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AT the foot of the hill where the
IA turnpike swerved sharply to
the left to avoid climbing the
abrupt elevation and close by
the brook, which. finding its source
somewhere among the hilltops. mean
dered leisurely through swamp and
swale and cut the farm squarely In
two, stood the old homestead The
moss grown shingled roof peeped mod
estly from behind screen of age-old
trees. and the low down sagging foun.
dations were scarcely anywhere visi-
BILE behind the rampant growth of rose
bushes that clambered halfway up the
south side of the house. There were
hlacs grown into trees, syringas that
crowded half across the gravel walk,
a giant honeysuckle vine that had been
choked and pruned back until its gnarl
ed old trunk resembled q grotesQue
freak of nature
The old homestead had housed and
reared seven generations of men and
women of the same name, but It had
come to pass that those of the seventh
generation were widely scattered and
the old homestead no longer knew
them. There were seven Of this gen
eration-seven boys-and the last to
leave the old homestead had gone
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Notice of Application for i ass, /

Notice of Application LOT 1883 AnI
Under Section s OF Chapter wv
Of Florida. -, poduIiI
Notice is hereby given that ! ~ osrtIssIl|
Lumber Co., purchaser OF tar Of Jlt|
No 81, dated the lst Gay ss,d cstt
A D., 1907, has filed ma made sRt
cate in my Otfice, and has 1Saos Ia "a scsd
cation for tax deed to ISSUE "a swbrcs
ance with law. Said certificate SNsrt " sltpf,
the following described PIoiP s tc.vit;
ed In Putnam county, Florld' s,sctbS
WI OF nwI and set Of nTtt ~ ss' ScIss
township o e., range "a e. . is d y
The said land being asso ob certlhd'|
date of the issuance oil sug pnsSdipe
In the name of Hilburn q ~ Ia red'ss
Unless said certificate sh saa5 ~ vii ~
ed according to law, tax u 81 TpecpBSd
thereon on the 18th day VI
A. D., 1910. .,.0.tvrs Spd y y
this the 18th day of Nove1MlIyScYpIysG
clerk circuit court. Putnam 49,. IN Do
o'''A By Henry Rut'hlns0D'
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Knoxville, Tenn, has population
Of 36:S46, according to the statistics of
the 18th census made public. This is
an increase of 3,7Oe, or ia per cent
over 32,6S7 in 1900. Knoxville county.
Tenn, containing the city of Knox
vile, has a population of 94,1s7, COM
pared with 1892 in 1900.
With impressive ceremonies the
state OF Pennsylvania unveiled a hand
some monument In the Salisbury, N.
c., federal cemetery in honor Of $500
Pennsylvania soldiers buried there
during the civil war
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Notice of Application for Inv ~.
Sect on OF Chapter 4sss, Laws 81 Il, Under
Noticeis hereby given that The Pa. t'OHdl
per 90, purchasers Of Tax CertiScaaassn lun
dated the LIST day Of July,A D 1867 b Ss a. kO,A
on ea sx n dses oGs and made sS
law. Said certificate embraces ,ho uanee with
Florida, to-wit: u'iam COUNT
Eh Of swh and swA of seh, sec,,,.
'o Mh range he; 100 acres. ''Oh
the Issuance ( such certificate in thu hue date Of
q. l.. Lyon. III 'ne name Of
Unless said certificate shall be redo.,.
cordlng 70 law tax deed viii is Issue iSs q
Witness my otiicS Iies sRSa,'n a; D. 1910 'l
the Nth day OF November, A, u. iO,o seal hi
lseail ,, HENRY HUTCHiNsnN
CLERK circuit court PutnamT
By Henry Hutchinson, ,r 70 Pi
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THE PANAMA CANAL.
Great Waterway VIII Be Completed
by December, 1918.

Great Waterway VIII Be Completed
by December, 1918.
The Panama canal will be completed
on December 1, 1918. This informa.
ton was given to President Taft while
he was inspecting the famous Gatun
dam, on which he spent several hours
The official date of the opening re-
mains January 1, 1915, Lieutenant
Colonel Goethals desiring one year in
which to train the canal tenders and
to get the machinery working smooth.
ly. Ships meantime will be granted
the privilege of the canal at their own
risk of possible delay incident to in
experienced operation.
In addition, it was announced by
Colonel Goethals that the report that
President Taft's visit was the fore
runner of request for another $780,
100000 from congress was unfounded.
