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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
IN TOO MUCH
OF A RUSH.

Republican senators, notably Sena.
tor Smoot the Mormon apostle OF
Utah and Senator Gallinger the rock.
ribbed republican from New Hamp-
shire, have been INVITING democratic
senators on the new tariff law-that
it had not resulted in lowering the
high cost of living, as had beer
promised. Smoot quoted New
York wooden merchant, who acknowl
edged that while wooden cloth would
be so cents yard cheaper, this woult
be absorbed by the wholesalers, com
mission men and retailers before
reaching the consumer. Gallingel
insisted that though the new tariff
had taken the duty off hides, shoes
were dearer than ever.
1t was at this point that Senator
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
got in his always apropos story. He
said:
Mr. President, the senator from
Utah and the senator from New
Hampshire remind me somewhat
of the old woman that went to the
bored well in Livingston, Ala. They
are like her in this, at any rate.
that they expected too much too
quick. The old lady had heard that
the water there was a great medi-
cine to cure dyspepsia and all sorts
of other ailments. She went
there and hired little darkev.
who went down and got her a glass
of water She drank it, and then
he got her five more glasses, and
she drank all those five, and then
she turned around to her daughter,
who lad come with her, and said,
well, let's 90 and catch the next
train; it amt doing me no good
yet"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
FREE FOOD SWELL IMPORTS
Removal of Tariff Has Opened New
Supplies of Foodstuffs.

Washington.-FoOd coming in
free of duty under the new tariff bill
are swelling the total of imports into
the United States. Increase in ex-
ports and decrease in imports for the
first four months of the present ifs
cal year, as compared with the same
period last year, was shown in Stats
tics made public by the department
of commerce.
Exports this year have amounted to
$S3S,994S53, against $771,041,792 for
the first four months last year. The
imports figures were $5S0,677 ,062
against 1925, 230,9S7.
There can be no inferenhe drawn
from these hard facts" said Secreta.
ry Redfeld, that is not both encour-
aging and complimentary to Ameri-
can industry. The flooding of our
markets with alleged cheap wares OF
Europe has not happened. On the 9th
err hand, the growth of exports is
both surprising and encouraging. De
tails of importation of foodstuffs on
which the duty was removed or re.
duced by the new tariff law.
1T is of course much too soon tt.
state any definite results under the
new revenue laws" continued the sec
rotary, yet it will be well to open
new supplies of food, that unquestion.
ably has been a result.
"Of cattle, which now enter free of
duty, the number imported in Octo-
Der was 1869 against 1856 in DC.
tober, 1912; and of sheep, the num-
Der was 26,O35, against 1856. Of
fresh beef the imports during Octo-
Der were 5,677,461 pounds,
"Of corn, which enters free Of duty
under the new law, the importations
in October, 1918, were ATS, $50 bush
els, against 226,471 in October last
year. Fish shows material increase in
importations. Onions, on which the
rate of duty was reduced one-half,
show importations of 12O,4S7 bushels
in October 1913, against S6,961 bush
els in October, 1912"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
"MONA LISA" HAS
BEEN FOUND.

Mona Lisa, one of the worlds most
famous paintings, which was stolen
from the place of honor in the Lo-
ruve in Paris on August %, 1911, has
been found and will be returned to
Paris.
"Mona Lisa" more properly known
as LA Joconde," is one of the worlds
famous paintings and is regarded as
priceless. Leonardo Da Vinci took
as his model for the picture Lisa Del
Giocondo, woman of Florence. He
worked on the picture for four years,
from 1900 to 1904. 1t was bought for
France by Francis l.
The value of the work can only be
imagined, since all offers to buy it
were refused, among them one re-
ported to have been made by the
British government of $5,000,0O0.
Since the disappearance of the pic
ture from the Loruve the search had
been world wide. 1t has been re-
ported found in Russia, England,
Spain and even in the United States.
1t was widely believed in Paris and
throughout France that the picture
was not taken by thieves but rather
by some demented art lover who
wished to be able always to gaze upon
If
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
State Politics and Politicians.


