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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers
De zach Director
4. FERTILIZERS AND FIELD CROPS.
The Fourth of a series Of Six Articles

Dickson after service his feIowman and
that make every their f.l land rich b thy
as does in population Every man that assists removing
lying idle useless the chincha Islands and puts
of the surplus eizng
land"
gradually increased the use Of
omitted use on my crops
could not obtain it. with the
except the cotton may improved
alone but not fast when combine with the soil all the ele
know that would not benefit 1t will pay the best upon
those that bring the most moncotn being that crop in this sec
1t will be from the above that Mr. Dickson ned greatly BY the
wi" observe that he knew quite well the value other plant foods
considered
fertilizer. He business well as
farmer, all in the business world
Millionaire
died few a% % 5 had he following % With
the of fertilizers farm
s5s Should ds. % Rs p.1s &c
use m &c 1n q PIT also and the n Of % sas maj
ali Of
dor much a Rg s far sT 2 m
They fertilizer Sn
y mo e eg wUe s % e more oW So u a We and
sss'sS :s' S se
plant diseases and bring farm into high state of cutva
Put Back Plant in the
growing take plant food of the soil and we do not pillow IN
S land s Sf to n aad
Nitrogen phphOrc and potash goes
should that kind
elements plant food Very Of
the field
valuable plant food is suicidal policy for from the soil more
zoe than to the soil.
On sandy farm the Southern States which had abandon
and applications fertilizer made another farm rich The last
fertilizer
cultivation
converting a farm
we'll
fertilizers wisely
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
Sparkman--Bermont

Sparkman-Bermont, April "a
Mrs. G. w. Gatewood is enjoy
ing a visit from her mother.
Messrs. f. Kranemann, f.. Bies-
ter and J. Weber left for Chica-
go last Wednesday.
Mr.. Ed Stoll came down from
Fort Ogden to spend Sunday at
home.
Mr.. f. Edmonds made his
weekly trip to town Wednesday
to take in beans.
Mr. Will Krentz has shipped
some fine potatoes to Chicago.
Wednesday, Mr.. Gatewood was
out over the prairie in the inter-
est of the roads and drainage.
Mr.. Rex Hoffman will be in
Hull for sometime doing carpen-
ter work.
Mrs. Gatewood was a visitor in
Arcadia, Thursday and Friday.
The children enjoyed an Easter
egg hunt at the school house, Sat
urday afternoon,
1t is good to see Mrs. j. Shene-
field able to get along without
crutches.-SETTLER.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
Time For Haste

A little five-year-old miss has a step
father, of whom she is very fond. One
day the stepfather suffered from VIC
lent headache. and his wife went to the
kitchen to prepare some domestic rem
edy. Lillian waited quietly for some
time for her mother to return and re-
lieve the sufferer. Losing patience, she
went to the kitchen door and energetic,
ally called out:
Mamma, if you don't hurry up you're
going to have another husband to
bury."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
Order of the Golden Fleece.

The Order of the Golden Fleece was
instituted by Philip the Good, duke OF
Burgundy, in 1920, on account, it is
said. of the profit he made in the wool
trade The original number of knights
was thirty-one. At the end of the col
lar was hung golden fleece. The or
der finally became common to all the
princes of the house of Austria and
now belongs to both Austria and Spain.
In fact. its membership includes royal
personages from many lands. and the
order is practically as wide us royalty
itself.-New York American.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

HOUSES TO RENT OR SALE-One
seven room two-story house, six large
rooms. three up stairs and three down
tairs, all plastured, located in Solana
and surrounded by good neighbors and
citizens. about one quarter Of mile
from the city limits of Punta Gorda and
not far from Charlotte Harbor bay Any
party desiring to purchase can get terms
from the owner For further Informal
ton see or address the owner.-H. ].
Spence, Pupta Gorda, Fla 3
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
MISCELLANEOUS

