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Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-13

The board of warden and burgesses at it's adjourned meeting Friday eve ing transacted routine business The regular bills were audited and ordered paid, including the quarterly appropri- ation of S15625 to the fire department. and the salaries of the borough cle& k and treasurer. All the burgesses were present except J. A. Vargas.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-13
K. of c. Silver Anniversary.

Nina council. Knights of Columbus, celebrated it's z5th anniversary in 8 fitting manner Sunday, Prominent Knights from other councils were pres ent- An excellent supper was served. The third degree was conferred on g. class of ten candidates. Many guests attended from Norwich, Westerly. New London, New Haven, and neighboring towns.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
MURDERER OF DR.. sENcER CON
FESSES

A special from Gainesville says
that after six months of patient work
City Marshal Pinkerson has succeeded
in clearing up the mystery surround
ing the murder of DR.. H. P. Spencer
last March. Tom Smith, a negro, has
confessed that he killed the doctor,
and he duplicates A A. Hampton, a
woodsman at the ]. R. Gainey turpen-
tine still, three miles from Gaines
Vile. Hampton is at deaths door,
having been suffering from typhoid
fever for three weeks.
The negro, Smith. is in Jail in
Gainesville. and Hampton will be ar
rested when his health permits, the
marshal says.
The history of the case, which re-
veals one of the most revolving crimes
on record, is, briefly, as follows:
A negro called at the Spencer home
at about II o'clock Monday night and
asked DR.. Spencer if he would attend
his wife, whom he affirmed was very
i'll near J. r. Gaineys turpentine still,
which is about four miles from
Gainesville. The doctor made inquiry
of the condition of the road and be-
ing told by the man that it was good,
made ready and left in his auto in
company with the said negro. Before
leaving the house, however, the doe
tor gave his wife $50 from his pocket
and remarked that he had never
heard the name before, evidently feel
ing slight misrepresentation.
Not returning home on Tuesday
afternoon, Mrs. Spencer grew anx.
ious, but reflected on the numerous
times of like delay of the doctor, and
late in the day Welch, the man now
under arrest, drove out to the still
and found the Hudson car standing at
the gate of this large Enclosure. In
quiry around the camp brought no
news. Welch returned, and the mat
ter was reported to the authorities.
At daylight Wednesday parties were
formed and hunted for the missing
man, but to no avail
Willis Colson discovered tracks
leading from the still, which offered
clue, and on Thursday morning
these were followed with great care
by the sheriff and a posse, which
found the body lying on the opposite
side of the field, or Enclosure, which
covers more than mile, lying on his
back with his brains blown out
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
LABOR LEADERS FOUND GUILTY

A special from indianapolis, dated
December 2Sth. says that thirty-eigh-
labor union officials were found gull
ty of completely in the Mcnamara dy-
Mantle plots, including the wrecking
of the Los Angeles Times building.
Frank NJ. Ryan, president of the In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, was among
those convicted. He, with others,
was accused of using the unions
funds to destroy the property of con-
tractors who refused to recognize the
union.
After Judge Anderson had cleared
the court room of all spectators and
the families of the defendants, the
thirty-eight prisoners were taken into
custody by deputy United States
marshals and were taken to the Ma
rion county, Qnd) Jail.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
KELLOGG DEFENDS THE INTEo-
RlTY OF AMERICAN JUDICIARY

A special from Omaha, Neb., says:
Frank B. kellogg of st. Paul, speak
ing before the Nebraska State Bar
Association there Saturday, defended
the integrity of the American judici-
airy and condemned what he said was
a disposition to criticize the courts.
He declared that of all the branches
of the government the judicial, in his
opinion, was the least subject to the
exercise of arbitrary power, to scan
dial or some improper influence. Mr..
Kellogg said he believed it to be a
fact that the supreme court of the
United States is the most progressive
and liberal branch of this govern
ment and that it has always been
solicitous of the rights of the people.
THE people," said Mr.. Kellogg,
who are denouncing the supreme
court as reactionary and the last re-
sort of the vested interests, should re-
member that but for the decisions OF
that court, commencing with those
written by John Marshall, and ending
with the latest decision under the
commerce clause the national would
have been powerless before the great
est combinations of wealth and pow
er that any age has ever seen"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
CARDUI WORKED
LIKE A CHARM
After Operation Failed to Help,
Cardui Worked Like a Charm.

