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The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-07-14

Dear Spotts-Ye remember that
simple quotation from Homer, or was
II Bacon--"comparisons smell like
onions" and that philosophic utter
ance Of Alcibiades, afterward dlscOy-
cred by Andy Hamilton of yellow
dog fame, lone touch Of nature makes
US all want to skim"
merely call these gems to yer
mind, me dear SPOTS, as a preface
for the tale will unwind and that
Is brought to me thoughts by read
Ing me newspaper mail from NADIA
gascar.
Ye knew I was a political director
In that fair land after got the skid
doc note in South Africa after the
Jamison raid and the Beers wanted
me hide to decorate a lager as
memento Of me share In the revolu-
ton.
But as ! was saying, I read me
papers and they were full of the late
primaries In the island Of me exile,
and Spots, nearly laughed meself
sick over the fulsome and lavish
praise given to some of the ducks
that | personally knew to be the
greatest grafters that ever kept on
the fresh air side OF a gaol-that's
Arabic for convict camp, Spots.
How do they get the happy word
the joyful eulogy that makes the
heart beat faster and causes the head
to swell, when II they had what was
coming to them they would be look
ing for hole In the ground and
praying for an earthquake to cover
1t after they had fallen In. Yen
have to ask me an easy one, Spotts--
why does dog have fieas, or some
thing equally simple?
To resume me topic, however, me
dear lad, and when We read me fee
BILE comments, don't think of compar-
ing me rambling and disjointed rem
iniscences with that land first known
through fernando DeSoto's person
ally conducted excursion.
/ will quote We some of the It'd
bits. Here Is one: st Is a pleasure
to inform our readers that Hon.
Booze McJungle has been trium-
phantly returned. HIS career has
been commendable In every way, and
though few obscure sheets have
pointed out tAat he was In state OF
deep intoxicatlon during nearly all
Of his term Of Office, yet not enough
persons read the charge to materially
effect the vote for MIN. II was also
said of him that he played the
double-cross on the members of the
Third House. That when We bought
his vote on a bill, II Il was amended
We would have to buy him again Ia
vote for the amendment. We are
happy to say that this charge also
fell fiat as no sucker who had been
caught was willing to give himself
away"
Here's another: "Hon. Ian Maize
was lucky enough to sidetrack his
enemies and befool his friends and
We are pleased to state that he will
be a member OF our next parliament
Although he Is Charged with havins
burned government building Il
hide traces Of his rascality that fac
has not preyed upon the minds Of hi
intelligent constituency. and he viii
announce himself for the position O
presiding officer"
That's the way they do II there
SPOTS. Amt It disgusting? coul,
cite We many more. I'll tell We of al
incident. Once there was a bill I,
regulate the duties Of the palm le,
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-07-14
Upublished
Letters Of Pat

fan inspector. Opposition developed
and IL was necessary to argue win
some OF the l-want-to-be-seen boys.
A short talk ana the transfer OF a
tive-pound note (tnat's $40 Of our
coin, Spotts,) did the work. With
tears In mis- eyes old Gunwad says:
Thank We, for We generous Offering.
I'm with We to the last. It's the first
real money I've seen this term.
Promises are all I've had so far"
Noble old fellow, wasn't he. Ye
have some admiration for purchase
when 1t stays bought, and don't
throw We in the air at the fatal mo-
ment. That reminds me of an old
chap who ran the Madagascar Flag.
Once upon a time he hated railroads
so hard he wouldn'; have rail fence
on his farm. He wouldn buy any
thing that was hauled by railroad.
He wouldn't accept y pass to attend
the annual meeting OF the Madagas-
car Press Association, prefering to
ride giraffe back.
One day he became acquainted
with a cocoanut oil magnate who was
also owner of the Madagascar Mid
land. He fell under the influence of
the octopus, saw the light and yelled
for drayman to take his old-time
principles to the garbage dump. He
paid his paper bills and mas whooped
1t up for the railroad and his benz
factor ever since.
Whin me mind carries me back
over those things that happened It Is
without difficulty that raycall other
things that also happened. 1t Is a
REELECTION, dear spots, that is forced
upon us at very turn of life that
somethln' that happens now, brings
to mind wildly somethin' that hap
pened in the long ago. picked UP
a copy OF lawn Collins True Dimi-
crat the other day and discovered
that Jawn, who, as l told you once
before, Is runnin' one of those shame
papers In that dear auld Tallahassee,
and who Is ever on the ave of findin'
out somethin' which nobody liver
thought OF dom, has discovered that
same carrier pigeon which was used
so effectively by yours truly during
the late lamented Call Chipley con-
test for United States Sinnit. You
will raycall, Spotsy darlint, that the
Call people used to caucus in the
room that the Sinnit used to hold
sessions In before Sherman Jennins
remodelled the capitol, and that
livery marnin' the Chipley men would
know all about what happened in the
Call caucus the night before.
! make no doubt that your mind
refreshes your mimory with the con-
sternation that was depicted upon
the faces OF the faithful followers of
the tall Call column whin they dis
covered that all their plans made
the night before were known BY the
inimy before sun-up next mornin'
Many Is the look of suspicion that
you no doubt caught passing from
one Call man to another Call man
each one suspictin' the other one Of
bein' the Judas. The only explana.
shun that could be given for this
leaking out Of the sacrets of the
Call caucus was that a carrier mig.
con was used by the Chipley crowd
| favored the carrier pigeon ides
We Know, because divle bit did
care to have any one suspect that
nad 1cund way to get up In tins
garrett over the Sinnit Chamber. ant
by boring a hole through the ceilinf
and placing me eye and me ear alter
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-09-07
PEN N-pICTURES OF THE OLDEN TIME
By COL w L. CLAYTON.

