davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14
TWELVE oNE-EYED MEN DINE

Twelve men with IL good eyes and
IL glass eyes attended dinner served
by one of their number at hotel in
Muncie, Ind. the other day. The
host was particular that every man
present should wear glass eye. When
dinner was over II glass eyes were re-
moved, wrapped in a neat package
and sent to the proprietor of the hotel
with the request that he inspect and
return them. He opened the package
in the presence of the telephone girl,
and she tainted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14

This solid pillar of basalt, the Cob
ron Dutsi" or Solitary Rock stands
near the Fulani city of Vase, in Brit
ish East Africa. 1t is more than a
thousand feet high and is reputed I'M
climaDle. The natives say there is a
river on the top of it and that there
are people there, but that if anyone
ever did manage to go up to them he
never would return. or would return
demented So far as can be seen, the
only inhabitants of the rock are peli-
cans, marabout storks and huge ba-
boons.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14
Indians, Deer Ceremony.

Wapato, Wash.-About 200 full
blooded Indians of the Yakima tribe
met at the pompom house, half mile
east of this city, in celebration OF the
coming of new roots and deer. This
Is an annual event and Is celebrated
with religious ceremony. Feastlng
and prayer lasted throughout the en-
tire day, the menu consisting OF new
roots and deer meat.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14
LIGHTNING TWISTS BIG BAR

Twenty-Five men were carrying a
bar of iron 20 feet long at the Pitts
burgh Steel company's Monessen plant
and were about to place it in position
in the foundations of blast furnace
when a bolt of lightning struck the
iron, twisted it into an IS" shape.
knocked all the men unconscious and
internally injured two.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14
MODELLED AFTER THE PIGEON

A German inventor has exhibited a
flying machine. designed on the lines
of pigeon. The wings and tail are a
good imitation, and the car is in
closed. giving it the appearance of the
body Of bird.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14

the prey he was dubbed by fishermen
''the mightiest fisherman"
The old hermit through 1t all lived
a dream life, looking for his sweet
hearts face. He said he had seen her
often-always in the limpid pool at
the base of the notch, often at dusk
on top of a beetling crag, sometimes
in the cleaning on the long savannah.
New York World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14
5000 Eucs Daily From Farm.

Petaluma, Ore.-Bowman Blanchard,
one Of the most extensive poultry rails
ers in the Two Rock valley, made q
record shipment of eggs recently. He
has more than ten thousand hens on
his ranch and gathers more than i've
thousand eggs daily.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14
STABBED WITH ITS SPIRE

An unusual freak of the wind is IL
Town Hill Commits Suicide" was the
headline displayed in a newspaper of
the vicinity. but it looked more like
a case of murder. For during heavy
windstorm the tall spire of the
church was blown off and falling,
pierced the roof in the manner shown.
The church has stood for nearly a hum
dred years on Town Hill, New Hart
ford, Conn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14


Notch hermit, who when he
died the other day, for ffty-eight
years had remained true to the sacred
memory of woman.
The old hermit, who was in his nine
tieth year, was we'll known to the
tourists of the White mountains, thou
sands Of whom have stopped at his
picturesque old shanty, which he
called his ship"
That English Jack" became first a
wandering soldier and then hermit
because of a broken heart was known
to most Of his callers. Outside his
cabin he had series of glass-sided
tanks in which he bred trout from
spawn
If the financial inducement were
sufficient he would give exhibitions of
snake-swallowing for the benefit of
summer visitors.
London His Birthplace.
English Jack" was born in London
His father and mother died when he
was twelve. One pound comprised his
wealth. Some sea stories he had read
turned his efforts toward finding an
was unsuccessful. For days, barefoot
ed, with his bundle of earthly goods
strapped on his back, he canvassed
the gruff official seamen hanging
about the docks for the chance he
dreamed would come.
His query. do you want a boy
sir?" was always met with cruel re-
plies, savored with sailor profanity
and many hard knocks for his trou-
bic
One spring morning, tired, hungry
and homesick, he sat down on a door
step overlooking the docks and began
to cry. A little girl five years old
with blue eyes, came up to him and
offered her gracious sympathy, saying
she was lost, too, and was in search
of her daddy's ship.
That little face, illuminated with
the white light of an innocent and ten
der heart. was the weather vane OF
the boys destiny She confided to him
as they further exchanged their
troubles that her name was Mary, anG
when she began to cry she made JACK
forget his hunger and privations.
Beginning of the Romance.
He smoothed and petted her th<
best he knew, and she drove trouble
many miles across the sea by surren
dering her little dewy lips to Jack
his fist kiss.
Soon, as they were slowly walking
up the street together, an omnibus
ratified by with two men on the top
Just as it was passing them, the little
girl screamed out, "Oh. there's m,
daddy" and started running after tbs
bus,
Jack caught up with the bus. ant
clambering to the top, found Captain
simmons, the child's father.
AS a reward he gave Jack bertl
on his ship. Jack made several voy
ages snd finally became an able sea
man At the end Of every voyage b.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-14

