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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-24

I Flying far from pleasures eye,
Who by sorrows side alighteth
/ When all else are passing by.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-24

Courtier strange, whom triumph fright
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-24

ut tOge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-24

True philosopher! imparting
Comfort rich to spirits panied;
Glider of proud triuimph's madness,
Pointing to the unattained!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-24

Timid warrior! Doubt, arising.
Scares thee with the slightest breath;
Matchless chief! who. fear despising,
Tramples on the darts of death!
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
ADMINISTRATION SALE.

No. sl93e.-Yn The First yu6lcIal
District Court Of Caddo Parish, VIA.
Succession of Miss Ann McDonald.
Bv virtue of q commission TO sell
TO me issued by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish. la. in the above numbered
and entitled cause. will sell al
public auction. for cash, according
fo law, at the principal frons door
Of the court house of s,aSdo Parish.
Louisiana. during Che legal hours
| for sales, on
SATURDAY, MARCR %. 1919.
An undivided oHe-fourth interest on
the southeast quarter OF section 70
and shn northeast quarter oS sec
| ton %, Township %. Range s6
lCaddo Parish. Va, together with 81
1buildings amt improvements eeere-
ON.
The above Described property VI
Ihe sold for cash o. che highest Did
Yder Yor Che purpose oY PAVING WI
ldehfs Of said succession.
I R.H. RICKHAN,
I Administrator
J Witness qie Honorable y. R. gan6
liudge 81 our saiA courV. shls d9s'
ldas e.f February. q. o.. eHe
I THos. 0. GREEGsS.
L Depssay GGefa
) Caas asian. Feb. 20. 99t9e
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
S1sERlFE"S ssIsI.

NO. ssa&R -JIO GhG Gorst Judicial
lslSsrice o..ssleG a,6 GaeOl6siana.-Mark
I.astne rs. slnrrresinG of Austin d.
Reed. ea age Q
Es stlsse qpg @ gyFiQ 90 seizure and
sale 20 sne sSiseeGe,G. erom the Hon.
arshYe s'orss g,sGtcool District Court
pf a.st9,9o PARISH louisiana, in the
above numhersG ond entitled cause,
/ Aase setaeG anG ariIl sell at pub
lie auction Cor cash, according to
Iaw. ono WitMeue appraisement, at
Tho principal front door of the
coultheuse % Caddo Parish, Lou
isiana. GNgng the legal hours of
sales. on
SATURDAY. MARCH 90. 1919.
Thres mcres off of the east end of
q Grace Of land in Sec. p, T. II, II.
IL. 90 Gaddo Parish. La, and des-
|crbe8 as follows: Commencing at
the northwest corner of the north
ease quarter Of the northeast quar-
ter of said section, and run thence
south 500 feet for place of begin
ming: qhence south l65 feet; thence
eas9 1929 Sect: thence north 100
feee: ehNca west 1920 feet to place
|o9 haginDiag. together with all
buildings aa& improvements there
lon situated
said properFg 90 be sold as be-
longing Go ahoge defendant to pay
| anA sasisfy che d3dGS specified in
said writ GogeaheU @iAh attorneys
fees. aneecesG onG costs.
4. q. go GHES,
ISheriss end s-abffirio 0ucaoneer
Go,te esian gefD :an 500
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
SiIERIFt"S SAFE.

