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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
PARENTS MEETING
Entertainment at Y. VI. II. A. School !
Enjoyed by Large Audience.

Enjoyed by Large Audience.
large number of members and In
terested people attended the parents
meeting held last night IN the home Of
the Young Mems Hebrew Association,
tl2 North Eighth Street. Prizes were
distributed among pupils of several
classes, pleasing performances were
given. and refreshments were served
afterwards The meeting was held TO
encourage the work OF the school
which has been very successful and
10 increase the attendance. The school
now has seventy pupils.
Superintendent George Benedict dis
trsbuted prizes to the following pupils:
sidney Levy and Mile Hackerrnan, of
the second class. Annie Lobber. of the
third class; Louis Kocen, OF the fourth
class. and Bennic Cohen and Pearl
Cohen. of the fifth class. Henry Levy,
chairman OF the school committee, pre-
sided, and gave q short address in
which he showed how the school had
developed from "A small beginning and
how bright a future there was in store
for it. Other brief talks were made by
superintendent Benedict. Dr. l.. KARI
and y. Medvedoff. one of the teachers.
Several selections were played by the
association orchestra, under the lead
ership of Emil Clark in the absence OF
the conductor. e. klusner. One of the
most pleasing selections was the
venus de Milo" waltz, composed by
Mr. I<lasner. II will soon be published
The meeting was held under the
auspices OF the women's committee
composed of Mrs. Henry Levy. chair
man. and Mrs. Jacob Lovenstcin, Mrs
Jacob Cohen. Mrs. William Kocen and
! Mrs. Louis Captain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT
IN BUILDING RECORD
Conditions Over Country shown to iir
Rccup-rnting by Compilation OF
Structural Permits.

In Keeping with - generally i'm
proved condition as reflected i'm bank
clearin.s ana other factors used as a
foundation upon which to base conclu-
sions. building construction through
out the United States shows material
Improvement over the recent past In
iichmond during February "a permits
were taken out, at m estimated cost
or S2"e,1Si. as against 81 permits at
en- estimated cost Of s27o.5s7. in Feb
ruary. 1914. or n decrease of per cent
Permits were taken out In 10s pr;n-
cipal cities OF the country. in February,
according to officials reports to Con-
strurtion News. for the construction OF
1880 buildings. involving a total es-
timated cost OF I2.434.232, Ms against
1888 buildings involving st1,632,75O.
rs compared with tho corresponding
month year ago. an increase OF 1892
buildings and a decrease OF s5.l9salS.
or II por cent in cost. This Ia 4 most
satisfactory showing considering that
in January there WAS loss OF &c per
cent and In December - per cent. II
viii be seen. that there is not much
TO complain Of I'm tho February figures:
a decrease OF II per cent while the
rolun,ct OF construction was greater,
the latter more than offsctting the all
parent falling off in cost because OF .he
larger area OF activity. comparison
OF the seven months since the begin
ming of the war. showing loss for
every month varying from PC per cent
in AUGUST last down to II per cent in
the month Just closed. with July of
last year, the last month prior To the
VAR showing an increase, and this just
prior to the beginning OF the war Is
interesting.
The gains and losses for practically
the same cities for eight months were:
July, 1914, increase, Is per cent
August, 1914. loss, &c per cent
September. 1914, loss. 80 per cent
October. 1914. loss, 20 per cent.
November. 1914, loss, 81 per cent.
December, 1914. loss. 43 per cent. =
January. 1915. loss, &c per cent
February. 1915 loss, II per cont
Building conditions at the present
time reflect in n generous manner tho
resourccfulness and tho recupsrative
powers Of this country. For several
months the Central West reflected most
gratifying conditions; now the i'm
provement extends to all parts OF the
country, there being some rather re-
marknblc increases in localities which
have forged ahead Mt a remarkable rate
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
Winfield Puge. OF Richmond, are visit
ing Miss c. B. Johnson ut her homo In
"Beating the taxi!"

