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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17
Wise Eskimos.

Everything in the Eskimo dress has
reason for its existence. writes Cap
tain Roald Amundsen in THE North
west Passage" The members of Cap
tain AmundSen's expeditions ha6 be-
come accustomed to the Eskimo dress
and had adopted it. but many of them
thought 1t ridiculous for grOwnup
men to 20 about wearing fringe to
their clothes. so they cut it off. | had
my scrupleS about this. says the au-
thor. as had already learned that
most things in the Eskimo's clothing
and other arrangements had their dis
tinct meaning and purpose. so kept
my fringe and put up with the ridirule.
He laughs best who laughs last. One
fine day the anovaks. sort of tunic
reaching below the knee. made of deer
skin. from which tie fringes had been
cut off. commenced to curl up. and IL
the fringe had not been put on again
quickly they would soon have looked
like neckties.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17
WILSON FOR LOCAL OPTION
President Doesn't Believe Prohibition
Should Be Part of Politics.

characterization Wilson is
for local option on the liquor question
and does not believe prohibition
should be made a part Of a party pro-
gram. Since the order of Secretary
Daniels was issued prohibiting the
use of liquor by officers in the navy,
persons in a position to obtain the
presidents views have learned that he
will stand by his letter written in
May, 1911, while governor of New
Jersey, to the Rev. Thomas B. Shan
non of Newark, N. j., in which he
said:
81 am in favor of local option.
am a thorough believer in local self
government, and believe that every
self-governing community which con-
stitutes a social unit should have the
right to control the matter of the regu-
lation or the Withholding of licenses.
But the questions involved are social
and moral and are not susceptible of
being made parts of party program"
Secretary Daniels told friends the
purpose of his order was in no way
to give a political aspect to the sub
ject of prohibition or to commit the
national administration, but only to
promote efficiency in the navy. The
president looks on the order as de-
partmental matter, Secretary Daniels
having acted on his own initiative.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17
Hous eboats Of the Thames.

The row Of hUuSebOatS. each with
its flowers. awning. flotilla of skiffs;
the quantities 1T well groomed boats
for hire AMONG the willows all along
the Thames banks-this impression
comes on the top of that of the half
hour the other day coming into Lon
don in sickly fog, Of the horrible
miles of Bermondsey and Lambeth
along the lines, the ruthless heaps of
rubbish, the hurry and CRIME of the
two stations at Waterloo. The house
boats, etc. are the elaborate flower
of that ugly plant called civilization.
They stand for the comfort, the lux
ury, the high standard of England.
which even in its lower walks of life
offers similar prizes, similar complica-
lions. luxuries unknown abroad. One
says to oneself: How these people
know how to live. How they exploit
lifew-Vernon Lee in Scribner's.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17
STATES RESOURCES
SHOWN IN REPORT
GOVERNMENT CENSUS BUREAU
PUBLISHES BULLETIN OF AS.
SETS OF THIS STATE.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES
Debt of Florida Is Only About Two
Per Cent. of United States Total
Indebtedness.

