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Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09
EVEN Is REFORMED.

It has become the custom with many
in this ncredulOus age to think lightly
Of ''reyivals Of religion" IN q cOmmu-
nifty, and to insist that It IS all mere
emotionaIism that viii Subside after
brief time and leave no permanent I'M
press for good Nowhere have We seen
a more effective answer to this mis-
taken view Of the subject than the fol-
lowing from the last issue Of the Plant
City Courier:
During the revival meeting which
recently closed in our city there were a
great many people who declared their
intention Of living better lives and ma
king themselves worth more to the
community, to the church and to their
families. Some Of the more critical
1 ones have said: They viii never hold
out; they VIII be as bad as ever IN q
little while This will probably prove
true. 1t generally does turn out thus
as applied 70 the whole number Of new
converts. But It nearly always hap
pens that there are a few who do hold
out. Suppose that out Of the hundred
or more who were converted during the
recent meeting, only one should remain
! true to his VOWS, can't you see that
great work was wrought? Think Of
the endless chain Of influence that one
| life may have on the world
Business men al over the world are
beginning to realize thai the Christian
religion is the most important thing in
the universe, and they have reached
the point where they are willing to In
vest their time and money In the fur
thering Of the gospel With them it is
no longer a question Of how many viii
be reached or how many will hold out.
They have come to see their duty as
| business men, as well as Christians.
and are willing to leave the result in
the hands of God.
Going back to the meeting held in
our town, We will say that We verify
believe the influence Of this meeting
will be felt in our town as long as the
town stands. The tenor of some lives
has been changed which cannot but
have their influence on the future of
Plant City. There are already being
heard rumbIings Of a threatened on
slaught against certain places Of wick
edness in our city,"
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09
FRANK CLARK WARNS Up.

In the tariff debate in congress Mon
day, Mt. Clark, Of Florida, said that
incidental protection was absolutely
necessary in certain cases, whereupOn
a Texas member asked Mr.. Clark if he
was prOtectiOnist. Mr.. Clark's reply
woke up the house, and he said 50 many
interesting things that We quote some
Of them below:
Mr.. Clark declared that all legisla-
ton was the result Of compromise. Il
don't expect to write the tariff bill for
this majority" he said "but | say to
you that if they put into this bill what
my people want, what they sent me
here to get, l shall not dictate to them
what else they shall put into it." He
said that as long as the people Of the
South had to bear the burdens Of the
protective tariff system, they at least
ought TO have a division Of the benefits.
Mr.. Clark quoted from the resolution
I Of the recent democratic caucus which
declared that the members Of the mi
nority were left free to vote as they
choose on constitutional questions and
also when instructed by their cOnstit-
usney to pursue a certain line Of &C
ton. He called attention to the me-
MORALS Of the Florida legislature that
a duty be put on Egyptian cotton and
other long staple cotton coming into
the United States in competition with
|. Sea Island cotton, also that duty be
put on citrus fruits, pineapples and the
like, "and," he exclaimed, Il am in
structed in that regard, and no hawk
ers and opinionated democrats can make
me violate a solemn obligation owe.
| am sick and tired Of hearing my
Southern colleagues talk Of the poor
men Of the South. want to do some
thing to take them out Of that class.
He said that if the republican party
would put into the pending tariff bill
what his people had instructed him to
get, he would vote for the bill regard
less Of anything else.
And there you have it-a straight
def from our congressman to the old
/ liners of democracy, whose constituents
having nothing that needs protection,
can safely stick to the old slogan Of
tariff for revenue only. But who il
this Sea Island cotton district where
our farmers are suffering from the
competition of the Egyptian staple com
/ ing in duty free, will say that Mr.,
Clark is wrong?
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09
DON'T NrTILATR THIS COUNTY

Petitions sent out from White Springs
are being circulated IN that section Of
this county which lies between Pine
Grove and the river, and a few Of the
citizens have signed them, asking the
legislature to form a new county, with
White Springs as the county seat
The proposed new county IS to be
formed By taking some territory from
Suwannee, Hamilton and Columbia
Hamilton county, We understand, or at
least some Of It's citizens, does not OBJ
Jet to the scheme, but a great major
ity Of the people Of Suwannee county
very strongly object to donating any
part Of her territory for such purpose.
If there we're any good and valid rea-
sons for this proposed action, It would
be different, but forming new counties
out Of old ones always means increased
taxation without increased benefits.
Our view Of this matter does not mean
that We object TO new county, with
White Springs as the county seat; It
means only that We object to taxing
any part Of Suwannee's territory to
form that new county. Ours Is not a
large county, and We believe that some
better reason than any thus far given,
viii have to be shown to the legislature
before that body viii consent to the
mutilatiOn Of old Suwannee.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09

