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PAGE NO. 2 PALATKA DAILY NEWS JJalatka Hatiy foui Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday, at Palatka, Florida, by Vickers& Guerry. M. M. Vickers .T . Business Manager. Goode M. Guerry - Editor. Miss Nell Lucas - Society Editor. The management reserves the right to reject all ob jectionable advertising. Rates for advertising space made known on application. Subscription prices in advance One year $5.00 One month 60e Six months ?2.50 One week 15c Application made for Entr" Into the Post Office at Palat ka, Florida, as Second Class Mail Matter. Delivered Anywhere in the City By Carrier for 15 Cents Per Week. Telephone 195 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Subscribers who do not get their paper are re quested to call 195. The News wants every person in Palatka to get a paper every day and we will use every effort to see that it is delivered. HUGHES' WISE SUGGESTION. Charles E. Hughes, exjustice of the U. S. supreme court, and ex-republican candidate for president, sees a solution of our industrial troubles, in the formation of a court of industry, which shall take cognizance of all con troversies between capital ami labor, and settle them fairly and justly to' all concerned. There should be one national commission for matters involving national is sues, and minor courts for the adjustment of purely lo cal conditions. It is an impossible condition when the workers or the operators in any single industry can tie up the whole industry of the country, and bring suffering hardship and ruin to millions of innocent people. There iirtist be some way uevised to settle such disputes without involving the entire nation in chaos. The proposed court of industry is practically what The News has advocated ever since conditions became acute. It is the modern and civilized method of settling labor-capital disputes as distinguished from the "indus trial barbarism" of past years. Might does not make right. The war settled that point for all time, and while the labor unions, or big business may have the power to stop all forms of industry they must not be permitted to co so. The court of industry' can settle nothing unless ail disputants can be induced to resort to it. That should Le made obligatory, and lockouts and strikes should be made illegal and production should go on as usual pending the settlement. We have pointed out several times that such a meth od has been adopted in New Zealand at the instance of the laboring men themselves, and has worked admirably. For years there has not been a serious strike or stoppage of industry in that country. There have been differences between capital and labor, but they have been adjusted amicably and satisfactorily. But for some reason or other the laboring men of this country are strongly op posed to any such reasonable method of settling their grievances, and their opposition was responsible for elimi nating the strike section of the Esch railroad bill. It might almost be supposed that the "walking del egates," who thrive by the fomenting of disorder and tur bulence among the workers, see the end of their jobs if any plan for amicable settlements is adopted, and there fore opose it strongly. They are parasites on labor and their influence is unfortunate. Doubly pernicious is the counsel of the emisaries of communism and bolshevism, who have crept into the ranks of labor, and are "boring from within" for the seizure of mines and railroads and other forms of labor, on the specious plea that they have teen created by labor, and it has a natural right to the work of its hands. They attempt to disguise their full purpose by giving it the high-sounding title of "nationalization of indus tries," which is but another name for seizure and confis cation, as practised in Russia. We have enough faith in the intelligence and conservatism of the American work ing men to believe they will never consent to the Russian ization of America. During his stay in Pensacola recently George R. Hilty learned that Pensacola would throw its support to Palat ka. It is reasonable to suppose that St. Augustine would just as soon see the exposition located here as at Jack cnville and other cities in central and southern Florida would prefer it. Let's get together and see if we can't land it. PITY THE POOR. We pity the poor of the regions where freezing weath er is normal during the winter months. Especially pit- able is the plight of those in the crowded districts of the cities where there will be no heat, for the prospects now are that even if there is an adjustment of the coal strike it will be weeks before the men will return to work and have coal in sufficient quantities in the big cities. As announced at Washingington the time has already passed when it will be possible to relieve the suffering. 'f the miners were to return to work as early as next Monday it would be weeks before any of the coal they mined got to the home consumers in the big cities. The luik of it would be gobbled up by the railroads and big industries. We have atfiast come to that moment iin American affairs when one man can stand up and defy the govern ment tell it that it has blundered and that HE will not relieve the situation which may cost thousands of inno cent lives. It seems to us that the mudish disposition of Lewis, head of the miners, needs reckoning with, especially since no has flatly declared that he will make no further effort at a settlement of the situation. Its nothing short of treason. . i id.ilA.4k THE NEWS AND THE CARNIVAL. Members of the local Lodge of Moose have taken ut terances in this paper in opposition to the bringing of a carnival here at this season as a reflection upon the lodge. Nothing was further from the intent of this paper. The News voiced the sentiment, as it interpreted it, of major ity of the citizens, business men and