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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27
VALUABLE BADGE OF OFFICE
Decoration Worn by Chief Magistrate
OF the British Capital 10 Worth
Immense Sum.

The most costly badge Of office In
England is worn by the lord mayor
of London, according to London Tit
Bits.
1t contains diamonds to the value OF
100000 ($6O0,OOO) and each holder OF
II during his term of office is called
upon to enter into a bond for its safe
custody before he is sworn in, and thus
becomes entitled to Its possession.
The jeweled collar worn by the lord
mayor of London is Of pure gold, made
up of series of links, each formed of
the IS" united York and Lancaster
rose and massive knot. The ends of
the chain are Joined by the portcullis,
from the points of which, suspended by
a ring of diamonds, hangs the jewel
The center collar contains % SIS IA
roses. Is knots and measures GA inches.
The jewel contains in the center the
city arms; surrounding this is gar
ter of blue edged with white and gold,
bearing the city motto In gold letters.
The whole Is encircled with a costly
border of gold SIS" alternating with
rosettes of diamonds set in silver. The
Jewel is suspended from the collar by
a portcullis, but when worn without
the collar IS hung by a broad blue
ribbon.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27
DON'T TAKE A CHANCE
Punta GOrda People Should Act in
Time.

If you suffer from bacEachc;
If you have headaches, dizZJ
spells;
If the kidney secIetions are irrcg-
ular,
Don't delay-likely your kidneys
are sick.
Punta Gorda people recommend
Deans Kidney Pills.
Here's a Punta Gorda mans ex-
pcrience;.
l. J. Patrick, farmer, says: Hard
work OF the farm is what weakened
my kidneys and caused backache,
some time ago. Ny back felt weak
and | was about low1 and out. | had
no energy to do anything My kidneys
acted too freely, and the secretions
wore scanty and niCtly colC.'ed. | got
a box of Doan's Kidney Pills and they
helped me Immediately. Two boxes
banished my lame back ard correct
ed the kidney actiCn."
Price soc, a. all dealers. Don't
simply 2sk for a kidney remcdy-get
Deans Kidney Pilis-thc same that
NJ. Patrick had F. ster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.-Gdv.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27
Leather From Fish skins.

The bureau of fisheries, United
States department of commerce, re-
ports excellent progress in the tan
ming of fish leather. One company
which is tanning fish skins has estab-
lished a station in North Carolina and
another in Florida for the capture OF
sharks and porpoises, and Is meeting
with success in its fishery for sharks.
1t is understood that the number or
stations will be increased as rapidly
as possible. Another company has re-
Gently acquired site for tannery
in Washington which plans to tan the
hides Of sharks, beluga. hair seals, etc
Samples of leather recently submitted
show marked improvement in appear
ance over earlier samples. The leather
Is soft and pliable and appears TO
have ample strength for many uses.
The nets which the bureau developed
for the capture of sharks are proving
successful and are being adopted Tor
the fishery. At the fishery stations the
liver oil Is being extracted.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27
SenalbIe SUGGESTION.

at seems to me-" musingly said
Hostetter Smith, that those young
motor car bandits have no conception
whatever of real efficiency and sys-
tematIc operation. Instead of slash
ing up and down the highways ana
byways, holding up belated citizens AT
the points of revolvers, probably get
ting their own raiment more or less
mussed during an evenings endeaVor
and possibly having their rice cars
disfigured, and, of course, running the
slight risk of being shot by hasty in
dividuals who aren't aware OF now
unsafe it Is to shoot political pet, Il
would be much more sensible for them
to drive sedately about with neatly
lettered banners on their cars inform
ing the public where to go ara hand
over Il cir money and jewels and make
statements of the rewards they Will
psy for their return."-Kansas City
SER
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27

Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Fries are at
Lakeland, being guests at the home
of Ms. Fries sister, while Mr.. Fries
is engaged in work for w. L. Koon at
Fort Meade.
Mrs Calvin G. Page recently I'M
derwent an operation in the sanitar-
ium at Arcadia and friends will be
gratified 10 know that she is now get
ting along nicely.
Fort Ogden has a large acreage in
watermelons this season and began
shipping this week. The smaller
melons are selling in the local mar
kets for 81 each.
Calvin G. Page visited his wife at
tie sanitarium in Arcadia Tuesday.
Mrs. Page is slowly recovering from
the effects of the operation which
she underwent a few days ago.
Miss Francis Wachob spent the
weekend in this city the guest of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Wachob,
Miss Wachob holds responsible pos
ition with Saxon. & Co., at Brown
willie.
Capt. w II. Johnson of South
Boca Grande was here several days
| last week and again the first of this
week looking after repairs on the
pilot boat which he had on the ways
here.
A. p. Hatch and wife, A. M. Hatch
and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Mizell motored
to Arcadia Sunday. On the return
trip they stopped at the home OF
Dave Mizell, who is J. Mizell's broth
er, at Fort Ogden.
Ingram P. Barlow, of Wauchula
candidate for county judge, was in
Punta Gorda Monday and Tuesday
and made short address to the
crowd that gathered to hear Con
gressman Drane Monday night.
]. L. Sauls, the anti-division can.
didate Ger member OF the legislature
was a visitor to Punta Gorda Mon
day and Tuesday He spent Tues
day fishing, declaring that he didn't
come to Punta Gorda TO catch votes
but to catch fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. c. Killam left fol
their summer home in Shelbyville
Ills, Tuesday morning. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Killam have been looked upor
by some as winter residents, but this
is net true. Long ago they made
Punta Gorda their permanent and lie
gal residence. They will return il
September.
Saturday afternoon at about $3.50
the fire alarm called out the vOlun
teer fire department and citizens Il
fight a fire that was destroying thu
| luxuriant growth of weeds, grass anC
bushes that covered lot at the
corner of Marian avenue and Chas
: teen street, the lot and a hous'
= standing thereon being the propert,
of c. M. Carrier, it is said. NJ
damage was done the house and tn
. fire served good purpose in clean
ing up, to some extent, q very un
5 slightly vacant lot and a hGrbor 70
; snakes, mosquitoes and other deni
' zons of the jungles.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27
TOWN TOPICSOFAWEEK
The lfnportant happenings OF Punta Gorda and
Vicinity Briefly Told

Mr.. and Mrs. CLas. Richmond
spent Monday in Arcadia.
Saml. P. Bruton of Fort Myers
was visitor here Saturday and Sun
day
DR.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Matthews
motored to Arcadia and back Satur-
day.
G. w. Gatewood, of the staff of the
Arcadia News, spent Sunday at home
here.
Get that cool, comfortable Palm
Beach suit at Kinsels. The price is
low for the quality. adv
Miss Martha vyaltmire is in Deca-
tur, Ga, nursing in the Scottish Rite
Hospital.
F. NJ. Cooper returned Saturday
night from a compaign trip into
Manatee county.
FEEDS. FERTILIZERS AND
CRATES. - l.. NJ. WRITTEN,
AGENT. 9t4h.
A. J. Bardin, Wilbur Bardin and
Eldridgc Morgan, of Wauchula, were
visitors to Punta Gordo Sunday.
Miss Lucy Muricl Ingram return
ed Sunday from Jacksonville, where
she spent fortnight very pleasantly
Mrs. Chas. Johnson, of Boca
lGrande, spent several days .,ere last
week the guest of Mrs. Pearl Bald.
win.
Wanted Fifty thousand gator
hides. Will pay highest market
price.-Kinsel & Washington Fun
lCo.-adv.
f. Alverson, who has spent the
winter at Cleveland, left this morn,
ing for Chicago and will be gone in,
definitely.
Mrs. Sadie harrington and son
Henry, of Avon Park, came dowr
Sunday noon and viii spend severa
days here.
FOR SALE-Seven thousand gal
Ions finest pure Florida cane syrup
in large or small quantities. A. ]
IKINSEL & CO.-adv.10-tf.
CAPT. w. H. Johnson and Mrs
Chas. F. Johnson, of Boca Grande
came up last Thursday for visit o
several days.
love you people and want t
save you money on roofing; come il
and inspect "FleXotile" and &c
prices o. SILCOX.-ady.
P. o. Hickman is repairing and en-
larging his residence on the Allapat
chez, converting it into modern
bungalow.
Wanted - $4,000 little alligators
viii pay 1Oc each and will take al
you can bring. Bring as many a
possible at the same time.-kinsel 4
washington Fur Co. 19-ad
Mrs. ]. f. Caldwell, who has bee
here visiting her daughter, Mrs, NJ
C. Cummings, left fer her home Il
Mulberry Monday morning.
FEED. FERTILIZERS AM
CRATES. - l.. VI. WHITTIER
IaGFNT. CAT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27
Too Much for Her.

