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 d. TilE EAST COAST ADVOCATIt FRIDAY, :APR. ,

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 CIRCULATING PETITIONS. been paid, or which is not subject In the House, it?.
 THE EAST COAST ADVOCATE 4A entaUv"
 -f ereetlc rtpre I
 to assessment, should be sold and opinion of hU u
 the owner thereby subjected, to widen attorney,i
 WILT JOURNAL DI:VOTED TO THB: DEVILOTHBHT : : It has become a apart of the unwritten .practising
 and loss the law being
 and Integrity
 worry ,
 : OF THE: I5D1AS RIVER AMtAKB > law of the of Titus should the ,
 woarnSEC non*. town provide that the assessor or opinion Is sought hy I
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 vine that its officers are merelythe collector who may have been guiltyof tfiey wish to ascertain

 Avenue servants of the people ; that the error shall at once take all measures Introduction.Since they are.
 Office: Tltu..l11e.Indian the members of Council are not for
 necessary steps. to rectify the mistake my last letter )
 River Florida. supposed to be competent to frame Introduced
 at his own expense; and upon tive has
 ordinances or the affair's which provides for liens
 manage failure to do so be immediately
 their beet I and for enforcing the
 of the town according to
 PUBLISHED EVEnf FRmAFiratt.ed suspended from office and a portionof Al-o bill No. 119.-"
 judgment, but that they require his salary retained for two years 3747 Laws of Florida,
 guidance in their public acts by mechanic
 to cover any expense the State protect ,
 ce ae Beoond- the sentiment of the people, as ex. be 'of mistakes men, and to provide for
 a&he may put to by reason 
 Tee Ma 1 Neterf pressed in petitions. The person lection of moneys due
 which 'may come to light material furnished,
 1 who drafts and circulates these after his dismissal. also to repeal certain
 petitions is the "power behind the This is a
 In Advsnee With these amendments the tax act. very
 TERMS, Invariably
 throne.lie is the man who runs of and ment, for under the
 D* Check, Postal Order or One and Two Cent the town. lie affirm that system assessing collectingtaxes owing to a serious error
 ZStampe. may in Florida would
 l'OIItage compare bill when it was passed
 OM ................IJ1O Council, or a certain member of very favorably with other states. material men were left : Hot.
 Rx Months.......................1.00 that body, is the potent power, but The law is all right. The annoy. I tection whatever.Mr. .
 Vat* Month,....... JBtagto this assertion is only made in orderto ances and losses non-residents are Atkinson also
 Copy... W divert attention from his own 151, to suppress {\ d
 ...'to any AddreM In U. 8. or Canada, I'repaktsdltor conduct. He is the present rulerof subjected to are mainly on account gambling:, and defining
 of the collectors failing to answer municipal corporations
 Titu vl11e. Ills stock in trade letters and the Is also a meritorious
 to
 ,..... WALTKB 8. GRAHAM. is small sheet of and incompetent
 -a paper, pen and negligence of the has been a question
 Isrocfate-Edltor.b Maneger.C. H.WALTON.We Ink-and an hour's'energetic effort, and collector average a town government: had
 One assessor throughout the matter of gambling;
 and his task is accomplished.
 the State.
 held
 individual by the exercise of this, .I frequently account of the failure sway of
 hold immelren reponlble for the tel
 do not
 imtntmt of our cormpomltnt, tint we claim apparently insignificant outfit, has county officers taking
 tMrihtto reject any communication. acquired a power which Council THE VOLUSIA. COUNTY. RECORD, t. I lag to Its suppression.Very .
 Commnnlc tlon.for publication mniit be written has never yet attempted to dispute little has been
 aide of the only,and tion in regard to tax
 plainly on one paper
 .!IoaM, In every caw, be accompanied l>y the successfully.The Has worked itself up to a white past week. This is a
 OTttnr'i; name and aildrew, not necessarily for circulation of petitions is heat because several of its contemporaries great importance, and
 publication, but a*a guarantee of good faith.
 still popular, and they will continue have copied our extremely as It should be-very
 to be presented to Councilfor charitable criticism in regardto thing Is certain-bill No.
 in the session,
 early
 ADVERTISING RATES some time to come ; but the the alleged tax sale advertise that very time seemed to give

 FIB VEAL people who sign these documents ment now running in its columns. early pasnage, has not

