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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

have purchased in that vicinity. Much
of this land has already been taken.
One fact stands out pre-eminent in ia
vor of Putnam county lands for farming,
trucking and growing purposes.
They have been the first choice of the
northern capitalists and their soil ex-
perts for colonizing purposes. More
colony lands are now being offered in
Putnam than i'll any other Florida
| county.
During the past year or two at least
five great colonizing companies have
bought and are now advertising Putnam
county lands,
Among these companies may be men
toned the Benson purchases of some
$4,000 acres, reaching from the St. Johns
river at West Tocoi to the Clay county
line, and running several miles west OF
the Atlantic Coast Line railway; the
New South Farms and Home Company,
reaching north from the Okawaha river
and containing more than $1,000 acres,
the Lake George Land Company. reach
ing from the Atlantic Coast Line rail
way to Lake George; the South Palatka
Land Company, few miles south OF
Palatka, and several other lesser pur-
chaseS. No other county in the State
has so appealed to the soil experts sent
into Florida to recommend land invest
mentS.
Putnam county people have been pre-
pairing Tor these new settlers. During
the past two or three years the county
has spent 100000 on hard roads leading
in every direction from the county seat
a great traffic bridge has been built
across the St. Johns river at Palatka
and another across Dunn's creek to
connect the hard surface road over the
peninsula to Welaka, Pomona and
Crescent City; the county has also
built new and modern court house.
Advice to Prospective Settlers.
Come if you are energetic and know
how to embrace an opportunity wher
you see it.
Come if you like mild climate bet
er than a cold one-a good all-the- year
,ound climate.
Come if you are willing to assist in
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/ upon its own native resources for its
physical superiority in this respect.
There are no fifty thousand dollar
government buildings here, erected by
Uncle Sam, no magnificent hotels la
the Royal Ponciana, donated by pa
ternal millionaires-every building
was built by the citizens for the every
day needs of the populacc, and a
splendid collection of structures they
are. In looking them over one nat
urally thinks OF the men who put
them up. And among the builders
and contractors that are called to
mind, Mr.. H. NJ. Boyce will always
claim particular attention.
Mr.. Boycc comes from Byron, Hi
nois, where he learned his trade under
Mr. G. w. Sherman, a well-known ar
chitect and builder Of that state. He
has only been in Palatka three years,
but has already done some of the
most important work carried on in his
line during that time. His services
are in constant demand, and he is
making reputation that is reaching
beyond the confines of his adopted
county.
The fine new Murphy building on
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

developing the wonderful resources OF
the county and become permanentacit
izen
Come if you are a horticulturist, trucl;
grower or good mechanic
Come if you are a good farmer, with
good judgment, and you can make more
money in Putnam County to the acre
Than you can anywhere else.
Never were the prospects OF the codn-
ty, or Florida, 40 bright Never so full
of hope for the future, nor so buoyant
with vitality or swift with growth as at
present Now is the time and now the
opportunity for thousands to take ad-
vantage of our increasing prosperity
But
Don't come empty-handed. A little
capital is just as necessary to make a
start in Florida as elsewhere.
Don't come expecting to find a country
where you can live with little or no
work, unless you have an income that
will support you.
Don't come if you are out of job and
cannot find one at home. If you cannot
find employment at home where you are
known, you will not be apt to find it
tmong strangers.
Don't come if you are trying to get
something for nothing-you will only
acquire little more experience.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
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Macready's caustic Reoy.

A scapegrace baron pawned the cor.
onet he had worn at the coronation of
Queen Victoria. Having Il slight ac-
quaintance with Macready. the TRACE
dian, he wrote to the actor Offering to
sell the pawn ticket and suggesting
that the redeemed item of headgpHr
would be an Interesting theatrical
property" Macready replied with
characteristic sarcasm that If the
thing had been owned by nobieman
of mark who had got into straitcnpd
circumstances he would have favor
ably considered the application. But
he did not think his stock of proper
ties would be improved by the addi-
ton Of gilded coronet that had been
worn by numskull and pawned by a
profiigate.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
BEAUTIFUL NEW
SUBDIVISION
Overlooking the City of PaIatka
Southland Heights Villa Colony is
Put on the Market by New Realty
Firm.

