The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-04-07
FLORIDA TOPICS

area Ol Only 90 ~ l'olS i'''1', CIV "''~'
up a popuIatioa of 10, 1873. Only twenty
two others excel her.
Nance Mobiles, a prominent planter
of Santa Rosa county, Is lying at MS
home at the point Of death as a result
Of A wound inflicted by his wife. Mrs.
Mobiles used pistol and fired several
shots. two of which took effect.
J. A. Sellers, a prominent citizen OF
DeLand, was dragged from beneath
the automobile of Chas. H. Campbell
sr., Saturday. Four ribs were broken
one of which penetrated the lungs. lie
died few hours later. Mr. Sellers
stepped from behind a carriage directly
in front of the machine. which was 60
inp at the rate of ten miles an hour.
On December 10th Of last year Mr..
Copeland and a Mr.. Beard went out
riding together from the little village
of Morriston, and from that time until
last Sunday no tidings had been heard
from them. If they had been swallow
ed up by the earth they could not have
disappeared more efectually. On Sun
day last the body of Mr.. Copeland was
found near Morrist0n in an abandoned
well. The whereabouts of Mr.. Beard
are still shrouded in mystery. -Ocala
Banner.
Gov. Gilchrist has issued the follow
ing proclamation: "Whereas, Sunday,
April %, 1911, has been set aside as
the three hundredth anniversary of the
publication of the authorized or King
James edition of the English Bible; and
Whereas, The publication Of this in
estima BILE book has done more for the
elevation of mankind and of woman
kind than the publication of all other
books combined. Therefore, l., Albert
w. Gilchrist, governor of the state Of
Florida, do hereby recommend that
Sunday, April %, 1911, be oberved in
the various churches, by such special
services as may be deemed appropriate.
The battleship Florida is nearly COM
pleted and is one of the most powerful
and formidable fighting machines in
the world, costing about 5000, 900.
Her officers and crew will number up
al thnnSann nr
broadside gun power will be terrific.
She will mount ten II inch breechload-
ing rifles, hanked by sixteen 5-inch
rapid fire guns, four l.pounder semi
automatic guns, two 3.inch field pieces,
and two 80 caliber machine guns. Her
offensive strength is added to by the
presence of two submerged torpedo
tubes. Her length at the waterlne is
$40 feet and breadth about 80 feet.
Her displacement is Il 1925 tons. She
was named FLORIDA" through the
efforts of the late Senator w. j. Bryan.
The fourth annual convention Of the
Florida Association of PoStmasters,
embracing all classes of postmasters
in the State, will be held at st. Peters
burg on May l6, II and Is and it is ex-
pected that the meeting will be most
successful from every point of view.
Roy S. Hanna, postmaster at st. Peters
burg, will be the host and it is under
stood that very interesting program
will be carried out. A number of
papers and discussions of vital interest
to the postmaSters will be on the pro-
gram and those who will attend the
gathering are looking forward to it
with great deal Of pleasure. In adj
dition to the members who will be
present, it is understood that dele
cation from the poStoiiice department
at Washington will attend, thereby
adding Il greater interest to the as
semblage.
In announcing that Congressman
Sparkman, of Florida, had been made
chairman Of the rivers and harbors
committee of the house and that Con-
gresham Frank Clark had brought
about the final appointment by yielding
his position as chairman of the commit.
tee on merchant marine and fisheries,
Underwood, chairman of the ways and
means committee, said: "In selecting
the various committee chairmen it was
found that the state of Florida, with
but three representatives, would be en-.
titled under the seniority rule to two
chairmans; of, rivers and harbors, and
Mr.. Clark as chairman of merchant
marine. 1t was not found compatible
with an equitable distribution to give
these two chairmanshps to Florida.
Mr.. Clark informed US that he would
not press his claims if by so doing the
appointment Of Mr.. Sparkman would
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