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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
SCHOOL TAX AMENDMENT
Views of a Noted Marion County
Man

Hon. L. S. Light of Marion
county. noted throughout politi.
cal circles of the state as "old
Fax and Figgers, an able ana
active member of past legisia-
lures. contributes the following TO
the Ocala Star of the 10th:
+ Here are my reasons why | am
voting against and trying to de-
feat the amendment to the state
constitution at the coming elec-
ton permitting our school author
tiles to increase the tax levy 10
ten mills.
Study these figures and see II
the increased costs OF our scnoois
has not been fast enough and see
if we have not plenty of laws on
our law books without this amend
ment covering the school ques-
ton.
The records Of the state super
intendent of schools says: Inc
cost per person for schools IN a TINS M
state in June, 1908, was Sou
while in 1916 it was 1920, an IN
crease of nearly 100 per cent IN
eight years, and in Marion county
the cost for the same years was
1927 and $6.20-nearly thre'
times ais much.
The records show that the N,
debtedness for schools IN tnt
whole state was $449,6S7 in 1910
and was in 1916 SO, 227, 900, nearly
eight times as large, while u
Marion county it has increased
from $6,998 in 1908 to $S4,7ll IN
1916-twelve fold increase OIL IN
debtedness in eight years. rms
does not include the district schoo
Indebtedness.
The tax millage has been IN
creased in the last eight years u
its highest limit; the assessments
of property in the last ten years
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
Presbyterian Church
Morning worship, IL: a. m.
Vesper service, 500 D. m.

Morning worship, IL: a. m.
Vesper service, 500 p. m.
Prayer and conference, We'd
nesday evening z 80 p. m.
The preaching services will be
held at the city pavilion ON the
town pier on Sunday morning and
the vesper service will be on Sun
day afternoon at the pavilion.
The minister's theme for the
Sunday morning service will be:
Religion in business and bust
I ness in religion" For the yes
per service will be: "The Chris
tian Home"
Rev. Binkley will organize
soon a young mems class in the
Sunday school, which he will
teach. All young men Of the COM
mumity are invited to join this
class, which will have special fea-
res.--Rev. Stanford B. Binkley,
Minister.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17

pealed.
Here is an illustration:
The one-half mill levy "a con-
stitutional amendment) for the
board of health has worked, is
working now and continues to do
as follows:
In 1895 the board of health, in
round numbers spent $4,000,
while in a late year spent $685.
600, nearly ten times as much. The
board Of health has cost the tax
payers in the last eight years
more than 100000.
Should our governor enforce
the tax assessment laws and our
assessment would be $1,000, 000,-
900, then the board of health
would receive 100000 a year,
and / believe they could and
would spend that much if they
had it.
| believe if we pass this amend
ment for increased millage for
school purposes, it would work
like the board Of health tax is
working now, has been and will
work.
| Voter and taxpayer, let's GO
lslow in increasing taxes. Let's
remember our U. s. Government
is on that job and our state legis-
lature will soon be piling it up on
you and me.
Join me in demanding that the
fellow that pays no taxes and the
men that are enjoying special tax
paying privileges be made to d.
their full duty.
Don't vote for that amendment
lit has sharp teeth and will Bit
you sure.-L. s. LIGHT.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17

containers for large seed and well
sealed envelopes are best for
smaller kinds. Every envelope or
container should show the kind
and varieties Of seed, the date, in
Guiding month and year when har-
vested, and the place where
grown. To save seed for garden
and field is now a patriotic mat
ter. Seed is scarce the world o.
yer.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
GROW OATS THIS WINTER
They Make a Good Grain or Pas
ture Crop

