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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-14
WELCOME NIGHT
FOR W. c, 7. u
A. National Convention Being
Held In Nashville.
AL, HANDSOMELY DECORATED

hHEG
coy.rnor Patterson and Others Extend
Hearty Welcome to the Delegates
p,.diction Made That Tennessee Will
Prohibition in Couple of Years
u,s ! D. Turner of North Gaines
,,a who is attending the National
c,nyeption of the w. c. T, U. at Nash
IN, Tenn, writes to The Sun as fol-
,,m.. under date of November 18th;
.Tbe exercises were held in the Au'
,,,,.i,,m The interior Of the i'm
nsrse hall had been beautifully deco
ro,ed for the occasion, the pure white
-, rho union predominating in the
,,h.r.I festoons of bunting. The Jack
vino gracefully arranged in clus-
,,rs appeared in striking contrast
IN the pure white. On the wall back
-, tho stage appeared the banners of
..ysral States, while the initials. W.
- p T. and Us, formed with small
electric lights. glittered in the back
,-cund The white, emblematic of
,nrjty Of purpose, for which the W.
r r. l. stands while the foliage and
eowers stood for the vigor and con
,nued growth OF the cause which the
,,hI, women Of the organization so
uu,clfshly espouse. After the open
,ry exercises Governor Patterson vel
coined us by saying: Tennessee is
,r.,.4d and honored, and as her rep
sentative | extend to you her hearty
Welcome, and bid you Godspeed in the
noble work which calls you together.
The MAYOR was then presented and
said. This organization has been
welcomed by His Excellency, the
Governor. and II only remains for me
10 say that the doors Of Nashville
and the hearts of the people are open
10 receive YOU
Rev. w. NJ. Anderson pastor OF
the First Presbyterian church, gave
y, words of Christian welcome in the
name OF the pastors and churches OF
TIE city.
We were then welcomed by Mrs.
A +. Howell president of the board
Of education of public schools; by Or.
I.andrEth, regent of Belmont Col
lege for the Anu.Saloon League, then
hy the State president of the union.
Tia" response was given in few
w"llchosen words by Miss Ann
Gordon
The delightful evening service
Vas closed by demonstration by the
V which words fail me to describe.
For the next evening the convention
received an invitation from the Gov.
'ruor 10 reception at the guberna.
t.raI mansion, which was accepted.
Many Of the Leading men seem con
t''ut that Tennessee will be pro.
,a',ou state in less than two years.
Th" headquarters OF the Conven.
'.r are located I'm the First Presby.
texan church. where all the day meet
has aro held"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-14

Feel laugud weak rundown
Headache stomach or Just "a
plain case OF lazy liver. BurdocN
Blood Brtcrs tones liver aad stomach
promotes digestion. pur.dc, ''e blood
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-14
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,ahe LAXATIVE BRoMo oainiDs
'.'s" Druggists refund money n
ula 70 cure. Z. W. GROVES siE.
q a each ben. ase
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
yWilo Lite In the Alle9beniea

across which was bridge of logs, rudely
placed together.
1t was delightful sensation to pass once
more into the daylight and feel the warm rays
of the sun.
As | stood watching the water tumbline
and bubbling over the confusion of heaped-up
boulders. across which great forest trees lay
here and there. their branches twisted into
strange shapes and the stream squirting and
foamng about them, as if in madness at
the obstruction to its progress, humming
bird darted by quite close to my head, fash
ing its brilliant iridescent plumage in the sun
light.
With the idea of getting better view from
UP the stream, took off my boots and waded
some little distance through the pure, trans
parent water.
Seaten on log which had fallen across the
stream, l was absorbed in the strange, wild
beauty of the watching the blue. flash
OF the kingfishers wing, seeing the crimson
flashes from the speckled trout as they darted
into the sun-lit stream to seize an unwary fly,
and then return to the still, dark pool under
the shadow of some great rocks, while above
the otherwise stiffness rang out that peculiar
musical note high and clear. but yet mourn
fully sweet, made by the continual flow of
the water over the rocks and eddies-when all
of a sudden, out of this drowsy, dreamy in
doence, l was awakened by sound unlike
the other natural sounds to which l had been
listening, and which. although faint and dis
tant, made me prick up my ears in wonder
ment as to its cause
In these solitudes. all the senses seem pain
fully uuickened to detect anything out of the
usual run. -
All. however. again became still save. the
singing note Of the stream and the occasional
song Of bird.
had scarcely. however, begun to comfort
myself with the thought that my. sense of
bearing. wrought up by the abnormal stiffness,
had been deceived into exaggerating some triv-
ial sound. when again. and nearer. heard this
There seemed no doubling the fact now,
;ons exnectancy Of repetition of the sound.
Eyerything else seemed hushed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20

