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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
mo CULTURE so HIGH
AS AGRICULTURE"

Up to the end of the 18th century
states existed for the benefit of king!
and princes. In the beginning of the
18th century there began to dawn or
observing minds that there was an
other viewpoint than that flom the
throne. 1t was seen that an impov'
erished class in the community meant
an impoverished nation; and to bring
this to the attention of the ruling
powers, a social economist writing ir
TIT observed:
Pauvres paysons, pauvre Royaume;
Pauvre Royaume, pauvre Roi.
That is to say: "Poor farmers, poor
kingdom; poor kingdom, poor king.
And this is still true. A country can
not reach its greatest prosperity SO
long as the poor farmer is the rule
instead of the exception.
What the average farmer really
knows about soil, crops, live stock
and economical methods of cultiva-
ton would all go between the covers
of modest-sized book. Yet there
is at the farmers command an in
creasingly valuable amount of ag-
ricultural information which he neg
lects to appropriate.
Some farmers sneer at the Gag
riculturalist," calling his methods
"fads," and oblivious to the fact that
most of the farmers poverty comes
from his objection to "new-fangled
notions" as to fertilizing, intensive
cultivation, rotation of crops, blood
ed stock and hundred other things
that spell the difference between a
miserable living and prosperity.
Now farmers should not become
indignant at all this and say: "Well,
whose business is it but my own if l
don't care to waste my time in exper-
imenting?" That might be true if
this was the farmers business alone;
but it is everybody's business. 1t is
society's business to see that the soil
"a gift to all Gods creatures-be put
to its best use. And again, it isn't
just "experimenting;" that point was
passed long ago. Agricultural COL
lege stations have dug out a great
mass of valuable facts, and it is
Setting ones self 'gainst Providence"
to neglect to use the information.
Someone has remarked that "no
culture is higher than agriculture"
the translating of human aspirations
'into the quiet joy of the fruitful
fields;" and still greater has written:
He took a portion of the earth
for his and loved it. He cover
ed barren hillside with grass,
and his flocks fed thereon =
Because of him many did enjoy
the fruits of the earth, and were
fed.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

According to the opinion of Attor-
ney-General T. F. West county COM
missioners will now have to be nomi-
mated by the county at large instead
of by districts, as provided in the law
of 1907. The law of 1907 was amend
atory of the primary law enacted in
1901, and provided for district nomi-
nations. The new primary law says
nothing about the method of nomina-
ting, but does say that the primary
elections shall be held in accordance
with the provisions of Article 1 of IT,
tie ", first division of the General
Statutes of Florida. The general
election law on the subject requires
that members of the board of county
commissioners shall be elected one
from each district from the county at
large. There seems to be no doubt
but that the Attorney-Gener is right
in his contention that the commission
ers will again be required to secure
their nominations at the hands of the
entire county.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
STILL CLOUDED.

The editor of the Ocala Star is still
greatly exercised over the belief that
negroes who have registered as DEM
ocrats will be entitled to vote in the
approaching democratic primaries. He
says:
The primary to be held in June
is greatly different from those that
have been held in Florida hereto
fore. Our previous primaries have
been for democrats only and were
strictly party affairs.
The state controlled primary is
one in which all parties may take
part. Of course, each party is to
vote only for it's own candidates,
and at this writing it does not look
like any but the democrats will en-
ter the primary; however, the 9TH
ers may, if they desire to.
But the Star editor can rest easy
The primary law under which the
coming primaries are TO be held
gives to the parties the right to ode
clare the terms and conditions on
which legal electors shall be declared
and taken as proper members of such
party, and therefore entitled to vote
in the primary election herein re-
quired to be held, as members of
that party" This section also makes
it the duty of the party executive
committees to file copies of the reso-
luton defining the qualifications of
primary participants with the super
visors of registration before the open-
ing of the registration books.
The democratic rule covering pri-
mary participation was made in 1900
and has never been changed. 1t there
fore remains the party rule under the
new primary law. 1t was the pri-
mary law that was changed; not the
party rule. That rule declared for
White primaries. That rule will re-
main in force until changed by the
Executive Committee of the Demo-
cratic party. And if it is not chang
ed until the Executive Committee
changes it will wait long time.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
Deal With Men You Know

Suwannee Democrat: Don't ex-
pect the impossible of your town and
its merchants. Be sure first, before
you complain of the goods and prices
of home merchants, that you haven't
had hand in making it impractical
BILE for our merchants to handle the
kind of goods you want at the prices
you can pay. Merchants are not
mind readers nor are they blind to
their own best interests. If they
haven't what you want they will get
it for you at as low or lower price
than you can get it anywhere else.
They deserves to be given an oppor-
tunity to do so anyhow; but if they
do not deserve it you will be doing
yourself bigger favor than you will
be doing them to deal face to face
with men you know and that can be
held personally accountable for their
promises and performances. Try
this for rule of trading hereafter
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
KEEPING BEES IN FLORIDA
is VERY PROFITABLE
Bees Are Great Help to Citrus Grow.
ers and Many Other
Fruits.

