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The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,

To the Democratic Voters Of De-
Soto County:--I am a candidate for
reelection to the Office of County
Treasurer Of DeSoto county, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri-
maries to be held in May, II elected
to this position, | promise YOU my
best efforts to faithfully perform the
duties of same, JAS. A, HENDRY.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,

am a candidate for Representative
Of DeSoto County, subject TO the
Democratic primary and will appre-
ciate the support of the citizens OF
this county Very respectfully
Joseph III. Brown
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16

Matte NJ and j L. Taylor, who live
near 81. Petersburg, have sued the At
antic Coast Line for $4,000, claiming
that SPARKS from an engine set fire to
and destroyed their grapefr uit grove.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.

To the Voters of DeSoto County; |
hereby announce my candidacy Tor
the Office of Tax Collector Of DeSoto
county, subject to the action OF the
Democratic primaries, and ! will be
grateful for your support Tor such
nomination. If elected, promise my
best efforts to- the faithful perform
ance of the duties pertaining to the
Office. CIRlL BALDWIN,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16

lam candidate for CLERK Of the CIR
cult Court Of DeSoto County, subject to
the action OF the Democratic Primaries
favor an administration Of said office In
compliance with the law
VIII z. LANGFoRp.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16

To the Voters OF DeSoto County:
| take this method to announce my, !,
self as candidate for the office OF
Tax Collector of DeSoto county, sub
iect TO the action of the Democratic
urinary. respectfully solicit your
support. L. ~ ota'N
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16

The shipment Of cigars from Tampa
for the week ending March a7th exceed
ed four millions, showing growth of
the output.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16

I am a candidate for the office OF
Tax Collector OF DeSoto county, sub
iect TO the action of the voters at the
Democratic primaries. solicit your
support, and, il elected, will faithfully
nerform the duties of the Office.
r. B. CAMPBELL.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16
INTERESTING EVENTS.
BRIGHT SAYINGS OF OUR EXCHANGES.
A PotDourri OF thinner. Oarranr Comment
aud Business Noticea-interesting
State News.
Lawtey is shipping six TO seven cars of
strawberries day.

Two thousand saloons were recently
voted out OF business I, Illinois,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16

At the solicitation Of numerous gen
tlemen throughout the county, | will be-
come candidate for County Judge
f, A. WHITNEY,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16

win Martin Of WiIIston is shipping
large quantities Of beets and cabbage
from that place, for which he Is receiv'
ing fancy prices.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16
DUNCAN U.,FLETCHER
Stands for These Principles

Stands for These Principles:
Control Of Interstate Carriers by Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Favors Income Tax
Stands for Tariff Revision, and Benefits to
Florida Farmers and Fruit Growers.
Duty on Egyptian Cotton.
Government Appropriations for Harbors.
Inland Rivers ard Waterways.
Opposed TO Trusts and oil Monopolics.
Favors Carrcncy Reform
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16

We are authorized TO announce
Hon. Joseph II. Humphries as q can
didate in the Democratic primaries for
denomination as State Senator from
the 27th district, and to ask for him
the favorable consideration Of the
Democratic voters of DeSoto and
Manatee counties.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1908-04-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For STATE SENATOR.

The numerous friends OF Col. I, E,
BARWICK take pleasure in announc-
ing that he has consented to become q
candidate for the Senate, in this the
27th Senatorial District, subject to the
Democratic primary
Col, Barwick is an able man, and a
life long Democrat. He respectfully
solicits the support Of the Democratic
voters OF the district.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19
by V. de paredes.

the United States. He had vast hold
ings of real estate, and more than
half of his wealth lay west of the
Alleghenies Some idea Of his eX-
tensive holdings may be had from an
advertisement which appeared in the
Alexandria (Virginia} Gazette OF the
time, which contained several col
umns describing lands that he wished
to lease or sell. He offered to lease
5000 acres of Mount Vernon land,
the properties known as the River
Farm, the Union Farm, the Dogue
Run Farm and the Muddy Hole Farm
respectively. The lands for sale
were "9744 acres on the southeast
side of the Ohio River; 1926 acres
on the Great Kanawha; S042 acres
on the Little Miami, within mile of
the Ohio, and 5000 acres in the Green
River country of Kentucky"
When he married the pretty Widow
Gusts, Washington received into his
hands one-third Of the famous Custis
fortune, amounting to about $4,000
in money. He purchased. among
other places, Great Meadows, the
scene of the battle in the French and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19
Waistcoat.

