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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21
Civic Pride

The front yard is pretty good
index of the kind of people that
live in the house. It's fairly &C
curate prophecy of the conditions
you are going to find in the yard
behind the house, and clean back
yard usually means good sanitary
conditions through the entire es-
tablishment.
Good looks count. First i'm
pressions are hard to get away
from.
Florida, in proportion to its
population, probably has more Wis
itors the year through, than any
other state in the Union. A good
many of these visitors every year
are making their first trip to this
part of the Southland, and how
many of them are not disappoint,
ed by their first glimpses?
A very large share of the rail,
road stations in Florida, in the
big cities and the little ones alike
are about the most uninvltlng
spots in town. Broken boxes and
barrels, pieces of lumber, bits OF
orange peel or sugar cane and a
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21

thousand other varieties of more
or less disgusting refuse, are scat
tered about, and the place looks
like well, it is not what
it should be. These railroad
stations are the front yards to our
cities and they should be made at
tractive. They reflect credit or
blame on the people who live
there.
Of course, the railroad compan-
les are responsible for these condi-
tions, but its long way from
some little station to the general
managers office somewhere far a.
way, and he ism t very much con-
cerned how the station and yard
about Podunk are kept. The
station agent is supposed to keep
things neat and clean. This a.
gent S ideas of what are clean and
neat may not be very highly de-
veloped and they may need slim
ulating by the people of the town
some glimmering remainder Of To-
cal pride and some conception of
the value of first impressions, to
saw nothing of low health and
death rates.
Some cities in Florida, few of
them, have energetic women, who
have extended their efforts for
neatneSs beyond their own homes
into public places. It's a pity
more Florida towns haven't or
CARNATIONS of energetic women
with these inclinations. Some Of
these cities have an annual spasm,
which they call Cleanup Day. "
They line up the school children
and show them what to do, and
the town is hardly recognizable
for three or four days or a week.
But it has a quick relapse and
does not recover until another
spasm strikes some one year lat
er and the attack spreads.
Why not clean up and stay
clean? Nearly every town in
Florida would get used to it
the town philosophers who Orna-
ment the grocery front would
come to appreciate it and brag a.
bout it-and the result would be
boost, an advertisement. 1t
would be 50 unusual in Florida
that the reputation would spread
far and fast.
But civic pride should not be
confined to appearance. With
out neglecting them, it should ex-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21
NEI6HBORING
row Ms
Cleveland

Business called j. c. Hobson to
Punta Gorda Saturday and Sun
Page Hobson visited relatives at
Cleveland Saturday and Sunday.
day.
r. M. Cornelius and family
spent Saturday at Punta Gorda.
Quite a number of Clevelandites
attended church at Lee branch
last Sabbath.
j. B. Lanier and E. S. Corbett
Saturdayed with friends at Punta
Gorda.
Mrs. d. II. Huckeby was called
to Orlando to see a sick sister but
reached there too late to see the
latter alive.
ID. Z. Yeomans was with bust
mes. friends in Punta Gorda Sat
urday.
Miss Laura Earnest was down
from Fort Ogden Saturday and
Sunday to see her mother.
Morris Daughtry of Fort Og-
den put in some time at Cleveland
last week.
Miss Clara Hobson entertained
a number of her friends with an
old-fashion candy pull at the close
of last week. An excellent time
is reported by all attending.
Mrs. w. j. Rich, together with
her daughter and son-in-law, Mrs.
and Mr.. Chas Wilson, have return
ed to Kansas City.
Syrup making by Messrs, D. E.
Yeomans and C. w. M. Hopper
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21
Acline

