The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-30
STATE NEWS

Captain v. Collins returned to
Plant City, where he spent twelve
DAYS as a range officer at the Flor
ida state camp grounds during the
annual rifle and revolver contests.
The national guard of six states
Florida. Alabama, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee
sent teams of thirty men each to
compete for several handsome tro-
phies and awards at this meet. The
principal prize was taken by the team
from Mississippi. The Florida team
took only fifth place, but Floridian,
Private A. c.. Crook, of st. Peters
burg. won the revolver trophy from
the whole meet. Captain Collins was
glad to have been chosen one of the
six officers from Florida to attend
the meet as he was very anxious to
see the shooting Of the guard men.
He says the scores were excellent
and every man sent there would be
a terrible enemy in the capacity OF
sharpshooter in real warfare. He is
enthusiastic over the range and the
camp ground. Florida now has one
of the finest military meeting places
in the country, and it is being kept
/ 10 h., in
federal government has made large
appropriation for it's added develop
ment, and in few years it will be
second to none. The camping, drill
ing and maneuvering grounds cover
an area of 500 acres and the rifle
range has $50 targets.
Rev. z. w. Elliott has resigned as
pastor of the First Christian church
of Tampa. Mr.. Elliott handed in his
resignation month ago but the con-
gregation has been loath to accept it
and has not yet acted. Mr.. Elliott
will probably accept one of several
calls he has from churches in the
south and southwest. 1t is not known
who his successor will be. He
is a man of much force Of character
and is very popular here.
The corps of engineer that has been
busy for seveal weeks at Tampa max
ing a survey of the ship channel from
the head of the estuary to the bar al
Egmont, some thirty-four miles with
view to ascertaining the cost of ad
ditional channel depth, will be
through work in about ten days. The
, data will then be forwarded to the
engineers office and through him t.
, the department at Washington. The
= present channel depth is twenty-fou,
feet. The port is asking for thirt!
feet. The survey will show the ap
, proximate cost for twenty-siX feet
twenty-eight feet and thirty feet
, There is a possibility of the Nationa
Guard of Georgia using Black Poin
! as a camping ground next year. TIL
o officers from the Empire state of tn
South who have been at Black Poin
attending the rifle matches have in
T. formed General Foster that they woul
= like to camp here. if it is possible.
, Key West.-The United States toI
= pedo boat Mackenzie will leave on Nc
- vember 8, having on board the frs
Q deck division, and will cruise alon
e the east coast, going as far as JacE
,. sonville. The ship has been placed il
o a first class condition, and preparation
are being made for fuel, water and sui
- sistence en- route. The cruise will n
doubt be of great benefit to the organ
ization. and it is hoped will promot
q more interest among its members, a
we'll as obtain enlistment.
n Assisted by Secretary S. T. Kidde
Of the chamber of commerce, Miss Ii
cha Hudson, county supervisor of girl
canning clubs for St. Johns, is alread
! beginning plans for the extending {
the plans and the scope Of the club
" work for next year. At present Mis-
r Hudson will devote some time to ell
II coufaging the planting Of flowers aboI
t. homes, thus advancing the home d.
velopment phase of the canning clu
le work. Her efforts are certain to resu
i in adding greatly to the attractivenes
of the city.
n Florida is the most southerly stat
d in the chain, and consequently the ca
g lest fruits and vegetables in the ma