The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-15
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.
Capt. E..H. Rice of TitusviIle, ser
geant-at-arms in the last Legislature.
is dead of apoplexy.


Prof. Hulvey of Sweetwater,
Tenn, has been elected principal Of
the DeLand schools.
Prof. &. V. Waugh of DeFuniak
has been appointed principal of the
West Palm Beach school.
Material for the dredging outfit of
the p. Sanford Ross company has ar
rived at Miami and the work Of
dredging for the deep water channel
will soon be under way.
The enterprise of the Times Union
has given Florida a creditable ex-
nibit in the Horticultural building at
the Words Fair. The exhibit is at
tracing the attention of farmers
from all parts of the country.
The new democratic state execu-
tive committee has elected d. L.
Flethrr of Jacksonville, president,
and H. l.. Dodd Of Lake City. secre-
tary. They both belong to the gang
which espouses ballot stutfing.
The Gainesville Star and other
gOO-goO papers are making u good
deal of fuss over the fact that
"Bony" Broward drank real wet
water at the Tampa banquet when
he might have had his customary
high-baIl for the asking.
/ Brother J. M. Kinton, treasurer of
Harmony Baptist church, Jackson
vile, is in the Duval Jail for en-
bpzzlng $11226 of the church S
money Brother Kinton is colOred.
and Harmony church isn't as har
mOnious now that its money is gone.
Mrs. Robert Bullock, wife of Gen.
Bullock of OcaIa, died suddenly at
her home last Saturday evening.
She was married to Gen. Bullock in
Ocala tfty-two years ago. Besides
her husband she leaves seven chill
dren, one of whom is Judge w. 5.
Bullock
st. Johns county authorities are
having hard surface roads construct
ed from st. Augustine to Moultre,
and another to PicOlata on the st.
Johns river Palmetto leaves are
laid on the sand and over these
leaves is placed a thick layer of clay,
the clay being veneered with sand as
a top dressing.
DR.. Lincoln Hulley of Bucknell
University, TIewisburg. Pa, has been
elected president Of StrtsOn Univer-
sity. He is a Baptist preacher, He
was graduated from Bucknell in
1888; Harvard in 1899 and got his PHI
ID. from Chicago University in 1891.
Dr. Hulley will take charge of Stet.
| son on the opening in the fall.
While Capt. Peak of the United
States collier May was out sailing
with his wife and daughter in small
boat in TortugaS harbOr last Satur'
day the boat capsized and all were
drowned The bodies We're recover.
ed and taken to Key West, from
whence they were shipped north
! The collier was at TOrtugas discharg
/ ing coal for the government.
A great many people are wonder
| ING why the Jacksonville Metropolis
refuses its support to Hon. w. H
/ Ellis. the regular democratic nOmi.
nee for attorney general. Mr.. Ellis
| is good fellow and so far as has beer
heard has not figured conspicuouslA
in any factional disputes. Being I
regular nominee of the party it wOulC
seem as if the Metropolis could al
least support him to the ext emf OI
publishing his name along with thu
rest of the ticket.
pr" f. n. WeightnOvel, the
"RussiOn doctor who was convicted
| in the Tampa criminal court Iol
causing the death of Irene Randall
while performing a criminal opera
ton, and who was granted new
| trial by the supreme court, is agail
occupying the attention of the Tam
pa court. 1t is not likely that sec,
| ond conviction can be had owing tC
| inability of the state to procure wit
nessps at this late day. Weightnove
! is the same old scoundrel who Oper
ated on the Mathis woman in the
! Rev. DR.. Forbes scandal.
DR.. Andrew Sledd, professor o
| Greek at the Southern University
Greensboro, Ala, has been electeC
president of the University of Flori
da. The new president is II son-in
law of Bishop Warren A. Gambler ot
the Methodist Episcopal church
south. He is "A graduate of Ran
dolph-Macon college, an A. M. o
! Harvard and Phi. d. of Yale. H,
may be good politician but nothing
can be learned of his accomplish
ments in this line, though he hao
better be if he wants to hold his iot
| for any length of time.
A company of negro militia from
Savannah marched through the
streets of Jacksonville bearing arms
last Monday. The sight was Sc
novel that fully LOCO Jacksonville
negroes followed the company. 1t is
the first time in 10 years that a com
many of negroes bearing arms has
been seen marching in Florida, as il
is against the law of the state fol
any company outside of the state
militia to do so, and there are no ne
gro companies in the state troops
Gov. Jennings had given this com
pany permission to march witt
arms but no ammunition.
The Jacksonville Metropolis in it!
Tuesday editorial endorsing Parker
saws: awhile the Metropolis favored
Hearst it does not set itself up as |
dictator to-the party, nor will it sull
in it's tent over the decision, but 10y
ally accept it with hope that every
democrat in the land will do tn,
same thing" A sigh of relief will
90 up from the democrats of tn,
country over this manly course o
the Metropolis with its sworn dali!
average of 1898, and that Judge Par
ker NAV share in this feeling of re
lief, it is moved that he be notified
of the Metropolis words by specia
courier to Esopus.
The council of ministers called b.
the Gainesville Baptist church t.
consider the application for member
shin of Rev. J. b. HOlley, who wa
Icpt from fellowship by the Jackson