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FRIDAY, APRIL
PAGE NO. FOUR
THE PM.ATKA NEWS. PALATKA. FLA.
The Palatka News
and Advertiser.
Entered at the Palatka postoffice as
ciUble matter of the second clasa.
Pnblished at Palatka, Florida, on
Fridays by
RUSSELL & VICKERS.
$1.C0 Per Year in Advance
117 South Second St. Phone 195.
Wm. A. RUSSELL. Editor.
L. S. Light of Marion county,
dubbed in the legislature as "Old
Facts and Figgers," is a candidate
again for the legislature. Mr. Light
is a specialist in taxation matters,
and it is well for the State at large
that he has a good chance of again
serving the people in an effort to
simplify and equalize the tax burden.
THE WARNING
RESOLUTION".
They have had a great excitement
in congress over warning Americans
to keep off armed merchantmen and,
according to the press dispatches,
the senate and house "stood by the
President" The Gore resolution in
the senate provided that passports ,
should be denied to Americans trav
eling on beligerent ships this was
laid on the table, together with a sub
stitute declaring that the killing of
an American under those circumstan
ces would be an act of war.
In the house the MeLemore resolu
tion was laid on the table the tabling
resolution declaring that the house
"knows" that the President will lay
the subject before the house for its
action if he can not settle the matte
successfully by diplomacy.
Thus ends the controversy for th
time being without decisive action
either way. The President asked
for a free hand and complained that
the discussio'ns in congress were em
barrassing him. By laying the Gore
and MeLemore resolutions on the ta
tie, congress POSTPOXES discus
sion for the present, but there' was
no vote on the real question: "Shall
an American citizen be permitted to
drag his countfy into war by trave
ing upon an armed merchantman in
the danger zone?"
If the PresiJent had asked the opin
ion of congress on this subject, an
o-erwhelming majority in both houses
would have voted "No." The PRES-
IDEXT KXOWS THIS XOW and If
KNOWS THAT COXGRESS WILL
NOT RESORT TO WAR AS A
MEAXS OF SETTLING THIS COX.
TROVERSY.
If he can reach an amicable set
tlement of the submarine dispute
without war, the country will be hap
py. It is not fair to assume that he
will ask the country to go to war to
vindicate the right of an American
to make a fool of himself by riding
on an armed merchantman. W. J.
BRYAN, in The Commoner.
The News editor met a gentleman
from Michigan on the streets the
other day; he talked of the town,
which he admired all save the school
building, which he said was certain
ly not in keeping with the progres
sive appearance of the city. "In
my state," said he, "if a man pays
?50 in taxes, he can be sure that $30
of it goes to the public schools."
Covered in Darkness i What About Broom Corn.
St Cloud Tribune: We know that Can broom corn be raised in Put
it is the common belief that where it nam county in a way to make the in
is warm in winter it must necessari- Justry profitable? The editor of Th
ly be exceedingly hot in summer, but News remembers many years ago that
a more erroneous idea never prevail- an old man then living at Crescent
ed. A study of the winds will dis- city maintained that it could, and
close that during the summer month-: t0 prove his contention raised a small
it constantly blows from the East or 1 Quantity, much of which he fashioned
the West in this latitude, and as i! t0 brooms.
Florida is bounded on the East by . "'ti iAva nf hroom corn as a money
the Atlantic ocean and on the West ' crop f0r the farmers of this county
by the Gulf of Mexico, and as wa-1
was brought to our attention on
"WHY IS THIS?"
Dr. A. E. Main, dean of doctrinal
and pastoral theology in Alfred The
ological Seminary, Alfred, X. Y.,
writes The News as follows:
"A college professor recently
said to me, "I like Florida or
anges better than Calif ornias;
but when, at hotels, I ask for
a Florida orange I cannot get
it. Why is this?' What shall I
answer him :
It is admitted that the Florid
sales agencies are not as well organ
ized as are the agencies handling the
California fruit, but this old eond
tion is rapidly changing. The Flori
da Citrus Exchange, Chase & Co
Schrader & Co., and numerous other
lesser organizations handling large
quantities of Florida citrus fruits, are
even now approaching a perfection in
the matter of distribution that is lit
tie short of that reached by the Cali
fornia organizaions. In another yea
these Florida distributing agencie
will be as near perfect -as seems pos
sible.
