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Fort Pierce news., 1911-04-28
Iateresting Topics
III discussed at Smoker
I. .ortont Meeting of Board is
~, rryled for Monday Night.

.,.o, thirty-five of the members of
Roard Of Trade were present at
smoker wednesday Evening at the
.ement Club hall and spent a
..s enioyable and profitable evening
A,ter having 'suoked up, enough to
m.lently Eli the room with the pun
aroma of tobacco the guests were
IN entertained with an exhaustive
..oo,t Of school conditions by Superin'
..,sntJ w. Hodge. Mr.. J. X. Will
hams introduced the subject OF water
.orks, and Mr.. H. w. McCombs gave
]. .;oterestiug talk on "The City Beau
atalo illustrating his theme with
nlotnres thrown on q screen. Others
shc Joined in the general discussion Of
shs various topics were G. k. Durkee,
conocilman w. r. Jackson and A. G.
pIt,msr, Judge James E. Andrews and
u R, Willis.
Many good ideas were brought out
scd the members we're in hearty ac-
oo.d with the views expressed that
Fort Pierce should take rank among
he foremost towns of the State If the
people would wake up to the possibili-
siss Of local Improvement.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-04-28

Au0 OpefuulOuS OF tellSm6re drho
Company has been known in the vicin-
ity of It's property for the past year, but
there has been practically nothing pub
lished up to the present time, for the
reason that the company has summed
publicity, preferring to devote all the
time, energy and money to develop
ment work,
One observes evidences Of substantial
development upon entraining at Sebas-
tian. On the spur parallelling the main
line of the Florida East Coast Railway
will bc seen either the locomotive, pas
senger coach and freight cars Of the
Fellsmere Farms Company, or their
motor car. The main line of the com
pany is eleven and half miles, taking
passengers and freight direct to the
town OF tellsmere
At Fellsmere sigus Of progress and
development are seen on all sides.
First, there is the demonstration farm
of the company, in charge Of Mr.. r, A.
Conkling, formerly Of Tlllman, where
he was for years successful truck and
fruit grover. Here he has ten acres
under cultivation and his garden has
produced and is producing all the vege-
tables that are grown anywhere 10 the
southern portion Of Florida, and in
abundance.
Scattered about the townsite OF Felis-
mere are about dozen substantial
structures, including the Fellsmere no.
tel, which is always filed TO It's capac-
itv: the administration building, in
which General Manager Ernest h.
Every and his corps of engineers, SUI
perintendents, dfaughtsmen and office
force do the work of the company's de-
velopment: the managers home, the
home of the manager Of the demonstra-
tiou farm, the farm house, with ca
pacity of one hundred, ready for the
bomeseekers when they arrive; homes
for superintendents, two stores, railway
station. townsite office, 50-foot tower,
from the top Of which can be had an
excellent view of the pine. prairie and
muck lands OF the company, and tne
scene of excavating and dredging oper'
atoms TO the north, showing an exten.
sion Of the company's railroad Of four
and half miles, running TO what Is
called the dredge camp
II is quite possible that many build
iurs on the property have been over
looked, but mention must be made q
the model camp Of superintendent EN- 2
cry. at the side Of the huge embark
ment which is being thrown up by the
four excayators. Some idea Of what
they are doing is gained from The state
mept Of Manager Every, borne out by
Superintendent Emory. that these ioul
excavators are digging a canal 90 tee'
on the bottom, l5O feet at the top, ane
about IS feet deep, and are going at th'
rate Of one mile month. Some ides
Of the cost Of equipment is had in th'
statement that the large steel dredg'
viii cost between $4,000 and $4,000
| j is expected that the big dredge vii
On 4 mile month through the prairie
soil and muck. II will dig canal 2
the same widtb, top and bottom, bu
win not have to go 50 deep as the exca
vator 10 goIug four AID half mile
have 10 move as much earth as viii tn
dredee il going eight miles
Fort Pierce news., 1911-04-28
Marriage of a Former
Fort Pierce Young Lady

