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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-05-27
MEXICO

During the past eight years the Next
cans have killed more than $50 American
citizens. Owing to the fact that the
game has become scarce and exceedingly
gunshy, this sport has been abandoned
and close time has been proclaimed
during which it is unlawful for any Mex
lean to kill, main, trap, kidnap or have
n possession any American citizen or
any part or parts thereof. The Mexi-
cans, however, are not inclined to give
up the sport of sniping and are now kill
ing each other. After Carranza and his
adherents have been exterminated we
presume a new man hunt is to be expect
ed. Mexico seems to be a nation where
outlaws are in the majority and when
they unite in raid they show no regard
for human rights. The better elements
of Mexican society are too much in the
minority to hold their own against the
predatory and otherwise iawless. 1t is
probable that some day the United States
will find it to be necessary to teach the
Mexicans a lesson in decent behavior.
This lesson should have been sternly
taught when our fleet was sent there
few years ago, and again when an army
was sent to take Villa alive or dead"
We have tried bluffing by show of force
and we have tried watchful waiting,
without effect. Probably our admins
tration is now acting wisely in continu-
ing to watch and wait. Carranza seems
to have been impeached by the Mexican
method and perhaps the rebel factions
will be able to establish and maintain
government which will be respectable.
If year or two shows that they cannot
do this, the United States must and will
do it for them. Mexico cannot continue
to be the plague spot of North America.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-05-27

Mr.. Colby, our new Secretary of State,
seems to be iustifying the faith which
the President had in him. Mr.. Colby's
mind, if he possesses any which is his
own, is easily and closely following that
Of his master. Not long ago, in mo-
ment of exaltation he said: 'Let US give
of our political power, of our political
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-05-27
ALL HIS AILMENTS
DISAPPEARED
When He Tried "Fruit-a-tives"
or Fruit Liver Tablets
MOUNT BELKNAp HoTEL,

MOUNT bELkNAP HOTEL,
LAKEpoRr, NH.
eat 20 years of age, chronic Constip.
alton was causing me to suffer with
distressing Headaches, Dizziness ands
Indigestion.
believe l have taken more medi-
cine than any half-dozen people in
town but nothing did me good until !
tried Fruit-a-tioes,.
Right away could see their good
effects. After taking them for three
months, my bowels we're regular,
and the other ailments disappeared".
FRANK A. HALE.
Soc. box, 6 for $3.50, trial size Csc.
at dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES
Limited, OGDENSBURG. N. Y.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-05-27

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one inch length in column, so cents for
one week and IS cents for each subsequent
insertion.
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
Justice, Not Revenge

AS plans are developed for the
trial of Germans accused of war
crimes, it should be remembered that
the object of the prosecutions is JUS
tice, not vengeance. AS much as the
barbarism of the enemy in the occu-
pied regions has aroused the wrath
of those peoples who have suffered,
it is not in the spirit of bitterness
that the offenders will be called to
the bar. So many months have pass
ed since the cessation of hostilities
that passions have considerably cool
ed.
But though resentment may not be
as hot now as a year ago, this is but
added reason why the program Of
the supreme council should be car
ried through without hesitation
Could trials have been held immed-
lately the Germans might ever
after have alleged that their cases
were prejudiced. Now sufficient per-
spective can be obtained to make inl-
potent any such protest.
divided, into two classes, those of
leaders who ordered crimes, or with
authority to prevent crimo permitted
it; and the subordinates who commit
ted the atrocities. Chief among the
former is William Hohenzollern. To
prosecute the officers and men dir
ectly responsible and permit the
former kaiser to go untried would be
preyersion of justice. And to give
William his due and overlook those
who carried out his mandates, ex-
press OF implied, would equally fail
OF justice. All who connived 1t or
tolerated terrorism must be hailed
into court.
The world has an opportunity to
establish a precedent that will deter
men from savagery. Pittskurg
Sun.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
Apply the Boot Again!

1t is the duty of the House of Rep
resen,atives to make quick disposal
of Victor Berger. Once refused a
seat in Congress because he had dis
qualified himself under the Constitu-
ton by his war course, he has been
reelected" by his Wisconsin dis
trict at special poll. In the mean
time nothing has happened to re-
move his disability - indeed. it is
permaGcnt-and the House should
treat him with exemplary expedition.
Like all other false leaders, Victor
Berger is attempting to pose as a
martyr. In high-sounding words he
hopes that his election will serve ito
awaken the common people of the
United States, especially the working
class, to a realization of the great
dangers before us and the duties we
must fulfil if modern civilization is
to progi oss or even survive"
Well said, Victor! May the spec
tacle of your reelection in defiance of
the Constitution and of decency and
patriotism arouse the common peo-
pie" to realization that the men
ancc of the hyphen is with lis yet!
Only men of two classes want to
see Victor Berger in the United
States Congress - those who have
been misled by his hypocrisy, and
those who approve of the aid and
comfort he gave the enemy while
America was fighting for her life.
The governor declares that if Berger
is again refused a seat, as he is GER
tain to be, he will not call another ell
cction and the district must go unrep-
resented until the regular election of
1929. 1t is we'll 4 district that
would send Victor Berger to Congress
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
The Road to the Manatce

