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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-11
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him to drown himself"
smile fickered for an instant on Mary's
face-a smile of triumph
81 don't want him drowned, thank you she
said. Hes far too nice and II like him too
well, so / won't tell you"
Where did you meet him?"
Feverel was trying hard TO keep cool.
81 met hm-but / don't see Why I should
answer such questions Many TURNED and
faced him Our bargain was that, az soon as
either Of us met the right person. We should
let each other know, and I've met him
Mary's eyes dropped had 10 tell you"
Jack turned away and swallowed. The girl
blew kiss at his back. His voice, when hs
faced her again, was very quiet.
I'm most awfully sorry, I 1 threat
ened 10 drown him. Please forgive me. You've
been awfully kind in keeping our bargain.
and I-I-goodbyi"
He held out his hand
Cant you guess who he Isl" asked Mary
softly.
NO. I was never good at-at guessing. As
I shall not see you again. may will you
can't we end our engagement as We began 1t
that day IN the motor
Would Il be fair too him ?" asked Mary
Jack picked up his hat and stick
You're right he said. 1T would be cad
dish Goodbyi"
They shook hands in silence
Mary watched him Cross 10 the door. he
hadn't guessed. and was really going.
Jack" she called softly.
He shut the door again and returned.
Yes Z" he said
Don't you really know who Il IS"
NO" said be but hope you'll be awfully
happy"
Mary still kept her face aFeTted
II met him IN Regent street. she said.
lust about two months ago.
Feverel started at her fo- q moment a.
though unable 10 believe his ears. Then be
dropped hat and stick and swung her round.
Mary. you're not rotting? Do you mean
me-"
Yes" said Mary softly,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-11
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TACK FEVEREL walked quickly along Ok
ford street He felt amused and also a
y little annoyed That very morning his
mother had taken him aside and tearfully UNI
burdened herself She had. it appeared been
greatly troubled at the numbxr az marriages
between peers and chorus g1sAs and. in order
that her son should not cummit 9 IKE folly.
she hNd implored him to fall in love with and
be safely married TO some nice girl as quickly
as possible. So. to put end to a somewhat
painful though rather humorous scene, Jack
promised TO look round and let her know"
Ferrel suddenly smiled. Outside famous
shop he saw big car. which he recognized
A. belonging TO the BarlOws- He hurried to-
ward It, seized with a brilliant idea Looking
In, he caught the eye of the only occupant and
raised his hat
Mary Barlow smiled
Good morning!" she said. Isn't this horrid
weather. Come IN and talk to me- while mother
does her shopping"
'Ratherl" said FerreL He opened the door
snd sat down beside her This is awfully
lucky. as rye got proposal to make to you"
Mary beamed
That's ripping Of youi" she said. But
aad hoped that my first proposal woulG be at
a dance, with soft music and a new moon"
Jack laughed.
well. It isn't exactly that" he said. but
something Ike IL"
oh" said Nary. little disappointed We'll.
ell me what it IS"
This IS NJ idea" said Jack Il want to be
engaged % you without any idea OF our being
married"
Great Caesars ghosti" gasped Mary.
~Tou see" said Feyerel Il shall come into
The tie era 6sJ-if live long enough. though
hope DOT Sor ages yet. But. anyhow. I've got
h. thinks aluosu GerttnR married iva had
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

The report that Governor-elect
Cats has 1000 applicants for each
Of the few jobs he has to bestow
lis probably considerably exagger-
ated, but it is certain that many
will eagerly seek these crumbs of
patronage. We cannot under
stand why. Outside Of two or
three positions in the gift o!e the
Governor, the jobs in question do
not pay as much as any man Of
moderate ability could earn in pri-
vate life, where he can be indie
pendent, and subject to no man )
whim or uncertain shifting of the
political kaleidoscope. The ma
mia for political office leads many
men to abandon the paths of hon
est and Independent effort until
they become mere hangers-on in
the place hunting procession, or,
at best, time-Servers, trembling for
their jobs. A little business of
ones own, or a steady job where
merit counts, beats these little po-
ltlcal jobs all hollow.-Lakeland
Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

