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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-31

Five acres of land around Char
ing Cross, London, are held by
the marquis Of Salisbury. These
acres were obtained by his ances-
tors $50 years ago for grazing land
at the modest rate of $3.50 an acre
for 500 years. What that little
bargain has been worth to the
Cecils it would be rather difficult !
to accurately compute.
The revival meetings at the
Christian church are very inter-
esting and we'll attended. Inter-
est is very great. There have
been thirteen additions to the
church. The rite of baptismal
was conferred last evening on
several new members. All are
invited to attend. Observer.
Famous men are often curious
ly little known in the localities~
where they live. A correspondent
recently travelling in a part of
Worcestershire, England, which
is noted for the gf owth of plums,
got into conversation with an
old resident who told him a GREAT {
deal about plum culture. eyes,"
he wound up, there's good sea-
sons. And then the good time
makes up for the other and you
forget your losses. There was a
man year or two back osebery
Lord Rosebery, his name was
made IA shillings bushel on one
seasons plums.' .
Emperor William not long ago
visited Crefeld, busy town on
the Rhine, aud there was informed
by some pretty girls that they
would be much pleased to have a
handful of lieutenants to dance
with them. In day or two his
majesty ordered that a crack hus.X
sar regiment be CHARTERED in Gre /
field and the burgomaster is busy !
preparing for season of unwont.(
ed gayety.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-04
New COlOred School.

The patrons of the colored school,
under the leadership of Prof. J. w.
Holley who taught the school last
year, are making desperate effort
to secure new and comfortable
school building. The lot directly
back of Palmetto cemetery on North
Main street was purchased during
the past summer and nearly hall
paid for. Lumber has recently been
hauled to the lot and it is the purpose
Of those interested in the building OF
the new school to get together soon
and raise the frame work. The pre-
sent colore6 school building is in Il
delapidated condition, and the efforts
Of the patrons to secure u comfOrta-
Ole building is most praiseworthy,
The committee in charge of the build
ing will have to secure more money,
not more than half enough having
been raised.
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THE CRESCENT Cry News.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Maxon, ir.. of
Hoboken, N. j.. have leased the
Simpson cottage on Summit street
for a year, and will arrive here the
first of the coming month to occupy
it. The Hutchins cottage, mex
north, has also been leased to some
relatives of the Maxon's.
Miss Lucy Gautier terminated her
vacation last Monday, on which day
she left for Jacksonville to resume
her professional duties. She was ac-
companled by her mother, Mrs. r.
A. Gautier, who, after spending a
few days in Jacksonville, will go to
Miami to spend a season with her
sons, four of whom are now living at
that place.
DIR. Sandusky who takes charge of
DR.. H. g. Welch's practice during
his absence, will spend three days
each week in Crescent City for the
present. Later in the season he may
determine to make this place head
quarters all the time. The doctor is
most agreeable gentleman and his
oliling will prove a decidedly valu-
able acquisition to the place socially
as well as professionally.
The cemetery committee of the
V. [. A. has accomplished very
borough job of cleaning in Palmetto
cemetery All the under brush has
been cleaned away and burned and
the grass and weeds moved down
and taken away. This is one work
chat the ladies of this association
have voluntarily taken upon them
selves each year, and for which they
are entitled to the gratitude of lot
owners, and all citizens. The ceme-
dery now presents very neat ap-
pearance, thanks to the ladies of the
V. /. A.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-04
Major Burton Goes to Cortez.

Major j. L, Burton left here on
Friday of last week for Cortez, a
coast town in Manitee county, where
he has purchased a stock of merchan-
disc, and will engage in running n
general store. Cortez is a small
hamlet composed mostly of fisher
man, and the store is the only one in
the place and already enjoys pay
ing patronage. AS soon as the mai
gets settled, Mrs. Burton expects to
join him, and Crescent City will have
lost another family which has been
Identified with the place from its
earliest day.
Major Burton came to Crescent
City in 1868 and has resided here ever
since. For many years he was a
leading man in the county, being
half owner of the famous Burton &
Harrison orange grove just south of
the town dine, and which ran back
one of the most prolific producers in
the state and yielded immense pro-
fits for many wears. Like other big
groves in this section it went out of
business on that memorable night of
February Z, lS95-the night of the
big freeze.
Since that time Major Barton has
sold this property and others are
making of it handsome property
again.
Mr.. Burton is well known in all
parts of the state. Hundreds of Win
ter tourists who have made Crescent
City headquarters for many years,
will miss him, for his hospitality was
proyerbial and his good nature in
fictitious. Crescent City will hardly
seem like the same place now that
the major has gone. All will wish
him success in his new field.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-04
OAuIIONt

