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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
Give Us That Dollar

The Arcadia News of Tuesday,
May 18th inst, reached The Her.
aid in the noon mail of the follow
ing Friday. 1t contained an offer
of $1.OO for "any arguments from
Editors Goolsby and Jordan in
favor of county division. The
arguments were furnished by The
Herald on the following Thurs
day, and we submit to any fair
minded reader that this paper is
entitled to the dollar offered by
Editor Jones. The offer of Edi-
tor Jones to pay $100 for the pub
llcation of IAN argument of not
more than one column" is also ac-
cepted, provided that it is sent to
The Herald not later than Satur-
day of this week.
The offer and challenge of Ed
tor Jones is accepted in toto. and
Mayor S. F. j. Trabue of Punta
Gorda. is hereby appointed the ar
bitter for The Herald, whose argu-
ments were given last Thursday
before Editor Jones's challenge
was received. Here is his chal-
lenge:-
"Vainly have we waited for
any arguments from Editors
Goolsby and Jordan-also Editor
Ruhl-in favor of county division.
The suspense has become too
great. We hereby offer a prize of
S1.O0 paid out of the hard earn
'ngs of the editor Of this paper,
for the best half column disserta-
ton on county division by any one
of these editors, the prize to be
awarded by committee of three
one Wauchulan to be appointed
by Editor GoolSby, one a Punta
Gardan to be appointed by Edi-
tor Jordan and one a Sebran to
be appointed by Editor Ruhl.
The winning essay will be pub
lished in both the daily and week
ly of this plant, the editor of this
paper reserving the right to point
out the merits or dement's of the
article. The dollar will be paid
to the winner immediately after
the decision shall have been rend-
cred. Now, gentlemen, come a.
cross and get some free advertis-
ing in favor of county division.
OF course you will be expected in
your article to tell what kind of
county division you are after and
this without a conference among
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

yourselves. If this offer is &C
cepted, then we will give each of
these gentlemen $100 each to
publish an argument we shall
make against county division in
their papers, of not more than one
column in length. No, this is not
a rash offer. 1t only indicates the
justice of a cause rather than our
ability as a debater."
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

There is a distinct demand
throughout the state for the abol-
ition of the railroad commission
as a useless expense, because the
federal government is now run
ming the railroads, and the COM
mission is merely a name without
any powers whatever. 1T is de-
handed also, that the tax commits
sion and the marketing bureau be
abolished and while public econo-
my in these expensive times de-
mands these things. there should
be a. reduction in the salaries of
the governor and the state admin
istrative officers.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
.NM c c

Chris Codrington of the De-
Land News, and Stonewall Jack
son Triplett of the st. Cloud Her
aid, are each running for county
commissioner; and, if they fail to
be elected, we will be forced to
conclude that the voters of De-
Land and st. Cloud are not as in
telligent and patriotic as we now
think they are.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
---W.S.S.-

The Zolfo Springs Truth chimes
in with the Arcadia Enterprise in
sneering at the amount which
Punta Gorda has invested in Lib
erty Bonds and war-saving
stamps. In the same issue, the
Truth publishes a list Of twenty
two young men who have gone in
to the country's war service. Pun
ia Gorda's list amounts to seven
ty-six. It seems to us that lives
are worth a darn-sight more than
dollars, but the Truth may have a
different view. Pumta Gorda may
be poor in cash, but she is rich in
patriotism.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
.W.S.S.

A very important thing for De-
Soto county taxpayers, especially
those in small towns, to consider,
is this: They have to pay two
mills for the fine and forfeiture
fund; and when witnesses are
brought up from Moore Haven,
sixty miles, and kept in Arcadia
for two or three days, each one of
them costs the tax payers about
$500; but, if they were brought
up from Nocatee or Brownville,
they would cost only about $500
each-and Nocatee and Brown
vile taxpayers have to help pay
this extra cost. If Moore Haven,
Punta Gorda, Wauchula ard Sc
bring were cut off from DeSoto
county, the taxpayers of Nocatee,
Brownville, Pine Level and other
places within a dozen miles of Ar
cadia, would be relieved of some
of the heavy tax burden under
which they are laboring, for wit
nesses from those places attend
ing court in Arcadia would not
cost near as much. 1t is, there
fore, to the interest of the small
places near Arcadia to vote for
county division. 1t cannot in
crease their taxes, but would re-
duce them.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
Reductio ad Absurdum

