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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

largely interested in Punta Gorda
would have considered large
amount. Seading in the Herald that
some difficulty was being experienced
in raising the required amount, Mr.
Chahoon wrote to friend and in
dicated his desire to double his sub
scription if it was necessary to insure
the golf course. Punta Gorda has
many liberal friends but none more
so than Mr.. Chahoon.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

Augustine, and formerly was
mayor of the town under the
old plan of government. He
receives a salary of thirty-siX
hundred dollars a year, and is
the biggest man in the burg.
He is worth all we pay him.
The reform here is not yet
complete, though the improve
ment is most remarkable. All
the leaks could not be stopped
up the first day or the govern
ment made over in a month.
1t has taken time and thought
and much hard work, but the
foundation for perfect city
management and strictly busi-
ness regime has been laid.
There is no Office hunting,
there are no rings, no pulls, no
gangs. The commissioners sit
like the directors of a bank and
dispose of business as definitely
and as expeditiously. Business
men appear before the commits
sioners, their grievances are
adjusted and their recommen-
dations given due considera-
ton. If action is taken it Is
taken promptly; dilly-dallying
doesn't go. The city manager
is all powerful; can do almost
anything he considers best for
the city except impose taxes
and spend large sums Of money,
without consulting anybody.
He employs tie people who
work for the city. 1t has been
said that monarchy would be
the best government If the peo-
pie could be assured of a good
monarch all the time. We
have a good monarch, and If at
any time we decide he Is not as
good as he ought to be we nave
the machinery necessary to get
a new one. The initiative, re-
ferendum and recall are at our
command. One effort was initi-
itiated to change back to the
aldermanic form, but it was un-
successful. In fact. no city
that has adopted the commits
sion form of government has
ever returned to council rule.
Repeated attempts in Pensaco-
la to go back have been in
vain.
No town in Florida is better
governed than st. Augustine.
1t is clean, live, progressive,
sanitary, we'll policed. amply
paved, protected from fire,
poli-tick-free, and good to live
in. The Jail Is empty, and the
police court often holds but one
session a week, due to a lack
of cases. 1t has been stated in
a previous paragraph that the
city will be out of debt at the
end of this year, and in this
connection it must be consider
ed that this financial progress
has been made in spite of the
loss of revenue from liquor
licenses, automobile taxes, oc-
cupation licenses and police
court fines, an estimated total
of twenty thousand dollars an
nually.
Nothing is less likely to nap
pen in St. Augustine than re-
turn to the councilmanic form
Of city government.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

Bettered conditions in foreign
trade are graphically shown by the
statement from Captain Morris of
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad ter
minals that 1000 tons of phosphate
were shipped from Tampa in May,
the largest shipment on record.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

ty to the southwark, and thus had
not been contaminated as likely were
the trees propagated from nurseries.
The doctor states that the state plant
board has been unable to classify the
nature of the fungus disease and had
no remedy to offer.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

II. A. Bates, who conducts a soft
drinks stand on Marian avenue, was
painfully if not seriously injured
Sunday night when he pulled the cap
off a bottle of soda. The bottle
broke, infiicting a deep wound in his
hand.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08
COMMISSION FORM OF Gov
EMINENT IN OLD ST.
AUGUSTINE


