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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-08-21

hardt of 0ran.
Frank and Jack Lair have gone to
Clinton. KY, on a visit.
Mr and Mrs. ". Il. Beard have as
their guest their mother. Mrs. A.
r. Beard of Dexter.
Airs. William Reddick who died in
ST, Louis hospital last Saturday
was buried here Monday.
Mrs. Charles McNecse who has
heen in Terre Haute. Ind. on a Wis
it came home saturday.
Miss I.ottie McPheeters of Clinton,
Ky. is. a visitor in this city this
week.
Misses Mildred and Florence Sit
terback and Mrs. Frank Jordon of
Oakton. Ky. are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs Salmon and attending the cha
tauqu.
Miss EvangeIine O'Brion came
home from the Cape Girardeau nor
MAJ fluaA-
Miss Jessie Steryell is home from
Care Girardeau.
Mrs. Chas. Kirkpatrick and little
daughter who have been on visit
to relatives in Evansville, Ind, are
home again.
Mesdames Jas. l.. Byrd and May
Moore have as their guest their mo-
Their. Mrs. Hunter of Marion, Ky.
Mrs. John Anderson returned
Wednesday from Louisville, KY,
where she has been to see her moth
er.
Miss Kate Walker of Clinton, KY,
is here to attend the chattauqua
and visit friends.
Miss Lota Clarkson entertained
Tuesday afternoon with a Rock
party in honor of her visitor Miss
Vela Bondurant Of Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-08-21

- "a
mated
For a moment Boss Mccarthy star
ed; then showed back his chair with a
violent motion, and rose He was like
shadow on a screen. The fiiehing
from the world of one element of Its
everyday life had Unexpectedly rem
dered it all phantasmagorics
AS Mccarthy shouted. and no sound
came; as he moved from behind his
desk. and no jar accompanied his
heavy football, he appeared to lose
blood and substance. to become unreal.
AS no sound issued from his contorted
face. so 1t seemed that no force would
follow his blow. were he TO deliver one
He stumbled forward. dazed and
cropping as though he were In the
dark, instead of merely In silence; a
striking example n the uncertainty
OF his movements or how closely our
senses depend on one another
Jack spoke twice, then Chased his
lips In grim straight line. He held
his elbows close TO his sides, and
looked ready for anything,
A look OF mild triumph illumined
Percy Darrsw's usually languid coun-
enance, He stepped quickly to the
wall. and turned the button of the In.
cadenscent globe The light instantly
glowed AT this he nodded twice more
From bis pocket he drew a note book
and pencil. wrote In II few words.
and handed IT to the dazed and un-
certain boss.
Il was right" Darrow had Hcrawled.
This proves 1t. It's by no means the
end Better be good"
McCarthy's bulldog courage had re-
covered from It's first da2e He began
to see that this visitation was not en-
tirely personal. but extended also to
his two companions. This relieved
his mind for he had suspected some
strange new apoplexy.
did you expect this?" he wrote.
barrow nodded
Together the three ghosts left the
phantom Office, and glided down the
phantom halls. Other ghosts In vari-
GUS stages of alarm were already maxi
ing their way down the stairs. Some
of them spoke. but no sound came.
One woman, her eyes frightened.
reached out furtiveiy to touch her
neighbor, apparently to assure herself
of his reality. Urged by an uncon-
trollabie impulse, a man thrust his
hand through the ground glass of an
Office door. The glass shivered, and
crashed to the tile floor. The pieces
broke-siently 1t was as though the
man had been the figure In a cinemato-
graph Illusion. He stared at his cut
and bleeding hand. The woman who
had touched the man suddenly threw
back her head and screamed. They
could see her eyes roll back. her face
change color, could discern the strain
ing of her throat No sound came.
At this a panic seized them. They
rushed down the stairs, clambering
over one another, pushing, scrambling,
falling A mob of hundred men
fought for precedence. Blows were
struck. No faintest murmur of tumult
came from their futile hept. It might
have been the riot of waxworks In
a vacuum.
They fell into the lower hallway,
and fought their way to the street,
80 =--~.-. ..-@=- npsa ~-i srarn~
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-08-21
MOUNDS

