The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-06-19
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES.

church and two school buildings Will
be erected at Fort Pierce. These re-
present an outlay of $l50,0OO or over
and there are a dozen new houses
going up at an expense of another
$4,000. This will be busy summer
in the county seat.
w. H. Atkinson, secretary and gen.
eral manager of the Florida Wagon
Works. at Tallahassee, was killed by
lightning, during thunder shower.
He had Just walked into his office and
picked up the telephone receiver
when lightning struck the wire. Death
was instantaneous. The office was
partially wrecked.
That railroad conditions on the
John Anderson highway between
Jacksonville and Miami have been
materially improved since last jan
uary, the date of the last log issued
| bv the Jacksonville Board of Trade,
is clearly set forth by Judge James Il.
Andrews, of st. Lucie county in
statement made to the secretary OF
the Jacksonville organization.
| The second day of the commence
| ment exercises at Gainesville, OF the
university were devoted almost eX-
clusively to contests in defamation
and 0ratory between members OF the
various classes. The board of control
offers annually three medals, one TO
he freshman or sophomore who eX-
,els in defamation, and one to the
Junior and one to the senior delivering
the best original orations.
Carrying about five thousand tons
of Alabama coal the United States col
lier Brutus left Pensacola for Calves
ton. where the fuel will be given a
test by the government vessels at
that port. The government has been
prevailed on to test Alabama coal for
use of the vessels in the navy in Gulf
waters for any extended period.
t A recount of the ballots in the pri
mary election of a week ago was com
l menced by the board OF can
! vassers, who will recount every one
of the 5000 ballots polled in the leg
v islative race in Escambia county. The
= new court embraces only the vote re
e ceiyed by the six candidates for the
! legislature.
Il CITY council of st. Augustine au
thorized the appointment of a com
Il mittee to confer with the board o
}. bond trustees relative to the installa
> ton of a water softening plant. TIT
;, matter was placed before the council
If the people of st. Augustine Will eS
TEND some of the private water main
I in that village east to near the brlag
e and will connect up with the 81
/ Augustine fire alarm system they Wi
u enjoy the protection of the st. Aus
h Justine Fire Department for hln
street the main portion OF thel
town. City Clerk Lawrence Poma
'e was authorized by city counc
N advise the Civic League of thu
~ ,own that such action would be tai
1t en-.
m Tallahassee was visited by one
the most disastrous fires that hf
been seen here in some time III
n shop of F. C. Gilmore, located in I'll
IN heart of the residential section, VIZ
~, completely destroyed by the contlag
no ton which also completely destroye
o. the stock and material on hand.
Gasoline explosion is said to ha'
been the cause of the fire.
" The new canning factory now b
- ing built in Tallahassee will be reat
re- for work July l. 1t is equipped wi
ut the most modern machinery and W
il have a capacity of over $4,000 ca
a per day,
Die Postmaster Roy S. Hannah, of
Petersburg, has received word ire
ed the postoffice department at was
Ter ING that beginning on July the pc
he office at st. Petersburg will be deslg
M ated as a first class office. Five hi
rs dred new boxes are to be ordered
g e Gainesville presented holiday
'bo pearance when many of the resi-
ments and stores on the long aVeh
leading from the tabernacle to |
his university were beautifully decorat
ay with college colors and Amerlc
W. W. flags. On the city square the stol
mo- we're bedecked with bunting a
,an closed and the proprietors and clel
,en wore gathered with the rest OF
Ter. population and the many guests
sie the vast auditorium to celebrate W
ley the graduates and the winners OF
ge. iversity honors their success. 1t v
mas A fitting close of the most prosper'
wear in the history of the univers
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