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Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-10
REREkAAS

Hope Rebekah lodge. No. q, at their regular business meeting in Odd Eel lows building Wednesday evening tn- stalled the officers elected at a preyi- ous meeting. The installation was carried out under the direction of the following grand officers: Grand Mar shal Minnie E. Matthews. Grand Warden Carl H. Beebe, Grand Secre- tary Florence Williams. Grand Chap lain Hattie B. Parsons Grand Inside Guardian. Grace E. Wiley of Hope lodge.
 The officers installed were the fol- Towing: N. G. Lena Christmann: V. C., FloTence Douglas: recording secre- tary. Ada Revell; financial secretary. Minnie Amharn; warden, Ora Spen- cer; conductor, Helen Schultz; .ous- side guardian. Jennie Harvey; inside guardian. Catherine Waters: R, $. N. C., Mary Greene; L. S. N. G.. Alice Cousins; R. $. v. G., Lillian Tucker: L. s. V. G.. Agnes Gordon; past grand Clara Pingpank.
 The following is the list of the standing committees:
 Supper Committee - Ida, E@rleton. Jennie Harvey. Ada Reyell, Florence Douglas. Lulu Palmer.
 Sick Florence Douglas. Agnes Gordon, Eva o. Wilson, Clara Spencer, Mary Breen.
 Spencer, Faith Ryan. Alice x.orsu..s William Dcro1as ard J. J. Parsons.
 Bertha Collins was appointed pianist for the lodge.
 At , o'clock supper was served for the officers of the lodge After the Sneeting, cake and ice cream were EetYed -an-presenta
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

William J. Mulligan of Thompson ville, chairman of the Knights of Co., lumbus committee on war activities who recently returned from d trip of several months abroad, was rendered a reception by his fellow townsmen last Sunday evening. The reception was held in St. Mfchaers church, in ThompSonville, and was attended bv apout l2oO, including members of the Anights of Columbus from all parts or Kew England. In commenting 1Ip- on the affair the Thompsonville Press said: -o''''
 @Rev. William r. OBrien. an assist ant pastor of St. Patrick's parish, was master of ceremonies, and Rev, Will nam A. keefe of Norwich, state Iec- turer and personal friend of Chair man Mulligan, delivered an eloquent address. Father Keefe said he con- sidered 1t a signal privilege to be ask ca 10 voice the sentiment not only of .ne hnlgnts or Columbus, but of ev- cry fa1r-minded citizen of every creed and ancestry throughout the world in applaudlng the patriotic spirit and the most efhcient manner in which the honored guest had so ably performed
 nls work. In the days to come Amer lcan people are going to show loyal
 ty fidelity and gratitude to the organ
 IIatlon that adopted and lived up to mat memorable slogan, "Everybody welcome Nd everything free" Tn the carrying out of the war work the re- markable undertaking, he said. was made possible by the able leadership of MT. Mulligan. Father Keefe said that Hats off to the K. of C. is the watchWord of ser vice men everywhere, and that these same heroes questioned as to their opinion of MT. Mulligan, answer in q mighty chorus, America is pro,1d of the work of William J. Mulligan :"
 Our friend, your fellow citizen. is a
 man whom America honors today said Father Keefe, In concluding his address, Father
 keefe took each letter of the name of MT. Mulligan as representing some Characteristic of the war work of the Knights of Columbus. The HM" he
 took as denoting manhood or man liness, the ''U" for unity, the first q D for loyalty, the second eL'' for law
 abiding, the 'T' for ideals, the aG'' for generosity, the "A" for America as fhe
 turning factor of the war. and inc N for national spirit.
 Following selection by the choir,
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var with most of their neighbors.