%o. 2io1G.-gn the GlrsQ yu'oiciSl
Olstrice Court of 0.ouiSiono.-d-id
deld Gros. o.ands 60. 0dls. IS. Sss
ada \, sheridan.
Ge virtue Of % WrSo oS scqz,ole and
sale 20 ma directe9. fron6 ehr dion
orable S'irse gudiciol DISTRICT court
of o.addO Parish, souiSana. i" the
ahoec numbered and entitled cause
A Nave seized Ant6 will sell at pub
lie auction for cash. according t(
law. and without appraisemen'. a.
the eprincipal front door OF the
courthouse of Gaddo Parish, lou
,isiana. during the legal Aours %
sales, on
SATURDAY. MARCH =. 1919,
One Hupmobile, Car No. .29ls.
Said property DO be sold as be,
longing to above defendant % 9a.
ana satisfy the debS specified IL
said wris together witIo attorncS':
fees, dntarcss and costs.
q. p. HUGHES,
sheriff. ant9 Ex-Officio Auctioneel
Caucasian. teb 20. 1919
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
EsTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up on the 9th day OF jan
uary. 1919, on the Roy Harris place,
about 8 i-2 miles from Shreveport,
on the Greenwood road, and estray-
ed before me, the undersigned au-
thority, one brown mare mule
weight about $50 pounds. scar on
its right hind foot, has a short piece
lof cotton rope around its neck. The
owner is hereby notified and invlt-
| ed to call and settle all cost or the
lanimal will be sold at the princlpa
front door Of courthouse, on Satur-
Iday, March Is, 1919. as required b,
llaw DAVID B. SAMUEL,
Judge of City Court, City of Shfeve
port. 4th Ward, Caddo Parish.
.iCaucasian, Feb. Il, 1919.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
MARTHA BRVSON,
Caucasian, FEB. %. 99iS
--WSS-e
SHERIFF'S SALE.

80. 2l66S.-ln the Eirse 9u6icial
District Court of Louisians.-Soseph
X. Heroic es. Neire 81 4Abrsm
|HutchinsON.
Bv virtue % commissions 20 sell,
to me directed frOns che Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, in the above
numbered and entitled cause, 7 will
sell at public auction for cash, ac-
cording to law, at the principal
front door of the courthouse OF
lCaddo Parish, Louisiana. during the
legal hours of sales. on
SATURDAY. MARCH %, 1919,
THE east fourteen acres of the NORTH
seventeen u7) acres Of the wes1
half of the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of Section IA
Township II, Range A, in Caddt
parish, La, together with all build,
Iings and improvements thereon; il
proportion of an undivided one
lhalf interest to the plaintiff and al
undivided one-fourteenth interes
leach to the defendants.
| Said property to be sold for casl
land without appraisement, in orde
to effect a partition thereof.
! T. R. HUGHES,
'|Sheriff and Ex-Officio Auctionee1
caucasian, Feb. IS, 1919.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
sHERIFF'S SALE.

Nc 2i1S:-vn the Eirst Judicial
District Court Of aOUisiana-OlX-
lie securities Gor0OrStloD vs.. O.. D
,Rryans.
Nv virtue of @ Wrie os seizure and
sale 20 enc directed. from Che Hon
orable First yudicial elssrict Court
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. On Che
above numbered anA entitled cause
10 have seized and will sell at pub
II lie auction for cash. according Vc
law, ana without appralseMene, al
} the principal front "loos OF sh(
courthouse of o,aiCiO PARISH. lou
Iisiana. during the SagaS hoUrs o1
Ysales, op
SATURDAY. MARCH q. 1919.
ssnc e'ive Passenger Sri.co Auto,
mobile Car. No. 1880.
said properts :" be sola as DE
longing % above defendant to pay
and satisfy The slebe specified IL
said writ together Witto attorney
fees. interest and costs.
q. q. HUGHES,
sheriff ana EX-Officio AuctloneeT
Caucasian. Feb 20, 1919.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
1N G,guDiNANs,V