The Tribune believes there is no
road more needed in this part of the
state than completed hard sur
faced road to the Manatee region.
We are building surely to all the
important parts of Florida but
some times it appears we are slow in
recognizing what is an important
part" For Tampa and this section
generally, there is no more impor-
tant thing than transportation made
easily possible between this city and
the greatest truck region on the
West Coast.
From Fort Myers, to Sarasota and
thence to Tampa, there is needed q
hard road, wide and well kept, that
trade and traffic to and from that
section may be encouraged and de
veloped. ship by truck" is urged
! by all who realize the transporta-
tion difficulties facing us, and ship
ping by truck means first having a
the least resistance and carry the
maximum load.
| That Manatee county realized the
Importance of this road and is doing
its part in making closer and better
communication possible with Tampa
is shown by the following taken from
the Bradentown Journal:
THE Bay Shore road will soon be
a reality. Manatee county has fin
ished Smelling all but about q mile
of the road between Palmetto and
the Hillsborough county line. AS
soon as the shell is completed the
tarvia is going to be put on. Just
how soon the road will be open for
travel as completed hard road de-
ponds largely upon Dame Nature.
If good weather continues during
January the road will be completed,
we mean shelled and hard surfaced,
by February. The money is in the
bank to pay for the work and the
work is being rushed as fast as it is
possible, compatible with good work |
"Hillsborough county has a stretch |
hree and one half miles long that |
s not yet shelled. Commissioner T.
!. Hackney was in Palmetto Tues
lay and went over the road and In
pected the work done by Manatee
ounty and expressed himself as well
leased with the work and said he
'as going back to Tampa and do
in his power to raise the
honey to complete the oad.'-
ampa Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

, publican party for Florida" was JUS
J bosh as usual. The Republican
|, party in a Southern state has got tc
recognize and play up to the negro
if it expects to have a membership
roll, and Florida is no exception
Rastus, will, as usual in the South,
be used by the Republican party to
help rake chestnuts out of the hot
ashes.
But there is one thing the call of
the Republican State Central com
mittee" has done; it has shown us
Democrats how to constitute a con-
yention of the party, when we have
been declaring we couldn't do it any
how ii could be fixed.
The Republicans, regulars and lily
whites, will at least get together and
talk it over and in all probability
come to some harmony of action be-
fore the election, while the Demo-
Gratis will go it wild, each man for |
taking the individual utter |
ance or fancied belief of every can
didate, as democracy" instead of
platform of principles
to be adhered to by every man who
presumes to ask our suffrage.-Tam-
pa Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
Too Much EOpc in Bridge

Lest they be disappointed, we re-
mind readers that there is much to
be done before Punta Gorda will
realize the full benefits that will
come to the town as a result of the
building of the Charlotte Harbor-
Punta Gorda bridge. Some people
seem to think that as soon as the
two ends meet that it will bring
about boom, but unless much
work is done on the roads between
here and Fort Myers and that place
and Miami during the next eight or
nine months the bridge will be of
but little benefit to the town mined
lately.
When the bridge is finished the
route TO Tampa will be shortened
considerably and no doubt there will
be more travel through Punta Gorda
than at present, but the heavy travel
will not come until the Tamiam
Trail from here to Miami is put in
passable condition.
The road from here to Fort Myers
is said to be in very bad condition
and people of this section should be-
stir themselves and see that their
part of the road is made as good as
possible, as well as urging, so far as
is proper, that counties south of us
through which the trail passes push
work on the road.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

That advertising pays is the YER
dict of the war department of the
United States.
So big were the results obtained
from an advertising campaign for re-
cruits conducted last June that the
department has determined to extend
the field of its paid publicity oper-
ations and inaugurate three
months exploitation embracing more
than 500 cities and 900 newspapers.
The war department, it may be
was the first of the great
branches of the Government to recog-
nize the value of the advertising
columns of the newspapers, and the
returns on the original in
Vestment have resulted in the second
campaign.--New York Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
Importance Of Being Gullible