taxpayers of the community, when it said that it did not lavor a collection cf shows coming here under the misnomer of "carnival," bringing in a very undesirable class of hangers on and uffering little in return. The only reference we made to the Moose was that we doubted very much that the lodge would benefit, eith er financially or in local prestige for fostering such an enterprise. We still believe this is true. We hope, how ever, that the lodge benefits financially from the arrange ment. The argument that the carnival will leave more money here than it carries away is contrary to all busi ness principles. If such were the case it wouldn't bi cut on the road wandering around to pick its chances to jset secret orders or other organizations to back them up in a community. The carnival is using the Moose lodge for its own gain. We will see if the Moose lodge bene fits accordingly. Yesterday was a bad day for Turkey. It is much easier to become a hero than to remain one. "Pussyfoot" Johnson was anxious for prohibition in Fngiand. He gave his right eye for it. West Palm Beach is meeting the housing probTem by making knock down houses. The movement is supported by The Post so it will not fall down. Everytime we read a paragraph about the sleet and snow in the north and west we look out to see if old Sol is still hanging around. We claim the mistake of the esteemed Pensacola Journal in saying the bride's attendant was "gowned in an attractive blue girdle' was natural enough. We are satisfied that if the people make as hard afight tor the League of Nations as they did for 2.75 beer there will be no more trouble in ratifying it. Vs. fivst. car load of celerv brought $2,200. If this price keeps up the Celery City will be too large for pants. Old Putnam did herself proud at the fair in Jackson ville. We could have carried off the citrus fruit first prize if we had made the effort. They're already making presidents in Washington. We do hope that some strong, fearless outsider will come in and upset all the house of cards the wily ones are con structing in the capital. CENTENNIAL AT PALATKA. Palatka is the logical point in Florida for holding the exposition celebrating or commemorating the Florida pur chase. This has been said before, but recent events, give it more significance. An investigation has been going on in a quiet way with the result that the members of the com mission appointed to designate a site have intimated that they are not at all averse to considering some otner towns We are inclined to believe that the gentleman who said cane grows so large in the Everglades that thefarm ers are drawing the juice by boxing it like turpentir.e operators do a pine tree, is in the real estate game. It looks as if we had reached the breaking point with Mexico, but when the time actually comes for interven tion it will be a sad day for this nation already torn by anarchistic inner circles. Chris Codrington is having a lively time down at De- than Jacksonville or Pensacola, which are fighting each j Lani trying to buck the old ring there with its lilly white adjuncts. Chris went before the grand jury and now the o pposition is wondering what he tod that body. other. Pensacola has about decided to discontinue the fight. They will, however, fight against locating the exposition at Jacksonville, it is said, because they believe there that Jacksonville kept them from being designated as the Cen tennial city in the first instance. The matter, as it now stands, opens the way for Pa latka to be designated as the Centennial city. It sounds Dig for a city which has never undertaken anything real ly big. No one believes that Palatka could put on the centennial unassisted. No city is expected to do this. The city where the centennial is located is expected to furnish a suitable site, proper encouragement and assist in the financing. The state and the national government also are to help, just as in the case of the Louisiana Pur chase exposition at New Orleans. A New York woman has just concluded a fifty-one day nap. Doctors threaten to resort to violin music to wake her. Weknow some violinists we would like to rec ommend for the job. AMUSEMENTS. "The Miracle Man," Is Coming. Geoirge Loane Tucker's "The Mira cle Man," the motion picture that has been causing such a furor in the cities of the Southland will pay a visit to Palatka when it will be pre sented at the Arcade theatre for two days starting with a matinee on De cember 12. "The Miracle Man" is a picturiza ticn of the novel by Frank L. Packard and until recently was a success 011 the speaking stage under the direc tion of George M. Cohan who is re sponsible for the dramatization of the piece. Very few pictures of recent years have called for as much comment by the press as "The Miracle Man." The Atlanta Journal has gone so far as to say that people should be requir ed by law to see the George Loane Tucker masterpiece. The Birming ham News, speaking through their editorial column, said it is a truly remarkable picture; an example of the better movie. "The Miracle Man" has been ex hibited at the George M. Cohan Theatre in New York for the past month at $2.00 a seat and from the interest evidenced, in the big picture it is sure to continue its run there for many months at the high prices. The local management has arranged to show the picture at reduced prices and fifty cents will be charged1 for the best seats. it was directed by Fred Niblo under the supervision of Thomas H. Ince. An unusually powerful cast was se lected to support the star, the play ers including Douglas MacLean, lead in? man. J. P. Lockney, Charles French, Sylvia Ashton and Robert McKim. "Mack" the Piano tuner, factory ex pert here for a short time. Notify H. B. McGregor, James Hotel. Mutt and Jeff in a New Play. Laughter as a tonic beats all the best patent medicines. It drives away dull care, chases away the blues