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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-03

Lyman II. Howes new Travel Fes-
tival, which comes to the Orpheum on
Friday and Sat
A Pictorial Banquet urday, W t h
daily matinees,
has aptly been termed a pictorial
banquet"
The Program embraces such a
wealth of diversified material that 1t
cannot fail to appease the tastes of
all who attend. 1t is a feast of educa-
tion and entertainment, includ-
ing an up-to the minute excursion
through Yellowstone National Park,
a ride in maneuvering warplane
over the city of Washington, the cap
ture OF monster sea-elephants in the
South Seas "a picturesque journey
through Japan, rarely beautiful pic
lures of clouds, exciting glimpses of
Italian ski soldiers in action in the
Alps, strenuous hunting and fishing
trip in the Canadian wilds. a lucid
explanation of the insignia of the
United States Army, new and various
accomplishments of powerful cater
pillar tractors. and copious measure
of those delectable animated carica-
lures ard film novelties which are so
character eristic of the Howe entertain
ments.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-03

Those who remember and love the
memory of Florence Nash as the up
roariously funny lit
Florence Nash tie crook lady, "Ag-
in "Rcmnantr gle Lynch" in
within the Law,
will welcome with delight this young
est of BroadwaY's stars appearance
next week at the Orpheum Theater.
in her newest comedy success, Rem
nant, which Charles Emerson Cook
will present almost direct from an
extended run at the Morosco Theater,
with Orrin Johnson.
FLORENCE Nash's very toes talk and
make you laugh" is Zoe Beckley' $
description of her. Yet in Remnant"
Miss Nash is said to achieve the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-03

Althousc, III. B.,
3rd g. Mucnch.
Althouse, Il. j.,
1879 Market st.
Barnes, George N.
Second and State SITS.
Bohcr, j. H.,
2O9 Market st.
Forney, G. NJ,
81 n. 2nd st.
Golden Seal Drug Co.,
II S. End st.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
Gof Got Big Tarpon

That reliable and popular gro
Ger, Jas. S. Goff, took boat-rldo
TO Boca Grande, Monday even
ing, and spent the night there
Next morning, Col. &. c. Caring
ton. millionaire sport from new
York who is well known ana
very popular in Punta Gorda'
took Mr.. Goff out in his private
boat on a tarpon hunt. Ihey
were out less than half an hour
when Mr.. Goff hooked and landed ed
. superb tarpon thai weighed lzO
pounds, and it took him less tnan IA
fifteen minutes to accomplish 1ne .
feat. When the fish learned lna' ma
# was Punta Gorda $ own 0InI
Goff who had him hooked y
made only two leaps, and thcn G
gave up. We believe this Is In' 4
6rst tarpon that jim ever caugnt
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
Boss Angler Went Home

John f. Murrell, the genial gen
tleman and accomplished angler
whose success in catching tarpon
here surpassed that Of any other
visitor, left Saturday evening for
his home in Washington, d. e.
Just before boarding the tram,
he expressed himself as delighted
with his visit here and his success
IN fishing, and said he would be
here again next season. lie com
nlimented his tarpon guide, Char-
lev Pratt, saying that, In the
course of his fishing excursions
to many places, he had had many
onides, but Pratt is the best OF
all, To be sure, Pratt is an ex-
cellent guide, for he has had years
of successful experience and has
oiven satisfaction to all who have
employed him.
Mr. MurreI caught in all five
tarpon, ranging in weight from ~
70 ITO pounds. Friday morning,
bn and Pratt went mackerel fish
ing and, in two hours, caught l; lou
mackerel, ma blue fish and jack. The
estimated weight of this catch
was 80 pounds. Saturday morn
;no, the two men fished an hour
and a half and caught 70 macker'
al blue fish and jack of the estl.
mated weight Of sixty pounds.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
Teachers Selected

The trustees on Saturday made
selection Of teachers for our high
school. The trustees are: /. Y.
Crosland, DIR, D. N. Mcqueen and
w. E. Mobley.
The teachers chosen include all
of the former faculty who applied
for re-appointment, as follows;
Prof. wv. f. Bell, principal !;
Miss Anna Boyle, high school;
Misses Esther Oswald, Estelle
Woods, Sarah Boyle, Naive Nc
Cam and Norma Pepper.
There are three vacancies to be
flled,--two in the high school end
one in the grammar school de-
partment. The trustees are IN
correspondence with able teach
ars whom they have good pros
poets of securing to fill the va
cancies mentioned.
Prof. Donoho has accepted the
position Of principal Of the school
at Bowling Green, Fla.
The teachers selected constitute
a strong faculty, and the trustees
intend to give them cordial sup
port in their conduct Of the
school. This applies not only to
the mental training of the chill
dren, but to their government as
well. Good order and discipline
lare absolutely necessary to the
successful conduct Of the school,
and, to this end, the trustees Will
sustain the teachers in any ana
all proper and reasonable meth
lods and measures which they may
adopt for the government OF the
school.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
School Board Here

