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The Ocala banner., 1903-09-11

the People, tor
OCALA. FLORIDA, FRIDA7
Mrs. A. B. Brumby, of this city,
and her daughter, Miss Hattie, of
Athens, ia, are enjoying trip to
Washington, d. &.
Mr.. l.. .. Brumhy returned sunday
from Seabreeze, jacksonville and
other points, where he has been
SPEEDING the past few weeks.
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Mr.. Byron West, of Jacksonville,
after few days visit in Ocala with
his friend, MIR. Osco Z4wadski, left
Sunday for Tampa.
Mrs. Bessie Mcconnell and daught-
er, Gladys, have gone to Atlanta TO
spend several weeks. From there
they will go to New York to remain a
year.
Stewart Harris returned to CitrA
Tuesday after a brief visit in this
city. He will leave next Monday for
Asheville, y. G., where he is attend
ing school.
Master Benuie Redding, who has
been spending the past ten days in
Ocala with his grandmother, returned
To his home At Jacksonville tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. B J. Potter, Miss V4ieta Pot
ter and MIR. aud Mrs. Mallory Liddon
are at present stopping at the Grand
View hotel, Saratoga Springs, y. Y.
Hear clubs are multiplying rapid
ly in all parts of the country One was
organized in Texas town the other
day with over five hundred mem
bers.
Mr.. George w. Martin, Of this city,
il business visitor to Jacksonville.
He il purchasing goods for the Ocala
News Company Of which he IL one Of
the owners.
Miss Mary Wartmaun, of Citra,
wao j. well known in this city, lett
Tue-ity tor Gainesville, Tia, where
ST. ..Iu resume her Musical and liter
AIRY -.adips in Brennan College.
Mr.. w. NJ. Sheronse, one of the
substantial! citizens OF Reddick, was
in Ocnla Tu--iay aud repeated that
same pleasant remark about the
Ocala Banner being household
necessity.
Mrs. Caro- Murrell and son, Robert,
who have been spending the summer
with friends and relatives at COlum-
bia aud Chester, :. G., returned home
Tuesday. Mrs. Murrell, who was so
i'll before she went away, has almost
entirely regaiued her good health.
Professor }. IL. WorkmAn, of Ten
nesse, the newly elected principal of
the Ocala High school, arrived in the
city Monday night. Professor Work
man is stopping with DR.. and Mrs,
Lindsay at the Manse on Ft. King
avenue. The school will open on the
18th of September.
Mr.. Ben Rheinauer, who has been
spending the summer at his old hOme
in Germany, Is now in New York
purchasing goods for Rhinauer x
Compar vs. big dry goods establish
meur. He will return to Ocala in a
couple of weeks
The MeeSrs. league, of Ocala, are
engaged ia getting out hard wood
from the hammocks around Paine's
psrairie amt shipping it TO Ocala,
where it i sawed up into buggy and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
He: ream Didn't Come Out.

They had just returned from church,
and during lull in the conversation
he drew his chair little nearer to bcr
and said
II am about to ask you a question of
no little Importance. Are you pre-
pared for it?"
II am,'' she replied. bracing herself
for something that had long monopo.
lized her most hopeful hopes.
"Will YOU" here his voice &C.
quired few huslls and he drew q
breath anywhere from six to nine
inches long.
will you-er-accompan me to
the theater tomorrow evening?" he
asked.
Her disappointment was something
fierce, but she saw the show just the
same.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
DisIiked Publicity, But

young man." the rising statesman
said to the reporter, newspaper no.
toriety is exceedingly distasteful to
me, but since you have asked me to
give you some of the particulars of
the leading events of my life | will
comply. ] do SO, however, with great
reluctance"
Here he took a typewriter sheex
from a drawer in his desk and handed
it to the reporter
81 suppose, Of course" he added,
you will want my portrait, and, al
though dislike anything that savors
of undue publicity, l can do no less
than comply with your wish"
Here he took a large photograph
from pile in another drawer and
gave it to the reporter.
"Anecdotal matter concerning my
SELF" he added, you will find in this
printed leafiet, as well as particulars
of my hobbies and tastes. When this
appears in print you may send me ESQ
copies of the paper"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
Will Undertake DRAINAGE Of
st. Francis River Low Lands

