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The evening leader., 1918-04-12
MR.. BACKUS'S WORK
(St. Petersburg independently

(SC. G6LefSDurS independently
Prospects are good for something to
oe done to open the direct railway line
from the middle west to st. Peters
burg and Tampa and the whole west
coast of Florida. The meeting in
Tampa was certainly encouraging and
The way the people of the west coast
Of this state have rallied to the sup
port of the project seems to insure its
success. It is the logical route. There
has never been any good reason for
routing everything through Jackson
vile and basing freight rates on the
unnecessarily long haul through the
big city. The passengers and freight
from Atlanta, Louisville, Cincinnati,
and Chicago and points in the north
west should come by a direct route
and the Perry cutoff would save sew
eral hours in time for passengers and
much useless hauling for freight.
If the Perry cutoff is opened and if
trains are routed that way instead of
through Jacksonville, the credit for
getting this big boon to the west coast
Of Florida should go to E. M. Backus
for it was he who first proposed the
plan and he who put up the money to
conduct the campaign that has arous-
ed the west coast to what it means to
have a direct route to the west and
middle west.
Mr.. Backus planned and financed
the whole campaign. He first suggest
ed, many months since, the routing OF
trains by the western route, down
through Perry and it was he who paid
the expenses of Secretary Whitney
and w. S. Downey on their trip up anC
down the west coast stirring up the
people. Mr.. Backus has spent hi.
money literally to promote the enter
prise which means SO much to thi!
section Of the state. He has paid fol
advertisements, sent out hundreds O
letters and sent his representatives in
to % counties. He is entitled to th'
credit for the movement.
Mr.. Whitney has done splendi'
work. Ee is enthusiastic about it an,
has communicated his enthusiasm t.
others and his energy and ability ha
counted heavily. Few men could hav
done what he has accomplished.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12

labor is employed, with hoe or rake.
This should be followed later on by
surface coat of well-rotted manure,
applied about the time the crops are
planted.
A simple test to determine when
garden soil is ready for plowing or
working is to take handful of earth
from the surface and close the fingers
tightly on it. If the earth compacted
in this way is dry enough for culti-
vation it will fall apart when the hand
is opened. This test is applicable only
to comparatively heavy soils, but it is
these which receive the most injury if
they are worked when wet.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
KEEP HOME GARDEN
FERTILE; CLEAN OUT
RUBBISH EACH YEAR

The garden should always be clean
ed up in the autumn as soon as the
crops are out of the way, and the area
seeded to some green crop such as
winter oats or rye. If this has not
been done the dead vines, cabbage
stalks and other refuse should be
gathered at once and burned This
material is liable to harbor insects
and contain diseases injurious to gar
den crops, and no chances should be
taken with it.
Provide Good Drainage.
If the area in the garden is not we'll
drained this should be corrected by
using tile drains spaced every 10 to
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
RODE THREE Times
THROUGH BARRAGE
Indian Rajput at Cambria Es-
capes Without Scratch in
Daring Mission.
IS GIVEN VICTORIA CROSS
Delivers Messages Which Perhaps
Saved Battalion of British From
Extermination-Thre Horses
Shot Under Him.

