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TOL, lu
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Came to Washin
_I Last-Septemtx^r I
?.-. : -^TAaheley
Hooper, a young man who
was'stranded iti Washington last September
from the* last circus which
gr- . visited the eltr, has left these parts.
^ taking with him between forty and
forty-Are ddllars belonging tfc his em~~
pinyer, -r J. V. Hnnrtrr Mr. Hie.
per Mi proprietor of the meat marJtet
on Pierce street between Third
and Fourth atreete, usually known as
the West End Market, and had employed
young Hooper to look after
his business during his Illness, he
baring law 111 with feuef at hUJuuna.
Mt,?r ,b* P"ttW?
The Ntrue state of affairs did not
<1a.n nann lfr Uanuir until Mr R
W. Ball, proprietor of the 'boarding
house whore Hooper resided, came to
hip and asked about the young man's
whereabouts. Mr. Harper was astonished
at the enquiry, and learned
from Mr. Ball that Hooper came to,
, <1
and dressed up In his very best, put-i!
ting on a pair of shoes belonging to |
Mr. Ball's son, and went down town,
b " ^ which was the last seen of him.at his
boarding house.
At 9 o'clock Saturday night, Mrs.
Harper was talking with Hooper, in
the market, when Hooper remarked
that ~he wouldn't bring the 6a2&!
" MRS. fRAH WTERTAIIIS
II ISM EUEST
On Satnrdajr night Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Pratt gave a most delightful
Auction Bridge Party 1q honor of
~ ~Mrs.--Clement Morris, their house;
; guest; The shaded lights and lovely
eprhu dowers, together with Jfce
merry company turned their hosplt""
abTcTTOh# ibis fairyland After a
most charming game, Mrs. Pratt
gracefully presented the prises, Mrs.j
John Rodman receiving the ladles
, first prise and Mr. Caleb Price the
r~ gcntiemaa'a The booby Was present^
ed to Mr. Norwood 8lmmons.
The guests who enjoyed Mr. an'dj
Mrs. Pratt's hospitality were: Mk.
and Mrs. Caleb Bell. Mr. and Mrs. I
Norwood Simmons. Dr. and Mrs. J.
O. Blount, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. RodmanP
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dumay.
A saost dslldous four course lnncheoa
was served, after which the
guests departed, having ap^t at
evening of unalloyed pleasure.
BEST VmtUE YET
ON AT THE LYRIC
Break lag all records for real comedy
and clean entertainment the
"Pufwy d Purls" la a east ef fear
people' opened their three-day engagement
at the Lyric last evening
and p!ayed to two large and enthue*
iastir audiences.
The above mentioned act was a
r scream from start to finish and rereived'
unlimited applause, "Wlrtrtr
was fully due them. They kept their
sudlenee In a laugh from the rise to
> . the fall of the curUdn and not one
doll moment.
It would be impossible to give just
praise to each performer, as ei(ch
??- and every one-was fully received and
all that eodld be said was simply 4 6'
minutes of good amusement. Tue
main feature of their act was that
. no ene eoufcpabe o??ded,d?o mnutf*:
Jokes on any suggestive songs could
^ i : v; "Vofnay
A Purls" present tonight
in their original minstrel act, smother
farce that la equally as good offering
an entire change throughout, and
an act that goes direct to your funny
. capacity and you are entitled to these
C.' laughs W you don't get them.
For real reined and good enter.
tainment the bill offered nt the Lyric
'*t(?ke drat halt oi thle week could
Tlot be Improved upon. If poo or*
looking fur a food laegh thle la una.
aud ike kind fOU *111 enjoy.
Tke motion picture, as uoual are
felly up to the atandard and once
wall appreciated. - : t-V' < t
T?a many frlands In Wnahlngton
( aad vicinity ef lire. J. T. Campbell
w?U be gad to learn U>at ab. laJLmpauviag.
lira. Campbell baa been 111
with grippe for the paat two weeka.
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U NO MAM >
10NEY OF BOSS
ifoung Man Who
igton With Circus
Betrays Trust.
. " -'1. ?-v raround
to the house that night, aa he
preferred to stay at the shop late and
dispose or aa much of the stock on.
handle* possible. He-said ho would
be around Sunday morning and give
an account of the money taken In,
tte fresh, and not tired out frony a
long bard day.
There was nothing suspicious looking
In that proposition, especially
since young Hooper had gotten badly
mixed In his figures the previous Saturday.?when
he arms trying to
straighten -out matters with his empi'
yer, and Mrs. Harper had no reason
to disbelieve, his statement that
he would go over the week's business
with her husband when he was feeling
fresher and more fit next morn-%
lug.
