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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

have been only about $500 new regis
trations in the county, of which number
considerable portion are white men.
AS good friend of the great state daily
il pains US TO see ii undertake to palm
off on the public as positive proof any
thing SO evaSive as this. OF course,
every we'll informed citizen knows that
the proof it has offered is no proof at
all. 1t is quite within the range of pos
Sibility for the whiskey people of Duval
county to have qualified large number
of negroes without a single new regis
tration. Under our election law when
a person has once registered no one has
authority to remove his name from the
registration books except in case of
death or removal of residence. In the
case of non-property holders there is no
way provided for enforcing the collec-
ton of the poll or capitation tax. So il
happens that in every county OF the state
there are a great many registered
voters who are never qualified" voters
except when some question arises that
so enliSts their interest, or the interest
of some one else, that voluntary pay.
ment of their poll tax is made for the
two years next preceding the year in
which the election at which they wish
to vote is to be held. A non property
owner may have been registered for ten
or even fifty years without being a quail
fled elector only on such special occa
sions as he wished 10 pay his poll tax OIL
some one wished to pay it for him.
There is no requisite to registration ex
cept that a person shall be -21 years oil
age and shall have been resident of the
state one year and of the county six
months. 1t does not cost cent to regis
ter, and it is not infrequently the case
that persons register ''just TO be a-doin'
or TO provide against time when they
might want to qualify and vote.
Unions proof does not prove, and ou
of the abundance of our friendship fol
the big paper we suggest that it purge
itself of the suspicion of trying to prac
tice deception by going a little deeper
into the matter. We would suggest, fol
instance, that the Times-Union aScer
tain and publish the number of non
property owning negroes that are quail
fled to vote at the election next month,
To make the matter perfectly plain il
would be we'll to classify the list little
SO as to show how many of the number
are new registrations and how many old
stating particularly what number of the
old have been in the habit of paying
their poll tax regularly and what num-
Der were not qualified to vote in the
election two years ago, but are qualified
TO vote this year.
Go right into the matter, T.-U., and
put the prohibitionists out of business or
this negro vote proposition. They are
trying to rob you of your personal liber
ty, local Self-government, states rights
and so on and so forth, and you would
be perfectly justified in putting them in
to deep, deep hole, but don't try to
shove them in with deception. Thai
would be unbecoming to you even in a
worthy cause.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

1t seems TO be the Jacksonville idea
that the Senatorial primary should be
held this year, and with this in view p.
A, Dignan, member of the state demo-
cratic executive committee from Duval
county, invited members of the COM
mittee to meet him in Jacksonville on
Tuesday last. Mr.. Dignan had no au-
thority TO call meeting OF the commit.
tee and his action betokens spirit OF
insurgency, especially as Chairman
Price had regularly called the committee
together for November nth. There
should be no haste about this senatorial
primary. The people are now engaged
in the settlement of a most important
political issue, and the question of the
senatorShip can we'll go over TO time
when they have been allowed TO gel
their wind The people want to heal
and see their senatorial candidates, and
February or March primary is early
enough. Mr.. Dignan, you have beer
too brash. Great as is Jacksonville, She
constitutes but small part of the grea
state of Florida.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Tosti's Thanks.

Signor Francisco Tosti, the famous
song writer. is very impulsive and
quick to resist the slightest assump.
ton of patronage. One day a lady
called on him and announced her In
tention of singing two Of his songs al
a concert.
Il thought I would just run round
and try them over with you" she said.
Tostl remarked that he was not in
the habit of giving lessons In that man
ner, whereupon the lady retorted:
VERY well; will not sing your
songs then"
Tost's face beamed as he advanced
toward her with outstretched hands.
Madam" he said. Il thank you very
much for that favor"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
AN ORDINANCE

