The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-05
81. Per Year.
GOINGS ON IN FLORIDA.


| for the summer season
Marion county is agitating for
new court house to cost $1,000.
Jacksonville is getting ready to
hold another fall trades carnival.
The new Bond brick plant at Lake
Helen started operations this week.
Lakeland has new cigar factory
for the manufacture of pure Havana
cigars.
DR.. Andrew Sledd, new president
of the University OF Florida, has TAX
ell charge
Hernaudo Lumber company has
been organized at Brooksville with
$4,000 capital.
The South Florida Fair associa-
tion proposes to hold fair IN Tampa
November IA to rs.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
has purchased the line known rs the
Jacksonville d Southwestern.
The motto of the Florida w. G. T.
L. is: Herein is your father glori-
fled that ye bear much fruit"
At Il special city election in De-
Land last Tuesday Egford BLY, was
chosen mayor by unanimous vote.
The Peoples Bank for Savings will
soon be instituted at st. Augustine.
Letters patent have already been
issued.
The William Deering residence at
St Augustine has been sold to Mrs.
VIM. j. Lukens, a wealthy northern
lady, for $4,000
The socialists of Manitee county
have nominated county ticket.
The delegates Clipped in fund of
$6. 70 to elect the ticket.
'ris said Tampa brick layers who
are now receiving $3.50 per day Will
strike for So The contractors say
they will not pay the advance.
Bertha Thompson, IA years old, and
Charles Alexander of Tampa were
married at Orlando last week. The
| girl had the consent of her mother.
Jacksonville is prosecuting a war
| of determination on flee dogs. ANY
eur caught without a license tag has
his tail cut off just behind his ears.
St. Augustine has been chosen as
the place for holding the next en-
campnent of state troops. The en-
campment begins August 3lst and
lasts eight days.
The Pensacola chamber of COM
merce has forwarded a complaint to
the postmaster general that the
postoffice at that place is managed
abominably, and asking for relief.
The first bale of new cotton in
Leon county has been received at
Tallahassee. 1t was classed as good
middling' and brought II cents per
pound. Raised by M. g. Gardner.
Marshal Geo. w. Watkins of Cedar
Key was fatally shot by Capt. Joe
Mitchell over d row caused by the
arrest of one of Mitchell's negro
sailors by Watkins. Mitchell shot
in self-defense.
Twenty-nine out of a total OF thir-
ty three republicans in Alachua
county held convention on Tuesday
and resolved to send a republican
congressman to Washington from
the second district.
Rev. DR.. Andrew Sledd, new presi-
dent of the University of FLORIDA
preached two sermons in Lake City
last Sunday. In the morning he
otficiated at the Presbyterian church
and in the evening at the Methodist
church.
In looking for gas leak, George
Hanson, clerk in Lanier's drug store
at Leeshurg, opened closet door
and struck IL match. There was
terrific explosion, the clerk badly
injured and the store wrecked. The
loss is s., 600. This was last Friday.
A company wants a franchise in
st. Augustine to build an. electric
, street railway system and the clty
council is willing to grant 1t provlded
the promoters can show visible
means of support The council has
an idea that the franchise is wanted
for speculative purposes.
Pleasant A. Holt of Jacksonville
is the new chairman of the Second
District Congressional Committee
! Holt is Il politician in whom there IL
no guile. He's thoroughbred. The
= new campaign committee consists OF
t the chairman, f. J Fearnside, J. =,
= Burtz. f. $. Matthews, and j. f.
/, DOrman.
A. r. Gunter, his two sons and q
negro at Fort Mccoy ran into small
t barn last week to escape shower
= Lightning struck barn, killed negro
A stunned Gunter and his sons, and set
q barn afire. Gunter revived i'll time
e to drag his sons out of the barn; also
= body OF negro, whose name was ION
!, Pinkney.
f A Tampa rent collector by the
+ name of Brown threw widows iur'
: niture out of the house during hel
: absence because she was behlnu .
: week in her rent. Brown Will go De-
fore the criminal court for trespass
. and there be some people in the stat'
who hope he will get and even dOs'
It of justice.
II Unless the pardon board intertereI
u [. +. Cooper's neck will stretch toua!
= for the murder of Town Marsha
# Bowman of Punta Gorda SOM
o months ago. Strong efforts are be
:, ing made by his attorneys TO get
communication of sentence to lie I'M
l, prisonment, but the leading citizen
ll of Punta Gorda have sent n petltiol
+ to the pardoning board urging tina
l. the board do not interfere, but to lie
l. the hanging proceed. The peopl
are thoroughly convinced of Cooper
Wuilt and demand that he pay tn