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THE PALATKA NEWS, PALATKA, FLA.,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, i9l6
PAGE NO. FOUR.
The Pal atk a News
and Advertiser.
Entered at the Palatka postoffice as
iilable matter of the second class.
Published at Palatka, Florida,
'Tidays by.
RUSSELL, & VICKERS.
$1.(0 Per Year in Advance
Wm. A. RUSSELL. Editor.
South Second St. Phone 195
DON'T "CUSS."
Conspicuous signs in a Falatka pool
room read: "Don't cuss; your mother
might b? passing the door."
No young man addicted to the use
of profane language would care to
have mother hoar him. He doesn't
use such language before mother.
These signs, therefore, ought to do
good by calling attention of young
men to the fact that "cussing" is a
bad, a wicked habit the most sense
less, indefensible and wicked of all
bad habits.
Young men who congregate about
pool rooms are not always careful of
their language. This fact has placed
such rooms in bad odor with a large
class of mothers.
Palatka's new pool room manager
is a business man; he may be a
Christian business man. Anyway he
recognizes the utter uselessness of
profanity; and he knows that in order
to attain the largest measure of suc
cess he must remove mother's chief
objection to his place as a rendesvous
for her boy.
There is nothing wrong per se in a
game of pool; it is a game that af
fords recreation and calls for an ac
curate eye, a steady nerve, skillful
caroming and is a fascinating brain
exercise.
All that can be considered sinful
in, the game concerns its environ
ment; make that wholesome and you
remove the chief objection to its in
dulgence. Young Men's Christian
Associations in all parts of the land
make the game a feature of their
club rooms. The surroundings are
clean.
The News is glad that Mr. Rhoads,
Talatka's new down-town pool room
manager, is striving for clean sur
roundings; that he doing all in his
power to make profanity taboo in his
place. These signs, of which there
are several, will do much toward this.
They will set young men to thinking.
Some time ago we noticed illustra
tions in a Pittsburg paper of a pro
cession of more than 20,000 men
marching through the streets of that
city. It was the annual review of
the Holy Name Society of Pittsburg,
a society the members of which
pledge themselves not to profane the
name of their Saviour.
And then we thought: What are
the churches of Palatka doing to
break up this specific sin of profani
ty? They are against it of course.
They prohibit it and preach against
it and the members refrain from its
use. But have they organized
against it as they should?
The Holy Name Society of Pitts
burg, so the daily secular papers tell
us, is doing a great work in the way
of making profanity UNFASHION
ABLE. It is a Roman Catholic so
ciety, but its objects are not copy
righted.
Mr. Rhoads. you have started a
good work and we wish you success.
Tlio-e signs could be placed with
prof in ether business establishments.
to
price, turned to the writer and said:
"We can't get turkeys at that price
up north where I came from; two
weeks ago when I left home they
were selling dressed turkeys at 50
cents per pound. Eggs have been
selling at 55 cents for a long time.
Yes, our people are prosperous, but
my observation is that the cost of
living there is out of all proportion
to our prosperity."
And there you have it. Of course
the average negro doesn't eat tur
key honestly acquired very often,
even in Florida, but there is a chance
that he may eat it here. There will
be no such chance for him in the
north. Every article that ho buys
to satisfy his hunger is higher there.
There is no question but that the
northland is just now "flowing with
milk and honey," but the negroes
who go there expecting to sit down
in the stream and dip it up will find,
once they are there, that the most
that awaits them is the privilege of
sitting on the banks of the stream
and seeing others do the dipping.
Then too, the negro would be a
"stranger in a strange land." He
would be among a people unfriendly
to him. A people who do not un
derstand him and who are not going
to the trouble of finding him out.
Sometimes a negro in this section
feels that he is employed by a hard
task-master, but the negro who in
dulges this feeling most, if he will
be honest with himself, will acknowl
edge that the fault is his own. Hard
task-masters, even the hardest of
them, loosen up and are not likely
to be unreasonable to faithful work
ers. But the hardest individual has
a soul.
Corporations, however, whether
they be of the north or south, lack
souls.
The south is the natural home of
the negro; here he was raised and
here he is familiar with the white
men. He knows how to take them.
The understanding is mutual.
