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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

Wonder if it is against the law
to pack down a few choice peach
es in sugar and put them in Jar!
Tribune. - OF course
not but, after they have been so
packed for six monthm, they de-
velope into the finest of brandy
peaches and the sugar resolves it
self into delicious peach brandy,
which is highly exhilarating.
When this transformation takes
place, you had better wire for the
editor of The Herald, for Thorn
TO the Palm Beach Post and other
capable and appreciative judges
and have them consume the stuff
before it is confscated by the
sheriff.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

Newspapers and farmers brag-
girg about the big stalks of corn
grown in their neighborhoods are
advised that there is too much
stalk for the corn st carries. The
plant should be so cultivated as
to produce but little stalk and
much corn. The Williamson sys-
tenn does that. By it, land Of or
binary fertility, yielding fifteen
to twenty bushels per acre, is
easily made to yield fifty to sew
enty-fve bushels per acre. For
details Of this system, write to
the Extension Division Of the
State University at Gainesville,
Florida.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10
The Biggest Fishing Story.

Looking about in the Florida
newspapers for fish stories, we
noticed an item regarding a big
catch and got it half clipped out
before finding that the man men
toned had caught a Seaboard Air
Line train.-Tiles-UniOn.
That fish story requires that de-
tails be given, viz:
First, what tackle did the man
use and what bait?
Second, where did he catch the
train? Was it in the lake at the
union station, Jacksonville, where
the water was over q foot deep on
June 30th?
Third, as the catch was evident
ly a very big one and likewise ex-
2eedingly vigorous, the man must
have had help. Give the names
of his assistants.
Fourth, after he had caught the
train, what did he do with it?
Did he mount it and put it in the
chamber of commerce for exhibi-
ton, as other fishermen sometimes
with their big catches?
When the Times Union starts
to tell a fish story, it ought to
finish the job.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

foregoing was written, II e W s
comes that Joe has been trans
ferred from the plant board and
the board CT control and made
chairman of the health board.
Now, every body had better arm
himself with the Materia Medica,
i fhe wishes to understand what
Joe is going to say.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

The Times Union is to be COM
mended for ridiculing the col
leges and universities for conterr-
ing honorary civilian degrees on
military officers. 1t argues that,
if the generals are to be made doc
tors of laws, the colonelS and cap
tains ought to be made masters
of art, and we will add that the
corporals ought to be made doc
tors of divinity. Perhaps, how
ever, the universities are holding
d. D. in reserve for the editors,
Surely, the editors ought to have
something.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

Wish Joe Earman, who is chair
man of the State Plant Board,
would have the board use Florida
English in promulgating its warn
ings, rules and regulations. Here,
for instance, is Circular No. 80 IS
sued by the board, in which we
are told that the pseudischnaspls
alienus is an especially injurious
insect, which should be controlled
and it's dissemination prevented; "
otherwise, it may eat up our "av-
ocadoes, Australian oaks, cassla
obtusifolia, catleya skinner, cal
mito sp." and a lot Of other things
with awful names, Now, how
the dickens is poor country
editor or bewildered Cracker to
use information like that? If Joe
and his fellow conspirators are
going to persist in that vernacu'
lar, patois or whatever you may
call it, wish they would enclose an
Interpreter with each circular
they send out.-P. S. Since tht
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10
Editors Do Not Knock

If some of the knockers of this
state could have heard the boost
ing that the various folks at the
Press Association gave their re-
spective sections, they would have
been so drowned out they would
have had to throw away their
hammers and foat out.-Cocoa
Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

The Herald having said that,
but for his nonsense, Thorn, the
funny man of the Palm Beach
Post would have been a fine
preacher" that wag gives us to
understand that he is already a
first-class preacher, for he rather
Indignantly asks, "whadderyu
mean would have been.?' Is that
an insinuation that Pm not a
preacher? What, warder, no!
Let tn portcullis fall!"'
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10
Forty Years in Florida