! slip will send the numbering affair crashing
on to the boulders below, where, in the tu-
multuous seethng )of the waters, any escape
would be almost miraculous. And these great,
jutting rocks rise like funereal monuments to
mark the spot where more than one poor
fellow has lost his life. /.
l. The purposes of my visit to this region ne
cessitated me on one occasion making journey
to a saw mill some ten miles further back In
the country. the path to which lay through an
unbroken forest of hemlock.
When about to start on my expedition, L
received the not altogether reassuring intelli-
gence that the forest in question was the
dwelling place of a band Of outlaws, who
held peculiar views as to the rights Of other
people to the possession of their property,
and were not averse to taking anything they
could lay hands on, from hen roost to a
horse.
] was advised to go armed. The only avail
able weapon was small hatchet. So. with
this tucked in the belt round my waist and
concealed by my clothes, l started on my
lonely walk.
AT first there was a certain charm OF nov
city about the situation as walked along
the narrow path between the straight and
stately hemlocks, only breaking into spiky.
sonbre foliage far up the trunks, while un-
der my feet the earth was springy with the
deposit of ages of dead vegetation
There was little underground, and the trees
lost themselves one behind the other in
misty perspective, while over all half twi-
light brooded.
Occasionally the shrill cry Of the catbird
would break the stiffness, or the dull, hollow
sound made by the woodpecker at his work.
After walking for some time like this. the
silence and gloom began to grow oppressive,
my nerves seeming strung in expectancy of
some fresh sound. and it was with sigh of
relief that saw glimmer as of sunlight
ahead. and heard the murmuring sound of a
trout stream.
Presently the path passed out of the wood
into a sort of clearing made by the rivulet,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20

''There's something very queer about this,
replied Austin, in a shaky voice.
"Queer or not we must not lose it this
time" said Dorcas ''In an hour the sun
will 90 down and then we wi.l surely be lost!
The idea was rather terrifying, and ~ u
in very short time. and had about regained
their confidence. when to their dismay the
grove again disappeared. =
s'I say" exclaimed Austin, with very pale
face, 'there's something supernatural about
this. Groves can't appear and disappear In
loween. Don't you remember what McDer-
mott told us about witches and things that
deceived your -
ssYe-es," admitted Dorcas. slowly. "I re.
member; but didn't believe all that be said. !"
Neither did II said Austin; "but now it
begins to look as if he was about right. l
never saw anything like this before, and L
know it isn't natural.
'1 wish you wouldn't talk that way, OBJ
jected Dorcas, beginning to cry:
At this Austin recovered his bravery and
became quite cheerful.
eve must not stand here" he said, de
cidedly. "We must push right on and get
somewhere before nightfall"
Dorcas wiped away her tears. and reso- IS
lutely marched beside her cousin until the
sun was low and the twilight shadows fall
ing duskily about them.
Finally the sun set, and when darkness
ceme on in good earnest the young wander
ers could keep up their courage no longer.
They were lost, and they. knew it!
.'Well, we can't have gone very far astray," +"
said Austin, consolingy, "and if we can man
age to get through the night"
whats that?" interrupted Dorcas. with
gasp.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

beneath; but, with the energy OF despair,
gave one plunge with my pole and happily
touched bottom, and with few strokes was
safely out of danger. :.
Once, however, master OF this frail cratt'
once able to deftly direct its movements, whicn n
was matter Of some little time. there coulo
be nothing more enjoyable than moving ABOUT
those strange silent waters, coasting along the
rock k-bound banks, rank with wild vegetation,
or landing now and again on some island timex
with an almost impenetrable tangle OF luxuri-
ant underground.
No notice boards here, Camping not al
lowed" no great chimney stack pollutng the
air with it's belching vapors. Here all was
Wild pure, solitary, natural :,
Some little distance above the forest town
there were however, signs of human work
in the shape of a log shoot, where the great
forest pines, after being felled. were tumoied
down from the steep hillsides into the stream
where, after being deftly bound together, they
assumed the proportions of small raft, which,
in the spring. with the floods from the melt
ing SHOWS and rains, are drifted down the
stream across the dams, until reaching the
larger waters, they amalgamated with
others to form great. compact structure.
Upon this a rough house is built to accom-
modate the pilots. And SO these great tim
Der rats float along uhe various riFers Aohi
the Allegheny tosthe Ohio. from thence to-
the Mississippi, and then down that great
river to the wharyes of New Orleans.
The management of these unwieldy. struc-
lures is at the best of times attended with
considerable danger; for. borne along as they
are by the irresistible surging current of
swollen river. it requires most skillful pilot,
knowing thoroughly every inch of the way, to
be able to SO adjust the great oars at stem
and stern with such nicely as to avoid collis-
ion with bridges or whatever other obstacles
he NAV encounter But in shooting the dams
at the head waters of the smaller rivers. the
coolest nerve is required, for the slightest
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20

