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Eugene Masters of St Augustine Augustineadvertises Anrustlnond Augustlnoadvertises
advertises nd gophers for sale 25c 2 c to tC 40c 40ceach 40ceaoh 40eeach
each eachMrs eaohMrs eachHits
Mrs L Afemith A lnlth of Palatka was wasa
a guest of Miss May Crosbys Tues Tuesday TnesIty Tuesday ¬
day Ity night returning Wednesday Wednesdaymorning Wednesdaymorning Vednesdnylnorning
morning morningMr
Mr and Mrs B F Dotney left leftMonday leftonday leftMonday
Monday for f r tlteir Chicopee Vh Icopee Mass Masshotnoand 1lnsshoti1eand Masshomoand
hotnoand on Tuesday Mr and Mrs MrsH AIrsH MrsH
H B Bailey lofbus lef us for there Lowell Lowellhomo Lowellhomo Lowellhome
homo homoMr homolIr homeMr
Mr and Mrs G S Gowen of ofCrescnntT ofCrescont ofCreseeii
CrescnntT City spent Sunday with withMrs withMrs
4 Mrs B Crosby S returning ontheir ontheirlaunch on their theirlaunch theirlaunch
launch the Louise on Monday morning morn morning lnornJng ¬
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Notice NoticeThe Noticeho NoticeThe
The ho annual mooting l of the San SanMat Sftn11nt10 SanAiattOo
Mat 11nt10 0o Christian Union will bo held heldMonday heldMonday holdMonday
Monday May 10 016 a in at cem cemetary cementry celDetnry
entry All those who are Interested Interestedin
in the improvement of the cemetery cemeterygrounds cemeterygrounds cemeterygrounds
grounds are requested to attend join jointhe jointhe jointhe
the Union and help to beautify the thecemetery thocelDetory thecemetery
cemetery J A AY CROSBY CROSIJYSecretary CROSJJYSeCletary CROSBYSecretary
Secretary SecretaryNOTICE SeCletaryJ SecretaryNOTICE
J NOTICE N TI OF APPLICATION FOR FOBTAX FORt FORTAX
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Notice is hereby given that J R UHalsey RHalsey RHalsey
f Halsey purchaser of Tax Certificate CertificateNo
No 777 dated 1st day of July Jul A AD AD AD
D lam has filed said certificate certificatein celtl eate eatein
in In my ottlco oUlcet and has made applica application appllcatlon application ¬
tion for tax deed to issue in accord accordance acoordanee accordance ¬
ance with law Said certificate em embraces eUlbraces cmbraces ¬
braces the following described property prop property lroperty ¬
erty situated In Putnam County
Florida towit towltof towitElN
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28 Township J 11 0 Range Ran go 26 EG E EC Ey
y C acres acresThe acresTho aoresThe
The said land being assessed atthe att at atthe
t the date of issuance of such certif certificate cor oortifiaate tlt tltlcat ¬
icate In tho name of John Hnftiott HnftiottUnless HarnettUn HatuottUnless
Unless Un loss said certificate shall bo re redeemed redeelned redoomed ¬
deemed according to law tax deed deedwill deedwHl deedwill
will issue thereon on tho 16th day of ofMay otMlJy ofMay
May A D 1009 1009Witness looWltnoss 1909Witnoss
Witness my official signature and andseal and80al
seal this th tho Oth daof day of f April A AD1U09 AD Ar
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Grand G and Jury Presentments PresentmentsWo
Wo tho Grand Jury respectfully respectfullysubmit rcsppctrnllysubmit respectfuUysubmit
submit to his Honor Judge J T TWills I IVilIs 1Wills
Wills the following Presentment PresentmentWe i iVe
We rccomend that three books bool fJ of ofrecord orrecord ofrecord
record in tho Clerks ofllce be re rebound rcbound rebound ¬
bound boundAs
As complaints of irregularities in inthe intho Inthe
the Administration of affairs in some someof SOlnoof seineof
