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No 85 NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY, fyL C, FRIDAY: JANUARY, 26, 1912-SECOND SECTION 34th. YEAH yd y Harry Author oTYosonde of the: Wilderness" uiu9TrA.Tlons t cqnmwMii ma , wemAii CHAPTEH II A restrtmpect show that Bruce, who Is a bond broker, has been trying to raise 110,000 to put through a deal and save himself from- financial rula. He haa applied to hla miserly unci and !"TBothra for the lean but baa bam fused. . . ...... foomfor1&e housekeeper. Barring 'thoM portions It vu at barren -as a ,ahlp's empty hold. For years Mrs. fTAhhAts had. hAAn. tha hmnukflSMr rif ;the . place," doing all, the household work and never to our knowledge re ceiving company,' and almost never - .leaving the premises. ' The upstairs portion ot the houie was also bare of furniture save for my uncle's and my apartments. His quarters . con sisted of a large, sparsely furnished room Tunning the length of the front of the house, with an alcove In con nection, my own sleeping room ' and den being adjacent thereto. That Uncle Abner continued to live amidst this shameful waste of handsomely designed rooms and 7 broad , natural grounds, was about the only piece of extravagance 1 ever knew him to in dulge himself In. However, I could partially account for It In two ways. In the first place he . had come Into possession of the premises through some sort of a hocus-pocus swap; bad secured them for a song, won the1 re sulting lawsuit, and then left the former owner to whistle for the song; ' and In iG5 eecona ne nad a real n3 j abiding fondness for trees and grass. I Trees and grass, however; do not re-. quire repairs. , , ! Now as to his associates. There were only three people In the world whom he did not seem to ' have a natural aversion for. These were i myself, whom he tolerated as a Sort of licensed and necessary evil; Bruce I 'HaUlday, my second cousin, whose' happy-go-lucky exploits he would sometimes chuckle over,' and Clare WInton, another distant . cousin of mine from a different branch of the family. But it was practically lmpos? sible to know Clare and not love her a little at least; and It was his'al- ' dectlon tor her, combined ' with .his fondness for nature; that made" me realise that he was a human being after alL Bruce1 used to Bay to me privately that If Uncle Abntr was the crab apple of the family tree, Clare was certainly the peach, but I always preferred to regard her as the jewel. ,1 would not liken her to a diamond as I would Mrs. Dace, who scintillates and dazzles, but rather to a perfect . pearl whose beauty la aoft and ema nates from deep within. : While It was easy enough to ac count for .his fondness for Clare, I : never could quite understand what a. man of his Instincts saw about a prodi gal like Bruce to pat on the back, good looking and agreeable though he Is. And It pu tiled me almost as much to notice that Clare, who is high minded and as sweet and 'wholesome as fresh milk, would so readily over look things' in my cousin of which I knew she instinctively disapproved. One day I spoke to her about It. I good naturedly charged her with be ing very fond of him, and she ad- mltted It with audacious sang frbld. "Of course I am. Everybody Is everything is. Children climb all over him and stray dogs follow him home. Why shouldn't they if he pets thenir I expostulated. "But he Is so obvl- nm I mlcrht Avon lar, nntnrlnns about his well, ! will call them 'fi nancial peculiarities.' He doesn't oare who knows about them." She an swered me as pertly as a sparrow. "That's just what ( like about him. Bruce doesn't know there la such thing as underbacdednees.'"; i So that's the way some Immaculate . womeVhave of sticklnguj for laf- ' Dished men. It items to be one of, the mysteries of the female mental equipment which Is Incomprehensible ' to the male mind.' But while I a . ways liked Bruce, we are of somewhat different temperaments. I am not a . purist In, any sense ot the word, but I believe In discretion. Personally I - 'prefer a person who does the Indiscreet thing discreetly to one who does the discreet thing Indiscreetly. And that Is one way in which he and I differ. Neither do admit that It la hypoo- . rlsy on my part merely discretion. It has always seemed to me that when two people's characters are.' equal, that whatever advantage the one may have over the other rests with the one who has the better reputa . 