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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.
0ss OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

HSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSESSSGS
Mr.. Wallis bill to regulate the
holding of primaries has passed the
House by unanimous vote,
Mr.. West of Santa Rosa has Sc
cured the passage by the House of II
memorial to congress urging an APP
preparation of $4,000 for dredging
and deepening Blackwater river.
The bill has also been passed by the
senate.
The senate has defeated the pro-
posed amendment to the constitu-
tion providing that the taxes of
white and colored be kept separate,
and that taxes paid by whites be
used for the education of white
children, and taxes paid by negroes
be applied to the education of the
children of that race.
Because of sharp criticism of men,
Oers of the House, that body has
passed a resolution excluding the
representative of the jacksonville
Metropolis from the privileges Of the
floor during the balance of the ses-
sion. When the sergeant-at-arms
the Metropolis man to
carry him out he protested, claiming
that he was not mentioned by name,
and that he was also the representa-
tive Of the Tampa Tribune, and that
he would remain as the representa-
tive of that paper. Under the cir
cumStances he was allowed to stay.
The representative of the Tribune
will now whisper to himself as rep
resentative of the Metropolis all that
is being done, and the criticisms Will
go on just the same.
Senator Blount's bill providing u
uniform school system, defining the
grades of instruction which shall be
taught in public schools of the state,
to aid aud encourage the establish
ment of public high schools and ru-
raj graded schools, has finally passed
both branches of the legislature,
The act as it was finally passed car
rtes an appropriation of $50, 1000, and
all schools running an eight months
term and employing two or more
teachers will be aided.
The House has passed bill intro
duccd by Mr.. Wilson of fernando to
provide for the payment of warrants
issued by the comptroller Of the state
for service rendered to the state by
volunteer companies in suppressing
Indian hOstilities in 1856 The
involved is $4,000 with in
tcrest at seven per cent for the last
i2 years. Mr.. Wall voted in favrr of |
the bill and DR.. Sprague opposed it. |
Of the bill and he insisted that there |
was not Il scintilla of evidence to |
show that these companies had rem
iered any service i'll the Indian |
The Mote bill to provide for the
disposition of the Indian War |
.'laims Fund, after an amendment |
in the senate, passed that body by Il
vote of 26 to 5. 1t is now the law.
The bill as amended reads as follows:
"An act to provide for the applica-
ion of the money received from the
of the Flurida Indian War
claims, which amounts to $692, ,946,
md is now held by the state treasurer
in the Indian War claims fund, to
5he bonded debt of the State of
Florida.
"Whereas, The State of Florida
las outstanding Indebtedness of
81 ,032, 500. which is evidenced by
bonds of the State of Flarida, issued
in 1878 and 1901, and upon which the .
state is annually paying as interest .
- rCra amOuutS raiGp1 bV direct tuNn-
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

Chief of Police Hagan made raid
of the numerous disorderly houses in
the submerged district last Sunday
night and placed the keepers and in
mates under bonds of $40 and So re-
Spectively for their appearance in
the municipal court Monday morn
ing. Each of the parties gave a cash
Bond and all failed to make the re-
quired appearance in court, thus for
teiting the amounts paid. The city
gets $50 by the deal. There were in
all % cases, and of this number nine
were keepers who forfeited $40 each.
This is the first move of the kind
that has been made in Palatka in
over year, and during all this time
the city has been acquiring a reputa-
ton.
If Chief Hagan will but keep up
the work, this business of prOstitu-
ton can be reduced to the minimum,
and that is about as much of Il re-
duction as human society has reason
to expect. What is Il minimum?
Well, it certainly is not nine openly
conducted disorderly houses. But
these houses are not all. During the
open day and in the early evening as
well as late at night these brazen fe-
males, some dusky, some low down
whites, walk the streets and openly
solicit. So common has this become
that voice is seldom raised against
the practice.
"Vice is monster of such frightful
mein,
That to be hated needs but to be seen,
But seen too oft, familiar with its
face,
We first endure, then pity, then en-
Brace
Has Palatka embraced the mon
ster? The very fact that nine openly
conducted disorderly houses exist
here without any more protest than
has been raised during the past
twelve months would seem to indi-
cate that by reason of our "famiIiar-
ityn we have at least reached the
stage where we are content to "en-
dure.n
Chief Hagan has made a good be
ginning. He is entitled to credit and
will get it from right thinking peo-
pie. Let him follow up the work
already begun. Vice can be reduced
to the minimum in no more direct
way than by frequent enforced con-
tributions of cash to the public treas
ury through fines in the police court.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

