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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26
John Rafferty,,
Carpenter and Builder
CRESCENT CITY, FLA.

Estimates furnished and jobs of all
kinds finished expediously in Crescent
City or at Lake Como. Write me about
the work you want done.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26
eeniuses Not Good Companions.

The wife of Charles Dickens is re-
ported to have once said: 81 suppose
the world needs a few geniuses, but
it's dreadful fate to have to live with
one Of them" Mrs. Carlyle said the
same thing in substance great many
times.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26
4EBEST BOOK
F THE YEAR

F1HEN you stop to think about
N it, doesn't your bank book
much of the story of your own
b? You who can read between
lines and analyze its figures,
|Dw the labor and sacrifice rep
|ented by each dollar deposited.
|ery entry is the happy ending
a thrilling chapter. Make your
blk grow; it is recording your
Btory and telling the story of
pr success. If you have no
pix book bring in deposit and
h one.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26
Ha KnaW the Girl.

Son Crying to persuade his sire)
Don't you think, sir, I've money
enough to get married on2
Father-Yes, but not enough to stay
married on.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26
Crescent City Transfer Co.'S
Automobile and Boat Line.

Auto meets all trains at Crescent City
Junction. Night trains by appointment.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26
Found Better Occupation.

Found Better Occupation.
How is 1t that Rufus never takes
you to the theater any more?" well,
you see, one evening it rained and so
We sat in the parlor" "Yes?" well,
ever since that we-oh, don't know,
but don't you think that theaters are
IN awful bore?"-Cornell Widow.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26

FOR RENT-One furnished house,
also Two Stores on Central Ave, Ores
cent City. Further particulars apply at
Drug Store.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26

II you think constipation is OF trifling
consequence, just ask your doctor. He
will disabuse you of that notion in short
order. Correct it at once!" he will
say. Then ask him abou Ayers Pills.
A mild liver pill, all vegetable.
Msdc By the j. c. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26

WANTED-Lineman; steady job TO
good man. Address Crescent City Tel
phone Co, Crescent City, Fla. 15.tf
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Mackley and
children who have resided here for the
past three years, will return TO their old
home in England next week. They
left England some four years ago and
spent one year in Canada before coming
to Florida, but ever since landing on
these shores have been "Sighing for the
Homeland" They have made many
friends in our town and will be missed.
May they realize all the pleasures they
arc anticipating.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-26
$500 Week, almost 5000 a Day

plotting them through factory Men appointed
statesmen receive advice and instructions for selling Safes gi
convincing talking points which it is impossible for
don't YOU be the first to apply from vicinity before
We favor only salesman out Of each locality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

nual land show. Last year the show
was visited in eight days by more
than 2O0, 900 people
Exports Of farm products have fall
en- of two-thirds in the last six years.
and the day is in sight, apparently,
when Americans will be importing
much OF their food" says the Evening
News. TT was owing 10 a bad crop
last year that dollar and a half was
paid for potatoes, even where they
were grown, and that the United
States imported SAC, 100000 worth dur
ing the year, citizens paying no less
than $1,000 900 in duties
Food products command the same
prices in this country as in Europe,
where land costs from Eve TO ten times
as much as land Of the same quality
in this country. The advantage Euro
pean farmers have over American
farmers, however, is in the way they
cultivate the soil, the average produc.
! ton per acre IN those countries large
ly exceeding the average In this coun-
| try.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
THE VERMONT ELECTION

and Watson, democrat, 1883. The
republican vote was smaller, the DEM
ocratic vote larger than that cast at
the gubernatorial election of 1908,
when the result was: Prouty, repub-
lican, 1888; Burke, democrat, 1888.
IL that year the vote at the Novem-
Der election for President was: Taft,
1852; Bryan, l496. Bryan was al
ways weak in the state, running far
behind Cleveland; but the smallest
vote for a democratic candidate for
President from 1872 down was that
cast for Parker in 1904-9,777. Dur
ing the same period the largest demo
cratic vote was at an off year cleo.
ton for governor, 1906, when the can
didate of the party scored 26,912.
The returns this year are: republi.
cans, 26,259; democrats, 20,350; pro,
gressives, $500. This makes a rela.
lively bad showing for the republicans
and a relatively good one for the dem,
ocrats. The progressives, who are new
in the field, have cut into the repub,
lican vote severely, but they are third
in the race. To judge by previous con.
tests there are not likely to be
changes Of critical Importance in the
state between now and November
but the election may be used as a
/ sign Of what is to happen elsewhere
I in a bewildeTing variety of calcula
tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
ROOSEVELT AND SUFFRAGE.

