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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Great Britain Enters Protest.

Washington.-Great Britains for.
nal note of protest against that sec
ton of the Panama canal act, which
exempts American coastwise shipping
from payment of tolls for passing
through the Panama canal, has been
presented to Secretary of State Knox
by the British ambassador. James
Bryce read the note word for word
to the secretary at the latters home
1t is an elaboration of the points of
objection in the note presented to
the state department last July.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Evening Dresses.
ENhi Suhhles,

The ANCIENT BriuGns invented soap.
The Romans, two thousand years ago,
carried the invention back to Italy.
They manufactured soap in Savona,
whence the French word for it-sa-
1on.
There are natural soaps-the soap
root of Spain, the soapberry Of Chill
and the bark of the Peruvian SOAP
tree.
At Quartetaro, in Mexico, soap takes
Me place of copper coinage.
The TERRA del Fuegans eat soap,
finding the fat therein really nourish'
Ing. They say they like the taste,
too
Soap is made from garbage in the
newest incinerafing plants.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13

OF the many FREAKS P'". .,,;,b 4
wind, that of YESTERDAY, ~ o.5 i.pi
the nest of a setting men aus o.
ed it. hen and thirteen ,,' gySr a
quarter of a mile away wa ,Dror,g
strangest. The hen is tn. the t Pry,,t ,
Mrs. Ida Erickson Ii'ln l,rsr al
east of here, and the OWN ,bs rr5
wind take the nest from d. 'o and If
lift it thirty feet in the ,,, a" nniiara
leave it on the mail OoA U ~ IA
The hen has settled down owl y, /" hi3I
location and will be left "
Denver Republican
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Urdes Fortifyinq Canal.

Washington immediate fortifi
cation and mobilization of troops in
Panama and Hawaii for the protection
of American property at those points
the passage of a national volunteers
bill allowing the draughting Of an eff
fcient fighting force in time of need
and the extension of pay to the Ma
tional Guard under the condition that
that body be made available for gen
eral army use were among the major
suggestions made by Secretary If
War Henry L. Stimson in his annual
report to the president
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
"Apple-Pie Order"

Every Saturday a Puritan dame,
Hepzibah Merton, baked two dozen or
more apple pies, which were to last
her family during the week. Placing
them on her shelves in the pantry,
labelling each according to the day Of
the week on which it was to be used,
and the pantry thus arranged, was
said to be IN apple-pie order.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Train Robbers Make $4,000 Haul.

bakersfield. Cal.-Twenty thousand
dollars in gold was the haul of two
robbers who held up the express car
of the Sunset Western train, bound
from Bakersfield for Taft. Cal The
money was consigned TO the First
National bank of Taft by the First
National bank of Bakersfield. 1t was
not placed in the express safe. When
the train arrived at Taft railroad
men were forced to break down the
door of the express car In corner
was VI. W. Handy, messenger, re-
gaining consciousness.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Sunday School Convention.

The next session Of the st. Johns
River Sunday school convention will
be held at Bostwick beginning Friday
evening, December 18th, and extend
ing till noon the 18th.
A special program of general inter
est to the public as well as to S. S.
workers has been prepared. State
Secretary George Hyman, Hon. W. f,
Baker, and other speakers will be pre-
sent.
A hearty invitation is extended to
all who desire to attend this conven-
ton. The program in detail will ap-
pear in these columns shortly,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13

Red haIl is not unknown. in May
of 1885 there was quite heavy lall
OF it at CasuewelIan. IN County
Down, Ireland Red ana white sell 10
gether. And the red hue was not
merely on the surface OF the pellets,
but went through ana thrsugh
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Calls LITTLE "Ruttsrs. 4,

One day as my little friend Willie,
aged four, and i were inspecting some
farm animals We happened to see a
young calf with very small horns,
and Willie exclaimed: Just look at
the cute little buffers 1t mas '-Ex
change.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Said Much In Little

"Cy' Warman, the poet and humor.
list, is credited with tho story OF an
atter-dinner speaker who was called
m to speak on The Antiquity of the
Mscrobe." He arose and said, Adam
bad en-" and then sat down.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13

AS there seen ~ There y
some discussion as TO T ort, il
was when the light "'n ',.ors b.
be well to inform 4,u,,.ayiIr,-t0
was in debt-ratl'rI ndgs.
electric light COMPANY
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Speaks Arabic Like Natlu.

