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FRANK D. BISBEE | Real Estate, Loans 210 BISBEE BLDG
Phone kire Insurance
7133
PHONES Bell 643-2640
Auto. M 2640
AUTOS AND CARRIAGES For All Cosasions
TRANSFER | BAGGAGE
and LIVERY | TRANSFER
COOK'S
Stockton & Barnett Co. Both Phones 1213
Masonic Temple
GENERAL INSURANCE
LOANS REAL ESTATE
WM. M. STOCKTON President
HARLOW BARNETT Vice-President
P. H. FREEMAN Secy. and Treas.
THE GUARANTY TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
NORTHEAST CORNER BAY AND OCEAN STS. PAYS 4 PER CENT ON SAVINGS INTEREST COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY- ACTS AS TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, RECEIVER, ETC.
We Loan Money on First Mortgages
We finance your home and allows you to pay for it like rent. WE RENT HOMES, STORES, OFFICES, best in town-to responsible citizens.
WE INSURE BUILDINGS AND CONTENTS In the largest Fire laserance Companies of the World.
Jacksonville Realty and Mortgage Company 52 W. FORSYTH STREET Phones: Ball 6641, Automatic M 2841
Florida Hardware Co.
PUMPS
Alligator Cutlery Sporting Goods
Fishing Tackle
Stoves and Tinware
Blacksmiths' Supplies
Sash, Doors and Blinds
Painis, Dils and Glass
Builders® Hardware
FARM TOOLS
18-20 EAST BAY ST.
STOCKTON & BARNETT CO. MASINIG
TEMPLO
SURETY BONDS, INSURANCE Phones
ELMORE & ELMORE REAL ESTATE, LOANS
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Hotel Windsor JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LIBRARIES
P K YONGE LIBRARY
OF FLORIDA HISTORY
EUROPEAN PLAN
OPEN ALL YEAR
ROBERT R. MEYERS Proprietor
JOHN E. KAVANAUGH Manager
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Fla.)
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KLUFTHO ARCHITECT
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HOTEL SEMINOLE
Jacksonville, Florida FLORIDA'S MOST POPULAR HOTEL 200 Beautiful Rooms, with and without Baths SEMINOLE RESTAURANTS Most Popular Dining Places in Jacksonville
THE MARBLE DINING ROOM-Located on the Second Floor, Seating Capacity 300; Dancing every evening (exclusive of Sundays) throughout the Winter Season. TERRACE RESTAURANT-Overlooking Forsyth Street. Positively the coolest spot in Summer.
INDIAN ROOM-The most unique Dining Room in the United States. Real Indian decorations.
In these Restaurants, we serve Club Breakfasts from 25 cents up, Noon Day Lunches 50 cents and an Evening Table d'Hote Dinner at $1.00. Also an elaborate a la carte menu at popular prices.
SEMINOLE SANITARY DAIRY LUNCH ROOM 126 W. Forsyth Street, also Entrance through the Writing Room of the Hotel
MODERN SANITARY POPULAR PRICES
Open All Hours Day and Night J. B. POUND, President CHARLES G. DAY, Manager F. W. DeFRIESS, Assistant Manager
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R.R. U.FR
BAD CREDITS
JACKSONVILLE BUSINESS MEN'S ASS'H.
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PROFITS
TELLS HOW YOU PAY
LET THE BULL DOG KEEP THE CAT AWAY
Bad Credits Will Eat Your Profits Up Protect Yourself by Knowing How. Those Who Seek Credit Pay Their Bills. We Know, Let Us Tell You.
Jacksonville Business Men's Association CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING Phones Bell 5990, 5881 and 5979 Auto M 3333
Our Mutual Co-operative System
Is the Most Sensible and Economical Method of Collecting. Endorsed by and Operated Under the Auspices of the
Jacksonville Business Men's Association CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING Phones Bell 5990, 5881 and 5979 Auto M 3333
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BANKING Real Estate and
nsurance DEPARTMENT
THE GUARANTY TRUST and SAVINGS BANK
W. M. BOSTWICK, Jr. President
HENRY G. AIRD Vice- Pres.
