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FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1915.
THE PALATKA NEWS, PALATKA,. FLA.
' PAGE NO. THREE
WANTS DEMOCRATS TO
ENDORSE PROHIBI
Secretary of State Bryan
Wants Party -to Take
Firm Stand. .
No matter what may be the pub
lic estimate of Secretary of- State
William Jennings Bryan, three times
the candidate of the democratic par
ty for president, all must agree that
when it comes to a moral question he
js no trimmer.
' a letter he had written to L. W. Ken
nington, Democratic national commit
teeman from Iowa, expressing the
hope that Iowa Democrats would
take a stand for prohibition and vote
against officials who could be controll
ed by the liquor interests. '
In a statement given out with the
letter Mr. Bryan said he hoped to see
the Democratic party take the prohi
bition side wherever the question was
raised and that if the liquor inter
ests insisted on limiting an issue m
the selection of a national commit
teeman the people opposed to the li
quor traffic could not, afford to ig
nore it.
. "I do not know to what extent the
liquor question will be an issue in the
campaign next year,"-Mr. Bryan add
ed. "At the present time it does
not seem probable that it will find a
place in the platform of either the
Democratic or the Republican party,
but there is no reason why -the na
tional committeemen should not rep
resent the sentiment of the party on
this subject as on other subjects."
Mr. Kennington had written Mr.
Bryan that his name was being used
in behalf of a candidate for the na
tional committee.
Mr. Bryan's Letter.
In his letter to Mr. Kenningston,
Mr. Bryan said:
"The legislature of Iowa has voted
statutory prohibition and has also
submitted to the people a prohibition
amendment to the constitution. It
becomes necessary therefore, for the
voters of Iowa to act upon the liquor
question, both in choosing another
legislature and in voting upon the
amendment submitted. The Demo
crats, of Iowa, 'constituting a consid
erable portion of the voting popu
lation, must take action upon this
subject both in the nomination and
election of legislatures, and also di
rectlv as they vote upon the prohi
bition amendment.
"I take it for granted that the
Democratic party will act upon the
subject in its state and local conven
tions, and even if it does not the indi
vidual action taken by the members
of the organization will, to a greater
or less extent, commit the party on
the subject and thus affect the party's
strengtgh in the state
"It is proper that the national com
mitteeman should represent the atti
tude of the ''arty on this auestion;
in fact, the liquor interests have al
ready rjled out one good man be
cause he is 'dry.' The only way in
which the sentiment of the party can
be made evident in advance of a con
vention or an election is for each per
son to vote as he thinks, if he acts
as an individual, or, as his constitu
ents think, if he acts as a represent
ative. "The liquor question isv a moral
question and our party's hope of suc
cess in the state of Iowa for years
to come will, in my judgment, de
pend upon the manner in . which it
meets this question and the position
it takes upon it.
"If I were a citizen of Iowa, I
would make my opinion on the sub
ject manifest by casting whatever in
fluence I had in favor of the selec
tion of officials who would not be
controlled by, or under obligations to
the liquor interests, but would be
positively and definitely committed to
the home as against the saloon. The
brewer, the distiller and the saloon
keeper are in conspiracy against all
that is pure in society, against all
that is sacred in the family against
all that is good in industry and de
rable in government. I do not mean
to say that-every brewer, every dis
tiller, or evrey saloonkeeper is con
sciously conspiring, but the business
in which these men are engaged is
the enemy of progress and civiliza
tion and they are not in position' to
oppose the defense that dominate it.
They will represent the liquor intsr
ests, are conscienceless. , in their
methods, they debauch the individuals
through whom they act and nny par
ty to which they dictate. The Dem
ocratic party can only hope for suc
cess when it gives expression to high
ideals and makes itself the champion
of the noblest principles and the best
policies
"Whenever . a moral question , is
raised, therefore, tHere is but one
side of it. unless the party is villing
to sell its soul for a support which
cannot be more than temporary and
which cannot be accepted even tem
porarily without the forfeiture of
public respect.
"It does not matter much what par
ticular individual is Chosen as nation
al committeeman, but it matters a
great deal, yhether he stands cn the
moral or immoral side of the line
that separates the forces that are
soon to engage in political battle in
Iowa. It would be far better to take
an obscure man who is right oh the
liquor question than a well known
man who is wrong on the liquor ques
tion, for an unknown man ceases to
be unknown when he becomes the ex
ponent of a righteous cause; he bor
rows strength from his cause; where
as individual strength and personal
influence dwindle into nothingness un
der the blight of an unholy alliance
with an immoral cause .