Winfield Puge. OF Richmond, are visit
ing Miss G. y. Johnson at her home In
Newport News.
Mrs. c. e. Bridges has returned
Ashland, after visit to her daughte
Mrs. George Ball Hutchings, In this city.
Mrs. George V. Cameron, who has
been spending some time In this city,
has returned to her home at Louisa.
Mrs. Charles a. English and little
Peggy Lightfoot have returned TO Lees
burg, after n visit of several weeks to
Mrs. ID. r. Midyette. of Ashland, has
returned TO her home after n short stay
in this city.
Mrs James r. Redd, OF Beaver Dam,
is visiting Mrs. Kate Anderson in Rich
mond.
Mrs. Edgar White. who has been here
for a short stay, has returned to her
home In Ashland
DR.. Harry w. Porter has returned to
Louisa County, after a short stay here.
Misses Kitty Vaughan and Elizabeth
Sale spent last week In Ashland as the
guests OF Miss Sarah Blasingamc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Eastwood Kcr-
shaw, of Philadelphia, spent the past
week with Mrs. Frank =. Arnzcn, OF
31O4 Floyd Avenue.
Miss Minnie f. Stebbins has left tho
city for Charlottesville. where she Will
attend boarding school for the rest OF
the session.
William y. Sore is i'll at his home.
llbl Grove Avenue.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
QUEEN OF MATCHMAKERS
ANNOUNCES EXCURSION
Mrs. }. IL. GIL TO Chnperon Annual PHI
ErimnEe to- Washington ON E:as-
ter Monday.

Mrs. J. r. GIN. superintendent of the
Male Orphan Asylum. will run her usual
matrimonial express to Washington on
Easter Monday. April :. In these hard
times. when IL IL hard To make hook
and buckle meet and stick together
such an excursion Is In the way Of /,
tremendous boon to lovers II com
bines everything in one trip. The man
buys two tickets. Is piloted by Mrs. GIN
to the license bureau IN Washington
where he purchases the scrap Of paper
often the cause OF moro rows than the
Belgian treaty. and is then taken be-
fore q minister. who ties the knot Wand
charges only Il nominal fee Then the
honeymoon begins b. taking in the
sights OF Washington from the high
end OF bus. Two days are spent I'm
the capital city. and bride and groom
become thoroughly acquainted with
each other. Returning to the little nest
I'm Richmond, they settle down TO the
daily grind. but are content, and In
most cases live happily ever after
Mrs. Gill Is the prize matchmaker
OF the state. She starts courtships and
sees them through, and woe to the
luckleSs swaiu who tries TO buck when
with Il blushing lass swinging onto his
left arm. he walks into the license bu-
rcau and knows that his fate is about
TO be sealed 1t is no time to back
down on the job. Mrs. Gill gives him
one look, which Is both challenge and
encouragement. But II is like plunsing
into II cold bath. After the nrst shock
Ia overcome one finds that II IL en-
durable. The swain finds tho lass q
good hc!pmate, ana there Is another
happy home in Richmond
Mrs. Gill expects the usual big crcwd
20 accompany her TO Washington, and
the excursion, despite war and hard
times, bids fair TO be one OF the most
ruccSzssul ever to be operated BY that
queen among matchmakers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
IN AND OUT OF TOWN.

MIR. and Mrs. ]. N. Vaughan. Jr., have
returned to their apartment in AIonrna
Terrace after brief stay with reIa
tives in Ashland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney J. Wellman
whose marriage was celebrated In
Statesville, ~ c.. last week. are spend
ing their honeymoon in New York and
will he ut home after March 25 at the
Jefferson Hotel here.
III. Randolph Tillett, OF this city,
spent several days recently as the guest
OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. c. Tillett,
near Leesburg.
Miss Caroline FRndiver, OF Richmond,
has been visiting her mother, Mrs Kate
Vandivcr, in Hanover County
Judge and Mrs. i. w. Sims have re-
turned to their home in Louisa, after n
brief stay In this city.
MISS JESie Young. Of Alice, has been
the recem uest OF friends In Richmond.
Miss Gertrude Johnson and Miss
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
Juvenile Society To Meet.

