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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14
DISCUSSING LEAGUE.
W. omen. Acquainting Themselves
With League and Peace Treaty.

! At the Tuesday afternoon meeting
of the Citizenship Glass, local politics
was the subject of a short talk by
Mrs. Hancock
! Two lectures by Prof. J. w. Garner
of the University of Chicago were
read by Mrs. Mason and Miss Price.
Prof. Garner says I'VE must estab-
lsh a system of law and Justice to
take the place of injustice and force
'" get rid of the double standard
of conduct, the one which we apply
to the relations of individuals and
the other, but very different stard-
ard, that we apply in the relations
OF nations with one another. :
We might as well be frank and say
that we will never have a reorganiza-
ton of the world, unless the. states
which compose it are willing to sur
render portion %"* of their freedom
of action. ***If l understand sover-
eighty, it means the right of a nation
to determine its own internal
afairs and policies. 1t does not
mean the right of any nation to set
itself above the law and to fix its
own standards of conduct least
OF all to make war whenever it |
pleases upon some other nation"
In speaking of the Monroe Doc
trine, Prof. Garner says THE Lea
que of Nations proposes to universe
lie the Monroe Doctrine and extend
the principles not only to the Latin |
American states but ton aI of the
states of the world that need it,"
The articles of the League of Ma
tons were read and discussed as far
as article II. This subject will be
continued in the next meeting which
will be in charge of Mrs Hancock,
who was unanimously elected as
leader to succeed Miss Price, who
asked to be relieved.
All interested are asked to be at
he tourist club rooam on October
18th, at $3.50 p. m.
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son is at hand. Not only should
fruits of the kinds adapted to each
locality be planted, but enough of
each variety to provide fruit through
out the year. Grapes do we'll every
where and so do strawberries, dew
berries and blackberries, and figs
should be considered as well as per-
simmons, peaches and pears.
The pecan is a native of America
and does its best in the South.
Florida has the largest pecan grove
in the world. There is no better nut
than the pecan.
Write to the State Experiment
Station at GAINESVILLE for bulletins and
advice. There are many reliable
nurseymeH I'm the state and they can
furnish information.
An acre of fruit trees set twenty
feet apart will provide 121 trees.
Grapevines can be made to trail along
fence instead of weeds and over
outbuildings. An acre of selected
trees can be made the most profit
able one on any farm. This will re-
quire care and labor but it is well
worth all expenditure of time and ex-
pense.
Details as to- what to do and how
to do it can be had. Consult your
demonstration agent and any fore
sighted neighbor who had the wis
dom to provide his family with an
bupdance of fruit and in most en-
joyable variety. Go and see an ex-
ample of that sort and repeat over
and over the old couplet:
Says l to myself, here's a lesson
for me; for that mans picture of |
what l might be-"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14
WHY Notf

The other day the little daughter
Of a Salem household was watching
a family Of small kittens at their first
meal of chicken bones. They were
somewhat shy at having. to eat before
an audience, and first one little kitten
would come up and get one little
chicken bone and retire to corner
Of the arbor to eat, and then another
little kitten would slip up for its choice
and run Off with 1t to its own particu-
lar place. The child watched them
for little while and then she came
running In the house. Mother" she
said. do you know what we are do
ing? We are running a cat-eria out
here instead of cafeteria. Just
come and ee."-Indianapolis News
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14
Indignant.

In the corner of drug store which
bears the sign, &c. w. Pugh & Com
pany," the circulating library Of a
small town is kept.
One day Fred, aged nine, came home
very indignant. after returning bor-
rowod book, and said he would never
go to the library again because the
man laughed at him.
His mother said: "Oh, no, the man
didn't laugh at you. What did you
say?"
And Fred replied, 81 didn't say moth
in just said MIR. Pugh, / brought
your book back"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14

Membership in the Florida Citrus Exchange require,
only the ability TO cooperate No initiation fees,
no membership dues. For information. consult the
manager of nearest association or sub-exehange or
write 10 the business manager at Tampa.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14
Mayors, Proclamation.


