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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07
An Enemy Not Allowed to Land

The nothing disease IF sugar
cane is one of those enemies of the
United States that the Depart
ment of Agriculture purposes con.
quering before it actually invades
the country. During the past few
Years the disease has increased
rapidly in the sugar plantations
of Porto Rico. Although a similar
disease has caused serious losses
in Java, Hawaii and other sugar
producing regions, neither the
cause of the malady nor it's meth
cd of spreading has ever been de-
termined. The Department of Ag-
riculture began work on it as a
war-emergency matter, but will
continue it as a regular activity.
The substitution of an immune
variety, source of which has
been discovered, will greatly
ameliorate conditions in Porto
Rico. A resistant variety will be
substituted in regions where the
disease is not causing serious loss.
Active Investigations will be made
to determine the cause Of the dis
ease and to develop methods Of
control, For this purpose, spec
ialists Of the Bureau Of Plant In
dustry will spend the greater por-
ton Of their time in Porto Rico.
An investigation of sugar cane
regions in continental United
States will be undertaken to de-
termire whether or not the mott
ling disease is present anywhere,
and, if it should be found here, to
inaugurate control measures be-
fore it has gained Roadway.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07
REGULAR MEETING OF
THE COUNTY SOLONS
Concluded from page One)

ACOHCluUGQ from page One)
ing for citrus and truck crops,
and for handling field crops, much
improvement being noted in the
care of all kinds Of crops and
more attention to blooded hogs,
many blooded sireS having been
brought in.
Live Stock Inspector Hull re-
ported number Of dipping vate in
county 70, number in operation
past month "a, number of cattle
dipped II ,4S1, number of miles
travelled $50.
The following resolution was
presented by Whitehurst, second
ed and duly carried:
Whereas, On February 3rd this
board received a petition from
members of the DeSoto County
Guards asking that the said or
ganization be disbanded, and in
compliance with said petition this
board did attempt to disband said
organization; and,
Whereas, Upon advice from the
Acknowledgement of the state of
Florida, it was determined that
the said organization could not
legally be disbanded until after
peace had been declared, between
this country and the Imperial
Government of Germany; now,
therefore,
Be 1t Resolved, That, peace hav-
ing been declared as specified in
the act creating the organization
Of county guards, the DeSoto
County Guards be, and they are
hereby disbanded; that the rifles
issued to the said organization by
the county be returned to the Of
flee Of the county commissioners
in the court house at Arcadia, or,
in lieu thereof, that each member
of the Guards desiring to retain
his rifle, pay to the clerk of this
board ten dollars and be receipted
therefor; and
Be 1t Further Resolved, That
this board extend to the officers
and men of the said organization
it's high appreciation for their
patriotic and efficient service as
of said organization.
1t having been duly advertised
that this board would hear COM
plant on this date from tax-pay- ..
ers as to the equalization of the !
assessment roll, and no one being !
either in person or by at
,orney, to complain, and no let t
,ers of complaint having been t
lied, the assessment as equalized c
vas confirmed. L
After allowing accounts, the
BOARD adjourned to the next reg a
liar meeting in September. n
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Mrs. NJ; A. 'Stallings of Brador.
town, and Mrs; Nettie Bekiros Of
Tampa, arrived here Sunday and Ui
are spending several DAYS WIZ viz
their sister, Mrs. j. E. Locz}ror
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Miss Mabel Locklear returned
Thursday 31st ult., after a nIoas'
ant visit with friends and raIa-
tives in Tampa. She was accom-
panied home by her cousin, W;~s
Cecil Kennedy, who will snanJ
several days in this city. ~
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Times Union Maybe if til e
consumers would organize, public
officials would take some interest
in them.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

A regular morning operation of the
bowels puts you in fine shape for the
days work. If you miss it you feel nm
comfortable and cannot put vim in your
movements. For all bowel irregulari-
ties Herbine is the remedy. It purifes,
strengthens and regulates. Sold by ali
druggists.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07
FLORIDA PRESS COMMENTS

