davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-18
DIR. M. II. WHEELER
dentist

Office in Bell Bldg, Lamar st. Just
opposite Postoffice.
Office Phone 7S5. Residence Phone 2S6.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-18

If you don't see what you want
in these columns ask for it at one
cent a word.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-18
Scab0Pd Air Line

Leave Aericus for Cordele, Ro-
chelle, Abtille, Helena, Lyons, Col
Inns, Savahh, Columbia, Richmond
'oItsmoutlnd points East and South.
1881 p. m.
1926 q. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20
SAN BENIT0 Is
PLEASED WITH
THE HERALD

Frank W. Roberts, proprietor Of the Al
cove confectionery at San Benito. and
agent there for The Brownsville Herald,
was in the city today ON business. Mr..
Roberts said hat he was greatly pleased
with the reception being gwen The Herald
by the people of San Benito. lie said that
the paper J. looked for every afternoon,
and that II j. the only paper 10 reach San
Benito on the day the news happens it i
being sought more and more every day.
Mr.. Roberts stated also that the people
of San Benito have rome 20 realize that
the Herald gives Il more diverse class of
and more of it than any paper reach
ing that city on the day Of publication.
Mr.. Roberts returned to San Benito this
afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

The first tarpon ~ the season has
been landed on Tarpon Beach, Padre
Island. q. L. Scott. government cntomol
ogist in the South Texas Gardens, was
the lucky man. The big fellow measur-
ed exactly seventy-two inches. or six
feet i'm length. by a tape line. ana mis-
weight was estimated by the two men
that carried him a short distance al one
hundred and fifty pounds.
The tarpon was caught In remarkable
short time. due 10 the fact that when he
took the line he started la toward shore
with the tide instead of going out To sea
Ms il usually the ease with this species
Of the finney tribe. MIR. Scott. with Tel
esfero Pcna. Jr.. handling skiff. depart
cd from the life saving station ON Bra
zos Island al 1890 o'clock last Friday
morning. Fifteen minutes later the fish
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20
5000 EMPLOYERS
IN TEXAS MUST
SEND REPORTS

Austin, Texas, August 20.-Approxi-
mately 5000 employers in Texas, engaged
in various kinds Of industrial activities
and employing five or more persons, today
were being notified by the State Depart
ment of Labor that within ihe next sixty
days they must send a report on their
business for statistical purposes.
between August l, 1912, and August l, this
year, and show the number Of employees,
character of the industry, nativity and sex
of employees, number of accidents to en-
ployes and number Of employees owning
their homes; also il the concern be oper-
ated by an individual or corporation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20
EQUALIZERS
HEAR PLANT .
OF TAXPAYERS

The county board of equalization is busy
with the taxpayers, and a large crowd was
in the county court room this morning,
having been cited to appear before that
body. About six hundred taxpayers have
been served with citations 10 appear before
the board and they are coming in very fast,
about thirty a day appearing. The board
will be in session daily until they complete
their work on taxation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20
FIRST TARPON OF SEASON
LANDED IN As MINUTES

was ON the line. Forty-five minutes later
he was landed.
Mr. Scott said that though the strug
gle lasted only forty-five minutes, II was
fast and furious while IL did last The
big fellow darted almost instantly In
the direction Of the shore. saving the
angler and the boatman a long chase ont
into the open sea. Reaching shallow wa
ter ne found resistance more and more
difficult, finally giving up TO the sports.
man.
Mr.. Scott arrived In Brownsville last
night from Brazos Island. having spent
the past two weeks there camping out
He brought with him a few scales from
the tarpon. one OF them measuring
slightly more than three inches I'm IT,
greatest diameter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

Footwear has never been SO effective
or charming a. il l. M present
Italian t%roubadour wraps Of fur are
said TO be a Of the coming fashions.
Pile fabrics will be much used for the
perfectly straight, long TUNES.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20
TINY PLTMES.

Beige straw hats for little girls are
trimmed with b~right-colored tiny plumes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20
NOTICE or ANNUAL MEETING.

