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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-07
LOCAL SELF-GOV'MENT.
Democratic Doctrine Supports
County Division.

EDITOR IEkALD' -Oho VI NY
good friends wrote me that it was
unfair to hold Senator HUMPHREYS
responsible for failing to apportion
the representation under the re-
quirements Of the constitution, rs
it required the whole Legislature
to pass such a measure, etc. Now,
it likewise requires all the leglsIa'
ture to act upon any measure. In
the case of apportioDment, the
Governor pointed out the duty in
his message, and there was no
question as to the need and justice;
besides, it was mandatory. No
matter what, they were put there
ITO do it, and, failing, it is plain
case of neglect of duty.
When / wrote the letter to The
HERALD, i had no desire to do
anything except to call the atten-
ton of the people to the fact as it
was, and it may be remembered
that many people at the time be-
lieved that because the Senator was
u professed State nrohibitionist, he
was sure to be all solid. Since
then his record has been shown mp
more fully, and to my mind he is
shown to be utterly and entirely
undesirable as q man to represent
us another four years.
One thing, four years ago, coun-
ty division was not an Issue.
General Albert w. Gilchrist so
stated, and in the primary it was
considered that division cut no
figure.
When st. Lucie county was
created, the senator stated that ne
was pledged against county divis-
ion. Now, as IL was not an issue
in his election, to whom was the
pledge made! There can only be
one answer, that it was made to
his Arcadia masters, who are now
trying to pay him by forcing him
on the people through a silly part
of a so-called executive committee.
But his record, voting to employ
children under twelve az years
of age in places where whiskey is
sold; his sham as temperance adj
vocate, and other acts of no inter
est for the good of people, show
him to be not worthy of support
by any self-respecting voter, and
! hope people will inform them
selves about the true character of
the man.
While all of us will have to sub
init to the result of the primary, so
far AS voting for men, goes, yet
in the case of division, should
our friends in the interior, as they
did two years ago, refuse to grant
any favors, it will be incumbent
upon The people living in the
North and South part of DeSoto
county, to take the issue of Divis-
ion in their own hands. Being
the interested parties, they can
take the matter to the legislature
and in u manner force it to grant
Continued on page g.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-07
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Closing Exercises Tomorrow and
MOnday.-.HOn Roll.

Below will be seeh the Honor
Roll for the month past, and it
will be noticed that Credit is due
to the seventh and eighth grades
for taking the lead.
In this issue Of THE HERALD we
wish to call attention to onr COM
mencement exercises, the first of
which will be held in the Meadow
Hall on Friday evening, May 8.
We believe that this entertain
ment will prove to be of much in
terest to the patrons Of the High
School and to the public in gen
eral and all are cordially invited
to be present
The closing exercises for the
year will be on Monday evening,
May II. We have invited Rev.
j. G. Hillburn, president of the
Sutherland college, to deliver the
annual address for us, and Mr.. w.
G. LAngford of Arcadia to present
the diplomas to the students grad
uating from the Grammar School.
The High School students are
practicing some choruses for those
two occasions, and others have
kindly consented to favor us with
some instrumental and vocal selec-
tons. With these we hope to
present an attractive program of
music.
We wish to thank the parents
and all who are interested in tho
High School for encouraging tho
students and rendering US other
forms of assistance in various
ways to make the school and the
commencement exercises a SPLEEN
did success.
HONOR ROLL.
10th Grade. May Straughon,
Undine Jordan.
9th Grade. Dot Sewell, Ca
mile Lester, Vic Straughan,
Claire Sheffield, Geo. Dewey.
Sth. Grade. Charlie Griggs,
Charlie Curry, Billy knight,
Moody Stephens, Florence Hagan,
May Huffman, Naive Mccain,
Vera Shaw, Bette Knight.
7th Grade. --Judie Whidden,
Gertrude Bass, Ruby Rasch, Car
RE Lewis, Bertha Keen, Helen
Huffman, Pearl johnson, Gray
Linquish, Carl Anderson, Burtram
Mccain.
9th Grade. Frank Concannon,
Mary Pexa, Permelia Straughan.
5th Grade. Pearl McGehee.
4th Grade. Mabel Ward, Beu-
lah Gaskell.
Ord Grade. Earl Parker, Roy
Parker, Pearl Singletary, Theo-
dore Midget, Frank Rose.
End Grade. Mary Smith.
LIST Grade. Charlie Bedford,
Clarence Midget, Mable Taylor,
Minna Won Schwierske, Mary
Fine, Eula McGehee, Charlie Par
ker, Ware Sandlin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-07
CITRUS DIE-BACK.
Treatment Recommended by
Florida Experiment Station.

