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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14
TOWN TOPICSOF WEEK
The Important Happenings of Punta Gorda and
Vicinity Briefly Told

Coe Allen paid Arcadia a business
visit, Saturday.
Mrs. NJ. A. Meadow paid Arcadia
A business visit yesterday.
Adam Silcox has added another big
auto truck to his transfer business.
The Fidelity Trust Co. will pay you
five per cent interest on time and saw
ings deposits. adv.
After week of lovely weather, the
skies became overcast, yesterday, and
few drops of rain fell.
Grady Harrison went in his car to
Arcadia, Monday, and took with him
Coe Allen, Jimmie Sealey and Lamar
Rose.
Put your money to work. Start a
savings account with the Fidelity
Trust Co. We will pay you five pei
cont interest. adv
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14

The Commercial Club meets Friday
night-every Friday-at s O'Clock.
Mrs. Hoyt Carlton and baby son,
of Arcadia, are visiting the latter's
grandmother, Mrs. S. |. Huffman.
Mr.. and Mrs J. D. Mercer and Mrs.
E. D. Plowden and children, of Ber-
mont, were shopping here. Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Murphy and
baby boy left, Tuesday evening, for
Washington, D. c., where they will
visit friends.
Mrs. Agnes Herzke, leading farmer
Of the Marlboro section. paid her us
ual weekly shopping visit to this
place, Tuesday.
Mrs. ]. N. Skies and Mrs. E. o.
Coram entertained the Eastern Star
sewing circle in the chapter room
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles w. Shaw went tc
Wauchula, yesterday, to visit heI
daughter, Mrs. c. E. Sans, who was
reported i'll, but not seriously so.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Lettering Of
Fort Ogden, were here shopping
yesterday. AS previously announced
they are preparing to remove to st
Petersburg.
The Bright Eye Fish Company il
making preparations to start bust
ness November 1st proX. The comp
any will engage only in deep-sea fish
ing.
Hon. w. NJ Written went to Ar
cadia yesterday, and attended meet
ing of the county commissioners hell
to prepare the ticket for the Noyem
Der election.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Mobleys wen
to Tampa in their car, yesterda,
morning, and took with them d.
and Mrs. Vernon Jordan and Emmett
Perkins. The party will return to
night.
FOR SALE-The following sign
at 30c each; Furnished Rooms TO
Rent; unfinished Rooms for Rent
House for Rent; Car for Hire; Flo
Sale.-THE HERALD, Punta Gorda
Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Barnhill, G
) Charlotte Harbor, took their baby t
. Arcadia, Monday morning, to have
; treated by medical experts for som
. serious illness, from which it is SUI
fering.
.. WANTED-Pine needle and Ra
. fla work novelties and Florida souv'
Mrs. Will buy outright or sell o
. commission. TAMPA PHOTO
!. ART SUPPLY CO. 314 Twigg Stree
. Tomna Fla 1874
I f. v Camp of Waycross, Georgl
!. consulting engineer for this road al
trict, spent Tuesday here inspector
!. the work going on, particularly tn
; being done on the big bridge. /
!. found everything in satisfacto
!. shape.
|. B. c. Washington and his son,
|. B. Washington, and the latter's Wi
|. and baby, returned. Monday nigt
|. from a summers sojourn abroa
!: which the gentlemen spent in Tex
!! and Mrs. Washington enjoyed
|; Chattanooga, Tennessee, where s
!. visited her sister-in-iaw, Mrs. Sa
!. gabber
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14

turned the sac way. The roads in
Alachua count arc bad enough buc
MI Boltin in rlcounting the happen
ihts of the trip, aaid: You tell the
people of Alac1uo County that their
roads are fine compared to some of,
those in the southern part Of this
State. One day. between Punta Cor
da and Fort Myers we were RI
hours going A. miles. / am sure u"
ore ever took tlia long in our eoun-
ty.'r-Gainsvllle Vows.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14

Gorda.
Colonel and Mrs. Gribble both are
permanently sold on the west coast
of Florida and they contemplate
building home in Tampa at an early
date. AS boosters of Florida these
two fine Kentuckians cannot be
eQualled and their many friends in
this section will be glad to again
welcome them in their midst.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14
The Truth

Clarence G. Boltin, of Coca-Cola
fame, and Ray (Doc) Ogilvie have
just returned from a twelve lay triT
through the southern part of the
State, both eastern and western
coasts. They had the best weather
and am excellent outing. The trip
was made down by Tampa, Fort My
ers, Palm Beach and the young men
liked these towns so well they re-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14
TO Discus. League.