Og a7op G'oSieo Ours co9 a!a4,lsg i'l?j52A
Gouisiona, gr,oRnibi9ns pess"na
owning ae Sassa 0lnGev gheig csgO-
aroG ans fdats 0s domestic anim&ie.
eurning sansdD o'l2 op Qpr8sifqinG
ahens 90 euw a0 gsrgs on Che wares
where slss s9oeb Ss~i nlegaiSsg a2ss
prosiding o UsNaYtye
O. BE % oerAained Is gRGo GNa26ee
Jury 6D gssuSsp session c"nS@iQeH.
ThaQ in Vl.e s0ocS qaw ssar.fs Vha2 6s.
the wards 6w woiosB q aPocb Saw is
pros ide8. 90 sqsaiS be glnYawquG SoF
any person owning domestic Sni-
raais coz eiasiHg aanc 0lnS"P Gbair
control 60 asggo 9'seNO cue @P ger
mie aheno 90 0easde ahe premises 0%
the oWnsv Gov peraog0 on whose oas-
tody .oheg are. @ishoua ehsy are ST.
tended w sNMR person. go 30 DO
prevent damage Go sarme ana esops.
3. Be- % suraher or6ained. TAat
ang PERSON ssoSssing ahis ordinance,
shale be Gi0e1 6lB Qhe suns ns Nds
less than siGA@ dsp gsore chan s2s90
for Che sirsa @Ssense. or De inegg-
ceraseS 6m che PARISH jail noe Dess'
than Cen daass or MoTe cham thifey
days. and 6osl,.Yo abe said am1lnt
for Che second o9fsnses
3. Ro % snStneS srfainsd. 0qc.,
THAI shie ordinance Is noe insegoeed
10 aNrstise og afseea iG anS Gay.
either by aYpeab @R otherwise. my
othe, ordinances alpoD this sMGject
matter. hus is intended rs euQ9le-
|m.nsarg. and oro addition Go alO 9th
cp ordinances now regasing Go esock.
!stor's.o EshsNasy o., G9!9
W. C. CRsWg@RD.
o president.
IL. G.. DTRgSGf,E. gGeq6.
Caucasian. GetD 20, $3.50.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
SHERIFE'S SALE.

No. e!l9S.-sn Che FirsS Judicial
Oistrict Court Of LouisianA.-suc-
ces.ion Of u. X. Ratcliff.
GS virtue Of % commission to sell
to me- directed FROM the Honorable
First judicial District s.ours OF
s,aeltlo Parish, louisiana, in Che
above numbered and entitled cause,
. will sell at public auction for
cash. according to law, st the prln-
cipal front doa Of the court house
of Gaddo Parish, louisiana, during
| the legal hours of sales, op
SATURDAY., MARCH %, s9iS,
Che minors undivided 0n2-elghth
interest in 2lO acre 6easc described
as ". s-2 of sE. %, Sec. 0, and
NE. - Of Sec. u, o. q, r. q5, to-
gethcr with "a like interest," in one
we'll with Gin. easing SEE and two
25O bbl. tanks; and likewise Che
minors 18th interest in the MuslOw
lease. covering lots 4, 9, i3, "A, Is, ~,
us anti 20 of the subdivision OF the
=. 80 OF Sc. - of Ne. - of Sec.
vi, T. p, r. IS, 8 acres with Like in
terese in one we'll thereon: ana the
minors undivided 18th interest III
the Heilperilo s5-acre lease. cover
ing Ne. 4-3 Of sW. -, Sc. - OF
wv. - an2 the fractional NE. -
of w.t. OF Sec. 26. 2. n. r. 10
together with like interest in two
wells and pumping outfits, sale
wells producing about 60 barrel;
per dav. and one gas we'll producing
about Two million cubic feet OF ga;
Der day. together with the equip
ment used on said lease, necessary
in the operation of same, but no
Including any drilling rigs. or equip
|ment belonging to any drilling rigs
and an undivided 10th interest II
what is known as the MusloW Bl!
Four. covering NE. IA of Sec. 10, L
, 20 r. Is. 35 acres. lots 4, 5, 6, ant
8 of Sec. 80. T. q, R. IS, II acre
is. i-2 of N. t-2 and S 1-2 OF Sec
4. T. 20. r. IS, containing i99 acres
and the NE. IA of the SW. IA o
:. Sec 81 T. q, R Is. containing 1
Iacres. together with like interest 1
!, one we'll thereon equipped wit
= tubing rods and pumping outfit
producing ~ barrels of oil per da,
also one standard rig with gas On
Ieinc on abandoned hole, all in Cadd
Parish. Louisiana.
The said sale to be made accord
ing to law and upon the jfollowm
terms. to-wit: For sum not les
+ than Eleven Thousand Two HUI
c. cred and Fifty Dollars cash. for II
t, purpose of effecting a partition.
= #. r. HUGHES,
/ Sheriff and Ex-Offieio Auctionee
e, Caucasian, Feb. 81. 1919.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
HHERIFF'S SALE.