of our County oillces have been made madeto
to this body we have consumed consumedsome conSumedsomethno
some somethno time in making diligent inluiry In Inquiry
into those complaints and andmuch antimuch
much to our gratification and we webelieve webelieve
believe to the gratification grntfnc lon of many manyoL
oL the tax payers pa ers throughout the thecounty thecount thecounty
county count beg to roport no tangible tangibleevidence tnnglbleevidence tangibleevldeuee
evidence of any official irregularity irregularityIt
It is howevctt aJhe ho honest opinion of ofthis ofthis ofthis
this Jury thaWtor th thatultr tWltr Board of County CountyCommissioners CountyC0l111nlstloners CountyCommissioners
Commissioners have paid out Coun County County County ¬
ty funds especially in the matter mn tter of ofPublic ofPublio ofPublic
Public Roads and general index indexwork indexwork Indexwork
work hastily and we think without withoutsufficient withoutsu withoutsufficient
sufficient su lclN1t examination as to whether whetherthe whethothe
the amounts aU10UI 8 should have been paid paidAs paidAs paidAs
As to index work referred to we find findthat findthat findthat
that for the year l 1903 there were wet o
140000 paid for indexing the Gen General Ionoral ¬
eral Records as against 129005 129005paid 12 129665paid O65 O65paid
paid for the same service the m pro proceding proceding proceding
ceding nine years ears We beliovo this tillsindex thisindex thisIndex
index work work for which the the1400JI6 the1406x6
140000 was paid could have boon boondone bnfjndone bmindone
done for a far less sum We believe believethis beHevethis believethis
this index work is special work for forthe torthe forthe
the convenience of the public and andcould andcould andcould
could and should have boon paid p ld for forat forat forat
at an agreed rate l te by our Board of ofCounty ofOounty ofCounty
County Commissioners CommissionersAs
As to public road work we respect respectfully respeotfully respectfully ¬
fully request our board of County CountyCommissioners Oount OountComlulssoners CountyCommissioners
Commissioners to appoint a general generalroad gonelnlroad generalroad
road Superintendent as they have havefull hnvofullnutholity havefull
full fullnutholity authority to do in Soc 852 Page Pugan7
417 of tho Revised Statutes It is our ourconviction ourconvlotlon ourconviction
conviction with many other tax pay payers payora payors ¬
ers that this plan would be less les ox oxpensive oxpenslvo expensive
pensive than the present one by bywhich bywhich bywhich
which each commissioner examines examinesthe
the roads in his own district at 400 400per 400pcr 400per
per day dayWe dayVe dayWe
We urge tho Board of County CountyCommissioners CountyUomnllssloners Countytolnmissionors
Commissioners who have the spend spending spendInR spending ¬
ing of public funds fundslto to the amount of
6000 or more for any anyone one job to toadvertise toudvertiHo toadvertise
advertise for bids and award same sameto
to lowest competent bidder bidderWe bidderVe bidderWe
We ask our Board of County Commissioners Com Commissioners Comtulssloners ¬
missioners in tho appointment of ofBond otDond ofBond
Bond Trustees who shall havo full fullcontrol lullcontrol fullcontrol
control of all the moneys tho people peoplehave peoplehave peoplehave
have voted to Bond the County for forto lorto forto
to appoint representative men from fromdifferent fromdifferent ronl ronldifferent
different parts of the County we woask weask weask
ask our Board of County Coimnls CoimnlssisnerH Comtnisalsners Commissisners
