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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-18

Mr. ! W Turner left todaN for
Vacation trip OF some lhirt! day,
mosj 81 Which inr viii IL spent III
'|r mountains If NORTH Carolina.
Tough hr Mil also visit friends and
relatives in Onio before rcturnin-
Mis- Turner and son, lohn viii fol
iow III a trw days and join Mr. Turn
u Al Elur Ridge, Ga rhry wrr.'
temporarily detained "a account Vt
the Illness Of Mis-. Glady, On hi.
return Mr. Furnr viii rropcn hi,
Ollie III l.a.elanG ANA BE- rcldy -
'rNe Ill., prafo u " eapa,ii4 y
nil engineer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-18

'ir who r entity aiiu
Boston with his famii;.
" Sparlins place. Will
~ tor Boston. where lr
after some business in
VIII re'Hrn in q short
~ remaining herc iu
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-18

III system Of ire ,arm,
The water and iish
'h FIRE station may b no
hr" simultaneously Is. mas
itG ANA IN the futjlro fir"
i b" answered with even
Iptno than heretofore
PCS sibio
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-18

W. ilela. VI rlnm. ~pcn'
.aarl III, II tn, land last nt.ll.
nf a ron ,pad tiN
~a,i p" ui h.rs ~ ousin, IN
dead s traaserar s. lillshorouah
ult> d ghial,d state vid.
ttme IS 't.nn! ha,k 10 Tie comfy
4 lar, ala y money eciNai a-
f,,s, ii ,>ge~ u ahu Ii regarded
2a proper CONDENSATION fer he work
~ Mi, llioc Ilia cotton in ms ~
sl",i probably did more 10 crystal
lilr lIlhl continent u opposition u
ilo +" system than An The 'alkIn.
that bis h.l done az The nhr'
lu-' ,hnk Only SG5" for liue
hc lot, covered Will, Iare" prara
2nd grapefruit tl"eS IN orange Park
;ddtion, on the shore, o. Lake Nor
ton 0nofonrih cash, balance 4. II
aud - months. ) pen cent in',l,s'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-18
W. 0. w. ATTENTION :

All SoNcrci2nS wishing H. TAX,
the morning and noon degree are re-
qn"sted 10 h. present At our hall thu
evening of Wednesday. Sept -, al
1:"o p n shmcnts served be.
tween The degrees
7 g SMITH,
Chairman
T. ! FOUNTAIN
4 " BiRDlN.
= y Managers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-18
In Case Of Fire
Phone 5000

T Henley lett tuda! Tor i
.ral days 10 friends in Or
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
KNEW HIM AND LOVED HIM
Or. Courtenay, MutiIated Veteran Of
tho Confederate Army, as He Was
In Tippah.

DR.. Courtenay entered the Confeder.
ate army as surgeon, and after the
surrender found himself without home,
family, or fortune. His right coat.
sleeve dengled empty; the hand that
haE saved SO many lives could not
save Itself. It had been amputated
after Gettysburg, and the story goes
that Lee himself-the name Is always
pronounced slowly and revcrently in
Tippah-had said, ~ wish could give
my hand to save yours, doctor" An.
other loss, equally grave, but less
conspicuous, was that Of his left lung.
It was this trouble that had brought
him to Tlppah's mild climate. for near.
ly 20 years he had lived there alone in
his tbree-room cottage, riding out ev-
cry Gay to his little farm, five miles
from town, and reading and smoking
far into the night His library was
the wonder Of Tippah. Books in five
languages lined the walls Of his house.
all in the cheapest bindings, for the
doctor was poor; but, as he used to
say. it was the meat IN the nut he
cared for. not the she'll outside. He
never practiced medicine. except &C.
casionaIly among persons too poor to
pay for medical advice, or, more fire.
quently, in serious cases when called
in consultation. It was known that
ne had never taken fee In Tippah.
Every one believed implicitly in his
skill. 1t was common thing to hear
it said. after death, Nothing could
have saved him; DR.. Courtenay said
so."-Lilian Kirk Hammond in the
Atlantic.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
EDUCATIONAL TOURS.