BY virtue OF authority vested in me nv,
law and the duties incumbent upon me
as Mayor of the Town of Punta Gorda,
florida, notice is hereby given that am
election will be helta i'm the said town, os
Punta Gorda, Florida on the 23rd, dav
OF November, A. ID 1880, the same being
the fourth Tuesday in said month fop the
purpose of electiasg officers mentioned be-
low:
One Mayor
One ManshaR
One Clerk, Assessor and Collector
One Treasurer
Three Councilmen, to serve two years
Five members of Charter Board as
provided for in Chapter 6940 of the Acts
of the Legislature of Florida of the year
1916
Witness my hand and oficiag signature
and seal of the Town of Punta Gorda,
Florida, this the 18th day of October 1920.
J. N. SKIES
Mayor of the Town
(Sesh> of Punta GSrda. Florida.
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GROVE AND FARM WORK.
fontracted-Plowing, Discing and
Land Clearing

Having added to my equipment a
@odern tractor and The implements
shat go with it, am now prepared to
do all grove and farm work more
quickly and better than ever and at
no greater cost to owners, see me
and make arrangements before my
machines and time arc all spoken
for.--L. NJ. WhittCn, Punta Gorda,
Slorida. adv.
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State Senator u. N. Cooper, who
was elected to represent Punta Cor
Ga at the meeting in Tallahassee to-
MORROW. which has as its object Sc
caring better rail correction for the
west coast, left for Tallahassee We'd
ncsday afternoon. Before returning
hc will visit his dau:N-,". Mrs. w. u.
JArratt, at Marian IA.
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Notice TO Contractors