Ell Dorcas, as they assembled slight rise.
'fNo, indeed" laughed Austin, mot more
than half, if that much"
ooh, dear!" sighed Dorcas, as she looked
around.
Then she frightened up and shaded her
eyes with her hand.
"Look there. Austin! We haven't more
than mile to go now"
Austin, who had thrown himself on the
ground to rest, rose quickly and looked in
the direction she indicated. There he saw a
grove clearly outlined, and certainly not more
than mile distant.
Williams Grove?" he said inquiringly
"It must be. never was there, but don't
think there's any other grove within ten
miles. Let us hurry"
''There's no need" said Austin, as he pick
ed up the basket and put on his hat eve
will be there before your mother, l believe" "
They walked ON quite briskly for quarter
of an hour or SO until they came to little
gully, just too wide to jump. A minute or
two was spent in finding a place to cross, and
as they did so, Austin gave vent to an excla-
nation of astonishment.
Where is the grove?" he cried.
Sure enongh-where was the grove? It had
entirely disappeared Austin and Dorcas look
ed in each others face in blank amazement,
and for time both were speechless.
"We couldn't both have been mistaken" ("
said Austin, at length. "There certainly was
a grove in sight. and now it's gone!"
PLANTATION at all. and the two walked on for
fully ten minutes without uttering a word
Suddenly Austin clutched Dorcls' arm con-
vulsivey
"There it is again!" he said. "See!"
"'But it isn't in the same place." said Dor
cas-, after gazing at the grove for moment.
"Can there be two groves?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20

Presently the stiffness was again broken p
what seemed now strange. unearthly CRY
unlike to anything human-to anything whicl
bird or beast could make.
1t would be useless to deny that dreadfY
sense of fear took possession Of me. An
when. now again. this demoniacal yell ran
out through the silent avenues of the foresl
with quaking knees dropped from my pere
into the stream and crept stealthily into tn
tnick tangle of trees and bushes, tnroug|
which the forest path was just discernibie.
Here, crouched down, | waited almoi
breathlessly, peering with strained eye
through the confusion of leaf and branch, at|
listening, with sort of spell-bound fascini
ton, for repetition of the cry. Il
When next it re-echoed through the WOO
it was evidently quite near. although as
explicable as before. and. did not know tt
sequel, l should have ever after been fri
believer in the supernatural, for to nothi1
earthly could liken this wild, ringing, shrleb
. The death-like stiffness which succeeded WI
broken by trampling and pushing sound ov9
the dead leaves, and. from my place OF COZ
ccalment, my eyes, which were fixed lmmdl
ably on the little glimmer OF light whi$
marked the course of the path, saw hen
while behind them, brandishing club, folloW
ed figure having the semblance OF MANI
a wild, dsheveled creature in rags--who, e
he passed, uttered another of those piercin,
yells. which echoed and re-echoed throug
the surrounding Stiffness
breathed sigh of relief as saw the uf
csnny figure disappear. with his strange con-
panions, over the bridge, and wiped the coll
sweat from my face as l crawled out OF nj
hiding place.
Although I should not have cared to .ej
counter this madman for such he proved )
be. as / afterwards learned, it was the stranE
of his wild cry disturbiH
these solitudes which was the great cause
my terror
The remainder of my ten-mle walk through
the forest was devoid of incident. 1t was orqt
wilderness of trees. without habitf
ton; nor did I encounter another huma4
being. not even wood chopper, until az
rived at the saw mill. which was my destlnpl
tion. 4
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
HALLOWEEN

