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New-York tribune., 1919-10-17
For East Is East and West Is West

81" recall the act writes Observer following in
order have National League
to win next year,"
We haven't idea St. Louis and Boston
never WIN the and thereby
mental world dashes
The test of championship club
The last
no club has done since the glory Giants
There charges of crooeness
whether
prairie nothing
likes to believe that the other half likes
hear that the other half S spotty!
New-York tribune., 1919-10-17

"hen TWO abebodled
ing machine nests and cutting through arbed wire ham,
10 meet lace TO tackle officials
nave to be extremely alert before bearer is called in
hele are at least
10 write Dook entitled How
0ok ca"ed How to Beat the Races your chance to crash
through ~ w N"''
Inc memoirs of the Crown
Vi he uaehoorH outburs striking
Battle ought snappy reading through tho hsol d h
less winter that looms ahead - ~ ~
New-York tribune., 1919-10-17
AUTOMOBILES FOX REM

PACE<ED FOR HIRE. z PAssENOER:
aA<sfal driver: 81 ~ hour. Plaza S43s.
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The Answer
merely
'-Pa Moran
The Answer

m April through the world series merely played
ly."-Pat Moran
With 40 loud calls Of hero from the tbro"g,
With framing miracles to toa him.
But rather a bloke that pixies along
And makes the best of achot he finds about him.
Just hanging untu the Job is through,
Nor claiming Inspiration inrenton,
Playing his game-ueU, this is something, too
And something avorthy of extended mention
Each of ats has got "hs game' at hand,
Only to 1t quith untold abuses;
Once IN chle strike to beat the band,
And then drop back to matter excuses;
But taking glory cith the daily gaf,
Nor calling great genius for the fray,
What line could make q keener epitaph-
"He played his gan'e-and played it all the acay'?
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-11-21
CHAPTER XVI.

Breakfast was brought to him In his
room as usual; but he did not make
his normal healthy raid upon the
dainty tray: the food remained un-
touched. and he sustained himself
upon coffee-four cups of 1t, which
left nothing of value inside the glis-
tening little percolator. During this
process he heard his mother being
summoned to the telephone in the hall,
not far from his door, and then her
voice responding: "Yes? Oh. it's you
Indeed 1 should OF
course Then I'll expect you
about three. Yes. E.
Goodby till then" A few minutes
later he heard her speaking to some
one beneath his window, and, looking
out, saw her directing the removal of
plants from small garden bed to
the Majors conservatory for the win
ter. She laughed gayly with the Ma
jor's gardener over something he said.
and this unconcerned cheerfulness of
her was terrible to her son.
He went to his desk, and. searching
the jumbled contents of a drawer,
tograph of his father, upon which .he
gazed long and piteously, till at last
hot tears stood in his eyes. Poor,
poor fatherl'' the son whispered bro
kenly. "Poor man, I'm glad you didn't
knowp'
He wrapped the picture in a sheet
of newspaper, put it under his arm,
and, leaving the house hurriedly and
steadily, went downtown to the shop
of silversmith, where he spent sixty
dollars on a resplendently festooned
silver frame for the picture. Having
lunched upon more coffee. he returned
to the house at two o'clock. carrying
the framed photograph with him, and
placed 1t upon the center table in the
library, the room most used by Isabel
and Fanny and himself. Then he went
to front window of the long "recep-
ton room," and sat looking out
through the lace curtains.
George looked often at his watch.
but his vigil did not last an hour. AT
ten minutes of three. peering through
the curtain. he saw an automobile stop
In front of the house and Eugene Nor
gan jump lightly down from 1t. The
car was of a new pattern, low and
long. with an ample seat In the ton
neau. facing forward; and profes-
sional driver sat ct the wheel.
strange figure In leather goggled out
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-11-21
Machine Shapes Masts.

