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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-12
MOLINE

Fake Detective Punched.-Bert Peal
of GA Fourth street was found I'M
conscious at a. m Sunday at Fourth
avenue and Eleventh street. He was
taken to police headquarters, where
he was revived. Later he proceeded
home. A revolver was found few
feet from where he was lying on the
sidewalk. 1t was discovered that Peal
owned the weapon A story learned
by the police was that Peal attempt
ed TO arrest a negro, representing him
self as a detective The negro, it is
said, knocked Peal down and fed.
Banks Hire Band.-Moline's bank
ing institutions have taken active in
terest in the approaching baseball
game between Fifteenth street and
Third avenue mines for the benefit of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29
r0MoRR0W's BONDING ELECTION

The election tomorrow for the
purpose of deciding the prOpo-
sition to issue bonds in the sum
of Sl5O.O 900 for sewerage syS'
TEN, paved streets. and lmprOv-
ed public buildings, is the most
important event, perhaps, IN the
history of Lakeland. Ii the
proposition is voted on favocably
il will be, indeed. a tit rounding
out OF a year of extraordinary
progress. on the part OF this
city. along all lines.
The sewerage bonds are gen
orally admitted to be the most
important, and there seems to
be no cause whatever to dou ot
that they will carry by an over
whellning majority. The city
has reached Il point in its growth
where sewerage Is an absolute
and immediate necessity. The
health of this community. which
has been it's greatest asset ano
proudest boast, demands this
improvement. The sewerage
proposition undoubtedly vii
carry, as it should.
OF scarcely less Importance U
the c,ty's growth and progress
is the proposition of pavc'
streets. More than by any othc
feature, city is Judged by IT.
streets. Their condition is tn
first thing that impresses ltsel
on the traveller or visitor, ant
the impression thus made ma!
win or lose many citizens. Mol'
over, permanent street building
is an actual economy, though tn
frst expense is considerable
There has been sufficient none
extended in a few years in re
pairs on streets embraced in tn
bond proposition, than woul
have been required to pave then
With paved streets these heav
repair expenses will be stopped
Some information along the I'm
of the cost of street c0nstru'
tion will be found in Mayor Cox
article on the first page OF u
DAYS paper, and a perusal {
this article is recommended.
The building bonds are ais
important, and those who have
proper faith in Lakelands futul
will vote for the issue in It's el
tirety.
The ballot to be voted tomo
row is printed in the column adJoi
ing for the information of the No'ci
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29
SCANDALOUS.

Have various county Superlntend-
ents in Florida been receiving brides
Tor issuing teachers certificates to
incompetent negroes? 1t would
seem so. if we are to believe the al
legations of one W. IT, Young. a neg
70, who was sentenced last week by
Judge Whitney, of the DeSoto circuit
court, to two and a half years i'm
Lrisonment for attempting to bride
Superintendent w. Is. Hare to issue
teachers certificates to persons who
had not taken and passed the exami-
nation which the law requires.
In the court report given by the
Arcadia News, it is said that Young
claimed to have been bribing county
superintendent for the past six years
TO sell him teachers certificates,
which he would resell throughout
the state. In that time, he had paid
one superintendent $4,000 and in
one year he himself had made
$4,000. The price paid the superln-
tendents ranged from $25 for third
grade up to $40 and $45 for frs.
Grade certificates. These were sign
cd and sealed in due form by the
guilty officials and were good Tor Sc
curing employment for the holders
in any county.
The holders OF these bought GER
t.hcates were never placed in tht
county in which they were ISSUED
hut in some ncighboring county. This
was done TO prevent the fraud iron
Icing detected.
Now, if this ncgro's statements are
true, and they certainly have the ap
rcarance of being so, there are ieH
county school superintendent II
Florida who ought to be in he pcni
Tertiary instead OF their official posi-
ltions. The fact OF being bribcd l
Iscandalous enough, but bribed by :
negro for $25 or $50 is simply helm
lous. And school official at that
A man who by all reason should b.
an eXcmplar of strictcst probity.
An investigation should be mad
lard these guilty officials discovers
and punished. If this negro foun
can and will give the names OF tn
offenders together with those OF tn
, teachers who bought certificates fror
him, it will be an easy matter to IA
certain whether his allegations ar
true or not At any rate. an earne.
effort should be made to discover tn
, truth and publish 1t; and il Young
, statements are found true, the guilt
, officials should be promptly expose
land punished.
1t is too scandalOus to have low
Lribc taken in charge OF the NOR;
and educational interests Of the chile
/ rem of any county.
y It should be said that but for I'll
Thigh character ant intlcxiblc integr
Itv OF DcSoto's upcrintcndcnt, tn
negro Young might have gone Q
n,viny his pcfariOllS business X
1 several years to come. -PUlta Cord
Y Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29

