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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-05-29

Being alone in the house, and hearing
burglars downstairs, woman had the
presence Of mind to take large paper
bag, blow it full OF air, then break 1t on
the wall OF the stairs. Mistaking the loud
report for pistol shot, the robbers fed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-05-29
FORM OF BALLOT.

Make cross Xxi in the square TO the right
OF the name Of the person you wish to vote
for. Follow directions as to number OF candi-
dates to he marked for each office. Add
names by writing, or FASTING stickers, in the
blank spaces, and mark cross tx to right Of
such names. Do not erase names.
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What Texans Admire

rs hearty, vigorous life, according to Hugh
aa!iman, Of San Antonio. 1--WE fnd," he
writes, that DR.. Kings New Life Pills surely
and believe they are the best made" Ex-
SSssnent for stomach, liver or kidney troubles.
cts at all druggists.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-05-29

is now looking for a pair of horses.
George l.. Leach, who sold his span sew
eral weeks ago, is still without team,
though he has travelled extensively to find
one.
Nav 81 II.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-05-29

AsHvILLE.

John Carpenter is having his house fin
ished above.
Miss Alva Leighton IL at Lemuei Bun
ker's, South Gouidsboro.
May %. PHOEBE.
Mrs. Joan Sargent is with her daughter,
Mrs. ". NJ. Pettee.
Mrs. kenneth Bragdon is the guest OF
E. E. Bragdon and wife.
Mrs. Rena Ash, of East Sullivan, is en-
ployed at Capt. Albee's.
The Schietfelin family is expected at
their cottage here Tuesday.
John Tracy and wife, Of West Goulds-
boro, visited here last week.
May q. PHOEBE.
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opposed to sending attorneys for rail
roads and express companies to CON
gress to help me. My fight is a fight
for the masses. You are on the side
of the "big interests" or you are on
the side of the masses. There is no
middle ground.
Do not let Craftsmanship Of a com
mittee becloud the issue. The mon
ey power as represented by national
banks, railroads, express companies
and special interests is back of Mr..
Sparkman. The personnel of his cam
paign committee proves this. T. C.
Taliaferro, president of the First Ma
tional Bank of Tampa, is its treas
urer; T. B. King, president of the
Arcadia National Bank, is member
of it; H. c. Griffin, recent employee
of the A. c. L., is a member; e. L.
Sparkman is its secretary and Perry
G. Wall, plutocrat, is its chairman
Instead of making April the 3Oth
"Sparkman Day" may your work at
the polls on that day be such, my
countrymen, as to make May the LIST
the peoples day. May the people on
May the LIST be able to celebrate
victory because they have again tri-
umphed owed the money power and
because principle has won instead of
expediency; democracy instead of plu-
tocracy.
The special interests are standing
together and working for their man.
Let the masses stand together and
fight for equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none and they will
win
HERBERT S. PHILLIPS.
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A droll sight was witnessed in a
circus house in New York the other
day. A bantam rooster and his wife
were scratching around where a big
elephant was feeding. The little
rooster got in the way and the ele-
plant swept him aside with his trunk.
AT once the little bantam's fighting
blood was up. He would brook no
such insult, especially in the presence
of his wife. Ruffling his neck feath-
ers, he proudly went to the attack
and pecked and spurred the elephant
on the trunk The big beast was TAX
en- by storm. He didn't have the har-
dihood to fight back, but roared for
help until his keeper came and made
the little rooster quit. All who want
to believe the story can, of course,
do so.
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LIVE SUBJECTS DEBATED

The Agatheridan Society of the
Ocala High School is to be commend
ed for the live subjects of it's de.
bates.
On Friday, April 18th, it discussed
the following:
Resolved, That Marion county
should be bonded for at least $780,.
900 for good roads and education"
Affirmative, Fred Meffert and Maud
Decker; negative, Ross Turner and
Ruby Cappleman.
The judges, who were Mamie Shep
ard, Rox Nixon and Olaf Zewadski
decided in favor of the affirmative.
On yesterday the society debated
the following subject:
Resolved, That the United States
should sell the Philippines"
Affirmative, Eric Mills and Mabel
Meffert; negative, John Bates and
Clara Hurtzenberg.
The judges. Mr. Weathers, Miss
Rexie Todd and Miss Mamie Shepard
decided in favor of the affirmative.
We hope that the debates on these
live subjects will be kept up.
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THE THINGS THAT WENT DOWN
WITH THE Snip

