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The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
CHARLOTTE HARBOR
MAN SHOT LONGWELL
Last Thursday and Killed Him
Instantly - Shooting Resulted
Over Real Estate Deal.-Slayer
is Exonerated.

John G. Longwell was shot and
instantly killed last Thursday by
j. W. Bennett, of Charlotte Har-
Dor. The shooting occurred at
the Bennett grove at Plat where
Longwell had gone in a car, driv-
en- by Ernest Shaw.
Longwell some time ago sold
Bennett piece of grove property
at Platt on Horse Creek, five
miles south of Arcadia. Thurs
day, he hired Shaw to take him to
the Bennett grove at Plat to meet
Bennett, with whom he had an APP
pointment Bennett bought this
grove of Longwell and was to pay
for it in installments, running over
eleven years. Bennett was on the
porch when Longwell arrived
and, it is said, that he Immediate
ly began to abuse Bennett and de-
manded settlement or return of
property on notes not yet due.
The witness stated that Bennett
bore Longwell' s abuse calmly and
finally told him to go away as he
had a wife and five Echildren and
did not want to get into trouble.
1t is said that at this time Long
well flew into a rage and, draw
ing large knife, said, zone of us
will die on the spot. " Bennett
went into the house and procured
his shotgun, loaded with buck
shot, and fired. The entire load
entered the back of Longwell's
head, who turned to run just as
Bennett fred and killed him in
stantly.
After the shooting, Bennett had
Shaw go after Sheriff j. Il. Dish
ong and he awaited the coming Of
The sheriff.
Sheriff Dishong summoned a
coroner's jury and r. B. Arm
strong acted as coroner. An in
quest was held and a verdict of
"justifiable homicide was return
ed. No arrest was made.
Longwell was a prosperous
farmer living just off Nocatee
avenue, about three miles south
of Arcadia. He leaves a wife and
small son, from whom he was sep
arated.
Bennett is an Industrious and
progressive grower and a good
citizen and well liked in Charlotte
HarbOr where he resides.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
Dotson-Edd

Miss Sue A. Dotson, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. I'll. l.. Dotson of
Solana, was married in Washing
ton, d. c., Wednesday, May 21st,
to Lieut.. P. L. Eddy Of that city.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Titus Il. Davis, Presby-
terian minister. The bride, form
erly of Cincinnati, has been liv-
ing~in this locality for number
of years, and has host of friends
who will wish her every happi-
ness.
The fortunate groom is well
known here as Lieut.. p. L. Eddy
OF Carlstrom Field, from which
he recently received an honorable
discharge.
The happy couple win make
their home in Syracuse, N. Y,
where Lieut.. Eddy has a response
bic position with the Brown Lapp
Chapin Co.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29

Gossip goes, so an Old State
House Scout hears, that the XII
bosh on the bill came from a Sc
bring man in the senate commit
tee which heard the Glades coun-
ty case. This man told in a mat
ter of fact way that Moore Haven,
Avon Park and Sebring entered
into a county division pact before
the last primary. They put up
man for representative, went into
the fight and got licked, but by
smaller vote than county division
has ever been beaten by before in
DeSoto county. Their plan was
to set off the east end Of the
county, just such county as Rep.
Perry, of Lee, proposed in his
Highlands county, and leave the
matter of county seat to be fought
out between the three towns
Having lost the primary, Sebring
and Avon Park quit until Moore
Haven took up the battle for
Glades county, it had gone back
on them, SO the Sebring people
have been fighting the ploposit-
ion.
There remains still the PROPOSE
ton to take part of DeSoto and
put it into Okeechobee, but this
looks like a fiivver and is hardly |
likely to be passed, it is said.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29

mackerel or pompano could be
discovered in the possession of
any pelican. 1t is quite pos
sible that the profits made on peli-
can postcards at Florida news
stands exceed in value the total
quantity of food fish captured by
the pelicans along its charming
coast. /"
In summarizing his findings,
Mr.. Pearson emphasizes the fact
that the federal food administra-
tion found the pelican not guilty.
Tampa Times.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29

Fort Myers Press, May 20:
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Moger and Mrs.
Moger's morher, Mrs. John Jack,
ST., and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Camp
bell, have recently arrived from
Punta Gorda and are occupying
the Matheson cottage on McGreg-
or boulevard. Mr.. Campbell has
opened up a cigar factory near
the depot. He formerly had a.
factory here, and could find no
better place for cigar manufac-
turing, so he returned.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
A SPECIAL ELECTION
is NOW ASKED FOR
To Determine Whether or Not a
Bond Issue of S35,000.00 Shall
be Made for Completing the
Charlotte Harbor Bridge.

