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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13
Knott's First Job Away from
Home

Hon. w, G. Hargrove, a former
Clerk Of the Circuit Court of Put
nam county, writes Interestingly
to the Times-Herald of the time
when Hon. w. V. Knott, candi-
date for Governor, took his first
job away from home, as Mr.. Har-
groves Deputy Clerk, twenty
eight years ago. The gentleman
is living in California now on ac-
count of his health, hut he is not
too far away to be interested in
his former home and in the very
reliable associate of whom he
says:
"No man ever had a more com
petent, industrious, loyal associ-
ate than | had in him; perfectly
temperate III every habit, he was
equally so in his mental equip
ment; for cool, intelligent, we'll
poised Judgment / never knew
his superior for a man of his age
He never acted hastily in any
matters of Importance, but weigh
ed every side, and when he ar
rived at what he considered to be
right, neither money, nor self-in-
terest, nor personal friendship
could swerve him from the doing
what he considered his duty.
THAT was twenty-eight years
ago; he was a young man then
working at his first job away
from home. Since then his ex-
periences have been such as to
strengthen every trait ] have
mentioned. He has served as
State Auditor, State Treasurer
and State Comptroller; has been
in the cabinet of four Governors,
and in all his work he has taken
a firm stand for all mattefs per-
to the best interest of the
people, as you well know. In fill
ing these various offices, he has
never neglected any duty, nor
used time which was paid for by
the people to play politics for his
own advancement. Standing al
ways for the right and with his
'ich experiences in helping to
handle State matters, he is fully
capable of giving the people the
pest OF service, and having known
lin intimately for more than
twenty-five years, / know he
will. jasper News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

Those farmers who want COW
er crop to grow among trees
should consider early velvet
beans. A crop that does not
climb the trees is desirable. For
this reason cowpeas are frequent
ly used. But their seed are sub
ject to weevil and several flung
Gus diseases injure them. Then,
too, most of them are subject to
root-knot.
Velvet beans are liable to few
diseases and insect enemies, ex-
cept the caterpillar; and if early
varieties are planted early they
will escape even this. For grove
planting, John Belling, assistant
botanist to the University of Flor
ida Experiment Station recon-
mends several early beans. The
first is the Georgia (called the
100-day velvet BEAM, which is a
sport of the Florida and is grown
extensively in Georgia. Planted
in April or May, its pods are ripe
from August to September. 1t
does not climb much Except for
its earliness, small size and small
er branches, it resembles the Flor
ida, from which its seeds cannot
be distinguished, Seed may be
obtained from Georgia and Flori-
ola seedsmen.
The Yokohama bean is nearly
as early as the Georgia, but has
thick hulls, and probably bears a
less quantity of seed. 1t, too, is
a small plant and does not climb
much.
The Wakulla bean has thin
hulls and larger pods than the
Georgia. 1t is free from the OBJ
jectionable velvet. 1t is exactly
as early as the Yokohama, but
gives a larger crop of seeds.
Planted in early May, the seeds
will mature in September.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13
University May Hold Livestock Velvet Good for Cover
Institute Crop

Mr.. Livestock Man, would you
like to attend big livestock in
stitute? The University of Flor
ida will hold an institute some
time next fall if enough interest
is shown. Several livestock men
have expressed a desire for such
a meeting. John M. Scott, ami
NAL industrialist to the Expert
ment Station, is sending letters
to livestock men to sense their in
terest. Any one who desires the
institute or has any suggestions
to make should correspond with
Mr.. Scott at Gainesville, He will
furnish any information that may
be available from time to time.
Among the problems that will
be discussed are the cheapest
feeds for beef production, pas
ture grasses, the value of home
grown feeds compared with pur-
chased feeds, what it costs to fat
ten a steer, bovine tuberculosis,
tick eradication, dipping watts and
their construction and use, silos
and silage, milk testing, dairy
records, dairy machinery, hog
cholera and the demonstration Of
the use of hog cholera serum, dis
ease of farm animals and their
These and other live
stock subjects will be discussed
by those who have had actual ex-
perience in the work.
The meeting will last two or
three days, according to the de-
sires of the farmers. Whether or
not this institute will be held will
depend on the livestock men. Any
one who desires that it be held
should not hesitate to write Mr..
Scott at once.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

