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PAGE NO. FOUR J ij pJ( tka rWS. PALATKA. FLA. ThePalatkaNews and Advertiser. Entered at the Palatka postoffice as liable matter of the second class. Published at falatka, Florida, Fridays by RUSSELL & VICKERS. 1.60 Per Year in Advance 117 South Second St. Phone 195 Wm. A. RUSSELL. Editor. and a Poor Man's Fight." The best and bravest turn up their toes to the daisies while the absolutely worthless are left to fatten like vultures upon INTEtfLACHEN NEWS. POMONA NEWS. Easter Sunday passed without any j Our winter res Wents re 'ajt tak special observances in our churches. ; inR their departure and mie e irfinir to the inri snnsition of Kev. h. very mum its'" -.' the BONDS that . Iwnv tammi f ' r '"u"!i" ' " ..' j I wish them a oleasant summer, lownsena no cnuicn services weic .-- - - i return meet the country's obligations. The 1 held in the Congregational church. ! and look forward to an eany reium Floridian. Rev. T. F. Roland preached in the M. ;hext season. '.. ( hnrrh hoth mnrnmc and evenimr. Mr. dim Quite a number attended and enjoy ed an Easter concert given by the col ored people at their church in the hj ternoon. Among those who have returned ti their northern homes in the past week are Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miller and little The story goes out from Sanford to the effect that fully 3,500 carloads of winter vegetables have gone forward from that place this season. San ford is but one of the Florida towns that makes a specialty of vegetables. BY ALL MEANS, LET US BE, FAIR. In spite of the national disapproval of attacks on unarmed merchantmen by German submarines; in spite of the general feeling that it is time for the United States to demand absolute neutrality rights, there must be a cor respondingly strong feeling that un less the United States writes another ultimatum to Great Britain, demand ing her recognition, also, of the tu neutrality rights of the United States, we have failed utterly in being the neutral nation we claim to be. Great Britain has shown insuffera ble impertinence toward this country; she has interfered with our commerce; she has tempered with our mail; she has even seized American ships and American cargoes en route to other neutral countries; and has assumed, with all the arrogance of the John Bull of 1812, that she may rule the sea as her own interests demand! Her desire to "starve" Germany in to surrender deserves no aid from the United States. If Germany is en deavoring to cut off supplies from England by submarine warfare, Eng land is endeavoring to do the same : thing by a sea blockade and a pirati- I Because of indisposition the editor cal control of all shipping on its way j cf The News is forced to ask the in to her enemies. dulgence of his readers this week. For The Metropolis believes in fair play. ' two or three days early in the week Now that Germany has been given her j he was compelled to stay at home be orders, let us give England hers. Let cause of slight illness, and therefore a note be sent to Great Britain con- "there is not the usual quota of local veying the information that if her in -! i.ews. He has made good the editorial terference with American neutrality I column by clippings from the Miami The St. Augustine Democrat, a morning paper with Mr. Tom W. Da vis formerly of this city at the helm, made its appearance in St. Augustine this week. Mr. Davis tried hard to make a success in Palatka, but failed through no fault of his own. He de serves success and The News hopes he may meet with it soon. Oscar Johnson the political editor of The Metropolis, gets awfully tan gled in his geography sometimes and makes woeful blunders. One of his latest was to the effect that now that Sam Hilburn had decided not to enter the Congressional race, Frank Clark would not likely have opposition. Os car should at least be able to define the four congressional districts. Hon. Dannitte H. Mayes of Mont- ;cello is going to try it all over again. Ho 1 can hi.