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_VOLUME XXX CEREDO, WAYNE CO., W. VA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 247 1915 NUMBER W~
FISHING IN THE SOUTH
—
Dr. Sturgill Writes of His
and Charley Hoard’s
Trip and Sojourn
in Florida.
Mr. Editor:
As per request I will write for
the readers of your paper ot some
of my experience" and observations
on this my second trip to ‘'Sun*
kissed Florida.'' On December 29th
last Mr. Cb*»s. P. Hoard and my
self leftCeredo to "pend the winter
in a land less subject to ice and
snow than is the Ohio valley. Mr.
Hoard took a train for Cincinnati
and I took one going to Winchester,
Ky. It was understood that Mr.
Hoard was to leave Cincinnati the
following morning and- I was to
take the same train at Winchester
at 10:45 next morning. The South
Atlantic Exuress over the L. & N.
pulled into the station at Winches
ter and I boarded the forward sleep
er to look for Charley and be
climbed off the rear sleeper on
which he had engaged berths for
both of uh, to look for me. 1 told
the conductor 1 wanted to thke the
sleeper which went through to At
lanta and he told me the whole train
went to that city. Well, I thought
that beat the baud that that whole
half mile of sleepers was gring to
Atlanta. There must be something
doing down there. But I didn’t
spend much lime cogitating over
what they were doing in Atlanta,
for I wanted to fiud Charley Hoard
and 1 wanted to find Kim p d. q.
»o i went through the front ear
from the rear- and not seeing any
thing of Charley I started through
the car just in front which turned
out to be the dining car. I asked
the conductor of this our very im
portant adjunct to the train if he
bad seen anything of Charley Hoard.
He replied that he had not had the
pleasure of meeting the gentleman
wsked for and that if he had it was
not at all likely that he would he in
that particular car at that time of
day. I thanked him and informed
bim 1 would find Charley Hoard if
1 had to walk clear back to Cincin
nati to do it. By this time 1 was
getting a little riled and turned and
•tarted toward Cincinnati passing
from one car to another making, I
should think, about 2 mile- an hour,
while the train was going toward
the South Pole at about 60 miles' an
hour. It was evident that, walk as
* bard as I could, I was losing some
thing like 58 miles per hrfur. The
situation looked discouraging to say
the least, and I became quite exas
perated for, at the rate I was trav.
eling, 1 figured 1 would reach Cin
cinnati early in the fall of the year
of 1919 and perhaps Charley would
not be there then. But I continued
my pedestrian stunt toward the
rear of the train looking into every
car and seat for ('barley, and in
cidently cussing (to myself, of
course), the whole L. N. K’y sys
tem and ail its employee from the
conductor down to the president for
their carelessness in leaving Char
ley in Cincinnati. On I tramped,
still averaging about 2 miles north
and 58 miles south when to my
great joy and surprise on entering
the 'steenth car I ran jam into
Charley coming south at about 62
miles an hour looking for me.
How 1 remember that surprised and
satisfied grin which spread over'
Charley’s face when he saw me, j
Well, that meeting was as cordial
as though we bad not seen each
other for half a century. He con.
ducted me back to the rear car,
which was a combined sleeper and
observa’iun car, and w« were soon
i seated iu the observation section
I contentedly pulling away at our
'cigar* and laughing over our frantic
search for each other. I apologized
to the railroad company, after the j
conductor had left our car, for the
many naughty things 1 had said
about it and thanked them one aod
all for their kinduees in looking
Charley up before leaving Cincin
nati. The wind was blowing and
it was snowing and freezing when
we left Winchester, but soon the
blue grass pastures were Hitting by
us, and as we settled back into our
easy chairs and the warmth of the
car drove away all care we could
not help casting defiant glances at
the saucy little snow Hakes as they
beat against the glass walls of the
car.
Our train was scheduled to stop
at oul? three points between Win
chester ami Atlanta and with these
few halts to retard our progress we
felt happy in the thought that we
were running away trom that bliz
zard eveu as a jack rabbit runneth
away from a hamstrung donkey.
We reached the third stop (Knox
ville) at 5:30 p. m. It was still cold
and gloomy. At 9:30 we pulled into
Atlanta. 1 lere onr I rain w as switch
ed from the L. & N. to the Central
of Georgia and soon again we were
Hying southward. Soon after leav
ing Atlanta we retired to our berths.
Kor a time things went along
smoothly enough, but about the
time I began to feel real cosy and
comfortable there arose above the
din and clatter of the swiftly mov
ing train and the shrill screech
of the engine’s whistle a noise
which sounded somewhat like
Phaiaoh Chapman sawing on his
big base fi Idle and the loot, toot,
toot of a strong and healthy calliope.
