The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-12-09
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OoaSt OF the distinction or being tnt
first rural letter carrier in Florida t
t deliver his mail by automobile
Richard Croker. after spending the
summer in Ireland, has returned to his
Palm Beach home, accompanied by his
: neice, Mrs. Bowman. Mr., Croker is in
fine health, and glad to get back to
Florida.
: Frank Clark says Champ Clark is a
: relative of his. If this is true Champ
has been keeping this profound secret
and Frank certainly was mean for Civ
, ing the thing away. Jacksonville
Floridian.
Lettuce last week at Sanford brought
81 10 in the field and car load sold
on the street for 81 05 per basket. j.
E. Pace acted as auctioneer and knock
ed the lettuce down to Manager Smith
of the Florida Vegetable Growers As.
ISOLATION.
The Associated Charities working in
conjunction with the Woman club and
other organizations in Jacksonville, Is
hard at work on plan TO establish
near the city, at some point easily &C.
/ cessible. tuberculosis camp, for the
use of victims of the white plague, de-
pendent upon charitable organizations.
/ The authorities are somewhat mys-
L fed at the death of a negro man.
section hand for the Atlantic Coast
Line, whose corpse was found on the
track near Juliette last week. His
body had been mangled by the train.
but there is strong suspicion that he
was killed by some one and put on the
track, Near the right of way was
found puddle of blood and nearit was
a woman's long batpin. The matter is
being investigated.
The News has it on good authority
that fertilizer factory is to be built
Immediately at East Palatka and it will
be In operation and in position to
place goods upon the market before
spring. 1t is further stated that q
certain portion of the stock will be
offered for sale and that the farmers
of this section will be given an sppor.
tunty to become interested in the
ownership of the plant. The ground
necessary for site has been purchas-
ed, the contracts have been let and the
erection of the buildings will commence
in the near future. Hastings News.
Tommy John, one of the leaders
among the Seminole Indians. pass d
over into the Happy Hunting Grounds
recently. This news Was conveyed to
j. M. Wilson jr., of Kissimmee, in
letter written by Billy Bowlegs. Mr..
Wilson has the confidence of the Semi.
noles and keeps informed about matters
affecting them. Tommy John was the
son of old Tom Tiger He was intelli.
gent, clean in morals, manly and brave
and was looked up to by mis- tribe. II
is pathetic story that the picturesque
Seminoles are slowly but surely vanish.
ing from the land in which they were
once happy and contented.
r. Hudson Burr, n. A. Bitch and
Royal c. Dunn, members of the Florida
Railroad Commission, were in Lakeland
Wednesday, for the purpose of inqulr-
ing into the rates and service pertain
ing to the shipment of Strawberries
from that section. The complaint made
by the growers is to the effect that
strawberries are held in Jacksonville
sometimes twelve TO twenty-four hours
which puts them into the northern
markets in bad copdition and unmarked
able. The express connection in Jack. {
sonville has been very unsatisfactory,
as has been the handling of the re-
frigerator boxes. which have been de- ,
lsyed in transit
There is no end of surprises. The
unexpected happens most always, and
il is hardly possible to tell when i. will
occur. The following news item will
prove interesting reading for many
owners along Caloosahatchee
river: Probably one of the most i'm
Dortant suits brought in the circuit
court of this county for sometime was
instituted on last Monday by Attorney
Don Register. This suit is brought by |
he heirs of William E. Lopez, deceas-
ID, against some fifteen or more prop !
,rty owners being styled a suit in
,jectment and involving the title to :
little more than a mile of river front
,ropeit' in the vicinity of Rialto on o
he Caloosahstchee river. This prop- =