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The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-11-08
IS Eugenia swindaII Dead.

iss Eugenia SwindaIl Dead.
is always a sad task to write
death. There are so many
is that grow faint at the UNI
ing knowledge that in the
st Of life death is likely to cut
own or our fairest and those
love the best. DeSoto has
lin the last few weeks lost two
ht young school teachers, Miss
ggie Carlton and now Miss
enia Swindall. Both in the
berance and bloom of early
banhood, and taken without
hing.
ISIS Swindall was teaching at
Pua Creek, and boarding with
sister, Mrs. Dubois. On
hrday night she remarked to
room mate, young lady, that
never felt so we'll in her life,
she felt so well she didn't
|eye She could 20 to sleep-but
hn hour got up and laid across
bed, where she seemed to fall |
|ep. Afterward when spoken
she did not answer, and in
bit AN hour when spoken to
IN by her roommate called for
father, and appeared in dis
;. The alarm was at once
IN but she gave a few gasps and
b only the body was left, the
having departed.
Hiss Eugenia was the second
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. L.
ndall, Of Brownville, a charm
young woman Of much
mise, a member of the Baptist
rich and greatly loved by all
knew her She was also soon
pc married TO a IT. Meade
mess man, who, as she lay
ns was on the train enroute to
her He stopped over night
Arcadia and on Sunday morning
e his appearance at Mr.
'ols not having yet heard Of
Death TO the lover, afflicted
Ier and mother brothers aid
IS we tender heartfelt sympathy
ms deep affection.
ne remains were carried to
uner and buried al 3;3o Sunday
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-11-08
Brownville Items.

Brownville Items.
Our village was made sad ly tile
death of little Walter Daniels, son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. j.. Daniels.
After lingering fever of some ten
days God took the dear little boy
home where there is no fever and
no pain. Walter was very bright
child of only four summers and it
was a great trial for his parents to
give him Zip. Gods ways are
sometimes hard to understand, but
He who rules everything knows
what is best The doctors did all
they could, but about four o clock
Friday, November second, his
spirit took its fight to that ce,cst-
ial city where he is reckoning the
loved ones to come.
The multitude of friends and adj
mirers of Miss Eugenia Swindall
were shocked beyond description
when a message came Saturday
night that she was dead. She died
from heart trouble at her
sisters, Mrs. Dubois, Saturday
night, Nov. third. After supper
she said she didn't feel very WE'LL
and lay down across the bed and
in few moments she was dead.
This was one of the saddest deaths
that has ever occurred in our midst
just as she was commencing life
(she was teaching her first school. |
Every one that knew her loved her.
Another bright light gone to
beacon us to that beautiful land
beyond the skies.
We heard in Arcadia Tuesday
hat there was a petition to turn
he negro the vigilent committee
waited on, loose, We don't be-
ieve this will do. The community
would not tolerate it Let him go
o the pen, atone for the crime he
attempted by putting several hum
Ired dollars in the State Treasury.
Boys, don't sign any such petit
ion.
We understand that Mr.. S. V.
Daniels is not doing so well We
iope he will soon be his old self
gain.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Welles re-
lrned Sunday night from their !
immer trip over the north and 6
asst. They are both much inn
roved in health. !
w. ] Odom was with lis Sun
ay and Monday. We understand
e sold several lots whilst here.
Ie has some very desirable prop 4
rty and those who would like to !,
ONE to Brownville will do well to !,
with him. :
Mr.. d. S. Williams made fiy- \
lg trip to Lakeland Tuesday and
as cut out of the privilege Of I
citing. $
Another turpentine still is being 0
cling put up by Mr.. Martin just
cross the river in the vicinity of p
B. McClelland's. We don't Il
now that we have any congrahs- a
tions to offer the good people 7
90 many negroes setting in this G
,untry already. fl
Mud Splasher. h
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-11-08

There will be meeting Of the
committee on arrangements for the
Thanksgiving Musical on Monday
night at the Methodist church.
Anyone who will assist in any way
is requested to be present.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-11-08