The separate waistcoat IS not
alone a fashionable feature OF the
season, it is also an eminently prae-
tical one. Few, If any, OF the coats
are really sufficiently warm for actual
cold weather, and this extra garment
allows of varying the weight as the
day demands. Velvet broadcloth,
brocade, embroidery, all are called
into requisition. Broadcloth Is used
both plain and elaborately braided,
velvet both of the plain and the
fancy sorts is well liked and, indeed,
almost every material Of similar
sort Is used, and the garment can be
made plain or elaborate as the cos
tune demands one sort or the other.
This model is peculiarly desirable, as
it allows a choice of single or double
breasted closing and Of the regular
or round collar. A third style also
can be evolved by using the single
breasted model, omitting the collar
and meeting. in place OF tapping the
front edges. In the illustration the
single breasted waistcoat Is made or
broadcloth with trimming of SOU.
tache applique, while the double
breasted one is shown to the same
material simply stitched with belding
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19

One of the most widely circulated
stories about any public man who
ever lived is the old one in connection
with Washington, the cherry tree and
the hatchet. The first mention Of
this is found in "Weems' Life. Of
Washington, published in 1903. This
Mason L. Weems was an itinerant
preacher who is alleged to have man
ufactured many illustrations and
events found in his book. For this
reason it has been claimed that the
hatchet story was manufactured out
of whole cloth. We cannot be too
sure of this, however, because Mr.. R.
H. T. Halsey in his book on blue
Staffordshire pottery, describes a
mug that he saw on which the story
was depicted in full. The mug was
Of rough earthenware and was made
in Germany between 1910 and 1890.
1t was decorated with quaint little
boy, cherry tree, large hatchet
and the inscription, &C. W., 1776."
One of the most interesting relics
on exhibition at Mount Vernon is not
a memento Of an American incident.
Hanging in a glass case on the wall
Of one Of the corridors is massive
iron key which was used to unlock
the Bastile before it fell at the hands
of the Paris mob in the first revolu-
ton. This extraordinary souvenir
was presented to Washington by La
fayette. The boy-guides at Alexan-
dria are fond Of pointing out the
house where General Washington met
Mrs. Custis at a ball, and they de-
scribe the incident in the character
istic way Of Young America: "He
was comm down the stairs with Miss
Sally Fairfax, and they wuz gone on
each other, and Miss Sally she got
mad because George made goo-goo
eyes at Mrs. Custis. louisville
Courier-Journal.
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Indian War where he fought his first
fight and signed the first and only
capitulation of his life." At Wash
ington's Run in the Alleghenies. there
Is an old water mill in operation
which stands on the site of one that
he built in ITS.
His diary, carefully kept almost
without a break from 1850 until the
close OF his eventful life, shows his
careful, methodical habits, and gives
much information about his extensive
business affairs. Among the products
of his place were a yearly manufac-
ture of 1000 barrels of meal, 1000
barrels Of good whisky. and frequent
sales Of hogs, sheep, etc. From 1859
to 1854 Washington was his own ex-
porter, sending out the produce from
his great farms to Bristol and Liver
rool. Large quantities Of tobacco
were handled in his name during this
line. and his agents in England were
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the entertainment was given on board
the East India ship in the harbor. to a
very brilliant and respectable COM
pany, and discharge Of thirteen
cannon was fired on the joyful oc-
casion."
What a difference between condi-
tions then and now At that time
there were barely 100000 people
in the United States There was -eal-
ly no great American city. New York
having only $4,000, Philadelphia 30,-
00G, Boston $4,000 and Charleston
10000 inhabitants Washington died
in December. 1899. and the progress
of news was so slow at that time that
some of the settlers beyond the Allie
ghenies did not learn Of his demise
until February and March of the next
year.
At the time Of his death Washing
ton was probably the richest man IL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19
EoRGE WASHINGTON was

@A EORGE WASHINGTON was
n born 176 years ago to-day.
~ His name will live through all
the ages as the liberator and
founder Of the greatest country the
world has ever known. Washington
was, and is, America incarnate. The
United States has outgrown the fond
es. hopes which he entertained for
the national fledgling he nursed into
life, but with that growth has grown
the name and fame and honor OF him
who is in truth first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen.
The first recorded observance OF
Washington's birthday appeared in
the Pennsylvania Packet on Tuesday,
February II. 1884 (old style). 1t
was sent by correspondent in New
York, and read: "wednesday last
being the birthday of His Excellency,
General Washington, the same was
celebrated here by all the true friends
of American Independence and Con-
stitutionaI Liberty with that hilarity
aud manly decorum ever attendant on
the sons of freedom. In the evening
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19
Late News
BY RI
WASHINGTON.