Mrs. H. J. Camp, the first white
woman who ever made a permanent
missionary home in central Arabia, is
now engaged in special charitable
work in Maine. Mrs. Camp speaks
and reads Arabic ike a native.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
No T ask,

DO you believe, as some teacher
says, that boys ought to be Pncour-
aged to fight?" Well, about In the
same degree that ducks ought to be
encouraged to swim"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
ErsiitY of Human NarIIre

When one section OF the community
has power over another section it al
ways has abused that power, and al
ways will, until the frailties of human
nature are minated.-Exchange
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
One WaX Of Pmttirn L.

Even the women admit that a Ger.
tain Topeka baby is homelv. Rut
they put it automatically. They say
It looks like its father.-Topeka Can
ital.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
COURAGE of Their Opinion.

Thirty-iive is a very attractive age.
London society is full Of women who
Of their own free choice have remain.
ed thirty-five for years The Taller.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Both Good and N:vII Recorded.

in the Koran we read: Behold
there are watchers over you; worthy
recorders knowing what you do; and
whosoever shall have wrought an
ants weight of evil shall behold it"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
Consolinq Mother,

Ex-Servant Ito former mistress)-
$50 you won't give me a character!
with deep scorn you-yuu lady!"
Little Monty-"You're not, are you,
mother?"-Punch.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13

To clean an enameled bath tub wipe
1t dry and then rub it with a cloth
dipped in turpentine and salt. After
ward wash it with clean warm water,
and it will look like new tub.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
defect of Hur'a" . Vsl

r t5 Is by them the mistakes Of 0'''''
r than by our own
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-05-24
The Care
OF Corn.
Continued from page u

pronounced throughout the en-
tire life Of the plant:
PRIMARILY the seed should be o.
a strain adapted to the locality
and the seed should be from til
locality and where it is to uo
planted. Southern corr will lot
mature in a northern latitutg
neither will corn grown in all4M
id climate do we'll in a semi,0.l,
section. Corn can, however be
come acclimated in two or t,.-6a
years. Again inbed seed &C: = %
corn that has been fertilize ~,
barren or scrubby stalks s.lo,Il
not be planted.
The care of seed corn is a icr.
portant feature to cors'c-.
Corn for seed should be sci C
(perferably from a breeding Dlo'
in the field when it is thorou
ripe and before cutting. 4
advisable to. collect the earliest
matured ears and those that ,..o
OF uniform distance from tie
ground. AS soon as it is gather
ed. it should be placed in a seed
house which is artificiaIy heated
and thoroughly ventilated. The
ears tshould not be hung or piled
together, but each ear racked up
separately. 1t requires from
three to four weeks to thoroughly
cure or dry the corn and then it
should be kept in a dry We, vcn-
tilated room until planted
In an experiment conducted FOR
three years two bushel of seed
corn where selected and stored in
a crib. Another two bushel
were selected from the field and
placed in a seed house. All op-
erations in production were the
same. The average yield for
three years was Is bushel and
two pounds per acre most in
favor of the seed kept in the
seed house.
Ithas been demonstrated that
pollen from barren stalks fertilize
the silk Of an ear on an adjoining
stalk and that ear is used for
seed barren stalks will in a mea-
sure result Ithas also been dem
onstrated that if barren and
stunted stalks are removed from
a breeding plot before the pollen
falls, the percentage of barren
stalks is greatly reduced.
1t has been proved that a warm
we'll ventilated garnet or a fur
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-05-24

