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The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1909-06-05
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W%.. Van Dorm Dies at His
Beach Street Home at the
Age of 81 Years.

Beach Street Home at the
Age of 81 Years.
Walter Wilson Van Dorm, another
of Daytona's early settlers, passed
away at his Beach street home Fri
day night of last week at the ripe
age of 81 years. MIR. Van Dorm had
been in failing health for several
years and moro noticeably of late,
but was around as usual almost up
to the time of his death. He went
quietly to sleep Friday afternoon
and drifted into the final sleep that
knows no waking at about ten
o'clock that night.
Mr.. Van Dorm was born at Lex
ington, Ohio, in 1923 and lived
there for a number of years, as he
did also in Iowa and Kansas, en-
gagged in farming. In June, 1851,
he married Miss Lucretia Hoyt at
West Union, Iowa, who with three
children, Henry and Charles Van
Dorm, of this city, and Mrs Wilson
Drake, nee Ellen Van Dorm, of North
Middleburg, Mass, still survive
him.
In the spring of 1879 Mr.. Van
Dorm came to Florida with the in
tention of locating at Enterprise, but
not liking that place he footed it to
New Smyrna Transportation ia
those early days being difficult to
secure) and still being dissatisfied
he came on to Daytona where he at
once decided to remain. His family
Joined him here in the fall of 1879.
Mr.. Van Dorm engaged in the
mercantile business with VIM. Jack
son, who was at that time conduct
ing a general store, and was a silent
partner of Mr.. Jackson's for a mum
of years after his withdrawal from
active participation in the business
! Mr.. Van Dorm had built on the
present location OF The Stillman, OF
Beach street, and Mrs. Van Dor1
began taking boarders, doing sue
cessful business for many years, thu
} place being known as the Van Dorl
House and the building being en-
larged at various times until i
, reached its present dimensions. Tn
, house was leased several seasons agt
. to Dwight R. Stillman, for term O
years.
= Mrs. Van Dorm and the younges
son, Charles, were here with HIM a
{ the time Of his death and the eide
son, Henry, was summoned froI
D the F. E. c. Ry. extension, rea b
e ing here with his family Monda
K morning, to attend the funera
O which occurred Monday afternoon
O 800 O'Clock at the residence, Re,
: DIR. B. F. Marsh officiating. Til
y interment was at Pinewood Gene
d terry.
9 The assemblage at the services /
the house was notable for the numbe
J. ofold settlers of the city come to pa
l. the last respects to another of the
IS number who had Joined what
d rapidly becoming large majori'
d of Daytona's early settlers on Il
N other shore.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1909-06-05

Arthur Yelyington, who has been
with the Southern Express Company
at Titusville for several months, is
again in charge of the delivery
wagon of the company at this place
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Vel
vington, arrived Monday from Titus
Vile and proceeded to their home at
Holly Hill.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1909-06-05
Says

Now is the time to buy hot
weather requisltes-Talcum powder,
Bath powder, Toilet waters, Soaps,
Sponges, etc. We have complete
stock. Quick delivery.
HAWKINS, The Druggist,
AT THE PLACE
Where V0iuaia Meets Beach.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21

At the last meeting of the Mississippi
Bar Association, Judge ]. A. P. Camp
bell read an able paper on changes in
the criminal statutes and changes in
the State Constitution. The paper in
full is as follows:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21
NO INTENST heat
At EXPOSITION
THE THERMOMETERS HARDLY
EVER GOES ABOVE SEVENTY
FIVE.
One of the Beauties Of the Grounds is
the Skyline of Fir Trees Which
Have Been Left Standing in
Their Primeval State.

