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Thursday, Juno ;jril, 1020 Volume XXIl Number 23, THK PUXTA GOr.DA HERALD, Pt'XTA GORDA, ILOKIDA Junta (Sorba ralb Published Every Thursday Entered at tho Tost Office in I'unta Gorda, Florida, as Second Class Mutter PAUL K. GARRETT. Editor and Manager ADVERTISING RATES play, run of paper, matter to b- set, 3i cents per sinsie column Inch, each lnsert4oni plate matter, with no type to be set. 1'0 cents per inch: preferred position 10 to 20. "Island" position :i3a per cent, additional. Locals l'i cent per line, six words counted a line. Classified advertising 1 cent per word. Legal advertising at statutory rates. Copy for adver tising and changes should he in the hands of the printer before Tuesday SUBSCRIPTION RATES Our year 2.' : fix month 11.06; three month! t cents'! payable In advance. 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I'l VIA (iORDA PUBLISHING (OMl'AW, Publishers PAUL K. GARRETT, Pres. ADRIAN P. JORDAN Vice -Pres. A, C. JORDAN. Sec'y-Treai. I j roreifln Advertising Rtpresentatlves American Frtss Association, New York. X. V. Don't believe false tvports circu lated at the last minute but vote lor Cooper and Kthoredge, five-ooitn-ty division and home rule! County division means more and better roads, tnora.ai.d better schools, lower taxes, hones; administration, peace in DeSoto, progress, home rule and many other tilings that can never he attefned in any other way. and get the benefit of it all by all means vote against county division. The ccunty officers, politicians, ab stractors, lawyers and cattlemen of Arcadia will be deeply grateful and in a few years, you will have the pleasure of paying a 70-mlll tax. Andy Carter and OQQ other man applauded Vfji Swearlngen ;:i Punt;! Gcrda, according to the Herald of that city. All we've got to t&f of "the other man" is that he's darned earless of the company he keeps. Lakeland Telegram. Etheredge and see how much your roast and bacon 1 0 per cent, rib roast j nominated a' a cellar session of eoun votes will count and how much cat- 3 per cent. All this was in u period ty officers, cattlemen and politicians, lafactlon you will eat out of the nor- which saw large increase , in the I representing only their own selfish formance. j price of prunes, oatmeal, canned sal- interests? o nion and other commodities: not con-1 Up in the northwestern part of the Voters who stand for and Vvant to ,,!Iled by !'a,ed corporations. jcounty .here dwells a person who. in ,.,.' .u--..w-j order to place himself In the lime- -J- 1 v . uuii . , u,vi.M .j . . i i uij ine ,v LACU air line iiie liPM ment, :-hould mark, their ballot like nun's flea. New York Herald. Voters Should be on the alert for, this: For United .States Senator, Sauls? Who .lomipated John A. Graham? Mr, Sauls was asked this question at the political meeting Friday night and replied that he va nominated by "72 men." Who wet. those 72 men? Where did they hold tho meeting to nominate Mr. Sauls? light and gratify his desire for notori- Thvs only anti-division newspaper in ety, has at t he behest of a few men I the county, In making the announce- last-minute propaganda to he spread j Duncan U. Fletcher; for congress 'I voted for him when he ran be- ie again." Thousands of men in Flor ida have made this remark recently. How many guesses will you need to nanre the candidate they refer to? Lakeland Telegram. DeSoto county is going to be divid ed, ai'd when it Is divided it will be according to the pirns of the cam paign committee providing for four new counties. Cooper and Ether edge will go to the legislature pledg ed to get four new counties or none. Don't let anybody make you believe anything different. Six Oun Sid brags on the size of his head and says it's lots bigger than Fletcher's and consequently he (Six Gun) has more sense than Fletcher. A jackass has a head twice as big as Six Gun's and a jackass' brain usual ly weighs two ounces more than the largest human brain. o by the anti-division i3ts. This propa ganda may come in ti e