Notice II hereby given that the annual
meeting II the stockholders, and the an
nnal meetine of the Board Of Directors
az the San Benito x Rio Grande Valley
Railway Company, has each been called
and will be held nj the principal office
~ said Railway Company in the City Of
san. Benito, in Cameron County, Texas,
on he 10Th day OF August. at 10 o'clock
An the forenoon, A. ID. 1914.
At said meetings such business will bc
transacted as may properly come before
said annual meetings, respectively.
Given under my hand and attested by
the seal ~ said Company on this, the
nth day of July. A. d., 1914.
:. A. ROBERTSON,
President.
Attest:
/. q. BRYAN, Secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

No woman who has had n cape -
quite happy till she gets another.
Long, full sleeves Of tulle are used on
corsages that are very low.
Mourning bags are made Of finely knit.
ted silk in black and white stripes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

Rio Grande Railway Company.

Time Table No. IA. between Brownsville
.,d Point Isabel. Effective Saturday,
August !. 1914.
Days Other Than Saturday or Sunday.
urcssnsvilIe- Point Isabel
Teavc. 8 80 a. W.. Arrive. 10 900 a. m.
Arrive. 100 p. m !. Leave. 4:3O p. m.
Saturday.
rnave. g 80 am. Arrive. 10 90 p. m.
Arrive. $50 p. m. Leave. 800 p. m.
T-.vs a 90 D. m. Arrive. $50 p. m.
= Sunday.
T~~fve. 7:3O "A. H.. Leave. 800 a. m.
T~eve..e00 a. M. Arrive. 10 80 a. m
a~~;ve. 40 D. n. Leave. 100 p. N.
ID. A. O'BRlEN,
vice President and General Manager.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

Batteries: Harper, Shaw. Bentley, Bar
ron and Ainsmith; Weilman, Mitchell and
Agnew.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

Batteries Wood and Cady; Scott, Walsh
and Schalk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

Batteries: Leonard and Carrigan; Benz
and Schalk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

A charming finish To the ends Of "A tow
el IN a design Of elongated peacocks work
ed i'm cross-stitch.
The all around tunic should be avoided
bv the woman who IL either short or
Sfouf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

Batteries: Bressler, Pennock, Bush and
Schang; Williams, Oldham, Baker and
Stanage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

Put plenty Of %turpentine In boxes wheI
putting away winter clothes; moths viii
not modest them
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-20

Batteries Brown, kcatins and Sweeney
Steen and Egan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

prices" said native lady, but the
government closes them when they try
to do 1t. You understand, monsieur,
they would just as soon" She means
that the grocers, too, have caught the
boarding fever They would rather
keep their stock than sell at normal
figures. But the government won't
So, between getting their doors shut
and opened twice a day by govern
ment. they drag out their sales hours
slowly, slowly. aided by disputes, mis-
understandings, hagglings and potter
ings.
Yet the common Swiss seem almost
better or than In normal times-I
mean those on the edge Of small
means. An elegant American lady, of
perhaps forty-fve, in black for the loss
Of her son in an Alpine tragedy, sat
lonely, after dinner. in the lounge of
the Beau-Sejour. She looked SO sad
I spoke to her. She was Mrs B,
Of Cleveland. living in her villa at
Morges, with her daughter, who is
married to a wealthy young Swiss, an
officer in the landwehr. Just as the
daughter went to Lausanne clinic
to have her first baby tho husband
was ordered to the Swiss mobilization.
And the clinic. crowded with like
emergency cases, had no room for the
young wife's mamma. M. Pasche adj
mitted her to the Beau-Sejour, though
1 cannot imagine where he found a
bedroom. And she. prospective grand
ma, SO young and sympathetic, an
American lady very much abroad and
very lonely, sat hopping her eyes in
introduced her to the group Of
American women who hold together,
here, very beautifully-from my own
mother. their doyenne, to. lovely
ed by Mrs. R. because her mother is
in a Lausanne clinic, while her father
and brothers are Russian officers at
war.
ting her Morges villa. she wanted to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