T. J. BROOKS Vice- Pres.
T. E. JORDAN Cashier
FRANK TAYLOR Asst. Cashier
Transacts a General Banking and Trust Business
Pays 4 per cent Interest ON ALL DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Interest Compounded Quarterly
Acts as Trustee, Executor, Administrator, Receiver, Etc. NORTHEAST CORNER BAY AND OCEAN STS.
W. A. McMILLAN P. E. TWITTY Vice-Pres. President McMILLAN REALTY CO. CAPITAL $50,000.00 Real Estate, Loans, Insurance Ground Floor St. James Bldg. 119 West Duval Street
T. C. HOBBS Sec. & Treas.
Telephone Bell 5681
E. V. TOOMER Factory Sites and Terminal Property SUBURBAN SPECIALIST
Bell Phone 3345
719 Heard Bank Bldg.
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North Riverside Heights, New Riverside, North End, North Side Park R. I. Co.'s Addition to Riverside. Lake Shore Drive Lots Murray Hill
REAL ESTATE
Albert Fendig & Co.
DUVAL HOTEL BUILDING 207 W. FORSYTH STREET Bell Phone 3326
CITY PROPERTY, FARM AND TIMBER LANDS
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA
B. E. Hardacre Company SURETY BONDS REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGE LOANS FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE General Agents: United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., Baltimore, Md. "WE WILL BOND YOU" Rooms 314-15-16 Duval Bldg. Bell Phone 577
TELEPHONE, BELL 506
CHAS. W. KINNE
Real Estate
Fire Insurance
1010-1012 Atlantic Nat'l Bank Bldg. Jacksonville, Fla.
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CITY, SUBURBAN AND FARM PROPERTY ANYTHING IN REAL ESTATE
Do You Want-
A Fine Building Site in Springfield? A Suburban Home Site in ORANGE PARK, with front- age on St. John's River or Doctor's Lake ? A 10 or 20-acre Farm, Excellent Transportation, and Hard Roads ? A Large Tract for Subdivision, or Colonization, with Water Front? Peach, Pear, Pecan or Citrus Fruit Land?
If So, Give Me a Chance to Figure With You -
I am owner of 90 per cent of the properties on my list and can quote you a very conservative figure.
Every Customer Has Made Money CHAS. A. BROWN, Jr. DEALER IN REAL ESTATE
30-31 Buckman Bldg. Both Tels. 1644 Jacksonville, Fla.
W. C. WARRINGTON & CO. REAL ESTATE AND RENTS
GUARANTEED INVESTMENTS
702 BISBEE BLDG BELL PHONE 1241
GEO. E. BROWN, Pres.
B. K. HALL, Sec.
BROWN REALTY CO. "The Home Builders"
BOTH PHONES 1925 403 ST. JAMES BLDG.
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OUR LIVES are in constant jeopardy through the utter recklessness of irre- sponsible persons, carelessness of others and the natural or unavoidable acci- dents due to defects in materials and mistakes of operatives. In this busy, progressive age we are confronted with innumerable dangers on every hand; moreover, no one is immune from DISEASE. Secure complete insurance pro- tection, against any and all accidents and diseases, provided by the new Full Accumulated Disability Policy of the United States Casualty Company-50 per cent to 100 per cent larger benefits and special new features not found in other policies issued at the same cost. Valid claims paid on sight.
CONSULT ME BEFORE TAKING OUT YOUR INSURANCE J. GILMORE SMITH GENERAL AGENT
405-406 MASONIC TEMPLE
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
JAMES & PAXON
GENERAL INSURANCE and SURETY BONDS
Fire and Marine Insurance
Phones Bell 874 Auto M 2476
Mutual Life Bldg.
