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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
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Tracts T. 4 ap EvSaI Summer Skies"

49, ~
z xg1e read much of the beauty of
Italian Sunsets" but undoubted-
ly those of Punta Gorda, and
South Florida, are as beautiful,
for it is impossible TO conceive of
anything more radient and glori-
Gus than the panorama spread be-
fore us over Charlotte Harbor ev-
cry evening during the summer
rainy season
There are paintings valued at
thousands of dollars, and which
lovers Of art go many miles and
pay many dollars to see, yet these
paintings are as daubs compared
with the wonderful coloring that
may be seen from our pier at the
close of nearly every Summer day
Cumulus, cirrus, and nimbus
clouds loom up on the horizon III
mountain-like grandeur or cover
the dome OF heaven with lacy soft.
ness; as the sun disappears every
color is displayed on the clouds
not only in the west, but north
east and south as we'll, and some.
times the whole visible heaven is
one vast painting, with a divine
brush, which no human can hope
to copy or describe.
Neither is there a monotony a.
bout these sunsets. No two are
alike. Tonight you will think
that nothing could be more beau
tiful, but tomorrow night the
scene will be altogether different,
but lacking not one whit in glory.
Punta Gordans are rich in hav-
ing these beauties spread before
them night after night.
If our Northern friends knew OF
their beauty they would think
them well worth trip to Florida
in summer.
Watch for the Sunsets.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
A Clash Of Wits.

He-I love you.
She-But | haven't cent in the
world.
He-Excuse me, you didn't allow
me to finish. I love You not
She-So! | only wanted to try
you. ! have fortune of $4,000.
He = Yes. but you interrupted
me again. love you not for your
moneys sake.
She-Well, Pm so glad, for that
was only a joke about the $50,000.-
Boston Transcript.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
Aunt Judith S
Silver Spoons
They Played a Part In the Life Of
Peggy and Dick.
BY TEMPLE BAILEY.

The Merritts' wedding presents
had been very plain and practical.
They had few rich friends, and
their relatives had confined them
selves to furniture and useful arti-
cles for the small fat. Peggy's girl
companions had given her center
pieces and lingerie, and Dicks office
colleagues had dubbed together and
had presented cut glass punch
bowl.
But Aunt Judith gave silver
spoons - heavy, solid and richly
chased.
81 think it was lovely of her."
said the little wife as she set her
own table for the first time. GA
little good silver is such help.
Some day we will buy forks and
knives to match, won't we, Dlcky,
boyi?" :, >, ,,,r,.
got to appreciate me at the office
soon. | won't let them grind me
down this way always"
But raise in salary was slow in
coming. Dicks worth was evident
ly not as apparent to his employers
as to himself, and gradually the fur
niture and carpets began to grow
shabby, and the silver spoons were
still the only sign Of elegance in
the Merritts' home. Peggy polish
ed them every day,
"You see," she told Aunt Judith,
who came from her little home
town to visit them, eve don't seem
really poor when we can sip our
tea from shining silver"
"It is you who brighten things
up" said Aunt Judith, ''you with
your cheerful face"
ooh" - suddenly Peggy's voice
broke and her eyes flIed-"oh,
Aunt Judith, you don't know how
hard it is to smile sometimes"
"Why, child"- there was conster-
nation in the old lady's tone
"aren't you happy"
cts on account of Dick. Things
aren't going right with him at the
office. They don't seem to get on
with him or he doesn't with them,
and he gets blue, and it isn't easy
for me to cheer him up"
az see," said shrewd Aunt Judith,
and that night she asked the young
husband, Glow are things at the
Officer
"Rotten," was the illuminating
reply. "They promised to give me
a raise year ago, but they haven't
done it."
"Why not?" asked Aunt Judith.
"They don't appreciate me-" Dick
flung out.
Perhaps" Aunt Judith began
and then stopped. 81 am not going
to help him out" was her mental
comment. 'He has his own lesson
to learn"
But Aunt judith did not realize
that while Dick was learning his
lesson Peggy must suffer.
"He thinks too much of himself, >
was her further thought as the days
went on. "I'll let him work hard
until some of the conceit is taken
out Of him."
And with that she packed her bag
and went back to her little home
town.
Dick was not made of stern stuff
and as the days went by the cloud.
on his face grew darker and darker
and at last he came home early one
afternoon and threw himself heav
lily into the chair.
! -. 50 - - 80 "a 4~ s...
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
GUARDIANS NOTICE

