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Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
INFLOW MISTS OF AUTUMN IN FLORIDA
Amid the Bowers of Eternal Green Which Wave
Over Our FIoWery Fields

have been reminded of its changing
and gorgeous beauties.
OF all the climates in the world,
the nyear round few can equal
ours. We are blessed beyond our
fellows in the tropics in that we are
not forced to endure that dreary
dizziness which must come with a sad
sameness of temperature the live
long year.
Nature has lavished her most gor-
geous dyes
Upon the sunny beauty of thy
groves,
Where many bird, an airy opal,
flies,
And where the 1.-THE and spotted
puma roves.
Color, in pomp, reigns master of the
land.
Dazzling in rich supremacy of
powers,
lowering with deepest grace thy fer
the strand,
And reveling in the warm tint of
the flowers.
Delicious land, where fields are fair
with trees,
Whose liberal rivers lave a lavish
soil,
Bloom on amid thy Powerful mys-
teries,
Where nature labOrs without pain
or toll.
The sun has blessed thee, and his
beams escape
Inn fecund ways, effulgent and be-
nign,
To kiss with color thy rich, juicy
grape,
And tinge with gold the glory of
thy vine.
Thou art the perfect Eden of the
eyes, ~ ..
The Paradise of sense and of
moods;
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
VAST DAMAGE DONE IN HARBOR
AND EVERY BUILDING IN CITY
DAMAGED To SOME EXTENT
DAMAGE FULLY ss,OoO,eOO
No Loss of Life Thus Far Reported,
Though Impossible AT This
Time to Know

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 27.-The
worst storm and hurricane that the
Gulf coast has experienced since the
village of Pensacola on San Rosa Is
land was swept. 1O7 years ago, began
last night and is still raging late this
afternoon.
1t is reported that many lives be-
tween the city and navy yard have
been lost, but as many reports of
this character have been current all
day, the report does not obtain Gre
dence. 1t is known, however, that
many of the houses in that section
are under FIVE to ten feet of water,
and many women have been taken
from second story windows and car
ried to safety in boats.
The estimated property damage is
100000. Every house in Pensa-
cola has suffered damage and many
roofs are blown on Telephone and
telegraph and electric light wires are
among the mass. The water front
is strewn with wreckage for miles
on either side of the city, and yes
sells are piled on the wharves, or
where the wharves once we're, in ut
ter ruin. Big iron steamers and
many lighter sailing ships are lying
high and dry up in the city where
the tide has never known to reach.
Everywhere for miles around
wharves have been swept away or
damaged beyond repair.
The electric power was shut OF at
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
BOOKER wAsHINGToNs ADVICE.
TuSkegee Teacher Speaks Plainly to
Members OF His Race.

New York, Sept. 27.-'As a rule
1 never discuss mob violence, except
when am in the South, but in this
case l make an exception" said
Booker T. Washington, referring
last night to the race riots in At
lanta.
In answer to my requests" he
continued, Il will state that in my
address in Atlanta to the National
Negro Business League, a few days
ago, spoke plainly against the crime
of assaulting women and against re-
sorting to lynching and mob law as a
remedy for any evil. feel the pre-
sent situation too deeply to give an
extended utterance at this time ex-
cept to say that l would strongly
urge that the best white people and
the best eOlored people come together
in council and use their united eff
forts to stop the present disorder. 1
would especially urge the colored
people in Atlanta and elsewhere to
exercise self control and not make
the fatal mistake of attempting to
retaliate, but to rely upon the eff
forts of the proper authorities to
bring order and security out of con-
fusion. If they do this, they will
have the sympathy of good people
the world over
Wherever l have met them, with
out exception, have found the lead
ing colOred people as much opposed
to crime as the leading white peo-
pie; but what is needed now is to
get the best element of both races
together and try to change the pre-
sent deplorable condition of affairs.
We, of both races, must learn that
the inaexible enforcement Of the law
against all criminals is indispensable
and in this l will do my utmost to
have my race cooperate.
The Atlanta outbreak should not
discourage our people but should
teach a lesson from which all can
profit. And, We should bear in mind
also that while there is disorder in
one community there is peace and
harmony in thousands of others As
a colored man I cannot refrain from
expressing a feeling of very deep
grief on account Of the death Of so
many innocent men of both races
because Of the deeds Of a few GRIM
inals"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
FLORIDA REPUBLICANS WILL
NOT PUT OUT A STATE
TICKET
lie Is AGAINST AGITATORS
Rev. j. E. Lee Makes Statement
He Deplores Atlanta
Riot
Jacksonville Metropolis

