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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-18

36 900. lower. bulk g7.-urfT 80. 1iItt
s1.s5u go: mixed f7.sOnTE5. heavy
$1,000 80; rouEhs S1.3uuT4a. mss
go pr" 100. 'aIll'. receipts 1s. UNI.
Trim. native beef ste. RI gs.gurfg gs.rotrs
and heifCre GS2SIsT5. calves g. ,t.I
5000. Sh'ep. receipts 10000. weak .
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-18

WHEELING. W. Va. May Il. rs.
The activo Pittsburgh stocks corrected
oaiiy BY A. l.. Maat-n a Co. bankers
building.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-18
New York Stock Exchange.

WHEELING. v. Va, Way y. 10.
Range OF active stocks on the New
. York STOCK ENchcago. correeted daily ~
A. r. Masten A. Co. brokers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-18

! N)-conservative Life books close
June 10 q dividend payable July Ist
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-18
WHEELING TRACTION CoMPAnx
ExPRESs CAR sCHEDUL1
Taxing EKe,t June Al, 1900.


PANHANDLE LINE
WHEELING AND WELLSBUR1
Daily Except sunday
Wheeling welisbura
Leave
2ind Street Lava
wheeling wellsburn
1890 a m. $500 a M,
1850 D. m 11:OC noon
MOUNDSVILLE LINE
WHEELING AND MOUNDSvILR
Leave
10Th Street Leavs
Wheeling McundavfllS
i0;00 a m 1:SO y. m.
On lines having regular express SER
vice. shipments Weighing IN excess OF
nifty pounds or large bulk Will not be
carried on Passenger cars.
ALL JINES-Daily Except Sunday.
No shipments. except emergency ship
ments Of medicines. will be carried on
passenger cars between 900 and 6:iS
p. m
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-18

Stocks lopenlIighl Low Gloss
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16

tinue the Lusitania, but at reduc-
ed speed.
Under cross examination Booth
admitted that the company reccG-
nized that speed was essential II he
vessel escaped a submarine attack.
The company concluded that the
Lusitania was too speedy for a sub
marine and it made little difference
whether she was making : or .
knots an hour. The company, he
said, asked the admiralty on May /
to instruct Captain Turner to make
Liverpool at such an hour as to
make unnecessary the taking on OF
4 pilot Booth said officials feared
that if the L.usitania stopped to take
or a pilot she would be at the mer-
cv of submarine
Thomas Quinn. a seaman, declar-
ed that the Lusitania could not
have escaped if she had been max
ina 100 knots an hour inasmuch as
she was attacked without warning.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
JitneN Drivers Is,ue Paper.

BAKERSFIELD. Cal. June 10
Jitney bus drivers of Bakersfield,
foreseeing they will have to fight for
business life before long. in common
with their brother jitney bus driver
ali over the country, are publishing
their own newspaper today Its a
weekly, but all its space is devoted
to lauding the humble jit, and 'efu-
eating the public to the belief OF
the bus driyers-that ultimately the
iitney bus will take the place OF troll
ley cars as medium of city rapid
transit
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16

CHARGE MADE
NEW YORK PAPER CLAIMS DIR.
GERHARD WAS N REALITY
DIR. MEYER
WELL LAID SCHEME
Charges Maize that Meyer Was Here
to Eu. War supplies from Ger
manr--Aided by Woman
Broker.

