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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
I57,|6I PUPILS IN !
SCHOOLS Of STATE.
g. PER CENT. OF THE SCHOOL
POPULATION OF FLORIDA
IN ATTENDANCE.
2,7O7 SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA
4,345 Teachers Employed According to
Report of State Superintendent
Holloway.

Tallahassee.-State Superintendent
Holloway has issued his biennial re.
port of the schools of the state, and
great deal of interesting data in
connection herewith for the two
years ending June 80, 1912, is con-
tanned therein. The report covers
wide scope, and in addition to gen.
eral reports from the various coun-
tiese of the progress and condition
in their respective districts there is
which, if studied, gives a most COM
prehensive insight into school condi-
tions in Florida
The total enrolment of pupils for
the state, both races, is 157,161, or
about GA per cent. of the school pop
ulation of the state. The attendance
is an average of 110,364 daily, which
is 70 per cent. of the enrolment. The
percentage of enrolment to popula-
ton and the average daily attendance
in proportion to enrolment is increas-
ing This is proof positive of a grow
ing interest in the value of education.
There are 2,707 schools in the state,
1904 of which are white and S03 col.
ored. The average length of the
school term is 1O9 days five months
and nine days); whites ia days and
negroes 81.
Among the white children enrolled
in, ic cy1,o ifNrin of Tn
note that there are more boys who
begin school than girls, though it is a
we'll known fact that large percent
age of the boys drop out before COM
pleting high school.
There are 4,345 teachers employed
in the state, of which number 1899
hold first grade certificates, 1,677 hold
second grade and 932 hold third
grade. There are 697 others who
hold certificates of the various spe-
cial classes. These statistics show a
gratifying tendency of the teachers
to improve the grades of their certifi-
Gates, which means better equipped
teachers for the schools.
The salaries of teachers is SUBJ
iect of some interest. The following
is the highest and lowest salaries
paid: Highest, white, $500 per
month; lowest, $40 per month. Color
ed: Highest, $1OO per month; lowest,
$40 per month. The highest salary
paid a white male teacher is Duval
county, 5000 per month Highest paid
white female teacher is Pinellas coun-
ty, $3.50 per month.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
THOMAS HEIRS
WILL Make deed
To PaIatka's New Postoffice
Site on Second Street.

Valery Thomas, eldest son of the
late Walter Thomas, part of whose
estate on Second street was selected
by the U. S. postoffice authorities as
a site for Palatka's new postofiice, has
been in the city during the past ten
days, but expects to leave today for
Racine, Wis, where he is engaged with
Racine company in the manufacture
of automobile bodies.
In discussing the delay of the es-
tate in making title to the govern
ment of the property, Mr.. Thomas
said:
81 think everything will be satisfac-
tory now. A guardian is to be ap-
pointed for the minor heirs this week
so that they can sign the deeds, and
my sister, Mrs. Price of Jacksonville,
who is Administrative for the estate,
has promised me that she will exc.
cute the papers just as soon as posi-
BILE. am sure that all the necessary
formula in the transfer will be ac-
complished by the end of the present
week."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
"RahY Mine" Coming

Never in the history of the thea
tire have audiences been known to
laugh so much as they do in Marga-
ret Mayo's success of two continents,
"Baby Mine," which comes to Kalb-
fields Grand Thursday, January %,
direct from it's eight weeks engage
ment at the Majestic theater, Boston,
under the direction of William A. Bra
dy, Ltd. 1t is continuous and uproar-
ious, and like a contagion that every
one has caught. The audience is said
to fairly shake and rock and quake
with merriment, and to keep on laugh
ing during the steady shower of pure
nonsense and ridiculous situations that
go to make up this irresistible COM
edy. Then, too, there is no small
amount of genuine wit in the dia-
louge. "Baby Mine" ran for one sol
id year at Daly's theater, New York,
and is now in its second year in Lon
don at the Criterion theater. In the
cast are Benedict MacQuarrie, John j.
McCabe, Richard Collins, F. 0. Benson,
Geo. H. Harris, Hanon Welch, Eda
Won Beulow, May Freud and Evelyn
May.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES.

