Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-04-16
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PALATKA ESCAPED THIS.


PALATKA ESCAPED THIS.
We were inclined to believe that
Palatka and Putnam county made a
mistake in not entertaining the Ma
tional Editorial Association when it
was being dragged around through
the state in a special Pullman train
at the expense of this hospitable COM
monwealth. We were looking at the
matter from a purely material stand
point.
When state papers commenced call
ing attention to the thousands of col
umns of splendid advertising being
printed in the newspapers owned by
those who accepted this hospitality,
we were still more convinced. But
since reading the Clinton (Mo.) Eye
in which one ella Pearl Smith"
wrote her observations, we are rather
glad that we didn't entertain Ella
and feel called on to correct the plain
and fancy lying she did in the little
Measurable weekly. Here is what
Ella said, in part, about the state
which rode her around in Pullmans
and automobiles, fed her and enter
tanned her:
"This hotel (the Alcazar in st. Au-
gustine) was an excellent place to
watch the rich play and find amuse-
ment, oftentimes with a bridge par
ty in the parlor, dancing or merely
holding a poodle dog trying to find
happiness 81 II Many looked so tired,
dissatisfied and bored with life, es-
pecially the men,"
eve have most happy recollections
of Leesburg with the exception of the
swarms of mosquitoes we got ac-
quainted with"
"Here Lakeland) we saw them
spraying for rust. Like every other
place, to raise crop a constant war
with pests must be waged."
ave never saw a garden or any
vegetables grown except those in the
truck patches of Manatee county X
Think of being house wife and eth
err living out Of tin cans or driving
five to twenty-five miles for radishes,
onions, lettuce, tomatoes, etc. Would
a Missouri woman do that?"
eve passed but one chicken farm
in the state-White Leghorn, tBe-
side that, not a chicken we saw even
with the M IS and miles Of motor car
driving through the country, with the
exception of one old hen and flock of
baby chickens"
"The hogs are all the razorback
variety and run wild. Nobody car
ever again make fun of Missouri ra
zorbacks to us. We have more hogs
in Clinton township-which is not so
much-than they have in the state of
Florida"
"There is more grass in the Henry
county court house yard than there is
in the state Of Florida most of
the lawns are of sand
"The malarial mosquitoes are the
largest and the clingingest we have
ever met, and certainly like Missou-
rians. CHATS everywhere as bad as
after rain in the middle of July,
when you go fishing in Grand river.
Fleas hidden in the leaves await you
if YOU chance to sit down. We stood,
as a nine-year old boy warned US
"The spirit Of the citizens is Won
derful. No matter where you are it
is the highest point in Florida and the
most wonderful climate"
"Some of the boosters say they are
not there (alligators in all the lakes)
but we saw 'em. A lake swim did
not offer any attractions
"When you go surf bathing, it is
good idea to keep a watchout for the
porpoise (Oh! Oh! OhD if you care
to return home
LAND is worth from So an acre up
Mostly up. If you want an income
from it, pay at least $1,000 to $1,000
per acre, then perhaps you will be de-
serving of a Carnegie medal for cour-
age to pay for the cost of fertiliz2
and care of the orchards, as it runs
from $25 to $500 per acre a year for
fertilizers, and who cares for grove
if it does not bear?"
"A woman from Pennsylvania told
me they had owned a grove for seven |
years and had never had a cent of in
come from it. In fact it took their in
come they earned in the north in or
der to keep the grove. She said it
relieved them from paying income
taxes"
"Some told us four crops a year
could be raised, while others said one
crop in four years." 4
"WE ARE GLAD WE WENT AND