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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

Cashier M. F. Pixton visited Jack.
sonvSe on Tuesday on business mat
ters.z
Mrs. Gutteridge and the children
will not follow the Rev. C. E. Gut
teridge to Nichols Immediately, but
will wait until such time as he has
made arrangements for home.
Mrs. M. S. Miller and Miss Abbi-
jean Miller have had as their guests
the past week DR.. William P. Du-
Bose and the Misses Dubose of Mon
teagle, Tenn, members of the facul-
ty of the young women's college at
that place, and of which college Miss
Abbijean Miller was graduated.
The marriage of Miss Ma1de
Varnes, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Darling Varnes of this place, and one
of our most attractive young ladies,
to Mr.. Fred. 7. Denton of Palatka,
was solemnized at the home of the
brides parents last Thursday, Rev.
Alfred Taylor of the Episcopal
church officiating. The young cou-
pie will make their home in Palatka,
where Mr.. Denton is connected with
the Wilson Cypress Co.
The Florence Atkins house on
South Park street was sold at pub
lie outcry in front of the postoffice
at noon on Monday. There were
several bidders. The Masonic lodge
wanted the place, but were not will
ing to bid more than $1,000 for it.
They considered that amount all it
was worth. John Rafferty,, however,
bought it in at $1,26O. 1t is con
sidered better than a fair price Tor
the property. The house was built
by John Pierce about 30 years ago,
and at the time property in chat part
of the city brought the best prices;
at this present writing Quality Hill
has been moved to other and remote
sections of the town.
The local chapter of the Order of
Eastern Star held the annual install
alton of officers last Tuesday night,
when several prominent members Of
the order from Palatka were present
to assist in the ceremony, among
them being Judge and Mrs. E. E.
Haskell, prominent workers in the
order in the State. The following
are the local officers installed: Wor-
thy. Matron, Mrs. X. Borson; worthy
patron, C. E. Gutteridge; associate
matron, Mrs. Mary l. Wilson; secre-
tary, Mrs. J. c. Grimsley; treasurer,
Her F. Babers; conductress, Miss
Mary Alice Eaton; associate conduc-
tress, Miss Ruth Herlong. The To-
cal chapter is growing and there is
a deal of interest being taken in the
work by members, which promises
even a greater growth the coming
year.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25
CHRIST MAS
GIF is FOR
EVERYBODY
Inexpensive and Useful
Our prices will be made
to fit your pocket book.
Our stock is selected with a
view to suit hard hines.

We have a beautiful assortment of
typical FLORIDA SOUVENIRS.
Our showing of GARDENERS,
VASES, ETC., in the new art shapes
and colors is much admired.
Our line of CHRISTMAS and NEW
YEARS CARDS is the best ever
shown in this part of the country.
Our line of TOILET ARTICLES
ofevery description, is very COM
plets and priced most reasonably.
1t is our pleasure to cater to your
most particular requirements and
we confidently invite your patron
age.
Do your shopping at home and
second our efforts to give you
complete stocks to select from.
We will set aside any article you
select on payment Of small
deposit.
Do not forget us in other lines not
here enumerated. Our stock of
DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES,
STATIONERY, SEEDS, Etc,
merits your attention at all times.
The careful preparation of PRE-
SCRIPTlONS is our speciality.
Keep all these facts in your
mind and come and see us for
your Christmas shopping,
LOUNDS DRUG co.
CRESCENT CITY, FLA.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25
Mrs McClain's Experience With
CrOuD.

when my boy, Ray, was small he
was subject to Group, and l was al
ways alarmed at such times. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy proved far
better than any other for this trouble.
1t always relieved him quickly.
am never without it in the house for
l know it is positive cure for Group"
writes Mrs. w. R. McClain, Blairs-
vile, Pa. For sale by all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25