Asheley Hooper landed in the city
last September with a circus, quitting
j the show people while here. He was
given employment by the late Mr. R.
D. Wall as handy man about the place'
until the death of his employer. Since
then, he had worked for Mr. J. H.
Ecklin before Mr. Harper engaged
htm to take care of his market during
his illness.
: Asheley Hooper was a smooth talker.
of neat appearance, and good adiii
m?*
SLAVE OF A GYPSr JUGIT
YEARS
Los Angeles, Jan. 28.?Startling
charges that she waa sold when seven
years of age by an orphanage super4a
tends at to a gypsy for ?8fiQ and
that for eight years she has:serred:
him as a slave were made tn the police
and humane officers by Alice
inu-heirr mwrwfai-iw:
She declares she has since been
compelled to pose as a fortune teller
and dancing and singing girl, giving
her earnings to the man and suffering
frequent beatings:
The girl for some weeks had been
telling fortunes In a little booth on
Main street, between First and Second
streets. The Other day, she says,
she earned $21, which she took to
her alleged master, but the latter
was not satisfied with this, she declares,
and she was compelled to go
to some place, the location of which
she does not know, and dance and
sing before men until a late hour.
The arresting officer waa told of
the case by a girl in whom the child
had-confided; The Humane Society
jr a called in, the child turned over
tO the Juvenile Court and an investigation
begun. The polic^pre seeking
the gypsy.
ilUTE f WE DEAD;
miUITE BY PAST08
More than.four score years ago
Miss Annie Brooks first saw the light
Tn~ Beaufort County, N. C.; became
Kllk/I in wsnth anM '?
half century In the county home. A
recent fall hastened the end. which
came last Saturday. An early conversion
was followed by union with
the M. E. Church. 8outh. at Asbury.
where she held her membership, till
March, .1912, when it* was removed
to the First Methodist church. Washington.
Her devotion to her church
was' ever strdhg and beautiful ; she
heard w|th pleasure and profit the
gospel songs. 8he bore the long, ssd.
affliction of her blindness with commendable
patience and cheerfulness.
Among the charitable people of this
city, irrespective of church affiliation,
she had many good friends who delighted
to show her praotfoal kindness.
One who anew her well says
that she was a favorite not only in
the home, bat also to the commiuiz
lit. It is certain that sincere sorrow
Is generally felt now that she has
gone hence. When her remains were
laid to rest in Hollywood cemetery
Sunday afternoon, the W. C. T. U
was largely represented, singing appropriate
selections and well-nigh
Covering her grave with lovely Sowers.
pv '
"Hath not God cboeen the poor of
this world rich In SSET end heir* oT
the kingdom which He Beth promv-vw
t* : i-i " V'
New York, Jan. 2 8.?Weather that
would have been Ideal for Bastbf
for January lured thousand* '*o the
beaches yesterday, With merry-gorouods
going and venders busy and
hundreds plunging in the surf- It was
almost a mid-symmer scene. All records
for January 26 were broken
*B2L.
at the weather bureau but a bright
aun made it seem much warmer than
thfs.
Just a year ago New York was* in
the grip of one of its worst blierards.
Although the weather bureau has
predlftfld colder weather for tomor*ow?
It Is declared that tL^ere is no
sign of an abrupt termination of the
long Continued season of moderate
tomrttfatnree. .1
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MS SRtf
1AT WEATHER
Palm Beach. Fla.. Jan. 18.?Tfre
charm of Palm Reach la largely in
the life that people live here. It is
a dreesy but Informal sort of existence.
One day In the tropica takes
all the frost out of the highbrows
and the prudes. The diversions which
make up resort life hero, the club
life', the concerts, the cabaret shows^
the dinners, the oceaa bathing and
tt^o baseball games are all getting
under way this week. In smother
ten' days the season will be going full
kind that have little titles and big
tali cum* that hav* to be refilled
repeatedly.- and the beat of music.
Fifteen hundred people are there after
the bathing hour tft the Casino
every day in mldse&son. They are
the rmartest looking crowd to be
found In America. TheT lore each ,
other for the 'fact and glory in it.
Tho "tea hour" is no less a function
People gather In the Polnciana
gardens and look out through a
fringe of palms at the sun going
down on the other side of Lake
Worth. 8unaet over the water, with
the fluffy clouds typical of Florida,
sll wlaws tinted, soft wait sob from the
orchestra pavilion, the clink of
glasses, the murmur of voices, the
scent of orange blossoms, and then
twilight with its hush, make a combination
hsrd to beat.
