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CUMNOCK’S CROP OF CORPSES.
TUG BODIES HORKIBI.I MATGLED
BV THE EXPLOSION.
The Brnln* of Some of the A'letlm*
Blown lint nnrt the Shin Torn From
the Bodies of Other*—The Heart
Xow Believed to Number It— Ditlt
eult> Kxierleneel In Getting Men
to (hi Into the Mine After the Heart.
Raleigh, N. C.. Dec. Interest in the
revrs from the Cumnock mini * was Intense
today, and many persons from a distance
went to the scene of yesterday's great dis
aster. The work of searching for the
dead continued all night. The searchers
restod three hours and then renewed their
effort*. The difficulty in obtaining per
sons to engage in this work, was great
and is one of the worst features of the af
fair. Crowfls of men stood near the mouth
of the mine, full of morbid curiosity. The
pitiful supplications of the women, the ur
gent request of Superintendent Cant, and
the pleading of the miners failed to enlist
their sympathy sufficiently to induce them
to enter the shaft, and assist in the
You haven't a heart as big as a pea. You
■w a't help raise your own dead, its coward
ice " said F. Xuttal. one of the leading
miners, and the nrst to enter the mines to
begin the work of rescue.
Ga.lani Supe-lnu ndent Cant, while ap
pea'ir.g to the crowd, asked them as men
if they would not undertake the work for
a while. One man said he would not go
down in the mine for llO.ftJO. "it’s a shame
that you won't,” remarked the superin
tendent.
The average number at work Reaching
yesterday and last night and to-day was
about twelve. Bodice were found in ail
parts of the mine, mainly in the 3uOfoot
level, where the principal loss of life oc
curred. .
The condition of many of the bodies is
shocking. The hands of many were near
ly burned off. The work of identifying the
dead was slow. Hundreds of persons in
spected the thirty-five bodies laid out
in the engine house up to 10 o'clock this
morning. As rapidly as they were identi
fied the bodies were shrouded.
Those recovered up to noon were mar
ried men. Their names were, George
Andrews. William Baldwin, John Ols,
John Gunter, George Munroe and his son
Thomas Harry Morris and his son Ran
dolph. Wright Tyson, Lucian Holllngs
and his son Kdward, Frank McKoy, Iven
eon Snells, Joseph W. White, Louis
White and Arthur White, colored, three
brothers; Joseph Thompson, colored; Wil
liam Jenkins, colored; Charles Poe, Jerry
Lambert and Huston Famber, colored,
brothers; John Shomburg, Fisher Reaves,
colored; Clay Harris, colored, and a Pole,
whose name is unknown. Most of them
leave dependent families.
The following were unmarried: Walter
Horton, Colored; Lewis Spurkle, colored;
John ilciver. Jim Reeves colored; John
Norwood and four Poles, who arrived a
week ago.
The injured are; Joseph Miller, John
Williams Smith, Dempsey Halsey, col
ored, and Jack Johnson. Two of these
will die.
There was a great contrast between the
scenes at the mine yesterday and to-day.
The women were all there and excited
and overwhelmed with anxiety, but hop
ing for the best. To-day all hope had
disappeared; anxious widows sat at the
cottage windows watching for the ap
proach of a litter bearing their dead. Not
a woman was at the mines to-day.
There were some notable instances of
heroism in the rescue of persons who
were in the mine when the explosion oc
curred.
There is yet a dispute as to the cause
of the explosion. Early yesterday morn
ing the boss inspected the mine and re
ported the atmosphere all right. As late
as S H. m. the same rej>ort was made
to Supt. Cant, by the mine foreman. It
seems certain that it was a gas explosion;
all flhe miners say so. There wore ISO
pounds of dynamite in the mines, and the
mine officials insist that It caused the
explosion. The miners say someone care
lessly igniter] a gas pile with a candle.
At noon the bodies of L. P. Holland
and Joseph Stark were recovered.
