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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
Officers Elected.

The annual meeting of the w =
mans Fortnightly club was helI
Friday afternoon, May 8, when the
reports for the year were read and
the election of officers took place.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President,
Sarah Harp Adams; First v ic e
Pres. Theodore II. Haughton; Sec
ond, Kitty North Cochrane; Recor-
ding Sec, Anna b. Hafer: Core
spending Katherine X. Burt; Treas
urer, Gretchen Merriam.
After the transaction of all bust
ness, social tea was given. The
club then adjourned until October
3, 1902. Press Reporter.
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Law is Still a MIDDLE.

F. j. Fearnside spent Tuesday in
Jacksonville in attendance upon the
meeting of the state democratic CAM
paign committee, of which he is Il
member. The purpose of the meet
ing was to come to some agreement
in the Interpretation of the state pri-
mary election law, the which, it
seems, is capable of many different
interpretations. Mr.. Fearnside and
Mr.. Palmer, of Orlando, were in the
minority on several matters which
came before the committee, but these
gentlemen have the satisfaction of
knowing that at least one of the
things for which they contended was
adopted, viz. the right of county en-
executive committees to asses legisIa-
tive candidates, a function which
had been usurped by the state COM
mittee.
Mr.. Fearnside and Mr.. Palmer al
so commended that under the gene
raj election law which calls for the
registration of voters 50 days before
a general election, there could be no
legal registration Of voters for the
primaries, but that all democrats
who had paid their poll tax, and
young men who have come of age
since the last general election, and
were democrats, should be allowed to
vote. The majority of the commit
tee, however, held that registration
books could be legally opened on the
18th, 18th and 18th of June, and Il
resolution was passed giving definite
instructions to voters and county
committees that will establish uni
form action in this regard.
The central commiteoe of theroun-
ty will now get together and under
the guidance of rules established bv
the state campaign committee, will
formulate rules for conduct of pri-
maries in the county as the law and
state committee directs, provided the
county committee does not get mud
died also.
When the county committee form
ulates its rules, the News will pub
lish them.
Mr.. Fearnsdr says there was some
hot discussion at the meeting of the
state committee and that it will be
next to impossible for all the coun-
ty committees of the state to come
to a uniform understanding of the
law.
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Executive Committee Meeting.

The executive committee of the
democracy met at the court house
last Saturday morning pursuant to a
call of the chairman, Joseph Price.
After the members had assembled
the question that agitated them was,
"What are We here for?" The new
primary election law leaves little for
the county committee to do in the
matter of formulating rules, these
being now question of state law.
All the county committee can do is
to shape its rules to conform to the
state and congressional committee
rules, and as these have not vet been
fully interpreted, the meeting could
do no more than leave the matter of
rules to its central committee with
instructions to work in harmony
with the state committee.
The meeting was very generally at
tended by the members, and after
adjournment many went over to San
MateO to indulge in the gaities of
Village dance and fish fry.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15

The annual graduating exercises of
the Putnam high school will take
place in the opera house ON Fridar
evening of next week, May 23d. The
graduating class is composed of the
following pupils: Claude STEELE Ting
ley, Harold Ernest Merryday, Will
liam Loundes Calhoun, Minnie Car
Isle Bulky and Edith Merrill
These young people it seems do not
propose to call their graduation from
high school studies the ''finish of
their education,' but will all 90 on
and up. Mr.. Calhoun has already
received his appointment to cadet
ship in the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, and will
leave in month or six weeks for a
two months course in a training
school at that place. He hopes to
be able to pass the rigid mental and
physical examinations required of
naval cadets and enter the academy
In september.
The other members of the class
have been awarded scholarships in
state collcges-tw0 in Stetson Uni
versity and two in Rollins College,
Winter Park. Claude Stella Tingley
and Harold Ernest ,Morrydav will 90
to the former, and the young ladies
have each received scholarships in
the last mentioned college.
1t is not often that all members of
the graduating class of ii Florida
high school are provided with such
excellent opportunities for obtaining
4 higher education, ami it is not |.
likely that honorary scholarships
could be more worthily bestowed or
generally appreciated.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deed Under Section of Chapter
1883, Laws of Florida.
No;ice is hereby given that W. H
Mann, purchaser of Tax Certificate
No. 359 dated the 4th day of July A. D.,
1898. has filed said certificate in my office,
and has made application for tax deed
to Issue in accordance with law. Said
certificate embraces the following de-
scribed property situated In Putnam
,ounty. Florida, to wit:
W. of Block 5, Meanwhile, Section IA,
Township 10. Range "a.
Said land being assessed at the date
Of the issuance of such certificate In the
name of Mrs. NJ. King. Unless said
certificate shall be redeemed according to
law, tax deed will issue thereon on the
10Th day of June, A. D., 1902
Witness my official signature and seal
this the IA h day of May, A.'D. 1902.
[Seall JOSEPH PRICE,
Jerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co.. Florida.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
HUNTINGTON LETTER.