No. 24993.-yn the EirsS judicial
District Gourt of Louisiana.-Dixie
Securities Corporation ~. stewart
Nelson.
By virtue % a writ Of seizure
and sale to Me directed from the
Honorable Firss judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, louisiana
in the above numbered and enE-
tied cause I have seized and will
lsell at public auction for cash, &C
|cording 20 law and without ap-
praisement, az The principal front
door of the court house Of Caddt
Parish. la, during the Iegai hours
Of sales, on
SATURDAY. MARCH IS, 1919,
One Maxwell five-passenger 'iS Mo-
del Touring Automobile, Serial No
23ial2. Motor No. 1923.
+! Said property 10 be soid as be
longing 20 above defendant 20 pay
and satisfy The debt specified II
said writ. together with attorney;
fees, interest and costs.
! 7. r. HUGHES,
lSheriff ana Ex-Officio Auctioneer
Caucasian, Feb. g.. 1919.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

So. s5N3b-lirsa District Court of
Louisiana. state Of Louisiana Pare
isl0 % e.addO.-succession OF Ghao-
dOre anH Mrs. Addie q. owen.
Notice is hereby given that James
l.. Nonkhouse has this Gay applied
to be appointed administrator al
said succession, and unlese opposl-
'tiolo BE- msde thereto within Che
time specified By iaw he wild 6e
'appointea ss prayed for.
Witness Che honorable y. X.
Land Judge of said coule, ehis S1th
dag 06 N'eGrusry, 1919
q. 9. HARDIN.
Deputy e,serh
|C2ucosiaD, Feb. ~. 1919.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
u,YORsHIp SALE.

o,. Clio Uwelftlo yuticia0 Vslsprlct
oolro oH the state o9 LOUISIANA.
I'aroslo og NesoSo.-Gusos.hip "6 The
Minors os Mrs. Lafayette %. logan.
By virtue 06 and 90 obedience %
tho auehogitS and olire,csdo@ "a %
commission 20 sell 90 OILS Ossue0 on
the above MumbereN amt entitled
matter. based upon the proceedings
and recommendations sOf % family
meeting held on behalf Of the minor
heirs of Mrs. Lafayette -. Logan,
viz: lloyd Condor, Sybii and s'r-
rem logan, as duly approved and
homologateN by che honorable
Judge of the Districe eOure qor
DeSoto PARISH. Louisiana, we will
l sell at public auction 20 the last and
highest bidder before che principal
front door of the court house in
the town Of Mansfield, DeSotc Par
ish Louisiana. between the 9egal
lhours of sales, on
SATURDAY, APRIL ;, a9lS,
the following described property
belonging 60 said minors, and lying
land being situated in the Parish OF
Caddo. State of Louisiana, to-wit:
Lot seven % of the Coty subdivi-
sion. as designated in map eecord-
ell in Book so, page $50 liz che
clerks office of Caddo parish, LA.
and situated in the NV. 80 o5 NE
H.. of Section s, Twp. ~, Rg. %
with Che improvements thereon
Germs of sale cash, subjecs 10 Che
appraisement as made by the aforc-
said family meeting. and according
to law.
MRS. BEULAH MASON. TutriH
O.. J. MASON. Co-Yutor.
For the Aforesaid MinoSs
Caucasian. Feb. p, 1919.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
glrCIESs1ON N0ngE.

