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The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
POMONA NEWS.

Mrs. G. L. Smith is visiting her son
at Lemon City on the east coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Perry have re-
turned from Morristown, Tenn,
where they have been since June.
They are cordially welcomed here
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Middleton were
in Palatka Friday, and witnessed the
enjoyable production of 1.-THE Tour
lists" at the theater in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Platt of Satsu-
ma, spent Sunday with relatives in
town.
Mrs. O. S. Hendricks has returned
from the summer spent in New Eng
land. Her son, Calvin M. Webb, of
Boston, accompanied her and will
pass the winter here. Mr.. Webb is
an old Pomona boy, and has net been
home since leaving seven years ago,
and the young people are glad to
welcome him.
The V. |. A. ladies are preparing a
short entertainment for Thanksgiv-
ing evening. There will be comedy
entitled THE Champion of Her Sex"
and other features to make up
pleasant evening.
Miss Edith l.. Krook is back again
from Tennessee, where she has spent
a most enjoyable vacation of
On the way home Miss
Krook was in company with Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry, and all spent several
days in the beautiful city of Ashe-
vile, N. G.
Mrs. N. f. Piplar gave party Sat-
urday night in honor of the birthday
of her son, Charles. The pleasant
home was crowded with guests for
which pleasing entertainment in the
way of music and games had been
provided by her assistant hostess,
Miss Stella Smith. The prizes, which
were boxes of chocolates for the two
guessing contests, were won by Miss
Francis Mobley and Miss Emma
WEIGH. Later in the evening the
guests were served with delicious ice
cream and cake. All departed after
wishing the young host many happy
returns and thanking Mrs. Piplar for
a most charming evening.
Mrs. MCDOWELL arrived Sunday
and with Rev, MCDOWELL, who came
two weeks ago, is for the present
boarding at w. S. Middleton's, until
a house can be secured.
Miss Harriet Jetfries is entertain
ing her sister, Mrs. Arson of Lake
City,
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
The Smells We're Bitina,

John Quincy Adams of Massachu-
sets, third of that name, was very
fond of fishing and not especially fond
Of his legal profession. One day, the
story runs, a case in which he was
counsel was down for trial in a Mas
sachusetts court. Mr.. Adams did not
make his appearance, but sent a letter
to the judge. That worthy gentleman
read it and then postponed the case
with the announcement:
"Mr. Adams is detained on impor-
tant business"
1t was afterward learned by a col
league Of Adams that the letter read
as follows:
Dear Judge-For the sake of old
Izaak Walton, please continue my case
till Friday. The smelts are biting, and
/ can't leave"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
crescent City News

Mr.. William P. Allen and Miss
Rosa M. Holley of Welaka were mar.
rled at the home of the BRIDES moth
er last Sunday. The young people
nave gone to housekeeping in the
nome recently purchased by Mr.. AL
len north of the town-the old It. N,
8autier place. The young couple
nave the best wishes of large circle
OF friends for long and happy life.
+. 5. Cone went over to st. Angus
tine ON Monday and returned the fol-
lowing day with his daughter, Miss
Ihez Gone, who has fully recovered
from the effects of an operation at
the hospital in that city. All Ores
cent City is gratifled at the news of
the success of Miss Cones trip and
to know that she has now the pros
poets of life of health.
VIII M. Miller has leased the Gil
bert cottage of Mr.. Kinard and as
soon as Mrs. Miller returns from the
north will move in. Mrs. Miller ex-
poets to return in few days, and
with her will be her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. E. Cook, who will re-
main here for the winter. Mrs. Mil
Ter has been with her mother during
the past two months or more while
she was seriously ill in hospital at
Milwaukee.
w. f. Glynn of Boston is spending
a couple of weeks at Grove Hall and
arrangements for the ship
ment of fruit from his 20 acre grove
In the DeWolf neIghborhood. Mr..
flynn is connected with a Boston
trust company and is unable to Sc
cure long vacation this year, much
to the regret of his Crescent City
friends. He is accompanied by his
friend, Mr.. Thos. Young, also of Bos-
ton. Mr.. Glynn has been coming to
Crescent City since 1881, and is one
1t the original coterie of northern
gentlemen to engage in orange cul-
jure in this section. There should
therefore be no surprise that he is |
handling morey and stocks for liv-
ng in Boston at this time. If people |
will only stay here a sufficient length |
VI time, the orange business will |
either make 'em or break 'em.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
Boiiina Il Down.