Editor PALATKA NEWS:
The dry weather continues; if we
do not soon have rains our crops
will suffer. Already the fruit is
dropping and the corn looking yell
low.
The mill runs merrily on.
There was no service at All Saints
church the first Sunday, as the lay
reader, DR., Walker, was indisposed.
We We're all shocked by the sad
news of the death of Mrs. Wheeler,
MRS Nelson's mother These ladies
passed the winter here at the hotel,
and won the affection and esteem of
all who We're so fortunate as to make
their acquaintance. Mrs. Wheeler
had scarcely reached her home in
Utica, n. Y, when she took a severe
cold which resulted in pneumonia,
her death following in few days.
Mr.. Cathernord, the courteous
auditor of the Plant System, likes
Huntington very much. He stops
off at our station quite frequently,
and we are always glad to see him.
Mr.. A. j. Smith has had the mis-
fortune to lose his horse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson are going
to the coast soon for few weeks, be-
fore starting north for the summer.
Mr.. Pine has been very successful
in raising small crops of Irish pOta-
toes. having good yield of large
tuberS of fine quality. PUTNAM.
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Death of a ChiIh.

Rose Elizabeth, 10 months old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Slaughter of this city, died on Tues
day after a few days illness. The
funeral was conducted by Father
John O'Brien on Wednesday morn
ing, and the interment was in the
Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slaughter came here
from Sisco, this county, some three
months ago, and Mr.. Slaughter is in
the employ of the Wilson Cypress
Company. Their hearts are we'll
nigh broken over the loss of their lit
tie one, sweet and promising child.
and the light and joy of their home.
They desire, through the News, TO
express their heartfelt thanks to
those of their friends and neighbors
who have given sympathy and help
In the hour Of their deep affection.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
For the Legislature.

The announcement of J. M. Ches-
cor. ST.. of Hollister, as a candidate
the legi lature appears in this is
nue. Mr.. Chesser writes that he IS
the foe of the dispensary and that If
elected he will work and vote against
that measure. He is an old and re-
spected citizen having lived in the
county since 1856, and is too well
known to need introduction to the
people of Putnam Co. His present
home is at HOlliSter.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
Better Today.

Mr.. NJ. }. Murphy, the well-known
liquor dealer, has been critically ill
during the past several days. On
Tuesday his condition was so serious
that Drs. Cyrus and Welch, his ply
sici0ns, summoned in consultation
DR.. Jenkins of this place and DR..
SOllace Mitchell of Jacksonville.
These physicians have been closely
watching his case. On Wednesday
afternoon Mr.. Murphy showed an
Improvement and during the night
rested well. This morning he is
much better and his physicians en-
terrain hopes of his speedy recovery.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
Presbyterian Picnic.

The Sunday school of the Palatka
Presbyterian church will indulge in
IA picnic at Stevens Point next Sat
urdav, May 18th. The steamer La
Reeve will leave Adams wharf at s
a. III. and make II second trip at n,
m. For those not members of the
: chool the fare will be 10 cents for
children and % cents for adults.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
City Happenings and
Personal fIlention.

