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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
TO RAISE IlL.FATED MAINE.
Vessel May Be Sailing Homo On or
Before Christmas.


II plans which President Taft re-
CARDS favorably are adopted the bat
tleship Maine, sunk In Havana harbor
twelve years ago, which since then
has concealed the secret Of the dis
aster which overwhelmed her, may be
sailing homeward on or before Christ
mas, bearing long-delcyed verdict
to the nation,
John F. O'Rouke, of New York,
submitted the plans to President Taft.
The plan provides for raising the
Maine by means Of pneumatic Gals
sons and steel cables. The ship will
be preserved intact, Mr.. ORouke says,
with every evidence of the disaster
which she may bear.
About 1000 men will be required
to attend to the jacks and other
equipment and 1t Is proposed that the
government furnish all or part of this
force, calling out regiment If nee
essary.
1t is further proposed that the re-
pair ships in southern waters be sent
to Havana to minimize the expense Of
the work.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
unfrocked Minister Shoots Two Wom-
en-, Then Commits Suicide.

unfrocked Minister Shoots Two Wom-
en-, Then Commits Suicide.
1t is reported that c. S. l.. Brown,
an unfrocked minister, at Kansas
City, Mo, shot and killed Mrs. Edith
Ward and fatally wounded Mrs. Anne
Lamphere, whose jealousy is said to
have caused the tragedy. Then Brown
killed himself. The shooting occurred
in rooming house.
Brown. Who was veteran of the
Boer war, vas formerly pastor of the
Christian church at Lees Summit,
but lately had been working as a car
conductor and a railroad fireman. 1t
is said he was dismissed from his
church when he lost $50 of the church
funds in a poker game, having previ-
ously been llloweu to retain his pull
pit on making good $500 church funds
lost at gambling.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
Aqod Men Have Duel

Resulting from duel occurring in
front of the postoffice, between G. H
Montgomery and ]. P Collett, two OF
the oldest residents Of Cypress, Mr.
Collett died shortly afterward, Mont.
gomery using a shot gun with fatal
effect Both men were between 60
and 70 yeas of age. They had mis-
understanding during the day, which
finally resulted in Collett firing two
shots at Montgomery with a pistol.
Montgomery replied with two shots
from his shotgun, Kidding Collects
body and legs, causing death. Mont
gomery attempted to escape but was
caught.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
TAMPA MURDER MYSTERY.
Another Italian Passes via Supposed
"BIack Hand" Route.

Another Italian Passes via Supposed
"BIack Hand" Route.
Another bloody chapter of the
Black Hand" type was written in
the history of West Tampa when Sal
vator MARITIME, an Italian saloonist,
went to his death at the hands of an
assassin, who ambushed him in a
lonely spot. The same degree of mys-
terry that has surrounded former trag-
edies in the Italian colony surrounds
this tragic event. MartInos body was
riddled with two loads of buckshot
and slugs, and death came quick.
No cause for the tragedy can be as
signed, but it was evident that Mar
tho was expecting assassination, for
he was armed when shot. Doubtless
threats had been made against his
life which he would not reveal. The
belief is that he was decoyed to the
lonely spot by letter or telephone
message Every possible effort is be
ing made by the officers to clear up
the mystery and bring the assassin to
justice.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
A REAL ROMANCE,
Philip Carr RemarrIes Wife Lost In
Turmoil of Civil War,

Turmoil of Civil War.
AS quaint a romance as was ever
written down in fiction has found It's
ending at Kenton, Ohio, in real life.
Philip Carr remarked to the wife
he lost in the turmoil of the Civil
war nearly half a century ago en-
joying with her his second honey.
moon. They were reunited In we'd
lock few days since, but It was only
recently that the facts became known
as to their life's history. Separated
by raiding guerrillas who captured
the federal mails; divorced because
Of believed desertion; each remar-
ried and each again widowed, they
found the love Of their youth still
afiame upon an accidental meeting
not long since and their new betroth-
al followed at once.
Carr is now "a years old and his
wife 6s.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09

