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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1906-03-09
BROWLVILLE.

'hOi pSus w . are nav
ing some very pleasant weather now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alderman were Wis.,
iting in Gardner Sunday.
Miss Effie Hollingsworth was Wis.
iting home folks the latter part of the
week.
Mr.. B. L. Lambert was calling here
Sunday.
We are very sorry to report that
Mr.. Jessie Alderman is very i'll, but
hope he will soon be better.
Mrs. W. d. Bell of Fort Myers. ia
visiting home folks here. She will
return home In a few days.
Miss Ethel Williams made a pleas
ant call in Arcadia Thursday.
Mr.. Q. j. Williamson of TORY was
calling" here Sunday. Look out,
girls"
Little Miss Jessie Freeman was
visiting relatives here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. Cyril Baldwin made business
trip to Arcadia Friday.
Messrs. Williams and Geiger spent
pleasant week out at the lakes.
Mr.. Jesse Rowe and Miss Collie Poo
ser passed through Browuville Sun,
day.
Brownville, March S.-Quarterly
meeting will convene here next Sat-
urday and Sunday. We hope for a
large attendance.
The orange growers of this section
are rejoicing over their nice crop of
bloom.
We are sorry to report that Mr.. w.
Crawford is quite sick.
Major w. G.. Welles of Nocatee.
came up Sunday in his automobile.
Mrs. w. D. Bell of Fort Myers, is
visiting her father, ID. s. Williams,
this week.
Miss BERTHE Williams is home again.
after several months absence.
A. s. Waldron made a business
trip to Punta Gorda.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Rogers, from
the East Coast, are visiting the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. L.
Swindall.
Mrs. L. Geiger and little daugh-
ter, Nola spent Sunday visiting rel
atives in Wauchula.
Little Miss Mittie Moore is spend
ing this week with friends at Lily.
Edgar Chapman of Plant City, was
transacting business here the latter
part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Ellis made Ar.
cadia pleasant call Monday.
Capt. G. Orr is Counting" in Ar
cadia this week
Mack Ford is planning to erect a
nice cottage on his homestead near
Brownville.
Mrs. Matte Lanier of Owens is
visiting her brother, Walter Craw,
ford
Hon. w. d. Bell of Fort Myers.
made pleasant call in Brownyille
Tuesday evening. He was accom-,
panied back by his wife, who has
been the guest of her parents for a
few days.
Mr. and Mrs. w. ]. Walker of
Arcadia, visited relatives here Wed-
nesday
Murphy Rogers of Texas, is visiting
relatives here.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1906-03-09
Court Opened Tuesday LAST
List OF Grand and Petit Jurors
Little Business Transacted
Thus faro. H. Gill Elected
Foreman of Grand Jury,
Several Out of Town Affor-
neYs in Attendance.

Circuit court convened in Arcadia
Tuesday, March 6, with Hon. j, B.
Wall, judge, presiding and State
Attorney Il. S. Phillips, in attend
ance.
In addition TO the members of the
local bar, the following attorneva
were in attendance Coils. w. ID.
Bell and L. A. Hendry of TT. Myers.
IL. j. Spence aud j. II. Trabue.
Punta Gorda, j. II. Hancock and O.
Q. Morgan, Ft. Ogden, e. B. Carlton.
Wauchula, Thomas Palmer, Tampa.
When court convened State Attor.
neY Phillips made a motion to auash
the regular venire of thirty.six
Jurors which was drawn by the
clerk. The motion was granted and
the court issued an order for a spec,
ial venire of thirty-six, made res
turnable instanter.
The follnwing composed the grand
jury: G. II. Gill, j. II. Langford,
p. Barnhill, w. S. Morley, r. J.
Whidden, Ed Carney; Daniel Cocker.
j. Il. Duncan. w. II. Rawls. O. M.
Revels, NJ. w. Coker, VIM. Thinner.
man, Thad s. Carlton, @. H. Chad
wick @. w. Pearce, o. r. Thatcher.
q, V. Goolsby and w. f. McEwen.
The following served as petit Jury:
q. M. Collier, A. T. Parker, II. e.
Platt, E. X. Shackelford, f. B. Me-
Clelland, w. B. Conner, w. j. Hens
dry, s. e. Durrance, ]. p. Hendry,
ID. I. Carlton, A. p. Hollingsworth,
d. e. Fidler, p. B. Weaver, II. w.
PearceT and H. Il. Knowles, Max
Wild and D. s. Williams.
The grand jury selected G. II.
Gill foreman and q. V. Goolsby,
clerk.
Thus far very little business has
been transacted; the following cases
have been disposed of:
r. E. Whidden vs.. w. 'sAlder-
man, trial by jury, verdict for plain-
tiff $23s4O.
E. j. Register VS.. r. E. Watkins
and Z. e. Bearce, trial by jury, YER
dict for paintiff t436.79.
A. K. Poser and Forester n Bur.
ton VS.. Julia NJ. Farrabee and RI.
Cowart, trial by jury, verdict for
plaintiffs $195.
Burrell Farnel VS.. F. Smith.
trial by jury, non suit ordered.
State of Florida vs. Arthur Pitt.
assault with intent to murder. ar
raigned and plead not guilty.
State of Florida VS., Will Graham.
selling intoxicating liquors, nolle
pressed by state.
The folling true bills we're returns
ed by the grand jury:
Charles Daniels, murder; Arthur
Pitt, assault with intent to commit
murder John Boesch grand lanceny:
Henry Williams, grand larceny.
John Cowart, Henry Cowart, grand
larceny; Herbert L. Mobley, selling
intoxicating liquors.
John Boesch was arraigned and
entered plea Of not guilty to the
charge of grand larceny and was
turned over to the United States
authorities.
There are several parties in jail
awaiting trial, under charges of
murder rnd assault with intent To
commit murder, the trial of whom
will probably take up the greate'
part of next week.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1906-03-09