The county commissioners re
convened in adjourned session
Thursday, May 22nd, all members
of the board being present.
A petition, signed by B. G
Lettering and sixteen others, ask.
| ing that the old road through
Section 27-39-24, known as the
Prairie Creek road, be discontinue
ed from said section to the burned
bridge formerly spanning Prairie
Creek, was presented, and upon
motion by Whitehurst seconded
by Coker and carried, said petit
ion was granted and said road
vacated.
The clerk reported the payment
of the balance of $151.6S loss OH
Jail by fire, by the Springfield In
surance Company, and that said
payment was made in the face of
the fact that technically the said
company was not liable therefor.
The Board expressed it's appreci-
alton of the equitable settlement.
I Mrs. Garner, the owner of Lot
6, block II, Wright & Carlton s
addition to Nocatee, being a
widow, Whitehurst moved, which
motion was seconded by Coker
and adopted, that the Comptroller
be and he is hereby requested to
permit the redemption of said
lands without interest, provided
said redemption of said lands be
made within 80 days.
1t was moved by Durrance, see
onded by Coker and carried that
Justices of the Peace be notified
to mako their reports in accord
ance with law.
Upon motion by Whitehurst,
seconded by Coker and adopted,
the Governor was requested to
transmit copy of the report of
Auditor Il. |. Mathews in March,
on the books of this county.
Plans and specifications for
roads and bridges in the Moore
Haven Special Road and Bridge
District were filed and the Clerk
was instructed to advertise for
bids for said work, said bids to be
received up to 2 O'Clock p. m. of
June 14th, 1919.
A petition signed by G. T. Boyd
and others, asking that bonds in
the sum of $35, 100000 be issued by
the Charlotte Harbor Special
Road and Bridge District for the
purpose of completing the roads
and bridges petitioned for in said
District, and that a special elec-
ton be called to determine wheth-
er or not said bonds should be is
sued, was presented, and same
was referred to a committee COM
posed of Commissioners Coker
and Whitten for investigation and
-eport at the next meeting Of this
Board.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
Weather Forecast

Washington, May 24-Forecast
for the period May 26 to 81, in
elusive:
South Atlantic and East Gulf
States: Approximately normal
temperature; considerable cloudi-
ness and occasional showers
BOWIE.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
New Cool Drink Stand

L. B. Giddens, formerly in the
fish business here, late of Tampa,
has rented the A. S. Burnham
room and has installed coolers
and other fixtures. He is open
ing cool drink stand and will
handle some new brands of thirst
quenchers.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
GLADES COUNTY BILL
KILLED IN THE SENATE
Judge Cochran, Elected to Pre-
vent County Division, Failed to
Smash it in the House.-Gov-
ernor Blamed for its Defeat.

