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on the St Johns River in the Early jr Written Espcciallj tor j

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fjJ poll of the fast age in which we liveThe steamboat and railroad relegatedgz

ll the stage coach to the past and not¬

withstanding our limited vestibuleshave placed Florida within 24 hours-of New York Who can tell how soonthe flying machine for passenger carriage will put event e fast train out I

of business This deman I for rapid 1

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transit supplied by the railroads i

r paralleling or coming in competition j

1 with the waterways of inland com j

merce has resulted in reducing to a j

minimum our once great steamboat j

traffic in Florida as elsewhereComparatively few of those living-

at this time have any realization of i

ithe former magnitude of the steamboat business on the St Johns riverand in connection with tins extend-ing

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to Savannah and Charlestonwhen-those cities were the great supplymarts for eastern and southern Flor

IdaThefirst steamboat so far as I am

imformed which stirred the waters-

of the St Johns was the Esseon asmall craft used for carrying govern ¬

ment supplies and troops during thegreat Seminole war about 1836 In-

s ithe latter forties among my earliiest memories was the small steam-boat

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Sarah Spaulding commandedby Capt Paul B Canova which made

a weekly trips from Jacksonville to FtMellon on Lake Monroe At thesame time the steamers MatthewsOcmulgee and William Gaston pliedbetween Savannah and Palatka On

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their down trip ascending Blackcreek as far as Middleburg whichwas the shipping point for cotton

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brought in wagons from AlachuaColumbia and other interior sections

I This part of the route was continued° k by succeeding steamers until the con-

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of the Florida railroadacross the peninsular which destroy-ed

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the business importance of Mid ¬

s dleburg Two new steamers theMagnolia and Welaka were placed on

r the Savannah and Florida line about1851 The former a very fast boatafter running but a short time ex-

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ploded her boiler opposite St Si-

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x Island Georgia killing herII captain William T McNelty Two

new and handsome steamers the I

Seminole and St Johns were addedto the SavannahFlorida line in 1853 i

After running for several years eachin turn was burned at her dock in

axJacksonville during the night time

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The hull of the St Johns was saved j

and she was rebuilt about 1858 and I

continued in the trade About 1S53 i

L Capt Jacob Brock brought out the j

Darlington from South Carolina andfor years extending into the seven-

ties

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under command of her veteran3

captain plied between Jacksonvilleand Enterprise The deliberation of

rthose days in comparison with thepresent is well illustrated by the

° schedule of the Darlington for manyI

1 years She would leave Jacksonville I

s at S a m Saturday reach Palatkathat evening lie there until aboutdaylight Monday morning proceed-up the river reaching Enterprise-about

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sunset remain there until Wed-

nesday

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morning when starting on

ythe down trip would reach Palatka as

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the shades of night drew on lie overthere until next morning and arrive i

at Jacksonville Thursday about 3 pm The Hattie Brock was added tothis line two or three years beforethe war and continued thereon for

4 s many yearsAbout 1S52 Capt Louis M Coxetter

initiated the CharlestonFlorida lin-er bringing out in succession some

splendid steamers for that route firstTthe Florida which was succeeded-a

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few years after by the Caroliner These vessels made the outside pas-

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to the St Johns Palatka beingrE the Florida terminus of the line

>j About 1857 he put the magnificent I

= steamer Everglade on the inside routery between the same points

About the same time Capt JamesFreeborn placecffche new and elegant I

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Inan and Florida line A similar

1 steamer the Cecile was placed onI the Charleston route inside passage-a year or two before the war

All steamboat traffic on these wa ¬

ters was suspended by the war andcertain of the steamers which had-

i beeii engaged therein were used asblockade runners and in the Confed-erate government service

After the war the steamboat business was resume l Among the earliest on the Savannah route were theLizie Baker Helen Getty the oldSt Johns and Sylvan Shore laterthe Nick King built upon the hull ofthe former St Marys The old vet-

eran Captain Coxetter who in theearly part of the war commanded the-

Confederate privateer Jeff Davisand made many captures placed onthe Charleston line the Dictator andafterwards the City Point and thosefine steamers were familiar objects-

j on the St Johns for many yearsTheir successors the St Johns andCity of of Palatka were magnificentspecimens of steamboat architecture-of a later date They are still livingthe St Johns plying on northern wa ¬

tersOfthe post bellum river steamers

the scope of this article will not per ¬

mit more than a mention of themBesides the Darlington and HattieBrock I recall the Starlight DavidClark Water Lilly Pastime City ofSanford burned at Point LavistaHampton John Sylvester Eliza Hancox H T Baa Port Royal Geo-

M Bird But we are approaching-the present and I only undertook towrite of the past Then came that

I great revolutionize of trade theI railroads which pull down as well asI build up paralleling the river at one-

timeI that great highway of com-

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and Steamboating on the StJohns as in the palmy times of ear-

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days became a thing of the past-Ar few still retain and do a fair busi-

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I A most important feature of thosesteamboat days to the traveling pub-

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was the commander of the shipas a rule jolly big hearted wholesouled men with any amount of pluckand good humor Among those ofthe earlier days were Peck Willeylost on Magnolia Shaw Postell

Nick King Freeborn CoxetterBrooks Brock and Surtis Of a laterday McNelty junior Tucker JoeSmith the Fitzgeralds Usina Vogel-

Starke Coxetter junior Post WilHam Shaw Hallowes and CharlieBrock nearly all gone