The esteemed Kissimmee Gazette
saws that the Democrat is a splendid
paper and a credit to the press Of Flor
ida," but thinks that some Of our ads.
should be switched to less conspicuous
places to make room for a different
class Of reading matter. Not on your
life, dear brother. Our advertisers are
the very apples of our eye. They are
our cherished friends and cO-editOrs Of
the Democrat. They furnish the SIN
ews of war; they make the ghost walk;
they take away the terrOrs Of Saturday
afternoon when Mr.. Printerman, with
uncompromising face, walks up to the
caDtain's desk and waits in hard silence
for his weekly stipendisry emOlument;
they enable US to walk fearlessly down
the street with no weather eye out for
the butcher, the grocer, ct i'd Omne ge-
nus. In brief, they are our indispen-
sables without which the Democrat
would be as a water-lOgged craft BE-
Gained on a tideless sea, and dear, de-
Ightful tyrants that they are, they are
fully aware of the fact, and march
gaily into our hOspitable pages, sure Of
their welcome and their position.
Long may they wave, and may theil
shadows never grow less-nOr then
space in the Democrat, either.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09

~ go aRsea d the Florida Press
talah. elected q, the meeting in
AsFasins asi geek, are: Presi-
f Harry l. Brown. 81. Augustine
wee president, Frank Z. Har-
ns 0rta Bafnsf. secretary, 7. J. APP
nr lake CITY Index; treasurer,
- Wkis. jacksonville Fratemal
rafianal committeeman, c. L.
sasf 0ysh star Lake City was
sioi Or ne place Of meeting in
m
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09

o. IsFshllre which convened this
aast n tallahassee Is doubtless as able
a Hofity a. the average Of such bod
s % pc psst, and We hope to main
fHH tfai temperate and conservative
throughout the entire session.
bH aams newspapers have not been in
fhs habit u holding themselves down
ia ach a mid view Of the subject, and
Jhs jacksonville Flordian gently sati-
rfw ihese a. follows:
The legislature will convene next
Tuesday. April 6. If it isn't the
sblesl BODY Of men ever assembled in
Tallahassee in the beginning, and the
weakest' at It's close, the press Of
Florida will have slipped cog"
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09

Birds are q part Of the divine econ
ems by which We i've. Without birds
sFreallure would decline" A great
trsh eel stated By N c. Welch, Of
pamra Pa. IN a letter TO the Palat-
be Ness 3spl0rIbg the widespread pas
n &C. ths .ndiscumihate slaughter OF
60 arrrnt little creatures, merely tC
- ttem ial. Rutter and die. Nero
hhaFai hn Christians from much the
49, rafiua.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09

TIE agitation started recently to su-
sr-ie Ur Sledd a., president Of the
arssraiy 81 Florida doesn't seem to
fstf rrt Nith the kind Of response ex-
aef.f as .rs orginators. On the con-
faff co. facts developed by the agl-
sf.t seem 90 have strengthened the
..r 1T President sledd, and to show
ID fauan sith ike schools in 9TH
e afas that the university Of Flor
hs direction has not only
remarkably sell. but, its age and
muss fairy considered, It has
I Al unqualified success. A real
ay Boz a rare plant Of slow
stf sHl sb,Ie dihgent drumming
m aa 's halls wilh boys who ought
4. ii Hai58g grammar, arithmetic and
f r.smsntay branches in the prop
81 ffsiss II their home high schools,
ttai process would very thoroughly de-
Hfa is claims and pretensiOns as a
stai co. the higher education Of the
gath u Flsriia-a university in fact
sell a. name. The opposition to Dr.
si seems 20 have done him more
rzd than harm by revealing the dis,
advantages under which he labOrs, anC
ths success Of his administration des
pts them. and we suspect that th'
Hoard 81 Control will stand by him anC
ksep him Al the head Of the university
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09

The legislature is in session; our news
columns tell Of the organization Of the
Two houses and the officers elected; the
governors message was a strong doc
gmeht % which We shall refer hereaf-
Ter. and the Democrat will keep its
readers informed from week to week Of
Whst Is beng done at Tallahassee.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09
JEFFERSON COUNTYS PLAN
To Secure a System Of Good COTAty
Roads,