What gale of laughter will blow
! in the direction of the Ohio farmer
who paid SIS for a reserved seat to
see the world come to an end: All
the sophisticated city folks who pay
double and treble prices for New
Years Eve performances, the MIL
lions who have fake oil and mining
stocks tucked away in their desks,
all who have a keen eye for the bun
co game of which somebody else is
the victim will be moved to hilarity
by the incident. Here is a man, in
deed, whose gullibility beats that of
the innocents on whom the green
goods and overlapping fraternity
prey.
Truly a sucker is born every min
ute. But is it not something to be-
come National celebrity for the
price of few bushels of wheat?
Let us laugh our fill at the credu-
lous Ohio farmer but recognize the
place he and his type occupy in the
social scheme. They help to keep
alert the National sense of humor
and they help also to preserve the
balance between folly and sagacity
of the rest of their fellow-men.
They serve as the awful example to
multitudes whose own imbecilities
are less only in degree and not much
different in kind.
Somebody has to play the fool for
he admonition of the others, and the
'ole, if not to the taste of most OF
Is, has its undoubted Importance.
What, indeed, should we do without
he gullible on whose dull surface
he edge tools of any amount of
Yankee cuteness are whetted New
York World.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

.,,o,,, bo,,sas ara bot modern and up
~ 49, and thot fhey do not do the
49,, +,,stioa Th6 proprietor of one
hot,I rrog haord o say just a few
49,, go 49, a., Aat we need in Pun
Go g. 5t-class commercial
1917 ron be or four months
=, ~ 80 tourist accommoda-
80 - but for the rest of
the wear We I've but little to offer.
inst few3rfghts ago number of
g-neste ~ Die hotel were compelled
to sit IN ii night because there
wa,o M Enough beds and rooms.
cod Inows, we know, everybody
k,ow. I'VE need better hotel ac-
! onar odations and we stand ready
70 ontribute to a fund to erect a
NJ nument to the man or mon who
Will build and operate one such az
re need.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

Readers may notice that this
weeks's Herald is not quite up to
its usual standard in some respects.
This is not because any member OF
the force was incapacitated as a re-
suit of a Christmas celebration but
because of a rush of work in the
printing department, delay in prepar-
alton of copy" the editor having
been away the first three days of our
paper week." and some confusion
incident TO changing the size of the
paper.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

The Herald has had a regular
shower of bouquets and checks dur
ing the past week. Nearly every
subscriber on our books renewed for
from one to five years in order to get
the old rate of $3.50 a year, and
nearly all of them, whether they
called at the office or sent their re-
mittance by mail, took occasion 70
say something nice about the pap.
They probably did not mean all they
said and if their compliments hadn't
been accompanied by checks or cash
we would have thought they were
just trying to kid us. We won't
make anything on the subscriptions
at $3.50, but we'll get by, and we are
glad TO know everybody likes The
Herald.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
Florida newspapers generally are

Florida newspapers generally are
expressing regret on account of the
retirement of Col. Adrian P. Jordan,
Z or many years editor Of the Punta
orda Herald. They are also sorry
pat Wayne Thomas who has won a
gh place in Florida newspaperdom,
Ps decided to leave the field and has
Pne into the advertising business.
hey will both be missed by the local
Ids and by the exchange editors,
latter having always been willing
read the Herald and the Courier,
matter how busy or what the null
lie of other newspapers in the
= Times-Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

Someone with plenty of time.
sharp pencils and paper has figured
that it would take one bee 100000
operations to make pound of honey,
but that colony of bees, WORKING
TOGETHER, could make a pound in
day. The figures may not be pre-
cisely accurate, but they furnish food
for thought. Are we going to work
singly or as a colony?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

On the Republican side in the Sen.
ate the opposition to treaty ratifica-
| ton derives a notable advantage
| from its highly perfected disunity of
command. If the leadership against
the treaty were all Lodge or all
Borah and Johnson it would be diff
ficult to withstand the pressure for
ratification coming from college fac
ulties and from chambers of COM
merce, from clergymen and from in
surance presidents. Lodge might
brush aside the professors and the
preachers as so many mistaken
idealists, but the business men and
flnanciers would bother him. Borah
and Johnson would have not the least
difficulty in laying bare the sinister
designs of the chamber of commerce
and the insurance presidents, but
might find the college professors and
preachers a task. But under the
Lodge Borah-Johnson system the
thing is perfectly simple. The Mas
sachuetts Right Wing attends to the
crazy idealists and Far West Left
Wing attends to the reactionary
chambers of commerce, and thus we
advance VIGOROUSLY on the entire
front.--New York Post.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

Adrian P. Jordan, after having put
ounta Gorda on the map and later
assisting in swelling his town into q
lity, has laid the editorial harness
side and entered other business.
he new editor of the Herald is Paul
Garrett, well known newspaper
an. The Telegraph has nothing
ut the best wishes for the retiring
hd the new editors of the Herald
Bradford County Telegraph
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
Start Something
Republican State Cen

Ae Republican State Central
I1MlAlmittee has advertisements in this
issue of The Tribune calling for a
Republican State Convention to be
held at Palatka, January 10Th. The
advertised call is signed by ID. T.
Gerow," Collector of Internal Rev
enue, under Republican administra-
lions, a negro.
So there promises to be something
doing in Republican ranks! All that
stuff We heard about a white Re-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

