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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
Popular Habadashery
Store of M. S. Brown One That Has
Added to Palatka's Mercantile
Prestige.

The excellent shopping facilities for
which Palatka is noted is an import
ant factor in the influences that are
taking the city onward to its place as
the leading business town of Eas,
Florida. Attractively built and SPLEEN
didly stocked retail stores are the
feature of the citys main thorough
fares, and among these the establish
ment of M. S. Brown will always at
tract particular attention.
Mr.. Brown came to Palatka some
eight years ago and opened in a much
smaller location in the Fry Building.
His shop soon became known as a
center where the better grade of mems
wear and haberdashery could be had
at the best metropolitan prices, while
patrons were made to feel as though
a direct personal interest was being
taken in their needs. Quality and
service were the watchwords upon
which the business was built.
With the general expansion of his
trade, larger quarters were demanded,
so on the second year following his
opening in Palatka, Mr.. Brown had
his present fine store built according
to his own specifications. He wished
to have enough room to show his
wide stock to advantage and make
customers comfortable while buying,
so nearly three thousand feet of floor
space were provided in the new build
ing.
Ready to wear clothing for men,
youths and boys is carried in all the
latest Weaves, patterns and sizes put
out by the great Chicago house of
kuppenheimer and the Baltimore
manufacturers of "Griffon" brand
clothes. The tastes of the most dis
eliminating patrons are catered to in
the dc-to-measure department,
which is operated in connection with
the well-known tailoring firm of
,Storrs- Schaeffcr of Cincinnati, and the
Smith, Gray Company of New York.
A fine lot of Knox and Stetson
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
Where Homes Are
Furnished Complete
A Sketch Of the A. c. Weaver Com
pany, One of Putnam County's I'm
I portant Mercantile Houses.

A business success, the growth OF
which has been a source of pride and
interest to all Palatkans is that of the
A. c. Weaver Furniture Company,
widely known as the next house in the
Gem City devoted exclusively to fur
nishngs for the home.
The business was started at the
time when Palatka was much less i'm
portant commercially than now, by
Mr.. A. C. Weaver, who was a mer-
chant of pronounced ability, and by
careful management and hard work
succeeded in building up the first es-
Enlistment in the city carrying every
thing in the way of house furnish
irgs from carpet tacks to organs. At
the height of his prosperity. however
Mr.. Weaver died, and his wife was
appointed administrators Of the estate.
She has carried on the business since
then with entire satisfaction to every
one connected with the concern, and
has steadily added to the stores pat
ronage. The growth of the business
has naturally necessitated more room
from year to year, and at the present
trle less than seven thousand, four
hundred square feet of foor-space is
utilized in the main building and store
rooms. Business is done both upon
the cash and installment plan basis,
nearly eight hundred easy payment
accounts being carried i'll Putnam
County the year round. Everything
required in the way of furnishings for
the modern residence is kept in stock.
This seems like a broad statement,
but can be easily verified by insepc.
ton of the establishment.
Mrs. Weaver acts as sole agent here
for the best stoves and ranges at pres
cnt being manufactured in the South
the popular Atlanta Gem brand, man
by the Atlanta Stove Cont
pany. She also carries a fine line of
felt mattresses, which are purchased by
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

