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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-02
AMERICAS HAS few CASES
OF CONTAGIOUS ILLNESS
Is Statement of City PhysiC.
ian ]. ". ChambIiSS

Americas, health record during the
late summer and early autumn season
continues excellent, and physicians re-
port a dearth of business in their line.
Recently there have been a few cases
of diphtheria but these have been of
mild form and all of the little patients
are getting on we'll. DR.. ]. W. Cham
bliss, city physician, reported today
the existence of two cases scarlet fever
and three of diptheria here, one of the
fever cases being of such mild nature
as to render it difficult to pronounce It
such. The health conditions, general
ly, are the very best, as usual.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-02

BORDEAIrX. Oct, 2-Tbe defeat If
- ooo D,,,oaio. C,,ouaa u.bo o++oo,,oa
-,
UeSOi i0eu 'oN"' IL INC l 0'4' VII VI * .
AS soon as news OF the German ad-
vance was received French cavalry
was sent to hold the enemy at Az
Derive, to give the artillery and intan-
try time to come up from Souain, 4
place near Aut erriye. But while the
French dragoons were preparing to lie
fend Auberive a brigade of Death S
Head Hussars, avoiding the village,
came across the vineyards and fields
with the intention of surprising the
French artillery on the march.
1t was a critical moment. The
French dragons were miles ahead
and the infantry miles behind the
gunners, who were in danger of being
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-02
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors.

Notice of First Meeting of Creditors.
In, the District Court for the United
States for the Western Division Of
the Southern District of Georgia
In Bankruptcy.
In the Matter of VIM P. Watkins,
Bankrupt-In Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of William Plato
Watkins, of Unadilla, in the County
of Dooly, and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
10Th day of September A. D. 1914, the
said w. P. Watkins was duly adjudi-
Gated bankrupt; and that the frat
meeting of his creditors will be held
at Macon, in Bibb County, Georgia, in
Grand Opera House Building, on the
9th day of October A D., 1914, at
1880 O'Clock in the forenoon, at which
time the said creditors may attend
prove their claims, appoint trustee,
examine the bankrupt, and transact
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting. The bank
rupt is required to be present on that
day for examination
Macon, Ga, this September 20, 1914.
j. N. TALLEY,
advt. Referee in Bankruptcy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-02
DESERTED KIDDIE
AWAITING return
OF ITS PARENTS
FOUND ATHOTEL SUM-
TER
AMERICUS POLICE ON TRAIL OF
THE PARENTS

Piteous walls of little babe eman-
ating from an apartment of the Hotel
Sumter this morning attracted the at
tention of the housekeeper an an in
vestigation revealed the little tot sit
ting alone upon the bed and crying
with all of its strength. The room had
been occupied the night previous by a
young couple registering as Mr.. and
Mrs. Johnson" of Murfesboro, Tenn.
The couple had departed, leaving the
babe in Americas.
The fact was at once reported to the
hotel management and a full investi-
cation has been instituted today in an
effort to apprehend the supposed pa
ents of the deserted babe
The Johnson couple, with the baby,
reached Americas on the 1880 Central
train last night from Columbus. They
left by the $50 Central train this
morning, and while they purchased
tickets to Albany the police depart
ment here discovered that they did no.
go there, continuoCMFCMFCMFWYP
gomery. Chief Johnson wired the po-
lice department there to be on the
lookout for the couple.
The hotel management here author
lied Chief Johnson to spare no effort,
or expense, in locating the couple and
bringing them to Americas if they
are found.
In the room occupied by the john
sons was found a lot of clothing be-
longing to the babe and several bottles
of medicine, such as given infants. a
nursing bottle bore the label of a
Columbus drug store, eyidencing the
fact that they might have remained
some time there. The babe, a little
girl, is about four weeks old and an
attractive child. Any one here desir-
ing a baby can get this one without
any difficulty.
: Unless the parents of the babe can
be apprehended, or come back for
the deserted infant, it will probably be
sent to some one of the founding asy-
lums in Macon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-02
Baby Sent to Hospital.