more buildings were put up; yet the needs
were not met.
The factory at the viaduct not being
large enough, site was bought in South
Jacksonville, where the pyrites from Spain,
the rock from Florida, the nitrate from
Chill, the potash from Germany, the blood
from Chicago and the ammonia from Eng
land are manufactured into complete fer
tilizers for the different crops grown in
Florida and Georgia.
Mr.. Painter can truly be classed as a
developer, for he has not been satisfied to
follow in the footpaths of anyone, but
preferred to hew out new paths, however
strewn by thorns they might be.
Mr.. Painter was the first man to depart
from the one, two or three brands of fertil-
izer. He believed that no manufacturer
could make brand of fertilizer suited to
all conditions, and started the idea ofspecial
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
NEGROES CONFESS
TO MURDER PLOT
Five Blacks Shot to Death by
Georgia Mob.
OCCURRED near ATHENS, GA
DAUGHTER Of J. W. Huff, Of Clarke
County, Awakes to Find eurly
Black In Her Room-lntruder Is
Captured and Dlvulees Conspiracy.

Captured and Dlvulges Conspiracy.
News reached Athens Of the killing
of one negro and the fatal injury OF
four other alleged negro conspirators,
who, 1t is charged, planned to murder
the family Of J. W. Huff, a prominent
planter of Berkeley, near Carlton, on
the Seaboard railway.
Another report reached the city
that all FIVE of the negroes were killed
by an enraged posse. ...
It Is said daughter Of Mr.. HUFF dis
covered a negro in her room, aroused
her father, who confined the negro in
room and held him till several
neighbors could be summoned by
phone.
On the arrival Of these neighbors
the negro confessed. The negro said
that he with four others had planned
to rob the residence, assault the wo-
men, kill the occupants and burn the
house.
1t Is also said that the other four
negroes were Immediately located,
confessed and when they resisted de,
tention were shot down.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
Arrested for SmuouIIno.

Alleged to a member of a gang of
smugglers which operated extensively
last year along the coasts of Texas
and Louisiana in smuggling Chinese
into this country from Mexico, George
Kerondela, Greek, was arrested by
United States immigration officers at
Pensacola and placed in jail. He is
held awaiting advices from Washing
ton. Kerondela asbeen at large for
nearly a year, and was found in the
employ Of the government, working
on an army steamer plying between
Fort BARRACKS and Pensacola. 1t is
charged that he was minister of the
American schooner Bonrino, which
was used in the smuggling operations.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
Child Kidnapped While Returning
From Mothers Funeral.

Shl'u NioHdppeu WING Mourning
From Mothers Funeral.
A Princeton, KY, dispatch says:
Robbed of his wife by death and his
only child by kidnappers, Texie ALI
son, a wealthy farmer, has returned
home, after vain search throughout
southern states.
Little Gladys Allison was abducted
while returning from the funeral of
her mother three weeks ago at
Shreveport, La, and since then her
father has been unable to find a sin
gle trace Of the child's whereabouts.
He is not a rich man and does not
believe the little girl was taken in
the hope of securing a reward, and,
besides, the kidnappers have given
him no chance to pay a ransom.
The Shreveport authorities have
been unable to secure the slightest
clue and the affair Is as much a mys-
terry as on the day of the disappear
ance.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
E. Q. PAINTER,
Soil Specialist and Fertilizer Man

formulas for special soils and cror. II
also made 1t possible for the grower, ne y
Florida to get any kind or quantity Of # fs VI
tilizer materials they wanted, SO tia, ,h IL,
could do their own mixing All this e,r mey
great impetus to the business and ' ots..
manufacturers had to fall in line Or 'i Ia
this trade. So thoroughly has Mr., Pain r,se
won the confidence of the growers ' u
Florida that the fertilizing of numbs a u "
the largest groves in the State is lef, AZ VI
tirely TO him. He visits the groves tv IL,
or more times year, and "prescribS. s !"
With his experience in the citrus indus,rv
coupled with his knowledge of the ac,;oI,
of different fertilizer materials, he il sSI,
to give information that is worth mno CI'
This enables the grower to get maxim nu,,,
results at minimum cost. Nu'
Mr.. Painter is the president of the T,cl
sonville Manufacturers Association, Which,
although one of the youngest org,ni.a
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.
Savannah Man Killed and Several
Other Persons Injured.