Jonesville, s. CT suffered with
womanly trouble" writes Mrs. J. 8.
Kendrick, in a letter from this place,
"and at times, I could not bear to stand
on my feet. The doctor said would
never be any better, and that would
have to have an operation, or would
have cancer.
went to the hospital, and they oper.
ated on me, but got no better. They
said medicines would do me no good,
and I thought would have to die.
At last tried Cardui, and began to
improve, so 1 continued using it. Now,
I am we'll, and can do my own work.
I don't feel any pains.
Cardui worked like charm"
There must be merit in this purely
vegetable, tonic remedy, for women
Cardui-for it has been in successful
use for more than so years, for the
treatment Of womanly weakness and
disease.
Please try II, for your troubles.
NB.-Write to: LADIES' Advisory Dept. Chatta-
eooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga Tenn. for Special
Instructions. and 64-page book. Home Treatmens
Or Women." sent in plain wrapper. on request.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
AN UNUSUAL PICTURE

There was an unusual picture be-
fore Judge McKenna in the desertion
court in Pittsburgh, Pa, the day after
Christmas. A young woman, too
frail and delicate to work, was there
asking that her husband be made to
pay her five dollars per week as had
been decreed by the court Her
"auntie,' 101 years old, was wit
ness in the case.
"You are the most distinguished
visitor this court ever had" said the
Judge in addressing her.
Everybody thinks it's funny about
me- said "Auntie." why, my moth
er lived to be Ill and my father 112
That was over in Wales. l was born
there"
1t was testified that the old woman
actually supported her niece, who is
not strong enough to work.
Sure, work." said "Auntie." "Peo
pie have to work as long as they live
knit and do fine needlework l sew
for people, darn socks and mend
clothes. AS long as there's breath in
this old body, I'll work to keep this
little girl By the help of God, II
not let her suffer-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
X. K. K.

In this instance these cabilistic in
itials did not stand for Ku Klux Khan,
but seemed significant of tragedy,
nevertheless, as the end will show. A
Denver, Col, special says:
Kenneth K. Kane, a railway mail
clerk, collected packages containing
Christmas presents, arranged them
in the shape of a coffin on the floor
of the kitchen of his home, placed 4
Christmas card from his sister, Miss
Bernice Kane. who is i'll in Chicago
hospital, at the head, and lay down in
side the casket of gifts. Then he
sent bullet crashing through his
brain. A neighbor found his body.
4 am pretty near through with
the whole thing Kane told the neigh
Dor several hours before he took his
life. I want to get along with every
body, but it makes me mighty sore
when | think of the big crowd my
wife has invited for Christmas din.
ner. l asked her not to have anyone
there. so that we could be by our
selves"
49, - - -
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03

Watermelon land for rent. near A.
T. L. Side track at Lake Weir R. l..
Martin.-Adv. 12-6-tf.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
FOR A CITY PARK

Mr.. B. H. Seymour has made, or
will make, the city council a PROPOSE
ton to deed it fifty acres of land just
beyond the city limits, in North End
Ocala, for city park. The tract en-
braces what was once pond covering
several acres. 1t is surrounded by a
number of large live oak trees, and
can easily and cheaply be converted
into a beautiful artificial lake. 1t is
underlaid with hard-pan, and if sur
rounded with a cement wall could be
easily supplied with water and made
delightful for all kinds of water craft.
The balance of the tract is covered
with pines and variety of oaks
The only condition that Mr. Sey-
mour imposes is that the city shall
expend fifteen thousand dollars upon
its improvement-five thousand dol
lars year for the next three years.
One of the improvements stipulat-
ed is a sixty-foot hard road around
the entire property. A part of this,
however, is already graded, and is a
county road, and the county is under
contract to harden it. 1t extends
from the Kendrick to the Anthony
hard roads.
Mr.. Seymour says that ten acres
may be reserved for a baseball dia-
mand and any number of acres for
golf grounds. The city. however, is
to part with no portion of it except
for purposes of public utilities.
We understand that the members
of the Woman's Club are enthusiastic
over the proposition.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03

n B. Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chatta-
eooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. for Special
Instructions. and 64-page book. Home Treatmena
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
THE CLOSING OF THE OLD YEAR

