The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-02-19
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Dave Mitchell was acquitted Of the
charge Of shooting Lee Hanks in Jack
,oWil.e.
The Camden, S. c., and Orlando
p,lo teams vii! soon go W against each
other At the latter place.
Federal Judge ", b. Sheppard is
pre.iiing in the place Of Judge Locke
q, the session Of United States court in
TAMPA.
The town Jail al Leesburg was de-
,troy-d By fire last Thursday and the
one negro prisoner was burned to
death.
Miss Il. Carpenter, principal Of the
Mismi high school, has been made
editor of the Florida School Exponent,
a publication issued by the leading
educators of the State,
The fourteen counties which have
large county displays at the State Fair
are attracting a great deal of attention
from visitors.
Thirty thousand tons Of stone we're
used in the jetty work on the south
channel at Fernandina, which has just
been completed.
Five hundred members of the Bible
Students Convention gathered from
various sections of the Union in Jack
sonvile Friday.
Hayward NJ Sommers, a l2.year-
old Largo boy, died as the result of an
attack of tetanus brought on by a
wound caused by an accidental dis
charge Of a toy pistol.
Duval county citizens are petitioning
the county commissioners to float a
mllion-dollar bond issue for building
roads and bridges and for drainage
work.
Representative Florida fruit and
vegetable growers will argue for a re-
duction in freight rates to northern
and eastern points at a hearing to be
held in Jacksonville by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Through the progressiveness Of Jack
sonville's business men, Main street
has been turned into great white way
at night by the use Of thousands of
electric lights. AS an advertisement,
this lighting scheme is a great success.
William j. Bryan said while in Tam
pa that the exhibits of the States pro-
ducts shown at the State Fair were in
themselves sufficient TO induce thou
sands of people to move to Florida,
without further evidence of the posi-
bilities awaiting them here.
Daytona held a municiple election
Thursday which resulted in the selec-
ton of f, W. Greene for mayor, A.
McF. Porter for city clerk, w. H. Ed
nonsOn for assessor, H. 7. Titus for
collector, and F. T. Peck for treasurer.
The members Of the council are Messrs.
5. H. Cove. G. A. Clock. f. Mills. E.
I. Conrad and Lew Smith.
The orange industry in Volusia is
getting to be immense, something like
it was before the 1895 freeze. The
present crop of the county has brought
over half million of dollars into the
county, including the groves of the
coast. The crop next winter will be
much larger, and will bring to the
growers three.quarters of a million
dollars with normal conditions contin.
ning, -Volusia County Record.
Climbing into the rigging to mend a
spar, Carpenter NJ Anderson, Of the
Norwegian steamer "Thelma," died as
ne was engaged in his work, the
steamer crossing the bar on it's way to
iuIfport for cargo. This fact was dis .
covered a few moments afterwards
when the body was seen to fall forward
md catch in the rigging and become
suspended. Members of the crew went
loft and found the chief carpenter
iead, The steomer returned to port
nd after sending the body ashore and
for the funeral, proceeded
ut again on the voyage to Gulfport. -
'ensacola Journal. !,
Jack Wade. the negro who was ar
ested at Newberry on Thursday by
'herifi Ramsey, of Alachua county and
Deputy Sheriff Scott, of Polk county. 4
.hile enroute for. the Barlow Jail. was
AIKEN from the train at Lakeland Sat
rday morning and marched out to the
ONE of Miss Newell, his attempted 4,
ictlm, and was positively identified by
Cy np he rrt