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PAGE NO. FIVE.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5th, 1915.
THE PALATKA NEWS. PALATKA. FLA.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MASTER'S
SALE.
By virtue of a decree of foreclosure
and sale rendered in the Circuit Court,
of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of
Florida, for Putnam County, by the
Hon. J. T. Wills, Judge of said Court,
dated November 3rd, A. D. 1915,
wherein R. L. Arant, is complainant,
and H. F. Rodgers, is Defendant, and
wherein the undersigned was appoint
ed Special Master in Chancery to car
ry out said decree, I, shall offer for
aala onrl call n4- n..n4.:A. ? .... .1.
uu.v aim dch ni jjuuui: auiuciu lui raMl
to the highest and best bidder at the
front door of the Court House, in the
City of Palatka, Putnam County, Flor
ida, on the first Monday in December,
A. D. 1915, at 12:00 M., that tract of
land situate in Putnam County, Flori
da, to-wit:
The Northeast quarter (NE 1-4), of
the Northwest quarter (NW 1-4) of
Section twenty-seven (27), Township
Ten (10), South of Range Twenty-six
(26) East, containing Forty (40)
acres, more or less; and also the East
Twenty-five (25) acres of Section
Twenty-two (22), Township Ten (10),
South of Range Twenty-six (26)
East, containing Twenty-five (25)
Acres.
J. V. WALTON,
Special Master in Chancery.
Hilburn & Merryday
Solicitor for Complainant.
FOR SALE
Household furniture consisting of
China Cabinet, Oak Corner Bookcase,
Oak Writing Desk, Oak Library Ta
ble, Mahogany Bric-a-Brac Cabinet,
Chickering Square Grand Piano, also
Hand-Painted China. Call at 513 Em
met Street any day except Saturdays
after 5:15 p. m. on Saturdays in the
forenoon. 10-29-2t
WAITING TO RENT A very com
fortable room and bed for one or two
nice single men. Call at 513 Emmer
street any day except Saturdays af
ter 5:15 p. m., and on Saturdays in
the forenoon. 10-29-2t
EMPLOYMENT .WANTED On
Truck or Dairy Farm as helper; out
door occupation Beekeeping etc.
Address O. L. Palatka News.
FOR SALE or TRADE 10 Acres
in Sec. 23 Township 12 Range 23
block 3, Tract No. 1 also Lot No. 2,
Block 138 in Silver City, Marion
County, Florida. Make cash offer or
would consider 2 Automobiles in trade
Autos must be in good condition and
stand inspection. Write owner, J.
OSCAR SMITH, Moberly, Mo.
9-3-lOt.
DR. F. E. JENKINS
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Office Hours:
9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Other hours by ap
pointment. - i
Moragne Building
Over J. H. Haughtons Drug Store
PALATKA. FLORIDA.
RANDALL WELLS, C. E.
County Surveyor of Putnam
County
Land Surreylnpr. ln-alnage Work,
Maps, Blue Prints, Drawings of all
klnrib Timber Kstlmates, Lttnd In
spection, Etc. Accuracy guaranteed.
KUPPERBUSCH
Hotel and
Restaurant
CHAS. KUPPERBUSCH, Proprietor
REGULAR MEALS, 25 CENTS
at all hours.
We make a specialty of
serving Oysters.
We Charge
Storage Batteries
The Putnam Electric & Repair Co. has just
installed a WESTINGHOUSE MOTOR
DRIVEN GENERATOR and is in a position
to charge your batteries, with a guarantee
that they will work perfectly. You will not
have to pay until you have tried them and
are perfectly satisfied.
Come in and let us explain the construct
ion and operation of YOUR battery.
Gasoline Engines Repaired
Magnetos Re-Magnetized.
Dry Batteries in Stock
House Wiring.
PUTNAM ELECTRIC
& REPAIR CO.
Electrical Dealers and Contractors
PHONE 249. PALATLA, FLA.
INTERLACHEN.
The young people celebrated Hal
lowe'en Friday evening of last week
with a jolly party in the hall. A
charming witch held court in one cor
ner and judging from the sounds of
hilarity that came from her vicinity
no omens of coming sorrow or disas
ter were foretold. Music, games and
dancing kept the fun going until far
beyond the midnight hour. Coffee
and delicious sandwiches provided re
freshments and apples containing un
questionably true and faithful prog
nostications for the future were dis
tributed among all who dared to
brave their fate.
Miss Beulah MacMillan of Jackson
ville was a week end guest of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Currie, leaving Sunday
evening.
Misses Erma and Winifred Wylie
came home Saturday to spend the
week end with the "home folks" and
friends.
