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0CALA EVENING STARVolume 14 No 34 OCALA FLORIDA THURSDAY JULY 9 1908 Filly Cents a Month 5 a Year

ARE Y-OUHUNGRY

We will Satisfyyour wants

Service excellent The Best of

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R D FULLERDENTAL SURGEON

Office over Munroe ChamblissBank

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THE JEWELER AND OPTICIAN

We Have Ono of the Largest MostNew and Complete Stocks of

JEWELERY OF ALL KINDS I

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WATCHES RINGS PINSEMBLEM PINS

CHAINS FOBSHAIR ORNAMENTS ETC ETC

That Iris Ever Been Shown intIlls City

n Cut Glass Fine China Sterling and I

Plated SilvervTe Souvenir PostalCards decks Etc we do Not Ack I

nowledpe a Better Stock in this Seclion

ALL KINDS OF = H E

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EXCELSIOR BLACK ¬

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AUGHN LANE

Blacksmithing Wheelwrighting andHorse Shoeing

Ve do all kinds of repairing on>

Wagons and Buggies Wood Workand Painting at Low Prices Horse ¬

shoeing a specialty All work guar-anteed

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North Magnolia Street Opposite Car-

L michael Bar Ocala F-

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MARION COUNTYS

FARMING MEN

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A Brief Review of Our Most Import-

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Industry and Some of ThoseWho Carry it On

Staff COI New York Packer

I Ocala Via July 3Ocala the cap ¬

Iltal of old Marion county located tobe the capital of the state is always-one of the most interesting places tovisit in the most tropical state in lieUnion Ocala is thoroughly metropoli-tan

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and uptodate and the Improve-ments

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I of the past year make this littlecity second to none of any size or lo-cationI in the South All its businessstreets are brick paved and Its restdeuce streets have the best of macad-am

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and cement walks throughoutOcala has two dolly and weekly news-papers

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I the Banner and the EveningStar uptodate and progressive pub-lications

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f also tine hotels ana some ofthe best mercantile stores In the state

I Everyone knows the land In oldMarion county Is of the best In Flor-ida

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and as a result some of the bestgrowers in the state live here Many-of the Packer readers are no doubtinterested in this state and Its pro-

ducts and while Florida is generallyedited with the production of trop-ical

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and semitropical products yctmany staples are grown here wltnentire success

For oxnmplf Munroe Chin mhlissire the Icadintf hankers here but 7 f-Cliambis

Ifr co are no doubt th

most extensive and uptodate far-mers

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in Florida owning the PilmettoI Park farm here of 2000 acres C P-

Strickland manager and 1000 acresI

it Martin Fla e B Howell manager I

These farms are a combination ofI fruits vegetables and live stockI Shorthorn cattle ate the leader to-

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the number of IOU with grade stockof 300 or tOO and many scrub or na-tive

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I cattle to brood up from alga hun-dreds

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of sheep and goats fur purposesquite nccossary on a ranch of thiskind This vast farm produces plenty j

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of feed for all the stock and a surplus I

of corn and other grain for marketWhile holy beef and sprnig lamb

I are specialties from the live stockdepartment the cantaloupe crop this

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season was no doubt the tamest ofrecord in thin state Palmetto Path I

farms Ocala having ru acres rom I

which were shipped 3137 crates offancy sizes the Martin farms of fin

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acres in cantaloupes shipped 81ifi I

crates also large fancy sizes veryfew ponies shipped from either placethese shipments are exclusive fromother Holds operated by croppers ofwhih there were many on this vastplantation The Vilon Produce t 0A Iittsburg handled the l uKc ff thisciop and satisfactory results Is thepronounced verdict here The writerhad the pleasure of the season In an I

afternoon carriage ride with Z CChambliss over this the finest planta ¬

tion of its kind in Florida till Pal ¬

metto Park farmsOther interested growers and busi-

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people here who reid the Packerand appreciate its value include J IILivingston 1 Son real estate dealersin farm and vegetable lands orange

