The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-03-24

Fletcher, of Florida, has been selected
as president of the Southern CONNER
cial Congress.
Knowles Hall, one of the finest COL
lege buildings in Florida, was dedicated
at Rollins College last week. Funds
for the new building were given by
Mrs. Francis 5. Knowles and Andrew
Carnegie.
CLYDE Carlton, son Of Postmaster D.
r. Carlton Of Arcadia. died Saturday
night at Sutherland, where he was at
tending college. His death was sudden,
resulting within a few hours after
game of base ball in which he had
participated.
1.-The Southern Express Co. is the
greatest tyrant robber which has its
clutches upon southern business inter
ests. And the people can only hope
for relief through the Interstate Com
merce Commission in cooperation with
state commission" says the DeLand
Record.
To be as thckly settled as Massachn-
setts. Florida would need %, Sl2,3l5
more people than she has and would
have population of q, $685. Asa. Florl.
da is big state with resources scarce
" touched. She can accommodate a
population of 5000, 900 larger than she
has now without crowdng.
The latest candidate in the journal
stic field for public favor is The Fort
Lauderdale Sentinel, which is SIX
column quarto, all home print, edited
BY Geo.G. Mathews with S. H. Watson
As business manager. Editor Mathews
is well known to the newspaper frater-
nity of Florida, and the people gener-
ally.
The newspapers of the State are de-
handing that the Legislature make
provision for payment of $50. 600 in
premiums, due producers of Florida,
from the Florida State Fair Associa-
ton at Tampa. The gentlemen re-
sponsibe for the fair, who served for
the benefit of the State without COM
pensation, have been subjected to un-
necessary embarrassment by delay of
the State in making the appropriation
available
After years of proposing first one
impracticable scheme after another to
secure lower freight rates, Ocala bust.
ness men see the problem solved by
small bunch of their number who few
weeks ago bought an auto truck to
bring freight and passengers from Sill.
yer Springs. The truck connects with
the independent line of steamers at
Silver Springs. 1t makes half a dozen
trips day and is always loaded. One
merchant saved 500 on freight last
month and says he will save more this
month.
Arrangements have been completed
by the officers of the Florida Press AS
ISOLATION for the holding of the annual
session, which this year will meet in
the City of Tallahassee. The dates
set for the event are Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, April "a, Is and 26.
Those members of the association and
other newspaper men who will attend
will assemble in Jacksonville Sunday
night, April %. at the Aragon Hotel,
Next morning there will be a special
Pullman car attached to the west bound
Seaboard Air Line trsin for Tallahassee
so that the newspaper party will
travel together to the scene Of the con-
vehtiOn.
The Boards of Trade and Commercial
Clubs Of the various towns and cities of
the State are to get busy and see that
sufficient post cards are supplied for
their locality by May lst, as that day
has been appointed by Governor Gil
christ, with proclamation, as a most
unique method to advertise the splendid
resources Of Florida. If this idea is
CARED out AS it should be, and as the
Governor expects, many thousands of
cards telling the wonderful story of
Florida's development will be sent
broadcast. This means that another
winter will see the greatest influx Of
hDmeseekers in the history of the
State.
Many new settlers in Florida are
preparing to embark in poultry raising.
NJ better paying industry can be count
ell on in the State, on small invest.
ment as starter. 1t is ali nonsense
for poultry and eggs to be imported
from Tennessee and other points to