The whites are distinguishable from the
negroes only by the hair. The brains of
sortie Is knocked out and the skin is torn
from the bodies. Two children were
found, both nude, one clasped in Its fa
ther’s arms. There are yet four bodies In
the mine, two in slope No. 2, and two in
slope No. 1. These are thought to be bur
led several feet under the coal. They are
Joseph Smalls. M. Bentley, M. H. Quinn
and Edward Bentley.
Capt Harry Jackson.
From the New York Press.
One of the most talked-ahout men in
the south died In Atlanta on Friday.
Capt. Harry Jackson, counsel for the
Piedmont Air Line, was a unique char
acter. Capt. Jackson war educated in
England. While at school there, he, In
company of half a dozen boys, had his
arm tatooed near the shoulder. One of
the boys had the same figure made on his
arm as Jackson had. That was forty
years ago. The boys went their several
ways In life, and forgot each other. Two
years ago Jackson was a guest at a
dinner In Boston, and at the table was an
Englishman, who casually inquired If Jack
son hag been abroad. Jackson answered
In the affirmative, and told the story of
the tatoolng.
•This is all very strange,” said the
Englishman, "1 went to school with some
boys who had the same fancy. Half a
dozen of us were tatooed at the same
ttrne. I remember there was one boy who
had the same mark put on his arm as I
had on mine. 1 wonder what has become
of him!”
"What was the mark?” asked Jackson.
An anchor with two stars on each side "
"Why, that’s my mark,” exclaimed
Jackson.
In a minute coats w’ere stripped off and
sleeves rolled up, the family of the host
looking on with intense Interest. There
sure enough were the two anchors, pre
cisely alike, and the stars. After a lapse
of thirty-eight vears the men found that
they had been chums at school.
‘•Lot on a Narrow Xeck.’’
From the Chicago Journal
”A Woslyan Methodist” wants to know
what authority there is for the state
ment that Charles Wesley composed his
celebratde hymn beginning “Lo! on a nar
row neck erf land,” while sojourning in
Georgia.
Charles Wesley himself is the author
ity. In a letter written by him from
Jekvl Island in 1736 to Lady Oglethorpe
we find the following:
"Last evening I wandered to the north
end of the island and stood upon the
narrow point which your ladyship w'll
recall as there projecting into the ocean
The vastness of the watery waste as
compared to my standing place, called
to mind the briefness of human life and
my surroundings Inspired me to write a
hymn, eommenrtng:
Lo’ on a narrow neck of land,
’Taixt two unbounded seas, I stand
W hich I trust may pleasure your lady
ship, weak and fec-Me as it is, compared
with the songs of the sweet psalmist of
Israel.''
Doctors Say;
Bilious and Intermittent Fevers
which prevail in miasmatic dis
tricts are invariably accompan
ied by derangements of the
Stomach Liver and Bowels.
The Secret of Health.
The liver is the great ” driving
wheel” in the mechanism of
man, and when it is out of order,
the whole, system becomes de
ranged and disease is the result.
Tutt’s Liver Pills
Cure all Liver Troubles.
NAPOLEON,
I fey Mn the conqueror of 'worlds,
died in 1821, 25 years
before Pond’s Extract,
K. the conqueror of pain,
\ was discovered. Napo
lebn’s greatness dirnrned
Y / his years; Pond’s
* Extracts greatness iq-
If 0 *" ' f creases.
PftWTVQ PYTIJ APT w,LLSoro Throat, Frost
it v' At M itSxik JL liflv X CURE Bites, Lameness,
Rheumatism, Wounds, Piles, Earache, Sprains, Sore Eyes, Hoarseness,
Inflammations, Soreness, Burns, Bruises, Bore Feet, and Hemorrhages,
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TuLD
IN PAH AGK A PUS.
