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The Washington herald., 1913-03-16

| Harriet Tubman. once a slave, de-
scribed by her biographer as the Moses
of Her People" died at the Harriet Tub
man Home for Aged Negroes at Auburn.
n. Y, the other day. She was regarded
by many as one OF the most remarkable
she herself could tell, she was between
IS and 100 years old. Pneumonia was the
cause Of her death.
According to the most authentic in
formation regarding her early years.
Mrs. Tubman was born Arminta Ross.
daughter Of Benjamin Ross and Har-
riet Green. slaves directly imported from
Africa. Her birthplace is said to have
been a plantation in Dorchester County.
on the Eastern Shore Of Maryland, not
far from Cambridge. She was one of a
slave family OF eleven other negro chill
dren.
The first Of many dramatic incidents
that marked the negress' life Is said to
have taken place when she was thirteen
years old. At this time she interfered
in favor of a fleeing slave, with the re-
suit that she was floored with an iron
weight flung at her by her irate master.
As result of this injury Harriet was
the victim of fits Of somnolency during
the remainder Of her life.
The girl was also credited with second
sight by her superstitious fellows. She
Is said to have fostered this deception
with native cunning, weaving about her
lethargic spells. the veil Of mystery and
bringing strange tales Of wonderful
visions to the negroes who attended her
during these attacks.
The next move in her adventurous
career took the young negress to the
plantation Of a woman who is said to
have beaten her cruelty. During this
servitude Is said to have been born that
hatred of slavery which made her the
Moses of her people"
shows Physical Development.
She was next sold to a plantation
owner who set her at tilling the fields
and working in his warehouses. Here
the negress developed physically until
she became a veritable Amazon. She is
said to have been the equal Of any man
on the plantation in point of sheer brute
strength.
1t was during this period Of her life
that the thought Of freedom first took
shape. She had visions" of a promised
land where there were no slaves and she
set about agitating the anti-slavery
movement among her fellows.
Only her two brothers are said to have
responded to her exhortations and these.
becoming faint-hearted after a few days
of privation, returned to the plantation
leaving the indomitable Harriet to pursue
her way toward the North penniless and
alone. OF this journey. Mrs. Tubman.
in after life. could remember few details.
1t seemed she said. like one long night
mare.
Even the exact date and point Of her
azTivel have been lost 70 history. Aoue
The Washington herald., 1913-03-16

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The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
The Difference.
Frsm Judge.

Frsm Judge.
Paw, can you tell me the difference
between suffragist and a suffragette?''
Yes. my son. A suffragist IL . woman
who has the wishbone and the suftra-
eette 10 q woman who has the back.
bone"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-28
OUTSIDE NEWS FROM WIRE AND CABLE

laid In frying pan, was thanksgiving
package accepted by parcel post de-
partment of postofice.
Newark, N. J.-Mrs. Margaret
KIDNEY cooked big Thanksgiving
dinner in celebration of Tooth birth
day.
Greenwich, Conn.-Wm. Banks,
81, civil war veteran, tramped Is
miles to eat diner with brother.
New York.-EtheI White dressed
up as boy. Got by until she kicked
trap of cookies out of bakers hand.
Arrested.
CleVeIand.-Anna PaVIoWa forced
to give up matiness performance
Trunk containing II pairs of dancing
shoes left in Washington.
BerIin.-In first 8 months Of this
year 8,763 horses were eaten in Ber-
lin according to government meat in
spection reports.
Decatur, III.-MiIIs Of American
Hominy Co.. burned. 100000 loss.
London.-While Prof. Rich. Kerr
lectured to 600 convicts in Portland
prison thieves robbed his home.
Tangier.-Reported Mulay Hafid,
ex-sultan Of Morocco, married for
10th time while. on pilgrimage to
Mecca. ..... 81
Baltimore, Md.-Ross Allen, Whit
by, Canada, in st. Joseph Hospital to
have new nose and mouth grated
upon him.
Tunica, Miss.-Churchgoers found
body of James Higgins dangling from
tree. Lynched. Accused of double
murder.
jackson, Miss.-2,000 conVicts al
lowed to vote whether they would
have turkey or fish. 800 whites voted
for turkey, 1 200 negroes for sardines.
Albany, N. Y-Paul McIVer, II
months old, tumbled three stories
from window. Broken leg.
Des Moines, la.-Three injured
-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-28

