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The Ocala banner., 1907-08-23

A beautiful sample o. .1r- staple
cotton Il on exhibition a. '.- COM
merciai Bank. This reminds -- nat
George Giles x Co ar or--r- ~
following prizes for cotton o. this
years growth: For rhe first bale y
Sea Island cotton. raised iu This or
adjoining counties. So. AMI fr- he
best bale of Sea Island cotton So.
Tor the second best bale. 81 =" for
me largest amount brought to us
from one individual planter and
grown by himself: So for the second
largest amount as above. ami Si' for
the third largest amount rs above.
The Ocala banner., 1907-08-23

Dr. Fl. G. Spooner. who is spending
thesummer on his beautiful place on
Lake Weir. and thinks il is entitled
20 a.. .he praise il is receiving. was
among the visitor, 10 Ocala We1ne>-
IaV.
The Ocala banner., 1907-08-23

'if Hai &. Ea2let9n Of Tampa i
-. '--'t - ocaIa- He came I'D spa-
,-a..E - see his sister, Mrs. Law and
.'.@ ""bh"" and niece. Mr.. John 2
'.Ah and Miss Elizabeth Dunn uo
VIII 'e with Us for some days.
The Ocala banner., 1907-08-23

Mrs. kall,uhyrsev ana daughter.
Helen. have returned from $eahreeze.
Wh"r" th,y spent a Wrtk. sJcppiug a,
the breakers
The Ocala banner., 1907-08-23

PUBLIC SALE
Al M-INTOSF, FLA.
WEDNESDAY,, AUG %
will sell at Public
Auction all of my
Stock and farming
implements, includ-
ing both bIooded and
graded cattle, among
them, soma fine
Jerseys, All Of my
horses, including one
Of the best Saddle
Stations in the
State. Also Bug
giss, Wagons, Carts
and harness, Will
also offer my real
estate. Remember
the date Aug. %,
1907. Sale wiIIbegin
at 10 o'clock a. m.
| erns made known
day Of sale.
:DMARD P. GUERRAnT
W. E. Allen,
Auctioneer
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Falls from crass to Death.

Canon City, Colo.-Miss Eugene
Goold, aged 2S years. trained nurse
OF this city. was Instantly killed by
falling off a high blum above Howard.
Miss Goold, who was sufferer from
hay fever, accompanied party of
campers ten days ago to point To-
Gated above timber line on the Sangre
de Cristo range. Several members of
the party went out this morning for
climb to the crest of the range. where
they could look over into the San Luis
valley.
On reaching a high cliff Miss Goold
and a young man of the party sepa-
rated from the other members and be-
gan rolling rocks down the cliff for
amusement. Miss Goold is said to
have taken stone and ran to the
edge of the cliff. throwing 1t as far
out as she could. She missed her
footing and plunged over the precipice
to the jagged rocks below. Her com
panion climbed down the mountain
side as quickly as possible and on
reaching the body found that life was
extinct The other campers were noti-
fed and assisted in bringing the body
to camp.
Genevieve Goold, a sister OF the dead
woman. was in the party and tele-
rhoned the facts from Howard to DR..
C. II. Wilkinson in this city. who noti-
fled the coroner. The body was badly
crushed in the fall and 1t is believed
that death was instantaneous.
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well-feigned surprise. rs there tun-
mel by the river?"
You never heard of 1t. of course"
he went on, and fancy nearly every
one has forgotten it by this time.
When Mr.. Carney began to build here
he located his house some 200 yards
farther down the hilr toward the wa
ter. He had a plan of running little
tunnel from the cellar to the river so
that ashes and other refuse from the
house could be taken out that way and
not clutter up the lawns or be seen
from the windows.
Just as this work was partially
completed the old dam. some two
miles up the stream, was demolished
and a new one built about mile be-
low. This raised the water level I'M
til the far end of his tunnel was COM
pletely submerged and so he gave up
the scheme entirely and began a new
cellar quite a distance back from the
first. The partly finished tunnel and
the excavation for the original cellar
were covered over and had practically
been forgotten by everybody except the
boys, who used to dive down and swim
into the hole in the summer.
Then, as l say, they got the idea of
playing ghost and would run down the
hill in the moonlight with nothing on
but a sheet or a piece of old fish net
which waved out far out behind them.
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Preparing for Next Stock Show.