Washington, D. C.-Preliminary fig
ures from the forthcoming bulletin per-
tanning to national and state indebt-
edness and funds and investments
have been given out by Director w. ].
Harris of the bureau of the census,
department of commerce. The bulle-
tin carries information for the state
of Florida, as well as for other states
and the United States. The data were
compiled under the supervision Of Mr..
John Lee Coulter, expert special agent
in charge of the inquiry on Wealth,
Debt and Taxation.
An inspection of the tables for Flor
ida in the bulletin soon to be issued
shows bonded Indebtedness of $l,276,-
900 in 1890. This was reduced to ST.
10000 in 1901; in 1903 only 100000
in bonds remained outstanding and
this amount constituted the total bond
ed Indebtedness Of the state in 1872.
The floating debt consisted of temper
airy loans in amounts of from 100000
to 100000 from 1890 to 1899, inclusive,
and since that time this fund has been
composed exclusively of outstanding
warrants. No accurate reports have
been received for 1900, 1901 and 1902,
though the amounts were too small to
make any appreciable difference in the
total debt. The floating debt fluctu-
ated from $4,000 in 1903, to $4,000 in
1912.
In the case of funds and investments,
both cash and securities show a gen.
eral increase during the period The
securities increased from $1,062,000 in
1890 to $1,76S,000 in 1912. The cash,
though changing naturally from year
to year, increased from $4,000 in 1890
to s1,O12,OOO in 1912
The sinking fund assets decreased
from $4,000 in 1890 to 100000 in
1901, disappearing altogether in 1903;
hence the debt less sinking fund as
sets was the same as the total debt
from 1903 to 1912.
The decrease in the debt and the
increase in population during the 3d.
year period brought about a marked
decrease in the per capita debt
In 1880 the total debt of Florida
at the close of the fiscal year, Decem-
Der 81, was $1,325O00; m 1890 it was
$1,375,OOO; in 1908, $6O5,OOO; and in
1912 it amounted to $619,000. The pop
ulation of the state increased from
269 900 in 1880 to 100000 in 1912.
In 1880 the per capita debt was
$436; ten years later it amounted to
$2SS; in 1900 it was $195; and in
1912 it had decreased to SOFT.
In contrast with the state of Flor.
ida, we find that, taking the entire
debt Qess sinking fund assets) for the
4S states, the average per capita, &C.
cording to the latest report is 1882 or
nearly five times as great as the per
capita debt for Florida. In ratio of
decrease the per capita debt of Florida
fell from $4.36 in 1880 to SOFT in 1912,
whereas the per capita debt, when the
total for all states is considered, fell
only from $54S to 1882.
At the present time about 0.S pei
cent. of the total population of the
United States will be found in the
state of Florida, and OF per cent. Of
the total debt Qess sinking fund as
sets) is attributed to that state.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17
RICHARD H. EDMONS is
PLEASED WITH FLORIDA.
Northern Editor Looks for Great Ad.
vance in State of Florida in
the Next 10 Years.

jacksonville. H. Edmonds
of Baltimore, editor of the Manufac-
turers' Revord, with Mrs. Edmonds,
Miss Edmonds and Mr.. Edmonds' Sec
rotary, stopped in this city en- route
north.
Mr.. Edmonds is making study OF
road conditions in the south on his
motor trip.
In an interview Mr.. Edmonds spoke
of the future Florida and how the
present Florida can make its future
greater than is even promised.
Mr.. Edmonds said:
"If Florida doubled its population
it would at least quadruple its bust
ness and wealth.
"In this country the volume OF trade
and wealth increase far more rapidly
than population; and increase of popu-
lation makes wealth through the de-
velopment which follows.
"In a state like Florida where the
natural resources furnish the basis for
the support of very large population,
the rapidity of development depends
almost wholly upon the degree of ag-
gressiveness displayed by the people of
the state and the railroads operating
in the state. Given situation such as
Florida has, there is sound business
justification for the broadcast work of
making known the states strategic ad-
vantages and it's unique potentialities.
Men of wealth from every section
of our country abundantly able to seek
any spot on earth that appeals to them
annually flock to Florida in every-in-
creasing numbers to escape the biting,
binding billiards of the North and
West Men of smaller means who can
not afford to take risks are every years
to a larger extent than before settling
in this state.
The rapiditylof the states develop
ment is seen wherever one travels,
whether ON the East Coast, the West
Coast or the interior. Everywhere
there are evidences of solid growth.
Here and there real estate may be
overdCne. This always happens in any
rapidly growing section, more's the
pity. Here and there there will be a
reaction from speculation-that too is
always seen under such circumstances;
but if the foundation is solid these
temporary lulls do no permanent harm.
Jacksonville, busy bustling city
that it is, is type of all Florida and
the wonderful advance of the whole
state is the assurance of continued
rapid growth of Jacksonville.
There is no sound reason why the
great wealth and population of the
Pacific coast should not be duplicated
here. No sound reason why even great
er cities than Los Ange,-s, 70. Cland
and Seattle should not be developed in
Florida The resources are here, the
climatic advantages are here; and it
is now much easier for thi estate to
achieve in material development much
more in the next ten years than 1t has
in the last thirty.
81 look for a larger increase in pop
ulation in ten years and far larger
increase in wealth in that period than
during the last three decades. The
momentum of development is on. Big
things are Undertaking.. Despite TEN.
porary lulls here and there, this is the
land where optimism is justified. There
is no excuse for any pessimist to exist
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17
Wasted Effort.

