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The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25

FORT PIERCE will be host to a large
gathering of good roads enthusiasts
ON Sept. 5, when delegations from Mi
ami, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauder
dale, Jacksonville and other points will
assemble here to participate in pub
lie mass meeting to discuss the subject
Of completing the link in the good roads
chain, which will eyentuate in the East
Coast being designated as part of the
great National Highway. People will
be in attendance from all sections of
the county, and it behooves our people
to provide for their entertainment in a
manner consistent with our city's well
established reputation for hospitality.
The Board of Trade has acted promptly
by the appointment of committee to
provide for the reception and proper
entertainment of the visitors. and we
urge that our people in general lend
their hearty efforts in aiding this COM
mittee 10 make the occasion a grand
success in every particular.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
STUART.

Miss Josephine Kitching has had a
tennis court laid out on her fathers
lawn.
Tarpon are reported plentiful in North
Fork of the st. Lucie, but none has
been landed yet.
P. P. Scott will soon open a real es-
tate Office in the building recently built
by Stanley Kitching.
X. H. Bertel is improving his store
by the erection of porch which ex'
tends over the side wall.
Harry Dyer left for Chicago last
week where he will combine business
and pleasure for a few weeks.
Railroad Avenue, parallel to the rail.
road and west of it, has been rocked
and rolled its entire length, adding
much to the appearance of the town.
o. r. Kimball is building a cement
sea wall along his entire front. Chas.
A. Porter will continue the wall across
his front when he returns from North
Carolina.
A fine nine. pound daughter was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Aiken, of Jack
sonville, on the 10th. Mrs. Aiken will
be remembered as Miss Beatrice Kitch.
ing, formerly of this place.
Miss Blanche DEFAULT, primary teach
err here, arrived this week from Dalton,
Ga, and will spend the remainder of
her vacation with Miss Josephine Kitch-
ing and other friends.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25

The spirit of progress is abroad in
Florida; small towns in all sections of
the state are either installing electric
light and water works plants, paving
streets and building sewers, or else are
persi.tently agitating the need of these
public utilities and urging action by
their city councils. All of these towns
are by no means greater than Fort
Pierce in point of population, or more
important in the matter Of location, or
have higher taxable values. The fu.
tlre of Fort Pierce imperatively de-
mands early consideration of such nec-
essary improvements, and the spirit of
progress now latent in this community
will manifest itself whenever proper
impetus is given the movement.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
LOCAL OVERFLOW

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day visitor in our city.
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The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25

The August bulletin of the State
Board of Health raises an issue on the
disease-producing properties of weeds,
making the assertion that weeds are
no more of a menace to health than
roses or honeysuckle. Bowling to the
wisdom of the worthy medicos, we
nevertheless contend that the rose is
more slightly, the honeysuckle sweeter,
and their presence in yard infinitely
preferable to a rank growth Of weeds,
the latter denoting an extreme lack of
civic pride.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Offers in Agriculture: 4-year course;
2.year course; l-year course; 4.
month course; 4.week Farmers
course; IA correspondence courses. A
course for every need. You have edu.
cation enough to enter one of these
courses. Find out which one by writ.
ing to j. j. VERNON,
College of Agriculture, Gainesville
Florida. Tuition Free.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25

EACH of the three present congress.
ional districts will probably furnish one
or more candidates for the honor of re-
pres entng Florida as congressman-a
large and some who are now running
for OF her Offices may switch in the eff.
fort to G ct the Washington plum. The
State Democratic Executive Committee
is expected to include the fourth repre-,
sentative in the call for next spring s
primaries, and scramble for the office
will Immediately commence.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25

CAPT. 0. N. BE, who was formerly
in charge of the government engineer
ing work at Miami and who is a sclen-
fist of ability, predicts that Florida
will be one of the richest states in the
union in mineral resources, believing
that vast aluminium deposits in certain
sections of the state, in addition to the
other undeveloped minerals, will bring
this to pass.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
WEDDING BELLS.