One crop that the livestock
farmer should not overlook this
year is oats. Planted this fall, it
can follow corn, cotton, or cow
peas and furnish winter pasture
up to Feb. /, after which the
stock may be taken off and seed
crop cut, says A. P. Spencer of
the University of Florida extern
sion division. No farming land
should be left bare this winter,
and any that will grow beggar
weed can be used for oats. Bare
land permits the valuable fertility
to leach from the soil, and if this
fertility must be replaced by CON-
mercial fertilizers, the value of
the cover crop is readily apparent.
For north and west Florida,
oats should be planted early in
October; for south Florida the
planting should be deferred for a
month. However, oats can be
planted at any time between Oct.
/ or Feb. /.
In preparing the soil, pillow the
ground deeply as soon as it is
cleared of the present crop, and
then harrow it thoroughly. Oats
needs a firm seed bed.
Use drill for planting, if at all
possible. 1t will distribute and
cover the seed evenly. Broad
casting does not distribute the
seed evenly, and covering with
the harrow will cover some seed
too deeply and leave Others ex-
posed. Better results will be had
from drilling, whether the crop is
to be used for pasture and green
manure or for seed.
About s pecks Of good seed oats
Twill be required to plant an acre
1.-THE average Florida oats weighs
about 20 pounds to the bushel
while the standard seed will
weigh 80 pounds. Which means
THAT the average Florida-growr
oats has ten or twelve pounds Of
light oats and chaff, not good fol
seeding. BY running the see6
through tanning mill, this i'm
perfect or worthless seed can be
eliminated.
For seeding, be sure to get
Southern oats. For varieties you
may choose either Fulghum, Tex
as Rust Proof, or Appler, with a
view to getting the best seed for
Florida.
i Rye is another good winter
crop for Florida, and it is handled
in much the same way as oats
About one bushel Of seed is re,
quired for one acre, and one Of
the best varieties for planting j,
Abruzzi. And like oats, plan
southern-grown seed. This vii
produce a tall-growing rye, Will,
the northern seed will not prove
satisfactory.
X
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17
Important to Save Seed

If you raise any good garden
truck this year save some seed,
and save the best samples. The
saved seed should be we'll labeled
and stored to save confusion when
needed. Cloth bags are the best
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-17

Better look your stock of sta
tionery over and let The Herald
stock you up before the rush sea-
son begins.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
WHEN YOU THINK OFBUYTNC GROCERIES

Of
to
q flour for
IS IbsY $780,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
ORDINANCE No. Sal.

Be it enacted by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Chickasha,
Oklahoma
Sec. /. 1t shall be unlawful and
an offense for any person to make
utter or publish any statement
against the government of the Unit
ed States or its authorized agents
or organizations engaged in the pros
ecution of the present war, and any
! such statements are hereby declared
to be seditious utterances and un-
lawful
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful and
an offense for any person, firm or
corporation to violate any of the au-
thorized rules promulgated by the
National Food Administration, or
other authorized government agen-
cy, with reference to the consump-
tion. use, SALE storage, or regulation
Of food food products or other arti
cles or products under the regula-
tion or control of the government
Of the United States: Provided
that this section shall not apply to
invalid persons when advised by a
licensed physician that to observe
such rules would be injurious to
their health, nor in cases of public
necessity
Sec. 3. Any person who shall vio-
late any provision of this ordinance
shall be guilty of an offense and up
on conviction thereof shall be fined |
in any sum not less than $500 and |
not more than $1,000
Sec. 4. For the preservation Of |
the public peace, health and safety,
an emergency is hereby declared to
exist, by reason whereof this ordi-
nance shall be in full force and eff
feet from and after its passage and
approval
Passed by an affirmative vote of
majority of all members of the City
Council this oath day of January,
1918.
o. COFFMAN,
Mayor.
Attest-E. G. REYNOLDS,
City Clerk
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
o. COFFMAN,
AInMnr

Attest-E. G. REYNOLDS.
City Clerk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
Attends Tractor Show.

County Farm Agent 0. c. Cooper
returned today from Oklahoma City
where he has been in the interest of
several Grady county farmers look
ing over the tractors on show at
that place. He states that he never
saw tractor that he could recon-
mend although the auto division
show was very good
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
CHICKASHA IRON WORKS

Foundry, machine shops, black
smith, boiler works, automobile re-
pairing, and cast iron and aluminium
welding.
Our foundry is in charge of Mr..
john Dicki, first class moulder.
The blacksmith work is in charge
of Mr. J. w. Branson, who is able 70
turn out anything in the blacksmith
line.
Our boiler works is in charge of
lIillard Hicks and we bar nothing in
this line.
]. w. Minner is in charge of our
machine stop and is a first class ma
chinist
In our automobile department we
have Mr.. John Scott.
M G. and ]. J. CONRAD.
ProprietOrs
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
A Huue Shadow.

