The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-10-27
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County Boys Corn Club Will be held
in Mariana rext Saturday.
The Columbia County Bank, capital
lied at $4,000 and headed by State
Senator Fred Cone, is being organized
at Lake City.
A good remedy for bad cough is
BILLIARDS HOREHOUND SYRUP.
1t heals the lungs and quiets irritation.
Price 25c, SOC and Sl.OO per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
The sales at the sponge market in
Key West last week amounted to 49,
45056. This is an off season as many
of the boats are laid up on account of
the hurricane season being on
The Florida papers forgot to mention
that Friday last was the official birth
day of the State of Florida, but the
sprightly Washington Times did not.
Ninety-one years ago Friday, Spain
ratified the treaty ceding Florida to
the United States.
The Tampa Citrus Growers Asso-
citation will market its best fruit this
season under the label of pride of
Tampa" This design is the creation of
Nolan & Avery, the well known arch-
tects, and pQrtrays Tampa beauty
picking the luscious orange.
Among the awards by the Carnegie
Hero Fund Commission at meeting
held in Pittsburg, Saturday, was one
awarded to Thomas l.. Marquis, Jr.,
deceased, bronze medal to his mother.
He died trying to save a girl from
drowning at Barlow, Fla.
The Growers News Association has
just issued the first number of very
creditable weekly publication called the
Florida Growers Association News. 1t
is four page, seven column paper and
is filled with news of interest to the
growers of Florida. James McComb,
Dr., is the editor.
The first carload of oranges for the
season to leave Wauchula was sent out
Tuesday by T. G. Wilkison. Alexan-
der & Baird shipped their first carload
Wednesday and are now packing from
one to two carloads per day. While
the fruit is not much colored it is well
matured and eats we'll. Advocate.
Governor Gilchrist has appointed
Hon. W. S. Jennings, of Jacksonville,
H on. Thomas l.. Clarke, Of Monticello,
and DR.. E. S. Grill, of Palatka, to be
members of the commission of three
provided for By the last legislature to
prepare and report measures designed
to reform and improve the system of
taxation in this state.
The work of blowing up the old boil
ers, which have been lying in the chan
mel at Mosquito inlet, has at last been
accomplished. The work was done un.
der the auspices of a committee of the
Halifax River Yacht Club at Titusvile.
These boilers were part of the engine
of the steamer Agnes, which was
wrecked there about thirty years ago.
The Tampa Fuel company, shippers
Of coal from Baltimore to Florida
points by both rail and water, Monday
to the interstate COM
merce commission of an unjust rate of
twenty-five cents ton charged by the
Coast Line Railway for I'M
loading coal for steamers at Tampa.
The company asks reparation amount
ing to Sc, 1893.
The first move in the open toward
Florida by the Frisco System
Of railroads is the purchase of the old
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City road,
which runs into Mobile. With this
comes the positive state
nent that the Frisco holds much val
iable water front and terminal proper
ty in Pensacola and that the West |
Florida metropolis will be entered over
the road from Mobile.
The daily papers do not appear to
rave learned how Taylor County went
n the recent wet and dry election. 1t
nay have been that the wires were
Town the day following and news hard
% get. However, the county went dry
~ majority of l02, and Perry, the
county seat, gave majority for the
lrys of So. AS the county has been
Try and then went wet, thorough
est has been made and we doubt if
mother election is called in the inter-
st of the traffic.
1t has been reliably stated that the
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