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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30
FORCED TO ECoNoMIzE

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OF the measures forced take The Herald
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ing
The high cost of living has hit the newspapers
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30
Abolish These Courts

In Volusia county, there is 9
county criminal court of record
which is presided over by Judge
Bert Fish. The other officers OF
the court are Col. Hamlin, prose.
cutting attorney, and Ed Smith
sheriff. All three are said to be
both personal and political cnemi-
es of Hugh G. Sparkman, editor OF
the Daytona Journal, whom Sher-
if Smith has had arrested on
charges Of criminal libel against
him, Smith, The case is to be, tri-
ed at the December term OF the
court.
Sparkman's attorneys, know
ing the feeling towards their eli
ent of the three officers, requested
Judge Fish to permit some other
Judge to sit in his place and try
the case. Their request was re-
fused.
Now comes the DeLand News
and alleges that, ever since the
Volusia criminal court was estab-
lished, political campaigns have
been fought around it. 1t has al
ways been the magnet around
which the campaign has been wag-
ed. /"
just so. We believe all that
the News says and more besides.
If the Offices of that court are
such that they arouse especially
vigorous campaigns to secure
them, then they must offer valu-
able graft" to those who win
them. There is but little honor,
if any, in any of them.
But, we would ask, what does
Volusia county or any other coun-
ty want with a criminal court of
record? Where is the necessity
for placing this dangerous bur-
den on the taxpayers? Danger
GUS, because it is so easy to use
such court as a vehicle of per-
sonal animosity.
Referring to the power given
the prosecuting attorney alone, the
News says. eve consider it the
most dangerous power ever grant
ed a human being-the power
placed in the hands of one man to
take the liberty of an American
citizen"
When to this is added the power
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

of the sheriff in summoning Jurors
and witnesses and the power o.
the presiding judge, the court GER
tainly becomes a most dangerous
implement of oppression.
We, therefore, ask again, why
should such courts exist? Fol-
what are the circuit courts, the
county judges courts, thu
justice Of the peace courtsY Can
not these three take care of all thu
businessY Why tax the people te
hire other men to do the work thai
can be done by justices of the
peace, county and circuit judges
Merely to furnish certain mer
with good jobs. That's all.
Since the increase six years a
go in the number of circuit judg
es, the circuit courts have not beer
over-worked; each circuit judge
can easily attend to all the crimi
nal business coming into his
court.
Will any one say that the judge
of the circuit composed of Polk
DeSoto and Lee counties-only
three counties has more than ht
can doY The idea is ridiculous.
The criminal court of record OF
DeSoto county is conducted de
Gently and by upright men, but
that is no reason why it should not
be abolished. tits a needless bur
den upon the taxpayers.
If all the needless offices in this
state were abolished, the taxpay-
.ers would be relieved of a consid-
cradle burden, and we hope the
legislature will lose no time in a.
polishing them.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

This season will go on record as
the most remarkable in the his
tory Of the fish trade for high
prices. The scarcity OF fish has
been unprecedented. Oysters,
Holsters and other shelliish are
growing less plentiful daily Il
is only a question of time il the
present condition goes OH the
same, when an abundance OF IA
vorite fish, oysters, etc, will be
things of the past. New York
Fishing Gazette.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30
PIMA GORDA FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 3d. 1916
Now that the election is a thin

Now that the election is a thing
of the past, Florida newspapers
have begun bowling about the vii
famous libel law. They should
have acted on the urgent advice
given them by the South Florida
Press Association and have done
their bowling while candidates
for the legislature were roaming
up and down in the various coun-
ties.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

The slaughter last week of
quail, deer and wild turkeys was
appalling; indeed, it was shame
full Many automobiles loaded with
the butchered creatures returned
north through Punta Gorda on
Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
Two or three more weeks of such
"sport" and no game would be
left in either Lee or DeSoto coun-
ty. The legislature should enact
a drastic law absolutely prohibit
ing for five years the killing of
deer, quail or wild turkeys.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

Twas ever thus. We had the
egotism to imagine that this page
last week would prove interesting
to some of our esteemed contem-
poraries, but we doubt if it was
read by any editor in the state. AT
any rate, nothing was said about
it, nothing clipped from it. Never
mind. We have good fish sotry
in SOAK, and we believe that
people had rather read lies any
how.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