Referring to Mr.. Whitehurst's
policy to cut the county into such
parts as will give everybody who
wants it a county seat, Editor Jor-
dan says:
"Can anything be fairerY
What right have the Arcadia
News and it's coadjutors to say to
the people of Punta Gorda or OF
Wauchula that they shall not be
permitted to vote on the question
of county division? Dare the OPP
ponents of division claim such
right?"
Why did not Editor Jordan, if
he wanted to be consistent. IN
clude Bowling Green, Green Cove
Springs, Gardner, Buchanan,
Brownville, Lily, Owens, Popash,
DeSoto City, Pine Level, Venus,
Bermont, Palmdale and a number
of other splendid little communl-
ties? Or, to carry the compari-
son to even yet more ridiculous
conclusion, why should not Editor
Jordan and the good citizens re-
siding in his ward in the city OF
Punta Gorda be permitted to Sc
cede both from the county and the
city, if they so wish.
According to Editor Jordan S
process OF reasoning, any commu-
nity can secede when it wishes to
do so. and it is not any business of
the remaining part to object. Ac-
cording to this plan, DeSoto coun-
ty would have the right to with
draw from the state and set up an
independent state government,
and it is none of the business OF
any other part of the state. Bah !
Editor Jordan; you know better
than any such stuff as thls.-Ar-
cadia News, May 18th.
Sophistry, Brother Jones
pure and simple-and you know
it. We are surprised that a man
of your learning and conscien-
tiousness should make use OF any
such "camoufage" logic.
Don't you know-of course you
know-that, if any proposition is
true, the converse of it is also
true?
If Brownville, Nocatee, Lilly
and other little communities are
to be prohibited from voting for
what they want, then the whole
county and the state are also to be
prohibited. If we must not have
a new county because some people
outside of the proposed new coun-
1 ty do not want it, then "where
are we at?"
Il Now, if Gardner, Pine Level,
#Owens and other small places are
forbidden to vote for new coun-
&ty, are they to be prohibited from
Noting for a restoration of old
county lines? If we cannot vote
for new county, is there any rea-
hon why we should not be permit
he'd to restore DeSoto to Manatee
Bounty. from which it seeded in
4he sos? What sort OF a rule is
Dit that won't work both ways?
If a big county is best, then why
not start a movement to CONSOLE
date DeSoto with Manatee, Lee
and Osceola counties?
Why do you not, Brother Jones,
adhere consistency to what you
said on the first page of your pa
per of May 18th, viz:
"Why is it necessary that
state should be divided into coun-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

Tampa Tribune accuses The
Herald of committing "ebulli-
tons" If it's getting as bad as
that, we are going to quit it. Even
Editor Jones of the Arcadia News,
mtimates that he can't under
stand us when we "ebullish. ("
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

Benjamin of the Ocala Star,
candidly confesses that he pur-
loins some of his witticisms. If
his confession is true, then he is
prince of literary reprobates, for
he has plenty of wit of his own
and there is no need for him to
fitch from others.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

Got a letter last week from
newspaper man, who addressed it
to the Heard" Many other
people spell it that way, but we
didn't think a newspaper man
would be guilty of the crime.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
MSS.

Vote for Frank Clark for rep
resentative in congress. He's not
in this district, and this advice is
only for those two hndred SUBJ
scribers we have in the second
district.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
MSS

An unanswerable argument in
favor of county division is con-
tanned in the reports of the State
Comptroller, which show that the
tax rate is much lower in small
counties than in large ones.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
-W.S.S.

If every company of Home
Guards was armed with a machine
gun, either a Maxim, Vickers or
Lewis, the problem of suppression
OF riots would be solved. Six
men with a machine gun, are e.
quail to a hundred with Spring
fields or Mausers.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

Those of our soldiers who re-
turn from the world war, even if
manned for life, will have their
"pick" of the offices and the girls.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

To solve the Irish potato prob
lem: Let the government ship
the entire crop.to England and
France.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

If we thought there was bet
ter town than Tallahassee to live
in, we would move right to it
Tallahassee Record.-Evidently
your thoughts are not worth two
cents; otherwise, you would move
to Punta Gorda at once.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
-W.S.S

Campaign cry now is-Abolish
all commissions, railway commits
sion, tax commission, market bu-
reau commission and county
courts.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

If Fort Ogden gets the county
commissioner, Punta Gorda will
get-what? Same thing she got
when Fort Ogden had the COM
missioner some years ago.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

We simply can't keep up with
Brother JoneS's affectionate argu-
ments (?) against county division.
He can narrate them six times a
week, while we can answer only
once a week. The only objection
we have to division is that. when
it is accomplished, we will no
longer be in the same county with
Brother Jones. But he has an au.
to and can come to see us often.
and we always have a spare lot of
CAB and grits for him.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23

desiring THE HERALD dis
continued should notify the office II.
writing on date of expiration, other
wise it will be continued at the regular
rate of subscription until notice to stop
is received.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
----W.S.S.'

