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Sharp County record., 1917-05-11

Farmers in the vicinity of Big
gers have more than 200 acres of
watermelons planted this season.
Citizens of Melbourne have pur-
chased a large American flag, which
has been placed on top Of the dome
! at the court house, a height of 65
feet.
A thief broke into the Quality
Bakery and City Meat Market at
Hoxie few nights ago and helped
himself to lot of meat, bread and
other articles of food.
AT Newport recently Miss Belle
( Stribbling of Walnut Ridge spelled
/ 499 out of 500 words correctly, win
! ming a medal in a contest in which
! more than 100 high school students
participated.
Alf Whitesides, negro of Big
gers, became violently insane one
day last week and was removed to
the Pocahontas Jail, pending ar
rangements to place him in the
state hospital.
The young people of Newport
are being organized to cultivate
vacant lots in that city. This is
the vacation for school children
and they will make gardens during
the time and contribute to the food
supply.
Mrs. S. W. Weaver of Oak Grove
| neighborhood, Independence county,
1 was bitten on the hand by a large
A copperhead snake while selecting
seed corn from the crib one day
last week. She was quite sick for a
time, but recovered.
Andrew Milan of Brockett, Ran
\ doiph county was taken to the
hospital for nervous diseases last
} week. He was released from that
| institution only a few months AGO
and became violently insane a few
days before he was returned there.
An unknown man believed to
have gone to sleep on the railway
track was run over and instantly
killed by train near HoXie early
one morning last week, Letters IN
his pocket were addressed to j. D.
Miller, but nothing further is known
of the man. He was apparently
about as years of age.
c. G, Henry, president of the Ar
kansas Bank and Trust Co. at New
port and chairman of the Jackson
county food preparedness campaign,
is helping boys raise hogs by loan
ing them money 70 buy pigs when
their application is approved by the
county agent. A number of boys
are taking advantage Of the offer,
The suffraGists of Newport held q
rally few days ago, The advo-
Gates Of equal suffrage are numerous
in Newport, that city Boosting Of
the first poll tax receipt issued to
q woman in the state Of Arkansas,
Many of the fair sex there have
paid their poll tax and announce
that they are in line to vote at the
next primaries,
Names Of real estate owners to
the number Of 572 are on file in
the clerks office at Melbourne ask.
ing the county judge Of lizard county
to form a road district from the
independence to the Fulton county
line by way of Melbourne, In this
proposed district there are 1853 real
Sharp County record., 1917-05-11

All the leading christian nations
on the face of the earth are now at
war. The heathens are at least at
peace Please stand and sing while
the contribution box is passed for
the heather.
Sharp County record., 1917-05-11
SPECULATION, NOT SHORTAGE

There was some very interesting
talk in the senate of the United
States few days ago, when, as the
papers described it, the rising SEN
timent in congress for legislation to
meet the nations food problems
broke out in the senate"
Senators from farming states de-
MED there is any real shortage of
staple foods in the United States
Senator Williams of Mississippi de-
clared there has been hysteria
throughout the country and that
the cause of high prices was large
psychological He said he believed
the German corruption fund recent
ly unearthed in a federal court in
New York may have been respon-
sible for the hysteria.
Senator Thomas spoke much
more plainly than did Senator Will
Jams. He said he believed that
high food prices could be cured by
a liberal hanging of food specula-
tors on handy lamp posts. Senator
Thomas introduced an amendment
to the espionage bill empowering
the president by proclamation to
suspend during the war the opera
ton of Boards of Trade and Cham.
bers of Commerce which deal in
futures.
Senator Borah was also a plain
talker on the subject. He predict
ed a world famine if the war lasts
two years and if extraordinary and
continued efforts are not made by
legislation to meet the food prob
lem. He attacked the packers and
said speculation and monopoly in
foodstuffs makes millions for those
who are responsible and makes
paupers of the people. He favored
conscription of food and govern
ment possession of the packing
companies. Food speculation, he
said, would not be ended until the
spectators are put in stripes be-
hind the bars
Several other members of the
senate agreed that there is no
reason to fear a real shortage in
the food supply, but that there is
every reason to fear the work Of
spectators and manipulators.
1t seems that prices of actual
necessities of life have reached a
limit beyond which the consumers
cannot possibly make their pocket.
books reach yet they are continu-
sally confronted with the prediction
of further increased prices 1t
docs appear that If the government
ever intends to take q hand in
thwartine the purposes of food
Nspeculators and bringing down the
price of necessities of life within
hailing distance Of the average con.
sumer, now is the proper time to
20 it. 1t ought to be done before
the manipulators drain the country
of its wealth for the sole benefit OF
their own greedy exchequers,
AS an instance Of speculation,
the papers a little less than two
weeks ago published the statement
That the supply Of potatoes at that
ume was more than double the
oupply at the same date In 1915
et, Ia spite Of the fact that the
upply has largely increased, the
prlce OF potatoes Is four times as
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
NEGROES WIN HONORS
SomaIiS Get 264 Citations for
Bravery in Battle.
Proud Tribesmen Prove Efficient
Fighters, But Never Resort
to Savagery.

