The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-19
crescent City News

several copies of the News addressed
" SUBSCRIBERS in the north and who
Ieil mere from one to three months ago.
nave been sent TO the Crescent Citv of.
nee up 10 the last week and would have
continued to be so sent had NOT Post.
master LoundS made list of them and
given ii TO the News. The large mart
vi our northern subscribers who get the
paper mere in winter always give US their
GGhangc OF address on leaving. A few,
however, take il for granted that the
Suilor, who makes his home here.
KNOWS that they have gone and that he
VIII attend to the matter And so Me
would, II he happened to think of itand
could carry their northern addresses in
ms mind but when there are several
thousand names 10 remember, the i'm.
possibility OF this Supposition will he
Understood. The only way for sub
SGriberS TO insure prompt change of the
"ouIcSS OF their paper is TO mail a postal
cara 10 the business office of the News
at inc lime, and that card should con.
tam the address TO which the paper is
men going, as we'll as the address TO
winch The paper should be changed.
There was some excitement in this
loWn last week. A hurly negro had
MADE an attempt TO assault lady living
lew miles this side of Pierson, Volusia
county, and in his escape was headed
ms way The lady had protected her
sell with her husbands revolver which
she sliced at the time of the assault and
with which she shot the brute in the
shoulder, inilic!ing wound from
,Whlch he bled profuSely In making
ms escape the negro left trail OF
blood; he was badly wounded. He was
lIalled by an organized posse as far as
me swamp back OF Wainright'S mill a
little south of this town, where the trail
was loSt-So said. Last Wednesday
morning, however, there was heard |
quite yoIlcy of muSketry in that neigh.
oofhood, and there be those who some.
how have gotten The idea that "NIr.
NNlgger absorbed large number of
those bullets. Anyway the Pierson
posse has retired from the chase and the
word has gone forth that there is little
use OF hunting the man further as all
trace of him has been lost"
Jim. Davis is now the town marshal
by appointment of Mayor Graham 10 fill
out the uneXpired term of Charles Schu.
bert who was elected 10 the Job. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Schubert was some.
what disappointed with the work. He
lad been somewhat famous as a detec.
i've and police officer in the west but
ound things different here where men
With frecklcd dialect arc not common.
here is this TO say for Mr.. Schubert:
During his inCumbcncy the town has
'een quiet and orderly; those dis.
'oSed 10 be unruly seemed 10 feel that
o diSobcy the law with this austere and ,
eaIouS guardian on duty would be
eriouS thing, word having preceded ,
.lr Schubcrl'S acceptance of the office
hat he had a record in the west of hav
ng found ii necessary a few times in
he maintenance of order to do some t
hootRg and that he had been terror c
D evil doors. OF course we have none 2
t the class here that is common in the ;
rest, but if any we1c disposed to
OwdyiSm it is certain that fear of this
Intrepid official has had a lettering eff, G
ect. Mr.. Schubert tells the News that II
he thinks he will still hold onto his d
equity Shcrift'S commission" in which S
lSe he will be still on guard to protect q
S in an emergency.