Denver.-Nearly 100000 has been
raised for the premium list OF the
Western Stock Show Association, and
the list and rules are now ready for
distribution. The next show will be
held in Denver from January goth to
25th, inclusive. Preparations are now
being made to make this years show
much larger and better than the last
one.
The show this year will be national
in character, but certain rules and reg
ulations have been made by the asso-
citation that provide for special classes
of breeding cattle. The fat cattle di-
vision is open only to feeders west Of
the ninety-ninth degree of longitude.
Several new classes have been added
this year that will make the show more
interesting. One is. for the best fat
steer raised and fattened west of the
ninety ninth degree of longitude, and
having won a first or second prize at
any state or county fair In 1907. An
other is for the best fat steer under
four years old owned and fed by a boy
under IS years of age. The steer must
have been the property of the boy for
at least four months prior to the
show.
A new feature in the horse division
of the show will be a prize for carload
lots Of range horses. twenty horses to
be called carload An auction will
be held after the show at which the
horses can be sold is so desired.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
Two TRUSTEES Escape.

Canon City, Colo.-Two TRUSTEES at
the penitentiary who had been stop
ping at one of the prison farms three
miles east of the prison. decided they
wanted more freedom. and made their
escape. taking two of the prison farm
horses to assist them. The animals
returned to the farm. but as they were
not found until within the city limits
they gave no trace as to the direction
they had travelled, They showed they
had been driven hard.
The prisoners are Charles Schrode.
No. $685.. and J +. Greer, G9GO. Both
were employed as transfers, and with
five or six other convicts had been per
mitted to stay at the farm several
weeks under the guard of Jerry Mo
ran.
Schrode is twenty-four years of age
and was sentenced from Boulder
county for larceny for n term of from
three to four years He is reported to
have been convict at the State Re
formatory at Buena Vista before com
ing here. Greer is thirty-four years old
and was sent from Clear Creek county
for grand larceny He was serving u
term of two years.
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1T is up TO
HOKE SMITH
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE PASSES
BILL THAT WILL DISFRAN-
CHISG NEGROES.
GOVERNOR WILL SIGN
PROVISIONS LAID DOWN THAT
WILL SHUT OUT e5 PER CENT
OF coLoRED VOTE.

Atlanta, Ga.-By a vote of 159 to 18
Assembly passed the bill to disfran-
chise the negroes. The measure al
ready had been passed by the Senate
and now goes to Governor Hoke Smith,
w-o will approve it. In addition to the
qualifications already prescribed by
law. the prospective voter must como
under one or more of the follow quail
fications:
First-All persons who have honor
ably. served in any war of the United
States or In the Confederate army, or
in the military forces of the state OF
Georgia durig the Civil War.
Second-All persons lawfully de-
scended from those who served In the
Confederate army or in the military
forces of Georgia during the Civil War.
Third-All persons of good charac.
ter, who understand the duties of citi-
zenship.
Fourth-All persons who can cor.
rectly read in the English language
any paragraph of the constitution of
the United States or Of this state. and
correctly write same in the English
language when read to them by any OF
the registers, and all persons who
solely because of physical disability
are unable to comply with the above
requirements, but who can understand
and give reasonable Interpretation OF
any paragraph of the constitution OF
the United States or of this state that
may be read to them by any OF the reg
listers; or.
Fifth-Any person who is the owner
of forty acres of land In this state.
upon which he resides, or is the owner
of property situated in this state and
assessed for taxation at the valuation
of $500.
1t is claimed the law will disfran-
chise ninety-fve per cent. OF the ne
groeS.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
"CherokeeBlll" Is Out.

Trinidad, Colo.-"Cherokee Bill,
whose correct name is William Smith,
4 one-time notorious outlaw in south
srn Colorado. has Just been released
from the Leavenworth prison and has
returned to the scene of his early ad-
ventures. Cherokee Bill served four
years for the robbery Of postoffice at
Carleton. Colorado, which is a small
city near Lamar. The robbery occurred
in 1902, and the men also had planned
to rob Santa Fe express train. but
heavy snow storm forced them to
abandon the plot.
For several weeks following the rob
berry Smith was a fugitive in the can
ons about Ration mountain and man
aged to exist by killing cattle and cook
ing the meat in a cave, TO avoid the
smoke from revealing his whereabouts.
He is now fifty.nine years of age. but
appears much younger. He VOWS that
he has reformed and is now looking for
work.
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Body Almost Roasted.

