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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
II Saturday
Serlilonette.

"And renew right spirit within
me-" Ps. 51-10.
This is the companion petition to
the cry considered last week: "Cre-
ate, in me, clean heart, o God2"
In the margin of the revised version,
today'S text reads, "renew a stead.
fast spirit within me-" Others rem
der ii, constant spirit" The cou-
pied cry of the penitent psalmist is
for clean heart and constant spirit.
This had been one of David's char
acteristics. He had been constant,
Steadfast, true. In his devotion TO
king, to country, TO friend, to God he
had been steadily faithful. But pas
sion, with the rushing sweep of a
tidal wave, had broken his constancy;
and now he cries for its removal
"renew steadfaSt spirit within me-"
This is cry for the days wherein
we dwell. The strain on devotion
TO duty to God and to men was never,
perhaps, greater than now. The
very rate at which riches increase
tempts men to turn from all else, and
" OCT thC WhOlC uSdlt Ou tuGul.
Pleasure, as reaction from strenuous
toll, sings its siren song successfully.
1t wins. Luxury lets down the tense
ness of virtue, and license fingers not
far away. How easy-going men and
women grow TO be! They have
grown very liberal-to themselves
in views and ways. We forget, too
often, the Thou shalt nots." And,
ever and anon, amid the flotsam and
jetsam of life's sea, we note the
wreckage of business consistency, do
nestle fidelity and social steadfast-
ness. Characters that seemed like
oaks have proved but mushrooms.
Shall we not follow the Royal Peni-
tent in the cry for constancy? God
make US steadfast in spirit, as well as
clean in heart, and, then home and
country and church and character
shall be secure. ]. M. B.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
FAIR EXCHANGE.
A New Back for an Old One.
How it Can be Done
i'm Palatka.

The back aches at times with dull,
indescribable feeling, making you weary
and restless; piercing pains shoot across
the region of the kidneys, and again the
Ioins are so lame to stoop is agony. No
use to rub or apply plaster to the back
in this condition. You cannot reach the
cause. Exchange the bad back for a
new and stronger one. Palatka residents
would do we'll to profit by the following
example:
E. j. Seeds, Warner Ave-, Omega
Fla, says: "My kidneys and back
troubled me for years as a result of a
fall. My back became so lame that for
days at time l could not work and l
was often confined to the house doc
tered and used several kidney remedies,
but could find nothing that would help
me until l procured Doan's Kidney
Pills. Since taking them my back has
been strong and free from pain, the kid
ney secretions have passed more regu-
larry and have been in better health.
Doans Kidney Pills have my hearty en-
dorsement."
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Notice to Contract ors.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the board of county commissioners of
Putnam county, Florida, for the con.
struction of a hard surface road, begin
ming at the southerly end of the Peniel
and Rodman road near the Peniel school
house. Said road to be ten Q0 feet
wide and made of clay or shell, eight
inches deep in center and six inches
deep on edges, and rounded up. Road
to be one mile long, more or less. The
board reserves the right to reject any or
all bids. Bids TO be opened at regular
meeting of the board Of county com
misSioners on Dec. 9th, 1911, at 10 a. m.
HENRY HUTCHINSON,
Clerk of Board of Co. Commissioners.
Palatka, Fla, Nov. 10th, 1911.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
A Gift With A Thought In It.

What other Christmas present costs so
little and means so much as a SubScrip-
ton 10 The Youths Companion-52
weeks for 81 .752 1t is gift which bene-
fits not only the one who receives it,
but every member of the same house
hold.
With many Christmas presents the
sense of novelty wears off by the week S
end, but The Youths Companion is as
new and sought after the fifty-Second
week of the year as the first. 1t is elias
tic in its adaptability, too; for it does
not matter whether the present is for a
boy or girl, young married people, Sc
date couples, grand parents-there never
was one yet who did not set store by
The Youths Companion. You cannot
make mistake if you give The Com
panion-and it is only S1.75 a year now.
On January /, 1912, the price will be ad-
vanced to $500.
The one TO whom you give the sub
Scription will receive free The Com
panion'S Calendar for 1912, Autographed
in ten colors and gold, and you, too, as
giver of the subscription, will receive a
copy of the Calendar The Youths
Companion, IA Berkeley ST., Boston,
Mass.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

A. NJ. c. Russell for is years Superin-
tendent of schools in fernando county.
has made definite announcement of his
candidacy for State Superintendent to
succeed w. NJ. Holloway. Mr.. Russell
was one of the leading opponents of the
State uniformity text book law enacted
by the last legislature, and is probably
still opposed to the system, for in his
platform is this line: Free text books,
county system, for public schools. I"
However, this good mans platform
should not be permitted to interfere with
his success. a state superintendent
doesn't make the laws, and neither does
he "cut much ice" as lobbyist before
the legislature. Mr.. Russell is devoted
friend of our public school system and
in the event of his election would faith
fully carry out the law in the spirit OF its
enactment
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

