The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-03-05

An old gentleman with long, f1ow-
ing whiskers and a searching, far
away look, has been delivering a Sc
ries of four lectures on prophecy"
to dozen people and some dozen
dozen empty chairs in the court house
this week. His name is J. 7. Light
foot.
Mr.. Lightfoot looks like prophet,
but whether the look comes natural
or is cultivated doth not yet appear.
He has the same cut of whiskers that
are to be seen in all authenticated
photographs of Moses and Elijah and
other ancients who seem to have set
the pattern, in whiskers at least, for
all our modern prophets from Joseph
Smith the founder of Mormonism,
to Dowie of Zion City, and Pastor
Russell of everywhere who has been
elected Spiritual Advisor of The
Times Union and which paper ran
half-tone of the great No-Hell advo-
cate in its Wednesday edition. a
Our Mr.. Lightfoot who is inter-
preting prophesy to the republicans
and sinners of Palatka, is not so
well-known as some of the above
mentioned whiskers, but its dollars to
doughnuts he has all the modern
ones skinned mile when it comes to
putting up real stuff to the Gentiles
in this town.
Prophet Lightfoot ranks we'll at the
court house. 1t seems that County
Clerk Hutchinson didn't like to take
the responsibility of letting him have
the court house rent free, being a
stranger, as it were, within our
midst, so he put it up to the county
commissioners, and the board voted
unanimously to let the old prophet
have it.
You know a prophet is long on pre-
dictions; he foresees the future; to
him an event that is going to hap
pen two years hencely is as clear as
is something that happened yester-
day to a man without this keen for
sight. Most of the court house
crowd want a line on what's going to
happen two years hence; this visit of
Lightfoot gives 'em the opportunity
of finding out the will of the demo-
cratic electors before they are regis
tered.
Pete Hagan has been laying
around the court house more than
usual this week, and it is whispered
that he is waiting an opportunity to
consult Prophet Lightfoot. John
Glisson was also seen in the city this
week.
Judge Haskell processes ignorapce
concerning the man; and this We fan
~eadily believe for the Judge has jgiv-
en- it out that he will not be q can
didate for reelection.
Even Janitor Gravier, who isl In
cal descendant of a Muskrat Frech-
man who settled in this country in the
eighteenth century, was seen talking
to the prophet the other night but
whether it was for the usual tip or to
get line on his prospects for keep
ing the lawn green next summer, IS
not lnown-possibly it was both.
The News regrets it could not nave
heard these lectures of the prophet
but being leery, its editor was a
bit timid about butting in on a man
who deals in futures. what. most
concerns US at this present writing u.s.
does the Hon. Leo. Jacobsonn, alder
man nearly extincto from de Fort
ward, really mean what ne says IN
the postem serial, l. e, that he was
as vet undecided as 10 wnether ne
would permit the use OF nus ;, name
as a candidate for re-election.
Mr.. Lightfoot doesn't know, and
when we sent wire to Mr., roster
his reply was "Don't urge hlm too
strenuously, or he Will consider It
bic G d,,tu ~ his constituents to con-
time i'm R the sacrifice. 10 COL"