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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-02-19

sons ~snSc-shg this zone De I'M rancy or
wierd costume and masked, and 1t Is re-
quested that all unmasked spectators
keep out or these limits. Absolute free
dom will be given all innocent merri-
ment. Maskers will not be allowed to
wear ,ses
Sunday, February 22.
! Sunda2 morning special sermons will
be delivered at all the churches. At
$3.50 p. NJ, sacred band concerts viii be
given by ali bands in various sections
of the city.
All Sunday afternoon the officers of
and krewes of visiting United States
submarines, monitor and torpedo boat
destroyers. and war vessels OF various
other countries who will be In Tampa
during Carnival Week viii receive the
AT dusk the city will again don It's
electrical garb.
Monday, February %.
Elaborate preparations will be made
for the defense Of the city against His
Majesty Gasparilla vi! and Ye Mystic
celebration in honor OF the formal open
ing of the new Lafayette Street bridge,
a $250,000 structure which WAL stand
for all time as q monument TO the ad-
,ministration under which u was con-
structed. The ceremony will be opened
by music furnished by Gaspartlla bands.
Mayor Mckay will make the dedicatory
speech In the name Of the city or ,s Tam-
Judge C. B. Parkhill Will respond. me
bridge will be magnificently decorated.
The ceremony will be closed with dis
play of daylight fireworks.
Landing Of King Gaspariila.
At $3.50 O'Clock the city will be thrown
into confusion by the nring OF guns Az
the city In this escort Will be seem
many Of the finest private yachts that
make winter headquarters in southern
IN t.te tan Gr0n nj w
one of the most gorgeous ever seen in
this country. All the boats will be gor-l
geous in their holiday attire. The war
vessels lift ANCHOR and proceed to t meet
force they realize the hopelessness OF
combat, and joining the escort of the pi-
rate ship follow 1t on It's victorious
land at the Tampa Bay Hotel docks and
the krewe, headed by their king and cap
tain, will march to the hotel. where they
will demand and receive the keys OF the
city, and there will be scene Of glee
as the pirates gioat over their rich
Immediately upon the landing Of the
ers viii start their parade. headed by a
40-piece Shriner band. at the Tampa Bay
Hotel. and will march through the city.
Electric Pageant
At $50 o'clock the fantastic and cleo
trical pageant win wend its way
through the city. headed by Sagparina
sist of 75 deliberately decorated and IL
Eliminated floats, accurately pOrtraying
ailegorical and mystical scenes follow
ed BY hundreds Of Illuminated autos ana
MANY marching clubs I'm weird and fan
taatic costumes monster illuminated
dragons and serpents giants and dwarfs,
and forty autos Of Seminole Indians. IL
viii march direct to this BayshOre drive
where at O'Clock a most magnificent
and elaborate pyrotechnfcal display
lasting two hours, viii be given. Moth
ing like this display has ever before
heen seer in Dixter Set pieces showing
the digging of the Panama Canal, Presi-
dent Wilson. Mayor Mckay and other
local scenes will be disrlaved- This fea-
concluded on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-02-19
I'M oap,NANcE


Prohibiting Meddling or Interfering with
the Eleetrfc Light System OF the, Town
of Punta Gorlia, and providing punish
ment for violating thereof.
Be 1t ontaajned, by 1.-THE Council OF the
Town Of Ranta Gorda. Florida;
any person or persons to meddl@ with
or interfere in any way with the ~tcrtrtc
light system of the Town of Punt@ osordas
Florida. or to carlessly or want0nly In
jure, de&ace or destroy any Of the proper
ty Of the said electric light system. it's
formers, or any other fixtures or appur-
tenanees of said electric light system. or
to interfere in any way with the opera
ton Of said system either by mechanical
or electrical means, or to make or at
tempt to make any connections with Its
to tack nail or post any bin board, ad-
vertisement. or anything of q like
nature. on any pole or poles Of said eiec-
trio light system, or to do anything to-
ward said system which would tend TO
hinder and Inconvenience II in the oper-
| alton of it's plant or the fulfilment OF its
purposes. :.
| Sec. g. Any person or persons who shall
| be convicted of violation OF any OF the
provisions Of this ordinance shall be fined
| -uI 10 si5IIop peIpunu quo pS9oxe o. lot
procurement not to exceed sixty days al
both such fine and imprisonment, as the
judgment Of the Mayor may impose.
l. Passed at an adjourned session OF this
Council of the Town Of Punta Gorda
Florida. this 9Th day of Jan, A. D. 1914
Attest: p o. Gautier Clerk.
| Geo. s. Stone
President of the Council
Approved by me this ~ day Of Jan
B. H. Mobley. Mayor
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-02-19
REAL BENEFICIARIEs OF
THE PARCEL POST

