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The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
FLOATING DRY-DOCKS
FOR US. GOVERNMENT
To Be Built Near Palatka-
Preparations Now Being
Made.

The Grimsley Neck Construction
Company is the name of company
of government contractors who have
located on the east side bend in the
river below the F. E. C. R'y bridge
in East Palatka. The head of the COM
pany is Mr.. S. N. Wessberg, who with
his family has only during the past
week moved into the Won Engelken
residence, known as Vingolf- lf-on-the-
St. Johns.
The company is to make floating
dry-docks pontoons and barges for the
government, and will employ a great
many men.
The Grimsley Neck Construction Co
first located on the east side of Lake
Crescent in Flagler county, where il
own a considerable timber. But {
change in the specifications of the
docks and barges was so great as tt
preclude the possibility of floating
them through the Dunn's Creek draw
bridge, and hence the company Sc
cured a new location, below al
bridges
The company still has a saw-mil
at the Lake Crescent site, but it i
possible that this also may be remov
ed to the East Palatka location.
is only a question as to floating tn
logs or the cut timbers.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
SWIFT PUNISHMENT
TO NEGRO RIOTERS
Meeted Out at San Antonio
Cantonment Early Tues
day Morning.

Thirteen negro soldiers convicted OF
participating in the riot at Houston,
Texas, last August, were hanged from
one scaffold at the army encampment
in San Antonio on Tuesday morning
before sunup.
It was a quiet affair. The convict
ed men were aroused before the regu-
lar army reveille and marched by
their guards to waiting automo6les
and conveyed to the scaffold which
had been built during the day IN re-
tired place. They were placed III po-
sition' an army chaplain offered pray
err and the traps were sprung IhH-
teen men died instantly. The time
and place of execution was not made
known. Few except the officers and
guard were present. IL
Fortv-one others convicted by the
court martial for shooting up Hous-
ton. have been sentenced to LIE IN.
nrisonment at Fort Leavenworth. VI
the others four were sentenced to as
honorable discharges from the army
and prison terms of two years ana SIX
months. Five were ACQUITTED ana
went to join their commands. -,
These negroes were all members
of the oath u. S. Infantry.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
ROWTON W|THDRAWS
HIS RESIGNATION
AS County Commissioner at
Urgent Solicitation of
Friends.

&. f. Rowton, chairman of the Put
nam county board of commissioners
and one of Palatka's most active bus
mess men, sent his resignation to
Gov. Cats on the 5th inst, giving as
his reason the fact that his clerical
force had been depleted by valued
clerk joining the army, and the con-
sequent added demand for his person.
al attention to his private business.
Gov. Cats notified Mr.. Rowton that
he would accept the resignation only
in the event a good man was recon-
mended to fill the vacancy. He ask
ed W. G. Tilghman, his Putnam coun-
ty advisor, to name a man.
In meantime Mr.. Rowton's clerk
who went to the army was rejected
for physical reasons thereby render
ing void his reason for resigning
This fact, with the additional one
that he was urged to hold on to the
office finally persuaded Mr.. Rowtor
to permit request being sent to the
governor asking that the resignation
he withdrawn. The governor ther
wired that he had so done.
The News feels that the public j:
to be congratulated on Mr.. Rowton'
withdrawal of his resignation. HI
has been painstaking, conscientiou
commissioner and has brought to bea
on the office business talent of a higI
order. He has a fine grasp on tn
business of the county and his with
Grawal would have been in the ma
ture of a public calamity
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
Christmas Festival.

You are invited to a Festival of
Christmas Carols at the high school
auditorium by 100 singers of the school
Friday December 21st at 3 p. m. A
collection will be taken for the piano
fund, as a new piano is greatly need
ed in the high school.
The pupils of Putnam High school
and grades will travel in groups over
the city Christmas morning at 7
o'clock, singing Christmas Carols.
Those who will kindly aid the pupils
in their efforts to spread Christmas
iov and cheer will ioin in the singing,
and gather the children of their neigh
borhood in their cars.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
COURT WILL Be ASKED
TO APPOINT RECEIVER
For OcklaWaha Valley Rail-
Way-No Trains Since
Thursday 9th.

