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Evening journal., 1918-10-07
P. R. R. CONDUCTOR
KILLED BY TRAIN

Struck by a southbound express on
the Pennsylvania railroad al Newark
about 20 o'clock this morning. Philip
Workman. a railroad conductor, living
at No. 303 West Twenty-second street.
was instantly killed. The body was
brought 90 this city. The accident was
reported 10 the Coroner's ofllce.
Mr.. Workman had been employed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for
sometime and had just stepped from his
own train when he was run down. He
IS survived by a wife.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
Sl,622,I5O OF BONDS
SOLD BY WOMEN
Women in War Work Day
Get $264,800 in
Subscriptions
WANT CHURCHES TO
BE loop. c. STRONG

Saturday was Women IN War Work
Day." for the Women's Liberty Loan
Committee. and Il brought In s26i 800
representing 263 subscriptions, making
grand total Of 2l20 subscriptions and
a. 622, ,i5O. The reports Of captains
made at the women's headquarters this
morning follows:
Headquarters, i07 subscriptions. sJ5.-
900.
Chrlstiana Hundred, 6s. sis5,9JO.
Third Ward. Mrs. ]. II. Martin, s,
$500.
Fourth Ward. Mrs, Frank Turner, &c,
Si4.O5O.
Fifth Ward. Mrs. R. II. Richards, IL,
$500.
seventh Ward. Mrs. John B. Bird, 81,
s3i5oS
Eleventh Ward, Mrs. George T.
Browne. 3. sii5O; Mrs. Henry Duncan,
10. 1890.
The report for headquarters lnclud-
ed the following churches North Bsp-
list 5, $3.50: Delaware Avenue Baptist,
>, 500; First Church OF Christ, Scien-
tist, 36, si5,iOO; Country Club, ,, 500.
It also included the New Century
.IluN 0NiN4MN ANA - 0AA1NA AANA0 ehN
SIC 300, and the Girls Friendly, II sub
scrlbers and $500.
Every woman is constituted a bond
seller by the wOmen's committee. and
every woman in Wilmington is asked
10 sell a bond to herself, then sell one
20 her neighbor and TO bring the sub
scriptions into headquarters. Tenth
and Market streets. House TO house
canvassing, being impossible on ac-
count OF the disease epidemic, Mrs.
OthO Nowland the wOmen's chairman,
Is calling on the women OF Wilmington
and Christiana and Brandywine hun
dreds TO help in this way. Every wo-
man is TO feel responsible for at least
two bonds. and TO bring her money
into headquarters 20 buy them.
The churches too are asked TO be 100
per cent. in the purchase OF bonds.
Several OF them had fine reports in last
week and today. Today the Christian
Science Church reported that every
member. man, woman and child, had
subscribed 10 bonds. In some in
stances where it was not possible for
children to buy a bond individually,
two subscribed for one bond.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
BAIL REDUCED In
C. T. MCCLURE CASE

At the request OF L. Irving HaSdy.
counsel for Charles T. Mcclure. con-
testing the Work or Fight law. which
ne Is charged with violating. the bail
was reduced from $1,000 TO 500 in the
Superior Court this morning. The re-
duction. OF the bail followed a confer
ence between Deputy Attornsy-General
p. Warren Green. Mr.. Handy and Judge
Heisel..
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
CHILD DIES OF NrLuENzA.

Among The victims OF the influenza IN
wilmington. is little 5-year-old Edward
L. Flory. Jr., son OF Mr.. and Mrs. I'd
ward /. Flory, or No. 23OI West street
Edward was well on last Friday morn
ing Later in the day he was stricken
with severe stomach pains and died on
saturday. He was an unusually prom
ising child. His sudden death has
shocked his parents wide circle OF
friends The funeral OF the little box
will take place on Wednesday.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
EXEMPTION BOARD 2
NEEDS OFFICE HELP

Exemption Board No. Is still badly
in need OF oflce help 10 work on the
uuestionnaires. which are now being
returned in large numbers. An appeal
is therefore made for volunteers TO help
complete the work.
School teachers. who are not other
wise occupied are asked to join the
volunteers. who are aiding in the work.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
Bonds build destroyers.
Buy them today.