NEW YORK, June 1G.--ln d
special story today the New YORK
Tribune charged thai Dr. Bernard
Gerhard, supposed pence envoy from
the German ambassador to Berlin,
was in reality Dr., Alfred Meyer, Ger
maHv's privy counsellor and chi II
of the army supply division. The
story further claims that while pos
ing as Or. Gerhard, ii Red Cross
agent, Dr. Meyer was really trying
TO buy war supplies IN America. NOV
he has returned homo With valuable
Information concerning Americas
military status. The Tribune Incl
denJalIy charged that the German
ambassador and attaches of the EN-.
hassy acted as a party 10 the decep
tton whereby Meyer masqueraded as
la Rcd Cross agent and gained safe
conduct home from this government
The PAGER further claims that
there vas an agreement between Dr..
Meyer and Mrs, Nelma lewis. wa
! broker. for the purchase OF discarded
government rifles. The plan, il is
ialleged, was to influence the govern
, ment To release the~- rifles Mrs
/ Lewis. it is charged. hoped TO be abte
, tn get the Influence OF u brother Of
Secretary OF The Treausry McAdoo
The story also asserted that eN-
Consul Metz was SEM 20 Washing
ton 10 sound out Secretary Bryan
on the sale OF the rifles.
! Another version is that DR.. Mey-
ct accompanied the rea! lr, Ger.
.arG lack to Germany dsseuisheu as
his private secretary
All efforts to confirm the story
met with denial OF effacement of.
/ German embassy attaches The
i German ambassador, though sup
( posed TO be at hotel here vas not
a3allable \ publicity agent, sup
posed 10 have been With Or. Dera-
berg. said the story impressed him
~ q fake lie declared that the man
p 40 Went as Or Gerhard was actu-
lily engaged IN Red Cross work and
not In toe purchase OF ammunition
/ O1her persons implicated in the
. charges gave Indignant denial or re-
fused TO talk
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
MEM tvIcfnCf IS fuUhO
N the tlWs0h TRIAL
sssNN. I'M ttsssN - TIT. -
.uNttps VI rHtt Ht VIII
sa Nos nun

rRENtnAn. ea8 faa~ - fsaa
Il IA .asa s&a Hamx#sssss aassaf asAat
-. s rns 8sasaa af ga wsaas aasalf a.
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ses@ ~ a. Nss@ase saa aftssfaa Ars
a. - 80 49, a &gMs So ssa4E= szs4
NssA ID. j. Hewk.& - t#saa
Tsas an.aAxsg 8sxs2Fsa sfsas = aA8zsa
8sfsassml4s told usse saE@F Ah@ was
aszasaE eat fey acaasfsal thai . ;
at. Mas esatisaals III asa IN. anAg.
hsa ordered aas n4eazs cRs efs aaFil
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
Tx ITALIAN FLEET PUTS
TO SEA uAQtR ORDERS
10 ~ttN ttstN 80 sT~atss~.
N tiR ~ 80 tatp I'VE. tt..s.
sTs NstuN

4aME aaa~ - ensgef a~as...t
6fa#a# fHass aa4s~a lasm
ss#m f#am. ) a.aKs.ra
eH~ aNs8 ~ asa#m
a sz szsaasss amt ENsss
So kas tAs srE A4ass = thm
Hffsasr@s ~ easmsssa sAAssss
fsF Hsssa7 Seq tAe kBas. - ex-xsas
4gFaams M.fHa&a& ~ 2am sNTNMxM
: ##s# sH.#h4k sn s@#he# ssa&ssw
ahfeaessa she ss~F frBms TO ~assm
gss sasss depart.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
BRYAN ISSUES
NEW STATEMENT
MI ny DONE TO \rt9Et,. ~
HONS by N.I; 81 E)Etr on
FIRST ARTICLE.
The j. s. POSITION
t''''Aff~ 'lia' This Nat;nn l. but,
f",,nd tu Set .u r>a.np,e Tor
Fali, nee and Self E.-t!~urt.
t.iitct, I'll the War.