About 1900 geo women Of voting
age reside in Colorado, Utah, Califor-
MIA, Idaho. Wyoming and Washington.
In these six states the right to vote
has been conferred upon that sex.
Being a recently acquired prerogative.
1t Is likely TO be quite generally exer-
cised IN the November election. what
ever may happen 10 the enthusiasm
Of the new suffragans afterward as
a result Of the strife and bitterness
engendered by the political conflict
Roosevelt is the only presidential
candidate Of consequence who has re-
sorted 70 the device of seeking the
ballots Of women through declaration
for female suffrage. The St. Louis
Times points out that 10 many Of
them the profession Of this faith ON
his part was promptly penetrated as
sham, another evidence OF the cum
ming that forms the wark and wool
OF the mans bold and Unseemly at
I tempt TO fasten himself upon the ma
tons vitals in defiance OF the unwrit-
ten but sacred law against a third
term, and in contempt Of his reiter-
ated pledge against an effort TO upset It.
Most OF those who have not al
ready seen through his pretense very
probably will, before election day,
recognize IL as but another Of the
shallow mockeries OF the politician
whose abnormal egotism and burst.
ing ambition have dwarfed almost 10
destruction the qualities which other
wise would have fitted him for Office
/ Of honor and responsibilities the great.
est that can be entrusted to anyone.
No one capable of calm, open-minded
and mature reflection believes Roose
welt really favors woman suffrage
/ His profession of conversion to the
cause too closely fitted his plans fol-
grabbing votes wherever and in what
ever manner they could be obtained
II was too palpably the trick of the
opportunist, repetition of the method
OF self-aggrandizement that, practiceC
in season and out, has firmly wover
about the third-term seeker a fabric
Of ineradicable doubt and suspicion
a positive conviction. indeed. that he
OF all men, is not TO be trusted witt
potential means for assailing the di
NlH'ly appointed destiny OF a liberty
justice and right-loving people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

Washington, Sept 6-As soon as
congress conyenes in December Rep
.resentative George W. Norris of Ne
braska will ask for an investigation
OF the federal court at Boston, which
ordered secret hearings in the United
States Shoe Machinery company case.
The court has instituted a bad pre-
cedent," recently declared Mr. Norris.
If IL should be allowed 10 90 unchai-
lenged it might bring about an era OF
star chamber sitJiugs on the very case
that the public is most interested In.
TO me il is quite inexplicable that
any court, just a. a time Ike the pres
ent, with so much Of criticism being
directed against the judiciary. should
make an order so certain TO evoke bit
ter condemnation"
Mr.. Norris limited that the big bust
ness interests in New England which
II Is charged have been breaking the
law, secured the appointment OF the
very judges who will have charge OF
suits against these interests should pro.
ceedings against them be started in the
federal courts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
(Chicago Record eraldO

Before the election the political
prophets were predicting all sorts of
things for Vermont. Victory was &C
tually claimed for each of the three
leading parties, but the more cauti-
Gus among the democrats and pro-
gressives prepared rather TO make the
most of any showing that might be
turned against the republicans, while
the latter were figuring discreetly on
q reduction from the oldtime major
tiles. Now that the vote is in there
are, what We may call several new
lines in prophecies on the counter,
choice Of fashions for November,
and every reader may select his pat
tern and explain the present and fut-
ure by the past as he sees fit.
The indisputable facts are that
there is a falling off in the republican
vote and an increase in the demo
cratic vote; that the progressive vote
accounts for much the greater part OF
the republican losses; that the re,
publicans have carried the legislature
by a big majority; that their candi-
date for governor, having failed of a
majority at the polls, will be elected
by the legislature, and that President
Taft will have a plurality in Novem.
Der.
In 1910 at the election for governor,
Mead. republican, had 1928 votes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
THE TARIFF OBJECT LESSON.


