The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-09-24
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Exchange.
Columbia College at Lake City, will
open for the new school year on We'd
nesday, September 20. DR.. Tribble,
the new dean, has a strong staff en-
gagged
The First National Bank Of Columbus
Ohio, has made a proposition to the
town of ST. Petersburg to purchase its
entire issue of bonds for city improve
ments amounting to $75,0
The city council of DeIand has for
warded a petition to the State Railroad
Commission asking that the Atlantic
Coast Line be compelled to operate
the branch line train to DeLand
Junction to meet the night trains,
st. Augustine will be the next meet
ing place for the convention Of second
and third-class postmasters of the
United States in the South. This will
be held in 1913. during the celebration
of the 400th anniversary of the landing
of Ponce de Leon.
A tooth that weighed seven pounda
was being exhibited around kissimmee
the other day. 1t was quite curiosity
and was dug from phosphate pit
near Mulberry. The toothwas in per-
feet condition. and came from some
prehistoric animal now extinct.
Twenty-seven men from other States
mostly from points in Kansas, Ken
lucky Pennsylvania, Minnesota and
Oklahoma, were conducted by EX-Gov-
ernor Broward over and around the
farms and groves in the Everglades.
They We're on prospecting trip.
A man named John Burke, who was
beating his way on northbound train
few days ago, was accidentally killed
by falling between the cars while the
train was in motion, death being instan-
taneous. The accident occurred be- !
tween Quarry and Long Key. 1t is
thought that the man had been drink
ing.
Celery lands at Sanford that sold a
year ago for 500 and $l25 an acre are
now being disposed of for $3.50 to $500
an acre Recently number of Kal-
amazoo, Mich, celery growers have
invaded Sanford and made purchases of
celery lands. Recently party in
Sanford who homesteaded piece of
land, so acres, six years ago, sold the
same for $l7, 500. This indicates how
rapidly valuable these celery lands have
become.
Led by Thos. H. Heating, the 'wet"
voters of Putnam county presented a
petition at last week S meeting of the
county commissioners praying for
another "wet and dry" election The
commissioners proceeded to inspect the
signatures, three fourths of which
were those of negroes, and by the time
three precincts had been canvassed
more than eighty names were stricken
from the list. This so disheartened the
"wets" that for the time being the petl-
ton has been shelved
The State Board of Control has voted
an appropriation of $4,000 for the
erection Of an administration building
for the Florida State College for women
at Tallahassee. The ground floor of the
structure will be occupied by the various
laboratories, the domestic science rooms
and the model school and model kinder
garten rooms. On the first floor will
be the administrative offices, the library, {
the reading rooms, several class rooms
and an auditorium capable of seating
l ZOO persons, 25O of whom will be ac-
commodated in large gallery. The =
third floor will be devoted to the art }
studios and class rooms. The musical !
department will occupy suite of rooms
On each floor in the central wing, imme. :
1iately in the rear of the auditorium.
Active building will be begun as soon ;
as the plans are perfected and the ma Z
.erials can be collected.
The survey across Florida to ascer- y
ain the ACCESSIBILITY of canal across n
he State from the Atlantic ocean to :
he Gulf of Mexico, says The Lake City 4
Reporter. is rapidly progressing. Two a
PARTIES are now engaged in this survey n
me having started from point north il
# Jacksonville, Trout creek, and being
eaded across the country near the
)kefinokee swamp. Another party is
n route from Palatka westward. y