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FOR RENT
 BY c. s. M'NEW lDS PINE STREET pHoNR az,

A"~ AA'A c hEEA PHONE 071 l'o3 w. 10th, rooms, large lot. good
 well and sheds .... stooo l'O2 w. oth. ) rooms, hall, city wa-
 ter -.........-.......... .................. s1a 5a TOE w. 12th, 3 rooms, city wafer ss 5o l4lh and Ash, 3 rooms, city water 1-4
 block rent t.......................... s2o m l4OS w. 9th, six large rooms, hall.
 bath, lights, gas, modern; will be
 vacant January 1st.
 1904 w. 17th, rooms, good well s7.5O I'll Beach, 4 rooms, city water, close
 to Sixth Avenue School, barn S1O.OO. 621 Beach, 6 rooms, lights, bath $500 ll7 and 119 E. 17th, rooms and city
 ""'0l $9.00 1905 Ohio, 4 rooms, hall; two large
 lots, city water S12.5O 2006 Chestnut, 6 rooms, modern.
 lights, gas, bath; garden spot, lot
 'ox2l0; good out building ........$18.0O 1201 w. End. 10 rooms two story.
 furnished or unfurinshed; modern
 and up to date .........................s4 s40.OO ZIG Chestnut, rooms, 2 halls, lights
 and gas; close in s15.0O 2ll Elm, rooms, modern, new: close
 Tn --.-....-. ....-.......-.......-....-...$2250 7O6 w. 12th 5 rooms, city water $500
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LOST-A BLACK LEATHER BOUND 1913 Diary, bearing name and ad- dress of E. l.. Markham, 1902 South Main St. Contains in for nation pertaining to civil engin- eering end is of value to owner Only. Reward if returned to the Graphic office, or above address. 12-19-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-24

FOR RENT--5-ROOM COTTAGE. ALL modern conreniences. Ash street off Sixth avenue. Apply to R. H. Htearns Co. e-8 If
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FOR SALE

l-2 block 22nd and Main, high and dry blocks from street car; sell on terms or cash for 35OOO. 40 acres, 10 acres in cultivation, 6 miles from city; IA mile from Sul- phur Springs road .........$ 100000 Vacant lot w. 9th, all improvements; tax paid out; best street in the city. ........,.,.. ............ 1,5oO.O0. Two names, TOP and FOG w. 18th, lot 110x200; sell on easy terms; near high school -.........................$2,0 100000. West Third, corner 3rd and Cherry with one Broom house, one 4-room house. The 4-roorn house will pay more than all taxes,. Insurance, etc. .............. . ,250.00
 Money to Loan on City Real Estate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-24

LOST-A WHITE AND BROWN
 Ilewellyn setter, answers to the
 name C: Freddy" Collar without name. Reward if returned to Jack Langford. 12-23-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-24
FOR RENT

HOY Cherry, rooms water, light and gas, $16.50. 916 W. 5th avenue, rooms, electric
 lights, bath and gas...............S30. .00
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BUY OLD FEATHER
 beds, will pay good price. V. E.
 Haralsol,, call 1269. 12-13-tf
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. ! ! | +s +% ~* < < Pine Bluff Iron Works GeRr Founders and
 Maohinists.

We do repair work of all. kind . and carry a full stock Of utand- . ard g>ods and caCtings. Locomo- 1 tive engines and boilers repaired. | Ielep h0nl, Day 470. Night, S84 1
 j. .4 ' is & ' d. . A \ s Hs 1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-24
LOST AND FOUND

AO0 ANO U VUNO
 LOST-BUNCH OF KEYS, THREE Yales, eight or nine small keys, night latch and Duttonlook. Last seen Saturday night. Reward if returned to the Graphic. 12-24-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-24