One mile due south OF the Palatka
City Hall, overlooking both the town
and the broad reaches of the st. Johns
River, a plateau rises from the rich
muck lands along the shores of this
historic stream to a height of one
hundred feet or more above water
level.
On the crest of the slope the ruins
OF an old mansion may be seen, as
well as a few long neglected orange
trees. This is the old Garrison es-
tate, which was in its time one of the
handsomest and most desirable prop
critics around Palatka After being
deserted for many years, however,
the house was burned and now only
the beautifully situated land is left
But this is more than enough to draw
attention to so charming location.
II IS an ldeal tract Tor suburban cot
'aSeS and winter homes and 1t
AFFORDS as much satisfaction TO record
that tins line section OF highland is
being SuDdlvded into building lots
by the new Southland Heights Realty
Company and placed upon the
market on very attractive terms.
lherc are some forty acres Of land
Ill the Southland Heights addition.
ana more VIII be available later on,
EVERY lot IS located high and dry
ABOVE the surrounding country per
iectly drained and Tree from all in
sect pests.
Along the western side OF the tract
runs one on the most picturesque
wooded raVlncs IN the state. A beau
ulul stream OF crystalline spring
water rlppIcs through the center OF
TINS gorge, and the trees, shrubs and
mowers lure the nature lover int
their cool retreats. The water supply
lor the old city watcr-works came
mainly from this lovely spot, and
some Gay the people OF Palatka will
recognize the unique charm OF the
glen and convert it into public park.
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beautiful and heolthful section.
Florida with an acreage of ipcor
producing soil that stands the bi.
est tests for fertility, the SoutbI'
Heights Realty Company offers ,
chance of a lifetime.
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Cleared of timber and thickct growth,
there is literally no limit to their pro-
ductivity. From one to ten acre plats
OF this kind may be purchased at from
$4,000 to $1,000 an acre.
The building lots on the highlands
measure 5oxIoo feet, and limited
number are being offered at the spec
ial Introductory price of $1,000 apiece.
ID is safe to say that few OF these
will remain after they have been
shown or described to investors, but
in order to give prospective buyers
at distance a chance to own homes
in this beautiful suburban tract, the
following unusual terms are made on
both lots and farmlands;
Twenty-Five Dollars ($25oo) for
each building lot or acre Of farming
land may be sent to Henry Hutchin.
son, Sr, Clerk of the Circuit Court
Of Putnam County, at the Court
House, Palatka, who will hold the
money for thirty days, and if at the
SEPARATION OF that time the investor
IS not satisfied with his bargain, his
money will be refunded intact. The
regular terms of payment are fifty
per cent OF the purchase price down
and the rest within ninety days, up
on issuance OF warranty deed. Henry
hutchinson, Jr., is the secretary and
treasurer OF the new company, and
j. addressed at his office in Palatka,
will be pleased to give any additional
information desired about the prop
crty and will also meet prospective
buyers and show them oyer the lands.
The man lac OF the A. {. l.. Rail
read crosses the property at the loot
ii Tie heights, and if The place builds
up As rapidly as every indication war,
rants lis in believing it will, it will
not be long before a new station IS
established at this point. Excellent
docking facilities can also be arrang-
ed Tor those desiring to keep boats
on the river
A fine boulevard is being laid out
to entirely cncircle the heights, with
Il complete system of interesting
streets Artesiqn wells can be OBJ
tanned at a distance OF from eighty to
a hundred and fifty feet, and in ad-
lition water-maiHs to supply the en-
Tire community can be connected with
the old city watcr-works.
The promoters of the Southland
Heights Realty tract are among the +
oest-known inhabitants of this sec
ion OF the state, are thoroughly ia
nl!lar with the present and future
possibilities of Palatka and Putnam
county both as a residential and ag-
lcultural. center, and in opening up
his magnificent new villa colony are
.ddlng greatly to the prestige of the
ZEN City as a high-class resort for
winter residents. They propose to
NOW their patrons what scientific
Methods and superior marketing ia
lIltics in fruit culture and trucking
vii do, SO that the home-sites and
ardens that they sell will be not only
but will guarantee
her owners a substantial profit on
nelr investments. If succession of
he right trees are planted one may
tins climate pick fruit every day in
he year, and three crops of vege-
lbics are always assured. To the
IAN or woman Of moderate means
Tho wishes home in one of the mos,
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Simple.

