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The State of Florida Bay Country thePanama City Pi otBestAgainst the World Part of Florida

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E R Sprague of DeFuniakr Springs has been a Panama City

visitor this weeky

The government survey boat SantaRosa put in to this place on Tuesdayto get a supply of ice

E D Neel agent of the L N Rtr R at Cottondale was an arrival on

last evenings trainM A Helms of Florala Ala is a

Panama City visitor having come inon last evenings train

Mr Henry Moore and wife of Cul

verlon Ala are stopping at the Holi-

day

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home in Old Town

Ben H Thomas of Pensacola is avisitor in Panama City having arriv-ed

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L on the Manteo today-

A B Steele president of the At¬

lanta St Andrews Bay R R was ani arrival on the Manteo this morninga

Contractor Hall has the second

f cottage for Mr McKenzie well under-wayf They are very attractive build ¬

ings-

J N Hutchins an attorney fromCovington Ky who is stopping atSt Andrew made Panama City visityesterday-

E R Cobb General Freight andPassenger Agent of the Mobile Gulf-

S S Co made the trip on the Man ¬

teo this week

Ice cream made by Panama Cityice has been one of the attrictions atHogeboom Cos restaurant on thedockthis week-

V D Thompson General Counselof the Atlanta St Andrews Bay RR arrived on last evenings train andis a guest at the hotel heret

Mr Gillis is getting the lumber ont the ground preparatory to erecting al

building on the lot just north of G Ly Fonters Coy on Warrison avenue

Messrs Cawthon and Storrs werer out early Tuesday morning after fish

at the fresh water pond Theybrought back a supply both of freshand salt water fish

West Floridfs well known and pop ¬

ular banker W L Cawthon of De ¬

Funiak Springs arrived on the trainMonday evening for a brief outingwith his family here

Editor Storrs of the Breeze De ¬

Funiak Springs arrived on the trainMonday evening and has since beenputting in his tine fishing and en-

joying¬

the gulf breezes

F B Carter Jr of Pensacola ar ¬

rived on the Manteo today and willspend a few days in the bay countrybefore leaving for Marianna wherehe will spend his vacation

Presiding Elder Cousins of thisDistrict of the M E Church Southhas been stopping here for a few dayslooking after the interests of thechurch about the bay Rev Cousinspreached here last evening

I The Tarpon yesterday brought in aHit goodly partion of the grocery stock

of Mr Clingo He will open his store-

in McKenzies new building just assoon as it is completed His stock-

of dry goods c will soon follow

Tile steamer Manteo which hasbeen laid up for the past ten days isagain in commission and will resumeher regular schedule from Mobile on

i Sunday night She arrived todaywith a fair cargo and leaves tonight-for points east

Rapid progress is being made onthe Hogeboom hotel building Thesides are up verandah floors laidand much studding in place on theinterior The building is a large oneand will when finished accommo-date

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a great number of guests-

T J Farmer of Shorterville Alaone of Panama Citys oldest and bestfriends was an arrival on last even ¬

ings train Mr Farmer finds muchimprovement here since his last visitand prophecies that it will continueuntil we have a population ofthousands-

As one gentlemen expressed it to ¬

day one cannot hear himself thinknow days along the lower part ofHarrison avenue for the noise madeby hammers and saw There are ahost of carpenters working in thatlocality just now and they are hust-ling

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Caut J Wills and Clem Gwaltney-of St Andrew were visitors in PanamaCity today The worthy captainsays he can see much improvement-here since his last visit

Charlie Stewart of the PensacolaJournal force is looking after the in-

terests¬

of that paper in this sectionduring the illness of Vallace CaswellThe PILOT office is indebted to himfora pleasant till

