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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-02-19

All were SnaFacterIStlc OF Lucy.
acteristic Of Lucy. George was instant.
ly subjected to a shock of %indefnable
nature, yet definitely a shock: he did
not know what he felt-but he knew
that he felt. He went on slowly, his
knees shaky.
But he found Fanny not at home;
she had been out all afternoon; and.
there was no record of any caller
and he began to wonder, then to doubt
If the small lady he had seen in the
distance was Lucy. 1t might as wen
have been, he said to himself-since
anyone who looked like her could give
him "a jolt like that!"
Lucy had not left a card. She never
left one when she called on Fanny ;
though she did not give her reasons a
quite definite form in her own mind.
She came seldom; this was but the
third time that year, and, when she did
come, George was not mentioned,
either by her hostess or by herself-an
oddly csntrived between the two
ladies without either of them realizing
how odd it was.
At other times Lucy's thoughts OF
George were anything but continuous,
and weeks went by when he was not
consciously in her mind at all. Her
life was a busy one: she had the big
house ITO keep up" she had a garden
to keep up, too, a large and beautiful
garden; she represented her father as
q director for half a dozen public char.
ity organizations, and did private
charity work of her own, being a proxy
mother Of several large families; and
she had danced down." as she said,
groups from eight or nine classes of
new graduates returned from the uni
versities, without marrying any of
them, but she still danced-and still
did not marry.
Her father, observing this circum-
stance happily, yet with some hypo-
critical concern, spoke of it to her n
day as they stood in her garden. 81
suppose I'd want to shoot him." he
said, with attempted lightness. "But ]
mustn't be an old pig. I'd build you a
beautiful house close by-just over
yonder."
mo. no! That would be like" she
began impulsively; then checked her
self. George Amberson's comparison
Of the Georgian house to the Anderson
mansion had come into her mind, and
she thought that another new house,
built close by for her, would be like
the house the Major built for Isabel.
Like what?"
"Nothing." She looked serious, and
when he reverted to his idea of 'some
day" grudgingly ~surrendering her up
to q sutton, she invented u legend.
"Did you ever hear the Indian name
for that little grove Of beech trees on
the other side OF the house?" she
asked him.
"No-und you never did elther!" he
laughed.
Don't he so sure! l read n great
deal more than | used to-getting
ready for my bookish days when I'll
have TO do something solid In the eve.
nlngs and won't be asked TO dance any
more, even by the very youngest boys
who think It's Il sporting event TO
dance with the oldest nf the older
girls nv, name of tho grove was
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
The South in the Limousine.

Those who have seen danger with
the South in the saddle" see only
prosperity and helpfulness at all with
the South in the limousine Today
percapita speaking, there are prob
ably more automobiles in many states
of the South than in any other rural
section of the country. And there's
a reason, as they say in Battle Creek
The New York American points
out the reason, and in pointing it out
finds no cause for fear Not West
ward, ho!' but Southwark promises
to become the popular slogan" re-
marks the New York American after
telling the world; The South last
year. harvested crops worth six and
a half billion dollars, nearly half the
nations total; its minerals yielded
one billion three hundred and fifty
million dollars; its manufacturers six
billions; its exports nearly twenty
billions; while its banks carried four
billion dollars in deposits"
Then the New York American goes
into particulars and shows that THE
South produces not only all of the
cotton, cane sugar and peanuts grown
in continental America, but also go
per cent. of the sweet potatoes, 90
per cent. OF the rice and early vege-
tables, 60 per cent, of the grain
sorghums, 4 per cent of the peaches
and poultry, 35 per cent of the citrus
fruits, 33 per cent. of the eggs, 80
per cent. of the apples, 25 per cent.
of the butter "a per cent. of the
milk, 40 per cent. Cf the hogs, 35 per
cent. of the cattle, 20 per cent. of the
wheat, IS per cent. OF the white po-
tatoes and IS per cent of the hay.
Nor is its yield of minerals negli-
giblc, for the South produces all of
our beauxite. barytes and Fuller's
earth; SO per cent. of our sulphur
and phosphate rock; 90 per cent. OF
our aluminium; so per cent. of our
gasoline and petroleum; As per cent. !
of our asphalt; SO per cent. of our
lime, pyrites, tale and soapstone; 80 (
per cent. of our coal; "a per cent. of /
our lead and zinc, and % per cent. |
of our coke. 1t is the center of our |
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
production of many precious gems. !"
Tampa Tribune.
Keeping the Nation Alert.