"And what do you sailors do when
you get homesickT' I'VE goes to sea
again, ma'am."-Houston Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-26
By ANNA
KATHARINE
GREEN
PROLOGUE
Copyright. 1910.
BY Anna Katharine Rohlfs

English detective stories have
their waiting and their waning in
public favor; their American
limitations hold the readers at
tention for a time; French and
German a~cuteness in the devils
ing of origino. plots engages our
interest until the tales of newer
Vdocqs are told, but Anna Kath-
orine Green's detective stories.
based on incidents of American
life, are perennial boomers.
They know no permanent rivals
in American liking.
In the writing of stories with
originality of plot, skillful de-
piction of character, interest of
incident, intricacyo of mysterya and
boldness of denouement no for
eign novelist can hope to COM
pete for American favor with
this American woman writer.
Read The House of the Wits
Pering Pines" a story of love
aaa' crime and mystery, told in
her best vein. We warrant it to
be one of her best and therefore
one of the worlds best.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-26

rounding circumstances, for this was
my betrothed wife. Whatever my in
tentions, however far my love had
strayed under the spell cast owe me
by her sister-the young girl who had
just passed out-Adelaide and 1 had
been engaged for many months. Our
wedding day was even set.
But that was all over now-ended.
as her life was ended, suddenly, in
comprehensibly and by no stroke Of
God. Even the jewel on her finger
was gone. the token Of our betrothal.
This was to be expected. She would
be apt to take it off before commit
ting herself to a fate that proclaimed
me a traitor to this symbol. I should
see that ring again. I should find
it in a letter filed with bitter words.
I would not think Of it or Of them now.
I would try to learn how she had COM
mitted this act, whether by poison
Or
It must have been by poison. No
other means would suggest them
selves to one Of her refined sense.
buC IL SO WHY CAOoC 11dlAS Ou uCl
neck, growing darker and darker as
I stared at them?
MY senses reeled as I scrutinized
those marks. Small. delicate. but
deadly, they stared upon me from
either side of her white neck till ma
ture could endure no more. and l
tottered back against the farther wall,
beholding no longer room nor lounge
nor recumbent body, but a young
girls exquisite face. set in lines which
belied her seventeen years and made
futile any attempt on my part at self
deception when my reason inexorably
demanded an explanation of this death.
AS suicide it was comprehensive, as
murder not. unless
And it had been murder!
T sank to the floor as I fully real
lied this.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-26

case. remembered the candle and
candlestick l had heard thrown down
on the lower floor by Carmel Cumber-
land. l would secure them and come
back and settle these uncanny doubts.
I had a hunt for the c%andlestick and
a still longer one for the candle. but
finally I recovered both and. lighting
the latter, felt myself for the first
time more or less master Of the situa-
ton.
Rapidly regaining the room in which
my interest was now centred, | set
the candlestick down on the dresser
and approached the lounge. Hardly
knowing what I feared or what / ex-
pected to find. l tore off one of the
cushions and flung IT behind me.
More cushions We're revealed, but that
was not all.
Escaping from the edge of one of
them l saw a shiny tress Of woman's
hair. ! gave a gasp and pulled off
more cushions. Then l fell on my
knees. struck down by the greatest
horror which a nan can feel. Death
lay before me-violent. uncalled for
death-and the victim was n woman.
1t was she-she indeed. Dead
Adelaide. the woman I had planned to
wrong that very night and who had
thus wronged me! For a moment |
could take in nothing but this one
astounding fact; then the how and
why woke in m%addening curiosity
within me.
But beyond the ever accusing, pro-
tuberant stare those features told
nothing, and, steeling myself to the
situation, l made what observation l
could of her condition and the sur
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-26

