The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-16


crop ii buyer from Wauchula.
We did not learn the price, but it
ought to have been about $4,000,
for they were extra fine melons.
The car was delayed at Waycross.
In publishing the list of teach
ers selected for the Punta Gorda
high school, it was not thought
necessary to give the names of
those who had declined reap
pointment. Amongst those who
declined were: Prof. McCulley,
first assistant principal, and Miss
Isabelle Oliver, music teacher,
who were offered better salaries
elsewhere.
u. A, ("Doc") Lightsey of
Barlow, and w. H. Lewis of Fort
Meade, fine gentlemen and
wealthy cattle-men of Polk coun-
ty, spent Tuesday here. They took
an auto ride out to the ranch of A.
E. Hills with a view to buying it,
but found that Mr.. Hills did not
wish to sell. Mr.. Hills owns a
big herd of cattle which are pas
tured on an immense ranch.
w. T. Raglin, a fine old gentle
man and one of the most prosper
Gus farmers of White county, Ills,
was killed by a railway train "a
i bout nine miles from Nashville on
April 22nd ult. He was related
| by marriage to Mrs. ID. N. Nc
/ Queen of Punta Gorda and paid
her and her family a short. visit
during the past winter, when he
came here in company with his
brother-in-law, Col. N. Holderby,
father of Mrs. McQdeen.
John G. Lewis, for many years
wholesale fish dealer of this
place, left, Tuesday, on a visit of
few weeks to his old home and
friends in North Carolina. 1t has
been over thirty years since he
has revisited the scenes of his
early years, and he will doubtless
find many startling changes that
have occurred since he left North
Carolina. His first visit will be
to Beaufort, after which he will
visit other places where he has
relatives and old friends.
The usual crowd of soldiers
from the Arcadia aviation camps
was here Saturday night and Sun
day, and evidently enjoyed the
various things provided for their
entertainment the free club
room for resting, reading and
writing; the salt water bathing,
1.-THE picture show, the dancing, and
the admiration of our pretty girls.
ISunday afternoon, about hum
ldred of them went on an excur-
sion OH the steamer r. w. Powell
Ito Boca Grande and back.
Joseph Longnecker, an excel
lent gentleman who owned prop
erty at Floridonia and spent his
winters here, died at his Kansas
home in Spring Hill about a
month ago He left here about
the end of March or beginning of
April; and, on arriving in Kansas,
he encountered very inclement
weather, which caused him to
take cold that developed into
pneumonia and carried him off
Only few people here knew him
, but those few esteemed him high
ly.
It is stated, and it's true, thai
this immediate locality is blessed
with the finest corn crop in its his
tory. A column giving individual
! details might be written, but i
must suffice to say that the crops
are beautifully visible to all whc
may wish to see them and they
present indisputable evidence o
the fact that Punta Gorda lands
can and do yield as fine crops o
corn as can be grown anywhere il
the United States.
Reid Ware Sandlin, who lief
here nearly eighteen months ag'
and, in that time, has Travelled ex
} tensively, arrived home Saturday
on fortnight's visit to his moth
err, Mrs. Mary i. Sandlin. III