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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-25
Committees Return.

The various investigating commit
tees have nearly all returned now.
The one that visited the State Re
form School az Mariana has report
ed aud the others will IN a few days.
The one that went 90 the State Re
form School wasn't overly pleased In
every particular. So Far as those In
charge were concerned. the manage
ment isn't so bad. but the school
Is very poorly equipped aud
Is costing the State far more thar
Il ought 20. considering what there is
20 show for q. The committee even
suggested that Il the school cannot
Dee run under Jess eXorbitant amounts
than in the past that it would really
be- advisable TO abolish the institution.
The Everglades drainage joint COM
mittee comes back the best pleased
OF the bunch. Chairman Thorp West
OF Mariana has always been an oppO-
nent Of drainage. but he came back
convinced. and the same was true OF
the others. By their request they
we're accompanied By former Cover
nor Broward. who Is perhaps more
thoroughly familiar with every phase
OF the drainage WORK than any other
one man. They went TO Iauderdale
ON the East Coast canal. They went
next down 10 Fort Myers TO the Calico
sahatchee.
The committee appointed 20 investi-
gate the Insane Asylum az Chatta-
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-25
MISS ADDIE GOODE
LEADS IN THE RACE
MAKES FINE RUN SINCE ENTER.
ING The CONTEST.
List shoNs That Great Amount Of
Money Is Being Spent With
the Business Houses.

The great Cooperative Contest.
which is the largest ever attempted in
this section. Is proving a business
getter for the large number Of bust.
ness firms connected with IL.
Interest Is on the increase and at
all times during the day YOU can see
candidates ga TIE sIr,,,s soL~it.ns
business for the business houses I'm
order to get the votes.
Miss GOOde has made a most re-
markable race since entering the con-
test just two weeks ago and il only
proves what can be done by energetic
work.
Following Is the result:
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-25

hooche has nearly completed its work.
10 4. understood that there is really
UttIe trat WIN D.. in the least sensa
u.aaI u rbr report as conditions are
understood fu have been found very
good
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-25
peteetIves serve al FIrsmsn.

ATHENS, Ca, May 2i.-After Sat
urday nights experience In which sev.
eral men were hurt by the throwing
Of rocks al WIN williamson. a white
fireman ON Georgia train, every
thing Is quiet now.
A Georgia train made the trip 10
Union Point Sunday morning and
returned but did not go out In the az
ternOon. the engineer deeming Il un.
safe. Williamson quit his JOB and
:=o cc:cc.!-es fired the engine.
One Georgia Train Reaches Macon.
MACON. Ca. May 2l.-Only one
train over the Georgia road entered
Macon yesterday and no train was
Continued on Page FiVe.l
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-25

AUGUSTA. Ca. May 24.-The Geor.
gia Railroad was completely tied up
last night. The management did not
Try TO move trains. simply announc-
ing that Il has the men, the means
and the equipment 90 proceed and will
do so when the State announces ready
TO protect It's property and employees.
The strikers are standing pat. They
assert that they have not been and
all not be parties 10 any violence.
Sympathizers with the strikers. Il Is
set out. have done all the hurt that
has been done.
General Manager Thomas X. Scott
last night made the announcement
that mo trains are moving" Cover
nor HOke Smith wired the sheriff OF
McDunie county to cooperate with
the municipal authorities and 90 sum
mon all deputies necessary 90 protect
life and property. II Is In this cOun-
~ that Thomson Is located and Il
Is at Thomson that the crowd issued
their ultimatum Friday night that no
trains should pass carrying either
non-union or negro fremen. Cover
nor Smith has also asked the sheriff
there to keep him fully advised OF
the situation.
Freight Shipments Hunted.
The Governor has also wired the
sheriffs OF ROcKdale and DeKalb
counties. giving them information
that engineers claim to have been
rocked az COnyors and Lithonia and
urging upon them prompt action for
the protection OF the railroads en-
ployes and property.
From the offices Of the Georgia
Railroad here last night II was an
nounCed that all freight accumulated
NJ Atlanta for Augusta and points
beyond will be moved by the Central
aud Seaboard. The Georgia road
freight station here will be open to-
day for delivery Of freight 90 con-
signees. but shippers are requested
20 withhold all shipments until furth-
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-25
Many Bills Will Die.

