The Ocala banner., 1922-07-21
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STATE NEWS

Sanford is preparing for a new
theater building.
Six persons were more or less se-
riously injured and one negro was
killed when the Seaboard fast mail
was deralled shortly after a. m.
Monday, AZ miles out of Savannah,
bound for Jacksonville. The flyer
struck a broken rail-
A. W. Fisher, Avon Park station
agent, and Henry Ray, Tampa truck
driver, are under arrest for conspiracy
to murder Mrs Rosa Newsome of
Tampa. They employed one j. W.
GOrdy to do the work who told the
plot to the detectives and they in turn
caught Fisher and Ray dead to rights.
Tampa Times man and u S. Deputy
Marshal has fisticuff bout Monday
morning. The deputy charged that the
newspaper reporter had been paid to
color an article he had written for
the Times.
The oldest post-office building in the
United States is in St. Augustine, Flor
ida. Records at Seville, Spain, show
that the structure was erected some
time between 1868 and 1903 by Con-
zalo Mendez. The King of Spain
bought IL in 1904 for a residence Of
the Spanish governors of Florida.
Building in Palatka now is of that
steady. constantly increasing kind that
makes substantial cities. Homes are
going up in every section of the city
and plans already announced indi-
cate that there will be no cessation
during all of the summer months
Palatka News.
Between 225 and $50 acres of citrus
fruit land will be planted in trees
this winter by the Cooperative Fruit
Company. "A new concern for which
articles of Incorporation will be asked
Of Governor Hardee on July IS.
Ownership of the proposed new COM
pany is held within the four families
comprising the Lake Wales Land
Company and the heads of which have
been among the greatest factors in
developing Lake Wales. Heads of
these families are G. V. Tillman. C.
l.. Johnson. Il. X Bullard of Lake
Wales, and +. c. Stuart CT Barlow.
The new theater at Eustis will have
a radio set so its patrons can hear
concerts and monologues and band
music from eastern broadcasting sta
tions
MOonshinlng proclivities get little
encouragement when Judge Rouse
passes out $500 fines along with six
months In jail ot such as fall into the
hands Of Sheriff Hancock and Town
Marshal Marsh of Avon Park. That
is what George Norman got for his
part In the making of an alleged still
here.
State road No. will be completed
through Alachua county by September.
Nathan Prayer. 81. recluse living
near Sebastian. was found in his cab
IN Monday morning with his head split
open with an AK. The pocket of his
clothes were turned inside out. Ham
Ford, negro is under arrest.
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The Georgia Baptist preacher who
killed his son-in-law in Jacksonville
Sunday with an ice pick. stabbing him
eight or etn times was fully exonerat-
cd By a coroner's jury. His son-in-
law was a degenerate of the worst
type.
iseesburg Is preparing to build a
fne Baptist church and imposing Ma
sonic Temple.
Mr. +. NJ. Bradshaw has taken his
ease % the president and says he
viii carry IL tO congress. He was
dismissed as sub.district manager of
the q. ). Veterans bureau of Jack
sonville.
The Florida Post has ceased as
daily. and II is believed will go into