form of promised division north and south or east and west, but rest assured that the nnti."; haven't the slightest inten tion 'of allowing the county to be di vided any way if they can prevent it. Their promises In the past have always been vilolated. Of course it isn't our p':t-in but we fail to see much argument in the statement of the DeSoto county anti divisionists when they c'.alm that it is going i- cost hiore for officers to transact the business after a divis ion is made. Newly every official in all counties is paid by the fee system and a good many of them are gelling a blamed sight more than they are worth. Winter Haven Chief. mm. First congressional district, Herbert J. Dr.ino; for governor, Cary A. Hardee; for atttrney general. J. L. Hillingsley; for state superin tendent of public instruction, W. N. Shea'.s; for comptroller, Ernost Amos; lor r.t.Ue treasurer, John C. II will ho soon hv an item on tho POBSd to tile best interests Ol the ma- placed himself on record as being op ment of his nomination, said that ho was nominated by the anti-divi;.ion- Iront mice of this wool.'-; Herald thai , Ju" or our citizensiiip. ..us pei- ,ss. are tnaiiKiui tor mis nttl Ed Scott of the State Highway De- i son ,a J- L- Sauls, known better. per-!pjlir.e 0f information. It is absolute!) partment denies the truth of the re-! ilaP::- "s "Sawgrass" S.tuls. aij we have as to who nominated port published in the Herald of May I Sauls has become a candidate for Sauls, but it is sufficient, for every 13th, in which it was stated that F. member qf the house of representa- one knows who the "anti-division-M. Cooper said that in a private con-1 tlves in order that, if elected, he may ists" are. versation with Mr. Scott the latter , use ii in power in reiving the seifish If you had rather pay a 60-mill tax and get the benefit of ."bout one fourth of it than to pay r 36-mill tax i Leesburg Commercial and Sebring White Way (are scrapping about the fishing in their respective sections. The White Way 1 as been boasting about six pound bass and the Com mercial comes back with a story about one that was caught in Lake Harris that weighed over 15 pounds. Shucks! Neither of them know any thing about real fish. Down here ire use 15-pound bass for bait for 400 pounders. MILLINERY REDUCED ? The beauty window is the latest thir.g acd it seems that the ultimate in women's dress is' on the way and may be here pretty roon. They cay that over in Fra.i'w govvns with "beauty windows" little .peek-holes here and there have made their ap pearance at the race coursec--and vlthe fair ones who displayed the new A costume are reported to have turned Yjthe men race-goers into an assent j blage if "Peeking Toms" with the X little portholes in their skins at or A above tho knevs. Oh, boy! Where lido we go from here? trict. Frank M. Cooper; for reprt sentative fro-ti DeSoto county, W. J. Ei bridge. Every oire of there men has a rlea'i record behind him; t'.,oy are able and have made good in their public and private Mves and affairs. and are deserving of the con fidence of the people and the offices to which they arpire. Lem Sauls was selected by a very few Arcadia men as the monkey as Limine for ptn,lo r.or.-tcr. 27th dis dbq given mm to unaerstanu t.iai no interests of the lew as against tne ln- -; , 1:; a . . :r;;: wrench to be thrown mto the cogs 0. and connectinL' roads because the viitne nnrl tpvnavpr of l is own dis- bridge was neither Safe nor perman-! trict in order to do the bidding of his selected because his masters knew h ent. The Herald got its information masters the few very selfish men would do their bidding, regardless ol from the secretary of the Comtnor-' who would convert the vast resour cial Club, whose notes were verified ices of this rich county to their own as correct by Mr. Cooper, and a half selfish gain regardless of the rights dozen pvsople who were present at the : and wishes of the many, meeting have told us that the Her-; , .. lf ,,,, With, a mighty licst of maniacs. w is s s rn ' . mi. t. i .. . , i . of this assertion. The fojh;, bums, thieves tratois (the divisionists) arrayed against the patriots of the county seat, threatening them with dismem berment of the historic ole county, a regular he-Joan has ri.?en to call the patriots to arms, lead them and save their land! This the disastrous consequences tha' might ensue to the remainder of the county. John A. Graham is tho choice of the same men as a tool from ! Manatee county. Graham and hauls the truth men who nominated Graham knew that a man tn hi enooehos if his M'fl ro nnrt of what Mr fnftnpr cnlH . . 