There are no wailings going up
from the poor negroes of Florida for
the necessities of life food and rai
ment. The wailings are, however,
just now reaching us from the poor
people of the north. So loud are
they that mayors of cities and gov
ernors of states are taking measures
to provide food and clothing. You could
almost hear this wailing as you read
the press dispatches of the past week.
There will be much suffering among
our Florida negroes who have already
been enticed from their homes in
Florida under promise of better
wage. The winter's biting cold will
call for heavy clothing and many will
be unable to get it and the fuel with
which t keep them warm. They
will sicken and die among strangers.
The News wishes it might say the
word that would keep others from
making the sacrifice.
But it doesn't know just what to
say.
There is hope for Gov-elect Catts
yet; he has subscribed for The Gaines
ville Sun.
Last year was not a good year for
Irish potatoes, but nevertheless Coun
ty Enumerator John Wesley Davis,
of St. Johns county is able to show
that the value of the production in
that county that year was more than
a million dollars, leading all other
crops in value.
Charles Evans Hughes has an
nounced that on January first he
will resume the practice of law in
New York city as a member of the
law firm of Rounds, Schurman &
Dwight. In l'.KIti, when Mr. Hughes
was nominated for governor, he was
a member of the same firm, at that
time known as Hughes, Rounds &
mally high prices. It seems that j
millions of eggs purchased in India- j
na last June at 24 1-2 cents a dozen ,
are still being held in storage by
speculators. Besides the boycott
aimed at these speculators by the
mayor's association, John J. Dillon,
state commissioner of foods and mar
kets, with the advice and consent of j
Gov. Whitman, is planning for a tor-:
minal market in New York city by 1
which the consumer may bo brought
in direct contact with the producers ;
of the country. j
i
WHAT LEADING STATE !
EDITORS ARE SAYING. j
JRM
Another Editor-Mayor
Palm Beach Post: So seldom is it
that newspaper man is forced to ac
cept an office at the instigation of
his fellowmen even against his will
that the Post hesitated as to
whether it should extend congratula
tions to Stanley Lichty, of the Mel
bourne Times, upon his being hand
ed the badge of the mayoralty of his
city or wait till he had passed
through the times that try men's
souls and then proffer him the sweet
ened chalice of condolence. Howbeit,
Mr. Lichty, although averse to the
acceptance of the post not the Post
has gracefully withdrawn his pu
nitive expedition to route the enemy,
and has serenely accepted, blushing
ly, the honor thrust upon him. And
the Post is assured that he will make
as good a mayor as he has made a
newspaper man.
Give Your Little Ones
This Delight FREE!
One of the most practical and
fascinating amusement - makers
ever invented one that children,
particularly girls, simply go into
raptures over. And it is FREE.
California to Florida
Miami Metropolis: Significant of
the recognition Florida is getting
from men who know a good thing
when they see it is the purchase this
week of a tract of 3,000 acres in the
vicinity of Haines City by a big fruit
company which hitherto has been sat
isfied with its 27,000 acres in Cali
fornia. Florida is so much nearer
the big Eastern markets and is so
filled with undeveloped opportunities
that it is bound to attract a contin
ually increasing number of big investors.
Printing the Truth
Lakeland Telegram: Libel law or
no libel law, the rule of printing the
truth, and refraining from printing
a lie, is a mighty good one, and few
papers that follow it will get into
trouble. Of course, no conscien
tious newspaper man will print all
the things he knows to be true, for
in his charity he will often shield
foibles and weaknesses from the
glare publicity, and spare the inno
cent the humiliation which might
come to them because of exposure of
the acts of the guilty. "Is it time?
Is it necessary. Is it kind?" These
are the conditions that should deter
mine the publications of any article
involving anyone's character or repu
tation. And no punishment is too
severe for the reckless slanderer who
prostitutes a newspaper to the pur
pose of wilfully blackening any man's
reputation-
Shipping Florida Cattle
Starke Telegraph: Almost every
week trainloads of cattle are shipped
from Florida to the west. The cows
are bought here for the sake of
stocking the ranches, but the ship
ments include also many steers which
are being bought for the purpose of
fattening, to be shipped back south
when fat. Much of the "western
beef" which will be sold her,' next
winter at exorbitant nrices will come
from Florida steers fattened in west.
Why cannot Florida farmers them
selves enjoy the profit accruing from
fattening beef? The westerners can
afford to pay freight on cattle from
this state and back again and still
make a profit. We have the pas
tures, the hay and the grain, as well
as a nearby market; why not make
the production of fat beef a part of
our farming operations?