The principal conditions recog-
nized as bringing on die-back are:
a. GENERALIZATION with fertiliz-
ers containing cottonseed meal,
blood and bone, dried blood, and
other such forms of ammonia, AS
well as with stable manure; and
o. unfavorable soil conditions.
Groves set out in fields previously
planted to vegetables, and heavily
fortified with the usual vegetable
fertilizers, are often subject to the
disease. Groves in which vegeta-
bles are grown between the rows
also frequently become diseased
with die-back. Trees situated
near stables, chicken-yards, and
similar places where an excessive
amount of organic matter is allow
ed to accumulate in the soil suffer
from the same disease. The use
of large amounts OF stable man
ure, cow-penning and similar
practices frequently bring it on.
The remedy in these cases is to
discontinue cultivation as soon rs
moisture condition of the soil will
allow. In some places, it is not
possible to stop cultivation during
times of drought on account of
the great loss of soil moisture that
would follow. The natural
growth of grass and weeds that
comes on during the rainy season
should be cut and removed after
maturing. The ammonia of any
fertilizer used should always be in
the form of nitrate of soda or sui
phate of ammonia. This treatment
should continue until the trees
have recovered.
Die-back very frequently occurs
in soils that have tendency to
keep the water from draining off
during the rainy season. Such
die-back areas not infrequently
occur on the top of hill. To
cure die-back in such cases IL is
necessary to ridge the tree rows
high or to provide the grove with
other surface drainage. Trees
planted on grounds where a COM
pact subsoil, such rs hard-pan,
mari, or clay is near the surface,
are often affected with die-back.
In some cases the hard-pan is thin
enough TO be broken through with
hand Implements, in other cases it
is shattered by discharging little
dynamite under the tree. Both of
these methods have cured die-back
when caused by hard'pan.
Die-back has been noticed to be
particularly prevalent upon Ger.
tain lands in the state, such as the
she'll lands, the coquina lands, and
the rocky lands in the extreme
southern part of the state. The
treatment for die'back when
occurring upon the shell lands
consists in moving the weeds and
grass and preventing the accumula-
ton of decaying vegetable matter.
Any stirring Of the soil should he
Continued on page g.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-07
NEWSPAPERS COMMENT
FAVORABLY
On the Candidacy OF General
Gilchrist.

Pensacola Journal:--We contin-
no to admire General Gilchrist for
the noble and praiseworthy way in
which he subsCribes to the sacred
newspaper canon that advertising
pays, and illustrates his faith by
his works. No matter what Flor
ida paper you pick up, the gen
erals smiling visage greets you,
accompanied by a statement of the
interesting fact that he is candi-
date for governor, with Il sub
statement of his views on certain
leading issues. General Gilchrist
may not "get lhere," and we don't
think he will, for this is John
Stockton's time, but whether he
does or not, we shall admire him
for the smooth, gentle campaign he
has made. If Florida were an in
dependent republic we should ad-
wise President Stockton, in maxi
NC up his cabinet, to appoint AL
bert Gilchrist his secretary Of
state, for then we would he sure
TO have "no entangling alliances
with foreign nations" and would
preserve our otium cum dignitate,
our suaviter in modo, our fortiter
in re, our mems sibi conscia recti,
and our modus vlvendi in q way to
challenge the admiration of all the
nations. General Law and Bob
Tyler are both invited to tackle
this proposition and pick a flaw in
either the Latin or the sentiment.
A Tampa Tribune correspond
ent, writing Of a big political
meeting at Lakeland on Tuesday
night OF last week, makes the fol-
lowing report of the reception
given Gen. Gilchrist, which re.
port agrees with that of the Lake
land News: The next speaker
was Hon. A. w. Gilchrist, but as
the train which he was scheduled to
depart on was blowing for Carriers
when he mounted the platform,
he didn't have but little time to
talk, but he made every word
count. He answered some ques.
tons, prepared by the clergy OF
this city in regard to prohibition,
and the preachers stated today
that his answers were all right and
perfectly satisfactory. He made
many friends among the men and
admirers among the feminine per-
suasion of the audience, to whom
he was extremely generous with
hand-painted spoons, and he al
so gave out a few sets of the ia
nous monkeys. He made a fine
impression, and when he was COM
PEELED TO leave the platform, he
was given the biggest ovation any
candidate has yet received in this
city.
Miami News Record: = The peo-
pie love a man who is honest with
them, and certainly General Gil
christ has been honest and sincere,
without any affectation, or pre-
sumption, This is the secret OF
his great gain in popularity since
he announced that he would be a
candidate for the governorship.
There was at one time a DISPOSE
ton to laugh ut his candidacy, but
that long ago disappeared and his
opposition now is engaged in a
fierce and unrelenting fight to
keep down his vote. But steadily,
unvaryingly, wherever the gener-
al has hen he has shown strength
until now he is undoubtedly the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-07
MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE
Legislative Candidates Should
Express Their Views On II.