London.-Lieut. Gobind Singh has
the Victoria Cross and he earned it.
He is Rajput from India and he is
brave man. Three times he dashed
into what seemed almost certain death
and he escaped without a scratch, al
though the horses were shot from un-
der him. And furthermore he dcliv-
cred messages which perhaps saved a
battalion from determination. There
Is no prouder Indian in Great Britain
or France than Lieutenant Singh. 1t
is nothing unusual to see a soldier sa-
lutte when he passes-just out of adj
miration.
Braves Barrage Fire.
1t was at Cambrai that he went
through the bullet-swept areas to de-
liver his precious messages. The Off
Ger in command of his battalion felt it
imperative to send word to the gener-
al staff, and volunteers were asked for.
There was no other way to commune
cate. Lieutenant Singh offered his
services. He mounted horse and
Jared forth into No Mans Land. Five
others had volunteered and been killed
in the rain of machine gun bullets from
the German lines, but a few hundred
yards away. Singh galloped at full
speed into the region of death. He is
a skillful rider and his charger was ex-
perienced. A short distance away his
horse fell under him. The Indian fin
ished his trip of 900 yards afoot.
The message required reply and he
volunteered to deliver it. He sailed
forth on another horse and with his
body glued to that animal he plunged
ahead with the machine gun fire again
playing on him. A second time his
horse was killed. He finished this
journey also on foot running as swift
~ as his trained legs could carry him.
His colleagues cheered him as he drop
ped into the friendly trench aDd all
agreed that he led charmed life.
Makes Third Trip.
But his task was not finished His
officer found that if one more message
could be sent to the staff the battalion
might be rescued. Singh said he would
go a third time. The officers offered
him his choice of horses and he select
ed splendid animal, which he ca
ressed before undertaking the last and
most dangerous dash Of all. The dis
tance he had to go was mile and a
half. He covered almost half the dis
tance and heard not shot. But i'm
stantly barrage started from the Ger
man guns. A British sentinel in shell
hole warned him to pause, saying no
human being could get through the
curtain of shell fire alive. But Singh
ignored the warning. He spurred his
horse to new speed. A shell struck
the animal and almost tore it to pieces.
Singh dropped to the ground and half
crawling and half dragging himself he
finished his perilous Journey without
receiving a bullet wound. To the as
tonishment of the officers who had
watched with breathless excitement
his plunge through the shadow of
death the Indian asked if he were to
make a return trip. He was told it
was not necessary. A short time later,
due to the order he had delivered, his
battalion was rescued from most dan
gerous position.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
Stewed Scandal.

Cne scruple of truth, two grains of
ignorance, two ounces of envy, two
ounces of malice, two grains of Curl
osity; stir them well, then add one
whisper, one backbiter, twenty ex-
clamation points, ten shrugs, ten
nudges, one afternoon for calls
Watch it closely; air it frequently.
Will keep for years. - Miss Ann
Thropy-Exehange.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
FIRM OFFERS ENTIRE OUTFIT
Contractors Willing to Give Services
and Complete Roadmaking Out
fit TO United States.

Pittsburgh.-The firm of James H.
McQuade & Co., Pittsburgh contract
ing firm, has offered to the govern
ment the services of father and two
sons, together with complete road
making outfit, to be assigned to duty
anywhere, at home or abroad, during
.he period of the war at nominal
cost of 81 year.
While the tender practically means
cessation of the contracting firms
business, James MeQnade. the head OF
The firm, said it meant nothing more
than a desire to rally round the col
ors in what they considered their best
capacity.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
no HELP Nou..
Tighten Heavy Soil.

and become workable sooner than that
not so treated.
Tighten Heavy Soil.
If the soil is at all heavy it is ad-
visable to make an application of air
slaked lime as soon as the plowing is
done. The lime should be applied at
this time so as to become thoroughly
mixed with the soil before the manure
is applied. Manure and lime should not
be applied at the same time, as the
lime will cause loss of the nitrogen in
the manure. To produce satisfactory
crops of vegetables the soil must be
kept in a high state of fertility. 1t is
an excellent plan to apply stable ma
nure to the freshly plowed or spaded
soil, this to be worked in either with
a disk harrow, or in cases where hand
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
An Electric Cat.

Cleveland, GA cat has been In
the habit of sleepins on a rubber mat
under dynamo in Cleveland's power
house. Somebody removed the mat
The other day, and the cat slept on an
iron plate. 1t didn't seem to hurt the
cut, but her fur became so charged
with electricity that ever since IL has
stood stiff on end like the br;sties Of &
bairhrush.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
Woman Honorea By French.

cincinnati, 0.+An Ohio woman,
Miss Jeanne Emma Morhard, has re-
celved the badge of the Legion OF
Honor from the French government In
recognition of her work as head of
the Franco Belgian relief fund In Gin
cinnati. For % years Miss Morhard
taught French at Hughes High school.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12

lNku tAAOAhs ~
are fighting for
t b e fundamental
t b o u & b t 8. the
d r e a. m S, t b Q
ideals, the aspira-
tions, which to-
day are seething
in the vast poly
glot community
which we call the
United States OF
America. That ID
what we are fight
ing for, we Amer
leans, whether OF
English blood. OF
French or Italian
or R u $ $ ian or
The evening leader., 1918-04-12

