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ALVA AL FIA 5pi i 1900 1900he 190 190the 9 6 6the
the he Honorable Philip Phf I Jsantiidellt jsanfcs jsanfcsevident Isaa Isaaident
evident idellt and Member Members c of f the theJt thert
Jt rt Myers Board of o Trade TradexttKMKN TtndeSTLFMHN Traden
xttKMKN In I 11 in ee e e ting tingiblcd t i i If 11 g gbled gbled
bled nt this point the themor themor toe toetor
mor of the State of J1 FlQrjda FlQrjdaher I 1 qr4nt qr4nter j dn dner
her er with members of the thelegislature theleglslaturc the thelegislature
legislature the citizens QItlz ii9 or ormembers of ofmembers r rmClllblrs
members of the Fort l Dort < ort Myers Myersid 1y rs
id 1 of Trade mid their tht tr invited invitedts invit invitedts d dIS
ts the Florida state press and andcan nt andcud d dell
can ell of Lee county called il1dc to tor tbb toby
r by b Hon Stephen Miilton Miiltoniterof Mlltouber Meltotlberof
iterof ber of the house of otrepresent otrepresenttrain represent representa representfrom
a from Duval county Senator J3enntbrJackson SenatorCJackson SenatorJackson
Jackson of Citrus C trit ccjunty ccjuntyelected cotuntyelected pttntyelected
elected chairman and A F Fring Fring Fring
ring of Tampa Hillsborough Hillsboroughity HllIsb rough roughty
ty secretary sccretarye x xie
ie e purpose and object objectof ofxthis ofxthisHig of t1ti t1tii1lg thifrig
frig was to give give expression cxpressl n to toibservations tobservatlons tobservations
ibservations of all those th s persons personsprising p persons personsrising rSOir rSOirrising
rising the Everglade Drain DrainInspection DrainInspection DrainInspection
Inspection party under therv the thervision thervisiotl
rvision rv sion and special invitation invithtipndirection invithtlQndirection invitationdirection
direction of o the Fort flyers flyersd Iycts Myersd Iyctsd
d of Trade who made mac e the thefrom thefrom thefrom
from Fort l < ort Myers to to take
hobee on 18 am
1906 up and through the theKahatchee theahatchee theahatchee
ahatchee river Lake L ke Flirt FlirtBoiniett FlirtBennett 4JlrtBonnett
Bennett and the pisstonIs pisston
Is s creating as it were en a state statelittee stateittee stateittee
ittee whose duty d1tyitshold it should he heveto hee lieye
veto ye e to the citizens pfiFjprida pfiFjpridathe pf Florida Floridathe FIQrldathe
the whole world an aiiraccurate aiiraccurateng tfRccurnte tfRccurntenK accurate accurateng
ng as regards the conditions conditionsIbilitiesaud cOI1 conditionsbilities itTqllS itTqllSbilities
Ibilitiesaud bilities and feasibility fe slbilitjiof of the thenage theage theage
nage age of the Everglades JbegiHn JbegiHnat begftiat eithat
at Lake Okechobee through throughiesof thr i glt gltcs
iesof cs oE canals to t the Atlantic Atlanticn JtlauUnand
n nand n and the Gulf of Mexico Mexicois MexlcoIscomm
is Iscomm committee ttec after diligent diligentfaithful diligcutfaithful diligentfaithful
faithful observation obsetv1 t > u bag b g to tot tot
t as follows followsst v vSt
St We find every evidence evidencerious evidchceiOlts evidenceions
ions congestion did damaging damaginglow
low OIV of the theCaloosahatch Caloosahatchee CaloosahatcheeCuring Caloosaliatclieeduring e eduring
Curing during the rainy rainyseason season and andi t andfind nd ndfind
i find that heavy damage damages dnagetherefrom dttntagetherefrom
s therefrom to planters and andT3 dndof
T3 of citrus fruit fruits in the ther theCuloosahntchee theCaloosahatchee
r Caloosahatchee Valley Valleyond V Vsilley Vsilleyrand l r rond
ond We also fiiid dihqta dihqtamOltS that that n nmous a aitnous
itnous mOltS desire prevails among amongpropertyowners tlmongproperty amongpropertyowilers
propertyowners property w tern algig l li the th thI thpr thepf
1 pf the Caloosaliatcjlee Caloosahatchee I river riveriVott river rivert river riverwort
t 1 i
iVott Myers to t 1L liake Irike 1 Okee Okeefy Ok Okeethatthe c cn
fy ftiVthe n t1te chief executive e cecutiveof cecutiveofMate v of oftate o otate
Mate tate put put ut into int execution e execution cutiQll his hislection hislectioll hislectton
lection promises s and a d drain drainEverglades drainEverglades drainEverglades