Those people who have been claim
ing that "General' +. b. Bailey,
Senator from Jefferson county, had
wheels in his head are pointing to
his recent screed announcing Il lee
ture in Tallahassee last Monday
night as additional proof of their
contention. Bailey is a fine fellow
despite his reputed malady and is
perfectly harmless. Those who re-
member his l5,74G,S32 word "roast"
of Ex-senator Pasco are aware of the
small harm that follows in the wake
of his literary efforts.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

BY an almost unanimous vote the
House has passed the Gibbons Anti
Trust bill. This bill will run against
its first opposition when it reaches
the Senate.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

as much Of the work has been done
by citizens who, in addition, stand
ready to construct II bridge over the
south canal free if the road is made
over this route,
1t is also claimed that many citl-
zens of Florahome regard it as an
outrage to change the route to the
longer and more expensive one.
The News does not pretend to
know anything about the route, eX-
ceDt as it can see from the map that
the south route would be the shorter.
But in all neighborhOod road build
ing there is usually Il difference Of
opinion as to the most practical To-
cation, or route. In this one, how
ever, our correspondent assures us
that the almost unanimous choice
was for the route on the south side
of the railroad us being the most di-
rect, the cheaper to build, and in
every way the most practical.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

Stop at the New Arlington, Pa
latka, Fla. Neat, clean, home-like,
Meals, 50 cents,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

Mr.. Wallis bill to regulate the
holding of primaries has passed the
House by unanimous vote,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

Mr.. West of Santa Rosa has Sc
cured the passage by the House of II
memorial to congress urging an APP
preparation of $4,000 for dredging
and deepening Blackwater river.
fhe bill has also been passed by the
senate,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

The senate has defeated the pro-
posed amendment to the constitu-
ton providing that the taxes of
white and colored be kept separate,
and that taxes paid by whites be
used for the education of white
children, and taxes paid by negroes
be applied to the education of the
children of that race.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29

Senator Blount's bill providing u
uniform school system, defining the
grades of instruction which shall be
taught in public schools of the state,
to aid aud encourage the establish
ment of public high schools and ru-
rul graded schools, has finally passed
both branches of the legislature,
The act as it was finally passed car
ries an appropriation of $4,000, and
all schools running an eight months
term and employing two or more
teachers will be aided.
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A piscator;al Gunner.

The jacuiator fish, the piscatorial
gunner of the Javan lakes, uses his
mouth rs squirt gun and is q marks
man Of no mean ability. Go to smaH
lake or pond filed with specimens Of
jaculators, place stake or pole In the
water with the end projecting from one
to three feet above the surface, place
q beetle or fly on top Of the pole and
await developments. Soon the water
will be swarming with fnny sunners,
each anxious for a shot at the tender
morsel which the experimenter has
placed in full view. Presently one
comes TO the surface, steadily observes
his prey and measures the distance.
Instantly he screws his mouth into the
funniest shapes imaginable, discharges
q stream Of water with precision equal
to any sha-psLooter, knocks the fly or
beetle into the water, where he is IN
stantly devoured by the successful
Nimrod or some Of his hungry horde.
This sport may be kept up as long as
the supply of beetles and flies holds
out.
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THE FIRST STOVES.
chey Superseded the Roman stzba


