The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08

State Convention this year at Madison
on the l3, II and 18th Of this month.
Peaches are now going to market by
the car load from Lake Helen, DeLand,
Barberville, Picrson and Seville. Water
melons are also going forward in car
lots from Seville,
Aaron Basset, one of the oldest citi-
Gems of Avon Park, was struck by light
ming a few days ago and instantly killed,
it is supposed, as he was found dead a
short time afterwards.
The United States Fish Commission
recently left at Lake Como about
5000 young fish Of the small mouth
black bass variety. They have been
placed in the waters at that place.
W. Y. Stockton, the popular young
son of Mr.. j. n. G. Stockton, of Jack
sonvlle, who some time ago was award
ed an American Rhodes scholarship at
Oxford England, has won tirst.class
honors in the school of jurisprudence.
Customs officers in Pensacola are now
busily engaged preparing their annual
reports for the fiscal year ending June
80. The years business in exports it
is believed will reach fully 500, 600, 600,
again of over "a, 000,000 compared to
the business done last year.
TIE Episcopalians of Miami are soon
to have a handsome new rectory
and church. Both of these buildings
are to be built in a Spanish design, prob
ably of reinforced concrete, with Span
ish thing for roofing. The proposed
church will be one of the finest struc-
lures of its kind south of Jacksonville,
Encouraging news comes from Capt.
James Y. Wilson, who is superintend-
ing the laying of the new virtrified bricR
paved road to Pablo Beach, that all but
a half mile of tn road has been COM
pleted, and that if good weather pre-
walls throughout the week, the new
road will be completed and opened to
traffic by next Sunday. Jacksonville
Times Union.
1t is one of the curious things of Flor
ida law that if a child gets into an en-
closure and takes little fruit, or a mel
on, or some flowers, it is robbery, pun
ishable by Imprisonment. But if a ra-
zor-back hog or an old crumply cow
breaks in and devastates ten or fifteen
dollars worth it merely devolves on
the owner of the enclosure to build a
new and stronger fence.
Sixty-six persons were killed or died
unnatural deaths u Duval county dur
ing the first six months of 1910, accord
ing to the records kept by the police
department, under the efficient care of
Property Clark r. l.. Stivender. Sew
enteen of that number were drowned;
twenty-five were killed by other parties,
either murdered or killed in self.de-
Tense; three committed suicide; others
were killed in accident burned to death
in fires or asphyxiated.
Born in 1874, living in three centuries
and under every President from Wash
ington to Taft, David Summerals, the
oldest man in the State, died Thursday
at his home near Lithia. at the age of
ll6 years, having lived beyond his al
lotted three score and ten years by the
space of forty-siX years. Summeralls
was born in what is now Tatnall county,
Georgia. He fought in the war Of 1912
and came to Florida seventy-hve years
ago, residing here all that time. He
was a farmer by occupation. 49, Tampa
Times.
A remarkable story of canine devotion
and grief comes from Armstrong re-
garding a pathetic incident at the
funeral of young Wilbur Simms, the
high school student who passed away
in St. Augustine, Tuesday The Incl
dent was so unsual as to attract much
attention. One of the young mans
prize pets at the old home in the cOun-
try was a dog. While he had been in
town much of the winter they were
thus separated much of the time, the
faithful pet had ev IDENTIFY not forgotten
his master, and always gave him
royal welcome when he came home for
an occasional visit. During the last
few days when the thoughts of the
family and friends of the young man
we're filled with grief over his untime-
Y death. little attention could of course
De paid TO the pet. But when the last
services were held and the intermen