The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-18
GOINGs ON IN FLORIDA.


Rev. Fred'k Pasco, late of East
Florida Seminary, is now Methodist
pastor at Citra.
Tallahassee common council has
passed an ordinance restricting sa-
looms to the fire limits.
The new Mercantile Exchange
bank In Jacksonville, built of marble,
was opened this week.
"Old Nance" widow of Chief Os-
ceola of the Seminole Indians is
dead. She was "a years old.
There is another cigarmakers strike
on in Tampa and 400 cigar makers
have left the American factory.
jacksonville has settled upon No
vember oath to 29th as the days for
holding its annual Gala Week frolic.
The Honorable John 6. Long, con-
sui general to Cairo, Egypt, has re-
turned to the us. His home is in
st. Augustine.
The municipal primary at Miami
has resulted in the nomination of
the present mayor, J. E. Lummus.
by big majority.
The Southern Bell Long Distance
Telephone Co. now stringing wires
in Florida, is engaged in putting up
the line between ST. Augustine and
| Palatka.
The schooner Doris NJ. Pickup
sailed from Jacksonville on Tuesday
10 int ii
a cargo of lumber. She will pickup
something else to bring back
The board of trade in Jacksonville
has extended an invitation to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to visit that city,
take a ride about town, speak in the
park and visit the roof garden.
The First Baptist church of Jack
sOnville has accepted plans for
very large and handsome church
cditice of Indiana stone. The new
parsonage is now nearly completed
But 10 of the 60 lawyers practicing
in Hillsboro county have paid their
license, or occupation tax, and the
tax collector has given them notice
that they must settle or be arrested.
Prof. |. w. Wideman of Gaines
vile is ambitious to make his town
the educational centre of the state
a most praiseworthy ambition. But
to realize his ambition he is now in
the north looking for a philanthropy
ist to donate the money. This |
doesn't look 50 nice.
The Florida Conference college |
(Methodist) at Sutherland has open
ed with an enrolment of % students, |
The college begins its career in new
quarters under auspicious circum.
stances. The property owned by the !
school consists of two hotel buildings
valued at $25, 700 and $4,000 respec-
lively. These buildings were erected
by concern with a view to making |
them swell sporting places, it is said,
but now they are to be used for q
good cause by the Methodist church.
The college grounds cover about 45O
acres, and they are very beautiful.
The entire property owned by the
seminary is valued at between $75,-
600 and 100000.
The grading committees in the va
rious counties of Florida whose duty
it is to pass upon the examination
papers of applicants for schools and
decide the grade of certificate to
which such applicants are entitled,
are having more fun than the average
citizen whose literary studies are
confined to his county paper They
come upon many curious answers,
and especially is this true among the
colored applicants, In neighbor-
ing county last week the committee
came upon one colOred applicants
paper, which gave the following def
inition of asphyXia: "AsphyXitt,"
said the applicant, ''is caused by eat
ing asparagus and it may be cured.
if taken in time, by having a doctor
give some kind of a liquid medicine"
in giving the reason for the
greater length of days in summer,
said: 1.-The cause of days growing
longer in summer is that heat eX-
pands and makes them longer, and
In winter cold contracts and makes
them shorter" The committee cru
ally failed to issue certificates to
these applicants and therefore they
will be forced to go back to the home
y task of picking cotton, or else set
up normal schools for post-graduates.
George Faircloth and Theodore
Smith in Jail at GAINESVILLE and Bron-
son, respectively, have made confess
sion of their crime in numbering Mr..
and Mrs. l.. b. Lewis in Levy cOun-
Iy some three weeks ago. Both
nurderers are white men. The cou-
fession of FairclOth goes into the de-
ails of the planning of the crime,
the act and the subsequent action
Of the murderers. OF the act he
says: 1--WE had made two billies or
cudgels of pinewOod knots and had
to knock the aged couple
in the head in the event that we
found them asleep. We advanced to
the house at dark and found that
there was no one at the house. We
went through the house and found
the old mans gun and rifle. We
took the rifle and found that it was
loaded. Smith went tothe safe with
The drill which | had stolen from my
father and was working to get an
opening for the powder with which
we were to crack open the safe. |
was on the outside, and when | saw
the aged couple coming | yelled TO
Smith, Here they come now l had
the shotgun and Smith the rifle.
When the old man approached the
door shot him in the breast with
The gun and shot the old lady in the
mouth with the other load. Smith +
had the rifle, and when the old lady
attempted to run and scream, he
shot her twice in the head and she
fell dead. Another shot was fired
into the body of the old man to in
sure death.n
RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
c. w Landls, Porter" for the ORR