Tampa Tribune 1T is not the
scarcity so much as it is the
audacity of labor that is bother
ing this country now.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Moore Haven Times WIZ do
candidates for governor promiar
to reduce the taxes when thew
know that it Us the internal lcoisy-
laturc which meets every two
years and tacks on additional Of,
fees and creates this thing and
that, raises salary and plays HI
in general, is the body that raises
the taxes? The governor, as .
rule, is powerless, and MANY of
his vetoes are over-rulcd, and tbo
only thing he does not veto is tbo
act which creates a new Office o;1.
ing him power to make the IN
pOintment. ~
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Harry Decker left yesterday af-
ternoon for New Jersey, to join
Mrs. Decker in spending the sum-
mer at one of the coast resorts.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Miss Sarah Parkinson of Char
lotte Harbor, spent a couple Of
days in this city this week, visit
ing Miss Mabel LOcklear.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Napier grass, according to
Loring Brown, of Lakeland, Fla,
will produce fifty or more tons of
green feed or silage per acre dur
ing the summer and furnish graz
ing in the winter. He sends a
free booklet describing this for
age plant.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Miss Mabel Addison Of Fort
Ogden, is spending a few days
with Miss Mabel Locklear Of this
city.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Winter Haven hief:-Father
Jordan of the Punta Gorda Her
aid, has built a platform for that
paper that we sure wish to stand
on with both feet. Here it is
Short but pointed: "The league Of
nations is all right, provided the
United States of America are per-
mitted to do as they id please )"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

mes-Union: - The oxhorbi-
tant demands Of the union work
ers constitute a menace to the
rest of the people as they are
forcing living expenses up con-
tinuously.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Ocala Star For years, the
radical labor element has been
trying to pull off a sympathetic
strike all over the country. Some
day it will succeed, and the re-
suit will surprise it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07
Says the State Marketing Bureau

Peanut clubs are making a
showing, with some 400 boy
members in various counties of
Florida. The winner last year a.
mong Florida club members was
John Bernath, of Santa Rosa
county, who grew Ill bushels of
peanuts on one acre, besides ton
and a half of hay. His net profit
was 1913.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Write to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Wash
lngton, d. c., for Farmers Bull
letn No. 983. 1t tells how to pre-
vent weevils getting into beans
and peas. Weevils do great dam
age to these products and this bull
letin gives much information of
value to all producers and hand
lers.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

NJ. l.. Britton, State Superin-
tendent of Schools in Georgia,
says: "The records show that the
people of this country pay more
for chewing gum than for schools !;
and that there are quite a number
Of fathers who will display more
bad temper over buying their
children 50-cent arithmetic for a
years issue than over a weeks
supply of tobacco"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Forage crops for the Cotton
Region" is the title of Farmers
Bulletin No. 500 to be had free
from the United States Depart
me1nt Of Agriculture, Washing
ton, d, C. 1t contains informa-
ton Of value to every farmer.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-08-07

Predictions have been made
that our forests would soon dis
appear, but one only needs to go
out over the old fields and to cut
away lands and see how fast trees
grow, and if given a chance by
culling and care there would be
no lack Of timber. BY planting a
new tree when an old one is cut
a supply can easily. kept up.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-01
TRADE ACCEPTANCFS
NOW IN GENERAL, USE
Importance Is Beng More and More Appreciated in Bust
ness World-Oliver j. Sands Expects to
See Wider Dealings in 1919