Acline, January 18.-Miss Co.
zine Watterson has arrived to
teach the Acline school and ses-
sions begin on Monday in the old
building in the Dewey grove
where school was held several
years ago. School will only be
held there until the new building
is fit for occupancy. Miss Waiter
son is from TT. Ogden and patrons
of the school are much pleased at
being given a teacher who had
several years experience in the
county schools already. Every
one is determined to build up the
Acline school patronage.
A very spirited meeting was
held at Acline on Sunday after
noon when taxpayers and parents
who had subscribed to the school
house fund met to consider details
for its construction. Since Mr..
DuTal had g;yoa Tie acre d2wa b.
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the railroad to the county for a
school lot matters had changed a.
round the place and with the pros
pect of development in westerly
direction and out ON the hard
road Mr.. Duval had desired to ar
range a more fitting situation and
offered another location directly
on the proposed hard road on the
quarter section about half way be-
tween the railroad and Mr.. Rich
ard Windham s home. The pro-
posed new site offered is opposite
the entrance to the grove of Judge
Cooper. For some time it has
been hoped Mr.. Duval would offer
this location which considering
the newcomers already at Acline
and the developments in near
view has seemed ideally located
to make the new building a centre
Of community interests.
The new gift of Mr.. Duval a
reused much enthusiasm and al
though there were some adher-
ents to the former site it was de-
cided to build as quickly as pos
sible on the lot opposite the Judge
Cooper grove. AS soon as this
was decided other contributions
were offered. The lumber will
be gotten out at once at the John
son mill and the men of the dis
trict will donate the labor on the
building.
j. Coldwell, ST., has arrived
from Mount Verde and things
have been lively at the Dewey
grove property the past week as
s acres of Tom Watson melons
are already planted. There viii
be two acres of tomatoes and a.
bout six acres of beans as quickly
as they can be put in.
j. III. johnson who has taken ov-
er the sawmill on the Acline
farms loaded a car of rough lum-
Der for Punta Gorda last week.
Mr.. johnson is enthusiastic over
the section around the mill and is
intending to acquire and develop
for himself a ten acre tract. He
intends to begin putting in pine
apples.-Reporter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21
Tax Assessors Rounds

! will be at the following places
on dates given below TO receive
Tax returns for the year 1915.
TT. Green, Jan. 22nd.
Bowling Green, Jan. 25th & 26.
Avon Park, Jan. 9th & 28th.
Sweetwater, Feby. LIST.
Crewsville, Feby. End.
Venus, Feby. 4th.
Palmdale at noon, Feby. 9Th.
Citrus Center, Feby. 9th.
LaBelle, Feby. 9Th.
Bermont at noon, Feby, 9th.
Cleveland at noon, Feby. 10th.
TT. Ogden, Feby. 18th.
Platts, Feby. 18th.
Owens, Feby. 18th.
Pine Level, Feby 18th.
Oak Hill, Feby. 10th,
Brownville, Feby. 18th.
Gardner, Feby. 18th.
Murdoch, Feby. 26th.
Mccall, Feby. 9th.
Charlotte Harbor, Mich. 18th.
Punta Gorda, Mich. 10th, 18th,
& 18th.
Nocatee, Mich. 10Th.
Wauchula, Mch. Oath, 25th,
26th & 9th.
Zolfo, Apr. 3rd.
Arcadia, during entire Spring
term of Circuit Court.
Yours,
H. G. MURPHY,
Tax Assessor DeSoto Co.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21

tend to the healthfulness of the
town. Good sanitation is about
the first step toward securing gen.
eral healthfulness, and in many
places the local health authorities
are inactive. The lack OF an a.
bundant supply of good water is
the fault of man in almost every
part of Florida. Nature has done
her part. Man has neglected his,
and either mere negligence or
criminal carelessness and indiffer-
ence have destroyed the chances
for even normally good conditions.
The same is true about the milk
supply of any community. Peo-
pie don't have to use poor milk or
water if they don't want to. They
can have the pure article if they
will demand it and make effort to
get it. There should be civic
pride in sanitation as well as in
good looks and first outside i'm
pressions, but such pride is not
general in Florida cities. Civic
pride is an unknown quantity in
majority of the places where
railroad trains make regular
stops in this state, and it is time
for these towns to wake up and
get busy. Let them make a real
start and see what it will lead to.
Board of Health Bulletin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21

will begin in the very near future.
Mr.. w. j. Rich launched his
little yacht Monday.
"Misery likes company, said
an eX-Hoosier as he noticed in the
papers that his former home state
had lost twenty-five millions OF
dollars, as result of recent storms.
The Cleveland school is proud
of its recently added water works
and school room accessories,
Some strangers were boring hol-
es into the soil in various direc-
lions about town this week. That S
right; the right kind of subsoil is
here and we are glad to have it
tested.
The weed being taken off the
Baird place leaves some very fine
land easy to put into cultivation,
Clevelandites are watching
Clarence Browns experiments
with Rhodes grass, and some OF
them are thinking OF trying the
same thing.
The new improvements at the
Geo. Brown mansion, now occu-
pied by Col. Charles Andrews OF
Missouri, make that residence one
of the first in this part OF the
country.
Carload shipments Of citrus
fruits have recently been made
from this place by Messrs. Weeks,
Mcqueen, and Addison. Better
prices are expected from now on.
Messrs. Jamison and Rasmussen
are doing some good work on the
Hammond grove and truck
grounds.
Last weeks unusual rains cut
gullies across the rock road in sew
eral places between Cleveland and
Punta Gorda.
Rev. Frierson has moved up
from Punta Gorda and is living at
the Cornelius home.
When testing guava jelley, a
recent tourist in Cleveland said
there might be finer jelly in the
world, but he didn't think it pos
sible. He tried to get samples to
send north to his friends. Here's
an idea; use it.
Out beyond the settlements
there are said to be many rae
coons that spend most of the day
time in trees, an easy mark for
hunters.
Our local disciples of Isaac
Walton are telling some wonder
Gus stories of rod and reel con-
quests.-EMM.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21

