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- ry - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1911 PAGE 4. THE PALATKA NEWS PALATKA. ' ""ti'iWs ill "" " , ... j ii'i.i --in hi" T-"iwi'w' - r....-y fat. - rf V r T- "a. T 1 HErALATKAiiEWS and Advertiser. Entered at the Palatka postofflce as mailable matter of the second class. Published at Palatka, Florida, on Fridays by RUSSELL &. VICKERS. $1X0 Per Year in Advance 117 South Second St. Phone 195. Wm. A. RUSSELL. Editor. MISTAKEN, EH? As an exhibition of little sense and small understanding the pa latka News man often is in the Umetight. I" this last week's pa per, in commenting upon the law suit brought by the L. B. Stan ner Company against E. N. Maun, he says that Maull was making packinghouse machinery before the Skinner Company ever at tempted to "skin" anybody in Florida. E .N. Maull sold out all of his patents to the Camp bell Company over two years ago, and his new sizer is a recent in vention that the L. B.. Skinner Company claims is an infringe ment on the Stebler patents now held by them. The News also states that tne first man arrested . last year for shipping green fruit was an ex change Official. No Exchange man was ever arrested for ship ping green fruit. F It may be that the News man will have a lawsuit on his hands. The L B. Skinner Company is a rnnrern that IS not iesjuui" "skinning any one We will pass over for tne um uc-, . , .. f iHt1 sAnie" News is o frequenly am.cted.ana a- mit that the trouble is inbred, or; chronic. N. Maul tnVb e SpackinBhoWe Maull h been m t, P e machinery more je..i ... t.n romfims tnat & else in Florida. It is true that nyw. ... sold out his patents to the Compel profit. ment. Company over two yea.. . : the Campbell Company UKllt W , into w v,im from again entering . F v. the manuiaciu.e v, i but that the courts hew a Maull had the right to con inue. -, Un that time he has equ, some ofthe title o P Metropolitan SSSt'Cr Ar a a fllof the' Church Militant." tL otntr pl'acel during the past; Extravagance has been the rule ,n summer Whether his new packing , nation stete and municipality supple house machinery is an infringement , Rented by incompetence and graft. cn the Stebler patents, now owned by A municipal lighting plant would of- the L B Skinner Company, we are;fer but another opportunity for the not prepared to say. The courts will ; exerose of extravigance a d.slay of settle that But Mr. Maull HAS been , incompetence and the further prac- making machinery of this kind longer t.ee of graft Cn Anyone else in Florida. Andj The economic fact, are against it. Zt orange shippers are indebted to ; These facts are presented to the peop tim more than to any one other man pie through a bulletin recently issued SrtrTpcS house equipment they, by the Bureau of the U. S Census, now hav to meet demands of the Instead of analyzing these ac The g ling citrus business, all growers .News is going to let Collier's Week y familiar with the business will admit, do it. That publication for the 7th A . . . '.i. inef mite Viom fprcplv C As to the shipping ot green nuu. contrary to law, The News simply re iterates and insists that a certain vice president of a south Florida Citrus Exchange was the first man to have his shipments held up in the fall of ,1913 by the State Citrus Fruit in spectors, and for truth of this state ment we refer to the files of the Tam pa Tribune and other daily papers of the State. As to the law suit admonition, The News can say that any judgement against this paper would be a good asset, and th.it is more than the Grow er can claim, or any other publica tion whose stock in trade consists solely of a desk, a paste-pot, a pair of scissors, and an editor whose nerve was sufficient to warrant him in pos ing as a citrus fruit and agricultural expert two months after enttering the State from his home "down in Maine." But the time isn't ripe in Florida when a man ca:i get judgment in the courts from a newspaper that is guilty of nothing more heinous than the mak ing of an unprejudiced play on the name of a citizen. The Palafka News does not expect e friendship of the Florida Grower, its editor, nor any other editorial orflusher who makes his living by nieans wholly without the pr.le of reputable journalism. We cite him and the people for facts to substan tiate this charge to the Hon. H. Clay Stanford, ex-president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and whose utterances in the Kissimmee Valley Gazette of a year or more ago will fully exp'.ain what we mean Then there is the visit of this edi torial fourflusher to Crescent City last March and his villification of a whole community because it well, because it didn't meet his demands. The News told the story of that visit and the scurrilous "write-up" which followed in the Grower. The News said something concerning the Grower and its editor following that visit which -would have constituted a libel under the Florida law, had they not been absolutely true. To show what the principle citi zens of the town of Crescent City