attempted SUICIDE, SAID she cOuIuu.C
stand baby crying and holding out
her hands. Asylum if she lives.
Denver, CoI.-WeIl-dressed woman
held up DR.. VIM. HALEY and his wife.
Sioux City, Ia.-Chas. G. CasaVant,
farmer, jumped from 9Th floor of
Iowa building to tile floor Killed.
CenterViIIe, la. - Joda Moreley
found John Schrum in his home after
he had been warned to stay away.
Shot him in intestines. May die.
Washington. - Three additional
American battleships will be in Mex
lean waters by Dec. Fl.
Menominee, Mich.-TraiIing arbu-
tus, recognized first harbinger of
spring, being found in abundance
near Joss, Mich.
Cuba, III.-Frank McAdams, who
shot and killed wife last night, sui
cided while engaged in battle with
posse.
Kankakee, III.-Arch Hutchins,
negro, who shot and killed Policeman
August Dickman, arrested.
Rochester, N. 1.-TWO yeggnen
arrested attempting TO DloW SAFE IN
United Cigar store.
Boston.-BrookIine riding acad-
envy burned. Fifty horses saved.
GaIesburg, III.-East-bound fast
mail train 8 crashed into freight
train. Both engines reduced to scrap
iron. Enginemen escaped by jump
ing.
Pittsburgh.-Postal card poll of
members Penn. Bankers Assn in
13 counties showed they favor stag
with wine to dry" banquet with
ladies.
Pana, III.--SheIby county spent
500 prosecuting Thos. Farrell on
charge of stealing bananas from
freight car Acquitted.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gun, invented |
by American, tried out by British |
army officers. One made II hits out |
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16

tensive experience in the public schools
Of West Florida Miss Meta Campbell,
IN charge of the primary department,
Is a teacher OF recognized ability in
her line of work. The intermediates
department is being successfully con-
Quoted by Miss Lee Moore. The school
maintains both high and grammar
school departments. Quite a few pu-
pills will graduate from the grammar
school this year, though the upper
grades are not SO full as could be
wished, on account OF the difficulty OF
keeping the older students in school.
The high school work has been con-
Quoted throughout the present year
with the end in view of establishing a
strong tenth grade next year. The
aim of the school is to give as thor
ough and satisfactory high school work
here as can be obtained anywhere in
q school of equa, grade. The en-
rollment this year has been very sat-
fsfactory, there being something like
$50 pupils that have entered since
the term began. The average attend
ance has held up well throughout the
year, though during the last month
quite a few pupils have dropped out
An attempt has been made to bring
the various grades up to the standard
requirements as set forth in the course
of study adopted by the county, and
much has been done in this direction,
blTt owing to the fact that a consider
able part of the term had been finished
before the course of study was placed
in the hands of the teachers, and the
limited time at their disposal, this
work has been made more difficult.
The work of the school is hampered
by Jack of suitable equipment. While
it is provided with some good maps
and charts. still more apparatus, suited
to the subjects taught in the various
grades, would be Of much value in
the work of instruction. In the way of
a library the school has several vol
umes of good reference books. It is
the purpose of the school officials to
keep adding to these until a library
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16
Modern High School
Fully Equipped.

The citizens Of Laurel Hill are much
interested In the education OF their
children. and are always ready to give
their unqualified support to any meas
ure that tends toward the betterment
OF their school. The school building
Is located in the suburbs of town,
away from the business section, there
by securing freedom from all detract-
ing influences during school hours.
The location is high and sanitary,
and ample space is provided for play
grounds. The present building, a one
story frame structure, was erected
about ten years ago. and the require
ments for more room. made neces-
sary by the rapidly increasing en-
rollment, have been met from time to
time by making additions to the origi-
nal building. 1t now consists of five
rooms, well heated and ventilated, and
provided with comfortable seats and
desks. But it is still too small to ac-
commodate the students of the town
and district, and the lay is doubtless
not far distant when the present build
ing viii be replaced by a modern
brick structure. such as will be In
keeping with the progress and enter
prise of the town.
The school is supported by both
county and sub-district funds. OF the
amount required to meet expenses
about two-thirds is paid from the
school funds Of the county, and the re-
rnainder. about Ave hundred dollars,
from the sub district funds. No tut
ton is charged resident students. The
citizens have always shown a willing
ness to supplement the regular funds
by private subscription when this has
been found necessary. The finances
OF the sub-district are at present in
excellent condition. there being a ball
ance left over from current expenses.
Under the careful management prac-
ticed by the board of trustees the sub
district has nearly always been kept
on a cash basis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16
MODERN HOTEL
A BIG ASSET
BEAUTIFUL LOCATION OVER
LOOKING LAKE MAKES 1T A
VALUABLE ATTRACTION AT
WALTON COUNTY CAPITAL.

