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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18

the act creating the said District, BY
majority vote of the land owners
IN said Bostwick Drainage District,
whether or not the said act shall take
effect.
l.. c. Williams and ]. H. Conway
are the inspectors and E. r. Conway
the Clerk, duly appointed to hold said
election and receive the votes that
may be cast thereat and make report
ana return thereof on the following
day, according to law.
BY ORDER of the Board of County
Commissioners, Putnam County, Flor
ida
W. c. ALVERS,
Chairman Board County
u. Commissioners.
ATTEST:
HENRY HUTCHINSON,
(Seal) Clerk.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
INDICTMENTS FOLLOW.
Death and Cruelty Charges Grow Out
Of T,,,Y DenIn

Death and Cruelty Charges Grow Out
of Hamilton County, Tenn, Probe.
Two indictments for murder in the
second degree. two for perjury and
three for assault and battery have
resulted from the probe of the Ham
ilton county, Tenn, work house sys-
tenn by the grand jury. In addition,
number Of employees at the various
camps have been discharged Alleged
cruelty to prisoners and the death of
negro following a whipping result
ed in the indictments. Among those
who have been indicted are County
Physician Null, who is charged with
disappearing facts in regard to
the condition Of prisoners.
Most of those indir'cd are already
under bonds ranging from $3.50 to
$1,000. They will be :GI at the Sep
TENDER term Of crimi,.-.. court.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Liquids We Consume.

According to recent statistician
who has been computing the amount
Of liquids consumed in the United
States in one year, we drink enough
tea, coffee. wine and other POPULAR
forms of liquid refreshment in a year
to cover an area of land ten miles
square and ten feet deep, which Is
large enough lake to foat a navy.
And the amount of alcoholic beverages
alone which seemed to be necessary
to satisfy the national thirst would
ill canal 100 miles long, 100 feet
wide and 10 feet deep.-Chlcagu Trib-
une.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
A Fiery Speech.

William O'Brien in his "Recollec.
lions" gives this picture Of Timothy
ueulys first appearance in parliament:
a quarter of IN hour after he took
mis- seat as member for Wexford he
started up TO make his maiden speech
tiny of frame, sardonic of viSage, his
hands in his brIeches pockets. as cool.
ly insolent as Partisan gamin, as en-
tirely deteStable as a small DiogeneS,
peering over the rims of his pincenez
as from his tub, through bilious eyes
over his contemplate audience-and
Mortified the house of commons with
the following eXordium: MIR. Speaker,
if the noble marquis darlington
thinks he is going to bully us with his
high and mighty CavendiSh ways, all
| can tell him Is he will find himself
knocked into cooked hat in a jitfy,
and we will have TO put him to the
necessity of wiping the blood of all
the CavendiSheS from his noble nose 3
good many times before lie dispOSes
( us
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Notice OF Application for Tax Deed
under Section s of Chapter 4SSS,
Laws of Florida.

NOTICE is hereby given that
W. p Weseman purchaser of Tax Certin-
Gates No. 2a6 and 297, dated the 5th day of
June A. D., 1911,
has filed said certificates in my office,
and has made application for tax deed
to issue in accordance with law.
said certificates embrace the follow
ing described property, situated In
Putnam county. Florida, to-wit:
Lot II Block 4S embraced in said Oertift-
cate No. 800 and Lots u. 10 and Il, Block 4S,
embraced in said certificate No. 297, all In
Florahome.
The said land being assessed at the
date of issuance OF such certificates In
the names of Weldon Webster and j. b.
Lyon, respectively.
Unless said certificates shall be re-
deemed according to law, tax deed W !
issue thereon on the 2Sth day of July A. D..
1913.
Witness my official signature and
seal this the 9th day of June A. D.. 1918.
HENRY HUTCHINSON,
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co. Fla.
By H. Hutchinson. Jr., d. c.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18

Burton E. Baker, known as an *
ray wizard and head of an expert
mental station at Hartford, Conn, is
dead after long illness, induced
from experimentation on his own body
with N-rays. He went to New York
City last fall and took the radium
cure under DR.. Able, but failed t.
rally. Baker had built up a reputa-
ton in his work that made him known
all over the United States and Europe.
the beaches.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Notice Of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section y of Chapter 4SSS,
Laws of Florida,

