The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-07-14
LOCAL OVERFLOW

John Blanton of oslo, was in town
Tuesday.
Mrs. C.. A. Justice has as a guest her
sister. Mrs Thurston Of Sanford. VINO
will be here two weeks.
| Fl. ". Penney, Of Miami was the
guest of his brother, A, ID, Penney.
two days the first Of the week
Clifton Halliday returned to his home
in this city Tuesday evening. after a
three months absence. spent in North
Carolina and Virginia.
Miss Grace Park, of Key West, who
was the guest Of Editor add Mrs. A, IA,
Wilson last week, is now visiting her
sister, Mrs. Henry Hice, in Fernandlna'
The ladies and friends of the Metho.
dist church will serve ice cream and
cake in the Crystal theatre, Friday
night, July 2lst, from I to II p. m.
Benefit. Public cordially invited.
Rev. CT. Black burn, of Miami, pre-
siding elder, will fill the pulpit in the
Fort Pierce Methodist church next
Sunday morning and evening The
public is cordially invited to attend.
C.. Prescott caught large tarpon in
the river at this place Tuesday. A
tarpon has been noticed daily by Mr..
O'Brien and other people at the Ricou
e. O Brien fish house late y, but none
were lucky enough to catch it. The
scales on Mr.. Prescott's fish are consid-
erably larger than silver dollar.
The many friends in Fort Pierce of
Mr.. and Mrs l.. II. Wilson will regret
to learn that they will leave next week
to locate in New Smyrna. Mr.. Wilson,
who has had charge of the wrecking |
machine for the railroad company for
the past two years, has been transfer
red to the transportation department,
and will take charge of one of the local
freight trains between New Smyrna |
and Jacksonville, as conductor, n. j.
Trowell succeeds Mr.. Wilson in charge
of the wrecking machine.
A new law firm in Fort Pierce swung
its single to the breeze yesterday, and
is styled Fee & Floyd, composed of
Hon. Fred Fee. St. Lucie county's re-
preventative in the legislature, and
Hon. Harry Floyd, Of Appalachcola,
the representative Of Santa Rosa county
in the last legislature. Mr.. Floyd
recently announced as a candidate for
congress from the third district, on
platform composed of the Ten Com
mandments. After visit of a day in
Fort Pierce the glorieS Of a congress
lonal life faded into inSignifcance in
comparison to becoming leading fact
or in the legal and professional life of
Fort Pierce. Our people vii! be glad
to welcome the new firm
Capt. }. H. Howard and r. X. Car.
son, aboard the cruising launch Anita,
spent several days in and around Fort
Pierce the past week in the interest of
the new steamboat line which is to be
inaugurated on the run between Jack.
sonville and Miami the first Of October,
using the inside route. They were sue
ceSSful in placing a number of shares
Of stock Of the new steamboat company
with some Of our most prominent grow
erS and business men. 1t is the inten-
ton of the company to start three boats
on the line, which will provide daily
run between Jacksonville and Daytona,
a twice-a-Week ran between Jackson.
vile and West Palm Beach and week
ly run between Jacksonville and Miami.
They are now building two steamboats,
for the Indian River runs, and the
Swan will take the run between Jack.
sonville and Daytona. Every citizen
in this section will welcome the coming
of the steamboat line, and will give it
liberal support.