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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-01-16

Has II occurred to you that Flori-
da has had no bank or other failures
from the so-called panic? | not, note
It now and take courage If you need
bracing up. In ak months there
won't be sign Of trouble left In the
state. Tampa Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-01-16
The Price Of Peace.

The terrible itching and smartlng,
incident to certain skin diseases, IL
almost instantly nllayed by applying
Chamberlaln's Salve. Price, 20 cents.
For sale by all druggists.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-01-16

What appeared on last Friday to
be only sudden squirt in the tur-
pentine market, has developed into
what promises to be n steady and
persistent advance. There was an
advance in spirits Of TIC In 3 DAYS.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-01-16
GILGHRIST'S PLATFORM.
Concluded from page y

or new trial granted 10 any court,
civil or criminal, on the ground OF
misdirection of the jury, or rejec'
ton of evidence, or for error as
to any matter Of pleading or pro-
ceedure, unless in the opinion of
the court to which application is
made, after an examination of the
entire cause, the error complained
of resulted in q miscarriage of
Justice"
The Alabama Bar Association
is advocating the adoption of this
rule. In the English appellate
courts, the question is, Is the
judgment iust9 and if 1t is just,
let it stand.
l think the people should know
the status Of the State lands. Gov
ernor Broward promised to save
100000 acres of land. He can't
make good. p. T. Barnum said
that the American people loved TO
be humbugged. On January LIST,
1907, the Trustees held 3,63S, 642
acres. The claims aggregate s.
$50, ass acres. Other claims which
are not filed will probably run the
total up to 100000 acres. The
last report of Hon. B. Il. McLin,
Commissioner of Agriculture,
shows the claim of the l.. & N. Il.
II. Co, to be 1,437, 394.77 acres.
This Company has won its suit in
U. S. Court before Judge Swayne.
The courts must settle the title to
the lands, before they are decided.
The last Legislature established
a Drainage District in the Ever
glades. A tax of DC an acre was
ordered assessed and collected,
The Drainage Commission, of
which the Governor is one, was
directed as to the disposal of this
tax. This Commission will have
to enforce this law or resign. |
am not going to do that.
The Press has done much for
the development and prosperity of
the State. There should be more
liberal libel law.
Whenever it is necessary to gil
vacancies in county Offices by pri-
mary elections, it should be done.
l will be opposed by "Band
of Patriots" who have monOpoliz-
ed all the political virtues. They
organize the Ward, City, County
and State politics, always with an
eye for the main chance and for
the P.e-a-p-u.l-l. They would not
draw their salaries, except for the
benefit of the P.e-a-p-u-l.l. They
are the p e-a-p-u.l-l, pulling the
last pea out Of the pot for them
selves.
| There should not be two white
parties in Florida, the negro hold
ing the balance of power. All
qualified white electors who are
willing to accept the result, should
he allowed to vote in our prima-
ries.
There should be some means of
lessening the expenses of a candi-
date in primary elections. j hope
that the salary of Governor will be
sufficient to pay my campaign ex-
penses and my living expenses
while Governor. The honor of
being Governor and the satisfac-
ton of duty done will constitute
my recompense. ! ask you to vote
for me. ! will he glad to receive
the votes of all the good Christian
people, of the ''publicans and sim
ners" and even of the "Pharisees. !"
Very respectfully,
ALBERT w. GILoHRIsT,
Candidate for Governor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-01-16

{ Third brigade, Florida Confeder'
ate Veterans will hold their annual
reunion In Tampa Feb. 10, while the
state fair Is IN progress, as has been
the custom for several years past.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-01-16
FLORIDA MATTERS.
SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST,
Clipped From our Exchanges athered
Here and There. Local News.

The State Teachers Association at
their meeting In st. Petersburg SO
lected Gainesville as the place to
hold their 10000 meeting,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-01-16
A Cure For Misery.

II have found a cure for the mis-
Analarla poison produces" says
James, OF Louellen. S. G. "Its
kElectric Bitters, and comes in
Notifies. 1t breaks up a case
or a bilious attack in al.
time; and 1t puts yellow
nlean out of commission"
tonie medicine and blood
YES quick relief In all
Yer and kidney COM
10 misery Of lame back,
!uarantee at all drug
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14
j. F. w. DeLOrne
the Druggist will
Give Your Money
Back II Ml.O.N A
Does Not Cure Dys.
pepsia.
A
SQUARE
DEAL?

