Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05
Beach Combinss.

r. l.. Mckenzie has been transact
inr business in Pensacola this week.
M Boyer, Vice President Of the @.
A. l.. Co, was caller here the latter
part of last week.
Rev Hastings announces that there
will be preaching here Sunday, the
Sth, at IL a. NJ. All are invited to
attend.
Mr. Sheppard has At last received
barge of lumber for his dock and
building thereon, and is now at work
on the same.
A. Hogeboom has been receiving
fine quality of California grapes,
York State apples, bananas, and
other fruits this week.
Quite party of Panamans are pre-
pairing to take in the chicken pie
supper at Wares Hall, st Andrews,
tonight, going by launch.
Mrs Belle Booth has bought lot on
Third street fronting the park and is
getting material on the ground to be-
gin the erection of dwelling house.
The Manteo was in this morning
about $50. On it's last trip it brought
a large consignment of up country
freight, also a goodly lot of bananas,
Mr. Ayars has this week been en-
gagged in drafting plans for the M. E.
Church South at this place, which is
to be erected as soon as the plans can
be perfected, and the lumber got on
the ground.
Saturday last witnessed the depart
ure of the following fishing smacks
from this port: the Irma, Nancy Lee,
Martha Lillian, Geo Pfefffer and the
Maxwell. Quite a feet to get away
in one day.
Fish have been quite scarce this past
week. The fleet out after red snap
pers may have better luck than the
beach fishermen. Boats returning
this week to Pensacola from the Cam
peachy banks report good catches.
The railway steam shovel was placed
in the cut north of town yesterday
and will soon begin widening the
same. The material taken out will be
used in filling in the approach to the
dock, and the low land on the COM
panys frontage.
Geo l.. Woody, of the Observer, of
Russiaville, Ind, has been looking
over Panama City this past week.
Mr. w. is very favorably impressed
with the place and it's possibilities,
and may conclude to return here soon,
and become one of us.
f. |. Matthews was the only exhlb-
itor at the West Florida Fair from
Panama City, but he done full honor
to the place by carrying off five first
and five second premiums upon his
exhibit Of II coops of fancy chickens.
Ten winnings out of twelve is about
the Panama City gait.
Mr. Hayward moved his we'll drill
ing apparatus from the Ice Plant to
the proposed location of the city
we'll yester lay, and is getting in readi-
ness to begin sinking the well. 1t is
located near the northwest corner of
Sixth street and Grace avenue, at
point about 20 feet above the street
level at this office.
Our market gasdener, j. A. Elder,
this week dug 200 bushels of potatoes
from one acre of our piny woods
ground. These potatoes followed
crop of cabbages that was taken off
last Spring, and will be succeeded by
another crop of cabbage, thus getting
two full crops year off the ground.
The potatoes were exceptionally fine
and sell readily ae one dollar per
bushel.
r. Powers, of Atlanta, soon to be
located at Panama City in charge of
the Atlanta & st Andrews Bay r. r.
interests, was an arrival on the Man
teo on Tuesday. Mr. Powers looked
over the place and expressed hin self
as pleased and surprised at the ex-
cellent showing already made here.
He will move here soon, occupying
the cottage recently erected by Ed