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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-04
Florida s Possibilities

Recent estimates made at least
semi-officially, show that there are
about 100000 acres of good
land in Florida that could be
brought under cultivation. The
figures were obtained, we are told,
by taking the total areas and de-
ducting the amount covered by
lakes, rivers and other streams,
and the total includes consider
able amount of land that would be
difficult and expensive to bring
amer the pillow, but not impossi-
Bile. 1t is fairly well known that
there are somewhere near two
million acres now under cultiva-
ton, and slowly the people of the
country, and of foreign countries,
are beginning to realize the posi-
bilitieS of Florida.
In a recent issue of the Plant
City Courier, published in Plant
City, Hillsborough county, on the
West Coast, detailed report was
given Of the fruit and vegetable
business transacted in and near
Plant City for the winter and
spring 1917-191S, and these fig
ures submitted would astound
anyone unfamiliar with Florida
and her resources. The growers
in Hillsborough, in the vicinity of
Plant City, raise oranges. grape
fruit, beans, cucumbers, strawber-
ries and other things, and they
bring them to the depot platforms
during the seasons, ready for ship
ment and sell them to men sent
ahere from the great markets of
the North and East and West.
During the past six months,
probably, and not longer, these
buyers have turned over to the
growers nearly a million dollars.
The figures are something over
100000, and this past was a re-
markably- bad season. To begin
with the unusual and long con-
tinued cold Of the early months of
1917 caused a very marked short
age of citrus fruits, the severe
frosts and freeze Of February,
1917, injured trees as well as
checking blooms and setting back
The crop, As everyone probably
knows the citrus fruits require al
most year to mature, and the
crop harvested last winter was the
one affected by the 1917 freeze.
Then came another record break
ing winter, with another freeze,
in 1918, and the strawberry crop
went back to about two-thirds Of
an average-and yet the checks
handed over to the growers in
Plant city and vicinity amounted
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-04

AT this time the crops in Flori-
da. from one end of the state to
the other, never looked better.
There have been timely rains, and
a good season generally. Par
ticularly is the corn crop promis-
ing. 1t is said that last year s
crop of corn exceeded in value the
citrus crop of the state, and this
years will be better, both as to
yield and acreage. The citrus
crop apears to be rather light.
1t should be made up in price
what it lacks in volume. Two
dollars box on the trees is a
moderate demand. and growers
can get it if they stand firm
Lakeland Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-07-04

Are you grateful that 100000
OF our boys, enlisted in our Army
and Navy, are giving us security
at home? If you are, turn your
gratitude into War Savings
Stamps.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
ITALY HAD FIRST PAvVNSHOP
From That Country the System Gradu.
ally Spread Over the Rest Of the
Civilized World.

The French call them monts-de- piete,
but no satisfactory explanation for this
nomenclature is Forthcoming. The es.
tablishment Of municipal pawnshops In
France was attended with more diff.
Guilty than was the case in other coun.
tries.
1t Is from Italy that the idea of mu.
nicipal pawnshops spread over the rest
of Europe. A municipal pawnshop was
set up In Madrid in the year 1705,
when priest with very little capital
opened up as an "uncle." The system
was tried at Avignon in 1877. but it
was not until the year 1777 that Paris
itself was provided with a mont-de-
piete. The national assembly upset the
monopoly and the business passed into
private hands. The extOrtlOns Of the
pawnbrokers in time led, however. to
a demand for the reestablishment OF
the governmental institutions. In 1906
Napoleon re-established the monopoly
regulating it by laws that are still in
force. The interest charged amounts
to about per cent.
In Paris the mont-de-piete Is In effect
a department of the administration,
but in the provinces 1t is municipal
monopoly.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
Wrist Watches Af7oat.

