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repglng with 10 guns under the direc-
tlon OF General Henry ]. Hunt. After
an hour and half the Federal guns
ceased firing to save ammunition, and
this silence being misconstrued by the
confederate officers, Pickett's division
Of 5000 moved forward. supported on
the right by Wilcox with 5000 and on
the left by Pettigrew with the same
number. The charge. directed against
the Federal center under the lmmedi-
ate command OF General Hancock.
was one OF the most magnificent in
military history. Advancing steadily
in face OF destructive artillery fire,
the Confederates passed through a
terrific fire OF canister and an en-
filading cannonade from battery on
Little Round Top. When within 300
yards of the Federal line they met the
musketry fire OF the Federal infantry.
Pettigrew's advance was utterly de-
moralized and Wilcox fell back and
yeered to the right. Picketts men
pressed on and In hand to hand con-
flict carried the first Federal line. but
we're son driven back and were finally
forced in rapid retreat, the Federals
pursuing closely. According to some
writer's. twothirds OF Pickett's imme-
diate command were killed, wounded
or captured. General Hancock was
badly wounded.
Meanwhile. on the Federal right
Gregg defeated the Confederate Gen.
eral Stuart In spirited cavalry en-
gagement. and on the Federal left
General Farnsworth was killed while
making cavalry charge on Long.
streets advanced skirmishers.
The losses in the three days battle
were: Federals. killed. 3.O72; wound.
ed. l4.i97; captured or missing. 5,434.
Confederates. killed. 2.592; wounded,
12,70S; captured or missing, $3.50.
July 4, 1863.
Both armies at Gettysburg rested
during the day. but after nightfall. un.
der cover Of darkness and heavy rain.
Lee began his retreat to the Potomac
river.
President Lincoln issued a procla-
nation OF thanks for the victory and
Of praise OF the army.
General Pemberton surrendered
Vicksburg to General Grant after l2
days OF incessant bombardment and
rations OF "one biscuit and mouthful
OF bacon" day had caused the Con-
federate garrison TO show signs OF mu-
tiny. Thirty thousand prisoners and
l72 pieces OF artillery were eau
tured. During the siege the Federal
losses were 1850. and prior to the
surrender the Confederates had lost
about 10000.
Ex.President Franklin Pierce ad.
dressing a Democratic mass meeting
at Concord, n. H., called Vallandig-
ham that noble martyr OF free
speech and scored President Lin
coin and the administration.
Federal General Prentiss defeated
the Confederates under Generals
Holmes and Price in an I'll day battle
at Helena, Ark.
July 5, 1868.
Confederate General Johnston, hear
ing OF the fall Of Vicksburg. fell back
and occupied Jackson, Miss. General
Grant ordered General Sherman to
proceed against him.
President Lincoln visited the
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-07-03
When to Cut Alfalfa.

Don't let the alfalfa get moody; II
Injuries the hay. Cut when about ten
per cent. In blossom and the new
shoots begin to start from the crown.
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trim from the rods Of Justice and
prepare for wholesale tanning"
While DR. McMuy arraigns both the instruction and the
study forced the pupils according him the cues
ion Of the discipline children urgently demands e
ton Both he and the committee corporal
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Charles
full Of romantic interest
had utors with handles
pick and choose carefully When the Of winter sports full
swing Oberoh Thung where the Lehmans February
March, noticed that Nancy had
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JuIy 5. 1863.

July 5, 1863.
Confederate General Johnston, hear
ing OF the fall OF vicksburg. fell back
and occupied Jackson, Miss General
Grant ordered General Sherman to
proceed against him.
President Lincoln visited the
wounded General Sicklcs In Wash.
ington hospital and thanked him for
his part in winning the battle OF Get.
tysburg.
Vallandingham, still fugitive, ar.
rived at Halifax, n. s.
Copyright, lSi3)
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the quantity garbed and Per-
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24

come too, but 1t Is up to you to
decide.'
You know your section could
easily support 100.000,0O0 peo-
pie provide ample employment
for them, furnish the foodstuffs
to nourish the body and the wool
and the cotton to clothe them, and
still not half tax your resources. y
The South summons the world
to share In the making of the veal
th that is Jo~come to it within the
next generation. The call is en-
Continued on last page
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24
The Products of Florida