son, stand well the four to six
days ocean voyage to the New
York and New Orleans markets.
"Puerto Rico grapefruit ap-
pear to be finding good markets
i'll the United States. They are
larger, of thicker rind and more
acrid taste than the Floridas.
"The pineapples are all grown
in the open, the Red Spanish pre-
dominating, and are said to be
shipped in their season, in large
quantities, bearing transportation
very well. A finer and larger va
riety of pine is the Cabezona (big
head), averaging four to eight
pounds in weight, spherical in
shape and of a light greenish col
or when ripe. 1t does not COM
pare with the South Florida
Smooth Cayenne either in amount
of juice or richness of flavor,
which is somewhat acid. 1t is
the show pine of the Island and
is not shipped in large quantity,
except in cans and packed whole,
one pine to the can (or TIM.
Shipment of all these fruits
was refused at one time during
my stay in Puerto Rico by some
lines of steamers, probably on ac-
count of the increased production
of sugar on the Island and conse-
quent lack of space in the YES
sells"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13
Injunction Hearing April 10Th

County Commissioner VIM. M,
Whitten received a letter from
County Attorney John w. Burton
on Monday of this week stating
that Treadwell and Treadwell
have filed a bill to enjoin the
county commissioners and bond
trustees from proceeding under
the present plan of employing
day labor in this special road and
bridge district, and attacking the
constitutionality of Chapter 1902
Acts 1915, and stating that
hearing was to be had on We'd
of this week. Messrs
Carrier and Whitten and Col.
went up to Arcadia,
and had the hearing
postponed to Wednesday, the
18th. Until that date at least
the work will continue as usual.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13
The Beauty of Florida's Shore.
Lines

People who have not made the
trip down the Gulf coast to Cuba
or up the Atlantic coast from Key
West have missed an offering
from Mother Nature, for nowhere
in the world do shorelines present
more varied beauties than those
of Florida, Those whose wealth
have allowed them to make this
close -to-shore trip in their pri-
vate yachts are indeed fortunate,
and it is cause for qualification
that the lake-dotted country be-
hind these shore lines presents
scenes that are equally inspiring.
Whether one floats on the bos-
ON of the restless Atlantic or the
less tempestuous Gulf, the scenes
presented in the light of a bene-
diction-pronouncing sun or the
silvery rays of the moon are suffi-
cient to bring forth the cry, "The
heavens declare the glory of God,
and the armament showeth His
handiwork. " No master painter
or writer can adequately describe
the wonders of Florida's shore
lines, which cast a magic spell
upon all who are q permitted f"
voyage along them. In their
beauty we find one of many bless
ings, of which most Of us take lit
tie or no consideration Tampa
Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13
Scholarships offered in Polk and
DeSoto Counties

The boys short course at the
University of Florida is growing
steadily. Of course it will not be
held until some time next fall,
but, unlike other meetings, the at
tendance can be estimated pretty
closely beforehand. Every coum-
ty which has a club will be repre-
sentcd, and it looks as if every
county in the State will have a
club. Most of the first prizes
this year will be scholarships.
The latest scholarships an
nounced by G. l.. Harrington,
state club agent, are for Polk and
DeSoto counties. They are offer
ed by the Charlotte Harbor and
Northern Railroad. The road
runs through these two counties
and is interested in their agricul-
tural development. One of the
best ways to obtain that end is
through club work, because the
scientific methods which boys
will learn now will reflect on the
counties in the future when the
boys have taken the places of
their fathers. Furthermore, each
boy is the nucleus for a better
farming community. He will not
only make a better farmer as a
result of his own information, but
by his influence in the community
he will cause other farmers to
seek his methods.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13
Do You Know That

Says in roof cutters may act
as mosquito breeding places?
America s most valuable crop
is babies?
The public cigar-cutter is a
health menace?
The United States Public
Health Service maintains a loan
library of stereopticon slides?
The typhoid rate measures ac-
curately community intelligence? {?
Whooping cough annually kills
over ten thousand Americans?
Bad housing produces bad
health?
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
is spread by a wood-tick?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13
GERMA N EFFORTS
AGAINST VERDUN
TAKE MANY MEN
Grown Princes Vigorous Attacks
Have Not Yet Won
FRENCH ARE OPTIMISTIC
Believe He will Soon Dig in for
Trench Warfare, Having Failed
in His First Laid Plans for
Capturing Fortress.

