The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-12-09


Alfred Smith, one Of the oldest resi-
dents on the lower Indian River died a
Gomez, November p. 1910, and wa,
buried in the Jupiter cemetery on tn,
23rd
With corn plentiful at from thirty
i've g. 6f,y cents a barrel lin the shock
ana pork plentiful, with "taters galore
there j., 20 immediate peril of poverty
in Gaisden county. even though to,
hseco 5 of and cotton not over.
abundant
Unless something is done to helr
Nest Putnam By our Board Of Commits.
sioneys, the people will make a move
TO create new county out of parts Of
Clay Alachua, Putnam and Bradford,
making Hawthorne or Melrose the
county seat Times Herald.
R0mors regarding the establishment
Of national bank in Orlando have been
rife for some time past. and now comes
the story that the institution will
occupy the corner room of McNeill &
Davis fine new building, Orange avenue
and Church street.-South Florida
Sentinel
Henry 7. Titus has authorized the
Daytona Gazette-News to say that he
will positively not be a candidate for
mayor of the city OF Daytona at the
election to be held in FEBRUARY. He
says his time is completely taken up
with his private business interests and
he can not afford to sacrifice business
for politics.
Mrs. Birdie Dillon Hartridge. wife of
Augustus G. Hartridge, we'll known
lawyer and former States Attorney
was found dead in the bathroom of her
home in Jacksonville shortly after noon
Sunday Her head was close to a gas
heater from which the fumes were
escaping. and across her forehead was
a deep cash. A smaller wound was al
sc found on her neck.
The last regular meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners of Volusis
County PASSED resolution to the effect
that the sheriff and county solicitor of
SAID county be asked to enforce Chapter
$3.50 OF the Laws of Florida in regard
to::the width of tires of certain vehicles
used in making a business of hauling
WOOD or other heavy loads over paved,
hard or other improved roads.
There is no little talk in regard to
I he difficulty in securing good general
warranty deeds to lands in Putnam
county, and as result, prospective
buyers are giving Us the go-by. Our
Legislators will have to adopt some
tangible and feasible plan whereby a
purchaser can receive sound titles TO
lands something fashioned after the
Toirens System in North Carolina. -
Times Herald.
J. A. Damn, the wagon manufacturer,
has recently patented an Everglade
m uck- shoe for horses which he claims
Is the best and cheapest mGck-shoe on
the market He invites those who
work horses and mules on Everglade
SOFT to caii and see him. These shoes
are the second patent Mr.. Damn has
ecured, the other being on a wagon
gear, when he is selling in great num-
bers. MAN Herald.
4 communication from J. NJ. Barco.
a. 10 the Ocaia Banner SAYS: Henry
{ Markiey, Of Greenville. s. c., who
sQends his winters or his handsome
orange grove al this place, is another
Man who saw Osceo.a. MIR. Markley.
Al hat TINE was only ten years of age
End Was taken 10 Charleston by his
father 10 see the celebrated chieftain.
Though 4 hoy. he saws he remembers
distinctly now the princely savage i'm
pressed him as a man born TO lead.
The"e are nine candidates for the I;
lfhce o., treasurer of Marion county,
made vacant by the death last week of
Ihas {, Pasteur. The candidates are
IohB T. Lewis Of 0klawaha. J. P. ,
Phillips, jno. NJ. Graham and Tom Har.
is * Ocala; 2. H Nugent of Gambler, ,
!. w. Stevens, of Fort Mccoy, A. r. f;
Griffin Of Anthony. H. W. Long OF
Nartel, F. j. Titcomb of DunnelIon, ,
md a few more The office is almost a
'inecure and pays $1,000 a year.
Mr.. Kinch, who came from the North G
My about ten days ago, went out hunt
ng early in the morning. He ran a !
abbit into a gopher hole and tried to I