Headline = The Okaloosa News

Vol. 1
Crestview, Okaloosa County, Florida, August 18, 1916 No. 46

GARNIERS
  Mrs. E.A. Mooney was a pleasant visitor at Wright last Wednesday.

  J.N. Lee of Five Mile was visiting at W.R. Browns last Sunday.
  Dr. Cawthon of DeFuniak  Springs was a visitor at Garniers recently.
  Mr. and Mrs. M .H. Sullivan spent a day or two in Pensacola last week, going down in their fast boat.
  Mrs. E.M. Linneville has returned from Pensacola where she visited her relatives several days.
  Mrs. W.N. Hartgove and William were the pleasant guests last Sunday of Mrs. E. A. Mooney.
  Mrs. I.L. Eldredge of Pensacola is spending a while on the Bayou with her husband at Camp Pinchot.
  Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sullivan are entertaining a large number of guests, friends of theirs from Pensacola.
  Mr. Duborn, the fish warden, from Pensacola, was with a party of friends in the Bayou several days recently.
  Several large yachts and smaller boats have been in Garniers Bayou the past week loaded with pleasure seekers enjoying the splendid bathing and fishing of the Bayou.
  On Sunday afternoon, August 6, Mr. and Mrs. W.N. Hartgrove, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Mermyer of Pensacola, on their launch “Badger,” visited Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Pryor of Five Mile Bayou.
  A launch party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Hand and sons, William and Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. W.N. Hartgrove and son, Mrs. A.T. Brown and Capt. Frank McLoud were visitors to Camp Walton one night last week.
  Owing to bad weather and other unavoidable hindering causes which has presented a full attendance of all the scholars, the Garniers School is being taught temporarily in a house on the premises of Mr. W.N. Hartgrove, hoping thereby to secure a large attendance, as it is nearer some of the children who have never attended regularly, although it removes the school and works a hardship a number of small children who have always been the dependence to keep up the average in attendance making it possible to have the school.  It is hoped that the next meeting of the School Board will investigate and adjust the matter to the satisfaction of all and if possible devise some means whereby all may share equally in the matter of school privileges. 
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To The Democratic Voters of Okaloosa County, Greeting:

  The many friends and supporters of Sidney J. Catts, are respectfully invited to meet at the “Congregational Church” in Crestview, Florida, August 29, 1916, for the purpose of organizing a Catts Club for the purpose of promoting the candidacy of the Democratic nominee of the State of Florida, Sidney J. Catts.
  All Democrats who believe in fair play, honest elections and preservation of the primary system for nominating candidates for office, are requested to attend this meeting.  Those oppose to the primary system as well as those who are unwilling for the voice and vote of the people to be supreme may find excuses for not attending.  They are excused.
  This call is addressed especially to the loyal democratic names of Beat Fifteen (15) Crestview precinct.  Come!  All those who are serious for justice to be done.
MANY CRESTVIEW DEMOCRATS  
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NICEVILLE

  Miss Eva Hicks is visiting friends at Howell this week.
  Sherman Cox of Bagdad spent Sunday here with friends and relatives.
  Supt. W.C. Pryor passed by here Sunday on his way to Camp Walton.
  Dan Howell of Howell and Robt. Cain of Galliver, made a flying trip here Saturday.
  Rev. Arnett of Crestview filled his regular appointment here Saturday night and Sunday.
  Willie Genoul of Cypress spent a few days here this week.  We are sorry his trip was a disappointment.
  D.P. McKinnie of Carrabelle, B.H. Sutton of Milligan were transacting business in our city Monday.
  Mrs. Rhodus left for her home at Cypress Thursday after a few days visit with her sister and mother.
  Mrs. J. M. Jordan, who has been under the treatment of Dr. McGiff left Wednesday for Crestview where she will go to Pensacola.
  The Crestview ball team came and played Niceville Saturday, when the stunt was pulled off, the score stood 8 to 0 in favor of Niceville.
  Dr. McGiff returned home Monday from Pensacola where he went to carry Mrs. Jordan to the sanitarium for an operation and states she is doing fine.
  Mr. Jacob Benton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey, Dr. Wahlly and family of Opp, Ala., spent a few days here camping and fox hunting this week.
  Miss Lizzie Jordan, who has been visiting Miss Lula Edge here for the past two weeks, returned to her home at Crestview Wednesday.  She will be greatly missed here by her many friends.
  Leonard Phelps gave a cream supper at the home of Miss Lula Edge Friday night in honor of Misses Jessie, Alma and Emma Benton of Opp, Ala.  Those present were Misses Jessie, Alma and Emma Benton, Bessie McGiff, Mattie Howell, Lena Armstrong, Clayton Balentine, James Parish, Leon Phelps, Dave McKinney, Joel Edge, and S.B. Haskins. They report a most enjoyable time.
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Supreme Court Ruling of Interest to Teachers

