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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-08
1346 PUTNAM COUNTY
YOUNG MEN REGISTER
Under Army Conscipt Law
568 White and TIT
COlOred.

The County Registration Board,
composed of Sheriff Hagan, County
Clerk Hancock and County Physician
II. A. johnson are just about wind
ing up an unusually hard job. To
compile, tabulate, summarize and at
tend to all the details of this regis
tration in Putnam county was no
small job, but these men entered on
the work patriotically and without
idea Of other reward than the con-
sciousness that they had done some
thing for their country.
On Wednesday they sat all day in
the sherif's office receiving returns,
each of which had to be gone over
carefully to see that all the condi-
tions had been complied with. Many
kilograms came during the day ask
! ing questions, as well as some with
modified orders both from the War
Department and Governor Cats.
That the work has been accomplished
without trouble and that the board is
generally pleased with the intelli-
| gcnca displayed by the precinct reg
istrars, is evident.
"Not one of these men," said Sher-
if Hagan, "has put in bill for his
services; they have given their work
freely and have done it faithfully and
we'll All tell me that they believe
every man of registering age in their
precincts has registered"
Of course there were some who
through accident or misunderstand-
ing, were unable to reach their home
precincts in time to register on the
5th. In these cases, where it was
plainly accidental, provision is made
for registering later. One man came
into the sheriff's office late Tuesday
afternoon; he had just come up from
the east coast and wanted to get tt
Micanopy, but his train had gone
he couldn't get there till next day
Since he left home there had been :
change of railway schedule and ht
wasn't aware of the change. This
man was made to feel easy. H'
wasn't a Stacker. There were sever
al of these, who belonged to thl
county and which the board saw to
were registered.
The total county registration OF
Tuesday was 1916, Of which 56S arr
white and TT colored. Of the 56'
white men registered 300 claim eX
emption and 23O do not. OF tn
III negroes registered, 394 claim eX
I emption and 1856 do not.
The largest precinct in the count,
is Ward 6, Palatka 1.-THE colorre
wardN which had total regiStratlo
of 2O3, cf which but two were whit
4 men. .
! The longest name in the list
! that of a colored man in the Rodma
4 precinct. He goes about his dalI
toll burdened with the baptismal cog
= nomen of Jacob Jay Gould McMllla
Vanderbilt Reed. -
I There are very few aliens in ta
| Putnam county list, and compa"s
/ tively few of foreign birth.
| VaIery Thomas of Palatka came a
| near as any to being exempt. II
| was 30 yers. II months and 30 da!
| Cld on Tuesday. Next day he Wa
The entire list of Putnam count
] names rag;atcred will be found on al
other mage Of this papec.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-08
FEDERAL POINT MOVING
FOR BRANCH RAIL WAY
To Connect at Hastings with
Florida East Coast
Railway.

The outcome of the meeting Of
farmers owning land in Federal
Point and the vicinity, which was held
last Saturday night was entirely sat-
isfactory from every point of view,
and probably ensures a branch rail-
road through that productive terri
tory in the near future. After con-
siderable discussion of various pro-
iects for the better handling of future
crops in the matter Of transporta-
tion, the suggestion of railroad was
adopted, and a committee was ap-
pointed to have oversight of the mat
ter and make such arrangements as
might be considered desirable and
necessary to secure the carrying out
of the plan by the railroad company.
The committee consists of G. w.
Waller, chairman, E. S. Hubbard, sec
retarv; ]. V. Atkins, G. w. Atkinson
and C. w. Brown. On Tuesday F. w.
Kirkland of the Florida East Coast
Railway visited, and went over the
proposed plan with the committee
and expressed himself as very favor
able to it. He stated that he would
use his influence with the company
to secure the line, and that if their
approval is gained, the actual work
of building the road would probably
be completed in time to move the fall
crops. The line would be about three
miles long, and the actual route, as
we'll as the site for the terminus have
not vet been selected. This little
branch would be a great boom to tn
farmers in that section, who have la
bored under great difficulties thi
year in handling the bumper crop. l
is earnestly hoped that no hitch viii
occur, but that the project may g
through successfully.-Hastings Her
old
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Rant;st Woman's Missionary Union.

