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IMPROVEMENTS
Punt Gorda is an up to
date town, having more
improvements than many
much larger
IL.VTION 1
population
Punta Qorda'l population
increased 28 percent dur
ing 10 )-ears. Population
1020, 1.295
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Punta Gorda, in Troplcnl Southwest Florida, is Advantageously Located ou Charlotte Harbor, One of the Largest Land-Locked Hays on the (iulf of Mexico, and Is a Town with a Bright Futi" Commercially and Agriculturally
Volume XX XII Number 38. PIXTA OORDA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30th, 19580. Five Cents a Co-"i 92.00 a Year.
LARGE NUMBER OF
TOWN OFFICIALS TO
BE ELECTED SOON
The Democratic National Commit
tee wants hell), wants it i n :i II mi. i
J above-board, public way. The Cox
Five Members of Charter Hoard and Roosevelt managers are in great need
Almost Pull Set Of Town Officials of funds not millions as are avail
able to their opponents but modest
; thousands with which to offset the
'effect of the immense funds being
: used to confuse and misrepresent the
itrue issue of the present national
. campaign.
They propose to get needed funds
DEMOCRATS NEED HONEY HIGHEST TIDE FOR :G0LF CODRSE WILL
MANY YEARS RISES
TO MARIAN AVENUE
DIG IOD IS NEARLY DONE
.National Committee Appeals to Hank
and File for Contributions,
BE READY BY JAN'Y;
4 GREENS PLANTED
i Seminole Hotel Moved
Location.
to lis Xew
When you propose to do a thing
oi importance or m:
sure you are fully
to be Fleeted November S8rd.
At the coming town election, which
-will be held the 23rd of November, a
mayor, a marshal, three councilman,
a clerk, collector and assessor, a
treasurer and five mamhAn nf a
charter board are to be elected, and (1m'c,ly tTom the boti' ot Cox-Roose-the
women, who will tor the first ve" supporters. This is in harmony
time participate in an election, 7tb 0,8 financial policies of previous!
promise to have two of their number i Democratic Campaigns. In 1912
in the race for membership in the ' nt'arly lOO.OOt) persons subscribed to
Town Council. For these reasons it the 11111(1 used 111 carrying the Wilson:
Soiilhwest Gale Lacks Up Water,
Over Seawall and Into Streets to
Considerable Depth.
gnitudr
ready.
ll Clearing and Nearly all drubbing f nis doctrine which caused
is Done; Public Loads to be Con- nrUt ,0 take a ,1,on,n '""king pre-
Paratlons to move the Seminole Hotel
in i mi ii nn limtii
first be
It was
N. F.
from its location on the corner of
Taylor street and Marian avenue to
Boll I lie southwest corner of Sullivan Rl
at a and .Marian avenue. The
P'SI ready was a tedious, a hiir inh hut
in years, several wvoks. uarnng unexpected , w;,ea it ,.., ,h
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COUNCIL TO REVIVE
A NUMBER OF OLD
PAVING PROJECTS
Street Committee Lecoinniends that
Immediate Action he Taken on
Number Old Paving Petitions
A thirty-mile gale prevailing here Work on the Punta Oorda
this morning and coming from the j course has been going ahead
southwest, caused the tide to rise very satisfactory rate for the
higher than it has done in years, several weeks. Hairing
During the past several years Clti
getting zvna nsling along pevcral streets
nave peimonefl the Town Council to
improve those streets, but for one
reason or another the council has
the top of the seawall, and. breaklns be ready to play on by January Ural, ti... i,nii i ....... -j never taken notion on anv of them
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over it, covered the reclaimed land although not in prime condition. j building of twenty-two rooms, all oc- 1,1 n,'ar 'u,,"'' serious consid
