Panama City pilot., 1907-11-14
Beach Combines.


H. H. Mock returned SATURDAY.
evening from weeks absence al
Vernon.
G.. E. Evans and brother, of Mill
vile, were Panama City visitors or
Monday.
G. B. Thompson, of Panama City
is guest of the Central Hotel. l.---Ver-
dict Chipley.
w. H. Priest, of Vicksburg, was a
visitor here over Sunday, leaving for
home Monday.
L. G. Shores has just completed a
fireplace and chimneys at M. B. jerks
new house on End street.
j. j. Ward left yesterday morning,
by team to the railway, for a short
visit to DeFuniak Springs and else
where.
Rev F. Wineman will preach in the
school, house here on Saturday night,
November 10th, services beginning at
7o'clock.
r. l.. Mckenzie is a Pensacola
visitor this week, having started for
there yesterday morning, overland
to the railway.
T. j. Watts, owner of the telephone
line from the bay to Chipley, was
here the past week adjusting instru
ments and looking over the line.
l.. B. and T. B. Young, of Nixon,
Fla, are among the business visitors
to the city who are registered at the
Escambia. Pensacola Journal. 10th.
j. H. Anderson, of Southport, was
a pleasant caller at the PILOT office
on Tuesday. Mr. Anderson was taking
Mr. Cobb about the bay in his COM
Portable launch.
Work on the B. c.. & st A. Ry. is
progressing rapidly with a prospect
of reaching the Bay at an early date.
A large number o: men and teams are
at work. Verdict Chipley.
j. R. Thompson and T. Krebs have
been spending some time this past
week in hauling lumber from the
mill to the dock, to be used in the
building of Mr. Thompson's new house
at st Andrew.
H. j. Bruton, of Bainbridge, accom-
panied by l.. B. Griffin, of Decatur
county, Ga, were Panama City Wis
itors on Tuesday evening. The
gentlemen started yesterday for their
homes, on the Tarpon, by way of
Carabelle.
The colored Missionary Baptist
Church have the timbers out and
foundation ready for their new church
which they will build at the corner
of East End avenue and 7th street.
They propose to keep right at the
work until it is done.
Twice within the past week the
mail has failed to reach Bay Head
from Chipley in time to be brought
down the same day. Tuesday our
citizens received three days mail, and
daily papers of Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday.
The most of the bay fishermen Will
finish fishing tomorrow, the 18th,
that being the end of the mullet sea-
son as provided by law, and there
being too few other fish at present to
warrant continuing at the work. The
Fall fishing has on the whole been
improbable. A few have made fair
wages, and two or three a little better
than that, but there have been but
few good runs or catches, and many
have not come out even.
E. R. Cobb, General Freight and
Passenger Agent of the Mobile &
Gulf Steamship Co., the owners of
the Manteo, was a business caller
here on Tuesday. Mr. Cobb was
making tour of the bay country in
the interest of his line, and stated
that possibly the Manteo might make
this bay one of their ports of call.
The Manteo has visited our bay
before, once during last Spring, and
since then has been plying between
New Orleans and Tampa. The boat
is large one, 100 feet in length, 20
feet beam, and 9 feet depth of hold,
with 535 net tons capacity, an all
around good boat for the coast trade,
especially for passenger service. A
definite schedule will be established
soon Undoubtedly New Orleans will
be the starting point Of the boat