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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-13
GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
Phone s5

The Loyal Berean class of the
Christian Sunday school met with
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Coulson last
evening. supper was served, after
which the business session was held
and all present enjoyed the evening
very much. ,4A.M
Mrs. G. G. Anderson. Miss Ger
trude Cough, Mrs. r. Waring and
Mrs. Albert Young left for Topeka
to attend the grand chapter Of the
Eastern Star of Kansas. Miss Cough
is the delegate from the chapter
here. She will visit friends in To-
peka and elsewhere before return
ing to Abilene. The grand chapter
will be in session three days.
The Standard Bearers will hold
a meeting Thursday night at the
home of Miss Grace Carver. The
hostess will be assisted by the
Misses Grace, Ruth and Blanche
johnson. Cars will be provided and
all members should meet at the
Methodist church parsonage prompt
ly at o'clock.
A big picnic, one of the largest
ever held in central Kansas, will
be held in Donmyer park at New
Cambria May 10. A male quartet
and some good speakers in the af-
ternoon, carnival attractions, a
double header ball game and con-
certs by two bands and a basket
picnic make up an attractive pro-
gram. Everyone is invited to at
tend and enjoy the day.
! Grandpa" A. A. Haston cele-
brated his ninetieth birthday on
May 6 at his lovely home on East
Enterprise street. A splendid din
ner in honor of the occasion was
given him by Mrs. Lucy Tull, his
daughter. Among the invited guests
were Mrs. Thomas Kirby, Mrs. G.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-05-13

Miss Mildred Rhoads went to Abb
lene today to attend a house party
given by Miss Katherine Lewis. The
guests are all school chums who
spent the last year before Mt. St
Joseph's was sold at that academy
They will attend the play tonight at
the Seelye theatre.-Junction City
Union.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

region was the certainty that the peo-
pie of that section would not go, and
it carefully skipped Dunnellon be-
cause the Phosphate City would be a
formidable rival of Williston for the
county seat. The Williston people, in
fact, carefully excluded every town of
any size. Talk about inconvenience
making people in west Alachua go
way down to the little village of Will
Iiston instead of the much nearer and
ten times larger city of Gainesville,
would be one of the worst instances of
arbitrary location ever known in this
state. Our people of northwest Mar
ion may gain some temporary conven-
fence and revenge themselves for
some real and a great deal of fancied
neglect by seeding, but by the time
they have been tied up with that in
congruous and unsymmetrical layout
for awhile, they will regret they ever
left US.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

Martel, April IT, 1915.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20
OBNOXIOUS BUSINESS
MEN OF OCALA

To the Marion County Board of Trade
Gentlemen: There is a petition in
circulation opposing the proposed cut
ting up of the county. / am a tax
payer and resident of the county.
have the interests of my immediate
neighborhood and of the county at
large at heart. did not sign this
petition.
The western part of this county,
including all that of a line running
north and south just four miles west
of Ocala, has for years been syste-
matically plundered, despite all the
protests of its inhabitants. The resi-
dents of this part of the county have
pied for recognition of their rights,
all to no purpose. They have threat
ened and attempted secession before,
but the interests that rule in Ocala
have so far been too strong for them.
Ocala, in the eyes OF this section is
parasite, vampire. Who is to
blame for this condition of affairs No
one but the so-called business men of
Ocala. Gentlemen, you call yourselves
business men, but you are of the type
that would kill the goose that lays the
golden egg. If the secessionists should
have the good fortune to succeed this
time, there will be no one, absolutely
no one, to blame but your own short
sighted, unreasonable selves. l know
it is not pleasant to think of, but it is
the truth. Yours, etc.,
Arch. Cuthill.
Martel, April IT, 1915.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

Nobody is more willing than the
Star to admit that there is more than
one side to every question, and it has
already said the people who want to
secede from Marion to Bloxham have
some justice i'm their movement. But
anybody who will take the map mark
ed out for the new county will find it
difficult to see anything but cold
blooded selfishness for Williston in the
lines laid ont The Star has already
shown how the proposed division
would gougo Marion county, but it
would gauge Alachua as badly and
simply ruin Levy. The line starts in
Marion a little west of Micanopy, and
runs south fifteen miles, then west
three miles and south another fifteen
miles to point on the S. S. o. & G. a
mile this side of Leroy From there it
runs thirteen miles due west into
Levy county, then dips FIVE miles
south to the Withlacoochee river,
which it follows to the sea. 1t runs
up the coast to the Wacassee river,
follows the Wacassee to opposite Ell
zey, runs east five miles, then north
to the Alachua line, and from there
west to the Suwannee river. 1t cuts
the entire west corner off of Alachua.
1t will be the most irregularly shaped
county in the state, and one of the
most carefully picked out by bunch
Of self-seeking politicians with view
TO establishing and maintaining their
own rule. The only reason why the
line did not include the Orange Lake
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20
ANOTHER LETTER
FROM MR.. GAMSBY