One cf the first dinners of the sea
on was given by Mr. and Mrs. Hobart
Chatlleld-Taylof the other evening
at Wave Great,.a villa on the
ocean front they have taken for the
winter. Teaa were given during the
week by Mr. and Mrs. J. Shipley
Dixon. Mr. and Mra. William B. Mc- 1
Elroy, Mr. and Mra. William H.
Qregg and othera.?
PUBLIC IHEETINC TONIGHT
FOR TOBACCO INBUSTRY
Placarda have been posted announcing
tl^e free distribution of tobacco
seeds from the Worthy and
Etherldge drug store, Blount's drug
store, and the Chamber of Commerce.
Tonight ia the night for the
public meeting in the interest of -the :
Washington tobacco lnduatry. Every- i
body is urged to come to the town <
hall at S o'clock this evening and lie- <
Ua' t proymuon ?ia iu w ut i
vital interest to the community. I
The Bev. Chaa. D. Malane, who haa 1
been living at Chocowlnlty for some 1
time, tfk^aoved to this city and is \
occupying a residence at 111 Beat
Second street.
Mrs. W. D. Woo lard left today for I
Raleigh to visit heF'daughter, Mtae |
Lillian Woolard, who is stenographer
in the Senate. - ]
? . ,
Mr. Suffolk Miles, for whom grave \
fears have been felt the last few days/
has taken a alight torn for the bjft- i
ter. \
^
jidd to them that lore ?Jaa. ,
' . M. H. BROOM.
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CAROLINA, TuS^lY ATTBRNOOT
nil I IWIIr *
fin uatp n ah
BE 11 Oil
At the food roads rally held yesterday,
K was decided to hold an elec$200,000
for good roads la this county.
The bill fa betas drafted, which
will be presented to the General Assembly
now in session, granting permission
for such ah election. This
bill will provide for a road commieatoa,
and will embody a? the features
necessary to place Be$ufort among
the progresivse good roads counties
of the State.
Besides the main addresses, delivered
by Congressman J. H. Small and
United States Engineer R. E. Toms,
the no wore Informal remarks made
by Messrs. P. H. Johnson of PantegoT
J. A. Wilkinson of Belhaven. B. H.
Thompson of Aurora, W. A. Thompson
of Aurora, George A. Studdart of
Washington. B. T. Bonner of Aurora,
L. C. Warren of Washington, J. E.
Tayloe of Washington. C. F. Morton
of Washington, and others.
"~"Th? amount tH?Ko?in ?Ha
bill, $200,000, is not so large, considering
hat otbhrgcftlitttea ore doing.
Orange county last year voted
$250,000, and other counties have
dene Just as well or'better.
IntLBOK THINKS RECEPTION
IS NOT ADVISABLE
_-Trenton. K. ,C.., l&a. 38.?^Erealr
dent-elect Wilson heard yesterday of
the suggestion to hold a reception in
the White House instead of at the
capitol on the night of his Inauguration,
but he does not think the plan
practicable.
"I have had no formal intimation
?5'f it." he said, "bat friends tell me
it would be hardly possible to hold
a reception at the White- House that
nHht as there probably 1Q0>
0^0 people in the city ot, ^^ashlngton
at the tl?e, and of-eouaae, I don't
think a reception on that evening
Bhould be by invitation." ~~
. . A delegation .from. the. JEiurmara'l J
Union of America today presented
the name of C. 8? Barrett, of Georgia,
for the portfolio of Secretary of Agriculture.
Mr. Barrett Is president
of the Farmers' Tlnlnn
* ?
Mr. Ivey Ward, who has been ill
for soveral days. Is Improving, his
friends will be glad to learn.
Items of Interest
The Sun
THOMAS WILSON HARRIS DEAD.
Thomaa Wilson Harris died January
15, 191$. Mr. Harris was born
September 1, 1844, and was sixtynine
years old. He had been a
member of the Christian churteh
about 40 years and was one of tbe
uharter members uf the church at
Swan Quarter. He was stricken with
paralysis three or four years ago
and been an invalid since Ho leaven
a widow, four sons, two daughter*, a
number of grand children, four
brothers and man? friends to mourn
titan1 He was a consistent Christian,
a deroted husband and father, a kind
neighbor, and a useful citizens. Rev.
H. 8. Davenport said the burial serv- 1
Ices.
