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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25
POISON IN COFFEE.
Drug Placed In Drink Believed to
Have Caused Death of Two.

Drug Placed In Drink Believed to
Have Caused Death of Two.
William Sprayberry, aged 80 years
one of the richest planters Of Do
Kalb county, Ca, and his wife, Mary
Sprayberry, aged IS years, are dead
from the effects, it is believed, OF
drinking poisoned coffee Three serv
ants employed on the plantation are
dangerously near death from drinking
the coffee.
The Sprayberry plantation is 10
Gated on the Flat Shoals road, one and
a half miles from the Cedar Grove
church. 1t is said to be one of the
largest plantations In the county and
is modernly equipped in every re-
spect.
1t is believed of neighbors that Will
liam Sprayberry, In fit Of temporary
insanity, placed the drug in the cot
fee. DR.. B. NJ Sprayberry, nephew
of the dead couple, stated that he had
believed William Sprayberry 70 be In
sane for the past ten years. He be-
lieves Mr. and Mrs. Sprayberry died
from the effects of arsenic or rough
on rats placed in the coffee.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25
$50 Cash for One Box
Of Florida ORANGES
me L: y. Painter Fertilizer Company Offers
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Exhibited at Tampa. January 1911.

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E $an Prize and SIS cash
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p pest boxes of Florida
Hinges to be exhibited at
t. meeting of the Ameri-
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iTnpa, in January 1911.
, IN addition to oranges, a
br;s number of Other
II (I,zes are offered for Flor
e5IggI grown fruits and vege-
4 VIes. Full particulars of
to, prizes furnished on
ks SsOT !! will be greatly
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|l q pAINTpn ,,.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25

The prices of beef and pork are
falling, says dispatch from chi
cago. Within the last week the price
of beef has been reduced between 4
and s cents a pound by the meat
packers. The price Of pork has de-
clined about 8 cents from the price Of
Is and 20 cents a week ago, and
wholesale meat dealers say that NUT
ton, veal and other products of the
packing houses will take downward
turn within the next few days.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25

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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25

Il do not believe there is any other
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writes Mrs Francis Turpin, Junction
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passed for colds and Group. For sale
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25

Grieving over the death Of her
mother, who died when she was only
six years old, Harriet Owens, ten
years old, ended her life with her
fathers revolver at Philadelphia. Her
body was discovered lying beside a
preserved wreath, which had been
taken from the coffin Of her mother
Lying nearby was a childish scrawl
which read: "Good-by, papa. ! am
going to Join mother, and hope that
God will forgive me"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25

II am pleased to recommend Cham
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thing | know of and safest remedy for
coughs, colds and bronchial trouble"
writes Mrs. L. B. Arnold of Denver,
Colo. I'VE have used it repeatedly
and it has never failed to give relief"
For sale by all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25

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Write for our 191OAlmanac
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
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be taken with perfect safety by the
most delicate woman or the youngest
child, The old and feeble will also
find them most suitable remedy for
aiding and strengthening their weak
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bowels. For sale by all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25

There is little danger from cold or
from an attack of the grip except when
followed by pneumonia, and this never
happens when Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is used. This remedy has won
its great reputation and extensive sale
by its remarkable cures of colds and
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plicit confidence. For sale by all deal
nrS
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25
COSTLY CUP or TEA.