From editorial remarks made in
last weeks Moore Haven Times
it is easily inferred that the editor
of that paper regards every man
in this locality who takes an ac-
tive interest in public affairs, as
being moved solely by mercenary
motives. If that is Editor Steph-
ems real opinion, we cannot but
conclude that he was brought up
in deplorable ethical environ
mentS.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
WINNING THE WAR

Behind the soldier and the sailor,
with the farmer, stand business
man and banker, bringing to bear
for victory every resource of this
the worlds richest nation.
This Institution invited the COOP
GRAFTON of every progressive ele-
ment in the community and ex-
tends it's best services and facili-
ties to insure the early winning of
the war.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-23
Punta GOrda State Bank
PUNTA GORDA, FLA.

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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-04-18
Notice Of Sale Of Land For Taxes.

Public notice hereby given by the undersigned Sheriff of
Richmond County, that he WILL between the hours of 10 o'clock in
the forenoon and o'clock in the afternoon beginning 10
of Monday the 9th day of May 1913 being the first Monday
May 1913 at the court housa door in the town Rockingham
county of Richmond North Carolina make sale of all the lands
owned the county of Richmond by the hereinafter named
who delinquent payment of their for the year 1916 and
preceding years said sales being made in odee collect such
taxes due by the said provided by law for the collection
taxes by the Sheriff. the of which delinquent owners the
amount of taxes due by them and the list of lands be sold being
set forth as follows, towt
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23
LIBERTY FLAGS
 FOR OREGON ARE
 VERY NUMEROUS

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-The Liberty Loan Headquarters of the Twelfth Federal District today is sued the following for yesterdays business:
 A total of 48O Honor Flags have been awarded in this district. Ev- cry city and county in Oregon now has a flag. Granite was given 27 stars. California is leading in the number of flags with 195. The to- tai district official subscriptions reach $130,417,300. The percent age of quotas subscribed of the three principal cities is San Fran cisco 52,98; Los Angeles 57.S5; Seattle, 4833.
 SAN FRANCISCO. April 23. (As- sociated Press) This district has subscribed $139,2S4.750 to its loan quota of $200,000, 1000.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23
PRESIDENT WANTS TO
 SEE RAILROAD GO AHEAD

WASHINGTON, April 23 Presi dent Wilson has sent to Congress the report of the Alaska Engineering Commission which urges the contin- uous construction of the Alaska rail road during the war as
 The President said $23, ,000,0 900 had been spent on the road to. date, and it was estimated that it would cost $40000,00 to complete and equip the railroad The commission reports that 43S miles of rails have been completed It says that although la bor is not plentiful, the commission considers it advisable to furnish em- ployment for what labor can be se- cured; that a curtailment of the work would prove a serious blow to the country through which the road runs.
 The report says much material is already on hand and that labor will not be any cheaper for number of years at least. It says the Fair banks district produced $3,150,000 dur ing the past year; that the coal fields along the road produced 50- 900 tons last year and that big crop of potatoes was raised by the growers living along the right of way
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23
Delegate SuIzer Gets All He Asked for Alaska in the Oil Leasing
 Bill.
MEASURE IS REPORTED
Chairman Ferris Sends the Bill to Congress After Months of Hearing
 by Committee.

WASHINGTON, April 23. = The general oil and coal leasing bill was reported from the House con- mittee on public lands by Chairman Scott Ferris yesterday afternoon. Delegate Charles A. Sulzer and the Alaskans generally got all that they asked in the measure, and far more than they had hoped to get at the beginning of the hearings.
 As reported the measure provides for five prospecting permits to Alas kans as against three in the States, each permit permitting the holder to prospect $40 acres. The Alaskan prospectors have twice as long in which to find oil and develop their properties as the holders of permits in the States have.
 Permission to leave the property during the prospecting periods are more liberal ill Alaska than in the States.
 The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make more liberal terms as to royalties in Alaska than in the States, and is permitted to waive royalties entirely in Alaska for the first five years after discov- cry.
 Existing bona fde claimants for oil lands who had made locations before the 1910 withdrawal order, which withdrew all oil lands in Alaska from entry, and who have made improvements to the extent of $500 on each claim before the passage of the act are given equit- able recognition.
 Seldom in the history of Congress has a subject received such thor ough consideration as this leasing bill. The hearings have extended over more than three moths, and for weeks at a time hearings have occurred daily. The printed record of the hearings will fill several vol umes.
 Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, who is a member of the committee on public lands which considered the bill, was heard several times, and participated in the committee pro- ceedings.
 Other Alaskans to appear before the committee were Judge T. J. Finnegan of Seward, H. R. Hari- man and Falcon Joslin who are in- terested at Katalla, Clifford Moores of Seward, D. A. Mckenzie and others.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23
RESULTS OF FIGHT.

