The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-02-24
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ing the purchase of the famous Halcyon
Hall property.
Some are cruel enough to say that
n. P. Bryan won out for the United
States Senate because neither Of the
jacksonville daiIes gave him any editor
ial support.
Mayor Titus of Davtona was accused
by citizen of violating an auto ordln'
ance by failing to foot his horn at inter-
section as required by ordinance. Inc
mayor pleaded guilty and fined himself
the usual amount.
The matter having been brought be-
fore President j. K. PARROT, of the
Florida East Coast Railway Company,
the st. Augustine board Of trade has
been assured that draw bridge Will
I've built across Pablo Creek, thus re-
moving the only obstruction over the
inland waterway from Jacksonville to
Miami
Florida, this season, is producing a
great crop of vegetables. This indus
try has become an immense one in
this state, thousands Of people being
engaged in it, making good money
when the seasons are favorable. and
when the markets are not glUtted. The
distribution is such now that it is diff
ficult to glut the markets, which the
Florida products reach when nothing is
had from other sections.
Upon returning TO the capital Satur-
day afternoon, Gov. Gilchrist appointed
and commissioned Hon. Nathan P.
Bryan, Of Jacksonville, to be a senator
in the congress of the United States
from the state of Florida from the 4th
day of March, 1911, when Senator James
P. Taliaferro's term will expire, until
the next meeting of the Legislature of
Florida in accordance with the provis-
ion of the United States constitution.
Who said Tampa was for prohibition?
On Tuesday night the Tampa City
Council was asked by a committee of
its representative citizens to accept
Carnegie library, the city having no
library of any kind, and action was de-
ferred. A saloonist asked for the privi-
lege of opening another saloon on the
principal business street of the city, and
the request was granted"of the reel"
The councimen must hold liquid refresh.
ments above lterature-Ja jacksonville
Metropolis.
w. A. Filler, T. V. Moore, l.. Fornel
and Tom Peters, Of Miami, and W. R.
Hardee, of Jensen, went to Jacksonville
Monday to testify in the case of the
Florida Railroad Commission against
the Southern Express Company. The
hearing was held before a special COM
mission and A. A. Boggs, of Miami,
appeared as counsel for the railroad
commissioners, in place of the regular
counsel who is i'll. The pleading is for
the purpose of securing lowering of
express rates on vegetables shipped
from Florida to other States and will
be followed with intense interest by
the farmers and growers of the State.
John Anderson, not only popular, but
really beloved by thousands of friends
on the East Coast and in the New Eng.
land States, passed away suddenly at
Ormond Beach Sunday morning at 2
0 o'clock. He had been seriously i'll but
a few hours and his sudden death came
as great shock to his friends through
out the country. Complications result
ing from Indigestion were the immediate
cause of his death. The funeral was
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in
Mr.. Anderson's orange grove and over
fifteen hundred friends gathered to pay
such tribute as has probably never
before been accorded the memory of
man in business life in Florida. The
body was shipped to Maine for inter.
ment. Mr.. Anderson has been con.
nected with the hotel business at Or.
mond, and in the White Mountains for
many years.
Pensacola, unique and interesting in
many various ways, is not more so in
any instance than as regards her history.
Meaning. according to the Indians,
Getty of Sorrow" it showed its right
to such an appelation for the first three
centuries, and its earlier career was
not uncheckered one; but those are
days of the far and distant past and
there is nothing now to remind one of
the Indian translation. Pensacola has
one distinction which is perhaps un-
by any other municipality on |