Baptist Church-Sunday school
10 a. m, preaching II a. m. and 7
p. m. every Sunday. Solana
Mission Sunday school 3 p. m. ev-
cry Sunday. Cottage prayer meet
ing 7 p. m. Tuesdays. Prayer
meeting Wednesdays 7 p. m. w.
NJ. U. Wednesday after second,
third, fourth and fifth Sundays 3
p. m. Special music at Sunday ev-
ening service. Everybody cordi-
ally invited.-T. r. Woodson, Pas
tor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21
Bank Examiners Visit

E. P. Thagard of Tallahassee,
state bank examiner, was in the
city Friday in an official capacity.
He made an examination of the
Punta Gorda Bank and conferred
with the stockholders in their an
nual meeting, finding everything
in fine shape as is indicated by his
remark 81 know of no other state
bank that is in more solid condi-
ton"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21
Fine Strawberries

Senator Cooper was exhibiting
some fine specimens of strawber-
rieS yesterday. They were from
a small patch at the Senator's
home in town and show that this
locality can excel in the produc-
ton of Strawberries. Of those
Senator Cooper was exhibiting
two weighed one and one-half
ounces.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21
AT THE CHURCHES

Methodist Church Sun d y
school 10 a. m, preaching II a. m.
and 7 p. m. every Sunday. Com
munion after morning sermon ev-
cry first Sunday. Epworth Lea
que meeting $3.50 o'clock Sunday
evenings. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday 7 p. m. Sunday school
teachers meeting Friday at 7 p.
MI. H. Sistrunk, Pastor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21

Episcopal Church-M r n i n G
prayer, sermon and Holy Com
munion every second and fourth
Sundays commencing at 10:45 a.
m. Sunday school every Sunday
morning at 9:45 o'clock. Lay SER
vices every LIST and Ord Sundays.
&C. T. Blanchet, D. d., Priest in
Charge.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-21

Presbyterian Church Sabbath
services as follows: Sunday school
9 AS a. m. Preaching II 100 a. m.
and 7 100 p. m. Young Peoples So
ciety of Christian Endeavor 6 p.
m. Other meetings: Prayer
meeting Wednesday evenings 7 80
o clock. Woman s Missionary So
ciety last Friday of each month at
800 p. m. Missionary Band first
Friday of month, 4:30 p. m.- j.
II. Albert, Pastor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-15
YUAN GIVES HIS REASONS
FOR ABOLISHING REPUBLIC
Public Opinion and Desire for Permanent Peace by Peoples
Representatives Forced Him Accept Throne-constitu
tiona Monarchy Is Planned-Seeks to Cement chinas
Friendship With United States.

.
Firm refusal unavailing, l have
been forced to submit to the peoples
will and have instructed the different
ministries and departments to make
preparations. The necessary prepar-
edness having been made, will be
requested to carry them out with due
consideration
THE relations between China and
America have always been most
friendly, and the monarch's policy viii
be to cement still closer. this friend
ship and to exert the utmost TO pro-
mote the Industrial and commercial
development of the two nations.
"(Signed)
ADMIRAL TSAI-TING-K KAN,
Private Secretary
The Chinese emperors statement to
the-United Press is the first infor-
nation that the new monarchy is to
be a constitutional monarchy.
Press dispatches from Picking had
stated that Yuan Shi Kai did not in
tend to assume the throne for some
time. though he formally accepted
the offer. In his message TO the
United Press. the Chinese ruler said
he would submit to the peoples wilI''
when the necessary preparedness
has been made. In transmitting the
cabiegram. however. his private sec
retary referred TO Yuan Shi Kai as
his majesty Indicating that in ef-
feet he is at least emperors
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-15
NEW TRIAL DENIED,
ARMSTRONG MAY
SURRENDER SOON
RosevilIe Trust Director Ex-
pected to Appear Today to Be-
gin Penitentiary Term.