''It was many and many a year ago in a
kingdom by the sea
That a maiden lived with no other
thought than to love and be loved by
me.
For | was a child and she was a child,
in the kingdom by the sea;
And we loved with love that was more
than love, 1 and my Annabel Lee"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-12
Present Congress Provides for
Mammoth Meeting of
Cotton People
0. KS TORRENS SYSTEM
Speakers Go at the Heart of Farm
Life Both Old and
New
FLORIDA WANTED MEETING

Montgomery, Alabama, won the
citation Of Agricultural Workers and
DR.. G.. A. Cary, Of Auburn, Alabama,
was nade the president for the com
ing year in the adjourning session
yesterday
Montgomery was selected after
Florida had put in a claim that had
rhapsody in it. The Alabama capital
has never entertained the association
now entering its fifteenth year. The
vote was 19 to 10 on this question.
and the motion Of Florida made it
unanimous.
The last few moments witnessed
rush of resolutions, the great and
leading one being that printed in yes
terday's paper relative to the bring
ing together Of all the cotton organi-
cations of the world for "a conference
upon the standardization OF the tare
upon American cotton.
This resolution provides for COM
mission Of Senators Hoke Smith, Of
Georgia. T.. D. Smith, Of South Caro-
lima: Congressman Burleson, Of Tex
as, and Rrantley, of Georgia, with
representatives from the departments
Of agriculture and Of commerce ana
labor. appointees Of the governors of
the cotton states, in which there shall
be allotted one man for every $4,000
bales OF cotton. They are to meet in
Washington.
Buzzard Bumped.
But there were resolutions along
many other lines. one against that
noble bird. the buzZard, protected SO
many years by the laws Of the land.
There were philippics against other
undesirables and the body passed all
without a dissenting vote.
The closing session was Of great in
terest. The speakers went at the
heart of farm life. J. w. Bailey
pleaded for the Torrens system OF
registering land titles, and there were
resolutions in it's favor. This was fol
lowed by Clarence Poe, who found
lessons in the old world. Editor
John S. Gates, Of Richmond, prepared
some significant prohibitions, ShOWec
how not to do many things.
These all restored the landmarks O
the fathers. when they had something
worth restoring, and knocked the
daddies when they were wrong. The
speakers went back to the full corr
crib. the congested smoke house ant
the excess of rough feed. They lex
the old harmless farm, the pen sur
rounded by straw. the cherries lI'
OF the farm with it's work. waste
WEAKNESS and want. Ihey appealet
Tor modern houses. barns, well-bret
stock and small farms.
The Old Way Shown.
They pointed out that the old wa.
was in many ways wrong. All OF tn
older men could recall the days OF th'
l6O-acre farm surrounded Dy NJ
fence except two dogs, where every
thing was left to the blessed trlnlt.
OF accident, chance and mistake
" hnrA f1Ha a1I oil
tempt and snow drifted into ever.
bed: where the cattle had to b.
stuffed with straw to prevent 1reez
ing and where wagons fell to piece
IN the sun or rotted in the rain; Whcr
farmers built pig pens in front o
their houses and did their best TO D
sociabie: where every boy took al
oath toI leave home when old enough
and cufsed, through envy, his orotn
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
RESPECT For WOMEN

