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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
"SEE AMERICA;
FIRST FLORIDA"

The Florida Times Union OF recent
date printed a boosting article by a
hoard of trade man at Knoxville,
Tenn, and prefaced it with the decia-
ration that 1--WE are advertised by our
loving friends" The Knoxville man
said:
"see America; first Florida, the
winter Mecca-and stop over at
Knoxville" j.
He also called attention to the TACT
that the trans-continental railroads
.rd the California expositions rec
ocnize the advantage of Florida and
are "frantically advertising against
it in a desperate attempt to divert
it."
Quite in contrast with the broad
sririt Of the Knoxville man is that u
Runnels of Gainesville, who is using
his position as secretary of the board
of trade to write to northern paper
warning the public against lana
sharks" and Gland liars" in Florida
tending thereby to create distrust and
Doubt about Florida and turn tourists
who NAV have purchased or have
homes in view, to the Pacific coast
This stuff of Runnels can be Ell
fectively used by Californians. II
is only necessary to keep on ME ms
i,+imations-he gave no detalls-o1
how innocent people are wronged by
being located on worthless lanu'
and lots of Northern people belleVe
that Florida is a sandy waste III
Tested with snakes, alligators' mos
ouitoe, sharks and liars,
Runnels has been in FLORIDA aoou'
+brae months. and talks about "oui
State" and his determination 10 ca
terminate the Gland sharks and mars
We onine that Runnels is talking
+bropqh his hat. He had better gel
ACQUAINTED with things in Florida be-
fore he begins his work of reconstruc'
ting it along altruistic lines.
Alachua is fine county, one OF
the best agricultural counties in the
state and Gainesville is a prosper
ous and growing city. The field tol
Rnrnels is ample and he should booS'
his terrlrory and not try to sprea'
out over the whole state 1t is 'o'
bip for such little man. But 1t i
+be small man who always see wrohs
in others and who peddleS SUITE
away from home.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
GOVERNMENT
OWNED SHIPS.

If is not unnatural that the o"!i
ers of private shipping lines should
strenouslv object to the United States
ooirr into the shipping business In
snite of anything the public can Go,
spaan TRANSFORMATION, as does lana
tronsnortation. has a strong nclln"-
+;on 70 he monopoly, and, as every
bodv knows, monopoly never spares
the general public, but charges all
+bo traffic will bear. Whether OF no'
rovornment-owned ships engaged III
l,,,,,orco would settle the problem
~ The wisest manner, is serious
Question. and cannot be answered OIL
han6. o.4or
what private owners are charging the
Government, at this time, for carry
irp the mails. Private spectators
row control the worlds traffic OF
mail transportation. For letter car
rving across the Atlantic the charge
is so cents a pound, which IS Sl,6Oo
n ton; on other mail, s cents pound,
or S16O a ton; on foreign register 30
cents a pound, or 500 ton; other
matter. 4 II cents a pound, or 500
ton; the cost to the steamship is the
same in either case. Yet the eX-
press companies doing business be-
tween New York and London serve
their customers for $40 a ton.
Let America inaugurate a reign Of
peace" in substance say the advo-
Gates of the idea of government-own-
ed mail lines, "by breaking down the
legal barriers made by tariff laws,
navigation laws and immigration laws
that separate nations, and instead
bind the contents together by a great
American postal service covering the
entire business of public transporta-
ton, and let this be done at cost.
Then when the war drums have ceas-
ed their throbbing, the United States
may invite all the peace-loving pes
pie of the earth to join in a scheme
of world cooperation By the
way, if the government can own ships
for war purposes, why not for peace
purposes?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
GERMANS MOVED DOWN,
BUT KEPT ON CHARGING
Diary Also Tells of Fleeing Women
Slain In Fighting at Mons.

