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NEW SERIES VOL. XUI, NO. 28. PALATKA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 14,1905. 1. Per Year.
For Sale-Houses, Lots, Vacant Lots and anything in Real Estate. H.M. de MontmoIIin. '
These are hot times and we have made
HOT PRICES
for the purpose of clearing out the sum
mer stock in our big store.
Everything that MEN and BOYS WEAR is now
being sold clieap-Awfully Cheap. We are
going to clean out our summer stock
while there is yet demand for the goods.
The Values
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You Are Eligible to Attend
Esj -Military School
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uov; Goods.
We are receiving daily, New
ana Fresh Groceries or au
kinds. We have the most,
complete stock of New Goods
in the following lines than we ,
have ever had:
Fancy Dried and Evaporated
Fruits,
Best brands of Canned Goods
consisting of
Fruits, Vegetables, Fisli, Meats,
Etc.
Cereals, Breakfast Foods, Entire
Wheat Flour, Graham Flour,
Yellow Coru Meal. Teas,
Coffees and Spiees,
Butter and
Cheese.
Crackers and Cakes,
Hams, Shoulders, Breakfast
Bacon, Sausage, Pigs Feet,
Best New Florida and
Maple Syrup,
and everything usually kept
iu a first-class Grooery store.
Call and see us, you will be surprised
to find that we sell best quality at
such low prices.
L. C. STEPHENS,
Telephone 84,
Kirby nd Morris Sts.. Falatka. Fl.
Furnished rlat lor lignt housekcep
ng, aud furnished rooms, address,
P O Box 8(i8, Palatka. 8-2-tf
Are Big!
Clothing Company,
Palatka, Florida.
We make a specialty of Watch Repairing and
Guarantee accurate work. Our prices are
low. Bring us your watch, and while here
look over our new line of Jewelry and Bric-a-Brac.
Everything is New.
C. J. SMITH,
Next to Kupperbusch's Restaurant. Palatka
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The Annapolis or West Point
If you are au uumarried American boy be
ween the ages of 17 and 23, of good habits and
can pass the necessary physical examination,
have a knowledge of reading, writing, arith
metic, English grammar, geography and his
tory of the United States. Unlike most
schools, the government allows you about
$500 per year to defray all expenses. You re
ceive a thorough military and academic edu
cation, and upou graduation may resign or
accept a commission as lieutenant witli pro
motion in the regular service.
Further particulars for four one cent stamps
by addressing
H. I PHILLIPS. Ml, Kl.
Special Commissioner's Sale.
PURSUANT to an order aud decree of sale,
made June 2th, A. 1)., 1S05, by the Hon. J.
T. Wills. Judge of tbe Circuit Court In aud for
Putnam County, Florida, In Chancery, in the
matter ol the petition of G. Loper Halley and
Kdwarit S Criil, an Administrator ot the estate
of ANNIE D. LOI'EK, deceased, to sell the
following land of aald estate for the purpose
of distribution of the proceeds thereof, I will
olTer, at. public sale, to the highest and best
bidder, for caili, in lront of the front door of
the Court House, in Palatka, Putnam County,
Florida, on
MONDAY. THE 7th DAY OF AUGUST, IMS,
durlne the leral hours of sa'e, the following
real estate situate in i'utnam county, norma.
to wit:
'Allot an undivided one-half Interest in
and to that tract of land known and described
upon the map of the city of palatka, In put
nam County. Florida, as beginning at the
NORTHUAST corner ot BLOCK lbS, and run
ning thence SOUTH, along Wert side of JONK8
STKKKT, FIFTY foul i thence WKST, parallel
with OKAN'OE STKEKT.ONE HUNDRED Feet ;
thence NORTH, parallel with JONES STREET,
FIMY feet, toORANGE. STREET; Uienoe along
SOUTH side of ORANGE 8TBEET, ONE HUN
DRED feet, to beginning, and being a lot ol
land In Die Northeast oornerof Lot , of said
Block PVt, In said City.' "
J.N.BLAOKWELT..
Commissioner.
E. E. HASKELL,
Counsel for Petitioners. S-.W-it
IS COUBT OF COUNTY JCDGK, IN AND FOB
PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA.
a single woman I Assumpsit.
vs. I Damages $28.00.