mace room is an excellent seed
house. It has also been demon
strated that a corn crib. stock
barn, granary. pump house or
anyhuildings where the ventlla-
rian is irregular and atmospheric
cnanges are not under control is
j very undesirable place to store
seed corn. The seed ear should
le clicked when ripe and placed
uhare the evaporation is rapid
anough to prevent deterioration
Of he germ.
'tcorn subjected to atmospheric
..anges, it will absorb moisture
81 , day and probably freeze the
j xt weakening its vitality if not
&, tirely destroying the germ.
| fully realize that all farmers
mot have an ideal seed house
1t they can easily utiliz the gar
ct or vacant room which can
g made warm and ventilated for
.. time sufficient to take the mois-
cure from the grain and cob. 1t
IS fully proved that barns es-
pecially where stock is confined
is a poor place to store or cure
seed corn, due to the eXhalatlon
from the animals.
A granary is undesirable be-
cause Of lack OF ventilation.
Corn cribs and outbuildings of
various kinds are unfit for the
reason that corn is subjected to
atmospheric changes. During
damp weather moisture is ab-
sorbed in both the cob and grain.
in the cob weakens
termination on account Of mold
ing.
If you don't take the Eagle
be sure and return your neigh
bors' when you borrow it.
Lou Arpan Of Box Eide was a
visitor in town yesterday
H. B. Mayfeld is spenu.an a
few days in town from h. ,a1ch
near Midland.
F. H. Callahn was in own
from the Shafto ranch on Box
where his is emplovad.
J. H. Herman of Midland spent
few days in town this week
visiting with Ekalaka friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18
FIRST BAPTIST

Wednesday, 7 p. m. Prayer meet
ing.
Thursday, 2;3O p. m, Woman's
Missionary Society will meet with
Mrs. j. NJ. Proctor. A full attend
ance is urged as this is the time for
election Of officers.
Friday, 7p N. our corps of S. S.
teachers will meet with Mrs. Tom
Dawson.
Sunday, 9;45 a. m, Bible School.
II a m Preaching. At this serv-
ice we will have the annual report
OF the officers of the church, and
the election of officers for the year
This is an important meeting. We
will observe the Lords Supper at
this time A full attendance of the
membership is desired.
Sunday 7 p. m, preaching.
The public cordially invited to
these services.
Respectfully,
r n ppOuJNT
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18

in the scores \of splendid inland
towns of Missouri Great as we are
Agriculturally there isn't a plow,
cu!tiVatOr, corn planter, manure
sprender or other big farm imple-
ment factory in the state and for
years our farmers have been pay
ing a tribute of millions annu ally
to implement manufacturers east
of the Mississippi river. Althou oh
we are the leading Poultry state in
the Union there isn't an incubator
factory of consequence in Missouri
and it is high time that this state
of affairs was corrected,
The Federation also hopes to
bring all our interests, big or little
into closer touch with each OF her
for In the end we must all rise or
fall together, Every town in the
tate, it makes no difference how
small it is should be represented
at the State Federation meeting at
Jefferson City on Jan. % and "a. 1t
will be the greatest Conservation
Congress" ever held in Missouri and
on the program will be list of
speakers worth going many miles to
hear. Gov. David r. Francis will
preside as Toastmaster at the big
banquet on the night of January
%. Among the speakers will be
Governor Hadley. Ex-Governor
DOckery, Cyrus Walbridge, Dr. A
Ross Hill. President, Missouri State
University; DR., F, B. Mumford, Dean
of the Missouri Agricultural College
and many other leading business
and professional men.
WILLIAM HIRTH,
Chairman Federation of Missouri
Commercial Clubs,
4 Columbia, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18
Big Debate Soon.

Arrangements have been COM
pleted for an unusually interesting
debate. The teams now preparing
for the big battle are composed of
preachers on one side and laymen
on the other.
Ine subject for discussion is one
of interest to every one, although it
is not new one. The question is,
Resolved, that the time has come
when capital punishment should be
abolished.
The champions of the affirmative
side will be c. L Carpenter, Byron
Mcfarland. E. NJ. Sipple. The de-
Tenders of the negative will be,
Revs. Alcorn, 7. D, Brown, w. P.
Wynn, The date set for the con-
test is February End.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18
DEMOCRATIC MEETING
State Convention To Be at Joplin
Feb. 20 To Select Delegates to
National Convention
Township Meetings Feb
10 County Meetings
Feb. IL.

The Democratic State Committee
was in session in st. Louis Friday
and Saturday, and selected Feb. 20
as the time and Joplin as the place
for the State Convention to select
delegates to the National Conven-
ton to be held in Baltimore, June
Is. -Four delegates at large and
four alternates together with tive
delegates and two aIternates from
each of the sixteen congressional
districts are to be selected. Eigh-
teen presidential electors are also
to be selected at the Joplin Conven-
ton.
The county committee of each of
the several counties is to name the
method of selecting its delegation
The township conventions or pri-
maries are to be held on Saturday,
Feb. 10 and the county meetings on
Monday, Feb. IL.
Each county, legislative district
or ward in st. Louis shall be entitled
to one delegate to the State con-
vention for every $50 votes or ma
jority fraction thereof cast fer Judge
CAN'T for Supreme Judge in 1910.
g total number of delegates will
'275. Marion county will be
---.y...ed to ID delegates; Monroe
county, IS; Rails county s.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18
Get Business by Advertising in the Democrat
A Bad Fire.

