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Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-13

Robert Nicholas is confined to his
bed on account of sickness.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-13

Miss Pearl Tucker is reported Sc
riously Ill with lung trouble.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-13

Jump Cauthorn is inDenver, Colo,
where he is serving as superintend-
ent of publicity for the big horse
show there.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-13

Mrs. VIM. Proctor, for many years
g. resident of Sturgeon, died in Ari-
coma few days ago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-13

Lafayette county leads the U. S.
in country clubs of boys and girls in
terested in corn and pig raising and
canning and sewing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-13

Auxvasse community has organ
lied an old fashioned debating So
ciety.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
Time to Call a Halt

Lakeland Telegram: 1t was no
more than was to be expected that
the reckless and unwarrantable criti-
cism of the Supreme court, that has
been INDUCED in by certain newapa-
pers, should get somebody into trou-
BILE. Bryan Mack and Percy Hayes,
of the Pensacola News. have been
summoned to appear before the co''''
to answer for contempt. The News
published an article charging the
court with being partisan, and leaning
towards Knott. We are sorry for
these brethren, but they should have
known better. Such a charge should
not be made against the humbIcst
court in the land, unless upon the
most substantial grounds. Our
courts are the very bulwark of our
civil existence. the conservators of
our rights, and to hold them in dis
resnect or to weaken their influence
is a direct step towards anarchy and
governmental chaos. There has been
too much of this uniustifable ard
0utsDoken condemnation Of our high
est tribunals by people who have "N-
So1utelv no excuse for it EXCEPT th0t
the courts rulings may not have coin
cided with their preconceivod views,
end it is high time to call halt.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
DFFTFD HIS MAKER.

IL l.
Hon. Hugh Dorsey oil AVI""'"' oe''', :
ocratic candidate for governor oL
Georgia, received ms nominal ZION az
the hands OF the State convention !"
Macon last Tuesday, Delegates rep
resenting the other candidates. eSpe-
cia1]v Gov. Harris, moved to make his
,,o,,,ira+for unanimous. and this was
'''' ''''' '.'
DONE ,.,,,
Hon. Tom Watson, WhlIe not q uel"-
ocrat, espoused the cause Of Mr.. Dor
COW in N 10 urinary campaign. Many
~. -. w.. r. = ,ro- Ton, Wo+sor,s sum-
DcIie'' ''.''' - "'' ''' tg Da,..oI,
port that turned Lne No'e Doi'0
ward. Anyway, Watson has been
claiming the credit for his nomina-
t.'. a<J a,1,. los+ week issued a
OIo"' an" 0,''' ,,.'....... '''. - 1rn nor
sweLIed-heao uIUlIn"'u"I 10 wi. ~ ~
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
At the BaptiSt Church

Rev. DR.. r. L. Bonsteel, the pastor,
VIII preach at the First Baptist church
next Sunday, both morning and even
ng. The sacrament of the Lords
supper will follow the morning SER
vice. and baptism at the close of the
evening service.
The Sunday school meets at 9:45 a.
m. and the B. Y. P. U. will meet at
G:45 p. m. Midweek prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 7:SO. and choir
rehearsal on Friday evening.
A cordial invitation is extended to
an strangers or others without stated
church homes to attend any or all the
above meetings for public worship.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
A Real Sob Story

st. Augustine Record: An Incl
dent that would provide excellent ma
terial foE very touching sob-storv
Is that which comes from Denver. II
appears that an old lady over whose
head the suns and SHOWS of eighty
three years had passed, had lost all
her relatives one by one, and at last
had become the inmate of an old la
dies home. Oppressed by Loneliness
and suffering from incurable rheuma-
tlSm, she became obSessed with the de-
sire to see husband and relatives
again, so early one morning she DOM
ed the bridal attire in which she had
walked proudly to the altar on fine
arm of her beloved sixty years before
dressed her snow-white hair in tho
same fashion as on that eventful dav
and then clasping in her hands tLs
wreath of orange blossoms that hal
adorned her wedding veil, PLUNGED
from the second story window of tho
institution and was found dead on
the lawn below. 81 am going to SEQ
my husband, in the wedding gown ba
loved. He is waiting on the otIaT
side to greet me-" This is what tLa
poor old soul told a visitor the rigbt
before. Verify. one of the TRAGEDIES
of life is lonely old age.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
WHY WE TRENBLE.
Saws the Now York World:

