The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-28
ROUND ABOUT FLORIDA,

iiCe VI lIle SSCTeIdfy OIL SJdCe.
Between rs and 80 Progressives of
Florida met at Atlantic Beach and Sc
lected delegates to represent the state
at the national convent!Sn at Chicago.
A publication has been started at
Jacksonville in the interest of the
motion picture industry. 1t is called
"The Silent Drama
Jacksonville's movie colony was
augmented by the arrival of Henry w.
Savage, the well known theatrical pro-
ducer, with large company of mo-
tion picture players.
The commencement exercises of the
Citrus high school at Inverness,
proved to be unusually entertaining
and were attended by large audi
ence.
Florida crop conditions around the
coast were never better and reports
gathered from everywhere show that
the corn crop in this state is up and
doing well.
With large delegations from every
chapter in the state attending, the
twelfth annual session of the grand
chapter of Florida, Order of the East
ern Star, was held in Jacksonville.
Directors of the Manatee County
Chautauqua association have closed a
contract with the Redpath Lyceum
Bureau for the lyceum course of
1916-17. There will be six numbers,
beginning in December.
A Birmingham construction COM
pany has been awarded the contract
to build the Panama Park school
building at Jacksonville. Sixty thou
sand dollars is the appropriation for
the work.
With Oscar Conklin, Of Miami, as
president, and s. j. Triplett, Of ST.
Cloud, as vice-president, the 1917
meeting Of the Florida State Press
Association will be held In Jackson
Vile.
The sixty -arst aansal ssssis, It the
rand ledge Il Florida Odd Fellows
was held at Sanford. TAs city was
decorated for ~ occasion. LsAges
rom all parts Il the st~ss were rep
resented.
The Florida Frssbyt~y ssars.s& at
d. Augustine IN the Memorial Pros
bytsrian church, Rev. ". Il. MeCsnbs,
4 ~. Pierce, preaching ~ opening
The meeting WAS largely rep
psssntsd.
A company Il Investors has pur-
shased for s17e,eee cash a tract at
Miami, and will Develop it extensively.
4 residence traat will b improved at
\ large outlay At Miami, and 100000
will be extended IN the development
Il 4 tract 1t Vsrs.
Officers and tie medical staff of
Fla2ler hospital were elected at the
annual meeting & the board Of trus-
'ses held at st. Augustine. DR.. An
lrew Andersen, VIE has been the hos
pital's greatest bsnsfAetsr, was elected
resident Of the board sf trustees.
Frank A. Weed, Of St. Petersburg,
,sndidats for governor, and Hon.
Ferry Wa1l, Of Tampa, candidate for
United States senator, spoke to a
arge audience At Perry. Messrs.
Wall and Wood are touring the state
Of the state campaign
ommittsO itinerary.
The following commissioners were
lected to represent the Florida Pres
'ytery at the general assembly, which
aests in Atlantic City in May Rev
|. W. Price, of Green Cove Springs;
Rev. G. v. Albertsen, Of DeLand; Ell
ers w. c. Edmundsoa, Of Auburn
ale, and A. s. Nielsen, Of Kissimmee. ,
After an illness Of three months,
Iilas Wright Bretzfield died at St. .
Augustine. Mr.. Bretzfeld, with his :
rife, made his winter home in St. Au- .
Justine during the past several years, :
ir. Bretzfeld held a high position
or forty years with the Pullman com :
any and he was a personal friend of
fr. Pullman.
The work being done by the port !
at Jacksonville in con-
tructing the municipal docks is pro-
ressing rapidly and the interest be-
lg taken in the matter by the people
f Jacksonville, as a whole, serves to
how that the docks will soon be the
lost interesting of any river docks on
,e East Coast.
Every school in Florida where there
re one hundred students or more
YER fifteen years of age will be eligi-
e under an amendment adopted by /
lie United States Senate to the army r
i'll to receive instruction in military
lctics from competent regular army
'ficer detailed for the purpose. |
Placing itself at the call of Uncle
am for service in Mexico, a company |
sixty Spanish war veterans was or /
lnized at the meeting of the Major H
honas NJ. Woodruff Camp at Jack
'nville. The company is designated 1
Company A, and is the result of a
sneral order sent out by Commander
overt.
Probe of Lynching Asked. .