Private J Calvert, of the East Lin.
2OlnShire regiment. who missed his
regiment during the retreat from Mons.
arrived in Paris with the diary of q
comrade who had fallen 1t describes
the tighUin. during the last week OF
August and the first week of Septem
her
THE Gcrmr"S came on in huge mass
eS. Two Thousand of us rained bullets
~ them, and rs we had been taught to
1im and not merely to shoot from the
hip. they went down like ears Of wheat
before the reaper Did it bother them /?
Apparently not They still came on like
sheep TO slaughter
when we slackened fire because our
rlEie barrels were 50 hot they formed
up To .charg" We redoubled hail Of
bullets from our trenches until the Ger
man dead were so piled up that those
behind could not climb over them, and
Chey just lad 20 fan back.
After dark We heard trumpets as
SenbIiug them The Germans lighted
lanterns to collect their men. and all
we had to do WIS to fire ut the lights.
Hundreds of women and children
were fleeing from surrounding villages
In the early morning. We protected
them as best we could. but many were
shot"
A diary Of another soldier tells OF
subsequent engagements in which
some men were almost overwhelmed
by heavy artillery fire. and adds:
The Fifth engagement we were =,
was after we had been several day
slowly retreating toward Paris. Om
worst moments were when our line OF
retirement lay through villages. Houses
were smashed ana saw dead and
wounded ON every side"
Here the diary abruptly ends
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

The Palatka News, Editor Russell's
brilliantly edited weekly, suggests Dr..
]. L. Kelley, of Alachua, as the
BEST man in the State Of Florida
for Superintendent of Public 1nstruc-
ton" That's an addition to the list
given last month. Reese, of the Or
lando end, is booming F. A. Hatha-
way. 1t really looks as if things
are going to be lively politically dur-
ing 1916.
DR.. Kelley is one of the bestowed
men in Florida, not only among teach
ers, but by everybody with whom he
comes in contact. He is man of
wonderful executive ability, and what
might be termed a strict discipline
rian.-F'lorida School Exponent.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
THE OREGON BUILDING.

II Is Almost Completed For the Pana-
ma-Pacifc international Exposition.
Something over four months prior
to the formal opening of the Panamp
Pacific International exposition Ore
CONS building is 80 per cent ready for
occupancy. All the heavy work is over,
and only finishing touches to its ex
terror and some interior construction
remain to be done.
Imagine the Parthenon in wood and
you may fancy what the Oregon build
ing looks like Covering go by $50
foot area. it is of two stories. Support
ing its caves are fOrtY-twO columns Of
solid undreSSed timber fir. pine. ce-
dar spruce ana hcmlock. each from
different section. They are forty
feet from base TO apex, and the mos,
gigantic of them, fir. is twenty-five
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

| have before me to-day the fig
ures from one farmer this year who
planted his large plantation entire
iy in oats, and has reaped a har-
vest of $50 per acre for that crop.
He then planted the same acreage
in corn and has reaped a harvest
of S45 per acre from the corn.
He certifes to me that the cost OF
production of both crops did not
exceed $40 per acre. This was
done before the war broke out.
E. ]. Watson, South Carolina Com
missioner of Agriculture.
State Farm Demonstration McQuar'
RE, who was in Palatka last week
said that the farmers of Florida
should plant staples, including oats
corn, and sweet and Irish potatoes
and forage crops. These products
are called staples because they are
staple.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

COLUMN OF OREGON BUILDING AND COM
MISSIONER GENERAL CLARK.
feet in diameter and would yield
enough lumber for the construction of
an eight room house of average dimen-
sions. Each trunk, representing a state
of the Union and bearing its seal. will
be dedicated some day during the ex-
position period, and all visitors hailing
from the commonwealth for which 1t
stands are to be invited to participate
in the ceremony.
The main tlagpole is the worlds tall
est stick used for that purpose. This
mighty timber is Astorias gift to the
commission. When taken from the
forest, in the Blind Slough region, its
weight was $1,000 pounds, as calcu-
lated by means of measurement, and
in all its righteousness 1t was fioated
down the coast. After being trimmed
its length was 235 feet. Now, embedded
in concrete base, 222 feet of 1t are
visible. Its seven pointed gilt star
looms higher than anything else at the
fair except the crown OF the Tower Of
Jewels
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Photo by American Press Association
INDIAN TROOPS MAKING READY TO EN-
CAMP
hundreds of warriors, bearded men
whose hair was shot with gray and
beardless youths. jump yard high in
the air for sheer joy. Old women
fought with the men for the honor OF
shaking hands with the brOnzed sol
diers, and young girls threw sweet
smelling flowers i'll their path or pin
ned pink roses in their tunics and tur
bans and even stuck them into the
Indians long hair.
by evening they were all encamped
in the picturesque park with rocky
heights, reminiscent of their farawav
hills, around them. and in the moon
light groups of MarSeillais stood on all
adjacent roads watching with untlag,
ging interest the strange eastern rites
of these magnificent fighting men from
Britain's great dominion"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

