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As all our readers know it costs a aTast aVast ai
i Vast sum of money to send our six sixteen sixteen sixteen ¬
< teen battleships with their accom accompanying accompanying accompanying ¬
panying fleet of torpedo destroyers destroyersand
and supply vessels and fifteen or twen twenty twenty twenty
ty thousand officers and men around aroundthe aroundthe aroundi
i the world to show all the nations what whata
a big fellow we are and how easily easilywe
we can thrash them all if we want wantto wantE
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other nation proposes to follow our ourexample ourexample ourexample
example And then the long time timeiven timegiven timegIven
given iven to target practice If other na nations naJ nations ¬
i tions are doing the same thing they theydont theydont theyldout
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dont say anything about it The fir firing firing firng ¬
ing ng of these big guns costs enough to tosupport tosupport tosupport
support several of the missionaries missionarieswe
we send out to convert the heathen heathenand heathenand heathenand
and the guns themselves can only be befired beiired befired
fired about so many times before they theybecome th theybecome y ybecome
become dangerous The various sa salutes saIutes saiutes ¬
Iutes to President Roosevelt and oth others othersrequire others ¬
ers ersrequire require sixteen times twentyone twentyonedischarges twentyonedischarges twentyoneI
I discharges of government powder
336 discharges in all allThen alLThen alLThen
Then if in any harbor of Japan Chi China ChIua ¬
na 111 or elsewhere one of these battle battleships battleships battleships ¬
ships should happen to get blown up as asthe astbe asthe
the Maine was of course It will all be becharged becl1arged becharged
charged to the nation where the ship shipiappens shipJ1appens shiphappens
happens to be and an enormous in indemnity incIemnJty indemnity ¬
demnity will be demanded or a war warwhich warhich warwhIch
< which will cost a hundred times timessnore timesmore timesmo
snore mo than all the attleships are areworth areWorth areworth
WorthWhy worthWhy worth worthWhy
Why wouldnt it answer just as well wellto wellto wellj
j to send sixteen of our best pugilists pugilistsaround pugilistsaround pugilistsaround
around the world to show all the na nations nationshow nalions ¬
lions tionshow how much better our pugilists pugilistsare ugIl1stsare
are than theirs Let these pugilists pugilistsstop pugilistsI
stop over to see all the bull fights and andnave andhave andhave
I have boxing matches with the pugH pugilists pugHi ¬
i Y ists of every country to which they theyt
t 350 When all the nations come to tounderstand tomiderstand
f understand what tremendous fighters fightersre
we re are surely they will never attempt attemptto
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I to interfere with any plans we may mayiiave mayIt mayhave
It have in regard to the Pacific or any anyother anyother anyother
other ocean Geo T Angell AngellOur AngellOuri Our OurDumb
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It THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY NO NOMORE NOMORE
I MORE MOREA MOREAspeclalfrom I
I A Aspeclalfrom special from Uniontown Pa says sayslafayette saysLafayette I II
I lafayette county folks are laughing laughingthemselves lug I Ithemselves I IIf
If themselves thin over the prospects of ofa ofa
1 a duel between George Titlow and andWilliam andl andWilliam
l William M Likins When Likins Likinswho Likinsi Likinswho
i who is the proprietor of the Peoples PeoplesTribune PeoplesTribune PeoplesTribune
Tribune and the prohibition candi candidate candil candidate ¬
l date for congress published an arti article artit article ¬
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f cle about Titlow on his suds sup suppcesser supf
f t pcesser sser Titlow demanded that Lik Likins Likfight Likt
t ins fight him a duel with rifles at 20 20paces 20paces 20I
I paces Titlow is a hotel man and andone andone andi
i p one of the biggest men physically in intbe Inthe inI
I the county Likins sizes up to him himlike himJike himi
i like a period after a capital letter letterBut letter4BUt letterBut
But said Likins with aggravat aggravating aggravatmg ¬
jug calmness Uit it would be murder murderXook murderLook murderL
Look L ok at the advantage Id have Id Idtxjre Idbore Idbore
bore you while you were trying to lo locate 10cate locate ¬
cate me meTil me4CX1l meIll
Til Ill take those chances shouted shoutedTitlow shoutedritIow shoutedT1Uow
Titlow I demand satisfaction and andItfs and1t andits
its 1t s got to be of the red and juicy juicyMnd juicyikind juicyifake
Mnd MndMake
Make it fountain pens at 15 pac paces pact
i t es < said Likins and Ill make you youHook youiook oU oU10ak
Hook like a tattooed man manNothing manI
t I Nothing but guns will satisfy me meisaid meI
I t I said lsaidTttlow lsaidTttlowWeU Titlow TitlowWell TttlowWell
Well ir you wGU insist on my killing killingyou killingou killingyou
you ou I cant help h lp it But I want ant you youto youI 01 01tonsist
I to tonsist Insist in front of witnesses so I Iwont IWon Iwont
wont Won t be heW responsible respans ble for your yourdeath yourdeath our ouriltJh
death deathTJtlow iltJhU1t1
1 TJtlow U1t1 w repeated tAe challenge c1taHen e in the thepresence theIpresemce thejreseice
presence of several persons l erSODS whereup whereupon hereupon ¬
on Likins submitted the facts to toSquire toiSqudlre toSqure
Squire Jon Boyle and Titlow was wasbrought ft Wsi as asibroug1tt
