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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

upon, not right aud justice, not
democracy or liberty, but on a
feeling that eve will show you,
blame you'll"
After all was over and we of the
southern part took our medicine,
many of my old friends said to
me that any people who could
fight as manly as we had and sur
render rs gracefully, should he
forever kindly remembered by
them etc. -
Now, fellow citizens of tho in
terror, this time we come, and 1t is
up to you to show that you can be
reasonable. AS we will never
give YOU much credit for being
good, only when you have your
own way, help US to have our way
this time and you may rest assur-
ed, hat we will know how to APP
preciate il. Respectfully.
N. &. LARSEN.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14
ELECTION WARNING!
Heavy Penalties Against the USE
Of Liquor etc.

Organizations having been form
ed at Punia Gorda and other
points in the county to detect and
bEag to punishment any and all
persons who may nse liquor or
other unlawful means to influence
votes on election day, the laws re-
Iating to this subject are printed
below that all persons may DO
fully informed and duly warned.
We are told that the organizations
mentioned will demand Of tho
officials vigorous enforcement OF
the laws, which are ~ follows;
Sec. 1926 Revised Statutes.--'
whatsoever by bribery, menaces,
threat or other corrupt means or
device whatsoever, either directly
or indirectly, attempts to influence
any electOr in this State in giving
his vote or ballot, or to deter him
from giving the same, or disturbs
or Injuries him in the free exercise
of the right Of suffrage at any
election within this State, shall
ne punished by imprisonment Dot
exceeding six months or by fine
no, exceeding $500.
1854, Revised Statutes, Any
person who shall carry or give
away amp vinous, MALT spirltuous
or alcoholic liquors on the day OF
any general election within one
nile Of any voting place in any
election district Of any Of tho
counties of Florida, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined not
more than $500, or be imprisoned
not more than 90 days.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

DeLapd Records Volusia coun-
ty will commence shipping peach I
es to market within the next few
weeks. The recent rains came in
time to help the peach fill out and
mature full size, The crop, on
account of the drouth, will not be
as large as it was last year.. but
as it is it will bring consider
able money into the sections
growing the fruit--Lake Hell
on, DeLand, Beresford, Pierson
and Seville.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14
General Gilchrist and Wine.

Arcadia Championships Ccala
Banner says that General Gil
christ was dined and wined four
times in one day in Tampa. Won
der il he has any of those twelve
times that he takes q drink in a
year left by this times
Ocala Banner; The Ocala Ban
ner does not remember to have
said what il here imputed to it;
and if it is quoted by the Cham
pion and other newspapers to Gre
ate the impression that General
,Gichrist is topper, the Ocala
Banner wants to disabuse the
minds of the voters and all others
along that score. The general is a
strictly temperate man and does
not indulge in intoxicants to hurt
If at all. The wine cup Is not one
of his weaknesses. The Ocala
Banner has known him since he
was u little totand speaks from ac-
tual knowledge. Along the line OF
temperance, his record is as
straight as a single. His pro-
clivities of looking on the wine
when it is red, need not give Sis
ter Childs the least uneasiness.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

1t is admitted by those who
ought to know that Gilchrist will
beat Stockton in Stockton's own
home county Of DuvoL Now,
what do you thtpk of thotl If h
mans home fo,s and neighbors
won't vote for him, it argues
pretty strongly that others should
not.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14
An Election Forecast.