(By Mrs. w. B. Rose, Madison, Fla
It's midnights holy hour, and 81
lence now is brooding like a gentle
spirit DER the still and pulseless
world.
Hark! On the winds the bells deep
tones are swelling 'Tis the knell of
the departed year. No funeral train
is sweeping past, yet on the stream
and road with melancholy light the
moOnbeams rest like a pale, spotless
shroud. The air is stirred as by a
mourner's sigh, and on yon cloud that
floats so placidly through the heav-
ems, the spirits of the seasons seem
to stand. Young spring, bright sum
mer, automn with its solemn form,
and winter with its aged forelocks.
breathe in mournful cadences that
come abroad like the far wirdharp's
wild and touching Wail-gone from
the earth forever. IT'S a time for
memory and for tears Within the
q
spectre dim (heard from the tomb Of
ages) points its cold and solemn hand
to the beautiful and holy visions that
have passed away and left no shadow
of their loneliness upon the dead
waste of life. That spectre lifts IT,
coffin lid of hope. and joy, and love;
and, bending mournfully above the
pale, sweet forms that slumber there,
scatters dead flowers Ger what has
passed to nothingness. The Year has
gone! And with it many a glorious
throng of happy dreams. It's mark is
on each brow, it's shadow in each
heart. In its swift course it waved
its sceptre DER the beautiful. and
they are not. 1t laid it's pallid hand
on the strong man, and the naughty
form is fallen and the flashing eye is
dim. 1t trod the hall of revelry where
thronged the bright and joyous; and
the wall of stricken ones is heard
where erst the song and shout re-
sounded. 1t passed DER the battle
plain where sword and spear and
shield flashed in the light of midday
and the strength of serrid hopes is
shivered, and the grass, green from
the soil of carnage, waves about the
crushed and smoulderins skeleton.
RemorselesS time! What power can
stay him in his silent course or melt
his iron heart to pity? The proud
bird, the condor of the Andes, that
can soar through the heavens or
brave the fury OF the northern hur-
ricane, or battle his plumage in the
thunder's home, furls his broad wings
at nightfall, and sinks down to rest
upon his mountain crag. But time
time, the tomb builder---bolds his
fierce career, dark, stern, all pitllessl
and pauses not, amid the mighty
wrecks that strew his path to sit and
muse, like other conquerers DER the
fearful ruin he has wrought:
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
ORDINATION AT OKLAWAHA
BRIDGE CHURCH

Special Cor. Ocala Banner:
The old Oklawah4 Bridge church
will enjoy one of the most glorious
days on December 31s- that it has en-
joyed since it's organization in 1864.
During its history iC has experienced
many delightful occasions, but none
are to be compared with the day of
December 31st, 1912, when Brother
Edward NJ. Henderson, a Marion coun-
ty boy, of Lynne, Fla, will be ordain-
ed to go forth and preach the ever
lasting gospel. Edward Henderson
is boy whom we have known since
he was little tot, and We feel that
if God shall spare his life he will be
man among men, and one of whom
we shall have every reason to be
proud, as he goes out from old Okla
waha Bridge church to enter upon
his glorious life work Come, Brother
Harris, and meet with US on Deem
Der 31st.
The following named preachers will
be on hand TO assist in the ordina-
ton: Rev. r. J. Gorbert of Altoona,
Dr. Wood of Lake City, Rev Bunyan
Stephens of Ocala, Rev. f F. Rogers
of Lynne, Rev B. I. Hull of Conner.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to be on hand. Come if you can
UNCLE PETER"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03
ONE WHO WAS PARDoNED ON
CHRISTMAS DAY