SEATTLE, Wash, June 21.-The
Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposition at
Seattle may be seen at any time dur
ing the summer months without fear
of sun-stroke. The glazing heat that
made midday promenading all but i'm
possible at previous expositions is I'M
known in the far Northwest where the
latest worlds fairs is swinging merrily
along with success written in every
feature. 1t IS sunny. bright and sum
merry at Seattle, but the unholy
thought of hades i: not suggested by
The extreme so many Americans have
become habituated 10 during July and
August.
When the thermometer reads 70 it
is WARNINGS. hot-to the citizens of
the Exposition city. Located on an
arm of the seattle famous Puget
Sound-this Western metropolis re-
ceived full benefit from the ocean cur
rents and The refreshing sea breezes.
Three lakes are included in its bound
aries and their cool depths fed from
he snow-crowned Carcade mountains
'reshen the air and make it whole
some and sweet.
Mountain ranges surTond the am
in which this latest worlds
ongress is being held. and their melt |
ng snow runs into streams that rush !
own rock-lined gorges to make the
'anquil rivers that flow in and about
cattle.
There need be no long search for
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21
TELLS ABOUT THE
kU-KLUX KHAN

and expressed the hope that you will
ONE again. Extract from G. E.
Franklin's letter, Editor Pontotoc Ad-
vance.
Confederate soldier, was heard here
asst Friday evening in his pleasing
and instructive historical lecture, 'Teh
Ku Klux Khan And his cultured and
discriminating audience was highly
pleased with his efforts. His thoughts
on this thrilling subject were clothed
n most becoming garb, and delivered
with a fluency and grace which al
ways gratifies an audience"
KOSCIUSKO HERALD.
"Since he came into the rim of
hlstory's light, the Anglo Saxon has
shown himself capable of taking care
of his own social and civil affairs.
In the annals of history there is no
stronger proof of this than that furn-
ished by the Ku Klux Khan of the
South.
Col. Sam Cooke undertakes to
flash before our eyes the mysterious
maneuvers of this marvellous band.
EVERY individual of the race should
know the record. Mr.. Cooke has chos-
en- a great theme"
A. H. Elicit,
Blue Mountain Female College.
! Admission SOC. Box office open
Thursday at a. m.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21
IhUl JULIE SYOU Coo m
Sfail CONSTITUTION

Judge to give written charge to the
jury as the to the law prohibiting any
comment on the facts.
Prohibit counsel from examining jul
roFs in capital cases as to competen-
cy. and require the judge to do it, and
il would be well to prescribe the ques-
lions to be asked, permitting such 9th
ers as the judge may deem pertinent.
Give juries in all criminal cases the
liberty OF the judge allowing them 10
dispense under charge of the court,
making it o. felony for any person to
approach juror with reference to
the case.
With the horrors Of jury service thus
removed decent jurors would be OBJ
tanned generally.
Pay special veniremen who attend
and are disqualified CASUALLY on pur>
pose to escape the odious service)
nothing for mileage, and those who are
accepted an serve, $500 a day and
mileage.
Make carrying pistol concealed a
pentitentiary offense and killing or at
tempting to kill with such weapon a
crime admitting of no defense and
add count in every indictment for
carrying the pistol and the evil prac
tice will be greatly lessened, if not
entirely broken up.
Strike out of the code the new
provision for a special venire in cases
of manslaughter.
We never had that before and we
do not need it now. Restore the code
of 1880 as to the terms on which a
] prisoner may supersede the judgement
on appeals and save the taxpayers the
enormous burden of supporting con
victs in idleness in Jail.
Now all are invited to appeal fol-
delay and encouraged to commit per
jury, in many instances, by making
the pauper's oath, which is so genera
as to be almost universal. Create in
ferior criminal courts in populous
counties or groups of counties, which
tn legislature may do. How. 20.
While justices of the peace have jul
risdiction of misdemeanors give the
state the right to appeal on applica
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21
B. G.. LOWREY,
w. S. HILL,

