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WAS THE NEWS
UNFAIR?
In a recent editorial the Tampa
Times takes the Palatka News to
task for being what the Times ftles
"unfair" to the authorities of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
when the News, in discussing the
withdrawal , of a prominent pastor
from the ministry and membership in
the church at the last meting of the
Florida Annual Conference, said:
"Of course it is no one's business
what the church does with its min
isters, as the minister who takes
the vows of ordination is required
to submit to authority. But in the
case of the Methodist Church,
somehow there would be some ad
vantage to it in having the public
freed from the suspicion that it did
always give its ministers a
suuair oeai.
The Times then states that "if there
is in the mind of the editor of. the
News the suspicion that the great
church that he mentions does not al
ways give its ministers a square deal
he is almost alone in that mental at
titude." The Palatka News yields to no man
or editor in its respect for ministers of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, eith
er in its northern or southern branch.
It believes them in the main to ba
devoted men whose one ambition is
to serve their Divine Master. He
even goes so far as to believe these
men are Divinely called to the work
of the ministry. .
But neither this ambition nor this
call in. anyway interferes with a min
ister's ambition to serve where he be
lieves he can accomplish the greatest
good.
Where he shall serve, however, is
left to the presiding bishop and his
cabinet of presiding elders; they v:e
clothed with autocratic power. They
say to a minister, "Go there" and he
goes. There is no appeal; he must
swallow his disappointment and go,
or get out.
The News is not alone in this "men
tal attitude" spoken of by the Tampa
Times. The same mental attitude is
shared by many of the ministers at
every annual conference of the church
after the appointments of the year
have been isad. But as a rule these
ministers pocket their disappointment
and go to the fields assigned them,
It is true that many ministers are
moved who prefer not to go; that
there is a demand for a change from
the charge; that a man's peculiar
ability may be demanded at another
point. But there are other cases al:o.
Here is one of them.
A methodist minister in another
state in a recent letter to a friend,
told of sickness in his family and how
under the circumstances it would be
a great hardship to have to move;
he told of the unanimous action of his
official board and of his memebrs pe
titioning for his return. Then, to
quote his letter verbatum, he said:
"The presiding elder and bishxp
knew my case well in all its beam
ings. My official board and mem
bers had asked for my return. Thry
(the bishop and cabinet) pretend. d
the highest possible regard for my
character and ability. The bishop
took me aside twice during confer
ence to salve things over and ex
plain and apologize, and th.n
dragged me the whole length of t'.ie
state and dropped me in a place
with a decrease of about $600 in
salary and standing. Meantirie
they tried to buy me off and hu h
ma up."
Of course this may be an excep
tional case, but anyone who has ever
conversed much with ministers of the
Methodist Church immediately after
the adjournment of conference, will
know that it is not the only exer
tional case, and that they occur f:e
ruently enough to excite the suspi
cion that ministers do not always et
a "square deal."
The Times is also reminded fiat
this is the church militant and not the
church triumphant of which we v.ire
speaking; and that its officials, with
all their spirituality, are but human
. beings after all, and as such are lia
ble to abuse their power.
The News cannot see anything in
consistent in the statement that
"somehow there would be advantage
to the church in having the public
freed even the suspicion that it did
not always give its ministers a square
al."
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tention, an
ington they pas.v
each other:
The country is in the mids
financial and industrial panic-
James R. Mann, Republican leader
of the House.
The lumber industry in my State
is prostrated. William li. Hum
phrey, stancpat Republican Con
gressman from Washington.
The lever of prosperity has been
reversed. Joseph G. Cannon, ex
Speaker of the House.
Silent wheels, smokeless stacks,
and suffering people will speak
louder than any declaration of
principles that we can make. Reed
Smoot, Senator from Utah.
Thus encouraged, the Republican
leaders made up their minds that
they need not even adopt the pre
tense of the devil when sick. They
adopted a policy of standing pat and
waiting for their ancient ally, gen
eral depression, to drag them out
of their pit. That a political or
ganization should adopt so brutal
and cynical an attitude toward the
public welfare is bad enough, but
there ia a worse element in the case
which is clearly expressed by '.he
New York "World'17
For such a paifj it is only a
step from the Wish to ths deed.
The evil passions that men se
cretly cherish develop later into
notorious wrongs that afflict the
earth. When a political organiza
tion devotes itself to panic it be-,
comes an active agent of panic.