'Hon! Also Bruce was usually up to his ears In trouble of one of two kinds financial or feminine. But no matter which it was, he alwaya managed to allp through It like an eel through oil. He Is a broker by trade. Also, be speculates on his own account, and part ot the time is floating like a bub ble on the top wsve of prosperity and the rest of the time swimming for , dear life In the succeeding trough. It wbs a good deal as be himself once put It, when he had planned to feed a few of us a week In advance: "You had better put a sandwich In your pocket, boys, for life is uncer tain. As you know,. It Is turley wltn 'me one day and feathers the next, and you bave got tuinhe your chance as to which you will get when you dine with me. Iiut come on JubI the same. If It is turkey It will be the bluest one In tUe ina.l:ct, and if It's the ether it wl'.l la feathers la our caps 'ynow. ' ! ' " f f t r IASHq f Irving Greene rfegnu U. IVettnaf lsh Snytnmg against a man -use that 1 never criticized him to any one save Clare, and only, to her Incident ally and openly the aame as we. criti cized other things that were In com mon .between us. She understood per fectly that there was "no animus back of my words, and I would not have cared particularly if she had told him all I said. As a general proposition she would agree with" me, but nob always.- I remember onoe w,ben she crushed the rose which she had been caressing Into a shapeless pulp with one convulsive squeeze at some care less remark ot .; mine concerning hla lmprovldencev.-j'.SV'i " "Did you yever happen "to -notice where Bruce's clothes show the first signs of wear?" she asked defiantly. I admitted that I had not. Then I will tell you. It Is at the flap of his right-hand trouser'a pocket where he carries the loose money that he loans ' and gives away." So you see her action signified nothing ex cept another instinctive desire on her part to fly to his defense and cover his sins of extravagance by the man tle of his charities. And, of course, against sentiment like tliat loglo Is useless. ! . K Then, too, when It comes to his lit-, tie love affairs Bruce Is certainly a pachyderm. Tou could shoot him as full of Cupid's- arrows as you could thrust 's human pin cushion full ot needles, and the result would be the same In each case. An unfortunate affair of the heart affects some peo ple hot unlike a mosquito. . It annoya them for a few moments, and then an other mosquito comes and the first one Is forgotten. With others it gets under the skin like a "chlgger" fes ters and torments and will not be scratched out And there la where Bruce and I differ again. He is ot the first class, while I am of the chlgger bitten variety. Clare nearly always came to see us upon Sunday afternoons. We would usually hear her whistling as she came up the walk when she was still quite a ways distant Clare can sing like an angel, but she much prefers to whisUe like the devil She squeaks and trebles and flats with her . lips In a pucker and her chin aslant, and the discord she createa Is shocking.' But she never gets dis couraged, and would rather shrill a tew false notes through her puckered Hps than open her round throat and let notes pour forth that would drive a prima donna to glaring envy. Into the house she would come by means ot her private key with a fife of her Sewed on the Buttons Missing From ; Hla Gartienta or Trimmed the Edgss of His Ever Frayed Collars. lips and a hat-a-tat-tat of her feet on the uncarpeted stairs, until a final hollow thump would announce her ar rival at the nortala of mv uncle's In ner sanctuary. Thereupon I would! srlse to a military "attention" and my untie to a creaking reaemblanoe of up rightness aa she threw open the door to reveal herself, sinking to the floor with skirts spread In an exaggerated curtsey of the olden days. Up to un cle she 'would go with a ridiculous kiss upon the bald spot of his head, and then aettle Mgbt as a puff-ball In the window aeat and commence to chatter. Five minutes ot that