DeLand Whether Senator
Fletcher is lined up with the reac-
tionary element Of his party or not;
whether or not he expects the uniteC
corporate interests in his contest foi
reelection, the reactionaries and cor
porate interests are for him. The
reactionary papers of the state are
claiming that Ex-Governor Gilchrist's
withdrawal will help the candidacy
of the senior senator. A few of the
extreme reactionary papers, among
them the Ocala Banner, now want an(
think it would be a patriotic act II
John N. c. Stockton would withdraw.
giving Senator Fletcher the field ali
to himself. Stockton, however, is ir
the fight to stay. 1t would be politi
cal suicide should he quit the race
with such strong support backing
him all over the state. Stockton has
every assurance that he will be elect
ed, and his thousands of ardent sun
porters in Florida are of the same
opinion.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
The Senatorial Camnaigp

DeFunlak Breeze: A. w. GiIcbrist
mas Withdrawn from the senatorial
race, assigning as a reason tbo w, nra ,.''
sure OF private business which firth
ar adds to his laurels as a bumorist
Inc Idea of private business intar.
ierlnlg with his taste for office is to
Iaugh. However there is a sarions
size TO 1t, and that 10 with no chance
o! winning it meant heavy draft on
MS private pocket book.
Inc WhiSkey crowd that mt I'M +,
etect MN governor is having troubles
Oh us own just now and he conId
not help them much in the senate r.
ne got there. ''''9 Il
-, With the field left to Stockton anJ
FLETCHER it is going to be interesting
to see how the progresives and con-
5erVatives line up, and right here LEI
US make a prediction: If the Times
Union, Tampa Tribune ct al line IN
for Fletcher, nothing short of ar
earthquake can keep John Stockton
out OF his cherished ambition to rem
resent the state of Florida in tbe
United States senate.
We believe however, that before
January is very old some strong re-
dictionary will be in the field in tbo
nope that the progressive vote will
dlVide on Stockton and Fletcher and
SO let him in, for there are lots of
people in Florida who still believe
that Fletcher still stands by his old
friends. "
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
FAIR AND THE FAIR.

The Putnam county fair, held in
Palatka last week, was one of the
best county displays ever seen in
Florida. The exhibits were con-
vincing of the richness of the coun-
ty, and the other features-the en-
tertainments-were of the highest
order. But the substitute short
talks man who is acting during the
illness of the regular, saw dis
play of the Putnam county fair in
the parlors of the Putnam House
one afternoon during the conven-
ton of the Mississippi-to-Atlantic
Waterways Association convention,
and is ready to make an affidavit
that it could not be equalled any
where in the United States
Times Union Short Talks.
1t is not necessary to diagram tn
above. 1t is only right, however, t,
explain that our editorial friend re
fers to the charming reception give
by the Palatka Woman's Club to tn
delegates.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
MANY DEAD AND
SCORES IN PERIL
NARROWED PERSONS in mum.
DATED REGION SUFFER.
ING FROM HUNGER.
RIVER THREE MILES WIDE
Vice President Henry Martin of l. q
@. N. Railroad Drowned Lead
ing Party of Rescuers.

