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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-21
IN disposing Of that he is absolutely

IN disposing Of that he Is absolutely
dependent upon his local merchant,
and by his patronage of the catalogue
houses he has killed competition, and
must now take whatever is offered for
what he has to SELL
Mr.. Farmer, are you helping to XIII
The goose that is laying your golden
egg?
Are you sending your dollars to the
catalogue houses and by SO doing kill
Ing the local industries Of your town?
Are you putting your merchants out
Of business, and creating monopoly
that will pay you what it pleases for
the products Of your farm?
If you are doing these things it is
time for you to stop and consider the
future. You will have to look but a
little way ahead to see the result, and
it will not be an attractive picture that
greets you The prosperous COM
munity of which you are now part
will fade like the summer flowers be
fore the winter winds, and almost as
quickly.
It is the fact that there is market
within close proximity to your farm
that makes your acres valuable. The
men who maintain this local market
for you are the men who cause the
railroad trains to stop at your town.
Take them away and soon the town
will be wiped off the map. The
churches will siose for lack Of support.
The schools will cease to be pride,
and your sons and daughters will lack
the opportunity that is theirs by right
of birth, and your acres, that are now
valuable because they lie in close
proximity to a market, will show a
depreciation that will astonish you.
Your interests are Identical with
those of the merchants of your town.
BY sending your dollars to the city
you may cause the merchants to close
their establishments, but when they
are forced to this they can pack their
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-21

They do not help to build school
houses for your children; the local
merchant does They do not assist in
the support Of your churches; the
local merchant does.
But there are some things the cata-
logue houses do for you and the
first and greatest of these is to assist
materially in banlzrupting your com
munity The dollars they take away
never come back to you. They will
never help to make a city of your vii
lage. They will never increase the
value of your real-estate holdings by
making local improvements.
Lot us look at the subject from the
standpoint of the farmer, for it is the
farmer who is the greatest patron of
the catalogue houses
The town or village one, two or
three miles from his home is his mar
IKet for the butter and eggs and other
produce of his farm The half dozen.
or more merchants Of the town, each
anxious to obtain his full share of the
business of the community maintain
q competition that affords to the
farmer at all times top prices for the
products of his farm 1t is these half
dozen merchants that make farm
profits possible; the profits are in no
way due to the catalogue houses of
the cities
But the farmer persists in sending
his dollars to the city. He wants a
buggy, or a set of harness, or a pair
of stockings, or any of the necessities
or luxuries Of life, and to get them he
takes out his mail order catalogue and
looks at the finely printed cuts, reads
the we'll written description, and, pass
ing the local merchant by, the mer-
chant who has purchased his produce
at the best market prices, the mer-
chant who has helped to build the
community, he sends his dollars to
the catalogue house in the city and
takes what they choose to send him.
What is the result?
One after another the doors Of the
local stores are closed, and where at
one time there were half dozen mer-
chants, each bidding for his share of
patronage by offering fair prices flor
that which the farmer had to sell,
there is now but one merchant who
has monopoly, not only of the sell
ing, but of the buying as well, and he
pays what he pleases for the farmers
produce.
The farmer can continue to send his
money to the catalogue house in the
city for his supplies, but he cannot
send his produce to the same place.
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OTUGF E1OQSCSs ! nc SIIIdllGI COEItI
were thus deprived of it, suffered
to coast and from border to border.
A fact not generally known is that
hundreds of concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only a parcels post law to
unloose literature, already prepared
in many instances, which would pro-
iect them into the mail order field, and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands of
entirely new mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex-
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re-
ferred to, already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves cramped
for room. One Of them expended not
less than $1,000, 900, and probably more,
for new home The other lately has
secured a new location and also will
expend at least $1,O00,OOO for an i'm
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual
ly on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence Of the mail
order business is toward the central
ization of wealth, and how enormous
part. it is playing in this direction
will be understood from a second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
1t is due to himself that every patron
of the mail order house should inquire
honestly of himself what the final out
come is to be if the mail order bust
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked it's prog
ress during the last half decade.
1t is useless to repeat the well worn
argument of the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants in
the regular channels of trade to leave
their customers more money than
ever to devote to home enterprises
and institutions. The fallacy of this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute COM
parsons of goods, as to their quality
and prices. TIE refute it finally and
indisputably by a simpler and more
direct method it is necessary only to
ask the reliable business men of any
of the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and ac-
counts of the harm the mail order
habit is doing their communities.
1t is a truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting of
the sun that no country or section of
q country can prosper unless the peo-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-21
Keep Your Money at Horne

