The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
From Tuesdays DailyD


Hon. Henry Il. Carlton Is in Tam
IA for few days on business.
ID. W. Stewart, of Stewards Still,
Is in Arcadia today on business.
II. w. Waldron, of Brownyle, mo-
tored to Arcadia today on II business
mission.
Ed. Garner deputy sheriff Of Noe.
aztec, is attending to legal business IN
Arcadia today.
Hon. A. l.. Durrancc, clerk of the
circuit court. is in Tampa on business
Of a legal nature.
Ned Poser, known To most every
body as Babe was calling on the
grocery trade today.
l.. NJ. Fouts, ce.president and gen
eral manager Of the G. II. NJ
Railway. is in Arcadia on business
connected with the railroad.
Harry Cross and Bertram Dowd
have returned home after having spent
a pleasant and successful week hunting
and fishing in the lake region east OF
Arcadia.
Miss Lillian Draughon, one Of the
popular young lady tca"hers I'm the
Wauchula school, spent Saturday and
Sunday in Arcadia as the gdcst of Nt's
Carrie Mitchell.
The department of expression If the
high school will present comedy,
"The Varsity Coach" at the opera
house Friday night. under the auspices
OF the Ladies' Friday Musical.
]. II. Dowd, ST., has just completed
the construction Of very pretty res
idence for IL. +. Lewis on the Area
-Brownyille road north Of the city.
Mr.. Lewis and family moved into their
new home Monday.
Grady Burton is expected to return
home In few days. He has been at.
tending the law department Of the Uni
versty Of Virginia AT Charlottesville,
Va. but has recently been III, ana the
physicians have advised that ne with
draw from study and return to sunny
south Florida to recupcrate.
Mrs. J. w. Butler. who spends her
winters IN Arcadia, left this morning
for Atlanta, where she will spend sew
eral days visiting friends.
q. s. Holingsworth has Just re-
turned from an extensive trip through
the north and west, visiting the prin-
cipal markets investigating the citrus
fruit situation.
The Wayne children, who have been
i'll with typhoid fever for several
weeks past. have been discharged from
the sanatolium and have gone To- their
home in Buffalo, y. Y.
Harry higgins, of Wauchula. who
was successfully operated ON for ap-
pendicitis n few days ago at the san
atorlum by DR.. simmons, has recov-
cred and gone back to his home.
Mrs. John =. Wells Is recent ar
rival in Arcadia. Her husband. DR..
joni s. Wells. located here about a
year ago. moving from Georgia. This
will be their permanent home, and
they are moving into the Marsh resi-
dence on Monroe avenue.
The Charlotte Harbor aud Northern
Railway has recently placed a nave
ment along the entire eastern side Of
their depot and platform. This pave
ment is Of creosoted wood blocks,
which are made and treated at their
creosotlng plant at Hull This is quite
an improvement over the old clay hank,
and Is very durable.
The beautiful new home %; T.. N
Parker, on Oak street. Is nearing conf
pletion. The structure will lie one NJ
the prettieSt residences IN this section
of the country. The plan II ufter the
old Spanish renaissance school ~ ar
chitecture. The outside walls are reh-
bled stucco and the entrancs way aud
spacious portico Is very handsome.
Ed. Hendry, n popular young man
OF the Joshua Creek section, is spend
ing few days In the city with friends.
j. II. Holmes aud II. T. Hall, rep
resenting the Southeastern Underwrit-
ers' Association, are in the city max