The Democratic newspapers
made much of an ado about the
neglect of Judges Hughes to con
graduate President Wilson on the
latter's election. Also, some Flor
ida papers are whining and sniv-
cling because Billie Knott has not
directly congratulated Rev, Cats
on the lattcrs victory over Knott.
Now, why should honest newspa-
pers urge men to play the hypo-
critic in this way. Does not any
one know that neither Hughes nor
Knott nor any other man with any
pride or self-respect, can be sin
cere in extending congratulations
over hiS own defeat2
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

Frank Harris, the revered edi-
tor of the Ocala Banner, whose
name was on the ticket as candi-
date for presidential elector, re-
ceived Sc, 108 votes, which was
more than was given to any other
candidate except Park Trammell,
Harris even ran ahead of Rev
Cats, distancing him by 1862
votes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

Editor Carter continues to add
Iplanks to the platform on which
he will run for governor in 1920,
If he will add one that will force
all who owe the newspapers any
thing, to pay up, every paper in
the state will support him. but,
alas eairlitIatss. :hese days. who
get the biggest newspaper sup
port are defeated.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

Christmas arrived at the Office
of the Key West Journal on the
evening of the goth inst, and all
hands except the editor and the
negro porter got drunk and left
the editor and the porter to get
out the paper as best they could.
The two G ! very well, though
ttay lad to leave out some adj
v9.tisamclts and all editorial mat
ter except the announcement Of
the untimcly celebration by the
Office force.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

About the only creature that
can afford an all wool suit nova
days is the autocratic sheep
Punta Gorda Herald.
And, what's the matter with
you now? What need have you
of an "all wool suit at Punta
Gorda 9'-Arcadia News.
Merely to be in style. The only
things we really need to wear in
Punta Gorda are a straw hat and
smile.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

A welcome addition to The Her.
aid S exchange list is the Tribune,
a new paper just started at the
new town of Howey in Lake coun-
ty. 1t is a very neatly printed
eight-page paper: is filled with in
teresting reading, and, being ed
tied by that noted and able jour
nalist, Goode M. Query, it will
prove a great factor in the up,
building of Howey as well as of
Lake county. Success to it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

The Cabbage Palm is the
name Of monthly publication re-
Gently inaugurated at Limestone
in DeSoto county by Norman W.
Hart. II abounds in valuable IN
formation, as well as choice mis-
cellany, and shows careful edit
ing. The subscription price, how
ever. is ridiculously low,-25c. a
year, at which rate the proprietor
will lose 25c. on every annual SUBJ
scription.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30
lilcefeIy yours,
CLIFFORD PINCHOT

1t is reported that the Colonel
has not said "Bully" since ines
day night, Nov. 7th.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

The new Democratic dispensa-
ton dispenses with New York
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Advertising RateS-Display, run OF paper,
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ooiumn inch each insertion: preferred
position 10 to 20 per cent? Island pc-
=, Ontices 10 cents per line, six words
counting line CLASSIFIED advertising
cents per lire OF six words Legai
Advertising at legal rates,
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-30

Cards of thanks, obituary notices other
than news mentions. resolutions. etc.
charged for at rate of one cent per
word. Notices of entertainments whore
charges are made. except church af-
frirs, charged for at regular advertise
Ing rates. Articles In behalf OF special
money making enterprises. purely ad-
vertising, will Re charged foI.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11
Uses and Abuses Of Fertilizers
8. FERTILIZERS AND THE HOME GARDEN.
The Last of a Series of Six Articles.
experiment. Station,

always
of stable kinds
land begin with had of ground
his garden The fertilizer he applied amounted pounds
the eight OF
yields
Our gardens usually the richest the and be-
average farm could be made Just rich we tried make We do
strive to intensive farming but rather make extensive acres
corn we take In more land instead OF enehng what already under cuV
Bailey given book Principles Vegetable Garden
ing valuable suggestions commercial fertilizers The
of the land regards richness in nan % am anu the tnd or p @ ns es
it be fezed the gardener with Competition the
rugowing business other literally elz
ing the ground which the Bailey wisely said that
fertilizers be applied of the actual plants
Vegetables are such rapid growing plants that one need not fear thai
will
it applied close the drill all of should be The
plants will absorb before The formula generally recommend
ed consists fertilizer though the
Of ingredients as possible carving the three elements nlant
food-potash, nitrogen and phosphorc acid
voorhees,
of such mixture should be applied
appI
generally nitrogen
be composed Of ammonia and acid other formula suit the immediate
Garden vegetables need
Bailey that delay in the growth letao radhres will
ny remove any cause for this
is to etze well and properly and e The unp is made
ed the original which
to fertilization and cultivation Fertilizers should be applied the
be saturated with
n Then % ] 3 m ano % much bo more 1p mos So an make s @ far better s sss
half This definite
in
mercial fertilizers
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11
CONGRESSMAN LEVER

