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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-10-17
Clty Attorney Of ocala.

Tullius F. Biggs. the attorney for
he city Of Ocala and subject Of this
sketch, Was born at Trenton, Tenn,
Sept. q. 1854. and came 10 Florida
with his father J. r Biggs. in 1881
he is a grandson Of Luke Biggs. in
whose cabin the first court was or
sanized IN West Tennessee.
Mr. Riggs was educated in the Pea
body High school Of Trenton. Tenn.
nd shortly after his arrival in Flor
ia ln 1881. he and his father located
homestead in what was then Her
ando now Citrus. county. and com
lnencel - clear land for oranges. In
1876 he Ncut back To Tennessee and
Tas engaged 70 60 10 Texas and con-
i1cl wagon train from Fl Worth.
Texas. - West Tennessee. over the
route through the In3iau Territory and
arkansas. which "trip took nearly 80
.ays 10 accomplish His former ex-
erieuce ia hauling freight over the
sandy roads ~ Florida. from Ocala 10
81 he stores in Hernand0 county. stood
aim in good stead on this trip.
Afterwards he represented an art
com any ana Travelled over Kentucky.
Missouri. Arkansas. Mississippi and
-A..f-"f--t ADl lrlail 4eeAlsr IeLQIE-
Ing % Florida in 1880. az the time Of
ne phosphate excitement
In 1892 be began the study Of law.
and at the same time learned phono-
sraphy. and Completed his law educa-
zion IN the Offices n Messrs Ander-
son q Hooker In 1887 he was a.
mitted 20 practice iu the state court
and afterwards admitted % the United
states courts
IN 1901 ne was elected city attorney
for Ocala and has held The position 10
tAe present time with credit to himself
and benefit a. the city and has been
the means II getting the charters OF
the city 50 amended as 20 save the
city many dollars and increase its
revenue from occUpatiOnai taxes, and
only recently had the law passed that
enables the city 10 collect its adval-
oren tax or real estate by due process
IT iaw and eliminates the old method
of tax sales. The new law IS proving
very beneficial 70 the CITY
re was united in marriage AurU :.
1893. 10 Louise r BlaksIee. Of St.
Johns New Brunswick Dominion OF
Canada. and they have three children,
LOYAL r.. Merlse r. and HeIIiee u
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-10-17
Secretary and Treasurer Of the Marion
Hardware Company

Mr.. Thagard is a native Of the Tar
Heel State" and has been q citizen of
this county FOR over twenty years. lie
has been engaged in the mercantile
and other business for Il number Of
years: was state and county tax col
lector and having become interested in
the naval stores business. he resigned
as tax collector % devote his time to
the naval stores business. He was sec
rotary OF the Naval Stores Export Co.
one Of the largest corporations in the
state until same quit active business.
Mr.. Thagard is now secretary and
treasurer of one Of the largest and
most successful business enterprises in
Ocala-The Marion Hardware Com
pany.
AR. Thagard is a man Of enlightened
views, broad sympathies. imbued with
progressive and liberal ideas and has
ever been in the front of every move
ment for the uubuilding of the com
munity, and has won the respect and
confidence Of all the people by the
ability and faithfuiness with which he
has discharged his public and private
duties as citizen.
He Is yet a young man. scarcely
forty, and the record he has made is
suspicious Of greater usefulness end
larger hon0rs. As a citizen and father
Of an interesting family and happy
home. Ocala is proud Of Z. j. Thagard.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-10-17
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-10-17
Postmaster Of oeala

