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Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
VANDERBILT DIES
A HEROS DEATH
THOMAS sLioELL, A LuslTANlA
PASSENGER, SAW MILLION.
ARE BEFORE LINER SANK.
GAVE LIFE BELT TO LADY
Was In Smoking Room When the Tor.
pedo Struek-Was Unable
70 Swim.

London.-Alfred Gwynne Wander.
bilt died a hero's death. according 10
Thomas Slidell OF New York. a Lusl-
tania passenger. who reached here.
Mr.. Slidell said that although Mr..
Vanderbilt could not swim. he remov.
ed his lifebelt and placed II around
young woman. Then he went in
search OF another. although he knew
that the supply probably was exhaust.
ed. A few seconds later the ship went
down and Mr. Slidell said he saw Van.
derbilt standing on deck without a life
preseTver.
Mr.. Slidell said he and Herbert
Stone, son OF Melville f. Stone. gen.
eral manager OF the Associated
Press, were In the smoking room
alone when the first torpedo struck
AT once both exclaimed Torpedo. .
They went on eek and that was the
last Mr.. Slidell saw OF Mr. Stone.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
ROOSEVELT is BELuGERENT
Would Have United States Take Ae.
ton in Lusitania Case.

Syracuse. Theodore Roosevelt az
ter learning the details of the sinking
Of tie Lusitania, made this state.
ment.
This represents not merely piracy
hut piracy OF & vaster scale OF mur-
der than aEy old time pirate e~ir
practced This is the warfare whicr
destroyed Lo1vain and Dinaut and
hundreds OF uen, women AMI children
in gelgium II is warfare against in
nocent men. women and children trsv.
cling on tie ocean and to our fellow
country women who are among the
sufferers
1t seems inconceivable that we can
refrain f,tm taking action IN this mat.
tor, for we owe It not only to human
ity but to our own national selfre.
spect"
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Rely on odenwald

Wellington. The State Department
has replied 10 the German ambassa
doris Complaint that the German
steamer odenwald was attack.
ed" when she attempted TO leave San
Juan, Porto Rico, without clearance
papers. The reply has not been made
public, but II is understood to be con-
fined almost entirely to reports OF the
military and port authorities. telling
how the odenwald was warned not
TO leave port. and when she did start
out was brought TO by two blank shots
and anally solid shot across her
bow.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
GA[OMEL DYNAMITES YOUR LIVER!.
MAKES YOU SICK AND SALIVATES

Tone tonight. Your druggist or dealer
sells YOU a 80 cent bottle Of Dodson'a
Liver Tone under my personal money.
back guarantee that each spoonful viii
clean your sluggish liver better than a
dose Of nasty calomel and that il von't
make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Il real liver
medicine. You'll know Il next morning
because you will wake up feeling hne,
your liver will he working headache
and dizziness gone, stomach will bc
sweet and bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone Il entirely yege-
table, therefore harmless 4 y can not
Millions Of people are using Dodson'a
Liver Tone instead Of dangerous calomel
now. Your druggist will tell you that
the sale Of Calomel is almost stopped
entirely here.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Justified In sInklnn Shin.

n'rlin.-The destruction Of the Lu.
sitarla has made a deep impression
here While the loss OF lives OF neu.
trails Is regretted. the sinking OF the
steamer Is Justified, because Il Is al.
legged the LusitaEia was a fully armed
British auxiliary cruiser. II also is
assumed here. according TO a semi-of.
hcial statement that the vessels hold
was full Of munitions OF war for use
against Germany.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
"DodsOn's ursr Tone" Shts Your IHsI
Better Than CaIomsl and You DOnt
Lose a DAYS WOh

Liven up your sluggish llyerl Feel
fine and checriuli make your work a
pleasures b. vigorous and full Of ambi.
tion. But take no nasty, dangerous
oalomel because Il makes you sick and
you may lose a days work.
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking Il up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and oramping.
Listen 10 mel II you want 10 enjoy
the incest, gcntlest liver and bowel
cleansing YOU ever experienced just take
a spoonful ol harmless Dods0n's Liver
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Was Auxiliary Cruiser.

