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The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
Sligo Myers Ldment-

Sligo Myers, a Savannah whiskey
dealer, is stepped in gloom because
of the passage of the Georgia prohi-
bition law, and, penetrating the flu
ture with prophetic eye, he sees mul-
tifOrm disaster lying in wait for the
reckless and misguided common
wealth. The spirit of heroic ancient
knighthOOd is upon Sligo, and an
swering the proud challenge of Seab
Wright, the Roman, whose perni-
cious activity is largely responsible
for the decline and fall of the whis-
key empire in Georgia, he sternly
announces his purpose to enter upon
crusade for the renaissance of
booze in that old commonwealth,
and devote. the rest of his life, if
necessary, to the noble work. Cheer
up, Sligo, old boy! When "the Yam
KEGS sot the niggers free'sa good
many thoroughly honest old parties
who had large vested interests in
that kind of property thought that
the era of total depravity had surely
arrived and that constitutional GOV
eminent and human rights had
struck a fatal snag in this country.
but you see how it is yourself at
these presents in the light of suisse
quent events. And so with the
liquor traffic. You are naturally
submerged in rayless gloom Just
now because a business highly pro-
fitable to your private eXchequer,
but imposing an intolerable burden
upon the community at large. has
been summarily put out of commits
sion by the divine will of the MAORI
tY. But sObriety, either voluntary
or enforced, never yet hurt any peo-
pie, and is seriously suspected of
even being Contributory to law and
order and peace and thrift and ener-
gy and happier homes and general
decency and a consequent higher
level of prosperity in all ranks and
classes. So let us hope that there is
a silver lining to this black cloud |
which now envelops Sligo and his |
ilk-a hidden compensation for this |
catastrophe that is to make such a |
sickening, crashing sound among the |
jugs and bottles up in Georgia aud to |
shut off the flow of so much fOaming |
beer and good red Ticker full of moth |
ing more harmful than poverty and |
crime, and hellfire and damnation |
here on earth, if not hereafter. The |
majestic march of evolution from |
primal chaos to this good hour has |
been ordered and supervised in its |
minutest details by the providence |
of God, and We take it that He was |
not looking the other way when the |
legislature of Georgia in its sover- !
eign right voted out the liquor traffic. |
Live Oak DemOrr1t
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.

Whenever a local option election
is on in any of the counties Of this
state the liquor interests make it q
point to furnish the people with lit.
erature showing the failure of pro-
hibitory laws wherever they have
been tried.
But here are some official statistics
from Kansas, a prohibition state.
That they are reliable there can he
no doubt as they were taken from
the message of Gov Hoch of that
state. He says:
Thou shalt not is the proper at
titude of Government toward every
recognized evil. That the saloon is
an evil is now almost universally
recognized. No human interest is
sacred to it; it voluntarily obevs no
law. The Fourth of July appeals
not to its patriotism for it has none
Ii debauches childhood, in defiance
Of law 1t is everywhere and always
an anarchist.
Wrong alone is ineXpedient. u
timately some means can always be
found to make any right thing prac-
ticable. Relatively rand everything
is relative in this world the prohihi-
tory policy has been a great success,
in this state. 1t has been great
benefit educationally, morally and
financially to the people Viewing
1t from lower plane, its economic
side, | believe it is equally worthy OF
Endorsement Our urr caDita vvaeItb n
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
Prevdtt Predicts Prohibition

