The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-10-22
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Marion county falr Wnlcn Is soon 10 pe
held at Ocala.
Volusa county has decided to call for
bids for the erection of big new coun-
ty Jail at DeLand.
The prohbitionists were the victors
in the wet and dry election held in Clay
county on Tuesday by a very decided
majority.
More than nine thousand pounds of
Blue Fish were shipped from West
Palm Beach one day last week by the
East Coast Fish Company.
Punta Rassa is to have direct steam
er service with Key West during the
coming winter. Capt. W. H. Towles
of Fort Myers will operate the line.
Judge F. NJ. Robes, of Tampa, an
nounces that he will enter the race for
the judgeship of the sixth circuit against
Judge J. B. Wall, the present in
cumbent.
A lumber mill employing five hundred
hands will soon begin Operations on
McGirst creek near Jacksonville. over
81 .GOO. 900 in capital is involved in the
enterprise.
Thieves made clean sweep of the
reeidence of r. W. Barbour, in jack
sonvile, while he was away with his
family for the summer. The total loss
is estimated at 81, 99S.75.
Announcement of the organization of
the Florida Home Life Insurance Com
pany, capitalized at 5000, 900, has been
made from Jacksonville. Former Gov
ernor Napoleon b. Boward ispresident
of the company.
Dade City business men have organ
lied to erect packing house for the
handling of the fruit and truck grown
in that territory. 1t is anticipated
that 100 carloads will be handled during
the coming reason.
Mrs. Phoebe Sparkman of Fairfield,
is the oldest person on the pension rolls
of the United States. She is III years
old and receives 1912 a month. Her
husband served in the first Seminole !
war in 1899 and 1910.
As a result of visit to st. Peters
burg by the officials of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad, that company will
erect one of the most modern repair
shops in the South there. Electricity
will be used as the motive power in the
shops.
Hon. s. j. Hilburn, of Palatka. will
not he a candidate for Congress. Friends
Of his throughout the district have for
many months been urging him to enter
the race, and some of them were so
confident that he would be a candidate
that they have been watching the news
papers for the official announcement of
his candidacy. Instead, the announce
ment comes from him, in letter to the
Times Union, that demands upon his
time in his law practice, increased by ,
the illness of his partner, make it i'm {
possible for him to enter the race. !
We are not naming candidates. 1t is c
too early yet. Our space as weekly |
paper is needed for news that our read {
ers want. Without expecting a long !
discussion with some daily brother with :
plenty of space and time to waste, we y
venture word about Bro Tim. If he
breaks into Congress with Frank Clark 5 [
political scalp dangling in his belt, his ,
victory will be even more remarkable |
than that of n. B. Broward, when he
retired Bob Davis to private life. The
election Of Editor Zim to Congress
would show that poor man could go to
Washington. And his stay there would
demonstrate that he could still remain
poor and honest. No man has a cleaner
record for honesty in Office than Senator
Xim. No matter how you may differ
with the gentleman from St. Johns"
no man living would ever charge him
with being CRATER. He always votes |
,ight-as he sees it.-DeSoto County
News.
Thomas d. Thomas, young white
man, was arrested in Pompano by
Deputy u. S. Marshal Large on war
rant from Georgia charging perjury.
In his preliminary trial before the
United States Commissioner at Miami,
last week, Thomas was held on $500
bond, which was given by his father.
Thomas, it is alleged, in taking a civil
service examination in Georgia for a
postofiice position, made certain false
statements. The specific charge under
,,h;oL tho yonnu man 10 held ia for |