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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-09
NOT so MANY CASES
OF FLU" REPORTED
Some On The Mead Doctor And Road
Commissioner ON Sick List.

While the fog OF early morning was
another germ breeder, and it hung
over the city from before daybreaa
until nine O'Clock like heavy pail.
1t is believed the number OF flu cases
IS lessening. Fewer have been re-
ported today. and the i'll ones seem 10
be on the mend
DR.. H. H. Hepburn is again confin-
ed TO his bed with return attack. The
Doctor had been out. but took relapse.
County Road Engineer E. T. Hay
man is a flu victim at his home, COR
ner Conduit and Duke Of Gloucester
streets
A little son of Mr. and Mrs Benja-
min Nees is quite sick His father,
who has been i'll for the past two
weeks, has developed pleurisy.
Mrs. Maurice S. White, wife of the
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, is sick of influenza at the
Manse of Duke of Gloucester street
Mr. J. Albert WEIGH, a popular
Maryland avenue tailor. who has been
confined to his home for the past
week from "fiu.7 is able to be out
again.
Mr.. Arthur Cole. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. b. Cole. is quite sick of in
fluenza at his parents home on Con-
duit street
Mrs. Daniel Vansant is a victim of
FLU" at her home on Conduit street
Mr.. Arthur Moss. Third Ward Car
rier at the City Postofiice, is confined
to his home by an attack of influenza
Mr. J. Carson Bousch, Deputy
Clerk in the Office of Clerk of the
Court William n. Woodward, is flu
victim
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-09
80 MINUTES IN OPEN AIR

AS further protection against the
influenza infection, officials and en-
ployes of the State, War and Navy
building at Washington, are required
to stop all work twice a day and
spend at least thirty minutes in the
open air outside the building.
During their absence all the win
dows are opened and the rooms given
thorough airing. The time specified
for the purpose is from 1890 to 1915
a. M, and from 2.S0 to 2.45 p. m. The
order applies to officers of the Army
as well as all others.
1t is suggested that everybody use
the stairways whenever possible in
order to meet the injunction against
needless crowding in the elevators
and elsewhere.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-09
SAYS HEAVEN AND HELL
is FOUND IN WORLD WAR

There is a heaven and a hell to
this fight. The heaven is the inner
peace which must come to balance
the unrest outside if a man is to keep
any nerves. And there is a content
which comes with doing willingly
end cheerfully hard days work, and
doing it to the best of ones ability
There is satisfaction, too, in being
able to keep sound body and clean
soul and cheerful disposition against
all that man and nature and the devil
has to offer"
Thus has Corporal Charles l. Fos-
ter. of Company /, 10th Infantry, who
has seen hard fighting on the west
front against the Hun, visualized the
bitter contest that is going on be-
tween democracy and autocracy. Cor
poral Foster is twenty years old and
the above sentiment was contained in
letter written August to his ia
ther. Charles B. Foster. of the Wood
ward Building, Baltimore.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-09
CLASS IN PUBLIC INFORMTION

The Class in Public Information
which was organized a fortnight age
met on Monday night in the Ciuncil
of Defense Room, State Library Build
ing.
The Class is composed of women
and meets weekly on Monday night
1t is the outgrowth of the Glass in
Oratory, organized and instructed BY
Miss Anne Rothwell Stewart, some
weeks ago.
The present class discusses the vi
tai issues of the day, and formulates
plans for the presentation of these
questions for discussion at public
meetings when necessity arises.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-09

There will be no mid-week prayer
service q. the First Presbyterian
Church tonight, the Rev. Murice S.
White. pastor In conformity TO the
order by Surgeon-General Blue to the
State Health Department closing all
public gatherings. the pastor thinks ii
wise to suspend the prayer meeting,
This action was also taken by the
pastor of the First Methodist Episco-
pal Church, the Rev. Harry Burgan,
and Their will be no prayer meeting
at that church tonight
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-09
Mr.. JOHN M. GREEN TO
TRY FOR COMMISSION

