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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-24


! ton, was here on business in the
Court Of Appeals on yesterday.
Miss Sue NJ. Wright. of Louis.
vile. who was the guest of Mrs.
W. H. Posey, Shelby street, has
returned home.
Mrs. Julia Merchant and Mrs.
MOllie Strickler. of Louisville, were
guests of Capt. r. l.. Grinstead
and wife, Kentucky Avenue, West
Side, this week.
Mrs. Agnes Ledridge was called
to Mt. Sterling Monday by the seri-
Gus illness of her daughter, Mrs.
NJ. r. Hainline.
Mrs. r. NJ. Bergman and son.
Western, of Irvine, We're guests of
wife. this week.
Hon. L. H. Carter. of Lawrence
burg. and Deputy Sheriff Crossth-
wait. of Anderson county, were in
the city Tuesday.
Miss Pattie Williams attended
Williams Neat, in New Albany,
lHus- VII IucsuoN'
Miss Katie Helm, of Elizabeth
town, who has been the guest of
Mrs. W. H. Lewis, at WOodlake,
has returned home.
Mrs. Sarah LeCompte and Mr..
Joe LeCompte. of Lexington, at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Burb
Blackburn, on Thursday.
Hon. r. W. Miller and wife left
Wednesday for Washington City,
where Mr.. Miller is "a delegate to
the Divorce Law Congress.
Miss Margaret Quinn and Mr..
Thos. Mclaughlin, of Lexington,
were guests of Miss Ninona Good
win, Third street, this week.
Nj. Morton X. Yonts, wife and
children, of Louisville, were guests
of her parents, Judge II. H. Payn-
ter and wife, Shelby street, this
! week.
Mr.. Robt. Settle. wife and son.
VIM. Coke. of Mt. Sterling, were
guests of Mrs. B. Todd Crutcher
and Mrs. NJ. b. Mckinney this
week.
Misses Scarce, of Franklin
Academy. attended the banquet of
the Tau Beta ri Society. State Col
lege, Lexington, on Wednesday
night.
Mr.. Fred l.. Grinstad and wife,
of Portsmouth, Ohio, visited his
parents. Capt. r. l.. Grinstead and
wife, Kentucky Avenue. West Side,
this week.
Rev. j. A. Burns, of Oneida Col
lege, Clay county. was here this
week and preached stirring and
searching sermon at the First Bap-
fist Church, Sunday night.
Mr.. L. G. Carey. L. S. Store
keeper at the Old Judge Distil1ery.
was called to his home at More
land. OH Wednesday night, by the
dangerous illness of his father.
Mrs. VIM. H. Hoge was called to
Winchester on Monday by the sud-
den death os her mother, Mrs. Tim
berlake. 1t has only been about
three weeks since Mrs. Hoge's
father passed away. She certainly
has her cup full of sorrows.
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Mr.. W. II. Reading and wife have
gone To California TO visit Mrs. NJ &.
). Parker, at GaIvanza.
Miss Pattie Clay. of Paris. was
the guest of Misses Thomas, Wash
ington street, this week.
Miss Susie Reeves. of Hopkins
Vile, is the guest of Mrs. VIM.
Cromwell, Shelby street.
Miss Lillian Wood, of Bardstowr,
is the guest of Miss Genevieve
Samuels, Fourth Avenue.
Mr.. - Van Derveer. of Hamil-
ton, Ohio. was the guest of Mrs.
John W. Milan this week.
Miss Nora Miller. of this Office.
visited friends in Jacksonville,
Ind, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Kate W. Buckley left Mon
day for San Francisco. CAL, TO
spend the rest of the winter.
Mrs. w. f. Mitchell and daugh-
ter. Of Louisville. were guests of
MIS-. Hugh Branch this week.
Judge Finley f. Fogg, of West
Liberty, was in attendance upon
the Court of Appeals Monday.
Mr.. Thos. b. Hampton left Tues
day afternoon for Fort Smith, Ark,
on business trip of ten days.
Mrs. J. r. Savage, of Winchester,
who has been the guest of Mrs. w.
II. George, has returned home.
Miss Sue Middleton, of LeXing-
ton. who has been the guest of Miss
Lula Nelson has returned home.
Mrs. Richard Hoppe, of LeXing-
ton. was the guest of her sister-in-
law. Mrs. Saml South, this week.
Mr.. Will H. King, commercial
evangelist for Stoll & Hamilton.
Lexington, was in the city Mon
day.
Capt. Nat. T. Howard, Common
wealth's Attorney of the Morgan
town district, was in the city Mon
day.
Mr.. Julian Chinn. State College.
spent Thursday here. the guest OF
! his parents, DR.. q. W. Chinn and
wife.
Cadet Robt. Half. of State Col
lege. spent Thursday at home. with
his parents, Mr.. +. H. Hiatt and
, wife.
Rev. c. a. Westbrook. o; Louis
VILE. was the guest OF Col. Thos.
A. Hall and wife the first of the
week.
Miss Evelyn Grady, of Nelson
. Ia. Of ~
cousin, MI Walter Grady. this
week.
Miss Sarah Marshall. of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. was the guest Of Miss
Margaret Reading, Elks Place, this
| week.
Mr.. Sam ID. Winter, of st. Louis,
Mo-, was the guest of Judge W. RI.
Sneed and wife, Todd street, this
week.
Mr.. J. r. Fannin. of Sandy Hook,
who has been the guest of his son.
at the Old Crow, has returned
| home.
Mrs. W. H. Hoge returned Thurs
day night from Winchester. where
she attended the funeral of hel
| mother.
Miss Ruth Robinson attended the
funeral of her aunt. Mrs. Hetty
Neat, i'm New Albany, Ind. on
Monday.
Mr.. George NJ. Gayle, of Ken
lucky University, visited his
parents. DR.. j. W. Gayle and wife
! this week.
Miss Sarah Cummins, of Louis
Vile. who has been the guest OF
Mrs. John NJ. Bull. returned home
! Wednesday.
Miss Esther Burnam, of Rich
mond, who has been visiting Mrs.
Thos. A. Hall, returned home
Wedne sday.
Miss Nellie Marshall is visiting
her cousin, Mrs. G. +. Tinsley, in
New Orleans, La, and attending
Mardi Gras.
Senator q. W. Shadoan, of SOM
eIset. preached fine sermon at
the First Baptist Church on Sun
day morning.
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PERSONAL

