The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-07-16
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The commissioners of Duval county
hsve ordered the paving with concrete
Of another mile of the South Jackson
Vile to Pablo road.
Tampa's cigar shipments for the
week ending June 26th, were ll6,040,-
600 cigars. For the corresponding week
last year the total was SO, 335, 900, show
ing a gain for this year Of %, 7O5, 600
cigars.
II. II, Richardson, secretary Of the
Jacksonville board Of trade, was elected
president of the Southern Commercial
Secretaries, at the annual meeting of
the convention held in Atlanta, last
Friday.
The Home Building Company is a
new corporation in Kissimmee, with a
capital Of $4,000. The company has
been organized for the purpose Of as
sisting those who wish to build and own
their own homes.
State Superintendent W. NJ. Halo
way, Of the Florida Board of Educa-
ton, at a meeting of the National Edu-
cational association held in Denver last
Thursday, was elected vice president.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in San Francisco.
Brevard county orange growers organ
lied in Cocoa last Saturday by the cleo
ton of MS. Sans, president; and j. f.
BETTER, secretary. A committee con-
sisting of J. f. BETTER, w. f. LaRoche
II. j. LaRoche, l.. p. Allen, NJ. S,
Whaley, NJ. S. Sans and J H. Sans
was selected to attend the State Con-
vention in Tampa on July 22nd. Thirty
five members were enrolled.
Fred S. Dewey, who for a number of
years has been agent for the land de-
partment Of the Florida East Coast
Railway Company, the Model Land
Company, the Boston and Florida At
lantic Coast Land Company and lands
controlled by A. H. Sawyer, trustee,
has turned his said affairs over to w.
l.. Bragg, Of West Palm Beach, who
will look after them in the future.
Blind mosquitoes came pretty near
putting Palatka out of business night
or two last week. They came suddenly
and in such quantities that stores had
to close. In the Offices of the G.. Lopez
Bailey Co., nearly barrel were swept
up and about bushel were cleaned up
one morning at the Ackerman-Stewart
Drug Co.'S. It's been some twenty
five years since these mosquitoes have
put in any appearance before. It's a
good thing they are not the biting
kind San Mateo Item.
Saturday night, about seven o'clock
Willie Morris, youngest son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Morris, was killed by an
electric wire, while at his work on a
residence in the western part of the
city. He had gone out to connect up a
wire, and it was while engaged in at
tempting to cut live wire that he was
stricken with the entire voltage. He
made several gasps and sank to the
ground without a sound. Several ply
sicians were called and did what they
could to revive him but without success.
.-Ocala Banner.
There has beeen filed for record in the
VOlusia county clerks Office a first
mortgage securing Sl2, GOO, O0O4l g fifty
year gold bonds, pay able June ist, and
December LIST, given by the Florida
Fast Coast Railway Company, to the
Bankers Trust Company, trustee, of
New York City. This mortgage COM
prises Is closely printed pages. A
general mortgage was also filed secur-
ing $25, 0OO,0 600 general mortgage in
come 5 per cent. fifty-years gold bonds,
dated July |, 1909, with interest paya-
bic July. lst given by the Floridr East
Coast Railway Company to the United
States Mortgage and Trust Company,
trustee, Of New York. This consists
Of eighty-three pages, besides three
satisfactions of mortgage, consisting of
four pages each.
A new variety of East Indian mango
owned by John b. Beach frlited this
year, and by invitation DR.. E. T. Moore,
W. K. Moses, g. c. Matthams and w.
L. Bragg had the pleasure of sampling
this new variety which is called Cam
badiana. The fruit averages about
inches in length and seven ounces in