Clevelsnd.-Dr. Bernhard Dernburs.
former colonial secretary OF Germany,
who arrived here. helds the sinking CT
the Lusitania to be iustlhable because
the Lusitania carried contraband OF
war and also because the boat was
classified as an auxiliary cruiser at
the disposal OF the British admiralty
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
"A HOUSE IS
NOT A Home
Written for the Star Herald.

We hear much nowadays Of the
building Of a house. Books and
magazines appear in increasing
numbers devoted to housebuilding
and house furnishing written by ex.
perts who claim to know what houses
ought to be. Never WAS so much
thought blyen to house building as
Just now. We are becoming more
aud more exaoting IN our tastes.
Our esthetic sense Is evolIng
houses which satisfied our ancestors
are not good enough for us. More
over we are living-many of us-in
cities and a city invites oompari-
sons.
We must build not only for our
selves lut for our neighbors. The
house must be in keeping with its
environment and 1t must come up
to the style and expectations Of our
social rivals.
The furnishing Of home is also
a problem. Never were there so
many pretty things to select from
and never were there so many con.
flicting notions as to which things
are most to be desired. And which
form and color will best satisfy the
eye. Every feature Of a house,
both inside aud outside carries
with it so many intricate and vex-
ing problems that bY the time all
of them are settled the nerves are
well-nlgh extended and there Is no
energy remaining for the building
OF the home. And what is a home?
II u OF course quite different from
a house. 1t Is something which Is
put inside Of a house. II Is not a
building built with hands. 1t be-
longs to things which are unseen,
rather than the things which are
seen. A house is product of
human handlcraft. A home is a
creation Of the heart. A house is
constructed out of matter. A
home is such stuff as dreams are
made Of. A house Is of four walls
with a root. A home is a complex
Of memories, associations and affec-
tlons. A house Is built by gold.
A home is built by love. A small
and shabby home may be set up in.
side a spacious and costly house.
We have all been guests in places
where we felt there was more house
tran home. On the other hand a
palaual home may be erected in.
side a cottage. A house can be
built inside a year. To build a
home is the work of many seasons.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
SAYS U. S. is HELPLESS
w. r. Mecombs Says War With Ger.
many Would Be Futile.

Cincinnati.-William +. McCombs.
chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee, who was in this city for
a few hours, said he greatly deplored
the blowing up OF the Lusitania, but
he could not see what this country
could do about it.
This country is helpless he said.
Suppose that we should declare war
against Germany: It would amount to
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21

A man can have numerous houses.
He can have but one home. We
all recognize this distinction and
confess It constantly in our speech.
We may say that a certain home Is
broken up even though the house
Is in excellent repair. We read of
the ruin of a home. The walls Of
the house are standing aud the root
Is still on and yet the house is ruin
ed. have had no home since my
wife died, exclaims a man with
sob. He Is still living IN the same
house. The rooms have remained
unaltered and every piece Of furnl-
ture has retained its accustomed
place and yet the house has rever
seemed the same because the home
Is broken. God bless a good wife.
| want TO 60 home sobs the little
child who is lost IN the street.
There are houses all around him.
Many of them much finer than the
one in which he lives but he wants
TO go home. Home Is the spot
where loving hearts beat for HIM.
Home then may be defined As the
dwelling place Of the heart. There
Is always danger of the physical
crowdlng out the spiritual. The
outside has a fashion Of usurping
the honor which belongs to the in.
terror. The temporary glitter of
the visible too often blinds our
eyes to the abiding, splendor Of the
invisible. Nothing Is easier than
TO put first what ought to be put
second. 1t is by putting first
things second aud second things
first that many a life is marred and
wrecked. Jesus of Nazareth was
always asking, "Why do you not
pay more attention TO that which is
inside?" Why do you run here
and there seeking for something
which you will never fnd until you
find 1t IN yourselves? Why DO YOU
put the emphasis on the things
which you eat aud wearg Is not
the life more than the food? And
is not the body more than the
things you put ony The question
which he asked in the first century
he asks again in the twentieth.
We persist in doing what people
did nineteen hundred years ago.
We wear ourselves out on the ex-
ternals. Man is a spirit aud with.
out the spiritual be sickens and
dies. One of the tragedies of our
age is that the house has got IN
front of the home. Men and
women are so engrOssed with the
problems of house building that
they are neglecting the more serious
problem of the building of the
home. Not a few of our miseries
and disasters can be traced directly
to this fatal blunder. The post.
ponement Of marriage in large
circles Of our American society is
one Of the lamentable features of
our clyilatlon. 1t is better to
marry IN the early twenties than in
Continued next week.)
Cbas. A. Stephens,
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Italy Is impressed.