London, England-The German
assault on the defenses of Verdun
still is centered on the all-import-
ant key position of Dead Mans
hill, west of the Meuse. Advanc-
ing from Corbeaux wood, the Ger
mans gained a few elements Of
French trenches. Otherwise the
French war office announces, they
were beaten back with heavy
losses.
In the sector between Douau-
mont and Vaux, which has rela-
lively the same startegic import
anee east of the Meuse, the Ger
mans also renewed the attack.
There, the French report says,
they gained no success.
Paris regards the present at
tack of the Germans as their SUI
preme effort in this greatest of
battles French commentators
suggest it may mark the close of
the Verdun campaign, whatever
the outcome. The general often
sive launched on Sunday over
thirteen-mile front is represented
as one of the heaviest blows
struck by the Germans in the war.
According to official French ad-
vices the defenders of Verdun
have held firm except at one
point in the Dead Mans hill
neighborhood, where the Ger
mans gained 500 yards of French
trenches. 1t is now reported
from Paris that the main on
slaught has diminished in extent
being limited to front of about
two miles between Cumieres and
Hill No, 304, west of the Meuse.
Berlin views the Verdun opera
tions confidently, pointing to the
ground gained and the losses in
flicted ON the French. The state
ment is made by the Overseas
News agency of Berlin that since
the beginning of the battle more
than $4,000 French have been
captured. 1t is also said that a.
bout twenty-five square kilome-
ters of ground has been occupied
west of the Meuse.
With the exception of the Ver-,
dun sector no military operations
of significance are reported from
any of the battlefronts. The
change of seasons is interfering
with movements on the Russian.
Italian and MeSoptomanian front.
although on each of these lines
there are signs of increasing ac-
tlvity, which is expected to be-
come more pronounced as the
spring advances.
All the passengers and crew of
the Spanish steamer Santanderi-
no apparently were rescued with
the exception of four persons,
who are believed to have been
drowned. The owners of the
vessel have been notified she was
'unk by submarine after fifteen
minutes which had been allowed
or the departure Of those on
,oard.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

March made a record for lack
of rainfall that has not been
equaled in twenty-one years. No
wonder every one wanted rain
the last few weeks. Well, they
got some this week and we hope
that all sections got good show
ers. Some of our crop reports
written the last of last week or
Sunday, told Of dry weather,
while the later reports told of
showers. The Weather Bureau
at Jacksonville said on Wednes-
day that showers had fallen in
most places.-Florida Growers
News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

not appreciate what the trees
mean to this section.
"Great is Florida-limitless are
its opportunities for bringing
millions of people here to escape
the death dealing billiards., the
snow and ice and slush of other
sections.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

Some of the finest Irish pota-
toes the writer has ever seen, con-
sldering period of growth, cult
yatlon, etc, were those from the
homestead of d. A. Warren at
Bermont, which have been on
'ale at A. P. Hatch s grocery.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

Politicians and newspapers that
desire American Intervention in
Mexico, are trying the power of
suggestion in their efforts to
bring about a clash between the
United States troops and Carran-
za's.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

j. G. Duane, an official of the
Western Union Telegraph Co.,
passed through here recently on
his way to Fort Myers on a busi-
ness visit.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

Our cat and all the neighbours
cats seem to have signed one of
those agreements not to make a
separate peace.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

If fertilizers fail to make crop
try an application of horse sense.
1t might be profitable to make the
latter application first and it will
certainly be most profitable to
apply the two together.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

Strawberries should be grown
more extensively in this section.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-13

A lazy man is a dead one who
can't be buried.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
BANQUET HUSBANDS

