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The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
Florida Winter Bible Con-
ference.

The fourth annual session opens on
February 10th, 1907, and continues
until February oath, in Gainesville,
Florida, to be followed by two
weeks session of the Christian
Workers Institute and two weeks
session of the great Chautauqua AS
sembly.
The increasing attendance upon
these meetings from all parts of the
United States, together with the
added number of famous preachers
to, be present this year, assures by
far the greatest attendance and most
interesting session ever held. At no
conference in America will greater
and more celebrated men be found
on the program. One can well afford
to travel miles to such d conference.
Floridians should take great inter-
est and pride in this conference
which is of national Importance and
of untold benefit to the state. They
should avail themselves of this
splendid opportunity to hear these
world renowned men within their
borders.
have been chosen for the conference
than the beautiful city of Gainesville.
with its wide streets, beautiful oak
trees, pure spring water, splendid
system of schools University of
Florida being also located here). A
most charming place to winter, hos
pitable people, etc. The hotel and
boarding house rates are the most
reasonable in Florida. Among the
speakers who are invited and are eX-
pected to be present during the con-,
ference are among the most noted
ministers and Bible teachers of
America: Bishop Warren A. Gambler
of the M. f. Church, south, of At
lanta. Bishop Gambler has hardly
peer as gospel preacher of pathos
and power; Evangelist George r.
Stuart; DR.. David V. Gwilym, the
eminent Episcopal divine of New
York DR.. Gwilym is one of the
strongest speakers in the country;
DR.. Len G. Broughuon of Atlanta, be
is no stranger to the conference:
Prof. j. r. G. Brown, one of the best
Bible teachers; Prof. r V. Miller,
who delivers charming lectures on
unfulfilled prophecy; DR.. George l..
HanscOm, the brilliant Congrega-
tional preacher; DR.. Clarence B.
Strouse, the director of the confer
ence and one of Americas most sue
cessful evangelists, and number of
others.
The conference is interdenomina-
tional.
Low rates have been granted
Gainesville to the last of April
For further Information write to
Ferdinand Bayer, secretary, Gaines
Vile. Florida
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
ANENT PEONAGE PERSE
CUTIONS

Mrs. Mary Grace Quackenbos, tn
friend for consideration and lega
advisor of the Jewish associations o
the United States, and who is assist
ing the government in prosecuting
the peonage cases against F.
O'Hara of this county, will hersel
face suit for $4,000 damages OF
her return to New York. The &C.
ton is brought by Harry Flesch o.
New York, who basis it on alleged
false Imprisonment, malicious prose
cution, SANDER and assault.
The News reproduces the charges
of Flesch for the reason that they
tend to throw some additional light
on the methods employed to perse-
cute Mr.. O'Hara,
Flesch declared, says the New
York World that at Mrs Quacken Dos
instigation he was arrested on the
charge of kidnapping and killing a
man, cutting his body to pieces and
burning them. He says he was
handcutfed, taken to her office, his
body searched for Identifying marks,
pronounced by her to be the guilty
man and then taken before United
States Commissioner Shields, who,
notwithstanding the enormity of the
charges, was requested by Assistant
United States District Attorney
Houghton to release Flesch on his
own recognizance.
1.-The whole charge was trumped
up affair" said Mr.. Flesch, "to force
me to give testimony against S. S.
Schwartz, the labor bureau man,
who is under indictment on the
peonage charges growing out of the
shipment to Florida of about 100
men. | was formerly clerk in the
Schwartz office at No. lib East First
street, until Mrs. Quackenbos' per-
secution drove him out of business.
cat the time of my arrest, on De-
cember 8th, | was informed that l
had Kidnapped a man at Buffalo
Bluff, Fla, and had murdered him.
LAS | never in my life was in
Buffalo Bluff | was not as badly
scared as they evidently expected l
would be. / was told that if | would
tell them all | knew about the
charges against Mr.. Schwartz |
would be allowed to go. This re-
fused to do, and l was released,
charged to appear on January 4th,
the day the Schwartz case was to
have come up. l did not appear, by
advice of counsel, and I have heard
no more of the matter
"As result of this affair, however,
| was discharged from their employ
by the Southern Immigration Blu
reaa. Whenever 1 attempted to g.
cure employment in New York / was
confronted with the same state CT
affairs"
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
Palatka to Rochelle.