JOHN A. HALL CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Audits, Accounting Systems Examinations
416 Heard Bank Bldg. Phone Bell 3836
LISTS OF NAMES Accurate, Up-to-Date, Reliable
For Full Particulars, Address
R. L. POLK & CO.
DETROIT :-:
NEW YORK :-: CHICAGO
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HUTCHINSON AUDIT CO.
AUDITORS and ACCOUNTANTS
Phone Auto M-1959
352-354 St. James Bldg.
MUCKLOW & FORD Certified Public Accountants
AUDITS EXAMINATIONS SYSTEMATIZING Both Phones 2782 56 U. S. TRUST & SAV. BANK BLDG.
WALTER MUCKLOW
Lloyds' Agent Underwriters' Agent Insurance Adjuster
CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND AMERICA 56 U. S. Trust & Sav. Bank Bldg. Both Phones 2782
Who sells it? 1
The Classified Business headings in theCity Directory will tell you. The City Directory is the most complete local Buyers Guide available to residents of any city. CONSULT THE CITY DIRECTORY R.L.Polk & Co. Publishers
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HARDWARE LUMBER MACHINERY AND
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT
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R. L. SLAUTER
Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting
FURNACE AND ROOF REPAIRS
131 East Forsyth Street Jacksonville, Florida Phones: Bell 2773, Auto M 2773
D. J. CONROY CO.
114-116 W. BAY STREET
Paints,
Hardware,
Glass
Wall Paper,
Room Moulding
ARTHUR G. CHAPPELL LEWIS G. CHAPPELL George E. Chase & Co. PHONES: BELL 266, AUTO M 1266 SHIP CHANDLERY Hardware, Paints, Oils and Motor Boat Supplies Boat Hardware, Fishermen's Supplies, Tents, Life Preservers Agents for Devoe & Co.'s Lead and Zinc Paints 323 and 325 East Bay St. Jacksonville, Fla.
J. G. PERMENTER, President O. L. VORDERMARK, Vice-President T. K. HATCHER, Sec. and Treas. ESTABLISHED 1903
J. G. Permenter Company Wholesale Grocers Southwest Corner Bay and Jefferson Sts. Bell Phones 4700 and 4701 P. O. Box 332
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FRANK S. GRAY
President
SAMUEL B. HUBBARD Vice-President and Treasurer
W. T. PARSONS Secretary
THE S. B. HUBBARD CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
HARDWARE
Stoves, Tinware, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Paints, Oils, Farming Tools, Barbed Wire, Iron, Steel, Sporting Goods and Ammunition, Agricultural Implements, Pumps, Belting, Etc.
Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting Supplies a Specialty
Local and Long Distance Phones Bell 35, 2116, 2267 and 3558; Auto M-2035, 1910 and 7506 32-44 W. BAY ST. JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
FLORIDA HARDWARE COMPANY HARDWARE BUILDING MATERIAL SASH, DOORS and BLINDS
BELL PHONE 57 16-20 E. BAY ST.
THE BOND & BOURS COMPANY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Hardware, Sporting Goods Fishing Tackle Baseball Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass BELL PHONE 26 10 W. BAY STREET
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EUGENE E. WEST
LUMBER MANUFACTURER
Farm and Timber Lands
Cut Over Lands, Good for Farming and Grazing Also Full Bearing Orange Groves
Call, Write or Phone, Bell 700, Automatic M-2449
· OFFICES, 207-209-211-213 WEST BLDG. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Forsyth Street Planing Mill
(Incorporated)
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Rough and Dressed Lumber OF ALL KINDS HOUSE BILLS COMPLETE Mill and Office: Foot of Georgia Street Both Phones 3967
Door Frames, Window Frames, Columns, Brackets, Balusters, Stair Work, Grills, Bank, Store and Office Fixtures, Flooring, Ceiling and Siding
The Duval Planing
Mill Co.