Editor Star: Mr.. Nugent's article
of the End instant is simply avoiding
a reply to my request to furnish citi-
zens of Marion county with statement
of expenditures, that as servant of
the people he ought to be anxious to
do, SO they can determine for them
selves what is best for their own in
terests. Mr.. Nugent goes further and
singles out Mr.. Carmichael and the
old board for an eulogy. How inflated
they must feel, especially, as he i'm
meditely accuses them of spending
money illegally, and not having back
bone enough to say no to demands of
taxpayers. Poor commissioners, where
are they at, and is this not another
reason why road fund expenditures
should be controlled by an intelligent
head.
My criticism of commissioners ap-
plies to past, present and future, il
they continue to conduct county af-
fairs relating to county roads as in
the past.
Mr.. Nugent refers to special indebt-
edness fund being used to pay war
rants. Are not the warrants the
county's indebtedness, and can he
deny the county debt was not reduc-
ed $1,000 during 1914, and will he be
honest and tell the voters (for this is
who the mountain from a mole-hill
was erected for, by the good and
faithful servant) what year previous
to 1914 it reduced its Indebtedness
from this fund. There are a great
many improvements possible in the
methods of handling county. finances
which as farmer Mr.. Nugent coulo
not be expected to know, and would
with their finances. Let us good citi.
zens maintain our county intact, anC
not allow it to be divided to make
political Offices for citizens of purely
personal and selfish emotions.
G. L.. Gamsby.
Chattanooga, April II.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

The Star believes in giving every
one a hearing, therefore it prints Mr..
Arch Cuthill's letter to the Marion
County Board of Trade. The Star has
much greater opportunities than Mr..
Cuthill of learning the trend of pub
lie sentiment in Marion county, and
while it knows, and has often said,
that the people in the northwest cor
ner have much to complain of, yet it
also knows that the impression that
Ocala is a vampire and parasite is
confined to few disgruntled individ-
pals in each community. Ocala has
her faults, but as county seat she
lines up with the average.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

Speaking of curfew laws, the
Times-Union says there is neither
use nor excuse for such, and reads
parents sensible and timely lecture
on their duties to their children. The
T.-U., however, doesn't go far enough.
1t doesn't lecture the boys who insist
on being bad boys in spite of all par
ents can do, and if the T.-U. doesn't
know that some of the worst boys in
the world come from the best homes,
it hasn't been as observant as a paper
of its caliber should be. Also, the T.
u. forgets the public, which has to
suffer from the depredations of bad
boys, whether the parents of said
boys do their duty or not. If boys
stay out on the streets at night, run
ming off with other peoples autos, and
occasionally appropriating articles
that belong to other people, and
otherwise educating themselves to
graduate as full-fedged lawbreakers,
there is no reason why the public
should put up with it. The public has
a right to protect itself.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

Many people in Ocala will regret to
hear of the death of Philip Walter,
one of Jacksonville's oldest citizens.
Mr.. Walter was born in England in
1843, and came to America in 1849.
He came to Florida in 1866, and set
tied in Jacksonville in 1872. He was
clerk of the federal court from 1878
to 1904. He held other Offices, federal
and municipal, taking an active part
in the public affairs of his home city.
He was we'll known in Ocala, where
he often visited relatives. He was a
Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Py-
thias and Elk, and past president of
the Jewish temple in Jacksonville.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

Chattanooga, April II.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

Gustav C. Roeder, well known cor
respondent, visited Germany for the
New York World, and informs the
readers of that paper that in the
greater part of that country he found
plenty of provisions and business go
ing on as usual. He visited one of. the
camps in which prisoners of war are
confined and found the inmates, over
5000 French, British and Russians,
we'll treated and well fed.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20
RHEUMATIC PAINS RELIEVED

