The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-10-01


of Mexico. Many beautiful hotels
and homes are here, the winter home
of Wanamaker being one. Very soon
we were in the gulf waters enjoying
real life. Our stay, however, was
limited, for we had to be at st. Pc
tersburg at certain hour to catch
our returning excursion boat, the
Favorite We made our return trip
in a very short while by automobile
on real brick paved road, crossing
the bay on toll bridge. | have been
reading recently of the good work OF
the Lions Club in Union City, and
will say if your new road to Gibbs is
anything like our Florida roads you
will have lasting joy
When we returned to ST. Peters
burg we beheld truly sunshine city.
The rain had gone-and so had the
barbecuei We found a wonderful
little city, beautiful beyond COM
pare-fine parks, wide streets and
fine people. We found that our own
Lee Cary had become live wire real
estate man, having sold large num-
ber of lots the previous week. 1t be-
ing a legal holiday we did not see the
smiling physiognomy of A. F. Thorn
asson, president of the Central Ma
tional Bank, as he, with his wife and
boys, was spending the week end in
Pass-a-Grille.
Are you ladies at all interested in
voting? l was not until read of the
two thousand negro women on
] Harding's front porch promising him
their votes. Our women here are be.
ginning to realize that it will take
their votes to overcome the negro
votes. The Republican party, both
thru it's national and it's State organ.
| izations, is making every effort tC
win. l am not at home to vote, and
have not been here long enough tc
cast my vote, but urge every one OF
you that can do SO to register and
vote. This is the advice of one who
has ever declared she would not vote
If she could.
When l was talking Of coming tc
this State my neighbors looked at mt
as if they thought / was bereft of my
senses. They thought was bereft
of my senses. They pictured the heal
4 of summer, the snakes, fieas, mosque
toes and alligators. We have had nc
inconvenience from any of thest
sources We do have alligators-jus'
few. / met one on bridge at Sui
phur Springs Park, but it must have
thought I was too much for it, for II
ran from me, very much to my graft
| fication. Some time since as Mrs
Hughy, of Washington street, was
driving on Tampa street she saw ar
alligator, and asked several to helI
her capture it, But not man hac
the nerve. She secured small rope
and tied one end of tow line from
her car to near by post, made looI
with the free end and dropped il
neatly over the alligator's head
yanking him into her car. Mr.. anc
Mrs. L. e. Barnes, of Fort Myers, mel
one recently between ten and twelve
feet long, but his 'gatorship made
speed getting off the road and run.
ming to a near by stream. Only last
week a small alligator walked into
the Bay View Hotel lobby, making
the lady clerks, telephone girls and
cigar counter girls hunt tall tim
ber.' 1t had been left in room in
box by one of the guests. But dc
not let little thing like an alligator
keep you from this beautiful South
| Florida.
we will expect you editors to visit
us in 1921, as Mr.. George e. Hosmer
| editor of the Manatee River Journal
has wired from Boston that he has
succeeded in getting the National Edi-
torial Association to meet in Florida
| in 1921. The Florida Development
Board supplied literature and souve-
Mrs, and D. G. Gillet sent boxes OF
Tampa oranges to the editors at Bos-
ton, which helped Editor Hosmer tC
convince the association that Florida
| was entitled to consideration. There
fore we feel assured of their visit to
Tampa on their trip thru Florida, as
it has been said you have not seen
Florida until you have seen Tampa
Asking pardon for this lengthy
letter and suggesting that you use 1t
in two or three editions if you have
lack of space, am, with love for all,
Truly, MRS. BETTE GREEN.
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