certaincd Information regarding buy
or,s method of paving for purchases.
y great many evils in AL lines have
grown out OF compcti,iou-nou" NOR.
harmful than selling terms granted ny
merchants. y uniform system should
%" adopted, CONSISTING OF only two
lcrms.cash with discount, or accept
ance IT time il given.
CHANGE IN SELLING
TERMS DESIRABLE
The acceptance council does not
think ii necessary to make material
change III terms in order TO get tins
system adopted. but many OF us fee;
mat 1t is q most opportune time for
merchants 10 make such changes in
selling terms us would eliminate abuses
OF the discount system and be for the
best interest of TRACE. Many merchants
are Offering special Inducements. TO
their trade for the execution Of au ac-
ccptancc. This may he necessary or
advisable in some cases. as it is not
easy to change from such an old-eS-
tahiishcd custom aS that of book ac-
counts withou, making such change
either obligatory or attractive.
There Is no reason why acccptanCcS
could not be used in all transactions
involving the purchase OF goods. and
their use should be extended to tho in
takes the piac" OF several transactions
now Involved in the handling of &c
counts receivable. AccrptanceS should
never lac renewed in acceptance form.
The purpose Of trade acccptanccS is that
they are given foT i transaction involv-
ing sale of merchandise. and ii foG
amy reason the acceptance is not paid
at maturity, il must he held in an over
due form until payment or a negotiable
not" taken in case additional time is
granted
There is no reason why the same
hcNibility aud accommodating spiri;
SHOULD not exist between the buyer ana
seller under the acceptance plan as
now exists under the book account plan
in fact. the seller should he in Il much
better position to accommodate tho
buyer by granting excursions in proper
form when same are necessary. for the
reason that he Will have his buYincSs
in much more liquid and convertible"
form, and by always carrying Il large
amount of tCccptanccS in his port folio
II" Will at all times lac able to meet
such demands.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-01

huat report of the Topographic: division
OF the s,.rve. just made puhlic. de-
Scrlbes tie method employed OF max
ing tho desert safe 10 the unwary
traveller.
Ihe region surveyed occurics about
6"."no sur:rc miles in Southern Cali
iornia ana Southwestern ArizonH In
California IT includes tn" southern part
o; Death Valley and the region be-
tween this valley and the McNtcan
border; IN Arizona il inclu""S Ihe
region west OF Tucson and lAochiA
ma south OF Wickenhurg and Parker
THIS region WAS selected because II ~
The dricst. hottest and least explored
part Ct h" desert region. and also be
cause of the strategic Importance or
obtaining Information on The watrrr
supplies along the 35o miles OF nag
tinhal frontier tina; il Includes TN"
Geld work WAS done by four parties,
1nth oil 10 consisted Of one Scoi"-
Gist and ono nontcchnical assistant
"htntteu With AN automobile and IL NJ
camping equipment. Practically MI
watering places in the region were
examined. about 100 samples Of wHt""
were collected end shipped To thc
water resources laboratory nj Wash
inSt"n. -. G.. for analysis. and = gen
oral exploration WAS made of the
geography, geology aud ground wat".
conditions OF The region. The maps
/ prepared and the data obtained wcrc
made available To IN" army cnrin"crs
for incorporation in the progressive
military map of the United States
Guides With maps are being prepared
FOR publication.
Signs directing travellers To water
! were erected at iG7 localities in Cali
tornia and lis in ytriZona The sign
/ posts are Salvanizcd iron 10 inches in
! outside diameter ard - feet long
! l-hch post is anchored in thc ground
/ with two redwood blocks. The sign;
/ ar" lS-SauG" steel galvanized. are
! white. with dark blue letters. ana are
/ substantially holtcd la tho posts They
! i,...f 4
! by 20 inches. Most Of the larger
! signs. Of which 40 were erected CIV
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-01
.RE iNDEi'ENDENT or
fOCkI. BANKING CONDITION

Trad" acccptanccs will become a
rcroSuiIrd commodity commanding Il
wide market. and will be sought after
ana IN great demand. so merchants
should be moro or less Independent OF
FOCAL banking accommodations Deal
"rS III accept:,nccS will be found i'm al
most every community.
While the practice of taking accent
allctS TX by no means common in this
country although the recognized
method OF closing accounts in the lcad-
there have been already more than .
~" merchants in all parts OF the coun-
Try VINO hay" adopted this system. and
we all know ono cXamDio is wnrtb
thousand arguments know of one
mahuiacturcr whose credit on his sim
81" name paper had become impaired
ne adopted trade acc"ntanccs aud has
through Ties. Times Of cxtraordinary
prices. and is enthusiastic over The
results.
salcs on The acceptance pla:. have i'm
m"nS"lN increased They state thnt
TIA" benefit derived hy transactin.. busi-
ness ON the acceptance plan * mutual
hian nay" II stronger sens" OF rcspon-
SlhllliN. become more caution in plnc-
ing their orders without decreasing
uhrlr huNinE lowers. they have the
ana mus ar" better prepared to com.
pete and succeed. ON. the other hand
We discount the acccptanc" and get
our money al once, which enables MS
/" buy ana sell our n"rchnndjsc nj M.
Very lowest prices and. in addition
W. ar" IN u position to give the trade
thlFtN DAYS more tin,c--in all ninety
GAYS u" pay for their goods 1t takes
'twlc" as much money to do business
WIN TINS year as last wear This plan
tnaolcs us 10 get quick action on our
money, 10 meet the Siiuaiion-and
conditionS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-01