State vs.. Jim Rodgers, obtaining
money under false pretenses, tried
by jury, guilty, two years in state
pen.
State vs.. Jack Bell, selling liquor
trial by jury, mistrial.
State VS.. John Driggers. selling
iiqGor, plead guilty, $40 and costs.
State vs.. Hettie Whidden, SEN
fence suspended. 80 days,
Thos. Prevatt VS.. Ed Wotizky
verdict for defendant.
State VS.. Henry and John Cow
art, grand larceny, guilty, six
months, sentece suspended.
CONTINUED on Page Four
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28
H HOME.
Thanksgiving In the Old Simpl
Days of England.

Thanksgiving In the Old simple
Days of England.
In the old simple days of England
the harvest home was such a scene as
Horace's friends might have expected
to see at his Sabine farm. The grain
last cut was brought home in its wagon,
called the hook cart-surmounted by a
figure formed of sheaf with gay dress
ings-suggesting a representation of
the goddess Ceres, while a pipe and
tabor went merrily sounding in front
and the reapers tripped around in a
hand in hand ring, singing:
Harvest home, harvest homel
We nave plowed, we have sowed,
We ave reaped. we have moved,
We have brought home every load.
Hip, hip. hip. harvest homei"
In the evening of harvest home the
supper took place in the barn or some
other suitable place, the master and
mistress generally presiding. This feast
was always composed of substantial
food with plenty of good ale.
There is a growing tendency at the
present time to abolish these old har-
vest festivals and to substitute a festi-
val for the whole parish, with services
in the forenoon and a dinner after
ward, followed by sports and games
for the men and tea drinking for the
women.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28
THANKSGIVING DAY.
First Proclaimed by Washington at
Request of Congress-.

First Proclaimed by washington at
Request of Congress-.
The first national Thanksgiving was
proclaimed by George Washington on
the Sd day of October, 1889, assigning
Thursday, the 26th day of November.
as the date, says a writer in the Satur-
day Evening Post. He did this by the
request of a joint committee of both
houses of congress ito recommend to
the people of the United States a day
of public thanksgiving and prayer to
be observed by acknowledging with
grateful hearts the many signal favors
Of Almighty God, especially by afford
ing them an opportunity peaceably to
establish a form of government for
their safety and happiness"
Washington bore out admirably the
pious tone of its sentiments. In his
first sentence he said, at is the duty
of all nations to acknowledge the prov
idence of Almighty God, to obey his
will, to be grateful for his benefits and
humbly to implore his protection and
favor" In his second proclamation for
the next Thanksgiving, which occurred
on the 10th Of February, 1895, he used
this phrase: "Sincere and hearty
thanks to the Great Ruler of nations
for the manifold and signal mercies
which distinguish u lot"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28
'rREMB1E-1'M THE PUMPKIN KINGp

'sTREMBLE-I'M THE PUMPKIN KINGF
They lunged at him, they plunged at him,
They sat on him, fell flat on him,
Surrounded him and pounded himl
They seized him and squeezed himi
They rolled him and told him
What a pie to bake he soon would make
For their Thanksgiving dinnerI
How very glad they were they had
A boy that was no thinnerl
The early moonlight silvered all the hill,
Then Tommy woke and heard the cricket's
shrill.
Those pumpkins lay In singular reposei
Not one Of them displayed eye. mouth or
Ma. ha" laughed Tommy. "That was
drollr
Then to the farmhouse quietly he stole,
Rejoicing that his chubby self was whole.
But on Thanksgiving day, with curious
eyes,,
He gazed on grandma's luscious pumpkin
piesi (.
Examiner. :
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28

