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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-03-16
FLORIDA GROWERS
WANT BETTER RATE
Discrimination BY Transportation
Lines Is Unreasonable.
CHARGES ARE VERY ExoRslrANy

FruIts and Produce May be shipped
from Havana, Cuba, San Juan, Porto
Rlco, and other Points at Much Less
Rate Than from Florida.
The Florida Fruit and Vegetable
Shippers Protective Association,
which found It's origin with the
Gainesville Melon Growers Associa-
oion a little more than a year ago, and
81 which Frank d. Warner Of this
city has the honor to be president
HAS issued a circular to the growers
Of Florida regarding rates from Flor.
ida and competing points, which IL
bound TO prove Of interest, as 1t showr
che great and unjust discrimination
OF the transportation lines between
FLORIDA and other points.
Representative OF the Association
including President Warner and other
prominent growers Of the State, APP
peared In Washington, before the In.
terstate Commerce Commission, on
February 8, to represent their side
Of the case in complaint Med ask
ing for more equitable rates on FLOR
ida periShable products to all markets.
The argument was taken up before
I the Commission, but owing to pres.
sure OF time OF that body with other
matters. the hearing was continued
until the 18th inst, when It will be
resumed IN Jacksonville.
q Association Circular.
The following circular, issued by
and under direction Of the Florida
Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Associa-
tion, will prove Of especial interest at
this time:
''It 10 not generally known among
Florida. fruit and vegetable growers
that this Association had flled q COM
plaint before the Interstate Com.
tierce Commission In an effort TO Sc
cure more equitable rates on Florida
Derishable products to al markets OF
the country. and the establishment OF
carload rates and q carload minimum
TO Eastern markets, and to all markets
not favored with both carload and less
than carload rates, The case was
partly heard In Washington, d. c.. on
February 9Th. 7th and Sth, and owing
10 lack OF time was continued until
March 18th, and transferred 70 Jack.
aonvIlle, Fla,
''In order 10 show briefly the dis
criminatIon against Florida products
attention IL called to the following IL
Illustrations. showing freight charges
on various Florida products compared
with freight charges on similar pro-
ducts grown elsewhere. but competing
10 the same markets at the same
time.
"oranges--From Havana, Cuba, to
New York City, 81 cents; San Juan,
Porto Rico. to New York City, 26N
cents; Kingston. jamaica. TO New
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-25

PossrBuITY that Governor Fort may be
a candidate for Vice President has started
discussion on the question Of who would
succeed him In the Office Of Governor.
Should the Governor be given the second
place on the National ticket and resign
from his present position within thirty
DAYS of the next election his successor
would be chosen at that time, the Presi-
dent of the Senate acting as Governor I'M
til that election. II the resignation was
deferred until after the organization of the
next Senate, as it readily could be, the
President Of that body would become
Governor until the next election. All
these possibilities are being discussed and
1t will do no harm to be prepared for any
event. The New York Herald, of Sun
day, says: 1.-THE President of the next
Senate will probably be Senator Samuel
E. Robbins, of Burlington county, now
the majority leader in the upper house. !"
This Is prophecy that will please people
in other places than Burlington county.
DenatOr hOUplus 10 ACCOnSi1Cu 40 . AOoe1S-
not only in name but in action. His
valuable services in the House of Assem-
bly,, his efficiency as Speaker of that
body, with the many honors that
have been bestowed upon him by his
party associates, give evidence of the
esteem and confidence that is felt in his
ability and honesty. 1t may be early to
debate the subject of higher honors, but
as that seems to be the order of the day in
all parts of the State Burlington county
may as well get in line. If there is to be
change In the chief executive officer Of
New Jersey Hon. Samuel z. Robbins is
as well fitted for the office as any man
who can be named.
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seisntistS Corner.