To authorize and permit Palatka Ath-
letic Association and its successors
and assigns, to build and maintain a
club house In the extension Of Kirk
land street from the low water mark
of the st. Johns River outward to the
edge Of the channel of said river; and
to fix the consideration for, and to
limit the duration ofsuch permit, priv
ilege or franchise.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of the City of Palatka:
SECTION l.. That the Palatka Athletic
Association, It's successors and assigns,
are hereby given the permission, and a
license and franchise is hereby granted
to them, to construct. build, erect and
maintain Club House In and upon the
extension Of Kirkland Street, In the City
OF PaIatka, between the low water mark
of the St. Johns River and the Westerly
edge of the channel of said River.
SECTION 2. That the permit, license
and franchise granted In Section | mere
Of, shall run, be operative and In force
for the full period of twenty years from
and after the passage aud approval Of
this Ordinance, or so long as said Club
House shall be used by a club, either
associated or Incorporated, open to pub
lie membership; such membership to be
governed by such reasonable rules as
the Palatka Athletic Association. its sue
cessors or assigns shall prescribe.
SECTION 3 That for and In consider
alton of the permit, license and fran
chise hereby granted and given, the Pa
latka Athletic Association and It's sue
cessors and assigns shall construct and
maintain, without cost to the City, a
free public wharf lot less than eight
feet wide, on, along and for the entire
length of the southerly side OF its Club
House, and shall connect said wharf and
the shore In said street with a substan.
tial approach to be constructed and
maintained under the supervision and to
the satisfaction OF the Street Committee
OF this and the succeeding Councils Of the
City. The said wharf and approach
shall be maintained and kept In good
state of repair during the entire term of
this permit, license and franchise.
SECTION 4. That In the event the
conditions imposed by this Ordinance
are not kept and complied with, the per-
init, license and franchise herein granted
and given, shall, at the option Of said
City. be terminated aud all rights there
under forfeited. Provided always that
said Palatka Athletic Association. its
successors and assigns shall be given
notice In writing of such non-compli-
ance. and shall be given a reasonable
opportunity to comply with the require
ments and conditions Of this Ordinance.
SECTION S. That all Ordinances and
parts OF Ordinances In conflict with this
Ordinance, be and the same are hereby
repealed. This Ordinance shall take
effect and become operative from and
after its passage and approval.
Passed In open Council this 4th day
OF October, A. d. 1910.
BENZ. I. GAY,
President City Council.
A. T. TRAY.
[Seall City Clerk.
Approved 18th day Of Oct. A n 1910
HOWELL A. DAVIS,
o o-oI Mayor.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

The issue presented by the pending
statewide prohibition amendment is
primarily-SaloonS or no Saloons. Bu
in this is covered other and scarcely less
important issues, one of which is: Shall
the saloon and the vicious, purchaSable
negro and plug ugly whites dominate the
political policy of Florida? To many
citizens this is the real issue, made such
by the action of the local Qiquor) option
campaign committee in qualifying thous
ands of barroom negroes TO vote againS
the amendment.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

A new use has been found for the au-
tomobile. The story, taken from the
DeLand News, also goes far TO prove
that you cant lose" an all round news.
paper manager; no, not even in a cy,
clone:
"Our friend Johnson of the Painter
Printing Company is a genius. When
the severe storm had put the electric
light plant out of commission, and cut
off the power by which his machinery
is run, Johnson found that he had a
publication that just had to be run. He
ran to the house, filled his boys auto
mobile tank with gasoline, ran it down
TO the printery, backed the auto up TO
his machinery, adjusted belt, and let
'er go. The typesetting machine was
run by auto power"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

