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DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-22
TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
Oratory and Legal Light May Bring on
Judicial Fight.

Bursting and bubbling with an un.
usual supply of Virtuous Indignation,
Isaac A. Stewart, Esq, until recently
Judge of the Criminal Court Of Record
in and for the County Of Volusia and
State Of Florida. appeared on Monday
before His Nibs, the Honorable J. Lee
McCrory, Court Commissioner for the
County of Volusia, with Writ Of
Habcas Corpus, wherein it was sought
to Liberate one Henry Merritt, BRIT
nette lad, at present Confined in Du-
rance Vile VERY vile) on the charge Of
robbing DR.. John Reeve Of sasoo in
Money and other property to the aggre-
gate value of some forty Cart. Wheels.
The county judges office proving
inadequate for Comfortable Quartering
of the Court Commissioner, the en-
Judge, and his Retinuc, the Court Room
was set for the Scene. Time 10 a. m,
Tuesday, October the roth, Ammo Dom.
mi 1909.
Enter: The Court Commissioner,
followed by the ex.Judge and his Asso.
ciates,$the charming and gifted Daugh.
ter, and the sedate and learned Col.
league, the Honorable Egford BLY,; the
Dependent Defendant: bailiffs. sheriffs
and populace.
Enter DR.. John Reeve, the veneer.
able victim Of the foot-pads, robbers
and thieves.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-22

interest on all warrants, monthly
The contract was awarded the Pauly
Company. work to begin at once and to
be completed by June I, 1910.
The plans for the residence and jail
We're drawn by the Pauly Company.
The building is to be of No. / Macon
fire burnt brick. The building has a
ground plan 6SX+I; will have two
stories. basement, and big attic, and
will be heated by hot air, with all
modern convcnicnccs, including electric
lights. hot and cold water. baths, etc.
The Jail, Immediately in the rear, and at.
tachcd to- the shcriif'S residence, will
have two tiers of cells in the main
building. with a special cell for white
ladies. There will toe two baths in the
Jail, with flush closets in each cell,
and ample wash sinks
The entire building will hc covered
with asbestos shingles.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-22
The Woman's Club.

The Woman's Club 1T DeI.and will
hold its first meeting of the calendar
year in the club room in the Fountain
Block Tuesday. October 90.
The meeting will be in charge Of the
Social Department, Mrs G.. p. Carson
chairman
The main feature Of the program will
be the Cup and Saucer Shower each
lady is requested to bring with her the
cup and saucer
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-22
c. c. WRIGHT ENGAGED.
Wedding Will Take Place Late in Octo-
her

The following from the Dallas (rcxas)
Morning News, Of October IS. will be of
interest to the many friends of the pros
spective groom, who spent his boyhood
days in DcLand, whose parents are
among our best known citizens and who
makes occasional visits here:
Mr. and Mrs Murrel +. Buckncr an
nounce the engagement Of their sister,
Loula Johnson, to {. {. Wright. The
wedding will take place late in October.
u II
Five hundred guests called yesterday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. J. y.
Padgitt on Mastcn street to pay their
respects to Mrs. Durrcll Padgitt. a re-
cent bride and daughter of the hostess,
and to Miss Loula Johnson. whose en-
gagement to {. {. Wright has been
formally made known. Mrs. J. +. Lytlc
and Mrs. {. f. Barry acted with Mrs
Padgitt as hostesses.
White plume chrysanthemums nod
dcd everywhere through the reception
suite and formed arm clusters for the
bride and bride elect.
Wearing gown of white Bcngaline
silk. touched with gold and laces at the
throat, the hostess introduced her honor
line, where stood Mrs. Durrel Padgitt,
Miss Johnson Miss Myra Fallon. Mrs r.
Flippen. mother of the bride, and Miss
Edwina Flippen. Mrs. Padgitt. Jr.,
wore her wedding gown OF Duchesse
satin embroidered with fern leaves, and
Miss Johnson wore tunic gown Of gold
en- chiffon, hand-workeo.
In the reception room next to the par
Tor the guests were introduced by Mrs.
Tom Padgitt to the recent spring and
summer brides, among whom were Mrs.
Ward Cannon. formerly Miss Ethel
Hughes Mrs. William Harris, formerly
Miss Mamie Bookhout; Mrs Frank Park,
formerly Miss Minnie Bookhout Mrs.
Lee Turney, formerly Miss Nellie King;
Mrs Arthur Van Wrinkle. recently Miss
Berthalee Shelly; Mrs. X. J. Morris, re-
Gently Miss Minnie Childress; Mrs. Craig
Harris, formerly Miss Grace Mahana;
Mrs. Herbert Winston, formerly Miss
Emma Weaver; Mrs. James Bookhout,
formerly Miss Florence Willingham;
Mrs. Harry Mummert, formerly Miss
Sallye Blythe Ramsey, and Mrs. Sam
Althoff.
About the punch bowl in the con-
servatory the young ladies presiding
were Misses Louise Riley, Louise MUIR
ply, Florence Bookhout, Elsie Shelley,
Cornie Talbot and Willie Randall.
In the library Mrs. Britton Padgitt
the young ladies, several of
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-22
Reception for Mr.. and Mrs. Ferran.