  A ruling of considerable importance to those interested in public schools matters was rendered by the Supreme Court this week.
  A teacher of Orange County who had some differences with the County Superintendent went to another county and took the examination for teacher’s certificate.  In this examination he was awarded a first grade certificate.  With the certificate he returned to Orange County and presented his certificate to County Superintendent J. F. McKinnon for endorsement.  The County Superintendent refused to endorse the certificate, taking the position that the law permitted the County Superintendent to exercise his discretion in such cases.  The teacher on the other hand took the position that the superintendent had no discretion in such cases and contended that it was his mandatory duty to endorse the certificate and permit him to teach in the county.  To enforce his claim the teacher brought mandamus proceedings in the Circuit Court against the County Superintendent and the Circuit Judge sustained his contentions and issued an order directing the superintendent to endorse the certificate.
  The superintendent then took the matter up with Attorney General West who, because of the public interest in the question, appealed the case to the Supreme Court with the result that the Circuit Court’s decision was reversed.  The Supreme Court decided the endorsement of a teacher’s certificate in such cases is at the discretion of the County Superintendent and that the courts would not undertake to control him in the exercise of such discretion.
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Jurors for Fall Term

Below we give the names of the grand and petit jurors for the fall term of Circuit Court which convenes at Milligan on Monday, August 28th, 1916.
Grand Jury
J.J. Ellis     D.J. Wilinson
James Bolton     Allen Hart
A.M. Boyett     S.J. Manning
W.T. Brown     W.L. Barnhill
D.R. Stewart     J.W. Helms
John Saunders     Gus Harris
J.T. Martin     J.J. Summerlin
J.A. Cobb     W.J. Franklin
Jno. M. Garrett     W.C. Brooks

Petit Jury
Capers Tyner     Joel Jordan
J.M. Reynolds     F.T. Ewing
D.P. Ray     A.L. Cobb
M.T. Martin     W.R. Senterfitt
J.M. Henderson, Jr.     R.H. Jernigan
H.D. McCallum     H.A. Hinote
C. F. Kilcrease     Mack Edge, Sr.
W.E. Gordon     J.B. Cobb
Arthur Brown     J.M. Edge
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Should Receive Their Money Back

  That most every County Executive in West Florida have met and reapportioned the over-plus of money collected by them back to the candidates in the primary, we would like for some one of the Executive Committeemen of Okaloosa County to advise us why the candidates of this county have not received their pro rata share of ___________?
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$2.05 Round Trip – Good on all trains Friday, June 2nd, and before noon Sunday, returning any train Monday.
L&N C. H. Mann, Dpr., Pensacola   J.D. Cobb, Agent
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Also Ice Cream, Cold Drinks, Candy and Cigars
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FARM LANDS

In Okaloosa County, Florida.  If you desire to improve and better equip your farm, call and discuss with us, the question of procuring money on improved farm lands, upon long time and reasonable rate of interest.
Daniel Campbell & Son
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
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<>The OKALOOSA NEWS
Published Every Friday

W.H. Mapoles, Editor and Owner
  Entered as second class matter October 8, 1915, at the post office at Crestview, Fla., under the Act of March 8, 1879.
SUBCRIPTION RATES
One year     $1.00
Six months     .50
Three months     .25
Terms Strictly Cash In Advance.
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<>Advertising Rates
  Straight reading matter or display advertising 7 cents per inch each week.

  Local advertising 5 cents per line each week.
  These rates apply to everybody alike regarding the amount of advertising taken.
  NET.  Absolutely NO agent’s commission allowed.
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IT’S CATTS IN PENSACOLA

  The editor of The News was in Pensacola Tuesday and learned that there had been a strong Catt’s Club organized there the night before, and with the exception of one small man, everybody we saw there were for Catts for Governor.  Even a goodly number of the ladies of that place were loud in their hopes that Catts beats Knott.
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  One of the present county commissioners while a candidate in the primary stated in an advertisement circulated all over the county that if he was re-elected, he would never vote to bond the county. Still when an election was asked for by petition to bond the Milligan precinct, he voted for it.  Well, some fellow says, “there is not very much in what some people say, no way;” which we agree.
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  If there is any significances in what people say, write and talk about, The News hit on a popular cord in its reply to what the Milligan Journal had to say about the county commissioners staying off the county seat election till March 6th, 1917. Everybody agrees that the election ought to be held along with the General Election, and if not then, some time in October, THIS year—not next year.
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  The outrageous criticisms brought against Honorable Sidney J. Catts by the Pensacola Journal, and its editorial of last Tuesday preaching social equality “between the whites and blacks,” here in the South are par value. Show us a “sure-enough” Southern Democrat who believes in social equality with negroes and we will show you one darn fool and a man who is against Catts.  Just one more year without changing its present editorial policy and the Journal will be as dead politically as is W.V. Knott.
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Bill Mapoles Says Catts a Sure Winner

  Bill Mapoles, Father of Okaloosa County and editor of the Okaloosa News, is in Pensacola today on business, coming up from Crestview this morning.
  Bill says that Catts is a sure winner for Governor and that he will run so far ahead of Knott and the balance of the candidates that they will not be considered as candidates.  He says that Okaloosa and all the balance of the counties of West Florida are practically solid for the DeFuniak man and among his supporters are many men who formerly were Knott men, but who have changed on account of the manner in which ballots have been juggled in many counties.—Pensacola News.
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J.W. Wilkinson, CONTRACTOR OF Wood and Brick Buildings.  Milligan, Florida.
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NOTICE

