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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15

Notice of Application for Tax Deed.
Notice is hereby given that j. w. Hill,
purchaser of tax cert flcate No. ll2S, d. ted
inc 4th day OF July, A. b 1898, has tiled said
certificate In my office, and has made uppli-
cation for tax deed to issue in accordance with
law, Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated In Putnam county,
Florida, tO-wit:
Ail Of Blocks 49, 1888, 1871, ls5, 1856. 1877, lSs and
1s9-Palatka.
The said land being assessed ct the date OF
the issuance of such certificate in the name of
Unknown. Unless said certificate snail
be redeemed according to law tax deed viii
issue thereon on the 3Jth day of April, A. D.,
1910
Witness my official signature and seal this
the lst DAY OF April A. D.. 1910.
Seal HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Ct. Putnam Co, Fla
BY Henry Hutchinson, Jr., ID. q.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15

Irwin Hanchett, the l7-year old white
boy who murdered Clevie Tedder, the
14-year old white girl in Volusia county
some two months ago, has been found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged. His
attorney allowed him TO go on the stand
and relate all the brutal details of the
murder in the hope that it would sub
stantiate his plea OF insanity, his only de.
tense, but II didn't work,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15

He / went 10 the paIHist's last
week to have my character read. She
Yes? What did he say! He-He
didn't say anything. He looked AT my
hand, cuughed a bit aud then gave me
my money back aud bowed me out
New York Times.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15

Hon. w. K. Jackson of Lakeland, who
once came within few votes of win
ming place on the state railroad &C m
mission, has finally announced his can
didacy for that office in the approaching
primary.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15
NOTICE
OF Intention TO Apply to the Judge OF the
Circuit Court for Charter.
To All Whom IL Nav CODCprn.

OF Intention TO Apply to the Judge OF the
Circuit Court for Charter.
To All Whom it May Concern:
TAKE NOTICE-That we, the under.
signed, shall, on to-wit, Thursday, the
18th day OF April, A. D. 1910, at 10
O'Clock a. M, or as soon thereafter as
we can be heard, at Starke, Florida, or
wherever the Judge of the Circuit OF the
Eighth Judicial Circuit OF the State OF
Florida shall then be within his circuit,
apply TO the Honorable James T. Wills,
Judge of said Court, for a CHARTER
incorporating proposed WOMEN'S
CLUB, of Palatlla, Florida, and then and
there ask said Judge to approve said
charter and endorse his approval thereon
The character and object OF the cor
poration TO be formed is TO promote such
civic work as shall lend towards the i'm
provement of the city in cleanliness,
healthfulneSS and attractiveneSS; and the
intellectual, moral and social improve
meni OF its members, and society in
general, and to give aid to all worthy
objects.
The said Proposed Charter is now on
file in the office OF the Clerk OF the Cir
cult Court of Putnam County, Florida,
at the Court House in Palalka, Florida,
and can there be SCen by anyone, during
the time of this publication.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15
A Last paN Strike.

The most interesting of recent panlcs
was that caused by Professor Falb's
expectations of the end of the world
on Nov. l3. 1899 One paper. unim-
pressed, incorporated the information
In its diary: November 10 End Of the
world. November l5-Queen goes to
Bristol"
But. though England scoffed, some
other countries took the matter very
seriously. In several towns in Russia
workmen went on strike because the
last day was thand and they wanted
to spend the remaining hours with
their families London Chronicle.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15

Itch! Itch! Itchl-Scratch! -cratchl
Scratch! he more You scratch the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment.
1t cures piles, eczema, any skin itch
ing. All druggists sell it.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15

Ion L. Farris has qualified as a Candi-
date for state senator from Duval county
"And now what you think of that'-for
nerye2
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15
STATE OF OHIo, CITY F TOLEDO, &C
LU. AS COUNTY.