A very large majority of the
people of st. Augustine will say
without hesitancy that the
change of charter from the
aldermanic to the commission
manager form of city govern
ment was a good days work,
and that there is no cause to
regret the change.
St. Augustine was taX-bur-
dened, deep in debt and it's city
government full of politics ana
politicians under the alderman
ic form. The end of 1920 will
find the Ancient City complete
ly out of debt, with the single
exception of some bonds issued
years ago for the construction
of the municipality owned
waterworks; taxes are not
more than the people are will
ing to pay in view of the civic
improvements, made and con-
templated, and politics and pol
iticians have given way to eff
cheney and men of merit. AS
a matter of fact, there is no
such thing as city politics in st.
Augustine any more.
There are three commission
ers who are elected by the peo-
pie and serve without pay.
They serve three years each,
the term of different commls-
sioner expiring every year,
thus insuring at least two ex-
perienced men in office at all
times, barring vacancies result
ing from death or resignation.
T n e hree commissioners
choose one of their number as
chairman, and he is given the
plimentary title of mayor,
though he has no more powers
than his colleagues and not as
much as the city manager, who
is employed by the commission
ers. The principal duties of
the mayor are to preside over
sessions of the city commission
and welcome people to the city.
Our city manager runs the
town. The commissioners hire
him and may fire him when
ever they see fit, but they can
not interfere with his work. II
anything goes wrong we have
one man upon whom we can
put a finger and whom we hold
absolutely responsible. For
merly we were sent from one
board or committee to another,
from councilman to council
man, and finally the matter was
taken up in council meeting,
with the result that maybe
something was done ABOUT II,
but most likely 1t was referred
to a committee or postponed
till a later session. The city
manager may hail from st.
Augustine or Phoenix, Arizona,
efficiency and ability to conduct
the affairs of a town in a buSi-
ness-like and economical man
ner being the only requisites.
The first city manager was an
utter stranger to the people
here. He left because he was
offered a more handsome sal
ary to operate another city.
The present manager, Eugene
Masters, is native of st.
...tYr tUttrttt ttttttf fuItJ
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

Peaches are now being shipped
from Escambia county, recent wealth
er conditions having put the crop in
fine shape, though it is somewhat
smaller than last year. A large
acreage of sweet potatoes has been
planted, and the fields are looking
we'll.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

Plans are under way for rice
growing operation in Fellsmere. A
party of Louisiana rice growers in
tend visiting this section in the very
near future, to look over the lands
here, with view to growing rice.
This party will be accompanied by
one or more large sugar cane grow
ers now operating In Louisiana.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

Pensacola. with 31,O35 population,
an increase of 8.053, retains its place
as third city in Florida, having about
1000 more than Miami.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

The board of trade of Fort Myers
has perfected arrangements for the
formation of building and loan as
sociation for the purpose of building
apartment houses and hotels.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

Quite few farmers of Holmes
county are preparing to experiment
with calcium arsenate on the boil
weevil.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HELD REGULAR MEETING
VIII Continue to Pay Engineering
Fees on Bridgc-NO Important
Business Transacted.

The Board of County Commission
ers of DeSoto county met in regular
monthly session Monday, July fifth,
in the court house at Arcadia.
A petition from resident taxpay-
ers on road five of Special Road and
Bridge District Four, asking that the
board proceed at once with the con-
struction of this road, asking that
available local material be used, was
received and considered. After
thorough consideration the board in
structed and empowered the chair
man to proceed at once with con-
struction of the road, in conjunction
with the State Road Department,
and in such manner that the road will
be credited by the State Road De-
partment to the amount of funds
spent by the county, to the end that
the stae will spend a similar amount
on the road when funds are avail
able.
The matter of engineering fees on
the Charlotte harbor bridge was dis
cussed, and the clerk was instructed
to continue to pay the engineer three
percent on estimates until tn final
completion of the work and final ad-
justment shows that the $145O ad-
vanced to him on the account of f.
j. Stamm can be covered by an
amount otherwise belonging to the
said Stamm, according to the terms
of the contract.
The clerk presented the following
as an estimate of the county's rev.
enue and receipts, other than taxes
to be levied, reasonably to be ex-
pected from the first day of October,
1920, to the 30th day of September,
1921:
General Fund.
Occupation license. go. 81 10000
Tax redemptions. .. $5,000.0O
Fine and Forfeiture Fund:
Fines and costs. ... $5,000.0O
Tax redemptions. ..... 100000
Road Fund: :
Tax redemptions, ,....... $5,0OO.0O
Agricultural Fund:
Tax redemptions .. S 10000
The tax assessor presented the
1920 tax roll and the board proceed
ed with the equalization of the same
After examination of the roll. no
charge was suggested, and as no one
was present to protest assessments
made by the assessor, the assess
ments were confirmed as made by the
board. J-..
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

There will be a bumper crop OF
corn in Lake county this year.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