Joseph E. Lee, collector of inter-
nal revenue for the district of Flor
ida, and secretary of the State Re-
publican committee, says that no
candidates will be placed in the field
by the Republicans in Florida for the
election which takes place in Nov
ember 9Th next. Lee says it would
be useless to attempt to elect any
Republican as things now exist in
Florida.
Though negro, Joseph E. Lee is
one Of the most sensible and prudent
men of his race in Florida, and that is
one reason why he has held his posi-
ton so long unopposed. He deplores
the race riot in Atlanta, and says
both sides are at fault, and agitators
and indiscreet advisers are partly
responsible for it. Lee also says all
men should obey the laws and all
be warned against violating them and
both white and black do all in their
power to maintain respectable and
friendly relations between the races.
Lee is down on the agitators whose
bad advice lead men into trouble and
race riots.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
SALT RUNS SHORT.
Price Jumps Up for Third Time In
Short Period.

New York, Sept. 27.-The Inter
national Salt Company yesterday
raised its prices of salt approximately
so cents per ton This is said to be
the third raise within a period of
three months. The latest advice are
that the shutting down of two of
the largest producing plants in the
Utica district has caused a shortage
in the supply; that the demand is IN
precedentedly large and that diff
Guilty has been experienced in secur-
ing cars to transport the product
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
(Caleb A. Ridley.)

1t seems but yesterday when We
first cast our lot in sunny Florida,
and yet the Tevelry of two May days
has given way to the rising fever
of June, July and August, which
came in time to complete the sunny
circlet of the years. Twice the sun
god has married his sweetheart
June" and twice have the dark sha-
dOws of the live oak invited US to
seek their refreshing shades and rest
our weary selves on their long drawn
out carpets of meadOwy green. Twice
have the buttercup burned in the
grass and the willow trees waved
their emerald flags. Twice have the
buildings of spring ripened into the
luciOuS fruits of summer. Two full
years have gone and here We are
with glad heart and hand waving a
glad passing to the dead summer
and extending cordial greetings to
the mellow mists of the golden fall.
Twice has the reddening leaf of aut-
umn sung:
Upon my parchment, sadly old,
The record lives of summers gold;
And in my veins there fingers now
The JOY of springs awakening bOugh.
So /, like many a human heart
Wherefrom Life's shining days de-
part,
Keep valiantly some remnant yet
OF dreams We never quite forget.
Amid the bowers of eternal green
which wave their flying banners over
our flowery fields, we hardly realize
the full glory of autumn as it breaks
upon our neighbors further North.
We are denied the exquisite pleasure
of watching the maple put on its
crimson and gold, and the sumac
and sassafras yellow and fade as win
ter's advanced guards come with
their chilly breath. To me north
kern autumn is the dream of all the
seasons, and for the last few days l
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
.,s.oE IN SOME SEC
i THE COUNTRY
STORM
EATIONS CUT OFF
. nm and Impossible to Get
! p,r.iraIars-Reports
Incomplete

.,ls Sept. 2S.-The gulf
an began to show its force
destroyed all the wire
I.,..,.on 10 Mobile and New
4 The storm appears general
vuutgomery and the Gulf of
4 "a westward to the Missis-
II There has been no COM
~ With New Orleans since
n The last word from there
z one suburb had been dam
rsEhat bY wind and by the
q d lOaF feet In Lake Pom
he water is reported four
n he streets Of Moss Point,
hieh wind Is blowing the
! nom the gulf.
|asl this morning communica-
sGtored for a moment with
SIC reported a gale blowing
Il hling in torrents and the
n iAlling rapidly.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
/ STORM IS REPORTED.
ALL QUIET IN CUBA.
No Material Change i'm Situation
Possibilities Of Intervention.