40. 2508.-forsg gisgGirG G.e0re Of
Louisiana STATE &c GOasissonG Wsdo
ish ~ CafidN- -SseecessioU OG 0asO@es
lia 6OfseoD.
Notice is hereby giSeg1 Ghag gssesc
\. Garter has Ghis d9ss opplie6 Go se
s6lasinisssasap Gs easg easco
'ee.sion. anG unless OptapsitteC0 @e
made sl.ereee within Che Sine epesdo
fled ~ gaw. ae wtll DO Sgga'ah1se
las PRAYED for.
Witness She g9onopsf,ge J0&gss 09
saiA Co.lrs this gafie day cS g9@e
|rusry. aaa9s @
g. ]. CaEEosN,
GaegoGg GSe0b.
Caucasian. Feb. 9S. $780,
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
CHARTER
OS The Reliance Company. yneOp'
DOratea.
State 81 louisiana,
Parish Of Cad6O:

State 81 louisians,
Parish of Cad6o:
BE 10 remembered tha0 on ehlsl
day before me, D. 6. Scarborough,
Jr.. q notary public in and for said
Parish and State, personally came
and appeared John Glassell, Belch-
er, Va; X. y. Merren, Shreveport,
La, and 4. 6. Glasseli, shreveport,
La, who stated that they have or
eanizeA themselves as ~elf as such
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, into a
corporation and have adopted as
their charter the following, to-~lt:
ARTICLE Z.
The name of the corporation shall
be the Reliance Company, Incorpor-
ated, with its domicile at Shreve-
port, La, and under said corporate
name it shall have and enjoy sue
cession for a period OF 100 years,
unles ssooner dissolved as here
matter provided. All legal process
shall be served upon the president,
or in his absence, upon the vice
president or in the, absence OF both
on the secretary of the company.
| ARTICLE II.
The purposes for which this cor
poration is formed and its object:
are hereby declared to be to ac-
quire. own and operate mineral
LEASES and mineral lands in th1
Estates of Louisiana, Arkansas ant
|Texas: to acquire, own and operate
drilling rigs and machinery 20 drill
lwells of all kinds for itself or fo1
tothers. for such compensation q
lmay be agreed upon and general.
lido ANYTHING and everything Neces
| sary in acquiring and developing
LEASES and lands (mineral) on SAL
STATES as we'll as as % drill wells TO
said minerals for itself or otheri
and to own and operate refinerle
i and to do anything anS all thing
necessary in the operatioD "f sncs
ARTICLE UT.
Che capital stock OF This sorpof
n Ition is herebe ftxeA az ehe SUM
! Fifty Vhousani Dollars (s50,OO3W
q Idivided into five hundred shares 8
:. the oar value of $4,000 each, ~hic
. mas be issued SOr property acquire
: lat valuation 90 be approved D
the hoard oS directors, services seT
idexsA ss sssh, oaa ~ stock wsi
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07

80 ss96s.-F'irs8 1GsGrocG s4owrt
of Iouisiana. ssags of Gls@Sse@as,
Parish Of CadaCR-@rceess6ne4 oil
Claud, ID. Craine.
Soace is AerPby etSuO Gf>ae Eors.
Georgia Gcarg G,roin Dos si%iz gay
applies Go DE appointed aatlr&asiS-
tratrix oq saia susi,sesaaa. snen en-
|lese opposition De rmo&e eaereto
within che aime specof6r@ ss cav,
she ailY bo oppmin2eG % 0rssee Cor.
Witness Che 1Ionsrobqe ~. %. S'e9l,
Judge og said cmirGo Chic aeo Cay
~ Eeisruarg. S9fS.
s. %. W1IG0s%sa oDerk.
Co'mastan. & j.. & 6"fa
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
w sS
AOgHGs

Tho aaauaG 0aeeQing 90 qso Sock
hoqdevs ~ Che Kensos 6iaF. alereva-
pore & eouYf Nail@ag 0.om0ang evil
be Nel0 o9 6es office. ga eAs cieY Of
o.a.. GN e'rh'sv, aDss 4.
1919. AZ @ a.qa.. qGr Gre Oupose Of
|eiecging @ soarG 90 edre&ero for
the ensuing gaap, anA Gpaas@cqing
lsuch oaheg business So G8ag GoGle
he fore the meeting.
&c. FGsrS,&. eees e9ery.
geueesaaA Zee, 90 $3.50
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
NOTICE.