  Notice is hereby given that the following described lands, or as much thereof as will be necessary to pay the amount due for the taxes herein set opposite to the same, together with cost of such sale and advertising, will be sold at public auction, on the EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1916, at Milligan, the County of Okaloosa:
J.A. Richbourg, Tax Collector, Okaloosa County, Fla.
Description of Land, Section, Township, Range, # of Acres, Name of Owner, Total Taxes and Cost.  Note:  Land Descriptions very difficult to read.  There could be some mistakes in some of them because of the difficulty of reading. DBW
NE1/4, 3, 3, 23, 40 ac.     R.A. French,     2.42
NE1/4, 3, 3, 23, 40 ac.     N.B. Dixon,     3.42
Record BookA-10, <>Page 297, 7, 3, 23, 2 ac.     J.W.C. Holmes, Sarah Kennedy     1.64   

W1/2 of NW1/4 of SW1/4 
7, 5, 23, 29 ac.     Silas Tucker     2.67

18 acres in S1/2 of S1/2
  of NE1/4 and 4 acres in
 SE corner of SW1/4 of SW1/4     17, 5, 21, 22 ac.     R.W. Moore     3.42

NE1/4 of SE1/4, 17, 5, 24, 40 ac.     Falco Naval Stores Co.     3.42

W1/2 of NW1/4  of NW1/4

  18, 5, 23, 20 ac.     Charlie Girtman     2.81

S1/2 of NW1/4 & N1/2 of SW1/4

  19, 5, 23, 160 ac.     E.S. Mason     12.21

NE1/4 of N/E1/4  & SW1/4 of
 SE1/4, 29, 5, 23, 80 ac.     M.A. Hargroder      6.28

W1/2 of NE1/4 & NE1/4 of
  SW1/4 & NW1/4 of SE1/4  29, 5, 23, 160 ac.  Fla. & Ala. Land Co.    12.61

SW1/4, 32, 6, 23, 160 ac.     Mrs. Lizzie Pitts     18.79


SW1/4 of SE1/4, 32, 6, 23, 40 ac.   Archie A. Smith     2.52


SE1/4 of SE1/2, 16, 1, 24, 40 ac.     Charlie Elliott     3.42


E1/2 of NE1/4 & SW1/4 of NE1/2
  & SE1/4 of NW1/4, 22, 1, 24,  160 ac.  Mutual Land & Lbr. Co.     12.61

All, 21, 1, 24, 646 ac.     Mutual Land & Lbr. Co.     45.01


E1/4 of SW1/4 & W1/4 of
  SW1/4 & E1/2 & NW1/4
 Of NW1/4  , ?, 2, 24, 520 ac.   Robinson Point Lbr. Co.     31.59

S1/2 of S1/2, 12, 2, 24, 160 ac.     Alex Jones     13.79
NE1/4, 14, 2, 24, 160 ac.     H.E. Floyd     12.91
SE1/4, 26, 2, 24, 160 ac.     James Bowers     12.91
All, 1, 3, 24, 640 ac.  Union Land & Timber Co.  47.91

N1/2 of NE1/4, 3, 3, 24, 80 ac.     B.M. Barnhill      4.00

S1/2 of SW1/4, 4, 3, 24, 80 ac.  J.T. Sharp &  Geo. Peaden     7.59

E1/2 of NE1/4 of SE1/4, 4, 3, 24, 20 ac.  A.B. Morris     1.71

Lot 28 in Baker, Block 1  6, 3, 24   J.L. Rhoades   7.64

Lot
8 in Baker, Block 1 6, 3, 24  David McLaurin 1.87
Lots 18 & 24, 25 & 26, Block 2, In Baker  6, 3, 24     J.L. Rhoades     2.09

Lot
1, Block 4 in  Baker, 6, 3, 24  H.R. Wooten  1.87
Lot 4, Block 5 in Baker, 6, 3, 24 H.M. Matthews  1.36
Lots 1 & 2, Block 7 In Baker, 6, 3, 24  J.E. Brown 7.84
Lot 11, Block 8 in Baker, 6, 3, 24 Carrie Simmons 2.24

Lot
7, 8, & 9, Block 23 in  Baker, 6, 3, 24     J.G. Lambeth     11.54

Lot
7, Block 4 in   Baker, 6, 3, 24     C.L. Lewis     2.07
Lot 1, Block 6 in  Baker, 6, 3, 24     C.L. Lewis     2.61
Lot 18, Block 7 in  Baker, 6, 3, 24     C.L. Lewis     2.61
Lots 2 to 10, Inclusive,   Block 10, in Baker, 6, 3, 24     W.J. McKinney     17.03

Lots 29, 80, & 81
  Block 12 in Baker
 6, 3, 24     Unknown     7.94

Lots 11 & 12, Block 11
  In Baker 6, 3, 24     Ray & Hardee     2.24
    
Lot 14, Block 12, Baker  6, 3, 24    L.R. Green    0.80    
Lot 28, Block 12, Baker  6, 3, 24     T.W. Jones &
      Miss Francis Hilton     2.54