A Macon Woman Map* the Face of
the Georgia Magnet—A Hoy AVonnil
eil in the Arm While Plnyiug Buf
falo Bill—A Narrow Escape From
Death at llawkinovllle—Two Small
Negro Bo>* on Trial for Stealing
S-'hmi From n Bank.
GEORGIA. t
Jod Bryant of Macon, charged with wife
murder, has been acquitted.
There are four families living within a
mile of Pine Urove school house, in Clinch
county, that have forty-one children. •
Wednesday night David McGauley of
OJum fell over a box in his house, am!
broke three of his ribs and received in
ternal injuries.
L. C. Mandevllle, one of the leading mer
chants of Carrollton, has sold ids entire
stock of merchandise to George W. Roop,
of Roopville.
J. T. Saunders has been appointed post
master at Fairchild, Decatur county, to
fill the vacancy created by the death of
W. C. Fairchild.
J. T. Sanders has been appointed post
master at Fairchild, Decatur county, to
fill the vacancy created by the death of
W. C. Fairchild.
Mr. Walton of Sandersville is trying the
experiment of fattening cattle on cotton
seed meal and hulls. One beef gained 121
pounds In thirty days.
Anthony Murphy of Atlanta claims the
Southern railway has taken possession
of land in that city belonging to him,
and he asks $5,000 damages.
The town council of Sparta has raised
the liquor license for another year from
JfirtO to $3,000, and but one application has
been made for the increased license.
The grand jury of Terrell county has
given a strong indorsement to Solicitor
General Sheffield to be the successor on
the bench of the Pataula circuit of Judge
James Griggs.
It is Terrell county's time to supply the
state senator from that dlctrlct In the
next legislature, and a writer in the Daw
son News suggests Hon. O. B. Stevens
for the place.
The Toccoa furniture and lumber fac
tory Is receiving more orders than it
can fill and is running an extra large
force of hands from 7 a. m. until 8:30 p.
m. every day.
The Woodbury Messenger, populist is
the first paper of any description, as far
as can be ascertained, that objects to
the government stocking the streams of
the state with fish.
The charities of Augusta have been con
solidated under the control of a commis
sioner, and all money appropriated for
charitable purposes either by the city or
county, is dispersed by the commission.
Mrs. Jennie Jones of Cartersville died
unexpectedly last Sunday morning of
heart disease, with which she has been a
sufferer for many years. The deceased
was the step-mother of Rev. Sam P
Jones.
Gov. Atkinson states that he will an
nounce the name of a judge of the Macon
circuit to succeed Judge Hardeman on
Monday or Tuesday next. Frqm present
indications Solicitor General Felton will
be appointed.
The last grand Jury of Pierce county
played havoc with the wine and cider
manufacturers, getting true bills against
some of them and recommending thait its
manufacture for sale In Pierce county be
prohibited altogether.
G. W. Tilley of Fannin county has
been arrested on a charge of Imperson
ating James F. Forrester, and getting a
check for federal pension money due the
latter cashed. The penalty for the of
fense Is ten years imprisonment.
Bank Examiner Burgwyn has left Col
umbus after having completed his Inves
tigation of the affairs of the Chattahoo-
National Bank. John F. Flournoy way
appointed receiver of the Institution, and
has orffered all persons having claims
against the bank to present them within
three months.
While under the influence of a heavv
drug, supposed to have been swallowed
In a cup of coffee in the Turkish cafe in
the streets of Cairo on the Midway at the
exposition, grounds at Atlanta Thursday
Dr. J L. Crigler, an exposition visitor
from Crawford, Miss., was robbed of be
tween SSO and $75.
Postmaster Dunbar of Augusta had a
painful experience while returning from
Atlanta in a Georgia railroad sleeper
He was In a lower berth, and during the
night the upper berth gave way and its
occupant, a full grown man was precipi
tated on the ’’Judge.” Ilis spine was
wrenched and gave him considerable pain.