The wholesale whiskey houses Of
savannah, Atlanta, Augusta, Macon
and Columbus caused a prohibition
law to be enacted in Georgia by theiI
constant and persistent efforts to get
the drug trade of the dry counties of
that State. The people get tired of
it, after having driven the saloons
from their counties. Such methods
as this by the whiskey houses of
this State will help to make Florida
a prohibition state. You will see the
next legislature passing resolution
submitting an amendment to the
constitution to the people to be
voted on giving the legislature the
power to make Florida IA prohibition
state. Our constitution must be-
repeating the local option
law, before any prohibition law can
be passed. Thirty-seven of the for
tY-tive counties of the state are now
dry. Nolusia County Record.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance
to an order made by the Board OF County
Commissioners in and for Putnam County,
Florida, at Palatka In said County ana
State, on the 18th day of August, A. d., 1910,
an election will be held in Putnam County,
Florida, on the
3Oth DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. d., 1907,
to decide whether the sale of Intoxicating
Liquors, Wines or Beer shall be prompted
in said County. And the following named
persons were, by said Board, appointed IN
spectors and Clerks of election respectively.
to hold and conduct said election in the
s9yeral Precincts in said County, to-W1t;
For District No. !.
Fred Anderson. w. G. Norton. j. w. Cowl-
es, and @. l.. Chamberlin, clerk.
For District No.2.
J.F. Warn. f. NJ. Angler, q. j. Tucker, and
s. r. Causey, clerk.
For District Nos.
E. B. Wright, II. s. Cove, James Gale, Jr.,
and j. Nc. n. Bard, clerk
For District No. 4.
Fl. H. Bryant, W. NJ. Williams, L. ]. Nc
Leod and A. o. Hiscock, clerk.
For District No. 3.
d. L. Dusenberry, w. L. Palmer, John
Rafferty,, and b. b. Raybon, clerk.
For District No. e.
Q. q. Middleton, ]. P. Bessent, T. \. Hart,
and w. f. Hobbs, clerk.
For District No. 7.
II. A. Ring, G. W. Chalfnch. G. \. Godfrey,
and G. W. Cox, clerk.
For District No. s.
8. w. Rowley, J. W. Kyle, W. F. Rogero,
and Jno \. Crosby, clerk.
For District No. 9.
Julius Hanna, s. $. Browning, j. d. Hag-
an, and j. Q. Gould. clerk.
For District No. 10.
S. J. Merwin. F F Tenny Geo Wilkinson,
and f. F. Hubbard, clerk,
For District No. Ii.
J; A: King, II. S. Mckenzie, 7. H. Sands, and
X. NJ Burt, clerk.
For District No. u.
Peter Gardner, r. K, Brakeman, b. l. Gay,
and G. r. Neck clerk.
FOR District No. ID.
\, G. Phillips, NJ. NJ ytckors. Fred Priest
and II E. Merryday, clerk.
For District No. II.
c. /. Rowton, H r. Estes, WA. Merryday
and John Points, clerk.
tor District No. 10.
G. 7. Nelyertou, VIM. Rates, P.J. Becks, an
l.. c. Cannva ir.. CLERK.
For Distrct No II.
J. ]. Matchctt, D. NJ ConhelI i. H. Nylic.
and Joseph Stock, clerk
For District No. II.
J; A knight, R. W. johnson, W H. Cribb,
and j.. W Johnson clerk.
For District No. Is.
f. b. Perry, John Price. G. w. Rifles, and c,
W. Baldwin, clerk.
For District No. 10.
Al. Padgett F. B. Green, L. W. Fennell, and
NJ. Padgett, clerk.
For District No. %
L. Bohanuon. W. J McRae, W. 4. Williams,
and Z. r. Conway, clerk
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
YES, TIME TO QUIT

For some time past there has waged
a controversy between the editor Of
the Palatka News and his business
rival, the editor of the Times-Her.
aid.
That controversy has now reached
the point where sensible public
loses interest-if indeed it ever had
any.
Argument has given place to bill
lingsgate and reason has succumd
to passion.
70 what extent the editor of the
News is culpable, the public, or at
least that part of it reading both
papers, is best able to Judge. He
does not profess innocence of an in
tent to show up his colleague in bad
Ilght In so far as one legislative act
is concerned. But in so doing he
desires finally and emphaticallv to
assert that he has stated nothing Int
what he then and now believes to be
the truth.
Further, the editor of the News
feels that up to the present time be
has written no word that could not
properly have been spoken before a
body Of gentlemen in public debate.
1t is true that there have been pub.
Itshed in these columns caustfc SEN
fences under which a sensitive man
might smart, and the editor feels
that he is culpable in that he has
been particularly aggravating in
treating his colleague in a jocular
rather than serious vein.
His sin has been that he has pro-
voked to anger.
The editor of the News always has,
and does still regard Mr.. Mckenzie
as a good and kindly man, a man of
singularly clean life and honorable
purpose. There is nothing inconsis-
tent with this and the belief that he
has been imposed upon by designing
politicians.
Mr.. Mckenzie is now a public |
man. As a member of the legisla- |
ture his attitude and vote on public |
questions is open to public criticism.
The News has published his vote on
one measure and will do so on others
whenever in its opinion the public
interests or the cause of truth de-
mands its publicity.
As member of the same legisla-
ture, the editor of the News earnest
ly invites the closest scrutiny of his |
attitude and vote on all questions
before that body.
To the public he desires to say that
he regrets only that he should have
been the provoking cause of anger
and consequent intemperance of Ian
guage on the part of his colleague.
No man ever accused him of cow
ardice and neither could he plead |
guilty to the possession of any bodily |
lntirmity of which he has been ac-
cused and which has been held to |
view as a possible bar to the admin
istration of any deserved chastise
ment. But he believes that under the
circumstances and for the good of
this community, true bravery and
good citizenship leads in the direct
ion Of pacific rather than belli-
cose attitude. He therefore quits.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16