Says the New York World:
BY the verdict rendered at the pri
maries South Carolina has again cs"
.aped the disgrace of another two
years of Col? L. Blease. His nomi-
nation for governor by the democrats
would have been equivalent to cleo
ton. Yet it was by relatively
small margin that the state was saved
from turning over its government
once more to a blatherskite whose
equal has not been rewarded with big
office in many years in this country.
Everywhere the mere name Of Cole
l.. Blease, while he was governor
served as q bitter reproach to the peo
pie Of South Carolina, against which
they could make no decent defense.
4 cheap, boisterous demagogue, law
less in speech and action, he present
ed as chief executive a spectacle that
brought contempt and scorn upon the
unfortunate state"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Miss Ruth Burt who has been visit
ing in St. Augustine will return home
Sunday.
Mrs. James Burt, Mrs. Evans and
children and Chas. Burt motored to
Hastings and st. Augustine Sunday.
Miss Hattie Roby of Herndon, Vir-
ginia is to make her home in this
city, having accepted a position IN
one of our stores.
]. L. Cheeves was called to Jack
sonville on the early train this morn
ing owing to the serious illness of his
brother, j. NJ. Cheeves.
Remember the opening days at Miss
Kate Lucas millinery store next
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 5th and
9th. 1t will be real social event
Of the season.
Mrs. 7. W. Tillman the milliner
will have her annual fall and winter
opening next week Thursday and Fri
day, Oct. 9TH and 9Th. The display
is fins one.
NJ. S. Browns clothing store was
closed yesterday on account of the
day being the Jewish New Year. On
Friday Of next week at sundown, be-
gins what is known in the Jewish cal
endar, as the Day of Atonement.
Mr.. Browns store will therefore close
at Sundown on Friday and remain
closed until sundown Of Saturday,
when it will be open for business.
The intervening days between the
New Year and Day of Atonement, are
days Of special prayer and self-search
among the Jewish people all over the
world.
The ladies Of Palatka and Putnam
county can afford to wait for the
opening of "The Fashion," Frucht-
man Bros new emporium to be open
ed in the new store on Lemon street
two doors west of the new Hotel
James. This store will open on
Monday, Oct. Sth, and will contain
the greatest variety of women's coat
suits, coats, waists, dresses, and skirts
ever seen in Palatka, and also all
kinds of garments for children.
These young men are experts in the
business and have selected their stock
with care and with a view to the
great variety in taste Palatka new
er saw such a stock as will be shown
in this store. Everything is ready |
tO-wear.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29

Vice President Marshall in speech
in Indiana this week issued a chai-
lenge to Candidate Hughes, who has
been severely criticising President
Wilson, to state what he (Hughes)
would have done under similar cir
cumstances. 1t is an easy thing to
find fault with the president, but Mr..
Hughes will not find it quite so easy
to explain Just what he would have
done had he been in the presidents
place. Gov. Mccall of Massachu-
sets, in a lecture on "The Liberty Of
Citizenship" delivered at Yale last
year. said:
To rebuild history in magma
tion and to avoid in our mind the
errors that have been made is not
at all a difficult art. 1t is no
more difficult than to get rich out
of Yesterdays stock market. But
the statesman who stands in the
front of the advancing line and
facing the future has no control
over the past. His domain is the
present and he strives to influence
what IS to come. He must act
before he knows how things are
going to turn out.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29

dial and consistent support from
Georgia's representatives in the
upper halls of the federal con-
gress.
And the platform adopted; it too
endorsed in no uncertain terms the
administration of President Wilson
in the following language:
eve hereby ratify and endorse
the action of the state presiden-
tial convention held in the city of
Macon in May, 1916, in unquali-
fedly endorsing the administra-
ton of Woodrow Wilson as presi-
dent of the United States, and in
instructing the Georgia delega"
ton to the national convent N to
cast its vote for his denomination.
The Importance of this unquali
fled endorsement is emphasized
by The fat that for the first time
in many years the opposition he's
struck keynote of sectional anil
mostly, and is making an appeal
to sectional prejudice unworthy
of the spirit of national fraternl-
ty.
Unterrifed democrats of Florida
will endorse every word of that plat
form and will congratulate the dem
ocracy of Georgia on its independence
of this political bulldozer from Thom-
son. Speaking of this feature Of the
convention the Macon Telegraph says
editcrially:
The emphatic endorsement of
Woodrow Wilson by the State
convention of white Democrats in
Macon Yesterday, the out-and-
out declaration of LOYALTY to the
national party and Woodrow Will
son as it's leader, called by name,
hv the nominee for Governor, the
strong ovations every mention OF
the Presidents name evoked from
the great mass of the delegates
is credit to the convention, a
reflection of the sense of obliga-
ton the white people of Georgia
know thew have to the party that
',~~ shielded under the mantle
of its primary their elimination
of the black man from political
participation.
# ie. in a measure, too. di-
rect slap in the face of Watson.
Democrats will always he found
who will use him because gcner-
allv his straiohtout, loval popu-
4 l,1 e
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
st. Johns River Association.