"Now, Tommy" said the Sunday
school teacher, suppose you had two
apples and you gave another boy his
choice Of them. You would tell him to
take the largest one. wouldn't your"
"No, ma'am." said Tommy promptly.
"why. Tommy exclaimed the teach
er in shocked surprise. why metz"
SWELL" said Tommy Fin dis bunch
It wouldn't be necessary to tell him
dat."-New York Globe.
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rhsrs Must 3. Something In Il.

"Do you believe there is really any
such thing as love at first sight?"
Certainly there is. If there was no
such thing how many Of the married
men whom you know would ever have
been able to enchant their wivesT-
Chicago Record Herald.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17

A prudent mother is always on the
watch for symptoms of worms in her
children. Paleness, lack of interest
in play, and peevishness is the sig
nal for WHITES CREAM VERM1-
FUGE. A few doses of this excel
lent remedy puts an end to the
worms and the child soon acts nat
urally. Price 25c per bottle. Sold
by Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17

"It was a fair fight, wasn't itF
"Sure it was. The under dog got
whipped"
"Call that fair fght|
Walt, now, let me explain. The
under dog provoked it."-St. Louis Re
public.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17
CheerfuI Postscript.

Jones-The Browns have bought a
car. wife-Can't you say something
cheerful once in awhile? Jones-The
FUNNIEST machine ever saw and sec
ond hand at that!-Chicago News.
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lens of Florida
r~@a,Nl a1~o

....fI aat. Il. .tiGl Special COlH-
mI.tee 10 secure a strong delegation
Tom this state to the fourth annual
meeting of the National Drainage Con-
gress at Savannah, Ca, April 22-25,
inclusive. They are Governor Park
Trammell, Florida; Mayor r. c. Hat
ton of Barlow, national executive COM
mitteeman from Florida; Mayor r. G.
Hatton of Barlow, honorary vice pres
ident for Florida; DR.. w. H. Baggett
of Nocatee, member of the Section on
Malaria Eradication; Richard Har-
grave, author of Arcadia, and Ben
Johonson, contractor, of Miami, both
members of the general committee.
At a meeting of the board of trus-
tees of Southern college, held at Lake
land, DR.. R. H. Alderman of Barbours-
vile, w. Va, was elected president of
Southern college, the state Methodist
college at Sutherland. Doctor Clifton
recently resigned and the meeting
was held to appoint his successor.
With 1925 cars of citrus fruit al
Teduy Sllppeu oul VI ellS oldle ollCc
September l, 1913, from which date
the Florida season is timed, the prom.
Use is for record crop in this state.
1t is estimated that there are still 1000
carloads of fruit to be shipped before
the crop is exhausted.
St. Johns county has authorized the
issuing of bonds for the building of
about sixty-five miles of goods roads,"
the election having been held and the
victory for the bonds accomplished
The returns indicated splendid ma
jority in favor of good roads and the
people of the county will no doubt be
enjoying the benefits within the pres
ent year.
Electric lights and water will very
soon be available for aid the people
in Lake Worth and no doubt these
modern conveniences will bring many
new settlers besides making it more
pleasant and healthful for those who
are already there.
Several organizations in DeLand are
comforting on the possibility of com
munity building" Committees from
the Woman's club, the Business
League, the proposed Y. M. C. A. and
Y. w. C. A. and the Library associa-
ton, will thoroughly discuss the idea
and it is thought that something may
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17
Obliainq.