Lots 1 & 3, Block 13 in
  Baker, 6, 3, 24     R.J. Moore     1.36

Lot
12, Block 13 in  Baker, 6, 3, 24  J.M. Brown    1.36
Lot 13, Block 13 in   Baker, 6, 3, 24   L.R. Green    0.80
Lot 15, Block 13 in  Baker, 6, 3, 24   Willie Elliott 0.80
Lot 16, Block 13 in  Baker, 6, 3, 24   W.P. Beck     0.80

All less Lots 1, 2, & 3,
  Block 18 in Baker
 6, 3, 24     Stewart & Whitmire     2.91

All Block 19 in Baker
 6, 3, 36 Stewart & Whitmire 3.68

Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12,
  Block 22, in Baker,
 6, 3, 24     G.F. Morris     6.72

Record A-7, Page 355 
6, 3, 24, 1 ac.  Annie Cockley     0.80    

Record Book A-14, Page 209,
6, 3, 24,     David McLaurin     2.08    
1/2 of NW1/4 and  W1/2 of SE1/4 of  NW1/4, 15, 3, 24, 100 ac.     Milligan Mill Co.     8.14

2 Acres in SE1/4 of NW1/4,
  15, 3, 24, 2 ac.     Mary Williams     1.16    

Lot
6, 18, 3, 24, 80 ac.     W.G. Whigham     6.38
NW1/4, 24, 3, 24, 160 ac.     Calvin  (D)riggin     12.27
SE1/4 of SW1/4, 21, 3, 24,  40 ac.  Goodal Brown & Co.     3.42

Record Book V, Page 519
  22, 3, 24     Consolidated Naval Stores Co.     8.16

House & Lot in Milligan,
22, 3, 24  S.C. Hinote 6.38    

2 Houses and Lots in
Milligan, 22, 3, 24     W.A. Mitchum     44.94    

W1/2 of SW1/4 of SE1/4,
  & E1/2 of SE1/4, 26, 3, 24,     Consolidated Naval Stores Co. 300 ac.    8.16

SE1/4 of SE1/4 of SE1/4 &
  NE1/4 of NE1/4  & SW1/4 of  SE1/4, 20, 3, 24, 70 ac.   R.H. Green   5.91

NW1/4 of NE1/4, 20, 3, 24,
  40 ac.  J.F. Barlow & Co.     3.42

W1/2 of SW1/4 of SE1/4 &
NE1/4 of SE1/4 of SE1/4,
 20, 3, 24, 20 ac.     J.T. Benefield     2.97

SE1/4 of NE1/4, 14, 4, 24,
80 ac.  J.N. Holland     9.35
SW1/4 of SE1/2, 24, 4, 24,  40 ac.  Jas. M. Hutto  3.42
SW1/4 of SW1/4, 27, 4, 24, 40 ac.  B.M. Barnhill  3.42
NW1/4 of NE1/4, 24, 4, 24,  40 ac. Byrd Barnhill  3.42

S1/2 of Lot 4 & Lot 3, Less
  14 acres, 26. 4. 24, 93 acres     Oliver Enzor     18.13

Lots 19 & 20, Block 2 in Baker,
  21, 4, 24  G.W. Edgar     1.34

Lot
27, Block 1, in Baker,  21, 4, 24,  (Sussie) Warden     1.72

Lot
8, Block 2, in Baker,  21, 4, 24     Skrere & Milligan     7.44

Lot
7, Block 4, in Baker, 21, 4, 24     C.L. Lewis     1.36
Lots 13 & 14, Block 4, in  Baker, 21, 4, 24     W.T. McClellan     1.26

Lot
16, Block 5, in Baker,  21, 4, 24     Willey McNiel     1.36

Lot 1, Block 6, in Baker,  21, 4, 24   C.L. Lewis     1.56
Lots 17 & 18, Block 6, in  Baker, 21, 4, 24     Elmore Rose     5.84

Lots 31 & 32, Block 6 in
  Baker, 21, 4, 24     Wiley O’Neal     2.23

Lot
4, Block 7, in Baker  21, 4, 24   Geo. Harper    2.23
Lot 13, Block 7, in Baker  21, 4, 24     C.L. Lewis   1.36
Lots 18, 19, & 20, Block 7, In Baker, 21, 4, 24     McCart, Moore & Lee     18.73

Lot
5, Bock 8, in Baker,  21, 4, 24     W.D. Davis  1.24
Lot 20, Block 26 in Baker,  21, 4, 24  Willie Elliott .26
Lot 1, Block 27, in Baker,  21, 4, 24.     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     7.20

Record Book 12-A, Page 382
  In Baker, 21, 4, 24     A.B. Morris     7.94    

E1/2 of Lot 1, Block A, Lindsey Addition, 22, 4, 24     Hobby Motor Car. Co.     6.14

W1/2 of E1/2 & SE1/4 of
  SW ¼, 22, 4, 24, 260 ac.     Lindsey & Wilkes     17.38