Some calm, dispassionate, yet
shrewd political observer is writ
ing forecasts for the jacksonville
Metropolis. In last Fridays issue
Of that paper, he gives the fol-
lowing;
The race for governor between
Gilchrist, Stockton and browne is
somewhat overshadowed by the
fact that there have been but two
or three joint debates between
these candidates. They have each
been active, and only OH one or
two occasions has "ginger" been
furnished. General Gilchrist has
the best organization, and he has
friends working for him in every
county ia the slate. j. N. g.
Stockton declares that he will
win in the first primary, hut in
this view he is not sustained by
those who know tho difficulties in
q three-cornered race and with
thousands Of silent voters.
1t should also be remembered
that jefferson b. Browne has
strong support in many counties.
Some think that Stockton will
have a plurality in the first prima
ry, but Gilchrist's forces are doing
very effective campaign work, and
the "gentIeman from Punta Cor
dan is likely to lead in many South
Florida counties, while Stockton
will lead west Of the Suwannee.
In Duval county Gilchrist's friends
have done telling work and are
predicting q plurality for him
here. This is due 10 certain is
sues that have become involved in
the contest and TO the fact that
Stockton has no systematic organ
ization in jacksonville.
The same writer has the follow
ing in Saturdays Metropolis;
In the Governors race the
strength of Gilchrist in South
Florida is readily acknowledged,
while Stockton will lead in nearly
all the West Florida counties.
In newspaper support Stockton
and Gilchrist break about even,
with several non-committai.
Browne has very little following
among tho newspaper men, yet
none are making any attacks upon
him. He has strength in Santa
Rosa county, and his friends
claim that he will get the
"silent vote throughout most of
the counties.
In Duval county no one can
make a forecast that eau be count
ed reliable. IL is very clear, how
ever, that the race in jacksonville
is between Gilchrist and Stockton,
with very small following for
Browne. The Gilchrist forces
here are active, while no special
work has been done in Duval
county for Stockton.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

Years ago girls made quilts.
We remember hearing them talk
about hpw many quilts they had.
rhe"pine patch" the 'log cabin"
the "l" quilt and many other pat
erns. Thus they learned TO sew,
had o great number of quilts
which are necessary in cold nights,
and enjoyed the making of them.
We fear we are the losers by the
passing Of this good old way.
Now there is more talk Of tens.
parties and some kind Of work.
which takes the young women ont
of the home and out Of the home
making business. Write US down
as an old fogy, il you will, but tp
sure to put us down in favor OF
the woman who is a home-maker
and a home-keeper. Chipley Ban
ner.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

Ocala Banner;--lt seems to w
that il Mr.. Andrew Carnegie had
donated to every we'll established
weekly newspaper a type-setting
machine, he would have done moro
for popular education than he has
done in the establishment of libra
ries. The newspapers go into the
families of the farmers, and IL ths
course of year do an immense a.
mount of good in the uplkt OF the
family by the recital Of stories
that lead to the SUMMER side Oh
life. While on the other hand u
is impossible for the farmers and
their families to visit the Libraries
which are nearly always located in
the larger cities. The newspaper
is the poor mans library.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

Wilbur Mccoy, the very capa-
BILE industrial agent of the Allan
tic Coast Line, in Jacksonville,
was recently in 81. Petersburg,
and made the following statement
to u reporter Of the Independent
Florida is in the ascendancy.
There has been more land sold a.
long the a. c. l.. in this State
during the past ninety days than
for fifteen years previous. Truck
ers are rushing to the State. II is
not a question Of the price OF land
now-it is a question of getting
the land and getting in line for
big crops at big prices.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

DeLand Record:--Thc orange
crop Of the State next winter will
not he what the bloom indicated.
There was an immense bloom, but
this isnot always sure sign of a big
crop. The spring drought caused
a great deal Of the young fruit to
drop, and the wise prophets must
revise their figures, cutting the
crop down at least Il million boxes
of what was in sight in the carly
spring.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

The appreciation which Hon.
Duncan u. Fletcher has shown
for the newspapers, as well as his
principles and his recognized ,abiI-
ity, is almost sure to win for Rim
the highest vote ofany Of the sem
atorial candidates in next Tues
days primary.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

jacksonville Times Union:
Wagers are being freely offered,
with no takers, that Albert Gil
christ will carry Duval county by
a large majority. Comment is
unnecessary.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

Fort Pierce News: The Mana
tee Record says u landslide for
Stockton is due on May 10th. We
have later informatin TO the effect
that it. is running late and its ar
rival is postponed indefinitely.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14
APPEALS TO ARCADIA.
Mr.. Larsen Shows the Justice OF
the Division Cause,

