The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-07
st Augustine Notes.
Special Correspondent DAILY NEWS.
PAr,ATKA. March 7. ]

Special Correspondent DAILY NEWS.
PALATKA, March I, 1885,
The promenade concert at Fort Marion
on Monday night last, held for the bene-
fit of and by the Women's Christian
Temperance Union and Lodge of Good |
Templar, was attended by nearly three
hundred persons. The Third Artill-
cry Band enlivened the scene very much. |
The proceeds were a very nice sum for
each organization. The cake from the |
Hotel San Marco was presented to Miss
Lizzie Allen, the efficient first assistant
in the city public schools, beingpurchas-
ed at auction by Mr.. Percy Donaldson an
elegant English gentleman. General
George T. Croft, nephew of Dir. Isaac
S. Croft, both of Boston, were present at
the concert on Monday evening.
The elegant hotels of our seaside city
are reasonable full, and as winter re-
sort we now find that another mommoth
hotel should be erected the coming sum-
mer.
Since the railroad direct from ST. Au-
gustine to Jacksonville has opened the
Ancient city, the latter has gone ahead
steadily, and now we all want to see a
railroad direct from St. Adjusting to Pa
latka Soon may it come say we all.
The Chronicle, weekly newspaper,
by Mr. G. FL. Hamilton, has been started
in the Ancient city. Mr.. Hamilton comes
well recommended and has done an i'm
mense amount of work in getting out
this new Chronicle. understand that
the Chronicle has an advertisement from
nearly every business man in the city,
and none as yet from any outsider.
The new law of leaving the state taxes
of one mill in each county, gives st.
Johns county some two hundred and sew
enty dollars more by such change. Pre-
viously she levied and collected one thou
sand dollars as the state one mill tax and
received from the state treasurer to re-
| distribute about seven hundred and thir-
ty; such changes are only begun. The
/ buNdl COuHbN 1EdCIlGi NIChlO1lC i1flo
oceasioned much comment upon the
school question. The comments have
been good, and as an educator, / am
glad to see the old men and young men
too taking hold of this greatest Of all
public topics, and handling it so ably and
generally. l have been urged to say
more, but think while any citizen and
voter has the political right to agitate
public questions, do think young man
like myself should step ahead in the dis
cussion when such older and ADLER men
as Maj A J. Russell, Dr. Babcock, Sen
ator A. S. Mann, Judge Tucker. Mr..
Bishop and host of others who know
so much more of its interesting and drea-
ry features, are ready and willing to adj
wise our determined fogies of all colors
and ages of citizenship. belong in the
ranks of active teachers, and the discus
sion will go on and and I am sure the
wisdom of Florida will prevail The
editorial in THE News entitled ''The
township of the Future" voices the opin.
ions of host of active teachers who
should appreciate the work done by the
press in the public agitation of so i'm
portant a question. Every leading mar
with whom 1 have talked or writer
wants something done, and that thor
oughly and quickly, but some of then
are divided as to the means to the one
common end. Now my humble voice is
let, all speak out in the press in its dis
cussion ere the convent ton delegates ar,
chosen, then let the discussion be con
, tinued and concluded by votes upon gen
eral lines or plans of ''for township plan
or ''counnty plan, then adopt details 70
such plans. Old men speak out The
young can courteously whisper in tn,
ears of wisdom, their hopes, ara justic,
, viii guide the public reply.
am Respectfully,