Don send money to mail order
houses to deposit Your home bank
is the only safe place to keep it and
will pay you as good interest as can
be had, anu then you run no risk as
in such cases as the Cash Buyers
Union" failure. The home bank will
grant you favors and mail order
houses never do.
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MODIsH IDEAS.

Short Jackets For Girls - Wash
Waists-Corset Hints.
Short jackets this season are very
jaunty looking and are great favorites
with young girls. In fancy cheviot
suits they are natty and attractive
when simply trimmed with a mannish
velvet collar.
The newest wash shirt waists are
made with tucks on each side of box
plat or line of three inch insertion
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-21

stock OF goods and go elsewhere, but
you cannot pack UP your farm and
move it,, your acres must lie in the
bed you have builded for them whether
1t be fair or foul, and it is up to you, .
Mr.. Farmer, to spend your money at
home, and in this way you can solve
the greatest problem that now con.
fronts this country.
Will you do it?
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FORECAST OF THE MODE.

Furs For Wee Ones-Costumes For
Afternoon and Evening.
Splendid imitation ermine coats for
the wee ones, trimmed with tails to
look like the real skins, are made of
cony fur and may be bought for $50.
Tibet coats will also be favorites for
the children They are exceedingly
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-21
Wise David.

Wife-"Why do you always sit at
the piano, David? You know you
can't play note!" David Neither
can anyone else. while am here!"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23

Pretty swiss edges and insertions; matched
| sets; widths to IS inches; also some corset
cover embroidery; wide range of new' at
tractive designs; well worked patterns and
edges; regularly worth 35c to soc yard sale
of the entire lot Monday at 15c yard.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
Miss Norton'S Musicale.

Miss Helen Norton entertained the
members of her musical class, their
parents and many friends at must
Gale in the parlors of Grove Hall last
Tuesday evening. The following is
the program as rendered:
Moszkowski-Op. ~ Spanish Dances No. /
Misses Grill and Anselena Burton.
Polla-o'Don,t You Remember. Mr.. Webb
Chamberlin.
Webb.-Military March Miss Addie McGrady.
Holman. Hop. 10. Serenade. .,......, Misses
Abbjean Miller and Norton.
Smith:---Caradle Song. .......... Master George
Miller.
Biedermann, Lavender's Blue ,...,,........Miss
Louie Kinard.
spohr.-, Polomaise from Faust Misses Grill
and Anselena Burton, and Abbijean Miller.
Renhold-op 49, bS Miss Mabel Se HndeSop
Morley-Echo Song 80. Miss Anselena Burton.
Moszkowski. OPP. 12-spanish Dances No. 4.
Misses Mabel Anderson and Norton.
Heer-op 40 ""ffe sPrSSs GIy song
Miss Abbljean Miller.
Nevin-Op. IL, Dragon Fly .,....... Misses Grill
and Anselena Burton.
Bohm-Song of the Swallow .,.,...., Miss Grill
Burton.
Mendelssohn, Wedding March from 'Midsum-
Misses Grin Burton, Abbijean Miller, and
Norton.
The program, together with the
social visit afforded neighbors and
friends, both among the younger set
and their elders, with the dainty re-
freshments served to all, combined
to make very pleasant evening for
all.
Miss Norton is doing large part
of the work in bringing to the front
in Crescent City quite galaxy of
young people of musical accomplish
ment, and the entertainment of last
Tuesday evening should accentuate
such services to the public as no
word of ours can. She deserves a
much larger class.
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LAKE COMO.