This man has Found Something IN
his paper that he Doesn't Like and
He's going around and Bawl Out the
Editor. VIII the Editor Feel Terrible2
Gosh, no, he'll probably Get Mad him
self and tell the Peeved Party where
to Get OFF at Editors amt SO Meek
as they Used to Be.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08
POPULATION

The 1915 census gave
Punta Gorda a population
Of 1.772. 1t has grown
steadily since then and
the present population Is
estimated at 1000.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-08

~
Punta Gorda has more
improvements than any
other Florida town of its
size. Paved streets, side
walks, sewerage, electric
lights, waterworks, etc.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
MISS MARY A. IRWIN
WRITES OF COLORADO

Miss Mary Irwin, who with her
mother, Mrs. T. B. Irwin, has been
out in Colorado with her brother
George for the past month, writes
Interestingly of the country there.
A letter to The Journal says in
part:
"P1ease forward back numbers of
your paper as it will seem like get
ting letters from friends at home.
We reached here in a snow storm,
but it is such dry cold we were sur
prised to know the thermometer was
4 above zero.
Between Denver and Fort Collins
we were held up. (by a flock of
sheep.) So many got on the track
and under the cars, refusing to move,
that the train was stopped for nearly
an hour until the conductor and pas
sengers could get them off. | was
almost too tired to enjoy the joke,
having been on the way four days
and three nights.
The largest agricultural college of
the west is located here, having l 400
students, boys and girls. A great
deal of attention is paid to education
in this section, all specialize in some
thing-forestry, engineering etc.
We see loads and loads of sugar
beets going to the factories, which
makes US hope that in future we will
have all the sugar we want at the old
price.
/ love the wide streets out here
where you never see even a scrap of
paper Fort Collins, COLI All are
kept beautifully clean and one would
be arrested for expectorating on the
streets.
The people here are very pleasant
and come from all the states"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
KEEPING AHEAD OF
DECLINE IN PRICES.

Marietta stores are keeping ahead,
or rather we should say under, the
recent rapid decline in prices of mer-
chandise.
A perusal of the advertisements in
our exchanges will convince any one
that Marietta is selling the same
goods for less money than any other
small city, and in almost every line
Marietta is from ten to twenty per
cent under Atlanta prices.
Marietta stores are particularly
well stocked and have splendid dis
plays on counters and in windows, in
fact we know of few small cities able
to approach Marietta in this respect.
While cotton is so low as to stop
much Of the usual trade of this sea-
son, many other farm products are
bringing good money in Marietta, and
we believe that it is a very good
time to take advantage of such low
prices On merchandise as prevail in
Marietta.
Another thought in this connection
is that every yard~of cotton goods sold
now helps just that much to create
a demand for the raw cotton.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
NEW PREACHERS FILLING
THE METHODIST PULPITS

Rev. j. NJ. Tumlin, the new Meth
odist pastor, was greeted by a large
and appreciative audience at his first
service last Sunday.
Rev. S. R. England, the new Pre-
siding Elder, will preach at the II
o'clock service next Sunday. He and
family arrived in the city last Satur-
day afternoon, and are pleasantly To-
Gated in the new district parsonage
on Atlanta street. His family CON
sists of himself and wife, and his
wife's sister, Mrs. Mathews.
The Marietta First Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, has grown to be
one of the strong churches of the
North Georgia conference. The mem
bership now numbers about nine hun
dred, and they own very valuable
properties on Atlanta street, with
comparatively no Indebtedness.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
SHOT GUN ENDS LIFE
OF II YEAR OLD BOY
Young Johnnie Tibbetts Shoots Him
self During Attack of High
Mental Excitement.