and makes despondency look like "thirty cents." Laughter in large chunks will be on tap at the Arcade Saturday night, when "Mutt ar.d Jeff's Dream' will be the caper. The piece is successful by its rapid continuity of amusing scenes and laughable situations, to say nothing of the splendid list of specialties and pretty music with its catchy songs, big chorus of vivacious maidens, com edians, dancers and singers who know how to entertain. Secretary 'Baker has issued the annnual report of the war department, covering the closing phaes of the war. It is the first goevernment report we have ever seen that escaped immediate consignment to the waste heap. It is colorful and intensely interesting. If all the working people in the United States were to adopt the eight hour day rule, including our farmers, A movement is already on foot to take the matter of j the production in food would not be sufficient to feed the nation. Why should the rule be arbitrary m some lines and not in others? Palatka's superior claims in the way of location and trans portation before the commission. Jacksonville, Pensacola, Tampa and Miami have all practically indicated that they do not desire the exposi tion. These cities have about all they can attend to just now without such an undertaking as this. Other cities are barred by lack of proper transportation. Naturally the railroads and steamship lines would fa vor Palatka. So would Jacksonville, because holding the exposition so near would greatly benefit the metropolis. Potato growers are finding cultivation this year so expensive that many of them have been forced to curtaii their acreage. Seed and labor are the main causes of increased price. Complaint is made that not only labor is high but the quality is poor. This is nothing more or less than an indication that the average farm hand is over paid and only works a few days during a week. "Come Along Mary." One of the most attractive musical comedies of the season comes to the Arcade theatre next Tuesday when Harvey D. Orr presents the new Weslyn-Paulton musical success, Come Along Mary." Contrary to most musical shows, this one has a plot. Not one that will make your brain tired to follow it, but one that will hold your interest throughout the play, and also serve as an excel lent vehicle to build up an evening's entertainment of hilarious fun and music. The scenic equipment pf "Come Along Mary," is one of great betu ty and leaves nothing to the imagi nation, Starting with the first scene at the Silver Rock Golf Club, Long Island, you are taken to the wonderful Ha waii Island, the-land of Sunshine, Flowers and Romance. The beauti ful gardens of the Oriental Hotel, with the silvery lake in the distance, the Hawaiian moon shining down up on it, the road to the Beach, and the famous Waukiki Bathing Beach, are all scenes noted for correctness and beauty. Haunting tunes ripple through the piay, and fun of the irresistable kind nake up the two and one half hours of real enjoyment and pleasure. A company of some 40 people, in cluding the famous "Broadway Cho rus" will inhabit the above scenes, and present that, which is heralded as onf of the best of the seasons musi cal attraction. Lettuce Fields of 30 to 40 Acres in California Lettuce Is being grown on a field scale In the Imperial and Salt river valleys of California, fields of from 30 to 40 acres being not extraordinary. At the height of the production sea sonJanuary and February It is not uncommon for 26 carloads of lettuce a day to be shipped to the middle Western and Eastern markets. This lettuce, grown under irrigation, is pro duced by hand labor and Is of extra fine quality. The industry was devel oped on a commercial basis about three years ago and during the lust two years has been one of the leading agricultural occupations of the state. These localities also produce carrots, peas, cauliflower and table beans on a less extensive basis. V Who's Your Barber ? A Shop with all Ciihlforts and Con Vfcniem'es and Emp'oyinu Ov.iy First-Class Uaibivs. " Th Fount (tin of Youth " THE OLDEST JHARBER ESTABLISH MENT IN THE CITY. Haslpropressed with the Times in New and Modern Equipment and Efficient ... lUp-to-DaterService Brownings BARBER SHOP ARTHUR BROWNING, Prop, 124 Lemon St. PALATKA , ARTI 8 JU 1 1 1 1 I L-J Coney as a Venice. Coming up toward Sandy Hook on a perfectly placid sea we were blessed with Just that amount of haze which turned Coney Island Into Venice, Ar thur E. Shipley writes In Scribner's Mugnzine. The sen was an Adriatic overnight ! The same merciful mist pVinntrpH Hip rlfinr-mif nlltltnpa nf th skyscrapers Into Turner's pictures and the Boy and the Poet became ecstatic with the ecstasy of youth. SandsBros. Dealers, Contractor! and ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS mm supplies ElertrlcAl Repair Work Uonfl t Anywhere In State. GASOLI1SE ENGINES, LAUNCH AND At TO SUPPLIES. MARINE Palatka HARDWARE - Florida Machine Shop THE MOST COMPLETE AND BEST EQUIPPED IN THIS SECTION. We make all kinds of Brass Cast ings and Bearings. Perfect workmanship, reasonable prices. LAMPS AUTO ACCESSORIES BATTERIES Insyde Tires G. A. AMES Howell Building Lemon Street : LADIES ! la V " t Look Young! FRESHEN UP YOUR SKIN TOUCH UP YOUR HAIR. LET ME HELP YOU. COMBINGS MADE UP TERMS REASONABLE ami Susie Durhi 409 Lemon St. Phone 130 Look Neat For Clothes oft proclaimeth the man le Press Them A'eat With Two Steam Presses GEM CITY PRESSING CLUB 308 Lemon Street Phone 268 Enid Bennet & Douglas McLean To-day. A novel role, that of the daughter of a prospector, was selected for dainty Enid Bennett, in her latest Uaramount picture, "Fuss and Feath ers" which will be displayed at the Arcade theatre today. It is said tlat Miss Bennett never portrayed a more convincing character than this and that her work therein is all that can be desired. 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