1t is impossible for newspaper
men and printers to do their work
and talk at the same time, for their
work consists of reading, writing
and spelling, and it must be done
within limited time. Social Wis
its to a newspaper office, however,
are always appreciated, but those
which are characterized by brevi-
ty are appreciated highest. Time
is of more value in printing Of
flee than in any other business con-
Germ on earth.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Florida needs some sort of a
statute that will prevent miscar
riage of justice through techinal
construction of the law. In A
lachua county a few days ago a
negro on trial before Circuit Court
was acquitted by instruction be-
cause the indictment charged him
with larceny of four hundred
pounds of cotton from a car of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, in
stead of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway Company. The omission
of the word Company" furnish
ed the negroes counsel the ground
for asking the court for an in
structed verdict. This is where
our laws are ineffective. General
Albert Gilehrist argued for such a
corrective measure while he was
Governor, but he was talking to
deaf ears. Plant City Cour-
Ter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
Enlarge Their Jurisdiction

Were justices of the peace CIV
en- jurisdiction in all civil cases in
which the amount did not exceed
$4,000 and in all criminal cases
in which the penalty is limited to
fine of $4,000 or one years I'M
prisonment, the result would be
a long step forward in public e.
economy. Not only this, but the
resulting increase in the compen-
sation of justices would prove an
inducement for men of some abili-
ty to serve as justices. AS it is,
the emoluments of the offices are
so small that it is difficult to get
men Of character to serve.
It requires but little reflection
to perceive the economy that
would result from charging the
jurisdiction Of justices of the
peace. 1t would relieve the high
err courts of much petty business
and thus shorten their terms and
save the taxpayers considerable
expense. There would be a big
saving in the aggregate of the mi
leage and per diem paid jurors
and witnesses, and litigants would
find it much less costly to them
selves to have their cases settled
in justice courts than in those of
greater jurisdiction.
In these inferior courts there
would be the right of trial by jury
and of appeal to the higher courts.
Possibly the most desirable end
to be reached by charging the
jurisdiction of justices of the
peace would be a speedy trial at
home instead of a prolonged and
often deferred trial at the county
seat.
The Herald respectfully urges
the members of the legislature.to
consider the foregoing suggestion
and submit it to a vote of the peo-
pie, if a constitutional amendment
is necessary to carry it out.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

gainst the paper situation in good
earnest and all Florida will be the
loser in their not being able to
print their Year Book or their
usual mammoth Christmas edi-
ton. Already they are reducing
the number of pages and using
smaller type for their news. News
papers are facing a serious situa-
ton that will be disastrous to sew
eral print shops. Sarasota
Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
The Plight of the Newspapers

almost everything that enters
into the making of newspaper
has doubled in price. The excep-
tions have trebled."
The above paragraph from the
Buffalo Express, which with other
papers of Buffalo recently increas-
ed subscription rates and street
sales rates in the hope of partial
ly meeting the increased cost of
materials, briefly tells the story
of what the newspapers of the
country are up against.
Even with the increase of sub
scription and advertising rates,
some of the largest papers of the
country will close the year with
losses, but majority of them, for
the benefit of their readers and adj
vertisers are facing the music"
to the best Of their ability while
hoping and praying for changed
conditions.-Tampa Times.
We have been notified that we
can get only three tons more news
paper at the price we have been
paying After that we must pay
at least three times what it has
been costing us-provided we can
get it at all. A ton of newspaper
does not last us long about ten
days, if we have no unusual re-
quirements. Our subscribers, we
trust, will realize that we are up
against a most serious condition,
and we will have to press collec-
tons as we have never done be-
fore. If you owe us anything on
subscription, help us by making
payment now-Lakeland Tele-
gram.
In the past five weeks the Cou-
Ter has bought nine tons of news
'rint paper at cost of eleven
dollars. One year ago
his stock was worth four
hundred and fifty dollars. Don t
rumble when you are asked to
'ay two dollars year for the pa
'er. There is nothing that you
an buy with two dollars that has
nything like the value for the
loney.-Plant City Courier.
The Star refers those Of its
rlends who are sore at it for re-
Nesting them to pay up to the
wo foregoing extracts from its
contemporaries --Ocala Star.
The Tampa Tribune is up a.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