Mr. Cook of Grandin spent several
days here last week a guest of Prof.
L. Black, and attended the nanowe en
party.
Union services were held in the Con
gregational church Sunday evening,
Rev. Smith Hardin, presiding elder of
the M. E. church delivering the ser
mon, and officiating at the celebration
of the communion. A special song
service by the choir followed the regu
lar evening service.
Mrs. Janet Kumley entertained tne
Five Hundred Club last Wednesday
afternoon, the ladies enjoying a de
lightful afternoon.
Mrs. Emma Richard of Starke, is
a guest this week of Mrs. J. M. Jone3.
Brack Jones, an aged and respected
colored man died Monday and was
buried Tuesday afternoon. Almost
the last survivor of old slavery day3
among the colored people of our com
munity. Ula cracK naa ciimueu
well up toward the century mark.
SISCO NEWS.
A Mrs. C. A. Curtis, who
are spending the winter in Satsuma,
Mv arA TVTre H A. Rinff at.
the "Wayside Inn" last Sunday.
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Mr. and ivirs. Kj. j. dunnsun ui wbui
po, Texas, who have been the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wells for the
past week, left Tuesday for Welaka,
where they will spend the winter
months.
Mr. J. E. Wells and Miss Grace
Wells were recent visitors in Palatka.
County Commissioner w. l. Alvers
nont p vera 1 rlnvs in Palatka last
week on official business.
Rev. and Mrs. K. S. White oi ro
mona were the guests of friends in
town last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Bray and the
Misses Claire, Louise and Ruth Bray,
were calline on friends in town on
Sunday last.
Starling radgett motored over
from Crescent City with a party of
friends in his new "Overland" and
called on friends in town last Sun
day. H. A. Ring was a business visitor
in Palatka last Tuesday.
Best. Think Softly.
"If blue or depressed, think of a
pretty girl or something equally as
pleasant," advlseB a doctor. H'm. In
the case of a marr ed man it would be
best for him not to do his thinking
Out loud. Phllarle rliln Inquirer.
Notice of Application for Tax Deed
L'nder Srctlan 8 of Chapter 4NKK,
Lana of Florida.
NOTICE la hereby given that
.Tnrrct A. Beck purrhawr of Tax Certificate
No. 801. dated the 7th (lay ot July A. 1)., IMS
has filed said certificate In my office,
and has made application for tax deed
to Issue In accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the follow
ing described property, situated in
Putnam county, Florida, to-wit:
NwV of Hvi'i. Bectlon 2:1, Township 11, 8.
Range 2S K., 40 Acrei.
The said land being assessed at the
date of Issuance of such certificate In
the name of R. J. Hunter and New South
Farm A Home Co.
Unless said certificate shall be re
deemed according to law, tax deed will
Issue thereon on the mil day of December
A. I).. 11H5.
Witness my official signature and
seal this the 4th day of November A. P., I WI6.
(SEAL) HENRI HUTCHINSON
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co., Fla,
By H. Hutchinson. Jr.. D. C.
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The School at Kenwood, for which President Jas. R. Murphy of the Flori
da Farms & Homes, Inc., on Tuesday made a free gift to the Putnam Coun
ty School Board.
POMONA NEWS.
Mrs. W. S. Middleton and two
children, Aline and Elwin, left Fri
imr fnr a mnntVis' visit, with relatives
in Tampa and St Petersburg.
Mrs. Mary Sanders ana nme r ran
ds spent a few days in Jacksonville
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smey and Miss
Ina Siney arrived early in the week
from Patterson, N. J. and all are
glad to have them back again.
Miss Marjory Rogers, J. M. Tuck
er and little Arnold Tucker have been
on the sick list the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McGanley have
returned from a visit of several weeks
to their home town, Baxley, Ga.
School reopened Monday, after a
weeks' vacation, having as principal
Prof. Koehler of Woodcliff, Ga. Mr.
Glenn who we reported last week as
. ..... ....... l..n ni.inr.lnnl Hp-
Deing tne pruBjjetuvc F. ..iv....,
cided he did not care to take the ex
amination, so departed immediately
for his home in cnarioire, in.
Prof. Koehler was at once secured in
his place. a
The Hallow'een Social held in the
Town Hall Friday evening was a great
success financially and socially, and
enjoyed by a large number of our
people, ana ouicrs num j'fs
r. ' t .,n ,,. mnst attrac-
towns. , .,
tively decorated, and all events of the
evening were in narmony wiui u.c -casion.
Much credit is due the
,..nir.h Vinrl tViR nroeTam in
CUIUIIUll.cc mi. v.. - ,.,r, "
charge, and the affair will be remem
bered as one oi me iuubi. j..cc0..v
of the season.