Mr.. Eugene +. Hoge visited in
Paris on Thursday.
Mr.. Percy Crutcher has returned
from trip TO Cuba.
Judge VIM. Reed. of Paducah,
was here Wednesday.
Miss Rose Salender is visiting
friends in Louisville.
Prof. J. Boyd Scarce visited in
Lexington this week.
Mr.. Paul B. Weitzel. of Lexing-
ron, was here this week.
Rev. c. r. Hudson returned Sat-
nrday from Franklin, Ind.
Mr.. Joe LeCompte. of Lexington,
was in the city on Sunday.
Prof. c. j. Norwood, of LeXing-
ton, was here this week.
Mr.. Sam d. Johnson has returned
from Battle Creek, Mich.
Miss Lutte Forsee visited friends
In Georgetown this week.
Mrs. Sallie r. Thomas has re-
turned from Chicago, Ills.
Mr.. II. o, Davis. of Versailles,
was i'll the city Wednesday.
Mr.. It. G. Lewis. of Leslie county,
was in the city Wednesday.
Mrs. John c. Mastin is visiting
relatives at Demopolis, Ala.
Mr.. Roy G. Kern, of Mt. Sterling,
- vas,ip the city on Wednesday.
Nudge R. Frank Peak, of Shelby
vile, was in the city Tuesday.
Judge Chas. X. Mcdowell of
Danville, was mere on Tuesday.
Miss Spicie Belle South visited
friends at Versailles this week.
Mr.. Albert H. Mcclure left Thurs
day morning for New York City.
Judge r. r. McBeath returned
Tuesday from "a visit to Louisville.
Miss Carrie Selbert has returned
from visit to relatives in Clncln-
natl.
Cadet Isaac Locke. of State Col
lege, spent the 22d with his parents
here.
Miss Ruth Rodman. of Louis
wille. visited relatives here this
week.
Mayor Clarence f.. Woods, Of
Richmond, was in the city this
week.
Mrs. r. ". Osborne, of Louisville,
was the guest of Mrs. {. +. Nelson
this week.
Miss Lora Roberts. of Louisville.
is the guest of Miss Cordie LETTERS.
Main street.
Capt. /. II. West was called to
Eastern Kentucky on business Sat
urday night.
Cadet Howard Umethun. State
College. spent Washington Birth
day at home.
President b. a. Jenkins, of Ken
-tucky University, Lexington, was
here on Tuesday.
Mrs. Virginia Bennett, of Louis
vile, was the guest of Mrs. l.. {.
Norman this week.
Prof. Henry Lloyd, of Kentucky
University, was the guest of DR.. D.
w. Gayle this week.
Rev. c. r. Hudson was called
to Franklin, Ind, Tuesday, by the
illness of his father.
Mr.. Ed. f. Trabue, of Louisville.
was attendant upon the Court OF
Appeals Oh Monday.
Mr.. w. Rodes ShacklefoId of
4 4
Appeals, on Monday.
Mrs. Bessie Bacon Rule, of Pitts
burg, Penn, was the guest OF rela-
tives here this week.
Mr.. Clarence Julian and wife
have gone to New Orleans, La, to
attend the Mardi Gras.
Miss Lula Coleman, of Jefferson
Vile, is the guest Of Mrs. Albert
G.. LETTERS, this county.
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l0OTH ANNINERSA RY.