Our good friend Judge Coch-
ran, who was sent to the legisla-
ture to prevent a division Of De-
Soto county, failed to stop the
Glades county bill from passing
the house, in which it received a
big majority. But the senate
killed it by a vote of 20 to II.
j. E. iWorthington, Tallahassee
correspondent of the Tampa
Times, in last Fridays Times
gives an interesting account of
the causes which moved the SEN
atte to kill the bill. Here is his
report:
If Gov. Cats had kept off the
Glades county fight, leaving it to
Mrs. Marian Horwitz O'Brien,
mayor of Moore Haven, and by all
odds the most charming lobbyist
of the session, it is possible the
county might have come through
the senate alive. AS it is, the SEN
ate voted Thursday afternoon late
to indefinitely postpone consider
alton Of the bill which had passed
the house. MacWilliams, of st.
Augustine, changed his vote so as
to be in position to move for re-
consideration, but it is hardly
likely that such motion will be
successful.
"Had the governor kept out of
the fight, Mrs. O'Brien might
have put her county over" says
an old State House Scout. The
vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Baker, Brad
shaw, Carlton, Cash, Crosby, Tul-
ley, King, MacWilliams, Malone,
Moore, Oliver, Plympton, Roland,
Rowe, Russell, Singletary, Turn
bull, Turner, Wilson.-20.
Nays-Calkins, Andrews, But
Ter, Crawford, Eaton, Hughlett,
Igou, johnson, Lowry, Mathis,
Mcleod, Stokes.-12.
Sen. Malone, in talking against
the bill, which would have taken
an important slice from Lee, one
of the two counties Of his district,
referred to the governors activi-
ties in these words:
. 81 am not so strong for sena-
torial courtesy" said he-refer-
ence being to a custom in the SEN
ate not to interfere with another's s
local affairs-"but | am a great
believer in executive courtesy and
would like to see more of it prac-
tised."
He went on to refer to the fact
that this government is run by CO.
ordinate branches and that one
ought to keep hands off the affairs
of another. In other words, that |
the executive ought to keep out
of the legislative field.
Several senators were lobbied |
with by the governor-who is by
no means an adept at lobbying,
his preference being for the
bludgeon rather than for the vel
vet-hand type Of activity-and it
is not likely to judge by all ex-
presSions that his work was eff
fective with any of them.
1t is said that he even endeavor-
ed to interest Fort Myers man
who was here in the interests of
his sons candidacy for certain
legal office.
"What can you do for GladeS
county," the governor is said to
have asked the Lee county man,
when the man from Lee asked
what the governor could do for
his son.
When the Lee county man
pointed out that Glades county
proposed an attack on his county
and that he could do nothing to
lid such an assault, the governor
S said to have become indignant.
The governor owns land near I
Moore Haven and has been doing !
Ill he could to see that Moore
1aVen is made county seat. Il
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29

One man in the Moore Haven
section has already sold over
$1,000 worth Of tomatoes from
four acres. He did all the work
Of planting and cultivating him
self.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29

Two towns in Florida are boast
ing Of having disposed of million
dollar crops. These towns are
Moore Haven and Wauchula.
These promise to do better than
this next year.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04
Army and Navy Union.

The history OF the Army and Navy
Unlon dates fro m March /, 1888, when
veterans OF the United States army
obtained articles of incorporation for
an organization to be known as the
Regular Army OF the Union of the
United States Of America. According
to a circular sent ont by the union, it
'.aims to defend and elevate the ma
aeriaI standing OF the officers and en-
listed men, encourages and abets legis-
lRtion in their behalf, as well as for
those veterans who have returned to
civil life; Il takes care OF its sick,
Iruries its dead and extends a helping
han.i, pecuniary and otherwise, as may
Se necessary" and generally strives to
/ rom ote patriotism and faithfulness.
4 Sen who possess an honorable dis
c barge from the United States service,
' nth regular or volunteer army. navy
0 marine corps, whether service was
/ STORE, during or since any war at
/ pme or abroad, are eligible TO admis-
3 hon TO Its ranks.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04
Friendship,