i brought to court There T ere will be a abearing aJhearlDi aieaalng
bearing this t is week and a ct the friends of ofboth ofbath ofboth
both belligerents be1a4J eremts promise to turn out outin outfi
fi in jnif force oe and help the fun along
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t other day When the members of the theassociation thet thet
t association met at 11 oclock to make makeztheir makef make1ieir
f heir bank clearings it was found that thatthere thatthere thatthere
there was 40000 in checks in the thedays thedays i iaaYs
days business and that when hen settle settlement settlement settleI ¬
ment was made the accounts of each eachbank each13ank eachI
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I ed to a penny No bank had to pay a acent acent acent
cent to any an other bank The clearing clearingnouse clearIngihouse clearingI
I house clerks were amazed Such a athing ai aIT
IT i thing lh ng does not occur once in a life lifetime life1lmeKnsas lifetImeKansas ¬
time 1lmeKnsas Kansas City Times TimesItalians TImeslta1 TimesItalians
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THE DOGS OF WAR WARWe WARWe WARWe
We know the dog as policeman in inCentral inCentral InCentral
Central Europe as lifesaver he has hasworked hasworked hasworked
worked in the Alps for a thousand thousandyears thousandyears thousandyears
years But the dog regularly enlisted enlistedin
in every great army of the world worldwhether worldwhether worldwhether
whether in the Red Cross department departmentor
or as scout and despatch bearer bearerIs bearerIssurely bearerissurely is issurely
surely something of a novelty noveltyIn
In the FrancoPrussian war out of
129000 casualties 13000 were return returned ¬
ed as missing and who shall say saywhat saywhat saywhat
what agonies a onies those unfortunates suff suffered suffered suffered ¬
ered Every war of the future how however however however ¬
ever will see the dog mitigating its itshorror itshorror itshorror
horror horrorThe horrorThe horrorThe
The ambulance dog is entirely In Independent Independent Independent ¬
dependent of artificial light and relies reliesonly reUesonly reliesonly
only on his extraordinary power of ofscent ofscent ofscent
scent Last year ear during the great greatAustrain greatAustrain greatAustrain
Austrain maneuvers two hundred men menwere menwere menwere
were left lying on the field to repre represent represent represent ¬
sent the wounded and the stretcher stretcherbearers stretcherbearers stretcherbearers
bearers working against time over overlooked overlooked overlooked ¬
looked thirtyeight of these Within Withintwenty Withintwenty Withintwenty
twenty minutes the Viennese dogs had haddiscovered haddiscovered haddiscovered
discovered them all allEach allEach allEach
Each dog carries about his neck a aflask aflask aflask
flask containing brandy or soup and andalso andalso andalso
also a roll of bandages The wound wounded ¬
ed man having made what use he can canof canof canof
of this relief gives the dog his cap or orbelt orbelt orbelt
belt and the intelligent creature at atonce atonce atonce
once races off with it to the ambu ambulance ambulance ambulance ¬
lance attendants whom he conducts conductsto
to the rescue with all speed speedMarvelous speedMarvelous speedMarvelous
Marvelous stories are told of the thedogs thedogs thedogs
dogs which the Allied troops took tookwith tookwith tookwith
with them to China for the suppress suppression ¬
ion of the Boxer rebellion rebellionThe
The French in Algeria have also alsoused alsoused alsoused
used dogs in this way in their warfare warfarewith warfarewith warfarewith
with the Arabs One canine favorite favoritewith favoritewith favoritewith
with the Oran garrison has just been beenraised beenraised beenraised
raised to the rank of sergeant on ac account account account ¬
count of his sagacity for he can be beused beused beused
used indifferently as scout sentry dis dispatch dispatch dispatch ¬
patch bearer or seeker for the woun wounded wounded wounded ¬
ded on the battlefield He is a Rus Russian Russian Russian ¬
sian borzoi Other dogs In use by bydifferent bydifferent bydifferent
different armies are the shepherd dog dogthe dogthe dogthe
the Danish boarhound the bloodhound bloodhoundand
and crosses of these breeds breedsIt
It Is the German army authorities authoritieswho
who have adopted war dogs on the thelargest thelargest thelargest
largest scale Other armies have fol followed followed followed ¬
lowed her example It is realiized realiizedthat
that hundreds if not thousands of ofmen ofmen ofmen
men may ma owe their lives to canine caninesearchers caninesearchers caninesearchers
searchers or at least the mitigation mitigationof
of terrible suffering such as the dread dreadful dreadful dreadful
ful thirst resulting from the loss of ofblood ofblood ofblood
blood bloodThe bloodThe bloodThe
The Russian army in Manchuria em employed employed employed ¬
ployed hundreds of specially trained trainedcollies trainedcollies trainedcollies
collies and Captain Persidsky report reported ¬
ed In finding the missing and andwounded andwounded andwounded
wounded with which the millet fields fieldswere fieldswere fieldswere
were strewn nothing even approached
our pack of seven English dogs In Inour Inour Inour
our last engagement fiftythree men menwere menwere menwere
were found more or less badly wound wounded ¬
ed in utterly unsuspected places placestwhere placesIt placestwhere
It twhere the stretcher bearers and sur surgeons surgeons surgeons ¬
