The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-14
GOINGs ON IN FLORIDA.

a deposit of high grade phosphate
has been discovered at Pensacola.
Louis A. Hendry has been elected
mayor of Ft. Myers without opposi-
tion.
The passenger depot of the Allan
tic Coast Line at Kissimmee has
gone up in smoke.
Lake City Confederate Veterans
held an enjoyable reunion on the col
lege campus last week.
The Ocala base ball club beat the
Jacksonville l.. rs. at former place
last Saturday by score of l3 to 4.
Ten thousand dollars will be spent
in enlarging and improving Trinity
Episcopal church, st. Augustine.
Mrs. Pauline r. Boggess has been
appointed postmistress at Ft. Ogden,
vice her late husband, who died in
office.
Attorney General Lamar finally
signed the paper, but under protest.
Taylor his assailant is held for trial
in $4,000 bonds.
A company has been found at
Tampa with $4,000 capital to make
face powder, cosmetics and baking
powder.
The Salvation Army of Jackson
vile will give the poor children of
the city days outing at the sea-
shore. Good.
Tho eto+o bonb Of O. Do+or.buro.
has closed its doors and applied for a
receiver. The liability of the bank
to its depOsitors is about 100000.
Two "blind tiger operators at
Barlow have been fined 81 900 each,
or IL months in the pen, and yet
there are people who say the law is
failure.
Efforts are being made to increase
the strawberry acreage i'll Orange
county and cash prize is to he OF
fered for the best acre of this fruit
grown next season.
A Village Improvement Association
has been organized at Boynton. A
lot of good work has been laid out
for the association, which will get
down to immediate business.
The Southern Railway is making
low rates to the northern mountain
and seaside resorts. You can find
out all about them by writing to
company's agent l0S Bay st. Jack
sonville.
The mullet catching season is on
at Gulf points, and there is rush
for that section Immediately south
of Tallahassee, from people from up
in Georgia. Wagons pass through
Tallahassee laden with fish.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
proposes to extend its line to Ft.
Myers provided they can secure the
right of way. 1t is needless to say
that the citizens of Ft. Myers are
tickled, and ready to promise any
thing.
The agricultural department at
Washington is going to send gog-
gle-eyed and thoroughly scientific
syrup maker down into this state for
the purpose of experimenting in the
scientific manufacture of syrup.
There is no politics in the deal, but
Just cane juice
Morse MattoX, turpentine operator
five miles east of Macclenny, shot
George Barber, young white man,
with Winchester, last Friday. Ball
went through Barber's bowels, but
not in the regular cascaret fashion,
and his life is uncertain. Row was
over a fence, which was not injured
by the shooting.
The Oak Hall base ball club of
Gainesville returned from its GeOr-
gia disasters last Saturday and met
with a banquet given in its honor
by the citizens. The story of the
manager on "HOw we Didn't Do IT,
brought tears to the eyes of the peo-
pie. Nothing like sympathy in de-
feat.
Revival services have been held at
the Baptist church, Melrnse, during
the past four weeks, conducted by
Rev. Mr.. Mosely, assisted by Rev.
VIM. Stones of Palatka. The meet
ings closed Sunday night. No less
than I8 new members have been add
ed to the church by baptism and four
by letter.
Tampa police have had another
spasm of righteousness and made
several successful raids on dives. If
they would keep it up the dives
would go out of business, but they
are only made semi-occasionally,
and for the purpose of getting lit
tie money in the shape of fines. Sun
day base ball still goes merrily on at
DeSoto park.
A sunshine circle has been organ
lied at Orlando, composed of young
ladies who subscribe to pledge not
to gossip or to say anything about
any living person that they would
not freely say in that PERSONS pres
ence. There are other towns We
know of in the state where such a
society would be an advantage, pro-
vided it took in some married women
and ''sissy men," Let the good work
go on.
PHYSICIAN AND DRUGGIST.
Ford Il Sturgeon, a prominent drug
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