Igrove properties and everything elsein the real estate line J II Living-ston

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C Son are no doubt one of the j

largest and most reliable real estatecompanies in the Flowery state

Martin Carn are seed and produce i

dealers who supply most of the grow j

ers in this vicinity with seeds for allcrops and seasons i

I X Wiggins grows vegetables formarket reads the Packer and willhue beans for fall and winter ship ¬

ment-J D McDnffy is one of the large

melon and cantaloupe growers hereG T Liddon grows cants and a

general crop of vegetables and has a I

tine dairy from which Ocala gets muchof its supplies in that line-

J G Goin grows vegetables In sea-son

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Other Packer readers an out oftown but will be reported as to cropslater

SparrSparr FlaSparr is one of the best

vegetable sections in Florida andwhile this dry season has somewhat-cut the crop yet its growers are notdiscouraged and are universally pros-perous In spite of conditions

The growers and Packer readershere are W Luffman of J VT Colbert-

Co who are large growers of cant ¬

aloupes and watermelons while W-Luffman Bye are general mer ¬

chants postmaster and all round busi-ness

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leaders in this section-J W Johnson makes cantaloupes p

special crop but grows other vegeta-bles

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in season-S D Souter makes cants a spe-

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but grows lettuce anti othervegetables for the fall and springmarket-

L G Young is a Packer reader whoknows and appreciates its value MrYoung grows cantaloupes as a prin-cipal

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crop with lettuce and othervegetables in season

W A Xottage grows cants toma-toes

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cukes beans and lettuce andwill have lettuce for the fall and ear-ly

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winter marketMany other Packer readers and

growers here were not at home whenthe writer called hence a small ac-count

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of Sparr trade news-

AnthonyAnthony Fla Anthony is one of

the largest cantaloupe growing andshipping stations in Florida anti Isnoted for the tine quality producedXot only has Anthony that reputation

I here but throughout the marketworld and while this season was rio tall that could be desired as to quan-tity

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yet its reputation as to qualityI unimpaired Watermelons are also astaple product here as well an vege-tables

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of all kinds in season-J P Jones makes a specialty of

cantaloupes and tomatoes but growsother stuff when the market looksfavorable-

E L Howell connected with Ben-

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Striebig Co Cincinnati 0 isno doubt the largest grower here havjing this season shipped cantaloupes-from 275 acres of that product andwatermelons from 160 acres bothcrops being a success considering theweather and the market Mr Howellis an expert grower packer shipperand manager anti his product Is al

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ways rf the best P A Green rr preemh t lender Stroibig to i <

hff tt PtStut but will soon hanfor truce northern points

OtlT gror> here who were outof to t n and whom the Packer manhope to wfi later are F V Ellisonof F W ICilifn Bro large canta-loupe

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und melon growers F W El ¬

lison is in Georgia inspecting peachorchards other Packer readers herewho were out are C W Gates J D

I EJaskin C A Priest J A Lamb andNoah Crffn all growers of canta ¬

loupes melons rod other products

There is mote catarrh in this sec ¬

tion of the country than all other diseaes put together and until the last i

I few years doctors pronounced it alocal disease and prescribed localremedies and by constantly failing tocure with local treatment pronounced I

it incurable Science has provenicatarrh to be a constitutional disease

and therefore itquires constitutional 1

treatment iiill Catarrh Cure man-ufactured

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by t J Cheney Co To ¬

ledo Ohio is the only constitutionalcure on the market It is taken In-

ternals¬

in dos from ten drops to a-

teaspronfuli

It acts directly on the I

I blood aril imn ous surfaces of the sysI tern rhey ofTr one hundred dollars

fo IPy iis f it fails to cure Sendfor circulars and testimonials Address F J Ihenoy To Toledo OSold by al tirogists 7ic Take Halls j

Family Pills for constijatlon I

I SOUTH LAKE WEIR I

Mr H Goff supplied the neighbmtiood with some HIK veal of his-orn raising time past week