Confronted by over six hundred
bills. the Florida Legislature has only
eleven more days. The session Of
1909 will then pass into history and
Il now looks very much as II a per
son will be able TO count on his
fingers the number OF general bills
enacted during the sixty days.
Strictly speaking this week will be
the last so far as ordinary legislation
Is concerned The last week Is al.
ways taken up almost entirely with
the discussion of the general revenue
and the general appropriation bills.
Members are already anxiously gra -
ing every opportunity to get their
pet measures down on the list Of spe-
cial orders so that they will at least
die an honorable death in preference
TO an ignomiujOus decease on the cal
eudars
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-25
One Georgia Train Reaches Macon.

CONTINUED on Page Fivol
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

round its large eyes which give 1t look OF chronic
surprise.
inches pair Of Gordon Bleus and pair Of Straw
berries. The winter was very cold. and could not
keep the avlary warm enough tor them. They all
died except Of the Strawberries and he uttered
about lost and torl0rn among the goldhnChes. Sis
kIns bullhnches, Java sparrows, and canares which
would have nothing 20 do with him.
was watching him pityingly day. and Won
dering what | could Do for the mite when he sud
denly gave me palptatIon Of the heart by cutting
the Gordlan knot. With apparently highly original
plan t1~ ending his Woes and committing suicide
Ike sh he pushed through the wires Of the larger
cage Of the hnches had ever offered do II be
fore and deliberately pushed and struggled his way
into the dOmlce ot the japanese robin. / was help
less. There was nothing could do but wait 90 SEE
the atom of intruder destroyed with sweep Of
the powerful beak.
The usual surprise Of the robins ewes grew 20
arnazement. He gazed through his gold trimmed
sUeCtaces az his visitor tor moment Of ndeCislon.
and then -prang away 20 the far perch Without the
slightest hesitation the Strawberry finch few after
him The robin Ier6ed his sleek body and handsome
head for one look then bounded back The persistent
visitor followed For a minute they kept this up
while / marveled az the strawberry courage and
felt that his moments were numbered
The robin was first 20 tire Of the game Of tag and
standing still stared down al the unInvIted one,
which lost time IN siding close and closer 10 his
host. | looked on with beating heart. The finch
height that of the robins legs. | awaited the
catastrophe The robin continued 10 gaze as
Newfoundland might AZ mTudent toy terrier IL
was certainly an object lesson IN what may he
achieved bv the elimination Of fear. The finch was
possessed by "a single idea the effort 10 get warm.
Actions speak louder than words IN the bird
world evidently. for the robin caught hls idea.
Either the tiny visitors nerve OF his comPanonshIp
found favor. for as | watched the robin lifted hls
handsome wing the finch cuddled under 10 happily
and IN this posture they spent many an hour there
after
accepted the situation with relief and placed the
finch millet seed in the robins cage. Being a soft
billed bird he had no use for n except gravel
and in this light he highly approved Of IT, swallow
C5stsa~s page -
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

ae Ri-h an amused smile. she erioyed
---.- minute and -le- u-ltllne- toward
G.. -.-- which opened from the room.
l- ..-.- rri a fountain. and above the falling
3 .l-er cage holding ara extraordinarily
i- a.a-- The size ri canary. rs oaea
' .s-. q sa-I-T black. and ITS breast
--r- ] did not connect it with the
L ..--e-- 1 the song bur when The alr
f -.- and ! traced lts Ten-rllogElal beauty
. ..-l ] ate very expensive a-r ~ t-'-i-
E- .-.e .f knowledge
-.e~e registered mental vow thar
q arr money II uE own D. should he
d. -.e purchase II feataered miracles like
t- ...e 81. nearly kept that vow that o. rnE
Ae- dearest ] have never ciFrsec the
...l cash have 7suantered On piping
r-- -a,-r n present better than II once
r. .-a--.-lnr of tsiIors and C1bhlers who sat
a. - -I dav and ahistled gently and Ta-
-r-. ..r-Ie covered cages 1r tleir - ais nave
- away. The birds sent Us TO-DAY .-le
-- r.a~ school teachers. who che o-l l-e
t- .- II their salaries nE the teaching -
t-a.e .--- d. -.tl-lls and the reflection ~ tleir
f----- r..l-rrp comes % Us faithfully repro
--.e .. once came the ferEor and sentiment
Haer hreathed by an exquisite little
.-..r-5 luIfr,l D. inexpensive and can 'e
a-r ord store rs natural note is disagree
a.r bird Las one advantage from the Tenn
-t point over Its aloomrhshec orol--ei-
r. ll9 NOT gwen rs heart once ana ''.
t'r fo man II anyone wishes ~
r--.t ..r friend - "a state II extreme ileeA
..tr. let hlm bestoN upon her "a triii-'5
'--'r They are always taught bg man, ana
...a..l-9 memory that makes me 'll- =
..7--..- song unfortunately acts As unerrinsf w
& Il. i- -- I'd. individuals and the heaTress Tl4ei-'
".. tle creature expresses ms alleRiai'.' D
...- a aaes voice and ms opinion Llal .'''
er -le ground would hurt the least 'eisl-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