between the wall and Hetta Esplan- All of the clearing is done, "the cupled. The lirst thing to be done ira,ion wi" be given these proposed
ade. Both the wist and west ends course having been cleared to a width Viis to raise it .IkIiImii innhn. lti. improvements, the street committee
ot raanan avenue were mooued, in i i" icei ; practically an ot law I was done by
COme places two feet deep. The grubbing is done, and four green:; 1 jack-screws
south approach ot the great bridge nave been plowed and planted
the use of about forty
Then heavy cross-
ol the Town Council, which met in
session Tuesday night, having reco
mended to the council that it pro-
11 tus
course am, ,. h, ., ... .,,, , One member of the council, at
The water will be enclosed in a hog and cattle heavy beams seventy-six feet' long lRaa'' byli,'ves lhat ,n improvement
were put. These long beams rested or ttle ,own 8 streets is ol paramount
on about two hundred rollers, each 'mPorte and '-hat if Puata Oorda
five feet long and made from hearts xpls 10 Kn "s snare ot the (level
looks if thorp will be ennsiHemhle message to the people. In 1916
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I j iit J PVen IV lil IUr DLMTlM-nl nillllhnr t ' r w F ' UfillllS PIV DlUCt ll iH'IU'a II 111' II n-
:Z ; Z individuals rendered financial help. I" along the shore nce posts are on the ground and der-pinning or foundation sills to sup- a "tr .the W' Improvement
TV,,,,,., l, ii, ,i, f '"" "cie rau'll'll Willi waicr. J" i " im u.o me leurin, n uiuil in nor .,... iriiilor thncn nmun l, llllllieiliai ei V .
'Aimi nmn V'h Hon onH raflthatAVI 1 ""iihit uir unit- ml IliaivlU 1UOU1 n ., . . .... j . ., ...... ir w....... . .. v , . wt
v...uuu .v.. D . ., so was tne concrete walk in ront o on me roan, arrives uie entn
are the two members of the council 13 81,01 1 tne Cox-Roosevelt managers ut. ...... ,. .,., . n,ooH i o
who hold ov..r in,- nnnii,,,. voar the believe even a larger number want to ..... 1 .. ' VI " ,7"w ' ll. " nv' bea"ls seventy-six feet long
, , leontrihute this vnor came up 10 me lioor oi uie railroad . I" n uue.
terms ol all other members expiring ,tuu"1Uule nl9 ear- I dock, but did not cover it 0. VV. Hewitt, president of the
at. the end of this year. It is nof They have no hope or desire of Q . IwtIlinJn Country Club, said Tuesday that he
known whether any of those members matching millions with the Republi-; ..m)roa.h , ' Vu had instructed a contractor to draw
whose terms expire will be candi-, cans; in fact . they don't believe that J" ,r-rj! ,! 1 plans and submit an estimate for a
dates for re-election or not, but it such is necessary tven if it were tol-l" , ' , ,u chili iu voniracto nrellminarv Dlans
huuvhv) h ware-iuuise aim ruined - - '
500 bags of cement valued at $1,000. contemplate a handsome and com
modious ciuo nouse, nut u is not
scorns likely that at least one will erable. But some funds are needed
inn I'nr -C.lnitinn I B1 Rrthincn With nrhloh In if loi'i't t III n t. tvnfilr.
'.'-. . ' I . . .... . . . This whs t!ip nnlv :...!!,..: HnniMw. ia
;present incumbent of the clerk, col- tne maintaining ot headquarters, the " " lukely that work will be started on thi
lector-assessors omce, will be a chji- writing of letters, the sending forth ' Ihousi until the golf course is llnish
didate for re-election end it is likely ot information which the voters
that Marshal Lipscomb will seek an-'should have, etc.
t. r j 1 ... 1 In I ... , i . n ninifijlalfi fnr V1.1 I
,. . . , , rT , i to the people, to those who give, mod -
oflice ot marshal, but cou d not qual- , . . , . .
