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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
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No Need to Take Chances with 1t.
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
CHARLOTTE HARBOR VOTE
Shows Folks There Aginst Amend
ment Very Decidedly

About so votes were cas- n the
Charlotte Harbor presinct rIe5day
5S of which were cast for the Demo
cratic ticket, the remainder being Re
publican and Socialist.
Notwithstanding the fact thaJ
Charlotte Harbor would benefit ma
terially from any money that might
be spent on the Tamiami Trail as {
result of the issuance of state bond;
for the construction of roads, thi!
district voted against the proposed
amendment at the rate of three tt
one.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
PUNTA GORDA DEFEATED.
Arcadia Victor in. First Basketball
Game of Season.

The Punta Gorda High School boys
basketball team was defeated by Ar
Icadia last Friday at the latter place
to the tune of IL to IA. The local
boys put up good game in every
respect except in throwing to the goal
which is said to have caused their
defeat.
The Wauchula Advocate says that
1.-The Punta Gorda and Arcadia High
Schools have accepted the challenge
of the Wauchula High School for a
series of three games of basket ball
with each school to determine the
Championship of DeSoto county.
THE first game of the series will be
played between the teams represent
ing the Wauchula and Punta Gorda
High Schools on the grounds of the
latter on Armistice Day, November
III, with prospects of the second game
of the Punta Gorda series being play
cd in Wauchula either Friday or Sat
urday following that date. Both boys
and girls teams will play on that
date. Wauchula has taken the side
of the challenger for the title and will
work hard to have the honor go to
the Wauchula school. The Punta
Gorda team is reported to be COM
posed of six-footers and they are
working hard in preparation for the
games. The Wauchula boys are all
youngsters, the majority having never
been in a match game before, but
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
GAY HALLOWEEN
Young Folk Celebrated With Parties
and a Street Dance.
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Concluded from first page)
which attracted such crowd as filled
the room to overlooking. The pre-
arranged program was a most inter-
esting one. Credit for this is due the
Epworth League, whose members or
iginated the affair and made it a
great success. At the conclusion of
this function, the young folks join
ed in the general observance of the
occasion that was noticeable on the
streets in the business section of the
city, which eliminated in street
dance at the intersection of Marian
avenue and Taylor street, where the
throng gathered and made jubilant
until late hour.
For the street dancing, music was
furnished by an orchestra, which
Idiscoursed fine music and at whose
disposal Charley Cochran placed a
piano from his drug store, this hav-
ing been moved to the sidewalk I'M
der the awning in front of the Cooper
Hardware Company, where ample
light from the store wires was avail
able.
Amongst the harmless stunts done
were the exchanging of signs, litter
ing up of the streets, scattering here
and there of park benches and other
movable articles and the placing of
Undertaken McClelland's two hearses
one in front of the owners home and
the other in the portico of the school
house. Only few instances of Grim
inal mischief came to notice, these
being the throwing overheard of a
quantity of lumber that had been
placed on the city wharf for use in
the rebuilding of same, the painting
of vulgar signs on one or two show
windows and the defacing with paint
of the doors of the Plaza Theatre and
several other buildings.
On the whole, though, Halloween
here was generally observed in a
spirit of jollity, and the young folks
are to be commended for having con-
fined themselves to innocent fun, for
| it is apparent that none of those so
conducting themselves participated
in the few reprehensible acts perpe-
trated later in the night.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04

Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Danforth and
their son Adelbert, accompanied by
Mrs. Adah D2nforth. Mrs. Mary Lib
hey and Mrs. Joan Traitor, all from
Gardiner, Maine, arrived here. Fri
day afternoon. and are domiciied for
the winter in Frank Blount's cottages
on the north end OF Cross street.
They came through in automobiles
and were given a cordial greeting on
their arrival. The Danforth3 have
spent several winters here in years
past, but failed to be with IS last
Winter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
ELECTION SIDELIGHTS
Manner of Marking Tickets Shows
Many We're Confused.


Concluded from first page
lady evidently had been misinformed
as to how to vote for the candidates
of her choice, for she voted for the
Democratic electors.
'HOw's you goin' to vote bout dis
'mendment? ?" one coIored voter asked
another. "Why, Use gwine to vote
agin it, of course" was the reply.
"Doan you know dats jes' scheme
to put bond on our houses an den
sell 'em to pay de bond?"
One good Democrat seemed to be
determined to vote straight ticket
but didn't know just how to go about
it, probably having been confused by
too much instruction. Underneath
the presidential electors he or she
wrote "Mr. Cox X" While the vot-
ers intention to vote for Mr.. Cox was
plain, the vote, like many others,
could not be counted as it was not
marked in accordance with law.
One voter evidently true indie
pendent, marked every other name in
the list of presidential electors, aid
there were many ballots with only the
candidates listed in the first column
voted for. Because they were con-
fused by conflicting claims of oppon-
ents and proponents of the proposed
constitutional amendment or because
they were not interested in it one
way or the other, hardly more than
half the voters expressed their pref
erence in the matter. The majority
given against it in this precinct is
probably the result of active work on
the part of opponents, a number of
whom were busy instructing voters
Throughout the day, while those fav-
oring the amendment were content to
let the undecided ones make their
own choice.
The total vote was much lighter
than was expected, only 39S votes be-
ing cast. 1t is probable that not
more than one third of this number
was women. There was large ne
gro vote, which, of course, was solid
ly Republican.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04

