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The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Annual Convention
OF the w. &. T. i.

A BOUT4 o'clock p. M, on Tues
IA day, April 2lst, four Of De-
Lands w. c. T. U. ladies might have
been seen vending their way toward
the depot. Their objective point was
Kissimmee, where the State w. G. L.
U. Convention was to be held. A
pleasant ride of few hours brought
them to their destina ton, when they
we're escorted to the Baptist church
at which the meetings were to be
held. There, amid flowers and BAN
ners, the delegates to the convention
we're welcomed right royalty by citi.
zens of the town, the presidents OF
the w. &. T. U. and the "Y" branch
and by one of the tiny tots of the
Loyal Temperance Legion. These
welcomes were cordially responded to
by a delegate from Lake City, Mrs.
Mccormick.
Mrs. L. E. Bailey Of New York was
on the program for an address, but
owing to the late hour she favored US
only with a few breezy remarks, with
promises of more during the conven'
ton. Mrs. Bailey conducted a news.
csand at the convention, where the
ladies could obtain temperance liter
ature, helps, books, etc.
The next morning at 0 o'clock the
delegates assembled and we're led in
the conservation service by Rev. +.
Springer Oliver, our state evangelist.
Many times during the convention
this earnest apostle of the cross lifted
our hearts and minds heavenward by
her fervor and conservation.
After the usual morning devotions
the convention was called to order
and formally opened by the presi.
dent, Mrs. Alice G. Brown Mrs.
Brown also conducted school Of
methods on the subject of Scientific
Temperance Instruction, which was
helpful, especially to those interested
in this branch of temperance work.
After the appointment Of the usual
committees and the presentation Of
fraternal delegates and visitors, the
remainder Of the forenoon was spent
in reports of superintendent, all of
which were interesting and inspiring.
At the noon hour all business stopped
and during the hush of this, to US, sa-
cred hour, we were led in prayer by
the president of the Kissl mmee Union.
The noOn-tide prayer il feature of
all w. e. r. U. conventions, national,
state and county.
The presidents annual address was
the feature OF the afternoon, and was
a grand resume of the work of the
past year. The victories more than
balanced the defeats, and we we're
cheered by her hopeful and inspiring
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
Philanthropy Cuts No Ice.

Commenting on The NEWS article
about the price of ice In Orlando, the
Star ofthat citysays: "Philanthropy'
doesn't enter into the ice business.
It's a matter Of money making.
Philanthropy didn't bring the com.
petition to Orlando that cheapened
the price. That also is pure matter
of business. Philanthropy never did
cheaper an article of manufacture.
Competition always has. Philan.
thropic economics, whether worked
on the religious or socialistic plan,
are mere soap bubbles In the air.
Philanthropy lie all right, but bust.
ness Is business and If you want chea p
ice get another factory"
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
LarsOn.N0rriSOn.

Mr.. Victor Larson and Miss Hele q
Morrison were quietly married at the
parsonage of the M. E. church Tues.
day morning, Rev. Addyman Smith
performing the ceremony. The happy
bride and groom Immediately left
for Trenton, N. j., where they will
make their future home, Mr.. Larson
having accepted Alternative position
there. The NEWS exte nds congratula.
tions. Victor Larson is an industri.
GUS, hard working young man, and will
ever fight the wolf from the door of
his household.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

suggestions for the future. This ad-
dress Is to be printed in the Times
Union of Jacksonville. A memorial
service for the promoted: members
was feelingly conducted by Rev. E.
Springer Oliver. and the reports of
superintendent was continued. The
monotony of this routine work was
broken by the enthusiastic singing of
our state song and respite exercises,
conducted by Mrs. Lydia j. Newcomb-
Comings. These respite exercisis are
welcome feature of our conventions.
The evening session was gracefully
and efficiently presided over by our
own Minnie E. Neal, and was feast
of good things. First, lecture on
| Industrial Educa ton, by Mrs. 8. H.
Comings of Tampa, ana then an ad-
dress on Physical Education, by Mrs.
Lydia J. Newcomb COmings, which
was illustrated with gymnastic exer-
cises. Mrs. Cornings charmed and
edited all with her strength and
grace and the pleasant way in which
she made plain to US our physical du.
ties.
Thursday morning the routine work
of the convention was resumed after
our usual morning devUtiOns. During
the morning respite, exercises cleared
our brains and freed our bodies and
we were given treat by way OF dis
cussion conducted by DR.. +. D. Taylor
on the subject of Alcoholic MedI.
cat ion During this discussiO we
were led to see that there are many
harmless substitutes for alcohol In
materia medica.
In the Afternoon Miss Neal presided
during the election of officers. Her
knowledge of parliamentary law and
her executive ability made this nee.
object lesson. The result was the
ensuing year.
In the evening DR.. Taylor delighted
large audience with his celebrated
lecture on Citizenship in the Light Of
Christ and Paul.
Friday morning was taken up with
the closing business of the cOnve ntiOn,
goOd-byes, etc. A part of our dele.
gates returned home Friday morning.
The rest stayed to enjoy the magnit.
cent steamer ride on Lake TOhOpe-
taliga sleeping tiger, to which the
Kisslmmee Union invited all dele
gates to remain.
The Kissimmee people not only
welcomed us grandly, but their hos
pitality continued right royal' to
the end.
ONE OF THE DELEGATES.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
Engineer Mcdonald Resigns.

