davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-25

RATES-One cent a word a day; no ad.
taken for less than 25c for first inser.
tiOn. Cash must accompany order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-25

cent word n day, NO ad.
taken for leHs than 25c for first inser-
ton. Cash must nccompnny order
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-25

NTE Div second hand clothes,
w II bO L shoes. 2116 End Ave
pbona 1871 12-30-tf
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
Extensive Potato Paintings Will
Be Made This Season

Growers commonly plant Irish
potatoes on beds, not because they
generally do better ON elevations,
but because they usually give best
yields on moist soils and bedding
lis necessary to give drainage. If
potatoes are to be planted on well
drained soil they may be given
level cultivation. Beds may make
cultivation and digging more con-
venient, and a bed six inches high
is not Objectionable even where it
is not necessary.
A, P. Spencer, district agent for
the University of Florida Exten-
sion Division, reports that large
acreage of potatoes probably will
be planted this season on wide
variety of soils. Potatoes do best
on soils containing large amount
of organic matter The most sue
cessful growers provide some form
of irrigation since growth is apt to
be slow during spring droughs.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
Preserve Some Fungus Material
For Summer. Whitefly Crop

The fungi which attack whitefy
larvae are usually abundant in the
fall. These fungi are usually dis
tributed in groves at the begin
ming of the rainy season, in June.
But they are relatively scarce
when they are needed, owing to
preceding dry weather which is
mfavorable to them. The only
way to insure good catch of fun
gi in the grove is to collect the
spores of the beneficial parasites.
The material keeps well in cold
storage. Directions for prepar-
ing the leaves bearing beneficial
fungi given by j. r. Watson, en-
tomologist to the University of
Florida Experiment Station, are :
Collect the leaves in fall when the
fungi are abundant and allow them
to dry a week or ten days, in an
airy room out Of the rain and di-
rect sunlight. Put the leaves in
a tight tin box and place in stor-
age where the temperature is us
ually below 40 degrees f. Next
June the material will be fresh,
bright and capable of growth.
Growers who do not have cold
storage facilities may dry the fun
gus and protect it from moisture
until it is needed. The leaves
should be allowed to dry thoroly
in a shaded, well protected place.
Place them loosely in a box and
cover them to exclude dust and
sunlight. Preserve in a dry
place. 1t is best to collect this ma
terial as late in fall as possible.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
What Are Performance Record
Trees?

Do you know what performanc,
record trees areY Here, in sub
stance, is the definition given BY
LEO B. Scott, Bureau of Plant In
dustry, in his lecture before the
Citrus Seminar at the University
of Florida Performance record
trees are trees budded from par.
ents of known production and
performance, whereby the amount
and quality Of fruit which the off
spring will produce is assured.
1t is not enough that the paren-
tage of the tree be known. Ped
igreed trees are no better than
any other kind if their parents
were not performance record
trees. Performance record trees
guarantee not only the variety but
the amount and quality of fruit as
well.
Growers should insist on per-
formance record trees- and they
should guarantee them by select
ing the budwood themselves from
trees, the performance of which
they know. Do not accept the
nurseryman's statement that the
trees are performance record
stock. Some nurserymen do not
know the difference themselves
and others merely want to sell
trees.
The purchase of performance
record trees is a means Of elimi-
mating great many risks. In
fact, it insures productive trees.
Aren't there enough doubtful pos
sibilities in citrus growing with
out neglecting to assure quality
and production?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
Station Studies New Tomato Dis
ease