Tallahassee the office bees took
in increasing yield from plants were
fully understood, there would be many
more apiaries in Florida than there
are at present. 1t is said that encour-
agement of Bookkeeping in a certain
district of Nebraska, where much al
falfa is grown, resulted in the addition
of more than 200 per cent. to the yield
of good seed Of high germinative pow
ers in the fields of that valuable le-
gume and hay plant. We have heard
of a citrus grove in South Florida
which bore we'll for some years. Year
before last some one discovered a bee
tree near this grove, cut it down and
thus dispersed its inhabitants. The
following year there was almost no
crop from that grove.
Not only fruit growers, but observ-
ant truckers, are aware that they are
much indebted to the bees. The little
honey gatherer dives into the depths
of a blossom in search of a nectar,
and, emerging, carries off much pollen
on its fuzzy coat, Within the next
blossom of the same species it visits
1t rubs much of this pollen on the
pistils, securing the fertilization of the
ovules and the consequeSt formation
of fruit Cross fertilization, so essen.
tial to the stamina of plants and ami.
mails Is made more certain by the Wis
its of the bees. SO well is the use
full agency of the bees understood in
many parts Of the North that fruit
growers maintain bee colonies in their
orchards-not so much for the honey,
which is regared rather as a by-pro.
Queer, but for the sake of increasing
the yield of the trees.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

Leo M. Frank, convicted in the At
lanta courts of the murder of little
Mary Phagan, factory girl in his
employ, has been sentenced to hang
on April 18th, which day will also be
Franks thirtieth birthday. To be
perfectly frank we do not believe
Frank will hang at the time set by
the court; there is strong doubt con-
corning his guilt; there were toO
many liars to testify against him, and
Too few reliable witnesses. His at
torney's are busy.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

KILLING THE MOSQUITO IN
HIS WINTER QUARTERS.

How do mosquitoes pass the wner That depends the
MOSQUITO according Knab recent number of Sci
ought know because he the United States
has made exhaustive study of this
winged enemy The house mosquito hi
in commonly to set
all other mosquitoes but either be-
sufficient social prestige for other
: he has great following
There large mosquitoes belonging other
equally defatgabe carrying disease to human beings
malaria paicuarthat the winter in the form OF eggs
the SKILL likely
{: winged creatures, and in this fact lies hope
house mosquito through generations
the it is allowed breed breeds
tubs gutter pipes they happen be stopped up lot
with from idly flowing artesian well has puddes it and
still puddle tin will supply enough mosquitoes
whole nehbohood All long, therefore these places must
either drained covered kerosene
The kinds mosquitoes the other hand that the win
hatch in the and then multiply further till
the spring The fight them rake and burn all
other kinds of plant refuse that have collected depressed
places the ground where water has stood and likely stand again
the spring bonfire of this kind, will mosquito country,
the funeral of many million enemies OF man.
Paaka and city Florida the people
untold suffering and large by little industry
away only mosquito breeding closed
but piles refuse heaps where flies breed be cleared
Flies only but disease being the
typhoid and bowel complaints than 9TH
the Sanitation and Public Health Committee of the
Trade the city authorities and they
Palatka deal of dis
suffering and The time for talking has know
4 what is needed, let
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

Clarence E. Woods, editor of the
Eustis Lake Region, has announced
as a candidate for the legislature
from Lake county. His announce
ment, appearing in his paper of last
week, is accompanied with half-tone
picture of the candidate, one look at
which is enough to make the average
would-be statesman sneak to cover.
Woods is big man in Lake county,
and he would be a big man in any
county or in the legislature. His pa
per is gotten out regardless of ex-
pense and in neatness of appearance
there is nothing in all Florida to
compare with it. Florida is proud of
Clarence E. Woods and we presume
Lake county is proud that he has
settled there and is plugging for its
advancement along all lines of pro-
gress. We expect his people back
Gin old Kentucky" where he was born
and bred are proud of him. But do
they know his danger? Does he re-
alize what a shock he will give the
home folks? They are proud and
pleased with him now; they couldn't
be otherwise; but might they not find
themselves in the predicament of the
old lady in Georgia who had son in
a distant state who was the Every
apple of her eye." He went wrong,
or at least the old lady thought he
did. A gentleman, knowing her great
pride in this son happened to call
one day and after the usual greetings
enquired after him. To his intense
surprise the old lady burst into
storm of tears. "Why, what's the mat
ter?" asked the caller. ."He just writ
me-" said the old lady, that he's
done been sent to the legislature
1 don't know for what or for
how long, but l prays the good
God they'll be. easy on him." In the
case of Woods those who know him
and his ability as an editor will, af-
ter his election, be likely to say, 81
prays God he'll be easy on the leg
stature"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