the names. distances and directions TO
four watering places: mos, OF the
smaller signs, l65 of which were
erected, give the names. distances and
directions TO two watering places.
The work done last year is II part Of
Il comprehensive plan for mapping and
marking: the watering places in the
entire region lying east Of the Sierra
Nevada and Cascade Mountains and
west Of a5lin" running approximately
from Eastern oregon through salt
Lake City and Santa l'c To the mouth
of p.coS River
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-01
would support British occnpn,ton

li'N NSSnci'iti iI"Ss
LONDON. December 3l--Eicld Mar
sinai Won liirdrnhurr has t"lcgraphcd
70 German industrial! mu1natrS. SAYING;
ne would support British occupant ion
"t terlin accnrdiu ny to iicrlin dis
pitch to the Mail under date of sat
urdaN.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-01

.sssmIi Of , nr.'' december @!.-As 4,
im,m,aIS authorities the cnCrts i,2 :, ~"
,naHst ast%tors Ia innagurai. ~
Z n ccor Sdt1me her" have been aband6nrJ
w '"'S evenings newspapers,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-01
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the agents Of ATLANTIC LIFE
largest amount OF paifor the history
Tins
amount the Atlantic had years ago.
o. The Company has performed in Virginia Southern
States IN which the largest
IN the amount of protection afforded the South
the
by the epidemic of influenza. -
The rapid growth Of this beginning of much
that will Richmond
e and the South the conservation South
investment We building
e insurance management keep the good
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we splendid
nys record has justified and for which
aconpensating
Atlantic Ii Insurance Company alive everything promotes
the interests OF Richmond Of
chsefs or lie which
The Pulaskian., 1919-07-04

The farmers of this community shipped a carload of Irish potatoes Wednesday.
 Mim L. Jaynes is back in the States and expects his discharge from Camp Pike in few days.
 MT. and Mrs Leon Smith of Little Rock visited her mother here this week.
 A. W. Milling of Ozark spent Tues day here.
 John F. Hart is home and has re- ceived his discharge from the Navy.
 The Epworth League held spe- cial meeting for the returned boys from the Army and Navy last Sun day night. Very interesting talks were made by Capt J. A. Crandall, James L. Jaynes and Ewald Schmutz- ler.~ The other boys present were Will Booker, Ed Davis, John Hart and MT. Scott.
The Pulaskian., 1919-07-04
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 To Pulaskian Correspondents, Greet ing: What is every one doing? What community work are you engaged in? We hope to start a singing school this summer and perhaps start up our lit erary society. We should all get to- gether again now as the war is over and our boys are coming home.
 Our picnic has been postponed. The date is now July F. We hope to get some good speakers. Everyone is in- vited.
 An interesting meeting of the o. E.. S. was held at the camp ground Sat. urday. The following officers were in- stalled: Worthy matron, Mrs. Etta McHughes; worthy patron. Will Row land; associate matron, Mrs. George Prothro; secretary, Mrs. Mary Jun kin; treasurer, Miss Julia Rowland The names of the other officers were
The Pulaskian., 1919-07-04