The st. Johns River Association,
IN organization of the Baptist
churches Of this and adjoining coun-
ties, will meet at Middleburg, Clay
county on Wednesday and Thursday
1f next week, Oct. 4th and 5th. The
PaIatka church will be represented
by the pastor, Rev. DR.. R. L. Bon
steel and several lay delegates.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29

Col. W. W. Flournoy, leading coun-
sci for Sidney ]. Cats in his contest
proceedings, has apologized to the Su-
preme Court of Florida for the
mouthings of his client. Mr.. Flour
roy complimented the court on the
way the case had been handled and
said "the court had been just and he
was willing to abide by its rulings"
He further said it was "a pleasure to
try a case with fair umpires." After
these remarks Mr.. Flournoy further
said: "My client, Mr.. Cats, has criti-
cised this court through the. heat of
passion and debate and I don't know
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29

President Conklin has called a
special meeting of the Florida Press
Association to meet in Jacksonville on
Friday, Oct. 9th, to discuss certain
matters of pressing Importance to the
newspaper publishers, among them
being to find out what cooperation
the publishers will give paper mill
if same is established in Florida.
Such an enterprise is most desirable,
especially if the cooperating publish
ers can keep the darned mill from but
tin in to the paper trust and a squeez-
in Of the cO-Operators.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
THE GEORGIA WAY.

The democracy of Florida may learn
a lesson from the primary system
in vogue in our sister state Of Geor-
gia.
On Tuesday there was an enthusl-
astic. old-time democratic convention
held at Macon, Ga.
This convention nominated a ticket
and enunciated a platform.
The candidates nominated were
those who had already been selected
in a primary by the people; the plat
form simply defined democratic prln-
ciples and policies.
There was enthusiasm of the old
time democratic sort and when the
DELEGATES returned to their various
homes they carried great waves OF
this enthusiasm with them.
The convention unifies; it heals sore
spots; it binds up the wounds inf1ict-
ed in the primary skirmish; it makes
the pathway to political duty smooth.
1t would do the same thing in Flor
ida were we to adopt the Georgia sys-
tenn of primary nominations.
Here the democratic cohorts have
not been together in convention IN
over sixteen years. We are becom-
ing strangers to each other and IN
our intercourse as strangers are be-
coming suspicious one of the other.
Why not have the primary and the
convention, both? Why not seek out
method that will give coherency to
our estranged democratic particles?
There is widespread dissatisfaction
with the workings of our present pri-
mary law and the next legislature IS
sure to repeal it altogether for a sim
pier form, or tear it to pieces so that
its parents will never recognize 1t.
Why not enquire into the Georgia
plan?
In that state, as we understand the
law, the democratic electors vote for
their several candidates for particu-
lar offices. and each county has a GER
tain number Of delegates who at a Ia
ter date attend state convention and
carry out the wishes Of the voter as
expressed in the primary.
There is no use longer to disguise
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
The Rate on Brick

Orlando Reporter Star: An exam
iner from the Interstate Commerce
Commission is at Tallahassee
to take testimony in the case of
the strawberry growers seeking rate
adjustments and better service. This
is good and it is to be hoped that fa"
vorable action will follow. But why
is it that the matter of freight rates
on paving materials is not taken up
before the commission and adjusted?
This is of far greater Importance than
the strawberry rate problem, and
more urgent. The present rate on
paving brick is glaringly excessive,
and Florida is to spend millions of
dollars for paving during the next
few years. Is it not possible to
arouse some vital interest in this
question?
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29

