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Trie Palatka Sews
and Advertiser.
Entered at the Palatka postoftu-e as
mauaoie matter 01 ttie e-ul i-Ihm.
Published at Palatini, Ftorma, on
Fridays by
RUSSELL Cs VICKERS
$1.00 Per Year in Advance
117 South Second St. Phone 195
Wm. A. RUSSELL. Editor.
AX EDITORIAL
IXCUBUS.
The officials of the Florida Citrus
Exchange, one of the most carefully
planned and efficient organizations
for co-operation among producers
that this country has ever known, is
seriously handicapped in its growth
and usefulness by giving recognition
as an organ to the Florida Grower, a
wholly irresponsible and scurrilous
publication which for some time back
has been issued from a Tampa job
office and circulated through the State
among growers.
No matter how excellent the plans
of the Exchange and the results ob
tained for its members, it cannot hope
to thrive on the public denunciation
of fruit growers and communities
which prefer to ship through private
and independent packing houses. An
instance of the sort of denunciation
we mean will be found on another
page of this paper, wherein the Grow,
er attacks the town of Crescent City,
without doubt the largest shipping
point for citrus fruits in all Florida.
Crescent City does not affiliate with
the Exchange, but it is doubtful if in
all Florida there is a community of
growers who feel more friendly to
that organization than those of this
place. It has six large public pack
ing houses represented by such dis
tributing firms as Chase & Co.,
Crutchfield & Wqolfolk, Hardee, Mc
Farland & Hunt, the Empire Brand,
(2), J. H. Campbell, besides "many
growers whose acreage warrants
FARMERS' ,
RALLY DAY.
The farmers of Putnam county and
adjoining sections of St. Johns and
Clay counties are not only cordially
invited, but earnestly and insistent
ly urged to put aside their home du
ties, if possible, and come to Palatka
on Monday, April 6th, 1914, bringing
their wives with them, and take part
in a Rally Day Convention to be held
at the Court House, to discuss ques
tions vital to the prosperity of our lo
cality and Florida. '
Farmers of this section who are fa
miliar with local conditions will be
asked to offer their views of what is
needed in the way of doing things in
a better manner, and prominent
speakers from other parts of the
state will be present and discuss im.
proved cropping and marketing sys-
terns, and explain methods which are
being followed with'success and profit
elsewhere.
the problem lacing country life is
not only better farming but better
social and living conditions. The
time is near when men will associate
the social element with the produc-
tive value of land. Population is in
creasing very fast and the specula
tive features must soon be eliminated
and the price of land established by
its productive value, plus its social
value. This will be largely brought
about by better roads, better farm
ing methods, better schools and
churches and more and desirable
neighbors. The young people cannot
be kept in any locality now without
the right kind of school, church and
social facilities. It is no wonder that
boys and girls are anxious to get
away from the country as conditions
exist today.
Farming must be made attractive
and it can be made so. The opportU'
nities for improving the quality am
increasing the quantity of plant an
animal life are limitless. No field of
investigation, effort and profit offers
more to young men and women who
aspire to real service to the nation
than to engage in constructive and
productive work. Farmers feed and
clothe the nation, and a nation must
The Tampa Tribune, without doubt
r lorida s greatest dally newspaper,
especially in the line , of furnishing
Florida news, has just installed a
magnificent new 32-page Goss Per
fecting press. This great press is
three stories high and basement of
deep, solid concrete, and is capable of
printing 35,000 32 page papers per
hour. Hurrah for the Tampa Tri
bune! May the time come, and
order to' supply the demand for the
paper.
them in mainr-Suninc nrivnra nnnlrinrr
industries. The growers of Crescent ! ,be we!1 fef wel1 clothed and wel1
City are deeply interested in the Ex
change; they believe in the principles
of co-operation for which it stands,
but they will not be coerced into mem
bership, nor will they stand for villi-
fication of a whole community simply !
because the Exchange has attempted
alocal organization and failed to suc
ceed. The growers of Crescent City were
never favorably inclined toward the
bull dozing tactics of William Chase
Temple, the recently deposed presi
dent of the Exchange, and neither will
housed to be prosperous and content
ed and where is there a better re.
gion for farmers to get all that is
coming to them if well directed ef
fort is made than in Florida
The rally was suggested at the
March session of the County Commis
sioners, during a conference with the
Agricultural committee of the Palat
ka board of trade. Commissioners A,
D. Curry and D. P. Hancock comprise
the committee of Commissioners; and
Secretary Moses Folsom, C. H. Ken
nedy, P. J. Becks, F. J. von Engelken,
they be drawn toward that organiza-n" T 'p 'p 'p,.i, ' j'w
tion by a publication whose svcho- t i.jl... .......
phantic editor, puffed by a little cheap
notoriety, has as his chief stock in
trade an attitude of hostility to those
communities which lie outside the Ex
change's sphere of influence and operation.
al Committee of the board of trade.