a large tariff exhibit designed TO
place before the people the actual
facts by means OF articles Of common
use affected by the protective tarin
will shortly be opened in Chicago I'M
der the auspices OF the democratic ma
tioual campaign committee. one of
the larger halls will be leased TO house
the exhibit and the public will be in
vited TO attend without charge.
The tariff exhibit Will especially
comprise articles which are sold more
cheaply abroad than at home said
Joseph r. Davies, secretary and west.
ern manager Of the democratic ma
uonal committee in Chicago. The
exhibit will be IN charge Of William
c. Redtcid, one OF the greatest experts
on the tariff I'm the world. lie will be
assisted by q corps Of experts who will
gladly answer all questions and give
such Information as the public may de
sire. There will be placards and dia-
srams showing conditions in the pro-
tected industries both With respect To
labor and the consuming public
Il think that the exhibit will open
the eyes OF the people TO the great
need for tarif revision downward. be-
cause the Inequalities and the injus-
tees Of the Payne-Aldrich law. passed
by the last republican congress. will
appear so graphically that the people
who see the exhibit cannot get away
from its lessons"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

that from point to point they indicate
the exact width of the body Of the
beast.
Consider the lion stealing through the
jungle at night in search of prey, when
the least stir of a twig gives alarm.
The lions whiSkers indicate. through
the incest nerves. any object that may
be in his path. A touch stops him short
before pushing through some close
thicket where the rustIing leaves and
bOuGhs would betray his presence
Wherever his head may be thrust with
out a warning from the vibrissae there
his body may pass noiseleSsly. 1t is the
aid given him hy his whiskers. in con-
junction with the soft cushions of his
feet. that enables him to proceed as
silently as a snake.-HarpeT's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

Lately there have been so many
reports OF terrible things that have
happened to little girls. that it would
be we'll for mothers TO guard their
little ones even more carefully than
ever. Even a baby of FIVE years isn't
safe, and the danger until she is old
enough to recognize danger and pro-
tect herself.
We are all apt TO think that nothing
can happen to our own. and because
nothing has occurred in our immed-
late neighborhood, We feel safe. Yet
probably the mother, in each of the
cases reported, felt just as safe, and
SO neglected precautions and failed TO
keep fresh in the little girls mind the
warnings against strangers of any
Kind.
have Just been reading a letter
relating to the case of an eight-year
old girl who had been visiting rela-
tives Just outside the city. Her uncle
started to take the child home, but
on the way met a man acquaintance
going into the city and entrusted the
child to him for the rest Of the jour
hey. That was in the morning. In
the afternoon the child was observed
in the company Of the man, on a
street car. He was drunk and she was
obviously afraid of him. Kindly strang
ers spoke to the girl, and heard heI
story and took her home. HEAVIER
knows what might have happened tc
the little thing il these strangers haC
not taken the risk OF interfering.
A conhding little girl is the sweet
est thing in the world. But teach he
to place her confidence only in the
members of her immediate family
and never. never to accompany any
body anywhere unless she first ask.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
AW0M1NyO OBSERVATIONS