think of the Grower and its editor, as well as The Palatka News defense, we publUh for the first time the fol lowing letter of appreciation: Board of Trade, Crescent City, Florida. April 11, 1914. Hon. Wm. A. Russell, Editor Palatka News. Dear Sir: Permit us as resi ' dents and property owners of Crescent City to thank you for your vigorous defense of our fair and flourishing city. Of course reference is made to the malicious misrepresentation printedo."1'-J Florida Grower of Maich 21, 1914. At no time and in no way, so far as we are advised, has our city been treated so unfairly and unjustly as in this Grower arti cle. Facts are not given. No correct information is furnihed. And all through the article is sad ly lacking in the element of truth. So far as known the editor of the Grower did not see any officer of the Board of Trade; the mayor or other official of the city; the postmaster; a real estate agent; or any of the leading fruit grow ers, any and all of whom would have been pleased to extend to him the usual courtesies to the press. No notice of his coming was given to any of these. We cannot refrain from be lieving that some unworthy mo tive or ulterior object prompted the Grower's editor to make this venomous attack upon Crescent City. Very truly yours, B. F. TILLINGHAST, President Board of Trade. E. H. WILLIAMS, Vice-Pres. Board of Trade. M. F. PIXTON, Treasurer Board of Trade. C. E. GUTTERIDGE, Secretary Board of Trade. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. It was only recently that Palatka was split up the back in an argument over the question of municipal own-! ership of th? electric lighting and power properties. The cause of municipal ownership was championed by a young man who had been a resident of the city' but a few months and who was a foreigner by birth and education and habits of thouL'ht. though through no fault of h5m now sim- - - - - p y because his vehemace made an ,3 me itw vor municipal ownership on general principles. It has a good look a co- operative lookomething that .ortmanner of ,'0 makes us all partners who could ; , jn h i. ,... . .v,. ; ;,, a w the . . . . . thus far jn practice we have not made a profound , -T - economic success, We pay mora for nm.selve5 than we would - Perhaps the most obvious thing for the average city to own is the electrict light and power station, since the city already owns, paves, and cleans the streets. Be tween 1902 and 1912 the number of such plants owned by our mu nicipalities increased from 815 to l,5fi2, while the number commer cially owned increased from 2,805 to 3C59. How did they work? The Bureau of the Census has is sued a bulletin which gives the answer. The figures show that in 1912 the city-owned stations hired 10 per cent of the total number of employees in order o turn out 4.7 per cent of the total product. Electriciy is sold by the kilowatt hour, and the cities increased their average charge from 3.5 cents in 1902 to 4.3 cents in 1912, while the commer cial plants reduced their average charge from 3.4 cents to 2.5 cents. It is clear that this reflects, among other things, the growth of mu nicipal ownership in the smaller towns, where it really does cost more to turn out the juice ; but the trouble is that the whole drift of the statistical evidence is in the same direction. The city owned plants tend to fall back on higher rates and the kindly nurture of taxes, and do not deliver the goods. There is an other seamy side to the story, viz.. the way in which these mu niciapl enterprises resist State regulation and especially the in troduction of uniform account ing methods which would show all the facts. Municipal own ership spells opportunity for the politician and his officeholders, but it does not spell service. The News therefore reiterates its congratulations to the people of Pa latka on the outcome of that recent lighting franchise controversy. The present commercially owned lighting and power company has a definite franchise which provides rates and rules, andj penalties for their violation. The people are al ready receiving their proportion of the dividends in reduced rates and better service. COMMUNITY SERVICE WEEK. Governor Craig, of North Carolina, has issued a proclamation calling upon the people of that state to set apart December 3-4-5 as community service days. On those days the people are asked to "meet, confer and work together for advancement along the threefold lines of investigation, united labor for the immediate im provement of the community, and wise planning for its future." He urges each locality to make a social and economic survey prior to that time, or on Dec 3, so as to know what is most needed and how to do it On Thursday, Dec. 4, everybody is asked to turn out anc put In a good day's work improving roads and streets, interior and exterior of schoolhouses, churches, courthouses and other public buildings, clearing off and beautifying their grounds, parks and cemeteries, and planting trees and shrubs in those places, as well as along streets, roadsides and private ground. On