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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
Fox Hunt on Lemon Street.

While Chief of Police VarneS and Of
ficer Livingston were standing in a
doorway on south Second street little
after midnight last Sunday night they
saw fox in the shadow near the Ack-
erman-Stewart store. The fox went up
Lemon street, and the officers went af-
ter Walter Tilghman's dogs. Mr..
Tilghman has some valuable fox hounds.
Shortly after all were on the street with
the dogs which soon struck the trail
down Lemon street toward the river.
The dogs chased the fox back TO the
brick piles on the Merryday lot, where
ii wiggled in among the second hand
brick. But il didn't stay long. The
dogs got it, and killed. Hunting wild
animals on Lemon street, Palatka, A. D.
1913! Sounds strange, don't it? Fol
several days il was supposed to have
been a wild fox. 1t has since been
learned that il was someone's pet, jus
out for a little chase around the block.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
MIR. Becks to MIR. Blackwell.

Editor PaIatka News
Dear Sir: In reply 10 the statements
of the Hon. j. N Blackwell which ap-
peared in yolr last weeks issue, will
S ate that he is very forgetful, or ac-
cording 10 my judgement, he would
like TO twist matters around SO that he
will appear 10 the general public as the
angel that has been abused. In regard
to his first statement, that asked hims
10 send TO his son for copy of the
school law. will state this is not SO
| asked Mr.. J. N. Blackwell, after the
notice came out in the Times Union
that The school law had been passed, if
he would get copy of il for the school
board, as the board wished TO call an
election TO bond this district TO build
very much needed school house. After
he had written for copy of this law,
he came into my place and stated 10 me
that he had written TO his son, who was
then in Tallahassee. Up 10 that time,
| knew nothing about the whereabouts
OF his son, and after received what
supposed, and what purported TO be a
copy of this law, Mr.. Blackwell came
into my place and read it over-went
over il very carefully and pointed out to
me what he termed as the weak points
in the law. There is no trouble for me
10 produce affidavitS to this effect, con-
Sequently Mr.. Blackwell'S statements TO
the effect that he never saw this law, or
the copy of which he furnished TO me
until few days ago are erroneous and
misleading.
might ask the sober thinking people
who have read his explanation in last
weeks issue of the Palatka papers, why
the board would ask for copy of the
BILL when il had been published in the
newspapers of the state, and whether or
not the board, or myself either, would
have desired TO have sent TO Tallahassee
for anything less than copy of the
LAW ITSELF. To be sure ii appears
that the copy furnished US was a copy
of the BILL, but we had asked for a
copy of The law, and supposed that the
copy furnished, even though copy of
the bill, was the same as the law as it
passed.
might further state that Mr.. Black
we'll knew what the copy of the law
was procured for, namely for the pur-
pose of expediting the calling and hold.
ing OF the bond election.
P. ]. BECKS,
Palatka, Oct. Sth, 1913.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
County's Assessed Valuations

The board of county commissioners
at its meeting on Monday accepted the
books of County Tax Assessor BulIard,
as finally. Speaking from the artistic
view point these books are models OF
neatness. There is nothing 10 be de-
sired. On the neatly typewriter pages
there isn't blur or blemiSh. Mr.. Bull
lard is an artist when il comes TO max
ing set of books.
When ii comes to the valuations
there will of course be some criticism
There always is and always will be, no
matter whether they be more or less.
The total valuation of property this
year as shown by these books, is
S3,2S1,7 ,735. On this valuation taxes
amounting TO $24,631.O9 will go the
State, while the county will gather in
for various purposes the sum of sos, ,916.
43. The special school districts will
pay the additional sum of So, 1924 the
poll taxes will be 1895 90 and the drain.
age taxes for the two drainage districts
will bring IS O93. 10.
About $50, 900 in valuation has been
lost by lands sold for taxes and bought
in by the State, and which therefore
had 10 be cut off. Yet with this loss
said Mr.. Bullard, the amount for collec
tion will be about $4,000 more than in
1912.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
POST CARD SNAKES
ALARM VISITORS
Who Would Come TO Florida
dealers Asked to Cut
'em Out.