Wallace Caswell who has just under ¬

gone a severe attack of typhoid feverwas brought home on Friday eveningwhere he is slowly convalescing Hewas at Chipley and Charlie Stewart-of the Pensacola Journal force had I

been there with him during last week ii

and aided in getting him home The I

many friends of Wallace are hoping-for his speedy recovery

Messrs Love Grant have opened-a meat market on the south westcorner of Harrison avenue and Fourthstreet Mr Grant furnishes the meat I

and Mr Love attends the marketThe meat brought in by Mr Grantfrom his farm has been long andfavorably known and he promises toretain the rood reputation which hehas always had in this directionTheir meats will be ice cooled andcustomers can depend upon gettingwhat they wish-

H J Bruton of Bainbridge Ga I

was an arrival on the train Tuesdayevening and is a guest at the hotelhere Mr Bruton is accompanied by-

J SShingler of Ashburn Ga andT J Shingler of DonaldsonvilleGa both large naval stores opera ¬

tors and Charles Evans of the ex¬

tensive lumber firm of G S BettsCo of Ashburn Ga All the gentlemen have been putting in some timeat successful fishing since their ar ¬

rivali I

Col A 11 Perry wife and son Paulof Oglethorpe Ga D A Taylorwife and daughter Gladys of Vienna-Ga and CM McKenzie CordeleGa who have been visiting theirrelatives at this point for the pastthree weeks and generally enjoying-the pleasures and the beauties of thebay left for their homes on Mondayevening train They all express I

themselves as delighted with thebright prospects of Panama City j

Col Perry left orders to at once beginthe construction of a cottage on lotswhich he has purchased-

The PILOT received a very pleasant-call iron Mr J Stump the oil welloperator of Orange Hill on TuesdayMr Stump states the well is now I

down K552 feet with very good indi-

cations¬

of soon striking oil Severallarge deposits of gas have been struckand it is the opinion of oil nlen whohave visited the drilling that oil ispresent somewhere there in payingquantities If such should be thecase the oil will undoubtedly be piped-to this point thus adding anotherproduct to the vast number of pro ¬

babilities in a business vay for thisport i

There are two prominent WestFlorida newspaper men in town thisweek and the PILOT has endeavored-to enlist them in getting out thispaper but Storrs of DeFuniak goesafter fish each morning at 4

oclock then eats so many ofthem he cannot work any moreduring the day while Thomas ofPen acola is that busy shaking handswith old friends that he does not get

i much of any time for anything elseI If we could have induced both ofthere shining lights to have helped-out there might have been some-thing

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doing in this weeks paper

Building-

All our new buildings are makingrood progress this week The roof isgoing on the new hotel Fortners storewill soon be under cover G H McKenzies store building has received-its finishing coat of plaster and paintRuss Brothers store is being com-pleted

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while the many new resi ¬

dences are fast being put into habi¬

table condition The temporary de ¬

pot at the foot of Sixth street is thatfar along that it will be occupiedwithin a day or so by an agent of thecompany

liCE PLANT-

COMPLETEDI

First Ice Manufactured onI

St Andrews Bay-

SundayDrawn

PLANT NOW PREPARED TO FILL ALL

SIZED ORDER-

SIt is with pleasure that the PILOT

announces the completion of PanamaCitys first important industry the 30

ton plant of the Panma Ice CompanyThe ammonia was forced through the

pipes for the first time the latter part-of last week and by Sunday therewas a supply of clear pure ice in thecans and a little was given out tothose who just had to have some

The plant is equipped with a 30

ton absorption ice machine made bythe Columbus Iron Works of Co-

lumbusIT

Ga whose machines can befound all through the United Stateswhere ice is manufactured fromTexas to New York and hi Cuba-

It is claimed for the absorptionmachine that a purer quality of ice ismade than by other systems thesteam from which the water is pro ¬

cured not passing at any time throughoiled valves or other places whereimpurities could be taken up by thewater

Another valuable feature of thesemachines is the low cost of buildingrequired only the most inexpensivecovering being necessary All thedifferent parts of the machine standupon their own foundation onlycarrying their weight and if thebuilding be burned over them themachine remains but little injured-