shade. This Puget Sound country was
a solid forest when the pioneers invad-
ed it with axe and saw, and the march
of civilization has far from destroyed
all of the mighty forest of primeval
days. One of the predominating fea-
lures of the Alaska Yukon-Pa Ex-
POSITIONS alndscapic beauty, is the
much-talked-of skyline of fir trees
towering above the classic buildings
with their turrets, towers and monster
domes.
The exposition management wisely
left these trees wherever it was not
absolutely necessary to remove them
and they separate and surround the
buildings in such a way as to make
them cool and inviting. The glare
that generally attends the courts of a
worlds fair has been largely obvi
ated by using the color Of old ivory
instead of white, as heretofore en-
ployed.
There are shady walls through bits
of forest in various parts of the
grounds, and beautiful picnickin2
spots abound on the shores of Lake
Washington at the expo ition's boun-
daries.
AS welcome to easterncrs and
southerners as the exposition Itself
is the mildness of the climate. Here
il is aLnny enough today to bring out
the gaiety of summer dresses. and yet
cool enough by night for the tir7d
sight-seeker to sleep soundly.
There are no mosquitoes or othe"
anoying insects to disturb a nights
rest. But the sun comes up over the
Cascades so cheerily in the morning
that even the sluggard does not like
to lie abed.
1t rains occasionally, but the show
ers are light and refreshing They
keep the air sweet and pure and
charge the atmosphere with an invig-
Grating twang. The eastern thunder
storm, with its terrifying lightning, is
almost unknown, as is also the ire
mendous winstorm of the middle west
Nature allied comfort with beauty
when she raised the hills. trenched the
valleys and filled the lakes and riv.
,rs of this section which by its own
industry, capital and labor has built
me of the greatest of international ex-
'ositions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21
THE HATTIESBURG NEWS

ton of the 'trict attorney and have
the case tried anew in the circuit
court or criminal court, if one. This
will lead to correction of any ABUSES
in the administration of the law, e. g.
pleading guilty before a friendly JUS
ice of the peace and barring prosecu-
ton rs snnatimes nccnrs
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21


in the administration of the law, e. g. |
pleading guilty before a friendly JUS
tice of the peace and barring prosecu-
ton as sometimes occurs.
Changes in Constitution.
Have five judges in the supreme
court. not for the benefit of the judges
but of the millions of people whose
lives, liberties ond fortunes should not
be at the disposal Of two men, as is
the case now, when two of the judges
may decide.
Any act of the legislature. passed
unanimously, it might be, and ap-
proved by the governor, and one judge
Of the supreme court unfolding, may
be annulled by the concurrence Of two
judges.
With court of only three judges, l
think, no act of the Legislature should
be held unconstitutional except by the
concurrence of all, and of five judges
require concurrence of four.
Abolish the absurd requirement, for
| and from each district" if the ap-
pointive system is preserved.
Jurors in capital cases should be
drawn from other counties than that
in which the indictment is found, when
the circuit judge thinks it proper and
where a defendant shows that he can
not have a fair trial in the county,
instead of change of venue, which is
very expensive, much more so than
bringing jurors from another county
Let ten jurors render a verdict, SO
as to prevent mistrials, by the ignor.
ance, obstanacy or corruption of one
or two Jurors.
Dissociate completely the admins
tration of civil and criminal cases by
having different courts for them. Abol
ish the criminal jurisdiction of JUS
tees of the peace, which has done
more to scandalize the administra
ton of criminal law than all else.
Let each separate court district nov
existing be made a county, to rid Il!
of the evil of two separate counties
in one for all purposes except election
of officers, taxation and special We
hires, and reduce the requirement o
400 square miles as the size of coun
ties, for much better administration o
public affairs would result from small
er counties than we now have.
Special sessions of the Legislature
should be made general ones.
Amalgamate the administration o
law and equity, as has been done il
most of the states of the United
States and have courts for civil case,
and courts for criminal cases, and the1
there would never be any question a!
to whether a sutton was in the rign
court. The gain from this would b,
great.
Sixty-two years at the bar engaged
in cases at law and in equity, excep
twenty-three years as a Judge admin
istering both, have convinced me tina
much good and no possible harm
would come of these things.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21
Changes In Statutes.


Changes In Statutes.
Deny appeals to the supreme court
| civil cases where the principal of
punt in controversy does not exceed
200, and in all misdemeanors, and
lelonies where the penalty imposed
S not exceed five years in the pen
itary, with provision for certiorari
the supreme court in any case
which on application it may grant
Also deny appeals to the supreme
TT to settle the principles of the
(Which is often abused) and
Re affirmance of a decree over
pg "a demurrer in chancery final,
effect of which will be to stop
! appeals except where the defend
is willing to stand on the case
e by the bill.
Fpeal section 797 of the code and
pre- the former correct practice and
I've the supreme court of the vast
at trash in which records abound
pr the present system.
epeal the law for court stenogra-
S at the public expense, for the
fit of lazy lawyers and for no
lc good, but to great injury by
ing delay in trials and appeals.
counsel have stenogarphers to
down testimony for use in pre-
ag bills of exception, but do not
he public for what is of no bene-
D it.
ben a former decision is overruled
II transactions had while it stood
IN conformity to it, be governed
e supreme court of Alabama and
al other states have announced
apply this just rule, which re-
with the constitutional prohibi-
of any law to impair the obliga-
of contracts. Our court might
ohibit instructions to the jury
n by counsel and require the
-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21

