The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-15
PENSACOLA POINTERS.
The President of the County School
Board Pleasantly Remembered


The President of the County School
Board Pleasantly Remembered.
PENSACOLA, FLA, May 14.-Several
days since it was learned that President
George S. Hallmark. of the county scnool
board. would necessarily be absent during
the closing exercises of the school this week.
The teachers of school No. held meeting
at which a programme for a farewell TO
Presi dent Hallmark was arranged. The
matter was kept a profound secret, ana
President Hallmark was invited TO join
the teachers at lunch Friday
noon. After lunch President Hallmark
was usheredlin the platform OF the school
hall, where sat the graduating class Oh 70
and in front of the pupils of the entire
school with their teachers. The programme
was in tbe hands of Miss Zoe LeBaron, who
first announced a piano duet by Misses
billiard and Hutchinson. The next in
order was the dedication of a splendid pict-
ure of Hon. A. j. Russell, state super
inteudent of education, which had been
presented to the school. Miss Mlralda
Risbop stepped forward and made a neat
little dedication speech, in which she ssid a
great many good things about the popular
state superintendent. The picture was then
suspended amid enthusiastic cheering. Other
pupils then stepped forward in turn and
welcomed President Hallmark to the exer-
cises of the day, and wished him pleasant
voyage and safe return. The trap was
well set and the president of the school
board was fairly caught. He never fully
recovered from his surprise, though in the
end he managed to close with one OF his
Enthusiastically happy spesches. Then
followed presentation of flowers to him by
the pupils of the different grades, until the
table was heaped with them. Judge Hall
mark. who is the supreme representative of
the Knights of Honor of Florida, left the
city Saturday morning for Detroit, to at
tend the session of the supreme lodge of the
order now in session in that city, to-day.
Rev. PercivaI Fl. Whaley of Summerville
has accepted the call of the vestry of Christ
church, IN this city, to the rectorship of the
parish. The reverend gentleman arrived
Saturday. He takes the place of Rev. DIR.
Scott, Nho held the rectorship for over
forty years, and was compelled to resign
owing to his failing health.
On the retirement of Col. w. d. Chipley
from the presidency of the board of city
commissioners, he was presented with a
gold collar button, set with large solitaire
diamond. by the police force, as an evidence
of the appreciation in which they held Col.
c ipey as an officer and citizen Col.
Chipley accepted the gift in few well
chosen remarks. ...-.-.-...
A WRECK REPORTED.
Several months ago James Stearns, one
of Pensacola's bar pilots, found on the gulf
shore of Santa Rosa Island several pieces of
wreckage, which appeared to have belonged
to a fishing smack. At first it was thought
that the articles had been washed ashore
from some fishing smack along the coast
that had been wrecked. No tidings were
ever received to throw any light upon the
matter until yesterday, when Benjamin S.
nd RI
the city and reported that on the previous
day he had found the wreck of a schooner
on the beach partly imbedded in the sand.
The schooner lay about six miles east of the
spot where Mr.. Stearns found the
wreckage. Mr.. Hudson reports the schooner
as being about seventy or eighty feet in
length and about seven feet depth of hold
The vessel was nicely finished and, appar-
entity about two years old. From the APP
pearance of the wreck Mr.. Hudson thinks
that the schooner had been struck by a
steamer on the port bow, about six feet
from the stern. A few of the deck planks
had been cut, and the deck beams were cut
clean back to the cabin. Nothing was
found in the wreck except some old rope
nearly covered with sand. From its condi-
ton Mr.. Hudson thinks the wreck must have
been on the beach some time, but says that
it must also have fioated some time before
being washed ashore, as the worms had
attacked the woodwork. The decks are
badly torn up and the masts are gone. On
a board nailed to the stern were the follow
ing letters, which Mr.. Hudson says he
copied exactly:
Maria Margrilmia.
MMRIA.
The vessel is not known hereabouts, and
the fact of her being found near here is
somewhat of a mystery.
A motion is on foot among the confed err
ate veterans of this city to unite themselves
with the United Confederate Veterans AS
sociatior, with headquarters at Atlanta.
A large number of the veterans will attend
the unwilling of the statue of Gen. Robert
E. Lee. at Richmond, on May 30.