I
SMALL.
i
Our debate came off last Friday
night, the subject being "Resolved ;
that North Carolina should hare a compulsory
school attendance law
for all children between the ages of j
I "and IP years." Tim decision was i
In favor of the affirmative.
Our next subject Is, "Resolved that <
United , 8tates Senators should
be elected by a direct vote of the peo- ]
pie."
Mrs. Eltsa Bennett, wife of Mr. ,
lease Bennett, died laSt week. She
was over 80 years of age and they j
bad lived together 85 years. Sym- ]
pmthy Is felt for Mr. Bennett.
The Small Cornet Band went <
Herritt last Friday and played ^ *
^urnament. They were highly tJWL
pitmen ted on their good music.
Mr. 0. L. Oaaklns has purchased
another fine male.
Mr. Terry Dixon has traded horaea i
lately. ,
J. A. Hardy, Saq.. has purchased i
a fine mule lately.
Mr. m Mtw B. D. Rowe and
daughters spent 8 on day at the home i
>ATT V
'iVlL/L
I. JANUAR Y If, mi,
rrtl Wedncwlay
NUUM-J
Tffilrr
IV V v I II U It
CRM 11
The first day of last November
marked the end of the Public Llbrgrys
nrat year of circulation. Tne"
trustees and members feel a Just t
pride in the steady growth during ,
this period. The library is supported
malnty "by the yearly subscriptions. ;
Each member pledges $5 per year. ,
which may be paid annually, setni- j
annuallyi or quarterly. This mem. ^
bership should be doubled in 'number.
There are many cltisens, men
and women, who could easily give i
$1.25 every three months. It is the i
duty of every citizen to take a personal
interest in the Public library. <
Think what it means to the children
who have the opportunity and privilege
of reference books. During the
library's past year there were 285 i
children borrowers, and 2,958 books <
circulated among the children. He- i
member that this library is free to
every white citizen in Washington, I
and whether you are a member who
subscribes or not, the books are there
for' your use. and by using them you
are benefiting the library,"foFyou are !
thereby swelling the circulation. Any
citizens desiring membership can obtain
slips from the llbraran. Mrs. A.
L. Betts, whose faithful work dnd
untiring efforts have in a large measure
been responsible for the wonderful
stridea'iuade by the library during
Part of annual* report year ending
October 31. 1912:
Number of volumes at beginning
of'year, 676: number of volumes at
end of year; 1,040; number of borrowers
registered during year, adults.
301. children, 286; number of country
borrowers registered during year,
adults 12, children 11; total circuJfe*
tlon during year. 8,148; largesNt/ilyclroulation
81; smallest daily cifcu?
latlon, 3: library open daily 4-6 and
T-9: library - open?Saturday, 12 1;
country appropriation. |150; gifts.
value estimated, for 8151 ^furniture..
38T3T~Tn<*inbOTBhtp -iiw*;-*trars.-T(rer]
books, etc.. 856.41; total receipts,
81.170.41; total expenditures. 8997.64.
Names of Trustees: John B. Sparrow,
president; w. L,. vaughan. set1-1
retary and treasurer; N. C. Newbold,
Mrs. S. R. Fowle, Mrs. Mary Baugh- i
am, Mrs. J. C. Rodman. Mrs. S. C.
Bragaw, Geo. T. Leach. J. F. Tayloe.
.
From
rounding Country
*
of Mr. W. Rowe.
Mr. W. J. Harris killed hogs this
week.
l
HAWKIN S St.'HOOI. HOlSK.
Miss Mattle-P. Woolard*. who is |
teaching at Acres, spent Saturday |c
night and Sunday with her mother, *
Mrs. Sarah E. Woolard. She was ae- <
com pan led home by Miss Ruth Har- 1
rla. >
Miss Estelle Spencer attended the 1
meeting of the Beaufort County *
Teachers' Association at Washington c
Saturday. *
Some of our people attended dlviue a
services at Rosemary Sunday and t
Sunday night. I
We are glad to note that Mr. O. L. "
Sparrow, who haB been Indisposed i*
for several d&ys, Is able to be out
igsfn. ' |
Mrs. A. S. Woolard and Utile son, |
David, were guests of Mrs. Saral} E.,
Woolard Friday.
Some of our" young people were
guests of Miss Alice Woolard awhile
Wednesday night.
Mr. C C. Harris, of Acres, was here h
Sunday afternoon- a
Mibb Larcy Woolard returned home t
last week after spending some days t
irlth er sister, Mrs. Edgar Waters, t
near Acre station. t
Mr. J. B. Woolard and Miss Estelle r
Spencer v/ere guests of Miss Viola n
Bo^Kat Slatestone Sunday.
