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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX
DEED

Notice is hereby given that The Boca
Grande Investment Co., purchaser OF
Tax Certificate No. 81. dated September
4th. 1916. has filed said Certificate in my
office. and has made application for tax
deed to issue In accordance with law.
Said certificate embraces the following
described property situated in DeSoto
county, Florida, to-wit:
M of NWA and SWA of NWA, sec. IL,
Twp. 40, r. 20 E., the said land being
assessed at the date of the issuance OF
such certificate in the name Of Unknown.
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed
according to law. tax deed will issue
thereon on the 23rd day of November A.
D. 1918.
Witness my official signature and seal
this the 18th day Of October. A. D. 1918.
(seaD A. L. DURRANCE. Clerk Circuit
Court NJ DeSoto County, T'lor'dn
BY L. N. HAYS, d. G. i. 42-H
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LOSS IN TRANSMITTING
How to Guard Against It.-Plant
Root Crops Now

Considerable loss is experienced
in transplanting plants from the
bed into the field. G. X. Nc
Quarrie, state agent, advises that
cabbage ETC., shipped in should
be carefully examined on arrival
and if they have become warm
during transportation, tn ey
should be opened out carefully
and allowed to cool in shady
place before getting any treat
ment whatever. Then the plants
should be immersed in a thick
mud preparation for at least III
or Is hours before transplanting
This muddy water should be
thick enough to insure consid-
cradle amount of it sticking to
the roots of the plant.
Transplanting should be done
in the afternoon, and if the hole
wherc~the plant is to be set is well
watered and left open during the
night and all the moistened soil
covered over with dry dust
mulch early next morning, the
water will be conserved. 1t is
very necessary to see that dry
mulch is put on the dampened
hole early in the morning to pre-
vent evaporation.
In transplanting home raised
plants, care should be exercised in
removing the plants from the bed
The best method is to water The
plant bed thoroughly the evening
before taking up the plants, Next
morning pull the plants and put
in a pan of muddy water in
shady place until the afternoon
then set out, using the same meth
cd as already indicated.
Cabbage plants of the Early
Jersey Wakefield type, if not al
ready out, should be planted i'm
medlately. Also StraWDerrleS O.
the Missionary and of the Arom;
varieties. Some lettuce plants
should also be set out. The fav
orite variety of lettuce among
most Of the vegetable growers i
the Big Boston. The Salamanca
type of lettuce makes an excel
lent salad and is especially recon-
mended for fall planting.
Root crops of all kinds shoult
get special attention right away
Carrots, beets, turnips, rutabaga
and other members Of the roo
family, if planted before the en'
of October, will give supply o
vegetables throughout the white
and early spring months.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31

To the voters DeSoto County:-Beiiev-
ing that 1t would be to the best interest
of the county to have at least two mem
bers of the presentNBoard of County Conn
missoners serve % the next board; ana
there being no nominee for commissioner
In District No. one, the friends of Hon.
l.. w. Whitehurst OF Wauchuia. take
pleasure in announcing him as eandl-
date for reelection to the office of Coun-
ty Commissioner for Dist. No. one, to be
voted for in the county at large in the
November General Election
Your support for Mr.. Whitehurst Is so
licited and will be appreciated by his
friends. -Adv.-tde
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SPECIAL MAsrER,s SALE


In the DeSoto County Court, Tenth Judi
cial Circuit of Florida. In Chancery.
Il. E.. Welsh VS.. Stella b. AcLane and
Charles A. McLane.
Under and by virtue of final decree
rendered in the above entitled cause by
the Honorable John S. Edwards, judge OF
said court, shall sell at public cutlery in
front of the courthouse door in the City
of Arcadia, Desoto county, Florida, on
Monday the End day of December 1918.
between the legal hours of sale on said
date, to the highest and best bidder
therefor for cash, the following described
property, situate lying and being in the
County of DeSoto and State OF Florida,
to-wit:
Lot FIVE 90 of Block thirty-one (31) in
the town plated Trabue, Incorporated
Punta Gorda, as per recorded plat Pur-
chaser to pay for deed.
w. ID. BELL. Special Master in
Chancery.
LEITNER & LEITNER, Solicitors for
Complainant. H-5t
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31