turkeys were hung conspicuously for
critical inspection.
AT 0 o'clock the door leading from
the front store opened. The crowd as
one man craned heads to greet the
newcomer. but instead of boisterous
gibes they stared in amazement and
suddenly fell silent. for into the room,
thin, frail, but determined, strobe Mrs.
Stetson.
II want to %rafie." she said simply.
How much does 1t cost?"
Twenty cents for three throws" said
Babb.
Mrs. Stetson passed over the change.
Much might be written Of her e
perience In that dingy room-of how
she threw to the limit of her cash cap
ital go %cents); of how one of the Day
ton boys showed her how to count the
dice and as he bent above them slyly
turned them over to count higher. But
that has all passed into the official (un-
written) history of the town. Suffice 1t
to say hat at $50 Mrs. Stetson strobe
homeward with a plump turkey under
ueT dIIu uuu tuc JUL VI WIG lODdCSo
about her clothes.
Her husband sat by the kitchen ia
BILE as she entered. She threw her bun
die on the floor beside him.
II got my turkey" she said In chal-
lenge.
"Ehl Where'd you git itT he said,
stupefied.
"At the rattle" she said defiantly.
She was prepared for a storm of his
wrath. She knew In that event just
what she would say. To her surprise
he calmly undid the bundle and crit
lcally inspected the bird.
GOOD looking critter." he said. you
done fust rate"
She felt the hot tears In her eyes.
Her throat seemed parched and chok-
ing. She sank into a chair.
81 never done fust rate, neither" she
said brokenly. ut was all tobacco
smoke. and they'd been drinkin', but
you drove me to it."
He smiled grimly. The hard lines
about his mouth softened. He came
over to her chair and gently placed a
hand on her shoulder. Her sobs were
unrestrained.
"Sho!" he said uneasily. "Don't take
on SO, mother. I promise you you won't
never have to rattle for another tur-
k~ey-never."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28
HOW CHINA CELEBRATES.
Thanksgiving Day In the Celestial
Kingdom.

Thanksgiving Day In the Celestial
Kingdom.
In China at the beginning of winter
n thanksgiving festival is held at
which the deities are especially thank
ed for the preservation of life and
health during the preceding twelve
months. Offerings are presented on
the family altar. and the ceremony Is
brought to a close by a grand dinner
at which all members of the family
can partake. The feasting and %rejoic-
ings are kept up for some days and
extend to the last night of the year.
On that evening it is a common praGu
--r-v>is-~ame parts Of The -
boys to cry aloud in the street, Mai
sou"-"I sell my folly"-in order that
they may be wiser the next year.
Every year on the fifteenth day of
the first moon the emperor of China
goes In great state to a certain field,
accompanied by the chief officers of
his household. and %prostrates himself,
touching the ground nine times with
his head in honor of the god Tien, and
pronounces a prayer invoking the bless
ing of the Great Being. Then as high
priest Of the empire he sacrifices a
bullock to heaven as the fountain of
all good. While the victim is being
offered, a pillow drawn by a pair Of
highly ornamented oxen Is brought to
the emperor. who throws aside his i'm
perial robe, lays hold Of the pillow han
dies and opens several burrows. The
principal mandarins follow his ex-
ample, and the festival, which Is really
a species of thanks in advance for
good harvests. ends with a distribution
of clothes and money to the poor
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28
Mrs. Stetsons
Revolt
By JOHN BARTON OXFORD.

copyright. 1905. by John Barton ozford.1
T was commonly said In C~entervale
that old John Stetson held the
strings of his own purse and KEEP
a pretty tight holt on 'em too"
This kernel of truth from the chaff Of
the town gossip Mrs. Stetson was turn
ing we in her mind as she darned
socks under the yellow light of an an
cient kerosene lamp one evening early
In Thanksgiving week. On the other
side of the table her lord and master.
old Jim-he of the closely held purse
strings-perused the pages of the Week
Iy Mirror through two pairs of spec
tac1es.
Stetson was q middle aged man of
medium height. inclined to portliness
of figure and badness of the head. His
face was clean shaven save for the
stubble of iron gray beard on the chin,
and this rather emphasized the hard,
straight lines about his mouth which
gave his face that expression locally
characterized as "sot."
Mrs. Stetson was little. gray haired
and bent of figure. Her hands were
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28
RAILROAD
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Schedule in effect Oct. IA, 1906.