The master efforts Of human lnes.
nuity were in the ship The vcssel
was one Of the mightlest works ~
man, yet, in conflict with the element.
al forces of nature. Il was as TIE
merest cookie shell which the break.
ers toss upon the beach. swallowea
by the sea. which through al time
has taken its tool OF those who %
down to it in ships. In a few moments
not a ripple or bubble marked the
consummation of the greatest mari
time tragedy of modern times. Ana
so one of the greatest mechanical
and material achievements OF man
went down.
There was great wealth on the ship.
Men were there whose missions made
them masters of the lives OF their
fellow men: whose word In the world
of finance could cause industrial con.
ditions that would bring prosperity o.
distress to entire communities: whose
power was that OF uncrowned klnss
But like the toy. the Titanic. In that
grim hour was the bauble. wealth
an Insignificant. useless tribe: power.
less to purchase one iota Of the only
thing that then had value-lifei And
weatlh-the thing most sought and
priced at other times-went downi
There was pride on the ship--arro-
gance, self sufficiency. scorn Of the
humber brother. But with the crash
that brought the presence OF me
Great Leveler, massaged and mani.
cured and richly dressed miIlionalres
stood on the same footing as the hail.
naked and grimy stoker who a mo-
ment before was shoveling coal into
the Titanic's mighty furnaces. And
pride, and arrogance. aud scorn ol
class and hate of caste went down
with the ship.
But, oh-there. too. was love aud
loyalty-heroism self-sacrIflce. These
things did not go down with the ahlp.
Like the aroma OF incense. the odor
of the good deeds that blossomed n
that supreme hour. will rise from that
fatal spot, far out on the sad and sol.
emn sea, and diffuse its fragrance
through far-off lands-bringing the
assurance that men may yet be ds.
pended upon to develop heroic and
manly qualities whenever a crlsls
calls; that commercialism and the SCI
fishness begotten OF superclvllizatlon
has not yet eliminated from TIE
hearts of men the chivalry and nobll.
ity of character that form humanlfy's
fairest flower.
Nearly all the survivors Of the
great tragedy are womenl
Pampered millionaire and poverty.
pinched laborer. In the face Of ths
mighty crisis. were menl Men who
scorned to use their superior strsngth
at the expense of the weak: men Of
the mould of which martyrs are
made; men who went down into ths
depths with the glory Of great saert
flee shining in their faces-who died
that others might live.
Ills not upon the scafford hlRh.
Nor in the battles van
The fittest place for man 20 de
Is where man dies for man"
-Takafana TaIa~Tam
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trict, any objections you may see
proper to raise to mine.
Yours very truly,