Everglades at the earliest earliestWe earli earliestble t tble I
ble moment momentird8 momentird
ird8 ird We further further find that thatfountain t thatfountafti at atfoulltain
fountain head of of of1etol all this thisexity
1 1eXitYLake ioabll eeTthisiis eeTthisiisexityLake
exity eXitYLake exityLakeetiotl take Qkeeclloile Qkecchob 1etol eT1S ls lsction
JI JIchol1
ction more < thjinxtwji than tVl1 l c3nea c3neahove e1 e1tave 1 1hove
hove the sea level mat rl makiii makiiiits ak ujg ujgits i1
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its drainage into the Atlantic Atlanticor
lor i or the Gulf Gu1Coi Gulf o oMcxica MQJUCQ M xitQf to toextent toextcnt toextent
extent of fpyVltfet r r r more moreor tupre tupreOr
or no oijstr obs obstruG dion cti iori t being beingUrtl beittgurth beingurtlt 1
Urtl > We further furth rJit1 find that thatpins thatlans thatlans
pins lans fathered andf6sfererf nndf and fostered st red by
Chief ExecutrVelVftB ExecutrVelVftBrard Exe 1 xeetittvr trt T in inard B Bard
ard arc feasible and and n P cacti cactid cti ctiand
1 and d that we wo wedb cl dqul1ani dqul1anily iinaniV iinani unaui1y
V endorse U the < rei3oitttion3 rei3oitttion32n r sQtmio s sand i
2n ttflrJ and teuder i > i Kirit i iand
tender4 d i o Jthm ri5 jttct jttctaud e eand
and we furtb furthiustrue i1s 9 kaii kaiiand j
and our duly cl clsecretary cleci clecte f fait faitaid nl nland
and secretary to tour aflirwtlir tiffi ifffm r rtUres I
tUres tart ur < to thisd this docutneif docusneltantT r riit
b by CetH8 cettif rtttthority authority
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ALVA Fr Fri < iw Se a Sept jit 19 1906 1906Whereas 1906Wltarens
Whereas VIarensl ThfB6ard 1 ntDb I3bard rd of Trade TraderK Tradeof I
< of rK PoWMyers h tMyort MyctSt jPh LL ltt t in its wisdom wisdomand wisdomrtn wisdomrittil
and rtn rittil gener Jr eneroS mcr < f ity ty y has extended extendedhlVitatiSns cxtentcdhlvltatl extendeditlvvitatidlllS
hlvltatl hlVitatiSns t t His Ils Excellency E xcclt ugyt W
Coy Gov Nt Ny tiroward and nxcellJ h5spff h5spfftogether Jus JT JTog
together og ther with thcmemberioWe thcmemberioWelenrite the melt1bers I MU MUj flf ic ic1tttite
lenrite j 1tttite i te and nd h9tRC house of rcpreentaty rcpreentatyof reprqj reprq bntatytii bntatytiiof nt y es esof
of of the State Stat of Florida antUftlje antUftljenieitibqrs and and1ienleiiSbgrs thc thcli
nieitibqrs li l bq s of othc the state press pro s J t 0frt 0frtill alit alitlit Jti i iiu
ill n personal if rRoual inspection oY jute jutesictuql 1T tie tierocaffil e enctJt1
sictuql L bonditions pertaining pertainingtlte pertainingtltedrahlage tflie tfliedrainage t he hedra
drainage dra tiage of the Everglades EVCBI 1lc < Ji ami amiWhereas ulWhereas PJ
Whereas The said Board 13oi dt of ofTrade ofrrade ofTrade
Trade of Ft Myers Fla liSro liSrovidqd h lir to tovidd rovidgd
vidqd a means of comcytuwv COI1c con cyai ltt qj and andall gndall andall
all necessary accommodaQ accon1luodqHg 4mld 4mldappurtenances and andappurtenances andappurteUtmces
appurtenances f fa a c i II 1 it i 4i a yju f8 a athorough nthoroug1l athorough
thorough inspection 1 1i att 1 I A x con conception On Onc onceptiou ¬
ception c Ptlouof of the same an L tfH M ta taWhereas i iWhereas
Whereas A large andirepre andirepresentativc and n ° repre represcntativc epre epresentativc 1
sentativc delegation dpt r ftlstate ftlstatesenators state statesenators state statese
senators se lntors and repr represpiitntiyes enTatiye cl t t p of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the state legislature mfinmcrs nii ni6titl 116ers era of ofthe ofUte ofthe
the state press prcss together toge togetltt i r v dj the theFort thefortMycrs theDort
Fort fortMycrs Myers Board of Tfade T q c c and andmany andmany andmany
many civilians from from various v rioiis parts partsof partsof partsof
of the state state of Florida did make a atour atOUl atour
tour tour of personal persOilqlinspectiou inspection of the theEverglades theEverglades theEverglades
Everglades from Fort Myers My rs to toLake toL toLake
Lake L ke Okeechojjee O eechopec traversing its itsonly itsouly itsonly