The records of Kirby Matzeard
church in Yorkshire, England, men
ton curious trial which took place In
the church in the seventeenth century
\ woman was tried for stealing n skull.
out Of the churchyard Her defense
was that she took the skull to put IN
der the pillow Of a sleepess friend as
a charm TO make her sleep She was
reprimanded and ordered to put the
skull back
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Sidney ]. Cats of De Funiak
Springs, reformed Baptist preacher,
is out as a candidate for governor of
Florida on a "platfor-rum of retrinch-
ment and refor-rum." He is modest
man, this Mr.. Cats, one who COM
pares his oratory to VIM. L. Yancy
and Henry Ward Beecher, and his
power to charm by the beauty of his
language to the golden tongued
Frank F. Ellis of Baltimore. He Is
agin' Catholicism in the celibacy Of
its priests and in the confessional,
and is ready to fight for the State
of Florida against this great menace.
Mr.. Cats visited Palatka on Tues
day and spread some of his literature,
most of which fell on stony ground.
0 Cats. 0 Rats.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Notice Of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section Of Chapter 4SSS,
LnMa of ElOridn.

Notice is hereby given that Theron D.
Reed purchaser OF fractional Tax Certificate
has fled said fractional certificate in nv
office a nd has made application for Tax Deed
to issue in accordance with law. Said frac.
tional certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
County, Florida, to-wit: Lots 4. and g.,
Section 9 Township 9, s Range z e.. 1850
acres. The said land being assessed at the
GATE of the issuance Of such certificate in
the name OF DR.. Jno. s. Montmollin. Unless
said fractional certificate shall be redeem
ed according to law, Tax Deed will issue
thereon on the 10th day Of November A. D :.
1914.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 10th day of october AID, 1914
(SEAL) HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co, Fla
By H. Hutchinson. Jr.. D. C.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Hiqhland Enqlish.

English as she is spoke in the remote
highlands is not exactly the tongue Of
the south, which fact is Illustrated by
a brief conversation which took place
between three highland ghillies who
had a sup each of the laird's OVID
mountain dew Says Tougal, That
wass the fiery pest whusky her nainsel'
nefer tasted in all her porn tags" As
scented Tonalt. 80 did | neither" And
Angus corroborated, Neither did
too."-LOndon Globe.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Notice of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section s of Chapter 1855,
Laws Of Florida.

Notice is hereby given that Theron D,
Reed purchaser of fractional Tax Certifi-
cate No. 23s, dated the 5th day of July A. D.
1897 has filed said fractional certificate in
my office, and has made application for Tax
Deed to issue in accordance with law. Said
fractional certificate embraces the follow.
ing described property situated in Putnam
County, Florida, to-wit; So of nel4 Section
10, Township 9, Range q E.. 50 acres The
said land being assessed at the date of the
issuance of such certificate in the name of
W A. Rowls. Unless said fractional GER
tificate shall be redeemed according to law,
Tax Deed will issue thereon on the 18th day
of November A. D., 1914.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day of October A. D.. 1914.
(SEAL) HENRY HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co., Fla
BY II. Hutchinson. Jr., d. c..
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

William Lorimer, recently fired
from the United States Senate for
procuring his election through ques-
tionable means, has just been indict-
ed by federal grand jury in Chicago
for misapplication of the funds of the
Lasalle Street Trust & Savings Bank
of which he was president. Who said
you couldn't keep a good man
down."
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
A LEADER OF THE BLIND.

