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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-03
TUESDAYS Fish FRY

-Four hundred people came to this
city Tuesday to eat fish provided
by the fish committee of the Board
of Trade. The spacious yard and
outrageous lawn of the Pnnta
Gorda hotel were used for the
tables and stands, while the busi-
ness of frying the fish was done on
the outside. How many barrels
were used no one knows or ever
will know, but it is truthful as
sertion that every one got all the
fish be or she cared for. Besides,
two pieces of bread and cup OF
coffee were passed out to each din
er, and there was no penalty for
asking for second portion.
Speeches by local orators were
delivered from the hotel porch, and
an all round good time was
had by all present. The fish were
exceptionally good fish and un-
usually well fried, so there wasn't
a basket full left over.
To attend a fish fry now is a
rare thing, but it makes the older
citizens thinkof the good times they
used to have when excursion trains
would bring in two or three thous-
and people TO fish eat, and the
whole town would be compelled to
resolve itself into body of cooks
and walters, and the hungry horde
would lick up the entire supply on
hand and leave nothing for the at
tendants. But the good old times
may return again, and with the
successful ACCOMPLISHMENT of ''Tra-
buzz countp we may be able to
enjoy fish fry and a pavilion
dance every night.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-03
HaE-HoHdays

The Chadwick Dry Goods Co.,
the Mobley Dry Goods Co.,
and r. G. Blount & Co., have be-
gun the observance of a weekly
half holiday. Closing their stores
every Wednesday at noon that
their employees may have the af-
ternoon of that day for recreation.
They will continue the observance
of this weekly half holiday through
the summer
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-03

Farmers and others who live at
distance from "a drugstore should
keep in the house a bottle Of Bal.
lards Snow Imminent. 1t may be
needed at any time for cuts, wounds,
sores, sprains or rheumatism. 1t
is a powerful healing and penetra-
ting remedy. Price ,25c ,50c;and ST. 90
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-03
legislative News

The Tallahassee True Democrat
will he published daily during the
session of the legislature, and will
contain all the legislative news.
Price only one dollae for the en-
tire session. Address with remit
lance,
The Daily True Democrat
Tallahassee, Fla.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-03
Drive sick Headaches Away

Sick headaches, sour gassy stom.
ach, indigestion, biliousness. disap-
pear quickly after you take DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, They purify
the blood and putvigor inthesystem.
Try them and yOu will be satisfied,
Every pin helps; every box guaran-
teed. Price 25c. Recommended by
all druggists. .cE.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-03


and Lee counties and townships
40 and 43 to point in the gulf of
Mexico at the northwest corner of
Lee county, thence northwesterly
with the coast and as far out into
the gulf of Mexico as the jurisdic-
ton of the State of Florida extends
to the line dividing townships
40 and Al, thence east to the line
dividing ranges 20 and 81, thence
north to the line dividing town.
ships 80 and 40, thence east to the
line dividing ranges % and %,
thence north to the point of begin
ming.
Briefly this boundary contains
four rows of townships off the
south end of DeSoto county, and
contains sixteen hundred and nine
ty square miles.
The next matter considered was
that of a temporary county seat,
and three places were suggested,
Cleveland, Fort Ogden and Pnnta
Gorda. In the balloting Punta
Goyda was selected.
Then followed the selection of q
name for the county. A good
deal of discussion had been indulg-
ed in by the people generally as to
the county cognomen, and a num-
Der of names proposed among
which we're "Punta Cord" ''Trop-
ical" Charlotte" and "Trabue."
In the convention, however, only
two names were presented for con-
sideration, these being "Trabue"
and Charlotte" The ballot
showed four votes for Charlotte"
and six for "Trabue." This name
was then accepted unanimously.
An executive committee con-
sisting of one member from each
of the ten districts was then Sc
lected. After adjournment of the
, convention this committee met
and organized.
1t is doubtful whether any con-
: vention in the history of county
making and framing ever equaled
this one in earnestness and enthu-
,, siasm. All the delegates were i'm:
: pressed with a profound sense OF
the responsibilities placed upon
I them, and of the fact that their
names and their proceedings may
: 90 down in the history of great
country. The presence of several
clergymen, and the fact that most
: of the delegates were men Of ma.
) ture years, lent a dignity and i'm.
pressiveness to the deliberations
! such MS ME not usually seen in the
I ordinary convention. There were
: no clashes, no friction and no dis
: putes. What little differences the
: delegates had were quickly settled
by ballot, and in every instance
J. the vote was made unanimous
The utmost harmony and goot
d will prevailed, and the delegate
# separated with renewed determine
+ ton for county division.
J. This convention gave the peo
IS pie of this vicinity an opportunit.
: to show their gratitude to tn
o founder of the city of Punta Cor
II en-. This founder was the lat
Col I,aac II. Trabue, and tn
e town Of Punta Gorda was origi
D nally called by that name. Col
N Trabue came here when the plac
1t was wilderness. He bot g It tn
l. land on which the city is built an
,e Lad it cleared and surveyed. H
a foresuw the commercial value @
IN the site and the untold resource
H. of the surrounding territory. Th
IL latter part of his LIE was give
H. up to making Punta Gorda larg
Of city. He donated a strip of Ian
o nInn4. .hn ..nAn. frnnt ~ fh
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-04-03
A HARMONIOUS CONVENTION
Held in This City, Thiry-Two Dele
gales Attending