In the Eighteenth Century.
A heating apparatus called Il '.stuba"
(stove) was widely used among the
higher class of Romans before the be-
ginning OF the Christian era. This
class Of heaters was fixed and immova-
bic, besides being in several other re-
spects wholly different from the mod
ern stove. In Germany and Scandina-
via they were used In bath rooms and
hothouses during the middle ages.
They were usually constructed of
brick, stone or tile and were Of i'm
mense size They sometimes covered
the whole side Of a twenty or thirty
foot room and often extended out into
the room as much as ten feet, in which
case the smooth, fat top was used fo-
a bedstead, the heated surface impart-
ing an agreeable feeling Of warmth
during those cold nights Of long ago
when such things as covers were quite
rare.
Cardinal Polignac Of France was per-
haps the first to attempt the construc-
ton of stove wholly Of iron, this at
about the beginning Of the eighteenth
century. The first real Improvement
over the old Roman "stuba" was
brought about by Franklin in the year
1745. One Of his efforts produced a
typical base burner, almost perfect and
q model of workmanship. Stoves were
not used in private houses to any great
extent prior to the year 1880.
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Decree Of Foreclosure.

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
Judgment Orderof the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, in the above stated ac.
ton, to me directed, bearing date
May 5, 1908, I will sell at public
lie auction. for cash, to the highest
bidder, ut Clarendon Court House, at
Manning, in said county, within the
legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon
day, the I'd day OF November, 1903,
being sslesday, the following de-
scribed real estate:
"All OF that lot of land in the vii
lage OF Silver, in Clarendon County
in said State, bounded on the North
by lands of Mrs. NJ A. Thames, East
by the Public Road leading from
Sumter to Santee River, South by
land of Mrs. Briggs, formerly H. S.
Briggs, and West by lands of Mrs.
u. A. Thames, and being the land
conveyed to Elizabeth 4. Owen by
Deed dated December 4, 1893.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
J. EBERT DAVIS,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
Manning, S. c., October 7, 1908.
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Decree of Foreclosure.

UNDER AND By VIRTUE OF A
Judgment Order OF the Court of Com
mon Pleas, in the above stated ac-
ton, to NE directed, bearing date
May 6, 1908, l will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash, at Clarendon Court House, at
Manning, in said county, within the
legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon
day, the I'd day of November, 1903, be-
ing salesday, the following described
real estate:
"All that piece, parcel Or tract Of
land lying, being and situate in the
county of Clarendon and State afore-
said, containing twenty-five acres
and bounded as follows: North, by
lands of the heirs. at-law Of Rose
johnson; south. by public road
known as the Santee River Road;
east, by lands of Joseph Sprott, and
west by lands of Stephen Bennett.
The said land is the same conveyed
to Mcintosh Bennett by Stephen
Bennett BY deed bearing date April
2, 1889, which deed is recorded in the
Office of the Clerk of Court for Clar-
endon county in Book n n. on
pages 73s and 739.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
J. EBERT DAVIS,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
Manning, S. c., October Z, 1902.
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Friends and Relatives.

$50 the poor fellows dead?"
"Yes, and he left all his money to
charity. His funeral was very largely
attended"
"Ah, yes, be had lots Of friends; I
don't suppose he had any enemies at
ALL"
"Oh, yes, a few; be had several rela-
es."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Because touch with those who make advance con-
tracts and who able to put US in position TO pay more
for cotton than any other buyers in our city -
But cotton business only an addition to to our GEM 39;
ERAL MERCANTILE Business. We have by our dllll-
gence made ourselves leaders in trade not by waiting tor
trade to come u.s. but by reaching out and coming IN
touch with the farmers OF the country, and selling tnen
Goods as cheap as the lowest and giving to them for their
products as much or than The highest.
These that have been demonstrated by our con-
tnued increase of business.
We want our friends to Sumter and look through
our immense stock of
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Fan
cv Goods and Notions, Cloth
ing, Shoes, Hats and the best
line Plantation and Family
Grocerie@in in the City. .-
To meet the demands Of trade everything is bought
bv Us from first hands, and patrons get the profit which
other dealers must pay demen. We can and Will save
YOU money both in buy of u.s. and what we buy OF
you. Come to see-us
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r u ] S