A great cutlery is being made
throughout the land ON account
of the criminal increase in the
prices of all food stuffs. This is
a subject which The Herald can
not discuss without giving utter
ance to some anarchistic express
sions. For instance, we are told
that, in Chicago and other great
centers, there are millions of eggs
held in cold storage and that
eggs ere sci ing all over the coun-
trv az from fifty to seventy-fve
cents dozen. Now, if an out
ragged populace should destroy
those cold storage warehouses and
hang the SPECTATORS who own
them, The Herald would not con
denim the act. This infamous rob-
berry of the people which is being
perpetrated by the inexcusable adj
vince in the price Of food, certain
" has a tendency to provoke rev.
olution and anarchy.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07
News from Gov. Gilchrist

A note received this week from
ex-Gov. Gilchrist, who is in Way
cross looking after his property
interests there, states that he has
received "an urgent invitation to
attend and participate in the pro-
gram of the Governors Confer
ence, which is to be held in Wash
mgton, D. c., Dec. 14-16th inst
He says he will be unable to at
tend, because the senatorial cam
paign caused him to neglect his
business so much that he now
must give it uninterrupted at
tention. He lost time, also, on a
trip to South Carolina and in the
October campaign in Florida, and
now he must make up for it. He
will, however, attend the meeting
of the Masonic Grand Lodge in
Jacksonville in January.
In closing his letter, he causes
an audible smile in this office by
the following remarks:
81 read with interest your ed
itorial suggesting that the giving
OF Christmas presents should be
restricted to those under fourteen
years of age and that those over
that age should merely exchange
cards. ] see the Tribune and the
Arcadia News concur in your
views, and | will, therefore, send
them and you a card"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Judge Kennesaw Mountain Ian
dis of Chicago, who finds Stan
dard Oil $39,OOO,000 or something
like that, has handed down anoth-
err decision from the bench. He
declared that National Prohibi-
ton is coming, and added: at
will be a damned good thing"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Moving pictures of Florida's
fishing industry are being mae
under the direction Of Copmis-
sioner T. r. Hodges. They are like
ly to prove very interesting to the
outside world and also result i'll
some valuable advertising for the
state.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

To Frank Horton, city editor
of the Arcadia Enterprise. The
Herald extends heartfelt sympa-
thy in the loss of his devoted wife,
which occurred last Thursday
night. No greater misfortune
than the loss of such a wife can
befall man, and no words can
give him adequate consolation
The editor Of The Herald has
known Mrs. Horton since her
school days, and he has always re-
garded her as one of the bright
est end most lovable women he ev-
err met. When such women pass
away, it is loss to the whole com
munity in which shey live.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Ocala this week is entertaining
the Florida annual conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South. Over two hundred min
listers odd 10 delegates are in -
tendance: Ocala is famous for
the hospitality Of her people, a
fact that insures the conference
royal treatment.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Rhode Island has a lieutenant
governor named Sans Souci, who
visits Florida every winter. He
is now in the state. What we rose
to ask, however, is why and how
in the dickens did he acquire his
name?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Congress should lose no time in
furthering the redemption from
private exploitation of the FEEDER,
al oil lands. With an oil burning
navy this government cannot af.
ford to be dependent upon consci,
enceless corporations.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Those famous sentences of John
Adams and Rufus Choate could
MT have been much longer if they
had been imposed on the Standard
Oil Company by Judge KenneSaw
Mountain Lands.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Itinerant beggars from abroad
are becoming numerous in South
Florida. There is a law under
which they may be arrested and
nut to work on the streets and
public roads. 1t should be rigid
lv enforced.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Some Of our congressman frank
" aviate. Others are up IN the
air without admitting it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