/ Austin stared in terrified amazement. and
McDermotts Halloween stories came bacl
with redoubed force.
All around the horizon cleaned row g,
dancing lights, trembling and jumping, and
more terrifying than all, evidently approaclI
ing;
What can it -be?' asked Austin, in turn
in an awestruck voice. "Do you suppose \.
is only another deusion. and will vanish likA
the groves?"
81 hope it will go away sobbed DorcadI
clinging closely to him.
But the lights did not vanish. They dand
ed up and down. vibrated to and fro, but az
ways advancing, the circle every momep
growing smaller Then, while they waited i
frightened silence, there came a sound 4
voices, shouts and shrill whistles. and pres
emily there loomed up in the darkness nunf
Der of human forms.
"This is dreadful" said Austin, fearfullyl
''Can it be possible"
Then the truth flashed upon him, and Il
cried out, with all the force of his lungs:
'sHello This way!"
Then he turned to Dorcas and added, quicl&
'What fools we were! They are our friendl
looking for us"
And so it turned out.
When Mrs. Thorne arrived at the grove
and did not find Dorcas and Austin. she was
much troubled. Mr.. Thorne and Martin
laughed at her fears But when darkness
fell, they also became alarmed and in few
minutes organized a roundup and thd
hundred cowboys present started out with
lanterns, torches and other improyised lightsI
with the almost certainty that nothing living
could escape their trained eyes,
Therefore Austin and Dorcas had their
share Of the Halloween party after all. al
though they were much too tired to enjoy it,
thoroughly.
Mr.. Thorne laughed heartily, over their adj
ventures after he had assured himself that thew
were uninjured
"And SO you allowed McDermott's yarns
to frighten you?~ he said. "1 wonder that
you did not suspect that the vanishing groves
were simply mirages." {
''Mirages!'' gasped Austin. Then he added,
sheepishly please don't tell the folks in
Vermont If the boys ever knew I was so
stupid, / wouldn't dare to go home
"And Dorcas" said Mr.. Thorne. quizzically.
~ was stupid, too." admitted the girl II
know about mirages. and saw one once, but
it was nothing so plain as the groves, and I
never thought they could be anything but
real"
They told McDermott next day, but that
obdurate old fellow shook his head doubt
fully.
8iIt was Halloween" he said with glance
over his shoulder. "and some very queer things
happen on that night"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

come upon, and had cautiously followed him
to his seat beneath the plum bushes.
One of the ponies Eben was commanded
to mount after which his feet were strapped
together beneath the animal in way to make
escape impossible, and then the entire party
rode away toward the southwest.
At this the boys heart sank within him.
for the direction taken was bearing him from
his friends of the caravan.
But repinings were useless He had brought
this disaster on himself and there was no one
to blame except possibly the garrulous team
ster whose thoughtless- talk had been the ex-
citing cause of it all
AS darkness fell, it became evident that the
Pawnees meditated an attack on the caravan,
for after wide detour, they again approach
ed the river. though Of this last Eben was
unaware until he saw its muddy waters fash
ing duly under the light Of the moon.
Here halt was made, and after a hasty
meal of jerked meat q council was held. No
action was taken. however, until the band
was joined by another party of warriors, who
appeared mysteriously from some point in the
hills.
Eben could not understand the words spol-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOUR

which had been thought Of at the last mo-
mcnt
Dorcas had been carrying this basket when
Austin fell, and had handed it to him wnen
she began to chase his broncho.
Austin selected large pear and gave 1t TO
her, and with this in her hand she now dls-
mounted and approached the aggravating Dron-
cho on foot.
The effesp was quite the opposite of what
she intended. The broncho shifted the air
suspiciously for second and then mace OH
as hard as he could gallop.
Dorcas stamped her little foot in vexaton,
and the next minute added an exclamation
os horror.
with all his speed! :. a.,
"Now, isn't that too proyoking?" cried
TT is awkwardness." observed Austin. sig
Eyes, on your part!" snapped Dorcas. flush,
ing up. Didn't you have enough sense to hold
my horse?".
Austin looked angry for moment and then
II think we had better shoulder the blame
equally and endeavor to decide what we will
do. Where is the wagons? ;,
Dorcas gave a little start as she looked
around and saw that the wagon had disap-
peared. More than that, they could not even
find the wagon track.
In the chase they had been led this way
and that until they had lost all idea of direc-
tion, except that Williams Grove was some
where to the south.
Mr.. Thorne and Martin said afterwards
that they should have followed the horses,
who would almost certainly go back to the
ranch after capering around for while. but
Austin and Dorcas did not think Of that.
"If we hurry along" said Austin, Eve will
soon come in sight of the wagon. Your moth
err will make McDermott stop when she misses
u.s."
This was very fair reasoning. In fact, Mrs.
Thorne did stop when she missed the young
folks; but that did not happen until the wag-
on had gone nearly five miles, and then, as
they were nowhere in sight, McDermott easily
persuaded her that they had taken a short cut
and that they would be found in the grove.
Meanwhile Dorcas and Austin trudged on
now in good humor. and disposed to look up
on the accident as something to laugh at.
Austin carried the basket and the two
agreed that under the circumstances they were
entitled to eat all the fruit they wanted, and
they wanted great deal
Dorcas was good walker and Austin could
walk much better than he could ride; SO they
kept on for an hour without halting.
"Do you suppose we are nearly there? ask
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
AN ODD PROTECTION