The following from Tuesdays Times
pplon will prove interesting TO the nu-
ssfppa Fort Pierce friends Of the bride,
7h0 3 the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. a.
kexson, Of this city, and was very
'palsr among the yoaue people here ;
Sunday morning a. $3.50 o'clock St.
'.'gA Episcopal church vas the scene
: pretty wedding when Miss Grace
R7ss Paxton was united 10 the holy
e'pds Of natrimony to Mr.. George
f'pesoy Golden, the Rev. George q
HARRISON officiating.
tse bride was attended by Miss Mar
.ps Golden, Of Columbus, Ca, sister
'hs groom, as maid Of honor, and
Golden had as best man Mr., George
''|'ans. The bride was married 10
e g''na'away gown. handsome coat
2'' q brown, with which we're worn
'' and gloves 70 match.
TIE happy couple left on the morn
's.|n ios = brief wedding "trip. At
ay ] they vim Be- ss home TO their
I||1d1 ~ ikQQ 70 ,,.... .f,,oof y
Fort Pierce news., 1911-04-28
Synopsis of CGRtGtG
by the CeciLiGn Club
"The Healing of N0amGR" to
be GiUen Tuesday EveniRg.


Following is the story Of the cantata.
"The Healing OF Naaman,n to be given
at the Improvement Club hall by tie
Cecilian Choral Club, on next Tuesday
evening, May 2nd
The curtain rises upon Iran, a young
Hebrew prophet, and a few Of the He
brews, captives in Damascus, capital Of
Syria. He announces to them the re-
turn of Naaman the Conqueror, while
the music Of the Syrian priests and
and people is heard without. While
the priests sing to their sun-god Rumi-
non and praise Syria and Naaman Iran
prophesles the erection Of an altar to
jehovah
A cloud Of gloom is cast over the cell
ebration Of Naamans return by the
fact that he is srnitten with leprosy.
Naaman is welcomed by the Queen, but
all are made sad by his terrible affiiction.
But there is among the captives a
little maid, who attends Naaman's wife.
Aud when the warrior has retired she
fsarlesslY addresses the Queen and tells
her OF the wonderful prophet in her
native land who can raise the dead,
aud who can also cure her master.
Instantly great hope and Joy are
born IN the hearts ofthe Queen and the
wife and Naaman is recalled 70 hear the
wonderful story. He determines 10 go
to the prophets home in quest Of his
life. Iran prays that he may, return
ing, build an altar to Jehovah.
Then follows the Storm song by Iran,
and the Night song by the Hebrew
maid both typifying the darkness Of
doubt and despair, and the beauty Of
redemption.
The second act discloses the Queen
singing to the beautiful river ALBANIA.
AS her song is ended the priests of Ru-
minon are again heard singing. Atthat
moment comes the glad tidings that
Naaman is returning, and that he is
healed
Ia short while Naaman himself ape
pears, restored and jabiant, filled with
songs of praise for Jehovah and for his
restoration to health. He brings with
him 1.-TWO burdens of earth from the
Jordan, and they make an altar to Je-
hoyah.
Then the Queen, wife, maid, Iran and
Naaman sing a quintet, which is per-
haps the gem of the evening. After
this the little maid is crowned with a
garland Of roses Then all join in q
final chorus Of praise to Jehovah, the
King eternal iRejoice, for faith is
Victory DO glad, for prayer is praise. =
H.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-04-28