II should like to manage this paper
for about six months" said the new
reporter Of country paper. '"The
present editor doesn't know his bust
ness"
whats the matterT' he was asked.
"Why, last night / was told off to re-
port FIRE in Broad street, and l wrote
it up in grand style, making a half
column article of it. I began it in
this way:
Suddenly on the still night air
rang the shrill cry of fire, and at the
same moment the little licking tongues
of flame, whose light, playing along
the roofs edge, caught the eye of the
midnight watcher, leaped forth, no Ion
ger playful, but fierce and angry in
their thirst and greed Like glowing,
snaky demons, the lurid links entwined
the doomed building. In venomous
Kisses and spurts the flames shot into
the overhanging darkness, while from
every window and door poured forth
a dense sulphurous smoke, the deadly
suffocating breath of an imprisoned
fend.'
Il went on in that style for over half
a column" said the new reporter, "and
this is what appeared in the paper this
morning:
"A fire broke out in Broad street
last night, but was quickly suppress
ed Do you call that journalism? '-
London Standard.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
The Bees Feet.

Naturalists say that the feet of the
common working bee exhibit the curl
Gus combination of basket, brush
and pair of Einchers. The brush, the
hairs of which are arranged in SYM
metrical rows, is seen only with high
grade microscope. With this brush of
fairy deIicacy the bee brushes its vel
vet robe TO remove the pollen dust with
which it becomes loaded while suck
ing up the nectar of flowers. Another
delicate apparatus is the spoon shaped
appendage that receives the gleanings
that the bee wishes to carry to the
hive. Finally, by opening the brush
and the basket by means of neat lit
tie hinge, tie two become a pair of
pinchcrs, which render important sery-
Ice in constructing the cells for the
reception Of the honey.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
LETTER TO ROBT. WRIGHT,
Palatka, Fla,

Dear Sir: Tell the owner: II paint
Devoe, nothing else, unless you want
me to paint something else: I'll
paint whatever you like, it's your
house, not mine; your job, not mine /:
It's mine if do it my way it's yours
if do it your way.
1T will cost you less, Devoe; less
gallons to buy and brush-on; less
money for paint, less money for wag-
es; a gallon put-on is about So: Devoe
will cost less by tenth to a half, ac-
cording to what you compare it with :;
and wears better, how much better
depends on what You compare it
with-it may be year, it may be
ten.
"It is my business to know how to
paint as well as to paint; and I do.
You can see my jobs by the Dozen"
That's straight talk. The man who
can talk like that with a steady eye,
will have plenty of business; good
business, too; and men will stand by
him. Yours truly
81 f w DEVOE q co
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
LEGAL Absurdities.

Some absurd clauses have found
their way into certain acts of the Brit
ish parliament. One statute enacted
punishment of fourteen years trans
portation for a certain offense, "and
upon conviction one half thereof should
go to the king and the other half to
the informer." Then there is an act
of parliament for the rebuilding of
Chelmsford prison which stipulated in
one clause that the prisoners should
be confined in the old prison until the
new one was built and in another-an
amending-clause that the new prison
should be constructed out Of the ma
terial of the old one.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
A Tired Woman's Epitaph.

"Here lies poor woman who always
was tired,
Who lived in house whore help
was not hired,
Her last words on earth were: Dear
friends j am going
Where washing amt done. nor
sweeping, nor sewing,
But everything there is exact to my
wishes,
For there they don't eat, and there's
no washing of dishes,
I'll be where loud anthems will al
ways be ringing,
But having no voice, I'll get clear of
the singing.
Don't mourn for me now, don't mourn
for me never,
Pm going to do nothing forever and
ever"
Salnntad
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
ALWAYS WAS SICK

When man says he always was sick
troubled with cough that lasted all
winter-what would you think IL he
should say-he never was sick since use
ing Billiards. Horehound Syrup Such
a man exists Mr.. j. q. Clark, Denver
troubled W tn severe cough that would
last all winter. This cough left me 10 a
miserable condition tried Billiards.
Horehound Syrup and have not had a
sick day since. That's what it did for
ma" Sold by Aekerman-stewart Drug Co.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
The Owe Sheridans,

