The National tribune., 1902-10-23

so few women possess.
Capt. David L. Way. Of Sanford. Or
ange Co., Fla, an unsuccessful candidate
for Junior Vice Commander-in-Ch Chief, call
ed on The National Tribune. Capt. San
ford Is Past Commander of the Depart
ment of Florida. He was a member Of
the 10Th Ohio, and later. after n long
service in that regiment, passed an ex-
animation and received a commission in
the 121th Ohio, later 9Th U. s. G. Ia
regiment which did much good fighting
around Petersburg. He was mustered
out as Captain and went to Florida about
quarter of century ago. He is one of
the sturdy, energetic Northerners who
have done so much to build up Florida
into a live, progressive State Orange
County Is in the eastern part, which has
received such an impetus through the de
velopment Of the Winter resorts. The
biggest hotel in the world is st Palm
Beach and contains l 500 rooms. The
freeze Of few years ago seemed to Mt
terly ruin the State, and destroy the re-
suits of all the years of work that the
men from the North had given the country.
Orange groves worth before 100000 were
sold for $1,000. and hundreds were aban-
doned. But the virile immigrants were
not to give it up that way. They soon
found that they had wealth in early
vegetables apprOximating that derived
lrOHl orlnseS. COuraue way nelsnDoTs
turned their attention to celery and let
tuce. They also found the possibilities of
irrigation through artesian wells. A well,
two inches in diameter. and $50 feet deep.
costing $40, will irrigate five acres. Last
season one of Comrade Ways neighbOrs
put in bank $4.10O derived from the let
tuce raised on 3 IL acres, besides $500
from celery raised on the same plot. Ev-
erybody raises little celery and lettuce
for market Even the employees of the
railroad, and other workmen. have patches
of lettuce and celery in their back yards.
Last season the money received from these
in the little town of Sanford and imme-
date vicinity aggregated over S1o0.OOO.
Comrade Way has done well himself. and
is now Vice President and Manager of the
Sanford Loan & Trust Co. He has al
ways been active in politics and the Grand
Army. The Republican party had ma
jority in Orange County. but the machina
tons of the politicians have destroyed it.
The negro vote has been practically ex
tingnished. Where nothing else would
avail to get rid of the negro charge of
uetty larceny was trumped up against
him, and he was disfranchised for life
At one election the Democrats managed
to get hold of the Republican tickets. and
put on them a little star, not much bigger
than f1y-speck. and which nobody no.
ticed, until the time for counting the votes.
cuse that they bore distinguishing mark
Comrade Way is a candidate for Post
master, but has three competitors.
1t seems but a few months since the
friends of Senator Gear. of Iowa, were
mourning his sudden death, and now his
devoted wife. who was so well known and
liked in Washington. has gone to join him.
Mrs. Gear died Oct 13. and was buried
beside her husband, the late Senator
Gear. in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burling-
ton, Iowa.
At the funeral Of Mrs. Frederick A.
stalwart sons were her pall-bearers. The
father died in 1887. and the six sons were
his palLbearers also.
Cen Robert B. Beath, Past Command
er-in-Chief Of the Grand Army Of the Re
public, had the misfortune to have stolen
while Mt the Arlington Hotel, during the
ed to him in 1877 for his services as Adju-
tant-GeneraL 1t was Of solid gold. beauti-
fully inscribed, but priced far above its
intrinsic worth. Mrs. Beath's watch was
also stolen at the same time. Three days
later the thieves were located in Balti-
more, and the watches recovered, much
to the joy of Col: Beath.
Mr.. u. S. Spore, of Newton, Hravey
Co., Kan, assisted Department Com
mander Loomis in making the Kansas ex
hibit of grains. grasses. vegetables and
fruits such great success.
Four comrades Of the 34th Ind. had n
little Reunion of their own in Washing
ton. They were W. S. Dean, Second
Lieutenant, 34th Ind, now a resident of
Braymer, Mo-; L. L. March, 34th and
160th Ind, r. Q. NJ. and Adjutant, now
n resident of Bluffton, Ind, and a Q. NJ.
in the Spanish war; Capt. Fl. L. Dean,
34th Ind. Washington, d. c., and John
NJ. G. Patterson, 34th Ind, now resi-
dent of Takoma, Washington State.
Capt. ]. Fl. Culver. Of Milford, Neb
who had charge of the Nebraska exhibit
at the National Encampment, remained
in Washington to attend to some business
before the Navy Department in connection
with matters concerning the Luzon Trans
he was very successful. Capt Culver
will return to the Philippines in December.
Two members of the famous old 23d
Ind. Battery were in attendance at the
36th National Encampment. These COM
rades were Levi Craig, of Majenica, Ind,
Secretary of the Battery Reunion Asso-
cldtlOu, anu COuIdue james ~. OnamDerS,
of Fort Wayne. Ind.
A. Dayton Austin, Of Co. NJ, I'd Mich
Cav, of Jackson, Mich, was in attendance
at the Encampment. Comrade Austin is
a member of Edward Pomeroy Post, 4S,
Department of Michigan.
David E. Godfrey, winner Of the sew
enth prize in the september guessing con-
test, was visitor at The National Tri-
bune office. Comrade Godfrey has a very
creditable service. He enlisted Sept. Il,
1861, in Co. G, 9Th Conn.,, a three-years
regiment, and was discharged at Atlanta,
Ga, at the expiration of his term. His
service included very unpleasant sojourn
mt Belle ISLE from July IL, 1S63 to Sept.
"a, of that year. He had been made
prisoner at Falling Waters, Md. While in
Washington, Comrade Godfrey met
number of members of his regiment, and
also a number of ex-prisoners of war who
were at Belle Isle while he was in that
prison.
W. McFadden, Of Abe Lincoln Post, %,
Council Bluffs, Iowa, was among the
Hawkeye boys who marched in Wednes-
days big parade. Comrade McFadden,
of corn suspended from the shoulder with
a long yellow sash, and this particular ear
was of unusual size, even for Iowa corn,
measuring little over IA inches. After
the parade he presented this mammoth
ear to The National Tribune.