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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
What State Editors are
Saying.
An Indication of Public Sentiment

One thing on which all the candidates
for Governor seem agreed upon, so far
as they have expressed themselves, is
the abolition of the convictlease system.
The unanimity of opinion upon the part
of those seeking the peoples favors
may be taken as an unmistakable indica-
ton of the condition of public senti-
ment in relation TO this matter. II may
be predicted, with safety, that this in
famous institution today reads ''Going!
Going!" as the handwriting upon. the
wall, and that at no distant day the
records OF the slave system in Florida
Will be closed with the entry "Gone"
Lakeland News.
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THEFT WAS SUPPOSED.
Registered Mail Package Stolen From
St. Louis Postoffics Years Aoo.


The story Of the. registered mail
package containing $4,000 stolen
more than year ago was revealed
at st. Louis. The theft was made
public Monday after having been sup.
pressed for a year.
The Third National bank of st.
Louis registered at the main office
September 8, 1910, a package contain.
ing $4,000 in currency and addressed
to Galveston, Texas, banking house
The package was sent fram the
main office to the annex station at the
Union station, whore 1t was receipted
for by two clerks. The package dis.
appeared at or from the annex sta.
ton. The inspectors said any Of the
twenty-three clerks at the annex sta.
ton could have taken the money No
arrests were ever made. The bank
was insured against loss and has been
reimbursed
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

In Tuesdays Times Union Colonel
Appleyard gives what purports TO be a
list of the books comprised in the course
OF study for the public schools of Brad
ford county under county adoption of
text books. The list is all right, except
that Colonel Appleyard leaves out a
number of the books as shown by an
official copy of the course of study for
this county, which we have before US.
We strongly suspect that DR.. Branham is
furnishing the Colonel his data and
since the American Book Co., got so
hard jolt in the recent State adoption
of books, it should not be expected that
the doctor would be able TO get things
just right.-Starke Telegraph.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be Pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 10 cure in all its
ages, aud that is Catarrh Hairs Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known Ia
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con.
stitutiOr al disease, requiIes a constitutional
treatment, Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system, thereby des-
troying the foundation of the disease, and Civ
ing he patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work The proprietors have SO much faith in its
Dollars for any case that it fails TO cure. Send
for list of testimonials
3. ]. CHENEY 90, Toledo, o
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that creditors,
and all persons having claims
Or demands against the Estate of William
II. Clement, deceased, are hereby required
10 present and file same with undersigned
within two years from date hereof, other
wise the same shall ever after be barred.
Witness my hand and seal this 2Ist day of
september at Palatka, Florida, County of
Putnam. JOHN b. FILM, SIR,
Executor
OF the Estate of William H. Clement,
deceased.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

William B. Greenburg, the richest
newsboy in st. Louis, was buried re.
Gently His death was caused by
pneumonia. From poverty Greenburg
rose to be a landlord and at his death
was the owner of a $4,000 apart
ment building and the news stand
which he established after selling pa.
pers on the streets for almost %
years.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
Burdens Lifted
From Palatka BackS-R c lief
Proved by Lapse of Time.

BackaChe is heavy burden;
Nervousness wears one out;
Rheumatic pain; urinary ills;
All are kidney burdens
Daily effects of kidney weakness.
No use to cure the symptom,
Relief is but temporary il the cause
remains.
Cure the kidneys and you cure the
cause.
Relief comes quickly-comes to stay.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for kidney ills;
Prove it by your neighbours case.
Here's Palatka testimony.
The story of permanent cure.
John F. Marshall, lawyer, 225 n. Fifth
ST, Palatka Fla, says: al have no reason
TO change my high opinion of Doan s
Kidney Pills and can recommend them
just as highly as did in May, 1908. The
relief this remedy gave me from kidney
trouble has been permanent
For sale by all dealers. Price SO cents
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
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Exchange Represents the Growers

We are glad to see the Florida Citrus
Exchange taking the lead in inaugurating
prosecutions for violating the green
fruit law. That organization covers the
field, and its employees know what is
going on in all parts of the orange grow
ing section. 1t, too, is the representa-
tive of the growers, and its business and
theirs is being jeopardized by the PERM
cious practice against which this law is
directed. We do not think that many
prosecutions will be necessary. AS soon
as the violators of the law perceive that
the Exchange means business they will
stop breaking the law.-Tampa Times.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