w. b. Jones. Delightful refresh-
ments were served, after which the
company enjoyed a number OF anus
ing and interesting games.
Mr.. - Anderson, recently Of
Owens, has built new house on hia
lot in town and moved his family
here.
Mrs. Chandler Murdoch Of Lake
land, who has been the guest of Mrss
Smith, returned home last Sunday
Mr.. Chas. Wamsley spent Tues
day morning in Arcadia.
Mr.. q. w. Carlton OF Tampa, II
spending the week with relatives and
friends here and at Arcadia.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Wellons are
visiting r, latives in Bradentown this
week.
Mr.. Kirby Carlton, our hustlina
liveryman. spent part OF this week
and last In Tampa.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1906-03-09

epohs of County Officers Re.
ceiVed-Regisfrafion Officer
Ordered TO Send the Books TO
the Various Precincfs-Road
Petition Was Refused-Ofher
Matters of Great importance
TO the County,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
MAJOR J, W. THOMAS DEAD.
One of the Best Known RailrOad Men
 of the Country,


 Nashville, Tenn, Feb. i2.--Mator John w Thomas, President of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, died at his home here this morning, aged 76 years.
 Major Thomas was one of the best known railroad men In the country He was native of this city and entered the railroad service in November. 1858. From November, 1858, to January, 1863, he was agent of the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis Railway at Mur- freesboro. Tenn, and from January, 1863, to July. 1865. was In charge of the rolling stock of tho same road. From July, 1865, to September, 1868, he was auditor and paymaster. and from Sep tember, 1868, to September, 1872. super intendent of the Nashville, Chatta- nooga and St. Louis Railroad. From September, 1883. to September. 1884, Major Thomas was General Manager, and from September. 1884. to January 1, 1899, President and General Man ager of the Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis Railroad, since which time he has been President.
 Heart failure was the direct cause of Major Thomass death. He leaves a widow and one son, John W. Thomas, Jr, General Manager of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad.
 The remains of Major Thomas will be inferred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, this city, tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
STILL IN THE AIR
FATE OF MUssEL SHOALS BILL UN-
 DECIDED.
Wednesday the President Will Ap-
 prove or Veto the Measure Which Is Opposed by Congressman Burton of Ohio.
By Alfred J. stafer.

Washington. Feb. 12.-(SpeciaD- Representatives Richardson, of Ala bama, Hepburn of Iowa. and Burton of
 Ohio. had another long conference this afternoon with Secretary Taft and Chief of Engineers Mackenzie, on the Mussel Shoals power bill. Practically every point was gone over again and tomorrow, after the President receives the recommendation of Secretary Taft. Judge Richardson will know whether his bill is to be approved or vetoed. If it is vetoed, 1t will probably be on account of the contention raised that the dams for the power plants can not be constructed without encroaching upon the Government land.
 It will be recalled that this land was claimed by the original owners. Suits were instituted for its recovery and the United States court at Huntsville decided that claimants were barred by the statute of limitation.
 Colonel Hepburn has done his best to induce the President to sign the bill. The message will be sent to the house Wednesday.
 Commencing Wednesday next, there will be q big fight in the House over the bill abollshing number of the small customs districts that produce little or no revenue for the Govern ment. The south Is probably affected by tho proposed legislation less than any otker section. The real squable is between the Republicans and the New England members are up in arms against Leader Payne. The New Englanders want to hold on to the offices that will be abolished.
 MT. Underwood, Alabama. will take d hand in the debate as he is a mem- Der of the committee from which the bill was repotred
 The Whipping post bill for the dis trict of Columbia, introduced and pressed by Congressman Adams. Penn sylvania, was laid on the table by the house this afternoon
 The Alabamians like all the southern delegations, divided when the roll was called. Tho proposition never had any chance in the House. but the dis cussion of the bill caused a great deal of fun in the popular. branch of con erreaS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
War Presidents Natal
 Day is Celebrated.
DUBOIS AT SPRINGFIELD
Says Polygamy is Greatest Menace
 to Civilization.
C0rtelyou One of the Orators at Grand Rapids, Mich., and General Horace Porter Speaks at
 Dinner in New york.