sisnerH to use ovory moans within withintheir withintholl withintheir
their power to collect the different differentamounts dlfforentltuount
subscribed by prominent prominentmen 1 > ro01lnentmen
men of Palatka for tho tI maintenance maintenanceof
of a public Ferry F rry across nCrOS8 thou tho < St StJohuB StJQlllU StJollu
JohuB JliveraJ III Hivor VQr ut i Palatka Vq t A as upon nl the theI
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basis of those subscriptions time thoBoard UIOoard timeBoard
Board oard of County Commissioners ob obligated oblIgnted obligated ¬
ligated our County for the balance of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the expenses of said Ferry ForryWo F01ryVo FerryWe
Wo strongly urge on all of our trial trialJustices trialJusticcR trialJustices
Justices throughout the County that thatthey thnJthey thatthey
they always require as tho law lawallows In Innllows lawallows
allows them to do Irresponsible persons per persons pcrsons ¬
sons who bring petty cases before beforetheir boforetheir beforetheir
their Courts a cash deposit of the thefull thofull thefull
full amount of costs in such cases casesand eRSOSand casesand
and in all such cases where it can be beclono bedo bediode
diode do no consistent with justice and law lawto lnwto lawto
to terminate such cases in their theirCourts tholrCourts theirCourts
Courts Many cases have been beenbrought beonbrought boonbrought
brought before this body whore there therewas thorewus therewas
was no evidence to justify its being beingdone beingdone beingdone
done doneWe doneVo doneWe
We Vo respectfully rOE ask our County CountyCommissioners CountyCOlnmlssloncls CountyCommissioners
Commissioners to comply with Sec Srction Section SQ SQtlon ¬
tion 772 Pago 890 G Revised Statutes Statutesby
by furnishing a statement of all allCounty allCounty nilCounty
County money disbursed the proced preceding procedIng procedlug ¬
ing year to tho Foreman of tho theGrund Grand OrandJury GrandJury
Jury JuryWhile J JuryVhflo UJy
While wo commend the zeal of our ourofficers ourolllcers
officers throughout the county in en onforcing enCOIclng enforcing
forcing our present Prohibition Proh ibltlon Law Lawwebelieve LnwWQ Lawwboliovo
webelieve WQ bellevo that the negroes are not nottho nottho nottime
tho only violators of that Law and andwe nudW andwe
we W urge them to renew effort in ap apprehending uprehonding ¬
prehending 1 > the white as well as the theblack thebluoe theblack
black offender offenderMany orfendol1fnny offenderMany
Many complaints have come como to tothis tothis tothis
this body as to tho purchase of the thoplace theplnce theplace
place known as Mallets Island to be beused bauSNI beused
used as a Poor Farm for Putnam PutnamCounty PutnllluCounty PutnamCounty
County i we know the reputation of ofthe oCthe ofthe
the place for health honl th has always I wa s boon boonbad boonbad boonbad
bad and and wo believe every pauper pauperwho paupelwho pauperwho
who voluntarily goes boos oos to any poor poorfarm poorfurln poorfarm
farm needs at times medical atten attention attention attention ¬
tion as much In uch if not more than the theactual thoactual theactual
actual necessities of lifo wo know knowthat lenowthat knowthat
that place to bo b remote from fro In any ros resident rosIdent rosIdent ¬
ident physician and on that ac account I1Ccount account ¬
count medical attention will be dif difficult dlffioult diffleult ¬
ficult and expensive We believe believeMallets believe1lal1ets believeMallets
Mallets Island from any and every everyview evelyview ovoryview