The tract owned by the Fellsmere
Farms Company has been celebrated
among land men for its fertility and
richness of soil for many years. Per
haps IL Is better known as the Cincin-
natus Farms tract. owned by the Rus
sells for many years. Before that 1t
was known as one Of the oldIand grants.
It is at the headwaters Of the st. Johns
River, aud consists largely of prairie
and muck. The prairie is sandy loan
soil, with a clay subsoil, such as is the
choice of the horticulturist for citrns
culture, and of the truckman for all
sorts Of vegetables. OF what value
this soil will prove to be to the farmer
for staple crops remains to be seen, but
on the poorer pine land, whete Mr..
Conkllng has his demonstration farm,
he is meeting with success with sugar
cane, corr, cotton and otner staples.
There is no question as TO the richness
and fertility of the black muck soil for
both fruits and vegetables. just of the
south end Of the Fellsmere tract there
is grapefruit and orange grove eleven
years old, in muck soil not quite SO
black nor so heavy as the muck soil
lying along the western side Of the
track that produces as fine fruit as can
be grown anywhere in Florida. This is
the Klonkike grove and is owned by
George Hall, of Sebastian. He haus
his fruit sixteen miles TO the railway
station, and it is stated that he sold
+, 81 900 worth of fruit last year.
The muck soil is practically identical
to that found in the Everglades. In
depth from clay to subsoll it ranges
from two to nine feet. 1t is level,prac-
tically, as billiard table, and when
drained it should produce wonderful
crops. It is not likely that there is apy
land in the State of Florida that can
excel it in richness, chemical analysis
showing that it carries as high as three
per cent in nitrogen in some places.
The water supply is unlimited as ar
tesian water can be had anywhere for
the digging. Thus far the company
has put down four 4-inch artesian wells
that vary In depth from $40 to 4SO feet
and the low is from 1856 to 275 gal
lions per minute, and as the entire
tract is practically level, and as II has
been demonstrated that there exists 3
clay snbsoil. there is no question as re-
i CARDS complete irrigation at small cost.
These wells are bored and cassd for less
than one dollar foot, making the en-
tire expense Of iour-inch we'll, with
sufficient flow to irrigate At least forty
acres, less than s4OO. There is no need
Of tiling where the clay subsoil exists,
as the bitches will carry water TO The
remote corners OF the farm.
4 With the immense drainage system
well under way the lands Of the Fells
mere Farms Company will soon. be put
on the market. The selling will be
done by the Security Underwriters
Corporation Of Kansas City, Of which
Edward van Asmus Is chairman OF Us
board Of directors. Mrs. N. 9. Fowler
who has national reputation is sales
manager. and win be assisted BY 9. A
Golden, The headquarters Of this cor
poration are POO scarritt building, Kan
sas City,
The officers Of the Fellsmere Farms
continued on page 6se.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-04-28
Development Work of the
FeLSmere Farms Company
Reclamation of 1I5,OOO Acres of Fertile Farming Land
in st. Lucie and BreUard Counties

