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The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
Gayety-"The Honeymoon Girls

The Honeymoon Girls" with Phil
OFT. will be the attraction at the Gayety
next week.
This is the first visit Of this popular
show. In the present instance the au-
thors have seen nit to make the music
incidental to the plot OF the story. which
is coherent
The show is played in two acts and
five scenes, giving the scenic artists and
costumer great opportunities for color
blending and picturesque Costumins. The
cast includes Phil OFT. Joe Burton, Frank
CBud) Williamson. Alice Lazar. Nettie
Nelson. Virginia Ware, the Harmony
Trio, and Dave Kinder.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
Observation-Disclosures.

Marceline, generally recognized as the
greatest of clowns, will come to the Co
lumbia Theater next week, heading one
of the greatest novelties G. the theatrical
season. He will bring with him an in
door circus and hippodrome company
that for entertaining qualities is guar
anteed TO outdo even Barnum's Greatest
Show on Earth. There will be bareback
riders, scrobats, juggfers, trapeZe ana
wire performers, animal trainers, and a
whole lost OF clowns. over whom Mar
ceIine will throw the spell of his extraor-
dinary powers as an entertainer. That
those powers are unprecedented may be
judged from the fact that at the conclu-
sion Of five years engagement in Lon
don he wst placed under contract to
make tour of this country. He opened
in New York at tie famous Hippodrome.
-here his success and personal popular
ity has kept him for seven continuous
years, a record SURPRISING that of any
other famous entertainer in the world.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18

will furnish endless occupation for the
small gardener. 4 child of four can be
taught to air the beds, especially in sum-
mer when the bed clothing is light in
weight. And there are ever so many
be trusted
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
roIi'.-..The Girl In the Taxi"

Polls Theater announces for next
week a revival OF The Girl in The
Taxi" which was written by Anthony
Mars and adapted for the American
stage by Stanislaus STANCE. Several
members of the original New York cast
will be added next week to the strength
of the Poll Players for the revival here.
The story of the comedy tells the sd-
ventures Of a youth who is dominated
by desire TO see more OF the night life
of New York than Is warranted by his
monthly income Of $500. His father is
involved in an affair with the girl in
the taxi" and father and son become
allies IN a strenuous attempt to keep his
escapades q secret from the wife and
sister Of one culprit and the mother and
aunt of the other
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
Rosa Virginia Sand S School

A Triyate school for young ladies and girls with
denaitmeut for small boys. Special attention paid
to languGgeS Miss Hattie L. Burdette head Of Art
lIepaTfmeft Mis-. John 7. Brosius, head of Music
Derartment For catalogue apply TO Miss ROSA
VIRGINIA SANDS, I7fs NJ ST. nv. Opens Wednes-
dsy October l.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
d. F. keIth's-HiRh-CIas Vaude-
VILE.

Nora Bayes. with her own staff of
Broadway farcists and her new musical
fol-de-rol called Songs and Foolishness, -
will be the headliner at B. F. Keith's
Theater next week. The extra added at
traction will be Mrs. Gene Hughes and
a metropolitan company Of players in
Edgar Allen Woolf's skit called Youth. -
Another appeal to funlovers will be made
by the songwriter and comedian. J. Fran
els Dooley. who will be quizzed by
Corinne Sales in a melanEe of fun and
song called Pavement Patter" A pam
tomimic spectacle, The Land of
Dreams" will be offered by Paul Kleist
the illusionist. blend OF acrobatics
and buffoonery will be perpetrated by
lie Roy, Wilson. and Tom. in Three
Crazy Men from Frisco" Leo Carrillo
monologist and mimic. is also announced.
Sharp and Turek. The Chocolate Dan
dies" the Kinemacolor production of
''Hiawatha," and other features will
form the bill.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
Academy-"A Fool There wa..-

From Rudyard KipIings masterful
poem, THE Vampire" Porter Emerson
Browne. six years ago. wrote "A Fool
There Was" in which play Robert
Hilliard made a wonderful success.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
DE NOTE SCHOOL FOR BOYS

l4l9 Goth ST, NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE.
"A good equipment, carefully selected masters and
a definite sense of responsibility" Individual in
struction. physical training and athletics. UPPER
SCHOOL opens September .. LOWER SCHOOL
opens September %. LAURENCE WASHBURN DE
NOTTE Hesdmaster.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY

1854 Eighth ST. n. w.
Established 1885 Jubilee Year.
NOW OPEN.
Primary, Elementary. and Academic Courses for
girls and young ladies. Also thorough Business
Course teaching Bookkeeping, Stenography. and
Typevritins a feature Of instruction.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-18
NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY
Law SCHOOL
(Evening Sessions EXC
45th Year.