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TRIM C. G. BUCCI, President Seventh St. and Railroad Ave. Jacksonville, Florida Long Distance Bell Phone 1749
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OHIO WELL DRILLING CO.
OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
313 Masonic Temple
Phone, Bell 4349
Contractors for
ARTESIAN WELLS or Wells of Any Kind (From 4 inches in diameter up)
Experience Extensive. Equipment Mod- ern and Adequate
Deep Wells of Large Dimensions a Specialty Unlimited Reference E. A. DURST, Mgr.
AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY Exclusive Designers and Manufacturers of Furnishings for Churches, Schools, Auditoriums and all Public Buildings
American Tabular Steel and Pressed Steel School Furniture received the Highest Award at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915
A complete display of Church, School and Theatre Furnishings always maintained at
313-314 MASONIC TEMPLE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Phone Bell 4349 A. HERCULES, District Manager
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Merrill-Stevens Co.
4,500 - TON DRY DOCK TWO MARINE RAILWAYS TWO LAUNCH DOCKS
MARINE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS STEEL AND IRON
HARDWOODS AND SUPPLIES
Agts. Burnham Pumps and Nagle Boiler and Engine Works
FARQUHAR MACHINERY CO. 232 E. Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla.
AD FARQUHAR, VORA PATHIEM ....
ALL KINDS MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES for SAW & PLANING MILLS AND CONTRACTORS
Largest Stock in Florida 4
ROBERT P. NELMS Bicycles and Motorcycles "INDIAN MOTORCYCLES"
Parts and Repairs, Tires and Sundries
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TELEPHONE 879 44 W. ADAMS ST
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TIMOTHY MURPHY President
JOHN P. MURPHY V-Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
WM. E. JOY Secretary
T. MURPHY IRON WORKS
ATTENTION ! YOU NEED THIS KIND OF SERVICE
The completeness of our equipment and the size of our organization not only enables us to handle all kinds of work in our line, but also en- ables us to give the most dependable service at the most economical rates.
Iron Foundry with Daily Capacity of Five Tons Brass Foundry, Pattern and Woodworking Shop Machine Shop, All Modern Equipment Find Out Just What We Can Do For You
WRITE US
610-612 and 615-617 E. Bay Street JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
MAINS FOUNDRY CO.
Bell Telephone 6339 Iron and Brass Cast Every Day Sawmill, Mine, Railway and Steamboat Work High Grade Iron, Brass, Bronze and Aluminum Castings
Rush Orders Receive Prompt Attention Day or Night
Rod Brasses, Car Brasses, Brass Bearings, Brass Gears and Propellers, Brass and Bronze Bushings, Round, Square and Hexagon Shapes Packing Rings, Soft Gray Iron, Propeller Wheels, Pile Driver Hammers, Boiler Fronts and Grate Bars, Bushings, Collars, Boxes and Hangers
JACKSONVILLE and SOUTH JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
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Bank, Store and Office Fixtures, Church, School and Assem- bly Seating.
With a manufacturing experience of over twenty years; with our factory location nearer you by five hundred miles than any other concern manufacturing the same products; situated in the heart of the hard- wood growing district where we can secure raw materials at an aver- age of 10 per cent below the price our competitors must pay; with one of the best and most improved plants in this country, we confidently ask for Florida business. We will appreciate your inquiries.
Our Jacksonville office, as well as our other sales offices, are in charge of practical men-men trained in our factory and experienced in all phases of the work.
Southern Seating & Cabinet Company No. 7 Title Building Jacksonville, Florida
Plant-Jackson, Tennessee
SALES OFFICES:
St. Louis, Pontiac Building
Greensboro, N. C., Benbow Arcade
Dallas, North Texas Building Memphis, Tenn., Tennessee Trust Bldg.
