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ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT

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Distinguished Kepresentatives FromDilVcrfiit Countries Were Present

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Canton 0 Sept 30The nationpaid homage today to the memory of

William McKinley when the splendidmonument which marks his last rest ¬

ing place was unveiled in the pre ¬

sence of an assembled throng such-

as Canton never saw before and withthe president of the United States as

t the principal speaker It was thetribute of a grateful nation both inword and in deed to a good citizena bravo soldier a wise executiveand more than 50000 persons repre-senting

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all walks of life and everypart of the country participated in

i thceremonies duplicating the monu-

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y the living gft of ja i million

t Americans wVpse contributions ag-

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< a 6 >eO prpvfded thesplendid tomb In whicl est the-

martyredbodies of the thVd oftpresidents his wile and eir twochildren V-

DistinguishqtLmi frni all parts-of the country amtniany representat-

lves of foreign countries made thepilgrimage here to participate in thededication of the mausoleum andmade the event a notable one

Tho monument a magnificentr Structure simple hilt Imposing In

the sarcophagi are the bronze casketsj containing the bodies of both Presi¬

dent McKinley and his wife InI niches in the wall of the tomb are

two little caskets containing thea ashes of their only children Ida and

Mary both of whom died in infancy

Life As a JourneyI y

On the aboveihject Rev C ARidley of the aptist church preach-ed

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S at 11a in Sunday to asplendid congregation Tlfe presence-and power of God were felt andtoanifestedrduring the entire serviceand the congregation was first ia

y smiles and then In tearsMr Ridley bagan by paying a tri¬

bute to the str ngth and beauty andrichness of th figures of speech withwhich the Word of God abounds Heshowed that sometimes the Biblespoke of lifl under the figure of aschool then said he we are pupilssitting at the feet of the Great Teach-er

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We open the Book again andfind life presented as a battle thenWe are admonished to be strong and

IVtfight as goo soldiers of Jesus

ry i Christ In another place our attent-ion is calledto the brevity of lifeby such figurei of speech as A

s watch in the night Cometh forths as Rower and i cut down Fleethh as a shadow eta

sS But the text presents life as n

m journey towards better countrykt Just as the ancient Jew was ever

looking for the land of Promise-and the modern sailor always search

t tai for some frienSlly shore so isthe Christian ever gazing towards thecity of his dreams j

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With these words of introductionJthe sermon outline jwas announced-and discussed for minutes The

J outline in lull is even belowIThe Purpose

1 To make the world better2 To make the world brighter

r 3 To make heaven his home attH

Tho Christiaas Prospectsfj t as the Promises of God n-

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LIVE OAK FLORIDA TUESDAY OCTOBER 1 1907

News NotoLightning struck Speaker Cannons b rn urtdavBerryman in Washington Star

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IK FLEET NOT IIKADV

And Cant Start for Pacific Ocean forSeveral Mouths

New Yorka Sept 30A special tothe Press from Washington says

The presiddutwas chagrined tolearn today that the battleship fleetwill he delayed probably two monthsand perhapakSeveatyJive days before-it can departtonitl triy to the Pacificcoast AlthouKhtho iiavy yards havebeen wo rJiing over tae in the hopeof leaving lire ig sibs in shape nextmonth it was fou today-td throw off all disguise and admitthat many of the big lighters arewholly unfit for a long voyage andthat the repairs necessary will delaythe departure until Christmas if notuntil the second week of January

Negro Colony for CaliforniaLos Angeles Sept 29A project-

to establish a large colony of negroesin Southern California is being pro ¬

moted by an association one memberof which is >ieut Colonel AllenSworth formerly a chaplain in theUnited States Arhjy

Several million are said toJ oars

represent tlrc vga the negroesback of the nOV ment A tract of90000 acres n Riversflde and SanDiego conntiesj is in view and willbe offered at ow prices The pro-

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is to establish a colony wherethe negroes will have an opportunity-to work under favorable conditions

1 I give untoThem eternal lifeand they shall ever perish

2 There is Therefore now nocondemnation tothem that are inChrist Tests

3 Assurane of at last being withJesus That jwhere I am there yemay be also

Ill The ChI tians Promise1 The perpetual presence of

Christ Lo I an with you alway2 The presence and power of the

Holy Spirit He shall be with you

and in you fAnd ye shall receivepower

3 Promise bf the best companyboth here and h earter Go with usand we will do hee good

There was ose addition at theclose of the service

One of the largest congregationsof the season greeted the pastor atnight He spike on The Causes ofInfidelity anl the closest attention-and deepest interest prevailedthroughout th service

There were many strangers pre ¬

sent at both Servic-

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DIVORCE SUII STARTED

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Ilatt Denies lhrHe Was Ever I

Married ttthe Woman

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New York Sfcpt 30Mae Cather-ine

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Wood the former governmentclerk who has ween suing UnitedStates Senator C Platt forTomasseveral years action-

j in the supreme coiirt for absolutei divorce from the j senator allegingj that she had been married to him inthe Fifth Avenue hotel New York in

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1001 J D Lee representing the-i plaintiff announce the action asPlatt against Plat and he said the

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motion was fOI th purpose of framI

lug an issue He id he wanted the-I details to become c nerally known

John B Stanchfield who appeared-for Senator Platt a ked that the mat ¬

ter be heard in private by a referee-He

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said Senator Platt was nevermarried to Miss Wood and thereforethere was no ground for divorce

Justice Seabury reserved decision i

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Sunday at tlujMethodist Churchf i