A Princeton professor has been
trying to scare us: He says "the
higher classes are not multiplying
and the human race will be degen-
Grated in so years" The so-called
higher classes" never did multiply.
Extinction has befallen the lines of
ancient kings, philosophers, poets and
merchants. Their room is taken by
families more recent, families closer
to the virility of labor and the soil.
The new "higher classes" may be-
come enfeebled. If so they will dis
appear, but society can still draw on
the great vigorous masses for the
leaders and ornaments of the race.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
State and County Committees

Pensacola Journal: The Orlando
Sentinel has evidently not read the
new primary law very carefully. The
Sentinel says:
In view of the requirement of the
Bryan primary law that all county
committees meet on or before March
18th to make arrangements for the
primary it seems that the call for the
state committee for March IA is a,
little too near. 1t would be better
for the county committees to be ad-
vised concerning the acts of the state
committee prior to their sittings
What is the view of the majority on
this point?
The law provides that all commit
tees-county as well as state and
congressional-shall meet not later
than March Is. Also, there is moth
ing in the law by which the state
committee has any control over or
connection with the county commit
tees. Each is independent of all the
others and simply does its routine
work as indicated by the law.
AS matter of fact, outside of levy
much to do. The work of conducting
the primary devolves almost entire
ly upon the same officers who have
charge of the general elections. These
are the county commissioners, the
circuit court clerks, and the secretary
of state. With the election proper,
the executive committees have moth
ing to do.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
ThouohtFul Quail.

Tho tourist who was ANXIOUS 'V'
game entered western leA" ~, u'' IT.
nonsed and looked around 'Nen lt
quietly approached the d'SN 'n" '1
dressed the proprietor.
ANY quail about TINS heiSn""
hood?" T.,
.ouail!" echoed the proprietor with
an induigent smile. They have berUnl
so numerous around here that they ar
a nuisance. The cook complains lni
she can't throw Il piece of toast out d
the kitchen window but -Four or bN
fat auaiIs fight to see which one shall
get on it."-Lippincott's
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

The effect of labor saving improve
ments in production is to increase the
demand for land, and the demand
for land increases rents; but no la
Dor saving machine ever invented has
ever decreased the hours of labor OF
a single wage worker.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
The Blue Sky Law

Tampa Times: Though Kansas
originated it, as she has so many nov
elites in legislation, her "blue sky"
law is not the only one of its kind
by several. Similar laws have been
enacted in at least sixteen other
states. They all bear the same name,
though no one has ever been able to
tell its origin, and partake of the
same general characteristics, all be-
ing modelled after the Kansas protc-
type-in fact, most of them are said
to be copied after it verbatim.
Among the states that have--or
had -ablue sky law is Michigan; but
the Federal court in the state has
recently decided that it is unconstitu-
tional, and now Michigan has none
A similar court of the same jurisdic-
ton in Iowa has decided the same
question in exactly the opposite way
1t is probable that all of these laws
in the other states where they have
been enacted will be attacked in the
courts upon the strength of tie Mich
igan decision.
Whatever may be the final judg-
ment Of the court of last resort upon
the question of constitutionality, the
blue sky laws have come to staS We
do not mean that the Judgment OF
the court will be denied if it is adj
verse. 1t will be observed, but its
force and effect will be avoided by
amending the laws that are found to
be defective so as to do away with
the faults that the court finds them to
possess.
These laws are necessary to the
protection and welfare of the people.
1t must not be said that millions of
the inhabitants of this country are
to be exposed to robbery in broad
daylight and that the law possesses
no power to protect them.
1t is an old maxim which saws.
Wherever there is a wrong there is
remedy" There are widespread
wrongs that these laws were designed
to cure. If by reason of defects they
will not accomplish their purposes
they must be so changed as to make
them answer the ends of their enact
ment.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
A Famous Year,

1t is commended that the year 1909
gave more celebrities and persons of
genius to the world than any other
year Of the nineteenth century. Among
those who We're born in that memora-
BILE year We're Abraham Lincoln, Ed
gar Allan Poe. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
William Ewart Gladstone, Charles
Darwin, Lord Houghton, Alfred Ten
nyson. Edward Fitzgerald, Professor
Blackie, Mary Cowden Clarke and
Felix Mendelssohn.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
A New Industry

"A I've" lHuuStl
Florida Grower: The new industry
teaching the science and art of prop
agation, has just been started at
IONA, Florida, and promise to be in
teresting among the young folks and
also among some few of the older
ones who wish to learn what they
were denied the opportunity of learn
ing when in their youth. A club
meets Friday afternoons at the close
of schools. The club consists of both
boys and girls from the schools for
the purpose of learning about tres,
how they grow, how they are multi
piled and how to care for them. Mr..
J. H. Callahan is the instigator of this
idea, and if properly managed and the
instructions and practices are kept up
to date, it should prove of great value
as a source of practical information
10 both young and old alike. Who
knows but what this industry may
yet discover and develop another Bur-
bank?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