Better cattle can DO raised In
DeSoto county after the cattle
ticks are eradicated.
The cattle ticks are wasting
good cattle blood and discourag-
ing the beef and dairy industries
in DeSoto county.
Cattle ticks get the benefit Of a
part Of every pound of grass eat
en- by infested cattle.
Eradication of cattle fever
ticks means more beef and milk
for ourselves and our soldiers.
Vote next Tuesday to drive cat
tie ticks out of DeSoto county.
Out with the ticks Vote a.
gainst them, Tuesday.
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Clean comfortable rooms
$2.OO per week $500 per week for table
board. Plenty of the best the market
affords. Two blocks from Post Office.
Box 291. 42-4t~
FOR RENT--Office Rooms, neat, large
and well ventilated--over Coopers Hard
ware Store. Apply to THE HERALD. II
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31

Mrs. R. M. Strickland and fam
lily have recently moved back to
our town, after being away for
two yeges or so.
Gu Hon. Ex-County Commits
sioner, N. C. Larsen, paid the
post office a very pleasant visit
today, engaging, as is Characters
tic Of this honored gentleman, in
some very pleasant chat, only
spending a short while, being anx-
ious 10 return home with letter
from his son Neil, from whom
they had not heard for some time,
being in training in Camp Jack
son, S. GOLD TIMER.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31

FOR SALE OR RENT:-IIaving retired
from active business. am Offering for sale
or rent, one 5-acre place suitable for any
kind of crop, mile from town. Has
good fence and tool building. Also 10
acre place near Acline, fenced and ditch
ed, acres cultivated and grubbed.
Good cottage, well, stable and shed For
further particulars address w. M. M,
Box 119, Punta Gorda. 39tf.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31

FOR SALE - Choice location on the
new ard-surfaced county road in So
lana. facing 260 feet on Marian Avenue
and having a depth of 606 feet--streets
on three sides-splendidly fenced, very
rich soil--fruit trees all of best nursery
growth-well built small dwelling. Moth
Ing can excel the opportunity for re-
turns on vegetables, fruits and poultry
Apply to DR.. BURLAND. Box 26, Punta
Gorda. Fla.
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MiScELLAN EOUS

CALIFORNIA GRAPES-I have fine
seedless, California Grape. Who, with
suitable land, at Punta Gorda, viii en-
gage me to grow grapes and figs2
JAMES NJ. BROWN Pell City, Ala. 44-lt
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31

If it's printing you want done,
we do it.
Why not subscribe for The Her
aid and cease borrowing?
A drilling rain fell here yes
terday morning. The afternoon
was clear.
Fruits, candies, CONNECTIONS and
fancy groceries are specialties at
R. M. Kings. (adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
p. w. MEADOW, DECEASED.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS:
In the Matter of the Estate of p. WI Nc
Adow. Deceased:
To all and singular the creditors, Legal
tees, distributes and ALL PERSONS
HAVING Claims or demands against
said estate:
Yos and each of you are hereby noti-
fed and required to present any claims
or demands which you or either of You
may have against the estate of p w.
Meadow, deceased, to the undersigned
Administrative of said estate within two
years from the date hereof, else the same
will be forever barred
Dated Sept. 90, 1918
MARIAN A. MEADOW, Admins
tratrix of said estate.
Sept 2O-1S-2 yrs.)
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Eoa TOWN MARSHAL

beg to respectfully announce That \
am a candidate for reelection to the Of
fee of town marshal and will greatly ap-
preciate the support of the town voters
II reelected, l will give the duties OF the
office the same faithful attention that L
have given them In the past. H.
LIPSCOMB
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31

FOR SALE-Two-sto rooming house
furnished or unfurnished. Five sleep
ing rooms upstairs. Three suites of two
rooms each for light house keeping be-
low, Electric lights. large varandas. two
cisterns of rain water. On Dixie High
way, two blocks from p. o. and IL miles
from aviation camps. Very asonable
terms. Address p. o. BOX 500. Punta
Gorda, Fla. 40tf.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31
MAxoa,s REORGANIZATION