Chattanooga, Tenn., James Building
M. WISOOKER Umbrella Manufacturer
Recovering and Repairing
Hats Cleaned and Blocked
Umbrellas Made to Order
All Work Guaranteed
And the Best Quality of Hats $1.50
402 W. BAY STREET
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MALSBY MACHINERY. CO. DEALERS IN
GENERAL MACHINERY and MILL SUPPLIES LONG DISTANCE PHONE 574 408-410 EAST BAY STREET
Hustler and American Saw Mill Machinery. Erie and Leffel Engines and Boilers. Orr & Sembower Engines, Boilers, and Skid- ding Machinery. Gerlach Special Stave Machinery. Sidney Famous Woodworkers. Goodyear Famous "Thor" Stitched Rubber Belt.
Gardner and Pickering Governors, Pumps and Air Compressors.
Hoe and Simonds Chisel Bit Saws. Famous Line of "MARCO" Packing. St. Mary's Crude Oil Engines. Hench and Dromgold Saw Mill Machinery. Modern Cane Mill Equipment.
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FAIRBANKS MORSE & CO.
INCORPORATED
Gasoline Engines
Fuel Oil Engines
Fuel Oil Marine Engines
Steam and Power Pumps
Motor Cars
Railway Supplies
Irrigation Machinery
Spraying Outfits
Electrical Machinery
Electric Lighting Plants
Water Systems Wind Mills and Towers
TELS. BELL 2425, AUTO M-1284
630 WEST BAY STREET
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Bell 270 NIGHTS AND HOLIDAYS CALL M 1815 Auto M 1305
"WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE JOB"
MINTZ PRINTING CO. OUR PRICES ARE BEYOND COMPETITION
for QUALITY AND SERVICE
John E. Mintz, President
36 U. S. Trust and
Mrs. D. Ellen Mintz, Bus. Mgr. and Treas.
Sav. Bank. Bldg.
A FAMILIAR SIGN TO THOSE WIIO APPRECIATE HIGH GRADE WORK
WRIGLEY ENGRAVING COMPANY
PHOTO-ENGRAVING IN ALL IT'W' BRANCHELP
ILLUSTRATING & DESIGNING
107
.UNION ST.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
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THE FLORIDA METROPOLIS
Florida's Greatest Newspaper JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
Published Daily and Sunday 10 Cents a Week
Exclusive Afternoon Associated Press Service
YOU CANNOT ADVERTISE AS YOU OUGHT IN FLORIDA WITHOUT USING
THE FLORIDA METROPOLIS
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THE Florida Times-Union
Is Now, As It Has Been for the Past Fifty Years Absolutely Supreme in Its Field
The Florida Times-Union has the largest NET PAID HOME DELIVERED city cir- culation.
The Florida Times-Union has the largest TOTAL NET PAID CITY circulation. The Florida Times-Union has the largest SUBURBAN NET PAID circulation.
The Florida Times-Union has the Largest NET PAID COUNTRY circulation. The Florida Times-Union has the largest TOTAL NET PAID circulation.
The Florida Times-Union has twenty-five or more regular subscribers in more than one hundred towns in its territory.
DELIVERED ANYWHERE EVERY MORNING in the YEAR 15 Cents the Week
The Florida Times-Union
Cedar and Adams Streets JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
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OFFICE
CLARKE
NOTION ROOM
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MANICURE AND HAIR DRESSING
MANUFACURING ROOM
The Beauty Parlor
Mme. L. M. Jones, Proprietress JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
Masonic Temple Bell Phone 2338
406 Broad Street
FACE MASSAGE MANICURING HAIR DRESSING
All Branches Taught
HAIR GROWING A SPECIALTY All Kinds of Preparations for the Scalp and Skin Guaranteed to Stop Falling Hair Assists Nature Hair Growing
Correspondence Invited Stamps Required for Reply LIVE AGENTS WANTED
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Colored Department
LICECIL
LICECIL Kills Lice, Mites, Chiggers, Maggotts, Roach Ants, Fleas, Etc.
