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I'unta Gorda. in Tropical Southwest Florida, is Advantageously Located on Charlotte Harbor, One of the Largest hand-Locked Bays on the Golf of Mexico, and is a Town With a Bright Future, Commercially and Agn'i ulturally
Volume XXXIV. Number 2 PUNTA OORDA, CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JI NK ;toih. Five Cents a Copyi 02.00 a Year
Punta Gorda Invites Everybody to be Her Guest on the Glorious Fourth,
and Promises a Good Dinner, Sports and Plenty of Amusement for All
COMMISSIONERS PROPOSE
TO OOILD COORT HOOSE?
Is Said They Propose to
County Tax and
Warrants,
levy
ssue
Mill
of
he
The county commissioners met Sat
urday, June 24th, for the purpose of
canvassing the votes cast in the coun
ty seat election tie preceeding Tues
day, and after finding that Punta
Gorda was the choice of a majority
of the voters so it is said the mat
ter of building a courthouse was
brought up. and after some discus
sion a motion or resolution was pass
ed unanimously, it is said direct
ing the county attorney to draw up
a resolution in proper form so that
the board can levy a tax of five mills
for the purpose of raising funds to
build I Courthouse, No record of
this motion or resolution appears. It
is said, further, tiiat the commission
ers propose to issue script and build
a court house as soon as possible.
County Attorney Hancock. when
questioned, stated that he did not
understand that he was directed to
draw a resolution looking to'
levying of a tax for the purpose
building a court house, but said
was asked to look up the law.
The supposed action of the com
missioners and the action it is pre-1
Mimed the contemplate has been thej
subject of much and boated discus
sion about town, and, If one may
draw conclusions from these discus
sions, desirable as it may be, nobody
wants a courthoust yet. It is
pointed out that the county has
"about as much use for a courthouse
as a fish has for union 11a" as one
man put It, and will not have much
use for one for several years to come.
Others recite the need for roads and
the fact that the county records
have not been transcribed, and one
man recalled tee promise made dur
ing the campaign for division that no
courthouse would le needed and
none would be built for five years
after the county was established un
less a phenomena growth made it
necessary.
No representative of the paper was
present at the meeting and no definite
information as to just what was said
there fan be obtained, so the street
talk concerning what the commissi
oners propose to do is being given
for what it is worth. This talk clear
ly indicates that a majority of those
who are talking, at least, do not
favor a tax levy to build a courthouse
at the present time and that they are
prepared to fight any such move "to
the last ditch" If the commissioners
attempt to make the proposed or sup
posedly proposed levy, and several
ways of doing this have been outlined.
Appreciated Treat.
The Charlotte Military Hand gave
a parade and concert Monday night,
which was appreciated by a consider
able number of people on the street!
who were attracted by the music.
The band was treated to ice cold tea
and a box of excellent cigars by J.
H. Howard, proprietor of the Grocer
teria, the boys expressing their appre
ciation of his thoughtf illness by a
unamimous vote of thanks.
NEARLY $600 SUBSCRIBED
TO PURCHASE C0C0ANUTS
".'' i.r More VuU H ill hi- Brought I
Irom ' a M. Mi- ii. Iit'iiuty
dM Town.
Nearly $6001582.50 to be exact
- have been subscribed by towns
people for the purpose of purchasing
and planting cocoanuts, which after
being sprouted in a nursery will be
used to beautify the town. It is
estimated that the nuts will cost
about eight cents each. They will be
bedded in nursery form on the Coup
place in the eastern part of the town
tn(, land kept there until moved and re
planted. However. If (hose who sub
scribed to the nut fund so wish they
may take their pro rata share of the
nuts when they are delivered at
Punta Gorda and do what they choose
with them or othose who so desire
may take a part of their share and
allow the remainder to be bedded in
the nursery. It is stated that most
of them will have sprouted and be
ready to transplant about a ear from
now- -during the rainy season of
1023.
Oeneral Gilchrist, who is a large
subscriber to the nut fund and who
secured the remainder of the sub
scriptions, in common with many
others, is very anxious to see King
Street improved and beautified. "The
most important street to beautify,"
said the general, "is King street, the
railroad street. It should be made
(he most attractive street in all Flor
ida. NOW It is the most unaltrae
ive street in ALL F1X)R1DA. Let
everyone .bend his or her efforts to
beautifying the town of Punta Gor
da making BEAUTY a great asset
to the town."