Bryan, Texas.--A dead list of ore
than fifty, with scores Of food refu.
gees are in imminent peril, and posi-.
bly, a. thousand others marooned and
suffering from prolonged hunger and
cold, was indicated by reports from
the flooded Brazos river bottom in
this section of south central Texas.
For over fifty miles the Brazos was
three miles wide and running with
great speed.
The known dead in Texas floods
numbered 33 before reports from the
inundated territory in this district be-
gan coming in late brought by men
on horseback, which was about the
only reliable means of communication.
These couriers' reports indicated at
least twenty more lives lose. About
two-thirds of the drowned were ne
groes.
The riders reports indicated that
the property loss would total $4,000
900 or $5,000,000 when losses along
the Brazos are added to the already
heavy damage in other portions of the
state.
Henry Martin, vice president and
general manager Of the International
and Great Northern railroad, was
drowned at Valley Junction, near this
place, while attempting to rescue ma.
rooned flood victims. Mr.. Martin
went to Valley Junction, where the
confluence of the Little and Big Bra
EOS rivers made swirling lake, six
miles across, to personally direct the
roads relief forces and was attempt
ing to navigate boat alone when the
frail craft was upset. His body has
not been recovered
Six members of the Galveston life
saving crew and train load of mo-
torboats from Houston, which were
to have come to Bryan, were stopped
by high water at Navasota. The boats
were launched at that point and start
ed up stream over the flooded bottoms
to trees, on housetops, or occasionally
standing in shallow water, but off
from shore.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
THE WORLDS
SOLITARY ONES.

Each evening at 6 o'clock the world
hurries home, washes it's face, combs
its hair and sits down to eat.
The rich man calls it dinner. The
poor man says it's supper.
Then the world rises and divides
itself into two classes-those who
waste their time and those who don't.
Here and there is a man who reads,
who writes, who studies, who tries
20 know, and his landlady objects be-
cause he burns so much gas.
However, the world generally goes
rushing about for what 1t calls re-
creation.
Here and there is a man who thinks
and builds. The world destroys.
Here and there is man who finds
divinity in the woods, God in the
rushing waters and His word in the
wind. The wo ID asks h, much is
that timber worth, how any horses
power may l harness from out that
waterfall; the wind, may l seize it
in passing, turn my mill and water my
stock?
Here and there is a man who
mounts the summit and lives in the
ecstasies. The world pokes along,
content to let the heights forever re-
main mystery.
The world zig-zags into the swing
ing door, to the quiet game, to the
club, to the green baize table, to the
ripple of the cards to the click of the
chip, to the music of a billiard ball
with its kiss, to the races.
Here and there, however, a man
shines out, beacon light from an I'M
expected place, bright with a new
thought, new hope, a new discov-
cry, to lift men and brace them for
the fight of life. Then the rushing
world halts, and, looking to this new
star twinkling solitary in it's narrow
heaven, wonders.
Then many say: 81 knew that chap
| used to play with him. | sat in
school with him."
The world does him obeisance and
fits in his light as a moth before the
flame.
This, however, is the most crucial
time for that man.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
DIFFICULT NAVAL FEAT.
Landing Big Field Guns on Shore by
the Trolley Route.

the Trolley Route.
That the landing of field guns ana
munitions OF war on shores which YES
sells cannot approach closely is one u
the exciting tasks for tie men on tn,
warships of the worlds great navieS l.
thillingly demonstrated. The maneu
yer is especially necessary IN the Ia
vies of the colonial powers. which mus,
be in readiness TO land lighting forces
on any of the unapprnachnhp shores al
their colonies. British. German ami
French sailors have long been trained
in making such landings. and since thu.
United States has become Il colonial
power the crews Of American battle
ships are likely to be called upon foI
similar service.
The battleShip or transport carrying
the guns anchors as near the shore ilS
possible. and Il cable is stretched from
the vessels deck to tripod derrick on
'hnre, A two wheeled trolley from
which are suspended the variOnS parts
Of the guns is drawn along the cable
by Il rope running 10 the men un shore
The guns are diSmuunted. aud severlr
trips are necessary To land all the parts
# one gun. The most thrilling part ul
he work Is carried on by the men who
tide on the load to keep il from sway
ng or becoming unfaStPned from til ?
trolley. Popular Mechanics.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