tor Hitchcock is already one OF our
peace terms, said Borsh.
Senator Lodge. ranking Republican
member OF the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. declared the country should
not be allowed to get the impression
that any branch Of the Government re-
CARDS the German proposals seriously.
France VIII never agree TO anything
less than the unconditional return Of
Alsace-Lorrslne," said Lodge. "The
protection OF the world demands that
Lorraine, with its iron, be taken from
Germany. Our recognition OF the
Czecho-Slovaks commits us 10 take
them from beneath Austria's yoke
With them goes Poland. Are we now
to leave them in the lurch? l do no
believe such a thing is contemplated
for an instant"
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
MACHINE GUNNER
KILLED In ACTION

Mrs. Emma Msclesry. Of No. al
Bsyord avenue. has been notified by
the War Department Of the death Of
her brother, Private Leander Gray, Of
wounds in France.
His wounds were received while in
action on September 81. Private Gray
was member Of the 30sth Machine
Gun Battalion, 18th Division, lie left
Camp Dix on May %. Before going
10 Camp Dix. Private Gray was o con-
ductor on local trolley lines. he is
survived by his father. two brothers
and three sisters.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
need MORE HOUSES
At EDDYSTONE
House Bill Provides $l4,.
600, 900 So Remington
Arms Can Speed Up
1000, 900 RIFLES
BEHIND SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON, Oct Fourteen mil
lion dollars Is provided with which 10
house the workers Of the Remington
Arms Company at Eddysione Pa. in
bin which Representative Clark, OF
Florida, chairman Of the Public
Grounds and Buildings Committee OF
the House, will report TO Congress to-
morrow
The bill carries appropriations TO-
falling Si9i.G07000 FOR housing in all
parts OF the country. 10 was drafted
by otto NJ Eidlitz. Director OF the
Bureau Of Housing Of the Department
OF Labor. and is designed 20 take care
Of the housing needs OF munition CEN
ters for the next six months.
1.-THE most Migrant case Of bad hous-
ing conditions" said Major Hayden
Aymes, chief OF the small arms divi-
sion OF the War Department. is at
Eddystone. Pa. This Is our principal
rifle plant and the largest rifle plant
in the world We are producing 800
rifles there daily, but We should be
turning out $500. 10 is almost imnos-
sible 90 get labor because OF the had
housing condition.
Living conditions are frighini both
at EddysiOnc and at Chester We ara
now about 100000 rics behind our
nrOgram-that Is we ought 20 have
100000 more rifles than We have. That
doesn't mean that anybody viii have TO
go without a rifle, because We viii
oyeriakc out entire program In the
spring Of 1919
"The output OF cartridges at Eddy
.fn.. 1. F.fIftsaa .Iass.u rho rro4nnI
output Is 2i.OO0OO0 a day. We have 20
Increase this 0utupt 10 100000.
AT present mary Of The Eddysione
workers must get up at , or 6 o'clock
in the morning In order 90 get 20 work
on time. Houses are >imperatlvcly need
ed at Eddystone FOR 2i0O persons as bad
housing conditions there are causing
loss OF 1000 workmen @ MONTH
W a. Garrett. assistant 10 thc man
agcr az the Eddystonc rifle plant, told
the committee the firm now employs
1900 men and 5000 women. 40 present
the plant is short 100 employees, he
said. and they cannot be obtained be-
cause Of the lack OF places for them to
live.
Mr.. Eidltz Informed the committee
that complaints are constantly coming
from Philadelphia and from munltion
plants in and near Philadelphia asking
the housing bureau 10 furnish addi-
tional housing facilities there.
I'VE ought not TO be discussing H..
but we should be building the houses,
now" he said. The Emergency Fleet
Corporation Is now building GOO or 200
houses" he said "and has lent money
10 the Chester pike Road Company'for
increased power i'm an effort TO i'm
prove transportation facilities 70 and
Z from Hog Island lie added that TO the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company 81.
10000 has been given with which to
Improve their service.
"The Navy Department has started
a housing project at Phillpsburg, n. J.
A storage warehouse and 40 perma-
nent stOrehouses, 500 feet by 2000 feet
each. will be built there as a central
distributing point. Houses will be
erected there Ter LOO people and in ad-
dltion there viii be recreation halls and
other buildings. The total cost VIII
be s3,OOOOOO."
.s..-f.f - A.. to..nhf
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
COLLEGE STUDENT
DIES AT ANNAPOLIS

Robert Stuart. aged 10 years. son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Robert d. Stuart Of No.
2iis Washington street. died at Annapo-
lis. Md, yesterday with pneumonia.
He was a student at st. Johns College,
this being his. freshman year. Young
Stuart was taken m while going to
Annapolis last Monday and on arrival
was taken TO a hospital
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
RICHARD PIERCE DEAD.