Frank j. Cheney max s oath thai he is senior
partn rOf the q ~ OF r. = Cheney o., do ng
. slnes in he city of To edo, County and State
If .reSaid and that said firm VII pay the sun
If ONE HUNpRE d LARS for each and
G a case Of Catarrh That II OF be "u"e by
Halls atarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
S,urn to befor = and sGhsc ibed In my
pres n, this 1t day of ,errmb r, D. 1886
tSeaD A W. GLEASON
Notary .ubiir.
Hail. CaHrrh cure is taken internally and
acts directly on ne blood and mucous urfaces
OF the system. ; nj Tor testimonials rec
FL. CHENEY < 90, Toledo, o.
sold by Druggists, Price 75c,
AXE Hail FAM Pills for constitution.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15
lnsuIted.

whats that prima donna angry
aboutT
"Oh, some well meaning critic said
she sang like a siren. The only siren
she knows anything about is the whis'
tie they use on a steamboat. Wash,
ington Star.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15
Undertaking and EnbaInin!
FOR SALE.

Nice 6 room, 2 story residens,
75xl00. Modern plumbing. Sl'v"'
Twelve lots, North End, best Va
lots in city, $4,000 to $1,000 eacp
Seven buildings to be sold ID u
81, 10000.
20 acres hammock land, : acres %
ed, $4,000.
FOR SALE-Nice s room k ,sS /,
modern improvements. Lot NV =,
one Of the best homes IN tn' d
Worth $1,000 TO close quick l0'r
cash.
400 acres potato land al Ha'llnsS =
ing from $50 TO S1OO per acre
room residence, 10 acres lana :
from town, $3.50. -
Do you want homer II so, n I
for you. Twenty-four acres i ni,
4-room residence, joining ci'y i'n'
81, 100000.
P. j. BECKS,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15

HOCSEKEEPERS ATTENTION i
Phone Wadford, and have him call and
tell you what he can do with your old
Furniture and Mattresses. Honest work
at moderate prices He guarantees his
work 10 please you. Shop: North LIST
street. Phone 100.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-15
A Hard Character.

ak HAL FAM Pills for construction.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22
@3sEIS91s

One thing is impossible to love; the
intensest and most fervent loye 70
powerless to evoke love
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22
President Taft

The social season in Washington
opens nominally with the assembling
of congress. In reality, it blooms fully
only with the White House reception
on New Years day. This is always
one Of the most beautiful functions of
the winter. The great Conservatives,
into which one enters from a back
door Of the Executive Mansion, are
rified for choicest flowers with which
to decorate every room. Palms and
ferns add their touch of summer green
here and there, and the ladies appear
in their freshest toilettes.
It is truly the presidents reception.
He and his wife are supposed to be
receiving alone, though, in point of
fact, the wives of cabinet ministers
and other ladies' assist. They stand in
line in the oyal-shaped Blue Room, :"
perhaps the most beautiful OF the
White House parlors, in its furnishings
of pale blue and gold.
From eleven in the morning until
half-past one, or later, the procession
OF guests files by. First comes the
supreme court in a body, headed by
the chief Justice Then approach the
members of the diplomatic corps, most
of them far more stately and distin-
guished In manner than our plain citi-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22

babble picked up that blue sky-mistery
ana wondered about 1t. And his eyes
were wide and fathomlessly sweet in
the freight. and his hand chung all
tne While to my face and deared it,
and Wove heavenly weave into my life
In every least little touches Of It to
my lips. my cheeks, and in the COM
ings home of it to slip into my bosom
and there nest.
Ihen We told him that it was going
10 be the Christmas baby's birthday
tomorrow, and because we so love
God's little son We give, year after
year, all life long, gifts to him and to
eacn other on that day. And the
library door, tomorrow, would be I'M
locked, and a surprise inside for US
each and all.
Dracious!" was his sole comment:
and slowly the happy eyes slipped
from us behind their curtain-fringes,
the little warm body lay heavy in my
arms Slowly Great-grand unbuilded
the house of red embers, and coming
over took the little sleeper into his
arms, rocked and crooned and Rugged
and God-blessed him. And with
grandmother's kisses on the wee feet
that never were still save in slumber,
and grandfather's proud look into the
unwilling face following after, bore
him away to his crib; so loved, SO
loved
is Trismus tum 2"
/ Weakened with the words break
ing the crystal of my dreams and kiss
ing themselves. against my lips and
fat white body embracing my head.
Yes, sir" managed to say through
the strangling arms of him. Happy
Christmas, Bob-for-Short!"
Happy Christmas, Beb-for -Short!"
echoed from the doorway; and Hap
py Christmas, Bobfor-Short!" f1oated
in from beyond the east and west
shoulders of great-grand-
He shouted. He danced. Never be-
fore had he been met by all the fam
lily at crib-side. He jigged all over the
bed, trickling arrangements and
daughters at the three gray heads that
Waggled in unconscious tune to the
prancings of him
Then, all his yellow body apant with
haste, Nicodemus hustled his fat self
up the stairs into the fun he was
missing, and in his wake, Katy from
her kitchen.
And with a Happy Christmas to
yez, Misther Bob-fer-Short," she set
a gray kitten on the floor.
We were all very still, as he slipped
from the bed and approached the kit
ten. He had never owned kitten. He
eyed it in raptured silence. "Meou."
said the kitten
Into his cheeks the red crimsoned.
"Oh!" he gasped; "wad you tail, fifty;
pease wad you tall" And she w$gged
her tail and arched her back against
his feet and cajoled him, and as he
gathered her into his nightgown and
the white fat bare legs ran with their
treasure, she broke into loud silken
purrings. And Nicodemus sulked and
fell into a helpless yellow bunch Of
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22