Lv Lv. Lv. AR.
Holly Beach Wildwood Angiesea Camden
Weekdays
ZIG a. m. 7.21 a. m. 7.25 a. m. oil a m
1000 a. m. l0.6 a. m. 1910 a. m. 1.30 p. m.
I48 p. nj. 1.53 p. m. LBS p. m. $50 p. m.
40 p. m. 4I5 p. m 40 p. m. GOT p. m.
443 p. m. 4.48 p. m. 458 p. m 7.30 p. m.
Sundays
7.48 a. m. ISL a. n. 7.58 a. m. 1870 a. NJ !.
24s p. m. 2.53 p. m. 2.58 p. m. $50 p. m
40 p. m. 415 p. m. 40 p. no. 6.07 ?. m.
AS p. m. 4.50 p. m. 4.55 p. m. 7.30 p. m.
Lv. Lv. Lv. Ar.
Holly Beach Wildwood Anglesea CapeMay
Weekdays
1000 a. M. 1905 n. m. 10. 10 a. m 1850 a. m
1923 a. m. Job a. IN. 1913 a. m. II.2S a. m.
443 p. m. Alb p. m. 4.53 p. m. sos p. m.
Sundays
1000 9. M. 1905 a. m. 1910 a. m. 1850 a. m.
1923 a. m. 1913 a. m. 1913 a. m. % am.
4.45 a. m 4.50 a. m. 4.55 a. m. $50 a. m.
w. w. ATTERBURY, j. r. WOOD,
Gen'l Manager. Pass. Traffic Manager.
GEO. w. BOYD, Gem Pass. Agent.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28
The Thankful Mouse.

1t was a hungry pussy cat,
Upon Thanksgiving morn,
AS she watched a thankful little mouse
That ate an ear of corn.
'If 1 eat that thankful little mouse,
How thankful he should be
When he has made a meal himself
To make a meal for mel
.Then with his thanks for having fed
M his thanks for feeding me-
With all his th~ankfulness inside
How thankful l shall bel"
Thus "mewsed" the hungry pussy cat
Upon THANKSGIVING day,
But the little mouse had overheard
And declined with thanks) 20 stay.
oliver Hereford In outlook.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28

knotted by an unfortunate combina-
ton of homework and rheumatism.
Her voice was at once annaPHs4g .faad
apologize. The %neighbors said thirty
years with old Jim had "crushed her
sperrit."
She glanced covertly across the table
many times and furtiyely cleared her
throat before she found sufficient cour-
age to address her liege.
Father" she began at length, a tri-
file more apologetical than usual, $50
longs Marthy's goin' to bring her
husband home here for Thanksgivin',
don't you think we'd better have a tur-
key?'
Her husband turned to her. The two
pairs of spectacles gave his face an ex-
preston of ridiculous ferocity.
turkey 2" he inquired explosively.
az guess chickens ii do well enough"
Last year when we was up to Mar
thy's place we had turkey" Mrs. Stet-
son pursued. Seems to me We ought
to do as much for them"
At calc'late a pair of them chickens
will be full as good,' said Stetson.
'.They're nice chickens, l know" said
Mrs. Stetson. 'Them Plymouth Rocks
is as plump as can be. But 1t seems
though turkey fitted Thanksgivin' bet.
ter, specially when you're goin' to have
company. Why couldn't you kill one
of them two turkeys l Matched out
under the old black hen last spring
and like to run my legs off bringin'
up? They're likely lookin' fowl, and
one would be plenty big enough for
u.s."
81 sold EN- this mornin'." said Stet
son.
'Sold emr' she gasped.
"Yes. Tom Babb wanted q pair Of
turkeys to rattle off up to his store the
night before Th~anksgivin', SO | let him
have EN-"
Mrs. Stetson Strengthened herself in
her chair. She felt the 'stiffening' ga
out of her knees, but her eyes flashed.
Under the gross injustice of this thing
her crushed sperrit" had revolted.
''Them turkeys was mine," she said
in a voice whose tone was new to him.
81 s'pose you paid for all the corn
and grain they ct" he sneered.
''They was mine,' she reiterated, and
there was neither appeal nor apology
in her words.
81 guess it's pretty well settled who
they belonged to-" he said grimly.
She rose from her chair and stood be.
fore him. She trembled violently, but
her eyes never faltered as they looked
into his.
Jim Stetson," she said chokingly,
"I'm goin' to have Thanksgivin' as
want it. I'm goin' to have a turkey
if / have to steal it."
To his amazement she swept from
the room before he could reply and
banged the door after her.
In the big bare room back of Tom
Babb's store the Thanksgiving rattle
was in full swing. The was hazy
with rank tobacco smoke, and the pun
gent smell of recently consumed spirits
peryaded the place. The sporting ele.
ment of Centervale, with much laugh
ter and many broad jokes, shook the
dice on an old counter from a dilapi-
dated dice box. In one corner the two
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28