Lots 1 to 8, Inclusive,   Lindsey Addition, Block B,
 22, 4, 24     J. M. Lindsey     1.44

Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8
  In Lindsey Addition, Bock C.    22, 4, 24.     J. M. Lindsey     3.27

Lots 2 to 12, Inclusive,  Lindsey Addition, Block D
 22, 4, 24.     J.M. Lindsey     4.35

All Lindsey Addition in  Block E, 22, 4, 24.     J.M. Lindsey     2.61

Lot 3, Lindsey Addition,  Block F, 22, 4, 24.     S.G. Simmons     1.06

SE1/4 of NE1/4 & NE1/4  of  SE1/4, 22, 4, 24, 80 ac.     Byrd Barnhill     7.76

SW1/4 of NE1/4 & SE1/4 of  NW1/4 & NE1/4 of SW1/4 and  NW1/4 of SE1/4, 22, 4, 24,   160 ac.     B.M. Barnhill     14.89

NW1/4 & W1/2 of  SW1/4, 25, 4, 24, 200 ac.  Milligan Mill Co.     15.58

NW1/4 of SW1/4  1, 5, 24, 40 ac.     E.S. Mason   5.19
NE1/4 of NE1/4 and S1/2 of  NE1/4 & NW1/4 and S1/2 less  SE1/4 of SW1/4, 16, 5, 24,   160 ac.     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     67.49

All Less S1/2 of NE1/4 &  250 Acres in W1/2, 22, 5, 24  388 ac.     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     44.72

S1/2 of SE1/2 of SW1/4 of  SE1/4 & S1/2 of SE1/4 of   SE1/4, 22, 5, 24, 80 ac.   Fla. & Ala. Land Co.    0.54
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NE1/4 and NE1/4 & SE1/4  & SE1/4 is SW1/4, 24, 5, 24,
  240 ac.     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     29.11

Note:  The paper is damaged from this point and it is impossible to read the descriptions. Below are the names listed.

25, 5, 24, 200 acres     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     24.48
32, 5, 24, 80 acres     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     11.49
25, 6, 24, 275 acres     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     42.83
27, 6, 24, 450 acres     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     67.79
27, 2, 24, 40 acres     Geo. Stoqchire (?)     6.38
30, 6, 24, 265 acres     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     33.67
30, 6, 24, 40 acres     John Lewis     6.38
30, 4, 24, 260 acres     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     34.24
31, 6, 24, 40 acres     Mrs. Martha Franklin     9.25
31, 6, 24, 80 acres     Ellis Franklin     9.31
22, 6, 24, 560 acres     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     75.80
35, 6, 24, 580 acres     Fla. & Ala. Land Co.     86.76
36, 6, 24, 60 acres     Jim Baggett     12.41
36, 6, 24, 4 acres     Lee Nathan     6.68
1, 6, 25, 572 acres     W.W. Flourney     25.81
3, 1, 25, 600 acres     W.W. Flourney     27.44
5, 1, 25, 320 acres     W.W. Flourney     15.08
7, 1, 25, 534 acres     W.W. Flourney     24.78
9, 1, 25, 632 acres     W.W. Flourney     28.92
16, 1, 25, 640 acres     W.W. Flourney     28.92
19, 1, 25, 657 acres     W.W. Flourney     30.79
21, 1, 25, 441 acres     W.W. Flourney     28.62
22, 1, 25, 160 acres     Thad L. Holt     8.16
21, 1, 25, 640 acres     W.W. Flourney     28.92
21, 5, 25, 640 acres     W.W. Flourney     28.92
27, 1, 25, 640 acres     W.W. Flourney     28.92
28, 1, 25 160 acres     W.W. Flourney     7.56
29, 1, 25, 600 acres     W. W. Flourney     27.15
31, 1, 25, 640 acres     W. W. Flourney     29.92
33, 1, 25, 331 acres     W. W. Flourney     14.08
34, 1, 25, 641 acres     W.W. Flourney     28.92
Note:  Group of descriptions and names impossible to read at the bottom of paper.
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STORE EDITORIAL
“Buying cheap goods to save money is like stopping the clock to save time.”
Merchandise grows higher and scarcer daily, but the standard of this store will be maintained at all hazards—we know the best is always the cheapest.
We know the truth of the above epigram; buying cheap good to save money is like stopping the clock to save time.
  We will continue to buy the same meritorious merchandise we have always sold, and will do all in our power to hold the price to the lowest possible basis, but we will not lower the standard of our goods in order to lower the price.
  Merchandise in our stores is worth what we ask.
It it’s new and higher in price than formerly, it’s because of conditions beyond our control, but always worth what we ask; if it’s old and has depreciated in value, we mark it down to what it’s worth.
  It it’s an article where style is all important you can stake your last dollar that our interpretation of the style is correct.
  To sum it all up; if you buy here, the price is right, and the same price to everybody; and first of all the quality is right; and the style is right.
C. H. Griffith, Crestview, Fla.
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<>Notice
Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on August 9th and 10th, 1916, for the purpose of revising and equalizing the assessment roll for the year A.D. 1916, ordered the Tax Assessor to make the following changes in the values so fixed by him.