Even now r londa oranges ar.3
scattered to every part of the U. S
and this is the only complaint which
has come to us of an inability to se
cure our fruit. The fault lies, more
than likely, with the hotel managers.
who may have been subsidized by the
money-spending, business getting or
ganizations of California, who are
if nothing more, thoroughly alarmed
over the increasing demand on the
part of t'ne public, not for the "Sun
kist." sundried, pulp-laden fruit
from California, but for the nectar-
laden, sweet, full-flavored oranges
from Florida.
California fruit, whether oranges.
peaches, plums, grapes, or whatnots,
are beautiful to look upon, but there
their superiority ends. They lack the
flavor of their less beautiful but
"yum-yum" exacting competitors
grown east of the Rockies.
Florida fruit is even now in nearly
every market in the U. S. The places
where they are not, are few and de
creasing in number. Why those ho
tel men will give a customer a stone
when he asks for bread is too much
for us, doctor. But rest assured,
their sin will find them out.
Attorneys for Mendenhall, the
Clearwater man convicted of the raur
der of Miss Elliot of Tampa last fall
are arguing an eppeal for a new trial
before the Supreme Court, and 'tis
said that they have documents embra
cing about 500 pages of typewritten
matter constituting a complete re
view of the trial, and in which they
will try and show errors in the in
dicement and in the trial. The Ocala
Star, commenting on this says: "If
any man was to offer a bet that
Mendenhall would soon be out under
bond, we opine that he would find few
takers. Beyond paying lawyer's fees
and staying a few months in jail, the
Star doubts that this man ever payj
any penalty for his crime."
i: WHAT LEADING STATE
EDITORS ARE SAYING. :
X - 58
& & rK & & fi-
Orange Trees Not Blooming
Punta Gorda Herald: It is past
the regular time of orange and grape
fruit trees to be in full bloom, and
yet not one fourth of them in this re
gicn have put out any blossoms. I;
a similar condition prevails in all oth
er sections of the citrus belt, the fruit
crop next winter will not amount to
half as much as the crop of the winter
now ending.
The failure of the trees to bloom
during this month, as they naturally
should have done, is attributed to the
unseasonable cold and unusual dry
weather.
Some vears ago, a somewhat simi
lar condition prevailed; nevertheless,
a good crop was produced, for the
trees bloomed heavily in May. It is
hoped that they will do the same
thing this year.
Warning Against Corrupt Practices-
Orlando Reporter-Star: Governor
Trammell lias sent notices to all the
sheriffs in Florida warning them to
keep a sharp lookout for violations of
the corrupt practices act, which for
bids candidate- from making promises
of money, position or other considera
tion of value in order to further their
candidacies. Under this law, a can
didate fr congress cannot promise any
one his secretaryship before the event
of his election, nor can a sheriff
promise his deputyshipr, or clerkship.
And the same rule applies to all can
didates. It is a stern law. and one
which will probably be violated many
times in minor instances and indirect
way?. The law is one which has a
srood moral effect upon the whole,
though it is not likely that there will
be many prosecutions under its provisions.
ter always tempers the wind to a da- Thursday morning through reading
lightful coolness, there is constantly the following editorial in the Pensa
a breeze across this state, which is . rn:l Journal"
not much over a hundred miles in t s. Humphries, of Tallahasseso,
width in this portion. 1 ilas Contracted with the Leon county
We do not deny that it is hot in . farmers for about one hundred acres
the open here during the summer, ; of broom corni and has declared that
but in the shade it is always pleasant, ; ne wou'd gladly pav home farmeis
and the writer can positively state 1 :t ., i,i v,Q nrovnileil nnnn to
uui ins tiie eignt summers ne nas
I spent in Osceola county he has never
slept a single night without using
cover for comfort. Honda endures
none of that terrific heat found in
other states, and to bear out that
statement we have only to say that
there has never been a death of hu
man or beast in Florida from sun
stroke.