Anyone wishing to buy or sell Jef- ferson County Scrip. call Q Chas. Well.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20
STATE TREASURER'S REPORT
Very Complete Document Showing
Fiorida's Financial Condition

|. 1t requires a 250-page book tt
carefully chronicle all the sums
which State Treasurer Lunins
has taken in and expended during
the year l9l2-but it is all done
SO methodically and carefully tha1
the volume sent to this Office
makes most excellent reading al.
though, like the dictionary, the
subject changes frequently.
The total interest on-the public
debt of the state, which is paid on
July l and January 1, was $18,-
O47; state school fund $11,O ,O45;
university fund $4,O74; and semi
nary fund $2,92S.
The interest received \by the
treasurer on public monies depos-
tied in state banks amounted to
800, ,O16.73 as compared with $16,-
643. 33 in 1911, an income amount
ing to more than double what the
treasurer's Offices cost to maintain.
In receipts from insurance COM
panies Gn which there were shown
20 new applicants and 16 compan-
les withdrawn the figure totalize
1886, 75S.01, while the expenses
for conducting the Office amounted
to but about $17O0, a compilation
which indicates remarkably pro-
fitable Office.
From all sources during the
year the receipts were 81 ,202, ,0S4.-
8h, while a balance at the COM
of the year 1886, 800. 40
to bring the total to 81, 53S, 4S4.25.
The total disbursements during the
same term were 81, ,1S5, ,171.99 -
leaving a balance on hand Janu-
airy l of this year amounting to
1858, 312. 80. Palm Beach Coun-
ty.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20
WRITES ABOUT
PUNTA GORDA
TOWN PRAISED BY A TOURIST
Was Cordially Received and Gained
Favorable Impressions

During our trip in the South
we called on our friend and fellow
ownsman j. F. Citizens at Punta
Gorda. 1t would be unkind to
pass by this beautiful southern
town and splendid people without
saying some little about them af-
ter extending to us as they did
such a hearty welcome, especially
Mr.. Citizens; and by the way, Mr..
Citizens is very popular gentle
man in that town, as he is here
with us who know him." writes
Fl. B. Bamford in the Bridgetown
IN. J.) Evening News. Mr.. Bam-
ford was a recent visitor here and
he speaks good word for the
town as follows:
"Punta Gorda is a clean town,
its streets are kept in splendid
shape, its stores are up-to-date,
has two banks with splendid sur
plus in each. 1t is located on
Charlotte Harbor, a wide river.
This river is claimed by them to
absolutely remove any fear from
frost by the truckers and fruit
growers. There is a pier built
out in this river one mile long,
built largely for the tourists
enjoyment. This pier was paid
for by the town. There is
large hotel which compares favor
ably with any hotels of the larger
resorts. 1t is nicely located, fac
ing the harbor, with u deep lawn
running down to the waters edge,
planted with palms. roses and
evergreens, making beautiful
sight.
"The principle industries are
fishing and fancy trucking. The
fishing is carried on extensively
for market. The trains back
down on the pier to load the fish
daily, sometimes loading several
cars daily. The truck business is
also carried on extensively. Mr..
Citizens has about 800 acres. We
Continued on second page.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20
Grand BOuleUardPlann

sition, which two cf the visiting
gentlemen stand ready to assist in
carrying out, and they speak con-
6lently of being able to interest
others in it. And it is expected that
the Fort Myers board of trade
will lend its cooperation, as half
of the boulevard will be in Lee
county. A committee will soon
take it up with the Fort Myers
people.
The route oyer which it is pro-
posed to build this superb high
way follows line south from this
city across Pineapple river below
the old bridge to the lower coast,
thence along ridge parallel to the
shore, as near ms practicable, to
the Caloosahatchee river, across
the river to, connect with Nc
Gregor boulevard between Fort
Myers and Punta Rassa.
It is great plan the carrying
out of which will provide a su-
perb and beautiful boulevard DIFF
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20

ferent from anything in the coun-
try. It will become famous far
and near and will give renewed
impetus to the development of
southwest Florida, as other simi-
lar highways will be constructed
to connect with it and lead north,
and the chain will finally form one
continuous boulevard from one
end of the state to the other.
Good thing, and it doesn't call for
any bonding. Let's have it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20

DeLand Record: The truckers
of the state are growing an inn
mense spring crop, and "a great
acreage in water melons and can
teloupes is being planted. If
these people were granted better,
faster shipping facilities and the
freight and express charges were
not SO exhorbitant,a hope could be
held out that the truckers would
make money, but heretofore the
transportation lines got about all
that was in the business.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20
County yDiuisiOn in DeSOt0