There Will be an important meeting
OF the newly elected board of trus-
tees of the Juvenile Protective Socity
OF Virginia at the Seventh Street Chris
tian Church Annex, G07 East Grace
street, to-day at - noon.
Representatives will come from Nor
folk, Portsmouth, Newport News,
Hampton. Petersburg, Lynchburg and
Roanoke
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15
Selling Liquor without, License.

Police Sergeant Wnymack and Police
man Harris last night arrested Rosa
Christian. co!ored. on a charge OF SELL
ing liquor without license at 500 1-2
North First street. The officers cap
turcd tub of beer and several bot
Ties OF whisky. The woman Will be
taken before Justice GrigGs this morn
ing OH the charge
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15

The Helping Circle OF the King
Daughters Will meet tiis afternoon at 4
o'clock in the home of Mrs. w NJ
Turner, 2302 East Marshall 81 eet Final
arrangements will he maze for the
Parcel Post" party. which will take
place Thursday night at aSol East
Grace Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15

H. II. Oppenhcim and j. H. Wright,
both nineteen years Old were arrest
ed by Policemen Whitlock and Tomlin-
son yesterday on a charge of being dis
orderly In the restaurant of Woo Wing.
on West Broad Street. The young men
Will be arraigned in the Police Court
this morning
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wOMEN's MEETINGS.

The Richmond Foreign Relief Asso-
citation VIII meet this Afternoon at $3.50
o'clock with Miss Lutte Peasants, at
sos East Franklin Street
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RICHMOND LUMBER co. Inc

Fourth. between Decatur nnd stockton,
SASH, BLINDS, DOORS. FRAMES.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15

st. Johns Circle OF Kings Daughters
viii meet this afternoon at o'clock
with Mrs. John ~ kratz. 23O6 Park
Avenue.
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Automobile Club to Meet.

The MONTH" meeting OF the Rich
mond Automobile Club Will be held
tonight at 8 o'clock In the clubs rooms
At Murphy's Hotel
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-15

In the Service OF the King Circle of
Kings Daughters will meet at o'clock
this afternoon with Mrs. A. G. Goodc
l0I East Marshall Street
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30
OUR METHODIST CHURCH
Made a Splendid Record This
Year

The following financial and
membership report for 1915 by
Pastor Sistrunk of the Methodist
Church, makes a splendid record,
for which great credit is due the
pastor and his many loyal mem
bers.
The amounts of the various
funds raised were as follows; by
the League $500; by Sunday
School $99.79: Women's Mission
ary Society $3.50: Women's Aid
Society $474.19; for support of
ministry $719.29; for Conference
claimants $4,000; home missions
$4,000; foreign missions, $21.50; ;
church extension $1,000; educa-
ton $4,000; State Orphanage $12/
81; incidentals 1850; other OBJ
jects $4,000; expended on church
building and parsonage $1,65O.O0
$3,536.78.
Received into the church, 60
Baptised-infants, 1G,
adults H.
Considering the financial strin-
gency that prevailed during the
year, the collections made were
certainly remarkable. An even
better record is expected during
the coming year.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30
A Grateful Editor

Editor Sherwin Of the Fort Lau-
derdale Herald, is still singing the
praises Of the fakcr who invented
the coat shirt. Commenting on
The Herald s remark that, in Ed
itor Sherwin, the inventor has at
least ono friend, the former says
Man, don't you know that in-
stead of one friead the patriot
who invented the coat shirt has
millions of emf He is held as a
hero by every man who has gone
through the trying ordeal of fish
ing around in the early dawn of
a frosty morning for the end of a
hard-bossomed, opcn-backed sack
shaped hunk of cotton rag, into
which to insert his frowsled head.
Every man who has spent shiv-
ering half hour, standing on his
head, kicking over chairs, scratch
ing pictures off the wall and los
ing his religion, trying to scram-
bic through one of those old
fashioned inventions of the devil,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30
Tax Student On The Bridge
Proposition

