The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07


brother, Samuel Nail.
The north-bound freight train
due here at 6 a. M, Tuesday, ran
oil the track south of town and
delayed the north-bound passen-
r about half an hour.
j. N. Skies, local manager for
the Southern Utilities Co., went to
Arcadia, yesterday morning
From there, he may 60 as far
north as Palatka, but he said he
would not go to Pablo Beach
again to take another look at
those bathing suits.
Mrs. S. E. Giddens of Charlotte
Harbor, left yesterday morning,
for Zcbulon, Ga, where she will
spend several months visiting rel
ativeS. Zebulon is located some
where between Macon and Allan
ia, about twenty miles from
GAINESVILLE.
The Punta Gorda base ball
boys continue to win new laurcls.
They are walloping all the teams
pitted against them. Saturday af-
ternoon, in a game played here,
they "mopped up the ground"
with a team from Dorr Field,
making a score of IA to 0. Bully
bully! 'Rah for our boys!
H. B. Blazer is adding many
improvements to his popular cot
tage on Cross street. Last week,
we noted the fact that he had
built a new front porch, which is
larger and more attractive than
the old one, which was removed.
Now he is putting new siding on
the main building, charging the
dining room and adding two up
stairs bed rooms.
Eva Reddick, a colored girl
about eighteen years old, siSter-in-
law Of Mitch Lonesome, after a
week s illness, died at her sister,
home here early Monday morn
ing; and, on Tuesday morning,
her body was shipped for burial
to her former home at Waldo
She had been one Of Mrs. Nc
Adow's household servants,
w. D. Speck, town councilman
and architect, returned Tuesday
from Charleston, S. c., where he
had been for several months past
working for the government. lie
has been engaged by H. W. Smith
the baker, to put up large con.
crete building close to the west
side of the bakery Materials fol
= this building are now on the
t ground. 1t will contain apart
ments of the most comfortable
character.
| Mrs. D. N. Mcqueen entertain
S ed at dinner, Monday evening
7 Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Dreggors anc
their two children. This was {
. notable event for the reason thai
Mrs. Mcqueen had been trying
: for a long time to have the Dr2,g
gors family dine with her, but the
pater familias was always too
. busy even to change his collar
Fact is, Harry DreggorS IS th'
I busiest man in town-workS SIX
, teen hours a day, which keeps mn
in good health and spirits, aIs(
cash.
Mrs, Elizabeth Turner finished
, last week putting up one hundreC
, glasses of jelly made from th'
wild grapes growing on her nome on
Mace in our Solana suburb. Sh'
: saws she still has enough grapes
left to make ten tines as much a.
? she has made. A big glass oil INT
: product which she presented !, t(
+ The Herald proves the jelly TO DIT
of a fine, delicate favor and very yer,
| al tgh
r delicious, and it was highly r I4
: ed by the scribe'S family All are ar,
E very grateful to Mrs. Turner l0i
the gift.
| L, C. Simmons, negro boy
, about twelve years old, was ar,
rested by Marshal Lipsc0m1o oa iasi
Thursday afternoon and 40. loo soG
in the calaboose for a VICIOUS alio
u III pro assault upon s- Lon nno
, Thomas, a negro boy Of same me- a tbl
The Simmons boy struck .,. itS
Thomas bow on the forehead wlIn