County division is about the Iiv-
liest topic that is now receiving
att ention in this section. The
proposition to create two new
counties from portions of DeSoto
has aroused the opposition as in
days agone, but no reasonable man
can deny that there is justice in
the cause of the divisionists and
that the proposed new counties
have the. population and the tax
able property to sustain them.
Considering the county to be
created out of the southern part
of DeSoto, let us look at it as it is
today, taking side glance at the
mother county as she will be left
after the departure of the daugh-
ter.
The new county will be COM
posed of four rows of townships
in this southern part of DeSoto,
embracing all the land south of
the line dividing townships
thirty-eight and thirty-nine AN
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20
CITRUS FRUIT CROP
Will be Eight Million Boxes-Seven
Million Have Moved

That the total shipment of cit.
rus fruits from the State up to
the present amount to about T.
900, 600 boxes and that, before the
shipping season ends 100000
boxes will haye been shipped, is
the opinion of w. G. Temple, gen.
eral manager of the Florida Cit
rus Exchange. When the Citrus
Exchange estimated last June
that the crop for this year would
amount to 7,25O,0O0 boxes, the
statement was met with ridlcule,
but subsequent developments have
shown the estimate to have been
more than justified.
'Some of the associations which
four weeks ago, said they would
finish the shipment of all the early
varieties within q week, are still
shipping. The Exchanges pre-
diction last June that the crop
would amount to seven and quar-
ter million boxes was jeered at
and censured by local papers. Al
ready nearly seven million boxes
have been shipped, says Mr.T
pie in an interview published by
the Tampa Tribune.
Certain interests hal estimated
that the shipments would amount
to less than three years ago, when
6, 100,0 boxes were sent out of
the State. 1t looks now like the
total shipments this year will
amount to nearer 5000, 900 boxes
than 1000, 900.
"We look for the biggest meet
ing of citrus growers ever held in
Florida at the Tampa Bay Casino
April II This is not an Exchange
meeting nor instigated by the Ex-
change or any of the officers there.
of but growers Of the State with
out regard to marketing affiliations
including Exchange members,
joined at the request and invita-
tion of the independent interests,
both growers and shippers. Prof.
Harold H. Hume, president of the
Florida horticultural Society, has
been selected and has consented to
serve as chairman of the meeting.
"Matters concerning reduction
of rates of transportation, includ-
ing efficiency and equipment for
transportation; matters of legis-
lation, green fruit tariff, national
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20

Times Union Short Talks
Charlotte Haabor's board of trade
is taking an active part in the af-
fairs of that town and at a meet
ing held recently discussed various
things that could be done for the
advancement of all interests. The
promoter of the new railroad that
is reaching into that section was
heard and gave some good advice.
Several new members were elected
at the meeting, which adjourned
after most profitable session.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20

advertising campaigns, quarantine
laws to protect Florida growers
from insect pests, such as are now
in force in California, and matters
of general and vital interest are
the only things to be touched
on"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20

area of about sixteen hundred
square miles, over three hundred
square miles more territory than
the state of Rhode Island has,
The whole of DeSoto has an area
of 1856 and after giving up this
slice Oft the south end will still
have 2.165 square miles. So the
new county is not taking an un-
due portion, but is leaving con-
siderable territory for the old
county.
Nearly a thousand voters and a
population of about five thousand
are within the limits of the pro-
posed new county, more than each
of eight other Florida counties
had in 1910. In each of nine,
counties of the state in 1900 there
were fewer people. In 1890 only
twenty-eight counties, in 1880 only
eighteen and in 1870 only thirteen
had more in population than the
new county will have.
The total assessed valuation Of
property in DeSoto county for
1912 is S5, ,744, 1888; the total valua-
ton OF the property that will be in
the new county to be created out
of the south end of DeSoto is So
174.146. In 1897, ten years sitter
the organization of DeSoto county,
the valuations in the entire county
amounted to only %, 2,1O5, 4OS, so,
that the new county is now worth
$685. more than the parent,
county was worth in 1897.
LIN the new comfy, road tax
of eight mills, the present rate,
will yield Sl7.393. In 1912 the
total amount expended on roads in
this end of DeSoto, including the
cost of bridges, etc., did not ex-
ceed $500. Thus, at the pres
ent rate of taxation, we of the
new county, will have $1O,895.
more for roads than was expend-
ed on our roads last year.
During the year ending July I,
1912, there was expended for
purposes in DeSoto
county a little more than forty
eight thousand dollars. OF this
sum considerably less than one
fourth of it was used in this
part Of the county.
The number of pupils enrolled in
DeSoto county is 3,467, and the.
number in what will be the new
county is 752. Thus the amount
expendedrto the pupil was thir-
teen dollars. while in the new
county at the present'rate of taxa
Lionthere will be twenty-eight dol
lars to each pupil.
1t must be remembered also that
The valuation. of the real estate.
railroads, telegraph
lines, ETC., in DeSoto county, was
made some four months ago. That
has increased immensely
since. And that the cost of run
ming the new county, high official
salaries, etc., should be given no
since all county officers
IRE paid in fees except the county
of schools, the
and their clerk.
No commissioner can receive over
400 In any one year.
Itmay be interesting to know that
here were eighty-one counties cre-
ted in the United States last year
which shows that organizing new
ounties is not a new thing. There
re twenty-six counties in the
United States each with less than
,0G0 population, and seventy
even with less than 1000.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-20

