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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
6
townsfolk urge turnout for Vernon August 7 meeting and barbecue as leaders are sought for mayor marshal clerk and council. residents note rapid garage work, travel to summer resorts and local building prospects while advising care in choosing a college for children.
Pensacola News reports L and N gaining control of the BC and St A railroad and plans to complete the line to the Bay including the gap between Chipley and Graceville. The move could unlock development for St Andrews Bay and the Gulf coast harbor, amid cautious local hope.
Local tidbits report residents like S. W. Jones and E. N. Everitt Jr visiting Duncan and nearby towns. Deputies and farmers discuss fodder saving while gossip and prompts urge civic engagement and newspaper awareness. The Florida Railroad Commission orders the A and St A B railroad to improve track and bed conditions to raise train speeds from fifteen to eighteen miles per hour.
L W Crow was in town Saturday. M L Dekle of Marianna visited Sunday night. A D Campbell made a business trip to AMord Saturday. Mrs Alto Jacobs visits her mother in Campbellton this week. T Jones spent two days this week in Panama City on business. Judge Hutchison left Saturday for a vacation in Panama City. R L Scarlett returned Sunday from Panama City and Dethan. Good Farrior returned Sunday from vacations at Alabama locations. George Trawick and wife of Graceville visited Mrs Frank Newton last week. OR Smith of Wausau Lumber Co was in town Saturday afternoon on business. G W Newton and daughter Ada of Malvern, Ala, visited Frank New and wife last week. J D Johnston, naval stores operator of Ebro, was a business visitor Thursday. J J Daily last week worked concrete corner posts for Standard Coil Co’s lota here and at Marianna. Uncle Crayton Tiller and Sir J R Moody of Pinelog spent several days last week with Dr R E Tiller.
Work on the new academy addition proceeds well and will greatly improve the building’s look upon completion. Rev. M. Grant conducted his monthly Moss Hill services, preaching at the Baptist church in the evening.
The piece extols pursuit of complete familiarity with one’s work through relentless study and discipline. It argues no time is too long and no effort too great to gain skill, and that success requires paying the highest price in training. The message emphasizes dedication, practice, and steady effort as paths to mastery.
Wanted cash paid for baby alligators and unhatched eggs. Willing to pay about 100 for the right specimens. C E Picas of Chipley Florida also advertises bee stands and hive equipment for sale or barter.
An item touts six doses of 66 inch medicine claimed to cure chills and fever priced at 250. A note mentions honey at Schell's from Andrews Avery and lists sales of sweet potato slips at 1 per 1 000 by Roy Anpesws.
Chipley Lodge No. 56 of the I O O F will meet at 6 30 p.m. each Monday evening until further notice by order of the lodge C A Heron N G S B Jupson Secy
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