One Thousand Dollars Paid for Same
at Charity Bazaar.
One thousand dollars was paid fol
q cup Of tea in Chicago.
The mark was set at the Charity
bazaar at Orchestra hall, the proceeds
Of which, $4,000 at a rough estimate
will be for the Home for Destitute
Crippled Children.
Thomas Griffin, wealthy manufac
turer, stepped into the tea room con
Quoted by Mrs. Graeme Stewart, ant
two dozen pretty debutantes and or
dersd q cup of tea.
Griffin took a sniff. Great, ISM
M" commented the young woman
who served it.
"Yes, indeed"
Then Mrs. Stewart came along
Mr.. Griffin drained the last drop, the1
nut the cup down and filled out G
check.
'T want to pay for my tea
Mrs. Stewart took the check ant
serutinized It.
One thousand dollars Never mint
the change" said Mr.. Griffin.
GENERAL Believing that thou
ITEMS sands of acres OF pub
or INTEREST lie lands containing
oil in California have been i'm
properly acquired BY railroads
corporations and individuals, Al
torney General Wickersham, 1t was
learned at Washington, was In
structed by President Taft shortly
before he left for Panama to conduc
a searching inquiry into the case
Specifically, the department OF jus
flee wishes to ascertain whether 6,ooI
acres of oil lands we're patented BY
the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
nany several years ago with a knowl
edge on the part Of certain govern
ment agents that the lands contained
on The fact, 1t is said, has caused
President Taft, Attorney Genera
wtckersham and Secretary Baliingei
20 regard with suspicion the number
NJ entries that have been made In the
nj, lands of California by individuals
Pensions for all employees OF ma
t,onaI banks and protection for thelr
families in case Of death has been
nronosed to the treasury department
nv several mutual life Insurance com
nanies. Several representatives o.
the companies, headed by W. q
Reers, of New York, had a lengthy
conference at Washington with the
comptroller of the currency as to the
locality of the plan. Their proposal
"a IA have the treasury department
interpret the national bank law TO
hermit the banks to take out spe'
cial form of policy for employees
London dispatch says that Lieut.
s,sgfried Helm, the German arm!
oToar who was arrested, charged
With having made sketches OF ths
fortincstions Of Portsmouth haroor,
pleaded guilty and wss placed unoei
bonds Of $3.50 not to repeat the Oh
Tense. .-,--.--
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-25
John Stockton S Space
.,11Is JOURNEY TO the UNDERSTANDING Of LAYMEN
RY A NON-PROFESSIONAL.

1T rs we'll known to all men to whom
these presents may come (this, be-
lieve, savors somewhat of legal phra-
seology) that lawyers are good and
handy to have around when man is
trying to make trouble for the other
fellow.
Lawyers are useful to law-making
bodies, and no one will deny the ad-
vantage of having goodly number of
good.ones III the United States Senate.
They keep the laymen (meaning just
ordinary folk, innocent of close asso-
cintinn with Rlnckstonnl from falnn-
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
Letter From senator Gordon.

Comrade J. N Shafter, Customs
Agent, Ciudad Porfirio DiaZ, Coahuila.
Mexico, sends the following interesting
letter written to him by ex-senator Jas.
Gordon. of Mississippi, which he de-
sires to have published in The National
Tribune:
Capt. J. II. Shafter.
MY Dear Friend: / can no longer
think of you as an enemy after the gal
liant fight you gave me. and the pleas
ant cOmpanionship you and l had to-
gether over those hills and streams of
Tennessee en- route to TullahOma. We
are brothers now, since / have had the
honor of firing the last gun of the war,
which was a salute to the old flag. on
my retiring from the U. S. Senate
Chamber. l have received several thou
sand letters from all over the United
States, as well as many from foreign
lands. and / have not had time to an
swer them. Yours | have laid aside to
answer as soon as / could find time to
do so. l have just returned from Nash
Vile. Tenn, where / have been to make
uating class at Vanderbilt University.
and while there j learned that there
was fellow claiming to have taken
Gen. (then Maj) Skaters sword from
him on the battlefield at ThOmpSon'S S
Station. l knew no officers of the cap
tured forces had their side arms taken
from them on the battlefield or while
under my charge. l cannot tell you the
name of the Major or the officer in my
command to whom your brother gave
his sword, as Maj. Harris. of my regi-
ment. was a Mississippan. tho he may
have resided in Tennessee before the
war. The regiment known to you as
the 4th Miss. afterwards received its
proper place on the roster, and is now
known as the I'd Miss. Cav. l am nv-
ing now at Okolona, Miss, and should
you ever find it convenient to visit me
/ would give you the hearty welcome OF
the gentleman from Mississippi. Your
friend-James Gordon. Okolona. Miss"
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
Narrow Escape From Capture.

