The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-04-24
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.

preparing to organize bank.
The Presbyterians of Chipley are
building a new church house.
Bolen Hall, one of the first settlers
of Hampton, died last week aged s.
years.
Jacksonville will have a crack
base ball team. That is to say, il
may be cracked
The Grand Lodge of the Indepen-
dent order of Odd Fellows of Florida
is in session at Key West this week
Fully 1,200 voters have paid their
poll tax in Polk county in order to
vote on the "wet" or dry propo-
sition.
The country home of Sheriff Kill
patrick of Jefferson county, at Wau-
keenah, was burned to the ground
last week.
The state railroad commission has
ordered the Louisville d Nashville
R'y, to adopt 3-cent fare on its
lines in Florida.
The church Home and Hospital at
Orlando is building a new hospital
building at an expense of $1,000. The
only church hospital in Florida.
Warren Dayton Il citizen of Mel
rose was drowned in Melrose cove
last Saturday. 1t is thought he fell
from the boat as result of heart
trouble.
1t is reported that new $4,000
hotel will be erected at Miami dur
ing the summer. 1t is also reported
that the Hotel Royal Palm will be
enlarged.
Tampa is preparing for a grand
May musical festival which will be
under the direction of Miss Louise
Frances Dodge, society editor of the
Morning Tribune.
The lot on which the old st. James
Hotel in Jacksonville stood before
the great fire is still vacant and like
ly to remain so. The owners will
not rebuild and demand $4,000 for
the lot.
The citizens of st. Augustine have
" Village Improvement
Society, both ladies and gentleman.
Idea is to cooperate with city Off
cials in keeping the town in clean
condition.
Mayor Jones of Pensacola has
fined colored saloon keeper $3.50 for
selling liquor on Sunday. Two of
his barkeepers were fined 800 each,
haul of $3.50 from one Sun
day bar.
Fire destroyed the principal part
of Winter Haven last Friday. Four
teen buildings were destroyed, in
the postoffice, two stores
and three packing houses. The esti-
mated loss is $4,000, with $4,000 in
surance.
A Mothers Club" has been Or
ganized in Jacksonville for the pur-
pose of melting greater interest
among mothers in the public schools.
None but mothers in fact and moth
ers in Israel will be eligible to men,
bership.
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, COM
of the United States army,
visited Pensacola on Monday for the
purpose of inspecting the Wads-
worth system of fire control which
has been installed at Fort Pickens.
A state convention in the interest
1f good roads will be held at Talla-
lassee April %, "a, and 20. One fare
will be allowed on all railroads, for a
round trip. Tickets can be bought
IN April 2l and % good till April 27th.
Alachua county is to have a "wet"
md dry" election on June I'd. The
election has been ordered by the
BOARD of county commissioners in
to petition signed by |, 400
qualified voters-several hundred
more than are necessary under the
aw.
Dan Logan colored, a wood cutter
md "locust" preacher was shot and
lilled and his body riddled with
bullets in Fresh Water lake a few
niles northwest of West Palm Beach
asst Sunday. Solomon Thurman.
mother negro, is being held for the
Judge Reeves of the First Judicial
Circuit is holding court in Madison
his week and the people of that
own are saying nice things about
lin because he won't let them put
heir feet on the benches and tables,
rack jokes or peanuts or do other
hings which detract from the courts
iignity.
By the explosion of lamp in the
Incubator at the Jacksonville ostrich
arm last Tuesday fire was started
which destroyed 200 eggs in the pro-
,ess of hatchIng and a large number
If chicks. The manager of the farm
vas painfully burned The loss is a
leavy one, as the young chicks con-
tituted leading attraction.
Mrs. Mary Pierce, relict of Edward
J Pierce, locomotive engineer who
vas killed at Evergreen in the Sea-
,oard Air Line accident caused by
IN open switch, has brought suit for
lamages against the company at
in the sum of $40 900.
Nhe switch was thrown open by
title white boy named Buddie Ryals.
While Rufus A. Russell of the
Jacksonville Metropolis, and his wife,
we're attending a revival meeting at
he Christian church last Monday
light, thieves broke into their resi-
Ience and stole some diamonds and
/ box of cigars The thieves have
lot been caught. Friends of Mr..
Russell state that this little incident
will have no effect on him-that he
will continue attending church just
he same.
Judge ]. w. Locke in the United
states court at Jacksonville Tues
lay sustained the indictment against
). G. Post and Helen Wilmans of
seabreeze for fraudulant use of the
United States mails, and the case
will come up for trial May 26th. In
his decision Judge Locke has gone
ontrary to the ruling of the Florida