EDllOh liEhAi4Ds AhO NhNS"N
cratic and determined opposition
of our friends in the middle to any
an | all efforts which do not benefit
them exclusively is u matter for
serious consideration. Take the
c,se of calling the executive com
miltee together for tho purpose OF
boosting Senator HUMPHREYS.
The chairman $ an ArCadian, and
there can be no doubt but the
scheme was gotten mp for the pur'
pose Of doug deed which they
dared not do openly.
That Senator HUMPHREYS is OPP
posed to county division is because
secretly his pledge waS made to
our inland friends, in the primary
of 1904, and in the election of that
year tho question was not an issue,
il was generally agreed that con-
ditions then did not favor division.
General A w. Gllchri~t 50 stated
H. his talk to the voters AZ u can
dldale for the Legislature; nnd the
real true reason for that opinion
WIS that it would lie better TO
wait for the census and apportion-
ment that would follow in The
next election, and it was believed
>thal there was some great CON
sliluional mystery in the way of
division.
HUMPHREYS and Gilchriss were
both elected, and behold, Brevard
county was divided. In speech
nude at the time, the senator stat
ed that he was pledged against
division. As j have shown, not
being an issue in his election, to
whom did he make the PLEDGE
1t can now be seen plainly enough
that secretly he made the pledge
to his Arcadia masters, who are
now trying to pay him for doing
their will
Two years ago, county division
was very much of an issue, but the
senator was not a eandldate and,
therefore, no need of making any
pledge. While it is true that, in
the total vote of DeSoto county,
there was a small majority against
division, said small majority was
obtained by the solid vote OF the
inland territory in and about Area
din. There was an overwhelming
vote by the parties at interest in
the territory asking for division,
and l do contend that Senator
Humpries could have helped the
division, had he so desired, except
perhaps for bis obligation to
Arcadia.
Two years ago, the writer nm
dertook to lind out from the solid
men of Arcadia.how they stood on
local self.governmcnt, for say, the
Southern part; but, sad to relate,
found only one single man that
expressed u reasonable view,
which he did in these words:
"WelI, Sir, after seeing from
your standpoint, ] agree that
there is justice in the cause hnt |
should he sorry TO see your people
cut off from us, and do believe
that matters might be arranged SO
that we could stay together; but,
if you must 90, ] concede your
rights"
All the Others, and they were a
good many, booted at the idea OF
division. No liberal views, no
expression except power to hold
MS. The News and Champion
openly boosted of their power and
there is no doubt but the primary
and all their efforts were based
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14
HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES.
Exercises Attract and Delight
Many People.

lnb clOSlug eAerClSes vi bho
Punta Gorda high school occur
red on Friday evening of last week
and on Monday evening Of this
week. They were held in McA-
dow hall, which, on both even
ings, was packed TO Overlooking
with Interested spectators. Peo-
pie who have attended many such
occasions assert that these were
tho best they had ever seen; at any
rate, every piece on each pro-
gram was rendered in u manner
50 nearly approaching perfection
that no flaw, no defect, no break
was observed by tho delighted
spectators. And all the pieces,
too, were well chosen, II fact that
speaks highly for the taste of the
teachers. Their skill in training
the pupils, as well as the aptitude
and ability of the pupils them
selves, was fully shown by the
precision and excellence of each
and every performance, whether
chorus, drill, reading, recitation,
tableau or vocal or instrumental
music.
A detailed notice of these highly
interesting and croditable ex-
ercises cannot be given in this
paper, but we append the pro-
grams, which will give some idea
of the character Of the entertain
ntIts furnished by the high
sctsol teachers and their pupils.
The program for Friday night
was rs follows:
Chorus, The Merry Mermaids,
Warner.
Invocation, DR.. Head.
Parasol Drill, Third Grade.
Recitation, When Pam n Man,
twelve poys.
Duet, Electric Flash Gallop,
Mary Sandlin and Naive Mccain.
Song, Blue Jay, Primary De-
parlment.
Reading, My Experience With
Refractory Cow, Helen Huff
man.
The Gypsy's Warning, Tab
leau- Wedding scene,) Eighth
Grade.
Floral Rainbow Drill.
Rotation, The Last Hymn,
Nellie Whitaker.
Left Drill.
Instrumental Solo, Camille Les
ter.
Reading, Composition on AMI
mails, Charley Griggs.
"Boys May Whistle but Girls
Must Sing"
"a visit from Mother Goose
and Family"
Chorus, Gaily Home We 60.
Tableau, Hope, Faith and Char
ity.
On Monday night, the following
program was presented:
Chorus, Hail Columbia, Hop
kinson.
Invocation, DIR. Irenaeus Trout.
Vocal Solo, Where the Morning
Glories Twlne, Miss Ellen cooper.
Annual Address, Dr. W. 7.
Hilburn.
| Duet, Charge of the Uhlans,
( Mrs Davis and Miss Chevis.
Presentation Of Diplomas, w.
| G. Langford'
Piano Solo, Cupid's Garden,
Miss Reba Bourne.
Presentation OF Rewards, Prof.
e.. b. Davis.
Chorus, through Sylvan Glades,
Warner.
Next Tuesday will settle the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-05-14

