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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-10

church autoed to Lamberton Thurs
day morning to assist in the song
services which were held there.
Miss Nettie Westspent her Thanks
giving vacation with her folks.
Selmer Tillisch spent last week
with his folks at Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs Clyde Grant left last
Saturday for Sisseton, S. D., where
he has position.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Hanson are the
proud parents of baby girl bern
Monday, Nov. "a.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-10

Joe Garthophner the industrious
agriculturest who is at present the
tenant on the Durham farm near
this city returned from a weeks vi
it at Britt Iowa Tuesday. Mr.. Gar
thophher is favorably'impressed with
the st. Louis train service and spoke
his appreciation of the palatial &C
commodations enroute with tense
feeling.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-10

Willard Root, assistant cashier Of
the First National Bank, was on the
sick list last week with an attack Of
appendicitis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28

one such story would be discovered in a months
reading. When a likely number of news thrilers were
placed in my hands, would go them carefully with
the relodramatic paywrghts would weigh the thrills
contained therein and would endeavor originate
and supplementary thrills for each story 1t may in
terest you to know that almost all the big melodramac
trers that hurled against the national spine by
the last decade and had their inspiration in
the newspapers.
@The King of the Opium Ring" was born when of
the Western newspapers printed article about the
discovery of drug smuggling big scale also
THE Opium Smugglers Of Frisco. ~The Queen of the
White Slaves" "The Fatal Wedding" "Nellie the
Beautiful Cloak Model" Edna. the Pretty Type
writer" "The Bowery After Dark" and one hundred
and sixty other well known thrlers that produced
Of total OF two hundred and fifty similarly deuced
from items OF cOncmporaneOuS that Velned their
lcsse- thrills into the beings of their readers.
Speaking of such thrilling items that
verted into melodramas it may be worth setting down
here that Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl" was
founded by Theodore krener the newspaper story
Of wealthy and well known New Workers. love affair
with girl whose social station in life beneath his
and that two OF the most successful melodranas
produced within recent years, Tracked Around
the World and @The Chinatown Trunk Mystery" had
their inspiration- you don't mind calling it that-in
the famous Crppen and Elsie Segel cases. During one
alone number of years ago produced twenty
eight meodranas, all but four of which were dra-
matte transcripts of actual occurrences
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28

COME men make their money by captalizng the
- brains of other men, and some men make their
money by capalizing their own brains | have
made great deal OF my money by captallZng the
spines of other 1t has not been the simplest task
in the world. either; for it is twice easy to get at
mans mind as it is to get at his spine You may get at
a mans mind through his heart, and at his heart $50
they say through his stomach but you have get at
his spine through his spine direct There short cut
1t has been held by some medical authorities, you
probably know that the spine is the real seat OF the
emotions. believe it. And it is the reserved seat, to
boot
The particular spinal emotion that have dealt in
is the thrill Whatever your physiological opinions
be- you will certainly grant that the splneyour spine.
is the home of the thrill And the most difficult
emotion generate is this trenuous CULVER. In
the category of emotions, it has been analysed by
wants that the order OF precedence from point OF SIM
plicy follows First, the laugh; secondly the cry;
thirdly, the thrill. That it is easier to make person
laugh than easier to make him cry than thrill him,
and difficult to thrill him than either to make him
laugh to cry believe that the truth of this sequence
has been established in literature know that it is
established fact in the theater The who can figure
successful manner in which to thrill audience
Immediately call up his tailor and order dozen
OF three four touring cars to nothing OF couple
OF runabouts for in the mornings. The spine is the
combination of the boXOtflce safe.
FOR many years my name has been associated with
melodrama 1t has been synonymous with such spine
attackers "The King of the Opium Ring, Tracked
Around the World and Bertha the Sewing Machine
Girl" for until recently. have practically devoted
my life to the ferreting out of thrill secrets and tricks in
operation The presentation OF melodramas OF the
species under consideration is too frequently regarded
a slapdash, haphazard unstuded labor sort of hit
endeavor that does not require much thought and
attention. Let me you that no spine has ever
been can be thrilled proitably without vast
amount of preparation the part of the persons
ceiving and editing the thrill Melodramas OF the kind
in which have dealt not dashed off, the public
believes. They more carefully deduced and evolved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28

