The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-08-11

knew who composed it only from hear
say; does not own any interest in III
does not know who owns the capital
stock; so far as he knew, Hilson was
running the printing Office, before the
formation of the company, entirely by
himself
There were other witnesses, but the
purpose Of reproducing the foregoing
does not apply to them. We want our
professional brethren to be kind enough
to clip out the foregoing brief abstracts
Of testimony, given under oath. and
carefully preserve them they are go
ing to come in handy at future time,
when circumstances now cooking"
have developed into tangible shape.
Among those who we're expected TO
testify before this embarrassing com
mittee was the former governor, Jen-
nings. but he was suddenly moved to
depart from the city on the evening of
the day on which the committee was
created, and the committee therefore
failed" to secure his testimony.
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A private memorandum from an es-
teemed and prominent citizen of Cara
belle informs US that the contract has
been let for the improvement of the al
ready excellent harbor of that port,
thus giving confident promise of "sure
enough" deep water. The True Demo
crat, which has a large clientage at
"Tallahassee's seaport" extends its
sincere congratulations and hopes that
the day is near at hand when the largest
ocean-Roing vessels will be able to reach
the Carrabelle wharves for traffic with
all Of the countries of the earth.
A large number of new subscribers
have been added to The True Demo
Gratis list during the past week 81 six
teen in one dayas the result of the
valued friendship of the ladies' of Leon
county and the splendid work of our
special agent, Mr.. X. G. Long, Jr., who
reports only tlCO refusals of non-sub-
scrbers as the result Of preliminary
canvass. We have set our mark at
81, 900 before November" and we con-
fdently rely upon our hundreds of
friends throughout Leon and the adj
joining counties to aid in reaching it.
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Here's another hard wrench on the
Inmate modesty" which we so feel
ingly mentioned in our last issue. We
promised then not soon again to quote
bouquets from our State exchanges,
but the following, from that excellent
newspaper, the Southern Argus, pub
lished by our old friend, Hon A. M. C.
Russell, at Brooksvile, is so hearty and
genuine that we cannot resist the temp
tation:
The Tallahassee True Democrat is, in
our opinion, an ideal weekly newspaper.
1t is as neat as pin, beautifully printed,
and, through it's faithful quotations, a
conscientious reflector of the opinions
of the press Of the State. The editor
of that paper is a genuine newspaper
man first, and politician next.
The Democratic executive committee
of Marion county may feel somewhat
in doubt whether Governor Jennings
term of office has really expired. The
committee held a meeting soon after
the decease of the late General Bullock
to recommend the name of his success
sor as county judge. A quorum not be-
ing present, the meeting adjourned to
a later day; but what was their surprise
to learn, soon after the adjournment,
that the Governor had already made an
appointment without consulting the
or even ntimating desire
to have its recommendation. The
Times Unions Ocala correspondent
states that the appointment lis causing
great deal Of interest and excitement.
more so than anything in political cir
Giles in this county for some time, and
the Governor is being censured more by
his friends than by his enemies"
The FULL PENALTY.
The Pensacola Journal calls attention
TO the fact that the courts, instead of
imposing the full penalty of the law for
carrying concealed weapons, have been