A CHAPTER Otto Harris, Jr., aged
OF Ia years, was struck
CASUALTIES. by lightning and in
stantly killed at Sandersville, Ga He
was returning from the cotton field
with his father, where they had been
working, and, nearing the house, a
stroke of lightning flashed, striking
young Harris, who was a few feet be-
hind his father. They reside 4 miles
from SandersVille, and is one Of the
most prominent families in that Sec
ton.
A fight to death between a horse
belonging to P. j. Nevin, of New Or
leans, and bulldog resulted fatally
for the dog when the horse strolled
into his stall and found the dog in
possession. According to Mr.. Nevin
the horse Immediately attacked the
dog, which fought back, and after sew
eral minutes of kicking and swapping
in a cloud of dust, the body of the
dog was found dead, its skull crushed
in by the horSeS noolS.
AS Governor O'Neal fixed his pen
to sign the parole of Ed Hicks, ne
gro convict, he was informed that the
prisoner had been dead As hours.
Hold on" said a voice to the eXecu-
tive, there's no use to pardon him
now. He died night before last
Nevertheless, the governor issued the
pardon and it was recorded. Hicks
was serving a 25-year sentence from
Bullock county for criminal assault.
He was recently seized with galloping
consumption.
AS the result of an old feud at Ada,
Okla, which had existed between the
families, VIM Browning, 8 years of
age, is dead, and Miles Clark, young
man, is probably MORALLY wounded.
The two met at Mill Creek, a small
settlement near Ada, and the quarrel
started. The men almost immediate
ly began firing at each other, one of
the shots striking Browning in the
heart.
The announcement that he was dis.
charged from his position as waiter in
a Park Row lunch room at New York
was so hard blow to Carl Christian
sen, 10 years old, that he promptly
took the elevator to the ninth floor
of the high building in which the
restaurant is located and leaped from
a window. Nearly every bone in his
body was broken, and he died before
an ambulance could be summoned.
A suit for 5000 damages has just
been filed against the city of Washing.
ton, Ca, and the Washington tele.
phone company by Kate Leverett, col.
ored, growing out of the electrocution
of her husband, Newt Leverett, in the
early spring.
The national committee of the
worldwide Baraoa and Philathea So
cieties has named Norfolk as the con-
vention city for June, 1912. There are
5000 members in Tidewater, Va.
The appointment of George D.
Bakhmetieff as Russian ambassador
to the United States to succeed Baron
Rosen was gazetted at St. Petersburg,
James J. Hill has given $4,000 to
Zion Methodist church at Winnipeg,
Man
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
More Saloons for Hastings =

The county commissioners will meet
on Tuesday next. Five applications for
permits TO sell liquor in Precinct No. II
will be presented and some action taken
upon them. 1t is stated, on good au-
thority, that the board has no option but
TO grant these licenses providing the
applicant has fulfilled the requirements
Of law and is of moral character and law
abiding. II is not a question of feeling
A majority of the board, we believe,
are against granting licenses here, but
they cannot act except on documentary
evidence-and il has been promised
that such will be produced at the meet
ing of the Board. 1t is requested that
all voters, who possibly can, will attend
next Tuesdays meeting. Let big del
egation go in and use all means to i'm
press the county commissioners with
the fact that Hastings has had enough of
the saloons.-HastingS News.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

Prof. ]. E. Wood of Live Oak, a candi
date for the office of state superintendent
of public Instruction, has been on visit
to Tampa, and il is not too much 10 say
that he has made decidedly favorable
impression. He is man of strong per.
sonality and decided views. He has
long been an advocate of state uniformity
of text books, which in our opinion
amounts to an entire platform in ITSELF
Tampa Times.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