DID you EVER KNOW of public
funds being .iven to a man without de-
handing q strict accounting for every
cent spent? oh yes, Judas Iscariot was
given the Bag. to spend as he saw fit.
and I've been told that he came out bad.
Goodyear tires show their record daily.
sst as any good business mans cash
rook-J. $. JACKSON, JR
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

If one were personally to con-
duct a war, one would prefer
such a campaign as Portugal is
conducting, which is perhaps the
only bloodleSs war in history.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

In after years Chicagoans may
show where the embattled farm
ers stood and "fired the milk
pail" that was. heard around the
world.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
NOTICE

ASSOCIATED BIBLE STUDENTS Of
Punta Gorda will have a study Of the In
ternational Sunday school lesson every
Sunday at 300 p. m. upstairs in building
ing formerly occupied by Chadwick Dry
Goods Co. Every body interested invit-
ed. No collection.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Letting babies die for lack of
proper care and nourishment is
stupid, if not criminal. Civilized
communities ought to know and
do better.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Yesterday was Southern Me-
mortal Day, and the local banks
md post office closed in observ-
,nce thereof.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

peace talk" in Europe is CO.
incident with a further advance
in the price of gasoline. So the
price of gas may stop the war So
there.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Somebody says that if Shakes
peare were living now he would
be writing moving picture seem
arios. What a pity for the NOV
les that he is not!
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Borne across the landscape on
the winds of evcntide comes the
faint forlorn moo of the moose,
still standing hitched at Arma-
geddon.
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CLASSIFIED

ET Advertisements inserted under this
head for cents per line each insertion,
six words counting a line. Advertise
ments running ten times or more will be
inserted for 3 cents per line each time.
No advertisement inserted for less than
rs cents.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Yuan Shi-kai Topped from en-
peror back to president of China
and still his country secedes from
him.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

No one can doubt these Hollan-
der's intrepidity after estimating
the odds in favor of his getting
hit somewhere in the trousers.
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WANT

WANTED-Your orders for job print
ing. Commercial stationery our speci-
atty. Work neatly and tastfully exc
cuted.-THE HERALD.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Somebody's armada is likely to
come to grief in the North sea
one of these days.
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Postmastcrs may be made, but
toastmasters are born--hlt not so
very frequently.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

At any rate, what there Is Of
the United States army is being
trained in the methods Of up-to-
date warfare.
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please return to JOE ADDISON or r. c.
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RANDOM RAPS
(Kanned)


Postmastcrs may be made, but
toastmasters are born--hnt not so
very frequently.
Somebody's armada is likely to
come to grief in the North sea
one of these days.
Yuan Shi-kai Topped from en-
perOr back to president of China
and still his country secedes from
him.
At any rate, what there Is Of
the United States army is being
trained in the methods Of up-to-
date warfare.
No one can doubt these Hollan-
der's intrepidity after estimating
the odds in favor of his getting
hit somewhere in the trousers.
Borne across the landscape on
the winds of evcntide comes the
faint forlorn moo of the moose,
still standing hitched at Anna
geddon.
In after years ChicagoanS may
show where the embattled farm
erS stood and "fired the milk
pail that was. heard around the
world.
Somebody says that if Shakes
peare were living now he would
be writing moving picture seem
arios. What a pity for the NOV
les that he is not!
peace talk" in Europe is CO.
incident with a further advance
in the price of gasoline. So the
price of gas may stop the war 81
There.
Letting babies die for lack OF
proper care and nourishment is
stupid, if not criminal. Civilized
communities ought to know and
do better.
If one were personally to con.
duct a war, one would prefer
such a campaign as Portugal is
conducting, which is perhaps the
only blOodless war in history.
Yesterday was Southern Me-
mortal Day, and the local banks
and post office closed in observ-
1nce thereof.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26

