The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-03-10
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vile, Democratic nominee 1Or UHlleu
States Senator, and appointed by Gov.
Gilchrst has chosen Lauchln Kelly, OF
Jackson county'as his private secretary
The population Of Live Oak as an.
nounced from Washington last Friday
is 3,45O as against 1,695 in 1900. This
is an excellent showing and indicates
as previous figures have already demon
strated to what remarkable extent
Florida towns are developing
John NJ. Carrera, the young man who
with his partner, designed the Ponce
de Leon Hotel in St.Augustine, died at
the Presbyterian Hospital in New York
last Thursday, where he was removed
after being injured one week ago last
Saturday night, when taXicab in
which he was riding was struck by a
trolley car.
Shippers around Miami are up in the
air with Indignation over recent order
of the Florida East Coast railway. 1t
is one advi. ing all shippers that refrig-
orator cars could not be used for vege-
tables unless under ice. Tomatoes at
this time of year mostly are shipped
fully matured, but showing little color.
Such stock will ripen readily when ship
ped in refrigerator cars with vents
closed
The Pensacola News and the Milton
Gazette are weeping on each others
shoulder over the sad (?) condition of
West Florida. Said sorrow being caus-
ed by said West Florida being under
the thumb of Jacksonville Ring Poll
tics" Strange we didn't hear any of
those weeps when Johnny Beard got
what Blount got; or when Billy Lamar
got what Blount got or when Claude
L'Engle got what Blount got-but we
cant say more without weeping ourself.
Lake City Index.
At recent convention in Pensacola
of the Florida Bar Association, sugges-
tons were made looking to reform in
the jury system of the State. 1t is
to abolish the requirement of
unanimous consent to a verdict so that
in case there are six members of the
jury, the agreement of five of them
shall constitute a verdict; where there
are twelve jurors, the agreement of
ten of them shall constitute the verdict.
In civil cases, majority of the jurors
shall decide the verdict.
George l.. Taylor, superintendent of
the large peach orchard at Palmer near
Archer, brought a quantity of small
green peaches which he had secured
from the trees. An investigation de-
veloped the fact that the fruit had been
killed by the recent cold. When one of
the peaches was opened the kernel was
found to be black, which is said to be
positive announcement of the de. !
,truction of the fruit. This is the
second year the Palmer orchard has
ost its crop from cold and comes as a
severe blow to the owners. Gainesville |
Sun.
l.. F. Kaye, president of the inter-
rational Sand Lime Brick Machinery
Company, of New York, was investi-
rating the possibility of erecting a
brick and stone plant near West Palm
3each, and was able to secure a site
hat he thinks will answer his purpose.
md that plant of large dimensions
will be erected there soon is more than
probable, About month ago w. L.
3ragg sent barrel of sand to Mr..
Hayes plant, which was made into
rick at the Washington foundry. The
and was of such high grade of silica
hat It made the finest brick that could
'e produced in the country and it was
rom this fact that Mr.. Kaye is making
is investigation.
The wet or dry" campaign that has
zen SO hotly waged in Orange county
or the past month, came to an end ON
Y ednesday, when the boozeites got
moved under by majority of not less
han one hundred and fifty against a
majority Of only two years ago when
he saloons were driven out. In the
lection of last week Orlando gave a
ry majority of SO, and Sanford 8. The
yes of the people in several inland
'lorida counties have been conferred on
he outcome of this election, for if the
'hlskey men by any chance had been
lccessful, there certainly would have
cen similar elections called in all the
liddle tier of "dry" counties during
ne coming summer; but now that the
hiskey people have received a well.