Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 31, 1913, Page 6

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All classes of buildings contracted for. .The many fine residences built by this firm are evidgnces of their ability to make good. MARSHALL '& SANDERS Phone 228 Blue BEOSDCITITIOITIICININ0S DEISISTSIIISIITOTICOTITIOY i | ; THE EVENING /SLEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., MAY 31, 1913. IN A BAW DISTRIGT Things Happened When Attempt Was Made to Move County : Seat. By WALTER JAMES DELANEY. “You did us a good turn once, Doc. We intend to return the compliment.” | Young Dr. Hector Fairbanks smiled pleasantly but inquiringly—in fact, al- most suspiclously. The speaker was: Dan Babbitt. As he stood garbed in his rude Tennessee mountaineer’s cos- ture, two holsters at his belt, strength, independence and grit showing in every strong lineament of his face, the doctor did not marvel that he had been made the leader of the famous “Midnight Riders.” It was a raw district, that of which the young physician had been a resi- dent for about a ‘year. There ‘' were two princinal points in the county— Ridgeford and Prigceville It was at the former town that Dr. Fairbanks had taken up his abode. The two! places were only five miles apart, and the “safety zone,” as it was called, en- circled them for an area of about twenty miles. Thence to the south of Princeville was a mountainous stretoh Infested by rough moonshiners known as the Breckitt clan. The same condk tion prevailed south of Ridgeford, where Dan Babbitt and his “Midnight Riders” held full sway. A broken ridge divided the two districts, the re- spective rights and privileges of which were jealously guarded by either com- munity. For years a small but solidly built structure located just on the township line at a little settlement called Bry- an had been the register’s office of the county. All the official business of the district was carried on there, and there the county records were kept. ! One night the Breckitt raiders, wiping ' out a fancied insult from the main residents of the place, “shot up” the settlement, set fire to what little there was of it, and every structure in Bry- an was consumed except the register's office. The state authorities were advised of this outrage and ordered a special election. The votes of the county “That Ought to Please You.” were to decide upon a new site for the register's office, with a view to locat- i ing it in a less isolated locality where ' its records could be protected. A cen- tral point was necessary, and the choice designated was between Ridge- ford and Princeville. It was an uproarious occasion. The ielection was held at Bryan. The ! Breckitts appeared en masse, mounted | and armed. So did the “Midnight Rid- ers.” Their leaders grouped their men near the office to “protect” it and pre- vent fraud. About noon the indica- tions were that the votes were favor- polls, however, it was announced that Ridgeford had carried the day by just three votes. Then pandemonium broke loose. Jed Breckitt declared that the ballot box had been stuffed. Dan Babbitt proceeded to seal it and hand it over to the sheriff for safekeeping. Some \l general melee, and one of the old- time clan battles ensued. Now, three days later, Dan walked into the office of Dr. Fairbanks with the words that begin our story. The favor which the young physi- clan bhad done to which Dan alluded was an exigency call for attendance on a wounded friend for whom the offi- cers were looking. He rode twenty ! miles amidst all the perils of a dark, | { stormy night, saved the lite of the refugee, braved a stray shot from the | watching Breckitts and won the undy- ing gratitude of Dan. “I thought I would come and tell you how things stood about the regis- try office,” continued the young out law leader. “Why, the election has settled that matter,” observed Dr. Fairbanks. Dan vigorously. much in this county. Jed Breckitt lenrned has sent for a house mov- | Ing outfit to lug the register's office, ! records and all, over to Princeville.” “You amaze me!” exclaimed the | young physician. ' “Just let them get that building over to Princeville,” continued Dan, “and we'll never get it back. The Breckitts ' count on claiming fraudulent votes. ing Princeville. At the close of the | one started a row. There was a shot, | “Not by a long shot!” dissented it “An election isn’t' realizes that and, we have accidentally ' i They’ll throw the case into the courts and grab the records. I've come tc get your help. I want yow to quietly ml about fifty of the residents here who ean be depended on, ready to act with my crowd tomorrow night.” “In what way?” inquired the doctor. “You'll know when the time comes, Doc. If your crowd will stand by us Ridgeford will get the records. That ought to please you. It gives us the county seat, it brings people here, it builds up the town and your business, doesn't it? Besides that, you'll have an interest in knowing that once the ' Breckitts get the register’s office, new | people