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The pa LATK A NEW and Advertiser. pgS VOL. XXIV, NO. 16. -JttLATKA. FL0RIDA, FRIDAY APRIL 21, 1916. t1nnPwVa IT ON CONEY ISLAND ELECTRIC LIGHTS I MAYOTliO RlflM UNTHMflTlfi SAFFfillflRnl r- -i Musical Comedy 150 Local Characters. "at. enthusiasm is being mani- I over the big Musical Comedy, L pn Coney Island," to be given ft local people under the aus (of the Palatka Woman's Club. (Tammoth production is to be Inoxt Thursday and Friday, ,27-28, in the Howell theater, hi Elinor Staley, a professional fof wide reputation, has been en I to direct the production. Com ic are now in daily session and als are being held both after- and evening. lhe outcome s to surpass anything yet in the city. The stage setting nts a part of the great "mid- n ixiney mui me iui iauy charmer." the Hippodrome ;i kinds of shows in evidence, will be the country fomily out I the sights, the Bathing Beach land a lovely dazzling chorus will sing and dance themselves nmediate favor with the audi- entire performance radiates dazzling scenes and ''miles and f smiles." By the interest be mifested it is evident that both will be sold out and standing it a premium. Congressman Sears Here. pressman Sears spent a . few in the city yesterday. Mr. is not here lor campaigning e brought his family to Florida s en route back to Washington. if he hopes to come to Florida feke a canvass of the district, looking well and has an abiding i uie people ui. ins ujsuict iiu illingness to treat him right. AND AN ICE PLANT Will be Operated in East Palatka in Short Time. The Browning Lumber Company has decided to incorporate and en large its already big business of lum ber manufacture by the addition of an electric light and ice manufactur ing plant. Mr. S. S. Browning, the head of the company, who gave The News this in formation, stated that the immense amount of waste material from the mills would be used as fuel for the additional plants instead of being burned needlessly as now, and adding nothing to the cost of production. "East Palatka," said Mr. Browning, "is growing, and when the new brick highways are completed as now seems probable by fall, our main streets are going to need this light. We will also sell light to the people of the town. We have not decided as yet what capacity plant we will put in for manufacturing ice, but it will be of sufficient capacity to care for a grow ing business. We shall go about making these improvements in short order." The Browning Lumber ComDanv's plant is situated on one of the most beautiful spots that line the shores of the St. Johns river. It is just around the bend of the river above Palatka. The bank is high here and there is an extensive lawn reaching back from the shore and facing which are the pretty homes of Mr. Browning and his sons. Just back of these homes' some six hundred feet is the road leading to San Mateo, the main thor oughfare to the south. Here are also several modern dwellings owned by the Brownings, together with the merchantile establishment preside.) over by Frank Browning, one of our most popular young business men. Eat Palatkans are certainly to b? congratulated upon this forward step by the Brownings. Services at Florahome. Rev. J. T. Lewis, rector of St. Marks church in this city will conduct fwlnch they did, and thereby strvices at Florahome school house 1 ;th fi,,o nf :!fid oalh nv on ! rulay of next week, April 28tii, at 7:30 p. m., to which all are invited. Mr. Stephens Announces. Hon. L. C. Stephens of this city, only recently appointed school com missioner from the Palatka district to fill out the unexpired term of F. D. Wattles, resigned, has announced that he will be r. candidate for the suc ceeding term in the June primary. Mr. Stephens is one of those men who regard a public office as a public trust and who will bring to bear on this place both experience and intelli gence. It is not believed that he will meet with any opposition. The Circuit Court. j jBpiing term of the Putnam cir eeuvt was adjourned yesterday, .. $ completed the criminal calan- jju civil cases were tried. pa the most interesting case ; uat of the three confidence men llarrest by the sheriff several i ago caused considerable inter- .Vhey were advised to plead '7,wlnch they did, and thereby A with a fine of $300 each, or : r ths in the county chain gang, i V are short of money, it is I they will go to the gang and t hard labor