"If therefore, if anybody asks you
my opinion, you. may say that in any
contest between a 'wet' and a 'dry'
candidate for national committeeman
I am for the dry candidate and that
I shall be greatly disappointed if the
Democratic party in Iowa does not
throw the weight of its influence
against the liquor interests and all
that they stand for or desire."
Secretary Bryan's statement fol
lows :
"The letter to Committeeman Ken
nington explains itself It was being
urged in behalf of one candidate that
I favored his election. When this
was brought to my attention, I felt
that if my opinion was desired, it
ought to be given to all, and that the
reasons for that opinion should be
stated so that the Democrats of Iowa
would know wliat weight, if any, to
give to it.
"The prohibition question is an is
sue in Iowa and this fact is so clear
ly understood by the liquor forces
that one of the leaders of the wet
element of the Democratic party in
Iowa objected to a very excellent man
on the grgound that he belonged to
the drys.
"If the liquor interests insist upon
making the question an issue in the
selection of a national committeeman,
those opposed to the liquor traffic
cannot well ignore the issue. As a
matter of fact, the liquor question
now being before the people of Iowa
it could not be ignored in the se
lection of party officials no matter
which side desire to ignore it.
"I do not know to what extent the
liquor question will be an issue in the
campaign next year. At the present
time it does not seem probable that it
will find a place in the platform of
either the Democratic or the Republi
can party, but there is no reason why
the national committeeman should not
represent the sentiment of the party
on this subject as on other subje' ts.
rrohibition is not an issue in all
the states, but wherever it is an is
sue, I hope to see the Democratic
party take the prohibition side.
"It cannot ally itself with the liquor
interests without losing its moral
standing and the moral standing of
a party is the thing that gives it
permanent strength. A surrender
to vice or immorality seldom gives
even a temporary advantage to a par
ty, but even if temporarv advantage
could be secured by such a course it
would be at the expense of the perma
nenet welfare of the party. It is
not only right for a party to take the
moral side of a question but it pays
to do so." , ,
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EDITOR WOODALL OF
INDUSTRIAL INDEX
Is Taken with Palatka and
Notes some of Our
Improvements. .
The following Is from the Indus.
trial Index, published at Columbus,
Ga., one of the prominent traue pa
pers of'the south, and which recently
published a special Florida number
that reflects great credit on the pub
lication and is certain to prove of
material benefit to Florida. The ar
ticle is from the Den of W. C. Wood-
all, managing editor and one of'the
owners of tne magazine. ivir. wooa
all visited Palatka while in the State
gathering data for the Florida Num
ber. He saysi
During the trip back from the
West Coast, it was my privilege to
spend a few hours in Palatka, and
while it was a short visit it was a
very interesting one. Palatka has n
very live commercial organization
and a very energetic secretary. Mo
ses Folsom is the man who has put
Palatka back, on the map. Mr. Fol
som is a veteran publicity expert and
drifted into board of trade work quite
naturally. For ears he was in
charge of the publicity work of the
Hill railroad system, and everyone
familiar with the character of James
J. Hill realizes that he has only first
class talent for this particular job.
Back in those days the Associated
Press carried a good deal of matter
that was, indirectly, of much adver
tising value t the Hill system. The
A. P. division manager would grum
ble in a good-natured manner about
the wav Mr.Folsom was ' "putting
them over" on him, but had to admit
that the matter supplied had such
news value that it could not be omitt
ed, even if it did incidently advertise
Mr. Hill and his plans. With all
this experience, it was not surpris
ing that Mr. Folsom hag succeeded
in a perfectly legitimate way in hav
ing hundreds of pages printed about
Palatka in the last two years. It
may not be amiss in this connection
that he is one of the livest of The
Industrial Index's Florida corres
pondents. W. W. Tilghman, manager of the
Ford Motor Co., was kind enough
to offer to show me Palatka and did
the job in a very thorough manner.
Mr. Tilghman was in somewhat de
pressed spirits to begin vith, doubt
less due to the fact that of the 40
automobiles sold in his county in a
certain recent period only 33 were
Fords, but soon regained his usual
jolly mood. The trip in, through,
around and about Palatka was made
in a Ford "skecter" or "scooter" the
exact official designation of said ma
chine not being known to said depo
nent, and as the boys would say, it
was some journey. I believe that I
could prepare a reasonably accurate
map of the place from memory, as
Mr. Tilghman in his patriotism ne
glected no street or avenue or
thoroughfare. After we had passed
the Davis tank works about three
times, each time aDoroachingtit from
a digerent angle, I began to feel very
much at home, the landscape becom
ing more and more familiar. Ever
and anon Mr. Tilghman would call
attention to various blocks of houses
either in course of erection or that
had just been completed, and desig
nated various and sundry lots upon
which edifices of varying character
and cost were to be erected in the im
mediate future. Even after allow
ing for back-tracking and cross-firing
and approaching the same residences
from the rear after having first, a
few minutes before, obtained an ex
cellent front view, one could see that
there has been a remarkable amount
of building in Palatka during the
past year or two. As a matter of
fact the proportion of new structures
was rather extraordinary and fuly
substantiated the claims that have
been made relative to Palatka's
marked progress in recent years.