The Times begs TO suggest that the
automobile clubs of this section of the
state go little slow in fighting the
county tax on machines on constitution
al or other grounds. The mass of voters,
in the event of success of the movement,
might organize war on good roads and
go on sort of strike, refusing TO vote
bonds and elect county commissioners
pledged to devote no money to main
tanning hard surfaced roads until the
autoiStS come across. Unless the tax is
outrageouSly high it might be good poll
icy TO go gently in fighting it. Live and
let live is time honored motto, caIcu,
lated to minister 10 harmony and pro-
gross. Tampa Times.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Sweet Voiced Frogs.

In Japan there is kind of frog very
celebrated for his sweet voice. He is
called kajiki, and people pay as much
as $40 for a pair of these marsh mu-
sicians. A poet in Japan keeps scores
of singing frogs at his home, and he
sometimes gives a party to his friends,
when after listening to the music every
guest is asked to write poem in
honor of the frnnS
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

Rev. Joseph Lambert of Providence,
r. l., the minister who officiated at the
Astor Force wedding, has been SO Sc.
verely criticised for his part in that al.
fair that he has resigned his pastorate
and declared that he will go into bust
ness. AS his holiness is credited with
receiving a wedding fee of several thou
sand dollars, he has the capital with
which to engage in business. But he
should hesitate before engaging in
vulgar trade" He could remain in the
ministry and make more money mar
rying divorced people-a business in
which he has already been we'll adver-
tised.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
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 TO cure in all its
5 ages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby des-
troylng 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 haveso much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
F. .cHENEY& CO., Toledo, 0
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

Alachua county farmers long since
learned to live at home and board at the
same place, hence the low cost of cot
ton does not affect them as it did some
years ago. The fleecy staple has prac-
tically ali been gathered and they are
now busy turning sugar cane into syrup,
harvesting their unusually large crop of
potatoes, preparing for the slaughter OF
their porkers, etc. With full corn cribs,
plenty of fat hogs, sweet potatoes and
syrup, our farmers are truly independent
and can tell the cotton bears TO Ego to
the devil. -. Gainesville Sun.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Chinese Music,

The notes of Chinese music read, like
the written characters, from right to
left, and the intervals Of the scale are
different from those Of the scale adopt
ed by the nations of the west. The
music is not very harmonious and
sounds meaningless and jangling to
western ears, but 1t has a pretty
musical cadence that makes it attrac-
tive and interesting in spite of its fire.
nuent diScords.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
ParIiaments.

The Austrian parliament lives six
years. The Italian, German, Prussian
and Spanish parliaments live five years.
The French, the Dutch, the Belgian,
the Portuguese and the Roumanian live
four years. The Danish and the Swiss
live three years. The United States
congress lives two years and the Aus
tro-Hungarian parliament only one
year.-London Mail.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
A MODEL OF
JUSTICE.


The wasted life of Henry Clay Beattie
jr. will come 10 full stop in the electro
cution chamber of the Virginia State
prison today. That Beattie is guilty of
the deliberate murder of his wife, there
is now little doubt-certainly no rea-
sonable doubt His final appeal to the
governor was only for a commutation of
the sentence, or delay. 1t made no de-
NAL of guilt.
The Beattie case is model instance
of American justice. No prisoner ever
had greater consideration at the hands
of the state. The procedure was nota
bly, free from persecution, from use of
the shameful episodes in the prisoners
life, from abuse of the police power.
Even the strange woman in the case was
protected by legal chivalry from APP
pearing in court On the other hand
there was no spirit OF apology on the
part of the violated law. No make
delays were permitted The trial dis,
covered an upright and learned Judge,
one whose record in the case revealed
not single error to the supreme court
of appeals. The final appeal TO Gov.
Mann was also without effect. The
governor said:
That Beattie is guilty of the wilful,
deliberate and cruel murder of his young
wife have not the slightest doubt. 4 4 y
To grant a respite in so plain case
would be TO set a precedent, would be
10 temporize with the law and TO en-.
courage appeals TO the supreme court
with the sole purpose of gaining time
| believe the best way TO prevent such
crimes is to punish them adequately,
certainly, speedily. Therefore, the
judgment of the circuit court OF Chester
field will be carried into effect without
any interference from me.
There have been few modern official
utteranceS SO full of craftsmanship and
true patriotism as this simple refusal OF
the governor OF Virginia TO allow the
laws of the commonwealth 10 be trifled
with. His platform was firm convic-
ton in the guilt of the appellant, and on
that platform he acted with fearless
severity.
The fate of Henry Clay Beattie r.
will invest the violated law with new
terrorS, and the swift rush of justice
should invest the lives of innocent wo
men in Virginia with greater safety.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

