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MADISON FLA FLA THURSDAY MA MAY 6 1909 1 A Ylj tm9R R
Mrs Curtis Visits Visitsjlrs VISit VISitMrs YfsitANauie
Mrs Nanie We Webb WebbCortisi bCortls Cortls Tex Texu Texuwho
u uwho who created such n sensation s in injallabassce IIITallabassee litTallahassee
Tallahassee during the amendment amendmentjgjlatlon amendmentltatlon amendmentigitation
jgjlatlon ltatlon arrived arrivedlnMa In Madison lson Thurs Thursjgy Tbursday Thursday
day afternoon and was the guest of ofHer ofRey ofI1ev
Her L D k Lowe ° we Curing her stay staytere sta stahere stayhere
here V
11 the afternoon a big wagon wagonpulled wagonFullect wagonpulled
pulled by two horses and adorned adornedty adJrnedbycanVutses
ty bycanVutses canva canvases ses advertising MrsCurJls MrsCurJlsIpeecb MrsCurtis1peecb I Ipeech
Ipeecb was W all driven over the town townAisoon townAMsoon
Aisoon as the school scboulwas was over the theirsgon tilewagon theRszon jl jlAasoon
wagon was filled f with buys who
with rlngingrbeljs songs ngs cheers and andcstcby nnllcatchy andcatchy
catchy yells jrild did their utmost to tojropse toaro toarouse
aro arouse se enthusiasm rnt At the tame tametime snmetime sametime
time a large bus full of little girls girlsclaperoned girlscbaper girlschaperoned
chaperoned cbaper ned by Mrs I Heston state stateElector stateollector statecollector
Elector for the AntiSaloon league leaguedrove Ilaguedtoc leaguedrove
drove all over town and by songs songsd songssad
sad d temperance te lperance yells bad a share in inthe Intbe inthe
the work w rlc Meanwhile a phone com comnlttee committee committee
mittee WAS IS b busy st and as a result the theappointed theappointed theappointed
appointed hour found the Methodist Methodistchurch Methodistobarch Ietbot1lstcDllrcb
church packed to the doors Mrs Mrsqrtis MrspqrtJs MrsCirUs
pqrtJs qrtis speech was in every respect a art atreat agreat
treat great rt tone onccloqllent eloquent appealing appeal lag Jog
> ptsl calald 1 and convincing a complete re rerelation reInlat rehelatlon
relation Inlat lI to all who bad any linger llngoribgaoubts Jln lingertngtouhte r rilDgdoubts
ibgaoubts as asio to her oratorical gifts giftsA giftscollectlQo giftsiA
iA A collection was was taken which went wentflirtct wenttr wentdirat
flirtct + tr to swell w 1I the finances ot the theW theY thes
s W lY Y 3 y t i < U I tI Friday afternoon Mrs MrsCartifylellYered MrsCartiritdellvered I Iturt
CartifylellYered turt jdeUvered a beautiful lJ nntlrul address addressto I IG
to G wcnS 1ixoon nIPD n and reorganized th the W WCTU0f Wj Wjf W0i
0i CTU0f f n 1vbf Of this place Its officers officersind officersand officerssad
and time of meeting will be found foundelsewhere roundin foundelsewhere
elsewhere in this issue JuueJHt Issueit
it JHt as ttt tl nr = ale St lc9J > J
Boys League Entertained EntertainedThe Entertalneclfhe
The members of the League with
their superintendent Rev L D
Lowe were given Iven a grand time time Mon ¬
day evening by Mr and Mrs Irs Matt
Thornton All sorts of games were wereplayed wereplBed wereplayed
played but the feature
nf the even evening evenIJig evening ¬
ing was the fun afforded by the host hostwho hostwho hostwho
who recited propounded propoundedconuodrums propoundedconuodrumsc conundrums conundrumsitc
itc c lo the accompaniment of shrieks shrieksof
of laughter The boys wore treat treated treated
ed 10 fresh
peanuts during
games gamesanl gamesnnlafterward gamesant
ant nnlafterward afterward to an abundance of ofcream ofcr ofcream
cream cr am and cake The cakes v were
beautifully decorated with the mal malleje mnltese maltese
tese cross and words ords Boys Lea League League League
gue in Icing In the guessing con contest contest contest ¬
test Tom Bcggs was the cleverest cleverestnnd cleverestIn1
ant was presented with a pretty
knife as a reward The parents of ofnearly ofnearly ofnearly
nearly all the Boy Leaguers have haveentertained haveenterlalned haveentertained
entertained them and in every case casethe casethe casethe
the effort has been more than reward rewarded UlVardcd ¬
ed by b the good behavior and appre appreciation appreciation appreciation ¬
ciation of the boys boysLittle boysLittle boysLittle
Little Misses Vera de Laughter and andMaud andUaud andMaud
Maud and Gladys Tales assisted assistedGladyii assletedGhutyll assistedGladys
Gladys Thornton in serving refresh refreshmeats relresbmClite refreshmonte
meats
There was n daring jail delivery deliveryIn
In DeLand Thursday r ur dav night and five fiveprisoners fiveprisoners I Iprisoners