Omage Treadway, MT clye and Clineton Singleton motored to Little Rock Saturday night
 There will be picnic at Landmark August g.
 MT. and Mrs. Nix. Mrs. Palmer and MT Clifford Singleton and children visited the City of Roses Tuesday. Miss Mabel Wells, who has been spending few weeks with her sis ters, has returned home.
 Blackberries are getting ripe and the people are in a hurry to get to pick them so they can have some to eat next winter
 The people have been working on the road this week.
 There will be preaching Sunday
 A Sweetheart.
The Pulaskian., 1919-07-04
members have

not noted Several members have withdrawn to form a new lodge at Roland.
 Our annual protracted meeting will begin at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church the third Sunday in July Brother Ashburn will preside and we hope to have Brother King assisting.
 Our summer schools will open. Mon day. We are pleased to have Mrs. Hattie Ault as teacher at Lee school.
 Capt. Ernest Prothro of the A. E. r. came home on furlough last Thursday. He will be in service about three months longer, stationed with the 375th aero squadron at Hazelhurst Hospital, Long Island, N. Y. He brought home many interesting souvenirs of the war, and has many interesting stories to tell. But his friends all say He is the same old Ernest" which he takes as great compliment He will begin the practice of medicine at Little Rock after January 1, 1920
 Visitors and joyriders from Little Rock seem to have taken possession of the church and Masonic hall at the Camp Ground. They camp there, dance in the hall and church, bang on the organ and have regular rouh house. Those interested in the welfare of our institutions should investigate and find means of putting a stop to these depredations in time
 We are very busy canning berries, and the peaches will soon be here. This is our busy season.
 Mrs. George Prothro.
The Pulaskian., 1919-07-04

bedside of her mother, Mrs. Amanda Pritchard last week. Mrs. Pritchard is very i'll.
 Miss Ealy Red spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Little Rock
 Miss Claude ShilIngs, who works in Little Rock, is visiting home folks this week.
 Despite the misunderstanding about the date of preaching Sunday q good- ly number of people attended ser vices Brother Rorie preached at morning hour. also in afternoon.
 A number of young people from Granite Mountain and Mabelvale at tended services Sunday.
 verdie Red attended an ice cream supper at Mabelvale Saturday night.
 George Harper, who has been in service over two years, is expected home this week.
 George Lee has received his dis charge from the army and is now at home
The Pulaskian., 1919-07-04
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 pulaskian wishes it's correspen- Ihe n read carefully the following note Tn writing names, spell them cor and write them clearly, so that ree,i' can be read. otherwise they ap- pear o,ds Most correspondents write ate for sunday. Every word so writ sun ,,st he written in full before the l4ar teii is sent to the printer. If each leeIaneaasnoudent will read his letter care cor, aa it appears in print, and will fulls+ "a smell out words anu avoid mis- ny nyS.as much time will be saved in the lahsel lah1esl,ian office, and the writer will Pui@si Puio@iVine himself at the same time uome p good training.
 The Pulaskian wants news of the /. and farm work. 1t is interesting 1ain, i1l,,o,a, that certain friends entertain to aamnany and made journeys. We GU tbis. But it is of more interest " tnow who is raising hogs and cat lu l,o who is improving his farm and tle e,. he is doing it; how the schools are Irving and what especial work they so doing. Anything that shows the do,srtb of betterment of a community q valuable news, even to gardens and haoa goat keeping and community club psegl, Pulask County should have Mood roads to every hamlet and farm; g farmers and country residents i,s iso,1d own hundreds of automobiles ad trucks It's farms should be made aanoancfive anu of real money by an intelli- pavt system of diversified crops. There sra men and women ir Y-ulaski County Gearing a hundred dollars per month os of small land tracts. and the old oavne. "What has been done by man ean he done again" applies here and naw to country life. Anything pertain nv ;ng to this development is valua ble news. Send it to us.
 Be careful not to send any per- sonal comment that might give rise to hord feelings. The Pulaskian is not aeauainted personally with all it's sub- scribers. and cannot always know what might or might not be proper to use. We want only such mention of person al matters as has a news value or will make friendlier feeling in communities. 01r correspondents can help us make inc Pulaskian better and better, as they have helped us in the past.
 Some DOn'ts to Remember.
 DON'T write on both sides of the pa- per.
 double space between-space well be- tween words and between lines-spell names of persons and places correctly. DON'T write anything that is not real news and benefit to your community.