The Navy Department has consent.
ed to another trial of the armore6
cruiser North Carolina, which twice
has failed to make the contract speed.
The War Department has readVer-
tised for bids for the construction OF
dirigible balloon for the use Of the
army.
Admiral Eyans' fleets first stop
after leaving Mngdalena Bay will be
at San Diego, Secretary Metcalf says.
All Of the correspondence in the
Brownson-Rizey controversy over the
appointment Of surgeon to COM
mand the hospital ship Relief was
sent to Congress by the Secretary OF
the Navy. 5l't
To deprive public officials OF tele-
graph and telephone passes or franks
is the purpose of bill introduced
By Senator LaFollette.
Secretary Taft, in letter to Rep
reseptative Parsons, withdrew as a
candidate for the votes of New York's
delegation to the Republican National
Convention. " -, sae
The resolution authorizing the ap-
pointment Of commission to inVesti-
gate recent mining disasters was fav-:
orably reported from committee to
the Senate. a ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19
NAREER MILLER ASSIGNS
Once a Political Leader and Fore
NEST in Wood Pulp Industry.
Former United States Senator, Oh
Edge Of atcmfal Collapse, Re-
tires to Place OF Rest.

New York C:ty.--Eroken IN spirit
and in body and OH the verge, it is
said, Of mental collapse as result Of
unfortunate mining spcculations, for
mer United States Senator Warner
Miller, once power in the wood pulp
paper industry and prominent in poll
tics, made 1T the age OF seventy
general assignment for the benefit Of
his creditors to Ernest L. Conant,
lawyer, Of No. 81 Nassau street.
Though living at Herkimer, N. Y,
Mr. Miller's business headquarters
was in this city, at No. 100 Broadway.
Mr.. Miller's present whereabouts
is not known, it is said, except to
members of his family and few per-
sonal friends.
II cannot say where he is now
said Mr.. Conant. Some days ago
his family came to me, explained the
financial difficulties he was in and
asked me to take charge of his inter-
ests. After going over the situation
I concluded to do so. I saw Mr.. Mil
Ter here in this city, and he made an
assignment of all his interests to me.
He was unrepresented by counsel.
have never been his counsel.
"He looked feeble and much wor-
ried and distressed. His folks said
they were going to take him away
somewhere to quiet place where he
could forget for while all his busi-
ness cares. I do not think he Is in a
sanitarium. His folks believe that
after rest he will be able to take
up his varied business affairs.
."I cannot as yet give any estimate
of Mr.. Miller's assets or liabilities. as
no schedules have been prepared.
should say they were not likely to
exceed 100000 in any event. He
was interested in number Of mining
enterprises. but so far as know, had
no speculative interests in Wall
Street. He was probably caught, like
other men, in the recent financial
stringency, and could not get enough
money to go on with
Ex-senator Miller's failure is un-
derstood to have been precipitated by
the troubles that overlook the Sierra
Consolidated Gold Mining Company
on January 18.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

There are 1873 Filipino students
being educated in the United States.
Asiatic cholera has appeared among
the soldiers on the Island Of Min
danao. P. l., one death having oc- !
Cured. rA&
The Government OF Cuba spent
s346,545 on account Of American in /
tervention.' so n n u.
A Japanese has been discovered
sketching Honolulu, Pearl Harbor
and the coast line from the heights
behind Honolulu. .:ts,E
The War Department decided to
undertake the development Of the
Bataan coal mines in the Philippine
Islands. whose coal will be utilized
for railway and transport purposes. !.
The Pacific Scientific Institutions
has been incorporated at Honolulu
for the purpose Of making q full
ethnographical and biological survey
bf the numerous little known islands
of the Pacific Ocean. gzi
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GIRLS BACK IN TEJDERLOIN.
Pittsbufg Politicians Accused Of Sc
cretlY Promoting Vice. -

Pittsburg.-Of the 100 young girls
arrested in the Tenderloin district
those who would not agree to reform.
more than seventy-five, were released
because the county workhouse Is
overcrowded. They returned to the
resorts.
Mrs. Enoch Rauh, noted for her
Jewish reform work, said: ave know
positively that men in high positions
are silently abetting the things that
they are publicly trying to eliminate.
One man, high in political life. who
holds responsible political position,
Is living in luxury on the money he
collects from these women. We have
at last decided that the social evil can
never be eliminated in Pittsburg."
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FOREIGN.