Miss Florence Gertrude Brewer olly
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Brew
err, of Fort Pierce, was married in jack
sonvile last Saturday, August 18th, to
MIR. Frank f. Matthews, the ceremony
taking place at the manse of the FIRST
Presbyterian church, only immediate
relatives of the groom being present
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthews will make Their
home in Jacksonville where the groom
will follow his dual vocation of musician
and machinist.
Both bride and groom are 50 Wen
known in this community as to require
no lengthy eulogy. Miss Brewer was
for over FIVE years valued empIoye I'll
the TRIBUNE and the number Of her
friends is limited only by the circle Of
her acquaintance, while Mr.. Matthews
is young men of sterling qualities,
genial personality and manly character
All manner of good wishes for their
future prosperity and happiness VIII
accompany the young people to their
new home.
Another wedding of the past week in
which participant was also member
of The TRIBUNE force, occurred Friday
night, August Is, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Register, cousins OF
the bride, when Miss Lula May Edge
was married to Mr.. Don Il. Baggett,
Rev. DuBose, of the Baptist church,
officiating. The ceremony was very in
formal, only the near relatives being
present. Refreshments were served
after the exchange of customary con-
CALCULATIONS, and the young people left
on the northbound train that night for
New Smyrna, where they will reside
The brides wedding costume was an
elaborate affair of white silk, being ex-
changed later for going away gown
of blue silk.
Miss Edge has been a resident of Fort
Pierce for the past seven years. COM
ing here from White Oak, N. c. Hel
parents dying when she was but few
years old, she has made her home with
her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Register.
Her graciousness of manner and sweet
character gained for her large circle
of friends, all of whom tender heartfelt
wishes for life of JOY and prosperity
Mr.. Baggett has been in the employ OF
the Florida East Coast Railway for the
past four years as trainman, and num-
bers his friends by the score.
In rendering heartiest congratulations
to the newly-weds above mentioned
THE TRIBUNE is reminded of the fact
that in the course of six years five
young ladies have set sail from this Of
fee on the sea of matrimony, a record
probably unsurpassed by any other
newspaper office in Florida. Whether
the particular environment of print
ing office makes one especially vulner-
able to Cupid's darts, or whether the
character of work and the knowledge
gained of human nature makes one
more charitable in thought, more kind.
ly in speech and manner, and thus
brings out those latent attributes of
heart and mind, making one more at
tractive, deponent sayeth not. The
fact that these fair maidens have passed
from the realm of journalism and its
multitude of responsibilities into the
cosier and more restful surroundings of
married life is all the evidence sub
mitted.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
TO PROBE HIGH PRICES
CONTINUED from page n

man has to pay for his food how much
more he pays than he did ten years age
and what prospects there are of q
change in prices, either higher or lower.
"The principal cities in every section
of the country will be visited by ex.
perts, who will ascertain the wholesale
and retail prices Of all commodities
These prices will be substantiated by
absolute evidence and will cover every
commodity offered for public consump-
ton. ~
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25

ORANGE county has new weekly
paper, launched at Oviedo by E. A.
Douglas. 1t is called the Advance; is
commendable from typographical point
of view brimful of local news and evil
dencing by the tenor of its editorials its
paramount intention is to boost Ovie-
do and its surroundings. May prosper
ity attend the new venture.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
Higher and Higher

The cost of living is steadily advanc-
ing but you can save little by buying
your meats and groceries at the City
Market.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
Shippers Shippers

You can buy Hams, Bacon and other
meats without fear Of shippers. Hams
and bacon kept on ice, fresh and fine at
the City Market.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
None 90 Good

Ask for Royal Scarlet and Robin
Hood and if they haven't them, 60 to
the City Market where they can always
be had.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
OUR TICKET IN 1912

WORD comes from st Louis that
George Potato has been arrested there
for smiling at girls on the street. Must
be potato masher.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
Six for a Quarter