... . .. ... , .. estlj, perhaps, but ye out of no mo
lt is predicted that the tide thi:-.
afternoon Will go higher than it did The course lles bctwei.n the Clove
th.r morning; il so, It will cover both :,anJ and Arcadia hurd ar(aeoA roads
ihe town and railroad docks and mar ftnd a road will be constructed to
wasn away some nooring,
other term. So far there has-been; Ample funds would readily come
no intimation as to who may be can-; to the Democratic managers wvire
o.uaies I or lire oiner omces. ir is thev to icnore nil nueslioni. of some. " "00 " "" uwwi lug. connect thi- two This rn.id will
understood that J. B. Bowdoin (Pis- and purpose represented by largo do-! This gale is the east wing, so to :nake the club house easily reached
lol Pete) who was defeated for mar- nations from selfish interests. jspeak, of the hurricane blowing from from either of Jhe public roads,
shal of Arcadia a few days ago, In-1 ,h. .M tne Cult towards Cedar Keys. It is Work on this road, which will be
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not ai an HKeiy to no any aamage to j hard surfaced and about onf-fourth
buildings, but fruit growers fear that! of a mile in length, will bl ntarted
i: will blow much of their crops off ; lust as soon as a conntv nrader is
Ify on account of provisions of the
town ordinance governing qualifica
tion. It has been suggested that those
favoring the amendment of the town
charter to provide for a city manager
tive but unselfish desire to proi.iol
the principles represented by James
M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
They believe the masses of Cox
Roosevelt supporters will thus com"
md those oDDOSing the citv ,m,natrer!to tha aid 01 tlle campaign, and have
idea hold caucuses for the purpose of i requested the Herald to receive and
nominating men pledged to represent i transmit contributions from its read-
its views.
era
Contributions are needed bad!
aind are needed now.
Send yours at once to the Herald
and it will be forwarded promptly l"
Help Correct Usl
Following is a list of the DeSoto
eounty soldiers who paid the supreme
price in the recent war and whose national headquarters at Grand Cen-
names are engraved upon tne Amen-;, rai iaiar,,t sew York City. New
can Legion-Red Cross monument York.
erected to these heroes on the court
house grounds in Arcadia: Edward
Alderman, J. L, Bateman, George
Hates, Kugene A. Blake, Louis Bon
nell, Albert M. Bryan, Grady Btirch,
the trees.
available for the job.
FLORIDA'S RESOURCES
Bank Deposits Have Increased 90S
Per Cent in Two Tears,
received to date
Leslie Holland, James Hudson, Jesse
Lanier, Lewis W. Lanier, Arthur
Madden, Win. E. Mitchell, Paul D.
Mobley, Cecil E. Montgomery, Lee
Nelson, James Orr, Lewis H. Barker,
Jr., Cecil Tonkin, James Watlclns,
Joseph Webb, Nathaniel Weeks,
Raleigh Whidden, Herger Williams,
Hosea Williams, Maurice Williams,
Robert J. Willirnis, Augustine Willis.
Colored: V. Argo, Ike Davis, Leon
ard Fulford, Jordan Hunt, John
Jones, George Shellman. Persons
who know of any nanro omitted from
the above list, if any name is mis
spelled, or if they know of any error
ol any description, they arc asked to
notify W. E. Dunwody, of Arcadia.
Contributions
as follows:
Albert W. Gilchrist $100.00
(Sent to Treasurer A. Y. Milam)
F. M. Cooper $10.00
R. K. Seward $5.00
Punta Gorda Pub. Co $5.00
W. E. Mobley $1.00
Mrs. W. E. Mobley $1.00
Paul K. Garrett $1.00
The rainy season continues; show
ers fall almost dally. Trucking op
erations have thereby been delayed
lor nearly a month.
TO PUSH SHORT ROAD.
County Commissioners to Act nt
Next Meeting
Vote (o issue Annual.
At a meeting of the senior class of
the Punta Gorda High School Tues-
The Punta Oorda people informed
i local parl ies Saturday 'they would
'place a crew of workmen Monday
i (yesterday) on the DeSoto County
end of the short cut road from Punta
day thv class voted four to five to;Gorda 0 F()n Myerg
issue a eiass annual.