At about 6 o'clock Wednesday
morning the neat cottage home of
d. r. Campbell in the south part of
town was discovered on fire. The
alarm was given and the fire de-
partment rushed to the scene but
within three minutes after the
pumps were started the water gave
out and nothing could be done to
stop the progress of the flames. In
the meantime volunteer fire fight
ers were doing what they could to
save the house and contents, but
the fire had gotten such a start ow-
ing to the fact that the flames had
spread through the interior of the
building nothing could be done to
save it. The building and its con-
tents were destroyed in a space of
as minutes. The loss will amount
to about $500, with only small
amount of insurance
Il seems that Mr.. Campbell, in
starting fire, was using kindling
and gasoline, when the GASOLINE
in the can ignited from a lighted
match, the flames flashing out into
the room setting fire to the room
and.to MIR. Campbell's clothing.
BY a desperate effort and rare
presence of mind he wrapped him
self in bed clothing and finally sue
ceeded in smothering out the fire,
but not until he had been terribly
burned about the body.
At this time. 2 p. m. Wednesday.
Mr.. Campbell is in critical condi.
ton, but his physicians hold out
some hopes of his recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell have the
sympathy of everybody and all sin
cerely hope Mr. Campbell will re-
cover from the effects of the burns.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18
Shearer.

Mrs. Elizabeth Shearer aged II
years, died at her home in StoutS-
vile Monday. She was the eldest
sister of Jasper Henderson and an
aunt of Mrs. r. L. Armstrong of
this city Three children survive
her, Mrs Mona McGee ana Preston
Shearer of Moberly, and Miss Alice
Shearer of StoutSville. She was
the widow of the late Samuel
Shearer who resided on a farm
near Clapper for many years
Mrs. Shearer was born in Virginia
and came with her parents to Mis-
souri, when small. She was a kind
and noble lady and universally es-
teemed.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday by Rev. Edwards of the
Primitive Baptist church of which
she was devoted member. The
remains were laid to rest in the
Stoutsville cemetery.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18

The U. D. C.'s cordially invite all
the old Confederate soldiers to meet
with them at the residence of Mrs.
F. D. Proctor on Friday, Jan. 18th
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. A
reception will be held aud Crosses
of Honor presented to two old
soldiers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18

Reed X. holland of the harness
and saddlery company of holland &
Campbell is attending the National
Harness Dealers Association at
Kansas City. picking up new ideas
that will benefit their customers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18
FOR A "GREATEk MO-"
Facts About the Forthcoming State
Convention Of the Federation
Of Missouri Commercial
CIu! 8.

