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Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
NEITHER FISH NOR GUT BAIT.

NEITHER FISH NOR CUT BAIT.
 That good old maritime command: ''Either fish or cut bait," ought to be placed where President Wilson can sec if. He and his administration are sOrely in need of the suggestion that it should do something useful
 He sent troops to Vera Cruz to com pei respect for the flag. The troops were withdrawn and the flag was not saluted.
 The American lives lost there were sacrificed. No indemnity has been de- manded.
 The troops were sent to the border to catch Villa and make an end of the bandits.
 Villa has not been caught and the bandits are just as numerous as ever.
 Protests have been entered against the murder of Americans by German submarines.
 Germany is still attacking neutral ships with Americans on board with out warning.
 Protests have been sent to Great Britain against the holding up of American mails.
 John Bull is pleasant and polite and is still smiHngly opening the mails.
 Tn the affairs of the nations MT Wilson's notes and protests have not been effective. What is needed is an administration that commands re- spect.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
J OTDLaL N-GA August Sth, 1916.
After Them.

Mir. Editor: I have been patiently awaiting a reply from J. H. Cum mings. None being forthcoming, I am mings has not the courage of his con- victions. Having nailed his poverty stricken arguments to the fence, I can afford to be magnanimous. If ever he is desirous of having a talk with me- am at the Carpenters hall in Nor wich every first and third Tuesday evening, attending tAe Norwich Gen. tEaI IaL0r union meeting.
 I warn him, though, that should he feel like usurping your space that be- fore he does so, the one seryiceable, certain, attainable thing for him to do Is to go down to the side of the Thames and jump in.
 Enter Wood. Now. he states he is not writing, on behalf of the central
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
THE AERoPLANE IN BATTLE.

Few realize what an advance has been made in air-battling in the past two years.
 When General Kitchener pointed out that aerOplanes would eventually be flown in squadrons and fought in air like ships on the water, his views were not accepted by the war council In fact they were regarded as chimer- ical until the German airmen appear ed with squadron and compelled counter action which confirmed Gen. Kitchener's foresight. Now sQuadrons fighting in the air are common.
 The aeroplanes have been great aids as scouts for locating the enemy, and as destroyers of munitions Of war and means of transportation near the front by bomb throwing; but the effective ness of aeroplane- defence armament has compelled the Zeppelins to fly from 2,OO0 to 5000 feet higher than they did at first to escape destruction.
 Now the aeroplane is recognized as an aid in the present drive, for it not only locates the enemy trenches and makes the curtain of fire more effective, but it comes down to @ height of 500 or 500 feet and bombs the enemy troops when engaged, greatly aiding in driving the enemy back.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
IA Lonesome Free Trade Country.

"A Lonesome F rec F5Ge country
 . The importations into the United States for the Il months ending June l amounted to $1, 1,952. 033,212, of which $1,338, ,892072, more than tWC-thirds, paid no duty. In 1914 the imports for the same period were $1,736, ,396,207 of which $1,034, ,056,637 were admitted free. It will thus be seen that the free imports have increased the enor- nous amount of $304835, ,435 in two years. In the same time the dutiabIe imports have decreased close to $90,- 000,000. In 1911, under the Payne AIdrich law, the free imports were 50 per cent of the total. Now. under the of the whole. While our revenue producing imports are dWindling, the quantity of free goods dumped on our shores is increasing at an appalling rate. These figures are taken from the official reports of the department of commerce.
 T. ig pIatD, then, that the law that Is CsteuSinIy a revenue measure is nothing of the sOrt. It is in effect a frea-traGe law. putting into actual operation tI}s foundation principle of the democratic party. The United States is nov, in fact, g. free trade country. Waila practically ali the rest of the world has accepted and adopted the protection principle, our country has moved in the opposite di- rect5on. going backward instead of forward. Great Britain and Holland gre the only two other countries still holding to free trade, and Great Brit ain is preparing to abandon that iri- descent theory in a commercial com binatiOn with her allies. Soon, unless the people turn it's face in the other direction, the United States will have none but little Holland to keep it company, and the story Of the ten lit tie Indians will approach it's climax
 Is there no lesson in these facts? Is the unanimous conclusion If virtually all the nations of the earth, founded upon the experience and judgment Of those nations, of no value to US? Are we to stand alone as the one land whose gates are wide open to the commerce of the world: the one land which refuses to protect it's people from the competition of other coun- tries? Are we to continue to hold fast to a discarded and discredited doctrine because the democratic par ty persists in it's bIUnders? We think not. We are sure we shall not. No vember will answer these questions. St. Louis Gloloe-Democrat
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
WHERE FIGHTING WAS FrERcEsr