But little is known of Fellsmere
Farms at present, but it is a certainty
that within a reasonable time they will
be heralded all over the country as the
Famous Fellsmere Farms.
The FelIsmere Farms Company owns
five townships, or about $4,000 acres OF
land, in Bregard and ST. Lucie coun-
ties. This vast tract lies about nine
miles west otSebastian, on the Florida
East Coast Railway. The tract is
reached by a railroad owned by the
company, connecting at Sebastian with
the main line of the Florida East Coast
Railway, and terminating at present at
the town os Felsmere, on the eastern
boundary of the company's tract
The holdings of the company are di-
dided about as follows: 62,4OO acres OF
black muck land $4,000 acres Of prairie
and sandy loan pine land 5000 acres
of right.of-way for the railroad LOO
acres of virgin cypress land, and 500
acres which is covered by Lake Will
mington, a clear body Of fresh water,
five miles long and three wide lying on
the western side of the tract.
The Fellsmere Farms Company is
now engaged 10 constructing one OF the
most thorough drainage systems along
the East Coast OF Florida, embracing a
system Of gravity drainage OF canals
Iaterals and bitches that will lower the
V ater 10 more than five feet below the
surface of the tract
-Four large excavators' win buckets
o. one and three quarter cubic yards ca
pacity. are at work day and night on
the eastern end OF the main canal,
which empties into the middle fork OF
the Sebastian river, just to the nortn
of Sebastian on the coast. These ex-
cayators are working through the pine
ridge. which forms an elevation SUM-
cient to impound the water that SUB
merges the vast tract during the rainy
season,
AT another point, Az miles west
from the eastern boundary OF the 1rac''
is being constructed an immense z ~
ward CUBIC yard backet dredge' wn'cn
viii begin work the middle Of May on
a canal l2 milesin length, from a 9Olu'
where the excavators reach the prairie
wasterly 70 the western boundary OF the
tract. and from thence southerly 70
and through Lake Wilmington, to the
south boundary Of the conPsny's isn0'
while this is being done anO'nsr
steel dredge, with buckets OF ~ cuolO
yards capacity, will be constructed 70
-. some Of the main laterals from
north to south through the four '0"p.
.b,ns. while the excavators will be kept
:, work digging main laterals through
~ sandy loan soil south and nortn itli
,hrouoh The eastern portion OF the
tract. And when all Of this equipment
!, york on main canals and laterslS
smaller machines will be employed n
,,,,,,og sub.laterals, or ditches. between
the sub.divisious Of tsn-acre farms,
~ without doubt this is the most thor
ough system Of drainage ever unasr'
taken BY a land promoting company =
lebis or any other state. + represents ',s.0
/ 81 expenditure Oi about one million
| sollars. 81 and i win be fully as assured 2
Anal complesion before any q 'ns ''''s ''
"a he company y fully paw 'S' :
ready for eccupapcy
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-10-06
Fortnightly Matinee Club.

The business session of the
Fortnightly Matinee Club held
/ 5 regular meeting Sci tamber Is,
at the home Of Mrs. w. D. And
erson. The hostess received her
guests in her own charming
manner and her lovely daughter,
Miss Mary Agnes served a delic
ious fruit frape.
The president, Mrs. W. D.
Anderson, called the house to
order and in q delightful inform
al speech. delivered the pavel
into the keeping Of the president
elect, Mrs. Asa Allen.
The new president then out
lined the years work and delN-
cred the new Year Books to the
cub. The books are in the club
coIors. red and gold, and the
program for the year promises
to be very interesting and in
stluc,ive, being miscellapeous
study Of count les, the + folk lore
and representa- We men.
Willie +. Ma m n. e.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-10-06
TUPELo MISS. FRIDAY. OCTOBER s, 1911
Sheriff Trapp Captures Muir
derer.

On Wednesday by a clever ruse
Sheriff Trapp succeeded in cap
turing Sanders Woodruff.a negro
under indictment for murder in
Monroe county, Ark. The sher-
if received q bench warrant for
the negro's arrest from the sher-
if at Clarendon. Ark. The ne
gro was located on the farm of
Ben Hoyle, four miles west Of
town, where he was working for
Romie Moore, and going under
the name of Charlie Jones.
Going to the field the sheriff
was Informed by some parties
picking cotton that the negro
had left. Mr.. Trapp saw him.
however, hiding in a nearby
thicket. The sheriff took a sack
and burning his back upon the
darkey, began to pick cotton.
The negro returned to the field
cautiously, but was finally re
lie yed of his suspicion and walk
ed right into the sheriff's hands.
who Immediately handcuffed
him. He at first denied his iden-
tity but admitted to the killing
of another negro with a Winfield
rife and also to having had 9TH
er shooting scrapes. The Arkan-
sas sheriff was notified of the
capture and will come for his
man Immediately. He will be
tried for murder in the first de-
gree.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-10-06
| Judge w. D. Anderson Resigns.