The w. NJ. U. of the st; Johns
River Baptist Association will NEE meet
NTH % Peniel Baptist church next We'd
nesday, June 18th, from 10 a. M to
d. Delegates from each Missionary
Society are urged to attend. ~
The program of the day will be
along lines of Christian, E6rcatlon, d 6rS;,Is
Sunday school work and Religious
Literature. oo, VIZ
Lunch will be served by Peniel W.
NJ. S. The Ocala Northern tpalh
leaves Palatka for Pencil at ':4G IN, d.
~, and returns about p. m. The
cbnrch % is almost a quarter of a mile
from the station.
BAPTIST Women-Come.
Mrs. R. L. Bonsteel,
Mrs Nettie Bardin,
Superintendents
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-08
SUNDAY CLOSING
ORDINANCE VETOED
But Council Passed it Over
Mayors Veto Only Two
Favored 1t.

At the meeting of the city coun-
Gil on Wednesday evening, Mayor
Merriam's veto of the wide-opcn-
Sunday ordinance was read. 1t will
be remembered that some four years
ago the city council passed an or
dinance requiring ice cream and soft
drink places closed between the hours
of 10 a. m. and noon--the hours of
church services. Last month the
council repealed this closing ordi-
nance by passing one to allow these
places to keep open all day on Sun
day The council argued that mod
ern society" demanded that cigars,
soft drinks and ice cream be kept on
tap at all hours, Sundays included.
The new ordinance was turned over
to the mayor for his approval, but in
stead of his approval it received his
disapproval.
Wednesday night the ordinance was
passed in spite of the mayors veto.
Those voting to override the veto
were: Messrs. Gay, Pursley, Ring
ham, McNally, Coughlin, Jacobson,
Cochranc, Morgan, Trapp, Nottage.
Those voting, to sustain the mayor
were: Messrs. Merrill and Ramsey.
Dr. Martin, who was elected city
physician at the organization of the
new council this spring, having NOV
ed away, rendered his resignation
Dr. J. E. Goethe was elected in his
stead
, The council after some discussion
, over financial matters decided tc
, pave those streets for which petitions
, to pave had been received. These
: streets are to be paved on the 10
, year plan of payments. The streets
, named to be paved are: Reid from
: Seventh to Twelfth; Sixth stree
from the south line of Main to th'
, north line of Olive; Olive street from
: the west line of Fifth to the east lint
5 Of Sixth.
. The council ordered distress war
rants to issue on all delinquent prop
5 erty for the year 1916. And Attor
t ney, J. V. Walton, who was present
stated that within two or three
! months he would collect and tur,
e ever to the city some $4,000 of oil
3 taxes.
A number of streets sent in peti
O tions for paving, among them ben|
Bronson between Third and Fourth
This street, however, owing to ob
v ections raised by R. H. Cooper, will
| not be paved.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-08
PYTH|ANS TO HOLD
BIG JOINT GATHERING
In Palatka Next Thursday
Evening---Big Crowd
Coming.