en-. but the numerous signs made use of by
the Pawnees gave him some idea of the in
tentions of the savages, and longing grew
upon him to escape and make his way to the
caravan and thus carry timely warning of
what seemed about to transpire. But this was
an impossible feat, bound and guarded as he
was.
But the savages did not attack On the
contrary, while they were discussing and ges-
ticulating with all their might, witherine
volley was poured into them, and over the
nearest hills. yelling and firing as they ad-
vanced came the men of the wagon train.
who had discovered the presence Of the hos,
tiles and thought it advisable to strike first
The Pawnees. believing the attack was made
by much larger party. took to instant flight,
leaving their prisoner. unharmed and unno.
ticed, in their sudden panic.
Boy said the caravan-master. soon after.
taking Eben kindly By. the hand, Il ought TO-
scold you, but wontl I DON'T think vou;1i n
ever again be guilty Of so foolish a thing. Let
me say TO you, though. that If it hadn't been
for those daubs of your face, which put the
rascals for q time in good humor. the
chances are great that your scalp would be
drying this winter IN the smoke Of Pawnes
lodge
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
A Narrow Escape

Anxious mother Ito small son who has
just tumbled down stairs) "Mercy me, quickp'
are you hlledy
Little Dick: "No. 'm.'
aAre YOU hurt much, Do tell me, quick!"
mo; that was the luckiest fall ever
had"
"Lueky?"
@Yss; / only struck one stair on the way
down.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
re GROW raII

Doctor had ordered cod-liver oil for lit
tie Nathan, four years of age. Nurse said
Nathan, if you will take your oil, that
will help to make a big man Of YOU
aliy tall, passed by the window, and, on
spying him. Nathan said
nOh, what a lot of cod-lver oil Colonel
Peet must have taken!''
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-29

Our ex-historian, the talented Mrs.
Lucy w Rowe. earnestly recon-
naended the Quiz, this II, that each
Chapter Historians or members pa
per be followed by . series Of writ
ten questions TO be answered by the
members. This, she said, was found
to be very interesting and instruc-
tive.
In closing, I will say the great rea-
son | had in conhning my subjects
for the year 10000 to our state,
was because it was the centennial
era of the birth of the most illus
trious and undeniably the best loved
son of the grand old state of Missis-
sippi. We are then to bring his
home and our home state to the front.
I would also, before say goodbye,
impress upon you TO use your in
huence in securing histories by
Sstthern authors, or at least unpre-
JUDGED writer's who tell the truth OF
the South. for text books in your
school Libraries. A large number of
such books are to be heard of
through the Confederate Veteran"
and | learn. through Mrs. Rowe,
still fuller list may be found in the
minutes Of the General Convention
Z. D. c., held in ST ouis. You could
not find better or truer works than
DIR. ]. VI. Curry's and Percy Gregg's
histories or Louise Manly's Southern
Literature and score of others.
| would be happy TO hear from each
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-29
HAY AND GRAIN
Mr.. B. M. Meggett Conducts His
Business to Suit the Seasons

Mr.. B. M. Meggett, who is en-
gagged in the bottling business here,
will this fall, while there is no de-
mand for his beverages, carry on =
hay and grain brokerage business
in the city.
He informed us Thursday that he
has already sold two carloads of hay
and as he is an enterprising young
man and hard worker, he will no
doubt, make success of his new un-
dertaking
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-29

of You occasionally, telling 81 The
progress your Chapter i making.
Faithfully yours,
Lucy Green Yerger.
Historian, Miss. Div U. D. c., Green
vile, Miss.
September, I6, 1907.