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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
IN THE DEsoTo COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT, TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OE FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY.

Charles E. Lanier vs. Robert Thomp-
son ct al
1t appearing from the affidavit OF
George Leitner, filed in the above cause
that the place of residence of the de-
PENDANT Robert Thompson is unknown.
and that the defendant is over the age
of twentyone years, and that there is no,
person or persons within the State OF
Florida, service of subpoena upon whom
would bind the said defendant.
1t is therefore ordered adjudged and
decreed that the said defendant be and
is hereby required to appear to the Bill
of complaint in the said cause at the Of
flee of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
the Tenth judicial Circuit of Florida, in
and for DeSoto County, on or before.
Monday the 18th day of June, A. D. 1916,
else the said Bill will be taken as con-
fessed by the said defendant
1t is further ordered that a copy of this
order be published once a week for
eight consecutive weeks in the Punta
Gorda Herald, a newspaper of generar
circulation published in DeSoto County,
Florida.
Witness the Hon. A. L. Durrance,
Clerk of the above entitled court, as
well as the Hon. F. A. Whitney, Judge
of the said Court, and the seal of the
said Court, this the 18th day of April. A.
D. 1916.
(SeaD A. L. DURANGO, Clerk.
Circuit Court DeSoto County Fla
LEITNER & LEITNER, Solicitors for
Complainant.
l hereby certify that the above and
made herein by me in said cause.
This 18th day of April. 1916.
CLERKS SeaD A. l.. DURANGO, Clerk,
(uunel0 Circuit Court.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
Seminole Indian Rattlesnake Cure

Leslie Shavers is the name of 6
young man who was recently
badly bitten by rattlesnake. He
was said to have been in convul,
sions from the effects of the bite
when, the Savannah News says,
he was given a treatment exter-
nally and internally of concoc-
ton prepared by the Florida Sem
mole Indians, and the patient
quickly rallied and is now well on
the road to recovery. The News
says:
Shavers is employed by the
Georgia Carolina Lumber Com
pany and was rolling logs in a
wood about five miles from Sa-
vannah when he was bitten by a
large serpent. He was immedi-
ately brought to Savannah and
driven to the office of DR.. Usher
on his arrival.
He was bitten on the third fin
ger of the right hand. The
wound had turned black and the
deadly poison had been communi-
Gated to practically every part of
his system. Soon he was in the
throes of violent commissions.
Ten minutes after the first dose
was given he showed signs of i'm
provement. After the treatment
had been concluded and there was
more marked Improvement he.
was sent to the Charity Hospital
in the police ambulance. Short
ly afterwards it was said that he
would recover.
81 did not expect Shaver to
live five minutes when | saw his
condition." said DR.. Usher. "He
was in terrible agony and appear
ed to be dying. The place where
the snake struck him was closed
and had turned black. The hand
and arm were badly swollen. |
was surprised at the immediate
affect Of the first dose. ] opened
the wound with a knife and put
some of the medicine on it. | am
very much pleased with the result
of the experiment"
Other physicians expressed
pleasure when told of the case.
Rattlesnake bites, especially when
inflicted by the diamond-back
RATHER, almost always resulted
fatally, and the medicine is re-
garded by physicians as one Of
the most important discoveries of
recent years.-Ocala Banner.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
AS Beautiful as a Poem

The following is waif floating
about in newspaperdom without
any indications of it's authorship
Is religion true? | don t know
and don t care. But, if it is a lie,
it is the most beautiful one ever
told, one from which truth itself
might learn. Could we exist as
a nation without it? France tried
it. Does it do any harm? Then
why destroy it? Don't. It's old
as civilization. 1t was almost all
our mothers. We've been sung
to sleep a thousand times by its
hymns. We are better men and
women now whenever we hear
them sung. They are joined to
tender emotions. 1t has made
many man happier and better.
more honest, tender and forgiv-
ing. Many man and woman
have lain down within its shades
peacefully, nobody knows where.
Don't destroy it. Why nine
tenths of the mothers in America
believe in it. That's enough for
it. 1t has been growing, on our
hearthstones for ages. Let it
stay there, it can't hurt you. 1t
is such loving religion. What
will you give in its stead, if you
take it away? Philosophy? What
are you to do when tired and
homesick? Love? Earthly loves
are so selfish. 1t is such a
beautiful delusion. Don't destroy
it. Weave the silver threads that
reach from the star of Bethlehem
into the golden roof sunlight.
Train its clinging tendrils around
he bare walls of our lives and
cover up the jagged corners and
'ough unsightly places with this
beautiful Myth of Calvary. -
Barlow Record.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08