So the last cid tumble down of
Tupelo has passed into history,
and in its place there has been
erected by tae Peoples Bank &
Trust Co. a magnificent two story
stone structure, with basement,
and at "a cost Of sixteen thou
sand dollars. s
There is another old historic
house in the town which only a
short time ago went up in smoke
and flames, being the brick Pres
I. byterian church, built sometime
about 1867. / remember very
well when / moved to Tupelo in
March, 1871, DR.. Patton was the
pastor of this old historic church.
Dr. Patton was a learned divine.
having received his title by rea-
son Of his learning. He was not
at all a fascinating speaker, and
was rather awkward with his
gestieulations and movements in
fhe pulpit, but the matter of his
sermons was good. The first ell
ders of this old church were Mr..
Stewart, who married Miss Mary
Jane Stuart, daughter Of old
father Stuart, one among the first
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-09-07

Missionaries to the Chickasaw
Indians. DR.. j. W.. Frazer and
j. R. Dickson, none of whom
live here now, and all of whom
have passed over the river except
DIR. Frazer. Mr.. Stewart gave
the lot Of land on which the
church was built. The cid brick
church was decidedly the best
chuach building in the town when
| moved here. The old Methodist
church building was just ap-
preaching completion when /
moved here, and which is now
owned by the Christian denom-
nation. Previous to that there
were only two church buildings
lin the town, this Brick Presby-
terian Presbyterian church, and
! the old Baptist church building,
with the Rev. Absolum Stoyall
as Pastor. Fount Freement was
Ia character, and while pretty
wild, enjoyed q good joke very
much even if a little rough. For
quite awhile after these two
| churches were built neither had
Ia bell. Finally the Presbyterians
bought a very splendid bell. which
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-09-07
NUMBER "a
afterwards reading law he
begun the practice without

afterwards reading law he
begun the practice without
having the benefit of either a
university course in the literary
or law departments. That in the
dark days of reconstruction he
was found enlisted on the side
of the white people of the state
and against the carpet bageer
and scalawag of that period.
After following this line Mr..
Scott stated that it was the field
pitted against him, that it was a
case Of five pluck one and that
one OF the speakers Of the day,
Mr.. Sisson. had told the audience
that they could see the next gov
| ernor of the state by looking at
him. In this Mr.. Scott hegl ed
to differ with his young friend
who was mistaken, and that in
him could be seen the next gov
ernor of Mississippi. He refer
red to the fact that he had never
before been a candidate for any
official position but he had always
been a private and was plain
Charley Scott, a title which he
appreciated, but which would ] e
followed by that Of Gov. Charley
Scott. His remarks in speaking
of the other candidates were in
terspersed with pleasantries and
thrusts which did not assume anv
Objectionable attitude. He took
up the Italian labor proposition
and stated that he did not consid-
er it as an issue of the campaign;
that he had lost heavily by fail
ing to get sufficient labor tn work
his plantations ard he was trying
the Italian. That he had lost
from $40, 900 to 500, 900 because
| of the fact that one of his farms
had lain idle for lack of labor and
that he was not able to stand
such a loss and for this reason had
undertaken to supply some of his
places with the Italians which
were satisfactory to him. He did
not believe that this should be
made as an issue of the campaign
but between the negro and the
white race he preferred the
white. That the Italians he hal
were selected from a malarial
section of Italy on the Poe river
that has similar climate and
conditions as We're found in the
Delta and that this class were
more easily acclimated than
| white people from the hill coun-
tries, who would not work the
delta farms.
After the close of the speak
ing a base bali game between
Nettleton and Okolona was played
with the result in favor the for
mer by a score of 9 to S.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-09-07
| think is still the best toned bel