war with most of their neighbors.
 "As one approaches the frontiers one finds every little ways:de station packed with soldiers. bayonets fixed and railway sidings congested with ammunition wagons. War. and all the Wasteful effect of preparedness for war upon economic and industrial progress, are visualized for miles as one travels through these countries.
 In many corners of Central Flu rope today the Inhabitants do not even know their own nationality. Un- til universal peace is ratified, until boundary commissions are able to get to work, :tnd until plebiscites can de- termine the future of democracies, Central Europe will be 6 patchwork of ethnological dislocation. An over prolonged arnistice. following upon four years of war. has knocked
 almost every fundamental prop; polit- ical financial ssand economic.
 States on the DanubAth main avenue of traffic and economic.
 States on the Danube-the main avenue of traffic-fear to send barges out to their own territorial waters lest they should be appropriated by their own territorial waters lest they ohOOlC DS py .lu6u uSAl- door neighbor. Just as on land the British Tommy is the only safeguard for train of supplies, so on the Dan ube one of Admiral Troubridge's Brit ish mine-layers, with litle British middy in command. is; the only guar antee of safe conduct. 4
 The other day. on the Jugo- Slav frontier, trains of food supplies ar ranged by the Allied Relief Missions and all paid for by the Austrian gov ernment were on their way to miti- gate starvation in Vienna. At the last moment the Jugo- -Slav government cHapped on an export duty of 40 per cent and refused to permit the trains to 20 forward unless that tax WIS paid in foreign exchange. I ven tured to take inteEnationa1 law into my own hands and. thanks, to the re- sourcefulness ard intrepedity of a
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couple. of young British Army ofl- cers, those trains arrived in Vienna
 Another interiocking difficulty as between food and transport is the persistent locking of peasants with eggs, sacks of flour, live geese and ducks and all kinds of agricultural produce into the towns. In snow, rain or any kind of weather, you can see not only the inside but. the roof of every railway. carriage thronged with this quacking crowd of food specu- lators. Their traffic has assumed such proportions as to make legiti- mate railway travelling almost impos- sible. What it means in the problem of food distribution will be apparent when I tell you that train of 40 car riages fEll of these picturesque pro flteering pedlars can only carry as much food as could be put into four ordinary railway trucks.
 Lost People of Arizona.
 By far the most interesting remains of the lost people of Arizona are their network of canals which prevail through the valleys The longest is the one tapping the Gila river and which supplied with water the en- cient city, now marked with the one standing building. IhlS IS the Casa 4rande. about which so much has been written and which has so ex- cited much interest among archaelo- gists in the last ten years.
 The volume of water taken out by this canal must have been immense, for it supported millions of acres. In most places the8canal has been filled with drifting sand. but it's course is easily traced. Engineers who located the Maricopa canal made use of the old Aztec ditch and today water runs over it's pebbfy bottom just as 1t did 2,000 or 5000 years ago.
 For miles and miles around mounds tell the tale of houses destroyed by the ravages of time. Phoenix was built on the ruins of this ancient city and there relics frequently are found of this ancient civilization.-Detro News.
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ODD FELLOWS

The officers elected on the last meeting night in December by She t1cket Lodge, No. 27. ]. o. o. F., were ins. allied by Past Grand E. F. Kinnie and assistants at the lodge meeting on Tuesday evening. Refreshments were served after the installation cere- mony.
 The following are the officers in- stalled: N. G., Henry A. Heebner; vice grand, NJ. E. Perry: recording secre- tary, A. A. Guile; financial secretary, o. T. Ferguson; treasurer, E. F. kinne.
 Uncas Lodge, No. Il, I. O. o. F., at it's regular weekly business meeting Monday evening installed their off, eers who were elected at the last meeting in December. The list of of ticers was as follows: Noble grand, Robert Richardson; vice grand. Fred V. Auburn; secretary, John F. Am burn: financial secretary, James H. Smith; treasurer, Frank M. Green; '--'stee for three years, Arthur Fow- Ter.
 Palmyra Encampment at ite regu- lar meeting on Thursday evening in-
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WoMAN's RELIEF CORPS.

Sedgwick Woman's Relief Corps, No. Is, held their regular business meeting Friday afternoon at o'clock in Buckingham Memorial with the president, M. Florence Robbins Dean, in the chair. There were thirteen present at the meeting. Matters of routine interest were taken up and disposed of and one application was read. The quarterly reports of the secretary and treasurer were read and approved
 The relief committee chairman re- ported the following Christmas re- membranes sent out to the sick and shut-in members of the order, five baskets of fruit and five baskets of groceries.
 The meeting closed with the salute to the flag and the singin of Ameri- ca. This was the first meeting of the new year.
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QUICK RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION
GetDr Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cy of thousands since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel.
 Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for r years and calomel's old-time enemy, discovered the formula for Olive Tablets while treating patients for chronic constipation and torpid livers.
 Dr. Edwards. Olive Tablets do not contain calomel, but a healing, soothing vegetable laxative.
 No gripping is the Keynote" of these little sugar-coated, olive-colored tab lets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally. They never force them to unnatural action.
 Ifyou have dark brown mouth = bad breath-a dull, tired feeling-sick headache torpid hver-constipadon. you'll find quick, sure and pleasant re- suits from one or two of Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
 Thousands take them every night just to keep right. Try them. lOc and 20c.
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OWLS.