Mrs. Or. Royal and daughter.
Mrs. Frank Moore, of Villa Ridge,
We're Mounds callers Tuesday.
Miss Neva Palmer has gone to
Villa Ridge to visit relatives.
Mrs, Burkhart has gone to Gem
traha on business.
Judge Carter of Mound City was
business caller in Mounds We'd
nesday.
Harry Poor of Cairo was in
Mounds on business Wednesday.
DR.. Royal has purchased the
Parks building on Front street.
Mrs. Maud Boyd was in Cairo on
business Wednesday morning.
Mrs. VIM. Earl left Wednesday
for Danville and Urbana at Danville
she will visit Mrs. Jeffries and Mrs.
Haekley at Urbana. Both parties
are we'll known in Mounds.
Miss Martha Fulkerson has re-
turned from a visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs, Albert Anderson
have returned from a months visit
with relatives in Alabama and Ten
.nessee.
Mrs. r. L. Pollock is on the sick
list
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-08-21

Miss La Verne Armstrong left
yesterday for Charleston, Mo-,
where she will spend a couple of
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. john
Rhine.
Mrs. II. {. Rice and Mrs. l.. c.
stophlet were Cairo visitors yes
terday afternoon.
Miss Mary McNeile went to Cairo
yesterday afternoon to see Sister
Sebastina formerly Miss Ella Nc
nellie of this city, who arrived this
week to assume her duties as music
instructor in 81. Joseph's parochial
school.
Mrs. Fl. c. Lawler and her guest
Miss Emma Fahrenholz of st.
Louis spent yesterday with Mr. and
AIRS. Ed Martin in Cairo.
Mrs. NJ Bowers and Miss Elfes-
sor. of limo. Mo. are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Campbell. They
are en- route to visit friends at
Shawneetown.
Miss Ruth Oehlschlaeger OF Pa
lucah and Miss Title weighing of
Louisville, KY. are the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Arnold of
Fourth street Miss Oehlschlaeger
is a sister of Mrs. Arnold.
Mrs. Clarence Selby spent yester-
day with friends in Pulaski
Misses Dawn and Martha Capoot
returned home yesterday from St.
Louis where they have spent the
past two weeks, Their brother.
Stanley remained there.
Mrs. Otto Edwards who has been
seriously i'll at her home on Fourth
and Elm streets is improving.
Miss Agatha Burgess of America, |
was shopping here yesterday ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Throgmor-
ton and children left yesterday to
visit relatives at Vienna.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-08-21
AUGUST 81 IN HISTORY.

1So5--Brest fleet attacked Camaret
Bay by the British feet un-
der CORVALLIS, who with an
inferior force, compelled
them to retire in the inner
harbor.
Revolution in Santa Fe,
South America.
1S29-Copper was discovered at
Galena, Ill.
1S4G-The water in Lake Ontario
had fallen since the first of
December, 1916, twenty
eight inches, and was lower
than ever known before.
Gulf Island, which had been
submerged seven years be-
fore, again appeared above
water. and many rocks and
sand bars never before known
made their appearance.
1854 The Royal Danish railroad
was completed and opened
direct communication be-
tween the Black Sea and the
Baltic.
Congress adjourned for the
session
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-08-21
MOUND CITY


The bodies of Robert Brown and
j e. Nelson who were killed at
Villa Ridge at three o'clock last
Saturday morning were inferred at
Beech Grove cemetery yesterday
afternoon. They met death when
a bank under which they were work
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-07-17

BOYS SUITS, sizes 7 to II,
formerly $500 and $3.50 4 If
value, special ......... I.IV
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
The RothschiIds.

What chiefly struck one at the fu-
neral of the late Baron Gustave de
Rothschild was the great multiplicity
OF relatives descended from his faith
er, the first Baron James, the shrewd-
est and most funnily humorous mem
Der of the Paris branch of the Roths-
childs. that he founded Among these
descendants were a son, grandsons,
and great and great-great-grandson
Rothschilds. Lamberts, Leoninos, Eph-
russis, Storms, Sassoons. Gubbays.
They represented not only the prinoi-
pie of blood relationship, but the A.
nasee of Paris. Brussels, Genoa, Milan,
Odessa, Bombay and Calcutta. Among
the numerous multi-millionaires de-
scended from the first Baron James
there was one who devoted himself to
medical science, dramatic literature
and the collection of autographs of
great writers-Baron Henri, only SON
Of the second Baron James.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04

No less an authority than Sir Aleck
Mackenzie declares the fiddle is Scot
lands national instrument and lays
no claim to the bagpipe.
Another high class expert asserts the
bagpipe was born among the Seliuks,
the ancestors Of the modern Turks
Weel. Well
Next thing it's likely some expert
will tell US that the HieIanders We're
not the inventors of bare knees. -Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
AN IRON WlLLED MONARCH
One Man Rule as Exempii6ed In Frec
erick the Great.