By and by Mr. Tilgliman turned
his trusty gasoline-driven stjed to
ward the suburbs and after a few
breathless turns we had reached an
elevated tract just outside the city
limits. One would hardly expect to
find hills in this section of Honda,
and yet here was an elevation of 80
feet, with the beautiful St. Johns
River in one of its many turns al
most laDDinsr its base. A fine view
of the city is had from this location.
Mr Tilghman admitted that this
would he an ideal location for su-
hurhan homes, owine to the elevation,
fine view and the fact that tne tract
fs iust a mile from the courthouse;
and added that this thought had oc
curred to himself and associates
when they bought it. It is planned
to develop the land into a high-grade
residential suburb
We surveyed the Promised Land
from the road for a while and then
Mr. Tilghman thought that it would
be nice for us to get a closer, more
intimate view, so he pointed his Ford
that way, threw open the tnrotue
and gave his machine a word of en
couragement, and the next moment it
had a"cendHl the bank and dwod
right into the midst of this choice lot
of real estate. At first the car seem
ed to nrefer the stumps and bushes,
over which it glided to fine effect, but
afterwards grew partial to plowed
ground. The point is tnai n took us
safely through all our perils,, never
balking1 and .spilling neither one of
the nassengers. Hiding along tne
public highway, even at a pretty live-
y clip, was tame alter tnai experi
ence. '
One of the big institutions at Pa
latka is the Wilson cypress mill and
another is its industrial neighbor,
the Selden Cypress Door Co. Both
these . plants are en the famed St.
Johns River. F. H. Wilson, mana
ger of the cypress plant, must be
nartial to the St Johns, for he not
only works in an office on the edge
of the stream, but sleeps on the riv
er, his home being on house-boat
This house-boat, a most comfortable
looking affair, is moored at a private
wharf not very far from the mill.
It ig equipped with electric lights, a
telephone and' other conveniences. A
gentleman who spent several years
on a house-boat on the St. Johns at
Palatka told me with much enthusi
asm that it was the only life. "A
boat Is the coolest place in Summer
rmd it is also the most comfortable
in Winter, because the water equal
izezs the temperature," he . said.
"You don't have any back-yard to keep
clean when you live on a house
boat. We always threw the leavings
into the river at a certain place and
whenever we wanted fish we simply
dropped a line at that particular spot
We took in fish as fast as we could
pull them up fine-fat bream, as a
rule."
Recipe for an Interlachen t'ake.
You must have a room, not very
small,
So there's ample space to hold it all;
Or better still, if warm and nice
weather,
A porch is good to mix all together.
It must not be so hot as to cause a
sizzle,
For if you do it will be a fizzle.
Have it well fortified with good,
Moats
And there'll be no danger of turn
coats.
Take" extra precaution there's no
frosty air
And the result will be fine with
proper care.
Gather the ingredients from hill to
vale
That are well known or else you'll
fail
Be wise in your selection for much
depends
On the best of Stock, how this cake
ends.
You must use discretion and be quite
Wiley
And not select those that make it
rily.
Not one of these must be parbiled
For they're not grown up rank and
wild;
Years have been spent in cultivation
And transplanted here from all crea
tion. A thousand Frances is none to dear
For the price of this cake which I
have here.
It requires no heating, as many cakes
do
But needs some Curry and spices,
too.
The cup you should use for all meas
ure Is one that will always give you
pleasure
It is called a Jill-lett us give it a
trial,
I am sure you will 'use it all the
while.
Much depends on the Baker to be
on time
So its properly cooked in time to
dine;
For no one likes their cakes all dough
It is better far to Burn-ham you
know.
If it proves to be rare have sense
to turn'er,
If painfully burned call Dr. Woerner.
It needs a Mann to make it complete
To superintend so its fit to eat.
If made in a Koll-and not to stilt
RAISERJN NORTH.
Iowa Girl Raises 5,318
Pounds from One-tenth '
Acre Plat.
Up in Clarinda, Iowa, where. T. B.