Portraits of Senator Fletcher now
running in a large number of the
State papers remind us that the cam-
e.cent utyu. among its citrus : Fletcher is leaving nothing to popu
j - '
and intelligent producers in the state
down to hard-headed advertising.
and their groves, in thrift and pro
ujiu v eiiews. iki ri Ms to miihtititi.' nnn m, , . ....
, j i . nnp nnri short hnn hpfli'irtr n?
quality, bear out this claim. The 0cala this week, and which is to be
grove properties thereabouts are f,i,voj u 0.uD,. u00,.: ,
immee, will at least give tha people
pointed out by experts as among the
finac- in U 0- . . 1 11.-1 ;
of the state some insight into rail
owoiigtia aic Kiiveii nueil examples
of thrifty groves are needed to em
phasize statements as to Florida's
leadership as a producer of high-class
fruit.
And yet this editor in a flying trip
through the town damns the whole
community with faint and questiona
ble praise because some knocker from
the outside has a grievance; damns it
too, without giving the men attacked
a chance to be heard. This is not the
style of journalism that should rep
resent in an "organ-like" manner such
an organization as the Florida Cit
rus Exchange, and the Exchange offi
cials should call him.
In other words, the Citrus Ex
change of Florida can illy afford to
recognize as an organ, a publication
which thrives by blackmail in th-;
hands of a cheap editorial four-flusher
who has been swelled in the apex
through contact with its deposed,
bull-dozing ex-president.
St. Johns county is getting excited
over the coming wet or dry election
and the prediction is made that Has
tings and some others of the outly
ing precincts that are getting tired
of booze will vote dry.
Otis R. Parker one of the comman
ding figures in the last State legis
lature has declined to enter the race
this year, giving as his reason that
since returning from the legislature
he "has been engaged as counsel for
the railroad company, which,' from
my way of thinking, will preclude me
from accepting a seat in the legisla
ture should I be elected." This is
the coming code among all high grade
lawyers. Parker is simply the fore
runner of the new order.
According to present indications
the next Florida Legislature wi'l
number among its members quite a
number of newspaper men. Editor
Clarence Woods, of the Eustis Lake
Region, is an announced candidate, as
are S. J. Triplett, of the Kissimmee
Valley Gazette and C. H. B. Floyd, of
Apalachicola. Editor Holly, of San
ford is mentioned as a candidate to
ran against Forrest Lake, and "Bill"
Russell, of the Palatka News is al
ready announced for the Senate. Go
to it boys, the state needs your ser
vices. Mnite Journal.
I way freight rates imposed upo.i ail
'who live between the large centers of
trade. Hon. Edwin Spencer Jr., of
I Ocala, author of the long and t.hort
haul bill, was present at the Ocala
hearing in behalf of the laws eni'orco
j ment and he brought out some intsr-
esting facts. In the first place h
showed by testimony of the railway
witnesses that the rate on grain from
Philadelphia to Tampa was 12 cents
per hundred, while the rate on grain
from Jacksonville to Ocala was 15
cents per hundred. The Seaboard
Air Line's vice president was also
made to admit that he could give no
reason why the rate on cigars from
Tampa to Jacksonville was less than
on the same goods from Tampa to
Ocala, less than half the distance.
If Spencer dosen't get an order from
the Florida Railway Commission en
forcing this long and short haul law,
then the next thing in order will be
to abolish the commission. Few, if
any of us, have ever seen any results
of this commission calculated to bene
fit the people, for whose protection
the commission was instituted.
Ocklawaha River
Improvements
Now Under WayGovernment
Dredge Passed Palatka on
Saturday
The U. S. Dredge Florida, Capt.
Sharp, passed Palatka on, Sunday la3t
on its wav to the mouth of the Ock-
speedily, when the new press will be lawaha river where it has already be-
obliged to run ten hours a day in g"" the . work of dredging a 7-foot
miaiuiei m tuai. nvei xiuiu ii-a iiiuulii
to Leesburg. This channel is to be
150 feet wide.
