are expected when they try it.
REFUSES TO POSTPONE
FALL TERM OF CITY COURT
WAYCROSS, Sept. 13.—Judge John
C. McDonald has refused to listen to
the numerous requests sent him by
local and out-of-town attorneys ask
ing that the September term of City
Court, due to open Monday, be post
poned a tew weeks. Judge McDon
ald has informed Clerk Berry that
court will open Monday on scheduled
time, 10 ft. m.
Much business will be continued
because of the illness of Senator J.
L. Sweat.
Pensacola Tallahassee
Gainesville Lake City
FOIGQQO RDADS SIX GINDIDATES
UP ITS CDNVIGTS FOR MAYDRALTY
Result in Ware County Is Such as
to Arouse the Enthusiasm
of Citizens as a Whole.
SUES PULLMAN COMPANY
FOR $10,000 DAMAGES
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 13. -Be-
cause those in charge of the car
would not assist her into an upper
berth or give her a lower one and
would not look ntter her baggage,
which was lost. Mrs. G. C. Mattox, of
Kissimmee, has entered suit in Fed
eral Court against the Pullman Com
pany for $10,000.
WAYCROSS, Sept. IS.-—Waycross
people are so enthusiastic over the
good road work being done In Ware
County that it is very doubtful if
the City Council requests the Coun
ty Commissioners to bring the chain-
gang into Waycross for the month
and a half's work made compulsory
under the amendment to the act ere- '
ating the county board.
Under the law the gang must.be
worked in Waycross on main streets
45 days of this year and 90 of each
succeeding year. But the gang is at
present working on a road all of
Waycross is interested in and hopes
to see completed from the city limits
to the Coffee County line.
To demand the gang would put an
end to this work, and because of this
it is reported that the county will be
urged to continue the hard surface
road construction.
Highway Nenrs Completion.
The Waycross-Millwood highway
is rapidly nearing completion, and
while two months' work will be nec
essary to finish the Job, people of
the city whp have inspected the road
are of the opinion that it is worth
all that has been put on it.
The policy of the county board has
undergone a radical change so far as
road work is concerned. As little
opening up of roads as possible is
being done, the main efforts being
devoted to tlie hard surfacing and
improving of the principal highways
of the county. When the Millwood
road is finished it is quite probable
that the next one to be tackled will
be the road leading to Manor, in the
western part of the county. The
Commissioners are being compliment
ed on all sides for the road work and
citizens generally are pleased to
know that Ware is at last getting
good roads.
Drew $6,000 Salary;
Gave Wife Nothing
! Charged in Divorce Petition That
Florida Man D d Not Provide
for Current Needs!
TAMPA. Sept. 13.- Mrs. Iola Annie
j Holmes, who is suing her husband,
| sou of County Commissioner Holmes,
I of Jacksonville, for divorce, says that
I lie did not supply her with money
hfor her current needs, though he has
an income of $6,00 a year.
She claims he kept drunk constant
ly :in;I did not provide a home for
j her, requiring her to live in a Frank
lin street rooming house.
Waycross Office Attracts Man;
Patriots—J. E. T. Bowden De
clines to Run for Place.
WAYCROSS, Sept. 13.— With tw4
candidates already in the race fot
Mayor, two others about to announce
and two or three more well-know*
citizens seriously considering tin
matter, the fall city campaign is nov#
open and is destined to be one of tit#
warmest known in years. The chip
didates who have announced are Dc
H. A. (’annon and J W. Strickland
Tiie latter was for eleven years elerP
of City Council, and has many friendl
throughout this section who wil
watch with interest his campaign.
J. E. T. Bowden, who was slated t#
become a candidate, has issued J
statement declining to run. He sa,\J
he wants to lead the fight against tli4
city charter amendments which will
be voted on at a special election it)
Waycross in October. Mr. Bowde*
has been considered one of th!
strongest men discussed for the of*
flee of Mayor, and in view of thi
splendid showing he made when hi
ran against A. M. Knight and J. Ml
Cox a few years ago, his friends feel
confident of his election. His refusal
to run has caused a lot of disappoint*
ment. James Sinclair, former Aide-*
man from the First, has said he will
not be a candidate.