A sad occurrence on Friday even
ing was the death of little Johnnie
Tibbetts, aged IL, son of Mr.. J. E.
Tibbetts, who lives on Alexander
street in Marietta.
His death was the result of a shot
gun wound, self inflicted, in excite
ment of mind caused by threat of
punishment for disobedience. He
had been out hunting during the af-
ternoon and leaving the supper table
went into his room and secured the
gun, and fired the load into his breast,
pulling the trigger with a fire poker,
death being almost instantaneous.
He was usually a quiet and obed-
lent boy, but susceptible to excite
ment at times. His death was a
great shock to his father and mother,
the latter being an invalid A small
err brother and two sisters also sur
vive him.
The funeral was held Sunday from
a country church in Paulding county,
in community where the family for
merly resided.
The sympathy of the whole city
goes out to the grief stricken ones.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
ACA-PHILATHEA
PARCEL POST SALE

Everybody is invited to attend the
Baraca-Philathea Parcel Post Sale,
which will be held in the Fraternity
Hall, Monday evening, December 9Th,
at 7.30 o'clock.
Every Methodist is asked to donate
a package worth at least ten cents,
and send it to Dempsey Medford at
the Standard Mercantile store, or to
Kincaid & Griggs, by noon on day of
sale. The packages will be auctioned
and refreshments will be served. A
good time is promised all VIII offend.
The proceeds of the sale will be used
for a Christmas tree for the children
of the Methodist Sunday school.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
LECTURE ON THAT BOY
AT MAPLE AVENUE CHURCH

Parents and Sunday school teach
ers should be interested in lecture
to be given Thursday night, Deem
Der End, at the Maple avenue Meth
odist Episcopal church, by DR.. JAS
B. Crippen, of Atlanta. DIR. Crlppen
has had considerable experience as
worker with boys, having been tram
ed in Y. M. C. A. work when a young
man. More lately he was president
of the Mems Council of the Birming-
ham City Sunday School Association,
and president OF the Birmingham
Scout Masters Association.
We are sure those who attend will
be interested and instructed. There
will not be any admission charge.
Remember the time, December End
at z P. NJ.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
ADVERTISING PAYS EVEN
If YOU WANT A WIFE

Below is a copy of bona-6de adj
vertisement appearing in North
Georgia newspaper over signature of
the advertiser, which we have not
used but which will be given to any
one asking it.
The inducements offered do not APP
pear to be very great but we will
wager that he gets a wife as good or
better than himself
"Notice to all single ladies. am
a widower fifty years old, in perfectly
good health: Ny children are partly
married and the rest in Atlanta at
work and in school. l have a good
small farm, fine orchard, five
room house we'll furnished, plenty to
live on for next year; plenty Of stock,
all my buildings insured, my life in
sured, and will soon be paid up. ]
don't want to break up housekeeping,
just want a good wife. 1t is gener-
ally known that | have been bad to
drink whiskey, but / have quit for
good; don't expect to have anything
to do with whiskey and don't intend
to bother those who do, just so they
don't bother me. have got money
to pay every cent ] owe ard some
left. | want a woman who dresses
neatly, a good cook, and easy to get
along with. Now, if any of you lad
les are interested, write me and |
will answer your letters and keep
them to myself and come to see you
if it suits. | would be glad to hear
from anyone interested.
With best wishes,
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
UNCLE REMUS READINGS
AT THE CLARKE LIBRARY

The anniversary Of the birth of
Joel Chandler Harris-"Uncle Rem
us"-who has been called "almost the
one outstanding figure in Southern
literature" is next Thursday, Decem-
Der 9Th. Friday, December 3rd, the
Clarke Library will begin series of
three evening "Uncle Remus Read
ings for Boys" The Library is open
every Friday evening from 1880 to
9 80 p. m. The reading hour will be
from 7:45 to 8:15 p. m. All boys are
invited, but especially from the ages
of ten to fifteen.
Joel Chandler Harris was a native
of Georgia and lover of children.
Two or three generations of children
have already been enthralled by his
tales of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and
the other "critters," and the present
generation of Georgia children espec-
tally should be familiar with this man
of genius, who is their very own.
Best known as teller of negro folk
tales, Mr.. Harris gained his store of
stories first hand in the cabins of
some negroes On a Georgia planta-
ton when he was boy. When asked
how he originated the character of
"Uncle Remus" he replied that he did
not originate it, that ne welded to-
gether the personalities of three or
four old negroes whom he knew, and
there was Uncle Remus as we have
him today.
Three stories will be read from the
"Uncle 'Remus: His Songs and Say
ings" collection Friday evening, and
as above stated, as many boys as care
to hear the stories, may come.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
HEALTH ESSAY CONTEST