Richard Pierce, son of Mrs. John
Pierce. Of No. 1912 \. Frazer street,
Philadelphia. died yesterday Of double
pneumonia. after brief illness follow
ing. an attack OF infleunza. Mrs. John
Pierce lived in this city for a number
Of years, and young Richard was born
and raised in this city.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
Sen. CALDER WOULD
KEEP CLOCKS AHEAD

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Oct :. - Senator
Calder, author OF the daylight saving
law. today introduced a bin amending
that law making permanent the time
now in effect, that is one hour ahead
OF mean asironimical.
This bill II passed would prevent the
turning back Of the clocks one hour
on October q as provided in the day
light saving law
The bill was introduced at the re-
quest Of Is. NJ. Baruch, Of the War
Industries Board who declares 1t will
save great dead Of electric power
badly needed for war industries.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
DEATHS
Robert Stuart .

Robert Stuart
STUART-M Annapolis, Md, on Octo-
Der 6. 1918. Robert, youngest son OF
Robert u. and Isabelle D. Stuart, aged
10 years.
Funeral private from the residence OF
his parents. PHI Washington street. AZ
the convenience Of the fsmily. hlnaiy
omit flowers.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07
SALISBURY Is NOW
COUNTY CHAIRMAN

James salisbury was elected chair
msB Of the Democratic county com
msttee 20 succeed Henry Is. Isaacs, re-
signed, ST s special meeting Of the com
mittee on Saturday, Mfr. SALISBURY had
been serving IS yiee-ehsirmsn, lie is
also chsiFnsD Of the city committee,
Mr, Issacs, VINO resigned. expects 10
enter war Y. "a. C. A. work in a short
sans,
Evening journal., 1918-10-07

You haven bought enough till you've
bought all YOU can.
BUY MORE.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07

Could you say to Pcrshingi 'T,e bought
all can"
Buy till II hurts.
Evening journal., 1918-10-07

Liberty Bonds are winning the light.
Buy now.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

primary reasons were, no doubt,
use of poor seed for bedding and
late planting. To avoid these,
farmers should bed selected eating
size potatoes now, so as to have
early plants.
Other precautions to be OBJ
served are the use of some fertili-
ger containing potash if possible,
and not too free use of stable and
cow-lot manures. Any fertilizer
with an abundance of ammonia
will cause the crop to run to vines
with very little fruiting, unless
some phosphate and potash are
used to balance the plant food.
Ordinarily new land contains more
potash than old, except where
heavy applications of a fertilizer
carrying a large percentage of
this element have been previously
used.
TO be sure of the best results
obtainable, use selected seed, bed
early, plant early, use a fairly
we'll balanced fertilizer and put
out on new land.
If compelled to buy slips or
vines, insist that they be of a pro-
ductive strain properly selected
and that they bear the inspection
tag of the State Plant Board. On
account of the sweet potato wee
vii, the Plant Board has imposed
a quarantine against the move
ment of potatoes, vines and slips
into and within the State.
Yours truly,
VIM. A. SESSIONS,
County Farm Agent DeSoto Co.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
Use Plenty of Fertilizer

+ One of the questions of great i'm
portance that the farmer must de-
eide is whether to use the usual a.
mount of fertilizer on his crops
this year. The answer of those
who have studied the question
from all angles is Eyes" provided
the proper amounts have been
used in the past. There is a linn
it to the amount of fertilizer that
can be used economically.
Commercial fertilizers this year
will cost from a fourth to a half
more than last year, and still their
use will be profitable, says the u
University Of Florida extension di-
vision. Figuring the prices of fer
tilizers relative to crop prices, it
will be found that crop prices have
increased more rapidly than ferti-
lizer prices. Which means that
the farmer is simply dealing in
larger figures than those to which
he is accustomed. Since a given
quantity of certain crop will buy
more fertilizer this year than last,
it might be said the prices of fer
tilizers have been reduced.
1t is highly important that large
yields of all staple crops be made
this year. 1t is the patriotic duty
of every farmer as stated by Pres
ident Wilson, and it should be
done even if the process should re-
suit in nothing more than the
farmer shifting a dollar from one
of his pockets to another.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
Set Trees Carefully