the carload, Haywood Wakefield easy
chairs and swings, Vudor porch
shades and hammOcks. and Mckee
celebrated glass-lined "Opalite" re-
frigeratOrs, and the various kinds of
| all porcelain and hard wood ice chests
made by the same concern. The Nc
Kce Company stands in the very front
rank among manufacturers of its kind,
and Mrs. Weaver has worked up a
splendid business for them in this To-
cality. Every refrigerator made by
them has double walls with an air
space between. The walls are pro-
tccted with hairfelt and waterproof
paper, guaranteeing absolute insula-
ton. A complete system of air-hucs
gives air circulation throughout the
interior, keeping contents sweet and
clean at all times. Mrs. Weaver has
found it highly profitable to special
ize in this line, as the company stands
behind every legitimate claim made
for their products. and Florida is the
market par excellence for refrigerator
quality.
The Standard" Sewing machine is
also handled with great success. The
great feature of this machine, as its
enormous sales of late years have
testified, is the Central Needle" ar
rangement, which is a wonderful i'm.
provcment over the old side needle,
that has caused more back ache and
permanently warped spines among op-
orators than any other thing in COM
mon use. The Central Needle" |
equipment obliges the operator to sit
in a straight and natural position, and |
has the endorsement of the medical |
fraternity everywhere. 1t is not only |
a household necessity, but is hygienic
in the most practical sense.
Window-shadcs, lace curtains, china,
household crockcry, carpets, rugs and
mattings may be found in the Weaver
store in every style and make A
very large trade is also done in ice
cream freezers. Trunks and bags are
handled, as well as moth-proof clothes
chests, and Blue-hame oil cook-stoves
help make up as complete a stock Of
kitchen and household necessities as
can be found within radius OF fifty
miles. Mrs Weaver buys iron and
brass beds in carload lots direct from
the manufacturers, and disposes of
them with great rapidity. She also
has on hand at all seasons a very at
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
A Woman's Monument.

Ihe first monument erected to a wo-
man Ill this country was that to the
memory of Margaret Haughery. The
monument stands in Margaret place,
not tar from Canal street, in New Or,
leans. The figure is that of q woman
sitting In a rustic chair, dressed in a
pam skirt and loose sack, with a sim
pie shawl thrown over her shoulders,
her arm encircling a child.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
ADOPTS PACIFIC ATTITUDE.
Moroccan Situation Loses considera.
Bile of Its Disquetnu Influences

All German military maneuvers
nave been called off. The first ia he
stopped were those near Madgeburg
on the grounds that there is a severe
water shortage, due to the terrific
neat. Despite the halt in the mimic
warfare, the Moroccan situation has
lost considerable of its disquieting in.
fuences.
chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
and Foreign Minister Won KiderIin
Wachter, who held an important con.
terence with Emperor William on
board the imperial yacht Hobenzol.
Tern at Swinemunde, returned to tba
capital city and coincident with their
return reports were circulated that
the situation was much less critical
than it has been.
While no official statement was civ.
en- out relative to the Swinemunde
conference, unofficial reports had II
that the emperor and his counsellors
had arrived at a satisfactory concm.
sion upon course, which Germany
VIII pursue in the Moroccan embrog.
no. and that an attitude less menac.
Ing 10 the serenity Of continental En-.
rope would probably be adopted nv
this nation. ~
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
THE WALTON
LIVERY STABLES
Livery Facilities of Palatka Are Un-
excelled.

Livery Facilities of Palatka Are I'm.
excelled.
Twelve years ago Mr.. w. A. Wal
ton opened the livery and feed bust
ness which bears his name on what
is now South Second Street. His
success from the first was assured
and at the present time the Walton
livery is easily among the most lIber-
ally patronized and profitable con,
Germs in Palatka which cater to the
everyday needs Of the public.
During the greater part of his life
Mr.. Walton has been handling horses
and other live stock and no one in
this part of the country is better
equipped than he to make the most
of every opportunity for the improve,
mcnt and expansion of the livery bus
mess. Thirty-hve or more horses are
kept on hand all of the time for car
riage and hack hire. and also for
heavy tcaming and hauling.
The carriage horses are all well
broken, first class travellers, and can
be handled by women and inexperi
enced drivers. Nine buggies and six
doubIeseated carriages are always on
call. Two automobiles are also used
for cab service and chartered to par
ties by the hour or day Walton
hacks and autos meet all trains in Pa
latka. and as this is one Of the best
commercial towns in the state, excel
lent service is rendered travelling men.
in particular Saddle-horses can alsc
be supplied on short notice to de
voices of the strrup and spur
Horses boarded here receive the very
best attention, and large and sanitary
stalls. Mr.. Walton gives the bust
ness his personal supervision and sees
that everything is kept up to the high
est standard. The stable has phone
connections and all calls are answered
with the same promptnces that char
actcrizcs this concern in all its Other
departments.
Mr.. Walton has been awarded the
contract to build sixteen miles of good
roads throughout Putnam County, and
now has his men at work upon this
important job. Ouly about a mile OF
road remains to be completed. Shell
and sand are used in the construction,
and Mr.. Walton has been highly prais-
ed for the superior quality of the
work. This may be said to have been
a foregonc conclusion, however, for
Putnam County will tolerate nothing
but the best in the way of public i'm
provements these days.
At Orange Mills, on the eastern
side OF the st. Johns, Mr. Walton has
a farm of a hundred acres, most OF
which are planted in potatoes. The
land is exceedingly fertile, and some
Of the county's record crops have
been gathered from it,
Mr. Walton is one Of Palatka's we'll
known and popular men of affairs,
having served the public competently
for many years.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
w. N. BOYD
Boat Builder.