this year as never before and with
the proper support of the citizens
they are sure to be a winner"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04

Mc,ngan. Ask for Guides" and be
sure that the name, Guides Pepto-
Mangar," is on the package. adv.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04
]. S. Golf a Candilatc.

A petition to the Town Council "a
place the name of Councilman j. s.
Golf on the town election ticket as a
candidate to succeed himself was he
ing circulated this week.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04

from the interest they are taking it
will be first class team that defeats
them. The school is behind the teams
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-11-04

A Jacksonville ship building con-
Germ has twice as much business on
it's books as any time during the war.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

themselves. This is probably the case.
From the beginning OF the bolshevik
movement the people have been kept
in ignorance of the course of events.
Probably there are millions of Rus
slams today who do not know Of
Wrangels anti-bolshevik movement in
South Russia.
Trotsky, it is reported. is now in
Liba, Lithuania, but it is said that
his stay there is not connected with
the proposed new Russian offensive,
for which armies are being organized.
Yet Trotsky's visit into Lithuania
must have a significance in connec-
tion with the new anti-Polish cam
paign. He is probably trying to hold
Lithuania in line as an anti-Polish
force If the Petrograd counter revo-
luton amounts to anything the plans
for the new counter offensive against
Poland may have to be changed, if
not abandoned. Except by drastic
communicating it will be difficult. if
not impossible, to recruit large mill
tary forces for another campaign in
view of the successes just scored by
the Poles. There is no spirit of sac
rifice today among the mass Of the
Russian people under bolshevik rule.
Evening star., 1920-09-15
Ratification Clinched.

All doubts are now settled regard
ing the validity Of the nineteenth
amendment. The Connecticut legis-
lature yesterday ratified 1t, by vote
of PIG to II in the house and unani-
mously in the senate. This makes the
thirty-seventh state thus to vote in
favor Of the enfranchisement Of the
women Of this country. including Ten
nessee, or the thirty-sixth state if the
vote of Tennessee is regarded as in
valid.
With Connecticut's vote present
proceedings in court to test the valid
ity Of the amendment are rendered
nugatory. There remains only one
possible ground now on which to base
an objection. That is that the pro-
ceedings in West Virginia whereby
the amendment was ratified were ir.
regular. This relates to the manner
in which one legislator was denied
the right To vote and another was
seated, though absent from the state
at the time the Legislature began it's
session. 1t has always been regarded
would ever go into consideration of
the detailed procedure in the legisla-
ture, on the ground that each state
must be a judge Of its own actions.
In the case of Tennessee a different
question presented itself. inasmuch
Evening star., 1920-09-15
Russian Reaction.

A dispatch coming by way Of Berlin
states that serious anti-bolshevik riot
ing has taken place in Petrograd. six
Of the bolshevist commissioners hav-
ing been drowned in the Neva, while
the others have been compelled to
seek places Of refuge. According to
another dispatch received in Paris
through Copenhagen the rioting oc-
Cured when the news OF the military
defeats in Poland was received and
assumed the proportions Of a counter
revolution. The Copenhagen dispatch
added that the soviet fleet had mutt.
MED and fired on kronstadt. This.
however, was not credited in Paris,
but the agreement Of the two dis.
patches in regard to the rioting and
staying OF commissioners is regarded
as leaving little doubt that a serious
reaction has taken place in the former
Russian capital. It would be inter.
esting to note when these disturbances
occurred inasmuch as they are attrib.
uted to the news OF the Polish vic.
tories. which took place nearly q
month ago. If the news has lust
reached Petrograd it is evident that
the soviet government is exercising q
censorship against the Russian people
Evening star., 1920-09-15