Under the auspicc, Of the Ladies Md
Society Of the Presbyterian church a
reception will be rendered Mr. and Mrs.
Ferran at the home Of Mr., and Mrs.
Lands, Friday evening, Oct. ,,d. from
eight to ten. All members Of the
church, congregation and friends are
cordially invited t. meet Mr. and Mrs.
Ferran on that occasion
SECRETARY
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-22
Four Preachers.

Four preachers will speak at the ves-
per service next Sunday Each one
will have from five to seven minutes.
DR.. Farriss will be in charge. There
will be beautiful music by the choir.
DR.. Hardness, Mr.. Tabor, Mr.. Owen and
Mr.. Ferran will give the addresses.
Everybody is cordially invite to come.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-22
The Oldest Pensioner.

Mrs Phoebe Sparknan, Of Fairfield,
Fla, is the oldest person on the pension
rolls of the United States. She istIa
years old and receives 81, month.
Her husband served in the first Semin-
ole war in 1880 and 1870.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-22
ADtOcRNS TO DECEMBt:R

Court met Yesterday morning to con-
tinue the case against the four negroes
charged with aiding escape. Juror
Padgett. on account of whose illness
court was adjourned on Monday, was
present, but Juror Coen was sick and
unable to be present. The jury was
discharged and court adjourned for the
term.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-04-03