rOIIy IcdIS Ill lOIlud
The editor Of this paper landed
at Yalaha, now in Lake county,
on March 18th, 1877. Although
he has not accumulated wealth, as
many others have done, he has
never regretted settling in this
state. His failure to get rich is
due solely to the want of the nee
essary judgment md forethought
to take advantage of conditions.
But he has enjoyed something
which is more valuable than mon
ely, viz: the most delightful eli
mate in America and the associa-
ton of the best people in the
world. 1t is the people at last,
more than anything else, which
make a state worth living in. The
innumerable neutral advantages
and industrial resources Of flori-
ola would be of little value to a
man, were he not surrounded by
good people. Our people come
from all over the world. They
have every shade of political and
religious belief and their ming
ling together gives them the most
liberal views of any people else
where in the United States.
There is no intolerance, no
psuedo-aristocracy based upon
wealth. Every man of brains and
character receives due recogni-
ton, it matters not whether he has
money or not. To him, all doors
are open. He feels at home any
where in the state. And if he
should suffer misfortune, helping
hands are promptly extended to
him.
Any man of intelligence, energy
and honesty who comes here and
conducts himself as a good citizen
and neighbor and lives amongst
these people for a few months,
will readily recognize the fact
that Florida is blessed with the
best people on earth, But, if he
goes as a stranger into one OF the
older states and settles, and his
neighbors discover that he has
but little, if any money, he will
be long time finding congenlal
associates for himself and family
Even if he and his family bring
their church letters and unite
with the local church, the mem.
bers will pay him little attention
and his family will feel Lonesome
and discontinued. But he will
find no such condition in Florida
particularly South Florida.
We are inviting good people
from everywhere to come here
and settle amongst us and share
in the blessings which we enjoy
And when they come and we sec
that they are good people, we ex-
tend them a cordial welcome and
do every thing we can to make
things pleasant for them. This is
why social conditions in Florida
are so pleasant, and it also ex.
plains why the editor of The Her.
aid, an Albanian, has continued
TO live in this state for over forty
wears and will continue to live II
# as long as God permits him.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

The Palm Beach Post, DeFuni-
ak Breeze and Arcadia Enterprise
will oppose Senator Fletcher in
his campaign for denomination,
Nearly all the papers of the state
are even now supporting him.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

Ocala Star One of the most
Internally dishonorable things a
man can do it to try to obtain a
political office by appealing to his
church or lodge membership. One
of our churches and one of our
fraternal orders are being most
unscrupulously used to further
the ambitions of certain politi-
clans.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

The Herald is not a religious
paper; religious literature, there
fore, should not be sent to it, but
to the church papers.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

It pains us. to conclude that
Palm Beach county is for sale. 1t
takes ten pages of the Palm Beach
Post to advertise the sale.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

Now is the time to put your
small sums Of money in War Saw
ings Stamps, which pay compound
interest.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

We are editing The Herald with
the scissors this week-making it
a good agricultural paper.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

Winter Haven Chief The gov
ernor fired DR.. Cox and the State
Board of Health fired DR.. Cox,
but DR.. Cox still holds on. Seems
to be case where there is con-
siderable fire. Why not let the
dear governor call out his fire
warden, Andy Carter?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10
Press Comments

Clearwater Sun: - Governor
Cats says that he drove some
would-be bribers from his office
with an ink-stand. And he has
the ink-stand to prove it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-10

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
TO DEMOBILIZE
FIRST VERMONT SOON
VIII Be Mustered Out by June 20
Commissioned Officers Have Been
Given Honorable Discharge.