day of August 1915, l will apply to Judge
w. d. Bell, Judge Of the Probate Court
of DeSoto County, for an order to sell the
following described lands for the purpose
of perfecting the title to same.
Begin at South West corner of North
East quarter of south east quarter Sec
ton Q2) in Township (39) range $3.50
and run east 1900 links, thence north
500 links thence west 1900 links, thence
south to place of beginning containing
(6) acres more or less, and will ass that
said property be sold at private sale.
MARY L. SANDLIN, Guardian
This the 22nd day of July. 1915.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
gZSG TO THINK ABOUT
land. Nv a Careless Jane
Tracts 1s and 70 ,.,sEsfgS
THINK ABOUT
BY a Careless Jane

honest? Did they pay their gro
Gerry bill? Did his mother have to
steal all she had from his father S
pockets while he slept?
Verify, the sins of the fathers
shall be visited upon the children
unto the third and fourth genera
ton.
Not only does the character of
the parent count in this deal, but
what kind of a disciplinarian is
he? A good man or woman is of
item a poor parent. 1t is no easy
| Job training an immortal soul to
live.
Third, that man who told in the
boys presence wonderful yarns OF
how he skinned this one, of how
he beat another in trade, Dragging
of his own dishonesty, must bear
his share of the burden of that
boys guilt.
Fourth, the playmates, .who
have coaxed and ridiculed the boy
into joining their own stealing es-
capades, must bear their share OF
the blame.
Fifth, the party who buys goods
from a child, not knowing where
they come from, does not escape
his responsibility in the matter
Sixth, the marshal who makes
no effort to stop the petty thiev-
ing that constantly goes on, but
keeps his eyes and ears shut to be
sure that he will not see it, is help
ling to make criminals of our boys.
There are dozens of boys in
Punta Gorda who make business
of stealing oranges, grapefruit,
guavas, or anything they want,
and not only what they eat, but to
sell.
Time after time have | seen
boys filling their blouse, or poe
kets, with my neighbors fruit, and
even eating this fruit in THEN
mothers presence. There is not
a yard or a fruit tree in town
safe from these boy marauders.
When we are inclined to cen
sure or to jeer at these boys let
us first ask ourselves, "What have
II not done or said that made it
easier for them to stealY" or,
"What have | not done to help
them to be honest?" care r.y
|boys doing the same thingsY"
! Let us raise the moral standard
of our homes and our town, so
that boys will feel the shame of
these unlawful deeds, and above
| all remember that we all live in
glass houses, and hence it is
dangerous to throw stones.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

At a meeting of the directors Of
the Ornamental Department of the
Women's Civic Association held in
the Board of Trade rooms Monday
night, plans for identifying Punta
Gorda were further discussed and
concerted work will be started at
an early date. An article setting
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
Punta Gorda II, Fort Myers 0

In a game of base ball played
here yesterday afternoon between
a team from Fort Myers and the
Punta corda team, the result was
victory for the home boys, the
score having been II to 0.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
A Fashionable Trial.

when does her trial take placer
Next week"
"Going to attendY'
Going to attend? Why, she has
asked me to be maid of honor. Lou
isville Courier-Journal
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND
PPss6opEHsS eND InE 7K KEEssssInMEe AT M
THE REPORTING OF THE SAME TO
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH,
AND THE PRESCRIBING PENAL
TIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF DUTIES
HEREIN PROVIDED IN CONNEC-
TON THEREWITH
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
naI.,vsrs,s Northern Boundary.

Why the northern boundary Of Dela-
ware should have been circular in form
is often a source of wonderment. 1t
came about in this way: After William
Penn had obtained a grant of Pennsyl-
vania he was DESTROYS Of owning the
land on the west bank of the Delaware
to the sea. He procured from the Duke
of York in 1852 a release of all his IL
tie and claim to New Castle and twelve
miles around it and to the land be-
tween this tract and the sea. a line
that was the arc of circle of twelve
mile radius Nas then run, with New
Castle as center When the three
'1ower counties" on the Delaware be-
came state they retained this boun'
dary.--Chicago Journal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Hair! Get a rs Cent Bottle
of Danderlne Right Now-Also
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of neglected
scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
of its luster. its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish.
ness and itching of the scalp, which
If not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
onight-now-any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get rs cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life, luster and luxuriance
which is SO beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance Of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness, but what will
please you most will be after just
few weeks use, when you will actual.
ly see lot of fine, downy hair-new
hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
A WARNING.