Editor Herald AS a specimen
of taxation butchery, under the
spur of Punta Gorda boosters and
Charlotte Harbor schemerS, the
proposition to bond small
special district to build bridge
from Front street at Charlotte
Harbor to Nesbitt street Punta
Gorda, surely takes the cake. AT
ter fixing the boundaries of
the proposed district at the cen
ter of the waters of Charlotte
Harbor and Peace river, where in
fact it meets the Punta Gorda dis
trict and also the riparian rights
of the municipality of the town of
Punta Gorda and the right and
power of the United States for a
draw-bridge. Front street ter
inmates at the east edge of Last
niger addition and there a tract
of land not subdivided and known
as Sand Point to the east of Front
street. If this proposition can be
pulled through according to law,
| for one will be surprised.-Tax
Student. ~
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30

lime and fertilizer Distribute, DO.
tato digger, stalk cutter, grain
drill, peanut picker, threshing
machine, horse clipper, meat
chopper, cement tile machine
road drag, farm level, cane mill,
hay press. Others such as con-
crete mixer, silo forms, lard press,
pumping station, light station,
dipping yats, could be added.
Purchasing machinery is one of
the many ways in which farmers
can cooperate. They can buy
other farm supplies in this way.
They can form marketing associ-
ations, mutual insurance compan-
les, COW testing associations, CO.
operative creameries, rural cred
1t societies, packing houses, grain
elevators, egg circles and various
other cooperative enterprises.
Extension workers from the
University of Florida report that
farmers are inquiring great
deal about cooperation, and it is
toward helping them that the Col
lege OF Agriculture has intro
duced a correspondence course in
cooperation. In this course all
the necessary steps for organizing
a cooperative association, togeth-
er constitution, bylaws, parlia-
mentary rules and all other in
structions for clubs and proceed
ings are given. In addition the
organization and histories of soci-
ties in the United States and Eu-
rope are given.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30

nets and they would succeed Ill
getting these shrimp that whereV-
er these "signs" were, shrimp
could generally be caught IN
large quantities, provided the
proper tackle was used. | am
satisfied that the shrimp business
could be made a great asset to
this community.
Captain Octave Bell informs
me that there are many 'scallops
lin our waters. A scallop is a
shell-fsh. He tells me that they
often sell, especially in northern
markets, for IS gallon. This
could be developed into another
great industry. He says the soft
shell crabs could be caught and
shipped in quantities.
"At Switzerland, they cut a
way all the sprouts from an ole
ander, throwing all the strength
into one shoot In this way a
splendid, well-formed tree was
made. By this means, an olean-
der tree can be made anywhere
instead of a number of shrubs.
The tree is as symmetrical as an
umbrella china tree. Different
colors of flowers were budded in
to this oleander. Beauty is an
asset to any town. A word to the
wise is sufficient"
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30

On Tuesday of last week, The
Charlotte Harbor Fish and Oyster
Co, sold their business and equip
ment to Robt. R. McCreary and
Son Of Key West. The property
involved in the transaction is val
ued at 100000. The senior
McCreary, who was formerly con-
nected with the South Atlantic
Fish Co. at Key West, will be gem
eral manager of the business,
which will include the canning of
fish and oysters and will be op-
Grated at GaspariIla.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30
SHRIMP AND oLEANDERs
Among Things that Impresset
Governor Gilchrist a4His Re
cent TraveR

Gin going overithe State, i al
ways keep an eye open as,to any
thing which might be ofbeneft
to the people of the states and
especially that which may e a
benefit to Punta Gorda, Bays
Ex-Governor Albert w. Gilc nist.
cat Apalachicola | found tH or
three companies doing a arge
business in handling shrimpE Of
tentimes, shrimp are shi pped
from Apalachicola in carload lots.
81 state that | had Ways
been under the impression | that
there were no shrimp on thj Gulf
coast to amount to anyth1g. /
was told that for longH time
such was the impression /; Iound
Apalachicola, / was told,d that
there were signs" of shri lp. |
asked what they mean by
/" signs" | was told that { ce in
a while, half a dozen or d more
shrimp were caught, such Jnsti-
tuting the "signs. F." | fnc out
that there are such "signd in
these Punta Gorda wat9rs. I
was told at ,Apafachicola that
some one came there from Bruins
wick, telling them to try certain
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30