To the Teachers of Cobb County
The Cobb County Board of Health
desires to call your attention to the
detail plan for the coming contests
in the schools. For a school to COM
pete for the prizes, it must have a
Junior Commissioner of Health and
one or more Junior Health Nurses.
The Junior Commissioner and
Nurse are appointed by the principal
of the school. In selecting these take
into consideration their ability as
leaders and their adaptability for
health work.
A prize of one dollar will be award
ed one school child from each school
for the best essay on the following
subject, "The Cobb County Junior
Health Organization" The best es-
say to be judged by the Commission
ers of Health before February Is,
1921. The winner of this prize will
then compete for the grand prize Of
SIS in gold. The subject of the final
essay, Sanitation on the Farm" For
the grand prize the schools will be
divided into town schools and country
schools. The town schools Compel
ing against town schools and the
county schools against county schools.
Similar prize offered to each group.
These final essays being judged by
committee appointed by the board
Of health.
A prize of $25 will be offered to
the school getting up the best health
exhibit for our Health Day in April.
For this prize the schools are again
divided into town and county schools.
This exhibit will be displayed in Mari
eta and judged by committee and
all prizes being awarded at that time.
Cobb County Board of Health.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
MARIETTA SOCIETY
DOINGS THIS WEEK
BY Mrs. D. C. Cole.
Miss Morris Gives

Miss Morris Gives
Buffet Supper.
Miss Lucille Morris entertained
about fifty of the younger set with
delightful buffet supper on Friday
evening, at the home of her parents,
Judge and Mrs. Newt Morris.
The table was very attractive with
its central decoration of paper white
rarcissus, in a crystal basket tied
with green tulle.
At one end Of the table Mrs. A.
V. Cortelyou presided over the silver
coffee service, and at the other end
Mrs. Ed. Hunt poured chocolate.
Miss Morris was assisted in serving
the young guests by Mrs. Henry
Wyatt. After the supper the party
motored out to the Club to attend
the dance.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
TAKERS HEADED SOUTH.

A fancy bicycle riding expert drew
a crowd on the Square on Thursday
afternoon, and amused them for an
hour with his antics, but so far as
adding to the material knowledge and
welfare of the community his exhibi-
ton went for naught. The season
is ripe for the migration of a horde
of takers and pan handlers to come
down from the rigors of the North
and the time ought also be ripe to
find legitimate work for the last one
of them to do.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
Mr.. A. A. FLETCHER DEAD.

Mr.. A. A. Fletcher, of Atlanta, a
former resident of Marietta, and who
married Miss Maud Cole Of this place
died on Wednesday evening after an
illness of three weeks at his home in
Atlanta.
His brother-in- law, Mr.. D. c. Cole,
had lust left his bedside and on his
arrival at home received phone mes
sage telling of his death.
His body will be taken to Nashville
Tennessee, for burial
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
MR.. M. c. LOGAN DIES
IN NEW MEXICO

A telegram was received here Sun
day announcing the death of Mr..
Motto Calhoun Logan, at his home in
Organ, New Mexico.
Mr.. Logan was the son of the late
DR.. and Mrs. J. H. Logan, Of Atlanta.
He is survived by four sisters, Miss
c. Augusta Logan, who was with him
at the time of his death; Mrs. J. A.
Marshall, of Greenwood, S. c.; Mrs.
Philip H. Force, of Smyrna, and Mrs.
Charles E. Hedges, Of Marietta.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-03
MANY NEW MEMBERS
JOIN FIRST BAPTIST

A two-weeks revival at the First
Baptist church closed on Sunday even
ing, after receiving fifty new mem
bers into the church.
DR.. Crouch of Arkansas led the
services, aided by DR.. White, the local
pastor, and great interest was arous-
ed, not only in the church member
ship, but in the public generally.
The meeting were well attended
although they passed through some
severe weather which continued for
several days.