Savannah Man Killed and Several
Other Persons Injured.
M. X. Jones, one Of the best-known
furniture men in the south, was killed
in Savannah at the Serpentine turn
on the Grand Prize automobile course,
s miles from Savannah, when rear
tire exploded, and his automobile turn
ed completely over and righted itself.
Mr.. Jones neck was broken and his
skull was fractured.
Frank Butner, q close friend Of Mr..
Jones, in another car, came up quick
ly and, taking the dying man In his
automobile, supported him with one
hand while he made a thrilling drive
to Savannah in search of a physician
AS Mr. Butner rode up to the Savan-
nah hospital, Mr. Jones breathed HE
last.
In the car with Mr.. Jones were four
friends, all of whom were rendered
unconscious by the crash, but none Of
whom were permanently injured.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
TIRED or LIFE.
Several Persons End Their Existence
at Philadelphia.

at FHiIduCipHids
Bodies of two women who ended
their lives by drowning were identi.
fed at the morgue at Philadelphia
Sunday and three other young wo-
men We're found suffering from the
effects of Illuminating gas which the
police say they inhaled in an effort
to end their lives. One man, who
was found dead In a gas-filled room,
is also supposed to have committed
suicide.
The body of Mrs. Mamie Fuhs, aged
"a years, the young bride who disap-
reared from her home, was found in
the reservoir in Paramount park Her
body was identified by her husband.
The other body Of a young woman,
who was found in the Delaware river,
and at first supposed to be Mrs. Fuhs,
has not yet been identified.
The body Of the middle-aged woman
who jumped from the Berks street
wharf with her apron filled with
stones, was identified as Mrs. Cattle
rine slonaski, who, 1t is reported,
committed suicide when she found
that the man she was in love with
was already married.
The young women who were report
ed as attempting suicide with gas are
Mrs. Mary Lavelle, aged 20 years;
Mrs. Laura Walker, aged % years,
and Miss Laura Arnold, aged 2S
years.
The body of John Scott, aged 40
years, was found lying fully dressed,
in his bed. The room was filled with
gas from an open jet. Members of
his family say he had no reason to
end his life,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09

There is probably no name outside OF
nolitics better known from one end OF
Florida to the other than that of E. o.
Painter. For a third of century it has
been connected with the horticultural and
business interests of Florida. In 1877
Mr.. Painter settled in Volusia county, and
his first work done in the State was TO stake
and help set out an orange grove. He was
offered position in printing Office and
accepted it. In Just ten years from the
time he accepted the position of printers
devil he owned the printing Office and was
editor of the "Florida Agriculturist." 1t
was while doing editorial work and study
ing the needs of our Florida soils that he
took up the fertilizer problem, never dream
ing at that time of being at the head OF a
large fertilizer establishment. Mr.. Painters
experiments were so successful that his
neighbor, wanted some of the same goods,
and in this way the "little acorn" OF a
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
DYING, He SANG SONG.

Brooklyn Man Tried to Save Aged
Mother a Shock.
To spare is aged mother the shock
Of seeing him totter mortally wounded
in the house, Patrick Rahll, Brook,
Ign butcher, put the last vestige
of strength left in him into the re.
frain of a popular song which he
bravely whistled as he passed through
the room which she occupied. AS he
reached an adjoining room he fell
unconscious.
Rahll and two companions We're
seen a few moments earlier fighting
in front Of his home. An examina.
ton showed that he had received
four knife wounds. He died without
revealing the identity Of his assail
ants.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
TRAGIC EVENTS
AT TAMPA, FLA.
Three DrOwnings and a Sui
eide Reported.
OCCURRED ON The SABBATH
Florida City Is Shocked by Success
sion of agedes-Brave Attempt
Of comrade to Rescue Drowning
Man Resulted In Death OF Both.

