The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-11-07

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All kinds OF vegetables and
fruits fresh daily at r. nj. King s
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Mrs. r. A. Whitney of Lake
land, after a pleasant visit here OF
a few days to Mrs. X. b. Harvey
and other friends, went to Area
din, Tuesday evening, to visit
friends there.
airs. James Jennings of Fort
MIXERS, came here Sunday and is
spending the week as the guest OF
hcr cousin, Miss Elise Blount
Mrs. Jennings was formerly Miss
Julia Pearl Blount.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loyal Barber
came in from jacksonville last
week on a visit to the former 4
mother, Mrs. M. Il. Barber. Sat
uraay morning, Loyal went to Ar
ca6a, where he is engaged in q
barber shop.
1t is just one blamed election
after another. No sooner are we
over with the state election than
We find ourselves involved in a
municipal contest, and it is a.
ronsing as much attention as a
circyis# The chief fight is for the
offices Of mayor and marshal.
May th&best man win.
Misclaik vous boys were out, as
usual, "a Hallowe ZEN, and they
played Some pranks that were not
appF6vable. They rang the church
Bells and placed dismembered
wagons and other obstacles in the
streets. However, they did no
damage to property, for which
they are to be commended.
Just think offb people! Gro
GER Griggs received this week a
lot of sweet potatoes, for which
he paid such a high price that he
cannot afford to sell them for less
than $500 a bushel. Now, why
the dickens didn't you farmers
plant great fields of sweet pota-
toes and get rich suddenly?
The fourth quarterly confer
ence Of the M. Il. Church, South,
was held at Fort Ogden Saturday
and Sunday. Rev. d. "A. Cole
headed the delegation from Pun
ia Gorda and Rev. t. A. Stephens
the one from Charlotte Harbor.
There was a good attendance at
the conference, the members of
which were royalty entertained by
those excellent Fort Ogden peo-
pie, who are noted for having
plenty of "hog and hominy, yal-
Ter legged" fat chickens and cane
syrup, all Of their own producing.
Chairman Ed Scott and Engi-
neer Cox of the State Road Com
went down to Fort. My
ers on an official visit, Monday
night. They took Commissioner
Written with them and, on Tues
day morning, the three had a con-
ference with Commissioner Staley
Of Lee county, which resulted in
satisfactory understanding re-
garding that Arcadia-Bermont-
Fort Myers state road, about
which so much complaint has
been made, and all four of the Of
licials are now working In har-
mony.
Following a rainy day last
Thursday, there was a consider
able drop in the temperature here
and we had glorious autumnal
weather until Sunday, when the
temperature got warmer. Satm-
lay morning, the thermometer
81 deg. Fab, which
was the lowest point reached. The
GOODNESS caused Mayor Trabue to
put his Palm Beach suit in cold
storage and to don a black serge.
Other people put on fall clothing
md applied additional covering
o their beds. The change from,
he frequent rainy, unsettled |
of the previous weeks
vas very agreeable indeed.
J. G. Newsome, popular bust
less man of arcadia, had a. dis
agreeable experience, Sunday. He
made two trips in his car, that
lay, bringing soldiers and ladies
o Punta Gorda. On his first
rip, he encountered a car that
vas backing carelessly and, in