Next Tuesday will settle the
business for II lot of candidates.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
i Al the National Capital
Gossip of People and Events
/ &t&F~ Gathered in Washington


earlier day in the White House no
thought entered the head of the young
girl guest that one day she would be
mistress of the mansion.
The new cares and social duties
which Mrs. Taft will have to take On
may tax her strength to the utmost.
but it is probably true that there could
not be found a woman better fitted for
the place than the wife of the next
president, She has individuality,
strength of character and an indie.
pendence of belief, added to a mind
of rare cultivation, the result Of years
of study and travel. She has devoted
herself to the care of her home and
children and the s%econding of her hus.
bands public career, and in the latter
capacity she has familiarized herself
with the great questions Of the day.
So well equipped educationally is
Mrs. Taft that she will not only be
able to converse intelligently on sub
jects of public interest with her own
countrymen, but being a linguist, she
will be able to discourse Familiarity
with foreign statesmen and diplomats
in their own tongues. 1t is said that
Mrs. Taft has devoted a part Of each
day for years to the study of languages
and music, and in both has attained a
proficiency reached only by the few.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
Widow May Sell Valuable Art Treasures

wealth had come down to 'Speck.
From his mother, however, he received
rich salt mines in Galicia, and from
these he derived his wealth.
The state dining hall and the draw.
ing rooms of the Won Sternburg home
are filled with silver sconces and
carved pieces that represent the old.
est signed work of workers at Nurem.
berg and Bruges.
Certain sconces were part of the
booty obtained by the baron's ances.
tor, Gen. Baron Won S%ternburg, who
took a conspicuous part in the Thirty
Years war. The n belonged to
an abbey hear Dresden and bore NOR
tuary tablets of dead abbotA When
the sconces came to adorn Castle
Sternburg the records of the Benedic.
tines were removed and glass placed
instead. g
The great swan that was a conspicu.
Gus ornament on the S%ternburg buffet
attracted the attention of j. Pierpont
Morgan when he was entertained in
the embassy. This piece, it is be-
lieved, will go to the Morgan collec.
ton. 81 81
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

VIYASHINGTON.-When Mrs. Roose-
w welt leaves Washington next
March her place as first lady of the
land" and mistress of the White House
will be taken by a woman gracious
and tactful, of broad culture and in
~tellectual strength, a fit hostess for
the presidential mansion and a fit help
meet for the president.
Mrs. William Howard Taft is no
stranger to the White House. During
her husbands term of secretary Of
war she was a frequent guest of Mrs.
Roosevelt's and almost invariably held
her place in the receiving line at the
large presidential receptions.
In her girlhood days Mrs. Taft, then
Helen Heron, was the house guest for
several weeks of President and Mrs.
Hayes. This visit is said to be one
of Mrs. Taft's most highly-prized
~recollections, but it may be that in the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
Patents Reach 100000 Mark

the. law required that patents SHOULD
be signed by the president, and as the
first one was issued during the first
presidential administration it wac
signed by President Washington. II
covered a device for making pearl
ashes, and the document itself is said
to- be now owned by a Chicago collec
tor. Mr.. Moore estimates that ths
one mi1lionth patent win be reached it
the year 1911. 90
AS going to show the inventive ten
dency of the American mind, as com
pared with other countries, Mr.. Moore
calls attention to tie fact, that not
outstanding this is among the newest
Of nations the total OF, patents issued
by the United States is mo- very fal.
below the total for all other countries
for slall time. The issuance of foreign
patents up to the date Of last reportt
was 1855 0 or only 235. 900 in excess
ofRthe total for this country.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