Greeley. Colo.-Laven Davis. line
man working for the Northern Colo
RADIO Power Company. was electro
cuted here recently. Over 400 volts.
or the entire load of the power plant.
passed through his body.
Davis was working on a pole about
thirty feet from the ground. His body
was almost roasted before his fellow
workmen could release him. He was
dead when he reached the ground.
The deceased leaves widow and
seven children. He was about 80
years of age and has lived in ;eeley
several years.
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minute he sets foot in the house.
shall be here all night"
AS he left the room I strove to col.
Iect my scattered thoughts and deter
mine the present aspect of the situa'
ton. If the widow could not write,
who. in heavens name. did send the
notes? 1t did not appear probable that
the doctor was wrong in what he had
said, and, moreover, the statement
served to explain the merriment of
jerks when had accused her directly
OF being the author of the letters.
Still, she had assumed all RESPONSE
bility for them, which was tantamount
to writing them as far as their prac-
tical features were concerned, and l
finally decided that If they were not
her own work they must have been
written at her dictation. which really
amounted to the same thing.
/ spent the afternoon in the library.
hoping that might see Miss Carney
and at least offer her my sympathy in
her present trouble. even If l said no
more at this time. but she did not
come down stairs during the entire
day, and at dinner she sent me word
by Mrs. Randolph that DR.. MacArdel
would be very welcome. not only be-
cause / had asked him to come. but for
himself as well. and in the hope that
he might be of benefit to Miss Weston.
The storm had increased steadily all
day but, in spite of its fury and the
drifts that were piling up and block
ing the roads at every point, l an
nounced my determination to go with
the sleigh to meet MacArdel.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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When they got to the edge of the bank
they would emit some sort of a ghost
ly yell and dive down out of sight.
Finally. when all the young girls in
the neighborhood began to get hys-
terics, discovered what was going on
and put stop to it by giving two or
three of the ringleaders sound
thrashing and installing family of
beavers in the tunnel who vigorously
attacked all future intruders."
The doctor laughed heartily as he
finished his little tale and concluded
by saying:
There have been occasional rumors
of ghost since then. l know. but l
fancy that is the biggest mystery Car
ney-Croft ever had"
Doctor" returned seriously, there
is a far greater mystery than that 60
ing on here this very minute. That
tunnel is again occupied. by whom l
do not know, but the man or men who
are down there are in league with that
Bruce woman who lives in the new
cottage, and with jerks, the stage
driver. Moreover. these people are
connected in some inexplicable way
with Miss Weston, and the Bruce
woman, who seems to be the head and
front of the whole thing. has written
letters to Miss Weston, and even to
me, most of which contain vague ref
erences to Miss carney ana threats
that"
1.-The Bruce woman written to you'll"
exclaimed the doctor. why, my dear
sir, it is impossible! / have known
the woman for a dozen years and she
cannot read a word or write letter!"
At that moment he was summoned
hurriedly to Miss Weston's room and
l was handed a telegram from Mac
Ardel which read:
Keep away from that hole and do
nothing till you get my letter. Your
life may depend on it. Wire II you
wish me to come"
The messenger was waiting and,
with no thought of the letter to which
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
TEDDY BEARS HUNT TEDDY.
The Real Thing ProwIs About Presi-
dents Summer Home.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-It was 4 o'clock
In the morning and darkness envel-
oped the Presidents home on Saga
more Hill. Secret service sleuths, in
their sleepelss vigils. patrolled the APP
proaches to the abode OF the chief ex-
ecutive. The President peacefully
slumbered, without even a nature fake
dream to disturb his repose.
'Hist!" said Secret Service Agent
Sauter, putting his hand to his ear
Sounds as If a man is on the roof
of the extension of the Presidents
house." whispered Agent Richie,
crouching behind bush.
A scraping. grinding noise could
be heard. AS though a heavy body was
being drawn across the roof. The Sc
cret service men crept forward. The
noise awakened President Roosevelt
and members of his household.
AS the slcuths drew near they got
out their revovers. Agent Sauter
climbed to the shoulders of his com
panlon and peered over the edge of
the roof.
Two tiny balls of red fire gazod at
him through the darkness and he
caught glimpse of two rows of sharp
white teeth. Next instant furry
body darted across the roof and dis
appeared over the other side. Sauter
and Richie gave chnse. but they could
pursue only to the edge Of the woods.
The cracking of twigs could be heard.
at was a beari" calculated both
sleuths in establishment.
President Roosevelt came out to
see what had disturbed his rest. He
could hardly believe that bear had
visited him. The secret service men.
not wishing to be stamped as nature
takers, carefully guarded the ground
where the bear jumped from the roof
until daylight. and sure enough. bear
tracks were found.
There are several pet bears near
Oyster Bay. and 1t is believed one OF
them escaped and went to visit the
animals friend.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
Bubonic Plague Breaks Out.