There is not a Republican lead
er who does not know that finan
cial disquiet is universal. If those
who wait upon panic and distress
are familiar with foreign markets
as they are with Wall Street, they
know that consols in London
reached the lowest price ever rec
orded for them yesterday, and they
know that i. every Continental
capital there is commercial caution
and uncertainty. Can a free na
tion tolerate a political party that
is in open and shameful alliance with
the piratical speculative interests
that find profit in disasters which
they engineer?
The Republican organization has
made its bed. Barnes and Penrose
and Watson :.nd Cannon can lie in it
comfortably enough. It is to their
liking; But what of the so-called
progressive Republicans, Hadley' of
Missouri, Borah of Idaho, Cummins
of Iowa? They must now lie in the
same bed. Thay had their opportuni
ty to come out in a movement which
embraced soir.3 of the finest spirits
of the time. They stayed behind be
cause they said they could make the
Republican party progressive.
Colliers.
ing to
fi iitnii i , n ini'Thri i r Ty
time the terrifying vision, of one of
Villa's rebels rises in front of them
indicates that the end is near for the
Huerta regime. Apparently all re
sisting power has gone out of the
Federal soldier in Mexico; he has no
pride in his cause or himself and is
willing to quit right now. We can
hardly blame him, for he has nothing
to gain by victory and little to lose
by defeat.
A Good Law
Miami Metropolis: The State Ho
tel Commissioner is about to make
another inspection of the hotels and
restaurants and any that are not
equipped as they should be to give
the proper protection to life and
health are to be dealt with accord
ing to the law provided for the case.
The last Legislature unserves praise
for the enactment of that hotel law.
Woman vs. Hog
Tampa Tribune: The relative
value of a woman and a hog wu
illustrated in Wisconsin recently.
A woman wrote to the Governor tna;
she had a large family to support
and was suffering witn tuberculosis
and desired Stale aid. About the
same time a letter was received from
a man who- desired aid for a h.ijr
which showed symptoms of cholera.
The governor sent word to the w.iman
that no appropriation had been made
for tuberculosis victims, and at the
same time a man was hurriedly dis
patched with the supply of cholera
serum to the rescue of the ho;;, li'.s
incident tells its own story without
further comment.
A Live Town
Tampa Tribune: Lakeland gave a
good account of itself ia its anniver
sary celebration, which ushered in
the New Year. The celebration was
a very creditable one and served to
emphasize the splendid growth which
has characterized one of the best
towns in the country. At a propor
tionate rate of progress, Lakeland
will, when it celebrates its sixtieth
anniversary, be one ot the big cities
of the South. And there is no ap
parent reason why it should not con
tinue to grow as it has in the pa.H.
It has admirable location, solid re
sources and the best of citizenship.
Xtcd
its of
y, gone to-
njr these we
Cy the words of the
Han. "Uf making many
there is no end, and much
them is a weariness to the
fiesh."
But this r.ew song put into the
psalmist's mouth wan as much
above these others as the heav
ens are above the earth. In
deed, it came down from heavc.i.
It is the gift of God.
The Psalmist defines his new
song by apposition. It is "even
praise unto our God." Arid thnt
makes it new every day to the
devout soul who realizes that tha
goodness that inspires such
praise is new every morning
and fresh vry evening. Anil
the very newest thing that could
come to myriads of people nt
this New Year time would be
praise to God; fi.r they hiv-i nev
er praised Him. Why not catch
the new note now?
The "new song" is the natural
outcome of delivering blessings.
Just see what words forerun
the new song in the Psalmist's
experience! Here is a "cry"
in verse 1. Here is "an horrible
pit" into which he had fallen, in
verse 2. Here, at the bottom of
the pit was "the miry clay" that
Gripped and held him like a
"Slough of Despond." But on
the other hand, there was an ear
for his cry, au arm for his uplift,
a rock for his feet, a way for his
iioings and, then, "a new son?"
for his grateful heart and joyful
lips to utter. So, friend,
"Count your many blessings.
See what God has done"
for you; and you, too, may feel,
in your own soul, the throbbings
of "the new song." That is the
natural and obvious prompting.
Singing the "new song" here is
the prelude and preparation for
the ridiant minstrelsies of the
hereafter.
For the heavenly music heard
by John on Patmos was "the new
sor.g." If we offer praise to God
here, and induce others to ioin
in the sweet symphony, we shll
he tuning our powers from the
heavenly choirs.