zens, and dazzling In their uniforms5
decorations and orders.
The officers Of the army and navy
rival them, however, in their gay, full.i
dress uniforms, as they come next I'M
the line
More soberly clad, senators and rep-l
resentatives and other officials follow
them, and then comes the motley crowd
Of the general public" rich and poor.
small and great. Every one enjoys q
handshake with the president and HIS
wife. then passes on into the Red
Room and beyond Occasionally one
hears stranger say: My father
went to school with your father" or ~
knew you when you were baby. Did
you ever hear your mother speak of
Miss Sally Sparks?" and other quaint
and intimate speeches. Sometimes upon
hearing one, the face of the president
lights up and his set, conventional
smile falls like a mask. 1t is a sight
worth seeing.
Never have more cordial and SOL
cialIy accomplished host and hostess
presided over the White House than
President and Mrs Taft. The conn
ing New Years reception there may
confidently be expected to prove one
of the most successful in its history.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22

a christmas
&tnr11
6SS& lI5d

Finding myself far from home one
Christmas eve night. / halted at the
nearest farm house and asked admit
lance. An old man and his wife were
the only occupants.
They babe me enter and gage me
hearty greeting. found them to be
one Ephraim Gogard, and his wife.
Tabitha, 40 years married.
After the good wife had spread
bountiful table with good cheer for
the inner man, and we had enjoyed
the delicious viands to the fullest ex.
tent, we drew our chairs nearer the
hearth and prepared for a sociable
evening. These good old people told
me of their children; Of the good
times when Christmas Eve found them
all at home hanging up their stock
ings and getting to bed early, hoping
to stay awake till Santa Claus should
come.
But that was long ago" sighed the
mother. Willie went to sea, and aft
er few years Of sailing up and down
the world, we heard nothing more, and
we have long mourned him as dead.
Rose went to the city and, growing
fascinated with the stage, became an
actress. She succeeded better than
we had ever hoped, but her laurels
did not prevent her from making a
silly marriage. An Italian prince, a
penniless adventurer, carried her or
to Italy.
eve fear she is either dead or en-,
during living death in extreme pow.
erty, with all her illusions and her
bright youth gone. We are both too
old now to go in search of her"
Alas! alas!" groaned the old man.
"Our baby boy, our best beloved,
grew impatient of the old home and
its slow, conservative ways. He went
to the great city and succeeded for a
time, his bright whole-souled ways
brought friends without number. But
these very social graces became the
cause of his downfall. He learned to
gamble and drink at card parties and
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22
The old Man
With the Scyfhe