This Is not gentle word-but when
you think how liable you are not to pur-
chase for Use the only remedy univer-
sally known and a remedy that has had
the largest sale OF any medicine in the
world since 1868 for the cure and treat
ment of consumption and throat and
lung troubles without losing its great
popularity all these years, you will be
thankful that we called your attention
to Bosehee's German Syrup. There are
so many ordinary cough remedies made
by druggists and others that are cheap
and good for light colds, perhaps, but
for severe coughs, bronchitis, Group
and especially for consumption, where
there is difficuit expeetoration and
coughing during the nights and morn
ings, there is nothing like German Syr-
up. Sold by all druggists In the civilized
world. You can get this reliable rem
edy at Louuds' drug store, Crescent City.
Z G. G. GREEN, Woodbury., N. ].
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-04
She Saw the Fight.

Mrs. James Padgett, ST., of this
place was an eye witness to the bat
5le of Braddock's Farm, two miles
south of this city, during the Civil
War, in which engagement Gen
Dickson, whose death occurred last
week, was the commander of the
Confederate forces. Mrs. Padgett
was in the Barddock farm house at
the time, and the Federals, who were
eating dinner when Gen. Dickson
and his men appeared on the scene,
she describes as doing some remark
able hustling to get out of the way,
The federal soldiers were simply Il
scouting party of irresponsible cotton
thieves and they fancied their move
ment had been kept from Dickson,
whom they had learned to dread.
The old battle field of Braddock' 5
farm is a clearing just east of the
Seville road, and up to a few years
ago there were many marks of bullets
in the trees.
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'eooD EvENIN', SAYS l."