mother. Teach her, too, to scream
with all her might if anybody at
tempts to carry her away.
Another thing. Every child should
be taught, at the earliest possible
moment, its home address, and that
a policeman is its friend in trouble,
so that if the little one gets lost there
is a better chance of restoring it soon
to its parents.
They were talking about servants
and such, and after much had been
said about high wages and uncertain
service, to say nothing about the in
dependence Of spirit OF the modern
maid, a pretty matron who spends
her winters in the south told OF her
experience in the land Of sunshine.
The colored people are vastly in
the majority where we have our
southern home" she said, "and serv-
ants are plentiful-more than plenti-
full. The trouble is not to get help. but
to see that the help one gets per-
forms according to our inicky north
ern notions.
But those colored people are all
SO good-natured and so apparently
willing, that half the time you finish
by laughing instead of scolding. And
I've found that if you let them alone
and aren't too particular, things &c
very smoothly.
Shortly before came north this
summer, l had a colored girl, about
16 years old, to do my washing. She
was coal black negress, but behind
one ear noticed a strange white erup
ton.
Il was alarmed. 'Gracious!'
thought. I don't want somebody with
leprosy or some horrible disease
washing my clothes I'd overlooked
a good deal, but l couldn't overlook
anything like that. So I went to her
Mandy said. what is that break
ing out behind your carr
"'Wha? Wheah?' she cried, feel
ing all around her woody head.
Right behind your left ear
said.
" oh, that She grinned. Laws
missus, that amt nothin' but NAL
gum
And that's what it washer gum
placed behind her ear. where it wal
conveniently out of the way until thu
next chewing.
I've wondered since how old tina
piece Of gum was" laughed the pref
" matron. ct had already been chew
ed so long it was as white as snow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
WILSON IN KEYSTONE STATE

the most absolute confidence in his
honesty. They take what Governor
Wilson says as being perfectly right,
and feel that what he will do and has
done conforms exactly to his promise.
I look for a landslide in western
Pennsylvania to Wilson. The one par
ucular thing that appeals to our PEG,
pie at home is his magnificent char.
acter. That, together with mis- admit,
ted ability as a scholar and statesman
will bring many independent voters to
his assistance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
EVERY MAN CATCHES HIMSELF.

The commissioners IN Los Angeles
propose to have every automobile
equipped with an apparatus TO show
the speed as IL moves. The device will
operate three ights-white. green and
red. When a machine is going eight
miles an hour the white light will
show. When # is going 10 miles the
green light will show, and at 20 miles
the red light will show. When a car
goes from 20 TO 30 miles. the white
aud green lights will appear. and il
more than 80 miles. all OF the lights
will inform the policeman who is on
duty that the auto speeder is very
recklessly breaking the law
one would Judge at the rate that
some 81 the automobiles 20 through
this part Of the country that IL would
take about 1G lights to indicate the
maximum Of their speed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

Governor Deneen utilized Labor day
70 explain how much his administra-
ton had done for the wageworkers,
and how hlhly he regarded the
"horny-handed sons Of toll" Whereat
the Springfield Register comments:
I'VE have not examined the governors
hands recently TO see II his once soft
and smooth palms have become cal
loused by chopping wood on his Mon
tana plantation. Perhaps his love for
labor doesn't go TO the extent Of Bills
tering his hands"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Simple Faith.

Oh, for an hour of trustfulness
AS when you were a child!
You often murmur to yourself
When you are talking wild.
II you could but the words accept
As from your fathers lips,
When you were but q little lad
You got such friendly tips!
But hold before you make complaint
About your present doubt.
Take heed unto yourself a bit
And see how 1t works out.
You hear a politician talk
Who wants your vote to win.
You know he has an AK to grind.
And still you take 1t in.
A fellow comes along and says:
Il have a mining claim,
And it will surely make you rich
If you will buy the same.
At least take just a liitle stock"
And so you plank down cash
For paper that is printed well,
But what IL really trash.
You think you have not trusting faith
As when you were but four.
But IL you will investigate
You'li see that you have more.
While it is true, as you declare,
You were confidins then,
You were not taking money that
You couldn't pass again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

against the head officers of the Modern
Woodmen of America.
The optional agreement provides
that members over "a years old and
as sessed over 81 a month can pay 81
and have the balance of the assess
ment charged against their certificates.
Witnesses produced figures to show
that policyholders who might live to
be 80 years old would have no bene-
fit coming under the proposed new sys-
TEN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
MORE LAND SHOULD BE CULT.
WAITED

