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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

Gradually the awful details of the
murder Of the two Gardeners at their
hunting camp on the Ocklawaha are
coming to light and the worst an
ticipatiOns are proving more than
true. The Gardeners were unques-
tionably foully murdered by their
negro helper, who robbed their bod
les and fled, and has so far eluded
the quest of the officers. AlOnzo
Gardner, according to the brother who
is here assisting in the search, car
ried a large sum of money. The
niger was a product of the Jackson
vile slums; his character was not
looked into; he was taken with the
Gardeners and, as is the custom with
most men from Massachusetts, shar-
ed their campfire, their mess and
their condolences. Southern men
would have fed him equally well, but
he would have sat apart-he would
not have shared their condolences,
and neither would he have been temp
ted by display of money. In fact
they would not have engaged a
STRANGE Niger. A mean mig
ger is the meanest of animals, the
most vicious of brutes; his lust for
Iucre will cause him to commit muir
der as readily as to rob hen rOOst ;
he is morally incapable of discrimi-
mating between the two crimes, and
especially is this the case with the
city slums' niger. No southern
man would have employed him; he
would have taken a local negro whose
ability and character could be vouch-
ed for by his white neighbOrs and of
whom there are hundreds in any COM
munity, and even then he would not
have been lifted from his natural
place. 1t was an awful crime, one of
the most revolving in the criminal
history of Florida; and for the sake
of Florida's reputation as paradise
for sportsmen we trust the guilty
brute may be brought to speedy JUS
tice. Gov. Trammel and Sheriff
Kennerly feel the disgrace which has
come upon us nightly and have Of
fered rewards for his apprehension.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
JACKS0NVILLE'S
INDUSTRIAL SURVEY.

The papers of our neighbOring city
have a good deal TO say-and much
seems to be expected-abOut an in
dustrial survey some scientific "fel-
Ter" is pulling off. The report has
reached here that the scientific 'fel-
Ter" is to get $4,000 for the job. If
this is true Jacksonville has more
suckers in it than we had heretofore
credited it with having.
A competent city engineer ought
in all reason prepare a fairly practi-
cal summing-up of a cummunity's
resources, its gas, electric and tax
rates, shipping facilities, housing,
labor supply and many other details
available, or possible of being dug
up, with a little effort by any sensi-
BILE man. These scientific "fellers"
are good in their way and necessary
in certain cases, but a $4,000 expert
in Jacksonville to find out how many
railroads and boat lines there are,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
The Seminole County Fair.

The baby county of Florida had a
good fair. success in every way, from
the glowing accounts of it in Bob
Holley's Sanford Herald, and the sto-
ries told by the Palatka people who
attended it. The fair management
honored the Gem City by having a
"Palatka Day." The Davis factory
of this city had fine showing of silos
and tanks, the only display of the
kind, and it attracted deserved atten-
ton. If there is to be success in
stock raising in Florida our farms
must have silos, and the place to get
them is in Palatka, the only city in
or state where they are made. The
Palatka marmalade and jelly makers
& Son--were also repre-
sented by choice display of goods
such as the Haworth's know how to
make. E. L.. Mann was there attend
ing the meeting of the Florida Live
Stock Association and to hear the
speeches made by the big fellows in
the business, and Gen. de Montmollin.
President of the Florida Inland Wa
terways Association, and Moses Fol-
som, secretary and treasurer thereof.
"ciS aioo IileIe, anu TOue IN one Oh
the swell automobiles during the pa
rade. The ride in the automobile
was only an incident to the worthless,
and deserved event however and a
rest after their ardous duties in con-
nection with the waterways meeting,
attended as it was by number Of
distinguished delegates from various
parts of the state. This WATERWAYS
Association seems destined to cit
some figure in the future growth of
the state if the interest can be con.
tinued. The fair however was the
real thing, the farmers bringing in
their best products, and the founda-
ton was laid for something perma-
nent. c. R. Walker president, and'
his associates are entitled to much =
credit for its success.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE
OF THE WAR.