Mr.. John NJ. Green today recsiv.,
orders from the War Department A.
recting him to report at Camn W.
Va, not later than SATURDAY, Of ,h',
week for training at the Office,
training school there. Mr. Croo.
has for some time held the positio, ", !,
cashier in the Annapolis Rors
Prior 10 that he was in the Office :,
the Clerk OF Circuit Court for Ann
Arundel county.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-09
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. Kenderdine. OF Radford, Va. was
called here by the late illness and
subsequent death of her son-in-law. F.
s. Billiard
The Rev. Maurice s. White. pastor
of the Presbyterian Church, who has
been attending the meeting of the Bal
timore Presbytery at Highland
Church. Hartford county. returned
home last evening.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-09
NUMBER OF MEN
GREATER THAN SHIN,
September Enrolment Was 11oa.
Il Training Beats

The enrolment of recruits for =.
merchant marine during Sen,a.., eue
was two and half times the can ,,,ge'
of the Shipping Boards feet - y y
training ships, it was announced -. :
terday YES
Nearly 1000 men volunteered q,
service. The IL ships of the board o vi
take only 1000 men a month D., O4a
tically all of these men are ipsvr az
enced and are eligible for training g. =.
apprentices before going into msr' ~
ant crews. ou'
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03
HYDRo-AERoPLANE BASE
May Be Located at Punta Gorda
at an Early Date

The following despatch from
Will P. Kennedy, the Washington
correspondent of the Tampa
Times, dated Tuesday, appears IN
yesterdays issue Of the Tampa
Times:
"Punta Gorda may get a naval
kydro-aeroplane station. This IS
the opinion taken back to Florida
by a delegation which has been IN
conference with navy department
officials. Sen. Duncan U. Fetch
'er who, introduced the Florida
men to the war work chieftains IN
Washington, also feels there is a
good chance for Punta Gorda to
get the navy hydro-aeroplane
training school.
"Oficials of the navy depart
ment were much interested in the
data presented by the Floridians
and promised to send an inspector
to Punta Gorda soon to look the
location over. 1t is known on
good authority that the govern
ment is earnest in its purpose to
develop this branch Of naval war
fare, and will probably establish
at least two such stations in the
south.
"More than ten localities that
are applicants for hydro-aero-
plane stations and it is thought all
of these will be inspected within
the next three weeks.
&C. NJ. Carrier from Punta Cor
ola, and Civil Engineer Clay from
Arcadia were with Sen. Fletcher
in conferences at the navy depart
ment. They have returned to
Florida optimistic that Punta Cor
da will at least receive friendly
consideration. "
Besides the foregoing, there is
"a prospect that private parties
may use this location for the man.
ufacture of air-planes. If the
envy and jealousy of other towns,
from which Punta Gorda has Of
ten suffered, do not interfere, this
prospect is very likely to become a
reality.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03
PRUNE CITRUS IN JANUARY
It is the Last of the Best Months
in Which to Do the Work

Citrus growers should remove
all the dead wood from their trees
in December and January. This
is the best season of the year for
pruning as the trees are more
nearly dormant than at any other
time, and if possible, pruning
should be done in this season if
the best results are to be expected,
says the University of Florida ex-
pertinent station. This is special
ly true where the trees contain
any amount of dead branches or
weak growth. This dead wood
harbors the melanose fungus and
it should be removed from the
trees and destroyed before the
new spring growth and fruit ap-
pear.
A great many trees have suffer-
ed from attacks of withertip the
past season, which is directly re-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

been men who had never farmed
before and had nothing to forget
and "unlearn. !" They were brew
ers, carpenters, merchants, pro-
fessional men and others who were
not so "sot" in their ways that
they could not learn new ways and
methods.
Listen to the experienced truck
er who is your neighbor and above
all things, do not risk your capt.
tai on fall crop. "Do not carry
all your eggs in one basket. :" If
you do, you may regret it. Learn
slowly but learn well and when
you KNOW HOW, then venture a
little more. A small beginning
and large ending is better than
a big beginning only to end in
failure.-Clipped from Lakeland
Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03
Trucking in Florida Pays

Truck farming in Florida is
something else. The average man
who comes here from the North to
truck knows more about trucking
than the oldest inhabitant. He is
so cock-sure of himself and his
way of farming that he would lis
ten to no one and farmed as he
farmed in the North until he went
broke and then, nine times out of
ten, he went back North. and
knocked" Florida and Florida
farming when he had never done
any Florida farming.
The men who have succeeded
best in trucking in Florida have
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