Sealed bids will be received at cIerk's
office at City Hall, up to D. m, Tuesday,
October 18th, 1920 for e-building the
City Dock, according to plans and specifi-
cations which are on file at Clerks office
The council reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. The work to be done
under the supervision of the Mayor.
l.. f.. ROBINSON Clerk
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The Commercial cub meets "riday
night-every Fliday--&t 8 O'clock.
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setting on the back.
There was a series OF little in.
itials engraved and the last Of them
were A. W.-Annie West!
oh" she gasped family and
leaned against the table for sup
port.
isn't it a dear?" Clarice called
out, without turning round.
Adela made a brave effort to
steady herself, like a swimmer
against towering wave.
"I'll buy it from her." she spoke
with a slow distinctness. "Who is
she-what is her name-what does
she look like?"
"She is a Madame Vanleer, a
Dutch lady, quite good looking,
supplied Clarice, facing about. Go
ing home-to Holland. She's had
an awful time getting off-pass-
ts-sickness-quite a story. The
pendant was given her by a young
man she was engaged to. think
she said-but she needs the money"
Then, as she approached Adela
she noted her deathly pallor.
"Why, Addie, darling-what Is
the matter?"
"Ill buy 1t from her, Clarice,"
repeated Adela with steadfastness.
81 must have it, must have 1t
how much does she want?' Then
she could stand up no longer and
sank trembling on the couch-with
the arms of Clarice about her and
the pendant clutched in her hand
Il know now what Anthony
meant" over and over those words
kept pounding in Adela's BRAIN.
THE secret-the barrier know
now-that was the woman he meant
i understand It now"
Her bosom rose and fell as after
a great danger. But at last she had
vision.
BY one OF those swift transfers
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power! For she certainly lacked
enough OF it now to move herself
elsewhere.
II wish / possessed the will
power Of a kitten-to fight you,"
she remarked YEARLY, looking
away. And then Clarice knew that
Adela's trouble was still morSspt.
She had thought, just before she
had gone away, that perceptible
change for the better had come.
But now she told herself she had
been mistaken. So she mothered
Adela and comforted her as best
she could, but inwardly she was be-
rating Anthony vigorously.
She was going upstairs to look
at larger apartment that the man
In the renting office had told her
was 10 be let, now temporarily &C.
cupied. 1t was one of the few fur
nished studios to be had in the
building, and at her option, the
agent told her, she could furnish
1t to her own taste, and he would
remove the things that were there.
She was on the point of asking
Adela to accompany her, but some
instinct within her told her this
was not the moment for Adela to
survey another's conjugal nest.
With a pat on Adela's pale cheeks
she murmured:
IN be back soon," and slipped
out.
When Clarice returned half an
hour later she was carrying some
thing enclosed in her left hand, and
with her right she made joyous
gesture upward.
II have taken the studio up
stairs" she announced, land look
what I've got here!"
In her left palm as she disclosed
Il lay a moderate-sized ruby in a
golden setting With a little golden
chain curled around Il.
Adela gazed at 1t with simulated
interest. Ornaments had been far
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sheer gray misery. She had no idea
what she was going to do when
Clarice returned. Why was she
doomed to be forever harassed by
doubts and uncertainty? She sup
posed she ought to go home, but
heavy inertia possessed her and
made that seem impossible. Be
yond all things she craved en-
forced activity, and home meant
the opposite. Yet Clarice would
want the studio when she returned
Was she, Adela, "a harsh old ter
magant AID had she judged An
thony basely after all?
When Clarice did return, two
days after Clark's departure, she
came in like a guest, with a new
and indescribably softened radiance
about her. She made Adela think
of lamp exquisitely shaded to rem.
der It's light beautiful.
"Oh, darling!" cried Adela in a
futter of joyous excitement, but
where is Douglas?"
."Gone to earn his daily bread"
laughed Clarice. Were staying at
the Algonquin"
"You will want the studio, DEAR"
Adela' made an excellent attempt to
conceal her ,heaviness Of heart. II
shall clear out at once"
"You will do nothing OF the sort,
child" Clarice informed her. I'VE
are at the Algonquin and we like It
and, anyway, we would need
larger apartment"
"We-we-we," there is always
a touch of bitterness In the conjugal
we to the spinster, notably when
her own other | has Of late been
torn from her, by whatever misad-
venture.
Adela was at a loss. She pro-
tested weakly, but she could not
struggle. II only she could remain
here a few days and gather will
aturc scrviro Ina Great
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OF thought that has been from time
immemorial q human faculty. until
to-day even science admits II, the
truth suddenly flashed into Clsrtce's
mind also.
She. too. understood now!
That battered adventures! she
thought. as the image OF Madame
vanleer came before her mind's
eye.
She lesped up suddenly.
Give II TO me. Addie," she ex-
claimed. blithely holding out her
hand for the pendant. "Ill see that
you get it-since you like II SO
much-she can't ask q fortune for
it-mustn't show her how much We
want II. though-ta-ta!" And
with an eager energy she swished
cut OF the room.
Whatever happens. poor Addie
mustn't see her." was her thought
as she took two steps at a time.
Then suddenly she stopped. laughed
softly, and composed herself to a
decorous gravity. In her heart
were tears. but on her lips was an
urbane smile when next she con.
fronted Madame Vanleer.
I'm afraid was promising too
much" she informed her. II have
been away and the tools OF my trade
are scattered. ! could do 1t In .
day or two"
"Ah! but the Nieuw Amsterdam
sails tomorrow" said Wilma.
Clarice was scrutinizing her CO
verify. Time had been no friend
to Wilma. Life has a way OF rayag-
ing her kind. But she still pos
sesued some remnants Of her old
sens ual good looks.
"SAe could make up WE'LL"
thought Clarice. Just the sort
romantic boy might fall for!"
In the result Clarice obtained the
pendant for four hundred dollars.
Il got 1t for q mere song, DEAR"
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you change your mind" Adela
sadly shook her head.
I'm afraid | can never change
my heart" she said.
He was burning to offer help,
consolation. service. But his old
shyness again overcame him. Adela
seemed to big a person for any help
from him.
When Arthur Clark had gone,
Adela's sense Of deep and discon-
solate loneliness thickened about
her like a fog. II was July. The
country was girding its loins, CROP
ingly as yet, for its immense enter
prise; handfuls of American troops
we're already landing in France;
war correspondents were debating
as to whether the Yanks, the Ted
dies or the Sammies would be the
exact and official American equiv
alent of the poilus and the Tom
mics; Washington was seething
with myriads of activities still in
the entangled stages OF expert.
ment; and German propaganda
was engaged in some of it's tallest
laughing at our expense. We had
no men; and IL we had men, we
had no ships; and II we had ships,
they had the U-boats. English and
French visitors were praising US to
the skies for our courageous reso-
luton, and we heartily agreed with
them. Nevertheless we were all ~
a state of constant surprise to find
every day a little more Of our in
dividual series merging into the
general titanic self Of the nation as
a whole.
In the face OF all this .Adela
found herself mentally backing into
a corner, as one ashamed Of her
personal pre-occupations. Yet her
isolation ground her suffering the
more deeply into her soul What
was she going to do? When ones
life seems at an end how can one
begin anything? Immense stores
of energy are necessary for any be-
ginning and energy comes to the
happy or TO the desperate. Nothing
freezes the spring Of initiative like
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she informed Adela joyously few
minutes later, land / want you to
accept 1t as little gift from me
"Oh, no! couldn't" cried
Adela. recoiling. II couldn't. l
must pay for 1t. Clarice, dear. How
much was it,"
"a mere song" expostulated
Clarice.
"But how muoh?" inserted Adela
in voice rasped by pain. 81 Want
it more than ! can tell you"
"Only a hundred dollars" yielded
Clarioe disappointedly. 1--WE never
given you thing. You might let
me give 1t to you.'
mo-" sternly answered Adela.
And a moment later she was shak-
ing with sobs on Clarfce's sympa-
thetic bosom. Yet no further word
about the pendant passed between
them. TO- 1t was unnecessary.
Somehow to Clarice's surprise
Adela made no further reference
to the Vanleer woman, and, so far
from a desire to see her, she was
obviously filed with a repugnance
at the thought.
Shadow and silen co were all that
Adela seemed to crave.
Two weeks later Adela was en-.
rolled as student In the nurses
school Of Bellevue Hospital. The
tide of our young manhood was al
ready rolling eastward and we were
beginning to prepare for the wreck
age It would bring back to US later.
Happiness. Adela told herself,
was not for her.
Life had still much to inculcate
and to teach her. and with q sure
instinct, as always. she chose a
royal road to her learning.
To Do Continued Next Sunday.
Copyright 1890, p Little. Brown a Co.
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are you engaged? Perhaps
oughtn't to have spoken that
way" and he waited.
'N-no-I am not engaged" she
was constrained to say, only to re-
greet her words Immediately.
Listen, Adela-I have loved you
ever since ! can remember. I've
never been able to think Of another
girl. You've been everything to
me since we were kids-life-all
that is worth while!" He spoke
easily enough now with the pent-up
power of a silent man. Give me
a word Of encouragement, Of hope.
If there's no other man, won't you
give me a chance? Just one word
of hope. Adela, something to live
for--to live with-say one word,
Addict" And he held out his broad,
strong hands in pathetic supplica-
ton.
Adela touched his hands lightly
with her own and quickly with
drew them. A deep sigh shook her.
Listen, Arthur" she said soft
". 81 am so flattered-I can hard
ly tell you-and I am so sorry!
But honestly, Arthur, am not
worth It," He made a gesture
NO" she pursued, this isn't false
modesty or humility, or anything
like that. It's true. I'd be down.
right wicked not to tell you tho
truth. l was engaged to Anthony.
But we are not engaged now.
don't even know where he is-in
the Army somewhere. We've had
-well-a disagreement. But I've
had time to find out" and her
lips quivered and the tears started
to her eyes, that ] shall never
care for anybody else-that way
I wish-oh, no!--what's the use of
saying that?-I don't wish-oh, I'm
too miserable to talk straight, Ar
thur. But won't you believe me,
and be my friend? The tears were
streaming freely now and she held
out a tremulous hand.
He took 1t and gazed down at 1t
with lead bowed by a weight Of
disappointment. Then on a sudden
he rose, looked at her for a space
and in manner surprisingly
courtly for one who described him.
self as a hayseed, he kissed her
hand, humbly, loyalty, warmly.
81 understand, Addie," he muir
INJURED huskily. you feel about
him-the way I feel about you.
Well-never mind. Forgive me. I
hope It'll come right-but II ever
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Continued from Preceding Page.