The Chautauqua hotel, at DeFuniak,
is managed by w. J. Hughes, a hotel
man of large experience and much
popularity. Mr.. Hughes is assisted
by Mr.. Jack Milburn, who is a splen-
did young man, energetic, progressive,
and full of the right kind of ideas
where good hotel management is con-
cerned.
Hotel Chautauqua has an east front,
which overicoks beautiful Lake Chau-
tauqua from which it derives its name.
The building is surrounded by more
than five hundred feet of spacious We
randa, on which the guests may sit
and enjoy the warmth of the sun,
while at the same time the view east,
across Lake Chautauqua, is one that is
rarely surpassed in beauty. The large
lawn, which surrounds the hotel, with
its numerous shade trees affords an
ideal place where those in search of
rest and recreation may spend the
warm sunshiny days. The Hotel
Chautauqua, while offering beautiful
scenery and wide verandas for those
seeking rest and recreation, has induce
ments just as great to offer the busy
commercial men who visit DeFuniak
Springs. 1t is only a few steps from
the railroad depot, and only one block
from the very heart of the business
section of the town
The hotel has twenty-five large airy
rooms in the main building and twenty
rooms in the north wing of the build
ing; every one OF which has an outside
opening and is well ventilated Ten
rooms are equipped with baths. On
the first floor is large lobby, com
fnrtable parlors, and a spa cious dining
room which is capable os seating two
1zr.%
the hotel are large enough to at all
times accommodate the trunk men.
With its large rooms and long halls,
the Chautauqua is one of the most
comfortable and delightful places in
Florida at which to spend the summer
months; and Of course the large COM
Portable rooms combined with the de-
lightfui climate make il an ideal place |
to winter The social life OF the hotel
is all that could be desired, it being |
the scene of many beautiful and de- /
ightful social functions during both |
the winter and summer seasons.
The present management of the hotel |
plans to make the Hotel Chautauqua !
the most comfortable and homelike Of
hcstleries in the south, while COM |
bining with these qualities the heighth |
of good service and excellent cuisine. /
A great many further improvements /
are planned in both the service and |
furnishings of the house. Among the /
outdoor improvements is planned a /
tennis court and various other forms |
OF outdoor sport and exercise for the
guests.
Visitors who attend the annual Flor
ida Chautauqua will find it a most /
comfortable and convenient place at I
which to stop. as it is only short /
walk to the tabernacle in which the
Florida Chautauqua is held.
One Of the unique features of the
hotel is the train suppers which are
served to tourists on the west bound
L. & n. passenger trains, which stop
At DeFuniak Springs twenty minutes
fox supper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16

eye. Beyond the river can be seen
Orange Hill. in washington county,
forty miles away.
Many years ago there was comnun-
ication between Orange Hill and Knox
Hill by means OF fire signals It was
to this beautiful fertile land, attract
ed we are told by the glowing de-
scriptfon of the friendly Euchee
Indian chief. that the Scotch settlers
first came.
They were shareholders and many
residences and fine farms soon dotted
the country.
Churches and school houses were
erected, and Euchee Valley was the
educational center OF West Florida.
Then the war freed the slaves. i'm
poverished the people and the flower
of the country was buried on the bat
uefelds of Virginia and Tennessee.
Though very poor the people did not
lose their patriotism and love for the
dead, for the first monument to the
Confederate dead was erected in 1873
by the Ladies' Memorial Association
of Walton county.
In old Euchee Anna. the former
county site, it still stands a silent wit
ness of their love and devotion
On its sides are the names of the
soldiers from Walton and Holmes
county who were killed in battle, and
one is impressed by the names of so
many officers and the long, long list Of
private soldiers.
To one acquainted with many Of the
families of the country. reading the
names from the monument seems al
most like a list of living men Of to-day
namesakes of these heroes in gray.
When the railroad came through the
county many people moved to the
towns that were being built along the
road and to a great extent this good
land was left to tenant farmers. bur
of late years, the fertility of the soil
and fine forests have attracted aften
tion and many comfortable honses
have been built, farms opened ana
saw-mills erected and It win not be
many years before the valley viii
again come into it's own and be. the
garden spot Of Walton county.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16