After all, there must be limit
to the supply of knotty problems
and crises, and the man who sue
ceeds Wilson as president should
have an easy time of it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Charles /. is so beloved by his
subjects that it is expected near
ly two weeks may elapse before
he has his first introduction to a
bomb.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

No man has right to expect his
wife to be a good cook unless he is
that kind of a provider.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

The only Republicans entitled
to celebrate are the Illi-noisy.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

After all is said and done, how
did the Republicans ever get a
foothold in North Carolina, any
how.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Only $4,000 men have applied
Tor emergency jobs to shovel snow
in New York the coming winter,
compared with $4,000 last year
and 10000 two years ago. This
indicates that workingmen are
generally employed, and also that
New York will be in even more
trouble than usual whenever there
is heavy snowstorm.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Ex-senator Foraker is one man
in Ohio who, if he wanted to, could
get away safely with that old "l-
told-you-so" stuff.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

The Colonel is just as quiet as
a submarine mine.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Eyes; and he kept me out of
the White House
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Rates-Display. run of paper,
composition rate. 10 cents per single
column inch each insertion: preferred
position 10 to 20 per cent, Island" po-
eition 80 1-3 per cent. additional Loo
al notices 10 cents per Eae. six words
counting a line. Classified advertising
cents per liIe OF six words. Legal
Advertising at legal rates.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-12-07

Cards of thanks, obituary notices other
than news mentions, resolutions. etc,
charged for at rate of one cent per
word. Notices of entertainments where
charges are made, except church af-
fairs, charged for at regular advertise
ing rates Articles in behalf OF special
money making enterprises, purely adj
vertising, will Re charged for.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-10-12
Program for Citrus Seminar
About Completed

The Seventh Annual Citrus
Seminar which will be held at the
University of Florida, October II
to 20, promises to be the largest
meeting that has been held. The
program is about completed and it
is more comprehensive and con-
tains greater number of authori-
ties and exhibits than that of any
previous meeting. Fertilizers,
standardizations of varieties and
nursery problems will be discuss
ed the first day. An attempt is be-
ing made to obtain q noted speak
er to address the meeting on stan
dardization that day.
The following morning, We'd
nesday, has been given over to the
discussion of marketing of citrus
fruits. Senator Duncan u Fletch-
er will address the growers that
morning on how citrus growers
can maks use of the Federal Farm
Loan Act. Citrus canker and e.
radication work will receive con-
siderable attention during the af-
ternoon and evening. Every grow
er should attend the session Wed
nesday since it will be one Of
great Importance to the industry.
Thursday and Friday will be
devoted to diseases and pests and
methods of control, especially by
spraying. Nj. B. Waite of the Bu-
reau of Plant Industry will dis
cuss spraying machinery and e.
quipment Thursday afternoon.
During his lecture and following
it demonstrations will be made.
j. r. Watson, cntomologist to
The Evpcriment Station, will dis
cuss, Thursday, a new whitehy
parasite, which he has successful
v imported.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-10-12

active support and assist in the
candidacy of Woodrow Wilson for
president, w, V. Knott for COVER
nor and r. f. Taylor for justice of
the Supreme Court, and Hon.
Frank Clark for Congress, for the
reason that the Democratic candi-
dates last above named are being
subjected to violent attacks by in
dependents, Republicans, Social
lists and other enemies of the
Democratic party, and it is the
sense of this committee, speaking
for the organized Democracy for
the State of Florida, that all such
nominees should properly respond
to all requests hereafter made up
on them by the Campaign Com
mittee, to give active aid and sup
port in the present campaign. -
1t may safely be claimed that,
if there had been correct recount
of the vote of the entire state, it
would have shown Mr.. Knott to
be several hundred votes in the
lead 1t should be remembered
in his favor that, when evidence
presented caused him to doubt
the integrity of the recount in
Madison county, he declined to re-
ceive a large number of votes TO
which that recount showed him tp
be entitled.
1t now behooves every real
Democrat to fall in line and do all
that he can to carry out the will
of a majority of the people by G
lecting Mr.. Knott governor of
Florida.
Meantime. Mr.. Cats is running
as an Independent and a prohibi-
zionist, thus having bolted the
Democratic party.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-10-12
SURVIVORS OF
ILL-FATED SHIPS
AT NEWPORT, R. I.
Tell About the Attacks by the
German Submarines
DUE WARNING WAS GIVEN
Ample Time Was Allowed For
All Who Were Aboard to Leave
the Vessels Before They Were
Sent Down