Revelations by the attorney gener-
al of communist plans to shed blood
on May day warn and assure the
country. The plot itself warns the
Nation that however negligible the
trouble makers may be numerically,
that as a potential danger they are
not to be lightly regarded. Discov-
cry and Illustration of the designs by
the department of justice, following
the foiling of other conspiracies, is
gratifying evidence that the Govern
ment is capable and ready.
One of the characteristics Of the
American people-indeed of most
peoples--is that they are stirred with
difficulty to realize imminency of
threat against their security. Rad
ical outbreaks are regarded as pos
sible, perhaps, but as decidedly inl-
probable. Yet they are by no means
improbable, for we have already had
a taste of what the reds can and will
do at every opportunity. The diff
ficulty iS that the popular mind con-
fuses the impossibility of success with
the likelihood of the attempt Be-
cause a successful attempt by a mi
nority to overthrow the Government
by violence is beyond conception of
most sane citizens, the public is lull-
ed by the delusion that no attempt
will be made. No such fine distinct
ion exists in the minds of the COM
munists. A mind insane enough to
plan violence is not sane enough to
perceive the certainty of ultimate
failure. Thus it happens that spora-
die outbreaks of anarchism must be
expected as long as mentally sub
normal malcontents run at large,
even in the most enlightened and
democratic lands.
AS a crusader against the serpents
in our political life, the attorney
general is performing useful serv-
ice. BY keeping before the public
eye the menacing designs of those
who strike in the dark at the security
of life and home and property, he
arouses the American people to the
need Of stalwart citizenship. And.
in final analysis, it is by q resurgence
of our devotion to the fundamental
principles Of the Republic that the
venom of false doctrine will be Grad
icated from the body polite.
1t is no time for panic, but the
hour cries aloud for outstanding
Americanism.-P Pittsburgh Sun.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
PRESS EDITORIALS
The Bitter Bitten.

Retail grocers complain that
wholesalers are working upon them
the "combi-ation SALE scheme,
based upon the necessity to obtain
sugar, which caused so much vigor-
Gus complaint from Housewives when
the retailers tried it during the sugar
shortage a year and half ago.
Federal officials put stop to it then
and it is just as much an abuse now
as then, but consumers forced to buy
stale and unwanted goods in 1918 in
order to get sugar can hardly be ex-
pccted to sympathize very deeply
when the retailers are the butt of the
game.
Nevertheless, the situation gives
rise to the question: Why will it not
work both ways? Why is it not pos
Gible for retail grocer in good
repute, who discounts his bills, and
has substantial trade to offer, to say
TO the wholesaler: Supply me with
sugar or l will take my trade else
where" Or to another: Supply me
with sugar and l will give you all my
business. These seem to be the
days, rot so much of Let the buyer
beware" as of Let the buyer do
without if he doesn't like my way"
Bulletin.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13

miss me for I have been narrow and
selfish in my dealings with my city
and with the men that have made my
city worth while.
l have failed to realize that my
city could be no more prosperous, no
better, than the men and business
houses in IT.
have not been broad enough, far
seeing enough, to realize that my
business could not be a great bust
ness without great city behind it.
have been too selfish and too
much engrossed in my affairs to
know that other men were facing the
same troubles and difficulties as my
self and that simple solutions could
come thru cooperation.
Down the street from me is a man
in the same business.
His problems are the same.
Yet | do not know him and be-
cause | do not know him l distrust
him.
How easy it would have been had
We met on a common footing and
talked things over.
What fine things he and l could
have done by cooperating for the
good of our city.
And by making a better city how
we could have helped our business.
All around me are successful busi-
ness men.
Men who are thinkers and have
the confidence of the public.
These men and I, what is there
that working together we could not
accomplish for our city?
And meeting them for an hour
once week, each other, talking as
only friends can talk, how we would
each have profited.-I AM A DUB.
NJ. Tammany, Secretary
kiwanis Club of Seattle.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13

Some peoples idea of running a
town successfully is to lie down and
pay out no money not demanded by
the least possible operating expenses.
According to this parsimonious and
shortsighted view, nothing not need
ed. Such public policy is not con-
structive and does nothing for pre-
sent or future generations but hoard
dollars by which we would have a
full treasury and punk" town.
Fort Myers Press.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13

The Times Union says: THE news
papers of Florida testify to the class
of people who live in this state. No
state in the Union is as we'll supplied
as Florida with newspapers in pro
portion to population. A Florida
city with five thousand people will
support as good a paper as will a
city of fifteen thousand in another
state-a fact which shows that the
Florida people are some pumpkins,
whether newspapers have influence
or not" And there is no doubt of
the papers having influence, either.
You can take any great thing that
has been raised in the past decade in
Florida and with the exception of the
Cats catastrophe-whiCh was not an
issue, but an attempt to undo by un-
fairness what we had by default al
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
| AM A DUB