than ]. We have smother brother.
Everett, who was shot Yesterday, and
our father-but you Of course have
read Of the murder In the papers"
He paused. and u the doctor
nodded. the other brother continued:
I'VE have came to you, doctor. to SEQ
II. With your hypnotic power. you
have any way of-of-"
He paused in turn and looked help
lsssly at william.
LET me tell you the facts. doctor"
said the elder brother. "A private
detective agency received = call over
the phone yesterday from my father.
20 they claim there. He wished a man
sent to him ct once on business,
though he didn't say what business.
and neither We nor they have the
slightest notion Of what II could be.
One of. their men. Draper. went right
up. This was ct ten o'clock yestef-
day morning. When he got there he
found my father and Everett sitting
in chairs facing each other. both Of
them with bullet-holes in their heads.
a. II somebody standing near the
door had fred the two shots. Father
was dead. bat Everett was only
stunned. He soon came to himself.
but most unacoountably refused to
say who did the shooting. He not
only would not tell the omcials-he
would not even toll ~ when We called
on him and begged him to do 70. His
only aaswer to our questions was, Z
cannot speak-please. II yoa love me.
don't ask me. II you were in my
place you would do - am doing.
On that subject that u all he would
say, bat from certain insights he has
given N into fathers business. the
cautions he has advised rsgarding cor.
tain securities, and other matters Of
that nature, We fancied No had struck
. load which II properly worked out
might result In something definite"
He looked At his brother. who was
eying him dogEedly. and paused.
why don't you tell him ALI" said
Heary. red in the face.
well" went ON William, then, "ouz
brothers reticence caused us-Henry
and me-to be suspected. and but fol-
the feet that We proved an absolute
abb, ~ the clerks In our once. We
ourselves. would have been arrested
a. the-the-"
He hssitated about proooancing the
word. and appeared Indignant Thea
he WeAt on hurriedly:
'The tact y there p woman IN
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the case, and this ID where we look
to you for assistance. This woman
IL away up in society. and nobody
would ever believe her capable Of such
. crime ~ this. but we ind sufficient
indications-thAt 10. in fact"
He looked confusedly At. Henry.
who took the word deprecatingly.
I'm the hrst place," he said. know
Ing our brothers delicacy Of nature.
his chivalry regarding women. and
his deep sense Of honor-and then to
ind that, unknown to US, or to any
body but father and Everett, ~ 1t
seems, this cultivated woman was
about to marry father, having received
~. 900 from him In advance ~ the
marriage settlement, giving him .
written receipt"
b william here produced a paper
which he passed to the doctor. I'VE
found 1t among his papers," he said.
Tho doctor read:
In consideration of $4,000. the receipt
Of which ] hereby acknowledge. prom
ise to marry William Narsh Dr., on or
bsfore Christmas day next.
CATHERINE FRANCES HoRRoCKA
Witnesses.
ADDISON 9. oUILBERT,
MARIE FOUCHE.
What you wish, then" said the doc
tor. ''is that should interview Mrs.
Horrocks before witnessesr'
"Will you, doctor?" both men cried.
eagerly, In one breath.
I'm keep this for the time beins. >.
h. said. dryiy. and this afternoon at
three o'clock you may return here. I
shall b able to say something deb
mite to you then. BY the way You
take no notice Of the fact that Tie
safe had been rifled. according to the
newspapsrs." =
whoever did 1t was after the mar.
riage agreement" exclaimed Wilfjann.
But We found It At home"
"And your brothers watch had hsen
torn from its chain-where does that
fact at into your theoryr'
"A biind!" barst forth William.
They wished IL to look like common
robbery"
A half hour later. presented BY Mrs.
Horrock's family physician, Dr.. Doe,
he was interviewing that lady in her
handsome home. She was a tan,
graceful blonde Of 4s, though she an
peared Is year. younger. with eyes
blue and soft, yet steady with the Hight
q character. Her beautiful fnco
seemed to radiate sweetness, swsst-
meas based on strength and conscious
sarety Of self. and The atmosphere
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S1oe over he re, snd
:.I ~ - oo uty UP! ta
pss.N aet eno me! re sno1 ana
Aone "Hh me oooles-aurry MP!
ne approached with hushed breath
and touched The. shoulder Of the agurs
nearest 70 hiA ahAking It slightly.
Tnen ne Jumped 70 the desk telephone.
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49,. n anu " ~ WIN 'ne ''
. W
The detective had Just discovered
that he sese looked e 4 It had been
nnsd and thaf the wascn enain OF the
younger victim mad been broken near
~ ou..onnc's :. INC 49, Mnen W.
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VAIL" she said, "and somebody II dy-
ing. and they are in great hurry.
He found that 1t was his ofhce-maid
at the other end, who said that Mr..
William Marsh had telephoned from
his fathers house. asking that DR..
Furnivall come there At once. drop
ping everything else, as his brother
Everett was in . dying condition. and
1t was hoped that he could be made
to speak before his death and save the
family name. Within ten minutes Dr..
Furnivall arrived there, to hnd that
the wounded man had been shot twice
instead Of once only, the other bullet
having entered the abdomen. 1t was
this wound that had taken q fatal
turn, and the moment that the physi-
clans practiced eye fell upon the VIC
TINS features he knew that his very
minutes were numbered. But he saw
something more. "Ah!" he breathed.
after one long. earnest scrutiny of the
eyes, hands and conformation Of the
head. He looked at the brothers.
well. its the only way out Of It," he
said to himself. land It will stop all
further annoyance OF anybody else"
Then removing his spectacles no held
the sick mans eyes with his own and
asked:
"Mr. Marsh. who shot you and your
father!"
A. slow. wan smile came into the
pallid face. and with = slight shake
Of the head the dying man replied:
Nobody will md that out from me"
"You realize. do you. that the odium
Of this crime will always cling to your
family. unless you name the guilty
personr"
No." he said. quickly. mot 10. for
nothing can be proved-and-and-"
His eyes, iixed on the doctors. at
first glared wildly. then . look Of sur
prise passed into them. which yielded
almost Immediately to an expression
of deep peace. A sigh parted the gray
lips, his form relaxed from the ner-
vous tension to which 1t evidently had
been strained. light as Of perfect
content spread over his face. and then
he continued In = monotonous tone.
~ II II were q matter OF NO conse-
quence:
II shot father, and then myself"
The brothers gave an incredulous cry.
"He IL out of his head!" gasped VIII
liam. why. the thing is absolutely
impossible"
"It's an outrage to make man"
began Henry. But Dr.. Furnivall went
ON imperturbably, holding the calm
eyes with his own.
why did you do it?''
II loved my father, and could not
bear to see him made fool of. He
had paid . woman $4,000 to promise
to marry him. and she cared nothing
for him-despised him In fact, and
would have Inundated him to death.
] ofen demonstrated with him. talking
for hours, but It was Of NO use, he
would not listen-the frst time he
ever refused my counsel in my life.
I knew she must be = schemer. or she.
never would have entered into such .
contract, and I told him that II he
would put watch upon her he would
flnd that abe was giving the price Of
This reused his Jealousy, and he sent
for . detective. But thinking II AL
over came to the conclusion that the
best way would be to end It all At
once, 70 that neither of US need have
any moro trouble forever. SO bought
revolver and shot him, and then shot
myself twice, for wished to 20 to the
dark shore with him and look after
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a Fair investment.