will be put in control. “] see,” nodded the doctor, seeing | the )ight indeed, and looking a trifle embarassed. “There’s old Doliver and his gal—es- pecially the gal, bless her pretty eyes! Miss Dora—" “Yes, yes,” interrupted the doctor, blushing furiously. “I feel it a duty to help you.” Old Jonathan Doliver had been the registrar of the county from time im- ! memorial. His daughter Dora was his chief clerk. It meant a good deal to them, this county seat imbroglio. Be- sides that, Dr. Fairbanks, in the ver- nacular of the district, was “courting” Dora. “You people make a stand here,” or- dered Dan to the doctor and his party the nmext night. “If we peed you we'll | signal.” Dan and his men had elght horses hitched to an enormous flat drag, made | of strong timbers and chained solidly. | They ascended the hill laboriously. As along the top of the ridge. A moving | they reached its summit nearly every man broke out into a yell. Lanterns were flashing, men moving jabout. They had been anticipated. Moved about fifty feet from its orig. inal site, there was the registry office being slowly and cautiously dragged apparatus with a windless operated by horses was evading a dipping slant | to get the building to the flat, level‘ | road leading to Princeville. An im-| mense rope cable, taut and straining, held the great drag on which the | ‘stmcture tilted dangerously. | ‘“Change '‘em!” ordered Dan at/| | once. “Leave the rest to me,” and then, as his men drove into the un-| | prepared Brackitts, Dan sprang to the | { | cable, his bowie knife in hand, and . began hacking at it. | “Look | out—she’s coming!” his strenuous voice thundered out. The startled and amazed contingent led by Dr. Fairbanks witnessed a fear- ful spectacle, as down the steep hlll-‘ gide the heavy, clumsy structure came hurtling. It toppled from grade to grade, then three hundred feet below at the edge of the road it landed with a crash, a mere kindling wood wreck. There were shots overhead, then | they ceased, and then the voice of Dan | Babbitt was heard distinctly: “We are two to one, you fellows. | It it's a fight, come on—but no scrim- | mage. The registry office is over on our side of the township line now, ; and we're ready to defend our rights.” The Breckitts made off sullenly. Dan came down with horses and drag. “Pick up the splinters, boys,” he or | dered. “Take special care of those fron record boxes. “Doc,” and he | lowered his tone to a chuckling whis- He paused to jot the phrase “ceru- per, “I reckon that sweet Doliver gal will keep her position a little longer, lean infinity” in his note book, hoping | & to make use of it at some future % eh?—until you give her a life-long one in that new home of yours.” (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) RECOGNIZE WORTH OF DOG Dwellers In Alaska Accord Honor to Hard Worker Who Helps Bear the Burdens of Life. When an Alaskan is too old to par ticipate in a race he is “pensioned”— given a home and plenty of food for the remainder of his days. In Alaska dogs die a natural death; they never are killed by their mastere. Many big business firms of the coun- try contribute to the purses hung up at these annual sweepstakes. All winter entertainments are given in the towns represented by a dog team in the races, the proceeds of which help swell the rewards, While the races are being driven business in the towns participating 18 practically suspended. Most of the establishments are closed and no attempt is made to transact business. Everybody has something , wageretd on the outcome—men, wom- | en, and children. Even the young wom- en clerks and telephone operators | open thelir purses and make bets, Every holiday throughout the year ! brings a preparatory race over a short ‘ course. From the first week in April, when the sweepstakes races are run | until the following April everybody looks forward anxiously to the big- gest event it the annals of history. | Thus Nome, Solomon, Topcock, and | the other representative Alaskan towns forget their isolation. Hunt- | ing the walrus, the polar bear and the whale are tame sports. They | are for every day indulgence. But the All-Alaska sweepstakes race marks the rejuvenation of the universe. Quite, “It is something,” mused the poet, “to have an imagination that scorns the bondage of earth and soars un- | tnmmeled through the cerulean infine e. “But—" | He gazed wisfully into the window of a quick lunch restaurant, “to have the price of a plate of ham and beans in your pocket is another thing,” B oge | ~ Saying which, he sighed meekly and | Auditing once more mingled with the hurrying throng. '| Wilson Co. AT PGS Y Sl W& LA RRITL SOACHPDHOEHOFOEO S0P L SOV EFOPHUPUPIPSOIUEFIEHO S QP00 TAMPA This is the most complete hardware store in this community., We supply the needs and requirements of everybody. And we are determined that every cus- tomer who enters our stote shall be com- pletely satisfied or we refund their money. The best thing about us however, is our prices. 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