Why suffer from rheumatism when
relief may be had at so small cost +?
Mrs. Elmer Hatch, Peru, Ind, writes.
81 have been subject to attacks of
rheumatism for years. Chamberlain s
Liniment always relieves me imme-
diately, and I take pleasure in recon-
mending il TO others" 25 and so cent
bottles. For sale by all dealers.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

If we may not intervene in Mexico
to save our fellow-citizens from muir
der and rapine-if we may not even
prohibit Mexicans from shooting our
people on our own soil, why should we
intervene in China in matter where
only dollars are at stake?
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

Herr Ballin, director of the Ham
burg-American Line, says that Ger
man ships now interned in the United
States will not be sold, for the Ger
mans themselves will need them
when the war is over.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

DR.. Dernburg says Germany will
stand for the neutrality of the seas.
Somebody should remind DIR. Dern-
burg that this time last year Ger
many stood for the neutrality of Bel
gium.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-20

SEE THE FARM on the Silver
Springs road which furnishes the
Merchants Cafe every day with
fresh vegetables, milk and eggs. If
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
DR.. DIXON IS GIVEN
NATIONAL THANKS
American Medical Association
Sends Telegram of Con-
gratulations

State Commissioner of Health Sam
uel G. Dixon. who was given official
commentator for the splendid work
OF the State Department of Health by
the Panama-Pacific Exposition when
the State won the first prize, has been
given the official compliments of the
American Medical Association. DR..
Dixon has received numerous con-
gratulations on the exhibit at San
Francisco.
The American Medical Association
message came from William L. Rod
man, the new president, and was as
follows: The grand old Keystone
State is to be congratulated for the
splendid prize winning exhibit of Penn
sylvania State Department of Health.
EN cry detail in the arrangement of
this exhibit speaks for modern sani-
tation. The tuberculosis symposium Is
a revelation to the public, is highly
educational In value and is constantly
being studied by students of the great
white plague. Your typhoid epidemic
features show how far well co-ordi-
mated medical and engineering efforts
may be utilized in promoting public
health. Your school hygiene display is
one of the popular attractions of the
exposition. 1 congratulate you per-
sonally You have again made Penn
sylvania your debtor. BY all means
give us the great educational lesson
in Philadelphia for full month after
the exposition closes. Every large CEN
ter of population in Pennsylvania could
proftably have a similar opportunity
to study these useful lessons"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
Frank Mcgowan, Former
Mayor of Trenton, Dead
Special to The Telegraph

Hoboken, n. j., June 2S.-Frank A.
Mcgowan, former Mayor of Trenton,
n. j., at one time a millionaire and
rubber manufactures, died to-day in
st. Mary's Hospital He was taken
there Tuesday after asking a police
man for aid.
Mcgowan was prominent in Repub-
lican politics and was mentioned for
the Gubernatorial nomination. He
left Trenton some years ago after do
mestfc troubles and business reverses
that wrecked his fortune.
The death of eX-Mayor Frank A.
Mcgowan, of Trenton. marks the end
of a wasted career. Twenty years ago
Mr.. Mcgowan was one of the inffu-
ential business men of this city and
largely interested in some of its most
prosperous manufacturing plants,
notably the Empire Rubber Company,
of which he was the head. He lived
in a mansion known sometimes as
"Magowan's Folly" a show place in
which money had been lavished with
out stint. and which has since been
converted into a row of dwellings.
Magowan's downfall was directly
traceable to his infatuation for Mrs.
Barnes Mcgowan, then the wife of one
of his statesmen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
Why Petey Shoestrings
Wanted Extra Big Shoes;
Operating on a Nail

The only operation of its kind ever
recorded In the pages of the county
almshouse history was performed to-
day by Steward S. F. Barbour and
couple of attendants.
The patient was the quaint old ped
dier of shoestrings. pins. needles, and
so on. who has been familiar figure
in Harrisburg's streets for years and
who is well known as "Shoestring
Pete" or "Petey Shoestrings."'
"Petey" this morning asked Steward
Barber for a new pair of shoes--a
pair. he explained, that should be at
least two sizes too large for him. In
Nestigation showed the reason-and
the operation" followed.
For years Petey hasn't had free use
of his hands. due to a stroke. Ex-
animation of his right foot showed an
abnormally overgrown nail of the
great toe. 1t was at least an inch
and half long, three -eighths of an
inch thick at the base and thence
tapering to a fine point. The extraor-
dinarily long nail had gradually worn
hole through the toe of the shoe.
Steward Barber promptly decided that
an "amputation" of the nail was neces-
sary.
The operation was performed with a
simple hacksaw.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
Motorcycle Accidents
Cause Injuries to Six