Printing and advertising are the
most penetrating and facile of all
means of creating interchanges of
service and commodities among
people 1t is impossible for word
of-mouth information to be carried
as far, or be as widely dissent
mated as the printed word, and in
no country is printing carried on
more diligently than in America.
For this reason and without mini
mixing the Importance of our
great natural resources and other
advantages, it is fair to assume
that the wealth of America is due
largely to the activities created by
the use of printed matter. 1t,
therefore, surprises us to hear a
small dealer with poor business
say it does not pay to advertise,
when right along side Of him there
is another store hogging the trade
because he tells the people what he
has.-Stuart Messenger.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

sponsible for a large amount OF
dead wood in them, and all trees
in this condition should be thor
oughly pruned as soon as possible
This will prevent a continuation
of withertip in the spring and will
remove an active source from
which melanose may spread at
later date.
All rubbish and drop fruits in
the grove should be taken care of,
either buried so they will not be
brought to the surface when cult
waiting or removed from the grove
and burned. In groves where, me-
lanoSe has been severe the past
season the trees should be thor
oughly pruned at this time and d
thorough application Of bordeaux
mixture made before the new
growth comes out in the spring.
This will serve as cleanup spray.
In pruning, clean, smooth cuts
should be made, and no projecting
stubs left. Where large cut sur
faces are exposed, they should be
painted over with some antiseptic,
such as avenarius carbOlineum,
white lead paint, or pine tar.
The matter of getting help to do
this work is up to the grower. La
Dor is scarce now but there is lit
tie prospect of conditions getting
better soon.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

Florida farmers are invited to
keep in touch with the State Ex-
pertinent Station at Gainesville.
If any serious disease appears a.
mong live stock, or plants in gar
den or field, or among the trees in
the groves, or a new bug shows up,
do not hesitate to apply to the sta
ton. The Station belongs to the
people, and its experts are always
prompt in rendering assistance in
helping to straigh+en out any
trouble.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

The freeze of Sunday and Mon
day nights was almost without
parallel in Florida, owing to the
fact that it came on the dark of
the moon. 1t is the record spell
of very cold weather which has
happened in that lunar stage in
half a century. Although the
temperature fell to .25 here, and
lower in other places nearby, but
little harm was done. The per-
sistent chilly weather of the last
few weeks had largely discounted
any damage that could be caused
by a freeze.-Ocala Star, Dec.
18th.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03
THE METHODIST CHURCH
A Great and Good Power in
Florida

A study of the final reports rem
dered at the recent session of the
Methodist conference of Florida,
held in Miami, reveals interesting
facts concerning the work of this
great church in Florida.
! Eight preachers died during the
conference year, the last to go be-
ing Rev. John B. Ley, who was
well known all over the state, es-
pecially in Tampa and south Flor
ida. He died at Orlando while
the conference was in session. The
other ministers who died during
the year were: Revs. R. Il. Hon.
iker, j. T. Waters, j. S. Collier, B.
f. Mason, NJ. Dominguez, 7. H.
SiStrunk and d. Lee Switzer. Mr..
.Switzer died the day conference
convened.
There were reported 140 local
preachers in the conference and
173 charges, with $50 parsonageS.
These parSonageS are valued at
$355,45 There are nine districts
and eight district parsonages. One
church was damaged by fire dur
ing the year TO the amount of ST.
SIG. Insurance amounting to
1859, 625 is carried, and $1,000 was
paid in premiums.
There are 473 churches in the
conference, with 401 houses of
worship. The value of these
houses of worship is 81, 472, ITS.
There are 1874 Epworth league
chapters in the conference with
6, 40 league members; 1872 Sunday
schools, with 1857 officers and
teachers, and 36,O91 pupils.
The amount contributed for the
various benevolencies of the
church are as follows: Superannu-
ated preachers, $7,828; foreign
missions, So, 187 home and confer
ence missions, $12,961; church ex-
tension, $4,786; education, 1850;
American Bible society, 1924;
ministerial support, bishops, ST.
1856; presiding elders, 500, BAL;
pastors, 1851, 900.
The college statistics show,
Southern college valued at $751;
500; endowment, $500; professors,
7; pupils 1873. Copies of the Nash
vile Christian Advocate taken,
314; Florida Christian Advocate,
1888.
Four preachers were located at
the last conference as follows: E.
B. Hobson, who goes as a mission
airy to the Indians: M. M. Lord,
who was endorsed as one of the
conference evangelists; r. E.
Wood, j. F. Bray and Thos. w.
Carlton.-Tampa Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