only and exclusive cxol sive drainage drQiI1l e artery arterythe arterythe arterythe
the Caloosahatchee river dverthru dverthruLake rivert11ruLake thru thruLake
Lake Hocpoch6e H poc1i e ei Bonnet bake and andthe andthe andthe
the system of waterways vvate tefvays svays known as asthe astbe astic
the Disston1canaljsfdnd DIsctod can cauaii J and nd ndL
L or
over 0 e r now w anadamage
damage to planters and growers growersalong grow growers growersalong r ralong
along the lower Caloosahatchee Caloosahatcheeriver Caloosnlmtcheeriverlns Caloosaliateheeriver
river riverlns vias visible slblenud and as as apparent apparentto apparentto
to the novice as to the resident of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Caloosahatchee CRloo ahntchc valley f and andWhereas andWhereas andWhereas
Whereas Sonte Soiite H1 remedy re tedy is de demanded demanded demanded ¬
manded by residents residetits planters pla t rs and andland andland 1 d dland
land owners Qwn gtvners rs fronrHis fr rif is Excellency ExcellencyN Ex Eece lletlcy lletlcyN ilencyN
N B Broward governor governor of the theStateof theState theState
Stateof State of Florida and andWhereas aoelWhere andWliereah
Whereas To our minds a asystem asystem asystem
system of canals from Lake LakeOkeechobee LakeOke LakeOkeechobee
Okeechobee Oke chobee to o the Atlantic Atlantic Ocean Oceanand Q Oceanand ean eanand
and the Gulf of Mexico M xicois is feasible feasibleand leaslbleand feasibleand
and practicable therefore be itResolved it itResolved itR
Resolved R oheq That we the invited invitedguests htvit invitedguests d dguests
guests of the Fort Myers Board of ofTrade ofTrade ofTrade
Trade state senators and repre representatives represei1tRti representathes ¬
sentatives sei1tRti S of the State of Florida Floridathe Florldthe Floridathe
the state state press pr present and civil civilions civilionsreturn ivil ivilionsreturn
ions ionsreturn return our our ur sincere thanks to tothe totheDoard totime
the theDoard Board of Trade of Fort Myers Myersand Myersmtd Myersuud
and especially to the officers and andmanagers mindmanagers nd ndmauagersof
managers mauagersof of the steamboat line andall and andall andall
all the citizens of Lee Le county and andespecially andclpecll1y andespecially
especially to the good ladies l dies and andcitizens anc ancrtizel andeitizens
citizens rtizel s of Alva Fla F for their th ir
hearty art welcpme and lu d magnificent magnificententertainment t
entertainment entcrt lptuentand and mbre m more r especially especiallytq esp l11Jy l11JytQ
tq His Hisf Excellency celleucy GJoyeriiorN GJoyeriiorNB Gov Governor riIorN riIorNB N NB
B Browad Browafor for his personalm personalmtendancjj fit fittenaanC nttendanct >
tenaanC tendancjj j SiHjask and ask the coOperation coOperationi coo eration erationnnds
and nnds supporiof every verY voter of ofthe oftheState the theState thetate
State tate of Florida in the inauguration inaugurationand inaugurationnndadoptiQu
and nndadoptiQu adoption Of the project that thatconnects thatconnects i ic
connects c nt1tcts the Atlantic Ocean with withthe withthe 1 1the
the Gulf of Mexico the waters waters of ofwhich ofwhich I Iwhich
which lave boUt the east andwest andwestcoast and west westcO westcoast
coast cO 15t of our peninsular peninsularThe peninsulartheR peninsularThe
The theR Race e War WarThe W WarThe r rrhe
The Race RrtceW War r in Atlanta tJnnta prec precPiiated precIpi preci precipitatcd
Ipi Piiated nt d by several tiever several l atteinpted atteinptedfasTOusby atteJnptedrp atteinptedrassat
fasTOusby rp rassat lt 1FsIry by negroes le neroes r 611 6111 white vhit J Jwo wo woinenVrjias wom women
inenVrjias m men fi has s already left a to tk dozen dozenor dozenorfiofe or orrntofe orX
more X kr deaths th at least leastm tutee of thembeiuswhjte them themjbeingwhite thel thelbehigvhite
jbeingwhite officers who were at attempting attempting t tt ¬ =
tempting t 11tp iJlgd to arrest arrestitegroesr rr st negroes IS ocs Altho AI Althotiff h htb
the tb authorities are are r now confident confidentthat coufidentthat confidentthat
that they thcyu tlleyuow now w have the thcslfuatiott thcslfuatiottwell the situation situationwell situationwell