The following invitation has been
received:
1897 1906
THE Kentuckian-Citizen
AT Home
Publishing House, Bank Row
Paris, Ky.
Thursday Afternoon, February
twenty-secOnd
From 80 till o'clock.
Zone Hundredth Anniversary.
We tender our sincere cOngratula-
lions upon this suspicious occasion.
GA . To1IA
Bears tn. nIhs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature Of &2ZzZx
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We SEEK The BEST GLASS OF TRADE.

There are persons in every community who buy
nothing but the best and to such persons it is
impossible to sell cheap vehicle at any price.
This is the class of trade seek. Our work is
strictly HAND MADE, and will out wear any
factory made lob several times over, and is sold
under a GUARANTEE that means SOME
THING. If you need vehicle of any
kind it will PAY you to before buying.
We make speciality of overhauling and repant-
ing vehicles. Write phone us, and rep
resentative will call to see you We take vehicles
from Frankfort and deliver them back to you
without cost.
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Hon. Jos. c. Lykins, of Camp
ton, was here on business in the
Court of Appeals on yesterday.
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Practical Points.

W. When we go forth under Jesus
directions, we find the way prepared
before us.
". s. May the day soon dawn when
all mankind viii honor King Jesgs!-
Rev. 40.
" l2. TO Jesus let us commit the
work OF casting out all that defles
Gods human tomple.-Mark 7:2l2S.
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rs by our own permission.-Jas. IA.
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Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-04
fire can, / think, safely be left Il
those who settle upon it.
Feasibility of Drainage.

In spite of the most painstaking eff
forts to show the contrary, every eng
ineer who has surveyed the area
agrees that it is feasible to drain it.
Profiles of survey made from Okeech-
obee to the sea by direction of Capt.
William Black, United States En-
gineer, and by Capt. Gilmore, United
States Engineer, and by ]. NJ. Krea-
mer, Disston's engineer, all show that
Okeechobee is p feet above sea level
and that no natural obstacles are in
the way of any route from OkeechO-
bee to the Gulf on one side, and the
Atlantic on the other. The fall from
Okeechobee to the sea is greater than
the fall of the st. Johns river from
its source to the sea, although the
distance tTaversed by this natural
drainage way exceeds that of the
artificial drainage way the Trustees
propose to cut, by upwards of $50
miles. The St. Johns river drains
an immense area with a fall much
less than the fall of the proposed
drainage canals from OkeechObee to
the sea. For your information l pro-
duce prOfiles made by the various
engineers who have surveyed routes
from Okeechobee to the sea. These
profiles were made under the direc-
ton of the following engineers: First,
from Kissimmee to Okeechobee, by
Capt. Deakyne, u. S. engineer, 1901;
second, Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf
of Mexico, Capt. VIM. Black, U. s.
engineer, 1887; third, Okeechobee to
st. Lucie river, by ]. o. Fries, civil
engineer, made for the Trustees in
1908; fourth, Okeechobee to Lake
Worth made by V. P. Keller, 1891,
for Disston Drainage Co.; fifth Oke-
echobee to New River, by j. NJ. Krea-
mer, chief engineer Disston Drain
age Co., 1891; and by ]. w. Newman,
civil engineer for the Trustees, in
1905. l ask that yau carefully con-
slider these pro6les and ask yourself
the question whether or not the feast
bility of taking the water from Lake
Okeechobee to the sea can be further
questioned.
Cost of the Work Undertaken
up to the time that your dredge
Everglades commenced work the
Trustees, who are carrying on the
work for you, relied upon estimates
as to the cost of their undertaking.
These estimates were made by prac-
teal men, learned in the computa-
ton of the cost of such work, and in
clude no less an authority than j. NJ.
Kreamer.
But now that your dredge is at
work do not depend upon estimates,
but am able to give you actual fig
Ures.
The plans include the cutting of
500 miles in round numbers, of large
drainage canals from OkeechObee to
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-04