What State Editors are Saying
Who Would Change tt

The letter of Ex-Governor Flem-
ing criticizing the new State pension
law and insisting that it shall be
changed so as to exclude veterans
who have no need of State assis-
lance, has resulted in much heated
controversy, pro and con, and has
now reached the point when some of
the old soldiers are challenging the
war records of those on the other
side of the issue. All of which
proves that, despite gray hairs and
bald heads, We are all but children
of larger growth and when we get
excited we sometimes stray ridicu-
lousy from the point at issue.
Meanwhile where is the gentleman
with the nerve to go before the peo-
pie as a candidate for office on a
platform which calls for a change in
the present law that will make it APP
plicable only to veterans who really
need the pension? He's not in sight,
and he won't BEEHIVE Oak Demo-
Graf.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
Practice trips on the water wagon
are now in order.


Thar the roots Of many native plants, grow
ing Wild IN our American forests. possess re-
markable properties for the cure Of human
maladieN IS well uroven Even the untutored
lndian had learned the curative value Of some
OF these and taught the eRrly settlers their
uses. The Indian never liked to work so he
wanted MS sguaW TO get well as soon AS posi-
BILE that she might do the work and LEI hin,
hunt. Therefore, he dug "papoose root for
her. for that was their great remedy for female
weakness. Dr.. Pierce uses the same roOt-cgII-
ed Blue COhosh-in his "Favorlte Pre,criD-
ton, skllfully combined with other agents
TINT make it more effective than any otter
medicine i'm curing all the various weaknesses
and painful arrangements peculiar to women
Many afflicted women have been saved from
the operating table and the surgeons knife bV
the timely use OF Doctor Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. Tenderness over the lower region,
with backache, spells Of dizziness, faintnegS
bearing down pains or distress should not 70
UNDECIDED. course Of "Favorite Prescription
Will work marvellous benefit in all such cases
and generally effect permanent cure il per
sisted in for reasonable length of time
For constipation, the true, scientific cure is !
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Mild, harmless.
yet sure.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
Important to Voters.

Questions are being asked by
many as to who will be allowed 70
vote in the coming wet or dry cleo
ton. Will the registrations books
be opened? viii the payment of
poll tax now qualify one for voting?
The books will not be opened for
registration of voters. Neither will
the payment Of poll taxes at this
time qualify any for voting.
Only those who were qualified TO
vote in the last general election.
which was held in Nov. 1906, will be
entitled to vote in the wet or drv
election to be held on Sept. 30, 1907.
This statement is based upon the DO
Sition taken by Judge Wills upon
this point. F.. r. KELLUSI.
Supervisor of Registration.
Putnam county, Florida,
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16


ciared some time since that there
are more centeuarians in the world
than the public generally suspects
and that there ought to be good
many more than there are, laws
down the following simple rules for
long living:
BE moderate,
Do not worry.
Take plenty Of sleep.
Take plenty of exercise.
Eat plenty of sugar, rice, peas,
frult, potatoes, bread and milk.
Eat sparingly of fish and meat. -
Almost any person possessing a
healthy constitution could live to be
hundred" says the same specialist
Another British scientist has de-
cIared that 1T is a good working
hypothesis to regard the natural life
OF man as 100 years.
Thus these eminent authorities re-
move all excuse for death at the
early age of 50 or 80.
The patriarch who has attained his
"thIee score and ten is but a bloom
ing youth, with at least 30 wears of
hard hustle before him.
He who at that proverbially ripe
age thinks he has finished his life
JOB and contentedly lies down to
pleasant drath is q p,isarot,lo ,,s,:A
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
It's the Same FIagIer-

