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local and Personal happenings of Interest .. . .. t:4 afternoon w :-, i iotr. r riuar o;,;';;;: to oinl. up the state. Goff sells it for less. 51tf. ad vertisement. If your name to success, my t .pn(, in ft business way yoad that way, 'tis paved with printers ink. , ,r KK'a carriage re-tired l our u"j " , Punta Gorda nnce reiwu"1""- - t a.i.c.rfl. tf. advertisement. rr -i t 0 eWfiP.t Dotato brought in from Myrtle creek by Lonson VV 111 lieu wao vuv-w- fM. oiy neoole. under J. N. A ioico t, ..i $ 7r,ifn. have been repair in the bridges and trestles on the Atlantic Coast Line soutQ or wis city. , F. B. Pitt, C. E. Midgett and L P. Davis were among the visi tors to Arcadia early in the week. Latest styles in spring and sum mer clothing at R. C Blount & Co. tf advertisement. J. AL. Weeks attended a meet ing'of the board of directors of the Florida Citrus Exchange, of which he is a member, in Tampa last Friday. All kinds of sewing machine needles, bobbins, shuttles and needle-threaders at Punta Gorda Hardware, tf advertisement. That the soil here is well adapt to necan culture is indicated by the way two treeo at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. J. Alderman, ot nnf a few vearfi ago. have grown and flourished. Strange as it may seem, only a few Punta Gorda people, in read ' ing about the valuable food fish, which was mentioned in 1HE iier at.t last week, recognized the mul let, the most common fish, caught here. .EiX-uoverrmr (;(,.; acted business at the county; capi- ' uiav.w lue weeK. Goff is in t.hft lpnrl Tf - --- w-w .V,VV. li JJl H till I to buy goods, see Goff.-5ltf ad- veriiBemenc. Mesdames E. W. S J as. K. McClelland have returned from a pleasant visit to Krv West j , . Mrs. P. W. MfiArl ing the meeting of the Florida State Horticultural Society in De- T 1 iU! l uuuu iuis wees. Big stock of the latest style and best wearing. summer shoes at K. u. blount & to. tf adver tisement. C A. Rofl hfis hni arpoteA in front of his home place on Taylor streflfc A hnndsnmft ?rnn nrtA cralrn. - - - K" ' " nizea wire ience, an improvement 1.1.-1. 1 'l-l mat speaks zor useix. Goff is in the lead. If you wan to buy goods, see Goff. 51tf ad vertisenient. Leon Mizell is again at home with hi9 narents. Mr. and Mrs. J. Mizell. in this citv. after hav ing pursued a course of study in a Tampa business college. See those elegant new style suits at R. C. Blount & Co. tf advertisement C. L. Smith of Zolfo, spent Sun day in Punta Gorda, returning ml Monday morning. Mrs. Smith, who had been hero on a visit to her narents. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Dotson, returned to Zolfo luosday morning. Misses Johnette Odom and Mar tha Livingston have returned to their respective homes in Fort Myers and Arcadia after a pleas ant visit in this city, guests of Miss Isidora Sikes. Miss . Living ston was accompanied by Miss Sikes who will spend a week with her. Union picnic of the Punta, Gor da Sunday Schools at Charlotte Harbor tomorrow. There will be ainple transportation facilities with the ferry line and the several pri vate launches that will be avail hViIa. A Drosrratn of field sports is bein? arranged for the pleasure! of the young folk; and if plenty of well filled baskets are carrieu, it will be made a most enioyaDie .occasion for all. All together for a good time. Commencing Monday, May 5th, I will teach a private-; school for one month or longer, as may be desired . Tuition $3.00 per month. Miss Anna VauCamp. 17tf .Inhn'H ' Delanev of Brooklyn, N. YM has been appointed com missioner of economy and efficien cy of the state of New York. He will have the supervising pi dis bursements amounting to over fif- nil ty million dollars;? yearly, ine position carries with it tne ap pointment of a number of high . . . i salaried offices, Air. ueianey mm- self receiving fl5J,UUU.vu a year. He is a brother of T. E. De laney who is employed in the Pun ta Gorda cigar factory. Baptist ChurchrPreaching ev ery Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p. m., Sundftv school 10 afm., prayer meeting each Wedsday evening at 7 -V ' 1 1 nVlnr.k. W. M- U. Wednesday ai- ternoon at 3 o'clock. Lit. wood- on. Pastor. Clvdo Odum of this city, stands a very good chance of receiving compensation ' from the United States government for injuries re ceived while he was employed on the dredge 'Ajax' some years ago. Congressman Sparkma'n has con sented to introduce the special bill and advocate its pas.sageiy Attorn ey Wallace Chadman has been en rnrad to nreDaro the Act and pro- i - i . - . cure such proof of the injury as may be required. Air. Udum was but eighteen years old when the accident happened, and, besides his complete disability for a nam iior of months, ho has. been great ly inconvenienced ever since, the injury resulting in the amputation of all the fingers of his right hand .i it. a : v , ati luo scui'iiu juiiiv. M AMY HAVE SEEM THKACC.UMULATION Or A uii :. SWEP T AWAY IN ONE SHORT HOUR ..FIRE.. IS A RUTHLESS DESTROYER? FIRE N SIFKE Is our business BUY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WILLIAMS & ROE Punta Gorda, - F'a- ! f WAGON BUILDING And Repairing, Horse-Shoeing and Gen- . tral Blacksmith Work; also Bicycle Re pairing done promptly and at fair prices. S. M. KIRTON Punta Gorda, Fla. SMITH'S BMERY Is always prepared to fill promptly all. orders for fresh ' BREAD CAKES 6l PIES Out of town orders solicited.- Bread Baked Every Day and Fresh. x. THE REXALL STORE A Note to You As you come pantidg down ' the street almost overcome by the ncorcbing )vft, come in. and have a seat at our Soda Fountain Then when refreshed, pur sue your way, but drop in some other day. , No adulterated ingre dients enter into our drinks' only pure fruit fllavoJsare used, and our ice cream is Tampa's best. SEMINOLE PHARMACY I PUNTA GORDA, :-: rLOKIUA. When "MissBeautifuV thinks of a wedding, be it her own or that of a fr iend, she thinks of us. She knows that the ONE place to come to buy wedding things is our store. But be it for weddings, for "good old summer time" or any other'time or occasion, we, at all times, are equipped to please. ' ' : :"'V. " "Tone" and a reasonable price are the, two things' that have made our store the RELIABLE store. You just ought to SEE our summer goods, Dru Goods, Clothing and Shoes of the Better Class TIF 1 U u mm mk im fc-A ia n 1 n n nff tna rrii r is ri nil vri J.E. ELLIOTT, Mgr PUNTA GOEDA, FLORIDA .m. mm A mm. jtl V N&S tS 1 iV S S V X. B