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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
IN MEMORIAM.

At meeting of the Directors Of the
University Library, held Friday night,
the 18th inst, the following memorial
notice was ordered spread on the min
utes, and the secretary was ordered to
furnish a copy for publication in the
local papers:
Conscious of the loss which the Al
brary has sustained in the death Of
Miss Lizzie Gotten, the librarian, and
Board Of Directors wish to put on rec
ord their appreciation of her long and
faithful service. For over twelve
years-since her election on April ID,
f899-she has worked earnestly for the
prosperity of the library Courteous
and pleasant with all, she made many
friends and no enemy; her most anX-
iCuS thought seemed always to be what
was best for the interests Of the IL
brary; and thus knowing her faithful
zeal, we can the more earnestly SYM
pathiZe with those who have been call
ed to grieVe over the broken ties of
relationship, as well as Of friendship;
and we wish the expression of our SEN
timents placed upon the minutes as
some evidence of our recognition of
her long continued faithfulness.
By order of the Board of Directors.
w. H. CARTER,
FRED. T. MYERS, President.
Sec. pro TEN.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20

rical Building, carrying 1000 volts.
The Governor Spent Saturday at Nj
agara.
P. S.-Dear Friend Trice: This very
meagre sketch of FLORIDA Day. exer-
cises is written under difficulties.
It is now the morning Saturday OF
the announcement of the death Of the
President. l am seated alone on the
terrace of the great esplanade, facing
the electric tower, the mammOte
buildings and the most beautiful watej
way of fountain jets and statuary ii
the world.
The now famed Temple of Musicj
is within twenty-five feet o, me as
write, wnhe two American midland
(real ones) sit on the steps and l an
scribbling on the arm of bench.
From where l now sit can look IL
through the window to the very spol
where the President was shot. (Hi
stood on the main floor, just to thi
right of the Organ.)
But what a transformation seem
from yesterday = & Last night saVs
$4,000 or $4,000 people passing like
flowing tide through this great cours
of honor and magnifcenSe. To-day
scarcely see one. Even the expos iOs
guards are gone or invisible. !
The lights are out, the fountains an
stopped, and the scene is that OF dq
serted magnifcence. 4
Where the hum of tens of thOuSandS
of voices was heard yesterday. silen&
now reigns supreme. Even the flag
on the apparently neglected Duildings
droOp and fiutter at half-maSt. :
Only from the great Temple of Mg
sic does any sound. come. The building
itself is a poem in architecture AM
from the great organ within there not
comes the solemn strains of almost i
| funeral dirge. The notes of the OrgaS
now playing, were lie last heard b.
| President Mckinley until ne hims9l4
repeated the lines of the hymn last
night, Nearer, My God, to Thee" Ht
was shot standing near the Organ.) !
AS 1 conclude, a full regiment y
solu.ers just passed me, pOwerless p
their strength, and l will follow theFr
now to where the deaG President neg
E. WARREN CLARK. {
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20

their next annual meeting on the
grounds during the progress Of the
fair in Jacksonville. A meeting Of
the leading spirits of the society was
held Tuesday night in Jacksonville,
at which was present E. S. Upham, OF
South Lake Weir, to consider the in
VitatiOn. 1t was accepted. It was
agreed to invite the EpWOrth League
and the Baptist Young Peoples Union
associations of the State to meet with
them and the attendance is expected
to be very large.
''The object of this gathering on the
fair grounds is to show to the good
christian people of the State that this
aggregation of agricultural resources
will be conducted on a high moral
plane, and should have the encourage
ment and support Of all good people.
Poultry raisers and fertilizer COM
panies are offering premiums. 1t WI.
help the management if all who intend
to offer premiums advise the General
Manager at once.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
ARREST FOR TRhSPASs

Tom McKenney, cOIOted, was ar
rested for trespassing apa hunting on
posted property, and Drought into
court on Friday morning, September
13, on complaint of Mr.. IJames Hous-
toun, on whose property he was dis
covered with a shot dun, hunting
squirrels. He was fined the full extent
of the law by Judge Whitfield, $50 and
costs, as the Judge said, ito break up
this perniciOus custom bf indiscrim-
mate trespassing and shooting On
posted grounds"
Many people do not kndw why, often,
very large fines are attached to very
common or unmpOrtant daSeS. In ask
ing the Judge this, he Replied: The
fines are regulated sOmesyhat by each
individual case. The Sheriff's ex-
penSeS are regulated by distance, help
and other things. Wh9l the Sheriff
is appealed to the law trequires him
to catch the offender, whether the ex-
penseS incurred in so d3ing are more
or less; so a very light sOffenSe some
times carries a very heavy fine, or a
very heavy Offense may be let off with
a very light fine"
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
DE FUNIAK SCHOLARSHIPS.