Didin't Put Anything Out
Miami Metropolis: That n.nvi
package law hasn't Dut the Inrke-
club out of business at all. according
to a Jacksonville iudse. In fart, it
didn't put anything out of business.
It just made it possible for the Honor
intererts to do a little mnre nnW-
hand business than thev did without
the "packages."
r:use the straw for him. One hun
dred acres will produce about thirty
three tons of broom corn, and it ii
always worth one hundred dollars
the ton. Mr. Humphries has only re
cently unloaded at Tallahassee a
?1500 carload of broom corn freight
ed from Oklahoma. Florida could
and should produce and manufacture
its own brooms."
Announces And Withdraws.
Last Saturday Mr. E. W. Elliott, of
this city announced that he would be
a candidate for the legislature in the
approaching democratic primaries.
the announcement was made in the
Morning Post. It has not appeared
in this paper nor the Times-Herald.
But Mr. Elliott has re-considered
the matter, and yesterday morning
sent to The News the following letter
announcing his withdrawal:
lo the Voters of Putnam County:--Owing
to lack of time to make a
canvas of Putnam county and p-ive
the time required if elected at Talla
hassee that the Representative of Put
nam county should. I hereby announce
my withdrawal from the race for the
legislature.
I especially wish to tha nk mv mnnv
friends who have assured mo of their
support and good wishes in the com
ing primary and trust that they mav
have the pleasure of voting for a can
didate of their choice who has the
time to devote to this verv imnnrtnnt
official position.
Cordially vours,
E. W. ELLIOTT.
Mr. Elliott is a most canrihlo nun
and in event of his election Putnam
county would have been well repre
sented. If he would but take nur n,l.
ice we would say: "Auph. stnv in-
the water's fine."
Secretary Of State Will Become
President
Tampa Tribune: Xo matter what
may be the decision at the polls in
November, or the subsequent action
of the Presidential electors who are
then chosen, Robert Lansing will be
the President of the United States pro
tempore for about twenty-four hours,
f proceedings are followed next year
President Wilson's term of office
will e-id at noon on Sunday, Marcli
1917. and from that hour until a
fpw minutes afternoon on March o.
when the new President will take the
oath of office. Mr. Lansing, if then
Secretary of State, will be Acting
President. It is said that this is the
first time in the history' of the coun
try that the Secretary of btate will
have the opportunity thus to hold
temporarily the chief office in the na
tion. It does not freauently happen
that the Presidential term and a ses
sion of Congress terminate simultane
ously on a Sunday. Thifi will happen
npxt March. It is claimed tnot
thoucrh the term of the President and
Vice-President expires promptly on
March 4, that of the Cabinet members
continues until new appointees take
office. The President, in naming
men for Cabinet positions, never spe-
ifies any term for which they are to
serve.
If precedents are followed, and
there is no reason to believe there
will be a chanee. Mr. Lansing tem
porarily will hold office as President
f the United States, and it is claimed
he should be permitted to sleep under
the White House roof that eventful
iirht and to occupy a seat in the
resident s carriage upon the journey
o and from the Capitol on inaugura-
ion day.
City Election Tame Affair.
A 1 Al. - l
-Ms usual ine aemoeraric miminn:
ticket had no opposition on Tnpsrlnv
ihe threatened revolt of the "Cit
zens was not in working order, due
doubtless to the fact that most of th
nominees of the mass meeting wer
democrats first and "citizens" secon
men who when after reforms feel
that they can obtain them quickest i
uieir own party, for this reason
they notified the city clerk to leav-
their names off the ticket. This was
done with the exception of one or
two wards.
Mr. W. P. Merriam was elected
mayor by a practically unanimou
vote, some three or four votes being
reeoruea ior other parties whos
names were written in.
The new aldermen elected were:
Ward 1-W. X. Coffee.
Ward 23. Purslev.
Ward 3 Walter McXally.
Ward 4 Leo Jacobson.
Ward 6 Fred Merrill.
Ward 7 E. E. Ramsey.
In ward two and three were seven
scattering votes for "citizens" who
had declined to run independent; two
sucn in warn 3, lour in another ward
ana lour in another.