A western paper has made few
notes showing the worldwide disas-
trous effects of the war now devasta-
ting European countries:
From Upsala, Sweden, comes this
word: eve are experiencing much dis
tress incident to war conditions. Ev-
erything has increased in price, some
articles of food having gone up so to
100 per cent. Practically nothing is
imported or exported. Our harbors
are filled with waiting steamers. Coal
and oil are scarce. Not more than half
the street lamps are lighted. City au-
thorities have urged the people to use
as little water as possible, as there is
only small coal supply with which to
drive the water works."
Bishop Oldham, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, writes concerning
South Americana:
South American is almost prostrat-
ed and self-suppOrt has been so sud-
denly arrested that our schools, which
have been chiefly self-supporting, are
threatened and circumstances make
most difficult the carrying on of the
mission on anything like the scale on
which il has been moving in normal
times. Rates of interest have be-
come very high and prices advanced
almost out of reason. South Ameri-
ca on the east and west coasts calls
emphatically for relief
A missionary at Conception, Chile,
writes: "In Chile and other South Am
erican republics people are hunting
for work and find none. Many are
living on a plate of charity soup and
by begging
"a thousand wild stories are cur
rent in India" according to Rev. John
Lampard, of Baroda. $50 great is
the alarm among the forest tribes that
they hide away all day in some places,
only coming out at night. They are
said to fear that Indian villagers will
be sent to the war and piled up to
form barricades behind which the
troops will shoot"
Japan has marked cessation of her
business activities and considerable
rise in prices. A missionary writes,
"Here, as in other fields, there is a
necessity for temporary aid" y,
China and Korea are suffering no
less from increase in rates of ex-
change and stagnation of business.
In North Africa, especially, matters
are very acute, while other parts of
the continent have their full share
of distress.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

DR.. Eliot, president emeritus of
Harvard, says that the worker eats
far too much meat. We fail to get
the full force of his argument, for the
worker eats the brisket and the rump,
which is discarded by the magnates in
any case. Now, if the workers were
so presumptuOus as to insist on eating
the sirloin, of which, as everybody
knows, there is only enough to GO
around among the select few, DR.. Eliot
would have a good reason to kick.
For, look you, we must encourage the
man who produces the steer and the
fire to eat plentifully of hook, brisket,
neck, sausage and rump. A steer
can't be killed for the tender bits alone
AS well might DR.. Eliot expect to feed
on sweetbreads, and still save the
calves. A little tough meat is good
for the employee, for with every, ten
pounds of it comes the choice pound
of steak for the doctor emeritus.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
!: Il Saturday :
Serf1pl1ette;

+ "Enoch walked with God."-Gen- +
+ esis 5:24. 4
I. Of the myriads Of mankind who 4
+ have witnessed the confession, 1
+ "Tho1 art my God," that shaped I
+ our thinking last week, many rare I
+ spirits have come to be what we I
+ may call "the intimates of Gods
+ Above and beyond being common I
+ disciples, they have gone into the I
+ inner circles of Gods friendship. 4
+ And it may prove stimulating I
+ and strengthening to our faith and I
+ life to look at some of these ex- I
+ amples of fine fellowship with God+
+ One of these is exhibited in the !
+ text: "Enoch walked with God" I
+ AS in other like cases, one is here I
+ struck with the simple, natural I
sway of speaking of the religious I
+ life. 1t is walking with God. 1t I
+ is having the entire course of one'sf
+ earthly citizenship comradeship I
with God. How simple that is! I
+ How natural! How far removed I
+ from the strangeness and striving I
+ to be religious! At its best, reli- I
l. gion, true religion, is just keeping I
+ company daily with God. Such I
+ daily being in company with God I
*will certainly give to life new +
viewpoint, from which to look at +
+ things and to formulate ones opin- /
+ ions and rules of conduct. If more I.
+ people could but walk with God" !
+ there would be fewer vagaries. i
j. Life would have less tangle and +
+ problem" in it. Such constant +
+ comradeship with Him would sure !
j. ly shape all our thinking, and life +
+ would be vastly more sane than it 4.
l. often is. Walking with Him +
+ who sis love-" the wells of or af- T.
+ fections would be sweeter and pur- j.
+ err; and as the outward life takes :
Fall its tone from these inward =
+ energies, it would inevitably, +
+ manifest, in most practical way, +
T. the value of thinking Gods +
+ thoughts after Him." as Sir Isaac 1.
+ Newton phrased it. This appears I.
I. in the life of Enoch. The record +
i shows no hint of weakness or +
T. anemia. But on the other hand, +
+ there is no striding Colossus, no I.
+ "iron and blood" achievements. +
= His life moves on like a beautiful +
= morning that mounts steadily to 1.
T. its noon of power, and then slips +
+away so gently that even death is +
+ el1ded. He kept, or was kept, so +
T. close to God that he did not see +
+ death. 1t makes one want to hum /.
'f'the old hymn line: +
+ So let me fade away, gently and +
+ lovingly" J. M. B. +
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
WORKED UNDER
GREAT Difficulties