Lord Kelvin was buried in West
minister abbey in the spot which by
analogy we might call scientists cor
ner, but it is such a very ugly phrase,
If pilgrimages are made there the pill
grims will be of another type from
those whose shrine is poets corner.
And yet, when one thinks Of the poets,
how many Of them have opened up
such wide spaces of imagination as
Newton and Herschel, Darwin and
Kelvin? If Shakespeare had known
such men he would have admitted
their right to take their place with the
lover, the mailman and the poet who
are Of imagination all compact" But
this conception has not penetrated the
popular mind, which is hardly equal to
pure imagination unadulterated with
emotion and a good many primitive
inGtincts. Saturday Review.
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What Audiences Believe.

The light suddenly went out during
one of my performances In Waterbury.
A panic was in prospect However,
shouted out: Ladies and gentlemen,
/ am about to perform most marvel
GUS trick. l have here a lemon; but,
Of course, you can't see it. am about
to cut it in two and bring out Of 1t
an elephant"
The audience settled down. Squash!
I cut the lemon. "And now" | said,
''the elephant has gone. 1t has walked
off the stage. But. of course. you can't
see 1t. but that doesn't matter"
Sure enough, there was heard slow,
shutting sound quite appropriate, al
though it was made by the fat stage
manager, who was shutting across the
boards In his slippers. The light re-
turned, there was much applause, and
all was well. The next day man
stopped me In the street and said he
considered that trick the most marvel
GUS he had ever seen and would | be
giving 1t again that night! It's true!-
Horace Goldin in Cassells Magazine.
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rrans of the Ant Lion.

We read of the tiger traps in India
great pits dug In the ground and COW
cred lightly with plant bamboo. The
tiger steps upon the false top and be-
fore it can retreat is precipitated into
a trap. Walking along a sandy road.
look for tiny circular pits sunk below
the surface and then sit down and
watch an exciting episode in the life
of the little still hunter which has dug
the pitfall. 1t Is invisible, and for
some time the whole affair seems life
less. Then an ant comes laundering
along and without warning topples
over the edge and begins to slide down
the incline. But the insect fights hard
for life and seems about to make its
escape, when, 10, the sand grains heave
upward at the bottom and with jerk
are hurled like a miniature catapult at
the ant, knocking it over and rolling it
to the bottom. The ant lion, for such
It is, now seizes its prey and after
sucking its juices casts the dry body
away and mends it's pit against the
coming of another victim. - Chicago
Record Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-25

/ have often heard people In mature
life say, 'If had only kept on as /
had begun, II 1 had only persisted In
carrying out my ambition, might
have amounted to something and been
infinitely happier"
Multitudes of people have led mis-
cradle lives of regret, with thwarted
ambitions constantly torturing them,
simply because in moment of weak
ness and Encouragement they turned
back. If there is any time person
needs nerve, grit and stamina 1t is
when tempted to turn back, when the
coward voice within says: Don't you
see how foolish it is for you to try
to do this thing7 You have not the
means or the strength. How foolish
to sacrifice years Of comfort and pleas
ure at home among the people who
love you for the sake of doing what
you have undertaken! 1t is better
to turn back and acknowledge your
mistake than to go on and sacrifice so
much" Whatever you do or how
heavy the burden, do not lay 1t down
at such a time. No matter how dark
the way or how heavy the heart, wait
until the blue" depression or the dis
enlargement has passed before taking
any decided step.-Success Magazine.
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A Pet Bear.

Bears unless hungry or abused are
good natured animals and make anus
ing pets. "When / was In the revenue
service at Alaska" said lieutenant,
1--WE had a pet bear on the boat, and
we called him Wineska. He used to
climb to the crosstrees, going up hand
over hand by the ratlines. One day he
ventured out on the yardarm, and
there he stayed. We had to get rope
and haul him down. Once he vaulted
over the head of our Chinese cook and
went into the lockers, where he helped
himself to sugar and butter. We had a
tackling made for him, much the same
as a harness of a pet pug, and we
would drop him overheard, with a rope
attached, to take his bath. Once he
landed in a native boat and nearly
frightened the occupants out of their
wits. He was as playful as kitten.
and, although he sometimes disobeyed,
he was never treacherous or unkind-
When he was lost or hid himself, as he
often did. we would look in the dark
till we saw two little balls of fire.
These were his eyes and gave him
away every time"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-25