would put her out of breath,' after which she would be content to settle down to ordinary conversation as she sewed on the buttons missing from bis gar ments, or trimmed the edges of his ever-frayed collars. For while Mrs. Tebbets was employed to do all. this, Clare always reserved those tasks for herself and jealously Insisted upon retaining her prerogatives. Perhaps an hour later, if the weather was fit ting, Iwould manage to catch her eye ,u.u ui.nas- u. with a s gn meant glance ana wouioi1 "... r then go down to a rustic seat beneath ! with resolution passed at a r the big oaks. Presently she would leant meeting of the board of alderman. Join me. While I was not really In love with her, neither was I with snybody else. I liked her- exceedingly, realized that 'they were enjoined by the mayor to en sue would make a well nigh Ideal I force the speed limit Isw strictly here wlfe, and sometimes used to speak to ; after Bn(j autmobiists may take her about love matters. . I would be half In fun and half In earnest. "Clare," I would say, "you don't seem to care for any men but Bruce nuu mjrmvut mm tv u iwimTfl i you and -he are In earnest In your brc:en flirtations. la t)io Cret t'ace, tixl'-S f mora .rit-' out bUa (1 J i. . C . J.J COL. IIIIII1S . ; JILL RETIRE To Leave the N. S.- February 1st After Serving More ,Thn::v. Thirty Years. . . -. , After a service of more than th'rty years with the Norfolk Southern Kail- way and its predecessors,. Col H." C. Ifudgins; assistant to the president of that system, will, on February - latere-' tire from active service. Col Hudgins entered railway service June 1st, 1881, as agent at Norfolk of the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad Company and on Decmber 19th of the same year was appointed general freight and pissenger agent of the company, which "grew finally into what is now ; the Norfolk- Southern Railroad system. He had been assistant to the president of the Nor folk Southern since September 1st, 1910. President E. T. Lamb, pf the Norfolk Southern, has iisueil the foil wing cir cular on the subject of Col. Hudgiha' re tirement. 1 ' ' V;.. ';': It is with deep regret that announce ment is made of the retirment from the active service of this company, effective February 1st, of Colonel H. C. Hudgins, Assistant to the President. - - '. Col. Hudgins entered railway service on June 1st, 1881, as agent at Norfolk of the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Rail road Company, a predecessor of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, and on December 19ib, of the same year was appointed General ; Freight and Passenger agent of said 'company. ' He served the successors of the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad C mpany in this capacity until his appointment, on September 1, 1910, 'to the position of Assistant to the President of the Nor folk, Southern Railroad Company. When he retires on February 1st, he will have served this company and its predecessors for more than thirty years a faithful and efficient officer and a hard worker. The company recognizes that in his retirement from . the cares and responsibili ies hs has 'shouldered for so many years, it loses the active co operation or one who - has been potent factor in its, operations and de velopment, and congratulates him upon the completion of a service that has been so helpful to the company and so creditable to him. Ledger-Dispatch Norfolk. PILES ! PILES' ! PILES ! Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles. tt absorbs the tumors, allays itching at once, acts as a poultice, givea instant relief.