The Jacksonville News made its
appearance last Saturday afternoon.
The initial number was of 44-pages,
filed to the neck with news and bust
ness. The News is an evening paper
with the best press service, including
that of the United Press. The local
field is also fully covered; in fact il
is strictly modern newspaper will
an up-to-theminute news service II
place of the cold-storage brand OF
which Jacksonville people have bee,
vainly striving to get satisfaction fol
many, many years. There is only
one feature of the News that strikes
US unfavorably. Its publishers an.
nounce that it is to be an "Independ
ent" paper. If it means by this that
it is to work outside party organiza.
ton; that it is to be as favorable tc
republican as to democratic party rule
in Florida, then no white man who
has the interests of Florida at heart
can commend. But if by independ-
ence it means freedom from factions
inside the democratic party, all will
commend. Democratic control is
necessary to white supremacy in Flor
ida as much now as it was rs years
ago. The Palatka News hopes tbs
Big, New and Newsy Jacksonville
paper will clarity matters on this
point by defining its position as ar
independent"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
Beware of Ointments for Catarrl
That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy tho
sense of smell and completely derang,
the whole system when entering i.
through the mucous surfaces. SucI
articles should never be used excep-
on prescriptions from reputable phv.
sicians, as the damage they will do i.
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarri
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney &
Co, Toledo, o.. contains no mercury
and is taken internally. acting directi,
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
or the system. In buying Halls Ca
tarrh Cure be sure you get the gen.
uine. II is taken internally and mad,
IN Toledo. Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney 4
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 7rc. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

An express shipment of several re-
frigerators of strawberries have been
shipped from Plant City. During one
week 800 quarts were consigned to
northern markets, for which the grow
ers netted SO cents per quart, a price
which promises to hold good for sew
eral weeks to come. Three hundred
and forty-three crates of beans
cukes, eggplant and pepper were ship
ped during the week, beans bringing
the growers about $3.50, pepper $1.75
and eggplant $1.75.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
Multieolored.

Father" said boy. "rve got pen
ell which will write green. purple,
crimson or any color you like" mot
the same pencil. my SON" "You daren't
bet me a dime it won't, daddyF' "I'll
give you a dime If II WILL" said bis IA
Their. The youngster dived into bis
pockets. produced the sp'mp of COM
mon lead pencil and wrote on a piece
Of paper the words. green, purple.
crimson" There. daddy, say 1t won't
write any color you like nowl Hand
over that dime.H
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
Neither Wise Nor Foolish

Orlando Sentinel: 1t is pleasing to
observe that most of the comment on
the retirement of Albert W. Gilchrist
from the race for senator is compli-
mn!e7ntary to that gentleman. Mr..
Iilchrlst has some of the qualitie:
Of the truly big man. He is indie
pendent and generous. Morton Rid
die said of him that he never sale
wise thing and never did a foolish
one, and this pretty aptly describes
hlm' There are some men whose
Superficial appearance bellies them,
and Gilchrist is one of these. In the
real man there is courage and ability
ana what may be appraised above
other considerations, he is slow to an
ger. This of itself is not to be Iight.
~ considered in candidates for 6iph
office. The man with poise makes
a petter public servant than the mar
OF brilliant intellect who lacks it.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

The largest newspaper ever issued
in Florida (unless our memory fails
us) was the Sunday edition of the
Tampa Morning Tribune. This was
the Tribune's Christmas edition, got
ten out in advance of the day in or
der to point the way. Many of
Florida's most eminent men of letters
contributed articles to this monster
edition, among them being President
Lincoln HUXLEY of John B. Stetson
university. The paper was not only
big, but it was brilliant in every page
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
VIVISECTION NOT
ALWAYS INHUMAN.