geons would never have dreamed of oflooking ofI oflooking
I looking lookingAs
As to Great Britain every year her herwar herwar herwar
I war office authorities carry out ex exhaustive exhaustive exhaustive ¬
haustive tests of war dogs The dogs dogsare dogsare dogsare
are specially trained in Forfarshire ForfarshireScotland ForfarshireScotland ForfarshireScotland
Scotland by Major E Houtonville HoutonvilleRichardson HoutonvilleI HoutonvilleRichardson
Richardson of Carnoustie CarnoustieThe
I The great difficulty lies in having havingi havingdogs havingdogs
i dogs and ready in sufficiient numbers numbersRed numbersCross numbersRed
Red Cross Magazine MagazineTHE MagazineTHE IagazineTHE
THE REFUNDING OF THE COTTON COTTONTAX COTTONTAX COTTONTAX
TAX TAXIn
In an elaborate speech in the house houseof
of representatives Friday Mr Aiken Aikenof Aikenof
of South Carolina urged the passage passageof
of his bill to provide for refunding refundingto
to lawful claimants the proceeds of ofthe oftbe ofthe
the cotton tax collected by the gOY government gOYernnlent go goernment ¬
ernment illegally ine l1 as he claims in in1S636S inI in1SG36S
I 1S636S
The total amount of this tax he hesaid heS1tid hesaid
said was more than sixtyeight mil million nIillion mulion ¬
lion dollars of which the eleven cot cotton cotton cotton ¬
ton states paid nearly sixtyfive mil million million mu1ion ¬
lion dollars dollarsIn
In cases where claims cannot be es established established established ¬
tablished the plan of Mr Aiken as asstated asstated asstated
stated by him is that the amount shall shallbe shallbe shallbe
be turned over to the various state statetreasuries statetreasuries statetreasuries
treasuries for use in the common commonschool commonschool commonschool
school fund of such state stateNOT stateNOT stateNOT
NOT HOW CHEAP BUT HOW GOOD GOODA
A brick front painted with L M MPaint 11Paint MPaint
Paint 25 years ago and not painted paintedsince paintedsince
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Brooklyn New York Paint with L LM Lr LM
M r Brillian Red and trim with Sha Shaker Shaker Shaker ¬
ker Green or White Te body wont wontneed wontneed wontneed
need paintting in 25 years Mclver MclverMacKay 1Iclver1IacKay MclverMacKay
MacKay L M Paint Agents 2a
WINE A TEMPERANCE DRINK bRINKThe DRINKThe DRINKThe
The movement by the wine men to topromote topromQte topromote
promote temperance by encouraging encouragingthe
the drinking of California wine is one onethat onethat onethat
that every true friend of temperance temperanceshould temperanceshould temperanceshould
should aid Really the solution of the thetemperance thetemperance thetemperance
temperance question is learning how howto howto
to drink This does not mean that thatthose thatthose thatthose
those who do not drink should be en encouraged encouraged encouraged ¬
couraged to drink but those who do dodrink dodrink dodrink
drink should be educated how to drink drinkIn
In countries where wine is drunk uni universally universally universally ¬
versally there is no drunkenness For Fora
a practical object lesson it is not nec neccessary neccessary neccessary
cessary to cross the Atlantic ocean oceanjust oceanjust oceanjust
just cross the track Go to any of the theFrench theFrench theFrench
French or Italian hotels and you will willsee winsee willsee
see wine drunk at table during meals mealsMost meals1lost mealsMost
Most Americans whose only idea of ofdrinking ofdrinking ofdrinking
drinking is to get drunk could not notdrink notdrink notdrink
drink wine even at meals soberly un until until Until ¬
til they learn how but a moderate use useof useof useof
of wine at meals as a stimulating bev beverage beverage beverage ¬
erage is absolutely unobjectionable unobjectionableand
and no sumptuary law that would seek seekto seekto seekto
to prohibit it is likely to be tolerated toleratedFor
I For that matter beer drinking in the thesame theI thesame
I same way is unobjectionable The Theonly TheI Theonly
I only difficulty in putting beer on a aI aparity
1
parity with wine is that beer has be become become become ¬
come in California so intimately as associated associated associated ¬
sociated as a saloon drink and the thepeople thepeople thepeople
people have been badly educated in inbeer inbeer inbeer
beer drinking drinkingThose drinkingThose drinkingThose
Those behind the promotion of wine wineas
as a temperance beverage disclaim disclaimany
any saloon sympathy or support And Andthat Andthat Andthat
that is essential to any degree of suc success success success ¬
cess The argument that saloons saloonswhich saloonswhich saloonswhich
which dont sell wine are essential to tothe tothe tothe
the perpetuity of the wine inaustry is istoo istoo istoo
too ridiculous to need even an effort effortat
at refutation The principle that the thepeople thepeople thepeople
people of any community have a right rightto
to abolish public drinking places is isnot isnot isnot
not to be denied Let the wine men menencourage menencourage menencourage
encourage the use of wine as wine wineought wineought wineought
ought to be drunk in the home Since Sincesaloon Sincesaloon Sincesaloon
saloon men have never dealt in wine wineit
it is not hoodooed by the saloon Let Letthe Letthe Letthe
the antisaloon crusade go on too tooThere tooThere tooThere
There is absolutely no conflict be between between between ¬
tween a movement to t encourage the thedrinking thedrinking thedrinking
drinking of wine and to discourage the thesaloon thesaloonFresno thesaloonFresno
saloon saloonFresno Fresno Cal Republican RepublicanThe