- jolitical carper by being elected to the State legislature, where he achieved the Speakership; then na went to Congress, where he failed to continue long. After several years of effort to get back in Congress, he bus finilly concluded to maice another effort for the SvUe legislature, as a itppping-stone to Washington. He used it once, why not again? Mrs. W. H. Stevens leri Mnndav for their home at ttopeweu Junction, N. Y., and were accompa nied by Mr. and Mrs. Wing who live in the summer time in Patcrson, N. Y Mrs. C. L. Smith who has been cr.cnlino- several weeks with her - . daughter Emory, Mrs. Foster, Mr. and , daughter, Mrs. C. IX. upiar, nas gone Mrs. D. I-anirarwisch and frrandson. to points farther south to spend tn. and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Corthell. summer season with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Lothrop and M. Miss Marjory Rogers has returned and Mrs. E. S. Leonard leave Friday from Brunswick, Ga., where she lias morning for their summer homes. 'spent the past five months, and nei Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dexter of Che- fiiends are pleased to see her again. ... . . ... , (i n..:,l.. .Af nnrlnl TtlH noa, XII., who have been wintering at. Kev. k. c. I'nmu " Davtona Beach, arrived last Friday State C. E. Convention held in XJe- and will spend a month here with their Land last week, and a number ot otn aunt, Mrs. L. E. Coburn. er members ol' the Pomona society, Miss Ianthe Bond of Davtona is a motored down Sunday for the day, re guest this week of Mrs. J. M. Jones. . porting a most enthusiastic and en Mrs. M. A. Evans, who has been ' jovable convention, seriously ill at the home of Mrs. , Rev. W. Hopkins of Atlanta, Ga., 7ush. is now stenriilv imnrnvieo-. Sunt, of Conirregational work in tne Misses Ola and Nora Fraser are also ; .South, preached here on Easter, morn- -,ii the convalescent list, and Mr. lea ser is slightly improved. The many friends of the Millards will learn with regret that Mrs. M. A. Millard has been summoned to New Mexico by the serious illness of her son-in-law, Wallace Berry. Xhe faunshine Society met Tuesday afternoon at the Lake View with a large attendance and a good program. John Audubon, the great naturalist, was the author for the day, and inter esting sketches of his life were contri buted. A clever original paper on "Birds" was given by the president, Mrs. J. M. Jones, and two little girls entertained the society with their singing oi a biro song, xne treasurer Bungalow Pari nAtitlnnoc tn avrnto eH mi rat inn frnm all uiVm I OWN THF.TR OWN HOME. Those nrPttv R,.i,. rmPlCii LIKE : they are home like. And thev were Pasiiv !. 0c! HCb j ui-ijuireq, YOU CAN ACQUIRE ONE SIMILAR iu hilm- vuki EASILY. All vnu have tn do is to turn vnur rent m,.. . to aDDly on the purchase. We would like to tnU . . with vnu tell vnu what we will r!r tn rieln m,, . i "Wflt - v fcti a iicrne. Palatka Development Cc L. K. TUCKER, SR., Agent 113 S. Second Street PALATKA, fJ rights does not cease, diplomatic re lations with her will be severed as completely as with the imperial gov ernment. And in the meantime, let there be an embargo on war supplies of every kind for the belligerent nations. Let us send them food. Let us send them Red Cross supplies, but let us stop this unholy exchange of death and destruction for the dollars of stricken Europe. Miami Metropolis. THEY STILL BLAME WILSON. No President of these United States for fifty years, has been forced to face such trying ordeals as those confront ing President W'ilson. From the very Metropolis and The Floridian, two of the State's most wide awake papers. WHAT LEADING STATE EDITORS ARE SAYING. ?k m 7R & & & & x m fi- w & Sears on Child Labor Bill Ocala Star: Joe Sears gives some pretty good reasons tor his vote against the Keating child labor bill, tnough there are hysterical people wno can never be convinced that any kind of bill bearing such a title, no matter how unwise its provisions may oe. vve know some hundreds ins and evening to large and appre- : ciative audiences. Mrs. E. II. X5y ( i-ons had charge of the C. E. service which held a short session, giving the time to Mr. Hopkins who our people were much pleased to have an oppor tunity of hearing again. Next Sun day we shall have a visit from Rev. Geo. B. Waldron, Supt. of the work in this state, and he will conduct the morning service to which all are earn estly invited. Leland Williams has moved his household goods to Bartow, where he and his family will reside in the fu ture. Friends of Miss Mary Summer who for a number of weeks was the guest handed in a highly satisfactory state- j of Mrs. Grace Cook, will regret to ment of the condition of the finances, j hear that soon after her arrival in nd the librarian reported that the ; Boston, she sustained a fractured Sunshine Library has reached two j shoulder and arm by a fall in her hundred and fifty-five volumes. home. We hope for her a speedy re- coverv from the accident. 