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i SIXTEEN THE OCALA WEEKLY STAR FRIDAY MAY 15 1908

D E HcIVER GEORGE HttKAY

McIVER MaeKAYDEALERS I-

NFURNITURE ANDI

HOUSEHOLD GOODS

ornitare Stoves Chiia Crockery lamps Rags Carfet-

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Lineleoms Blankets Comforts Table aid ledtiDeD Pictures Portiere aed Lace CirtaiBS

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Harness Saddles Trunks Suit Cases andSatchels-r

I BUILDING MATERIAL

01s flit Sewer and Flue Pipe lath Shiifles ail Cement

Wagons Carriages lo Undertakers G Id5-

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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERSr

Call on ior write us foi prices

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Mclver MacKayOCALA FLORIDA

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Pure Food Mcat Marketi i

A A Mathews Prop J E Bankston Mgii

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t d IFRESH AND SPEED

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FLORIDA AND WESTERN MEATSrjit I

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A Complete Stock ol Meats of All dads J-

IB paD at All Timesh t-

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STALLS 11 3 CITYJARKETI

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rTELEPHONE 132 s

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BUILDING A ROSE HOUSE

Mr John Heintz is building a rosehouse on a pretty corner lot which herecently bought from Mr Clyatt eastof the greenhouse The house will be I

2fix80 feet and will be used for rosesu onerhe glass cover will not be I

placed on until fall

CALL FOR PRIMARY EQCTIONr Pursuant to resolution adopted bythe democratic executive committee

I of Marion county Fla March 9 1908 I

authorizing chairman and secretaryof said committee to make official I

call for primary a WHITE democrat-ic

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primary election to beheld accord-ing

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to the election laws of Florida ishereby called to be held on TuesdayMay 19 1908 during the hours fixedby law for the holding of elections-and at the legal polling places for thepurpose of nominating all democraticcandidate for county offices Provid-ed

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that a second primary shall beheld on Tuesday June 16th 1908 tochoose between the highest candi ¬

dates where nominations have notbeen made by a majority vote in thefirst primary

Each elector in Marion county qual-Ified to vote in said primary electionshall have the right to vote for

Two candidates for members of thelegislature-

One candidate fOi ounty judgeOne candidate for rIffOne candidate for clerk of circuit

courtOne candidate for tax assessorOne candidate for tax collectorOne candidate for superintendent ot

couny public instruction-One ariJidate for county surveyorOne andidate for county treasurer

r One candidate for supervisor of reglstratyn-

One member of state executhie committoo I

seven members of state senatorial1

executive committeeEach elector in each commissioner

district shall have the right to votefor one candidate for county commis-sioner

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Each elector in each schoolboard distirct shall have the right tovote for one candidate for member of I

county school board Each elector ineach precinct shall have the right tovote for a candidate for justice of thepeace where term expires also onecandidate for constable where termexpires also for a member of thecounty executive committee for hisprecinct

The county primary election here ¬

by called will be held on same dayas state primary and in accordancewith the rules adopted by the statedemocratic executive committee andeach elector shall have the right to I

vote for such candidates for state of ¬

fices delegates etc are are enumer-ated

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in call by the state committee ofdate February 18 1908 I

The county democratic executivecommittee is hereby called to meet atthe county site on Saturday May 231908 to canvass the returns of theelection of May 19 1908I John GrahamChm Dem Ex Com Marion Cf Flar ttestU D Palmer Secy

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PENSACOLA GIRLS WALK

While in Sonambulistic State CreatedProfound Sensation in New

York CityNew York MaY8Mary Madosa

aged 22 single who is visiting hercousin Mrs Postova 124 Si tyfirststreet who arrived from her home inFcnsacola a month ago was foundhatless shoeless wIthout stockingsand clothed only in a night dress andwhite skirt by Policeman Havork late

L Wednesday h night walking rapidlyalong Second avenue near Sixtyfouth street apparently oblivious toher surroundings

I Thinking she was in trouble Ha ¬

york approached gently taking herarm Receiving no reply led hertc the station house where it wasdiscovered she was sound asleep Shewas taken to the Bellevue hospital inan ambulance for inquiry as to hersanIty for as soon as awakened atthe station house she immediately be ¬

came hysterical t

Her cousin was soon found and tookher home She is a sonamb Iist andher cousin said the excitementlof NewYork life had increased her chronicnervousness

KING OSCAR I

Thoroughbred Jersey bull for saleone of the celebrated Flagler herd 5years old in prime condition land andpentl E S Upham Soutl LakeWeir Fla-