fighting that day, but the main battle
was not fought till the 23rd.
Santa Anna possibly thought that
he was due for a pretty warm recep-
tlcn from Taylor's men, even If he
diG outnumber the Americans more
than four to one, for, ere the conflict
began with a fine affectation of
humanitarianism which he had never
shown in his barbarities against the
Texans struggling for independence,
he sent General Taylor the following
communication:
You are surrounded by 10000 men
and cannot avoid suffering a rout and
beng cut to pieces with your troops;
but as you deserve consideration and
particular esteem, / wish TO save you
from a catastrophe, and, for that
purpose, give you this notice, in order
that you may surrender at discretion;
under assurance that you will be treat
ed with the consideration belonging to
tie Mexican character; to which end,
you will be given one hour to make
up your mind, to commence from the
moment when my flag of truce arrives
in your camp"
General Taylor did not need one
minute to make up his mind. His SOL
dlers affectionately called him Rough
and Ready" and he lived right up
to the title in the curt response he in
stantly returned to Santa Anna.
How Buena Vista became one of the
most glorious fields of victory oveS
which the Stars and Stripes ever
waved must be deferred to the next
number of this serial.
Ito be Continucd.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
Summer Dress CottOns

second place; Wise third, and Martin
fourth. Martin had the high run score
OF III. The total scores follow:
The Summaries
E L. Bartell, 1888; E. W. Kelley,
1S4; Ed. Heller, 1913; j. Syotenbach.
III; S. McLinn, 146; o. R. Dickey,
~1S6; H. Winduster, III; j. K. An
drew, 175; George NJ. Howell. 1S1; P.
Burger, 1875; H. S. Welles *193; ]. G..
Martin, 1876; A. A. Somers, 191: H. B.
Shoop, 1S6; w. L. Wise, 1876; j. B.
Fontaine, 17s; F. Sidebotham, 1877; H.
German, 1874; H. w. Lodge, 1872; B.
Teats, 1872; ]. L. Shaffer, IFS; NJ. B.
Stewert, 100; j. w. Wilson, 175; A. H.
Roberts, 164; ]. Bret, 1888; j. NJ. Haw-
kins, 1896; j. P. Sousa, ia; f. Plum,
1872; y. Apgar, 100; F. II. Godcharles,
l69: William Cleckner. 1874; w. Joslyn,
F1SS; w. f. Hoover. 1877; C. w.
Shank, 1G6; J. A. Quigley, $50; H. H.
Sloan, 100; F. Pratt, +167; f. G. Ford,
167; W. Wolstencroft, 1871; H. M
Cummings, 1853: l.. B. Worden, 1876;
Mrs. Ray Boyer, 146; C. NJ. Miller,
1S1.
Professional
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26

advanced rapidly to meet the foe. Sud
denly he was deprived of nearly all
his regular troops as well as con-
siderable part of the volunteer regi-
ments. General Winfield Scott, an
illustrious hero of the War of 1912,
hac been appointed to supreme COM
mand in Mexico, and had formed the
design of landing on the Gulf coast
of that country and marching direct
to its capital. In pursuance of the
plan he had called upon Taylor to
send him the main party of the army
with which Monterey had been won.
Not only did Taylor lose the greater
part Of his army, but also those vet
efan subordinate commanders Worth,
Wool, Quitman, Twiggs and Pillow.
He was obliged to fall back to
Monterey.
1t was not until February, 1S47, that
Taylor had received a sufficient num-
Der of men-Volunteer regiments to
justify a movement upon the hosts OF
Santa Anna Advancing into the
mountainous region of Mexico, the
American general took UP a strong
position in the pass of Angostina near
Buena Vista, a most appropriate name
for a wild and romantic sylvan Scene,
for 1t is indeed the place of a "beauti-
full view.
Rardships of Mexicans Marching to
Buena Vista
To Buena Vista then Santa Anna
came, much against his will, to fight
General Taylor's little American army.
The willy Mexican chieftain had de-
signed to remain in the fortifications
of San Luis Potosi for the Americans
to attack him on the march to the
capital. But his government and peo-
pie were clamorous for an immediate
offensive against the hated Americans;
and none knew better than Santa
Anna, by his own bitter experience in
the past how short was the duration
iii power of any Mexican ruler when
one of the masses became bitter
against him.
He accordingly began a march with
an army of more than 10000 men
which for suffering and fidelity to
their leader has no parallel in Mexican
annals. 1t almost seems as if the
Mexican soldiers, after all they suffer-
ed on the way to Buena Vista were
deserving of a better fate than the
awful field of death that was awaiting
them. Almost all of Santa Anna's troops
were destitute of shoes and many
had but one article of clothing. Dur
ing two days they subsisted on one
biscuit and a slice of meat for each
man. Part of the march lay over an
utber wilderness and the remainder
over crags and mountains, barren,
solitary and mapped in the horizons
of winter. So great was the scarcity
of water that it was accurately meas
ured out to the men, and the time of
drinking as well as the quantity, de-
fined in general orders. No man in
Mexico, except Santa Anna, could
have held that army together for a
single day.
on February %. (day of auspicious
omen for American soldiers) Taylor's
little band of 4,500 saw Santa Anna's $
army, more than 0,000 strong, sweep
ing upon dense masses on every side
and crowded upon all the adjacent
heights. There was some desultory
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
Postal Receipts For Fiscal
Year Total $3O5, ,OOO,O 600