Some of the newspapers seem ue-
termined TO defeat Claude l. EhGie
FOR grcssman-at-large. no matter
what tactics may be required to ac-
,omplish their end. They're even
harcing him now with being Pretty
We hone the report will not OBTAIN
such general eredenee as will neccs-
state CIaude's making Il PERSONA
trip oyer the state to disproye IL.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29

What better investment have yon
ever heard Of than land? With all
the brieLt future that Florida pre-
sents at the present time. what bet
ter lard do yuu know of than Flor
ida land? Better get in on the ground
floor and get busy with your pencil
out the percentage that has resulted
from intelligent land purchases and
get what YOU can of tbs Florida
land for il will never be as cheap
asain as it is at the present time.
yAkelapd-Auburndale Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29

The Miami Metropolis had long
article purporting TO be the life o'
Peter the Great. but there wasn't
thing in it about Red Top rye
There only one Peter the Great' anu
he resides in Tampa.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29

Il is almost universally recognized
that the highest, most beautiful re-
Iations between the sexes is that
which exists when "A man and wOm-
an joyfully remain faithful to one
another all their lives. Such a bond
makes them lovers, hclpmatcs. COM
radcs. 1t is the best possible destiny
for both. 1t gives woman an assured
position. an honorcd place in the
community 1t cndows her with a
sense of responsibility. The man $
character is subtly Influenced by that
of his wife. Her tenderness sOOthe5
/ him in WEAKNESS and her devotion
cheers in disappointment. Pensaco-
| la Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29
THE TRUTH ABOUT FLORIDA.

In connection with an indictment
handed down last week by the Fed
eral Grand Jury at Jacksonville
against the Florida Home Land Co.
for fraudulent Misrepresentation, the
Sanford Herald, among other things,
has the following to say:
There are only a few real vegeta
BILE sections in the State OF Florida
where a man can make good on five
acres of land and unless they can
show you the actual results the
scheme is fake and the man who
perpetrates the fraud should b.
handed over to the police like any
other malefactOr who puts his hand
in your pocket and takes your mon
ey There is no State in the Union
that is SO rich in promise for the
homeseeker as Florida and because Of
this fact our fair state has become the
stamping ground for all the gold
brick men OF the universe. This fact
should not deter the man from max
| ing Investments, for We are only en-
crying from the chrysalis of boom
methods and getting into the light
of safe and sane methods of land
selling. Our state will suffer Dut tn,
real facts will not hurt the legiti.
mate real estate dealer or the rea
farming sections, although it viii
| nave a tendency to depress the sell
ing and make more timOrOus the dol
i lar of the homesecker who should
have invested at first hand in a see
| tion whore stuff will really grow
and The titles are clear.
This is cleaning up day for Flor
ida and the house will be in bette
shape to receive visitors after thu
dirt has been brushed away
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29
Sample Ballot

Election December 80, 1911. A. d.,
OF the City Of Lakeland. Fla. MAKE
cross mark (X) before the WORD
Eyes" or NO" and the names OF
YOUR choice of candidates.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29
Daily Thought.

There is no greater philanthropist
in the country than the working man
who shares his loaf OF bread with his
ncighborhood. Mr.. Will Crooks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29

$4,000 Bonds for purpose OF install
ing a Sewerage System In the City
of Lakeland, Florida.
(........ J. Yes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29
The Evening Telegram

Published every afternoon from the
Kentucky Building. Lakeland. Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-29

SEQ 900 Bonds for the purpose of paw
ing streets and avenues in the city
of Lakeland, Florida.
y No.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09
Mrs. E. R. Funkhouser Died Sud
denly Sunday Night