"win you corroborate my assevera-
tions?"
.Naw, l can't do that. But I'll stand
by what We say" - Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17

They conquer who believe they can.
Old Saving.
Evening star., 1914-06-28

Of the Panama canal" said Sir Thomas.
TT would be befitting that she should
witness that great event. Although she
Is eighty-seven years old. her interest In
the worlds affairs is as lively as In her
more youthful days. 1t was my privilege
to be chosen by her highness to escort
her on her visit to the Suez canal seven
years ago. One day she sent for me and
said:
to the Suez canal
II will consider 1t a great honor to
do so,' l replied.
She told me she had a great longing
to pay a visit to the canal. as she had
not seen 1t since the formal opening.
nearly forty years ago. She asked
that her plans for making the visit be
kept a secret in order to avoid the Of
ficial attentions that would be given
her IL her identity became known. 1
observed her request in this respect
and booked passage for her and her
retinue under assumed names. Even the
passenger department of the steamship
company was not aware of her identity.
But in some manner the secret leak
Said. the Mediterranean terminus of
the canal. and her reception and visit
quickly became a state affair. The
finest furniture that could be had in
Port Said was moved into rooms in
the canal company's building and she
spent the night in these improvised
quarters. The finest tug obtainable
press and our little party. and We
started on the trip through the canal
All ships were tied up for US to pass.
We spent the night at Ismailia. where
the empress was driven over the city.
The next day ws proceeded through
Evening star., 1914-06-28

tions of the railway lines. 1t is to him
that is due the possibility of now travel
ing from the border all over northern
Mexico by rail.
Calzado, however, fell under the dis
pleasure of the Carranza cabinet. and
was removed from his position as gem
partisan Of villa, and Villa. after his
enforced resignation as director. had
him join the troops. The probability is
that he will be put back into his old
position, since administrative and ex-
ecutive capacity Of the high order he
displayed is not very common among
the constitutionalists.
Reconstruction Of the buildings de-
stroyed In the various towns where the
war has been waged will be much slow
er than the rebuilding Of the railways.
There Is no military necessity, and the;e
across the Rio Grande from Ell Paso. is
today about the dreariest place In north
ern Mexico, because since the Madero
Evening star., 1914-06-28

ures of a national character may also be
enacted. yet it is apparent that the
Mexicans themselves regard the subject
as largely one for the different states to
handle In this they also recognize the
very great difference of soil and OF con-
ditions in different parts of the country
The land question cannot be quite the
same in the desert regions OF Coahuiia,
where the Spanish dagger grows to more
than double the height of an ordinary
man, as in Jalisco, with its large area
Of fertile land.
The taxation Of the land is looked upon
as both national and a state prooiem:
One prominent constitutionalist told mo
that the present system was all rignt'
and that It did not exempt the great es-
tates at the expense OF the smaller iana-
owners as Is generally assumed. inc
trouble was, he said, that the assess
ment bore no relation to real values, and
that both the big landowners and the
little ones escaped paying wnaI they
should. He proposed to remedy TINS by
a system of taxation based on actual
value.
generally accepted by the land reform
ers than I supposed. In the general plan
Of making Mexico a country of peon pro-
prietors. If this plan can be worked
out In the course of half a century.
there would be little room for the single
tax as means of correcting abuses.
Mexico has some public lands, but no
body seems to know much about them.
A member of the Carranza government
surprised me by saying that under Diaz
there had been no abuse of the public
lands and that proper measures had
been taken for conserving them.
Those who are familiar with the land
system as it actually existed in Mexico
up to the Madero revolution are won
dering what will become of the ''medi-
ero." The mediero was a tenant culti-
vator who cultivated on half shares. He
has been made the object of much COM
misseration, for the supposed reason that
he was the victim of the rich landown-
er. who always oppressed him and kept
him in servitude through his debts
An American. who had a large ha-
cienda and who was considered by his
poems as anything but an oppressor. told
me that the mediero got a good deal of
sympathy to which he was not entitled.
Under the system of medias or halves.
this American said. the poorest peon
could get ahead If he were willing to
work and let pulque and other drinks
The mediero was given as much land
as experience showed one family could
cultivate. He was furnished with seeds.
farm tools. oxen: he supplied nothing
himself When the crop was harvested
he was entitled to one-half.
Evening star., 1914-06-28

The objection that when the time for
settlement came the mediero found him
self without a half because he had been
compelled to buy at the land owners
store at exorbitant prices, this American
declared, was not true. These stores.
in order to come out even. were expected
to show a book profit of 20 per cent, and
even if the actual profit had been that
amount it would be less than the profits
Of retailers in the Mexican villages, but
the chief point was that, with everything
supplied him for the purposes OF cultiva-
ton, and with his own wants in the way
of sustenance quite simple, the mediero
would have a good profit to his account
when the time came for dividing the
proceeds Of the crop II he had not been
recklessly improvident.
4
This view finds some confirmation
among the land reformers like Villa him
self. who assumes that it will be- neces-
Evening star., 1914-06-28