The Panama Ice Company was or ¬

ganized but a fc w weeks sins e and isoflicered as follows O E WilliamsPresident R C Williams Vice Presi ¬

dent A L Williams Secretary andTreasurer and the following Boardof Directors O E Williams R C

Williams A L Williams and 1AHutchinson-

As soon as organized they closed acontract with the Columbus Iron-

Works for the plant which wasshipped in by the Tarpon and thework on the putting in the founda ¬

tions at once beganThe building erected is a wooden

frame construction 31 feet by 150 feetwith the boiler set in brick some littledistance from the main building Thebrine vat is 21 feet by 67 feet andholds 602 two hundred pound cans

The machinery is first class inevery respect as good as can be

made by one of the best ice planti manufactories in the world and isi guaranteed to do the best of workI

The boiler is of 150 h p

It took 18 drums of ammonia of 750

pounds each to charge the planti and 124 tons of salt went into thebrine vat-

Specimensi of the ice turned out are-

asI clear as crystal and as pure asr

science can make ice Only dry steamis used and this passed througncooling tubes which no impurity can

i enter and finally just before goingI

into the cans filtered through char-

coalThe work of erecting this plant has

>been under the charge of P H Laffi

I teau an expert ice machine engineeri

a very thorough mechanic and acongenial gentleman He has beenwith the company many years and

the perfection of the work he hasdone on this plant shows that he can¬

not be excelled in his line of workMr Laffiteau is married and has a

pleasant home in Columbus Ga

It is with satisfaction that the PILOT

chronicles such an important event-

to the entire bay country and thefishermen of this portion of the gulf-

as the opening of an ice plant of largecapacity at this point It means a

better price for the fish caugl a

stable supply of ice for domestic pur ¬

poses and the bringing to St An ¬

drews bay of much business that hashitherto gone elsewhere for lack of

ice for refrigerationVith the opening of the pass fruit

boats will be run in here front Cen ¬

tral American points as the railway-can now secure a plentiful and eco ¬

nomical supply of ice for their re ¬

frigerator cars In fact the makingof ice here marks the commencementof a new era in business for thisport

St Andrew

Mrs Smith of Cromanton was shop ¬

ping here last ThursdayMr Crawford Fryer and party are

camping near the sanitarium-The schooner Cleo and launch

Nancy Lee arrived this morningMr Davis has been looking over

the hotel situation here this pastweek

The Misses Annie and Bettie Bryan-of Greenwood are stopping at MrsJohn Gwaltneys

Toni Dekle and Mr Royster ofChipley have been enjoying a briefouting on the bay

Mrs Robert Baker Jr left on thetrain Tuesday morning to visit herfather in Birmingham Ala

Mrs Finney and party of Bonifay-are guests at the Forrester house-

I will remain a few weeksMr John Schlegel and wife of

Bourneville Ohio are stopping withtheir daughter Mrs A 11 Brake

Mr Williams of Millville gave avery enjoyable dnncing party to hisfriends Dist evening in Wares Hall

Mrs Lydia Ware went to Apalachi-cola last week on a visit She is ex-

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home on Friday of this weekMrs Charlie Davis and children

were arrivals last Friday and arevisiting with Mrs Davis parents theBrooks

Mr Hugh G Smith and wife of Dothan who have been spending somedays visiting the bay have returned-to their home

Mrs C C Lidden of Marianna isstopping with Mrs BS Lidden in oneof the Doty cottages until she cansecure a cottage-

Dr W G Mitchell and wife left onthe train Monday evening for a twomonths visit with relatives in Tennesee and Kentucky

Mrs Julia Ellis accompanied b3T

her sister Miss Mary Wilson and I

grand daughter Marie Ellis of QuincyFla are visiting Mrs II W John-son

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Mr Coleman of Blakely Ga camein this week on the road to join hiswife and daughter who are stopping-with