tidewater, ranging from so to 100
feet wide and 10 feet deep.
1T costs 81 200 per month to Oper-
ate each dredge. Each dredge will
move six cubic yards of material per
minute, or $500 per month of &c
working days. Each dredge will cut
nearly one mile of canal per month
of the average width of 60 feet.
1T costs 81 200 per month to oper-
ate each dredge or $685., 900 for the
500 miles of canal. Add to this $780,
600, the cost of six dredges, at an
average of $4,000 each, and add
also 100000 for repairs and the
total cost of the waterways or main
drainage canals will be $1,035,0 900.
In report to his company J. NJ
Kreamer estimated the cost of dig
ging drainage canals at one and six
tenths cents per cubic yard, or $112,-
637 for a canal "a miles long, $50
feet wide and 8 feet deep.
Value of Lands When Drained.
I'm his report to his employer,
Hamilton Disston, Kreamer, in 1881,
said: The import duties on sugar for
manufacturing purposes from the
year 1S47 to 1879 varied from 2 q
to cents per pound. We paid out
for sugar and allied products during
this period, $500, 000,0 Our
western mines produced $1,7OO,OOO,-
600, or in other words, during a
period of 80 years, as a nation, we
paid out in round numbers 500, 0O0,-
600 IN EXCESS OF THE TOTAL
OUTPUT IN BULLION OF OUR
FAMED BONANZAS OF THE WEST,
FOR AN ARTICLE OF CONSUME
.TION EVERY POUND OF WHICH
COULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCED
FROM THE SOIL OF SOUTHERN
FLORIDA"
But since Kreamer'S report prac-
teal farmers have settled on the land
in the edge of the Everglades and
have demonstrated, by the remark
ably success they have made, that this
Everglades land, when reclaimed, is
the richest and most fertile in the
world Farmers adjacent to New
River shipped $4,000 crates of We
getables from Fort Lauderdale dur
ing the season just past. The COM
mOdities raised from the sail and
transported on four miles of this
small river now exceed in value those
raised from the soil and transported
on the st. Johns river, 200 miles in
length. Your dredge is now in New
River, cutting its way into the glades.
Last year people of the United States
paid out for sugar alone $13, 100000
more than the total amount received
from exports of corn, wheat, -four
beef and naval stores added together.
All of the sugar consumed in the
United States in one year can be
raised on a small portion of the three
million acres which you own in the
Everglades. One acre of land in the
Everglades is capable of raising and
fattening for market two head of cat
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-04

tie. The stoekman who is obliged to
fence ten acres of land elsewhere to
raise two head of cattle, and is also
obliged TO feed them during the win
ter months, needs no argument to
convince him that the people need
the Everglades, where the grass
grows rich and green the year round
and is capable of supporting 20 times
the number of cattle per acre. The
farmer who is accustomed to haul to
market one bale of cotton worth $50
from three acres of ground, which
he has worked early and late to culti-
vate, needs no argument to convince
him of the necessity Of opening for
agricultural pursuits this vast do
main when he reads that land on the
border of the Everglades, and exactly
similar in character to most of that
of the inside area produces year after
year, with a small amount of work,
crops which are sold at prices rang
ing from $500 to $500 per acre.
Who the Land Belongs To.
The contention of the present
Board of Trustees is that the United
States Government never intended
that this large area of land, which it
decided to the State at the request of
the Legislature, for specific purposes
set forth in the request, namely, to
reclaim it and when that work was
done to use il for the benefit of edu-
cation | say that the grantors of
this principally, greater than the
nf
that nearly twO-thirds of it would
be given away to corporations on any
pretext, even the plausible one of
opening up the State to transpOrta-
ton by the building of highways. The
Legislature of 1855 had no idea that
these lands could be used for any
other purpose than that of drainage
and reclamation and education, be-
cause that Legislature, while the sub
ject was fresh, put it beyond the
power, as it thought, of subsequent
Legislatures to dispose of this land
in any other manner, TO any person
or persons, or corporations, except for
the carrying out of the object of the
grant, reclamation, by passing a law
which vested the title of these lands
in the Trustees of the Internal I'M
prOvement Fund, which Board of
Trustees was made perpetual by fix
ing its membership in administrative
officers of the State government,
whose successors would always be in
office. The title to these lands was
vested in the Trustees by this act and
a sacred trust was created to hold
them for the benefit of the people
That subsequent Legislatures had no
right TO grant any of the lands in
Guided in this deed of trust, which
lands are all of those lying south of
TIE northern boundary of Okeecho-
bee and the CalOOsachatchee river,
between the Ocean and the Gulf, and
for want of this right all grants made
by Legislatures subsequent to 1855
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-04
WAT zELLNER MAS PROBABLY
FATALLY WOUNDED BIZ BAR
NEY STOKES
WAS AN OLD FAMILY FEUD
Was Prominent Citizen Of Citrus
County and Member of Baptist
Church

