The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-24
GENERAL NEWS
Of TALLAHASSEE
Governors Secretary Re
ceiveS News of His
Fathers Death.
Special to The Journal.

SpeCI9i TO ne journal.
Tallahassee, July 23--AfteT an I'M
accountable delay in its transfer a tel
egTam sent to Mr.. Daniel y. Simmons,
Governor Broward's private secretary,
reached here last Friday. The mes
sage conveyed to him nsws of the
sudden death of his father in Clinton
vile, Ala. Mr.. Simmons left imme-
diately for that place, but arrived too
late even for the funeral He found,
moreover, one of his brothers fatally
i'll with typhoid fever, his death oc-
curing almost Immediately after Mr..
Simmons arrival.
Mrs. t Glover Rawls came back
Tuesday from a pleasant visit to the
Continental Hotel and to friends in
Jacksonville She was accompanied
by Misses Margaret Williams ana
Florence Beckwith, two charming
young ladies of that city, who will
make a foTtnight's stay in the capital
city, much to the delight of their
many Tallahassee friends.
Miss Henrietta Ames will spend
the remainder of the summer season
with friends in New York and Maine
where she will be the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Waldo, at their home in
Flat Bush. After leaving there, Miss
Ames will go to Portsmouth and other
places in Maine for the remainder of
her stay.
Mr.. Charles A. Cay, after a short
trip to Boston and New York, returned
home this week Mr.. Cay says the
weather North is unbearably hot, and
he was forced to come back to Tai
lahassee to get cool.
North Carolina seems to nc a favor
ite summer resort for Tallahassee
ans this season. Among the latest de-
partures from here to that state are
Mrs Patrick HoustOun. Mrs. Lizzie
DeBerry. Mrs. John A. Cobb and Mrs.
J. Stuart Lewis.
Mrs. Henry T. Felkel, who was an
alternative in Floridas delegation to
the Confederation of WOmen's clubs.
lately in session at Boston, Mass, re-
turned home Saturday night After
leaving Boston, Mrs Felkel, accom-
panied by her colleague, Mrs Charles
A. Cay and Mr.. Cay, who had gone
on to Boston to place his wife in com
Portable summer quarters for the re-
mainder of the stay in the north,
went to ew York City. There she Wis
tied her niece, Miss SaIlie Harley, or
Thomasville. who is at present a
student at Columbia University
Mrs. 3. A Meginniss and Miss
Bershe MeginniSs reached home Sat
uTday from their visit to friends and
relatives in jacksonville. They report
q most charming visit and speak in
glowing terms of the hospitality and
gayety of the metropolis.
The new Inn at Lanark-on-the-Gulf.
the opening of which was chTOnicled
in a recent issue of the Journal, was
built by the LsnaTk Hotel Company,
Of which Dr. ". L. Moor, OF this city,
is the president, and Hon. ]. l.
Neeley the attorney. The majority OF
the stockholders of this company ara
also connected with the manage
ment of the G. F. and A railway. This
gives an added incentive to success in
building up of Lanark, as the resort
is on that line of road near the Cara
belle terminus At the recent open
ing of the Inn, the G. F. and A was
represented by General Manager J. c.
ODeH. General Agent R. A. McTyPr,
and General RoadmasteT William TuS-
sew The Inn IS conducted under the
able management of Mr. and Mrs
Crom. of cambridge, Ga. and every at
tention and courtesy is shown the
guests and pTomtp, efficient service
is required from the hotel employees.