as the certificate Of ratification sent
from Nashville to the Secretary Of
State was challenged by the state OF.
ficers. No challenge has been filed
in the case Of West Virginia in such
terms as to permit the court to go
behind the certificate filed with the
Secretary Of State.
With Connecticut voting in the at
firmative and thirty-six unchallenged
votes thus recorded for ratification
the women Of all the states Of this
country can ballot without question in
November. The twenty states in
which enfranchisement has depended
upon the nineteenth amendment can
now vote without any fear Of the in
valuation Of their votes through SUBJ
sequent court decision. The action at
Hartford yesterday was in anticipa-
ton of a program to vote next Tues
day at a special session called for the
particular purpose Of action on the
On that day the legis-
lature will probably again act on the
The state certificate
may be withheld until that later bal
lot has been cast.
This action in Connecticut lessons
the interest attaching to the session
of the Maryland legislature called for
next Monday at which. it has been
known, it was planned to try to Sc
cure a ratifying vote in reversal of
the negative vote cast last February.
Yet endeavors to this end will prob
ably continue in order to bring Mary
land into line as one of the approving
states. in which case thirty-eight
votes will have been recorded in the
seven in the negative and
three states not yet voting-Florida,
Vermont and North Carolina-the last
named having postponed action until
next year.
Evening star., 1920-09-15
Gov. Cox Again Declares Himself.

Gov. Cox on his western tour is find
ing the prohibition question persistent
and troublesome. The brief state
ment he made at Seattle last week
failed to satisfy. and a second in
quiry as to his attitude faced him at
Portland. Ore, Monday. To this he
replied:
II have been surprised on coming
into this vast northwest to find that
out here, where the great moral issue
of peace through the league of ma
tions has become notwithstanding
question. that the opposition has been
seeking to avoid that issue by set
ting up as a bugaboo the liquor ques-
ton. an issue that is as dead as the
issue Of slavery"
African slavery is undoubtedly dead
dead as a door-nail. Its former
champions would not resurrect it if
they could. They are as much at
tached to the country now. all free as
it is, as the men who made it free.
But this cannot be said of the drink
traffic. The men who conducted that
still champion it, and are moving for
its resurrection. Their purpose is pub
icly confessed-even boasted of. They
are organized, and are at work in the
present campaign. And, what is prov
ing very embarrassing to Gov. Cox in
dry territory. they are supporting
him.
When Gov. Cox returns from the
west and takes the stump in the east,
where the vets have strength in his
party. he will encounter this question
and coupled with it these deliver
ances in the west intended to satisfy
the drys. What will he say as an
Offset to satisfy the vets? Charles F.
Murphy of New York and James Nu-
gent of New Jersey are vets. and in
their respective states are conducting
wet campaigns: and if those campaigns
fail Gov. Cox will have no chance
whatever of success in November.
Evening star., 1920-09-15
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
MarvIand auH Vip0inia
The japanese Question.

The Japanese question has. some
what suddenly, come to the front
again. 1t has recently been under dis
cussion in the Japanese diet. 1t is
now under discussion between this
government and the Japanese gov
ernment. Yesterday Mr.. Harding dis
cussed it in a public address at Marion
cation from California.
That it is a delicate question and
one of great Importance is recognized
in both countries and that it may be
satisfactorily settled is the sincere
wish of the representative men OF both.
Mr.. Harding says the question is
not that of ''inferiority. superiority
or inequality" but of unassimilability.
We cannot aSsimilate the Japanese.
and hence do not desire them in num-
bers in this country. On that propo-
sition he sympathizes with the stand
taken by the people Of the Pacihc
coast, the Californians in the lead.
The country generally sympathizes
Win InlS view ouT SdltS Siiouiu uc
open only to those who come both
qualified and disposed to assume
American citizenship: those assimila-
BILE in every way. and able to add
strength to our institutions.
The feeling in America is that the
japanese do not meet this require
ment. There is no lack of apprecia-
tion of their strong qualities. They
are brave. resourceful and progress
sive people. and we'll entitled to the
high place they hold in world affairs.
This is a cable from Toxic:
Several members of the diet are
planning to visit the United States
next summer. with a hope of improv-
ing the relations between Japan and
the United States"
These oriental statesmen will be
very welcome. and their visit should
do good. Very recently a party of
American congressman visited Japan.
were Hospitality received. and doubt
less will return home with informa-
ton they can put to use if called
upon in their legislative capacities to
deal with any phase of this interest
ing business.
Evening star., 1920-09-15
Maine and the Slush Fund.

The slush fund investigation seems
not to have prejudiced the voters of
Maine against the republican party.
And there was no reason why it
should. There had been no disclo-
sures at Chicago of a character re-
fiecting on the men charged with the
duty OF raising the wind for the, re-
publican party. 1t was shown that
they had gone about the business sys-
tematically, and in a large measure
openly. They had made their calcu-
lations, had discovered that the work
in hand both in volume and in va
riety would require generous sum
of money, and they had laid their
plans for finding it. No trace Of cor
ruption, or of intended corruption.
had been uncovered. So why should
the Maine electorate have taken the
matter into account?
Gov. Cox had charged corrupt in
tent. The republicans. he alleged.
had set out to buy the presidency.
That was what had lent importance
to the charge. When the governor
and his friends failed to support that
allegation they failed outright.
4. The investigation is not concluded
1t is to be resumed in this town and
continued in New York. Of course
the inquisitors will test every reputa.
BILE tip, and strive to get at the bottom
Of the business. 1t need not take
long.
But it is safe to say that when the
end is reached the truth will then ap
pear as it now appears. that the presi
dency is not for sale, that nothing
has been done upon the assumption
that it could be bought. and that the
expenditures of neither party are
likely to oyertop reasonable figure.
Evening star., 1920-09-15
Movies and Delinquency.