''Tupelo, Miss, Oct. 2, 1911.
Hon. E. F. Noel. jackson, Miss. +:
my Dear Sir-I shall not be
] an applicant for reappointment
on the supreme court bench. nor
shall / serve out my unexpired
I term. / hereby tender my resig-
i Anation, to take effect at once.
Il Il am due you. to whom | owe
my appointment, and the bar OF
the state, which has SO literally
indorsed me for reappointment.
q a statement of the reasons which
jmpel me to this course. AS you
I. and many of my friends know,
4 it was with great hesitancy | ac-
q cepted the place, because it in
volved financial sacrifice, which
L / could i'll afford, and for another
4 good reason. affecting the happi-
ness of my family, which | do
not care to state.
q SAYS AMBITION UNWISE.
Il was ambitious, however, to
be a supreme court Judge, and
s unwisely. as appears to me now.
sand as has appeared to me al
most ever since, waived these
reasons and accepted the posi-
Atiop. Except for being dissuaded
by members of the bar. | would
Khave resigned a year ago. At
Ehe earnest sole tation of many
lawyers over the state, after
much hesitating and hating on
my part, five or six weeks ago,
notified the members of the bar
that | expected to be an appli-
cant for reappointment, and re-
uuested those who desired my
4 appointment to so express them
Nselves to the next governor by
letters and petitions. To this re-
quest a considerable majority Of
he bar Of the state fthougii
in several counties they have
taken no action at all) have re-
sponded urging my reappoint-
ment, at which | feel most high
IL honored and gratified. OF
course, made this announce
ment in perfect good faith. ]
thought then, and thought until
this very day, l would be an ap.
Nolicant. But now as the time
4 approaches for me to leave my
home and retnrn to the work on
he bench, the reasons mentioned
above why should not have &C.
Acepted the office, and which
came so near causing me to re.
sign a year ago, and which still
exists with the same force, ad-
ded to the uncertainty of reap
Dointment and the worry and
nxiety incident to l.lak ing appli-
cation for reappointment appear
/ so overwhelming as to drive me
Ito this course. | confess | would
like to remain on the bench. but
duty to myself and family seems
lnmistakab'y to point in a diff
II Mferent direction.
# Il would serve out my term,
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-10-06

since am not to apply for reap
pointment, | feel that | might
not be able to do myself justice
and my duty to the state. My
mind would be constantly turn
ing away from my work on the
bench to my private affairs; and
/ think. too, it is my duty to at
once return to my profession,
and if possible repair any loss
suffered by going on the bench.
Frequent changes in the SUI
preme court should, if possible
be avoided. In order that you
shall not appoint one person to
fill out my unexpired term, and
your successor another for the
full term, suggest that you
permit Governor elect Brewer to
name my successor and you ap-
point him, provided, of course,
he shall name a fit person, which
| have no doubt he will do; and
that then you make public your
action in this matter and your
reasons therefor. Let it be
Brewers appointment, along
with the statement from him
to the public that he will reap
point for the full term the per-
son so appointed for the unex-
pired term. hope l am not pre-
sumptuous in making this sug-
gestion. In doing so, | have In
view only the efficiency and good
of the court.
In referring above to the un-
certainty of my reappointment
and the Endorsement which
have received at the hands OF
hands of the bar, | do not intend
to convey the idea that Brewer
would not reappoint me, nor in
appointing my successor would
not regard the will of the bar.
Hehas rsean9l X ssaEg I'D thei
his mind was open in reference
to the matter that he had fixed
on no one, and that he would
consider the wishes of the bar in
making the appointment; and
believe he was perfectly sincere
in this statement. My judgment
is he can and will appoint some
one in my place as fit or proba'
bly, more competent than |.
Nov l have made a perfect
ly frank statement about this
matter. If there is any reason
for the step am taking, which
/ have not given, / am uncon-
scious of it. l beg your pardon
and that of the bar for the halt
ing and uncertain state of mind
l have been in, but it was the
best | could do under the cir
cumStanceS.
Very truly your friend,
Nv. D. Anderson"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-10-06
We'll Brothers Crop Letter.

