The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-05-21
LOCAL OVERFLOW

Ut. l., "A. feek, VI Melbouille, NeS
in the city Monday to attend the an
nual meeting of the Indian River Tele-
phone Co.
Among the down-river residents in
town this week were, c. S. Schuyler,
Walton; R. E. Fairbanks, c. H. Munich
and wife, Jensen; r. j. Booth, Eden.
Mrs. C.. L. Faber left on Sunday
for Cleveland, Ohio, where her daugh-
ter, Miss Rena, who is studying music
at that place, is i'll. Reports from
Miss Faber are that she is much better.
A party composed of Captain A. J.
Cannon, Miss Anita Cannon, of Rock
ledge, and l.. c. Cameron and wife, of
Palatka, arrived from the south yester-
day on Captain Cannon's houseboat
with Captain Hampton in command.
Surveyor Frederick, of the firm of
Frederick & Butler accompanied by
his son, were in Fort Pierce yesterday.
Mr.. Frederick goes to Clifford today
where he will be engaged for several
DAYS in a survey of a tract of land.
Editor A. X. Wilson, of The TRIBUNE,
wife and two children, are at present
in Archer, having visited Sarasota and
Manatee. While in Manatee, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson were rendered a reception
on Saturday afternoon at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Brown at which a
number of their old friends were pres
ent. Refreshments of grape sherbet
and cake were served. On Monday
the Elysian Club of which Mrs. Wilson
was member ten years ago, gave her
reception at the home Of Miss Eva
Gates and Mrs. Christine Patten.
Much excitement was caused We'd
nesday afternoon by an alarm of fire.
The dense smoke and flames in the
northeastern portion of the town led
many to believe that a confagration of
some magnitude was raging. The fire
proved to be in colored town and was
house belonging to P. p. Cobb, and
occupied by Mandy Gustus. The build
was completely destroyed together
with the contents. Another dwelling
caught but was eXtingushed by the
volunteer fire fighters who did violent
service. A smudge was the cause of
the fire.
A meeting of the entertainment com
mittee of the Booster Club was held in
Judge Penney's office on Monday and
organized by choosing DR.. C. c. Feigel
as chairman and Mrs. C. NJ. Horton as
secretary. The committee decided
that at the next regular meeting of
the club, which will he held next We'd
nesday evening, light refreshments be
served. Each member is allowed to
bring one friend and pleasant evening
is promised. The committee will meet
with the town improvement committee
next Tuesday, when plans will be made
to appoint a day when the men of the
city will be asked to assist in cleaning
up the park. 1t is planned to do this
work at noon one day, dinner being
served to the workers by the ladies'.
We call attention of the pineapple
shippers to the firm of Collins, Pratt &
Graves Co., of Boston, Mass. While |
this firm is a new one operating in this /
section, its members are old timers in
handling Indian River pineapples. Mr..
Pratt has represented another firm dur
ing the past three years, and is we'll
known to the shippers of St. Lucie
county, having made his headquarters
at Fort Pierce during pineapple season.
Mr. Collins was formerally with C. B.
Sanborn Co., as manager of their fruit
and produce department, and sold on
an average 10000 crates of Indian Rv-
err pineapples each season. This firm
is capitalized for $4,000. They are
members of the National League of
Commission Merchants and the Boston
Fruit and Produce Exchange, and have
one of the best locations in Boston for
handling fruit. Mr.. Pratt expects to
be here permanently during the ship
ping season.