The Leesburg Commercial does not
share in the opinion of certain state
papers that the railroads doing bust
ness in this state should be immune
from adverse criticism for fear of
diverting travel from the west coast
Of Florida during the tourist season.
On the other hand the Commercial
says that ''if railroad officials
haven't the. capacity or enterprise to
provide passengers with the ordinary
comforts of travel it fails to see why
newspaper men should climb tree,
or why tourists should not be taken
squarely into their confidence" AS
an example of tough railroading, the
Commercial cities the trip over the
A. G. L. from Palatka to Rochelle,
of which it says:
sometime ago we travelled from
Palatka to Rochelle. The train was
late on leaving Palatka and time was
made up between those points to
connect at Rochelle with through
train for Leesburg and Tai.pa. We
have never noted the flight or fall of
a sparrow, nor specialized with any
degree OF accuracy upon the speed of
II -meteor, but we will venture to
state that that train was going at
the rate of fifty miles an hour, over
II rough track, swaying from one
side to the other, and the only way
to account for the rescue of the pas
sengers was to become fatalist and
reason it out on that line without de-
lay. AS there were only about a
dozen democrats on that train we
suppose it was of little consequence
to the management whether they.
continued in the flesh or found in
hospitable graves among the pines
that doublebank the road If there
is authority in this State regulating
the speed of passenger trains, either
by statute or III the better under
standing of railroad officials, we
would invite their attention to this
particular piece of track. 1t is said
it is not kept up, nor properly bal
lasted, and little attention is paid to
it; and we believe every word of it.
During that wild ride we thought it
not fit to harbor a log train, after the
fashion of a man who prays hard
during storm at sea and begins to
swear on reaching dry land.
So with tourists, as with natives,
it is a case of pay your money and
take your choice-and chances
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
OLD AND QUAINT.
An Outsiders Impression of
Palatka,

Among the clergymen in attend
ance at the recent Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church south,
was Rev. w. K. Piner, who had
been transferred from one of the
busting conferences of the wild and
woody west to Florida. His intro
duction to the state, its people and
his church associates was here at
Palatka. DR.. Piner was appointed
by Bishop Morrison to the First
Methodist church in Tampa, proba-
bly, the best appointment from fl
nancial standpoint within the gift of
the conference.
In communication to the Florida
Christian Advocate last week DR..
Piner has the following concerning
his impression of Palatka and the
hospitality of its people:
Being but recently come from
other ATTITUDES and conditions, the
town of Palatka seemed, old, quaint,
southern, in air and tone, the whole
atmosphere somewhat hazy and
dreamy. The buildings of the town,
its architecture, the movement of its
citizens on the streets, all appeared
comfortable and satisfied. Business
like the leisurely st. Johns seemed
to seek its own channels along the
lines OF least opposition, while the
people, open-mannered and hospita-
bic, as is the customs of southerners,
the place, the weather. the various
adjustments, all, seemed about ideal
for Ii Methodist conclave. 1t could
not be heard that any had aught
save The best home in town" And,
for one, l say, let it be set down as a
sad day when the entertainment of
our annual Conferences shall be
placed upon the. basis of cash, rather
than upon the basis of hospitality.
The social amenities constitute no
inconsiderable portion of the forces
that go to the development of Chris
tian manhood. Make the conference
smaller if need be, do anything that
require, but do not per-
nit the setting up of a gold or silver
bar to the coming of our preachers
into the homes of the people. Cour-
ageous self-dehial is often the back
ground to hospitality of the sweetest
and cheeriest face. Be it so. For
our preachers and godly laymen Of
ten leave more of sunshine and bles-
sing in a home than can be measured
by the material ministries of that
home. But, a good bed. and good
food, and good cheer in the homes of
Palatka that week, were an unstint-
ed blessing.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