A speaker at the National Confer
ence of Catholic Charities. in session
here. in discussion of juvenile de-
linauency blames sensational motion
pictures as a contributory cause along
with poor housing conditions. As
result. he said, of poor home condi-
tions, thousands of children are
forced into the gutter" to become
gangsters. Furthermore. the dime
novel of a generation ago was less
harmful than the movie thrillers'' of
today.
There can be no doubt OF the bale
full effect upon the juvenile mind of
many Of the motion pictures that are
shown at the present time. They are
specifically designed to appeal to the
taste for the sensational. They de-
pict crime and violence, physical en-
counters of all kinds. They have
punch in the use Of weapons and
the employment of criminal devices.
The other day on one Of the public
Fairgrounds in this city two boys en-
gagged in a knife duel in imitation of
a picture that they had seen lately on
the screen, and as they fought they
were surrounded by a group of cheer
ing comrades. Fortunately, neither
boy was hurt badly. But both of
them have been seriously harmed
morally by the amusement they have
been permitted to indulge in at the
places of public entertainment.
Considering that there are thou
sands Of fine. wholesome, helpful mo-
ton pictures showing in this country
it is great pity that producers should
continue to create films that are harm.
full in their effect. There is no dearth
OF good material. Clean, constructive
movies" are constantly showing to
packed houses, demonstrating that
that kind of attraction is appreciated.
1t is not necessary to appeal to a per-
verted taste. Many films are put forth
largely to fill the screens Of the small
er establishments. Doubtless a rem
edy for this evil would lie in a re-
duction Of the quantity of the output.
There is little originality in these So
called ''thrillers." They are but vari-
atoms Of a few threadbare themes.
II the motion picture producers of
this country would get together and
resolve upon a higher standard they
would contribute helpfully to the
moral and social conditions. If the
National Conference of Catholic Chari-
ties will take strong stand on this
matter it can have a pronounced ef-
feet for the betterment of the ''mov-
les" in America and the betterment
also Of American juvenile life.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

Protests against boldness in femi-
nine attire help to modify fears Of a
hard winter and a fuel shortage that
will make it necessary to wear an
abundance Of clothes.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

Motion picture stars have been
idealized until they seemed almost
superhuman. 1t is a pity that they
should have to tell their troubles to
the public.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

A passing touch Of laryngitis should
not prevent Gov. Cox from turning
out series Of significant and quota
BILE articles from the editorial type.
writer.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

There is some European desire for
a little more readjustment Of boun.
daries before territorial integrity is
uniformly insisted upon.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

Russian reds" are still hoping that
supply of loot will be made avail
able to compensate for the lack Of a
food supply.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

Poland feels strong enough not only
to defeat the attacking sovietists, but
to take them in hand and reform them
Evening star., 1920-09-15

1t is evidently D'Annunzio's inten.
ton to compose a political system Of
his own.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

. German families have been present
ed with $500 cows from America. And
still the price Of milk goes up.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

Possibly Trotsky is safer at the
front than he would be in the Petro-
grad rioting.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

Occasionally an American orator be-
comes resentful and goes on silence
strike.
Evening star., 1920-09-15

Names vote is again in attention
as a political prologue.
Evening star., 1920-09-15
No Words Wasted.

Whats the trouble?" asked the
man in the barber's chair.
mo trouble. I hope, sir. Every
thing seems all right"
with news and comment as you for
merly did"
Against the rules to do so, sir. If
you want lecture it will be charged
for extra the same as bay rum or
hair tonic"
Evening star., 1920-09-15
The AutOcrat.

DO you and your wife talk politics
at home?"
Never" replied Mr.. Meel<ton. I'VE
have perfectly good cook
What has that to do with it,"
I'VE are afraid she might get into
the conversation and tell US both how
we'll have to vote to keep her from.
leaving"
Evening star., 1920-09-15

Selling such large high
I ssucha Wonderful CT1CKER1NG AMP1CO
~ BEINING called take
Usually
been that
they will be sold within short
remain hand long You must take advan
yin sold.
Evening star., 1920-09-15
Housewifery.

She gets some yeast and plans a feas
OF which ] hate to think.
The things she'll make are bad to take
In food and worse in drink.