well in hand it is only o tly a smolder smqlderingvolcano sniQlqertngvol smolderJn
ingvolcano tngvol mg voleauo uo ready to again ag agi Jn J to burst biirstforth biir burstforth t tforth
forth ftttlie tttl1 ttt the least l ast provoc provocation provocationGovernor provocation provocationGovernore1ks tionr tionrGove
Governor Gove Governore1ks orJ Jelks lks speaking of the Jheraccrit thei he heracdriot
raceript says saysrhe saysftrli saysriitilynclling
ftrli riitilynclling he lynchjng ly bit g of arty person perbnfor ner personfor ti tior
for or whatever crime is inexcusable inexcusablelixuyv il1ekclts ineitcttsalileuiytthere4t J > l lit1y
lixuyv it1y uiytthere4t iere t i it is a defiance defh defiance 1c of t or orI orderly r rf
derlygovernment derly f dy gov goyernment r11tllent but the killing killingi6f kil1iJ1 kil1iJ1o killingof
i6f o of innbc inl innikehtit jJ iit people le under anypro any pro provocation o oVO
vocation VO atlon isi u ifit fi Jlt itely 1tt1ore snore hornl Horrible Horribletints > le lenncl 1
nncl tints yet itii 1iUO > ocent tpeop neop eure me lik likely likelyto ly lytJ
tJ 4jc iyhen h tntlpbs a t tesbh lU tat i iQica is isQllceproii
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An adjourned meeting of ofgrowers ofgrowcrs ofgrowers
growers growers is set for ISaturdaOctQber Saturday SaturdayOctober SaturdayOctgber I
October 6th at 11 a m ntM at the thecourt thecourt thecourt
court house At the t1 last Ip t mectitg mectitga iil CCIg CCIga
a diversity dlv rsity of opuitpn ophr opitfiptntlVciohea I1t de j cioj lol vd u as asto a ato as asto
to the purposes urpos s of organization organizationsome 1 1some
some being in favor of organizing organizingthemselves orgnnlzlugthemselv organizingthemselves
themselves s into a cooperative cooperativeassociation cooperntleassociatlbn co operntiveassociatibn
association for the purpose of ofbuilding ofbuilding ofbuilding
building packing pn lng houses and hand handling handling handhug
ling upon Upp i a commission basis the thecrop thecrop thecrop
crop upon the lines of the Cali California California Callfornia ¬
fornia Fruit Growers Association Associationwhich As Assoclatioliwhich Ociatloi Ociatloiwhich
which operated so extensively two twoyears twoyears twoyears
years ago handling ha dling twothirds twot two t iirds lrdsof lrdsofthe of ofthe ofthe
the entire crop of California CaliforniaThe Californiarhe CaliforniaThe
The majority however preferred preferredan
an organization on on the th lines of the theCotton theCotton theCotton
Cotton Growers Association n which whichhas whichhas whichhas
has done so much nludi forthat f6r that industry industryby Indus huittstryby ry ryby
by gathering reliable r 1inble statistics of ofthe ofth oftile
the th crop crop and advising advising g its member membership membershlpru membcrship ¬
shlpru ship as to the natural itat rnl price that thatshould tlatshould that thatsilould
should be obtained obtaln d for or r the crop cropand cropand cropand
and also gathering such other in information iltformatlolt iuformation ¬
formation as might migl t be of service to tothd to totbcl tothe
the industry industryThe iddtistryThe 1 d listry listryrhe
The plan is to form foi local unions unionsin
in il the various neighborhoods t1 i bborhoods that thatcould thatcQuId thatcould
could meet monthly mont1il and send in indrop inf incrop
drop crop f p reports as as nsztliered gathered tered at those thosenjcctinftd those1t tilosemeetings
meetings 1t timts to the general g al secretary secretaryfrom secretlUYffop secretaryfront
from these reports the he secretary secretarycould secreta secretarycould y yco
could co t1d compile an estimate and andadvise amII amIndvisethe antiadvise
advise ndvisethe the secretarie s ageretaric cretariAA I of the sub subunions subunipns suburbans
unions who could in n turn lrl1 dis disseminate disseminate disseminate ¬
seminate the information among amongthe among a1116ngthe amongthe
the members Necessarily the thefirst tll tllfirst thefirst
first year will be the most CXT CXTpensive ex exeltsic expensive