Two citizens who will likely an*
nounce shortly are W. J. Clark am?
Alderman Scott T. Beaton. The lat*
ter’s announcement may he mail!
next week. Others considering th4
matter are Dr. J. L. Walker and J. L
Crawley. The last-named is one oJ
the Representatives of Ware.
No Aldermanic announcement!
have appeared so far, but by the end
of the month it is expected that a|
least fifteen candidates will be in th#
field.
FAILED TO PA ( ALIMONY.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13 For failure
to comply with the order of the c6urt
which granted Mrs. Beulah Kelly a
divorce from her husband, G. J. Kellv,
with alimony, Judge Walter W. Shep
pard has ordered the husband to ap
pear in the Superior Court at Hines-
ville on September 18 and show cau.*e
why he should not be adjudged in
contempt.
Decided Decrease
In Infant Death Rate
Rigid Dairy Inspection Shows Ro
suits in Tampa—Report
of Expert.
TAMPA, Sept. 13.—The success oJ
Tampa's pure food department \i
shown by the fact that 2,600 dairj
cows were inspected last year and 4Ll
showed tuberculosis, while of tht
same number inspected this year bul
97 reacted.
The figures are given in Chief R. I!
Gordon’s report, made public to-day
i Tiie Hillsborough Medical Society ii
authority for the statement that th<
work has greatlj- depressed the in J
fant deatii rate.
BROWN TO BE U. S. MARSHAL.
LAKELAND, Sept. 13. -It can In
stated with authority that John G
Brown, of this city, will be namei;
United States Marshal to succeed
John F. Horr. of Key West.
WAYCROSS. Sept. 13.—Grading of
the approaches to the handsome new
home recently erected for the Way-
cross Country club will be rushed
next -week so that everything will be
in shape for the formal opening of
the home on October 1. This date
has been fixed for the opening, and
there is every indication that the
grounds and buildings will be ready
for the big event.
Work on the gounds about the
home will be continued until the en
tire tract surrounding the home is a
beauty spot.
SAVANNAH MAIL CLERK
GETS NATIONAL OFFICE
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—Savannah
was given recognition at the national
convention of the United National
Association of Postoffice Clerks,
which has just closed its session in
Cleveland. Ohio, by the election of
A. J. Gannon, a mailing clerk in the
local postoffice. to a place on the
national finance committee
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 13.—To
Lewis Landes, a young Hebrew law
yer of this city, belongs the credit
for saving the* regimental formation
of the First Regiment, National Guard
of Florida, from being disbanded.
When orders were issued by the
War Department at Washington re
cently, that unless the regiment were
enlisted up to the required strength
it would be disbanded, Landes, who
is a recent comer to Jacksonville and
has had military experience in the
National Guard of New York, deter
mined to enlist a company, composed
entirely of members of his own race. |
His efforts to secure recruits met
with immediate success and at a re
cent meeting at the Armory, called
for the purpose of arousing renewed
interest in the military organization
of the State, a number of men came
forward and signed their names to
the muster roll.
Since then, Landes has been un
ceasing in his efforts to secure enough
men for a full company, and the com
mand was mustered into the service
last Friday.
Landes has been elected captain
of the company, with Samuel R.
H“rscovitz and Clarence H. McDon
ald as lieutenants. Members of the
company are showing considerable
aptitude for military life and Captain
Landes expects the command to be
come the crack company of the State.
Trial by Jury in
Bankrupt Case Is
First in History
Involves One of the Largest Concerns
in South Georgia—Company
Claims Solvency.
Deer Poachers in
So. Georgia Active
Horns and Butchered Meat Found in
Vandals' Tracks on Pri
vate Preserves.
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GEORGIA EXPERTS TO
FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—State agri
cultural experts are preparing for the
invasion of the Mexican boll weevil,
which, it is predicted, will reach Geor
gia in two years. J. Walter Hen
dricks. district agent of the Boys’
Corn Clubs and Connected with the
State College of Agriculture, at Ath
ens, is now in Louisiana and Missis
sippi, where the peat has already
worked havoc.