In receipt OF the papers from the
Court of Errors and Appeals denying
a new trial to william c. Armstrong,
of Eighteenth street, East Orange, a
fepositor of the Roseville Trust Com
paI,y. who was convicted of conspir-
ing to defraud the bank. Assistant
Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott yesterday
afternoon had bench warrant issued
for him, signed by Justice James F.
AIinturn in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer.
Armstrong was notified that he was
wanted to surrender himself to begin
his term in the penitentiary, and 1t is
improbable that the bench warrant
will be used.
The indictment upon which Arm
strong was convicted charged that he,
with Raymond e. Smith, secretary
treasurer of the bank, and two tellers,
conspired to cheat the bank of $2s,O00
by means of overdrafts of his ac-
count. Smith pleaded non vult, and
is now in State prison: the two tellers
were acquitted by the jury that con-
victed Armstrong. and the latter was
sentenced TO a year in the pemten-
tiary by Chief Justice Gummere over
two years ago. The bank failed
August Is. 1918.
Fighting his conviction, Armstrong
appealed to the Supreme Court and
the Court of Errors, but both
tribunals upheld the jury's verdict
the latter court making its decision
last week.
When the papers arrived yesterday
the bench warrant was gotten ready
and Armstrong notified. He is under
$500 bail to appear when wanted
and the issuance of the warrant is a
mere formality.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-15
OLD MAN TIED TO TREE
OUT ALL NIGHT IN COLD
Three Youths Arrested and Ac-
cused of Beating Farmer
and SIashing Him.

PATERSON, Dec. 15.-Andrew
Keefe. Walter Young and John
o'Grady, sons of prosperous farmers
living near Preakness, are under ar
rest today. Michael Gwinn, prose-
cutor of Passaic county, and Detec-
tives Matthew Shayne and William
Drew for a week have been seeking
three young men who. it IS alleged.
tied Lawrence Chifoslry, sixty-five
years old. to a tree last Wednesday
night, beat the aged man. gashed his
body with penkniyes ana left him
to freeze by the roadside.
Keefe was held in $1,000 bail and
Young and o'Grady were placed in
the Passaic county jail here, charged
with atrocious assault
The prosecutor learned that Chi
fosky, who lives on Ponpton and
Hamburg turnpike. in Wayne, at
tended a pig dinner at jackson s
Hotel. Preakness. last Wednesday
night, when the three young farmers
also were present. The old man was
ridfculed by the younger men and a
quarrel was started when he resented
references made to him. On his way
home he was attacked by three of the
young men who had aroused his
anger, and was seized and bound to
a tree by them. The next morning he
was found by a farmer in a serious
condition. He is now in St Joseph s
Hospital here, where the surgeons are
trying to prevent blood poisoning.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-15
CITY CLERK
DEFENDS THE
J|T ORDINANCE
Says Council Is Doing Duty.
Jit Owners to Get Square
Deal.

Defending the members of the Com
mon Council from attacks regarding
their action on the jitney ordinance,
City Clerk Alexander Archibald, in
speaking at the banquet rendered AL
dernan Charles @. Hahn last night,
said that the jitney men need not
worry but what they will get a square
deal from the council. His remarks
were largely in answer to charges
made at the meeting of the Clinton
Hill Improvement Association Mon
day night, when one of the speakers
characterized, the aldermen as
crooks" and other uncompiimentary
names.
There were close to 100 persons in
the banquet room of Stolrs restau-
rant when Mr.. Archibald spoke. He
had been called upon to tell Of the
good work done by Alderman Hahn
In the council. and he said that the
occasion was a fitting one in which
TO reply to the efforts to discredit
the alderman in the jitney matter.
He said he felt qualified to speak
on the matter, as lres was familiar
with the work in the council through
his duties as city clerk, and he also
was in touch with the jitney situation
because jitney licenses were issued
through his Office.
"It is the duty of the aldermen to
mass an ordinance to regulate the jit-
news" said Mr.. Archibald. ,and their
regulation will be good thing for
the CITY Of Newark. thoroughly be-
iieye that the aldermen in passing
tbe ordinance are being actuated by
duty solely, and 1t Is wrong for peo-
Die 10 call them crooks, ETC., as has
been done.
"Jitney regulation is absolutely nee
essary here. There are something in
the neighborhood of l,100 licenses is
sued to jitney owners in the city. and
there are about 800 cars In operation
In the city every day. They present q
trafiic problem which. must be taken
care Of. At the same time, though.
there is no. desire to put the jitneys
out Of business, and there Will be no
efforts made to that end.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-15
Young Woman Overcome
by Gas Escaping from
L0osened Heater Tube