"And when in scenes of glory,
We sing the New. New Song,
Twill be the Old, Old Story.
That we have loved so lon."
J. M. B.
$129,000,000 TAKEN ROM'
PUBLIC BY MAIL
FRAUDS.
THE
1913 EXCEEDED BEST EFFORTS
OF THE PRECEDING
YEARS.
PLANS TO LOCATE
REIOIIAL
BANKS
now comes Col. Geo. C. Mar-
rooksville with the threat that
may possibly run for the
States Senate.
The Palatka News closed the
twelfth year of its existence with
its last issue. It is an excellant pa
per, one of the best' veeklies in the
State and particularly strong on its
editorial page. Russell ean wield a
quill with the best of them. Lake
land News.
The annual tourist season on th
Florida cast coatt was opened this
week, when the Ponce de Leon and
other great hotel palaces of the Flag
ler system were opened to the public.
The first air ship line in the world
to make regular sailings and carry
passengers was established between
St. Petersburg and Tampa last week,
Ex-Mayor A. C. Pheil of St. Peters
burg was the first passenger. The
trip was made in twenty-three min
utes.
Hon. John T. G. Crawford, member
of the National Democratic committee
for Florida, is opposing the re-ele
tion of Senator Fletcher on the
ground that he is not in accord with
the progressive views of the demo
cratic party; not in harmony with the
views of President Wilson; that he
has violated the democratic platform;
has favored special interests; has en
dorsed corrupt elections; that he vot
edwith Bailey and for Lorimer. Mr.
Crawford has a column interview in
last Saturday's Florida Metropolis in
which he cites instances of Senator
Fletcher's non-democratic votes in the
Senate. Mr. Crawford argues that if
Mr. Fletcher is right the President is
wrong, and it is not likely that many
democrats at this stage of the game
will admit that the president is wrong.
The Tampa Tribune devoted its
leading editorial of last Monday to
its reasons for publishing the weekly
sermons of "Pastor Russell." They
are printed solely because there is u
demand for the rot. "Individually,"
explains the Tribune, "we bslieve that
'Pastor Russell' is no more than a
smart busness man, with morals ad
justed to his conception of the easiest
way to make money. Like many oth
ers he has found that the pulpit af
fords a broad field or spreading the
Word with a golden ring.
He doesn't do all this for nothing. He
doesn't do it simply for the love of
helping humanity. No sane man can
read his sermons and say that they
jo the needy any good, or that they
are other than ridiculous construc
tions of the scripture woven around
fanaticism most unnatural. He has
followers, thousands of them. So
have other religious fanatics. Through
no other medium may the grafter
work so successfully as through that
of some 'new thought' shocking all
set ideas and disturbing all known
principles." Further along the Tri
bune says: "One newspaper, th
Brooklyn Eagle, which is located in
the same city with the 'Pastor's' head
quarters, made bold to expose him in
TH;
Judge ParkhiU for Senator
Tallahassee Democrat: The Gaines
ville Sun endorses Judge Charles B
Parkhill of Tampa as a most suita
ble candidate for the United States
senate. There are thousands of vot
ers in the state who are opposed to
both the United States senators
coming from Jacksonville, and have
an equally capable man lrom any
other section of the state would sup
port him. Judge Parkhill is particu
larly strong in West Florida, his old
home, and having been for years one
of the most useful members of the
supreme court, no one could question
his ability. Should he decide to be
come a candidate and be elected he
would soon be occupying one of the
highest positions in our highest leg
islative body.
PALATKA AS IT WAS
TWELVE YEARS AGO
IS RECORD OF TWO YEARS
Many Schemes to Defraud the Public
Are Operated Through the '
Mailt. - , '
Washington. Loss of 1129.050,000
In two years by the unsuspecting pub
lic through swindling operation car
lied on by use of the United States
mails has stirred the postal authori
ties to a drastic campaign . against
fraudulent' schemers. Wholesale use
of government's right to deny the
mailing privilege to persons or firms
whose operations may be tainted with
"get rich quick" and other false
promises Is the weapon to be em
ployed. '
An effort to stop this swindling by
reliance upon criminal courts has
proved ineffective, accordipg to W. H.
Lamar, assistant attorney general for
the postofflce department; whose an
nual report was made public on the
first. .