Springfield, H., Feb. 12.-Unitcd States Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho was tho principal speaker at the an- nual banquet at the Leland Hotel to- night given in honor of Lincoln's birth day by the Sangamon Club.
 Senator Dubois's address was largely given to stories reminiscent of Lin- coln's life in Springfield. In closing he said Lincoln with one stroke of his pen wired out slavery, but polygamy still exists. The Mormons in this. the twentieth century, practice polygamy openly and have become a tremendous political power in our country.
 He declared polygamy was the great est menace today to American civtli- zation and that during a quarter of a century he had been combating the evil. He declared one could not any more disassociate Apostle Reed Shoot from poIygamy than one could disas~ sociate a slave owner from slavery.
 He thought that President Roose- welt stood for high ideals and that be aims at what Washington and Lincoln worked for, the betterment of man. kind everywhere" ;"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
MR. BALFoUR SPEAKS
FORMER PREMIER DODGES PRO-
 FICTION vs. FREE TRADE.
Welcomes Labor Men to Parliament, Hut Doubts Their Introducing Measure for the Gem
 eral Good.

London. Feb. 12.-Former Premier A. J. Balfour was the principal speak CT at a banquet given tonight by the conservatives of the city of London to Sir Edward Clarke and Alban Gibbs. There were 300 present. including a number of the most prominent men of the city.
 MT. Gibbs and Mr. Clarke responded briefly to the toast Our Guests.
 MT. Balfour, whose speech had been anticipated with intense interest, as his reply to Joseph Chamberlain's pronun- ciamento, spoke at great length, con- fining himself mainly to fiscal ques- tions MT. Balfour maintained that the results of the general election could not be accepted as final verdict against fiscal trade, but maintained that the policy he has hitherto advocated is altogether apart from the controversy.
 MT. Balfour said his policy was de- signed, so far as might be, to diminish the burden on the British industries, which purpose is hostile to the tariffs other industrial countries have imposed. In countries where hostile tariffs did not exist, 1t is the intention to preserve neutral markets and at the same time preserve the interests of the British colonies on an equal footing. It was, he said, a policy to maintain an in- creased foreign market for British manufactures. Protection was an att tempt to keep the home market against equal competition from foreign coun- tries.
 MT. BaIfour said the sentiment fa- voring his policy was not decreasing, but increasing, and unless it were car ried out he believed, as the world be- came mora industrialized and as. civil ized nations brought more and more the weaker nations under control, the question of markets for Great Britain would assume proportions which could not be ignored. The world saw great nations using not only diplomatic but their whole military force, in order to push their commerce. The fight for British markets might again be inevit- able, but fighting is barbarous method wh gre negotiations might succeed, and negotiation never could succeed unless 1t were backed by some power of deal ing with the country with whom we might be negotiating if the latter asked extravagant or impossible terms.
 Mr. Ba1four said he viewed the in- dustrial conditions in the United King dom with the greatest alarm. He said possibly nations which built up in- dustries behind tariff walls were act ing foolishly but nevertheless they did 1t, and the result undoubtedly was in- furious to the United Kingdom MT Balfour asked was it possible to carry out retaliation unless q general tariff formed a part of the scheme? He de- clined to commit himself on that point but he said what the country had to make up it's mind to was the question Is the end at which we are aiming worth making sacrifice for?
 In conclusion. MT. Balfour welcomed the workinsmen in Parliament, but said he doubted if the present labor renra- sentation was destined to introduce leg islatiO1 beneficial to the country ar which the unionists could support
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
HOUSE HAS
 A DAY OF FUN Whipping Post Bill Up for Consideration. MEASURE LAID ON TABLE Bachelor Adams Submits to Much
 Chatting. Hepburn of Iowa Deprecntes the Levity With which the Matter Is Treat cd by the Various Members
 of the House.