fused into every artery and vein
of the peninsula. 1t has flowed
in from adjoining southern states
from the north and west. II
brought millions to invest, even
when Cracker opposition to pro-
gress was a political factor. 1t is
bringing many more millions to
invest as the progressive element
cinches control.
Florida has lead the procession
of all the southern states on the
score of phenomenal growth, and
the book value of her climate is
the primal cause. Of course the
climate is not responsible for her
rich deposits of phosphate rock
NOR her immensely valuable fish
cries, but when you add her eli
mate to her 1878 miles of palm
fringed coast line, her splendid
harbors and bays and her short
cut trade routes to the Panama
Canal, you have a pretty sure
footing for your optimism.
There was a time when it was
rather the custom to refer sneer-
ingly to Florida as "that swampy
sand-pit winter resort that juts
out into the Gulf of Mexico. "
There was st. Augustine, the old
est city in America, and the rath-
er romantic st. Johns river, where
you could fish for salmon, or shoot
alligators if you happened to be
a sportsman. Tampa was one
man town, built as an experiment
and Key West had possibilities if
it ever got a railroad; you could
grow oranges, lemons, pineapples,
sapodillas, citron, bananas of a
sort, avocado pears, plums, peach
es, grapes, kumquats, loquats, figs,
mangoes, rice, sugar cane, cotton,
arrowroOt, tobacco, indigo, siala
hemp, New Zealand flax, corn,
oats,and a variety of other things,
only there was no way to trans
port them out and to market them
at a profit-at least not on a con-
siderable scale. There were yell
low fever, the hookworm and the
alligator to contend with, not to
mention the old school Florida
Cracker who regarded any sort of
a stranger with the same favor he
bestowed upon a scorpion.
Florida thirty years ago and
Florida today offer almost as sur
a contrast as SouthelH.
California of the two periods, and
the Peninsular states present
day growth is very likely to sur
pass the growth of that Pacific
Coast region. She certainly has
immensely cheaper land to offer
to the homeseeker and has not be-
gun to draw so heavily upon the
future for the support of specu-
lative values.-B. w. Currie in
Country Gentleman. ="
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
An rHE pEsoTo COUNTY CIRCUIT
eOURT, TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
az Fl ORIpA. IN CHANCERY.

Charles E. Lanier VS.. Robert Thomp-
son. and all Parties Claiming an Interest
in and to the Lands Hereinafter Men
toned.
cd TO the Bill of complaint in the above
entitled cause that there are some per-
sons interested in the land mentioned
and described in the Bill of Complaint,
To- wit; Lot S of Block Section %, in
township 80 south. of range rs east, De-
soto County, Florida, and that 1t is be-
Ieyed that certain persons are claiming
as heirs, devisees, grantees, or other
claimants under the above named de-
PENDANTS, to-wit, Robert Thompson, or
otherwise and that the names and places
of residence of such person or persons is
and are unknown.
1t is therefore ordered, adjudged and
decreed that all parties claiming an in
terest in and to the land under the above
named defendant, Robert Thompson, as
heirs, devisees, grantees. or otherwise
claiming an interest in and to the said
land be and they are hereby required to
appear to this Bill of complaint in the
said cause at the Clerks office in the
Court House in the City of Arcadia, De-
Soto County, Florida, on Monday the 18th
dav of August A. D. 1916, else the bill
It is further ordered that copy of this
order be published once a week for
twelve consecutive weeks in the Punta
Gorda Herald, a newspaper Of general
circulation published i'm the County of
DeSoto and state Of Florida.
witness the Hon. A. L. Durrance,
Clerk of the said Court, as well as the
Hon. F. A. Whitney, Judge of the said
this the 18th day of April. A. D. 1916.
(Seal) a. L. DURANGO, Clerk,
Circuit Court. DeSoto County Fla
LEITNER & LEITNER. Solicitors for
Complainant.
I hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of
the order made herein by me in the
above cause This April 18th. 1916.
CLERKS Sc?N A. 1. DURANGO, Clerk.
(taug7) Circuit Court DeSoto County
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
II viii Be All Right Then.