By virtue of authority vested in me by
law and the duties encumbent upon me
as Mayor OF the Town of Punta Gorda,
Florida, notice is hereby given that an
election will be held in the said town OF
Punta Gorda, Florida, on the 26th day OF
November, A. ID. 1918, the same being
the fourth Tuesday in said month, for
the purpose of electing the officers men
toned below:
One Mayor,
One Marshal.
One Clerk, Assessor and Collector,
One Treasurer,
Three Councilmendto serve two years
Witness my hand nd official signature
and seal of the II n of Punta Gorda
Florida this, the I'd day OF October
A. d. 1918.
(SeaD S. n TRABUE, Mayor
of the Towt Punta Gorda. Fla
43td.
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Cards Of Candidates for Town offices
EnR MAYOR

we are authorized to announce that >.
f. J. Trabue will be candidate for re-
election for Mayor of Punta Gorda at ting
approaching election in November. -
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Brood sows of good stock
w. DUVAI, Acline. Fla. 4S-6tS
FOR SALE-Fou--room house with four
large lots ready for cultivation, fenced.
with barn and outhouses, one block from
town limits; several bearing fruit trees
only $4,000 cash, If sold at once.-See
ADAM SILCOX, 2tf.
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Political announcements
TOWN REGISTRATION NOTICE

TOWN REGISTRATION NOTICE
Registration books will open November
G, 1918, at the Town Hail, and VIII re-
main open for ten days between the
hours of a. m. and p. m. Sunday ex-
cepted, closing November 1eth.-L. Il.
ROBINSON, Clerk.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31
FOR TOWN MARSHAL

To the voters Of Punta Gorda: l am a
candidate for the office of Town Marshal
and ] respectfully solicit your support. I
promise If elected. to do my best to en-
force all the ordinances without fear or
favor and to exert myself in all legitimate
ways TO promote the best interest .-pf
the town.
Very respectfully,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31

FOR SALE--One eight-day. weight.
New Haven clock, Regulator style and
quality Good time keeper and just the
thing for office, church or schoolhouse.
Cost SIS at wholesale. Will sell for $40.
Inquire at the Western Union Office. 41tf
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CLASSIFIED |

aSr Advertiser ents inserted under TINS
head for cents per line each insertion
six words counting a line.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-31
NOTICE OF ELECTION

To the Sheriff of Desoto County, of the
State of Florida:
Be it known, That I. H. CLAY CRAW-
FORD, Secretary of State OF the State
of Florida, do hereby give notice that Q
GENERAL ELECTION will be held III
DeSoto county, State OF Florida. on Tues
day next succeeding the first Monday II
November, A. ID. 1918, the said Tuesday
being the fifth day of November for one
Representative of the First Congressional
District of the State of Florida, in the
Sixty sixth Congress of the United
States.
For Attorney General of the State Of
Florida
For two Justices of the Supreme Court
of the State of Florida.
For two Railroad Commissioners Of
the State of Florida.
For one Member of the House of Rep
resentatives of the State of Florida
For five County Commissioners.
For three Members of the County
Board of Public Instruction.
For Justice of the Peace in and foi
the following Justice = istricts, viz:
No. 1, g. 4, s, 6.
No. 8. 0, 10. IL, 70.
No. Is, 1G, II. IS, 10.
No. 20. 81, 20, "a, rs.
No. 2G, 81, 28, 20, 80.
No. 81, 80. 81.
For Constable in and for the following
Justice Districts. viz:
No. /. 2, 8, 4. 8.
No. 6, s, 9, 10, IL.
No. IL, 10, IA, Is, 16.
No. II. IS. 10, 20, 81.
No. %. "a, rs, &c, q.
No. g. 90 3d. 81 g.
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In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Florida, at ITALIA
hassee, the Capital, this the twenty
fourth day of August, A. d. 1918.
IL. 81 III. CLAY CRAWFORD.
Secretary of State.
To. J. l.. Dishong. Sheriff DeSot,
County. S5-tO
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All kinds of vegetables and
fruits fresh. daily AZ n. II. Kings
(adv.)
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THE EVENING RECORD
st. Augustine, Fla.

DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, So A YEAR
Oldest City In America. Winter Resort
of the United States.
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Raise fosd and help the govern
meat.
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

very RESPECTFULLY,
A. G. CALDWELL.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
SAAD PARKER GETS NAME
IN DRAFT EMERGENCY
C0lored Man From Tennessee Tick
eted With Cognomen of Select
Who Failed to Appear.

What's in a name, after all? There
believes in that saying.
On the roll call Iof the 9Th Battalion
Of the 18th Depot Brigade ne is listed
Qs Shad Parker. At first it was hard
for him to get used to the name, but
when the company commander threat
ened punishment the new drafted pan
answered quickly when Parker was
called.
The truth Of the matter is that the
negro, who arrived in camp the other
day with contingent Of soldiers from
Tennessee, never had a name. He
claims that he was just a worker"
before he left. Folks never designated
him by any title such as Fred or Sam.
How he got in the Army is an un-
usual story. 1t is safe to say that in
the whole history Of the selective draft
law there has not been a similar case.
The negro (now known as Parker)
never registered. For how could one
put his name on the registration list
II he didn't have a name?
Here Is what happened: In a certain
town in southern Tennessee the local
board was called upon TO furnish nine
ty-eight colorcd soldiers to be sent to
Camp Meade for training. Cards went
out telling the ninety-eight to be at
the railroad station to entrain for the
Maryland cantOnment.
But when the list was checked up
it was found that one Of the men was
missing. So the officer in charge Of
the crowd looked around for somebody
to fill the vacancy. In a corner of the
station he noticed a colored fellow
watching the proceedings with curious
eyes.
.Are you Shad Parker" the officer
asked. But the fellow said he never
one now" he was told. And the tag
that was intended for Shad Parker was
pinned on the coat of the onlooker, who
joyfully accepted the invitation to fight
for Uncle Sam.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
TAKE UP STUDY OF FRENCH.
Men of Medical Corps Form Glasses
q Base HOSPITAL.

French is the popular study at the
base hospital. A new class was organ
ICED last week for the men of the Med
ical Corps. There are four different
classes for the enlisted men Of the
regular Medical Corps and for the
University of Maryland Unit AZ. These
classes are in charge of Sergt. Gilbault,
who also is teaching the new class.
The oldest group of French students
Is found anon gthe nurses. who have
been under the instruction of Capt.
Gardner, a native Frenchman, for sew
eral months.
A class has been formed in elemen-
tary English with an enrolment Of
seventeen. Chaplain Hewitt was in
strumental in beginning this part Of
the educational work.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
Have Faced Terrible Odds.

Two men who have faced death with
all the odds against them are in camp.
One is a Catholic chaplain, the other
q private in the 601st Engineers Regi-
ment. Roy M. Lampman, the private,
has taken part in some Of the most
thrilling automobile races in the coun-
try. He has ridden on the Indianapolis
speedway with such kings Of motor
dom as Resta, de Palma, Bob Burman
and the rest.
The priest is Lieut.. P. A. ]. Crumbley,
O Franciscan, who for three years was
chaplain of the Joliet Ill. prison and
was there when the convicts. revolted
q couple Of years ago and murdered the
warden's wife. He heard the prisoners
In the yard preparing to burn the
prison. It seemed that anybody who
would dare try to interfere would be
killed. Chaplain Crumbley hurried into
the yard and faced the prisoners, talk
Cd to them and finally persuaded them
t. return to their cells.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.
Irwin Gordon, Newsboy, Master
Hand at Selling Papera.

Everybody knows Irwin Gordon, ting
newsboy. He can be seen at the loop
station any afternoon selling his pa
pefs. Soldiers and visitors always no.
tice the youngster. because he knows
how to dispose Of his stock Of papers
in quick and businesslike manner,
simply making people take them
whether they want to read or not.
All Of which perhaps accounts for the
neat sum Gordon has saved since he
went into the newspaper business
three months ago at Meade. Out Of his
earnings of $40 per week he has saved
$500, and $500 Of this amount he has
invested in liberty bonds.
Gordon laments the fact that he IL
not tall enough nor Of sufficient age
as he. is only fourteenth own and run
an automobile. With q machine, he
says, he could make &10o per week
with his papers.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
BRAVES ALASKAN SHOWS
TO ANSWER CALL Of U. S.
Wallace +. Gamble Reaches Camp
After q Trip From Fairbanks,
Covering Thirty Days.