Four.year-old Harold was going
away on a visit. His mother had
been giving him final instructions in
table etiquette and the general impor-
lance Of being polite.
His six-year-old sister listened with
Increasing disdain. Finally, unable TO
bear II any longer she said:
Now, mother. II HarOld's going up
there TO act d--n Sissy, I'm not 60
kg."--Home Sector.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27

Henry Quednau left for Tampa
Monday morning.
See w. o. Silcox for cheap cement
adv.
Miss Norma Pepper was a visitor
to Tampa this week.
New line of genuine Palm Beach
cloth suits at Kinsels. adv
O. A. Morgan was a recent bust
ness visitor to Arcadia.
Two good BARRIERS on the job at
Jones all the time.-adv
o. N. Schauberger went up to Ar
cadia Monday morning.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27
WIN He Wanted strona Ones.

"Gimme three cigars" ordered
ORourke, showing a quarter across the
counter.
strong ones or mildF
Gimme the strong ones. The weak
vans is always Dustin in me pocket"
The American Legion Weekly.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27
hich.Priced Language.

"Hey. Bill"
"What is ~"
"Your doctors out here with fiat
tire"
Diagnose The case MS fiatulency OF
the perlmeter and charge him accord
ingly." ordered the garage man.
That's the way he does biz. Louis
Vile COurier-Journal.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-05-27

City-wide campaign is going on in
st. Augustine, backed by the Rotary
Club and Women's Clubs. to eradi-
cate the fly nuisance.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-06

oy persons enormously cynical and
enormously clever.
1here ought to be paper for average
persons written and directed by average
men. The great difficulty is that there
aren't any average men. The AVERAGE
ls point which is approached from
both sides and never attained. The
genluses of the popular newspapers are
much above it. They are like passen-
gers in balloon who survey the whole
countryside from height. They are not
with US Indeed, we rather suspect
that the sustenance which they throw
US every morning and six or seven times
durlng the day is not mama, although
SO labeled, but merely bags of sand.
Georges Bulmer enters passionatclv
into all the various campaigns of his
newspaper. This conception of an editor
is as naive as the belief that an emo
tlonal actress dies 365 times during a
years run of "a Woman's Honor"
Take the case Of Mr.. Hearst again. Isn't
1t manlfestly impossible that he should
hate and revere, thrill and shudder with
the clockwork regularity of The Amerj-
can! Does anybody actually believe
that whenever Ireland is mentioned Mr.
Hearst takes out handkerchief and
weeps or that he gnashes his teeth and
cienches both fists when England comes
into the converse ton. Prohibition. prize
nights, seven cents fares, the shocking
ballet in "Aphrodite," racetrack pam
bling, the fourteen points-any man who
undertook to carry about with him the
complete emotional reaction of the
Hearst newspapers to all these subjects
would be as agitated as an aspen. The
reason that so little sincerity gets into
our newspapers is that sincerity has q
tendency to become inarticulate. There
is more f1uency in acting a thing than
in feeling it. Accordingly, the public is
regaled not so much with the naked
emotions and beliefs of any heart or
mind but with carefully conceived per-
formances.
The truth is mighty and ought to
prevail, and it may be that some day
theretwill be printed a newspaper run
by an editor who puts in only what he
likes and what he believes. We have
not seen it yet. 1t might have all sorts
of faults of partisanship and vugarity
and anything else you choose to conjure
up, but at least it would be free from
the condescension which marks the
printed word as it is now handed to US
in newsI ..pers and books and magazines
When that time comes there will be an
end to giving the public what some
body thinks it wants and also what
somebody thinks it ought to have
whether it wants it or not. Perhaps the
day will be. delayed until the much dis
cussed, but never discovered, average
man is born into the world
New-York tribune., 1920-10-06
Woods Says Posts
Ruling ON Aliens
LIS Discrimination
Eight Other Organizations
Admitted to Ellis Island
Since Request of Legion
Was Refused, He Charges