Physical reconstruction must come at
an early stage of the proposed moral
and political reconstruction. Destruc-
tion heretofore has been the chief ac-
tivity of both rebels and federals.
The railways have furnished the most
accessible means Of attack When the
federals were in control of northern
Mexico the rebels destroyed the rail-
ways in order to interrupt communica-
ton. When the federals began to
abandon the garrisons in the north they
marked their retreat by destroying the
Evening star., 1914-06-28


authority of the different state govern
ments may at first result in the paradox
of encouraging revolutions. This is be-
cause whatever plan is followed II can
not be worked out satisfactorily In q
brief period. and the poems have been led
to expect that the land millennium is right
at hand.
Dissatisfaction. therefore. may be look
ed for. and this dissatisfaction will be To-
mented and encouraged by disgruntled
chiefs. Every bandit leader who has
tried to start a revolution during the last
five years has held out the bait of lands
for everybody. The genuine leaders also
have had programs of land reform. The
plan of San Luis Potosi was the most
comprehensive one. Its details are all
covered in the different schemes on which
the state governments arc now working.
When Orozco Madero's bandit general.
started his revolution against Madero. he
also proposed a land program. The BAN
dts are always very earnest land re-
formers.
Zapata in the state of Moreles. has
shrewd schoolmaster as his chief ad-
wiser, and in the documents to which
Zapatas name is put this schoolmaster
never fails to dwell on the claim that the
Zapata revolution is based on economic
causes and is directed against land
monopoly In the meanwhile, Zapata coll
lects his regular monthly tribute from
the big landowners.
While dissatisfaction with the failure
of everybody to get all the land he
wants may for time encourage local
revolutionary movements. these are not
apt to become widespread enough to in
terfere with the gradual working out OF
the whole problem.
copyrighted. 1914. by Charles NJ. PepperJ
Evening star., 1914-06-28

My father never earned more than IS
a week and / longed to ease his tired
hands and remove the lines of worry
from the face of my dear mother.
Il did odd jobs in New York. working
at whatever ! could lay my hands to.
Every cent earned above that which
was necessary for my own bare existence
those were happy days and l have no
tears of regret to shed over them. In
the course of my wanderings in the
United States ! slept in haymows,
Travelled as a stowaway in a costal ves-
sci. worked in rice fields in South Caro-
lima and lived in New Orleans. where !
was a laborer.
II remember one experience I had in
New Jersey. Footsore and weary from a
long tramp along a dusty highway in
search Of work I crawled into a farm
sleep of the just Early next morning
the farmer came and climbed into the
NOV. In throwing down hay for the
live stock he came near prodding me
with the pttchfork. lay quiet SO as not
to be discovered. and when the man had
departed. as / thought. ! climbed down
and started to slip away. I ran right into
the farmers arms and he grabbed me-
He accused me of having stolen a chick.
en- from his hen roost two nights before,
but was able to prove an alibi and he
turned me loose"
Sir Thomas spent ten years In the
United States. returning to Glasgow when
he was twenty-five years old. There he
became a clerk In a tea store and soon
1Tsonfjnn.d IN Sjrfh PaoaN
Evening star., 1914-06-28

revolution was inaugurated it has been
the scene of more actual fighting than
any other town, and has been subject
to artillery fire oftener than any other
place. An American who crossed the
river to take look at JuareZ returned
TO Ell Paso convinced that he had really
seen the abomination Of desolation.
On the haciendas and ranches not much
In the way of reconstruction can be ex-
pected. The bandit troops, whether they
call themselves constitutionalists o. fol.
erals, or simply bandits, seem to take
a hendfsh pleasure In destroying the fine
homes which were the mark of the rich
land owners. Nobody Is now concerned
about restoring these homes since they
are not necessary to the working of the
estates. Something however, Is being
attempted on some of the ranches and
hac1endas in the way of rebuilding the
compounds and corrals. The poems and