1 linr.inpiiPH nmv lip cliirnined bv lire Ol ' . :-,,.,-,.,,,..,,, u. ri. " - ' - icauiiui BiHirrtiunj robbers and ...vv. "'the word speeches, he has left no secretary oi tne v.ommvrciai wuu, i-liUonP unturned ,0 discredit the men not a romancer on the other hand ... i he Is very careful of details and fol-, hf . rnn,rllni, ,p rflnlDii:n for'who wollld wilfully and knowingly lowing his notes on what Mr. Cooper ',iivicinlm.n hn are vnstiv hisi violate the sacred agreement that said, he records that Mr. King, en-Uuperiors in Intellect. gineer, statea tnat tne nriuge was ae nrobitv 'slcned t he stifo fnr a 10-lon roller.! . i t. modern rrnanHor anu scurrilous mauiier ue hub uu- i.iooern crusaaer ,. .... , i,- v,oi . j Is J A Timherlake and his call to ' -i"' ' " leashed his venomous tongue ana arms ia f r o doduer a QUeSUn " ,0 tb6 bHdge' hled every invective contained in ' V'1 f""' f dodherlwhy the necessPy for Mr. King ,,mrteJ VOCabulary at the heads uisu muieu in Arc aula recently. ,i4 r' ir k,.h- i vastly his violate honor and has existed between the people of De- In an insolent, insulting Soto and Manatee counties and for We helieve. Tim tells the patriots (county offi- and wn belleve imt ne (ellg ug ,ha, cers. cattlemen and politicians) thattUel.e has boen a mlsltftke somewhere, they must present a solid front to tna, Mr Cooper Baiu substantiallv the enemy in order to saw pore old what nv iB r.ported tc have said and DeScto from being sliced Into Ave , regardless of what Ed Scott may say. slices, while Sawg-ass bellows that We are going to believe that he said he's already elected. If Sawgrass is',0 Mr, Cooper Just what Mr. Cooper already or as good as eles'.ed, why Baid he said. are you so excited, Tim? Why the i , nc.'d to marshall your patriots and: lend 'em against the enemy? "The NOT CONTROLLED IIY ANYBODY. is "up in the air." gant of these men who were chosen by a majority of the voters of the sections they represent to entry on the cam paign for division. This campaign committee was se lected last September at mass meet ings held in each of the proposed new counties. The meetings wer: wide open and above board. Every voter in the district affected was in vited to attend and participate in the selection of the committeemen. ? Eor the next three weeks we ? 11 vuuceueu u.ur uieie win oe a V V lew votes :ir.iinst Por.nvr n.rf FTlhor. offer all spring ami summer v y bats at substantia! reduction. ; eoge and county division here, but $ there is nothing surprising about lit i, .iH t'-nci fnii' Hfttn, ...ill i nn LM.ii uiiu iiivov i v ivtcn will ill ul, re . ,i .... i i . . i. fraj cuwi in; iiii.ii rusuil. vrn wie other 1 and it would bo surprising if X ti.ere were not a few who were . .igainst it. The larger portion of V i-l , 1 1 A.. ,.,.,. .rn:.r y against division are the satre ones A who will be found cm the minority J side of every other question. Go it. tf boys! Vote against Coopvr and Hygenic. Toilet Articles y y f MRS. S. I. HUFFMAN The ancient agreement between Manatee and DeSoto counties In the early part of the century, whereby Manatee would at one election have (he choice of senator, With the asstir- factory to Tampans ance of the suppdrt of DeSoto county for her candidate, and at t he nex,t primary DeSoto county would choose the candidate and Manatee loyally support him, is being discussed pro and con. This agreement has again leen broken by Arcadia in Darning presume a Manatee county ma ft for senator because