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

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SENATOR s. J. HILBURN.
i me, Senator Hilburn will have the
Undivided support of the voters
troughout Putnam County, and his
riTties will therefore be confined
almost entirely to making direct in
roads into the territory of his oppo-
uaB On the other hand, these
Nntlemen will find much Of their
work to consist of setting their own
houses in order, before carrying their
hnners into foreign parts. This gives
Hiburn an advantage which may
Prove more effective than many dol
hrs or much political guile, He al
ways has been a winner, has the APP
Farance of a winner now, and will
probably look more than ever like
one when the smoke of the big guns
has cleared away next June.
Samuel J. Hilburn was born May
10Th, 1869, in Gainesville, Arkansas,
biz parents being natives of North
Carolina who had removed to that
state when the tide OF immigration
vas setting toward the middle West
Sam was educated in Gainesville, and
bier at Cumberland University, Tenn
esee, from which institution he grad
nitd. After spending three years
tlchmg school and studying law on
he side, he was admitted to the bar
1894 The same year he moved
ron Tennessee to Palatka. and has
made his home here ever since. MIR.
nHOuTns father is well known min
H'sT OF the Gospel, planter and stock
I'fer and is still able to attend to his
lnalTs at the age of Seventy-nine. His
uaced wide attention by his vigor-
'S and unrelenting fight upon the
liquor interests He also introduced
'na had passed many measures de
Asned to prevent the waste of public
ano' through the inside manipulation
state lands, for the regulation Of
operations, and the correction OF
''''eS which other laws had failed
e reach.
Inc year following he succeeded
~ CFlll as senator for the Twenty
'a DIS'rlct, once more winning out
me first primary. Always promi-
N,' III every important contest that
! ~ pace while he was in the Senate,
y HlIburn's speech on the national
:" 'OHe tax in particular, was gener
ueclared to have been the most
!. sfa'n' and forceiul argument con
", y to the great debate.
!. I'u''oF Hilburn is tall, clcan-cut,
!. one Of the handsomest men that
!, s''eF occupied positions of power
i 1' state OF Florida. He has an
, y, and iorceful manner of de
I., n'', 10 whom he was particularly
j.. ~ uled last May, during the
4. s'', ! weeks Of the legislature, cal
H., senator .. Hilburn very suddenly
T,n', us duties in the upper house at
Co., his residence in Palatka.
r., nllourn has held many OF
!, y :. o. public trust. He has served
ipy ~, ','orney for eleven years, dur
,ror. 1''u time the great public inn
d a. l'n's that have turned the eyes
t..r .Onntry toward Palatka have
p.,,; on and much OF the pro
p,tn. .t legislation upon the local
HI, ooONs has been put into effect
|as g.. ouucton to the voters of
q, i as man worth watching
A,-. =, SOo' SIX years after locating
In, n ne was elected to the Nat
s,,. !. p.'mocratic Electoral College.
d nhr '' ume he has been prominent
br ', NJ a affairs. He was nominated
su,ip' is Florida legislature in 1908.
khv Ou' by an overwhelming ma
plpoD,n,. Tue first primary over FIVE
blos.a.' During the session that
d, l.,s. AR HiIburn was chosen as
d HON.. u the Prohibition forces in
81 Representatives, and at