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FRIDAY. JULY
MOTS. PALATKA, UXiA.
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GEORGIA HIT HARD
BY STORM OF
SHARKS MENACE BATHERS.
Devastation In Carolinas and DOES GREAT
Virginia
MANY LIVES ARE LOST
Property I'.maj:e Placed at $10,000,
000 V. .-Mci n Ncrth Ca.-c!i;:a anj
PkJiiiOi'.t Settioii liuij Hit Hun
dreds Horr.ulcss.
U. S. Foreign Trade $6,525,000,000
For Fiscal Year.
umtry's forooju trade uiirtne
fiscal vear eliding with lust
th reached n total of S!l,r.J.-.OO0.-cvcediog
by many millions all
rcconts, mi -corning io prenm-
Damage h Slate Reaches
Millions
ALABAMA ALSO SUFFERS
Man-Eating Fish Haunt Coast of New
Jersey.
T.-it.M- Stillwell. 12 years old, was
killed hv a shark while balhin;
arm of Raritun hay. near
X. ,1. Siiinley I'isher,
who went to his aid,
injnn in a stru;
iish that lie died
i T
i the
mo'
! OOll
jivevton
me
s n
Sertoli
South t'
live km
Ureds li
and crops
000. iieen
(lemorali;:
telephone
the hurri
AlliUltie i'1
have fa Hi :,.
stream;- fro
periling i::a
HI
md
North
Viig:n
ilis. remh
d.ir.iag.-d
extent of
Carolina,
a cans-, d
.d hnn-
roiMi'iy
. 1 II. olio. -
inary figures antumneed
ton liy the commerce
Fx ports were valued at
0011 and imports at
if Washing
depart input.
$ t.o 1.1.000,.
S2.1SO.000.000.
I i t , t
d r;ii!w:
oiumiiiii
me that
lirM
miaies
. telegraph
il ion. I-'wiii
slrnek the
, and
and
win;;
-oelii
The figures i
turns for th
the year and
The war mu
pri l ion mat in
the new exi
based on eoniilete re
first eleven months of
istimntos for June.
Pious traile was mo
faeior in establishing
rts reeord.
Reports From Alabama and Missis
sippi Say Tiiat the Property Da"
axe in Those States Will Run into
the A'liiiioijs Mobile Wrecked.
$7,000,000 DRIDGE.
t. nnpre
hiving riv
,i their 1
ly lives.
The French v;
from ils curse nee
ins faetovi. s and is
part of the city,
persons, ('apt. J. C
I.ipe and Mrs. I.ro
drowned when tin
Hooded. Two pets
nt Ashpvillo win!
into the upper si'
Rock hold. Many
their residences ill
.ioiind nuns
s and smaller
ii l;s and ini .
Opened
!h "aril-
serious.
ToNaway. the
atoned, and two
niville are reported
loosening hundreds
river has broken
,sheviile. Ilood-
r,v s in the lower
,t Riltniore throe
I.ipe. Mi-s Nellie
MuH'olland, were
I.ipe house was
otis were drowned
trying to put food
ory of the (Menu
ire niarooiieu in
uig the river and
reseiio parties for fours fought their
way against the rushing cnrr lit in an
effort to reach ihoiii.
Throne-bout western
lina the situation is reported
The big dam at T.ak
noted resort, is tin
dams at Henderson
to have oolia
of tons df water.
The Southern Railway bridge over
the Catawba river at Itelniont. X. '..
has been washed away, carrying
eighteen m il into the river. Whether
tliev were drowned has not 1 n
learned. The S aboard Air Line h''idge
over the Catawba river at Mount
Holly. X. C, has collapsed, as lias
that' over the Catawba on the Salis-liury-Asheville
line.
An earth till at the Lookout Shoals
power dam near Shelby has yielded
and the Fast M"inlo. West Mondo.
I.iladoun and Alspauge cotton mills
are under water.
Iteports from Spartanbur;
tell of heavv eron damagi
rains that have fallen in
lina during the last forty-eight hours,
witli small streams rising rapidly.
Practically all railway traflie in
southwest Virginia and eastern Wes
Virginia was tied up by washouts
slides resulting from
the past week
been enrried away by swollen creek
and rivers, telephone and telegraph
wires are down and heavy prop darn,
Hge has been reported.
Great Structure at Memphis
to Traffic.
The new railroad bridge spanning
the Mississippi at Memphis. Tenn..
was opened by the Itoek Island.