We can sell Apples by the
barrel low down for cash or re.
tail them for less money than
any one else.
Our
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But your highness can understand
how an idea will haunt man. 1t IS
true I live wretched life, but amuse
myself trying to produce a perfect
vase. I have broken thousands. If q
shape answers my expectations, that
very shape is certain to crack in the
burning or run in the glaze"
Then you don't make things to
sell?'
"Oh, yes. I make noggins and crock
cry to sell in the towns. There is q
kind Of clay in these hills that suits
me-
''The wonderful vase" said the other
yawning, might perhaps interest me
more if some facts were not pressing
for discussion. am man Of beneyo-
lent disposition, Bellenger."
''Your royal highness''-
s'Stopi I have been q revolutionist,
like my poor father, whose memory
you were about to touch-and forbid
II. But am q man whose will it is
to do good. 1t Is impossible I should
search you out II America to harm my
royal cousin. Now I want to know
the truth about him."
Nine. de Ferrier had forgotten her
breath. We both stood fastened on
that scene in another world, gu1ltless
OF eavesdropping.
The potter shifted his eyes from side
to side, seeming to follow the burr
Of his vessel upon the wheel.
81 find you with creature cannot
recognize as my royal cousin. If this
is he, sunk far lower than when he
left France in your charge, why are
two-thirds Of his pension sent out from
New York to another person, while
you receive for his maintenance only
oue-third?'
The potter bounded from his wheel,
letting the vessel spin of to destuc-
ton, and danced, stretching his long
mustaches abroad in both hands as
the ancients must have rent their
clothes. BE cried that he had been
cheated, stripped, Sl1FFeu-
s'I thought they were straltened III
Monsieur's court" he ragged, "and they
have been maintaining false dau'
phinr'
'.As I said, Bellenger," remarked his
superior, you are either fool or the
greatest rascal I ever saw"
He looked at Bellenger attentyely.
"Yet why should you want to mix
clews-and be rewarded with evident
misery? And bow could you lose him
out Of your hand and remain uncon-
scious Of it? he was sent to the ends of
the earth for safety, poor shattered
child, and If be is safe elsewhere why
should you be pensioned to maintain
another child? They say that Bour-
bon never learns anything. but I pro-
test that a Bourbon knows we'll what
he does know. feel sure my uncle
intends no harm to the disabled heir.
Who is guilty Of this double dealing:
l confess I don't understand 1t"
Now whether by our long and silent
stare we drew his regard, or chance
cast his eye upward, the potter that
instant saw US standing in the cloud
above him. He dropped by his mo-
tion!css wheel. all turned to clay him
self. The eyeballs stuck from his face.
He opened his mouth and screeched as
if he had been started and could not
leave of:
"The king: The king! The king!
The king"'
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|wS dE Aool oOtNiS SSoA AAe
D less than Nine. de Ferrier.
IN She fell against me and sank
downward, so tGat l was
obliged to hold her up in my arms. l
had never seen a woman swoon.
thought she was dying and shouted
to them below to come and help me.
The potter sat sprawling on the
ground and did not bestir himself to
do anything. AS soon as my hands
and mind were free took him by the
scrufr of the neck and kicked him be-
hind with a good will. My rage at
him for disregardirg her state was the
savage rage Of an IroQuois. The 9th
er man laughed until the woods rang.
Nine. de Ferriec sat up in what SEEM
ed to me miraculous manner. We
bathed her temples with brandy and
put her on q cushion of leaves raked
up and dried to make a seat by the
fire. The other man, who helped me
carry her into the ravine, stood with
his hat cH, as was her due. She
thanked him and thanked me. half
shrouding her face with her hood,
abashed at finding herself lost among
strangers in the night, which was my
fault
We could hear IN the cabin behind
US q whining like that uttered by a
fretful babe.
Ny rage at the potter ending in good
nature, moved to make some amends
for my haste, but he backed off.
'You startled u.s." said the other
man, Standing up in the clouds like
ghosts. And your resemblance TO one
who has been dead many years Is
very striking, monsieur"
said was sorry If had kicked the
potter without warrant, but it seemed
to me q base act to hesitate when help
was asked for woman.
sYet I know little Of what is right
among men. monsieur" I owned, II
have been learning with master in
Count de Chaumont's manor house less
than q year. Before that my life was
spent In the woods with the Indians,
and they found me so dull that was
considered witless until my mind
awoke."
"You are fine fellow" the man
said, laying his hands on my shoul-
ders. My heart goes out to you.
You may call me Louis Philippe. And
what may I call you?'
s'Lazarre."
He had a smiling good face, square,
but we'll curved and firm. Now that
I saw him fronting me I could trace
bis clear eyebrows, high forehead and
the laughter lines down his cheeks.
BE was long between the eyes and
mouth, and he had q full and resolute
chin.
"You are lot fat, Lazarre,' said
Philippe, your forehead is wide rath-
er than receding, and you have not q
double chin. Otherwise you are the
image Of one Who are you?'
81 don't know"
Don't know who you are?"
mo. We heard all that you and the
potter were saying down here, and I
wondered how many boys there are In
America that are provided for through
an agent in New York, without know
Ing their parents. Now, that IS my
case"
"Do-Eou say you have lived among
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Quick Sales
and Short Profits.