r. D. Macdonald has notified the
chairman of the Fire and Water com.
mittee of the City Council that his
contract with the city, as engineer at
the water works, expires on May
(to-dayl, and that he will not continue
to perform the duties for less than
$1,000 per year. The council has
placed the salary of this ONCE at $500
per year. The chairman of the
has employed Scott Hodg.
lrins az temporary engineer and he
took charge Of the plant to-day. A
permanent engineer will be elected AZ
the next meeting the next meeting
|jf$he coupci There are quite nnm-
RI cor1( r r.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
AFTER CONGRESSMAN" JIM.

The editor Of the West Palm
Beach Sun, which is by the way
one Of the best weekly newspapers
in the state, appears to "have it in"
for Attorney James E. Alexander,
who is q candidate for congress
In . recent issue the Sun says:
James Alexander, the erstwhil,
secretary for United States Senator
Call, has for many years been at
Aicted with various kinds of politi-
cal buzzings in his ear, and he now
thinks he is in a fair way to butt
against congress. Jim, who by the
way, is not altogether bad fellow,
was in Palatka the other day, and
gave out an interview to a news
paper in that town. Now if there
is anything on Gods green earth
that Jim likes better than any other
thing it lie to be interviewed, and
he has the art down to a fine point
Knowing that Palatkans are still
in there hopes of twenty years ago,
Jim told them that when he went to
Congress that the big ships from
New York would pass right through
Jacksonville without even blowing
salute, and would land their car.
goes at the foot of Lemon street in
Aalatka. He told the Palatka ne.
groes that when he went to Con
gress all negroes would be furnished
with q medical preparation that
would take the kinks from then
hair, and that every man who voted
for him would be put on the govern
ment pay roll and draw a fat salary
the remainder of his natural life
Mosquitoes would cease to bite, and
hyacinths would disappear from the
st. Johns river; that money would
grow on the giant live oaks, and the
Putnam House would again be filled
with tourists; that the state capitol
would be removed to the Gem City
Il the st. Johns, and would soon be
followed S5etAe location there of
the South Atlantic Squadron Jim
told many other things that would
come to pass with his induction into
Office, and they doutless will when
jim Alex. goes to congress.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Railroad Fares.

ARCADIA, FLA, April "a 1908.
EDITOR NEWS: Inote in your exc ell.
lent paper that the Railroad Commis
sion has ordered the L. & N. road to
reduce the passenger fares to Sc per
mile May !. What Is the matter with
the Atlantic Coast Line doing the
same thing? From Lakeland to Punta
Gorda the fare is 4c per mile; but
to Jacksonville it 10 &c. Does COM
petition settle the rate for A. c. L.,
and the commission for L. Il NJ?
w. ID. TURNLY.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

Hon. j. NJ. Bars Of Jacksonville
and Hon. j. E. Alexander of De-
Land, are the two most talked of
candidates for Congress to succeed
Hon. R. W. Davis, who refuses to
be a candidate again. Bars and
Alexander are both good men and
prominent lawyers, and there are
poorer representatives in Congress
than either Of them would be-
Gainesville Star.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

