Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-08
LAKE BUTLER.
All the News 81 West BraAforGs
METROPOLIS.

N1i ClIlDSnS nave OSel YeSSlInS
themselves At the springs OF al the
nver On fish fines.
Mrs Henrietta Melvin, who has
been the guest Of relatives here
iOr some time, returned 10 Starke
Tuesday. Her cousin, Mr.. J. p.
Downing accompanied her.
Mrs, T Z, Croft and little
daughter. Berthe, lett Tuesday -
MsIt relatives in Jacksonville.
Inc passenger trains On the &
). w. road now run through on
schedule time 70 the terminus Of
me road at NewbeTry
Sheriff Denmark vas in town
Tuesday.
Tax Assessor W. J. Epperson IS
hard at work upon his TAX books.
VI. J Lundy and family, who
have resided mere seven years. have
gone back 10 their Old home IN
Georgia ~ liYe
Misses Clio Clyatt and Matte
Taylor, IF Providence, we're guests
Of friends here Sunday.
Samuel Knight and Clarence
MsrshoUrn returned Saturday fro-1
A5beWlie ga, where they &c
attended school
Miss Jessie O'Ouinn spent
eral days here last week 2
her many friends.
Miss Belle Permenter 49, d.
Jacksonville Tuesday to i
ativeS.
Owen Loadholtz was m
day, renewing former a.. ..
anceS
Reliable information >aa--~-
that another Of Lake -
widOwers will take unto = ia
wife shortly, and that a E,ust r.
been procured, which the, =
cupy
Joe Loadholtz, OF LuI1
town Saturday
w. Il. Alexander,
drummer, was interviewing =
merchants Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey rendered
the young people party Tueso
night. which was very much
joyed
Miss Cawthon is visiting her
sister, Mrs. M. +. Moore. Miss
Cawthon was a student of Able
vile College the last term. and is
stopping over here a while before
returning to Alachua, her home. ]
FIRE IN LAKE BUTLER.
At o'clock Wednesday morn
ing the alarm Of fire rang out in
our town. The new cash store of
lin & /cigler was the scene of the |
fire, and what was yesterday a |
thriving business is now heap Of
ashes. How the fire originated is !
mystery. Mr.. ZeigIer, who |
slept in the building, had been at
tending party and had retired OF
ly about an hour before the fire |
was discovered. He awoke almost
suffoCated by smoke and barely |
escaped with his life He and his
partner are young men who came
here from VaIdosta last fall and |
have identified themselves with
our people and are much liked. 1t
is not known as yet if the stock
was insured. The building be-
lOHged 10 Mr.. Churchill, Lawtey.
A Correction.
In last weeks TELEGRAPH it
was stated that G.. L. Kcnnard, of
Gainesville, had been sentenced
to five years in the state peniten-
tiary for the killing of Sherod P.
Morgan, formerly a citizen of the
Ward City section, this county, the
jury having returned a verdict of
manslaughter. This was a mis-
take SO far as the sentence was
concerned. Kennard had not
been sentenced at the time, but
has since been sentenced to i'm
priSonment for twenty years.
The county commissioners were
in session Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of the present week.
The greater part OF the time of
session was concerned in revising
the registration books. In the
absence of DR.. Todd Commissioner
Crews was elected chairman pro
TEN. The official minutes will be
published next week.
M. A. Dukes, prosperous mer-
chant and planter of the Worth
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