"Criminal proceedings are necessa
rily slow," says the repott, "and by
means of appeals and other methods
die execution of sentence are deferred
for long periods, during which the
concerns and individuals engaged in
such fraudulent business continue to
reap a harvest through their fraudu
lent enterprise. In some Instances,'
the penalty being merely a fine, there
was nothing to prevent the parties
from continuing their schemes ex
cept fear of Subsequent fines. These
they could easily afford to pay In
view of the large revenue derived
from the business." .
Mr. Lamar points out that a fraud
order immediately cuts of the source
of supply of funds upon which the
scheme largely depends for its contin
uance and puts many prospective vic
tims on their guard.
Postmaster throughout the country,
the report says, daily ask rulings on
various lottery schemes which cause
the department no end of worry. Nu
merous concerns located abroad con
tinue to mail their advertisements of
foreign lotteries into the United
States. Fraud orders were Issued
against 74 such firms during the
year.
FOREIGN COMMERCE GROWS
1913 Imports Show Decrease, Due to
Big Reductions In the Cost of
Certain Articles,
Items Taken from Files of
Palatka Hews Jan. 9th,
' 1902.
On Tuesday January Gth, I 02,
Palatka voted a bond issue of $175,
000 for sewers, pavcmen,t3 and other
municipal improvement. Only free
holders were peimitted to vote and
but 78 of. thaw voted. Of this num
ber 64 were for bonds and 14 agair-ct.
Judge Vcrtrees was the lending op
ponent of the bond issue.
Hcnnessy Lercyle's comedy com
pany played to a big house in. the
t'ry opera house on Tuesday night.
The S. E. Bond store had bean
losing goods for some time by a pet
ty thief, but in the haul this week
were valuble siU goods. These
goods and otlieic were found by
Llnet 1 . M. fiagan in the room oc
Parkhill the Man
Lakeland Telegram: We recently
asked the Tampa Tribune to whom
it. rpferrerl when it said it knew a
Smith FlnviHa man who could win the cuuied by a negro named Jo3 Samp
senatorial succession rrom Fletcher ' son, but the negro had skipped town
"in a walk." The Tribune now an- on hearing ha was suspected,
swers that C. B. Parkhill is the man. Mrs. Dr. Geo. E. Welch chauer-
This is interesting it true. It would ' oned a large party of young people
also be interesting to know if that ! from the city who attended a "Twelfth
gentleman intends to sit in the sena- j .Night Party" at the home of Judge
torial game.
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture has issued a circular press bu
reau letter conveying the information
that frosted citrus fruit can be made
marketable by storing it in cold sto- some of his personal affairs
rage. It might therefore be well for , 'Pastor' entered suit for libel in the
our growers to each establish a cold sum of $100,000. The libel wasn't
storage plant on their groves. They proven and, in the sense of the law,
don t cost very much, perhaps not the 'Pastor stands convicted of these
over $5,000. ..... charges of moral delinquency,"
A Stockton Prophecy
Ft. Lauderdale Sentinel: John
Stockton, from all indications, will
be elected in the next primary. The
people cannot be fooled all the time couragement," sr.ys
F. H. Burt in Palatka
and Mrs
Heights.
"Fragments from Flowerlend,'
neat little volume of poems by Miss
Alice Whitman, and dedicated to
Mrs. Geo. E. Welch, "whose kind en-
the authoress,
Dy the papers wnicn at au times has he ned to brine it into exis-
support men that the interests want, tence," was issued from the presses
ana are airaiu io come iui iui me 0i the ralatka .News,
men tne people want. otocaion is M p,.i.0 Ackan
one Ul u. "u ,St. ..mi..lu.. m ,whjlc dre,j,in near tne old Darby
tne common people ana wouiu iwIb,, ..,,,, - u -.anchor
very best man to send to Washing
ton at this time. What has ruined
: weighing something like 1,000 pounds,
i and which it is thought was lost by
tnis country is senuuiK lawye.s u. , Yanke o-i.n boat, in 182. a boat
mane laws oui oi which mey iihm; , ,, f,,,i u i, rnnfOIi
their living. The lawyer, as a rule, ! -'" . Z"' " , fWt
s not uiouu in nia cuu--eiiiuu in ; .
things. He is too much governed by
precedent. He fails to progress be
cause of the influence that past aees
have upon him. People, study the
life of Stockton. If you do you will
send him to the senate.
Announced that Rev. Dr. . Full
wood, presiding elder, would hold
his first quarterly meeting at tha
Methodist church the coming Sunday
night.