There are snakes, and then agair
there are SnakeS-snakes that come his
sing, frey eyed at you after YOU
'steenth visit 10 Hastings and other sub
urban points where they lie coiled in
the glass, and snakes that wiggle and
creep through the swamps and wood
land and meadows and carry real
rather than imaginary sting.
Thanks 10 the Anti-Saloon Leaf gu
and earnest reformers like Bill Thigh
man, together with a naturally moral
| and temperate citizenship, Palatka sees
but few of the former species.
And thanks TO the real men of the
ings once said, ''aint afraid o. nothin',
enough creeping things have been
largely exterminated in Florida-except
the post card variety.
Postal cards purporling to show the
advantages OF Florida as an earthly para
disc and dwelling place for all who
have become saliated with the bunny
hug and tangoed life of the .effete east,
and weary of the wierd and wild and
woolyiness of the west, have been
staple stock in the show cases of Flori-
da book stores and apothecary shops
for 10, these many, many years; and,
scattered as they have been to every
nook and corner of the country, have
given this state an uncanny reputation
for snakes and alligators; land abound
ing in jungles and jeopardy instead of
picturesque villages and pretty girls. of
gardens and flowers and winding rivers
and limpd lakes. Ii was time some
one called our attention 10 this sin of
commission, OF which the majority of
US have been thoughtlessly gully.
Hence the following resolution pass
ed by the board of trade last Monday
night:
Resolved by the Palatka Board of
Trade that the post card dealers of our
city be kindly requested 10 discontinue
the sale OF cards and photographS-at
least do not replenish stocks when pre-
sent supply is misunderstanding rat
tie snakes and alligators.
The circulation of these pictures in
the North has been an injury TO our
state; we have plenty of wrong impress
sions about Florida to combat, without
helping to scare people with these un.
canny things. Ii is known that North
ern families have declined to visit our
state from fears strengthened by this
sort of views.
Rattle snakes are found in all parts of
the United States, indeed, they are
more numerous in the hot and dry
prairie and plains states, than in Florida,
but they are not featured as attractions.
Our state abounds in beautiful sights
of river, lake, sea, forest, grove, garden,
town and city, and why advertise snakes
and other supposed dangers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
The County Commissioners.

The board of county commissioners
met for the October meeting this week
and accomplished a great amount of
routine work, and, as Commissioner
Perry remarked, shot off a considerable
amount of hot air. But there was really
much small detail work accomplished
and every little detail calling for the ex-
pcnditure of cash requires a certain
amount of discussion. The board is
certainly moving cautiously.
Perhaps the most important new bust
ness transacted was the purchase of a
she'll mound of ]. F. Ganas of Hunting
ton for $1,000, of which amount 5000
was paid down and the balance is to be
paid within the year. The shell is for
road work.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
Fred Hubner's Pumpkin.

Farmer Fred Hubner of FIorahome
sent pumpkin TO the board of trade
this week for exhibition that weighs an
even eighty.one pounds in its stocking
feet. The pumpkin was raised on Mr..
Hubner's muck land farm at Florahome
and can be seen at the board of trade
rooms at any time. OF course there is
time limit, for modification will set in
on pumpkin when kept too long. 1t
is in the pumpkin pie stage now.
The board of trade was SO pleased
with Mr.. Hubners contribution for ad-
verIising the agricultural advantages OF
the county that he was given rousing
vote of thanks and declared to be
some pumpkins" in the farming busi.
ness.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
Cigar Boxes.

spanish cedar is the wood whereof
Tue peSt cigar boxes are made, and
most of it comes from Cuba.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
First Baptist Church.

Rev. P. Q. Cason, pastor Sunday
school meets at 9:45; preaching by the
pastor at IL a, m. and 7:3O pm. Morn
ing subject, mo Occasion for Solici.
tude even in Most Embarrassing En-.
virons," Daniel, V: 10, IL. In the even.
ing the PASTORS subject will be, "The
Most Common Road to Ruin" Prov
IS: IA. A warm welcome will be ex
tended and all strangers will be gladly
welcomed TO all our services. Com,
and bring your friends.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10

Chairman, State Democratic Executive
Committee.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-10
Mr.. Frank Buck Dead.