NO PAINTING NO SPRAYING NO DUSTING Just Uncork the Bottle and Hang in Poultry House and Licecil Will Do the Work Distributed by Florida Live Stock & Poultry Food Co. 720 WEST ASHLEY STREET
FLORIDA BAPTIST ACADEMY COR. HARRISON AND LORNE STS. BELL TELEPHONE 267 Jacksonville, Fla., N. W. Collier, A. M., Pres. COURSES-Kindergarten, Primary, Intermediate, Grammar School. College Preparatory, Normal, Business, Music, Ministerial and Industrial.
College Preparatory and Normal Industrial Department FOR GIRLS-Dressmaking, Hat Making and Trimming, Plain Sewing, Cooking, House Cleaning, Basketry, Laundry and Raffia Work. FOR BOYS-Carpentry, Blacksmith, Agriculture, Brick Masonry, Broom Making, Printing, Painting and Auto Repairing.
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Cookman Institute
One of the Foremost Schools in the State for the Training of Colored Youth
Academic Course that prepares for any College in the Country. Thorough Normal Course.
Complete Business Course with best equipped department.
Graduate Course in Music under a professor who stands among the most proficient.
Grammar School with only competent teachers. Dressmaking and Fancy Work.
Diplomas awarded for the completion of Academic, Normal, Business and Music Courses.
The Best Time to Enroll Will Be Between September 24th and October 10th, 1916
For Information Address
REV. G. B. STONE, President,
Davis and Seventh Streets
Jacksonville, Florida
Tels. Auto M 1004 and 1001
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Edward Waters College
Under Auspices of A. M. E. Church, of Florida
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Offers best Courses in Theology, College, College Preparatory, Normal, Business, Music, Tailoring, Dressmaking, Carpentry, Printing and Domestic Science
The addition to the Boys' Dormitory and the erection of a new $25,000 brick Administration building, afford ample accommodation for a much larger student body than here-to-fore.
Catalogues furnished on application.
Registration books opened the last week in September.
For further information address,
Rev. John A. Gregg, B. A., D. D. President Bell Phone, 5856-J JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
We Have the Remedy
Dr. Brown's New
Consumption Remedy
cures
Coughs,
Colds,
Hoarseness,
LaGrippe,
Pleurisy,
Pneumonia,
Consumption,
and all diseases of the
respiratory organs.
TRY IT
For sale at all leading drug stores
Magnolia Remedy Co.
Sole Owners and Manufacturers ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA., U. S. A. 65 Washington Street
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., U. S. A. 525-527 Broad Street
R. L. POLK
J. WIGGINS
R. L. POLK & CO.'S JACKSONVILLE CITY DIRECTORY 1916
VOLUME XVII
Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens, a Directory of the City and County Officers, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Benevolent, Literary and Other Associations, Banks, Etc., a Complete
Classified Business Directory "THE BUYER'S GUIDE"
and a Revised Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders of the City
Price $7.50
Directory Library: Chamber of Commerce
Where Directories of Principal Cities are on File for Reference
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers Jacksonville, Florida
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY R. L. POLK & CO.
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PREFACE
The seventeenth annual edition of R. L. Polk & Co.'s Jacksonville City Directory, herewith presented, is issued with the assurance that all the varied information desirable in a modern, first-class directory to a growing city is given with specific accuracy and that it is everything which the best skill in directory making has been able to produce.
The actual worth of the City Directory is becoming more and more gen- erally understood every year. Its value as a book of reference and as a guide to all the residences and business houses, streets, public buildings, churches, schools, banks, societies and organizations, and, in fact, all the institutions of the city, has always been recognized. As a history of the progress of the city and as an unequalled advertisement of its resources, the directory is growing in popular favor year by year.