| think is still the best toned bell
in town. After they bought the
bell it stood for some time back
of Mr.. Diekson's shop and the
Presbyterians were quite proud
Of 1t, and often went around and
tried its tone and ring. Fant
Freeman said ore day he happen
cd to pass by where DE-, Frazer
and Mr.. Dickson We're ringing
the bell, and he paused for a
short time to see what they were
doing and saying, and they were
so intent on ringing the bell that
they did not notice him, when fl
nally, DR.. Frazer gave the bell
a parting ring and said at the
time to Mr.. Dickson; 'Joe Dick
son, We'll now ring h I'll out of
these Baptist.
Speaking Of Joe Dickson re-
minds me that he did me a kind
ness in the way of extending me
credit in the summer of 1858,
when | had no means to pay with
and that too apparently without
making inquiry as to whether |
!, deserved the credit. Kelly Moor
man, now DR.. Moorman, of Ham
! ilton, Ala. ,and borrowed a turn
out to attend a school examina-
ton and exhibition in the Prude
neighborhood in Pontotoc county
and when we came back to the
place where Norman was board
4 ing, thereabeing some beautiful
young ladies there, we forgot all
about taking any care Of our turn
out, leaving everything to a ne
igro slave, who left the harness
out and they were destroyed by
1.-The cows. So we made inquiry
Iof some one who could furnish us
e new set Of harness and were
referred to ]. r. Dickson, of Pom
itotoc town, and we sent to Joe
/ for the harness without money
land without recommendation
!; from any one, and he sent them
Ion tick as if wefhad been as rich
las Croesus. 1t may be said that
| / was acquainted with Joe Dick
son in a. business way from that
time, and intimately personally
for over thirty years, and he is
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-09-07
Dedication Services

The dedicatory services of the w. {.
T. u. Chapel in South Tupelo will lie
held Sunday afternoon.
PROGRAM.
4:lO Song Services, G.. w. Long
4:19 Bible Reading and prayer. w. l..
Clayton.
4:3O The Chapel Idea, Its birth,
Growth and Development, Mrs. Vic
Hoyle.
4:3O Song, G. w. Long.
4:55, Introduction of Pastors; /.
How to organize Union chapel for FL
fective work, Rev. Lewis. 2 The Sunday
school, prayer meeting and Aid society
as a means of religious Development
Rev. Shelton. Education as mear
of religious developement, Rev. Az
mour. The Importance of the Tenn
prance idea in our every day life. Rev.
r. A. Klmbrough. A harmonious and
united endeavor of all christians for the
salvation of souls, Rev. Frank M. Alex
ander.
500 Dedicatory Prayer.
SOB Delivery of key to trustees.
$40, DIsnii ;sial and benediction. Rev.
Frank " Alexander.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-09-07
City Ordinance.

An ordinance creating the Office of de-
putty Marshal and prescribing his
duties, and compensation.
Sec /. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen that the office of
deputy Marshal is hereby created which
Office shall be filled by election by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen and the
encumbent shall hold office during their
pleasure, subject to removal at any
time and such deputy Marshal shall re-
ceive for his services the sum of $50,
| per month payable monthly as the SER
vices of such other officers, as are pay
able monthly.
Sec. 2. The duties of such deputy mar
shall shall be the same as that of the
Marshal which shall from time to time
be divided between them, as the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen shall by order
deduct; and in addition such deputy
Marshal shall be assisted with commits
sioner and night watch; and he shall
be authorized to make any and all ar
rests which the Marshal is auth
orized by law or the ordinances of
the city to make and tor such services
he shall receive the same fees, in cases
of convictions, as the Marshal is al
lowed; and it shall also be his duty to
enforce the ordinances OF the city against
stock running at large.
Sec 3. Be it ordained that this ordi-
nance for reasons satisfactory tothe May
or and Board of Aldermen, shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after it's
passage that said deputy Marshall ex-
ecute bonds in the sum of $50 payable
and conditioned according to law for
Il - - FL F.. L.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-09-07