NASIilNGTON. June 1G The in
Jury done to neutral natfons - Var
wa the sUbtec; OF tie frs OF Sc
res Of three statements to lie iasuea
ty Mr. bryan The l,r~, ona VAS
.&iyea out today.
After pointing to tho onormi'y &
the conflict the forInc" SECRETARY
said.
The wars atfliction Is visited up
on ihe women and children as we'll
as upon The men. Truly we behold
the p@stjdeHCe Of the war in the
darkness and in the noon-day'
Neutral nations cannot look on With
Indifference; the ties that bind them
together are too strong; the relations
are TOO intimate"
This he held TO be particularly
true of the United States with her
cosmopojtan population. He char
acteri@ed the war as an internation-
at nuisance
No American citizen cannot fail
to note without some concern the
manner in which the European W"
question has intruded into our poll
t}Cs--oyersh economic issues
and stimulating agitation in favor o
larger appropriations for military
and naval purposes,
business is deranged and an ey-
tensive reimbursement is necessary
while commerce with foreign couu-
tries is seriously interrupted, the
fluctuation OF prices abroad are re-
Elected in the markets in the Unit
ed States In addition tC t!lis freight
rates and insurance premiums have
increased
He called attention to the fact II at
nation which is constantly preselg-
iHg its neutrality is in DANCE. OF
becoming embroied il the war
through no fault OF its own The
assumption then must b. given to
Ilt dtt iur peace ana MOI val Is Tue
normal condition. II IA ions are
determined 10 fight, he SAID, ,hey
should as far as possible bear the
burden themselves and not be per
njtted to transfer it to ma ,ons which
avoid war by resorting to reason in
stead of force
This nation. he said. as head of the
neutral group sincerely rtendly te
the belligerents is duty bound TO set
al example OF patience aud self-ra-
4traint No man, he concluded, ever
had such rich blessing As that
which viii come to our president
when the time for mediation comes
as come it must
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
GERMANY WILL NOT
MAKE EARLY REPLY
MILL pRoBtBi, III ih.iHf
uilks or MORE nitoi:!
sill tN~W EE~ Na'f
President tl>"n l. '''an'"& u u"
to- cornish tari Next W'"h
tor - >ilutt
Rest.

N~ufNGTaN lug' u ~ T
al ,.fa lss tatiay satstgne iser-fh s
e.. ar' that gH- ansesr to 70" NHs'ri.
.sraa.t aatv o8 sas i-Hs'Fanii
.-. ssati h. .uustir-ab.F dsl-s''
Hva##Hr taJ' nsth Is" tai''E''
4fes aH.i tssf9HaHs uss + he 8 'ts
tsa4 tn lnG wEt
HHrae a.sks nr more Z @az re
r.t etl3 ss.s es.sssaHssal - t"r
as "a preparing the fsiss
u s sAssas fasi fHaf ffszss'tf
" t-a mss& ess att ea ~. "a 'a'''7
=. .,ss7zssh saHHs usxs &es& an# sa~+
ass Ha#8 =sf sHta f
SIS
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
ouEEN SOSY/A

All Greek officials in the United
States and abroad have strenuouslY
denied a wild report, published i'll
Paris, that the illness OF King Con
staatine OF Greece was caused by
Queen Sophie. The Paris report had
il that she. a sister OF Kaiser Will
helm, believed to be strongly
friendly to Germany in the war,
had stabbed the king because OF his
leaning toward the 'allies
The precise nature of the King :
illness is mystery While it is an
formed on him very little informa-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16

ton as to the nature of his malady
has been officially given out.
The heir apparent TO the Greek
throne is Prince George eldest son
OF Constantine. He is twenty-five
years Old and unmarried Dispatches
last year said he was engaged to
Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter
OF King Ferdinand of Roumania, but
the war has caused postponement
Of the wedding. The prince receiv-
ed his education and military train
ing in Germany. Prince Nicholas,
/ brother of King Constantine, is the
best liked member of the reigning
family
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
Death ot Pioneer.

VAN ALSYNE. Texas June lf.-
Geo. W. Thomas. pioneer. died
at his home here early this morning
He settled in Texas in 1869, aud had
resided in this town twenty-tour
years. He was one of the Survivors
of The cyclone which destroyed the
town IF SAVOY ia Fannin county in
1SX6. lie received injuries ther
from which he never entirely 70
csered
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
|H0SillAs DRIVEN 0lCk
0ltR THEIR 0Mn FRONTIER
e'a'iN~ snt Hfie,srtn ~
- NV sIttNss ftts ~ ~>itN
Ftssstf>s1 Ht~>tgttus

HsasRAn faas fa-Ths iaez
s@s EAAs8An gsFaxaNN# 81
aa2 Mmxs6Mass ~ e.sswNaE 5H 3
@ &&s4ss&m4 MMs asFasAa5F ID
b. sAe 44s usssasn FSssAs
@stssSs fsMs~s4s-4s a3sa sMsi
- fs~sxans aS<a.~m she gssseesps
sAa ft@sh rivers srssa she afr~ezsss
sssfn@slta we're fernsd Ia retreat
a@aa The Rassaaa Frontier par
sa*a bg the enerny.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
VALUE Or DALLAS Autos.
Total Value Of Car. in that County
Estimated at Millions.

