The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-10-25
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all Sections
of the State

cesson and have wet and dry election
The Coming out" convention az
Ocala will be held on Thursday, 30.
vember 10Th.
A single mill with a capacity Of oo.'
600 daily will be established at ks.im
NEE by p. Newman,
The Tampa Chamber of Commerce
has adopted strong resolutions against
prohibition in llilsboyoHgh county 90"
in the State.
Total valuations Of real and pcrs .
property listed for taxes N N"r".''
county for the year 1907 foo, up '@.' ...
S3lOl. Manatpc River Jou.I',
Upon the charge Of selling 'ar."
meats, the Pensacola b"aucu e. 81.
Cudahy Packing Company las .",n
found guilty and fined 500 and costs.
shipment, Of fish or i,o fn.. 90,
port Of Puma Crorda for tho wee.
ing Tuesday nigh. announced .. .u.
carloads in bllk and lol barr-t o.TH,.
eating jl62o0.
The press Of Florida nope ''' ,1.
complete recovery of ". H. Garter,
editor Of the jacksonville Metropolis.
now dangerouiy i'll following an opc.-
alton for appendicitis
Mayor Masters, Of St. Augustine.
has declared Wednesday, Noyomb q,
as "Cleaning Day" in that city, a
good and worthy example To be followed
by every city and town in Florida.
4 recent census taken by the city au-
thorities shows the population Of Wau-
chua to have increased in two years,
The State census Of 1905 showed 500,
while the present enumerator found
1901. Manatec River Journal
The sinking of an oil well at the
Brock place, near Orange Hill, VIII
commence in few days. The machln-
airy of an up-to.date pattern is now en-
route. and W. J. Henderson, noW of
Triton, Ga, will be in charge of the
work.
Cigar shipments from Tampa for last
week amounted to $4,000 against
6,l20, 900 for the previous week, Total
shipments for the year to date amount
to 2l9,47O, zoe, being still greatly in the
van of the record for the same period
Of last year
Here's the way Judge Wolfe puts the
"blind tigers" out Of business over in
West Florida. At the recent session of
the circuit court in DeFuniak, there
were six convictions for the Illegal sale
Of liquor and the defendant in each Of
these cases was sentenced to serve one
year at hard labor without the option
Of paying a fine, That kind of medi-
cine will break Up the business,
In his announcement as a candidate
for the United States senatorship, John
:, Beard is a prohibitioniSt from taw
wants % prohibit the sale Of whiskey
IN the State; wants 70 prohibit negroes
from voting; wants to prohibit the fed.
eral government from interfering with
the State rights, and wants to pro.
hibit the state from interfering with
federal rights, Step up, gentlemen
and beat this if you can, Tampa Tri-
hume.
State and county tax payers will
hereafter enjoy discount for the
early payment Of taxes as Section II,
chapter $685., acts of 1907, provides
that all taxes shall become due on
and that all persons pay.
ing their taxes after that date and be-
fore December shall be allowed a re-
..yoi = per- cent. # is also provided
that all .a.pN,rr, settling their indcbt
cd1c,s after December | ard before
Janaory ! shall b. gyon Grcoatc If |
per crlt.
Wa.r ~. case Of Citing and Gill.
ohmg,j with selling aqa,r Wi,hoJt
iiccns" at Daytona Beach, was called
Tor trial ~ nel and. hast week. neither
of the defendants answered, and their
bonds were ordered cstrcated. The
defendants appeared next day, how
ever which relieved their bondsmen,
and the case went to trial. The trial
resulted in conviction and Judge Stew
art assessed fine of 81, 600 each, which
added to the costs, would make some
thing over $2,40O they would have to
pay before being free men. The de-
PENDANTS then left the court room, pre-.
sumablv to make ARRANGEMENTS for q