Pythians representing several dis
tricts of the state, and including
Jacksonville, st. Augustine, Ocala,
Gainesville and other Pythian centers
will gather with st. Johns Lodge next
Thursday evening, June 18th, for a
great joint district meeting, and when
between two and three hundred visi-
tors are expected.
The meeting is in pursuance of the
campaign now being conducted by
Grand Chancellor Yowell of Orlando,
to increase interest in the work of
the order in Florida and to increase
,, the membership by 10000.
The program of entertainment will
include a banquet, the conferring of
the Rank of Page, speaking by some
of the master orators of the State.
The meeting will be presided over by
the Grand Chancellor. The session
will last over until Friday.
The local Pythians are making
great preparations for the entertain,
ment of the visitors and have ap
pointed the following committee:
On Arrangements w. Lansing
w. E. Wattles, and j. Pursley.
Lodge Com. on Arrangements-W
c. Davis, E. E. Ramsey, G. W. Ian
sing.
Banquet Com-W. P. Merriam, M
B. Cochrane, A. M. Hedick.
Ticket Com.-W. A. Williams, c. F
Crandall, G. B. Rankin.
Reception Com.-Hon. w. P. Mer
riam, Judge V. Walton, Judge J. {
Calhoun, R. E. L. Mann, F. D. Wat
, ties, R. H. Cooper, F. A. Sands, S. !
Hilburn, H. A. Davis, R. J. Hancock
, j. V. McCrocklin, A. S. Willard, ,
H. Yelverton, D. w. Ramsaur, l.. 4
, Smith, Randall Wells, w. w. Thigh
, man, J. H. Haughton, R. L. Earnes
/ F. H. Wilson, H. F. Lecks, Geo. +
, Selden, H. l.. Gardner, Leo. Jacob
, son, j. E. Lucas, J. E. Johnson, L.
. Stephens, J. H. Millican, J. w. Dan
sey, DR.. H. A. Johnson, H. S., Nj
Kenzie
Rank Team. E. Deter, F. F
Bailey, w. E. Wattles, A. c. Deer
:, w. C. Davis, ]. G. Spencer, P.
e Collins, M. B. Cochrane, A. X. Hutch
= inson.
i Music Conn.,. @. Tilghman, W.
Burdette, N. J. Tilghman, N. {
Rles.
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w G. Tighman. returned member
Of thc legislature evidently has an
aching for the limelight. On TUESDAY
morning last he made a cowardiy per
sonai attack on the editor of The Pa-
Ioti,g ot News while standing in front Of
tha %t' PaIatka postoffice. The assault
,,as vnT made without warning and while
tho two men were talking IN an ap--
rarentIv friendly way. However ,,S 1t
resulted in nothing more serious 'll"''
d, ,nflina Of the editors dignity ,7
As result of the assault Mt.
Tiirbmar was before the police court
~ - Wednesday, morning, charged with
gi I;-+mrbinr the peace, a charge made
ET @ Cbief of Police Livingston lie
was 4ftcr t,'I'' the assault Mr.. Tiighman
rondIv uttered his prohloltlon;s' y;
"Hon}t .I1D YOU ever print my name IN
.o",. nU.' y n1ner again" said he, mot
oyen after | am dead" ., That
e'SI' SIr TiIrhman was told quietly. thaI
:. W., would be published in this issue,
nrd That the only way to preV!es4TtI, !sTI, 1T, i,
,,lE would he to kill the editor. ..!D,i men
WI TT'ti Kin vou!" yelled the irate citizen
|! ,I. ~" TE,iJghman was evidently an
oored because The News had ti tfot,. ion.
goJ geLeJD his attitude on the reapportlon,
r,ont r,STG M measure in the legislature, a a
mens nsure rf,' which Gov. Cats demanded
me9SuIbii ,J Which Mr.. TiIghman favored, al, Al
anu tborgb it would have cost putnam iGin
oo,n1y o,Uu1 a loss of one of its legiisla5I iIo5
tT|"Iy tiWn members and would have lolMIeu Ms
TIav S5Er county to this senatorial o''-
trict. IL 80 attack on Mr..
nj iIbmon, Lgg MI but it did condemn ms rs
,,nnorf lrS of the measure. Last MGJn ticln
sEPpTo SUP paper G published a long ar'lGIe he
TINS t,on p1 Mr.. TiIghman in which rhe he
,rbt lrOGi TO Justify his position. ~, ne NJ
sGGGr' s9itor Of f The News made an at 9ttempdl nad
edlto, ,.o,,Iv " 70 his argument. he aSto -
10 10 irp harsh language-that was lel' -
Mr. Of III Nr. Tiighman understand this; tb:
r,Io ne' News I proposes to criticize s,,on Tn1 .
The The NeGs ects Of any official, he an among D re
PuolrH Sa NUMBER. % And none of t! them nitbar al.
tne me- ,r"t 70 kin him for doing IT, ei'''ei
Ta gong Erow [% M Mr.. Tilghman now
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-08
st. Marks Church.

Episcopal church services at 7 a.
M, II a. m., and 1880 p. m. Sum
day school at 9:45 a. m. The rector
will preach at both morning and ev-
ening services. Monday is the ami
versary of the death of the apostle
St. Barnabus; service 8 a. m. Mon
day. First vespers of st. Barnabus
on the eve, Sunday 1880 p. m. Color
red, symbolizing the blood of the
martyrs. Every one earnestly in
vited.
Ven. C. R. D. CRITTENTON,
Rector.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-08
Porter-Pearce Wedding.

Mr.. Arthur o. Pearce Of Hastings
and Miss Meta M. Porter, were mar
lied at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing at the home of the bride 112 E.
Main St., Palatka, Rev. R. L. Bon
steel officiating. Immediately after
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Pearce de-
parted for Daytona where they will
remain for week, after which they
will make their home at Hastings.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-08
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

Regular preaching services con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. c. M. AL
ford, D. D., at II a. m. and 7:3O p.
m. In the evening Dr. Afford will
deliver his sixth patriotic address
"The Huguenots of the Carolinas."
Sunday school at 9:45 a. M, F. 7.
Merrill, superintendent. c. E. meets
at $50 p. m. Midweek prayer ser
vice Wednesday evening at 1880
o'clock. The public cordially invited.
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The Baptist Church.