Further criticism was leveled at De-
partment Of Labor heads yesterday by
Colonel Arthur Woods, chairman Of the
American Legion's Americanization
committee, for their refusal to permit
the Legion to have access to the name
and addresses of newly arrived immi-
grants. In addition, Colonel Woods,
who intimated that there must be
something more underlying the de-
partment's action than mere politics,
disclosed the names of eight organiza-
tions that have been allowed repre-
sentation at Ellis Island since the Le-
gion's request was first denied.
In telegram dated August 25, R. B.
Mahany, Acting Secretary of Labor, ad-
vised the Legions committee that it's
request could not be granted, and ex-
planned that "it has become serious
question with the department whether
it will not be compelled to exclude all
agencies, however meritorious, not
strictly governmental, from even COM
mittee representation at the Island"
Since that date, Colonel Woods de-
clares, the following welfare organiza-
tions have been granted permission
similar to that denied the American
Legion for purely patriotic and educa-
tional purposes: The Travellers Aid So
ciety, the Episcopal City Mission, the
Swedish Lutheran Immigrants Home,
the Presbyterian Women's Home Mis-
sions, the Y. W. c. A., the Church Ex-
tension, the American Baptist Wome n s
Home Missionary Society and the w. C.
T. u.
"Now, why there is this discrimina-
tion-and discrimination it undoubtcd-
ly is-ageinst the American Legion,
don't know" Colonel Woods asserted.
"But, whatever reason impelled the de-
partment's officials to refuse US per-
mission to engage in work that, al
though solely supplemental to the gov
ernment's immigration service, would
enable us to reach the thousands of
would-be Americans and help them to
be assimilated into decent society and
patriotic citizenship, that reason can
hardly be defined as a political one"
Announcement WAS made yesterday
OF the organization of the Immigrant
News Service by the Peoples of Amer
ice Society; West Sixteenth Street.
Its purpose is stated to be that Of
courteracting "the blind distrust Of the
foreigner and "of reassertng the
vital content behind the somewhat
abused term Of 'Americanization.'
New-York tribune., 1920-10-06
18th Electrical Exhibit
Will Open Here Tonight
Everything Ready at Grand
central Palace for Demonstra-
ton of MANY Tnven.;ors


Everything is in readiness fo. +h.
opening this evening of the thirteenth
annual Electrical Exposition in Grand
oeneral Palace. Twelve months of
progress in electrical invention and de-
,yelopment will be shown and 14s ex-
ntol,s VIII demonstrate the many uses
of electricity.
The latest models of labor elimi
nselng devices will be shown for the
eoIncatlon of the housewife and the
oacnelor: Ihese will include fatirons,
curling irons, vacuum cleaners. iceless
zee ooXes, dishwashing machines and
musical Instruments. The manufac-
turer Will find varied and highly de-
veloped application of the current to
ms needs, and devices will be shown
tor use by business men. merchants.
physicians and dentists.
There are special exhibits in onera-
ton, including a modern laundry. a
bakery, a carpet-cleaning plant. a ma
chine shop and furniture factory.
ihe novelties to be shown include the
electric bath, razor, hair cutter, cooker
icr one-room fiat and numerous
others.
One of the principal booths will be
occupied by the Signal Corps of the
united States army. The latest field
radio equipment, some of which never
has been shown before, will be on
view, under the direction of Lieutenant
Colonel Robert Loghry. He will install
radio telephones which will transmit
music from Fort Wood to booths at
the exposition. The exposition will be
open until October Is
New-York tribune., 1920-10-06
Ponzi Assets Less Than
One Third Of Liabilities
Auditors Report Shows Cred
itors VIII Get About One
Dollar for Three

BOSTON, Oct 5.-Charles Ponzi can
pay less than one-third Of the claims
of creditors of his shattered scheme OF
high finance. Instead OF the so per
cent. profits which he promised. those
who expected him to lead them to quick
riches viii lose more than 60 per cent.
on their Investments
c. n. Rittenhouse. auditor for the
Federal receivers Of Ponzi mads his
report at hearing to-day on bank
ruptcy petition as-.nso .os4l e
tederal court. To meet liabilities,
which he set at S7.5O0,0o0. the auditor
SD Ponzi had total assets of only
$2,195.sS5.
Ponzi's assets included as princinal
items certificate of deposit for ST.
o5S.22l. cash il banks amounting to
$i5e,076, Ponzi's home in Lexington.
estimated at $4,000, and $3.50 shares
OF the Hanover Trust Company. esti
mated at 100000 The Hanover Bank
failed when Ponzi's business was
closed
New-York tribune., 1920-10-06