Educational Department, State of
Florida, Office of w. N. Sheats, Su-
perintendent, Tallahassee, Sept II
Editor Tallahasseean: Will you kindly
make the following announcement
through your columns to all who may
be interested:
The scholarships in the State Nor
nal School, at DeFuniak Springs, not
yet having been awarded for Monroe,
Polk, Citrus and Sumter counties
therefore, in pursuance of Section f.
of Chapter 1896, Laws of Florida (1901)
l will hold an examination at Talla-
hassee for the purpose of awarding
these scholarships, and any others that
may then be vacant. The examination
will be open to any eligible person res
dent in this State, and will begin at
a. m, Friday, September 9th, in the
Senate Chamber. Four or more
scholarships worth $4,000 each pei
annum will be awarded for two years
Very respectfully,
VIM. N. SHEATS,
State Supt. Pub. Inst.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
w. c.. T. U. DEPARTMENT.

A few statistics will give some idea
of the condition of the temperance
reform in the South. In New York
State there are 1000 more saloons than
in all the fifteen States of the SOuU-..
In the Southern States there are 27,-
600, 900 people,. and 100000 of them
are living under absolute prohibI -On.
In Georgia there is one saloon to
every 1880 people; in New York there
is one saloon to every 276 people.
In Mississippi there is one saloon to
every 2,78O people; in New Jersey
there is one saloon to every 23O peO-
pie. There are 1877 counties in Geor-
gia, and 119 of them are under abso-
lutte prohibition. In kentucky, the
land of fast horses, beautiful women
and old Bourbon, there are 116 coun-
ties, and rs of them are under abso-
lutte prohibition. Two-thirds of the
population of the South and four-fifths
Of the territory have already abolished
the liquor traffic, and it looks as If the
friends of temperance were determined
to run it out of the whole territory.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
DEATH From APPENDICITIS.

Isaac POsey, a cOlOred boy, and wSll
known to the citizens of TallahasSk ke
was operated on for appendicitis by
DR.. Henry E. Palmer, last Thursday
morning, about II o'clock. The boy
had been sick for about three daSs
and was suffering acutely at the tiae
of the operation. DR.. Palmer was Is
sisted by Doctors Charles M. AusIey
E. NJ. Brevard, E. E. Philbrick and
George W. BettOn.
1t was seen from the first that the
boy was suffering from a bad case cOi
the disease, and the moment the 5b-
dOmenal cavity was opened it EaS
found to be full of pus and virus: A
large calcareous secretion was fOGnG
completely stopping up the cavity :Ot
the appendix, which would in itSel1
have made the case a dangerous OAe
1t had gradually developed into a gSn-
eral Inflammation instead of a lOfa
one and finally ended in what is calse
septic peritOnitis.
Although given the best of care SnC
treatment POSey died in the Afternoon
(Monday) at about 8 o'clock.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
STATE FAIR NOTES.

The policy of the State Fair nSan-
agement has been from the beginning
to take the people into the confidence
of the management, and as affairs 6rO-
greSsed from time to time to keeE in
touch with the farmers and fruit gISw-
ers who are making this fair. Cotnty
after county has come forward 9th
appropriations and donations, until
twenty have indicated their deterhsin-
alton to exhibit, and it is more than
probable that thirty will be >4ere
when the doors open. Private exNib-
itOrs will be there in force, and9 we
know Of many who have not asSyet
notified the management. Shows, Hive
stock and poultry coming out OFF the
State must be added to all this. And
yet ten weeks from the fair. And
again, a Good Roads Congress, { the
Mayors and .yCOmmon Councils, the
County COMMISSIONS, the Christian
EndeayOr Society, the Fraternal ID hion
of Americans. Boys, and we hOpef the
State Militis, five companies sand
bands. EvenS effort is being made to
make it home affair.
Object lessons will educate our pro
ducer, and the productions will reveal
wonders to our own people. Lei IS
know ourselves and help oursflves
with better methods to better cSndi-
tiOns
1t was Orange; now it is Lake, Vol
usia, Polk and DeSoto and Ma+ion
Baker county will be in line, and ten
weeks from the fair. Don't saw our
people are not up to the front witt the
best.
The Fraternal Onion of American
Boys will have gala day at the; fair
The boys say there will be 5000 OF
them.
A State paper says: Manager Eealy
of the State Fair, played a trump card
the other day when he extended ascor-
dial invitation to the Young PEBBLES
Society of Christian Endeavcr tothold
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
To fountain and Sea Shore Reso;