The pastor Rev. R. L. Bonsteel
will preach at the morning service II
a. M, and at the evening service,
1880 p. m.
Sunday school will convene at 9:45
a. m. H. M. Fearnside, Supt.
Young peoples meeting at $3.50 p.
m: Visitors invited to all services.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-08

Teachers examination for .,e c0qSts P,,f.
oertifcates 1f will be held T,,osdav, at tne June
rerS''iii ram High School next TUESDAY, '""'
10Th.
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08
NAVAL RESERVES ENROLLED
Navy Department Wires Order to BE
Prepared for Call.

Detsoit-Immediate enrolment Of
all officers and enlisted men OF the
Michigan Naval Volunteer corps was
ordered by the navy department in a
telegram received from Washington
by Colonel John S. Bersey, adjutant
general of Michigan.
The mobilization orders require no
concentration of militiamen in this
state, except at the various cities
where units are located, every unit
entraining at its own headquarters
and proceeding directly to Philadel-
phia. It is probable. however, that
the Saginaw unit will join the Detroit
men here before proceeding east
ward, II the movement is ordered.
Both officers and men of the naval
volunteers enter the federal service
as soon as enrolled and 50 have stand
ing as regular navy officers and en-
listed men. The officers serve as
commanders of deck divisions, turret
officers and watch officers, just as reg
ularly commissioned naval officers,
and the men serve as gunners, seamen
and members of the powder divisions.
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08
FIVE FIREMEN ARE KILLED
Buried Under Falling Floors-Thres
Others Injured.

Detroit-Without the snap of tim
ber as a warning, the crystal vesti.
buled entrance OF the Fields Cloak &C.
Suit company at 1877 Woodward ave-
nue., where women shoppers were
wont to gaze at the richly dressed
fashion models, became a charnel
house of twisted metal and smoking
debris which buried five city firemen,
early Sunday morning.
Seven were in the death trap an
instant before the upper floors of the
five-story building, weakened by
flames, slid downward. Death resulted
for five OF the fire fighters, one was
hurled almost to the sidewalk line
and escaped with minor injuries, while
the seventh man, stepped out Of the
fatal doorway to feed" more hose to
his comrades, in obedience to orders,
at almost the instant the floors fell.
He escaped uninjured,
Chief Timothy E. callahan, of the
first battalion, chief at the fire, had
left the ill-fated little squad inside
the entry way only a moment before,
without a suspicion of danger being
so imminent. There wasn't the
slightest warning, said Chief Gala
han. "The floors slid down with a
rush like a snowslide from a steep
roof" The dead are:
Captain Alexander Cockburn, Lad
derman Oscar Locke, Pipeman Otto A.
Mattick, Pipeman William Schill, Pipe
man Alonzo F. Raymond.
The injured are:
Pipeman Vincent Gordon, Lieuten-
ant F. Brown, Lieutenant Alexander
Thompson.
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08
ROADS ASK RATE INCREASE
Would Charge &c Mile in Upper and
2 1-2c in Lower Peninsula.

Lansing.-A repetition Of the legis
lative battle OF 1915 over passenger
fares was presaged by the introduc-
ton of a measure which would in
crease the rate railroads could charge
in Michigan.
If this bill passes, upper peninsula
roads will be permitted three cents
mile and all of the present two-cent
roads in the southern peninsula will
be raised to 1-2 cents.
The bill comes from the railroad
association, which has had its rep
resentative, Charles e. Webb, on the
ground here ever since the session
opened.
1t was introduced by Senator E. V.
Smith, of Nashville, chairman of the
senate railroad committee, who was
very insistent that the newspapermen
should understand that he fathered
the measure only "by request"
A resolution authorizing an inves-
tigation of the whole problem OF pas
senger rates, with a demand for
report to the 1919 legislature, will
propably soon appear in the house.
This action, which has been contem-
plated right along by Representative
Sigurd Nelson, of Gogebic, and Mer.
lin Wiley, OF Chippewa, was post
poned until the railroads mad~ the
present move.
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08
ESKIMO DESERTS DANE KING
Meme Peary Wallace of Etah Takes
Out First Papers as Ameri-
can Citizen.