Floral City, Oct. 3.-Mr. Watt
zelner, a prominent citizen Of this
county was shot in the bowels with
a So calibre pistol by Barney Stokes.
The shooting occurred in front of
the postofiee about o'clock Monday
evening There is no hope for Mr..
zelner's recovery. Stokes surrender
ed to Sheriff Graham, who happened
to be at his home in this place.
Zelner and the Stokeses are farm
ers, living about three miles from
here. Trouble has been brewing be-
tween Barney Stokes, his brothers
and Eldridge Morris, brother-in-law
of Zelner's for several days. The
Stokeses have been well armed and
it is alleged have been looking for an
opportunity to settle the matter for
several days. Friends of both sides
advised them to settle the matter
peaceably. Morris and ZeIner came
TO town and sent word to the Stok-
eses to come unarmed and they would
talk over the matter and try to come
to some agreement. Morris and the
Stokeses met near the postofice about
dark and it seems had about settled
their troubles when Zelner walked up
and not understanding the situation
made some hasty remark to which
Stokes replied and began shooting.
Some say three shots were fred, 9th
ers think more. Stokes was within
a few feet of Zelner when he shot
him. A general fight ensued. Norris
had one of the Stokes boys down
about the time of the shooting. After
having shot Zelner, Barney Stokes
went to the assistance of his brother.
He placed his pistol in Morris face
demanding that he turn his brother
loose, at the same time he grabbed
Morris pistol. Zelner was unarmed.
There were four or five of the Stokes
boys. No one seemed to know Just
how the matter started nor why there
was not more shooting.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-04

are without authority, cannot be
questioned in face Of the repeated de-
cisiOns Of the Supreme Court of the
United States that contracts are in
violable, and of the specific decision
of the United States Supreme Court
in the case of Niece V. Mathis, which
decision held that the grant of the
land by the United States to the State
OF Florida and other obligation to
drain, is a contract.
The present Board of Trustees
has taken the position that the grants
Of the Legislature of the State of
Florida are void for want of authority
over the lands granted because the
title of these lands was, in 1855, vest
cd, iTTeYOcably in the Trustees, who
are under contract with the Federal
Government to drain and reclaim
them and devote the residue remain
ing in their hands after the work Of
reclamation has been accomplished,
to the cause of education. There
have been in the neighbOrhOod of
2O,OOO,O0O acres Of land decided to
the State under the contract with the
United States Government. There are
now remaining in the hands of the
Trustees, undecided, but 100000
acres. There are still unpatented
100000 acres, which belong to the
Federal Government The 17,OOO,-
900 acres given away, Illegally, as
and other Trustees cOnstrue the con-
tract with the National Government,
are gone. with no hope of recall.
There are legislative grants for up
wards of 100000 acres in addition
to the 17,0OO,0 600 already decided by
the Trustees, or 100000 acres more
than there is land remaining. The
benehciaries of these grants are con-
tending in the courts with the
Trustees now for title to these lands;
but though this contention has been
going on for some years the railroads
that are trying to get them have care
fully avoided bringing the question
10 an issue. In the course OF the It'll
cation whenever IL became manifest
that the issue was about TO be square
IL Joined the railroads have inVarla-
blv made a diIatory movement in the
case so as 10 get away from the issue.
They are afraid OF it. and their only
course is to delay the litigation in
definitely and 70 try the power OF
wealth with its ability to defeat the
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