Down at Miami few weeks ago
they had a bank failure aud y lot of
people got hurt in the crash. The
affairs Of the bank were carefully
gone over and it was found that the
depOsitors would get back only q
small percentage of their money. At
this stage of the matter Henry NJ
FIagler consented to take things in
hand and finance the failed bank so
it could pay off its depositors in full.
This is the same Henry M. Flagler at
whose heels gang of demagogues
and hungry Office seekers in this
state have lost no opportunity to
snap and snarl.-Starke Telegraph.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
STATE OF OHIO, CITY CT TOLEDO, TO-
LUCAS COUNTY. s.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partncrOf the firm Of F. J. Cheney a Co., doing
business in he city OfToledo, County and State
Aforesaid. and that said arm Will pay the sum
OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of Catarrh that canuot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY,
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A D. 1886.
(SeaD A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system Send for testimonials free
T. J. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, Price 7jC.
Take Halls Family Pills for CONSTIPATION.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
With Don't Do It's

The friends of r. Hudson Burr are
urging him not to make the race for
governor. 1t is gradually dawning
on the friends of Mr.. Burr that he is
not of sufficient calibre to fill the
gubernatorial chair. We agree with
Mr.. Burr's friends.--Fernandina
Record.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16

1t is said that the once festive
"Etoniah Scrub will never forget
ut least one "pome," and that he
even now spends much of his leisure
time trying to parody it. All of
which cannot be other than crafty
ing to the author Of the "pome."
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
Notice..

- The Tax Books of the City of Palatka,
for the assessment of Taxes for the ear
1907, are about to be commenced, and
notice is hereby given that l will fur
nish blanks upon which to make returns
of their Taxable Property to all persons
applying for same at my office in the
City Building.
| will be in my office every afternoon
until o'clock, and all day upon Mon
days and Saturdays, nothing pre-
venting.
]. N. BLACKWELL,
tt City Tax Assessor.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16


tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
lley disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowed toadvance
neutrality-suspicious.
ed blood will at
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because sodecep-
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-16
LIVING 100 YEARS.

The London specialist who de-
ciared some time since that there
are more centeuarians in the world
than the public generally suspects
and that there ought to be good
many more than there are, LAYS
down the following simple rules for
long living:
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
WATER FROM New =.
STATION MONDAY

Although some DELAYS have been
encountered in securing material and
in drilling, Manager White still eX-
poets 10 get water from the new
west side pumping station into the
mains on August 3, as he promised
the city council two weeks ago. The
drillers are now down belw the 200
hundred foot mark and will PROB
ably reach water today The drill
in this well struck an exceptionally
hard stratum of rock and this made
progress slow but by wording con-
tinuously the irlllers have put the
shaft down in good time,
Well casing and pump piping are
already on the ground ready for use
in the we'll as soon as the drill has
, been removed The company Is hav-
ing some difficulty in getting the
pump they wish to use in the we'll
but believe they will be able TO
euuqip It for immediate work by bor-
rowing a pump until the necessary
part for theirs arrives The main
has been laid most of the distance
to the new station but the com
pany lacked pipe to complete the
main so until their shipment of this
commodity arrives, they will lay a
temporary main of wrought iron on
the ground to fill the gap between
The permanent main and The station.
The company expects to turn a
considerable volume OF water in from
the new well so that the pressure
can be increased Since the an
nouncement last week that the pres
sure would be restored, the company
has maintained light pressure all
the time. At some times 1t has been
so light that water users at dis
lance from the plant, and toward
the ends of the mains have been
without water. but the business part
of town has been supplied with water
in ground floor taps all the time.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