The little waif held a levee at Il
Hotel Sumter during the mornia.
when the story of desertion becaln,
known; several kindly disposed people
going to take look at the tiny strang
er, whose big blue eyes looked a..
pealingly iAto theirs. Two gentleme
we'll known here expressed a desire tt
take it and rear it.
Until final disposition is made @
the little waif she has been sent GU
to the hospital, where excellent care
will be given her. In the meantime
Chief Johnson, at 8 o'clock, had no
located the heartless parents, VIII,
deserted the child here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-02
COTTON MARKET
= Americas, Ca, Oct. 2, 1914.

The local cotton market is quoted
this morning as follows:
Good middling ............... lie
MiddIing ...............6 IS to 7c
There is a better demand than on
yesterday, due doubtless to weather
conditions.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
DRIFTING SAILORS
SAVED FROM SEA
By Barest Chance Rescue
Was Made
MEN WERE ALMOST FROZEN
Captain Simmons and Sixteen Mers-
bers of the Crew of the Foundered
Charlsmagne Tower Rescued From
Death in Snowstorri.

Bringing Captain III. G. simmons
and sixteen members Of the crew of
the American steamer Charlemagne
Tower, Jr., which went down off the
New Jersey coast, the whaleback
steamer Bayport reached Newport
News The wreck survivors We're
landed at Sewell's Point, where they
boarded trolley for Norfolk, leaving
Norfolk Cor New York.
With four men half dead from ex-
posure, the shipwrecked crew were
picked up near Barnegat light during
a binding snowstorm, five miles
south of where the Charlemagne
Tower, Jr., foundered. Their rescue
was effected by the barest chance, a
signal light attracting the attention
Of Captain Beranger, of the Bayport,
just as the steamer was In the act OF
passing the small boat. Snow was
falling heavily, and it was fast grow
ing dark. Captain Beranger, who
was on the bridge, barely could see
the light as 1t flared up.
The Bayport put about and discov-
cred the half-frozen and snow-cov~
cred men huddled in twenty-foot
boat.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
PLANS FORFREEAND
OPEN WATERWAY
Canal From St. Johns River
to Key West
BILL BEFORE THE SENATE
Provides for Appointment of Board
of Inquiry-May Mean Taking
Over of East Coast Canai-$1O,0 900
for Expenses.

"A bill has been introduced in the
senate authorizing the president to
appoint commission, consisting OF
one officer or retired officer of the
engineering corps, an officer Of the
navy and one person from civil life,
to examine and report upon route
for construction of free and open
waterway from the st. Johns river to
Key West.
The commission is to examine and
appraise the value of the work and
franchises of the East Coast canal
from the st. Johns river to Key
West, with reference to the desira-
bility of purchasing the canal and the
construction over the route of the ca
nal of free and open waterway,
having depth sufficient to accom-
modate vessels drawing ten feet at
mean low water. The feasibility OF
any parallel route also is to be inves-
tigated. The bill appropriates $1O,-
900 expenses.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
REMARKABLE ARTES-
IAN WELL
DISCHARGES A STRANGE OIL
Wonderful Medicinal Properties.
A Punta Gorda Lawyer
Strikes it Rich

Col Wallace Chadman, a well
known local attorney and brilliant
writer of short newspaper stories,
is the surprised, but delighted
owner of the strangest oil well in
existence. The well is in the
trucking region two miles south
of Punta Gorda and it discharges
real oil, but the question is, what
kind of oil? However, we will
come to that later; the first thing
to do is to give brief history OF
the well.
Col. Chadman, besides practic-
ing law and contributing remark
able short stories to the Tampa
Times, has a ten-acre truck farm
two miles south of town, which is
yielding him a fine income. Last
month, he made a contract with
Clayton Porter to sink on the
farm an artesian well for irrigat-
ing purposes. Mr.. Porter moved
out his apparatus three weeks ago
and began work. At 252 feet, he
struck a flow of fine drinking wa
ter; but, as it was not sufficient in
volume for irrigating purposes, he
continued to go deeper. AT a
depth Of 418 feet, he again found
flowing water, but as both he and
Col. Chadman wanted to tap the
great ~artesian basin, 432 feet
down, which sends an 8-inch
stream twelve feetsabove the sur
face, he decided to bore a few
feet deeper.
On reaching the desired depth,
he found no water at all and SO
notified Col. Chadman over the
phone. The latter being busy in
his office at the time, answered
rather impatiently, Keep on bor-
ing, if you have to go thousand
feet or to Hades. Accordingly,
the gasolene engine, the trip-ham-
mer, the drill and the pump re-
sumed their monotonous work
and Col. Chadman heard no more
from Porter until the morning of
Wednesday, March 4th inst, when
CONTINUED on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
Inventor Sued by Actress Wife.

