The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-27
QUINCY TOBACCO
WAREHOUSE BURNS
Department. Of Agriculture Man Gives
Lecture on Watermelon Growing
and Plant Diseases.

QUINCY, Fla, March 26.-Practi-
cally all OF the Quincy merchants
have agreed TO close their stores
Thursday afternoons, beginning April
20.
The F'ideIia class OF the Quincy Bap-
list church entertained st. Patrick's
day In their class room at the church
In the evening.
Prof. n. NJ. Evans, principal Of the
Quincy school; r. r. Morgan, clerk OF
the court, and ex-senator and Mrs.
Y. l.. watson went to cambridge Fri
day evening to attend a congressional
district debate,
Miss Ethel PaderIck from the Wom-
ans College spent the weekend with
Mrs. Wallace Allen.
Tobacco House Burns.
The big tobacco packing house on
the H. r. Boxtick plantation. two miles
from Quincy, was burned to the ground
this week. together with 10000 pounds
OF shade tobacco. The house was VAL
ued at about S4.500 and the tobacco
represents a loss Of 10000. The house
was insured for $4,000 and II is said
The tobacco was fully covered. The
IRE was discovered by Mr. Bostick
hut having no means 20 fight the fire
81 reared on until everything was con-
stunned.
Frank Murray. formerly OF Quincy
VINO has been in the navy since the
war began, has been transferred from
the u. s. 8. Robin to the Z. $. $. olym-
pla. Admiral Dewey's old nagship. He
a. 4 -,
bay Cuba, which Is the southern drill
grounds for the Atlantic fleet
Baseball Begins.
The Quincy high school baseball
season opened yesterday with game
against BainbTidge, Ga, on the lat
ter's diamond. A series OF games with
various teams has been mapped out,
closing May IS.
The big American La France fire
engine truck, recently purchased by
Quincy to add 10 the present equip
ment, has arrived. The new engine
il $50 horsepower and has a pumping
capacity Of $500 gallons of water per
minute. 1t cost $4,000.
w. A. Clarke. a farmer and hog
raiser who resides near Greensboro,
brought in 1900 pounds of cured pork
Tuesday which he sold to one Quincy
concern. 1t was cured by the cold
storage method at the Fletcher COM
panyis plant at Greensboro.
Watermelon Treatment.
r. C. Meier of the federal department
OF agriculture was hero last week in
the interest OF watermelon growing
He had slides showing diseases and
treatment which he exhibited at
Greensboro and Havana, and that
reached both sections Of the county.
Mrs. Annie Black aged 10, died at
her home near Quincy Saturday of
apoplexy. Five sons and three daugh-
ters. Mrs. Brantiey stow of Quincy.
Mrs. Sue Virgins of Jacksonville and
Mira Leona Garner Of Arcadia. Her
five sons acted as pallbearers at her
funeral services held at Sunny Dell
cemetery near Gretna.
DIR. G.. z. Barring returned Saturday
from attending the Atlanta mid-winter
clinic OF dentists.
DIR. Robert L. Lamar left wednes-
bay for Savannah after spending sew
erai days here with his sister, Mrs.
Albert Munroe.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. III. May have re-
turned from a trip to Newport Springs
where they went for Mr.. Mays health.
Miss Polly Lagette OF the woman's
college in Tallahassee spent the week
end here with Misses Nell and May
Gregory.
Misses May and Helen Smith enter
tained the younger set with a ''tacky''
party Friday night az tho home OF
their parents. Prizes were given for
the tacisiest costumes and after
merry evening strawberry cream and
cake. were served.
Miss Pearl Gregory. accompanied by
Miss Mills, both students at the Tai
lahassee Woman's college. spent the
weekend here with Mrs. c. II. Willis.
The following officers OF the wom-
ans auxiliary OF the Quincy Presby-
terrain church were installed Monday:
Mrs j. w. Woodward, president; Mrs
r, X. Shaw, vice-presldent: Mrs. Mary
Ellis. secretary; Mrs. II. p. May. F.,
treasurer.
Judge Il. c. Love and Attorney Y.
l.. Watson attended, and left Monday
for Liberty county to attend Bristol
court.