A tomato disease which has
been causing trouble in certain
sections of South Florida has been
STUDIED by the University of Flor
ida Experiment Station. DIR. G.
ID. Sherbakoff, associate plant
pathologist to the Station, has
charge Of the investigation. The
disease first came to his attention
at Goulds, Fla, in January, 1915.
Since then he has found it at 9th
er places, both ON the East and
West Coasts.
The disease has been called the
buckeye rot, owing to the resem-
blance Of the spot it causes to the
eye of an animal. 1t has been OBJ
served only on the fruit in the
form of grayish or pale to dark
greenish brown, often distinctly
zonate, rot. The rot is hard when
the fruit is green and somewhat
soft when it is mature. The sur
face is smooth and without fungal
growth in the field. When the
fruit is enclosed in damp atmos-
pherc in room, the fungus which
causes the rot can be seen on the
surface. The affected parts re-
tain their normal shape.
The disease attacks the fruit in
all stages of its development and
starts almost invariably at the
point where the fruit touches the
ground. Since the fruit natural
ly touches the ground most com
monty with its blossom end the
disease often appears as pecu-
liar form Of blossom-rot, for which
it has been mistaken.
DR.. Sherbakoff has concluded
from his experiments that the dis
ease is caused by a fungus ,Phyto-
phthora terrestria N. sp. For con-
troll he recommends that the to-
matoes be staked so that the fruits
will not come in contact with the
ground. Since the disease devel-
ops after the fruits are picked, it
is not advisable to ship any bear
ing the disease. DIR. Sherbakoff
suggests that the tomatoes be
picked and spread in a thin layer
so that the fruits do not touch.
In few days the infected fruits
will develop the disease and can
be eliminated.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
County School Affairs -- Many
New Buildings

This week has certainly been 8
busy time for the county board Of
education. Superintendent j. o
Buckley and the board members
composed Of: f. B. McClelland
III. A. Ware and s. B. Hogan, have
been in session for several days al
the court house, and much bust
ness has been transacted.
The board reports the following
items Of news that will be of In
terest to all progressive citizens
of the county:
On Monday, an election was
held in the Fort Ogden school dis
triet in which the vote stood 35 to
2S in favor of erecting an $4,000
school building for that little city.
The plan of the board of educa-
tion is to turn the old building in
to teachers home, 1t is a com
modious building and with lit''e
changes can be made an excellent
home.
There is fine flowing well on
the grounds, by which water can
be lifted into a two-story build
ing, and which will furnish an adj
equate supply for all purposes.
The building will be a two-story
brick.
The board called an election in
the Gardner district for the pur-
pose of erecting a $4,000 junior
high school building, also an e.
lection in the Limestone district
for an $4,000 school building, an
election in the Fort Green Springs
district for a $4,000 high school
building. This to be consolidated
with another district and to bear
the name Fort Green Consolidat-
ed High School,"
The board also reports as re-
Gently completed A school house
at Owens, costing $4,000; a fine
two-story brick house at Charlotte
Harbor. costing $500; school
building at Lake Branch, east of
Bowling Green, costing $500; a
house at Torrey, costing $4,000;
a handsome two-story brick struc-
ture at Zolfo, costing $500, a
two-story brick school
house at Bowling Green, costing
5000 nearly complete; a $4,000
school house at passenger, a $2,-
900 school house at Murdoch,
nearly complete; and a $4,000
school building at College Hill, |
west of Bowling Green, which will |
soon be finished. Arcadia News,
Nov. 18th.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
Fairs to be Held

Among the fairs and assemblies
to be held in Florida during the
next two months are the follow.
ing;
Jany. 22-23-Fourth annual
meeting of the Florida Drainage
Association, West Palm Beach.
November % to December l.
Marion county fair at Ocala.
December So Duval county
| fair, at Jacksonville.
January 23-27-Poultry and pet
stock show at Jacksonville.
February 14-17-Osceola coun-
ty fair at Kissimmee.
February 20-23-Manatee coun-
ty fair at Bradentown.
February 20-24- Sub-t. opical
mid-winter fair at Orlando.
February 2-10-South Florida
fair and Gasperilla carnival at
Tampa
A feature of the south Florida
fair at Tampa in February will be
the horse racing and special ef-
forts will be made to secure the
highest class of entertainment a.
long this line. Field Agent Curry
has been to number Of fairs re-
Gently making arrangements to Sc
cure fine stock for the fair there.
He returned few days ago from
Macon, Ga, where he made ar
rangements with a number of not
ed horsemen to bring their stock
to the fair.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
The Florida Democracy Needs to
Hold a Convention