Keep fire out of the woods and
fields. 1t burns fertility. If you
want to help our enemies in Eu-
rope, burn what helps to enrich
the soil. Fire in the woods in
jures growing trees. To conserve
fertility is patriotism and common
sense. To keep farm machinery,
-"the artillery of agriculture -
under shelter, too, is not only e.
economy but patriotism. Farm
tools may cost more next year, and
be hard to get at any price.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03
FARM and GROVE
Agricultural News Service
Extension Division u. of F.
Cor University of Florida.)
GET SEED READY FOR CROPS
Decide Now What to Plant, and
Buy the Necessary Seed

The farmer who waits until he
has the ground ready before be-
ginning to look for seed to make
his spring paintings, is likely to
experience a delay because of the
general scarcity of seed. The
whole seed supply business has
been upset by war conditions, and
fortunate is the farmer who lives
in a community where seed may
be secured as easily as a year age.
In many localities seed is really
scarce. Farmers who buy seed
through dealers should inform the
dealers now just what will be
needed, so that the supply may be
obtained.
There are several reasons for
unsettled conditions in the seed
market, says the University of
Florida extension division. The
fact that more extensive paintings
are in prospect for next year has
caused dealers to rush into the
market for what will be needed in
their community; sometimes buy
ing more than is needed. Per-
hapS the most common reason is
that producers have placed on the
market more than the usual part
of the crop on account of good
prices; having no desire to carry
over enough for seed and run the
risk of loss, and believing that
seed will be available for purchase
in the spring.
The latter reason is at present
affecting the sweet potato seed
market. The market is offering
a good price for the best potatoes
and the more desirable ones are
getting out of the farmers hands.
Keeping the "shoe string" pota-
toes for seed, or expecting to buy
seed, slips or vines next spring is
a mistake. Before letting his best
potatoes go on the market the
farmer should be sure he knows
where he can cover his needs, and
from potatoes as good or better
than his best.
The same is true for farmers
who will plant cotton. High
prices are drawing the cotton seed
into the market and there is the
possibility that seed will be scarce
next year. The U. S. Department
of Agriculture is advising farmers
to hold seed in reserve at the rate
of one bushel to the acre against
the needs of next spring.
Velvet beans are coming into a
greater appreciation by livestock
farmers, and the demand for seed
of this crop is causing scarcity
in some localities. If you plan to
plant beans next year, locate the
seed required now.
Peanut meal is being offered as
a substitute for cottonseed meal in
meat-producing rations, and this
in turn will tend to draw reserve
stocks of peanuts from the farm
er's hands.
The wise farmer will plan his
crops for next year and make sure
now that he has the necessary
seed, or can get it when planting
time comes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

Another year rolls round and
still the turkey for the Kaiser's
Thanksgiving dinner in Paris is
N It cooked.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

German victories" on the
western front will not cease until
the last German type writer is
captured.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

Income tax returns indicate that
the United States has 22,696 mil
lionaires, an increase of nearly
5000 in the past year.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

Frank Hammond, former ne
gro. slave of the Gilchrist family,
died at the extreme old age of 1O6
years, in Miami last week.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

The food administration states
that the farmer receives 20 per
cent. more for his product than he
received a year ago.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

Many miners in the anthracite
regions Of Pennsylvania are stod
to be earning, with extra pay, as
high as $500 a month.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-01-03

the stomach is instantly relieved bJI IIouI
bine 1t forces the badly digested food
out Of the body and restores tone in the
stomach and bowels Price soc, Sold nv
Cochran Drug Co (aIv, '0iU W
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-03
GREAT STIR FOR
REGISTRATION
All Mediums of Publicity
Are Being Used in
Vermont
TO GET MEN OUT
ON SEPTEMBER Il
1t Is Hoped to Have a 100
Per Cent Enroll
ment