The United States battle fleet ar arrived arrived arrived ¬
rived at San Diego California Tues Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday ¬
day and that city was in gala attire attirein
in honor of the occasion It was a ageneral ageneral ageneral
general holiday and there was bunt bunting bunting bunting ¬
ing and patriotism galore Every ho hotel hotel hotel ¬
tel boarding house and home were werefull werefull weretull
full of visitors and many were com compelled compelled cornpelled ¬
pelled to sleep out of doors The of officers officers officers ¬
ficers and crews were welcomed offi officially omcialIy officially ¬
cially and there was a great demon demonstration demonstration demonstration ¬
stration The fleet will remain there therefor therefor therefor
for three days and fifteen thousand thousandmen
men will go ashore
HIGH BtyED B E STALLION STALLIONPOINDEXTER STALLIONPOINDEXTERt STALLIONPOINDEXTER
POINDEXTER JR JRRegistry JRRegistry JRRegistry
Registry No 1850 Vol V VTHIS VTHIS VTHIS
THIS CERTIFIES That Jas
H BEATIE BEA TIE of Rosendale Mo Mohas 110has Mohas
has registered in the Register Registerof
of f the American Saddle Horse HorseBreeders HorseBreeders
Breeders Association of Louis Louisville LouisYille Louisyule
yule Ky the Bay Stallion StallionPOINDEXTER StallionPOINDEXTER StallionPONDEXTER
POINDEXTER JR JRFoaled JRFoaled JRS
S Foaled May 1899 Markings MarkingsNone MarkingsNone MarkingsNone
None NonePEDIGREE NonePEDIGREE NonePEDIGREE
PEDIGREE PEDIGREESire
Sire Poindexter No 33S
Grand Sire Black Squirrel No No5o
58 5oDam 58Dam 58Dam
Dam Daisy B by Wild Rose RoseNo RoseNo RoseNo
No 355 he by Montrose No
106 106Second 106Second 106Second
Second Dam by Drenude 3rd 3rdby 3rdby 3rdby
by Old Drenude DrenudeSeal DrenudeSeal DrenudeSeal
Seal I B NALL Sec SecLouisville SecLouisville SecLouisville
Louisville Ky Feb 2 1903 1903Sold 1903Sold 1903Sold
Sold and transferred this 8th 8thday 8thday 8thday
day Of October 1907 to J C CHowell CHowell CHowell
Howell Anthony Florida FloridaJAS FloridaJAS FloridaJAS
JAS H BEATIE BEATIEPOINDEXTER BEATIEPOINDEXTER BEATIEPOINDEXTER
POINDEXTER JR will make the theseason theseason theseason
season at my farm three and onehalf onehalfmiles onehalfmiles onehalfmiles
miles north of Ocala on the Anthony Anthonyhard Anthonyhard Anthonyhard
hard road Terms 15 to Insure foal
250 when mare is bred balance balancewhen balancewhen balancewhen
when mare is known to be with foal foalJ foalJ foalJ
J C HOWELL Anttjony Ant ony Fla FlaPhone FlaPhone FluPhone
Phone 2 rings on Anthony Line
THE TH THEHOUSE HOUSE FLY DANGER DANGERNow DANGERNow DANGERNow
Now that spring is here in earnest earnestit
it is as well to turn to the fly for a lit littie littie i
tie discussion as it is a factor that thatplays thatplays
1
plays a prominent part in the dissem dissemination dissemination ¬
ination of disease diseaseThere diseaseThere
There are seven different varieties varietiesof
of flies found in our nouses 98 9 per percent percent percent
cent of which is the common house housefly housefiy housefly
fly musca domestica domesticaThis domesticaThis domesticaThis
This is a mediumsized grayish fly flywith flywith flywith
with its mouth parts spread out at the thetip thetip thetip
tip for sucking up liquid substances substancesIt
It breeds in i manure or in decompos decomposing ¬
ing matter of any kind vegetable as aswell asWell aswell
well as animal Hence you can eas easily easily easIly ¬
ily see the necessity of keeping the thepremises thepremises thepremises
premises clear of all such breeding breedingmaterial breedingmaterial breedingmaterial
material in order to prevent the pro production production production ¬
duction of these germ and disease car carriers carriers carriers ¬
riers and the consequent evils there therefrom therefrom therefrom ¬
from fromThey fromThey fromThey
They subsist on any vile or filthy filthymatter filthymatter filthymatter
matter and then leaving this enter enterour enterour enterOur
our house to alight on the food in the thedining thedining thedining
dining room kitchen or pantry leav leaving leaving leaving ¬
ing a trail of bacteria behind behindNow behindNow behindNow
Now let us see what methods have havebeen havebeen havebeen
been successfully employed to pre prevent prevent prevent ¬
vent the breeding of flies Whore Whorethere Wherethere Vherethere
there is neither a barn nor a stable to tocomplicate tocompUcate tocomplicate
complicate the situation the task is isnot isnot isnot
not a difficult one It simply consists consistsin
in keeping yard and house in a clean cleansanitary cleansanitary cleansanitary
sanitary condition leaving nothing nothingaroud nothingaroud nothingaroud
aroud where eggs can be deposited depositedOn
On the other hand where there is isa isa isa
a stable or barn to be reckoned with withthe withthe withthe
the question is of more moment A Asingle Asingle Asingle
single stable where a horse is kept keptwill keptwill keptwill
will supply house flies for an extend extended ¬
ed community communityDr
Dr L O Howard chief of the bu bureau bureau bureau ¬
reau of entomology United States de department d dpartment department ¬
partment of agriculture after various variousexperiments variousexperiments variousexperiments
experiments found the following to tobe tobe tobe
be the most successful method of pro procedure procedure procedure ¬
cedure cedureA
A special receptacle should be pre prepared prepared prepared ¬
pared for the manure by building a acloset acloset acloset
closet or box 6x8 feet in the corner of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the stable nearest the manure pile It Itshould Itshould Itshould