1 Mrs. E. H. Byrons and small daugh her Dora, left 'Wednesday for their FLORAHOME NEWS. A lawn fete was given at Sipprell's ho"e nca Oanbury, Conri. grove Friday afternoon at which the ;u,h.- returned to Davtona Beach where they monds ter- leadino- nolitirrians of thp rmintv OT,-n I mmated their visit here Saturday, w TYindp nlnno- tho lino nf o.innnHnn-,.1 i have a pleasant winter home, mattovB tnvntmn ,l,-n i nn ro onH tw , Our school dosed Saturday imnnvtnnt tni,w'nf tw Vm- n; , I noon with a pleasing little entertain per was served at noon, and ice cream ment by the pupils and a large num and lemonade durine the afternoon, ber of patrons and friends were pres- after- At night a dance for yojjng people was enjoyed at Weisman's Hall which was largely attended. Xhe V. I. A. will give an entertain ment at Palmetto Hall May 5th, 'or the benefit of their improvement fund. Ice cream and cake will be served. Leading politicians have been invited from Palatka and other places, for whom a supper will be served after the arrival of the 5:30 p. m. train. Mr. and Mrs. Koy Walters of Pe oria, XII., are visiting Mr. Walters' parents for a month. Arthur Sipprell has left for the north to be gone all summer. Arthur E. Smith, Jr., who has been spending the winter here, has returned to his former home in Worcester. day of his induction into the office, a We beg leave to remind the Telegram muddy track and a prohibitive handi cap has been his fate. The money ob tained from selling arms and ammu r.itions to that cut-throat and assassin in Mexico, has been used to embar rass his administration. Even a paper like "Colliers," sup posedly fair and non-partisan, tries to stab him to the heart. Just imagine such a journal trying to impress its readers with that utterly puerile and inhuman contention that the Wilson administration committed a grievous mistake when it refused to recognize HUERTA! This was the hideous old traitor who murdered Madero, the only decent president the republic of Mexico ha known for half a century. But what care these people whose only estimate of mankind is made i dollars and cents? This monied aristocracy abuse Wil son for not urging Congress to de clare war on Germany. And for wha cause? Because some worthless loaf ing American may lose his life whil on board a ship whose country is at war, President Wilson has proven him self a humane official. He realizes that his people are not prepared for war. He knows that discretion is the preponderance of valor. He is pain fully aware of the fact that even if our soldiers had the requisite train ing, they have nothing to fight with, ;For the past two years, just as rap idly as American factories could make a -rifle, there was a British soldjer ready to use it. The SOUTH, after the lapse of neaily fifty years, still suffers from its imliscietion from getting into a fight with nothing to fight with. And our old veterans bear abundr.nt testimony that it was NOT the most blatant of orators demanding that war, who shouldered their muskets and did the real fighting. ;We pre somewhat like the old negro cdok who boasted, "jist gimme de grievances and show me how, and I'll cook as fine a dinner as anybody!" 'We are not going to see a real good sqrap going on and stand idly by and watch it. We are just as fond of this pastime as the next man, but it i3 the said history of every country ever de claring war; "A Rich Man's Battle, ouine iiunureus ui tt.1c, rt ,.t,, v.nnn-ctovc in tnio . U.r ..l.l""."1 H UIC ,.,7iS i it i IX -i X'arker wire corporat or ZJl f gM bettel' ,? 