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HE.MIST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 19TB. 11 A 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, +•+ *•* •:-»+ 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. HEN jh •mm, Uhe object ot putting our • ti 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 •••I 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 NEW ORLEANS. LA -J \