In Hungary Thanksgiving days or
something analogous to them used to
be common, but have now passed
away except on rare occasions of Ea-
tional rejoicing. Then a horse race of
a particularly exciting description
takes the place that football occupies
in the American observance of the REAL
thing in the way of Thanksgiving col
ebrations.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28
Ole Thanks
Pumpkins
BY GEORGE COOPER.

NLOBES OF gold on the upland lay
- The ripened pumpkins at close o.
" day.
Up the meadows the cows came slow
With bells a>tinkle and gentle low.
Tommy paused by the old stone wall
Unromantic was he. and small.
What do they see, those twinkling eyesi
Floating visions OF luscious pies,
Flaky crust Of the lightest brownl
Smscking his lips and looking down
Over the wall. he saw sight.
Pumpkins were stirring, left and right
Legs and arms had begun to sproutl
Tommy is too much amazed to shout
How they grin at him-how they starel
Straight on end stands Thomas hair.
"Holdr" he hears a voice outring.
"Tremble-I'm the pumpkin kingI
Bind the culprit, foot and handI
Let him here before me stand,
Pumpkin subjects, | commando
Cut him up in crescent slicest
Chubby boy-Im told 1t nice isl
Oft for him have we been sliced up,
Mashed and delicately spiced up.
Monster Of the youthful brow,
Turn about is fair play nowI
"Trice him up and slice him upt
Dig straightway an oven,
Roll the crust Of watered dustt
Then this pie we'll shove inp"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-28

NLOBES Of gold on the upland lay
The ripened pumpkins at close Of
NJ day.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-08
BRIBE OF $4,000
PUT UP TWICE
Startling Evidence Given In Hearing
Of Pittsburg Bribery Scandal
SLEUTH DISCOVERS" LOST COIN