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan,
the great Irishman, was all his life
long in dire straits for money, and
when he died in 1916 the bailiffs were
actually in possession of his house.
Sheridan's forbears had been O'Sher-
idans.
why" asked on one occasion his
little son-"why have we not the o. as
well as they?"
"Ieaven only knows" was the IA
TIERS reply. eve ought to have it, for
we owe everybody"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
"Packira OF Of Widows"

Some curious customs in the way of
pastimes prevail in Korea. Among the
farming classes there is one known as
the packing of of widows" This
meHns raid on a certain village
known to contain young widow. A
Whoever, accompanied by friends, en-
tiers the village, carries of the woman
in question and marries her.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
ExpletiVes.

How hopeless it is to render one ma
TONS expletives in another language
is curlously illustrated in an English
German and German-English diction,
airy, where "Donnerwetter" is translat-
ed "Zounds!' while "Zoundsw on the
other hand, is rendered in the English
German part by "Potztausendw and
"Sapperment!' "Potztausendw again
Is translated "The deucew and Good
gracious!"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
Crescent City Transfer Co.,
meets all trains at Crescent City juno
'loh' Night trains by appointment.
s. NJ. LABREE. Manager.
timber Land, Act of June 8, 1878
Notice for Publication.


NitGotice is hereby given that I'm compliance
of I'M my provisions of the Act of Congress
Of fin rne ., ISIS entitled can act for the sale
Sre d,noer lands in the States OF California,
tory 81, Nevada, and Washington Terri
StaIto,s Us extended to all the Public Land
R eveIss ny actof August 4, 1892, William X.
FloriTo, OF McRae, County of CLAY, state of
sworn 's IT, mas this day filed in this office his
of fba ,,j Stement, No. 74i, for the purchase
Ma S5 W. w OF nwl4 and VIZ of swA OF Section
and VIII N Il township No. s, s, Range No. "a f.,
soupStt ouer proof to show that the land
stopHa h H., Is more valuable for It's timber or
establiisiba 4 Tor agricultural purposes, and to
Of tho ~, i ms claim to said land before Clerk
Satnrdn ultcuiI Court at Palatka, Fla, on
He e may, the Both day OF Hovamber, 1907.
Grandi,, us ts, as witnesses: A. NJ. Padgett of
Fla NJ u, + "a, >. II. Timmons OF Grnndin,
Gown, ~ nundy of Grandin, Fla, Il. X.
the aborou an persons claiming adversely
file tbeirre described lands are requested to
said sOtb SSlalns IN this Office on or before
H uaS OF November, 1907,
HENRY s. 0HUBB, Register.
q-l1-ot
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
He Didn't Put It Off.

"Graciousw exclaimed Mr. Staylate.
"It's nearly midnight. 1 should be 60
ing pretty soon, suppose"
YES" replied Miss Patience Come,
you know the old saying Never put
off till tomorrow what you can do to-
day "-Philadelphia Press.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
Only One of a Kind.

"Why do you think he is such a re-
markable man"
Hes the only one 1 ever knew who
had nerve enough to make the re-
sponses in the marriage service loud
enough so that any one could hear
him. "-Chicago Post.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
LAKE COMO.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bond, who have
been the guests of Mr., and Mrs.
Claude Monjar, have returned to
their home at Harrodsbufg, Ky.
They made many friends while here,
who were sorry to have them leave.
They were accompanied by their
neice, Miss Cleo Monjar who, will
attend school at that place. Miss
Cleo is very charming and popular
young lady and will be greatly miss
ed in Como and the surrounding viii
lagos.
Horace Prior of Jacksonville is at
his home here, attending to the ship
ment of his orange crop.
W. l.. Gable shipped 40 boxes of
the finest grapefruit, last week,
from his home grove.
A number of Comedies spent a very
pleasant evening recently with Mr.
and Mrs. d. r. Dusenbtrry at "All
View" cottage. There We're recita-
tinns, and music by the graphaphone
cake and fruit punch were served.
After IL delightful time, moonlight
ride was INDUCED in.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Monjar, Per-
CIV Monjar, Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Sulli-
van attended the birthday party for
Mr. Charles Piplar of Pomona. A
most enjoyable evening was spent,
games were played-and music and
dancing whiled away the hours.
Delicious refreshments of ice-cream
and cake were served. Mr.. Piplar is
n yarv nonular VOunp man in Pomona
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
Stationary Waltzind.