The man who grows more food
adds to the wealth of the world; the
man who grows dollars may be add.
ing only to his own wealth.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
The Man Who Wants Peace

domestic peace-at any price, can
get it cheaply by filing that kitchen
vacancy through an ad in The Leader
classified columns.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12

"Who is there so vile that will not
love his country? If any, speak, for
aim have | offended. ."-Brutus.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12

Entered at the postoffice at Tarpon
Springs, Fla. as secend class matter.
The evening leader., 1918-04-12
.IDEALISM REAL 4
BASIS OF WAR !
ON GERMANY
Saws Or. McEIroy, Educational
Director Of National Sc
Curity League. /,
sy DIR. ROBERT M. McELRoX.
Educational Director Of the National
Security League.

Why does America fight Germany
Our ideals are threatened with de-
struction. and we must fight to main
The evening leader., 1918-04-12

Be Food Controller in your own
home and count yourself fortunate
that you have food to control.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
BUY LAND AND BUILD A HOME
IN PUNTA G0RDA

city famous for its location Charlotte Har-
Dor at the mouth of Peace river. Largest Shielded
Pineapple Farms in America. Fine Artesian Wells.
Produces the most profitable winter vegetables for
market Perfect health, good schools and churches.
Has fine sewer and water works systems municipal
electric lights and large investment in ether inn
provements. Sea-wall and fill entire distance of the
city on waterfront recently completed Asphalt
paved streets miles and miles of cement sidewalks.
Now is the time to buy and build home I have
for sale several hundred lots located both within the
city limits and beyond Will sell at reasonable
prices. Terms $40 cash and $40 per month.
G. G. MORGAN,
TUT ogden, Florida
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
The Economy of Victory

No matter what this war costs
the Government and the people of
the United States in the way of
money, it is going to be much
cheaper to win this war than to
lose it. ~ q,
The commercial and financial
losses that would follow a German
victory are not to be calculated.
All that we spent would be lost,
indemnities beyond calculation
would have to be paid, and along
with these losses would come a
continuing loss in foreign COM
merce that would spell disaster.
With these material losses we
would lose our national liberty
and independence, our power to
secure our international rights,
our right to live in a world ruled
by the dictates of humanity and
civilization.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
Flour Supply Short People are
Warned

Concluded from first page
ed, as important to us, and as val
liable to us as this lesson of sacrl-
fee that we are learning. 1t will
teach us to adapt ourselves better
to any conditions of life that may
be forced upon us. And when we
have won this war, which we sure
ly will, the lessons that we have
learned will stand us in good
stead for certain recuperation of
our business strength and our in
dividual ways of living. We will
come out with a better knowledge
how to live and how to live more
economically, so that the surplus
of our gains may be devoted to
better conditions of living. The
prize is worth the effort, and he
GALLEY 4.
who strives most at the present
time will certainly win most in
the future. +"
(Signed) BRAXTON BEACH
AM, Federal Food Administrator,
Florida.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
A Good Friend

A good friend stands by you
when in need. Punta Gorda peo-
Iple tell how Doan's Kidney Pills
have stood the test. Mrs. M. L.
Barber of E. Cross st., Punta Cor
da endorsed Doan'S three years
ago and again confirms the story.
Could you ask for more convinc-
ing testimony?
"Doan's Kidney Pills certainly
are a fine kidney remedy and I
give them my heartiest endorse
ment" says Mrs. Barber cit is
over a year since have taken
Doan's Kidney Pills and at thai
time | was suffering with my back
and kidneys. | felt weak and
sick and everything ] undertook
to do was a drag. The first few
doses of Doan's Kidney Pills gave
me great relief and continued use
cured me. | have never been
bothered with my kidneys since. "
Statement given June 9, 1914.
On April 4, 1918, Mrs. Barber
said: "The cure ! spoke of in NY
former statement of 1914 has
proven lasting. My back is strong
and my kidneys are in fine cordi-
ton. | recommend Doan's for |
know they are just as represent
ed"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don t
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mrs. Barbe' had. Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Mfgrs,, Buffalo,
N. Y. (adv).
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
When Peace Comes

