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J Watch Out, Bill.
Mr.. Lamar says that the failure to
| secure larger appropriations from
i congress for the rivers and harbors
\ OF this district, is not his fault. He
! further says that he is in favor of
larger appropriations by the Con-
gress. In this way he thinks his dis
! tract will fare better. The Times
trusts that Mr.. Lamar will be en-
a0led to deliver the goods. If he fails
10 DO this he must step down and out.
-Apalachicola Times.
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Great is DeSoto.
DE Soto sends more oranges to the
! markets than any other county in the
state. She has more cattle than any
other county in Florida. She shows
tne second largest increase in popu-
laClon OF any county in the state for
the last i've years. We are. accord
ing 70 the last census, the 'whitest"
county in the state. These ara facts
OF which every citizen of De Soto is
Justly proud. Then why let the alb.
surd idea of Division ever enter
our thoughts? Let's not divide.-Ar-
cadia News.
Still True to Bryan.
The state of Missouri, which twice
gave its electoral vote to William 7
Bryan. is still true to the great dem
ocratlc leader and champion of the
peoples rights. Within the last few
Gays 70 democratic county conven-
IONS nave declared unqualfiedly for
MIN Tor president in 1908. In other
states In which democratic conven-
tons have been held this spring the
same sentiment has been strongly ex.
presSed.-St. Augustine Record.
Better Late Than Never.
Senator Taliaferro is exerting his
efforts in the U. s. Senate and Con
gresham Sparkman in the House to-
reward the veterans of the Seminole
war OF 1868. and the boatmen who
so greatly aided the soldiers in dis
lodging the Indians and fighting
them. There are 100 Of these sub
Jects and each, by the bill. will re-
celve $50 acres of land 1t is a long
deferred recognition, but better late
than never.-0cala Star.
Unexpected Tribute.
The country's foremost privatel
citizen, William j. Bryan, gets a re-
luctant tribute from an unexpected
quarter. The Wall Street News, an
ti4Bryan in all things, says that the
political debauchery brought about by
the use Of money to defeat Mr.. Bryant
for the presidency has done the
country more harm than would thel
triumph of that gentleman's leadingI
issue OF free silver. An extraordin.l
ordinary admission from such al
source!-Live Oak Democrat.
Indian Bones Dug Up.
While making excavations on the j
Cluet property on the east SIDE lastl
Saturday, workmen employed byl
Capt. Geo. B. Baker unearthed cor
tons of five or six skeletons, which !
were several feet under ground.
Among the bones were two perfect
skulls which in size were simply ire
mendous. Capt. Baker says that. one
OF them was especially large, the
jawbOne being large enough to fit
over the jawbone of any man in
West Palm Beach. The teeth were
well worn down, but otherwise in
perfect preservation, and showed con-
clusively that when buried the indi-
viduals had reachsd a ripe old age.
1t is believed that the bones are
those Of Indians, and that the work
men have uncovered the last resting
place Of many OLD braves who have
been buried hundreds Of years.-West
Palm Beach Sun
Stand to Be Benefited.
Our friends in West Florida insist
that the drainage proposition has two
sides. Well, they are untaxed and
stand only to be benefited if anvl
profit comes out of the bag. and they
are in better position than others tol
sit by and calmly reason. He tests
at scars who never felt a wound. 81
Jacksonville Times-Union.
Insurance Regulation.
That decision Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States that a
state has the right to refuse to per
nit an outside insurance company to
business within its territory. ]
DO matter what the reason for the in :
hibition may be, is far-reaching ano ]
finally decides a long-pending ques- {
ion. It leaves state legislatures and ,
state courts in an exceedingly in
dependent position as to the regu- !
laTion of insurance matters within s
he borders of their respective states.
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