Before completing arrangements t;sr
your summer trips or deciding umsn
places at which ~ spend rhr summsS
you should cali on Ticket Agents aSi
Passenger Representatives of the Sea
board Air Line Railway. They at
specially prepared tn furnish inlOrms-
tiOn as lowest rates. quickest >cht4-
uleS and mort attractive routes L" IT,
Mountain Resorts in Western Nors,
Care lima and Southwest Virginia. alfU
10 the SpashOre Resorts of Ocean Vir$
Virginia Beach. Old Point Comfort, t.
great Eastern Resorts along the jersey
Coast and Other popular places reached
via the SeabOaTd AR Line Railway.
This Company is Offering lower rata,
than ever with lieffrct train snrrice asd
fast through SCHEDULES. 1t will INTEREST
and benefit you tD call on SeabOard Asr
L ne Railway Agents. /:
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
A PROSPECTIVE INDUSTRY

Tallahassee may soon be the head
quarters Of newly-patented osoIt
skimming" evaporator for the man.
facture Of syrups and sugar from snoo,
cane, which is expected to reYOlution
ize the manufacture of this product .,
the small farms. The patent is owno5
by the Eastman, Ga, EVapOrator Com
pany, of which W. A. Morgan is nroc
dent.
Mr.. Morgan has been travelino
pretty extensively recently, looking fos
a location in the heart of the Sngo.
cane growing section, and expresses
himself as much pleased with TaHs
haSSee.
In fact, he is so well pleased that
he had almost completed a deal for
p home here. While the iDapers wpro
being fixed up he was taken sick ana
left for home, prOmiSingItO cOmDlata
The negotiations by mail.
The eVapOratOr above mentioned fs
very simple arrangement. but iS
said to absolutely do away with hand
skimming." Every CANE growor
knows what an ADVANTAGE hat .fs
Another advantage posse kscd by This
eyaporatOr is its cheapnes3 only about
$40 Then, again, its simplicity CON-
mendS it to every one.
Tallahassee hopes to sfe Nr. Nor
gan locate here. IIIIS iStan excellent
field for his evapOratOr, hrd there is
little doubt but that MI Idle Florida
will in a few years grow more cane
than any other section the Union
except Louisiana.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
IAMONIA LOCALS.
Bismarck.

AILer so long time we come again
with contribution for your columns
Or-waste basket, one.
Mr.. Cook, who had commenced to
teach school at the w. J. Dickey school
house, near Bethany Church, Thomas
vile, Ca, was thrown from his wheel
and hurt internally about the 25th of
August and has not since then been
able to teach any more. He had COM
menced the school and had taught
about three or four weeks, and was re-
turning from Ihomasville, where his
mother lives, when this unfortunate
event befell uIm. He had only gone
as far as Henry Quarterman's and had
to stop there and take to his bed He
became able to return home to his
mother in Thomasville last week. 1t
is not known when, if ever, he will
be able to resume his school. We are
very sorry for him, his mother, and
the Bethpage folks, With whom ne is
very popular. Mr.. Cook is an intelli-
gent gentleman, and we do hope that
he will be enabled by returning health
to teach the Bethpage school again
soon.
The patrons Of the aforesaid school
have just .erecUed a new school house
of plank, from 80 to 40 feet long, and
of breadth in proportion. This house
being in Georgia, was built by private
enterprise. This is the way some of
our quarrelsOme patrons of Leon
county ought to be made to dO-bun~
their own school houses or pay for the
buIIuIng of them.
There's a great deal Of sickness
bad colds and scattered around.
People are picking and carrying their
cotton to the steam gins about through
the country.
Mr.. BIount Strickland, Sr., and
grandson, Edgar, and Mr.. Bascom
Dickey went to the bay last week, and
we guess are at this slime getting
fat" on fish and oysters.
The public road leading from Sunny
Hill to IamOnia has at last been work
ed, but we suspect will have to be
worked again soon, if it should hap
pen to rain excessively.
We would have sent more Dots
but we have been sick and could not
go abroad to hunt for news. Will dc
better next time, we hope.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH RE-
EDY A GREAT FAVORITE. s

The soothing and healing properties
of this remedy, it's pleasant taste 5nd
prompt and permanent cures hS I've
made it a great favorite with people
everywhere. 1t is especially prieds by
mothers of small children for cOtds,
Group and whOoping cough, as it,al-
ways affords quick relief, and aS it
contains no opium or other harmful
drug, may be given as confidently to
a baby as to an adult For sales by
Wight & Bro; and all medicine deal
ers.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
GONE TO FORT MYERS.