James oliver Curwood. author OF
THE Flower OF the North" tells the
following story about the men to be
found in the country ABOUT Hudson
Bay, where the scene of his story is
laid:
81 was at Prince Albert" he said
sitting on the veranda OF the little old
Windsor Hotel, facing the Saskatche-
wan. During the few days previous a
number of factors, trappers and half
breed canoemen had come down from
the north. One of these men had not
been down to the edge of civilization
for seven years. Three of the others
had not been down in two. and this
was the annual trip of the other eight
for there were just eighteen Of us
sitting there together.
I'VE were smoking and talking when
a young woman turned up the narrow
walk leading to the veranda. Immedi-
ately every voice was hushed and as
the woman came up the steps those
twelve roughly clad men of the wilder
ness rose to their feet as a man, each
holding his cap in his hand. Thus
they stood, silent and with bowed
heads, until the young woman had
passed into the hotel. 1t was the most
beautiful tribute to womanhood / had
ever seen. And /, the man from civil
ization, was the only one who re-
NAMED sitting, with my hat on my
head"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
EVERGLADES DRAINAGE

That the reclamation of the Ever
glades by drainage is being ignorant
ly and inadequately carried on by the
state of Florida, under whose auspices
1t has been undertaken, is openly
charged by Engineering News New
York, July 25). This paper asserts that
those in charge of the enterprise
actually do not know whether what
they are doing will produce results
that will pay for the money expended !;
that both they and the authorities be-
hind them are going it blind" and
that meantime reclaimed swamp-la
is being sold to unsuspecting purchas-
ers at what are really high prices on
the strength of the states name. Says
the News:
"It is a thousand pities that the
state of Florida should lend it's sup
port to huge land speculation and
the sale of land on instruments to poor
purchasers who can not afford to run
risk of loss. For the states whole
drainage enterprise rests on an inse-
cure foundation. VIII the work now
In progress on the canals from Lake
Okechobee have sufficient effect in
draining the Everglade region or any
considerable part thereof so that the
land can be lived upon and profitably
cultivated? The sworn testimony of
engineers of high standing in a recent
investigation at Washington has prov
ed conclusively that the state of Flor
ida is proceeding blindly in this i'm
portant matter. 1t has undertaken an
engineering project involving the ex-
penditure of several hundred thousand
dollars, with no adequate engineering
information as to whether the work
will produce any results in the way of
benefits at all commensurate with it's
cost. 1t is bad enough to spend the
money of taxpayers on any such spe-
culative basis, but it is ten times worse
to allow the reputation and credit of
the state to be made use of by land
spectators to further the same of
lands on instruments at absurdly high
prices to people of small means scat
tered over the country.
I'VE feel 1t important to speak en-
phatically on this mater. for it is easy
to foresee that a few years hence,
when the bubble bursts and it is found
that the construction work which has
been done does not give the expected
results, 1t will be attempted to lay the
blame on the engineering profession.
1t will be then said that the engineer
ING pldhS were at idull' anu thdt the
state authorities and the people who
are selling these lands were them
selves deceived.
For the credit and good name of the
engineering profession, therefore we
repeat what we said in our issue of
March %: The state of Florida should
submit it's present plans for draining
the Everglades to commission of
competent engineers before proceeding
farther"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
CALOMEL SOMETIMES
CAUSES SALVATION
Dodson's LIver-Tone Has All the Med
fcinal Properties of CalomeI With
None Of the Dangerous
Affer-Efects

You can get along without taking
calomel yourself or giving it to your
family when you can buy a substitute
for it as good as Dodson's Liver Tone.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pure, harm
less vegetable liquid that starts the
liver to action just as surely as cal
omel does. But, unlike calomel, bod
sons Liver Tone does not stimulate
the liver too much. 1t cures consti-
patton gently instead OF making you
more bilious than you were at first.
and it can no more salivate you than a
tables poonful OF maple syrup can
salivate you.
Dodson's Liver Tone has given such
perfect satisfaction TO every person to
whom the Court Pharmacy has sold a
bottle that this store will give the
money back TO any person who buys a
bottle and does not find if a perfect
subs titute for calomeI. 1t is worth
something TO you to try a medicine
with a guarantee like that.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
An AMERICAN KING
IN DARKEST AFEIC .