San Francisco, Cal.-Twenty cases
Of Bubonic plague. four of which have
resulted in death, have been reported
to the health department. The patients,
with one exception. were poor foreign
ers, dwelling in the neighborhood g
the old Chinatown. The exception was
foreign sailor from coastwise
steamer. Prompt measures were taken
by the local. state and federal author
tiles to prevent spread of the disease.
Both President Jules A. Samon OF the
local health board. and Health Oficer
James T. Watkins. stated that the stu
alton is well In hand.
The infected steamer was ordered
Into quarantine with her passengers
and will remain until released by the
health department. The two shacks
inhabited by the other patients were
fumigated and sealed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
shor, Line Men Want Raise.

Colorado Springs. Colo.-The con
ductors and brakemen on the Cripple
Creek Short Line and Midland Termi-
nal roads. more than fifty in number.
held a conference through national Off
GERS of the Order OF Railroad Conduc-
tors and the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen with General Manager Wa
tiers in this city recently. in which the
men demanded an Increase of six per
cent. in wages, ten-hour day and
shorter hours for the crews on work
trains.
No definite response was made and
Manager Waters will take up the mat
ter with the directors of the two rail-
roads, which are owned by the Colo
RADIO & Southern.
Representing the trainmen in the
conference were E. P. Curtis. assistant
grand chif of the o. r. c., and w. r.
Newman, third assistant grand master
of the b. II. T.
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Speak After Forty Years.

East Brookfield. Mass.-For forty
years two brothers refused to speak to
each other but now Jarvis and John
Woods have made up. Just what
started the trouble no one really knew.
but some said 1t was because MISS
Charlotte Squires married Jarvis In
stead of John; some said 1t was over
the division of the elder Woods prop
erty.
All this time. the brothers lived on
farms separated only by twenty yards
and very near the Devils Kitchen.
Somewhere recently in the deep re-
cesses of Kitchen they met. Just what
they said no one knew. but few min
ntes later East Brookfeld heard the
astonishing news thai John and Jar
Wis had been walking arm in arm.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
CHAPTER XIV.
A Drive In the Storm.

A Drive In the Storm.
A moment later the doctor returned
hurriedly to the library for his medi-
cine case and said:
Il wish we could get consultation
here in the country he continued.
measuring out some powders with
critical air and depositing them on
bits of paper which he had cut for the
purpose Most of the deaths in shis
part of the world are from accident or
old age, and man with large city
practice and extensive hospital expe-
rience might possibly suggest some
means of prolonging her life for
time. We cannot hope to save her.
but l wish we could keep her till Car
ney comes"
81 have telegraphed my friend Mac
Ardel to come and help me solve the
mystery of the place" l ventured eau
tiously, not wishing to hurt his pro-
fessional pride. You know he was
with me here last summer and we had
a number of very peculiar experiences
then, so he knows a good deal about
it already, and l thought we could
work together to advantage. Perhaps
he could be of service to you at the
same time"
THE very mani" exclaimed the doc
tor. Il know him well by reputation.
When will he arrive?"
IF my wire is delivered promptly he
can get here on the midnight train"
replied. Il know he will start at once.
for sent for him at his own sugges-
ton, in response to a letter from me
telling him of the tunnel affair. and
think he has some very definite the
cries on the subject.
Just the thing!" cried the doctor.
picking up the powders and hurrying
toward the door. Let me know the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
Cyclone Kidnapped a Child.