That's the squarest kind Of a suuar,
deal as every fair minded man
knows.
But j. F. w. DeLorme can afford to
make this offer because he knows that
M!-o-na tablets are a worthy stomach
remedy. and that the makers will back
up the generous offer.
And we say to all readers Of the
Item suffering or ailing with any
stomach trouble, try Mi-o-na. 1t has
such mighty and powerful influence
on the stomach that it Immediately
refreshes and relieves, then invigo-
rates and cures.
1t strengthens the stomach walls,
puts the stomach in such perfect con-
dition that 1t can digest food without
pain or other distressing symptoms.
1t cures by removing the cause, and
1t removes the cause 96 times in a
hundred.
large box Of Mi-o-na tablets only
costs so cents. and relief viii. come in
"a hours.
"Mi-o-na tablets are tr',ly great
for anyone that has stomach t'oub;e.
cannot praise them too Highly for
what they have done for me."-Mrs.
w. d. Bennett, Bucksport, Me.
10-13&15-w14
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14
KOd0l
Stops Indigestion
Sour Stomach, Heartburn,
Belching, Gas on Stomach.

Go to your druggist, get dollar
bottle of Kodol.
And II you can honestly say that
you did not receive any benefit
from 1t after using the entire bot
tie, the druggist will refund your
money to you without question or
delay.
We will then pay the druggist
the price of the first bottle pur-
chased by you.
If you knew as we'll as we
do how good a preparation Kodol
Is, 1t would be unnecessary for us to
guarantee single bottle.
But to let you know how good
1t Is, as well as we know, we will
practically purchase the first bottle
for you.
We know there are thousands
OF persons who suffer from indiges-
tton and dyspepsia who would be
grateful to us for putting them in
touch with Kodol.
That is why.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

Your attention should now be d.
rected to the oat crop. Corn will. be
scarce next year. The fodder crop Is
light. Oats will be greatly needed.
We know q lot Of land. about 2 "a
acres. In corn. 1t looks as IL there
will be i25 to $50 bushels Of fine corn
on the lot. 1t Is we'll covered with
peavines. II that lot Is turned early
In October, or by the Goth, narrowed
and planted In Appler Oats. It ought
TO make $50 bushels. All the ferti-
lizer needed for the oat crop
would be 500 pounds OF nitrate
OF soda on the lot. Followed with peas
II would make FIVE tons Of hay. Or IL
planted In corn feet by 18 inches as
soon as the oats are hauled off, 1t
would make 120 bushels Of corn. A
good crop Of peas could also be made
by sowing the whippoorwill or other
early pea, or planting a row In the
middle. Either way would beat cot
ton. The oats and hay would be worth
$175; the oats and corn $196. Such
farming Is practicable. The young
farmers OF the county can do 1t. VIII
they try it?--Carolina Spartan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

y sumter county. including this city.
Aas contributed literally toward the
Bryan campaign fund. if the amount
Gwen = compared with the contribu-
sisus from other countles; but IL the
eonpariscu h made with the amount
eAAt . county. having a voting strength
- moro than two thousand. should
olvs the contribution appears small.
We believe that Sumter county could
easily double the contribution with
oue taxing any one person too heavily:
, ~ believe that every Democrat
should show his faith In the party
- which no is member by giving
somsthins toward dsfrayins the lesit-
hnats sxpenses OF the campaign and
we trust those Who have not already
eou>rtbutsd wall also tako this view
% ne matter and hand their contrt-
out,ons TO County Chairman ]. H.
C1lfson, who. with the assistance Of
4r.J y. l. Manning. was largely in
eerunsntai In raising the fund already
oDrwarded 60 the treasurer Of the
1gatioaAl Committee.
\ esw days ago q central committee
was appointed by state Chairman WI
- Jones to take charge Of the collec-
uon Of funds throughout the State.
Ihis central COMMITTEES has appointed
. committes IN each county OF the
0enes. the committee for Sumter
eeenty being II. q. osteen. J. H. Cliff
- and =. I. Reardon. This COM
on1ttse hnds that the city having been
nnvaDsd already there Ia little or
neehlng to be done In that way here.
4nsrsfore no further canvass viii be
uads. but all contributions will be
sossfvsd and forwarded. Contribu-
e1eas may be left with either member
ef shs local committee or with r. I.
4anniag. At the Bank Of Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14
AUGUSTA GETS WATER AGAIN