French POint.-Two hundred and
| siXty-four personal citations for BRAY.
cry have been won by the negro sol
diers of single Somalis battalion
since 1t landed in France in June, 1916.
OF these citations 100 were gained in
the fierce battles of the Aisne and the
remainder about Verdun.
The Somalis, many of whom were
recruited in British Somaliland, are
Independent and find the discipline of
an organized army severe. Their
French officers, however, are accus-
toned to deal with these freedom lov-
Ing tribeSmen, and by appealing to
their pride of race and their self-re-
spect obtain their devoted obedience
to such an extent that they rapidly
become excellent soldiers. These men
learn TO handle modern infantry weap-
ons quickly and furnish many special
lsts In the grenade throwing, rifle and
machine gun sections of French reci-
mentS, for the men are of high intelli-
gence and are full Of natural initiative
valuable adjuncts in these branches
of fighting-while at hand grenade
throwing they are second to none.
Meticulously clean of habit the So
mails, who are strict MahometaDs.
never touch alcohol. In fact, they look
on any man given to intoxication with
the greatest disdain. They are self |
sacrificing to degree, as was evil
denced during their attack on La Bo-
velle, when they had to clear out the |
shelters In a trench which they had
just captured. and which were still
full of Germans who had taken refuge
there. One Of their European SER
geants was about to enter a dugout
known to be full of armed enemies
when he was pushed aside by So
mails private with the exclamation.
Let me go first! You are married"
A widely prevalent fallacy has
charged the negroes with sayaperv
against their captives. Their officers
say this charge has been disproved
line and again after fights at Yerdun.
n Champagne and north of the Aisne.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07

Chamberlain's Tablets are intended
especially for stomach troubles, bill
iousness and constipation, and have
met with much success in the treat
ment OF those diseases. People who
have suffered for years with stomach
trouble and have been unable to Oh
tain any permanent relief, have been
completely cured by the use of these
tablets. Chamberlain's Tablets are al
so of great value for biiousness
Chronic constipation may be perma-
nently cured by taking Chamberlain's
Tablets and observing the plain print
ed directions with each bottle. Ack-
erman-Stewart Drug Co..
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND
"MEN OF TASTE"
Miami Metropolis. +
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Under a Savannah date line of No
vember Is is dispatch that an
nounces the conversion Of Pleasant A.
Stovail to the equal suffrage cause.
Mr.. Stovall, who as editor of the Sa-
vannah Press fought "like a South
ern gentleman" against votes for wo-
men, presumably from the standpoint
of chivalry, has been serving the gov
ernment as minister to Switzerland,
and returns no doubt with a broader
vision of human rights.
The dispatch says: pleasant A.
Stovall, United States minister to
Switzerland, now at home on leave,
last night, in an address before the
Equal Suffrage League of Savannah
endorsed the policy of votes for wo-
men. When he left home four years
ago he was opposed to this policy.
At the end of his address on woman's
activity in the war, the minister de-
clared that if women can make BAN
dages, till farms, drive taxicabs, run
street cars, and sell Liberty bonds,
surely no man of good taste could ev-
er refuse them the vote"
Naturally to the noble women who
lived through the days of the Civil
war and through Reconstruction
Times, and gave just as good service
to their country as women give to-
day, it must be somewhat calling to
find that men are just discovering
that they are intelligent enough to
have the rights of citizenship, but
these women are generous-they have
always been generous and tolerant
and self-sacrifcing, and they can re-
joice in the coming enfranchisement
Of their daughters and granddaugh-
5ers, even if they may not live to ac-
1uire citizenship rights for them
selves!
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
LIGHTS PREVENT ANY
ESCAPE OF GERMANS
Camps at Hot Springs Silent
at Night-Men Not
Friendly.