Nimmer has been in business
here only few years and during
this time he has established a
reputation that can't be blem-
ished.
We write this advertisement
for the benefit Of those who
never have done much buying
of him. Come and buy once and
you certainly will call again.
If you want to buy by whole
sale he will be pleased to sell
you this way.
We keep on hand a large
amount Of
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Tobacco Line

is strictly first class. Cigars by
the thousand, Of the best brands.
Chewing Tobacco of various
brands. Buy Tobaccos of us,
we will save you money.
We will mention a few artl-
cles. The first we mention is
our Sardines.
Nice Imported French Sar-
dimes, from 15c. to 25c per can.
Mustard Sardines, put up in
large boxes, only 10c.
SC. Sardines by the 1000 or
anything else you want in the
canned line low down for cash.
Give US a showing and you
will certainly come and buy
again.
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The Logical Woman.
Euphemia-Professo suppose yo5
would be afraid to marry a logical
woman?
Professor-Oh, no; j. she was really
logical I could convince her once in
aThile.-EXchange
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CHAPTER VIII.

EWA HE fools outcry startled me
81 less than Nine. de Ferrier.
III She fell against me and sank
downward. SO tliat | was
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County Of Clarendon.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Archie I. Barron, as Administrator
of the estate of 3. Presley Bar
ron, deceased, Plaintiff,
against

Bette Walters, Cyrus Bennett
Bonaparte Bennett, Mittie Glib
son. Phoebe Tindal, Margaret Is
rael, Willis Bennett, Tina Jones,
Idella Mcbride, Semo Johnson,
Maggie Walters, Hessie Ann Ben.
nett, an infant over the age OF
fourteen years, and Annie Ben.
nett, an infant under the age ol
fourteen years.
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rheumatism
IL - ssTHE PAIN KING %

cutting pains the intense
suffering Others Rheumatism torture and that night
ly called 'sThe King of Pain. >, 4..
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tent constitution and dod Tor al
acid polluted condition blood the o and
variety Muscular Artcula! Acute chron lnHnnaoy
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masters do toward temporary t1eatmentdoes notreach
S. greatest all
Blood purifiers nsu
building weak and sluggish It
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toned up by Of this great vegetable remedy
vu have physicians will furnish with
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The Logical Woman

ITO BE CONTINUED.