The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-25
STATE NEWS.


The State Medical Examiners are IN
session In Ocala this week.
Free delivery Of mails began In Bar.
tow, Tuesday, June 10Th.
Winter Haven has a new bank.
The Knights Of Pythias, Of Tampa,
are going 20 erect q new building.
Lakeland Is 70 have a big tourist
hotel
A new forty room hotel Is TO be built
at Quincy.
A professional negro house breaker
has been captured At DaytOna.
The Florida dentist met In annual
convention at Oeala yesterday.
Tampa Is 10 secure $4,000 theatre
building.
Hastings IL 10 have q canning factory
and q large fertilizer plant.
New York capitalist will put out 125
sores In grape fruit az Terra Ceia.
Postal receipts Of the Plant City Of
fee nearly double In FIVE years. A fine
showing for that prosperous city.
The total State and county taxes for
1908 on ell property we're 81, 64S. 66i. a..
OF this the railroads paid 1886, 462 81,
which Ia IS per cent, or a little more
than one-siXth per cent Of the total
taxes, State and county, collected.
Frank r. Gstlin, q sewing machine
agent at Barlow, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the temple.
A wet and dry election will be held In
Santa Rosa county, July 81. The eoun-
BY 10 now dry.
The Tampa custom house receipts for
the second week In June, show $40, 600
increase over the same week Of last
year.
Bishop James Atkins, Of Waynesville,
N. C., has been elected % preside over
the Florida conference In place OF Bish-
op Charles r. Galloway, recently de-
ceased
Sue Ling. Chinese laundryman, who
has lived In Key West for a number OF
years, died last week The funeral was
attended by the Chinese colony. A
carriage was furnished for each person.
The Florida Division Of the Farmer
Educational and COOPERATIVE Union
Of America will hold their next annual
State convention az Live Oak, begin
ming July 18th, and continuing three
days
T K. Wilson, cashier Of the National
Bank Of 81. Petersburg, Fla, has been
indicted by the Federal grand Jury for
violations Of the National Banking
Laws, by making false entries In the
books Of the Institutions.
Mrs. Emily w. Smith. OF Jackson.
vile Is stirring up much interest In
that city and among the charitably dis
posed throughout the State in an effort
10 establish home for deserving poor
women and girls. II Ia 90 be hoped she
may be successful.
Otis d. Smith, a young white man,
was executed in the jail yard at Jack.
s0nyille, Friday, for the murder OF his
sister Cora Smith, several months ago
Smith was 90 have been hanged several
weeks ago, but n rcprievo was granted
by Governor GIlchrBt.
Tho Board Of Trustees OF Columbia
College, Live Oak, has elected DR.. Gil
bert, Of Virginia, as successor 20 DR..
Nunnally, Dr. Gilbert IL a school man
OF wide and successful experience, and
the board deserves the hearty cOngrat.
ulatOns OF the Baptist Of Florida for
putting NJ the head Of the institution
such n man
Florida has many beautiful Towering
trees. but one Of the most gorgeous u
the Royal Poinciana OF one at Fort
Myers, the Press says: lone OF The
most beautiful Royal POinciana trees
We have ever seen IA on the place Of s,
w. King, who resides across the river
The tree Ii now In full bloom, and Oh,
color, which In brilliant red, can b
seen for several miles
In spite Of the fact that between the
years 1880 and 1900, three million all
gators were killed IN Florida, the 'gatOl
still turks In considerable numbers n
the sluggish streams which wander be
meath the arching live oaks, heavy will
Spanish moss He Ia still the great OBJ
ject OF curiosity for the northern visitor
and 90 have visited Florida and not sect
~ alligator 10 10 have visited In vain
He IL an attraction, a turing force,
positive asset Of the State, and wlthOu
him Florida would be like Egypt with
out the Pyramids, Hamlet with M
Prince Of Denmark left out or Brooklyn
without Pat McCarcn. st. Augustlnt
Record.