This community was shocked
Sunday night last shortly after
church services to learn of the I'M
expected death of Mrs. Elizabeth
Ringgold Funkhouser, wife OF Mr..
F. r. Funkhouser, which occurred
at her home on Jackson avenue and
White street, aged Ga years. Mrs.
Funkhouser was as we'll as usual
Saturday night and in company
with her daughter, Mrs. r. Lester
Hutton, and Mr.. Hutton, visited the
moving picture show. Later in the
night she was taken i'll of acute in
digestion and a physician sum
moned She was i'll all day Sunday
and died at night.
Mrs. Funkhouser was married to
Mr.. Funkhouser in Baltimore Jan
uary 13, 1868. and has made her
home in Lexington since 1872. She
was woman of attractive person
atty and devoted to her family and
home.
a family reunion was held at
their home July 15th-17th and all
children were present except one.
Surviving are her husband and
twelve children, who are: Mr.
Charles S. Funkhouser OF Baltimore;
Mr.. Marshall Funkhouser OF Indian
apolis; Mrs. George w. RAIDER of Rock
bridge; Mr.. Vernon f. Funkhouser
of Houston, Tex; Mr.. Elijah Funk
houser of Chicago; Mrs. w. T.
Farmer and Mrs. R. W. Huntington
of Bowling Green, Mo-; Mrs. T. S.
Leitch of Washington; Mrs. r. Les
ter Hutton, Messrs. Robert Ring
gold Funkhouser and Wilton Leitct
/, Funkhouser OF Lexington, and Mr.
Martin Guy Funkhouser OF Wash
milton. All the children are pres
ent except Mrs. Farmer and Mr.. V
/ f. Funkhouser. Two brothers ant
} one sister also survive: NJ essrs
Harry Martin Leitch, William Leitci
and Mary Ellen Leitch OF Baltimore
} The funeral took place from tn
: home this afternoon at O. clock
conducted by Rev. DR.. William S
> Hammond CT Woodstock The buria
was made in the Lexington GENE
5 terry.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09
Blood Hounds on Trail of a Rock
bridge Incendiary

Two blood hounds from the State
farm near Richmond were brought
to Lexington last Friday night and
taken to the Ruffner farm on Buffalo.
recently bought by William Zollman,
to track the man who had burned
the dwelling there Thursday night.
Mr.. Zollman suspected the fire to be
OF incendiary origin, and telegram
was sent to the State farm for blood
hounds. These dogs were under
the direction OF b. l.. Layne, one of
the trainers.
Arriving at Lexington Mr.. Layne
got Constable ]. P. Welsh TO accom-
pany him to the scene of the fire.
On account Of the rains Thursday
and Friday the dogs failed to track
the culprit. They did geton atrack,
however, but it proved to be that of
the Waterman, whom Mr.. Zollman
had stationed there to prevent
strangers from walking around the
| NC W udU dlh-
ed from the burnt house to a stump
some distance away, and the dogs
got on the trail and followed to the
stump.
The dogs were the two that were
used in the Beattie murder case in
Richmond. On that occasion, it will
be remembered, they circled around
in the road and returned to the spot
where the automobile stood in the
road way. So at Mr. Zollman' $, they
followed the known trail of the watch
man.
The hounds are of moderate size
and appear quite docile. But W hen
they get on the trail they are trans
, formed into vicious animals. One
is black. with yellow under the
body and on the legs, and weighed
o. pounds. The other is yellow and
weighed 40 pounds.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09
County Expenditures

We publish in this issue, on page
six, the report from the Board of
Supervisors of Rockbridge showing
the aggregate amount Of the receipts
and disbursements of the county
fund for six months ending June
30th. This exhibit is of interest to
all the taxpayers OF the county and
should be read by them. The dis
bursements, especially, show that
the Supervisors have expended the
funds CT the county judiciously and
for the best interest of the various
sections. Permanent improvements
have been made in the several dis.
trictS.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09

up street with D. Cummings Lind
say threatened to shoot Ruley's sis
ter ana others. Ruley helped to
pct ID. Cummings in Jail and then
swore out warrant against Lind
say and had him locked up.
Several other witnesses were
called to the stand and their testi-
mony in the main agreed with that
already given.
There was futter of excitement
when Officer Lindsay was called.
He told of hearing of trouble at
Cummings and of his refusal to go
there without d warrant, and did
not want to go even then, as he eX-
pected trouble, since he knew the
character OF the people. Accom-
panied by Chief Parent and John
Ruley no went down, and told of the
disturbance at the house. Mrs.
Cummings declared that no one was
gong u Vdh6 any Ouo away liOhi
that house. He read the warrant
to Hugh Cummings on the porch,
W no backed into house. d. Cum
mings came out and he thought he
had an ak and struck him twice
with his pistol. The officers start
ed up street with D. Cummings.
When some distance some one cried
lookout. and when he turned he saw
Cummings advancing with brick in
his hand, held up over his shoulder
Told him to stop, Cummings said
"D-you, shoot" and not needing ht
shot. Did not near Parent tell hin
not TO shoot. Thought he was il
peril. After that he and Johr
Ruley put D. Cummings in jail.
The jury brought in a verdic
that Cummings came to his deatl
by pistol wound by the hand o
is. Nj. Lindsay. Justice Piersor
sent him on the grand jury. AM
, put him under bail of 81 900.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09
Expelled From the Ministry