County Superintendent P. G.
Shaver, w. R. Gramling, II. A.
Ware and V. o. Russell, members
of the county board Of education,
were in Punta Gorda last Thurs
day afternoon and held meeting
with the local school board and
Prof. w. E. Bell. They had been
at LaBelle, Alva, Olga and other
points, and made the trip by ma
chine. Mr.. Russell bought some
cigars at LaBelle and coming
from there they ran over a skunk
and Mr.. Gramling said that the
odor Of the skunk and the cigars
that Mr.. Russell was smoking
were so nearly alike that he could
not distinguish one from the
other and that both were bad
enough. Mr.. Ware, when asked
about his controversy with the
Tampa Tribune over teachers
dancing, said that it was his rule
never to allow anyone to call him
names without talking back. lie
said this facetiously. They SAID
that they found the work in the
school district they have been in
very satisfactory and that there
is great promise of good work
and successful schools for. next
year. DeSoto county has had a
good school board for years and
the new one lacks a whole lot OF
being a "set of lgHoramuses, as
the Tribune called them, Every
man is good man for the place.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29

School teachers are notified
that the State Board of Exami-
ners will hold a teachers exami-
nation in Arcadia, beginning at
200 O'Clock, next Thursday
morning, June 5th, and continu-
ing until June 7th.
Mrs. Gordon Page and her sis
ter, Mrs. Estella Virginia Parker,
left Monday evening, for Knox
vile, Tenn, where they will
spend the summer visiting their
father, grandparents and other
relatives.
Mrs. c. w. Mcfarland of Dal-
ton, Ga, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. G. W. Burns and
her two children, arrived here
Saturday night on a visit to Mrs.
Burns sisters-in-law, Misses Eliz-
abeth Burns and Dona Walker
That skilled and successful
trucker and agreeable gentleman,
j. +. Citizens, having finished
shipping his crops of cucumbers
and tomatoes, left yesterday
morning for Bridgeton, N. j.,
where he will grow another crop
of tomatoes.
Now we are getting it, Every
body for weeks has been wishing
for rain. After a light shower
Tuesday afternoon, it began rain
ing during the night and, with
some short intermissiOns, it con-
tinued to pour down most Of yes
terday. Plenty Of water for both
crops and cisternS has fallen.
Mrs. W. D. Dukes, after very
pleasant visit of week here to
her mother, Mrs, j. NJ. Driver
and to her sister, Mrs. Jno. r
fIurton, returned Friday to hel
home at Worthington Springs
A defective phone caused us tc
give her name last week as Mrs
Bethea.
John Carey Hobson of Cleve
land, returned Friday noon IRON
France, where, for year past, h(
had been serving in the Amer
can army. He spent Saturday
and Sunday here visiting his SIS
ter, Mrs. E. A. White. He is twin
brother to Mrs. A. S. Marshall o.
Tampa, who was formerly Miss
Page Hobson. He is fine youns
fellow, and his kin-folks were
naturally delighted at his safe re
! turn to them.
Reported that Dan Collins, Wh'
= has been serving with our army
: in France, has received an honor
: able discharge and is here on
visit to his sister, Mrs. M. w
= Sturdy. 1t is often extremel'
I difficult to get confirmation o
such interesting news as TINS
some one may ask, ,"What abou
!. the telephone?" 1t is simply tn
| nightmare of this Office, for ]
I speaks in Sanskrit or some otne
unknown tongue.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
One Hundred Dollars Reward

For the arrest and conviction
Of the party or parties who broke
into the boat-house OF Onalies aaIp ni a
Dean, on or about Feb, 2Oth y hand ana
also % early in April. Goods stolen
were clothing, suit cases, caI1- Il
Tlages gSeSo,1p %i1' 1S-1mo.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
Still Doing Business