II. b. Hall, Il resident of Miami
spent Sunday in town.
T. b. Anderson visited his family
in this city Monday.
Johnnie Fisher, of Jacksonville
spent "Wednesday in town.
F. c. Cochrane made business
trip to Hastings Wednesday.
c. Crandall, of Macon, has been in
the city several days this week.
G. c. Gresham, of Tasting. was
noted among the visitors in town
last Saturday.
Miss Mamie Simpson of Crescent
City visited friends here several
days last week.
j. ID. Williams, Il commission man
of Golden, H., made the city Il bus
mess visit Saturday.
Mrs. Owens, of Satsuma Heights,
was among the visitors who spent
i'i''HN III llI' Ill
Samuel Talbcr has returned to the
city from Columbus, Ga, after few
weeks visit with home folks.
Clarence Meyer expects to leave
tins week for Charleston, where he
intends to do the Exposition.
Robert Mayer of Savannah has
been in the city the past several
days on Il visit to l.. d. Nettles.
Mr.. Frizzell, prominent citizen
and extensive real estate owner of
Miami, visited Palatka Monday.
Jos. Manucy, of st. Augustine,
who is property owner in Palatka,
was in town Saturday on business.
E. Gatlin, an industrious and pros
porous citizen of BOstwick, was a
business visitor here Wednesday
Jake Harrison is again in town, |
occupying his former position at the
works of the Palatka Iron and Brass
Foundry.
lake NTavarc tha capdv mol,or fon
7. A Smith 10 vis,tinn his old Lo,,,a
in Cincinnati, where he will remain
two weeks.
r. @ GALLOWAY ona of woIoko,s
,rosrorop, oiti,c,,.. ,,.oo ,.izi4on :,
the city Saturday attending to mat
-ers of business.
p n wotkine rror,io,+ o,d
vounr bnsinass ,,,on -
Putnam Hall, was IA visitor in the
,ity on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. p r Iarive loft
Wednesday for New Haven, Conn.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
WHOOPING OUCH.

A woman who has had experience
with this disease, tells how to prevent
any dangerous consequences from it.
She says: Our three children took
whooping cough last summer, our baby
boy being only three months old, and
owing to giving them Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, they lost none Of then
plumpness and came ouT in much better
health than other children whose parents
did not use this remedy Our oldest little
CIR, would call Justify for cough syrup
between whoops.-JI ssIE PINKFY HALL,
Sprinville, Ala. This remedy is for sal''
by Alderman q Stewart, druggists.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
New Doctors.

The medical examining board of
the Fifth district, composed of Drs.
J. f. McKinstry, ST. of Gainesville,
5. H. Bitch, of Ocala, and Geo. f.
W"lch Of Palatka We're in session in
this city yesterday. The board spent
the day in examining some new doc
tnrS
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
Base Ball TO-MOrrOW.

There will be II match game of ball
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at the
Ball park between the Juniors of
Crescent City and the Junior local
team. Good game may be expected.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
Agents Wanted.

Life Of T. Dewitt Talmage, by his son, Rev.
Frank Dewitt Talmage and associate editors
of Christian Herald. Only book endorsed by
Talmage family. Enormous profits for agents
who act quickly. Outfit 10 cents. Write i'm
medlately CLARK L CO., s22, south 9Th St Phil
adelphia, Pa. Mention this paper. my lst
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
SCIATIO RHEUMATISM CURED AFTER
Foul TEEN YEARS OF SUFFERING

AA-A-N' No ~ VI eSSHH hNiNO
Il have been afflicted with sciatlc
rheumatism for fourteen years." says
Josh Edgar, OF Germantown, Cal. II
was able to be around but consta ntly
suffered. | tried everything l eoull
hear of and at last was told to try
Chamberlain Pain Balm, which / did
and Was Immediately relieved and in
short time cured, and Tam happy TO say
1t has not since returned Y ny not use
this liuimenL and get wellY For sale by
Alderman & Stewart, druggists
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15
BgFF@nieKsk,
N4P @fF@TM@
At CHI S. ROwToN's, Palatka, Fla.
MAY SPECIALS