the same and no two leaves of exactly
the same pattern. Lift the graceful
branchlet r~everently; thoughtfully
pluck a leaf: study that wonderful or
gan; examine its petioie the leaf
stock).
Under the microscope the protop!as-
mic cells are seen to be constructed
with just as much inherent intelli-
gence as in the hand or any part of
the human body. The petiole, for ex-
ample. instead of being made of over
tapping cells. is made up of spiral cells
much like the wire coil spring that
pulls the screen door shut. Then
trace out the veins, veinlets and veinu-
lets and see how wonderful it is all
filled in With the parenchana, and then
with the microscope look upon that
strange but beautiful arrangement for
breathing. the stomata.
The tree that we talk a%bout-that is,
the part that we see. consisting OF
trunk, branches and leaves-is in real
ity not the important part. This is the
visible portion, of course, and is beau
tiful or otherwise according to the con-
dition Of the invisible parts. the roots.
There are Just three places where
we find healthy t~rees-trst. in the nat
ural woodlands: second. in the open.
cultivated field. That is where this
beautiful rock maple is situated. Note
the burrows. as the recent blowing
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-26
------A
JOHN R. EARLY ASKS
GOVERNMENT FOR PENSION.
Alleged Leper Will Again Be Examined
by Physicians.

Commissioner Davenport Of the pen
sion bureau at Washington is arrang-
ing to take up the application of John
r. Early, the alleged leper, for q pen
sion.
The commissioner isn't certain by
any means that Early is a leper and
will again get a verdict Of physicians.
He declines to give out Early's place
of residence in Washington state and
says he will have him examined by
physicians who know nothing Of his
history.
In his application Early does not al
lege that he is a leper, but says his
health is bad. He asks for q partial
disability pension instead of the one
for total disability under which he
drew $72 and which was granted him
by the bureau when he was in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
1t is understood the examination to
be made by the pension office physi-
clans will go a long way toward set
ting the dispute between the Washing
ton health office and DR.. Buckley, the
New York skin specialist, who declared
that Early is not a leper. Leprosy is
classed as an incurable disease.
Originally the pension was granted
to Early o. the decision Of the Wash
ington health authorities, but when the
patient went to New York and DR..
Bulkley declared he was not a leper
Examiner Roome Of the pension Office
made an investigation, and later the
monthly allowance was stopped.
Early served for nine years in the
army, being in Cuba and the Philip
pines. He left the army in 1906, going
to work in a pulp mill in North Caro-
lima, where he claims he received the
scars which the local health officials
claim are those Of leprosy.
After being released from the Skin
and Cancer hospital in New York, to
which institution he was taken from
the District by DR.. Bulkley, Early re-
turned TO Washington and went to the
District building without being recog-
niZed. Later his identity became
known, and he was placed under arrest,
finally being freed with the injunction
not to again come into the District.
Shortly thereafter he disappeared from
view and was believed to be living
quietly Oh q farm in one of the south
ern states.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-26

A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL SHIELDING
HER LEFT CHEEK.
passed between us and the wreck
she had made Of my life. But here,
in a place so remote and desolate l
had hesitated to enter it myself,
what was l to think? How was 1
to reconcile so inconceivable a fact
with what I knew Of her in the past,
with what 1 hoped from her in the
future?
1t was evident that some grisly fear.
some staring horror, had met her in
this strange retreat. Simple grief
speaks with a different language from
that which l read in her distorted
features and tottering, slowly creep
ing form. What had happened above?
She had escaped, me to run upon
what? My lips refused to ask, my
limbs refused to move. and If l
breathed at all l did so with such
fierceness Of restraint that her eyes
never turned my way, not even when
she had reached the lowest step and
paused for a moment there, oscillat-
ing in pain or uncertainty. Her face
was turned more fully toward me.
and l had Just begun to discern
something In 1t besides its tragic
beauty when she made a quick move
and blew out the candle she held.
Then there came n crash. followed
by the sound of flying feet. She had
sung the candlestick out OF her hand
and was lsurrledly crossing the hail.
I thought she was coming my way
aud instinrtivel. drew back against
tho wall. Dut she stopped far short
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-26