Pensacola Journal;-An excel
lei feature in the platform Of Gen
eraI Gilchrist with which we feel
sure that his competitor, Mr.
Stockton, thoroughly agrees, is
that which denounces in unquali-
fed terms the sovereignty Of the
technicality in the administration
OF Justice in our courts. 1t is n
veteran abuse originated and per-
pctuated in the name of law as
''nn exact SCIENCE" hut in reality
for the benefit of the legal frater-
nifty, through protracted litigation
and loopholes of escape for defend
ants, and it has done more than
any other one cause tn destroy re
spect for law among the masses
and encourage its violation among
the criminal classes.
1t is thoroughly discreditable to
the character aud intelligence of
our people that they have permit
ted this condition to obtain so long,
and, from a purely economic point
of view, we suspect that it would
be- cheaper for the taxpayers in
the long run to literally pension
all lawyers who insist on the legal
technicality in the trial of cases as
indispensable to their living, il
they could thereby be induced to
cooperate with the people to So
cure the legislation needed to rid
our laws of such features. 1t Is
simple enough and so obviously
right and just that no fair-mlnded
man, lawyer or layman, can dis
pute it.
Let the legislature enact that
"no judgment shall be set aside
or new trial granted in any cause,
civil or criminal, on the ground
of misdrection of the evidence, or
for error as to any matter OF
pleading or procedure, unless IN
the opinion of the court to which
application is made, after an ex-
animation Of the entire cause, the
error complained of has resulted
ina miscarriage Of justice.
There is absolutely not one
valid reason in the world why u
law to this effect should not be
passed by the next session OF the
Florida legislature, and II it isn't
done the people, who are the chief
sufferers from all these numberless
miscarriages of justice and ruin
GUS delays in the courts, should
demand to know the reason why
and rebuke the legislative derelic-
ton in a way not to be misunder-
stood.
Not only should every candidate
for governor declare himself on
this issue, Stockton, Gichrist and
Browne--but every candidate for
the Legislature in every county in
Florida should be required TO do
likewise, for it is matter OF
trapscendant Importance, of vastly
more moment than some OF the
other state issues so much noise
is being made about.
We want the laws of this state
enforced and enforced promptly,
and one of the chief obstacles to
that end now is the petty, devil
ish, obstinate and omnipresent
legal technicality which serves no
good end whatever and has done
incalculable harm. And when the
effort is made to exterminate this
pestiferons insect, more disastrous
to society than the boil weevil to
the cotton crop of Texas, don't let
us hear any yawp about saving
our grand old system Of law as an
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15
IT REACHED THE SPOT.

Mir E. Humphrey, who owns large
 general store at Omega, O., and IS
 president of the Adams County Tele-
 phone Co.,, as we'll as of the Home Tel
 ephone Co.,, of Pike County, O., says of Dr Kings New Discovery: Tt
 saved my life once. At least l think ] it did. It seemed to reach the spot the very seat of my cough. when ev- erything else failed" Dr Kings New Discovery not only reaches the coug h spot. it heals the sore spots in throat, lungs and chest. Sold under guarantee by R. H. Beers < Co.,, Newtown i; Taylor, Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook; r. J. Garvin, Bethel; L. Goulett, Stew enson; H. w. Osborne, Easton; w.. B. Hawley, Sherman; Smith Bros., Cornwall Bridge; Connery Bros, Georgetown; J. M. Sullivan, Reddlng Ridge; G. F. Baker, Hawleyville; G. W. Hurlbut & Co.,, Roxbury; Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station; c. W. Hatch, Bridgewater; W. N. Noble, New Milford E. H. Beardsley, New Pres ton; Cogcwell & Wettereau, Washing ton Depot; Harry Brown, Southbury i; C. P. Williams, South Britain; Perkins Brothers, Warren; w. N. Hurd, Long Hill; Drug store. 5Oc. and $l.OO Tria' bottle free.
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15
INTERESTING OLD PAPERS
IN THE POSSESSION OF M. r.
 HOULIHAN.

