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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
SELDEN CYPRESS
DOOR COMPANY
One of Florida's Important Wood
Working Industries Located in
Palatka.

Closely identified with the progress
and prosperity of Florida are the lum-
Der and woodworking industries,
among which the Selden Cypress
Door Company, of Palatka, occupies
an assured position.
This company was Incorporated in
the year 1906, and its officers at the
present time are: President and treas
urer. George B. Selden; vice-presi-
dent w. H. Van Wagenen; secretary,
Stewart Worden. Mr.. ,Selden was
the original promoter of the establish
mcnt and has been the general man
ager in charge of the works ever
since operations were begun in the
local field. Business was begun on
rather an extensive scale the first
year, and since then progress has been
general in all departments, so that at
this period the factory ranks among
the most efficient of its class. Doors,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
vERTREES & GO.
Large Wholesale Grain, Fertilizer and
Provision House.

one OF the extensive wholesale
concerns Of Palatka is the establish
nent OF Vertrees & Company, dealers
gram, hay and fertilizers, -four,
meal, grlts, rice and paper bags, as
SvI as plaster, cement and brick.
LUIS company occupies a fine water
nont location in the southeastern part
VI the town. Besides the facilities
wi water transportation, which are
aO' surpassed by any other concern
u 'ae CITY, a freight siding of the At
'A'lc Coast Line runs along one side
v ''elr warehouse. The firm is thus
,Surel OF splendid advantages in the
p'uuIng and shipping of products.
"Says an essential consideration in
commerce.
'"ehty-seyen years ago-in 1885,
wy company was founded by its pres
!" "V"u' and has operated upon the
'''uf site ever since. Business was
gun IN very modest way, but grew
Sap'ly with the advancing years UNI
quay the floor space of the main
a''enouse amounts to $4,000 square
~ IVY and the trade covers practically
'ae entire State.
: ' u, members OF the firm are James
'erFees and J. N. Walton, both
''es OF Tennessee. Mr.. Vertrees.
! 'e'eoTated attorney, who has fig
~ IN the Balliuger investigation
O'her cases of national promi-
'u'e' IS a member of the same fam
~ As the Palatka merchant. Mr.
a 'On occupies himself in looking
i. we general details Of the bust
,, Oil'e' while the senior partner
4. pus most of his time travelling in
4, '''est OF the concern. In add
Il. 10 their regular business. the
a, Iauy acts as Palatka agents for
A.,al. 'sr0eean Steamship Line. and
N. =. considerable freight for them
p,n, 0u'' stock Of the Vertrees Com
M INSISTS OF hay, grain. -four, rice
sn. 1 heavy provisions of the
A., $ sl''s. Their hay comes mainly
srD ~, 'uy Cincinnati markets. and the
SUI oats from the middle West
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
MISS kate LUCAS
MILLIMER
A Business Success Built Up By a
Lady.

The footsteps of one on the lookout
for strictly frst-class millinery and
fancy goods store in Palatka must of
necessity lead to that attractive loca-
ton in the Merryday Block, where
Miss Kate Lucas name greets the
eye This is not alone because Miss
Lucas has the only millinery business
in town, but because she has spent
years of study to make her shop a
center for quality and beauty in its
line. 1t is a remarkably fine little
rose garden of place, and would be
noted as such in any of the great met
ropolitan fashion centers.
Miss Lucas has been one of the
most successful and highly esteemed
business women of Palatka for num-
Der of years. She took hold of the
present business when it was in the
doldrums of its existence-badly run
down nm every way, saddled with
debt, and losing custom.
Starting without a dollar OF work
ing capital, and bravely assuming the
liabilities of her predecessor, by clever
and conscientious management she
succeeded in clearing the business Of
debt in a very short while, and had
built UP a trade which is still grow
ing-and growing. In fact, of late
years, Miss Lucas has frequently been
embarrassed by the overplus of or
ders that have come her way, and
has been forced to double and quad
ripple her working force to meet the
demands of patrons.
Twice year Miss Lucas visits New
York to buy and study metropolitan
standards at first hand. At that time
the firm of James G.. Johnson and
other well-known millinery houses
delight to show her the newest pro
auctions in the art of modern hat de-
signing. For over fifteen years Miss
Lucas has been buying the major
portion of her millinery supplies from
the James G. Johnson Company,
which is the oldest and best known
house of its kind in the United
States.
For twelve years her shop was 20
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
PALATKA HAS LARGEST
PRODUCE CRATE AND
0RANGE.B0x HOUSE In STATE OF FLORIDA.