The Alexandria Gazette announces
this evening its contemplated pre-
Scutalion 10 three ladies Of the city
and section Of complete educational
trips abroad. The subscribers Of The
.NlcN1udria Gazette. both old aud
now. will decide who shall take these
trips abroad. They arc fixed al Il
time when vacations arc usually Ia
ken. aud were selected as prizes be-
cause they are of more value to the
successful ladies than the prizes uSu-
ally given in subscription contests
The territory in which the Alexandria
Gazette circulatcs has been so dirid'
cd that each district will get ono ol
thc prizes. The rules governing tho
contest are as fair as experience and
furrthouSht can make thcuI. The
matter will DC under the supervision
of Mr. +. H. kincaid. man Of wide
experience in all branches of news
paper business, and a corps Of expert
cuccd assistants.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS.
What were the ferret meetings?

w nat were Lne lelIeL MeSllu6S'
CITIZEN.
The ferret meetings" attained
that name from the fact that they
were the star chamber gatherings OF
disgruntled republicans who had been
ousted from city positions after the
close of the civil war when Alexan-
drians returned to their homes and
took charge of the city's affairs. which
had. in a measure. been administer
ed by others during the four years
conflict. There were also in these
gatherings government Office holders
and would-bc officials. and the pro-
ceedings Of the meetings were sener-
ally unconvential and there was much
in them which savored of the ridicu-
lOus. or course, the reporter had
much upon which to draw in order
10 make tho proceedings ludicrous TO
readers. The Gazette generally man
aged to get reports OF the proceed
ings OF these meetings, and the par
Elephants were naturally eXasperated
after having hermctically scaled their
places Of meeting, TO find long &C
counts of them in the paper the fol-
lowing afternoon. Sometimes these
gatherings were in the upper story
Of the posiollicc building. The Ter
ret meetings" in conjunction with
The weekly meetings Of The republic
cans of the different wards formed in
lcrcstinG reading two score years
ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16


. City government by commission in
Virginia achieved a substantial adj
vance in tho passage yesterday Of the
resolution submitting to the people
in November a constitutional amend
mcnt granting to the General Assem-
bly, the right TO permit cities to adopt
special forms of government. The
proposed amendment is, OF course,
not as radical as the friends Of the
commission plan of city administra-
ton would have il: but they take
courage in the belief that this con-
cession is the opening wedge for the
complete reform which lies in the not
far distant future. The commission
plan is yet in its experimental phase:
it is being tried out. and Virginia
will make the most Of the expert
cnce. the mistakes and the benefits
Of cities in other States. The unani-
nous actlOn or the Oeneral ASScWbl!
in passing this resolution augurs we'll
for the future.
Home rule for cities is, Of course.
the idea toward which all progressive
cities are striving. When such a
principle is engraftcd upon our laws.
the best interests of the city and Of
lhc,State as we'll will be best served.
Every city ought TO be encompassed
by the State as TO its government. so
shat it may have fair opportunity and
Tree room TO determine what form Of
administration is best for its own par.
ticular conditions. The more large
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
SAMUEL H. LUFT, Auctioneer
TRUSTEES SALE OF HOUSE AND
LOT, Alexandria, a.

By virtuye Of authority vested IN me
bv a certain deed of trust, dated July .,
1910 and recorded in deed book 81,
page 552. a Land Record, of AleXan-
dria. Virginia, wherein Henry H. War
ing conveyed certain lots OF ground
and improvements to the undersigned
trustee to secure the payment OF GER
tain notes therein set forth, default
having been made in the payment of
the notes therein secured, en- the re-
quest of the holder of the said notes,
| will offer for sale at public auction,
at the entrance of the Market Build
ing, on ROYAL streets Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, Saturday, February "a, 1912,
at II O'Clock NJ, all OF said property
described as follows in said trust deed:
l. All that certain lot of ground,
with the buildings and other improve
ments thereon, and all appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any way APP
pertaining, situated on the west side
OF Columbus street, between Wilkes
and Gibbons streets, Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, and described as follows: Be-
ginning on the west side of Columbus
street, 10 feet south of Wilkes street,
running thence west parallel with
Wilkes street, III feet inches to
an alley II feet 10 inches wide, thence
south on said alley 20 feet; therce
cast parallel with Wilkes street, "a
#. & in. to Columbus St. AID theme
north on Columbus st. 20 It. to the
place of beginning. with the use of5aIG
alley in "omon with others entitled
thereto. references to said deed is
made for description This house and
lot is sold subject to a trust Of $4,000.
Terms of sale, cash, transfer at the
cost of purchaser.
ROBLEY d. BRUMBACk
2-1a-1Od. Trustee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
eXandrla, was a wise move.