Norwich Nest of Owls, at it's regular weekly meeting Tuesday evening, in stalled the follow .ng officers who were elected in December:
 President, Leroy P. Johnson; vice president, Frank e. Smith; invocator. Ashley T. Boone; recording secretary. Warren Andrews; financial secretary, William R. Balcolm; treasurer, Joseph A. George; warden, John A. Wal. sentinel. John H. King: pickett. Hen. ry N. Percy: past president, Arthur Alquist
 One new member was initiated. There was a good sized attendance.
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 If you have, warning symptoms such as sense of Szfoeaticn, hot flashes, headaches, backache,. dread of i'm pending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitaion of the heart, sparks before the eyes, Irregularities, con stipstion. variable appe6ite. weakness M9GleCud and alziness, get a pOtti of Lydia E. PinE<ham's Vegetable Com pound and begin taking the medicine at once, We know it viii help you as it did Ms. Kogpl
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ECHOES FROM THE LODGE ROOMS

stalled the following officers. the in stalling officer being Grand Deputy Chief Patriarch Orville Lewis:
 Chief patriarch, Robert Donohue; senior warden, Henry Metcalf; junior warden, Adelbert Maynard; recording scribe, John Auburn; financial scribe, Osten T. Ferguson.
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KNIeHTs oF PYrHIAs.

Gardner Lodge, No. 46, Knights of Pythias, held their regular business meeting in Pythian hall Friday even ing with a good sized attendance. The installation which was to have taken place was postponed until the next meeting. Routine matters were tranSa ctnd
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ing Change of Life and l think it is q good remedy in such a condition. l could not digest my food and had much pain and burning in my S to 10 a c h a fter meals. 1 could not sleep, had backache,
 and worst 0 f all werethe hot flashes.
 ] saw in the papers q hau% Va0afahia
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HE FEELS LIKE A NEw MAN

Rheumatic pains, backache. nains in sides, sore muscles. stiff joints or an always tired" feeling arc usually symptoms of disordered Kidneys. W W. Wells, Toquin. Mich, writes: T am CT my feet most CT the time and set Hs ed. But after taking Foley Kidney Pills I feel like a new man. I recommend them to my customers and they did not give satisfaction .H Prompt in action to relieve Kidney troubles and bladder ailments. Lee & osEocd &
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WOMEN OF
 MIDDLE AGE
May Pass the Critical Period Safely and Comfortably by Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Compound.

Summit, N. J.-'T have taken Lydia E. Pmkham's Vegetable Compound dur
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
MANY MANAGERS
RECEIVE SALARIES
LESS THAN $4,000
Tabulation of Salaries Paid by 33
EOmmission-ManaGc Towns
Shows Ideas Erroneous.

In discussions Of the proposed
commission-manager form of muni-
cipal government for Punta Gorda,
the question How much would we
have to pay competent manager"
is one often heard. Many seem to
think that a man capable of manag-
ing the towns affairs as they should
be managed would demand a large
salary. some mentioning $1,000 a
year as what it would cost to employ
a manager.
The question, "Oow much would
we have to pay a competent manag-
err" cannot be answered offhand with
postiveness but the following tabula-
tion when will the world come to
an end?" burt the following tabula-
tion shows what managers fof 80
successful commissioner n a & r.
towns and small cities are paid:
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
Woman Candidate.