/Tkt^and Mrs. B. B. Pinkham and
p>tt<lren visited the home of Mr. A.
3. Woolard Sunday afternoon.
IN RECORDER'S COURT.
Bill Wlllluga Wtl found guilty of
rlolatlng a city ordinance befprb the
recorder this morning, and fined $2
tnd coats. ' %
imcng yeeterday's visitors. ?
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I By Clyde H. Tavenner. Congress- _
^ man-elect.) ~." J
Washington. Jan. 21.?Take the "E
tariff off meat and sugar, and place t
l tax on Incomes! t
This promises'to be a feature of E
the legislative program of the Demjoratfir
63rd Congress. Questions t
isked by witnesses before the Ways t
and Means committee Indicated that -?
meats would be placed on the free ?
list as well as sugar.An income tax J
to make up for the loss of .revenue li
from the tax on sugar and meat will
M*on come into existence as a result t
?f the ratification 5y the necessary i
three-fourths of the states of the pto- g
p(j?xT!OmeniI the constitution: r
Itemorval of the lax on meat and
ougar will mean quits a saving to the 1
consumers. The wholesale price is o
two cents a pound leas in lx>ndon. <J
where there is no tax on sugar, than
In New York. The cables have fre- t
Iuently reported that American beef p
an which - transportation .has Been t
paid across the Atlantic wan being 1
loldon thKblock in London for two o
'onts a pot,ml r* sis than in- New e
Vork
Naturally. the n gar trust and the h
>?ef irtut will cot approve a poliov y
>t free sugar and free meat, but the it
u^ar t ustiinil tin, beef trust Is not a
n the Middle in Washington as her-'- a
"lore. n
Hon. James T. Lloyd has let it be!e
mown among his friends that he will [e
lot'stand fcr re-election'to thu chair-jii
nanship of the National Democratic iw
Congressional Committee. Mr Lloyd f<
ias served as chairman of .this ^mKjrtant
ccmniiftee six yeara.tlrrmrgh I *
here cougreHslonal elections which jri
s longer than any Democrut was ev-! h
tr honored with the place. Jb
WbenrMr. Moyfl, who cof&rtf Yfolffla
he First Missouri district and hasjd
ong been one of "the Democratic tl
eaders of the House; first took holdj ^
)t ill* -chaLunailfthip. PX cnngrjy. |_
ilonal committee tH^ Republicans j <?
sere In powef in both branches of p
Congress and seemed likely to be u
!or many years to come. Mr. Lloyd k
naugurated a plan of close co-oper- jj
ition with the Democratic candidates u
'or Congress thr?4 was a little more &<
lystematic and effective than any polcy
that had ever been worked out be- 0
[ore. 1 her. he built up one of the e
argent Democratic news syndicates p
n the country, which had never been y
ii'cnp'ed before by tbe Ccngresslon- p
n-jj.y.Mnrna, -- (
Air Lloyd believed it was irapor- j,
:c.nt th: 1 tbe people be kept inform- ^
?d oV vhat was going on In Washing- p
ion. and he launched a news bureau!^
iO give the people this news from ai_
Democratic viewpoint, not only durng
campaigns, but all the time. Kv- Ci
>r since Mr. Lloyd has been chairman 0
it the Congressional committee the
rcuntry Democratic newspapers have c
>een furnished with a weekly letter Q
>f Democratic news from Washing- R
on. The publication of these artilen
has been of the greatest help to ^
he congressional candidates. Mr. ^
Joyd has also crigiatend a statistical tj
lureau, which has gathered data for
he newspaper letters as well as the ^
ongressional candidates. Mr. Lloyd 8
las devoted a great deal of his tins
ind energy to his work, and feels ll
he time has come, now that the ?
)emocrats are in the ascendancy, for w
ome good man to step up and take
lis place.
; ' Pi
lASEBALl mm "
REPORTS TOMORROW
w
The bflflAbaii soiifinng committee **
ias not been able to get in so much'
s it would like, owing to the fact Ul
hat the publio-aptrlted members oj 81
hat committee have been working in
he interest of good roads. But just
he same, it promises an interesting 8*
eport at the meeting Wednesday
i*ht. ??
