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Evening journal., 1914-08-11
Il B. GaiIin Receivership Sale Continued

A great value-giving combi-
nation for Wednesday shop
pers - two worthy saving
events crowded into one days
selling, tomorrow's bargain sale
presenting a host of remarkable
bargains in all the different sec
tons of the store, and the con-
tinuation Of the H. B. Claflin
Receivership Sale, offering
housekeepers worthwhile saw
ings of assured quality.
Evening journal., 1914-08-11

Beautiful Dresser Of genuine
mahogany quartered oak or
bird's-eye maple. Handsomely
finished and of the latest de-
sign; 42-inch top. Regular
$3.50. August price. $500
Evening journal., 1914-08-11
Mission Buffet

Fumed oak is one Of the pref
test finishes for a buffet. AS
an extra special for tomorrow
morning we have, entered this
handsome Mission Buffet in the
August Sale at an extra special
price. II is SO inches long and
finished with copper drawer
pulls. Regular $3.50; tomor-
row ........ ..,.....$ $4,000
Others, regular S35, $50: reg
ular S44.50, $37.25.
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Princess Dresser

ms Princess Dresser matches
me dresser at $40 and the chif-
Ionier at Sl8.25. The three
pieces are really wonderful
values; same woods. Regular
$3.50. August price. $500
Evening journal., 1914-08-11

Handsome triple mirror Toi.
let Table, Of genuine mahogany
OF CHARTERED oak, Handsomely
nnlshed, heavy beveled glass
regular $3.50. August price
= .-..',-'............. $23.0O
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S24.5O Library
Table S1925