No move could be made in daylight. (This was with the First Newfound- land Regiment at Suva Bay, Gallipo- H)
 That evening we received our ra- ton Of rum, and under cover of dark ness moved in open order across the Salt Lake for about a mile, then through three miles of knee-high, prickly underbrush, to where our di- vision was intrenched. Our orders were to re- enforce the Irish.
 The Irish sadly needed re- enforcing. Some of them had been on the benin sula for months. Many of them are still there. From the beach to the fir ing line is not more than four miles, but it is a ghastly four miles of graveyard. Everywhere along the route are small, rude crosses, mute record Of advances.
 Where the crosses are thickest there the fighting was frecest and where the fighting was fiercest there were the Irish. On every cross, be- sides a mans name and the date of his death is the name of his regi- ment. No other regiments have so
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
POLITICAL
Me Apnroue.

Some one who has remembered the Dreyfus case and Zola's "JacCuse' rhilippic has organized Q, society of democrats under the name of Ap- proving Americans. The slogan of the society is I've approVei" We suppose their list of expectations will include the following:
 We approve the selection of William Jennings Bryan as secretary of state.
 We approve his resignation.
 We approve the stand of MT. Wilson in opposition to national defense program in 1914.
 We approve his addresses in favor of a national defense program in 1916.
 We approve his capture Of Vera Cruz with the object of enforcing a salute to the American flag.
 We approve his withdrawal of our forces from Vera Cruz with the Ameri- can flag unsaluted.
 We approve his insfstence that Iuerta must not be President Of Mex ico.
 We approve his recent announcement that there must be no interference with Mexico.
 We approve his support of Pancho Villa.
 We approve his pursuit. of Rancho Villa.
 We approve his notification of Ger many that submarine attacks on nner- chant ships must cease.
 We approve his declaration during the submarine controversy that we are too proud to fight.
 We approve his shaken fist
 We approve his adnlOnitOry finger.
 We approve him when he advances and when he backs up. when he goes up and when he comes down, veTti- calIy and horizontally and diagonalIy, in straight lines and curved lines, in circles and spiraIs, ellipticaHy and periodically. Our approbation is hex- ibIe and adjustable, mobile and double iOinted
 ''Tken's orr sentiments" said the backwoods statesman, and if they don't suit they kin he altered. .''- Brooklyn Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

many crosses as the Dublins and the Ministers. And where the shraDnel flew so fast that bodies mangled be- yond hope of identity were buried in Q common grave, there also are the Dublins and Ministers; and the cross over them reads: "In Memory of Un- known Comrades"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The first billion dollar congress was republican and the democrats decried it's outrageous extravaganza! The present derpocratic congress has ap- propriated a~billiOn and a half, with the prospect of adding still more mil lions.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Since President Wilson was a stran- ger in Mexico why shouldn't he be excused for his blunders. He knock ed HUerta out, sold Villa guns and ammunition and took Carranza to his bosom, and the results are too fanil- jar to the public to need repeating.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
The War A Year Ago Today
 August g, 1915.