J. P. Bryant, a furniture dealer of At
lanta. while drunk Wednesday, went to
the house of a colored woman named Ka
tie Wood, ami while there shot her. Hrr
arrt claims his pistol was accidentally dis
charged. The woman may die. Bryant
is under arrest. He was badly beaten by
four negroes as he was leaving the house
after the shooting.
In the United States court at Macon
M ednesday Ed Smith filed suit for $5 <OO
against the Central railroad receivers
He claims that a passing train made his
horse run away, Smith claims to have
been thrown from his buggy and Injured
to the amount of the claim. Alfred Mack
also brings suit for SIO,OOO on eimllar al
legations against the Central.
A trade has been closed between Ellerv
Johnson and J. K. Williamson, both of
Rome, by which the latter assumes con
..u „ the lar Ke Icwelry establishment
of the former. The stock is worth be
tween so,ouo and SIO,OOO. Both have been in
the Jewelry business, and Mr. Williamson
will run two separate establishments In
adjoining blocks for the present.
On the Mock-Hood plantation. In
Doughty county Wednesday afternoon,
the cabin of William Benjamin was burn
“'! up. tremating his 17-year-old son,
N\ right The boy was subject to epileptic
fits, and it Is supposed that he. while
near the fire had one of these spells and
fell in the lire, scattering the burning wood
and causing the house to catch on fire.
Otis Glass, the son of a prominent dtl
z,a benola, was acldentally shot and
painfully wounded In the right arm Tue*-
day. Clarence Falls, the 16-year-old son
uos'mlstress. was playing “Buffalo
uin with Otis, and tuuippinir a dlb-
Xo * him - Clar**nc© knew that the
idßtol had on© ball in It, but did not think
that m* had snapped round to it, otl*
will reoover.
Jud*** Kpp* of the city court of
Atlanta, has handed in his reßlynation to
B)v. Aikimton. to take effect on Ja.n. 7
T he re&tons he given are that th public
nuHineMH demand* that bin aueceaaor Khali
4 MOOr L *• IXMMdbU b©*ln the dlachar***
of fib duties, and ttifti he liu a chance
at thiis time to make a very advanta
if€oub butflneM connection which n* can
not overlook.
A young man named Oscar Campbell
wig) live* near Nwton factor y. m Vwv.
ion SOUIMV was shot TUew U> night by
an unknown person. He was wound*) in
G>* Ui4k of the band and lm< k w*h •
tfhotjfur> 4 amphtril riding a lioi
belonging to Frank Jviiw. i'ne .üboogl
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1895.
tion is that he was mistaken for Jones.
The wound is serious, and it is thought
that he will not recover.
While Mrs. Annie Abbott, the Georgia
magnet, was searching for her stolen jew
els at Macon a few days ago Mrs. Walker
slapped Mrs. Bishop's face. Mrs. Walker
was ready to follow the first blow with
others, but a countable interfered ami
Mrs. Walker allowed the search to pro
ceed. The missing articles were found,
but Mrs. Walker said that she had been
an innoceht purchaser of them.
Editor Jack Powell of the Blakely Ob
server. was married last w-qk to Miss
Connie Strong, a popular young lady of
that place, and this is his announcement
of the event to his readers; "After a te
dious courtship of several months. Jack
Powell and Miss Connie Strong were mar
ried on last Thursday evening. Rev. J.
W. Arnold performing the marriage serv
ice. No cards; no objections and nobody's
business. Now is the time to subscribe.’*
A fire which started at Carrollton Wed
nesday about noon destroyed the build
ing, machinery and tools of the sash
dobr and blind factory of Dr. W. C. New’
The factory was being operated by Col!
E. A. Brooks, who also lost some valuable
machinery and material. A blacksmith
and wood shop near by were also burned.
Dr. New estimates his loss at about SHOOO
and Cob Brooks says his will amount to
about fI.OOIX Nfather carried any insur
ante. The fire started from a spark from
the engine.