Wrist watches at sea, with theit
luminous dials. are at once convent
ence, a safeguard and peril. You can
tell the time without tearing your
clothes to pieces or going to light
When you walk along the deck at night
you can hold your forearm so that the
dial CLOVIS In the sight Of all who are
passing along the deck and thus pre-
vent collisions. If you don't play up
your wrist watch, you are supposed 10
whistle "sweet and low" In the dark as
you pass along. But II you are not
passing along the deck, only lingering
along the deck rail, and are fortunate
In having one Of the few women VINO
are crossing as your companion in tha1
lingering, your luminous dial at rest
on the deck rail Is apt to wreck the
wonderful sense Of seclusi0n that dark
ened decks give these war times. One
heartless patrol trip or two ago step
ped to the rail and asked a dismayea
subaltern not to have his wrist wateh
quite so far around" whatever tha'
meant, because it might be detected 0!
Standardization Collins IN 1ns
Century Magazine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
BROTHERS ARE RECONCILED
Enlistment in Marine Corps Ends Feud
Of More Than Two
Years Standing.

st. LOuis.-Two brothers who have
not spoken to each other for two years.
although they slept in the same bed
and ate at the same table, became
reconciled through their enlistment
in the Marine corps.
The boys are Dan and Angelo Tar
antola of this city. Dan is twenty
and Angelo eighteen. They fell out
when Angelo broke up game of mar
bles in which his brother was play
ing.
Angelo Joined the Marine corps. His
brother learned of it and came to the
train to bid him farewell. After be-
coming reconci1ed there Dan decided
to join the marines and be with his
brother.
So he enlisted two days later and
the brothers are now at Paris Island
S. c., where they are again fast friends
after two years. pact of silence.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
1.-THE Fool Hath Said"

This is a message from one VIM
knows-Coningsby Dawson-to thoss
who do not realize. 1t Is messas'
direct from the trenches in France W
soldier and writer to US behind tnS
lines. He says:
Life has swung back to pfinlu''
decision since the war commence.
The decision Is the same for Do|D
men and nations. They can choose Wv
world or achieve their own SOUS
They can cast mercenary lots lot ~,
raiment of crucified Righteousness "
take up their martyrdom as disc,p'.s
Those men and nations who have oe.a
disciples together can scarcely ian
remain friends when the trageo! -,
ended. What the fool says III -
heart ut this present moment ~ n r
OF any lasting Importance
Cross Magazine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
USE sELF.FEEDERs FOR HOGS
Device Will Give as Good Results as
Most Expert Hand Feeder-Time
and Labor Saved.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture)
BY means Of the self-feeder the Az
GRACE farmer will have as good results
as the most expert hand-feeder, and
the results will be obtained at much
less expense of time and labor. For
the average farmer there is little doubt
which method Is the more economical,
for the self-feeding system is advan-
tageous in every respect. Its use re-
suits, first, in larger daily gains in live
weight, bringing the pigs to market
able size at an earlier date; second,
feed is consumed more rapidly, and
consequently gains are more rapid !;
and, third, as there is an actual saving
in the amount Of feed required to pro-
duce 100 pounds of gain, it is shown
that the increased feed consumption
and the more rapid daily gains are not
made at the expense of efficient use Of
the feed. On the contrary, a smaller
amount of feed is consumed in making
pork, which is a fact Of extreme i'm
portance at present. The last and one
of the most important advantages to
the farmer at this time is the saving of
labor, for although daily watch must
be kept on the self-feeder to see that
each compartment is well supplied and
not cloggeG, this requires only frac-
ton of the time necessary to hand.
feed the same hogs several times q
day.
The self-feeder may be adapted tc
the use of any kind Of grain or feed
although shelled grain and grount
feeds are most commonly used. Il
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
dffMRN|k..
$F0|llN
MANY SHEEP KILLED BY DOGS
Nav. Of Preventing Ravages by Ant
mails Are Suggested by A9r'cu''
turaI Department.

<n..o, nv the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
Uniform state laws are advocated by
tho limited States department OF agrl'
culture as being the most effective
method of dealing with the sheep-kiil-
ing dog. Investigation by the depart
ment among sheep owners IN 10 states
east of the Rocky mountains SHOWS
that out of a total of $3.50, 402 sheep IN
the 5O2 counties reporting, 34.6S3 were
killed by dogs in one year (l9la) anu
were mid for by the counties. At the
same rate Of loss In other farm states
the total annual destruction Of sheep
by dogs would be 107.76O.
But these figures are based only
upon the number actually paid for ana
it is more than probable that the true
losses far exceed this. 1t Is known
that many sheep are killed which are
never reported to the county omclal'
In 1918 crop reports in 36 states SUD-
mitted estimates which showed that
the number Of sheep in those states
could be increased $50 per cent with
out displacing other live stock. Such
an increase would place approximate
" 100000 more sheep In these
states than there are now. or 1,4ll
answers received to the question a.
to whether sheep raising is profitable
in the farm states 1897 answered YES
OF 1874 answers as to the causes pre-
venting increase in the numbers O
sheep 531 said. 'Dogs."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
HEART RIGHT SIDE, REJECTED
Patriot Who Tried Twice to Enlist
Has Cardiac Organ In Right
Breast