A machine has been built which win
shape masts up to 100 feet In length
and three feet in diameter. The tim
Der is set up in the machine and re-
volyed at speed Of 80 revolutions a
minute. and 1t Is shaped by cutter
head which is electrically driven at the
rate Of 700 revolutions minute This
cutter head is mounted on a carriage.
which Is moved along the timber
against rail set to give the proper
profile to the mast. Heretofore this
work has been done by hand and re-
quired skilled workmen. At best Il
has been a slow and laborious task.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-11-21

wife to him as long as ne lived. II
wasn't crime for her to care for
Eugene all the time; she certainly
never told him she dId--and she gave
me every chance in the world She
left us alone together every time she
could-even since Wilbur died-but
what was the use? And here go, not
doing myself a bit of good by II, and
just"-Fanny wrung her hands again
Just running themr'
81 suppose you mean I'm doing
that" George said bitterly.
mo. She doesn't let anybody know.
but she goes to the doctor regularly"
women are always going to doc
tors regularly"
mo. He told her to-"
George was not impressed. Its
nothing at all; she spoke of 1t TO me
years ago-some kind of family fail
ing. She said grandfather had II. too:
and look at him Hasn't proved very
serious with him You act as II I'd
done something wrong In sending that
man about his business. and as IL
were going to persecute my mother.
instead of protecting her. By Jove.
It's sickeningl You told me how all
the riffrafr In town were busy with
her name. and then the minute lift
my hand to protect her, you begin to
attack me and
"Shw Fanny checked him, laying
her hand on his arm. "Your uncle IN
going"
The library doors were heard open
ing, and a moment later there came
the sound of the front door closing.
George moved toward the head Of
the stairs, then stood listening, but
the house was silent.
Fanny made slight noise with her
lips to attract his attention. and. when
he glanced toward her. shook her head
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-11-21

at him urgently. Let her Alone" she
whispered. "She's down there by her
self. Don't go down. Let her alone"
She moved few steps toward him
and halted. her face pallid and awe
struck, and then both stood listening
for anything that might break the ST.
lence downstairs. No sound came to
them, that poignant silence was con-
tinued throughout long. long minutes.
while the two listeners stood there un-
der its mysterious spell; and In its
plaintiye eloquence-speaklng, as It
did. of the figure alone In the big.
dark library. where dead Wilbur's new
silver frame cleaned in the dimness-
There was something that checked
even George.
Fanny Minafer broke the long ST
lence with sound from her throat. q
stifed gasp and with that great conn
panion of hers, her handkerchief, re-
tired softly to the loneliness of her
own chamber. After she had gone
George looked about him bleakly. then
on tiptoe crossed the hall and went
into his own room, which was filed
WIN tniiiBht. GUN tiptDeiHS, tnOuSn
he could not have said why. he went
across the room and sat down heavily
in chair facing the window. Out
side there was nothing but the dark
ening air and the wall of the nearest
of the new houses. He had not slept
at all the night before and he had eat
en- nothing since the preceding day ut
lunch, but he felt neither drowsiness
nor hunger. His set determination
filed him. kept him but too wide
awake. and his gaze at the grayness
beyond the window was wlde-eyed and
bitter.
Darkness had closed In when there
was a step in the room behind him.
Then someone knelt beside the chair.
two arms went round him with infinite
compassion. a gentle head rested
against his shoulder. and there came
the faint scent of apple-blossoms far
away.
you mustn't be troubled darling"
his mother whispered.
CrO BE CONTINUED)
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-11-21
/, BOOTH HARRINGTON

/ houses and let himself noiselessly in
the front door. The light in the hall
had been left burning. and another In
his own room, as he discovered when
he got there. BE locked the door
quickly and without noise but his fin
gers were still upon the key when
there was quick football in the hall
outside.
George. dear?"
He went to the other end of the
room before replying.
"Yes7"
I'D been wondering where you were,
dear"
Had your
timidly: wherever 1t was, hope you
had pleasant evening"
After a silence, "Thank you," he
said without expression.
Another silence followed before she
spoke again.
"You wouldn't care to be kissed
good night, 1 suppose?" And with
little furry of placative laughter she
added: "At your age of coursei'
I'm going to bed now," he said.
Good night"
Another silence seemed blanker
than those which had preceded it, and
finally her voice came-it wss blank,
too.
Good night"
After he was in bed his thoughts be-
came more tumultuous than ever;
while among all the inchoate and frag-
mentary sketches of this dreadful day,
now rising before him the clearest was
of his uncle collapsed In big chair
with white tie dangling from his
hand; and one conviction, following
upon that picture, became definite in
Georges mind: that his Uncle George
Anderson was hopeless dreamer,
from whom no help need be expected,
an amlable imbecile lacking In normal
impulses, and wholly useless IN
struggle which required honor to be
defended by man of action.
Then would return a vision of Mrs.
Johnson's furious round head. set be-
hind her great bosom like the sun far
sunk on the horizon of a mountain
plateau and her cracking, asthmatic
voice. "Without sharing in
other peoples disposition to put an
evil Interpretation on what may be
nothing more than unfortunate appear
ance" "Other people NAV be
less considerate in not confining their
discussion of 1t, as l have, to char
liable views" And then George
would get up again-and again-and
pace the floor in his bare feet
That was what the tormented young
man was doing when daylight came
gauntly in at his window-pacing the
floor rubbing his head in his hands.
and muttering:
at can't be true: this can't be hap
pening to me!'
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-11-21