They have
I gone ahead without waiting for this
HOME FOLK
i fi :
5vs2&
Hats off to the Gloom Buster, who
puts the Kibosh on the Crepe Hanffer.
He radiates Cheer like a Warm Cat
dispenses Purrs and laughs at Wor
ries thnt cause the Average Mnn's'halr
to Curl. The Qloom Buster has a Good
Word for Everybody and Everybody
hns n Good Word for Hi to, What's
More I
iend to go ahead on the work, and are
! doing their part to clean out and
build this road. Petitons were made
'out and signed by interested nartioi
j in the territory through which the
new road will pass, by Punta Gorda
and Arcadia citizens, meeting with
every success we are told in each in
stance. Without question the Punta
Gorda people mean business and will
go ahead and build their road to the
county line. The proposed road Will
be that ot the old "wire" road of
early days vhen a stage route ex
isted between that city and Fort My
jers, and crossing of the Oaloosahat-
chee at this point was made by ferry.
We understand that private parties
I are ready to place in commission a
! ferry boat sufficient for the demands
that will be made upon it and will
have the boat ready when the road is
made ready for traffic. We under
stand that the Lee County end of the
road will be pushed and that the
j matter will come up before the
county commissioners at their next
meeting to lay out and open up the
road. This will be th missing link
of the Taniiami Trail, and will be
made ready for traffic this winter.
This is one of the many outlets neces
sary for Fort Myers growth and will
meet with the approval of the people 1lte (S believed to be
generally. F o r t Myers Tropica spring in the world
News. ,
Figures showing the magnitude of
some of Florida's crops as well as
other statistics designed to give the
people of other parts of the country
an idea of the state, its resources, its
possibilities, are contained in the last
report of the state commissioner of
agriculture, says the Tallahassee
Democrat.
The report shows that the cattle of
the state are worth $35,000,000; hogs
another $35,000,000; horses and
mules $17,000,000; sheep $300,000;
goats $50,000.
The state produces and ships each
year an average of 5,000 carloads of
winter grown tomatoes a total larg
er than that of all other states com
bined. Florida farms, groves, poultry and
dairy products have attained a value
of at least $150,000,000 annually
The last year for which complete fig
ures are available is 1917, when the
value of these products was shown to
be slightly more than $120,000,000.
It is estimated that if all the lands
available lor and adapted to cultiva
tion of on'.1 kind or another were
made productive the value of these
products would be close to $1,000,
000,000 annually.
The line county of Lee is shown to
contain 4.641 square miles of terrl
toty an area greater (ban Rhode Is
land and Delware combined, and
nearly as large as Connecticut.
In density of population Florida is
down the list, with only about 18.7
persons to the square mile. The
average lor tire entire United States
as shown in the census of lfllO was
30.9 persons to the square mile. Of
Florida's farmers, however, 70 per
cent are white.
Only twenty states in the union
have more newspapers than Florida,
although the state is 33d in popula
tion. Within the last five years Florida's
hank tlenoaits have increased 205
per cent. Tire state has 201 banks
under state control, and fifty-four na
tional banks.
Every variety of American fiber
nlant. including sisal, for which man
ufacturers of the I'nited States pay
Yucatan millions of dollars annually,
is or can be produced on a commer
cial scale in Florida.
Approximately 90 per CMt of the
origanal forests of the state still are
timbered lands are being cleared
each year.
Some of the largest springs in tire
world are to be found in Florida, sev
eral of which have a flow sufficient in
volumn to float good-sized
shiDs. Silver Springs, near
with a flow of 375.000 gallons a min-
the largest
STUDY THE TICKET
Democrats should Memoriae Names
fit Presidential Electors.