Alexander Dow. inventor and club
man, 1t Is reported. has been named
as defendant in divorce action by
Maud Furniss, former leading woman
In The Chinese Honeymoon" She
married Dow after his engagement to
Pauline Chase, the Pink Pajama girl,
had been broken. The name of the
"other woman" in the case is with
held. Dow is well known as a sci
enlist and inventor OF a typesetting
machine. His wife is a niece of Hem
ry Furniss. the well; known English
cartOoniSt.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
DEDICATION IN MAY.
Monument to Women of South at
Jacksonville.

"Any statement that the Confed-
crate monument to the women of the
south in Dignan park will not be
dedicated at the time Of the reunion
in May is unauthorized and was not
given out by the commission having
the monument in CHARGE" said Gen.
William III. Sebring.
whether the monument Is COM
pleted wholly or not, 1t viii be dedi-
Gated during the reunion. We believe
that it will be ready at that time.
"The commission has a letter from
the Mcneil Marble company, Of Ma
rietta, Ca, stating that the work
win be completed with the utmost
speed.
''If the bronze cast Of the statue
proper is not finished we will use the
cast as temporary statue until the
bronze can be placed instead. But
i believe that the company will not
disappoint us at this time when so
many thousand old soldiers and
southern women will be present. In
fact, / feel sure that the bronze cast
will be in place."
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
TO DIE ON BIRTHDAY.

Leo Frank, the convicted slayer Oh
Mary Phagan, the 15-year- At
lanta factory girl, for the second
time has heard the fatal words which
doom him to the gallows.
The. supreme court Of Georgia,
having refused to grant new trial,
the factory superintendent was
taken before Judge Ben Hill from
his cell in the Tower and resentenced.
The time set for his execution Is
April II, which, he remarked to a
friend when the fatal words were
being spoken by the judge, was his
birthday, he being at that time 81
years of age. The judge did not
know this.
After receiving sentence Frank
made an impassioned and logical ad-
dress to the court, asserting his in
nocence and declaring he would yet
be vindicated.
His lawyers have filed an extra
ordinary motion for a new trial be-
fore Judge Hill, contending that new
and important evidence has been dis
covered.
There has seldom ever been made
a more determined and desperate eff
fort to save a man from the gall0ws
than has, and is being made, In the
case of Frank.
The outcome Is awaited with the
keenest interest, not only In Geor-
gia, but throughout the whole coun-
try.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
VANDERBILT DEAD.
Master of Biitmore Passes Away
After Brief Illness.

George w. Vanderbilt, the multi
millionaire, died at his residence in
New York quite suddenly on Satur-
day.
MIR. Vanderbilt died less than an
hour after he had been reading news
papers In bed and conversing with
his wife. He appeared to be In good
condition, considering loss of strength
from recent operation. During
the conversation he asked Mrs. Van
derbilt to get him glass Of water
and another newspaper. When she
returned from her errand she found
the master Of Biltmore unconscious.
He died within an hour.
The immediate death cause was a
blood clot that clogged arteries Of the
heart.
The interment takes place at the
Vanderbilt mausoleum on Staten
island
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
TEXAN ANTS TO
MAKE BITTER FIGHT
State Ticket Will Be Put In
Field
OPPOSE LIQUOR LAWS
Candidates To Be Voted On at July
Primaries Will Be Chosen at the
Forth Worth Convention To BE
Held April IL.

The contest within the Democratic
party in Texas with prohibition as
the issue took definite shape at Dali
las when at conference OF leaders
of that wing of the party opposed to
the enactment of drastic liquor laws
plans were perfected for the nomina-
ton for candidates for governor and
other state officers In practically the
same manner as that adopted by the
faction favoring prohibition several
weeks ago. Precinct and county
conventions will be held for the Sc
lection Of delegates to state c0nven-
ton to be held in Fort Worth April
IA
Candidates to be voted on at the
July primaries will be chosen at the
Fort Worth convention.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
DIES OF FRIGHT.
Florida Woman Drops Dead at Her
Home in Starke.