Shadows, naturally enough are of
various sizes, and one can Imagine
that mountains throw very large shad-
ows indeed. 1t is said that the peak
of Teneriffe, on the largest of the
Canary islands, throws such a huge
shadow that it stretches as far as 80
miles across the water, partly over
tapping some of the other islands,
Christian Science Monitor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
Shepard Reported III.

County Superintendent Shepard.
who was called to Muskogee a few
days ago as a witness in case
wherein local man is charged with
not registering, is reported to be
very i'll and the case has been post,
poned until Mr.. Shepard RECEIVERS so
that he can testify.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
II Was Ever Thus

''The fair defendant will be acquit-
ted, of courSe?" 81 expect So" replied
the prosecuting attorney. "As soon as
she mounted the witness stand and
smiled at the jury, nine out of the
twelve began to tumble with their
neckties and slick down their hair"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
Now Is Good Time
To Treat Your CatarrR

which infest your blood, and chaseS
them entirely out of your system. II
is by far the most satisfactory treat
ment for the disease, because it
reaches down to its very roots and
gets at the cause. Write to-day for
full information, and expert medical
advice regarding the treatment of
your own case. Take advantage of
this chance to-day. Address Swift
Specific Coz Dept. G. Atlanta,
Ga ,sa.-alA------- --a'AA'si+-- -
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
Presbyterian Guild Meet.

Circle No , of the Presbyterian
Guild will meet Monday afternoon
at 2:s0 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
II I. Hampton, This circle will
hold a food sale next Saturday at
Eynum's grocery.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
TONIGHT

Universal movies make time fly.
+ UNIVERSAL WEEKLY NEWS
Showing Fl interesting subjects up
10 now.
Pearl White in
THE FATAL RING"
2-Reels-2
This chapter is "The Double Dis
guise." 1t is full of thrills from
start to finish.
Gale Henry and VIM Franey in
CAVE MAN STUFF"
Its a riot of fun.
Monday Lukes Wild Women, a
special comedy attraction.
Tuesday, Red Ace, VIM S. Hart.
Wednesday, Retreat of the Ger
mans at Arras. These are authen-
tic war pictures controlled by the
government, Don't miss it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
Mild weather aid treatment.

Don't be misled into thinking that
your Catarrh is gone. The first touch
OF winter weather will bring it back
with all its discomforts.
But this is an excellent time to
thoroughly cleanse the blood of the
germs of Catarrh, and be forever
rid of the troublesome sprays and
douches that can never cure you.
S. S. S, the great blood purifier,
searches out the germs of CataETh
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
EXPRESSION LESSONS

FrivatO lessons by term or month.
Special coach lessons S100 each.
Special public speaking class for
high school boys only will be organ.
lied If desired for Saturday mornings
from 8 to 9.
Studio 1908 S. 7th street. Phone 542.
MRS. A. B. MORGAN,
(Eeader) and Teacher OF Expression
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
Missions Secretary to Speak.

Tomorrow morning at II o'clock
at the Christian church. Miss Marie
Davies, state secretary of the Chris
tian Womans Board of Missions,
will speak at the First Christian
church Everyone is invited.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
f. i. = = + = - = y = r y
WEATHER ELSEWHERE
western Union reporta Re.