At first I supposed the sounds were
produced by some new and devilish
innovation of the Central of Georgia
K’y company for the entertain
ment of its passengers and I was
expecting to be charged extra for
it; so 1 quietly raised my head from
my downy pillow determined not to
miss anything and to get all 1 could
for my money. I listened for a few
moments wondering what kind of a
contraption they had been able to
put together that would give off
such a volume and variety of tODee
without wrecking the train. I had
just about concluded that the engi->
neer bad, for some good reason,
applied the emergency brake and
that the noise as well as the unusual
vibration of the car was produced
by the tracks sliding on the rail to
gether with the bellowing of some
half a dozen Georgia bulls, when a
porter came pussy.fooling down the
aisle and I reached out an! stopped
him and inquired whether it was a
derailment or had we sideswiped a
cattle train. This dusky son of
Main listened a moment, pointed to I
the berth opposite'mine and lan
guidly and rnornfuliy passed on. It
reached over and gently parted the!
curtains of No. ft and then saw my
friend and traveling companion C.
P. Hoard with his face turned sky.
ward and making more fuss over a
little nap of* sleep than any man or'
set of rnen 1 ever listened to. 1 '<
crawled back and decided there was
but one thing under the circum*
i stances to do. So I dressed, went
back to the rear of the car, lighted
a cigar and sat there and smoked
and watched the switch lights whiz
! by like lightning hugs in a harrU!
1 cane the remainder of the night,
j We have generally managed to oe I
ouny adjoining rooms at the va»i.
ous hotels at which we have stopped
since and I have become thoroughly !
convinced that an hotel in the south
bat partition walls sufficiently bomb
I'r ’°f *o prevent my being forcibly
r» minded of that uigbl on tbe South
Anm-ic Express, with Charley
11 • >«r«* sleepiug on the opposite side.
But I have gotten used to it
no a; expeot it; even look for
ward to it; in fact can’t sleep wi'h*
ou* it. Wh-izz-z b u-z z-bootu
boom! The next morning the clouds
and ihe gloom had been left behind
and the sun rose in a clear sky as we
rushed along through southern Uuor
gia. Charley knew nothing of the
“wreck ’of the night before. We
could notice a li*tie frost on the
bouse tops, but the gardens looked
fresh and green. We stopped at
Clifton to change engines and a na
tive came aboard and we learned
through hi in that they had had snow
there but twice iu the past 3*2 yeais.
Once more under headway wo were
soon gliding through northern Flor
i .a. We went into Jacksonville,
exactly on time, at 8:50 a. m. A
fast train was due to leave for Tam
pa at U a. m. and we concluded to
tike that instead of a slower train
which left at 0:20 a. m. So we
were in Jacksonville just 10 minutes.
Our train w*as due at lampa
at 4:00 p. in., the slower tiaiu at
7:50 p. m. We went io cn time,
making the 250 miles in 7 hours.
Ami the entire distance from i iu*
cinnati to Tampa in exactly 32
hours. We thought this was going
some, as the distance is over a thou*
sand miles. We put up at the De
5iolo hotel in Tampa and for some
days we proceeded to take in the
sights about that flour ishiug city,
wuiuu uujkih oi oa.uuu uinamianiH,
most of w hom are Cubans and Span,
iards with a goody smatteritg of cit
izens of Afiican extraction. All
Ihe Cubans, black and white, talk
Spanish. The Cubans are all cigar
makers; 288,000,000 cigars were
made in Tampa last year. Mile or
two out in Tampa Bay a large
steamer, the Congo, rnay he seen rid
ing at anchor, for she in interned
till the European war is over.
On New Year’s day the town was
decorated with flags and hunting,
the bands played and the people pa
raded the streets. All the different
orders were out. The school chil.
dren were out in their best bio and
tucker; the white children forming
a good part of the parade and the
blacks, led by a colored band,
brought up the rear. Alter tho pa
rade we all betook ourselves out to
the fair ground where we spent the
afternoon watching foot racing by a
lot of young Cubans, automobile,
motorcycle and borne racing. An
the vendors of soft drinks made
the welkin ring with their cries of
“ice cold lemonade, 5 a glass—5 a
gla-s,” and others came around with
buckets filled with red-colored bot
tles packed in crushed ice and yelled
in pigeon English, “Herd's jour
hind.red wine, better than a gold
mine, 6 a bottle, only f i-v-u cent* a
bottle,” we had to stick pins in our
selves to arouse ns to a realization
of the fact that we were celebrating
New Year’s day, and not an old
fashioned Fourth of July back at
home.