Wednesday of last wees was we
birthday of Miss Bertha Van Haul
tren, and the lady was given a pleas
ant call in the afternoon from a num
ber of friends and neighbors, who
left gifts in reminder of the day, all
wishing her many more happy birthday.3-
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Mr. eigier, in me tuipiuj
e. r Via hpen spending some time
VW., " " " " r
here lately on orange uuuie.
Mrs. Johnson anu s1"""',''
m;0 iwis Shore left Monday for
r .i ;n Mi R. T. Jumper
Larruuicioviuc, ...... --.
and family expect to follow in a few
sreeks
t w;urti r,f St.. .TnVins Park visit-
ed her son and family here last weei..
W E. Mew expects io move u
family into their new home in a few
Mr. and Mrs. d. yt. "'"j
daughters of Nashua spent Sunday in
town with friends.
Miss Butterfield of Hollis, N. H. ar
rived Wednesday to be a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Worcester for a few
weeks. , . ..
J W Kersey wno ior some um
has' been bookkeeper at the Zachary
mill, has accepted a position in the
office of W. S. Middleton.
Mr. and Mrs. jonn
j: fan, iava nt. Runnell where
they expect to reside in the neai
future.
HARLEM NEWS.
- t n,l wifo Vinve returned
W. J. iucime qiiu " - .
to their home after an absence of
. ..1.. - I.. tVio mnuntams
three monms sf" , , . V j
of North Carolina with kinfolks and
friends. They have had a most .en
iioyable time. Miss Ida McRae, their
daughter, nas aisu
Jacksonville where she spent the time
or her parents nuoeie
81 Rev." Mr. Piott of North Carolina
i i Ua nl.ipo fnrmerlV be-
has purcnabeu uic -
longing to J. M. Sanders, who movea
back to his place nem
L B. Varnes visited Palatka on
Tuesday. ...j
J W .Tedder nas
a i,Qtlp nf H. A. Cannon
syrup mm aim new- --- -
and has moved it to his place near
CaMrsWaRebecca Hall, who has been
. . j- at. trip home of
stavine ior sumc wn ---
L. Bohannon, has gone to Jackson-
V . -..n M- nn Mrs. N. L.
W. J. ivicnac, in.. "- - - r-
McRae and L. Bohannon attended the
meeting of the rumam uiuu.. r....
met with Paran church, and report
having a good meeting. The next
meeting of the union will convene
with Providence church, Januarv 2 :tt
. HARLEM.
A man may be regular in his habits
even if thev are bad.
' NOTICE TO PARENTS.
December 1, 1915, is hereby desig
nated as the last, date upon which
children are to be permitted to enter
the Chart Class of Palatka Public
School, No. 1, for the present school
vear. Parents of children who have
not already been enroneu, in u
become of school age prior to Decem
ber 1st. should not neglect this im
portant matter.
Supt, Public Instructor
FOR SALE Budded orange trees
VmHHpn nn vnnnr thrifty sour stock
Tangerines, Harts Late, Pineapple,
Pnranr Brown. Grapefruit Some
extra large grapefruit two years old
Apply to Peter Jones, Fruitland, Fla
11-5-tf.
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Big County Meeting Held at
Starke Last Monday.
A big meeting of good roads enthu
siasts was held at Starke, in Bradford
.county last Monday, at which Hon.
E. S. Matthews presided.
Strong speeches in favor of bonding
the county were made by Hon. Frank
Clark of Gainesville, who happened to
be present, and Col. C. L. Peek, Judge
Jas. T. Wills, and Senator A. Z. Ad-
kins of Starke, Hon. Frank Kivers
and Hon. J. is. (Jrews ot kane tsut
W Hnn. A. T). Andrews of Raiford.
and Truman Futch of Lake county.
A resolution was unanimously pass
ed pledging the support of the coun
ty to the board Of county commis
sioners to gurantee, at the coming
Uood Koads meeting at w niie springs,
that Bradford county would assuredly
Knilrl hnvH anvfsifp rnnHs throilfrh the
county on the proposed National, or
r. 11-1 tT T7 C Mn.
uixie nignway. nun. i. o. .uoi-
thews was made permanent chairman
on nvo-anintinn thpn formed tO
promote this road campaign, with
vice presidents irom eacn uisirici. m
the county.
The meeting evidenced the fact that
Bradford county would swing into line
for the National Highway movement,
and that its people will certainly vote
the needed bonds.
Advertising the East Coast.