Seed Rye and winter turf oats for fall
sowing. -. J. Rogers.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-09-07

Cane and Steel PIows for fall plowing
Tupelo Mercantile Co.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
PAGAN RAIDS BOOKMAKERS.
Jersey CIry's Mayor Goes Over chief Muir
phys Head.

Without the knowledge of Chief Of Police
Murphy. Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan of Jersey
City and thirty picked policemen in whom
his Honor has confidence, made raids in
three precincts yesterday afternoon and
arrested eight men on charges of book
making and policy gambling. Twenty
two men found in policy shops were also
gathered in as disorderly persons.
The cleaning up crusade was planned and
engineered by the Mayor. Everybody who
took part in it was pledged to secrecy. Every
detail of the raid was carried out without a
hitch. The arrests were all made on war
rants issued by Police Justice Frank J.
Higgins in the First Criminal Court on com
plant of Joseph F.. Hansen of 2l2 Pine street.
Hansen is a policeman who was appointed
on the force on Thanksgiving Eve.
Early in the afternoon the thirty raiders
including Police Car tain Charles Cox of the
First Precinct, the only Pagan CAP tain in
the city, Detective Sergeant Monahan, and
Sergeants Kelly and Coughlin, also Pagan
men, received their Instructions from the
Mayor. Mr.. Pagan addressed them in a
bunch and divided them into companies of
three men each. To one of them, -the cap
TAIN" was given a variant. Only the
captain" knew what particular place the
company would visit.
When you reach your destination, y
said the Mayor, Edo nothing to excite sus-
picion. Under no circumstances make
an arrest before 2:3O o'clock. The moment
the hands Of your watches point to that
hour 1 shall expect you instantly to raid the
places named in your warrant
Mayor Pagan appointed himself a MEM
Der Of Capt. CoX's company and assisted
in raiding a policy shop in an old tenement
house at 81 Greene street.
William Nixon OF o Montgomery street
was arrested for b~ookmaking, as were
John Kaiser, a saloon keeper at 1872 Grand
street tbe Junction., and John Eggers,
a bartender for Gene Sullivan at Iss Pa
vonia avenue.
The policy arrests were as follows: John
Haley, 1913 Bay street; Ed Turk, 1873 Second
street; Jacob A. WesterveIt, ~ Erie street;
George Reed, OIL Greene street, and Frank
Drum, AZ Coles street.
The prisoners were released on bail to
appear tomorrow morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02

No MIR CHARGE FOR IT.
Advertisements for The Sun and Evening Sun
may be left at any American District Messep ger
once In the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
PASTOR SANFORD'S SUICIDE.
Disappointment IN n Love AFFAIR Believed
10 Have Been the Cause.

10 EnaNC DtC III &NuoCs
UrIcA, Dec. 1T has been learned by the
people of Salisbury Center, Herkimer
county, that a love affair which turned out
TO be a disappointment was the reason for
the suicide OF the Rev. John Sanford, the
Methodist pastor who hanged himself
there a few weeks ago. Before he came
to America Mr.. Sanford was engaged to be
married to a young lady in England. He
returned TO England within the last year
and reports lave it that It was for the
purpose Of bringing a bride back to Amer
lea. Mr.. Sanford came back alone. how
ever. and this circumstance IL evidence
that he was disappointed over the outcome
of his journey.
One side OF the story Is that the young
lady during his absence had zone into
society and that when the young minister
claimed her hand she refused him. An
other story is that he found her already
married to another man. There Is a belief
that when he returned these circumstance
preyed upon his mind TO such an extent
as 70 bring on temporary insanity.
There N still another version OF the affair
II is known that Mr.. Sanford received
three letters, two Of which were from
England, on the day before the suicide.
One OF the letters was found, but the
failure TO find the other two indicates that
they must have had some bearing on the
case. IL Is believed that the news Mr..
Sanford got in England may nave received
further confirmation from the letters and
that he then decided to end 10 for good and
all. He hanged himself in the belfry of the
church.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
MURAL ART AT CATHOLIC CLJB.
Hereafter the Club VIII Have Several Loan
Exhibitions Yearly.