Friday, Dec. 4, parents are ask. ed to unite with the children to ob serve school and neighborhood im provement day. The week is to con clude on Saturday, Dec. 5, with a grand round-up at the county seat of all the people to discuss the needs and possibilities of the county. The Woman's Club, of Palatka, made an appeal in the last week's issue of The News asking the men of this city to do something in the 1 way of planting trees and beautifying yards and grounds, but no move lias ; yet been made to begin this splendid ' work. We hope it will not take an 1 earthquake, a war or a tidal wave to ' stir our community to united action, j It has been well said that "God helps hose who help themselves." Strange circumstance this. This i war has progressed for nearly four months and not a single story has , come to us concerning a soldier whose life has been saved by having a copy r.T the Bible in his pocket to stop the j bullet. Villa seems to have the bullets and the ballots in Mexico. He owns the new provisional president (or at least he did when this was written), and may shortly own the scalp of tha old. Before Villa there was Sulla in an cient Rome. Surrounding himself with his trusty cut-throats on the ap pointed day, he asked: "Do you want c , . , Sulla for your dictator?" as was the holding general elections se days. "Hurrah for Sul- la! 'Rah for Sulla!" shouted the as- , . , ... . . sembled Roman sold.ers at the word of command. And Sulla it was. And so it promises with Villa. "Aut Vil- la, aut nullus. Bully for Villa!" ' To be perfectly frank it begins to look now as if Leo M. Frank will be finally franked through by the state to that realm from which no traveler ! returns. Frank is the man who was . . , . . , ... . . convicted in the Atlanta courts for the murder of little Mary Phagan, and sentenced to death. He has t.p- pealed to every court of higher juris- j. .. .v ,., . diction, one after another, until he finally reached the Supreme Court of the United States, where he is going before one Justice after another ask- ... T ,. T mg for a writ of error. Justice La- mar of the Supreme Bench has just turned him down. We wouldn't sav that Leo murdered the girl, but it . u-iii j-vi.ju does begin to look as if he had been given a fair trial. The jury said he was guilty. And at the opening of the trial Frank's attorneys were sat- isfied with the jury. - - The Boston school board has de- j j n i mi nu v . i ti c.ded that "My Old Kentucky Home and "Massa s in the Cold, Cold Ground" are insults to the negro race. It is to be hoped that Boston will not ..t iir ,,i a ,, suppress "Tne Wearing of the Green as an insult to the Irish. It was giv- cn to Stephen Collins Foster, a white man and a Yankee, to make the best , . , . . southern songs, songs which invest even Old Uncle Ned or the Camptown Races with the dignity of real sentl- ment, and give to the Old' Folks at tt , , , m .. . Home and Old Dog Tray the poig- nant heartfulness of true ballad mu- sic. Now, after a generation has ac- cepted these songs, not one of which , , , v , is nearly so absurd as Yankee Doo- die, Boston discovers that the Pitts- burg poet really insulted the land and the people whose minstrelsy was made by him. When shall we mere human beings begin to understand the Bawston mind? " .. . . , ... The peculiar state of mind which regards with composure the slaught- er of thousands of men in the prime of their manhood like rats in the trench- es, but which goes into a frenzy, now over Belgian atrocities and now over German atrocities, constitutes in it- self a mental atrocity. There will al- . , . . . . ways be persons who fret about non- essentials while the grim, terrible es- sential realities escape them. Public opinion which magnifies the impor tance of "atrocities" and which mini mize the importance of the general slaughter makes war ever possible, inasmuch as, in company with the butchers, it seeks to make war re spectable. Those who spend their time denouncing the burning of a Bel gian village over the heads of the women and children, of the outrage of some old civilian, or the crippling of a girl, while failing to denounce war, will never prevent war or these other "atrocities" which are but its incidental accompaniments. The Na poleons, the Caesars, the Krupps and the Vickers have always denounced atrocities. Whenever one finds a man who spends his time decrying atroci ties, one usually finds a ma.i who is (enthused over "civilized" butchery. Only a Trifling Delay. Plgg Did yon succeed tn persuading your wife when she geta angry to count ten before she speaks) Fogg Tea, bat (he's a very rapid counter. Boston Transcript Make your life your monument Ben Jonson. tehankMeart for all that God (n for health and children, home and trlende; , for comforte tn the time oT neea, for every Mildly word or deed, for happy thoughts and holy talh, for guidance fn our dally wall. In everything, give thanhd. for beauty fn tWo world of oure, for vjrdant graee and lovely flowere, for eorTga of birds, and hum of bees, for the refreshing summer's breeze, for hill and plain, for stream and wood, for the great ocean's mighty flood In cvwythtng give thanhs. 