NOTICE is hereby given that
II. X. Brakeman, purchaser OF Tax Certih-
cate NO. $50, dated the 9Th day of June, A.
D.. 1911. As
has filed said certificate in nv office,
and has made application for tax deed
TO issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the follow
ing described property, situated in
putnam county, Florida, to-wit:
Lots /, 4, 5, and Block 2
Florahome.
The said land being assessed at the
uale OF issuance of such certificate in
Unless said certificate shall be re-
deemed according to law, tax deed will
D.. 1913. q
witness my official signature and
seal this the nth day of July, A. d., 1913
lSEALl HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co, Fla.
BY Alice NJ. Priddy, DC.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Ends Her Life With Acid

Mrs. Susie A. Alsup, wife of c. B.
Alsup, jeweler of Columbus, Miss,
killed herself by taking a large GUAM
tity of carbohc acid. Domestic trou-
bles are said to have caused her to
commit the act. Mrs. Alsup was 8S
years old. She was native of Geor-
gia. The husband and four small chill
dren are left.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Motorcycle Racer Killed.

Martin O'Brien, formerly of Brook
lyn, N. Y, local hat store proprie-
tor, was instantly killed in motor
cycle race at Central City park, Ma
con, Ga. While going about 80 miles
an hour, and turning the first curve
from the grandstand, pedal scraped
the ground and struck rock. O'Brien
was hurled against a fence, striking
on his head, his neck being broken
and his body badly mangled. The mo-
torcycle was wrecked
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NOTICE.

Sale of Unclaimed Packages, South
ern Express Company.
Will sell in the City of Palatka, Fla,
July 18th, 1918, commencing at ID
o'clock, at auction to highest bidder
for cash, all packages shown on list
office and Court House this city, un-
less previously called for, or other
wise disposed of.
]. SCHIRARD, C. C. WOLFLE.
Agent. Superintendent,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Dies of Old Jpiury

J. B. Cass a railroad telegraph op-
orator employed by the Central of
Georgia Railway company, is dead at
Griffin, Ga, as the indirect result of
an accident of 20 years ago, when he
jumped from a burning railroad
bridge. His liver was then dislocated
and entangled, and ever since it has
caused him more or less worry. Cass
was stricken with paralysis, superin-
duced by the old injury.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Calls New Tariff Farmers Foe.

The first Republican assault on the
observation-disclosures tariff bill was
made in the senate by Senator Nc
Cumber, of North Dakota. The bill
seems to have been conceived in ami
mostly against every American in
dustry that really needed protection, )"
he said. but the special object of its
hate is the American farmer"
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be the polling place, between the
hours of 8 o'clock a. M, and shutdown
on
AUGUST 4th, 1918.
which said District includes and en-
braces the following described lands
and territory in Putnam County, Flor
ida, to-wit:
Beginning at the st. Johns river on
Section Line dividing IA and Is in
Township Eight (S) Range Twenty
seven (20, Running West along half
Section Line through Sections Is, 16,
II, Is, also 10, and to half Section
Line of Fourteen Q4) in Township
Eight (8), Range Twenty-six (2G),
thence South along said half Section
Lines through Sections %, 26, 80, .,
thence East along half Section Lines
/, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, to st. Johns River, con-
tanning approximately One Thousand
Six Hundred Acres of land, more or
less, except so far as relates to the
North East quarter of South East
quarter, Section "a, Township Eight
(S) South, of Range Twenty-siX (26)
East, and South West quarter Of
North West quarter, North West
quarter of South West quarter and
South West quarter of South West
quarter in Township Eight (8) South,
of Range q East, Section Nineteen
Q9), and North West quarter of
North West quarter of Section 30,
Township Eight (8) South, of Range
IlTwenty-seven (27 East; also the
East half of South East quarter (and
the East half of the South West
quarter of the North East quarter) -,
East half of the North West quar-
ter in the South East quarter of Sec
ton 10, Township Eight (8) South,
of Range Twenty-seven CD East;
the South East quarter of the North
West quarter Of Section 5, Township
Nine (9) South, of Range Twenty
seven (27) East; the South East quar-
ter of the South West quarter of Sec.
so, Township Eight (S) South, of
Range Twenty-seven (2O East; the
South West quarter of the North
East quarter of Section 5, of Town
ship Nine (9) South, of Range Tween
ty-seven (27) East; the North West
quarter OI TIE 4NOI I'll ASooN 49, w.
Section 5, of Township Nine 90
South of Range Twenty-seven 60
East; the North East quarter of the
North West quarter of Section 3, OF
Township Nine 90 South, Of Range
Twenty-seven (27) East; the West
half of South East quarter and North
East quarter, South West quarter
and South East quarter of North East
quarter of Section 80, Township
Eight 80 South, of Range Twenty
seven (27) East. Said lands having
been found to be of the same charac
ter and class not sufficiently drained
to be available for successful agrl.
culture and it is SO hereby declared
The boundary lines of said distrie'
are so located and established as tC
include all of the above described
Hand and territory, and no more, anC
shall be designated and known a
the Bostwick Drainage District,
And to determine, as provided b!
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
GIRLS AT CHEVY CHASE.
BarefOOted and in Bathing Suits
Society Women GambOl on Lawn.