Adjt. Gen. II, t. Johnson of Vermont
is receiving the details relative to the
manner in which the new registration is
to take place Sept. II pursuant to the
proclamation of President Wilson, issued
Saturday. Every agency that can be
used to give the matter publicity is be-
ing used. Newspapers are giving lots of
space TO 1t, while advertising agencies are
preparing the copy TO be used from their
agencies, Letters giving general infor-
nation to banks to be used by their pa
irons have been mailed. Carriers on rur-
al free deliveries and star routes are be-
ing sent posters that viii be placed in
suitable locations. These include the
statements relative to the penalties for
failure to register.
Big shipments of publicity have been
made to railroads, Red Cross, and cham
beTs of commerce, to be distributed wher-
ever the information can be read. The
postmasters are asked to give general in
formation to their patrons upon the draft
and will be asked to post placards lib
orally in their offices. Speeches have
been sent to the four minute speakers
and clergymen will be asked to call at.
tention to the draft in their sermons next
Sunday
Not only have all Of the above me-
diums Of publicity been used but the
movies and other theatres are to give an
announcement of the date of the regis
tration with each production. Labor I'M
ion secretaries have been sent letters,
calling the matter TO the attention of the
members of every union. The American
Association Of Foreign Languages news
papers win give literally of their space
to the registration.
Some Of the mayors in the state have
already indicated they are going to make
proclamations relative to the registra.
ton, while prominent persons in the sew
eral towns have taken it upon themselves
through the public safety committee TO
give wide publicity to the matter, which
interests every person in this country in
whose veins runs the red blood Of Amer
lean patriotism. Town clerks are al
ready commencing to select their assist
ants, for they realize that the work Of
registering will be much greater than
when it took place in June, 1917 Many
state officers will be asked to help in diff
ferent ways in the registration, which
should be 100 per cent efficient.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-03
SUNDAYS LIST.

Sundays list contained 203 named, di,
vided as follows; Killed in action, 10;
wounded severely, ITO; died of wounds
8; died of disease, wounded degree
undetermined, N. The New England
men in the list were as follows;
Killed in Action.
Pvt. Frank L. Brooks, Keene, N. H.
Pvt. Joseph Gallant, New Bedford, Mass
Pvt. William Martel, Salmon Falls, N. H
Pvt. Charles e. Sherman, Boothbay Har
Dor, Me.
Wounded Severely in Action.
Sgt. William S. Buxton, Worcester, Mass
Corp. Porter A. Dean, Kensington, Conn
Master Elec. Paul NJ. Robillard, New
London, Conn.
Pvt. Arthur q. Baker, Beverly, Mass.
Pvt. Joseph Colbert, somervilie, Mass.
Wounded degree Undetermined.
Pvt. Arthur 7. Barry, Worcester, Mass
Pvt. Charles w Burgess, North Wey
mouth, Mass.
Pvt. Tony Desandre, Meriden, Conn.
Pvt. James Taft, Uxbridge, Mass,
Pvt. Angelo Verdi, Everett, Mass.
Pvt. Guy Wilson, Sanford, Me.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-03
JIM VAUGHN
WILL PITCH
Selected to Open Series for
the Chicago Ma
tionals
MAYS is LIKELY
RED SOX CHOICE
Ideal Weather Predicted for
the Opening Game on
Wednesday

Chicago, Sept .3.-The Chicago Nation
ais returned from Pittsburg to-day and
began preliminary practice for the open.
ing game of the worlds series here to-
morrow with the Boston Red Sox, cham
pions of the American league. Ideal
baseball weather is predicted for the mi
tial contest.
Jim Vaughn, the big southpaw, has
been picked by Chicago sport writers as
the probable choice Of Manager Mitchell
for the opening game, while the baseball
Rialto guesses that Boston's right
handler, Carl Mays, will start for the Red
Sox, with Ruth as second choice.
Ticket reservations for the games,
which in price viii be the cheapest on
record, have been far better than was an
tieipated, according to Walter Craighead,
secretary of the Chicago Nationals, Two
thousand box seats for to.morrow's game
at $3.50 each, with tax included, were
placed on sale to-day.