The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-28

bany, Ca, after two weeks stay on
house party given by Mrs. Joe Meyers.
Mr.. John Vinzant was in the city
Tuesday and made this Office a pleasant
visit and looked after his subscription.
f. H. Afford, Jr., the senior member
of the firm of Afford Bros, left this
week for Bath, N. Y, and other east
ern points, to purchase the fall stock of
dress goods.
The livelier the vote the sooner the
Piano Contest will be brought to a close
Get busy and secure renewals, advance
subscriptions, and collection of arrear-
ages. Those who work for them can
secure the coupons and votes and the
most votes will secure the excellent
Piano for some lady friend.
Mr.. j. c. Drake ami Hon. w. d.
Stoutemire were IN the city Wednesday
and both advanced their subscriptions
to 1910 and Hon. w. ID. paid back sub
scriptions and advanced his brother j.
d. Stoutemire's subscription to 1909.
placing the votes in the piano contest
to Miss May StOutemire.
Miss Bess Damon will return home to
Tallahassee on Monday, after charm
ing visit here, first with Mrs. j. H.
Burroughs and now with Miss Jennie
Cook, in Riverside Miss Damon is ex-
tremely popular with the young society
people, and they anticipate her coming
next winter. Jacksonville Metropolis.
If you would like to see your friend
advance in votes in the Piano Contest,
you should vote the coupons you are
now holding back and run your vote up.
Other friends seeing you the leader, or
near the lead will vote for you and in
the next count you may be ahead.
Those who work for them will get the
votes and the piano.
1t is very consoling to the average
Leon countlan that just as the water
melon season comes to a close that
sweet potatoes, 'possums, persimmons,
groundpeas, and such like, begins to
get ripe and come TO market, and they
are good and plentiful, too. "Possum
and sweet potatoes, just think Of it, "
yum-yum.
On Thursday evening September 10th /
from TO 10 o'clock, Mr.. Thomas Pleas /.
ant Strickland, at the pleasant Strick-
land home at Lake Iamonia, will cele- /
brate his twenty-first birth day, the .
True Democrat Job Office having this .
week printed neat invitations to the cell |
ebratiOn for his excellent father and |
mother, who are justly proud of their
children.
The recent heavy rains. have washed .
out the streets and some crossings on .
the sidewalks badly. At the crossing .
between the corners at BrOnough and |
Clinton streets, there are two quite !
deep bitches. Contractor Ferd Henry
surely now has his hands full, and will !
make the rounds of repairs as rapidly
as he can with the force and means at
bis command.
In addition to the regular service Sun
day afternoon at o'clock in the Cath
olic Church, Father Bresnahan intends
TO give a short instruction, explanatory
Of christian belief, or in answer to
question found in the question box at
the door Non Catholics will Of course
be welcome at this service, as well as
at the morning mass at 8.
Some contestees are holding back
their subscription vote coupons. This
Is not right, because if you run your
vote up it will induce others to vote for
you, as is clearly illustrated by the pop
ulor vote of Miss May StoUtemire She
and her friends are at work and they
are getting subscription coupons and
are voting them. The contest is to Sc
cure workers and friends for the True
Democrat. Vote now and vote often
'Tis not often one is allowed to vote so
often in an election.
From the Georgetown Daily Item we
with pleasure take the following per-
3onal of very worthy Tallahasseean (: /
''Mr. r. c. Snipes, General Freight and
Agent for the Georgetown &
came here two years ago from
the beautiful old Florida Capital-Tal-
ahassee. He was born in Leon county,
Fla, 1877, and was associated with the
Florida Central and Peninsplar Rail-
road. He IS one Of the most popular
and best liked young men with the A.
9. L. Read law and was admitted TO
the bar before the Supreme Court of
South Carolina. The officers of the
company approve of Mr.. Snipes, and
speak of him in complimentary terms. 4"
Prof. L. w. Buchholz of Tallahassee,
whose work in the State College for
Women has been so successful, visited
the local Masonic Lodge on last Friday
evening in his official capacity-as Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master. The Mas
ter's degree was conferred on Mr.. RIB.
Porter Of Aucilla, and a splendid adj
dress was made by the District Deputy.
Refreshments, consisting of ice cream
and cake were served and all enjoyed
the fraternal occasion, staying until
nearly one O'Clock. Prof. Buchholz has
lately been named for the Office Of Sup
Of Public Instruction of
HillshnronRh county. and has left Mid