Sunday was a beautiful day and j

large congre dons were at both ser-

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The music was well caleulated to be an aid to true worship The i

pastor remarked that he had servedchurches that were glad to pay wellfor less artistic musical servicesMrs Dr Thoiason violinist Prof I

G S Stephens cornetist Mrs J Ci Baisden organist and choir leaderI

aided by a fine body of vocalists andeach and all of hese gi dly and free-ly

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rendering this service becausear

they love the Lord and serve HimI

i with willing hearts Rev H Dutillpublicly expressed his appreciation of

I the work of hi5choir

The morning sermon was a soulI strengthening jpresentation of whatI Christ is to the belIever based on theI thirtieth verse of the first chapter of11 Corinthians Christ is made unto-us wisdom and righteousness andsanctification apd redemption Thenatural divisions of the text were fol-

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and many souls were blessedI with new visions of tile glorious

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COTTON HAXULEKSs STI11KK

Eight Thousand JMeii Threaten toQuit

Orleansi New La Sept 29I Action whichis expected to cause nI

j strike of about 8000 cotton handlersI tomorrow was taken by the commerj cial bodies oiNew Orleans todayI The exchange instructed steamship agents at this port to disregardthe demands of 1200 cotton screwmen and to hir nonunion labor toload their vessels

All the othe unions in the cottonloading business including long-

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yards en scale men mark ¬

ers and freight handlers declare theywill strike if no union screw menare employed J

The steamshipjagents demand thescrew men load 200 bales of cottondaily in place ofl160 formerly load ¬

ed The screw nven have refused andhave demanded pn increase of 1 aday for stowing ICO bales

Christ in IIis attitude toward sinburdened men

The evening >sernion was a con ¬

tinuation of Bro Dutills series onthe Ten Commandments the subjectbeing Thou shalt not bear falsewitness againsthY neighbor Thiscommandment seeks to safeguardyour good name I A good name is tobe prized by ones self Not by selfpraise or lauding our works as a

merchant advertises his wares norby challenging what others say aboutyou that you dojnot like Some onehas said i

You may get through this worldBut twill be wiry slow-

If you listen to all that is said asIyou go

But show your appreciation of agood name b> careful conduct sothat he that wJll speak ill of youmust her fals witness

But tne good name of others w-

are to prize < Lying slander andflattery are herein prohibited Itwould be Impossible to report thepreachers scatting denunciation ofthe scandalmonger The creaturewhether Stan or woman with tonguedipped in the venom of hell deliber-ately

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scattering vile reports break-ing

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hearts and wrecking homesThe ruining of the great Henry WardBeecher was cited as an illustration

If some one brings a tale of evil toayou about your neighbor dont Ic 00

go an ear farther The sla thOk a

work would be at an er i cityt 5 dollars

could be found whfita for the salehim or her

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The Storm lasted More ThanTwentyqHours

rBoston Sept SOA ireless dis-

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received from the At-lantic

¬ sI squadron anchored atj thehead of Cape Cod C Jbe Barnstableshore show that twqlives wed losttwo vessels damaged and th entire yc

fleet was given a s yore sharing upin the storm whi h raged estcdayin the bay The fleet wasjanchoredon a lee shore tad oaly tl strengthof their ground ta Te saved some ofthe big war efils from beingthrown on the beach

Those who lost their lives were 1

Lieut John H iCurse of the battle-ship

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Illinois and Sbfc onlhiary sea ¬

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man of the battles iip JHflnesbta Therefrigerator ship Glapier ar gg6d her k

anchor and coirSjed with the cruiserDes Moines necessitating the send-ing

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of both vessels to the Charlestown navy and foArepairs f

More than wenty hours the greatships were tumbted about in the big

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seas which surged nto the bay Fursewas thrown agains a hatchway onthe Illinois aritkso baUy injured thathe died during UJeKAi ht The sea-man

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on the Minnesota was washedoverboard and drowned while nearlyevery vessel had some crewbruisQd Dv being blu Otber theship X I

The lOllowingTdsseJsf lost theiranchors and chains The Minnestoa-the Kentucky the Des Moines two ranchors the Marcellus the Ohiothe Glacier two anchors theCaesar and the Mayflower The Kearsarge and Maine lost their anchors a

getting under way but those of the rMaine were recovered

Lieut Furse 27 years old was a fnative of South Carolina but ap ¬

pointed to the naval academy fromGeorgia

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WHAT STORM SIGNALS MEAN 1t

jExplanation of United States Weath-

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Bureau Code tt

Storm warnings are displayed bythe United States weather bureau at141 stations situated on the At-

lantic¬ Jand Gulf Coasts from East

port Me to Brownville Tex An ex¬ kplanation of thecod eof flags is givenbelow

Storm Warning FlagsA red flag f

with a black centre indicate that astorm of marked violence is expect-ed

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The pennants displayed with theflags indicate the direCtiOn of thewind red easterly from northeast-to south white fromtesterlYi Isouthwest pennant 1above the flag lutes that thewind is expected to blow from thenortherly quadrants below from the fi

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tsoutherly quadrants f

By night a red flight indicateseasterly winds aada rek oC ti kabove a red light wcstenhda do here 4

Hurricane Warningforegoing Ordin Y

byflags with black fen on the 10th day of

A D 1907 and the sameone above jfc certified to the Mayor forexpected approval i

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tor seal of the said City this f

Seal 10th day of September AD 1907 S P MAYS

City Clerkgents Examined and approved by me this YY

12th day of September A D 1907j of I J B JOHNSON Mayor Av

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