than many a 50
called high class
drama.
For years | en-
ployed a small staff
of readers whose
duty it was not to
read plays, as is the
usual case, but to
read the newspapers
of every civilized
country under the
sun and to clip
therefron such ar
ticles of contcmpo-
raneous news inter-
est as had probably
provoked a thrill in
their readers. Very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28
BY A. H. WOODS
bones, it was and is neces-
SarN To Oh at than In the

bones, 1t was and IS neCes-
sary to 60 at them in the
three different ways sug-
gested. The reason for the
difference in the spines in the
localities specified, no theat-
real man is able to tell with
any satisfying exactness. But
that this difference does exist
is well realized.
TAKING melodrama from
the viewpoint Of spinal
capitalization, | believe that
the six greatest thrillers ever
produced during the 50 called
"melodramatic reign" in this
country might be rated as fol-
lows. speak not Of the plays
themselves, but Of the thrill
effects they contained and in
turn produced. They were
evolved by divers thrill ex-
perts, not the least Of whom
among them was that Thrill
Prince, Lincoln ]. Carter, who
began life as a telegraph
operator and subsequently APP
piled the results Of his obser-
vations while serving in that
capacity to the national spine.
Here IS the order:
l. "CHINAToWN CHARLIE
The big thrill effect in this
play was obtained by a scene
IN which the hero rescued the
heroine from the top story Of
a house in which she was being
held a prisoner, by climbing
up a human ladder formed by
twenty Of his comrades.
?. "THE SPAN OF LIFE. -
The spine was turned into dol
lars here in a scene that showed
the flight and escape of the
pursued heroine across a deep
canyon over the backs Of three
men who had hurled them
selves over the abyss and, By
locking their bodies together,
had formed a human bridge.
3. @BEDFoRD's Hope. =
This Lincoln Carter thriller
showed a race between the
villain in a railroad train and
the hero in an automobile,
with Denver as the goal. 7 he
race was the climax Of the
dramatic action, and was
shown in full sight Of the
audience.
4. @AFTER DARK. THE
spine was worked upon in this
melodrama by showing the
rescue Of the hero by the here
inc after the former had been
tied to 4 railroad track II an
underground tunnel.
5. AT THE EoTToM OF THE
SEA. Produced at the Acad-
envy of Music fifteen years
ago, this melodrama capital
lied the Eastern spine b.
working on it with scene
that showed the rescue Of the
leading characters by deep sea
divers after the sinking Of 3
ship.
s. ~THE FAST MAIL. =
The big thrill in this case was
provided by showing a loco
motive racing head on toward
the spines IN the orchestra
chairs, the action calling 70,
the arrival of the train at the
switch at a certain time II
order to save the leading dra-
matte factors life.
The chief purpose have in
chronicling this table Of cham
pion thrills, aside from any in
trinsic interest it may possess
from the viewpoint Of curious
record, is to indicate to the gen
eral reader the character of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28