The funeral of Mrs. J. G. Fulton
took place at Barlow, Fla, and was
largely attended, as she was we'll
known there. Mrs. Fulton resided
in Como many years, and was most
estimable woman, a devoted wife
and of very charitable and lovable
disposition. She leaves an aged hus-
band to mourn her loss, also many
relatives and friends.
j. G. Fulton, accompanied by Mr.
Wattles, arrived from Barlow recent
ly. They will remain here until Mr..
Fulton can settle up his affairs, and
then they will return to Barlow,
where Mr.. Fulton will reside in the
future.
Miss Phebe Palmer led the Ep-
worth League meeting held in the
M. f. church Sunday afternoon.
Praise and Bible study service was
held in the Baptist church Sunday
afternoon.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19

agree with me. They heard people come in
and tell me that for years they had been near
the grave, with Brieht'S disease, or lung
trouble, or kidney complaint and all man
ner of diseases and that the New Discovery
had cured them. OF course these people
were mistaken, it was nothing but their
stomachs. AS matter of fact when the
stomach gives out most everything else is
thrown out of order too.
When person feels tired and dull and
Respondent, is loosing flesh and don't
sleep well, has d poor memory, bad
taste in the mouth, a coated tongue, and
other troubles he's liable to believe a lot
OF things are the matter with him. Nine
chances to one it's his stomach. I've
seen Cooper's New Discovery bring back
health to too many people in just this
shape to believe anything else. Here's q
letter about it:
81 suffered for long time without
knowing just what was the matter with
me. | seldom felt like eating. lost
greatly in weight. My digestion was ex.
extremely poor and when / did eat |
invariably suffered afterward. was con.
stipated and frequently suffered from nerve
racl6ing, violent headaches. When heard
OF what the Cooper remedies were doing
for others ! resolved to try them."
"Relief came with the first bottle. NV
appetite and digestion improved rapidly.
am no longer constipated nor do have
those dreadful headaches. l sleep well
and am gaining flesh." c. H. Powell, Is
Harrison Addition. Duluth, MINI.
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crescent City News

Dr. Geo. E. Walker of Huntington,
VINO has been seriously i'll for some
weeks, was reported as being much
improved last week and able TO get
about some. AS soon as his strength
Will permit it is his purpose to go
north and to the mountains for a
change of air.
Rev. NJ. Thief, the Baptist clergy
man who was to have occupied the
pulpit of the Presbyterian church
next Sunday, will be unable to fill
the appointment, having been called
TO Georgia. Rev. Mr.. Geiger the
state missionary of that denomina-
tlon' has written Mr.. Darby, how
ever, that he will either come here
himself, or send some one here soon.
me announcement will be made in
this paper in time to acquaint the
people of the service.
A huge gray shark was caught by
the fishermen in Lake Crescent last
Monday morning and at the time of
the departure of the steamer Cres-
cent, was stretched dead in the bot
tom OF boat alongside the dock, so
that all could get a good view of
him. The shark had gotten tangled
IN the nets, which he destroyed be-
lore he was shot and his carcass Sc
cured. This great fish was @ trifle
over s feet long and of large girth.
He had not been weighed, but those
who saw him generally estimated
that he would weigh about 800
pounds. Rev. Mr.. Ward thought the
monster was what is known as the
white shark, though not of the va
riety known as man-eaters. Others
thought he belonged to the species
known as the gray, or sand shark.
1t is probable that his sharkship
followed school of fish in from the
ocean and that he chased them into
the lake, more than a 100 miles no
and that he was lost. Shark
have often been seen in the river,
but they are seldom found in the
lake. The carcass was visited by a
great many people during the morn
ing
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
POMONA NEWS.

DR.. Patrick Johnson has returned
from visit with relatives in Bailey,
Georgia.
Mrs. w. S. Middleton and two
children, accompanied by Miss Susie
Fisk, left last Thursday for a stay OF
two months in Hendersonyille, N. g.
J. d. Weyeth who expected to sail
for Boston early last week, was taken
i'll and has not been able to start.
He hopes. however, to feel sufficient
ly we'll to go this week.
d. w. Perry's house is fast being
completed, and when ready for oc-
cupancy will be a very pretty home,
as well as great addition to that
part of town.
Mrs. Anna A. Berry and small
children have gone to South Carolina
to visit relatives and friends.
Mrs. w. H. Cook spent the day in
Palatka recently.
Pomona is enjoying very quiet
time at present. All who can have
gone away for the summer, and but
for the mill whistle which goes to
show there is u little something
doing" and the semi-weekly bathing
parties, the town might cease to ex-
ist until the winter season brings our
people back and the orange rush
commences.
Miss Mercedes H. Keown, a form
er Pomona girl, is expected to arrive
soon from Northfield, Mass, and
while here will be the guest of her
sister, Mrs. G. A. Knowlton.
M. P. johnson was visitor in Pal
atka Saturday.
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GTh;s 1. TbIm.n