Rev. o. E. Rico. pastor at ther
Methodist church, will discuss the
League of Nations and the peace
treaty at the time for evening,
preaching service. Sunday, October
cath.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14

Commercial Club meets Friday
liEht.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-14
DON'T TAKE
ACHANCE

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dollar count and
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
THE BARBER ASPHALT PLANT.

There is much qualification in the announce
ment of the plans of the Barber Asphalt Paving
Company showing thai no. only is the big plant
in this city to be re-erected, but that IL is goinS
to be enlarged and noderized, involving an ex-
penditure Of over 1000, 900. 1t was a serious
blow to the city when this big plant was destroy
ed by fire a few months ago and the city has
been feeling the effects ever since. To know
that it is to be restored in even greater pro-
portions than before means a decided boos; for
Perth Amboy.
These big industries fJrnish the vitality on
which the city thrives. TT ere is a thoughtless
tendency among som people to criticize and
condemn these big corporal ons that employ so
MANY thousands of our residents, but when even
one of these concerns moves away or is destroy
cd the real value of the industry to the COM
munity is realized.
The Barber plant is one of the most important
in Perth Amboy. Besides employing hundreds
of men it brings prestige to the city through the
line of steamships that it employs bringing the
crude asphalt here from southern waters. Perth
Amboy should do everything possible to en-
courage and cooperate with these industries
that they may continue to prosper. AS they
grow and develop so does the city add to its
prosperity. These industries furnish the very
serious loss by fire and then rebuild along great
er and more modern lines the city is decidedly
the gamer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16

This 2,7OO,00 bridge, toward the cost OF
which the federal government is going to con-
tribute 81, 10000 o ought to be considered In
connection with a city plan. Thousands OF peo-
pie from all parts Of the country will use this
bridge every month, particularly during the
summer season. and 1t is highly desirable that
these people have a good impression OF ferth
Amboy as they pass through.
TIL, approach to such a structure as the state
Highway Commission proposes to build-a
bridge that will be without a doubt one OF the
handsomest in the state. is worthy of a hand
some approach. Perth Amboy ough; to Plan
20 have the street leading to the bridge a broad
straight boulevard in keeping with the three
million dollar structure, and something that
will be worthy of the city.
At the present time the impression one gets OF
Perth Amboy in passing through in an auto
mobile is not very %edifying. Frequently one
meets persons who have passed through mere
going to and from the coast resorts and they
have not been particularly delighted with the
city. Now is the time TO plan for a different
kind of an impression while this new bridge is
being planned.
Perth Amboy should get busy at once, adop.
a city plan and see to it that the best possible
advantage is taken of this new state highway
bridge in order to impress the thousands who
will use the structure with the attractiveness of
the city. If the state can afford to spend ST.
7oo.o 900 and the federal government $1.0oo.ooo
on a bridge leading directly into Perth Amboy'
surely the city ought to be ready to spend a con-
siderable sum in making the streets leading 10
the bridge attractive in every respect.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
Luke l. Says

You can't make a boy admit that fighting is
wicked unless he happens to get licked.
A highbrow has discovered that Shakespeare
was a drunkard. Too bad we haven't q few
drunkards of Shakespeare's caliber nowadays.
They claim that the Camera can't lie. But
you can't get a homely woman to believe it.
We know a man who loves his Enemy. But
he happens to be his own worst Enemy.
A woman loves fattery because she likes to
hear a man repeat the nice things she has al
ways thought about herself.
Whisky will bloat things. But it never
works that way on a Pay Envelope.
It doesn't take long for the patent to expire
on the patent leather shoes you buy nowadays.
Some men talk more religion in ten minutes
than they live in ten years.
The man who eats like a horse and drinks
like a COW has no business calling himself a man
of Quiet Tastes.
Many a Princess who is a Peach on the street
is a Lemon in her home.
Some of the Grass Widows give you the i'm
preston that they have gone to seed.
And a man who is shaving himself with a dull
razor can't be blamed for talking like the Old
Nick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16