Rome.-The sinking OF the Lusl.
tania has caused a profound impres.
sion in Italy. Anxiety is increased by
the fact that there we're several Ital.
ians among the passengers. The feel.
ing I'm Rome may be described as one
OF indignation at the killing OF neu.
trails. Measures to end such proceed.
ings are being urged on all sides.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Germans Espelled.

London.-Re Resentment against Ger
many over the torpedoing OF the Lusi.
tania was so strong on the stock ex.
change that the British members unit.
cd and turned all their fellow mem.
bers OF German origin and also all
German clerks bodily out OF the
house.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21

nothing moro than the recall OF tho
ambassadors OF each country. We
could not fight because thero are no
German ships on the seas and no ono
would consider the insane proposition
OF sending an army over there. aIi
absolutely neutral In this war"
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Prohibition In France.

Paris.-The Petit Parislen says it
has been informed the government
will introduce a bill prohibiting abso-
lutely the manufacture, sale and
transport Of all alcoholic drinks dur.
ing the war.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Victim Of Submarine.

London.-A dispatch TO the En-
change Telegraph from Hill says the
Wilson Line steamer Truro was sunk
by the German submarine U-9 of
Day Island. No lives were lost. The
crew Of the steamer was landed at
Rosyth Castle, Scotland.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Behind President wnson.

Sacramento.-Resolutions relative
to he presidents request for an ex-
pIession OF public opinion" on the
81. hnG 2! TIE Lusitania were intro
duced In he California Senate and
Hcuse and referred 10 committee.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Insured For .5ooooo

New York.-Insurance on the Lusi-
tania, It was said. amounted to $780,
900 The vessel was valued at SIG.
100000. Her cargo was reckoned at
S735. 900.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Welsh choir Was Aboard.

Scranton.-Among the passengers
on the Lusitania were all but two OF
the members OF the Royal Gwent
Welsh Male Choir. which had been
touring this country for a year and a
half.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Cant. Turner Rescued.

London.-Captain Turner, OF the
Lusitania, stood at his post on the
bridge until his ship went down. and
was rescued three hours later wear
ing a life belt according to d. A.
Thomas. the Cardiff, Wales, coal mag
nate.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
New York is safe.

New York-Many inquiries we're re-
ceieved at the office of the American
Line as to the safety of the liner New
York, which sailed from this port for
Liverpool under the American flag.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
W,s Not Armed.

London.-The British government
made the following announcement:
"The statement appearing in some
newspapers that the Lusitania was
armed is wholly false"
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
[ nndnn,s Strain lntense

London.-The Cunard Offices in
Cockspur are keeping open all night
and there friends OF the Lusitania's
passengers kept anxious vigil.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
SO Ships in War Zone.

New York.-Eighty-eight vessels
bound from or to American ports
were within the German war zone. or
due to pass through 1t on their voJ-
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21

age. Thirteen of them carry passen-
gers, ond one, the Cameronia, left
New York May for Halifax, presum-
ably to take Canadian troops to Eng
land
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Was Victim OF U.se.

Geneva.-A dispatch from Munich,
Bavaria, received at Basel, says that
the German submarine U-39 sank the
Lusitania-
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Germany REJOICING.

Geneya.-There were great rejoic-
ings in southern Germany, according
10 advces. Children had half holi.
day in honor of the event.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
IusltanEa Rellef Eund.