for those seeking a quiet, peaceful. and
healthful place to make their homes
and rear and educate their children.
1t has been, and continues to be,
the object, Of the municipal govern
ment to further in every legitimate
way the healthful growth of our COM
munity and as a result of persistent
and painstaking effort on the part of
the governing officers, who serve with
cut pay, we have a complete and eff
ficient system of water-works, sew
erage and electric lights all owned
and operated by the municipality.
After severa! spasmodic efforts to or
ganize and maintain a local organiza-
ton having for its object the advertis-
ing and exploitation OF the resources
and advantages of the community, the
business element of the town has or
ganized on a sound and working basis
The DeFuniak Commercial club with
wide-awake and progressive citizens
as Its officers and directors. This
movement took definite form when our
people came to the full realization that
however happily situated any town
might be, the facts must be placed
before the public and unless brought
home to the public some less desirable
community liberal with printers ink
would prosper where a veritable para
disc would be overlooked and ignored
because not exploited. We have many
good and estimable people who come
here regularly for the winter but these
have just happened along and stayed
long enough to realize how good
place it is to live. We are glad to
have them and hope they will con-
tinue to come and brings their neigh
hors and friends with them and, while
we have no brass bands or banQuets
Ia San Carlos to show our apprecia-
ton, we are just as glad and will al
ways receive them with a. hearty well
come. We have some winter visitors
who come here apparently for the
purpose Of making experiments in
home economy, as, for instance: A
middle aged lady member of party
from one of the western states, soon
after her arrival had occasion to pur-
chase supply of matches for the win
ter's use. The smallest merchandise
quantity being a nickePs worth she
took them home. In a short time she
returned with the matches and to the
clerk who had first waited on her said
she found that they wouldn't need SO
many matches and asked him if he
would take half of them back and give
her the difference in meat. The clerk,
being one of those courteous and &C.
fellows / have already
readily assented and taking
her to the rear of the store said
There's the meat, take a smell OF
the box" That, however, was sew
eral years ago before the opulent days
OF the meat trust. Today she would
hardly get look. But even those We
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16
PROSPECTS LOOKING
UP ORLITTLE CITY

Laurel Hill is getting ready to do
things in the very near future, and
there are people worth while, too, who
happen to nave their eyes on her.
The big Round Top Cotton Gin that
Is coming in soon is indicative OF all
this. and people who are Sin on the
ground floor" are recognizing certain
signs of the times which are nothing If
not promising for this picturesque Sec
ton OF Walton.
Already there is the Laurel Fill Tel
ephone Exchange which connects the
town with the entire surrounding
county: already there is a nicely laid
out town to greet the eye of the Wis
itor. and, too, Laurel Hill has been
placed on the map considerably
through the efforts of Editor Bill Ma
poles. who was, until 1T suspended. the
proprietor of the Laurel Hill News
What Laurel Hill people need most
of all and especially at the present
time is a live newspaper. to tel. its
splendid story to the world.
Without this medium of a much
needed publicity, she is considerably
like a great beautiful. helpless ship
rudderless. and drifting.
What the people of Laurel Hill ought
to do is TO show their appreciation of
the valuable past efforts of Editor
PiiT' by forming a stock company and
letting him continue the good work
which has been receiving his attention
FOR years.
When Laurel Hill fully recognizes
the value OF newspaper publicity. then
even greater and better things will be
quickly hers for the asking.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16
CLIMATE IN THE
LAND OF FLOWERS.