THERE has been a remarkable
growth ~ interest IA The study
q birds during The last few
-.---. The observation II -Le.-
--a--- ~ the wildwood bv patient
watcher II the un5ert-.Sh armed
with az opera glass Is the ideal
method from the birds viewpoint.
L-- ! have never had many oruor-
c--l-ie- for TINS Iuuersonal and
scientific study. on the few aCCa-
s.ar- ~ being permitted hu-hlv u
accom-. any some experienced stalk
e- ] have usually fallen into dis
grace "T moving 0r speaking ar the
--g moment. 0- else have asked
some question which caused nav
.--- anon o. -e-.lv more II sorrow
shan anger thar such ignorance
exist
--. -.H .HUT--leC thar never "a
-.a-e- shall / be able o. rec1g-
- -Ir wing a wall eyed pot
pigeon -DeC sap sucker 0- ANY
family Therefore ] feel en-
e- -- admitting a passionate
t.- birds l- cages.
-.-s-rluS theoretically 20
.ea----l animal with wings
-- - ---. ~ the smallest zen we
mining pets. and ] hope
e r---c The custom VIII be-
-..rre au- ] admit thar 10
.- before -re arrival II that
day has brought nae vivid
age when other rpddlers
H-e -.V windows. j used 70
s t-#-- ri hardware shops.
--4-e- gaze r-Ee-ec on
en- while fancy pictured
-- et-L --retul occupants.
t that a man catchIrg
g.. - fever has n for life. and
thar bird fever b. as
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

with the most fascinating Of all pets
l had wonderful proof one dav
OF the birds recognition Of color.
One OF my friends called in a gown
OF black and rose color. and as She
approached the cage | saw at once
that my SCOTnful beauty was inter
ested. l let him out. and he followed
this girl about. took a Wisp Of her
gown IN his beak. accepted seeds
from her. and acted so gentle and
friendly that We were puzzled. until
We noticed that her gown matched
his COlors exactly. Alas that this
was a tieetIng caprice. else | might
have adopted a uniform,
\ woman who owned one Of these
birds grew So tired Of being houted
by him that She dressed in her hus-
band s clothes. turned the coat collar
W. pulled the hat down over her
ewes, and strobe into the room and
up 20 the cage The bird welcomed
her with love greetings and his song.
She exclaimed with pleasure and
took of the hat and the bird was
so inCersed az having been fooled
that he sulked for davs.
Well II VIII not do 20 devote this
whole article % bullhnches although
l easily could. because IN nv varied
eXT erlenCes there are others.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
Novelties of an Aviary

REFORE | had finished sowing
~ my wild oats in the bird line |
owned an avIarv. The variations
Of character and habit among It's
inmates were Of constant interest.
There was the goldfnch European
so clever and ingenious that one
must look well 20 faStenings that are
% hold II. There We're the prefer
naturally neat Java sparrows. with
never a feather out Of place. which
always slid into their bath back
ward Each bird IN this wire house
had It's popularity Of disposition.
In the main portion were a variety
Of seed eating birds. and in a large
top compartment dwelt a japanese
robin with plenty of room for its
wild, vigorous leaps The bird Is
well known. with its red beak.
yellow throat and the golden rings
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
No Use for Women

