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Tombstone epitaph., 1915-04-25

am a blower of glass. Yet France calls us together. perhaps to die side by side, even Jean Renault the great and Antoine Marceau who earns ten francs the day. Such is fate. So France wills"
 Van der Wynt spoke up. What is the fee for the release of a conscript?" he asked the officer. T will gladly pay any sum you ask to free NJ. Re nault from service. I will buy sub stitute for him"
 The soldier smiled. There will be no substitute" he said. If there were men available for substitution We would draft them, too. France calls all-rich and poor alike"
 Renault paled. Then the dramatic side of the situation appealed to him. He turned to Alys.
 Dear heart" he said, 'I go to war. I go for France and for thee. No longer shall I be soldier Of the foot. lights-a make-belieye warrior with a tin sword against a singing enemy. From this moment I am soldier of France I shall show them. I. Jean Renault, shall return to thee not only the greatest of living tenors. but a wearer of the Legion d'Honneur-a hero of this war with Germany. Bah! May I encounter this boaster Berg hon. He is less than the shadow of a dog-a miserable whining conscript who cannot even beat time with a baton let alone parry the sword. thrusts of Jean Renauit,"
 Then, with the instinct of dra- matic exit. he strode from the garden while the saber of the soldier accom-. panying him clanked against the stones.
 A few hours later Jean Renault who had not seen military service for five years. stood uniformed and armed at the railway station. not in the cen. I
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-04-25
WOMAN WOULD
 NOT GIVE UP
Though Sickand Suffering; At Last Found Help in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
 ble Compound.

Richmond, Pa. -" When I started taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-04-25

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue; much better than liquid blue. Delights the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-04-25

Lots of the burning questions of the day go up in smoke.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-04-25

It would help some if we did more praying on Sunday. and less preyins on the other six days.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-04
Charlotte Harbor

Charlotte Harbor, February l.
Rains continue; extremely wet.
The setting of spring crops delay
ed.
M. S. Roberts of Murdoch, is in
town to-day and reports an a.
bundance of water in his section
of the county, which proved a
destruction to the vegetable crops
of that section.
A number of our citizens are at
tending county court this week.
|. d. Thompson is erecting a
nice residence on his newly purch-
ased place known as the Pexa
place, in our town and will soon
occupy the same.-OLD TIMER.
Charlotte HORROR Girls Club
A very interesting meeting Of
the G. FL. G. G. was held Thursday
night, January 2Sth, at the church
There was a large attendance
and the audience was very enthu-
siastic. The program was de-
voted to Tennyson and was as fol-
lows:
Responses to roll call selections
from Tennyson--Life of Tenny-
son, j. w. Brown; selections from
Idyles of the King; Camelot, l.
nez Rowland; King Arthur, Luna
Bowdoin; Launcelot, Mrs. Blan-
;Launcelot, Mrs. Blanchet
chet; Death Of Knight Arthur,
Mary Hagan; Duet, Sweet and
low, Elsie Mauck and Freddie
Recitation, the Brook,
Makelock, Thelma Wolf, Margorie
Barnhill, Alberta Weatherly and
Nettie Strickland The Bugle song,
Nettie Guthrie; The Lady Blare,
Bertha Hagan minnie and Winnie,
Blonie Riggs, Katie Guthrie and
Efie Riggs; Charge of Light Bri-
gade, Blanch Mauck, Mamie Riggs
and Lila Hall; The May Queen,
Havana Keene; song, Crossing the
Bar, Miss Oswald. -FREDDIE
LEE ROBERTS, Secretary.
Make the Jail the only empty
house in town,
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We reprint from The Punta
Gorda Herald an article entitled
"a Serious Issue Pending" Prac-
tically it says because Senator
Bryan was instrumental in having
Mr.. P. A. Dignan appointed post
master at Jacksonville, and be-
cause Mr.. Dignan is Roman
Catholic in his religion, that it is
going to initiate against Senator
Bryan's reelection.
We hope that this issue will be
crushed in the bud. We want to
rise above religious prejudices and
intolerances. The pages of his
tory will show that religious intol-
erance has been productive of
nothing but evil. We want it
possible for every man in this
country to enjoy the freedom of
his religion without let or him
drance. We want every man to
worship God according to the die
tates of his own conscience. We
want him to sit under his own vine
and fig tree and commune with his
God unmolested from any sect
and unafraid of sectarianism from
any quarter.
Further than that, we want him
to enjoy the rights, civil cad polit-
ical of every American citizen, re-
CARELESS of his religious convic-
tons.
Who than Catholics have made
better citizens of this country ?
What denomination has been tru-
er to its traditions? From the time |
Of the Revolutionary war until
low no body Of people has been |
5ruer or more loyal.
Who in battle was drawer than |
Phil Kearney? Who who than
Father Ryan has paid more beau
.ifu tribute to the dag OF the
Lost Cause?"
Who than chief Justice White |
more gracefully adorns the bench
If the Supreme Court Of the Unit. |
ID States?
Who than Senator O'Gorman
.tanIs higher or is more beloved
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found conditions satisfying. Mr..
johnson expects to return within
a few weeks and go more careful
ly over the section as this inspec-
ton convinced him it had many
advantages. He found conditions
in the Pineapple river section COM
pared favorably with anything he
had seen since the rains had be-
come so unusually heavy.
A number of groves not usually
planted with truck have paintings
wherever feasible, owing to the
splendid natural drainage possible
into the river.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Wilhelm,
who are occupying the Sabel place
while Mr.. Wilhelm is making a
spring crop, are warm in their
praises of the healthfumess of
life on Pineapple river. The hasty
removal which was made to Flori-
da, owing to the sickness Of both,
has resulted in happy improve
ment in both in a brief time.
w. G. Turner, who has been en-
gagged hauling fruit and lumber all
winter, is making a brief visit to
his family in Trilby.-Reporter.
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Sheriff S Two Year Report