Editor Claude L'Engle of Dixie, in
this weeks issue of his paper has made
the following definite announcement of
his candidacy for Congressman at large:
"After looking carefully into the situa-
ton and carefully considering the way
in which can be of most service TO the
people of Florida, have decided TO be
a candidate from the State at large for
member of the federal House OF Repre-.
SentativeS.
81 offer myself to the electors oil
Florida 10 be voted for in the Demo.
cratic primaries of 1912 for this position
of Congressman at large from Floaida.
Some OF the most valued friends
have, in commenting on the public dis
cusSion of my possible candidacy, have
very kindly said that am more valuable
to Florida as editor than | could be as
Congressman. To all these and TO all
others of like thought beg leave 10 say
that | will continue my newspaper work
and that believe that my opportunity
TO serve the people of Florida as editor
of a free newspaper will be greatly en-
larged and strengthened by representing
them in Congress.
Everybody may be assured OF what
! will do if | go 10 Congress by recalling
what have done as editor of The Sun
and of Dixie.
81 ask the help of every true mar"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

Hon. B. E. McLin, Commissioner OF
Agriculture, has given merchants and
grocers of Florida till August of next
year to dispose of their adulterated and
miSbranded goods before enforcing the
pure food law enacted by the last legis-
Iature. 1t may be all right, but the
Commissioner has no authority to stay
the enforcement of that law, nor any
other.-lasper News.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
COST OF DISADVANTAGES.
When Government Builds the Elk
pense Account is LARGE.

peHse ACCOUNT IS Large.
Advocates of the building of bat
tleships in American navy yards will
be dealt staggering blow when Sec
rotary Meyers returns to congress at
next session figures showing the CON-
parative cost of the construction of
the Dreadnaughts Florida and Utah.
The former is just being completed
at the New York navy yard and 1t is
believed that when all of the figures
are at hand it will be shown that the
vessel cost almost Is per cent more
than her sister ship, the Utah, built
by the New York shipbuildins Aom-
pany at Camden, N. ].
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
Notice of Application for Tax Deed Under
Section OF Chapter 1883, Laws OF Florida

section OF Chapter 1858, Laws OF Florida,
Notice is hereby given that j. +. Gauns.
purchaser OF Tax Certificate No. 2si,
dated the 4th day of November, A. ID. Is. a
has filed said certificate in my office. ana
has made application for Tax Deed to issue
in accordance with law. said ccrtiflcute
situated in Putnam County, Florida. t6-Wif ;
IA a. of sw cor. of nwl4 OF nwI, section |
township 10, S. range y t II acres.
The said land being assessed Mt the date of
of Dan Jones.
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, Tax Deed will issue there.
on on the 3Oth day of October, A. u. 1911.
Witness my official signature and seal
this 18th day of September, 1911.
lSeall HENRY HUTCHINSON.
CLERK Circuit Court Putnam County Fla
BY Henry Hutchinson Jr ID. @.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

The Turkish war ministry, accord
ing to the reports current in Constan-
tinople, has received a dispatch from
the late Turkish military attache at
Paris, who has assumed command Of
the forces at Tripoli, stating that the
Italians began to disembark Friday
afternoon, but the Turks succeeded In
sinking the first two barges
1t is rumored also that Italian
forces have landed both at Tripoli
and Benghazi
The Turkish cabinet has resigned,
Said Pasha assuming the Office Of
grand vizier, and Kismil Pasha that
of foreign minister. Mahmoud Shelf
ket Pasha continues as minister of
war
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

specific for pain-Dr. Thomas Flee
trio Oil, strongest, cheapest liniment
ever devised A household remedy in
America for rs years.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

and L went TO CIle
store to get a bottle
of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege ia BILE
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted me
to try something
else, but knowing
all about it l in
sisted and finally
got it, and / am SO
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