The Ocklawaha Valley Railway Co.
discontinued running its train over the
road last week Thursday, the 9Th inst.
The locomotive and coaches are on
the siding in rear of the colored school
The general superintendent notified
employees on the 1st inst. that ne had
sufficient money to guarantee their
| paw up to the 9Th inst; that after
that date he could not be responsible.
The men quit.
The State Railroad Commission, on
petition of the road to discontinue
running trains, had denied the petit
ton. and had taken the matter be-
fore Judge James T. Wills of this cir
cult to enforce their ruling by an in
junction. Judge Wills granted the
Injunction. In disseminating the run
ming of trains the road has violated
the Injunction. But if it be true that
it has no money, no court could COM
pei an impossibility. :,
But the owners of the road wanted
to sell it for junk; the ruling OF the
commissioners and the court prevented
this; had they been allowed to sell
the rails for junk the company would
+ have been enabled to realize some four
e or five times the cost of the property
to its present owners.
They didn't give a d for the pub
: lie. They reside in New York, where
y sentiments of that kind are common
I The railroad commissioners and the
I court took the view that the public
= had some rights which even New York
4 captalists are bound to respect.
!. The stoppage of trains after the III.
i. junction is somewhat in the nature Oh
+ contempt of court.
). Hon. S. ], Hilburn of this city who
j. represented the people in the proceed
). ines before the Commissioners and be
!. fore the court, was asked yesterday
!. what would be the next move.
{. ~ am waiting" said Mr.. Hilburn
{. "for the return of Hon. D. c. McMul'
{. lin, attorney for the railroad commits
}. missioners who was called to Wash
= ington. He wrote me that Just as
:, soon as he returned that we would &c
:. over the matter, and that we woulc
apnlv to the court for receiver. A
: receiver will then onerate the road"
= GLOW lone will it take after the re.
:. ceiver is appointed before the roac
=, should be runninq trains again." Mr.
:. Hilburn was asked.
= "Whv. I suppose five or six days,
= replied he. eyes. a receiver can raise
= money by issuing certificates of IN
= dcbtedness AGAINST the property. y
= the trains will be running again"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
Recent Red Cross Notes.

Honorable Thomas E. Green OF Chi-
cago. a speaker of note will f2,iNSr
an address in Palatka on next wed
nesdav night, Dec. 10th. in the inter-
est of the Red Cross. Putnam coun-
ty Chapter is particularly proud to
make this announcement and invites
every body to hear something aoout
tbe great work the organization is
doing and incidentally to hear some
interesting things concerning the war
The place of meeting announced Ia
ter. eo,.+,,rote
in having a fine working Branch al
Crescent City, and acknowledges re
ceint of a box of splendidly done ar
ticIes as follows: 95 abdominal pan
Jages 6 doz. substitute handkerchlelSS
e So triangular bandages, 10 L nanu'
aces % 40 guaze squares, 9 x = lnehes ac
en- No. 4 guaze squares: 40 NO.
mao 0w SQUARES. 2 dozen knitted WASH
cloths and sweaters.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
THIS IS TOUGH LUCK.

i Washington, D. c., Dec. 12.-
!. Men of the national army will :
!. not be given Christmas furloughs :
j. unless they live within trolley
+ distance of their cantonments,
j. the war department says. Sec
+ retary Baker, in an announce
\ ment today ASSIGNED the harmful :
!. effect general leave would have
J. on camp discipline and the hea-
!. w burden it would throw on
!. railroads as reasons for the de-
i. partment's action.
j.
:. j. j. j. j. j. i i + I. ]. i ]. + + /. .
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
Carload of Farm Implements.