The canal will be completed in 1918,
he said, within the 1915, 100000 already
authorized,
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Notice of AppncstiOn for ' i0aS t ~
Under s, elton 8 of Chapt'r 1000 U.s.
of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that Ihe nTG
Lumber Co., purchaser oil tsA az 4
No. 80, dated the lst GA s.rtls.
July, \. D. 1907, has filed saiu .S S A.
cate In my office, and has n,'I IN %.
plication for tax deed to ISSUE t'ss, y, y an.
cordance with law. Said certin $500, 4
braces the following described PLSPisc b.
situated In Putnam county, FiOi'O''
wit: ,.h,n i.
swt OF, nwt, section l. township
range 24e, 40 acres. lad At tA
The said land being asSeSe sos,tlacslI
date Of the Issuance OF sucn w. Tnls,
In the name Of F. Cunningns~ ,sdspud
said certificate shall DC iii -
according to law, tax deco nss" %
thereon on the 18th day OF pe'
A. d. 1910. ,.,rs and sss
Witness my official signs'uin 1910
this the 18th day of Nov, ,AAc;.gJi n
[SeaIl HENRY HUTohiN,TT M
Clerk circuit court Putnam cg ~ b 1
By II. Hutchinson
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tened. d mined Inc Ll0hi'
eyes. The broader back of the man
was sturdy enough to carry the bur
den. but the mother was bending I'M
der tine load
Don't worry, mother" soothed the
man. They have their families and
their cares, and we must be content"
1T is not that" she murmured, but"
and the eyes had frightened look
In them-"l do not feel equal toto
writing-the letters any more. IL
find them burden now"
The man gently pressed the hand
that had penned the daily letters
Rest. then, mother, rest! They will
not He stopped, he could not say
they would not miss them, and yet the
quivering heart at his side knew he
meant it. THAT is it," she replied
slowly; they will not miss them, and
that is-what-hurts."
The eyes dropped, and the head
rested heavily on the shoulder by her
side They sat there a long time
watching the fading light and the com
ing up of the hew moon. The dew
of the evening vet them before they
rose slowly and made their way inside
Long habit and training cannot be
changed In day or night, and moth
ers yearning for her sons insisted
that some message should be sent, but
each week the letters grew shorter and
there was no heart or life in them.
Sometimes they were so perfunctory
that one was merely duplicate of the
other, a mere reference to the weather
and crops and an assurance that all
were well. The hand copied from day
to day what the brain had dictated for
one. There was little variation.
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MORROW and they lived in
quiet peace on the homestead that had
sheltered so many Of their ancestors.
But there was loneliness in the moth
er heart When the first son had bro
ken away from the farm the 'pang had
been sharp and cruel, but there were
six left behind. Then the second had
grown restless and followed in the foot
steps of the elder. The third waited
a few years, silently filling the fertile
farm and watching for his chance. 1t
came one day with unexpected abrupt
ness.
Mother, I'm going to the city tomor-
row." he said at the close of hard
days work in the fields. "My oppor-
tunity has come"
There was no open opposition, but
the heartstrings were quivering. So
the third son went, and after him the
fourth. In few years the remaining
sturdy babies had grown to the stature
of manhood, and they, too, cast longing
eyes cityward. Would not one of them
remain on the farm?
The last to go had been her favorite,
for was he not the baby? And with
his going the light seemed to go out Of
the world for the aged couple. But
these two were Of pioneer stock, and
they had met and overcome adversely
in many forms, and in time they fell
back upon each others company and
found measure of contentment.
There were seven sons, and each
week seven letters left the homestead
mailed to different addresses. One went
to Chicago, another to New York, d
third to Boston, two to st. Louis, one
far off to the Pacific coast and the last
to nearby city. Monday was devoted
to thoughts Of the eldest, and the moth.
er brain and heart put into his letter
all the little news of the home life
which he had loved. He had been de.
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Colonel James Howard, grandson Of
the late General John E. Howard, OF
revolutionary fame, died at Baltimore
of pneumonia after a short illness. He
was IS years old. Colonel Howard
served on the general staff of the con.
federate army during the civil war.
Miss Nellie Jones died at Macon,
Ca, at the residence of her mother
from burns received several days ago
She was waiting on her mother, wh1
was Ill. She passed the fire and her
clothing ignited. inflicting frightfuI
burns, from which she died.
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Tolstoi, seeking Soiituuo, was SNeT
come by Fatigue and Passed His
Last Days at Small Railway Station
on Shores of Black Sea.
