The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-08-25

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Tallahassee, Friday, August rs, 1905.
1--WE want printer" says the De-
Funiak Breeze, must be a total abb
stainer" Hold on, there! You don't
want printer; you want an angel
The Milgan Herald makes itself ed
itorially responsible for the following
Anyone can be good on Sunday, but
it takes a man 70 be good on week
days"
The Florida newspapers are poking
all kinds Of fun at Madison, for the de-
feat, the other day, Of the proposition
TO establish a school sub-district Don't
let us Tallahasseeans get in the same
classl
The Georgia Legislature has created
from portions Of Decatur and Thomas
counties new county TO be called
"Grady", after the famous and lament
ed Georgia newspaper man, Henry W.
Grady.
Elsewhere we reproduce well-writ-
ten Obituary" Of Gas Addicks" from
the Jacksonville Times Union, and
commend it's careful perusal to all as
piring, would-be political bosses, wheth-
cr they have "a President behind then"
or only smaller official
The Crawfordville Breeze says:
Where there is much smoke there is
bound to be some fire According TO
the above maxim railroad will be run
from the st. Marks branch Of the Sea
board 10 Panacea Springs and TO Cara
belle. This will surely be fine route
on account Of the fine belts Of timbeTed
lands and the proximity 10 the coast "
Pensacola and DeFuniak Springs have
organized military companies to re
place the two Pensacola companies re-
Gently disbanded. Tallahassee should
have "a frst-class, "Crack" military
company, but the young men Of the
town don't appear to be- Of the "stuH
heroes are made Of, and the State
capital II therefore in disgrace in this
respect.
President HollOmOn Of the Jackson
Vile "Tri-State Fair and Carnival As.
ISOLATION, and President Brown, of
the Tampa Estate Fair" are at odds
on account Of conflicting dates, the for
mer event having been fixed for OctO-
her l3 to X, and the latter for October
10 10 30. IL II the old problem about
an irresistible force coming in contact
with an immOyable object?
Editor Davis, Of the Live Oak Cres.
cent, in u recent issue gave some very
Interesting "reminiscences Of the Florida
newspaper fraternity of ~ years ago
in Sumter county. Some time, when
convenient, this writer hopes to supple
mcnt the Crescent EDITORS valuable
contribution to the history Of the ciaft,
by going back in time to 1879, when he
began his newspaper work in Florida,
The Gainesville Sun thus notes the
demise of its local contemporary, the
Star: 1.-THE Gainesville Star, week
ly paper which has been printed in this
city for little over two years, failed
to twinkle last week. a telephone
message from the office Of the Pepper
Publishing Company, whore it has been
printed for several months, stated that
il had been "cut out. The publisher
did not even bid his readers good bye. " !
The editor Of this newspaper has fire.
qucntly expressed his willingness that
his brethren Of the State press should !
quote or use, in any way they might de-
sire, with or without credit, any matter
found in our columns; hut we protest
against having our matter credited To |
other sources. In its latest issue the
jasper News reprinted our editorial
"Reminiscences of the senatorial contest
between Hill. Stephens and Gordon, in |
1874, at Atlanta, Crediting the same to |
the Atlanta News.
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The Tallahassee True Democrat il |
telling some strange occurrences about |
State printing contracts and other mat !
ters at the State capital, which makes |
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