The Florida East Coast Railway
(Flagler System) with its system of
magnificent hotels, nevef does things
in a half-hearted way, and neither
does it spare expense. The company
ha, iust issued some advertising lit
erature that is a dream of beauty. It
is in pamphlet and folder form and is
olored to look like artistic hand-paint-
ing. These tell oi tne glories oi me
East Coast of Florida in a way to
bring tourists to a realization of the
fact that they have never seen "Amer
ica first" until they see the East
Coast of Florida in the winter.
The folder tells about Palatka and
San Mateo and their hotel accommo
dations. CHAS. DOUGHERTY
AN APPRECIATION.
The News has published several tri
butes to the memory of the late Con
gressman Charles Dougherty, but
nothing more beautitul and truttuui
than the following from the pen of
Hon. Frank Clark, the eloquent and
forceful congressman from the Second
district:
A few days ago from Daytona,
the beautiful Florida city on the
banks of the Halifax river, the
spirit of Charles Dougherty
winged its flight to the great be
yond. Charles Dougherty was
by birth a Georgian, by adop
tion a Floridian, and at all times
and under all conditions he was a
Southerner of the truest type.
Florida owes a great deal to
Charles Dougherty. In the dark
days of reconstruction he proba
bly did as much as any of the pa
triots of those days to drive from
the seats of power the vandals
who were despoiling our fair
state. He was indeed "a tower
of strength" to our sorely stricken
and well-nigh helpless people in
the mighty contest to restore lo
cal self government, and earned
for himself the soubriquet of
The Tall Cypress of the Halifax.
I knew him long and well, and
never knew a manlier or more
honorable man. He was the soul
of honor the personification of
truth. He hated sham and des
pised hypocrisy. His word could
always be depended on both in
business and politics, and he was
loyalty itself to his friends. He
has gone to join Bloxham, Perry,
Call, Raney, Davidson, Drew,
Fleming and the rest of that glo
rious band of knightly souls who
redeemed Florida from the politi
cal marauders who mis-governed
and plundered her. Let us hope
that "After life's fitful fever he
. sleeps well."
Satan's bests servants are people
who love money and hate work.
"QUALITY FIRST"
Is Motto of the Firestone Company.
When President H. S. Firestone of
the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
was asked concerning the new addi
tions to the big plant at Akron, Ohio,
he replied: "Our growth, no doubt,
seems remarkable but more than any
other force our rigid insistence on
'Quality First in everything connect
ed with the manufacture of our tirej
is responsible for our vast volume of
business.
We make the very best tire we
know how. The best brains, the finest
materials, the most painstaking efforts
and the utmost care are used in pro
ducing Firestones. The one idea of
Quality is uppermost both in the fac
tory and in the many places that of
fer Firestone Service.
"Naturally, the public is a factor in
our increase, for motorists use Fire
stones and realize that Quality is
their foremost feature. The result U
more orders and the factory grows
that it may keep up with this demand
a logical outcome, and one of which
we are justly proud, for our plant is
the world's largest tire concern.
Quantity in production is excellent
but when Quality goes hand in hand
with Quantity, there is your ideal com
bination. We feel very much grati
fied in feeling that we are in possess
ion of that combination."
Price For Puffs.
The editor of an eastern paper has
grown peevish. He has been pestered
so much by people desiring free puffs
that he facetiously refers to himself
as the "Peerless Prince of Puff Pur
veyors." He thinks he 'has done
enough for social queens, ministers
who are looking for free advertising,
people who have legislative fads they
wish to push and organizations which
want free publicity. So he has
evolved the following scale of prices
for puffs:
For telling the public that a man
is a successful citizen when every
one knows that he is as lazy as a
hired man, $2.70.
Referring to a deceased citizen as
one who is mourned by the entire com
munity, when he will only be missed
by the poker circle, $10.13.
Referring to one as a hero and a
man of courage and one who will stand
by his honest convictions, when ev
erybody knows he is a moral coward
and would sell out for 30 cents, $6.21.
Referring to some galivanting fe
male as an estimable lady whom it is
a pleasure to meet and know, when
every man in town would sooner see
Satan coming, $9.10."
Calling an ordinary pulpit orator an
eminent divine, $60.
Sending a doughty sinner to heaven,
$5.
Referring to a deceased merchant
who never advertised in his life as a
progressive citizen, $4.98.
Lambasting the daylights out of the
demon rum at the request of the local
prohibition committee, $6.77.
Ditto for the prohibitionists at the
request of the local wet committee,
$6.77.
CAPTURING A GIRAFFE.
The Animal Is Too Fragile to Snare In
Traps or Pitfalls.
Perhaps you have often wondered
about the scarcity of giraffes iu pub
11c zoos. The reason that only a verj
few menageries can boast of this ex
hibit is on account of the difficulty Iu
capturing and trauspor".:ig tbeiu.