OPENS OCTOBER !, b:5U p. NJ
For catalogue, application blanks,
&C, address the Dean at the Admins
tration ONCE, Southern Building; phone
Main 66l7, or after October ! at Ma
tional Law School Building. Sl6-S1S
18th st. n. W.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20

Gorda should become the county
seat, it may be taken for granted
that they would put in one of the
meanest meu that they can get to
try and initiate the Arcadia history
does it follow that the other
four commissioners are going to
submit9 Geographically, Punta
Gorda will be isolated, and unlike
Arcadia, will have only one dear
neighbor, while Arcadia has three.
We know now that the coun-
ty commissioners make or break
counties and, as shown, the break
ing part will be something of a
job in a new county. Even
though there might he irresponsi-
BILE men elected, there will of a
surety be no tax money to handle
in the DeSoto style. Hence con-
clude that Ft. Ogden can afford
to join its fortune. with the new
county.-TAxPAYER.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20
Florida VclUet Bean

The velvet bean, says j. M.
Scott of the Florida Experiment
Station, appears to have been
brought into Florida from some
other part of the world more than
thirty years ago. 1t has not been
discovered whence it came. Sew
eral facts, such as the close ferti-
lized flowers, and the pods which
do not spring open, mark it as the
product of long cultivation, per-
haps in southern Asia. Ut has
been described under a new Latin
name.) 1t was under trial by the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20
THE LURE OF THE
FLORIDA CLIMATE
IRRIsnBLE TO MANY PEOPLE
As Shown BY the Heavy Travel to
the State this Winter

The winter season which failed
to materialize this year in Florida
and which has now turned the last
q uarter post in the rest Of the
United States, has according to all
published reports been extremely
mild, in fact one of the warmest
on record. In view of this it
would naturally be supposed that
thousands of people who live in
the bleak and frigid North and
who habitually come to Florida to
spend at least part of the winter,
would be content to stay at home.
But this is not true. On the
contrary, more visitors have come
to Florida this year than ever be-
fore. This statement is borne out
by the keepers of hotels and re-
sorts and by the books Of the
transportation companies all over
the state. This shows two i'm
portant things. 1t demonstrates
the fact that the truth. about Flor
ida is becoming more widely
known year by year. 1t also
shows That theilure of the Florida
climate is Irresistible.
Large as is the number of visi-
tors to Florida this season, no
doubt it would have been much
greater had the winter in the
North, East and northwest been
one of even usual severity.
A feature of the situation that
is flattering to the Florida climate
is that, late as the season is thous-
ands of visitors are still focking
into the state. They are coming
on every train and steamer. Most
of these people have means, many
are investors and not u few are
homeseekers.
The advantage Florida receives
from these thousands of visitors
is not confined to the money they
spend while wintering in the
Land of Flowers. The greatest
benefit is that many of them in
vest in Florida lands and homes and
many others return to become
permanent and progressive citi-
zens of the state. Pensacola
Journal.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20
City Council Meeting


ping of mains etc., and establish
ing a scale of prices.
On motion, the mayor, mar
shal and president of council were
instructed to investigate the prop
osition of building a new Jail, and
report at next meeting of the
council. On motion the Mayor
was instructed to employ q guard
to work on the streets city prison
ers and to assist with police duties.
There being no further business
council adjourned.
K. X. SEWARD, Clerk.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20
THEIR ARGUMENT
Statements Made by the Anfi-Diyis.
ionisfs in Couniy-Siie-Re-
movaI Campaign

