Wauchula, Nov. 26--An enthusiastic meeting of citizens was held at the Peace River hotel Tuesday night and a Board of Trade was organized with the following officers: Prof. P. G. Shaver, president; George M. Goolsby, first vice president; W. H. Kayton, second vice president; A. G. Smith, treasurer; and D. O. Rodgers, secretary.
Work on Carlton & Carlton's new bank building is progressing rapidly. The building occupies a prominent corner of Main Street next to the railroad and will be 75x125 feet and two stories high. It is built of concrete and will doubtless be the handsomest and best finished building in the county.
Wauchula's $15,000 school bonds have been sold and within the next few weeks work will commence on the new school building.
Wauchula now has an enrollment of 400 pupils in its school and one of the best faculties in the state, and with a new building it will be a senior high school that is second to none.
E. F. Bostick, ex-county commissioner and one of the largest orange growers in the county, is having a commodious residence built in Wauchula and will move from his grove to town within the next few weeks.
About 50,000 boxes of oranges have been shipped from this station this season.
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