After seeing the wonders about
Tampa we concluded to hie our
■elves to Ozotift, a small town about
22 miles west of Ttmpa on the
beautiful Gulf of Mexico. This is
one of the finest orange and grape
fruit sections in Florida and is a
most delightful place. We can sit
on the front porch of our hotel and
1 flip pebbles into the gulf. It would
be simply folly for me to attempt
| to give any idea of the. Tine fishing
we have here. We simply go out
in motor boats and catch hundreds
j of excellent fish weighing from 2 to
. 25 pounds. The last time we were
(out three of ns using 2 hooks each
j brought in a boat load of grupers,
j Haunts and topics. We got io about
0 o’clock, p. in., after ti-hing about
5 hours .and unloaded our catch on
! public dock. We sent word for
all who wanted tish to come and
help themselves, which many did.
We took all our hotel could use for
several days, and the next morning
we dumped over 150 pounds back
into the gulf to rot or be eaten by
lishes, shirks and other cruitures of
the briny deep. It was a shame to
waste such good tislil A few days
since a party ot eight went out and
fished all day and after returning
to town they took all the lish they
wanted and turned the remainder
over to the boatman, who sold to
the tish dealers at Tarpon Springs
2U00 pounds at 2o a pound. All
the lakes around here, as well as
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Are You Rheumatic? Tru Sloan’s.
If you want quirk and real relief from
rheumatism, do what ro many thousand
other people an* doing—whenever an at
tack cornea no bathe the sore muscle or
joint with Sloan’s Liniment. Mo need
to mb ir in—just apply the Liniment to
the surface. It is wonderfully pene
trating. It goes right, to tin* seat of
trouble and draws the pain almost Im
mediately. Get a bottle of Sloan’s Lini
lin nt for 25c of any oruggist and have it
in the house —against colds, sore and
swollen joints, lumbauo, Hclatira and
like nil men Is. Your money back if not
satisfied, but ir. does give almost in -
staut relief. tutv.
Ladies’ Aid Society
To Give “Letter” Social.
The following tin que invitation
issued by the Ladies' Aid society of
the M. E, church, is self.explanato.
ry ;
What h in a name? Some people say
There s nothing in a name; and yet—
I do iiifdat all nainee contain
Some letters of tlie alphabet.
Think how much your name is worth—
Is not each letter worth two cento?
And should yon bring ns that amount
It would not lie a great expense.
At the home of Mrs. Wade II. Brown
Wo d prize tho value of your name
On our list of guests from all tho town.
Enjoyment royal, pleasure rare,
If you but come, will be your share.
West Second Street,
Cerodo, W. Va.t
Friday Evening, March 2f», 1915.
Recommends Ghamberlain’s Gouoh
Remedu.
‘T take pleasure in recommending
Chamberlain's Congh Remedy to my
customers because I have confidence in
it. I find that they are pleased with it
and call for it when again in need of
such a medicine,” writes .7 W. Sexnon,
Mo nteya)lo, Mo. For sale by all dea
ers adv.
State Supervisor Visits
Local High School.
On Friday, March 12 L. L. Friend,
elate supervisor of high schools,
visited the Ceredo Keuova hif b
'school. However, as the school
was just dismissing when he ar
rived, he did not remain long with
the pup:ls. The entire afternoon
was spent in conference with Hu
permteudent C»rady and Principal
Long. A number of the questions
incident to high school work were
discussed.
Mr. Friend had no criticisms to
make upon the work of our high
school but stated that from all re.
ports coming to him our school was
doing excellent work.
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Sunday Got $100,000
x At Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, March 15.—Kcv.
L ily Sunday closed a ten weeks’
' engagement in this city Sunday
J with a demonstration such as has
never been witnessed in this city.
While a footing has i ot been made
of the free will offering given Snn*
'day it is certain that it will he
somewhere between fifty and a
hundred thousand dollars. The
j number of converts have not been
totaled, but the nnmbir will be
j close to fifty thousand, lie spoke
to millions of people daring the ten
i weeks and the great tabernacle
j would not accommodate half of
; those who tried to get in at all the
^ services .Sunday.
COMPETENCY PROVED
Commissioner Marker's
Temporary Appointees
Take Higest Grades
in Examination.
Thereault of a competitive exami
nation held by thestatA oivil service
commission for permanent position
iu the state highway department
shows that retiriug Commissioner
Marker has surr^uuded himself
with competent employee. Com*
petiug with more than a soor*, meu
seleoted by Mr. Marker to tempo
ranly fill the positions, oame off
victorious in the tests, get
ting much better grades than their
competitors.
As a result of the examination,
Shreve Clark of Akron, will be ap
pointed chief chemist; Howard A.
Levering of Mt. Vernou, laborao
ry assistant, and either Johu W.
Graham, Roy K. Schlafkv or Wal
ter G. Smith, all of Columbus,
as division engineer. These men
are now filling the temporary posi
tions and they received the high
est grades for the positiou_Co
lumbuB (Ohio) Dispatch.
Queens Ridge.
Death visited our community
Thursday evening, March 11, and
touk away one of our beloved, Mrs.
Salim Queen, widow of Asa F.