The subject of his sketch fas born
in TonaWay. wood county Ohio. July
18th. 1853. His educational oopoTtuu-
titles were rneagrr and whatever BE- has
attained has been self acquired He
left school at the age ~ - and in The
rhrase IF the farm. has "hoej his Jsn
row" since that early age RE first
clerked i'm "a store for two ye9rs went
To Pullman H. and worked ia ire
mechanical department department of
the ear works fora. year, came to
Florida iH 1855 ia November 81 thaf
year. and entered the employ Of tie
Southern Express Co. and for fifteen
years was in the employ Of that CON-
rany rs messenger. agent and route
gent. ami made one Of their most
trusted Representa- lives. lie was for
nearIy three years the express com
-any'S agent at Sanford. Gainesville
WavCr1~s ana Jacks. nsiile ami ro1 ten
years thereafter route agent in O. ar-
gia. Florida and Alabama
IN 1900 Nr- Crau left the express
company anf uUr, based the Gaines
vile gas plant. li-u9sins % The same
shortly ther-afr-r- He then entered TIE
employ 81 the A. g. T. railroad at
Pa.atka and year later was trans
fered 10 Ocala- ~ wHich city he mas
since been popular and respected
citizen
In 1890 Sir. Crom WAS united in mar
rage tn Miss Matte Hampton the
wiHsame dau-lt-r II one ~ the most
prominent families ~ Gainesville uho
are related Ia tga HamutcHs ~ no-
tjonal fame ir South Carolina M
Crun has % family IF tG-r bright
children. three boys and "a eEL
Mr. CIom mas developed into quite
fraternal society man belonging 70 the
r. d A. n. being a SarineT. knight
TempIar. an odd Fellow and served in
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-10-17
Proprietor Of the Montezun1a Hotel.
Ccaia, Fla.

Col " J. Shi1man was born i'm
Western New York educated M pub-
jc schools. and finished at Rochester.
y. y He was brought uu on farm.
de enlisted ar Rochester as a private.
ana feT meTilnI ioUs conduct WAS given
command Of New York Sharp shoot
erS. Was wounded in battle of VIII
5erues- May X 1855, discharged on ac-
count Of wounds iu Seutember. went
20 Iowa in November, where he re-
manned until The fall Of 1877. when his
health failed and he came 10 Florida
with large capital He helped 10 de-
veIop the country along the old r. 9.
* 2. r. R: was republican candidate
tCF governor during 1SSs, ana received
more votes for that office than any
other republican in this state ever re-
.eived Tor any office. lie made money
pa everything he touched until the
freeze of 1886. when his fortune was
swept from him. But, nothing daUnt-
ed. the old veteran again took up the
battle OF life and is making "a success
or the hotel business that is not only
gratifying 10 himself but a continued
source of pleasure 10 his host Of sat-
.sfed constituents The colonel was
cast I'm heroic mould. and does
Things. and never grows tired singing
The praises Of pCala.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
.fLooD'sHAVoc At CLIFTON, ARlz.
From Seven to Twenty Lives Lost
and Business Section Ruined.

TTVUl 0SVcU 70 twenty 6IvSo 6SSs
and Business Section Ruined.
Bisbee, Ariz., Dec. 5.-One Of the
worst floods in the history Of Clifton.
Ariz., came down the San Francisco
river and Chase Creek last night. The
principal business section of the town
was almost completely ruined. From
seven to twenty persons is the report
of the loss of life. The name OF only
one victim, however, has been OBJ
tanned. Mrs. Joseph Throm, who, with
her husband and children, was caught
in falling building and killed. The
other members of the family had mar
row escapes. One of the saloons
which was washed away carried sew
eral men into the torrent and are be-
lieved to have been drowned.
A woman and child were lost in a
small restaurant which was dashed to
pieces in the flood. A number of small
frame buildings in which people were
known to be living also were de-
stroyed and it is feared that num-
Der of families persisted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06

Some of the society women of New
York have an inevitable faculty of
saying and doing foolish things. Most
certainly Mrs. Herbert Parsons trans
crosses the bounds of decency and
nationality in her book, ''The Fam
ily.'' Her plea for experimental
marriages and free divorce causes
the moral sense to revolt. Society
and family life are disorganized too
much already. What is needed is
something that will put society on a
more wholesome basis and strength
en- the family relation. on something
to further undermine them. Mrs
Parsons so-called remedy would only
make the disease worse. The lot OF
the poor children born of the union
she advocates would be pitiable in
the extreme.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06

President Roosevelt has visited a
foreign country and thereby has
broken the rule observed by his pre-
decessors. Still nothing happened.
The sun did not stand still in silent
amazement at so rash deed. nor
was there any convulsion of nature.
1t may or may not be a wise thing
for president to leave the bounds Of
his country. but if the only objec-
ton to his 80 doing is the fact that
no former president ever did it then
it may be that President Roosevelt's
action was an instance of custom
being .tmore honored in the breach
than IN the observance" It is pos
sible to become hide-bound by pre-
cedent. That is one drawback in
old-world countries we may well
guard against.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06