The forthcoming state conven-
tion of the Federation of Missouri
Commercial Clubs which meets at
Jefferson City on January 23 and "a
should mark a new milestone in the
Agricultural, Industrial and Com
mercial progress of Missouri. The
Federation was organized at Han
nibal last summer and means a
consolidation of the Commercial
hodies ofthe state into one, concrete
fighting force, Briefly, these are the
things which this statewide organi-
cation has in view: First, to Or
ganize an advertising campaign
which will bring the farmers of the
United States to realize the true
merits of Missouri as an Agricultur-
al State.
Secondly. to impress upon the
capitalists and manufacturers of the
country that Missouri - located here
in the heart of the great Mississippi
Valley-in the heart of the Corn
Belt-in the very heart of the Re-
public itself with unlimited stores
of coal, lead. zinc, iron ore and lum-
Der deserves to become i'm the not
distant future the greatest manu-
featuring state in the heart of the
Nation.
Third, to promote a closer init
I '"." n our I, y ~ to
d =. ,JWns dLid cltIes;-e. II tqil---
roads, manufacturers, merchants,
farmers and every interest big or
little. closer together in order that
we may undersJand each other bet
ter ana cooperate more effectively
in promoting oar great common
wealth.
During the last few years, the
lure of the Southwest, the Dakotas
and other sections have caused
thousands OF farmers from Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and other
eastern states to cross Missouri
without even giving our farm lands
a passing consideration saving
nothing about thousands from our
own state who in a similar mannerl
yielded to the Establishments Of
clever real estate promoters. AS al
result, the census told a humiliat-
ing story about Missouri, One great
trouble with US has been that as a
people we have never realized the
true greatness of our own common
wealth and a few comparisons in
this particular may not be out of
place. Kansas is heralded far and |
wide as one OF the great wheat
states of the Nation and great as it !
is in this respect. the wheat crop of |
Missouri in 1911 was only a little |
over 100000 bushels behind that |
Of the Sunflower state and yet no |
body hears Missouri talked as a
wheat state. Kansas is also a great |
corn state and yet in 1910 Missouri
not only checkmated her corn crop
but piled 117000000 bushels on top
of it. Had our 1910 corn crop been
loaded into box cars, 500 bushels to
the car, it would have made a con-
tinuous line of freight trains reach
ing from New York to San Francis
CO and have filled side track from
st. Louis to Kansas City. Nobody !
ever hears Missouri talked of as a |
mining state and yet our annual
mineral production is not far be-
hind that of Colorado one of the
greetest mining states in the Un.on.
Nobody ever hears Missouri refer
red to as a lumber state and yet in
1910 our lumber products sold for
$S5.000,000 which puts us in the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18

ever heard Missouri referred to as a
cotton state and yet last year we
| produced nearly four times as much
cotton as Virginia and only little
less than Florida one of the chief
cotton producingstate among smaller
commonwealth of the South. I'm
the last few year0 Tobacco growing
has been revived in certain sections
and we are producing some of the
finest tobacco grown in the United
States. AS a live stock state Mis-
souri, stands indisputably first. We
are producing more pure bred live
stock and our breeders have cap
tured more blue ribbons at the diff
ferent Worlds Fairs and at the big
National Live Stock shows than
any other state in the Union. In
the production of Poultry we also
stand first = our Poultry product in
1910 having sold for more than
$45,000,000. In 1910 the surplus
crop and live stock products of the
Missouri farmer amounted to ap-
proximately $45,O00OOO- which
makes this showing all the more
remarkable is the fact that out of
our 450O0,000 acres only about one
third of this area is in active culti-
walton at the present time the
Ozark region and hundreds of
thousands of acres in the fertile
Southwest constituting an empire
which has hardly been touched.
With the splendid fight our great
Agricultural College is maxi
the awakening which is
apparent among our
.eye8j Que orsar| 100000 acres
is compelled to pay its fullest trib-
ute TO humanity the time is not
far distant when the Missouri farm
er will be producing a surplus
amounting to a billion dollars a,
year. Notwithstanding these inner
ent merits. Missouri farm lands
are today the most undervalued in
the Country. The equal of land
which sells for 5000 and $3.50 in
Illinois, Iowa and Northern Indiana
can be bought in Missouri, for half
the money-and in many instances
for even less. This is one of the
things the Federation of Missouri
Commercial Clubs has set out TO
correct and if we receive the prop er
support we will revOlutionize Ms
souri, farm values during the next |
five years and induce the greatest |
immigration into the state ever
known in its history.
Our prospects along industrial |
lines are even brighter. With hun
dredS of thousands of acres of rich |
coal beds which haven't been touch
ed, with unlimited quantities of
lead, zinc, iron ore, lumber and 9TH
er salient staples of manufacture, |
with more than 5000 miles of rail-
roads within our borders, with more |
naVigable streams than any other
state in the Union, with undevelop-
ed water power facilities sufficient
to drive at a low cost the engines
of half dozen states-with these
resources and facilities it will be
due to our own lack of enterprise
and progressivenesS if Missouri
doesn't become the chief manufac-
turing state in the heart of the Ma
tion in the next fifteen or twenty
years
Altogether, story can be told to
the American people about Mis-
souri, which will read as fascinating
ly as an Arabian Nights Dream
and this we have set out to do. Ex-
oo,o& g.. x.,u ln-k, osssa. - |
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-01-18

This is a good time of year to
have that old suit cleaned and
pressed. Lambert Lane can fix il.