eriek the Great.
Frederick was an intensively active
highly capable. strong willed and sci,
reliant commander He concentrated
all power in his own hands, reduciu2
his ministers to clerical work and his
generals to the duties Of personal lieu
tenants Below him the Prussian al
ministration was a thing of stiff amt
mechanical obedience, lacking in mi
tiative and individuality.
Several of Frederick's military losses
were due to the fact that he gave his
generals such minute orders and was
so severe in case of disregard of IN
structions that they did not dare t.
use their ON Judgment when unfor
seen condt presented themselves.
He personally foresaw and provided
for everything. and he inspected FIRE
quently and thoroughly. His disci@liue
was severe, his organization good, his
calculation accurate and limited to
what was possible. His movements,
which were skillfully disguised, were
rapid
So superior was Frederick to his op
ponents in strategy that they Were
obliged for safety to keep their troops
in so concentrated form that there
was not sufficient space for effective
maneuvers He was more capable in
marching and maneuver than in bat
tie. more capable in battle than in
! siege.
His great defect as an administratoi
4 lay in the fact that he dwarfed the
/ growth Of those below him and SO edu
Gated no talented corps to bear the
political and military burdens of tht
state when he should be obliged +.
lay them down. He apparently coul
/ do things only through himself Hav
Il ing a supreme contempt for the capayi
ties Of most mortals, he had no miul
to make experiments which might hay,
changed his opinions. Although Did
i knew for many years that his success
sor was to be a man without ability
he handed down to him a system whjcl
required Frederick We may say tha
he brilliantly administered a system
which was badly rganized.-Edwart
d. Jones in Engineering Magazine.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
Exeontioner Sets : Fashion.

In England fashions have been kill
ed at executions, but in France over a
century ago fashion in mems attire
was set by Samson. the public eXecu-
toner, Samson, who had high ideas OF
the dignity OF his Office. was famous
for the richness of his attire when Oil
ciating on the scaffold. Just before
the revolution he was forbidden to
wear blue, the nobleman's color, and
by way of protest he made himself
even more gorgeous. He took to green
and that color. as we'll as the peculiar
cut of his clothes. was adopted by
many of the young handles of the
court
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
FLUNG FROM A WINDOW.
Horrors of a Death Sentence In the
Middle Ages In Bohemia.

Horrors of a Death Sentence In the
Middle Ages In Bohemia.
How many people know what refen-
estration means? Yet 1t was once q
popular method OF executing criminals
and was the mode OF capital punish
ment used In Bohemia In the middle
ages and later. Demonstration means
throwing from window" but that
did not always include all the arrange
ments made for the doomed mans
exit from the world.
In Prague in 1419 the council cham
Der of the hradschin. or town hall, was
used as the place of execution. There.
In the presence of the assembled no
bles, their invited guests and the dig
nitaries of the city. the unhappy
wretches were cast from window
eighty feet to the courtyard below.
If his crime was an ordinary of
Tense the prisoner was merely dropped
on the stones and allowed to lie there
bruised and broken until death put an
end to his sufferings, succor being for
hidden.
! But If he was guilty Of treason OF
any act of violence against a noble h
( fell on the sharp spears Of squad OF
/ soldiers or dropped to the tender mer
4 cies Of a pack of fierce dogs specially
trained for the purpose, or he nigh
be flung to wild bears previously en-
ragged by being pricked with spears.
The last time demonstration wa:
practiced was just before the Thrift
Years war, when the imperial com
missioners brought an unwelcome mes
sage to Prague and We're prompt
thrown from the window. This pre-
cipitated the war and abolished TIL
custOm.-New York Press,
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
FIRST REPORT
OF new ROAD
SUPERVISOR
BRADSHAW TELLS OF WORK
DONE DURING PAST MONTH
PROGRESS MADE ON JOHN AN
DERSON HIGHWAY AND Gull
VERTs DISTRIBUTED ON ROAD
TO DELAND.

The first report of County Road
Supervisor w. d. Bradshaw SUBJ
mitted to the board of County Com
missioners, was given to that body
at its regular February meeting in
peLand Monday night, and shows
that good work on the John Ander-
son highway is being done by the
county prisoners under the direction
az the supervisor.
Supervisor Bradshaw has had the
prisoners at work on the John An
derson highway continuously since the
last meeting of the county board, and
the road work is well along between
the north county line and Ormond.
The report of the supervisor show
led the road has been shelled, with
the exception of half-mile stretch
from the Smith creek bridge down
to Numbeg 8, and the work during
the past month has been carried on
, mostly on the stretch between Mum
Der 9 and ormond.
| The supervisor reported that II
culverts have been distributed along
the DeLand road and will be put In
to replace that number of wooden
bridges. When this work is complet
ed the only wooden bridges left OF
Ahis main road will be the ones al
Deep creek. Tiger bay. the Tomoks
river and the canal of the Blue Lake
Celery company. These bridges whic
are to remain will be put in good con
diUon and the iron culvertS will b'
we'll packed with mari.
The supervisor also reported tina
he had recently examined the bridge
connecting the Spruce creek and Ros
bay fills and had found them in ba
shape.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
BOND OF
WILLIAMS
APPROVED
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
J. 3. CASE ALSO APPOINTED AT
PORT ORANGE TO FILL OUT
TERM OF THE LATE L. II.
KARIN.