Three drownings and a suicide were
tragic events in Tampa Sunday. The
dead:
Harry T. Cole, London, sailor on
steamship Cayo, Manzanillo, drowned
at Seaboard terminals.
Hubert Stamm, Bremen, fireman on
steamship st. Johann, drowned at
Port Tampa.
Heman Knoll, Bremen, fireman on
steamship ST. Johann, drowned at
Port Tampa.
G. r. Evans, collector, suicide.
Stamm and Knoll were in swim
ming at Port Tampa Knoll, the
younger Of the two, could not swim,
and when he reached water over his
head called for help.
Stamm went to his assistance and
both were drowned.
Cole was in swimming near the
Seaboard terminals when he was
seized with cramps. Ills body has
nat been recovered.
Evans body was found in the grass
on Nebraska avenue, by a negro man
and his wife, Nearby was a bottle
half filled With whiskey and morphine.
He was a collector for local loan
association and was recently married.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
A VERY NICE
PROFESSOR
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1910, by Associated Lit
erary Press.

When Professor Watson took the
stage at Ellsworth to ride over to Dia-
mondville the innkeeper liked his looks
and talk. He hadn't been in the VII
lage day when we all liked his looks
and talk. He was a little, roly poly
man of fifty and gave out that he was
a professor of metaphysics In a New
England college. His age was about
fifty, and he carried smile on his
face that would have pulled crocus
out Of the ground a month ahead of
time.
In Diamondville lived the Widow
Steadman. She was forty years old
and well off. She was being courted
by the town constable, who was an
old bachelor. 1t was said they were
engaged, but the arrival of the very
nice professor wrought a change. In
week he had made her acquaintance
and was calling on her. In a fort
night the nose Of the town constable
was out Of joint The professor ap-
peared to be in the best of health, but
he claimed that metaphysics had bro
ken him down and that he had come
to the village for rest.
The constable was called stupid as an
of1cer-goOd hearted, but stupid. We
hadn't sized him up correctly as to
the stupid part. AS soon as he
discovered that he was being thrown
down he began to study the profess
sor. He wrote to half dozen col
leges and was told that they had new
er heard Of the man. BY accident he
got hold of paper that put him on
the right trail. He went up to the
city and had talk with the police.
One June day the stage from the
railroad rolled in, and its cargo con-
sisted of eleven women They might
have been said to be Of all ages, sexes
and colors. AS the vehicle halted at
the inn Professor Watson sat on the
veranda. He was put under arrest by
a detective and the constable as he
sat, but he got on his feet and raised
his hat eleven different times to the
eleven females. Some cried out at
sight of him, some smiled, and some
shed tears. After replacing his hat
the professor shook hands with the
eleven, beginning at the head of the
line and saying:
My dear, your name is Hannah, If
l remember, and, though your call is
unexpected, you are nevertheless well
come"
Then he took up the case Of Jane,
Betsy, Mary, and so on. Every wo-
man there was his wife, and a wife he
had abandoned, and yet he carried
that smile and his nerve right through
1t. He was taken to jail, and the jailer
said he was one Of the incest men he
ever met. The officers had q case
against him bigger'n q house. He had
pracdced bigamy for twenty years.
He had married girls, spinsters, wild
ows and old women. One Of the vie
tins was sixty-five years old. He had
got money from some Of them, but 1t
didn't seem as If that was his motive.
As he explained it:
why, Just fell In love. and she
fell In love, and we were married.
Really, didn't know had married so
many"
And when the women were asked TO
explain they answered:
why, he's such a very, very nice
man that we couldn't help It. He's
Just too sweet for anything"
And, would you believe 1t, the Widow
Seeadman, who would have made the
twelfth, was the first one to send him
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
FLORIDA STATE NEWS.