London, Eng.-On the battle
fronts in Europe, Pennsylvania and
Macedonia continue for the mo-
ment the centers of the greatest
interest. According to Berlin,
the Rumanians in Pennsylvania,
are retreating along the whole
line. The Teutonic Allies have
recaptured the town of Torezburg,
fifteen miles southeast of Kron-
stadt, and within seven miles of
the Rumanian border. In the
Danube, north of Sistova, the
Germans have occupied an island,
taking six guns and making pris-
oners of the Rumanian troops
there.
Serbians in considerable force
have crossed the Cerna River in
Serbia and captured the town of
Skochivir, southeast of Moiiastir,
and also have occupied positions
along the north bank of the river.
Considerable hard fighting has
again taken place in the region
west of Lutsk and farther south
in Gahcia, but the results are
somewhat beclouded by reason of
the contradictory reports of the
Petrograd and Berlin war office
statements. Petrograd says the
Russians at some points in the
Volhynia succeeded in entering
Austro-G German positions east of
vladimir Volynski, but Berlin re-
ports that these attacks failed with
sanguinary losses to the Russians.
Near Brezanzy, southeast of
Lemberg, in Galicia, both Pctro-
grad and Berlin record repl,lse of
attacks. In the Carpathians the
Germans have made an advance at
Babaludowa.
Violent reciprocal lombard.
ments are in progress in the Som
me front. Infantry attacks also
have taken place, but no impor-
tant gains for either side have
been chronicled.
Carrying 1000 Serbian and
French soldiers, the auxiliary
crusier Gallia has been sunk in
the Mediterranean with loss of
638 men.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-10-12
NO LULL IN THE
FIGHTING IN THE
EASTERN SECTORS
Teutons Slowly Overcoming Rou-
manians in Pennsylvania
sERBIANs GAINING GROUND
Force Bulgars Out of Shochivir--
Artillery Duel on Somme With
Infantry Attacks Taking Place
But No Gains Reported

Newport, r. I. - Eyewitness
stories of the torpoeding of pas
senger and freight steamers by
German submarines off Nantucket
were told here Monday.
According to a report brought
by officers of a flotilla of United
States destroyers which picked
up passengers and crews of sever
al of the vessels destroyed, nine
merchant sips were sunk.
One Of the submarines is sup
posed to have been the U-53,
which visited this harbor Satur-
day and another was declared to
be the U-61.
Six vissels are known to have
been sunk and the report that the
total was nine was based on a
statement of the captain of the
Nantucket Shoals lightship. The
captain said three submarines
were engaged. The list of subma-
rine victims included four Brit
ish, one Norwegian and one Dutch
vessel. The identity of the other
three reported to have been lost,
had not been learned early today.
The crews Of all the vessels with
the exception of one were brought
here together with the eighty
passengers, and were cared for by
the officers of the Narragansett
Bay Naval Station and prominent
members of the Newport summer
colony.
1t was believed that no lives had
been lost and although the men of
one freighter were reported adrift
in open boats the fact that the
weather was mild and the sea
calm, made it seem probable that
they would be rescued.
Of the passengers, thirty were
American tourists returning from
Newfoundland and the Canadian
maritime provinces.
Lieutenant Commander Miller
of the Ericsson, which picked up
some of the boats, said that no at
tack was made on the vessels un-
til all on board had left.