The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-14
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES,

sioners at their regular monthly ses.
sion.
Because st. Augustine is we'll repre-
scented in war-threatened Europe this
season much concern is felt there for
the safety of number of we'll known
residents.
The board of county commissioners
sitting as a reviewing board and re-
viewing the county tax tolls for the
year. County Tax Assessor Manucy
presented the assessment rolls for the
year 1914, which he had recently com
pleted. The commissioners are going
over the tax list in detail. The assess
ed valuations will show substantial
increase over last year.
There is little likelihood that the
Tampa Clearing House Association
will resort to the issuance of clear
ing house certificates, President ]. A.
Griffin of the Tampa Clearing House
Association gives it as his opinion that
the issuance of clearing house certifi-
Gates as financial precaution will not
be so general as it was in 1907, when
the smaller cities the country over
following the example of the associa-
lions in the bigger cities.
A proclamation, the first of its kind
ever read at Pensacola, was issued by
G. B. Cafero, imperial and royal vice
consul at Pensacola of Austria-Hun-
gary, in which he calls upon all sub
jects of that country to appear in
Pensacola and prepare to go to the ia
therland and take up arms in defense
of what is termed a just and honor
able cause. The proclamation says
his majesty has granted complete am
nesty to all subjects who failed here
tofore to appear for military duty as
well as all deserters who will be taken
into the army and navy.
A postcard canvass of the city with
the idea of influencing the women to
| finish their shopping before six o'clock
eastern time on the part of the public
| ity committee of the Woman's club,
do not observe eastern time by some
of the individual women, are two meth
DDS which the feminine population of
Miami is using to persuade the mer-
chants to close their stores at six
o'clock instead of seven.
St. Johns county's assessment roll
now totals $4,94S,S00. This is an in
crease over last year Of $569,361. or
the total $3,375,22O is upon real prop
erty, S714940 upon telephones and tel
egraph and $S5S,640 upon personal
property. County Tax Assessor c. ID.
Mauncey submitted his books to the
board at the August meeting, and they
were accepted without any changes
except to a few personal tax items.
Every craft in the city of Jackson
Vile will assist in making the celebra.
ton of Labor Day, September 7, the
grandest of its kind yet held. At re-
cent meeting of the Labor Day COM
mittee of the Central Trades and La
Dor Council, the cooperation OF all
bodies of organized labor not aftiliat-
ed with the American Federation OF
Labor was asked, with the result that
representatives from each body have
responded and are ready to assist in
making this day a memorable event.
Right Rev.. NJ. j. Curley, bishop OF
the diocese of ST. Augustine, has re-
turned to the city from his first off,
cial visitation to a number of the par
ishes of his diocese. Bishop Curley
| has devoted a week to visiting the
parishes in the northwestern portion
| of the state.
It was announced in Washington, d.
c.. that the following Florida postmas-
ters have been appointed: Bruce, Wal
ton county, Carl Commander, to sue
coed Jesse Josiah Ward, who resigned;
Lukens, Levy county, Elmer L. Hun
ter to succeed Neal NJ. Worthington
who also resigned.
Over 1900 of the three thousand
voters enrolled on the Pensacola reg
| istration books are marked exempt,
meaning that they are not subject to
poll taxes. This discovery was made
in checking the recall petitions.
George w. Howe, vice consul for
France for the~state of Florida, called
upon all subjects of that country who
reside within this state to report to
him at his office and volunteer for ser
vice in the war
The Duval county road bond sub,
iect lost by an overwhelming majority
when submitted to the voters. With
all of the twenty-eight districts heard
from, the total vote stands l,5SS
| against and S2S for the bond issue
Five thousand two hundred acres OF
some of the most fertile potato land.
in Florida will be drained and made
{ more available for the growing o
Irish potatoes as result of actor
( taken by the St. Johns county commits
sioners at the August meeting, Whel
t they formally created a drainage dis
trict to be known as the Elkton Drain
/ age District.
e The Florida cotton crop is bette
S this wear than in 1918 and 1912 and ia
= better than the ten-year average, az
e cording to a report just made publ
by the department of agriculture a
!, Washington, D. C. The crop is rate
q at Sc on July %, 1914, as against 81 o
h July 25, 1913, and rs en- July 20, 19l:
il and as against ten year averag
e of SO.
h Gov. Park Trammell, who is chat
IS man of the Florida Red Cross stat
IS board, received from the headQuartel
y of the American Red Cross at Was
> ington, D. c., a Geographic appeal IL
r help from the people of Florida Il
! Il. .,.nrl, of tho Red Gross in the ID