London, April 23.-This after noon First Lord of the Admiralty Geddes told the House of Commons that the British naval raid in all probability blocked the entrance of the Bruges Canal.
 British storming parties landed at Zeebrugge mole. A German destroyer torpedoed two of the blockading ships which were sunk at the en- trance of Bruges Canal. The pill ing beside the Zeebrugge mole was blown up by the British by the use of an obsolete submarine which had been filled with explosives for that purpose. The British lost one destroyer and two coastal motor boats in the dash. It is believed the British tried to block the channels between 0stend and Zeebrugge, through which submarines pass, like the attempt of Hobson at San tiago.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23

DATELESS.-Morning advices to The Associated Press say that or ders have been issued to the Ger mans against any further massed attacks, probably due to their great losses from the British. New and expected German thrusts on the western front are still held in abey- ance The Allies are preparing fol the expected blow.
 Raiding is active on the northern and southern battlefields where the Germans are feeling out positions with view of making a drive st the weakest points, and the Allie: are busy with local counter raids .o test possible center of attack from their adversaries.
 The Germans are massing south west of Ypres.
 The orders against any further massed attacks were made by Gen Ludendorff, and is taken as the best evidence of the effectiveness of thu fire from the Allies against the Ger man thrusts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23
BULLETS FLY
 IN COURTROOM
 DURING A CASE
One Hindu Shoots Another and the AsSaiIant Is Then Shot by the
 Marshal.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-Ram Chrandra. editor of the Hindu publi- cation Ghadr was shot, probably fa- tally, by Ram Singh, another Hindu defendant at the trial of 3S persons charged with conspiring to foment revolution in the United States court had just adjourned for the noon recess when Singh fired two shots at Chrandra. both taking effect. Unit ed States Marshal James Holohan was sitting across the room from Singh. He pulled his revolver and shot Singh, who fell to the floor. Singh was a member of the Ghadr staff.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23
Five Old Cruisers Filled Cement at OStend and Zeebrugge
 Blown Up.
RAID PROVED A SUCCESS
The Cement filled Vessels Were Used to Block Channel Against
 the Enemy.

LONDON, April 23.-British na- val forces raided the German sub- marine bases of Ostend and Zee brugge on the Belgian coast, and five old cruisers which had been filled with cement to block the channel, were run aground and blown up.
 The cement-filled vessels were abandoned by their crews after being run ashore. Only a brief notice of the raid has been given out by the War Office. h. complete reports all agree that the raid accomplished reasonable measure of success.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23
Gang Tries to Prevent Vot- CTS to Write in Names of Choice for N0m-
 nations. WANT BOTH PARTIES
By Cheating Republicans and Rapmg Democratic Primary Minorty Gang
 Would Rule.
BALLOTS ARE PREPARED AS
 LAW DIRECTS

The Dispatch this morning charges that the ballots for the primary election printed for and circulated by Clerk of the Court J. w. Bell which provide that voter may write in the name of his choice for nomination in the event his name is not printed on the ballot, was fixed up by the Sulzerites.
 The ballots-both the offic- ial and the sample ballots prepared, for use at the pfi- mary election for the Repujii- can party, and for the Demo cratic and the Socialist parties by Clerk of the Court J. w. Bell, were arranged and print ed according to the law.
 The law directs the Attor- ney-General to prepare the forms for the election under the primary law.
 Acting under this law, At torney General George B Grigsby, last January, long be- fore any one had filed for any nomination of any party under the law. prepared the forms for the Clerk of the District Court to have printed ani distributed. The Clerk of the Court used the forms, for bal lots and other uses, pre- pared by the Attorney-Gen- eral.
 The Attorney-General acted under his oath of office as an official and lawyer. He acted in January before he could possibly know what cir cumstances might arise in March or April.
 The statement in the Dis patch that the ballots were fixed by Sulzerites is a plain, unvarnished falsehood.
 The anger of the Wickite Dispatch and the renegade Democrat who is writing poli- tical stuff for it is caused by the discovery that their scheme to disfranchise Re publicans and rape the Demo cratic primaries through meth ods more base than were ev- CT dreamed by Tammany or the Corrupt and contented" Philadelphia ring are frustrat- ed by the law of the land.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-23
Wants to Become More Thoroughly Acquainted
 with the Needs
 of the People.
MONEY FOR RAILROAD
Says Delay May Be Caused by Labor Shortage; Not Through Lack
 of Funds.

SEATTLE, April 23.-Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr, of Alaska, who is here on his way north, said today that there is no indication that the ap- propriation for construction on the Alaska railroad will be cut down be yond the amount asked for by the shortage, he said, may delay work on the railroad this summer
 Gov Riggs intends to make a toul of Alaska this summer to become acquainted with the Territorial needs and the people of the Territory. He will be passenger on the City of Seattle, sailing from here Friday, for Juneau