Panama City pilot., 1908-10-29
Beach Combinss.

DR. Rozier returned from the funer-
al of his mother on Sunday evenings s
train.
Note the bay frontage for sale on
the south shore, advertised by Mr.
Forbes lin this number.
w. ID. Thompson, General Counsel
of the A. & St a. b. r. r., of Atlanta,
was Panama CITY visitor this week.
Mr. G.. H. Purvis, Traffic Manager
of the Atlanta & ST Andrews Bay r.
r. accompanied by MIR Gleason, of
Chicago, are Panama City visitors to-
day.
G.. b. Thompson received message
on Monday from b. G.. Farmer stat
ing that his suit with the Mocks had
been decided in his, Mr. Thompson's,
favor.
The residence of f. |. Matthews on
the corner of 3rd street and Luverne
avenue is very fine ed!fice. 1t is by
far the largest and most costly dwell
ling house in town.
Rev Hastings was caller in town
on Tuesday. Mr. Hastings is slowly
recovering from an attack of typhoid
fever from which he has been a suf-
ferer with many others, at Millville.
w. K. Hall, our hustling building
contractor, has completed a store
building on his lot on Harrison
avenue, north of DR. Lees building,
in which he will store his supplies of
building material &c.
E. 1. Matthews shipped several
coops of his fancy poultry to De Fun
lax Springs on Tuesday evening for
exhibition at the Fair. He has some
very choice stock and naturally ex-
poets to carry off some first prizes.
The Gulf Coast Development Com
lany have had cleared and graded
the street starting at the beach just
west of the ice plant, and running
through to 9th street. This is the
Mercer street of G.. b. Thompson's
plat.
The railway company will put
the steam shovel at work in the
cut inst north of the depot next
week, using the material taken out
in filing in the approach to the dock
and filling the low land along their
water front.
The Sale-Davis Company has COM
pleted the warehouse on their dock
and as soon as the outer approach to
the dock is completed will fill it with
a stock of kiln dried building mater
ial, such as will be in constant demand
at this point.
A. Hogeboom shipped this week to
S. b. Brown, of Albany, Ga, as fine
box of grape fruit as was ever
gathered in Florida. 1t was raised
here on the Bay, at Parker, and shows
what opportunities there are tn thai
field in this section.
The Montgomery Advertiser was
quite literally subscribed for by the
bay people during the visit of it
representative. 1t is good dali.
and reaches this section at p. m. o
the day of publication, leaving Mont
gomery as late as in the morning.
s. B. Brown, Cotton Factor, of Al
bany, Ga, has been visiting Panam
City this past week, looking owe
conditions here in connection wit
exporting cotton, &c. Mr. Brown re
turned home Sunday evening. H
was very favorably impressed wit
the location and its possibilities.
Our fishermen report a little bette
run of fish this past week and som
of them have made fair catches. w
hear of several of 30 to 40 barrel
each. The Nancy Lee was in with
good fare of red snappers, some 1:
600 pounds, and Martha Lillian wit
a goodly number Other smacks hav
also been in with their catches.
A. b. Steele, President of the
& st. A. B. R. r., nas been in tow
some days this past week, lookin
after the work being carried on hel
by his company, While here he col
tracted for the erection of a lars
warehouse on the Railway dock, an
also depot and general Office bull
ing at the heel of the dock. This w
be a great convenience to the patrol