: Western Union reports re- 4
: ceived' at s a. N. today: =
+ North Texas, generally :
+ cloudy, temperature 40; I
+ Gainesville, slow rain, S. !
r Central Texas, generally !
+ cloudy, temperature 65 I
+ East Texas, generally cloudy, :
T. temperature Sc; Mckinney, !
+ raining hard.
: Gulf Coast, generally cloudy, !
= temperature 81.
= West Texas, generally cloudy, )
/ temperature so.
+ Louisiana, generally cloudy, !
temperature 81.
= Oklahoma, generally cloudy, I
= temperature Sc; Ardmore, six I
+ ty, raining past three hours. I
+ 4
1. - + i i. + j. j i + + + 1
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26

zone of my ancestors signed the
Declaration of Independence" "That
took courage" 81 think So" True
enough, but you ought to see the lease
I signed this year
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
cHAM5ERLAIN's COUGH REMEDY
MOST EFFEcTUAL

d hayetaken great many bottles
of Chamberlain Cough Remedy and
every time it has cured me. have
found it most effectual for a hacking
cough and for colds After taking it
a cough always disappears" writes
J. F. Moore, Lost Valley. Ga. OBJ.
tainable everywhere. d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-26
1Oc--2Oc
] SHORT STORIES ]
] OF THE TOWN ]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Stop Small Blaze.

The fire department was called to
eos Shepherd street at 1920 today
to the H, H. Hill property to stop
small blaze. No damages were re-
ported.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
The BOardnan Family

A something delectably human lifts
the novels of Mary Watts out of the
sphere of ordinary fiction, and this some
thing is not lacking in the latest Of her
books, The Boardman Family" The
story, like all of Mrs. Watts's novels, is
study of life in the Middle West, and
while the locale is thriving city, there
Is small-town Companionability about
the book which brings those who people
its pages intimately close to the reader
The story is mainly that Of Sandra.
girl of mice family" who, accustomed
to wealth and the refinements Of polite
society. adopts a dancers career when
her fathers fortunes decline. Mrs. Watts
makes of Sandra vivid personality,
whose common sense and sincerity are
In striking contrast to the qualities Of
the girls mother. who is harmlessly
foolish. and of Sandra's brother. whose
snobbery Is sketched with gentle irony.
The hero" of the tale is red-headed Sam
Thatcher, who sells talking machines
for a living.
An intensely readable book is this
newest one of Mrs. Watts. although not
quite up to the standard of one or two
Of Its predecessors And its author re-
tains her curious and rather confusing
habit Of skipping from past to present
to future. and then back again, in get
ting her story under way.
THE BoARDMAN FAMILY By Mary >.
pany. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
One War Brides Story

There is a tender, wistful charm about
Ethel NJ. Kelley's "Over Here" which
eludes Characterization. and which
makes adjectives inadequate. The story
bears the subtitle THE Story of War
Bride" and in its affecting account of
an efervescent little fapper's transfor-
nation into the plucky widow Of an
American soldier. resolutely facing the
future for the sake of her infant son,
the moot term Is transhgured with a
new beauty and spiritual dignity.
Curiously enough, the story is made
all the more touching because 1t is told
In the sprightly. ingenuously grlish
manner of the 'sub-deb." 1t covers Just
trife more than a year and at its be-
ginning Beth. who tells It, is the typical
debutante school girl of eighteen. quite
proud of Tommy, and very certain. that
1t will not be necessary for him to go
off to any horrid old war. But to Tommy
the path of duty is plain. and when the
time comes, Beth sends him as her hus-
band as well as lover. Even when the
supreme sacrifice comes, she proves that
she Is capable of making it bravely, that
she may be worthy of her husband for
the sake of her baby.
The book is rich in that rare power
which evokes a smile even while it COM
pels tears. It's infinitely moving human
quality gives it exceptional pognancy OF
appeal Beth is girl in ten thousand
and to know her, even between book
covers. is to know one of the most
womanly and altogether endearing hero.
ines American fiction has produced.
OVER HERE. BY Ethel NJ. Kelley. In
siiaSS''''S siasS.' rhe b000s Merrill Company
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
Veldt and Prairie