purpose by the Associated Stock
Exchange firms.
An Espionage System.
This Bureau of Investigation has
had it's staff of investigators in h
field for several weeks. They are
working quietly but fairly. n are
trying to avoid embarrassing any
one. Their information is obtained
from any reliable source at hand
from the corner grocer, the apart
ment house janitor. the nedghbors
or the mailman.
Upon u~ncovering any suspicious
circumstances, the investigator i'm
mediately reports to headquarters
and waits for further orders.
Some surprising facts have been
brought to light in this way. Fol
example. in nve stigating the record
of an employe of 4 large Wall street
firm, not however in the stock ex-
change business, the inquirer was
Informed by he young mans land
lady that he left the house carrying
a satchel around 10 o'clock every
evening, and did not return until
one or two o'clock in the morning.
The young man considered a model
employe, and his former employers
had testified to his honesty and eff
ficiency. For a week or two h
matter remained a battling mys-
terry, at the end of which time the
young mans employer suggested
that it be dropped, as he was sure
it was unimportant. But in h
meantime the bureau had placed a
detective on the young mans trail.
who followed him in his nocturnal
wanderings and brought to light the
-.z-.-x Ea.t fl-t hA.y rvn,A do
voted burglaring. He was caught
in the act. and confessed quite
coolly, explaining that his Wall
street job was held merely as a
blind.
I'VE do not expect thefts and m
bezzlements to cease entirely be-
cause of this work." says the Ma
tional Surety Company, but we do
expect to protect ourselves as far
as possible. Wherever there is
room for suspicion u Bureau of
Investigation will use every means
TO get the facts, but we know be-
fore VIC start that the great ma
iority of Wall street employees are
honest people.
I'VE know, too, that human ma
ture is a thing that cannot be re-
duced to mathematics or filed away
for reference. But we do want to
know how these people live at
home. where they spend their rec
r~eation hours, and something of
their habits generally. for it not
only has a bearing on their honesty.
but on their efficiency as employees"
In other words, if you would
break into the sacred precincts of
high finance, you must be willing
to submit to a constant secret es-
pionage upon your private and per-
sonal life. You must sell to your
employer rot only your time and
energy. but also a considerable part
of your personal liberty and pri-
vacy. You must be willing to live
in the knowledge hat you are being
watched every minute. Only those
at the top, it would seem, are i'm
mune. But are not they the ones
who handle and control the greatest
sums of money? In fact, are they
not the real custodians of the ma
tons funds? Would it not be the
logical development Of their sys-
tenn to create some sort of govern
ment espionage bureau to see how
the great men of finance spend their
leisure and their money, to regulate
their associates and morals? After
all. il takes "a good many default
ing Office boys and messengers to do
as much dameg as n Mellen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
BOOSTING THE CITY PLAN.

The Chamber of Commerce does well to get
behind the city plan movement with all the
influence that such an organization can give. so
that Perth Amboy can be developed along ade-
quate and scientific lines. No matter what i'm
provement the chamber may advocate the rela-
tions of one improvement with the other must
be considered. The only way to get a real per-
~spective of the city's development is to have a
definite plan to go by.
All the great cities that are making them
selves so attractive as a place to live in and as
an efficient place to do business in have adopted
city planning so that they will know what they
are doing. A program of development is map
ped out for years to come. A little Is done each
year along definite lines and as the years pass
a greater and greater city is seen.
Perth Amboy, although one of the oldest in
corporated municipalities in the country. is still
in its infancy. Our development Is still before
us. Now is the time to mould the city into the
shape that we would have it. This can only
he done through having a city plan.
1t would be a short-sighted policy, indeed. to
establish parks and Fairgrounds here and there
without any idea as to the fitness of things, to
build freight terminals only to find in years to
come that they will have to be moved as they
are not properly located for the greatest efici-
ency. There should be a systematic planning
of the sewers and water mains, and everything
pertaining to the city's growth should be so
planned that there will be no false motion.
The Board of Aldermen can do no greater
work for the future of the city than to appro.
pirate literally for a city plan and then see to
it tina. a competent commission. free from all
nolitical entanglements or outside alliances Is
appointed to have charge of the planning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16

