The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-11-10
LATE STATE NEWS.

The "JiIn Grow" street car ordi-
nance in Jacksonville became effect
tive last Tuesday morning.
Tourists coming from the north all
carry heavy overcoats. The tide OF
southern travel is even now heavy.
The Stetson University football
team defeated the Jacksonville Light
Infantry team in the latter city last
Saturday by score of II to nothing.
Miami parties will establish an
automobile line between that city
and Palm Beach. The projectors
will have several large touring cars
on the line.
Arlie Latham, perhaps the great
est ball coach in the country, and a
man with great experience as play
er in both the National and Ameri-
can Leagues, has been engaged as
manager of the Jacksonville base
ball club for next season.
Hugh MacFarlane, collector of GUS
toms at Tampa, has caused the arrest
i'm New York of b. s. Ellison, editor
of the United States Tobacco Jour
nal, charging criminal libel. The
libel consists of alleged frauds on to-
bacco permitted by the collector of
the port Of Tampa.
]. B. Hutchinson of Gainesville
and Mrs. Bowlware of Hawthorne
were married at the residence of the
brides son in the latter place last
Sunday. The only feature of this
marriage that interests the general
public is the ages of the contracting
parties. the groom being 81 and the
bride 63 years.
Rev. DR.. G. ]. K. Jones, a unfair
ian clergyman living at Stetson, has
been appointed assistant public lib
rarian at Los Angeles, Cal, and will
leave for that place on the 18th. DIR.
Jones was for many years pastor of
the Fourth avenue Unitarian church
in Louisville, Ky. He owns an or
ange grove at Stetson, a suburb of
DeLand.
One of the most brilliant features
of the opening day of the great Flor
iday State Fair, to be held in Tampa,
November 10 to 80, will be a grand
reception at the Tampa Bay hotel
given by the Fair Association in
honor of the newspaper editors OF
Florida, who have done more to
make the fair the great success that
it will be than other agency. Mem
bers of the legislature will also be
invited to attend this banqeet, as
will Gov. Broward and other state
and national officials. The opening
exercises will be the most brilliant
event of Florida's history. Any edi.
tor overlooked in sending out invita-
tons is requested to so notify f. l.
Huffaker, secretary, at once, as the
list of newspapers on file at the fail
headquarters is not complete, owing
to constant changes and increase il
number.
Forty of the finest amusement at
fractions ever brought south will bt
seen at the Florida State Fair, TO b'
held at Tampa, November 10 to 80
Principal among those will be tn,
great spectacular production Flight
ing the Flames" which has neve
appeared before except at Coney Is
land and Toronto Canada. Troop G.
Twelfth United States cavalry, thu
most noted in Uncle Sans service
will also prove great attraction
the manouvers of the troop bein;
given in connection with the grea
fireworks and electrical production
Eruption of Mont Pelee," Ever!
attraction secured is novel and up
to date, and absolutely nothing of al
unclean nature will be allowed oil
the ground. No gambling will b.
allowed. Not less than $50 of tn
finest race horses in the country will
enter the races, for which purse
amounting to $4,000 have been of
fered.