AsBURY PARK has imprisoned poor
colored man for failing to pay his poll tax
for three years, just as Burlington once
upon time sent an aged negro to the
county Jail for q similar failure. This
may be all according to law. but does IL
not look like discrimination on account OF
racer How many white defaulters are
running about Asbury Park who should
be given the same penalty as the colored
mani There must be many, for the con-
stable who put the colored man away says
1.-THE work of collecting delinquent poll
tax bills had begun and would be pressed "
Every man in the State should pay a poll
tax, although it is not fair that property
holders who are taxpayers should be made
to pay 1t in addition to other taxes. The
poll tax should be assessed only on non
property holders, and should be exacted
from every man before he Is entitled to
vote, as some compensation for the pro-
lection he enjoys from the local and State
government. 1t is not equal taxation that
admits of non property holders enjoying
all the benefits of government without
contributing penny to its maintenance.
Fair minded citizens will concede that
some provision is needed to have all
residents who do own property pay some
thing toward supporting the government.
The poll tax is small item, but should
be collected. - Camden Courier.
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Time is the great comforter of grief,
hut the agency by which it works is
Observation-Disclosures.
Trials of Writers,

Time is the great comforter of grief,
but the agency by which 1t works Is
sxbaustion.-Landon.
Trials of Writers.
George Eliot in one of her letters.
referring to her novel Daniel DeroA-
d." writes as follows: MY book
seems to me SO unlikely ever to be
finished In a way that viii make it
worth while giving to the world that
1t is kind of glass in which L behold
my infirmities" Again of the same
work, "As usual, l am suffering much
from doubt as to the worth of what
am doing and fear lest may not be
able to complete it so as to make it a
contribution to literature and not a
mere addition to the heap of books"
Montesquieu wrote thus to friend
II thought l should have killed my
self these three months to finish
moroccan (for his great work. which /
wished to insert ON the origin and
rev olutions of the civil laws of France.
You will read it In three hours, but |
do assure you that it cost me so much
labor that it has whitened my hair"
The eminent modern French writer
Gustave Flaubert suffered fortunes in
his efforts to attain perfection. When
composing, he would sometimes spring
to his feet, shrek aloud and call him
self "blockhead," idiot" No sooner
was one doubt removed than another
arose. At other times he would sit at
his writing table as one magnetized,
lost in contemplation. His friend Tur-
touching to see his struggles with Ian
guage. He would work a whole day
and sometimes all night on a single
page.
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HAvrse been to Washington where h,

HAVING been to Washington where he
dined and lunched with the President,
Governor Fort returned to New Jersey
aud speculation Is now rife as to his po-
sition on the subject of being candidate
for Vice President Of the United States.
The Governor declines to discuss the
question and will not admit that it or
other political matters were talked of
during the visit to Washington. This,
however, does not prevent the correspon-
dents of the daily papers from giving their
views AID the general inclination is that
Secretary Taft will be the Presidential
candidate and that Governor Fort will be
his running mate. While there is no idea
that the latter will make contest for the
place, yet it is conceded by all that. if 1t
Is handed to him without effort on his
part, az it will be If it lie secured by him.
he will not refuse it. Any other action
would not be natural for him or for any
other man to whom high position is Of
fered, unsolicited. 1t was In this way
that he became the Governor of New
Jersey. He did not solicit single dele
gate to the convention which named
him. So that Governor Fort is perfectly
within the province of wisdom when he
refuses to discuss this question and stands
ready to let the will of the delegates
to the National convention determine
what is the best course to pursue.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
WASHINGTON CITY THE MAGNET OF
THE PEOPI