Jonesboro, April 1S,-On May 4 a
convention of land owners from the
N Jonesboro to organize a movement
looking to the drainage of the lev
lands and the improvement of the St.
Francis river. 1t is believed that with
the cutting away of some shoals and
the cutting Off of some bends much
land can be reclaimed
Commenting on the coming conven-
ton and the possibilities of the work
which will be taken. the Jonesboro En-
terprise says:
The great era Of fertile delta lands
lying in Missouri and Arkansas along
the Mississippi river rely wholly upon
the ST. Francis for the discharge of
their drainage. This area comprises
some 5000 square miles extending
from New Madrid, Mo-. to Helena.
Ark, and from the banks of the Mis-
slsslppi to Crowley's ridge. The land
hes somewhat in the shape of long.
narrow tray. raised at one end with
the st. Francis meandering through
It's deep central depression The slope
lfom east to west, or from the banks
OF the Mississippi to the banks of the
ST Francis, is about five inches to the
nile. While the slope from north to
south. or lengthwise along the basin
IS about seven inches to the mile.
NO water is now received into this
basin from the Mississippi river and
yet we see the vast stretch of lands
lying submerged by stagnating water
from three to six months in the wear
with little or no current in the river.
ihe reason for this is that the river is
nearly twice as long as the total length
o1 the basin on account of it's winding
course. and consequently the fall is
Just one-half as great as it could be
and therefore the volcity of the cur
rent is just half as swift as it should
be.
In some instances. as through the
sunk lands. there is no channel what
ever. and the water wanders at ran
dom over the wide shallow marsh At
other places there are stumps and logs
and sunken trees to obstruct the wa.
ter. If these were removed, the shoal
places dredged out and the bends cut
or, the natural slope would be re.
stored to the river, and the water
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

would flow off through the channel
with a current equal to that of the
Mississippi. There would then be no
standing water or reeking swamps.
Drainage districts could be formed
and bitches cut that would lead into
the main channel so that thousands
Of settlers could live on these lands
and transform them into the finest
farms in the world.
Navigation could be carried on from
Helena Ark, TO Kenneth. Mo-. and
what appears now as the darkest re-
the richest realm of the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
Praised Pine Bluff.

At a banquet rendered the Arkansas
bankers in Little Rock Tuesday night,
Mr.. F. H. Head, formerly of this city,
now of Kansas City, was asked to make
talk on kansas City VS.. Pine Bluff y
Mr.. Head spoke of his former home in
handsome style, and said that he often
thought of the city and his many
friends here
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
Cross Cinvict Farm All Rjht.

J. p. Alexander U. w. Poss and w.
B. Greenfield, committeeman of the
jefferson county grand jury, appointed
to Investigate the condition of the
Cross convict farm, have returned from
their inspection trip. They report ev-
erything in good condition and good
treatment being given the covicts by
the lessees.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS CAREER