Travelling over 400 miles through
Alaskan SHOWS. with the thermometer
twenty degrees below zero. enduring
all sorts of hardships before he could
reach the nearest railroad, Wallace F.
Gamble is the newest addition to the
27th Engineers here, department Of
mines. He left Fairbanks. Alaska, a
mining town. March "a. and arrived
here May 3. the trip covering a period
Of thirty days.
II thought my country needed me
and I came" he commented. There is
only one way to beat the kaiser and
that is for each one to do his part"
There are men from everywhere in
the Army. this being particularly true
of the 9th Engineers. which Is repre-
sented by every part OF the United
States. And there happened to be
representative in this division from
Alaska and by a strange coincidence
from the very town in which Gamble
lived. He is Walter Elliott, who work.
ed for a time in the same mine with
Gamble. Elliott made the same trip
in December, enlisting in the 9th En-
gineers at Colorado. but was trans
ferred here.
Thinks No Place Like the North.
Gamble says there Is no place like
the north, which seems to grip one.
just like the novelists say. AS soon
as the war Is over he intends to return
there again to resume his occupation
as gold miner. Alaska. has been his
home for ten years. For three years,
however, he was q member of the Coast
Artillery at Fort Monroe, serving
from 1912 to 1915, when he was dis
charged upon the expiration of his
term of enlistment.
Surveying the sandy fields of Camp
Meade, upon which q midday sun
poured it's warm rays. Gamble remark
ed, at the same time wiping the per-
spiration from his forehead, that this
would be warm place in summer
time" When he left home 1t was
twenty degrees below. II guess I will
manage to get used to it, although 1t
will be hard at hrst."
Mining Fascinating Occupation.
Speaking of mining, Gamble said it
work q month and make nothing, but
the next day he may strike it rich"
On several occasions, he said, he was
fortunate enough to find q nugget. He
added, however. that the nuggets were
not large enough to allow him to take
1t easy"
An interesting fact in connection
with the newcomer and which perhaps
accounts for his becoming a miner il
that his grandfather was among the
forty-niners who went to California
during the gold fever rush of that
period. The Gamble family originated
in Maryland, but at present they are
residents Of Ohio. where Wallace was
born thirty-three years ago.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09

member, according to the commander.
is "to take everything as 1t comes. like
a soldier" He said he had done that
during his whole life. Such a motto,
field and applied also to camp life.
Then he told of a young officer in the
early Indian days who was left to
guard the supply train. the orders be-
ing. that this officer should not. take
part in the fighting, which was immi-
nent. The youth, determined to have a
whack at the red men, got an older Of
ficer to trade places with him. The
older man was never afterward spoken
to by his fellow officers. He had
shirked
According to Gen. Nicholson, a SOL
der who tries to be transferred to a
safe branch Of service" makes a big
mistake. He will be made to explain
for the rest of his life why he did not
stick it out with the boys"
Country Worth Fighting For.
He declared that men do not mind be-
ing spoken to roughly (they really like
it, he added). so long as the officer
keeps their interest at heart and thinks
of their comfort. But he would have
every man who wears the uniform
realize that he is q soldier" and a SOL
der Of a country worth fighting for.
Coming Of that high type Of American
manhood which he described 50 vivid
ly, Gen. NicholsSn's words mean much
to the men who are just DOMINIC the
khaki His brother is an admiral Of
the Navy; his father. too, was an adj
miral, and his grandfather and his
great-grandfather. His son, Maj. Mich
olson, and himself are the only ones in
this great fighting family to wear the
Army colors Among the men he IL
called 'tSlicker Bill" which has his
tory.
In Washington, his home and native
city. he is still called willie Nlchol-
son." which the general thinks is the
funniest thing he ever heard. He COM
manded the 18th Division while Gen.
Kuhn was in Europe and is one Of the
most popular officers in the Army.