prisoners escaped They were Ar Arthur Arthur Arthur ¬
thur Nelson convicted of murder murderland murdernnel murderand
land sentenced to be hanged John JohnJohnson JohnJohnson
Johnson convicted of murder and andsentenced andsentencel andsentenced
sentenced to life imprisonment imprisonmentCharles imprisonmentCliarlts imprisonmentCharles
Charles Warren charged with mur murder murder marder ¬
der Theo Hart charged with man mandaughter manIaughter manslaughter
daughter and Jim 1m Hamilton charg charged ¬
ed with a lesser crime The prison prisoners
ers dug their way out outl outJrtTMarrlrscir
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Mr r J A Osteen wins Oratory Medal MedalThe Meclalrhe MedalThe
The first contest of the F N I Iclass IclaS9 Iclass
class In Oratory tools piece Friday FrHayevening Frllayevening Fridayevening
evening at the College auditorium auditoriumand
and was enjoyed by a large and re representative reprfsentotle representative ¬
presentative audience Miss Foye Foyehas Foyeh Foyehas
has h labored with great patience and1 and1zeal and andzeal i izenl
zeal with these the e young men and is is no nodoubt DOrfou nodoubt
doubt rfou t gratified at the many m ny con congratulations congratulations congratulations ¬
gratulations she has received receivedThe received1he receivedThe
The Bertha Bishop Cate Medal Medalwas Medalwas Medalwas
was contested for by bynine nine young youngmen youngmen oungmen
men men and while several showed a do ¬
gree of excellence and all reflected retlectedcredit rellectedcredIt reflectedcredit
credit on themselves and their teach teacher teae teaeer teacher ¬
er er the committee awarded the medal medalto
to Mr Ir J Alfred Osteen of Cedar CedarKeys CedarKey CedarKeys
Keys KeysHonF Keyslion
HonF Hon F J Wilson WII on oD of Fort My Myers Myera Iy Iyers ¬
ers who represents the great county countyof
of Lee wants a bill passed pa sed by the thepresent tbepresent thepresent
present Legislature prohibiting the thekilling thekilling thekilling
killing of deer for five years He Hesays Hesays Hesays
says if the tbeprcsent present slaughter keeps keepson
on there will be none left within a afew afew afah
few years yearsSunday yearsSunday
Sunday School Picnic PicnicAs
As is already known the picnic was wasnot wasnot
not held May let on account accou t of the thej tberain therain
j rain The Methodist Sunday School Schoolwhich Schoolwblcb Schoolwhich
which is host this year decided last lastSunday lastSunday lastSunday
Sunday to reappoint next Monday Mondayas Monda Mondaa Mondayas
as a the date Several other sugges suggestions suggestions suggess ¬
tions were Yere made but as the school schoolchildren scboolcbildren schoolchildren
children bad already lost one day it itwas Itwas itwas
was deemed best to select Monday Mondayas
as it is the weekly school holiday holidayThe bolldayThe holidayThe
The parents are urged to do all they theycan tbeycan theycan
can to help make this a happy and andsuccessful aDdeucceasful andsuccessful
successful occasion occasionlA occasionsrra
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Mothers Day Proclamation ProclamationThe ProclamationThe
The following proclamation has hasbeen hnsbeen hasbeen
been issued by Gov Gilchrist GilchrlstState GilchristState GilchristState
State of Florida Executive of office orflce offlee ¬
flee by the Governor Governora a Proclama Proclamation ProclamBtlon Proclamntion ¬
tion tlonThe Tfc TfcThe
The attention of the thepeoplc people of the thestate thastate thestate
state of Florida Is invited to the thobeautiful thebe1utiCui thebeautiful
beautiful custom Inaugurated In Inmany Inmany Inmany
many of the other states of paying payingspecial paylngs payingsinecial
special s eclal tribute on at least one day dB In Inthe Intbe inthe
the year ear to the best friend of each eachand enclJan eachand
and an every everyone one of us usour our mothers
Therefore I Albert W Gilchrist Gilchrlstgovernor Gilchristgovernor Gilchristgovernor
governor of the state of Florida do dohereby dohereby dohereby
hereby designate and nnl proclaim Sun Sunday Sunday Sunday
day May 9tb 1009 1 09 as mothers mothersday mothersflay motherslay
day and recommend that It be ob observed observed observed ¬
served us such In all homes and andchurches nodchurcbes andchurches
churches by the people of this state stateMothers stateMotlers stateMot
Mothers Mot ers day should really be every everyday ever everday everyday
day in the year yearOn yearOn yearOn
On this particular day It Is recom recommended recommended recommended ¬
mended that the custom observed in inother Inotber inother