4Nos Ill liza WV Al
ROOTS.
has been done. and. third. in the grave
yard, or cemetery. where the roots
feed on the human bodies. In the nat
from the mulching given by the de-
caying leaves. Through this mulching
the air and water both penetrate and
feed the roots and keep them active.
In the cultivated field the same takes
place by means Of the farmers con
slant blowing, cultivating and stirring
the soil, and in the cemetery the dig
ging of graves and burial Of bodies
stirs the soil and furnishes the food
supply from the bodies that are in
tered.
To me this is a pleasant thought,
that this body shall "rise again. and
live as a shelter for the dear birds.
From these three lessons and O few
others incidentally we have n Of the
most important lessons in tree grow
ing-namely. the top Of your tree, or
the visible portions. ear be no better
tudu IuS 1uFlS1UiC paltS, IAS AoSe.
This fact is presented to you wher-
ever you go and is exempliied by IL
%lustration No. 2. This is from a pho
tograph taken July 8. No. l was
taken the 4th Of the same month.
The cause Of the destruction Of those
in No. 2 was the formation Of a heavy
sod over their roots. Unpleasant as it
is. we must recognize the fact that we
cannot have a good tree and a good
sod at the same time. There are arti-
fetal ways Of compromising at times,
but the simplest way is to throw q
rope around the tree and draw q circle.
destroy all sod inside the line and keep
c%ultivating and give plenty Of water
during the hot months Of July and Au-
gust. The circle may be a foot from
the trunk for small trees ont to as far
as six feet In large ones.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-26

the now rapidly advancing storm
came whirling in. biting my cheeks
and singing my forehead.
Once inside l stopped short, possibly
to listen again, possibly to assure my
self as to what l had best do next.
The silence was profound. Not a
sound disturbed the great, empty build.
ing. My W football as 1 stirred
seemed to wake extraordinary echoes.
] had moved but a few steps, yet to
my heightened n the noise seemed
loud enough to wake the dead. In
stinctively | stopped and stood stock
still. There was no answering cessa-
ton Of Observation-Disclosures, silence
everywhere. Yet not quite absolute
darkness. AS my eyes grew accustom-
ed to the place l found it possible to
discern the outlines Of the windows
and locate the stairs and the arches
where the side halls opened. l was
even able to pick out the exact spot
where the great antlers spread them
selves above the hat rack. and present
~ the rack itself came into view, with
Its row of empty pegs, yesterday so
full, today quite empty. That rack
interested me, | hardly knew why, and
regardless Of the noise | made l cross
ed over to it and ran my hand along
the wall underneath. The result was
startling. A mans coat and hat hung
from one OF the pegs.
Would this hat and coat identify
the intruder? | would strike a light
and see. But this involved difficulties.
The gas had been turned off that very
morning, and l had no matches in my
pocket But l remembered where they
could be found. l had seen them
when | passed through the kitchen
earlier in the day.
! began to move that way and pres
emily came creeping back with a match.
But | did not strike one then. had
just made a move to do so when the
un taxable sound Of a door opening
somewhere in the house made me
draw back into as quiet and dark a
| place as I could find. This lay in the
lCul duO 1T tAC L1SAC VI LuC CdoSs
and as the sound had appeared to
come from above it was the most nat
J ural retreat that offered. And a good
n I found it.
I had hardly taken up my stand
when the darkness above gave way to
a faint glimmer and a step became
audible coming from some n of the
many small rooms in the second story,
but slowly and with evident hesita-
ton.
The light steadily increased with
each tagging but surely advancing
step. Then the uncertain step paused,
and a sob came family to my ears,
wrung from lips stiff with human
anguish. The sound of the sigh
struck shudderlngly on my ear, fol.
lowed by the renewal of the step and
the almost immediate appearance on
the stairs of a beautiful young girl OF
seventeen holding a candle in one
hand and shielding her left cheek
with the other.
Nothing could have prepared me
for an encounter with this woman
anywhere that night after what had