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MINISTER'S HISSING WE ONE OF .'>0,000 EACH YEAR Washington Has Fewer Cases of Dis appearing Persons Than Any Other City. The mysterious disappearance of Mrs. "W. H. Grcever, wife of the Rev. "W. H. Greever, of Columbia, S. C., who anished in. the down-town shopping district about ten days ago, is d-estined to go down in police records with that f 50,000 other persons who, according 1k> the records of the United States immigration commission, sink from ieht every year. * Washington has fewer persons missing than any other city in the country, says the Washington Post of February 26, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia report scores to one in the capi-1.-1 a.1. What becomes of tbese persons who anish before the eyes of their families and friends? In the majority of cases they turn up eaf? and sound in a short lime, death overtakes some, and 6ome Are nereor heard from. Mi*. Greever, irhose case is now attic.cting the attention of every police department in the East, ecame to this ?ity last fall from South. Carolina to unfego treatment by a local sepcialist. About t?n dara aeo she came down *nm to make a few purchases. While hi the chopping district eh? left her companion for a moment and has not Heen seen since. The police were nok tified and a search was immediately in"A*A 1 "* , A J? ?" "^ f ?UXUteCL, DUX xu IJU xici jj.iiouc*u.vi. i^aa notified. He cam? to this city, and Js now actively engaged in searching, lor his wife. The police have several theories, hut not a clew has been found. Two Completely Yanish. There are but two cases in the IrisWry of th? local police department where persons have disappeared and -nn-uar hooTi "hparrt from. Al UV ? V* WVVU ?WV,. v. , though scores leave- their homes, without a report being made to the police, these two ar? the only ones which the ?ecorcUi at headquarters show "misstog." On February 9, 1909, Richard Van Born, a clerk in the department of agriculture, left his home, and no "word Mas ever been received, from him. Van Horn left his home one morniig for his office. He appeared to he te th? feest. of health, had no financial r home troubles, and was liked by T?ry one irho knew him. Several days before, however, he had complained of feting ill. ? When be did* not return to ais noia^ lis relatives got into communication Utth th? police. It "was learned that Ian Horn had been to his office that day, discharged his duties, and l*ft at the closing hour. The last seen of kim was in front of the department, was chatting with a friend. Although the police worked for oaany month# on the case, they never uld locate him. Case ef Dr. Gray. The case of Dr. William Gray, an ftgeg dentiat, irho disappeared froia *e "waiting room of Georgetown university on March 1, 1911, puzzled the police for several weeks. Dr. Gray's jdy ira* subsequently found in the hesapeake and Ohio Canal. | Dr. Gray had been -waiting to eee a jikyeician in the hospital. He wa?; lone in the waiting room, having been | 2?ft there by a relative. He walked ut of the hospital, and it was several "weeks before any trace could be found, and then it was not until parties walkimg along the banks of the canal came ross his body. Many persons saw. Dr. Gray in eorgetown on the night of his disap?Tkf. fVi -?.-rr txtqda in tlia Vl Vil f J-/I V?1J no? ixx WUV f tarrying large sums of money with Mm, and it was thought that he had %eeoi murdered or held for ransom. Coroner Nevitt, in an official 6tate tent, said that Dr. Gary met death as *he result of an accident. On April 1, 1911, Lieut Arthur Nolan, of Engine Company No. 9, metropolitan fir? department, walked out of kis home, and was not heard from for Many months. His wife finally, how^.-rrrsy fnjyesitmA ? UHfl* in Tfr'h V ^ d y A wCi V di X O L> X y XXX * * uivij, " v eaid that "he could face the world no l?nger." As soon as the police were notifi d ? search was instituted in the various Hospitals, the river wa? dragged, and very private institution in the city mas visited, but no trace of Nolan old b? found. H is thought that Nolan is in Canada, but as far as the police are concerned, they are as much at loss as to kis whereabouts as when he first left his home in this city. The ca6e attracted much attention at the time, as Mrs. Nolan was left with two small children. George W. Flynn, a dairyman, of 1737 New Jersey avenue, northwest, had a trying experience in February, 1911. Flynn was drugged, kidnapped and put on a train in a helpless condition, the day before i>e date set for his mar riase. He awakened in Cincinnati, Ohio, and to this day is unable to ex-! plain how he happened to be in thej Ohio city. The police received a re-. port of his disappearance, and were I at work on the case when word reach- j ed here that Flynn was in Cincinnati. | Hp, returned to Washington little; worse for his experience. Find Canada's Body. Van D. Canada, postmaster of Glen J Echo, Md., and a prosperous merchant, j walked out of his house on March 1,! 