- Williams' Indian Pile Ointment hs prepared for Piles and itching of the private parts. Sole by druggists,, mail 50c and $1.00. Williams' M'f'g. Co, Props.; Cleveland; 0,'-'- TO TERRITORY Can Be Shipped Option Laws Can cot Apply Outside State Limits Says Supreme Court ' , Washington, Jan. 23. Prohibitionists suffered a serious defeat .in a d cislon by the Supreme Court declaring I q -or may he shipped from one State into "dry" counties of another State though prohibited by laws of the "dry" Stale. . The csce decided 'was specifically brought to test the law. ThaF. W.Cook Brewing Comrany, of Indiana, sued the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for refusing to ac cept beer for Interstate shipment 1 lo ''dry" counties in Kentucky; The railroad pleade d obidience to a Kentucky law agair st shipping liquor to the "drys," but the Federal Circuit Court held that the railroad could rot refuse such rbJpn.ents. By its derision the Supreme Court opens the door to shippers selling liquor in "dry" Ken tucky. tertitory. - . The lower court held that the Kentu cky law was ffer tive enly over ship ments of liquor from within itaH orders bat could not stop interststeshipmetits folic iqulppcd Willi Stop-watches. The city police were this morning . .nr.d with stoo- watches, in accord- that they may be able to time automo-. biles running within the city , limits. I With being presented the stop-ws'chfs warning accordingly. The tpred limit within the city is twelve mi'ei an hour and slow down to four miles an hour on turoing COrners.-Kinston Free Piess. See Gaskill Hardware Go's. 'Lantern display. LIQUOR CATHOLIC 0PII vAGE DESTROYED Swept by Fire at an Early Hour Tuesday Morning. Loss 'More tban fli,006. Fire Started i in the Engine Boom. : Raleigh, North Carolina, Jan. 24th. Smokier in? fires and barren walls ten ihj story of a destructive firs that swept .away four buildings of the Cath olic Orphanage early Tuesday morning, entailing a loss of about S12,0t0. The buildings burned, were the bid dormito ry and. school room, the laundry, barn and stables. All that is left this morn ing to, tell where stood the buildings are the ae hes and smouldering ruins, Luckily no lives were lost In this de structive fire. ' -" ; Prominent leaders of Republican pol itics in North Carolina confirm reports now spreading that it is the Fettled pur pose of the "organization wing'.' of the party to ran Hon. Thomas Settle, now attorney-general to the Federal Tariff Court, for governor of the State; and to make former district attorney A. E. Melton, of Winston-Salem, State Chair man, a(nd give the National committee ship the place now held by his arch en emy, E, C. Duncan, to Hon. .J, M. Morehead, former Congressman ' and how State Chairman. The real battle will be .between tbe Morehead or "or ganization" forces and the followers of E. C-Duncan, present national com: mitteentan. " ; It U not believed that there will be any possible compromise in -this cam paign, jand that the leaders of the con tending forces in the party in thia state have determined to let this fight be to finish, and ring the political death- knell of one or the other factions. This too, ia understood to be the desire of the National . Republican powers at Washington. , ' . . ... President Taf t and heads of the de partments, who have leen "pulled and hauled'' so unceasingly for years-pas in contests over the political patronage in thia State, are said to be demanding that the1 twb.factinna must come to. a showdown sa to who does really repre sent the party in this State and that they are tired of having the State chairman and National committeemen continually locking home over every ap pointment that comes up and creating no end of embarrassment for the ad ministration, : There is no intimation as yet as to the probable slate of the wing of the party represented by National commit teeman E. C Duncan for State ticket, beyond the fact that the supreme fight is to be for the retention of Mr. Dun can as National Committeeman. It is conceded that if Hon. Thomas Settle is put up for governor he will in sist on an advocacy of local option as against Statewide prohibition which he haa fought bitterly from the very in ception of the movement in thia Slate. If you want the Stove of quality, Bucks line is your only solution. J. S. Bas night Hdw. Co. ,. He Was A Grand Man. Will Beck, of Holton. has discovered the model citizen. It is Henry Hasg. a farmer who apologis 4 for letting his subscription to the Recorder fall six- months in arrears and then paid two yeara and a half in advance with real money. - ' RIVERDALE NOTE3 We have had pretty weather for the past few days. MK and Mrs, G. M. Olesly of New Bern spent Saturday night and Sunday at this place. . Mr. B. B. Mallison spant Tuesday at Pme Grove. 