The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-06-10

one day there last week
st. Pctersburg's new council started
off by having the city's books thorough
~ audited and as result some gross
irregularities have been discovered and
an investigation is on foot.
Chas. Carroll, white, killed Laura
Bethunc, a mulatto. at Miami, Wednes-
day night and then suicided. Jealousy
prompted the act. Much excitement
was caused by the double killing.
For the death of A. w. Emanuel
killed by the Seaboard Railway in Mar
ion county, his little girl will receive
s., 800. The suit was brought for $685.
900 but the jury found for the plaintiff
as stated above.
Two years each in the penitentiary
was the sentence passed upon Servius
Stratus, a Greek. and John Adams. the
latter young white man, for being
IMPLICATED in the numerous thefts Of
cattle in the northern part of Bradford
county.
Plant City growers shipped 1000
crates of tomatoes 1000 crates of Gu
cumbers during the past week. Net
receipts for tomatoes, cucumbers, corn
and okra amounts to SS,225. This
makes total of $ll3, $50 received by
the growers to date on the present sea-
sons crop.
One of the largest real estate deals
of the year was closed recently when
the Pensacola Realty Company compile
ted negotiations with Louis Boley for
half interest in seventeen thousand
acres OF farm lands on the hard road
extending from the Pensacola city limits
to and beyond Olive. The consideration
was not stated but it is known that the
amount was many thousands of dollars.
j. S. Watson, the man struck with
an ak by J. c. Allen, in the formers
tent at Larkins last Monday is dead,
and Allen is now facing a charge of
murder. The men. wood-choppers by
trade, were well acquainted with each
other, and little is yet known of the in
cident that brought on the trouble be-
tween them, which has resulted so seri
ously. 1t is known, however, that Al
len made the statement after he struck
Watson that he had murdered him.
1t was announced by the Pensacola
postotfice Thursday that the receipts
for the past month, May, totaled six
thousand, three hundred and ffty-one
dollars This is an increase of nearly
two thousand dollars over May of nine
teen hundred and nine. The pOstOffice ,
receipts for May of nineteen hundred
and eight were four thousand eight hun.
dred and twenty six dollars for May of
nineteen hundred and nine four thous-
and nine hundred and ninety-six dollars
and for May of the present year, six
thousand three hundred and ifty-One
dollars.
1t is now known fact that FlOrida's
orange crop next season will fall far
short Of the preceding crop. The cold
of December denuded many trees on
which little bloom appeared, and the
long drouth has caused lots of young
fruit TO fall where a bloom did appear.
When the time comes when fair eSti-
mate can be made it will he seen that
next seasons crop will not be more
than half or two-thrds the size of
the past year, but it may bring as much
money into the State, for prices last
winter ruled very low throughout the
shipping season for various causes,
mainly the large crop and small sizes. -
VOlusa Record
The News acknowledges with thanks
letter from the Hon. Frank Clark ex-
pressing highest appreciation Of the
fine vote he has recently received for
congress. Ii it makes you feel real
good Frank, We are grateful; but truth
to tell, the News doesn't deserve any
thanks from you. If we'd had thous-
and votes in our vest pocket, Frank,
you w0uldn' t have received one of them.
As a matter Of fact, Frank, we believe
that the second Congressional District
would he much better off if it was rep {
resented by somebody else, or nobody
else. We don't want to receive thanks
under false pretences, or false promises,
Frank; hence this ebullition, As mat
ter of fact, Frank, don't you think the
Second Congressional District is about
as well represented now as at any time
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