Note:  I am not typing the description for the property.  Below find the page No., Acres, Owner, Assessed Amt, and Raised Amt.
Page 21, 280 acres,     Southern Syrup Farm     750.00     1,000.00
Page 21, 1,200 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     2,400.00     3,000.00
Page 22, 400 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     790.00     1,250.00
Page 23, 580 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     1,160.00     1,500.00
Page 24, 160 acres     Consolidated Naval Stores Co.     320.00     450.00
Page 24, 160 acres     B.H. Hart     320.00     440.00
Page 24, 320 acres     B.H. Hart     640.00     800.00
Page 24, 160 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     320.00     460.00
Page 25, 550 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     1,120.00     1,400.00
Page 25, 360 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     720.00     900.00
Page 25, 640 acres     B.H. Hart     1,280.00     1,600.00
Page 25, 320 acres     B.H. Hart     640.00     800.00
Page 25, 320 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     640.00     800.00
Page 25, 480 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     960.00     1,200.00
Page 25, 60 acres     Letha A. Hart     150.00     200.00
Page 24, 275 acres     J.W. Gaskins     300.00     700.00
Page 24, 147 acres     J.W. Gaskins     250.00     400.00
Page 24, 140 acres    Sarah A. Gaskins  300.00  350.00
Page 26, 160 acres     J.B. Tucker     350.00    400.00    
Page 29, 120 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     230.00     300.00
Page 29, 168 acres     W.H. Tyner     350.00     400.00
Page 29, 320 acres     W.H. Tyner     650.00     800.00
Page 30, 40 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.     80.00     125.00
Page 25, 240 acres     I.S.Jones     1,250.00     1,500.00
Page 29, 80 accres     I.S. Jones     240.00     400.00
Page 40, 160 acres     W.H. Tyner     320.00     450.00
Page 43, 160 acres     J.T. Green     400.00     590.00
Page 54, 23 acres     M.A. Sapp     400.00     500.00
Page 54, 155 acres     Willie Edge     750.00     900.00
Page 55, 640 acres     Daniel Campbell     1,250.00     1,600.00
Page 65, 120 acres     Jas. L. Clary     240.00     300.00
Page 55, 360 acres     Scotch Mfg. Co.     720.00     900.00
Page 56, 80 acres     Mary H. Clary     160.00     200.00
Page 56, 40 acres     Jas. L. Clary     80.00     100.00
Page 56, 40 acres     Unknown     80.00     100.00
Page 56, 80 acres     Unknown     160.00     200.00
Page 56, 120 acres     Jas. L. Clary     240.00     300.00
Page 56, 55 acres     Unknown     100.00     140.00
Page 56, 40 acres     Jas. L. Clary     80.00     160.00
Page 54, 80 acres     Adkinson & Givens     160.00     200.00
Page 57, 160 acres     P. K. Yonge, Trustee     320.00     400.00
Page 57, 280 acres    Scotch Mfg. Co.  550.00   700.00
Page 57, 320 acres     Unknown     240.00     300.00
Page 58, 60 acres     A.M. Campbell  160.00     200.00
Page 59, 440 acres     J.H. Givens     680.00     1,000.00
Page 59, 40 acres     Mrs. Mary Clary  80.00     100.00
Page 59, 160 acres     John R. Clary   300.00     400.00
Page 59, 380 acres   Scotch Mfg. Co. 760.00     950.00
Page 59, 40 acres     J.M. Baggett     80.00     100.00
Page 59, 60 acres     Pearl & J.L. Richbourg     120.00     150.00
Page 59, 80 acres     J.A. Fowler     160.00     200.00
Page 59, 120 acres     James Baggett     240.00     300.00
Page 59, 240 acres     J.H. Harrison     400.00     600.00
Page 59, 20 acres     Moore Henderson     40.00     60.00
Page 60, 80 acres     Dallas Peaden     160.00     200.00
Page 60, 160 acres   Dallas Peaden     320.00     400.00
Page 60, 80 acres  Miss Mary Peaden  160.00  200.00
Page 60, 160 acres     W.H. Monroe     380.00   420.00
Page 61, 400 acres  Scotch Mfg. Co.  800.00  1,000.00
Page 61, 240 acres     J.A. Fowler     500.00     600.00
Page 61, 320 acres     Scotch Mfg. Co.  720.00  900.00
Page 61, 230 acres     Pearl & J.L. Richbourg     500.00     630.00
Page 61, 40 acres     Mary R. Clary     80.00     100.00
Page 61, 60 acres     J.J. Summerlin     130.00     180.00
Page 61, 215 acres     Mack Tyner     430.00     540.00
Page 61, 80 acres     B.H. Sutton     240.00     300.00
Page 61, 300 acres     S.F. Hall     720.00     800.00
Page 63, 440 acres     Mary H. Clary     560.00     1,100.00
Page 63, 40 acres     James Baggett     80.00     100.00
Page 63, 360 acres     Scotch Mfg. Co. 720.00   800.00