It will be remembered that the Gov
ernment has already made a survey
of the. improvements contemplated
and that the appropriation for the
accomplishment of this big task has
been made. '
ii.. iiUn a I Lapt. bnarpe states that this is un
MCll WIN) ASpire I0 LeniSlS- doubtedly the beginning of the great
i vp rinnnre. in irnminn "
.... ........ ... WH l; tne work settles tne oddawaha river
ri llHSrV. as tne rute to be used. He also
stated that the work on the Ockla-
It may be that there are others waha would Drobablv reauire a vear
who will announce for legislative for its completion, after which he
honors, though . it seems to be the would probably be directed to take
general impression that the list is un the same class of work throueh
now lull, it, however, others do an- Dunn s creek.
nounce later, their names will hav
consideration at another time. Up RaMDIT
to fho nrnsonf t;m. ,1 - 1 1 vnilvll
tlemen have made their announce
ments in the order in which their
names appear.
r'or State Senator.
mere are three candidates viz,
W. A. Russell of Crescent City, W,
Miaaieton oi romona and John tf.
PUTNAM COUNTY IN
THE LEGISLATURE.
V
OUR NATIONAL ASH HEAP.
MAKES RICH HAUL
Wall of Putnam Hall.
Mr. Russell who was first to make
public announcement is a resident of
Crescent City, where he has resided
for 27 years. He is the editor of the
Palatka News. Mr. Russell served
in the House of Representatives at
the sessions of 1907 and 1913. In the
session of 1907 he was chairman of
the Committee on State Institutions.
and second on the Committee on
Privileges and Elections. At the
session of 1913 he was also Chair
man of the Committee on State In
stitutions, and a member of the Com
mittees on Corporations, Canals and
Drainage, Claims, Privileges and
Elections, and Public Printing.
W. a. aiiddleton served in the
House of Representatives in the ses.
sions of 1911 and 1913. He is a na
val stores operator at Pomona and
interested in oranee erove nroDertv.
In the session of 1913 Mr. Middleton
held no committee chairmanship, but
served on the Committees on Countv
uniciais, tngrossed Bills, Lumber
and Naval Stores and Unfinished
Business.
jomi f. wan has served many
terms in the House of Kepresenta-
Bandit Robs Express Messenger on
Santa Fe Railway.
Beaumont, Texas. After bundling
the messenger, "Reb" 'Martin, In a
gunnysack, a masked man robbed the
express car attached to northbound
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe passeh
ger train No. 202 of several packages
of currency, estimated to aggregate
about $14,000, -and escaped from the
train at the village of Helblg, 12 miles
north of Beaumont. Posses, which
went to Helblg from this city In auto
mobiles, have not found trace of rue
bandit, who is believed to be hiding
in the dense forest about the village.
G. A. Taft, general superintendent of
the Wells-Fargo Express company, es
timated the amount stolen at $14,000.
The money was part of a shipment
made by a Houston lumber concern to
be used In paying their employes at
camps along the road.
Tuscaloosa Swept by Fire.
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Fire In the busi
ness section of Tuscaloosa early did
damage estimated at a quarter of
million dollars. Three business hous
es and their stocks were destroyed.
The cause of the fire has not been de
termined. Rosenau company, depart-
tives and has long been a conspicu- ment store owners, were the heaviest
ous ngure in the politics of the coun- losers, their building and its contents
ty. He served in the Senate at the
session of 1913. having been unop
posed tor the unexpired term of Hoi,
J. niipurn who resigned from the
Senate to make the race for Con
gress. In this session Mr. Wall was
Chairman of the Committee on Ag
riculture and Forestry, and also serv
ed as a member of the Committees
on Banking, and Pensions and Con
victs. He has resided in the countv
nearly all his lite, it not all of it.
ror House of Representatives.
A. D. Curry, the first to make an
nouncement, is the present Countv
Commissioner from the Palatka dis
trict and is well known to the oeool:
of the county. He is a timber man and
land specialist, and a man of fine ed
ucation
iler F. Babers of Crescent City is
young man who has made a con-
picuous success as a fruit srrower
and larmer. He grew up on thd
Fruitland peninsular and has made
is way unassisted. He now owns
some 40 acres of excellent grove
property, besides being interested in
being valued at $150,000.