give considerable stock Of live chick
ems and pigeons and great garden
full of vegetables to tho working ma.
sa,a tn. need to Ss go5
OF requisitioning all those things Of
yours for the common good"
-.
Mrs. B., who arrived with a small
trunk, hand satchel and wonderful jew
els on hands and neck, had been allowed
to draw only 500 from her ample ac-
count in the Morges Bank.
1t is the boarding period, and nobody
knows what Is to come. They talk Of
100000 combatants being thrown on
serves armed. from Boy Scouts to terri
They ia talk Of 100000 per day being
spent in transports. equipments, arma-
ments. powders, soldiers, food, Red Cross
work and the destruction Of towns, farms,
fields and growing crops.
They talk Of all factories being closed.
the countryside deserted and commerce
paralyzed In the great European coun-
tries. Banks will break, railroad trains
will stop running. ports will be closed.
great cities will suffer famine and gov
ernments will go bankrupt
No wonder Switzerland Is nervous.
Both France and Germany have again
solemnly guaranteed her neutrality. They
swear they will respect (which they
had no need to swear unless they
meant It.
Americans crowd into Switzerland. How
will they faro?
The Swiss hotel proprietors are acting
magnificently. They are feeding, lodg,
ing. laundrying and even paying small
shopping purchases for thousands OF
Americans. In return. the Americans ana
English Of many localities turned In anu
did the harvesting. These Swiss hotel
men are carrying for US. tied up In their
safes. vast quantities Of foreign bank
notes, with which those of US who have
them pay our bills. They are doing
miracles to keep hot water in the baths
tho elevators running, the bedroom. ain
ing room and lounge services fairly en-
Gent. when three-fourths of their men
have been mobilized. and even the lake
boats have reduced the service to two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

money today? France is open to the At
lantic SO banking and mails will improve
In France-which has also more gold
than Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Italy together. In Germany the situa-
ton is deplorable. the mails lacking. In
Austria, 1t is better, there being an open
ing through Italy. Italy Is a tourist land
still, but the army Is mobilized, and who
knows what will happen7 II Italy joins
the titanic struggle. the Mediterranean
may be a watery hell!
And Switzerland is as tell you.
How shall Americans get money? The
American women of this hotel furnish
ed funds to three girl school teachers,
passage paid on the Carpathia. Did
they Join tit VIII the Carpathia sail7
And II not, where will those girls got
moro money!
And all Of us, what can We dor
We can write and cable for more
money. direct. gilt-edged exchanges.
For the rest, we must live on credit.
And food boarding 10 beginning!
In a neutral land, mind you, two
days after the run on the banks. there
were runs on the grocers. The people
Of Lausanne plunge particularly on
entire hams, bacon. salt beef. tins Of
crackers and biscuits and all kinds
Of timed meats, vegetables and fruits,
dried peas. beans. lentils. meal and
breakfast food. But they are not par
ticular. If they cannot hoard ham,
they will hoard mustard. saw one
good dame buy six quarts Of orange
ade essence.
The Swiss government . forbfds the
sale Of certain products useful to the
army, e,E, candles, petroleum oil
and essence, and COLA oil, burned in
small hand lamps. Well. having to
buy a half pint Of olive oil for an
American lady's night lamp. 1 was re-
fused in four groceries although olive
oil is not on the taboo list.
This Is why SO many grocers are
closed half the day and have a squad
Of soldiers at their door when open.
'The grocers would have stopped the
run themselves : by - simply raising
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

EFTNED American
women. with their
pockets. full Of
money-and no I
sure Of a bed to
sleep in!
American women,
offering wads Of
bank notes - and
not able to bup a
penny bun! .s..
Wealthy Ameri-
caD fo,1r1efa who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

But is it right?
Ought we Americans be so beholden?
Ought not the United States do some
thing for Americans abroad? I do not
mean warships alone, to bring US home.
Do you know that thousands Of US lack
our trunks. our underwear and cash 70
buy the daily paper?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

