The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-28
THROUGHOUT FLORIDA
Notes of Interest Through
out The State What Pro-
gressive Cities are Doing.

adventures OF rnree tampa pnysi'
clans in the war zone are told by
DR.. Louis A. Bize, a passenger on
the refugee ship Philadelphia, VINO
has returned home. DR.. w. P. Adam
son, one of the three, is also back,
but DR.. John S. Helms, who is larry
ing with his family in New York,
where they waited anxiously for the
doctors return from Europe.
The Suwannee County Farmers bu-
reau has just finished what has been
probably the most interesting and in
structive meeting ever pulled off in
the state of Florida. Farmers from
all parts of Suwannee county and
from the adjoining counties were pres
ent, forming an audience at once in
telligent and with a keen desire to
learn the principles which were ad-
vocated by the various speakers dur
ing the meeting.
The captain of the British steamer
Hiltonian arriving at Pensacola from
Pomeron, reports being stopped of
Sand Key, Florida. by a French SUI
perdreadnaught. The latter overhaul
ed the Hiltonian and British tank
steamer about the same time. After
finding that the vessels had no Ger
man warships in the gulf stream or
had passed any coming over. On re-
ceiving a negative reply the steam
ers were allowed to continue their
voyage.
w. r. O'Neal, postmaster Of Orlando,
has been in Winnipeg for the past two
weeks attending the supreme lodge OF
the Knights of Pythias. Word comes
that he has been elected as one of the
board of advisers of the supreme
lodge, an office that is for a term of
six years and carries salary OF $500
per year. Mr.. O'Neal has been very
prominent in Florida Pythiapism for
many years and has been a delegate
to several sessions of the supreme
lodge.
There will be general resumption
of export business through Pensacola,
due to cables being received by ship
pers from the owners of British yes
sells that the latter will take the risks
of war and continue chartering their
vessels. Several of the steamers which
had gone out in the stream and
dropped anchor and others which had
cancelled charters will be brought back
IL early tomorrow morning and they
viii begin loading cargoes OF lumber
and timber.
Having been told a state of war
exists between England and Germany
by means of flag signals, as she was
passing Key West on her way from
Port Arthur, Tex, to European ports,
the Huntington Steamship Company's
steamer stopped her voyage here, and
is now awaiting word from her own
ers. Efforts were made to attract the
attention Of the steamer as she was
passing Sand Key, but she passed by
without knowing that the war was on.
At Key West, Costen lights were used
to attract the vessels attention.
Work on Miami's harbor will be
begun at an early date, according to
E, Hendrickson, who has been select
ed as resident engineer by Isham Ran
dolph, who has been engaged as har.
Dor engineer. Mr.. Hendrickson has
arrived in Miami, and is making ar
for beginning operations.
Mr.. Hendrickson will engage large
force of men and there will be no
cessation of activities after the work
is begun. The new resident engineer
was making arrangements for his
headquarters and is being assisted in
the preliminary work by George b.
Hills of Jacksonville. Mr.. Hendrick-
son will begin at once on making the
and secure other data,
which will be forwarded to the Chi
cago office of Mr.. Randolph for gen.
eral supervision. Mr.. Hendrickson
has been associated with the Randolph
company for many years, and is expe-
rienced in this line of work.
Announcement is made by the post
office department that it has author
lied removal of the postoffice at High
Springs, Fla, to the Pickett-Knight
building. The probable date Of re-
moval is September l. A commission
has been issued to Elmer L. Hunter,
recently appointed postmaster at Luz
kens, Fla. Announcement was made
of the appointment of the following
Florida postmasters to fill vacancies
caused by designations: Ashmore, Wa.
kulla county, Jasper w. Ward, Jr.,
to succeed Joseph R. Ashmore, re-
signed. Ponce de Leon, Holmes
county, Lee H. Nelson, to succeed Will
liam r. Dixon, resigned. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. De Allebert of Pensacola
have been spending the last few days
in Washington. They are registered
at Congress Hall hotel. Representa-
tive Emmett Wilson has been their
guide in seeing the various sights of
John W. Watson, mayor of
Miami, is another visitor at Wash
ington from Florida, who appears to
be having a good time at the nations
capital.
An unusual accident, which but for
The quick work of those who were near,
might have cost a woman her life, as
Mrs. G. T. Deter, of Manatee, with her
husband, came to Bradentown on a
business trip. both riding Mr.. Detter's
Mrs. Deter was riding
IN such way that her dress skirt
hung over the exhaust Of the machine
md was ignited, the air caused by
he rush of the machine soon famed II
nto vigorous life, and people on the