One Rsason.
Frprtorick T'"vnsend Martin, writer
and social lwdor. was nsked at n din
ner in New York If hi could account
for the enormous number of bachelors.
Mr. Martin stroked ills mustache and
smiled.
'Well." he said" thoughtfully, "a
bachelor, you know, ts a man who nev
er has to answer questions that he
doesn't want to answer." Washington
Star.
: J Saturday
Scrmoneuc
"The first nf tho first fr,,ita of-
peach growing and is a truck farmer thy land shalt thou bring into the
mouse oi tne Lord thv God"
Exodus 23:19.
In these March davs a
body of Christian people than ev-
er before, and with greater fi-
anncial ability than ever hefnrp.
are seriously takine- un tho nnoa.
tion of financing the causes of the
It is characteristic trait of humanity to view with equanimity dis-
asters which do not affect individuals directly. Stories of great loss
of life and property suffered by distant communities may stir for a
moment by their magnitude or by their horror, then are forgotten
together with the warning and the lesson conveyed. The precise sig-
nificance, in fact, of great calamities is not impressed upon the aver-
age mind unless one happens to have been an eye-witness of them
or unless they are made comprehensible by some striking compari-
son.
It was not long ago that crowds of our people watched the Pa-
latka fire department save the Athletic Club House from the flames
L that destroyed over $10,000 worth of other property. A worthy citi-
t zen saw his place of business go up into smoke and a half dozen t
others helplessly viewed their boats burn to the water's edge. For
nearly an hour the flames ate up values at the rate of about $200 a
minute. The cause of this disaster is not known. Perhaps a cig-
arette started it a ten cent boy was the cause of the loss of $10,000
worth of property'.
The annual fire waste in the United States .is lappalling. Ex-
perts who have made a study of the subject, say if the buildings con-
sumed every year were placed on lots with sixty-five feet frontage
they would line both sides of a street extending from New York to
Chicago; and reckoning the killed and injured, a person journeying
along this street of desolation would pass in every thousand feet a
ruin from which an injured person had been taken, while at every
three-quarters of a mile he would encounter the charred remains of
a person who had been burned to death.
To take another illustration which conveys to the mind just
what it all means: If the total cost of the Panama Canal on com-
pletion amounts, as is estimted, to $325,000,000, then the money lost
through fires in the United States every year would suffice to pay
for puclic improvements costing nearly twice as much as has the
Manama Canal. This loss according to official reports of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters varies Between $200,000,000 and $250,-
000,000 in actual cash. To be added to this there is, of course, a
definite loss of a correlative character estimated at $250,000,000 more
that is, loss of business, up-keen of fire and water departments,
t nre insurance tax, disturbance ! nnancial and economic conditions,
loss of life, etc. making a total cf nearly $500,000,000
Computing, then, the waste as approximated, $250,000,000 per
annum during the last ten years, this means that every ten min-
utes the price of a $5,000 home disappears in smoke. This is at the
rate of $o00 per minute or $30,001 per hour m cash alone. '
The facts are staggering. They have been insisted upon again
and again. They have been the text for volumes of talk. But what
actually has been done in the vital matter of prevention?
The underlying causes of the vas majority of fires in this coun-
try are general carelessness, "cussed" recklessness stupid indiffer-
ence and positive neglect, combined with a' widely prevalent idea
that when a man has insured his property responsibility for its pre-
servation ceases. .5.
Mr. Ordinary Citizen, if accused of being a menace to the com-
munity and of displaying a tendency to criminality of the most dan-
gerous type, would resent the chnrge with furious indignation when
he had recovered from his astonishment. Yet, dissected and anal-
yzed, that is exactly what his' attitude amounts to.
This tendency was recognized long ago by the enlightened na-
uons oi tne uio worm, ano tney aoopteo drastic measures to combat"
it. There, every individual is held directly responsible for loss of life
and property caused by carelessness and neglect.
Similar action must be taken by every municipality, big and
little, in the United States. If fire prevention by the individual
is enioreed legally in every state ana city in the country, so much
attention will be focussed upon our national "ash heap" that at least
one-half possibly two-thirds of the loss will be wiped out
lhere will have to be a consensus of action throughout the
States and cities of the country. This movement will have to be uni-
fied and co-operative. Fire prevention in a few large cities will only
benefit locally. What is Palatka doing to prevent fires? The city
has a good fire department, but it only puts out a fire after it has
started. An active inspection of all property in town would detect
many danger spots.