A Chicago special to the New York
World says that a man whose hair
was partly white and whose shoulders
were bent, walked up tc big Mike"
Connolly's barber shop last Tuesday.
His was a peculiar gait, shuffling
of the feet and a weakness of the
knees. A sign in the window reading,
Singing Canaries for Sale" caused
him to stop. In new wicker cages a
dozen of the birds preened them
selves.
The man drew from his pocket a
crumpled so bill and entered.
How much are the birds worth ?'
he asked.
Il get three dollars for them," re-
piled Connolly.
I'll take three" said the stranger,
handing over the bill.
big Mike" was surprised. He
couldn't figure out what a man of his
appearance wanted with three cana
ries.
Won't you pick out the birds you
want?" he inquired.
No" replied the man. "You select
them yourself.
Connolly chose three birds. and
handed the cages to his patron.
Those are three fine BIRDS" he
said. They are superior goods"
The man made no reply but walked
to the door. One by one he liberated
the canaries, which flew away.
What did you do that for" asked
Connolly.
The stranger then told how he had
just ended fifteen-year stretch"
and wanted to make somebody, if only
birds, happy.
What's your name?" asked Con
molly.
I'm trying to forget it, said the
stranger
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03

The closing year has been one
among the most remarkable in his.
tory. There has been greater prog
ress made than in any other year
since the beginning of the world II
has witnessed practically the com
pletiOn of the Panama canal, and the
United States has undergone a com
plete political revolution Her crops
are larger than was ever before
known. In Florida we saw the com.
pletion of the over-the-sea railroad,
and the partial completion of the
drainage of the Everglades. In this
county Messrs. Kyle and Young have
successfully changed the channel of
the Oklawaha river and reclaimed a
large area of muck lands. The or
ange groves that have been rehabili-
tated since the big freeze are all bear
ing and are looking almost as well as
before that great catastrophe. TIE
farmers report good prospects, and
all enter upon the new year hopeful
ly. In Ocala we have constructed
more buildings and put down more
street pavements than during any pre-
vious year. Our merchants report a
good trade, and the belief is general
that 1913, even more than 1912, will
be a record breaking year.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03

BIG DIVIDEND PAYER

1t pays Of per cent Is a sure thing
Is received at once. The article has
been sold for forty Years. Thousands
have invested without loss. The offer
IS to you. Therefore, when painting
buy II gallons L. & NJ. Paint and
gallons Linseed OIL Mix them to.
gether. The total cost is $50. An
equal quantity of Il ready for use
from the can paigd costs s42-the
amount saved is SIS. It's q per cent.
on any quantity
Can on McIver l& MacKay, Ocaal,
Fla.-Adv. CO.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03

The newspapers did their full share
in squirting on Santa Claus in his
mission of distributing glad tidings
and good cheer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-03

Before one can refuse a cabinet pc.
sition one must be rendered him. Bry-
an is right when he SAYS that we can
all decline them.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-09-18
NEW NATlONALlSM IS A MEN,
 ACE TO PROGRESS.

The battle for progressive gov .ernment in the United States must not be fought under the banner of. New NatiOnalism. It must be waged for government by the masses. Those matters requiring governmental control must be brought close to the peo- pie, and not be removed far from them, and placed in the hands of alien bureaus and special aa- ents. The powers of government must be distributed more gener- ally rather than be more restrict ed. Those that are fighting for more direct legislation are serV- ing the cause of progress, but those that are battling for ma tiOnal control of everything are rcactionary. If the public good requires public ownership and operation of any public utility, let the ownership and control rest in the corporation within the linn it's of which the people most con- cerned reside and exercise their citizenship. Any other policy leads away from self-government, and toward bureaucracy. If the statesmen of great ability would give more attention to municipal and state matters it would count wonderfully in the struggle for progress in g0vernment.--Juneau Emnirn
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-09-18
Attacking Conservation.

United States Senator Meyers. of Montana, has made a flank at tack on the national cOnserVa- lion principle by urging a bill in Congress to sell OF lease public coal lands. in his state to a rail- road company. The railroad could buy the coal of the United States under the existing cnnser- vation policy which Senator Mey- CTS and some of his colleagues want to overthrow.
 The Montana senator will bear watching for he is the prOponent of a scheme to sell part of the Yellowstone park to mining company. He may be considered the advance guard of those
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-09-18
PORTAGElPASS
 FEASIBLE ROUTE
 if. a,is :: ;s s Will Provide : g short :.svorkab's s-s Line to the Rich sdsitna :. 'H ..# 4f Valley.