+ Charles Robert Darwin, natural !
+ list, was born at Shrewsbury, I
+ Eng Feb. II, 1909, LOG years ago I
+ today, and lived for rs years. To 1
+ whom do we owe the most re- 1
+ markable works of the 10Th CEN !
+ fury THE Origin of Species 4
+ and a journal of Researches" I
+ said to be the most entertaining 4
+ book of travel ever written? To !
+ a man rioting in health? On I
+ the contrary they were from a /
+ man who suffered from continual I
+ ill-health; yet he tells US, in oppo- 1
+ sition to the prevailing ideas: "If :.
+ had not been so great an invalid, I
+ / should not have done nearly so !
+ much" Never able to work long I
+ at any time, he made his mark on I
l. his generation by concentrating I
+ his energies on single tasks, and I
+ toiling steadily on in spite of bod I
+ lily feebleness. Suffering as Dar- I
l. win did from almost constant {
+ nausea, the industry and achieve j
+ ments of the great naturalist I
+ seem almost unbelievable. He I
+ was never able to work at any :
+ time more than two hours in sue I
+ cession. His Investigations into Z
+ the habits of the earth worms
+ the ordinary fish worm of most Z
i people-eXtended over twenty +
+ eight years, and his book on that 4
+ humble inhabitant of the world +
+ invests it with great service to +
+ man. E
+ Darwin's career is a shining +
+ example of the power of an OBJ +
+ durate will to triumph over dis +
+ tressing sensations, also of the ca +
+ pacity to resume quickly an inter- =
+ rupted train of thought. He cul- +
+ tivated the habit of piecemeal +
+ work; for the scraps of time +
+ which with the most people are I.
+ barren of results were all that he +
+ could command. The long I'M +
+ broken stretches of time that the +
+ strong man appropriates to his +
+ use, and that all active-minded +
+ men and women covet for the ac- +
+ complishment of their tasks, are I.
+ unhappily denied to the invalid. +
+ He has to be content with odd +
+ hours, even odd minutes, and put +
+ away chance vagaries, keeping +
+ clearly before him what it is he +
T. wants to do. When Bulwer was +
+ asked how he managed to accom- Z.
+ plish so much, he answered.: "By {.
+ never doing too much at a time; +
4 but then l give my whole atten- +
+ ton to what ! am about" Z
+ MOSES FOLSOM +
= = + + + + = +++ Z z +++A
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
Congressman Frank Clark's bill

Congressman Frank Clark's bill
requiring separate accommodations
on all transportation lines in the Dis
trict of Columbia for white and col
ored people is a distinct victory for
the doughty congressman from the
Second Florida district. The bill is
in the interests of decency and good
order in the nations capital, and as
equal accommodations are guaran-
teed both races it will be no hardship
to either. The Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia not only reported
the bill favorably, but strengthened
il by comforting police powers on the
conductors and motormen. The
committee gives the bill the strongest
sort of endorsement.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
N"Yellow Sheets his Topic.