DeSoto's choice of a candid ate i- not in accord with the views of the county seat. Manatee county has always stood by th made between the two counties, and Indications are that Frank M. Coon er, tile DcSoio county candidate, will carry this county by a large major ity. AVe are going to locate this agreement and publish it. with the Commenting on an editorial tha! Everyone in I'unta Gorda, with the atineared in the Herald liisl week, in excepticn of a few who are suffering which we made mention of the fact that Tampa's population as given out by the census bureau was not Batis- ind that they were talking about a re-count,, the Tampa Tribune of Tuesday had the following to say: "The I'unta Gorda Herald, the pa per largely owned and controlled, we by Adrian I'. Jordan, one of the eldest of the Florida editors, and new out of the actual writing game because lie is the head of the census, in this pari of the state, e.on- agreemeht ', tains the following editorial com ment on the Tampa census figure:;:" (Herald editorial quoted.) : Trib from aggravated cases ot cerebral cramp colic and could not be ex pected to know anything, knows that this is a frtct. Two representatives were selected to represent I'unta Gorda, two to represent Wauchula, two to represent Moore Haven and one each to represent Avon Park and Sebring. The men selected are of the highesl integrity and they were instructed to conduct a vigorous campaign for the creation of four new counties. They were emissar ies of the people, c.iosen because i hey were honorable, and in a fair and square manner. There can be no question as to tLeir authority and they have carried out their instruc tions to the letter. They have con- many years kept inviolate, would hesitate at nothing to accomplish their nefarious purpose. They knew their men. Fortunately the people of Pu&ta Gorda and DeSoto county know these men for what they are, and even if thetv was no vital issue at stake, this knowledge would cause them to heritate long before placing them in positions of public trust. Vote for Cooper and Etheredge, county division and home rule! DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOUR Home Burns Better Be Safe Than Sorry pn i I ! LARGE A N D SMALL result Times of t! elections that tim sry lour Sarasots. when i Jordan that lit or has anything i to its utterances. presumes that because Mi. is interested in the Herald controls its editorial policy whatever to say w been faithful to their trust. Now then, who nominated Lem Call L. T. Farmer and have him figure on rates. CORPORATE SECURITIES O O 7M: IP J IvT 3T tar First National Dank r.iuliiir.K are : lire, wil a- REFRIGERATORS The Best m Earth. To see them i to want them nd their values are unequaled, t. t. MORGAN & SONS i w..-vv-XKXKXX-XX AAKCADIA, FLORIDA. PHONE 16. OmCf SUPPLIES AND STATIONERY Our trade hlogun is "Oct it at McClelhuid's! and it is our (.(instant endeavor to at all times to have on hand Just what we are supposed to have which la anything in the way of office supplies, stationery, hooks and magazines, our trade demands. If there is something in this line you need, before going elsewhere see if you can't "iet It at McClellnnds:" FsuaUy you can. When you feel the need of a thirst quencher on these warm days, drop in and let us serve you Pure, Wholesome Fountain Drinks Fine Cigars and Tobaccos All our fountain drinks aiv made with only the best and purest syrups and under sanitary clean conditions. Qt eourse the ladles will not be in terested in this, but we want to direct the at tention of the men to our cigar counter, where they will find every ! smoke on the market. McClelland & Company In simple justice to themselves, we believe .hat it is the duty of every vote-- of Punt:; G.ori'.n r.nd ot all South Florida to vote for J. I,. Dili ingsley, of Miami, who is a candidate for attorney general. The attorney general, by virtue of bis office, Is a member of the drainage board that conducts the drainage projects of South Florida. Four cut of the five members of the present drainage