CONGRESSIONAL+

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DISTRICT CONV JTION

Of the Republicans Will be eld in-

listrictOcala May 15th-

A republican congressionalcon the first congisjonaldistrict of Florida will bo IJtla atOcala Pta at noon on the lf Vi day oT i

May 1908 to select two delegates andtwo alternates to represent laid dis-trict

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in the republican national con ¬

vention to be held in Chicago on June16th 1908 to nominate candidates forpresident and vice president tf the I

United States The counties will beI

entitled to one delegate at large eachand one for each one hundred otes orfraction of a hundred over fifty catat the presidential election of 1904 forPresident Theodore Roosevelt Thiswill entitle the counties to the follow ¬

ing number of delegatesLake 1 Marion 2 Sumter 1 Cit ¬

rus 1 DeSoto 1 Hernando 1 Tay-lor

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1 Lee 1 Manatee 1 polk 1

Pasco 1 Lafayette 1 Hillstioro C

Monroe 3-

Delegates to the convention will beelected at county conventions or massmeetings in which all republicans elec-tors

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are entitled to take part Notice-to the voters must be given at leastfive days before the holding of suchcounty conventions or mass meetingsand the chairman and secretary ofsuch convention or mass meeting shallcertify the names of such delegates asshall be named by such conventions ormass meetings to the chairman of thisconvention at Tampa Florida fivedays previous to the 15th day of May1908 E R Gunby Chairman

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COUNTY COMMISSIONERSOfficia-

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Official Report of the Proceedings ofthe May Meeting of the Board

Tuesday May 5th 1908

oarl of County Conimissioners metI in regular session on this day Pres-ent

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John L Edwards chairmanI o M Mathews S R Pyles N A

ort C W TurnerMinutes of last meeting read and

adoptedI Mr J C James made application-

for widows exemption for EasterShambley Commissioner Fort wasappointed a committee of one to ar ¬

range the matter with the Tax Co-llector

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Mr Redding appeared before theboard and requested financial aid forC R Oliver an old Confederate sol ¬

dier the matter was referred to CaptFyles for investigation

Commissioner Pyies thereupon realHs report of the Poor Farm whichreport is as followsPoor Farm Report for Month of April

1908

To the Hon Board County Commis-sioners

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I beg to submit the following as myreport Qf the County Poor Farm forthe Month of April

The inmates are twelve in all fourof whites and eight of colored andtheir health seems to be good exceptthat of the old lady Mrs Johnsonwhite and old man Tom colored whoare very feeble the result of old age

One more accession to the familyof Supt Priest is that of a fine girlbaby born on the 14th of April

Tqere having been no rain of anyconsequence since February the cropsare suffering Oat crop is now beingharvested and giving fairly good re-sults

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Corn and penders and otherI

crops very promising under the cir-

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I recommend that I someadditional buildings be erected on theFarm and that the Board refuse tocontribute to paupers outside the I

farm except in the very I

that Supt Priest be called before theBoard to make a statement as to thedestitute condition and suffering ofthe two families towit Sims andHorn who now live near Kendrick-

See financial report hereto attachedRespectfully submitted-S R Pyles Com in Charge

Report of Poor Farm for April 1908Superintendent 3500Hired help 1 34 95Washing and ironing 9 00Cooking 10 60Martin Carn 2 05Helvenston Pasteur 4 01Tydings Co 6 00Dr H C Dozier 4 00il J Cuthery 45 00Ocala Wagon Works 2 00Express on medicine 50

Total t 153 11

1145 of the above was furnished tothe Sims family and one of the Hornbrothers died and was buried bYjSupt PriestI

Mrs Holmes appeared before theBeard and protested against the StJohns Church and Juliette road run ¬

ning through her property The mat ¬

ter laid over until the next regularmeeting of the Board

Petition for hard road Candler Dis ¬

trict calledup and said petition hav ¬

ing been presented to the Board attheir last meeting and laid overthereupon My Lytle presented seve-ral

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petitions asking that the Carneyroad be made a hard road from Ocala-to Lake Weir After considerablediscussion by Col Miller as to thepracticability of the Carney roadCommissioner Pyles moved that thebard road be granted from a point onthe Summerfield road by Belleview toCandler which motion was unani-mously

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adopted and the followingnamed gentlemen appointed a com-