The parcel post system which
Uncle Sam inaugurated the first
of 1913 in the belief that the
high cost of living would be throt-
tied and the farmer would be
greatly benefited by shipping his
produce directly to the consum-
mer in the city, has failed utterly
in bringing about such results,
say officials of the Chicago post
office department. In reality the
thing that has occurred is exactly
that which the opponents of the
parcel post system said would oc-
cur-that is, the system has work
ed out to the entire benefit of the
big mail order houses in Chicago
and to them alone. The Chicago
post office, which is one the larg-
est in the country, is now daily
damned to suffocation with par.
eel post packages which are being
sent out by the big mail order
houses, while little or no produce
is handled as incoming parcels.
"The amount Of food products
that are shipped from agricultu
raj districts today by parcel post
is hardly worth considering" de
clared Postmaster Campbell re
Gently. ut is true that thu
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-02-19
MUNICIPAL BUSINESS MAN
AGER

Many cities and towns all over
the United States whose citizens
desire uptodate methods in run
ming their municipalities are en-
ploying business managers whose
duty it is to run the towns or
city's affairs in much the same
way that a business manager
would run big mercantile estab-
lishment. The idea of business
manager in looking after munich
pal affairs comes from Germany,
where most of the small towns
and cities have such officials.
These managers are not chosen
for any political reasons but in
stead for their ability to conduct
all affairs of the town or city in a
businesslike manner. Already
several towns and cities of this
country have adopted this meth
Cd and the latest town to decide
ON this plan is Glenco, ILL.,, one of
the leading and best known sur
burbs of Chicago.
Glenco is beautiful suburb
whose residents are mostly men
WHO are well up in the business
world of Chicago, and it is only
natural that they should prefer
the business manager plan in the
conduct OF the municipal affairs
of the suburb. Glenco village
trustees advertised for business
manager and no less than $50 ap-
piicationS were received. Mr.. Gill,
chairman of the village board, in
outlining the duties of the new
manager compared the city gov
erned by a manager to any big
business frm--its citizens as stock.
holders and it's trustees as direc'
tors. 1t is apparent that the idea
of business manager to conduct
municipal affairs is one that viii
grow in popularity,
When business men of a town
come to the conclusion tina
the affairs of the municipalit.
should be conducted in bushes
way they are considering one o
the most important phases of com
munity development. When
town is improved in it's govern
ment it is improved as a place i
which to trade. On the othe
hand, the town that does get tn
trade of its own people and con
munity is likely to be the be'
town in government and in ever.
thing else.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-02-19

nances in, Ganf1fct herewith are hercsw
repealed.
Passed al an adjourned session OF mi@
Council of Punta Gorda, Fla, this Mth
day of jan A. d. 1914.
Attest: Geo s. Stone,
p % GautHer. President Off tire
CNerk Council
Approved Ay me this 9th day of lam.
1914. B. H. Mobley, Mayor
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
STOP SUFFERING
NOW FROM ASTHMA

Go to the druggist listed below and
buy package of DR.. Rudolph Schiff-
mann's Asthmador today and if it does
not give instant relief, and even more,
if you do not find it to be the very best
remedy you have ever used, 90 back and
your money will be cheerfully returned
by this druggist, without any question
whatever. No matter what else has
failed, Asthmador and Asthmador Gig
arettes will give instant relief usually
within 10 seconds, but always within Is
minutes. 1t does not matter how vio-
lent the attack or obstinate the case is,
or what else had been tried and failed,
Asthmador will relieve instantaneously.
If it does not, this package viii cost
you nothing. Go back and get your
money refunded. You are the sole judge
as to whether benefited or not. You run
no risk in buying this remedy under
this positive guarantee.
Persons living elsewhere will be sup
piled under the same guarantee by their
local druggist or direct BY DR.. r. Schif-
mann. St. Paul, MINI. Fer sale here by
WHITEHOUSE DRUG CO
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
ADDRESSED THE
RYE CLUB HERE
4 GREAT DEMONSTRATION
Criminal Abscondenee, State Debt.
Fire Marshal, State Auditor
Among Matters Discussed