should have a door opening into the thestable thestable thestable
stable proper and also a window A Adoor Adoor Adoor
door should be built in the outside outsidewall outsidewall outsidewall
wall of this closet and all manure col collected collected collected ¬
lected each morning should be thrown throwninto throwninto throwninto
into this closet the window of which whichshould whichshould whichshould
should be screened screenedAfter screenedAfter screenedAfter
After the manure is put into this thiscloset thiscloset thiscloset
closet each morning a small shovelful shovelfulof
of chloride of lime should be scatter scattered ¬ I Ied
ed over it At the expiration of ten tendays tendays tendays
days or two weeks the outside door doorcan doorcan doorcan
can be opened and the manure remov removed removed removed ¬
ed and distributed to the garden or orgrounds orgrounds orgrounds
grounds This measure has been beenfound beenfound beenfound
found to be eminently successful successfulScreen successfulScreen successfulScreen
Screen Doors and Windows Against AgainstFlies AgainstFlies AgainstFlies
Flies FliesThere FliesThere FliesThere
There is only one method of pre preventing preventing preventing ¬
venting flies entering the house and andthat andthat andthat
that is to have all the doors and win windows windows windows ¬
dows securely screened A wire wirescreen wirescreeD wirescreen
screen 16 mesh to the Inch is more moresatisfactory moresatisfactory moresatisfactory
satisfactory than one of 14 mesh to tothe tothe
the inch as mosquitoes can get getthrough geti I
i I through the latter and while the thehouse theI thehouse thehouse I
house is being screened it is well to tobe tobe tobe
be protected against the mosquito the themalaria thenIalaria themalaria
malaria and yellow fever carrier as asagainst asagainst asagainst
against the fly the carrier of typhoid typhoidfever typhoidfever typhoidfever
fever and cholera Too much stress stresscannot stresscannot stresscannot
cannot be put upon this thorough thoroughscreening thoroughscreening thoroughscreening
screening of houses as a protective protectivemeasure protectiveI protectivemeasure
I measure against t this very filthy in insect insect insect
sect Examinations have been made madeof
of flies at various times and they theyhave theyI theyhave
I have ha e been found to be teeming with withbacteria withbacteria withI
bacteria and numerous animal and andvegetable andI
I II
I vegetable paracItes parasitesNow
I Now is it worth while to have the thehouses thehouses thehouses
houses screened or to attempt to pre prevent prevent prevent ¬
vent the breeding of flies fliesFlorida fliesFloridaHealth Florida FloridaHealth FloridaHealth
Health Notes NotesThere NotesThere NotesThere
There will be a called meeting of ofthe ofI ofthe
the Florida Fruit Vegetable Ship Shippers Shippers Shippers ¬
I
pers Protective Association to be beheld beheld beheld
held in Lakeland on Tuesday April
21 at 10 a m All members and sub subscribers subscribers subscribers ¬
scribers are urged to attend this thismeeting thismeeting thismeeting
meeting and also all growers not al already already already ¬
ready members are requested to be bepresent bepresent bepresent
present You will be notified of place placeof
of meeting on arrival at Lakeland LakelandBy
By order of the directors directorsThe directorsThe directorsThe
The largest cargo of lumber and andtimber andtimber andtimber
timber ever shipped from Pensacola Pensacolawent Pensacolawent Pensacolawent
went out on the British steamship steamshipBelgian steamshipBelgian steamshipBelgian
Belgian for Liverpool a few days < ago agoThe agoThe agoThe
The steamer carries a total of 4113
596 superficial feet more than twice twicethe twicethe twicethe
the cargo of the ordinary steamer and andfour andfour andfour
four times tim s the cargo of the medium mediumsized mediumsized mediumsized
sized sailing vessels vesselsHon vesse1sHon vesselsHon
Hon Horatio Davis has been elect elected e1ected elected ¬
ed mayor of Gainesville
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Womens troubles throw a cloud over their lives which neglect may cause to become permanent permanentMake permanentMake
Make yours into a passing shadow by taking a medicine that acts directly on your womanly organs the dis disorder disorder dlsorder ¬
order of which has caused your womanly troubles The right remedy for you when you have headache headachebackache headachbackache headachebackache
backache nervous spells dragging pains Irregular functions etc Is IsMrs Isf IsWine
Wine IDe Og of f Cardu CarduMrs ar iUI iUIMrs
Mrs R H Lawson of Sprott Ala writes I suffered with female troubles for 12 years tried 4 4doctors 4Joctors 4doctors
doctors they did no good so I took Wine of Cardul I have taken 18 1 8 bottles feel greatly relieved and am ambetter ambetter ambetter
better than in 20 years Sold by all reliable rdla n le druggists in 100 I 00 bottles Try it itmA it1tJRITE itIL19T
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ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTSFor IN NOiJriCEMENTS NOiJriCEMENTSFor
For Representative RepresentativeAt
At the request of a number of citi citizens citizens citizens ¬
zens I have decided to make the race racefor racefor racefor
for representative and solicit soUcityour soUcityoursupport your yoursupport yoursupport
support in the primary of May 19
1908 and will greatly appreciate the thesame thesame thesame
same W D CARN CARNI
I respectfully submit my name to tothe tothe tothe