Meme Peary Wallace, formerly of
north Greenland, Rear Admiral Peary's
Eskimo boy" a few days ago for
swore allegiance to the king of Den
mark and received from g. w. Schulter
of the naturalization bureau the only
first papers" ever issued in New York
to an Eskimo.
II don't know whether I'm on the
road TO being an American citizen or
whether I've been an American citizen
right along" Meme said. "Etah Is
away up toward the pole, about 5000
miles nearer than Cape Slddon, where
the Danish government exercises its
northernmost jurisdiction, but Amer
lean expeditions put Etah on the
map as you would say here.
"Etah is some place." he declared,
admiringly. 1T has population of
400-living in snow huts-no mayor,
no police, no schOols-but when you've
lived in New York for while a diet
of blubber and caribou meat goes
hard"
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08
LABOR MEN PLAN WAR MEET
Representatives of 100000 Union
Men Called to Conference.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of more
than 100000 American wage-earn-
ers have been called to a conference
here March II to determine and an
nounce the part labor shall claim in
the formulation of policies of pre-
paredness and defense in the crisis
confronting the nation.
The call was issued by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, under authority
of the federations executive council.
It went to presidents of 10 national
and international unions affiliated
with the federation, department pres
idents and the four great railroad en-
ployes' brotherhoods.
The conference promises to be the
most notable gathering of American
labor representatives ever held.
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08
What the Doctor Knows
KIDNEYS MUST BH RIGHT TO
INSURE HEALTH.

Few people realize to what extent their
health depends upon the condition OF the
kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases of
serious illness, makes a chemical analy-
sis of the patients urine. He knows that
unless the kidneys are doing their work
properly, the other organs cannot readily
be brought back to health and strength
When the kidneys are neglected or
abused in any way, serious results are
sure to follow. According to health sta
tistics, Bright's Disease, which is really
an advanced form of kidney trouble,
caused nearly ten thousand deaths in one
year, in the State of New York alone.
Therefore, it is particularly necessary to
pay more attention 70 the health of these
important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has had
remarkable success as a kidney remedy
is DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The mild and healing influence Of this
preparation, in most cases, is. soon real.
lied, according to sworn statements and
verified testimony of those who have used
the remedy.
When your kidneys require attention,
get Swamp-Root at once from any phar-
macy. 1t is sold by every druggist in
bottles Of two sizes-50c and $l.OO.
However, IL you wish first TO test this
great preparation send ten cents TO DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08
PRESIDENT DENIED
RIGHT To Arm SHIPS
SixTY-FOURTH CONGRESS DIES
WITHOUT PASSING LAW
ASKED BY WILSON.
EXTRA SESSION NECESSARY
Senator la Toilette Leads Small
CT oup In Filibuster That Kills
Chance for Vote.

Washington-Twelve senators, led
by Senator La Toilette and encour-
aged by Senator Stone, Democratic
chairman of the foreign relations COM
mittee, in a filibuster lasting through
out 26 hours of continuous session,
defed the will of an overwhelming
majority in congress and denied to
the president law authorizing him
to arm American merchant ships to
meet the German submarine menace.
The majority of United States sena-
tors favored the passage of the senate
bill authorizing the president of the
United States to arm American
merchant vessels, similar bill hav-
ing already passed the house by a
vote of 403 to 13.
Under the rules of the senate, al,
lowing unlimited debate. La Toilette
and his small group of supporters re-
fused a majority of their colleagues
an opportunity to vote on the armed
neutrality bill, and IL died with the
Sixty-fourth congress, at noon March
4th.
An extra session of congress is re-
quired to clothe the president with
authority, but it is useless to call one
while the senate works under the
present rules, which permit small
minority to keep an overwhelming ma
jority from acting.
1t will probably be necessary to re-
wise the senate rules in. order to pass
the legislation demanded.
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08
AMOS MUSSELMAN Is DEAD
Was Twice Candidate for Governor
Of Michigan.

Grand Rapids-Amos s. Mussel.
man, Sc years old, president of the
Commercial Savings bank of this city,
and identified with several other fiscal
institutions in Michigan and twice
candidate for governor on the Republi-
can ticket is dead.
Mr.. Musselman was prominent in
Masonic and other fraternal circles.
He had many financial interests in
Grand Rapids and throughout Michi-
gan. and was interested in various
industrial concerns.
In 1910 he sought the nomination
for governor, his opponents being
Chase S. Osborn and Patrick H. Kel-
ley. He was defeated then but two
years later defeated Frederick Mar
tindale for the nomination but was
himself defeated in the election by
his democratic opponent, Woodbridge
N. Ferris.
The Yale expositor., 1917-03-08

st. Louis-Taxpayers have pcii-
toned the city to purchase water
rights on Pine River for a powe- plant.
Low water has made the present plant
inadequate.
Grand Rapids-Michigan farmers
are facing a serious shortage of seed
corn for next years crop. Most of the
seed will have TO be brought In from
other sections. These facts were
brought out at the session of the
Kent county farmers institute.
Iron Mountain-Fire which broke
out in the kitchen of the main build
ing at the Dickinson county infirm-
airy, IL miles from here, caused loss
of $4,000. The buildings destroyed
were the main building, hospital, Ice
house and roothouse. The patients
were removed safely.