EDITOR HERALD:-ln former
campaigns when county division
was an issue the orators when
speaking in the north and central
part Of DeSoto county would in.
variably take great pleasure in
telling the people that they were
too poor to educate their children
as the excess Of the money used to
maintain their schools cane out of
the southern part Of DeSoto coun-
ty. In the county seat removal
campaign the DeSoto County News
in one Of the issues flung it after
the north part with great force al-
most approaching the border Of
violence that they were receiving
a grebt deal more than they were
paying for the support of their
schools, and as the excess had to
come from somewhere and partic-
ular stress was laid upon the fact
that the records would show that
it came out of the taxes paid by
the south part of the county.
All of these sundry statements
were made time and again. 1t
looked at times us if the brethren
were hard to convince or else were
ashamed to admit that their little
ones were receiving benefits at the
expense of other parts. Anyway
it will be q small job to produce
the facts as here stated, that the
brethren of the north and central
part did make these claims; and In
truth and in fact they were right,
the only trouble being that they
had to tell each other, but we all
know that in heated campaign
there are times when the truth
most come even though it hurts.
Now fellow citizens, who inhab-
it the southern part of DeSoto
county, all we need to do is to
take the word of our up county
friends to prove the plainln ,lispLt
able fact that for the past fifteen
years we have paid at least forty
per cent school taxes ont of the
total paid by us for the exclusive
benefit of other parts. Hence it
follows that we would be able to
keep the schools going the year
through, or else cut the local three
mills tax and reduce the general
tax also get the same school bene-
fit we now have.
At some future time it will be
shown that this statement is true
as shown by our beneticiaries up
country. Res. ctfully,
N..C. LARSEN.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20
A CORRECT VIEW
County Division Considered From the
Standpoint of a Citizen
OF Fort Ogden

Ft. Ogden, Fla, Feb. IA, 1918.
EDITOR HERALD:
| A few days ago a gentleman
having the interest of the county
seat in mind stated on our streets
that Ft. Ogden would be the loser
by a division of DeSoto count
upon the proposed lines and that
inasmuch as the new court house
would bepartly paid for before
division could be brought about it
would bebetter for Fl. Ogdento stay
with DeSoto county and take the
chances of getting their share Of
the public spoils, etc.
This writer would like very
much for some one to show where
in Ft. Ogden is now or has been
at any time under any obligation
to the county seat for favors re-
ceived at their hands. The pres
ent member of the school board
and the member of the Board of
county commissioners, both Ft.
Ogden men were put in Office by
the votes Of Cleveland and Punta
Gorda and it may be remembered
that Arcadia influence did its best
to defeat the commissioner, al
though entirely ont of their juris-
diction. The road Improvement
about TT. Ogden was done by
commissioner not belonging to Ft.
Ogden but to Cleveland and Punta
Gorla.
Now suppose DeSoto county
should remain intact, what benefit
will it be to Ft. Ogden, except to
help pay the enormous taxes that
will be required to keep up the
glory and grandeur of Arcadia,
with the additional surity of hav-
ing to bond to build brick roads
for the central parts 1t is Ia
mentable but proven fact that the
central part and particularly Ar
cadia will tax itself out of all rea-
son solely because they are situated
so as to reap the benefit from both
the north and south parts of the
county. The result of their ma
nipulations of the past is to have a
tax rate Of 344 mills, state and
county taxes.
Now, in case of division on the
proposed lines, while there will be
an abundance of property value,
there will be no money with which
to play corrupt practice, nor will
there be any advantage to be had
on any plan in comparison with
present conditions. To apportion
the new county will give County
Commissioner each to that part
north and west of Charlotte Har-
Dor and Peace river, Ft. Ogden
and Bermont, Solana and Cieve-
land, Venus and LaBelle, and
Punta Garda. Suppose Punta
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20

The Times Union notes the ship
ment of 100000 pounds Of butter
into Jacksonville a month. Fig
ured at.40 cents a pound-the
price of it in Punta Gorda-that
means some money paid out for
this one item.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20

Tampa Tribune:-F Fishing is
better than ever at Punta Gorda.
Punta Gorda is the base of sup
ply Of The biggest fish and the
biggest fish. stories in this country.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20