for once in their Jives on the roads. Lwere a number of nigger posed of. The case of the f. J. S. Harris and Will Good tend larceny, resulted in the itm of both. Harris received ice of one year in the peniten- lid Goodwin got six months. inno Day a Success. l teachers and children of the f department of the Palatka jSiool take this means of ex- f their gratitude to all who so , contributed to the "Piano . ' of the primary grades. We Lit ipecially to thank Miss Leib and ttf. Chattaway for their help with s r tie; Mrs. kalbfield for her gen- (1 and the advertising given e Grand; Mr. Nerwich of the l ost, for his kind and liber ation of papers, and sale of Jrought us in a nice sum; the grocery Co. for allowing us a It of one day's cash sales; also is and girls of the school who I us in so many ways. We ach and every ohe who helped Hjir Piano Day a success. We ivas a success as we realized of $145. MISS CORA GRIFFIN MRS. DAISY PICKREN. r i el n tel it ft and Jury Presentment. following is the presentment fcrand jury in the circuit court, perm, which adjourned yester- Honorable James T. Wills, Circuit Court: e grand jury for the spring this court, beg leave to ad r honor that we have com- ur duties as such grand jury Hecttuiry ask to be discharged, jfever desire to express our ft" the court and its officers piany courtesies shown us dur- clcl iterations. come to our attention that an the books of our several coun rs has recently been made bv e auditor, and believing that 'Ul citizens flrp lntoi-octp1 in the condition of such offices, Jecifiilly request that the clerk 'court be directed to communi on the proper state official, and n a certified copy of the re ikis auditor, and that said re- by our county commissioners Jd m the official organ of the For School Commissioner. Mr. W. F. Rogero of San Mateo has decided to make the race for school commissioner from District ,No. 1 the territory on the east side of the river and including the Fruit land peninsula. Mr. Rogero only made his decision after he learned that Mr. Fred V. Owen of Satsuma, the present com missioner from the district, had de clined to again become a candidate. Mr. Rogero says that the East Pa-latka-San Mateo section has never had a representative on the board, and he feels that his section is entitled to recognition. It is also rumored that Dr. Main of Welaka was contemplating an an nouncement for this office. THOS. J. KNIGHT, Foreman. Candidates Galore. This has been candidates' week. The large number of people who have been in the city, attracted by business in the circuit court as jurrors or wit neses, being the target. The county candidates were busy shaking hands and unfolding tales of sure success in the ears of these good country people. On Tuesday several of the candi dates for the United States Senate, including Gov. Park Trammell, Sen ator N. P. Bryan, and ex-Gov. Gil christ, with A. J. Angle, candidate for comptroller, and Messrs Dunn, Wells and Ford, candidates for Railroad commissioner, addressed the crowd at the court house, Judge Wills having adjourned court for the occasion. These gentlemen occupied most of the afternoon with their speeches, and all seemed to be making friends. Gov. Trammell's and Senator Bryan s ad dresses seemed to be the centre of interest. The Right Occupation. When men are rightly occupied their amusement grows out of their work, as the color petals out of the fruitful flower Ruskin. X ?e Putnam National Bank: of Palatka PALATKA, FLORIDA al Assets, June 10th $700,000.00 biiihes to Depositors 495.000.UU eis over Liabilities to Depositors zvt,vvv.vu Nina to the New York Financial Review we are the second strongest i uanK in Florida. pare Denosit Boxes, double lock system, are the best make. $3.00 per year. Fncit your banking business. Foreign Exchange issued. A. 8. WU.HRn. Cashier (HAS. BURT, Asst. Osshler f -SON, Vlus.Preaue.t VETOES SALARY BILL City Council Makes Appoint ments for Ensuing Year. The full complement of aldermen were present at the meeting of the city council on Tuesday night, togeth er with a large crowd of citizens in terested in the appointments to be made for the various city offices. This was the first business meeting of the new council, and on the sug gestion of Chairman Neck, that it was up to the body either to adopt new rules, or those already in vogue for thi tranacting of business, on motion of Alderman Jarrett, seconded by Alderman McNally, the