Hunted down by British soldiers in
the depths of the juneIes IF Central
Africa, where for years III defiance of
all authority he had pursued the career
of an elephant poacher and Illicit ira =
er, James Ward Rogers, an America 4,
is dead. He was shot down by little
force of troops which had been sent
into the wilderness in pursuit, with or
ders not TO return without the outlaw
dead or alive
News of Rogers death came to the
British colonial office from Capt c. Y.
Fox, inspector Of Monghall province,
who commanded the expedition. Al
though told in an official report the
story revealed is one of The most dra-
matte in colonial annals. For years
Rogers had carried on his laHlesS
trade which popular opinion credited
with netting him a fortune. Tie &c
mote regions along the Lado enclosure
and Congo boundaries were the scenes
Of his operations.
Capt FoX's report shows that in his
long operations Rogers had done more
tan had been dreamed of by the col
onial offices. He had established an
organized administration over the wild,
trackless country and among the ma
tives was virtual if uncrOwned king.
The success of the outlaw in handl-
ing his subjects" and in the pursuit
of his trade drew from Capt Fox, in
his report. the tribute that Rogers
work was worthy of a better cause.
Not since the explorer, Henry VI. STAN
ley pierced the jungles in 1871 and
found DR.. Livingstone have such tales
of hardship, trials and dangers come
out of Africa.
For the purpose Of tracking the out
law the English commander was given
non-commissioned subordinate and
six Soudanese soldiers. Body carriers
and mules for the transportation of
supplies were part of his equipment.
His instructions were plain-not to re-
turn until the outlaw was captured.
Creeping up the Uganda bank of the
Nile the expedition pushed forward for
six weeks before the quarry was To-
Gated Fox and his men had then worn
their clothes to tatters and their sup
plies were exhausted, leaving them
facing starvation III the wilderness.
The last twelve hours of the pursuit
were particularly trying. The chase
led over a mountain with Rogers
men only a short distance in advance
Dramatic in the extreme is Captain
FoX's description of the death of Rog-
ers. In the jungle into which they had
descended from the mountain his party
came suddenly upon a camp. \ native
approached the English officer and
said:
The commander wants you to come
in. He is sick and cannot come out"
Entering the hut Capt. Fox found
himself in a room dimly lighted by a
candle. \ white man was lying on
couch and beside him sat a companion,
also white. The man on the bed was
Rogers, who had been wounded by a
bullet from the rifle of one of the pur-
suing party. Shortly after the arrival
of the English officer he died. He re-
fused to give the name Of his compan
ion, a doctor, who being on Belgian
soil, was safe from arrest.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
ANOTHER JUDGE UNDER FIRE

Following threatened impeachment
proceedings against Judge Emory Fl.
Speer of the United District Court in
Georgia, the press Is asking again
whether the recall is superfiuous when
Impeachment is available. This is the
fourth federal judge attacked within
recent months-a list including Judge
Hanford, Judge Archibald, and Judge
Daniel Thew Wright of the District of
Columbia. Uneasy sits the form that
wears ermine," observes the Cleveland
Leader. In the Speer case there are
also references to the laws delay, for
the complainant, Colonel w. a. Huff,
formerly mayor of Macon, Ga, asserts
that his estate has been tied up in
litigation of bankruptcy proceedings
for thirteen years without just cause.
The letter which contains the threat of
Impeachment describes Judge Speer as
"a petticoat pensioner, venal and
corrupt Judge, as vicious as he is vain,
as splenetic as he is spectacular, and
as crooked as he is cruel and churlish.' -
To which the judge replies:
"All l have done to bring upon my
self these terrific animad-versions is
that l have insisted from time to time.
whenever 1 could, that Mr.. Huff should
pay to his creditors their honest debts.
That every honest Judge may do in
similar cases unless he falsifies his oath
of office"
That the compliments funds should
have drawn no interest in bank in
which the judges brother law is
vice president is explained from the
bench as a matter of custom. Judge
Speer denied in his courtroom in detail
I-eloquently and with tears running
down his cheeks, some of the dis
patches say-all of the charges HUFF
makes of judicial misconduct, and end
ed by recommending that another
judge try Huff's case to insure impair
TALLY. Meanwhile the judge has gone
to Nova Scotia on a hunting trip, and
Colonel Huff is under 81 900 bond to
appear in November and be tried on a
charge of contempt of court. He re-
fuses to retract any of his statements.
The view of the press is that judges
would do we'll to think twice before
ordering arrests for contempt in these
days when impeachment and recall are
in the air The New York World
points in warning:
1T was one mans grievance that
sent committee of the House of Rep
Iresentatives to Seattle to investigate
Judge Hanford, who has since resign
ed. 1t was one mans complaint of in
justice that drew the attention of the
House to Judge Archibald of Pennsyl-
vania, who has since been impeached.'
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
THE WHITE FOLKS, CANDIDATE