1895, has since been largely grown
in Florida, and has been sent all
over the world under the name Of
the Florida velvet bean. The
last statistics show nearly thirty
thousand acres of this crop in
Florida. Being killed down by
cold, and requiring long season
to ripen its seeds, it can only be-
proftably cultivated in the south
ern portion of the Gulf States or
still farther south in the tropics.
The velvet bean is one of the
best legumes for growing in the
rotation as a soil renovator in sub
tropical countries, such as Florida.
1t covers the ground and chokes
down weeds, is not attacked by root
knot, and does not shed its leaves
when killed by frost. 1t affords a
cheap protein feed, and gives good
forage for cattle in the late winter
and spring. Steers fed on velvet
beans as one ingredient of q bal
anced ration were found to put on
flesh at a cost of about "a cents a
pound, which was cheaper than
three other rations not containing
velvet beans. a
For milk production, less than
three pounds of velvet beans in the
pod were equal to one pound. of
cotton-seed meal costing as much
as five pounds of velvet beams.
When fed exclusively or nearly
exclusively to horses and cattle,
velvet beans, like other nitrogen
Gus foods, cause various troubles.
which however are avoided by
feeding them in a balanced ration.
When given in large quantities to
pigs, the appearance of the fat has
been affected.
For planting, the velvet bean
should be hulled; and it will nav
well to sort out the best seeds.
The seed should be planted at
dates varying from the middle of
March for south Florida to the
middle of April for north Florida.
1t wanted only for hay, planting
may be done until the beginning
of July.
A quarter of a bus6el Of good
seed will be enough for planting
an acre. The seed should be drill
ed in rows three feet apart and at
distances of ten to fifteen inches in
the drill. The yield is islncreased
by planting corn@or sorghum in
alternate rows, 70 that The velvet
beans will climb their stalks. A
good seed bed should be prepared
by plowing thoroughly and har-
rowing at intervals of ten days.
No fertilizer is necessary on or
dinary land; cultivation between
the rows should be practiced until
the vines have begun to form.
The vines should be cut for hay as
soon as the young pods are well
formed. The seed may be har-
vested in December or, the land
may be pastured from December
to March. Plvwing under should
be done as early as possible. One
ton to one and one-half tons of
beans may be expected per acre.
About one To one and one-half
acres of velvet beans will be
enough to fatten one animal.
The caterpillars that attack vel
yet beans in Florida may be readi-
lily destroyed by busting on Paris
green at a slight cost per acre. The
small amount of Paris green is on
ly enough to kill the csterpillars
and will not produce any poison
Gus effects on the cattle.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-02-20


Tuesday evening, Feb. 11th, 1913,
1880 p. m. in the town hall.
Present-Geo. S. Stone, Pres,
N. C. Hewitt, L. w. Rountree
and F. B. Pitt.
Meeting was called to order by
the president. Minutes of the
previous meeting were read and
approved.
The finance coromittee 0. KID.
the monthly reports of the clerk
and collector, treasurer, marshal
and engineer, and same were or
dered fled.
The following bills we're O.K'd.
and the clerk instructed to issue
warrents on the respective funds
for their payment.
General fund-Roy Mobley
$500, Cyril Baldwin 800, III. &
w. B. Drew Go. 2.62, G. A. Roe
8.35. r. X. Seward 1926, I'll. j.
Spence 1000, Mrs. E. Wotitzky
1.75, P. &. Herald 1880, j. H.
Lipscomb S3,7O, R. H. Weeks SO.
80, Alex Stephens 5000, j. K.
McClelland 100. 90, total $780, OF.
Fire and water fund.-. Il.
Hurton $500, E. W. Rountree
2.2O, E. w. Rountree 1875, A.
Silcox 2.15, N. G. Hewitt 4.55,aA
Silcox 3.57, A. Silcox 1.25, Hew-
lit Bros. 6.1O, Jno. G. Alfred 400,
Clayton Porter 11.75, E. w.
Rountree 1875, j. P. Campbell
1880, j. B. Harrison $500, Fla.
Elect. Co. 37.73, Hewitt Bros. 81.
65-Total $229.S5.
Street fund j. S. Goff $500,
w. nj. Barley 1880, N. G. Hew-
itt S.75, p. G. Hardware Go. 49,
80, j. S. Goff 1.25, Grassland &
Brown $500, j. G. Meyrick 1855,
Clayton Porter 5.75, S. Nj. Kirton
6.75, G. G. Davis 1OO.32 total
1851.
Script to the amount of $790.37
was destroyed in open council as
follows street fund $247.26, fire
and water 270.75, general fund
272.35.
Mr.. r. w. Jordan, represented
by Attorney Wallace Chadman,
presented bill for $125.00 for a
horse claimed to have been killed
Feby 9Th while crossing a defect
i've bridge. On motion this mat
ter was referred 10 the city Attor-
my.
Bids for the construction of
sidewalks on Taylor street were
opened and read. The bid of
Clayton Porter for thirteen (l3)
cents square foot, being the low
est was on motion accepted.
A motion was made and carried
that work be commenced on the
Geo. Brown property.
1t was moved and seconded that
$4,000 appropriated by the coun-
Gil to the Jax Advertising fund be
paid to Jas. X. McClelland, secre.
tary of the Board of Trade.
On motion the rules were waiv-
ed and an ordinance adopted by
sections prohibiting the running
at large of cattle and other animals
within the city limits of p. q.
said ordinance to 90 into effect im-
r'ediateiY after 30days publication.
The water works plant was dis
cussed. Many families have the
use of the water and the city de-
rives no revenue. A motion was
made and carried that u fee of %
cts per month be charged for
each spigot used, and the city
Atty was instructed to draw up
an ordinance regulating the tap
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
FEEDING FAVORED
Enormous Crops Will Probably
Revive This Industry.
Loss. Certain in Some cases.
May Be Prevented.

