davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
TO DIVIDE MANATEE?
People of Southern End of County
Are Talking of Division.

A meeting which probably marks
the beginning of an effort for county
division in Manatee county was held
in Sarasota few days ago, about 35
delegates representing Sarasota,
| Fruityille and Englewood being pres
ent.
1t seems from a report of the meet
ing published in the Sarasota Times
that the movement for division is the
outcome of dissatisfaction of the peo-
pie of lower Manatee, which is far
removed from the county seat.
Bradentown, in the extreme northern
part of the county.
A committee was appointed to
handle the proposition until it is
definitely ascertained whether most
of the people of lower Manatee really
want division and think it best for
the interests Of all concerned and
resolution setting forth that the
movement was not necessarily an
tagonistlc to any other section of the |
county was passed.
Another meeting was to have been
held last night.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
Hogs are NuiSances,

The citizens of Solana are greatly
incensed over tie damage that is be-
ing done in that neighborhood by two
hogs of the razorback variety, which
have taken up their abode there.
These swine are seldom seen in day
time and their depredations are con-
fined to the night time entirely.
There Is hardly a family in jSolana
that has not suffered more or less
damage from their nocturnar visits.
They have torn down substantial
fences, killing chickens, eating eggs,
watermelons and anything else they
find. Practically every sweet potato
patch to which they should gain ac-
cess has been completely destroyed
The people Of Solana have every res
oect for law and no threats have been
made but the writing on the wall in
iicates that in this case forbearance
las ceased to be a virtue and that a
erious accident to their hogships
nay be recorded at any time.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
ARCADIA WILL CELEBRATE
ON JULY THIRD; DIVISION
FOLK HER HONOR GUESTS
is Flaming Big Event in Celebration
of Glorious Fourth and Victory
of the Divis:onists.

Arcadia is getting ready to enter.
tam the people of DeSoto county
! with q big celebration on Saturday
July tkird-and the committee that
conducted the division campaign and
people OF the proposed new counties
are to be the guests of honor on that
day. Wauchula has called off the
celebration she had planned in order
to allow her people to attend the big
celebration at Arcadia and join in a
love feast with their late political
foes.
Says the DeSoto County News:
10 tEis feat of reason and flow
OF soul' Arcadia will be lost and
every body is invited to attend. but
the division committee and the peo-
pie from the division parts of the
county are especially invited and are
to be the guests of honor.
Arcadia fought hard fight
against division-and lost-and we
want to show our friends and neigh
bors in the other sections of the
county that we are good losers as
well as hard fighters. We are not
sore over defeat and want you all to
know that we take our medicine
gracefully.
This will be gala event and
here will be plenty of good things to
Eat, free of cost. There will be ice
water on every corner, nearly. of the
business section; there will be rest
ooms provided and seats arranged
or the crowds. There will be music
" good band, ball games and
theT sports, speaking by prominent
peakers, and fun galore. Carlstrom
teld will probably assist in the
ports and music, and show us some i
ying stunts. /
'lf possible special rates will be c
with the railroads and |
very one should make it his busi- S
ess to attend. L
Let us get together and forget
ollucs and remember only that we
e Americans, neighbors and friends.
ome, be Arcadia's guests and enjoy }
day with us before you leave us II
'rmanently. Everybody is invited. S
member, but the division people II
e especially invited" p
Many Punta Gordans are planning cj
join with the Arcadians and peo- D
g from other sections and help TO a
axe this the biggest event of the II
nd ever held in DeSoto county oI
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
HOPE TO HAVE TAMIAMI
TRAIL COMPLETE FROM
HERE NORTH BY WINTER
Charlotte Harbor Bridge to be Fin
ished by Late Fall-District
= Must Get Busy on Road.