l. .- -. woman. you may wait on q trained Dll-'
-- -.r e.rs anticipate has every "ish, bAl4i,
- H ---tar- delicate " fuls0me and 10 the emo ol
-t At h-- merely tolerate YOU. He Wll sing Aia
t -rr be- either forget YOU " hopes you
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

viii not hear him. but let approach the cage.
and down goes the satin head II series OI ngratla-
ting bows the tail Is spread ike q fan. and with a
waving Ot his whole charming lttle body out wells
the Get song that some one overseas laoored Tor
m4u months 10 impress and for whose dear sake al
men are precious 10 the singer. As one looks and
listens one fee,s that only the pinch ot poverty
could have parted that pupil and teacher.
Like the T. h--an who SAID there was no bad
whisky. although some whisky was better than
others 50 20 the tuIuch there are no bad men, al
though some men are better than others and one etn
quickly discern by the lrEree Ct the hirt excite
rner- AZ their arr-1l "a Whether his trainer was
Young or old fair dark l. seems incredible. but
II i, A fact that when my htte niece and nephew. SIX
and seven wears old. called on one II nay bids, he
drove the g1r from the cage with angry ca"lngs ana
Bestowed his arrroEl on the tiny boy knicker-
bo,ers bE proceeding % give hls song with gracious
sweeping bows a. soon the little chap approached
him.
4 trained bullfnch has fear ri YOU. but perfect
confidence that hi- open beak. outstretched wings.
and glariug black ewes IN "a moment % wrath can
strike terror % your soul He has been segregated
from has kind from the dav he was 1edged 10 order
not - hear their harsh note be knows nothing oi
birds and his experience Of the human race has been
wholly fattcrlug % his self esteem ou can scarcely
md "A more rude OF coucelted male being and vet
the evidence ~ his intense affection for ms trainer
have such p4thos that torglres the little egotst
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
Love Loses Its Power

IHAVE SAID that 20 him there no bad men. II
L D. equally true that there are mo- good women
Some women are worse than others that ls all 4
charming girl friend ii mine made discreet and Ia-
rien love - one oi trained bulhnt hes and while
10 other women similarly attentive he simply pre-
..-tef a bored exterior u her he exhibited active
dislike -caldiug as soon as She came anywhere near
hl and seeming anxious 20 get az her and deVour
her that once we let HIM out o the cage when She ar
;,-eF - see what De would DO. We soon saw. and II
.b bsf not defended herself she might have
otbn further for he flew directly 40 her eyes and
rs sbe covered them pecled her vIoIously across the
ia ms BAD taste explained Alas that the German
1-evves are too busy 20 bee bothered aIth teaching
t,r3s' What I0y their future owners would have
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
y 4l Lure Of the Bullhnch

NJ . ----r Young j was once
W -g ar the taale ri a Bos-
o. ra--e. when ] heard q
---e1se rlairtiEe sing
r German ai- ] looked
i vain -aIoDa-e the heart
trains I -aN uE hostess
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
PRISONERS OF LOVE

HERE has been a remarkable
growth ~ interest IA The study
4 -.--e .--.-E -.e las- few
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01


this / invested in artificial hand and the other
half in a stenographic course in a Chicago busi-
school l received but little announcement
from my friends, every of the opinion
would ever become proficient enough to any
thing
However l was determined. and the more
others tried TO persuade to give 1t up the more
determined l to finish the and at least
try. l attended school six months and then
cepted position which every other girl in the
class who had finished the course turned down.
The hours were long-7:30 a. m. 20 5: 30 p. m, and
half an hour for lunch. at salary OF Sc per week.
AS l lived in one of the suburbs, it necessary
to leave home at a. m It was hard work, but
til an opportunity to better my position presented
itself. | have been working five years and
making $65 per month.
"If there any other girls who have met with
similar accident, do not be discouraged, for /
know with plenty of stick-toitiveness and a good
will, you succeed"
An Ithica y. Y. young woman, Emeline Dustin,
started as a stenographer at $500 a week and
while she working her way up by faithful
attention to business to a place at $35 a week as
trusted correspondence manager, she also found
time to develop private business to which she
plans TO retire soon merely riding hobby in do
ing it.
Horticulture, botany and gardening mad always
been my favorite pastime." she wrote. "One
gle of a back lot was always reserved for me, and
had an array OF geraniums, baby cactuses, and
potted ferns indoors that were the pride of the
whole family When became a stenogra pher this
afforded excellent recreation after working hours
siege in the garden my bay window conseTv-
atory takes my mind out of the business channels
to which return next morning with freshened
spirits.
when I was seventeen I sold part of a crop of
moss roses for wedding decorations for encour
aging sum The year after bought the next door
lot, with which l could carry out horticul-
tural plans on a wider scale. Having had two
Continued page Is
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