Edith shouldn't think you'd want
to marry such forgetful man as jack
Ethel-But he says the reason he for
gets things is because he's thinking so
constantly of me that he cannot re-
member anything else. Edith-oh,
see. You don't expect to have any
trouble after you are married.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
PROPOSALS WANTED FOR FURNISH
ING MATERIALS FOR LABELLE
EDGE AND HALL CITY ROAD

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of County Commissioners will receive,
sealed proposals up to 2 p. M on June.
imately 1920 cubic yards of mari or
shell for division t. and approximately
10000 cubic yards of mari or shell for
hard surfacing division is of Punta Cor
da special road and bridge district
S. Banister. District Engineer, Punta
Gorda, Fla.
A certified check equal to 2\per cent.
of amount of bid, as evidence of good
faith, will be required of each bidder.
Separate bids will be considered on
each division, reserving the right to re-
iect any and all bids
tmay1S A. L. DURANGO, Clerk.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
(Serial No. 012992)

Department of the Interior. U. S. Land
Office at Gainesville, Florida. April %.
1916.
Notice is hereby given that Mary Hun
ter of Bermont, Florida, who on Septem-
Der "a. 1914 made Homestead Entry, No
81 1892. for SWA of NEA, Section 80,
Township 40 South, Range 26 East, Tai
iahassee Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make Communication Proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Clerk of Circuit Court, at
Arcadia, Florida, on the Sth day Of June
1916. ,.. IA
monds. of Sparkman, Florida; George
McI.ane. Of Sparkman, Florida; \. j.
Gusn1an. of Bermont, Florida; d. A
Warren of Bermont, Florida.
ROBERT w. DAVIS. Register
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Serial No. 011677

Department of the Inetrior IT, S. Land
Office at Gainesville, Florida, Apr 20.
1916.
Notice is hereby given that Nettie L.
Collins of Cleveland, Florida, who on
April 29, 1918 made Homestead Entry
No 011677 for Northeast quarter, Sec
ton g. Township Al South, Range %
East, Tallahassee Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make Three-year
Proof, to establish claim to the land "a
bove described, before Clerk of Circuit
Court, at Arcadia, Florida, on the 18th
day of June, 1916,
Claimant names as witnesses: L. c.
Baird of Cleveland. Florida; Oscar Kahl,
of Cleveland, Florida; F. L. johnson, of
Cleveland, Florida; Samuel Nail, of Pun
ia Gorda. Florida.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
NOTICE OF GUARDIAN FOR FINAL
DISCHARGE (499)

In Court of the County Judge, State of
Florida,
In Re Estate of May Huffman Tolso:'
and Helen Huffman.--DeSoto County.
Notice is hereby given to all whom x
NAV concern, that on the 18th day of
october A. d. 1916, l shall apply to the
Honorable w. D. Bell Judge Of said
Court. as Judge of Probate for final dis
charge as Guardian of the estate OF May
Huffman Toson and Helen Huffrlan;
and that at the same time I will present
my final accounts as Guardian Of said
estate, and ask for their approval.
Dated Mar. 16 A. D. 1916.
(toctD S. l. HUFFMAN
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
NOTICE
Iom it Nav Concern /:

To whom it May Concern:
This is to notify all parties concerned
and others interested that the partner
ship heretofore existing between ]. T.
Rose and |. w. Riggs under the name
of South Fish Co. was dissolved on May
18th, 1916. ]. T. Rose retiring and /. w.
Riggs continuing the business. l assume
no responsibility for any Indebtedness
incurred in the future on account of
said South Fish Co.
This 1st day of June, 1916.
(Signed) j. T. ROSE
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
NOTICE

In the matter of the estate of J. NJ
Morgan, deceased, Mrs. NJ S. Morgan,
Administrative and guardian Of Henry
Morgan Minor heir
Notice is hereby given that on the First
day of December, 1916, in the Court of
the County Judge of DeSotO County.
Florida, sitting as Court of Probate, I
intend to make my annual and final re-
port as Administrators of the estate of
j. M. Morgan, deceased, and to apply for
a discharge of the admnistratrixship of
the said estate and the guardianship of
Henry Morgan, minor heir
June 1, 1916 MRS M. S. MORGAN.
1temo6mo Attorney, T. a. B. Everton.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-08
Florida

CAS- seen by Barton w. Currie in
Country Gentleman
Fresh, virile blood has been in
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-12-01
$50 Per Yea,
WILL HAVE FARMERS SHORT
COURSE

Several hundred persons are ex-
pected to take advantage of the prac-
tical instruction offered in the farm
ers' short course In the Kansas State
Agricultural college from January 8
to March 21 Many subjects pertain
ing to farm management and prac-
tices will be- taught, and aside from
the regular work of the course 1t will
be possible for the student to select
some additional subject in which he
+ is interested such as concrete con-
struction, farm arithmetic, electrici-
ty, music, or English. -.------'- -
Some OF the subjects in the course
are production Of improved and more
profitable live stock; selection of
higher yielding crops with proper ro-
tations; better management Of soils
with increased productiveness Of
land; improved administration Of
farm practice and corresponding
higher labor income; control of in
sect pests and animal and plant dis
ooa. 49, grafton and care of gas en-:
gines, automobiles, SUI iarh trac-
tors; repair and management, Oh iarm
machinery and buildings; the bl eeu-
ing up of profitable dairy herd AM
the sanitary production of milk,
cream and butter; beautifying of the
farmstead and the making of an at
tractive and convenient farm home;
ty responsibility and better rural cit
izenship.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-12-01
MARRIED

Guy Whitney arrived Sunday from
Rochester, New York, and on Tues
day he and Miss Lou EN- Root OF
near Hayne were married by Rev
Paul ]. Gates of the Baptist church al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Lake
Mr.. Whitney is a prosperous farmer
back. in york State" Miss Root has
been holding down a claim near
Hayne for several years and made
proof on the same a few months ago.
She is one of Seward county's popu-
lar ladies and will be missed by the
people of her community. The new
lyweds had been engaged for several
years, so we understand, and decided
recently to bring the romance to a
elimination. They will spend few
days with friends in and near Liberal
and expect to leave for New York the
first of the week. The Democrat ex-
tends the hand of felicitation to the
new union.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-12-01
Obituary

w. D. Miller, who died Saturday
in Liberal, from a complication Of
kidney troubles, had resided in the
city and southwest number of years,
was known to all the older residents
of the county and was familiar fig
ure on the streets of Liberal until
his recent illness confined him to his
home. He was born May 4th, 1885.
In 1886 he located on homestead
one mile and half north of Liberal
and has resided in the southwest ev-
er since. He retired from active labor
about ten years ago and since that
time has made his home in Liberal.
He was good old man and his death
will be regretted by all who knew
him. Funeral services were held
Tuesday and the remains laid to rest
in the Liberal cemetery.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-12-01
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS
The Democrat has mailed out