Des Moines.-Kidnaped by cyclone
eighteen years ago, to discover himself
only within the past few days. Charles
Bennett of Vallisca, Iowa. has put the
strange story of Charlie Ross clear out
of commission.
Imagine baby carried miles and
miles by whirling. shrieking storm
cloud, deposited in strangers yard.
there found, nursed into life and finally
discovering a thousand miles away the
real parents from whom as babe he
was separated eighteen years before.
There you have the remarkable tale
of Charles Bennett. Was ever story
stranger?
Benefits parents lived in Harrison
county Missouri. Old settlers there
well remember that fatal cyclone which
swept over the county eighteen years
ago. 1t left ruin and disaster in its
wake.
When the storm struck the Bennett
cottage it literally tore the house to
flinders. The father and mother were
separated and the baby boy was picked
up by the storm cloud and let down in
the back yard of T. w. Hudson, far
mer, who was getting ready to move
for Louisiana.
Hudson took the youngster with him
to Louisiana. There he reared him as
his own. And 1t was not until the sup
posed father and son quarreled the
other day that Hudson told Bennett
the remarkable story Of his life.
Bennett set forth to find himself. At
little town in Harrison county he dis
covered a clew to his parents. There
an old settler named Hank Barnes
told him the story. He discovered soon
after sister. Mrs. Benjamin Richard
son. at Vallisca, and brother in Fair
field, Nebraska. The mother. who has
long mourned the son as dead, is in
California. and thither the victim OF
the cyclone will betake himself.
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$500, 900 Building for endeavorers.

Boston.-The National Christian
Endeavorer Society has planned to
raise half million dollars for build
ing in Boston as n memorial OF a quar-
ter of a century of Christian Endeavor
work.
1t is planned that the building is ID
be not only the Christian Endeavor
headquarters, but that parts of 1t may
be rented to provide an income. The
fund for the building has thus far
reached $4,000. but the impetus given
the scheme at the Seattle convention
will, 1t is believed, result in the com
pletion of the half million fund before
the next biennial gathering.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
Shipping Cattle.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Although the hay
ing season is at its height. shipments
OF Wyoming grass cattle already are
going to market and the eastward tide
of local beef will be at its height with
In the next few weeks. Wyoming
range stun ia in topnotch condition
this year. conditions having been ia.
vorable during the winter and sum
mer.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-08-21
Sees Dead Babe in Water.

Fort Collins. Colo-The sight of her
dead baby floating in an irrigating
ditch is believed to have caused Mrs.
Nicholas Vigil to lose her mind. Last
month her child was drowned and she
herself took 1t from the water. Recently
she was sent to the home of her par
ents at Pueblo. from which place she
may be put IN the insane asylum un-
less the condition of her mind i'm
proves She is said now to be violently
insane.
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When Travel Was Slow.

In England. during the reign OF Ed.
ward w.. riders on post horses COW
cred distances of 20 miles each to
procure news Of the war with the
Scots. Charles l.. in 1881. ordered the
establishment of a running post be-
tween Edinburgh and London, to go
thither and return in six days.
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he referred, but only to hasten the
time when some one would be with
me to whom | could talk, 1 replied
with the single word, Come"
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Washington.-"B osh, all bosh. To
me 1t is simply question OF
whether the bulls do the bears or the
bears do the bulls. n the bulls win
they will get 1t all. and vice versa.
The farmers of the country. and there
happens to be millions of them, are
not bothered by this talk of financial
panic
This was the talk of Uncle Joe Can
non, who arrived here from Illinois to
fix up the title to the site of the Paris,
Illinois, public building.
"Will you visit Oyster Bay? he was
asked.
II haven't been invited" was his re-
ply. =.
How about presidential politics.?
was another question.
"Oh. this is dog days. There is moth
ing doing now. The music will not be-
gin until next spring. guess every
body can wait"
How about pitching hay? Are you
In training?"
Haven't pitched one d straw,
was his explosive answer.
or the Standard OILS s29.OOO,OOO fine
he said he didn't know whether or not
1t was cxorbitant. The Standard OIL
is able to care care OF ITSELF he ex-
planned.