Dear SirS:
The weather during Septem-
Der has been hot and dry. Cot
ton has opened very fast and is
being picked, ginned, and mar
keted very rapidly. We have
had the largest September move
ment ever known. Very near
all the cotton is open in the
fields; but a small quantity re-
mains to open. There has been
considerable damage from in
sects. affecting mainly the top
crop. The bottom and middle
crops are very large, and the
stalks are better fruited than u.s.
ual. There has been very little
cotton acreage abandoned this
season, because of the fact that
the weather has been fine, and
the cultivation thorough, during
the months of March, April,
May, June, and July, and part of
August. Comparatively speak
ing, an early frost would not in
jure the yield as in normal sea-
sons, because the crop matured
earlier than usual,
In regard to the yield: Ala
bama and Georgia will probably
increase over last year 25 per
cent; South Carolina 10 per cent
to Is per cent: North Carolina is
not very much better than last
season; and Mississippi promises,
in spite of the ravages by insects
and the heavy rains during the
latter part of August and the
first part of September, an in
crease of 10 per cent in yield over
last year. We consider it safe
for our spinner friends at the
present time to base their ideaf
- to Che crop n n. .700, o g 3!
'f6, 500, O00 bales minimum. De.
velopments from now on will
still have considerable bearing on
the final outturn. The usual
equinoctial gales did not mater
ialize this year. s
The staple of this years crop
is splendid. 1t is strong. uni.
form, of good length and spin.
ming quality, and the present re-
ceipts are showing an improve
ment over the early receipts in
this respect.
The demand has been very
large. The supply has proven
more than ample, though the
price has declined considerably.
A great many planters, as well
as merchants, are beginning to
sell slowly and to withhold from
the market a good percentage of
their receipts; nevertheless, the
movement is of tremendous pro
portions and demand can rapidly
be filled. The earliness of the
crop, and the hugeness of the
same, IS double feature with
which the world has never had
to deal.
WE'LL BROTHERS. :
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-10-06
The White Mavis.

white mavis has been seen In the
woods at Glen Tower. Dunoon. This
albino stranger is looked at askance
by the other birds. who hop round It
at safe distance. as II he were q
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-10-06
Tribute of Respect.

Joshua Hopkins Tucker was
born in Monroe county, Miss,
May p 1916. married to Miss
Salina Helen Sartor, January.
1850 AWho died in April 1896
Seven children were boyn to this
union, five survive him. He
died near Verona, Miss at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs, j. T.
EO'Neal, September q. 1911, He
was Past Master of Masons and
had held other positions in the
order of which he was a true
and faithful member, always at
his post of duty. He was held
in the highest esteem by his
friends and neighbors for his
honesty and sincerity of pur-
pose, and for his upright Chris
tian life ahd, character. One of
Natures Noblemen" has gone
to his reward and the entire con :
munity mourns the loss of a good
and true man.
Therefore, resolved bv Verona
Lodge No. 263: That in the death
of Bro. Tucker this lodge has
lost one of its most exemplary
brothers; t e community one OF
it's best and most upright citi-
zens; the Methodist church an
earnest and sincere Christian
member; his family a loving and
lovable father.
Second, resolved: That this
lodge wear the usual badge of
mourning for thirty days; that a
page of the minute book be set
apart as a memorial toour de-
ceased brother and that our sin
cere and heartfelt coincidence be
rendered the bereayed family.
(Signed)
John S Cobb,
Richard Wharton,
Thomas M. Clark, Jr.
Committee.
Notice.
j. M. Spradling. one of the firm
of Long. Houston Co. has sold
his stock to j. w. Houston and
the present company of Lnrg &
Houston assumes all indebted
ness of the firm.
Respectfully,
j. NJ. Soradling
j. w. Hous on,
G. w. Long.
B.ick and Concrete Work.
j W Norton does all kinds Of
Brick and Concrete work. IT,
ephone (Stantonyille) 1874 % 1t