Three motorcycle accidents over the
weekend resulted in painful injuries
to six persons. The injured are:
Mrs. Mary Denk, 345 Kelker street.
bruises of the back. Treated at home.
Clyde Denk. 345 Kelker street, frac-
tured right hand, severe bruises of
the body, treated at Harrisburg hos
pital.
Cornelius Denk, S45 Kelker street,
bruised leg, decorations of face and
hands, treated at hospital
Mrs. e. +. Hesson, 1902 North Third
street, slight injuries, treated at Shope
hospital.
l.. NJ. Yost. 1902 North Third street.
bruises of the body.
William Schroeder, Mechanicsburg,
fractured right ankle, treated at Far
risburg hospital.
Schroeder was the first one injured.
While standing confused in the middle
of Market street. near Fourth, Satur-
day evening, he was struck by a
the hospital he was taken to his
home.
Mrs. Hesson and Mr.. Yost were rid
ing on a motorcycle on Saturday night
when they collided at Green and
Calder streets with the automobile of
Edwin Keister, 1926 North Second
street. Their motorcycle was wrecked.
Mrs. Denk and her two sons. Clyde
and Cornelius We're on motorcycle,
which collided with jitney at Wallace
and Verbeke streets, when according
to witnesses the jitney turned in the
way of the motorcycle. No one in the
auto was injured. The machine was
slightly damaged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
Six-Weeks Bride Loses
Husband She Married
Propped Up in Bed

Six short weeks after Miss RATHER
inc Steiner, Duncannon, became the
pretty bride of Daniel Smith, 1872
North Sixth street this city, she be-
came his grieving widow. That is
only part of the romance of Daniel
Smith and Katherine Steiner: there S
another end of the story in which the
Grim Visitor of the Shadows played
an important part.
Miss Steiner, IS, and Mr. Smith, 90.
had been engaged since last Fall and
June of this year was fixed for the
wedding. Only few months ago MIR.
Smith became seriously i'll and after
the physicians had made a careful ex-
animation, the groom elect had a very
solemn little talk with the weeping
bride-e -elect-and both decided that II
they were to be married at all the
time for the ceremony would have to
be advanced. So the wedding occur
red on April Is. Smith was propped
up in bed on pillows while the Rev.
DR.. S. Edwin Rupp, pastor of otter
bein u. B. church, read the marriage
service.
Six weeks later Mrs. Katherine Stem
er Smith donned widows weeds. At the
identical hour, day of the year and at
the same age, of the death of her
youthful husband, the widows father
died just thirteen years before. And
that's the other end of the story.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
Bell Telephone Company
Adds ESQ to It's List;
New Directory Is Out

The June issue of the Bell Telephone
Directory for the Harrisburg district
was issued to-day from the presses of
the Telegraph Printing Company and
the distribution begun by 6uperinten-
dent Shirley Watts.
Despite a dull Spring in general
business circles, the Bell Company
has added patrons to the list in the
Harris burg district, since February,
making a total of s,400 phones In this
and surrounding towns. The book is
bigger than ever before and is changed
a triffe in order to accommodate more
nomes to the page, for the convenience
of patrons.
The distribution was started by Mr..
Watts to-day ana wifi be completed
by tomorrow noon. The directory
contains much valuable information
concerning telephone calls and rates
and how to send kilograms by tele-
phone. All told it is by far the best
telephone directory ever issued by the
Bell company in this district and re-
fleets the growth of the service locally
as well as throughout the country in
general
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
CLUB FOR DETENTION HOUSE
County Commissioners Inspect Subur-
ban Quarters

