The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-06-12
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

treasury ana no debts.
Francisco MILAN has been elected
mayor Of West Tampa.
Ocala will celebrate the Fourth OF
July with a whoop-la.
A new bank will open for business
at Apalachicola July list.
The Sanford high school is going
to have piano at the next session.
Lake City will make an etfert to
secure the state fair. Better be aftel
it soon.
Miami merchants report the most
successful business year in the history
of the town.
Umatilla began watermelon ship
mentS last week, when several car
loads went north.
The big Tampa Bay Hotel has
been sold to Y. j. Scott's Sons, of
Montgomery, Ala.
The Barber turpentine still three
miles west of Archer was burned to
the ground last week.
Fernandina'S bond issue Of $I5.C00
was taken by local bank which paid
$SI POO for the whole lot.
Leon county only assesses its candi-
dates for the lower branch of the
legislature IS. Too cheap.
DR.. Manning of San Antonio has
committed suicide by throwing Kim
self IN front of ii moving train. His
skull was crushed.
The St. Augustine band gives open
air concerts each week in the Plaza,
and the people don't kick II bit, for
they are used to noise.
The regular democratic city ticket
IN Tampa was elected last week by
very large majority. Capt. James
Mckay is the new mayor.
Wauchula shipped ten Thousand
crates of beans to Boston and other
seaport villages last week. If what
we hear is true Boston ought to be
good bean market.
JacksOnviIle's base ball team has
finally won game-twO Of 'em, IN
fact-from the Tampa club, but this
is not necessarily an indication that
they can play ball.
A. p. Baskin of Anthony has de-
clined to contest for the legislature
from his county. Baskin? Baskin?
Seems as if we had heard that name
before? Or is it only the echo of a
middle 'o-the-muck populist tigger
o speech.
TitusvilIe will hold an election on
July 18th for the purpose of deciding
whether or not the name of the place
shall be changed to Indian River
City. Asif the original name wasn't
bad enough without placing the
town in jeopardy of worse.
One OF Gainesville's board of alder
men has been working on the streets
at $2 per day. When the council
came to audit his account it was
found that II city ordinance wouldn't
allow an alderman to work for the
city. He must avoid the very APP
pearance of Il graft.
Several Tampa houses were bur-
glarlZed last week and small sums of |
money secured from each. That's |
the penalty Tampa has to pay for
oUI.S sdu"'' ",o +hinE'. iiG' "llf F PiosRiei-
o t,'o ~ otie n;,.iiI i,iirfn VI E,S
Cove Springs people.
New Smyrna people are improv-
ing their town by fixing up the
streets and laying shell sidewalks.
Citizens are also painting their resi-
.h aI1at poou t ioi ~ NV Wv onlt 'ia. us
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Rev. Sambo p. Jones is going to
lecture in Jacksonville. People of
that town have just got to do some
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Bradford county charges candi-
-Or $25 each for the privilege of get
ing on the primary ticket, and can
lidates for representative have to
cough up $l5. The injustice of the
levy consists in the fact that the
latter stand some show of making
even, while the former have no op-
to reimburse themselves.
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