John Calhoun. J
Atlantic Coast Line Kallroad Co.,
Garnishee.
tv. inhn r.al)tmin. the defendant Id the
above entitled cause, and all other per
sons in interest: louarenerauj-rquuiu
to appear to the above styled action on
the 7th day of August, A. D., 19(16, and
herein to fall not or Judgment? will be
entered against you by default.
Given under my hand and seal at Pal
atka, this 2th day of June, A. D. 1905.
Seal M. I.COXE,
6 0-5t " County Judge.
SEVEN ROOMS for rent cheap.
Inquire. Dr. H. E. Douglass, Cor,
6th and Orange sts.
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Notice of application for Tax Deed un
der Section 8 of chapter 4888, Laws of
Florida
Notice is hereby given thut John
MoCasklll, purchaser of tax certifi
cate No. 276, dated the 6th day of July
A. P. 1908, hasllled said certificate In my
office, and bus made application for tax
deed to issue in accordance with law.
Said certlllcate embraces the following
described property situated In Putnam
county, Florida, to-wlt :
NwJ of sej of nwj, section 1, town
ship 13, range 2710 acres.
The said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate in
the name of J A McCasklll. Unless said
certificate shall be redeemed according
to law, tax deed will Issue thereon on the
19th day of August, A. D. 1905.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 12th day of July, A. D. 1905.
Seal t JOSEPH PEICE,
Clk Clrouit Ct. of Putnam Co., Florida.
Notice of application for Tax Deed un
der section 8 of chapter 4888, Laws of
Florida
Notice Is hereby given that W. H
Cannon purchaser of tax certificate
No. 159, dated the 6th day of July, A .D.
1903, hate filed said certlllcate in my
office, and has made application for tux
deed to Issue In accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated In Putnam
county, Florida, to-wlt :
EJ of ne.1.4 of ne'-4' snd 8e'4 of nej of
nej, section 28, township 10, range 26
30 acres.
The said laud being assessed at the
dateot the issuance of such certificate
In the name of Unknown. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed ac
cording to law, tax deed will Issue there
on on the 19th day of August A. D. 1905.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 12th day of July A. D. 1905.
Seal JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Circuit Ct. Putnam County Fla.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
Tax Deei Under Section 8 of Chapter
4888 Laws of Florida.
Notice is hereby given that Wm.
Miller, purchaser of tax certificate
No. 130, dated the 6th day of July, A.
D. 1903, has filed said certificate in my
office, and has made application for tax
deed to issue In accordance- with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in Putnam
county, Florida to wit :
SwW of sej, section 18, township 10.
range 84 40 acres.
Tbe said land being assessed at the
date of the issuance of such certificate
In the name of Unknown. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law, tax deed will Issue
thereon on the 19th day of August, A.
D. 1905.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 12th day of July, A. D. 1905.
Seal JOSEPH PRICE,
Clerk Circuit Court, Putnam Co. Florida.
Sands Bios.
Electrician
Dealers in Fleet ric Supplies and
Instruments, lJattcrieK, Ftc.
PALATKA, FLA.
Business Reorganization.
The well-known and enterprising
drug firm of Aekermaii & Stewart in
this city lias been incorporated with
a capital stock of $10,000, and will
hereafter be kuown as the Aeker-mau-Stewart
Drug company.
On the first of the present month
Mr. D. W. Raiii8aur purchased the
interests of Mr. Marshall W. Stew
art, and he, witli Mrs. F. D. Acker
man and Mr. L. F. Jackson are the
incorporators.
The officers of the new company
are: L. K Jackson, president; Mrs.
F. I). Ackerman, vice-president; I).
W, Itamsaur, secretary and treas
urer. It is the purpose of the company to
greatly increase its already large
jobbing trade iu drugs and druggisls
sundries and to push its ruudy mixed
paint business.
The retail department of the busi
ness is already making preparations
to accommodate the growiug trade,
and tile store Is being lidded to and
remodeled with this purpose iu view.
With the added store room acquired
in the lease of the adjoining store,
formerly occupied , by M. S. Browu
the clothier, the company will have
an ideal place of business. Tbe floor
of the remodeled room will be of tile,
the show cases will be of mahogany,
and the prescription counter will be
a work of art in that, wood, with great
mirrors and colored leaded glass pan
els. It will bo in every respect one
of the finest fitted out drug establish
ments iu the Boilth
Death of Joe Ben Brook..
Joe Hell Brooks died at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
W. Brooks, at Hollister on July 5th,
aged i!4 years.