After having seen the fruits of
election plucked away from him be-
cause of his failure to file his bond
with the board of county commission
ers within the required time. John
Nv. Williams of Seabreeze is to be
justice of peace in that precinct in
spite of his negligence.
Failure to file his bond disquali-
fled Mr.. Williams after he had been
properly elected. and this disqualifi-
cation rendered the office vacant.
This left the matter open for the
governor to appoint man to fill the
office. and the governor took this
means of naming Mr.. Williams to
fill the office.
This time Mr.. Williams lost no
time in filing his bond with the
county commissioners and the bond
was approved by the board at its reg
ular meeting at the county seat
Monday night.
| At this meeting of the county
board the bond of ]. B. Case as jus
tice of the Peace at Port Orange
was also approved. Mr.. Case was
appointed by the governor to I'll
the unexpired term of the late L. H
Karn,
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
REPORT IS
HEARD FROM
DELEGATE
"A
RUTTfR SAYS PROGRESS HAS
BEEN MADE AT WASHINGTON
CHARTS PRESENTED TO BOARD
or TRADE SHOW ADVANTAGE
OF MOSQUITO OVER ST. LuclE
INLET.

President L. NJ. Waite presided at
the meeting OF the Daytona board
OF tradd held at the city hall last
nitht. The meeting was not largely
attended, but was one of much en-,
thlsiasm.
'rhe board of governors reported
tho sending OF Rev. D. II.
Ritter to Washington, d. c.,
20 act in conjunction with
thu delegates from other places in
tho matter of securing government
aid for the Improvement of Mosquito
In ct. Reports from Mr.. Rutter
wire read. showing progress made
at that time and including interesting
charts Of Mosquito and st. Lucie In
les. These charts show vast adj
vintage for Mosquito inlet in the
m alter of depth of water, naturally.
Che depth of water ON the bar at
Mosquito inlet is s1s feet and ranges
from that TO ~ feet a mile from
shore and to a depth Of 26 feet in
Il 81 North Indian river, while the
depth at thu st. Lucie inlet is. but
8 or feet, with coral feet off
shore. showing only 8 feet of water
1ld an extreme depth of only 10
feet in ST. Lucie river.
A communication was received
from the National One Cent Letter
Postage association asking the board
for a resolution of endorsement and
this action was taken.
The secretary was instructed to
write the Seaboard railway, calling
attention to the fact that Daytona
again appeared in very small letters
"a its folder. in contrast with Or
niond, New Smyrna and other point;
and to remind the management OF
the promise that the Oversight" o.
list season would not occur again.
Communications were read relatin;
TO the Mosquito inlet Improvement
Written By the Florida senators ant
tongressmen in answer to letters
from the Peck Hendricks compan,
in relation to this matter.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
PETITION TO DISCONTINUE
A PUBLIC ROAD
continued from page one)

be well supplied with notaries public,
Judging from the notary bonds filed
with the county board at the meet
ing Monday night There were four
notary bonds filed with the board at
this session, all of these being from
persons living on the peninsula, as
follows: H. F. Thompson, w. A. Bag
gekt, NJ. E. Bigelow and r. L. Sell
den.
Ask Drainage District
A petition was presented to the
board from residents of the hammock
lands west of the ridge between
Blake and Kingston, asking for in
formation as to Just what course to
take to obtain the establishment OF
drainage district out of this ter.
ritory. The owners OF lands in this
territory are anxious to have the
county establish a drainage district
and the attorney for the board was
instructed to make a copy OF the
law on the subject and forward to
the petitioners.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
One Eisherman,s Idea.