Great things are in store for
Punta Gorda and this entire Sec
ton. New possibilities are be-
coming evident from time to time,,
and the future looks bright not
only from agricultural and CON-
mercial view points but in other
respects also. One project is now
under discussion, which if put
through, will be of untold value
in the further advancement of the
city and vicinity. This is the
connecting of Prnta Gorda and
Fort Myers by an automobile
highways.
At the board of trade meeting
last Friday night, mention of the
need for hi ighway connecting
this city with the Lee county cap
ital was made by President A. >.
Nichols of the New York Cham
ber of Commerce, who has been
enjoying winters soJourn here.
The board was SO favorably im-
pressed with Mr.. Nichols re-
marks that it was decided to un-
dertake to carry out his sugges-
ton if practicable plan could be
devised. A committee composed
of Geo. S. Stone, j. Mizeli, N.
G. Hewitt and F. M. Cooper met
on Saturday evening at Hotel
Punta Gorda and went into the
matter in detail with the several
gentlemen stopping at the hotel
who had expressed themselves as
interested in the carrying out of
the proposition.
This meeting at Hotel Punta
Gorda was attended by the men,
bers of the committee already
mentioned and by p. A. Franklin
of New York, W. Davis of Lees
burg, Va, Long of Boston, Mass,
and Edw. Walker of Tampa. 1t
was the opinion of all these gentle
men that magnificent boulevard
can be constructed between this
place and Fort Myers on plan
that will not be very difficult to
carry out and will provide one of
the most unique and attractive au-
tomobile drlve-ways in the whole
country. II is contemplated to
make it practically speedway,
beautified in the way that is only
possible in this semi-tropic lati-
tude. The matter is now assum-
ing tangible shape and every ef-
fort is to be put forth to carry it
through.
A tentative plan has been formu-
lated. Under this a right-of- way
one hundred feet wide is to be Sc
cured. Owners of property
through which the boulevard will
pass will doubtless donate what is
needed for this purpose when it is
realized what benefits will accrue
to them. A strip twenty feet
wide in the middle is to be set
with parallel rows of the harder
tropical fruit trees; and along each
side of this will be- twenty.foot
drive-ways - parallel stretches
making it possible for cars on the
one or the other to all travel the
same way without interference, be-
ing governed by the rule" "keep to
the right" Thanking the two drive
ways will be spaces ten feet in
width left for flowers and shrub
berry, and along the outer sides of
these will be the sidewalks, also
ten feet wide.
1t is a part of the plan to get
peopleof means to procure home.
sites and bnild along the bulevard
and aid in its construction and up
keep. 1t is very feasible propo-
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
SteriIized Soil For Flowers.

1t is not generally known that the
soil used by florists for filing window
boxes and fOwerpots is often steri
lized. This sterilization is not intend
ed primarily for the destruction OF
germs. but for the destruction of all
animal and vegetable life in the soil
so that weeds will not be springing up
along with the flowers and worms up
roofing the earth The sterilizing de
vice consists of large bin with steam
pipes running through it about -four
Feet apart. Along these pipes there
are placed holes at intervals of a few
inches. The sOil-which is sod plow
ed up and left to decay for a year-is
dumped in. Then the steam is turned
on for half an hour At the end of
that time the process is completed
Harper's.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
Never Can Happen AGAIN,

