The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-05-24
LATE STATE NEWS.

FEN ENSACOLA-Ihe GOOD Roads
Association of Florida is to convene
at Pensacola in annual session June
9th.
ST. PETERSBURG - The State
Horticultural society which closed
its sessions here last week, will meet
in Gainesville next year.
DELRAY-The Delray Canning
Company's factory is now at work
on the tomato crop and it is said the
product is SO fine that orders are
pouring in from all parts of the coun-
try.
HASTINGS-Th farmers of this
section will harvest the balance of
the potato crop by the end of the
week. Every potato grower has
made hadsome profits on his farm
this year.
ST. AUGUSTINE-The property
holders of st. Augustine decided last
Tuesday by their votes against the
issue of bonds in the sum of $4,000
for q sewerage system. The vote
was 67 for and l53 against.
ST AUGUSTINE-The military
company recently organized at st.
Augustine is about to disband. Lack
of interest on the part of the MEM
bers and the indifference of the busi-
ness men seem responsible.
| JACKSONVILLE - Ph il brofen,
located at Blaco point on the st.
Johns river, seven miles from Jack
sonville, has been selected as the
permanent camp site for the Florida
state troops, and strong recommen-
d8tion made to the legislature that
the tract be purchased.
CITRA-Mrs. S. S. Harris of Citra,
for a number of years corresponding
secretary of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society of the Florida
conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South, has been ap-
pointed to service in the foreign
mission field and will be sent to
China.
TALLAHASSEE-Gov. Broward
has reinstated James w. Perkins,
solicitor of the criminal court of
record of Volusia county, who was
removed from office in December,
1905, on account of failure to prose-
cute alleged election frauds in that
county. The order goes into effect
Immediately.
JACKSONVILLE.- B. Brow
olhJ IliC iIltlC sun VI SdPbs
BroWard, was run over by a wagon
Monday night and badly bruised,
but no bones were broken.-W. Fl.
O'Brien, a well-known resident, died
ut st. Luke's hospital Monday after
noon from injuries received in a run
away accident that morning.
PENSACOLA-The postoffice at
Fort Barrancas, a fourth-class office,
was robbed Monday night, when
money order receipts were stolen
amounting to $75.-The engine for
the German-A American Lumber COM
pany at Millville passed through
here Monday. 1t is of 750 horse
power and has siXteen-foot fly
wheel.
JACKSONVILLE-Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and vice President
of the National Civic Federation,
addressed the citizens of Jackson
vile in the Duval theater Wednes-
day night on the beneficence of or
ganized labor, its rights, it's privi-
leges and its necessity for commen-
surate reward.-W. f. Hilburn, 28
years of age, while in the act of
coupling cars, was killed Wednes-
day morning, at Campville, near
Waldo.
PENSACOLA-A notable event
in Pensacola Friday night was the
organization of the first Canton in
Florida of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. 1t is known as Cam
ton Merritt No. 1.-The fast Spanish
mail and passenger steamer Alphon-
SO XII, plying between Havana,
Cuba, and Barcelona, Spain, is now
in the Spanish dry dock at Pensaco-
la, having new rudder put in. The
steamship became disabled in Ha-
vana harbor and had to be towed to
Pensacola for the necessary repairs.
GAINESVILLE.-The state Tues
day, through State Attorney Long,
moved to strike the plea antre fois
acquit, of j. N. Strobbar, charged
with embezzlement of more than
$4,000 from the Atlantic Coast Line,
and the argument lasted all the
forenoon, Attorneys Frank Clark,
and B. A Thrasher, arguing for the
defendant. Court sustained the mo-
ton to strike. The defendant who
was then in court, seriously i'll,
pleaded not guilty to the charge. A
next term of the circuit court is un-
der consideration, Judge Wills pre-
siding Strobhar is quite i'll but is
attended by his attentive wife.
Many affidavits of his illness and
inability to stand trial were present.
ed.
MIAMI-The preliminary hearing
of Thomas w. Troy, for the murder
of George Newcomb, at West Palm
Beach on the 9th day of May, was
brought to close Monday evening
at O'Clock. Judge Heyser held
Troy for appearance at the October
term of the circuit court in the sum
of $4,000. Mr.. Troy is almost total
stranger in Miami, and the ATTORNEYS
for the defense thought the bond ex-
horbitant, but Judge Heyser was of
a different opinion. No sooner had
the matter been settled as to the
amount, when the citizens of Miami
came forward and made the Dor d
good. This has been one of the hard
est contested cases of the kind ever
brought in the county, and the svm-
pathy of almost the entire communi-
ty is with Mr.. Troy. The following
parties made the bond; CASTOR
Drake, Joseph A. Mcdonald, S. A.
Belcher, Joha Sewell, G. r. Nc
Crimmon.
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