Fourteen county demonstration
agents went with the Extension
Division Force of the University
Of Florida to study pork produc-
ton in South Georgia. C. K
McQuarrie, state agent, A. P,
Spencer and E. S. Pace, district
agents, and G. L. Harrington,
corn club agent, went. The hog
business of Florida will receive a
stimulus as a result of the trip.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30
Cooperation Reduces Cost OF
ss:s@0 Machinery

There are many machines that
are needed on the farm, but they
are either too costly or the a.
mount of work to be done will not
justify the necessary outlay.
Much Of this machinery is idle
most of the year and farmers do
not feel like having the purchase
price tied up when it could be en-
ployed otherwise. The hay press
is a good example. Unless man
has a large farm and much hay
he cannot afford to purchase a
press for his own use.
There are many other imple-
ments in the same class, which are
necessary but too expensive for
the ordinary farmer. Clarence
Poe editor of Progressive Farmer,
gives list of machinery which
acan be bought and used coopera-
EioFely in his new book, How Far
dlei,s Cooperate and Double Prof
ButA few which apply to Flor
,moothI mentioned; Stump pull
never 2nure spreader, corn harves-
huller, spraying outfit,
soufspaa thresher, traction plow,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30

The ladies of the Fortntghtly
Club, with several invited alests.
twenty-eight in all enjoyed a boat
excursion up Myrtle creek, Tues
day, to Lonson Whitten's place
where they were delightfully."- en-
tertained, acil CroslandS took
them upf I'm his elegant launch
Teddy
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30
allied an open-backed shirt, only

called an open-backed shirt, only
to discover after he has succeed
ed in clawing his way through
the thing, that he has it on up
side down, or hind-side before,
blesses the name of the coat-shirt
man. Friends? He has so many
that he needs someone to help him
watch 'em.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30

The Chinese salutation when friends
meet consists in clasping the left hard
with the right and waving it up and
down, at the same time bowling deep
ly, or, if unusual respect is wished to
be evinced, the Chinqman bows as low
as possible, swinging his clasped hands
between his legs backward and for
ward.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30
state OF Ohio. city of Toledo. /,

IOlCHS County,
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner of the firm of f. ]. Cheney
e. Co, doing business in the City of To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A. D. 1886.
lseaD A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
#. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold hy all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-12-30
HELP YOUR LlvER-IT PAYS

When your liver gets torpid and your
stomach acts queerFtake DR. Kings New
Life Pills and you will find yourself feel
ing better. They purify the blood give
you freedom from constipation, bilious
ness, dizziness and indigestion. You feel
fne--tust like you want to feel Clear the
complexion too 25c. at druggists.
ADVERTISEMENT
New Britain herald., 1915-10-01
WILL GIVE S2,OO0 FOR
 AVIATION CORPS
Aero Club Of America to Help States of California, Arizona and
 Texas.

New York, Oct. 1.-The executive committee of the National Aeroplane Fund instituted by the Aero Club of America. announced today that it has decided to contribute $2,000 to en- able the states of California, Arizona and Texas to begin at once to train officers of the national guard in flying and to organize aviation corps for those states.
 The committee stated that five aeroplanes have been offered for training officers of the national guard of those three states by Earle Reming- ton a western sportsman. The $2,000 from the National Aeroplane Fund will be apportioned at the rate of $4O0 to each machine. In making this announcement the committee de- clared that aviators are needed on the Mexican border.
 The committee stated that the na- tional guard of New York and Massa- chusetts will have next spring four teen officers to be trained in avia- tion and that the committee will sug- gest to the war and navy departme that these officers receive their train ing in the army and navy aviation schools.