The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-08-20

! Mr.. A. j. Miller Of Potolo. Fla, was a
| pleasant caller at our office Tuesday. An
lrew is an old friend of>ours, and Of the
BANNER also; he left the for us to re-
ieInb,r him with.
Mr. Robert l.. Farrior. one Of the Chip
ley boys of Co X. LIST Fla. volunteers, Is
at home on furlOugh this week. Robt
says there Is nothing like army life to
make boy know how to do
We hope all concessions have been
made, that,was asked for by the Railroad
Company, in regard to building the new
depot; they propose to build good depot
II our people will give them Il chance.
Mr. A. v. Toll OF and wife, Of Minneap-
oils, Mimi, are among the late arrivals.
They have rented home and are now
one Of us. We wish them pleasant So
journ here and extend them a hand Of
welcome.
Mr.. Joe Il. Jockey Jr. come in Tuesday
evening from Gainesville, Fla, where he
has been attending the State Normal Col
lege. Joe expects to leave In a few days
for Nachidoches, Tex, where he has q
professorship In fine school.
The Rev. ". b. tostley, OF Stockbrfige,
Ga. , while attending TO his pastoral duties
ut Ellenweod. that State, was attacked by
choleTamorbus. He says: by chance 1
happened 70 get bold Of II hottie Of Cham
beriain's Colic, Choerr and Diarrl oea Rem
edv, and think IL was the means of saw
ing my life. 1t relieved me at once" For
sale by J. Il. Farrior.
Section Foreman Williams Is now en-
gagged Tn putting the roadbed through
town in better TX than IL has ever been;
we are glad to note the Improvement, but
1t will be needed that way 10 be In keep
ing with the new brick depot.
Did the Executive committee meet? If
so, what did they doY We heard the met
and made one resolve" adjourned sine
die, and-well. the responsibility rests on
them. Probably some had rather be bea-
ten than to preserve harmony.
Anybody having nice farm products,
such as two or three large ears of corn to
the stalk, fine cane, fine cotton etc., who
are willing TO contribute, same to be car
ried to the Fair at indianapolis, Ind, will
please bring 1t here and we will give fur
ther instructions.
Messrs. w. T. Duncan, 7. J. Watts, A.
l.. Thornton and P. R. Bettison, were in
the city Tuesday, and we are told they
were here to look out site for new de-
pot; we hope such was their mission and
that theysucceeded, for Il a place ever
needed one, Chipley is that place.
Maj. A. Lewis, the tobacco kink Of Bon
ifay was with us saturday. The Major
says, notwithsta nding the storm he yet
has some Of as fine tobacco as can be
shown anywhere; his crop, Oh the land
and in the barns. has been examined by
experts from Gadsden county, and pro-
nounced as good as the best.
Mr.. J. II. Harrington has disposed of
his holdings In this section and proposes
to visit as q commercial missionary, I'm |
Gle Sans newly acquired territory In the |
South east, as soon as peace reigns SUI |
preme there, and that element OF Its in |
habitants that wear OK rings as nose or
Is thoroughly quoted.
While I'm Tallahassee this week we had |
the pleasure OF calling on Surveyor-Gen-
eral Scarlet at his office. We found him
to be pleasant and most accommodate
ing officer, and he even took the trouble
TO show us over the Government building |
archives, OF which the Is q big lot, are
kept, and everything else that was Of in
terest TO stranger. We enjoyed the
lime spent with him very much,