Page 63, 80 acres     J.A. Fowler     100.00     120.00
Page 63, 80 acres     J.J. Summerlin     100.00     120.00
Page 63, 80 acres     Presley Holley     100.00    120.00
Page 63, 10 acres     D.J. Lott     20.00     30.00
Page 63, 100 acres   Central C___ Co.   200.00  230.00
Page ___, 160 acres   Bartlett Peaden   320.00  400.00
Page ___, 80 acres     Unknown     160.00     200.00
Page ___, 60 acres     J.B. Madden     100.00     125.00
______, _______     Scotch Mfg. Co.         
______, _______     Scotch Mfg. Co.
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The Facts in The Case
  It is well to keep the records straight. In his efforts to justify his contest of the June primary election, W.V. Knott has stated:  “And it was Mr. Catts who instituted the first mandamus suit in Alachua County, to compel a recanvass.  Therefore he has no right to object to my doing the same.”
  But those are not the facts.  A writer to the Tampa Tribune who has all the particulars of the transaction states the case in this wise:
  “When the inspectors at Alachan precinct No. 3 made their returns they failed to sign them up properly and Mr. Knott’s attorneys, W.E. Baker and T.W. Fielding filed a protest on the ground of a technicality and caused the vote for governor which gave Mr. Catts a majority to be thrown out, and the part that Mr. Catts took in the affair was that his attorneys, Williams & Hardee, appeared to keep this vote from being thrown out as asked by Mr. Knott’s attorneys.”
  “Now we will take it for granted that it was well pleasing to the people for them to do that; but we must remember that the inspectors at Bland, High Springs, and Gainesville No. 7 made the same error that was made at Alachua and while they gave Mr. Knott a majority no one had asked that the vote for governor be thrown out, as was done at Alachua..”
  Of course, the inspectors at Bland, High Springs, Micanapy and Gainesville No. 7 must have been told of the error, because they hurried over to Gainesville and fixed them up all o.k.
  “Now, Alachua has telephone and telegraph connections with Gainesville, the lines go other places, and the people should know that from appearances some one failed to do his duty in one respect or over-did it in another.”
  “No one objects to being put in the same position with his fellows, but who will agree that it is equitable or democratic to show a favor to Mr. Knott that could not be shown to Mr. Catts?”
  “If it is a sin to ask for that which is yours, then Mr. Catts’ attorneys did wrong in asking that the vote at Alachua be restored.”
  From the beginning of his candidacy, however, Mr. Catts has been dealt with unfairly.  He is so entirely outside the rings of Florida’s politicians and is such a discouraging proposition for the ringsters to attempt to handle when he becomes the state executive head, that the Knott-contest was a natural sequence of his nomination, even without consideration of the ambition and the personal influences that make Mr. Knott so eager for the big office.
  But fair minded newspapers in the state should see to it that misstatements like the one on which the Tampa Tribune’s article is based do not go uncorrected.—Miami Metropolis.
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Base Ball Game
  Last Saturday afternoon Laurel Hill and Magnolia played the long looked for game of ball.  After some dares Magnolia decided to give the Laurel Hill team a chance to make good some of her threats, so it came off Saturday. Magnolia won the game 18 to 3.
  Batters for Magnolia, Barrow and Atwell; Laurel Hill, Davis, Hooten and Dubose.
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Florida Quarantines
  Because of the presence of brown rot in lemons and oranges in California, the Florida Coast Board in a meeting at Gainesville has quarantined against citrus from the western state.  The shipment or carrying of any and all citrus fruits from California into the state is prohibited.  Note:  There are two more lines but they can’t be read.
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NOTICE
  Notice is hereby given that the following described lands, or as much thereof as will be necessary to pay the amount due for the taxes herein set opposite to the same, together with cost of such sale and advertising, will be sold at public auction, on the EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1916, at Milligan, the County of Okaloosa:
J.A. Richbourg, Tax Collector, Okaloosa County, Fla.
Continued