Editor National Tribune: When
Buelrs army moved for Chattanooga
after the evacuation of Corinth. Miss
was in the rear guard. We stopped
one day for dinner, and myself and
Thomas Calhoun. of Co. +, and Charley
Miller. of Co. A, found big sweet po-
tato patch. We got a lot of them, and
cut them in thin pieces and cooked
them on some hot rocks. The bugle
blew. The rest went on, but we stayed
and cooked potatoes for an hour or
more.
Many people in northern Alabama
loved our flag. and as everybody SEEM
ed friendly things went well until even
ing, when we thought we would get
our canteens full of milk. Across a
creek about 400 yards from the pike
was a nice white house, which we went
to. A most beautiful lady came to the
door, all smiles. We told her our busi-
ness, and said we had the money to
pay for It, She said: Il have the milk;
it shall not cost you anything"
She asked us In and to sit down She
said, Il will fix you up something to
eat. too. boys," and went into another
room and hustled around. In 10 or Is
minutes I told her to give us the milk
and we would go on NO" she said,
TN soon have everything ready" 1
took my gun and walked to the porch
to look around. When I got on the
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
Marking Lonely Graves.

Editor National Tribune: I have just
finished setting up headstones to the
graves OF the Union soldiers that died
here during and just after the civil
war. The Government removed all the
bodies of the soldiers just after the war
to Brownsville. Tex, with the exception
of six or eight, and 1t is these graves
that have been occupying my attention.
One incident happened that 1 deem
worthy of mention. Jonas n. HelStrom.
First Lieutenant, 9Th ". 8. G. II. A..
died here July 13, 1865. and was nursed
and buried by the Masons here, and his
grave was marked with a tWO-inch live
oak plank. which stood as marker for
45 years and is still in a good state Of
preservation, and the grave was identi-
fed by that plank by Capt. l.. S. Lam
bert. of Galesburg. Ill, who command
ed the battery at the time. and placed
this plank at the head of the grave at
the time. and came down here last Fall
and identified it. / ordered from the
Government the tombstone that L have
just placed at his grave, and am pre-
serving the old live-oak plank that
stood guard over this grave so many
years.
Lieut.. Helstrom was born in Sweden
in 1922. and was 43 years old when he
died. Tho gone. he is not forgotten,
and an old comrade lived to mark his
grave. tho strangers in life.-H. c. Ad-
Ter, U. S. S. Ozark and Naunkeg. u. S.
Navy; Commander, Post 80. Depart
ment of Texas. G. A. IT, Victoria. Tex
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
WILSON'S FAMOUS RAID.
One OF the Most, IL Not the Most, Sue
cessful Raids Made During the War.

Editor National Tribune: In your
grand old paper of June was an arti-
Gle by Comrade Edward Smith Atkins,
Co. K. 123d Ill. NJ. l., about Gen. James
II. Wilson'S famous raid. | was much
pleased with the article, since ] was one
OF the $4,000 men he writes about I
consider that raid one of the most sue
cessful raids of the civil war.
The 4th Mich. Cav. of the Second Di-
vision arrived at Gravelly Springs, Ala.
Jan. 20, 1885, after a hard, colo march
OF about 400 miles from Louisville. XIV.
We remained there until March 13, then
moved to Waterloo and crossed the
Tennessee River to Eastport, Miss. On
the 22d we started on the great raid.
crossed the Black Warrior River on the
29th. where my regiment lost one man
and 80 horses In crossing. On the 3lst
we crossed the Catawba River on the
roalroad bridge over so feet high by
tearing down buildings to plank the
bridge. Here several horses and mules
were lost by their falling off the bridge
On April Selma was captured after a
hard-fought battle. The Second DivI-
sion charged the fortifications on the
Somerville road. took the works in 25
minutes, losing 324 men in killed and
wounded. Gen. Long was badly wound
ed. Col. r. Fl. Minty, of the 4th Mich.
took command of the division, and re-
was disbanded at the close of the war.
Mipty was the second man in the works.
Gen. Wilson started to ride into Sell
ma after the outer works were taken
with an escort of the 4th u. S. Cav. He
was fired on from a small fort near the
city. but he rode directly to the tele-
graph Office of the Confederate head
quarters, took possession and wired TO
Montgomery in Gen. FORESTS name TO
send him all the troops that could be
spared at that place at once. About 9
O'Clock that evening two heavy trains
came TO Selma. Gen. Wilson had a
strong force at the station, and took
them all prisoners without firing a gun,
That is why Montgomery was taken
without making any resistance when we
got there.
Columbus. Ga. is on the Chattahoo-
chee River. When we got there on the
night OF the 10th we found the bridge
across the river. which Ia very rapid at
this point, was long wooden one with
frame covering. The rebels had
stuited the frame with cotton soaked
In turpentine. to be fired IL the Union
forces tried to take the place About a
half mile below the bridge was still wa
ter where boats came up. There was a
small gunboat kept there to help defend
the city. On the Alabama side was a
small fort on q hill not far from the
river. Our scouts had learned these
| positions.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25