l have spent the days of my life
building my business.
have been a slave to that busi-
ness.
My working hours have been so
full of my business that l have lost
touch with my fellow man.
The night is tedious and long and
restless with worry that | cannot
shake off for l have no thought but
of my business.
My great city around me seems
nothing more to me than a vast col
lection of prospects.
hoar of men and groups of men
who are said to be earnest, public
spirited citizens who are seeking to
achieve things that mean nothing to
me for l see no immediate return in
them to my business.
Yet these men are far more sue
cessful than l am.
And as they pass from the com
munity great industries halt and men
ilnger on their busy way to mourn
for one who has been a friend to the
community.
Should | pass on tomorrow only
my immediate family would miss me
and in my business there would be
some slight speculation as to who
would be the new boss, but this great
city which has been my bread and
butter, that has made it possible for
me to rise and educate my family,
that has given me everything that |
have and which my family will have
after me, will not care and will not
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13

Ed Scott, of the State Highway
Commission, explained at Fort Myers
last Thursday why this part of the
state has received so little of the
State and Federal road money. 1t
is understood that he said the reason
money had been withheld from this
section was because of the urgent
need of completing work undertaken
in the upper part of the state, which
had taken $3,000,00O His explain
.ation, without doubt, is a good and
true one, but Mr.. Scott will never be
able to give satisfactory explana-
ton of why the little money he secur-
ed for this portion of the state is
being expended upon that wilderness
road, which is practically useless, ex-
cept as it serves the private interests
of few landowners and few home
steaders, when the money should and
could have been spent on the Arcadia
Fort Ogden-Punta Gorda-Fort Myers
road to so much better advantage.
At least that is the way we look at
the matter. If there is a good rea-
son for spending the money there in
stead of on the established road
(Which is badly in need of repairs
and improvemenD where it would
benefit thousands instead of possible
hundreds of people, then we would
like to hear that reason and will be
glad to give Mr.. Scott all the space
in the Herald he needs to make it,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13

John A. Graham of Bradentowr
has been selected by the anti-diVision-
lists as their candidate for state
senator to oppose the Hon. Frank
Cooper. Now we are wondering why
the antis selected a Manatee county
man, when 1t is DeSoto county's
turn, according to the old gentle
mans agreement" to name the state
senator for this senatorial district.
And we are also wondering how
many votes John Graham can control
in his own county. Fact Of the mat
ter is, in selecting John Graham for
a candidate the anti-divisionists are
playing into their opponents hands,
unless they depend upon Mr.. Gra-
hams strength lying in DeSoto coun-
ty, where he is not as well known as
in Manatee.-Avon Park Pilot.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
Good Roads Taxation.

There is no subject of greater i'm.
portance to Florida voters than that
OF good roads. but the proposal to
establish state tax of five mills for
the purpose of raising a good roads
fund, is meeting with some opposit-
| ion. Some of the counties which
have already bonded themselves for
good roads feel that an injustice
would be laid upon them were they
compelled to pay this tax to aid in
the development of counties more
backward.
The plan proposed by Chairman NJ.
M. Smith of the Florida State Road
department is somewhat changing
the situation, and is arousing inter-
est all over the state. OF this plan,
which seems to be a good one, the
st. Augustine Record says:
This plan is patterned in part
after the Illinois plan and put con-
cisely, it means that the average tax
payer will not be called upon to con-
tribute one cert in the payment of
either the interest or the principal on
this five-mill levy which is expected
to produce about $4,000, 1000.
Chairman Smith suggests tax of
$1.00 per 100 pounds against all
automobiles for which licenses are
issued in Florida. 1t is stated that
not only will this basis of tax provide
funds to pay the interest and retire
the 20,000.000 issue, but it will
eliminate entirely the present road
tax of two mills.
Every motorist will at this point
ask the question, How about motor
trucks Mr.. Smith proposed a grad
u2ted tonnage tax with 10 tons as a
maximum limit. This would solve
the weighty problem now ever pre-
sent of what to do with those heavy
machines that are playing havoc with
the paved roads in Florida.
1t is estimated that the assessed
valuation of Florida property will be
approximately $4OO,000,O0O which
would, as stated above, provide $50
/ 100000 for roads. But this does not
represent all of the road assets of
! Florida for the reason that if Florida
voters put over this proposition the
Federal government will match Flor
ida's offer of s20,OOO,00O dollar for
dollar, thus making available the
magnificent amount of $4,000 900
for highway improvement in this
state. 1t is not difficult to imagine
what wonderful results could be OBJ
tanned from such large amount OF
money wisely expended Therefore
this proposal simplifies the entire sit
uation.
There will be no difficulty in
| figuring out the license charge for
each individual car. Florida is said
to have at the present time not less
than $4,000 automobiles. If these
average 1000 pounds to the car the
dollar per hundred pound tax would
bring in revenue of S1,160,00O the
first year. Mr.. Smith points out
that in the first year only 100000
of the total bond issue would be
used, thus permitting of a payment
of S250,000 interest at per cent
the first year and retiring 1880
900 of the first bonds. This seems
to be very simple matter and if
these facts can be presented to the
voters of this state the five-mill tax
amendment ought to carry almost
unanimously. ."-Pensacola Journal.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
GOING AGAIN