1 . . , Mrs. A. R. Conner of New ' Bern who has b en apei ding a few days at this place roiurned home Sunday af terno r ; Miss fs Carrie Hsrdison, Bettie Tolaon and Bet tie Will ams of Croatan apent s hoit while at tbia place Sun lay af tirnoon. - - - . . , Mr. W. A, Cahoon spent- Mondsy in New Bern. . ' Miss May Rardison of Thuimao spent Sunday with Miss Mattie Taylor- Miss Leona Hsrdison of Croatan apent Sunday with Miss Goldie Williams, "Come agaiu." " Mr. W. L. Falwell 'ent Sunday at Havelock with Miss 1 1 NTissrsLsona ToUun, Julia Hardi-on ar.d Minnie Ebroii 'of Croatan spent a short while at Riverdale Sunday after noon. We think they enjoyed them selves. ' - ' Misses Rena Csyton, Goldie Williams snd Eva Fkher were the guests of Misses Liuia and Gladys Wood Sunday o'ght "Coma sgain." ' Mr. Lenn Williams wss the gnest of Miss Msdie Tsylor Sunday afternoon. 1 Kr. Jim,Krtnl;tia Brent ZiVir '-j IT COTTOIIESTIITE Ginning Report of Government Bureau. Former Crop Fig- .. ; ures. ' Washington. D.lc, Jan. 24. The vast 1911 cotton crop of the United States had been ginned and baled to the extent of 14.BU676 bales on January 16 according to the census Bureau's report, showing 193,674 bales were ginned dur ing the period from January 1 to 15, inclusive. Ginners this season have been forced to greater activities than ever before by the enormous, crop. A considerable quantity still remains to be ginned before the close of the season. The exact amount will be made known by the Census Bureau's final ginning re port March 20, giving figures up to Feb ruary 28. ' The ginning report is about 876.000 bales less than the Department of Agriculture's estimate of production which was 14,885,000 of 5 pounds gross weight. United State-, 14,610,676 bales com pared with ir,253,457 bales last year, when 97.3 per cent, of Ihe 1910 crop was ginned prior to January 16; 12,666, 203 bales in 1909, when 96 8 per cent, of the 1908 crop was ginned, and 12,767, 600 bales in 1905, when 94.9 percent, of the 1904 crop was ginned. Round bales included were 97,668 bales, compared with 111,079 bales in the 1910 crop; 146,378 bales in 1909, and 232,610 bales in 1908. Sea Island cotton bales included were 109,592 bales, compare J with 86,424 bales in the 1910 crop; 92,191 bales in 1909, and 90,287 bales in 1908. . Ginning by states with comparative statistics and the percentage of the total crop ginned prior to January 16, last year, and in other record crops, follows: States. Year. Bales. Alabama. , 1911 1,638,099 910 1,174,122 "' 1908 1 816,805 " 1904 1,411,884 Georgia 1911 2,657.633' 1910 1,779,902 :f" ; 1908 ..."I --v 1,952.113 " 1904 1.898,597 North Carolina 1911 996.714 1910 718.405 " 1908 661,669 ", 1904 7C4.801 South Carolina 1911 1,536,299 1910 1,175,905 " 1908 . 1,192,723 1904 1,144 514 FARM FOR SALE I offer for sale my 109 sere farm one- half mile from city limits, 1,836 feet fronting on Pembroke road. For par ticulars apply or write to John A. Boom, 164 Broad street, New Bern, N. C. POLICE-C0IIFIS-. GATE MACHINES That Accepted Nickels From the Unwary and Gave Nothing In Return." No Disposition Yet Made of Them. In yesterday's issue of the Journal there was a news item telling of the lo eating and confiscating of a alot mach ine at a store owned and operated by B. BBellamah near the depot. Since hat lime another machane of the same type haa been found in a local store ar d his now keeps the first machine brought in from becoming lonely at the city hal where both of them are being held a salting the artival of a representative of the concern whp are putting them on the marker. . j. The machines are manufactured and owned by Ihe S.lver King Novelty Com pany, of Indianapolis, Ind. At the first (lance one would suppose that they wers machine a fr ihe automatic vend ing of chewing gum, candy or some simi- lararticle Acrose a plate attached to the ttont of the machine Is a score catd which tells the prospective player just what he will rrceive (maybe.) The scale runa from a atick of gum and 2 chocks (it was learned that Ihe checks were redemeble at five cents in cash) to a stick of gum and twenty checks. However, upon dropping a nickel in the slot, 75 per cent of the time not ! so itsry thing came forth. In the op n- Ion ot those who are familiar