I To The Citizens of DeSoto county
The following report covers thu
business transacted through the
ISheriff's office from January 7
1913 to January 7, 1915, same rep.
Presenting the two years | have
been in office:
Selling liquor 80 cases; assault
and battery us; gambling 81
concealed weapon "A; drunken
ness 27; profanity rs; insanity %
violating game law %; breaking
and entering IS; embezzlement Z;
violating license law 81; wife de-
sertion Z; obtaining money by
false pretense s; grand and petit
larceny Sc; murder 10; issuing
worthless checks 6; cutting fence
2; Trespass 2; obstructing an Of
ficer l; enticing labor l; carnal
intercourse, under age S; wanton-
ly shooting an animal 5; changing
marks 3 beating way on train Is /;
running gambling house l entice-
ment for immoral purpose 3; per-
jury 2; violating transportation
law 2; violating fish law 16; per-
hitting minors to play pool 2; OBJ
tanning goods by false pretense l !;
unlawful assembly 40; vagrancy
II; hunting without license 7;
violating labor contract 4; hunt
ing on Sunday 6; disorderly upon
train 2; adultery 5; discharging
firearms 2; lewd and lascivious
conduct 2; embezzling court rec
ords |; fornication IA; petit en-
bezzlement L; forgery 5; rape l F.;
disturbing public worship L;
breaking and entering to commit
a felony /; obstructing public
road 2; drinking liquor in public
place1; violating Sunday law Z;
carrying pistol without license l !;
resisting an officer Total 761.
202 prisoners worked on roads
during the 2 years; As prisoners
working on roads this day, Jan. 7,
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Odd Bits of News

Meadeville, PA coasting
party, the youngest member OF
which was eighty-four and the
oldest ninety-two, was held on Ter.
race Hill Saturday. The members
of the party was John Fox, Hasley
Terrill, John King and Jonathan
Smack.
Wichita, Kans.-- S. T. Jocelyn,
divorce proctor, refused to give
Mrs, Ivy May Warner a divorce
because her present husband is
her ninth.
hastings, Neb.-Robert T. Ores
sler, merchant, served notices
through display advertisements
that he would sue for $25, 900
damages anyone who calls him by
his nickname Jake"
Austin, Texas The stringent
Allison liquor law, prohibiting
shipment of liquor into "dry"
territory in Texas, has been prac-
tically invalidated by a decision of
the court of criminal appeals,
which Judge Prendergast said
wiped it off the statute books. :"
Providence, r. $50 many
people answered a help wanted
advertisement at a suburban fac
tory recently that extra cars were
run to carry them. Three hun
dred women and a hundred men
were hired.
San Francisco, Calif.-A family
moving here from Nebraska mail
ed all of their household goods.
This is the first time on record
that the parcel post has been put
to this use.
Pittsburg, Pa.-There are 10000
men on the pay roll of the U. S.
Steel corporation.
st. Louis, Mo.-Screech owl is
the latest addition to many menus
in first class cafes. 1t is said that
this breed of owl makes very good
lasting,
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NEI6HBORIN6
TOW Ms
Acline