Frisco, Iron Mountain and Cotton Relt
railroads, joint owners.
It is the largest bridge spanning
the Mississippi, and the second bridge
at Memphis. Tt cost .S7.000.000. I",
eluding approaches, the bridge is fi
miles long, and is double-tracked
with a wagon-way on each side.
ORPET ACQUITTED.
. S,
by
South (
C,
the
aro-
Xot Guilty of Murdering Marion Lam
belt.
William TT. Orpet. the university
student charged with murdering Ma
rion Lambert, a high school girl and
his former sweetheart, was found not
guilty at Waukegan, 111., by a jury in
Judge 1'onnelly's court, after five
hours' deliberation.
The ease lias been olip of the most
sensational in years.
Child Plague Fatal.
John Cordon Allen, the IS-motiths-old
son of Mrs. Thomas Allen, of
f! Irani. Ala., is dead, following a ease
of infantile paralysis. If was sus
pected by Tr. J. T. Derby, the at
tending physician, that the infant
was suffering with that illness, ami
TV. W. Tt. l'i-ather. health otlicer of
Russell county, pronounced it a true
casp.
Not in many years has the state
of Georgia and sections of the south-j
eastern states been so soaked by tor
rential rainstorms, particularly Geor
gia from Home to the Florida line.
The almost unceasing rain has done
more than a. million dollars damage
to growing crops, and the reports are
only just beginning to come in.
10 very river is booming, and has
been at the danger mark. Rridg s
that have stood the freshets of lifiy
ypars were in jeopardy. Train service
in South Georgia is paralyzed by
washouts. Telegraphic and telephonic
coin until lent ion demoralized.
From Koine all the way to Albany.
Camilla and Rlakely in the extreme
southwestern corner of the state and
over to Wayeross. pomes word of cot
ton and corn lipids damaged 50 per
cent, if not totally ruined by the rain.
lIurricaiKs added to the damage in
South Georgia, and hero and there a
death is reported.
It will require a week to figure up
witli reasonable accuracy the dam
age the state has suffered.
Alabama's property loss will run
into the millions. The entire tru'h
has not yet been learned as to the
extent of the wreckage in the wa!;"
of the hurricane that came out or
the gulf. Mobile is silent as to t'o.
damage it lias suffered and the most
alarming rumors have reached the out
side world.
Refugees to New Orleans report
that the Mobile waterfront lias 1 a
devastated and that the property dam
age will run to hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
I'eiisaeola lias suffered heavy dam
age, according to radiograms tie:!
have been received from that isjikit' d
fit y.
The damage 'done in Mississippi
and Alabama is estimated in New
leans at more than $1,000,000. wilh
seven or more on the death list.
hi nu
Matawau,
21 years old,
was so badly
gle with the huge
while being taken
to a Long I'.raneh hospital. Joscpn
Dunn, 11' years old. bathing some dis
tance away in t he same 'inlet, was at
tacked liv a shark and one of ins
legs wa so lacerated it probably will
have to lie amputated.
This is the third time within n
wed.- that sharks have claimed
lives of bathers along the New Jer
sey coast.
A war on the man-eating Iish lias
begun in an effort to rid the Jersey
coast of their presence.
few
the
FLOOD LOSS.
in Southwest
Damage of $1,000,000
Gecrid.-!.
Patislied that the worst of the flood
conditions prevailing in that section
has passed, southwestern Georgia lie
pan to take count of its losses in dam
aged crops and buildings, drowned
live stock and wrecked roads and
bridges. It is believed that the total
loss in that section has been approxi
mately $1,000,000.
Decatur county, with three large
streams (lowing through its fertile
lands, seems to have suffered heaviest,
the tobacco farmers there bearing the
greatest burden of loss. Cotton plant
ers along Flint and Chattahoochee
rivers and Spring Creek also have
suffc red to a gri .it extent.
On the live stock ranges along the
river bottoms a large number of line
animals were drowned.
PHO
Tit ADD MARK ItKtilSTKKKll
IT If FI "EST"?
FOR
HAY---HAY-
"Referring to the action of the Phoslime which I applied
on kind sowed in grass two years ago, will say that the second
year's yield was excellent. The effects are easily notit ( f 1 e t
think well of it and helieve it to be equal to any Mineral pics
phate I have yet used."