Merrill and family came from, lives
Miss Eloise Parsons, the young wo
man whose record in the United States
department of agriculture's garden
and canning cl" bs was the best Tf
the - thousands made by members in
the 33 Northern States. Miss Par
sons obtained a yield of 5,318 Bounds
of tomatoes from her tenth-acre plat.
tier costs were $li.ul, and her net
profits were $115.57. Her costs cover
item of expense in raising the crop,
including rent of land, her own time
(estimated at 10 cents an hour), fer
tilizers and sprays. She describes
some of her difliculties" in obtaining
this result as follows:
"I decided I would trv and have
ripe tomatoes very early and so ob
tain good prices for them. So in the
latter part of February I planted the
early variety in three boxes which I
placed on a shelf in front of the sauth
windows in the dining room. In a
short time they came through and
grew rapidly. But they beean to
grow tall and spindly, so in the latter
part ot March 1 transplanted part of
them into small pasteboard boxes, one
plant in each. By doing this I could
move them to the open without dis
turbing 'the roots, and hinderiner the
development of the plants. Then as
soon as it was warm enough I set the
rest in a cold frame, four inches
apart each way. On the first of April
1 planted the late variety in the hot
bed. Those in the cold frame and in
the pasteboard boxes developed a
great amount of roots and were very
strong, some in bloom, when I trans
planted them to the open on the 22nd
of May. The plants in the hot bed
did not develop such strong roots, and
because ot this fact (and also that it
was very dry, I lost quite a few of
them when I transplanted them. Af
ter filling in for the fourth time a few
vacant places still remained, as it was
almost impossible to get them started
because of the early drought: In all
I had over 600 plants.
"I hoed them after each rain and
whenever I thought it necessary. As
we moved to this place this spring,
and the garden was not plowed in
the fall, many weed seeds were not
destroyed, and I had a very hard time
keeping the weeds down. The plants
did not grow very large, and as it
continued very dry, I decided it not
best to stake the plants. The plants
did not make a very great growth
and very few needed pruning. I hoed
them until the tomatoes began to ri
pen and the plants were too large.
1 picked my first ripe tomatoes on
the 9th of July. From then on the
pickings every two or three days
grew larger. At first I received ten
cents a pound, but soon the price be
gan to fall so that after the 1st of
September I received only two cents
As my lather runs a dairy,
TP 1 JT T Ti I1. T V. Tv 'Ts iW Ts
WOMEN'S SPRING FASHIONS
Or
Hasting
the flow of talk will
wasting.
It can be made in less than a jiff.
It. needs some wit and with Andrews a DOund.
Brush I he took the tomatoes with him and
And Jones' and perhaps, get enough. 'sold them easily to the hotels, restau
Coburn will furnish a merry laugh I rants, and milk customers. He was
And perhaps the rest will donate half, able to sell almost all of them until
We expect some of course from De-jthe green ones were gathered. As
Tillie long as we could get a dollar a bushel
But not enough to make it silly. I for the tomatoes fresh and as we
I'm stirring this batter don't be were so very busy w;ith the work of
a dairy, l thougnt it best not to can
thus be them
I "After school began I was kept
The Millers will grind with perfect very busy in picking the tomatoes.
ease ror several weeks it took me three
Their share of banter which is sure levenings of the week to get over the
to please ! entire patch and often gathered over
And a Trout-man perhaps will be the, ten bushels. During the second and
third weeKs ot September we had so
To furnish wisdom and Haugh-ton, much rainy weather that I could not
Which with speeches mixes in well 1 gather the tomatoes, and after the
Aided by Lathrops, Leonards, and rains they began to ripen so rapidly
Corthell. that many ot them split. Un the 1:2th
This cake can't possibly be a failure and 13th of October I had to gather
When it is stirred and stirred by t ra- the green ones. 1 gathered 1,083
zier pounds. 1 here was no sale tor these.
Even if in the dough there is a .We used all we could and I gave some
Barratt to the neighbors, and still a great
And there is no sign of a tabby eat. I many went to waste, as they were wet
It is sure to be good with one when they were gathered, and as it
Ew-ine I turned warm again, they rotted very
And plumbs of joy that many bring, fast As we had a great deal of
It will Foster life, there is no ques-.company this summer, and because
tion, our other garden vegetables were not
With plenty of laughter will aid di- as good as usual, we used more to
cestion. Imotoes fresh.
