The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-12-01

A movement is on foot among Jack
sonvile business men to change the
name of Bridge street to Broad street
An effort in this direction will be made
at once by business men interested IN
the project.
The camp grounds of the National
Guards of Florida, at Black Point, are
to be inspected next month by MAJOR
General Frederick D. Grant, the com
manding general of the Eastern divi-
sion of the army.
Prof w. n. Sheats, who was defeat
ed four years ago for state superlten-
dent of public instruction by W. NJ.
Holloway, has announced that he VIII
again enter against Holloway in next
springs primaries.
The Dupont Railway and Land
Company, corporation backed by
Scranton, Pa, capital, has purchased
81, 600 acres of land in st. Johns and
Volusia counties, embracing the en-
tire town of Dupont, the consideration
being over $500, 600.
Whether or not the asphalt will do
as paving material is to be tested IN
TAMPA. 1t is the belief of many that
this near noiseless paving material will
not stand the hot sun in Florida, but
the asphalt people believe it will, and
| it is to be given tryout at that place.
A portion of Polk county, taking adj
vantage of the new district road law,
has petitioned to be allowed to bond
itself for 1925, 600 for the purpose of
building Is miles of vitrified brick road.
An election to decide the question will
probably be called by the commission
ers at their next meeting.
The contract was let in Tampa a
few days ago for the new ten-stOry
building for the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company. This structure will
cost $3.50, 900, and will be what is
known as an all-steel building. Work
will begin on the first of January, the
frame to be completed by April 10.
w. C. Temple of the Florida Citrus
Exchange. says that the total Florida
crop of oranges and grapefruit for the
season l9ll-l2 will be only from three to
three and half million boxes. The fruit
however, both oranges and grapefruit
is of The finest quality, flavor and juicy
ness that the state has ever produced.
Finding that the county of Escambia
is in debt to the city of Pensacola over
$780, 900 on account of the road and
bridge tax, Governor Gilchrist has TAX
en- up the matter with each of the COM
missioners, and directed that this mat
ter be attended to without any further
DELAY and he be notified of the action
of the board Of county commissioners.
The Orange County Fair Associa.
ton has set aside January 81 as Home
Coming day and the Orange County
Pioneers Association has been invited
to participate in the exercises at that
time and make it day especially set
apart for the old settlers scattered in .
all parts of the world, but who may be .
thus induced to return to their early
home to enjoy the occasion.
The members of Triton Silica Min
| ing & Mfg. Co., who own the largest
I'd richest silica mine in the world,
I'd which is located but two miles
from Tarpon Springs on the Tampa
& Gulf Coast railway, are arranging
to increase their capital stock $780,
600 and to build and operate two i'm
mense factories in the city one for
the manufacture of glass and the other
for making porcelain ware.
"Guity-of being accessory to murder
in the first degree after the fact"
was the verdict of a jury of his peers
eliminating the trial of P. c. Cox for
completely in the murder of little
Hattie Parcel. Twelve men of Dade
county, selected from venire of 76,
satisfactory alike to the defendant and
the state, after deliberation of five
hours, calmly stated their conviction
that Cox was tool of the unknown
murderer of the girl and the one who
attempted to conceal the crime after
it had been committed. The first chap
ter in the investigation of this horrible
tragedy is written. Next will come
the discovery of the one who struck the