Alta second mass meeting Of the cit
liens of jefferson county last Saturday,
with about 50 present, the matter Of
good roads was discussed again. The
committee appointed the other week to
draw up law for this county by which
she can work her roads in an up-tO date
manner, made its report, and the law
as drawn up by them, was read:
This law, which is to be in the form
of a bill to be presented to the legisla-
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-09
this work

this work.
Immediately up1a lhf lt
bill by the legrs.a,ars I'D ss
by the goyeroF taH -
tive. -M0ntiCs.8 NFu
Evening journal., 1909-04-21
LISTEN! MISTAH
JOHNSON SPEAKS
COIOred Man Says He Can
Beat JeffrieS and That
Jim Knows it

PITTSBURG. April 21.-'That's the
very best news I have heard in years."
The speaker was Jack johnson. the
negro champion. who had just been
shown the United Press dispatch from
New York containing James ]. JEFF
fries determination to re-enter the
squared circle and meet the winner OF
the ketchell-Johnson bout
"Of course. / will be the winner, !" the
big black continued. "and that means
that Jeffries is 20 fight me. I expect
to finish Ketchell in less than ten
rounds and firmly believe that I can
turn the trick ON Jeffries just as easily.
Please say for me that l win gladly
take on Jenfries two weeks after my
fight with Ketchell, before the club
hanging up the largest purse. Jenfries
probably is a good man, but I am a
better one. and down in his heart he
knows it. too Frankly, believe that
he is afraid Of me, and IL ever get him
in "a foot ring I viii agree to knock
him out in ten rounds or forfeit my
end Of the purse. That goes, too"
Evening journal., 1909-04-21

DUPONT TEAM
TO PLAY BALL
ArraneeS Game Here With
Chester Fifth WarderS
on Saturday

on Saturday afternoon the dupont
Baseball Club OF the New Castle
County League viii open its season
with the Fifth Ward A. A. Of Chester.
The Fifth Ward Club Is one Of the
best known semi professional aggre-
cations in this vicinity. and last Satur-
day played a great game with the
Johnstown TriState Club, making the
loaguers exert themselves to win.
As the dupont Club expects a siren
uous season I'm the New Castle County
League. it was thought advisable to
secure the strongest possible attrac-
tions In order TO have the club In
shape by the opening of the league
which takes place May s. This Is the
FIRST time the Fifth Ward Club has
ever played in Wilmington, II having
been impossible to get them away from
their own grounds in Chester, where
they play all the fastest teams in the
east, ending the season with a series
with the Seaford team. which we'll
known club they played 20 a stand
still last year. Despite the great err
pense incurred in securing this attrac-
tion, II was deemed advisable to do so
by the dupont management in order
that tho DUPONT team could have a
thorough try out, and great game
should result when these two teams
meet
The same big crowd Of rooters who
attended tho games last year when du-
Pont won the city championship will
be on hand to help the home club land
a victory over their strong opponents.
The game viii be played at Front
and Union, beginning at 5.15 p. m.
Evening journal., 1909-04-21
TO
MEET HAGUE
By United Press Leased Special wire

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK, April 2l.-Sam I.angford is
to have an opponent at last and the re-
ports from the other side are that the man
is a wonder. lie is Ian Hague, new
heavy weight who appeared on the London
armament Monday night, when he dis
posed of Gunner Moir, the British heavy
weight who fought ten rounds with
Tommy Burns before the Canadian fighter
was able to stow him away. Hague knock
ed Moir out cold with two punches above
the heart winning in two minutes and
forty-seven seconds.
So soon as the British sports saw they
had a good one on hand they matched him
to meet Sam Langford. the Boston negro,
who was to have met Jack Johnson here,
but whose bout was declared on because
johnson "crawled"
Langford and Hague will meet on Derby
Day. May 26 for a purse Of $1,000 and a
side bet of $1,000.
Hague began his career as an amateur
and he has defeated all Of the big anna
teurs in England.
Evening journal., 1909-04-21
MANAGERS INTRODUCE
NEW STUNTS IN SPORT

