The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-10-06

Tallahassee, Friday, October s, 1905
Sumter county has county home for
the poor, but it has no inmates.
Thomas f. Watson, Of Georgia, has
purchased a winter home near Fort Lau-
derdale, on the east coast Of Florida.
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Volusia county event dry" last week
by majority Of over 400, while Putnam
county event wet" by a small majority
less than 60
President Roosevelt will visit Jack
s0nvile and st. Augustine October 2lst,
and elaborate preparations are in pro-
Rress for his entertainment in both
cities.
W. f. Edwards, in the Crawfordville
Breeze, announces his candidacy for the
Legislature for WakuIIa county. AS
the election Is more than two years dis
tant, Mr. Edwards may justly be re-
garded az an "early bird" or worn. 4"
BILLY" Lamar got two good newspa-
per notices about his 500 contribution
TO the Pensacola cleaning-up fund in
stead Of one. He got one on his tele-
gram promising the check, and the other
on his letter, transmitting IL; but he
made the two 80 far apart, in time, that
some may imagine there were two
checks instead Of one. Hence this ex-
PLANTATION.
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Governor Vardeman, of Mississippi,
recently wrote a letter to the Memphis
officer of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society refusing TO pay a premium on
policy. In this letter the governor said
~ shall not pay this premium, but
rather think that ] shall permit the po.-
icy TO forfeit and become void do not
care 10 contribute any more TO the gay
ETY. Of that crowd Of robbers, thieves
and marauders, who seem TO infest the
Equitable in New York"
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Having been made governor from the
ranks Of the common people Of Florida,
Governor Bioward was anl In expected
TO make Florida one Of the best exec
utives she has ever had" The True
Democrat believes his intentions and
purposes are good, but we fear that the
influence OF the jennings. Groom Dick
in ION Hillson combination, whose advice,
30 often and freely given, has already
done him much harm, and may yet drag
him into other complications which he
will live to regret. II he desires. earn
eslly, 70 re ain his hold upon the conf
dence and affection % the Florida mass
o., he must cut loo from the Jennings
aggregation and b, what he really in
I nded TO be - he governor Of tie whole
people.
Mr.. Edward Ftzgcr I'D, formerly ed
itor Of the Barlow Courier Informant,
who recently removed to Mississippi to
engage In his profession, finding condi-
tions there unsatisfactory, has returned
TO Florida and taken editorial charg, of
the News, at Arcadia The True Demo
crat welcomes him back to the ranks Of
the craft in Florida, and expects from
him some Of the best editorial work he
has ever dDlc. He begins showiny
where he stands in the following sharp
comment upon the methods Of the
Comptroller: "The True Democrat.
speaking of 'extravagant management
in clerical hire Of the State depart
ments. declares that in the office of the
Comptroller the payroll now foots up
90 $2S, 800 for assistance. Perhaps this
increase Ii caused by the saving to the
taxpayers through the pruning Of pay
ment for publication of the delinquent
tax lists We should judge that 10 be
the case on account Of having received
voluminOus circulars and reports ton
which, by the way, sufficient postage
was not placed) explanatory Of why the
Comptroller declined to render full pay
ment Of IA bill for publication Of tax
list, although the work was done in
good faith and according to copy fur
nished. The True Democrat may be
able TO inform skeptical public whether
other accounts passing through the
ComptrOller's Office are treated with
an II II