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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-16

valueless, and the home that had
sheltered the wounded privates,
as we'll as officials, but a shadow
of it's former splendor.
Grandma Carnes recalls the
comet of rs years ago accurately.
She was then about ten years
old. That comet she states was
more brilliant and very different
looking to the present one. The
night of the falling of the stars,
or as it was termed then the,
eruption in the air." created.
much alarm. The meteors APP:
peared to be as large as cocoa,
nuts, and continued falling
throughout ; the night, with. a
whizzing, swishing noise, which
continued throughout the next,
day, though the meteors were in
visible. The community for
several days was in a great state
of alarm and mourning. and
tive disastrous storms that fol
lowed during the same week, left
death and destruction in their
wake.
Grandma Carhes has always
lived a devoted Christian life.
Her picture, as she requested US
to say, represents her studying
the Bible, which is open at her
favorite chapter, the 14th Of
John, She is a close reader, en-
joying the secular papers, and
has been a reader and subscriber
Of the Texas Christian Advocate
since it's publication; DO
=. Her home was often the home
of Bishop James Keener and
family, and she now has in her
possession the record books Of
the Sabbath school and quarterly
conference Of her parish in
Louisiana, as far back as 1858
She takes pride in being elected
to honorary and life membership
in the Epworth league Of Sinner,
nd.says, to think she has lived
to her advanced age and then to
be hunted up and interviewed
for tile first time in her life by a
newspaper Representative.
When questioned as to her
creed and church relationship,
she .smiingly remarked; I'll
give you an answer framed sixty
years ago IS
"My ,Saviour's name I'll gladly sing,
He is my captain and-my king;
The DEVILS camp bid adieu,
And zion's peaceful land pursue
Thelreason why I'teil you this
The devil hates Methodist"
q. E. L,
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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-16
Lot for Sale.

Lot % by 100 feet. adjoining
the Alamo rock building and use
ozone wall can, be had in build.
Ing, For prices-and. terms apply
to John M, Kruger, Sinner,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
Social and
Personal

A MOTHER fashionable affair, in
~ which the younger members OF
4 Richmond society participated
was the handsome cotilion given last
evening in the auditorium Of the Jof-
ferson Hotel by Mrs. Philip Johnson.
In honor OF her daughter. Miss Mary
Scarborough. The ball room OF the
Jefferson was arranged with quanti-
ties Of palms and the walls wore hung
with smilax and pink buds. Bay trees
and palms formed an attractive back
ground for the receiving party, and the
same color scheme OF pink n green
was carried out most effectively In the
dining room. baskets of pink roses
caught with pink tuile being use 10
decorate the tables at which the guests
were seated for supper.
Mrs. johnson wore a handsome black
satin gown, draped in black chlfoh
and trimmed in rare old lace. She
carried orchids and lilies OF the val
ley. Miss Scarborough wore an ex-
uuisite frock of white chiffon. bull
over white satin and embroidered IN
an Eastern design. Her flowers were
O. pink roses and lilies.
Miss Scarborough has been much en-
~terta,ned this season. and was the
guest of honor recently at a very hand
rome afternoon reception given oy hei
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
New County omcers sworn In.

rsnecinl TO The Tirars- rsanntch.1
wadesboro, n. g., December 5.--The
new county officers were sworn In to-
day and the ceremony was OF unusual
interest, because of the many changes,
Tn fact, with the exception Of the cQun-
ty commissioners n the county SUR
veyor, every Office Is filled by a new
man. j. q. A. Craig has been treasurer
of the county for eighteen years, ana
is succeeded by F. F. Marsh. 'rhe
other officers who took the oath to-day
and fled their official bonds were:
County Commissioners, III. b, Allen, p,
H. McRea, y, p. McGregor; Sheriff, Il,
10. Lowcryi Register of Deeds, p, M.
Johnson; Clerk of the superior Court.
lW. X. BqGgani Coroner. Adam Green.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Mems 39c All
Pure Silk Four-in-
Hand Ties
All beautiful new colorings, each
put in a pretty holiday
box, with Christmas card, Or
for. AOC
man named Buchanan.