The Democrat has mailed out q
notice during the past two weeks to
every subscriber in arrears and every
one about to become so. This work
was not done for exercise nor sub
mitted as sample of the poorest
penmanship since the days of Horace
Greeley, but we need the money and
take this method of letting the sub
seribers know how they stand ON our
books. Everything used in a print
shop has gone sky high during the
last few months and a newspaper
man has to figure forty different
ways to keep ahead of the game any
at all. 1t would be pleasure to ac-
commodate our readers in carrying
the accounts longer but we simply
just haven't got the resources to do
so. much as we would like to extend
such a favor. Quite a few names
will be taken from the list and the
accounts placed IN the nandS OF
collector unless we get action on GER
tain ones, but we don't want to do
this except as last resort, hence we
would be pleased to have our readers
come across and pay up without any
friction on either side. We try to
keep this part Of the business out Of
the columns Of the paper as much as
possible and only mention it about
once or twice year, when we take
the whole delinquent list to clean
ing. 1t would help out considerably
right at this time If everyone who
has received a notice from us would
come through with the amount called
for on the statement.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-12-01

George M. Thomas and F. e. Run
yam of Pratt county were here last
week visiting at the Elliott Skinner
home northwest of town. They were
so we'll pleased with the looks of the
country down this way that they both
bought quarter section Of land in
south Stevens county. The deal was
made through Moore & Falls.
F. l.. Davis will hold sale of reg
istered Holstein cattle at the Palace
Feed Barn a week from tomorrow.
The cattle sale will follow immedi-
ately after the pure-bred hog sale of
Lusk & Lusk, which is scheduled for
that day and place. Both sales are
being we'll advertised all over the
country and there ought to be an i'm
mense crowd of farmers in town that
day il the weather is at all favorable.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-12-01

Frank Summers and Warren Zim-
norman returned Saturday afternoon
from Wichita, where they had been
attending the big Masonic and Shrin-
er events. P. s. Clymer, Ralph Col
win, ]. G. Trindle, Mat Dunlap, o. M.
Woods, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sum-
mers and Harry Ginns returned
that night or Sunday. Lee Larrabee,
who took the Consistory and Shrine
degrees, visited few days in Hutch
inson with his family before coming
on home Lee won a handsome prize
at the Shrine by being the best can
didate who received the degrees and
1t is our contention that he Justly
merited 1t. There were no flies on
him when it came to delivering the
goods and showing them all how to
have fun.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-12-01

Clyde Atha, the clothier, is making
some changes in the rear of his store,
tearing out part of the partition and
making room for additional stock.
Clyde is one of the good fellows Of
the town and we are pleased to note
this sign of prosperity on his part.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Morris. who
have been conducting the peanut and
popcorn stand on the Summers cor
ner for several months, left Tuesday
for Pratt. They will spend week
or two there with relatives and even
tually land back in their old home
town, Springfield, Massachusetts.
]. E. Brightup, who lives near
Ematon, has proven the value OF
southwest Kansas land during the
ten years he has been here and last
week annexed another quarter Sec
ton adjoining the 240 he already
owns. The sale was made through
the Moore & Falls agency. When the
old timers begin picking up adjacent
quarters to their holdings, and folks
desiring to sell out don't have to
hunt for newcomers to take the land
off their hands, you can figure that
prosperity has come to the country to
stay.
Just to keep your interest in poll
tics from dying out altogether, you
might begin casting around for suit
able material for city ticket, which
is to come before the voters of Liber-
al next spring. Great things are in
store for the town during the next
two years and whoever inherits the
mayors job or seat on the council
will earn his salary. They are thank
lses jobs at best, with no pay but
lots of grief for services performed,
which is all the more reason why
good men should be selected to fill
them.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-12-01
DEDICATE wIDEAwAKE CHURCH

The new church at Wideawake
will be dedicated next Sunday, De-
cember 8, the dedication to be in
charge of Bishop Shepherd Of Wichi-
ia. Services will held at 1900 a. m,
$500 .. M, and 1880 p. m. A busi-
ness meeting of the trustees will be
held Saturday evening at the home
of B. F. Brown. District Superin-
tendent r. A. Dadisman will also be
present at the dedication. The pub
lie is cordially invited to be present
at all these services.