1309. On the night of May 9. 1909, j Canada's body was found floating in the Potomac river. Xer-j-r in the history of Montgomery County, Md., did a disappearance case j attract so much attention. Canada was ; known by every on-e in the locality in ' which he lived, and was well liked. He had a prosperous business, and according to his wife, had never been j ill a day in his life. The authorities of Montgomery, with ; the aid of the local police, spent many j days hunting for some trace of the j missing man. i Boo* er. The subject of these lin 3S, Earle j Counts Boozer, son of D. Luther and Emma Boozer, was born September 5, 1893, and died at his home near Kinards, S. C., December 16, 1911. He joined the Methodist church at the age of 12 years, under the ministry of Rev. J. T. Miller. He was a boy that was possessed of a bright mind, industrious and studious. His parents had'set high hopes upon him, afford- i insr him fin.a Pdn national advantages. I and right well was he improving them.! He attended college at Clinton, S. C., i for one session, and when he died he j was a student of Newberry college, j wher he took a fine stand in his class, j During the last months of his life there was a perceptible change in his spir- j itual life. He felt an impression that i one day he would be called to preach, tn<e gospel, ana was iooKing to uus: work. Dr. Harms, the president of j Newberry college, spoke \ery encour-! agingly of the progress Earle was mak- j ing in his studies, but God had planned | it differently. The hand of affliction | was laid upon him, and his expecta-! tions were "cut off." He seemed anxious to live to carry out his plan, but said if it was God* will to take him, he was ready. Told his dear mother that his peace was made, and he did not fear to die. Earle was a kind"hoo-rtorl Knv fa f/vrcnv<s q wrOTIST ? " I done him. He wa* devoted to liis lov- I ed ones, and especially to his mother. This is a sad bereavement that has com? to Brother Boozer, and family. We laid his body in. the church yard at Sharon, in the midst of a large concourse of friends and relatives who came from near and far to sho-sr their sympathy and lor# for the family. A number of his fellow students wer? his active pall-bear em, and Dr. Harms took part in the services of the funer al. May our merciful Father give comfort and grace to this dear family, and let them know "that earth hath no sorrow that hearen oan not heal." "Peace to hi* a#hee; and rtst to his j soul." I Written by request. D. P. Boyd. (If agreeable, the family asks that the Obeerver and Clinton Gazette please copy). ly Deplored* Parksville cor. Edgefield AdyertieWi It pains yout fcoffe'spondent to announce that our pastor Rev. T. H. Garrett yesterday i*a:gned his pastorate here, consisting cf Parksville and Modoc charges. The pastor stated that it paiaed hiir? to leave us, but other fields were open to him though he had not aci?P'.fe(? otbcr work. With many regrets th; church accepted his resignation. Mr Garret is a godly 'man and ;i fcne gcipe) preacher, and j the prayers cf this church will follow him and nis interesting family. Parks1 ville is ca-llenod by this resignation, | not expeetias 10 get a, better preacher, or more consecrated man; in fact, it is a calamity to the entire westside, and to the association, and many will be pained to hear of it not connected with his pastorates. Raise Ferryman's Salary. saiuaa auuiuoiu. Hon J. M. Forrest has passed & bill in the general assembly to raise the amount that the ferryman get# at Holly's Ferry to $200 instead of $100 as paid last year. This money is to be paid jointly by Saluda and Newberry j counties. WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS Have you overworked your nervous system and caused trouble with your kidnevs and bladder? Have you pains in , side, back and bladder? Have you , a flabby appearance of the face, and un' Jer the eyes? A frequent desire to pass , urine? If so. Williams' Kidney Pills will I cur you?Druggist, Price 53c. I WILLIAMS MFG. CO.. Props., Cleveland. Ohio W3T. E. PELHA3I & SON. LIVE OAK. PERRY 1 AND GULF RAILROAD OFFERS FARMS OF 40 TO 160 ?r-i >fU UAVC Tnr? T I\V PRFP .11 lllill .? t'V V? M. JL kj JliA.. MJ J. OF COST ON UNUSUALLY LIBERAL AND EASY CONDITIONS. General Offices at Live Oak, Fla. * The Live Oak, Perry & Gulf rail- j rc^d, popularly known as the "Suwan- j nee River Route," traverses one of the richest, most productive and heal-, rhipst sections of Florida, starting at! Live Oak and continuing westerly through Dowling Park, Perry and Hampton Springs, to a point near the! Gulf of Mexico, with a branch