Clarence James, a machlnest at Pate
Itros. shop** an Hawktnsville, ha,l u
miraculous .-scape from death last Mon
day morning by the bursting of a cylin
der head of a small steam engine that
he was repairing. He was heating the
piece of machinery, preparatory to tak
ing it to pieces, when it suddenly ex-
.l? 1 ? r|t " a terrinc report. Fragments
of the Iron flew in every direction, and
one of them struck Mr. James in the
rorehead, knocking him senseless. He was
not seriously hurt, though he w-ill carry
an ugly scur as long as he lives as a re
sult of the accident.
/Hi® correspondent of the Morning News
at Douglas sends in the following: "The
citizens of Douglas assembled in mass
meeting Wednesday night for the purpose
of nominating a munlpical ticket for the
F ° r mayfi-. three name*,
tlx. Ous L. Brack. W. F. Sibbett and C. a!
Ward, Jr., were placed before the con
vention. C. A. Ward, Jr., was finally de
clared the nominee. The ticket now
stands: For mayor, C. A. Ward, Jr.; for
So ® uck a Beterson. W. P.
a W. Inflnger, D. W. Gaskin,
ow llt,le *Peoch. stated
that if elected the first mayor of Douglas
who was yet in her swaddling clothes as
a city, that he would serve without salary.
Bob Oliver and Julius White, two small
negroes, worq put on trial In the crim
inal superior court at Atlanta Thursday
on the-charge of robbing the States Sav
*n?P hen the case was
called for trial it was proven that Julius
White was only years old and he was
ordered discharged, as under the law
he is not responsible. As soon as he
had been disttharged he was put on the
stand and testified that he had stolen
the money and the other boy had noth
ing to do with it, except to help him
spend It, not knowing that it had been
stolen. The case was stubbornly fought
by the defense, and when the jury went
out It was unable to agree on a verdict,
so Judge Clark ordered a mistrial In
the case.
The death of J. A. Adams, which occurr
ed at Reynolds last week has caused sev
eral of the merqhants of that place much
uneasiness. Mr. Adams was president of
the Reynolds Exchange Bank. He. also
acted as cashier. The merchants had per
fect confidence in Mr. Adams, and he held
their daily deposits, they not knowing the
result In case of his death. About ten days
ago he was stricken with paralysis and
died in a short while. W. M. Musslewhlte
was appointed temporary administrator.
It was found that there were but little
funds', some notes, etc., to balance nearly
$4.U60 liabilities. Mr. Adams bought cot
ton besides doing his general banking
business. Some of the cotton will also go
to his credit. It turns up that there are a
number of executions against Mr. Adams'
estate, which, under the law, will claim
his estate, Including cotton, money, etc.
By this state of affairs several firms are
temporary deprived of the use of consid
erable money. Had Mr. Adams lived,
everything would have been right.
One of the largest sales of timber ef
fected at Amerleus in some time was
made Tuesday, by P. C. Clegg and J. C.
C. Horne, to R. E. Johnson of Atlanta,
consisting of the hardwood timber cov
ering 6,000 acres of land lying along Flint
river in Bumter, Bee and Macon coun
ties. The land thus described is covered
with a magnificent growth of whiteoak,
ash and other hard woods suitable for
manufacturing purposes, and the work
of clearing the timber will begin next
week. Mr. Johnson, it is understood, will
export large quantities of this timber,raft
ing the logs to the Georgia and Alabama
railway at Johnson’s Station, where they
will be loaded for shipment to Savannah
or Brunswick. It is estimated that fully
50,000 selected log3 can be secured along
Flint river. Messrs. Clegg and Horne
•sold the timber at so much per tree, the
transaction netting them a snug sum.
The timber is of the finest quality, and
early next week the work of felling it
will begin at a point in Dooly county, and
continued up the river until the amount
wanted has been secured.
