The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-10-06
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December the 18th vote upon $3.50, ooo
bond issue for good roads.
Frank Clark, Jr., son of the congress
man from the second district, has
opened law offices at West Palm Reach
and will practice there.
H. F. Gaulding, of Tallahassee, a
prominent young business man, has an
nounced that he will be candidate for
Congressman at Large, subject to the
action of the Democratic primaries
next spring
While trying to make an arrest on
the charge of illegal fishing on Thurs
day, Sheriff Smith of Volusia county,
shot Will McCaskill, from the effects
of which wound McCaskil died at
Welaka few hours after he was taken
there.
Seven hundred cigar makers went on
strike in Tampa Wednesday because
the manufacturers posted notices of
the government ruling upon using un-
stamped cigars. The cigar manufac-
turers will have to learn how to control
all things celestial and terrestrial before
they can hope to satisfy their workmen
H. R. Colson, a laborer employed at
the CorOnet Phosphate company's mine.
at Coronet, three miles from Plant City,
met his death in horrible manner Mon
day morning, being literally roasted by
electric wires stretched across the roof
of the main building of the power plant.
One of the big copper wires burned its
way clear through his body.
In the second primary to decide the
county site Of Sumter county, Bushnell
won out by the small majority of nine
ty votes, defeating Wildwood, the only
competitor in the second primary. The
vote was not surprise to the county,
as Bushnell received a good vote in
the first primary, and it was confident
ly expected that the thriving city
would win out.
Work on the Florida East Coast eX-
tension is being pushed along rapidly
and there is every indication that the
concrete work will be completed by the
first of December. and this will give
thirty days for the concrete to set, and
practically insures the completion of
the road into Key West by the first of
the year. This, however, depends a
good deal on the weather. Those who
know say that the only thing that will
delay the work will be hurricane, and
it must be hard one.
The Florida East Coast Hotel Com
pany is expecting the biggest tourist
season for many years, according to
H. E. Bemis, manager of the Royal
Poinciana hotel at Palm Beach, who
has just come from the New York
Office. Everything points to great
season." he said. 1.-The company has
put out a world of advertising for
Florida during the summer and we are
already beginning to appreciate results
from it" Mr.. Bemis is on his way to
Palm Beach to look over some landscape
impr ovements that are now under way
on the grounds of the Royal Poinciana.
Landscape gardeners have been en-
gagged there off and on, since the house
closed. The hotel opens in January.
Industrial men in Florida declare
that the vigorous measures being en-
ployed at Augusta would 20 far toward
solving the labor situation in this state
and southern Georgia. 1t has been
stated that there are from 5000 to A.
600 negro men and boys large enough to
do the work of men in Jacksonville who
are loafng. The same proportion Of
idleness prevails among the negroes of
other cities and towns throughout the
state. Men who know declare that
there are two places for the idle negro
in the state bfl Florida. Several plans
for arousing the officers of the large
and small places to the necessity for
vigorous campaigns against vagrancy
nave been discussed.
Effective already the Florida East
Coast Railway has posted new regula-
ions regarding baggage which enables
passengers to insure their baggage for
/ greater amount than one hundred
dollars upon the payment of a small |
ZEE. Under the new rules it is the duty
# passengers rendering baggage for
to declare the value
without inquiry by the carrier or the
gent or employee of the company. The
florida East Coast Railway will not be