MAJOR LAWTON GIVEN
THE FIRST BATTALION
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—Having re.
celved his commission, Major A. R.
Lawton, Jr., of the First Infantry
Regiment, has been assigned by Colo
nel M. J. O’Leary, commanding, to
command of tin?. First Battalion.
WAYCROSS, Sept. 13.—Consider
able Interest is being shown here in
the approaching hearing by a jury at
Savannah of the Beach Manufactur
ing Company’s case, scheduled for
Monday.
Besides being the first bankruptcy
petition to be passed on by a Jury
in the United States Court, Southern
District of Georgia, the case involves
one of the largest concerns in South
Georgia.
W. R. Beach, president of the com
pany that creditors have been en
deavoring to place in bankruptcy, has
made his home In Waycross for a
number of years. Waycross attor
neys. with attorneys from Baxley and
Macon, represent the Beach Manu
facturing Company. Creditors are
represented by Macon attorneys, and
the legal fight is being anticipated
with more than usual concern. Sev
eral hundred thousand dollars is the
amount involved in the case.
In resisting the bankruptcy pro
ceedings the Beach Company has con
tended that it was a Solvent concern
and not in the condition alleged by
the bankruptcy petition.
THOM ASVTLLE. Sept. 13.—Re
ports of recent violations of the game
law in this and Grady County are
not without foundation Deer have
been found dead In some of the
swamps, and horns and pieces of
butchered meat have been discovered.
Tracks have been found leading into
preserves.
Near the Grady County line one
place which is well stocked with deer
has suffered heavily from these dep
redations, and the owners are making
every effort to find the parties who
violated the game law.
Both deer and turkeys are plentiful
here this year, and it is expected the
hunting will be very fine, and parties
who have no respect for the game
laws will undoubtedly be prosecuted
if caught.
Woman Celebrates
Her 104th Birthday
Direct Descendants Number Nearly
500—Remarkable Mental
Faculties.
MOULTRIE. Sept. 13.—Mrs. Delilah
Drawdy, of Berrien County, who re
cently celebrated her 104th birthday,
Is remarkable not only for her longev
ity and multidunious progeny, in that
she is one of the very few who have
lived to attain great age that has no
rule for others to follow in order
that they may cross the century mark
hale and hearty. She explains her
long sojourn on this earth by saying:
“I just didn’t die."
In spite of the weight of her year*;
I Mrs. Drawdy still has remarkable
j possession of her mental faculties, h^r
1 sight is as good as it was when she
was a girl and she spends long hours
| quilting, this being her chief diver-
i ftion.
Her direct descendants number
I nearly 500. all of whom live in this
i section of the State
Marion Lucas Gets
Savannah Postoffice
Newspaper Man Is Named to Succeed
Marcus S. Baker, Who
Resigned.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—Postmaster
Marcus S. Baker has complied with
[ the request of the Postoffice Depar*.-
I ment and tendered his resignation,
| and Marion Lucas has been named to
fill the vacancy
The resignation of Postmaster Ba
ker followed an investigation of the
office by inspectors. It is understood
that the resignation becomes effective
immediately. The necessary formali
ties for the transfer will be quickly
complied with.
STATE ENGINEER WILL
’ URGE DRAINAGE WORK
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—State
Drainage Engineer J. V. Phillips has
returned from an inspection trip in
North Georgia.
In Banks County his examination
was made out from Commerce, a sec
tion he found to be very much in
need of proper drainage. Along Snap
ping Shoals Creek, in Newton Coun
ty. is another territory he believes
needs attention, as wel] us a large
swamp along the Oconee River, neat
Milledgevillcvjr. Baldwin County.
Ml
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in a carton, is to protect it from
flies, rodents, roaches and
all forms of insect life and dirt
You know that in the Grocery Store each night
rats hold revelry in the rice barrel.
To guard against this unhappy condition, merely
state
on your grocery order
10c and 25c
packages
Book of Recipes on Application to
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