The demand to know If supper
was ready and the presence Of a ne
gro man in her home so frightened a
woman at Starke, Fla, that she ran
screaming to her next door neighbor.
and the result was that she so scared
her neigh6or that death followed.
According to Mrs. Butler Brooks,
whose home the negro entered, the
man walked into her residence and
questioned her about supper, while
she was unaware of his presence, and
thinking that her mother was ad-
dressing her, she turned to answer,
and seeing the negro standing before
her, became so frightened that she
ran screaming to Mrs. Williams, her
neighbor, for refuge. Mrs. Williams
was also overcome by fright from
Mrs. Brooks screams, and she drop
ped dead.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
Mid Winter Chautauqua.

Orlando's midwinter chautauqua
opened with fine attendance and
with good prospects for the most sue
cessful event of its kind being held
this season. An excellent program
features this chautauqua, and 1t is
expected that the visitors from near
by towns will be more numerous this
year than ever before. The program
includes all kinds of talent. Some OF
the most prominent lecturers, musf-
clans and singers in the country are
scheduled to appear on the platform
during the nine days the chautauQua
will continue.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
THE GORRIE STATUE.
Great at-Granddaughter VIII Unveii
Monument.

1t has just been announced that
little Miss Mary Louise Stewart, the
12-year-old great granddaughter of
DIR. John Gorrie, viii unveil the mon
ument to her distinguished ancestor
in Washington on April 80. Miss
Stewart VIII be II years of age the
day before the ceremony takes place.
She lives at Bagdad, Fla.
The statue of DIR. Gorrie win be
the first of Florida's contribution to
the Hall Of Fame in Washington. A
committee of congressman, large
delegation Of distinguished scientists
and several Floridians VIII be pres
ent at the ceremonies, which will
take place in the Hall of Fame.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
Colonel Teddy NAV Tour Florida.

"A plan Is on foot among the
friends Of Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt 10 have the colonel re- enter the
Inited States via Santiago de Cuba,
Havana and Key West. If this plan
carries, the colonel will revisit the
battieflelds Of the Spanish American
war, and his visit TO Cuba will be an
occasion of great ceremony. Mr.. H. L.
Anderson, national committeeman Of
the Progressive party for Florida, will
furnish the colonel special train
from Key West to Jacksonville, and
the colonel will make tour Of the
Atlantic seaboard.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
ROUND ABOUT FLORIDA.

Work has begun on the new mu.
nicipal ice plant at Fernandina.
The Florida State Nurses associa-
tion will meet next year at Gaines
vile.
Contributions to the confederate
reunion fund total over $4,000. The
remainder will be subscribed soon.
Sanford celery is now bringing
good prices In the northern markets,
the price last week making decided
jump.
Plans for the additions to be made
to the First Methodist church ot
Lakeland, to cost In the neighborhoot
Of $4,000. have been completed.
Vice President Marshall has nc
cepted an invitation to address tht
Florida Press association. to be heiG
In Palatka during April
The woman's suffrage meeting held
at Jacksonville was pronounced a
success, with many prominent speak
ers present.
Henry Il. Clark. for twenty years
prominent in the carpet business OF
Jacksonville, died at his late resi-
dence, 45 West Eleventh street, at
the age of 81, after a short illness.
The thirteenth annual meeting Of
the Florida Audubon society was
held at Winter Park, lasting three
days. The society is said to be ac-
complishing much good work In Its
particular line.
Through the heroic efforts of Po-
lice Officer A. III. Paxton, serious in
Jury or possible death from burns to
Mrs. Elmer Smith, Of Jacksonville,
was averted when her clothing
caught fire from small heater In the
kitchen Of her apartment.
BY an Overwhelming vote, the citi-
zens Of st. Petersburg have decided
In favor OF bond Issue to raise
funds for the putting in OF munich
pal gas plant. An issue to the
amount of $14S,0OO was decided on
by vote of 140 to 90.
Contracts for the building Of Tam
pas 100000 worth OF sanitary sew
ers in connection with the new I'm
hOff sanitary sewerage system have
all been signed and the work is to be
commenced at once. This Is one Of
the city improvements contemplated
by the $1,700,000 bond issue.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate to consolidate forest lands
within the Florida National forest
and to add to the timber lands In
cluded within that forest by the pur-
chase Of privately owned lands with
in the exterior limits Of the Florida
National forests.
Thousands Of quarts of strawber-
ries are leaving Lakeland daily now,
and the prices continue to hold up
well. The recent cold weather has
been heavy blow to berries grown
further north in this state, and as 1t
takes an Ill wind to blow no one good.
the Lakeland growers are jubilant
over the fact that prices will likely
hold up for a long time vet.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
TRADED BOY FOR A PId.
Strange Experience Of Maryland
Negro Convict.