rules of the old body were adopted unanimously. Alderman Becks of the Ordinance Committee reported an ordinance sep arating the office of City Assessor from that of City Clerk and Collector, combining the latter two and making a new office of City Assessor, to be filled by a separate person, at a sal ary of $400 per annum. An effort was made to amend the salary fea ture of the bill by increasing the amount to $600 per year, but this fail ed. The ordinance then passed its third reading and was duly approved by the mayor. A resolution of some two months ago, calling for bids from city pub lishers for bids for printing city or dinances was indefinitely postponed. It was found that but one bid had been made. The original resolution reuqired the clerk to advertise for bids, which was done, but the publish ers generally appeared to take little interest in the matter, as only one of them made a bid. J. V. Walton, in the absence of the regular city attorney went into an ex position of the difficulties incident to the collection of delinquent city taxes on distress warrents, and made a most interesting talk on the subject, which was greatly appreciated by the members. A veto message from Mayor Mer- riam was received in which his honor disapproved the ordinance recently passed cutting the salary of the mu nicipal judge from $50 per month to $20. No attempt was made to pass the ordinance over the Mayor's veto. The council also authoried the pub lication in pamphlet form of the an nual report of the city auditor. Mr. Howell A. Davis, a retiring coueilman, perhaps more familiar with the city's finances than any of the citizens, in a few remarks pointed out the value of this report. The W. C. T. U. sent a letter to the council suggesting an ordinance pro hibiting the sale of cigarettes to mi nors, or children, which was referred to the ordinance committee. The evils of the cigarette habit on children were pointed out in the letter. The council then proceeded to the election of minor city officers and em ployes, with the following result: City Treasurer H. F. Leeks. City Physician Dr. J. C. Chandler. Municipal Judge J. C. Calhoun. City Engineer S. C. Stallings. City Clerk W. A. Williams, Jr., by acclamation. City Assesor Geo. W Lansing. Chief of Police C. M. Livingston. Policemen John Barber and W. M. Cannon. Fire Chief Albert Phillips, by ac clamation. First Assistant Emmett D. Simm;. Second Assistant "Bill" Pearce. The election of a city attorney was postponed until the next meeting. On motion of Alderman Austin, sec onded by Alderman Jarrett, the pay of the city policemen was increased from $60 to $75 per month. Library Contest Vote. That a deep interest is being taken by Palatka and vicinity in the Libra ry contest that is being conducted by a number of progressive business firms, is evidenced by the avalanche of votes deposited in the ballot box. Practically all the organizations com peting for this coveted prize made r. wwl shnwinrr at the ODeniner count and it is everybody's fight up to this point. There will be some tau nust ling from this on as there is always a HvpIv scramble to accumulate the largest number of coupons. The plan of this contest is a simple one. A handsome library of 102 vol umes and four sections of beautiful cases which are being exhibited in the show window of the Fearnside Cloth ing Co. will be presented to the church, lodge, school or society having the largest number of votes at the end of the contest. Votes are counted by the judges Messrs. Will N. Walton, C. H. Price and R. M. Coleman each week and the result printed in The Palatka News exclusively. Be sure to insist on re ceiving a coupon when making a pur chase, then deposit your ballot in the only ballot box which is at Ackerman Stewart Drug Co.'s store. Following is the standing of the first count: Public High School 6,088. Public Library 3.128. Red Men 2,000. Woman's Club 1.825. Masonic Lodge 1,823. B. P. O. E. 1.802. Catholic Club 1.782. Hastings High School l,6i0. Baptist Club l.jjfiO- K. of P. - - 1.B08. Moose Club M. W. of A. - 1.250. I. O. 0. F. - - 1-235. M. E. Church - - 970. Presbyterian Church 290. W. O W 2- AGAINST ERRORS Installed in Palatka Bank A Wonderful Machine. The State Bank of Palatka has just aaaeu a most ingenious machine to Us equipment, a machine that posts ledg ers and deDositors' Rtatemena neatly, quickly and accurately than it is possioie ip ao tne same work by hand. People who are not acquainted with the inside workings of a bank do not realize tne great advantage of ma chine work over hand and mind work. The advantages are the saving in time, ausuiiue accuracy and a great im provement in the legibility of the ledgers and statements. 