Mr C K Browns line young marsmet with an accident In her tablelast v Hk titling a large gash overone if her rye Mr C S Gates seod it up hut she immagid to tear itopen gain and Mr Brown Torte h tto O rala on ed netday for treat-ment

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by a votorinary-Mr henry Rat has built ror him

sfli at Weirsdale a tine boat which isnow Awaiting the arrival of a mororwhen will be added to the LakUYir Heel

The Timestnion of July 2nd halan account of our Mr V X Vilsonj-catching and killing a mud dog ini

Jainesville where there has lately j

been quite an excitement in that line i-

We have noticed more centuryplants in bloom about town this sumurt than we ever siw before In oneseason

Sonic unusually large catches offish are being taken in the lake orlate which shows the benefit of uoln t j

away with the nefarious custom ofseining1 which was practiced a few j

years agoMr Geo A Miller Jr of St Augus-

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is visiting friends at the Pleas-ant Hills House arriving on Monday

Mr C S Gates lists horn supeiIn ¬

tending this cek the erection of aI

large wagon shod for Mr P aI Oiesoi-it

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hK farm Greenfields-Mr A A Fill n ii of roleman came

iivcr on ihurtlay and returned homoon Monday taking Mrs Finnic who-has been visiting Mrs E S Iphamwith him

It is to be regretted that the HotelLakeside cannot he opened for sum ¬

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mer as well as winter guests as thereare frequent inquiries here for sum-mer

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boardVe crackers are to bo congratulat-

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as fas a weather in concernedFor the past two weeks papers analletters from the north teamed withitems in locard to the terrible heatwhich our Yankee friends are enTur ¬

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ing and give accounts of many deathsnfuul prostrations while wo have noon i

njnyin the finest weather imaslnabio with melons cantaloupes figsgraphs and fresh vegetables galore

fans are out announcing time mar I

riage of Miss Josephine Inez Gates toMr Charlie Eston Brown at theVl> ir dale church July 10th at S30

clockI

RHEUMATIC FOLKS

Are You Sure Your Kidneys Are I

Well

Many rheumatic attacks are due touric acid in the blood But the duty-of the kidneys is to remove all uricacid from the blood Its presence I

there shows the kidneys are inactiveDont dally with uric acid sol-

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You might go on tin dooms-day

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I with them but until you cure thekdneys you will never get well I

I Doans Kidney Pills not only remove J

uric add but cure the kidneys andI thrji all danger from uric acid is end-

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Bcnj Rush living at 220 W Union I

St Gainesville Ga says I hadsuffered front kidney trouble andsciatic rheumatism rot years At

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I times I was in such a miserable con ¬

dition that I could not got out of bedThe kidney action was very irregularand at times the secretions were tooprofuse while tzain scanty I spent-a great deal of money for differentnmodifs but did not find any reliefuntil I began using Doans Kidney I

Pills Tluy went at once to the seat I

or my trouble and I steadily grew btt-cr

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I am almost entirely free fromrheumatism and the action of thekidney secretions is normal I attirbute this great change in my con-dition

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I For alo by all dealers Price 50 I

corns FostorMilburn Co BuffaloI Xew York sole agents for the UnitedStates

Remember the nameDoansandtake no othor-

LAUNCHES BUILT TO ORDERThe public is cordially invited to in-

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the Merry Widow the beauti-ful

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I launch at Silver Springs that Ibuilt entirely front keel to awning I

I2m prepared to build launches of any I

style and any reasonable size andcompletely finish and equip them I

ready for the water at moderatecharges and in the very best work

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tiianship The work is fully guaran-teed

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If you want a beautiful modela strong safe and well built and

Ispeedy boat place your order withme Frank Mathews

Ocala May IS

A GOLDEN WEDDING I

moans that a man and wife have liverto a good old ago and consequentlyhave kept healthy The best way tokeep healthy is to see that your liverdoes its duty 36i days out of M Th conly way to do this is to keep BallardHerbine in the house and take itwhenever your liver gets inactive SO