'f ,hey Mre- SiPP''e" entertained a week- ment ana it that be treason, make i, ,i. : n..i..n. a- , the most of it. Lakeland Telegram. me i An Easter Egg hunt was enjoyed on the grounds of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hardy Sunday afternoon. Mr. Small is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Tubbs. He expects to locate .it Miami, and will take his children with Hats Off to Marion County!- j "xhe crops of Mr. and Mrs. Walter St. Augustine Record: It has long : are looking fine, and their tomaro been recognized in many states that , plants are large and flourishing. ..viiil.il onuuiU UilYG lL VU1VC 111 tllC mai, as tne enna laDor bill isn t in cttect, it hasn't prevented the said youngsters from working; also, there i.re some hundreds of occupations that the said bill doesn't touch. ont. At the close of the program Mrs. Byrons gave a short farewell talk followed by remarks by tho school trustees, W. M. Williams and W. E. Mew. Miss Natha Mew won the prize in the principals room for attaining the highest average, and in the primary department the reward wrs i"!ce!ved by Donald Middleton who possessed the largest num ber of merit cards. The crown ;ng feature of the afternoon was the ice-cream which was bountifully serv ed to everybody; the guests and pupils took their departure, hoping to hav3 Mrs. Byrons and Miss Hollv in the school next term. Miss Claude Green after a month's visit home, has return to her work at Richmond, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of Burlington, Iowa, have been guests at the Wedertz home for a few days. Miss Nettie Holly left Tuesday for her home at Crescent City. DR. J. O. SIKES DENTIST Over Kennerly Hardware Co. Telephone 173 Compare these prices with others. WHY PA MORE when yon can get absolutely first-class work at the following prices. Guaranteed for ten years : Gold Crowns - - $5.00 White Crowns - - $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 COM NASHUA NEWS. making of laws. Some states not quite so far advanced have let down the bars so far as to permit women to vote on matters affecting them most nearly, such as tax laws and school affairs. It would seem that Florida women are? now to have a voice in school mat ters, for acting on the recommenda tion of Superintendent of Public In struction W . N. bheats that there the higher court with a bill of exeep v,,- u...ci ifpifbentauve , uons that contained hundreds of ji v.,,.,, luuuiv ounuui uuiuu. ine nen Taking No Chances. "I wish you would find out who that homely woman Is." "Nothing doing, my dear. She'd prove to be tho sister or wife of the first person I asked." Detroit I"ree Press. Canning Club News. It will no doubt be interesting to the people of Putnam county to know that we have had with us for the past two days Miss Harris, the State Agent in charge of Home Demonstration work at the State Woman's College, Tallahassee. Miss Harris is very much interested in watching the de velopment of Putnam county, in this line of work. She states that it has been very dry, in nearly every part of the state until quite recently," but that Putnam county beats the record. The girls record books show that there has been no rain except light sprinkles in most of the county, since before Christmas, until last Friday. But we are sorry to find that that good show er was only local, although it did a great deal of good in the communi ties where it was receiving. Monday morning Miss Harris ami I t-ilked over the condition of tho work in this county, and laid nlans for beaming a new. and heavier i-.nm- paicn for the coming sear i We art ' . 'king for a far greater average in '''''-. i rc-erving and elly naking ' i .-n ever before. Monday afternoon we went by auto ; Srrimrsii'e, to visit the plats of the canning club girls. At Mr. Conway's found a hue held of strawberries, nnn-oc nn,l fL- ii-nn1r. - . t-. S,, w-ir it yi .""ve,Jus.1 eeci-,ery possible objection was made dur- .u o. riiiim jiuvrc, who is cnar- ing the trial and in scterized as "one of the brightest women in Ocala," as a school trustee. Mrs. ifocker is the first wo man ever elected to public office in Marion county, and the choice of the people of the county is especiallv hap ry, for t-he has lonr been deenlv in. terested in educational work and has done much for the advancement of 'no school system in her home county. ine the trial and in nnpli inctnn.