"You let him hug you in the con-
servatory."
81 did not. made him remove his
arm every time the music in the ball.
room stopped" - Louisville Courier
Journal
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
A Comparison,

Mrs Johnston lover the tub)-Doan
All mex yo' a good livin', Henry Clay
Johnston? Mr.. Johnston-Topble, chile
--tol'ble. But yo' sh'd have seen de
way nah mothah suppohted nah IA
thah!-Puck.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01

Blanche-The most difficult thing Is
to make up ones mind what to take
and what to leave behind. Henriette-
oh, / don't think so. l take all my
frocks and leave my husband.-Rire.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
An Incident of War.

In the midst of a battle General Full
Ter was trying to check the flight of
panic stricken men. One poor fellow
came stumbling along, not needing Il
word that was said to him. Indignant
and impatient, Fuller, as he came near
this man, leaned from his horse and,
touching him with his sword, said
sharply, go back, sir?' The man
looked up with an expression of an
guish and despair on his face that said
as plainly as words, II am looking for
a place to die" He opened his blouse
and showed big, gaping wound in his
breast Then he dropped to the
ground The general instantly dis
mounted, but almost as he raised the
mans head to his arm the poor fellow
brcathed his last.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01

For mild, easy action of the bow"
els, single dose Of Doans Regulets
is enough. Treatment cures habitual
constipation. 20 cents box. Ask
your druggist for them,
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01

Cows wearing smoked glass spec
tacles may be seen in the interior of
Russia, where great tracts of country
are covered with snow six months Of
the year The cows unless protected
become afflicted with snow blindness
while looking for fine grass under the
melting snow.
Lady (age seven)-How much is that,
please? Stakeholder, at booth of church
fair Gage nine)-How much has your
mother given you to spend Punch.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01

The champion living skeleton was
Claude Seurat, who died in 1910.
Though he was 5 feet 8 inches, he
weighed only forty-six pounds.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01

why your baby Should be thin, and fret
full during the night. Worms are the
cause of thin, sickly babies. 1t is natur-
al that a healthy baby should be fat aad
sleep we'll. II your baby does not retain
it's food, don't experiment with collie
cures and other medicine, but try bot
tie Of Whites Cream Yermifuse, aud
you will soon see vour baby have color
and laugh as 1t should For sale by
Acknowledgement Drug Co
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01

Nothing except 1t be a battle lost can
be half so melancholy as battle won.
Wellington.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01
Weather Report.

ng October 25th, 1907: "0'A eiu-
Max. Min
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-11-01

f. D. WILLIAMS. Observer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29
Free For All Fight.

Lexington, Ky-News has just been
received here Of a free-for-all fight
near the Knox county fair grounds at
Barboursville, in which two men were
fatally shot and three other men and
one woman, badly wounded.
Constable L. R. Campbell, who sought
to quell the disturbance, was shot
dead.
Edward Smith received several
wounds from which he died a few
hours later.
John Warren is seriously hurt and
may die.
Ralph Tuggle, policeman is in a
serious coalition as a result Of pistol
balls wounds.
Warren s mother, with a babe at
her breast was shot through the arm,
and the member was amputated.
The only arrest is that Of John
Bailey, who is charged with having
fired the bullet that killed Constable
Campbell. All Of the fighters who
escaped unframed have fed into the
country
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29

There was decrease Of 683 trials
of officers and men Of the army by
courts-martial for the fiscal year end
ing June 80 last, as compared with
the previous year, according to the
report of Major Porter, the acting
judge advocate of the army. Thirty
four officers were tried by courts-mar-
tial and nine were acquitted. Last
year four officers were dismissed from
the service, as compared with four
teen during the previous year. The
enlisted men tried was 1879,
and 3O5 were acquitted. The total
Of officers and men tried was
1913. Among the enlisted men 1,101
were tried for deserving, 1872 on the
charge of absence without leave, 223
for drunkenness, 258 for larceny, 241
for disobedience to non-commissioned
and I'll for disobeying supe-
rior officers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29
May Come On To Gulf.

