Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-09
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country paper because he got more pa
per for the money, was attracted by the
advertisement Of fire escape which
would be forwarded on receipt of %.
He sent the cash and in few days re-
ceiyed copy of the New Testament.
About $3.50 Friday morning the large
sheet iron warehouse at the rear Of the
Merrydsy building on the river front COL
lapsed with rumbling noise, one end
of it going into the water. 1t was used
by several firms in town as place for
storing surplus goods, such as wagons,
hardware, etc. The timbers had become
very much decayed and the great weight
of the contents of the structure caused
it to fall in. Fortunately there was no
one in the building at the time and no
casualties resulted.-Palatks News.
Graceville, Fla. Sept. 2-DanglinG
from a trestle just outside OF town this
morning, were found the bodies of Ed.
Christian, a negro charged with shooting
Deputy Sheriff Allen Burns, and Hattie
Bowman, a negress, who had been ar
rested on the charge of being implicated
IN the crime. The negroes were taken
from the local Jail last night by mob
which had little trouble overpOweriDg
the guards. Several days ago warrant
was sworn out for Christian charging
him with the theft of q watch from q
local physician. When Burns, accom-
panied by the physician, went to Chris
.ian's home to make the arrest, his call
for Christian to come out was greeted
from within BY yo' e. of shots, one bull
let striking Burns in the bresat and anot-
her in the arm. As soon Is the physi-
clan spread the nows posses were organ
lied TO capture Christian, but ne made
good his escape. The woman, however,
was placed id Jail, suspected Of having
had q hand in the shooting. Late yes
terday Christian was brought back here
from Dothan, Ala, where be was cap
tured. He and the woman were led
from the Jail with ropes around their
necks.
While out in the boat Saturday little
Sarah Davis, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. W. Davis, of this city, at Shell Island
met with painful accident. Her hair
became entangled in the fly wheel of the
engine and her hair was literally torn
from her head, besides throwing her
against the SIDE of the boat. AS soon as
Mr.. Davis saw the accident he stepped
the boat. The wound was very pain
full one, but the little girl bore 1t like q
heroine. Medical aid was called in from
CRYSTAL River and now the little one
seems all right, except that she will
have to wait patiently for her hair to
grow. The wonder is that the child
was not kiIled.-Ocala Star.
The Pensacola Journal, good authori-
ty on any subject, says Florida growers
of Sea Island cotton expect to get q larg-
er price this year for their crop than they
obtained last year. The price last year
was kept mp by q shortage in the Egyp-
tan crop. The crop along the Nile this
year is said to be better but the great
bulk Of Sea Island cotton is said to be
used in tires for automobiles and these
are increasing 80 rapidly that the price
of the long staple is likely to increase
annually for several years yet.-Suwsn-
nee Democrat.
The other day John Cook, Of Orlando.
got Christopher Columbus notion in his
head. went down to Palm Beach and
started MP through the Everglades in bis
Buick, exploring. From Jupiter he
struck out through the Alapata Flats,
psssins several Indian camps on the road
20 the head of Lake Okeechobee, thence
on through the Taylor creek settlement
and MP through Tante to Passenger
where he struck the Kissimmee prairie
trail and followed it forty-fVe miles mp
through the Kissimmee Valley to Kissim
NEE and thence home, all in fourteen
hours, over o reasonably passable course
which consumes eight days OF laborious
going with horse and wagon, and which
the odometer measures Is $50 miles
A. O. Frost, one Of the leading citi'
zens of Danis, formerly mayor OF the
town and always one Of its most enthu'
siastic boosters, met with = very painful
accident last Thursday, but is congratu'
latins himself that il was no worse
His SON took q revolver from place
where IL had been resting for long
time and undertook to fire it, in order tc
clean the chambers. The gun refused
TO work and young Frost carried it tc
his father for his assistance. Mr.. Frost
went to work on it with will and had
4 removed all Of the shells bat one, wber
i this one suddenly came tearing out Of
the barrel OF the pistol and never stopped
until it had ploughed its way through
mis- knee and ont on the other side OF hi
leg several inches below. Luckily the
ballet was small and clean and Mr.. Frost
has suffered very little from the wound
4-Miami Metropolis.
IA The Presbyterisns Of Miami, largely
81 khronoh the benefaction Of Mr.. FlAgler