The statewide prohibition law Of
Georgia went into effect January LIST,
1908, closing more than 500 saloons,
seven dispensaries and six breweries.
After four months of prohibition Hon.
Nash Broyles, Judge of the Recorders
court of Atlanta, made the following
statement: "The number of cases tried
for the first four months of 1907 was
6,056, and the number of cases tried for
the same period of 1908 was 3,139,
showing decrease of 2,917. The num-
Der of DRINKS for the first four months
of 1907 was 1855 and the number for
the same period of 1908 was All, show
ing a decrease of 1,4S4. And yet there
are whole lot of people running about
over the country yelling as loud as they
can that prohibition doesn't prohibit"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Mrs. Belle Robinson of Archer, Al
achua county, has been arrested and is
under bonds for trial for horse whipping
Mrs. Charlotte NJ. Baldwin, principal OF
of the Arher public school. Mrs. Bald.
win had chastised the son of Mrs. Rob.
inson for cause, and the mother of the
kid procured horSe-whip and proceed
ed to uphold the family dignity by lay
ing it over her shoulders. The arrest of
the strenuous mother was on complaint
OF DR.. J. L. Kelley, county superintend-
emf, who was bound to take action in
the matter, since the state gives the same
protection to a public school as TO a
place of worship.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
Notice.

The City Of PaIatka has passed an OTul-
nance to authorize the Board OF Bond Irus-
fees TO nave parts OF North Laurel, sou.n
Third, North Third and REID streets gs wisi
yitrified brick, and parts North InlII'
River. Fifth, Laurel, Kirby and Iecumsni
streets with macadnnl. cement rock, sheii
or cement in accordancewith genera speIhi =
fications adopted September 6th lsio, Dy 'ne 5
CITY Council for paving suhuIS sHeo'' ~
the City of Palatka. ,, nr,,s-
sECTioN l.-That the Board OF Bono Irus-
tees are hereby authorized 70 pave WIN W
ritied brick and granite curbing IN hccoLu
ance with either Glass AZ or OBJ Paylhg
Material, and Glass ~ Curbing, as per Gen
eral Specifications on file in the O1ty Glefk :
office the following streets: North LauIe "a
street, approximately twenty-four lz4i iee'
in width, from the west line OF SCUM r IT, y,
ond street to the east line of South Ihlru
street; South Third street, approximately
twenty-four (24) feet in width from tne
south line of Laurel street TO the south llile
OF Lemon street; North Third street, TX
nroximately twenty-four (2i) feet In wldth,
| from the North line Of Lemon street 10 tne
| south line OF Reid street: Reid street, ap-
proximately eighteen QS) feet In w1dth,
| from the west line of North Third street u
the west line of Water street.
Now therefore, this notice is for the pur
pose of notifying the owners OF lots or parts
| OF lots fronting on North Laurel street from
| the west line OF South Second street 70 tne
east line of South Third street south I hlru
|
| to the south line of Lemon street; North
| Third street from the north line OF Lemon
street to the south line of Reid street; Keld
street from the west line OF North miro
street to the west line Of Water street, tha'
they must lave the same with some stan
| dard grade of vitrified brick, and with gran
lite curbing or curb or gutter OF plain con
| crete.
Plans and specifications can be found In
the office OF the City Engineer, ana the man
ner in which said pavement shall be lald
said curbing and paving must be completed
within thirty days from the date OF the e&'
piration OF the time for advertising as pro
| yided Thy the ordinances OF said city,. Inc
owners ofall lots or parts OF lots shall pave
to the extent OF one-third OF such street
and where the same person owns AUDITING
property on both sides Of said streets the
| owner or owners shall pave two-thtrds o.
| such streets AUDITING on such property.
Failure to pave and place in position the
curbing required by said ordinance, the
Board OF Bond Trustees will proceed to con
| tract for having the work done under the
ordinance referred to and the City Council
will require all such owners OF property
abutting on the streets named to pay theiI
| proportionate share of the cost OF such paw
| ing as provided in such ordinance.
| +. 8. GRILL,
Chairman Board Of Bond Trustees
Palatka, Fla, Oct. IL, 1910 4w
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

The Tampa Tribune voices the fol.
lowing appeal: "Help Tampa recover
from its temporary backset" Well, Pa.
latka has been doing its part. While
the great cigar city was unable to pre-.
serve order and give protection 10 its
cigar manufacturers, Palatka Offered
them an asylum, several of them accept.
ed, and through the good offices of this
city have been enabled 10 continue sup
plying the markets of the world with
the finest grades of genuine Havana
cigar.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
The Oliver is everywhere.