In this issue of the Herald will be
found the announcement of Mrs. p
B. Frizzell, of Murdock, who is an
Independent candidate for the Office
of clerk of the Circuit Court of De-
Soto county. So far as known, Mrs.
Frizzell is the first woman to run for
public office in this county. She ex-
plains in her announcement that she
was born and raised a Democrat, but
because of the fact that women had
not been granted the right of suf-
frage at the time of the Democratic
primary she could not enter the race
at that time as a Democrat and could
not have her name placed upon the
ballot as such, so, although her name
will appear as an independent" she
is a Democrat. Those who have
known her for years say that she is
an exceptionally capable woman and
well qualified By capacity and train
ing for the position she seeks.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
FLYING EXHIBITIONS.
Everybody Invited. to. Witness
"StuntS" at CarlStrOm Field.

Captain Royce, commanding officer
at Carlstrom Field, has changed the
flying exhibitions from every alter
nate Friday Of each month to every
second Friday. This change was
made to enable the officers and en-
listed men to prepare more elaborate
programs.
All DeSoto county folk are invited
by Captain Royce to attend these ex-
hibitions, which are free, and al
ways interesting and instructive.
Last week there were at least 500
people from all parts of the country
to witness the wonderful flying cx-
hibitions at the field and they all
went away more than satisfied with
the entertainment afforded.
The soldiers are preparing more
elaborate programs for the future
than they have attempted in the past
which means that their stunts" will
be of the most difficult and thrilling
character.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
commissioners Met.

An adjourned meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners was
held at the court house in Arcadia
last Wednesday, October 18th, when
the official ballot for the November
election was prepared. A petition,
signed by Jack C. Waltmire and As
other citizens of the Punta Gorda
district, asking that the name of w.
NJ. Whitten be placed upon the ballot
as a candidate for county surveyor
was received There being no Dem
ocratic nominee for this office, Mr..
Whitten's name was placed upon the
ballot Mr.. Written is a competent
engineer and as county surveyor will
be of much value to this district in
carryig out the proposed big drain
age project. Upon petition signed
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
EVERYTHING POINTS
TO COMPLETION OF
BRIDGE BY FEB'Y |
Materials. Plentiful and. Cheaper
While Outlook is for Abundance
of Efficient Labor.

If the present favorable conditions
continue the Charlotte Harbor bridge
will he finished by February first.
1921, at the latest This is the
opinion of Mr.. Murphy, of the firm
of Murphy and Maloney, who have
the contract.
A few weeks ago conditions were
such as to cause doubt as to lust
EWhen the big job would be finished.
Labor was scarce and materials of
nearly all kinds were high in price
and very hard to get. Within a few
days cement, which had been selling
for less than $500 a barrel, jumped
to $500 a barrel and was practically
Iunobtainable at that price. Work
on the bridge was practically at a
standstill for about two weeks on ac-
count of the contractors inability to
get cement, and added to this Difficult
ty was a scarcity of labor and a very
wet season, which together slowed
up work and made the outlook for
speedy completion of the bridge
rather gloomy.
Now, however, everything seems to
be more favorable. There is no
scarcity of cement, and it has taken
great tumble in price dealers being
glad to get orders for it at $4.0O a
barrel and the outlook is for even
lower prices. Other materials, too,
are more plentiful and going down
in price, while the weather is ideal
for construction work of this charac-
ter and winter promises to bring an
abundance OF skilled labor from the
north.
All forms this side OF the draw
were set and poured last week and
work started on the Charlotte Har-
Dor side of the draw several days
ago.
1t is understood that the cost of
construction will be very near the
contractors guaranteed cost price, in
which case there will be a surplus in
the fund when the bridge is com
pleted
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
ADVOCATES OF the
MANAGER PLAN TO
NAME CANDIDATES
VIII Meet Monday Night to Select
Five Pro- Manager Candidates
for Charter Board.