Gernas bombarded Kovno and Lonazs
 Russians forced Germans back in Riga region.
 . British captured 1,200 yards of German trenches near Hooge.
 British destroyer Lynx sunk by mine and cruiser India by torpedo.
 Allied submarine sank Turkish battIeship Barbarossa.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Uncle Sam has been too busy selling explosives to the fighting nations to provide for home consumption. Two hundred millions worth of explosives breaks all previous records.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

A half million frozen rabbits are on the way from New Zealand for the British forces in northern France. This ought to make Tommy gamier than ever.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The presidents ship purchasing act hasn't been abandoned; 1t is only hanging fire. It lacks the confidence of the democratic party, but it has the ardent support of McAdoo!
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Less than a score of men formerly connected with the Progressive party gathered at Hartford yesterday to act on the suggestion of one of their mum
 Der that a delegation be sent to the, coming national conference in Indian! apoIis. Compare this with the several hundred who gathered at a nleetingt in 1912 and one can understand how completely the Progressive party in Connecticut is eliminated as an impor-t tant factor in the political situation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The great political hunt for 1916 will be for the backbone of the present ad- miuistration.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Abram Euvus, the new American aoa- bassador to Constantinople. will Ho7-e his hands full. Besides taking C9"" 0f States and Turkey, which are ncne to simple or pleasant, he will have to look after the affairs of nine be1iger- ent nations. It's fine chance for shirt sleeve diplomacy" How could any diplomat take care of all that work without rolling up his sleeves ?-W atcr- bury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Doesn't Franklin square call louder tor a traffic policeman than Thames sQUaTe3
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The Kaiser's army started out to capture Paris and take London; now he COnfesses they are only fighting for the life of the empire. Can they save it?
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
OTHER VIEW POINTS

MT. Parker of the bull moose ticket 2asn't any running mate and hasn't my party back of hin, but otherwise lis candidacy seeu2S to be all right TelegraFQl%
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The pallor of death is a dependable sign, and the Central Empire of Eu- rope now has it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself has said. in such weather as we have been having a writer is liable to give the wrong credit to most any well known poem Meriden Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

e1euitschIand Is failing to set over and the subsaarine Deutschlal1d is not get ting under as rapidly as had been xpected.-Waterbury American.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

When Col Bryan was secretary of state he thought his salary was a starvation salary. A weekly stipend of $40 looked fat to those who were for him
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The Man on the Corner says: The Hawaiian style of undress suits dog day weather"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

It is no infraction of a 15-minute traffic law to run off for a few minutes and return for 15 minutes more. When you think of t5@- t~+orval it meets business requirements.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

If Wilson is to stand on his past record his standing room will be very much restricted.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

How can man keep smiling if he is conscious of the fact that there are 10000 germs on every old dollar bill he has in his pocket
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The Man on tEe yCOrner says: The ten dollar note inseyour pocket which escapes the collector gets caught by the inheritance tax.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Columbus 1ectured about America at Salamanca. a sort of European in 1492, when the city con- tained 10000 students.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The sick man of Europe cannot re- gard the present situation as very healthy for turks
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Speaking of Deutschland uiber al les" 1t seems that the military
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Here is New Haven talking of hold ing a tag day for the benefit of the families of soldiers who have gone to the front New Haven spent over $1o0,O0O for civic celebration a few years ago and raised half of it by su.b- scriptton Why beg for the soldiers families? Why not dig down?-Water- bury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Distributing free milk has been re- garded as 9 charity, but if milk is what some Of the doctors declare it to be, it is a crime
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Free trade doesn't make for cheap living. Boots and shoes and sugar are on the free list, but the prices kite upwards.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

Taft tried to drive the pork barrel out of politics. but it has been mighty popular with the democrats.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The democratic administration has parleyed when it would have been more to it's credit to have cut ice!
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The evangelist who says: Boston in the millennium will be a heap of ruins" must be governed by bad dreams.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The Indiana pianist who kept har- mony flowing for 50 hours must be cIassed among the undesirable neigh bors.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

New York is having the time of it's life with it's present epidemic-a time it doesn't desire to have repeated
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

4 scientific reformer wants to kill 25, GOO, 900 cats because they kill the birds that destroy the destructive in sects. And if we must have household pets, he recommends toaGs and lizards, which are really useHuI, because they eat insects. It doesn't sound attrac- tive. at first. Still, @ toad or a lizard in the house wouldn't he much wo~se than f1ies-or Gypape Re- publican.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