Mr.. r. II. McFadden has retired
from the undertaking business. and
has been succeeded by the Holderness-
Senyard company. incorporated. The
stockholders are H. |. Holderness. 200
Shares; Chas. Senyard 1879 shares; NJ.
Danaher, | share. The capital stock
is $4,000. H. |. Holderness is presi-
dent NJ. Danaher vice-president. and
Charles Senyard secretary and treas
urer.
The members of the new firm are
all well known citizens of the city.
Mr.. Holderness was in charge of the
business for Mr.. McFadden for fifteen
years, and as president of the corpora
tion will continue to manage the bust
ness.
Mr.. Senyard is one of the successful
business men of Pine Bluff, and it has
been by honest business methods and
fine judgment that he has succeeded.
Mr.. Holderness is also fine bust
ness man, and he thoroughly under
stands the undertaking business. He
is secretary of the Arkansas Funeral
Directors association and has been
ever since the association was organiz
ed four years ago. He has been active
in promoting the passage of whole
some laws for the shipping of dead
bodies from the state. when death is
due to an infectious disease
Mr.. R. H. McFadden, who retires
from the business, is one of the old.
est business men of the city. He has
been for the past thirty-fve years in
the undertaking business. At several
times he has added side lines, and at
one time handled large quantities of
paints, sash, doors and building ma
terials. Mr.. McFadden is a native of
South Carolina. He left his home at
very early age and engaged in car
pentering. In 1857 he came to Brad
ley and Ashley counties, Ark. In 1860,
when Arkansas seeded Mr. McFadden
enlisted in company l, Second Arkan-
sas infantry of the Confederate army,
and served four years under Bragg,
Johnson and Hood in the army of Ten
naSSae and currondarod of C,ao,cborc
n. c.. after the battle of Bentonville,
after which he went to his old home in
Chester and remained till the fall of
1865. when he came to Pine Bluff and
formed a business partnership with
Captain Mckinney, commander of
his company, and the two built many
Pine Bluff houses that are being used
today The partnership continued un-
til after 1868. In December OF the
same year Mr.. McFadden was Married
to Miss Arie Elizabeth Monk, of Upson
county. Georgia, and the following fall
the present business was established.
Mr. McFadden has prospered in the
face of many adversities and because
of honest and upright dealings he has
always had friends to back him in
times of reyerses Mr. McFadden has
lost much by fires, having been burn
ed out three times The business he
established is one of the oldest in the
undertaking line in this section of the
country.
The new firm has plans for many i'm
provements, and before the close of
the present year viii build barn
and morgue in the rear of their pres
ent building, which will afford every
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
JOHN SPiCER CAUGHT
Booth Woman Says He Is Man Assault
ed Her and Children.

John Spicer, the negro who attempt
ed to kill Sarah Booth, negro woman,
and her two children on East Barra-
que street Thursday nigh, has been
caught by the officers He was found
secreted in the garret at his mothers
home ON East Barraque street, by Con-
stable Tandy Brewer and Deputies
Bono and Johnson. SDicer denies max
ing the assault. and said it was done
by another negro, Harry Philpot. The
woman has regained consciousness,
and she says that the brutal work
was done by Spicer, and that Philpot
had nothing to do with it. The two
children are in a more serious condi-
tion than the mother. Spicer and Phil
pot are in Jail. While the negroes
seem to be highly incensed toward
Spicer there have been no evidences of
any attempt to do him violence
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
TT E KICKE:


There has been many righteous
Xick" because of the shabby treat
nsHnt and service given by the local
express office The matter has been in
vestigated and there has been some
worry cross answers over the phone
from these pople 1t is not really the
fault of the manager, Mr.. Martin. Mr.
Martin is a perfect gentleman but it
seems that his company can't learn
how much work man ought to do,
hut imposes about three mems work
unon one. By so doing Mr.. Martin and
his force, at certain seasons Of the
wear. are swamped for weeks, and
,.any times every few days the work
grows so heavy that they barely have
time to answer phones. This is
not right. Just because there is no op-
nosition the company should not think
that they can palm off any old kind of
treatment upon the citizens and make
it "go down." The company should
send some more men here and put on
another delivery wagon. If Mr.. Martin
had a little time he might be able to
catch up with those fellows at his office
who tell people to go to some place
not fit to mention, but is a much hotter
place than Pine Bluff in July.
Pine Bluff is now growing in all di-
rections. The railroads are doing an
immense business and the steamboats,
are keeping the freight railroads down
at fair rate The steamboats, are do
ing a nice passenger and freight bust
ness also. and are due some considera-
ton. The business men want to be
slow in forgetting that the river is the
club to hold over the railroads.
One thing that ere long to be ser
iously considered in this city is the
moral condition on East Barraque
street The tough classes are lined up
on both sides of the street and the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

We have Just received a car load
of machines, all styles and prices.
We want to handle this car load in As
days and will make a special price on
any machine in the house for 10 days.
Machines rented by the week or the
month. We have in stock all kinds
of needles. oil and attachments Come
and see us.
SINGER MFG. CO.,
E. Bordeaux. Mgr.
212 Barraque street Old Phone 80
III
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
Mail Carrier Gets a Raise.