The cotton mill workers at Man,
chester, England, accepted the terms
Of the employers, thereby averting q
great lockout. g.. 49,.
The military court Of honor al
Berlin acquitted Count Won Hohenau
formerly adiutant to the Emperor, on
charges growing out Of the Harden
trial. q
Sir Robert Hart, director genera!
of the Chinese customs service, II
granted years leave Of absence
from Pekin. 49,. .-... g..
Baron Takahira, the newly ap
point Japanese Ambassador to the
United States, decided to leave Rome
to reach Washington by February Is,
The South American republics, in.
Guiding Argentina, Uruguay and
Peru, prepared to welcome the Amer
ican feet.
The tug Katherine Moran, bought
by the Canal Commission, arrived al
La Boca, West Panama, after a voy
age of 11,616 miles around South
America.
M. Guide. who has been appointed
Minister of Norway to the United
Etates in succession to M. Haug5, will
lake up his duties April /.
The death of General Jules Louis
Lewal occurred at Paris, France. Hs
was born in 1923.
John Hicks, the United States Min,
lister to Chile, who with his family
has been on a vacation in the United
States since May last, returned tc
Santiago.
The japanese will build immediate.
Iy two monster battlesbips Of 10000
tons and two of the swiftest cruisers
of 1880 tons.
Prompt Government action at Lis.
bon stamped out plot to overthrow
the Portuguese throne and murder
the Premier.
Mall advices from China contain
an order requiring the sons Of .impe'
rial princes and clansmen to be ex-
amined in Pekin as to their proficien'
cy in the saddle. This step is taken
so that the art Of their ancestors may
not bs lost.
The lower house of the Japanese
Diet defeated motion to censure the
Government.
A diamond dealer at Paris identi.
fled stones, which Lemoine gave to
Sir Julius Wernher as manufactured,
as some which had been sold to Nine.
Lemoine. The president Of the Jew
elers' Association Of France has
lodged a complaint Of fraud against
Lemolne..
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DOMESTIC.

Edward Alexander MacDowell. the
composer, died in New York City.
e. Andrew ]. Detsch was acquitted OF 4
the charge of murder in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Antonio Yznaga, mother OF
the Dowagsr Duchess of Manchester
and Of Lady hister-Kaye, died at
Natchez, Miss. W..
John R. Walsh, the convicted Chit
sago banker, visited Wall Street tc
ret help for the Southern Indiana
Railroad.
Frederick hasten, a Milwaukee,
banker, in an interview spoke In
favor of the Aldrich currency bill.
Frederick W. Wiley, survivor oi
those aboard the Cumberland when
she was sunk by the Merrimac, died
at Portland, Me. sV3 gi<tias
The international Independent Tel,
ephone Association, operating wholly
IN the West, has chosen A. c. Linden
muth, Of Richmond, Ind, as, prest
dent. ., .ay .s,5 t-;rts,s I
Virginia proposes to spend $4,000
for a marble statue of Washington
" DC pldCcu III IuS I1oli VI - 1h1C q 4.
Washington. a .s
When attacked with a shovel by
John Chambers, colored, near Ameri.
Gus, Ca, Superintendent Stephens
killed him.
At Bennington, VT, Alfred Maha1
was convicted of murder for the kill,
ing of his four-year-old niece and
sentenced to the State prison fol
life. ... - ~.
For contempt Of court, s. 8. Smith
we'll known politician Of Minneapo
lis, must serve three months In jail.
A victory for $4,000 rent strikers
IN New York City has been an.
nounced. The reductions range FROM
81 to SO per month. =,
Young Chow and Mock Hung. who
were to be hanged in Moyamensina
Prison, Pa, are angry because they
will not be executed until March
10, If at all. The Chinese had made
all arrangements to die.
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Jottings About Sports.