Macon Telegraph: The Southern Ex
press Company was held to be liable to
J. H. & W. W. Williams in the city court
Wednesday. Williams sued for siss and
Interest. He got all he asked. The suit
was brought mainly on the ground that
the express company received the dia
monds to be delivered at Swainsboro,
nothing being said about the fact that
the express cocnpany’s nearest office was
Midvtlle, several miles distant. The forg
er receipted the express agent at Mia
ville for the diamonds, and Williams
claims the express company is responsi
ble for the safe delivery of the goods at
their destination. Judge Ross charged
the Jury that the plaintiffs were right in
this contention, and that the express com
pany should have used extraordinary dili
gence to see that the goods were prop
erly delivered; that as they had under
taken to deliver the goods to the J O
Coleman at SwaJnsboro, the man who got
the goods at Midville became as an agent
Of the express company, and If ho did
not place the goods safely at their desti
nation. the express company was liable.
The express company's counsel requested
the court to charge that If plaintiffs
were entitled to recover at all. they were
bound by the olause on the blanks lim
iting the value to SSO. But Judge Ross
ledieved the law on this subject applied
only to cases where the sender of an ex
press package refused to give valuation
after having been asked to do so; if
the package was lost under such circum
stances, then the sender could not recov
er more than SSO, and the Jury was no
c harged The express company will car
ry the case to a higher court.
FLORIDA.
People near Waldo had to fight a wools
fire last Sunday away from their houses
and fences.
K W. Koesti r and Raymond liler* of
Taqipa are In Orlando for the purpose of
opening a cigar fa/ tary
Many deer are being killed In Osceola
county, an* firm at Kissimmee having re.
centij puivfiaasif in one month ids hides
Tb. Mag noil* Mori tors hotel baa i.-ntn I
! SHINNY ON YOUR OWN SIDE
I '- -^=
; Says “Uncle Sam" to John Bull:
i “You know what your own Lord Disraeli once said: We •
i don’t want to fight, but then if we do—we have the ships
1 and the men and the Money, too.”
• However, we’ll not cross that bridge till we get
[ • to it. Just now before us is
CHRISTMAS^
) Are you going to purchase
SUITS,
The kind that not only look well
when bought, but look shapely,
dressy and fit the form until
worn out. Others have them,
but not like ours for the price.
P About 200 Boys Suits, odds and ilk"#® 1 A a Regular prices 516.50, SI Lsl HO
P ends, one and two of a kind; sizes ii T k I} I | and SI2, giving them away almost
pl 4to 18, same suitable for small ]| fv m\(a] 1 II f But we want to close them out
p men - J—■ " Mr nZ >V V and they are marked for slaughter.
p If you want to make your boy happy for little money, buy one.
p BETTER THAN BURNING YOUR MONEY.
q Periodical Tickets Taken.
| M. DRYFUS,
p Congress Hall, 159 Congress Street.
sold to Edward Records of Philadelphia.
Mr. Records is to spend a large amount
of money in beautifying the place.
H. P. Shares, proprietor of the New
Rockledge hotel at Rockledge, has re
cently bought one of the orange groves
In full bearing on Merritt's island.
The engagement of A. G. Hartridge and
Miss Birdie Dillon, two prominent young
society people of Jacksonville, has been
announced. The marriage takes place
Feb. 19. , .
W. R. Grantham's suit against the city
of Tallahassee for SIO,OOO damages for
falling into a ditch last May was decided
on Tuesday evening by Judge Malone In
favor of the city.
The long drought In Holmes county has
dried up the water courses and in many
places catching fish Is no trouble. Even
hogs are thriving on flsfh they find In
the dried-up ponds.
A. M. MoLoaron of Michigan Is In Lake
City negotiating for 5,000 acres of land
within five miles of Lake City. His pur
pose Is to bring a colony of settlers and
enter largely into tobacoo culture.
Among the prospectors who have been
In 1/ake City during the past week is E.