You can get six loaves of fresh home
made bread for a quarter at the City
Market.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-25
1000 coo 10o10o11oo3aI
;N.O.PENNY
ord Aut O m O biles
VERO, FLORIDA

Milan, Mich. Aug. q, 1911
Monday we visited NiagraFalls.
leaving Buffalo Tuesday in a
heavy rain. We encountered bad
roads all day, passing one car in
the ditch with a broken wheel
made Us a little nervous. We'd
nesday and Thursday tire troubles
came in on both cars and caused
good deal of delay. We passed
through Cleveland and Toledo, O. +,
and on Saturday visited the Ford
factory at Detroit. wonderful
sight indeed, over six miles of
walking being required to 20
through it, and 26O cars a day
are being shipped. We are now
on the way south. Mammoth Cave
being the next point of interest.
and will take mail next at Nor.
row, Ga. You,s truly,
=" N. 0. PENNY
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12
%BEAUTIFYING THE CITY.

Wonderful Results From Contest in
San Antonio, Tex.
A most interesting contest in city
Identification has come to a close with
the decision Of a committee as to who
were the winners in a beautiful yard
contest, conducted by the Real Estate
Exchange of San Antonio, Tex.
More than 100 residents entered this
contest, some entering the front yard,
some the back yard and others the
entire premises. AS soon as the an
nouncement was made that prizes
would be offered for the best kept
lawn much interest was manifested in
the work. Many who were not regu-
larly entered caught the spirit of i'm
provement, and the result is there has
been an effort all yer the city to
beautify home surroundings.
No civic improvement work yer I'M
dertaken in San Antonio has attracted
such general attention and been of
more actual benefit. :, 4as Il. q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12

was a goo ferr' n that the town
stood ready to invest not 5000. but
$6OO.O00.000, in his enterprise. They
would buy G.O0O presses. They would
gather 10000 loads Of berries. 1t was
in the midst Of the greatest good feel
ing and general hilarity that the town
blacksmith said that Elder Carpenter
was a hog himself for making the
lightning rod man trouble over the 9TH
er hog. The elder promptly replied
that the smith was a born liar and
started the row The peddler made
for the tavern barn and hid away, but
his example was not followed. Every
man got the idea that 1t was his duty
to wade into some othe- man. and for
an hour there was fighting up and
down the streets Fathers whanged
away at ons and brother punched
brother. The three local ministers
butted in as peacemakers and were
early left stranded in the dust.
There were a few men in the town
who did not get black eyes and bloody
noses and lumpy heads, but they were
the old men who had had their fun in
other days and were now willing to let
the younger generation go in and
whoop FER up. 1t was these old men
who assisted the women when it came
to poultices and bandages and to
wheeling home those who could not
walk.
Only two men knew what was in
that key, and they never told. 1t may
have been Chinese elderberry wine
according to missionary recipe. or it
may have been a mixture of whisky,
brandy. gin, wine and drugs. At any
rate, the feeling" lasted two whole
days. and there were fights almost
daily for the next fortnight. 1t was a
month later that the lightning rod man
came driving up to the tavern again.
This time he ran over two hogs instead
of one. Elder Carpenter was pass
ing again, but he did not stop or turn.
He simply uttered an "um'' and held
his way. There was the usual crowd
on the veranda, but they crossed their
legs. spat their tobacco juice over the
railing and were mum. The town had
been struck by lightning and didn't
want any more of it. 1t didn't ever
want the empty key the peddler had
left behind him in his flight.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12
Copyright, 1910. by Street q Smith
By
FRANCIS LYNDE