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
Prices F. O. D. Phoslime, Fla., in Bags
CAR LOAD LESS THAN CARLOAD
$9.00 Per Ton $10.00 Per Ton
WK1TK ( UK HOOK I I T
FLORIDA SOFT PHOSPHITE & LI CO,
BOX 462 OCALA. FLORIDA
MANN-HODGE SEED CO., Agents, Palatkllu
Florida Leads In
Highway Building
DUEL TO DEATH
State's Progress Regarded as
Remarkable
an
heavy rains o-
Manv bridges liav
General Dam Bill Passes.
The general dam bill, regulating
rights and powers and rates for wa
terpower in federal navigable streams,
was passed by the house. 51 to 17.
It differs somewhat from the bill
which passed the senate.
Real Home of the hosemary.
The home of the rosemary was orig
inally in the south of Europe, more
especially Italy, where it grows to
the height of six or eight feet, either
being trained upward from the ground
or embedding its roots in an old wall.
It grows in three varieties gold, sil
ver and green.
One Way of Avoiding Girms.
There is nothing better adapted for
catching germs than gelatin and for
this reason dishes containing it should
never be allowed to t,tand about uncovered
The Right
When men v'i
amusement gro.M,
as the color petah
flower Rubl.in
Occupation.
ghtly occupied their
out of their work,
i cut of the fruitful
OSu A
twiS3 jr-V"-
i "fir iwtr t"
For seven years the Florida
Citrus Exchange has been on
the firing line for the protection
of the citrus growers of the
State. No movement for their
good has failed to have its
support; most of these have
originated in its ranks.
The Exchange has been a
. vital factor in the general prog
ress and upbuilding of Florida,
directly and indirectly. The
future of Florida depends large
ly upon the prosperity of her
citrus industry. The Exchange
ofrers a sane and tried solution
of its marketing problems. You
can help by joining now.
TOY CAUSED TRAGEDY.
a Little
Rov Killed Plavmate About
Red Wagon.
In a row over a little red wagon,
toy lire engine and tiny American
flag, at Memphis, Tenn.. Harry Hum
phreys. 7. shot and killed Gino I're
tini. 7. The boy is ill the custody
of the juvenile court with a charge
of murder against him.
Harry went next door, where the
rretini inn' lived, and took the toys
off the front porch, lie kept them
a while, find the little rretini boy
went after them. The quarrel ended
when Uie Humphreys boy ran into
the house, secured a shotgun a:id
killed his playmate.
LARGE BOND ISSUES
Within Less Than a Year Eight Mil
lion Dollars Have Been Voted in
Bonds and Four Millions Are Yet
to Be Voted On.
Wilson Notification.
President Wilson probably will be
formally notified of his nomination
by the St. Louis convention at Shadow
Lawn, his summer home in New Jer
sey, during; the first week in August.
This was tentatively decided on the
understanding that former Justice
Hughes would be notitied July 31 of
his nomination by the Republican
party.
$10,000 Check Sent Captain.
A cheek for SIO.OOO was sent to
Capt. I'aul J-Coenig. captain of the
German submarine Deutschland, by
August Ileckscher, a New York cap
italist, in recognition of the subma
rine's feat. The sum will lie distrib
uted among the ollicers and the men.
Mr. Ileckscher sent the check through
Charles von Ilelniolt. manager of thr
North German Lloyd Steamship company.
Dead Negro Troopers Honored.
The biidies of six negro trooper?
killed at Carrixal were buried in Ar
lington cemetery with full military
honors. None had been ideiitilied.
The body of Capt. C. T. Itoyd. who
died at the head of his command in
the Carrizal light, was buried there
also.
Big Meteor Falls on Farm.
A meteor, the uuburied part of
which is as large as a (ive-room house,
fell on a farm twenty miles west ol
Hot Springs. Ark. Tanners wen
afraid to approach it because of gasps
and smoke which were arising.
According to a recent statement by
Secretary Gilbreath. of the Dixie
Highway association, that of the eight
states through which the highway
leads, Florida is foremost in road con
struction. Within less than a year
eight million dollars have been voted
in bonds and four millions are to be
voted on within ninety days.
Florida's progress in road building
Yi ntti-Motcil the attention of the na
tion, with the result that next winter,
according to Mr. Gilbreath. automo
bile tourist tratiic into this state will
show a great increase. The individual
counties have exhibited n spirit of pro
gressiveness which, to the citizens of
some of the more backward states
along this line, is little short of mar
velous. Rending, however. Mr. Gil
breath states, lias been worked down
to a tine point and property owners
realize that it is the cheapest method
of building mads.