one evenin' as wuz passin her house on
my way to Mary's, and she knowed it,
seen her haugin' on the gate lookin'
out iAto the future, err somethin' Nv
that sort that seen picter Nv onc't
an agent wuz sellin'.
"Good evenin', says l, not offerin
to stop.
"Good evenin" says she. Pears to
me you're in powerful hurry
Kinder, says l, slackin' up some.
4 promised to be down to Mary's bout
this time
"She kinder looked down at the
ground when l told her that, and
kicked a little rock out of the path
that wuz layin' thar, and felt like a
sheep-stealin' dog fer sayin' what
had.
81 reckon you'd better be hurryin'
along, then, for diary amt the kind
that likes to be KEEP waitiD'," says she
81 spose,' says I, that you don't
keer eff l stop and talk to you fer a
minute, do you?
al amt l1eerin' what you do. says
she, kinder suuen.
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and sot on the gate, but it didn't move
peg. You jist fetch her up here and
see eff wouldn't
"'No, you jist go down thar, says
she. That's whar you started fer.
az didn't do nothin' Nv the sort,
says /, gittin' despriter every minute.
"'You told me you did, says she, and
l could feel the gate give some and
then shet up ag'in.
"'You oughter know, Susan, says I,
seriously, that wuz jist a-foolin', and
could feel the gate a-givin' way and
shettin, and then givin' way ag'in.
"An' you amt lynn now, Lem?' says
she, heap sight softer than any time
in her life.
"Course l amt, Susan says l, and
the gate come open about six inches
"'Ef I only thought you wuzn't,
Lem, says she, lettln' the gate slip my
way leetle more every minute.
"You know I amt, Susan says l.,
givin' the gate the strongest pull yit.
You know it, and you know never
give snap Nv my Gnger fer any other
gal in these parts, and that all the time
I've been a-hankerin' after you and
wantin' you for my wife, but you KEEP
foolin' with me all along and Dustin
my heart mighty nigh, and maxim me
want to go off and chop tree down on
myself You know it, Susan, you know
it. and she h'isted her hands and the
gate swung wide open.
"'What about Mary? says she, stand
in thar before me lookin' sweeter'n
peaches and rosies.
"'Dern Mary says /, clean ferget-
tin my manners, and reich out both
hands fer Susan.
"'Oh, Lem!' says she, "and-well,
colonel" he laughed as his honest face
Redeemed beneath its saffron hue, i
reckon you're old enough to know the
balance.
II wouldn't be surprised, Lem" re-
piled, blushing just shade myself as
a memory or two came slowly back
from the rosy past.
He looked up smiling.
"And say, colonel, he said, ~ wuzn't
any purifier that night than l wuz be-
fore"
Come off, Lemuel, said /, slapping
him on the back, sit was so dark Susan
couldn't see you. IN. Y. Sun.
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That's fer me to know and you u
find out, says she, laughing right out.
Il reckon I'll be goin' ON down to
Mary's, says |, thinkin that | wasn't
maxim nothin' hangin' round Susan.
"Mebbe you Wouldn't eff you know'd
who wuz comm, says she, kinder
reachin' over the gate.
"'Well, tell me- says l, and see ei
I'll stay
" 4 reckon not, says she, still a-nag'
gin me, mebbe they wouldn't like It'll!
who's they?' says l.
I" She give little chuckle, and
come up to the gate and rested my
hands on it to one side NV her'n.
q" Pap and mother, says she.
They've gone down to the schoolhouse
30 preachin' and won't be back tell
eight o'clock
"'Ain't you kinder lonesome waitin
hyer by yerself, SusanP' says 1, half
way tryin' to pull the gate open, but
she held it shet.
:" i reckon | wuz, says she. That's
why come out and hung ON the gate
It's mighty still like in the house
"'You reckon you wuz?' says l.
Amt you now?' and l chuckled myself
for ketchin' her
"'Pr'aps | am and p'r'aps Iuain't,
she staggered, and tossed her head.
II tried to open the gate, but she
held it shet.
"'Ef you want me to stay, why don't
you say SOP says l, gittin' ugly.
~ reckon you kin if you want to,
says she, mighty pesky.
"'Susan, says l, what's the use Nv
foolin'T
"'Foolin' about what% says she.
"'About me and you, says 1.
81 ANITA foolin', says she.
"You air, says |, and you know it
"'Ef you don't like me, Lem Skaggs,
says she, bridlin' up all over, you kin
20 long. didn't ak you to stop, did ~
But | do like you, Susan says l.,
gittin' skeert, an tryin' to pull the
gate open SOS could git clos't enough
to her to coax her.
~ reckon you like Mary Finnell a
sight better, says she, holdin' the gate
ag'in' me.
"I reckon l don't, says I, and l
could feel the gate give little.
"'You wouldn't talk that away ef
she wuz in hearin' distance says she.
"'Wouldn't Ip says |, and 1 heaved
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-04
POMONA.

w. J. Keown spent Sunday in town
with his family.
C. H. Piplar spent part of Satur-
day and Sunday in Lakeland with
his friend Mr.. Smith.
The Pomona Home Missionary So
ciety will hold II meeting next We'd
nesday evening, Sept. 3, at the home
of Mrs. Lee Smith.
w. S. Middleton spent few days
in Jacksonville this week.
Quite number of our young peo-
pie attended the drama held at Lake
Margaret last Thursday evening, and
pronounce it great success.
We are glad to hear that Mr.. j. r.
Morrison is having such a pleasant
time visiting friends at his home in
Portsmouth, n. H.
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CRESCENT CITY TEMPERATURES FOR THE
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 20, I90l,-E,D Will.
LIAMS, OBSERVER.
Personal and Social.
SNNANNNNNlNNN,NNANN