Mrs. Homespun Indignantly
Heres an article says that in Formo-
- wife costs sovereign!
Mr.. Honespun (thoughtfully)-well,
2 good W1fe IL worth II,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-04-03

+ WAS quite in &C
cordance with
their idea Of the
fitness Of things
that the new occu-
pant Of the great
house next door
should be beautiful
Miss Vic t orr q
Dare. Ever since
the kindergarten
days the small
ndghbors on eth
er side had made
It tho DWELLING
place Of countless
Drinc0R and Drin-
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BY George F. Butler and Herbert llley

Case Of Young Man Who with His Father
Was Sho, Down Police Given Mystery
Into Which Only Famous PhysicianD Detective
Is Able to Delve The Cause - The Effect
How Mystery Was Eventually Uncovered
BY Unwilling Mind Of Son, Unable to Resist
Strong Mental Power Of Sleuth Who Desired
q Full Confession.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24
West chester's Explorer Knew DIR.
Cook.

The following item, from the West Chester
Daily Local, will be Of interest to many of
our readers, as Mr.. Entriken married young
lady from this town, Mrs. Sara Burlington,
who was the widow of Walter r. Burlington.
Since their marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Entriken
have been living in mining camps in Arizona
and Mexico, Mr.. Entriken being interested in
copper mines in those localities. The local sayss
"But for shifting of plans it might have
been Samuel ]. Entriken. of West Chester, who
discovered the North Pole, instead of DIR.
Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn. Mr.. Entriken
was twice In the frozen North with Peary ex-
petitions, and on the second he was the rank
ing officer but for reasons never fully divulged,
he and ,Peary separated and Mr. Entriken
turned his attention toward the Alaskan gold
fields and afterwards entered the mining
vocation. During recent years he has been in
Mexico and Arizona. and within a few weeks
has been in hospital in Tucson. suffering
from typhoid fever.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24
Working On Sunday.

The piece of macadam road from
Barnes Corner to Korner Ketch which
was completed several weeks ago did not
pass inspection by the State officials on
account of lack Of top finish which
allowed the top courses of stone to soon
work loose. As the contractors, the
Rickey-Swann, Co. had moved all their
machinery to other operations they
engaged the two rollers from the Hor-
rigan Co., at work on the adjoining road
to complete the work. The only time
these steam rollers were available for the
work, so it is claimed, was on Sunday
and as result persons driving to West
Nottingham church last Sunday were
greeted with the sight of both rollers at
work putting the defective piece of road
in proper condition. We have received a
communication from a citizen vehemently
protesting against this infringement of
the Sabbath and asking the legal officials
TO take action in the matter. We under
stand the contractors were very reluctant
about doing the work on Sunday, but
they claim it was question of doing it
then or shipping their own roller back
from the work now in progress in Charles
county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24
Verdict For The Bridge Company.

The Conowingo Bridge company was
awarded verdict against the Citizens
Mutual Insurance Co., in the Baltimore
courts last week in claim resulting
from the burning of the bridge, June 6,
1907. All other companies in which the
bridge was insured paid the claims, but
the Citizens Company, of this county,
refused to settle on account of not re-
ceiyiug notice Of the FIRE within the time
specified in the policy. The court ruled
that where total loss occurs and
there IS no salvage to be appraised this
notification limit clause is NOT operative
and verdict of the full amount, $1,000.
and accumulated interest, $335, was
awarded the Bridge Company.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24
Conductor Gilllgan Meets With Sc.
rious Accident.