Jacksonville. - The Uu! tbe
of citrus fruit movement mas soid
hearty endorsement of the Sprins,ieeSs
improvement Association, Mrs W, W., ,.
Jennings, president This was deela'
ed upon at an enthusiastic se sories
1t was also decided to begin = , SD
of sandwich sales at the spr' ne " the
school house for the benefit Oh '4 TO
piano fund, different Commune
take charge each week
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25

Paris.-A cabinet council was held
at the Palace of the Elysee, the first
to meet there since September 8, on
which date the government left for
Bordeaux. There was the utmost
cheerfulness at the session, singular
contrast to the intense anxiety shown
at the last meeting in Paris. The war
department alone remains at Bordeaux
and there is no intention now to move
it back to Paris. 1t is considered es-
sential that the machinery of the ma
tional defense suffer no suspension,
however slight
It's all right to ride a hobby if you
know where to get off.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25
Sick Two Years With Indigestion.

1.-TWO years ago l was greatly ben
Gifted through using two or three bot
ties Of Chamberlain's Tablets" writes
Mrs. S. A. Keller, Elida, Ohio. "Be-
fore taking them l was sick for two
years with indigestion" Sold by
all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25

Sickly children need WHITES
CREAM VERMIFUGE. 1t not on
ly destroys worms, if there be any,
but it acts as Strengthening tonic
in the stomach and bowels. Price
25c per bottle. Sold by Alderman
Stewart Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25

Most men who consider themselves
big guns are only smooth bores.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25
No. 666

This /. a prescription prepared e sPPvss.
for MAI ANA or cHiLLs q F t:s md
Five or six doses will break any es s;li T moi
Il tsken then as tonic the Fever s,,s ~''i than
return. II acts on the liver o t:slso. &c &c
Cslomel and does not eriPe OF H'As"'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-25
KISSIMMEE VALLEY BRANCH


These TIME TABLES show the which trains
from the but their arrival the times
be held delay
change without notice.
I'D. RAINIER General Agent, St. Augustine
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
PERPETUAL MOTION IS SOLVED?

An article in daily paper telling OF cash
offer by French engineering society for sue
cessful perpetual motion machf.ie planted in the
studious head of ]. P. Machezis a native of
Lithuana, idea which. he says. has finally
worked out. according to Grand Rapids CORE
spondent of the New York World 1t in 1906
that he read of the offer. He began thinking. and
in the end concluded tlot he could build
chine He took wooden soap box and worked
out his model
Nothing elaborate resulted but his contrapton
worked he says. He admits that 1t did not
"perpetually,' because, he explains, there
too much friction of the unplaned parts which
we're only loosely hung together. 1t did operate
long enough, however, and without other motive
than its own momentum, to convince Machezis
that he on the right Sack
After dismantling his model that
could steal his secret he did nothing for six years
but think think, think. Not once did he pick
up tool to put any of his theories in concrete
form, but he got them on paper end kept them
in his head. He altered his model and expanded
his original idea He added more uprights
and decreased the number of laterals. He de-
cided to lengthen his guides and make them out
of aluminium and ne added couple of feet to
the length of the machine.
At last his thoughts reached the stage where
they commanded actual construction to start, and
he began In 1912.
Now. after six years Of thought and study and
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