The Montenegro law which orda;I.,
that any found valuable shall be place,
where the loser can find it reminds on.
Of an anecdote told of Grimaldi's grand
father in Dickens life of the famou
clown. On one Of his visits to LeadeL
hall market with nearly f400 in golc
and silver upon him "he found that hi.
shoe had become unbuckled and. tax
ing from his pocket the bag, he PLACED
1t upon a neighboring post and the
proceeded to adjust his buckle" Hay
Ing afterward to pay for a purchase
he missed his bag Of gold and hurried
back to the post where he had bucklet
his shoe. Although more than three
quarters of IN hour had elapsed. /" a
there it remained, safe and untouched
on the top of post in the open street.
That was in eighteenth century Lon
don. Could it happen now?-London
Chronicle.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
TOSCANINPS DEBUT.
He Was Literally Forced to Conduct
Opera the First Time.

AS an opera conductor Toscanini
seems both to have achieved greatness
and to have had greatness thrust upon
him. In the Century Max Smith, giving
a character sketch Of the eminent mu-
stefan, thus describes his first triumph.
Toscanini was in Rio de Janeiro, doing
double duty in the opera house as first
cellist and assistant chorus master.
The season had gone badly from the
beginning. One conductor had been re-
jected, and matters reached a crisis
when an indignant audience, assembled
to hear Aida" refused to accept the
services of an incompetent substitute,
compelling him by main force to leave
the orchestra. amid jeers, Kisses and
catcalls before the unfortunate man
had lifted his baton.
The impresario was in a Quandary,
when a delegation of influential sub
scribers insisted that he should not
abandon the performance. They were
ready. they said, to accept as leader
any musician in the orchestra rather
than the man dismissed.
Some one suggested Toscanini, who
beat retreat to the stage, where he
was found trying to hide in the wings.
His efforts to escape were futile. No
excuse was accepted. Forced into the
clawhammer coat worn by the cOstumer
of the theater, he was dragged into the
pit and lifted bodily to the conductors
stand, while the crowd roared its ap-
prOval.
The youthful maestro seized the
baton, and suddenly the noise was
quelled. He held at once the undivided
attention not only of the orchestra, but
Of the mob. Every one could see that
be was conducting from memory. Even
then, making his first appearance as
leader, he was independent of the score,
and so an evening that begun with
tumultuOus protests ended with bois-
ferrous demonstrations of enthusiasm,
insuring the cellist's employment as
conductor to the end of the season.
Brute force had launched him on his
brilliant career. The news Of his SEN
sational debut was flashed across the
ocean, and thereafter the doors of ev-
cry opera house in Italy were open to
him.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
A Soy and a Thousand Dollars.

A New York judge gave his son
$1,000. telling him to go TO college and
graduate The son returned at the end
Of freshman year without dollar and
with several ugly habits. AT the close
of the vacation the judge told his son
that he had done all he could for him.
If he had wasted the money that was
to have taken him through college he
might as well leave home and make his
own way in the world. 1t was a rude
awakening for the young man, but be
knew that his father was right. And so
strong was the good influence of his
upright father that he did leave home
to go to work in downright earnest.
He went back to college, made his way
through. graduated at the head of his
class, studied law. became governor of
the state of New York. entered the
cabinet of the president of the United
States and made Il record for himself
It was William H Seward.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
hum0r in British Courts.

Il vent home with a friend of
mine by myself" said a defend.
ant at Ystrad.
THAT man lies like a gas me-
ter" declared a witness at Shore
ditch county court.
I'VE were about thirty years
apart" said a constable at Ac-
ton. Then he joined in the gen.
eral laugh.
Chester Solicitor prison
er is evidently a member of that
society we hear so much about.
He is one of the Sons of Rest. -
Counsel Ito applicant at Shore
ditch county COURT Is your ap-
petite still bad? Applicant
eat little; but Pm not gorge
ous."
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1913-08-06
Coming Out into the Open.

1t was not so many years ago
that advertising was considered
unethical from a business stand
point.
Many of the finest old houses
held aloof, saying that they
didn't have to advertise. Even
Today there are some business
and professional men so bound
by custom and tradition that they
have not yet availed themselves
of the advantages of advertising.
By so much as these customs
still hold, by just so much is the
public deprived OF knowing all
about those professions and bus