A WARNING.
II can drink or let it alone-as he
does" says the young man, pointing to
a respected member of the community
who is a moderate" drinker Too
often the followers of such an exam.
pie make good on the first part of
their boast but not on the last. The
brilliant Charles Lamb. a victim of
the liquor habit, left this warning to
the young man taking his first glass:
Gould he look into my desolation,
and be made to understand what
dreary thing 1t is when he shall feel
himself going down a precipice with
eyes open and passive will; to see
his destruction, and have no power
to stop 1t, to see all goodness emptied
out Of him, and yet not be able to for.
get time when 1t was otherwise; to
bear about the piteous spectacle OF
his own ruin-could he see my fe
vered eye, fevered with the last nights
drinking, and feverishly looking for to.
nights repetition of the folly; could
he but feel the body of this death out
of which cry hourly. with feebler
cutlery, to be delivered, 1t were enough
to make him dash the sparkling bev.
erage to earth, in all the pride of its
mantling temptation"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
A GLASS OF SALTS WILL
END KIDNEY-BACKACHE
Says Drugs Excite Kidneys and Rec.
ommends Only Salts, Particularly
IL Bladder Bothers You.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot Of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
with a mild, harmless salts which re.
moves the body's urinous waste and
stimulates them to their normal activ-
ity. The function of the kidneys is to
filter the blood. In "a hours they
strain from it 500 grains of acid and
waste, so we can readily understand
the vital importance Of keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots of WATERPROOF can't drink
too much; also get from any pharma-
cist about four ounces Of Jad Salts;
take tablespoonful In q glass Of
water before breakfast each morning
for few days and your kidneys will
act fine. This famous salts il made
from the acid Of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to clean and
stimulate clogged Kidneys; also to
neutralize the acids In urine SO 1t no
longer is q source of irritation. thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure; makes delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this, also keep up the water drinking.
and no doubt you will wonder what
became of your kidney trouble and
backache.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
Reducing IlIiteracy.

Only fifteen out of every one thou
sand children from ten to fourteen
years Of age in the United States are
unable to read'and write.
These figures just announced by the
federal bureau of education show a
striking decrease in child illiteracy
during the last, fourteen years In 1900
the number Of illiterate children be-
tween the ages of ten and fourteen
was forty-two in every thousand. In
1910 this number was reduced to TWEEN
ty-two. Four years have further low
cred it more than SO 1-3 per cent.
Assuming only the latter rate Of de-
crease, twenty years more may see
youthful illiteracy in this country al
most cease to exist save among newly
arrived immigrant families. Nor can
the present rate of improvement fail
to produce in the same period a
marked change in the percentage of
illiteracy in the entire population OF
ten years and over-which In 1910 was
II, or seventy-five illiterates for every
thousand.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
ANSWERED OFF THE REEL
Shower of Questions Made No Trouble
for Information Man at Busy
Railroad Depot.

A large and garrulous woman ap-
preached policeman in the lobby Of
the new Union station and asked, all
in one breath:
What time does the Missouri Paci-
fic get in from Falls City; what time
does the Santa Fe go to Newton; how
high was the water in the 1903 food;
how much does that man charge for
bananas?"
You are looking for the informa-
tion desk" the officer replied, and led
her over to the cage of the man who
knows everything. The woman re.
peated her inquiry:
What time does the Missouri Pa.
cific get in from Falls City; what time
does the Santa Fe go to Newton; how
high was the water in the 1903 flood /;
how much does that man charge for
bananas?"
The information man had a tele.
phone receiver at his ear. Without
batting an eye or changing the tone
OF his voice or his expression he
answered promptly: Gets in S:35
goes out $40, up to your chin, three
for dime. kansas City Star.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
A Woman,s Loclc.

The following fable. which is prob
ably of Turkish origin. is not without
a touch of truth: AS woman was
walking, a man looked at and followed
her. =
Why" said she. do you follow
me?'
because" he said. Il have fallen in
love with YOU"
why so? My sister, who is coming
after me, is much handsomer, than I
am. Go and make love to her"
The man turned back, and saw a
woman with an ugly face, and. being
greatly displeased, returned and said:
why should you tell me false
hood?"
The woman answered: Neither
did you tell me the truth; for. If you
were in love with me, why did you
look back for another woman?'--
The Pathfinder.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
TRUCK GROWERS
PLAN ORGANIZATION
FARM EXPERTS DISCUSS MODERN
METHODS AND DIVERSIFIED
FARMING.
PROF. HUTTON is SPEAKER
As Result of Meeting at coIliervilie
Truck Growers Of That Neighbor-
hood viii Make Change In
1915 Crop.

Collierville.-A large audience heard
a party of farm experts discuss mod
ern methods an the necessity for di-
versified farming. The meeting was
held In the Masonic hall, which was
filled, and for two hours the audience
listened to interesting addresses.
Those who spoke were j. E. Stansell
special agent for Shelby County; Prof
C. A. Hutton, dairy expert from the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
and R. T. DeBerry, assistant COM
missioner of agriculture for Wast Ten
nessee.
AS result Of the meeting number
Of truck growers of the Collierville
neighborhood are planning to call a
meeting for the organization Of truck
growers association. Many farmers
intend to put In large tracts of toma-
toes for the market and it Is intended
through the association to arrange for
the shipment and sale Of this crop as
well as other garden crops which may
be grown on a sufficiently large scale.
In addition to truck farming many
farmers here are putting in other crops
and will pay much attention this
spring to potatoes and grain.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
viNDICTIvE BUT NOT POSTED
Old Calhoun Clay Thought Beaten Foe
Was Being Treated With
Undue Leniency.