the voters of Marion county as a can candidate candidate candidate ¬
didate for the legislature subject to tothe tothe tothe
the democratic c primary of May 19 I Ihave Ibave Ihave
have no platform to make or pledges pledgesto I Ito
to make but submit my claim on a acitizenship acitizenshIp I Icitizensbip
citizenship of 25 years in Marion coun county county county ¬
ty If elected I 1 will perform my duty dutyto I
to the best of my ability and for the thebest thebest
best interests inter sts of the county of Marion Marionand Marionand Iarionand
and state of Florida FloridaC
C L BITT1NGER BITT1NGERI
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I am a candidate for the legislature legislaturesubject I Isubject isubject
subject to the rules governing the theprimaries theprimaries I
primaries Platform PlatformLess Less expenses expensesequal expflSeSequal
equal and lower taxation taxationL
L S LIGHT LIGHTTo
To the Democratic Voters of Marion MarionCounty MarionCounty rarionCounty
County CountyI
I wish to announce my candidacy candidacyfor
for member of the house of repre representatives representatives representatives ¬
sentatives at the coming primaries primariesIf
If elected I shall do my whole duty dutytoward dutytoward
toward my constituency regardless of ofpersonal ofrersonal
I
personal matters
mattersWM WM M GRIFFITH GRIFFITHDunnellon GRIFFITHDunnellon j
Dunnellon Fla FlaI I
I herewith submit my name to the theconsideration theconsideration II
consideration of the voters of Marion Marioncounty Marioncounty Iarioncountv
county for representative in the Flor Florida Florida FlorIda ¬
ida legislature If elected I shall de defend defend defend ¬
fend the principles I have always rep represented representedthe representedthe ¬
resented resentedthe the interest of the produc producer ¬
er and homebuilder hom homebuilderthe builderthe the genuine cit citizenship citI citIizensbip citizenship ¬
izenship WilJ appreciate the honor honorto I
to the highest degree of appreciation appreciationand
and be true even at the cost of re remaining reI reImaining remaining ¬
maining poor W L MARTIN MARTINSparr MARTINSparr MARTINSparr
Sparr Fla FlaBetter FlaBetter FlaBetter
Better known to many as Peter PeterStanley PeterStanley
Stanley I
For fls flsFor or Sheriff SheriffTo I ITo
To the Democratic Voters of Marion MarionCounty MarlonCounty MarionCounty
County Florida FloridaI
I hereby announce that I will be becandidate a acandidate acandidate
candidate for the office of sheriff of ofMarion otMarion ofMarion
Marion county in the coming demo democratic democratic democratic ¬
cratic primary of 1908 1908I
I respectfully solicit the support of ofthe ofthe i
the people of Marion county and it ifelected itlected Itelected
elected to this office I pledge an hon honest honest ¬
est and impartial administration of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the duties of said office officeRespectfully officeRespectfully officeRespectfully
Respectfully RespectfullyJOHN
JOHN P GALLOWAY GALLOWAYI
I respectfully announce myself a acandidate acandIdate acandidate
candidate for the office of sheriff of ofMarion ot11arion ofMarion
Marion county and point to my rec
01 d of more than twenty years resi residence residence ¬
dence among you as my justification justificationin
in asking for this office at your hands handsIf
If elected I promise a faithful perfor performance performance performance ¬
mance of the duties of the office with withno
no friends to reward nor enemies to topunish topunish topunish
punish CHAS Y MILLER MILLERI
I hereby announce myself a candi candidate candidate candidate ¬
date for the office of sheriff of Marion Marioncounty Marioncounty Marioncounty
county Florida subject to the coming comingdemocratic comingdemocratic comingdemocratic
democratic primary and promise if ifelected Ifelected Ifelected
elected an honest and impartial ad administration adm administration ¬
ministration m of said office officeJ
J L SMOAK SMOAKI
I am a candidate for sheriff subject subjectto
to the democratic primary of May 19
Your votes v tes are earnestly solic solicited solicited ¬
ited and if I am elected I will per perform perform perform ¬
form the duties of the office faithfully faithfullyJOHN faithfullyJOHN faithfullyJOHN
JOHN L EDWARDS EDWARDSFor
For Clerk Circuit Court CourtTo CourtTo
To the Democratic Voters of Marion MarionCounty MarionCounty
County Florida FloridaI
I hereby announce myself a candi candidate ¬
date for reelection to the office of ofclerk ofclerk
clerk of the circuit court of Marion Marioncounty Marioncounty
county Florida to be voted for at atthe atprimaries atthe
the primaries of May 19 1908 Should Shouldyou Shouldyou Shouldyou
you continue me in the office it will be bemy beI belilly
my I aim to discharge the duties of f the thejsame theI thesame
jsame I I same as the law directs as I have en enjdeavorecl eni endeavored
jdeavorecl i deavored to do in the past pastS
S T SISTRUNK SISTRUNKFor SIS TNK TNKFor
1
For Superintendent of Public Instruc Instruction Instruction Instruction ¬
tion tionTo tionTo tionTo
To the Voters of Marion County CountyI
I hereby announce my candidacy for forthe forthe forthe
the office of superintendent of public publicinstruction pubUcinstruction publicinstruction
instruction in the coming democratic democraticprimary democraticprimary democraticprimary
primary and respectfully r sppctfu lly solicit your yoursupport yoursupport our oursupport
support I have been engaged in inschool insctool inschool
school work of this county for the thegreater theI thegreater