the illustrated papers featured the affair; tho
news agencies sent IL out broadcast, and IL
the talk of England and the continent for weeks.
Day after day, before and after the convention,
stories cabled to the United States and an
immense amount of publicity also given 20
the affair this side of the ocean.
II is no reflection upon the clever men who
worked" this great circus "story" TO reveal the
hitherto unpublished fact that it all pre-ar-
ranged, and no disparagement to the press to say
that the story swallowed whole apparently
without question. 1t a splendid STORY" and
worth printing it's merits. When the conven-
ton was afterwards repeated at Madison Square
Garden, New York many newspaper men were
suspicious of it, but nevertheless they covered"
it as good news story-an additional proof of It's
Inherent ceverness and value.
The man who is credited with having first con-
cieved the idea of the freak convention" was a
hunchback known Sol Stone, the lightning
calculator" who is at Dreamland Coney ISL
and; but the credit for working out the details
and making the story ego" belongs to the famous
Tody Hamilton, for many years press agent with
the Barnum Bailey circus, and those associated
with him I'm the press department Of the show.
One of the ceverest creators of good stories for
newspaper publicity is Frank Bostock the "ani-
NAL king" whose trained wild beasts familiar
to the show-gong people of Europe and America.
Some of the stories he has originated have
cured phenomenal amount of free publicity in
the press. Wallace, the lion that had habit OF
breaking loose at periods that opportune for
securing press stories, was hrst utilized by MIR.
Bostock The fact that the lion turned loose
at the instance of the management, and that the
animal too docile to injure child, did not
prevent many columns of good dope" being print
ed about it's escapades.
l have only mentioned a few of the most famous
of the circus fakes" that have won publicity and
possibly wide public credence. Each one served
its purpose. AT the time they were all harm
less. For this both press and public may
readily foTgive-and admire-the cleverness
and ingenuity that made their perpetration pos
sible.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
By B. X. Mann

is of the important discov- By b.
cries women have made in the
past generation in their fight for what they are
pleased to call emancipation" They have found
that they make living, not only for them
selves, but also for those who happen to be de-
pendent upon them and hundreds of thousands
of them doing it today.
The ways which women adopting to make
their way always interesting and often
unique. Especially interesting the efforts of
women who are forced to start with practically
nothing worse, with handicap. The ingenuity
they exercise is remarkable testimonial to the
business and administrative ability of the and
sometimes tribute TO their heroism
Recently a prominent western newspaper OF
ferred prizes for the best stories of womens ex-
periences in making their way. The stories
from all parts of the United States and
button to the story of the progress of womankind.
Here some of them:
One woman living in Richmond Ind. suddenly
found herself a widow with family of small chill
dren on her hands and not a single dollar even TO
begin her fight with But she buckled into the
struggle bravely as can be gathered from her own
story
"The shock of being left a widow with three
little to care for at first dulled my powers
of comprehension and activity" she wrote that
my little hoard or money slipped away from me
until day / brought face to face with the
fact that 1 had but 10 cents between me and star
walton and something must be done.
II took my 10 cents and bought ten cents worth
of sugar and cents worth of ripe plums convert
ing them into jelly, making six glasses which L
sold at ten cents glass to kind neighbors, who
agreed TO return the glasses when empty.
with this 60 cents capital the way TO
in like manner was opened up, and I do
ing a thriving business in homemade dainties and
cooking, which always bring a fair price and tho
problem of living solved"
when II years old / met with acct
dent in which my right hand badly burned"
wrote a Chicago girl named Grace Kennett, that
had to have it amputated." Thus handicapped
she began her fight.
81 thought at the time" she said 81 would never