boar i live on a straight line from Jacksonville to I'onsacola, and a ma jority ot them live west of Tallahas see. As the drainage projects of lout askin:; him, that Mr. Jordan t!ow.s not appreciate the suggestion tha' li is responsible) for our editorial ex pressions, which Are often widely ot I at variance with his views, rny more I than the writer appreciates the sug gestion that he, like a few editor.", he.j knows of, is another's Jumping Jack' and performs when the boss pulls the BtriHgS, However, if we Just had lo have someone tc tell us what to say, we are sure we couldn't, find a wiser or mere honorable man than Adrian 1'. Jordan and we'd feel that we were more fortunate in thin respect than the Tribune. So that there may be rfo misunder- LUMBER All Kinds Give me your order large or small, I Can Save You Money W. 0. SILGOX 1 1 South Florida are purely local in na ture end paid for by taxes on .South ' standing at heme or away from home Florida property, it seem.i important ; as a result of the Tribune's presu in to us that at '.oast one member of the ling, and so that our readers may board that handles thi work should place responsibility for anything we 1,. Sir. (ill, Plnr-Mii mm a m n n nr-'m.lV iaV when they Wl'Sh to do SO, We quatrted with the conditions and ! want to say that there is but one needs of this section -aud J. L. Dill- j person who has the eligbtOBt in ings'.ey is such a man. He Is amply I tluence on tha Herald's utterances. X qualified by training and native abil- and ids name appears abrve as editor its to make Florida an attorney gen- and manager. He owns 50 percent eral as able as the state ever had-j' stock in the I'unta Co; da Publtsh falr and square and deserving of the!l"K Company a-.d has an option to vote and confidence of the people of 'buy at rny time more than enough to his own section as wel! as every iKlve him contr; 1 and also an option other section o1 the state. " "hare of stock held by the . o Jordai.s. if they ever wish to sell. Pcreone who like to believe that I Mr. Jordan did not write or Bug trusts and large corporations are gest writing the editorial which the principally to blame ;":'.:X"::"X:'.x..:":..X' PROMPT GROCERY SERVICE A 4 4. ior increased T. ibtit.c presumes he wrote or caus- T living costs will be disappointed in,ed to be written and Ire had no idea reading rome of the figures collected i thr.t It was going to be written, un-'x by tne Government tcr tne last yvar. less he, like the Tribune, is gifted Take tiic items cf dairy products, ; w"h tue faculty for dlvi. Ing. the purveyors of which are so fre-j N, , dear' Trib and folk; there is qnently denounced. Milk went up 9 Jjuat one "host" around this p!ace per cent, butter r.nd eggs 7 per cent,!ana if j.-m are n't quite sure who he cheese 2 per cent. But at the same iBi ,,,., something." time potatoes ro:,e 104 per cent, rai- 65 per cent and onions 46 .net- WHY DON'T THEY ANSWER? i sins eent. Did anybody ever hear of potato trust, a raisin monopoly or land of onion barons? And the meat kings, who are i often described as being ay cruel i t!.e milk monarchs what happen Who nominated Lem Sauls John A. Graham? WVre they in nated at a wide-open and above-br mass meeting or by representa: of a majority of the vo sen at ot Did you forget anything you need and must have light away for dinner? Don't worry. .Dust pick up the phone and call for Hatch's. Tell us what you want and that you wont It light away. We will send it within a few minutes. It is always a pleasure for us to accommodate our customers and friends in any reasonable request, and that this attitude on out- part is appreciated is proved by our steadily increasing business. Don't forget that we handle only FIRST QUALITY .4,,,ls ami better still SELL THEM FOR Ji ST A LITTLE LESS THAN OTHERS. A. P. HATCH The Corner Grocer" stuff? I'late beef went down I the division candidates for' f PUXTA GORDA, I l.OltlPA . . twwwwtv9iv fwww99w i " ' 'en, laru 1 1 per cent, chuck and representative or were the' Ink smeared f ... " ;..V V . M