elphia.-Another freak Of ma
ture was uncovered recently, when
DR.. John H. Bailey, medical director of
local board No. %, refused to accept
George w. Nicholson for the army be-
cause his heart was on the wrong side,
even though it was on his right. Mich
olson is thirty years old and pleaded
desperately to go. Some months ago
he tried to enlist, but was turned
down because he was under weight,
his examiners at that time be-
ing unaware of his cardiac peculiar
tiles. When he was called for exam
ination before the draft board Doctor
Bailey made the discovery of the true
location of his heart.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
Ohio Self-Feeder-End View With
End Siding Boards Removed.

may be adapted to handle ear corn.
but such a feeder must be of large
size and heavily made in order to hold
sufficient grain to feed a bunch of
hogs several days without refilling.
In order that the self-feeder NAV
readily be adapted to different kinds
OF grains it should be constructed with
some means Of regulating the opening
through which the feed passes. For
example, cornmeal or barley requires
smaller opening to prevent too ranid
a How of grain than Is required in the
case of shelled corn. A well-construct.
ed self-feeder will last number of
years, and as it may not ALWAYS he
convenient to feed the same grain
every season some provision must he
maze to accommodate different sizes
Of grains. N''
Care should be taken to see that the
self-feeder is always supplied with
each feed, for If one part of the ration
Is missing the pigs will naturally eot
an increased amount of any otbe,
available nutrient, and in such cos.
VIII make very poor use of It. For OK
ample, when tankage and shelled corr
constitute the ration, If corn were +,
become exhausted .the shoats woul,
naturally eat a very large amount n
tankage. which would not only fo,l ;,
produce rapid gains, but would in
crease the consumption of very high
priced feed. Too much emphasis car
not be placed upon this point, for IN
beginner Is apt to become careless 4,
the use Of device which does not =.
qulre constant care.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
Not Easily Recalled.

One afternoon an esteemed citizen
0eAG out to the country club for turn
ne0art the golf links, and after max.
Ifng several rather weird plays he turn.
- 70 the imperturbable caddy.
+ suppose" said he, shat In caddy.
~ around here you have seen worse
o1H players than am"
The boy did not answer. With q
0nea gaze he seemed to be looking in
- The distance.
+ said" remarked the golfer In a
nsoeA louder tone. "that suppose you
Aave seen worse players than l."
II heard what We said the first time
0aster." was the startling rejoinder Of
- caddy. "but we've got to give .
As1ler time to think"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
opal" Syetem Works WEI.

That the pal" idea of hnVins ,.,s
one write to the soldier is ma"
big hit with them, is evidence INA
receipt Of many letters at the ="
OF defense office from soldei
The feeling that the "pa| WT
doing much good Is borne OUT IN
tiers received from various seco
the country. Not only do Wv
appreciate letter from home "
are put In contact with pers'A
tne cities where they nre loead
IN that manner are entertnined"
large their circle Of friends
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
what Tommy Would Say.

!. :,
One day when small Tommy was call
- h the desk with his slate he acci'
Aentally stepped on his teachers foot.
She looked up. expecting ''Please par
Ion me-" but Master Tommy was 81.
xeNt.
~Why. Tommy, what should you say"
10 asked.
Tommy hung his little head.
what should you say, dear?"
Tommy began to cry.
~What should you say, Tommy" per
sGsted his teacher.
Il s-should s-say Ouch!" sobbet
Vmmmy.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
Aejoht If Ignorance.

A fond parent noticed his youns s..
Il boy. in very animated cohlei.,,,
with number of other boys al' !.
young woman and that evehins A.,
quired of the boy what all the eAV I,
ment was about. '"That waS ,t
teacher" said the boy. land we M
trying to explain the ball game w.
She couldn't understand a up n,
thing. just don't understand ~
she ever got to be a school 1e'>'
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
HAS FIVE BOYS IN WAR
Mrs. A. p. White Is the Champion War
Mother Of Tennessee.

