Panama City pilot. (Panama City, Washington County, Fla.) 1907-19??, 1908-05-14
Beach Combings.

ping yesterday.
Mr. Lawrence, superintendent OF
construction work on the railway,
was in town Monday.
Revs. r. G. Williams, of Chipley,
and j. G. Hastings, were callers at
the PILOT office on Monday.
w. X. Holt and wife, of Fitzgerald,
Ga, arrived on Saturday evening on
visit to their father and family.
They will return to-day.
w. l.. Cawthon's summer cottage
is fast assuming a home like appear
ance. 1t is being built that strong
that it can be moved easily if that
were necessary.
w. A. Crawford is putting up a
building on the corner of Harrison
avenue and First street, to be used
as a barber shop. Such an institu-
ton is much needed here.
The East Bay mail boat broke down
on Monday near Farmoale. 1t was
towed back on Tuesday by Capt.
Witheril., with the Eva May, which
has been on the line since.
Mrs NJ. 3. jerks left on the Manteo
on Friday for her old home at Anna,
Ill. She Will join her sister Miss Tut
hill at Quincy, ILL.,, soon, and both
will attend the Presbyterian Assembly
at Kansas City.
Henry JOhnson's launch running in
connection with the trains, broke
crank shaft oh Friday night while
coming southwark, and laid off West
Bay nearly all night. Rev r. G.. Will
llams was passenger.
A Southport party consisting of l..
ID. Harmon and wife, Miss Matte
Williams, and Messrs j. ID. Williams,
Benjamin Baldwin, Eugene Williams,
and j. Jasperson, visited here on
Sunday, coming by launch.
Our former postmaster Taylor Pos
ton was an arrival here on Friday
evening. Taylor is looking well and
as though he had enjoyed his outing,
and was now ready to do his share
toward building up Panama City.
Don't forget that next Tuesday is
election day for the 1st primary. All
qualified voters should turn out and
register vote for their choice of
candidates. The polls in this district
will be held at the Panama City Real
Estate Office.
w. II. Parker and crew have this
week been running out that portion
of the south east quarter of section s
here that lies east of the bayou. 1t
belongs to +. n. Dekle, of Chipley.
We understand Mr. Dekle proposes to
plat the same.
Il. S. Kitchener, of Port Washing
ton, candidate for superintendent of
schools, was pleasant visitor here
ON Tuesday. Mr.. Kitchener is an ed
ucator, with good ideas of advancing
our common schools, and if elected
will undoubtedly do good work along
those lines.
The soda water apparatus and fOun-
tain for DR. Ro2ier arrived on the
Manteo Tuesday. the Doctor has
bought as good an outfit as could be
found, and as soon as his building is
completed our people will be pro-
vided with soda fountain that will
furnish the choicest and most deli
cious of soft drinks.
Lieut. Commander Sheppard, of st
Andrews, was a Panama City caller
on Tuesday, having come upon the
Manteo. Mr. Sheppard was talking
the candidacy of Albert w. Gilchrist,
for governor. Thus far there has
been nothing done here in the way
of campaigning for the office of gov
ernor except what has been done by
the county officials in connection
with their canvass for reelection.
We regret to note the death OF
Grandma Mock, at the home of her
son. H. H. Mock, in this place at
O'Clock in the afternoon of Friday
last. She had been i'll but a few
days. If she had lived few days
longer she would have been 50 years
old. Burial took place in the Mill
vile cemetery on Saturday afternoon
Rev Roundtree, conducting the ser
vices. A full account of her life vii
be published in the Searchlight, o