The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-22
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ings of $4,000 per year.
There is to be quite large fig crop
in and around Daytona this summer,
mostly of the Madonna, Smyrna and
White Marseilles variety.
Flordians have been advised by an
eminent physician to have hunnysuckle
vines near windows. He claims to be
sure death to the house-hy.
The chamber of commerce of West
Palm Beach will soon inaugurate cam
paign of advertising for the 1901
season. A large quantity of literature
will be printed and distributed.
1t is said that it will require at least
400, 600 grapefruit buds to supply the
coming seasons demand of the Florida
nurseries and there is not more than
half of this amount to be had.
Since January 1st over fifty new
buildings have been erected in New
Smyrna, sixteen are now under way of
construction, and contracts have been
let for twelve more, which will be finish
ed before fall.
A new baseball team has recently
been organized in st. Augustine known
as the Florida East Coast Railway Team.
This makes two good teams for st. Au-
gustine, and much fine sport is expect
ed for the next several months.
Municipal election held last Tuesday
in New Smyrna resulted as follows:
Mayor d. j. Bell; councilmen, L. ]
Griffin, A. M. Marlborough, A. M. Gal
breath, B. F. Chiffon and E. f. Ire
land; marshall, H. E. Ziperer; clerk,
A. w. Whitaker; treasurer, D. C. Sill
vers.
Jacksonville will soon be the home
office of another large milling company.
The new company, which is headed by
Messrs. C. S. Spencer l.. E. Spencer,
and others, will apply to Governor Gil
christ on August End for letters patent,
Incorporating the Middleburg Lumber
Company, with capital Of $685.
Leroy Turner, of st. Augustine, for
merly connected with the Florida East
Coast railway, was run over few days
ago by the caboose of freight train
near Magnolia station, which horribly
crushed both of his legs. He was taken
to the Flagler Hospital, where he died
after his legs were amputated.
Crazed by the use of cocaine and
jealousy, Will Ellison, Tampa negro
Friday night shot and killed his mother
in-law, Celia Bryan; Rev. Jesse W.
Avery, pastor of the African M. E.
church; Henry Clark, negro organist,
and seriously wounded his wife and his
sister-in-law, May Bryan and Police
man Hayman.
Bull ing operations continue active
in st. Augustine and the Record sug-
gests that the activity will not abate
for long time to come. The Record !
tells of work that has just begun on
improvements for the Valencia and Mag
nolia hotels. Florida is anticipating a
record breaking tourists season and ad-
ltional accommodations are being pre-
pared for the thousands of visitors ex-
Dected during the fall and winter.
The foundation has just been CON-
,leted at the electric light and water
plant for an eighty-foot stand.pipe with
/ capacity of 100, 900 gallons of water.
t will cost $4,000 and will give a re.
erve supply Of water, about 100000
,alons, and will also have the effect of
ieeping the pressure even. This is an
very much needed and we
congratulate the city management upon
avng it made. Lake City Reporter.
The two new buildings started some
even months ago by the contractors at
he University of Florida at Gainesville
re now nearing completion and will be
eady in ample time for the coming
ession of school. One of the buildings ;
J now about ready to turn over to the ,
GARD, but as it will be number of
,eeks before the second one will have .
cen completed they will likely wait the :
nishing of the two Def re meeting and :
ccepting the same. :
Fred Hubbard, who has been labor. r
r in Miami and on the extension for t
lany years, met with serious accident G
aturday morning at the Freedlund
God yards. While working with the
that was saving the wood,
e fell into one of the rapidly moving Q