- best and where the defense Inst ovni;0 were taken. There were scores of points on which a court inclined to be too technical might find reason to overthrow the verdict of the jury. But the court took the broad ground and looked at the whole case rather than at tiny parts of it. It reviewed the whole case and determined that luewiennaii had had a fair and im- V , 1 fl co"nt.,es of tne Rtae partial trial and had been convicted now to follow the shining example set justly. It refused to reverse the oy Marion, and nermit tho who are most directly and vitally in- error that was prejudicial to the de- i I i. CT,uV"u"n 01 tneir ienoant that affected the verdict had children, to have a share in the great been committed. It deemed from ..........,., tllllL lMC Kum, oi tne de- I fendant was proved and therefore af 1 firmed the verdict. A Modest Man Leesbure Commerei.nl- Thot Wire O. C. Ware, tho nr-.w.. e this compan." -is entirely too modest iu eve-r maKe a success as a newspa per man. He is cut out to be a bank er and a natal hav farmer and a worker for the public good through the various oreaniz.itinnc , uj That man came back from Davtnnn Making Democrats of Republicans Orlando Reporter-Star: Editor Triplett of the St. Cloud Tribune is getting the credit for changing the Republicans at St. Cloud to Demo crats. No doubt Editor Triplet's in fluence has been toward this end but we rather suspect that the change of ami never peeped that he was p WtoH li i i " , v third vice pres-dent f the SHt nT j Vul r. h.en piace or was kors' Association W tn, K.!th,e Pces8 of forming when Editor the information in the PalntVo veterans of St. Cloud are not dense. Justice Triumphs reau"y S-T "ft they could not '7pns ; exert any considerable influence in the i, i t-Petersbur Independent: Fears Political affairs of Osceola county if that the suoreme court wm,i,i ihnv ic)oj o -v " the case of J. J. Mendenhall on some attempted to maintain a separate technical point rather than on the , ty orgnization. They ever i tried thh broad ground of sound sense have and found that they didn't count for" proved eroundless and the hio-w-t much. stk.w,Jj.iaiA..?IG court in this state is now fil rrist,l n"X:lVr"'-x"ul,t'.?ml tnblished m the opinion of the people are more to be feared than before- if wlo have a more abidinir f.iith in thn thpr u-rS ,i.0r fmj uf . 1 courts of Flnrin tk.." ."" i .l.: ..." """'c, "i-cause T. . lf j l i, , , cvcr "eiorp. i.ney can now participate in the Dem I hat .Mendenhall would get a new trial ocratic primary, whereas before thev -...o K.,i,,,.v cA.it-aeu. no nad tin- were deharred from so doine Ai awvers and hundreds of techniml .in indiviH points were raised by the attorneys they are more formidable than thev for the defense. They went before were as an organized force outsit Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pierre left Sat urday evening on the Osceola for Jacksonville where they will sail on a Clyde Line steamer for their summer home in New York City. Mrs. R. W. Bray spent several davs last week in Palatka with her daugh 'e' Mrs. dc'Nazarie. Services were held Sunday after noon and an excellent sermon was preached. There was special Easter music. A duet by Mrs. C. W. Love bmd !?nd Mrs. Bray. There was some rpnutilul flowers consisting of pond lillies and sweet peas. Many will be sorrv to learn of the home of Dr. Mitchell's being destroyed hv fire Tuesday night. The fire started in the cable about ten o'clock. Nothintr could be saved. Dr. Mitch ell's house was one of the nicest homes in this section. The house is better known as the Highland house, owned ny Mrs. Dunbar. For a good many I vears M-s. Dunbar house: after her death it was sold to Dr. Mitchell of Manitowac. Wis. The fi'-e was a great loss to this commu- Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Coombs left I T , th? oaks' and Pr"eeded to Wednesday morninsr for their 'immer ! Can the fresh totoes. About 15 home home h Sandown,' N. II We vTn 'Vee Preset, and a great l-opefato see them returning early in g nlfted in Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bard snort 5nn TueS(iay afternoon we held a simi- 'ny with