DALLAS TeX, June l6.-Seven
and a half million dollars worth OF
automobiles are owned in Dallas
county. according To official esti-
mates. only about 80 per cent are
voluntarily returned for taxation,
The tax assessor announces that he
viii make an investigation OF his
own ii returns are not hastily
made
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16

SEVERAL ftE~p>> KNOWN IT,
Have .e-a Killed IN ~,oru.

ABERDEEN : y June ls 4
tnruafo sWeeptHs over thtz section
last nigh, killed seeeFsi persons ana
"a raash' prepsrf1 damage estimated
NJ nut l.ss than s2ea. a"a
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
Forty Negroes Pard0ncd.

AUSTIN, Tex, June l6--Forty
negro conyicts, most OF them old
and friendless, will go forth to free
dem from the penitentiary in a few
DAYS as the result Of pardons grant
cd today by Governor Ferguson.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
DEATH SENTENCE AFFIRMED.
court ct Criminal Appeals Acts in
the 4. \. MYERS Ease.

AUSTIN Ten Iehe I6 The
court of criminal appeals to-day a}-
armed the death sentence uf e. \
MYERS from Tarrant county 81 hu
was eon,itted Tor the killing uf \
" Montague pernIsHdeut 81
terminals in Fort Worth. an January
an
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
urr-tss> >rssss IA


NFRBgN. Jane Is -s@SMs Sss
Ia So snssHs@s ~ AeTnasfs Ass
,r.ss : ala - SsaftfzsF One f@refa
:. Ii hls condition h -eFseas ifssaa az
staasA 81 brsnehitls.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
CONFESSED TO RIDER.
Kansas Farmer Admits Killed H
son With a Gas Pipe.

MCPHERSON. Kansas, June 1G.--
TraiIed by bloodhounds Geo. Coates
confessed to killing his seventeen
year-old son Roy With gas pipe. az
cording to the county attorney. The
boy was found dying iii 4 barn near
the home
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16
FR[ET CAR
STRIKE OFF
,rttG BETWEEN CON-
,,,rs AM MEN ENDED NJ
NAVY TINS MORNING.
TO WORK
E,oe,neute Were CunC'sideG to-
ea,,,,etr service to BE Reeim-
cd an All I.ines---Earn Side
Wakes toHce~sinn~.


CHICAGO June ne ''>
ltet ear 5tflhe III ''''as' mas ''''''
lled oil.
agreement ending the strike was
6eAei at . % ctOCF ti'iS morning
pp it Va arranged for full Str
10 be resumed by noon on Al
lines. The elevateo line resum-
a partia service shertl1 before
hit o'cl,ck with union crews.
#ghe cessation of hostilitles came
her an aii-njsht session II Mayor
tpmPson', office at the CIiy haIt
conference was ba-Ween thu
bMFay officials, the strika lead
Is, special aldermanic committee
Il tie mayor. The opposi Il, lac
bBs we're not able 20 &ol together
BIT uaNn, and then each a&"GrG to
lie certa n points aad arSit'ase
i others he poia+s - be III
laie HcQta Il "l@o scale and
length Ct, .lme a nd NUS "ara
orr he rai= receive TIE maNimuo
b.
The men agreed 10 return to "crt
der the old scale W,sh the under
fadias that any changes made vii
b. back n Jun
Both the company officials aud
b. men will name their mem
r. oil the arbitration board
IithiH three days. They will
LeH nave week in which to
rma"e tae5r rases, af.er which the
Earring viii start at once. No time
hit MAS placed on the arbitration
4 professional strike breaking firm
he east was today notified toI
op Tire importation of over &.00a
en- who are now speeding her.
\ thousand others now here Wera
I'd off and sent back.
The strikers held that the peaca-
4 ending Of the strike was par
y union victory. though they al
Itted that they We're forced %
lhe concessions which they oriljE-
~ refused 20 grant Although the
-'ae was short lived it was one Of
F. most complete tie-ups in the ais
r. OF the city. and was also on
the most peaceful, Only two acts
violence occurred All tnesa oo8id
be traced to the strikers.
he generally peaceful situation
is slightly rnffled today Wh"a
eshie1r Rruec of the elevated om-
''es union Jaw an elevated traH
'te with . communion crew lie
once Notified the officials that tn,
IKE would be resumed in full force
Tire w.u were not taken off al
- They We're reno, ed
/ To "a.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16

