The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-21
BUSINESS IN ARCADIA
Field of Splendid Corn Growing
at Nocatee


made trip to Arcadia Thursday
evening, in the interests of the
newspaper. En- route, he saw a
field of corn just this side Of Noe
atee that is sufficient to cause any
"Doubting Thomas" to believe
that Florida is one of the corn
producing states of the near
future.
| do not know the name of the
owner of this field of corn, | wish
| did. There must be all of
! twenty or thirty acres in the field
and the corn is in the shock and
the frost in not on the pumpkin
either.
The shocks stand as thickly in
the field as | ever saw it in the
north, and two stalks, which are
standing in front of the Arcadia
News, are each fifteen feet high
and the ears in proportion.
! The man who works the field
was discing his young grove with
four-mule team hitched to the
disc. This looks like real farm
ing, and instances of the same
kind will be plentiful in the next
decade in South Florida-the
coming corn country.
Reaching Arcadia, we went to
the Boston Store to find Arcadia s
mayor and the proprietor of the
store III the busy marts of the east
buying his fall stock. His right
hand man, William Salzman, call
ed by his many friends "Bill, ,"
has been on a buying trip to the
east and says that goods have
gone still higher, but that they
are going to sell just as cheaply
as they can and make a living
profit. The Boston Stores mot
to is Money back if not salts
fed"
M. SchIossberg, the five, ten and
twenty-five cent store man, is iii
New York buying his fall stock
and, looking at his already crowd |
ed store, one cannot but wonder
where he will find space to dis
play them. He carries an enor-
nous stock and advertises his
wares in this paper.
We saw Major Thomas Gaskins,
jr., on the street. In addition to
being the commander of the De-
Soto County Guards, Major Gas
kins is the pioneer scotsman of !
South Florida and has branch |
stores at Moore Haven, Fort
Myers and Wauchula. His Ar
cadia seed store is always head
quarters for farmers and truckers
when they are in the city, and the
seed they get are always true to
name and terminate well.
"Grandpa" F. Morqus was
busy selling harness, but not too
busy to give us a pleasant smile
and a hearty handshake He can
smile easily now, for he is a !
grandpa. His son James NJ, the
well-known optician, was at Jack
sonville, where he had gone to see
his wife, who, while he was there,
presented him with a fine daugh-
ter, "Nick, " the haberdasher
salesman, and Davis, the jeweler,
of the Morqus store were busy, as
usual.
Manager Appling, of Appling
& Company's Ladies store, was in
New York investing the hard cash
for ladies ready-to-wear and
other articles that his feminine
patrons so dearly love. When he
comes back, he will, no doubt, tell
you of his bargains through the
columns Of The Herald.
A. j. Dozier, merchant and
jolly good fellow, was also in
New York investing in a large
stock of goods which, perhaps,
you will read of in The Herald.
A. j. is game all the way through,
whether it is hunting big game in
the cypress or buying or selling
goods. He will buy no gold |
bricks while away.
The Arcadia House, under the
management of the Roe Brothers,
+ is still catering to the public in
its own, inimitable way and
always has a good patronage.
The Hotel Gordon is doing a
good business and you will per-
haps, read of it more in The Her