thirty~two delegates representing
ten election districts met in this
city Tuesday and at p. m. open
cd the first convention in the pro-
posed new county.
The call provided thai each dis
trict could send as many delegates
as 1t desired but that one vote only
would be allowed in the convention
Fort Ogden therefore sent seven
delegates, Messrs. G. g. Morgan,
II. A. Fort, j. III. Hancock, S. Il.
johnson, j. Ed Williams, K. H.
Morgan and Sid Carraway. Char
lotte Harbor was represented by
y. r. Mauck, I. A. Stephens, K.
q. Coram and N. G. Larsen.
Plat sent Mr.. w. ID. Waterson
and G. A. Addison. Grove City
came in with one delegate, Roy
Buchan, while Cleveland sent three
II. Solberg, w. Basset and j. G.
Hobson. Bermont sent j. W.
Hagan, HI. B. Blazer, d. p. Web
ster, j. H. McQuaid, Ed Edmunds
and w. H. Harm North Labelle
sent j. r. Bukault and Hall City
j. g. Bennett. Punta Golda was
satisfied with six delegates in the
persons of j. r. Sandlin, r. G.
Blonnt, Wallace Chadman, A. B.
Tucker, S. F. j. Trabue and JOSH
ua Mizell. Murdoch, formerly
known as Charlotte sent word ap-
proving what might be done and
delegated proxies to members of
the convention. Bairdsville was
represented by L.C. Baird. All the
districts in the proposed new
county were thus enabled to have
a voice in the doings of the con.
vention.
Joshua Mizell, chairman of the
committee on county division, call
ed the convention to order and in.
troduced Rev. w. A. Weir of the
Methodist church, who invoked
the divine blessing on the deliber.
ations. j. H. Hancock OF
Fort Ogden, was chosen Temporal
nv chairman, and Wallace Chad.
man of Punta Gorda, Temporal
ry secretary. A committee on
credentials consisting of Messrs.
Edmunds of Bermont, Stephens
of Charlotte Harbor and Morgan
of Fort Ogden, was appointed and
quickly reported, finding the lis'
of delegates as above set forth
There were no'contests. The tenn
porary officers of the convention
on motion, were then made per
manent,, and the work of tie AS
sembly began.
The first matter to be disposed
of was. the exact boundaries o
the proposed new county, and nf
ter spirited discussion it was de
cided to accept the boundarie
contained in the original motto
of division as the correct ones t
be placed in the bill providing TO
county division.
AS it is a matter of state wild
interest the boundaries of the pre-
posed county are herewith give
and are as follows: Beginning u
the intersection of the line diviC
ING ranges % and % and the lin
dividing townships 3S and 80 at
point on the dividing line hetwee
DeSoto county and Mana'ee cour
tv thence north with the line d
yiding DeSoto and Manalee coul
ties. to the northwest corner {
Sec. l9, township 3S, range 2;
thence east to the line dividin
ranges % and 81, at the nortl
east corner Of Section "a, tow
ship 3S, range %, thence south
the line dividing townships 80 an
- .Lo .,ast with the line divit
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-20
A Good Man Retained.