Not in a thousand years will blood
forget blood, even In this great nation
Of ours.
The column had been winding all
morning through open country. Now 1t
was approaching close woodland and
high grass The captain of the COM
pany, acting as advance guard, knew
that trouble was probably lying ahead.
He called to him his pet sergeant-the
man he had been saving through all
the day for the time when a best"
man was needed.
Sergeant O'Hare," he said, 81 want
you to pick out from the company any
six men you choose and go ahead as a
point. You can have anybody you
want-only choose the best you know.
l think we will be fred on from those
low hills"
Sergeant O'Hare's eyes searched the
company.
Sullivan he called MCCARTHY!
O'DonnellI Moriarity! McGinnis"
He hesitated His glance wandered
uneasily up and down the line. Big,
honest Swedes, burly Teutons, lanky
Yankees, there were In plenty. But
whereof, yes, there on the left of the
llne-that bright eyed, pug nosed, red
headed little beggar, nodding and i'm
ploring attention with his twisted up
face. The sergeant's brow cleared
"Lynch" he called, with a sigh of
relief. This is thin, sorr," he added,
turning to the captain.-Outing.
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Round Trip Rate from Jacksonville to
Jamestown Exposition via A.
c. L. Railway.

OuhSSLO"h opposition via A.
c. L. Railway.
S14.O5-Coach excursion to Norfolk,
on sale each Tuesday. Limit 10
days. No stopovers.
$22,55-Fifteen day ticket. Good in
Rssleeper. Stopover allowed with
s...s:ss~ssin limit.
S27,30-Sixty day ticket. Good in
sleeper. Stopover allowed with
in limit.
$33.75-Season tickets. Good in Sleep
er. Stopover allowed within
limit of Dec. 10.
ALSO
S12.65-SpOkane, Wash, June 10 TO
July IL, limit to Sept. 18th. Di-
verse route. Stop over allowed
west of Memphis and Chicago.
$SOl5-Portland, Oregon, Seattle,
Wash, Victoria, B. c., conditions
same as to Spokane.
SUMMER TOURIST RATES.
On sale daily, limited October 3lst.
Denver, Col, $3.50; Gainesville,
Ga, $17'20; Chicago, H., $46. O5; De-
troit, Mich, $44.45; Niagara, Falls,
n. Y, $48.95; Put-in-Bay, o., $42 So
Washington, d. g., $500; Lookout
Mountain, Tenn, 1924 10.
For further information and Pull
man reservations call on or write
Frank G. Boylston, District Passen-
ger Agent, Atlantic Coast Line,
Jacksonville Fla.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
Careful Bow,

Two American tourists on their way
to Abbotsford were in doubt about the
road to take and the time 1t would oc-
cupy to get there. Hailing lad who
happened to be passing, they put the
necessary questions. The native re-
piled by showing the route, but did not
know how long it would take to get
there The tourists resumed their
journey, but had scarcely gone hun
dred yards when shout from the boy
made them turn.
at will take you an hour" called the
boy at the pitch Of his voice.
"Then why the deuce didn't you tell
us that before" returned one of the
Americans.
81 couldna tell We afore 1 knew hoo
fast We could walk."-Dundee Adver-
tiSer
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
The Remarkable Part.

One day some Americans on q visit
to Wales expressed a wish to see a
certain old and historic church. The
incumbent was only too pleased to
show them around, especially as he be-
lieved it would end in a donation being
given to his parochial funds. He is
as proud of the school as he is of
the church and finished up by asking
them in there also and inviting them
to question the scholars.
One of the party accepted the invita-
ton.
Can you tell me, little boy" he said
to one lad, "who George Washington
was?"
"Iss, SURF" said he; she wass a
'Merrycan gen'ral."
"Quite right" said the American.
"And can you tell me what George
Washington was remarkable for?"
"Iss, SURF; he was remarkable COS
e wass 'Merrycan an told the
trewth."
The American didn't question fur
ther.--Cassell's Magazine.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
Tracing the Bullet.