The editor of The Palatka News has
received the following "Royal Rotary
Edict" from Tampa:
His Majesty, King Rote, Com
mands you to be present at Royal
Rotary Breakfast, 8 o'clock a. m.,, Ell
Pasaje Restaurant, Ninth Ave. and
Fourteenth street, Ybor City, Tampa,
Fa., Tuesday, February 10th, 1915.
"For the entertainment and benefit
of His Royal Rotarians, you are re-
quessted to prepare paper not to ex-
coed twenty minutes in length, sub
ject: yellow Sheets to be delivered
by you before this assemblage of dis
tinguished personages.
]. T. MAHONEY, President.
Signed and sealed
in the Presence of
His Royal Chamberlain.
Attest:
L. D. Reagin,
Secretary.
This is the breakfast rendered the
editors of Florida by the Rotary Club
of Tampa on the final day of the
Great Gasparilla Carnival, which
opens in that city today. Tampa is
making great preparation for this
event and the city will be crowded
with guests from all ports of the
country. What the Mardi Gras was
to New Orleans, this festival is to the
people of Tampa. 1t will certainly
afford amusement to the thousands of
tourists now in Florida.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
;NIALISM AND
HE WAGE SYSTEM.

That there is cure for industrial
ills, most students of political econo-
my believe. Some insist that their
own specific will do the job. Perhaps
the socialists are the most cOcksure
that they have corner on the only
true remedy. Still there are single
takers who preach the doctrine of the
abolition of poverty and sort of mil
lenium through the taxation of the
values produced by the community
collectively and the repeal of all 9TH
er taxes.
Pious folk who say that it is "the
will of God" that there should be pow
erty and suffering in the world, are
becoming less and less in evidence,
which is good thing for society gen.
orally; for it is because of mans ig-
norance rather than the design of the
Creator that poverty and suffering eX-
list.
But really, how many believe that
"orthodox" socialism is the cure for
poverty? Or how many believe that
the single tax would cure it? But,
says the socialist, socialism would re-
move the wage system. Suppose it
did. Is there anything wrong with
the system.
Under present conditions the only
thing wrong with the system is the
fact that it is all one-sided; there is
no equality in bargaining. Create an
equality, and Immediately no employ
er could hire workers for less than
their market value. Isn't it plain,
then, that the thing to do is to equal
ize the bargaining power of employ
ers and employees?
How can this be done? Isn't
there something in electriciSm--
little socialism, little singletax-
ism, and even a little FatherhoOd-of
God and Brotherhood of Manism?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

and how many tons of freight aE
in and out, and what is made
there, and how much gas is used and
what it cost, and sundry other mat
tiers, reducing it all to percentages,
with long rows of figures, smeared
over with blue sky and red paint and
glittering generalities, and there yWl
are; $4,000 please; now get your
factories"
What Jacksonville should do and
every other town in Florida, is to try
and get practical farmers and stocl,
raisers on the vacant land in the
state. If we had prosperous farm
ers there would be prosperous towns
and factories would come, and mer
chants and banks of their own accord
There is too much of this forcing tn,
growth of industries. JacksOnvill
has had some experience in tradin,
and swapping town lots and build
ing up additions, of chasing thing
around in a circle, forced develop
ment, until now there are many va
cant buildings-we don't know no,
many-perhaps the industrial surve
may enlighten us; but at any rate W
know there are too many at the best
Get busy good neighbor ,"plant hens,
plant a thousand things possible O
being planted in Florida and the in
dustries will come of their own &C
E cord.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
Destroying Natures Barriers.

There are four kinds of barriers OF
divisions set up by nature upon the
face of the earth-mountains, forests,
deserts, rivers. The first, the noun
tains, man cannot remove, but he can
and does go through them to save the
trouble and difficulty of going over
them. The second, the forests, he has
largely cleared away altogether. The
third, the deserts, he is beginning to
treat like the forests. The fourth, the
rivers, he is beginning to shift when it
suits his purpose and to regulate their
flow at will.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
THE WOLF AND
THE LAMB.