|
The Chamber Of Commerce, very
properly, argues, that the, new road
the supervisors are about to con-
struct should pass through the West
End and into our city, where the
trade of generations prior to colonial
DAYS has come. and which has ever
been recognized as the market town
of this Congressional district. Alex
andria was at one time a part OF
Fairfax county, and for many years
| the court house was our capital.
| When the town was chartered the
people of Fairfax, among whom was
George Washington. were proud OF
their offspring, and as all roads were
said to have led to Rome, so all thor
oughfares of this district were con-
structed TO lead to the market town
Of Alexandria. In by-Sone years
some farmers drove all the way from
Ohio TO Alexandria to make pur-
chases, especially during the spring
Of the year when they procured their
fish from this place. There is no
answer to the argument now used by
the Chamber of Commerce to show
why this new road should enter this
city at West End, as it will afford
a much shorter route toWashlnGton
than by way Of Rosslyn, as some are
cndcavorinS to bring about. Should
Fairfaxians prefer to keep on 10
Washington and not dispose OF their
produce here, they will be nearer
their objective point than they would
be were they to follow the mean
behring's to Rosslyn.
The Gazette has in by-gone years
called attention 10 the fact that a
desirable highway between AlcXan-
dria and Washington should have
been constructed long ago. This
great desideratum is more apparent
now than ever. as we have entered
INTO The ant0mODltC age. ne Terry
service between the two cities is UNI
certain during the winter months.
and the schedule Of the boat unsatis
factory to Alexandrians. There are
but four miles between this city and
the south end Of the new highway
bridge and the overland route is all
that is needed in our day. as the run
can be made by motor cars in less
time than steamboat can make a
trip from this city to Washington. a
fine roadway is prime essential TO
Alexandria, as the trade Of this city
and Washington is comminSling more
and more.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
Advice From Kindly Busy Body.

"Oh. my! Your house has an odor
Of burning milk. Don't you know how
to avoid that?" asked the n. B. p.
Il didn't think It was so terrible,
I'm sure. Everybody has accidents OF
that kind" said the woman she was
visiting rather irritably.
Now it's all right. Of course, don't
mind il. my dear. but next time just
sprinkle some salt on the stove at
once after the milk is spilled and you
will avoid that unpleasant odor."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

The action of the Chamber of
Commerce Of Alexandria in meeting
With the Board :. OFFS Supervisors, of
Fairfax cUunty2tl,is; afternoon and CHI
deavoring 10 demonstrate 10 our
neighbors the practicabiity of con-
structing the proposed new macadam
r-ad :" 'hn, i NAV rass thr"".h AZ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

Should the Chicago presidential
primary go against Roosevelt he is ID
position to say that he never has
been q candidate. and if it goes
against Taft his friends will rcitcraie
that he will accept.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

Lynchburg is taking its temperance
by graduation. BarroOmS close there
at 10 o'clock. Now there is Il petit
ton before the Legislature TO be al
lowed to vote OH dispcnsary sys-
tenn instead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

THE annual meeting of the stock
L holders Of the Parkwood Apart
mcnt House Company, incorporated
will he held ut the Office OF GardncrL
Boo the. esq, Alexandria National Bank
Building, Alexandria, Virginia, on
Monday, Fcbruary26, 1912, at 2.lj o CLOCK
y. III.
Is. w. PARKER, Secretary.
febl1 I'd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

IL the Legislature is divorced from
the government of cities, the greater
the possibility that the cities Will
prosper and become more efficiently
governed City home rule will come
by a process of evolution; its ap-
proach will be gradual, but none the
less inevitable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

James j. Hill is said TO know Off
baud the price Of every class OF ma
lcrial in railroad construction. but
when it comes 10 any compact be-
tween his railways and the Steel
Trust, his memory gels bad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