the Panhandle are e lsseli2niEs, dsslde5ay
active today The RAIN, Which same
here last night are general sll over
the Panhandle and have been heavier
east of here than N town but the pre-
cipitatpn has been generous over 2
large territory and Panhandle pros
poets are correspondingly bright.
Rainfall to date this year before
last nights contributions showed a
total OF only a little over inches
This is the Highest on the records Of
the bureau and is about half the
normal Naturally crop conditions
have shown the effect of the CON
tinued dry weather hut in spite of
the small showing on the records,
crops have made a surprising devel-
opment. This is due TO the large
amount of moisture In the ground
from rain and snow last fall and to
favorable distribution of the little
rainfall that has come this year. The
rainfall now comes when 1t was very
much needed and will give corn,
kaffir, milo and forage crops an i'm
petus which will practically insure a
heavy crop, ,.r
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
To Stop Piles TrY This.

Piles get instant relief, when DR.. Shoop,
Magic Ointment is applied It's a Pile,
Cure, remember, and it is good for moth.
ing else whatever except piles.
General Ointments, for many uses, cant
possibly cure piles. A pile ointment must
be specific. Every aim OF its maker n1usi
be directed specifically toward piles alone
Says Or. Shoop, Il make three valuable
ointments, and yet one only-Dr. Shops
Magic Ointment--will bring help to pile
sufferers. Even then, in old chronic cases
originating because OF a torpid Liver, with
bil;ousness, | prescribe my DR.. Shops
Restorative internally while using Magic
Ointment locally or externally. Keep in
mind this fact, please, that the large blood
vessels OF the liver originate in the walls
OF the reetum, where piles arise. Obstruct
these vessels in the liver and piles instant.
ly appear Dr. Shops Restorative cor.
reefs stomach and liver sluegishness, hence
its value as IN aid TO Magic Ointment in
the treatment Of obstinate cases OF piles.
None genuine without DR.. Shops name
on the package. Sold at so cents by
GOLDING DRUG co,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
STREET RAILWAY
MATERIAL ALL HERE
CTrom Thursdays paily)

Practically all the material for
the construction OF the street rail.
way lines is here and much Of the
material for power house and equip
ment is ON the ground Delayed
shipments of steel, ties and poles are
on the ground and the work with
them viii be rapidly completed The
pole lines are In for the whole sys'
tenn.
AZ tho power station on Tyler
street and the Denver track work
is going forward on the mechanical
equipment Tho bases for the en-.
CINE and heavy machinery are models
of fine concrete work IParts Of
them are set eight feet In the ground
and the whole f~lndation is'of solid
blue concrete. The house itself IL
10 he OF concrete blocks
Copper cable and the connecting
cable for the overhead work has been
here for some time and the first
shipments Of machinery are now ar
irving. The General Electric COM
pany which has the contract for the
electrical work, is under contract to
make most of The electrical install
lation this month They expect to
comply with their contract but It viii
he necessary for them TO put In
some rebuilt machinery until the
orders Of machinery for the plant
here can be turned ont from their
factories,
The Eagan, Ferry company Of
DALLAS has the sub-contract for much
OF the installation work and 1t Is
likely that they will send their corps
of workmen here in a short time.
Cars for the lines will be the last
part Of the equipment to arrive but
the company expects to have them
in ample time for Nov. fl, the time
specified in the franchise
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
SURVEY FAMOUS HEIGHTS PARK
Preliminary Work On BiG Real ~.
tate improvement scheme.

Surveyors have begun work OF lay
ing out the land owned by Denitz g.
lsaacs east Of the city limits and viii
plat the tract according TO the land
scapo plan which Tho owners have
had drawn, Surveys and estimates
will also be made Of the system Of
canals, drainage ana grading which
are part of the contemplated plan.
The plan will require a careful work
on the part of the engineers and will
entail an enormous expense on the
part OF the promoters hut the result
when completed viii be great
achievement in the way Of real es-
tate improvements The owners ex-
pect to begin dredging and grading
for the canals and lagnons this sum
mer and if possible TO plant part Of
the trees on the proposed drives this
fall .H'