At the last meeting of the Com
mercial Club the short-route road to
Fort Myers and the stretch of road
between the Manatee county line and
Charlotte Harbor were discussed at
length and 1t was decided that Just
as soon as it is possible to learn
something definite in regard to the
plans of Fort Myers and Lee county
that the county commissioner for
this district be asked to take i'm
mediate steps to start the actual con-
struction of this end of the short
route road.
In discussing the stretch of road in
district two it was brought out that
this is the only piece of bad road be-
tween Punta Gorda and Tampa. The
Charlotte Harbor bridge will be fin
ished some time this fall, and unless
steps are taken to hard
surface this stretch of road the Tam
ami trail will still be far from COM
plete when the bridge is finished. 1t
vas decided to get in touch with the
in charge of this road
md the people of the district and to
lse all proper influence to have the |
DAD hardsurfaced in time to be of
lse this winter.
Col. ]. H. Hancock. who with B. C.
levitt represented Punta Gorda at
he organization meeting of the Old
indian Trails Association, made an
1teresting report of the meeting.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
PUNrA GoRDA FLORIDA. THURSDAY JUNE 24th, 1920.
TOWN TO BE CLEANED UP:
MARSHAL MUST "BRUSH
UP" AND ENFORCE LAWS
Alleged Neglect of Duty Not Likely be Tolerated by Council
Much Longer Sanitary Laws of Town Must be
Complied With. Mayor Takes Stand

The sanitary laws of Punta CorGa
and the State Board of Health arc
going to be enforced ard citizens OF
the town must perform their part OF
the work necessary to clean I'D Their
premises and the town.
This decision was reached Tuesday
night when the Town Council met
with committee from the CONNER
cial Club and discussed with them
the deDlorable condition into which
the town now is as a result of non
enforcement of the laws.
Various phases CT the situation
now confronting the town and pos
sible remedies were discussed at
length by the committee, the mayor
and three councilmen who were pres
ent, t e latter showing their disposi-
ton to do anything possible to bring
about better sanitation and improve
the towns appearance by cleaning up
and keeping weeds and grass off the
streets and vacant lots.
The mayor and Couucilmen Goff.
Carleton and Crosland all expressed
themselves as desiring to do anything
within their power to bring about de-
sired results and when the discussion
shifted to the marshal, who was not
present, considerable feeling was
in the remarks regardiHc
alleged failure to perform the duties |
he Is paid to perform. and the course
taken by the council leaves no room
.oE doubt as to their determination
% see that hereafter the duties of
he marshal are performed In accord !
lnce with the ordinances regulating
lis duties, whether they are perform
"a by the present marshal or not. !
IF our present marshal cannot or
viii not perform his duties, then it
time for us to employ pistol Pete"
II some other man for marshal"
aid one councilman. in effect This !
eclaration seemed to meet with
earty approval of the mayor. the ,
ther councilmen and members of
he committee.
Following more discussion along 3
lis line, a motion was offered and :
assed directing the mayor to give =
Is attention to the enforcement of .
.ws relative to sanitation and keep y
lg streets, yards and lots in a sight 7
condition, enforcing these laws 9
trough the marshal or other sani- ;
ry officer, and to instruct the mar ~
lal or other sanitary officer to make ?,
monthly report of his stewardship +,
the office or Offices, and when the ~,
ayor's orders are not carried out h,
at charges be preferred against the p,
icer falling in his duty. The same
0tion pledged the mayor the hearty
operation of the council in enforc- =,
e the laws and keeping the town -,
AN and sanitary. ="
,, in
There was considerable discussion
to whether the present laws are
,liciently broad, and after referring
them it was decided that they coy-
fully everything upon which act NJ
is desired and are enforceable. m;
It was decided to employ the SER Nj
e3 Of mower CT to buy one for gi,
, on the streets and vacant lots, to da
uire compliance with the ordin- in
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

ward taking care of the bond issue,
and will provide that the rate of such
license tax shall be fifty cents per
hundred weight on each vehicle so IL
censed, ample funds will be provided
for paying the interest each year ana
creating sinking fund that will re-
tire the entire bond issue of 100000
600 at the close of the year 1910.
This is based on the very con-
servat'ye estimate CT the total reg
istration of motor vehicles for the
year 1922 being 5000 with an an
Continued on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
Let's Homo So,

Inspired with civic pride, Vassa
Jones and Grad Harrison have been
having a cleanup around their barber
shop and pressing club, and have
made great improvement in the ap-
pearance of their premises. 1--WE de-
cided we'd not wait for our neigh
bors to clean up, but would go ahead
and do some cleaning ourselves, hop
ing tat others will become ashamed
Of themselves and do likewise" said
Nassa.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
Nearing COmDIetiOn.