At the last meeting of the board of
directors Of Bikur Cholim Congrega.
ton, Rabbi H. RosenWasser, of Baton
Rouge, was reelected spiritual guide
OF the congregation for another year.
He has served in this capacity for
the past two years, dividing his time
between Baton Rouge and Donald.
sonVille, and has made many friends
here, not only within the circle of
members of the Jewish congrega-
ton, but among all classes of our
citizens.
Divine services conducted by
Rabbi RosenWasser will be held at
Bikur ChoIim Synagogue as follows,
in honor of important Hebraic feasts:
Rosh Hashonoh New Year,, p. M,
Oct. |, and 10 a. NJ, Oct. 2. Schab-
Dos TeshuWoh sabbath of Repent
ance), p. M, Oct. 3, and 10 a. M,
Oct. 4. Yom Kippur (Day of Atone
ment), $50 p. M, Oct. 10, and 10 a.
NJ. Oct. II. The public is extended
cordial invitation to be present and
hear DR.. Rosenwasser's lectures on
these occasions.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-20
Record-Breaking Sugar Crop.

Charles G.. Maher, the efficient
young Donaldsonvillian who holds
down the highly responsible post of
chief sugar-maker of the Nipe Bay
Company's big factory at Preston,
Cuba, arrived at New Orleans We'd
nesday of last week and came to Don
aldsonVil1e the following evening to
join his wife and family, who pre-
coded him to the states several
weeks ago. Mr. Maher says the
Preston plant wound up a. most sue
scessfnI season on tae 9Th inst, after
having been in operation since Jan
1. More than 100000 tons Of cane
passed through the rollers, from
which 428,000 bags of sugar were
made. Each bag tipped the scales at
$40 pounds, hence the output of this
immense mill reached the enormous
total of approximately 1876, 900
pounds of sugar, which, expressed
in the language of the day, is GER
tainIy some sugar.' Mr.. Maher
says the past seasons crop was the
largest ever produced on the island,
and that the outlook for the coming
season is for an even larger yield,
rains having occurred during the
summer at just the proper time and
in the right quantities TO do the grow
ing cane most good. The campaign
at Preston was a bit prolonged ow-
Ing to the fact that the house was
operated on a slow schedule for
the last two months of the run, due
to the delay in receiving cane from
a plantation some distance away re-
Gently acquired by the Nipe Bay
concern. The labor supply was plen-
tiful, the weather excellent, and the
campaign a smooth and uneventful
one from start to finish
Mr.. Maher remained in Donaldson
vile until Tuesday morning, when
he left for New Orleans to accom-
pany his father, Judge H. 0. Maher,
to Abita Springs, where they will en-
joy a fortnight's soiourn
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-20
Gonzales High School Opened.

Notwithstanding inc1ement weathe,
the Gonzales High School opened Mon
day morning with an enrolment OF
229, and it is conservatively est
mated the attendance of students
will go beyond 300 during the session
The faculty is composed of the
following efficient teachers: Chas.
Broussard, principal; Misses Jeanne
Senac, Lorine Saunders, Hazel No
Ian, Hilda LaVille, Geneva Chambers
and Rena Berth.
The interesting exercises mark
ing the beginning of the years work
comprised an address by Principal
Broussard, to which Hon. Jos. Con
zales responded on behalf Of the pa
irons, many of whom were present.
An appropriate talk on education was
made by Representative S. A. Mar
chand, and Dr. G. S. st. Amant
spoke on preventive medicine.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-20
Preparing for the Foiy.
Superintendents OF Departments Appointed ond Con-
tracts Awarded for Construction Of Booths and
Pens Interesting Program of Big Three
Day Festival.