My tea house refugees told me that ffve
American families had sat up all night
with them in tho Lausanne station. File
giant women. sitting on their trunks"
they said. young girls with them. Others
had no baggage. The train got in nine
hours late. at midnight. Most Of them
expected to draw money in the morning
What has become Of them7''
Surely, they did not get much money.
Even In neutral land the people sud-
denly went wild for gold. Besieging tho
banks. they demanded gold. gold. gold,
The banks refused to give gold. They
offered bags of silver dollars. Then the
people went wild for silver. Besieging
the banks. they demanded silver, silver,
silverl
The banks refused to give silver Then
the people went Wild to get their money
the Millionaire banks Of Switzerland, as
solid as Gibraltar. their vaults crammed
with German and French citizens de-
posits. Merely to stop the panic" they
jected Swiss and foreigners to MANY
rfgors.
It is the boarding period!
Among the best known Americans Of
summer, to avoid the heat, they come up
to Switzerland. For convenience, they
opened rather large account with the
Vaudois Cantonal Bank. Well, in the
first days of the panic. there came weep
ing to Mrs. R an American woman
acquaintance. II must get through to
Parisr" she sobbed. my husband Is to
land there. and II I wait for him to send
me money. can't get through. Tonight's
train is the last before French mobiliza-
tion."
what could Mrs. r. do? She loaned her
$50 in good gold and Swiss bills. When
Mr.. R. learned It, he said: You did well.
Matilda, but try not to do 1t again right
away. Then he told her how. with
$4,000 in the bank. on deposit at per
cent, It is true. and drawn on. regularly
only for current expenses< in summer
time. he had been allowed to take out
only $500. 1t made Mrs. r. excited. ''Tn
see the bank director myself" she said.
At the bank she bumped against q squad
Of Swiss soldiers and a clerk who snap
ped: CLOSED for today" But, by q side
door, she caught the director, drew a
check for 5000. and stuck it under his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

day for lack Of hands And we sleep
between clean sheets. wear clean linen.
eat tasty meals, and even have our
afternoon tea with musicI
Wonderful Swiss hotel proprietors!
Their houses are packed. We swarm
on them like hungry locusts. Yet they
have not raised . single price for any
bodyl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

provided amply for. their trip-and find
themselves suddenly pennilessl
Modest American tourists, counting
every dollar. with their passage homo
paid for . given date-and cannot reach
their boasI
Smart women, sitting on their trunks
and glad to do it-because hundreds can
not get their trunks through-wait for
their husbands to run from bank to bank,
and hotel to hotel. The hotels are full,
and banks refuse to honor good Amer
lean letters Of credit.
Such arc tho sights Of the panic and
boarding period that ushers in the great
European war, even in q neutral land
II. they do this in the green twig, what
shall II be in the dry7
The money disappeared by magic One
day. ~, were arrosantly demanding gold
In. change for our English, French and
American bank notes, and tho obsequious
shophsspsrs took back their swtss four
dollar and ten-dollar bills and gave us
the yellow metal. all We wanted. The
noxt day IL was our paper money that they
laughed a. and no shop in Lausanne
would change even German 1OO-mark
bill. A day later. the banks themselves
refused TO change them, and we had the
astonishing. spectacle Of Americans full of
good money and unable to buy q shoe
string.
Gold simply got out Of sight We had
deepised silver dollars (nve-franc or Ira
pieces, current all over when tho banks
began to give them out in bags, to re-
place gold. Now. any one who has gold
pieces boards them ferociously against
last bitter needs, and we hug silver dol
lars and forty-oent pieces as our best
friends. We don't spend them lightly.
In the greatest Lausanne tearooms
three gentle American tourist women en-
tered. exhausted. ready to fall. Their
hair was mussy. their clothes had the
creased look Of sitting up all night. Tea
and toast" they ordered. adding: Can
We have an egg" The waitress, her
self worn out by strain, personal trou-
bles and fatigue Of doing mems work
since the mobilization took 20 many, re-
piled snappdiy: Have you pieoesf'-
meaning silver or nickel money. Now. a.
you cannot have even nickel money with
out. getting II In change for silver, or sill
ver' without getting Il in change for gold
oe.notss. the, American ladies' plight was
evident 70 all but themselves. No." they
Answsrsd, almost oouraSsously, hut We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

