The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-07-28
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all Sections
of the State

Congress against Stephen M. Spark
man, chairman of the rivers and mar
bors committee.
News comes from Miami that the
lime crop from the Keys VIII reacn
8, 600 barrels this year, against 2'7oo
last year. Shipments are now blg ana
will continue through August.
Those in Florida interested in euca'
lyptus can get further information by
writing to United States Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Wash
ington. d. c., and ask for bulletin 8"
devoted to Eucalyptus in Florida
Land has been purchased on the
ocean front between Pablo and Attain
tic beaches by the Jacksonville Auto
club for a new club house. The piece
of ground is 300 feet by 400 feet, ana
will be improved in the most up-to' date
manner to make it an ideal club house
lot.
Will Walker, negro convicted OF
the murder of Solomon Oysterman, a
Hebrew, was hanged IN Jacksonville
last Friday. The condemned man had
about 81, 600 in money believed to have
been stolen from Oysterman and the
lawyers are still wrangling to see who
will get the money.
The largest cargo of chalk ever
bl ought to Pensacola arrived there a
few days ago from Liverpool. The big
steamer Silver Sand brought this car
90, which consisted of over 1000 tons.
The chalk will be shipped to the whit
ing factory just outside of Pensacola,
where it will be refined.
A shippers brand should be as sa-
cred as his bond. The Florida Citrus
Exchange proposes to establish name
for all high grade fruit packed by the
house under it's control, advertise that
brand guarantee the excellency of the
fruit. and thus establish a stable mar
ket for the Florida oranges which pass
through the Exchange.
The sad and startling news was re-
ceived by telegram Sunday night Of the
death at Vancouver, B. c., of Mrs. W.
H. Chambers, wife of the comptroller
of the Florida East Coast Railway and
Hotel System. The first intimaton
that Mrs Chambers was i'll came in
telegram received last Thursday, and
Mr. Chambers started Immediately.
The so-called anti-race track bill
went into effect in Florida last week.
Now it is unlawful to bet on anything
in Florida. or enter into a contest of
skill for a prize. Horse racing, pool
selling and whist and bridge parties
are equally involved, and those who
participate in either are violators of
the law if any prize or reward is won
or bestowed on the successful players.
DR.. Charles H. Noble, a dentist of
Fort Ogden, was run over and instant
" killed last Thursday afternoon while
trying to board moving freight train
on the Charlotte Harbor and Northern
railroad at Placida. DR.. Noble was
one of party of men who tried to get
aboard the train, which was moving at
a rate of about fifteen miles an hour
Some of the party managed to get
aboard, but Noble ran against a car
and was thrown under the wheels,
which passed over his body.
A Kissimmee dispatch to the New
York Produce News, says: "A plant
is soon to be built here to manufacture
orange wrappers from sawgrass and
palmetto fibre by new process inven-
ted by Capt. H, E. Ellis, the inventor
of the sulphide process for making pa
per resembling the opaque paper wrap.
pers that sell for SlS0a ton. Over ! 800
tons of wrappers were used the past
season in Florida at $240 ton The
saw grass and palmetto makes strong
paper. resembling the opaque paper of
the Japanese.
Mrs. r. R. Greene, who resides north
of Live Oak, was accidently killed Fri
day afternoon by rifle ball fired by
some member of the Suwannee Rifles.
Several members of the company were
out north of the city engaged in target
practice and stray ball from one of
their rifles struck Mrs. Greene, who
was at her home one mile distant, kill
ing her instantly. The ball was steel
jacket bullet. It struck her right arm
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