man named buchanan.
Mrs. Margaret Beale, ninety-two
years old. was burned to death in
Nansemond county, near Holland. Mrs
Bcale, an invalid, was left in a chair.
Mrs. Jackson Peele, her daughter, re-
turned a few minutes later and found
her enveloped in flames. Mrs. Beale
died before being able to disclose the
cause of the accident.
Suffolk is the only city In Virginia
whose census figures were not given
out with those of the State. In re-
Spouse to a query. Director Durand
wired his afternoon that they are not
ready. The delay is accounted for by
the affect that Suffolk was a town when
the enumeration was had.
From now until the close of the local
option campaign. all white preachers
have agreed to discuss the issue from
their pulpits every Sunday night. IF
any OF you don't like temperance
talks" one of the ministers declared
last night, ut will not do any good to
attend some other church. It's just as
bad there"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

was completely destroyed by
the fire OF Saturday morning; that
there is no place In the city In
which the corporation could resume
business, and il there were 1t has nc
stock with which to resume: that the
officers and employees OF the company
were suddenly and very Unexpectedly
thrown gut Of employment, and hav-
ing to seek work for a living, have
not the time to give attention to the
winding up OF their affairs that woulc
best conserve the interests OF thelI
creditors and stockholders. A recTv.
err was therefore asked. The firm lost
heavily by Saturdays fire, their lnsur'
ance not half covering the loss.
Personal and otherwise.
W, O.. Newsom, a well-known mer-
chant on Halifax Street, Is quite sick
Mrs. j. II. Whitmore is confined t.
her home in Ettrick by sickness.
The Rev. John Handley. a Paulist
priest OF Washington, preached to .
large congregation in st. Joseph's
Catholic Church last night on the sub.
ject OF marriage n Divorce" dis
cusslng the attitude OF the church and
IF society on the matter.
The Rev. Pembroke Reed, of Berk-
ley, who has been called to the rec
torship OF st. Johns Episcopal Church
here, was in the city several days ago
looking over the field. He has not yet
given answer to the call, but 1t Is
hoped tina he will accept.
The Rev. Charles r. Strlbllns. the
new pastor OF Tabb Street P%resbyte-
rian Church, is expected to arrive In
Petersburg this week and to enter on
his duties next Sunday.
The first snow of the season fell here
yesterday to a depth of about one inch,
Hail and rain have been falling all
day.
Many thousands OF people. among
them several hundred from Richmond.
viewed the fire ruins on Sycamore
Street on Sunday.
The vault Of the Appomattox Trust,
Company was opened yesterday. and
ull the books, records. etc, were found
intact. The money vault Is still buried
In the ruins, and will be opened later.
Reports Denied.
The Medical Facultyso OF this city mas
issued a signed statement denying re-
ports that charity patients nave been
refused admission to the Petersburg
Hospital. Tho statement declares that
unless the hospltaF has been crowded
no charity patient has been denied care
and treatment.
II, A. Stevens, a white man from
Richmond, was sentenced to jail FOL
thirty days this morning for stealing
a cake OF cheese from a Bollinghrook
Street merchant.
Among the merchants that We're ST
unfortunate as to sustain heavy losses
In. the fire at Petersburg wGA Mrs,
James Kain. Jr, of Richmond. who had
hair-dressing parlors on the second
floor over j. O. James's shoe store,
Her losses will he about $l,6oo. COW
cred by insurance OF $500.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
FIRST SNOW OF SEASON
AT FREDERICKSBURG
Ground Covered to Depth OF Several
Inches-ChanEe In Control of
Assembly Home and School