The St. Johns River is in very many
ways one of the chief forces that has
given Palatka a commanding advan-
tage over many other towns of the
state. Not only has it been great
highway for commerce and travel,
bringing thousands of dollars annually
irto the local markets and carrying
away enormous quantities of timber
and other exports, but its shipping
has furnished means of prosperity to
builders and repairers of steamers and
other boats.
Among this class of industrial lead
crs, Mr.. w. NJ. Boyd undoubtedly oc-
cupics the most noteworthy position
He is a native of Palatka, and has
been in business in his present To-
cation for upwards of twenty years.
Starting with no capital or backing be-
yond a good knowledge of his trade
and a kit OF carpenters tools, Mr.
Boyd has succeeded in establishing a
bodybuilding industry which IS the
most extensive business OF its kind
on the lower ST. Johns. The plant
now occupies one of PaIatkas very
best manufacturing sites on the water
front, and covers large acreage.
a fully equipped marine railway is
in use all OF the time and though most
OF the boat repairing is naturally Gonc
IN the open, two shops are used for
the finer work. Mr.. Boyd employs a
large force Of skilled workmen, and
has facilities for repairing anything in
the way OF boat from a lumber float
to tulI-slzed steamboat. He has built
ali kinds, too, from the ordinary row
boat to handsome twin-screw pleas
ure launches. Some Of the best known
craft on local waters were designed
and built at his place. A few OF these,
particularly worthy of mention, are
the "Wekiwa, owned by Judge Bull
lock. OF Ocala, the illinois," Built for
Captain Baker of Eustis, and the
'Rusk, one of the Wilson Cypress
Company's launches. A profitable
business in done in rowboats the year
round, and is growing from season to
season. One OF the biggest jobs re
Gently turned out by the Boyd works
was the overhauling and renovating
OF the steamer Swan
MIR. Boyd is known all through
East FLORIDA as one Of the most eff
cient boat experts that the state has
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
TIPPINS BILL FAVORED,
Measure Prohibits Sale Of Reveraue
Containing One-HaIf of One Per
Cent

The Tippins bill which provides
that no beverage or liquid that can be
used as a beverage shall be sold or
manufactured in Georgia which con.
tains more than one-halt of per cent
of alcohol, was passed upon fayOraby
Monday afternoon by the Temperance
committee of the houes.
An amendment excepting Legitimate
medicines from this provision and an.
other prohibiting all drinks that con.
tain any alcohol at all were both re.
jected.
The vote on the bill was 20 to 10. A
substitute by Joe Hill Hall, which au,
thorized licensed beer saloons and
packing houses" was defeated by a
vote of 20 to 10.
DR.. w. S. Elkin appeared before the
committee in behalf Of the Georgia
Pharmaceutical association to urge
that recognized drugs containing an
appreciable amount Of alcohol be eI'
cepted from the provisions Of this BILL
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
MYSTlFIES AUTHORITIES
Girl Found in Bath Tub With BoiIirr
Water Runninu.