Towards. also Christine Halstead.
Il thought" began Adela, but
Clark quickly, almost rudely, inter-
rupted her. He knew what she was
going to say-that he and Christine
Halstead would somehow unite
their destinies, and he couldn't
bear to hear that-from Adela.
They are repaving Boone
Street." he broke In abruptly, apro-
pos Of nothing, and Adela smiled
at his guileless lack Of skill. The
western visitors Mecca. the Wal
dorf, was fixed for the luncheon,
and there at one o'clock Adela met
him.
That luncheon almost frightened
Adela. The stimulus given to Ar
thur Clark by the call to Washing
ton moved him to self-revelation,
to a revelation of longtreasured at
tachment to herself that threw her
into a distracted perplexity. She
was realizing that this man to
whom she had barely given a
thought from one years end to ans
other had been treasuring every
look Of hers. every gesture, every
word she had ever uttered in his
hearing. She felt that she must
break away from him before he
surprised her own cool neutrality
regarding him, which she helpless
ly told herself she could not dis
simulate. She was deeply touched,
yet to her the luncheon seemed
endless.
He insisted, however, upon walk
ing uptown with her, to her door,
and begged for a few moments
longer.
II am going tonight on the mid
night tran" he pleaded. and I
don't know when l shall see you,
Adela." She hoped that Clarice
might have returned, but no Clar-
Ice was there. The studio was
empty.
And this is where you have
been living and working" he said.
gazing about the heterogeneous
pialnncss as though 1t we're sacred.
YOU ought to try to keep these
things In memory of-in memory
Of"
But they are not mine, Arthur"
she helped him in his confusion.
"They belong to my friend-Clar-
ice-on her honeymoon. expect
her back any minute"
She could have bitten her tongue
out for mentioning the honeymoon
and the immlnence OF Clarice. For
both these facts seemed to lend the
young man a desperate courage.
"Oh, Adela," he broke forth
without preamble, "if you could
only think of me! I have loved
you so long! But--forgive me-
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4 lhrobbin@, Vital kOnldrCeXAn l. life