THOUSANDS of the half million farm
l ers, teachers, physicians, business
men and others who were invited to
cooperate with the commission on
country life have already sem in re-
plies to the list of questions asked
them, although the ink is hardly dry
on the printed sheets rushed out to
them.
The members of the commission
which was appointed by President
Roosevelt to conduct this extensive in
quiry into the conditions of farm life
the country over, have a problem Of
perhaps greater magnitude to work
out than ever came before a similar
commission. Not only is the subject
of the inquiry One of great import
ance, but the breadth of it's scope is
such as to require the varied condi-
tons of the whole country to be taken
into account. The amount of work
involved will hardly be realized by
the casual reader. The mere reading
of the letters which are flooding in
each day in answer to the questions
is a difficult, though most interesting,
task, for the commissions incoming
mail is running from 5000 to 5000
pieces a day.
And this is not all. There is vastly
more ahead for the commissions in
terest is by no means confined to
those who happened to be on the list
of 500, 900 to whom the questions have
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
WARNED OF THE CYCLONE.
Telephone Just a Few Seconds Ahead
Of High Wind.

Once upon a time a Kansas zephyr
broke loose and meandered about the
country, picking up various things.
Bill Baumgartner's telephone. 20 miles
away, rang: ttftit' s<ttt.
us that you Bill?" yelled an excited
voice. -
"Yes. What's the matter?"
This is Frank. We've got a cyclone
down here, and it's headed your way.
Look out! L" Franks voice broke
off suddenly. Bill heard a crash and
a sputtering, then all was silence. He
gathered up his family and rushed
them to a deep ravine. They were just
in time to dodge a funnel-shaped cloud
that wrecked the house, picked up his
barn, two COWS, and a couple of miles
of fence.-Hampton's Broadway Maya
zine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

IF IT is true that Baron Speck Won
/ Sternburg left all his fine old silver
and art treasures to his widow and
that she prefers to convert the curios
into cash American collectors will
have a rare opportunity to obtain an
tiQues. hFtf
Won Sternburg spent a good part Of
his big income in gathering silver, ORR
entail bronzes and tapestry. 1t is said
that he carried 100000 insurance On
his collection, and that his bronzes
and worries surpassed many public
museum collections.
Washington gossipers say the baron
could leave his widow, who was Lii
Ian Langham of Louisville, only his
private possessions, as his father is
still living and none Of the ancestral
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

A bubble Of air In the blood, q drop
OF water in the brain, and a man ID
out of gear, his, machine falls to
pieces, his thought vanishes, the
world disappears from him like q
dream at morning. On what a spider
thread is hung our individual exist
encei Fragility, appearance. nothing
ness. Ifsit were not for our powers
Of collaboration and forgetfulness,
all the fairy world which surrounds
and brands us would seem to us but a
broken specter in the d~arkness-an
empty appearance, a fleeting hallucin-
alton. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
is the whole history Of a man, or Of q
world, or Of an infusoria.-Amiel.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
SEVERE
Sores, and Itching Eczema-Doctor
Thought an Operation Necessary
-Cuticura's Efficacy Proven.

II ann now 80 years old, and three
years ago 1 was taken with an at
tack of piles (hemorrhoids), bleeding
and %protruding. The doctor said the
only help for me was to go to a
hospital and be operated on. I tried
several remedies for months but did
not get much help. During this time
sores appeared which changed to a
terrible itching eczema. Then l began
to use Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Pills, injecting a quantity of Cuticura
Ointment with a Cuticura S%uppository
Syringe. It took a month of this
treatment to get me in a fairly healthy
state and then 1 treated myself once
a day for three months and, after that,
once or twice a week. The treatments
l tried took a lot of money, and it is
fortunate that l used C%uticura. j. H.
Henderson, Hopkinton, N. Y, Apr.
26, 1907"