Miami will, in few months, be
a Greater Miami The new bounda-
ries of the city will be approximately
four miles in every direction from the
court house, and they will include eV-
erything.
Senator Fletcher is being advocated
for the position of secretary of agri-
culture in President-elect Wilson's
cabinet by members of the Southern
Commercial congress, among whom
his work for the Southern farmers ts
well known. The boom, If boom 1t
can be called, has attained considera-
BILE impetus as the senator's position
as president of the great commercial
association of the South has made
him a power among the farming pop
ulation of Dixie and it is believed that
the Northern farmers are quite con-
yersant with the senator's work for
the agricultural elements
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
Best Cough Medicine for Children.

81 am very glad to say few words in
praise of Chamberlain'S Cough Rene
dy" writes Mrs Ida Dewey, Milwaukee,
Wis. 81 have used il for years both for
my children and myself and il never
fails TO relieve and cure a cough or
cold. No family with children should
be without il as ii gives almost immedi-
ate relief in case of Group" Chamber
lain'S Cough Remedy is pleasant and
safe to take, which is of great impor.
lance when medicine must be given
TO young children. For sale by all
dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
BOARD OF TRADES
ANNUAL MEETING
To be Held Next Monday
Njuht.

The annual meeting of the Palatka
board of trade will be held next Mon
day night, and great preparations are
being made for the event.
The meeting will be held at the Ath-
letic club on River street, and after
the business of the meeting there will
be an oyster supper and smoker, dur
ing which some addresses will be
made.
One of the important matters of
business to come before the board at
this meeting will be the annual cleo
tion of officers.
A number of prominent out-of-town
guests have been invited.
And a committee of the board is at
work preparing for meeting such as
will linger in the memories Of all who
attend.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
Notice of Application for Tax Deed Under
section OF Chapter 1883, Laws of Florida

Notice of Application for Tax Deed Under
section OF Chapter 1888, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hsreby given that Marcia Ann
Brakeman purchaser of Tax Certificate
No 2iO dated 18th day of July, A. d. 1910 has
filed said Certificate in my office, and has
made application for Tax Deed to issue in
accordance with law.
said Certificate embraces the following
described property, situated in Putnam
County, Florida, to-wit:
Lots >, 10 and II. Blk. 49, Florahome.
The said land being assessed at the date
of issuance of such Certificate in the name
of Benz. n Louthnn,
Unless said Certificate shall be redeemed
according To law, Tax Deed will issue there
on on the 18th day of February, A. D., 1913.
Witness my official signature and seal
this nth day OF January, 1913.
tSEATO HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court Putnam Co, Fla.
BY IL. Hutchinson Jr.. ID. Z.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17

Notice of Application for Tax Deed Under
Section of Chapter iSSS, Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that Floyd Morse,
purchaser of Tax Certificate No. $50 dated
ith day of July, A. D., 1898 has filed said
Certificate in my office, and has made ap-
pication for Tax Deed to issue in accord
ancC with law.
said Certificate embraces the following
described property, situated in Putnam
County, Florida, to-wit:
Sell of NelI Section II, Township II,
- Range y, f.; 10 Acres.
The said land being assessed at the date
of issuance of such Certificate in the name
of A. j ErSkinc.
Unless said Certificate shall he redeemed
according to law, Tax Deed Will issue
thereon on the nth day of February, A. D..
1913.
Witness my official signature and seal
this 18th day of January 1913.
lSFAL) HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court Putnam Co., Fla.
BY IL. Hutchinson Jr,, d. 4.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
Will Build Beautiful Home.