pensive eltsic to get a are1iab reliable e estimate estimateas estil11 estimate estimateas t ta
as a some of the counties cOl llties will have haveto haytto have haveto
to be visitedto get the information informationAnother mfornlntioiAnother t tAnother
Another year yearll1an many many of the counties countieswill countieswill s swill
will follow our our move and form formunions formunions 01111 01111unions
unions from which these estimates estimatescan es estimatescan ll1tates ll1tatescan
can be obtained without witlto l cost costThe costThe costThe
The membership m tUb rship fee feeset set at 100 100seemed 100slemed 100seemed
seemed to be be the tiiain t ain stumbling stumblingblock stumbltngblock stumblingblock
block out o t of about 100 people peoplepresent peoplepresent peoplepresent
present only fourteen enrolled enrolledmany enrolledrmany nrolledmany
many would have joined I had had the thefee thcfee thefee
fee been lessand le aud at the next meet meeting Ulee Uleeing meetlug
ing this will be reconsidered re ousidcred
1 The ThePlorida Florida East I Coast therAtlanHoyCoost
rAtlanHoyCoost AtlanticCo Atlaiifiai I Coast st Lind Iin ririe and aiid 1 Seaboard SeaboardAlf SeaboardAir SeaboardAlf I IAtlanticCo
Alf Line Railroads Railroads have hav been b eu re requested r rquested requested ¬
quested to to inform iuformthcUniouaa the Union as to tothe tothi tothe
the the number miruberof of boxes of oranges orangeshandled orangeshandled orangesshandled
handled 6y each last year ye year raud and an anestimate anestimate anestimate
estimate of the crop cr p from all allstations altstations allstations
stations that t11 t shipped last year Yea If Ifthey Ifthey Ifthey
they comply with the request as asthey asthey asthey
they should we will wilihave have in hand handas haudas
as reliable an au estimate e as M we can canget can canet an anet
get et this year yearIf yearIf yearIf
If the growers growers of th thc < J county countywould COUItywould countywould
would turn out and assist assist in this thismovement tilismovement thismovement
movement movement as they should a amembership amem amembership
membership mem rshp fee fe of tweutyticents twentyfiVe twentyfiVecents twentyfivecents
cents would wouldAbe Abe be enough enpllgh to pay the thetime thetime thetime
time of a stenographer stenographer to do the thecorrespondence thccorrespond thecorrespondence
correspondence correspondence correspond ucJ of the Union uion and andamong andnmougits andamong
among nmougits its membership membership then th t would wouldbe wouldQC
be 1 found persons persons ivho who could c could t ld give givetrie givetbe givethe
the Names Ul1mes of reliable reliablepersons persons in invery iny inevery
every very y ty orange oraugegrowing growing county c04nty ip iptlie IJJtJi iiithe
the tJi state who wouldbe wout be willing to tottjd toriid toaid
aid the movement by giving crop cropreports croports cropieports
reports ieports orts of o their th ir counties thus thusyvith thusWitlt thuswith
with a a small outlay this information informationcould informatipncould inEonnatiQnpitld
could pitld be gathered Mh red year by year yearand yearat yearacid
and at d tabulated information as l to totreeh totre totreepests
tre treeh treepests > pests and nd diseases and nn their theirtreattnenl thertteatui theirtzeatnielit
treattnenl tteatui ut would warrant warn1i1tthe warrant the the ex expendjluire expel1idt expeitdittie
pendjluire pel1idt t of some money as well wellas welti1S tve11s
as i1S s hi methods tJ odsf of cultivation andfertilizing andfertilizing and uidfertHitl
fertilizing fertHitl lg WhSle While ThUe the he subject subj ct is isagitntetl isagitntcllis isagitated
agitntetl agitated is the tJt time tp fake fa rn action actionand actionand tiO 1 1and
and and lierfect P pt > tfe rfect t xa a a permanentpfgani pcrma l nf rg nh nhII
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fi nfio The rIU permanent p tl1 inet1i officers officersSaturday offic officers officersW rs rsit
it W be crectti eiectddt nt t ejlCxe e next meeting Ulcethigbe
c be held at tai C court o rt house houseSnturdny house houseSaturday
Saturday October Octobcrat at 11 n m mand IIIand nmand