sumption Of matches in the United
States is 100000 00,0 600 per year.
@. Is there a fur bearing ami
NAL called Fitch? If SO what kind
of fur has it?-A. M. p.
A. The fitch, f1tchet or ftchew is
a European polecat. Its color Is a
deep blackish brown; the head. tail
and feet almost black. the under
parts yellowish, the ears edged with
white and a whitish space around
the muzzle. The hair is of two
kiilds-a short woolly fur, which is
pale yellow, or somewhat tawny,
and long shining darker hairs.
Many of these long darker hairs are
pulled out by the furrier and used
for making artists brushes.
Q. What is the salary of a u
raj free delivery inspectcr:-W. y.
F..
A. The Postoffice Department
says that there are no special r. +.
ID. inspectors. There are only gen.
erai postofice inspectors whose duty
it is to inspect all branches of the
service. The salaries range from
$4,000 to $500 a year.. Persons
desiring these positions must be n
the postal service in order 20 be
eligible.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.

CANNED MUSIC.

When am tired and seedy, and feeling all
my years, and beaten down by greedy and
and beastly profteers. to ease the fret and
fever / wind the pronograph, and soon forget
the cleaver. the harpoon and the gah. oh,
YOU may stand and mention a hundred prec-
ious boons. but here's the great invention.
this mill that plays me tunes. | hear the
worlds great singers, in song that flows and
swells, and they are surely dingers, and they
are wearing bells. ] hear Caruso thunder, he
makes my soul rejoice: and Gourmet tears
asunder the Welkin with his voice; and Sem
brich sings divinely the air she's deigned TO
pick, and Galli-Curci finely makes nightin-
gales look sick. And there are humber sing
ers who chant the dear old hymns, and they
are ever bringers of briny to my glims; and
there's a band a-crashing the bars of will
liam TELL with energy so slashing that l
rear up and yell. If some one stole my auto
| might in grief repair to some sequestered
grotto, and do some weeping there. And
sorrow would be ~reigning upon my darken-
ed brow, and I'd be heard complaining. IL
someone swiped my cow. But would cease
to chortle, and neer again I'd laugh. II some
blamed soulless mortal should lift my phono-
graph.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
THE BRIDGE AND ITS APPROACH.

The building Of a $4,000. 900 bridge such as
Is proposed by the State Highway Commission
ever the Raritan river here. is a matter of con-
siderable importance to Perth Amboy. While
morning should be done to hinder the erection
OF the structure, 1t wodla seem as if The city
ought at least to be consulted in connection
with the northern approach. especially as it is
TO come within the cit? limits.
At the meeting of the State Highway Com
mission in Trenton yesterday when the recon-
mendation for the location of the bridge was
formally adopted by the commission. several in
terests were on hand. but as far as We have
been able to learn no one representing the city
- . municipality was present
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
PINS MEDAL ON BUSINESS.

The latest report of the Federal Trade Com
mission pins a nice medal on American busi-
ness. The report shows how we'll business prac-
tees business honesty and plays fair in the field.
Among other things. the report proves that the
commission doesn't seek to disturb business
big or little-not in need of such attention; that
It does seek to eliminate business practices I'M
fair to other business or the public.
Since its organization. almost five years ago,
the commission has received 1890 complaints of
alleged unfair competition. That's less than 400
a year, an insignificant percentage in a country
where business plays such a large and active
role in life. or these complaints 992 were dis
missed, 537 were in process of examination at
the time the report was prepared, leaving 461
applications deemed worthy of formal complaint
by the commission.
That is truly a fine business record. Here's a
commission charged with the duty of combing
the country for acts of unfair competition in
business, and since March 16, 1915. it has been
able to nail down the charge in only 461 in
stances. When one compares that figure with
the total of individuals and corporations doing
business in the United States one is impressed
with the conviction that business has learned
that while competition is the life of trade. I'M
fair competition is it's death. Business, evident
ly, had come to know as much even before
Congress said: Unfair methods of competition
in are hereby declared unlawful"
The Federal Trade Commission found a
pretty well ordered house of business when the
commission began its Investigation in 1915; the
house has been kept fairly so ever since. The
commission has found some rats in the business
structure; these are being e~xterminated as
rapidly as possible. There determination is in
the interest of business and the public.
But, on the whole. business as it is transacted
in America, may we'll be proud of its record.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
NO SLAP ON THE WRIST.