If bullet to be fired by marksman
is coated with fine paste of gun
powder and gum, says the Dundee
Advertiser, and then with a thin COW
ering of some friction powder, the lat
ter, as the bullet passes out of the gun
barrel, will ignite, and in turn set fire
to the gunpowder paste. The bullet
will then leave long stream of smoke
behind 1t, indicating the exact course
it has taken and enabling the marks
man, If necessary, to correct his aim
for his next shot.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
A Beautiful Bull.

The foreman of a grand jury in the
west Of Ireland had been presented
for some public service with a gold
watch, of which he was very proud,
and us he displayed 1t at a dinner Of
the grand jury bets were made by
members us to whose watch was most
accurate. At last some one suggested
that 1t was impossible to decide.
ooh" said the foreman, there's no
difficulty about that! There's a sun
dial in the garden, and we'll take a
lantern and decide the bets that way"
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University of the State
of Florida
Gainesville Florida.

A high-grade institution for young
men, Offering Literary, Scientific, En-
cheering, Agricultural and Pedagog-
ical Courses.
Strong Faculty; we'll equipped lab
oratories; thorough instruction, both
theoretical and practical; careful SUI
pervision and discipline; high moral
tone.
No tuition charges to Florida stu
dents. Other expenses very low.
For catalogue and information, ad-
dress
ANDREW SLEDD,
President.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
THE SMILE

that won't come off, appears on baby's
face after one bottle of Whites Cream
Vermifuge, the great worm medicine.
Why not keep that smile on baby's face
II you keep this medicine on hand, you
will never see anything else but smiles
on his face. Mrs. S.. Blackwell,
Okla, writes:
my baby was peevish aud fretful.
Would not eat and | feared he would
die. used bottle of Whites Cream
Yermifuge and he has not had a sick
day since. Solo. by Stewart
Drug %.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
ALL THE WORLD

knows that Billiards. Snow Liniment
has no superior for Rhematism, Stiff
Joints. Cuts. Sprains, Lumbago and all
pains. Buy it, try it and you will al
ways use it. Any body who has used
Billiards. Snow Liniment is living
proof of what 1t does. All we ask Of
you is to get a trial bottle. Price 25c,
SOC and $1.00. Sold by Ackerman-Stew-
art Drug Co.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
CHEERFULLY RECOMMENDED FOR
RHEUMATISM.

o. G.. Higbee, Danville, Ills. writes,
Dec. 2, 1901: "About two years ago
was laid up for four months with rheu-
matism. L tried Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment; one bottle cured me.
can cheerfully recommend it to all
suffering from like affection 25c, SOC
and $1,O0. Sold by Ackerman-Stewart
Drug Co.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19

WANTED-Orgauizers, either sex,
on salary of $4,000 a month and ex-
penses for an up-to-dat Association,
paying weekly sick and accident
benefits and furnishing free medical
to all its members. Lib
eral contract will be made with pro-
ducers of business. American Sick
y Accident Association, Buffalo,
n. Y. 6-2S-I4t
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State Institutions for Higher Education.
Florida Female College
Tallahassee, Florida.

A College for Women, without
parallel in the South, embracing
College of Liberal Arts, School for
Teachers, School of Industrial Arts,
a school of fine arts. including piano,
pipe organ, violin, voice culture, elo-
cution and Physical Culture.
A Faculty of able specialists in all
departments.
Tuition free. Charges for special
instruction in Fine Arts reduced to a
minimum. New buildings In course
Of construction. Write for catalogue.
A. A. MURPHREE,
President.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
Won't ALWAYS Work

"When in Rome, do as the Romans
do" he quoted.
IF you intend to act upon that
theory throughout life" she returned,
"let us hope that you never will have
occasion to visit an insane asylum for
any purpose"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-19
Diplomatic.

Stranger (watching a big row in a
village inn to the landlord)-Well, they
are all going for each other pretty free
~ except that big fellow He let's
every one hit him and does nothing.
Why is that? I.andIord--Oh, he wants
u he mayor this year. so he doesn't
want to. fall out with any one.-Flie-
gende Batter.