BUCK'S
(1 JUNIOR RANGE
One-third the size of a regular
range cooks, bakes, boils and
fries, just like any range.
Durably built of high-grade
material. Fairly ablaze with
Buck's Stay-Bright Silver Nickel
trimmings and splendidly finished in rustproof, black enamel, which makes it
practically everlasting. A perfect beauty !
It's worth $7.50, but we have none for sale. While they last we will give
one of these little Ranges FREE with every Buck's Range sold.
You can make no mistake when you buy a Buck's Range. We have them in
several sizes, with or without hot water connections, and at reasonable prices.
Hut a Buck's ltunye and yet this little lianrjc FREE.
J. H .Ifelver ton , Jr.
Palatka, Florida.
Greetings From "Secretary Grace."--
Tampa Times: Among the most
lovable women in Florida is Miss
Grace A. Townsend, head of the pub
licity department of the Christian En
deavor societies of the state, who is
familiarly and lovingly known as
Secretary Grace." The object of
THE EXODUS
OF Till". NEGRO.
Wiicr. ;, : commanded Mose
i i.m,, vii the children of Israel from
tie : I'M it-t of Egvpt. He instructed , oenurman. n win reany oe a oeuer i ner Work is the distribution of sun
, . . ,, ., ,,7', , , i. ' paving place than the practice of pol-! shine and good cheer, and that she is
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a land flowing with milk : lul "as Pwn in xne uugnes case.
! Our
nade good His promise
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fiv,,;,',v( i
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ation agents sent by
into Florida anil other por- j
iio southland to induce Ne-
:Ts to migrate to Pennsyl- ,
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mistng to iiring taem
".! flowing with milk '
lire waires si'v higher j
'oe enabled to secure
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a great success is known to thous
ands who read her contributions to
sister county. Marion, is this i The Times and other papers.
week holding one of the most success- . Ue 1,1 Pt? 'Y
- j nig greetings from Miss Townsend,
ful fairs m its history. Marion wj,0 writes as follows:
ought to hold a big fair; it is one of' "Dear Editor Friend For this
the best all 'round agricultural coun- I Thanksgiving time, November, lillli.
ties in Florida and its citizens are of 1 "In """f bkssins' , !V
, . , : many of which have come in f hr:s-
uic live wire Kimi largely. And: ;., Tr.i,.n, v,.;,.n f ti,;?
idea that women would not make
good legislators or good con
gressmen, or will it be congresswo
men? he has a jar coming to him
if he ventures to look in on one of
these sessions.
The program of ,what is really a
great convention of brainy people,
is timed to the fraction of a minute,
speakers are limited to three minutes
on any one subject and no member
can occupy the floor indefinitely nor
too frequently, which is a violent
contrast to the way in which many
men's conventions are conducted.
Presiding over the convention is a
women, who, if she were a man, we
would say is strictly on the job.
Parliamentary questions are settled
instantly and correctly and the work
of the convention is expedited with
out the loss of time and with a min
imum of friction.
The longer we live the more we
learn, or we ought to learn, and
among the things that man is learn
ing is that he has no monopoly of
executive ability and that there are
no sex lines in parliamentary skill.
If a great convention can be car
ried on successfully without the aid
of men, there is no prop to the as
sertion that women can not also con
duct other public affairs as success
fully with the aid of men.
County Fair for Putnam.
I ;
not.
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live,
innoy.
d? Thev can-
co, in try. o-pecially the mar.u
p ce :"- of the north, is
!. ;: j wh-'lt is perhaps the
irosnorous times within the
f men now livir.sr. There is a
Ic!iv:!ii for laborers and at
-oo i v.vi'c-. although as a mat
ch".- of exultation on
J.oiing men generally
us concerning their
What we have heaid
far has had to
r high cost of
then it has two of the State's great
est editors to do its booming Editors
, Han i.; and Benjamin of the Banner
and the Star, respectively. Wish we
' could have carried out our original : ,,f the reason for our C.
! intention and gone to this fair. j work having brought to its
j perintendent much comfort
turn Endeavor experiences
and past years
"I count among them in the pr
; department the help in space and co
i pies (used in Sunshine clipping),
i that vou nave given, as a
Palatka and Putnam county is in
debted to M. P. Walsh of the Fh rida
Farms and Homes, Inc., for more
really valuable suggestions, we be
lieve, than to any other one man, un
less it be his chief, President Murnhy.