of all personality and seemingly part
of the mechanism.
Eugene himself. as he came up the
cement path to the house, was n fig
ure of the new era which was in time
to be so disastrous to stiff hats and
skirted coats; and his appearance af-
forded debonair contrast to that of
the queer-looking duck capering at the
ANDERSON ball in an old dress coat,
and next day chugging up National
avenue through the snow In his night
mare of a sewing machine Eugene
this afternoon was richly clad In new
outdoor mode: his motoring coat was
soft gray fur; his cap and gloves were
of gray suede. and though Lucy's hand
may have shown itself In the selection
Of these high garnitures, he wore them
easily, even with becoming hint of
Jauntiness. Some change might be
seen In his face, too. for a successful
man is seldom to be mistaken. espe-
cially If his temper be genial. Eugene
had begun to look like a millionaire.
But. above everything else. what was
most evident about him, as he came
up the path, was his confidence in the
happiness promised by his present
errand; the anticipation in his eyes
could have been read by a stranger.
His look at the door of Isabel's house
was the look of a man who is quite
certain that the next moment will re
veal something ineffably charming, In
expressibly dear.
hn hn1
waited at the entrance of the "recep-
tion room" until a housemald came
through the hall on her way to answer
the summons.
"You needn't mind, Mary" he told
her. "I'll see who it is and what they
want. Probably it's only a peddler."
THANK you, sir. Mister George"
said Mary, and returned to the rear of
the house.
George went slowly to the front door
and halted. regarding the misty silhou-
ette of the caller upon the ornamental
frosted glass. After a minute of
waiting this silhouette changed outline
so that an arm could be distinguished
an arm outstretched toward the bell,
as If the gentleman outside doubted
whether or not it had sounded and
were minded to try again. But before
the gesture was completed George abb
ruptly threw open the door and
stepped squarely upon the middle of
the threshold.
slight change shadowed the face
of Eugene; his look of happy anticipa-
ton gave way to something formal
and polite. 'How do you do, George?"
he said. Mrs. Minafer expects to 90
driving with me. 1 believe-If you'll
be so kind as to send her word that
I'm here"
George made not the slightest move
ment
mo" he said.
Eugene was incredulous. even when
his second glance revealed how hot OF
eye was the haggard young man be-
fore him. 81 beg your pardon. 1
said"
81 heard you" said George. "You
said you had an engagement with my
mother, | told you, Nor
Eugene gave him a steady look, and
then he asked quietly: "What is the
the difiiculty?"
George kept his own voice qulet
enough. but that did not mitigate the
vibrant fury of it. "My mother will
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-11-21

have no interest in knowing that you
came for her today" he said. "Or any
other dayr'
Eugene continued to look at him
with scrutiny in which began to
CLEAN a profound anger. noLe the less
powerful because IL was so quiet. Il
am afraid 1 do not understand you"
81 doubt II I could make 1t much
palmer" George said. raising his
voice slightly. but I'll try. You're
not wanted in this house, Mr.. Morgan.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

The experts Of home economies
and agriculture are now urging
all chicken owners to dispense
with their roosters till next
spring. Their argument is that
this will give the owners infertile
eggs, which will keep longer than
fertile eggs; that shippers of eggs
last year lost something like a
million dollars, because they ship
ped fertile eggs. Well, in the
Punta Gorda section, hens are
beginning to moult; egg produc-
tion is falling off, and the home
market takes all the eggs that are
offered. Then, why worry?
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01
A Florida Thanksgiving