The American aviators serving with the French army refuse to come home and join the aviation corps of the United States army. France trained us,' they say, "at great expense, and France has tho right to our services. Let the United States train it's own aviators." That's rude, but justifiabIe. Wa terbury Republican,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

business is dull Under present con ditions the game needs be forgotten
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

However the grand duke is pro- gressing daily and at present is re- ported to be only 500 miles from Con- stantinopIe itself Should he succeed in taking the city it would mean that the end was drawing near, but it would mean nothing more. The war cannot be settled at any point so far away from Paris and Berlin as that ATanchasfar Eeral Id
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

-ilSF ---ts eiAlSL LlLS L4tlG DL EJC- ALl1CL1- tatiOn they intend to follow.
 Those who know little about seeds will not in future be likely to get cabbage and cauliGower seed sewn in their flower beds.
 This is a real advance in legislation and economy!
 EDITORIAL NOTES. Doesn't Franklin square call louder sor a traffic policeman than Thames sQuare2
 The great political hunt for 1916 will be for the backbone of the present ad- ministration.
 The Man on the Corner says: "The Hawaiian style of undress suits dog day weather"
 If Wilson is to stand on his past record his standing room will be very much restricted.
 The sick man of Europe cannot re- gard the present situation as very healthy for turks.
 Taft tried to drive the pork barrel out of politics. but it has been mighty popular with the democrats.
 
 The democratic administration has parleyed when it would have been more to it's credit to have cut ice!
 -------------
 New York is having the time of it's life with it's present epidemic-a time it doesn't desire to have repeated.  The time to play politics is when business is dull Under present con ditions the game needs be forgotten.
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 The Indiana pianist who kept har- mOny flowing for 50 hours must be cIassed among the undesirable neigh bors.
 The evangelist who says: Boston in the millennium will be a heap of ruins" must be governed by bad dreams.
 Free trade doesn't make for cheap living. Boots and shoes and sugar are on the free list, but the prices kite upwards.
 Distributing free milk has been re- garded as 8. charity, but if milk is what some of the doctors declare it to be, it is a crime.
 The Man on the SCorner says: The ten dollar note irayour pocket which escapes the collector gets caught by the inheritance tax.
 
 How can a man keep smiling if he is conscious of the fact that there are 10000 germs on every old dollar bill he has in his pocket.
 The kaisers army started out to capture Paris and take London; now he cOnfesses they are only fighting for the life of the empire. Can they save it?
 When Col. Bryan was secretary of state he thought his salary was a starvation salary. A weekly stipend of $40 looked fat to those who were for him.
 A half million frozen rabbits are on the way from New Zealand for the British forces in northern France. This ought to make Tommy gamier than ever.
 It is no infraction of a 15-minute
 
 and return for 15 minutes more. When you think Of t5- tr7-~ryaI ;t meets business requirements.
 The presidents ship purchasing act hasn't been abandoned; it is only hanging fire. It lacks the confidence of the democratic party, but it has the ardent support of McAdoo!
 
 Uncle Sam has been too busy selling explosives to the fighting nations to provide for home consumption. Two hundred millions worth of explosives breaks all previous records.
 The first billion dollar congress was republican and the democrats decried it's outrageous extravaganza! The present depocratic congress has ap- DrODriated a~biIliOn and a half with
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-16
d. L. SKIPPER,
JOHN HAGAN.

Committee.
Moved by Written. seconded 10y
Welles and carried. that the above
and foregoing report be accepted and
adopted.
The following report was then pre-.
scented:
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners Of DeSoto Coul.
ty.
Gentlemen: The undersigned corr
mittee, to whom was referred the pc
tition of S. II. Morton and Others,
registered voters residing in the nm
bonded territory in commissioner
district No. , in said county, asking
that said territory be constituted in
to special road ana bridge district
respectfully report that they have IL
vestigated the facts in regard to said
petition. and ind ard determine that
the same has leon signed by not less
than twenty-five per cent. Of the reg.
istered voters VINO are free holders,
residing within a2id territory, ANA
that said petition is, in all respects,
strictly in accordance with the re.
quirements Of law.
(Signed)
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-16
Notice.,