H. NJ. de Montmollin, who is the To-
cal agent for the Iron Age farm i'm
plements, has Just received a car load
of these goods and is anxious the
farmers of the county should inspect
them when in the city.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14
LET EVERY MAN IN
AMERICA READ THIS.

+ Starting with December 18th, !
+ the Government, through its Lo- !
j. cal Boards, will mail a QUES- !
l. TIONAIRE to every man regis !
+ tered under the Selective Draft !
+ Act, to his address on file with
!. his Local Board. Such Question :
J. aire will be dated with the date :
+ of it's mailing and must be an
+ swered and returned to the prop :
+ er Local Board within seven days :
+ from its date.
j. Every man MUST get his mail :
+ and READ it. No excused will
+ be accepted.
4 All exemptions are revoked.
+ Men will be called into Military
+ Service in the order of their class
= ifcation as shown by their an
! swers to these Questionaires.
ts Failure to answer such Owes
+ tionaire correctly and within
ss the time rcOuired will nlace the
+ person so failing, in the first class
)" to he called.
f. This does not apply to those
+ now in the Military or Naval
j service of the United States.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-12-14

Every farm worthy the name should
have some fruit trees. Consult the
nursery catalops and choose some
thing for planting in December.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
THE PRICE OF SHOES.

Shoes today cost more than
ever before. And the shoe deal
ers announce that they are going
still higher. Along with the new
increase in price will go the sub
stitution of cheaper materials
cloth tops instead of leather, and
composition soles. In other
words. the public is expected to
pay more money for poorer foot
wear.
1t may be all right, but the con
suming public would like to have
a little more light ON the subject.
The announcement of higher prl-
ces and lower quality has not
been accompanied by any con-
vincing evidence that the double
imposition is necessary. Thos g..
Plant, one of the biggest shoe eX-
perts in the country, says that
there isn't any real shortage OF
hides and leather-that there IS
only an artificial shortage caused
by manipulation.
1t might be just as well to
have a government inquiry, to de-
termine whether the prices asked
bear any relation to the cost of
manufacture. A good many peo-
pie will be distinclined to buy any
more shoes until they satisfy
their curiosity.-Shreveport Jour
nal.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
SHERIFF SALE.
Dumas Judice
VS.. No. TIP
Harriet Melville, Widow Of
Aristide Vital.

Nineteenth Jud. Dist. Court, State
of Louisiana, Parish Of Iberia.
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of an order Of Seizure and
Sale, issued out of the above en-
titled and numbered cause and to
me directed, /, P. A. Landry,
Sheriff, duly sworn and qualified
in and for the Parish Of Iberia,
La, have seized, and will offer for
sale and will sell at Public Auc-
ton FOR CASH to the last and
highest bidder, at the front door
of the Court House, in the City
Of New Iberia, La, between legal
sale hours, on
Saturday, May the 10Th. 1917,
the following described property,
to-wit:
That certain tract Of land sit
uated in the Parish Of Iberia at
a place commonly called Fausse
Pointe, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, and
appurtenances thereof, containing
so superficial acres, more or less,
and bounded on the North by
property of Sosthene Breaux, on
the South by that of P. l.. Rem
oudet, on the East by Bayou Teche
and on the West by property OF
Henry Steckler, Jr.
To pay and satisfy the writ IN
this case: Say the sum of Thir-
teen Hundred Dollars, with inter
est. thereon at the rate of 8 per
cent per annum from January
Goth, 1914 until paid with ten
per cent additional on the ag
gregate Of principal and interest
as attorneys fees, less the fol-
lowing credits to-wit: The sum
of Eighty Dollars and Forty
Cents. paid January 28th, 1914,
the sum of Fifty Dollars paid
February 18th, 1915, the sum of
Twenty Dollars paid March the
9th. 1915, the sum Of Fifty Seven
Dollars and Fifty Cents paid Jan.
26th, 1915 and also the sum OF
Twenty Eight Dollars and Seven
ty Cents, and all costs, as well as
YOUR own costs and charges.
p A. LANDRY. Sheriff.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
Children CRY
FOR FLETcHER'S
@ A o r O RIA
advertisement.
Advertise ent. J