The home for orphans being erect
ed on the DeSoto County Home Farm
near Punta Gorda, is nearing compile
tion. and it is said that just as soon
as finished, 27 children who have no
homes of their own will be moved in
to it. The building is 3Ox36 feet,
with large hall running through
the center and three bedrooms on
either side. Adjoining is the kitchen
and dining room
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
COUNTY COURT.
Enough Cases on Docket to Make n
Very Busy Week.

Following is the docket for coun
ty court for this week, court having
been in session since Tuesday of last
week.
State OF Florida VS.. T. P. Mcbride
/ possessing still, June 81.
State of Florida VS.. Glover benson,
using property of another, June 81.
State of Florida VS.. John Saxon,
drunkenness, June 21.
State of Florida vs.. Press Brown,
selling liquor. June 81.
State of Florida VS.. Abe Gibbs,
possessing and selling liquor, June
%.
State of Florida VS.. Mrs. Ray Bax-
ley, trcspass, June %.
State of Florida VS.. Oscar Lowe,
Leon Lowe, Roy Stewart, and Wibb
Crews, manufacturing liqror, June
%
State of Florida vs., Maggie Crice,
disease, June %.
State of Florida vs.. Elizabeth |
Boatwright, May Boatwright and
Lula Boatwright, aggravated assault, |
June 23.
State Of Florida VS.. Joseph Hogan,
,karlie Hendry. and George Mat
hews, drunkenness, June 23.
State of Florida VS. Mack Holly,
improper exhibition of gun, June "a.
State of Florida VS.. P. o. Rick
lan, jr., selling liquor, June "a.
State of Florida VS.. Ed Harold.
oncealed weapons, June "a.
State of Florida vs.. Ebert Coker,
June "a.
State of Florida VS.. Nettie Sim E
IONS, trespass and profanity, June :
4.
State of Florida VS. Ethel Tyson, 6
las Ethel Hays, vagrancy, June "a. :
State Of Florida VS.. George Cox, z
liquor, June "a. &
State of Florida VS.. Gabus Cowart, &
intoxicating beverages.
State of Florida VS.. Jim Scott, s
tit larceny. =
State of Florida VS.. Mrs. Phronie s
right, trespass. s.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

afternoons pleasure was a feast of
sandwiches, cake and lemonade, serv-
ed at six O'Clock Among the young
sters and grown ups present were: i:
Eugene Richardson, Mrs. Richardson.
Dorothy Willis, Esettia Turner, Earl
Turner, Roy Turner and Albert Tur-
ner. We wish Elrie many happy re-
turns of the day.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