characteristic charm inherent in Mount Vernon
the old farmhouse at Ridgefeld and the colonial
exemplars generally. Freed from the attempt to
invent an American style, they deserve credit in
that they come so near to their goal, considering
also the commercial distractions and blandsh-
ments which interfere in America
IT would seem that the architect of the modern
farmhouse illustrated had not taken time enough
TO work out his adaptation of the Mount Vernon
motive The attenuated posts have nothing 70
support. the portico Is carelessy attached and the
windows were inserted wherever necessity for
one seemed to exist 1t may be that the inspira-
tfon for this farmhouse not derived from
Mount Vernon at ALL but from mediocre farm
house of that decadent period in America inaugu-
rated with President Jackson in 1S29-the work OF
tacks-of-all-trades, which is in prototype
OF American renaissance, and ought not to be per-
petuated. The colonial carpenters, who often
worked without master spirit, possessed a fair
knowledge of the orders. though Thomas Jefferson
said there was none who could draw them accu-
ratey.
Architects affect one another. Interchange of
views makes for consensus of opinion, and Just
at present there is great partially for the long
low. horizontal line. the Spanish roof and the
ubiquitous .pergoa effect with unduly lofty win
dows upon the first floor ard unduy short
the second But in spite of these professional
fetishes, Mr.. Aymar Embury succeeds in produc
ing beautiful architectural composition (see
river elevation OF the house at Bedford Hills, New
York; American architects will give you, how
ever, If you prefer it. snug home atmosphere,
exemplifed by the cottage at Bronxville New York.
designed by Mr.. William A. Bates So much for
the architectural integument but when 1t comes
to the question OF animal comfort the scientific
and hygienic achievement the economy OF space
and of time. and the elimination of labor in the
household then. indeed. the American architect
becomes infallibe counsellor for the prospec
tive homebuilder. No American cottage, however
humble, is considered quite hygienic proposition
for allthe-yearround occupancy without good,
dry cellar at least feet in the clear. and with
a lath and plaster ceiling Some product of tar is
usually employed for coating the exterior OF the
wall beneath the ground level An adequate
derground drain. constructed either Of pipes
broken stone. leading to natural watercourse
or low land away from the building, is always pro
yfded IL It is possible In the middle OF the cellar
Il placed the heating apparatus whether for warm
air, steam, hot water or the vacuum system, from
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

two years of actual work. Machezis has his ma
chine all but completed, The machine is five
feet four inches high and ten feet long.
The inventor will say nothing regarding the
operation of his machine for fear his secrets Will
be stolen. He intends to take patents out soon
so that he will be safe in giving the public the
details
He is firm in the belief that his product will
have a big commercial value, developing horse
power enough to drive factory machinery and do
all the work done by the stationary engine.
He says he will explain its operation in detail
and bare all his secrets to any interested
in 1t.
All that he will say now is that the throwing
of a lever will start the machine, and that a large
steel spring. devised to uncoil and coil al
ternatey. is Its power, and these are obvious
facts.
The machine It stands now does not repre-
sent the inventors entire idea, there is much
wood in it that will be supplanted by metal tub
ing and rods.
Machezis is thirty-two years old. and has been
In the United States since 1899
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

be said that household servants the line Of
could the line be not more exactly drawn at such
reasonable mental and physical comforts In life as
necessary to health. The kitchen. therefore,
has to be few steps from the dining room or
dining table may be. yet perfectly separated
that smells smoke from the cooking cannot in
wade the living part of the cottage Every Ameri-
cottage has to be screened during the summer
with bronzewire screens to doors and windows.
The bronze-wire will not rust. The mosquito has
been largely exterminated by scientific measures
for its destruction; but flies and other insects
abound while the screens also arrest the entrance
of cockroaches and mice and so enable the doors
to remain open indefinitely. bathroom with a
vitreous tile floor and painted walls with rounded
corners like those Of hospital ward, is always
specified. The attic gable rooms of small cot
tage are not comfortable in summer, rule;
but by insulating the roofing with various non
conducting materials that to be had, they are
made much more useful than formerly. to the ad-
vantage of the temperature in the secondstory
rooms The modern American cottage lacks chin.
neys-adequate chimneys. not at all for use, be-
cause the entire warming and cooking apparatus
requires only two three fues but solely for ap-
pearance the imperative fourth dimension. People
pretend to understand this mathematical curiosity
which exists in theory only, while they seem un-
able to appreciate the fourth dimension but first
build the house in van-the dramatic note"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

which the heat naturally rises to the livingrooms.
cold store is often partitioned off by non-con-
ducting wall in the cellar while a smaller cold
store for kitchen convenience contrived by venti-
lating series of shelves in pantry with north
exposure, off the kitchen The coal-bins iu-
variably located in the cellar, into which the coal
-Lehigh anthracite is the best-is easily conveyed
by portable chutes wAich the coal merchants carry
on their delivery wagons 1t would be considered
extravaganza to build leantos outside build
ings to the economic cottage, however picturesque
they can be made The laundry also is placed in
the cellar. for economic reasons, and is lighted by
window. Although there is still much
wasted room in American cellar. the advantages
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
DECORATED AUTO PARADE.
One of the Entertainment Features at
EIks Jubilee In Denver in July.