 One Inch.......................'10.00 i so freely at present, will realize The ADVOCATE is designated as a lately and, from '
 Two Inch,........................ W.OO : after a while, that when the alder- "cross-roads paper, trying to exist," es.lt made Is by leading likely: to be :
 Tore Inch........"............ 20.00 men grant the prayers they submit, 'and the Record claims it does not 1 The senatorial not fight
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 Four Inch. r. 20.00 they throw the responsibility for even exchange with 'us. We are little since I wrote you
 TIr Inch,or Qu.rterCOI.,...... 30.00 ,
 IHlf Column,.................... M.OO their action upon the petitioners. ready to compare subscription lists pears on the surface with, but
 whole Column,,,...,...,.......100.00 When the action of Council is with "the official organ of Volusia to say satisfied, though the
 rnrtdt Month,divIde the yearly rate by two forestalled by a petition, and it county," and we are only an infant am the most obstinate and
BOadd 10 per cent.. acts contrary to its best judgment aged eight months. We do'not actor and there are ,
 Tor Three Month, divide the yearly rat by it should not be held responsible exchange with the Record because to a split in bill ranks.
(Mr,and add M per cent. if the action 'taken should! proveto we did not know there was such a It Is possible the

 Kfleal Advertisements, Ten Cent Per line be detrimental to the town ; for paper until it began to send out from various the parts people of, which the -
Lich: ID ertlon.. it is presumed that the high class dead-head copies in this vicinity.The members of the caucus
 Paid Reading Matter not In "Local News" of business men, whoso names ap- recipient of a copy of the Rec. may save the old man.
aotamni,Pin Cents Per Line Each Insertion. pear on the list have consideredthe ord got rid of the worthless sheet to have little effect ( )
 weeks
 several
 Zcgal Advertisements at Legal Hates. matter carefully, and feeling by leaving it among our exchanges, lock editorially will be fatal to Call
 All the above rates are for one edition per that Council was incompetent to and the list of tax sales attractedour the truth. It looks that ( ) (
,-" act intelligently were constrainedto notice. We said (he Record -but as the doctors pay
IT Bills collected monthly. urge their own views upon them. "comes to us." We did not say howit life, there's hope."

 ,DIeck.eto.,may be made payable to "Oraham When a majority of our best citizens came. To our former criticismwe
*Walton." sign in favor of a certain would add that the entire advertisement The Dramatic

 tr Merchants and all others to whom we are measure there is no course open is fatally defective. The Last
indebted will oblige ns by presenting their bills for Council but to yield to the heading 6r preamble does not come ;
*tit of every month for prompt settlement. pressure ; but when they do so, within the law; the descriptionsare At Masonic Hall, was 1
 against their convictions they almost all of them vague and cess in every way. In
 Minis all communication to the the weather
 should be relieved of all responsi uncertain ; and furthermore the evening dance.'T
 EAST COAST ADVOCATE, bility. typographical work is so wretched, propitious but by

 TrruiviLLK FLORIDA. When our people consider that and lines so crookedit is almost lowering and threatening ,

P.O.Box.823. in signing a petition! they lift the. an impossibility to follow them ; as the rain-had dl
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 town government, for the moment, and we learn from the best author- sequently were ,
SF' L H.IDdJan '
 Into their own hands and assume ities in Volusia county that the tending.The '

 River Lodge, No. 00,. Free and the responsibility themselves, they taxes were paid on over fifty per entertainment .
opted bold their'meetlnltl may'exhibit less haste in these cent of the lands advertised. This 8:20, when the drop- .'
on the FBIDAT on or before,Full Moon, matters in'future. is not the fault of -the Record man', for the beginning of "A '14.
at7R0p, m. In Masonic Hall In the Indian The various parts :,
 Mate but of the party who furnished the .
 River Bank building, Titus'Ins performer-both in "A
 TAX REFORM. copy. We would advise the "offi : .
 and the
 Visiting brethren are cordially invited cial organ of Volusia county" to "Spectre '
to attend borrow a copy of the Florida Star stantly brought down
 WALTER S. GRAHAM W. M. I The tax sale advertisement in containing the tax sale advertise from the audience.

 JOSEPH MENDELI.: : Secrety. Brevard county, this year, will not ment for Brevard county for last Ecomiums upon Mr. '

 Farmer Alliance. be one fourth as long as usual. year. It is probably the best thingof Morton's very excellent
 This is a very conservative estimateof the kind ever published in the are needless. Their
 'TJtiuville Lodge of the Farmers ala the falling off of delinquents.We State, and would be an' excellent laughable farces were
Baaoa meet regularly on the first and and "brought down the .
 say one fourth in order to be model for Voluila's unsophisticated
total Saturday of each month at the
Court: House Visiting members of the on the safe side, but do not believe typo to imitate. Mr. W. M. Brown, as
esdttt are Invited to attend. it will be one tenth as long as "Spectre Bridegroom,"

 usual-about two double columns. deal of laughter. His
 Tax PCBUO SPIRIT; in Itt lastfiraev of space will be ample for its in. OUR TALLAHASSEE LETTER, I up WM good, and the

 oomei out with an immense sertion. This excellent showing is to appreciate It.
Dead line-IMy Railroad Newt, and I the result of the present law which Mr. J. P. Goldsmith,
tile article starts off with the the people are just beginning to I A Review of Doings at the Capital Major Boanerges
went that "the long looked for hat understand. The railroad companies for the Past Week.r lag Pair," and Capt.

some at last. What has come? have found that they can. "Spectre Bridegroom,"
THa railroad, or the rumor of one? not let their lands sell with Im- Special Correspondence to Advocate.TALLAHASSEE self admirably; whileB.