Augusta, Oct. 11.-Today the wa
te.works department was fully re-
stored for the first time since the
rreshet Of August 26. The water SER
Woe depends upon the Canal and the
freshet broke the Canal banks, which
lave now been partially repaired.
Power from the Canal also operated
the lighting plant and lights are re-
stored. The cotton mills will be given
rover with which to operate within
4 week. Schools will open tomorrow,
month late. The flood is thing Of
the past. All relief committees have
6isbanded.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

Furthermore, we know that
after you have used Kodol your
faith In the preparation will be
equal to ours.
This proposition we make is not
altogether unselfish, but is actuated
by the knowledge. that the use of
kodol by you will benefit you as
well as ourselves.
How could we afford to make
such an offer to the public.
And how could we afford to
spend thousands of dollars to tell
you about it unless we positively
knew and were sure Of the merits
of Kodol.
We couldn't-it would bank.
rupt us.
Please try it today at our risk.
Kodol digests all the food you eat
Eat what you want and let
Kodol digest it.
Kodol is made at the laborator.
les OF E. @. De Witt & Co., Chicago
The S1.OO bottle contains ~
times as much as the SOC bottle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

LADIEs!-Be sure and examine my
pretty Fall Hats, before. buying
New Goods coming in every few
days. Prices to suit the hard times
mo. 10 South Main street. Yours
to please. Miss s. A. Murray. Phone
42S. 10-14-1ti&w
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14
POSTOFFTCE RECEIPTS.

Business for Quarter Ending Sept.
30 Was Greater Than Same Quarter
Last Year.
The business of the local postoffice
continues to increase steadily. There
has been no sudden expansion of the
postal business, but for the past ten
or twelve years there has been a
steady, healthy growth year after
year. The total receipts for the quar-
ter ending Sept. 30th were $500,
against $4,S62, for the corresponding
quarter Of 1907 The percentage Of
gain over previous year was 13 1-2
per cent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

The travelling men Of the State will
appear before the legislature and ask
that body to pass law requiring the
railroads to accept mileage tickets as
legal tender for railroad fare.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14
TAX NOTICE.

me County Treasurer,s once In
Crurt House building. viii be open for
1hs collection Of taxsa without penal
". from the 18th day OF October to
0s s1st day Of December. 1908. The
? 1svy h = follows:
Tor state. 6 i-s mills.
Tor countf. ordinary. . "a mills.
yer sinking Fund loan OF 1907. I
NH.
rcr sinking Fund loan Of 1905. Ia
IAN.
Tor Constitutional school. 8 mills.
-Psl,s. sf.eo capitation Dog tax
~ csnta n -
Also Special school tax as follows:
School District. No. 4. . mills.
School District. No. 2, . mills.
school District. No. 3. . mills.
School District. No. 4. Q mills.
school District No. 8. 4 mill.
school District. No. IL. . mills.
school District. No n. 3 mills.
school District. No. ~. 3 mills.
schoc, District. No. ~. . mills.
school District. No. is. Q mills.
School District. No. II. . mills.
school District. No. is. Q mills.
a penalty Of per cent. added for
Donsh Of January. 1909. Additional
psnalty OF I per cent. for month OF
Booruary. 1909. Additional penalty
cf per cent until 18th day Of March.
1ses. when the tax books will close
Her ths collection OF taxes for fiscal
vssr. 1908.
T. w. LEE.
Co. Treas. for Sumter Co.. 8. C.
1o-7-mchis.os
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

FOR RENT-My farm on the
Whites Mill road, 4 1-2 miles from
town: 14s acres: price $500 a year.
Neill O'Donnell. 10-7-tf
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

The police Of Charleston raided
eight blind tigers In Charleston Sum
day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-10-14

