Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-05-13

The Florida Railroad Commission has
promulgated an order reducing the
rates of express on all classes OF goods
between various points covered by Elk
press companies in this State, the rate
on vegetables and fruits being lowered
considerably. Of course the Express
company will seek to overthrow the
ruling after the commission has pub
lished It's schedules OF charges.
When the leasing of the convlcts to
turpentine operators and phosphate
miners FIRST began il was considered the
best disposal that conld be made OF
them. But that was long ago. A far
better and much more profitable
use has been found for them. Geor-
gia works all of her convicts on her
roads and would consider no other use
of them. Some counties 10 Florida
have tried the plan with greet success.
and before another year 1t is thought
that Florida, as state, will put all her
bad people TO making good roads. Pic
turesque Florida.
There is entirely too little effort on
the part of tax collectors to enforce the
payment OF poll taxes, and now that the
law prohibits the payment OF this tax
by any other person than the one to
whom it is assessed the school fund is
going 10 suffer from loss of revenue
from this source. Every male person
not exempt 90 account OF age should be
compelled 20 either pay this tax or
work two days each year on the pnblic
roads. Many people do not register In
order to escape assessment of poll tax
and it wodld be good idea to make up
the assessment for such purpose from
the census report or some other source.
Gainesville Sun.
Irwin Hanchett, the incorrigible boy
who cut to death l5.year old Clevie
Tedder at Glenwood few months ago,
suffered the penalty of the law at De-
Land last Friday morning at l0:3S. He
showed no signs of breakdown, eat
ing a hearty breakfast, and the hour
before the execution he spent in prayer
with Father Iuney, his spiritual adj
visor and only friend at the last. The
fate of this boy shoul1 be warning to
people who select children from orphan
homes, reformatories, etc, without any
knowledge of their former lives or an
cestry, because they get them cheap.
1t has been brought to our attention
that there are number of boys in this
, city who appear, to be beyond control
of their parents and natural guardians.
! We wish to impress upon sucn parents
and guardians that if this class OF boys
are allowed to pursue their way that
no good can come TO them, and that the
chain gang awaits them. There
:, should he a remedy for the control o
such incorriglble AID vicious boys
: They refuse to go to school, they refust
:, to obey their proper authority, and ar,
at loose ends, There is remedy which
= our State, 10 its humane provision
will overcome and do away with al
= such boys, and the way is provided b,
. section 4,l7O of the General Statutes @
IS Florida. Under this Section any sucl
e boys may be committed TO the Stat
'e Reform School at Marianne, Fla. w
es think that all such boys should b
II committed 10 this school, where the
d, will be educated and taught a usefl
ii trade, and If you parents and gnarc
r ians Of such boys fail to avail yourselye
le OF the States offer OF aid il is 10 to va
Up to say whether YOUR boy shall be
ct convict or an honorable man an
or citizen, and this State aid is free
you Gainesville Sun.