You will get some help from An- "I made a collection of canned
derson fruits, vegetables, and meats, which
In devouring this cake when it is consisted of the following: tomatoes,
done I beets, white wax beans, green podded
But may get tangled in Webb-er a beans, celery, carrots, pickled onions,
jam jbeet greens, pumpkin, shelled beans,
And solicit aid from bandersan. pears, apples, plums, peaches, cher-
If it is' frosty, Thawburn it a mite ries, strawberries, raspberries, white
Just so it is pleasant when taking and purple grapes, sausage, chicken,
a bite. corn, watermelon picKies, ana goose-
If the Town-send a person to help .berries. I exhibited this collection at
in the art the state fair and won a first, a sec-
Have Grace in your bosome to give ond, and a fourth on it and my other
her apart club work. I did all this canning by
The last most important for half a the cold packed, hot water bath pro-
da v cess. 1 also canned, alone, BU quarts
To be a success must in Rum-lay of winfall apples, ten quarts of
In selecting the Ware from silver to eooseberries, six pints of beans, 100
fey
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SUMPTUOUS EVENING FROCK.
Evening gown of pale pink golden
rod Rutin.' veiled In white dnpbue silk,
over which Is draped an overdress ot
crystal bended silk net. The pnwn
falls In straight Hues from shoulder
to the (lenii-lrain.
in Miss Jessie Burton's Putnam coun
ty clubs may make records this year
worthy of national 1 ublicity and pro
fitable to themselves. It will not be
the fault of Miss Burton if they do
not
To have a fine healthy complexion
the liver must be active, the bowels
regular and the blood pure. All this
is brought about by using HERBINE.
It thoroughly scours the liver, stom
ach and bowels, puts the body in fine
condition and restores that clear, pink
and white complexion so much desired
by Indies. Price 50c. Sold by Ack-
ei man-Stewart. Drug Co.
tin
Any thing is good to bake it in.
This delightful mixture which you
make
With all our aid you McCautey cake.
And Sherman will add a victory to
crown
Our pleasant farewell to all in town.
Mrs. CWKA BUKNHAM.
Mr. Plnkley'a Grievance.
"I wouldn't o" had no trouble wlf do
constable ner nobody," said Mr. Eras
tus Plnkley, "If it hadn't been for
woman's love o' dress." "What has
dress got to do with it?" asked the Jail
er. "My women folks warn't satisfied to
eat de mos of de chicken. Dey had to
put de feathers In detr hats an' pa
rade 'em as clircrmstantlal evidence."
Washington Star. -
Don't Take Quinine.
Racks 'the nerves and causes deaf
ness. Mtehdenhall's Chill and Fever
Tonic does not effect the head like
quinine, is flavored' with "Sweet
Soices" so hildren love to take it
No Cure No Pay at J. H. Haughton.
quarts of tomatoes. I also helped
with the canning of the strawberries,
cherries, peaches, tomato butter and
catsup, apple jellies and gooseberry
jam.
"As to my other club work, I will
say that 1 was at ues ;viomes dur
ing the state fair, and helped to rec
ord and care for the exhibits sent in
by club members. I also gave a can
ning demonstration for the county
teachers' meeting at Clarinda on the
26th of September. The demonstra
tion was held in the domestic science
rooms at the high school building. I
took my own canner, tomatoes and
apples, and most of the other necessi
ties, besides most of my collection to
show the different things one can con
serve by this method.
"As a summary 1 will state that
my expenses were $15.61 and my
profit $115.57, besides winning $23 in
prizes at the state fair. I have en
joyed this work, although it has been
long and sometimes a bit lonesome.
It has been a way by which I could
not only have my own spending
money and pay my expenses at the
farm camp, but I also have a bank
account of $60. "
The News hopes some of the girls
Not Really "Sentinels."
All animals, whether quadrupeds
or birds, that feed in herds are said
to place sentries on the outskirts of
their party. It Is, however, obvious
that wherever there Is a collection of
animals feeding or lying down there
will be members of the group "at the
corners who, by their very position,
become "sentinels."
Rheumatism
Just put a few drops of Sloan's
on the painful spot and the pain
stopa. It is really wonderful
how Quickly Sloan'a acts. No
need to rub it in laid on lightly
it penetrates to the bone and
brings relief at once. Kills
rheumatic pain instantly.
JtfV. Jamtt S. Alexandtr, of North
HarptwtU, AC., write; "Many strains I
in my Dace ana nips Drought on rheu
matism in the sciatic nerve. a I bad it so
bad one ntaht when sitting in my chair,
that I had to Jump on my feet to get
relief. I at once applied your Liniment
to tne anectea part and m lens then ten
minutes it waa nerfeotlv mhv. I think I
it is the best of all liniments I have I
ever maea.
SLOAN'S
LINIMENT
Kills Pain
At tSL iim, 25c
Saad four cents in stamp for
TRIAL BOTTLE
Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Inc.
Deft,B. Philadelphia Tm. I