More trees are lost or stunted
by improper setting than by plac-
ing them in a soil not adapted to
their growth. The University of
Florida College of agriculture adj
vises the observance of these
points:
Set the tree in the ground at the
same depth or slightly above that
at which it stood in the woods or
the nursery row. Use your hands
for spreading the roots out care
fully and packing the soil around
them. Place them in their nat
ural position as nearly as possible.
After about three-fourths of the
soil has been replaced, firm the
soil with the feet. Pour in plenty
of water to help settle the soil af-
ter the packing is done thorough
ly. AS soon as the water has dis
appeared, complete the filing a.
bout the tree, still packing the
soil with the feet, and then level
off. If the weather is very dry,
banking about the tree with dry
soil may be advisable.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
FARM and GROVE
Agricultural News Service
Extension Division u. OF F.
Cor University of Florida)
PROTECT THE POTATO CROP
Precautions Must Begin Before
Planting And Continue All
Season

knowledge Of precautionary
measures to avoid crop diseases is
highly important to tomato grow
ers. Tomatoes are subject to
many diseases, any one of which
may be sufficiently serious to ruin
I the entire crop, or at least to pre-
clude the possibility of making a
profit on the seasons work. These
few measures stated briefly by G.
d. Sherbakoff of the University of
Florida experiment station should
be observed by all growers.
Use the best seed obtainable;
free from disease, if possible.
Choose a seed-bed soil not pre-
viously used for growing tomatoes
or related crops; or, better still,
soil sterilized with steam or forma~
lin.
Spray plants in the seed bed
and in the field with good fun
gicide, such as bordeaux mixture.
Apply thoroughly about every ten
days. For spraying in the seed
bed use the $3.50 bordeaux for
mula, increasing the strength to
ALSO or $3.50 for field spraying.
The stronger field concentration is
preferable only in controlling ear
ly blight or rust, Spraying in the
field may not be necessary during
periods of drouth.
Keep in check the various in
'sects at work on the plants. This
may be done by adding to every
fifty gallons of bordeaux mixture
"a half pint of Black Leaf $40"
and one pound Of zinc arsenite or
lead arsenate. If spraying is not
practiced, dust the plants with
mixture of tobacco dust, zine ar
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

VIM. A. SESSIONS,
County Farm Agent DeSoto Co.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

semitic or lead arSenate, and flow
erS of sulphur.
Where plants are likely to SUI
fer by drouth, some means for II.
rigating should be provided. If
this is impractical, plant and cul-
tivate in the best way to conserve
soil moisture. :,
On low lands, the plants should
be staked.
Nitrate of soda is preferable to
other forms of nitrogen (ammo-
MAJ for fertilizing tomatoes. A
void a heavy application of stable
manure. Do not use potassium
chloride, nor manure or compost
containing old tomato vines.
Keep the field in sanitary con-
dition. Examine it regularly and
remove all rotted fruit and sickly
plants and destroy them by burn
ing or burying. If buried, they
should be covered with disinfect-
ant, such as lime.
Practice crop rotation. The less
)ften tomatoes follow tomatoes or
related crops, the less likely is the
crop to become diseased.
While the observance of these
precautions will not guarantee a
,rop free from disease, it will go
ar in that direction. A knowl-
,dge of the diseases SO that they
,an be identified at once will be of
yalue. They are described in
florida Bulletin 139 which may be
lad free by addressing the Exper-
ment Station, Gainesville.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
Cure for Hog Cholera

A remedy for hog cholera that
has proven to be valuable, accord
ing to O. G. Martin, a Georgian
now located at. Plant City, has
been suggested by DR.. Salmon,
chief of the bureau of animal in
dustry. According to Mr.. Martin
he has used the formula for sever
AL years and it has proven salts
factory in 4. every respect. The
mixture follows:
Wood charcoal, / pound; sui
Iphur, pound; sodium chloride, 2
pounds; sodium bicarbonate, 2
pounds; sodium hyposulphite, 2
pounds; sodium sulphate, l
pound; anthony sulphire (blk.
antimony), l pound.
These ingredients should be
completely pulverized and thor
oughly mixed.
The dose of this mixture is a
large tablespoonful Tor each 2OO
pounds weight of hogs to be treat
ed, and it should be given only
once day. When hogs are af-
fected with this disease, they
should not be fed on corn alone.
but they should have at least once
a day soft feed, made by mixing
bran and middlings, or middlings
and corn meal, or ground oats and
corn, or crushed wheat with hot
water, and then stirring into this
the proper quantity of the medi-
cine. Hogs are fond of this mix
ture. 1t increases their appetite,
and when they once taste of food
with which it has been mixed, they
will eat it though nothing else
would tempt them.-Tampa Trib-
une.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
PLANT SWEET POTATOES
Directions for Selecting Seed and
Cultivating