MONTPELIER, June Orders have
been issued from the state adiutants Of
flee authorizing the rehabilitation of Com
pany J, lst infantry, V Y. NJ, taking
effect June 1, 1919. The other companies
will be mustered out later.
The purpose for which the first regi-
ment Vermont Volunteer militia was or
gained having been accomplished and the
state of Vermont having been authorized
by the federal government to organize at
once, a battalion of infantry and a ma
chine gun company of the National Guard,
the rehabilitation of the regiment is
ordered to take effect on Friday, June
20, 1919.
The regimenta commander will cause
to be prepared discharge papers for the
entire enlisted personnel of the regiment
to date June %, 1919, in ample time to
be delivered on that date.
The following commissioned officers OF
the first regiment, Vermont Volunteer
militia arc honorably discharged as OF
| June %. 1919: Col. Preston II Hadley
llieut. Col. Aaron H. Grout, Mai. George
! Fl: Y. Allen. Maj. Frank p. johnson, Mai
Henry W. Ellis, Capt. Ellsworth j. Pip
or, Capt. George w Grandy. Capt
George B. Walton, Lieut. George F. Root
Lieut. Phelps n. SWEET. Lieut. BENJAMIN
w. Johnson, Capt. Raymond w. Paine
First Lieutenants Frank l. Carr, Walter
F. Burbank, George B. Hopkins, Henri!
/ G. Holmes, Charles H. Anderson, Her
bert I. Kelley, Ralph b Denny, Harr!
I F. Pike, Frank r. Wright, Thomas w
Ray, Ernest T. Griswold. second Lieuten
ANTS j. Milton Slack, Charles w. Buck
/ ley, Edmond G. Bolles, Charles R: Cheney
flames s. Wood, John T. Jones'. Elmor
! R. Smith, Carol f. jenkins, Eroy r
II Woods
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
TO PACIFIC COAST.
Continued from Page IL

Five waterproof duffel bags are pro-
vided for the tent and sleeping out
fits. When the tent is folded properly
it fits neatly into one bag about two
feet wide by five feet long, and there
is room to spare. Each sleeping outfit
is rolled securely in its own duffel bag
two feet wide by 30 inches in length
The fifth bag contains galvanized
iron pale, kettles, and other articles
These are placed in the space between
the car and springs after the tent poles
and stakes have been laid on the run
ming board. The kitchen outfit and tin
food trunks also find place in the
unoccupied corners of the space. The
table is fastened inside the car against
the back of the front seat A section
of the tent floor, which is of waterproof
material, covers the camping outfit. The
trunk is strapped to the trunk rack or
the rear of the car
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
WARDSBORO CENTER.

Miss Eliza Bailey is at work for Mrs
Orrin Bolster in Dover
Mr.. and Mrs. John Allen are staying
at their home here few days
Mr. and Mrs Charles Dexter of
Greenfield have been visiting his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. C. Dexter.
Mr. Crandall of Beachmont Mass
who has been boarding, at William Fitz,
patrick S, returned TO his home last
week. Isl
Mrs Rosa Dexter and son, Charles
and his wife spent Saturday with her
daughter, Mrs. Carrie Johnson, al
Wardsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Torrev and
Miss Mildred Porter, all of Brattleborc
came Memorial day to visit Mr.. anC
Mrs. Henry Porter 49,
Pretty memorial exercises wehe held
at the school house Thursday. MAY %
Mrs. Pineo, the teacher, and the pupils
deserve much credit. Several of the
mothers attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Foster were sur
prised pleasantly Monday. May 90. wher
few of their neighbors came to lenG
them helping hand Part of then
brought teams and plowed and har
rowed for Mr. Foster while Others helpef
put on roofing. Mr.. Fosters buildings
were burned last summer Recently he
bought Mrs. Putnam s house and has
made extensive repairs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
WEST WARDSBORO.

Gorge Edwards has a new Ford car.
Mabel Streeter was in Athol Monday.
Mrs. Alta Roberts is working at the
Green Mountain house.
Mrs Carrie Moulton is visiting her
brother, Fred Atwood, in Mansfield, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. H. w. Mason of Brattle-
boro were guests at Dew Drop Inn several
days last week
Mr.. and Mrs H. o. Robinson of Athol
visited at their respective homes from
Friday to Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Westergren and Mr., and
Mrs. Olsen of Springfield, Mass, were at
Dew Drop Inn Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. A. n. Clark of South
Norwalk, Conn, are at the Green Noun
tain house for an indefinite stay
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Waite of Wards
boro visited Mr.. Waite's mother, Mrs
Avis Waite, from Saturday to Monday
The Goth annual meeting of the
Windham County Baptist Bible School
convention viii be held in West Wards
boro next Tuesday, June 10.
Mr. and Mrs Stanley Fits and Robert
Fits of Brattleboro and Miss Lang oil
New York were guests at the Green
Mountain house for the weekend
| Mr. and Mrs Dexter Waite of Wards
boro, Mr. and Mrs Frank Waite of Bal
timore, Md, and R. E. Tarbox of Keen,
twere at the Green Mountain house Tues
day
The Green Mountain house was opened
May 80. Former patrons of the house vii
be glad to know that Mrs. H, A. Waite
who has been so successful in the past, il
to continue the management another year
The house, which has all the modern i'm
provements has been put in fist elias
shape and judging from che application
already received, this will be successful
wear
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07

