Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-08-26

After telling how Marshal Carter, OF
Ocala, missed dog he was shooting at
and nearly mt woman, the Star says:
Il will not be well for any evil doer to
think that, because of this incident, he
can afford to get gay with the marshal.
Mr.. Carter is handy with his fists, hetty
with his club and, sometimes, hits some
thing with his gun. He very nearly hit
something that time. So it will be just
as we'll for everybody to be nice to him.
Monday, September 3, will be labor
day and Jacksonville will celebrate it at
Ortega Park A splendid pragram is
being arranged for the occasion by the
Central Trades and Labor Council. Many
prominent speakers from over the state
have been invited to make addresses.
The dam recently built at the entrance
to the Lake Howell run is showing that
the work was well done and the volume
of water now going over it is quite an
imposing sight with its fall of about
three feet. The dam is Of concrete, is
sixty-five feet long, sud from four to five
feet high, with an average width of
three feet. 1t was built by Mr. Martin
Doyle under supervision of the Lakes
and Waterways Committee of the Win
ter Park Board of Trade and is a sub
stantial piece of work. The object is to
sustain an even depth of water in the
rnn-ways between lakes Maitland, Osceo-
Ia, Virginia and Mizel, so that boats
and launches can pass through at all
times. 1t raises the average height of
water during the entire season about
three feet.-OrIando Citizen.
The search for the bunch Of diamonds
lost by the Click family in the fire on
Palafox street early Friday morning con-
tinued all day yesterday, with the result
that ten stones in ell were recovered.
One valuable breach was recovered in
tact, also ring and q pin. Several loose
diamonds were found with the gold set
tings melted off of them. The method
employed is for negro girls to take the
ashes and sift them through their fingers
into vessel The owners of the valua-
bic stones hope to recover most of them
at least. Several large diamonds are
still missing.-Pens scola News.
Capt. G. r. Spalding, chief of the U.
s. Engineering Department for Florida,
with headquarters at Jacksonville, has
given notice of q meeting to be held in
DunneIlon the ~ of September and at
Tampa on the 10, to hear complaints
made against the phosphate companies
for allow ing the slush from the phos-
phate plants to empty into the Withla-
coochee river, thereby, as it is claimed,
greatly damaging the river. 1t is pre-
sumed that the hearing will attract q
large number of the cattlemen Of this
country, great numbers of cattle have
been killed as q direct result Of this
practice. Chronicle.
Palstka, Aug. 19.-In the presence of
5000 people, white, black, old and
young, Lawrence Drsgan paid the death
penalty on the gsllows this morning at
1855 o'clock, for the murder of his wife
near Nashua last year. The condemned
man assembled the scsffold at 1914, &C
companiedlby his spiritual adviser, 9th
er preachers, Sheriff Kennedy and depu-
ties. Dragan walked with finn step
and displayed remarkable stamina. He
talked Just twenty-three minutes, dur
ing whichItime he gave some wholesome
advice as to how to live to keep out of
trouble. He acknowledged killing his
wife, but said he had to do 1t. He still
loved her3in her grave, he said. He
thanked the sheriff and deputy for theiI
kindness to him while in jail, and beg
eed everybody in the sound Of his voice
to 80 live that they might meet him in
heaven. Prayer was then offered by the
attending minister, after which a sons
was sung, in which many Of the colorec
people present Joined. Dragsn shooE
hands with everybody on the scaffold
and asked..everybody to pray for him
also telling them goodbye. At 1850 hi
was plscedIon the trap, where he Offered
the last.prsyer, winding up by bidding
everybody goodbye. His arms and fee
were then tied, the black cap adjusted
and the moose fastened about his neck
When heIwas.. sure everything wa
ready, Dragan announced "Au ready,
and at 1855 plunged downward to hi
death. His neck was broken instantly
and he died without tremor. At ILL
he was pronounced dead and the bod!
taken down.
The cotton market opened up yer.
lively in Alachua Thursday. The brok
ers offered ten cents . pound for tn
fieecy staple in the seed. This is tn
highest market price offered for cottol
in the seed in many years and the farm
ers all seem very happy over their pros
poets. Reports from Alachua stated tina
the rainy season had hurt the stapl
slivhtly. but everyone seemed sure tbs
the high price would make mp for tn
abort crop.-Gninesvine Sun.
Rohbers entered and looted the pos
So. .A Marital Monday night and 81