The lands belonging to the un-
dersigned in Sections 8, Q and II.
Township 7 north, Range 16 west. IN
Caddo parish, La. are posted and
all trespassers will be prosecuted to
the full extent Of the law Stat
Line Fishing and Hunting Club. by
Ed Dickinson. President: r. y. Cook
|Secretary and Treasurer.
Caucasian, Feb. ~ 49ia
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07

N,e 23.e3S.-t'irss District e,oule of
Louisiana.- a.-sncsassiOO OF samuci
Bryson
Hv vil<lse % . commission issued
to me by Che Honorable First Judi
cial District CouI@ of Gaddo Parish.
Louisiana in che above numbered
land entitled suis. will offer for
sale ae the store in Che town OF
Greenwood. Caddo Parish, Jouls-
ians. on the Est day of March. 1919
all the personal property belonging
to above succession as shown by in
|ventory on file in said succession e6
be sole for casls, sccordinG to Law
to VaS debts.
MARTHA BRVSON,
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07

$llSSy
JAS. q. DESNSo
a.. o.. 4OYE.
DONALD DICKSON,
Notary public.
State % y.ouisiana
Parish of Caddo:
Z hereby certify THAI Che above
and foregoing is true and correct
copy of the original act as the same
now appears on file ana of Gecord
in my office.
Given under my hanH seaY oq OIL
flee this. the Atls day Of february
A. ID, 1919.
w. V. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ES-Oftici" Dep
uty Recorder.
Endorsed filed ana recorded. shls
ltls day of February, 4. D.. 1919.
". y. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and Es-officio beD-
uts RecOrder.
CsucAsiAo. Eels. :, e9I9.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07

We would like to print you some
stationery right now. Phone tO0o.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
slra1GsssOS NOr1saSs

Caucasian. GegD. sS. S9gg
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07

thereof shall haSe the effect oil rem
ldering this charter Null and Sold Or
EXPOSING the stockholders TO any
labilitg beyond the unpaid balance
iof their eapitaq stock subscrlpsloHs.
yAlq stoch ossue9 shaA be gullS paid
YfOr ana nom A>sessable
: On N6Tbss WHEREOF, esclo col
! the undersigned declares ehaS He
signe shis acc o6 Incorporation Cor
the objects and Oui0oses herein
set FORTH.
Done an2 passed in shc presence
of 1as. q. Denny and O.. b. soye,
|compctene witnesses, and me, No
tary. on this, the 80 day OF eebrs-
ary. s. aso 1919.
O.. y. RONkSe
n o. HAND
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Caucasian, Feb. -. 1919.
The Caucasian., 1919-03-07
ARTICLE q.

The executive officers OF the
corporation shall be President, who
shall also be Secretary and VICE
President. who shall also be Treas
urer. and the officers for the 1lrst
wear shall be A. l.. Weiss, Presi-
dent and Secretary, and Arthur
Weiss. Vice-Presidcnt and Treas
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-14