A young girl in northwestern
state fled by night to an adjoining
state with a young man who said
he wanted her to be a leading lady
in a big drama. The young man is
no longer with her, and the young
girl is leading lady in an old play.
She was a Presbyterian choir sim
ger; he is the nephew of Metho-
dist preacher; they met at Baptist
social.
No one is surprised that a young
man dupes young girl, though in
this case the girl is not so seriously
deceived as some others. We all
know that wolves in human cloth
ing wander through all the folds of
society. And is it not remarkable
that the wolves find victims?
Three churches threw the shadow
of their spires over these two. Three
churches proclaimed ideals and prin-
ciples. Yet when wolf comes in
to church crowd he always finds a
lamb. Sometimes the wolf is a
minister in Massachusetts, some
times saved" Chinaman in New
York.
He finds the lamb, a girl who has
been told that the world is theOlogi-
cally sinful, but does not realize that
it is actually wicked. A girl who
has been taught to be good and has
always been good and is led away
inch by inch, is made to think that
she is still going straight. The
moon beams brightly for the wolf
and his prey, and the glittering world,
which is his den, entices and allures.
We havf brought up our girls,
our home and church and choir
girls, to be harmless as doves" as
Christ taught. Why then have we
failed TO make them "wise as SER
pentE which Christ also taught?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12
Billiard Tables Rest on Rock

Billiard tables, supported on solid
rock are among the novel features of
S6-room concrete residence located
on one Of the islands of the San Juan
archipelago in Puget sound. Each to-
Bile rests on a massive concrete babe
which extends through an opening in
the floor and has its footing on bed
rock, and is therefore as solid and as
free from vibration as If it were a
part Of the island itself.-Popular Me-
chanics.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

Dasher had evidently had expert.
ence. Lasher-"We're going to have
some amateur theatricals at my house
next week and a big supper after
ward. Can you be there?" Dasher-
"Oh, III be there, old man, butter
| may be late"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

Down at Tampa some sO-called
religious experts have gotten into a
controversy over the ques-
ton as to whether Saturday or Sun
day is the real Sabbath" Accord.
ing to our recollection neither of
these days were specially irksome
during our visit.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

The Governments decision to inves-
tigate the high price of wheat is a
partial indication that something is
wrong and that the government will
not be able to find it.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

When the Bluecher went down the
German tailors who had lined up
along the deck shouted "Hoch" as the
last British broadside struck the
doomed ship. Then what are those
women and children crying about?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

A cursory study of the names of the
republican and democratic congress
men who are opposing the admins
tration ship purchase bill convinces
one that few of them would oppose
the granting of fat subsidy to a pri-
vate shipping trust r.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

Those Colorado miners seem to be
able to hire clever leaders like John
r. Lawson to plead their cause be-
fore the federal commission on indus
trial relations, but Rockefeller has to
fall back upon the gentle, old DIR. Eliot
with his centenarian "reminiscences.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

Gen. Pancho Villa has proclaimed
himself president of Mexico, and he
wants President Carranza, President
Gutierrez and President CARA to act
accordingly.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

The queen of the Belgians has re-
ceived medal of honor from the car.
Will this car ever be worthy of sim
liar honor from the queen of the
Belgians?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

New York submits woman suffrage
to the voters. A few more steps and
New York voters will submit to wO-
man suffrage.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

Winston Churchhill says German
commerce is throttled. Probably.
Britain controls the sea, and is at war
with Germany. But why is American
commerce also thrOttled?
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

France has paid about S7s0,O00, 900
for six months of war. The republic
has excelled the Napoleons and the
Louis in bloody waste.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-12

South Second St. Phone 1876.
VIM. A. RUSSELL. Editor.
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THrP4l4rk'.ANEws
nd Advertiser.

..,,sd at the Palatka postoffice as
ssabfe matter of the second class.
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|S2USSELL & VICKERS.

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