The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-06-24
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known and noted evangelist, VIII pro-
baby remain in Florida and help in the
fight for prohibition.
st. Cloud is only ten months old and
has an ice plant, electric light plant,
and many other improvements that
much larger places have not.
The new Peoples State Bank of Day
tona begins business this week. An
other evidence of the rapid development
of the state. New banks and prosper
ity walk hand in hand.
Hon. N. Bryan is one of the first
men of our state, and we hope to see
him take Frank Clark s place two years
from now. He can do it if he wishes
to- -Tarpon Springs-Leader.
An experiment is to be made in street
paving in st. Augustine. The road is
to be first laid with deep cover of
shell, then rolled and packed. After
this has been done layer of gas-tar
will be spread over it.
A fire at Crystal River last Friday
morning destroyed the old Edwin hotel
and Hartman store building, the loss
being about SO, 200 with no insurance.
1t was only by heroic work that the en-
tire business portion of the town was
saved.
A petition is being circulated in Bre-
ward county asking for an election to
be held on the 9Th day Of November to
vote on the fence question and settle the
question as to whether Titusvile is a
cow pasture or something else.
Fort Lauderdale is to have hank to
be known as the Fort Lauderdale State
Bank, with capital stock of Sl5, 900.
The officers will be F. r. Oliver,
president: H. G. Wheeler, vice-presi-
dent; F. A, Barrett, cashier. The
borrd of directors is composed of the
officers and Frank Stranahan, and Thos.
M. Bryan. The bank is to be opened
in the fall in time for the winters bust
ness.
The Hon. A. c. Groom, comptroller
of the State of Florida, in the recent
bankers convention in Pensacola, said
that the total resources of Florida state
banks had grown from SIS, l49, 0OOin 1901,
to S23, 636, 900 in 1910, and their number
from "a to ll3. Mr.. Croom's statement
did not show the growth of the national
banks, which has been just as striking.
The total resources of the Al national
banks on March 20 last being $45, $685.
4lS.
The American Pathological Society
will hold its annual meeting at Tampa
the latter part of January, 1911 This
society will draw delegates and exhibits
from twenty states and half dozen
foreign countries. 1t is expected that
400 delegates will be present. besides
the representation from the horticulture
al societies of all Southern states, which
have been invited. Tampa will spend
$4,000 in entertaining its guests on this
Occa sion.
Florida as summer resort, may ap-
pear odd to people who have never spent
a summer season in this safe, but Flor
ida people know the advantages posses
sed by the Land of Flowers over the
noted resorts of other parts of the coun-
try. A sultry night is something totally
unknown in Florida and as far as known
there has never been death from sun
stroke in this state. The seaside re-
sorts of Florida are decidedly popular
with people from Georgia and other
states in the summer time.
We have just received the new cata-
log from the University of Florida at
Gainesville and are glad to note the
progress that is being made. The at
tendance was materially increased dur
ing the past year and it is evident that
our boys are waking up to the advantages
offered there. We note that the Uni
versity has been reorganized into dis
tinct colleges, comprising those of Arts
and Sciences, Law, Agriculture and
Engineering. The faculty and officers
number fOrty-six. Two new buildings
have been added to the campus this
year. This is our State Institution and
We should be proud of it.
r egardless of political or personal
feeling, all Floridians must admire the
game and successful campaign of Ma
poleon Bonaparte Broward, our next
United States Senator A man who
ian rise from lowly station to the gov
ernorship-and to a senatorship must be