The Democratic party OF Florl-
da should be called together in an
old-fashioned convention to heal
the wounds and bind the torn ends
of the party together again. Flor
ida has not had party conven-
ton in more than ten years, and
the party is drifting apart.
In Georgia they have a nominat-
ing primary every. two years, but
this is Immediately followed by a
convention that nominates the
nominees of the primary, Issues
a platform for the guidance of the
party's candidates and the legis-
lature; and they make few Dem
ocratic spread-eagle speeches, hon
or the defeated candidates in some
way, so as to make them go home
feeling good, and otherwise bring
the party back together again.
Why not save the positions Of
delegates to the national eonvcn-
ton and the prasid an''1l electors
for the convention and give those
places to the defeated candidates
for higher state offices?
Since the last Democratic con-
vention in Florida, the party here
has been torn to shreds by several
heated primaries, and nothing has
happened to re-mite it. The party
in this state really must have a
get-together of some kind. We
have been steadily drifting apart
until we have lost each other;
families have been divided against
themselves.
There was never a better time
since the primary than now to
hold a convention in this state.
All of the old factional lines have
disappeared. They disappeared
in the recent gubernatorial fight,
and what new lines were drawn
by that contest were wiped a.
way by the post-election state
ment of the governor-elect. Now
is the time for the convention.
No one could say that the pur-
pose of a convention is to nomi-
nate candidates, if it were held at
this time; but there could be no
objection to the adoption of a
platform for the guidance of the
legislature.
Young men are coming into
their majority in Florida and be-
ginning to vote who do not know
what Democrat is or ought to /
be; they never heard an old-fash-
loned Democratic speech, and the
party really means nothing to
them except something to swear
that you belong to in order to
vote. Let's have a convention and |
re-unite the Democratic party in /
Florida.-Tallahassee Record.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
INTEREST NOW CEN
TIERS In ROUMANIA
TEUTONIC FORCES IN WAL
LACHIA A MENACE
Paris Claims a Complete Victory
for the Entente Allies from the
Cerna River to Lake Presba in
Macedonia.

j London, Eng--With the end
Iof the first stage Of the Franco
Serbian campaign which resulted
in the capitulation of Monastir by
the Bulgarians and Germans and
a diminution Of hostilities in the
Somme region Of France, except
for bombardments and isolated in
fantry actions, Roumania has a.
gain become the center of inter-
est.
Driving eastward through west
ern Wallachia, the Austro-German
forces are now reaching out for
Craiova, lying OH the railroad
midway between the Danube town
of Orsova, Hungary, and Bucha-
rest This maneuver places a
menace in the rear to the retreat
of the Roumanians fighting in the
north of Hungarian soil and dis
putting with the Austro-G Germans
the passages of the Transylvanian
Alps leading to the plains of Wal
lachia.
In the Jiul Valley region the re-
Itircment of the Roumanians con-
tinues, and IN the Campulung sec
tor Petrograd reports that fresh
Roumanian attacks against the
Teutonic Allies have been unsuc-
cessful On the Danube front in
Dobrudja, artillery engagements
are in progress from Silistria to
Oltina.
The fighting IN Macedonia from
the Cerna river to Lake Presba
has ended in d complete victory
for the Entente Allied troops, says
the Paris War Office. The Serbs
have not yet entered Monastir,
captured Sunday, the town having
been virtually destroyed, accord
ing to unofficial reports. The En-
tente forces have occupied villages
to the north Of the town and are
declared to be still in the pursuit
OF the Germans and Bulgarians.
Berlin says, however, that the
newly chosen positions selected
for their retirement north of Mon
astir have been entered by the
Germans and Bulgarians without
pressure from their antagonists,
and also that new German forces
have reached the fighting zone.
The German artillery on the
Somme front, near Beaumont-Ha-
mel and Guedecourt and in the
Verdun section near Douaucourt,
have already shelled British and
French positions.
Strong forces of Austrians in an
assault on the summit of Hill 126
on the Carso front of the Italian
theater have captured Italian en-
trenchments.
Cold weather has set in on the
Russian front and as consequence
little fighting is going on there.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
Short Course for Club Boys At
University Dec. 40.