A good treatment for a cold settled
in the lungs is a HERRICK'S RED
PEPPER PORUS PLASTER applied
to the chest to draw out infiamma-
ton, and BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP to relax tightncss.
You get the two remedies for the
price of one by buying the dollar size
iiorehound Syrup; there is a porus
plaster free with each bottle. Solo
oy Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
Conversational Inadvertence,

Before we were married you told
me | was us pretty as picture"
And so you We're, Henrietta" re-
Piled Mr.. Meekton. But they have
been getting out lot of handsome
postcards since then" - Washington
Star.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
Ocala's Steady Increase

Ocala Star: Hardly day goes by
that the papers of Ocala do not men
ion the building of a new house in
he city, either to be occupied by the
owner or as an investment. This has
)een going on for a long time yet
we claim no boom, just a steady,
healthy growth, supported and back
ed up by the splendid farming lands
about us
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

Ocala Banner: Kissimmee spent
100000 for brick paving, $4,000 Of
which amount went to the railroad
company for freight. On that basis,
which is probably about as low as it
can be done, when Orlando spends
100000 for paving, there will be Z
freight bill about $4,000, and when
Orange county puts up half million
dollars for brick roads, the railroads
will get something in the way of
freight on brick.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

The average workman is at his
best only when he is well fed, hu-
namely treated, and free from the
anxiety of losing employment.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13
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App y cotton cloth wet with BAL
LARD'S SNOW IMMINENT to ali
wounds, cuts, burns, sores or blisters,
and note its wonderful healing pow
ef II is prompt and very effective.
Price 25c, SOC and S1.OO Der bottls
Sold by Aekerman-Stewart Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-13

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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-11-14
EMBARGO is LIFTED

NCHICAGO, Nov. 13.-An order lift
ing the embargo on live stock ship
ments to Chicago was issued by the
state board of live stock commits
sioners. Railroads have been not-
fled they could accept shipments t.
be delivered in Chicago on Sunday
at midnight, when the Union Stock
Yards, under quarantine because Of
foot and mouth disease, will be re-
orened. All shippers must file with
the transportation company an at
fidavit that the stock shipped is not
affected with. and not been exposed
to the malady.
New instructions from the bureau
animal industry that only affected
animals of a herd should be killed
continued to bring protests from per-
sons prominent in nearly every
branch of the industry. Thomas
Wilson. president of Norris and com
pany, said that temporizing with The
the valudisease would Immediately
reduce the values of live stock IN
the United States by 25 per cent.
T. e. White, director of Armour
and Company, asserted he did not
believe the American people wanted
to run the risk of infection rom
their meat supply.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-11-14

the financial year ending March 81
y parliamentary measure officially
announced that it is proposed to vote
a credit of $1,125,000, 900 to cover naval
and military expenditures previous to
the end of next March. Previous Gre
dts make a total of S1,O25 900 goo on
account of the war.
OF this sum, however, a small
part has been loaned to Belgium and
Servia, and some will be used to
assist the dominions and allies to
make their financial arrangements.
A portion OF the money also will be
required for an additional million
men who are to be enlisted and who
will bring the English regular army
up to 2,1S6,000 These figures do
not include. the territorials, who num-
Der 100000.
A Berlin dispatch says:
Emperor William has established
headquarters at Coblenz. Two Yep
pelins continuously circle about his
apartments. Five daughters in law
and his sons have been asked to
join him there
1t was officially announced today
that the British cruiser Monmouth.
which was destroyed recently in a
battle with German warships of
Chile, carried AZ officers and Cos
men. Captain Frank Brandt was in
command.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-11-14
BEAUTIFUL kASHMlR

It has been said that India is the
brightest jewel in the British crown
but one cannot realize the bright
ness of the gem to the fun until
one has sojourned for a space i'll
that veritable dreamland situated in
the wedge of mountains forming the
north center boundary OF that zen
insula No other country in the
world can boast of such a diversity
OF scenery, or is 50 full Of beauty
spots as the valleys and uplt"ds
# Kashmir Snow covered noun
tains, pineclad hills, rushing torrents,
clear streams. limpid lakes ua1 broad
alluvial plains all combine to make
up the wonderland, which forms the
summer haunt of may jaded plains
men from the sultry cantonments of
India. OF late, alas, the ubiquitous
globe trotter has discovered it. and
his excessive supply of casa
brings higher prices, silk socks and
white waistcoats into a pace iisc
where ''bcilod shirts and other M
purtenaac@s of an evil civilization
should never have been allowed
to penetrate-Wo Magazine.