Genuine mahogany Library
able, oval shape, Colonial de-
sign IS inches long, dull fin
49,; 'esu'ar SS4.5O. August
p''ee .',.......... $19.25
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Reynolds and Hobbema, most of these. like the furniture, china and plate, hav- Ing been collected by the Prince Regent
 Incidentally, burglars could bag q good ly assortment of valuable clocks at the palace, where there are over 250 time pieces. Needless to say, 1t Is a tremen- dous business to keep them all going. Some of them are as old as the time of Louis XIV. and the works are still in good order. The King abominates d use less clock and when the works of d time piece are worn out he has them replaced with new ones. The collection is extrene-s ly valuable, some of the most precious specimens having been bought by George TIL who had great hobby for curious clocks. The collection is not grouped to- gether, as in museum. but Is spread throughout the various rooms in the palace. One curious clock, of the time of Louis KY. is made in bronze. in the shape of negress' head. The dial plates are her eyes. one eye telling the hours, and the other the minutes The lids can be closed over the eyes and the negress is charming and two little Cupds are twining garlands round her neck. An other clock tells the height of the baro- meter each day.
 The most difficult to manage, however. is the PinchbeclS clock which was made in 17a0 or whereabouts, by the inventor of the metal which bears his name This wonderful timepiece tells the state of the tides sunrise and sunset. high water in 32 different ports. the day of the week. of the month. the year--there is no end. in fact. to the amount of things this clock can do.
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ly is at his desk by S. more often than not with heavy day in front of him. Once he leaves the palace, the respon- sibiity of the household police ends and falls, thereafter, on the special staff of Scotland Yard detectives who have the duty of looking after him and the Queen when on their travels. 1t Is up to the guardians of the palace. however. tc keep their eyes peeled at all hours, all kinds of eranks and lunatics being anxious to interview the King and Queen as well as the high functionaries who attend them.
 Quite recently, for example. a well dressed woman. who evidently supposed that the queen-mother still resided at Buckingham palace, walked up to the gates and on being challenged by one of the policemen on duty, remarked that she had business with Queen Alexandra.
 q must know your business before I can pass you.' remarked the constable. politely. Well, if you must know was the indignant reply, Il am spiritualist, and l have just been in communication with King Edgard in the spirit world. What he said to me wish to communicate to her majesty" Curiously enough, how ever the constable could not see his way to admitting the visitor to the queen mother
 No would-be assassin or suffragette interrogation. accordingly, is likely to sneak into Buckingham palace by night, neither are thieves likely to break through and steal. though there is no end of fine loot in the old royal residence. It was built by George II, by the bye and stands on the former site of the mulberry field which James I planted to feed the silk worms which he hoped-vainly 1t proved would provide him with silken hose. To begin with, apart from all the private treasures of the King and Queen, there is in Buckingham palace one of the finest collections of paintings contained in any royal residence in Europe. including some splendid Gainsboroughs and Rambrandts, and wonderful canvases by Rubens, Hals,
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who keep the keys of all the palace doors during the night.
 In days gone by it was the custom for the monarch to be protected during the hours of slumber by an attendant sleeping in a bed drawn across the door of his chamber. This long has been done away with, but King George, beside his police and military guard, is in the care of two night watchmen who pace up and down the corridors through the hours of darkness. They are shod in thick felt slippers, and one of them is always near the Kings door until the monarch is called by his valet in the morning. Mean- while. 1t is the duty of the household police, not only to patrol the corridors as well. but to examine frequently every door and window in the palace, so that it would be impossible for any intruder to get in without his presence being dis covered in a few minutes.
 There are 10 policemen on duty in the palace at night, and they have regular beats, just as they have in the street. There Is a police station attached to the palace, where 20 men are stationed. They are detailed entirely for duty outside and inside Buckingham palace, and are of course, relieved of all street duty. They wear exactly the same uniform as ord- nary policemen.
 The men detailed for night duty enter the palace at Il o'clock, but do not begin patrolling the corridors until midnight. They remain in the guard room,'' on the basement floor, between Il and 12. where, if they wish. they may smoke, and are given tea and coffee. The pa- trolling of the corridors is carried out exactly in the same way as if the police were on duty in the street. They walk in pairs up and down their beats. meet Ing at the end of beat, just as they would in the street. The corridors, by the way, are kept alight all night.
 As matter of feet, the duties of the Buckingham palace police are exceedingly light. and to get posted to the palace station is . fate that all constables in
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the metropolitan station regard as an ex- tremely fortunate one. The discipline maintained, however, is uncommonly strict, and the slightest breach on the part of a constable of any of the special rules of the palace police station is gen orally followed by his being sent back to ordinary duties.
 Now, let us see how the palace is locked up for the night.
 As the deep toned clock outside the servants hall booms out the hour of midnight two red-liveried servants emerge from the stewards room, one bearing a big bunch of keys. It is the duty of these two to look all the en- trance doors of the palace at midnight with the exception of the door at the equerries' entrance which is left open all night, and which Is used by the King and Queen and any members or the royal household who may enter the palace after midnight. Two servants are on duty at the entrance all night. When all the doors have been locked. the servants in attendance at each re- tire for the night. and from then untii o'clock the following morning the palace is in charge if the night staff, the police, the soldiers, the watchmen and the firemen.
 The two night watchmen at the pal ace realty work harder than the po- lice one, as has been said, is sta toned in the corridor. wheer the per- sonal apartments of the sovereign arc situated. The watchman's room is at one end of the corridor and at the other is clock. The watchman is required to patrol the corridor every half hour.
 When ho reaches the end of the corri- dor. where the clock is placed, he has to push needle. with which the clock is fitted. across the face of it. and It records the time at which he did so. If he is fivo minutes late in arriving at the clock, the needle cannot be pushed.
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880f land, has just got new chfef watch dog. He is Chief Inspector Sey- Inour of the Scotland Gard, who has suc- ceeded. as head of the Buckingham palace police, Inspector H. Holden. who. for the past 14 years, has been responsible for the safety of the sovereign and the members of his family while they were within the walls of the palace, and who has just retired on superannuation after nearly 40 years service in the police. The retiring royal watch dog was invested .'' {. a few days ago, with the silver medal of the Royal Victorian Order by the King, who thanked him for his faithful service, and wished him well. The new Cerberus is far from being a stranger to his re- sponsible duties, having been on duty for several years at Wellington Arch. close to the palace at the top of Constf- tuition Hill. and having occasionally re- lieved Inspector Holden at the palace it. self.
 This royal residence, as every american visitor to London sees for himself, is surrounded on tall sides by military sen- tries, who are furnished by one of the battalions of guards quartered in Lon don. but these soldiers are really more Tor ornament than for use. The actual guarding of the palace which now, owing chiefly to the activities of the suf- fragettes. is even a more responsible job than it used to be. Is wholly in the hands of the palace-or household-police. the number of which, as well as that of the military guard" recently has been in- creased and many new precautions taken. Today. in fact, King George is as well protected as the Czar himself, who has . guard of armed Cossacks outside his door, or the King of Spain, who is watch a by squad of specially picked soldiers.
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this country to send statesmen to the Penny tensiary aftur they have been Guy vernon, not before That is, if it's not custonlmery, it ought to be in lots of cases we could mension. If Oklahomur elects eether of theese perfectly estimabull gen thnen as theere Guvvernor we want to warn the State that we have inside in furmasion that it will not only creeate advurse commint, but it will seeriusly eff
 feet the States chanses for getting a re- gionnel bank It will also discourage cap-
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ital. Nuthing so completely discurrages capitol as the proximmity of gentleman who has established a reputasion for being reckless in the vicinnity of reel mummy with pair of six-shooturs. The fact that he has reformed does not sooth' capital capital is freequintly hard to sooth, it is natuleliy timurus and shy. We have in the past on menny occasions devoted much time in vain attempt to sooth capital long enufI to slip pair of handcnffs on it, so we could carry it home and gloat
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By CHAs. OGDENS