Services will be held at the
Grovesdale Methodist church next
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Simpson will
move into their store building or
Central Avenue.
Master Harry Chamberlin h S
gone to Jacksonville to spend week
or ten days with relatives.
The Misses Grill and Annie Bur-
ton took trip to Jacksonville and
return on the Crescent last week
The Methodists will hold their an
nual camp meeting at Beecher's sui.
phur springs, near Fruitland, next
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Waterman am'
the children returned on Tuesday
from months stay on the beach al
Ormond.
The ladies guild of the Episcopal
church were entertained by Mrs.
Austin at Grove Hall last Monday
afternoon.
Services will be resumed at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday,
with preaching morning and evening
by the pastor.
Mrs. ID. M. Reeves, wife of the
Presbyterian pastor, is quite i'll with
typhoid fever. The. first case of the
kind this year.
Rev. DIR. Reeves with wagon load
of boys went to the sulphur springs
near Fruitland for picnic and bath
ing purposes last week.
The regular monthly business
meeting of the Village Improvement
Association will be held at the hall
next Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Neal are enter
tanning Mrs. Summers, wife of the
pastor of the Fruitland and Volusia
circuit, M. f. church, south.
There are four colored citizens of
Crescent City in Palatka this week
undergoing examination for the pur-
pose of becoming public school
teachers.
Rev. and Mrs. G. HI. Ward gave a
dinner party on Tuesday of last
week, entertaining Mesdames r. A..
Gautier, and q. l.. Chamberlin, and
the Misses Lucy Gautier and Kathe-
rine Crawford.
Samuel H. Graffin writes from Po-
mona that he enjoys life out among
the pine woods, where he is residing
at the home of J. P. Appleby. He
also states that his health is better,
and that he is going to buy pony
and do the ''cow boy act" every day.
Mrs. S. L. Benham and daughters
left on Wednesday of last week for
Zion City, ILL.,, at which place they
will spend several weeks before go
ing to Davenport, Iowa, where they
VIII make their permanent home.
Regret at the removal of this pleas
ant family is universal.
The committee in charge of raising
funds to put the present school house
III order, has turned over to Supervi-
scr White $2S. Some more will be
needed, and, we trust, forthcoming,
Mrs. Chamberlin and Mrs. Burton
made eight dollars by the lawn fete
given on Mrs. Chamberlins' lawn
Tuesday evening of last week.
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From now throughout all the warm
er months one eats more sour vegeta-
bles and more fruit. AS these are bad
for the teeth, while generally excel
lent for the stomach, extra care should
be taken in much brushing and care
that the lime of the teeth is not eaten
intoTby the acid. After every meal is
not too often to brush, and it should
be conscientiously done while this sort
of food is on the table.-Philadelphia
Press
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ONE SONG OF LOVE.


What man shall say, sweet friend, that life
Hath no rich rainbOws in the strife?
Here is thy child, and here thy wlfel
Here is the love of one who stood
That day, in rosiest womanhood
And said with thee, for ill., or good"
Who saw no winter in lifes May
Thy hand in hers-thy way her way,
And ali things else but yesterday
Who faced The future. and who said
III thorns or roses be thy bed,
There, by thy side, | lay my head"
And here, when storms are blowing wild a
Close TO those earlier lips that smiled, M
There comes the clingfng of child "a
Arms, like necklace, may adorn
Thy neck At night the stars are
born,
And splendor heralds every morn.
Oh, storm, and strife, and poverty T.
What Kindly ministers are ye, .
While Love still spreads u couch for mel
That love which still endureth long ~
Content to suffer and be strong; =;
That makes all life one songl one song
Atlanta Constitution.
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Registration Notice.

Tho Registration Book for Putnam
County will be open in my office at th'
Court House, In Palatka, for the purpos'
OF registration, on the followin days
each week: Mondays, Wednesdays ant
Fridays, from 8 o'clock a. m. TO - IN
aud from p. m to 8 p. m commenc
ing August 4th 1902.
HENS PETERMANN,
duly 9th. 1902 Registration Officer.
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u YEARS A DYsPEPrIc.

R. H. Foster, 3ls S. I'd St. Salt Lake
City, writes: II have been bothered
with dyspepsia or Indigestion for q
years; tried many doctors without re
Ii I, recently got a BOTTLE of Herbine
One bottle cured me, am now taperine
off on the second. have recommended
it to my friends; II is curing them, too.
SOC at Alderman q SLewart's, Palatka
and Lounds' drug store, Crescent City.
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A CERTAIN CURE For DYsENTERY AND
DIARRH0EA.

"Some years ago l was one of party
that intendei making a long bicycle
trip" says F. L. Taylor, of New Albany,
Bradford County, Pa. II was taken sud
denly with diarrhoea, and was about to
give up the trip, when editor Ward, of
the Laceyville Messenger, suggested
that take dose Of Chamberlin's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy l pur-
chased bottle and took two doses, one
before starting and one on the route. l
made the trip successfully, and never
felt any ill effect. Again last summer |
was almost completely run down with
IN attack of dysentery, l bought bot
tie of this same remedy, and this time
one dose cured me" For sale by Ack-
erman X Stewart, druggists, Palatka,
Fla.*
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An Old Land Mark Gone.