IL ISI, any OUJCCIIOuS you Inlay see
| proper to raise to mine.
Yours very truly,
S. M. SPARKMAN.
Not hearing anything further from
him or his campaign committee, be-
gan an active campaign on February
21st.
When | would speak l would read
the foregoing letters and tell. the peo-
pie that | was still waiting to hear
from Mr.. Sparkman's campaign COM
mittee; that | was no puppet to act
only when a committee should pull
he string; that l was trying to deal
with a personality and not commit
tee, and that | needed no committee
to decide such matters for me.
On or about March 10th there ap-
peared in a number of papers as ad-
vertising matter statement prepar-
ed by Mr.. Sparkman or his commit
tee, stating that the above references
which | was making to Mr.. Spark
mans failure to meet me stamped me
as a heartless, soulless creature, be-
cause knew Mr.. Sparkman could not
meet me on account of his wife's i'll
ness
In order that | may brand as abso-
lutely false a letter which Mr.. Spark
man is quietly using against me I'M
der cover for the purpose OF putting
me in a false light before the people,
as well as an editorial in the Tampa
Times of April the goth, it is neces-
sarv for me to make this statement
and publish the following letters, to-
wit:
Tampa, Fla, April Is, 1912.
Rev. John Beers, Williston, Fla:
! NV Dear Sir-I have just been al
vised that someone at Williston mas
written Mr.. Sparkman that stated
in my speech there that Mrs. Spark
man was not sick and that the claim
that she was sick was untrue ana i
fake.
cannot believe there was anyone
present who would so grossly MIS-
state what / said, but, as Mr.. Spark
man is showing the letter to men VINO
reneat the contents, and in doing SO
GET still further from my true state
mont If becomes necessary for me
to rebuff the charge. am writing
Won. therefore, for the purpose OF re-
ouesting you to write me your recoi-
1octions of what | said about the mat
ter above referred to.
Nv recollection of what salu' III
substance. is as follows: In THIS
mornings issue of the Tampa IT'D
une. it's editor in an editorial Chains
that Mr.. sparkman cannot meet me
in Joint debate because his wire Is
too sick for him to leave ner ana DC
cause his duties at Washington re-
ouire his presence there when II Is
not necessary for him to be with MS
wife. who is in hospital III DAFT
more"
AS to the sickness of Mrs. SpafN,
man 7 want to say here and now tha'
! there is no one outside of her lnllne
date family who regrets her sickness
more than / do She is loved ana au
mired by all who know ner. na'
enioyed the hospitality of her nome
and have the highest personal resaio
for every member of the family. But
NV friends, she has not been IN TUG
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I Notwithstanding the foregoing, Mr.
| Sparkman spoke at Williston on the
| 18th, and at Ocala on the night OF
| the 18th. If l had known he was go
ing to speak l would have been al
both places.
On April goth, according to the re
port of the political speaking at
Brooksyille on that day, Thomas
Palmer represented Mr. Sparkman
and state that he was there repre-
senting Mr.. Sparkman, who was pre-
vented from being present on &C
count of illness in his family, referr
ing to Mrs. Sparkmans sickness.
In another column, on the same
page, the Tribune gave a summary
of the speech made by Mr.. Sparkman
on the same day at Arcadia.
| want the public to know that if
Mr. Sparkman had not brought the
sickness of his wife into this cam
paign, but putting it in the papers
throughout the district as paid adver-
Using matter, would never have re.
ferred to it; and that / only reluc-
family refer to it now because Mr..
Sparkman and his workers are trying
to make political capital of it for the
purpose of arousing sympathy in Mr..
Sparkman's behalf and prejudicing
the people against me. In short it
was Mr. Sparkman, acting through
the instrumentality of the men in
charge of his campaign, who injected
this wholly immaterial and irrevelant
issue into this campaign and are fol-
lowing it up by attributing statements
to me which are absolutely false and
untrue. Knowing the refined sensi-
bilities and retiring nature of Mrs.
Sparkman, as / do. | do not believe
that she has any knowledge of the
fact that her sickness is being para3-
ed before the public as it is.
If Mr.. Sparkman wanted to be fair
he would have come to me as soon as
he received such a letter and shown
it to me, and given me the name Of
the author, thereby giving me an op-
portunity to investigate the character
of the man who wrote the letter, his
motive for so doing, and whether or
not he was really present and heard
my speech. The fact that he has not
done so ought to convince, and l be-
lieve will convince, every fair-mindei
man that Mr.. Sparkman himself does
not believe the contents of the letter
and knows that the change is false.
There were at least one hundred peo-
pie present when | spoke at Willis
ton on the occasion when he claims
| made the statement. | am confident
there was no one present who will
say that | made any such statement
attributed to me by Mr.. Sparkman,
unless there was someone present
who is willing to misrepresent the
facts for the purpose of aiding Mr.
Sparkman. l believe every person
who heard me is truthful and will de-
nounce the charges as absolutely
false, just as Mr.. Beers, the pastor oil
the Methodist church there, has done
1t is for the people to decide from
the foregoing facts whether or not
Mr.. Sparkman is making a fair
square and open fight. The three de
bates that we have had were not ad
vertised beforehand, because did
not know that he would be present
until the day of the speaking.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT S. PHILIPS.
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|RBERT 5. PHILLIPS CONCLUSIVtLY SHOWS
/ flLsITY OF SPARKMAN'S RIDICULOUS CHARGES
grafton Crowd Desperate Straits for Campaign Methods Invade the Sane
y Home and Summon fasehood Lieu Of Facts to Use Against
the Man Who Dae Fight for the People Against the
Corporations Attorney
Tampa, Fla, Oct. %, 1911.