The Tallahassee Democrat (Catts)
calls Mr.. Knott the pro tenn nominee.
Considering the source that is quite
an admission.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
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X x
y WHAT LEADING STATE 4
Y EDITORS ARE SAYING. y
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x X X X X X * X X X X X X X X X X

Strange
Ocala Star: Queer news comes
from Fulton County, Georgia. John A.
Boykin, prominent lawyer of Atlanta,
was a candidate for solicitor general
of the county. Now, Boykin, during
the Frank trial, was in doubt of
Franks guilt, and wrote letter to
Governor Slaton urging him to COM
mute Franks sentence. This letter
was printed in circular form and scat
tered broadcast as an argument
against Boykin during the recent pri-
mary campaign. Nevertheless Boy
kin was elected by big majority.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29

In four of the nine precincts which
are to be recounted in Marion county
Mr.. Knott made a net gain of eleven
votes. These were counted on Mon
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29

New York master bakers have ask
ed President Wilson to call an extra
session of congress to declare an en-
barge on further expectation of wheat.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29

whether he is ashamed of it or not,
Tv+ am "
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-16

to read the letter. He wishes to know
If he may have the honor of coming
out to
NO" said his majesty, imperatively.
Then with less abruptness: go back,
give Lord Thanet my compliments,
and say that ! regret not having the
time to speak with him this evening,
as | have an important engagement,
for which l am already In danger of
being late. My compliments also to
Lady Ivy de Lisle, and am obliged
for their courtesy, in returning the
letter unread. They shall hear from
me. That is all; ana remember that
| am In haste"
The message evidently gave disap
pointment both to father and daugh-
ter, though Christopher guessed that
1t was for different reasons.
He did not doubt that the import
ant engagement" for, which his fare
had declared himself "in danger OF
being late" was continuation Of the
unfortunate dinner-party at Desmond
house; therefore the order which
came from the tonneau gave him q
double surprise.
"The Wood, No Thorougf1are
street. Hammersmith." The words
Struck sharply son Christopher's ears
His majesty was not going back to
the dinner party. He was going to
the house Of Max Lind, the elder
Max Lind, the long-ago banished so.
cialist.
What did 1t mean. Chris asked
I'himself--that the autocratic head OF
that government was going to pay a
secret visit to the Wood tonight
There was no drive leading up tc
the house, and Scarlet Runner mus
wait at the curbstone in the deserted
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-16

in making his cause good with Lady
Ivy's father, unless, indeed,ia monarch
should turn matchmaker.
AS Christopher started to obey Or
ders he hoped that this mysterious
visit had to do with Max Lind and
Ivy de- LIsle. II It had he was glad
he was concerned with 1t, for Max
Lind,--al Unknown to- Max Lind's
clever and handsome self--had been
the hero of Christopher's two best
years at Oxford.
His hand was on the door, when
a call from his employer gave him
pause. "Stop!" said the great man.
II left letter here for--let me see
was 1t for Lord Thanet or his daugh-
ter?--one of the two; really forget
TO which addressed It. That letter
want back, have changed my
mind and prefer to write q different
one. If Lord Thanet has not ar
rived, or II he has arrived. but has
not yet read the letter, wish to, have
1t again. Should you learn, on the
other hand, that the letter has already
been received, will send in a mes
sage"
| Christopher ent in somewhat be-
wildered, but knowing that somehow
iiV inust ouNtNCu Ills
Grand
Christopher was only poor rela-
tlon, mere "forty-second cousin"
and, moreover. was under the ban of
family disapproval. Nevertheless,
Lady Ivy gave him "a lovely smile of
surprised recognition.
She was always more than pretty,
and a radiant beauty wnen she smiled
smiled with gray eyes and pink
cheeks and q pair OF dimples that
gave new life and meaning to red
lips
why. father it's Christopher" she
said. Naughty Cousin Kit! Have you
come here to see us?"
II came to see IL you were here"
he replied, hat in hand for her and
for Lord Thanet, who had only the
4 ghost OF a smile, with no emphasize
ing dimples. II was sent he added,
by a gentleman who not long ago
left a letter to await your arrival
| "Oh, no. we must see what's In it!i
broke In the girl II can't wait Kit,
you knew Max Lind at Oxford"
Ivy" warned Lord Thanet
1 why shouldn't tell. as Kits in
his majesty's confidence?" asked the
girl, wilfully.N I'VE hope--we think
that Max Is to be thanked and hon.
ored for service--oh, well, I'm not
going TO say what--a. secret kind of
service, but most important. And il
he has succeeded, fathers promised
that Max and T."
II will take 1t to his majesty my
self, suggested Lord Thanet and
went to the door: but in an instant he
had returned.
You can take him the letter, tell
him that my daughter and have Just
arrived, that he can guess the errand
which has brought us up from the
country to town at this time; that |
am completely at his service should
he wish to speak with me instead of
writing; and we will remain here In
the hall awaiting this message"
i sympathetic now as we'll as pug
zied. Christopher took the letter and
carried 1t out to his passenger. who
all but snatched 1t in his eagerness
Good" exclaimed his majesty. Nov
, let us get away"
But, sir" said Christopher. Lord
Thanet has come and"
The gentleman In the tonneau hast
lily examined the envelope. ut is still
unopened" he muttered
Lord Tharet has not yet had time
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-16