The eyes of eighty million American people on
Washington, the Capital of the Nation.
The wheels of the National Government in full
motion Congress in session and the busy whr of the
legislative mill is intensely interesting Many hours may be
spent in the Senate House gallery watching the legislators
at work
The other workshops of the Nation well worthy
avisit The White House, the home and Office of the Pres
dent; the State War; and Navy Building with its
and models the Treasury Building with its huge vaults the
Government Printing Office the Patent Office and the Con-
gressonal Lbrary the National Museum the Smithsonian
Institution the great Monument land the Union Station
all attractive features of the Capital City.
The splendid city with its parks and statues
never loses its charms at any
The service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Washington
wide territory It's trains afford direct of
reaching the National Capital and tickets reasonable
sale at all ticket Offices.
Attractive three-day Personally Conducted Tours
Washington, leave New York, Newark, Elizabeth, New
Brunswick, Trenton, and Philadelphia March I2 April
and 13 and May The low rates. $12oo and $I4.5o
from New York, 5000 and $I1 SO from Philadelphia, and
proporonate rates from other points, covering hotel
modaons all necessary expenses for the threeday outing
bring these tours well within the of everybody.
Detailed itineraries and full information may be obtained
of Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agents
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College chums.


A rich and well known citizen OF an
eastern city boasts of an extraordinary
collection of books wherein the au-
thors have inscribed their autographs.
1t is rumored that the envy and fire.
ouently the skepticism Of his friends
have been aroused by the aattering in
scriptions in question, and some cyn1cs
have even gone so far as to hint of
similarity in handwriting throughout
the collection.
The citizen recently purchased rare
edition of Montaigne's essays. One
evening at dinner the costly volume
was passed from hand to hand, and
for a time the owner lost sight of it.
When, however, it did finally come
hack to him he was astonished to find
on the fly leaf this inscription:
-ssTo John Blank, From His Old
Friend and Classmate, Mike Mon
taigne. "-Harper's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-25

WITH the divided sentiment on the sub
ject Of voting machines 1t would seem
that the best method of settling the prob
lem would be to pass the bill introduced by
Senator Robbins. giving voters of any cleo
tion district the right to petition for spe-
cial election to determine whether or not
voting machines may be used In such cleo
ton district. There are some districts
where the voters do not want the machines
removed. while there are others In which
much dissatisfaction IL expressed because
the old style ticket methods cannot bt
used. It certainly would be fair to allow
each.district to settle the question fol
itself.
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Durand & Son
70 and Main Street
FOOD FACTS.

It's easy going when the differ
ent organs and parts of your body
are properly working, and they
will work right if you give them
the kind of food that suits them.
So you see that it pays to be par
ticular about the kind of food you
get. Give us your orders and we
can suit you and satisfy you.
HeinZ'S are absolutely pure
Preserves and exactly like the
kind you put up at
home. We have all kinds in one
pound cans at csc. Pure Apple
Butter in one-pound cans at I5c.
WinOr A good name for it is
Corn. "a winner and it will
suit you. 1t is free
from husks and is simon pure ar
ticle.
Coffee For this week only we
Bargains. will sell you a pound
of the best Buck Ma
racaibo Coffee for 2oc-it is well
worth 3oc a pound. While you
are at it buy enough for a month
at least.
Are considered, and just
FIGS ly SO, one of the most nu-
tritious and healthy foods
you can get. Try basket OF the
Turkish Washed, CSC.
Fresh or salt, of the
MEATS. very BEST QUAIL
TY. That's the kind
you will always get when you come
to our market.
DURANDS'
70 and 30 Main Stree
Both Phones.
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THE OWNING ROD.
10 Mysterious Virtues Hidden In the
Dowsers Wand.