Knoxville. Tenn.-The champion war
mother of Tennessee, and, perhaps, of
Dixie, is Mrs. A. p. White of Powell
Station, Knox county. She has five
sons in the service; Captain Roy d.
White, Lieutenant John H. White,
Private william Homer White, Cook
Marvin B. White and Private Edgar
White.
"All my boys volunteered" she de.
clares proudly.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
DAKOTA "PRAlRlE DOG"
BECOMES "DEvlL DOG"

st. Paul, Minn.-"Say, pard.
I'm prairie dog from North
Dakota and I want to go over
there and become a devil
dog" and. relieving himself of
this sentiment, William d.
Knickerbocker of Dogden. N. D.,
took his place in line In the
United States marine recruiting
station here.
Knickerb0cker passed an al
most perfect physical test and Is
now on his way to Paris Island,
S. c.. to the marine training sta
ton there.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
Penalty of lYinq.

-Sedentnry work." said the college
lDeturer, "tends to lessen the endur-
anee"
sIn other Words" butted In the
art student. "the more one sits the
~ one can stand"
Exactly" retorted the lecturer
md III one lies great deal ones
Standing is lost completely."-I4Ondor
Xft-Bits.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06

Seeing the watah weminds me that
] can tell you how much falls Ovah
Magma Falls, to a gallon"
~H0w nuch?"
sFOur quarts. bah JOve."
Playing Safe.
xhese was man who feared the show
That trivial error makes.
- never did thing. and SO
Avoided all mistakes.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06
Wome'

Tho -. Wome|
LASS had 124 1
Nv =" mas go. A J
! lana ana everytbj|
feoe comfortable mi d
. Established
b. Materials and
| aat; called the ~
@eh word in hi
| ea,t the men W W
6hSS a NIX to the + u
eah show th]
|en workers. III
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06

The optin
q from his r.
II Out he We,
II Il. lo'!ngings sal
n binding sD
II Masses and
n and moaned
d Wires.
Il The optin,i
/ trunk Trunk to hste,
1 c. clements a~,
| s should 60. "'% !
|h,e EEK Of a pas
|a nast almost W
LIMA and blew a b J"
tt hai he lnurr nj
tthere seems To- )
"s' anyhow"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06

why do you think Slobber's wife
uas a chorus girl once?"
~Cause she always wears a happy
lie"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-11-06

Sque'
a bottI,
orchard
have a !
sunburn]
Ion whit
Your
any drug
supply ~
Tor a few
fragrant
arms and
sunburn .
Clear, soft
les /! It q
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22
BIDS WANTED

The Board OF Education Of Ger.
rardstown District will receive seal
ed bids in the office of the County
Supt. In Martinsburg at 10 O'CLOCK
on TUESDAY. AUGUST "a, for the
erection OF school house on Buck
Hill in Gerrardstown District.
Dimensions and specifications as
follows: The house shall be thirty
feet long, twenty feet. VIDE, and ten
feet high. The foundation shall be
of stone, or concrete as the contrac-
tor may elect; the sills shall be OF
oak, the sleepers shall be of oak. q
KS, the weather boarding shall be
M lumber dressed, either pine or pop
lar. the rafters shall be Kiss, the
roofing shall be of the best grade Of
felt, with solid sheeting under It,
There shall be six windows, three on
either side. The glass shall be 1Ox
IL inches, the windows shall be on
weights, so as to be lowered at Che
top or raised at the bottom. The
walls shall be wainscoated up for a
distance of four feet. The remand
err of the walls and ceiling shall be
lplastered, with a good hard coat
finish.
The fue shall extend three feet be-
low the ceiling and rest on a flue
stand The outside shall have two
coats OF paint and the wainscoating
on the inside shall be oiled. There
shall be porch extnding full width
OF the building with a roof same as
the house. The porch shall be eight
feet wide.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
j. P. MASTERS, Secy.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22
PUBLIC SALE
OF
VAL LIABLE REAL ESTATE

BY virtue OF the authority vested in
the undersigned by certain power
of attorney, made by VIM. II. KEEP
lnger, ct al TO him, dated the 9Th day
Of October, 1917, and of record In the
office Of the Clerk OF the County Court
OF Berkeley County, West Virginia,
in Deed Book No. 1856, page PSI, be
will offer for sale at public auction,
at the front door Of the Court House,
in iMartinsburg. Berkeley county
West Virginia, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST "a, 1918,
commencing at 100 p. M, the follow.
ing described real estate, to-wit: That
certain lot Of land, with the improve
ments thereon, situate, lying and be
ing on the southwest corner of King
and High streets, in Martinsburg, w
Va, and known as lot No. 80, fronting
40 feet front on High street and ex-
tending back westwardly, of equal
width, about 200 feet, and being the
same real estate conveyed to Mary
A. Keplinger by deed from Ann Wag-
anas, dated the 18th day of January,
1897, and Of record in said Clerks
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22