Acline, Florida, February l -
At a largely attended meeting
of Acline people, held in the new
hall on Sunday afternoon, an or
ganization, the Acline Association
was formed. E. w. Lawson was
chosen president, Richard Wind
ham treasurer, and j. II. White
secretary. Three trustees were
selected who will hold in trust
the acre of land given by VIM. Du-
val and the building which has
been put up on the lot. These
trustees are Richard Windham, +.
o. Hickman and w. F. Duval.
First session of the school was
held on Monday in the new build
ing. The purpose of this associ-
alton is to consider all matters re-
lating to the welfare of the Acline
district. School is already in
session and every effort will be
made to interest parents and
children in its success. Next
Sunday, at half-past two o'clock,
every one has been asked to be, at
! the school hall and assist in forh.-
ing a Sunday school, as parents
are DESTROYS the children shall
have religious training. Rev. II.
A. Frantz, who has lately given up
large and prosperous charge,
including two churches, in Penn
sylvania, on account of his health,
and has settled in Acline, will as
sist in the organization, while Miss
Watterson, the day school teacher,
is actively interested.
j. L. johnson, with Mr.. Charles
Wmdham, both of Kathleen, were
guests of Mr.. Richard Windham
flor several days, while Mr.. John
son looked over the locality with
the idea of removing here, if he
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AT THE CHURCHES

Methodist Church Sund a y
school 10 a. m, preaching IL a. m
and 7 p. m. every Sunday. Com.
munion after morning sermon ev.
cry first Sunday. Epworth Lea.
que meeting 6 80 o'clock Sunday
evenings. Prayer meeting Wed.
nesday 7 p. m. Sunday school
teachers meeting Friday at 7 p.
MI. II. Sistrunk, Pastor.
Presbyterian Church Sabbath
services as follows: Sunday school
8 As a. m. Preaching II 100 a. m.
and TOO p. m. Young People s So
ciety Of Christian Endeavor 6 D.
m. Other meetings: Prayer
meeting Wednesday. evenings 7 80
o'clock. Woman's Missionary So
ciety last Friday of each month at
8 100 p. m. Missionary Band first
Friday of month, 4:30 p. M j.
I'll. Albert, Pastor.
Episcopal Church-M o rning
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. I. Blanchet, d. d., Priest in
Charge.
Baptist Church-Sunday school
10 a. m, preaching IL a. m. and 7
p. m. every Sunday. Solana
Mission Sunday school 3 p. m. ev-
cry Sunday. Cottage prayer meet
ing Z p. m. Tuesdays. Prayer
meeting Wednesdays 7 p. m. W.
NJ. U. Wednesday after second,
third, fourth and fifth Sundays 8 |
p. m. Special music at Sunday ev-
ening service. Everybody cordi-
ally invited.-T. r. Woodson, Pas
Tor.
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1915. $14,S51.56 cash fines and
cost collected in 2 years; $935.75
fine and cost bonds on hand, well
secured; not due, $27 ,909.S0 col
lected under civil process by exc
cution.
Paid legal deputies for service
during 2 years: r. S. Carlton
$1625,00; d. E. Gillett $1625.00
j. S. Tillis (deceased) $560.65; G.
S. Dishong 1897 .03; Tom Whidden
$4,000; j. II. Lipscomb $221.50
A. S. johnson 1929; Ed How
ard $20.85; j. N. Butler $36. As; A.
E. Withers $3.50; J. H. Hudnall
$56.3S; Sidney Carriway 1890;
Bryant Collier $1,000; Il. G. Sharp
$500; l.. C. Cash $3.50; 4. A.
Garner $142.65; w. W. McQuaig
$83.25; III. B. Crosby $500; |. S.
Lunn $13.00.-Total $5302,95.
Paid special deputies for help
$1,000; paid by sheriff for crimi-
nails out of state, and for whiskey
sellers 1907 50.-Total $6320.65.
62 prisoners captured for other
counties in state during 2 years !;
IL prisoners captured for other
states; 81 prisoners sent to state
prison (circuit court prisoners) /;
6 prisoners sent to reform school.
j. L. Dishong, Sheriff.
January 7, 1915.
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A MERCANTILE PROPOSITION

