The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-02-20
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

MIA is doing the east coast. He will
fish at st. Lucie.
George Marquis, 80 years of ag,
and one of the prominent men o
Barlow, died last week.
Farmers and turpentine operator
at Sampson City have sustained
great damage by forest fires.
| George Dana Boardman, distin
guished Philadelphia author and lee
: turer is recuperating at Rockledge.
Deputy sheriff Graham of Sumptel
, county was killed the other day by
prisoners in an attempt to escape.
Rev. 7. M. Honeycutt of North
Carolina has been called to the pas.
torate of the Alachua Baptist church
Bishops Wilson and Gambler of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
preached in Jacksonville last Sun
day.
J. G. Fowart, a real estate man of
Kissimmee, was found dead in bed
at a Barlow hotel last week Thurs
day.
Ben Moody well-known sportsman
and former fish and game warden of
Hillsboro Co., is dead at Tampa, of
Bright's disease.
Both the Baptist and the Campbell
lite churches at Ocala have new pas
tors and both preached their initial
sermon last Sunday.
The plant of the Tampa lumber
company was entirely destroyed by
fire last Friday. The loss is $4,000
with insurance of $1,000.
A lodge of the knights of Colum-
bus has been organized at st. Au-
gustine with so charter members. It
is Catholic secret society.
Large number of people at Gambler
will engage in peach growing, and
there is prospect that 800 acres of
young trees will be set out this year.
Duval county commissioners have
been opening bids for the erection of
a new Jail in Jacksonville, but have
not yet decided to whom to let the
job.
| The state association of County
commissioners has been in session in
Jacksonville this week. The men,
bers discussed good roads, and bad
laws.
Orlando will have poultry show
in connection with it's Farmers In
stItute, the double barreled show to
open today and continue until Sat
urday.
Over $50 car loads of oranges have
been shipped from Dunedin thus far
this season. One man there sold his
crop last week for 81. so per box on
the trees.
The East Coast Chautauqua at
Melbourne will open March End, con-
tinue to the l4th. The company has
just completed new and modern
auditorium.
Gov. Jennings made the address
on behalf of the trustees of Stetson
university, DeLand, accepting Con-
rad hall, the gift of j. B. Conrad of
Glenwood to the university.
Miss Leila Bishop of Pensacola was
ing fire from the kitchen stove on
IOIlt ul6u IlGI
few hours after the accident.
The trading stamp company" has
been practically frozen out of Tampa,
The city placed the license on the
company at 1000 and also a license
of 500 on each merchant doing busi-
ness with it.
Orlando society danced at a charity
ball last week in aid of the local hos
pital. The dancers were aided by
the sounding brass and tinkling
symbal" but it was the real thing
charity just the same-the sort that
'sutfereth long and is kind"
After vigorous protest from Du-
val county brick manufacturers the
board of county commissioners has
decided not to bar Florida brick from
proposed public buildings. The con-
made in Florida, unless so ordered
by the board.
Robt. English, a negro on trial at
Tampa for resisting an officer, was
recognized by the sheriff. as man
who committed murder in Miami
several years ago. He was sentenced
to three months on the first count,
and on expiration of his time will be
tried for murder.
One hotel in the interior of the
state advertises as an attraction the
fact that the house is ''near a turpen-
tine still, the fumes of which are so
beneficial in pulmonary troubles"
1t may have other attractions such
as COW barn and hog wallow, but
they are not made much of in the
adv.
Mrs. Helen Wilmans Post lectures
every Sunday evening at the Sea-
Breeze operahouse on the New
Thought whatever that is, and
says that while many come out of
curiosity, a few are led to accept
mental science or Christian Science,
and therefore her labors are not all
in vain.
George E. Pace, prominint citizen
of Starke, is dead. Mr.. Pace form
erly did business in jacksonville,
and was well known to the older cit
of age. He was the father of the
late George Pace, first cashier and
organizer of the Putnam National
bank, Palatka.
Mrs. Alexander Mitchell died at
her home, "Villa Alexandria, OPP
posite Jacksonville last Friday morn
ing. She was the widow of Alexan-
der Mitchell the Milwaukee million
aire, and sister of Harrison Reed,
a former governor of Florida. Her
son was formerly United States Sem
ator from Wisconsin. Mrs. Mitch
ell was noble Christian woman.
She was the founder Of st. Luke's