:
Program for Celebration at Punta Gorda
!H JULY FOURTH, 1 922 ft
Following is a condensed program of the events arranged
for the celebration to be held here on July fourth:
11:30 a. tu. Concert by Charlotte Military Band at Marian
Avenue and Taylor Street.
12:00 Noon- Parade by band along Marian Avenue
road and thence to entrance of Hotel I'unta Gorda.
1 2:30-2:00 p. m. Hand concert on hotel veranda. Free
ncr in hotel grounds.
2:15-4:15 p. nr Water sports tit bayfront west of tlii
dock.
4:30 p. m.
8:15-9:00 p.
tan avenue
to rall-
diu-
city
Appointed on Committee.
City Manager Price has received
notice of his appointment as a memb
er of the public safety committee of
the lorida League of Municipalities.
; which was organized a few weeks
lago. It is expected that much gon.i
will come as a result of the organiz
i.ttion of the league, which proposecs
I to work for uniform legislation regit
I lating automobiles and along other
: lines.
U. S. COURT JURY FREES
MEN WHO SLEW F. B. PITT
Tooher ami Bredvad Tried and Ac
quitted; Voi Likely .Junghluth
Will Be Tried.
l'.iist ball game at the hall park.
m. Concert by Charlotte Military Hand at Mar
aud Taylor strt
Lit' GAME COST COLORED
BRETHREN 130 IRON MEN
Lieutenant B. J. Tool:
geant Krisjan Bredvad c
Air Service, were found '
of a charge of first degre
Federal court at Jackso
iy.
Too !u r.
City
Treasurj Gains $i;to as Result
of Raid by Police Early
Sunday.
Jungbluth
were Indict) d
ty grand jury
ent.
: 30-1 2: 00 p. m. Dane,
lotte Military Hand.
at Hotel Punta Gorda Riven by Char-
IW. E
E. W
, Judg
IJ. E.
First
! H. C.
c. w.
H. E.
Woodmen Uave Barbecue.
The W"oodmn of the World of
Fort Ocden gave a barbecue Friday.
the 23rd, at their beautiful picnic!
grounds mar Fort Ogden. Th
ladies of the Woodmen Circle assist
ed them in si rving the bountiful din
ner consisting of barbecued beef,
pork pillau, pickles, bread, swamp i
cabbage, icd tea, etc. Every thin
was served in the very best style and!
everyone seemed to enjoy the oecas- i
Inn In the ntmnct nH nil ..vnr. SKed I R C. Blount
the hope that they would have the
opportunity to enjoy another such in
the near future. Lodges throughout
the country wire invited, but Punta
Gorda lodge did not receive the in
vitation in time. L,-mon Grove, No.
18, was represented by Mrs. Coston.
Mrs. Whiteaker and Mrs. Bnnett
Adams.
Following is
have subscribed
gether with tin
by each:
A. W. Gilchrist
W. H. Johnson
H. K. Seward
W. R. De Loach
H. W. Smith
Cecil Crosland
J. H. Hancock
M. C. Price
H. R. Dreggora
A. F. Dewey
H. D. Blazer
Paul K. Garrett
Dr. B. B. Blount
Mobley
Kountree ..
W. F. Cooper
Sk ipper
National Bank
Goldstein
Hewitt
Outhrle
Chadwlck Bros.
E. C. Jackson
list of those who
to the nut fund, to
amount subscribed
j
CARLSTROM FLYERS LEFT I TO START SURFACING NO.
FOR TEXAS FIELD MONDAY ! TWO ROAD SOON , IS SAID
2
C. A. W'altmire
A. A. Coup
I Ed. Smith
j L. E. Robinson
H. L. Blakeley
Dr. D. N McQueen
Mrs. F. M. Cooper
Joshua Micell
00
25.00
10.00
ti.OO
25.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
50.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
2 5.00
10.00
5.00
2.50
1 0.00
2 5.00
5.00
5.00
(inly Small Contingent Left at Carl
strom as Guard; Flying There
la ill an End
According to the DeSoto county
News of June 23rd, 290 men from
Carlstrom field departed on Friday
for the aviation field at San A ntonio,
Texas, and another contingent of
250 left Monday of this week for the
same place. This movement practi
cally complete., the abandonment of
Carlstrom field by the government as
an active training field. Only a few
men will remain at the field as a
guard for buildings and mounds.
Training activities ceased with the
graduation of the last class some
days ago.