Notice is hereby given that / will sell
tho entire stock of hardware, including
iron safe and other fixtures. heretofore
belonging to the Punta Gorda Hardware
Company in Punta Gorda, Florida, on
Tuesday the 23rd, inst, to the highest
and best bidder for cash; stock inventori-
ed at something over seven thousand dol
lars. With the right party, terms might
be arranged This Is the best location
for hardware business in the State of
Florida. This property is being sold for
the benefit of all creditors of the Said
Punta Gorda Hardware Company and
must go on the above named day.
d. N. MCQUEEN, Assignee.
Feby 3rd1915.
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i'll the United States senate?
Who more faithfully represent
ed the people Of Florida in that
distinguished body than Senator
Mallory?
Who than the "Sister of Chart
ty" perform more sublime acts of
charity?
Let us refrain from prosecuting
any one in politics in Florida on
account of his or her religious
opinions.
Don't let us make ones reli-
gion an issue.
Worshiping the same God, let us
all Dwell together in unity.-Ocala
Banner.
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To Sell at Auction

d. N. Mcqueen, assignee Of the
Punta Gorda Hardware Co., is adj
vertising in this paper to sell at
auction on the 23rd inst, the stock
and fixtures of the company to the
highest and best bidder, offering
terms to purchaser, if he be man
OF good financial standing. This
is offered as a business opportuni-
ty, and no doubt there will be a
number OF bidders.
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Tax Assessors Rounds

| will be at the following places
on dates given below to receive
Tax returns for the year 1915.
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. 18th.
Brownville, Feby. 18th.
Gardner, Feby. 18th.
Murdoch, Feby. Goth.
Mccall, Feby. 9th.
Charlotte Harbor, Mich. 18th.
Punta Gorda, Mch. 10Th, 18th,
Z 18th.
Nocatee, Mch. 10Th.
Wauchula, Mch. oath, 25th,
10Th & 9th.
Zolfo, Apr. Ord.
Arcadia, during entire Spring
ERIN of Circuit Court.
Yours,
H. G. MURPHY,
Tax Assessor DeSoto Co.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the partner
ship heretofore existing between Mrs
Stella b. MeLane and Miss Maude Nor
gan under the Style Of McLane and Nor
gan, Is this day mutually Dissolved. The
Is VIII be continued by Mrs. Stella
=. McLane at the same stand as hereto
fore va 40
This January 90, 1915.
STELLA B. McLANE
MAUDE MORGAN.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Serial Mo. oes5s

Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office at Gainesville, Florida,
January 9, 1915
Notice Is hereby given that Sanford d.
Blazer, of Bermont Florida, who on Sep
TENDER 3, 1911, made homestead entry.
No. 0955g, for 81 of NWM of NWH
section H. township 40 south, range 26
east, Tallahassee Meridian has filed notice
of intention to make communion Proof to
establish claim To the land above des-
crtbed, before Clerk of the Circuit Court
az Arcadia, Florida, on the 4th day of
March, 1915
Claimant names as witnesses:
g. w. Berry. Of Bermont Florida; j. r.
Hereford, of Nocatee, Florida: c. S. Heck
man, of Bermont, Florida. z. Blazer of
punta Coda, FlcriEq
HENRY S. CHUBB, Rglst~.
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that six months after date /
VIII present my vouchers to the Honor
able w. D. Bell, County Judge. in and far
Desoto County, Florida, and ask for a
hnal discharge as administrator of the
estate OF George w. Roberts, deceased.
Ihls the 9Th day Of August, A. D., 1914
b. II. COLEMAN,
Administrator
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Lame back may come from over-worlS
cold settles in the muscles of the back,
or from disease. In the two former cas-
es, the right remedy is BALLARD'S
SNOW LINIMENT, 1t should be rubbed
in thoroughly over the affected part, the
relief will be prompt and satisfactory
Price 25c, soc and 81 90 per bottle. Sold by
The Seminole Pharmacy.
"Pnid Advertisement"
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY
FOR A SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW
FLORIDA
Notice is hereby given that at the reg
ular session Of the Legislature of the
State of Florida, which convenes In reg
ular session. on the 9Th day of April a.
d. 1915, the undersigned will apply for
the enactment of Special or local law
applicable to DeSoto County, Florida. and
for that purpose / shall introduce into the
Senate a bill for an act, to be entitled
An Act Concerning Drainage" and to
enable owners of wet or overlooked lands
to drain and reclaim them. when the
same cannot be done in the best and
cheapest manner without affecting the
lands of others; to provide for the pay
ment of the cost of such drainage by the
issue and sale Of drainage bonds the
principal and interest of same to be paid
out of assessments levied upon lands and
easements beneticially. affected by such
f. NJ COOPER,
SEN, 27th Sen. DISTRICT
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Happiness,