"Ah," he said, with a quick indraw.
ing of his breath. you don't know
what it is costing mel"
"Truly, l don't. Evan. your father
is u great and good man. If he had a
daughter instead of a son she would
know 1t. I wish l were his daughter.
l should try to show him that blood is
thicker than water!"
You wish you were his daughter?
Do you realize what you are say
ing?" Then, brokenly: Don't, Patricia!
Don't make me do evil that good may
come. Can't you understand how 1
I'M driven to do this thing, how every
fiber of me is rebelling against the
savage necessity? God knows I'd give
my life and all my hopes of happi-
ness if the necessity could be wiped
out!"
Instantly she changed her attack.
IF l can't bride you l must and
will convince you" she persisted.
"You are a brave man, Evan. know,
because l have seer you tried. You
mustn't turn cowardly now"
Nor shall l." he countered quickly.
"But I don't understand"
Don't you? Isn't it cowardly to
strike this cruel blow in the dark I?
You know your father isn't here to de-
fend himself. You can't do such a
thing without at least giving him the
warning that you would give your bit
terest enemy"
Ills absence is merely an added
twist Of the thumbscrews," he said in
fresh w~retchedness. HE is not here,
and the time is too short to get him
here. What is done must be done to-
day-this afternoon. Otherwise it will
shameless attack upon the liberties of
every honest voter in this common
wealth. Don't make it harder for me.
Patricia. Surely you can see how
hard it is as it stands"
81 can see that you are about to do
something for which in all the years
to come you will V be able to get
your own forgiveness. Evan" she said.
Then, with a sudden skillful flick of
the speed lever, she sent the little car
ahead with a lurch, steering it in the
sharpest Of swerves into the nearest
cross street affording an outlet to the
northern road.
"Stop, Patricia" he cried. "What
are you doing? must go back to the
c~ourthouse!"
"Ill take you back to the court
house," she promised, deftly slipping
in the third speed, land you shall be
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12
NC0MPETENCY-FAILURE.
Brains Are as Necessary In a Small
Store as Anywhere Else.


Store as Anywhere Else.
Are there too many small merchants?
There are if you count in the incor-
petent ones who start in without the
requisite knowledge for success or the
capital to carry them through. Re-
CARELESS of what merit may be in the
field they occupy, whether there is
population sufficient to support another
store or not, they start in, pay for
what goods they car and always find
some ambitious wholesaler who is
anxious to extend credit. What is the
result? Their incompetency and lack
of business training lead them into
cutting prices below the safety mark.
Their stocks are poorly assorted. They
perhaps unwisely extend credits and,
instead of properly marking goods so
as to bring in a good percentage Of
profits, charge exorbitantly for one
thing and too little for something else.
Customers become dissatisfied. Some
turn their patronage to the mail order
houses, others to the nearest large
city. In the grocery line it can be
seen by any careful observer that the
number Of stores is fully a third
greater than they should be In the
average town. Where there are too
many stores only the well managed
ones win and the others fail. In bust
ness u 10 the survival OF the attest as
well nc elsewhere.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12
Some Record.

An ingenious citizen of Virginia hav-
ing stolen 1000 chickens is rated as
the champion chicken thief of the
country. AS he stole most of them
one at Il time he must have had some
busy nights. But after q man has been
at anything for a long while he begins
to look on it as his trade, and probably
our hero went to his task each night
as cheerfully as the ordinary man
trots off in the morning with his din
ner pail.
He must have been at it nearly every
every night, for a man like that if he
skipped II moonlight evening would
hate to have his children crying for
chicken and to hear his wife say:
''There amt non Your pa was too
lazy last night to bring n home"
Doubtless in time he felt that his
calling was as legitimate as some of
the trust magnates come to regard
theirs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12
CIVIC CLUB FOUNTAINS
ADD TO CITY'S BEAUTY.
Attractiveness Combined With Useful
ness In Gift to Youngstown, Pa.