other states be followed by each per person person person ¬
son wearing a white carnation carnationilts carnationiltswblteness carnationitswhiteness Its Itswhiteness
whiteness standing for purity its itsform Itsform itsform
form for beauty Its fragrance for forlove forlove forlove
love its wide field for charity and andIts alldIts AndIts
Its lasting quality for faithfulness faithfulnessall
all being a true mothers virtues virtuesIn vlrtulJsIa
In those portlonsof the state in inwhich Inwhich inwhich
which there arc no carnations s now In Inbloom Inbloom inbloom
bloom it Is recommended r that tha the tliewhile thowhite thewhite
white rose be used Inslead Insleadthe the rose rosebeing r080being rosebeing
being universally recognized as the thequeen Ihequeen thequeen
queen of all flowers It also pos possesses IIIS8ellses possesses ¬
sesses the characteristics of the Hiecarnation thecarnation thecarnation
carnation carnationIt
It is recommended that the var various varlous varbus ¬
ious churches arrange a suitable pro program program program
gram for mothers day Sunday SundtlyJ
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May 9th 1909 and thatjioli that cacb lch pea persmpay per peapay u up1 r
pay p1 some suitable special attention attentionto if ifto j jto >
to Ills in me IJI tlrr if she Is lin lining II IIng littiNing ¬
Ning ing ng and an to her memory memOI if she be liedead beeal w wdead
dead eal
Done at Tallahassee the capita capitathis calllItIls capitalthis
this 1st day of May AD A D 1009 1009Seal 1009Senl 1009Seal
Seal AIMEIIT AWCIITV W GILCHKIST GILCHKISTGovernor GILCIIRlSTGovernor GILCIInISTGovernor
Governor of tile State of Fit FitBy FIIBr FlaBy
By life Governor GovernorH Gov ruor ruorH
H CLAY CRAWFORD CIUWFOHUSecretary CIIAWYOIIUSecrelary CRAWFORDSecretary +
Secretary of State StateColumbian StatcColumbian StateColumbian
Columbian IWoo Woodmen WoodmenThe WoodmenThe men menThu
The following officers were elect elected elected elected ¬
ed and duly installed by II the Colum Columbian Columbian Columblan ¬
bian Woodmen last week when they theywere tlleywere theywere
were organized by state Deputy Cot CoLO
0 U Flournoy lu our city cityWorthy cityWorthy cityWorthy
Worthy Consul T C Vann VannWorthy Vanni VanniWorthy r rWorthy
Worthy ViceroyS Viceroy S JElison J E EIisonWor EIisonWorthy lIson Wor Worthy WQrtby ¬
thy Cardinal T Z Martin Worthy WorthyClerk WorthyClerk WorthyClerk
Clerk C M Kenney Worthy Ban Banker Billker Banker ¬
ker II Davis Worthy Wort II Counselor CounselorH
H J Patterson Pttersonj Worthy physician physicianD
D H Yalesj Yates Worthy Herald V VMcCon Q QMcCoy Q QMcCoy
McCoy Worthy Pilot W V II Par Parrott Parrotti Parrott
rott rotti Worthy Picket J 0 McDon McDonald McDonaldi McDonaid ¬
aid aldi Worthy Gardsraan F LPa LPatersun LP4ter LPatThe °
tersun tersunThe ter vlI s j I jI jrhe
The Florida citrus crop for 19089 19089which 100a 19089which i I IIvblell
which has practically been een harvest harvested ¬ I ted Ied
ed shows a small small Increase in com comparison comparison ¬ I Iparlson
parison with the preceding year yearThe ycarTlie yearThe
The nrarge crop shows a < total 3
256000 2 6OOO boxes an Increase ot a quarter quay ¬ j jter i ittI
ter million while the grapefruit to totals totals t r rtale
tals 472819 an ncreaseof ncrense of only 32
000 boxes
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If There is a Season for every thing so now is the time to Dress Up UpEderheimer I i
I Ii We have on n hand a big lot of Fine FineSuits FineSuitsfor > I III IIISuits 1
Suits Suitsfor for Boys in fact they are beauties beautiesandwe beautiesandwe
II f andwe kindly invite every every mother other to call callin callin II
Mi I
I IfJIf In in and lO look k them over Prices t150 160 to 1 ti tiI
II N 860 8 O Six to seventeen years yearsThen yearsI yearsThen
I I I 1 Then T f en we vehave have all the thelatest latest styles styl s in inf inShoes inShoes I Ih
Shoes Hats H t5 Shirts Tiss Underwear Underwearthat Underwearthat I
I h i I that th goto go to make makeBOYS maker makeBOYS l I
l y r BOYS Oys OUTFIT COMPLETE COMPLETEt COMPLETETaylor
I 11 j0 f I r s t h Ii IiTaylor d I
Taylor the Clothier Next Doorta Door to to Post Office OfficeCan Offj e r rCan II
Can Fit and Suit You Youwe I
I 11 we inVit3You invite you to come in in inour Inspect Inspectour iI
our big b g line li e then th n if Kpu ou ant cantbe be satin satis satisjRE li1
I jRE v vfled
XT 00 D fled we will thank t ftnk you just the th same XTRAGOOD X TRAGOO TRAGOOEderhcimeiyStein RA O I IEd
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