F. c. Cochrane, Palatka's whole
sale stationer, has this week given a
contract to builder Ed. Stokes for the
erection of a fine two-story modern
dwelling on Fourth street in the north
end
The building is to be of concrete
for the first story, while the upper
story is to be of frame. The new res
idence will have broad porches and
pillars and will be a splendid orna-
ment to that part of the city. The
interior will be finished in oak, with
tile and pressed brick mantels.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17

Wherever the Romans lived in the
days of the empire they carried luxury
and art They occupied for centuries
a large part of the northern coast OF
Africa. 1t is not surprising therefore
to learn by a dispatch from Tripon
that a body of Italian troops digging
trenches near the Oasis Of Sciara, on
the spot formerly occupied by Roman
imperial gardens, has unearthed an
ancient Greek Venus Of remarkable
beauty. The head and arms are miss
ing, but the torso is in excellent
preservation and reminds beholders OF
the famous Capitoline Venus. The
statue has been sent to Rome, where
1t will be placed in the National
museum. In nearly every spot where
soldiers have tapped the ground to
throw up defensive works they have
uncovered traces Of the ancient Ro-
man occupation of Tripoli, including
tombs, mosaics and ruins of splendid
villas.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
DOCTORS IN UNITED STATES.

SSSNSnS lN SNl GN ~ n GSs
To one who observes the consider
able number of physicians signs in
the average city or large town the
report Of the last census that there
are in the United states only 10000
physicians, including osteopaths, psy-
chopaths, hydropaths and doctors OF
every description, may come as rev.
elation and a surprise. The addition
al information, afforded by the cen
sus, that this country has only one
doctor to every $50 of its population
Is not likely to relieve the observers
wonderment until he reflects that a
physician to every $50 people is, after
all, fairly liberal safeguard to the
public health, says the Manchester
Union. The figures, Of course, repre-
sent the average the country over,
some sections Of communities having
fewer doctors in proportion to their
population and some having more.
Manchester, for instance, on the basis
of the census figures, would have 1O7
or 1OS physicians. The city directory
gives 9S. The census report on the
matter is not incredible, yet person
travelling along the streets OF almost
any New England city and remarking
the numerous doctors shingles"
would have been almost certain to
estimate the percentage of doctors
higher than that given by the census,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
Hon. l.. d. Wall Dead

Hon. Lawrence D. Wall of Starke,
who represented Bradford county in
the past three sessions of the legisla-
ture, died last week after long ILL
ness. He was one Of the oldest men,
bers of the Legislature, and was u
brother of Hon. John P. Wall, State
Senator from Putnam county. The
interment took place at Melrose.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
WOMAN CONFESSES MURDER
First Attempt to Get Rid of Husband
by Poisoning Whskey Failure.

Macon, Ga.-A complete confession
of how she had forced Nick Wilburn
to murder her husband, Jim King, in
cold blood in order that she might
collect $4,000 insurance on his life
was told to Detectives c. P. Moore
and ]. w. Kea by Mrs. King, follow.
ing her arrest at the home of her
sister at Round Oak, and confinement
in the Jones county Jail at Gray.
The story of the deliberate plot to
remove the husband is one of the
most graphic that has ever been re-
vealed.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17

FOR SALE:-Beggar Weed Seed soc
per lb. Velvet Beans $500 per huShel
Tom Watson and other varieties OF Wa.
termclon Seed SOC per ID. 80 years OF
honorable business dealings is our Foun-
dation of Success and your Guarantee
of proper treatment, Girardeau Seed Co
Monticello, Fla.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17

A Harvard professor says that ev-
cry man is responsible for his own
face, as 1t reflects the qualities most
in control of the individual. Here is
a scientific Endorsement Of the meth
cd, generally condemned as superb
cial, of taking every one on his face
value.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
w. M. Poage, Pastor.

Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., E. M.
Earnest, Superintendent. Preaching
II a. M, subject-"God's Jewels" J"
Sermon to young people 1880 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday 1880 p. m.
All cordially invited to attend these
services.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
GOT TO BE WIDE AWAKE

YOU'VE GOT TO BE WIDE AWARE
To catch on to paying real estate II
vou don't it will get away from you
Now we are wide awake. We are
watching the market each day to give
SSeII SJT Won or sell for you. Make us your
real estate agents. Pay a visit ana :
get our terms. Some real bargains
now listed. n VN1CHT
1O7 NJ 4th St., Opp. Court House
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
For SALE.