Vet notice on the same page an punity, and, as a result, the taxes April 22, 1891.. Y. Himself, in "A
article by "Sojourner" in which hesags will be paid on every acre of .railroad The Senate and House have both ben and the "Spectre ,.
 : "It ii reported that the new land in Brevard county this busy for the past week. A host of bills 11 amusing in the .

empany will ask a bonus of year. have been introduced and quite a number was very picturesque ,
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IU.OOOor $30,000 on the east side Certain individuals, who own advanced to second and third readIng ance canted a great-
oT the St. Johns river." If this numerous parcels of land which and passed. They are mostly of an among the audience. I.

statement is correct, we have our they have allowed to sell for taxes unimportant character however, and very funny I ,,
Aunts about the road coming for year after year in the past, have your readers have probably been Informed Miss Laura Lorimier ,
next season. We so expressed also found, thanks to speculators of their contents through the nlsha Simperton, in the
...elve.'laBt week ; and we are.arryto in tax titles, that it is cheaper to columns of the dally press. It Is a well- Georgiana, in the

. say our doubts have increased come up and pay. The present known fact that not more than one bill : opinions from the
 wonderfully since we learn- law has only been in operation two In ten which U Introduced hot suclffient_ acting. '
da bonus of 130,000 is to be ex- years. Its merit is just beginningto Importance to excite public Interest 'I Miss Kate Pritchard
 This amount of money become known If a radical Senator Hardee is an able member of both parts; and Mr.

my be railed, but the chances change is made by the present the Senate and U looked upon by his Bob, in "A Charming

axe ten to one it will not be. legislature, ,everything will be colleagues a* a sound adviser; his .remarks in the "Spectre
tOa demand for a competing lined I thrown in confusion again and are always listened to with attention themselves very

 steamers, last summer, was very two years hence we will go back to and his influence is eargerly sought Time and space does
strong-: A large amount of stock the old law. The present systemis after by those who halarge of ,various go Into details more

vaarto be taken. As a matter of not perfect by any means, but it I measure likely to receive active entertainment a

Set; we think, about two shares is away ahead of any previous opposition and requiring careful man- one enjoyed It.,
HUB south of Titusville. We hope method. To do away with tax agement. ning there appeared to
CIa aee the line to Coqulna-but sales would be to do away with the This gentleman Introduced a bill last roar of laughter going ; ;
there Is no use yelling wolf I wolf \ collection of taxes. Friday knows a* Senate bill No. 83 for and the frequent '
ales there is no wolf at hand. If The present law should be the purpose of declaring Eau GaQie that greeted the

Ufa people understand it is not ass amended as follows : River, formerly known. Elbow Creek, long loud and .
 re thing, they will be more likely The tax books should be kept in Brevard county as navigable within much so, that an .
Ib Be liberal. If they are led to open the entire year, at the county certain limits. live, who was present
love: the line is an assured fact seat, during business hours. This bill, while only of a local char some of the words

midi coming anyway, they will The assessor and collector should actor, has considerable importance to trickled down the
t&ten up their purse strings and be paid a salary of not less than those of your property owners and taxpayers ence, and many a
tfemand pay for their right of way. one thousand dollars per annumin who own property upon the was carried I&omelaat :
TBa railroad from Oviedo was a those counties where the commissions stream named for we understand several ton worked the

IID'e thing five years ago; but itafterwards fall short of that gure. parties claim title to the bed, and had folly, which must be very
 turned out its coming Whenever land is sold by mistake threatened to attempt to exercise ex- him.The
war contingent on a bonus of of the collector when the tax. clusive control over the waters. The performence :

C<\000. We formed a resolution es have been paid, or whenever river, as a matter of fact, is navigable promptu dance which
Cthat time to believe the next land not subject to assessment, and ao designated upon'the U. S. Coast nearly 12 o'clock. :
Boihoad rumor when we heard the such as United States or govern. Survey charts. Senator Hardee also There win be

Srfek of the iron horse. Our easesae ment land, Is assessed, or whenever took active part in discussing the bin Friday) evening, at 1IIOI

 i still open to receive the wet.elssE8 from any mistake, carelessness, against usury and fixing the rate of, fai- those who took part in
 sound, but we shall not make negligence or incapacity on the terest la Florida; and upon his motion their friends are Invited ;
Haato to assume a listening attitude part of the assessor or collector, consideration was postponed, and It was. The Jacksonville Band : :

Sir several months to come.. land upon which the taxes have made a special order for -morroW'. furnish the music for the .
 s not supplied with these goods. OfeMmo

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