Washington, June 26. - Postal re-
ceipts for the last two quarters broke
all records, aggregating $S4,564,447
for the quarter ending December 81,
1915, and s79,699,622 for the quarter
ending March 81, 1916. Prospects are
that the total postal receipts for the
current fiscal year, ending June 80,
will amount at least to S305, 900, 900
and will except the receipts for the
last banner year, 1914, by from $15,-
100000 to S20,000,000
The largest check ever drawn by
Postmaster General was that of June
16, in favor of the Treasurer of the
United States, representing the
amount, $54,253.962, disbursed by
postmasters during the March quarter
for running expenses 1t constitutes
both a deposit in and a withdrawal
from the Treasury. The remaining
receipts for the March quarter, $25.-
445. $50, are available for other postal
purposes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
THE TOWERS OF MONTERREY
BY Charles Fenno Hoffman

We were not many-we who stood
Before the iron sleet that day
Yet many gallant spirit would
Give half his years, If he but could
HavN been with us at Monterey.
Now here, now there, the shot it hailed
In deadly drifts of fiery spray,
Yet not q single soldier quailed,
When wounded comrades round them
walled,
Their dying shout at Monterey.
And on. still on our column kept
Through walls of flame it's wither-
ing way;
Where fell the dead, the living slept,
Still charging on the guns that swept
The slippery streets of Monterey.
Tho foe himself recoiled aghast
When, striking where the strongest
lay,
We swooped his flanking batteries past
And braving full his murderous blast,
Stormed home the towers of
Monterey.
Our banners on those turrets wave;
And there our evening bugles play,
Where orange-boughs above their
grave,
Keep green the memory of the brave,
w no IOuBHl anu lSll at MClIeTey.
We were not many-we who pressed
Beside the brave who fell that day;
Yet who of us has not confessed
He'd rather share their warrior rest,
Than not have been at Monterey?
Buena Vista, the Most Remarkable
Battle of American History
About the time that General Taylor
captured Monterey, one of the annual
or semiannual revolutions in Mexico
deposed the arrogant Paredes from
his brief lease of power. The re-
nowned Santa Anna who had been a
storm center of Mexican plots and
intrigue for twenty years, was recalled
fl ON exile and given dictatorial power.
He promised the Mexican people that
he would soon rid their land of the
"acoursed Yankees" - (the term
"Gringoes'' for the Americans had not
then been invented in Mexico. It's
origin will be told little later)
Santa Anna promptly took the field.
| BY forced loans on the clergy the
monasteries, the bankers, and in fact
anyone who was suspected of having
means, he raised large sums of money.
Soon he had an army of more than
| 20, 1000 men and advanced rapidly to
tho fortified position of San Luis
Potosi with the avowed intention of
apnihilating Taylor and his little
army.
Taylor was not averse to accepting
1 the gauge of battle proffered him and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
PENN HIGH MAN
IN LOCAL SHOOT
Ties For Two Runs and Wins
in Shootoff; Harrisburg Man
Is Runner Up Saturday