Note:  The following will have the amount of acres and the person’s name and taxes due. The land descriptions are too difficult to read.

10 acres     Edd Thomas     1.64
8 acres     J.W. Ellison     1.20
67 acres     A.J. Heath     6.09
Lot 45 in Holt     Joseph A. Wilkerson     7.76
Lot 55 in Holt     L.E. Chestnut     6.38
Lot (10?) in Holt     Mrs. Florence Carr     6.38
20 acres     Unknown     2.82
3 acres     G.F. Broxson     1.00
160 acres     John A. Peaden     21.20
100 acres     J. W. Bridges     15.57
40 acres     Bagdad Land & Lumber Co.      5.34
40 acres     J. Lewis Brown     5.20
160 acres     Unknown     10.58
40 acres     B. F. Jeter     7.64
80 acres     C. B. Morris     11.94
40 acres     C. S. O’Neal     6.20
80 acres     Dr. J. C. Pennington     11.94
40 acres     G. C. Brooks, B.F. Jeter     7.64
40 acres     C. S. O’Neal     6.20
40 acres     Mollie Adams     6.20
40 acres     Caesar Tisdale     6.20
110 acres     D. M. Franklin     14.54
80 acres     F. L. Smyer     6.34
20 acres     J. W. K. Baggett     2.82
20 acres     Miss Susien Cobb     2.82
20 acres     J. W. Page     3.42
60 acres     C. D. Brackin     8.16
40 acres     J. W. Wiggins     5.20
20 acres     Garrett Booker     2.82
260 acres     J. W. K. Baggett     25.64
80 acres     Johnson A. Brown     9.94
40 acres     John J. Cotton     5.24    
80 acres     John J. Cotton     16.11
80 acres     John A. Peaden     9.94
128 acres     Bay Point Mill Co.     15.39
80 acres     Unknown     9.94
80 acres     R. E. L. Franklin     10.84
80 acres     Bunk Foster     10.84
40 acres     Unknown     6.38
80 acres     J. W. Holland     9.94
80 acres     Arch Booker     9.94
25 acres     James Duncan     1.93
598 acres     J. McL. Gillis     27.45
20 acres     Mutual Land & Lumber Co.     2.23
600 acres     Mutual Land & Lumber Co.     27.16
591 acres     Mutual Land & Lumber Co.     26.70
480 acres     J. McL. Gillis     22.11
637 acres     J. McL. Gillis     28.77
28 acres     J. J. Weekley, Sr.     3.42
40 acres     J. McL. Gillis     3.42
280 acres     J. E. Blue     11.21
160 acres     J. McL Gillis     7.87
120 acres     Mutual Land & Lumber Co.     5.79
20 acres     J. R. Wright     2.22
25 acres     R. H. Littlefield     1.82
360 acres     J. E. Blue     16.77
10 acres     A. H. McLeod & Co.     2.42
70 acres     W. G. Miller     3.57
240 acres     J. E. Blue     9.35
40 acres     J. E. Blue     2.28
360 acres     J. E. Blue     17.37
340 acres     J. E. Blue     17.07
80 acres     J. T. Brooks     4.61
15 acres     J. J. Lanier & L. A.Morgan     2.23
6 acres     J. M. Sowell     1.50
5 acres     J. H. Pittman     1.20
160 acres     H. T. Wright     8.17
80 acres     Francis Hopper     4.90
80 acres     Calvin Bishop     4.91
80 acres     J. E. Pryor     4.90
180 acres     J. E. Blue     5.79
46 acres     J. E. Blue     2.28
70 acres     Mrs. J. M. Johnson     4.01
40 acres     J. R. Wright     3.42
76 acres     J. E. Pryor     4.01
400 acres     J. W. Hyer     18.25
Lots 96 to 104 & 174
 To 180 Ocean City     A. J. Williams     4.68
Lots 134, 135 & 137
 In Ocean City     K. Gerney     2.98
160 acres     J. W. Hyer     9.94
80 acres     T. J. Pryor     9.94
10-1/2 acres     Lucy C. Ramsey     1.93
25 acres     D. T. Williams     2.23
     Daniel H. Parish     5.20
160 acres     Unknown     18.38
20 acres     J. Dewar     2.23
     G. C. Hallmark     3.42
     G. C. Hallmark     6.38
3 acres     J. M. Kenny     6.38
40 acres     C. H. Whitney     6.38
     Mary J. Campbell     9.35
     Mary B. Kinington     1.20
160 acres     George E. McLaughlin     10.83
300 acres     Patterson & Williams     18.55
___ acres     Bryant & Metcalf     5.20
40 acres     Bay Point Mill Co.     2.82
76 acres     J. A. Rodgers     5.20
13 acres     W. H. Muller     1.93
     J. J. McCullah     3.42
76 acres     Mrs. M. Condon     6.38
80 acres     H. L. Williams     5.79
4 acres     H. Maller     1.93
3 acres     Claude N. Hall     11.42
184 acres     A. J. & R. C. Steutenburg     0.75
15 acres     T. J. Pryor     1.72
160 acres     Unknown     10.83
40 acres     Unknown     2.50
40 acres     William Wilson     3.15
40 acres     Unknown     2.75
5 acres     E. M. Parker     2.39
2 acres     Unknown     2.69
256 acres     Daniel Evans     13.78
40 acres     Unknown     3.54
4 acres     Unknown     3.54
80 acres     Unknown     7.68
160 acres     Augustine Beakmey     10.53
120 acres     Unknown     9.11
20 acres     Mrs. Mary Boodleson     2.97
20 acres     B. W. J. Dinan     2.97
20 acres     T. J. Whitehurst     3.60
240 acres     Southern Syrup Farm     32.55
26 acres     Ebz. Hannah     2.97
80 acres     Southern Syrup Farm     32.85
10 acres     Mary Jane Paul     4.51
20 acres     J.E. Reeder     4.58
20 acres     Unknown     4.58
7 acres     B. E. Gavin     4.51
40 acres     Unknown     14.21
3 acres     Unknown     5.11
14 acres     Cora Clod     4.21
5 acres     Lula Bullard     2.18
3-1/2 acres     Unknown     2.18
Lot