G. M. Stalvey, convicted of bigamy
in Aiken county, has been sentenced
to serve Ave years.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

What queer old world IT is, to
be sure! What a groucby old
world, what a josiier Of world: at
one moment ugitating our tear
ducts and the next tickling our
funnybone. What weeping and
rejoicing old world! What a sins
cere and deceptive world: what
sedate and frivolous world, how
true and how false: how sound and
how hollow, how full of truth, how
profligate Of lies; how generous,
how parsimonious; how spend
thrift with it's treasure and how
p-nurious. How faithful and how
inconstant; how consistent and yet
how full of contradictions. There
is nothing 80 illustrative of human
nature. In fact it is human ma
ture and it takes us all to give it
the proper consistency Of truth
and error; of goodness and bad
ness, of kindness and meanness, of
generosity and selfishness. of f.
deity and deception, of honesty
and lies. And we are all pretty
much alike; wherever even one
human being is is to be found the
multifarious contrasts that make
up life, and lives make the world.
We come into this strange place
without being consulted and we
leave it in spite of our protesta-
tons. We gather about US the
treasures of life, in varying degree
and each man to his liking, the
material treasures and the soul
treasures. And we lind that riches
take to themselves wings and flee
away and that the things about
which the heart twines disappoint
and yex us, and only that which is
unseen is eternal only the treas
ures of the mind remain with us
allway, only these and Hope and
Love endure.-Cannon Falls Bea-
con.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

Since 1880 the Republican or
Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent having the largest number of
letters in his surname has won the
election-with one exception
Grover Cleveland in 1883, who de-
liberately "cut his own throat" po-
litically by advocating tariff re-
form at a time when the nation
was not ripe for it-against the
advice of his cabinet.
Garfield and Hancock we're the
republican and Democratic NOM
inees in 1880. In Garield's name
there are 8 letters Hancock's
7. The former won.
In 1884 Blaine and Cleveland
we're the opposing candidates.
Blaine's name consists of letters
-Cleveland's 9 and the latter was
victorious.
The single exception to this rule
of fate occurred in 188e-when
Cleveland and Harrison were on
opposite sides. Cleveland's name
contains one more letter than Har-
rison' s-but the Hoosier won for
the reason heretofore stated.
In 1896 and 1900 Mckinley and
Bryan were the respective nomi-
nees of the two leading political
parties. In McKinley's name there
are 8 letters-in Bryan's 5. Nc
Kinley was chosen both times over
his Democratic opponent with +
shorter name.
In 1904 Roosevelt and Parker
opposed each other for the Presi-
dency as the respective nominees
of the Republican and Democratic
parties. It takes 9 letters to spell
Roosevelt-6 to fill out the name
of Parker. The latter lost.
This year Bryan's name con-
tains one more letter than Taft's.
If there is any thing to this OBJ
servation the reader is welcome to
it. At any rate this is not po-
litical roorback. S. A. P.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

that is the end of the boat and
perhaps the Grew To see wound
ed whale spouting pure blood ten
or twelve feet in the air surround
ed by half dozen boats, all pump
ing tonite bombs into him is a
sight indeed. By A WHALER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
Cutting In.