Orders have been issued provid-
ing that the original Declaration Of
Independence shall be permanently
deposited in fre.proof vault, with
the light excluded, in order to pre-.
vent further fading. Nearly all Of
the signatures and part OF the
text ere now illegible, 1t is really
too bad that this order was not is.
sued thirty to fifty years ago, be
fore our independence had faded so
materially. That old Declaration is
. true history Of the United States:
The Independence, the patriotism,
the fearlessness of its signers was
represented by the pure ink and
paper used; the strength of the
copntry's youth and the early pur-
ity Of its politics was symbolized
BY tho clearness, conciseness of the
Declaration; then one by one, as the
original signers died and faded,
more or less, from the memory and
from the traditions OF the "fond de-
lusions" of the strenuous United
States, their names have faded from
the Declaration and even the princi.
pies for whichthey stood have sick
snsd and faded as have their names.
Js1srson and Washington are today
remembered, but how many of the
Others who signed the Declaration
can you remember Why would ii
not b . good ides to have Hanna,
Qnay, Plat, Hill, Mason, Odell,
Ozark, Bryan and few others write
"a . new Declsration--and don't
lsl them forget to put in it some.
t6ingsAbcut the trusts.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

The state press appears to be
unanimous in isvoring tho election
of Col. Robert. w. Davis as governor
next year. The state press nearly
always represents public sentiment
Throughout the state. Of course, 80
far there are no other announced
candidates, and with some it may
be that Colonel Davis is "Hobson's
choicAn
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
THE MECCA FIRE.
Mill Was Burned Completely-Will Be
Rebuilt.

The fire at the Bond & Bond saw
mill at Neoga last Thursday morning
destroyed the entire mill and about
100000 feet of lumber ready for ship.
ment. 1t is thought that the fire started
from the refuse fire, ad jacent to the
mill: that the strong wind blew the
sparks into the mill and they ignited
the fine dust, or powder, on the floors.
Two watchmen were employed at the
mill, one on the upper and one on the
lower floor. They state that the en-.
tire mill was enveloped In flames i'm.
mediately after the Arst little blaze
appeared. This can be understood
when one considers the fine dust
around sawmill and then the ex.
treme dry weather we are now having.
The mill, drying kilns and nearly a
half million feet of lumber and sew
eral freight cars standing ready on
the switch, were burned. The fire
was a "clean" one-not even the
ashes being left. They blew away in
the current of air created by the fire.
The iron and steel of the machinery
are welded or fused by the terrific
heat. The only part of the machin.
cry left 10 the fine boilers. These
we're in a brick building on the wind.
ward side and the wind drove the
flames from them. The boilers are in
excellent condition, not even the
glass water gage being broken.
The insurance amounted In the az.
gregate to S12,500. The most of 1t
had been placed by Silas B. Wright,
and the rest by Daytona firm.
The mill win be rebuilt at once.
New machinery has already been or.
dered, and some Of is now on the way.
The company has large lumber or.
ders booked; these are being Hlled In
a measure by the mill atGlenwood.
Mr.. J. B. Conrad was in Key West
AZ the time of the Gre. From there
he vent to Havana. and did not know
Of the hre until returning 10 Florida
the arst ofthe week. Mr.. Bonfire
fused TO cable him because be 'sdidn,f
yeat g spell 1ekeA fg1'' =, s:
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
chOiCe.'

Congressman James D. Richard
son of Tennessee, the Democratic
leader, announces that he will not
be candidate for reelection. Mr..
Rich ardson is a 33rd degree Mason,
and at the head of Scottish Rite
Masonry in this country. He will
devote his entire time to Masonry
in the future.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
'OOOOOO OOOOOOO 1000 OOOOOOOO
News Notes
From University