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t6 lay out the best route forsaid road viz P E Nugent Dr Hen ¬

ry and O M Gale-Commissioner Pyles also moved to

grant a hard road from Candler toLake Weir Station better known asWeir Park This motion was alsadopted and the following named gen ¬

tlemen appointed as a commission tolayout the best route for said roadviz Messrs R L Martin J S Driggers and Frank Lytle

Upon motion of Commissioner Pyles-it was ordered that the County crewof hands be placed on Summerfield-road to harden it to a point opposite-the limits of Belleview-

J B Caldwell appeared Before theBoard and asked to be relieved fromT H Barbers rifle bond as bonds-man

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which request was grantedClerk directed to notify Mr Barber inorder that new bond may be filed

Upon motion it was ordered thatthe Clerk be directed to write the of ¬

ficials of the S A L Railway to re ¬

pair their crossing one and a halfmiles south of town

Acomnnu1ication from Mrs W JCarpenter to the Board was receivednnd matter referred i6 Tax AssessorAy T fit l > is r iomiiHmiation-

The pftili n nll1f ting th > qpIilmem of Mr 1 II Prass as nut vie a lid

brand inspector at Gaiter Ihi vaupon motion refused

Upon motion it was ordered that theread serape be sent to Mclntosh forrepair of roads in that section

The petition of L S Black and RA Falana as copartners under thefirm name of Black Falana askingfor permit to sell liquors wines andbeer in District No 24 Dunnellon wasreceived and it appearing that tTie

same was in proper form the Clerkwas directed to advertise nQtice asrequired by law

Upon motion the Clerk was directedto note upon the Minutes that warrantNo 1228 dated March 3rd 1908 for

10000 payable to J H Brass waslost and that another warrant be is-

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for the said sum and that proper-I steps be taken to stop the payment of

varrant No 1228 aforesaid-A petition for neighborhood road

Lynne section was presented as fol-

lows¬

Beginning at a point on the publicread from Lynne to Grahamville neatthe se corner of ne1 of nw of sec ¬

tion 9 tp 15 r 24 s e running in

H northerly direction thence to a point-on the Ocala and Norwalk road nearthe nw corner of nei of se4 of sec ¬

lion 19 tp 14 r 24 s e a distance-of about four Unites And it appearing-that said petition was signed by arumber of citizens living in the vicin-ity

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i of the proposal road the same wasupon motion grated

The Board thereupon adjourned unti tomorrow morning at 830 oclock

Wednesday May 6 1908 830 a mThe Board met pursuant to ad-

journment¬

with all members presentexcept Mr Jno L Edwards who wasecused Capt S R Pyles actingchairman by request of Mr Edwards-

An opinion was filed by County At¬

torney Hocker on the matter ofdamage claim of L J Cassels filed atthe last meeting of the Board and Mrcassels being present the said opin-ion

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read which was in substance thatthe County was not liable On motioni Capt Pyles petition for damages

was refusedBill of Frederick Disinfectant Co

for disinfectant shipped in October1007 was presented and upon motionof Capt Pyles the same was laid overuntil next meeting of the Board-

A representative of the McDowellCrate Lumber Company appearedbefore the Board with reference tocomplaint made by Luffman inregard to a certain road in the OakSection at last meetmg and it ap-pearing

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to the Board that Mr Mc-Dowell

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was at present out of theState an dthe request being madethat the matter be postponed until hisreturn on motion said request wasgranted and the matter laid over

The report of Road Overseer D MLucius was read and is as follows

Ocala Fla May 2 1908Mr J L Edwards Commissioner in

Charge of Hard Road Work in Dis ¬

trict No1 Marion County FlaDear SirI beg to submit the fol ¬

lowing as a report of my work forthe month of April 1908 I was onthe Ocala and Kendrick hard roadtill the 15th of April then I movedcamp and located same on the Butchton hard road about four miles out-I tore up and rebuilt something overonethird of a mile of road and havepatched the road from the 6mile postback to town am no wscraping saidroad with the large road grader MrFort has been on this end of the Ocalaand Kendrick hard road since April7th with 5 to 7 diritng same I amrow about ready to move camp tosome other road as laIn nearlythrough scraping the Blitchton road

My expenses for the month run asfollowsFree labor 111 80Amount for feed of convicts 148 40Overseer and three guards 227 00Feed for mules Teapot 108 99Marion Hardware Store 54 50Seed Store 46 00

Mclver MacKay 4 60H B Masters 1 3S

Ocala Iron Works putting newnosts to traction engine 62 74Total expense for April v765 50