The grown up farmers hav,
their citrus seminar, livestock
meet, and farmers short course
Future farmers will have their
own meeting this year at the Uni
versity of Florida. The Exten-
sion Division has planned short
course club for boys. This meet
ing win be held during the week
of December 4. Expenses of most
OF the boys will be paid by schol-
arships won in club contests. The
scholarships will include transpor-
tation to and from Gainesville and
board and lodging during the
course.
Each boy viii exhibit ten-ear
sample of corn. 1t is expected
that some pigs may be shown also.
A series of lectures and demon
has been planned so that
the boys may receive instruction
that will aid them further in club
work and future farm operations.
Mornings probably will be spent
in class work and the afternoons
in laboratory exercises and dem
Some field trips will
be made in the vicinity Of Gaines
vile.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
Florida Game Laws Summarized

Florida-Deer, quail, wild tur-
key, duck, Nov. 20-March 10; in.
troduccd pheasant, Nov. 2O-Dec.
20; squirrel, Oct. March /.
The Florida game laws require
hunting licenses of residents and
non-residents, The fee is 81 for a
resident of the state to hunt in his
home county So for q resident of
the state, for each county; and $15
for non-residents of Florida. for
each county in which he intends
to hunt.
Night hunting, sale of game,
hunting on posted lands, the use
OF artificial light in hunting deer,
use OF traps or snares, are all pro-
hibited. Transportation compani-
es must inspect shippers hunting
license and require shipper to ac-
company game.
Game birds are swan, geese.
brant, river and sea ducks. rails.
coots and gallinulas, shore birds,
plovers, surf birds, wild turkeys,
grouse, pheasants, quail and turtle
doves.
Hunters are restricted to one
deer, two turkeys, twenty quail
Cor twenty-five birds of other or
several species) in one day; TO
three deer, ten turkeys or 300 of
any other game birds species dur
ing one season.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23

What about the lucky 13 in our
politics9 In 1912 Woodrow Will
son said he knew he would be e.
lected because IL was his lucky
number - he was inaugurated
March 4, 1913. This year friend
noticed that Candidate Hughes
had been given ticket No. 13 and
objected, whereupon Mr.. Hughes
said he had been born on Fri
day and 13 was lucky, for him
The count showed 272 electoral
votes for Wilson and 259 for
Hughes, giving Wilson 13 plural
lty-this was the status when the
Democrats were notified by Secre-
tary Tumulty to "throw up your
hats. T" The waiting was over the
vote in California, whose electoral
vote is 13: then New Hampshire
voted for Wilson by majority of
131, which gives 13 "going and
coming" 1t follows that 13 is
Wilson's number and shows that
Mr. Hughes was wrong in laying
claim to it.--Florida Times-Un-
ion.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23

The Wauchula Advocate voices
our sentiments when it declares
that $ it is a shame to raise a boy
in a country where there is not at
least one good circus a year. !"
The pleasant memories of our boy
hood are those connected with the
circus, and we're its friend. we
hope the next legislature viii fix
the license laws so that good cir
cuses can again come to Florida.
Lakeland Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23

Join the Farm Loan Associa-
tion if you must have money, but
discharge the debt as soon as you
can. There is no use in paying
even five per cent interest. Grow
something to market every month
in the year and something to eat
every day in the year. The Uni
versity of Florida Extension Divi-
sion has been preaching the live
at home doctrine for several years,
and if farmers had followed the
advice the scramble for a Farm
Loan Bank would not have been
necessary in this state.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23

