The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-10
GOINGS ONLN FLORIDA.

A base ball team is to be organized
at Miami.
Starke is in the midst of IA religi-
Gus revival.
Frank Robertson, proprietor of the
Hotel Carleton at Melbourne, is dead
after il lingering illness.
Orlando is getting ready for "A big
Fourth of July celebration and bar
becue.
The First Baptist church at Pen
sacolo was dedicated with impressive
services Sunday.
The. shipment of melons and can
tauloup"s has begun from Martin,
several carloads leaving daily.
Rev ). b. Rogers, late of Mariana,
has been installed us pastor of the
Baptist church at Gainesville.
The GUNNER base ball team of
Jacksonville beat the Red Tops OF
st. Augustine Sunday by score of
b to 4
The big Continental hotel at At
lantic Beach has been opened for the
season. 1t is "A faVorite resort for
Jacksonville people.
The Gainesville board of trade has
been rcorgamiZed with thirty-1ive en-
thuSiastiC members and Hon. w. q.
Robinson, president.
There were paid out in life insur-
aucc premiums in Florida in the
INa 4 la. 4
Palatku contributed $S,9S7.
Noah Powers, II single man 25
years old, was run over and killed by
thccnrs near Glen st. Mary on We'd
nesday. The body was shock
ingly mangled.
The Florida Press Association will
hold its annual session in jackson
vile next week, and at the conclusion
the members will make a free junket
to the 81. Louis exposition.
The Hastings Farmer and Trucker
| gives lnc total output OF potatoes
from that section this season, at 79,-
800 barrels, from which T3UU,UO0 Were
realized by the producers.
Hon, Jno. $. Beard OF Pensacola,
chosen in the primary of May 10Th
as II Hearst delegate to the national
democratic convention, is very ill
and is in Cincinnati hospital.
Mrs. Sophia Meyerson, mother OF
| Col. Max MeyersOn, of Jacksonville,
| was burned to death in her home III
Jhat city last Saturday morning.
Her clothing caught fire from the
| Kitchen store.
The first carload of camtaulopes OF
,le season left Gainesville last Mon
lay night The consignment was
made by the Gainesville Melon
Growers Association, and New
| York was the destination. The cal
was Il refrigerator, and contained
Jour hundred and eighty crates of as
fine melons as ever left the state
ihe association expects to send
daily carloads during the melon
season.
While Hon. J. NJ. Bars was dis
cussng the railroads last Monday
night ne was interrupted by Rafael
| Andreu, who asked him to discuss
the a. V. ~ w. railroad. Mr., Bars
replied that the road had also paid
its taxes. His interlocutor asked
him to explain the 20 per cent con.
tract, The speaker said he did not
want to be interrupted, and his ques.
toner was hirelIng of the railroads
employed to break up the meeting
Andreu answered by calling Bars /
liar Amos w COrbett, who was Oh
the platform, told Mr.. Barrs to pay
no attention to the man who was dis.
turbing him, as he was only tin
morn gambler. This charge brought
out all immediate response, Andreu
calling Corbett.a liar. With II bOunC
Corbett cleared the rail and rushed
upOn AtAreu, striking him in the
face What then Transported before
the belligerants were parted is II mat
ter of contradictory reports. Some
who claim to have been close at hanC
say that both parties received anC
gave blows, while others say positive
~ that only the one blow was struck
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