Eight room house, bath and toilet, all
in good condition. Lot 50x150. Price
$1100. A bargain. 0'HAVER g.
KNIGHT.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-17
----FacuIty EnIarged----

The Palatka Business College has added to its
facuItv two new instructors each being an expert
in his line. We are going to limit our enrolment
and you are advised to make arrangement now, as al;
we can accommodate only seven more students III
the night school, We are now prepared. to give
nnntnS Orr expert penman will be glad to critl-
cise YOUR penmanship and tell you wherein it may
be improved , 1oon, how, ,,o
TRAIN for BUSINESS After visiting our class
room YOU are welcome to rest in 'lHE DEN ahu
read the latest books and magazines
Palatka Business College.
"Tbe School you read so much about
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SOME BARGAINS
In potato lands, improved and umm-
proved. O'HAVER & KNIGHT.
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Snbscrib, or th, PALATKA NEWS
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
WILL REVISE PLANS
FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Postmaster General Hitchcock An
nounees that Post-ofices Will
Be Remodeled.

Negotiations have been started by
Postmaster General Hitchcock TO revise
the architectural plans for all public
buildings in which post-offices are To-
Gated in order to provide ample space
for the handling of parcel post business.
The tremendous success accorded the
parcel post system throughout the coun-
try has made IT necessary to begin max
ing prepa ratiOns for the handling of the
increasing volume of mail during the
years to come. In many of the larger
cities the volume OF business has made
terminal facilities absolutely necessary
ard Mr.. Hitchcock will ask Congress TO
make appropriations in such cases.
At the present time there are ia public
buildings under contract and - addi-
tional have been appropriated for by
Congress apprONimating SO.Ooo.0O0. The
plans for these buildings having been
prepared without regard for the estab-
lishmcnt of a parcel post il is necessary
now to have changes made in their archi-
tectural construction in order that the
increasing volume of mail may be
handled to the best advantage
There are at the present time 40 offices
located in government buildings and in
most cases II will be necessary to make
alterations on account of parcel post.
In many instances the purchase of addi-
tional ground for the construction of
annexes will be necessary. With a view
to getting this work under way as
quickly as possible Postmaster Genera:
Hitchcock has invited the supervising
architect OF the Treasury Department
with his assistants to confer with the
building committee of the Post-OffiCe
Department and the special parcel post
committee on the subject.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27

which carried him as far as Charleston
and Savannah, intended, as the Eastern
trip had been, to bind the various parts
of the country in frmer union.
The locomotive and the steamship
have replaced the road coach and the
packet boat, so that movement over
great distances is both swift and
comfortable. 1t may be thought that
Mr.. Taft has travelled too far and too
much, but he has been welcome guest
wherever he has gone, even in times
of factional turmoil, and he has set
for his successors a standard in this
respect which they probably will find
it necessary to maintain.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
SUNSHINE GIRL" READY.
Last Dress Rehearsal Held Before
Opening Tonight.

The stage of the National Theater was
busy place last night. and until the
small hours this morning, the members
of ''The Sunshine Girl company sang
and danced through the last dress re-
hearsaI before the opening at the Column
bia tonight.
Long after Washington had gone to
bed. behind closed doors, with the bril-
liant lights curtained so that the passer-
by knew nothing Of what was goin on,
Julia Sanderson, Joseph Cawthorn, Eva
Davenport and others put the finishing
touches to what should be a successful
performance tonight
The combined stage stan of the Co.
lumbia and National. and the augmented
orchestra labored with the chorus and
principals, while Charles F'rohman sat
in an arm chair in the aisle and directed.
The rehearsal was held at the National,
as the stage of the Columbia was oc-
cupied by Newman's travel talk, and
about dawn this morning the transfer
company silently moved the effects of
THE Sunshine Girl to the Columbia to
make way for the scenery OF THE
Quaker Girl which was to come in at
S o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
WILSON'S BROTHER
AFTER SENATE JOB
Senator Luke Lea Backing Him for
Position of Secretary of the
Senate.