and the future cotirSe coit cottr 3e e of f the Union Unionwill Uillonwill Uniontvi11
will be definitely settled The Tlieorganization Theorgrtnization Theorganization
organization cannot live and ac accomplish accomplish ticconiplislt ¬
complish Work on wind w nd and it is isup isup isup
up to you growers to meet and andselect Illldselect andselect
select a set of officers that will do dosomething dosomething doso11tething
something if the Union Oi toh does not notmeet lIotmeet notMeet
meet your approval you cannot cannotmore cannottnor cannotmore
more effectually kill kit it than by bystaying bystaylll bystaying
staying ant at home amid ait robbing it of ofyour ofyour ofyour
your assistance Every grower of offruit offruit offruit
fruit in Florida is vitally vltnl1e effected effectedF efhctetlIsla cted ctedD
F Isla D SCOTT Secretary SecretarySortie SecretaryI SecretarySome SecretarySome
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Some Business Improvements ImprovementsLevi
Levi McCullers and Harry Cross Crosshave Crosshave Crosshave
have opened a drug store and news newsstand newsstand newsstand
stand in the tai Post Office building in inPerry IIIt IIIPerr inPerry
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Perry Perr Browns former store room roomThey rool11They roomThey
They are splendidly located and andHarry andHarry andharry
Harry is one of the most competent competentdruggists competentdmggists competentdruggists
druggists in the State They have haveinany haveinany havemany
inany friends who will wish the theflew theIew themjew
flew firm success successGore SUCCccsGore successGore
Gore Scott are ar are now moved m vcd in into into into
to their new liew concrete building and andhave andhave andhave
have got their goods on the shelves shelvesand rihetvesand helvesand
and are as comfortably and conve conveniently COllveniently conveniently ¬
niently located as any mercantile mercantilefirm mercantilefl n1Crcatltilefirm
firm in the the city city fl flfirm While Vhilein V Mile in New NewYork Newyork NewYork
York Mr Gore selected a hand handsome bandome handSome ¬
some line lii1eof of dress goods in the new newplaids new newplaids newplaids
plaids that are so fashionable as aswell oswell aswell
well as as many varieties of linen and andcotton andottou andottoit
cotton dress materials He is isoffering isoffering isoffering
offering several pieces of apron apronginghams npronglu aprongitmghams
ginghams glu ltnms at 5 cents a yard that thatwill thatwilt thatwilt
wilt please the ladies Sh Shoes cs and andfancy a amidfancy d dfancy
fancy groceries occupy one side of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the store while in the rear is a awarehouse awarehouse 1 1warehouse
warehouse in which are the haymid hay hayand hayand
and feed stuffs stuff s as well as the crock crockery crockfy crockcry ¬
cry fy tinware and trunks The Theoffice Theoffic rheffic
office ffic of the firm has indulged in a ahandsome ah ahandsome
handsome h handsome ndsome new safe and everything everythingthroughout everytJdug everytJdugthroughout everythingthrougllotit
throughout is up to to date dateF dateF dateF
F Morqus and his helpers are aredoing arcdoing aredoing
doing their best to get straightened straightenedup str ightcn d dup
up ready for or the new Christmas Christmasgoods ehrlstU1asoods Christmasgoods
goods oods that are ire ordered and will be beHre beJre be1ere
Hre Jre soon Mr Motqus has three threelarge tbrelarge threelarge
large well lighted rooms in hisnew hisnew his hisnew
new building all on the ground groundfloor groundfl groundfloor
floor fl floor or and when he gets g ts things in inshape inhape inshape
shape will have a saddlery dlery a shoe shoedenartment
and one devoted devoted to
jewelry Christmas ls goods goMsetc goMsetcThe etc etcThe etcThe
The tiling for floors and sidewalk sidewalkthat sidewalkthat sidewalkdrat
that he has made m de is a r very nice niceidea niceideathat niceidea
idea ideathat that will be more appreciated appreciatedas
such floors floorsare floorsare floorsare
as asone one realizes how easy
are kept clean and andfre free from dust dustMr dustM dustMr