and when the clock is examined next day, the fact that the watchman was neglectful of his duty becomes ap- parent. The palace watchman." as other watchman is called. is on duty in the corridor, where the state re- ception rooms are situated. and he vis- it's each apartment, of which there are 10 from time to time throughout the night.
 Meanwhile the military guard also is one the qui vive. Four soldiers are on guard throughout the night in the chief enti ance hall of the palace, and six soldiers on guard outside. not to mention there being sentries at each entrance Twice during the night, usually between the hours of Il and
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12 and between and in the morning, a patrol is sent around the royal sta- bles and outhouses.
 This patrol consists of an officer, a corporal, two rank-and-file and drum mer boy The latter, however, merely carries a lantern. These two patrols are krown as Rounds and Great Rounds Great Rounds" when the senior offi- Ger of the guard, a captain is in charge; Rounds" when the Junior officer, lieu tenant, accompanies the patrol.
 At a. m. the soldiers, police and watchmen come off duty the doors to all the entrance sare unlocked, and the reg ular stan of day servants take up their routine. If all accounts be true, the King himself is an early riser and usual
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hnISTUR EDDITUR-The plain pee ". pul of Oklahomur have little pO sumthing on the plain peepul of enny uther State. The reesun for this is simple, but at the same time convinsing O<lahomur IS a comparatively new State. Pryor to being State of the Union, it was a state of wild exsitemint and intoxica- sion, whenever the Nobull red-man, who almost exclusively occupied it at that time, could induse the bennevvolint agints of Uncle Sam to kick in with the fire-water. When it was desided that the nobull red man was letting sum verry valluabull and perfectly good reel estate remain drug on the market, the Guvvermint desided to open up Oklahomur, and give sivvilliza- sion and the Aunty- Saloon Leege chanse Peeprl frum evvery State in the Union bored into Oklahomur, and started rite in to run for Congriss. Crate cities weer built and ralc-roads constructed, wheere hereto fore theere had been nuthing but scenery and the wild whoop of the savage. In verry short while Oklahomur was con vurted frum wildurness of tangled nature into net-wurk of industry, trolley lines, faro banks, drug stores and moving picture shows. Polytics in Oklahomur has always had kind of boarding house hash effect, becawse the polytical complexion of tue State was job-lot and gennerel mix ture created frum the polytical complexion Of evvery uther State in the Union. The plain peepul of Oklahomur have theere own gennerel idear about the quallifica- sions of publick man for offise and he must cum up to sed spessificasions, or tleere is nuthing doing. They leen little t@evar1 the Spectacular in Oklahomur, and a Statesman of the Jim Ham Lewis variety could eassily be elected King. It was one of the reel grate mistakes of his life, that Jim Ham didn't go to Oklahomur insteed of Illynoise. Not that the plain peepul of Oklahomur air contint with meerly the spectsciller in statesman, far be it frum. he must have the goods in uther lines as well.
 Collonnel Al Jennings, who is one of the most successful reformed train robburs, and the Honerabull Gawge Crump, Jr, who has sllrved sum two or three turns in / the Pennytensiary, air now contesting for the demnycratic nomminasion for Guv- vernon. Collonnel Jennings gave up train robbing yeers ago, becuming totally dis gusted with the profession when he dis cUvveled what Pikur he was as compared with the promoturs of the New Haven, while Gawge has a record of sevven ar rests and one or two convictsions resulting in turn of so in the Pen.
 It is rathur hard to make forecast on the Guvvernorship in Oklahomur, but taking the past record of the State into considurasion theere is sum hope that both ColloInel Jennings, and Gawge, Jr., may both be quickly but furmly sat upon by the sec plain peepul. We sympathize with the spectaculer tendensies of the good peepul of Oklahomur, but this spectaculer thing can be ovverdun.- We want to point out to Oklahomur that it is custommery in
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Got a Surprise Himself

