The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-07-28
DONCS AT THE
STATE CAPITOL
Items Of interest from the Various
State Departments.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

Appointments: St. Lucie County
Paul Kroegd, Sebastian, County Com
missioner First district. w. T. Lane,
Sebastian, Justice of the Peace Second
district, H. G. Bronson, Fort Pierce,
Justice of the Peace Third district. j.
II. Baker, Jensen, Justice Of the Peace
Fourth district. John F. Parker, Fort
Drew, Justice of the Peace Fifth dis
trict.
Notaries public at large-F. w. R.
Human, w H. Ha -dwick, Andrew 4.
Lewis, B. B. Macdonald, Thos. P. Den
ham, S. w. Fox, Eugene Bigelow,
Jacksonville; Miss +. E. SeaDrook,
Milton; w. p. Burdett, Palatka; J. E.
Williams, Whitfield; r. w. Campbell,
Arcadia; T, j, Carlisle, Lake City; l..
": Smith, Lee J. Gibbon, Tampa.
On Wednesday Governor Broward
Cooper convicted of the murder Of John
b, Bowman at Arcadia in March, 1853,
fixing the date of execution for Septem-
Der LIST.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Letters patent: st. Joseph Land and
Development Co., ApalachicOla, 81, 100
600. Incorporators: H. b. Collins, J.
c. VanRiper, Charles b. Duffy, r. H.
Temple.
Carney Investment Co., Tampa, $780,
900. Incorporators: w. B. Gray, John
l.. Carney, c. E. Ball, M. W. Carruth,
W. A. Gallaher, Isaac Mas, Samuel
Borchardt.
Bowling Lumber and Naval Stores
Co., Bowling Park, 81, 600, 600. Incor-
porators: Thomas bowling, r. S.
bowling, F. M. Bowling, A. G, Patter-
son, o. D. Mcfarland.
Live Oak and Perry Railway Co.
Same incorpoaators.
West Florida Fair Association, De-
Funiak Springs, 5000. Incorporators:
+. w. Thorp, VIM. Rogers, r. w.
Storrs, o. B. Campbell, W. w. Flour
noy, B. P. Morris, G. P. Henry.
Hutchinson Audit Co., jacksonville,
$26, 600. IncorporatOrs: T. G. Hutch
inson, d. H. Doig, M. A. McLaren.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
State Superintendent Holloway has
issued q circular TO county superinten-
ing for State aid to schools under recent
legislation, providing
That the board viii adhere strictly to
the regulations that aid be given no
school making an average attendance
Of less than fifty pupils. That State
aid will be granted no school unless the
building in which It Is taught Is owned
by the school authorities in fee simple
and contains at least two good recita-
ton rooms, That State aid will not be
granted after July LIST, 1905, TO any
school unless every teacher therein
holds legal and unexpired certificate
issued in Florida; the certificate of a
principal Of high school must be Of
such grades as 20 ehow that he, him
self, Is qualified to teach any subject In
the high school course of study; the
principal Of q rural graded school shall
be required to hold at least first grade
certificate.
SUPREME COURT.
The Jacksonville baseball case was up
for argument on Tuesday on appeal from
Duval circuit court, several lawyers
from that city appearing for the appel
liant, w. G. West, and Attorney-Gen-
eral Ellis for the State.
On Wednesday the court affirmed the
judgment and death sentence in the
case Of George Caldwell and Nelson
Larkins, convicted of the Eppes MUIR
der.
The court handed down number of
other opinions on Wednesday, which
are necessarily crowded out Of this is
sue, but will appear next week.
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Mr. j Hogeboom, travelling repre-