from her thoughts Just before
Clarice's entrance.
"fhe stone is loose" explained
Ciarice. Il have offered to fasten
Il for her-the woman In the studio,
] mean-she is going away and
wants to sell II. have a great
mind TO buy 1t from her. Don't you
think It's sweet, Adela7"
Adela stood up and examined the
pendant gingerly. She stretched
out the links TO the full length OF
the fine chain and the ruby lay In
her own palm.
A strange sense of familiarity
haunted her brain as her eyes gozed
at II. Clarice turned to her little
work table where lay the neglected
implements OF her metal work.
Adela gazed and gazed, and sud-
denly a fash OF knowledge came to
her, accompanied by a sensation as
OF a blow with a heavy mass upon
the head.
She knew now! This was Mrs.
Vests pendant-the ruby-"fre OF
youth" as she had called it-An-
thongs mother!
Only twice before had she seen
It, when she was young girl. How
wildly the old life flashed up be-
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fore her. When
Anthony was her
playmate. and his
father and mother,
W h o m s h Q h a d
loved almost as
her own. were liv-
ing. The pendant
how we'll she re-
membered II now!
Anthony's mothers
pre- ious heir.
loom!
Like one cropping
in darkness she
turned the stone
over to see the
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Great BEitain Rights Reserved.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-21
COMPROMISE.

A. tremendous toutcry is being made
over the fact that the Chicago plat
form is a compromise platform.
What party platform has not been al
compromise affair? There has never
been a convention of one Of the ma
jor parties in which there was not a
strong minority sentiment on some Of
the important subjects under consid-
Grafton. Sometimes there has been a
specific declaration on some important
topic, tho majority insisting on a def
mite expression of its own views On
that particular subject. In such cases
the declaration has been accepted by
them minority. with mental reservations,
or there has e a bolt. But even
when there was no concession to the
minority%on some particular issue,
there has been an attempt to soften
this risidity by concessions in other
directions. F "
the subjects that come before them.
II they are in, substantial agreement
on a. few main issues they are fortu-
nate. There must be many subjects
on which their views are opposed.
In sdch cases. II there is to be a bas-
, is for common. action. the majority
must refrain from pressing it's views
in full on some points, and the minor
ity must a%cquiesce in some greater
measure Of action that it would take
Independently. On some subjects there
is a tactical agreement to leave some
subjects undetermined, each group re-
tanning the right to press it's own
opinions at the appropriate. time.
This element Of compromise enters
of necessity into any party platform,
and in this particular the Republican
platform resembles every other gen.
eral platform eve framed, =. and all
that will be framed hereafter. Some
Of those who are now shocked by the
fact that compromises were made in
the framing Of the Chicago platform
will two weeks from nov be industri-
ously trying to explain the compro.
misses in the Sam Francisco platform
Just watch them.