The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-20

creased the appropriation from $b0(
to $1,000 per year. The city has
charity ward at the Mercedes hospita
and has done a great work among the
poor. 1t is conducted entirely by sub
scriptions. The application from the
Louise Maloney hospital to increase
their allowance from $500 to $1,000
was refused for want of funds. With
out a dissenting vote the city council
instructed the clerk, Charles S. Will
liams, to advertise in some leading
periodical that the city of Key West
would look with favor upon an applica-
ton for a telephone franchise from
some independent telephone company.
News has just been received in Pen
sacola that the Deep Water Route rail-
road, which is now operating trains
out Of Pensacola to within few miles
of its proposed connection with the
Southern railroad at Pine Hill, Ala,
has succeeded in floating sufficient Sc
curities to complete the road f. that
point. When the war started, tb con-
struction of the road was going o4l a
satisfactory rate, but the condition OF
the bond market after the beginning
of the European conflict had the ef-
feet of delaying the work, and 1t Is
only within the past week that ar
rangements have been perfected for
resuming it.
Considerable discrepancies are still
apparent in the statistics of births and
deaths of Florida cities, according to
state board of health figures just
made public for the first half OF the
year 1914, from January to June, in
elusive. 1t is hoped that all OF the
twenty-nine cities which have regular
health departments will pass proper
measures for the keeping Of accurate
statistics, before the end of the year.
Only four are now delinquent in the
matter, these being Kissimmee, Mari
anna, Palatka and West Tampa, the
remainder all being now under the
model ordinance as recommended by
the state department, and which is de-
signed to secure uniformity. Much
stress is laid on the necessity for &C
curacy in making up the reports, as
carelessness annually results in
showing of an excessive death rate, 1t
is Said, due to the inclusion of non-res-
idents, and confusion Of the colored
and white races. 1t is urged that mu-
nicipal officers and all public spirited
citizens make a point to see that &C
curate results are obtained.
The Womans club Of Miami has ten
dered the use of their auditorium to
the Dade County Fair association for
it's use during the fair. The audito-
rum is admirably suited to the dis
plays that will be placed there. For
several years the fair association mas
been encouraging the children in the
public schools to exhibit their work In
drawings, etc. The art department has
been one of the popular departments
in the woman's department. Last year
the fair association gave premiums IN
the girls canning clubs. This year
there is a canning club in every school
district in the county. These exhibits
will be placed in the Womans club
auditorium, where they will have plen-
ty of space to make most attractive
exhibit. The fair building has been
overcrowded for the past several years,
and by placing these three depart
ments in the auditorium, will give
more room in the fair building for 9TH
err exhibits. The Woman's club build
ing is centrally located and large
printed signs will be placed in front of
the building so that none may miss
these rare displays.
AS a result of the negotiations with
the Duval board of county commits
sioners. right has now been secured to
cross the county roads with the mu',
nicipal dock railway lire to be con-
structed to the other connecting rail-
way lines of the city by the board OF
mort commissioners. A resolution to
the effect was read at the regular
meeting of the port commissioners,
In the year ending June 80, 1914, the
farmers of Dade county raised prod
ucts of the soil valued at S9,5O1, 15O,
according to the biennial report of the
enumerator, which has just been tabu-
lated.
Capt. R. L. Merriman, the we'll
known master of the barge Southwest
on November l. rounded out ten years
service as skipper of this craft. The
Southwest is engaged in the lumber