The News congratulates its ener.
getiC neighbor, the st. Augustine
Record, on its fine business showing
under the able direction of its editor
and manager Harry L. Brown. The
Record last week had an even JOG
employees on its pay roll, and the ag-
gregate of its weekly pay sheet was
$l,O55. This of course, included car
rler boys, pOrters and many other
low salaried employees, but the aver
age salary paid, considering all
grades, makes a fine showing. Inits
binderv are employed IS men and
girls, II printers are employed in its
composing room and there are IL
perssmen. The Record Company is
II growing concern and credit to St.
Augustine and the entire south.
Manager Brown promises to make a
much better showing next year, and
he'll do it too, if he lives-and his
healthy, robust manhood gives every
promise of that.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
Is NEW YORK PROGRESSIVE

There are nearly five million people il
the Greater City Of New York less thar
two million 20 years ago.
Then it took an hour for a street cal
to go to 59th Street now s minutes
through the subway.
Now more painting is done with one
gallon of the L. q NJ. than with two
gallons Of ordinary mixed paint.
Besides the L. d NJ. Zinc hardens the
L. d M. White Lead and makes the
l.. ~ NJ. Paint wear like iron for 10 to Is
years.
4 gallons L. u NJ. mixed with gallons
Linseed OIL will paint moderate sized
house.
Actual cost L. y NJ. about Sl.2O per
gallon.
L. q NJ .ade for third of a cen
tnry.
Sold by Kennerly Hardware Company,
Palatka, Fla
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
LIKE FINDING MONEY"

Few events in news, or in fiction
take such hold upon the human
mind as does the finding of bidder
treasure.
The mythical pot of gold at tn,
end of the rainbow, which fires the
zest of youth, symbolizes our dream.
ings all through life of getting g
great fortune through luck.
There is no superstition so firmly
intrenched as that of luck 1t is
the idler who dreams most of lucky
find of treasure hidden from other
eyes. But the idler has only his
dreams. The, man who really has
''luck" is he who industriously reaps
it from the carefully titled soil
But for buried treasure much OF
the worlds most fascinating ro-
nance would be dead. There is no
romance in dull plodding for a for
tune. But in the sudden finding of
it in shining heaps romance makes
its nearest approach to the hard and
practical.
A year or two ago, according to an
uncontradicted report, two men dug
up a big pot of gold on an island in
Lake Michigan.
1t was stated by some that the
gold was stolen from Chicago at the
time of the big fire. 1t was also re-
ported to be Spanish gold. But that
was mere detail. The burying of the
gold was of minor importance.
Poets and romancers have united in
creating the impression that the
burying of treasure used to be the
commOnest of incidents. 1t is the
finding of it which alone is rare and
interesting.
1t is well known that the Atlantic
coast and the shores of the Gulf of
Mexico are, figuratively speaking,
gold-plated with piratical treasures.
That there We're pirates in the old
days as thick as politicians are now
issas indisputable as that there were
signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence. That it was their invari-
able practice, when their ships be-
came overloaded with gold, to bury
it somewhere on shore is likewise
undOubted.
Strange to say, there are no rec
ords, or even rumOrs, of a pirate ever
taking up his buried treasure. He
was ever so busily engaged in load
ing his ships with gold and burying
it that he had no time to dig it up
again.
The pleasant pastime of taking up
the treasure has fallen to following
generations.
The phrase like finding money"
is one of the most familiar in our
popular speech. This shows how
humdrum twentieth century society
is permeated by the seductive notion
of treasure trove.
But hardly anybody does find
money. When one does it is usually
a dime or a nickel in the gutter.
The phrase goes into homely Ian
guage because people are thinking
about finding money, not because
they are actually finding it.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