ing these occur
rences in order to get
the best thrill effects. In j
however, is a secret |
shall presently di
vulge to you. There
never was a big writer of effective
melodrama : Theodore kremer,
Owen Davis, and Hal Reid, to name
the three who are known as the in
vincible trinity Of melodrama'-
who would not have made a good
newspaper city editor. The nose
for news" and the nose for thrill"
are synonymous. Ike Swift, who
wrote one of the Opium melo-
dramas for me, was as good a judge
of news values as | ever met. He
could pick thrill, a tear. or smile
out of a bushel OF heterogeneous
news items as readily as farmer
can pick out worny apples from a
bushcl for his private use.
BEFORE going into the heart of
- the thrill secrets, must tell you
that il is necessary for spine CAPT
talist to know the nature of the
spines in the different sections Of
the country. American spines are
not al the same For instance, after
six wears Of experimenting, learned
that there were exactly three differ
ent and distinct grades Of spine in
this fair land Of ours. Other theat-
rical men have observed the same
thing. Here is the analysis:
The spine residing in that section
of the theatrical country lying be
tween New York and Pittsburgh is
the most susceptible Of the lot. 1t
is the easiest spine to thrill; for the
thrill lies closer to the surface Of this
spine, comparatively, than it does
in the cases Of the other classes Of
spine. This fact (as we'll as the
other facts that follow was learned
by gazing the reception of long
list Of melodranas in the locality in
question. Frank thrillers like The
Fatal Wedding" and The Queen
of the White Slaves" brought from
ten to eleven thousand dollars a
week out of these Eastern spines,
where melodramas with the thrills
not 50 apparent fell far below that
mark.
The spine that stretches between
Pittsburgh and ST. Louis, between
the Allegheny and Mississippi
Rivers, or in other words the Middle
West theatrical spine. can be won
only by the quieter form of melo-
drama. of which class such a pres
entation as "Wedded and Parted is
typical The Middle West spine
can be thrilled not so effectively by
a rescue from drowning. for instance,
as by a sentimental thrill. The
thrill induced by an enforced separa-
ton of hero and heroine as the result
of the villains Vaccinations is the
sort Of thrill to which the Pittsburgh
to St Louis spine loves to respond.
The St. Louis to San Francisco
or Western spine answers most
readily to the CLOSED over thrill.
The mere mechanically induced
spinal vibration is not effective in
this territory The Western YER
tebral column wishes its tingle to
be generated by dramatic action,
rather than by what might be called
mechanical or scenic action Words
speak louder than actions west Of
the Mississippi
Therefore, to get the most profit
out of these various kinds of back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28

The trick of "edit-
ing these occur
rences in order to get
the best thrill effects.
however, is a secret |
shall presently di-
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-06-14
The State Craftsmanship.

Putnam county fell only few votes
short of getting the Second District Con
grcSSman. II had plenty of votes 10
spare when il went after the Chairman
ship of the State Democratic Executive
Committee.
Frank J. FearnSide, for the past IS
years a member of the committee,
was elected to the Craftsmanship at the
meeting of the committee in Jackson
vile last week on the first ballot. Some
half.dozen members of the committee
were ambitious in that line but all with.
drew in favor of Mr.. FearnSide except
Hon. John w. Burton of DeSoto Co.
Only one ballot was taken, MIR. Fearn-
side receiving 70 and Mr. Burton eight
The latter gentleman then arose and
moved that the election of Mr. Fearn-
side be made unanimous; and this was
done.
Palatka democrats will certainly p.
preciate the honor which has come TO
them through the selection of Mr.. Fearn-
side. There are few if any men in the
State who know the game OF politics
better than the new chairman. He is
a progressive and is of an age that en-
ableS him TO hold distinct recollection
of the men who have figured promin-
emily in the politics OF the State since
the days of reconstruction. And he is
young enough 10 Sympathize and bear a
hand with the younger men OF the State
who are pushing for new ideals. Mr.,
FcarnSide inherited his democracy and
has Srengthened it by systematic and
continuous cultivation. He will make a
good chairman.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-06-14
SHERIFF SMITH
WAS ACQUITTED
The Case was Submitted
Without Arqument.