' Florida leads the country in road
construction," Mr. Gilbreath recently
said. "The eyes of the entire I'niteil
States are turned on this state and
the highway improvements here have
claimed the attention of people in
every section of the country. l is
only a matter of a short time until
Florida will lie criss-crossed by a sys
tem of roads and highways which
cannot be equalled anywhere. Flor
ida's progress along this line during
the last twelve months has been amaz
ing, though pleasing to tie; Dixie
Highway commission, which is tirst.
last and always 'for' belter roads of
whatever kind."
Negro and Big Rattbsitake in Fierce!
Encounter.
Negro turpentine worker luaij
search near Riiinbridge. Ga., fur ,p.
nas Nicholson, a cgm win, lunl betaj
missing since quit ling wurk in i
swampy strip of woods near the Flor-j
Ida line noted for lining h.fi-sted wide
rattlesnakes. About lia'f wayutitij
the swamp, at the foot of.a pino trJ
they found his body. A Inige ntttloJ
snake, with niinteeii v,'.'- m jj
button, had bitten him j't-t nbovp tins
left hip in the soft pan of tin- siH
Clutched about the t!n:ii t the !!!
tile were both hand- C the negro i:i
the vice-like grip of death. KxanH
illation revealed that h"!li were dead,
READY FOR COTTON
Arm)- Captain Kills Self.
Capt. Christian R. Rriaiul. of tlif
Twelfth cavalry, committed suicide at
Haehita, N. M.. shooting himself ii;
tile head. The report of the incident
to di partm ntal headquarters indi
cates that the ollieer was mentally deranged.
Gin at Gainesville to Re Open For
Business August 1.
A dispatch from Gainesville. Fla.,
says: The new ginning plant of the
Futch Cotton company is rapidly Hear
ing completion and will be ready for
business by the latter part of this
month. The new gins and motors
have been received and are being in
stalled. A largely increased acreage in that
vicinity indicates the largest crop at
cotton that lias ever been produced
in this county.
Dally Thought.
Times of general calamity an CM-1
fusion have ever Ir :. : :-oductiv et
the greatest mine1 1 - ' ..n
Think Satan Go d Workman,
Retween Ei.tdaiid and Scotlani-
stand the ruins of the old Roman nail,
known as the Devil's Wall, owing to
the belief of the pea.-;;:.::y that, on ac
count of the firiiin. .- - . ;' the mortar
and the Iniperisitabi'ity 'f the stones,
Satan had a hand ia ctuurctt
(i.
l.oerR Paii.kt.
President
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PALATKA, FLORIDA
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FLORIDA SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Windy Citv Has 2,550.000.
Chicago tiow has a population ot
2.r."0.0(to, .eeoi-iling- to figures sub. I
mil ted by V.'. L. Rodine. superintend-!
ent of compulsory education. Tin
figures arc an increase of 112,474 ovei
1014.
Billy Van. Famous Minstrel, Dead.
William Van. a minstrel, familiarly
known on the stage as Hilly Van. dice
at New York. He was taken to a bos
pital from his home stricken will
apoplexy. Mr. Van was born in Cin
cinnati fifty-two years ago.
Russian German Prisoners.
The approximate total of prisoner?
taken by the Russians during Con
oral Rrusilod's operations up to July
10 amounts to .1,020 officers and 20t'v
000 men, the war oftiee announcer
at retrograd. Guns to the nunibei
of 312 and SfiO machine guns have
been captured.
Desperate Fighting In Galicia.
The capture of more than 2,000
prisoners by the Russians in desperntt
fighting west of the Lower Stripa ir.
Galicia is announced by the war of
fice in a retrograd official statement
Two State Conventions to Be Held in
November.
Preparations are being made by the
members of the Florida Sunday School
association for two state conventions,
which will lie held at Lakeland No
vember 2.'! to 2i!. and at IieFitniak
Springs earlier during the month.
According to Cell. Sec. R. ( Woid
ler. of the association, a large attend
ance is expected at both meetings, and
lneuli work for the good of the Sunday
school workers will be accomplished.
Made From Sunflower Seed.
Seeds of Bun (lowers are found to
make excellent food for live stock; its
oil la equal to the best Unseed oil,
and Its ttalks are as good as coal for
producing heat. And yet only a few
years ago Kansas regarded the sun
flower as a pest for all purposes x
cept as an emblem.
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