Hon. Asbury +. LIVER, of
South Carolina, is one of the
most vigilant as well as one of
the most influential of the South
ern Congressman. He has been
working iuduStriously as chair
man of the committee on Agri-
culture to bring about legislation
that will benefit Southern farm
erS, whose interests have hereto
fore been neglected.
His latest effort is in line with
suggestions recently made by
The Advertiser to encourage the
Joint production of fertilizers and
of munitions in the same plant.
as the same compounds of nitro
gen and other ingredients can be
united for both purposes.
Mr.. Lever has introduced a
joint resolution in the house to
create com mission to ascertain
the best method of producing
withing the United States nitro
gen compounds and potash for
the use in the manufacture OF
fertilizers and munitions of war.
The committee would comprise
the secretaries of war, navy, in
terror and agriculture.
The resolution is the same
proposition which Mr.. Lever
sought to have the house adopt
when the army bill was up.
1t is all right for the govern.
ment to make fertilizers and fur
niSh them to the farmers and it
is right to make munitions of
war. We may not need the lat
ter now but we may need them
and as Mrs. Toodles said of her
auction purchases, it will be
handy to have them around.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11
STRANGER THAN FICTION

They do some strange things
in New York sometimes. For
instance Lawyer Gibson's sen,
tence of Imprisonment for lar
ceny has been confirmed by the
Supreme Court which carried
with it a fine of $500. The
strange part Of this is that he
was tried for the murder Of the
woman from whom he got this
money but there was mistrial,
two juries disagreeing.
Mrs. Szabo, the woman who
was drowned while rowing with
Gibson, had lost $4,000 through
the lawyers control of her cash
which furnished motive for the
murder. The result proves that
it is easier to convict a man of
larceny than of murder but in
this case the two were so clearly
interviewer that it is difficult to
see why the lawyer was convict
ed in the one case and acquitted
in the other.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11
Severe PUNISHMENT
Of Mrs. Chappell, of Five Years
Standing, Relieved by Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah M. Chap
pell OF this town, says: 81 suffered for
ilVe years with Womanly troubles also
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
tried most every kind of medicine,
but none did me any good.
| read one day about Cardui. the wo-
mans tonic, and | decided to try il.
had rot taken but about six bottles until
] was almost cured. II did me more
good than all the other medicines had
tried, put together.
My friends began asking me WHY |
looked SO well, and / told them about
Cardui. Several are now taking it."
DO you, lady reader, suffer from any
OF The ailments due to womanly trouble.
such as headache, backache, sideache
sleeplessness. and that everlastingly tired
feeling?
II so, let us urge you 10 give Ca-dui a
trial. We, feel confident il will help YOU.
Just as IL has million other women in
the past half century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won't regret it. All druggists.
.Wrhs 10: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'
Acylsoy Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn for StseSa.
1sd,Hefioni on your case and 64-pags book, "Homs
Treatment for Women" In plain wisSSr.s. No. i24
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11
TIE AMERICAN BOY

The opportunities and possi-
blities of the American boy are
wonderful, so great are they that
the average boy does not appre.
ciate them. 1t is only when
reading the life stories of some
of Americas greatest men that
we realize how from the hum
blest homes some of our coun-
try's leaders have emerged to
fame and to fortune.
Congressman Fess related this
iucident in a recent speech. He
told Of young man, who finding
night coming on, stopped at a
farm house and asked the farmer
if he might do some work to pay
for nights lodging. The farm
er said No, [ don't need any
work now, but you are welcome
to the nights lodging" The boy
said No, if l can't get anything
to do to pay for my lodging
will go on" The farmer then
took a lantern and held it for the
boy to split some wood to pay
for his lodging. nhe boy split
the wood and stayed with the
farmer that night and the next
morning went on his way. That
boy was George Peabody, who
became the great philanthropist,
who has given millions of dollars
to worthy causes and helped
hundreds, perhaps thousands of
young men to acquire educations
and to become hOnored and use.
full citizens,
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11
Notice to Creditors