Chevy Chase, Washington, D. c., has
become dew-bath resort. Fashion
able summer residents seeking health
or conserving beauty take their morn
ing dip" in their own yards or near
by woods. They wear real bathing
suits and go barefooted. They dance
new Greek dances and roll and gam
Dol on the green like children.
Among the bathers are Mrs. George
Howard and her daughter, Miss Mar
garet Perrin; Miss Katherine Britto l.,
Miss Janet Allen and number of
their friends.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Notice of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section 4 of Chapter 4SSS,
Laws of Florida

NOTICE is hereby given that
r. r. Brakeman, purchaser of fractional
Tax Certificate No, 267, dated the 18th day
of June, A. d., 1911
has filed said certificate in my office.
and has made application for tax deed
to issue in accordance with law
Said certificate embraces the follow
ing described property situated in
putnam county Florida, to-wit:
Lots9 and 10, Block IL. Forahome.
The said land being assessed at the
date OF issuance of such certificate in
the name of Etoniah Canal & Drainage Co.
Unless said certificate shall be re-
deemed according to law. tax deed will
issue thereon on the 18th day of August, A.
D., 1913.
Witness my official signature and
seal this the 18th day of July, A. D., 1913
(SEAL) HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam CO., Fla.
By Alice NJ. Priddy, b. G.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Attorney Found Dead.

The body of James Alexander, an
attorney of Ensley, Ala, was found
in the woods between Ensley and
Wylam. Alexander, who was So years
old, went to Fairfield to attend court
On his return he started to walk to
his home two miles away 1t is be-
lieVed that he was stricken with apo
pleXy and dropped dead in the woods.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18

lowing described personal property,
to-wit: One () mare named Daisy,
one ~ buggy and harness, one IL
surveyors transit, one (1) pot, one
~ level, one (1) steel tape leveling
rod and transit.
RUSSELL TOWNSEND,
6-27-13-5t Putnam County Fla
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Problems That Settle Themselves.

Subordinates are often impatient OF
delays higher up" They make a
suggestion or request which no
doubt to them has the appearance Of
urgency. and If the response is not i'm.
mediate they shake their heads over
official inCapacity and waste their
time complaining of the procrastina-
ton of others It-may be that moth
ing is done at all and In the end they
are surprised to find that nothing was
necessary. An extraordinary number
Of problems settle themselves,-Ex'
change.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
TAFT TUB TOO BIG.
Therefore Wilson Orders Shower Bath
For His Additions.

There is to be shower bath in the
cellar of the White House. 1t has
been requested by no less a person
than the president, and it is evidently
intended to keep him cool while he is
spending his summers in Washing
ton.
When President Taft first arrived
at the White House he demanded, not
shower bath, but a tub big enough
for his huge proportions. He got it.
There is wonder if that tub is still in
the White House, for, if it is, it must
be too large by far for the new pres
ident.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18

A bad taste in the mouth comes
from a disordered stomach, and back
of that is usually torpid liver:-A
condition which invites disease. HER
BINE is the remedy needed. 1t cor
reefs the stomach and makes the liver
active and regular. Price SOC. Sold
by Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Notice of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section of Chapter 4SsS,
LAWS of Florida.

