The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-05-27
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have awarded the contract for large
ware house. The contract calls for the
expenditure of $50, 600. The new ware.
house will be two stories and front on
the st. Johns river in Jacksonville.
Florida is supplying the entire United
States with new potatoes, celery, to-
matoes, Strawberries, squash, etc.
Pneapplps and peaches will soon be-
Gin to move, then will follow canta-
loupcy watermeIonS - and et-up of
two months will usher IN the orange
season again. Nature is Florida s
greatest benefactOr.
Firm in their belief that Haley
comet would destroy the earth Thurs
day night, more than two hundred ne
groes gathered in the vicinity of Fish
els quarters, in the eastern section OF
OcaIa, to hold prayer and await, as
they thought, the end of the world.
A newly organized Florida company
has bought various concerns milling
and handling Fuler's earth The gen
eral Offices of the company are at War
rem, Pa, and Bremen. Germany, and
the mines and mills are located on the
Manatee river and at Quincy, Florida.
This is "A very extensive and important
industry and Florida mines are yielding
a product that is in demand around the
world,
The greatest improvement ever made
at Macclenny is the claying of streets
which is now being done by the proper
ty owners. The clay is being furnished
by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. who
had their train put in full days work
for the town at the actual cost of the
handling of the clay, which was $S5.
To have the clay hauled in by teams
would have cost in the neighborhood of
81 900. co. Baker County Standard.
Now comes Pensacola and plans for
branch of a most flourishing industry,
that of big sauce mandatory. The
Red Snapper concern is looking about
for lands for raising red peppers and
tomatoes and it looks as though the
deal might soon be made and the work
of putting up the sauce will soon he
started. The branch factory proposed
will employ half a hundred people and
would add considerably to the prosper
lty of that splendid Florida city.
Broward is unquestionably the safest
man in the race for the high and exalt-
ed position of United States senator.
He is true representative of the peO.
PIES interests, regardless of the bitter
attacks made upon him by the Republi-
can bosses who operate the Times Union
under the cloak Of Democracy, for the
purpose of controlling State politics.
The voters of Columbia county and the
whole State of Florida, should rally to
the support of Broward, the most log
ical candidate in the second primary,
and with an avalanche of votes defeat
and forever silence the corrupting in.
fuences of the Holt -TaiaferrO
contingency. Lake City Reporter.
There are five bright capable, ambit-
ious young men of Florida whose fu-
ture career the people Of this State will
watch witha degree of pardonable pride.
They are Terri Barco of Tampa, R. d.
RAIDER of Miami, d. E. Cappleman of
Ocala, J. C. McMullen, Pensacola, and
j.. b. Steffee Of Kissimmee. These
young men are graduates of the Florida
University of Gainesville and have been
appointed by the United States govern.
mcnt, with title of third lieutenant, to
report at the Philippines Constahulary
Manila, June |. They are all young
men OF promise and are connected with
the best families of this State. Mr..
I1di w ~ y ibiIlptl bul ulN 10 CHCCptiOIi-
ally bright and popular with all who
know him. Tampa Tribune.
Fifteen thousand acres of land in two
large tracts, located on the famous
DeIeSpine grant, just south Of Titus
vile, has just changed hands, all of
which section is tributary to Titusville
and should mean great deal for the
future business and prosperity of our
town One Of the tracts contained 81
600 acres and belonged to Mrs. Sarah
G. Gleason, resident of Eau Galle,
sod for 81, 600. This tract is situated
a. Delespine, turpentine station about
seven miles south of town. The other
tract of over 10, 900 acres, belonging to
Gleason Bros, & Co., of Eau Gallie,
Joined the tract of Sarah G. Gleason. !