District Court of the Unite d
States, Eastern District O {
South Carolina.
In the matter of Mt Croghan
Mercantile Company, Bank
rupt-Chesterfield County.
To the Creditors of the above
named Bankrupt:
Take notice that on the 18th
day Of March 1916, the above
named bankrupt filed his Pc
tition in said Court praying the
confirmation of the composition
heretofore offered and accepted,
and that hearing was thereup-
on ordered and will be had upon
said petition on the Sth day OF
May 1915, before said Court, at
Charleston, in said District, at
III O'Clock in the forenoon, at
which time and place all known
creditors and other persons in
interest may appear and show
cause, if any they have. why the
prayer of said petition should
not be granted.
RIoHABD W. HUTsoN, Clerk.
g. X. Laney,
Atty. for Plaintiff.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF tho ear. There
is only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that 10 by constitutional remedy.
named condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustaehian Tube. When this tube 10
unnamed you have n runbling sound or
imperfect hearing. and when Il 10 entirely
closed. Deafness 10 the result. Unless tho
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored TO its normal condition. hearing
VIII be destroyed forever Many caseg OF
deafnese are caused by catarrh, which 10
an innamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru the
tenn. y
We win give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal Deafaess that cannot
pc cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Circulars
free. All Druggists, 75o.
y. J. CHENEY q Co. Toledo. o.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11
Pfiaters' Errors

office oue day when man en-
tered whose brow was clothed
with thunder. Fiercely seizing
a chair, he slammed his hat on
the table, hurled his um brella
on the floor and sat down.
Are you the editor?" he ask
ed.
Yes"
Can you read writing?" he
asked.
"Of course"
Read that, then" he said,
thrusting at the editor an envel-
ope with an inscription on it.
"B"-said the editor, trying to
spell it.
That's not b: it's an 81"
said the man.
"'S'? oh, yes, l see. Well, it
looks like ,Soles for Dinner or
Souls for Sinners, ," said the
editor.
mo, SIR" replied the man
nothing of the sort That's my
II a m 9 = Samuel Bruner. l
knew you couldn't read. call.
ed to see about that poe IN of
mine you printed the other day
entitled The Surcease of Sor-
row. ."
II don't remember it," said
the euitor.
of course you don't because
1t went iEto the paper under
the villainous title of 'Smearcase
Tomorrow"
"A b'under of the compositor,
suppose"
Yes, sir: and that is what |
am here to see you alb ,ut. The
way in which that poem was mu-
tiluted was simply scandalous.
L haven't slept a night since. 1t
exposed me to derision. People
think me fool" The editor
coughed. Let me show you.
The first line, when | wrote il,
read in this wav: Lying by q
weeping willow, underneath a
gentle slope That is beautiful
and poetic. Now, how did your
vile sheet represent it to the
public? Lying to weeping wild
ow, induced her to elope. Weep
ing widow, mind you. A wild
ow! Oh, thunder and lighting {.
This is to much"
Its hard, sir-very hard,'
said the editor. Then take
the fifth verse, in the original
manuscript it said, plain as day
light. Take away the jlngling
money; it is only glittering
drossn In it's printed form you
make me say, Take away the
tingling honey; put some flies in
for the boss. BY George. 1 feel
like attacking somebody with
your fire shovel. But oh, look
at the sixth verse. l wrote, Pm
weery of the tossing Of the ocean
as it heaves.' When | opened
your paper and saw the lines
transfol med into I'm wearing
out my trousers till they are
open at the knees | thought
that was taking it an inch too
far. l fancy l have right to
murder that compositor. Where
is he?"
He is out just now," said the
editor. Come in to-morr W."
Il will" said the peot, land
| will come armed"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-05-11

Prohibition went into effect in
Georgia May 1st 1t is O pretty
stiff law. Buying liquor is not
only prohibited, except in small
quantities, but you can not read
liquor advertisements in the
newspapers. The law cuts them
out.