Ex-Gov. John l. Cox addressed the
Rye club in this city last Saturday
evening by special invitation and the
court house was crowded with rep
resentative audience of business men
to hear the distinguished speaker,
many being compelled to stand dur
ing the entire evening.
President w. j. Barton called the
meeting to order and presented Hon.
ID. NJ Quinn who in a characteristic
speech introduced the former COVER
nor. Gov. Cox began by paying a
great tribute to President Woodrow
Wilson, declaring that he had proven
to be one of the greatest presidents
this republic had ever known. He as
sailed Gov. Hooper's record in its nu-
merous vulnerable points and read
the comparative record between his
own administration and that of Gov.
Hooper, thus proving that Gov. Hoop
er has been the most extravagant
governor the state has ever had. 1t
was one of the most effective speeches
of the campaign and is bound to have
great weight with thinking people and
do the cause of democracy great
good and Hooperism great harm.
He paid Gen. Rye a great tribute,
saying:
Il have known Gen. Rye for twenty
years. and no one in West Tennessee
stands higher with his fellow-citizens
than he. He is right on temperance
and all other questions of interest to
the people of Tennessee"
Declaring that the handling of the
state debt by Gov. Hooper "is the most
colossal blunder ever made by gov
ernor of Tennessee" Gov. Cox took up
Hoopers statement to the effect that
the bill providing for the refunding of
the state debt came up in the ''ordi-
nary way and was tabled in the house"
Gov. Cox showed that this bill was
passed by the senate and was set in
the house for special order at II am.
on April 81, the SEVENTEEN day of the
session. But when the day came. the
governors followers in the house had
abandoned their posts of duty and had
fed to the city of Birmingham. and
were there going through the farce of
holding daily sessions OF the Ala
bama branch of the Tennessee legisla-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
CHICKEN SUPPER.

On the thirieth day of September
It's pleasant of course to remember
How the G. A. R. Patton Post
Enjoyed feast with their host
Mrs. Cratcer, had chickens to eat
And biscuits nobody could beat,
Butter, jellies, and cake,
And gravies but few could make;
Dumplings, sauces, baked apples and
wine,
The cooking@was all superfine.
The evening was almost divine
Mr.. Cratcer too was alright
On his eighty sixth birth night,
Twas the birthday of H. S. Fish
And heartily he could wish
Everybody felt young as he
Somewhere about twenty-three
The same as he used to be,
Mrs. Cratcer is sure a success
Whatever she does and guess
No leader of women or men.
Has higher ambition to win
Whatever is good and great
In town or city or state, All
And when all others may lag
She's always there with a flag,
And the men Of the G. "A. r.
Will stand by the flag and her,
And millions yet shall see
Her flags wave over the free.
Nobody could be tempted
With the wine all unfermented
But all were sober and right
That social banquet night,
was chicken hearted,
But when for home they parted
All wished the host good night
And a long life happy and bright.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
APPLY SLOAN'S FREELY
FOR LUMBAGO.

Your attacks OF Lumbago are not
nearly so hopeless as they seem. You
can relieve them almost instantly by
a simple application Of Sloan's Lini-
ment on the back and loins. Lumbago
is form Of rheumatism, and yields
perfectly to Sloans, which penetrates
quickly alf in through the sore, tender
muscles, limbers up the back and
makes it feel fine. Get a bottle of
Sloan's Liniment for 25 cents Of any
druggist and have ii in the house
against colds, sore and swollen joints,
rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and
like ailments. Your money back If
not satisfied, but it does give almost
instant relief.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
FAIL TO APPROVE
HIS NEUTRALITY
TO RETIRE THIS MONTH
Takes Position That Both Rye
and Hooper are Temper
ance Candidates.