If we cannot live SO as to be happy
we can at least live so as to deserve it.
-flchte.
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Make the Jail the only empty
house in town.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
ARE ARRANGING FOR
 EXPORT OF COPPER
Producers Enter Into Tentative Agree
 ment with British Government.

New York, March 30.-Several of the largest copper producers and ex- porters have entered into a tentative agreement with the British govern ment, subject to the approval of the state department at Washington, which provides for future exports of the metal to neutral European countries, chiefly Denmark, Norway Sweden and Italy, without further interference by the ships of the British navy
 Under terms of the proposed agree ment, a copy of which was mailed to Secretary Bryan today, exporters will file with the British consular authori- ties at this or any other port of de- parture copies of their contracts cov- ering all exports. These papers will bear the names of consignees, names of steamers by which the metal is to be forwarded and such other partic- u1ars as may govern shipments.
 The parties of the plan include the American Smelling and Refining com pany, the American Metal company, the United Metals Selling Agency and a number of individual agents or ex- porters. Copper rose to Is cents per pound today, it's highest price since the outbreak of the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
pIMpLY? WELL, DON'T BE!
People Notice It. Drive Them of With pr. Edwards Olive
 Tablets.

A pimply face will not embarrass you much longer if you get a package of Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin should begin to clear after you have taken the tablets few nights.
 Cleanse the blood, the bowels and the liver with Olive Tablets.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are the successful substitute for calomel- there's never any sickness or pain after taking them
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets do that which calomel does, and just as effec- lively, but their action is gentle and safe instead of severe and irritating.
 No one who takes Olive Tablets is ever cursed with "a dark brown taste, '' a bad breath, dull, Hstless, mo good'' feeling, constipation, torpid liver bal disposition or pimply face.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed win olive oil, you will know them by their olive color.
 Dr. Edwards spent years among pa tients afflicted with liver and bowel complaints and Olive Tablets are the immensely effective result.
 Take one or two nightly for a week. See how much better you feel and look 10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

tain Avery had been guiding the Den yer by dead reckoning. The wireless operators sent out their s. O. $. with their location by such reckoning. On the morning of March 23 the seas put out all fires and the auxiliary batteries were used to run the wireless. The sun reappeared and the new location by the sun reckoning was flashed with the S. O. S. call for aid. The Denver had drifted from her previously wire lessed position, and the liners answer ing her call were delayed until they caught the corrected directions. The Atlantic Transport liner Manhattan arrived on the scene at p. m., March 23, followed closely by the St. Louis and the Megantic. The St. Louis, eastbound and seeing rescue certain, proceeded to Liverpool. With the ex- ception of the boatload taken off by the Megantic all aboard the Denver went to the Manhattan in the Den ver's boats. Captain Avery's party stayed aboard the Denver for several hours, when it was seen the Denver must sink.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

New York, March 30.-The Wtite Star line steamship Megantic brought here fourteen survivors of the Mallory liner Denver, abandoned in mideocean on March 23. Captain Fred G. Avery, commander of the Denver; Mrs. Avery and Captain David T. Smith of the Evelyn sunk recently by mine in the North Sea, were among the party res cued by the Megantfc. Captain Avery refused to make any statement as to the cause of the Denver'S Hlishap until he had seen her owners. Asked if pounding by the seas had loosened the ships plates and let the water in he nodded in the affirmative. Mem bers of the crew of the Denver, who were among the fourteen, said the chief engineer discovered water leak ing in the port bunkers on March 21 and reported to Captain Avery. A search to locate the leak failed, and the water rose until by the afternoon of the next day it had put the boilers out of commission. For two days the sun had been under cloud and Cap-