hugely built as small haystacks about
the plantations. These, with sides OF
bacon, melted away under the force Of
a soldiers appetite like dew before the
morning sun. The more delicate luxu-
ries, turkey, chicken, duck, lamb, fresh
pork and the Like, became quite COM
mon as daily fare. Nor did they scru-
pie to pail many planters cow.
Sometimes small foraging parties would
encounter or be attacked by guerrilla
bands. These were made up principal
ly from the stay-at-home class of citi-
zens, who would appear friendly and
loyal one day and the next, perhaps,
lurk in ambush to waylay Stragglers or
any caught away from the main army.
An instance that occurred before the
Atlanta campaign began shows that
Gen. Thomas gave the peaceable people
of the country every protection possi-
BILE, but was also severe on them when
they committed outrages on his troops.
1 reproduce from a letter written to my
wife at the time, which she has pre-
served, as indeed she preserved all that
l wrote during the war: "On Dec. %.
1863, near Mulberry, Tenn. some guer-
rillas captured a small party of our
men sent out with wagons for forage
for the mules. They took their prison
ers into the woods. deliberately MUIR
dered three of them and left another
for dead. One escaped by swimming
the river. Gen. Thomas at once issued
an order assessing a tax of $4,000 up
on the property of the citizens of the
vicinity within a radius of 10 miles
From this $4,000 was paid the widow
or mother of the murdered men. If
the guilty parties are caught they will
be executed at once. The people were
weu-to-do and the country was fine,
and they paid their pro rata assessment
in good hard gold Notwithstanding
this demand upon them they treated us
well, inviting us to their homes for
musical entertainments and sociability.
They expressed regrets when our work
was accomplished that we must leave
them. They said these guerrilla bands
harassed both sides in their pillaging.
Gen. Johnston was mystifled as to
Sherman's destination. Only slight op-
position was met on the entire march
to the sea-300 miles of travel, over a
thrifty. productive country most of the
way. with no obstacles to thwart him
till the city of Savannah was reached
about the middle of December, 1864.
The city was in command of Hardee
Rice swamps intervened between us
and the city. The enemy had cut the
dikes and overflowed the land with the
purpose OF interfering with our ap-
proach TO the city. The country abound
ed with an immense growth of tall cane
brakes. Sherman's ingenuity suggest
ed the binding Of these into large bum
dies and making a road over them
thru the swamps, and siege guns were
soon in position for service and the
fate of the city was sealed. The de-
mand for its surrender was obeyed a,
once. and Gen. Geary. OF the Second
Division, Twentieth Corps. was the first
to enter with his command. Thus Sa-
vannah was spared the destruction that
befell Atlanta. H Ellsworth, 18th
N. J., Nortonyille, Kan.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
A Raid On Richmond.