James PARKWAY, the 15-year- old
negro youth who confessed that he
killed James r. Coleman, a Kent
county farmer, last December, was
convicted of first degree murder and
sentenced to Imprisonment for life at
Elkton, Md.
Paraway's attorneys tried to prove
that the boy is mentally deficient.
During the course of the testimony it
developed that Paraway's mother
traded him to a farmer for a pig when
he was small boy.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
MELBA LOSES VOICE.
Great Diva Forced to Break Boston
Engagement.

One of the most pathetic and dra-
matte incidents on the opera stage In
Boston took place at the Boston op-
era house when Madam Nellie Melba
appeared before the footlights in the
costume OF Mimi" in "LaBoheme,"
and in an almost inaudible tone told
her audience that she had been ex-
pecting to sing, but had suddenly
lost her voice.
The great diva said her physician
had warned her that 1t would be dan
gercus for her to attempt to sing.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
SOME TRAGEDY, THIS.
Man Kills Himself, Neighbor, His
Wife and a Cow.


While Tony Klicinovich was milk
ing his COW at San Francisco, Marks
Skarich, with whom he had qlarreled
over the purchase Of an orchard, ap-
peared and began pumping lead at
him.
Klicinovich lodged behind the
COW. Skarich shot the cow and she
fell dead on top of her master. Her
body protected him partially, and as
he lay pinned to the ground Skarich
shot him through the right arm, the
right leg and the left hip. He will
probably die.
Alarmed by the sound of shooting,
Mrs. X. Klicinovich ran to the door.
Skarich shot her through the breast,
and she fell dead.
Skarich fed to his lodging house,
locked himself in his room and COM
mitted suicide.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
Bar Meefinr CInses-

With election of officers for the
ensuing year, and the recommends
tion that next years meeting be held
In the month of June or July, at some
seacoast town, favorably Atlantic
Beach, instead of in February, as pro-
vided in the constitution and bylaws
of the association, the annual conven-
tion of the Florida State Bar associa-
ton. held in Tallahassee, came to a
close.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
New Ice Plant for Jax.

The contract for the machinery of
the new Doscher- Gardner ice fac
tory at Jacksonville, Fla, has been
let. The time given for the compile
ton Of the new plant is one hundred
days. The latest addition to the
manufactures of Jacksonville Ia to be
located on Myrtle avenue.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET

Chicago, Mar. II Quotations
on fancy stock; peppers, large,
$3.50 to 5000; egg plant, large,
$500, small, $3.50 to $500; wax
beans, $500, green, $3.50. Market
good and shipments moving
promptly. -Coyne Bros.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
NO EXCUSE FOR LAZY MEN.


A canvass Of the railroads of the
northwest deyelops,th the fact that work
will be given to 10000 men within
thirty days.
Positions OF all kinds will be in
cluded. 1t is believed that by June
between 10000 and $4,000 will have
found employment in all lines of
trade in the northwest.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
5000 al pensacoIa.

Three thousand voters are quail
fed to participate in the June pri-
mary in the city precincts of Pensa-
cola, according to compilations just
completed by Registration Officer
McAhister. II IN expected that the
total polling strength Of Escambia
county, in accordance with the new
Bryan primary law. viii be consider
ably more than 5000.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-03-12
RACED WITH DEATH.
Miss Peters Makes 6,000-MiIe Jour-
ney, but Loses.

Hey, Dut LOSES.
Death was the victor in 6,000-
mile race that ended when Miss
Mary Peters arrived at Kansas City
from Paris thirty minutes after her
mother, Mrs. Annie Ingles Peters,
widow Of Mason s. Peters, former
Populist congressman from Kansas,
died.
Mrs. Peters contracted pneumonia
while caring for her husband, who
died three weeks ago. She was born
in Carroll county, Kentucky, SO years
ago