Some day peace will come.
Thousands-millions of men-wilI
suddenly be thrown back again
into civil life. Consider the vast
ness of the readjustment that viii
be necessary. Look back at the
period of reconstruction after our
own Civil War. Prepare for this
new period of reconstruction. The
day of reckoning is bound to
come. Begin to save now. Thrift
is the need of the present, the
hope of the future.
Liberty Loan Bonds. War Saw
ings, the safest securities in the
world, are wise provision for the
day peace comes.
The Federal Farm Loan Boaro
announces that it will resume. af-
ter the close of the Liberty loan
campaign, the sale of farm-loar
bonds for account of the Federal
land banks.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
Florida Summer Climate

People, of the North who have
not spent summer in Florida
cannot or will not understand
that our summers are cooler and
more comfortable than any part
of the North, at least during hot
spell there, is brought home to ev-
cry resident of Florida who has
occasion to make a trip north of
the Florida line. A friend of
ours was in Atlanta recently when
the thermometer went to 100 and
yet when he told his friends there
that he was going back to Florida
to get cooled off they laughed at
him, their theory being that if it
was hot in Atlanta that Florida,
being some hundreds Of miles
to the south, must-be some degrees
hotter for every one Of those hun
dreds of miles. A Chicago man
who expects to locate in Tampa as
the representative of a big fertili-
ger concern says that when he
told his family physician that he
was going to make trip to Flor
ida he was positively forbidden to
bring his wife and daughter until
winter time, and warned that he
would be sorry if he did. The
man has been in Florida now for
two weeks and is delighted. He
has written his wife to pack up
everything and come with the
daughter just as soon as school is
over, and they are to live in Tam
pa, of which city he is also much
enamoured.
The writer can only add to the
testimony of this man from Chica
go. He prefers the summers of
Florida even to the winters. Ev-
cry morning is deliciously cool,
one can sleep comfortably every
night and while it is hot in the sun
during the middle of the day it is
stated on authority that there
never has been a case of heat
prostration in this state. We sell
dom have rain storm in the fore
noon, and the absence of fogs at
all seasons is worthy of note. Our
rains usually come in the after
noon, seldom at night and almost
never in the morning. Remember
those drizzly, chilly spring and
early summer rains up Wonder ?
We simply do not have them in
Florida. Our lung cases are all
imported ones.-Florida Grower.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
Browning Machine Gun for Air
plane Use

The Browning machine gun has
successfully undergone a test to
determine its value for use with
aircraft. This is one Of three
types of machine guns with which
the rate Of fire can be so synchro-
nized with the revolutions Of the
propeller of a tractor airplane
that the gun can be fired by the
pilot of a combat plane through
the revolving blades.
Airplana propcllere revOlve at
from 800 to 1000 revolutions per
minute. The machine gun is con-
nected with the airplane engine
by a mechanical or hydraulic de-
vice, and impulses from the crank
shaft are transmitted to the ma
chine gun. The rate of fire of the
machine gun is constant and its
fire is synchronized with the re-
volving propeller blades by
wasting" a certain percentage
OF the impulses 1t receives from
the airplane engine and by having
the remaining impulses trip OF
pull the trigger 50 that the CUR
fires Just at the fraction OF the
second when the propeller blades
are clear Of the line of fire.
The pilot operates the gun by
means Of a lever which controls
The circuit and allows the i'm
pulses to trip the trigger.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13

Friday, June %, is national war
savings day.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13

Make thrift your buy-word.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
Plan Sweet Potato Storage

Plan now for the safe storage of
sweet potatoes in some modern
storage house, where they can be
kept for winter and spring mar
ket, without loss from rotting.
Sweet potato storage houses have
been erected in some parts of the
state from plans furnished by the
University of Florida extension
and they worked sue
cessfully. Wherever the crop is
sufficiently large attention should
be given to the storage problem.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-13
Weather Forecast

Forecast for the period June 10
to Is, inclusive
South Atlantic and East Gulf
States-Local rains first of week
and probably last of week; sea-
sonable temperature.-HENRY.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-03-21

0" Pocy 70 oHeF e1eEuslVely acceptable style Interpretation at
most popular prices. .
We have Disseminated in our selections Of sample garments.
Our apparel will strike your1most exacting fancy.
A vast variety of Springs most handsome creations have been
marked at exceptionally low valSe4"Its really giving them away"
remarked one of our expert salesladiss, as she witnessed. how low
they are priced. Our debut will be remembered by all fashion
admirers.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-03-21
LIKE FINDING FROM IS TO 500