Irdqo DAILY is to be commended for the hrm
s,,s no has taken against the ~violators of the
proaibition laws. There is no quibbling' no
nesit.ncy. no letting this one off and punishins
the other-alI who come before him are made 20
Zee, the majesty of the law in an impartial man
Fer.
And the Judge takes pains TO see that the
majesty OF the law is felt, too. 1t is no slap on
The wrist that is melted out to the Offenders
against the liquors laws by Judge DAILY. There
is no ground for a plea that they did not know
the law. Every violation has been a deliberate
enc and. in the face of so much defiance of the
law, those whose duty it is to enforce 1t ana
mass sentence on the guilty ones are not shown
much mercy.
Saloonkeepers who thought they were having
n soft because no license could be collected now
have suddenly realized that the new method
of doing business in defiance of the law is vast
ly more expensive. And not only is 1t expen-
sive. but there is a Jail sentence tied to it that
is unpleasant, to say the least.
Local authorities throughout the county fell
down badly in the matter of law enforcement
but when the county authorities took hold under
the direction of Prosecutor Stricken. backed to
the limit by Judge Daily. the good name of Mid
dlesex has been redeemed.
Many of the saloon keepers probably thought
that they were merely up against the old game
when caught selling liquor OH Sundays. 1t used
10 be a summons before the recorder and a per-
functory fine of s2O-only a fraction of what has
leen taken in during the Sunday business.
There is a vast difference between $50 and
$1,000, however, as many of the liquor dealers
In middlesex county now realize. There is also a
great difference between a $500 license fee and
a $1,000 fine.
Some of those caught in the prosecutors net
a few weeks ago have found it pretty hard to
raise the fine imposed. Others who managed to
escape this time do not feel as easy as they
did before the prosecutors men made their tour
OF the county. Those who were caught and
paid their fines have pretty good reason to be-
lieve that IL caught again they will not get
of even with a fine the next time. 1t is safe to
say that there Is less law-breaking in Mid
dlesex county today than there was before Pros
ecutor Stricken got busy and Judge DAILY had
his little say in court.
Regardless of whether one approves OF a law
or not. the fact that it is the law is sufficient.
This is the attitude of Judge Daily and the fact
that he shows a determination to have the law
respected within the territory under his juris-
,iction is decidedly gratifying to the people Of
thu county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16

for salads.
O. Which is the faster horse. a
runner or a PAGER? And what horse
holds the record Pr. II.
A. A runner is the fastest race
horse. Man o. War" holding the
record.
@. How does the coast line of the
Philippine Islands compare IN
length with that of the United
States?-G. T. G.
A.This Archipelago consists of 81
141 islands, 1,473. of which are not
listed by name. Almost 5000 or
them contain less than n square
mile of land each. The coast line
is so intricate that with n twenty
fifth the area of the United States
this group of islands has more than
double the coast line.
Q.What are the hardest substan-
ces known to man today?-D. L. V.
A. The United States Geological
Survey states that no exact stand
ards of hardness have yet been for
mulated and consequently it is i'm
possible to say exactly what sUc-
stances are hardest. Among min
eral substances, diamonds. corun-
dunn and topaz are some of the
hardest.
Q. What was the occupation OF
John Howard Payne who wrote
Home Sweet Homer" Iinen was
the song written?-T. A. f.
A. John Howard Payne was an
actor, manager and playwright.
Home Sweet Home" occurs in his
opera 'Clari, or the Maid of Milan"
which was produced in 1928. The
music was adapted by Henry r.
Bishop, from an old melody that
Payne had heard in Italy. The pub
fishers of this song made quite a
sum of none from it's sale, but its
author profited very slightly.
@. How many matches are used
in this country?-E. B.
A. 1t is estimated that the con-