A wire received in Crescent City yes
teTday morning by Mr.. Blaine Shiver,
announces the death that morning in
Philadelphia, of Mr Frank Buck, a
prominent orange grower of that place
and one of the towns most highly es-
teemed citizens. Particulars will be
given next week.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03
PROGRESSIVE BLACK SHEEP

frOgreSSlIes, we suppose, must
have their black sheep, but one is
hardly prepared for such a specimen
as the Illinois legislator who votes to
report favorably a bill repeating the
State Civil Service law. What makes
his action important is that, with one
third of the committee absent, it con.
verified a tie into a majority vote. so
that the lower house of the legisla.
ture of n of the greatest states in
the Union is advised by the commit.
tee on civil service to turn the Of
t1ces over to the very men whose mis-.
use of them finally resulted in the es.
adjustment of the merit system! The
sponsor for the bill is frank, at least,
81 want to make it possible" he
avowed, ito reward those who help-
ed me to get into office" And he
added: Down in you hearts there
is not one of you who would not vote
: with me if it were not for the news.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03
AN UNEXClTING DEBATE.

Washington Star: The general tar
if debate in the house failed to draw.
Empty seats in numbers were observ-
able at every session. Many men,
bers preferred the clOakrooms. or bali
games, or devoted the time TO their
department work. Speakers thunder.
ed in praise or blame to small knots
OF personal friends who had gather.
ed in response to promptings of good
nature.
And yet the subject was of great i'm
portance. Here was a tariff bill pro-
posing a radical change Of policy. and
embracing a new feature of taxation
an income tax in time of peace
The November election had in part
turned on the tariff issue. What ex-
planned the Indifference shown?
The dryness of the topic? Tariff
speeches necessarily are dry. It is
difficult for even the brightest men
to freshen up figures and classified.
tons. Thomas B. Reed once referred
to a popular congressional orator as
able "to cav garlands of flowers
around points Of order and motions to
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03

adjourn Among modern English
statesmen Mr.. Gladstone alone could
make a speech on the budget attract.
i've.
Would orators have allied the
benches? There were no orationS.
Figures OF speech were lacking.
Flights Of fancy were not successful.
As a rule, the speakers remained
close 10 the ground, ana WrrStlcd in
hOmrly fashion With hOmcly details,
Or Was The opportunity neglected
because Of the feeling that the mat.
ter was settled beyond the possibility
Of change? Were tn" democrats sat
listed 10 lcaV" everything to the prcSi'
den, and Mr.. Underwood? And did
IN" republicans simply resign them
selves to the question, whats the
uSc?'
For some reason or reasons the de-
bat" a. an attraction was Il failure.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03
Chief Of Sioux Tribe in Civ
Continued from Page One.)

SOIlllHucu FROM rage One.)
Mr.. Welch is to furnish a beef as his
token in the proceedings. Mr.. Grass
will send word to the old-time Indians
and warriors of his tribe. The occas-
ion Will consist Of ceremonial dances,
presentation of the pipe of peace,
which the chief is having made for the
occasion. There will be a council of
old chiefs in which none but warriors
OF distinction shall be allowed to sit.
There will be speeches and other GER
emonies. The great pipe will be pass
ed from the chief to Mr.. Welch, and
from him on to the other members of
the council, which in this instance will
be taken as an act Of cementing per-
petual friendship. There will be feast
ing and a general pow-wow which will
be one of the greatest in the history
of the Sioux Tribe.
John Grass is the hereditary chief
Of all the Sioux and their chief JUS
tice. He is one Of the greatest war
riors of today and one of the few left
who participated in the battle Of the
Little Big Horn. While he is true to
his tribe, yet he has always had a
friendly feeling for the whites.
This honor to be bestowed upon Mr..
Welch is the highest which a be &C.
corded by the Sioux tribe, and is
deeply appreciated by him.
Last evening Chief Grass and Asa
Littlecrow, were the guests of NJ,
Welch at the Mckenzie and seemed to
appreciate and enjoy the occasion
The conference will be completed to
! day, when the red men will return tc
their home on the reservation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03
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:: IN THE LABOR WORLD ::