Queen, deceased. She leaven
six children to morn the iosB
of a kiud, loving and Christian
mother.
Della, the little daughter of Dr.
L. J Adk ins, ib in a serious con
dition as the result of a full re
cently.
Mrs. T. P. and Mits Wilda May
nard of Kiahsville were visitng
relatives and friends here Friday
day and Saturday.
William Bruce wpnt to Logan
county last week. He has been
working there during the past
winter.
T. W. Jones, who has been liv
ing on the head of Beech Fork
for a few years, has moved back to
his farm just below the mouth of
Trough Fork. We welcome him
hack to our neighborhood, for we
know him of old.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Maynard,
formerly neighbors, but now resi
dents of Logan, W. Va., have bean
visiting friends here during the
past week.
Elisha Meade, son of Ben Meade,
and Sula Perry, daughter of Dr.
Andrew Perry, fell victims of the
darts of oupid and were married
on march 7. May theirs be a life
of peace, joy and happiness.
The Italian preacher, who cre
ated such a stir in the surround
ing neighborhood recently, was
placed under arrest at Green
Shoals, on Guyandotte river a few
days ago. He was at East Lyon
about a year ago, and was there
knowu as Schuberger. He left
there without paying the boot
which he had promised in an over
coat trade, and with a gold watch |
in his pooket which he had bor- i
rowed to time his mighty sermons. I
On Little Hart he managed to get
a good girl to marry him, notwith- j
standing the fact that he already
had about three wives. He also
borrowed a few little sums of mon
ey here and there, and was get
ting ready to make another move
when one of bis East Lynn
friends appeared on the scene
and identified him, although
he was now Fowler. He left his
newly found bride, slipped away
from the officers, and fled to the
woods. He was seen at Gill a few
days later but his whereabouts is
not now known.
Though tinne are hard tbs gen
tle old stork is just as busy as ev
er. He brought to Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Tomblin, on Maroh 7, a
twelve pound boy, and to Mr. and
Mrs. Monroe Workmau, on the
same day, a girl. More Republi
oaus!
Maroh 15. Reporter.
$111,000
BRIDGE .
.Concrete Structure to be
Built Across Hubbard
Branch.
The county court haa let the
contract fi t the count ruction of ft
♦ 12,000 concrete bridge across
Hubbard brauoh, eaat of Ceredo.
A Cincinnati firm wa* th>» sucoss*
ful bidder and work of construc
tion is to begin immediately.
State Engineer A I). Williams,
haa made hia estimate of the prob
able ooBt of the road at MO,000 a
mile, or a total of ♦50,000. The
contract for constructing the new
road will be let about April 10.
For the Stomach ana Liver.
I. N. Stuart, West Webster, N. Y.,
writes: "1 have used Chamberlain’*
Tablet* for disorder* of tho stomach and
liver off and ou for the pent five year*,
und it afford* me plca*ure to state that
I have found them to be ju*t a* repre
sented. They nro mild in their notion
and the renult* have been *ut i*fuetory. I
value them very highly." For Hale by •
all dealer*. ,V(|V>
Auto Plunged From
Ferry Into Ohio River.
An automobile owned and driv
en by Harry Parker of Irontou,
Ohio, plunged oil the Awhlaud
Ooal Grove ferry boat into the
Ohio river Sunday evening, March
14.
In the car were M r. and Mrs Park
er, four children and a sister-in
law, Mrs Gertrude Cole. Employ
ees of the boat rescued all the par*
ties excepting Ray Parker, aged 12.
His body was not recovered uutil
next day.
The auto was pulled out of the
river by a team from a liveryl
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Beht Treatment tor Constipation.
* My danjfhter npod Chamberlain’#
Tablets for constipation with good re
sults and I can recommend them high
ly,” writes Paul B. Babin, Brushly, La.
For sale by all dealers. adv.
Wet and Dry Election
Will be Held in Boyd Co*
At a recent meeting of represen.
tatives of Ashland and Catlettsburg
in the former city the preliminary
steps towards calling a county local
option eleotion was taken. It was
definitely deceded to call the elec
tion, but the exact date has not
been agreed upon. That it will be
held this summer or early tbi#
fall is a foregone conclusion. The
meeting in Ashland was largely at
tended by the most prominent peo
ple of the i wo cities.
Bargain Sale of Old
Newspapers.
Beginning Friday morn
ing, March 19, we will in
augurate a Bargain Sale of
Old Newspapers. These
papers are tied up in bun
dles of about 50 papers to
the bundle and are suit
able for putting under
carpets and other house
cleaning purposes. While
they last the Advance pro
poses to dispose of them
at a Bargain Sale Price of
Three Bundles forlOc
Dr. Ditson P. Garter
DENTIST
3dAve.,Cor. 10th St.,
Odd Fellow Building,
Huntington, W. Va.
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