The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. had their
say in Washington last week, and de-
clared the practice of vivisection in
humane.
1t is an easy thing to picture the
agonies suffered by unfortunate ami
mails and to leave the reader to under
stand that surgeons carve and mutt
late them for the pleasure it gives
to torture the poor creatures. 1t is
easy to hide the fact that there is
serious purpose underneath most
these operations.
If the medical profession is to adj
vance; if it is to learn to fight dis.
case successfully, then it must have
living subjects to experiment upon.
Instances are rare where human
beings are willing to risk life for the
benefit of humanity. Most men know
that mistakes are common in the ex.
perimental stage; that the risk is
very great. They will not take the
risk when the same results can be
obtained by the sacrifice of monkey
rabbit, rat or guinea pig.
1t is said that over 200 animals
were used in the development of a
serum for meningitis. A few years
ago more than 80 per cent of menin-
gifts cases were fatal. Those who
survived left trail of imbicility or
some terrible deformity. Meningitis
has been robbed of many of its ter
rors. When the serum is given early
the death rate is only about per
cent.
lnfantile paralysis is rapidly being
conquered, and in a year or two bids
fair to be practically exterminated.
But before that result is attained it
will doubtless cost the lives of many
animals.
Diphtheria has been robbed of most
of its terrors at the cost of a few
animals.
The lives of few kittens were
sacrificed in perfecting the delicate
operation of TRANSMISSION of blood,
which has saved the lives of many
human beings.
Today the medical profession is
making strenuous efforts to discover
the cause of cancer and in the hone
OF discovering a cure. In this invest
CATION number of mice have been
infected with the disease. Undoubt-
eddy most of these mice will die, but
if thousands of human lives can be
saved at the cost of few mice, there
is no reason for us to become hysteri-
cal about the terrible cruelties per
petrated in the name of science"
If there is a man in the country
who would sacrifice the life of his
child to save that of household pet.
or one who would allow his own body
to be used for the development of \
serum to save the lives of others, he,
and he alone has the right to protest
against vivisection humanely prac-
ticed
There is no doubt that useless op-
arations are practiced upon the low
ar animals for the sole purpose of
enabling the operator to develop his
skill. We should have law to meet
such cases.
But to forbid vivisection on the
ground that it is sometimes carried
to excess would be no more sensible
than to forbid the use of a razor be-
'ause some people will use it to kill.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

Guilty of murder in the first de-
gree was the verdict renderend in the
circuit court in the case of Bonnie
Henson, the young Key West white
man, who was tried for the murder
of his wife, Ethel Henson, alias
Gladys Henson, who was shot to
death at the corner of Estelle and
Tampa streets on the night of Aug
ust 81.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

The election held in Clay county to
bond the same for one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars to put a hard
surface wall from Orange Park
through Green Cove Springs to Put
nam was carried by a large majority.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

The Tampa Tribune asks: whats
the matter with W. C. Temple FOL
United States Senator?" Well. there
are several things the matter that
would interfere with his becoming q
Democratic candidate for that high
Office. In the first place Mr.. Temple
is not a democrat. But what's the
use Of going further into details?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

Mrs. Newrich (whO hns advertised
for pianiStI-SO you are the music
teacher that answered my advertise
Eent? Pianist Yes. ma'am Mrs.
Newrich = Well. sit down and play
couple of duets. so that can see
what you can do.-YOnkerS Statesman.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

The American Peace Society has
asked the preachers of the United
States to devote TIER sermons on
Sunday next to the subject of peace,
making the day a sort of Peace Sun
day.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

Bulletin No. as, just issued by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture is
entitled lessons for American Po-
alto Growers from German Experi-
ances." Now look out for another
vail from the Wall of Putnam Hall
over getting information from the
king ridden countries"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

Hillsborough has appointed super
intendent to look after the construc-
ton of the brick highways planned for
that county. James Riddle, formerly
residing in Norfolk, Va, will have
charge Of the matter.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

Sickly children need WHITES
CREAM VERMIFUGE. 1t not only
destroys worms, if there be any, but
it acts as a strengthening tonic in
the stomach and bowels. Price 25c
per bottle. Sold by Ackerman-Stew-
art Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

From present indications there will
be large acreage planted in water
melons and cantaloupes in the Dade
City district the coming year.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
Modest.

Muggins-Do you ever lie to your
wife?
nuEgins-Only when tell her am
not Torthy of her.-I'hladeIphia Rec
ore
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19
Foolish Edofienn

The true egotist is the man who i'm
AGNES he is attracting attention to his
particular line of comedy in a crowd
If baseball rooters.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-19

10 wages does a bad piece Of work
Charles Wagner.