with the ! lawa In regard t alot machine a, this is one of the worst fiauda ever per pet rat d on the public. A letter received from ihe repreen tstive ot the Company etst'td that he null! arrive in the cltv toiiav and ad just matters. Under the laws of the .State of North Carolina there Is a fine of $200 for owning snd opea.it ing such machines and when the re presentative of Ihe company arrives there is not the least oubt but tht he will bs compelled to do some elutmrate explaining in order to show the officials jutt a by bis machine it not one which con.es ut.dr this I. tad. WILL HOT ABOLISH GUTTER SERVICE Recommendation To Cut Out Beve nueJCutter Service Not Popular jf With Congress Washington, y an. 22. Abolition of the revenue cutter service, which was recommeded in the report of Economy and Efficiency Commission sent 4 -con gress by President Taft, meets with little favor in Congress. : -v i The revenue cutterj service which spends about $2,500,000 a year and pa trols two oceans, is under the (jurisdic tion of the Treasnry Department, yet neither Secretary MacVeagh nor his as sistant nor any officer of. the reveoue cutter service was called on to appear before thecommittee and give opinion on the proposed abolition. Secretary MacVeagh is understood not to consider the proposal seriously. Officers of this serxice, as well as all Government officials whose work is affected by the recommendations of the commission, ere unabie lo defend themselves, for only a week before the recommendation was made known President Taft rei terated an order issued by President Roosevelt forbidding officials from dis cusing any question of public policy or giving information to members of Con gress wi'h the aothorityof the beads of their rasprective departments. ,. , Fredrick A. Cleveland' chairman of the Economy Commission, declared to night that , if its recommendation is adopted it will mean an annual saving to the Government of approximately $1,000,OQO a year without robbing it of any of the functions it now enjoys. There are twenty-six-craft in the rev enue cutter service. The recommeda- tion of the Economy Commission does not necessarily contemplate the imme diate sale of any of the vessels, ; al- through many of them may be disposed of ''depart men tally" if the suggestion to abolish them is approved by Con- gres. We have a few Cook Stoves on hand at your ..price rBut they are not Bucks. J. S. Basnight Hdw. Co. ' Dr. Len G. Broughton To Go To ion- don. ' The North Carolina friends of Rev. Or. Len G. Broughton of Atlanta; Ga., were immensely interested to read in the press dispatches yesterdsy of. his announced determination to accept, the caii recently tendered him to the pasto rs' e of Chriah church, London. Dr. Broughton is a native of this State and aecurtd his collegiate training at Wake Forrest College. His work in Atlanta where he built the great Tabernacle church haa been one pf the outstanding features of the religiousdevelopmentof that city. The new auditorium recently finished there is regarded as one of the finest in America. Christ church, to which Or. Broughtoo goes, is one of the greatest in England., The Sunday school numbers more than 4,000 mem bers. Dr. Bronghton succeeds Dr. F. Meyer, tt celebrated author and mystic His ', departure from country and particularly from South will occasion great rrgret. this the DeBRUHLS ITEMS DeBruhls N. C Jan. 23 19l2.-We are glad to S'y that sickness is not so severe now, Mr. Goodin keeps on the sick list hoping him a speedy recovery soon. ' ' i .' " We all was shocked lo learn of the sad newa of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Russell losing their daughter Carrie, she was well known in and arouud DeBrnhls by many.' It ia their loss but it is Heaven'a eternafgain. Mr. J. A. R bertt, from Riverdale is in our midt. : v : A few nights a go some one entered the chicken house of Mr. Joseph Ward and took six or seven pullets. It is bad to raise chickeus for your use and have them stolen, j. Mr. D. S. Sutton and Mr. Haidy Sutton are putting up a fine building near St Jamea Church, 1 Mr, Howard K wiegay from Waalng- ton, wss a visitor in our midst a few dayaago. Mr. H. "A, Jordan and family have moved from their