We have been loaned by M. x. Hou- lihan a number of old newspapers which have proved most interesting. Among the number are The Daily Herald published at New Haven on May l6, 1S40, during the "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" campaign. At the head of the editorial page is the picture of log cabin with a barrel labeled "hard cider" standing in front. From the tone of some of the editorials we should judge that all the hard cider was not in the barrel. In the death notices in this number we find, 'In Newtown, Mir John Nottingham, a student in the Academy of that place, from the South. His death was occa- stoned by blow received in the palm of his hand from the butt end of a whip, which brought on the lockjaw." "
 In the New York Price Current is- sued January 3, 1929, we find that in those "good old days" the people paid as follows: For coffee, 14a15c per ID. for the best; teas, from 2Sc to $1.25 per ID. wheat. SLIGO per bushel; rum, New England, .32 to 35c gal. <; tobacco, 3 to 12c lb.
 In the Connecticut Herald of Janu- ary Il, 1885, we find numerous adver- tisements of lotteries, three of them advertising prizes aggregating $50, ,0OC at one drawing, which goes to show that the "old boys" took flyer occa- sionally. We find in this same paper an advertisement stating that some one had stolen horse from Elizur Mitchell of Southbury, who offered a "reward of $2O for horse and thief or $l0 for either"
 The Columbian Register has this curi- ous advertisement Tn its issue of May 25, 1880: "One Cent Reward-Ran away from the subscriber, John Wood ruff, an indented apprentice to the tail bring business, is about r years of age. Whoever shall return said ap- prentice shall receive the above re- ward, but no charges paid.-[ William D. Beardsley." ..
 The most rare of the papers is the copy of 1.-The Herald of Freedom Printed every Wednesday morning a few roas south of the meeting house in Bethel by Phineas T. Barnum." Phin- eas was evidently a vitriolic writer for the thunder roars and the lightning flashes in what appears to be attacks on everything except the Universalist church.
 This batch of papers contain much interesting reading, including presi- dential letters, a letter from J. Feni- more Cooper denying the statement that a British officer had prevented George Washintgon from being shot, beside great many advertisements that make interesting or profitable reading. MT Houlihan no doubt would be pleased to show the papers to any one interested.
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15
HERBERT D. FRY.

Herbert D. Fry, who had been an invalid for three years, passed away at his parents home on Beaver street on Thursday, May [, aged AZ years. The funeral services were held from the Methodist church on Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock. Eureka lodge, No. 83, F. X A. M., of which he was a member, attended in a body and con ducted the service at the grave. MT Fry is survived by his wife; also hla father and mother, MT and Mrs David Fry.
 About 25 members of Eureka lodge, No. S3, F. X A. M., went to Newtown to pay a fraternal visit to Hiram lodge. After be work a fine supper was served. All report a very enjoyable time. 'Tte Bethel party reached home about 2 o'clock.
 The Putnam Memorial camp commis sioners were at the park in Bedding, last Friday. to hold their regular meet ing.
 Dea Charles Bailey of Elm street, who has been quite i'll, is now able to be out again. His many friends are glad to see him once more.
 Frederick Sherman of Elmwood dis trict has improved his house very much by having a wide veranda built on the front. A. H. Senior, the contractor, did the work.
 Alfred Short, who has been spending a few weeks here for his health, has so far recovered as to- return to his home in Brooklyn. l.
 G. M. Lyon, who purchased William Shaw's property on Chestnut street, has moved here from his old home in New Canaan and taken possession of his new home.
 H. Belts, who does the re-seating of all kinds of chairs with cane and fiber and also repairs them, has his head quarters at Nichols < Keeler's paint shop on Center street. He guarantees satisfaction in all his work and invites inspection. Drop him line and he will call and tell you what your work will cost. .r..
 Nichols & Keeler have had a neat, new sign placed over their paint shop. The firm have just completed paint ing the house of Howard Gilbert on Elizabeth street and have several other contracts on hand and in spite of the hard times the work in their line prom ises very good for the coming season.
 The building formerly occupied by the Seymour grocery at Fountain Place has been rented by William El- lis, who has had it all nicely fitted up for a boys club room which Mir Ellis is soon to open for the boys of Bethel.
 Howard Keeler, the painter, had the misfortune, last week, to fall from a ladder. badly spraining his left foot. He will be laid up for few days.
 A. w. Carter of Plumtrees, who is agent for the American road machine, has had large sale this spring. He has sold l2 machines in the past four months. These machines are the best make. of machines for road making and when road makers once use them they do not want any other kind. They always give the best of satisfaction.
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15
New Fairfield
PIE AND CAP SOCIAL.

