The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-10
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chula few days ago.
The Florida Association OF Fire IN
derwriters was organized at meeting
of insurance men held in Tampa Thurs
day.
Governor Gilchrist has appointed E.
E. Boyce, of st. Augustine, as dele
gate from Florida to the national con-
ference on the evil of the liquor traffic
to be held soon in Washington, D. G.
j. Harry Tench, of Gainesville, for
twenty-five years connected with the
freight department Of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway has been appointed
head of the new rate bureau soon to be
established by the State railroad COM
mission,
Hon. Adrian p. Jordan, editor of the
Punta Gorda Herald, and state pure
food Inspector, who announced from
| Key West some time ago the pro-
liability Of his entering the contest for
congressman at large, has decided not
/ to do 50.
The new Clay County High School
building has just been completed and
is a handsome structure. 1t has con-
crete foundation and on this the brick
walls rise for two-story structure.
The school was called to order on
Monday morning in the new building
and a large number Of students were
present.
j. O. Powers, sheriff of Baker
county, Florida, has resigned that
position and his resignation was i'm
medately accepted by Governor Gil
christ to take effect on the 18th Of
December. As reported at the time,
Sheriff Powers was charged by the
grand jury of Baker county of being
continuously drunk, and that his per-
petual intemperance had prevented
him attending to the duties Of his office
properly.
c. L. Ingalls,, of Miami, was forced
to drive his automobile directly
against a building few days ago in
order to avoid running over two school
children who ran out in front of the
car without a moments notice. The
car was considerably damaged, but
Mr.. Ingalls, said: II would rather
destroy the machine altogether than
injure any part of an innocent child
who unfortunately should run out in
front of my car. -
The Inauguration of the winter
schedule of mails to Key West over
the extension of the Florida East Coast
railroad, will become effective on
January 20, 1912, when train No. 81
will leave Jacksonville at 2:30 p. m.
with mails, and arrive in Key West the
following day at $3.50 a. m. Train No.
SO will leave Key West at p. m. ar
irving in Jacksonville at p. m. next
day. Stamer will leave Key West at
10 a. m. every day for Havana, Cuba,
and steamer will arrive from Havana,
every day at 4 p. m.
Closely interviewed with the history
of the people of Cuba in their struggle
for independence and recalling men,
cries of old St. Augustine where he
spent the closing years of his life and
where beneath the sod of the ancient
cemetery upon Cordova street he has
slept for over half a century the re-
mains of Father Verela were Monday
disinterred and taken to Havana where
they will be reinterred in State as q
tribute from the people who honor his
memory still for the fight which he
waged for them. Romance and the
history of Florida and the first years
of the fight of Cuba for freedom cling
about the memory of this noted priest
of the Catholic faith.
News has been received to the effect
that St. Augustine has been selected
as the location for the summer Chau.
tauqua and assembly to be established
by the Methodist conference of the
state. When the Methodist conference
recently decided to establish the sum.
mer Chautauqua and assembly in Flor.
ida and either site on the Atlantic or
Gulf coast was desired. several pro-
gressive localities entered the flight ia
locate the big assembly and conse.
quent summer resort. st. Augustine
Fernandina, Daytona, Mt. Dora anG
other places made tempting offers and
the contest finally centered at st. Au-
gustine and Fernandina and St. Au-
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