'lhe machine is the latest model Burrouirhs bank the operation of it is nothing short of marvelous. The date is placed in the machine in the morning and prints uuiomaucaiiy during tne entire day's work. It adds the deposits to the previous balances nf th counts, subtracts the checks drawn ana automatically computes the new balance and should t.he total nf rhocVu drawn on any account exceed the de positors oaiance (which would cause an over-draft) the machine locks and reiuses to worK, until a special key is depressed; it then prints the ex. act amount of the ovpr-Hraft. The State Bank of Palatka will now De able to present every one of its de positors with a neatly printed state ment of their account promptly on the morning of the first day of the month, which is a great improvement over the old time-honored system of bal ancing pass books, and Mr. F. J. Fearnside. nresidenh of tVio haul states that through the adoption of tne posting macnine the statements will be keDt Dosted un to Hm(-. nf- nil times with balances extended the same as the ledger, so the bank will be in position to furnish any depositor with a complete statement of account at a moments notice. This system pro vides the most positive proof against posting either deposits or checks to the wrong account that has yet been devised, the same mistake would have to occur twice on the same account the same day to go undetected. Mr. Fearnside further stated that before it was decided to adopt this machine and system a very careful investigation was made and they found that the system had been in successful operation for some time in some of the foremost progressive bank in Florida, such as the Volusia County Bank of DeLand, Merchants Bank of Daytona, First National Bank, St Augustine, and many oth ers, and he believes it to be only a mipst.inn. ff a varv cVinrf fima nnfil all banks will have adopted this method ot accounting just as they did the adding machine which has long since been considered an absolute ne cessity in a bank. Th StntP Runt nf PnlnfVn will doubtless be congratulated by its many depositors and friends on the increased facilities for r.evvuirr th-nii ps well as knewing that they have pro- l .i I i c . . viueu an aaaiuonai saieguani against eirors. The officers of thj bink ex tend a cordhi invitation to every one to call at the bank at any time mid see this mechanical wizzard in oper ation. Canning Club Work. . Miss Josephine Sipprell, Home Demonstration Agent, has furnished The News with the following report of her activities for the week ending April 15th, which shows that she has been hard at work: Monday At Florahome, making preparations for Demonstration work. Tuesday Held demonstration at Florahome in canning of beets, and preserving of Kumquats, Miss Wells of Tallahassee supervising the work ilone. The canning demonstration was specially for the Canning Club girls, while the preserving was mainly for the house keepers. 35 persons were present. Wednesday Demonstration at Bostwick, in preserving, jelly making, and marmalade. This demonstration was principally for the Club girls, who are second year girls, but the parents are always interested enough to be present. The plants of most of the Bostwick girls are doing fine. Thursday The San Mateo school still being in session, I gave a "Can ning Club" talk before the girls in the a. m., and visited each girls tenth acre in the p. m. Most of the girls have some very nice plants, although the land is very dry. Friday Office work in a. m. l on- stilted County Supt. Cottingham re garding extension work. Visited seed tores, and attenaeu to oinciai uusi- ness in p. m. Saturday Visited Canning Uub girls of Peniel, gave instructions re garding planting of seed, care of plants etc. Finished up weekly re ports. So far this year, the weather has been very unfavorable toward this work. But notwithstanding the frosts and drouth, the plants in some parts of the country are looking beau tiful indeed. The continued dry weather (most record books shows no rain except a few very light showers, since before Xmas) has discouraged some of the Club girls. In other lo calities plants were out in field and had started to bloom, when the last frost came, and killed every plant. Yet the girls are going cheerfully to work, putting out more plants etc., and by diligence and hard work, hope to out wit the elements, in spite of their antagonistic attitude. 