BY the way. what has become OF
that festive gentleman who insisted
that the seasons are changing and
we don't have the old-fashioncd win
tcrs like they did when was boy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

The Board Of Aldermen in Rich
mund bias concurrcd in the appropria-
ton Of $4,000 to put in operation
the free school book system i'll Rich
mOnd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

DR.. Charles V. Darlington of Rich
mond is in hard luck: after having
his head cut off al the penitcntiary.
his arm was broken by the crank of
his automobile.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

Now in our minds eye We can al
most see tile blue bird and hear him
sing, we know that 4 pair Of Regal,
Hess or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Shoes,
sold by Marshal. will be the thing for
spriug.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

APPARENTLY Il wet blanket has been
pui over the statement that the Scn-
ate is surely wet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

II you want the best, that will stand
the test, at VOL; or rest, buy your foot
wear 1T John A Marshall d Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

1t has been cold and then sorne, but
better day is coming, and to jresG to
meet the happy occasion and for com.
fort, a pair OF the Red Cross Shoes,
sold by Marshall, is essential.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
SPECIAL NOTICES

THE ;lnnual meeting Of the stock
i holders orthc WnOdlcy Aparlmen
House Company will DC held at the
Office of Gardner J.. Boothe, esq. a lex
andria National Bank Building, Alex
andria, Va, on Monday, February ~.
1872, al , o'clock p. III.
Il. W. PARKER. Secretary.
frbl2 I'll
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16

THE annual meeting OF the stock
l. holders Of the Airy View Apart
mcnl House Company, Incorporated,
will be held at the ollicc OF Gardner j..
Buothr. esq. Alexandria Natl onal Bank
Building. Alexandria. Va. on Monday,
February ~, 1872. 1T 230 O'Clock p. ~.
Il. w. PARKER. Secretary.
lcblt til
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
LIMIT IS TAKEN OFF
BY SOCIETY LEADERS
Cant Bluff On Low Stakes
Explains Member Of Poker
Party In Chicago.

Chicago, June 1.-THE wives of sew
eraI national committeeman and cad
ing politicians attending the republican
convention, organized a little whist
game early last week in a quiet room
in the Congress hotel.
Gradually it grew into auction whist
with stiff stakes. Yesterday they
turned it into old -fashioned poker,
taking off the limit and tossing it into
Michigan boulevard.
Runors of big game have run
about the lobby of the Congress for
several days.
One woman. a charming society
leader in an eastern metropolis, and
the wife of one of the convention of
ficers. let the hole story out when
she handed a belIboy a poker chip in
stead of a quarter for a tip, and mas
much as she played AIR and told the
story. ii would not be fair to mentio
her name.
In attendance at the game yesterday
were wives of two western senators,
the wife of one of the officials of the
national committee, the wives of three
eastern politicians of note, and one
charming little Chicago oma who
has lone much toward making thu
stay of the visitors In Chicago pleas
ant,
ITS just a friendly game, you know
said the woman informant. Q course
there is not limit, because 1t is no fur
10 play with a limit. Ii there is a low
limit, you know, they always call, AND
one can't bluff. Only n woman lost
very much, and she can afford II. She
had lots of fun"
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
JOHNSON CUTS Down
LIST OF REFEREES
Four Eligible Officials Are Left
For the Big July 4th
Battle.

East Las Vegas, N. NJ. June H.
Eleven names Of eligible referees on
the list submitted to Jack Johnson by
promoter Jack Curley, We're scratched
from the list by the champion when
he was asked to make his final selec-
ton as to which officials he cares to
have act in the big battle here July 4.
Fifteen were on the eligible list. The
four remaining are:
Ed w. Smith, sporting editor of the
Chicago American; Jack Welsh, San
Francisco: Edward w. Cochrane.
sporting editor of The Kansas City
Journal, and Mark Levy of Albu-
queTque, N. M.
This list of -four will be submitted to
Jim Flynn, and he will go over it with
Promoter Jack Curley. One of the four
will be stricken from the list because
there can be only three remaining, as
there is to be n chief and two sub
StitUteS SO that in case the chief official
is taken ill or anything happens that
he Will be unable to act, the promoter
n fighters can pick Of the two
remaining, and thus avoid selecting an
other list and going through the red
tape Of cutting it down.
ohnso said:
81 am satisfied with any one OF the
four men [ have left on the list. l
consider Ed Smith one of my best
friends; Jack Welsh is a capable ref
cree, as he has worked in the ring with
ne. Ed Cochrane is an experienced
man and will suit me if Flynn prefers
him, n Mark Levy, / understand, is
capable of dealing the decision"
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
NO MOVE TO ABROCATE
UNIT RULE, SAYS MACK
Two Thirds Rules Will Undoubt-
edly Continue In Force Is
the Belief.