The products of Florida soils
are SO numerous and varied that
it is not possible in a short sketch
to mention but few of them. The
superiority of our citrus fruits is
so we'll known that but brief men
tion will be made of them.
Many thousand of dollars are
sent North each year for forage
that should remain at home and
the time is not far distant when we
will be exporting instead of inn
porting. In the North timothy or
clover yields from l to 2 tons per
acre while the cowpeas of the
South if rightly cultivated will
yield from 2 to 4 tons that contain
according to Professor Dobson, of
the Louisiana College of Agricul-
ture, 332 pounds of protein and
S44 pounds of nitrogen per ton,
while clover, the favorite forage
Of the Northern States contains
but 2O6 pounds of protein and
76O pounds of nitrogen. IL requir-
es the use of the land for year to
produce q crop of clover or timo.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24

of anyone,
'It does not have to beg for
capital to come and develop its
industries.
"It does not have to hunt else
where for technical skill for agri-
cultural or Industrial affairs.
81 know your people are glad
to get outside capital and outside
men to come down and take active
part in the work, for there is room
enough in the South for three or
four times as many people as you
have and for all the spare capital
OF the country to find the most
profitable field in the world for
employment. But there Is great
difference between having to beg
outside capital as you did for so
many years, and YOUR present po-
sition of being able to say:
'We will welcome and protect
yonr capital; we will offer it the
best opportunities known TO man
kind, but we don't have to beg you
as we once did; hundreds of mil
lions are coming and yours can
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24
A VALUABLE FOOD FISH
Found in These Waters in Great
MumbeEs-Mhaf is NJ

What are they and from whence
came they to these coastsg A
small problem for the naturalist
or for the United States bureau of
fisheries is presented by a fish,
which can now be found in con.
siderable numbers in the vicinity
Of the Ten Thousand Islands.
None of the fishermen here, not
even Uncle John Lewis, Charley
Midget, Ed Smith, Cecil Crosland,
Clay Chadwick or any of the old
salts who have sailed the seas for
years, seem to know the origin of
of these fish, several catches of
which have been brought in here
already this week.
Tuesday the auxiliary schoon-
er Harris Brothers of the feet of
the Everglades Fish 20. plying be-
tween this city and the town OF
Everglade, seventy FIVE miles
down the coast, brought in a
large number, which were shipped
north. The captain of the vessel,
Earle Weeks, says that he some
times sees the fish in great schools
near the shoreline, and that it
does not appear to be very diff
cult to catch them with nets.
There is no doubt but they are
good food fish, for the flesh is firm
and there is a minimum of bones.
This writer has tried them and
finds them good eating. 1t was
their eating quality that lead
Manager j. N. Skies of the Ever
glade Fish Co., to make the ship
ment mentioned above.
To 90 into detail, this fish NAV
be described as of slightly stout
body with rather blunt head, it
has large scales and a mouth that
is almost toothless. The color is
bluish-silvery, in some specimens
variedby faint stripes, and ona very
few are red markings. Of those
brougt here the largest run in
length from one to two feet.
When it comes to fish, to take
them in general, Punta Gorda
holds a leading place; and in the
one described, it is doubtless safe
to claim valuable article of food
and commerce.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24
PLEA FOR EVERGREENS
An Old Prejudice Against Trees
Is Being Lived Down

Evergreens are somewhat like
furs. They are worn at strategic
points for warmth and have q rich,
decorative effect. A hedge of
hemlock is a fine possession for a
place. Groups of young trees
sweeping the ground with branch
es and lifting domes and minarets
skyward are a delight to the eye
and a Encouragement to rowdy
winds. A columnar cedar here
and there is a mark of puuctua-
tion in Commuters gardening
scheme an exclamation point,
indicating Commuters lively sat-
isfaction in his planting.
A prejudice against evergreens
is just being lived down. II was
largely due to the fact that in old
en- days Norway spruce and other
species of a dark, formal and for
bidding aspect were most planted.
When a family of these had grown
up about a house, shrouding it in
a pail of semi-darkness, the effect
was deadly.
Therefore, it is still not uncom-
mon, when Young America is set
ting out white pines and white fir
on the northwest side of his little
S-room house, to have Old Ameri-
ca come along and say: "You'll be
sorry you set those out some day
when they get big enough to make
your place dark"
Now, if there ever was a foolish
argument against tree planting, it
is the argument that such-and-
such thing will happen fifty
years from now. 1t is great
deal easier to cut down a tree
when it is fifty years old, than to
make a 50-year-old tree grow
where none stood before. 1t is
enough for planting
evergreens that they serve some
useful purpose during the life of
the person who plants them.
Young America will have reached
the full span of his life and passed
along to the next world before
his evergreens have attained suffi-
cient size to darken his house or
even throw it out of proportion.
And, meantime, he has had the
enjoyment and the use of them
Turing the best period of their
growth. New York Post.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24
COMMENCEMENT
IN PUNTA GORDA
EXERCISES WELL ATTENDED
School Closes a Successful Year
Seven Graduating