Gen. Carroll Devol, at a dinner in
Washington, was drawn into war
argument by young lady.
The young lady, having conquered
the general, as she thought, paused
and smiled triumphantly, but he, with
smile of different kind, said:
my young friend, it is hard to argue
with you because your ignorance of
war Is very complete. 1t is plain from
your remarks that you don't know the
difference between howitzer and a
mortar, and believe you think that
shrapnel, grape and canister could all
be shot Unfortunately out of a shot
gun.
"In fact, you remind me of old Cal
houn Clay.
"'Cal,' said the old mans master
one day, I see by the papers, Cal, that
the enemy has been driven back
Driven back?' old Cal grunted.
Driven back? Driven? Huh, I'd make
'em walk
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
CAL0MEL MAKES YOU SICK, UGH!
ITS MERCURY AND SAL|VATES
Straghten Up Don't Lose Days Work. Clean Your Sluggish
Liver and Bowels With "Dodson's Liver Tone"

straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale Of calomel be-
cause 1t is real liver medicine; entire.
ly vegetable, therefore it cannot sail
vate or make you sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful of
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels of that sour bile and consti-
pated waste which is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
guarantee that bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam
lily feeling fine for months. Give it to
your children. 1t is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like its pleasant taste.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
1tfI(1AllQEZEg!9!lal5gIlglI
:z&l E51s;sTlEyID1111S
GEA 49, p
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
IN WEST VIRGINIA.

IN WEST VIRGINIA.
A passenger conductor of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad writes
to Hon. Fred o. Blue, state tax com.
missioner of West Virginia, as fol-
lows: Il was doubtful, as was every.
body else, as to the effect such law
would have. / must confess that the
immediate effect has been almost be-
yond belief. We have now passed
several pay days and Saturdays, and
there has been absolutely no drinking
worth mentioning, and where / had to
endure personal risk in fist encounters
almost every week to secure order
from some DRINKS, now handle even
larger crowds with comparative ease.
The women and children are now trav-
cling. partly on the money that was
spent for booze and partly because
they are not afraid to travel. The re-
suits seem too good to last, but If all
the officers of the law keep after it, |
see no reason why things shall not be
even better as time goes on. This is
pretty unqualified Endorsement for
a railroad conductor who has been up
against the world and rough part
Of the world for 30 years, but feel
that the changed conditions war
rant it."
The following was received from a
large coal operator of the state:
Il never in my life saw such a great
improvement in the way of behavior
and manly conduct as on the passenger
train of the Cabin Creek branch Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio since whisky
ceased to be merchandising proposi-
ticn in our state. Further, l notice
with great pleasure that large por.
ton of our men who used to go out to
get whisky are now spending this
time with their families or at the Y.
M. c. A., and portion of the money
which originally went for whisky is
now going toward the entertainment
Of their families. which means untold
pleasures for the children"
Mr.. Blue concludes his report with
this statement: Such letters from
men in touch with the practical, every.
day life speak with more convincing
power than anything l can say"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take
a dose of the vile, dangerous drug to-
night and tomorrow you may lose a
days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when 1t comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, break.
ing it up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. II you
feel sluggish and "all knocked out" IL
your liver is torpid and bowels consti-
pated or you have headache, dizziness,
coated tongue, IL breath is bad or
stomach sour, just try a spoonful Of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store or dealer and get 50-cent
bottle Of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take
a spoonful tonight and IL 1t doesn't
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-01-29
LONG DAMAGE SUIT.
Case Against Illinois Central Back to
Supreme Court Again.

Jacksonville case Of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company VS.. Oscar
'Clemmons is back in the court Of civil
appeals after having progressed from
the circuit court of Gibson County to
the court of civil appeals, then to the
supreme court back to the court of
origin. Clemmons is suing for dam
ages alleged to have been incurred
when six heads of livestock were
killed by an I. C. locomotive. When
the case started in Gibson County in
1913, peremptory instructions for dis
missal were given and Clemmons ap-
pealed. The court Of civil appeals re-
versed the circuit court and the rail
road company appealed to the supreme
court, where the appellate court was
confirmed and the suit renewed in
the circuit court, where the jury
awarded damages of $500 to the plain
tiff. The railroad company appealed.
1t may go again to the supreme court
whatever the decision Is.