We are.still doing a good buslc u
ness, Notwithstanding reports Oh Oh
SANDER sjsnp1 suits and various other
"twice-told-tales" rejecting on
our GOOD citizenship. 1t wont
make you mad to buy Tor Riss less'
will it? Then try us.-A' >. hlh-
sci & Co. adVC'
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29

FEEDS, FERTlAlAEkS AND
lCRATES.-L. M. WRITTEN. 8tf
C. j. Johns OF Wauchula, spent
Monday and Tuesday here visit
ing his brother, }. E. Johns.
Sec the latest styles in New
Voiles and Crepe de Chine Waists
at Miss Dona Walkers. 20 tt
c. A. Skipper, capitalist and
fine fellow of Zolfo, was looking
after his interests here, Tuesday.
Price of old papers at Herald
office is 15c. a hundred, 10c. for
fifty. u,
Attorney Chadman was looking
after his law cases in Arcadia,
yesterday.
Tomorrow (Friday) is Memoir
ial day. Banks and post office
will close.
666 quickly relieves Constipa-
ton, Biliousness, Loss OF Appetite
and Headaches, due to Torpid
Liver. l9-AoV'
Mrs. John Rasch went to
Brownville, Tuesday afternoon, to
visit her daughter, Mrs. John
Flint, until the end of next week.
New Ruflings, Collars and Cuff
Sets have arrived at Miss Dona
Walkers store, Better see them
20-tf.
II. w. Smith, popular baker
and grocer, went to Tampa, yes
terday morning, to spend a WeeE
there booking after business mat
ters.
Mrs. Annie Bell and two daugh
ters, Bercha and Josephine, wen
to Tampa Tuesday, to spend {
month visiting Mrs. Hill, mothel
of Mrs. Bell.
Frank Lighthall left Tuesda!
morning for Crestline, OHIO
where he has an engagement u
work for big construction com
pany.
Mrs. Lizzie Wilson, after enjoy
ing a fortnight's visit here to tn
family of her brother, j. &. Johns
returned to her home in Wauchu
la Monday evening.
G. V. Franklin, travelling audit
or for the Western Union, wa
here Monday, when he checked u
the local telegraph office an
found it 0. K.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Geo. f. Davis 0
Captiva, arrived here on Tuesda
and are the guests of Mr.. an
Mrs. d. j. Meadows. They wi
return home tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Hewitt
who are temporarily sojournin
at Useppa, spent several days la:
week at their home here and r,
turned by boat to Useppa, Nor
day evening.
Born, at Zolfo, Monday, Ma
26th inst, David Eugene Skippe
second son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Skipper. Grandparents of tn
young man are Mr.. and Mrs. J. \
Skies Of Punta Gorda.
Gabe Skipper, polite and eff
cient banking expert of Zolfo,
helping in our First Nation;
Bank during the absence of Casl
ier Swinney, who is taking
short vacation.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-29
LOCAL ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. FL. FL. Rhoades
visited Arcadia, Tuesday.
FEEDS, FERTILIZERS AND
CRATES.-L. M. WRITTEN. 8tf
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Il reckon I don't want TO show of
any"
1t took long time for the welcom-
Ing committee to get the heroic
sergeant to dig down into his pockets
and bring forth his medals and pin
them on his chest, and 1t is doubtful
If he would have done 1t at all had not
the argument been advanced that
wearing them would reflect glory on
the grand old State OF Tennessee and
loyal Tennesseeans everywhere. But
they never could get him to suspend
the Congressional Medal from a ribbon
about his neck. although he had a
right to do 1t. for it is prescribed in
regulations that the medal may be
worn that way II its owner desires.
Royal Welcome in New York.
Sergeant York was honored when he
came to New York as no other SOL
der Of the great war has been hon.
ored. and as no other American SOL
der or even General-unless perhaps
It be Gen. Pershing-is likely to be
honored. He was the guest and was
under the personal convoy OF officials
and members OF the Tennessee Society
OF New York and the Tennessee Con-
gressional delegation from Washing
ton.
For five days he visited and saw
everything there was to see in New
York and in the capital city. He rode
on the subways in Theodore p.
Shonts's private car, and was kind
enough to compare New York's pet
abomination very favorably with the
tubes of London and Paris; he dined
and danced with debutantes and
statesmen and financial magnates and
everybody that was anybody; he was
ushered into the Waldorf like a king
and assigned to room by the great
Oscar himself; he slept in the Presi-
Dental suite at the Garden City Hotel:
he was feted and admired and made
much Of everywhere he went-and at
the end OF five days OF that he was
still Sergeant Alvin C. York, wearing
the same size hat and Just as modest
and self-effacing as he was when he
stepped from the gangplank Of the
transport.
The redoubtable sergeant went
through all these experiences-experi-
ences that were tremendously new to
him and out of all keeping with his
previous life-with what appeared to
be stolid Indifference, but 1t was evil
dent enough that he was enjoying
every minute OF 1t. He didn't show
any emotion merely because people of
the York breed-the mountain people
of the. old South-never show any
emotion. There isn't any emotion in
a Tennessee mountaineer. They ap-
pear to be in a state OF perpetual
lethargy. but II is in appearance only
because as a matter OF cold feet they
are always keenly alive to what is
going on about them. Not even a
surprise visit from a revenue officer
is sufficient to arouse them and make
them show emotion. although on such
occasions there is plenty Of action.
The innate gentility and kindness OF
the people from whom York sprane
was pretty we'll shown by the sergeant
kAmself not half an hour after he had
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SerSt ALVIN G
YORK.