According to the News, with the
primary Hying school transferred to
Brooksfleld, San Antonio and the ob
servation school from Ft. Sill to Kel
ly Held also at San Antonio, the Ait
Service will have concentrated most
of its flying activities in one locality.
This concentration was given as the
reason for discontinuing the field
here, it being said by Maj. Gen. Pat
rick on his recent visit to Arcadia
that much money would thus be sav
ed to the government annually in
training expenses.
Mgnter titan air nytng win do con
centrated at Scott Meld, Belleville,
Illinois, to which place the baloOD
school at Rosa Held, California, and
the airship school at Langley field,
Virginia, will be transferred. The
air school for field olticers will be re
tained at Langley.
Technical schoofs for the Air Ser
vice will be at Chanute Held, Iian-
toul, Illinois, the mechanics' school
and photography school from Langley
'being located at that place. The
communication school from Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, also win go to Chanute
field.
The army will concentrate all it:
artillery schools at Fort Sill, it has
been announced by Secretary Weeks,
who has approved recommendations
for this change. The artillery ofli
cers' "basic school" at Camp Knox
Kentucky, and the Held officers'
school at Camp Bragg, North Caro
lina, will go to Fort Sill.
Less Than a .Mile Remains to
Graded After Which Surfac
ing i to be Marled.
be
According to the Fort iXfyers Press,
which is quoted below, it will not be
a great while until the work of sur
facing State Road Number Two will
be started. Says the Press:
State Road No. 2 Is a comer!
There is now less than one mile to
grade beyond Bermont road. When
the 33 convicts complete that Import
ant work to the saw-mill on the Fort
Myers - Arcadia highwaj and they
will be through grading next week
the convict camp will be moved to its
old site near Tucker's Corner, or the
twenty-five mile post. Then the work
of surfacing the highway will begin,
and there will be no let-up until the
road is finished.
This information was brought back
to Fort Myers last night by Walter
J. Edelblut who received it first-hand
I from the engineer in charge of ihe
work on State Road No. 2. Mr. Edel
blut was a member of the delegation
representing the Fifty Thousand Club
Hint returned here early last niaht
from Tampa where they attended the
initial meeting of Hie ' Year Round
Club of Florida West Coast Cities."
I The motorists left here Wednesday
i noon, traversing State Road No. 2
I both going and coming and finding il
In shape good enough to travel the
'distance between Fort Myers and Ar
cadia in a little over three hours.
They had a busy time in Tampa, each
having a special assignment to
"cover" and the boosters did a lot in
giving demonstrations of real Fort
Myers pep, enterprise and enthusiasm.
Grapes Do Well Here.
About three years ago Mrs. Eliza
beth Turner set out four grape vine
cuttings which are bearing this year
and from which she will get about
25 bunches of fruit. Sh does not
know the variety, but the grapes are
rather small, purplfsfi-black in color
and grow in large, well formed
bunches. Mrs. Turner believes that
grapes can be grown profitably lure,
and the success of her four vines
bears out her belief.
The city's coffers wei nriched b.V
1130 this week as a result of a raid
I on the home of Will Edwards, color
ed, early Sunday morning by Chief
j of Police Adams and special deputies,
.J. E. Locklear and Norman Johns.
Something caused Chief of Police
Adams to suspect that visitors to the
Edwards domicile were amusing
themselves by indulging in games of
chance With coin of the realm as
, slakes contrary to the laws and ordin
ances provided. Having satisfied
himself on this point, he went to the
door and knocked softly. "Who's
dat?" came from within. The chit i
did not reply but- waited a minute
and knocked again. "Who's dat?"
came from within a second lime in a
very anxious tone. The suspense
had grown unendurable to some of
the occupants, for Immediately fol
lowing ihe second challenge and be
fore the chief could have responded ;
there was a great commotion follow
ed by a crash of window glass as four i
occupants of the room went through !
them head first. At the same tinu j
the chief applied his shoulder to I In
door and succeeded in preventing the
flight of the remaining four occu
pants, those who had escaped in tin
meantime having dashed by Locklear
and Johns heedless of their com
ma nils to Slop. However, those who
escaped were rounded tip later In thi
day and put up bonds for appearance
in municipal court.