Denver-One of the plans for en-.
tertainment of visitors during the
Elks' fiftieth reunion session and Col
den Jubilee to be held in Denver July
1919 is the decorated and illuminated
automobile parade for the night OF
July 13.
The committee In charge contem
plates making this the most spectacu
lar automobile parade ever held in
the West and to this end have gone
outside of Denver for entries. To in
terest outsiders to decorate and entes
their machines special sweepstake
prize of 5000 will be given the winner
from among the nonresident entrants.
There is also a special sweepstake
prize of the same amount for the best
machine entered from Denver.
In addition to these prizes will be
awarded as follows: s100 for the best
gas car and $50 for the second best
gas car, and 800 for the best electric
car and $50 for the second best car
OF this class. Special prizes to the
number Of twenty and valued at from
$50 to SIS will be given in the etpso-
lation class. Winners of sweepMake
prizes are eliminated from 81 1ppeti-
ton for the other prizes.
There is no limit as 70 where the
car can enter from. However, entries
for this event will close on the night
OF July 10. Mr.. E. e. Sommers is The
chairman Of the automobile parade
committee, and those contemplating
entering machines should address him
personally at the Headquarters of the
Denver Motor Club in Majestic build
ing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Broken Rail Cause Of Many Wrecks

Washington.-In a report to the In
terstate Commerce Commission on the
cause of the wreck of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford passenger
train near Westerly, r. l., Oct. 25,
1913, H. w. Belnap. chief inspector OF
safety appliances, finds that derail-
ment Of the train was due to a broken
rail. The wreck resulted in the injury
Of seventy-four passengers and three
employees. In connection with his re-
port Belnap pointed out that derail-
ments caused by broken rails since
July l. 1910. numbered 2,762, in which
IT'S persons lost their lives. 6.0O4 were
injured and damages aggregated s3,-
237,793.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
CEN7ZI2Y YHCW.XWCOY0EC

try to invent American history and that is what
architecture really is-hstory expressed in build
ing. Our authors do not try to invent new Eng
lish grammar In order to express the dramatic
note In American literature. and that, again, is
what architecture means-the dramatic note ex-
pressed by building materials. Nor do our artists
try to ind new and artificial colors in nature.
Then why should the American architect try to
make his art unduly artificial?
So he does, nevertheless and hence the void en-
countered In much of modern architecture.
American illustrators of books, who understand
their architectural details perfectly miss the
dramatic note. because 1t is the sine qua non of
the illustrators work. They know better than to
try to compose In New Art" or modern invention.
But people may yet live in houses which express
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
PLENTY of Coal in Alaska.

Washington.-The lignitic coal re-
serves OF the Bonnifield region Aias-
ka, are estimated by the United states
Geological Survey to be nearly lo,ooo2
o0o.0O0-tons, which exceeds by neariu
000,00o.O00 tons the estimate made
few years ago. on the Information
then available, OF the total quantity OF
lignitic coal in the territory. The new
estimates. which are very moderate,
Indicate that the quantity Of coal avail
able in the Bonnifield region is great
er than that of all the other surveyed
fields of the territory.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
Sect Substitutes nHusband,, for aManv