The old Wade house north of town
and opposite the residence of David
Dawes was totally destroyed by fire
one day last week. The cause of the
fire was accidental. Some town boys,
who for obvious reasons prefer not to
disclose their identity, were in the
neighborhood robbing bee hives, ana
it is supposed set fire to the build
ing while after honey, and that see
ing their helplessness TO put out the
flames, simply skedaddled and let
the building burn. Mr.. George Neal
and others saw the fire and succeed
ed, as they supposed, in putting it
out, but within a half hour after they
discovered the building wrapped in
flames again and beyond their power
to extinguish. 1t seems that there
was some fire under the flooring
which they did not discover on their
first visit. The old building, since
the erection of the new Wade resi-
dence, has been used for storage of
Mrs. j. b. Wade'5 household effects,
also for farm utensils and carriages.
The entire contents was destroyed,
and there probably was no insurance.
The Wade's live at Palmetto, where
they are engaged in the hotel bust
ness.
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GROUP

Usually begins with the symptoms Of
! common cold there is chilliness,
,neezing, sore throat, hot skin, quick
pulse, hoarseness and impeded respira-
on. Give frequent small doses of Bal
ards Horehound Syrup, (he child will
cry for it, and 'at the first sign of a
aroupy cough apply frequently Ballard's
Snow Linimeut externally to the throat.
soc at Alderman x Stewards, Palatka,
a I'd Lounds' drug store, Crescent City.
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Notice.

One month after date l will apply to the
County Judge of Putnam County, Florida, az
guardian of William Mo agnie Husson, min
for leave and authority to sell the following
described land belonging 10 the estate of said
minor to-wlt:
The undivided one-sixth part of lot three 81
In SCI ton twenty-nine, wnship ten Q0l, south
Of range twenty-seyen (27) east, at private sale
without notice. This August IL, A. d. ll02.
SUSIE NJ. MORAGNfE,
aug I4-4w Guardian.
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~ was wonder to me,
for Lem was by all odds the homeliest
man on the Lick, and LONELINESS is a
characteristic of mountain men. /
knew Lem quite WELL and had be-
triended him on many occasions
even loaning him money enough to get
married on, as his crops were not in
and he was scant of funds, and when
they had been married about month
asked him one day how it happened.
lie was a good fellow all over, was
Lem, us guileless as a baby and as
honest as the sunlight, and when |
asked my question he blushed and
griuned.
she was tuck by my good looks, he
laughed.
"Of course, of course" ! laughed
back; anybody ought to see that, but
my Oyesight is weak. Tell me what
you did to win herP"
II didn't do nothin', colonel. | jist
rewuz."
THAT won't go, Lemuel. You are
not the kind that WIN that way; you
must have made yourself attractive in
some other way"
Hope to die, colonel, eff l did," he
insisted. 81 jist wuz and she got
tuck"
Didn't you court her pretty hard?"
did ~" and he drew long breath
as of relief at the thought of its being
o5er. We'll, L should say did. Why,
come mighty nigh mortgidgin' the
farm to git her things she didn't seem
10 want when gi We 'eu to her"
What did you give hsrP"
Everything, colonel. 1t got so bad
lords the last the folks at the store
told me eff I'd lump my dealin's they
recloned they could let me have 'em
at wholesale prices"
"She couldn't stand your liberality,
Lem. That's what got her"
Not bit Nv it," he commended. "All
the time was talxin' her all sorts Nv
things, she wuz maxim eyes at every
Teller that come along, and sorter ex'
pectin me to keep up my end NV the
swingle tree, jist case kinder seemed
to banker after doin' it that away"
But you kept at itY"
81 reckon not he laughed. "All Nv
sudden l sot in fer Mary Finnel, and
give the store folks a rest on buyin'."
Then what happeued?" l inquired,
with hope that would now get some
information.
He laughed a low, gurglin g laugh,
such as boy would give vent to when
caught in some of his natural depreda
tiOns.
We'll" he said, "she kinder snapped
eends on t'other fellers, and swung
round my way, but wuzn't givin
inch, and didn't have no talk with her
fer mighty nigh two weeks, and then