Especial TO The Times-Dispa'cb.l
Fredericksburg, Va, December 81
Snow commenced falling here at an
early hour this morning, and continued
at a rapid rate until late in the day.
The ground was covered to a depth os
several inches. 1t is the first heavy
snow of the season.
A decree has been entered here in the
Corporation Court directing hat all OF
the property Of the Assembly Home
and School. in his city, be Transferred
TO the Executive Committee of the
Christian Education and Ministerial
Relief of the Presbyterian Church OF
the United States. The decree provides
shall be continued in this city, and
Under this decree 1t will receive snp
port from the entire presbyterian
Church, South. which puts It on a bet
ter basis than ever before.
The B. F. Smith Construction Com
pany, of Washington, through Attorney
Ia. O'Conor Goolrick, of this city, has
Instituted action in the Ctscuis Court
of King George county agalnsc tho
|Ecard of Supervisors of that county, 70
compel them to pay S305.94 for plans
ard specifications for the new court
house which the board intended IL
build until the adverse vote at the
election this year. Plans had already
been accepted by the board.
AT the annu,l memorial Aeercises cl
the Elks Order in this c ty, held las,
evening at Trinity Episcopal Church
the: address of the occasion was lie.
liNered by Rev. H. Fl. Barber. rector
OF tie church.
Representative c. G. Carl,n. OF TIC
Eighth District, has nominated Wllbu,
Curtis Hall, son Of Henry Hall, o.
Leesturg, as first alternate from tho
district for examination for admission
as midshipman at tho Naval Academ,
at Annapolis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
BODY FOUND ON RAILROAD.
Coroner May Investigate Cause a
Death of Walter Taylor.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch,

Especial to TIE TImes-Dlspatch,
Durham, N. G., December 5.-NIen
the railroad found the body Of Walter
TAYLOR, OF Duke. a white man. twenty
one years old, lying across the track
at the junction of Durham and tSouth-
Railroads, about one mile southeast
of East Durham. He a a deep wound
on the hack of his head, his hands
We're clutching tussets Of brown
there had been a desperate struggle.
The body was then placed on the track.
He was seen at a restaurant in East
Durham between z and s o'clock Sun
took charge of the body, removed 1t
to East Durham, and Is. now conduct
Ing an investigation. SO far there Is
no clue as to murderer or murderers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
FotnI AHnir Mt Gnlsx.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
Roanoke. Va. December "a Galax
special says that Cabbie Ramer, of
that place, was fatally stabbed by
Ely Goodson. of Low Gap, N. c., in
a street fight at Galax. Goodson fed,
leaving his team of horses standing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
Great Aid to Farmers.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
Winchester, Va, December 5.-Nine
inches of snow has fallen in the lower
Shenandoah Valley since Z o'clock this
morning. Farmers declare 1t is worth
thousands OF dollars, in view of the
fact that a drought has prevailed since
early autumn. and water was very
scarce in many localities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
williams-Robcrtson.

Especial TO The TIlneS.DlSpNlCH,I
fredericksburg. Va, December o.
Raymond Williams and Miss Pearl p.
Robertson, daughter OF w, r., Robeft-
son, both OF Northumberland county
were. married Thursday at Liberty
Church Rev, j. s. Massey officiating,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
COURT IN SESSION.
Judge Wells Presidcs In Absence O
Judge Mason.

Especial to The Times-D.spatch.l
Spotsylvania, Va, December 5.-Ths
regular December term of the Circuit
Court of Spotsylvania county convened
to-day, and owing to the continued H.
ness of Judge John E. Mason. Judge
E. II. Wells. appointed by Governor
Mann, held the court. a regular grand
jury was e~mpanneled and brought in
an Indictment against Henry Evans for
grand larceny. Evans will be tried for
his offense at this session of the
court,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
Young woman End. Her Life.

Roanoke, Va, December 5.-Ida Hor-
ton, a young white woman, committed
suicide last night by swallowing car
bolic acid. She came from Pulaski
county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Mrs. g. Clarke Partridge, who has
been spending some time at the Jeffer-
son Hotel, left yesterday at noon for
New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Byrd Charles willis, of Alexandria;
DR.. A Murat Willis, of Richmond, and
Robert f. Williams, of Ell Paso.
Texas, have been the recent guests OF
John g. Williams, In Orange.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Miss Therese Nurney, of suffolk. Il
the guest OF her sister, Mrs. Thoma.
Smythe, on Monument Avenue, for sew
eral weeks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Mrs. Aylett T., Goddin. OF Forest Hili
who has been quite Ill at the Memoria
Hospital, Is now slightly improved.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Miss Gay Montague has returned to
Richmond. after a visit of several
weeks to Miss Mary Stuart Cooke. in
Roanoke.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

The Rev. L w. Smith, OF the Baptist
Seminary. Louisville. KY, is spending
some time In Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Miss Virginia McGill Is spending
some time at lyon Farm the home
of Mrs. Frederick Page, near Leesburg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Llewellyn McVeigh.
who nave been the guests of relatives
In Loudoun county. Va, have returned
to the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Mr.. n Mrs. II. L.. Hartwel1 have
returned to the city. after visiting at
the home Of DIR. W. II. Lewis. in
L~awrenceville, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Miss Edith Jones, who has been the
guest OF Mrs. James Binford, has re-
turned to her home In Newport News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06
NEGRO MURDERER CAUGHT.
Aged Woman E--ed to Death-Ccnsus
FiSures Not Rendy.