D. Dickinson of Detroit, Mich., who pro
poses to erect a canning factory at that
point with a capacity of 20,000 cans per
day. ' i
Dr. N. B. Rhodes and other citizens of
Tampa are organizing a horse Insurance
company. It will enable the owners of
stock to Insure the life of their animals
just as life insurance is taken out on In
dividuals.
Pensacola News: Coleman T. Fanhln,
In charge of a corps of engineers Is sur
veying the shore line, including the front
of the city between Bayou Grande and
Magnolia Bluff. This work Is being done
under orders from MaJ. F. A. Mahan.
The chart, which will be made under this
survey, will also show the depth of wa
ter, extending out to the thirty-foot curve.
Three attachments were Issued out of
the circuit court at Tampa Wednesday
against the Hillsborough Cypress Com
pany, one In favor of Knight & Wall for
$2,100, another In favor of the W. E. Hill
Company for $666.68, and the other In favor
of Jacob R. Einstein for S2OO. Morse &
Cole, Edenfleld & Jetton and the Ybor
City Manufacturing Company were gar
nisheed in the same suits.
Soon Kee, a Chinaman of Jacksonville,
whom a sharper swindled out of S3OO by
a gold brick scheme several months ago,
was robbed Wednesday night of S3OO by a
negro woman. The money was under a
pillow in Soon Kee’s room. The woman
had access to the room, and while Soon
Kee was sleeping she entered and stole
the money. He refused to give the name
of the woman, or his own name to the po
lice, but he was known by several by
standers.
The ante-mortem statement of Walter
Jordan, the man who stabbed a woman
with a pair of shears at Pensacola on
Sunday night and afterward shot Police
man Ragan, was taken on Tuesday night.
Jordan was shot In the abdomen by the
policeman and the ball perforated the
bowels in several place®. Seven inches
of the intestines have been removed.
The policeman is by no means out of dan
ger, but his condition is much more hope
ful than that of Jordan.
A meeting of the board of directors of
the Subtropical Exposition Company
was held at Jacksonville Thursday after
noon, and action was taken In regard
to keeping the property, Which will revert
to the city if an exposition of some kind
shall not be given this coming year. The
meeting was called to order by Chair
man Archibald, who presided. A motion
wus made to present an application to
congress asking that the government ex
hibit, now at Atlanta. GtL, be moved thehe
and placed in tne building belonging to
the Subtropical Company In B|rr!ngfleld.
The motion was earned, and application
will be made at once.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Kissimmee sends In the following The
farmers of this section have determined
to make gTi-at efforts to hoys some other
crop# beside# the nsuai farm product#
belli them out. To this end ten of them
have (ontraeted to furnish the money to
plant ten aerea in tobacco and employ
an expert to oar* for it until marketed.
They will also furnish all aatMatancs pos
sible. including expert advice to ths farm
ers who will pUijT This will cartgtnlg bs
of great IvuMiigw to all who wish to
plant, and will moat rsHalnly open up a
new indumry here that will pay. There
Is no <ioubt about Macro growing hare
—that ba been tried, put baring no en
!OVERCOATS.
Heavy, warm, stylish and fine
fitting. Or, if you prefer a me
dium weight, we are with you
also. Cape Coats, Box Coats
and Coats of every description.
Better for the price than ever
; had.
who understood the curing It has not
been marketed to any extent.
At Gainesville Thursday the grand jury
was busy for some time Investigating the
charge against Bob Rains, Jesse Goss
and C. Rlnkoson, who were charged with
assault with intent to murder. Last
spring, when an effort was made, to en
force the cow law, and when several an
imals were in the. pound, the fence was
torn down one night and set on fire, and
Paul Reynolds, the night watchman, was
assaulted and severely beaten on the
head. The three young men named were
charged with the offense, but the grand
Jury, after diligent Inquiry, decided that
there was not sufficient evidence against
them to permit of their being placed on
trial. The guilty parties, whoever they
were, accomplished their object, as from
that date the effort to enforce the cow
law was abandoned.