The public mind must be aroused throughout the United States
morning we had a .white frost nj
some ice. "V8
Mr. Hammond of Campbell wa
visitor to our . place during the hi,-7
of Mr. Minton. . 6 burial
Mr. Ben Pruitte visited the r.
City last Saturday. e Ge"
Miss Effie Manning ia nt i,
her teaching. . ,UB"B
The Putnam- Union will con. '
with the Providence nJLCTw
beginning the ,27th inst, and contin
uing through the 28th and 29th FV
ery body is cordially invited to attend
this meeting . . "a
We had another fmat t...-j '
morning but it was light. y
Mrs W. D. Hunter has been verv
sick with lagnppe for some davl
but is better now. 'a
Mrs. W. J. McRae is improving
from an attack of erysipelas. 8
w. j. MCKae visited the
City Tuesday. I 6
Gen
W. J. Sears of Kissimmee, a lawyer
by profession and a good fellow by
nature, well-liked and admired at
home, has finally and formally an
nunced his candidacy for Congress
from the Fourth district. Mr. Sear:
was until recently the head of -the
oitier tf Knights of Pythias in Flor.
ma rna as sucn nas Obtained qui:s an
extensive acquaintance in the State,
thojgh outside this magnificent fra-
tirnal order and his own county hi
ut comparatively little known. I
goes without argument that h will
have i fine complimentary vote in his
home county, but being so little
known over the district his chances
re not considered at this time good;
However, in the two months tanr
paign before him he will ' naturallV
grow in strength. Mr. Sears is, one
of four candidates who will oppose
Ciuuoe L'Engle, and who will con
tribute his share toward dividing the
anti-L'Engle vote and cementing the
L'Engle strength. It is generally
thought that Mr. L'Engle is not as
strong as formerly in the counties
comprising the Fourth district, but he
has a following that will go to none
of the men opposing him.
on a large scale. He is also the rep
entative of the Crutchfield-Wool-
folk Co. of Pittsburg and Chicago and
manages their big packing house in
terests at Crescent City Junction.
also represents this company
down on the east coast, where he
looks after their tomato interests.
Tnis is his first venture in the polit
ical held, exce.'t that he is president
the (.rescent City town council.
W. G. Tilghman, the third man to
announce for the House is a success
ful business man of Palatka, where he
has resided for some thirty years,
He was for many years engaged in
the manufacture of cypress shingles,
inly retiring last year. Since which
time he has had the first vacation of
his life. He has never sought publi
office, but being a man of property.
experienced with matters of business
and the world, and with leisure for
public duties, he has determined to
offer his services to the county and
state.
Henry S. McKenzie is the editor of
the Palatka Times-Herald and
young man of character and ability
He served in the House of Represeta-
nves at tne session oi iii. and at
the 1913 session he was the assistant
secretary of the State Senate. He has
grown to manhood in this city and
every where enjoys the respect and
confidence ot the people.
Ueorge W. Bassett Jr., the last to
announce for the House is by no
means lagging in ability. He is a
young lawyer who made his unaided
way to the front. He is a fine advo
cate at the bar and has won several
important cases. Only a few months
ago he was appointed a Commission
er of the U. S. Court for the South
ern District of Florida. He makes a
fine speech and will as the campaign
proceeds have an opportunity to mee
the people on the stump.
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.
We have recently issued bills to
all subscribers in accordance with
the postal regulations for all sub
scriptions due and many of our sub
scribers have responded readily to
the call. There are, however, a
large number from whom we have
not yet heard. We have no inten
tion of dunning our subscribers, but
under the postal laws wa ara nun.
pelled to ask them to pay their back
subscriptions and brine- the dates on
tneir papers in advance. The label
on your paper will show the date to
which your subscription is paid, the
first figures showing the month, the
second second the day, and the third
the year: thus 10-20-13, shows that
your subscription is paid to October
ZOth, 1913. We would deem it a
great favor if all those whose labels
show date of 13 or less will remit a
sufficient amount at once to brine tha
aate up to 114,
laakaiMtf Stiver.