HE wonderful new year
has a way of coming
round once in twelve
months, seeming SO much
the same when it dawns
ainnrn lie nc thn ana i1trt
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22

protest, when the gray kitten was held
to his nose for kiss.
And we all dawdled until Katy's
bell rang third summons to breakfast.
He went up the stairs alone. Then
Nicodemus Then Great-grand. Then
I. And then the rest OF his adorers.
He stopped at the door.
open the door, sir" said grandfa-
Their.
"Tum on, muvver," he said, reach.
ing hand into my hand.
So we stepped over the threshold
together.
The room was darkened. The fire.
light dulled behind screen. In the
center of the room low, fair-branched
young cedar tree cleaned like great
jewel.
MY hand forgotten, he circled the
tree.
Round and round. And we after.
eDas a mo- bu-ti-ful drum" we
caught the murmur as he inventoried.
"Das yittle tend horse" He paused
to log It and in ecstasy watch its tail
90 up and down. "Das yittle toad
frod in dat bid marble. How you
s'poge it dot in?" He tarried to In
vestigate, and set It rolling for the
kitten to chase. Nicodemus thought
it was meant for him, and when he
collided with the kitten, cowed and
scared and muttering, he fed to dis
lance and yapped at ball and kitten.
And the inventory went on: "Das a
dold waths, yike mys Dreat-dran is
dot" He tarried to hunt a pocket, and
deposit his watch therein. But first
he held It to ear. And the murmur
resumed: dat waths is def an dunn,
too. Das a piture-but an das piture.
but an das piture-but. Ora
cious!"
And Christmas was on for Bob-for
Short.-New York Independent
A<E0RN
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22


at banquets where women make bold
to do these things. Both these habits
grew on him till they possessed him
body and soul. He went from bad to
worse, until at last he killed his best
friend at the gaming table. He now
wears the stripes and is eating his
heart out in the state prison"
When / had retired for the night I
found myself in large luxuriously
appointed sleeping apartment, on the
hearth fire of CHEEKY logs, the fac.
smile of the one below.
AS sat and pondered, what was
my surprise to see stalwart, seafar
ing man enter, wearing the garb of a
South Sea Islander. knew he was
an "old salt" by the lurch in his walk
Following him came a train Of at
tendants. They put upon the table
great jugs Of liquor.
Taking no notice Of me they went
on hilariously> cracking their jokes
and taking great swigs from the jug.
Just as l was wondering if the lead
err could be Willie, whom the aged
couple had mourned as dead, / was
attracted by sound at the door, and,
looking in that direction, / beheld a
very beautiful young woman, attired
as Shakespeare's Ophelia. She came
forward and began to repeat her lines
as to a crowded house. The strange
company ceased their prattle and gave
her the most devoted hearing. They
were about to give her an encore
wher there entered dissolute-look.
ing young fellow, with refined feat.
ures, bleared by the excessive use Of
stimulants. Willie stepped forward,
and, calling him brother, embraced
him as one does after long absence.
The younger man produced bottle Of
champagne and began to treat all
round.
A disreputable-looki Italian had
followed Ophelia into the room, and
when he saw the champagne flowing,
his eyes glittered with an unholy
light.
i udQ dI lSdSL COAACCISu my WIZ
enough to realize that among this
strange gathering were the three chill
dren to whom my hosts had just in
troduced me-.
l had just about shaken myself free
of my weird surroundings and had
summoned strength to move from my
seat that l might go below and send
the dear old people to embrace their
children when a noise sudden and
loud took my breath away.
Instantnneously my strange guests
vanished, l opened the door to see II
I could catch glimpse Of their de.
parting figures, but no creature was
in sight.
Whence came the noise which had
startled them into eyaporating? All,
again it came! 1t was but the rattle
Of the wind upon the easement.
looked and, 10! my fire was re-
duced to embers, knew only too well
that had been dreaming, that my
strange company had been but the
phantoms Of dreams, that / had been
asleep and that / was not 20 give my
kind host and hostess the pleasure Of
a reunion with their lost children.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22