donald Gillis in Asheville Citizen.)
When the sun goes down and the
hooded incandescents strung from the
formidable barbed wire barricade
throw their funnel light to make clear
to the guards in darkened high perch
ed entry boxes that border of "No
Mans Land" inside the fence on
which the interned German seamen
must not set foot as safeguard
against any cutting of the wires. The
lights shine from the windows of the
four story hotel where the officers
are quartered, and from the Hot
Springs hills the two camps are sill
houtted with electric borders and fes-
toons. No sound comes from them;
they are as silent as deserted villages
where German armies have passed.
Then on the tracks barely outside
the fence the freights begin to pass
with silence-shatterin roar. Great
trains are these drawn by giant mo-
guls and flaming furnace doors, 40,
30, 60 cars rumbling ponderouslv east
and west through all the hours of
darkness, while the wardened Ger
mans steep oOille are sections OF
the Primers Points Express, the aris
tocrat of freights, fast speeding to
the sea with coal, cattle. horses, au-
tomobiles, lumber, machinery and
food for those who fight the German
across the water, and they speak
message understood by all within the
camps.
Understanding Minds.
There are plenty of understanding
minds IN the camps, especially among
the 517 officers. They are where thew
are partly because of this and for the |
rest because they are Germans. No
camp official cherishes any other idea
than that they are Germans through
and through. And so are the men,
for if they had wanted to be Ameri-
can the door was open the year be-
tore America entered the war As
has been stated, friendly relations be-
tween the two camps have ceased to
aXlst but this is because the men have
east off the woke of former strict
1lsclpline. Officially the Germans
are detained immigrants" and like
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DISCHARGE.

NOTICE is hereby given, That on
the goth, day of April, A. D., 1918, or
as soon thereafter as l can be heard,
I shall make settlement of my ac-
counts as Administrative of the Es-
tate of A. C. Weaver, deceased, and
present my final accounts and vouch-
ers to the Court of the County Judge
of Putnam County, State of Florida,
for approval and for Final Discharge.
This 10Th day of October, A. D.
1917,
MAY H. PURDOM,
Formerly May H.. Weaver,)
AS Administrative of the Estate
/of A. C. Weaver. Deceased.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The Annual Meeting of the Stock
holders, Palatka Automobile and Sup
ply Co., will be held at the offices of
the Company in the City of Palatka,
Fla, on the Second Thursday in Jan
uary 1918, same being the Tenth day
of the month, at Eight o'clock P. NJ,
for the purpose of receiving reports,
electing Directors and transacting
such other business that may come
before the meeting.
Palatka Automobile & Supply Co.
HERBERT CROOK,
Secretary & Treasurer.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

All creditors, legatees, distributes,
and all persons having claims or de-
mandS against the Estate of Mary
Scott Miller deceased, are hereby no.
titled to present their claims or de-
mands to me within Two Years; and
aII persons indebted to said Mary
Scott Miller, deceased, are notified to
pay the same Immediately.
GEORGE C. MILLER,
Administrator, of the estate of
Mary Scott Miller, deceased.
Inns 10th day of October, A. D., 1917.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
.YINO[ REMOVES
THE CAUSE OF
CHRONIC COUGHS
A Constitutional Remedy
That We Guarantee

Lagrange, N. C.-"For years I
suffered with a chronic cough, so I
could not sleep nights and continued
to lose flesh. My druggist asked me
to try Vinol. 1t cured my cough, I
can sleep nights and have gained
twelve pounds. Virol is the best
tonic and tissue builder I have ever
taken" w. D. Rem, Lagrange, N. c.
We guarantee Vinol for chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis. Not a
patent medicine. Formula on every
bottle. Your money back if it fails.
ACKERMAN- STEWART DRUG co.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
Notice of Application for Tax Deed
Under Section of Chapter 4SSS,
Laws of Florida,

NOTICE is hereby given that
Fannie White purchaser of Tax Certificate
No l49, dated the 7th day of July A. d., lgls
has filed said certificate in my office
and has made application for tax deed
to issue In accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the follow
ing described property, situated In
Putnam county, Florida, to-wit:
NWA of SWA, Section l3 Township TO- s.
Range 23 e., 40 Acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of issuance of such certificate in
the name OF Rodman Lumber Co. 4 Mann
+. l..
Unless said certificate shall be re-
deemed according to law,Ntax deed will
issue thereon on the 9TH day of January A.
D., 1918,
Witness my official signature and
seal this the 5th day of DecemberA A. D., 1917.
lSEALl R. J. HANCOCK,
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co., Fla.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
NOTICE.

