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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
As a result of his labors in the is¬ 
lands, he published at Nassau in 1896, 
^‘The Farmer and Fruit Grower’s Al¬ 
manac for the Bahamas Colony.” 
This almanac had nothing to do with 
the calendar, but was a clear, concise 
and thoroughly valuable treatise on 
citrus fruits, vegetables and pine¬ 
apples, by C. T. McCarty, Agricultural 
Instructor. It met with the hearty ap¬ 
proval of His Excellency Sir Wm. F. 
Haynes Smith, K. C. M. G., Governor 
of the Bahamas, and proved of incal¬ 
culable value to the people of the 
islands. 
His numerous addresses on subjects 
interesting and helpful to Floridians, 
have been widely copied and quoted. 
At the time of his death, January 
30th, 1907, he owned and operated the 
largest pineapple plantation in the 
world. He had however, of late years, 
placed the active management of this 
vast acreage in the hands of his capable 
eldest son, Daniel T. McCarty. 
As the East Coast country develop¬ 
ed, Mr. McCarty’s abilities as a lawyer 
and as a well informed and intellectual 
citizen were in great demand, and he 
gave his entire time to affairs in the 
conducting of which he was eminently 
qualified to shine. He had as a lawyer 
a large and ever-increasing practice, 
serving at the same time on the legal 
force of the F. E. C. Ry Co. In part¬ 
nership with A. C. Dittmar, of Ft. 
Pierce, he was engaged in an extensive 
real estate business. 
He was a heavy stockholder in the 
bank of Ft. Pierce, and a member of 
its Board of Directors, president of the 
Florida State Horticultural Society, 
president of the Ft. Pierce Board of 
Trade, the animating spirit of the 
county good roads association and a 
Mason of highest rank. 
To quote the words of a fellow- 
townsman: ‘‘He was always found in 
the front ranks of those working for 
the improvement of Ft. Pierce, St. 
Lucie county, the East Coast and the 
State of Florida. 
Mr. McCarty was shot on the streets 
of Ft. Pierce, the morning of January 
30th of the present year, and died the 
afternoon of the same day, leaving the 
entire community shocked at “the cruel 
cutting off of a noble life,” in deep 
gloom over the loss of such a friend 
and citizen, and with the firm belief 
that his place could never be filled. 
He was a quiet man, with quiet 
tastes, and he lived a quiet life, yet 
when he died there came expressions 
of sorrow and affection from, hosts of 
friends scattered over sixteen states 
of this great union, and from almost 
every county of this beautiful state he 
loved so well. Some of these friends 
occupy posts of honor among their 
fellowmen; others are from the hum¬ 
bler walks of life; all are alike bereft 
and grieving. 
Comfort and sympathy, without 
stint, has been given to the heart¬ 
broken wife and her three grief strick¬ 
en, but manly sons. Words are feeble; 
all we can do is to say: “Thy will be 
done.” 
“God calls our loved ones, but we lose 
not wholly 
What He has given; 
They live on earth in thought and deed, 
as truly 
As in His heaven.” 