always been the
sin principal
all blood medicines
of
unpleasany dasouay
tissues Of the stomach and bowels that even
left would often be damaging the health
time absolutely safe and harmless remedy II made
of which in daily use in some form by IN
purify blood and at the time supply the
Scroua Contagious Blood Poison
condition
valuable informa
all
| THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21
OPTICAL TALK NO. 10
SOME ERRONEOUS IDEAS.

They say:
LET the boy or girl alone; he will
outgrow the defect that causes
him to frown, or squirt his eyes, or
have headache, or sometimes be
cross-eyed, or hold his book too
close to his face when reading.
But he will not ,outgrow it, and to
neglect this correction may cause
his eyes to cross permanently, or
he may develop a distaste for school
and study, with an otherwise unac-
countable irritability, or become a
vagabond, to say nothing of granu-
lated sore eyes and numerous re-
fleXes remote from the eyes.
F W. QUEEN, 'Oph. D.
Optical Specialist.
Polk Building, 10 East Pine st.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21
WILL TELL The
KHAN SECRETS
One of the Leading Mississippi Men,
bers of the Farmers Khan Will Tell
the Public What He Knows About
the Organization.

Col Sam Cooke will lecture at the
Auditorium Thursday night, June oath,
on the Ku KluX Khan.
He gives a complete history and de-
Tense of this patriotic band that res
cued the South from carpet bag rule.
He gives the distinguishing points of
difference between the white cappers
of today and the Ku Klux of recon
struction days.
He tells why the Ku Klux succeed
ed and the white cappers have not
succeeded.
He tells why such an organization
as the Ku Klux never existed before,
since the foundation of the world, has
never existed since the Ku Klux was
disbanded and can never exist again.
These are points many of us have
never fully understood and the lecture
will no doubt be instructive and en-
PERTAINING.
TIL following testimonials speak
well for Col. Cooke.
There is no doubt in my mind that
it is a valuable production, and will
give the public some interesting in
formation"
B. G.. LOWREY,
Blue Mountain Female College.
81 regard it as one of the best lect-
ures I ever heard, both as to compost
ton and delivery. The audience is en-
trancen and instructed from start to
finish, and your inimitable style eads
much to the subject.
w. S. HILL,
Member, Congress 4th Dist Miss
you gave us information we could
not hope to obtain any other way, and
l can say for you that the crowd pres
ent were all delighted with the lecture
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19
America Has
Attained
} The Highest State
OF Civilization.


s%@@@F anybody to ask which nation had attained
! CT 5 the BEST CIVILIZATION, would unhetatingly
Z answer America In Europe only few classes OF
! the community have embraced civilization or rather,
U only ONE CLASS has done This class has gath
<@@@3& cred in and keeps everything The whole world exists
for it only Science and learning exclusively In its de-
partmen Poetry, art intellectual movements everything IN
word that life really beautiful spiritual elevated that com
pres aesthetic and intellectual part of human life exists In and
for this but through it. Go out Of its bounds and
find NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, NOBODY CAN DO
ANYTHING.
But in America whereas perhaps general science and culture do
reach such height in individuals particular class in Eu-
rope to make up for CULTURE IS FAR MORE WIDE
SPEADny there comparison between the universally of
culture in America and in Europe much does it exceed Europes
And this is what is called AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
HIGH STATE OF CIVILIZATION
PNEsS RACE, THEN WE OUGHT IT
AWAY RETURN WHEN WALKED ON
ALL TOURS. If WE ADMIT WIDESPREAD CIVILIZATION
DOES CoNDUcE TO HUMAN HAPPINESS THEN CAN
THAT, TAKING ONE COUNTRY ANOTHER, HUMAN
HAPPINESS is INCoMPARABLY GREATER THAN
ANYWHERE IN EUROPE THIS is TO SAY, AMERICA
CRATIC, is NEAREST OF ALL THAT HUMAN
MAN HAS BEEN STRIVING AFTER FOR so MANY CENTURIES.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19
How Washington Looked.