Mr M Morqus always handles handl s a fine fineine finelinc fineline
line of o silverware and china for theChristmas the theChristmas theChristmas
Christmas trade tradeMrs tradeMrsC tradeMrs
Mrs MrsC C H Smiths new new 1 w hats hatspattertfhats hatsplittern1tats bathpattern
pattertfhats pattern hats and all l1baverriv > have arrivedand arrived arrivedand d daud
and are arcttov now being opened Shehas She Shelas Shehas
has las also nlsortoc alsoreceivedthis received ived this week v ek a achoice acho aclloice
choice cho ceselection selection of odress dress goods for forest forbest forbest
The ging ginghams Jtnghams gingHams ¬
best > est and common wear
hams she buys iys for her trade trad retain retaintheir refalutheir retaintheir
their colors when laundried Her Hercustomers Hercustomers Hercustomers
customers only need to be told that thatMrs thatMrs thatMrs
Mrs Smiths goods have arrived to toock toflock toflock
flock ock to t her counters sure of offilld offillding find findng f iul iullug
lug ng fine dress goods go ds of fashionable fashionableweaves fashionableweaves fashionableweaves
weaves and materials and durablegh durable durableginghams durable durablegiifghars
ginghams gh gham and Calicoes Calicoesv CalicoesLadles calicoesLndesFrlday
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iThe The th Ladies I1adi s Friday F iday Musicale MuscaleClub Muscil MuscilC1ub MusicaleClub
j L Club t will meetwith meet viiJi Mrs MrsBennett Ai AiBennett AjBennett
Bennett Friday Fri lI1 afternoon nCtern afterndoli1 b 0 Oct Octat i iat 2 2at
at four oclock oc1o kttv Every ry jnembef igeinb h is isearnestly is isarICst1yreqUc isearaiestly
earnestly arICst1yreqUc requested t to tob be present presentMrs present1t presentDirs
Mrs 1t Dirs rs J N Holiitfgswortjt Holh FToliitigswoztfPresident gS ott ottPressde
1 Presdcrit Presdcriti PresdcritThe President PresidentThe t trhe
The past fey days d > ys i has hnsdi shownthis shown ghownthispart wn wnI wnthis
this thispart part of f Florida some unset unsettled unsettled tu I set settled ¬
tled weather VeqUieri
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ABOUT i1FOOT FOOT ROT ROTA
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A FEW IDEAS ID AS ABQUT ITS ITSCAUSES ITSCAUSES ITSCAUSES
CAUSES AND EFFECTS EFFECTSThe EFFECTSrhe EFFECTSThe
The idea has gained currency currencythat currencythat currencythat
that the sour orange stock is the theonly theonly timeonly
only stock thatis entirely cntirelylmmuuc cntirelylmmuuctrom immune immunefrom inununcfrom
from foot rot We have had no noexperience 110xp nooexperience
experience xp ri nce with it and dont want wantn wantany wantany
n any y
anyA A yA few days since we were talk talking talking talk talkfug ¬
ing with a prominent orange orangegrower orangegrower orangegrower
grower and he stated that in his hisopinion hisopinion hisopinion
opinion that the th theory of sour soiirstock sOllrstock sourstock
stock being immune was exploded explodedFor explodccFor explodedFor
For he had a few old buds in his hisgrove hisgrove Illsgrove
grove on sour stock that now were wereshowing wereshowing wereshowing
showing all the signs of f incipient incipientfoot incipientfoot 4 4foot
foot rot Besides a lot of sweet sweettrees swecttrees sweettrees
trees also in the incipient stages of offoot offoot offoot
foot rot rotNow rotNow rotNow
Now comes some one and says saysthat saysthat saysthat
that one grower grower who has lost the themost thenost themost
most most of his grove by foot rot that thatthe thatthe thattime
the said grower has a number of ofold ofold ofold
old bearing grape fruit trees in the thegrove theJPoe timegrove
grove That the grape fruit trees trcessccnt treesstem trees treesseem
seem to be entirely immune from fromfoot frontfoot f ffoot
foot rotIf rot rotIf rotIf
If foot rot is to the orange tree treewhat treeMtatrancer treeivltat
what Mtatrancer cancer is to the tbe human body bodyand bod bodyand J
and contagious as some sonic contend it itis 4 4is
is our opinion that there is no nostock i istock istock
f
stock that is entirely immune immuneIt il11t11 imnrumiIt nc ncIt