The ballot to be voted at the gener
al election in November will be
lengthy, because there will be a full
Democratic ticket, and practically
full Republican ticket for National,
State and county officers, and an al
most full National and State ticket
offered by the Socialist party
of pine trees. The rollers ran on
.heavy plank roads. Wire cables
were attached to each, of the seventy-six-foot
beams. The main drawing
cable was fastened to the center
beam of each group of three and ca
bles branching from this center beam
were connected to the two other long
beams, thus making it ho that a pull
on the center moved all llireo beam:
a! once.
Before moving the building, il,.'
verandas extending around two sides
of "it had to be well braced and the
supporting posts firmly secured.
This required much time and Skilled
work. Another difficult part of the
preliminary preparations was the
opment that is settling in South Flor
ida her streets must be improved.
This councilman points out that Pun
Ma Gorda cannot expect to attract and
hold home builders unless the town
I In made attractive as its neighbors in
i I ho matter of streets, for the Florida
town without improved streets is al
most ns far behind the times as the
'ox cart Is behind the high powered
I automobile.
j Petitions for improvement of
I streets presented council but
j never acted upon asked for the im
provement of Retta Esplanade, King
'street, Sullivan and Cross street, and
recently there was some discussion
i pro and con concerning the improve-
i ment of llerrv street Olvnintn nvonne
secure anchoring of the capstans tojan(1 Ad,.,an stm)t and ,t ,s kl.own
prevent tham from being pulled over. hat a number of proppi.ty owners
Heavy beams were sunk horizontally ; ,..,,, )(, wiUnK tH pay tor pavlttg U
four feet deep in the ground, trtrong ...v Bot i( ,.,..,
Inasmuch as everyone who coined
stake., driven against them, and a
wire cable wrapped around the beams
and fastened to t he capstans. Ends of
the drawing cables were also secure
ly anchored In the ground.-
Two capstans, operated by two
mules each, were used. Friday eve
ning, every thing was ready for the
moving to begin; but as Saturday
was a busy day for the hotel, Mr.
Britt deferred moving till Monday
There will be nothing on the ballot morning, when the capstans began
to show to which party these nomi
nees belong, therefore it will be wise
for voters to study the list below and
memorize the names and the parly
which offers them, so when the elec
tion comes they can vote Intelligently.
This Is especially important to the
women voters, who will vote the first
time. It must be borne in mind that
in order to vole for J. M. Cox, Demo
cratic nominee for president, you
tnuet place an X-mark before the
names of the six Democratic presi
dential electors. Memorize these six
names thoroughly. There will be at
least eighteen names tinder the presi
dential electors part of the ballot at
the November election, but only six of
them are representing the Democrat
ic party. Vote for all six of these.
The other names under that heading
will be representatives of the Ilepub
lican and Socialist parties, and pos
sibly other parties. Florida is nor
mally Democratic by from fio.ooo to
turning and the hotel started on its
journey of two hundred and twenty
feet. iMany people witnessed the op
erations. Every thing went along
nicely until nearly noon, when one of
the capstans was broken. It took a
half day to make repairs, and the
moving was resinned Tuesday morn
ing. A heavy ruin beginning at
noon and continuing till 5 p. ni. forc
ed a discontinuance of the work un
til yesterday morning, when R was
resumed and continued until noon
today, when the building reached its
final location.
to the town on the train, whether
they stop or not, must travel a I oft it
King street, which presents 4 very
uninviting appearance, many citizens
Interested in the town's Welfare feel
that the condition of this street Is a
real hindrance to the town's growth
and that If lias been allowed to re
main in this condition far too long.
Whether generally apparent or not,
It seems that there is coisiderable
and growing sentiment favoring the
improvement of as many streets a.i h
possible as quickly as possible, which
leads to the conclusion that action by
the council will meet with approval
of the progressive element, at least.
ANNUAL MEETING W. M.
I'o be
Held in Arcadia Wednesday.
October Sixth.
Bigger mid Heller Than Brer
Florida state fair and exposition
the largest event of lis character in
the southeast will be hId in Jack
sonville, November 18 to 27. The
fair will be bigger and belter than
any of its predecessors, and will pro
vide Florid ia ns, and others opportun
ity of seeing at a glance the entire
resources of the state, ns well .as its
future, possibilities in agriculture,
live stock and varied Industries.