friends and relatives in Nor- ' p 11" at the s"o1 hou?e v ....... ,.,,. nuuui ou persons were present, including the school children. e visited five homes in Rodman in the interest of this work, after which we looked over three of the girl's plats. Notwithstanding the drouth and frosts, we found the girls plants in fairly good condition, and they are keening good record books. The canning season will soon be on .niu i would like those interested in ions r J they were preparing them for market while we were there. From ira rod l.oretta Conwav. two nf nnr Cub kills, we hone tn have n fine . I 15 i.i'iit in tt-w, n,.o j 'i service. . . , ... U w .. mv . J IICBCIVCS rtllU jei- for the fall contest. At Mrs. Can ens' we found some more Ciub girls, who h-ve been doing fine work so far w:th the tomato plants. From them we expert a fine exhibit in canned to matoes. We visited other places, 1 --Iking canning club work and house hold conveniences. Tuesday morning was spent, giving iciiiuiiMraunn in canning- tomatoes. at Board of Trade to get fari lormation regarding prices, a these machines JOSEPHINE SIPPPI County Demonstration Aft; Watch For Melon Aphis. The melon aphis is one of tttJTo followers ot the melon crop, I: usually be depended on. In ing on citrus now because the s are not ready. It will soouk to watermelons, cantaloupes, c uers and any other mernwrt melon family that happens to be venient. J. R. Watson, entnniolopist University of Florida Expe: station, suggests that anyoit nas melons near a citrus m do well to spray for the apto; trees. They are especially ! water sprouts and new grori water sprouts may be pruned oe uurned. Ihe valuable new f should be sprayed with tobacit tion. The following formula is mended by Mr. Watson: S whale oil or other caustic soap gallons of water. Soft water rf- two or three pounds of soap. J. water requires mine soap tf to the decree of bal dness. As fourth of a point of Mack-leaf find boil five minutes, i'ilute to S'-jcho: with water. Agricultural mtuA wecu In ss; idoir StI Dailv Thouaht, Times of general Jamity ati fusion have ever !- - . i:rPdl'CtiT,i the createst m'r. - ''in tii I ism ;cL It to I isuc. mui ope T is I Pat No farm home should b: and coolwe a large, roomy, dr The meetinir was at tho Knni u " l ment: of the kind rt Peniel and we set the canner uu, walk. Farmers Attention! To those who are interested in the conning of fruits and vegetable this summer, r.nd intend to bry a canning machine, which, by the way, is an in desnensible part of the work, should make it a point to drop in at the board of rr.de "nd examine the canning mn. nZt tX JrSS, W1' the cou"fy bu-vin to visil he board of ac-nt of the Girls Canning Club wort;, trade rooms where I have a canner on to I ?xhlb,t,": ad f?ct prices on exhibition. We try to find a canner m, . OIore PUrt,h.asing. especially fitted for the 11 RP nf Mnh Btow away a furn.i Ing a comfori.ib' sides, any other 1.:: to eay the least :i which . :.s weHJii erkrcorJ ! is not sit S100 Reward. S100. tk. inere are excellent machines irirls. nt. ln-oct o.;ui " " ibLfT S0S ny wmerorI them r.t a very low price. mg The readers of mis paF'' -, pleased to learn that there one dreaded dlsr:i" that lt been able to cure i-: all It? !":, - that Is Catarrh. Hall's Cata'1' is me only posnin- nnr K . v, ii t f urn tV. 1 beinj? a constitutional dlson. "3 a constitutional 1 "..lit Catarrh Cure is taken In'''"" '. ing directly upon me rt cons surraces or in.- - , destroyinpr the fomniau" " ,pi sease. and srivlnpr the P'JLi,., by biilldlnff up the 'nnstitoJC assisting nature in "omBIii-b ft 1 ne proprietors n.i- j- (W in lis curanve Mieij One Hundred Dollars for nn? ( it fails to cure. Send fnr tlmonlals. AJ.ir y. P. J. CHENKV 4.1-0. i" , lane nan b --patton. Si a nighly recomninnH tlmm Vtoi V JOU v'ould m:ike no mistake in buying one of thece ma chines M Yours in the service L. CAXTRELL, County Agent. a i LJ I 1 M O r- I n. ul f ... Jr 0,3 necievcd THE PALATKA NEWS VOTING -A1 "1 f This Coupon is Good for Ten Votes i Q i uiurary coniesi. voies iw DUI- " 'n name of Church, Lodge, School or omcr Hp you wuh to vola for w,A A : L.n i . Arkiman-3ev Drug Store. The official judge, are R. M. Coleman, C. H-Price and WillNW