Cash on hand 65 05Think addition of 10000 will be

sufficient to meet Mays expensesRespectfully

W M Lucius Overseer H RUpon motion arrant was ordered

drawn for 10000 payable to Mr Lu-c

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us for his May pay rollUpon motion of Capt Pyles the

Clerk was instructed to communicate I

with the proper parties and requestI

them to have the Ocala and StokesFerry road opened up through MrChamblisss pasture-

A petition signed by a number ofcitizens was filed protesting against-the proposed route for the Ocala andStokes Ferry road the one known asthe J D Robertson road between bigprairie and Withlacoochee river inthat it passes through property of thesigners of said petition to the damageol said property and suggested thatload be run over old route Upon mo ¬

tion f Mr Fort the petition was heldlaid over until the next meeting ofthe Board

On motion of Mr Fort the matter-cf appointment of game warden waslaid ove runtil the next meeting

The petition for the changing of theJuliette and Dunnellon road filed atthe last meeting of the Board wascalled up and after discussion uponmotion the same was again laid overuntil the next meeting of the Board

The bills of various district regis ¬

tration officers for keeping registra-tion

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books for registration on thecming primary were presented andthe same being approved by Super-visor

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of Registration were orderedraid

A communication was received fromMr A E Burnett offering to care for-

t he Court House clock for one yearfor 2500 Upn motin the proposition-

as accepted-A

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cmmunication was received fromthe Interlachen Gravel Company offer-ing

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to supply County with materiali for roads and Clerk was instructed toI acknowledge receipt of the letter and

to state that the Board consi lered thematerial too expensive-

It was brought to the attention ofthe Board that the prisoners leased-to SA Rawls Company and sub ¬

let toi E P Rentz Lumber Company-at the camp near Silver Springs arennf indog prr > iprly rhrfd for there ¬

for i it n SOVMI that tho ISoarrl ap-ii i Ul i liPMiit if I mil tin lift

fiary in v 1jgdin uhh iowr n

ifpnrt tlicir findings to the urojrr-ait In > ri ties Ipon motion apt Pylf4

I and Mr Turner vere appointed aI committeeto investigate the matter

Mr C W Hunter appeared beforeI he Board in the interest of the Citi-

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I Gas Company to demonstratethe superiority of their gas lightsboth in quality of light and ecenomy-or consumption over the electric lightand proposed that the Board installthese lights throughout the CourtHouse and it appearing to the Boardthat the use of gas would be botheconomical and beneficial to theCounty and County officers it wasupon motion ordered that Mr Hun ¬

ters proposition be accepted and he-

aR directed to install gas lightsthroughout the Court House imme ¬

diately after first entering into a con ¬

tract with the Board fixing a specialprice as agreed upon

Mr C C Dougherty came beforethe Board and stated that throughthr effects of neuralgia he had beenreduced to almost a physical wreckand was at certain periods unable toearn a livelihood and requested finan ¬

cial aid The Board exoressed a wil-

lingness¬

to assist Mr Dougherty butfelt that the only means at their dis

posal at this time was anadmittance to the Poor Farmcfter was made to Mrfl Dou

A petition was submitted fromlL C Robinson through Mr Wtrvftt equesting that tegrant icJuction on the rate cfen redemption ot ertain taxcates outstanding against BlockOld Survey of Ocala which

as upon motion refused Upontion it was ordered that thetroller be requested to allow thedemption of above certificatesthe payment of the face valuefind omitted years taxes withoutterest t

Bill of J L Beck SupervisorRegistration for extrafoi services in keeping open theistration books for registration incoming primary was presentedupon motion the same wasthe Board holding that suchwere embraced in the generalrequired of the Registrationand covered by the regluarfixed by teh Board

On Ipotion it was ordered thatPasteur County Treasurerfiom Special Road fund 167500from the Fine and Forfeiture32500 to the building fund in

to take up outstanding warrantthe building fund in the sum450000Upon motion the bill of theChambliss Bank in the sum

10131 for interest on Countyants was ordered paid

Upon motion it wa sorderedComptroller be recommended tothorize the redemption of bywner the tax certificates outagainst the net4 of the mvU26 township 14 range 21 uponpayment ot the face alueand omitted years taxes withoutterest

On motion it was ordered thatGovernor he recommended toI A Snow as Mark and Brandspector of District No 23 Pedro

Upon motion Capt Pyles waspointed a committee to visit andvestigate the condition of theJail and report the result oftion to the Board Committeeturned after such investigationreported that he found thecondition of the jail good In soat the infection of vermin iscerned I