Mayor James Dahlman of Omaha,
Nebraska, keen student of politics,
says: "To win the Democrats must
have the electoral vote of Ohio, New
York and Indiana, doubtful states, in adj
dittion 10 the commonwealth counted
democratic. Harmon, in my opinion, is
the man who can carry the three states
needed TO place a democrat in the
White House."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
The Present the Time to Buy

The coloniStS are coming into Florida
in trainIoads and this touch of old win
ter will hasten thousands of others.
There never was or ever will be a bet
ter chance to acquire Florida lands than
at the present time. The prices are
reasonable and the early ones can still
select beautiful locations. Soon all the
water fronts will be gone, never TO be
obtained at present prices. We urge
you TO buy because we believe in the
stability of Florida's future growth, and
know that if you buy right that you can
not lose. Inspect the land if possible,
have itIinSpected if observation-disclosures
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

Palatka is Dragging about the brick
paved streets, the quality of the brick
used coming in for some encomiums.
We are not Dragging about our brick
streetS-just yet. We might take a leaf
out of Palatka'S book of experience,
however, next time we go 10 spend
money on the Streets This paper would
be pleased 10 see something permanent,
and lasting in street improvement, il
only one block year could be disposed
of-Lakeland Telegram.
Yes, Palatka people do feel a little
pride in the brick paved streets and con
crete sidewalks which now reach to all
parts of the city, and we are sure can be
pardoned for doing a little Dragging
leastwiSe visitors TO the city tell US So
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
wavside Fruit Trees.

Fruit trees are planted by the road
side In several parts Of Germany, but
passersby are not permitted to help
themselves to the fruit. The trees are
closely watched, and at the end Of the
season the fruit is sold. At intervals
along the road signs are placed bear
ing the statement, "a Good Man In
jures No Tree" But little fruit Is
stolen, it is said
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Tho Mississippi River.

John L. Mathews in his "The Con-
servation of Water" says that 100000
men standing on the banks of the Mis-
sissippi with shovels and an unlimited
supply of rich earth at hand and toll
ing twelve hours every day 1855 days
In the year could not throw into the
Mississippi as much soil as the river
annually carries into the gulf Of Mex
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

Governor Gilchrist has appointed Hon.
Eugene S. Matthews of Starke a mem
Der of the commission to revise the
method of taxation in Florida, in place
OF DR., Z. S. Grill, who declined TO serve
because of ill health. The other mem
berS of the commission are Hon. Thos
l.. Clarke OF Monticello and exGov.
VIM. Sherman Jennings at the Ever.
pIadeS
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Bound to Get Even.

A 14-year,old French boy, angered
the other morning at being awakened
too early by his mother, revenged
himself by breaking up the furniture
in his room, afterwards mounting to
the roof of the house and throwing
tiles. at the people below.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

To remove nicotine from the teeth and
purify the breath after smoking.
To eradicate perspiration and body
odors by sponge bathing.
The best antiseptic wash known.
Relieves and strengthens tired, weak,
infamedeyes. Heals sore throat, wounds
and cuts. rs and so cts. box, druggists
or by mail postpaid. Sample Free.
THE PAXTON TOILET Co, BOSTON Mass.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

The PaIatka News is writing po'try,
or pottery, or verse, or worse-and about
Claude L'Engle, too. This is the bur
den OF its rhyme: Let's put Claudius
in this time. y Lakeland Telegram. Ii
wasn't pottery, it was blankety, blank
verse, or worse
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Maans.ia and Grease Spots.

Magnesia will take grease spots out
of carpets and rugs. Get block of
1t from the drug store for 8 cents.
Scrape it with knife into fine powder
and lay this on the grease spot, cover
ing it entirely. Rub it in little and
let It stand overnight. Remove it
the next day with clean whisk
broom and the spot will be gone.-Bos-
ton POST
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Evidence of Tampa's Prosperitv-

When you begin wondering if Tampa
is really as prosperous as it looks, note
the fact that 73S automobiles are owned
in this city and that they represent an
investment, averaging the cars at $1,000
each, of nearly three quarters of mil
lion dollars. When that sum of money
is invested in automobiles alone, there
must be an abundance of hard cash in
Tampa Tampa Tribune.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

BaScom, Dan and Marion Carlton,
three brothers, have been convicted OF
the murder of Deputy SheriffS Guy
White and Abe Schneider at Espanola
last spring, and each of them has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
Bascom Carleton was convicted of muir
der in the first degree, with recon.
mendation TO mercy; Dan and Marion
Carleton were convicted of murder in
the second degree.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