The deceased was in the employ of
the Kodman Lumber company at
Hodman and worked on a skidder
machine. While at work on the
morning of the Fourth, a log being
pulled by the machine struck a small
tree, breaking it down and knocking
Mr. Brooks senseless to the ground.
Au examination showed that his
skull had been badly fractured.
There were also serious injuries to
his left shoulder and side. Dr. S. (3,
Millef did all possible for the suffer
er, but death alone relieved him.
His remains were interred in the
Hollister cemetery with Masonic
rites at 11 o'clock on Thursday
morning. '
Mr. Brooks was a devoted son and
brother, a quiet and honest citizen
and a loyal Mason. He is survived
by his parents, two sisters, Mrs. Or
rin Cannon and Mrs. Moody of Pe
niel, and two brothers, Turnie and
John K. Brooks.
The sympathy of the community
is with the bereaved family.
With Open Army.
That Tampa is preparing to re
ceive Judge I)avis with open arms is
evidenced by the tone of the press
comments which come from that
city. Here is what the Tampa Her
ald says of him :
"And it's to be 'Our Bob' in reali
ty! Hon. Kobert W. Davis an
nounces his intention of making
Tampa liis future home for the prac
tice of law. Colonel Davis lias re
aided in Palatka for many vears and
has represented his district in Con
gress, during which time lie has be
come a well-known figure iu Florida
public life. He is one of the most
brilliant attorneys in the state and
a gentleman of most charming per
sonality and will be a welcome addi
tion to the professional and social
life of Tampa. It is understood that
lie will associate himself in the prac
tice of law with Hilton S. Hampton.
one of the best known and most
forceful of the younger attorneys of
the city, who has already won a dis
tinctive plnoo for himself, aB a suc
cessful practitioner, tbe new combi
nation, therefore, making one oi tne
strongest in the state. The Herald
welcomes Colonel Davis to Tampa
aud congratulates him upon the se
lection ot -lr. Hampton as ins as
sociate." Speaks True For Palatka..
Prof. I.' I. Himes is in Gainesville
as au instructor in the university
summer training school. In an in
terview witli the Gainesville Sun on
Wednesday, the professor said :
"The people of Palatka are delight
ed over the selection of Gainesville
for the State University, and next to
your own people. I do not believe
there is a better satisfied element in
the whole state. Palatka has always
been on friendly terms with Gaines
ville and it people, and everybody
knows that we have been openly in
favor of Gainesville since the begin
ning, as the press of our city will in
dicate. We felt almost like celebrat
ing ourselves when the news came,
and you may feel sure that next to
Palafka, Gainesville is undoubtedly
the place for the university, and you
got no more than you deserved."
( hamhkklain s colio, ('holkka and
dlabkhoba kbmkdy tbk best in
. Existence.
1, if Wood, manager of the White
County News, Beebe, Ark., Is a repre
sentative southern business man, who
does not hesitate to expressing his good
opinion of a wel known remedy. He
says. "It gives mn pleasure to reeom-
mend Chamberlain s Cone, Cholera and
i Dlarrhoe Remedy, having need It my-
self and In my family Uh the bwt re
sults. In fact I believe It to be the beet
remedy of the kind In existence." Sold
' by Ackerman A Stewart.
ALMS ANDJIIE MAN
Copyright, 1W6, by T. C. McClure.J
The little old barrel organ whined
away monotonously, its squeaky drone
all but drowned in the roar of traffic
In the street. Its three tunes followed
one another in ceaseless succession.
The Jerky strains of "After the Ball"
were supplanted by "The Last Rose of
Summer," and this In turn gave way to
"Lead, Kindly Light," a rendition
which was unique in uneven breaks
and phthlsicky wheezes due to compli
cations In the Internal niechnnisiu of
the dilapidated affair.
Huddled on the bricks of the side
walk, his buck resting against an iron
fence, an old man with a rusty gray
board patiently ground the crank. In
the little tin cup beside tbe orguu were
three pennies, and suspended from the
oM iimu's uik ,wua a tin sn with
tile time worn ahrfonuuelneut, "I Am
Blind."
As Fraucesca West and young Hol
lander came Jlown tbe street the organ
was In the throes of "Lead, Kindly
Light," and the spasmodic snarls it
sent out seemed somewhat in the na
ture of a protest. Francesca caught
tbe young man's arm, and they halted
before the organ.