/ At a meeting last Sunday of the
board Of directors of the South Lou
isiana Fair Association, plans were
perfected for the inter-parochial fair
to be held in this city Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday, Oct. 10, II, and u,
and superintendent of the diff
ferent departments of the festival
were appointed as follows:
Agriculture-W. B. Stuart.
/ Live stock-E. G. Wathen.
| Poultry-Frank c. Ayraud.
| Education-Supt. J. L. Rusca.
/ The Woman's Civic League Of Don
aldsonville will have charge of the
department of domestic science and
household economics, which will in
clude the following divisions:
Cut flowers and pot plants-Mrs.
| R. N. Sims.
Preserves, pickles, jellies, canned
| goods, soap and catsups-Mrs. D. c.
Mattingly.
| Baby show-Mrs. Raphael Singer.
Cakes and icing-Mrs. G. Donnaud
Bentley
| Trimmed hats-Mrs. Jasmin Tobias
| Fancy work-Mrs. Walter Lemann.
Curios, relics and Relationships.
Frank Sims.
Sewing, plain and fancy-Mrs. H.
G. Whiteman.
Candy-Mrs E. K. Sims.
Bread, pastry, rolls and biscuits
Mrs. d. D. Dalferes.
Mrs. A. It. Alleman, of St. James,
and Mrs. Thos. B. Pugh, of Assump-
ton, will cooperate with the League
in securing exhibits for the ladies
department from their respective
parishes. IbervilIe will also name
one of it's representative housewives
to assist in this phase Of the work,
and the department of the fair I'M
der the jurisdiction of the ladies and
showing few of their many accom-
plishments in household science
promises to be an exceptionally com
plete and interesting feature of the
| festival:
The contract for erecting the cat,
! tie pens was awarded to w. C. Haz-
lip, and that for constructing booths
under the grand-stand was given to
Joseph Landry, both of Donaldson.
vile. The fair will be held on the
A-muz-u Park grounds, and the re.
ceipts will be divided in the proper
| ton of IS per cent to the Fair Asso-
citation and rs per cent to the A.
muz-u Company.
The program will be as follows:
Farmers day, Oct. 10-Addresses
by 3. S. Richardson, Mason Snow
den, R. R. Claridge, D. C. Welty
and other agricultural experts. Can.
ming demonstration. Judging of ex.
hibits. Horse races at 3 p. m.
School day, Oct 11-Address by
Hon. T.. H. Harris, state superintend.
ent of education. Athletic and liter
airy contests between the various
schools of Assumption, st. James
IberVille and Ascension parishes
Races at 8 p. m.
Boosters day, Oct. 12-Address by
/ Gov. Luther e. Hall. Baby show.
Automobile parade. Awarding OF
premiums. Races at 3 p. M
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-20
THE INTERNATIONAL FAIR.

Arrangements for the holding of an
inter-Darochial fair at DonaldsonV1lle
on the 10th, 18th and 18th of Oc-
tober are going forward sWimm1ngly,
and have reached stage which as
sures the financial stability OF the
enterprise, while the promises of CO.
operation from the five parishes in
the matter of exhibits justifies the
expectation that marked degree OF
success for a first effort will attend
the movement to make a systematic
and organized display of the products
of Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche,
Iberville and St. James.
The proposition was advanced in
the editorial columns of this pa
per last week that fairs are better
boomers than perhaps any other en-
terprise that can be devised, and they
pay large dividends in the long run
in stimulating ambition and better eff
fort for better stock, better farm pro-
ducts, better business and farming
methods and better citizenship.
I his statement is unquestionably true
and will bear frequent reiteration.
The first and foremost reason why
the fair is an ideal boomer can be
expressed in the assertion that peo-
pie are nearly all from Missouri in
the respect that they would rather be
shown q thing than to be told about
it. When a farmer brags that he has
raised bigger or better corn, cane,
rice, oats, cotton, vegetables, hogs,
calves, cattle, horses, mules, poultry
or anything else you please, than any
of his neighbors have done, little at
tention is paid to the boasts; but
when he produces the goods" and
invites public inspection and vertical
ton, as is done by exhibitors at a
fair, the evidence is incontestable
and the claim is substantiated. The
same principle applies to all other in
dustries and occupations as well as
to farming, which is cited only as an
example.
How much more effective it is to
collect and exhibit the products OF
the lands and the people of our five
parishes than to content ourselves
with merely talking about them.
The exhibition Of these products is
invaluable from two points of view:
first, because it stirs the spirit OF
competition and local pride among
our own people, encouraging them to
strive for better results; secondly, be
cause it demonstrates to other PEG
pie, and particularly to homeseek
ers and investors, the fertility and
productive capacity of our soil, fac
tories, etc.
Considering these facts it SHOULD
need no further argument to demon
strate the direct interest which
every resident of the five parishes
has in the success of the approach
ing inter-parochial fair to be held al
Donaldsonville three weeks hence.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-20
THE CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION

According to the terms of the act
passed at last weeks extra session
of the Louisiana general assembly
the constitutional convention which
is to be vested with power to amend
the provisions Of the present consti.
tuition relative to- the state debt and
the Sewerage and Water Board OF
New Orleans, will assemble at Baton
Rouge on Monday, November TO-
and must complete it's labors
within fifteen working days. The
body will be composed of eighty del
egates, one from each of the sixty
seven parishes except Orleans, and
one from each of the seventeen
wards of the city of New Orleans.
Nominations of candidates for dele
gates must be made by October 8,
hence there is but short time
available for campaigning for the
positions. Candidates whose names
are filed with the chairmen of their
respective parish committees on or
before that date, and who have no
opposition, will be declared the party
nominees. Party nominations may
also be made by nomination papers.
signed by the requisite number of
electors and filed with the secretary
OF state, as in the case of nominal
tons for members of the general
assembly
The primary election for conven-
ton delegates is to be held on Tues
day, October IA, and the general cleo
ton will take place two weeks later,
Tuesday, October %.
It is anticipated that in number
of parishes only one candidate will
be put forward for delegate, and we
suggest that Ascension might well
follow this example and thus save
the trouble and expense of a primary
campaign and double election. II
any considerable number of the lead
ing citizens of the parish will unite
in requesting anyone upon whom they
may center to consent to the use
OF his name, we are disposed to be-
lieve the candidate thus designated
would be nominated and elected with,
out opposition.
As the objects to which the action
Of the convention are limited apper-
tain wholly to finance and bond is
sues, men who have special qualifi-
cations for dealing with such matters
are manifestly to be preferred.
There is no lack Of proper material
n the community, and, according to
our judgment, it only remains for a
selection to be made in some such
way as we have proposed to insure
general acquiescence-an approval on
.he part of the voters of the parish.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-20
Phiilips--Baird.

L. C. Phillips, of Elysian Fields,
Texas, and Miss Augusta Baird, OF
Gonzales, were married at the home
of the bride on Friday of last week
in the presence of a large assemblage
of relatives and friends, the wedding
being one of the prettiest and most
notable events Of its kind which has
taken place at Gonzales in many
years. A delightful reception was
rendered the newly-mated pair after
the ceremony, the spacious dining
room of the hospitable Baird home
having been attractively decorated
for the occasion with a profusion OF
cut flowers and pot plants. The
happy couple left the same evening
via the l.. R. and N. for Texas,
where they will make their home, and
we're showered with rice, old shoes.
.abbit feet and other emblems OF
luck and good fortune.
Mr.. Phillips is the son of Rev. L..
NJ Phillips, of Newton, Miss. and
is young man of fine character and
much promise. He entered the en-
ploy of the l.. R. & N. Company at
It's Gonzales depot TWO years ago,
and as a result OF faithful perform
ance of duty and careful attention to
the routine of his daily work, has
now been promoted to a lucrative and
responsible position in Texas. His
rapid rise shows what young man
ian do who makes up his mind to
better himself and "get somewhere, =
and his friends, who are legion, pre-
dict big things for him in his chosen
sphere of endeavor.
The bride is the lovely daughter Of
Moses Baird, auditor of the firm of
Picard ;& Geismar, and is a winsome
and accomplished young woman,
with a wide circle of friends and adj
mirers.
Warmest congratulations and good
wishes are extended the popular ceu-
pie.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-09-20
Catholic Fair Successful,

The fair given at Ascension Hall
last Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
for the benefit of the Catholic
church, was literally patronized and
resulted quite successfully. notwith-
standing the very disagreeable wealth
er. We have not been furnished
with statement Of the net receipts,
but understand they will approximate
$500 The lions share of the credit
for this excellent showing is due to
Manager L. A. Landry and his corps
Of jealous assistants, who labored
earnestly to make the entertain
ment a success.