The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-09
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES

plans for taking care or the cotton
crop. Mayor Greenhut, acting on the re-
quest of the mayor Of Atlanta, sent out
letters to the mayors of the West
Florida towns requesting them to meet
here and discuss the matter. With the
exception of jackson county, West
Florida counties do not produce
great quantity of cotton and it is the
belief that the crop of this section
can be cared for by the buy-a-bale
movement, especially as number of
the large concerns of other cities doing
business here, have authorized their
agents to assist the movement.
The town council of Eustis at an
adjourned session considered hard
surfacing the streets of Eustis. A
resolution was adopted asking an At
lanta company, who have been en-
gagged in getting UP plans and speci-
fications for a bond issue for sewer
age and paving, to submit an estl-
mate of the cost of hard surfacing
many of the principal thoroughfares
of Eustis with sand-oil. The assess
ment has been made for the city, and
accepted by the council showing
valuation Of considerably over a mil
lion dollars. Now that the amounts
of the assessment is known the
council will go ahead with the plans
for calling an election at an early date
Recount of the votes cast in the
recent primary election at Barlow for
the candidates for county treasurer
has been completed and the result
shows that Warner G. Jones, who was
declared to be the winner by the Of
fetal canvassing board was high man
and entitled to the nomination. Jones
vote was some sixty-three greater
than the vote cast for E. ]. Young in
the primary and Young was OF the
opinion that some ballots for him had
not been properly counted. The case
was taken before Circuit Judge Whit
ney, who after some delay, ordered
a recount. The recount showed
change of only two votes from the
original county.
British Consul ]. w. Morris at Tam
pa is endeavoring to locate H. T. Glib
SON. Craig, an Englishman, who, by the
death of his brother, Sir A. c. Gibson
Craig, becomes the head Of the house
of Craig in Scotland, member of the
house of lords and inherits large es-
tate. Sir A. c. Gibson-Craig was cap
tain in the Highland infantry and was
recently killed at the battle of the
Marine in France. M. T. Gibson-Craig
came here last spring with John II.
Pain, landscape architect, who locat
ed at Tampa, coming from London.
He was with Mr.. Pain until May, when
he went to live with a friend named
Casey, who owns a large place called
Shamrock Hall, some twelve miles out
in the country from Barlow. The con-
sui hopes to get trace of the new peer
through Mr.. Casey and notify him OF
his brothers death and his Inheritance.
The statement made at Washington,
D. c., by Senator d. U. Fletcher OF
Florida, chairman of the senate COM
mittee on commerce, that the recon-
hitting of the rivers and harbors bill
to that committee with the recommen-
dalton that it be limited to $2O,OOO,OOO
would not injure Florida waterway i'm
provements which have already be-
gun or which have been provided for
in former acts of congress; and the
insertion in the Congressional Record
of a speech by Congressman S. M.
Sparkman of Florida replying to at
tacks on the bill were features of this
week
The University of Florida opened
this year with the largest attendance
in the history of the institution, the
registrars office showing an enroll
ment of 3O5 at the present time, which
is an increase of almost one hundred
per cent over that of last year. The
law school has enrolled seventy stu
dents. which is considered most prom
Using. The total enrolment of this de-
nartment of the university last year
was seventy-seven.
The last legislature passed bill
modelled after the Arkansas drainage
law which gives land owners the RICH,
and privileges to organize drainage
districts and bonds the lands of the
district for drainage and reclamation
purposes. Since that act was passed
[ several smaller districts have been 81
organized, but the largest of any wa
that comprising 265,OOO acres in tn
e counties of Orange, Osceola and Bre
r ward. Judge Daniel A. Simmons o
I Duval county signed decree formal
L establishing this as drainage district
i Collins Gillett OF Tampa, who ha
large nursery and citrus fruit lnte'
ests in Florida, has offered to be on
y Of fifty Floridians who will contrib
ute $1,000 to q fund to aid in Tn
E. states fight on the newest pest
It threaten the groves-citrus canke
IT Mr.. Gillett has notified GoVernC
n Trammell of his offer
! News of interest to every autom
o biHst using the East Coast highwa
/, was the announcement that the not
u rious thirteen miles of sand eXtendiT
!, southwark from Pellicer creek to Il
:. Moody boulevard thirty-two mil
10 south of st. Augustine on the Jot
- Anderson highway is at once to
- placed in good condition.