Tampa, Fla, Oct. %, 1911.
aA - the Voters of the First Congress
II District: When Mr.. Sparkman
bunced his candidacy, wrote him
lng 0ster In the words following, to-
3 Tampa, Fla, Oct %, 1911.
s. NJ. Sparkman, Tampa, Fla:
Dear Sir-I notice that you
na - announced in this mornings
lne that you are a candidate for
<ress to succeed yourself. AS
- already announced my candida
4 beg to assure you that l will be
Med to have you arrange to dis
the issues with me in every
My in the district. Not knowing
-. what time between now and the
80 ry will suit your convenience
me count of your public duties, /
: 80 orange my business to meet you
z = ch times and places as you may
! am writing you at once be-
~ am informed that you will
Tampa in day or two to be
=. s until congress convenes.
Mong other things | shall insist
the fact that you are retained
#iorney for the A. c. l.. railroad
=, Tor the Southern Express Com
Z 4 and that as such attorney you
a *ow drawing, and during your en-
Perm In congress have drawn,
- salary each year from these
service corporations, disquali-
- gu 70 represent the masses of
ople. | shall insist that your ac-
" boiling the democratic plat
and caucus and voting with the
sSuA mean machine to continue the
.rrxs auc power of Cannon, the re-
...r< an speaker of the house; that
seton In repudiating the DEM
49, platform of 1908 and voting
Dingley tariff on lumber; that
failure to initiate or advocate
Auon since you have been in
ss having for its object the pro-
~" OF the masses from the op-
'" re methods of the special in
should be repudiated at the
~ the democratic voters of this
w - TO hear from you at your
~ convenience, | am,
Very truly yours,
- H. S. PHILIPS.
november the eleventh he re-
% the foregoing letter as fol-
a tampa, Fla, Nov II, 1911.
. Phillips. Tampa, Fla:
Dear Sir-I have yours of the
- suggesting that an arrange
e made between us to discuss
saes' throughout the district.
Ping beg to say that a com
having the management of my
81 win likely be organized, to
refer your letter, and will
0afry out any arrangements
ttee may make with you.
a'ly' may say have no OBJ
- discussing with you any
issues that may arise between
rading our respective official
anu ! nope to be able, as |
nt ! win. to answer to the
Oa OF the people of the dis
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ATTENTION, VOTERS!

The Tampa Tribune and the Tampa
Times have set aside April Both as
'Sparkman Day" The Sparkman
forces in Tampa say that they must
carry Hillsborough county by 1900
majority TO defeat me. call upon
my friends-I call upon all who are
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Mayor Gaynor OF New York CITY. n
almost If not quite persuaded 70 eater
the presidential race: that II. not a.
a pronounced candidate. with bic haf
in the ring. but as q dark horse"
hitched to the fence outside.
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hospital at Baltimore all the time
since Mr.. Sparkman announced his
candidacy, and since l wrote him on
October 28th asking him to meet me
in joint debate. He has had Noyem-
Der, December, January, February and
part Of March in which he could
have agreed to meet me in joint de-
bate at such times and places as
might have suited his convenience.
l have not expected him to meet
me at every cross road in the district,
but thought it would be well for us
to meet and discuss the issues at at
least one place in every county in the
district. | want him to meet me face
to face before the voters of this dis
trict and let them hear us and make
up their verdict.
will great appreciate It if you will
give me your recollection as soon as
possible. All want is fair treatment
believe you will give it to me.
With best wishes, am.
Sincerely yours,
II. S. PHILLIPS.
The following is the reply to the
foregoing:
JOHN BEERS,
Pastor NJ. E. Church, South,
Williston, Fla,
April 14th, 1912.
Mr. H. S. Phillips, Tampa, Fla:
Dear Sir-In reply to yours of the
18th inst, will state your remarks re-
garding Mrs Sparkman's illness in
your speech at Williston was sub
stantially what you repeated to me
in your letter And without any pref
erence between you and Mr.. Spark
man, | state that if such a rumor is
out that you stated that Mrs. Spark
mans illness was a fake, it is abso-
lutely untrue and unfounded.
Fraternally,
JOHN BEERS.
On Monday night, April Sth, spoke
at Inverness After | had finished,
Captain Sam Hope got up and stated
to the crowd that Mr.. Sparkman was
not present, because his wife was
sick
When l returned to Tampa on the
9th, found that Mr.. Sparkman spoke
at Clearwater and visited other points
in Pinellas county on the Sth, the
very day that Captain Hope made the
foregoing statement.
On the 10th | spoke at Lakeland.
Mr.. Sparkman was there, and spoke
also He stated that | had made
statements at other places when he
was not present that | had not made
there. In my rejoinder l challenged
him before the crowd present to meet
me in joint debate every day from
then until the 30th, and stated that
if he would do so, | would soon con-
vince him that l would say everything
that | had ever said | assured him
that l could not say as much in for
ty-five minutes as could in an hour
and half.
He got up and stated that l made
the challenge because l knew he was
so situated (referring to his wife's i'll
ness) that he could not meet me.
On the 18th, at Sidney, after had
spoken, Captain Blackburn, of Tampa
got up and stated that Mr.. Sparkman
was not there, and would not be able,
on account of his wife's sickness, 10
speak any more before the primary
except possibly in Tampa.
On the night of the 10th, at Fort
Meade, Tom Palmer spoke for Mr..
Sparkman, and in a most pathetic
manner tried to play upon the sym
pathies of the audience and prejudice
the people against me by claiming
that Mr.. Sparkman was with his wife.
While Mr.. Palmer was doing that
Mr.. Sparkman was in Tampa and
Mrs. Sparkman in Baltimore.
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TO THE VOTERS OF MARION COUNTY:

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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-04-26

The meeting of the postmasters in
Daytona was the largest and best
ever held.
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The national reunion Of confsder.
ate Veterans may meet In Jacksonr
vile in 1918.
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"Tis not upon the scafford hlgh.
Nor in the battles van
The fittest place for man 70 dis
Is where man dies for man"
Lakeland Telegram.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-16
TAKE OWL OFF
EFFECTIVE JANUARY Il
Meningitis Scare, Says n. & T.
Traffic Manager, Has Caused
Many Places to Quarantine.

Trains Nos. II and IS, known as the
owl" running between Houston and
Dallas on the Houston e Texas Cen.
trail, will be discontinued on January
Is. Traffic Manager Dunlap, in max
ing the above announcement, stated
that the withdrawal of these two night
trains was due entirely to the extreme
disquiet experienced by the people in
the towns throughout the state in con-
nection with the outbreak of menin-
gifts in several of the Central Texas
communities.
"The meningitis scare said Mr..
Dunlap, "and the numerous quaran.
tines which have been put in effect,
and many of the towns quarantining
broadly against the entire world, has
seriously affected passenger business
and We were compelled to take off
these trains, temporarily at least, in
order to meet the requirements of the
situation. Houston Post.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-16
BARGAIN time / HERE
The oteat Annual Price s. ughterins
SIZE Of Eugene Edge esIns
Tomorrow.

The p\ople OF Bryan aid the sur.
roundingI territory have long since
learned fat there are twe real, gen.
uine bargain opportunities during each
year. Thkse bargain tim Is occyf at
the close tpr near the c bse Of each
season when Eugene Ed he, fon the
corner" is on his gAat cleanup
sales. 1t nd been the blity Of Mr..
Edge ever s pee he went iii business
to absolutely elean up hif stock at the
end of each season. I'll reason for
doing this Is t1at he ma4always have
fresh, new, cvisp, clear&stock of sea-
sonable goods fNr the ind section of his
customers. Hevwill nd carry any.
thing over at all land in this way has
built up reputat ION forE bis store that
the very latest ah new Est goods are
always to be found thee.
To clean up the ktocl twice a year
is no small job, but be pes it through
his great cleanup tsa es. In these
sales he places a ptcN on his goods
that will move thd@l regardless of
cost. The cost of al brticle cuts no
figure with Mr.. Edge 1t all; his one
idea is to sell 1t to md e room for the
new seasons goods and he never
fails to sell it. He p) pes price on
ii that will sell it anybw.
\ His great cleanup hle of winter
goods opens tomorroE morning, and
in this sale, to be p4fatly fair with
his customers, he hal II cluded every
thing in the store Ind only goods
which are strictly i'd tn winter sea-
son, but goods SUI tabli for spring,
summer or any otter time. It is a
| feast of bargains o high class goods
the like Of which las A ver seepIn
Bryan before.
A reporter for TIL EagR was shown
through the store Today Ind saw the
preparations that lad be IN made for
the sale. The gdbds have been ar
ranged for the cdhvenient inspection
of the customersl and e{ erything is
marked in plain figures. Extra sales
people have been Employed and every
thing is in readings for the opening.
The bargains IRE there! thousands
of them, and that there wilebe large
crowd at the opening goS without
saying. All jhould reme1 hber. that
those first at the sale wiz get the
cream of the sferings. !
The sale yfll be conduct led fairly
and legitimaYly. Every Gust mer will
be shown thf utmost courtesi and all
will be waited on with thes greatest
promptnesJ