AhOohOA ouSSOooAui yOah WI N
has been completed by the Punta
Gorda High School, and the COM
mencement exercises will be con-
cludei with the graduation pro-
gram tonight.
The religious services of Sunday
night, two plays by members of
the eleventh and twelfth grades
Tuesday night and the recital by
the music and expression depart
ment last night have been well at
tended. The exercises have been
very interesting and all taking
part acquitted themselves well,
showing aptness and ability and
rejecting much credit upon the
teachers by whom they were train
ell.
Rev. j. HI. Albert of the Pres
hyterIan church, preached the
baccalaureate sermon which was
very able discourse presented in a
manner that held the close atten-
tion of all who attended. Special
singing was a feature of the SER
vices.
The limitations of this paper
prevent detailed report, but suf-
fee to say that all the exercises
were highly creditable and very
interesting. Following are the
programs already rendered; also
the one for tonight:
TUESDAY EVENING
Duet, Concert Polonaise, Engel-
mapn-Lillian Corbett and Grace
Aikenhead.
The Scapegrace, a comedietta in
one act. Characters: Mrs. Pome-
roy Dodge of Newport-Frances
Martin; Gladys Quincy, her Bos-
niece-Isidora Skies; Nina Crosby,
her New York niece-Pattie Mar
tin; Maude Lawton, her Philadel-
phia niece = Ruth Mulholland;
Ethel Davies, her Chicago niece
Sarah Boyle; Aline de Valence,
her French niece Anna Boyle;
Eliot Champney, her nephew
Coe Allen.
Song, Selected-Miss Farris.
The Outsider, a college play in
one act. Characters: Margaret
Worcester, captain foot ball team
Anna Boyle; Harriet Harmon,
the"Dig"-Frances Martin; Edith
Poland, the sophomore - Pattie
Martin; Josie Brown, the Fresh
man-Isidora Skies; Lessie Long,
the Outsider-Sarah Boyle; Phyl-
lis Long, her sister Helen Far
rington.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Duet, Russian Intermezzo, |
Franke-Susie Dotson and Henri
etta Harrington.
Solo, Hush a Bye Baby Dear,
Forest-Gladys Sandlin.
Solo, Mignonette, Streabbog-
Lucille Williams.
Duet, Primrose Dance, Krog-
Continued on second page J
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24