as correct and well deserved by the
higher command OF the United States
Army, after cold blooded and palms.
taking investigation.
In the popular Imagination a hero
for ages has been conceived as a fig
ure Of great and imposing distinction,
blazing with medals and gold lace and
fairly foaming with ortaory and bom-
bastic utterances; given to strutting a
bit, and to parading around and up
and down the avenue atop a prancing
and fiery steed.
Now Sergeant Alvin c. York Is an
honest to goodness hero. Nothing has
ever come to light in all the annals OF
the war that comes anywhere near
equalling his performance on October
8. 1918, in the Chateau-Chehery sec
tor Of the Argonne. when he went into
action against the German Army and
qualified as the armys best and most
efficient Germanicide. When they
finished counting Sergeant York's bag
for the afternoon they found that he
had killed twenty-five Germans. cap
tured 1872 more, put thirty-five Ger
man machine gun positions out OF
business, and had smashed counter
attack by an entire German battalion
with such thoroughness and success
that he left his comrade doughboys
who were in position on Hill 223 sit
ting on the world with nothing more
exciting to do than grumble about
chow and wonder audibly when did
they eat
How He Really Looks.
But when Sergeant York reached
New York he didn't act at all like a
hero is popularity supposed to act. No
body in the world, accustomed as the
world Is to heroes who take them
selves seriously and are always en-
gagged in the proper performance Of
what they conceive to be their duty
as heroes. would have taken the Ser
geant for a hero. He isn't at all a
distinguished and imposing figure.
True. he is a big man and he is red
headed, with Vivid redness that prob
ably caused the gang TO call him
Brick" and Carrots" when he was a
youngster, and he has--as any dough-
boy would say it-bocoo" freckles
stuck at random about his counte-
nance. And then, again. his eyes are
gray and they twinkle merrily instead
OF having in them that stern and for
bidding and brooding look that one al
ways associates with the eyes Of he
roes: and his ears are rather large
and they are inclined to stick straight
out from his head. and on his upper
lip there is a little nustache. one of
those amazing. clinsing things that
require the most scientific and inten-
sive cultivation.
As for strutting and parading and
being given to oratory. Sergeant York
didn't and doesn't know what the
words mean. He earned and wears
the Distinguished Service Cross, the
French Croix de Guerre with palm
and the Congressional Medal OF Honor.
the highest badge OF honor the United
States bestows upon brave soldiers,
but when a committed Of proud and
admiring Tennesseeans boarded the
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self tells II. But York did consent to
tell a little about II when he came to
New York, at the constant and re-
peated request OF his fellow Ten
Eesseeans. Sitting in an automobile
en- route to the Waldorf tho sergeant
drew a map showing the battlefield
on October s, and the formation Of his
company on Hill 223 at o'clock that
! morning. when orders came for an
advance. The objective was a railway
two kilometers across a valley and a
stream.
Half Of the men had dropped be-
fore We were half way across" said
| Sergeant York. land machine gun fire
was beating on US from all sides.
There were Germans all around us.
but we pushed on because our orders
were to get there and take the railway.
and we had to do 1t.
I'VE made a detour across the valley
| until we got behind a nest OF the
enemy, from which the crew of a ma
chine gun had been picking off n right
smart OF our boys. 1t was very bushy
and we were within two or three yards
OF the gun before we realized It One
OF our men shot at them, and he sure
started something. They fired on us
from every direction. Our boys either
ran or fell on their stomachs. and the
Germans did the same. I sat right
where l was. and It seemed to me that
every machine gun the Germans had
was shooting at me. All this time.
| though, was using my rife. and they
was beginning to feel the effect of IT,
because I was shootin' pretty good
"One of our boys yelled at me that
1t was impossible for us to get the best
OF the Germans. and yelled back for
him to shut up, because knew that
one American could lick ten Germans
II he kept his wits. ! turned in time
to see a German Lieutenant, with six
or seven men. charging up the hill at
me with fixed bayonets. They were
only twenty yards from me when 7
pulled my automatic and knocked
them off, one after another.
There was a Major with the first
bunch OF Germans we come across
and he was lynn on his stomach TO
keep from gettin' hit by his own ma
chine gun bullets. ana he called to me
in English that II I would stop
ohOoliH He WOulu make tneTn all sur
render, so I did. Then l called all
our boys and We herded the Germans
in front of us and started back toward
our lines. l walked among four Ger
man officers and had our wounded
bring up the rear. Once the Major
asked me how many men had. and
told him had a-plenty.
"On our way back We walked into
two or three machine gun nests, but
every time the Major told me IL
wouldn't shoot no would make them
surrender. and I didn't shoot, and he
did. He would order the gunners to
quit shooting, and then he would blow
a whistle and everybody would get in
line and away we would go. and we
had 1872 OF the Germans when we got
back to our own people.
1--WE lost six boys, though. and
three others were badly wounded"
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Where Bread Is Bread