there was an agreement Two new
witnesses have been found with sto-
les contf'adictine the states Wit
nesses connecting Lawson with the
shooting of the mine guard.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16

strike leaders signed an agreement
10 arbitrate the points i'll dispute.
In the loop district thousands
joined in a joyful demonstration as
the first surface car passed. The
crews wore a small American flag
aud larger flags were carried on the
front platform,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-06-16

Although the Germans have made
charges against the Russians for
cruelty i'll East Prussia. similar
charges have been made against
them BY the Russians, and this
photograph of Sergeant Pannassink
is offered by them as evidence, The
soldier WAS captured by Germans,
according to the Russian story, and
taken to garage, where the Ger
mans slit his ears He freed him
self during the fight and made his
way back 10 the Russian lines.
There he was decorated with a dis
tinguished cross.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-20
LADYSMITH MARKET
Corrected Weekly

J. M. Fereber, of Richland Center
was a business caller here Thurs
day.
Dr. H. c. Johnson, of Glen Flora
was the guest of Dr. L. NJ. Lund
mark yesterday
Hail-Hail-Hail Insure 20 Il
growing crop against hail. See me-
B. E. FRENCH.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cleeyes, of Hol
combe, were in Ladysmith on a
brief visit yesterday
Be first to choose your fall shoes
from the new styles Of Queen Quail
ity shoes, just arrived at Thomp-
son Mere Co
Miss Stella Rhodes, of Hawkins,
was in Ladysmith yesterday to take
the teachers examination.
| have $4,000 to loan on real estate.
Your own terms, lowest rates on in
terest and commission. J. w. Carow,
Ladysmith, Wis.
Dale McNally arrived home Sun
day morning from Green Bay to
spend a week. He is employed in
a large garage in that city.
For Sale-Good farm land, easy
to clear and Well located. VIII take
Ladysmith property in part payment.
"A. n. ANDERSEN, Owner, Lady
smith, Wis. 1916
Mrs. r. E. Mason and daughter,
Mildred, of Detroit, Mich, who were
visitors at the home of j. O. Sin
clair, returned to Detroit Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs. John Zimpel and children ar
rived here from Butternut yester-
day and will make their home in
Ladysmith. Mr. Zimpel came down
a couple of weeks previously and is
employed by the Flambeau River
Lumber Co
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-08-20
COMING EVENTS

Aug. 20-Dance, Trues hall, LuelIs
Harp Quartette.
August 30-Rusk County Training
School re-opens.
Sept. Z, 8, 8, 10-Rusk County Fair.
Sept. Z, 8, 8 and 10--Fair dances at
True's hall, LuelPs Harp Quar-
tette.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-07

the west and from the east, from the
north and from the south, the logical
position being the only place to cross
st. Johns river on a bridge.
The cost of its entire construction
from north to so1th and from east to
west through the entire county and
later including concrete bridge to
take the place of the wooden struc-
ture now in use will be less by $780,
900 than st. Johns county is now
spending on its system of permanent
roads; when comparisons are made
it is evident that if st. Johns county
can spend such large sum with half
the inducement, Putnam county can
well afford he smaller sum and de-
rive a double benefit. 1t is not a
question can Putnam county afford to
DO it; but can she afford not to do it?
In the event Putnam county fails
to take advantage of this opportunity
it is entirely probable that this high
way from Jacksonville to Tampa will
pass up Palatka and be routed by
Highland and Starke or some similar
route not including Palatka.
E. W. ELLIOTT,
Sec Board of Trade.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-07
ARMS OF ANTWERP.
They Recall the Queer Custom That
Gave the City Its Name.