greater part of the past seven years yearsand yearsand yearsand
I and have carefully studied the condi condition condition condition ¬
tion and needs of our present school schoolsystem schoosystem schoolsystem
system RICHARD W ERVIN ERVINI
I hereby announce < e my candidacy candidacyfor
for the above named office I shall shallsincerely shansincerely shallsincerely
sincerely appreciate the support at atthe atthe atthe
the coming democratic primary elec election election election ¬
tion of everyone interested in the ad advancement advancement advancement ¬
vancement of our educational inter interests interests interests ¬
ests I should be glad to meet every everyvoter everyvoter everyvoter
voter in the county before the elec election election election ¬
tion and discuss school matters with withhim withhim withhim
him and if I fail to do so it will be bebecause bebecause bebecause
because my active school work ren renders renders renders ¬
ders it impossible I will see and andfciow andbow andkow
bow you after the election electionJ
J H BRINSON BRINSONFor
For County Treasurer TreasurerTo
To the Democratic Voters or Marion MarionCounty MarionCounty IarionCounty
County Florida FloridaI
I am a condidate for county treasu treasurer ¬
rer in the 1908 democratic primary primaryand >
and respectfully ask and will especial especially ¬
ly apprecelate your consideration and andsupport andsupport andsupport
support for same If so favored by byyou byyou byyou
you I shaH in the future as in the thepast thepast thepast
past devote my best efforts to the thefaithful thefaithful thefaithful
faithful discharge of the duties and andresponsibilities andresponsibilities andresponsibilities
responsibilities which this office im imposes imposes iimposes ¬
poses THOS E PASTEUR PASTEURFor
S
For County Judge JudgeTo
To the Democratic Electors of Marion MarionCounty lfarionCounty MarionCounty
County Florida FloridaBelieving FloridaBelieving FloridaBelieving
Believing that my record in the ad administration administration administration ¬
ministration of the duties of the above aboveoffice aboYJoffice aboveoffice
office has met with the approval and andwill an anwBl anwill
will receive the endorsement or the
democratic electors of Marion county
I announce that I am a candidate for forreelection forr forreelection
reelection r electi n as county judge and re respectfully respectfully respectfully ¬
spectfully solicit your support in the thecoming thecoming thecoming i
coming primary
I
JOSEPH BELL
1 rA 1 < rC rCpI
pI JIi z
1
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For Tax Collector CollectorTo
To the Democratic Votcrs of Marion MarionCounty MarlonCounty MarionCounty
County CountyI
I announce myself as a candidate candidatefor
for reelection to the office of state stateand statand stateand
and county tax collector abiding the tUeaction theaction theaction
action of the democratic primary of ofMay ofMay ofMay
May 19 next If elected I promise to togive togive togive
give my best services In a courteous courteousmanner courteousmanner courteousmanner
manner as I have in the past to the thebusiness thebusiness thebusiness
business administration of the affairs affairsof
of the office officeIn
E L CARNEY CARNEYIn
In compliance with the wishes and andrequests andrequests andrequests
respectfully respectfullysubmit respectful1ysubmit respectfullysubmit
requests of my friends I
democratic democraticvoters democrativoters democraticvoters
submit my name to the
voters of Marion county as a candi candidate candidate ¬
date for the office of tax collector be believing believing ¬
lieving that years of training in the thesame thesame
same line of business has qualified qualifiedme
me to fill this office acceptably to all allparties al1parties allparties
parties W D GRAHAM GRAHAMFor
For Tax Assessor AssessorThanking AssessorThanking
Thanking the people of Marlon Marloncounty Marloncounty Marioncounty
county for past favors and hoping hopingtLat hopingtlat hopingthat
tLat I have merited your further sup snprport snpport
port I respectfully announce myself myselfa l
a candidats for reelection to the as assessors assessors III IIIsessors
sessors office officeI f fALFRED
officeALFRED ALFRED ALFREDI AYER AYBRI
t ttax
I am a candidate for the office cf cftax t ttax
tax assessor of Marion county subject subjectto
to the primary of May 19 1908 I baTe bavehad barehad
had two years experience in the as assessors asessors asessors ¬
essors office one year in this coun county COU1ty coiuty ¬
ty with the present assessor The ex experience experience experience ¬
perience I have had In the office and andthe andthe andthe
the training I have received as a book bookkeeper bookkeeper bookkeeper ¬
keeper for years qualifies me for the theduties theduties theduties
duties of the office and will In Insure Insureyou Insureyou re reyou
you a neat and accurate set of books booksI
I ask your vote and if elected will willgive willgive willgive
give my ENTIRE TIME to the work workcif
cif If the office Your property will re reeive reelve reeive
eive my personal attention attentionJAMES attentionJAMES attentionJAMES
JAMES P PHILLIPS PHILLIPSFor
t
For Member School Board BoardTo boardTo f
To the Democratic Voters of School SchoolCommissioners SchoolCommissioners t
Commissioners District No No2 2 2I 2I 1 1I
I take this method of announcing announcingmy
my candidacy for renomination r as a amember amember amember
member of the school board for the thesecond thesecond tl tlsecond
second school district I have tried triedto