These men represent the new spirit
of progress in Putnam that is to
say. they are never known to rest.
Mr. Walsh's latest suggestion is
for a Putnam County Fair in March
early in March. "That is a time,"
said he, "when the bloom is on the
citrus tree and all nature is tretting
ready to be glad; potato diggers are
digging and are rolling in wealth and
all nature cries with the joy of liv
ing in Florida. Time, too, when the
northern tourists are getting ready
to move up from South Florida and
could stop over and enjoy a real air-
ess riculturrl display."
Now we simply desired this week
to voice this Walsh suggestion. I'ut-
them all. His price was 22 cents
undressed.
Others were in selling from door
to door and some sold as low as 20
cents the pound.
Result; as we write this Wednes
day morning, most every back yard
in Palatka has an improvised dead
house in which a gobler or hen is
waiting for the summons from the
headsman.
Palatkns are to be congratulated
Papers coming to this office from
northern states show that the price
of the national bird varies elsewhere
from 30 to 50 cents a pound.
Teach Your Boy the Value of a
"Bank Account,
START your boy
something to hi:
a salary, ask hii
oil right in the battle of life. Deposit
is credit in the bank. If he is working for
him to place som'ething aside weekly. If ho
is in business, show him the importance of keeping u
goodly balance in bank. There's no telling when an opportunity
may present itself whereby a little ready cash may be the foun
dation of a fortune. We do all kinds of banking.
a Savings 8 Trust Co.
Procrastination is the Thief of Time.
Don't wait ! Start YOUR Savings Account NOW.
tiT of fact i:
the part of
have reach'
prosperity.
from laboring nun so
do with the increasin
living.
We met one working man from the
north yesterday on Lemon street. A
farmer was selling a load of turkeys
sit 2:: cents per pound dressed. The
northern man, when he learned the
Mayor Cornelius F. Burns of'
Troy, X. Y., president of the Confer-
euce of Mayors of Cities of New York '
State, has advised that he is about
to call upon every mayor of every .
city in the state to "issue a procla
mation to the people urging them not j
i use eggs ior two weeKs except appreciate vour goo
. ( .... n .: .. 1.
Ill'gO part i "am county euoio uive. u ran hucn :i
E. uress i would he a revelation to thousands of
small su- I people who in March will be journey
as' the j north. It is the one best time of
weeks have gone bv, slipping awav;the i'ear' 1S -"arcn, lor sucn an ex
from vou and me into the past. Whit; let us have it. Won't the board
"May God help you in scattering j f trade take it up?
sunshine all through coming dav- as i
vou have alreadv done in large nieas- ; Our National Bird
lire. May me ioy 01 service origin
en everv page of vour paper! "Grr.ei
A .Townsend." I
Thanks, "Secretary Grace." We
Seed and Poultry Si.pplits
121 S. 2nd St.
PALATKA, - FLORIDA
1 will, and offc
for the aged, infirm, sick and chil- i to extend you greater aid as a "Chris
dren." And Mr. Hartigan, secretary ' mus K'r-"
of Mayor Mitchell of New York, says
that the motion picture interests
have volunteered to help the boycott
campaign by flashing slides in their
theaters informing the public what to
do from time to time as different
Breaks Down A Superstition
Miami Herald: If any sceptical
man still rctn'ns a lingering doubt
that women are fitted to discharge
public duties, he can obtain much
enlightenment by attending one of
i : ; ai cii..i
foods are put under the ban in order 1 sess.ons o, e ouue
. . , , i Federation of Women s. Clubs now in
to break up the alleged speculation ReSsion in this citv. If he has the
! Thanksgiving turkeys have been
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irnoiuui in i (iii.t; i,,,.-. vi irft, n i
least a dozen farmers have been in j
with loads of them, and the price has
been lower than in several years. I
One man, J. W. Squires of Satsu
ma Heights, who sold some twenty
or more here on orders a few weeks
ago at 2.") cents per pound on "the
hoof," was wise. He delivered his
turkeys on Tuesday.
John A. Hinson of Yelvington
brought in a load of 38 on Monday
night.and at an early hour on Tues
day morning he took up a position in
front of the liixie Grocery on Bern
on street, where bv noon
he
rold
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