known throughout the business cen
tiers of Florida that the members OF
the firm of Merryday are as. reliable
as government time, and that any one
or all of them would sacrifice any
personal holdings to make good an
obligation of the concern il called
upon. Hence their trade stays with
them and grows like rolling snow
ball Gf such figure will be allowed
here in the land of perpetual sunshine)
from year to year.
1t is exceedingly difficult to esti-
mate the amount of practical benefit
that an enterprise such as the w. A.
Merryday Company is to the town
in which it has its inception and wide
spread growth. Not only does it fur
nish employment and bring prosperity
to branches of the local trade, but it
serves as the finest kind of an adver-
tisement for the town in distant parts,
Merchants, manufacturers and other
people seeking new locations will al
ways show preference for localities in
which prosperous and well-managed
industries have grown to power,
other things being equal. The threads
Of business influence connecting Pa
latka with other parts of the world
are unqucstionably stronger because
of the high standard that has been
maintained by the w. A. Merryday
Company in all its departments since
its foundation. At the same time the
officers have been an inspiration to
fellow merchants by the energetic and
capable manner in which they have
solved the problems of supply and
demand that have been put up to
them from time to time.
All the members of the firm be-
long to the Board of Trade, and in
former years both Mr.. Merryday and
Mr.. Hamm have served with notable
distinction on the City Council of Pa
latka During most of that time local
politics waxed exceedingly hot over
the saloon question, and both of these
gentlemen took a prominent stand in
favor of prohibition, and devoted a
good deal of time and money to the
cause. They finally won out, and
have ever since been classed among
the most progressive and tireless
workers for civic righteousness in the
community.
Mr.. w. A. Merryday and his broth
cr, L. H. Merryday, at present own
and operate the famous old Putnam
Hotel, and also make their homes
there the year round.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
/ i FINLEY TUCKER
= & BROTHER
: p,latka's Wide-Awake Insur-
,nce and Realty Concerns.

w..o Mr.. II. Finley Tucker en-
,be insurance field here about
W., 'y.a years ago he found it an uphill
CAM with many discouragements and
~. .s stretches, when it required a
a deal Of grit to keep on plugging,
., - tbe end of two years OF steady
..,,itation, light began to show
,,d and the insurance interests oil
/. State woke up to the fact that
now blood had entered the competi-
tOn 9
u Finley Tucker. in other words,
"a won his right to place OF honor
.nonO the most able young business
ALTERS in the business, His receipts
s.r,o 10 show a material increase
u, his outgoes. and he began to look
,,onud for attractive investments. Inc
n,dt was that a real estate and
,.0t,l agency was added to the insur-
,nee business, and the little oihce'
which was then located opposite the
da court house, began to hum with
increased vigor. In journeying over
Putnam county in the interests OF his
pcEcy-holders and prospective clients
Mr. Tucker had been careful to keep
bis eyes wide open and to gather all
available information relating to the
present and future valuation OF real
,state, and this knowledge now proved
invaluable, and has grown more SO
with the passing years.
In 1908 he was so fortunate as to
be awarded the State agency for the
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

Continental Casualty Company of
Chicago, which is widely known as
the largest accident and health insur-
ance company in the world. Mr..
Tucker received many hattering COM
mendations for his success in landing
this contract, as it is one that is high
ly priced and keenly sought.
In order to take care of the extra
work, larger quarters were demanded,
and more additions to the working
force. The company was therefore
recognized, with Mr.. fuckers broth
er, L. X. Tucker, Jr,, as a partner,
and the firm name changed to H. Fin
ley Tucker & Brother This combi-
nation proved a winner from the start,
and the business continued to go for
ward by leaps and bounds. A glance
al the state treasTer's report of acct
dent and health insurance companies
licensed to do business in Florida
shows that the Continental Casually
Company collected premiums in Flor
ida during 1000 amounting to $4,000.
The year following the same official
reported that the premiums paid to
the same company had increased to
$4,000, overlapping its nearest com
petitor in the same field by more
than $4,000. This is a record Of in
crease that any insurance agency in
the country might be proud to own,
amounting as it does to $50 per cent.
1t should also be borne in mind that
this statement applied to but one
company. In all other branches OF the
firms business the same remarkable
growth is recorded.
During the past year the Tucker
Brothers have also specialized on city
real estate, and are coming to be rec
ognized as among the bcst-posted att
thorities on this branch of realty.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