Nashville, Oct. 5.--W. R. Hamilton
has resigned as superintendent of the
Tennessee Anti-Saloon league. His
retirement is to become effective on
or before Oct. Is. No announcement
is made as to his plans for the future
According to statement issued by
Mr. Hamilton, his resignation is a Sc
quel to the failure of the executive
committee of the Tennessee Anti-Sa-
loon league to issue a proclamation
of neutrality in the governors race in
Tennessee. Both Gen. Rye and Gov
Hooper, the democratic and republi-
can candidates, respectively, having
declared in favor of the temperance
laws, and aspiring upon temperance
platforms. Mr.. Hamilton expressed the
opinion that the proper position for
the league was that of keeping hands
off in the gubernatorial contest. His
statement AYERS that at a meeting of
the executive committee sit appeared
that the committee was almost unan-
imous in the opinion that the league
should remain neutral, but when the
question of issuing statement Of the
leagues position came up, a majority
of the committee was opposed to any
declaration" This, Mr.. Hamilton says
precipitated his resignation as he felt
that he could no longer conscien-
tiously make the claim" that he was
representing "a non-partisan organi-
zation."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08

ture. to the shame and disgrace of
Tennessee"
This, in Gov. Cox's opinion, might
be the Hooper ordinary way" of doing
business, but, he declared, it sis not
the ordinary way of the constitution. f"
He went on to review the history of
the death of the state debt refunding
bill, saying that it went to its untime-
ly end by the act of ]. X. P. Marshall,
the governors floor leader in the
house. He said:
Criminal AbscOndence Roasted by
Gov. Cox.
This is but a part of the cost of
criminal abscondance to the people of
Tennessee; a<quorum-breaking that
destroys the will and power of a ma
jority; the right of the majority to
control, which is the basic principle
of democracy, the rule of the peo-
pie. 1t has disrupted and destroyed
the usefulness of the last three legis-
latures, and it will destroy the law
making power of the state for the flu
ture unless abandoned, and yet today
we have governor who, in state pa
per, a message to the legislature,
coordinate branch of the state gov
ernment, has indorsed abscondence to
destroy the law-making power of the
state; who, at the head of his party,
is candidate for third term as gov
ernor of Tennessee upon a platform,
which, in its declaration of principles,
approves criminal abscondence For
what reason did they abscond and
break up the Legislature? According
to their own statement, it was to save
their honest CD election law; a law
that in the two last gubernatorial cam
paigns gave practically all the cleo
tion offices to one faction; law under
which Senator Taylor, Gov. McMillin
and Judge Burrow were robbed. Let
us apply the test to the sincerity OF
their desire for an honest election
law. After their return to the capitol,
after an absence of seventy days to
save an honest election law, the demo-
cratic senate passed an election law,
giving to each county oe the state the
right to elect its three election COM
missioners by direct vote of its own
voters, thus restoring the election ma
chinery to the people in accordance
with the constitution. This law die |
not change the law they had abscond- |
ed to save in single particular, save |
10 take the appointment of county |
election commissioners out of the |
hands of the central board sitting al
Nashville and placing the election OF |
said county election commissioners in
he hands of the people back home in
each county by the qualified voters
hereof. This bill, after passing the
senate, was sent to the house, where
t was killed by the same forces that
defeated the funding bill to settle the
'tate debt Every member, who had
gone to Alabama to save an honest (?) |
election law, voted against this bill to
,lace the election machinery in the
lands of the people.
Hooper Attacked at Many Points.
Denying that Gov. Hooper's efforts
lad preserved the four-mile law, Gov.
Jox quoted the legislative records to-
lisprove the assertion that the demo-
rats had ever tried to modify or re-
zeal this law. He declared the demo-
ratio party had always been the tenn
'erance party of Tennessee, and that
while the statewide law itself was be-
ng enacted, Capt. Hooper was prae-
icing law at Newport up in the noun
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08