The members Of the Excelsior
club entertained their husbands at
banquet at Hotel st. Hubert,
Tuesday evening. Plates We're laid
for forty, and full justice was done
to the appetising dinner served by
the proprietor. Mr.. Barke. The
long table was tastily decorated
with flowers, smilax and candida
braus. After dinner toasts were
responded to, and cigars were in
dulged in and enjoyed by the
gentlemen, after which the COM
pany repaired to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G.. M. Bowe, where games
were enjoyed and the lateness Of
the hour Of departing bespeaks the
happy evening enjoyed by the
ladies and their guests.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
LIBRARY NOTES

Prof Hopfner will give a musical
matinee for the children Of the
STORY Hour" at the Commercial
Club rooms, Saturday, March 4, at
2:3O p. m. All children from the
first to the sixth grades are cordi-
ally invited. Admission free.
The members Of Mrs. Willis
Wrights musical club and Prof.
Hopfner's pupils are making excel
lent use Of the musical encyclope-
dia, and the Musical America
magazine.
Saturday, Feb. 9Th the atten-
dance at the library was 2O4. The
number Of books leased was 125.
The number Of readers was 70.
Miss Edith Peterson who con-
Quoted the story hour at the library
last Saturday, gave the children a
most delightful Visit to Holland,
some sixty children thoroughly
enjoying it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
WEDNESDAY CLUB

The ladies Of the Wednesday
club were royalty entertained by
their husbands last Wednesday eve-
ming at the commercial club rooms.
The evening was pleasantly passed
by playing progressive five hun
dred. Mrs. Phelan and Mr.. Sum-
mers won the first prize and Mrs.
Schneider was contented with the
consolation prize. The guests
were then invited to the 'LaFoun-
tain Inn where delicious 2-course
luncheon was served. The occasion
proved a very enjoyable one to all
and the ladies freely expressed the
wish that the joint gathering might
occur more Frequently.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03

Another of The welI-kno~n early
day settlers Of Grant county passed
away last Monday, Feb 2s, when
Henry Finley diad at the home If
his niece Mrs Florence Green in
S"aaEtlIe, Mimi, to which place
htr Finley had gone from mere seven
weeks ago. The deceased man was
born i9 Wooster, Wayne county,
Ohio, in 1881. ILe was married
Sept. l9, 1860, to Harriet Jerome
Finley, widow Of a decoasd broth
er, who had been killed in the war,
and to them were born four child
rem who survive them, Benjamin
Finley Of Tacoma, WASH, Mrs.
Ida Clark, Of Waldron Canada e. S.
Finley Of Carroll, Iowa; and Thomas
Finley Of this city. His wife died
in NoVmber 1901, and he was mar
ried to Mrs Ida Putney in 1902.
The deceased was one Of tn
very earliest settlers in this county,
taking a government homestead in
Kilborn township in 1879, where
he lived for d number Of years,
later coming to Milbank and max
ing his home here ever since.
Henry Finley was al old soldier
and member of the Of the 9. A.
r. Post, having enlisted ia Com
many 4 af fba |aytatfaaYttb NTinna-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03

VIM Meyers who spent several
weeks at the Evangelical hospital
at Bismarck, arrived home greatly
improved in health. He says that
the hospital is a very fine institu-
tion.
Mrs. H. Houckman, of Corona, a
former neighbor and friend Of Mrs.
H. P. deNeui before coming to this
locality, returned home last Sat-
urday after weeks visit with the
DeNeui family of this city.
Mr.. r. Burma, Of Corona was a
visitor at the H. P. deNui home
the first of the week.
The Milbank Woodman will give a
dance at their hall on Saturday eve-
ming Of this wek from 8 O'Clock un-
til 1870 This little party is for
the Woodman and Royal neighbors
and their husbands and wives only.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICERS.