been mentioned 1t would not have
struck him so oddly. for Lord Thanet
had at one time been connected with
the diplomatic service. and had spent
years on the continent. But why did
one Of the first gentlemen OF Europe
leave a, dinner party in the midst TO
inuuire at hotel for Ivy de LisleY
His majesty had a consort to whom
he was devoted, and he was not to be
tempted to filtration even by such
beauty as Lord Thanets 2O-year-old
daughter, who had been one OF the
successes of last season. But, then, a
man highly placed is occasionally un-
selfish enough to interest himself in
O girl for the sake Of another man
who needs an advocate, And there
were two men whose names Chris
TOPPER had heard coupled with Lady
Ivy de Isles.
Either might have persuaded this
sovereign to plead his cause with the
girls father for both could claim his
country as the land of their birth.
One was-Baron Won Hess, the enor-
mously rich inventor of the latest
quick firing gun adopted by the Triple
Alliance; the other was young Max
Lind-whom Christopher had known
slightly and admired greatly at Ok
ford--the son Of notorious socialist
who had adopted England for coun-
try when banished from his own. A
year or two ago there had been a
rapprochement between Max. the
elder, and an outraged monarch, and
a place in the diplomatic service for
young Max had been held out as an
olive branch,
Baron Won Hess was q good match
for any girl below royalty; Max Lind,
on the contrary, would have difficulty
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-16
CLEARING HOUSE
FOR FARM IDEAS
Omaha Will Be Host to $500
Rural Citizens Within
Seven Weeks.
THE CONVENTION CITY

About $500 farmers from Nebraska
and many other states will exchange
ideas in Omaha during the seven
weeks between the last week in Mo-
vember and the second week Of next
January.
Five years ago not single one OF
these farmers organizations was hold
ing its convention in Omaha. Now
many of them are coming here amt
ally, as the best central point at
which all the farmers may meet most
conveniently.
The Farmers Equity union, a ma
tional organization, has even gone SO
far as to break precedent. in that it
is to hold its meeting in Omaha for
the second consecutive time. Never
before has this national BODY held its
convention twice successfully in the
same place. Last year, however. it
was brought to Omaha. and the dele
gates just naturally liked the place.
So they broke the rule and voted
to come back here in 1916.
Bureau Did It.
I 1t is largely through the persistent
work of the Bureau of Publicity in
Omaha that these farmers conven-
tions are meeting in Omaha. This
bureau for five years has been giving
especial attention to bringing con-
Yentions to Omaha, making Omaha
the convention city, and special at
tention has been given in this work
to farmers organizations, since Oma-
ha is favorably situated in the heart
of great agricultural belt, and ii
seemed proper that the farmers, con-
ventions should center here.
Six big conventions, either OF
! farmers directly, or of trades inne-
diately concerned with agricultural
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-16

activities, are booked for Omaha dur
ing the seven weeks above mentioned.
November II to %, the Farmers
Cooperative State Grain and LIVE
Stock Shipping association is to hold
its convention here. This will bring
300 delegates. This is an organization
that deals exclusively with the prob
lens of marketing.
December 20 and 81 the National
Farmers Equity union is to be in
session here. This is a cooperative
buying and selling organization. This
is to bring delegates from Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, North
and South Dakota, Iowa, Oklahoma,
Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Early in January the Farmers
Union, of some 1000 delegates, is to
be here. This is a state organiza.
ton, dealing in cooperative buying
and selling for the farmer.