Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1904-07-22


comfort Of all other Florida visitors.
Examination Papers Were Sold?
That the answers 10 the examina.
tions had been stolen, the State 81.
perlntendent Of Public INSTITUTION has
ordered that all examination papers
Of colored teachers be held up pending
an investigation This applies to every
county in the state.
The examinations were held several
weeks ago. and IL Is believed that the
parties stealing the answers sold them
10 some OF the colored teachers for a
few dollars each. thus netting a hind
some sum.
The Pensacola School Board was
ready to appoint the teachers to col.
ored schools, when instructions came
from the state Superintendent to hold
up the papers for few weeks. and as
result no colored teachers have yet
been appointed.
II Is possible. If the investigation
now being made proves that the an.
swers have bean sold. thai new cx.
animation of applicants will be made.
A movement Is now on foot at ST
Augustine To organize stock com.
pany and establish an ostrich farm al
q desirable site on Anastasia island.
A number Of financiers who are inter-
ested In the enterprise visited ST. An.
gustine few days ago and took I'M
der consideration several sites, the
most desirable OF which Is located on
Anastasia Island. The object Is to
organize company, with a capital
stock OF 100000. OF which st. Angus
Line citizens are asked to subscribe
$1,000. With this amount. an exten.
sive farm could be established, that
would be one OF the most attractive OF
the sort In the country. A large tract
OF land would be purchased or leased ,
and converted into beautiful park. F.
containing the ostrich farm and the
geological garden.
Another mysterious killing occurred /.
In Ocala a few days ago. As George
Tyler was going from Ocala to the
Hermitage Dairy. about noon. he
found a colored man lying dead IA I
the road near the railroad crossing on ,
Orange avenue. An examination re.
vealed the fact that the man had been /
shot in the head by pistol or rife |
ball The man proved to be Isaiah |
Pitts, who had boon engaged In driv
Ing a wagon for Mrs, ]. j. Pyles. Fred /
Cook. young negro about eightee,. |
years old. was arrested as the sup
posed n irderer.
A Moultre, Ga, news item says:
up. y. Allen and c. +. Holmes. two
prominent wholesale grocers of this
city. have just returned from Florida
where they closed a deal for a large
tract Of saw mill and turpentine tim
Der. The timber was purchased from
J. =. Williams. OF Savannah and J. f.
Spivey. OF Moultrie. The price paid
was 500 900. The purchasers will be-
gin az once the operation OF several
turpenune stills and saw mills on this .
property"
Mrs. II. n. McCreary. OF GAINESVILLE, .
president Kirby Smith Chapter No.
COZ. United Daughters OF the Confeder.
acy. has been honored by appointment
Of Governor Jennings as commits
sioner on the Olustee monument COM
mittee. which has been organized 70
manage the erection OF the memorial
on the Oustee battlefield. This com.
pliment is highly appreciated by Mrs.
McCreary, and the members OF Kirby
Smith Chapter, since there are only
Ave commissioners in the state
The commissioners of Orange coun.
ty are not pleased with the railroad
assessment, as returned by the comp.
troller. and passed the following: RE.
solved, That the real and personal
property OF the county. as submitted
by the assessor, shows an increase
in value of nearly 100000 over the
assessment of the past year. the value
of the railroad property, as returned
by the comptroller shows a decrease
In valuation OF $4,000"