At the same time a large business Is
done in fertilizers, handled through
the c, V. Mapcs Company. OF New
York, and the independent Fertilizer
Company, of Jacksonville.
Large quantities Of brick are ship
ped to them from the brick kiIns OF
Macon, Ga, though the best brown
sandstone brick is a native product,
coming from Lake Helen, Fla. lhe
recent extensive building operations
throughout this part Of the State and
in the southern section OF the PENN
sula generally have stimulated the
sale of plasters. dement's. bricks and
building material generally OF which
commerce Vcrtrces & Co. have had
their full share. Most OF their ship
ments are made by carload lots by
| rail. while whole cargOcs arc ire
aucntly consigned to them by water
Though the trade of the Ncrtrecs
| Company covers large portion Oh
the State. local retail dealers are ac-
commodated by them, wagon delivery
service being provided for their con
vcnience.
The uniform success which this
concern has enjoyed since the year OF
its establishment here is one OF the
brightest reflections showing the
progress that has been made in indus
trial and mercantile lines generally
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

+, building a house every layer OF
5r' K is termed course" 1t Is usual
70 ,,lace in the walls upright and horl-
so9!sl damp proof courses These
az. ht TO be composed of some SUD
stAYce that water cannot penetrate III
his way the walls are mapped OUT ln'"
soCares and the accidental damPlnE
nf any one square cannot affect the
others. Unfortunately, there are some
hui,ders who study economy uhuu'!'
and their damp proof courses net as
effectively as a layer Of wet sen sahu
Those who intend having mouse
bullt should regard the genuinenesS OF
the measures adopted to prevent damp
as of the very first importance.-Lon
don Telegraph.
He Wanted the London Cut 90,
"Rut, my deah boy, why 10 Sou ~
10 this beastly cheap tailorF -
zone of my clevah ideahs' Ola cn"p =,
NV former tailah made my CLONES ~ :.
so uneommonly well that l eou,uh :
look English to save me souL'-0ie'e
land Plain Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Fixing Up the Horse.

If you had highly intelligent thor
oaghbred horse to which you were
sreatly attached. what would you do
fer him in order to bring him to the
highest point of efficiency?
Would you teach him. at great incon-
*enience and after many repetitions,
to smoke from ten to fifteen cigars a
day, and would you mix with his oats
Al the way from pint to quart of
Acohol? Would you REINFORCE this by
overlooking his stomach with highly
1iced food and add all the narcotics
nat were i'll the market, such as tea.
eoffee, etc.? Would you keep him in
4 heated stable without any fresh air,
rake him sit up at all hours Of the
night and permit all the veterinarians
n the neighborhood to hold consulta-
IONS and operate upon him as often
IS they needed the money?
And it you did all this, what sort of
Z race would you expect that horse to
win ?-Life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Slaves Of the Russian Passnor+

Ss
peasant leaves bis home to seek
fer work as a field laborer wherever
ne can find work to do, and. like every
Russian. male and female. he takes
his passport with him. which is quite
as much a part of him as his soul is.
1t IS always half yearly passport.
which he must renew at the end of
SIX months. sending it home in reg
sstered letter to an Official at his ma
ave place and inclesing the legal fee
anu something over for the trouble.
me time OF renewal draws near: the
workman gets a demand for a new
passport. Through official neglect or
other reason the passport fails to come
in time. The honest workingman.
who is earning his bread in the sweat
OF his brow and by the practice per-
haps of exceptional sobriety is trying
to earn pittance for his family, is
arrested suddenly and sent home
that is. is flung into a forwarding
prison. whence he energies to join a
convict party. which contain the cream
OF criminality. and is made to suffer
garments before he gets home When
L. arrives he gets his passport and is
a free agent-once more loyal sub
1ect.-E. B. Lanin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Do You Want TO Get Slender2