1t is said that among the mail re-
ceiVed by Santa Claus this year was
request from Bill Hohenzollen, the
wood saver, for a fool-proof buzz
saw and another tin soldier to keep
the clown prince from getting lone
some.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

Emma Goldman and her side
partner, Berkman hurled anathemas
at the United States and predicted
all kinds Of trouble for this country
kecause it deported them and their
X. Part of the trouble has gone
Fith this unioyely pair, and their
tompatriots, who were treated all
FOO well by this Times
Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
Do We Need a HOtclp

To our mind. there is nothing that
Punta Gorda needs so much as Q
modern commercial and tourist
hotel that will afford accommodate
tons to the travelling public the
year round, and we are going TO
shout hotel until one is built.
Nothing gives a town so much un-
desirable advertising as lack of good
hotel accommodations Listen to
the conversations you hear on trains
and hotel Hobbies. Towns are Judged
by their hotels and newspapers moro
than anything else. To the travel
ing public town is a rotten"
town if its hotels are not up to date,
no matter how good q town it may
be in other respects.
It is no reflection on the managers
e cur smaller hotels to say that
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

Drive Out the Reds Next NoEta'
Congress Plan" says padllne.
AS usual, our efficient" republican
congress seems to be yunping abont
10 Jumps behind al other COVER
mental agencies
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
TATE PRESS EDITORIALS

Gainesyiile Sun: 1t is not sc
Iany days ago that the people of this
generation were loud in their praise
Woodrow Wilson. Every hat was
IN the air for him and every tongue
proclaimed him. Then, for the sake
of politics, all this was changed, and
the almost martyred president is
now being bounded.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
ajority of the newspapers
tie seem to be of the opinion

hator Fletcher VIII continue
to bephr senior senator after the vo-
ties are counted. That's our opinion,
too, but you can never tell which way
the cat is going to jump. Punta
Gorda Herald.
il the Gait would just jump little
ay northwest, landing over the Ala
lama line. it would please multi
tude of his former supporters, whose
sympathies would be extended to
poor "Ole Alabam". - Highlands
Pilot
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

Shortage of Small Coins is Ser
ious," says headline. We are not
SO much worried about the shortage
of small coins as the shortage OF the
big ones.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

The truth about Punta GorGa and
Florida is good enough. Be sure
you tell the truth. And tell it often!
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

1t is unreliably reported that
Henry Cabot Lodge is writing his
Confession"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

Most knockers are failures. Sue
cess and soreheadedness don't go to-
geth9r.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
PRESS EDITORIALS

had better not be represented. =
Pittsburg Sun.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
Resolve to boost.

If you can't or won't boost, beat
it,"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01

PLANT City Courier: The Punta
Gorda Herald has passed from the
control of Adrian p. Jordan. That
fearless writer has jabbed his goose
quill into the Irish potato on his desk
and turned the paper over to other
hands, Editor Jordan will be sadly
IGl61isSed from the field of Florida
Success to his success
fand-Dad's successors sue
citing out half as good a
he did, they will be printing
iy.-Lake Wales Highland
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-01
ADVERTISING RATES

Display be cents -"
to be cents pSETf
dverU
adN
Cards thanks obituary notices other than mentions resolutions
prises purely advertising, will be charged
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YsUBscRiPTIoN
khs Sl.0O; mont payable in advance
a be made check. money order
Q will be accepted IN pay
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exhausted
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otherwise will be continued
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-08
Sapuipd Notes

Dorothy Edwards. dnughtcr Of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Edwards, was
injured sutiously Monday night
when the ear In which sho was trav-
cling with her parents 70 Miami
overturned and rolled over n high
ON mbnnkmcnt. Mr. Edwards sny8
that he took tho cur 10 local ga-
rage 10 have II ovcrhaulcd before
starting on the trip, and that
through some mistake all the bolts
and couplings were left Off the car
They were travelling ut high rate
~ speed whom suddenly the front
whecla gave way ana tho hood foil
OF Dorothy received bruises about
tho head q Uprained wrist, and g
fractured wrlatbone. The accident
occurred about half way between
Sapulpn ana Miami
Miss olga EHfritz of BurtlcsviIlc
gave gnH conservation dumunsttn-
lions throughout the day today In
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-08
Enid Gets Forfeited
Game from ChickasIia

OKLAHOMA CITY. July Z.
Failure of the Chickasha club to
reach Enid In time for tho open
ing game OF the second half OF
the Western association season last
Friday has resulted in the forfeiture
OF the game scheduled TO have
been played on that day to Enid.
c. J Bril-, secretary OF the league,
and acting president during the abb
rence OF President J. &. Lctcher, an
nounced today. In addition the
Chickasha club must pay the Enid
club 800 damages, the decision
provides