The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-12
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tnuc to boom,
The coming prohibition fight in thi
state will not be fight between financ
and fanaticism, but fight between De
ccney and Degradation.
The building boom is fast assuming
large proportions in Fort Lauderdale
Among The most important new struc
tlros now under way is the building t
b. occupied by the Fort Lauderdal'
State Bank.
Are you going to line up with tn,
Christian people OF Florida on the state
wide prohibition proposition? Whiskey
and the saloon never did good act fol
state or people. They are life anC
home destroying demons.
The contract has been awarded fol
the erection of the new Knowles Hall,
at Winter Park, and is to be ready fol
use before January LIST. The new build.
ing will much larger and better equip
ped than the old building which was
burned last December.
The Emergency hospital of the city
of st. Peters burg has been opened to
the public. A more successful begin
ming of this work could not have been
wished for by those in charge, and the
hearty support of the tOwnspeoplc was
shown by the way in which they attend
ed the opening ceremonies.
Claude E'Engle is going to move to
jacksonville And during the late cam
paign one would have thought from his
line of talk that it was almost crime
t. live in Jacksonville. Here's hoping
he'll embark in the newspapers profess
sion again. He could do the people of
Florida more service as an editor than
as a United States Senator.
Miami is preparing'to celebrate La.
Dor day in good style. Committees
have been formed and details are being
worked out for the occasion. Labor
day comes this year on Monday Sep.
TENDER A, and general holiday in the
United States. The day will be OBJ
served in every section of the country.
some places with elaborate parades and
big picnics and speechmaking.
Already famous for the bes. corn and
potatoes grown in the south, Hastings
now proposes to bring St. Johns county
t. the front as leading cotton produc-
ing section. The acreage is small, only
about 200 acres having been planted as
an experiment, in May, after crop of
potatoes was harvested. 1t is expect
ed that picking may begin about Au-
gust goth.
The Leesburg Commercial advocates
the erection of suitable monument on ,
the site of "Dade's massacre, in the
southern part of Sumter county, where,
in December, 1885, Major Dade and 1877
soldiers of the regular army were caught
in an ambush and slain by Seminole In
dians. The suggestion of the CONNER
cial is a good one, and we trust that our
representatives in congress will move
to obtain the necessary appropriation.
The State and State School Board
have withdrawn all pubic lands from
the market and are having them ex-
amined so that they can be graded ac-
cordng to quality and location. Hon.
|. n. Withers, senator from Lake CoLn-
~, is in the field, making careful ex-
Of these lands in Palm Beach,
Dadp, Polk and DeSoto counties. He
was in West Palm Beach last week to
look over lands west Of this city with
Mr. Franklin Sheen for guide. West
Palm Beach Tropical Sun.
The 81. Augustine Record suggests I
the name Of Hunt Harris. of Key West,
a. a candidate for governor. Good.
Now add j. K. PARROT for attorney
general, Dr. Grill for secretary of State,
Captain Sanls for State treasurer, and
Coz, Peter o. Knight for Operintendent {
Of sci ools, and you'll have ticket that l
would yet the solid support of the Re- l
cords friends and lot of people in |
every coanty who participate in the I
Democrat primary; such ticket would
larry Duyal and EScambia and Hills I
poro counties with the usual big major q
tios. -DeLand News. I
Geo. f. Bcnsl, of Jacksonville, gen. h
,raI manager of the Southern State y
land and Timber Company, arrived in t
Miami day or so ago and paid the 1907 IL
rainage tax on his company's land. s
he amount was Sl2,39 and there are r
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