The Florida star., 1900-05-11
BITS OF fact AND GOSSIP.
Current Events OF the Present Week
Portrayed In Brief.


Portrayed In Brief.
Mr.. Will Dixon, of Cocoa, was in town
the early part of the week.
J. w. Griffis will be the delegate from
Haulover precinct to the county conven-
ton at Cocoa.
Feaster Norwood came up from Indian
ola Wednesday, expecting to return to-
day or tomorrow.
Mr.. Maurice Walsh exchanged his
Olive racing bicycle while in DaytOna last
week for Barnes chainless.
Mr. J. r. Walker has. .rearranged his
ice cream parlOr so that it is very Invit-
ing, especially TO the young folks.
The county convention to nominate
delegates 10 the state and congressional
conventions will meet at this place next
Tuesday.
Mr.. w. +. Jibb and wife commenced
keeping house a few days ago. They are
cozily located in the new Decker cottage,
near the hotel.
Northers in May are generally scarce,
yet We had a good stiff breeze from that
direction all day yesterday, rendering
the atmosphere delightfully."- cool.
Mr.. J. T. Davis left for St. Lucie Sun
day, where he has been employed by Mr.
j. G. Jones, to do considerable carpenter
work on his Klondike plantation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Mcfarland left
yesterday for a months stay at the north,
giving Mr.. Me. chance to rest mp from
tedious business campaign of about nine
months.
Mr.. Charles ii. Nauman, of the Haul
over, paid his first visit 10 New Smyrna
Wednesday in twenty years, all this time
not residing more than twenty miles from
that place.
Prayer meeting at the Methodist church
is now held on Wednesday night instead
of Thursday. The change was made on
account of the band concerts being held
generally oil Thursday nights.
AT the primary held at LaGrange
Tom Johnson and Pink Kyzer were
elected delegates To the comfy conven-
ton AT Cocoa. Froscher and Mcguire re-
ceived 20 votes; Johnson and kyzer, %.
Mr. Swain, of Sanford, arrived Tuesday
or a visit to his wife and daughter for a
few days. Mrs. Swain has been stopping
with her daughter, Mrs. J. X. Walker,
for some time past, assisting the latter in
business.
The work of Smelling the new road
along the river bank to Pritchard's will
be commenced just as soon as the shell
can be delivered here by the +. +. G.
Railway company, which it is expected
Will be very soon.
\ letter received this week from Mr..
f. \. IIildreth, Columbus, Ohio, states
that his father, Mr.. \. Hildreth, arrived
home from IndIanOla the first of last
week, standing the long trip fairly well.
! This will be good news tO Mr.. Hildreth's
friends OH Indian river.
We learn that tine people of Eau Gal
lie and Melbourne are very much pleased
and highly appreciate the work Conn
~ Surveyor Fries has done lately on the
public road connecting these two places.
The standing water has been removed
by proper ditchlng, and the ROAD graded
50 that it il Il credit To the county.
One of the features at the meeting of
the horticultural AMI agricultural socie-
ties held 1T Jacksonville last week was
the exhibit made by the Mcfarland
Fruit Protection Co., of Ttusville. be-
sides exhibiting hIs system of tent pro-
lection, Mr.. Mcfarland hal ou exhibition
Il sample of his prepared cloth for tobac-
co sheds, which WAS highly commended
Prof II. T.. Stockbridge, of the expert
mcnt station Of the agricultural colle.e,
at Lake City, and secretary of the agri-
cultural society, pronounced it the best
: hc had ever seen and strongly recon-
mcndcd 1t 10 tobacco growers. As re-
suit Of the exhibit Mr.. T.. J. Seymour
viii leave the latter part of the week Tor
Gadsdrn ami leon counties 10 i:.tc:,-t
the tobacco growers. Uf that section.
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