The annual meeting of the Peace
River W. M. U. will be held in Arcad
ia Wednesday, October sixth, at 1:30
p. m., in the Presbyterian church of
70,000 majority, but with so many that city, r (mowing is tne program :
new voters, and the Republican par-j Devotional-! 5 minutes
ty active as it is this year, it is pos
sible that unless the Democrats turn
out and vote solidly for their presi
dential electors, there could be a
split ticket.
S-tudy the following list and mem
orize the Democratic nominees:
Democrats
Presidential Electors--Martin Car
aballo, P. W. Corr, Charles E. Jones,
Knoll, J. G. Sharon, G. B.
Duncan C
H. J.
I.eesburg to Have Tent City.
Incorporation papers are being pre-;
W. V
Wells.
United States Senate
Fletcher.
Congressman 1st District
Diane.
Congressman, 2nd District
Clark.
Congressman, 3rd District
Smithw3ick.
Congressman, 4th District
Sears.
Governor Cary A. Hardee
Secretary of State H
ford.
Attorney-General Rivers H
ford.
Comptroller -Ernest Amos.
State Treasurer J. C. Luning.
Superintendent Public Instruction
steam- W. N. Sheats.
Ocala, ! Commissioner of Agricultural W.
A. McRae.
Justice of Supreme Court W. H.
Ellis, Thomas F. West.
Railroad Commissioner A. S.
Wells.
(Continued on lnt pane)
Mrs. S. L. Griffin.
Address of Welcome
. Mrs. C A. Moore
Pres. W. M. S.
Response
Mrs. Lula lirown
Business.
Quartette :
Arcadia Ladles
The 7fi Million Canpalgn ,
Mrs. P. W. Eldredge
Addict s Need for epuipmenl of hos
pltials on the foreign fields and
what we can do to meet this need
Mrs. Virginia Lusk.
Prayer Mrs. R. W. Horreli
Seaman's Institute. . . ."
Mrs. Ed. S
Presentation ol missionary
azines and Witness
Mrs. B. F. Whittle
W. M. V. Training School and need
of leaders
Mrs R C Roatick
Clay Craw' ! jvrsonal Service. Mrs. M. C. Stephens
Demonstration program of G. A.
work Mrs. W. I. Sanders
Address Mrs. H. C. Peelman
Closing Prayer
Municipal Ownership In Orlando.
Orlando may shortly be in a class
that own their own waterworks and
electric lighting system. The city
has asked the Orlando Water and
Light Company to place on its two
plants to the city, separately.
MICKIE SAYSj
Frank
J. II.
J. W.
Bu
Barnes
mag-
OOUX NtMER. -tURONM fvi pared
?ws. -tbOANi ate Fu.to iW
ft.DS'." MW4( "TVAfcN AOS Ift Tvt
NAosf muav.e remmm' then
tM avid atow,iP rrvMosKt
rea fvV ACAeara4o1vit,o B
OBUOCD "TO CHMt&E NA IOTS
rvO0 FEft TW 9APa. NESSRl
The Pasco County Farm Bureau
was organized at a meeting held in i Dared for the Leesburg Tent City As-
Dade City a few days ago in what ;,0ciatlon and every effort will be, in this county many hogs are being
C. K. McKuarrie, state agricultural made to have at least fifty tent inoculated some farmers are build
agent stated was the best meeting so ' houses in a colony here before the, jnK air-tight cribs in order to fumi
far. winter tourist season is well along. i gate against weevils. ,
Building permits Issued at Saint
Petersburg show a total of $344,450
and the first eleven days of Septem
ber have run to $41,750, which is
about the average that has been
maintained in this city since Jan. 1.
No large permit was issued but the
many small ones have made the total
large.
On account of the slump in prices
Holmes county farmers will hold ful
ly 80 per cent of their cotton in
hopes of better prices later on.
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