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Show LEU GUI GONG'S ISLES OVER Friends Come to Rescue of Chinese Whose Plants Made Him Famous D ELAND, Fla.. Dec. 23 Leu GIm Oong. noted Chinese horticulturist who h .s I..-, n In financial r traits and who was about to lose his home near hero 1 bocau-.e- of his Inability to take- up a morteaere on It, will celebrate Christmas Christ-mas with the realization that his trou-'bles trou-'bles aro about ended. I Friends in De-land who have been icarlnp for Leu for some months, an-Inouncod an-Inouncod today that they had raised 'almost e-nouph money to pay tho over-Iduo over-Iduo Interest and had assumed the I mortgage. Citrus growers who have I become wealthy because of Leu's dc-velopment dc-velopment of a new variety of fruit I which now forms a large part of Florida's output, and others have subscribed sub-scribed sums of $100 and received In return notes for that amount to bo secured se-cured by a first mortgage upon tho property At Leu's eloath the estate, for many years regarded aa one of the show plai es of central Florida, would be disposal dis-posal of and the holders of the $100 notes wouhl be reimbursed, under present pres-ent plans It Is proposed to raise a sum above the mortgage and Interest sufficient to care for Leu as long as he lives lie is 6 3 years old and for several years he has been in ill health. nn |