Washington. Feb. 12.-The House today had sport with the whipping post bill for wife beaters and then laid tt on the table, effectively disposing Of 1t by vote of 15S to SO.
 The most impassionod speech for the measure was delivered by MT. Hep burn (Iowa), who depicted the brutal ity of the man who would beat his wife and declare that to be whipped was hardly adequate punishment. MT Adams opened the discussion with serious speech in favor of the bill. All of the opposing speeches partook of levity and Mir. Adams received more than one fling because he is bach. Tor.
 The bill requiring the return of freight rebates was passed, also a measure relating to court procedure. The rebate bill provides that when rebate has been received with guilty knowledge 1t is violation of law and and double the amount is to be return- ed by the recipient and half of this amount is to go to the informant.
 BarthoIdt's Amendments.
 To tho whipping post bill Mir. Bar tholdt (Mo.) offered several amend ments. One to put on the rack man guilty of non-support of his family. one |, that a wife deserter should be pinched with red hot tongs and to penaiize eV- erey man over 25 years Of age Who refuses to take a wife and provides that he shall stand in the pillory and after six months he shall be burned at the stake These Amendments were re- ceived with hilarity.
 Mir Moon (Tenn. ) created much mer- riment by offering an amendment pro- viding for the punishment of women who are common scoids, commonly called hell-cats or washerwomen. who shall be ducked In the Potomac River not less than five nor more than ten times" The amendment exempted the President, members of his Cabinet, members of the Senate and House of RepresentatIves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

sense of this Bar Association that our courts. State and municipal, should use all lawful means to determine whether any officer was remiss in duty in trying to avert the Iynching of said prisoner; and,
 Be it further resolved, That we as- sure our Governor of our unwaverins loyalty to him in his efforts to execute the high duties of his office accordingly as his conscience may approve and de- terfnine.
 70 R. Hood, Cato D. Glover, W. R. Dortch. H. r. Davis, James Aiken, Com mittee.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Lille Prospect of Agreement.

Pittsburg, Kas. Feb. 12--The coal opera tors of this district have concluded that all hope of an agreement between the miners patton of d conflict. President W. c. Perry of tho Southwestern Interstate Coal Opera tors Association. has isued a general call for a meeting of the operators at Kansas City on February 24th. Tho tonA of the call forebodes that an agreement batwesn the operators and miners is unlikely and as a result there will probably be a suspension os work April 1. The Southwestern In terstate Coal Operators Association is com posed of operators working mines in Kansas, Missouri. Arkapsas. Indian Territory ant Texas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
FLAGS OF CHINA.
Operatives of Lawrence Mili COmpli-
 meut the Orientals.

Operatives of Lawrence MilI COmpi-
 ment the Orientals.'
 Boston, Feb. 12.-An interesting ln- cident occurred at one of the cotton mills at Lawrence visited by the Chi nese party who were the guests of the city today In the exhibit room or the mills thu. commissioners found a hum dred or more girl operatives assem- bled, each of them carrying the Chi nese flag, which she had made from cotton at the factory. The emblems were distributed to the members of the party.
 The incident delighted the commis- sioners, particularly Viceroy Tuan Fang, who marched about the room waving the flag enthusiastically. Vice roy Tuan was especially interested in the weaving process as demonstrated in this mlll because he himself is a proprietor of q cotton mill in China.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Funeral of King Cbrl..Ia,

Copenhagen Feb. l2.--AlI the mem bers of the royal family and the court attended the funeral service over the body of King Christian at the Garei- thaal in Amielienborg tonight. This was d most affecting scene. The cof- fin of the dead king will be removed tomorrow morning {" the Christians burg Church, where the body will lie in state for two days The church is beautifully decorated. A number of wreaths from the United States were sent to Amielienborg. Prit
 nf Sweden arrived thtS nnar4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
PARDON or MERRIwETHER.
Will Continue Serving Sentence for Fight
 With Branch.

Annapolis. Md. Feb. 12--Midshipman Mi-. nor Meriwether. Jr.. who was convicted of naval Academy. but who has been pardoned by the President. was released from arrest thls afternoon
 Meriwether. however. will continue under the sentence of one years confinement to tho academy limits in conformity with the Ren.. tcnca of former court martial which tried him on charges resulting from tho fistte en- counter which was followed by tho death Re AIidshipnan James R. Branch. Jr,, Of which sentence MeriwetheF has served about two months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
stauIra Moi CuIIty.

Washington, Feb. 12.--A noIIe prosse was entered in criminal court here to- day against Col. orrin G. Staples, pro prietor of d number of hotels here, who was indicted some time ago with oth- CTS for conspiracy in connection with the National Live Stock Insurance Com pany, The action was taken at the suggestion of United States District Attorney Baker, who stated to the court that an investigation showed that Staples had been guilty of no crim- inallty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
T.eadrr will Be Executed.

Pekin, Feb. 12-The Imperial Gov ernment has ordered the viceroy of Foo Chow to execute immediately the leader of the Changfu mob and to pun ish severely the others concerned in that affair. The Viceroy reports that the trouble at Changfu arose over the detention of a Chinaman by Catholic mission there. The populace destroyed the mission and then the anti-foreigu element arose and wrecked the English mission. Troops which were sent as soon as possible fired on the mob and Killed twelve of the rioters.