"Oh," she said under her breath,
"whut a horrible old man!" And, fish
lug a quarter from her purse, she
dropped it into the tin cup.
The old iiiun touched his hat, grunt
ed a stereotyped "Thanks, mum," and
the hymn squeuked along Its uneven
wny. Hollander watched the proceed
ing with it grim smile.
"The old humbug!" he commented us
they coutinued their way down the
street.
"Why do you say that?" Fraucesca
usked.
"Well," suld Hollander, "perhaps you
noticed be BU&lxed bis 'thanks' with a
'mmu' instead of a 'sir.' I was watch
ing closely and saw the old codger
covertly open the eye nearest the cup.
Rest assured he suw tbe quarter aud
Its donor us well as I did."
"Anyway," she said, "he cuius the
pittance he gets. Iuiuglne sitting there
all the morning grinding thut organ
aud listening to its drone, all for three
pennies."
"Don't let the pennies deceive you,"
Hollander protested. "He puts the
nickels and dimes iu his pockets. It
would hurt business to have the tin
cup look too prosperous. By this time
your quarter Is safely salted with the
rest, and the three pennies make their
pathetic appoal to other tender hearts."
Frauceseu's brow wrinkled in disap
proval." "I'd bate to look at the world through
such green goggles of cynicism," she
said. "I always give something to
every beggar in my path."
"Allow me to tuke exception to that
statement," said the young man. "Some
of tlx beggars' pious you don't deign
to notice."
"Indeed!" said tbe girl with a slight
lifting of her pretty eyebrows. "When
have you noticed such oversight ou
my part?"
"There is one beggar In particular,"
said Hollander, "an honest beggar, too,
whom you utterly Ignore. He needs
your alms far more than your pseudo
blind organ grinders."
"Where is this neglected beggar?"
she asked. "When have I seen him J"
"He has dogged your steps for the
last live years," he said gravely. "He
has sat at your feet and held out his
little tin cup for alms, but you have
been blind to his presence and deaf
to bis plaints."
Fraucesca smiled maliciously.
"Is he ragged and dirty?" she asked.
"Would I know be was a beggar Just
to see Dim?"
' "You would know he was a beggar
Just to bear him," he returned.
"Is It money he begs?" she Inquired
sweetly.
"No," he said, "It's not money he
wants. He has enough of that him
self. He begs for Interest and sym
pathy aud love."
"And suppose I dropped some love
er that is, sympathy, I mean In his
cup, what would he do? Would he
grind me a tune on a decrepit barrel or
gan?" "He'd give you lifelong devotion In
return," be said earnestly.
"Perhups he's as big a humbug as tbe
bllud man," she mused. "Perhaps he's
picked the metaphorical dimes and
nickels out of bis cup and stowed them
in his pockets, aud only lets me sea the
three pathetic pennies."
"Francesca!" be said In hurt surprise.
She laughed rather uneasily.
"I suld 'perhaps,' " she reminded him.
"I see," he said, somewhat mollified.
There was silence between them for
a moment
"He's an honest beggar," the young
man said.
"He's a most persistent one," she
laughed.
"You say you give alms to every rag
gai mendicant who crosses your path.
You wouldn't pass him by, would you ?"
he asked.
"If I thought he really needed
alms" Bhe began.
"He does! I assure you be does!" he
aald eagerly.
"Then, Just to stop his begging," said
Franceses, looking at cornice on the
other side of the street, "I II I'll give
him what he asks."
On his wny home they passed tbe old
man with tbe barrel organ again. Hol
lander tossed a half dollar Into bis cup.
The oM man touched his bat aud mum
bled a "Thanks, tit."
"Crafty old party," Hollander chuc
kled as he walked np tbe street with
the girl.
-ah oeggars are crafty," she said,
turning to him with a bewildering
smile. FOKBES DWIGHT.
A Great Lank of Love.
There is a pleasant story being told
Just now of nn Irish priest who, tak
ing leave of his congregation, gave bis
reasons for going: "First, you do not
love mo, for you have contributed noth
ing fo my support; second, you do not
lovo each other, for I have not cele
brated a marriage since I arrived;
third, the good Ood does not love you,
for he has not taken one of you to
himself; I have not had a single funer
als'London Telegraph.
Wh? She Loved Her.