Washington was six feet two inches
In height. His hair was brown. his
eyes blue and rather cold, his skin
clear and rudy. His nose was pron,i-
nent. In youth he was slender, but
during his service in the army he
weighed 200 pounds. His hands and
feet We're enormous. His boots were
NO. Ii. He was broad, though not
deep chested, and exceedingly strong.
He could lift with one hand a tent
folded about the tent poles which usu-
ally took two men to put it into bag
gage wagon. He could hold a musket
IN one hand and fire it. His taste in
clothes was plain, but fastidious. He
was very careful about his personal an
pearance. He never wore beard or
mustache and acted as his own barber
In his old age he wore false teeth
which gave to his face in the later Dor
traits severity of expression absent
In the earlier and probably more truth
Iul l1kenesses. Stuart's portraits of
Washington are somewhat idealized
Portraits by Trumbull and Sharpless
are considered faithful in most re-
spects, while that painted by Josenh
Wright in 1882 was highly approved nv
washington himself. The Houdon star.
ne at Richmond has generally been ac-
ceDted as the most accurate image az
he first president.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19

with tremendous consequences to
themselves, to George Washington and
to America. For the mission with
which they were intrusting the lad
from the Rappahannock was exactly
that best calculated to develop in him
the sterling qualities Of self control,
energy, pluck and determination and to
fit him for the great task of his life,
the conduct Of an epoch making war
waged in field and forest, on steep
mountain side and by swiftly flowing
stream. In the widest section of Vir-
ginia-then but a British colony-lay
vast holdings which Lord Fairfax had
decided to sell. They had never been
surveyed, and it was to plat them out
that George Washington had been
chosen.
Truly formidable undertaking to
traverse the almost patkless wilder
ness, to explore region in which the
redskin lurl1ed and to do this at time
of year when nature was in her an
griest mood. A man, and much more
boy, might we'll have faltered. But
George Washington was no ordinary
boy. Physically he was well developed
for his age. Though little more than
midway through his teens he was al
ready famed as the finest rider in a
section that was celebrated for it's
horsemen. At fencing, running, jump
Ing, he could worst any lad Of his years,
and mentally he was, as William
Fairfax had suggested, exceptionally
equipped.
Consequently it is easier to imagine
than describe the elation he felt when
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19

quietly. But chance word brought
up serious subject.
Eyes, yes, William" said one, with
a shade of annoyance in his tone, 81
know that the matter must be ar.
ranged speedily, but where are we to
find competent mana man of the
necessary executive ability and whom
we may trust"
"Near at hand, Thomas" And a
Quizzfcal smile accompanied the reply.
Il fancy he's visiting Mount Vernon
now"
"Not young George Washington?
''Precisely-young George Washing
ton. | warrant you the boy has the
makings of fine man. He's strong,
active, tireless, and has brain to
match his body"
But he is only boy-not yet six
teen, l belieye-and this is work for a
man, not for a boy. Besides, what ex-
perience can he boast?"
"Experience?" the other laughed.
"Why, bless you, Thomas, if you had
seen as much of him as l have you'd
grant he had experience. He's forever
at work, measuring here, calculating
there. The lad is a born surveyor
Only the other day." and the speaker
chuckled, 81 found him busily engaged
in surveying can you guess it
in surveying Lawrence's turnip field
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19

Many members of one of The bran
ches of the legislature are reported to
have been quite embarrassed re-
Gently by the request of the chaplain
at the opening exercises to join him
in repeating the Lords Prayer. They
were not sufficiently familiar with it
to join in. If the minister had pro
posed to open the session with a cork
screw it is surmised that most of tbe
members would have known just how
to assist and would have done so with
cheerful alacrity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19

The fist fight with the accompaniment
of bites and scratches which recently
took place between the Czechs and
Germans in the Austrian parliament
gives one good idea of the discor-
dant elements that make up the COM
posite Austrian Empire. and it does
not bode we'll for the future when the
Emperor Francis Joseph ends his
earthly career. What with Czechs,
Germans, Slavs. Magyars and other
races all jealous and suspicious of
each other. the members of the empire
can scarcely be considered a happy
family.