old place to near Tuscarora, N. C ' The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D, White has gone to Wilmington N. C, to enter school at that place. Mr, Furnie Wilder was Seenpnaiiig through our midst a few days ago- The O ld Fellow p'ace at Dcttruhl is b'gining to look deiolated ihe fields br I growing up with pines, a fuw mnu'.ha ago a young deer was seen seeking re fuire there, wittu.ut a rhane It In doul tful to say what will emir. See Gaskill Ihrd window for inferr;; Cirdip spec! 1 ' ' OVEIHCil TRAiriKEY IVE Final Triumph For . Flagler A His Florida Coast Cailroad. ; New York to Havana. Key West, Fla., , Jan. 23d. -Bro side salutes of United States and f sign battleships marked, the openi bore of the 100-mile over-the-sea ext. sion of the Florida Eaat Coast Railwi Forty senators and representative army and navy officials and diplomat representatives from almost every C tral and South American country par ticipated in the ceremonies. Many of the inhabitants here saw railroad train for the first time in thi Uvea. When the engine started slow! across the cement bridge at Knight' Key, dragging the long train behind i: guna on the vessels in the harbor roan out a salute that was joined by ever. whistle and noise-making contrivance the cityould muster, . The over-the-sea extension of the railroad joins th United States to Cuba by a regular fer ry service, which will transport Pull man sleepers carrying passengers with out change from New York to Havana. The completion of the road acron the sea is a tribute to the 'genius ami financial courage of Henry M. Flagler. Mr, Flagler has had the idea constantly in mind ever aince .the Spanish-Ameri can war excitement, when he conceived the tho ight of making communication between the United States and Cuba more easier and more practical, v The project will shorten the time from the Florida mainland to Cuba by almost twenty hours. The actual work was begun in ,1905, and it was th n that blueprints called for by Mr. Flag ler were submitued to him by the engi neers. The president of, the road took a glance at the map and turning to J. R. Parrot t, vice-president and general manager of his railway and said: "All I want to know is whether the road can be built." "Yea, it can," replied Mr. Parrott. "Then go ahead and build it," Mr. Flagler directd. The engineers' esti mates were that the- feaf would cohI U5,0K).000. It has cost that much more. " ; The celebration here was largely in the nature of a tribute to Mr. Flagler. The city is beautifully decorated for the occasion, ' thousands of electric lights transforming every street into a great white way. The waterfront also is gay with foreign and American war ships, merchant vessels snd many pri vate-yachts. The first through train from New York to Key West passtd through Jacksonville Sunday morning. It carried many passengers. This train arrived at Key West followed by the Congressional special and a special ex cursion train of Pullman cars, Mr. Flagler and friends were with these trains. ' . .. . . '1' Aa these trains crossed the long via duct approaching the Island they were welcomed by clanging bells, blasts of Steam whistles and the ' enthusiast it cheers of the people of Key West. wl. are happy that their long isolation i . ended. A reception was tendered Mr. Flagler, at which Assistant Secretary of War Oliver assisted as the represen tative of President Taft Next cam a reception to the foreign diplomat ', Congressmen and State officials, officii i call of the Mayor, a drive around tin city, a boat ride around the harbor and the Mayor's reception. A grand ba! will be given in the government build ing. '. We will continue our sale till Feb. 1. Read our ad. J. J.Baxter, ' - Married. At the Methodist parsonage last S;. urday night. Miss Mamie Sadler dan, terof Mr, and Mrs. B. A. Sadler, n Mr. EJgar Rodgers. Rev. J. B. Hurl, pastor ef the Centenary Method Church performed the ceremony. Wood'sSectl For 1D12. Our New Descriptive Cc 4 is fully up-to-date, and tc!U i bout the best Garden and T - s - Every farmer enJ sliouM ft we a cr;-y c f r-'.. 1 as a '.:- ' 1 i fortlsf if $c . mLllort v.!.!. ' il ; ' v- ,. .. e t : 1 ' f
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