E. m. Van Cleve Becomes SuperIntend-
ent of New York institution.
Edward NJ Van Clcve has resigned
as superintendent of the Ohio State
School for tine Blind and has accepted
the position Of superintendent Of the
New York institution for the education
of the blind He will also be the head
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Some of the later war kilograms
state that: Przemysl has been re-
lieved; that cholera has broken out IN
Austria, that Vienna bread is sold
only for cash, and that the people of
Vienna are eating horse flesh at the
rate of 200 per day-old horses.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

James D. McReynolds, former attor-
ney-general of the United States, was
sworn in as an associate justice of the
United States Supreme Court on
Monday. The court except for an oc-
casional short recess will be in contin-
uous session until June, 1915, and one
of the earlier decisions expected is
that respecting the constitut;onality
of the Grandfather Clause" in some
of the southern states.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
FLOWERS FOR INDIAN TROOPS
Remarkable Welcome Given by Mar
ssljes to Forces From the East.

FtoVUdEHdpiG NNStSS'v -
settles to Forces From the East.
The inhabitants Of Marseilles, In
France, received with open arms the
native Indian troops who recently land
ed there and showered flowers upon
them. A correspondent writing Of the
event says:
1.-The scene in town when the troops
marched through to the different camp
ing grounds was unforgetable Every
man, woman and child in Marseilles
turned out, and these numbers were
swelled by people who had rushed In
from the surrounding country districts,
1.-THE excitement of the high strung
Latins rapidly spread to the Indians
and It was unique experience to see
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

of the national movement for the con
servation of vision inaugurated by the
Russell Sage and Rockefeller founda.
tons The New York institution is
heavily endowed and one of Mr.. Van
Cleve's first problems will be to work
out the construction of a $1,OOO,0OO ad.
ditiOn
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Women clerks In the British postal
service receive only half as much pay
as the men. Is that more sex justice
or merely an allowance for time taken
in primping?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Tnirty-eight ayiators were killed
during the fir1t three months Of thi.
rear. Cartoon Of death standing win
4 scyths and gazing e1pectantly up IN
The air 1t q btrdman u atill applicable
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Young men entering the ministry
were advised In the ordination sf
dress TO avoid long, tiresome sermon,
But why confine the advice to TIA
young ministers?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

People who write beautiful thinn
about the future Of man on earth hsv.
rot not ventured to predict that IA
viii ever como TO be passionats,y
fond Of paying taxes
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

An English reformer says American
girls would be better of II they rose
at a. m. But most Of them do in
case the dance music ceases at that
hour.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Five million ladybugs will be dis
tributed among the farmers Of Call
fornia to drive away a crop-destroying
parasite" Suffragettes or tango
dancers?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Almost all the failures in life are
by those who are not willing to fight
to the last ditch. Nobody likes a
quitter.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Won't you consider becoming a life
partner of mine?" "How much cap
ital can you put in?"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Tho old-fashioned man who used h
say he took nothing on trust would n.
greatly worried these days at the sish,
Of skirts draped to look a. II thsy
were falling OF.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Up to and including last Saturday
14G cars of grapefruit had been sent
out of the State for this season.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

Doing beats wishing, but it's more
like work.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
Published at Palatka, Florida, on
Fridays by
RUSSELL & VICKERS.
SLIGO Per Year in Advance

lit South Second st. Phone 1876
VIM. A. RUSSELL. Editor.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16

G. Lopez BAILEY, j WALTER HILLIARp
President .Secy and Treas.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-16
THEPALATKANEWs
and Advertiser.

Entered at the Palatka postoffice as
mailable matter of the second class.
The evening world., 1914-05-02
AMERICAN AGENT
SAVED BY ORDER
OF GEN. BLANQUET