Whenever a farmer opposes good
roads, from envy, jealousy, stinginess,
or any other cause, he is surely cutting
off his nose 10 spite his face" for there
is nothing which will add TO the value
OF the farm or its products like good
roads. OF what use is a money crop if
you can't reach the market with it?
The better the roads the quicker the
market can be reached, the more stuff
can be carried, and the easier il is on
the stock, the vehicles and the men.
Whoever else may be benefited by
good roads, the farmers, as class, are
the greatest beneficiaries, and should
throw no obstacle in the way of i'm
proving the highways. Live Oak Demo
Graf.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
What State Editors are
Saying.
BowIegs in Every City

Billy Bowlegs, the noted Seminole,
upon recent visit TO this city, attended
a meeting of the local board of trade
and was elected TO membership. Billy
does not pay any dues and has not at
tended a meeting since his election. In
these latter respects his membership
bears striking resemblance to that of
many palefaces, who have at some time
or other Joined organizations designed
10 promote the welfare of their home
townS.-KiSsimme Journal.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Slight Increase in Salary

1t now appears that Major Wright, the
states drainage engineer, was up until
his employment by the state an attache
of the U. S. agricultural department at
81, 500 year. The state pays him 5000
Perhaps the fact that he now makes bet
ter reports on the Everglades drainage
than he used TO, accounts for this big
raise in salary. AT all events it's quite
jump for the state TO pay man more
than three times as much as the United
States government thought he was
worth.-Starke Telegraph.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Ccmpoi11uudli
and | did. Today | am well and sfro ,,C
and do all my own homework, o Vpri
my health to Lydia f. Pinkbam,,
Vegetable Compound and advise "l M,
friends who are afflicted with am
female complaint to try it."-Mrs
ORvILLE Rock, r. r. No. 5, Paw Paw
Michigan. ~"
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at onca
take Lydia E. Pinkham's VegetabII
Compound.
For thirty years it has been the star
dard remedy for women'S ills. and hrj
positively restored the health of tbCi
sands ofWor" Whydon't yout~f
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Male Toad's Share of Burden,

After the eggs Of the midwife toad
have been laid and fertilized the male
winds string of them around his
hind legs, retires to a burrow for
three weeks and then deposits them
in pool, where they are Matched in
the usual way.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Humlllated Indian Tribe.

When the Quakers came to Penn.
sylvania in 1852 the only Indians in
the neighborhood were the Della
wares, who had just been terribly
beaten by the Five Nations and fore,
ed into treaty by which they sub.
mitted to be called women.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Material For His Story.

Magistrate-You are accused Of steal
ing six reams of paper. three gallons
Of ink and five gross of pens. What
have you to say to the charge? Pris-
oner-Your worship, | am a novelist,
and 1 was merely collecting material
for q new story
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Her First ATTEMPT.

Mr.. oungbride-This- coffee, my
love, is-er-
Mrs. Youngbride-I know that 1t is
not very good, dear, but I've boiled 1t
for over half an hour and the kernels
haven't melted one bit.-Boston Tran
script.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Mol KICK conInn.

Some say there is a sucker born
every minute" Il don't know any
thing about that" responded the emf
nent trust magnate. Il cater to ulti-
mate consumers and the birth rate is
very satisfactory as to them"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Error Always a Harm.

To free a man from error is to give,
not to take away. knowledge that a
thing is false is truth. Error always
does harm; sooner or later 1t will
bring mischief to the man who har.
bors it.-Schopenhauer.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

To cleanse and whiten the
teeth, remove tartar and
prevent decay.
To disinfect the mouth, de-
stroy disease germs, and
purify the breath.
To keep artificial teeth and
hridrewnrk clean. ndnrless
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

:. Va u WIS
placement. | conf MI
| mot be onmyf feet f "a.
IA long time. N,
physician treatIqi;
jm!e for month.
without much reli /,
jand at last sent N,
ito Ann Arbor f f.,
IAN operation. Iva.
3thero four weeksa an.
Icame home sufferjn,
worse than before
My mother advise
IINNn
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Real vIctors in Life.

There are people, like the Apostle
Paul, whose lives have been battered
and twisted, but whose spirits are ra-
diant as the sun. You will listen in
vain for wailings or complaints. These
are the victors in life and filters Of
the common load that humanity car
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
Pretty Sure,

If a man who has a product of hi
own to sell can continue to think wei
OF 1t after he has interviewed two O
three people who are trying to keel
him from finding out that they real,
want to buy it, he is pretty sure to DOS
sess the elements Of success.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24

The effort in DeSoto county to re-
move the county seat from Arcadia to
Zolfo has failed. In the election last
week Arcadia retained the privilege by
a majority of pa votes,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-11-24
You Can Use a SIipper.

mo girl is qualified for matrimony,"
says philosopher, until she knows
how to spank baby properly" Is
there more than one way to spank
baby?-Toledo Blade.