The many friends of Captain Gilligan,
the popular Baltimore Central conductor,
will be sorry so learn of the serious acct
dent which befell him on Monday evening
at Oxford. A car of race horses had been
taken to Oxford by his train that eve
ming and in preparing to switch the car
onto the caramel siding the unfortunate
accident occurred.
Conductor Gilligan had stepped from
his train and thrown a switch, but dis
covering it was the wrong one he re-
placed 1t : and was hurrying across the
high treHsie.4 upon which the Baltimore
Central track crosses the Peach Bottom
road, to set the proper switch, when he
missed his footing in the darkness, and
fell distance of possibly 20 feet to the
tracks below, sustaining a fractured arm
and two broken ribs The trainmen had
seen theslantesn carried by the conductor,
fall, and hastened to the trestle, Captain
Gilligan in the meantime had gotten to
his feet, and despite his serious injuries
was climbing the steep embankment when
assistance reached him. He was taken to
his home and physician called, and is
doing as well as could be expected, but
will necessarily be confined to his home
for some time. His escape from death
seems miraculous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24
Munsey Automobile Tour.

The Frank A. Munsey Reliability Auto
mobile Tour, from Washington to Boston
and return, began on Tuesday Of this
week and will be finished on Wednesday
Sept. 2o, when.the cars will pass through
Rising Sun, as the Susquehanna river
will be crossed at Conowingo.
The tour is the biggest one, in point of
numbers. held this year. There are
thirty-seven cars contesting for honors.
In addition to these there are the chair
mans car, pilot car, press cars, etc., which
are non-contestants, but which make the
total number of machines on the tour
forty-seven.
The tour will pass through seven
different States and the District of Co.
lumbia, covering 1882 miles during the
journey to Boston and return. The first
days run was from Washington to Balti-
more, to Philadelphia, by way of York.
The last days run, Sept. 20. will be I63
miles, from Philadelphia to Wilmington,
Newark, Bel Air, Baltimore to Washing
ton. The cars will go through Rising Sun
on the morning of the goth.
The official guide book gives the route
from Newark, Del, through Cecil county
as passing Elkton station, to Singerley
station, through Cherry Hill, Fair Hill,
Calvert, Rising Sun, Harrisville, Porter's
Bridge, Conowingo to the new bridge.
and the run will doubtless be witnessed
by numerous of our citizens as it is
creating good deal of interest through
out this section.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24
County Convention OF w. c. T. U

The cath annual convention of Cecil
County w. C. T. U. met in James M. E.
church, Rising Sun, on Thursday OF
last week. Cherry Hill, North East,
Calvert, Woodlawn and Rising Sun
Unions, as well as Calvert and Wood
lawn US were represented.
+. The reports from Superintendent Of
the various departments showed the
Unions were, prosecuting diligent work
throughout the county. The old officers
were 'sre-elected as follows: Pres, Mrs.
A. R. Brown, Sylmar; vice-pres. at large,
Mrs. N. c. Brown, Rising Sun; cor. Sec,
Mrs. N. G. Brown; rec Sec, Mrs. E. P.
Haines, Rising Sun; treas, Miss M. o.
Jackson, Port. Deposit.
At the evening session Mrs. Amy
Weech, of Alexandria, Va, delivered an
eloquent plea for temperance and pledges
were circulated for signatures. The
auditorium of the church was we'll filled
with an appreciative audience, who gave
the speaker the closest attention through
out her address. AT its conclusion Mrs.
Weech recited in an effective manner, a
temperance poem written by her mother.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-24
Suit For $4,000 Damages.

Besides filing an answer in the Circuit Court
of Baltimore on Tuesday, denying the material
allegations made in the bill of complaint Of
Frederick w. Schanze and Mrs. Levinia Alb
bolt, on which receiver was appointed last
Thursday for the A. G. Reynolds Company.
manufacturers of tooth paste and tooth powd-
or, Alver c. Reynolds sued Mr.. Schanze for
$4,000 damages in the Court of Common
Pleas. The answer and the suit were fled
through R. B. Tippett & Bros, attorneys.
Mr.. Schanze is a druggist at North and
Pennsylvania avenues, and Mrs. Abbott, the
answer states, is his mother-in-law. 1t is
alleged in the answer that the receivership
suit was not brought in good faith. but for the
purpose Of BUSTING Mr.. Reynolds from the
business. The recinding of the order appoint
ing the receiver is asked.
Alver G. Reynolds is brother of Eli T.
Reynolds of this town, and has been engaged
in the drug business in Baltimore for number
of years. Some time ago company was or
ganized with Mr.. Reynolds as president, for
the manufacture of certain of his formulas
which have been advertised extensively
throughout the East.