You must make your own friends.
Som q Iflen are born with natural
disp, ,sitlcn to be friendly. Other men
with equal brains are born with natures
that slo not easily make friends. The
one pan needs to be careful that he
does not make too many friends and
The o Their needs to cultivate the art OF
makiI " friends. Both men may make
shipw. reck Of life by allowing the
natura bent of their lives to dominate
them. Some folks may say a man
should lnake his friends among those
he is al lie 10 help. That may be al
truistic nut as rule fellow wants
friends " no will help themselves. The
tendency is TO make friends of those
whose lie, : appeals to us without re-
gard 10 pI oft. But the wise man will
take stock of the friends he makes and
cultivate Z hose who help him to be
u better ma n. He needs the incentives
good men re able to arouse with
In him. 'aTl, make friends you must
show yourself friendly"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04
ECONOMICAL FEED FOR SHEEP
Alternating Pasturage Advised to
Keep Plants Growing and Pre-
vent Stomach Worms.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
Because of the importance Of eco
nomical feeding in profitable sheep
raising, the United States department
of agriculture directs special attention
to opportunities for growing forage
crops as a feed for lambs and ewes.
Early spring pasturages of wheat or
rye may be used at the start. These
provide succulent green feed appetite
ing to the ewes and lambs. Overpas-
turing, however, must be avoided when
these crops are later to be used for
grain. Where 1t is possible to keep the
rye or wheat pasture about IL to two
inches high, the lambs and ewes seem
TO relish II more and will consume
larger amounts. Oats and Canadian
field peas may be sown together early
in the spring at the rate Of " bushels
of field peas and ~ bushels Of oats
To the acre. ThiS,crOp should then be
ready when II is time to take the flock
off the rye or wheat.
Rape, another good forage crop, may
be sown at the rate Of six TO eight
pounds nm acre, and will provide later
pasturage, following the oats and Ca
madam field peas. In sections where
soy beans and cOwpeas grow satisfac-
torily they furnish an excellent mid
summer pasture. If sowed later they
make n good forage crop in late sum-
mer and early fall. When sown in corn
they serve as an excellent supplement
TO the corn for fattening lambs.
If pastured by alternating the graz
ing In different parts and not allowing
any particular section to be too closely
eaten, a field of soy beans may be used
for a considerable time. When most
Of the leaves have been eaten 1t is time
to move to a fresh portion Of the field
20 that the plants on the grazed part
will have a chance to leaf again. In
some sections 1t may be desirable to
cut this growth and use 1t for hay, es-
pecially when other leguminous hays
are not available.
1t is good practice to sow rape at
the last cultivation Of corn. The lambs
can then be turned in the corn field In
the fall and will feed upon the lower
leaves of the corn and rape and make
excellent gains.
Lambs not only make a rapid and
cheap gain on forages Of this kind, but
a forage-crop system prevents, to a
large extent, injury from stomach
worms 1t has been demonstrated that
by changing lambs every two weeks "a
ground not previously grazed that sea
son. stomach worms can be effectively
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

controlled. Since this condition ex-
lists, it is better to have the pastures
of convenient size, so that the lambs
and ewes will consume all the forage
in a period of about two weeks and
again be turned on a new pasture.
This does not allow the use of a Sec
ond growth. The ground can then be
plowed and a second crop seeded to
afford later forage crops.
Where lambs are to go to market an
effort should be made to get them of
early. Lambs make the best and
cheapest gains during the first four
months OF their lives. A grain feed
fed in a lamb creep arranged In the
field win prove helpful in pushing the
lambs along and keeping them In good
condition. This feed should consist OF
corn, oats and bran. Lambs should be
fed all but no more than they will
clean up each day. Never put clean
feed into the trough where old feed
remains.
Lambs weighing 60 to 75 pounds
make the most desirable market offer
ing. The reason is that lambs Of this
size dress out desirable market car
cass, which can be more readily han
died by the butcher, In meeting the de-
mands Of his trade. Heavier lambs do
not sell so readily, and when supplies
are large there may be small price
discrimination in favor of lambs under
so pounds.
Growers will find that by following
system of forage crops for rotation
Of pasturage to prevent stomach
worms, and supplying grain feed In a
lamb creep to keep the lambs gaining
steadily, larger profits can be realized.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04
PRACTICALLY ON CASH BASIS
Little Real Credit Business Is Dono
by Foreign Firm Operating
In China.