.Nut"Nss
To the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
COMPANY, "A Corporation owning
and Operating n Railroad in De
Soto County, Florida.
II appearing TO the Board Of Coun-
" Commissioners Of DeSoto County
Florida. that the hereinafter describ-
ed crossings at points where the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad is crossed
by public roads, are not being proper
~ maintained by you as you are re-
Quired by law to DO.
You are Therefore hereby given no
tice that you will be, and you are
hereby required by the Board of
County Commissioners Of the said
county. to construct and maintain the
said crossings, specifications for
which are hereinafter given.
Crossings.
No. /: At ,hc crossing where the
public road crosses the railroad ON
township line between townships -
and 30. range - east.
No. .: At tine crossing where the
public road crosses the railroad on
section line between sections : and
$. TOWNSHIP 30 range 81 east.
No. 8: At the crossing where the
public roal crosses the railroad near
the southcas. corner Of the northeast
quarter If the northwest quarter of
section Is. township 80, range "a east.
No. 4: At the crossing where the
public road crosses the railroad on
range line between ranges % and %
east.
No. :: At the crossing where the
public road crosses the railroad on
the south line Of section 13, township
80. range % east.
No. G: At the crossing where the
public road crosses the railroad near
the northwest corner Of Il. G. Letz-
rings place. SECTION "a, township 30
south, range % east.
No. =: The crossing where the pub
lie road crosses the railroad in the
northwest corner Of Miss Norma Pep
per's grove. in section "a, township
80 south. range % east.
No. s: At the four crossings Of the
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-16

to investigate the facts in relation
thereto.
The chair Appointed as said commit
tee, W. NJ. whitten and W. G..
Welles.
Consideration Of the petitions for
seats in the court house yard, Of the
petition for the appropriation for the
county fair, ana Of the various prop
ositions for building sidewalks and
concrete floor in the court house
basement, and also the construction
Of the Jail yarl fence, was postponed
until Saturday, the 18th, inst.
Moved, seconded and carried, that
all bids for grubbing and clearing IN
special road and bridge district No
. be rejected, and that the clerk be
and he is hereby instructed to return
all checks 30 said bidders.
The board then recessed until Sat
urday the 18th inst.
Saturday, November 18th, 1916.
The board reconvened with Chair
man Whitehurst presiding and all
commissioners present.
Moved, seconded and carried, tnat
further consideration Of the petition
Of George ". Gatcwood and others
for drainage in township 40 south
ranges % AMI % east, be continued
to the December term Of this board.
Moved, seconded and carried. that
the contract for the construction Of
wooden bridges in special road and
bridge district No. be awarded tol
the W. p. Kennedy Construction
Company.
Final action on the bids to furnish /
eighteen barrels II bridge paint for
special .roal and bridge district No.
> was deferred unit; the next meeting
of this board.
Moved nv Hagan. seconded 10y
wellcs ami carried, that the Char
lotte Harbor and Northern Railroad
Company he and they are hereby ora
dered to construct a crossing in ac'
cordance with law north Ct their dc'
pot at TT. Grcen, on the Bowling
Green road. and that the clerk give
the said company the required notice
Whereas, a petition signed by c. G. |
Morgan and forty-nine others. resi-
dents Of 1T. Ogden, Florida, and the !
country contiguous thereto, rccites
that certain highway crossings where
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and
the Charlotte Harhoi and Northern
Railroad are crossed 10y public roads,
are not Being properly maintained by
the said railroads; and,
Whereas. chapter G233, laws of
Florida, 1911, require the said rail
roads to maintain the said crossings
in good condition for public use;
Now. therefore, bc it resolved BY
the Board of County Commissioners
Of DeSoto county, Florida that no.
ticc ms requirel hy section 3, said act
Of legislature. laws Of Florida, be
and the same is hereby given to the
said railroads, that the said crossings
must be constructed by the said rail
road companies within the time and
in the manner required by the said
act. Notice shall he made upon the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Compa'