Miss Anna Schwartz, twenty years
old, of 12O Barclay street, was found
in an unconscious condition in the
bedroom Of her home today from IL
Eliminating gas that had escaped
from a tube attached to a gas heater
which was disconnected.
Someone called up the City Hos
pital and informed the switchboard
operator that the ambulance was
needed at 1O5 Barclay street. No one
could be found there who knew Of
the affair, and after a diligent search
DR.. Julius Soban, the attending ply
sician, discovered the right address.
In the meanwhile DIR. Maurice Teitel-
baum, formerly an inferno in the City
Hospital, with an Office at l41 Somer-
set street, had been called and treated
the girl,
A stomach pump partially restored
the girl 10 her senses Although her
condition is serious, her family re-
fused 10 allow her removal to the
heasitAk
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-15
u. s. PROTEST ON
SEIZURES AT SEA
BY FRANCE FIRM

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. = Am
bassador Sharp, at Paris. was ex-
pected to deliver to the French foreign
office today the American note asking
for the immediate release of the six
Germans and Austrians recently re-
moved by the French cruiser Des-
cartes from the American steamships
Carolina. Ooame and San Juan.
Although friendly in tone. the COM
munication is an emphatic protest
against the removal of the men, which
act, it declared, was in fragrant
violation of American rights and
without legal Justification. Prece-
dents are cited in support of the
American position.
The note was cabled to Ambassador
Sharp yesterday by Secretary Lam
sing. after it had been approved by
President Wilson and the cabinet.
Publication of the text of the COM
munication viii await notice Of its
presentation to the French foreign
office
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-15
FULL INDEMNITY
FROM GERMANY,
IS ALLIES PLAN
Semi-officiaIIy Reported That
Blockade VIII Be Used
to Enforce Il.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Several
newspapers have been in receipt from
what may be described as semi
official sources an intimation Of one
argument the allies expect to use in
getting satisfactory terms from the
Teutonic empires once commissioners
meet about the council table to dis
cuss peace. This information con-
firms private suggestions that the
allies, in spite of their recent re-
verses, mean to carry the war to the
point where they can demand a large
indemnity from Germany and Aus
tria-
This intimation Is conveyed in the
following statement:
zone OF the main points of the
allies peace terms is that on no ac-
count Will the German mercantile
marine flag be seen upon the high
seas until fun indemnifeation has
been paid. The allies have the power
to do this, and mean to use it to the
full extent
One suggestion as to the allies atti-
tude toward peace is that the state
ment comes just at the time when the
remarks of the German chancellor and
the British prime minister are in the
public mind. The statement, il Is
pointed out. may give German off,
cials food for thought as TO the loss
to German trade, even should German
arms continue for the time being their
far-fiung successes.
Whenever peace rumors have float
ed over EurOpe-and many have
seemed to come from Germany-the
allies have made it plain that they
were not ready to talk peace. This
reticence on the part of the allied
governments was taken to mean that
they intended to press the war to q
successful conclusion, and that they
felt nothing could be gained by lend
Ing an ear TO peace proposals while
German armies in all directions were
far outside German frontiers. The
suggestion today seems to look 10 the
time when Germany viii be lighting
on her own territory, or at least with
in striking distance Of German soil
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-15
HOW TO MINIMIZE
FIRE HAZARDS IN
~ PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Recommendation have been made
10 minimize fire hazards in the pub
lie schools of Newark as follows;
Equip each school with direct FIRE
alarm connecting with fire head
quarters.
Metal cabinets should be installed
for paint, oil and waste in all
manual training rooms.
In school auditorIums chairs
should be fastened. exit lights in
stalled. halls lighted and at least
one chemical extingaisher put up.
The storage of broken chairs.
desks, playEronnd ogffits. rafia
and siniilar materiass should not be
permitted in school buildings. un-
Less such storage Is In absolutely
8reproof rooms
Metal-coyered cans for rubbish
and waste.
Railways should not be obstrueted
by placing pianos therein.
Rubber tubing for gas connections
should be replaced with rigid metal
pipes. Swinging gas brackets should
be removed.
Boiier-rcoms should be fire.
proofed.