The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-17
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city Thursday.
If the recall was in force in Florida,
DeSoto county would be minus a board
of county commissioners and Palatka
a city council in short order. Lake
City Index.
Already are coming accounts OF
fatalities among the hunters. Cases
of mot knowing it was loaded or
mishandling of guns and ammunition
by unused hands.
Every grower or farmer can have
his soil analysed by the Government
so he can know just what is the most
profitable to grow. Soil doctors are
doing wonders for agriculture.
The Mallory steamer Comal sailed
from Key West a few days ago for
New York with about 1900, 900 clear
Havana Key West cigars. Orders are
very heavy at this season of the year.
At an adjourned meeting of the city
council of Kissimmee, a resolution was
adopted calling an election of the vot-
ers of Kissimmee to authorize the city
to borrow S25, 900 to be used in paying
the cost of laying verified brick.
Between 1900 and 1900 homeseek-
ers reached Jacksonville Thursday
over the different railroads. The Sem
mole Limited brought three extra cars
from the West, while many arrived
from the East. The tourist travel is
said to be the heaviest ever known in
the history of Florida.
Lee county is about to find herself
ranking among the leading manufacture
ing districts of the state. 1t is pro-
posed to establish factories for the
making of ssal rope and Irvine and one
company is planting 1900 acres in sisal
hemp. The commercial sisal grows to
perfection in St. Lucie county.
Mrs. Lydia Blount, Polk county
lady, has entered suit in the United
States court for $4,000 damages
against the Atlantic Coast Line for
damages. Mrs. Blount is sufferer
with rheumatism and forced to use an
invalid chair. In helping her off the
train the employers let her drop to the
track breaking both legs.
General Manager w. C. Temple, of
the Florida Citrus Exchange, believes
that the shipment of immature citrus
fruit from Florida has been brought to
an abrupt close and suppressed forever
through the crusade inaugurated
against the evil by the Exchange. He
has so expressed himself in telegram
sent broadcast over the United States.
Volusia and Orange counties are
discussing the bridging of the st.
ohns river at convenient point, and
while the commissioners have not yet
decided what they will do, 1t is likely
within a short time they will decide
upon a place and do away with one
of the ferries now in operation. A
place called the East Coast Ferry and
another at Beck's Ferry are under
j. T. Green, young man living
near Ellaville, was probably saved
from death last week by faithful
dog. He was riding along the road
about dusk when he was attacked by
two negroes who caught his horse by
the bits and commenced cutting Green
from both sides. Finally his faithful
Did "catch" dog got firm hold on one
Of the negroes which caused both ne
groes to let the horse go.
After providing handsomely for all
Of his relatives in the United States
and Ireland, Martin H. Sullivan, the
Millionaire Pensacola lumberman and
who died in Baltimore on o.
.ober Is last, by the terms of his will,
directs the executors to increase the
capital stock of the Sullivan Bank and
Trust Company, of Montgomery, Ala,
to $3.50, 900. After this is done he be.
lueaths his entire holdings in the
Montgomery bank to his son, Russell
Sullivan.
The magnificent ten thousand dollar
silver service presented by the people
Of Florida to the battleship Florida
will arrive in Jacksonville November
20, and will be on exhibition at the
iewery store of Greenleaf & Crosby,
Bay street. This information is con-
.ained in a telegram received by the
Florida Times Union from New York,