The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-29
Short Items from
all Sections
of the State

! past two weeks.
E. Golencheck, of Naranja, recently
sold three hampers of Lima beans in
/ Boston and received S24 as his return.
Over 1000 barrels of pears have al
ready been shipped from Orange Park
to Points in the North. Good prices
have been realized.
The Citizens Bank of Lakeland has
been converted into national bank and
is now known as the First National
Bank of Lakeland.
In the election recently held at White
Springs to bond the town for 5000, 900
to install municipal water works and
sewerage system, the issue was lost by
ten vo ties.
Florida has 5000 miles of good roads
but this mileage will be more than dou-
bled in the next year or two If the pre-
sent agitation continues to bear prac-
teal fruit.
A mamouth poultry farm is to be
established at Lockawana Springs.
The buildings to be used for same, which
are now in course of construction, will
cover ten acres.
Work has been started on, the new
Merchants Bank at Daytona. The
| building is to be a handsome one and
will be an ornament to the town, as we
as sign of prosperity.
An excursion from North and South
! Carolina brought about five hundred
visitors into Jacksonville the first of
last week, and many of them came
down into central and South Florida.
Titusville had cloud-burst Friday.
and over four inches of rain fell in less
than an hour. During the storm light
ming struck the residence of Mrs. bod
son, but no serious damage was done.
Will Hopkins, with the Taylor crate
factory, made the discovery the other
day that he had a violin POP years old.
He is taking great interest in the in
strument and will make known the fact
of its existence to the fiddling public of
the land. -Ocala Star.
The cigar makers strike in Tampa
still remains unsettled and there is not
much encouragement for ending the
strick. 1t is estimated that four thous-
and men have been discharged so far
from the factories. The cigar output
has been accordingly greatly curtaled.
Work has already commenced on the
Lake county section of the new clay
road from Leesburg to Ocala. 1t is
understood that the Marion county COM
missioners will continue the road from
Ocala to Lake Weir, and junction of
the two roads will be made in the near
future.
Mrs. Lula Lawrence, who was State
president of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy in this State for number of
years, but who is now on the editorial
staff of The Confederate Veteran in
Nashville, Tenn, will spend the coming
winter in Sanford and will be connected
with The Herald.
Nassau and Miami are now enjoying
a summer mail and passenger service.
This has not been possible heretofore.
on account of the big steamers that ply
between Florida and the island in win
ter not having business enough to war;
rent their operation in summer. A reg
ular boat has now been put on, and is
expected to give service of probably
three trips week, both ways.
The good roads fever is taking hold
of the people of Florida in the right
way. Just read of the counties over
the state bonding for good roads pur-
poses. A people can not make better
investment for their county than in the
construction of good hard surface pub
lie highways. You can't keep from in
vesting, locating and building homes in
a county where these hard surface roads
are found.
With all obligations of the city met
up to the first of July, and with suf-
ficient funds to meet all matters con-
tracted for up to January l, 1911, the
trial balance sheet of City Treasurer
Alexander Ray shows the financial con-
dition of the city Of Jacksonville to be
the very best. There is now $40, 72l 40
on deposit in the various banks of the
city, according to the statement pre-
pared by the treasurer. Metropolis.
While l.. N. Smith of the Columbus