Icents per bottle Sold by the Anti-Monopoly Drugstore i

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GRAND PRIX WON

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Worlds Most Celebrated Auto Race atDieppeTwo Men Killed and

Others Badly Hurt

Dieppe July 9The grand prix theblue ribbon of the automobile worldwas won yesterday by a Gorman Lautenschlager driving a Mercedes carHis time was G hours r3 minutes4 35 seconds Hemery in a Benzwas second and Hanriot also in aBenz was third

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The German victor was not popu-lar

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but still the crowd cheered Lautenschlager with a right good will

There were numerous accidents andtwo rnon wore killed outright Cissacand his engineer Schaub were thevictims While finishing the finalround the tire of their machine aPanhard was torn off the car wasthrown on top of the two men andthey were terribly crushed

A Veigel car driven by Harrisonan Englishman turned a somersault I

Iat a dangerous point in the road nearEu and Harrison was badly crushedThe surgeons say his injuries are notmortal

American Wasnt In ItThe English drivers never were

prominent from the beginning andString the American driver driving-a Thomas car after finishing the

I fourth round next to the leader dis-j appeared After the foirth round thei Italians dropped out and never were

in the race

IF YOU KNEWI The merits of the Texas Wonder sonwould never suffer from kidney blad-der or rheumatic trouble 1 bottle twomonths treatment Sold by druggistsor by mail Send for testimonialsDr E W Hall 292C Olive street StLouis Missouri

KEEP COOLHave electric fans placed in your

office or home and keep cool through-the hot months It is Inexpensive andt great comfort See Walter Tuckerhe olectriclpn about them

STARVED TO DEATH-is what truthfully could be said ofmany children who die They have

worms poor little thingsthey dontknow it and you dont realize it Ifyour child is cross fretful pastycomplexioned and loses weight for noapparent reason give it Whites CreamVeimifugo you will be surprised atthe results and how quickly it picksup Sold by AntiMonopoly Drugstore

THE COMMERCIAL

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Offers the t very best service of skilljrd workmen with modern appliancesStrictly sanitary Electric fans elec-tric

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BARBER JOE Mana-

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BELLEVIEW-

The Fourth of July passed awayquietly here no report of anybodybeing killed or wounded has arriveup to date The boys and young menof this place were contemplating hav-ing

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a little fun and celebration buton account of the nervous system ofsome of our near neighbors being outof order they had to put it off untilnext Fourth but they started playingbaseball in the afternoon and enjoyedthemselves quite a little until one ballhit Master Frany Gale who was look ¬

ing on on the head and boundedthrough the front windows or McGehee Mayos store Another caseof didnt know it was loaded-

A small party of our neighbors wenton a picnic to Heather Island theFourth They all reported a goodtime and plenty to eat including fishlThose who took part were MrNelson and family Mr D C Stanleyand family Mr John Harrell andfamily and Rev Bars and family andyour humble servant

There was a family picnic and bar ¬

becue at the home of Mr BennettJohnson at Shady The visitors wereas follows Mr J A Freeman andfamily Mr J T E Gasklns and fam-ily and Mr John Gains and children-All reported a good time and plentyto eat

The Rev Mr White presiding elder-of the M R church of thi < nhwp otuiRev Mr Sertitield pastor or sameheld their quarterly meeting Sundaymorning last and communion In theevening-

Mr J L Whlsenant of this placehad the misfortune to lose his muchvalued mule Pete It is thought heburst a blood vessel Mr Yhi cnn nthas the sympathy of the entire town

The work on the OcalaLake Weirhard road through the city limitsstarted up again in full blast on Mon-day

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last under the careful manage-ment

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of Mr J A Freeman chairmanI of the street committee Let the goodwork go on

Judge L L Hopkins and wife ofthis place spent the Fourth on thequiet shores of Smith Lake fishing