AT JOHN BONDS RACKET STORE.
r. & Il. COrsets, big lot, must be sold.
Warner Bros Corsets to be clos
ed out
Baby Ribbon, yard ...........1c.
Mosquito Netting, II yard ...... Sc.
Safety Pins, per doz ...........,2c.
Spool Silk, COrticelli Brand ..... Sc,
Coates Spool Cotton, best, doz, 53c.
Best Ink, a bottle. ...............4c .
30 i'll. Fruit of Loom Bleaching Sc.
Big lot Dress Lawn, yard. .41Sc
1" = g Goods at cost.
Window Shades on rollers, each. .1Oc
Big Job in Linen Collars at. loo
4 at Enameled Coffee Pot, each. .ISc.
Big Lot Embroidery Remnants to sell
cheap at
JOHN BONDS RACKET STORE,
Palatka Florida,
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
PUTNAM NATIONAL BANK, PALATKA, FLA.
At Palatka, in the State of Florida, at the
close of business, Apr. 3d. 1909.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-05-15

the Putnam county bar.
The Gem City Guards held their
regular monthly business meeting in
the armory last Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock, Capt. j. d. Points in the
chair. Minutes of previous meet
ings read and accepted; several bills
received and ordered paid. Five APP
plications for membership were re-
ceived and acted upon. There being
no other business meeting adjourned.
The ladies of the Catholic church
will give an entertainment at the
armOry tomorrow friday night,
and our citizens should give them
liberal patronage and crown their
efforts with a rousing success. A
cakewalk by the very best talent in
the city will be feature of the
evening. Refreshments will also be
for sale. Take your wife, your best
girl; if you have neither, then go by
yourself.
T. e. NJ. Lawson of London, Eng
land, has arrived in the city. Mr.. |
Lawson has been sent here by the
owners of the MOnkridge
Manufacturing Company to assist
Mr.. A. n. Medd, the local superin-
tendent. Mr.. Lawson states that
this is his first visit to America. and
that while he sees many things
which appear strange, he comes pre-
pared to like the country, and that
10 far he has not found It difficult. \
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
UNCLE SANS FREAK MONEY
bills That Are Twenty Dollars on
one side and Ten on the Reverse.

One Side ana Ten ON the Reverse.
Scattered throughout the country are
n few pieces of paper money that are
known as freak bills 10y the officials
Of the treasury department. One OF
them turned up In this city not long
ago-it had the imprint of twenty
dollar note ON one side and a ten ON
the other. AS the face showed the
twenty, that was its legal value.
The deputy assistant treasurer of
the United States. who is stationed in
the New York subtreasury, was speak
ing OF these freaks the other day and
said he had only seen one of them in
his life although he had heard OF sew
eral. Very rarely they have slipped
through the bureau OF engraving and
printing despite a careful scrutiny by
three or four sets OF inspectors. In
most cases they have been national
banknotes, which, like regular treasury
notes, are printed at the bureau I'm
Washington. The face value always
is recognized when the freaks come 20
be cashed I'm at any branch OF the
treasury, and the imprint on the back
nus llb INV lhA EAuAhN W hhAtNflH
"The notes are printed I'm sheets at
the bureau" said the official. Usual
ly there will be one twenty and two
tens on sheet. They are printed one
side at n time. so Il can be seen that
the printer in turning over the sheet
might get It upside down and thus put
a ten dollar back on the twenty dollar
note, or twenty on the back Of one OF
the tens"
In the bureau are women who are
supposed TO examine all the bills care
fully, but occasionally they neglect
to look at both sides as scrutinizingly
as they should, and so the money goes
out into circulation. When errors are
discovered, the misprinted sheet is laid
aside to be destroyed. IL cannot be
torn up at once, FOR every sheet has TO
be accounted for. After good deal
Of red tape, II is ground up into pulp.
Most of the freak bills which have
been issued in the past have found
| their way back TO the treasury, there
to be destroyed. II is thought that less
| than a dozen are now scattered about
most of them I'm the hands OF curio
hunters The official said that no ef-
| fort to collect them had been made by
! the government and that the treasury
! department did not consider the circu-
| lation of the few notes n matter OF
any consequence. inasmuch as there
was no doubt about the values as in
dicated on the face.-New York Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
THE COOKBOOK