0 mum mvmm Absolutely Pure No Alum No Phosphate T. J. Wright Acquitted. The case of T. J. Wright of San Mateo, charged with the murder of the Messrs. Tumor fa lUnv Ql just over tne line in St. Johns Coun- , 1 , . . tjf last summer, ana wnicn was taken to Clay county on a change of venue, Was tried last Frirlnv anH Snfm-rloo Hon. S. J. Hilburn appeared for the ueienuant, wno was acquitted. The trial was in the circuit rnnrt nt r.raan ove springs. Death of Mrs. Ellen A. Hall. Mrs. Ellen A. Hall, nf fhi. at Hopewell, Va., on Saturday', the 15th inSt. Mrs. Hall's HotltVl noma aa a shock to her family here, as she nau oniy gone to Virginia a week or more Deiore on a visit to her son. When She lfift PalafWa aha eaamarl Jr. better health than in some time. The suddenness of her taking off came as an unexpected grief upon her sons and daughters, and thav hnva tho sin cere sympathy of all Palatkans. The body was shipped to Bostwick ior interment at fJtoniah church cem etery, near which place she lived many years. Mrs. Hall was for ma ny years a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and her funeral was conducted bv her old nastor. Rpv. J N. Hall. Mrs. Hall, who is nnssiblv boot re. membered here as the widow of the late Cant. John TIarvpv a fnm county commissioner, and for more than 50 years a valued teacher in the public schools of the county. S!i3 afterwards married John W. Hall of Hastings, who survives. She is also survived by five sons and two dailD'htprs. Thpsp livp in Hus tings, Pierson, Bostwick, Palatka and at nopewen, va., all ot whom are deeply grateful to the friends in Hopewell, and here, for their many cts ot Kindness. Mr. Brakeman Writes of Florahome. Editor Palatka News: I spent a week recentlv at Flora- home improving the look of things on my place, in a general way. While cutting brush, I bumped against a nest of yellow jackets. For alertness und being right on their job, they come nearest to the Palatka Fire Squad of any bunch I ever met. Then arguments were of a concinving na ture and right to the point. Stings have been recommended for rheuma tism: to any party wishing to take a treatment I will offer to point out the place if they will allow me to stand behind a tree and witness the cure. We can heartily agree with the apostle in his assertion that "it is not well for man to live alone." We imagine that his wife was at the beach or some Sufferage meeting, and that he, while making a batch of bis cuit, made a botch of it. And as lie sat down and cut the burnt crust from the bottom of one, he shook his head, and whether he said any more or not depends upon how much of the strain his sweet disposition could bear, with out getting out of balance. With a spade on my shoulders I spent a day prospecting on the soulh prairie; like most prospectors I was ooking tor gold. Well I didn t find any already dug up, but believe me there lies here the finest opportunity for strong and willing hands to rear up the golden ears of corn, that will in turn produce the coveted dust, that it has ever been my good fortune to see. It is better in two ways: First it is sure here; second, it is easy digging, both favorable points in any enter prise. I located our little posses sions; a stake at each corner is all that designates it. from our neighbor: , as it all looks alike. It borders the canal, where the water runs perhaps a foot below the surface. A mil? or more down stream I could see the dredge dipping its way towards us and I thought that had it not been for the efforts of our officials (of which you, Mr. Editor, was one) backed by the influence of the Palatka board of trade, it would not be there at the present time. The dredge has approximaely two miles to reach Orange Grove " lake, which at present rate of progress may be reached in July. I believe that farming can begin then with safety, and not before. These lands shouid produce 60 bushels of corn, or from 400 to 600 bushels of onions per acre, and celery is right at home here. Cattle were scattered over the prai rie and look very well; from one point I counted over a 100, and it looked to us like easy money. As I stood looking over the ex panse, I began talking