The current issue Of the Fort Myers
Press announces the opening Of the
Lee County High School at that place
last Friday. The school has COM
plement of five teachers, and Prof. A.
B. Clark, of this city, is the first as
sistant to the principal.
Prof. Clark was among the bright
est pupils at West Florida Seminary
(now the Florida State College,, and
will no doubt sustain the reputation of
his instructors at that institution in
his new field. We congratulate the
Lee County High School in securing
his services.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
A Sure Thing for You.

A transaction in which you cannot
7ose;is sure thing. Biliousness, sick
headache, furred tongue, fever, piles
and thousand other ills are caused by
constipation and sluggish liver. Casca.
rets Candy Cathartic, the wonderful
new liver stimulant and intestinal tonic
arelby all druggists guaranteed to cure
or honey refunded. G. G. G. are sure
thii irg. Try box to-day; 10c., &c., SOC
Sa1;ple and booklet free. See our big
ad,k
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
HE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION

The PAN-AMERlCnN EXPOSITION
will close October 31st. Those who
have not yet visited this marvellous
Wonderland are reminded that the
time is growing short.
In order to permit every citizen in
the territory traversed by its lines to
take this trip, the SeabOard Air Line
Railway has placed in effect rate OF
practically one fare for the round trim
to Buffalo and return, tickets on sale
September 9 to October 20, inclusive;
tickets good to return within twenty
days from date of sale. This liberal
concession should meet with a nearly
response on the part of the travelling
public, and many will doubtless avali
themselves of the opportunity of at
tending this last and largest of na-
tional eXpOSitiOns.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
MINISTER'S ENDORSE 1T.

Many ministers have testified to the
merits of John r. Dickey's Old Reli-
able Eye Water. 1t relieves all in
fammatior and cures granulated lids
without particle of pain. Send for
testimonials or better still get a bottle
and try it. The genuine is alwaysen-
closed in red carton. Is cents at
Wight & Bros drug store.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20

Mr.. H. A. Pass, Bowman, Ca, writes:
Zone of my children was very delicate
and we despaired of raising it. For
months my wife and 1 could hardly
get nights rest. until we began the
use of Pitts Carminative. We found
great relief from the first bottle" 4"
Pitts Carminative acts promptly and
cures permanently 1t is pleasant to
the taste, and children take it without
coaXing. 1t is free from injurious
drugs and chemicals.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20

Edna L. Allen were joined together
in holy wedlock, Rev. T. B. Stanaland
officiating. The bride is the daughter
of Mr.. J. M. Allen, of Medart, and the
groom is the son of Mr.. William Rak-
er, who lives three miles above here.
We join with their many friends in
wishing them a long and happy jour
ney through life.-Gulf Coast Breeze.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
CUTS AND BRUISES QUICK

Chamberlain'S Pain Ba5 5n applied IN
cut, bruise, burn, scale Or ike in
jury will instantly allay The pain and
will heal the parts in lefs- time than
any other treatment. Uhless the in
jury is very severe it vii not leave a
scar. Pain Balm also c1res Theuma-
tism, sprains, swellings d Ind lamcness.
For sale by Wight & Bro .iand ali med
icine dealers.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20

Don't wait until you become chron-
ically censtipated but take DeWitt's
Little Early Risers now and then. They
will keep your liver and bowels in
good order. Easy to take. Safe pills.
All dealers.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
4 wAKULLA WEDDING.