The scope of this volume has in nowise been reduced and embraces all the features heretofore familiar to the directory user. The canvass has in- cluded all of "Greater Jacksonville" and even the more remote suburbs, such as Ortega, Murray Hill Heights, New Riverside, Moncrief, Panama, South Jacksonville, etc., for, while all of these places are not within the corporate limits, their residents are so closely identified with the industrial and busi- ness life of Jacksonville as to render their inclusion most desirable in a Di- rectory of the city.
The following interesting data has been prepared by Mr. George E. Leonard, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce:
Jacksonville is a city of beautiful homes. It is the metropolis of Flor- ida, and its streets and avenues compare favorably with those of any city of its size in America. It has the greatest hotel capacity of any commercial city of its size in the United States, a number of its hotels being of most modern construction, affording their guests all the comforts and luxuries of the large hotels of the big cities.
Eighteen miles from the city is the world's most beautiful ocean beach. It is connected with the city by a paved boulevard and electric railway con- nections, which make it very accessible. At the beach are beautiful hotels, golf links, tennis courts and other forms of amusement, while the beach it- self at low tide offers a natural automobile drive which cannot be surpassed.
Our river front is one of the most beautiful in America, offering won- derful opportunities to the fisherman, the motorboat enthusiast, and camper.
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
As a transportation center, Jacksonville ranks second to none in the en- tire Southeast. The following railroads make up through trains which run to Jacksonville over their own lines and connections, most of these trains being made up into other trains at Jacksonville and running to all portions of the State:
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co.
Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Florida East Coast Railway Co. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.
Illinois Central Railroad Co.
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
New York Central Lines. Pennsylvania System.
Southern Railway Co.
Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. Frisco System.
Jacksonville receives as high as 110 trains a day, and is one of the larg- est centers for handling Pullman cars in the United States. There are more people handled at the Union Depot in this city than in any other city south of Philadelphia.
In addition, Jacksonville has water transportation, ocean steamers leav-
ing almost daily for Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. It also has regular steamship connections with Miami and Florida East Coast points, as well as a very heavy traffic on the St. John's River. In addition to this, schooners and steamers arrive daily from all points of the world loaded with freight which they unload, receiving cargoes sent in here from the interior of Florida, Georgia, and other Southeastern States.
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Jacksonville is justly proud of her most excellent system of public schools. It recently voted a bond issue of one million dollars to erect mod- ern school houses, and these are now being constructed under the super- vision of one of the leading school architects of America, in conjunction with local architects. At the beginning of the school term in the Fall of 1916 this city will be equipped with modern fire-proof schools which will be as fine as any buildings of similar kind in the country.
In addtion to the public schools the Florida Military Academy is located at Jacksonville. Students from nearly every State in the Union are in at- tendance at this school. Not only is the scholastic work of a very high standard, but the military department is under the direct supervision of a graduate of the West Point Military Academy. There is also located here the Flagler School for Girls, as well as nunerous other well conducted pri- vate schools. The Y. M. C. A. conducts a day and night school, and there are several business colleges in the city.
CLUBS
Jacksonville prides herself upon her hospitality, which is well exempli- fied by the many prosperous and beautiful clubs of this city. Among them are the Seminole Club, the Country Club with its fine eighteen-hole golf course and tennis courts; the Germania Club, the Yacht Club, the Business Men's Club, Rotary Club, Traffic Club and numerous others.
PARKS
This city has many beautiful parks, which are splendidly maintained under the supervision of the Park Department. Public tennis courts and playgrounds are features of these parks, being maintained under the direc- tion of competent playground experts.
MUNICIPAL PLANTS
Jacksonville is justly proud of her municipal plants. Her electric light plant is one of the most completely equipped in the country. It furnishes electricity as low as two cents per kilowatt for power with a minimum monthly charge of fifty cents per meter. The water plant is also munic- ipally owned, the water being secured from artesian wells hundreds of feet in depth and being absolutely pure. These plants are both models of their kind, and in addition to rendering the city this satisfactory service, pay an annual profit of close to half a million dollars.
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