The New York police were oor
fronted with strange mystery whom
the body of Miss Louise Hocbmon -
stenographer, % years old, was found
IN the bath tub of her home at or
FOX street. Boiling hot water wac
pouring out from Que of the fapcots
mere was a deep bruise over tbo
girls right eye. When the roIico
were called in on the case thew fonnd
several theories to work on Ono Uaa
that Miss Hochman might have ewaI
lowed poison and then fallen into tho
tuD' another was that she might have
tainted and fallen into the tub and y
thlrd theory, which was not seriDn,,'
entertained, was that she might b r
peen attacked by a burglar
Detectives argued that if che ,os
IalIen into the tub the water conld n"t
nave been accidentally turned ON ''0'
On the other hand, they wouId ~,
believe that Miss HICKMAN had 5. np'
erately turned on the water in an o.
Tort to commit suicide. Her susa n e.
would have been too great to bear Is
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
FAST TRAIN HITS ATTIC
Four Persons were Instantly kiIl,a y.
Grade Crossinn

S0ne were instantly Killed 4,
Grade Crossing.
Four persons We're instanf, lin.
and a fifth injured at a grade cros.,u1
of the Pennsylvania railroad at pa%
coca street, Williamsburg, Pa when !
fast passenger train crashed irto o.
automobile that was attemptng ~
cross the tracks. "
The dead:
Edward S. Bachelor, aged 50, WI.
kinsburg. w"
Mrs. Mary F. Bachelor, aged =,
Mr.. Bachelors mother. "
Miss Mary Fearnley, aged % ,o,
merly of Cincinnati, but for tbrao
years a teacher here.
Mrs. John Reed, aged 46, wife Of :,
salesman of this city.
The injured:
Miss Blanche Reed, aged eighteen
daughter of Mrs. John Reed found
in wrecked automobile and taken IN
her home with serious injuries
Elmer Bachelor, the youngest son
of Mrs. Bachelor, was among the eva
witnesses to the tragedy and was
overcome and taken to his home
Eye witnesses to the accident stated
that it seemed unavoidable.
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An automobile running 40 miles an
hour crashed into a carriage contain
ing three visiting Egyptian princesss'
at Toblach, Austria. All three Of the
young women were thrown out and
badly hurt.
Despite his POUNDS, Levine ana a."
wife, who had also hurried, held inc
youthful robber until the police altl,'
ed. Levine was taken to the hospital
He will recover.
Green's execution had twice OeeA
postponed by Governor Dix His WIS
during the trial confessed that heF III
fidelity led to the shooting ou' 'n''
confession failed to save Green
The Mexican railroad was compete
ly tied up by a strike OF engineers
who refused to take out thelr lAln'
unless all American employees "ei'
at once discharged.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
RECIPROCITY CAMPAIGN.
Opposition Will Claim United States
Is Bent Upon Annexation.

Is Bent Upon Annexation.
An Ottawa, Canada, dispatch says:
THE campaign that will decide the
fate of the American-Canadian recip-
rocity is in full swing, and will con-
tinue so until September Dist, the day
of the general election. The opposing
broadsides fred by Premier Laurier
and Robert L. Borden, leaders of the
forces favoring and opposing recipro-
city, respectively, show how the cam.
paign will be fought
The Conservatives or opposition par.
ty will base their campaign upon the
claim that the United States is seek
ing to annex Canada and that the re.
ciprocity agreement is merely a step
ping stone to this destination.
The Liberals will accuse the Conser-
vatives of repudiating their own doc
trine in order to make issue against
the party in power when the subject
of reciprocity was first taken up"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
NO PORTIA IN GEORGIA.
Lady Lawyers Lose Battle For Right
to Litgate.

10 LltI9dtS'
Lost: the woman's lawyer bill.
Lacking only eight votes OF the con
stitutional majority of 90 required tor
its passage, the bill admitting women
to practice law in Georgia fell snort
in the house of representatives Tues
day morning, with So votes in its Ia
vor and II polled against it, The ma
iority of those present were for it.
The debate preceding the vote and
the explanations of votes lasted for
nearly five hours, the record DEBATE
of this session. Representative H. NJ
Hardeman presided, as Speaker Hol
der took the floor in behalf of the BILL
Able men spoke for and against the
measure. The galleries, while not NIL
ed, contained more women spectators
than have been present at any preVt
GUS session and many remained until
the result of the vote had been an
nOuncau
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
Macaronic Nerke.