to give a faithful performance to the theduties theduties theduties
duties of this office and if my neigh neighbors neighbors nelghhors
bors and friends think I have succeed succeeded s ucceeded ¬
ed I will appreciate their votes for forrenomination forrenominatlon forrenomination
renomination B R BUTCH BLITCHI
I announce myself a candidate for forreelection forreelection
reelection r to the office of school com commissioner co comissioner cornmissioner ¬
missioner for the 3rd district sub subject SUibject Subject ¬
ject to the democratic primary to be bebeld beheld beheld
held May 19 1908 I feel very grate grateful grateful grateful ¬
ful for the support given me In the thepast tilepast thepast
past and If my official work meetsyo meetsyour meets meetsyour
your yo r approval I will appreciate appreciatevote yowr yowrvote y01llI1vote
vote and influence in the coming pri primary primary primary
mary JOHN S GRANTHAM GRANTHAMFor
For County Surveyor SurveyorI
I hereby make my announcement as asa asa 8 8a
a candidate for the office of county countysurveyor couin couinsurveyor countysurveyor
surveyor of Marion county subject to tothe tothe tothe
the democratic primaries to be held heldMay keJdMay heldMay
May 19 1908 Trusting that my past pastservice poastservice pastservice
service has been such as to meet rom ycmrapproval yourapproval tfil tfilapproval
approval and soliciting your support supportI
I am Yours respectfully respectfullyW
W A MOORHEAD MOORHEADFor
For County Commissioner CommissionerI
I hereby announce that I will be bea
a candidate for the office of commie commiesioner comniilsloner L Lsioner
sioner for the first commissioners commissionersdistrict comm QIlr 9 I r rdistrict
district of Marion county and if elect elected ¬
ed I promise to perform my duties to tothe tothe tothe
the best of my ability abilityGEORGE abilityGEORGE abilityGEORGE
GEORGE MACKAY MACKAYI
I hereby announce myself a eandlft eandlftdate caD caDdate candate
date for county commissioner for the tbe2nd t1iedistrict the2nd
2nd district and respectfully solicit 80medltthe eoic1tthe solicitthe
the support of the democratic voters votersat
at the coming primary
L D BECK BECKTo
To Marion County Democrat DemocratI D mocrat mocratI
I wish to announce my self a u a adldate adidate era eradidate
didate for the position of cotraty GQH GQHmissioner GCNrmissioner oomissioner
missioner for the second dtetrict dtetrictTrusting dlf8 d1stretTrusting ict i
Trusting that my record as a citben dt1eaand citbenand 111 111and
and a consistent democrat have been beensuch beensuch lI lII
I such as to meet your approval I II so solicit solicit ¬
licit your support at the comiag e K pri primary IIi IIimary ¬
I mary election el etfon etfonI
R W 7 FERGUSON FERGUSONBerttm FERGUSONB N N13erlhL
I Berttm B Fla FlaI F FI
I hereby hereb announce my caadkbury
for reelection as county COODt eomnisvton eomnisvtoner eo eoer
er from district No No3 3 I will appre appreciate Appceciate ppreciate ¬
ciate the support of the t e voters oC oCsaid orsRid aCsaid
said district in the primary of May ay 19 19I 19II 19I
I can only promise you yo inch ne service servicein
II in the future as I haTe rendered n nthe taI t tthe
the past S R PYLBS PYLBSI
I
I am a candidate for county countymissioner Jllty eo eomissioner eomissloner
missioner from district No No3 3 svbjert svbjertto
to the decision of the democratic d DOerUeers vot voters voters ¬
ers in the primary of May 18 1 Ififlgw 11 11Your
Your votes are earnestly nH t1y solicited solicitedand lIO so1ctteand cttee1 cttee1and
and if I am elected I promise to per perform perfonn perform ¬
form the duties of the office faltkfJ faltkfJW faftalIy
Iy W E McGAHAGIN McGAHAGINI
Il Ilthe
I am a candidate for reelection to tothe tothe
the office of county commissioner from fromthe frQ11iIlthe fromthe
the fourth district Thanking the peo people peopie peQpIe ¬
pIe for past favors and promiItn Jf Jfelected Jfelected f felected
elected my unfaltering devotion c1eo liL to
the trust reposed in me
meN
N A PORT PORTFor FOI1t1For PORTFor
For County Commissioner CommissionerI
I hereby announce that I will be a acandidate acandidate acandidate
candidate for the office of county countycommissioner c014n1t1commissioner covmtycommissioner
commissioner for the fourth district diwtrictand districtand dietrictand
and promise if elected to give faith faithful falithiul faithful ¬
ful performance to the duties of the theoffice theoffice theoffice
office J C PILLANS PILLARSTo
j jTo
To the Democratic Voters of Connmia Connmiasioners Comtmilesioners Comtmtlesioners
sioners district No No5 5 Marlon Co CoI C CI CobI
I announce myself a candidate for forcommissioner forcommIssioner forcommissioner
commissioner from this district and andwill an41will andwill
will appreciate your support in the ibecoming t thecoming e ecomIng
coming primary election electionW e ction ctionW
W J CROSBY
Citra Fla March 12 19CS 19CSBelieving 1911eUeving 1903Believing
Believing that my record in the ad ¬
ministration of the duties of the coun ¬
ty commissioners office has met with 4
the approval and will receive r the In In1or ¬
dorsement 1or ernent of the elector of Marion
county ount i therefore annoimco that my
name will appear on the ticket used usednlhe
In nlhe the primary to be held b 1d May 1Ila 18
1908 as a candidate for a second ecoac
term In the th event of my noraiiMUJoa
and election I promise a faithful dis cti
charge of all duties attending attelll < < i said of o j
lice ce Respectfully RespectfullyJ Reape tf1UY JF JFI
J M MATKUWSL MAF1D1
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