G. w. Sanders the mail carrier ON
route No. g. which is in the west end
of the city, has just received a raise i'm
salary from $3.50 TO $i,050 per year.
The raise was made because he is now
mounted and the extra 5000 is for the
hire and care of a horse
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

sassy negresses that infest that dis
uict are awful. There are many peo-
PIE up and down the river who come to
the CITY by boat and often bring their
families and friends with them. They
do not care to be insulted by the dope
fiends and "groWler hustlers." and
to get through withough it is a diff
cult matter. This street, if cleaned
out thoroughly of it's bad
clement, would soon be a
good business street. The prop
erty owners will never improve any as
long as the present element hold forth.
Something should be done to curb tn e
dope fiends" SO that people could go
to and from the boats without moles-
tation. This kind of district is too
close to the business section and should
be removed to some out of the way
place, if the city is compelled to have
such inhabitants
1t seems that kicking against the
railroads is about as fruitless a job as
trying to wet duck by pouring water
on the ducks back Decent depots
are sadly lacking in Pine Bluff Both
the Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt
railroads were given the ground upon
which ia erect depots. but the
depots they are maintaining are
eyesores. They are not adequate to
the business demands. from a freight
or passenger point of view, and the
passenger departments are horrible
for city of Pine Bluffs size and
which furnishes the two roads named
with so large a volume Of business.
The Commercial League ought to take
this depot matter in hand as kind of
rainy day job. and hammer hard on it
every moment possible, when not nee
essarly engaged at something else,
and maybe the railroads can yet be
brought up to the point of doing the
proper thing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

The hotel accommodation commit
tee for the coming grand lodge, X. of
p. convention, would be glad to re-
ceive and register the names rates
and number of guests that private
boarding houses or private families
can entertain during the convention.
The convention occurs May IS, 19 and
90 and there will be from 300 to 400
visitors. This. added to the ordinary
hotel traffic will render additional ac-
commodations absolutely necessary
and it is hoped that all those who
can furnish good accommodations for
the visions will register their names
with G. R. Fitzhugh, F. w. Hoyler or
w. F. Brewer, who compose the hotel
committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
Matte Levine Reslqns.

Mrs. Matte Levine has resign his
position of delivery clerk at the post
office, and May l returns to the store
of Edward Levine and company. He
has filled the duties incumbent upon
him at the postoffice with entire salts
faction of the public and Postmaster
Furth
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

Strength and vigor come of good
food, duly digested. Force" a ready
to-serve wheat and barley food, adds
no burden, bus sustains, nourishes, in
vigorates. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

Union chapter No 40. o. e. S., will
meet next Thursday night. There will
be several limitations. The entertain
ment committee will report at this
meeting. and judging from previous
events, their report will be accepted
and acted upon with pleasure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

Miss Fannie BurWel left yesterday
for her home in Charlotte N. c., after
spending the winter in Pine Bluff the
guest of Miss Amanda Caldwell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

Philosophy enables a man to bear
the toothache of his neighbor with
out a whimper
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
NEW WELL. FINISHED

And water supply Doubled at Water
Works.
The new we'll at the water works
ply from it turned on. 1t doubles the
water supply Of the system, and will
afford plenty of artesian we'll water
to supply every demand of the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

The local committee of the knights
of Pythias having charge of the deco
ration of the business houses of the
merchants Monday and Tuesday for
the purpose of soliciting orders for the
Crnamentation material. Mr.. II. |.
Holderness. an artistic decorator, is a
member of the committee and Will
take pleasure in making suggestions as
to the most suitable decorations and
the amount of material needed. The
committe will furnish the material at
net cost, their sole desire being to
have the city decorated in honor Of
the visiting Pythians, and thus testify
to them the hospiable welcome ac-
corded to SO large and influential an
order as the Knights of Pythias.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
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W. d. Wales died at his home in the
East end Saturday morning. He was
an Englishman by birth, but had
long been a resident of the United
States. He had been connected with
the Cotton Belt shops for nine or ten
years. He was a Mason and a highly
respected citizen. A wife and four
children survive him. The funeral will
occur from Trinity Episcopal church
at 3 p. IN. today, Dr. W. d. Buekner
conducting the service.
Willie May O'Donnell the infant son
of w. l.. O'Donnell. died at noon Sat
urday. The remains We're sent to
Chattanooga. Tenn, Mr.. ODonnell's
former home for interment
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
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The Little Rock and Pine Blur
teams played at Jones park Friday and
Saturday. The score for Friday was as
follows:
LittleRock 0 I 0 0 ] 0 0 0 o O %
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19
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There will be first rank work done
by Lafayette lodge, No. lo1, X. of p,
Monday night The special grand
ledge team Will have charge. All
Pythians are invited to attend.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-19

The following is the score made Sat
urday:
Pine Bluff. ......1 ! / 0 o.
Little Rock. ....2 0 0 2 SIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
RIVER COVERED BY FOG.
Steamers Greatly Delayed and Sailing
Vessels at Anchor.