Baltimore, Md, June 15.-Democratic
national committeeman gathering here
expressed the opinion today that no
moves would be made TO abrogate
either the unit rule or the rule that pro-
Vides that a two-thirds vote shall be
necessary to nominate a candidate.
mo intimation has come to me-" said
National Chairman Mack. today, that
any move would be made to do away
with h unit and two-thirds rules, and
as those are questions that would have
come first before the national commit
tee, 1T is likely that I would know about
IL. The two-thirds rule win undoubt-
eddy continue In force during the COM
ing convention"
National Chairman Mack came to
Baltimore last night and, after officially
opening the headquarters of the demo-
cratic national committee at the Belyi-
dere, made an inspection or the on
veution hall. The national chairman
vas accompanied from New York by
National Committeeman Roger G.. Sui
livan. of Illinois; Secretary Urey
Woodson. of Kentucky, and Assistant
Treasurer J. p. Doolin. The party was
joined here by National Committeeman
Goltra, OF Missouri. who spent the day
In Washington comforting with Speak
er Champ Clark.
Chairman Mack and his fellow ma
tional committeeman We're delighted
with the convention hall and made a
careful inspection of the building.
1T Is the most remarkable convention
hall / have ever seen" said Chairman
Mack. and l have attended many dem
ocratic as well as republican owen
tons. The credit for what has been
done should go to Robert Grain, chair
man OF the local committee He has
made this possible for the democratic
delegates and their friends"
Chairman Mack said last night the
question OF h temporary chairman
ship was still unsettled, saying
w have talked about Judge Parker.
Senator O'Gorman. Ollie James, Sena-
tor Kern and others for temporary pre-
siding officer. and that = as. far az we
have got. As for thS pefmanet chair
manship. that is a matter for the com
mittee on permanent organization
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
MOTORCYCLIST MEETS
DEATH IN ACCIDENT

Jacksonville. Ill.,, JUNE 1.-THE mo-
torcycle race meet, which was in prog
ress here for two days, came to an
abrupt closing yesterday when Harry
Wells, jr., a local ~motorcyclist. was
killed. Wells entered with four others
for a 10 mile motorcycle race and was
travelling around the half mile track
at the rate of As miles an hour when
his machine skidded and struck against
the fence. The rider was third In the
ace End was looking oyer his shoulder
when the accident happened. AT the
time. he was but three feet from the
fence Ind when the machine skiddeo
it was all over with him in a seconds
time. The left side of his skull war
crushed so badly that he died on thu
way to the hospital.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
CONGRESS- RIGHT 70
RECALL THE JUDGES
Effort To Abolish the Commerce
Court Brings Up q Fine
Point OF Law.

New York. June 16-The right On
congress to ''recalf' the Judges Of tina
commerce court by legislating to re-
duce the number of circuit court Judges
BY Ave as contemplated By b senate
presente a fine question Of law which
may reach b supreme court OF the
United States. according to officials of
the department OF justice. A high Of
fetal Of the department yesterday do
clared hat congress could not legislate
the five judges Out of office in view OF
the constitutional provision that . 4
eral judges shall hold office during
good behavior. In establishing *stho
ofnmerce court Increased the
number OF circuit Judges BY ave and
stipulated that number should period
ically be assigned To the commerce
court. The right of congress to abolish
the court h o questioned. but many
Of these still hold the view that d
five Judges. n appointed, cannot bo
deposed unless the circuit court Of ap-
peal where they serve. In addition to
their duties on the m court. ara
abandoned.
The line, however,, II sharply drawn,
many lawyers In congress claiming
that these judges We're created for tho
m court IN In ab0lishfng thar
functions there the judges likewise ars
deposed.