The long legged anil long necked anl
mal, keen of eye and nose and ear, can
see, smell and hour a hunter mile
away. Hunters niniiot employ trap
and pitfalls against him. His fragile
legs would be crushed in a trap, and
both his legs and neck would be bro
kfii in a pitfall.
There is only one way to capture n
giraffe alive. He must be surrounded
and chased until from sheer wearmesf
he staggers helpless into a bamboo in
closure.
Peril lies In shipping the giraffe f
his voyage on the sea. The giraffe'!-
legs break very easily. If he slips tin
fragile underpinnings double undei
him and snap. Iu transferring the iiui
mal from shore to ship his long, help
less neck may become taugled in tin
tackle or strike a spar, mast or shroud
in which event it's nil over with Mr
Giraffe-Chicago Herald.
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JAMES R. MURPHY
President'of Florida Farms & Homes, Inc., who gave the school at Kenwood
to the Putnam County School Board.
WHISTLER AT WEST POINT.
He Loved Truth and Took Punishment
Rather Than Lie. .
'At West Point was old Joe, the ne
gro cadet hair cutter. He was never
known to smile or to deviate from
"regulations." Ouce a month cadets
were obliged to have their bair cut by
him. This was a great worry to Whis
tler, who disliked to part with his pret
ty locks, so he would try by cajolery
and -flattery to have Joe let up a little
on the length of his hair. But in this
he was never successful. Joe would
stop his shears in the midst of a re
monstrance and say. "Mr. Whistler, do
you want me to cut your bnlr accord
ing to regulations or notV"' Of course
this put an end to the argument, and
Whistler would come back to our
rooms, look in the glass and swear
about Joe.
He loved frankness, truth and honor.
Cards were forbidden In cadet bar
racks, but we had a pack, and one
night long after "taps" (10 o'clock) wo
had been playing, and the cards lay
carelessly aside, when we were sur
mised hv the entrance of the Inspect
ing oflicer, who spied the cards. We
knew that the offense was a serious
nnp nirninst discinline and considered
whether we could properly ask that the
report should read "uaras in posses
sion," a lesser offense. Instead of
"Playlug cards," as we were not play
ing when the Inspector saw us. ' Whis
tler said. "No, we had been playing."
so we faced the music and as punish
ment lost our cadet furloughs for a
summer. H. M. Lazelle in Century.
DIDN'T QUITE DODGE.
When the Elder Booth Tried to Escape
a Man Who Bored Him.
Thomas R. Gould admired the elder
Booth almost to adoration. The most
minute and instructive account that ex
ists of Booth's acting was written by
him a book tailed "The Tragedian"
and Gould's marble bust of Booth, a no
ble work of art (made before the come
dian Flynn broke Booth's nose with a
pewter pot), is the best likeness of that
great actor. But Gould's assldious per
sonal attentions to Booth became
wearisome to that eccentric man and
vexed him. Peculiar discretion is
sometimes requisite to those who would
praise and please eminent persons.
Booth, when acting in Boston, custom
arily lodged at an old hotel called the
Albion, situated In Tremont street, at
the northwest corner of Court street.
"One day," said Edwin, "my father
dashed into the bedroom where I was
sitting and, almost breathless with
haste, exclaimed: 'Gould! Coming upt
Say I'm out." and literally dived under
neath the bed. I received Mr. Gould,
who seemed surprised not to find my
father (I think he had seen him rush
ing upstairs), and he talked with me
for several minutes. Then there was a
moment of silence, and my father, be
coming impatient, thrust his head out
from under the bed. Inquiring as he
did so:
" 'Is that Infernal bore gone yet?
Imagine the effect!" Collier's Weekly.
The Voracious Cormorant.
How a cormorant dives for sea trout
and gets them is told by a writer: "I
had the cormorant under observation
only for the space of four or live min
utes, and during that short period it
had captured four sea trout, all of con
siderable size. After being under wa
ter for a few seconds the bird would
reappear with a sea trout wriggling in
its bill. But In spite of the victim's
desperate efforts to escape it was deft
ly swallowed, and after a few gulps
the cormorant would resume Its Ash
ing operations. One of the sea trout
gave it considerable trouble, however,
for the fish struggled violently for
some moments, but was deftly placed
so that its head pointed down Its rap
tor's throat, and thus Its own strug
gles assisted the bird to swallow it"
Precise Boarding Mistress "Mr.
Blunt, shall I tender you some more
of the chicken?"
Mr. Blunt "No, thank you! But if
you can tender this piece you have
already served me I shall be greatly
obliged to you."
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