Mrs. Cummins So you love your
grandmamma, do you, Oracle? And
why do you love her? Gracie Be
cause she used to punish mamma when
mamma was a little girl. I hope she
used to spank mamma as bard as
munima spanks me. Boston Tran
sefl&t fate Fltarht af Bird.
One of the few men to recover sight
after being blind from the birth of rec
ollection was reported to have wonder
ed at nothing so much as tbe Sight of
tbe birds. "Why do not people make
more fuss about them?" be suld. Lon
don Outlook.
Faulty Theory.
Gus de Smythe Those new boots of
yours squeuk awfully. Perhaps they're
not paid for yet. Johnny That's all
nonsense. If there Is anything In that,
whydou't iny coat and vest tind my
trousers and my hat squeak too?
Old ttniiuKh to Notice.
"Are your pupa und mamma at
home?" asaed the caller.
"No," replied little Marguerite; "one
of them may be here, but they never
are both (it home at the same time."
Chicago Itecord-Herald.
THE HORSE CHESTNUT.
A Thsr er Two urn to the Orlarla !
Ila Name.
The horse chestnut tree is well
known, and tbe nuts are dear to boys
and sufferers from rheumatism. But
the statement was mude lately, and It
Is even fouud iu some encyclopedias,
thut tbe name is given ou account of
Its coarseness: "Like a horse, or like
that of a horse; hence, course und un
refined." The reflection ou the horse is
an unworthy one, hut let thut pass. Is
not tbe explanation given in Oerarde's
Herbal 1.1397) a more reasonable one?
"Culled in English horse chestnut, for
that the people of the east countries do
with the fruit thereof cure their horses
of the cough and such like discuses."
There is a long list of plunts tbut
have animal prefixes horse, dog, cat,
bcur, cow, pig, wolf, mouse, rut, toud,
frog, dragon, snuke, etc. In some in
stances "tbe name of un auiiuul pre
fixed has a totally different significa
tion, denoting size, coarseness und fre
quently worthlcsHiiess or sptirious
neea," but names huve ulso originated
from the purticulur uses to which cer
tain plants have been put, und tbe
horse chestnut is au example. Tbe
Turks, Arabians, Persians, ull bellev
ed that these nuts cured horses of
coughs, shortness of wind and such
other ailments. In England a prepara
tion of the nut was once used for
blenching yarn.
Yet thero may be something in tbe
statement of an Englishman, Al
fred A. Millwurd: "Tbe tree possesses
a feature which I have often found to
be not generally kuown. It is a very
distinctly murked horseshoe, with sev
eu dots corresponding to the nails of
the horseshoe, and this appears at tbe
knuckle of the branches, large and
small, but more clearly on the latter."
Boston Herald.
PITH AND POINT.
Being worthless pays no dividends.
Kee.ilug a diary Is nearly as bard
work us keeping a dairy.
Being favorably Impressed is the
cheapost way we know of being a good
fellow.
Nothing makes us quite so mad as
to have people say, "What mude you
do itr
It Is terribly bard to impress peo
ple with the importance of aiding in a
good cause.
Kvery one realizes when he goes to
a photographer's that be Is not look
ing his lire tt lest.
It Is all right to do things for your
town, but first do things for your
borne und family.
We are all pretty easily pleased
when we consider that three or four
times a day we see exactly bow we
looK In tbe looking glass. Atchison
Globe.
Aatiqoltr ( Choatlnar.
False weights were fouud In tbe
ruins of the oldest city that bas yet
been exhumed. Aud false weights will
probably be consumed when the earth
drops Into tbe sun and tbe heavens are
rolled together like' a scroll. Ancient
records and ancient statute books are
full of evidence that every modern
practical device down to adulterations
and crooked scales was familiar to our
ancestors of the plateau of Iran before
the migrations. Vice is the old in
habitant; virtue is tbe newcomer, tbe
Immigrant, received with reluctance
and compelled to fight for every Inch of
ground he gains Reader Magazine.
A Pa.pr Homo.
"Only think," exclaimed Fcnderson.
"of tbe many usee to which paper la
now put!"
"I know," replkl Bass. "I was at
tbe theater tbe other night, and I waa
told It waa all paper, and It was a fine,
substantial looking structure too."
STATE NEWS IN TABLOID
The state treasury contained a to
tal of fm,9l,ft ou June 30th.
Manltee i to have a factory for
the manufacture: of cutlery.
The state Deaf and Blind Asylum
will continue at St. Augustine.