The Oliver is everywhere.
It's the universal typewriter. Reels
OF real work with the ease and speed
demanded by this mile-a- minute age.
Wherever you turn - in Business
Offices great or small-in the quiet
OF the Home-in the roar of the Rail-
road and Telegraph service-in the
seething aelstrom of modern
Newspaperdom-in countless kinds
OF serVice-it's the sturdy, strenuous
Oliver that's making the wheels 90
round"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

ST. Lucle county IrlDune.
The last issue of the Florida Journal
should be read by every voter in Flori
da. In it is list of fifty indicted by
the Federal grand jury for illegal sale Of
whisky in Jacksonville, and these in
dictmentS are against prominent diStillers
and wholesalers and retail dealers of that
city. These law breakers it was who
paid the hotel bills and railroad fare OF
the thirty-five prominent citizens" who
went to Jacksonville and organized the
local option" convention. These same
law breakers are putting up the money
for printing and postage TO send out lit,
erature with the signature and photos OF
the thirty five" affixed, and these same
law breakers and their general manager
have illegally qualified $4,000 lawless
negroes to control the election on Nov.
Sth. Will the decent, respectable citi-
Gems of Florida join hand with these
law breakers and negroes, or will they
stand for good government and vote for
the prohibition amendment
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
Contractors Take Notice.
Palatka, Fla, Oct. IA, 1911

Palatka, Fla., Oc'. III
The Board of Trustees for futnam
County Bonds will receive sealed plos
for The construction OF ten miles OF hard
surfaced road from the limits of the City
Of Palatka, Fla, over the upper Rice Ris
Creek bridge, towards Bannerville, ia,
until Friday, November 4, 1910, and on
that day, at 10 m, will publicly ih rope open
and read same at the office OF the boafa'
722 River street, Palatka, ia a.
Certified check for $4,000 must ac-
Prospective bidders will receive all
plans and specifications of the work con
templated upon application to R: F. En-
sew, County Engineer, Palatka, Fla
Application for specifications 81 must Dc Dc
accompanied by deposit OF WV wn'I ~
Specifications in good condition,
STEWART WoRDEN,
Secretary.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Ex-Gov. and former U. S. Senator
David B. Hill of New York died at AL
bany last week, and at Bloomington,
ILL.,, last Monday former President
Adlai E. Stevenson celebrated his 18th
birthday. These are names that carry
old time democrats back TO the days
when democracy stood for something
real, days before the Bryan hereSy OF
the "heaven,born ratio of 'steen TO one''
had gotten in its body blow and placed
ii temporarily,on the shelf.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
Local Option VS..
Statewide Prohibition
Don't Sell Your Vote Cheaply-

DeLand News.
If there are any voters in VoluSia
county who wish to sell out on the pro-
hibition amendment on election day,
they might as we'll make good thing.
1t will be just as easy 10 get SIS or $40 as
10 sell out for 81. If the saloon men
want to buy votes against the amend.
ment, they ought to be made to pay a
good price for them. Not only the
Jacksonville saloon keepers, but the
wholesalers throughout the United States
are vitality interested in the outcome OF
the Florida election. If you want 10
sell, Mr. Voter, insist on at least SIS oil
$40 Don't sell for $500.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Putnam county will give very sub
Stantial majority for the statewide pro
hibition amendment. This seems TO be
the prevailing opinion in Palatka, an
opinion gained by interviews with lead
ing men from all parts of the county,
representing the various precincts.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
Stops Saloon Domination in Politics