It is our opinion that that proper properdraining properdraining f fqrnlning
draining of groves by ditching ditchingwill ditchingtvlll t twill
will remove rem remove ve some of the agravating agravatingconditions agrnvatingCCnditiolis agravatingconditions r
conditions that hat precipitate foot rotFor rot rotFor rotFor
For the last ten months we have havebeen havebcen havebeen
been predicting more foot rot that thatwas thal1was draftwas
was evet known before unless the theorange theorange theorange
orange growers properly drained drainedtheir drainCf1tlleirgroves drainedtheir
their tlleirgroves groves groves by ditching ditchingThe ditchingThe t tTime
The seepage of o f the water near nearthe ncarUle t ttime
the surface for weeks weekssand and months monthsat
at a time time will necessarily disease diseasethe1 dlseu diseasetheroots e etheroots
the1 theroots roots in some form formAs formAs formAs
As to whether we were right in inour inour inour
our surmises in regard to the theseepage theseepage theseepage
seepage precipitating pr cipltating foot rot it itseems Itseems itseems
seems that th9t tm t the many complaints complaintsthat
that the growers are now making makingin
in regard r gar to their thefr groves being in infected Infe ¬ r rfected
fected fe ted with foot rot justifies us in inour inour inour
our theory theorySome theorySome theorySome
Some advocate spraying others othersadvocate othcrsadvocate othersadvocate
advocate to treat the soil with some
it is our judgement that the grove groveshould groveshould groveshould
should xbe be properly ditched first firstand firstand firstand
and then x the other treatment after afterwards afterwards afterwards ¬
wards wardsFor wardsFor wardsFor
For those growers who have haveditched havedltche haveditched
ditched < t their groves in time now nowhave nowhave nowhave
have flourishing groves in thepink thepftik the thepink
pink of condition conditionAgain conditionAgain conditionAgain
Again as before beforestate stated < t if foot footrot fOotrot footrot
rot is contagious and is to the theorange theorang theorange
orange tree what canceris to the thehuman thehuman thehuman
human body it is our cranky crankyopinion crankyopinion crankyopinion
opinion that when the th thq sap sap ap rof of the theorange theorange theorange
orange tree becomes thoroughly thoroughlyinoculated tJioroughlyinoculated thoroughlyinoculated
inoculated with the germs of foot Jootrot footrot footrot
rot why then there is no tokUOWI1 tokUOWI1remedy known knowtiremedy knownremedy
remedy for it W V R YARN YARNLilyFla V ARN ARNLilv > sLily
LilyFla Lily Fla 925 cj 9 25 190 190City 1906 < J 1
1 1CIty Ai AiClty
City Bicctfon Elect Jon JonThe 1 1The
The City Election ilast last Monday Mondaypassed riondaypassedofr Mondayypassed m 3 3were
passed passedofr off quietly only 65 5 votes voteswerepplleil voteswere
werepplleil werepplleilThe were polle polled polledThe r rlhe
The changesin officials are City CityTreasurer City1r CityTreasurer
Treasurer 1r asurer 0 H Parker retiring retiringand retlrngand retiringand
and Geo R Parker taking his hisplace hispfa hisface
place pfa face ennd and City Clerk R R B BC Camp Campbell Campbell 1mp 1mp1l
bell bell 1l retiring and Frank Frat prank k Horton Hortontaking Hortont Horton 1 1Assessor k ktaking
taking t king his place L Y Bryan Tax TaxAssessor TaxAssessorand
Assessor Assessorand Assessor and one one councilman council mal1 Zeb Zebbarkerretiring Zebr Zebp zebParker
p barkerretiring Parker rJc retiring and C H r Kirkr Kirkrpatrjck Klrkpat Kirk Kirkpattiek
patrjck pat ipk taking takiu his place placeMayor placeMayor placeDi f i1 i1nyor
Mayor Di nyor Platt fatt yTox TaxCollect Tax Collector CollectorEd CollectdrRd r rEa
Ed Greene and QudCouncilmen Councilmen Rf3 Rf3Whidden R i iWhll1den k kWhiddeu
Whidden and Perry C Brown were werereelected were werere vei veirejelectcd
h hThe
electtd
reelected reelectedThe re > I
The officials were V rc sworn sworn in on onTuesdayand onT on onTitesdayaud
T da now uo nov in charge of ofthe i it
Tuesdayand > > apd are ar > v h hthe
the t Git City a and lld 4lriswell all is well wellc t t tJi = a aj
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