As we buy for cash in enormous lots w save you from IS to
$40 on a frock, suit and coat. Ladies, you owe tito yourself to
visit THE GLOBE. You will marvel at the beautiful costumes;
you will be amazed at the low, lower, lowest prices. Each frock
is marked in plain figures. Courteous salespersons will greet you
at all times.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-03-21
SAMPLES CHOICEST GARMENTS

Samples are the pride of the manufacturers exhibition room.
They are the pets of the designer, as he personally nspects every
bit of material that goes into the garment. They are the best
creations that can be produced at the price. Only expert tailors~
work them. That is the kind we secure for spot cash. Pract-
caIly only one of a kind to be shown.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
GR s s : : : : =; : :
Soap. Oint.. Talcum
HhuEB &c s,sh e. 81 "c ss%R,s
lNuu 0@~ Dept \. Boston"
SAW OMEN IN HAWTH0RNES
Red Berries Growing in Place OF Wh',e
Had Deep Significance for
This Irishman.

Even the humor Of Ireland Is gwen
a new hue by the war. Nothing es-
capes its influence.
Two of us were seeing bit OF Duo-
lin from the vantage point offered Dy
q haunting car And no lrishman Is
more filled with the effervescent spirit
of the old sod than the garry driver
of Dublin.
We crossed the river Liffey-a river
once fragrant with the fragrance un-
desirable. Now 1t is spic and span
The driver made comment. Sure, IL
usen't to be so classic" he said, with
a brogue as broad as the clean-swept
walk along the now "classic" bank
They'll be catchin' salmon In the LII
fey yet. it's that clean an swate now
We passed square, all blooming
with hawthornes. "Now look" said our
driver, philosopher and guide. Ihe
hawthornes are all red this year. I'm
thinkin' it's an omen. They've been
white In other years, but this year
they're all red. Sure it's an omen. l
don't know what 1t means, but it's an
omen O. some kind"
His tone was lugubrious, but his me-
lOdious rounding Of the turns In his
pronunciation was delightful. The
blooms were red-and. omen or nc
omen. they were beautiful
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

The boy rang the
mounted the steps the
apart question
would for
the
said he
mann, and departed
he
decision was very
Power of deciso S a thing too
ve the regular mailman
haddel it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

about that apartment" failing utterly to the agent
difference had
gentleman happened that she had never laid eyes on SAID
agent in her. paid by check
don't let the agent you Oh
that Ask him sink that and
which prospective tenants
in did the
blush be confessed the
Smith kept right
exactly mne VIVA
is he going for it?'
olars,"sa OF
Oform min allreveang Mrs Smith,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02
Diarv of a Gardener.

Monday-Spaded UP garden. leveled
seed beds.
Tuesday-Leveled up seed beds.
planted radishes.
Wednesday-Made new beds. plant
ed radishes.
Thursday Killed Jones hen,
BACKED his eye.
Friday-Jones' dog bit me, broke
hoe on him.
Saturday-Made new seed beds.
planted radishes.
Sunday-Rain, snow and sleet--
Judge
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

million " get
Endorsed by applause
with enueSsness OIL
the others were uoms
stuff by all right doesn't matter
of the paper-realy
seventh daughter OF
daughter and the good things nav
stood
insignificant side comp IN the crown
In salary
predicted cao
that should ever come ms way
relative
had already on
he would buy bean ochard anu nOau
fors ike andlady used to make
desirable prepared LOT the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

by the real estate man himself.
AS the trio passed up the steps
who should issue forth from an apart
ment but Mrs. Smith, friend Of the two
ladies.
"Oh, Mrs. Smith, so glad to see
you," said one lady. "You can tell US
about this apartment we are going to
rent"
The real estate agent had stopped,
waiting for the women. He was about
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-02

pointed, returned to first base. Inc
owner of the store, always ready TO
please q customer, considered the case
apart from its financial aspect:
"Come back later, colonel, and
III see If can't find talker for YOU"
So the colonel man went off and
returned at the time set, TO find a
knowing green polly posed near the
counter on a perch. And of course
the man extended social greetings.
"Hello, Polly"
The parrot responded with the