i thy and but from four to FIVE
months to mature crop of cow
peas. The Florida farmer can
raise a spring crop, plant cowpeas
in June or July and in October hay-
vest fine crop of hay. He can
then sow crimson, clover, vetch,
barley or oats for winter pasture.
There are several other valuable
forage crops easily grown. Es-
pecial mention should be made of
Japanese cane and velvet beans
which produce enormous crops.
Cassava is very promising
money maker and is cultivated for
its starchy roots which are extern
,sively grown in the tropics for hu-
man food and for live. stock and for
the manufacture of starch. A fair
ly good soil will yield from 5 to
Z tons per acre, and with extra
care yield of IL tons is recorded.
Pecans. The possibilities of
commercial pecan growing are
very bright and when an orchard
is established will last several gen.
erations. This should be an es-
pecially attractive proposition to
young men. There is growing
demand for all kinds of nuts and
heavy importations of foreign
grown nuts are made each year.
The value of those imported in
1908, the last date at hand, was
80, SOB, 742.
Pineapples. But very small
area of the United States is adapt
ed to the cultivation of this deli
cious fruit the first mention of
which we haye any record was by
Plinty the elder, Roman natural
ist and author, A. d. 1919, who
described it as Stood for the
Gods and should be plucked only
by the hand of Venus.'' Florida
has a greater area of suitable land
than all the other States ombined.
The exports from the Hawiian Is
lands being on an average $500
per annum mostly to the Pacific
coast states. Porto Rico, Jamaica,
San Salvador and the Bahama Is
lands contribute to the supply bus
none excel in quality those grown
in Florida.
Citrus Fruits. Ofthe quality of
our citrus fruits, but little need be
said as it is Il we'll known fact that
they contain greater amount of
delicious juice than those grown
elsewhere.
Bananas. While these are grown
to some extent Florida does not
rank as high as South and Central
America or the islands of the Pa
clfc. Nearly every rural and su-
burban home having few plants
that add materially to the family
menu. There are also some CON-
mercial paintings. Persea Gratis
sima, commonly known as Avaca-
do and Alligator Pear have been
to a certain extent grown for some
years and with the introduction of
choice varieties are coming to the
front as money makers the fruit
selling at times as high as $500
per dozen. There is record of
one tree at Whittier, CAL, from
which 81, ZOO worth of fruit was
gathered in one year. Florida
soils and climate are especially
adapted to this industry.
Small Fruits. A complete list
and description of the bush and
vine fruits would require col
umn and but few can be referred
to briefly. @
The Strawberry of which one
has said There is no doubt but
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24
Conditions in the South

"All you have told us, Uncle
Sam, about what the South has
been doing is true" says the Man
ufacturers Record; ''and yet it is
not so much about what the South
has done as about what it is to do
in the future that the world is in
terested. We are living IN very
commercial age in which men
want to know not so much about
the past or the present as about
what the future is going to bring
forth. The investor wants to know
where to put his money to the
best advantage. The banker is
anxious to know whether condi-
tions are such as to guarantee con-
tinued growth of the cities in which
he is investing his own or his eli
ent's money. Railroad owners and
operators are oftentimes puzzled
in forecasting the country's de-
velopment and therefore do not
know what preparations to make
for it. 1t is to the future that the
long-headed man must look, and
80 while the bankers and investors
generally, and railroad operators
and manufacturers and farmers,
are all interested in what,t the South
has done during the last 80 years,
they want to know what you think
about the future.
SIS this growth going TO con-
tinue?"
''Is it going to continued" echoed
Uncle Sam with emphasis. swell,
I am afraid to tell you what l think
about it; you might call me a
boomer, or wild optlmist or
dreamer. l am a little particular
about my reputation for conser-
vatism, bat | don't mind saying
that in my opinion, this growth is
going to be far more rapid than it
has been in the last 80 years, and
that the South will make more
progress in the next 10 years than
it has made in the last quarter of
century. Just look at it a min
ute.
"That section has come up out
of desperate poverty.
''It had more problems to solve
than any other people on earth
ever met.
'It faced dangers of every kind
at home and away from home.
''lt lost hundreds of thousands
of its best men in battle and
through immigration; yes, when
We count emigration it lost some
millions of its best people.
"With its vitality thus weaken
ed, it had to meet and overcome
difficulties which ordinarily would
have taxed the virllity of the
strongest people in the world. To
look for rapid Improvements was
like expecting typhoid patient
just beginning to get out of the
fever to run race or enter prize
fight.
"But, weak as it was, the South
ran the race and out-distanced it's
competitors. 1t entered the prize
ring and, though it got lot of
hard blows and was occasionally
knocked up against the ropes, it
was always able to come back.
And it grew stronger every minute
instead of getting weaker.
cit has demonstrated its ability
even under these conditions, to do
what no other people ever did.
''Now it has accumulated a lot
of money, lot of experience and
a self-confidence born ofits achieve
ments and its knowledge of its re-
sources.
cit does not need to ask favors
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-24

Pride may 60 before a fall-even
when you fall in love.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27
Woven Maeklnaa.