Especial to The Times-D ispatch.l
Suffolk, Va, December "a wire
this evening from Brodnax, on the
Southern Railway, says jim Lynch,
the murderer. has been captured.
Lynch on Sunday shot to death a white
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

and Mrs. Holmes Conrad, OF Winches-
ter, who has been Ill with pneumonia
In Denver, Colorado, is now improving.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Irving Clarke has returied to his
home in Seattle, Washington, after Wis
iting relatives In this city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Miss Helen Lipscomb, who has been
visiting Mrs. James Hoofnagle. at her
home in Ashland, has returned to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Mrs. Donald Fraser Claiborne, OF
Petersburg, is the guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles "A. English, in Leesburg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Professor Russell and Mrs. e. H
Russell, who attended the Whitehead
Whltsitt wedding in Richmond las
week, have returned to Frederlcks
burg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

Mrs, wlthers Miller, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. r. Bu-
ford, in Lawrenceville. has returned
to Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-06

HQlmsaz Conrad IL. son of Maios;.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-26
EAST COAST CROPS
VIEWED BY DIRECTOR

Prof. P. H. Rolls, director of the
Florida Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, has returned from trip down the
East Coast, he having spent sometime
with his family at Miami, the latter
having been there for the past several
weeks.
Pro. Rolls speaks optimistically re-
garding conditions on the East Coast,
Stating that conditions in that section
are generally good as regards the fruit
and vegetable crops although in some
instances the yield is not expected to
be as great as In former years says the
Gainesville sup.
"rhe East Coast Growers are fOrtu.
nate in one regard especially, remark
ed Prof, Rolls, land that is that they
are not bothered with the whitefiy and
other fruit destroying insects with
which some of the citrus-growing Sec
tions have been afflicted. While there
will not be full crop of grapefruit and
oranges, the yield and quality Of the
fruit the coming season will be of such
a nature as to command good prices,
hence the grower will be about as well
off as If the crop ran above the average.
Grapefruit comprises the principal
crop on the lower East Coast, and indi-
cations are that the crop will be about
ffty.per cent this year. The orange
yield will be little more. probably 80
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-26
A PREHISTORIC FIND
INTERESTS SCIENTISTS

In the possession of Capt. w. H
Rogers, of ManitOu, COL, is the
skull of a prehistoric man that, it is
said, may deal hard blow at all of the
theories that have been advanced by
scientists as to the age of man and it
is not at all unlikely that it will be the
means of eventually proving that man
lived more than thirteen million years
before the Gulf of Mexico was TO rmed.
The skull, apparently that of an adult,
was found recently by Capt Rogers
when some excavations were being
made under his direction in San Antonio,
Tex. Under more than three feet of
surface soil was a layer of solid lime
stone fourteen feet thick, and under the
limestone in crevice in the sub-strata
were found the bodies of the three men
who were in sitting posture, after the
manner of the cliff dweiler munimies,
and besides each lay his stone Ratchet,
his stone mug and a rude bone knife.
A slight dust over the bony IONS of
the skeletons showed where rude breech
clOuts had once laid. Other than this
SlIR III CONcIlIiS IL 10 oCISFCu .Hoe e"S
bodies were buried stark naked.
Below the men the limestone was
more than 100 feet thick, showing that
the bodies had been buried in crevice
and that the upper crest of limestone
had formed afterwards Although the
skulls of the men were well shaped and
resembled those of an Indian of the
higher type, their tools and instruments
of warfare denoted that the men were
of the stone are.
The limestone above their bodies, ac-
cording to authorities whom Capt.
Rogers interviewed on the matter, IS
formed from the fossil remains Of shell
fish. The deposit was made when the
fish died and the calcium skeleton SINKS
t. ,ha bottom Of the ocean. Since TINS
Is 50. lie bodies must have been buried
before tie Aul, Of Mckee was formed,
.,t.a. 4I ,iet uarl Of the american
.0Htuca. $50 aoiay the great bed OF
he c,.ul. ,.ac.4rehg 10 chemists
WA uaar yrays ~, Ehsy n?en esti-
.lte ,aot !, ~a,il n~ye been 80 many
~. '-aa r4.'aH years ago.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-26
EX-SENATOR ". CALL
DIES IN WASHINGTON