And gone are the good old steam ¬1

boat days on the St Johns

Meal Past Sixty in Danger 1

More than half of mankind oversixtY years of age suffer from kidney-and bladder disorders usually eiilargment of prostate gland This is bothpainful and dangerous and FoleysKidny Cure should be taken at thefirst sign of danger as it correctsirregularities and has cured many oldmen of this disease Mr Rodney Bur ¬

nett Rock Port Mo writes Isuffered with enlarged prostate glandand kidney trouble for years and aftertaking two bottles of Foleys KidneyCure I feel better than I have for 20years although I am now 91 yearsold Postoffice drugstore m

To Remove Tight Ring From Finger

Contributed by F G B WeiheOcalas popular jeweler-

If you happen to get a ring on yourfinger that fits so tight you cannotremove it a very easy way to get itoff is as follows

Take a piece of cord or wrappingthread and push one end of it underthe ring Then beginning just abovethe ring wind the cord very tightlyround and round the finger clear upto the tip of the finger Now takehold of the end of the cord that wasslipped under the ring and unwind-

the cord As the string unwinds thering will be carried along with it andremoved without any difficulty

Cowpea peanut and amber cane j

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EVIDENCE ALL IN

Attorneys Will Argue the Case Nex-

tTuesdayContests an Expensive

Luxury

Special to the Oala Ranger

Tallahassee April 1The evidencein the now famous BrownBaskin con ¬

test before the senate committee is

all in and the witnesses summoned-

from various parts of the state havereturned home-

Attorneys W K Zewadski forBaskin and Fred Myers for Brown

will argue the case before the com-

mittee

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next Tuesday afternoon-

All the testimony has been orderedprinted and the entire record will be

included in the committees report to

the senate-

It is estimated that this case will

have cost the senate between two

and three thousand dollars when I

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Hon Ed L Wartmanns Auto Bill

Tallahassee April 20HouselbillNo 30 introduced by Hon E L

Wartmann of Marion county yes-

terday

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was put on its final reading-

and passed

This bill is entitled An Act Regu ¬

lating the Running of Automobiles orMotor Vehicles on the Public Roads-or Highways in the State of Floridaand in proof of its popularity in thehouse it need only be said that it waspassed with only a few minor amend ¬

ments after its introductionIts provisions are in substance

Every owner of an aulomobile shallregister its name and number withthe secretary of state registration-fee 82 Every vehicle so registered-shall be provided witlTr two lampsrafter night also suitable bell horn orwhistle as a signal numbers at leastthree inches long and two inches wide-to be on rear of vehicle so as to beplainly visible persons operating ve-

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to carry with them at all timesthe certificate of registration Incase of sale or transfer the new ownershall have the transfer entered onthe records of the secretary of statetransfer fee 2 Failure to complywith tither of these requirements ispunishable by fine not to exceed 100

Upon approaching a person walking-on the public highway horse orhorses or other draft animals a per¬

son operating a registered motorvehicle shall give ample signal etcAt a signal by putting up of the handby person or persons being approach-ed

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by a motor car the operator shallimmediately bring the motor vehicleto a stop

In case of accident to a person orproperty as the result of the opera ¬

tion of such motor vehicle the per ¬

son operating it shall upon requestfurnish bis name and address and ifnot the owner the name and addressof the owner II

Every person desiring to operate amortor vehicle as chauffeur shall r

register with the secretary of stateI

his name and address and the nameand motive power of the vehicle he I

is able to operate and shall pay a I

fee of 2 for such registrationI

Anyone operating a motor vehiclewithout having complied with these I

requirements is liable to punishmentf

by tine or imprisonment-

Will Interest Many I

Every person should know thatgood health is impossible if the kid¬

neys are deranged Foleys KidneyCure will cure kidney and bladdernisease in every form and will buildup aud strengthen these organs sothey will perform their functionsproperly No danger of Brights di ¬

sease or diabetes if Foleys KidneyCure is taken in time Postofficedrug store m I

The president is chasing wolveskilling snakes running foot races andskinning the cat backwards in thewild west Meantime Secretary Taftfinds that the task of holding downthe lid tight enough to keep any ofthe specimens of the LatinAmericanmenageries from getting out isnt ex-

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a simple life either Birming-ham

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Mr Sistrunk Makes Fine Speech enI

Armory Bill

f Special Correspondence Ocala Banner

Tallahassee April 21The Marionj county armory bill came up for a reI consideration and was the specialI

j order for today and consid-erable discussion Mr Jewell ofI

Orange Mr Roberts of MunroeMrTillman of Alachua and Judge Owen-of Franklin made very strongspeeches in behalf of the bill whileMr Watson of Orange Mr Bryan-of Washington and Mr Blanton ofMadison opposed the bill but thespeech of the occasion was that ofMr Sistrunk of Marion who madethe concluding and the most effec-

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speech in favor of the measureHis summing up was so conclusive and I

his presentation of the argument sofair that upon the calling of the roll j

the bill was carried by a larger vote iI

than that of the previous day towitI

44 to r-

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committee on privileges andelections held another meeting thismorning and Merrs W J Chambers-S T Sistrunk L P Miller MauriceStrauss Frank Harris of Ocala MrLovering of Tampa and Mr Nelson-of Miami were examined There-are quite a number of other witnesses-and the case seems likely to be con-

tinued¬

for several days yet

Sciatic Reumatism Cured-

I have been subject to sciaticrheumatism for years says E HWaldron of Wilton Sanction Iowa

My joints were stiff and gave mepain and discomfort My jointsjoints wonld crack when I straighten-up I used Chamberlains Pain Balmand have been thoroughly curedHave not had pain or ache from theold trouble for many months It iscertainly a most wonderful linimentFor sale by Antimonopoly drug-store m

Those gentlemen in Tallahasseewho are rushing up with vagrancybills should not in their haste over-look

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the recent decision of the Unit-ed

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States supreme court and thelater ruling of Judge Emory Speer atSavannah bearing upon peonagePensacola News

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