Marking tapes with the full name
woven into the fabric In bright red
ars decidedly practical; there 10 NO
danger Of the color being faded IN the
laundering These tapes. Of course.
have to be made to order. but the
shops keep very complete line OF
similar tapes marked only with the
given name. ready for the purchaser.
II IL said that In stock there are at
least 1000 names now to be had.
When the laundry work 10 done at
home. the given name 10 quite SUM-
Client.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27
Killed Making q Real Estate Deal

Dallas, Texas.-James l.. White.
treasurer Of the Republic Trust com.
pany OF Dallas. was shot and killed
on the eighth floor of the Wilson
building here. A Sllvers, vice presi-
dent Of the Republic Trust company
and president Of the Silver company
with Offices adjoining Mr.. White. was
shot In the stomach and In the arm
Following the shooting j. A. Clop.
ton, resident Of Waco. Tex, was
taken to the office Of Chief Of Detec-
tives Henry Tanner The men were
discussing real estate deal.
Cl0pton was held without bail on a
charge OF first degree murder fer the
White shooting and on charge Of
assault to kill for shooting Silvers.
Clopton became angry when finances
for real estate deal which he was
engineering In San Antonio, Texas.
were refused. He emptied two auto
matte pistols at White and Silvers. :
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27
White Cake.

Into dish put one cupful Of sugar
and one and one-half cupfuls of flour
sifted, with one rounding teaspoonful
OF baking powder. Into a measuring
cup put the whites Of two eggs. add
butter till the cup is half full. and
then fill 1t full Of sweet milk; beat
flve minutes and bake In q moderate
oven. Frost It with the two yolks,
beaten. then add confectioners' sugar
and a little vanilla till thick enough
to spread.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27
Peanut Soup.

Shell a pint of roasted peanuts and
remove the fine paper-like covering Of
the kernels Grind into a fine powder
by rolling them. Use the powdered
nuts In cream made soup from q
pint of milk and pint of water. q
scant tablespoonful of -four and full
one of butter rubbed together. one
tablespoonful of salt and white pepper
to taste. This soup may be made
without the milk. using a quart OF
water and serving with thin slices OF
lemon in each bowl This soup has a
fine flavor and contains considerable
nourishment
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27
Fruit Rolv-PoIy.

Make a biscuit dough, roll It out
into a sheet about half an inch thick
and spread 1t with fresh or canned
fruit. or evaporated fruit which has
been soaked into plumpness and na-
vor. Use your discretion about the
amount of sugar you sprinkle over the
fruit-the ripe. tart varieties. such ~
oranges or apples. will require more
than that which II canned Dredge
with nour and roll the dough up with
the fruit inside. When you have made
It into loose roll pinch the edges
together. wrap In q piece Of cheese.
cloth. and lay In steamer. Cook one
hour and serve with hard or soft
sauce.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-27
HOME NEEDS SUNLIGHT
DETAIL TOO OFTEN NEGLECTED
~ THE MEN OF THE HoUsG.
tlvlne Rooms In Which the Women
Spend Almost the Whole os Their
Time Should Be Made -
Pretty - Possible.

The wife II the mainstay Of the
entire family. but too often she
is painfully neglected and her natural
yearning for comfort and beauty In
her home life IL never satisfied. Al,
our troubles are unloaded upon moth
er and her hands are always strong
enough to sustain us and her heart
big enough to take In all our. sorrows.
The very least we can do 10 to let
the sunlight Of the sky into her home,
and the light Of our love into her
heart
Too many Of eur homes in the
country lack the sunlight--not the
sunlight from the sky. perhaps. but
the sunlight of comfort and beauty.
We put too much money into the
barns, live stock and shiny red ma
chinery and not enough In the home,
where mother and the girls must live
and provide for the wants OF the en-.
tire family.
The men and boys are out-of-doors
all the time In the summer. except
when eating and sleeping, and during
feet the absence OF pictures and car.
pets and hangings and the little deco
rations that go to make n home rest
ful and satisfying as much as do the
women folks
Appreciation of these things Is al
most certainly matter Of education
even in men and boys
II they are brought up In home
whole walls are bare Of pictures
whose floors are uncovered and where
books and magazines and newspaper
are unknown. they may in time be
come resigned In way to It's .discom
forts. knowing no better But the
lack Of comfort and beauty In a home
Is a distinct loss in the softening and
purifying influence upon character
Laura J. Van Benthuysen.