Carelessness is largely responsible
for the yearly sacrifice of human life.
The other day two vessels on the
Pacific coast collided through the
carelessness of one of the wheelsmen
and one boat sank with forty lives ),
few days before two trains crashed
into each other and sixty poor Great
ures were offered as burnt sacrifice
to somebody's carelessness. And SO
it goes on day after day through the
year. Is it that human life is so
cheap?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
GILLETTE FOUND GUILTY
CONVICTED OF MURDER IN THE
FIRST DEGREE.
MUST Die in ELECTRIC CHAIR
Jury Deliberates for Five Hours and
Reaches Verdict on Sixth Ballot.
Counsel for Convicted Man Will
Move to Have It Set Aside.

Herkimer, N. Y, Dec 5.-The jury
in the trial of Chester g. Gillette for
the murder of his sweetheart, Grace
Brown, at Big Moose lake, on July IL
last, returned a verdict of guilty in
the first degree.
Sentence will be pronounced tomor-
row, to which time court adjourned
after the jury had reported. Former
Senator Mills, Gillette's counsel, before
adjournment, announced when court
reconvened tomorrow that he would
move to have the verdict set aside.
The jury, which had deliberated for
five hours, sent word that a verdict
had been reached. A moment later
they filed into the court room and a.
officer who had been set for Gillette.
returned with the prisoner.
Pale and q trife nervous, Gillette
faced the jury and when Marshall
Hatch, the foreman, declared that Q
verdict Of guilty in the first degree
had been found the youthful prisoner
gave no sign of emotion. few min
utes later, when his counsel had an
nounccd his purpose of making for1ns
motion that the verdict be set aside
and the judge was dismissing the 1nr
ors, Gillette bent over nearby table
picking up pencil, wrote something
on sheet of paper. He then folded
the paper carefully and placed it IL
his pocket. Immediately afterwards
he was taken from the court room
back to his cell in the jail.
It was learned that the jury had
some difficulty in reaching an agree
ment and that six ballots were take1
before the twelve men agreed. W
to that time the jury had stood clever
for conviction and one for acquittal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
FOUR CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE
Burned to Death in Their Home Near
WestfieId, N. ].

Westfield, N. J, Dec. 5.-Four
children, two boys and two girls, rang
ing in age from two months to five
years, we're burned to death at their
home near mere. Mrs. w. F. Wezel and
Mrs. Oscar Felter, who lived together
with their two children each, went
out to work, leaving their little ones
at home alone. During their absence
their house caught fire. Firemen ex-
tinguished the flames and found the
bodies of the children burned beyond
recognition.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06

The power of sympathy and the
effect of a wise appeal to their bet
ter side. in the effort to win way
ward boys and young men to honest
and useful lives are we'll seen in the
work accomplished by Judge Lindsey
in the Juvenile Court at Denver.
The old method Of dealing with first
offenders resulted in making them
hardened criminals. for it was harsh,
stupid. and punitive only. The new
method, with its sympathetic tact
and common sense treatment, is
saving thousands of young people who
under the old system. we're it now in
operation. would become curse to
society.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
Flood in Panama.

Colon, Dec. 5.-Ten inches of water
have fallen in Colon during the last
twenty-four hours. The Chagres river
has reached the highest point ever
known and is still rising fast. Com.
munication and traffic by way of the
Panama railroad are interrupted. The
inhabitants of the villages north OF
Bas Obispo nearly all will suffer
greatly from the flood, as it will be
impossible to get relief to them I'M
less the Chagres subsidies.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06

We believe that the American peo-
pie as whole were never more hon.
est in their business dealings than
they are today. yet it is evident that
in certain circles embezzlement is
usually prevalent. The Massachusetts
Commissioner of Banking, as the re-
suit of his Investigations. says that
there is an average of one new case
of embezzlement for every day in
the year. This is a startling COM
mentary upon that mad haste to
get rich which lures so many into
wild speculation and ultimate ruin.
and to the fast life which others fol-
low with the same miserable ending.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
Freed by Supreme Court