Monday was an ideal day for
hunting, and no doubt thousands
of quail and many deer and wild
turkeys were killed. During the
closing days of last week and on
Sunday, fully hundred automo-
biles loaded with hunters and e.
quipments passed through this
section of DeSoto on their way to
hunting grounds in this and Lee
county. The destruction of game
this week must have been i'm
mense.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23

The production of corn in Flor
ida this year is given by Govern
ment figures as 12,600,O00 bushels.
AT the rate of increase in the cul-
tivation of this staple crop in the
past few years it will not be long
until this yield is doubled. And
the writer remembers being told
that corn could not be grown with
any degree Of success in this part
Of the country Lakeland Tele-
gram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23

Bare limbs are becoming COM
mon in Washington streets. On
trees Of course.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-23
FARM AND GROVE IN FLORIDA
Agricultural News Service University of Florida

The dried material will give a
catch in the spring but no one so
good as that preserved in cold
storage
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-25
Hotel Prosnects

The Thorndike is to open, according
to reports from reliable sources, on or
about Dec. /. AS understood at pres
ent, the new proprietor is to be Harry
Deane of Augusta, who has been clerk
III the Augusta House for several
years and is a hotel man of wide ex-
perience and the highest qualifications.
He has many friends in this city who
speak of him in the most favorable
terms.
The. final arrangements have not
been completed at this writing but
Mr.. Deane is said to have very sub
stantial backing and to have come to
an agreement with the proprietor on
a flve-year lease. The hotel is in ex-
cellent condition and can be opened
for business with practically no loss of
time.
The re-opening of the Thorndike
will be genuine satisfaction to the
Rockland people who disliked to see
an old landmark abandoned, as well as
to the travelling pubic whose regrets
were based on thoroughly practical
grounds.-Rockland Opinion. Nov. %.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-25
nov25d5t
RECEPTION rendered
FRIDAY EVENING TO
REV. c. G. M0SHER
Who Leaves Tuesday to Accept
Passionate Of First Baptist
Church at Alhambra, Calf.

Under the direction Of the young
people of the parish of the Penney
Memorial church a farewell reception
was rendered Friday evening at the
vestry of the church to Rev. Charles
G. Mosher, who after IA years of SER
vice in the church recently resigned
to accept a call to the pastorate of
the First Baptist church of Alhambra,
Cal There was large attendance Of
the members of the parish at the re-
ception which was carried out In
very successful manner.
In the receiving line were Rev. and
Mrs. Mosher, Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. How
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. George Gay, Hon.
Charles A. Milliken and daughter. Miss
Harriet Milliken. A very pleasing mu-
steal program was rendered during the
evening, the numbers of which were
as follows: Piano solo, Miss Emily
Burbank; reading by Miss Bessie Rey-
nolds; vocal solo, Miss Hazel Lyford;
piano duet, Misses Evelyn and Ethel
Beard.
A feature of the occasion was the
presentation OF a purse OF SOld 10 Kew
Mr.. Mosher from the parish, the pres
entation being made by George r.
Gay, who in a few words expressed
the deep regret of all the members of
the parish that Rev. Mr.. Mosher had
decided to leave. Mr.. Mosher in a
short speech expressed his apprecia-
ton Of the gift and of the reception
rendered to him and his regret at
leaving his many friends of the city.
Refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served at the close of the pro-
gram.
The vestry of the church was taste
fully decorated with yellow and white
chrysanthemums and Ar trees.
The committee of arrangements was
composed of Miss Carrie Richards
chairman, and Mrs. Alice NJ. Sheldon.
The other committees were composed
OF the following ladies': Refreshments,
Miss Olga Peacock, chairman, and
Mrs. Peacock; decorations, Mrs. Hor-
ace Colburn, chairman; Mrs. Sheldon
and Mrs. George E. Gay.