The Catholic Club opened its first loan
art exhibit yesterday with a collection Of
mural paintings by twenty-five American
artists and some of the sculptural work Of
Charles Albert Lopez, who died last May
when only 81 years old.
Among the artists exhibiting were Fred
e-ick Grow ~ninshield, president of the Fine
Arts Federation; John La ! arge, Kenyon
Cox, Edwin H. Blashfeld and Robert w.
Sew ell.
The opening of the exhibit was made
the occasion in the evening of "A meeting at
which Mr.. Crow niushield, Charles X. Lamb
and John j. Delany made speeches.
Mr.. Crowninshield deplored the lack Of
development of mural decoration in this
country and recommended to those who
desired originality in their homes the use
of mural paintings instead of wallpaper.
This wouldnot be as expensive as it sounded,
he said.
Charles y. Harris, chairman Of the clubs
art committee, said that in the previous
three wears of the committee's existence it
had done little except buy pictures for the
clubhouse, but that hereafter Il ere would
be three or four oan exhibits a year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
BROOKLYN BOYS WIN EASILY,
Defeat Commerce Eleven by n TO O
-NrRngIe Almost freaks I'D Game.

The foot ball eleven Of the Boys High School
OF Brooklyn Yesterday at Saratoga Field.
Brooklyn. defeated the team of the High
School of Commerce. for the i~ntercity cham
pionship by a score OF 81 to 81 The SUPERIOR
ity of the BrOoklynites was unquestioned
but the game was not all sweetness and light
because Of a wrangle over the second touch
down made by the b.. H.. 3. The Commerce
players commended that Bison, the BROOKLYN
right halfback. who tripped while making a
sixty-hve yard run. had come to a stop and
that the bail therefore was dead. Bisson got
up after falling and kept on for the touch
down. The Commerce players left the field
before Kuhn, the Brooklyn right end. kicked
the goal follow ing the touchdown.
After a lengthy argument and much ham
ding Of the rule book the PLAYERS
agreed 10 resume and did so, the point scored
by Kuhn on the goal being dropDed. The
two t~ouchdowns IN the first half were scored
after long runs. In the second half the COM
merce players showed a little better work in
stretches. but could not maintain any very
consistent advance. Kelly, the left hAlfback
for Brooklyn. made a thirt y-hve yard run for
q touchdown in the second half. The Com
merce ends were inefficient and the big gains
by the winners we're made around the wings.
Rain before the game kept the tendanc
dow and also made the field slippery. The
long runs Of the Brooklyn backs were COM
sidered all the more creditabie on account
Of the state Of the groupdA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
Automobile Prices DrOpl

$50 slightly used high class Cars
Sent here for sale, at a. pnceG
await your inspection: Touring Cars, APIS TO 81 500
Runabouts, from sI25: satisfactory DEM0NSTRA
TIONS.
wH.LIS's AUTOMOBILE EXCHANGE.
,3i West 5tth, near Broadway.
II RAINIER COMPANY offer their 1904 demon
strating cars at very attractive prices; one $685.
II. J.. and one ~ ~ H., y. both are In excelleu'
condition, having had the best OF care. and viii b.
guaranteed tho same as new. Also one 30 as n. r.
null Limousine, renuiShed like new, guaranteed for
az months, Cau Dr. seen and tried At
RAINIER co. kToad way and JOth 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
out the show mounted on chasses OF different
makes.

IN interesting exhibit in the gallery IL
that Of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany OF Akron. Ohio. Here Is displayed a
special rim and frequent demonstration are
given showing how the tire can be removed
and applied in less than a minute.
in the gallery by the DieZemann concern,
a large one for cars over l,S0O pounds and
y smaller one for ears under that weight.
The changes made this season show that
the bronze casing Is REINFORCED TO prevent
breaking due to the tOrrtonal strain, and the
grease reservoirs have. been made largsA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
AUTOMOBILE

We are the largest dealers In new and second
hand automobiles In the world, carrying I'm stock
30 20 600 machines, always on hand. do not buy
our bargain list
TIMES SQUARE AUTO. CO.,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02

Quinby 4 Co., the well known carriage
builders. have some excellent samples Of
their automobile body work scattered throug chs