NOTICE is hereby given that
~ II Wpseman purchaser of Tax Certifi-
emf. No. SOL, dated the 5th day OF June A.
H., 1911,
t n,i issue in accordance with law.
said certificate embraces the follow
ing described property, situated in
putnam county, Florida, to-wit:
Iot IA, Block AZ, Florahome.
The said land being assessed at the
date of issuance of such certificate In
the name of l.. A. Lampman..
Unless said certificate shall be re-
deemed according to law, tax deed will
issue thereon on the 2Sth day OF July A. d.
1913
seal this the 9th day OF June A. D.. 1918.
HENRY HUTCHINSON,
Clerk circuit Court, Putnam Co, Fla.
BY II. Hutchinson, Jr., d. C.
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CONSTABLE SALE.

eye@ ttr and by virtue of a certain
sesI Of Oi ISSUING out and under the
tic NJ 'ls Justice of the Peace, Dis
Putnam ' q !, IN and for the County of
2ls 4 : state of Florida, dated June
vas nl nj, ~ 1913, wherein Hal A. Irish
Geor9pa, al9tlf and The Florida Lake
IovnsvaOvdO No. was defendant, l, Russell
No. ! ~ as constable Of District
have = 49,. Of Putnam county, Florida.
oQtcrv St u n and will sell at public
iot cssb h ~ tne highest and best bidder
tie Peas,aSitt the door Of the Justice Of
U'Oay' July 26th, 1918, the fol,
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Notice of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section s Of Chapter 1855,
Laws of Florida.


NOTICE is hereby given that
r. r. Brakeman, purchaser of Tax Certifi-
cate No. 3l7, dated the 9Th day OF June, A.
D., 1911
has filed said certificate in my office,
and has made application for tax deed
to issue in accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the follow
ing described property, situated in
Putnam county, Florida, tO-wit:
Lots l, 4, Z, $, o, and 10. Block 80, Flora
home.
The said land being assessed at the
date of issuance of such certificate in
the name OF EGoniah Canal & Drainage Co.
Unless said certificate shall be re-
deemed according to law. tax deed will
Issue thereon on the 18th day of August,
A. D., 1918.
Witness my official signature and
seal the l4th day of July, AID, 1918.
(SEAL) HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court Putnam Co, Fla.
By Alice NJ Prlddy, D. c.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
ELEVEN DIE IN WRECK,



Eleven persons were known to be
dead and it was feared that many of
the 200 injured would die, following
the wreck Of two three-car trains re-
turning to Los Angeles from Venice
and Ocean park. Four cars were tel
escoped, and few of the passengers of
either train escaped injury
The rear train was said to be speed
ing faster than 40 miles an hour when
it crashed into the rear coach of the
first train.
Officials said no responsibility had
been placed on any of the train crews.
Both trains were packed with pleas
ure-seekers returning from a day at
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
HER BIENNIAL BATH.
New Jersey Will Adorn Figure on
Dome of Capitol.


Freedom, the gorgeous lady whose
graceful form surmounts the dome of
the Capitol at Washington made her
biennial toilet. A score of husky
workmen clambered to the top of the
dome and gave Freedom bath, using
heavy lather of CASTLE soap and
scrubbing brushes to remove the dust
and CRIME that has accumulated on
the face and figure of the lady of the
Capitol since her last additions were
performed in the summer of 1910.
The lady's jewelry will be replaced
as the seven platinum tips which sur
mount her headdress have been badly
damaged by lightning bolts. Seven
hundred dollars in the precious metal
will adorn her brows and protect her
from the elements.
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HIburn x Merryday,
Solicitor for Complainant.
In Court of Justice of the Peace, 9Th
Justice District of Putnam County.
FlOrida

In Court of Justice of the Peace, 9Th
Justice District of Putnam County,
Florida.
10 II S. ROBERTS, Defendant;
Take Notice:
That suit in Attachment has been
CCsututed against you by George E..
gGay and Benz, l. Gay, co-partners,
uGlag business under the firm name
OF Gay Bros.
And you, said H. S. Roberts, are
hereby notified and required to ap-
p NJ and answer in this suit, on the
' ssn DAY of August, A. D. 1918, the
same being Rule day of this Court,
VI S, aelault Judgment will be entered
'sainSt you herein.
H.. II Is further ordered, that this no.
we De published in the Palatka News,
ii, aSsTTspaper published at Palatka,
mor,L u'ham County, Florida, for or !
Ia lone n and ordered at Palatka, Flor
lSig ''''S the oath day of June, A. D.
'SeaI) JOHN E. MARSHALL,
Justice of the Peace.
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-. Of Application for Tax .s Deed
Notice section Of Chapter 1885,
UnueE lava of Florida.