Messrs. Coffee, Pursley, Merrill and
Kamsey are new men on the board
but they are excellent men of busi
ness and well qualified to manan-e th(
citys business. Mr. Jacobson of the
lourtn ward, is experienced, having
tormerly served in that position- li
is a leading business man of the city.
Some Strawberries.
It was only a week or two ago
that The Xews called attention to tha
effort being made to arouse the far
mers of the section about the Bardin-Harlem-Bannerville
section to engage
extensively in the cultivation of
strawberries.
The information was brought to
The News by Mr. J. X. Hall of Ban
nerville, who also told us of a meet
ing to be held at Bard in on May 3d,
and which is to be addressed by Mr.
Waldrop, the agricultural field agent
of the G. S. & F. Railway.
There seems to be no doubt that
there is much land in this section as
well or better adapted to strawberry
culture than any land in those sec
tions of the State where this is the
chief industry. That the crop is a
money getter, and profitable, is illus
trated by the following figures taken
from the Starke Telegraph of last
Friday.
On Friday, Saturday, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 24,
25, 27, "28 and 29th, there were ship
ped from Starke a total of 2,952
bushels of strawberries, at an aver
age price on the platform at Strake
of SG.10 per bushel. On Saturday
April 1st, Mr. F. H. Long, a traveling
salesman of Starke, informed The
News that the shipments for that one
day were more than 1,400 bushels and
that the price per bushel on the
Starke depot platform was a little
better than $7.00.
Bungalow Pari
pnntinnps tn pyfitp flrfmiratirn from all vhn leva
OWN THEIR OWN HOME. Those crettv Bn'nrnl, . i, ; uJ.(.n t
T.IKF : thpv nre hnme like. And thev were pnsilv nn,;.. ''t
' j J "flinty.
YOU CAN ACQUIRE ONE SIMILAR
TO THEM VERY EASILY.
All you have to do is to turn your rent money into pai
to apply on the purchase. We would like to lak- the mat
with you tell you what we will do to help you get a horr.e
Palatka Development Co
L. K. TUCKER, SR., Agent '
113 S. Second Street PAATKA.Hjl
Down at Okeechobee they are to
build a new public sehool to cost
$40,000. Okeechobee is a new city.
but it starting right on the plan
tha!t the school is the most important
part of a city, and will be just as
long as children remain the chief
crop of a city.
The Centre of Chivalry Shifts-
Miami Metropolis: Says the Ocala
Star: "In Boston, Mass., a negro
came very near being lynched for ac
costing a white girl. In Jackson-
lle. a white man ruined three white
girls, and was able to get out of town
not only with his life but most of his
money. Tha center of chivalry seems
to be shiftine." The Star should
have completed its paragraph with
the observation that the Jacksonville
man was defended by a Florida con
eressman "on sick leave" from
Washington. Give the people all the
facts.
Mr. W. R. Revels Announces.
W. R. Revels, one of the most sub
stantial citizens of the Florahome dis
trict, and a man who needs no intro
duction to the people of his district,
has announced himself as a candidate
for the office of County Commission
er. Now that statement needs explana
tion needs modifying. The Xews
received a card from a prominent
citizen of Florahome on Wednesday,
authorizing it to make the announce
ment of Mr. Revel's candidacy. Mr.
Revels happened to be i n tbp rt?
that day. and when seen, snirl tW
he had consented to such announce
ment. He explained that ho A
long been urged by the people of his
section to enter the race, but that he
nan declined the honor because of his
private business and Bis dosirp tr. o.
cape from assuming extra hnnu".
but repeated solicitation on the part
of his neighbors had resulted only that
im'iminf in ins giving consent to run.
Mr. Revels is a farmer and stock
owner; he came from Clay county sev
eral years aeo, but as he had'livpH
most of h! life close to the border of
Putnam and Clay counties he was as
well accniaiited here as in his old
county of Clay. Mr. Revels is nnt
new to the conduct of county affairs
For ten years he was a memhpr nf
the Clay county board of commission.
ers eight years of which time he
served as chairman of the board.