O. A. Morgan visited Fort Og-
den Saturday.
Town Marshal Lipscomb visited
Arcadia, last Thursday.
D. j. Hobbs of Lakeland, spent
several days here last week.
B. f. Wells, popular financler
of Arcadia, was here in his car
last Friday morning
Walter Stephens and Il. BAN,
of Bermont, favored Punta Gorda
with a visit last week.
Tony Rubin, of the Willow
Pens section, was in Punta Gorda
on business Friday and Saturday
S. D. Huffman, accompanied by
his mother, came in from Bard
vile, last Thursday, and spent the
day shopping.
D. n. Gibbs, a prosperous res
ident of Oneco, Manatee county,
was the guest here of Mrs. Ira
Adams for several days OF last
week.
Miss Louise Gautier went by
auto to Arcadia last Thursday
afternoon, and remained there TIL
Sunday, visiting NJ ISIS Nellie
Lewis.
Ray Chadwick, the twelve-year-
old son of S. j. Chadwick is con-
fined to the house with illness re-
sulting from a recent operation on
one of his ears.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed w. Smith re-
turned last week from very
pleasant trip of one month, which
they made in their car to their
former home places in North Car
DINA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert I. Will
Jams spent the closing days OF last
week in Tampa. During Rob
ert's absence, his work at the
Coast Line depot was done by his
brother Brady
O. p. West, formerly OF FRANK
lin, johnson county, Indiana, lat
er of Dorr Field, where he was en-
gagged in Y. NJ C. A. work, now
of Limestone, this county, where
he has purchased grove, was
here the guest of the Chadwicks
last week. Mr.. West has been a
successful teacher in the schools
and colleges of the Hoosier state
and has been engaged to teach the
Limestone school this next term.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-14
TOWN TOPFCSOF WEEK
The TrnDorkaut Fzapperirgs of prInta Gcrda ard
Vicinity Briefly Told

Bill Barthaw who has been
prospecting in Sarasota and Mi
ami, returned here last Saturday
on month s visit.
Mrs. B. NJ. Bean of the State
Baptist Orphanage, Arcadia. ac-
companied by her sister, Mrs.
Randall, spent several days here
last week, d.ring which they were
guests Of Mrs. L. NJ. Written and
other friends.
Capt. A. B. Tucker and family
arrived here in their car Thurs
day evening, having travelled all
the way from Camp Pike, Ark,
making the trip in less than eight
days. A brief report of his trip
appears elsewhere in this paper.
Irwin O.. Bell, who holds a re-
sponsible position with the ex-
press company at Sarasota, spent
Sunday in the city visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. O. A. Bell.
Irwin is a former Plmta Gorda boy
and was in Uncle Sans navy
during the recent war.
r. w. Blackloc, the new county
farm demonstration agent who is
to succeed w. \. Seasons in the
work in this county, arrived in
Arcadia Sunday night to enter
upon the duties Of his position.
He will be joined by Mrs, Black
loo about the first of October
Arcadia News.
Fish boats. have begun to come
in heavily loaded and the fisher
mans annual inning has arrived.
1t is reported that hook and line
fishermen are making from $3.50
to $11.00 a day, according to ex-
perience, application and location.
The Mystery" one of the Chad
wick boats, came in with a large
load Saturday.
Arcadia business houses take a
holiday every Thursday afternoon
and many of their prOprietors and
employees spend it here enjoying
the salt water bathing. Last
Thursday afternoon, there was a
goodly number of them here and
they had a picnic at the bathing
pavilion. Amongst them were
Messrs. Langford, Ward Lamb
kin, Sumter and George Leitner,
w. H. Seward, j. NJ. Cornwall and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Bailey.
It has been given out that, on
Sept. LIST prox,, n. T. Borland
will retire from his position as
cashier of the Punta GOrda State
Bank and will be succeeded by W.
r. DeLoach. Directors of the
bank speak very highly of Mr..
who has rendered them
faithful and efficient service; and,
not only they, but many other
people will sincerely regret to
lose him from the community.
His many friends, however, are
glad to know that his successor
will be Mr.. DeLoach, who, several
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-14

Reuel Platt, attendance officer
for the southern part of DeSoto
county, was in town Monday and.
began his duties in taking the con-
sus of children of school age. He
figured that it would require g.
bout three days to complete the
work here. He was at Moore
Haven last week.