largest Of the whale family accord
ing to weight, although not as
long as the sperm whale. This
one was about fifty.four feet long
and was female, they generally
being the larger of the two. l will
now tell you how the bone is taken
from them and. afterwards a few
things in regard to their feed
their habits, care of young, etc.
First of all the tail of this mon
ster is called it's "fiukes" and is
shaped like the letter Y. A large
four-inch rope is placed around it's
fukes and then made fast to the
capstan bar. Another rope is fas
tened to one Of it's fins and hauled
tight, thus keeping it alongside
the ship. The cutting-in stage is
then lowered and the work begins.
First, a large chain is passed
thru one of the spouts or air holes
until it falls thru into the mouth,
then both ends are made fast
and the men, standing on the
whales back, start to, chop the
large backbone in two. 1t takes
some time, e hours to perform
this task. When this is finished
the ropes are then made fast to the
windlass and when the signal to
raise is given the upper part of the
whales head is hoisted on deck.
The upper Jaw of the whale has
whalebone in it.
And now reader, did you ever
know that the teeth of the whale
is the valuable article we call
whalebone. These teeth are from
fourteen feet to one inch in length
and look like large fern or palm
leaf-the narrow palm. This bone
is entirely made of hair, fol this
reason it is hard to break it. On
the edge of each tooth is a fringe
of. hair six to seven inches long
extending the entire length of the
tooth, and there are about eight or
nine hundred of these bones in the
jaw of each whale.
When this half of the head was
hoisted on deck, the ship almost
turned turtle, and for a while the
captain was in doubts as to wheth-
or the ship would stand the strain.
This half of the head was over
twenty-five feet long and weighed
eighteen or nineteen tons. At
last we got it on deck and the
whole crew broke out in cheers
and we'll they mi ght, for this was
the second largest whale ever
caught, and it Melted the owners
about $1,000. A nice little bunch
to mold on the end of string.
These teeth are embedded in
what is called gum. They are cut
out Of the jaw, then each tooth is
scraped clean of the gum, washed,
dried, then banded and stored
away after being weighed. But
right here let me say that if any
one asked me which I would rath-
or do, cut up a whale or go to Jail,
I would take Jail every time-and
am not fond of either The decks
are SO slippery a lumber jack with
spikes could hardly keep his feet.
And as for ones own person. he is
one mass of blubber and grease.
The natives, as soon as the whale
was made fast, cut off large strips
of black skin and started into
feastiug, eating the rubbery stuff
raw. In fact they gorged them
selves so full that they were unfit
for work for a while. just AS we
poor sailors were trying to snatch
little sleep, the whole bunch OF
| natives started one Of their bon-l
hon-lu dances. 1t didn't take us
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

on the sea for one Ut the other
ships to pick up that had trying
watts on board. These ships cut all
the blubber off the whale and rem
der it into oil, which sells for
about forty-seven cents per gallon.
A whale generally yields about l75
to 200 gallons of oil.
The best and only place whore
these whales are found is in the
Arctic and Boring seas. Their
food consists of small scrimps, al
most invisible to the naked eye.
These lie upon or near the surface
of the water in great numbers.
The water has an oily look whore
the whale feed lis found. The
whale opens it's great mouth and
fills it full of these small
scrimps, and right here you will
see the reason why the whale has
these queer bones in his mouth.
After filling his mouth full Of these
scrimps the whale closes his
mouth, comes to the top and
spouts forth all the water, leaving
the scrlmps in his mouth. These
scrimps are all strained through
the hair on the teeth and no large
object can possibly get to his
throat.
It is said that a ten.inch fish
would choke this monster to death
in fact he could not swallow it..
The reason the whales 60 to these
cold regions is that here they find
an abundance of food and also
in these magnetic waters they are
cured of their many ills. They
raise their young and sport about
among the ice until disturbed by
the whalers.
Many people have different ideas
in regard to the speed of the
whale. Having helped to catch
eleven of them and seeing them
in all their different modes of
travel, while feeding, while wound
ed by harpoon and while going
to the westward, l will give you
my ideas of how fast they travel
under different circumstances.
While feeding, the whale travels
about four miles an hour. When
going to the westward they travel
about eight or nine miles an hour,
and when wounded by a harpoon
they always make for the ice at
their best speed. And under these
circumstances he travels about
eighteen and twenty miles an
hour. This Is considered a high
rate of speed. To prove this a
whale boat can sail at the rate of
eighteen miles an hour in a stiff
breeze, and one day the first mates
boat made fast to a whale and he
struck out for the ice at his best
speed. The other boats followed
him, but he got to the ice and
they had to cut the ropes. leaving
on the end a float attached to the
line. In case he came out in the
open water the float could be seen.
A dead whale found with a float
attached is called a stinker and
the ship that finds him looks on
the harpoon for the name of the
ship that first struck him aud the
bone is divided.
/ had many long boat ride
while fast to a whale, he taking
the boat miles and miles away from
the ship. We secured five whales
cruising around here and after
they were all stored away l was in
hopes we would never see another.
They got so excited that if a devil
fish would blow we were sent out
after him. How merciful to man
kind that the bowhead seldom