3 for the sweet sleep which comes with nfgbt, for the returning morning light, for the bright sun which 6hlnes on high, for the 6tars glittering In the 6hy for these, and everything we see, O, Lord, we lift our hearts to thee; In everything, give thanhs I Cupper n Saturday "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my peo pie, saith your God." Isaiah 40:1. A little attention to the phras- ing of this text will repay us in very practical dividends of bless- . . ' For example: The repetition of the injunction with which the text opens indicates mat me conuuiv- ing of His people is a thing about mmensey ad estly concert,ed. This is iterated and intensified expression. It also is in point to note that this high function of comforting is conferr- 'edonus. God has His own direct method of confronting ' His Peoplj.J 4.work is to be th( Comofrter." That is one of the specialties of the Third Person of the adorable Trinity But we, too, are to bet comforters. "Comfort e, Comfort Ye .g what God gayg Again taking the two phrases, "My people," "your God," we get ?Tsubt1e suggestion Those whom He calls "My people" are those to whora He may be mentioned as "y0ur God." And the persons to whom He is named as "your God" are the ones He would name "My people. And this involution of hrse really means that all of God's people are to comfort one another. This is reciprocal com- forting. Let no class stand off and wait to be comforted. Let them comfort. and comfort wiu come to them. This is the way the cool and warm currents of the sea share their qualities with each J eance of this related wd "Com- ! fort?" It is a compound word of Latin lineage. Its two syllables are two words of that old tongue. Com ig a Latin prepositioni Con meaning "with" in English. "Fort" is the Latin "forte," an adjective with noun force. It is the basis of our word "fortitude." And that giyes the key of itg meaning here: Strong, brave, courageous. Therefore, to comfort one is not t? be weak with him, but to make him strong with your strength and fortitude. As the field sur- geon must get down to the weak- ness of the wounded soldier with- out being weak, so without weak- ness we must get down to the dis- consolate to cBourage him up to fortify him. What a blessed office is here Pscbeu(l for. ?"r performance! What a blessed thing it is to con- forte make somebody brave and hardy and courageous with us! Nothing is finer than this. To T Yf. courage, lorcrtuae, to a nttie-r how beautiful it is! To hearten man who is ready to sink because, with all his toil and anguish, he i has not realized his ideals and hopes, how noble it is! To put for- into the heart of the invalid trying to struggle back to health, how fine it is! O, there is nothing T0UL P.oor old sinning, sorrowing, comforting. Here is a great chance for us. . Shall we not hear this Divine th$ "Comfort ye, com- , fort ye?" And shall we not try to be C(mlforters to our fellows? J. M. B. Meeting Trouble. Did you meet that trouble that came your way With a emlllng- heart and cheerful, Or hide your face from the light o' day. With a craven eoul, and fearful? Oh, trouble's an ounce or trouble's a ton! Tea, trouble la luat what you make It, And It Isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts. But only. "How did you take itf" Tou are beaten to earth, well, well, what's thatt Come up with a smiling face. It's nothing against you to fall down flat But to lie there, that's a disgrace. The harder you're thrown the higher you bounce. Be proud of your blackened eye. For it Isn't the fact that you're licked that counts. But "How did you light and whyr And, though you be dona to the death. what then? If you've battled the beet you could. If you've played your part tn the world e men. The Critic will call It "Good I" Death cornea with a crawl or be cornea with a pounce. And, whether be be slow or spry, Irs never the fact that you're dead that counts. But only "Hew did you die?" Prosperity of this country is based on agriculture. Agriculture builds op the cities, the counties, the states; and it makes it possible to build railroads and manufacturing plants. mercy eende, REVERSIBLE SENTENCES. Bead Backward or Forward They Tell Same Story. Scaudalous society and life make gossips frantic. This reads backward. Frantic gossips mnke life and society scandalous. Apply the same rule to the others glvea below: Solomon had cast treasures -silver and gold, things precious. Happy and rich and wise was he. Faithful served he God. She sits lamenting, sadly, often too much alone. Dear Harry Devotedly yours remain 1. Have you forgotten twenty dollar check? Keply Immediately, please, and hand to yours, Grace Darling. Man Is noble and generous often, but sometimes vain and cowardly. Carefully boiled eggs are good and palatable. Love Is heaven, and heaven Is love, youth says. All beware, says age. Try. Ing Is poverty and fleeting is love. Exercise take; excess beware. Rise early and breathe free air. Eat slowly; trouble drive away. Feet warmish keep: blend work with play. Adieu, darling! Time files Vast; sails are set. bouts are ready. Farewell! Matter and uilnd are mysteries. Nev er mind. What Is matter? Matter Is uever mind What Is mind? Mind is never matter Hnuesty aud truth are good and ad miruhle qualities, us sympathy and love are endearing milts. Politics and religion avoid arguing tn. Here Is good and sound advice. Phila delphia Inquirer. The old toper doesn't mind being treated for the liquor habit by men who say: "Have one with me." ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Curtails Passenger Service. The Atlantic Coast Line announces that on account of the great falling off in passenger traffic ana conse quently decrease in revenue they have been compelled to reduce train ser vice in each of the six states served by them. Florida is the last state to feel the effects of the depression, which so seriously effected passenger traffic, especially local travel. It was found necesssary to reduce train service in other states on account of existing conditions several weeks ago. Trains Nos. 27 and 28, formerly operated between Sanford and Port Tampa will now be operatde only between Lakeland and Port Tampa. Trains Nos. 35 and 32, between Ocala and Lakeland (for Tampa) formerly operated daily, are now operated Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Trains Nos. 44 and 47 between Ocala and Homosassa have been discon tinued. The schedules of other trains on the Ocala District have been re-arranged so as to give what it thought will provide adequate ser vice. In deference to the request of their patrons and complying with the sug gestions of the Railroad Commission, the following new service became ef fective on the 15th. Train No. 89 leaves Palatka 5:50 a. m., arrives Rochelle 7:25 a. m. connecting with No. 141 for Ocala and No. 10 for Jacksonville. No. 78 leaves Rochell 7:40 a. m., arrive Palatka 9:15, receiving connec tion from 141 from Wilcox. No. 87 leaves Palatka 6 p. m., ar rives Rochelle 7:35 p. m., connecting with wo. y for ucaia ana mo. 14u tor Wilcox. No. 76 leaves Rochelle 7:40 p. m., arrives Palatka 9:15 p. m., passen gers getting connection from Nos. 9 and 140. Nos. 142 and 141 leave Wilcox 5 a. m.. arrive Ocala 8:50 a. m.. connec- Lting at Rochelle with 78 for Palatka. Nos. 140 and 14a leave ucala b:10 p. m., arrive Wilcox 10:05 p. m., con necting with 76 at Rochelle for Palat ka. The above schedules will be daily except Sunday. Sunday schedules on the Palatka branch will be as follows: Train No. 75 leaves Palatka 11:30 a. m., arrives Rochelle 1:05 p. m. No. 70 leaves Rochelle 3:02 p. m., arrives Palatka 4:30 p. m. State of Ohio. City of Toledo, I Lucas County. sa, Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney Co., doing bualneas In the City of Toledo, County and State afore aald, and that aatd Arm will pay the aum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the uae of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, thle th day of De cember. A. D.. 1881 (Seal.) A. W. GLBASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally, and acta directly on the blood and mucoue eurfacee of the system. Send for testimonials free, F. J. CHENET CO- Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 76c. Take Hall's Family Pills for conati-atloB. o 6 Why Is The City Cash Grocery Succeeding? Because few merchants are willing to work as hard for so small a profit. Send a trial order and let us prove that you get a better quality and at least 20 per cent, more goods for the same money. C. H. PRICE 407 LEMON STREET, PALATKA, FLA. PHONE 318. This is a JOHN DEERE Riding Disk Cultivator i Farmers, the world over, long since united in pronouncing it to be the best, most economical cultivator made. IT DOES THE WORK QUICKLY AND THOROUGHLY. The JOHN DEERE COMPANY Farm Implements sold only in Palatka, by KENNERLY HARDWARE CO. AGENTS FOR PUTNAM COUNTY Diamond Rings Scarf Pins and Lavalliers A good assortment of unmount ed Diamonds, set to order in Tif fany or fancy ring mountings. RANDALL WELLS, C. E. County Surveyor of Putnam County Land Surveylnn, Drainage Work, Maps, Blue Prints, Drawings of all kinds Timber Estimates, Land In spection, Eto. Accuracy guaranteed. YOU WILL FINDI AT SMITH'S The best Ice Cream, made from Hastings Fresh Jersey Cream We make CANDY as ever PUTNAM 1PITL ARMACY PALATKA. FLORIDA Drugs, Chemicals, Druggist Sundries and Patents rRBSORIfTIONS OAKEFULLY OOMROUNDiD FRKBH GARDEN SEED. Aenu UMorJ ntn,h'ip L1B. G. J. SMITH Jeweler LEMON STREET Palatka, Florida 26 A cres enclosed by a new fence. Six acres 1a Bearing Orange Trees, Grapefruit and Tangerines. Reraaininf twenty acres in truck farm, alt irrigated. RESIDENCE containing nine rooms and bath. BARN. STABLES, etc. One horse, wagon, two buggies, harness and farming iplements. Considers bis fruit stiU on the grove. Price $5,500. TERMS: $3,000 down and $2,800 In Ave years, 8 per cent. First mortgage lein on property. 1'. J. BECKS REAL ESTATE PALATKA. FLA It