Liverpool.-A Lusitania relief fund
has been opened here. Lord Derby
subscribed 81 $50.
Pocahontas star herald., 1915-05-21
Mr.. Farmer and Live Stock Grower, the
Lubbock Sudan Grass Seed Association

Is calling to you to quit buying feed and buy Sudan
grass Seed The Lubbock Sudan Grass Seed ASSOCIATION
was organized last year and composed of Lubboc cou
ty farmers who producers OF pure sudan gra Seea
Every crop handled by this association was inspected IN
the field before the crops harvested by committee
of five men, Mr. V. L. Cory superintendent of Lubbock
substaon No s. state experiment station is chairman
of said committee All crops found to be poisoned by OBJ
noxious pests and weeds condemned and not nan
died by this association Mr. Farmer, do not be msed
by the inspection certificate. You have no way IN the
world to connect the seed with the certificate offered
Sudan grass is big hay producer followcrop after
harvestin the wheat and oats 1t be planted with
good results up to July first Pure receaned well ma
ured officially inspected Sudan grass Seed forty cents
per bound delivered Seed that will please you and pro-
duce satisfactory results Free booklet on request
The Story of Sudan Grass.
The Lubbock Sudan Grass Seed Assn.
Lubbock, Texas.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

is the belief that goodly
number will be interested in Pun
ia Gorda and it's panacea for ills
to give the guarantee of a lucra-
tive reward.
We know nothing of the analy-
sis of the water which now ap-
pears to be making the city by the
sea a resort of much fame, and
we doubt seriously if any analysis
of it has been made, but what diff
ference does an analysis make if it
| is fact undisputed that the water
from the well at Punta GOrda pro-
duces the results by effecting a
cure. There is no question but
that the Punta Gorda well has
some very fine endorsement from
people who are known to be hon
orable and straightforward in ev.
cry respect, and for that reason
lif for no other, the project must
entertain serious consideration
Arcadia News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
Florida's Annual Nuisance

ouaintances, prefers it because ne
knows that he does not deserve as
sistance; and there are so many
deserving unfortunates that the
aid they need should not be
souandered on men who, because
of their laziness or their vicious
ness, are not at work.
$50. whether man is Temporal
rily in distress or habitually so,
the place for him is at home. Al
home he would not be arrested as
a professional beggar for asking
assistance of his friends or ac-
ouaintances. If he tried to be
self-sustaining, they would know
it. If he were incapacitated Tor
work, they would know 1t and
take care of him in the institutions
provided for that purpose. Ana
# the question of humiliation OF
embarrassment were consldereo
any right-thinking man would DC
LESS embarrassed by accepting the
home his county would provide
| for him than by begging from
house to house"
The Times-Union is correct II
all that it says on this subject, anc
the only question that remains t'
| be settled is, how can we rid the
state of this nuisanceY There
are two ways, we think, that vii
accomplish the object. One is t
emphatically refuse aid to any o:
these itinerant frauds and tn
other is to demand of our count!
nolice officials the rigid enforce
ment of the law enacted SOM
years ago against Migrants ant
begpars of all kinds. That law i
still ON the statute books and /
should be mercilessly enforced.
Once it becomes known beyon(
our borders that we do not bestov
charity upon wandering mendl
cants, but on the contrary, pu
them to work on the streets AM
the public roads, they Will ceas
to inflict their presence upon u.s.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

The way to "settle the hash OF
Mexico is for the United States TO
declare that the Monroe Doctrine,
so far as it pertains to that count
nv is suspended and that any
foreign country that may feel ag-
grieved or injured by any occur
ences in Mexico, may feel free to
settle direct and in any manner 1t
pleases with Carranza, Villa ct al
We should not mind to have Mexl-
co owned and governed by Eng
land or any other respectable
transatlantic power. We men
ton England, because she has
made great success of pacifyine
and governing turbulent people
May be we might induce her t.
take the Philippines off our hands
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
Punta Gorda s Claim

1t is now the claim that the wat
er from a certain well in Punta
Gorda is the direct cure for many
diseases of both a local and a
chronic nature, and the claim is
well borne out by the many and
splendid endorsements of indivi-
dualS who claim to have been cur
ed by the drinking from this res
torative fountain, many of which
were published in this week Is
issue of the Punta Gorda Herald
The news of course does not as.
sumo to know to what extent the
public, and especially that portion
of the public that is suffering from
diseases, may be interested in civ.
ing the famous well al
Punta Gcr5a a triGl, built
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

We beg to congratulate the
federal administration upon hav-
ing declared with emphasis that
the people of the United States
have some rights upon the high
seas which they expect the bellig-
erents of Europe to recognize and
respect. The declaration is time,
ly and it is sure to be needed, for
the Monarchies of Europe in their
present troubles, would not dare
to provoke us into fighting fol
what are known to be our rights
And, by the Eternal! as old Hick
DRY Jackson would say, we know
our rights and have the power anC
courage to maintain them. Sinh
an American ship, foresooth
There is no European monarch
GRAZ enough to do that.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

