The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-31
LATE STATE NEWS.
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MANATEE-The machinery for
the new ice plant has arrived and
will soon be installed.
SANFORD-A movement has been
started here to organize village inn
| provement association.
ATLANTIC BEACH-Thea annual
meeting of the Florida State Bank
ers' association will be held at the
Hotel Continental on June 14th and
18th.
TAMPA. The new st. Andrews
Episcopal church at Tampa was
dedicated with impressive ceremo-
nies last Sunday by Rt. Rev. Will
liam Crane Gray, bishop of South
ern Florida.
DAYTONA-Several growers have
made great success of celery crops
at Ormond and Daytona and it is eX-
pected that next season will see
large acreage in this section of Vo-
lusia county.
KISSIMMEE-The United States
dredge boat Kissimmee is again in
commission and is at work on the
Kissimmee river between Southport
canal and IStopOga creek. The ap-
preparation for this section is $4,000.
DELAND-The postoffice depart
ment has now decided not to grant
DeLand free mail delivery. 1t is
supposed that the failure by the city
to enforce the house numbering or
dinance, is responsible for the de-
cision of the postal authorities.
TAMPA-The strike of the colored
If,, IA ct fN1 IN n idh
had tied up large shipments of lum-
ber and phosphate, has been broken
by a large gang of Greek laborers
which was sent down from Tarpon
Springs after the close of the sponge
season.
PENSACOLA = James NJ. An
drews, former chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners of Escam-
bia county, on trial for graft, plead
ed guilty in cour, at Pensacola
Thursday, although first having
plead not guilty.-Anothe develop
ment in these graft cases is the find
ing guilty of Gary l.. Fulton, charged
with padding the pay rolls of the
county in the repair work done on
the county court house.
BARTOW-Barto has offered to
the orphanage connected with the
NJ. E. church, south, in Florida, the
property formerly used by the South
Florida Military Institute, compri-
sing main building with about 35
bed rooms, besides class rooms and
halls, mess hall, kitchen and labo-
ratory, equipped with heating appa-
ratus and lights; also the presidents
home and a gymnasium, and eight
acres of land.
observation-disclosures from Has
tings show that up to the end of last
week over 10000 barrels of potatoes
had been shipped from that station,
and there are few more barrels
still remaining in the fields. The
drought in this section retarded the
crop, but the colds killed the crops
in North Carolina; and although
little late, potatoes brought good
prices and are higher now than at
the beginning of the season.
MANIA large steamer, south
bound went ashore off Norris Gut
late Wednesday evening and was
fast for several hours before she was
able to extricate herself and proceed
on her voyage. A number of local
boatmen learning that vessel was
ashore started out to her but found
upon arrival that assistance was not
needed. 1t is said considerable car
go was iettisoned before she floated.
Her name could not be learned
Miami Metropolis.
GAINESVILLE-Owing to the
extensive phosphate interests in
which they are engaged, Fl. f. Dut-
ton & Co., bankers, decided to give
up business. When this became
known Mayor w. r. Thomas imme-
diately organized new banking
company composed of w. r. Thomas
g. X. Broome, H. F. Dutton, @. W.
Chase, j. H. Vidal, S. j. Thomas and
j. p. Padgett which has purchased
the Dutton building and fixtures
and which will continue the banking
business.
JACKSONVILLE - The county
commissioners of Duval have had a
report from a special committee
composed of Senator A. S. Mann,
DR. w. M. Stinson and @. H. Mann,
recommending asphalt oil roads as
being best suited to Duval county.
The commissioners have therefore
authorized l.. ID. DeCamp, of Los
Angeles, CAL, an expert road build
er, to construct one mile of this road
as test. This trial of road is not to
cost more than $4,000, the commits
sioners to have the engineering work
and grading done.-An appeal to all
SoutherneTs for five minutes to stop
business and all moving wheels at
2 p. M. June 3, the moment of the
unwilling of the Jefferson Davis
statue at the Richmond reunion of
Confederate veterans, has been is
sued by General Lee, commanding
the veterans.
Mrs. Frank and daughter, Miss