Married-on last Sunday morning,
at 30 o'clock, at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. Ira B. Raker and Miss
The Conservative, 1901-05-09
Che Conservative.

system which regards politics and
political spoils, in her public institutions
as more important than the proper,
efficient and humane treatment of the
inmates.
The Conservative, 1901-05-09

tendent is vested with the power OF ap-
pointing all subordinates. Cases are
not infrequent where the governor of the
state, directly and indirectly, has
dictated the appointment Of all officers
and employees, including scrub women.
This has resulted in changing all officers
and employees, in removing existing
officers and employees, and putting in
their places inexperienced persons of the
same or of another political faith.
A multitude of cases might be cited
where men have thus been appointed at
the head of insane hospitals, institutions
for the feeble-minded, prisons, schools
for the deaf and blind, homes for
orphans, who had no knowledge what
ever Of the duties, who had never set
foot inside Of such an institution, who
had had no training or experience, either
in private or public life, for the duties
devolving upon them.
In case the power Of appointment
rests with the board Of trustees, under
officials and employees are often given
places as a reward for political or per-
sonal service.
When the superintendent is vested
with the power of appointment, such
power is generally nominal, as the
suggestions, requests or demands of the
board, or the power appointing the
superintendent, as to all appointments,
must be complied with by him if he
would hold his position.
Defects in Appointment System.
There are two fatal defects in this
system of appointment of subordinates: !:
First it results in placing in position
persons wholly untitled for the duties Of
the place; and, second, persons appoint
ed by the governor or by members of
the board, or at their request, know that
they hold their places by virtue of a
that he is powerless to discharge or re-
the appointing power to keep them in
place.
Under such system, carried out as it
invariably is, the natural, if not the
necessary, tendency is to fill the various
positions to suit the controlling power,
regardless Of fitness or efficiency. If
the chief executive officer has been select
ed by the legislature, he finds, when he
enters upon the discharge of his duties,
that his ante-election promises are as
numerous as the places he has to fill.
Under this system of selecting chief
executive and other officers and
employees, the effects are deplorable. 1t
tends to debauch the public conscience !;
to fill institutions with unnecessary
employees; to prevent proper discipline
among employees; to render proper ac-
countability on the part Of subordinate
officers and employees to their superior
officers impossible. If the subordinate
officer or the employe holds his place by
virtue of influences beyond the control
of the chief executive if, as istoo often
the case, he is independent of the super
intendent, we may expect him to follow
the instructions of the superintendent,
only when it suits his fancy or con-
venience. 1t is a system which, instead
of commanding respect from subor-
dinates to those in authority over them,
breeds contempt for superior officers and
tends to confusion and insubordination.
1t is utterly subversive of proper and
- Ind I'LL
The Conservative, 1901-05-09

sity. Has it come to such a pass that
party supremacy must be maintained
at the expense of proper and humane
care of these unfOrtunates? Will not
the millions of people of our great coun-
try, whose sympathy goes out to the un-
fortunate and the suffering, call halt
to this practice of making the conduct
of our public institutions to depend upon
the political fortunes of some man or
party? Shall the public institutions
continue to be used as political foot
ball, or shall they be removed entirely
from the domain of politics, and placed
upon the just, enduring, and humane
foundation of efficiency and economy?
The reader will say how can such
change be accomplished? First, people
interested in such reform must awaken
public sentiment which will insist
upon such change; then needed legis-
latiOn must follow.
Suggestions for Change.
Keeping always in view the maintain
ing of a high standard of care for in
mates, the same rules and principles
should be applied in the management of
ness man or private corporation follows.
let the only test be ability, experience
and efficiency. Enact law in each
state placing all institutions for the care
of detectives, delinquents, dependents,
and criminals under one board of not
over three persons. Give them ample
authority, and hold them to the strictest
accountability. Permit them to appoint
no officers except the chief executives.
Allow the chief executive, at each insti-
tuition, to appoint and remove his en-
ployes at his pleasure. Make it crime
for any member, officer, or employe of
such board to exert any influence what
ever on the managing officer of an insti-
tuition, in the selection Of his officers or
employees. Make it crime for any
member, officer or employe of the board,
or any officer or employe in an institu-
tion under it's charge, to exert his in
f1uence in any manner to induce another
officer or employe of the state to adopt
his political views or to favor any person
for office, and also make it crime for
any such to contribute money or other
thing of value, to any one for election
purposes, and for violation Of the
above, remove the offender from his
position. Also make the one who collects
money from such person for political
purposes guilty of crime. Do you say
that it cannot be done? Such has been
the law in Iowa for almost three years,
and such the method of management of
her state institutions. 1t has been a
success from every point of view. The
inmates have been better cared for than
ever before, and at less cost.
Il
Danish Politics.
Having investigated this system
thoroughly, the legislature of the state
of Minnesota has just passed a law
similar to the Iowa statute. Politics
have been eliminated in Iowa from the
management of her institutions, with
the result that the standard of care has
been improved, and the character and
efficiency of officers and employees show