to myself (I do that when no one else will agree with me.) I said: "You toothless old fossil, what do you expect to do with that body of land in the state of na ture, with not even a wagon road to it? The reply was: I know how and others have the muscle, and we will whack up. The bulk of the business of the United States is managed by eyes that look through spectacles, and the burden of the work is done by those who do not. Am I right or am I wrong? The proposition to es- ROUND ABOUT FLORIDA. The late cold snap did only small damage to the crops In the stute. St. Augustine Is to wage a war ol iwtt niiimuion on the troublesome English spurrow. A number of large deals Involving Franklin county lands have recently been made. The teachers' summer school of th University of Florida will open at Gainesville on June 12. Ohio capitalists will raise cattle In Clay county. This industry will bi a large one. B. J. Ford is a candidate for rail road commissioner, subject to thfl Democratic primary of-Juue 6. Florhlians will erect a monument in honor of lhe late (lovernor Broward, of that state. Subscriptions to a fund are being raised. Adrian 1'. Jordan, editor of th Punta Gorda Herald, announces as u candidate for secretary of slate iu op position to II. Clay Crawford. Messrs. Lambert & Moody have just purchased the lumber on 16,000 acres of land known as relay truct, which lies southwest of Bunnell. A line new hotel is to be built at Palatka, contract having been recent ly closed for const ruction. It will be ready for next winter's business. Senator Bryan, of this state, intro duced au amendment to the agricul tural bill to increase from $J50,()00 to $500,000 an appropriation for lighting the citrus canker. A coroner's jury before Justice G. A. Stephens found that Luke Single ton, a negro, who was found drowned in the river at the Merchants und Miners dock, Jacksonville, came to Ilia death accidentally, George W'inship, one of Atlanta'! wealthiest men and for years promi nently connected with the cotton gin ning Industry in Georgia, died at his winter homo at Sarasota. He was about 75 years old. One hundred Elks, representing ten of the eighteen Florida lodges com posing the Florida State Elks' associa. tion, held their annual convention at Jacksonville. Orlando is the neat meeting place. William Watson, charged with th murder of his sister-in-law at Palm Valley, in the northern part of ths county, a few days ago, was given a hearing before Judge Mackey at St. Augustine and was held for the circuit court in a bond of $2,000. Lakeland was selected as host foi the 1017 Baraca-rhilathea convention for the state of Florida at the busi ness session of the convention at Gainesville. Officers, headed by J. C. Lanier, of Jacksonville, as president, were also chosen. Arches to mark the boundary linei of St. Johns county at the north anij south end of the brick highway are t materialize very soon. Work on th one at the Duval-St. Johns county lin has already started and it will ba completed before the southern arch is commenced. The members of the Southern Gas association, comprising some seventy- live delegates, stopped over in Jack sonville en route from Tampa to their homes in other sections of the coun. try, and were entertained by Harry Ti. Iloyt. vice-president of the Jack sonville (ins company. It is learned from Dr. Ralph N. Green, chief physician of the Florida Hospital for the Insane, who attended the meeting of the American Medico. rscychological association at New Or. leans, that a special certificate of merit has been awarded the Florida in stitution by the committee on di visional occupations for the insane. Confessed to Robbery. Lloyd I.e Blanche and Will Brown, alias "Tampa Kid." two negroes ar rested on the charge of being sus picious characters, according to the police made a confessinn nf having been implicated in five c -. 's of bouse robbing and five cases of K ;h way rob bery in Jacksonville, Fla .within the past few weeks, including the at tempted robbery and shooting of To npy (lanetta. the Assyrian merchant on Lackawanna avenue a week ago. tablish a market warehouse will meet with strong support here. The frost on the morning of the 10th (very unusual for the time of year) did much damage. Florahome looks better to us every time we visit the place. Come and look it over, and oblige yourself, and yours truly, R. R. BRAKEMAN r ii f I ' i I 1 1 1 4?' i ! t 1 ' i t '