On the bleak New England
shores the Pilgrim Fathers q
mated the National Thanksgiv-
ing. Their crops had all been
harvested and the danger of star
walton was past for the time and
it was decided to hold a day of
Thanksgiving to the Giver Of all
good gifts. Thus, what is now
our National Thanksgiving Day,
was instituted. In the north hay,
oats and wheat harvest and
threshing extend from June to
August. Then the wheat is in the
bns or elevators. Corn is sup
posed to be in the crib not later
than the middle of November and
the fat hogs have gone to market
by this time. You see, therefore,
that the last Thursday in Nov
ember is very timely date for a
Harvest Home" or Thanksgiv-
ing day in the north. In Florida
the citrus fruits have been mar
keted by January 1st; the farm
products and truck crops are all
shipped by the middle of May,
hence the last Thursday in May,
just six months from the last
Thursday in November would be
the proper date for a Florida
Harvest Home" or thanksgiv-
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01


Ma" Ruhl, as the newspapers
affectionately call her, is certain
ly "a versatile woman. One would
think she has enough to do in
making the Sebring White Way
one OF the most interesting and
famous papers in Florida, as she
is doing; but, having had the com.
munity craftsmanship Of the Vic.
tory Loan thrust upon her, she
immediately went to work, put
Sebring Cover the top" and was
rewarded with a free trip to At.
lanta and back. Her successful
activities threaten to make "Old
Pete" become known as the hus.
band of "Ma" Ruhl.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01
Editor Taking a Trip

The editor of The Herald left
Tuesday for Atlanta, where he
expects to meet Hon. Carter
Glass, Secretary of the Treasury.
He will be absent for a week.
During his absence, Walter A..
Kaler, assistant editor, will look
after all business pertaining to
The Herald, collect bills and
give receipts, contract for adver-
tising and job printing and attend
to the correspondence. If he sue
ceeds in collecting any money, he
is authorized to pay any bills due
by The Herald or its absent edit
or.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

Some people seem to be under
the strange impression that they
are asked to give money to the
government, as to the Red Cross,
the Salvation Army and other
benevolent organizations that are
supported by voluntary contri-
buttons. The government does
not ask for donations Of money
all it asks is the privilege Of tax.
ing care OF your money and pay.
ing interest on it for a number OF
years, during which it will put il
to good use, just as the banks do
Why not trust the government?
Put your money in Victory Bonds
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01
German Helmets as Prizes

About six or eight citizens OF
this county will each be the proud
possessor of German helmet
when the Victory Loan campaign
is over.
One helmet to each man or wo-
man selling the largest amount OF
bonds in dollars, but in no event
will two helmets be awarded to
the same person. Get busy now
and see who'll be the lucky ones
to win a prize MRS. A. P. JOR-
DAN, Chairman.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

A Miami fish company has OBJ
tanned permission from the gov
ernment to secure fish from the
Bahama Islands in order that the
local fish markets may be supplied
during the summer months. Be
cause the waters of the islands are
not as thoroughly fished as are
the waters along the coast of Flor
ida, more snapper and grouper
are being caught there than ever
before.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01
Dancing and Teachers

