The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-11

Cured a liability for any loss sus-
tanned by the creditors of said bank,
and that he should not longer remain
as receiver of said bank, and that the
attention of the comptroller of the
currency be called to the facts of the
case" were adopted by rising vote
/ of depositors who had crowded into
the city hall council chamber in re-
spouse to a call bv committee.
DeLand.-Probably the most import
ant event in undergraduate fraternity
life in Stetson university was when the
local chapter of the Sigma Nu frater-
nifty held the first Florida convention
of the order here.
Jacksonville. The Jacksonville
street car system is preparing to
build large and modern storage track
yards on its property to the north
of the car barn on Riverside avenue,
and preparatory is moving its sub-of-
fees from the old twostory building,
to the cottage building across the
street and in the grounds surrounding
the power house.
ackssnville.-There has been a
great improvement in farming methods
in Duval county during the past year.
Much time is spent with the farmers
and truck growers of the county point
ing out to them the proper way to
prepare the soils, the kind of fertilizer
to use, the correct methods Of cult
waiting crops and the harvesting of
same. The renewal by the agricultu-
raj and market bureau of Duval county
of the contract for an agricultural ad-
wiser for another year has brought
forth many expressions of approval
from the farmers, and also from bust
ness men of the city who have watch
ed with interest the work of the advis-
er since he was first engaged.
Jacksonville. - The Jacksonville
Alumni chapter of the Kappa Alpha
Fraternity held its first banquet in the
Indian room of the Seminole hotel.
From present indications the affair
should be the most successful of its
kind ever held in this city and good
time is promised to all those who
attend. The Kappa Alpha Fraternity
stands high on the roll of the Amer1-
can Greek letter societies and prides
itself on being the only strictly South
ern fraternity in existence. Its men,
bership has now reached the 10000
mark, and confined to the Southern
colleges as it is, its strength can be
readily seen from the above figures.
Many of the most prominent men in
the South are enrolled on the frater.
nifty register.
Pensacola-It is stated that the two
men, Thomas Powell, and a man NAM
ed Thomas, arrested at Blountstown,
as members of an alleged gang Of
would-be bank robbers, and in the
Calhoun county jail, had in their pos
session a quantity of nitroglycerin
when captured. 1t is stated that they
intended to make an attempt to rob
a bank at Blountstown. Powell was
for some years a resident of Willis,
Calhoun county. He is said to have
posed as a Primitive Baptist preacher
and a Socialist. 1t is said Powell and
his companion tried to interest another
man in their alleged scheme, showing
him their explosives and arms and a
kit of burglars tools. He made be-
lieve he fell in with their plans, but
reported them to the authorities and
their arrests followed. An army RI
fie and lot of steel-jacketed bullets
were part of the mems alleged equip
ment
Pensacola-If the story, as detailed
in a special received here, is correct,
then an organized gang Of bank rob-
bers and incendiareis have been detect
ed in Calhoun county. Four men have
been arrested by the sheriff of that
county, and from one the information
of the existence of the gang was
learned.
Pensacola.-A shipment of twenty
five thousand barrels of naval stores
will be made on the British steamer
Westlands, which arrived from Colon.
1t will be the largest shipment from a
gulf port in six months. The cargo
goes to South American ports, it is
understood. Another steamer to arrive
was the Brooklet, which is taking out
solid cargo of crossties for the Brit
ish government to be landed in Liver
pool.