President Roosevelt's trip down the
Mississippi river will begin at Keo.
kuk, Ia, Oct. /, In the party will be
Representative Burton, Senator New
lands of Nevada, Senator Warner of
Missouri, Senator Bankhead Of Ala
bama, Gen Mackenzie, Herbert Knox
Smith, Clifford Pinchot, F. HI. Newell
and w. j. MCGEE, who will start from
st. Paul.
The president will make the jour-
ney with the River Commission on
joint invitations of Governors of eight
states touched by the Mississippi.
Where he will stop has not been ar
ranged, but it is expected he will
make landing long enough for a re-
ception and address at st. Louis. He
may decided to go right through to
the Gulf.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29
PENNSYLVANIA
GRAFT SCANDAL
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
PROMISED.
MANIPULATION OF FUNDS
INDUCED In By High Officials Says
maker, former Superintendent of Pb-
To Cover Shortage In State Treas
ury.

Johnstown, Pa.-James M. Shu-
lie Buildings and Grounds. at Har-
lie Buildings and and Grounds at Har
risburg, who is implicated by the re-
port of the Capitol Investigation Com
mission, has declared that he will
make full confenssion of all he
knows in connection with the Capitol
scandal. He claims that manipulation
of funds was engineered by high
official Of the State Treasury. Shu-
macker lives at Johnstown and when
he was subpoenaed to appear before
the Capitol Investigation Commission
to tell what he knew, pleaded illness
and remained secluded in his house.
Now he is apparently ready to divulge
important secrets when the trial be-
gins in September.
Shumaker's statement given out
by one of his closest personal and po-
litical friends, is as follows:
II am going on the witness stand
to tell everything. I will not keep
back single secret, and when I get
through / will show, that man high
in official life at Harrisburg ought to
go to the penitentiary. 81
81 have committed no wrong. The
probers may be after me, but l will go
after the man they are protecting. I
will not spare him. I am going to
tell everything I know. l do not pro-
pose to suffer for the sins of scoun-
drel who knew the colossal graft, but
refused to stop it, as | urged.
81 know what the graft was for;
that it was to cover treasury short
age and save the name Of a former
United States Senator from Pennsyl-
yania, now dead. / am anxious to go
on the stand, and the. sooner the bet
ter for me.
81 want to get myself right before
the people, for, so help me God, I am
an Innocent man,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29
Conditions in the South.

L. M. Pool of the Hibernia Bank
and Trust Company of New Orleans
spent a few hours In Washington
stopping off enroute to the James
town Exposition. During the past
ten days Mr.. Pool has been visiting
banking Institutions in various parts
Of the country.
"The financial condition of the
South is healthy at this. time" said
the New Orleans visitor. EVERY
thing is moving forward in a salts
factory, conservative manner. OF
Course the South needs money, but
it does not need it as badly as some
other sections Of the country, and
there is nothing in the general situa-
ton that warrants the least worry
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29
Travel a Good Thing.

Extensive travel is a good thing
for cabinet officer: It is naturally
beneficial to him and the people of
the localities in which he travels, be
cause it enables him to get in intimate
touch with local conditions and the
problems with which he has to DEAL"
said Secretary Taft before leaving
here to begin his long journey across
the Pacific, to the Philippines and ia
pan, through Siberia and Europe and
home again, across the Atlantic, reach
ing Washington about Dec. 10.
Mr.. Taft objected to any popular
belief that he is the only travelling
member Of the Presidents cabinet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29
Rural Free Delivery.

The report of the rural delivery
service for the month of August shows
that the postoffice department has re-
ceived 54,734 petitions for the estab-
lishment of the service. On these pc
titions 1898 adverse reports have
been made, while there were in opera.
ton on July 80, 37,730.
On the first day OF August the num-
Der was increased to 1887. There
have been 500 routes discontinued for
various reasons.
The rural carrier service is now CIV
ing employment to 7,735 carriers, the
maximum pay received by the carriers
being 5000 per annum.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29
QUEER SUIT FOR DAMAGES

st. Louis. Because he was Tilted
suit has been entered against the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and ST.
Louis Railroad by Chester Coppeck
who wants 5000 damages. He alleges
that on an excursion to Hamilton he
was puRed out Of his seat BY an EN-
ploye and roughly treated. He was
accompanied by the woman to- whom
he was then engaged, and she was 50
angry because he did not resent thf
indigniy that she Tilted him.