Que Swettenham, who happens to
be the governor of Jamaica, has
been so discourteOus to Rear Ad-
miral Davis of the United States
Navy that the admiral has been
obliged to withdraw from the island.
Admiral Davis rushed to the relief
of Kingston Immediately after the
earthquake disaster last week and
was the first to offer substantial aid to
the wounded, needy and dying peo-
pie. American surgeons manned the
hospitals, and American sailors pre-
served from looting and prevented
an outbreak in the peniten iary.
They rescued the dying, fed the
starving and buried the dead. They
were first on the ground, giving
prompt, intelligent relief in the
quick-acting American way. That
the governor should prove himself
cad will not surprise Americans at
ali familiar with British officialism.
At Kingston on all sides there is in
dignation at the discOurtesy of SWEET
tenham, whom it is universally con-
coded has made an ass of himself
and greatly hampered the work of
restoration. Because of discourteous |
treatment Rear Admiral Davis has
his squadron from the
Island and returned to Cuba.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
Homemade Catarrh Cure.

ANY one can mix right at home the
best remedy of its kind known. The
name Cyclone" is given to tho follow
ing prescription, it is supposed, because
OF its promptness in driving from the
blood and system every vestige of
catarrhal poison, relieving this foul and
dread disease, no matter where located
To prepare this mixture Get from any
good pharmacy one-half ounce Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one ounce Compound
Kargon and three ounces Compound
Syrup Sarsaparilla. Shake well and use
in teaspoonful doses after each meal
and at bedtime.
This is a harmless, inexpensive mix
ture, which has peculiar action upon
the eliminative tissues of the Kidneys,
assisting them to filter and strain from
the blood and system all catarrhal pois-
ons, which, if not eradicated, are alb
sorbed by the mucous membrane, and
an opensore or catarrh is the result.
Prepare some and try it, as it is the
prescription of an eminent catarrh spec
ialtst of national reputation.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

Notice of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section s Of Chapter 1888 Laws
of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that Archy
Moody, purchaser of tax certificate
No. 1903, dated the 4th day of July.
A. D., 1904, has filed said certificate
in my office, and has made applica-
ton for tax deed to issue in accordance
with law. Said certificate embraces the
following described property situated in
Putnam county, florida, to-wit:
Begin 720 it from Sc cor. of Sec ID, T,
10, r. 26, east and run N. $50 IT,, w
800 it,, S. $50 it. and E. $3.50 #. to begin
ming, being TART of sci of sci of section
10, township TO- range 26--5 acres
The said land being assessed at the
date Of the issuance of such certificate
in the name of Unknown. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed ac-
cording to law, tax deed will issue there
on on the 23rd day of February, A. D.,
1907
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 10th day Of JanuaryA. D., 1907.
Seal JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk circuit court Putnam County. Fla.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

The Baptist State Convention in
session at Live Oak last week, just
did eXtricate itself from an impend-
ing free-for-all-scrap over the John
B. Stetson University matter by a
timely call to prayer. The fighting
parson" has been before the public a
long time, but there is one thing that
even this versatile gentleman can
not do-he cannot fight and pray at
the same time, and professional eti-
quette requires that he must always
abandon the ring or other strenuous
occupation at the call to prayer.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
Beware of Ointments for CatarrE
that Contain Mercury,

mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and implicitly derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces
Such articles should never be used except on
prescription from reputable Ihvsic,ans, as the
.dama2e they viii do is fenfold to the good on
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catari Ii
Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney 4 Co.,
Toledo, o., coatains no mercury, and T. taken
internally, g Ing directly upon the blood and
mucous edrfaces OF the system. In buying
Halls Gatarrh cure be sure you get the genu.
inc. It is taken internally and made in Toledo,
o., by f. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
Neot uN 1onacco IMPROVES ii Nike E0ustiN6
NmuvOyes GxeeM Coffee. Ne0A OsvsAups me
Stimulating ASonNa aNA XosSe touMa
W. sCNMapps Tohocco
0Ma Coffee

tobacco, grown in the famous Pied
mont region, requires and takes less
sweetening than tobacco grown in
any other section of the United States
and has wholesome, stimulating.
Juicy, full tobacco taste that satisfies
tobacco hunger. That's why chewers
prefer Schnapps,z because Schnapps
cheers more than any other chewing
tobacco, and that's why chewers Of
Schnapps pass the good thing along
-one chewer, makes other chewers
until the fact is established that
there are more chewers and more
pounds of tobacco chewed to the
population in states where Schnapps
tobacco is sold than there are in
those states where Schnapps has not
vet been offered to the trade.
A Ioc. plug of Schnapps is more
economical than a much larger 1oc.
plug of cheap tobacco. Sold at soc.
per pound in sc. cuts. Strictly 10
and IS cent plugs.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