A banker saunterlng home Tor
his dinner saw a $40 bill lying on
the curbstone. OF course he
picked it up and took the number
in order to find the owner. While
at home his wife told him that
the butcher had sent in his bill
amounting to ten dollars. The
only money he had with him was
the bill he had found which he
gave to her and she paid it to the
butcher. The butcher paid 1t to
the farmer for calf and the
farmer paid it to merchant for
groceries. who in turn paid 1t to
the washer woman; and she oW-
ing the banker a note Of $40 went
to the bank and paid her note.
The banker recognized the bill as
the one he found and which up to
that time had settled $50 Of
debt. On a careful examination
of the bill he found it to be a
counterfeit. Did anybody lose
anything Eek.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
GIVE THE CHILDREN SOME
PATCHES OF THEIR VERY
OWN THIS YEAR.

While you are setting apart
your good acres for such and such
crops this year, please don t for
get to reserve a small space for
the boys (and girls also, if they
wish it, on which to plant just
what they please, for pleasure or
croft or both. To the interested
boy or girl this means more than
you may have imagined. The
spirit of ownership is mighty
factor in the building of charac-
ters that subdue the earth.
If your children are too young
to need a patch Of their own, or
if YOU have no children, do plant
a patch of something for pleasure
Nourself-melons, peanuts, pop
corn or flowers; have something
to use as treats for your neigh
bors, old and young. Have a
crop on one bit of ground that
Won will not sell, and see If 1t
does not bring you larger returns
in good fellowship and heart
growth than twice the space IN
money crop would bring.
Having cause to travel about
the country sometimes, | am care
full to note how farmer folk live.
On the whole they are on( ebe up
Aade, but so often and m so
mhny places the children s rights
ate lost sight Of.
One more item: | hate to say
it. but it is so. In many farm
homes the wife is not a partner.
It is seldom she fails to do her
share of the work, and often more;
but in many ways she is made to
Epow that the income from the
crops is s'n, not her'n "
What is her position? If she IS
a servant she should be paid for
her labor, but as she does not re-
ceive wages she must be a slave.
Try making wife and children
partners of yours this year, and
don't forget a big garden and
melon patch.-Geo. H. Barnes, in
The Progressive Farmer.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
Notice to CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be re
ceived by the Board of Sewer
Commissioners, First Sewer Dis
trict, New Iberia, La, at the
Mayors office, New Iberia, La,
until 1870 P. NJ, Tuesday, May
Goth, 1917, for furnishing all
materials and building a SAM
tary Sewer System and Sewerage
Disposal Plant.
Each bid must be accompanied
by certified check for an amount
equivalent to three per cent.
g p. c. Of the total price asked
in the proposal, made payable
without qualification to Jules
Dreyfus, President Sewer Com
mission. as an evidence of good
faith.
Plans and specifications will
be on file at the office of the Sec
rotary Of the Sewer Commission,
First Sewer District, in New be
ria, La, and the office of the En-
gineer, Xavier A. Kramer, Mag
nolia, Mississippi, and copies of
the specifications, form IF pro
posals, etc, will be mailed upon
application to the Engineer, when
accompanied by a check for 5000
to guarantee their return within
thirty (30) days after the letting.
The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
This done by order of the
Board of Sewer Commissioners,
First Sewer District, New IBERIA,
La.
CHAS. L. PROVOST,
= =,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati authority tells how to dry
up corn or calus so it lifts
off with fingers.