Count Leo Tolstoi died peacefully
Saturday. DR.. Makoyelsky and the
other attending physicians and Count
ess Tolstoi were at his side when the
end came. 1t was recognized long
before his case was hopeless, and al
S o'clock in the morning, after the
countess had been summoned and the
other members of the family had gath
cred in an adjoining room, the physi'
clans issued a bulletin, announcing
that the activity of the heart had
almost ceased, and that Tolstofs CON
dition was extremely dangerous.
Several of the physicians were
greatly overcome by the approaching
death of Russia's great writer.
Tolstoi, accompanied only by DR..
Makovelsky, left his home at Yasnaya
Poliana for the purpose Of ending his
days in solitude, to which he more
and more inclined during his later
years. His pilgrimage led him to the
monastery at Shamardino, in the
province of Kaluga, where he re-
NAMED as the guest of his sister,
Marie.
Learning that his retreat had been
discovered, he insisted upon proceed
ing on his Journey to the Caucasus,
where he hoped to spend his last
days close to the Tolstoian colony,
on the shores of the Black sea. But,
during the railroad journey, he was
overcome with exhaustion and the
cold, and DR.. Makovelsky was com
PEELED to have him transferred to the
flag station at Astapova, where he was
made as comfortable as possible in
the rude wooden building.
For FIVE days he had lain there,
suffering first from bronchitis and
later from Inflammation of the lungs.
Specialists were called from Mos.
COW and other places, but, notwith'
standing their efforts, the heart of the
great Russian responded but feebly to
the restoratives and stimulants ad.
ministered. On Saturday the attacks
Of heart failure increased alarmingly,
and many hours prior to the end the
physicians had given up all hope.
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Notice OF Apple .tlon for Iah psea a
Under Section s of Chapter 4SO0 Ia"
of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that kCan, y.
Lumber Co, purchaser of tex Certhc'p
No. SO, dated the lst day OF dul!, o.
D., 1907, has filed said certificate Id Y!
office and has made application lOr y
deed to issue In accordance WIN NV ~,
Said certificate embraces the iOI'ONIs
described property situated IN fu'D'u
county, Florida, to-wlt:
Nei of nwt and nw4 OF nwt ,seCIlOns
township 10, s., range "a e. 10 acres y A.
The said land being assessed " ~
date of the issuance OF such certlhT TA',..
the name OF Chas. 8. May vH
said certificate shall be redeems ~. Y
cording to law, tax deed will Issue , su['
on on the 18th day Of Dec, A. y, Ivy y,
Witness my official signature 6 Anu y
this 18th day OF Nov, A D. lyi ,ycor
[seal1 HENRY HUTCHlN0UNsi n.
Clerk circuit court. PutnAm county ~
By Henry Hutchinson Jh' D."
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ity work. These
were things Of
the city and not
Of the country.
T b cir parents
would not under
stand, as If the
mother love was
not in C ! u s We
e n o u G h to en-
brace all things
that touched the
hearts and lives
Of her offspring!
So the sadness
and loneliness Of
the life on the
old homestead
took on a keener
edge. The aged
couple would sit
hand In hand and
W a t C b the de-
parting rays of
Qno with nnfd.
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JOSEPH NJ. TERRELL
NAMED SENATOR
Ex-Governor Succeeds. Late
Senator Steve Clay.
APPOINTED BY GOV. BROWN
Action Of Georgla's Governor No sur
prise to the People, as 1t Was Gen.
orally Thought That Mr.. Terrell
Would Be Given the Honor.

Joseph Merswether Terrell is the
new United States senator from Geor'
gia.
The proclamation naming former
Governor Terrell to succeed the late
Senator Clay was made out by Gov
ernor Brown and read at a surprise
dinner party given at the mansion In
honor of Georgia's junior senator.
The naming of Governor Terrell Will
probably cause no surprise through
out the state. He was the one man
most conspicuously mentioned for the
post, and the one who was universally
expected to win the coveted honor.
Throughout the two heated cam
paigns of Governor Brown he was the
power behind the throne; he organ
lied the state, and his hand was on
every detail of the organization that
won victory two years ago, and that
mustered 100000 men to the polls this
year.
A former governor of Georgia and
former attorney general of the state
Senator Terrell has been conspicuous
for his interest in education for the
boys and girls of the state. The es-
tablishment of the eleven district agri-
cultural schools, which have since
come into being, was made an issue
in his campaign of 1902, when he first
ran for governor, and authorized dur
ing his incumbency in that office.