When a foreign firm opens up In
China one of It's first cares is to select
a compradore, writes "Americus" in
Asia magazine. This individual is
usually a wealthy merchant Of the
town with considerable property. He
becomes, not an employee, but kind
OF associate Of the foreign business
man, and while keeping up in many
cases his own independent commercial
ventures, he establishes an office con-
nection with the firms Offices, where
he acts as intermediary for all trans
actions with Chinese customers. No
Chinese order is booked without his
approval, for he takes the place OF our
credit man" and knows who can be
trusted and to what extent. But he
differs from the credit man in that
he, i'm return for a commission on the
transaction, assumes full responsibility
for il and pays up himself If the
customer defaults. Being man OF
property he can do this, and TO make
assurance doubly sure, the foreigner
usually requires him TO deposit secur-
ity in the form Of title deeds to land
or even cash in some cases. When the
goods are finally delivered II is not
usual to give long credits. In one OF the
principal parts of China payments are
usually made at once through what
are called native bank orders, /. e..
checks dated five or ten days ahead
and certified by some Chinese bank
In other words very little real credit
business Is done, according to our idea
of that term, and it is consequently
not surprising that there are so few
losses
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04
ROMAN HOMES IN ENGLAND
Researches of Antiquarians Have
Brought to Light Many Things
Of Historical Interest.

A side road leads TO the left from
the Fosse Way of ancient memory,
and winds along valley beside the
early wanderings OF the Colne, in the
English Cotswold country, writer In
the Christian Science Monitor says.
The car, chugging It's way up the
road comes to rest at last beneath the
trees which crowd around the Roman
villa, at Chedworth, and patchwork
carpet of sun and shadow invites TO
idle lettering in the warmth OF spring
day. But suddenly one is ushered into
the twilight of the Roman occupation,
to gaze on fragments of mosaic floor
ing and scattered pillars and bricks
and stones, all that remains OF the
prosperous home of some rich Roman
who settled here In the dawn of Eng
lish history.
The beautiful coloring and design
OF the mosaic floors are not more
striking than the followed bricks, and
furnaces which tell of wonderful heat
ing arrangements, Of greater efficiency
than that of which most modern Eng
Hsh homes can boast.
Here, beside the villa, laundries and
baths would appear to have been a
mall smelling establishment, which
Il rust have once made the place a little
bi We of industry amid the wild sur
rts findings OF Britain.
AN this lay undiscovered through
tic centuries till men came and un'
eart he'd II from the dust and debris
ard fallen leaves OF well.nigh two
thou sand years
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

--Hsvs you ever taken a tail spin in
IA sirplaneT
seNo. but I've been called upon un-
xxpectedly to make speech and l
ruess the sensation is about the same"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

WANTED-Am in the
market for all kinds of live
poultry and will pay the highest
market price for same. If you
have any for sale bring same
to cream station or to my res
idence opposite Feed Barn. H.
Z. Dinner, Yale. 49,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04
Good shelter for plos.

Pigs need a place of shelter to APP
propriate when the weather is bad,
and shade when the sun is too hot for
their endurance.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

RUBBER sTAMPs-Pads, Inks,
Nunsh'e ring Machines, Dating
Machines. Price and Sign Markers,
etc. Leave order at The Yale Tx
positor. M Ie, Mich.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

FOR SALE-The Card house on
Park ave-, Lot SO #. frontage,
runs through to Mill Greek.
Good outbuildings. Call on N.
B. Herbert, Yale. 81
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

FOR SALE-Yo ung pigs. En-
quire at farm of VIM. Silver
thorn, 2 miles, north of Yale.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

l will pay $50 ton for old iron; lc
pound for IN gs, sc pound for rub
Der boots and rubber shoes.
Sz-zo John Sexton, Yale
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

LOST-A long trench knife with
wooden handle. lock blade, with
6918 carved in handle. Finder
will be rewarded by leaving at
Expositor office. 35-2
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

WANTED-A few cows due to
freshen soon w. A. Silverthorn
z miles mort h of Yale. 1914
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04
Liner Column

TEAMS WANTED-For road work
in Sanilac county. Address, n. w.
Construction Co, Port Huron. q
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

LOST-On streets of Yale or with
in 3 miles of city. gauntlet
driving glove. Finder please
leave at Exposition Office and re-
ceive reward. 36-2
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

$25. Y-Men-women. Adver.
tlse Start factory at home, small
room, anywhere. We sell how and
furnish everything. Speciality Candy
making House, South 18th st. Phil.
adelphia, Pa. 3I-IO
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

FOR SALE-Two Art Garland
base burners. Enquire of Jas.
P. Cogley. Yale. &C.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-12-04

Cider Mill runs Saturdays.
Archie Ludington. 90