Rev. ]. o. Knott, pastor of the
Methodist church at Warrenton,
Va, has been expelled from the
ministry and his connection with
the Warrenton church severed.
The trial was held last week in
Washington, presided Ove- by
bishop Collins Denny. The jury
was composed OF thirteen preachers
OF the Baltimore Conference, M. E.
Church, South. The charges, it is
said, affect the moral standing OF
the preacher involved, although tn,
hearings were conducted with
secrecy. DIR. Forrest j. Prettymai
is the presiding elder Of the Wash.
ington district, in which Warren.
ton is located
DR.. Prettyman has been notified
that action would be brought against
him in the courts for defamation o.
character of Mr.. Knott.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09
Death of Mrs. L. M. Humphris
After Long Illness

MRS. Margaret Sewell HumphrIs.
aged "a years, died Monday morning,
August 7, 1911, shortly after seven
o'clock, at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. John w. Miley, Lexington,
after protracted illness from
complications. For a week previous
to her death she was in extremis,
and for weeks she was sustained
only by a wonderful exercise OF the
will.
Mrs. Humphris was a daughter OF
the late Mr.. Thomas Mccormick OF
Midway, Rockbridge county, and
her mother was Miss Elizabeth
Campbell OF the same neighborhood.
She was born April IA, 1887. She
was married June 3, 1888, to Mr..
Llewellyn NJ. Humphris, who died
in Lexington October Il, 1900. Her
early life was spent at Midway, and
her married life in that community,
at Cedar Grove, Bro wnsburg and for
the past thirty years in Lexington
Mrs. Humphris was a woman oil
unusual energy, of domestic turn
and OF patient and pa;nstaking de-
votion to family and friends. She
was a lifelong member of the
Methodist church.
Four daughters and one son sur
vive, They are Mrs. Mary F
Wilbourn, wife of Mr.. S. NJ. Will
bourn of Buena Vista; Mrs. Ella f
Miley, wife of Mr.. John w Miley o
Lexington; Mr. William r. Hum
phris of East Lexington; Mrs. Vir
ginia H. Beard. wife OF Mr.. John w
Beard of Covington; Mrs. Cora A
Brewer. wife Of Mr.. Oscar w
Brewer of Pulaski. Also thre
sisters: Mrs. Frederick Keller Q
Churchville, Va; Mrs. william
Thomas of Midway, and Mrs
Thomas J. Hildbrand of Lexington
The funeral was held fronlTrinit
Methodist church Tuesday after
noon at o'clock, conducted by Rev
DIR. William S. Hammond Of Wood
sock, former pastor Of the Lexing
ton church, the present pastor, Rev
Murray ID. Mitchell. being absen
in attendance upon camp meetin
services at Wesley Grove, Md
The interment was made in tn
family square Of the Lexingto
cemetery.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09
Refreshing Rains GLADDEN. the Earth

NC1ICSuAuS Nails OldUQCn Tue L dI III
Refreshing rains have fallen in
Rockbridge at intervals during the
past week. The drought was
broken Thursday afternoon by u
heavy downpour which lasted for
half an hour, and this was followed
by a gentle rain for some time.
Thursday night another rain fell,
and also on Friday. and since then
nearly every day has witnessed CO.
pious showers.
The rains seem to have been quite
general. not only in Rock bridge but
throughout the State. and especially
in the Shenandoah Valley. Corn
and other crops have responded to
the showers and have put on new
life. PAsturage is showing the ef-
fects OF the rain and likewise is re-
spending.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09

Capt. w. F. Pierson has lease d
his opera house to Messrs. r. S.
Bruce and T. s. Burwell, who will
conduct motion picture show
there, beginning in short time.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-08-09
Ube Lexington Gazette
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9. 1911
The Coming and Going of People
You Know