County Commissioners Inspect SubUr-
ban Quarters
The County Commissioners this aft
ernoon motored out to the Suburban
Country Club on the Hummelstown
pike a short distance west of Ruther-
ford with a view to inspecting the
structure as possible temporary
house of detention. The commission
ers were accompanied by John f.
Gipple, a real estate dealer who has
charge of the leasing of the property.
The commissioners looked into the
advisability of renting the property
from the point of economy, acces-
sibility, location and the fitness of the
house for the purposes required No
decision will likely be determined upon
until the commissioners return to this
city Friday.
The board with Chief Clerk d.
Frank Lebo and County Controller H.
w. Cough, will go to Stroudsburg to-
morrow and remain until Thursday In
attendance at the State Convention of
County Commissioners. Upon their
return County Engineer Hershey will
likely have the specifications for the
new Nineteenth street bridge over the
P. and r. tracks ready to advertise
for bids.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
New Playground Opened
by Taylor on Site of
Big Slough Tabernacle

Children's shrill laughter, shrieks Of
delights. shouts of encouragement and
the clash of baseball bats, the jang
ling of quoits-these are the noises
that now replace the sound of hun
dreds of voices raised in prayer or
hymn that once resounded from the
section of the vacant block at North
and Filbert streets, the site of the
great Slough tabernacle in The Eighth
ward.
The space has been thrown open as
a temporary playground for the col
ored children.
Within a day or two Park Commits
sioner Taylor will also open smaller
section of the same plot for white
boys. The commissioner obtained the
use of thesit for the summer from the
Capitol Park Extension Commission.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28

IHe pdli 'ho o.
ro-Concrete Company. It's figure was
$1,37S. q. w. Ensign, incorporated
bid S2.1SS.20.
The structure will be reinforced
and will consist of a single 44-foot
span. The driveway will be 1s feet
in width.
Enhaut' Company Gets Charter. -
The Good wiz Fire Company or En-
haut was formally chartered to-day
by the Dauphin county court.
VIII Argue License Application
Argument will be heard July 13, by
the Dauphin county court on the ques-
ton of why Peter w. Lonzno should
be licensed as county detective Lon
zinc filed his application month ago
and in making his request he declared
that he wishes to do business at 3OS
South Third street, Steelton.
Building Permits To-day. - Bayles
and Shellhamer. a single story frame
garage, west side of Jefferson street.
north of Geary, $75; D. A. Evans, sin
gle story frame garage rear OF 2l4l
Jefferson, $3.50.
File John Houser's VIII. - The will viii
of John Houser, the aged ClVn
War veteran whose body was found
near Lemoyne Saturday after having
been missing from his home in Heck
ton for nearly a week, was filed Tor
probate with Register of Wills Roy
banner to-day. His estate he direct
ed to be divided among his wife ana
two daughters, and he named Nj. I.
Fitting and T. ]. limerick his sons
in-law, executors. Attorney Fred c.
Miller was appointed executor for the
will of Mary M. Eissner, formerly OF
Penbrook.
Collectors Residences. - County
Treasurer A. H. Bailey has opened
book wherein the names and addresses
and place of sitting of the county tax
collectors are to be regularly enrolled.
Must Pay Mercantile Licenses. -
About 900 of the mercantile licenses
for 1915 are yet to be lifted and un-
less these are taken out by Thursday
the county treasurer will begin prose-
cutions.
To Make Pipe COnnectIOns.-Owne
of property abutting on Atlas street,
from Woodbine to Emerald and on
Saul alley, from Howard to BrensinSer,
have been notified to make all neces-
sary water, sewer. gas and heating
pipe connections by August 2S, pre-
paratory to the paving of these sec
tions.
To Sell Two Hanna Street House. -
Nos 1872 and 1874 Hanna street, prop
critics belonging to the estate of John
N Kennedy, will be sold at trustees
sale on the courthouse steps at 2
o'clock, Wednesday, July ID.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
STOLE WATCH is CHARGE

Clarence Branyan, aged II, was ar
rested Saturday on a charge of larceny.
He gave bail for hearing this after
noon before Mayor John K. Royal
Clarence Wilson, aged 18, claims that
he lost a watch while in swimming at
Island Park several weeks ago, and on
Saturday met Branyan with the watch
in his possession. Branyan refused to
give up the watch, claiming he had
bought it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-28
CAMERA SHOWS EVIDENCE
OF YAQUI OUTRAGES

Los Angeles. Cal, June 2S.-On
Washington, Frank Pauline and Jo-
seph w. Carrie, American ranchers
from the Yaqui River Valley, Sonora,
Mexico, yesterday displayed photo
graphs of Americans brutally slain,
stripped and mutilated and ranches
belonging to Americans with the en-
tire crops burned