The tricks and inner devices Of base
ball are becoming more and more in
trlcate each season. and every year
sees some new device put into opera
ton. Only two seasons back Connie
Mack introduced the scheme of chang
ing inhelders according to the hostile
pitcher-sending one man to q garden
II opposing hurler was right-handed.
and using different player If the
slabman proved to be southpaw This
innovation-the interchange of Hon-
man and Lord, according to whatever
man might work for the enemy-made
quite a hit and was copied by several
other managers. 1t was a vast i'm
privement over the old ideas Of risking
the regular lineup no matter how
weak this man or that might be
against left or right-handed pitchers
and then taking a chance with a sub
batter in the ninth inning.
This season two or three managers
will even carry the theoretical work
a good deal farther and will change
their batsmen according to the field
on which they have to play. On
ground that is hard and firm all the
bunters and short snappy hitters will
pe DIousuI INTO use ana on SOEBy,
slow field, where the inhelders can
send the short hits to first ahead of
the runners. the long. driving batsmen
will be ordered up. Take for instance
the White Sox park in Chicago. That
field is so slow and so spongy that
infeld hitters are as good as dead
ones when the game is started. Willie
Keller on that field wouldn't hit over
$50 on the season. Hereafter, when
teams play at Sox park. several man
ayers viii take out their light bunters
and send in ponderous boys who hit
them outside the diamond. The same
system will be adopted at several
other parks, and ought to prove a win
ner.
Evening journal., 1909-04-21

waive any penalty incurred by his op-
ponent under penalty Of disqualification.
The rules for casual water and for
water on putting greens will need care
ful study, and. with this idea I'm mind.
rule q is given in fun as follows.
u II a bah lie or be lost in n recog-
nized water hazard whether the ball lie In
the water or noD or IN casual water in
hazard. the player may drop a BAH un-
der penalty OF one stroke either (a) be-
hind the hazard. weexlng the spot at
which the ball crossed the margin OF the
hazard between himself and the hole. or
b) In the hazard keeping the spot at
which the ball entered the water between
himself and the hole.
(2) II a ball lie or be lost IN casual water
through tho green a player may drop a
ball without penalty within two club
lengths OF the margin as near as possible
TO the spot where the ball lay, but not
nearer to the hole.
II a ball when dropped roll into the
water 1t may be redropped without pen
atty.
go II a ball on the putting green lie in
casual water, or II casual water intervene
between a bail lying on the putting green
and the hole. the ball may be played
where IL lies, or Il may be lifted without
penalty and placed by hand. either with
IN two club lengths directly behind the
spot from which the ball was lifted or in
tho nearest position to that spot which is
not nearer TO the hole and which affords
a putt to the hole without casual water
intervening.
1O A ball lying so near the casual water
that the water interferes with the play
er stance may be treated as n Il lay in
casual water under the preceding section
of this rule.
90 II II be impossible from want Of space
IN which to play, or from any other cause.
for player to drop a ball IN conformity
with sections 1 and 2 Of this rule. or 10
place It IN conformity with section 3. he
shall drop" or place as nearly as
possible within the limits laid down in
these sections, but not nearer 10 the hole.
The penalty for breach Of this rule Is
the loss Of the hole.
Evening journal., 1909-04-21
SUICIDE FOR LACK OF A KISS.
Bride 1S Years Old Kills Herself as a
Result of Neglect.


HAMMOND, Ind. April 21.-Mrs.
Thomas Adelsperger, is years old. a
bride Of three weeks, shot and killed
herself in her home here becaus her
husband neglected to kiss her when
starting to work. He is a foreman in
the Standard Steel Works.
The couple returned from a honey
moon only a week ago. The girl be-
fore her marriage was Miss Lena
Marrs Of Ludington. Mich. Adelsper-
ger told the police his wife had been
happy with him, but that once she
had expressed a wish to see her par
ents. He delayed over breakfast, then.
finding he had to hurry to get to tho
steel works, did not wait to kiss hiS
wife. Fiften minutes after he had
gone a shot was heard by a girl in
the street. A policeman was called and
he found the bride dead on the floor
with bullet in her heart. On table
was the following note:
Dear Tom-Tell mama goodby for
me. II I ever did anything to hurt or
worry her I ask her forgiveness. Tom,
won't ask you again to kiss me when
you don't want to. for when you read
this I will be dead. Goodby. LENA"
Adelsperger was almost overcome by
.remorse and grief. An inquest will be
held tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1909-04-21
LOCALS TOO FAST
FOR "SANDBURRS"
Wilmington Defeats Atlantic
City S to lin Tri-City
Polo Game
Atlaiio CITY /; Wilmington. 5.