From the Boston Evening Transcript
 Cholly-"And was my present sur prise to your sister?'
 Willie-"You bet, Sis said she never thought you'd send her anything So cheap
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ovver it, but with verry indiffurent sue cess. We have put in verry little time gloating ovver capital
 We admit freely that we don't know much about Oklahomur, newer having tarried long in the State, but sum how or uther We have faith that if Collonnel .Jen- ning's vote is confined strictly to ex-train robburs, that he will be defeeted. We have a frend livving at South McAllstur, and he rites to inform us, that ex-train robburs air in the mynorrity in his county. He
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)NDON, March 21.-(Special.)
 Buckingham palace, the Lon don home of the King of Eng
 land, has just got a new chief
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30
MARTIN GIVES BEAUTIFUL
BOUQUET TO OUR PEOPLE
Editor Leader Enterprise:

Editor Leader Enterprise
Having spent number Of days your beautiful city, and
been deeply impressed with its resources opportunities and posi-
bie request permission to offer word commentator of
the splendid work yourself and Others in saving the country
schools from the necessity of having defer their opening until
the beginning of the New Year.
Your strong and stirring editorials pointing out the unwsom
the proposed STEP and the hardship that would thereby be
ed upon the country children followed by the vigorous appeal
the moned the city and county advance the funds need
ed to the opening of the schools usual time demon
straed the great value community of public spirited citizen
whose heart and energies deved the welfare his people,
would that the echoes of your appeal upon
the of the progressive patriotic citizens of community
fore the began pouring with the result providing
ample money to meet the situation and months Of valuable
time IN the education of the little in the districts
Such these in the life community illustrate
the fine temper and true mete its people, not feel that
and those who MOLLY andromp responded to your an
peal be accorded great your exhibition of civic
pride and enterprise we'll udabe zeal in behalf
of education.
The splendid clzenry that make up the population Ben Hill
county have furnished cogent and conclusive proofs of her
the Of the iustrou statesman which she bears
Yours cordially,
E. L. MARTIN
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30
BeaChey Loops Loop
Over The White House

Washington, D. G. Sept. 29.-Lin-
coin Beachey, in an aeroplane, loop
ed the loop four times over the
dome Of the capitol today, while
President Wilson watched the per-
Torrance from a whitehouse win
dow. The aviator then made such
an abrupt landing on the Potomac
lOWlands@ near the Washington mon
ument that observers in the tall
wireless towers at the Arlington
radio station reported he had fallen.
Beachy then finished the perform
ance by turning two fiops over the
white house and then more loops,
flying low over the business section
of the city, while government officials
and thousands of spectators held
their breath.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30
NJ ADOO CORRECTS
HIS STATEMENT
Was MisinfOrmed as to Rate
Of Interest Charged.