Havana, Sept. 2S.-The probabil-
ties of United States Intervention in
Cuba loom up this afternoon bigger
than at any previous time. In fact,
Intervention is close at hand, accord
ing to the concensus of opinion.
Many party leaders while not will
ing to begin negotiations with their
opponents, submitted a proposition
regarding the negotiations which
merely proposes that they be broken
of when difficulties arise.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
Their Flying Banners

Thou art the strange chameleon of
surprise,
With nameless noises and sad soil
tudes.
l roam amid this bounteous, beau
teous land,
Glittering in VeTduTe, rare in
orange and palm;
A blessing rests upon its oak trees
grand,
A saint-Iike peace pervades its val
legs calm.
But instead of this song of perpet-
ual loneliness and ever ripening fruits
our Northern neighbors look out up
on the blushing mountains where the
first tinge of frost has tipped the
trees and sings:
Red leaves are f1uttering down the
forest ways;
And silence deep is brOOding over all,
Save when, at Zines, some lonely
wood-bird's call
Comes fraught with memories of
vanished days.
Along the lane the sumac torches
blaze;
From orchard trees ripe yellow ap-
pies fall;
And eastward, far away, a mountain
tall
Looms through the blue, its summit
capped in haze.
l know not why, but autumn's golden
prime,
When corn-lands brown are set with
stacks of sheaves,
And beech burrs spill their nuts up
on the ground,
Seems, evermore, that sweet fulfill
ment time
When Natures kindly hand a chap
let weaves
Wherewith. at last, the waning Year
is crowned"
And, so, whether north or south, au-
Continued on page eight
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28


O'Clock this morning. There is no
street car traffic, and communication
with the outside world is practically
cut of
The streets of Pensacola are stfewn
with timbers, tin roofing and broken
glass.
This dispatch, with other tele-
graphic matter, is being carried to
Flomaton, Ala, by the Western
Union manager, who makes the trip
by train It Is feared great havoc
and loss of life will be shown when
news from the entire section along
the coast can be gathered.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
All Quiet i'm Atlanta.

Atlanta, Sept. 28.-Atlanta has
settled down to business again with
little excitement Saloons are ali
closed and the police are keeping
a close watch to prevent any further
trouble. Many arrests have been
made and prosecutions will. follow.
Hundreds of negroes are leaving the
city.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
NO REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
KILLS TwENTY-sH A DAY.
Government Reports Number Of Peo-
pie Killed By Railroads.

Washington, Sept 27.-During the
year ending June 80, 1905, according
to a statement issued today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
an average of twenty-six persons
were killed day and 2SS injured a
day on railroads in the United States.
The total number killed during the
year was s,7O3, while the injured
numbered S6,O0S.
The greatest casualties were
among the railroad employees, as fol
lows: Killed 1851; injured, 66,S3S.
The number of passengers killed
was 5S7, and injured 10,457.
In the preceding year 441 passeng-
ers were killed and 9,111 injured.
The total number of persons other
than employees and passengers killed
was 5,SO5, injured Sis. These fig
ures include the casualties to per-
sons trespassing, of whom 1855
were killed and 5,251 were injured.
In 1905 one passenger was killed
for every 1,375,S56 carried, and one
injured for every 1866 carried. For
1904 the figures show that 1,622,267
passengers were carried for one kill
ed, and 1888 passengers were car
ried for one injured.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
suu Damages Cotton.

Va, Ca, September u.s.
! Eag scarce and the cotton
Txy short in this section.
mn from the east coast just
+ Us section. Cotton in the
B ssrg badly damaged.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
Army Is Ready,

Washington, Sept. 2S.-The army
general STAFF is now holding its first
full session. presided over by Gener-
al Bell. to discuss the Cuban military
plans.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28
I.lsr yews Prom Storm.