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because few
drops of freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus, stops sore
ness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus loosens so it can be
lifted out, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle of freezone cost very
little at any drug store, but will posi-
lively take off every hard or soft
corn or callus. This should be tried,
as it is inexpensive and is said not to
lrritate the surrounding skin.
II your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house. 1t Is
fine stuff and acts like a charm every
time.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
FOR THROAT AND LUNGS
STUBBORN COUGHS AND COLDS
Eckrraan's
After atiVef
LOUISIANA DOES NOT
SUPPLY OWN NEEDS

We in Louisiana are far short
of producing enough meat, lard
.sish potatoes, vegetables, milk,
Gutter, poultry products and some
of the more important live stock
feeds to supply all of our needs
Under war conditions it is ex-
tremely probable that Transports
: ION facilities will be less ade-
I Alate, exports will be increased
and prices of food and feeds will
be still higher than at the present
time. 1t is, therefore, exceed
inglv important that all farmers,
business men and bankers should
give serious thought to those
measures that will help to insure
a bountiful harvest of food and
feedstuffs. There should be uni
ted effort to encourage the liberal
planting of all crops that have
their seasons yet to come. Among
these are late April and early May
corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, a
fall crop of Irish potatoes and all
of the staple vegetables that can
be utilized on the farm and to
supply the local markets.-W. r.
! Dodson, Director Experiment Sta
tions and Extension Division. La.
State University.-L. S. L. Press
Bulletin.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
Call For Election TO Elect Three
Trustees of the City of New
Iberia, June 4th, 1917.
Ordinance No 119
OrdlnanCe No. IlJ.

Be it Ordained by the Board of
Trustees of the City of New be
ria that an election be held in the
City of New Iberia, in conformity
with the City Charter, being Act
.1S7 of 1910, Of the General AS
sembly of the State of Louisiana,
on Monday, June Fourth (4th) ],
1917, for the purpose of electing
Board of Trustees, comprising
a Trustee of Public Safety, a
Trustee Of Finance, and a Trus-
tee of Public Property, to serve
during the ensuing four years, in
accordance with the provisions
of the said City Charter.
Be it further Ordained, That
persons desiring to become candi-
dates for any of said offices, and
who shall be duly qualified elec-
tors under the laws Of the State
Of Louisiana, shall file their writ
ten notification Of such intention
with the City Clerk (Trustee of
Public Property on or before
May First, 1917.
Be it further Ordained, That
the polls for said election shall De
opened at six O'Clock A. NJ. and
be closed at seven O'clock P. NJ.
and the location of the polling
places for said election shall be
as follows:
First District Precinct-At the
station house Of Fire Co. No. 6.
Second District Precinct-at
the Court House of Iberia Parish
Third District Precinct-At the
Station House Of Fire Co. No. |.
Fourth District Precinct-At
the Station House of Fire Co. No.
Seven.
Fifth District Precinct-At the
Station House Of Fire Co. No. 2.
Sixth District Precinct-At
Goodwin Veterinary Hospital.
Be it further Ordained, That
the City Clerk (Trrstee of Public
Property, shall publish IN the
official journal Of the City, in the
first issue following the closing
of the nomination notices, the
names Of the candidates and the
offices for which they offer
Thus done, read, adotted and
signed and the seal Of the City of
New Iberia affixed at New oe-
ria, La, on this the 2nd day CT
April, 1917.
II. S. SENY.
Trustee of Public Safety (Mavorj
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28

If all Of the vacant land in st.
Mary, Iberia and Terrebonne were
placed in the producing column
under a scientific, intensive cult
walton, these three parishes alone
could supply enough food to feed
everything from New Orleans to
FL Paso, Texas. The third, fifth
and sixth wards of this parish, I'M
der the same system could supply
these three parishes, and have
enough left for that many more.
Franklin Waterman.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-28
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Maria Cen
trail Factory and Railway Com
pany, will be held at the com
pany's office in Loreauville, La,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, on Monday,
April Both, 1917, for the purpose
of electing Directors for the en-
suing year and for the transac-
ton of other business.
GILBERT GONSOUL1N,
Secretary.