Shriff Z. l.. Smith of Volusia county,
against whom an indictment was return
ed by Putnam county grand jury charg
ing him with the murder of VIM. G.
| McCaSkill, white fisherman of Lake
George, on Sept. 2S, 1911, was acquitted
by jury here Friday, the case having
been brought 10 Alachua county on a
change of venue.
The case was taken up Wednesday
morning, and all evidence had been sub
mitted when court adjourned Thursday
afternoon
1t was expected that argument would
be made Friday morning, but after court
was reconvened council for defense
offered to submit the case to the
jury upon the charge ofthe court. Solic-
itor Long agreed 10 the proposition, and
following the delivery of the charge by
Judge James T. Wills the jury retired at
ll.O5 a. m.
AS the time passed some who had ex-
pccted verdict within half hour grew
inpatient, and became Skeptical lest a
miStrial would result
The jury reported at about 1890, how
ever, less than an hour and a half after
they filed into the jury room. The
verdict was:
Gainesville, Fla, June 7, 1912.
| 1--WE, the jury, find the defendant not
guilty. So say we all.
'E. A. MILLER, Foreman.
| Judge Wills had warned the Specta-
Tors not to make demonstration when
the verdict was announced, and there
was none. Sheriff Smith was heartily
congratulated on the outcome, however,
by many of his friends from VoluSia
and other counties who have been at
tending the trial. He shook hands with
each Juror as they left the box. The
sheriff regrets as deeply as anyone Mr..
McCaskil'S death, but bis contention
was that ii was caused by accident, his
only reason in firing the shots being TO
frighten him so that he void stop.
The personnel OF the jury was c. Nj.
Collins, Percy Pardue, H. S. Breeden,
X. P. Miller, ]. L. Martin, T. M. Camp
bell, S. T. Burnett, S. ]. Berry, II. w.
Simmons, S. V. Duke, Z. A. Miller, H.
J. Rifles.
Although the jury were out nearly an
hour and half, their deliberations con
Sumed less than an hour. When the
ballot was taken the twelve men were
unit for acquittal One member stated
that they would have reported earlier,
but did not know the court was waiting
or expected a report during the noon
hour.
Sheriff Smith was represented by
Attorney Cary D. Lands OF DeLand,
Major Alex St. Clair-AbramS and A. G.
Hartridge of Jacksonville, and Evans
Halle and Thos. w. Fielding of Gaines
vile. They are naturally elated over
the result, but state that they felt
confident that their client would be ac-
quilted. Attorney Lands, who was
chief counsel, was nominated as State
Attorney for the Seventh Judicial Cir
cult at the April primary.-Gainesville
Sun.
States Attorney Long was assisted in
the prosecution by Judge V. Walton of
this city and Hon. Sid L. Carter of
Gainesville.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-06-14
Muck Lands Under Water.

The News has had word from tbf
Florahome section that the muck land,
surrounding that place are now, as a re
suit oil the late heavy, continuous rains
from two TO four feet under water ont
that the crops on The few acres unde,
cultivation have been DESTROYED The
News hopes there is some mistake obonI
this and thai the damage is not as ser.
iouS as reported.
These muck lands surrounding Flora.
home are among the most productive
and valuable in Florida. All that is
needed TO make them reliably produc.
live is comparatively inexpensive sys.
tenn OF drainage.
The Florahome tract was coIonizcd
some years ago by northern company
and the deeds or contracts of the com
pany carried with them an agreement ia
drain. In order 10 do this the company
laid out system of canals which were
not completed at the time the company
went out OF business ten or dozen
years ago Those who bought the lands
were defrauded to the extent of being
deprived of the drainage they had con,
tracted for
AS a result OF the company's failure to
properly drain, many of the settlers have
abandoned their places. A few only
have stuck.
AT the last session of the Legislature a
i, bril- was passed creating the Florahome
drainage district and authorizing the
board OF county commissioners TO orga
nizs themselves into a drainage board
and supervise the cleaning out of the
Florahome drainage canals. The ex.
penSe OF the same as provided in the
! bill was TO be taken from the land in a
certain defined drainage zone. This
drainage tax was TO be levied against
the lands benefited.
The law has met with opposition al
the hands of some of those taxed and
who claim that they are not benefited.
The whole amount of the drainage tax
| in this Florahome district as shown on
the collectors books is S3,775.43. or
this amount only 50, Ol6.75 has been
paid. Some of The parties assessed re-
fuse TO pay and the amount is therefore
a regular tax lien against their property.
Some of those who have not paid threat
en- 10 take the matter into the courts
Others who have not paid are willing 10
do so, but don't want their money tied
up in the courts indefinitely as il would
be in case action is taken.
The Rodman Lumber Co., a large
holder OF property in the drainage dis
trict, as well as the Farm & Home Co.
have paid their drainage tax after first
satisfying themselves that il was legal
and would hold.
II - Vn;I iIat e,,,n ~ ,b~en ,,.Locn
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-06-14
FAST BOAT RACES
FOR the FOURTH.
Likely that Record Miles will
be Made at the Big
Celebration.