,ance and state law requiring the us,
of outside toilets, to require citizen!
to keep their premises reasonably free
from weeds, grass and rubbish, anC
to take immediate steps to remedy
the bad condition of bitches in the
southwestern part of town and or
Railroad street.
For the benefit of readers, the fol-
lowing information and extracts from
the cOditied laws of the town are
given:
fine Of $50 or Imprisonment for
80 days is the penalty for failure to
camply with the town ordinance and
state law regulating outside closets.
Sention 100 reads: "Any person
or persons causing the accumulation
or NTH, tin cans or rubbish or main
tanning a nuisance of any kind within
the corporate limits of this town and
failing to remove the same after be-
ing notified to do so by the marshal
shall be fined not more than fifty
dollars"
Section 1914 reads: THAT it shall
be the duty of all owners. lessess. or
occupants of lots within he limits of
the town of Punta Gorda to keep
their sidewalks, streets, cutters, al
loys, cesspools, and lots clean anc
neat"
Section 195 reads: That it shall
be the duty of all owners or occu-
piers of lots within the town of Pun
Ia Gorda to prevent or remove any
accumulation of trash, filth or other
matter on or within their premises
and to keep down by cutting and re-
moving the same all excessive grow
h OF weeds and other noxious plants |
and shrubs on their lots and premis-
IS, whether such lots be occupied or
lnoccupied. Fine of 800, i'm
for thirty days or hard
abor on the streets or both fine and Il
Imprisonment is the penalty for fail
Ire to comply with this ordinance.
Section 80 defines the duties and
'owers of the marshal, In part, as
ollows; "The marshall shall patrol
he town, preserving peace, good or
er and tranquility and shall arrest {
ii offenders against the town ordin-
noes WITH OR WITHOUT WAR t
ANT and take into custody any per- @
on or persons who shall make. "
lreaten or attempt to make, in his h
resence or within his view, any Of r
'nce prohibited by the ordinances of =,
lie town, and he shall without un- h
ecessary delay convey the offenders q
efore the mayor to be dealt with ac- 9,
riding to law" ~
When asked if it could be stated 81
that the laws referred to fl,
'oyc would be enforced hereafter.
ayor Skies replied that it was his
tention to enforce the laws.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

According to report of the De-
partment of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census. just issued. there are o.
4O2, $50 acres in DeSoto county. The
total area in organized drainage pro-
jects is 190,640 acres, the total cost
of which will be $978,360. There
are 1880 acres of swampy, wet
land subject to overflow; 34,146
acres of timbered land; 142,2O3
acres OF prairie land and 14,291
acres Of cultivated land.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

YOUR HOME TOWN FIRST


Work for your own town.
Beautify it. Improve it.
Make it attractive.
The world war and the
treaty of peace and the pro-
tectiVe tariff and ell such
things are important subjects;
but what's the good of cleaning
up the world unless you sweep
your own doorstep?
The city whose main street is
dirty, sordid-looking, cluttered,
unlnviting, suffers much. Sucn
city wants to be cleaned, re-
created, made a thing Of beau
ty, so that people will come
miles to see it.
The best advertisement of
your business is the town you
live in.
Towns get regulations, as
well as men. Make your town
talked of all over TIE state. It
will thus draw people. And
where the people come there is
prosperity.
1t does not take money. It
takes something that is scarcer.
1t takes cooperation.
Get together. Organize for
civic Improvement. Develop
the civic nerve.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

Rid your town of one eye
sore after another. Clean IN
the vacant lots and plant them
in gardens. Make a cluttered
yard a disgrace. Make public
opinion too hot for those who
will not help.
1t pays. It will promote law
ahd order. 1t will help in the
education of your children. 1t
Will draw factories and other
business enterprises to your To-
cality.
Shiftlessness, untidines,s dirt
and selfishness, as shown in
your streets and buildings, re-
act upon your people.
Such things make your BOYS
and girls grow up hating their
home town.
Make your home town
cnildren's paradise, something
their memory will lovingly
turn back to.
Look after your amuse-
ments, your parks, your play
grounds, your theaters, and all
your other means of communal
enjoyment.
Make your home town happy
1t pays.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
Birthday Party.

Master Elrie Willis, grandson of
Mrs. J. e. VanCamp. entertained his
many little friends at a picnic party
Monday afternoon. The occasion was
given in honor of Elrie's fifth birth
day at the home of his grandparents
IN Solana. The main feature of the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
COODer'S Majority 1o2

The official count of the vote in
Manatee county showc that Frank NJ,
Cooper, of this place, received a ma
jority of 122 Manatee votes over his
opponent, John A. Graham, n the
race for state senator from the eth
district.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

Matt Weeks, of Tampa, and Miss
Mamie Riggs, of Charlotte Harbor,
Were united in marriage at Charlotte
Harder Friday night, T. A. Stephens
officiating. They left Sunday for
North CaroliGa, where they will
spend their honeymoon.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