The climate conditions OF Walton
county are ideal in every respect, the
great opportunity afforded the farmer
who would grow cotton, grain. fruits,
in fact anything with the exception
of tropical products, being one which
is already of widespread interest to
those who have become impressed with
the possibilities of home and fortune
in Walton county's very attractive
portion of the Land of Flowers
The rainfall averages 65 inches to
the year, and the minimum tempera-
ture for the past three years has been
II degrees above zero.
This makes a snappy, sparkling at
mosphere which is ideal for man and
his purposes. and the rich products
of the country which have formed its
present accumulated wealth. attend to
these same ideal farming conditions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16
Hill

Laurell Hill IL q progressive little
. city of about one thousand people, be-
ing situated in the western portion Of
Walton county. seventy miles north
east of Pensacola. and certainly To-
Gated in one of the very best farming
sections of the state.
The town took the first part of it's
narn0 from a very large laurel tree
growing near the spot where the depot
now stands. and the -hill' being taken
from the fact that the town is located
on a high and dry hill. where the gulf
breezes blow almost continually, and
where the health conditions are i'm
possible to surpass.
Mr.. John II. Givens, now president
Of the bank here. was probably the
founder of the town. and has prob
ably done more to help build up the
town and its surroundings than any
one else.
Mr.. Givens is not only interested in
the banking business. but owns an i'm
mense amount or land and is also
much interested in seeing the farming
Industry increased in this section.
The town was Incorporated by an
act of the legislature in 1905. through
the efforts of Capt. Eric Won Axelson.
who, too, has done his part in help
ing to build up the town.
When the town was first incor-
porated there were only about three or
-four hundred people here with four
or five small wooden store Buildings,
where today the town has more than
. thousand people with a dozen or
more modern brick buildings. Among
these is one OF the finest small banks
to be found any where.
Among the other most enterprising
and progressive men Of the town are,
- = Hart. Jas. Ia C1ary, Oscar Steele,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16
THE BEAUTIFUL
AND HISTORIC
EUCHEE VALLEY
THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT OF
WHITE PEOPLE WAS MADE
HERE OVER ONE HUNDRED
YEARS AGO.
BY w. S. Green.


When the first white people came to
Walton county, more than a hundred
years ago it was natural for them to
settle in the most fertile. beautiful
and healthful portion.
From this slight description once
acquainted with the county naturally
thinks of Euchee Valley.
Euchee Valley is formed by Sandy
creek, Bruce creek, and Choctawhat-
chez river.
The valley. including Messy Bend,
is about fifteen miles long and ten
miles wide.
The soil is sandy loan, with clay
foundation and is extremely fertile.
The earth is covered with a thick
growth of beech. oak. hickory, pine
and many kinds of wild fruit trees.
There is at all seasons of the year
some kind of ripe wild fruit in the
thick woods The land is a little
rolling and there are steep bluffs, from
which flow springs of pure. cold water.
The most noted of these are the Ray
Spring, Knox Hill Spring and Drip
ping Spring. The Dripping Spring in
stead of coming out at the bottom of
the bluff. drips from a perpendicular
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16
Prosperous | laurel Hill Section
Growing Little City In Rich
Farming Territory of
Walton County.

The fine little town OF Laurel Hill,
nestles within an area OF many acres
OF well -developed land, formerly pine
forest territory, but now converted by
the hand Of man into as fertile q
BIT OF farming land as one would wish
to see.
Acres and acres OF this land have
been SO developed, but there still lies
thousands Of acres awaiting the COM
ing Of the energetic farmer who Will
recognize the great possibilities or the
land.
Laurel Hill has its school: its
churches. and its fine people, whose
boosting tendencies have succeeded In
making the name OF Laurel Hill a
familiar one throughout the<length and
breadth OF West Florida.
The people believe in their town,
and more than that they are deter
mined that every stranger within their
gates shall believe, too, and they gen.
orally proceed with the Missouri
method forthwith.
The finest farms of the county may
be located in the vicinity Of Laurel
Hill. and truck farming there may be
made a gold mine IL properly followed.
Some OF the best land can be bought
for $40 and SIS per acre. and every
thing that can be raised in Walton
county can be raised at Laurel Hill.
The people are the kind OF people
WAC meet you half way and seem to
take pleasure in doing so.
Prosperous, energetic, and fully
aware OF their opportunities, they have
already advertised their little city in
a most advantageous manner, one Of
the liveliest boosters who has done an
uncomfortable amount of good in this
way being Editor Bill Mapoles, who
ably represents the press in that Sec
ton.
Another man who helped put Laurel
Hill on the map was Eric Won Axel-
son. who believed in what the soil
could do from the first.