The announcement of the candidacy OF
Joseph r. Wilson, OF Nashville, Tenn,
newspaper man, politician, and brother
of President-elect Wilson. for secretary
of the United States Senate changes the
complexion OF the bitter fight that is be-
ing waSed by a number of aspirants for
the plum. Among the candidates who
have declared themselves out for the
job are Robert NJ. Gates. OF Jackson.
Tenn, for many years one OF the best
known newspaper men in the National
Capital, and ]. NJ. Baker. of South Caro-
lima. assistant librarian OF the United
States Senate.
The fight will more than likely resolve
itself into one between these three men,
and the man who is selected will have to
beat them. All three have strong back
ing among the Democrats OF the Senate.
1t is Capitol gossip that Gates is the
strongest individually. The fight Is going
TO be so hotly contested that either of
the others are liable to switch in order
to beat him. Gates has the backing of
Senator Johnson OF Alabama and John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi. While
Senator Luke Lea has never pledged
himself to Gates. it is understood that
he had led him TO believe that he would
support him. and his action in proposing
Mr.. Wilson's name came as a surprise
to Mr.. Gates supporters.
J. NJ. Baker has the backing of Sena-
tors Tillman and Smith of South Caro-
lima. and his long service as assistant
librarian Of the Senate may induce 9TH
crs to support him. The fight may be-
come so protracted that it will be impos-
sible TO select any of the three named.
and some Democratic member OF the
present House who fell by the wayside
at the last election and who will be with
out job after March may land the
goods
The telegram received here yesterday
from Senator Lea proposing Wilson s
name is as follows:
1T is my privilege to be able to pre-
sent the name of Joseph r. Wilson. or
Nashville, for the Office of secretary of
the United States Senate. Mr.. Wilson is
a newspaper man of many years expe-
rience, a man OF the highest integrity
and broad ability
In his circle of devoted friends he has
displayed those same sterling qualities
that have placed his brother at the head
of our national affairs. His election will
reflect credit upon the Senate and will be
fitting recognition of his splendid work
at national headquarters during the ma
tional campaign"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
An Arson Combine.

No owner of property sets fire to
it unless he can profit by it, and he
cannot profit unless the insurance
amounts to more than the value OF the
property and there is a reasonable
chance that it will be recovered. The
remedy for this is largely in the hands
OF the insurance companies themselves.
An inventory and appraiscment Of per-
sonal property would do much, if not
all, that is necessary to prevent over
insurance and remove the temptation
to destroy property.
Several companies have been care
less in this matter, and what has been
lost to them is probably much more
than would have been the cost OF a
proper inspection of property before
placing risks on ii. What has been
brought out in the discovery at New
York OF what is called an arson
trust" reveals. another crime system
worse in some respects than the police
graft which recently has been exposed
there. The revelations are sufficient TO
cause more than local concern. 1t has
been developed that not only is arson
committed for the insurance money,
but. as in the case of the ginmen, who
could be hired for certain amounts TO
commit murder. there were profcs-
sional inccndiaries ready, for rca-
sonable sum, 10 set fire to any prop
erty under orders of those who en-
ployed them for the purpose. One who,
according to the newspapers, has con-
fcsscd that he was engaged in this
work has estimated that t1 fires which
he started averaged nearly one day.
1t is an ominous feature that GER
tain fire adjusters are alleged to have
been in league with the incendiarics in
a combination to deceive the insurance
companies. The charge that property
owners were interested hardly holds
good in some of these cases. in view
OF the alleged fact that the adiuster in
many instances received as much as Is
per cent OF the insurance. Unless the
insurance was far in excess of the
value of the property, this would not
leave the property owner anything
worth while. There are instances in
which the property owner has burned
his own property for insurance.
The exposures. should they be prose-
cuted farther, will have the one good
effect that suspicious fires will be fol-
lowed by a thorough investigation,
which will act as a deterrent. They
will lead to important changes and
more care And the changes necessary
will do as much as the law can do to
suppress arson. and may make insur-
ance less costly to honest property
owners