Heavy fOgs on the Potomac and on Ches-
apeake bay. have greatly interfered with
navigation and a consequence the sched-
ules OF all steamboat lines from this city
have been greatly upset. The steamers of
the Norfolk line, due at this city and Nor
folk yesterday morning, were the chief suf-
ferers by the fog. The steamer Washing
ton, which should have reached here early
yesterday morning, did not arrive until
about I:3O o'clock last night. The officers
of the Washington reported the steamer
Norfolk. which left here Tuesday evening
for Norfolk ashore on a sand bar near
Lower Cedar Point Md. Several hours of
the delay of the Washington was caused
by her remaining by the stranded steamer,
and trying to pull her off. After breaking
two hawsers she had to give 1t up, and TAX
Ing the Norkfolk's passengers aboard, came
on to this city. Her freight and passengers
We're landed and persons going to Norfolk
taken aboard, and at 1920 pm. she left
here for Norfolk. She made a record trip
down the bay, and Manager Callahan to-
day received a message stating she had
arrived at Norfolk at o'clock this morn
ing.
All anxiety for the Norfolk was relieved
this morning, when she came into port,
having fioated off the bar at high water
last night.
The regular schedule of the line will be
taken up this evening.
The Weems line steamer Potomac due
at about midnight last night, did not
rive here until II 80 o'clock this morning
having been forced to lay at the wharves
In the mouth of the river yesterday wait
Ing for the fog to lift. She brought up
heavy freight and large passenger list
The Randall line steamer Wakefield came
into port yesterday evening about I o'clock,
only about an hour late. Capt. Owens re-
ported the fog heavy. but he had good luck
and succeeded in getting through on time.
The incoming steamers report sailing craft
at anchor In all the harbors awaiting the
lifting of the fog. Some of them have been
fog bound for four or five days
The steamer T. V. Arrowsmth, which
has been in Baltimore undergoing repairs,
left that city yesterday at 10 clock, but
at II O'Clock was obliged to anchor off
Sandy Hook. on Chesapeake bay to await
the lifting of the fog. The boat reached
Washington this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
MUST PUT IN CEILING.
Or Cost of Same Will Be Deducted by
District Commissioners

Matters in connection with the proposed
corrugated steel ceiling in the rear wing of
the new workhouse for males, which has
been bone of contention between the Dis
trict authorities and Contractor w. E.
Spier. have almost reached a crisis.
Mr. Spier has contended from the first
that the corrugated ceiling was not called
for in the specifications. The Commission
ers contend that 1t was included in the
notes. which. by specific provision, were
made part of the specifications
Mr.. Spler's attention was recently called
to the fact that the ceiling had not been
placed in position. He has written declin-
ing to undertake the work. Capt. Harding,
assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, has
recommended that Mr.. Spier be informed
that unless notice to the contrary is re-
ceived within five days his letter will be
taken to indicate that he stands ready to
forfeit 5000 reserved on the last partial
payment under his contract, and that steps
will be taken to erect the ceiling and pay
the cost thereof from the amount forfeited.
When hearing was granted on the sub
1ect about year ago and the Commission
decided that the ceiling was part of
the contract Mr.. Spier asked to be relieved
of doing the work, suggesting that a rea-
sonable amount be deducted from his con-
tract for the work required of him, taking
into consideration certain other equities
which he enumerated.
On August 2. 1902, the building depart
ment wrote that IL thought that 1t could
not get as advantageous bids for doing the
work as the figures submitted by Mr.. Spier
and recommended that he should do the
work.
At the same time, on his application. all
amounts due him were paid. excepting
s., 600 held for this purpose. 1t is now nee
essary to put in the ceiling, and Mr.. Spier
declines to 10 II under his contract in the
communication. The action suggested by
Capt. Harding will be followed by the Com
miSsiOners