Kansas City, Dec. 5.-Austin Fran
els. switchman, found guilty of muir
der in the first degree at Kansas City,
in November, 1905, was freed by the
supreme court of Missouri, which re-
versed the verdict of the trial court.
Francis was convicted of numbering
Winona Newton, his fifteen-year-old
sweetheart. The decision holds that
there was only suspicion of his glilt
and that no motive for the crime was
shown.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
SHALL WE HAVE cHAUTAUQUA

1t has been often suggested that
Denison should hold chautauquas and
seems to be no reason why we should
not. Denison is beautiful town in
the summer. we have large popula-
ton. we have many people in Deni-
son and vicinity who would like to
attend good chautauqua. When the
new hotel is completed we will be in
condition to accommodate the large
number of people coming from out of
town to attend the chautauqua and
we also have such good railroad
facilities that people can come and
attend the entertainments at any time
and conveniently return home. Sac
City, Jefferson and Missouri Valley
have successfully conducted these
chautauquas which have proven them
selves beneficial and instructive and
at the same time have greatly adver-
tised the towns. Denison is live,
up-to-date town and should come to
the front and give these summer en-
tertainments, for there is no reason
why we cannot make possible what
Sac City, Jefferson and Missouri VAL
ley can do.
Chautauquas furnish a variety of
different lectures and everybody at
tends lecture to their liking.
Many elements contribute to make
a chautauqua success first of all it
presents something to please every
body. One wants humorous lecture
and he gets it. Others want travel
talks and they get them beautifully
illustrated and presented by wide
awake. up-to-date newspaper war
correspondents. who willingly risk
their lives on the firing line to be
near where things happen and get
the facts. Others want music and
they get lots of it. from the classic
strains of the Orchestra to the ever
popular plantation melodies of the
colored Jubilee folks. Others like
the fun and frolic of the moving pic
lures. and they are furnished plenty
of it along with the thrillning scenes
of war, earthquake, automobile races.
etc.
Yet one of the greatest factors of
Chautauqua is the meeting of old
friends and neighbors, the renewal of
old friendships. the latest news of
Cousin Bill and his new wife from
way out west.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
Kansas CITY POOL sellers Win.

Jefferson City, Dec. 5.-The supreme
court decided that the Missouri anti
pool selling law does not prohibit per-
sons from selling pools on races to be
run in this state when bets are regis
tered by telephone in another state.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06

During the month of December Mr..
Schlumberger will again present all
his old and new customers with cal
endar and weather chart combined for
1907. Call at Schlumberger's Phar-
macy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
Fatally Shot by Rejected Sutton.

Springfield, Mo-, Dec. 5.-Garland
Moore, a mail carrier, shot and fatally
wounded Miss Clara West at Bots
D'Arc. Moore fed after the shooting
and posse has started in pursuit.
Miss West comes of one of the wealth.
lest families in Green county. She
was at the home of a cousin in Bots
D'Arc. and the shooting occurred IL
the parlor after Moore had pleaded
with her to marry him.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
edit o RI AL /.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The Presidents message was read to
both branches of congress Tuesday.
1t consists of voluminous sermon of
some 10000 words and can be read
in full on pages and of this issue.
1t contains nothing startling and
those who are interested in tariff re-
vison, will find nothing in the mes
sage along this line. except that he
recommends the passage of the free
trade bill with the Filipenos, with
out delay.
He asks for fair treatment toward
the Japanese and recommends the
passage of an act to naturalize Jap
ense who wish to become citizens and
he states that the Government has
not ample power through our courts
to protect aliens in the rights secured
them through treaties.
Inheritance and income tax laws
are urged by MIN as a means to stop
the enlarging of swollen fortunes.
A uniform divorce law. which has
been talked of SO much over the states
is devised and it will not be long UNI
til such law will be upon our statute
books.
Nothing is said about the rate bill,
pure food law. or meat inspection
bills, which bills were passed by con-
gress last spring, although the presi-
dent is in favor of amending the meat
inpsection law SO that packers should
place dates upon all labels.
The President is greatly in favor of
aiding and encouraging the develo OPP
ment of American shipping.
Currency reform is advocated but
no special plan is suggested. The
withdrawal of the provisional govern
ment in Cuba is recomm ended as soon
as an election can be held and a
stable government installed. He pro-
claims war as honorable. but that
peace is desirable and that the main
tenance of good army and navy is
surest guarantee of peace.
Numerous other topics are touched
upon in the message and it will pay
every good citizen to read this vol
luminous message in full.
!
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-06
REALESTATE TRANSFERS