The 1917 Tax Books are now open
for the payment Of taxes. Any per-
son paying taxes in November is en-
titled to a discount of 2 per cent and
IN December a discount of l per cent.
Tax Books will close April 1st, 1913.
RANDALL WELLS.
Tax Collector, Putnam County, Fla.
12-14-17.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
How to Prevent CrOup.

In child that is subject to attacks
of Group, the first indication of the dis
ease is hoarseness. Give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy as soon as the
child becomes hoarse and the attack
may be warded off and all danger and
anxiety avoided. Alderman Stewart
Drug Co.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07

Atlanta, Ga. DR.. jacobson saia in .
recent interview that 80 per cent ot
enema comes from nervous br@aII-
down which can only be corrected hv
supplying the necessary phosphafes ~
the nervous system that is lacking in
Ihe 1000 you eat and this can be ouicli :
~ sspplied by taking one or two l.
grain go-Phosphate tablets after
each meal and at bed time. It will in
many. cases make a pale scrawny face
the picture of health in few days.
nave seen women that expected wOuld
nave to be kept under treatment for
months restored to perfect health in
one or two weeks time.
SPECIAL NOTICE. The Argo- Phos-
phate recommended by DR.. F. H. ia
cobson contains phosphates such as
are prescribed by leading physicians
throughout the world, and it will be
round the most effective form for
treating patients with Nervous Dys-
pepsia, Stomach troubles, Brain Fag,
and Nervous Prostration. It will re-
new youthful vim and vigor, and build
up the whole body. If your druggist
will not supply you with Argo-Phos-
phate, send s1.O0 for two weeks treat
ment, to Argo Laboratories, 10 Forsyth
st, Atlanta, Ga.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
wise "alien enemies"

wise "alien enemies"
The guards know of this feeling
"You give us sticks and you won't
need to guard those fellows" said
some of the men to the guards, speak
ing of the officers. There are now
two bands, one of officers and the 9TH
er of men. Each camp has it's "foot
ball team" and last Sunday they
played a match game, the mems team
winning. "If it had been real foot
ball game there would have been
scrap" said a guard. But though the
ball is like football it is not kicked
but batted with the hand, the game as
seen in practice being a gentle modi-
fication of basket ball.
The bowling alley established by
the Y. M. G.. A. would exhaust the
patience of Americans. The alleys
are about eighteen inches wide and
most of the balls, for whatever rea-
son, leave the alleys before reaching
the nine pins. Croquet is more pop
ular than tennis, and there were
great many more officers engaged in
the semi-militarv marching drill and
setting up exercises than there were
of the athletes in running togs cir
cling the grounds.
No Allowance.
The impression persisting among
many that the Germans receive an al
lowance from this country is totally
erroneous. They have been receiving
three-fourths pay monthly from the
Hamburg American and North Ger
man Lloyd, but this was stopped this
month although camp officials under
stand such payment is to be resumed. |
Those who work for this government
are paid for their services, and they
work only when they want to do so.
Camp officials ask why, if county au-
thorities want men to work on the
roads they do not ask for the Ger
is those who may choose
to work, expressing a willingness to
consent to such employment.
The question of whether the Ger
mans are fed too fine food seems to
iepend entirely on ones viewpoint. A
quest of one of Asheville's fine hotels
you'd doubtless be entirely dissatis-
led with the fare, but there are
,ery great number of people in this
ection who would be highly pleased
t they could have meat twice daily,
IS the Germans generally do, roasts,
tews, sometimes steak, mutton and
quite rarely pork, with plenty of
egetable food to match. They would
lot like a steady diet of rye bread,
ut they might learn just as the Ger
lans have learned to like hominy as
cereal. The U. S. provides food and
odging.
Visiting the miniature village they
ave built along the waterside one
cts the impression that there the Of
GERS have shed their officialdonl and
ppear only as kindly, grown up chill
rem. The captain of a great ship ,
'oks as pleased as a child at com ,
of the tiny one room house I
e has arist;cally constructed of limbs,
roken brick, ends Of planks. bark and ,
ms of tobacco, with its little brick ,
owe. Such lumber as is used the
ermans have bought at retail prices d
the town.
Very few of the guards command t
by Superintendent Francis have l.
ad anv experience in a military way t
: as officers, an exception being Cap S
in John Lawson former chief of po- t.
.e of Hot Springs, whose efficiency b
we'll known and who is now what |,
e Germans would term an "ober Of q
err which in a sense of translation is
cans an officer and then Msnnlen y :.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07

nratSsi uhe Sultan ns:1, and his "christi..
brother, Wilhelm, DOM .s'lan
congratulating and decorst:1 seem to
about Jerusalem. 'p''''ng 70
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DISCHARGE.

