Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-07-02
Some State Happenings
Florida Items Gathered from Our Exchanges.


succeed Prof. w. X. Knibloe as princi-
pal of the Duval high school
, L. d. Wynn, faithful member OF
the Jacksonville fire department, lost
his life last Saturday by drowning in
the st. Johns river,
The coroner's jury at Orlando last
Saturday held Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Will
mot under $500 bonds for the man
slaughter of Ollie Sweet. who was shot
in their room in SANFORD and died at
the depot IN Orlando. The Wilmotts
refused to make any statement
Rev. Father Buckley, assistant rec
tor of the cathedral at st. Augustine,
was drowned in the surf at South
Beach Wednesday afternoon OF last
week and his body has not as yet been
recovered. He was young priest, be-
log ordained only about year ago
For atine he was in charge of the Cath
oic parish at Tallahassee, three months
ago coming to the cathedral at st. Au-
gustine. He was native of Ireland.
A writer in The Manufacturers Rec
ord says that the population of the
East Coast of Florida will in ten years
be as large as the present population OF
the entire State. Yes, and as Fort
Pierce is the mid way point between
Jacksonville and Key West, with un'
surpassed inducements for truckers,
farmers, stock raisers, etc., and near
ny port in prospect, her wide.awake
cities will see that her share of the
prosperity will not be lacking.
George w. Perkins has been elected
TO the directorate of the Florida East
Coast Railway, which is controlled by
Hsnry NJ. Flagler. Close relations will
soon be established, it is said between
the Florida East Coast Railway a, d
certain other roads with which j. =.
Morgan a. Co. are identified, followin
IN issue of $IO,000,00O of Florida Eus
Coast bonds, which it is expected viii
soon be offered for sale by that firm
II is understood that Morgan & Co will
n the future act as financial advisors
and agents of the Flagler interests,
Florida's handsome bachelor Cover
nor was deeply impressed with the
cartoon in Mondays Metropolis which
showed miss Jacksonville" giving
President Whitney of the Merchants
md Miners line warm hug of welcome
Governor GilchriSt cut out the car.
Don and mailed it TO the editor of Tue
Metropolis, writing thereon the follow
ing: 'If that is the way you treat
them, had rather be President Whit
ney than Governor. No one in jack
sDnvijle ever welcomes the Governor
in this way"
The day of the Sc allied profession
al juror is at end. BY an act Of the
legislature just adjourned, the general
statutes OF Florida have been amended
so as to eliminate from juries "any per-
Son called as a Juror who has served as
a juror at any other term within one
year" That was one of the good laws
that was enacted by the legislature and
which went into effect upon passage
and approval by the governor; the
chief executives signature being
attached June 8th.
Is there no other meaning to that
much abused word prosperity" ex-
cept the accumulation of money? 1t is
the only sense in which it is employed
these latter days, and seems that al
though one may have health and
friends and love and peace and all the
higher joys that make life one grand
song of thankfulness, yet he does no.
prosper unless he can prance about
and swagger around and jingle the coin
IN his cothes-a regular twenLl,t
century high.fIyer In search ot--a
divorce court. Pensacola journal.
The average Florida merchant who
spends $500 mouth ddver; ising IN
the local newspapers will have chance
to "sit up and take notice" now that
one Baltimore wholesaler has chartered
seven steamships to carry Florida
merchants to Baltimore during the
summer and give than an opportunity
to buy goods from this wide-awake
firm. There are no strings attached to
the offer of free transportation at all
You just say who are willing to go-and
the Baltimore Bargain House does the
est. The merchants are not compeil-
ed 10 buy ANYTHING from this hons