made under the food and drugs act to
the labelling and sale Of the product,
conforming to the Food Administra-
tons rulings. as bread.
The restrictions on the use of wheat
flour in'bread have recently been re-
moved. and any product now sold I'M
der or labelled with the unmodified
term bread" should, il brought within
the jurisdiction of the act be prepared
from wheat -four only, says the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture. which enforces the food and
drugs act. II wheat flour substitutes
are used their presence should be
clearly stated on the label. The same
principle applies in the case OF crack
ers.
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be a soldier that he laid aside his re-
hgious beliefs. On the contrary, he
carried them with him wherever he
went. and one of the interesting things
he said when he came back to this
country was that he believed he was
much stronger spiritually than no was
when he went to war.
Il couldn't always keep track OF
Sunday" he said. All days looked
alike to the Germans, and pretty soon
1t got so that all days looked alike to
us, but every time ! got a chance !
| went to religious services, mostly
Protestant, but when I couldn't get ~
the Protestant went TO the Catholic
or to the Y. NJ. G. A or the Salvation
Army.s I can say when get homo
that split my religious duties and my
fightin' duties as even as I could"
Another interesting thing that the
sergeant unfolded Is the fact that
since he went to war and about the
world and saw things his feelings
toward the North and the people OF
the. North have undergone q decided
change. In many sections Of the
South there is still the same bitter
prejudice against the Yankee and the
land OF the Yankee that there was
during and immediately after the civil
war. This is particularly true Of tho
mountain sections, and probably York
carried his share OF that prejudice
with him to camp.
But 1 fought side TO side and back
to back with Northern boys" the SER
geant said. ''and know they are good
fighters, and am right sure that a
lot OF them are my good friends"
stiiI Fancy Free.
And the sergeant also punctured the
favorite story of tho sob sisters. which
was that back home In Tennessee
there was a girl waiting for him. Not
only had the lady writer's named the
girl. but they had even gone 90 far as
to name the happy day. They had
Sergeant York all but married. But
the sergeant on the last day Of his
New York visit. informed the world
that he was still heart whole and fancy
free.
He loves 'em all. and Is not tied
down to any particular Girl. although
the rumor persists that there is one
young woman in Tennessee who did
great deal toward getting the SER
geant to quit his evil ways and toin
the church and that she Ia the one
he will lead to the altar. But the SER
geant himself said:
II go sallivantin' about with lots of
girls, but I amt got no particular girl.
A fellow can have lots more fun IL
he keeps two or three Of 'enn a1ieadn'
about what he's goin' to do an who
he likes best"
Now so far as York's exploit in the
Argonne is concerned. there can be
no doubt whatever that he did every
thing he is credited with doing. 1t is
probably the best authenticated story
Of heroism the American army annals
have produced. Not only was II in
vestigated and found correct by the
Immediate superiors Of tho sergeant.
but division and corps and general
headquarters went after Il tooth and