The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-10-01
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gone past the twenty UiiiiIol iee' "'"'"
for the first three weeks of September,
Under an order issued by the depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, Tampa
is made headquarters for the lmmigra-
ton service for Georgia, Florida and
Alabama.
A bond issue of million dollars for
Duval county means the opening up OF
farm lands and an increase of business
for the merchant. 1t means prosperity
for all classes.
Former Governor Napoleon B. Brow
ard has ordered several thousand bana-
ma plants from Honduras, and is going
to experiment with his Everglades hold
ings as a banana plantation
Il. c. White, formerly engineer at
the ice plant at Sarasota, has myster-
iously disappeared He visited different
points in the state about two weeks
ago to get options of phosphate lands
and when last heard from had left
Starke for Plant City.
Through the initiative Of the Hastings
Board of Trade, aided and upheld by
the boards of county commissioners OF
Putnam and st Johns counties, a plan
is now well under way by which it is
proposed to drain total of %, 600 acres
of land between the ST. Johns river and
the town of Hastings.
The rate of taxation to be lad by
the property owners of kissmmee tins
year is only fifteen mile. This has
been made possible by the able manag-
ment of the electric light plant which
Melted the city more than $500 last year
with prospect of mucn larger profit
the coming year.
Jacksonville has won the honor of be-
ing selected as the next convention city
of the American Pathological society
which met this year in St. Catharines,
Ontario. The bringing of the next con-
vention to Florida is due largely to the
efforts of The Florida delegation which
was headed by +. o. Painter. No date
has been set for the Jacksonville meet
ing.
The little remnant of Confederates in
Florida will hold their annual reunion
at Live Oak, October 2O-2l. Live Oak
is preparing to give them big recep-
ton. The division sponsor is Miss Mae
Robertson, of Live Oak, and the division
maid of honor is Miss Vivian Evans. of
Live Oak. Major General Magill has
issued general orders for the assem-
bling of the division at Live Oak at the
time named above.
Or. Irenaeus Trout, the Episcopal
missionary to the Seminole Indians
during the recent visit to the mission
in the Everg ladies' met with further en-
enlargement and saw evidences of the
effectiveness Of the work he is doing
On August 6 he baptized E-fawlebarjo,
the most influential man among the
Seminoles, The English Interpretation
Of this indians name is Crazy Owl, and
he ranks IN authority next tn Talla-
hasssr, who died some months ago. In
The council he acts IN the capacity Of
what might be termed moderator.
Thousands Of Tennessee eggs are
brought 10 DeLand by express and re-
tailed here. On the other hand gentle
man il Enterprise miles south of
DeLand gathers from 1905 to 5000
eggs every day and supplies choice
market. MIR Ihroop, Of Enterprise,
has built up his business from very
small beginning, and has constantly
made money at it. He has nothing but
white sghorns Tor layers. Others who
nave chickens find them a constant
source Of profit in proportion to the
number they keep. Ten thousand dozen
eggs should be shipped from DeLand
every month. This is nice business,
thar can be attended to by women, old
og feeble people, and can never be over.
done. --DeLand News.
Suffering from wound in the alb
domen, Miss Elva McClammy, young
lady residing north of the city. was
brought to the city at late hour Thurs
day night and placed in sanitarium,
where an operation was immediately
performed in the hope of saving her
life. She was shot late Thursday night
by her younger sister, who did not know
q revolver, which she playfa!iy snapped,
was loaded. The weapon was found by
the girl in her fathers room and she
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