nose. Tho great man smiled indulgently.
"Of course. 1t don't apply to you." he
said. You want more. you shall have It. !"
With which he ran his pen through the
fifteen thousand francs and wrote
two thousand francs above 1t on her
check. Nov you've got lots" he said.
He had given her $780, If you need more,
look in later.
do you call that bad 1uck?' inquired
Mrs. L. Of the American colony Of Paris.
Here am caught in Switzerland, with
all my money in the Credit Lyonnais OF
Paris. and the French have passed a law
forbidding banks to pay out more than
per cent Of deposits at a time
And me-" said my tearoom lady, 'the
German bank would only give me 500 for
our railway tickets and ALL They have
passed similar law"
And me-" said Mrs. q. Of Evansville,
Ind. She has been in Switzerland these
two years past, educating her young
daughters Mr.. G. comes for q good part
Of each year. He came with fat letter
of credit Well" said Mrs. G., IT told
Henry to run over to Aix-les-Bains to
meet his sister. He heard something of
this money shorness on the train, and
went Immediately to AK bank, printed as
correspondent on his letter Of ,,credit
They wouldn't give him a cent? And AK
is in France! Here In Lausanne, 1t is the
same. We cannot get anything. Mon
sieur Pasche Is trusting us for board and
advancing US money-we have lived at
the Beau-Sejour so long. OF course, we
have cabled for funds via Italy, but now
they say that the simplon il to be
closed!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

have Swiss bank notes." mo. good" said
the girl. II cannot change them"
'But must have my cup Of tea" fall
tered the more elderly American. Tears
ran down her discouraged cheeks, be-
cause she had been through a lot-quit-
ting Germany in panic without her
trunks. because all the baggage cars had
been requisitioned for the mobilization.
She had also quit her automobile. which
the German army had seized. but that is
another story. I'VE sat up all night in
the Lausanne railroad station. There was
not hotel automobile (the Swiss govern
ment has seized the essence) My two
nieces, young girls. rode round two hours
in a rickety cab, and could not find
silver"
I jumped up, Madame" said. "1 am
fuI of nickel chicken feed." we Ro' are
fellow-Americans. Permit me to offer
you three cups of tea and buns It cost
me 40 cents, but what did I carer
l told the ladies they had only to wait
would certainly have issued one and two
dollar bills. These. 1t was calculated,
would bring out the small silver and
nickel again, the delightful. precious
nickels, but. alas, 1t has not done so.
You are lucky to have Swiss bank
notes." concluded. But they had only
$40 worth-and a letter Of credit
I got them into the Beau-SejoVr. not by
offering high prices. not by hourishing q
roll with Swiss bills on the outside, but
just by working on the sympathies Of the
proprietor. II don't know how I'm going
to get men to serve them" he said. my
porters. room and hall Wallets, subchefs,
dfy{n
room walters have left me for the mobile
cation. mostly SWISS some Austrians,
Germans and Italians. and I can hardly
find boys and old men to replace them. It
is not food that lacks at present. could
feed the clients I now have for four
months. But am to set up cot beds in
Railways and attics for refugees7 It is
great problem"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

"A partial excuse for dishonoring
American letters Of credit came out Eu-
ropean governments and banks. when
they felt these troubles coming on.
bought and borrowed vast quantities Of
gold in America America supposed 1t
would come back in the natural flood
and ebb. but 1t will not. America, they
say. Is drained Of gold. How will her
banks stand 1T Before honoring our
letters Of credit. European banks will
see. But 1t is only a partial pretext.
Hoarding, boarding, panic boarding!
How. Is. any American in Europe to, get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06
The Bounty Of Swiss
Hotel Keepers Let
tiers of Credit Dishon-
ored = In the Hoard
ing Period of Great
Travellers, Their
Pockets Filled With
Money, Are Unable to
Purchase Necessities.
Women Doing, Work
While Men Are on Bat
tlefelds..
-

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LAUSANNE Switzerland, August 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

have Swiss bank notes. mo, good" said
the girl. II cannot change them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-11

jurisdiction to proceed against the living
party. but his title IL not valid ~ against
the grantees OF tho trustees under the
will Of the party who was dead whom the
action was commenced.
A Judgment setting aAtde tax deeds
At the suit Of q tenant IN common inures
TO the benefit Of q co-tenant.
T. A deed made by trustees under .
win made in another state ana recorded
In the probate court OF the county in this
state whore the Land IL situated is not
void merely because the trustees have
failed to give the bond required by Sec
ton e4e1 Of the General Statutes Of 1902
L A will directing trustees to place the
property in a fund the income Of which
they are required to apply to the support
OF a charity created by the will. neces-
sarily vests the trustees with authority
to sell the property.
All the Justices coucurTing.
A true CODY.
Attest: D. A. VALENTINE,
C9oal1 Clerk Supreme Court.