The Business Mems Association of
Palmetto has decided to give a rous-
ing big celebration for the Fourth of
July. The celebration will be given
on Monday as the Fourth comes on
Sunday.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

Seminole county farmers are pur-
chasing tile and sewer in carloads.
Over $4,000 worth was ordered CO.
operatively during the past two
weeks, at saving of $500 to the pur-
chasers.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

Commercial Club meets tomorrow
friday night at o'clock.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24

Commercial Club meets tomorrow,
tFriday) night at o'clock.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
POPULATION

The 1915 census gave
Punta Gorda a population
of l.772. 1t has grown
steadily since then and
the present population Is
estimated at 1000.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-24
IMPROVEMENTS

Punta Gorda has more
improvements than any
other Florida town of it's
size. Paved streets, side
walks, sewerage, electric
lights, waterworks, etc.
Evening star., 1920-03-09
PENNSY'S FLOOR COACH
TERMED miracle MAN,

The miracle man" term has found
fits way into basket ball, and if 1t
proves as much of jinx there as it
has in other lines of sport we may
expect to see the University Of Penn
sylvania floor team come a cropper.
for the Red and Blue coach is the man
Upon whom the title is being conferred
Lon Jourdet is hailed as the miracle
man" of basket ball by Penn students.
The dizzy clip that the Red and Blue
team has hit in winning fifteen straight
games this season has set the students
aSog over their five. "Jourdet has revo-
1utioniZed basket ball and has accom-
plished wonders at Pennsylvania" says
the student daily. the Pennsylvania.
He has inaugurated a new system OF
play in the four years he has been here
that has put the Red and Blue first over
all other institutions. He deserves
credit" Coach Jourdet with team
that was of dubious quality because of
the loss of two veterans, has won six
league triumphs and nine outside games
this season. suffering no defeats. His
success is due to the fact he is a de-
Nt!Opcr OF players, say the students.
Thus when the veterans step out. there
are always promising youths to form
. new cogs. The b st example of this was
seen this year when Graves and Rosenost
came through with flying colors. Though
h has won two intercollegiate titles in
four seasons as coach. Jourdet is eX-
trenely modest over his success. He
attributes il solely TO hard work and the
attitude Of the players who keep plug
Ging. He believes in establishing a
strong confidence between a coach and
his men, with the result that the candi-
dates have faith iii the mentor and obey
willingly.
Evening star., 1920-03-09

to drive almost all the air out of the
park on his first appearance. Jasper
was using a slow spit ball that fioated
leisurely up to the plate. Ruth would
get set. take a healthy swing and then
miss by wide margin. The crowd
sitting on the Cleveland bench, Joked
Ruth as he took each futile swing.
which didn't help the big fellows
feelings any. AS Ruth walked to his
place in the field he glanced over al
the Cleveland bench and remarked:
Don't you ever pitch. expect To
make home run at your expense"
A bad arm had kept Coumbe out
of the game for eight or nine weeks
When Boston went to bat in the last
half of the ninth the score was 7 to
3 against them. They appeared hope
lessly beaten. a batting rally was
started. one run had been put over
and the bases filled, with Ruth up.
when Jasper was derricked and
Ruth gloated as Coumbe walked into
the box. Coumbe sent up slow
curve. Ruth took a terrific swing and
missed. Coumbe stood out on the
rubber. grinning. Wipe off the smile
yelled Ruth. The next Offering was
slow one, and Ruth proceeded to make
a fast one out of il. No Cleveland
fan can ever recall ball that trav-
eled as far. 1t cleared the right field
fence a mile. That hit beat Cleveland
out of the ball game. but the Cleve-
land fans who had laughed in glee as
Jasper whitfield Ruth on his first ap-
pearance gave him a tremendous oya-
tion as he crossed the plate. Yes.
the base ball fan is a peculiar indi-
vidual, a trifle fickle. but usually SO
! fair minded that he is always willing
| to give credit to him who deserves II.