Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-12-03
Some State Happenings
Florida Items Gathered from Our Exchanges.

Over seventy-fve car loads oflettuct
we're shipped from Sanford week before
last and prices were good.
A few years ago Mr.. E. Moulie, Of
Jacksonville. was distributing free seed
of the soap berry tree, and now he has
a number of tallow trees which any one
can get for the asking What will
that Frenchman give away next?
1t is now claimed by expert investi-
gators that the tenement districts of
New York or the state Of Ohio contains
more cases of hookworm than the entire
South put together, but If Mr.. Rookie
TELLER cares to send back small por-
ton Of what we have paid him for a
very poor quality of oil, why let troll.
Chipley Verdict
S B. Virgins, night yardmaster at
New Smyrna, was killed while coupling
cars at that place on Saturday nightly
his head being caught in a jam. He
was a member of the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen and leaves youuE
wife and 6-weeks old baby.
Mr.. j. w. Hatcher. of Worthingtou
is working to establish negro colony
near his home town on 200 acres, in the
center of which is bold flowing spring
Of mineral water. 1t is his intention TO
make it a negro health resort. Some
folks bubble over with philanthropy.
E. r. Johnson, of Americas, Ca,
who stabbed to death Guy Key, in
boarding house in Jacksonville in May,
was indicted for murder in the first de
gree by the grand jury and December
18th is set for the trial. They were
both Florida East Coast Ry. employees.
A Tampa DOCTORS advice to the pub.
lie on the pellsgra business is timely.
There is no occasion for panic when
case is foued near by. It has probably
been existing all over the country for
century and the only occasion for
giving it unusual attention at this late
day is because the doctors have just
found scsry name for 1t.
Jesse Altman, we'll known Jackson
vile character, cut the throat and kill |
ed Snowman named Woods for throw
ing confetti on him Wednesday even
ing Of last week and later in the night
served companion named John S.
Smith the same way. After being cut
Smith got possession of Altman revolt
yer and with one shot killed him in
stantly, thus saving the expense of a
tedious insanity trial. Altman had pre-
viously been implicated in two murder
trials.
A case OF some interest has just been
passed upon by the governor. 1t was
where reward Of $500 was ordered by
Gov, Broward for the arrest and con-
Viction OF a Calhoun county murderer.
The man was arrested, but before his
conviction Gov. Broward's time ex-
PRED. 1t wasfound that the murderer
had been arrested nine days before the
reward was offered, but on account Of
the man haying been convicted half the
reward was allowed
If some Florida statesman would
make for himself lasting name let
him devise way for putting into force
IN this State system Of taxation like
hat which is In force in British Co
umbia, where, it 10 said, that by i'm. ,
proving property the taxes are lowered, f,
instead OF becoming higher, as is the
ase all over the United States. Ifsuch
system is practicable, it would tendto
the erection Of buildings
md to make other. improvements, Z
whereas our present system, Ia a way, '
ends to discourage such Improvements. a
avs an exchange. And law by which a
egsons gettits ia the way Of railway IA
'kins, automo lies and runaway hcrses S
oula be punished, would also be good a
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