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the Boyetts in one of the Dotycottages

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Mr Boyd wife and children ofBlakely Ga are occupying one of I

the Doty cottages Mr Fleming of the I

Blakely Xews is just now stopping-with them

Mike Calhoun wife and children-of Marianna arrived on Friday lastand are stopping at the Calhoun cot ¬

tage They will probably remainuntil October 1st

I Mr Alderman has been repairing-his cottage in Old Town and building-a bath house and dock All the family-are now here and enjoying their verypleasant summer home

Judge Richardson of GreenvilleI Ala is a guest of Capt Turtle on theSanta Rosa The Judge is one of our

I kindliest and best loved summer visi-tors

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I and we trust that many Tarponmay come to his hook

Dr C T Alexander and wife ofBlakely Ga who have been stopping-with Mr and Miss Black in tho Goddard cottage returned last week by-

way of Apalachicola Mr and MissBlack returned home yesterday

Roderick Holliday of Cottondalearrived on the train Sunday eveningand will remain a week In the mean-time

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his father and mother will carefor the Cottondale home having gonethere on Sundays train to return in aweek

Rumors are in circulation to theeffect that parties with capital thebargaining for the line residenceproperty of J 11 Brown upon thobluff with the intention of addingit and converting it into a hotel Jnconnection with it there would bebath houses a dock tennis grounds

c Pliers is no finer location uponSt Andrews Bay for a large hotel andwe trus that the negotiations towardsecuring this property for that pur ¬

pose may be successful

Post Office Robbed-

No little excitement was created ifw t-

our quiet town on Tuesday morningby the report that the post office hapbeen robbed the night before tseems that an entrance was effectedthrough a back door by boringthrough from the outside and nnfasVtoning a screen door and then brealying open money drawer Postmaste

IConely had been collecting for Jf3Woodmen and also had quite a surf Yof post office money in tho drawer 1

amounting altogether to about SDO

which was taken Nothing else wasdisturbed Ft is the impression thatthe work was done by sonic who wasfamiliar with the interior of theoffice-

St Andrews Ice PlantThere has been something of a

rivalry as to which of the two iceplants being built upon tho bay wouldturn out the first ice The parties incharge of both have labored energet ¬

ically to get their respective plantsin operation so as to fill the summerdemand for ice and both have suc-

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in beginning its manufacturewithin a few days of each other thisplant having been able to turn out thefinished product last opening

Mrs Drummond wife of one of theproprieters had the honor of turningon the ammonia at this plant the firstof this week and since then steadyprogress has been made in tuning upthe machinery and getting it downto work Mr McSween has hadcharge of its erection and being anold ice machine man with much ex-

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has done his work in a mostcapable and efficient manner

The building is strongly framedcovered with corrugated galvanizediron and the foundations of the vatand the floor are of cement Clue

boiler is placed to the south andsonic feet from the building-

The machine is of the ColumbusIron Works absorption pattern of tentons capacity The description of thePanama lee Companys machine sofar as its action and purity of pro ¬

duct is concerned applies to thismachine

The company have u first class dockextending out into 15 feet of waterand will be in readiness to supplytheir customers with ice in a veryshort time-

Railway Dock

But little progress leas been madeupon this structure this past weekowing to the pile driver getting tooclose in shore on the high tide of lastweek since which time there has notbeen tide enough to float it This isunfortunate for Mr Daniel and theRailway company The abutment iscompleted and the dock work willbe rushed just as soon as a tide comesin sufficient to float the driver

i A letter from Hans Nass MillvilleI tells us that he has given up the HotelGermania at that place and will open

I a short order restaurant and a lunch-room at Panama City and that he

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will be ready for business in a fewl days His restaurant will be builtout over the water where patrons canenjoy the cool gulf breeze at all timesMr Nass is a good caterer and should-do well in Panama City When therecall and see him Chipley Verdict