Macaronic verse is verse written in
more than one language or one Ian
guage twisted to appear like another
For example, long poem on wine
dating from early in the sixteenth cen
fury, begins:
The best tree, if ye take intent,
Inter ligna fructifera,
Is the vine tree by good argument,
Dulcia ferens pondera.
Another example of the second kind
mentioned is Dean Swift's imitation
Latin poem beginning "MOllis Adult,
hasan acuti,' which in English reads.
"Molly's a beauty, has an acute eye"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
Three Enterprises
Under One Head
Theatre, Hotel and Furniture Store
in Palatka Operated by R. c. How
ell.

One of the most unique business
successes in Palatka is the triple
combination of theatre. hotel and fur
niture store on First Street, opposite
the post office, owned and managed
by Mr.. r. c. Howell
Mr.. Howell has been in business
here for three years, and especially
during the winter months enjoys lib
eral patronage at both hotel and the
atre, as the life of the town then cen
tres largely about the steamboat land
ing of the Clyde and Hart lines. The
theatre is called into requisition at
all times of the year, however, for
political meetings, and other large
public gatherings. 1t is Conyen
icntly arranged little playhouse, with
modern inclined floors, and a seating
capacity of seven hundred and fifty
five hundred and fifty orchestra chairs
being provided downstairs, and two
hundred seats Ill inc D''coily' liz
stage measures 5zN+l leet Ill Iloor-
space, and calls for a curtain forty
e'sIlI lecl Ill IcnS''h 'oor compete
SelS u scenery "'e 0"' l'eu III 9'o0N'
ana IaciIiueS arc proElueu Ior h"'ld-
ing any quahtlly ol scenery u'ed by
"u''loe companies adequate III
exits are PToIlueu throughout INC
HouSe' EIeC'flc i"'IS anu Ill "olIlil
"Dle NeiltiIa'iol system guarantee
comfort 10 Inc patrons OF the IloWell
theatre at al seasons u Inc year,
lr"Nc'n'S companies arc oooNeu
through the WeIl-Kno"h ne" Aork
llrhl OIL MA" E''"''s'I' managers
OF most oil the famous american
stars ana Such popular performances
as Madame 9hcrry, ne Hirl III the
AM, rlt' arc often sNcH'
Inc I'"NcH IIolcl Is run Oh TIE
European plan ana caters to Doth the
regular ana transient trade Wellty
HVc "'H furnished rooms are con
famed W'IIlIn H. ana dH prattc"lly al
o. lIlcNc overlook inc river, lllCy are
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tractive line of mission furniture
Mr.. A, B. Purdon is the store man
aeer of the Weaver establishment
while Mr.. c. c. eagle looks after the
outside accounts and works up new
business for the firm.
Mrs. Weaver owns the store, ana
in the same building has a number OF
furnished rooms which are rented
singIy or en- suite,
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has flowed to the town as a result Of
these activities. As an amusement
purveyor, and manager of the most
prctentious theatre in this part of the
state, he occupies a class to himself.
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Boiled Mater

Boiled water for drinking nur,,oso,
so Doll for ten or fifteen minutes
before being poured of. u'es
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

The art Of assisting memory by
learning by heart" was begun by
Simonides the younger in Az d. @.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
GOOD ACTIONS.

Every good act is charity CIV
ing water to the thirsty is chan'y'
Removing stones and thon' tIom
the road is charity. Exhofhng YOU
fellow men to virtuous deeds :
charity. Smiling in your brOths s,'
face is charity. Putting wandela
in the right path is charity. a mans :
true wealth is the good he doe, !,
this world. When he dies m0Ta rs
will ask what property has a; he ie,'
behind him, but angels will inquire,
what good deeds hast thou sent
before thee?" Mohammed'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
CHARACTER.

CHARACI kK.
The gifts Of wealth, place, ease
and luxury are dispensed with a
good deal Of caprice, but nobody
ever heard that character wa;
got by chance.