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ALPHAHRT ON PINHKAD. to
Portland. Ore., Jan. 28.?While *
lmost incredible, an engraver has
teen able to cut on the head of a ^
ommon pin every letter of the al- at
ihabet and they are perfectly legible ai
hrough a strong microscope, and it
raa only with the aid of such a lens Yl
hat the work could have Men poaai- 17
la. The pin. c? ?he ordinary kind In w
ommon use for domeatic and office
urpoaea. ia owned by Hal Thompson
f Washington, F>. C, w
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MB MIS 1
uffnll luuniiu.
JS DEAD I
- Ktii York fitly. Jau. Z8.?Alonso
Idams, discoverer and "King" of " " :
fwan" island in the Caribbean Sea. a
ype of Yankee mariner almost exinct.
has Just died in the Boaton
Itate Hospital.
It waa more than Toffy'"years agio
hat the skipper, then the owner of -??
he trading schooner Polly Ann, waa . ' '
ailiri^ lor tt,1 :iau imh.'i oaM wircn
iwrfn Island, then an uncharted ,4No
dan's Land," peeped at him over the
lorizon.
Skipper Adams was New England
>orn and shrewd. He looked at the
nland a long time through his spy;lasa.
He held to his course and said
lothlng. but did a lot of-thinkiag.
The little island might belong to .
ionduras. or maybe to Nicaragua,
if! whose coast it lay about one huuIred
miles.
"I must discover that island for
he flag." cogitated the Yankee ski|>?r.
So on his way back he visited
Be island.' Re found there about
00 natives, u mixture of Indian and
thcr races. He set about "dlecovrirm"-j4>e
island. ?-?.?.? ?
According tq tradition, lie ordered
Is boat's crew to row him in the
awl so far uwav that the Inland was
Kain. When Swan Island popped
kove the horizon again he had tecliically
"discovered" it. He took uos
i^sion of it in the uaiuc of the L'nitd
State* of America and made due
inry or it in til8~log. tut surveying
be-island-he found if to he liVjjjiiies
ide at it* broadest stretch, with
>rty miles of coast ftne.
Skipper Adams went back to FIHh'Of111.
Mf.. where he was bom, uttd
eturned with his wife. He built a
ouso ou the island, put up ui lightouae.
and In his ' palace"?he was
sovereign now?he reared' two
aughters and two sonn. He was all
b'ree branches oT lhe~ 'government"
=elecutly?, TCglsTffllve and Judicial
-and .Ifrerja ?WML nivor any graft on
wan Island. He was godfather to
very cl^ild born to the natives, and
be little monarchy was a model
ingdom. Ho reccgnized the future ,
nssihilitv nf the kingdom aw a coal
ig station after the Panama Canal
hould bo built.
Swan Island soon became an unfflcal
port of call. King Alonzo
reeled a flag station and from it dislayed
international code signals,
lore and more vessels regularly
aaaed that way. When Swan Island
tgiiuHufl "tu aluw duau hMuucih put
a and took aboard members of the
idaniH family or took orders for sup- "
lies to be delivered on the next trip.
'essels also landed members of the.
oyal houshold and subjects, and,
tost important of all,!kaok away the
oeoanuta, the principaK commodity
f tbe Ittle iBland kingdom^""""*
As the Panama Canal approached
ompletion the United States governtent
made known its intention of
rtlng upon King AIqpzq'h suggea
on and making Swan Island a coaltp
station, and it was now time for
im to abdicate and go to Washingjn.
In January of ,1810 Ave earthquake
locks shook up the island, ttarowig
the wireless engineer, L. F. Marn.
and the operator, J. Roberts, out
r tbelr beds, rocking buildings, upitting
furniture and throwing plcires
from the walls; but nobody was
ijured. Then Alonzo Adams comleted
his abdication and went to
irming on a place he bought in Bast
ampton. Conn. ? .
Last May a laborer employed o? ^
wan Island suffered a crushed foot '
id It was obvious that amputatoa ~~}j
as neceeeary; but there was no sur
I> a ship 420 mile* away. The aitition
was explained to the ship'?
irgoon. and detail by detail he ?xained
to the wireless operator en
*an Island just how the operation
tould be performed. The instrurons
were sent by wireless, and the
>eration was a success. The patient
slated o pnrcssing the wireless key
> express his thanks to the distant
earner's surgeon.
('apt.' Adams amassed a fortune on
ie island. He was seronty years old
; the time of his death. His widow
td four children WTire. For nearly
alf a century he was a member of
sw Tree Lodge of Masons of Brookn.
This lodge tbok part In his fniv- " '
*1 services. -?,?? -Mr
H C. Fedsr- .
as a visitor ynst.
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