Three ways are used by farmers
for curing and preparing their to-
bacco for the market; namely sun
cured, air cured and Aue cured.
The old and cheap way is called air
cured; the later discovery and I'M
proved way is called Aue cured.
In fue curing the tobacco is taken
from the fields and racked in barns
especially built to retain heat and
there subjected to continuous high
temperature, produced by the direct
heat of fame heated 1ues, which
brings out in the tobacco that
stimulating taste and aroma that
expert roasting develops in green
coffee. These similar processes give
to both tobaccoand coffee the cheer
ing and stimulating quality that pop
ularizes their use.
The quality of tobacco depends
much on the curing process and the
kind of soil that produces it, as eX-
pert tests prove that this Aue cured
~ X
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

Congressman Lamar has announc.
ed that he will not be a candidate
for the Senate against Senator NAL.
lory, who has already announced his
candidacy. There is no doubt but
that Mr.. Lamar is anxious to enter
the Senate, and the fact that he will
not be candidate next year against
Mallory can be credited to the popu-
larity of the latter gentlemen in west
and middle Florida. Lamar may
not be much of a statesman, but he
is politician.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

The DeSoto County News of Ar
cadia came to us last week in new
and modern dress and with a new
editor. The dress is of the linotype
style and the editor is w. b. Hare,
formerly uperintendent of the Deaf
and Blind Institute, who will add
tone and ability to the newspaper
profession of Florida. We welcome
Mr. Hare and his DeSoto County
News and predict for both instant
and constant success.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
IMPERFECT Digestion

Means less nutrition and in consC.
quence less vitality. When the liver
fails to secrete bile, the blood becomes
loaded with bilious properties, the di-
gestiOn becomes impaired and the bow
els constipated. Herbine will rectify
this; it gives tone to the stomach, liver
and kidneys, strengthens the appetite,
clears and improves the complexion. in
fuses new life and vigor to the whole
system. 30 cents a bottle. Sold by
Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

S. H. Mumford late of Snow Hill
Md, has acquired an interest in the
st. Petersburg Independent, of which
Willis B. Powell is the energetic ed
itor. Mr.. Mumford is himself a
newspaper man of ability and the
twain should give an upward shove
to st. Petersburg that will result in
mutual interest.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25
Both Satisfied.

Il should like to break it off, but l
can't bear to give up this diamond
ring"
Then WHY don't you tell him so?
He told me he'd be willing to lose the
ring if he could get out of the engage
ment." -Sketchy Bits.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

Hubby-My pet, you will pardon me,
but aren't these griddle cakes little
burned? WHEY almost in tears)-Oh,
Tom, and tried to make them so pref
ty for you with that pyrograph set you
gave me!-Boston Transcript.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

Professional Humorist - Wit should
never seem forced. Now, never try
to be funny. His Vis-a-vls-Oh, but
you should, Mr. Woodshine! One nev-
er knows what one can do till one tries.
Puck.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
1t is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century ;
discovered afteryears
of scientific research
by DR.. Kilmer, the.
eminent kidney and
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

Let me tell you that every misery Z
miss is new blessing.-Walton.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

Building character is far more impor-
tant than building castles.-Tamarao
Times.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-01-25

bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, cakarrh of the bladder and
Brights Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-ROOt is not rec
commended for everything but if you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy you need. 1t has
been tested i'll so many ways, i'll hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful i'll every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have sample
bottle sent free by mail, alsoa book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
fndout if you have kidney or bladder trou-
bic. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to DR.. Kilmer ESFS-
& Co., Binghamton, klilsf H.
N. Y. The regular III ~
ffty-cent and one saEA E4 lslsssE.ftsee
dollar size bottles are Home of swampROOt
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N. ", ON
every bottle.