This letter was sent to us for publica-
ton by Comrade Van vechten. and was
a letter to his brother, written at the
time dated:
Camp of 1st N Y. Mtd Rifles, Will
liamsburg, Va, Feb. IS, 1864.
Brother John: Our regiment is be-
ing veteranized and the old men have
gone to their homes on S0-day fur
l0ugh: that is, the men who composed
the lst battalion and who served under
Gen. Wise at Norfolk, Va The ground
is frozen and ice is half an inch thick
on the pond where we water our horses.
We are doing light picket duty with
the 18th Pa. Cav Suppose you may
have seen an account of our late raid
towards Richmond.
When we started we expected to
get thru to Richmond. and the rebel
papers 1--WE get one occasionally give
their account of another victory over
us Yanks. They no doubt got their in
formation. as to our number from a
deserter named Boyle. who escaped
from Fort Magruder, where he was
waiting the execution of sentence to be
shot for killing Lieut.. w. w. Disoway,
Provost-Marshal at Williamsburg. Any
how, the rebels were prepared to re-
ceive US with open arms and had the
planks of Bottoms Bridge all taken up
and the fort above it filled in with
brush and trees. We had been expect
ing to start on a raid of some kind for
several days, as different regiments
were coming here and camping near
us.
"Our force consisted of about 1000,
including IL pieces of artillery, three
white regiments, two colored regiments,
two regiments OF cavalry and one bat
TALON of the Sd n. Y. Cav. When we
got in, sight OF Bottoms Bridge at the
Chfckahominy we could see the rebel
cavalry and artillery and the smoke of
their campfres. The city of Richmond
was only 10 miles distant, and the
whistles of their locomotives could be
heard. A detachment of our Mounted
Rifles went as near the bridge as they
dared and another detachment went to
the ford. The rebels opened on US
with one of their batteries, and the
first shot killed one of our men and
wounded two others, besides killing and
wounding several horses. 1t was no
place for cavalry without artillery sup
port For some unknown reason the
artillery had not kept up with us and
was several miles in our rear. My reg
iment has two mountain howitZers at
tached to it, but they were not taken
with US this trip on account of the ar
tillery accompanying US. We retreated
toward Williamsburg. and when the
rebel cavalry followed us we had two
pieces of artillery placed in ambush,
and upon their coming in shooting dis
tance opened fire on them, killing three,
one an officer. We felt deeply cha
grined at the failure of our expedition
Richmond papers are rejoicing over
our failure..-H. c. Van Vechten.''
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
MARCHING TO COLD HARBoR
incidents On the Line of March From
Washington to Port Royal and Cold
Harbor

Editor National Tribune: About the
middle of May, 1864, the I'd Pa. was
stationed at Forts Ethan Allen and
marcy, directly across the Chain Bridge.
above Washington on the Virginia side.
We were under marching orders. await
ing to be relieved by the l00-days men
from Ohio. Soon after we tenn mporariIy
occupied Forts Smith. Strong, Cass,
woodbury., COrcoran, Haggerty and
Whipple. (All OF these forts were dI-
rectly across the Aqueduct Bridge from
Washington.) We remained there about
two weeks, drilling the 100-days men
IN handling the guns. About May 27
or 2S we marched thru Georgetown to
the White House, where we were re-
viewed by President Lincoln. Then wa
marched to the foot of Sixth street.
where we boarded the steamers Great
Northern and Young America to Port
Royal, on the Rappahannock River.
where we went into camp. The base of
supplies for the Army OF the Potomac
at this port had just been broken up,
and we were the last of the troops
formed into q provisional brigade, led
by our Colonel, A. A. Gibson, and COM
posed of Our regiment and the 10th N.
Y. II. A, including pontoon trains. etc.
While In camp at Port Royal we were
supplied with an extra As rounds of
ammunition. and on June / we began
our overland march to Cold Harbor
l.400 strong. with brand-new uniforms
and buoyant spirits. We started off.
and marched like Regulars (that Is. for
short time we did. and when we
reached the Army of the Potomac three
days afterwards. at Cold Harbor, such
a dilapidated looking set Of individuals
would be hard to find. We were sick,
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
wirz and the Women.

Mrs ]. T.. Ward, Napa, Cal, says that
in The Nationl Tribune of June Lor-
ing Robbins. of Turner; Me. asks about
the steamer Webb. that ran down thru
New Orleans one day in April, 1865.
She, too, would like to hear particulars,
as she lived in New Orleans at the time
and heard the guns they fired about
noon after passing thru the upper part
of the city. She does not remember
hearing of the Flag draped in mourn
ing. She says we never hear of the
genuine old Confederates raising monu-
ments to- Wir1. forcing rebel statuary
In the Hall of Horrors and JEFF Daviss
chromos on the unsophisticated school
children of Oklahoma These latter
day specimens of WirZ worshipers re-
minds her of woman she knew in
Virginia who wanted her son to bring
homo 30 Yankee hearts on a bayonet"
That was in June. 1861. After the war,
she adds, Yankee hearts were thank
fully accepted In most any old way
Why pack of rabid females should
want to disgrace the good State of
Georgia with monument to one of
the most inhuman monsters known,
Wira. is moro than she can understand,
being certain they know nothing about
Andersonville Prison. She thinks the
truth was told by a Southern man, who
had been an officer there and was on
the train passing that place in 1886.
he said: "Andersonville Prison was q
blot upon civilization"