Plant City Courier,
A vote for the prohibition amendment
is vote TO make Plant City a clean
town.
1t is a vote TO put quietus on saloon
domination in politics.
1t is vote to stop the drainage OF
thousands of dollars into the Golfers OF
the liquor trust.
1t is a vote TO make this city no longer
a rendezvous for every bum, CRATER and
vagrant in this part of the state.
1t is a vote to bring trade into the store
OF the retail merchant, and to make this
city take its proper place as one of the
leading commercial towns of South
Florida.
II is a stern rebuke 10 the forces, that
like the carpet baggers" who once
cursed the South, seek to remain in
power by the equality OF the negro at
the polls.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

According TO statistics of the Jackson
vile police department and published in
the Times Union there was total OF
6,511 arrests made in that city from
January LIST to Oct 18th of this year.
These figures certainly show that the
police department has been kept busy
in maintaining order in the great saloon
~
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Ex-senator Samuel Pasco of Month
cello has been chosen commander OF
the Florida brigade United Confederate
Veterans and Benz. W. Partridge of the
same place adjutant general. Both these
men saw long and active service in the
confederate army.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
VIM. A. RUSSELL, Editor.

There has been serious damage TO the
grapefruit crop in many South Florida
sections. That in Lakeland section has
been estimated at Is per cent. and may
be even greater
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Discussing the harmful effects on
business of prohibition in Atlanta,
Mayor Robert F. Mattox says.
81 am informed by our leading real
estate dealers that practically all OF the
places formerly rented for whisky sa-
looms are now rented for other purposes,
and at figures equally as high, and in
many places higher, than the rents re-
>eived under the old regime. That this
fact can not be doubted by those of
who have had occasion to make
oSt cursory investigation of the
il can be fairly stated that the
al estate has never been so
history of the city. That
be seen from the almost
Nsal estate property both
Ne sales, and in every
gs TO be making a
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Ex-Mayor Woodward of Atlanta has
been unable TO "come back" Two
years ago he was defeated by Robert F
Mattox. Last week he tried 10 regain
his lost prestige, but was again over
whelmingly defeated by CORTLAND S
VIM. a LAWYER,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

The $4,000 pipe organ for Rollins
College which had just arrived and had
not been unpacked, was badly injured
by water which leaked through the
roof OF the building during the hurri-
cane of last week.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
Proof That Does Not Prove

Bradford County Telegraph.
1t has been charged that the liquor in.
terests OF Duval county have qualified
five thousand negroes TO vote against the
prohibition constitutional amendment.
The Times Union denies the charge and
in support OF It's denial states that there
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

1t is about time, anyway, that the
brewery and saloon interests found out
that the Democratic party is not run for
their special and exclusive benefit
Pensacola Journal.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Mother (readingI-"In ireland they
use peat for fuel"
Little Margie-Did they burn him be.
cause he was wicked?
Mamma-Burn who, dear?
Little Margie-Why, Pete, of course.
Chicago News.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
How to Own The
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for nc a Day

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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28

Feel languid, weak, run-down9
Headache? Stomach "off"?-Just a
plain case of lazy liver. Burdock
Blood Bitters tones liver and stomach
promotes digestion, purifies the blood.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-28
How Old People
May PrOlOng
Their Lives

At advanced age the organs act
more slowly than in youth. Circu-
.lation becomes poor, blood thin and
watery, appetite ftful, and diges-
ton weak. This condition leaves
the system open to disease such as
Coughs, Colds, Grippe, Pneumo-
MIA, Rheumatism, etc.
VINOL is the greatest health
creator and body builder we know
of for old people, as it supplies
the very elements needed to re-
build wasting tissue and replace
weakness with strength.
HERE is THE PROOF
A case is recorded in Albany, N. r, of
n woman who felt she was breaking
down by age and was doomed to the
weak and feeble condition of old people.
She had no strength and the slightest ex-
ertion tired her, but vINOL made her
wei and strong, and she states that she
feels ten years younger than she did be-
fore taking VINoL.
We ask every aged person in
this neighborhood to Try bottle
of VINOL with the understanding
that we will return their money if it
does not prove beneficial.
Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co. ,
Palatka, Fla.