The board of county commissioners held
a special meeting at Pensacola Tugjday
nignt and rescinded their action at a
former meeting of levying a tax of SIOO
upon each insurance company doing busi
ness in the county. The commissioners
were strongly urged by a committee from
the Young Men's Business Leag-uo to
take the tax off. as the insurance compa
nies had already placed an additional
premium of 26 cents on all new policies
and those to be renewed. A decision was
also shown to have been made by Judge
Barnes of the circuit court, that a similar
tax Imposed upon the insurance companies
by the city of Pensacola was Illegal.
Thursday the insurance companies gave
notice that they would refund the ad
ditional 25 cents per SIOO, that had been
demanded by them on policies.
ICHLATTER, THE HEALER, FOI YD.
He Is Moving on Santa Fe, and Peo
ple Are Getting Excited,
From the Philadelphia Record.
Santa Fe, N. M., Dpc. 14.—Francis
Schlatter, the healer, Is expected here
to-morrow. Last night he was in the
village of Santa Cruz, three miles north
of here. On Wednesday he passed
through Taos valley, coming over the
range from Elizabethtown. A letter from
Taos says that Mrs. Alexander Cusdorf,
who knows the healer, had a full hour's
conversation with him. She addressed
him in English and German and asked
him to prolong his stay, pointing out the
good he could do among the poor peo
ple in curing their ills, but he said his
time was really not his own. that he
traveled under the guidance and direc
tion of ’’The Father,” and must press
on to the end of his Journey.
He declined to reveal his plans, either
for the present or Immediate future.
Two ladies carried a substantial lunch
to Schlatter, also two bottles, one filled
with milk, the other with wine. He ac
cepted the latter, but declined the milk
and the lunch, saying the wine would
give him strengh to travel, but that he
needed no food.
”1 frequently go four or five days with
out taking food ’’ he said, “and when
I need it the Father will provide for
me.”
Much attention and reverence was
shown this man on his trip through the
Taos valley. Hundreds of people In all
sorts of vehicles, on horseback, on foot,
accompanied or followed him for twenty
miles along the road, and all this time
the healer was blessing handkerchiefs
as he rode slowly toward the Rio Grande
at Embudo.
It is pointed out that on that dismal
rainy night of Sept. 21, when hundreds
of people from Santa Fe crowded the
depot platform at Lamy Junction and
Implored the htaler to come to this city
he said to them from the car window
" Have faith. I shall come to Santa Fe
In three months."
—There are probably as good fish In the
sea as ever were lied about.—Yonkers
Statesman.
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With Rich Chocolate Flavor.
WE FEEL
That we should make known the fact
that we are manufacturing under our
“R J R”
Trade Mark tag, Naturally Sweet
Chewing Tobacco that requires 60 per
cent, less added sweetening than any
other. It JR 16 oz. is marketed to
reach consumers at 50c, and preferred
by many cliewers who have been accus
tomed to using the most expensive
brands of North Carolina and Virginia chewing
tobacco. We were recently awarded the highest
premium on tobacco entered for competition at the
Cotton States and International Exposition at At
lanta, Ga. By calling at our unique exhibit, Agri
cultural building, section 3, chewers can get a free
cut of our R J R, and will be surprised to find that
dealers can supply them with such an excellent
chew in 10c cuts at the rate of 50c a pound.
Manufactured only by
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.,
PALMiTr IIARDWARE CO.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT, WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE,
US Congress Street. Bay and Jefferson Streets.
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Leggins, Cartridge and Game Bags, Loaded Shells (all styles and loads), and Pocket
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We offer for the ladies: Oil Stoves; splendid things to warm your bath room, bed
room or a , simple, harmless and odorless, as well as cheap and economical, consume
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to the celebrated “BAKLERS ODORLESS HEATERS.” We can sell you a Cooking
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Owner* and Proprietors.
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Texas Rust Proof Oats.
Southern Seed Rue.
Crimson Clover.
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