I and bathing in Its cool waters Theyreported a fine and quiet time We

i were Informed that the judge isthinking of putting up a small cot-tage

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on Smith Lake a place to go towhen he Is tired of the hurry andbustle of the Cityof Oaks

Mr J F Pelot and wife and MissMaud Deuser of this place spent theFourth on the shores of North LakeWeir

The monthly meeting of the towncouncil was held last Tuesday nightand after a debate of half an hour

I they decided to leave most of thework until the arrival of Mr O MGale from the North as he is one ofthe council and they wish to have afull council Among the finishedbusiness was the hard road questionwhether to use the same clay pit oruse lime It was left to the decision-of three of the council namely MrJ A Freeman Mr R C Ridge andMr J J Nelson

We are glad to see Mr G D Washburn up and about again from hisrecent illness Longlegs

The Doctor Away from Home WhenMost Needed

People are often very much disap-pointed

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Ito find their family physician

is away from home when they mostneed his services Diseases like crampcolic and cholera morbus requireprompt treatment and have in manyinstances proven fatal before medicinecould be procured or a physician sum-moned

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I The right way is to keep athand a bottle of Chamberlains ColicCholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Nophysician can prescribe a better med ¬

icine for these diseases By havingIt in the house you escape much painand suffering and all risk Buy Itnow it may save life For sale by alldruggists

DALLAS

Messrs Lem and Grover Blackmon-and father of Summerfield and ourHon Dock Hough of Dallas returnedhome Saturday from Ocala wherethey reported having a nice time also-a nice long drive through the country

Misses Jennie Ola and Byrd Smithof this place were present at the Icncream supper at the hall at LeonFriday night last and had a nice timein spite of the warm weather MrStrong was so kind as to carry theyoung ladies from Dallas to Levon onthe McGehee Lumber Cos engineThey had plenty of ice cream plenty-of pretty girls and plenty t> f us uglyboys also plenty of good music sowhat could hinder us all from having-a nice time

Mr and Mrs S E Smith and chil-dren

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Mr Sol Smith and Miss ByrdSmith all of Dallas returned homeSaturday last from Ocala and reporthaving a fine time on the FourthThey dined at the Florida Hongwhile there

Miss Ola looked a lilttle bit down-hearted

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last Sunday Wonder whyWe are sorry to hear of little Hazel

Johnsons illness Lets hope she isbetter ere this

Mr and Mrs H T Morris of Dal ¬

las who have been spending the pasttwo weeks in Tampa returned Mon-day

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bringing with them a new birddogMr

Johnnie Longlegs name ap-peared

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in the Star last week for the j

first time in a few weeks Looks verysuspicious eh Johnnie Longlegs I

rabbleIT REACHED THE SPOT

Mr E Humphrey who owns a larg> j

general store at Omega 0 and ispresident of the Adams County Tele-phone

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Co as well as of the HomeITelephone Co of Pike county 0

says of Dr King New Discovery It I

saved mv life once At least I think-it did It seemed to reach the spotthe very seat of mv coldwhen ev-erything

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else failed Dr Kings NewDiscovery not only reaches the coughsrot it heals the sore spots and thP t-

weak spots in throat lunes and chest I

Sold under guarantee at all druggists50c and Jl Trial bottle fret

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CITY MAPS FOR SALE1

The new city maps are now on saleat the office of the city eerk in the I

city han Price Jl eachI

The function of the kidneys i = t 01strain out the impurities of the blood I

which is constantly passing throughthem Foleys Kidney Remedy makesthe kidneys healthy They will strainout all waste matter from the bloodTake Foleys Kidney Remedy and itwill make you well Sold by all dealers

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The Reason WhyWe welcome small depositors and small bor¬

rowers is that many of the best accountswhich we nbw have began little and grewbig We want to help others todoso

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THE DEPOSITORS IN THIS BANKAre the merchants the professorial and successful men and womenof the city the farmers of the surrounding territory

Ve accommodate all classes Our customers r < nrp pnf 41P nPnand women who have built and are still building successfulr

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