The committee in charge of Palalka's s
monster Fourth of July celebration re.
Porl mat so far everything is coming
their way and that the original plans TO
make the big celebration excel in al.
tractive features anything ever yet given
in East Florida will be fully realized.
One OF, if not the most important,
sporting event will be the gathering
here ol all the fast motor boats in the
State. The list of entries which was
published last week includes all the
last boats now associated under the
banner OF the American Power Boat
Association, 10 which Palatka is now
united by power boat club of its own
There will be some eight or ten fast
boats entered for these races, and in
the event that record is made the
credit will come TO Palatka.
These boat races will take place
above the county bridge and in full
view OF all spectators, the entire course
being in view. 1t is doubtful if another
city in the south possesses a more sight
ly course for spectators, who will view
the races from the bridge or shore.
TheIc will be base ball games in the
morning and in the afternoon; besides
all sorts of sports appropriate TO the day.
Louis kalbleld leaves today on his
first trip TO adjoining counties to put up
the grcA posters 10 advertise the cele-
bralion 1t is the purpose OF the com
mittee TO thoroughly advertise the cele.
bration in Clay, Alachua, Bradford, Mar
ion, Volusia and ST. Johns counties, and
with the great crowds sure to roll in
from the country districts of our own
county, ii is certain that Palatka will be
called on TO entertain crowd on the
coming Fourth.
And the PaIatka Board of Trade doesn't
mean that any of the visitors shall re-
turn home disappointed with their enter
tainment.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-06-14
ROBLEY BRUCE'S
FATAL INJURY
Result Of an Unavoidable Ac-
cident Declares the Core
ner'S Jury.

Robley Bruce an honored citizen oil
many years standing in this city received
fatal injuries in an automobile accident
on Lemon street last Saturday noon
from which he died about six O'Clock
the same evening.
The accident occurred Just as Mr..
Bruce was rounding the corner at Fcarn-
sides and coming into Lemon street on
his way home 10 his mid day lunch. 1t
had been raining necessarily and was al
the time of the accident. AS he turned
the corner an automobile coming from
an opposite direction on Third Street
collided with an auto that was going
west on Lemon street. In the efforts
OF these autos drivers to avoid a coils,
ion they made every effort 10 pass each
other and in this would likely have sue
ceeded had il not been for the skidding
of the machines caused by the wet and
slippery condition of the pavement
One of the machines hit Mr.. Brucc'S bi.
cycle, knocked him to the pavement
against which he struck the back of his
head crushing the base of the skull
The injured man was picked up and
taken TO his home where he was imme-
diately attended by DrS. Welch ard
Steen. They saw little hope for him
from the beginning. Mr. Bruce never
regained consciousness and died about
six o'clock that evening.
The deceased had for many years been
a valued employe of the Selden Cypress
Door factory and was highly esteemed
by large circle of friends in this city.
For the past year or more he has resided
ON Madison street next east of the home
of DIR. Geo. f. Welch. He is survived
by wife and eight children, only three
of whom are adults He has been for
many years an active member of ST.
Johns Lodge, X. of P. in this city.
The funeral was held from Mr..
Bruce's late home on Sunday afternoon
and was largely attended. Very many
beautiful floral tributes atteSted to the
sympathy of friends. The service was
conducted by Rev. DR.. J. w. Purcell of
the Presbyterian church, the family pas
tor.
Justice ]. f. Marshall empaneIed
jury to enquire into the cause of the
death of Mr.. Bruce and the testimony of
several spectators TO the sad accident
was taken, but the verdict of the jury
was unanimous and TO effect that his
death was the result of an unavoidable
accident.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-06-14
PaIatka a Wholesale Center,

"There is nothing TO prevent a man
from doing all the business he wants TO
do in Palatka if he has the capital, ~
said Mr. C. w. Buddington the whole,
sale grocer TO the News man last week.
Time was when the groccrS trust may
have interfered with business here, but
that time has passed." continued Mr.
Buddington. "Our busiHeSS has shown
forty per cent increase since il was
stared several months ago"
There is no reason, certainly, if the
wholesale grocery trust is out of com
mission, why Palatka should not be a
center OF activity in the wholesale trade.
1t is a railroad center and has water
transportation which will provide for a
large territory.