Mrs. H. S. Wilson entertained the
Whist Club at the Saratoga Hotel
Washington. The foreign com
merce of the United States In the
calendar year 1913 approximated one
and three-quarter billion dollars of
Imports and two and a halt billion
of exports. . The Imports of the eleven
months ended with November were-
$1,609,000,000; should the December
Imports equal those of November the
total for the full year would be $1,-
756,000,000. The exports of the eleven
months ended with November were
$2,251,000,000; should the December
exports equal those of November the
total would be $2,497,000,000. This
estimate would make the excess "'of
exports over imports approximately
$740,000,000. , ' '
The figures ot exports and of excess
of exports over imports will exceed
those of any earlier year. The "largest
export In any preceding calendar year
was that of 1912, which showed a to
tal of $2,399,217,993; and as the eleven
months ended with November are
$102,000,000 in excess ot the corre
sponding period of the preceding year
the estimate of approximately two
and a balf billion for 1913 seems to
be justified. The excess of exports
over imports in the eleven months
ended with November was $642,000,-
000, and for the single months of
November $97,000,000, thus apparently
justifying the estimate of $740,000,-
000 excess of exports for the lull
year.
In imports, the total for 1913 win
be less than that of 1912, but larger
than that of any year preceding 1912.
This decline in Imports in 1913 is due
in part to reduction In prices of cer
tain articles imported. While the
quantity of sugar imported in the ten
months ended with October exceeded
that of the corresponding period of
1912 by 368,000,000 pounds, the value
of this larger quantity imported dur
ing the 1913 period was $22,000,000
less than that of the corresponding
period of 1912. . .
CIVILCOURTS UNDER TROOPS
West Virginia Authorities Arraigned
for Conduct During Strike.
Washington. A severe arraignment
of the authorities -who administered
martial law in West Virginia from
September, 1912, to June, 1913, when
the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek coal
mine strike troubles were In prog
ress is contained in a subcommittee
report made public by Senator Borah,
member of the senate comiuittee that
conducted an investigation into all
phases of the West Virginia disturb
ance.
The report does not bear the formal
indorsement of the full senate com
mittee, but was given out as the
"statement of facts," prepared by Sen
ator Borah as the member charged
with preparing that section of the
report bearing on courtmartial trials
and alleged violations ot law by mil
itary courts.
Senator Borah's statement holds
that the military authorities, . acting
under the direction of the governor,
superseded all constitutional courts in
West Virginia, imposed sentences not
authorized by any standing laws, and
took over all the duties of the civil
courts of the district; and that at the
time such martial law was being en
forced there was no evidence that the
civil courts had been intimidated or
that they would have failed to per
form their duties faithfully.
Five Persons Killed in Collision.
Memphis, Tenn. Five persons were
killed and several Injured when
train of freight cars struck a street
car at a grade crossing here. The
accident occurred In tha southern out
skirts of Memphis where a belt line
and the street railway tracks cross,
The street car was crushed and the
bodies of the dead badly mangled.
Lower Express Next Month
Washington. Lower express rates 1 Tnursday evening,
throughout the country will become j Mrs. Harp, wife of Hon. J. II.
effective one month from now by the Harp of Crescent City and mother
terms of the recent interstate com-! "f Mr-s. R. F. Adams of this city,
merce commission order. Not only Pastfd away 011 Wednesday,
will the rates be reduced materially, i Perry Keener, jeweler, moved into
but the companies will comply with! the store on Lemon, street just va
regulations for improved methods of
service. Experts estimate the aver
age reduction in charges will approx
imate 17 per cent. One official of a
large express company said that the
business for 1913 was 25 per cent,
less than it was in 1912.
Would Create Four Vice Admirals.
Washington. Congress will be ask
ed to create four vice admirals in the
United States navy immediately after
the holiday recess. Secretary Daniels
said he had determined on this course
to avoid the possibility of embarrass
ment to the American navy in for
eign service. Frequently Mr. Daniels
explained, in a field which reasonably
should be dominated by American in
fluence, a foreign officer might take
first rank because of the failure of
the United States to provide for the
trade above that of rear admiral.
Fashion's Poor Slave.
Willie Paw. what Is a slave to fash
ion? Pnw-A man who bus a wife
and some grown daughters,-my sou.
Cinciunatl Enquirer. ,
An error gracefully acknowledged Is
a victory won. Gascoigne.
eated by F. J. Fearnside,
Elmer E. Smith, a prominent citi
zen of Crescent City who had not
been heard from in some three years
end who was mourned as dead, turns
up at Beaumont, Texas. He had
just neglected to write.