Organized labor at San Diego, Cal,
is to have a labor temple.
Tobacco workers in Belgium do not
average quite 6 cents an hour.
In Cradley Heath, Birmingham.
England, women b~lacksmiths make
chains for ) cents a yard.
A labor temple costing almost $780,
900 has been opened by the trade
unions of Munich, Germany.
An international transport workers
congress will take place in London,
England, in June of this year.
Industrial training has been made
a requirement in the grammar grades
of the public schools of the state o.
Washington.
Farm wages, with board, in the
United States, averaged, for men, $40
a month in 1866, 1888 in 1873 and
$20.S0 in 1909.
The annual convention of the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees lnterna-
tional Alliance and the ~Bartenders' In
ternational League Of America will
be. held in Denver next month.
Delegates from %thirty-One states, a
greater number than were ever before
represented, attended the receE<
ninth. annual child labor conference
at Jacksonville, Florida.
A general strike is seriously con-
sidered by the school teachers Of
France. Recently a number of them
were fined for disobeying the courts
order to disband their organization.
AS late as the year 1900 men were
severely punished in England for or
ganiZing guilds OF labor unions, and
the condition Of the working classes
was little better only than that OF
slaves.
Domestic servants in Chicago have
organized in a real labor union. I'm
der the name of the Household Work
ers' association, the union has obtain
ed a charter from the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor.
Ohio labor organizations have start.
ed a memorial fund to pay off a mort
gage on the home of the late secre-
tary of the Ohio Federation Of La
Dor, Harry Thomas, and to educate
his seven children.
A fall of coal which blocked the
shaft of the mine at FalisOlle, Belgl-
UNI, occurred the other day and the
strike leaders sent a large gang OF
men to shore up the mine in order to
prevent further damage.
The Amalgamated Glass Workers
of Toronto, Ont, are asking for an
increase Of five cents an hour over
their present rate of % cents, while
the horseshoers are seeking a weekly
increase of S.. A minimum wage OF
500 per week is demanded.
The four principal railroad brother.
hoods are made up Of the engineers,
the firemen, the conductors and the
trainmen, with a total membership OF
100000; or IS per cent of the crews
of the nations $4,000 locomotives and
2,000,0 900 railway cars.
The demand of the Winnipeg paint
ers for an increase of wages to so
cents per hour has been refused by
the employers, wko are relying on the
large numDer Of n%on-union men in the
city and the annual influx of job-seek-
ing men to stave off the increase.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03

AS the summer months advance the
fans Of the capital city no doubt will
regret it if some arrangement is not
made for a series of baseball games
in bismarck. Ordinarily, Bismarck is
as enthusiastic a baseball town as n
in the state, providing the people can
be given a good article Of the national
game, and in years gone there has
been nothing lacking in that respect,
though the games did not extend any
further than those furnished the Bis.
marck team from teams of nearby sur
rounding towns. The fact that the
old ball park has been purchased by
a commercial concern may have a
good deal to do with retarding the
game locally this summer, but the
season is yet a long one and it is
possible that some arrangement can
be made for other grounds and a
last team organized.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03
TO Down miIitants
CONTINUED from Page One.)