Senator Terrell served in the lower
house in the sessions of 1884 and
1885 and in the senate which con.
vened in 1890 He was elected at
torney general In 1892 and served I'M
til 1902, when he resigned to make the
race for governor In that campaign
he made over 100 speeches and de-
feated two able opponents, Hon. Du
Pont Guerry, Of Bib, and ]. H. Estill,
of Chatham.
He served in the Office of governor
for four years and eight months, being
given an extra length of time, owing
to the action of the legislature IN
changing the time Of meeting of the
legislature from October to June. He
retired from the governors chair on
July 1, 1906, and, has since been en-
gagged in the practice of law In At
lanta.
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RIOT AT PUEBLA.
Mexican Revolt Under Control After
Much Bloodshed.

mexican Revolt Onuer SontTol HIteT
Much Bloodshed.
Estimates of the number who were
killed in the fight between soldiers
and police on one side, and revolution
lists on the other at Puebla, continues
to be placed at from 100 to 40. Dis
patches from that city stated that it
was certain over 100 had BEEN slain
in the conflict.
Aquiles Cerdan, whose house was
the scene of the fight, was killed by
soldiers while resisting arrest in a
tunnel where he had taken refuge.
Cerdan fought to the last, firing at
the officers as soon as they found his
hiding place.
According to late advices from
Puebla there was no fear of further
trouble, as the troops were in con.
troll of the situation. 1t was said that
a large number Of factory employees
were still talking in a revolutionary
vein, but that there was no danger Of
another serious outbreak.
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pumpkin PES UHU
all the other good things. Wait until
we seer"
The raid on the kitchen which fol
lowed worked havoc with the weeks
cooking, but the joyous cries and
wrangling words mingled with laugh
ter were music to her ears. She had
her seven sons back again, and they
were boys still in spite of boards and
deeply lined foreheads and wrinkled
cheeks.
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Notice of Application for Tax Deed Under
Sections OF Chapter 1873, Laws OF Florida.
NvIcc is hereby given that Rodman Lum-
Der Co., purchasers of tax certificate No. lO9,
dated list day OF July, 4. D. 1907, has nled
said certificate in my office, and has made
application for tax deed to issue in accord
ance with law.
said certificate embraces the following
desc bed property, situated in Putnam
county, Florida, tO-wit:
E% o swA and EeH of seq section 10,
township II s.. range 13e.; l2O acres.
TIE said land being assessed at the date OF
the issuance OF such certificate in the name
of Iroplcal Land Co Unless said certi-
ficnte Shall be redeemed according to law,
tax deed will issue thereon on the 18th day
OF December, A. u. 1910.
Witness my official signature and seal this
this Illh day OF November, 1910.
ISpEiI HENRY HUTCHINSON,
CLERK Circuit Court Putnam Co., Fla.
Ey Henry Hutchinson, jr.. dep. elk.
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=
morning mail. and
perhaps-perhaps
but who can
tell? They drove
s i o W | y through
the crisp autumn
air and returned
at dinner time.
They were both
very silent and
grave. The man
was more con-
cerned over the
white drawn face
at his side than
at the neglect of
his sons. If they
only knew - If
they only knew!
They sat down
at the table alone,
she rousing her
self by a final eff
f..L e.. A. -nl-
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day, with its calm
peacefulness and
thoughtful refec-
tons. Her baby
had been of an
artistic and re-
ligious tempera-
ment, and the
Sabbath was con-
secrated to him.
She could speak
more freely and
intimately of her
| n n er thoughts
and home life,
q n d b er pen
moved more rap
idly over the pa
per.
At first the
W e e k ly letters
were answered
more or less reg
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J. H. Odell, Rufus Dazelas, a Mex
lean, and an unidentified man were
killed at Houston, Texas, in the yards
OF the Houston Belt and Terminal Co.
They were employees Of the company
and In avoiding one train stepped in
front Of an approaching Trinity and
Brazos Valley railroad train. odeil
was killed instantly. while his com
panions died later in q hospital
Mrs. Marion B. Kaxter. widely
known as a W. G. T. U. and woman
suffrage lecturer and worker, died at
her home in Seattle. Wash. at the
sss Of % ysAEs,
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voted to the live
stock, and she re-
corded faithfully
the details of
their progress.