10 Mysterious Virtues r1iooeH III tu~
Dowser's Wand.
In experiments with divining rod
az used for discovering underground
supplies of water one of the geolo-
gists Of the United States geological
survey found that at points 1t turned
downward independently of his Will,
but more complete tests showed that
the down turning resulted from slight
and-until watched for-unconsclous
changes In the inclination OF his body
the effects of which were communi-
Gated through the arms and wrists to
the rod. No movement of the rod from
causes outside the body could be de-
tected. and 1t soon became obvious
that the view held by other men OF
science is correct, that the operation
of the "divining rod" Is generally que
to unconscious movements OF the pooy
or of the muscles of the hand. Inc ex-
neriments made show that these move
ments happen most frequently at
places where the operators experience
has led him to believe that water may
be found.
The uselessness Of the divining rod
is indicated by the facts that the rod
may be worked at will by the operator
that he fails to detect strong currents
Of water running In tunnels and other
channels that afford no surface indica-
lions of water and that his locations
in limestone regions where water flows
In well defined channels are rarely
more successful than those dependent
on mere guesses In fact, its operators
are successful only in regions In which
ground water occurs In definite sheet
| In porous material or in more or less
cIayey deposits, such as the pebbly
clay or till, in which, although Few
failures occur, wells would get water
anywhere.
| Ground water occurs under certain
definite conditions, and as In humid
regions a stream may be predicted
wherever a valley is known, so one ia
miliar with rocks and ground water
conditions may predict places where
ground water can be found. No apph-
ance either electrical or mechanical
has vet been successfully used for de-
tecting water in places where plain
common sense or mere guessing would
not have shown its presence just as
well. The only advantage of employ
ing a water WITCH" as the operator
Of the divining rod is sometimes call
ed. is that skilled services are obtain
ed, most men SO employed being keen
er and better observers of the occur
/ renee and movements of ground water
than the average person.-Scientific
| American
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Must Charge to Get Crowd.

The ladies' guild of an uptown church
had planned an evening entertainment
and reception and asked the rector to
make announcement of it on the Sun
day preceding
'aThis is all right" he said, "but you
must charge admission"
''Why, this is just a social evening, p"
they protested. 1--WE are inviting peo-
pie"
'gThey won't come" said the rector,
because they viii think it is not worth
while. But charge small admission
and you will have q good crowd" So
the women gave in, and subsequent
events proved the rector was right
New York Press
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FIrzaERAIDis Legislative Manual hal

FITzGERALD's Legislative Manual has
made Its annual appearance and in accord
ance with the progressive policy Of its
publisher il larger In size and more valu-
able than any previous issue. containing
682 pages. constituting compendium Of
State affairs which is without rival as a
reference book. The Manual again af-
fords evidence of the carefulness and good
Judgment of the publisher in providing
In CON, pact form about all the information
that Is desirable in such publication.
Despite increase In size and added cost OF
publication the Manual ID still sold at one
dollar and may. be had from the publisher.
T. r. Fitzgerald. Trenton, X. ].
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II Is not often that municipality seeks
to increase the rate of taxation. but that
seems to have been the position Of those
who met at Trenton. on Wednesday, to
discuss the situation as revealed by cir
cumstances disclosed in the Borough Of
Merchantville The authorities OF that
Borough have been makingimprovements,
the most expensive being the installation
of sewer. In order to raise sufficient
funds to pay for municipal expenses 1t
was necessary to increase valuations, In
many cases, 1t is averred, beyond the true
value Of the property. The meeting at
Trenton was small, only nine persons be-
ing present, three of them from Merchant
vile. but the opinion of those interested
was that the Hillary maximum tax law
should be so amended as to allow municipal
tiles to tx the rate of taxation SO that they
can raise sufficient money to pay not
only legitimate expenses. but also for i'm
provements. The idea may not be a
bad one. Under the Law as 1t now stands
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January q. 1908.
HxEonToR,s NOTICE.
2 Esr.rr w1111Am MAXWELL.

ESTATE OF WILLIAM MAXWELL.
Notice is ereby given that an order ha
been made BY the Surrogate of the county o
Burlington, bearing date on the thirteenth
day of February, A. ID. 1908, upon the appllca-
ton of George S. Maxwell, the subscriber, re-
curing the creditors of William Maxwell, de-
ceased, to bring in their claims against the
estate of said decedent, under oath or a1nrm-
atiou, on or before November ID, 1908, or they
viii be debarred of any action therefor
against the said executor.
GEORGE s. MAXWELL,
Februarv IT, 1908 Executor.