The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-05-06
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days session.
United States Senator Daniel. of Vir-
gnia who has been so i'll at Daytona,
has improved to such an extent that he
has been removed to his Virginia home
Mrs. Fletcher Freeman of Avenue G.
Miami died as result of burns received
while cooking supper one night recent
ly. The deceased is survived by a hus'
band and two-months- baby, besides
her mother, Mrs. j. w. Grant, and Il
sister and brother.
Sumter county has again failed to Sc
Iect a place for the county site and the
court house remains at Sumterville u.i-
til some one place receives a majority
of all the votes cast. In the last cleo
ton the vote stood. Webster, 426; Cole.
man, 252: Bushnell, l2S; Sumterville,
81. The lowest wins, temporarily.
1t is reliably reported that Henry
Sanford of New York, who is now cruis-
ing around Key West in the yacht
Samoa, with Mr.. Newbold Edgar, also
of New York. will purchase three Of
the group of Ragged Keys, about thirty
miles down the coast. The Keys are
he property at present of Capt B. 7.
Ball. Mr.. Sanford will build bunga-
low on one o. the islands, it is said, and
spend several months each year fishing
among the keys. making his headquar-
ters on Ragged Key. Miami Metrop-
oils.
The GUNNER phosphate elevator in
Jacksonville was blown from its foun-
dation by sudden squall and thrown
to the deck of the Steamship Pretoria.
The elevator was almost completely
demolished. There was only ore man
on the elevator at the time of the de-
structiOn and he was blown with the
debris, but was only slightly injured.
A more modern and up-to-date elevator
will be built as soon as possible.
The feature of Thursdays largely at
tended convention of the Florida Citrus
Exchange was the resignation of Gen.
eral Manager M. E. Gillette, which was
enforced by Mr.. Gllette's physical con-
dition and absolute necessity of attend
ing to private interests. Mr. Gillette,
though of a robust constitution, has
been visibly worn by the strain of the
past nine months. His resignation,
however, will not be effective until the
annual meeting in June. 1t is believed
that Sales Manager R. P. Burton will
be Mr.. Gi|lette's successor. The meet
ing was the most enthusiastic yet held,
and all reports received showed that
the exchange is on firm basis in spite
of the overwhelming obstacles which
the leaders of the movement have had
to fight. The exchange has so far
handled l,47l.277 boxes OF fruit. which
considerably in excess of the volume
first anticipated. The average prices
received are as follows: Oranges, $l.0l;
grapefruit, $203; tangerines, $l.65.
These averages will be greatly in
creased by the high prices that will pre-
vail before the season closes. But for
injury done by the January freeze, and
other adversities, a much better record
would undoubtedly have been made.
From the enthusiasm manifested by the
growers it is evident that the exchange
movement is continually gaining in
strength.
About thirty-five residents of Key
West, who had never seen railroad or
train, tired of their own ignorance last
Monday and decided to satisfy their
thirst for knowledge. So they came in
a party to Knights Key dock to witness
the F. E. c. train. They caused quite
lot of amusement for the employees
and guests on the road. Their awed
faces and queer inquiries about the big
black engine that seemed so common a
sight to those on board, were most in
teresting and funny. The conductor
and others begged them to get on and
ride; also blew the whistle for them and
showed them the interesting pecuari-
ties of the big black devil, as some cal
led it, 1t is hard to believe in this great
civilized world of ours and so near our
own city, that there are numbers and
numbers of human beings who breathe,
eat and live much as we do, who never
witnessed one of these steam engines
that were invented long ago and has
made it possible for Us to traverse so
many lands, see so many things of in.