Notary Public bond of C Lson wltlj R L Anderson and HHampton sureties wasalso Notary bond of Samuel Her with L T Hickman andWalker sureties was approvedNotary bond of W T Gary withChambliss and T T Munroewas approved-

The following bonds for licensescarry fire arms We approvedcenses orderea drawn-

R M Smith E L Martin GBrant Henry H Rast J CJ W Fort Felix K Schneider SSmith

The following pension claimsrprovectThomas McLain Andrew J

Henry C GeraldThe following Justices of the

reported fines and costs imposedfollows

Joseph Bell County Judge20000 costs 268-E S Smith fines 62500

820J W Bishop fines 31100

9228The following Justices of the

leported no business-CC Veal R C Douglass

der Wynne W W Jackson TJohnson Q M McClarran J Lpseed

The Tax Collector filed hisMcenses and poll taxes collectedlollosLicensesPoll tax regularExtra

TotalThe County Treasurer tiled his

port showing receipts includirfgances as follows

School FundReceipts Inc balanceDisbursements

Balance on handRoad Fund

Receipts Inc balanceDisbursements

Balance on handCounty Proper Fund

Receipts Inc balanceDisbursements

Balance on handFine and Forfeiture Fund

Receipts Inc balanceDisbursements

I Balance on handBuilding Fund

Receipts Inc balanceDisbursements

Balance on handI Special Road FundI Receipts Inc balanceDisbursementsBalance on handTotal Rpts with bals34212DisbursementsBalance on hand

The Board thereupon adjournedtil Monday May the 11th 1908

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STEEL CUTI

Is a fie coffee ofquality prepared byed processes It is cutgrounf into fine evencles fud from it isall fte dust and theeel ose skin This coffeepry and wholesome

cI KI Clark Bros Proprietors

HONE 1741

BUTOrin Wholesale

FireDestroyed

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9A disastrousthe center of thulaid in ruins aof the largest and

buildings in the cityare a complete

is estimated at morea half and will

on S M Inman awho owned practi ¬

for hours beforeThe Terminal Hotel

all the guests es ¬

as known no ontin the fire al ¬

had many narrowwalls The failureat a most critical

caused much crit ¬

will be or¬

authorities J

Pressureissue at 330 a

story of the fourMadison and Nelsonby the SchlessJnger

This build ¬

half of a blockTle prpmpt re ¬

was of littlelight water pres ¬

from the hosedid not seem 19Halt an hour after ¬

building was Inl1inal Hotel halt ablazing while the

building between thethe hotel structures

5 oclock the hotelhurried from their

later there wasthe foundations of

In the hotel werewhich from

until the fire ¬

spectators from the J

five hundred yardsknown no one was

in the fireSustained

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may be estimated

building75000

occupiedSuspender i Co

postoffice 100000occupied by

Gas Company

Stationery Manu ¬

10000 tCompany 3000

Hotel thebrick struc ¬

street was destroy ¬

Hat Factory oc ¬

building in Mit ¬

the McClure whole ¬

street which V

the large 5 centboth destroyed

of the Cityin that portion ofthe new Mitchell

of the buildingsconstruction and hadSrREQUISITION

the pastI

fourSSor I

Naval Stores Manto Return to

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9W W Yarn thestores operator who

six months agodeserting his young

released on bond I

in Alabama bysheriff Is now be

court In El Pasopapers He al ¬

is In Alabama andhe is making a

remain In the Lone

state that Yarnrelease

KILLED

through

Vt May 9The ex ¬gas stove in the

Wilson yesterday setand caused the

two by burningby suffocation Mrs

of those killed wasroom and war

puting out thebodies of Mrs LeeonI

the kitchen floorwas beside the bed

death being due r

cause of the ex ¬

been

LIBERTY

determined

May 9The hfof Harry

rronrT Ie Af7tie begun here

JusticeMonday

ty0r ° uarrange J date

Attorney M C wasand Jams G of

Thaw The erato suk tho tJoRt

Attormy Jet on

will n > t p l1P

Poughkeepsie

CONFEDERACY

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SA tie thlrof th FIO

Conrill

is in sessiii hereof fifWsevenwill se to ¬

of interei havacted upoA the

the adopt fas the state sowadopted is 1

on foot to erectGeneral Loring a

delegates were engiven at the

Jackson ChapterN B Browarc

delegatesmansion

at a re