A weak solution of ammonia will re
move from aUver black stalna caused
by aalpbor fai
t Kingdom oi uod. it is a great
united forward movement, nf tho
Church of God to put more man-
ey than ever before into the reg-
ular work of the church. Let the
Tsermonette of the week touch
some of the high points and prin-
ciples that oue-ht to hold in thU
work, ihe first point to be em.
phasized is the fact that this mat.
ter is spiritual, not secular. So
many people feel that this is a
theme that must be touched upon
in whispered words lest we
trench on the spiritual with tha
secular, that this needs to be said,
and said very emphatically: That
Tims tneme is spiritual in its f
The tonic is Scriptural. Nearlv
every book in the Bible has some
thing to say of it. And the
scriptures thus handling it are
given by the inbreathed Spirit of
God. So, here is a sDiritnallv
t treated topic. L.ei no one call it
secular, and be shocked at its
open mention in the house of God.
lhat is its rightful place
Another point: Cost has al.
ways been associated with the
work and worship of God. Itis
not the extravagant device of a
degenerate age. From the very
first offerings of men to God down
to tomorrow's worship, there has
always been the element of post.
And this is good. It crucifies
selfishness, which is the inmost
essence of sin. It is just. It
gives back to God a bit of His
own. It accords with the sensa nf
noblest manliness. King David
refused to worship God with that
which cost him nothing. A man-
ly man wants it to cost him
something to worship the God
whom he loves'.
Again: The raisins- of tha ra-
venue of the kingdom of God to
meet this cost is always tied up
with His worship. God makes it
so. It is shown so here in the
text. It is so all throueh the Pa-
triarchal age, the Mosaic regime,
and the New Testament And so
mpressed has the church of our
own day become with this idea
that now one element of her ru-
brie is "The Worship of God bv
So instead of thinking that we
are runninir into a reelon of sn-
called "begging sermons" and the
intrusion of secular thine-s unon
sacred," let us just realize that
we are running: ud into the face
of a judgment seat that will test
here and now how sincere wt are
in our loud protestations of loyal-
ty w innst. n we are like Him
we shall give freejy,, as He gave,
and grumble not. , J. M. B.
An Arabian Feast.
Ina description of nn Arab feast in
honor of a visiting dignitary the Xortb
African News gives the following as
the "main features" of the meal, which
is spoken of as having been "a regal
repast:"
A sheep roasted whole and filled
with pistachio nuts: the national couscous.-
the dish both of rich and poor.
served up with roast chicken and or
namented with n wreath of hard boil
ed eggs cut in slices. Then chlkonka.'
composed of capRicunis. tomatoes and
pgiis beaten un with oil and lemon
ul"e; cakes spread with butter and
honey: artichokes dressed like Spanish
onions, but prepared with the pistils
of beau lioweis; cakes of semolina,
kneaded with dates, mid pastry of va
rious kinds seasoned with sugar and
'.Ue essence of rose and Jasmine."
IMTEKLACHEN.
A very successful food sale for the
benefit of the V. I. S. was held last
Thursday, supplying our townspeople
wnn tooinsome viands and material
ly swelling the fu;;ds of the organi- i
zation.
Misses Viola P.. Fox and M. Eliza- i
beth Evans are enjoying a trip
through the State, visiting a numbe"
of important towns en route, and will
return to their apartments this week.
Mrs. Rosa Richarcson, and her
daughers. Mrs. Burnham and Miss
Richardson, entertained a select par
ty of friends at their beautiful home
last Saturday evening.
Mrs. E. L. Parson and her dauch-
ter, Miss Trulette Parson terminated
a very pleasant stay in Interlachen
Tuesday, going first to Jacksonville
for a day or two, then to Washington
where they will spend several davs.
and from that city they will go to
tneir nome in rortiano, Me.
The Lothrop families, who have
been enjoying an extended tour
through Florida and Cuba, returned
home last Saturday.
Mrs. A. C. Jones visited friends in
Starke Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. E. R. Glass is a guest of the
Webers at "Villa Dona Major" this
week.
Mrs. Wm. Lorn motored to Jackson
ville with friends last Friday, return
ing nome Sunday.
Boyd D. Gilbert of Washington. D
C. who is making a soil survey and
map for the U. S. Dept. of Agricul
ture, is now working in this vicinity
and has established headquarters at
the Lake View where he will be ioin
ed later by Mrs. Gilbert.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Andrews and
niece, Miss Charlotte Andrews left
luesday morning for their home i.i
New Haven, Conn.
Mrs. J. H. Corthell entertained the
Sunshine Society Tuesday afternoon.