view point to bo the most unfit un u n fi t plao plaothat pluothut plaethat
that could have boon selected in inPutnam IllPutnnll1 InIutnanm
Putnam County for f2 a Poor harmand Farm Farmand Farmand
and we but voice tho sentiments of ofmany ofmany ofmany
many tax payers when wo beg tho thoBoard thononrd theBoard
Board of County Commissioners to tosell tosoil tosoil
soil that place as soon as the pur purchase purehusa purchase ¬
chase money with expenses can be beobtained beobtnlned beobtained
obtained and buy a Poor 1 > 001 Farm In InHomo IIIttOll1e InIrouie
Homo healthy locality and not too toofur toofar toofar
far from medical attention whore whoreour
our unfortunate poor may bo cared caredfor cnredtor caredfor
for in a civilized an Christian Christianmanner Ohrlstlnnmanner Christianmanner
manner mannerWe mannerWe mannerWe
We respectfully rOBpe < ttully request our Coun County ¬
ty Commissioners in the future to torequire torequlro torequire
require all bonded officers of this thisCounty thisOOUllty thisCounty
County to make bond In some well wellknown wolllenown voltknown
known Guaranty Company CompanyWo
Wo V 0 desire to express our sincere sincereappreciation alnceronpproolutlon sincereappreciation
appreciation of the fearless and im impartial hnpnr finpartial ¬
pnr partial lal manner in which His Honor HonorJu UonorJu HonorJudo
Judo Ju < teo o J1 J T J Wills hasovor has VQr dispensed dispensedt HfJP nfJQd nfJQdI
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Justice also our appreciation of tho thozeal thozon1 thezeal
zeal and devotion to duty hi t displayed displayedby d 18pIa ed edb
by b our States Attorney Attor1H and and l wo wothank wethank 0 0thunk
thank both for courteous treatment treatmentto
to this body bod i Further we desire to togo tpgoo togo
go on record record as expressing our ap approval approval 1 1proval > ¬
proval and appreciation of the effort effortof
of most of our County Officers In tho thofaithful thofuithful thefaithful
faithful discharge of their duties dutiesWo dutlosVo dutiesWe
Wo ask our County Commissioners Commissionersto
to have tho Tax Certificates CelU cntes now on onhand onhand onhau1
hand in tho Clerks Ofllco listed and alulschedule1 andscheduled uncischeduled
scheduled in such manner as to tobring tobllng tobring
bring tho property represented by bythorn bythem bythorn
thorn to the notice of prospective prospectivepurchasers prospoctivopunhnROIS prospoctlvopurchiu
purchasers purchiu ers at wo believe such will willbe willbo willbe
be of great value to out County CountyALHXANDIIR CountyAI
ALHXANDIIR AI lIXANDlIn D Cunuv CunuvForeman CUUUYr01Olnnu v vForomau
Foreman ForemanSpring ForomauSpring r01OlnnuSpring
Spring Term olm April 121909 121909Notice 12 lOQU lOQUNotice 1909Notice
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Notice to Stockholders StockholdersThe
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The Annual Meeting i of tho San SanMa Sanrruteo SanMateo
Ma Mateo too Fruit Co will ill bo held at tho thooffice thooffioe theomco
office of tho Secretary San Mateo MateoFlorida 1lnteorlorala MateoFlorida
Florida Tuesday May In 4 1909 at
10 oclock a ui mY
J A CKOSIIY CKOSIIYSecretary CUOaHYSecretarv CitosnrSecretary
Secretary and timid Troas TroasNOTICE 11rousNOTIOE TroiisNOTICE
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY Y TO O TUB TUBLEGI8LATUIIE TIll1LEGISLATUILE 11113J
LEGI8LATUIIE J OF TIn STATE OK FLOKr FLOKrIDA lIlIORI1lA FLO1kIIA
IDA POH THE VALIDATION OF KKGENO1 KKGENO1ELECTION JtKOJt REOENWELECTION Nrr NrrEIEOTION