When be entered the room by way
of the broken door, Adams found one
Billy ("Goal") Doraey simulating
sleep of the righteous, but the chief
claims Billy had just iiceupii d llii
bed as it was yet cool win n the p fore
said Billy sat up, rubbed his eyes
and looked about as il to inquire
what all the commotion was about
1 he eight men were tried befort
Commissioner-Mayor Carleton Wed
nesday and were lined as follows:
Lex Bass, $20; Berry Williams, $20;
Alec Allen. 110; Ben Coleman, 20:
Milton Millard. 2(i; Will Edwards.
$20; James ().. $20. Billy (Goat)
Doraey was not fined as he claimed
to have been asleep and there was
not sufficient proof to the contrary.
in I
Bredvad ai
will be i
by the Cha
for the a lb
of F. II. Pitt at his home
uver a year ago. Tin
was expected by local r
realized that all of th
against them was Circuru:
would not -land against
tetimony as to the Incldi
up to and Instrumental
about the tragedy.
i The trial was unique In
respects. The actual henrin
less than four hours and ;
the case was heard in feden
the two men were defended
ed States District Attorney
Gober and assistants, while i
conducted the prosecution.
The trial was necessitated
action of the Charlotte count
jury in returning Indictment
Jug murder against Tooher ;.t
vad. Private Jungbluth v
! named in the indictment but
not appear in court and it v
stood the case against him
' dropped.
According to testimony
j Lieutenant B. Tooher, S
Bredvad and the pi i ate .
ing for two deserters the
;was killed. They had i
I that the two men were u
an outhouse of Pitt's hoi
I went there in si arch and
ie U. S.
I lilty"
itrder in
m be red,
. coun-
itirder
ii little
tjuittal
i who
i idenee
tial and
ir own
l ad ing
ringing
several
lasted
It bough
i court,
iy Unit
W. M.
state
by the
I grand
harg
d B red
an also
i.e did
inder-
v. ill be
it the trial
rgeant K.
. re search
night Pitt
n for mat ion
hiding in
ie. They
v r with
in 1 1
drawing when F'iit aov
Into i he darkm ss with a
several buckshot (akin:.
Lieutenant Tooher's arm.
ant Tooher testified I"' did
who tired and dropping
Immediately returned il
PHI instantly.
The prosecution off) red hole but
routine testimony. The story as re
lated by the defense today was nc-
r .1 fired
hot-gun,
ffect in
know
to his knees
' tin, killing
tity
Taking one hundred and In
five pounds of honey from hives at
the Montverde Industrial school
apiaries recently is said to have made
the total for the year marly half a
ton. Florida honey is always in de
mand, and while the honey has been
used at the school, li show
Florida is the place for bei
honey making. By producin
excellent food product right at
the Montverde authorities have
thing that is healthful ami
.00
.50
.00
GREEN IS APPOINTED MEMBER
OF STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT
pleasant to add to (he table ;
llo keep the busy boys and
good humor. Bee keeping i
dustry not yet over-crowded,
fers great all ructions.
that
I and
; this
home,
some
most
help
s in
i copied by t'ne military
Carlstrom Held v. ho xom i
i three men comprising th
With the ret urning of I he
indictments, however, civil
ies made several Inffoctual
to obtain custody of the m
On one occasion Sergeant
was arrested In Jacksonvi
planning to go north on a
Aviators went there from
and demanded his rcl nse.
The Jury which took the
I liberated about an hour an.
H. D. Clayton, who presided,
considerable Impatience. Kil
had been construed by Rpect
virtually an Instructed verdiC
j deliberating almost an hour,
returned to the court room :
ed that some of the conn's
ions be explained. Judge
I then made plain the nntur
l diet he expet ted. In nddi
Urors before I heir dismiss
uoritles of
rated the
e detail,
rand jury
authorlt-
attempts
in.
Bredvad
II. while
furlough,
the field
rase de
il Judge
showed
i charge
tors as
After
, the jury
and usk-Instruct-
Clayton
of a ver
ssing the
I. he said
there was nol the least
a verdict of not guilty.
iloubt as to
Lee county is up and doing in the
matter of road building, which is re
garded as the most important work
thai can be carried on by any com
munity anywhere. According to R.
P. Ransom, county engineer, fifty
eight miles of the West Palm Beach
highway has been hard surfaced, to
a point within six and a half miles
of Ciewiston. and there remains only
three miles to be graded and nine
and a half miles to be surfaced to
complete the road to the Palm Beach
county line.