Chairman John P. Coffin, Of the
Prohibition State Committee, has Is.
sued a call for the state convention,
which is to be held at Jacksonville on
September 18th. The convention will
occupy but one day. The place OF
meeting has not yet been decided
upon, but may be the First Christian
church, where the convention was
held last April.
For some time past the building
boom in DeLand has been on in full
blast, and difficulty is being expert
enced in getting enough mechanics
and carpenters to meet the demands.
Many beautiful residences have re-
Gently been completed and largo
number of other buildings of varied
character are being planned.
The proposed ice and cold storage
plant in Kissimee is now practically
assured, citizens having subscribed for
stock to the amount of $4,000, and
no difficulty will be experienced in
securing the required sum of $4,000.
The news reached Ocala of the trag-
ic death of Miss Pearl Taylor, at
Blackshear, Ca, who was burned to
death by the explosion of lamp. The
young lady visited in Ocala only a
few weeks ago as the guest Of her
cousin, Miss Ethel Crosby, and while
there she made many friends who
learned with much sorrow of her
death.
Among the appropriations made for
Key West by the last congress and for
which the money is now available are
the following: Quartermasters de-
partment, for the foot of Fort street,
$4,000; to make preliminary exami-
nation and survey of channels leading
into Key West herbor, any amount
necessary Navy department: Naval
station to continue quay wall, $751;
767.22.
At special meeting of the board of
county commissioners the tax levy
for 1910 for Duval county was raised
one mill and the resignation of Judge
w. B. Young, counsel for the body
was presented and accepted.
Prof. Marshal, the new principal Of
the Hyde Park school, has arrived
from New York, via the Mallory Line,
to assume his duties. He was last
in Tampa in 1883, when he was offer
ed tract of land on which the Tampa
Bay Hotel, which cost $500, now
stands, for $780, 1.-The village has
grown into big city," said Prof.
Marshal.
Fort Meade Lodge No. 81, I. o. o. F.,
was inaugurated by Deputy Grand
Master F. A. Mcdonald, of Lakeland,
and other members of the Lakeland
lodge. The new lodge begins life with
thirty-two members.
The Polk County Farmers Club
held its last meeting at the home of
Eugene Fin, of Lakeland, and discuss
ed many matters of Importance, prIn-
cipal among these being the Polk
County Fair.
Lakeland people have been sadden-
ed by the death, at Memphis, of T. F.
HrGfin, who resided in the city for
many years and for several years
owned and operated the electric light
plant
The boiler explosion at Nichols
mill. In Holmes county, has resulted
In the death of NJ. @. Shelly and John
Hulion and breaking Of the thigh of
Charles Marlowe, employees about
the MILL
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
New Company Organized,

The Florida Real Estate and Brolt-
erage Company has just completed its
organization at Jacksonville and will
be one Of the largest firms of its kind
in the state. The capital stock of the
new company is $4,000. All kinds
of real estate business will be handled
by the new company. A specially will
be the handling of personal property
which is closely co9nected with realty,
such as hotels, laundry, saw mills,
garages, etc. The doors of the new
organization will be open for business
in about two weeks.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09
Greeting the New Moon In Fill.

SreetIng tho ne" MOON IN FlJl.
In Colo, the mountainous interior of
Viii Lew, the largest island of the
Fill group, the natives have a very
curious method Of greeting the new
moon. On seeing the thin crescent ris-
ing above the hills they salute 1t with
a prolonged "Ahr' at the same time
quickly rapping on their open mouths
with their left hands. thus producing
a rapid, vibratory sound. An old chief.
when asked regarding the meaning
and origin of this curious custom, said:
I'VE always look and hunt for the
moon in the sky, and when 1t comes
we do as you see to show our pleasure
at finding 1t again. We don't know
the meaning Of what we do. Our
fathers always did So"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09

mighty fertilizer business
started. The business
at De Land grew each
succeeding year, butwhen
the big freeze came IT
settled the business there
for a time.
In 1898 Mr.. Painter
came to Jacksonville and
opened a factory near the
East Coast bridge. 1t is
hardly necessary to state
that the business grew
with the push of E. 0.
Painter behind it. The
growth was phenomenal,
and each year found it
necessary to enlarge the
plant. On April 81, 1901,
the Z. o. Painter Fertil-
izer Co. was incorporated,
with Mr.. Painter as presi-
dent. With new capital
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-09

"NS, "heiS 6ShSiuuS HOs-
pitality is dispensed by himself and his
charming wife.
While Mr.. Painters time is much taken
up with his business he finds time to helD
along other institutions that help to build
up city on the higher moral plain. He
was one Of the building committee Of the
Y. M. c. A. building; has identified him,
self with the Associated Charities and
Children's Aid Society. He is, with two
exceptions, the oldest member on the Board
of Trustees of John B. Stetson University
at DeLand. For many years he has held
the position of secretary of the Florida
State Horticultural Society and is consid,
cred one Of the best posted men in
Florida on horticultural and agricultural
subjects He is one of those who believes
his own destiny is in his own hands and
nothing worth having comes without
work.-From tie JaekJOnViis Fia.) Mttn-
pOiU, May 20, 1870.