Distinctly novel and attractive in de-
sign and a marked addition to the city
beautiful. as well as being a boon to
the horses of the city, the four drink
ing fountains recently ordered by the
Cambria County Civic club have been
received and placed and are now in
service in JohnstOwn, Pa.
The picture is of the fountain or
Railroad street. All are donated to the
city through the Civic club, but one of
them is erected to the memory of the
late Andrew Foster by Mrs. Barbara
Foster. his widow. The others were
purchased by the club.
The fountains were designed and
made in the studios of the Formilgi
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12

N- 49,
ME-! a simple matter
for him to stop the a But her SIN
gle hearted devotion was not to be so
easily thwarted. 1t had not occurred
to him that he might drive to War
trace Hall and return in time to set
the legal machinery in motion to stop
the frauds. So when he leaned for
ward it was not to throw the electric
switch, as She feared; it was merely
to adjust the wind shield so that the
blast of the speed rush would not blow
them both breathless.
For fifteen miles north Of the CAPT.
tai the Quaretaro road is a straight
away ace track, and Miss Anners
proved herself a fearless driver. AL
most before Blount realized it the
red car was among the hills and climb
ing to the mesa levels. At Shonoho
canyon they passed a horseman com
ing down the canyon road. The mans
horse SHE'D at sight Of the a and
threatened to bolt, but Patricia was
looking straight ahead and made no
movement to slacken speed. In the
passing glimpse Blount thought he
recognized the rider. 1t was the man
Barto or his double.
BY the time the little car was flying
up the cottonwood sentineled avenue
at Wartrace Hall Patricia had bro
ken a record. The thirty miles from
the capital had been covered in forty
two minutes.
When she brought the car to a stand
at the carriage entrance the young wo-
man spoke for the first time since
she had given David Blount's son her
ultimatum.
"Tind your father quickly and say
what 1t 10 right to say. When you nre
ready to 60 back I'll keep my promise
and drive you"
II was old Barnabas who admitted
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12
Duluth Puts up CROSSING Sims.

To eliminate the confusion to trav-
elers who find the roads Of Duluth.
Mimi, puzzling, the work Of putting
signboards on all crossroads near Du-
luth has been started under the aus
pices Of the Duluth Automobile club.
On each road the boards are placed.
designating the point to which the
road leads, the number Of miles to It
and the name Of the road, with other
data in regard to the points on the diff
ferent roads crossing. With the signs
in all parts of the country it will be
hardto get lost.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12
PROLOGUE.

This story of a young mans
honest attempt TO break" the
boss" and the power of the
machine" is an Accordingly in
timate portrayal of the working
of the wheels within wheels" in
a desperate political struggle of
today. The senator, strongly in
trenched behind his party. ma
chine" presents an almost in
Vulnerable front, and the con-
Tict between father and son as
this young Lawyer, single hand
ed, fights for what he honestly
believes to be the truth and
right holds with a trenen-
dous sympathetic interest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12

company of Wjlkesbarre and are of
special construction for Johnstown be-
cause Of the narrow streets and side
walks. Each fountain is about thirty
inches in width by four feet in length,
oval in shape and Of concrete in orna-
mental design. -Four bronze turtles
resting on a small base support the
fountains, the whole standing about
three feet from the ground. Water is
supplied through a lions head, there
being an automatic shut-off valve to
regulate the amount of water in the
basin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-10-12
HuInOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
D. DUNCAN N. SnlrH

A MAN can't understand why a wo-
man fuses around with her face,
but watch him hustle for help when
he finds the thatch leaking atop his
head.
Useless to try to make a married wo-
man believe in masculine angels.
A woman blames mother-in-law for
husbands shortcomings and daughter
in-law for sons.
convince some men that they can't
pick a winner.
When a man can't make. a large
enough fool of himself he gets a wo-
man to help, and the community is
usually satisfied with the result.
Most of the men who yell for oppor-
tunity wouldn't know one if it came
under the guise of work.
When a woman can't think Of any
thing else to do she worries because
Johnny hasn't had measles yet.
A woman can wear any old thing to
weekly prayer meeting, but if she
hasn't n new outfit for Easter Sunday
she finds it necessary to get the din
ner herself.