With the arrival this week ir three
I more carloads of machinery for the
j Crass Fiber Pulp and Paper Corpora
tion, the equipment for the mill prop
er is practically complete. One more
1 carload and the reap r boat are all
I that are yet to be received and in
stalled before actual manufacturing!
can begin. One of the shipments
A good many people are busy
gathering blueberries which a r e
bringing a fancy price in Walton
county. Interest in this crop is rap
idly growing in this section; some
are expecting to plant 40-acre fields
this winter.
The average height of the land
above the sea level is 1,500 feet.
last week was the
which reduces the
been through the
agitator tanks.
big Jordan beater
pulp after il has
digester and the
Clearwater is to install a powerful
radio station thus makingu available
concerts, news, etc., from all over
the country. The outfit will be plac
ed in the new city park, and be used
for the benefit and entertainment of
Clearwater's citizens and visitors.
Many a man pays a lot more for
the trimming he gets in a poker game
than his wife does for that on her
hat, and he doesn't yell about It
either!
E. P. Green, of Bfadentown, was
appointed Tuesday by Governor Har
dee as a member of the State Road
Department to fill the vacancy caus
ed by the untimely death of W. W.
Clark. The appointment of Mr.
Green was not unexpected to local
people, who, following the definite
announcement that T. Ed Bryan
could not accept the appointment, en
dorsed Mr. Green, who received the
endorsement of Fort Myers good
roads advocates also.
from Marietta, Oa., t n years ago.
He had been an attorney in Marietta,
served his county (Cobb) as prosecut
ing attorney, and also as a member
of the state legislature. When he set
tled at Bradentown he gave up his
piofession to enter the real estate
field, and has been very successful in
that business. He was a member of
the Bradentown City Council which
put a big bond issue for street paving
that made the Manatee county capital
one of the best paved cities In the
Went North lu TuiitMt.
Tuesday's Tampa Tribune contain-
d the following: C. M. Carrier of
si at tin Ba v View
sxhibitfue one of
I'unta Gorda, a guest
Sunday night, was e
Mr. Green is mayor of Bradentown j state. He has been president of the
and one of that city's most progres- j Bradentown Board of Trade and now
slve citizens. He has been active iniis president of the Manatee County
the gooc roads movement in Manatee I Fair Association, also president of
county and In the south Florida sec-1 the Sugar Bowl Drainage district,
iion and led the fight for the recent I which embraces a large tract of land
successful bonding election in the in Manatee and Sarasota counties.
The June bloom of th
grapefruit trees is mill
this season and the air
and the surrounding
man;
In L
terri
kc land
tin
sweet with the delightful odo
blossoms. The June bloom as a
general thing is an inverse propor
tion to the February bloom, it hav
ing been designed apparently to
make up for wbal
flowei ing may lack.
ever I hi
' the largest pirn apph
weighed ten and a
was two or three times as
an ordinary pine, It was
I Punta Gorda. Mr. Carrier
one ol l lie largest laml owin
state, was on his way north,
visit points in Pennsylvania
cord. It
1 1 n tls and
large as
-town at
who is
rs in the
He will
and New
York this summer. He is interested
in large tracts of laml around Punta
Gorda, in Pennsylvania and New
Brunswick.
was
ekly
In
the
Bradentown district which provided
for a road to Cortez and a bridge
from that point to Anna Maria island
and a road down the islnd to Anna
Maria Beach.
Mr. Green moved to Bradentown
When the Tampa Board of Trade
endorsed T. Ed Bryan of Tampa for
the place niade vacant by Mr. Clark's
death, it also endorsed Mr. Green for
the place in the event Mr. Bryan de
clined to serve.
(Irape growing in Polk county
the topic discussed at Ihe w
luncheon of the Kiwanis Club,
the absence of the presldi nt of
Grape View Nurseries, S. T. Holland,
secretary of the corporation, spoke of
the prospects of the grape Industry
'and Si rather Booth, who has a fine
young vineyard, gave some facts and
figures on grape growing in this section.
Polk county citrus growers report
good net prices for late shipped fruit.
And trees are in full bloom again.
Daytona Beach N planning a big
celebration on the Fourth of July,
and has added attractions to the pro
gram since the idea was suggested.
The latest announcement is to the
effect that a "bathing beach beauty"
parade and competition is lo be a
feature. This will be popular and
bring many visitors to join with the
merry folks of Daytona Beach,
Make your plans now to attend
Farmers' Week at the University of
Florida the third week in August.
And take the wife along. Courses
for farm women will be offered.