Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-10-14

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into effect on the End of this month,
making Plant City Of more Importance
as railroad center.
Florida is just now attracting more
/ attention than any other state in the
union. People are coming daily by boat
and train; coming early to avoid the
rush and provide quarters for the win
ter. Many are investing in lands and
homes, and IL the FLORIDA for Mine"
rash continues to increase at the rate it
has in 1909 and 1910 the next decade will
find no idle acres in this state.
Pensscols's budget as adopted for the
new year totals SIS, 1911 57.
The special committee appointed by
Chairman Henry D. Stokes Of the city
council at the meeting Tuesday night.
met again this morning with Major R.
/ E. Davidson, agent for the Webb Motor
Fire Apparatus Co., and gave him an
order for the big machine subject to the
ratification Of the council at its next
meeting. The conditions under which
the machine is contracted for are that it
is to meet all Of our conditions and re-
quirements fully or the city will not &C.
cept 1t nor be at one cent Of expense.
Delivery cannot be made under three
months.-Ocala Star.
viii Rice, . white man, was found
dead with bullet hole through his head
in ditch in front OF the house of Nellie
Lancaster on the outskirts of Punta
Gorda early Sunday morning. Nellie
Lancaster has been arrested charged
with completely in the affair. Much
mystery surrounds the shooting, as there
were no eye witnesses, and the first the
authorities knew of the supposed murder
was when the cold body was found lying
| in the ditch.
One Of the many new industries estab-
ished at the thriving phosphate city and
railroad center Of Dunnellon is the i'm
mense new plant Of the Dunnellon Ice,
Storage & Machine Co. The company
is composed strictly of local capital and
local men compose the officers and board
OF directors. The company is capital
lied at only $26, 900, but their buildings
, and plant when all completed, will rep
resent nearly twice that amount Of CAPT
tai invested.
Again the gondolS that transports the
people from Orange to Volusis counties
has become waterlogged and sank to the
depths with al on board. This time B.
T. Williams loses his valuable sutomo-
bile and Q man from Osteen lost q cargo
of meat. The boat seemed to sink rap
idly and the wagon and automobile were
submerged. This ferry boat and Cross
ing is disgrace to civilization and DEM
onstrates how the people Of this end Of
the county are treated In the matter Of
improvements. The people who suffer
losses by the ferry expect to make the
uuACk dtAA OC4OAO thC A1nbtOA 10
ended the exchequer of the county will
be depleted for enough to build good
bridge across this part of the river
Sanford Herald.
About 1880 Friday morning, soon aft
er the employees of the turpentine plant
operated by the Orlando Water & Light
90. had gone to work, one of the three
large retorts in which the pine chips are
steamed In the process Of making tnr-
pentine from the wood, blew mp with q
terrific explosion, tearing the roof from
the building and in falling demolished
one side Of the room in which they were
located. This retort is Of steel, about
twenty feet tall and fully five feet in di-
smeter with Q capacity Of one and q
quarter cords Of wood after IL has been
cut into chips. When the explosion &C.
CURED the great boiler sailed in the air
like q sky rocket to height of fully one
hundred feet, according to those who
| WAbhCbSC0 th0 eOCANoAh. 4WOOA bho oIu-
ployes were ut work within six feet of
the retort when the explosion occurred
IN q corner Of the building cut off from
escape and would doubtless have been
suffocsted had the boiler in falling not
torn out the side Of the building within
three feet Of where they stood, allowing
an thrush Of fresh air. In taking its
fight the retort missed all important
machinery In the building, Mr.. Cheney
claiming that while the damage was
considerable on the structure, everything
would be in shape in five or six days
Orlando Reporter.
Florida has 8, 200 old soldiers on her
pension rolls, who have drawn Q half
million dollars since january.
Eleven persons are awaiting trial in
AlaohuA county for violating the anti
seining law at NewmAn's lake.
The safe Of the Blou thsaeer in Jack
sonville was cracked Last week and Later
the thief wrote the manager thanking
him for the goodly amount the safe con-
tanned.
According to statistics Florida has
more automobiles than any other south