Mr.. Phillip Dingledine Of Ohio, is
visiting his cousin, Mrs. R. II. Fox.
Mrs. G. w. Effinger is visiting
relatives in Harrisonburg this week.
Miss Edith Burruss OF Spring
field, Mass. is visiting Mrs. ]. Dill
lard Warner.
Mr.. Robert Steele of Tazewell
county, is visiting his son, Mr.. A.
L. Steele near Lexington.
Messrs. r. S. Bruce and T. S.
Burwell we're business visitors in
Lynchburg yesterday.
Mr.. James 7. McCrum is off on a
visit to his brother, MIR. c. Mercer
McCrum in Birmingham, Ala.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Miley OF
Norfolk are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Miley on White street.
Mrs. J. L. Parent has returned
from q visit Of several weeks to her
uncle, Mr.. S. K. Greene at Midvale.
Mrs. Mamie G.. Baier left Tues
day for Lubbock, Texas, to spend
the summer with her sister, Mrs.
Robert J, billiard.
Mrs. w. c. Firebaugh has as her
guests her mother and sister, Mrs.
l.. G. Boggan and Miss Nellie Bog
gan OF Tupelo, Miss.
Mr.. William w. Wright of the r.
S. Anderson Company, has gone
North this week to purchase fall
goods for their china store.
Mrs. James Veech o. Louisville,
Ky, who spent several weeks with
her parents, Colonel and Mrs. J. ID.
II. Ross near town, has returned
home.
Mrs. Valery E. Austin Of Calves.
OIL, Tex, and Mrs. Edward Cooper
OF Bramwell, w. Va, arc visiting
their sister, Miss Mary L. Smith on
South Main street.
Miss Goldye Mae Schoppert, after
spending several weeks in Lexing-
ton with her sister, Miss Irene
Schoppert, returned yesterday &c
her home in Lewisburg, w. Va.
Mrs. William f. Edwards and
little son Forrest are visiting rel
atives in Baltimore. They stopped
off few days in Woodstock at the
home OF Rev. DIR. William S. Ham
mond
Miss Addie Albertoli of Roanoke
arrived in Lexington last week t.
visit her sister, Mrs. NJ. Samue
Goldman. Mrs. Goldman is thi:
week guest at Rockbridge Alum
ST. ings.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis and Mis-:
Annie Wilson OF Dunedin, Fla, Mrs
Fox OF Canada, and Miss Argyle
Tutwier of Spartinsburg, S. c., ar,
the guests of Mrs. J. Houston Leecl
on South Main street.
Mr.. Frank A. Nelson of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, has joined his wifi
in Lexington who is spending tn
summer with her parents, Col. ant
Mrs. oh. Ross, and is visiting hi
mother, Mrs. Alexander L. Nelson
Mr.. Joseph B.Van Meter of Shop
herdstown, w. Va, is the guest {
Mr.. Jacob Gassman this week. Nj
Van Meter served as Confederat
soldier during the Civil War, an
is much interested in the COnfedt
rate associations in this community
Mrs. William Jennings. Misse
Margaret Zollman and Laura Cris
Ter, Mess-s. Robert r. Witt, Sr., v
George White, Frank A. and Harr
Bayliss and Alexander M. Zollma
ale at the All-Healing Springs
Craig county.
Superintendent of Schools 6.
Effinger last week attended IL
meeting of division superintendent
at Farmville, and appears in ii
picture taken of that body of vi
ginia educators. which was publis
ed in Saturdays Richmond Time
Dispatch.
Expelled From the Ministry
Rev. ]. O. Knott. pastor of Il
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-05-23
ARREST
OF A Man For Jumping A
Board Bill

Sheriff Parker received a telephone
message to come to a point near the
Ohio State Sanatorium Sunday to ar
rest drunken man. The sheriff re-
sponded and found Charles Henry
Johnson. He brought him to the city
and locked him UP in the county Jail
on charge of intoxication.
On Monday it developed that John
son was wanted in Squire Harters
court for jumping board bill, an af-
fidavit having been made by Elizabeth
Atherton on May 10. Johnson was ar
raigned before Squire Harter and
pleaded guilty to the charge of jump
ing board bill, acknowledging that
he owed Mrs. Atherton SIS. The man
was released on bond upon condition
that he would pay the bill in weekly
payments.