Announcement is made that the
State Convention of Federated Wo
man's Clubs would be held in Cres
cent City January 29th and 30th.
The first number of the Palatka '
News was issued on Friday, January
9th, Kussell & Vickers, publishers;
W. A. Russell, editor.
Negro Is Lynched in Louisiana.
Shreveport, La. Dave Lee, a ne
gro, was taken from the Marion coun
ty jail at Jefferson, Texas, by
a body of masked men and hanged
to a bridge nearby. The mob com
pelled the jailer to give up his keys,
quickly secured the prisoner, execut
ed him and quietly dispersed. Lee
was charged with shooting and wound
ing- Constable Matt Taylor, while re
sisting arrest. It is said there were
but fifteen men in the lynching par
ty. No arrests have been made.
PLAN TO DROP CORPORATIONS
Men of Affairs Decided to Line Up
With Spirit of Times.
New York. The withdrawal of J,
P. Morgan & Co. from moretnan a
score of great corporations and the
statement shortly afterwards by
George F. Baker, an almost equally
dominant figure in American finance,
that he soon would take similar ac
tion, gave Wall street generally
thrill that almost brought trading on
the stock exchange to a halt.
While it prqbably is true that many
prominent bankers had information
foreshadowing this momentous move
toward ending interlocking . directo
rates, the public and brokers had no
advance knowledge ot what was tak
ing place in the inner councis of the
greatest of all American houses of
finance. Wherever telephone and tick
er flashed the news about the street
groups of men gathered to discuss
what was the all-absorbing ' topic.
Mr. Morgan, departing from his
firm's traditional policy ot silence,
made a public statement announcing
the withdrawal of five-members of
J. P. Morgan & Co. from the drector-
ships in twenty-seven corporations
and the intention to withdraw from
more.
McADOO AND HOUSTON ARE TO -HEAR
THE CLAIMS OF ALL
. THECITIES.V
CITIES TO PRESENT CLAIMS
Only Fourteen Large Cities to Be Vis- -.
Ited by the Organization
Committee. '
Washington. The Federal reserve
bank organization tcommlttee supple
mented Its plan for locating federal
reserve cities with an unofficial an
nouncement pointing- the way tor all
cities to present their cla.ms for
banks. Before the committee, con
sisting ot Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and Secretary ot Agriculture
Houston starts upon its tour of the
country, it will advise clearing house, ,
associations and 'boards of traie In
cities that are in the field tor a re
serve tank, wnen ana wnere uioj
can be heard. The committee will
suggest that representatives of such
organisations be supplied with all the
facts each city wishes to produce in
its favor.
Only fourteen large cities in addi
tion to Washington will be visited, ut
it was the understanding that any city
and any community can be heard at
some point on the trip around tne
country which has been mapped out'
Although details tor the hearings
have not been worked out, it is prob
able that the claims of Baltimore, Phil,
adelphia and Washington will be heard
here. Pittsburg will have an opportun
ity either In Cleveland or Cincinnati.
Fort Worth, Texas, which is in the
field, will be allowed to argue in Hous--ton,
and St. Paul and Minnepalos in
Chicago. Information the committee
procures from the cities will be use- .
ful in determining th boundaries of
the reserve districts. " .- - -- .
It was said that neither cabinet of
ficer on the organization committee
had determined upon the. number of
reserve districts and cities. The trip
to be taken Is almost as much for
this purpose as for actually locating
the cities and defining the districts.
Treasury officials praised the de
cision of the committee to workout
the district limits and cities by public
hearings. They said that already
scores of telegrams had been received
asking for a hearing in Washington,
on the supposition that the work was
to be done here. By holding hearings
in many cities the committee hopes
to avoid trouble and save time. - '
Exports to South Africa.
Washington. Success that bas
marked the efforts of American manu
facturers to establish markets for
their exports in the union of South
Africa, long considered to be exclu
sive province for foreign traders, re
futes any assertion that competition
is driving Americans from the field of
trade, according to a statement made
nuhlic by the department of com
merce, ' ' ,
The liver loses its activity at times
and needs help. HEKB1JNE is an el
fective liver stimulant. It also pu
rifies the bowels, strengthens diges
tion and restores strength, vigor and
cheerful spirits. Price 50c. Sold by
Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.
