Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-14
News Of the Day
From Florida.
ST. AUGUSTINE PREPARES
FOR HARDING'S VISIT

FOR HARDING'S VISIT
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March IL.
Things are in readiness at the Hotel
Ponce de Leon for the arrival OF
President Harding and his party
from Washington. The president
has many friends in the ancient city,
having made this city his headquar-
tiers for an extended period follow
ing his nomination, and prior to his
inauguration. Prior to that time he
spent a part of many seasons here
{ Manager Robert Murray, of the
Ponce de Leon, received wire from
Washington yesterday, stating that
the president and party would al
rive within a few days, and prepare
tons for receiving the distinguished
guest were Immediately made.
MACWILLIANIS URGED
FOR CONGRESS POST
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March II.
w. A. MacWilliams, of st. Angus
tine, who in 1921 served as state
senator from st. Johns county, be-
ing elected to the presidency Of that
body, is being urged to announce
his candidacy for the nomination for
congress from the Fourth district.
Mr.. N[acWillians, who is a promi
1.ent attorney in the state, has been
active in Florida politics for NUM-
Der of years.
STATEMENT OBTAINED
.... IN *. X. X. PROBE
DELAND, Fla, March 11.--As a
result of a K. X. K. investigation CT
the murder of William A. Shields,
Of DeLand, Assistant States Attor-
ney r. S. Mott has obtained q state
ment from Mrs. Shields regarding
the killing of her husband, which
occurred February 6, near this
city.
According to Mrs. Shields, Pete
Smith, the negro held in Jail here
for the murder of Shields, committed
the crime, and warned her to keep
her mouth shut. She says that she
tainted, and when she came to was
in the home Of a friend.
In following the lead Of the khan.
Mott was notified to be in the lobby
of an Orlando hotel at 1880 o'clock
Sunday. He was approached by a
stranger, who saluted him, and con-
veyed him to the home where Mrs.
Shields is visiting, and the statement
was obtained in a short time
The killing Of Shields early in
February created a sensation
throughout the county, and the au-
thorities have been busy on the case
since that time. When asked why
she did not tell her story to the au-
thorities at the time Of the tragedy,
Mrs. Shields declared that she had
not had square deal at the hands
of Sheriff Morris, of Volusia county.
GRONELAND HENS
BREAK EG GRECORD
GROVELAND, Fla, March IL
Two Groveland hens are said TO have
broken the worlds record as egg
layers, one laying 339 a year, and
the other 335 duringzthe year. The
hens were owned by Nels Pearson,
who purchased them some time ago
in Berea, Ohio, from M. Cecil Shep-
rard.
They are Ancona chickens, and in
the first place Pearson began keep
ing a record in order to check up
at the end Of the year and see how
his account with the chickens stood.
When the egg record continued to
mount, his interest increased, and
tIlG 1Ctlll0 VI LlIO AlCllS oPA OcAN c~OAOS~Ne'
The entire section began to take a
particular pride in the Groveland
hens, Pearson being Kept busy to-
ward the end of the year keeping
his neighbors posted regarding his
account.
At the close Of the year the owner
of the hens wrote Mr.. Sheppard,
the former owner, who is an au-
II iY,ey xxyS@iffaV7
several volumes concerning them.
He wired that the hens had broken
The worlds record, and took the first
train for Florida. He repurchased
the world heaters, taking them back
to Berea in coops lined with velvet,
and a special guard, planning to ex-
hibit them at all poultry shows of
Importance in the United States.
SEMINARY GRADUATES
4 HAVE FINE REUNION
GAINESVILLE, Fla, March Ii
A large number of former students
of the old East Florida seminary
are in attendance at the first re-
union of students Of the seminary
since the adjustment of the insti-
tuition by the Buchanan bill in 1905,
which consolidated the state insti-
buttons andFcreated the University
of Florida and the Florida State
College for Women. Many promi-
nent Florida men and women are
graduates of the school,, which was
one of the Oldest in the state, and
the reunion is proving a most in
teresting event.
The program includes a banquet,
at which Hon. Perry G. Wall, of
Tampa; Judge John L. Doggett, of
Jacksonville; Mrs. j. w. McCollum,
ex-president of the Florida Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, and others,
with Capt. c.. M. Lynch, of st. Pc
tersburg, a former member of the
faculty, as POSTMASTER.
DIR. Edward Conrad, president of
the Florida State College for Wom-
en-, and DR.. A. A. Murphree, presi
dent of the University Of Florida,
are in attendance.
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