Many of the members were prevent
ed by colds from attending, but ai
interesting meeting wr.s hjld, and
dainty refreshments vici-e served at
the close of the melting.
Mrs. Geo. Berkelmann, Mrs. Selma
Oswald ar.d Mrs. Schwartz, w.-r; be-tween-trains
visitors in town Wed:.es
day.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Butler a -.d
Miss Cushman, who have been spend
ing some weeks at "The Olives," Mr.
Butler's suburban cottage, left Sun
day for their northern homes.
Mr. Benton and wife of Lake City
were visiting Monday at the home of
J. G.( Minton. 1
Ivan Bohannon visited Palatka hst
Friday and returned Saturday.
Morgan Bohannon Ws a visitor to
Palatka Friday, w
E. R. Conway of Bostwlck is gath.
ering up his cattle preparatory to
turning them in the flat woods; his
cattle are looking well. He is stav-
ing at Ivan Bohannon's while en
gaged in this work.
"HARLEM."
RODMAN NEWS.
Our community was shocked on last
Friday morning when it was learned
that Mr W. T Spencer had lost hi
life at the mill. Mr. Spencer was
foreman of the mill and commanded
the friendship and esteem of his fel
low employes he had for several
years been connected with the Rod
man Lumber Co as their foreman,
and was considered a most valuable
employee. He was a man about 50
years old, leaving to mourn his death
a wife and four children. His body
was prepared for interment by a Pa
latka undertaker and was intered in
the Greenwood cemetery at Ocala last
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Spencers
memory will always be warm to our
hearts and to the sorrowing family
we offer condolence. E. C. Smith of
Ocala came over Saturday and es.
corted the remains of Mr. Spencer to
Ocala in behalf of Mclver & McKay,
undertakers.
Mr. Malphurs of Savannah was a
business caller Wednesday.
Mr. Wainwright is co'hfined to his
room with mumps. We hope for him
a speedy recovery.
J. P. Buie visited at Lochlobsa
Friday.
Work on the Canal is nroeressincr
rapidly and contractor Griffin has se
cured the services of J. S. Edwards
of Jacksonville who with 15 head of
very fine mules will make the dirt
fly.
MrS. J. B. Smith nf Mlllincrovillo
Ga., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. p!
B. Goethe.
The infant child nf .T W HacV,Ve
is very sick.
A. Walls surprised his f Hon no ho
Sunday by bringing home a winsome
bride. The happy pair are tempora
rily located at the Hotel Grant.
After a successful term the school
closed here Tuesday. On account of
illness of so many the exercises that
were so well arranged were dispens.
ed with and the school closed as a
sual school day. The teachers, Miss
Roddy of Palatka and Miss Stone of
Oveida, won the highest esteem of
the community, and we were sorry
they had to leave and hope they wiil
grace our school another year.
Mr. Fisk, a promient merchant of
DeLand, is registered at The Hntrl
Grant on a visit to his son, Roy D.
DR. F. E. JENKINS
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Office Hours:
i a. m. to 1 p. m. Other hours by ap
pointment. Hickman-Kennerly Block,
PALATKA, FLORIDA.
28 A
HARLEM NOTES.
Wm. Minton who was reported as
very low last week died last Saturday
morning and was buried Sunday af
ternoon at Providence Baptist churcl:
Deceased leaves several children an.i
a large number of relatives to mourn
his loss. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. L. R. Thomas ot
Perox, Fla.
We had a cold rain Saturday and
Sunday morning and on Monday
enclosed by a new fei.ee. Six acres- in
Bearing Orange Trees,
Grapefruit and
Tangerines.
Remaining twenty acres in truck farm, all
irrigated. RESIDENCE containing nine
rooms and bath. BARN, STABLES, etc.
One horse, wagon, two buggies, harness
and farming implements. Considerable
fruit still on the grove.
Price $5,500.
TERMS: $.1,000 down and $2,500 in
five years, 8 per cent. First mortgage
lein on property.
J. BECKS
REAL ESTATE PALATKA, FLA.
The
Economy
Grocery
With a neat and com-
plete assortment of
Fancy and Staple
Groceries, will open
m Palatka .tomorrow
morning, (Saturday,
March 28th).
Suppose you take a look through the ECONOMY when out
- for your Sunday table supplies. You se
J. T. ASHBY,
36 N. Second St.
Proprietor
Next door to i.t Florid. Saving.
& Trust Co.