Historians relate that Antwerp takes
its name from castle which in Frank
ish times marked the site of the city.
This castle was built to protect the
entrance to the Scheldt and to pre-
vent foreign traders Introducing goods
into the country without paying toll to
the sovereign lord
The penalty for theft and smuggling
was in those days the cutting off of a
hand, and, as in this case the severed
members were thrown into the Scheldt,
the castle came to be known as And
hunerbo-or, in Flemish, Antwerpen-
"the place Of hand throwing" The
castle and two severed hands appear
on the city arms to this day.
Antwerp cathedrafs tapering spire
was once compared by Charles V. to
mechlin lace. The towers of the old
Steen castle, the fortress palnce of the
former counts Of Antwerp, break the
center of the line of docks and look as
stolid and formidable as in the days
when the castle was necessary to guard
the shipping Here were held those
great fairs which during the middle
ages served to attract merchants from
all parts of the civilized world.-Lon.
don Standard
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-07
SECRETARY ELLIOTT
URGES GOOD ROADS.

Putnam County has done we'll in
the past-Putnam County must do
bette. in the future. There was a
time when hard surfaced roads were
ia pride to any county and Putnam
county had her share. Now, how
ever, the cry goes up from every sec
roads. From Maine to California and
from the Great Lakes to Florida's S
Coral Strand, the cry resounds, and
while many of Florida's counties
have been foremost in this great work
Putnam county so far has remained
dormant in this important task.
Our sister county st. John, has per-
haps initiated and is now maturing
the greatest system of permanent
roads of any county in the State.
This should be complimented and re-
ceive the highest praise, fof while it
will prove of immense value and en-
hance manifold the revenue from tax
alton, it will likewise more than re-
pay for the money and effort expend-
ed in it's construction to the owner
Of Es broad acres.
Putnam county has, however, a
two-fold reason for demanding per-
manent roads; issues of immense i'm
portance that no other county in the
state kas. First: 1t is iu,1 rs i'm
portant to Putnam county to have
permanent roads for its traffic and
movements of it's products which COM
pare perhaps in volume and value
with anv other county in The State.
and Will lead all others VIXEN move
ments now being inaugurated will
have matured, Second: Permanent
roads will bring new settlers on or
now barren acreage which needs but
the help Of man to make bloom
and blossom in prolific profusion.
Bird: Permanent roads are not a bur-
den to the tax payer but dividend
payer, an investment that has proven
to be the most profitable of all to the
farmer, the trucker, the orange
grower, the manufacturer and real
estate holders; and the history of all
permanent road moves with no single
exception is that the tax payer would
not relinqIish the benefits of same
for many times it's cost.
Last, but not least, Putnam county
holds the key to the permanent road
position of all the Florida peninsula
The Miami Montreal Highway pass
ing down our east coast will connect
with Palatka and Putnam county
with just few miles of road, and
there is a movement now on foot to
make a Jacksonville-Tampa Highway
coming down the west side of st.
Johns river--and going through Pa
latka, Gainesville, Ocala, Leesburg,
Dade City, Tarpon Springs, st. Pc
tersburg then to Tampa and south to
Ft. Myers, returning by Barlow, Kis-
simmee, Orlando, Sanford, DeLand
and back into Palatka from the south
This will mean that all highways lead
to Palatka; and possessing this ad-
vantage it is high time that Putnam
county meet and perfect these high
ways with permanent roads and take
her place with the leading banner
counties of the State.
When this shall be accomplished,
and accomplished it will be in the no
distant future, Putnam county will
then be one of Florida's richest and
greatest counties and Palatka will
take its rightful position of one Of
Florida's largest cities.
Here will meet the highways from