Clay ciiinty pe-'.plo liked him so
that they wanted him to continue, but
he would not Mr. Revels is a man
of means, is intelligent, has fine
business qualifications, and in even.
of his election would certainly not
fail in making his influence felt and
his personality appreciated.
They Like Our Soil Survey.
The following is taken from the
St. Augustine Record of Wednesday:
"Nothing of more importance to the
farmers of St. Johns county since the
voting of more than half a million
dollars for a main brick highway has
come before the board of county com
missioners than the proposal to secure
a sou survey ot the county by the
united states department ct agri
culture. Mayor R. M. Burt of Has
tings, who submitted the petition
which was so gladly signed by all
the members of the board and which
is now in charge of Secretary Kid
der at the chamber of commerce
awaiting more signatures, deserves
the thanks of the county for his
practical interest in the matter. He
had with him Tuesday a cony of the
sou survey ot rutnam county, a most
valuable document and made more so
because of a soil survey map which
is ot inestimable value to the count
as a source of reliable and authentic
information for the use of the pros
pective settler. St. Johns can also
have a similar publication if the
people will only take the trouble to
go to the chamber of commerce head
ouarters and sign the petition. By
il means let us have something that
is well worth while and of lastimr ben
efit to the county."
DR. J. C.
SIKES
DENTIST
Over Kennerly Hardware Co.
Telephone 173
Compare these prices with others. WHY PAY
MORE when you can get absolutely first-class
work at the following prices. Guaranteed for ten
years :
Gold Crowns
White Crowns
$5.00
$5.00
Bridge Work, per tooth, $5.00
Full set of teeth - - $7.50
Gold Fillings - - $1.50 up
Silver Fillings - - 75c up
PAINLESS EXTRACTION FREE WHEN OTHER WORK IS DONE.
Florida East Coast Train Changes.
The Florida East Coast Railwnv
has discontinued trains 33 and 34.
known as the Palm Beach Limited
nd trains 87 and 88, the Xew York
nd Florida Limited, have been dis
continued south of Jacksonville, but
will be operated from Jacksonville
north to, and including Anvil mtli
The special train operated as first
section of train 88. New Smvnm tn
Jacksonville, will continue to and in
cluding April 10th. This carries two
through Xew York sleepers.
irains anu hu, the ".Miami Lo
1" will continue as horptnfnvo m.
the same schedule.
Trains 85 and 8(1. thP
Limited," will continue in mwraiin',
the entire summer, handling? thronn-ii
leeping cars between Key West and
cw lure, via me A. i . I.
A Remarable Invention!1
POWER SO MULTIPLIED THAT ANYONE CAN EASILY FILL
A MACHINE OUT OF A HOLE. LIFT A SAFE, OR MOVE
HEAVY OBJECTS. IT MULTIPLIES YOUR STRENGTH BY
MORE THAN 70 TO 1.
Invalunhle to tlie niotoriBt, the cri-bkc mini, ihe ilrnvmnn, the wiir. hou-tir
the builder, tlu contractor, the Ice num. the fm-torv 'num. the hartlv ir n
the undertaker, the innnumrnt dealer, the liuiiier.'l.ipltnl!.: In i ai'lK'
and eve rs bod. v who has any heavy lilt nr milllnc in c'o ( t MI I 11 i'P
FIT ONLY H5.U0, K.O. H. KT. J.I iflH. '
Write for Free Booklet.
JASPER JONES, Salesman, - FRUITLAND, FLA
fed
I of arguments calculated tow;:
lie approval.
Leads in Eight Hour Fight.
T J.1. - 11 1 , i 1
VT ",ow,n ,oeo: ! They are showing fibres lifci
w 7. "Erasi leo? r issued
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers I nr-.l:' i. ... ., ..
of the Florida East. Pnnst Rnil,.-,,- ! '" gion, April .-m?
,.; " ..." .1 . oi the railroads throughout the;
is quite optimistic over the success
of the movement inaugurated by the
brotherhoods of railway trainmen for
an eight hour work day.
"This movement," said Mr. Helms.