George r. Buffum demonstrates that
he Is equally familiar with South Africa
and the far West of America in the
group OF sixteen stories which make up
on Two Frontiers" The stories ar.
spirited and for the most part unusual
In theme. while the .humor is unforced
and tie sentiment usually sound and un-
affected. 1t Is doubtful. however, whether
the uncivilize6 natives Of South Africa
possess the idealism and chivalry whicn
he attributes to several of them.
The trait Is the chief feature in the
story OF The Coveted Lobola" 1t tells
of stalwart Zulu youth who toiled in
the diamond fields OF Kimberley in
order that he might earn the necessary
"lobola,' or purchase price for the lady
Of his choice-the fattest girl in all
Zululand. and daughter Of the wildest
and shrewdest chleftain. How he was
tricked and how the two eloped. and
how they leaped to death together when
overtaken are features that may not be
characteristic of Zulus. but that are
quite effective fictionally.
The first six stories in the book deal
with the men and customs of South
Africa: with the life Of the veldt, the
conduct of the natives and with the gold
and diamond mines. The remaining ten
are about the more familiar conditions
of our own West They are more ami
mated and picturesque. but lack the nov.
city of the South African tales.
TMo BOSTON, ms Ge9Isi n5ssrop
L Lee d Shepard Company. S135
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
4 Playwright at the Front

The ancient aphorism about not being
able to eat ones cake and have 1t
might be paraphrased for the benefit of
ambitious war-book authors into: You
can't describe all angles of the war in
one small volume and describe them
adequately. The venial fault of Preston
Gibsons "Battering the Boche." to put
1t succinctly If vulgarly, is that the au-
thor has bitten Off more than he can
chew" He undertakes to provide a
Kaleidoscope survey of many dissimilar
scenes within very small compass, with
the result that he is often sketchy and
mental confusion results in attempting to
coordinate the miscellaneous fragments
The net result is not comprehensiveness
of treatment but rather a scattering OF
interest
Among other things there are racy
but tantalizingly brief glimpses of the
welcome of American soldiers in Paris
last summer. Of scenes pathetic and
amusing at hospitals. of attacks by gas
airplane. and the charge, of the uses OF
star shells, the periscope and camou.
fage. What there is of each Is inter-
esting, but there is too much of the
flash and futter of the motion picture
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
A REAL THRILLER
THAT KILLS TINE
Roche's Ransom" Is a Mys.
terry Story That Holds the
Attention Spellbound

Even the professional book reviewer
may be human. At rare intervals he
demonstrates this fact to his own satis-
faction-and chagrin--by coming across
story so genuinely thrilling that the
critical faculties are submerged and the
precious hours OF his working day heed
lessly dissipated while he plunges with
breathless interest through a plot that
may be joyously unedifying. but which
never slackens It's feverish gallop until
the home stretch is reached and won.
Such a story Is under Indictment as
pitiless thief Of time in Arthur Somers
Roche's Ransom" 1t makes the aver
age detecuve-mystery-ad adventure tale
about as lively and exciting as a vener-
able stage coach beside a Barney Old
field racer. And. by the same token. It
proves that we never entirely recover
from the small boys surreptitious PEN
chant for the dear delights and daring
doings of Diamond Dick and the others
of his ilk.
Ransom" also proves that originality
In the field of detective fiction has
not been wholly exhausted. The plot Is
daring in its boldness and ingenious In
handling. 1t tells of the scheme of a
| band OF master criminals to get posses
sion of much of the worlds wealth by
abducting the most powerful Wall street
| hnancier and compelling him to turn his
vast gold reserves over to the plotters
while the whole credit system is blast
ed In the most disastrous panic of all
time. The conspirators operate as a
society" organized to readjust the
worlds balance of power. and they are
the more dangerous because some of
the members" take their mission with
fanatical zeal worse than the petty
greed of their gunmen tools The SEN
sational plan Is launched so successful
| ly that 1t dazes a most astute police
commissioner In his frantic efforts to
piece together the battling details, and
the swiftly flowing main current Of the
plot is broadened by many tributaries
OF mystery and suspense. involving a
young man Of social prominence, a girl
of rare charm. peppery old money
king and the United States Secret Serv-
Ice Department. II Is the irony of fate
that butterfly woman finally solves
the mystery. and she does it through
the carelessness of another woman.
The story casts hypnotic spell of en-
tire plausibility while It Is being read.
1t may seem preposterous enough In
retrospect But the rush of action Is SO
swift, the treatment so convincing, and
the surprises so adroit that neither time
nor inclination for calm analysis is
granted or wished.
| RANSOM. By Arthur Somers Roche New
| YORK: George II. Doran Co. S1.35.