In some OF the states efforts are be,
ing made TO bring more land into cur.
tivauon. This movement IS because Of
the increasing demand for more OF the
products Of the farm. 1t is an obvious
fact that consumption Of the farms
products is perceptibly increasing.
while the supply is not. In other
words, the demand Is fast becoming
greater than the supply
The remedy is the cultivation Of more
land and the employment of more
scientific methods in all lines OF farm
Ing, 20 the end that the lands NAV be
made 10 produce more.
The astonishing statement Is made
~ the Buffalo Evening News that New
York cuiiyates but half its area. Nov.
I'd by the evil effects OF such eoudi
'ioas. thoughtful citizens have a plan
L. 5rins the land back into cultivation
p-.t Of the plan being to have an an,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Hurnor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. ssssra

THE suburbanite is as proud of his
three cabbages. nine onions and
his faint promise of a cucumber as a
boy with dads knife
1t IS wise son who knows his IA
theirs weak spot as well as his strong
hold.
Probably the reason Rome wasn't
built in day was that there was a
strike in the building trades.
All signs fail when they aren't the
right signs.
1t may be a sin to steal a pin. but It
IS feather in a mans cap to steal a
railroad.
Many a man who aims high hasn't
courage enough to pull the trigger.
The worst thing about explanations
is they mostly call for a chart and a
demonstration.
Ais fair in love, war and where the
powder puff rules.
The case is hopeless when you find q
vacuum where there should be brains
II is difficult to keep up with crazy
and erratic people, so 1t is a fortunate
thing that it isn't at all necessary.
But sometimes a competent person
Doesn't like to compete, but wants t
be the whole show himself.
1t is lot easier to lose a desirable
thing honestly than it is to gain it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
FELINE WHISPERS.
Delicate Sensitive Hairs That Record
the Slightest Touch.

ETIc OF 4TIk5sN IONOII'
We are apt TO think that the cats
ability TO see in the dark is due entire
ly TO its eyes. but competent authority
assures US that the feiine's power in
this respect is due almost as much TO
its "whiskers."
These delicate hairs that project
from the muzzle of the cat family are
wonderful mechanisms Each one
grows. from a follicle. or gland. nerved
TO theSutmost senSibility. Its slightest
contact with any obstacle is instantly
felt by the animal. though the hair
itself may be tough and insensible.
The exaggerated whiskerS on the muz-
zlR often project 10 such a distance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
BY REPRESENTATIVE CURTIS H.
GREGG OF pennsylvania.

Especial Correspondence OF The Argus)
New York, Sept. 4.-Out in western
Pennsylvania, where live. have dis
covered a wonderful Wilson senti-
ment. The people here are prOg<J-
sive. They believe that there has been
too much standpatism. The people
are OF the opinion that the best thing
TO 90 is to vote for Governor Wilson.
They will do this because they have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06

Wake up the police department,
Commissioner Hart, and enforce the
automobile requirements. Rock Is
land is held in contempt today by ev-
cry automobile owner in the three
cities. who il Indifferent as 10 the
demands of the municipal ordinance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Accommodation.

"Whose dog are YOU kicking:"
How should | know
THAT is my dog"
Indeed. Is it? Well, bring him
around any time he needs kicking and
will do the job for you if am feeling
strong"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
StranGA Noufb

Doctor-What makes you think the
boy isn't normal? Mother - Every
thing He was sixteen years old last
month and yet be doesn't think he
knows more than bis father-Philadel-
phia Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Sept. 8 in american
History.

1492-ColumbUs sailed from the Canury
isles Oh his voyage Of discovery.
1872 William Steele Holman. Demo
cratic statesman. born: died 1851.
1901 President William Mckinley
shot #hIc holding reception in
the Temple Of Music AZ the ram
american exposition In Buffalo by
Leon +. CzOlGCsZ. an anarchist:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Plain SPEAKING.

why. it's as plain as the nose on
your face"
We'll. anyhow. it amt as plain as
the face behind your nose. London
Taller.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Final Decision.

- see that Counselor Dedbroke is
courtiu. rich old widow"
He seems TO I've up against a court
of last resort"-Boston Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-06
Being Womaniy.

What is your idea of a womanly wO-
mani?
''She Is a diplomat"
"a diplomatic"
Eyes. For example. she always COOKS
dads favorite dinner the day daughter
is going to ask for new party dress"