In field of 43 shooters Fred Side
botham of Philadelphia on Saturday
captured high honors in the second
days event. the registered shoot of
the Harrisburg Sportsmens Associa-
ton. Fred Plum, of Atlantic City
ran up a good score and tied with
three other shooters for honors for
two. days. He won by breaking so
,argets without a miss.
Those who were in the cunning with
7lum were j. G. Martin, Harrisburg;
VI. L. Wise, Marysville and F. Side
ootham, Philadelphia. The latter won
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26

Inspection OF the navigable portions
T the Susquehanna are to be Included
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26

IN the proposed inspection of equipment
lor motorboats which is to be made
during July, August and September
under the direction of Charles R. Kurt
surveyor of Customs, of Philadelphia
Ihe Philadelphia district includes all
the navigable waters along the New
Jersey coast from Bay Head south to
cape May Delaware bay and river, the
schuylkill and the Susquehanna rivers
The inspection has been ordered by
the Department of Commerce and
Labor, and is intended to prevent
motorboat accidents as much as pos
sible. Fines for violation of regula-
tions will be imposed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
ELECTRoCUTE MURDERERs

Bellefonte, Pa, June 26.-Gasper
Marturano and Thomas Chickerilla.
two Italians of Barnesboro, Camb
county, who murdered Vito Cavallo for
his pay envelope two years ago, were
electrocuted in the Western Peniten-
tiary early to-day. A hard fight had
been made to have the sentence of
death commuted to life imprisonment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
IN MEXICO 20 YEARS AGO
Continued From Editorial PageJ

INOnIInUeU TONI EuItOFlaI PageJ
all the sterling poems produced by
that contest "The Towers of Monterey
easily bears off the palm. And what
will greatly add to its interest, in the
min6 of all Telegraph readers, is the
fact that its author was that polished
scholar and courtly gentleman, Charles
Fenno Hoffman, who was, for many
years, an inmate of the State Lunatic
Asylum in the suburbs of Harrisburg,
and who died there. 1t is a poem
that was once known to every lover
o. literature in our land, and is well
worthy of a reproduction here as a
spirited presentation of how Monterey
was fought and won.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
Antisaloon League of
America in Convention
BY l4stocinted Prcss

Indianapolis, Ind, June 26. - The
most important event of the program
for the annual convention of the Anti
Saloon League of America for to-day
is the college mems oratorical contest
this afternoon.
All the contestants are winners of
the highest State honors in the East
ern section of the intercollegiate Pro-
hibition Association. Eight contestants
are entered. The States and schools
represented are Indiana, DePauw, IL
linois, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio Wes-
leyan, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
College; Michigan, University of Mich
igan; New England, South Wesleyan
University, Middletown, Conn. New
York, Syracuse University and Maine,
Bates College.
TO INSPECT MOTORBOATs
Inspection of the navigable portions
of the SuSunehanna IN O fr1r cd
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
D. AND NJ. ". p. CLUB MEETING

The o. and NJ. n. p. Club held a
monthly business meeting at the club
rooms, Third and Verbeke streets last
evening, when new members were re-
ceived, and a social followed. Those
present were: Edward Sourbier,
John Green, Edward Anderson, Patsy
Fisher, r. j. Leslie, Elwood Sourbier
E. w. Schlayer. New members re-
ceived We're: James Cough, Merle
Gerdes. Russell Ellis.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-03-30
Mrs S ] Smith Entertains.

Mrs ] c Gracey, from Coving-
ton, Tenn, who has been visiting
her old home was the recipient of
many courtesies. Mrs S ] Smith
rendered her four course dinner
entertainment. The table was
laid for fourteen guests and was a
dream of beauty in all its appoint
inents. The menu dainty and
elaborate more than satisfied the
epicurean taste. While rare flow
ers and ferns everywhere pleased
the eye. Merriment and laughter
filled the hours. Each guest vie
ing with the other in showing ap-
probation of the Guest of Honor.
Mrs. Smith as hostess is always
Par excellence. - One of Them