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THE wood. working machinery in
- Science Hall has now been placed
in position and the connections made
with the, power house. The students
are working on the lathes and are
turning out some very nice articles.
The Stetson Juniors played a game
of ball with the town students on Mon.
day and were beaten by score of
nine to six. Curry and Campbell we're
the battery for the Juniors; Grisard
and Woodward for the town students.
Miss Edith Searle left today for
Daytona, where she will spend Satur.
nay and Sunday with Miss Elizabeth
Silvernail.
Professors Smith, Paine and Bald.
win spent last Saturday at Lake
Daugharty fishing. That Is to say,
they went out supposedly for that
purpose, but people who saw them
say that most of the day was spent on
shore near the lunch basket. The
number of fish caught-three--sup-
ports this theory.
MIR. Ray Johnson, who was forced
by the death of his sisterinlaw to re.
turn home before the exams last
term, did not return to Chicago this
quarter, but expects to re.enter In
May.
Mr.. Willis Blackman who spent
last winter in Stetson, is to be mar
ried soon to a young lady in Chicago.
Misses Emery, Galpin, Pearl and
Ruby Spaulding, Mrs Spangler and
Mr.. Ray Brown leave tomorrow morn
Ing for Daytona, where they will give
an entertainment that evening.
Mrs. Cochran, mother of Miss Cath
crime Cochran, died suddenly at her
home in st. Augustine this week.
Lost--A pair of feet. in or near
East Hall. Return to Ray S. Brown,
Room "a, Stetson Hall.
From the Chemistry Department.
A jolly young chemistry tough,
While making some compounded stuff,
Dropped a match in the vial
And after a while
They found his front teeth and cuff.
Mrs. j. A. Smiths mother and sister
are visiting Dean and Mrs. Smith at
their plantation east Of town.
Dean Sears -"Mr. Benedict, have
you been smoking in your rOom?"
Eyes, sir, but the mosquitoes were
so bad in here that had to drive them
out" (This settles the problem that
scientists have been working upon for
some time; namely: to find the pur-
pose for which mosquitoes were Gre
ated.)
A number of the young men now
have a table to themselves In the din.
ing room. They claimed that the
presence of the young ladies so EN-.
barrassed them that they could not
get enough to eat.
Mr.. j. Claude Reed has been con.
fined to his room for the past few
days with bad attack of poisoning,
caused by contact with poison oak.
Tie apollo Glee Club will give a
concert in the Auditorium May l4th.
Miss Lawrence will entertain the
soloists of the Rose Maiden cantata
at her home on Michigan avenue this
evening.
A party of young people from the
University spent Saturday at DeLeon
Springs. They were chaperoned by
Mr.. Fred Fee.
Invitations have been received for
the marriage of Miss Narcessa Cox of
Chicago who spent part of last term
in Stetson, to Mr.. Vanderbilt of Wash.
ington.
The case of State vs.. Pounds, as.
sault with intent to kill, will come up
in the moot court next week. Mr..
will represent the State
and Messrs Gaines and Lenfesty the
defendant.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
Orange City

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Orange City, April 2s.-Major
Kingman of Palmetto Cottage got
up picnic Thursday, to go to De.
Leon Springs. There we're eight in
the party. They had fine time.
D. P. Graves and Mrs. Fred Fin
ney left Friday for Eau Claire, Wis.
Mr.. Finney and Mrs. 8. @. Fuller
accompanied them as far as New
Smyrna.
We are glad to say Mrs. John
Graham, who has been quite i'll for
the past two weeks, is much i'm
proved.
Mr.. John White and DR.. F. r.
Skinner drove to DeLand Thurs
day.
Mrs. W. D. Heebner ia much i'm
proved from her recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chisholm moved
into their own home last week.
Miss Alma Halliday made visit
10 Enterprise Saturday.
MIR. VIM. D. Heebner is building
a large barn, carriage house, pack
ing house and fertilizer room, all
under one roof, at his home place.
Mrs. George Knox has been
spending some time at Coronado
lately. Her son, Walter, who is at
Stetson University, joins her on
Friday evening and stays over Sun
day.
DR.. F. R. Skinner, wife and niece,
Miss Nellie Foster, and Miss Nellie
Palmer, left Monday moon for their
home in Eau Claire, Wis Mrs.
Palmer goes to q sanitarium in
Larwill. Ind, for u few weeks treat.
ment, then will 60 on home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lippincott of Gene
SEQ, ILL.,, came in Tuesday to pay
visit to Mrs. E. A. Hill. Mr.. John
White is showing them the town
this Wednesday morning. They
leave this noon for home.
Mrs j. A. Haley was in town
Tuesday on business.
Mr.: King and Miss Drue Es~cetttt
took in Sanford Monday morning.
Miss Celia Babcock accom- panied
her friends as far as Smyrna Mon
day and returned in the evening.
There were seven tables at our
euchre club Tuesday evening. Miss
Drue Fawcett and Mr.. Calvin Sper-
ry won first prizes, and Mrs. Frank
Taylor and MIR. Edwin French the
consultations.
Mr.. P. Pratt and sister, Mrs.
Fletcher of Kent, Conn, MIR. LUX
ins and daughter, Miss Carrie Tay-
lor of Nashua, N. H., left Monday
for their homes.
We are glad to note Miss NJ. Dick
inson is improving from her late
illness.
We are having extremely cold
nights and mornings here for this
time of year.
Mr.. Augustus Hall, who has lived
q good many years in Orange City,
but moved with his son to Enter
prise about year ago. has been out
Of health for some time. He went
to Sanford Friday morning to con-
suit his physician, and on his way
home died in the cars or heart dis
ease. His remains were taken to
Beresford for burial.
Mr.. King returned Friday from
bis two weeks vacation.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