Billy, his pet
horse, had long
8 In c e died, but
another colt had
been named after
him, and he was
always held in re-
serve TOT MS aD-
sent owner.
Tuesdays let
ter W s m ore
difficult of COM
position. 1t call
ed her forth into
the woods to get
news, for the Sec
ond son had been
a roamer and a
friend Of every
squirrel and rab-
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Notlee Of AppIIcatlon for Tax Deed under

Notice OF Application for Tax Deed Under
Section of Chapter 1888, Laws OF Florida
Notice is hereby given that Rodman Lum-
Der Co, purchaser of Tax Certificate No
ia, dated the 9th day of July, A. ID. I0S
has filed said certificate in INV of
flee, and has made application for tax deed
70 issue in accordance with law. Said certi-
ncate embraces the following described
property situated In Putnam County, Flori-
dn, to-wit:
Wa OF swl4, Blk Q, pge 6li, Section I6, Town
ship II 5, Range "a e.-SO acres.
Inc said lands being assessed at the date of
OF A r. Carey.
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, Tax Deed will issue there
on on the 18th day of December, A. d., 1910.
witness my official signature and seal
this llth day OF November, 1910
seal HENRY HUTCHINSON,
CLERK Circuit Court Putnam County. FLA.
BY Henry Hutchinson, Jr., ID, @.
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the face W a S
W r e a t h ed In a
holy smile as she
b u S tt Re d about
and c h a n G e d
dishes and added
m ore to t h g
tables supply.
eve only set
places for your
spirits, and not
for your bodies"
S b e murmured
guiltily. "A n d
you are all such
hearty eaters!"
Eyes, b sarty
eaters-blg eat
ers, m o t h e r!'
they said in one
voice. But We
know where you
keep the turkey
and the cranber-
ry sauce and the
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forth, like the
others, to battle
in the larger
world for life
and happiness.
Unlike many
old couples left
behind on the
farm to watch
and tend it in its
declining years.
these two were
not shorn Of the
necessaries or
even the luxu-
ries Of life. They
had laid aside
their little sum,
and they lived
with no dread
Of the morrow.
No shadow Of
debt or threat of
mortgage fore
closure b u n G
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itate the call of EPlsTLEs'
the bluejay and whistle the piping song
Of the fnches. She had learned the
nesting season of the different birds
he had loved, and her letters were full
Of woodland scenes and wild life.
Wednesday was a day Of easy letter
writing. 1t was all about crops, the
condition of the north and south fields.
the probable yield per acre and In
harvest time an account of the results
On Thursday her letter was addressed
to the young architect in New York,
and she spoke of the things which he
had loved, and Friday she roamed the
woods again for material, for he Of
San Francisco was the hunter and
trapper of the family, and Saturdays
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Notice OF Application for Tax Deed Under
Section of Chapter 1881, Laws OF Florida.
Notice is hereby given that Rodman Lum-
Der Co., purchaser of tax certificate No. 65,
dated the 9TH day of July, A. d. 1908,
has filed said certificate in my office, and
has made application for tax deed to issue
in accordance with law. Said certificate
embraces the following described property
situated in Putnam county, Florida, to-wit;
Se4 of sw4 section IA, township 10 S, range
% e.; 10 acres.
the issuance OF such certificate in the name
of II. =. Cunningham.
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, tax deed will issue thereon
ON the 18th day OF December, A. ID. 1910.
Witness my official signature and seal this
the 18th day OF November, A. ID. 1910
[Seall HENRY HUTCHINSON,
CLERK Circuit Court Putnam 90, Fla
BY Horny Hutchinson Ir. ID. G.
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Notice Of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section s of Chapter 1888 Laws
OF Florida.
Notice is hereby given that ROdnal
Lumber Co purchaser OF tax certificate
No. SO dated the LIST day Of July,
A. D., 1907, has filed said certif
cate in my Office, and has made spPict
ton for tax deed to issue In accOrdancs
with law. Said certificate embraces The
following described property situated ID
Putnam county, Florida, to-wlt'
SET of sw1, section 10, township lOs
range % Q. 40 acres.
The said land being assessed at The
date Of the Issuance OF such Ger lhcae
in the name OF Fred cunningham. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, tax deed will Issue
thereon on the 18th day OF December A.
d. 1910.
Witness my official signature and sea
this 18th day Of November, A. D, WV
ISeall HENRY HUTCHlNsOs.,
Clerk circuit court. Putnam county fh
By H. Hutchinson, Dr., d u