"Supposin' you was lyin' in a room.~
begins the narrator Of Edgar Lee Mas
ters's Mitch Miller, but it seems to US
that when it comes to that kind of
supposin " one would more probably be
"iayin Masters has not quite got
the touch for book which is avowedly
meant to be kin to Tom Sawyer and
Huckleberry Finn. At any rate, the talk
of his boy characters does not seem
easy to US. Well warrant that Masters
has sweated over it. Yet there is
great deal Of capital observation in the
book. The scene between Mitch and the
revivahst is first rate This is a bit
which can stand sophistication. For the
rest Masters has to stoop a little. We
don't think he has conquered
w. L. Georges difficulty in Caliban
is somewhat different. Observation is
lacking in his portrait of the owner of
q chain Of newspapers. The creation is
entirely synthetic. A number of anec-
dotes such as one might hear in this
country about Hearst have been pasted
together and then the announcement
made, Here is the man" We don't
think it is. George sees Richard Bulmer
and tries to make us see him through
the things that Bulmer does in his
newspapers. 1t is just as if somebody
should attempt a character sketch of
William Randolph Hearst by a close
study of Silk Hat Harry, A. Mugg and
Krazy Kat
According to the notion set forth in
Caliban, the editor of popular news
paper puts himself into the presses, all
his hopes and beliefs and enthusiasms
Personally we never found any popular
newspaper half so interesting as that
We never felt that it reflected the be-
lief of anybody, least Of all its editor
Bulmer believes in his papers AS
George describes him, "Bulmer never
taste. He liked what the masses liked;
the only difference was that he had the
will to impose and they only the weak
ness to accept. He was entirely honest"
This Is not the spirit of yellow jour
nalism or of any journalism, for that
matter. AS soon as any publication
reaches a circulation of 10000 copies the
editor begins to talk of "our public" and
ceases to print the things he likes, but
searches instead for "what the public
wants." The reason for complaint
against the yellow press is not that it
represents with any fidelity the taste
of the average man and woman, but that
it first creates a taste and then satisfies
it. Generally speaking, the work is done
New-York tribune., 1920-10-06

studies at Grand Seminary, Montreal
Canada. He was ordained a priest in
1875, and his first pastorate work was
in Spencer, Mass.
He received the degree of Doctor of
Divinity from Georgetown University
in 1879, and in that year was assigned
to Holy Rosary Church in Holyoke.
Mass, where he remained until ap-
pointed to the bishopric.
AS bishop he was considered an ex-
ceptionally successful administrator.
Among his better known work is the
establishment of the Brightside In
stitute, an orphanage, and the Beaven-
Kelly Home for Aged People; the
House Of Mercy Hospital, in this city;
the House of Providence Hospital, in
Rclyoke, Mass; st. Vincent's Hospital
in Worcester, Mass, and St Joseph 5
Academy in Chiccpec, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-06
WANAMAKER
BOOKSTORE
A Fleeting Moment
of Happiness

ard succession of such
moments lies between the
covers of a multitude of
books.
The perfect phrase;
The intensity of a we'll told
tale carry you away into the
realm of pure feeling when
nothing matters but the vi
bration Of the emotion. AT
ferward;
The ways of men and
women;
The color of the sky or of
the shadow of the house next
door take on a greater
beauty or interest and make
life richer and happier.
Such is the case for the
book, and it can be owned,
this source of happiness,
taken from the shelf when
ever you wish.
Love came to me today"
That's Booth Harrington.
Visit our section Of fine
bindings and rare editions.
JOHN WANAMAKER
Eighth Gallery, New Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-06
REV. JAMES 8. FAULkS

Rev. James B. Faulks, eighty-three
years old, a member Of the Newark
Annual Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, died of myocarditis
at his home in Chatham, N. j., yester-
day.
He acquired his early education in
the Newark, N. j.. High School, and re-
ceived his theological training at Con-
cord Biblical institute, now Boston
Dr Faulks held pastoratcs at Cen
tenary and Emory churches, Jersey
City; Calvary Church. East Orange, N
j.; Grace Church, Paterson, N. j.. and
was for nine years pastor OF the
Methodist Church at Madison, N. J..
Services will be conducted Thursday
afternoon at the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Chatham, N. j., by Bishop
Luther B. Wilson.