The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-12-30
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ing of the midwinter meeting, Januar,
2. Workmen nave been engaged TO
some time putting track and building
in the best of conditions. New arrival
are noted daily.
Eight miles of grading from Haine
City south has been completed, ant
two miles of track laid so that con
structon train can now be employed
AT that rate the grading of the road
bed should be completed to Avon Parl
by September 1st, 1911.
Shipments of cigars from Tampa fol
the week ending December 10 were
l,7l5, 900. For the expired portion OF
the year to that date they were 1911,
400, 900 as against 1888. 1876, 600 for the
same perio | of last year falling of
of 81, 665, 600. Tampa Times.
After discussing ways and means of
holding the Dade county fair, the asso-
citation proceeded to the election of
officers, with the following result. Pres
identJ. c. Bale; Secretary E. V.
Blackman; Treasurer |. Wilson
Another meeting of the association vii
be held early in January to make thcl
final arrangements.
f. A. Theld, lately of Cleveland,
Ohio, has purchased the grove of Frank
Harrison. of Cocoanut Grove, and will
occupy it as his Florida home. The
grove is IA beautiful one, containing
four and One-halt acres of land, and the
trees are all in excellent condition.
There is on the place a very comfort
able house. in which Mr.. Theld will make
his home while here. The price paid !
for this fine property was $751;
The big Sawmil of the Summer Lum- .
Der company at Zuber. seven miles
north of Ocaa, was burned last week
The fire was evidently caused by sparks
from a passing train. 1t was one of
the biggest mills in Florida and the loss
is about Sl0O.0r0 on which there is ,
S'7. 600 insurance. 4. \. Summer, {
president of the company, says the
mill will be rebuilt at once. though on $
a somewhat smaller scale.
Through Congressman Clark 1000 q
employees of the Atlantic Coast Line l
have petitioned congress for no reduc- +
tion of freight and passenger rates by
this benevolent corporation. Really
does any person of common sense be- a
lieve for moment that this was vol s
untary act upon the part of the en- a
ployeS, most Of whom knowing that v
the present rates are outrageous? D
They were asked to sign the petition, c
and if there is one who refused he will t
be looking for another job soon Clark d
should have dumped the petition in the t
waste basket. -Ex. /
Col A. V. Long will be the next +
States Attorney for the Eighth Jude e
iaI Circuit Of Florida, the appointment
having been made Thursday shortly be- {
fore noon by Governor Gilchrist. COL t
Long is one of the best known attor- {
neys in Middle Florida, and has long {
been resident Of Starke, Bradford !
county. He has had previous expert
encc as a prosecuting attorney, having
been designated to ill the uneXpired
term of COL Calhoun, whose death oc- (
Cured several years ago. Col. Long |
will Immediately assume the duties of
the office, as a special term of court
has been called for Alachua county in
early February, at which time several ;
murder cases will be considered.
Charged in an indictment recently re
turned by the Fedora grand jury with {
knowingly, wilfully and fraudulently
allowing overdrafts to the amount of
SlS, 81 by false entry of books for the
use, benefit and advantage of the Pa
Iatka Cooperage Company, with intent
70 defraud the Putnam National Bank.
of Palatka, Of which he was, at the
time, cashier, and rendering certain
false report of the condition of the
finances of the institution to the Comp. ;
roller of the Currency. T. B. Merrill,
appeared before the clerk of the United
States Court last week and furnished
oond fixed in the sum of 81 900 by Judge
locke.
While driving train No. "a, of the
Atlantic Coast Line, near Winter Gar I
len, early Christmas Eve. Engineer
". H. Burke, one of the Oldest and best
,nown men in the service, was shot and {
killed by an unknown man,
Who fired at the train as it was passing.