NOTICE is hereby given, That on
the 10th, day of April, A. D., 1918. or
as soon thereafter as l can be heard
snail make a settlement of nv ac.
counts as EXecutrix of the Estate Of
A. b. Purdom, deceased, and present
my my maj accounts and vouchers to the
Court of the County Judge of Putnsm
County, State of Florida, for approval
and for Final Discharge. '"'
1917, 'O'''' a. -
MAY H. PURDOM,
AS EXecutrix of the Estate of
A. b. Purdom, Deceased
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07

RUSSIA" says Gen. Smuts. as a
woman laboring in childbirth" Ger
man autocracv will take especial de-
light in beating her up
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07

Miss Cecilia P. Bass. age 21, Just
admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania,
is said to be the youngest woman
lawyer in the world.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07

By mere waste, caused by coins rub
bing one against another, the civil
lied world loses one ton and a quarter
of gold and eighty-fve tons Of silver
annually.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07
NOIlCE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DISCHARGE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on
the 10th day of February, A. D. 1918
or as soon thereafter as | can be
heard, shall make a settlement of
my accounts as surviving Executor. of
the last viii and Testament, of II, G.
Loper deceased, and present my ac-
counts and vouchers to the Court of
the County Judge of Putnam Coun-
ty, Florida, for approval.
G. LOPER BAILEY,
-, as surviving Executor, aforesaid
lhls 10th day of August. A. D., 1917
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07

Ninety bushels of oats to the acre
IS the record made this year by Carl
Nrooman, assistant secretary of ao-
riculture, on one of his farms in Hi
nois.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-07

sons interested in even to al
crlbed lands in Fla, tng lollowin
Putnam County, in 'tS r. lef Count
tba ttes Included and comprivSa1i m Sais
'ne II IiottioWing boundariess.' 'sed sec
p,,t ~ Ihat body of lana 10 70 "
th una m County and Fjs"i, Fj tuat
Tue Tue state of Florida Sier eae Coul
ineluaed within bonnSoo oorriiprriset orIp
menclng at the northmutary line
section Forty four [1M [1lMWeSt corn
Zen 1Ol South of - Po, IN Tow
seven CD East, runnine' 'ilse tEs Tw
~ along the north Ina rs of tfhence ei
torty-four (4D to IFS irt oi sad s.
ga, Se tbern llle of Section FoV,n FSo,vn
WaSt WS,t tnehce northwesterIv p,ofty
I Inc northwest corner of sdt1 -nlne 4
tolty nine (40, thence eaSt aStu Sc
ne me north line of Sections uStsrly Sy
tSt' ana Forty-ive (45( 70 ttoFty-
east corner of Section For,'n W. 'ne NJ
1hence south along tha oo o 'hve
section Forty-five an to eaSl y, lins
tloh with the north linz its os iIntel
wv IN Section Thirty-fiyo Ig, ~ Lot
east along the north linz ,asO,i n
laid Zen 2lo) to the northeast u oSsl @dl
6a,u 6uo (eeH 5ot Zen uO), in Section nO,ng N
ti .ine OF Lots Two (2), and dgS siS tGe G
@ ion Ihlrty-five (35) to tba p'N rOo!, ol
corner of said Lot Two ,"9 G9i nOIlh
Ihirty-fve (35), continninay ~ H. Se
70 the southeast corner of .h tue
of f'S qtier quarter of the southwest om
VI SECTION Iwenty-six (26), tbosaH w
M Mes. TO the west line of Said GVGy y
l,WentN-slX (26), thence nortb %i% '
tne west line of Section" NJ Tw1, M
Nzo) TO the southeast cornoS nMel!
northeast quarter of Section NJ
seven t2D, thence west to 't ~. NV
west corner of said -,a. " tne