The ruling of the DeSoto
county. board of public instruc-
tion that teachers IN the public
schools must not dance or play
cards, has laroused so much ad-
verse criticism, particularly from
the Tampa Tribune, that The Her
aid feels justified in making a few
remarks on the subject. The
object Of the prohibition, as we
understand it, is not so much the
alleged Isinfulness Of dancing as
it is thf Importance of the teach
ers keeping themselves in good
physical and mental condition for
their work. In tins view, the
school board is right and The
Herald commends its members for
their action.
Every one knows that the
dances, or balls, given in Arcadia
and Punta Gorda during the past
winter, continued until long past
midnight and often until dawn.
A teacher, or any other person at
tending one of these balls and
dancing practically all night, is
unfit for effective work during
Al e following day. The same is
Hrue of all-night ard parties or
automobile rides.
Another thing: teacher who is
really devoted to his work has no
time for all-night frolics save on
Saturday nights. As soon as the
days work is ended, he must go
home and prepare for the next
days work. He must study the
next days lessons and prepare
himself to answer instantly any
question a pupil may ask about
the lessons. II, on being asked a
question by the pupil, he has to
ponder over it and refer to the
text book for an answer, right
then the pupil loses faith in his
teachers competence and, with
this loss of faith, comes loss OF
respect.
Some teachers who are not pre-
pared to answer legitimate ques-
tions by pupils, refuse 20 answer
them, telling the pupils to seek
the answer for themselves; that
that is what the pupils are at
school for, to learn their own les
sons, and the teachers are there
only to hear the pupils recite.
The right kind of teacher will
invite the pupils to ask questions
about their lessons.
When teacher fails to give an
instantaneous answcr to a legit-
mate question by a pupil it may
be presumed that the teacher has
been at an all-night dance and has
not prepared for the lesson.
After an all-night dance, the
teacher feels dull and sleepy and
does rot wish to be bothered with
questions.
Now that is the utilitarian view
to take Of this matter. The
moral, not the religious view is,
if the teacher signs a contract OBJ.
ligating himself not to attend
dances and card parties, he ought
to comply faithfully with the
agreement; and, if he does not
respect his contract, but ignores
it at will, he is not a proper ex-
cmplar for children.
We have had several teachers
at Punta Gorda who regarded
their contracts as "mere scraps
Of paper" and abandoned them
when offered higher wages else
where. Such teachers should not
be employed in our public schools.
AS to the religious view: If a
teacher belongs to church that
forbids dancing and card playing,
he is also violating the contract
he made when he joined the
church and promised to obey its
rules.
That's all we have to say,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

Carter Glass, secretary of the
treasury, sounds so much like
"Carter's Grass" which is sup
posed to add dollars to the orig
inator's treasury, that we get 'em
confused.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

ing day. Then the grower and
farmer would have his fat bank
account to be thankful for. We
respectfully call the attention of
the solons, at present in session
at Tallahassee, to this.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

Editor Goolsby of the Wau-
chula Advocate, does not approve
Of our criticising errors in Eng
lish that appear IN the news
papers. He correctly argues
that they are caused chiefly by the
hurry in which the editors are
forced to do their writing. The
criticism of this paper was made
in a spirit of fun, which should
have been apparent from the fact
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

Eighty Allied tanks, like the
one shown here Saturday, were
destroyed in one battle. Think
of being locked up in a steel cage
when a Hun shell struck and an
INITIATED it!
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01
Weather Forecast

Washington, April 26, Fore
cast for the period April 2S to
May 3, Inclusive: South Atlantic
and East Gulf states; fair; rising
temperatures first half becoming
normal Tuesday or Wednesday,
FRANK ENFIELD.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

that it was directed at the Times
Union, which uses the purest and
most correct English of any paper
in the state.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

The citrus season Is winding up.
From every angle it was the best
year the growers of Florida ever
had.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

The Legislature should change
the day Of Thanksgiving for
South Florida to June First then
we could have real Harvest
Home" fete day.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

The Walton County wool crop
will be in demand this year at
better prices than last, when the
record price, 6612 cents per
pound, was paid. One grower, il
is said, has already sold his crop
for 6S cents, and the price may
even go higher.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01
State Press Comments

Wauchula Advocate, Friday -
Wauchula banks observe no bank
ing hours these days. 1t takes
the three Of them from ca 'ly
morning to late at night to handle
the deposits of the Wauchula
truckers.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

Plant City Courier The Pun
ia Gorda Herald declares that it
appears as if there are a lot OF
people everywhere in the State
who don't have any taxes to pay
who are eternally getting up i'm
provement schemes that will force
other people to pay taxes. There
may be something of that nature
aloose in the land, but suppose
there were no taxes what would
people have to grumble aboutg
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

Bobby Burns, the Scotch poet,
said: "a mons a mon for a
that" +" Bobbie was right.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

When the women Of this world
become too proud to ride behind
a horse or mule, we feel sorry for
the world.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

Tampa Tribune - The Punta
Gorda Herald wants that DeSoto
county curfew thing amended to
the pupils also. We suspect the
whole thing is to get the teachers
and children to bed SO pa and ma
can have a good old time!
The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-01

Times Union Let us begin to
work for the summer tourists as
We have the winter tourists and
soon Florida will be year
around resort state. There are
thousands from the interior Of
this and adjoining states who
would enjoy the seashore resorts
that arc as fine in Florida as any
whcre in the country.