"embraces some 400,000 train employ
es in the United States, and our de
mands are so just that we are bound
to win. Xo, the fear of brinirinu-
on a general strike is remote. There
has always existed a more harmoni
ous feeling between railway compa-1
nies and the men who constitute the I
train crews than between thp pm.
ployer and employee classes in other
lines ot endeavor.
"Last Thursday all over this land
the different lines of railroad were
ratified by some one of thp pmnlnvpc
selected for the purpose, of our de
mand. It fell to my lot to present
the demand to our road. When '
went to Mr. Beckwith with it ho
greeted me most cordially, saying,
'Well, Jack, I hope you get what
you re after.' "
Mr. Helms has furnished Th
News with much of the literature
gotten out by the Transportation
Brotherhood's Bureau of Publicity,
and our readers will be enlightened'
from week to week concerning thi
matter.
mis week we are publishing the
try continues without abatemer.
cording to preliminary report!
February, made public to-day t?
Interstate Commerce Commissi?
Returns from ninety-six
roads show their net revenue
creased from 525,000,00(1 in Ff"
1015, to $38,000,000 f...r Feir-
1910, more than 50 per cent.
The greatest increa.-o was c
eastern district and amounts!
nearly 90 per cent; the souther
trict showed an increase of a:'
mately 50 per. cent ard the vre-
district excelled its January sli'f
ot 16 per cent increase by an ir.
of more than 25 per cent.
., also a local sleeper bptuppn iLX ' brotherhoods' argument for the'eiirht
sonville and Miami, and a locrl sleepc- Tu llay-
between Miami and KW Vpt w The railroads of the country hnvp
effective, Monday, April 10th, 'these I untl!, April 9th to rePy to the de-
trains will not hf nnm-nnH enfU e
! mands of the brotherhood. Tf tv,
Miami on Sundays. ' i (1 not acceed, there will likplv ho
Trains 37-38. Hip "lf;m; .. further parley. The
ill be shortened on Momln,'- ' erhoods will do nothing- to alipnatp
10th, and operated between Jackson-' publie sentiment. There are too ma
ville and Miami onlv. nm-;., i...r ! nV men of the Jack Helms rlnss
fet sleeping cars between Miami and ' amoll-sr the leaders of the movement
Jacksonville. Xo change in sched ' 10 c?'intenance anything looking to
ule. eujward an open break. They
Trains on the Orange City Enter !Ee Patriotic Americans, and hope to
prise and Okeechobee Branches wi'l I Wln their rause b the presentation
Sri.VKe1 " SUndayS aft- ! "
Ihe full Summer schedule goes into
effect, Monday, April 10, 1916
ANNOUNCEMENT.
W. M. Phillips.
u announce to th
and Satur,!
m. each week begin-!
When Was He In the Legislate
"The legislature, pa?" -Thet;
age legislature, my ton." repli
Fuller Gloom, "is a debtaicg
wherein nobody know s v!iat k
talking about, and du s not care
thing about what a i. body f
talking about."
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper ;
pleased to learn that there Is ai
one dreaded disease that sclen"
vxrrrii nine ii cure III im ila w cw
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrt'J
Is the onlv positive eare n0"fl
to the meHlenl f rn t.TIlitV. 15
bein? a constitutional disease, rirT
Catarrh Cure is taken internal
i ji 1,1ind anc
destrnvinn- ho f nil 111! 1 1 inn Ol I.
K.a"f:. , 5.1 f'Y'P A ,u ''Jft!..
u.v uunuint up lite ',' !'- 7., f.
assisting nature i" '"'
Thp nnm.l.lnn hue SO mUCO J
in Its curative poweis that IJ
One Hundred Dollars fur an e",
It fails to cure. Send for H
tlmonlals. Address: ,
F. J. CHENEY &.1-0.. Tol"
Take Hall's Family Pills "
pa, tion.
kT , "TT ot atka that he will
be located at tha o..
Ti.pv. -rn,"" "l"im Hotel
" uui.Mjays
from 3 to 9 n m
mm? ruesday, April 4th. n- Pk:iT: " !
is a graduate Chimnmt. V. .'
vears field experience and is n'w
President of the Florida Ch roD?aT
tors Association. All who uhT
done for others and . a- i" .,nas
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