Those most entitled to sympathy are
usually those who do not ask it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will meet
at the temple tomorrow morning at 9.45
0 clock to attend service in the First
Baptist church. The following Sunday the
annual memorial service of those bodies
will be held in the temple at O'Clock in
the afternoon and the graves of members
will be decorated after the service.
The attention of many persons about
the streets was attracted today to a
clown dressed in white suit with ruffles
of red and blue He was followed by a
little brown dog with blue and white
calico blanket, the dog carrying a min
nature pipe in his mouth. The two CON
stitute an advertising feature of the
Is Marriage a Failue2 production which
will be seen at the Auditorium tonight
Harley Z. ManIey and Carl Marley,
,who live on the West River road, were
! taken before the clerk of the municipal
court last evening and furnished bail in
the sum of S75 each for their appearance
Monday morning at $50 on the charge OF
fishing without a license. Their father,
Edmund Manley, became surety for them
| The boys wer found by County Fish and
Game Warden r. H. Metcalf and Sheriff
Frank Wellman fishing in West river yes
,erday afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
WARDSBoRo.

Walter Morse of Bristol, Conn, was in
town recently.
j e. Gleason and James Gleason were
in Brattleboro Tuesday.
Wales Plimpton has gone to Townshend
to work in c. III. Willard.s mill.
c. HI. Jackson and 7. T. White are on
business trip in Springfield (Vt.).
F. L. White, who has been visiting in
Pixies Falls, returned home Sunday.
Fred Prouty of Burlington and Mr. Tar
box of Keene> were in town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs H. Knight visited in
Chester. and Springfield (yt) Sunday.
G. c. Goodale of Gardner Mass, is
visiting his cousin, Mrs w w. Kidder.
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Cummings of South
Londonderry visited at n. II. Farrington's
Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. c. K Dexter of Green
/ field visited his sister, Mrs. NJ L. John
| son, Saturday
I. w. Plimpton and Wales attended the
railroad stockholders meeting in Brattle.
boro Saturday
DIR. G. f. Barber and Mr. Harris OF
Brattleboro were at the -Wardsboro house
Saturday and Sunday. r.
| Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Allen of West ia
maica were in town Sunday. Miss Morse
accompanied them homes--
c. H. jackson, B. G.. Wilder and T. l.
| White were in Brattleboro Monday. go
ing in Mr.. Jackson's car.
Childrens day will be observed in the
church Sunday, June Is, with appropriate
exercises by the children.
Mr.. and Mrs Dana Stafford and famil,
visited Mr.. and Mrs B. G. Wilder at the
4 Wardsboro house last week
Ernest ST. Mary of Springfield (Vt.l
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Franz
st. Mary, from Thursday to Monday.
/ Mrs L. A. Derby and Mr.. and Mrs. T
i w Whitney were in Brattleboro Satur
day, Mrs. Derby remaining until Sunday
\ Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Williams and Mr.
and Mrs. Emery Axtel of Goodalevill,
visited Mr.. Axtell's brother, L. S. Axtell
Sunday
i Mr. and Mrs George Waite, who hav.
been visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Dexter Waite, returned to their HON,
in Baltimore, Md, Friday.
Miss Hattie Smith and Miss Basset
: of Springfield, Mass, and Mr.. Lamson o
Amherst visited at Miss Smiths summer
home from Memorial day to Sunday.
i Mrs Ella Underwood has moved he
household goods into b. G. Parsons's anc
H. II. Forrester's house and is visiting il
Bellows Falls. Richard Briggs accompanied
her sa
The Windham County, Pomona Grang
| | will meet with Vermont Grange Friday
June ID, in the town hail. The Afternoon
session is open to the public Dinner vii
be on the picnic plan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
MARLBORO.