For four years, while the Euro
pean war was in progress, Punta
Gorda, like nearly all other towns,
lay dormant and made very little
progress, Probably no other Florida
town suffered more as a result Of the
war than Punta Gorda, for while it
may not be generally known, the war
and its after effects have been the
cause of big interests pigeonholing
, their plans for development in this
section that would have been of great
benefit to Punta Gorda and the sur
rounding territory. However, she is
awake again and alive to her possibil-
tiles for growth and Advancement
Where once (and that not six months
ago. there was little but Indifference
and pessimism there is now opti-
mism and enthusiasm. Simply by
changing their manner of thought
her people have changed the entire
outlook from one that was far from
encouraging to one that is very
bright. More real estate has chang
ed hands within the past five months,
we are told by persons who should
know than in the five years preced
ing; real estate is bringing better
prices, and it is now worth twice
what it was worth before the awaken
ing, for real estate in a town that is
dead and remains dead is worth but
little; things are being done; there
are things on foot and there are
many big things to come-if we are
faithful and work for them. They
will not come without work
If town can be started on the up
grade by change in the phychologi-
cal situation, what can be done bv
the wholehearted, faithful coopera-
ton of the men and women of Punta
Gorda? The possibilities are almost
limitless, for when Punta Gorda is
weighed with any other Florida town.
counting and discourting their res
pective advantages and disadvan-
tanges, the scales incline in our favor. !
Let us not forget that if we are to
continue to progress that we must
cooperate heartily and WORK. The
success or failure of the future de
pends absolutely upon how we'll and
thoroughly we COOPERATE and
WORK.
1t will take WORK to keep the
town progressing, for the road to
growth and prosperity as a commun-
ity is up hill. A community, in
sense, may be compared to an auto
mobile. The people of a community
are to the community what the gas
engine is to the automobile. Imag-
inc an automobile going up a steep
hill. The engine stops. What hap
pens? The automobile starts to run
back down hill and unless the brakes
are applied will not stop until il
reaches the bottom; at best, after the
engine stops, it can do nothing but
stand still. AS long as the people
of Punta Gorda keep their shoulder
to the wheel and keep pushing, the
town will progress, no matter what
the obstacles may be.
We've got a good start up the hill
now. Let's don't stop pushing and
roll to the bottom again.
Get behind every good movement
that is started in the town. Attend
meetings of the Commercial Club. .
Work. Boost! Push, DON'T
BE a DUE.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13

According to the tax assessors
books there are in DeSoto county IT,
1913 range cattle, with an assessed
valuation of $61S,570.00. It Is en-
tirely likely that there are more than
this number, for it's a well known
fact that there have been many cat
tie upon which no taxes were paid.
Anyway, let it go at that. The total
valuation of the county is $10,352.-
068.00; therefore the value of the
range cattle as related to the total
value of the county Is FIVE and nine
tenths percent. 1t will be seen by
these figures that the cattle business
of the county is a valuable one that
should be given every consideration
and encouragement along the right
lines, but at the same time we hold
that 94.1 per cent of property repre-
sented by things other than cattle
should have some consideration and
protection against the depreciation,
tresspass and damage done by the
five and nine-tenths percent repre-
sented by cattle. We believe that
the cattlemen themselves, who can
not be censured for looking out for
their own best interests, will agree
with us in this stand and will not
object to the people of the state being
given an opportunity to express them
selves on the subject by referendum
vote.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
STATE PRESS EDITORIALS

TITS not the location but the peo-
pie that make the town." was the
keynote of the talks at a recent get
together meeing of the Commercial
club in Fort Pierce. That's a great
truth, tersely put. Many Of the most
beautifully located towns are very
small and undeveloped because the
people have been unprogressive and
have not worked in harmony
Times-U Union.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13

Where were Arcadia's cars in the
motorcade to Fort Myers? We do
not state it for fact, but we have
been told that there were but two
automobiles from Arcadia in Fort
Myers last Thursday as against Pun
ia Gorda's IL or more. Arcadia was
the prime mover in the affair and it
seems singular that there was but
two cars from that town in the pro-
cession. If this is fact, there must
have been some reason-and Wen
confess we'd like to know what It
was.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13

If anybody else had made the as
sertion we wouldn't put much faith
in it, but Captain Jack McCann says
that there will be fully dozen anti
division votes cast in the Punta Cor
da district.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-05-13
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