At the ,,ome of MT and Mrs Marshall Treadwell of New Fairfield there will be on Tuesday evening. May l9, pie and cake social. Each lady is request ed to bring pie for refreshment; also two caps made exactly alike and in any fashion taste may suggest. One cap from each pair will be sold, sight unseen, to the gentlemen present, who will proceed to find the mate of it.
 which in the meantime has been placed upon the fair head of the one who made it. The gentleman dons the cap and proceeds to pie. Other features of the evening will be the reading of a so- ciety magazine, all articles original and contributed by home talent; also a laughable farce. "The Sniggles Fam ily." The children will assist. If
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15

The attention of the street inspectors of the borough has been called to the fact that in many portions of the bor- ough broken sidewalks abound. As the borough is liable for damages in the event of accidents to pedestrians. due to this cause, it is probable that an effort will be made to force property owners to make some improvements. It is said that in q number of cases sidewalks in front of some fine resi-. dential property are in disgraceful condition.
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15
HATTERTOWN.

Master Kenneth Logan of Easton is spending week with Frank and Eddie Perkins.
 MT and Mrs Charles Schaffer of Dan- bury are visiting with relatives in this place. -
 Mrs Charles Penney has purchased a new horse. .~- ... Mrs Lizzie Wakeman returned from the hospital in Bridgeport, Saturday.
 MT and Mrs Eugene Northrop cele- brated their 35th wedding anniversary Tuesday evening.
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15

The man who rode on the first rail road in New York. the Mohawk and Hudson River" has told the story of his boyhood experiences, and it will be published, with interesting illustra- tions, in an early issue of St Nicholas. A specially timely hot weather feature of the magazine will be a story of Hawaiian water fun, entitled "A Boys Paradise in the Pacific"
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of the bladder, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell.
 Bladder troubles almost always result from derangement of the kidneys and a cure is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel. ing badly you can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
 It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, and over. comes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often through the day, and to get mp many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases.
 Swanip-Root is pleasant to take and is sold by all druggists in fifty-ceilt and one-dollai size bottles. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis covery and a book that tells all about it, both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kill mer & G., Binghamton, N., Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. r., on every bottle,
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15
MISS MARGARET M. MURPHY.

Mrs Margaret M. Murphy, wife of William A. Murphy, died at her home on Center street on Tuesday, May 5, after about four weeks illness with heart trouble. The funeral took place from St Mary's church on Thursday morning. at 9.30, Rev William Kiernan celebrant. The requiem high mass soloes was sung by Miss Helen Keane and Walter Culhane. The bearers were George Helgert, William Mannion, Jo- seph Congrove, Joseph Beyers, Michael Kinney and Patrick Troy. The burial
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15

Professor Stevens of Annapolis has written "The Story of the Submarines" for an early number of St Nicholas, to be followed in the next issue by A. w. Rolker's account of "The Under-seas Sailor and His Boat''-both articles to have a number of pictures.
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15

was in the St Mary's cemetery. There were profusion of handsome floral tributes. Mrs Murphy leaves to mourn their loss beside her husband, two sons and two daughters. father and moth- CT, two brothers and one sister.
The Newtown bee., 1908-05-15

Prof Sylvester T. Hard and daughter of Kearney, N. J., spent Saturday and Sunday with the professor s parents and brother at the Maple Shade farm cot tage, which they have purchased lately from Mrs Alice Wildman.