The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-09-09

Mrs. Clara Davis went to Arcadia,
Sunday morning, and remained there
till Tuesday, visiting the family of
her son, Lloyd P. Davis
Put your money to work. Start a
savings account with the Fidelity
Trust Co. We will pay you five per
cent interest. adv.
Mrs. Charles F. Johnson received
her usual weekly visit, Sunday, from
her hubby" who is engaged in big
business at South Boca Grarde.
DR.. Geo. S. Stone of Fort Myers,
accompanied by his little grand
daughter, Yvonne Lester, spent sew
eral hours here, Sunday morning.
E. V. Camp, consulting engineer
for the Charlotte Harbor bridge,
spent Friday and Saturday here look
ing over the work of construction.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Smith return
ed Friday night, from a very pleas
ant trip to Indianapolis, Niagara
Falls and other places in that region.
Mrs. A. E. Lipsey, after a very
pleasant visit of several days here TO
the family of w. r. DeLoach, return
ed this morning, to her home in Ar
cadia.
Mrs. H. Mcdaniel enjoyed 2 visit
Friday, from her son, James Cox of
Fort Myers, who was returning from
visit to his Grandfather Cox in
Madison, Fla.
Mrs. Vernon Jordan and her moth
er, Mrs. B. F. Oswald, who have been
spending the summer visiting kind
red and friends in Ohio, are expected
home tomorrow.
That popular colored citizen, Sam
Kennedy, is producing on his place
east of the ice fac, ory some of the
largest and finest avocadces ever
seen in this market.
Mrs Z. w Roundtree is returning
today to Montgomery to bring home
her little son Erwin, whom she left
there for medical treatment and who
Is all right now able to travel.
The Pastors Fall Conference OF
the Barlow District of the Florida
State Conference is meeting in Wau
chul2 today. Pastor Rice of the 10
cal Methodist Church, is attending
Many bushels CT fine guavas are
rotting on the ground under The
trees in this place. This is partly
due to the high price of sugar, which
deters housewives from canning the
fruit.
The friend who gave this reporter
the information about the return
here of Z. G. jackson from Hunts
Vile, Alabama, neglected to mentiCr
the fact that Mrs. Jackson had come
with him.
Price of standard graduated sug
ar in Arcadia was announced las
where they stole 1t? Tie whole
sale price in Tampa was 2. cents
last week.
Miss Vermelle VanHuss, an attrac
tive young lady of Tampa, is VISITING
relatives and friends here. She anC
her parents lived here about ten year.
ago and are kindly remembered b!
many of our people. 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Schultz
after several weeks spent pleasant!
visiting relatives and friends here
returned yesterday to their home a
Moore Haven. Mrs. Schultz was for
merly Miss Marie Steele.
Miss Hazel Baldwin motored tt
Arcadia and back last Thursday
Accompanying her in her car wer'
her mother, Mrs. Pearl Baldwin; he
cousin, Miss Thelma Johnson, arr
Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. McClelland.
The enlargement of the post Of
ffice takes in ell of the room back o
IL and gives the office fetal space
aboutE 1900 square feet. The wor,
of re-modeling the rear room and re
arranging the Office equipment vii
be finished this week.
Octave Bell went to Tampa yestel
day, to remain there indefinitely. u
leaving, he said that, while in Tampa
he would work eight hours per da
at one dollar per hour, talk eigh
hours on the fishing and other Ques
lions free of charge. and sleep eigh
hours for his health.
Registration books are open l
Ed Wotitzky's store. All men an
women who wish TO vote In Tn
November election for president
the United States, should registe
forthwith-that is, if they have nj
been previously registered. Fift'
one white women had registered
voters up to 10 o'clock, yesterda