The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-12-22


We will tell you more about it when it
has come off. The following day the
All States Society got together. This
society of the Association of States in
cludes all the state societies and it is
proposed to have several gatherings this
winter with prominent men for speakers.
The dates for these events are to be Jan.
Is, Feb %, March %, % and "a.
This has been time of conversion S, as
following the laying the Masonic Cathedral
cornerstone came the laying of the corner
stone of the new Catholic hurch on Sum
day. The completed edifce will cost
100000 and it may be that Miami will
become a separate Catholic diocese.
Conditioning that Miami Catholics
little over two decades ago had little
wooden church in the wilderness down here
shows the growth of the town in all
directions, that such a thing as a bishop
for MAN ishould be thought of.
Last week Friday, the two Parker
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at luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce
at the Lincoln, at the Beach This Beach
organization is a live one and both my
son and myself were glad to become mem
bers of it. Miss Grace T. Hadley spoke
at length on the plans for the Home.
Beautiful campaign which the Peach will
put on in February. 1t will follow the
lines of other like campaigns in other
cities. There will be model home, where
Miss Hadley will be hostess, about a
hundred homes will be built following the
campaign, it is hoped, and workable plans
for preventing the wrong kind of building
will be developed.
Everybody is rejoicing down here for
the Miami Harbor project is approved by
the Board of Federal Engineers and it is
hoped that Congress will vote the funds
necessary for the project this present
session. This means everything to the
waterfront development. Then the Clyde
and Mallory lines will be coming in re-
gularly and there is good prospect that
we will establish freight line between
Miami and New Orleans.
Up in Vermont you have herad talk
of a cross country railroa for some years
They are talking the same thing down in
Florida as Florida has the same problem
as Vermont, only more of it. You can
travel by rail comfortably up and down
either coast but when it comes to getting
across the state, there are few links and
they are full of trouble It's the Ever
glades which is the barries down here
while it is mountains in Vermont but
with deeper water really here, the next
move will likely be a railroad connecting
Miami with Tampa direct.
With all the goods news, there must
be the other side to the picture to be true
to life We have had lynching at Perry
A twenty year old school teacher was
killed by negroes a week or so ago and a
posse set out to find the criminals. They
found them up in Georgia and one ex
onerated the other so the guiltless one was
given back to the sheriff and the guilty
one was burned at the stake and then
the mob of several thousand men quietly
dispersed 1t is horrible, there is no use
denying that, but the crime was CHASTITY
one
Then our city director of finance is in
deep trouble because in running his car
on Flagler street, at what spectators say
was from forty to forty-fve miles an
hour, he struck man, who later died, so
he has to stand trial for ma1slaughterl
Speaking of driving, there is one man who
ought to know how to drive by this time.
On July 9th, Jones was arrested for driv-
ing an automobile at tn rate of four
miles an hour and blocking traffic A
day or two ago, the same driver was arrest
ed and fined $25 for exceeding the eed
Ii it as he was driving thirt!-five miles an
hour.
And now for the cheerer side again.
Collins bridge is to be opened to the public
right now 1t had to be closed for it is
in the line of the island btilding and they
wanted to take up some phnks and connect
the two ends of the bridge with the COM
pleted road over the lew island. And
William ], Bry openshis Sunday School
class in the Park, Sundty morning.
A Merry Christmaslto you all,
Cordrlly,
Il. +. PARKER.