Senator Clarence Watson of West
Virginia, while a democrat, attended
the republican convention at Chicago
last June as a student of politics, says
the New York World. When he re-
turned to his home town, Paramount,
a colored man who had been connect
ed with the Watson estate since be-
fore his hair started to turn gray
said:
Mister Watson, sub, they done NOM
mated Mr.. Taf' at Chicago?"
Yes, Sam, they nominated Mr..
Taft"
"An, it looks like the republicans is
goin' to nominate Mr.. Roosevelt, too?''
Yes. Sam, that seems to be the prob
ability"
Yes, sub; yes sub. Say, Mister
Watson, sub. who is the white folks
goin' to rum"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
Franks Start Their Fifteenth Semi
Annual stock Reduction Sale on
Saturday, August 24th

Shoppers for miles around who re
member last seasons remarkable bar
gains will hail this good news with en-
thusiasm, and will begin Immediately
their preparations for attending this
event. And this year for various good
reasons (see large advertisement or
circular) the values are bigger and
better than ever.
Franks meets the sale period this
year with broader assortments, better
qualities and bigger values than ever.
Several months ago when the bottom
dropped out of the market Frank
were able to purchase vast stocks OF
desirable merchandise for trfiing
prices, thanks to the fact that their
stocks were at a very low level. The
prices named in this sale are lower
than the lowest on record for goods
Of sterling quality.
Full details with hundreds of items
and prices are shown in their large
circular. If you are anxious to buy
goods at the lowest price level don't
fail to write them for this price list al
once. Their sale only lasts thirteen
days 1t is an undisputed fact that
Franks always do what they adver-
tise and only advertise what they do.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23

The legislature of Georgia having
passed bill requiring the railroads to
pull mileage on the trains from the
holders or mileage books, Governor
Brown vetoed the measure, which
leads the Atlanta Journal to insinuate
that the governor is under control of
the railroads. rhe plan of making the
holder of a mileage book go to the
ticket office to exchang his mileage
for a ticket instead OF rendering it to
the conductor on the train is a great
nuisance to the travelling public and
one that affiicts Florida as we'll as
Georgia. 1t is hard to see what rea-
son Governor Brown had in law or
common sense for vetoing the bill
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX
Deed Under Section of Chapter
ASSS, Laws of FIOrida.

Notice Is hereby given that w. c.
10. Us 4afed f6e fst daX If ce Inne
ID. 1908. has fled said certificate in my
Office, and has made application for
tax deed TO issue in accordance with
law. Said certificate embraces the fol-
lowing described property situated in
Marion county, Florida, to-wit M OF
SEA OF nwA sec 81 tip IL %. The
said land being assessed at the date
Of the Issuance OF such certificate I'm
the name Of Fannie Brown. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed ac-
cOrding to law, tax deed will issue
thereon on the 10th day of September,
\. ID. 1912.
Witness my official signature and
sea lthis the 7th day Of August, A. ID.
1912 s r. Sistrurk.
Clerk Circuit Court Marion Co. Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23
II, A. MASONS

Regular cOnvocations OF the Ocala
Chapter No. 10, r. y. NJ, on the fourth
Friday in every month, at 1880 p. m.
c. Z. Common, H. p.
Jake Brown, Secretary.
Stepping on a rusty nall has been
the cause of many cases of 1ockjaw
The nail was not so much the fault as
neglect of the wound. If such wounds
were cleansed and BILLIARDS LINZ
MENT applied there would be no lock-
jaw, as the antiseptie properties of
the liniment would counterfeit the
POISON and the wound would heal
quickly. Price csc, SOC and 81 per bot
tie. At all druggists.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-23

Ben A. Anderson, who has for the
past two years and half been exper-
fencing frontier life in Arizona, came
home Saturday, to the delight of his
family and friends. Ben says that
when he reached the Florida state line
on his return he felt keen sense of
satisfaction, and he would be content
to never again so further from home
than Meredith. After a brief rest he
will go to Jacksonville, where he has
accepted a positiOn.-Bronson Times
Democrat.