Joe Ulman, we'll known as book
maker, died in sanitariunl at Ami
tyvile, L. T., where he was taken last
November.
Christian. .Intermann, of North Ber-
gen, N. j., has secured three years
lease of the old Gutenberg race track
at Gutenberg, N. j.. for harness rae
ing.
The Harvard Varsity crew man.
agement announced that arrange
ments had been completed for a race
with the Cornell eight to be rowed on
the Charles River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19

I New York City-The loose tox
coat is a pronounced favorite of the
season and is peculiarly well adapted
to fur and to the many fur plushes
are of the fashionable three-quarter
length and the coat is so loose and
ample that It can be slipped on and
off with the greatest ease.
The coat Is made with the loose
that are exceptionally beautiful this
year, although its usefulness is not
to be confined, for it Is also adapted
to broadcloth and to all suitings as
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19
TOBACCO CROP DAMAGED.
Porto Rico Suffers From Severe
Storms and LandSlides.

San Juan, P. R.-The storms which
have prevailed during the past week
have seriously damaged the tobacco
crop.
There have been several landslides.
and a number Of bridges have been
damaged. Lands owned by the Amer
lean Tobacco Company have suffered
from the storms.
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Boncd Corset Waist.

There are several varieties of the
new boned corset waist on the mar
ket. These sprang into use with the
popular princess and other tight
dress forms, but they will not pass
out with them, for, from every point
of view, whether of comfort, beauty
or mere utility, they are the most
attractive form OF underwear that
has been recently devised.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19
Pretty Hood.

The graceful burnoose, which is
of Arabian origin, is copied very
carefully by some womens tailors
of Importance and worn by American
society women over their elegant
evening gowns. The hood, which is
of an integral part of the garment
as worn by the Arabs, is convenient
to draw on over the hair without dis
turbing the many puffs and curls Of
the evening coiffure.
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JAPAN RESTRICTS EMIGRATION.
To Conserve the Rights Of Those Who
Have Already Migrated.

Toxic. Japan. = Foreign Minister
Viscount Hayashi announced in the
Lower House that Japan has agreed
to restrict emigration to Canada,
within reasonable limits, but without
surrendering any Of her treaty rights
nor her prestige. He added that the
negotiations with America were con-
tinuing, and that a satisfactory set
tlement was within sight. 1t was the
duty of the Government to conserve
the interests Of Japanese subjects
residents in other countries by pre-
venting a further exodus, which
might be prejudicial to those already
residing abroad. and the restrictions
therefore would be extremely rigid.
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BOY OF TEN KILLS MOTHER.
Little Harry EXclaims, "Tm Dead
wood Dicls!"-Gun Discharged.

Little Harry EXclaims, "I'm Dead
wood Dick!"-Gun Discharged.
Pittsburg, Pa.-'Throw up your
hands, mamma, I'm Deadwood Dick!"
commanded ten-year-old Harry NAL
10y at the home Of his father in La
trobe. Michael Malloy is a police
man, and the boy had his fathers re-
volver leveled at her head.
Before she could seize the weapon
it was discharged and the bullet en-
tered her stomach and she died with
out regaining consciousness.
The lad went into convulsions when
told that his mother was dead, and
even if he recovers he will be men.
tally unbalanced for life, the physi-
clans think.
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we'll as to the various other materials
used for separate coats. In the illus
ration it is made Of broadtail plush
With trimming of handsome buttons
ind with braid and is an exceeding
y smart little garment that can be
worn over any gown. The sleeves
fronts and backs that can be made
With the seam at the centre as illus
rated or without, cut one piece, as
liked, and is finished with a wide roll
>yer collar at the neck. The sleeves
ire made in one piece each, gathered
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-19
,JaDancSe Lines.

The Japanese bodice has not alto
gether disappeared. 1t is shown in
many of the newest waist models.
The long sloping shoulders of this
tyne of bodice are universally becom-
ing. Of the trimming for these
waists braid and velvet are undoubt-
edly the most fashionable.
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youth was at college, the General OBJ
served the same phraseology and dig
nifty that he maintained with his older
friends. He addressed this boy as
Sir" with the same gentle gravity
that he used when he later addressed
each Of his grandnieces as Madam