Every winter, Florida is sub
iected to an influx OF all KINDS Oh
takers and frauds from the
street-corner preacher down to the
legless beggar who sits on the
sidewalks with hands outstretched
for aims. Of the two named, II is
hard to say which is the greater
nuisance, the ecclesiastical faker
or the professional beggar, but
both have become so numerous
and annoying that some means
should be devised for expelllng
them from the state.
The Times Union of last Satur-
dav had an editorial on the sub
iect of the professional beggar
that fits the case exactly; and
what it says should be seriously
considered by every citizen who
NAV be tempted to extend help OF
any kind to these eleemosynary
tramps who, every winter, affilct
us with their presence ana ap-
peals.
That paper truly says that
"There is no excuse for a profes-
sional beggar. There is an aims
house in every county in the Unit
ed States that is established fol-
the purpose of taking care OF
people who, by reason OF age OF
sickness, are not able to take
care of themselves. No healthy
man need become a professional
beggar because of lack OF employ
ment; for, if man wishes tc
work, this is only temporary
Where can a man who deserves tc
be helped get help easiestY Ger
tainly in the community In whlcf
he resides. There the people
know him and, because OF this
fact, will be readiest to help him i
he is the victim of misfortune
rather than his own fault. Tit
man who prefers to ask the assist
ance of strangers rather than o.
his friends or even OF his &C
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
That Official Organ

There are few c0untleS III
[ Florida that yet retain the policy
which was the policy formerly a
dopted by a majority of the coun-
ties of the state of having named
| by the Board of county Commits
sioners some newspaper in the
county as the "official organ" of
the Board, leaving the implied i'm
preston in such cases that the
newspaper so designated has an
official capacity and recognition
not enjoyed by other competing
newspapers.
DeSoto is one of those counties
which yet retains the policy OF
designating a newspaper as the
"official organ" Of the Board of
Commissioners, a policy excusable,
it may be said, because it has long
been the recognized custom. This
paper has enjoyed the honor, if
lit may be considered an honor, of
being designated the "official or
gan" of former Boards of Com
missioners. 1t appreciated the dis
tinction of being chosen as such
because in the contest for such
recognition it was honored as the
paper Of the Boards choice-mer-
ely as an honor because of the
preference expressed. y
1t is the purpose of this article
to advise the public fully as to
the force, rights and effects of this
"official organ" matter, and to
make it plain, very plain indeed,
that matters Of a legal nature pub
lished in any other newspaper OF
DeSoto county are just as official.
ly published as they would be
should such matters be published
, in the designated "Official organ.
! And likewise while the News is
the "official organ" of the Board
Of Public Instruction, it has ne
legal cinch on the legal publica
,, tions appertaining to the schools
of DeSoto.
.. In support of the contention
that it may not be wise to desig
nate a newspaper as the "officia
organ" of the county, and IL
proof of the fact that the custom
: does not prevail throughout thu
: state in every county, the st
! Petersburg Daily Times speaks
editorially in the following com
prehensive, though brief, manner
1t says:
| "The commissioners in som
e counties designate an officia
!. county paper fractional politics
( which is the worst kind of all.
v The term and services of al
r official organ" can do no injus
tice to correct status so lonI
as the patrons of newspaper pa
tronage are familiar with the fac
f that The newspaper so designate
o has no prestige over its compel
J, tor because of its supposed officia
T. capacity, and when this fact ha
y been made clear to the publ
? mind, we have no other interest t
r serve, and no other policy to urg'
o Arcadia News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

That blamed typesetting ma
chine we bought last year has not
yet learned how to spell, though
we keep a 40-horse-power dictlon-
ary in the front room for its bene-
fit. 1t does not know how to
spell even such an important word
as fnancier and that, too, at this
time when the whole country IL
agitated over the subject of finan
ciering.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

Dade City Banner:-Albert Gil
christ promises to add to the hill
arity of the next campaign by en-
tering the lists for the United
States Senate against Nat Bryan.
And Albert while a genial and fun
ny sort of a fellow, is no joke
when it comes to pulling off a po-
litical race, as John Stockton can
testify.