MEXICO CITY. May 2.-Dr. Ed.
ward w. Ryan Of the American Red
Cross. who was captured at Zacatecas
py the command Of Gen. Joaquin
Maas and sentenced to death az a spy,
was saved by an order signed by
Minister OF War Banquet at IL
o'clock Thursday night.
DR.. Ryan will be brought to this
city under guard Of Federal troops.
President Huerta has ordered his
INN sdiate release. The release was
directed after urgent personal repre-.
sensations to President Huerta by
William w. Canada, the American
Consul at Vera Cruz.
Husrts telsgrsphsd TO Mr.. Canada
yesterday that ne did not know that
Or. Ryan was to be Put to death. but
that no had ordered the Federal com
mandsr at zseatseas to libsrats hin,
Of once and give him Transportation
TO Mexico City. From the capital
President Hvsrta promised TO send
him to Vera Cruz.
The evening world., 1914-05-02

States to surrender their arms and
ammunition elected the following
statement from J. +. Welborn, Presi-
dent OF the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company:
THE order Of Secretary Garrison
to disarm both sides suits the oper-
itors perfectly. We told Major Hol-
brook the day he arrived that we
were willing to turn over our arms
the minute he said he could control
the situation"
Comparative quiet prevailed in the
Southern fields to-day. where the
Federal troops are In control. but
from the Northern fields came reports
OF slight disorder. In spite OF the
heavy state military guard there.
WALSENBCRG. Col, May 1.-THE
first move toward actual disarmament,
In the Southern Colorado strike ZONE
vas made late to-day when II wa.
announced that B. J. Matteson. assis.
tant general manager of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. had agreed
10 deliver 20 the United States regu
lars all the guns in possession OF th'
guards at Rouse.
The evening world., 1914-05-02
NATIONAL HONOR
PLANNED HEREFOR
HEROES Of WAR
Bodies of Men Who Died Will
Be Carried from Battery
TO Navy Yard.

WASHINGTON. May ..-Sailors
and marines who were killed at tho
occupation OF Vera Cruz will be hon.
ored with funeral services OF a na-
tional character on tho arrival Of
their bodies aboard the United States
cruiser Montana at New York. the
Navy Department announced to-day.
Secretary Daniels said that arrange
ments for the services had been placed
In the hands of Capt. Albert Gleaves,
commandant Of tho Brooklyn Navy
Yard. and Capt. II. o. Dunno. Naval
Supervisor OF New York Harbor. They
have been instructed to cooperate
with the civil authorities In Now York
City. should there be any desire there
to arrange for general demonstra-
ton of respect.
1t was tentatively suggested that q
funeral procession from the Battery
to the Brooklyn Bridge and thence
to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, followed
by military mass at the marine bar
racks there might be arranged.
Orders were sent 10 AuihiTdi bdu-
ger by Secretary Daniels to-day that
the Montana might leave when ready
and It was believed that she woult
get away by Monday, which woulc
b. Ing her into New York the FIRST Of
the following week.
From New York the bodies will b'
sent at Government expense to the
homes Of relatives and Secretary Dan
iels said that naval honors at buria
| services where desired. Already ar
rangements have been made for al
escort from the Naval Training Sta
ton on Lake Michigan for the buria
procession in Chicago for Samue
Meisenburg. private Of marines. who's
home was in that city, and simila
arrangements have been made n
Mobile. Ala. in honor Of r. II. Forh
lichstein. a sailor.
The evening world., 1914-05-02
and Mrs. Walter Hervey were among

and Mrs. Walter Hervey were among
the speakers In the square.
There will be q MAS meeting this
evening In Carnegie Hall under the
auspices of the Women's Political
Union. Mayor Mitchell will deliver
the address OF welcome. Commis-
sioner Of Corrections Katherine 3.
Davis win be ono OF the speakers.
When the suffragists were In WASH
tngton Square large nun her Of !. w.
w. workers gathered with them.
While the latter kept to the outskirts
OF the great crowd and were always
under the alert eyes OF the augmented
detail Of police. supplied by Commits
sioner Woods at tho solicitation OF the
suffragists. they took advantage of
the gathering to offer pamphlets for
sale. One OF them was "a Little Love
without Marriage" by Emma Gold
man.
Attached 10 the workers in every
one OF the suffrage automobiles was
a squad Of young girls whose bust
ness II was to circulate in the crowd
with the suffrage literature. When
ever any one bought this there wa
an !. w. w. psddler ut the buyers
elbow With an out thrust booklet and
. petition 70 buy.