Former Senator Wilkinson Call, oil
Florida. died in Washington, D. c.,
Wednesday morning, of cerebral hem.
Orrhag ~, following an attack of paral.
ysis last Saturday.
Ex-senator Wilkinson Call was born
in RussellvilIe, KY, January 9. 1884.
He came to Florida as boy and in his
young manhood took up the legal pro.
fession, in which he was engaged for
several years. When the Civil War
broke out, Call was one of the first to
enlist from this State, being an erthus.
iastic fighter in the cause of the South.
He served in the Confederate army with
honor and became adjutant general. In
1872 and 1876 he was presidential
elector and the same year he was del
egate to the Democratic National Con.
ventiOn. He was chosen Senator from
Florida under the provisional govern
ment established by President Johnson,
but was denied admission. In 1879 he
was elected Senator and took his seat
on March 1s. following. He was re-
elected in 1885, serving until March 8,
1891. During the time Senator Call was
a. ttC ANuIiOHot Oopitdi TIC ColIICu
very strong influence with his colleagues
and was one of the most popular men,
bers of the greatest deliberative body
in the world. Senator Call also held
the confidence of his constituents and
could have been called the choice of the
people. He did good work for the State
and for many years was one of the prin-
cipal factors in its upbuiding. Senator
Cali was succeeded in Washington by
Senator Stephen R. Mallory, now de-
ceased.
Senator Call and Senator Daniel, of
Virginia, who died a short time ago,
were the two heroes who fought molly
side by side to kill the infamous force"
bill, the passage of which would have
ment the control of every Southern
ballot box by the federal government.
In the first Democratic primary ever
held in Florida, Senator Call was can
didate for re election, running against
James P. Taliaferro and John N. C.
Stockton, both of Jacksonville. He
was badly defeated.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-26
m~@.s SMITH WINS AS
GEORGIA l3gERNOR

1...,,.,, t..y.var 4as. Smith de-
f,s... Governor juseph " Brown IN
tag E.uogra,,e primaries 3" Georgia
go,.,..,shi, ny i"'",F'nn' votes ID
,l,, convention arG h} tVcE'l-hve, thou-
y.,u ,. rr,qr votes. iJOwn'S defeat Is
rev.. 'aI and once again Gas Georgia
5,o,,,. the Oh Democratic .ule OF CIV
ing ney g0,rraGrS lF0 terms, although
i, ,h,. instance !, was u give second
tenn 70 the may who vas defeated
aftr, MS tir5t. two wears ago StiiCn
led the progressive Democrats ana
made q fipht for the same issues upon
mbinb he was defeated then, His VIC
to ~ was also victory for the prohl-
hition forces for although that issue
d;d NOT come to the surface the ~
ananre of the local option forces IN
the state was generally against Smltn;
insurgency won in the Congressional
frht in the fifth district when Con-
mroesman Lon Livingston, for twenty
s.ars the member from the Atlanta
St; Ia was defeated by William Schley
Howard. Livingston supported the
E;tyverald amendment in the HOUSE,
allowing Cannon to make comue oes
9 MONUMENTS, but strange to say, eacn
If the other congressman IN tne s'ate
Ala The same. but were reelected al
though some went back by very mar
row margins. ., ,,on in the
Tenth district. 80 tho hottest
IA n Georgia in many years and the
.esult was surprising on all sldeS
While IL was realized that the guper-
,atorial race was close, y Nv was ~. mo- ma ra
, ,e e by either candidate that tn r. ma a.
I cr;tv would be so large on one eide OF
he other.