II ask the help of every true man."
"
Mr.. c. Lee Smith of Pomona, thi
county, sends the News letter ii
which he defends the action o
Brother" Gillette the OSceola county
Shaker in chloroforming 10 death ISIS
ter" Sadie Marchant, sick member o
that peculiar faith. Mr. Smith says:
81 have known these people for tht
past eight years and will say have neve
met kinder hearted people or more LAW
ABIDING in the many parts of the
world over which | have been. The
woman whom they are charged witt
killing was taken in and tenderly careC
for, when without money or friends she
was left on a cold world. She was no
able 10 do any hard work such as the
other members of the colony do, ye
was cared for and no expense SpareC
when ii came to caring for her. | saw
the woman last December, and ther
she was almost dead. When dysenterS
came on a few weeks before her death
she knew that she was doomed. She
was in agony and at her own requeS
was given the chloroform. How car
you or any one claim those people did
murder"
The News will answer Mr.. Smith 5
question simply by saying, that such a
suggestion comes natural to a imam
from Missouri" and " because there
is no other name for the deed on the
statutes of Florida or any other civil,
lied state.
Who said Sister Sadie's condition was
hopclcSS2 Only Brother" Gillett. The
doctors who made the autopsy said that
she had every reason 10 expect many
years of life.
The Shaker religion does not teach
cuthanasia; on the contrary the heads Of
that religion have denounced the act OF
Brother" Gillette. He acted as any
individual, and the fact that he is 4
Shaker, with record of quiet, Indus
triouS life does not give him immunity
from the law.
Brother" Gillette made good many
statements at first which subsequent in
vcStigation have shown TO be untrue.
When first apprehended he was allowed
to go under bond; then there was much
sympathy for him and lots of gush was
written concerning this peculiar people.
Later, when more of the facts were
known, Brother" Gillette was placed
in Jail to await the action of the grand
jury.
No, Mr.. Smith, the state does not dele
gate 10 any sect or religion the power
10 take human life. And when any one
acting for himself, for his religion, or
from motives which he conceives to be
right or proper does take human life,
the act can only be defined in law as
murder.
DIR. John E. Ennis, whom the Kissim-
NEE Gazette terms "Florida'S greatest
and best loved humanitarian, says:
at will be sad day for Christianity
il il is understood that men can take the
life of every innocent party i'll or suffer
ing from pain Every physician meets
such cases in his practice, and firmly
refuses the request, knowing when the
pain is relieved the patient is anxious 10
live. y. As yet | have not
seen any satisfactory explanation of the
motive causing Elder Egbert (Gillette) TO
violate the commandment of God, the
law of every civilized nation and the |
positive rules of the sect of which he is
! high official and prominent member
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, Ill.-"I suffered from a fe-
male weakness and stomach trouble,
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
CARDS SAVED SIX LIVES
Man Was Going to Kill His Fam
;,v but Solitaire Checked Him.

Rocaueo Michael Crihheu. an aut"mo-
hi,o washer. n 80. 4ll West 36th street
is fond of solitaire six persons are alive
to-day. on Fridav night Cribben played
tho gamo for several hours T. fight of
his desire 10 Kill his wife, his -four chill
dron and himself A. midnight the
c7rds had soothed him and ne went ont.
The next day Mrs. crihben had gen
ora, alarm sent out for her husband
rho pnIico found that Cribbon got his
wages and told his employers that he
vas going away for rest. That was
tho last that was heard Of him until
..,,torda-. afternoon. when cousin re-
ceivcd letter
Crihbon explained in the letter that he
had not been himself since three and a
half wears ago. ho was thrown 10 the
,,roet ir trying 90 stop a runaway. his
el,.u being fractured. Since then. he
.,.,oto bo had suffered from hallucina-
icns ON Friday evening ne decided 4"
'.1I his family as well as himself. lie
ro,,qht hard against H. but IT was not
,,ti1 ne had played solitaire that ne be-
,,.,, tn realize what hc was about 10 40
90 e.id that ho would seek the aid oi
',',cialief i'm hope Of being cured. The
il,,cr v,as posted in IonkcrS
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
80 YEARS IN STEEL CAGE
Mother Who Cared for Maniac
Dies-Goes Back to Asylum.

Chicago. March 2l.-George Odette, for
thirty years bereft OF reason and cared
for in steel cage in the garret of MS
mothers home near Waukegan until the
mother died last week. aged ninetY-tWo
years. will be shared with ropes to-mor-
row and taken to an insane asylum. The
formalitv of test Of his sanity was
gone through to-day by an examining
board which sat in the garrett Whlle
Odette shrieked at them and ratified the
bars Of his cage.
The mans beard, bloods;ained ana
matted. hung nearly to his knees ana
Lis face and body bore marks OF ire
ouent struggles against the bars OF his
cage.
\ shock from galvanic battery at a
county fair in Waukegan robbed Odctte
of his reason and ne WAS sent to an
ASYLUM. Mrs. Odette obtained his re-
lease on a promise to guard him.
As he was violent and none dared APP
nroacb him, she had a steel cage built
i'm the garret of her home The mother
remainod night and day outside the
rago She prepared his food in the gar
ret. When the aged woman dicd no
ono would care for the maniac
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
HORSE TRIED TO RUN AWAY
Spread Panic On Ferryboat IN
Middle Of River.