ELECTION HELD nKI D IN PUTNAM COUNTY COUNTYAUTHORIZING OOUNT17AUfnOIUZING COUNTYAUTHORIZING
AUTHORIZING AN ISSUE OF 1100000 OF OFliONDS OJllONDS OFIIONIS <
liONDS liONDSTo
To AH Whom It May Ma Concorn ConcernTAKE ConcornTAKE ConcornTAIE
TAKE TAIE NOTICE THAT SIXTY 50 DAYSRftur DAYS DAYSafter DAYSdtur
after tho publluulon hcruofwe horeof we thu undorsigned undor undorslgnod umlarslgnod
slgnod citizens and County Commfcriionorri Cumin h honors of ofPutnam orlJutnnm ofPutnnm
Putnam County Stato of Florida intend to op opply apfly
ply 1 to It tho Legislature I gsI turo o ot thoBtalcof or Florida at atUM attN
UM tN next HOKslon A D 111X9 1000 for thooimctnient of orlaw a alaw alaw
law legalizing and validating tho election had hadand hadlI1d liedand
and held In1gutttant in Putnam Putu 1gutttant II1 County Florida 141011 < 18 on Jtrd Jtrdday rtJ rtJdny rdday
day of November A D 1008 to dotormino dotorminowhether doturmlnuwhethor doturminawhether
whether or not tho bonds proposed In a nwolu roRoluthnof nwolutl
tl tit thnof nof or tho Hoard of County CommltMlononi of ofIutnam otPutnRtn ofPutnam
Putnam County h Florida an follows towlt towltTho towltTho w
Tho Hum of one Hundred Thouaand dollars for torhard forHard or orHard
Hard Surfaced Highwaya H tho Hum of Fortyflvo FortyflvoThotiflaml YortI1oolhoI1RBnd FortylivoThousand
Thousand dollars for or a bridge over and aorosn aorosntho aor acrORHtho lilf lilftho
tho St donna Hlver at Palatka Pal tkn Florida and tho thosum thosum thescan
sum of Ten TonTltousiuid on Thousand dollars for torn a Brldftu nrld over ovorand 001Blld overand
and acrofe Dunne Creek a small bridge brldgeIIoro68 brldgeIIoro68JSnnn bridgcsoroRsBanana noroga norogaItanana
Banana JSnnn Mill Millin in Coinmlaiionero Cotnnls loncrd DlHtrlet t No No6 No6And 6 6and Gand
and other bridges that th may bo nocwwary noes ary and andtho Rndtho andtltemunt1hirtyavoThousand
tho tltemunt1hirtyavoThousand Bum Tuirtyflvo lblrLy Thousand dollant iollaNforerqot iollaNforerqothtg for or ergot ergotIng r lot lotJnl
Ing a County Court House O nt Palntka lBI tkn Florida Floridashould YlorJdnahould Florldnmhould
should bn issued and also to validate Hold boiul boiullefluo bond bOlldteRuO bonditsuo
lefluo and each and ever every part thereof and to ap approve apJroo apProvo ¬
prove and validate each t and ovory bond that thatmay fhAtmny thatmay
may bo Isnuod under and by authority of o said Bnldelection KultlolccUoll saidelection
election and to euro all 11 defects and Irregular Irregularities ¬
ities that may exlit In wild eleet olnottoll Ion tho calling
holding and canvassing cnu ssh1K of fuld election and ful fully ul ully utly ¬
ly empower and authorise tho isuo Js uo execution executionand
and Bale of said bones
L I O STEPHENS STEPHENSOhnlrman STEPIIENBOhalrman STEPIIENSChairman
Chairman Hoard County Comml Comll1lK11lonOrH Comll1lK11lonOrHIu Loners flloiernPutnam Lonerslutnam
Putnam Iu I l1am County Oou n Florida FloridaU IorldnIS
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Members Hoard of Count Oountjr Cornmis Conunlwjionoru ConunlwjionoruPutnam Cornmlf4Bfonorlflutnoll1 ionerd ionerdIutnnut
Putnam County Count Florida FloridaPalatka Florida FloridaPalatka Ylorfdnlalatk
Palatka Florida this 4th day dB of March 3nrohfl A D
1000 martiOOda maretiodaPlanks martiOOdaPlanks lIIuul1OdaIJanks
Planks Chill Tonic for Ma Malaria Malaria tIuInrla ¬
laria Chills Fever Colds and lordLaGrippo andLaGrippo nudIJlOrlppo
LaGrippo Guaranteed to euro euroor uuroor cureor
or money refunded Sold by
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