W. round once in twelve
ES9Sss97 @RgA months, seeming SO much
B4ES9zg7sOl the same when it dawns
LA upon us as the one just
passed that we hardly realize another
one has been added to those who an
swer to the roll call Of Time.
When we do realize it, there is al
ways a bit of silence, except with the
children-with them everything is
new, as we think of the fresh book Of
three hundred and sixty-fve leaves
that opens in its wilderness for us to
fill the pages. And we hope that the
record will be better than any pre-
vlous one, whether good or Ill. And
we put up little prayer that we may
make good" our nobler resolves and
measure up" toward our high ideals,
SO that the world shall be better for
our having lived this year.
1t Is a good time to be optimistic,
to believe, with Browning, that
Gods in His Heaven! All's well
with the world" when time begins
hAOWAn6 ND WhAbO AOoCp dL uSg anu
every passing year puts into bis laden
wallet a little light from the eyes,
little bloom and softness from the
cheeks, a little gloss and color from
the hair, u little lightness from the
step, and bestows upon US, in their
stead, a varied assortment of odds
and ends, which are, as to value, ex-
actly what we choose to make them.
1t needs little moral alchemy to
turn them into gold and diamonds,
pearls and opals; but with this trans
forming touch, Times gifts area
growing patience which IrirGs sweet
ness and gentleness In the train. And
all Of these things write them
selves clearly enough on ageing
faces, sometimes identifying what
was once almost destitute OF charm;
and sometimes spiritualizing what
once was beautiful in form and color,
but lacked the loveliness that results
from an equal balance Of mind and
heart.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22
Hail and FAREWELL
A New Years Wish.

wish you happiness Throughout
the coming year. and tho | may not
always tell you so, the thought and
the wish will be yours just the same!
Whatever joy or success comes Ia
you, it will make me glad
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22
p1&2zS
q GIlr1sttlaa&
Yairp TaIH
egSS& g lSsN 80

+ was Christmas eve.
From the high hills
came no wind to howl
across the white
world at the farmer
through his ev cry
window or to shake
the door as If to say,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22

NV, our baby had never
encountered a locked
door. The lovesome
pit-pat Of his busy feet
was herald at whose
coming every door in
the house swung open
and over thresholds he
went into assured vel
comes.
But we were plan
ming a tree. And the
library door was locked.
He paused in his as
cent Of the stairs to
button in a button that
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-22

y ? = = ~ $3.50
So may the New Year be
\ happy one to you, happy to many
J more whose happiness depends
on you! SO may each year be
\ happier than the last, and not
Z the meanest of our brethren or
sisterhood debarred their right
full share in what they were
j formed to enjoy Dickens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-28

$50: So: -rhat-s good That's worth
while. Stick to the helm. my boy b,
laughed.
Brand amt at sea Judge" put l.
Nolan gooG naturediy. Hes In til
clouds. rhe All I'D there makes your
noss. Diced; out. o. the Eternal. you
see ali that : gong OH down here"
There was much going OH down
here" that Barieimy by all means pre-
ferred TO haze remain unseen. vet
he t1anased 10 reply. with an attempt
at sincerity:
More power TO you. Wheeler. More
power to you.
Nolan stepped toward the jurist.
You're a generous foe. Judge Bar
telmy.' ne said warmly. deceived By
the smooth tactics OF the Judge.
Foe: That's hardly the word no.
sponded .arteinly. and with defer.
ence: "Wheeler and / merely energize
differently. He is dynamic; am stat.
ic. and that is because he is young nd
/ am old.
Hell outerow that. Judge. You new
err will" remarked Dupuy. crossing to
No!an's side.
But under every system OF free gor
eminent. pronounced Rarteimy in his
best judicial manner. there have al
ways been conservative and iiberai
parties. whose leaders, while they dit
fered perhaps in method. have beer
stimulated By an equal love of coun.
try"
That is true. Judge Bartelmy," said
Brand but | can't eoncede that you
belong to the conservative party
Tie judge showed surprise.
But ! don't understand you he
stamnered. when Brand went on de-
terminediy:
Are you not seeking 10 introduce
into orr country incih-ds of governs
ment undreamed of by our forefa.
theirs =
The judge laughed as though N
( agreeable tolerance His Skill at YER
bal parrying was standing him in good
stead.
'Oh. had as much enthusiasm ms
self IN my youth. he said hut my
legal training has forced upon me u
eertain unfortunate ezactitude oi
Thought. Bnt tonne. come We old
lawyers have long since learHed that
we cannot carry our quarrels our oil
court. For instance. Of morning my
best friend. Judge Culver. may be at
drawn swords with me over some
point Of law. but the same evening will
end Us hail fellows we'll met. exchang-
ing stories before club IRE
| Nolan nodded his head understand