Larned, Kan, Jan. 23.-Ine eno
NOUS alfalfa and forage crop IN 49,
ern Kansas the past season may Ioi -
the most extensive stock IeeoIis a
the history of this section: Inc ytet
of all forage crops was larger tna
for half a decade and the total y leiu
larger than ever before. On hlose
ranches four cuttings We're naue
which yielded in most cases over
tons per acre. There is not neaLlS
enough stock on hand to consume tne
crops and in order to get the oeneHt
of the yields growers must snip OF re-
sort to stock raising. There are many
reasons why shipping would prove Tess
profitable and it seems stock raising
is the better recourse.
The market is low on all forage
crops In the case of alfalfa, the chleI
crop, there is a marked breath or mliis
to grind the crop into meal ana IN
sections supplied with mills the recent
raise to IS = per 100 pound meal sack
adds S27O per ton to the cost OF
shipping, greatly reducing the price
offered for feed by mill owners
If growers resort to shipping IN
bales they find a material loss as a
Is ton stack will only produce about
IL tons of the baled product. 1t seems
the only thing left is stock feeding and
hundreds of large growers are enter
ing the industry on an extensive scale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
DEBs GAVE CONVICT $3.50.
Believes MacDOnough Was in Employ
of Prosecutor.

Girard, Kan, Jan. 23.-Eugene V.
Debs, in the current issue of Appeal to
Reason, admits that he gave $3.50 to
ex-ConVict Marlborough to go else
where and start anew. Marlborough
was reputed to be the author of the
stories of immortality in the federal
prison at Leavenworth, the publish
ing of which brought about the in
dictment of the publishers of Appeal
TO Reason on charge of misuse of the
mails. 1t is charged that in plying
Marlborough with money, Debs and
others spirited away witness" Debs
asserts that he alone is responsible
for the gift to Marlborough.
He says at the close of his state
ment that he had no thought of Mac
Donough as a witness in the case
pending and that he returned to him
the affidavit on which the offending
stories were founded. He intimates
that Marlborough was in the employ
of the federal prosecutor.
Debs says that he acted in good
faith and was influenced by the tears
of the eX-convict who had been en-
ployed by the socialist paper for a
year and who pleaded for a chance to
get away and make new start where
he was not known.
Debs tells of a talk with the eN-
convict in Girard during which his
sympathies were aroused. DebS
promised to send the man a draft the
following morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-23
DEFAULTING AGENT CAUGHT.
Claims Liquor Caused His Declarations
From Missouri Pacific.

Logan. Kan. Jan. 23.-P. H. Williams
the station agent here. who left the
community an alleged defaulter a few
months ago, was captured in a small
town in Texas few days ago and was
brought here for tril. He gave bond
in the sum of $500 and was relea sed. He
is now at Concordia with his family.
Williams is said to be about s., 700
short in his accounts with the Missouri
Pacific road, but he declares that it is
not so large an amount and if given a
chance he can make good his claims.
He says that intoxicating liquors were
the cause of his downfall.
Williams has been under a heavy
mental strain for a number of months,
but his general appearance is good, con-
sidering the worry he suffered.