In connection with the coming
school officers meeting, which will
be held at the court house today and
which will be addressed by DR.. w.
Franklin Jones, Of the state uni
versity at Vermillion, there will be
an exhibit of sewing in a contest by
the girls Of the country schools, the
exhibit being made at the CONNER
cial club rooms, and the Milbank
ladies and girls and all interested
in sewing craft are invited to at
tend and inspect this exhibit.
The boys corn exhibit will be at
the court house.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
CONGREGATIONAL

Sunday March 5tb.
1O:45 a. N. Sermon by the
pastor.
Anthem by the choir
IL noon Sunday school ses-
sion. Attend Prof. Souder's Bible
class or Mr.. Leach 8 young peo-
pies class.
3 D. m. Junior @. E.
6.3Op. m. Senior G. E. society.
7:3O Preaching service. Spec
ial music by the choir and or
chestra, under direction OF Prof.
Hopfner.
If not worshiping elsewhere
worship with US.
Wednesday, March 9th.
7:3O p. NJ. Prayer and Praise
Meeting. Choir and orchestra
practice.
Thursday, March 9, 2:3O p. m.
Ladies Benevolent society will
meet in the church parlors. A
large attendance is expected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
BEING MUSTERED OUT

That the ranks of the Grand
Army Of the Republic are being
rapidly thinnod out was in eyi-
dence last Wednesday when at the
funeral service bat eight members Of
the organization were able to be pres
ent to take rart in the funeral SER
vices Of the post. 1t was seeming
II but a few years ago that from 80
to 10 comrades would participate
in a similar service.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
SlSSETON WINS DEBATE.

The editor made i Trip to sisse-
ton lass Friday ~ IA Judge in the
high sehoo. debating contest which
took place at t1at place betv cen the
high school teams III S5ssaton and
Aberle@n Rev Harry Evans of
this city aaa Miss Mabel Ifaugan Of
Wilaot were the other two judges,
50 that religion, education and
public opinion were all represented
on the deciding board. The debat-
e3 question was on the illiteracy
test as proper bar to immigration,
Sisseton holding the affirmative and
Aberdeen the negative; three young
ladies Gladys Lewis, Ruth Olson and
Esther Morris representing the
Sisseton side of the case and three
young gentlemen, Ross Moore,
Walter Noight and Mark Stephen
son represented Aberdeen, and
were III charge Of Fred Harvey as
coach. The debate was genuinely
Well presented by both sides and
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Something New in the Tire World
a oanuina sansation has bapn
causnd II +he fire trade fallowinr
an announcement bv the Michelin
Tire COMPANY that they have pre-
fected an entirely new tvpe of tire
known as the Micnel.n Universal
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
Makocha Study Club

A postponed meeting 4 Of the
Makocha Study Club was held iFri-
day at Mrs. Kaercher's home. !. The
following papers were read:
Guiana by Mrs. Emanuel. Vene-
zula, by Mrs. Fuller. Dudley Buck,
composer, by Mrs. Schneider.
Mrs. Hopfner sang THE Years at
the Spring" The club adjourned
to meet in. onel week with Mrs.
CrOal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
Governor Of South Dakc
SUNDAY MORNING BLAZE


What might have been a very
serious fire was discovered at the
home of DR.. Nav last Sunday
morning a little before o'clock.
The doctor had started a fire in the
stove in the kitchen about o'clock
in the morning, and had gone up
stairs and laid down again. His
son Harold some time afterwards
woke up and realized that his room
was filling with smoke and gave
the alarm. A daughter Miss Faunty
had also awakened and gone to a
window where her father found
her in faint when the alarm was
given. Neighbors soon arrived and
the fire was put out with buckets
but not until most Of the wood
work in the two r oms had been
considerably damaged, and some
clothing and dishes had been des-
troyed. 1t is surmised that the
fire came from a spark from the
stove which started at the cupboard
near by. The loss was covered by
insurance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
AFTERNOON MASONIC
MEETING

Milbank chapter of Royal Arch
Masons will hold special meeting
this Friday afternoon and evening.
Mark Master, Past Master and
Most Excellent Master degrees will
be conferred in the afternoon,
commencing at 3 o'clock. A ban
quet will be served at $50 by the
Eastern Star ladies, and the Royal
Arch degree will be conferred in
the evening, commencing at s
O clock.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-03
POTATOES WANTED

We want to buy all the Potatoes
that you have for sale. Will pay
soc per bushel for good sorted and
picked over potatoes. Easy place
to unload. Call at the store for
sacks and bring all you have while
you have nothing else to do.
Erlandson & johnson Co.