Editor Herald Now is the
time for farmers to make plans
for the next crop of sweet pota-
toes. Drawers and vines should
be selected from potatoes of good
eating size and they should be set
out not later than July list, for
best results. The poor results OBJ
tanned from this crop the past year
or two, were very likely due to a
combination of causes, but the two
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
Survey OF State Underway

A general survey of Florida is
being made that will determine
the acreage and production of
crops last year, the probable acre
age of all crops this year, and that
will locate stores of surplus seed
within the State. A census of
livestock is also being made, and a
general survey of labor conditions
is being attempted.
The work is directed by w. A..
Dopson of the office of farm man
U. S. Department of
Agriculture, with headquarters at
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

the University of Florida expert
ment station, and is being made
through the State school system.
Mr.. Dopscn says the results if
fairly complete will be of great
value to the Department as well as
to the farmers. Through knowl-
edge of the crops that are being
grown, it is expected that the Di-
rector General of railways will be
better able to provide cars as
needed.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

by the Boy Scouts to dispel this error.
To be sure the scheme is military
| There is deal of good in military train
ing. Some day the whole business world
will be co-ordinated in military efficiency.
| The good consists in the discipline,
team play, manlness, and grit developed
| by military exercises
| There is no reason why an army should
| be autocratic. caste-cursed, and tyranni-
cal. Composed on democratic ideals,
where each unit ntelligently foregoes his
individual will for the benefit of organ
I lied efficiency, an army Is vastly more
effective than where soldiers are whipped
to battle and browbeaten in time of
peace.
l would like to see every boy in the
United States belong to the Boy Scouts.
They would learn maniness
They would increase their personal eff
fectiveness
They would cease to be sorry for
themselves and learn to bear failure,
physical hurt or any pain of body mind,
as men should bear such things, bravely.
They would learn to desipse the very
things that nation wars are based on,
such as race hate, narrow and deformed
patriotism, cruelty, and selfishness.
They would learn to be self-reliant, to
be clean, strong, frank, kind and gen.
erous.
The Boy Scouts are not soldiers in the
making: they are men, citizens, in the
making.
arts: To help the unfortunate, to aid the
wounded, to save the drowning, to take
care of themselves, doing their own cook
ing, washing, and camping; to tie a knot
to chop tree to tell the truth and to
obey to live in the open air, to be re-
spectful, reverential, and fearless, and "a
bove all to be good sports, which means
to take defeat or success as real men and
not as cry babies
The Boy Scout organization is the great
outdoor school; and, best of all, it is a
great school of democracy where the boys
manage themselves
On my table lies the November number
of Boys Life. l wish a copy of it could
get into the hands of each one of the
eight million boys of this country. 1t is
full of sound sense and mighty interest
in readin'."
The article first in the magazine, by
David Star Jordan of the Leland STAN
ford, jr., University, is as great a piece
of boy literature as you can find. For in
stance, he says:
I'VE want you, Boy Scouts, for drawer
things than war.
1t is soldiers business to fight and
to Kill. 1t is Boy Scouts business to
help and save.
When this hedious war is over all the
nations will be filled with hate, for with
out hate there could be no war 1t will
De Tor you to try to overcome thin spirit.
TO help us all to realize that men are men
Wherever they may live or whatever Ian
guage they may speak"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
THE LARGEST BOYS CLUB IN THE
WORLD

The Boy Scout. organization is the
largest boys club in the world.
If your boy is Of suitable age you should
let him join. / do not say YOU should
make him join, All healthy boys are AS
eager to get into this club as a monkey is
eager to get sugar
Many people, alive to the danger of en-
couraging war ideas, are afraid this
movement will tend to Increase the
poison of militarism in the youth. II
takes only little acquaintance with the
Ideals taught and the practices employed
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

Peanuts, properly handled, will
be a good cash crop and~a soil
builder If there is a good mar
ket in your neighborhood, plant
liberal acreage.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

A scald, burn, or severe cut heals slow
ly if neglected The family that keeps a
bottle of Billiards. Snow Eminent on
hand is always prepared for such acct
dents Price 25c. SOC and LOO per bottle.
Sold by Cochran Drug Co. (adv)