10 lou want 20 0eI SienOSf3
A food specialist said of dieting:
''The simplest, easiest and most effica-
cious diet to bring down the weight is
the one dish diet. At no meal, thatjs,
should more than one dish be eaten
The dish may be what you will-Irish
stew. macaroni and cheese. roast beef.
vegetable soup, bacon and eggs-but
no courses are to precede or follow it.
You may eat as much as you choose
OF the dish, and yet, for all that, you
will lose weight steadily. It's the va
riety Of dishes--the oysters, soup, fish,
turkey, mince pie, ice cream-it's the
variety of dishes, creating an arti.
fetal appetite when the body has real.
~ had all it requires. that causes cor
pulence. If we confine ourselves to one
dish we know when we've had enough
we don't know otherwise-and the
result is that we soon drop down to
the slimness natural to children, ami.
mails and temperate and healthy men
and women. kansas City Star
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
PUSHING and PuIlina.

1t has been wisely observed that
Dost operations can be more efficiently
performed by drawing them along
through their proper course than by at
tempting to push and jam them
through, just as it is much easier to
pull rope than it is to push it. There
are probably not many persons who
have tried to push a rope, but very
many have attempted things almost as
perverse. In many manufacturing es-
Adjustments. for example, there may
be seen numerous examples of men
wasting a large part of their energy
endeavoring to move heavy pieces OF
work upon small trucks, pushing and
laboring in the eyertion of effort. a
small fraction Of which goes to cause
the actual progression. Even when
such an effective aid to transport as an
Industrial railway is installed it is Of
ten used at less than its proper eff
cheney because there is too much push
ing and not enough pulling.-Cassier's
Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
BAGS That Last,

The young chap whose morals l
trembie for just now is my nephew"
the city salesman remarked He has
position as errand boy in a banking
house. He is bright lad and as
steady as they make 'em, but since he
got that job in the bank his women
relations are urging him into crime.
They do not advise him to pick his
employers pockets or run away with
the days deposits. but the principle in
volved is just as reprehensible. They
ask him to abstract few bags that
the silver money is carried in. The
women want those bags for sofa pill
low covers. They are made of nate
rial that will never wear out and
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Ancient Football.

Philip Stubbes wrote in 1888 in his
Ssok on 1.-The Anatomie of Abuses"
''For as concerning football l pro-
test unto you it may rather be called
q FRIENDLY kinde of fight than a play
Il recreation; bloody and numbering
practice than felowly sporte of pas
tyne. For dooth not every one I've in
waight for his Adverserie, seeking to
overthrow him and to pickle him on his
nose. though it be on hard stones, so
that by this meanes sometimes their
1ecks are broken, sometimes their
Rcks. sometimes their legs, sometimes
their arms, sometimes one part thrust
cut Of joynt, sometimes another; some.
1mes the noses gush out with blood,
sometimes their eyes start outright
hg, brawling, contention, quarrel pick
hg murther. homicide and great effu-
SION of blood, as experience dayly
tRcheth."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Relics Of the incas.

The Inca period has left US remark
ole traces. especially in the magnif-
cent roads. Broad. beautiful turn
likes. now only partially preserved.
Jun for distance Of over 1900 miles
from the coast to the plateau and the
feot of the highest peaks. We marvel
1t the skill OF the Inca engineers, es-
pecially in the magnificent stairways
nwn in the rock, in the filling up of
deep ravines, in the paving with pom
derous flags. In several places have
teen found the remains of former as
halt covering to these roads. At GER
TIN intervals are found the ruins Of
custom houses and Laid out grounds
and Notifications. of which the most
Interesting specimen is the fortress Of
Guzco. built about the year 1000. and
paundered and destroyed by Pizarro in
B4S.-Century Path.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07

shrine he saw blind man invoking
the aid OF the imam, and upon inquiry
he learned that he had been there for
several months. The great monarch
asked him why his faith was so weak
that his sight had not been restored
and swore that if on his return he
found him still blind he would cut off
his head. The wretched man prayed
so fervently and fixed his mind 80 in.
tently on the imam that within a few
minutes his sight was restored
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Miaht Be In a Nice Fix.