Prof. Haase and family opened their
summer home on Ames hill Monday
The church service next Sunday will
be in observance Of Children's day.
Prof. and Mrs. Patton of Hartford
Conn, came to their summer home here
May 30
Miss Suvia Patton and friends of Smith
college spent the weekend with Miss Pa
tons parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Bruce of Gard
ner, Mass, were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
G. L. Adams Friday and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs G. L. Adams, Mrs. f
p. Adams and Mrs Bruce attended the
sacred concert in Northfeld Saturday ey-
enng
Mrs Ina Amidon, who spent several
days with her daughter, Mrs. Earle Tay
Tor, went to her home in Brattleboro
Monday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
TRIED TO BRIBE TAX MEN.
J. A. Weber of Pictorial Review Com
pany Placed Under Arrest.

NEW YORK, June Charged with
having attempted to bride n. w Crop
per, an internal revenue agent, to aid
the Pictorial Review company in es-
Gaping payment of federal income
tax estimated at more than 100000
jay A. Weber, secretary of the com
pany, was arrested here late yesterday
and held in $4,000 bond for examina.
/ ton next Friday.
Chopper, who had been assigned to in
spect the return made by the company
which publishes several magazines in
this city, reported to his superiors that
Weber had offered him $4,000 if he
would certify as to the correctness OF
she return. Chopper was directed tc
lnErke an appointment with Wcbber yes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07
Republican Steering Com
mittee Hopes to Save Big
Sums on Many Measures
CUT SEC. BAKER
: DOWN S4OO,OOO,OOO
Naval Bill to Be Reduced-Will Not
Give Hines All He Has Asked-Sun-
dry Civil Bill Will Be Pared of Mil
lions

lions.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Coincident
with the warning given by the Republican
steering committee of the house to all
committees that economy is to be
the watchword and that all appropriations
must be cut to the bone, the house mill
tary committee reduced the army appro-
priation bill from 81, 100000 asked by
Secretary Baker to between 500, 0O0, 900
and $8OO,000,000, cut of almost 100000
900.
1t is expected this will be followed by
the house naval committee making big
cut in the naval appropriation bill. 1t
is known that members of this committee
| plan to reduce the personnel of the navy
! by about $4,000 from the 100000 recon-
mended by Secretary Daniels
| Members of the steering committee in
timated yesterday that within a few days
| bills would come out of the ways and
means committee to eliminate some of
| the so-called luxury and other obnoxious
taxes of the new revenue laws, which
will reduce the revenues of the govern
ment by about S350,O0O,OO0. Such being
the case, the members Of the committee
! feel that this is no time for some other
committee to increase appropriations,
since there is little chance of making up
this reduction in revenues by the imposi
ton of other taxes
Although the appropriations committee
is impressed with the need of coming to
the aid of the railroad administration il
is not probable that it viii give Director
General Hines the 81 2O0,0O0,OOO he has
asked. They believe that not all of this
amount is needed at once and that with
congress in session all summer it will not
be difficult to increase whatever appro
priation is made should it become neces
sary
Another big measure is the sundry civil
bill which carries an appropriation O
-ahout S850,00O,000.. Republican leader
plan to pare it in all directions and arr
hopeful that they viii surprise the coun
try by the millions they will chop from
all the measures before they are passed
Besides cutting the appropriation asket
by Secretary Baker, the military commit
tee of the house reduced the size of tn,
army from the $4,000 men proposed BY
the secretary to 100000 The committe,
did not attempt to establish the size o
the army permanently but will take tina
question up in December.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07

terday to receive an initial payment
and several internal revenue agents
were present to witness the transaction.
Weber was arrested and when ar
raigned before federal commissioner,
government counsel asked that bail be
fixed at 100000. The commissioner,
however, decided to release Weber on
$4,000 bond
Following Weber's arrest, the federal
authorities seized the company books
to check up this years return with
those made in the past.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07

Within the past few years the price Of
furniture made of mahogany and walnut
las almost doubled, largely because of
the vast amount of these woods being
used in the making of aeroplane propel-
lers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-07

One pound of wheat is Of far greater
value as food than a pound of meat. a
pound of wheat contains about l3 ounces
of nutritive food, the remaining three
ounces consisting mainly Of water and
fibre pound Of the lean portion Of
meat contains only four ounces of nutri
tive food