Family Affair.
She-Are they happy together? He
-Well, he stnya In every evening She
-Then they must be. He But Blie
goes out. Judge.
Any little wound or abrasion of the
flesh occurring in coio: weather that
:s not promptly treated becomes- a -bad
sore and is difficult to heal. Ap
ply BALLARD'S SNOW .LINIMENT
at once when, such accidents nappen.
The wound heals promptly and- soon
does away with the annoyance of a
bandage, rnce zuc, ouc ana i.uu
per bottle. Sold by Ackerman-Stew
art Drug Co.
SUSIE DURHAH,
DYEING, PRESSING, RENOVATING
Ladies' and Gent's Suits Made to Order.
. All Work Guaranteed. '
409 Lemon Street Palatka, Fla.
14. LOPIR 6AII.IY,
President. -
J.
WiLTtB H1L1LABO
SecT.and Trpas.
The G. Loper B?iley Qo
Fire Insurance.
Leading American and Foreign
Companies .
Life Insurance:
Marine Insurance:
The Leadimg Companies
AU Claims Promptly
Settled.
117 Lemon Street Palatka, Florida
Fortune displays our virtues snd'onr
vices us light makes nil objects appar
ent Ln Rochefoucauld.
Preparation.
Cuest-So your fellow keeper Page
Is gnim; to im- iniiriied. Is he? (!nnie-lict'l'er-Aye.
sir. that a he. He wor
limyi'd fin- in church four the second
lime Sinidity lunst. London Mull.
No Change In Mfcxic Policy.
Mexico City. The announcement
that President Wilson's policy proba
bly would remain unchanged .after
John Lind's trip to Pass Christian,
is a source of disappointment to most
I foreigners and many Mexicans, who
believed the interview between the
president and his personal represen
tative might result in some definite
step to put an early end to the dis
tressing conditions, which, so far as
business Js concerned, are fast grow
ing acute.
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES.
Two Questions.
"Do yon believe the theory that dot1- i business transactions
How's This 7
We "Offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured bv Hall's Catarrh Cure.
P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last IB years, and
believe him Deifectly ,unoraule In all
business transactions and financially
tors li.i re n right to kill where tbey Sy his firm "
rim nut cure?" I WALDINli. KINNAN & MARVIN,
il,,,-.,i,-t tliuu ulwnri hpen dolnir 1 Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Slnwiit they smays oeen aoing .Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter
It?" -Boston Transcript naly, acting directly -upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
" " Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per
The night Is long thnt never finds the bottle. Sold by all Druitslsts. .
a ci Tak Hall'i Family Fills for constl-
dBy.-Slwkcspeare. . pation.
Five Jacksonville attorneys . have
given the opinion that it is not neces
sary to hold a separate election to
abolish the old sub-school districts es
tablished some years ago before es
tablishing new ones for the purpose
ot bonding for a million dollars for
new school buildings; but that an
election forming the new districts will
change the ones already existing in
compliance with the laws regulating
such matters.
President II. B. Race ot the board
of trade of Jacksonville received a
letter from Gov. Park Trammell to
the effect that he would do his best
to be present and deliver the address
of welcome at the opening of the con
vention ot the National League ot
Commission Merchants, which con
venes on the 14th. , 1
Assistant Secretary of Navy Sweet
and George R. Putnam, commission
ers of lighthouse, will leave between
January 10 and January 15 to inves
tigate all the sites offered for the
sixth district lighthouse depot, in-1
eluding Jacksonville and Fernandlna.
pMw sWim Mi mmmm
1 SMITH'S
I Home made Candies.
Alao Agent fur
Huyler's and
Park & Telford
Candies. . "
Fine PipesT Cigars and Tobaccos.
Im. A. SlkXITH, S
Palatka, Florida.
9
DR. F. E. JENKINS
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Office Hours:
9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Other hours by ap
pointment. Hickman-Kennerly Block,
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
For Sale,
4 Acres land, 175 bearing orange trees,
i room house. Price, $1,000. ,
5 Acres lard, ISO bearing orange trees.
Price, $1,000.
10 Acres land, 212 bearing orange
trees. , Price, $1,200.00.
40 Acres land. 20 acres of this Is good
muck, 500 bearing orange trees and 200
........ iMa. min A iADa : r. ,1 l.arn
Price. $3,500.00.
T
Address .
P. J. BECKS,
REAL ESTATE,
Palatka, Fla.