Passengers on the Pennsylvania Rail
road ferryboat St Louis were frightened
late Yesterday afternoon when a horse
drawing an ADAMS Express wagon
tried 10 run away The St Louis
started for New York from Jersey city
about = o'clock and was in mds,ream
when the whistle of passing boat
scared the horse. and it ran down the
wagon alley to the front Of the boat
There il Knocked down several passen-
gers and was brought to sudden stop
10y the guard chain across the bow Of
the boat. The horse stopped. but the
post TO which the chain was attached
was torn loose.
Passengers quieted the horse and then
turned their attention to those who had
been hurt. At Desbrosses street an am
huance from the Hudson street Hos
pi;al brought Or. Hook. who took two
women cut about the hands and face
back with him.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
JAPANESE WAR TALK SILLY
DR.. Iyenaga Says 1t Should Be
Treated as a Joke.

At the end Of his lecture on Japan
and Great Britain at Cooper Union last
night DR. Toyokichi lyenaga, Of the
University of Chicago. was asked by
man in the audience what Great Britain
would dc If the United States should
send a fleet and take any of Japan's
possessions away from her. DR.. Iyenaga
replied that in view of the defensive
and offensive alliance which Great Brit
ain signed with Japan at Portsmouth in
1!NJ Great Britain would he placed in
very embarrassing position.
The cloud which was covering over
Japan and the United States said DR..
Iyenaga. has been completely dispelled
10y the treaty that was signed between
the two nations last month. The talk
Of a war between the United States and
Japan is sheer nonsense and ought to
be treated as huge joke"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
CAR CRASHES INTO WAGON
Four Men Hurled to Street and
One Has Skull Fractured.

eoutibound LoriWcr street car. crowded
.,.i, ,,e, women and children crashed into
-. ,..gon containing four men at Lorimer
..d powers street about 9:@p O'Clock last
-..,,ipg Tho wagon was bowied over t"''"
.rd the occupants were sent SPRAYING IN
.,,,.. direction The front platform "i the
,, yas wrecked. and many Of the windows
.o brokcn THO women inside hecame
rsnicst1ck,u and tried to quit the car 10y
the rear door
ra,rolman Holland. Of the Herbert street
,i.o station. sent iu call for an am
, Inc Dr Iurley. of th" Williamsburg
,,le,.i,.,l found that Joseph Vine. Of No.
20 r,et 10th street. Manhattan. was SUI
.,,.o from fractured skull Nathan
% of ~. 10 Attorney street, Manhat-
,bo was sitting on che seat beside
,..ao was badly cut and bruised. Fine was
I...,.,..d to the hospital and is IN serious
t,,on Jacob smith and Charles era
.ho other occupants of ui" wagon.
~ uo, seriously hurt They sail th" mo
-, ~ the car didn't ring his bell. No
.,rcsts we're made
New-York tribune., 1911-03-22
TO CLEAN BORDER TOWN
Kansas Women Name Candl-
dates for Town Offices.
II. Tclcgranh Il M Trihune. ]


Hunneweu. Kan. March 2l-Ihe
women Of Hunnewell have decided that
as they cannot get the laws enforced 10
make this little town good place 10
live in they will take hand In the city
government themselves. Mrs ). wilson
was nominated for Mayor and Mrs. U. y.
Osborn for police judge by caucus OIL
women held to-day. The women WEI
wage a lively campaign for the election
NJ these candidates They are not IN
terested in the other town offices.
Hunnewell is on the south line OF the
state. II was once a cowboy town, ana
never has got over the license OF the
old days. The women have objected lot
some time 10 this freedom. II the TWO
offices fall in their hands the women ns %
,rc that bootleggers and gamblers VIE
have to hit the trail.