Pittsburg. Dec 3.-To escape Inn
prisonmcnt for contempt. G. r. Rich
ardson. a broker. went on the stand
nc the hearing OF Common Council.
man William A. Martin. charged with
soliciting brides I'm the Pittsburg and
Tube City franchise ordinance scan
DIAL. and told how "A fund OF $4,000
had twice been put mp 20 influence
councilmen. and said that Martin. al.
legged 90 be treasurer OF the council
manic combine. was present each time.
The money. which has disappeared.
was intended, Il is charged. 10 go 20
certain councilmen should the Tube
City railroad franchise be passed.
Richardson testified that on Octo-
Der IL he. with Martin and c. S. Cam
eron. president of the railroad. placed
$4,000 in a safety deposit box In the
Union Trust company. When they
counted the money over Martin re-
marked said Richardson. that one
$1,000 bank note looked good 20 him d"
AS soon as Martin left Richardson
took the money away. substituting a
package OF newspaper clippings
on October p Richardson swore
Martin had the box opened TO get the
money. and found the package or pa
pers That night common council sent
the Tube City ordinance TO a special
committee
on November 20 Richardson again
got the $4,000 from his partner, A.
B. McGrew. He turned II over 10 Cam
eron. oand with Martin went to the
Union Safe Deposit companys vaults
in the Frick building. Cameron, Rich
ardson testified, reached into his peck
ct for the package and declared that
il was lost Martin refused 70 stand
a search. and Richardson had both
men arrested on charges OF conspIr-
acy to defraud.
The next day package containing
S65 900 OF the $4,000 was found on
the seventh floor hall OF the Hotel
Antler by G. b. Perkins. a detective,
who had been employed by Richard
son. Cameron's brother and father
were both living at the Anuer. The
remaining $4,000 was made up by Cam
eron. and after deducting a fee OF $40
600. Perkins turned the money over
TO McGrew.
A number OF witnesses were called
/ TO cOrroborate Richardson. one OF them
! being Perkins, who admitted that he
got $4,000 for recovering the $4,000
or $65,000. as the case might be.
Attorney Marion, representing the
city. and ROdy p. Marshall. represent
ing Martin. almost clinchcd when Mar
shall accused Marion OF irving II
shield some one higher up"
When Marshall demanded to know
who was back of the whole deal" g
hot argument followed, and Marshall
made his accusation.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-08
GILLETTE FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
slayer Of Grace Brown Faces Death
in Electric Chair.
JURY WAS OUT FIVE HOURS

HerkimeT. y. Y, Dec. 5.-The jury In
the trial OF Chester L. Gillette for the
murder Of his sweetheart, Grace Brown,
at Big Moose Lake on July IL last, re-
turned a verdict OF guilty In the first
degree after being out five hours.
Sentence will be pronounced on
Thursday TO which time court adjourn
ed after the jury had reported. Form
er Senator Mills. Gillette's counsel, an
nounced that when court reconvened
he would move TO have the verdict set
aside.
Pale and a tribe nervous apparently
Gillette faced the jury and when Mar
shall Hatch. the foreman, declared that
a verdict OF guilty in the first degree
had been found the youthful prisoner
gave no sign OF emotion.
Gillette sat motionless, and as one
after another the II jurors arose to
their feet and declared that they were
united in their decision. When the
18th man had responded the stolid in
difference or studied composure OF the
boy was exhibited as never before.
Leaning over a nearby table, he drew
towards him n Bit OF white paper and.
taking a pencil from his pocket. wrote
deliberately this message
Father am convicted.
(SignedJ aNf CHESTER"
This was one OF the earliest dis
patches carrying the news OF Gillette's
doom beyond the walls Of the court
house. II went to his father In Denver.
1t was learned that the jury had some
dificulty In reaching an agreement and
six ballots were taken before the II
men agreed. Up TO that time the jury
had stood II for conviction and ono
for acquittal.
In his charge Judge Davendorf said:
ITO all concerned this is a case OF
great Importance. You have no right
to be Influenced or controlled by any
thing but-the evidence as 1t has been
presented to you and the law governing
1t as given to you by the court. You
have no right to permit either sym
patty or favor with one or the Other
party TO sway your judgment
None OF US was present on the 18th
OF July when Il is said this crime oc-
CURED. The evidence that Grace
Brown lost her life at Big Moose Lake
admits OF no doubt. But there is nc
! testimony on the part OF the people ~
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-08
Or. crapsey Formally Deposed.

Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 5. Bishop
Walker, of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese OF Western New York, for
mally deposed the Rev. Algernon s.
Crapsey. rector of st. Andrews church,
Rochester, ". Y. from the ministry of
the Episcopal church. The ceremony
took place in St Johns Episcopal
church. and was Witnessed by three
Episcopal ministers selected by the
bishop to act as Official witnesses. DR..
Crapsey was found guilty recently Of
teaching doctrines contrary TO the
oreeds OF his church.