November III
w Wagner and wi5e to August Lin
man eA sw14 A. s5 38. .............. 500 90
Herman CAsseharth and wife to Pat
Kenwood. ........*.. :....... $50 90
lot blk Arion.... ................ rs co
November IL
Arion Milling Cereal Co to Town of
Arion lots and blk Arion. l5O 90
Ella Morris VIM Morris to Louis
NJ Coon lots 8 9 and III blk a. DeniSOu 24GO 90
Novemberl3
@ M O'Meara single to Dubuque
Brewing and Mating co lots 1928 blk
il Dow City ................... ...... $500 90
Nicotine Won Dohlen VIM Won Dyhlen
to Nicholas Scheuter lot blk 2 first
sub div OF CIR ce Park Denison =. 300 90
John Ehler to Niels Kock n 100 1T of
lot Z blk 4 schleswig... ....... $500 GO
J H Hink unm to Henry Hast and
Elizabeth a asst nel-4 1881 81. .... 5000 90
Gec Theobald widower to A Olson
und " of lot l in sub of swswl-4 "a
81 So. -. 80. 800. ...... $50 90
Henry Walker widower to ii Brow
mnn lot 10 block Walkers add Ma
nllla... ...... .......... 30 VI
Thursday Nov 81
Grace Blackman 6lackman to CIV
Payne lot 10 block West side. 1000 90
GOOD HEATER FOR SALE.
A No. Is Peerless Garland heater
in good condition for sale. Inquire
of Theo. Walker.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-07-12
monumental y

In the issue of June 81, '06,
we published a notice unde r
I he head of IN On u M n a |"
which read as follows:
The DEMOCRAT is in receipt
OF a curiosity in the form of a
letter from j. II. Pentiff, A. M.
PhD. d. d, of Dallas, Texas.
He ought to know that the pub.
LEGATION of such letters are not
news items, but are real estate
advertising and that to a news.
paper is identical!y the same as
sugar and coffee to grocer.
Texas may be all right, but we
are of Missouri and not chasing
a mirage. We are in receipt
of a letter dated July z, in
which he takes exception to the
notice we gave him. His digni
ty has been hurt, but tails 10
state what part of the dignity
is injured. He is a stickler for
titles, so it can't be that which
has ruffied his feathers. Aud
surely he would not want that
letter published with the
bulls" in it, for the people
would want to know, why the
bulls. Aud any man with an
ounce of business or practical
knowledge ought to have known
that the letter was advertis-
ing pure and simple and not
a social letter. There are sew
eral Nom oeites owning Texas
lands who would like to let &c
of them. Mr.. Pentiff is unfor
tunate in both of his letters,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-07-12
TWenty-0He.


Girls at sweet sixteen are
better than peaches and cream,
but think they know more than
mamma. Boys at twenty-one
discard the cat and cream jar.
That Is just what George Nc
Leod did last Thursday, for he
thought the days of goslin-down
we're DER. To help him make
merry, Fl. l. Lear and family
dined with him and in the even.
ing the young folks came in and
it was two-step, step lively in
squeezing match set to music.
And if there is anything nicer
than being twenty-one and a
two-step with - George does
not know 1t. We hope he will
live to see several tweuty-ones
and his own engaged in the cat
dlscharging business and lots of
two-steps.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-07-12
Bats Ia BeIfry.

H. B. Gumberie, possibly 80
years old, 5 feet 6 inches, neat
ly dressed aud with fair man
ners, struck this city Saturday
and started into work the par.
sons and Sunday schools. He
evidently had bats IN his belfry
and as he claimed to have a
son, G.. B, at Richmond, was
put on the Katy and started for
that point.