The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-27
FLORIDA TOPICS i

IRON John Stockton 70 the corporation
camp.
There will be about s 900 acres plant
ed in Irish potatoes st Hastings thi
year. The weather being ideal owe
half the crop is now planted,
c, W, Crosby, of New York, and G
}. Harris, Of Hartford, Conn. are OF
their way to Miami by the automobil,
route, They left Hartford on Octobel
%, and were in Savannah last week.
Fletcher & Bryan. counselors at law,
practice limited to Florida s cause al
the court Of Washington. Let the yot.
ers of the Peninsula State so write the
sign on the thirty first of January, 49,
Plant City Courier.
The contract for building the new
depot at Arcadia has been awarded to
f, W. Parker. Of Tampa, by the A..
c. l.. railroad. The building will be a
large brick structure with all the con-
veniences of an up-to-date station.
The government snag boat, Capt.
Mcguire, Capt. Lawess, after receiv-
ing minor repairs at the Merrill Stew.
ems Company's ship yards has depart
ed for Sanford, and will work on the
river above that point, pulling snags.
Geo. W. Mann last week sold his
stock of cattle to Messrs. Doc Pearce
and JJ. Whidden for $50, 900. 90, he re-
tanning 1900 head of beef steers, which
will swell the sum received to sOme-
thing like $llO, 100000. We are pleased
to learn that Mr.. Mann and his inter-
esting family expect to make Barlow
their home. Courier Informant.
The St. Johns River Conference of |
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in ses-
sion last week at st. Petersburg adopt
ed articles of incorporation and will
apply for charter The name of this
corporation is The Saint Johns River
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of the United States of America
its principal place of business is in Jack
sonville, Florida.
During the past fiscal year the Bureau
of Soils. U. S. Department of Agricu.
ture, made soil conveys of 25O square
miles in Florida, bringing the total
area surveyed in the State since the
Department began such work here, in
1903. up to 1928 square miles, or 2,-l
1892, 72O acres. The counties of Escam-;
bia, Gadsden, Jefferson and Leon and
the areas of Gainesville and Mariana
have been completed.
The official count from all counties. S
except Monroe, which is unofficiallyi
reported to have given a majority tot q
stockton, was compiled by the State n
Democratic Committee at Jacksonville .
IN Wednesday of last week, with the .
following result. Blount l3, 593. Bryan >
',549, Stockton 6,S83. The unofficial o
'ote OF Monroe county gave BlOunt 2l5, al
3ryan 200, Stockton 789. Blount and m
3ryan were officially declared the can
Ildates for United States Senator to be m
'oted for in the second primary. fo
With twenty-one of the fastest boats al
hat have ever been seen in southern vi
'aters practically assured as entries. IA
ne members Of the St. Augustine &c
'ower Boat Club now feel certain that ar
he meet to be held on the Matapzas 1lr
M easily eclipse in every way any IN
meet yet held on the South Atlantic ia
cast. Some fast boats that are under
will also be entered in Pa
EDITION to the number mentioned and col
u on the list range in speed from SCI
"enty-one to thirty-seyen miles an Gin
)nr. 20
A movement has been started by the Elk
,hool Improvement Association to in thu
'gurate system whereby the school fro
ildren attending the st. Augustine req
gh and graded school may be provid- hac
with hot lunch daily during the re- bel
SO period. Such plan is believed to 7
for the best interest of the health and
d strength of the children and it has Pal
e endorsement of both Superintend- her
t Pickham and Principal Culp. The INN
heme is to provide lunch fund to be Mr.
ade up by parents of children and the tbe
lunch will be provided at the school m
d enjoyed by the children at recess Mol
lily. -e'' n's,
:, Ogd
h. Stewart Bysenquet, member of al
distinguished English family, and a See
N of considerable wealth, met death silv,
Fort Myers in mysterious manner the
'eral days ago, his body being found first
t off the railway docks in about ton e.h