aiHs, Ky.. Sept. 2S.-The
( hurricane, which for twenty
nzs has been churning the
Pc he Gulf of Mexico and do
~ damage on the coast far
: lunignt whipping through
Maana In a northeasterly
a a velocity but slightly
I ne forty-eight miles an
sxasd in New Orleans during
received BY the Associated
aa Indicate any loss of life,
anzge to property is enor-
" slfe communication is Sc
-arranged and in some in
resulted in cutting of
llieiely. Mobile, Ala, not
n heard from for nearly
Ai hours.
WA Places Hard Hit.
us, and Moss Point, Miss.
ven heard from for nearly
= h0Ors, Moss Point report
vt I'VE feet deep in the
y o'clock Wednesday
: heavy rain and high
s0nery. Ala, but no Sc
vas done.
blowing at Birmingham.
. steady rain, and at
g rain has been continu-
-s7-siz hours.
4 sea to feel the storm at
. 8 o'clock It's force
Increased to an extent
sEious results.
I s''lls and Nashville also
veal washouts near New
= :. y trains are being run
ssaln sections of this
ne New Orleans and
report its tracks under
ia. sial places in the vicinity
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28

CONTINUED on page eight
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-28

K. C. Walcott, of Cleveland, Tenn,
was in the city this morning and
registered at the Ethel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-02
FIFTEEN THOUSAND SHORT
why Allen c. Bates, who Held
Trusted Position In 81. Louis,
Killed Himself.

st. Louisa professional ac-
countants examination of the books
OF Allen c. Bates, secretary Of the
Mississippi Valley Elevator & Grain
Co, who shot himself and died almost
instantly, February IA, has revealed a
shortage of SIS. 900 in his accounts, and
Henry W. Sebastian, president of the
company. says further examination
may increase the amount. Bates shot
himself in his den at the family home,
3116 Bell avenue. within "a hours after
he was introduced to the accountant
and at the very hour he was to meet
the accountant to begin the inquiry.
"Mr. Bates a in sole charge Of the
finances Of the company" said Presi-
dent Sebastian to a reporter Monday.
and he handled something like 81
GOO. 900 a year
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

The house passed the famous Mussel
shoals dam bill, which has been before
congress for several years. 1t permits
the creation OF an immense water pow
er on the Tennessee river in Alabama
The house adopted. in amended form
the TIl!man-Gillespie resolution direct
Ing inquiry by the interstate commerce
commission into alleged restraint OF
trade On the part Of certain railroads
II the handling OF coal ana oil.
The senate passed the new hazlng
bill, which repeats the existing law re-
curing the dismissal of midshipmen
found guilty Of haz.ng. and gives au-
ttority TO the secretary Of the navy
10 dismiss. at any time. a midshipman
Tor the good Of the service, provided
that the accused shall have the right
10 demand a court-martial, if he 50
elects.
The senate passed the amended Hey
burn pure food bill by an almost nan
imous vote.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-02
HOOSIER HAPPENINGS
Told in Brief by Dispatches from
Various Localities.
Treasurer Is Under Fire.

Michigan City. Ind. Feb. %
Charges OF irregularities in the ohco
OF City Treasurer {. T. Meyer. made
by city Comptroller Henry G. Van
Dcusen. have caused "A sensation IN
this city, 1t is probable that the Of
fetal under fire will be submitted 10 a
rigid examination In a oommunica-
tion To Mayor J.. T.. Shultz, Van
Duesen charged Meyer with the en-
bezzlement of city funds amounting
TO S~6.l33.ll. The charges were made
February l. and investigated by the
city council February IL, AT which
time Meyer showed certificates OF de-
post fol- the alleged shortage. The
council refused 10 pass resolutions
calling for an investigation. and the
matter probably will be taken up by a
committee of citizens which will force
an investigation. City Treasurer
Meyer says he is not opposed 10 the
investigation. lie maintains his ac-
counts will be found above question.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-02
Cromer Cries Blood Money.