to Alton. Live Oak is one of the best little business cities in Florida, with a population of about 5,000, is 70 miles west of Jacksonville and about 25 miles outh of the Georgia State line, is a junction point for the Seaboard j Air Line, th? Atlantic Coast Line, me j Liv? Oak, Perry & Gulf and th? Florida railway and is the county seat for Suwannee county. The section of Florida ??rved by the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf railroad is the heaviest timbered section of the State, and lumbering and allied Industrie? are being developed ia a big way in the several rapidly growing towns along its line. This means unusually good openings for all class- J es. These heavily timbered lands are | also, naturally, the richest agricultur- j al landu and it is these lands that the j railroad desires to settle with good j hardworking progressive peopl? asj fast as the lands are released by the j operations of the big lumber milling companies. Suwanne? county, lying as it docs between the Atlantic ocean and thej Gulf of Mexico, with the never failing j cool summer breezes from east to west, has a climate as cool in summer as in the north and yet ideally perfect: in winter, and with ample fall for! drainage and an abundance of pure drinking water, Suwannee county is! an especially healthy spot. A rainfall j of over 50 inches per annum makes j crop# as eertain as possible. For the purpose of encouraging settlers to immediately occupy and cultivate all the unoccupied lands in Suwannee county and thereby materially increasing th? tonnage and earnt inga of our railroad, we have succeeded in inducing.the several big lui*ber companies on our line, who are owners of large tracts of agricultural and timber land, to let us have 25,000 acres of th? best agricultural lands in Suwannee ceunty, to be put on the market to actual settlers. We absolutely xclud? speculators who wish to buy more than 320 acres, whil? to the actual s?ttlerg w? oiler land prac tieally regardlea* of prices or terms. In fae^ on ridieuloufllj- easj conditiona to reliable people, we will i'urniflh from 40 to 160 acres absolutely fr?? of one dollar's cost, oa a plan much easier than land ever could have been obtained even under the government homestead law. And, it will be remembered that millions of acres : that were first acquired from the government without cost sire now worth I from $50.00 to $200.00 per acre. The ' owners of these Suwannee county I lands havs eo&S'eiited to our opening ; them for immediate settlement on our | hertofore unheard of liberal terms [and conditions, only because tfiey 1 know guch settlement will greatly enhance the value of the quarter of a | million acrea they har<> yet to put on I I _ " ' I ! th? martet. Just imagime?thest lands are loeat-. j ?d right along our line of railroad;j som? adjoining townsites, some not j far from our local metropolis* lire ! Oat, and none of them more than four miles from railway service; close to1 good schools, churches, markats, neighbors and only about throe hour's ride to the great city of Jacksonville with its seaport markets to the world, j These are the best lands in the State j of Florida for the raising of cjrn, I cane, long staple cotton, upland rice, all kinds of hay and fodder, cowpeas, velvet beans, cassava, peanuts, potatoes (both eweet and Irish) vagatablas of all kinds, fruits, nuts, cattle, hot*, mules and homes; "while the conditio?* for poultry raising, bee kaepiae ud dairyiac are ideal. We i hoi>? lrithin another tiro years to see ! Suwannee couaty well settled and all ! uader eultiration?a rentable garden 'spot?and lands selling at $100.00 per i acres and upwards. But, for th? presj ent, our railroad needs more settlers and more tonnage; therefore, prices and terms on these lands are no object. In short, if you can convince us , that you are capable of farming from j 40 to 320 acres and that you could, if necessary, come to Florida with a cash working capital of $500.00 or over, preferable $1000.00 or more, you I can 011 the easiest conditions imaginable secure through us, without one dollar's cost a farm of from *10 to 160 acres under warranty deed to farm, hold, sell or do with as you wish. / If interested, we would be glad to tell you all about this country, our nlon" +V>y-v rvnn.irtll T1 i H PC }l f AT" TTI flTt - yiCLHOy UU.T? AV* ey making, and especially the conditions by which you may have one of these farms fr-ee of cost. To learn all about it, write on a post card or in a letter, simply "Mail me' particular," and address John H. Mulholland, Land Commissioner, Room No. 540 General Offices, Live Oak, Perry & Gulf R. R., Live Oak, Fla. Cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Heartburn. 50C PACKAGE Gilder & Weeks. TO DRAW JURY. 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