Lode mining in the interior of Alaska has made slow progress, which is not especially surpris- ing when account is taken of the ] lack of transportation and other difficulties incident to pioneer work. Just what these are, and how they are being overcome, may be judged from the account of the Willow Creek district, writ ten by MT. Sumner s. Smith. We'll informed Alaskans look up- on this as one of the most prom ising areas for lode development in the north. It is a region in which the great mass of quartz diorite cuts through the later sedimentaries, and, as suggested by experience in California and Southeastern Alaska, the condi- tions are especially favorable for development of large ore bodies. Sc far only the small high grade veins have attracted attention. It is to be hoped that with im- proved conditions mining on a larger scale may prove possible.
 One announcement of the sum- mer bears upon this directly. It will be remembered that the Alaska Central railroad extend
 ing nOrthward from Seward to Turnagain Arm is hampered by heavy grades and curvature which have been recognized as a ser ious obstacle to converting it in- to the proposed trunk line to the interior. When it was built, the advantage of Seward as harbOr and townsite and the supposed prohibitivc cost of Lunneling at Portage pass, influenced the To- cation of the line. Re-eXamina- ton of the pass this summer has shown that it affords feasible route for a railway, and that a much shorter tunnel than was an- ticipated is all that will be nec- essary. Details of the survey have not been published. but it is known that an entirely new face is put upon the matter and that a short workable line to the Sl- sitna valley is possible. Senti- mcnt in favor of government building of Alaskan railways seems to be consolidating rapid Iy, and when congress can be in- duced to act. a large and valuabl" country will be opened to min ing. .--Mining and Scientific Press.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-09-18

would-be invaders of the public domain who have, or expect to have, constitutional doubts as to conservation" They would re- mand the protection and conser- vation of natural resources on public lands to the: states in whicb they are, andaWe: can all guess sa.what would happen, then.
 MT. Roosevelt and MT. Pinchot went to one extreme on the con- servaation question:. Senator Meyers proposes to go to the oth- ,er. Secretary Lane, of the Inter- for Department, is urging a pol icy which proposes happy med ium for the development of our resources without their eXploita- tiOn. The issue is still very live one.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-09-18
FIGHTING WINDMILLS.

Cervantes undertook to teach the world no more useful lesson than in the incident of Don QuiX- otc's assault on the Windmills.
 Most of us fight Windmills.
 Many men and women go through life doing nothing else but. conjuring up vain dangers. and attacking imaginary enc mics. They quarrel with the government and seem to regard it as an agency designed to op- press them. They become sus- piciouS of their friends. Society is in a conspiracy against them. They brood over the innumbera- ble dangers which brset them. They make speeches to themsel- yes urging the justice of their views. They come upon imagin- ary crises and engage in imag- mary battles.
 They are fighting windmills.
 They dream out thousand misfortunes which are about to befalI them; the loss of what they have; impecuiosily and help leSsneSs in old age; the alienation of highly priZed affections; the falling away of old friendship: the breaking of home ties and the scattering of the home brood; the closing out of all of the light and laughter of the hcarthstone, and the coming of the deep Shad- ows to submerge and swallow them.
 WindmiIls, winHmills!
 They read sinister meanings in the slight and often thought less sayings of their fellows; they see no beauty in the doings and achievements of the day; the music has no melody in il; liter ature has becOmeI putrid; he stage is a flabby degenerate; art, in all of it's phases, is fhshy tumble of meaningless mockefies, and everywhere is the tail of the serpent, and the bent and pur- pose to soil and to tear down, and to leave them nothing of the form and substance of the good and the beauties they have known.
 Windmills |,
 What we need for most of the fears which perpleX and trouble us is a straight, frank and fair look at the world and the people who inhabit it, for it is beauti- full world, filled with good peo- pie, and the good and the beauty of it all is for those who search it out.--Seattle Sun.