Gainesville has been selected for
the Stite University and Tallahassee
for the female college.
Saniord has a new bottling works
with a capacity of 500 dozens of bot-
iinB oi - sure urniKS per tiny.
The Methodist church at Hampton,
a new edifice recently -purchased
from the Adveutists, was struck bv
lightning und badly damaged last
Saturday.
Prof. Andrew Sledd has been ap
pointed president of the new Uni
versity of Florida, and Prof. A. A.
Murphree, president of the Florida,
r enisle college.
The county commissioners of
Bradford county have made a stand
ing ofrer of $60 reward for the cou
yiction of any parties engaged in
the illicit sale of liquor.
Hon. L. M. Ware, the one solitary
republican member of the 190!) legis
lature, is dead at Jhis home, St. An
drew's Bay, where he was the lead
ing merchant of the place.
Will Hunter of Hague, Alachua
county, white, was shot and killed
on Tuesday by the deputy sheriff at
tllUt tlMCJ ffir roeiut-inn fA.
carrying concealed weapons.
J he Xocatee grove, containing 110
acres of HO-vear old orange and grape
Fruit trees, property of Col. T. J.
Walkins, has been sold to F.. A.
Thomas of Arcadia for iino.nm. 'Ha
said.
James K. ("uHhiri a. wiill. Itnrtnrn
colored man of Jacksoiuiille has
oeen arretted for violating the "Jim
Crow'7 street car uct. He violated
Hie law in order to test its validity.
He claims the law to be micnntitu
tionai. Recent, rains have swollen the lake
at KisBiinuiee so that the boats will
be able to resume their runs. The
water has been so low that all the
farmers in south part of county have
had to haul nil their grain aiid pro
visions. The people of the coast end of Vo
lusia county are circulattiiK a peti
tion for a wet and dry election with
every prospect of securing the re
quisite number of signatures. The
county is now dry nominally but
it !.. .1,.. A.. . .1 .1
li in Liir iiiiiuij KI11U Ol Uty.
The editor of thje Kev West Inter-
Ocean iias been making a crusads
against gambling in that city and
charged that city officials protected
the gamblers. The officials got hot
and demanded that the editor prove
his statements or retract. The
board set the date when its demands
must be met. When the time came
the editor met the officials and
proved his statements.
The colored peoule of Bland.
Alachua Co., have this week lynched
Cub. Jackson, one of their number
for un atrocious murder. Jackson
slipped up to the cabin of Wm.
West and tired at West wlu was
sound asleep with a baby by his
side. West's head was half blown
off and the baby was killed. West's
wife was also badly wounded- Jack-
ion was arrested and- while awaiting
trial was taken by the colored peo- .
pie, strung up to a, tree and his body
nnuiea witn bullets.
Big Timber Deal.
F J. O'Hara for Hodges & O'Hara
and the Dexter Timber and Turpen
tine company, joint owners, has sold
the suw mill privileges to 29,000
acres of timber land lying on the
Ocklawaha river, between Orange
Springs and Silver Springs, to J. H.
Weitikel & Sons of Valdosta, Ga.,
the consideration being $1:15,000.
This big deal was consummated in
this oily lust Friday.
Mr. O'Hara says the turpentine
company ,of which Hodges & O'Hara
are principal owners, will still con
tinue to turpentine tiie laud, but
that there are about 7,000 acres of
trees which the compauy is though
with, and the owners of the saw mill
privilege will soon get to work con
verting tli is into lumber. Messrs.
Weinkel fe Sons will build a saw
mil! somewhere on the Ocklawaha
river.
It is understood that the firms in
which Mr. O'Hora is interested
cleared $42,000 by the deal.
Will Retire From Businesj.
A, W. Strange 4 Co. will close out
their present stock at a forced sale
and retire from business. This is
the announcement made to tbe News
by Mr. Strange yesterday morning;.
He added that he was undecided as
to his future he might remain here
or go to Tampa. He had several
projects up for consideration.
It is his present purpose to inau
gurate a big closing out sale to begin
next week and continue until the
stock is disposed of.
About a year ago A. W. Strange &
Co. bought the stock of the S. E.
Bond Co. The store has kept an ex
ceptionally fine line of dry goods,
and has enjoyed a good trade, but
whether a profitable one or not is.
not stated.
Btnr It Now.
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and when that time com as you will neet
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