In the interest of purity, it is to
be hoped that the fathers and
mothers Of DeLand do not allow
their children to read the Stet son
organ. If they do many an limo.
cent child will be ruined. The pa
per is not fit to be taken into any
DeLand home that we know Of.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

Andrew Carnegie has contributed
$500, 900 in bonds for the endow-
ment of BROKER Washington's in
stitute a Tuskeegee, Ala. This is
probably the largest amount ever
given to negro college.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

{ me- acreage in cotton in Suwan-
~ county this season il consi.
aeesbls increase oyer. the acreage Of
~ ysAs. volusia county lands
lnitablt fsr the growing Of long
Ssttsn. bat very little Il
Mr.. Twenty years ago
3 G I! - esod usstl
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

Candidates are already announc-
ing themselves for Office in Hills
boro county. The election does
not take place till November,
1904. But Tampa is always found
in the front rank.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01

Sunday will be tho second ami
versary Of the Jacksonville fire. The
strides this city has made the past
two years are indeed phenomenal.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
Spring Humors

Come to most people and cause many
troubles, -pimples, boils and other
eruptions, besides loss Of appetite,
that tired feeling, fits Of billousness,
indigestion and headache.
Tho sooner one gets rid of them the
better, and the way to get rid of them
and 10 build up the system that has
suffered from them is to take
Hoods Jarsdparilla
and Pills
Forming in combination the Spring
Medicine par excellence, Of unequallcd
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequalled, radical and per-
manent cures Of
oorofuia Gait Rheuu
scaid Mead eolls, PInpiss
All Kinds % Hunnes PsorlasIs
Blood Poisoning Rheumatism
catarrh Dyspepsia, Ete
Accept no substitute, but be sure to
get Hoods, and get it today.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1903-05-01
Orauge CITY Furniture and Hardware Store !

Will % sSSas at any
PRICES As CHEAP As Can Be BOUGHT In The COUNTY.
A FINE SELECTION OF GOODS 10 SELECT FROM m -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-29
depending upon President Hermann Of the Gin
cinnnad club. to. straighten the matter.
NO ROW AT ALL
Rev. E. s. Van Ness Says cIergymen Did

Rev. e. s. Van Ness Says clersymen Did
Not SquabbIe.
Rev. E. s. Van Ness Of Winona takes
exception to the statement that he was
concerned in row at the ball game be-
tween Winona and La Crosse clergymer
recently. Mr.. Van Ness says that he was
not put out between the bases, but was
on the bench waiting his turn at bat when
the umpire made the decision which was
criticized by the Winona pastors. Mr.
Van Ness did not criticize the La Crosse
olergymen as unfair, nor make any I'm.
complimentary remarks but he did make
a protest on the decision Of the umpire
which he explains as follows:
"A man was on first when ball passed
the catcher and hit the fence a few feet
behind the home base. BY the rule that
every ball player is supposed to know,
the runner is allowed his base without be-
ing put out. The runner happened to be
between the bases when the ball was re-
turned to the pitcher. He threw it to the
baseman. who touched him, and the UNI
pire called him out. Naturally we pro-
tested, and when the umpire saw the case
he reversed his decision. That there was
any row or any approach to it existed only
In the vivid imag ination OF the CORES
pOndent Z,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-29

headed the deer off an drove him towards
shore where the cookee was cussin' awful,
an lnonkeying at the gun. We got within
twenty rod of shore, an was right on the
deer, an he tried to turn, an grabbed
him by the tail, an hesbirch went over
quicker'n scat. We started to swim
ashore, but the kid got scarf he'd drown,
an went to help him, an he grabbed
me by the neck, an by the time the
cookee swum out to us an dove, we was
at the bottom, an the little kid was
drownded, or looked like it, but the
cookee got us ashore somehow, an the
cook, who come up, rolled the kid on his
knees, an pulled his tongue out, an
worked his arms up an down, an finally
brought him back to life. Then he yelled
at the teamster: You id fool hitch up
an git these kids out O. here fore they
blow the dam on u.s. an so we come
home.
.'The stung kid amt got no face you
can see, nothing but a big puffball, an
they didn't tell their folks they were COM
in, an the drownded ones mother she
says she'll see git sent to JAIL Now
wouldn't that jar you? An you know my
father wouldn't stand for any such racket
If he knows it, but he's liable to hand
me all that's coming, If I can't find some
way to steer him over the first mad of It,
Say, can't tell him you'll let him have
the gun If he'll send me after it?"
And told the kid he could.