Wilmington sent Atlantic City home
last evening with hardened brow after
walloping them in the Tri-City polo game
at the Eleventh street Rink. Despite the
inclement weather good crowd was
present, and they did more than keep
the house IN blast from the start u
finish The game with It's phenomenal
passes and scientific plays was superb to
the end Weldin. Cloward and Chand-
Ter figured as the leading roles In the
game and they certainly made things
30 "humming.' when Il comes to good
clean playing. the Wilmington fellows
arc there with the goods. That VIII
mington had no more than one goal
sprung In on them. Is due TO the fact
that "Stonewall' Guest was on the Job.
The Mosquito Land" boys were there
with tho bells" on. but somehow or
other thoy were not successful IN their
driving work and only succeeded IN reg
istering one goal
The game opened with a rush. and
from the first whistle. the contestants
went after each other in a hot battle for
the supremacy. After a minute and ten
seconds OF fast play, Coward drew first
blood with the initial tally. and before
twelve seconds had elapsed he had an
other one In the net. Both OF these
goals were from clever passes from We'll
din and Chandler. After many futile
attempts, Clark scored for the Sand
burrs,' this being their only goal
In the second halt two more go :
were made by Cloward ably assls ed
by his fellow players. Thees goals were
made IN two minutes and fifteen seconds
and ten-fifteen. Weldin. who has al
ways played a good passing game. up
held more than his share. and Chandler
and Coward demonstrated some OF their
skin IN the form OF passing Cloward
was accurate in his drives for the
cage.
During the game Randolph had thir.
teen stops, Hughes, twelve Guest, nine
and Leonard, ten. II can be plainly
seen that the visitors were being knock.
ed more than the locals.
The lineup.
Evening journal., 1909-04-21
GOLF RULES TO
PUZZLE PLAYERS
If You Brush the Line Of a
Putt ii Will Cost You
the Hole

Vow that we are on the eve Of the golf
season IL would seem 10 be timely for all
clubs TO familiarize their members with
the new rules. The United States Golf As
recitation has been flooded with requests
for pocket editions Of the new rules, and
many copies have found their way into
the clubs in this vicinity.
II Is safe 10 conjecture that many a
golfer at the outset Of his play in compe-
titions this year viii nnd himself IN dire
straits because Of thoughtlessness in APP
riylng the new rules 10 his golf. There win
be little ignorance OF the new rules, be-
cause II is safe 20 say that every player
has given the new rules considerable
study. Not a few well-lSnown golfers have
already gotten into trouble because OF
Jack Of thoughtfulness, and even on the
ether sido OF the ocean, where mistakes
are rare compared to this country, James
Brzsd. at the very beginning Of a match,
proceeded to brush the line OF putt and
his opponent promptly claimed the hole.
There seemg 20 be a misunderstanding
IN many quarters over the rule which pro-
hints brushing the line Of the putt Some
persons have now become so cautious as
% refuse to touch tho line Of putt at all
under fear OF disqualification. As a mat
ter of fact. tho worst that can happen TO
. player for a breach OF the rule at match
play Is the loss OF the hole, and at medal
play a penalty Of two strokes. oddly
enough. not few have asked what is a
.wo-stroke penalty. II a person, after
playing one stroke. incurs two-stroSe
penalty. he viii then be playing four and
not three as some seem to believe
Although the new rule forbids brushing
the line OF putt. IL also states that dung
wormcasts. snow and ice may be scraped
aside with the club, but the club must not
be laid with more than its own weight on
the ground. nor may anything be pressed
down either with the club or in any other
way.
ia Is worthy Of special mention that
stymies must bo played; that practice
SWINGS must not be taken within clubs
length Of the ball; that a shot out OF
bounds from the tee may be reteed. but
through tho green the ball must be
dropped; that q player is now allowed a
clear putt TO the hole on a green where
there Is casual water. that the line OF
putt must not be brushed. that players
looking for a lost ball must signal to
others to pass and must wait until they
20 by and are out of range
For the benefit Of those individuals
who IN the past have endeavored in every
possible manner TO avoid playing stymies.
the following Is quoted:
Rue 7-when the balls are IN play the
ball further from the hole shall be played
first.
Special rule u)-on the putting green
n tho competitor whose ball IS the near
er to the hole play FIRST, his bali shall be
at once replaced.
The penalty for breach OF this rule Is
disqualification OF both competitors.
Special rule GA competitor shall not