Washington, D. c., Sept. % :
Secretary McAdoo tonight cor
rected his recent statement that
two unnamed New York banks
had negotiated large loans to a
Southern bank at 7 per cent. in
terest. The Secretary's action
followed the receipt of a tele-
gram from A. H. Wiggin, chair
man of the New York Clearing
House Committee, declaring that
both New York institutions in
question denied the claim. In
reply Mr.. McAdoo wrote that his
informant, a Southern banker
had notified the treasury that he
had been in error and that 6 per
cent. was the rate charged.
T. B. Beal, president of the
Boston Clearing House Associa-
ton, today telegraphed the treas
ury that SO far as his association
is concerned, there is no know
ledge of loans over 6 per cent.
He asked for specific instances
of heavier charges.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30
Germans Repeatedly Repulsed

Paris Sept 29Ngh and day attacks by the Germans the
Se left have been epued according statement
issued at p. today The statement says:
'On left wing the north Somme and between the
Somme and the Oe the attempted night day attacks
has been pused On the north of the Asne there change
Sat the CENTER in the Champagne district th? east of the
Argonne the enemy has engaged conducting heavy bonn
barme2t of position Between the Agonee region and the
Meuse slight progress has been made by troops them
ve facing positions heights the Meue
In the Woeve section and right wing the Vos
ges notable change has occurred.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30
Webster Courthouse
And Records Burned

Americas, Sept. 28.-The Webster
County courthouse at Preston, with
all county records and furniture, has
been destroyed, believed to have
been of incendiary origin, as fumes
of kerosene were discernible to those
first reaching the scene.
The blaze started in the hallway
at the foot of the main stairway
leading t % the courtroom. T h e
courthouse, a wooden structure, was
erected in 1855.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30
STIFF REPLY MADE
BY GEN. CARRANzA
Carranza Says He Will Fight
Villa to the Bitter End.

Mexico City, September %. :
In his reply today to the petition
of Francisco Villas generals ask
ing him to resign in favor of
Fernando Iglesias Calderon and
thus avoid civil war, General
Venustiano Carranza says:
I will gladly take such action
if it is ratified by the general con-
ference; if not, will fight with
the same energy that / employ ed
in combating the usurpation of
Huerta.
Il will fight reaction and the
old regime, which appears now
to be headed by Villa, who, it
may be, is an unwilling tool in
this, as was Orozco in his fight
against MADEIRA"
General Carranza asked Cen
eral Villas chiefs to demand the
retirement Of their leader as com
mander of the northern division
of the army; in view of Carran-
za's willingness to retire if the
army so votes.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30
Cen. Won KLUK OFFERS
TO SURRENDER HIS ARMY
Unofficial.

Paris Sept 29The right wing the German army
is IN full retreat according information from the north
General Won Kuk commander of making up the
man wing has offered surrender General oe the French
if the Germans allowed Germany
it is said.
According reports NORTH Won army
began break Sept 26 under the terrific pounding of
and British.
T. The French have extended their lines CombIes
miles from the Belgian border miles Bapmau where
they vigorously assaung the the German
and the defending Won Kuks line communications into
Belgium.
1t then that General Won uk opened peace parey In
addition demanding conduct Germany agreed to
tee that his soldiers would take war
General JoTre's reply the generals terms was to
redouble the fuzzy of the French bombardment.
When the German began maeuses were mounted on
automobile and pursuit the army it re-
ported
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30

ONE THOUSAND VOTES for
WEDDING INVITATIONS in the
FITZGERALD MERCHANTS AS
SOCIATION contest at the Lea
DER=ENTkRPRISE PRTNTERY.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30
French RedOuble Their Assaults

According unofficial information owing to their
exhausted condition. could make heavily
They reported have left behind many guns
quantity of munitions
The onsuman of this enveIopng Kuk
army believed have resulted in the tightening
sohip General Buows German army reported in grave
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30

A gasoline driven ditching ma
chine in use in the Florida Ever
glades is so large that quarters for
its crew of eight men are carried on
top of it.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-09-30

Railroads in Illinois which were
involved in the eastern rate decision
have decided to withdraw their Pc
tition to the Illinois Public Utility
Commission for an increase in intra-
state rates. ....