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Newspaper
Manatee Record
Location
Manatee, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
2
Manatee county will be represented at the state fair with George Riggin in charge and already hustling for exhibits. The Record predicts first honors, urging every citizen to do their part to ensure victory.
United States Senator Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee denounces greed and corruption in a New York City dinner speech. He claims gold drives liberty and law into conflict as he calls New York the gambling center of the western hemisphere and warns of a rising wealth concentration.
Senator Taylor decries corporate influence and railroad favoritism, urging cooperation with labor, bank deposit security, and government simplicity. He calls for states’ rights, lawful corporate conduct, and a return to virtuous government, contrasting southern conservatism with northern graft.
Final decree by Judge J. B. Wall directs sale of real estate in Manatee County to satisfy the decree. The parcel, about thirteen acres, lies in section 18 town 35 range 17 east and will be sold at public outcry at the Bradenton courthouse on December 2, 1907. Special Master Chas T. Curry will oversee the proceedings. C Whitaker is the complainant's solicitor.
The Town Council of Manatee Florida grants Western Union Telegraph Company a license to lay telegraph poles and wires along Stebbins Avenue from the Florida West Shore Railway to the Bradenton city limits and cross intersecting streets between those points. The ordinance was passed August 16 1907 with town clerk W E Connell and mayor T R Easterling noted.
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