Uhu' Laws OF FLORIDA.
NOTICE is hereby >, given T.n osr tina.
R. R Ri IS9 dated the 9th day Of June, A.
D., ~" aled said certificate in n my Office Nee
ana Ina. has IN mac aeccoFdanGe with law ;o,,o.
to sa iSuS certificate embraces tfs teioT
Ing Ing!;oo me county, Florida, to-wit:
Fut"", or of Nwk OF NwH. Section 10,
rss%%o 81 I}i ii, s, FN &c 81 East 10 Acres
IOw ~,s said lard J. ing assessed at the
The az issuaure of su'h certihcate In
aa't nome of ,ns. II. ' Hitchings.
'nT T,nIoss said certificate shall be re,
Un lnd according to law, tax deed will
,.sne thereon on The llsh day of August A
- witness my official signature and
.,this the lltn day of July, A. D., 1918.
seu. ,Il HENRY HUTCHINSON
LSlLt Sc 1ncuit Court, Putnam Co., Fla.
''e'" BY Alice M. Priddy, D. G.
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---.,oo nf Application for Tax Deed
NGtII section of Chapter 4SSS,
lHu'' Laws Of Florida.

NOTICE is hereby given that
N WeSs n purchaser OF Tax Certifi-
OSia No. 2lS, dated the 5th day OF June A. D.,
" e,od said certificate in my Office,
mas hne made application for tax deed
ana s n"e in accordance with law.
10 said certificate embraces the follow
10 SAD described property, situated in
hi Pninam county. Florida, to-wit:
Lots Lots is IS and 10, Block 4s, Florahome.
,ot tn of issuance of such certificate in
eEo name of Ftoniah Canal & Drainage 90
wy Unless said certificate shall be re-
soemed according to law, tax deed will
i..ue thereon on the 2Sth day OF July A. D.,
1918 ao,o, ,;n,,.ur. o,d
,ooI mis- the nth day OF June A. D., 1918.
se"' HENRY HUTCHINSON,
Clerk circuit Court, Putnam Co.. Fla.
BY H. Hutchinson, Jr., ID. c.
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Notice to the Public.

Please be notified that my wife,
Eliza Cue, having left my bed and
board, l will not be responsible for
any debts contracted by her.
THOMAS CUE.
Interlachen, Fla, June 9th, 1919.
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Notice to Contractors.
DRAINAGE CANALS FLORAHOME
DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

State OF Florida County of Putnam.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Clerk of the Board of Florahome Drainage
COmrs. at his office in the Court House at
Rlntka, Florida until o'clock p. m.
August 9Th, 1913, when they Will be opened
hpublic and read, for excavating drainage
canals in the Florahome Drainage Dis
TiCt.
The aggregate length OF these canals is
H.3 miles; bottom width ranges from'S IT.
to 81 it,; their construction requires the
excavation of SS7.7Sl cubic yards of earth.
Specifications and Blank forms upon
which bids may be made can be obtained
upon application to Henry Hutchinson
Clerk of Board of Drainage Comrs. Palatkf
Florida,
Make 8 separate bids for said work, to be
completed within periods of l, 2 and years
after contract is signed.
The Board reserving the right to reject
any or all bids. >.
Clerk.
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Principle,

To go with the tide Of snother's
thinking is easy. To stand outwgrdly
out, more important yet, inwardly by
the higher Christian ideal may cost
sou something; but it pays.-Mary
Stanhope.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18

When the baby is suffering the dou-
1le atiiiction of hot weather and bowel
disorders, the remedy needed is Me-
GEES BABY ELIXIR. 1t reduces
the feverish condition, corrects the
stomach and checks loOseness of the
bowels. Price 25c and SOC per bottle.
Sold by Ackerman-Stewa Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-18
Wealth of Knowledoe.

There is no wealth like unto knowl-
edge, for thieves cannot steal it.-Bur-
mese Proverb.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that by or
der of the Board of County Commiss-
!oners of Putnam County, Fla, pass
ed on July 8, 1918, an election will be
held in the Bostwick Drainage Dis
trict in Putnam County, Florida, the
Town of Bostwick in said District to
be the polling place, between the
hours of 8 o'clock a. M, and shutdown