Oklahoma City. Okla.-Chanses in
ritual were adopted by the general
conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
church, South. Among other amend
ments the conference agreed to change,
in the marriage ceremony of the
phrase 81 pronounce you man and
wife" to 81 pronounce you husband
and wife" The conference devoted
several minutes to prayer that war
with Mexico be avoided.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
COTZHGE ATAa11YNZZE mn Y12z2R-

offered more than COM
pensate.
The inexpensive cottage
does not concern itself
much about servants. A
century ago. someone from
Great Britain. visiting
our first chief justice
(John MarshalD. said that
he saw no household ser
wants in that gentleman's
home, which was indeed
rare in colonial times, and
in state like Virginia.
But sci wants are almost a
prohibitive luxury in the
small American cottage of
today. Competent young
women command $40 per
month. An English writer
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

itttie OF tne history OF
civilization. and suffer no
Inconvenience. ept.
perhaps, to their finer In
tellectual needs. Enfran-
chised from every senti-
mental claim-claims OF
those who love and those
who hate. alike-there is
a brilliant coterie of ar
chitects of great inven-
tive and constructive
genius. In America, who
even prefer to the Anglo
Saxon sense of home the
New Art" and the Ro-
man bathhouse sorts of
dwelling. the latter after
the manner of Alma-Ta-
dema's paintings. Most
of our architects, how
ever aacratlv MIN a. Tho
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
STRANGE.

The way to make hit with her is to tell her
that you are unworthy of her"
"She knows 1t. Her father and mother and
brother have all told her that and 1t didn't make
any hit with her at ALL
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlMSC1OOL
LESSON
By o. r. SELLERS. Director OF Even
ing Department The Moody Bible Insti-
.ute of Chicago)
LESSON FOR JUNE II
THE GREAT REFUSAL.

LESSON TExT-Mark 10:17-31
GOLDEN TEXT-'Ye cannot serve God
and mammon." Luke 1913. Read also
entire verse.)
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

over the Potomac river.
Although Monticello, the
eel e brated home OF
Thomas Jefferson and
designed by himself, is
not quite SO admirable
as the home of Washing
ton. 1t is still Infinitely
better than most OF the
houses of our own time,
and why? It Is because
the modern architect of
America is pursued by
the relentless baIlucina-
ton that he is Obliged to
Invent an A m erican
style, as II Mount Yer
non and the delightful
old farmhouse at Ridge
field. Conn, were not
typic al ly A m erican
enough to satisfy any
ones fondest dreams.
Our historians do not
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

for his home. would transcend anyones expecta-
uons. None OF the illustrations OF 1t begins to
ture its charm, While much of the world Is blink
ing in the dreary days OF November, you will find
Mount Vernon even In that inausplcious time OF
year to be abroad stil resplendent in the reflection
of brilliant autumn foliage and of gorgeous sunsets
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

T IS a curious fact that America
should have produced no better ar
chitects for domestic buildings than
were George Washington and
Thomas .Jefferson-such as were
Samuel Mcintyre OF Salem. Charles
Bulfnch OF Boston and McComb Of
New York-rarely have they been
equaled. Unlike the many places
we visit, which the photographer
has idealized far beyond anything
we find In reality. Mount Vernon In
Virginia, designed by Washington
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

nI0E New and second hand pipe, all sxes aud
TIT6 kinds, at HAWKINS BROS. MFG. AND
SUPPLY CO. 1922 Vance b.. Denver
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-06-19

The story of this rich young ruler
is one cut of the ministry OF our Lord
that has made an indelible impression
throughout every succeeding genera
tion. This is so because it is so vital.
vibrant and vivid a revelation of our
everyday experience. The lesson nat
urally divides itself into two sections.
Read carefully the parallel accounts;
Matt 19:16-30 and Luke 1S:1s-30
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-03

E. A. Hecht of New York city, is al the Arlington.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-03
ITCHING BURNING ERUPTION ON HANDS
And Feet in Water BIiSterS. Would Tester and Itch. Perfect Cure by CutiCura Soap and Ointment.

Thomasvie Ala. -"I suffered with eczema on my hands and feet two or three years. About eleven years ago I became
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-03
GREAT HALF PRICE SALE.

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 Lace collars, embroidered collars and iabots of any description at any price.
 The very best yarn, all kinds and colors, at 10 cents per skein. D, NJ. .C. crochet thread at 10 cents and up. Lessons free. Stamping and em. broidery to order.
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 Al Central Avenue. Phone 1536