Two men Of Milwaukee were dis
cussing the case of person of their
acquaintance whose obituary, it ap-
pears. had been printed by mistake in
one OF that city's newspapers.
"Oh. ho"' exclaimed one Of the Ger
mans. $50 dey hat printed der funeral
notice of man who is not dead al
ready! Veil, now. he'd be in nice
fix if he vas one of dose beeble vot
believes everything dey sees in der
bapers. "-Harpers Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07

feathers and down simply cannot sift
through. By boldly asking for what
he wanted the boy has secured enough
bags to incase his mothers sofa pill
lows, but if he supplies the rest of the
family l see nothing ahead of him but
career of crime. New York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
A Miracle Under Orders.

In .'The Glory of the Shia World,
translated from Persian manuscript
IS story that will interest Christian
Scientists:
"Nadir, builder of the golden porch
of Nadir,' in the sacred city of Mesh
ed, was world conqueror and lord
of perception, albeit cruel OF his
power Of perception they relate tina,
one day when he entered the sacred
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
The Club.

An exclusive dining society in Lon
In is the one bearing the arrogant
title the Club, which since it's foun-
dhtion has been limited to thirty-five
members. Johnson; Burke, Reynolds
nd Goldsmith were among the orig
inal members. Garrick and Boswell
1uined in 1918 and Gibbon and Fox
II 1774. OF the eighteen premiers in
the nineteenth century nine were
members of the club, Fox. Liverpool.
Canning, Russell, Aberdeen. Gladstone,
Salisbury. Lord Rosebery and Mr..
Dalfour.-London Spectator.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
The Orators Fate.

Some orators" said Senator Sor-
ghum retiectively, make me think of
our parrot"
1.-The one whose head you chopped
off?'
Eyes He had to take all the blame
for what somebody else insisted on his
saying."-Washingto Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Askinq Too Much,

'My DEAR" said Mr.. Garrison, II
don't want you to think have any de-
sire to criticise you for the way you
manage, but really we must try to live
within our income
"Within our income? Goodness! And
be regarded by everybody in our set as
eccentric Fudge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07

Good deeds ring clear through heav-
an like a bell.-Richter.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Vice Versa.

Teacher-I would like some one in
the class to define the meaning Of vice
versa. Bright Boy-It's sleeping with
your feet toward the head Of the bed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-07
Doubled Her CAPACITY.

Doubled Her Capacity.
Mrs. CARRIER fell downstairs and bit
her tongue in two
II feel sorry for her husband She
was a terror when she had only one
tengue!'' ...
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-30

ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS, ETC
d. A. MAY, CONTRACTOR AND
Builder. Estimates furnished on all
kinds of masonry, cement walks,
stone walks, etc. Phone black 37S6.
or Oregonian office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-30
VIM. E. COREY MAY
HEAD COPPER TRUST

William E. Corey's retirement as
president of the United States Steel
corporation will probably Immediate
ly follow the meeting of the board of
directors to be held next Tuesday. AL
though it has been rumored that Mr..
Corey will form a copper trust, this
report is given little credence, and
it is likely that the financier will
spend a year or two in Europe, mere
" resting, before resuming any busi-
ness cares. Just how many millions
Mr.: Corey has put away against a
rainy day, such as next Tuesday
promises to be, is not definitely
known. 1t is unlikely, however, that
the wolf will do any gnawing at the
Corey door. Mrs. Corey is not likely
to weep over her husbands retire.
ment from business. The former ac-
tress who succeeded to the affections
of the steel trust magnate, after his
first wife had been legally put away,
has not found breaking into New
York society an easy matter. Indeed,
she is as much an outsider as on the
day after she had promised to love,
honor and obey William e. Corey.
Paris is not so exclusive, and Mrs.
Corey owns fine old chateau near
the French capital which is a port of
call for some of the very best people
of Paris.