Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-08-19

AI Jumper camp III the -GVoIRLhuce O6t-
urday, Capt. Graham Lower, Of the
schooner Emerald, made forty -six hour
journey to this port without food or wa
ter and eighteen hours were spent in
desperately clinging to the bottom Of a
little "dinkey," in which the eventful
trip was made The "dinkey" was over
turned by'a sudden squalI and on sever
al occasions Capt. Lower was hurled
fromthe vessel by the waves. He man
LACED to reach shallow water. however,
Lighted the little vessel and completed
1he sixty mile trip early today. An ex-
I petition will be sent after the crew Of
the vessel, six negroes, who refused to
leave when the mosquitoes drove the
captain away.
A Tallahassee special says: Albert w.
Gilchrist, governor of Florida, has prob.
ably taken a deeper interest in educa-
tional matters affecting the state than
any of his predecessors. In this respect
the governor has announced the appoint
ment of a committee composed of the
foremost educators of the state to revise
and codify the school laMs Of Florida.
This step is far reaching in its signif-
canoe, and it is Expects bst the result
of the committees labos IN be of in
estimsble benefit to the cShssbt educa-
ton. Y
Palatlla, Aug l2-Unless there Is some
interference by the governor, aud the
chances are there will not be, as he has
already turned down a petition for COM
mutation of death sentence to life i'm
kprisonment, Lawrence Dargan, negro,
will expiate his crime on the gallows in
the Putnam county Jail yard next Fri
day between the hours of IL and IL am.
Dragah was convicted at the spring term
Of the circuit court Of one of the most
atrocious murders ever committed In
this county the latter part of lsss.yesr.
He waylaid his wife, who was nding
along the road with some other negroes,
pulled per out Of the wagon, dubbed her
to death and cut her throat with a butch
er's knife after she was dead.
Pounding on the rocks aud fast filing
with water, the Spanish tramp steamer
Valmesads, which foundered Friday
near Fowey Rocks light, Key West, will
be a total loss according to reports
brought here by the revenue cutter For
ward which returned today from the
scene Of the wreck.
The worst wind, rain, hail and thun-
der storm in years struck Perry this
Thursday afternoon at one O'Clock, and
1t is feared that great damage has been
done to crops throughout the county, to
say nothing Of the large quantity Of
timber that must have been blown down.
In Perry fences were blown down, limbs
torn from trees and the streets flooded
with water. The roof was blown COM
pletely of Turner's dry goods store and
partially off Mickleson's and Caswell's
and their loss from damaged goods will
probably be considerable.
The Florida manager for the Sprague
, Mercantile Co. has gone to Chicago to
organize company with acapital stock
Of some $5OO, 1000 to operate q chain Of
cold storage plants in this state. The
idea of this company Win be to make
the meat attain the quality Of Western
products and bring equally as good pri'
ces.
/ As change from tarpon fishing it il
, said shark shooting from the ocean pier,
! is the latest diversion Of the angling
: sportsmen at Dsytona. Wnen q big fel
/ low is hooked, and this is quite Otter
, when bass fishing from the pier, he Il
given q dose Of lead and gives no more
trouble, and no sympathy Is wasted OF
him, for many Q poor fisherman has had
splendid S0-pounder nipped OF the lint
or bitten in two by thsse voracioul
wretches just before it could be hauled
out of the water:
II is noticeable that many fine Gal
trees at various points trAversed by thu
electric light wires are showing unmls
taxable signs Of loss Of vitality and mos
Of the affected ones viii eventually die
Such has been the experience of many
northern towns fifteen or twenty year
after they had installed electric ightinC
systems, and we ara no exception to TIT
rule.-Ex.
On complaint of ]. H. Pratt, maste
Of the sponge schooner Panormites o
TArpon Springs, who charged his crew
with mutiny, Deputy Collector of Gus
toms J. S. Walker, has arrested and bon
ded for appearance before United State
Commissioner H. L. Crane the eigh
men in question. They will have hea
ing in the next few days. 1t appear
from the allegations Of the master of tn
vessel that the men did mutiny, attacl
! and conflne him on board the vessel il
question. Masters Of sponge schooner
r are frequently engaged BY the crew, al
Of whom sail on shares, and it is moth
r ing new for his authority to be question
8 ee. They engage the master, however
: to comply with the law, but as his gu