\ CONTINUED from Page One.)
the headquarters of the Woman's So
cial and Political Union, the militant
suffraget organization in Kings Way.
The telephone switchboard in the Of
flee has been placed in charge OF a
detective.
Arson Campaign Goes On.
Notwithstanding the activity Of the
police the campaign of arson conduct
ed by the militant suffragets was con-
tinued this morning. A large stable
at Handon, a Northwestern suburb OF
London, was set on fire and practic-
ally destroyed. A placard with the
words Votes! Votes! Votes! Be
ware!' was found pasted on the prem.
Uses.
4 boathouse on the Thames, oppO-
| site Hampton court palace, together
with a number of boats, was destroy.
ed by s%uffragets.
The suffragets managed to issue
their paper, THE Suffraget' in spite
of the warning of the government
counsel.
The number consisted of eight pages
tn" front page containing only the
one word, 'Raided," in large type.
| Most London news dealers refused to
handle the publications and only a
few women were selling it on the
streets. <IH +.
Mrs. O. Fl. p. Belmont of New York
left for Paris. Before leaving she
said:
The British government learns
nothing from history. The present
coercive measures against the suf-
gragets are bound to fail.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait of New
| York attended 4 meeting of protest
against the payment of axe by the
duchess of Bedford.
The determined stand which the
government appears to have taken
against militancy, beginning with its
raid yesterday, is mildly, but greatly
commended by some of the London
press. The Standard calls it "The
doom of the militants' and believes
that, although the government may
cause some small annoyance over the
loss Of leaders, the rank and file can
do nothing effective. 1t continues:
Police Activity Urged.
"An attempt will probably be made
to re-establis hthe Women's Social and
Political union elsewhere, probably
under another nan e. If so, the police
must make another raid and continue
the process until the whole fabric OF
militancy is shattered. TO keep the
militants on the run is the surest way
to extinguish their activity
THE vitality Of militancy, which
has ceased to have any real connec-
ton with the vote and has lost the
sympathy of the great mass of suffrag-
lists. cannot survive the destruction Of
its orsaniZatiCH."
The Daily Mail also declares editor
tally that the authorities are taking
the right course.
"lf they try a hunger strike" sats
the Mail" in the event that they are
sentenced, the act will paralyze the
ring leaders power for mischief. The
punishment has at last been made to
fit the crime
The Liberal papers made no com
ments on yesterdays events.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03
WILL -HE PARTY COME BACK?

Minneapolis Journal: James Boyle,
secretary to William Mckinley when
he was governor of Ohio, has discuss
ed recently in newspaper articles,
now gathered in Il pamphlet, the uueS-
ton, Twill the Republican Party
Come Rack?'
Mr.. Boyle argue: from the fact Of
the imprrmanrncy of the progressive
movement that it will. His state
mcnt bristlrs with statistics showing
that the vote Of last November en-
couragrs the republicans to hold on
to what they have, while the figures
Of later elections should inspire them
to greater effort. Roosevelt got more
votes than Taft in the national cleo
ton. But the prOgresSives elected
few members of congress, few mem
Lers Of the legislatures. The election
left the republican party with fifteen
governors. The ~progressives have
but three, and two of these were elect
ed before the progressive party was
formed.
1t may be said in answer to this
that the prOgrcssives were SO late in
the field that they lacked organization
for the minor campaigns. Well and
good. This should be ad Omitted. But
they began organizing Immediately
after the election, and assured the
country they were 0 ready to 90 it
alone. What happened when they
tried it?
Last fall Roosevelt beat Taft two
to one in Chicago. This spring the
republicans beat the p%rogressives
there three to one.
st. Louis had a spring election also.
Colonel Roosevelt called on his twen-
ty-five thousand followers to rally
around the progressive candidate for
mayor. Only four thousand two hun,
dred responded. The republican tick
ct swept the city.
These were, it is true, only city
elections, but Michigan had a spril,g
election. This was a state which
Roosevelt carried by sixty-two thous-
and over Taft. There was a regular
campaign among three parties for the
minor state offices. Michigan swung
back into the regular republican COL
umn. Notwithstanding the lively ana
confident campaign carried on by the
~progressives, led by Bcveridge, assist
ed by Roosevelt himself, they came
in a bad third.
From these indications Mr.. Bowie
draws the conclusion that the repub.
lican party will come back, because,
the personalities of Taft and Roose.
welt out of the question, all shades of
republicans have more points of
agreement than disagreement, and
they all love the party and its ira.
ditions.