Indianapolis. Ind, Feb. 23.-George
w. Cromer, congressman from the
Eighth district, ana candidate for re-
nomination, has refused to pay the
assessment levied by the district COM
mittee to conduct the primaries and
filed a formal protest with the chair
man of the Republican state central
committee. The district committee,
consisting OF one member from each
county, is organized against Cromer
and in favor OF Horace Stilwell, and
it notified the candidate that an as
sessment Of 1850 each had been fixed
for conducting the primaries. Still
well Immediately gaze his check for
the amount, but Cromer refused. He
was then informed that unless he paid
the money his nsme would not be
printed on the primary ballots. and
he at once filed a protest, declaring
that the committee wanted the money
TO use against him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-02
MURDERED BY CHINESE
Mission stations Mt >~anchang, CHI
ma, Destroyed and Mission
aries murdered.

Washington.-U. S. Consul Gener-
al Rodgers al Shanghai cables the
state department under Mondays date
that the American mission stations at
Nanchang and Kiensee have been de-
stroyed; that the IA American mis-
sionaries escaped. but that the King
ham family (English). two adults and
two children, are reported 10 have been
killed.
The American gunboat Ell Cano. az
Nankin. has been ordered 10 proceed
Immediately to Kiu Kiang. where she
will possibly arrive by Wednesday.
The scene of the trouble is about 100
miles up the Yangtse river.
A cablegram from Commander
Fletcher. the senior officer Of the Ra-
leigh. at Shanghai. received at the
navy department Monday. confirms
Consul-General Rodgers report.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-02
POLITICAL PROBLEMS.
That the Democrats Will Solve,
Which Republicans Refuse
70 Handle.

IL the people elect a Democratic
house OF representatives next fall there
will be several matters that will re-
quire their attention which the Repub-
licans either refuse TO do or dare no,
attempt. All the great railroad com.
hinations must be investigated and, II
discovered TO be trusts or combines
which restrain trade or plumber the
people, the department of justice must
be required 10 prosecute such Illegal
combination in the courts under the
provisions of the interstate q nmercs
act. The Democrats of the present
house Of representatives have already
asked the executive departments for
Information about the Pennsylvania
railroad, which controls a number OF
other railroads, but the evidence pro-
duced by the administration is so mea-
ger that it virtually amounts to re-.
peating what Senator Knox said when
attorney general: that the administers
ton is NOT going 10 run amuck against
the railroads.
Ii IS stated by the governor OF West
Virginia in a letter to Senator TILL
a that that state is suffering from
a railroad combination, of which the
Pennsylvania railroad is the head, and
says the goverdnor: 1T is q fact that
West Virginia is to-day in the grasp
Of a railroad trust which practically
says what part of the state shall be
nnNnfnnn1 how nartah nna1 ghnn ha
shipped out of the state. TO what points
or parts i shall be shipped, and when
It shall be shipped. OF course. it
makes its own rates, and our people
are helpless" That is a grave indict-
ment of the railroad combine, and also
an Indictment OF the policy Of the Re
publican party, which refuses TO pros
scute such a plundering combination.
as the law requires. There is not
much doubt that all the other great
railroad combines are equally culpa-
BILE.
Then there are the tariff rates that
the Republican party refuses L re-
wise, under which the trusts charge
lower prices for their products 10 for
eieners than to our own people, and
under which the steel trust alone
makes a clear profit OF $500 900 Q
year. and the sugar trust millions OF
dollars beyond a fair profit, and many
other trusts in proportion. These and
other great problems must be settled
on the basis Of the Democratic policy,
and a never be settled right by the
Republicans, who have been receivers
Of part of the plundering Of the people.
through their political bosses, who use
the campaign funds received from the
trusts and corporations 10 perpetuate
their power.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-02
THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA.

Mice. Spiridonovo, the 17~-year-old
girl who shot NJ. Luzhenofsky. chief
Of the secret police of Tambon, Russia,
on account OF his extreme cruelty, has
been made one Of the heroines Of the
revolution and is called "a second Char
lotte Corday.
The police OF Odessa raided the resi-
dence OF three anarchists who. in turn
threw bombs. which exploded, killing a
police commissary. the ~janitor Of the
building and his wife. Cossacks were
summoned. who killed all three OF the
anarchists.
a 81. Petersburg dispatch says there
Is no foundation for the report that gold
payments have been suspended.
During the Bairam feast at Askahad.
last week, Gen. Dschuravik and al the
members Of his household were muir
dered, supposedly as a matter Of per-
sonal vengeance.