First Angler-Look. This tish was al-
most caught before; see the hraEen
hook in its mouth. Second An-er
It should have had sense eaol-A &"
steer clear of hooks after that llrst
Angler-Oh. como, you can't expect
fish to exhibit more sense than ha-
man being.-Boston TRAINS rlgt
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04

The primitive mountain girl, who
is the heroine of Eugene Walters
great play, The Trail Of the Lone
some Pine" which is adapted from
John Fox Jr's. delightful book of
the same name. The play comes to
the New Daytona theater Thursday,
February 6, for matinee and night
performances.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04

He spoke very bi-aig OF you
month ago"
Yes; I had just loaned him So
But today he cannot think of
enough harsh things TO say about YOU"
True. I stopped him on the street
yesterday and asked him to pay it
back."-petroit Free Press.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
You
Often Want

quick relief from biliousness-fron
its headaches, its sour stomach,
hiccoughs, flatulence, unpleasant
breath and the general feeling of
good-for-nothingness it causes.
Thousands-through three gener-
atoms and the wide world over
have found, as you viii find, that
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04
INTERESTING RIDES
| AND DRIVES
POINTS WORTH VISITING
Joints WORTH VISITING

- N1-<AAN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ulOtuTkuS
north for 10 miles and south Is
miles to Mosquito inlet and the
Government lighthouse at Ponce
Park. The beach is the most mag
nificent in the world
BEED, KNOX & BEED ORANGE
GROVE-1S miles, via Ormond. is
one Of the largest groves in yo-
lusia county and is well worth see-
ing; can be reached by motor over
fairly good road; can also be
reached by boat.
NUMBER NINE ORANGE GROVES
large grove, passed on the way
to the Beed, Knox & Beed grove,
is II miles from Daytona.
NEW SMYRNA-16 miles from Day
tona, over an excellent hard sur
face road; this drive is said to
be the prettiest in the state. At
New Smyrna are the ruins Of an
ancient fort and other historical
spots, left by the colony of An
drew Turnbull.
OLD SPANISH MISSION-2 n. les
west Of New Smyrna, reae he'd by
motor over good road. This -
sion Is without authentic h.slory
but by many it is conteaded that
this is the church built by Column
bus on his second voyage to
America. The altar is still extant.
but at later date the building
was used as a sugar mill.
SPANISH SUGAR MILF miles
west of Port Orange and about s
miles from Daytona; the machinery
is still in a good state OF preser-
walton, although the mill is pre-
sumed to have been built and
operated by the early Spanish set
/ tiers.
GOVERNMENT LIGHTHOUSE - a
Ponce Park, IL miles from Daytona
is reached by boat or by motor on
the ocean beach.
1 MAMMOTH TREE miles from
Daytona; an abnormaTly large tree:
reached by motor over hard
surfaced road.
DELAND-25 miles from Daytona;
the county seat Of voiusia county
and seat of John B. Stetson uni
verSity; a very picturesque city;
reached by motor over hard sur
faced road
I TOMoKA RIVER-The scenic stream
of Florida; reached by excursion
boats which leave Daytona daily
and run to the navigable head OF
the stream, &c miles from the
city. Generally number OF al
ligators may be seen in their ma
tive haupts. This is a trip no
tourist should miss.
DELEON SPRINGS, IS miles from
Daytona; mammoth spring that
throws out thousands of gallons
of water a minute; a delightful
bathing pool, and picturesque
scenery. Spring 5 situated in an
old plantation. Reached by moor
/. over coed road; a nee TRIP fol
picnic party.
] OAK HILL-hamlet, 10 miles soul
r of New Smyrna; several orane'
groves in the locality; reached b,
/. motor over rd-surfaced road.
=. ORMOND-six miles from Daytona
here is located the Ormond hote
and pretty town; nearby are tn
ruins of Spanish sugar mills
TURTLE MOUNDS miles south {
Daytona; reached by boat;
mammoth mound Of oyster shell
supposed to have been left
a prehistoric race Of people. Pc
terry and other antiquities he7
been discovered in excavating t,
shell.
PORT ORANGE-an attractive TOW
miles south Of Daytona. can
reached by motor over hard-su
faced road; or the trip one W;
may be made by the road al
crossing the Halifax river on Il
Port Orange bridge. the retul
can be made on the ocean beach.
CLARENDON GOLF Inks mil
from Daytona and immediate
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04

ineffective Honor.
The honor that exists among thieves
Is of benefit only 10 the thieves
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04

*WANTED-Clean, white cotton
rags at Gazette News office.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04

OAK HILL-hamlet, 10 miles south
of New Smyrna; several orange
groves in the locality; reached by
motor over hard surfaced road.
ORMOND-six miles from Daytona;
here is located the Ormond hotel
and a pretty town; nearby are the
ruins of Spanish sugar mills.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-04

DELEON SPRINGS, rs miles from
Daytona: mammoth spring that
throws out thousands of gallons
of water a minute; a delightful
bathing pool, and picturesque
scenery. Spring IS tuagcd in an
old plantation. Reached by moor
over coed road; nee TRIP Tor
picnic party.