The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-01
DeFUNIAk
Special to The Journal.

DeFuniak Sprisngs, Aug. S1.-The
weather is warm. The last three days
Of last week were the hottest of the
season, ranging up into the SOS. 1t
is not quite So hot this week but hot
enough for practical purposes STILL
Work is going on now on the new
Styles block. The brick layers be-
gan Thursday morning and will have
the foundation wall in soon. Several
carpenters are at work also and we
shall have a new building on the
Styles corner soon. Five men are
hammering away on the McPhaii resi-
dence early and late. They will about
complete the enclosure to-day. The
McGaskin house, made over into a
splendid residence with porch nearly
entirely around it, is ready for the
occupadl Considerable building is
going on in various parts Of the
town.
Mr.. Storrs of the Breeze is here and
there in the interest of the Fair. He
reports that this Is to be the greatest
fair yet. Jackson county is to be
here with an agricultural exhibit and
we are expecting great things of the
enterprise. - &, fti'7 g
Ehillip Fallows thinks his corn will
easily make fifty bushels to the acre.
and it Is big. The writer looked at
the field and believes Phillip is right.
Mr.. Clark says he has the biggest
corn he ever raised, and all farmer s
who have cultivated their crops are
equally rewarded. 1t is worth while.
however. to call attention to the fact
that Mr.. Fallows' farm has no clay
subsoil He says it is 80 feet to the
clay and yet right on the sand he has
as good crops as any in the neigh
borhood This is demonstration that
thousands Of acres around DeFuniall
can be worked to great profit in corn,
cotton, cane and any other products
congenial to this climate. Some day
this will be a rick agricultural coun-
try.
Mr.. Chas. Murray and family with
Mrs. Downs and daughter returned
from the gulf last night. Mr.. Murray
has gone ON to Macon, Georgia.
Mr.. Bowers Campbell, the cashier
of the National Bank, with his wife
and sick child left yesterday for
northern Georgia for the health OF the
babe, which is quite dangerously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornber are in New
York laying fall goods.
The T. I. A. will give grand con-
cert in the near future.
The Library association gave an ice
cream social last night for the bene-
fit of the Library The main thing
in this enterprise was to get money
to pay for the new International Cy-
clopedia Just placed in the Library.
Maurice Stanley who was serious
ly i'll is able to work again and is
hammering away on the McPnail
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Jones are home
from a long visit in Illinois. We are
glad to have them back.
Judge Campbell and wife are in
Georgia for a short vacation.
DR.. Gillette has sold his residence
and will move to Tampa next week.
We are sorry to lose the doctor and
his good wife. They are old residents
and have seen the TOWN. grow. Inc
doctors feeble health causes him to
seek the gulf climate.
Miss Effle Stubbs, the hello giIP'
goes for months vacation TO Green
Vile and Montgomery Ala. She
leaves on Monday. Miss Hattie
Stubbs takes her place in the hello
office for the time.
DR. G. J. Hammitt was at the Nero
dist Episcopal church Sunday holding
his third quarterly meeting. We
were delighted with his morning ser.
mon and with his evening sermon OF
the Union service at the Baptist
church. Dr. Hammitt is always wei
come visitor at DeFuniak Springs.
DR. Gillette has presented the read
ing room of Co. X with over one
hundred valuable books