"Alimony" the sensational di.
yorce drama selected by the manag-
er. of the Apollo theatre for his next
feature details the activities of a
divorce broker as lawyers special
izing in matrimonial entanglement
are known, and incidentally make
/. strong plea for better marriage
laws.
Necessarily the doings OF such
gentry as crooked lawyers, private
detectives. adventuresses and Choir
us girls are reprehensible In "Ali.
mony" however. they only serve to
make shine more brightly the Who'll
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22
PRIMITIVE IDEAS
STILL in EXISTENCE
Backwoods People Retain "Cave Man. Methods Of Secur
ing Girl in Marriage

Travers, trapper and guide, Is de-
sired by Paul Dupre. Paul Is a
neighboring woodIsnan, and as soon
as he has paid the agreed price to
Joan'e father he expects to claim her
as his wife.
Joan breads the day when she will
be forced to marry Paul. This pic
ture viii be seen on Friday at the
Apollo Theatre. Philip Wentworth, a
young lawyer, is on vacation in the
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22
Alimony's Strong Moral
Photoplay Proves Good Women Always Prevail

someness and innocence OF the girl
they seek to make tool of. Miss
Lois Wilson In the role of Marjorie
Lansing typifies all that is good
and beautiful in womankind. Though
both victim and am innocent tool
in the amazing diyarce plot which
forms the central action OF the
play, her splendid womankind as.
serted In a moment of great stress
refuses the sale of her child for al
imony and sends the audience home
convinced that, after all, mother
hood is the supreme quality In wo-
man and that the world is not half
bad
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22

office, In Deed Book No. 83, page
1888.
This lot is improved by III STO-
RY HOUSE. which can be made into
three apartments. and will make
good home or investment for any one
desiring sane.
TERMS OF SALE-One-ha1f cash
and one-half In six months secured by
deed Of trust.
z. r.. BRANTNICR,
Attorney in Fact.
j. W. Dodd. Auct.
Il 30 10 &c
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22
COMPLETE FACULTY
FINALLY SECURED
High School Committee Sue
CeedS After Hard Work.

/ After laboring faithfully all summer
Supt. w. c. Morton and Commissions
/ ers NJ. G. Tabler and w T. Minghini.
the committee appointed by the Board
of Education to select teachers for
the high school, announce that the
full corps of eight teachers has been
selected. 1t is believed that in many
ways it is the most efficient 4 corps
ever selected for this popular school
aud a successful session is confident
lily expected. While there are no men
among the number of new teachers,
all are experienced women who have
specialized in the several subjects
they will teach The full corps is
! herewith given:
! NJ l.. Wsachtol. NJ. Sc. Gettysburg
College. pal-Abathematics
Lucetta S. logan. Assistant Princi-
pal-English.
Ella A. Aldridge-History
Gracia Remsberg A. B. Hood Col
| lege-Latin, English.
| Harriet X Storm B. S. Powhatan
| College-Science.
! Myrtle Goddin A. 3. Davis and Ell
kins College-French, Spanish.
! Barbara E. Hurt A. b. Bethany
College-iMathemat
| Carrie b. Sproul A. p. Hardin Col
Iape Nh Graduate Mpxico Mo
Commercial School Commercial
Branches.
The study of German has been
abolished from the curriculum and
| Spanish will be taught instead.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22
ABLE TO BE UP

Letter Carrier c. G. Pitzer, who
Has been confined to his home on
Winchester avenue, since being
stricken with pleurisy while deliv-
ering mail on his route, Is afse to
be UP. but will not return to his
work until the latter part Of the
week.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-22

the town and at the end Of a life
and death Struggle with his enemY
learns that he is really the muir
Gerer he is seeking and his venge.
ance is complete.
How Gawme meets and loves a
pure woman and regains his ven
GRAFTON of the good things of life
of which he had been robbed when
his brother was slain is also told
Shown at the Central tonight.