tains of East Tennessee and defending
bootleggers of Cooke county"
Gov Cox discussed Gov. Hooper's
proposition to limit the number of fire
marshals. declaring that the COVER
nor's suggestion was an admission Of
fire marshal graft"
Referring to an "anti-pass legisla-
ture." Gov. Cox said:
"The governor in his campaign
speech and in his messages to the leg
islature has made great pretense of
favoring an anti-pass law, but when
such a measure first came before the
last house only five republican mem
bers voted for it's passage on third
reading"
Gov. Cox, replying to Gov. Hooper's
claims of having urged economy in all
departments, quotes from the record
to show the requests for increased ap-
preparations made by the heads of de-
partments under the Hooper admins
tration. He closed this part of his ar
gument by saying.
"The appropriation bill prepared
by the senate finance ways and means
committee was $219,6S5 less than the
fusionist house committee bill, and
less than the house bill by $1O1, 226.92
after the Hooper conference committee
got through with it"
Extravaganza of Hooper Administra-
ton.
Comparing the expenses of his own
administration in 1905 with that of
Hooper in 1913, Gov. Cox showed that
in legislative expenses there was an
excess under Hooper of $7S,S60.49;
that there were eighty-seven addition
al off1ceholders under Hooper, at an
increased cost of 1921, 127. IA; the
cost of the governors Office increased
by $11, TAI; the Cox administration
paid $1,S7Q200 on the state debt and
he Hooper administration nothing;
despite the fact that in revenue col
lections Hooper had two and a quar-
ter millions of dollars more to spend
than Cox had. The total cost of the
Hooper administration over that of
Cox was thus shown to be $4,932,569.
IL.
Gov. Cox was especially severe on
he governors appointment of his
state auditor, to report only to him,
giving him enormous power over all
officials of the state.
The speaker concluded with re-
view of legislative proceedings show
ing that Gov. Hooper had made Wig
orous attempt to prevent the legisla-
Lure from prohibiting him from sell
ing state bonds below par, and quot
ing one of the governors messages to
his effect.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
HOPELESS LUNG TROUBLE CURED.

Many recoSeries from Lung Troub-
les are due to DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey. II strengthens the Lungs,
checks the Cough and gives relief at
once Mr.. w. s. Wilkins, Gates, ~. c.,
writes: a used DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey in case given up as hopeless
and it effected a complete cure. Get
a bottle of Dr. Bells Plne-Tar-Honey
If your cough Is dry and hacking let
il trickle down the throat, you will
surely get relief. Only 25c. at your
Druggist.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
Letter Of Resignation.

Mr.. Hamilton's resignation reads:
"Dr. H. B. Carre, President Tennessee
Anti-Saloon League, Nashville, Tenn
Dear DIR. Carre:-As result of the
action Of the state executive committee
in its meeting of the oath instant. aft
er due and prayerful consideration
feel compelled to tender to you as
president and chairman of the state
executive committee of the Tennessee
Anti-Saloon league, reesrving the
right to make statement later giving
my reasons more fully for so doing,
my resignation to take effect on or be-
fore the 18th of October. Assuring
you of my willingness and desire to
render any service / can in co-opera-
ting with you and the committee for
the future welfare of the organization,
am. very cordially,
"W. r. HAMILTON .
In the statement, issued subsequent
to the letter of resignation, after re-
citing the purposes of the Tennessee
Anti-Saloon leagues work. and review
ing the leagues declaration of its poli-
cies, Mr. Hamilton says:
"The statement is plainly made in
this declaration of policies that where
all candidates for given Office declare
Tor the retention and enforcement of
the present temperance laws, the Anti
Saloon league has no part in the con-
test between them, provided they are
all men of integrity. | maintain if
that was the policy of the league in
1912, based as it was on the very fun
damentals of the organization, that it
should be the policy in 1914 and at all
times.
After all state political conventions
were held in the spring of this year
and candidates for governor nominat-
ed and platforms made, meeting of
the headquarters committee Of the
Anti-Saloon league was called. | adj
vlSed, inaSmuch as the league mad al I
ready declared in favor of certain
legislation needed for the more effec-
tive enforcement of the anti-liquor
laws, that communication be adj
dressed to the candidates for COVER
nor, questioning them as to whether
they would favor such legislation.
Some objection was raised to doing
so. it being suggested that if Cen Rye
answered favorably 1t might be detri
mental to the candidacy Of Gov. Hoop
er. My reply to the objection raised
was that felt we had duty to per
form as non-partisan organization
and we should perform that duty. ThC
question was discussed at length, bui
no final agreement was reached at this
conference. A day or so later, sec
ond conference was called which re-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
Rather Emphatic.

In a Virginia courthouse negro
was describing how cutting scraps
started.
dis here Johnson Niger started
toward me-" said the witness; "and ~
he done so he stuck his hand down in
his hip pocket, And says to him,
Niger ] says. 'whuteves you has got
your hand on now bettar be q chick.
en-, cause suttinly ~ gwin@ to make
you eat itr"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-08
Timely Beauty.

George, DEAR" said the young wife,
you are growing handsomer every
day" "Yes. darling" replied the
knowing George. IT'S way ! have
just before your birthday. "-Pick-Me-
Up.