A meeting OF citizens who favor
changing frcm the counCilmanic form
of town government to the commits
sion-manager plan will be held Mon
day night at eight O'Clock for the
purpose of nominating five candi-
dates, who will pledge themselves to
amend the town charter to provide
for the commission-manager form of
government, for membership on the
charter board to be elected at the
town election Tuesday, November
23rd.
This meeting is in no way connect
ed with the mass meeting, called by
Mayor Skies, to be held Tuesday
night for the purpose of nominating
candidates for various town offices.
The candidates for the charter
board who will be nominated Mon
day night will be placed upon the
ballot as the candidates of those citi
zens and voters who want the charter
amended to provide for re-organi-
Zation of the town government with
provision for a commission and city
manager. The action of the meeting
Monday night will in no way effect
the meeting Tuesday night, and any
one present at the Tuesday night
meeting may nominate candidates for
membership on the charter beard.
The call for the meeting Monday
night has been signed by number of
representative citizens, the list being
headed by the signature of Mayor j.
N. Skies, who is warm advocate of
the manager plan of government.
The purpose of the commission
manager advocates is to be sure that
five capable men who favor the plan
are placed upon the ticket and who,
if elected, will amend the charter to
provide for the change in govern
ment
While there is no indication, so
far, that there will be any organized
opposition to the change, it is posi-
BILE that there are some who oppose
u change, and an opposition ticket
may he nominated, in which case a.
lively contest would ensue.
All who favor the commission
manager government are invited to
attend the meeting Monday night and
participate in the selection of pro-
manager candidates.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
ROYALTY ENTERTAINED.
HOspitable Sebring Entertains DeSot0
Press Association.

The October meeting of the De-
Soto County Press Association was
held, Saturday, at Sebring and its
members were royalty entertained by
the Sebring folk All members of
the association except Editor Adams,
of the Highlands Pilot, and Editor
Jones of the DeSoto County News,
were present,
The visiting editors were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. Ruhl, proprie-
tors of the Sebring White Way, and
the Sebring Board of Trade, and
were treated to splendid chicken
dinner at the Arrowhead hotel
The chicken was served fried, in
stead of as a pot pie, which Ma"
Ruhl had promised, so it is presumed
that the pot pie is to come later.
The occasion was enlivened by be-
tween course talks by prominent
Sebring folk, some 80 of whom were
present, /and members Of the press
association. George Sebring, found
er of the town, made ain interesting
and inspiring address.
The associations next meeting will
be held at Arcadia, the second Fri
day and second Saturday in Noyem-
Der. Members of the association
have been invited to spend Friday at
Carlstrom field as guests of the field
staff and witness maneuvers Of the
flyers. The business session will be
held Saturday
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
Cashier Farmer Leaves Today.

L. T. Farmer, who has been cash
ier, of ,he First National Bank for
the past year or more, has severed
his connection with that institution
and will leave today for DeSoto City,
where he has purchased a home and
will reside In future. Mr.. Farmer
will be associated with DR.. e. j..
in the DeSoto Realty and
Investment Company with his office
at Sebring. Mrs. Farmer and little
Jane Catherine, left sever
al weeks ago for DeSoto City. Dur
ing their residence here the Farmers
made a host of warm friends who
regret their departure but wish them
unbounded success in their new
home.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-21
MAYOR CALLS MASS
MEETING TO SELECT
TOWNS OFFICIALS
Calls Upon Citizens to Meet Tuesday
Night to Select Candidates for
Town Offices.
TO Citizens of Punta Gorda:

To Citizens of Punta Gorda:
At the coming town election, to be
held Tuesday, November 23rd, there
is to be elected almost full set of
town officials in addition to five
embers of a charter board which
is to amend the towns charter to
provide for the commission or COM
mission-manager form of municipal
government to replace the present
councilmanic form.
The towns best interests demand
that due consideration be given the
matter of who is to serve on this
charter board as well as fill other
official positions. In the past very
little consideration has been given to
the matter of selecting men for town
officials, and their selection has been
accomplished in rather haphazard
manner.
The selection of our officials is an
important matter. The best inter
ests of our town will be served by
discussion and careful consideration
OF matters ?frecting us and the
participation of a greater number of
people in the selection of the men
who are to serve in official capacities.
Therefore. l ask that all citizens
and voters of the town meet in the
lower portion of the Masonic hall on
October 26th. 1920, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
all established official positions and
in the charter board
]. N. SKIES, Mayor.
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Fine Young Stock.

w. L. Koon, local business man
banker, and one of DeSoto county s
largest and most progressive cattle
men, now has herd of % two-year-
old bulls, about an equal number of
which are quarter and half bred
East Indian buffalo stock. This
stock was purchased with the
idea of breeding up his large herds
of native cattle. The half-breeds
have a very distinct hump on their
backs, indicating the buffalo strain.