If the pastry be slow I'm browning
throw a little sugar on the oven shelf.
This will expedite matters greatly.
II the skin of beet root has got bro
ken, scar the part with a redhot iron
before cooking it. This will prevent
the beet from bleeding.
The next time tomato soup is plan
ned for the family dinner try adding
few slices OF orange Just before serv-
ing and enjoy the pleasant favor which
they impart.
Eggplant is most palatable when
broiled. Cut into thick slices, with the
skin on; dip in olive oil seasoned with
salt and pepper and cook on wire broil-
er over clear fire five or ten minutes.
When n cake contains too much -four
or has baked too fast, II will sink from
the edges or rise up sharply, with a
crack in the middle. If cake has a
coarse grain, IL was not beaten enough
or the oven was too slow.
IL you like cocoanut pyramids, beat
the whites Of two eggs till light and
stiff; mix with two cupfuls of grated
cocoanut, one cupful Of powdered sug'
ar and two tablespoonfuls OF -four;
make into pyramids and bake brown.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
The shorte.t Lived city.

Which Of the large cities of the world
had the shortest life2
In the ancient world the answer Is
Palmyra. The period of its prosperity
extended only from III to 273 A. D.,
1856 years. In the fifth century Il. G..
Persopols was the capital OF the Per-
sian empire for thirty years only, but
this was merely an accident OF war
and politics. Carthage was the shortest
lived seat Of empire, for 1t only en-
dured about 800 years In modern times
the answer would be Amarapura, the
former capital OF Burma. Founded in
1888, It had in 1900 n population Of
175,00O Sixty years later the seat Of
government was transferred ~ Man
dalay, and Amarapura is now repre-
sented only by few ruined temples
and bamboo huts.-London Answers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
THE PERPETUAL LIGHT.
Remarkable Lamp In Louisiana
That Never Goes out.

Remarkable Lamp In Louisiana
That Never Goes Out.
"The most remarkable lamp In this
section OF the country said a man
who cruises great deal along the
coast TO the New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat "is to be found in the water area
between Lake Borgne and Mississippi
sound In a lonely, desolate, Isolated
spot, where the fall of human feet and
the dip of oars are heard only four
times n year
"The light Is some distance this side
Of Bay St Louis and is a little south
OF Chinchuba. II stands away out I'm
the marsh, but can be seen from the
Louisville and Nashville railroad. II
burns all the time, day and night
year In and year out. 1t Gickers away
for the benefit OF the mariners who
frequent these waters. IL Is the Per.
petual light. The sun, the moon and
stars may come and go, but the light
which shines out in the dismal marsh
Is always the same. IL Is the one
bright thing In a rather dismal stretch
Of country. Seaweeds grow wild and
rank in that region. The land, such
as one may see from n railroad train,
Is fiat and treeless waste. IL Is with.
out any cheerful aspect. low, gloomy
overhung by miasmatic mist and per-
feet prairie OF wild and matted weeds
Of the kind which flourish In marshy
regions. II Is threaded by sluggish
arms OF water
"Once every three months this lamp
IL visited by a human being. 1t Is
filed with oil, trimmed up and put in
condition TO burn for three months
longer. Thus Il Is visited four times a
year. 1t Is situated so that the winds
cannot put II ont. IL renders good
service. never eXplodes, never goes out,
never gets DINNER or brighter, but
burns with the same steady power all
the time. II has earned the name OF
the Perpetual light"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

Her name is Margaret, but all her
friends call her Daisy. 1t is a pet
name she has been known by since
she was a child. There is a pretty,
bright. charming freshness about her
which the flower suggests. But not.
withstanding the appropriateness OF
the nickname the girl, who has recent
ly attained the dignity OF an engage
ment ring, has discarded II once and
for all, and no one is friend OF hers
who does not call her Margaret. 1t is
all on account of the new name she is
TO take. She will eventually be Mrs.
Field.
"And It is a very nice name. too"
says the girl 'but l do not intend to
be daisy field New York Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Grand Concert and Recital.

In the parlors of the Banks hotel
Monday evening at $3.50 o'clock for
the benefit of the Broadway Methodist
church a grand concert and piano
recital will be given by Jos. II. Denck,
concert pianist Mrs. Westheimer,
vocalist, Miss Amy Moore, elocution-
ist and Miss Josephine Southern,
vocalist. An admission of 20 cents
will be charged. Tickets on sale at
Webster & McCharen's.