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The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24
Good Farm

During the past week, the writer
paid visit to the farm of the Jones
brothers, which is some six miles
southeast Of town, and he was sur
prised to find il one of the most de-
sirable places that he has ever seen
anywhere. 1t contains eighty acres
Of pine and hammock lands, which
are admirably located on rolling
ground sloping gradually TO a lovely
creek, which gives excellent drain
age to the cultivated lands and sup
plies all the water that may be need
ed for irrigation. As a result of this
superior location, the unprecendent-
ed rains Of the fall did not prevent
the brothers from raising fine crops
Of sweet potatoes and various kinds
Of vegetables, which they are grow
ing for the local markets These
crops present beautiful sight.
Amongst them is growing an orange
grove Of very young trees of fancy
which, in few years, viii
be yielding an income. Besides veg
atables and fruit trees, the brothers
ire raising hogs, of which they have
considerable and increasing herd,
which is bringing them in satisfactory
eturns. With limiteo means, they
ave accomplished wonders, chiefly
y their personal labor; and, with
heir pluck and energy, in a few
ears, they will be independent. The
ames of the brothers are Furguson.
Iealy and Charley Jones. They are
he kind OF men who are blessing
, the country as well as to them
elves.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24
Tourists NcedIc,rnrk Clnh

The Tourists Necdlework Club met
for the first time this season at the
home Of Mrs. Sellers on Goldstein
street Wednesday afternoon. They
are jolly. Industrious and attractive
lot of young ladies, but all became
shy when the reporter attempted to
learn their respective ages. How
ever, they gave their names without
hesitation, and as all start Mrs"
the reporter opines that no mere man
will be welcome at club gatherings.
The reporter observed many curious
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24
Cemetery Association Met

The first meeting OF the Cemetery
Improvement Association was held
Tuesday night A committee was
appointed to arrange for clean
up" day at the cemetery. Miss Hes
ter Douglass is chairman of the com
mittec and Mrs. F. NJ. Cooper and
Mrs. Laura Reed the other members
A special meeting has been called by
President Weeks for Tuesday, No
vcmber 2Sth, at 1880 p. m. at the
Masonic hall. All who are interest
ed in improving the cemetery are
urged to attend New members and
donations of money and labor will
be welcomed.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24
LIGHT PROBLEM DISCUSSED
BY the CITY COMMISSION
Southern Utilities Company Will Sell
Current for Six Cents on
New Contract

Discussion of the city's electric
light and water problem was resum-
ed at meeting of the city commits
sion Wednesday night, but no decid-
| ed action was taken looking to re-
newal of the contract with the utili-
ties company or the city installing
its own plant.
At previous meeting the city
manager was authorized TO offer the
utilities company new contract bas-
ga upon 4 graduated scale of prices
for current according to the amount
consumed, the price per kilowatt be-
coming less as the consumption in
creased.
Mr.. Skies, representing the South
orn Utilities Co.. was present and
stated that he thought that con-
tract based upon a fiat rate of six
cents per kilowatt would be more ad-
vantageous TO the city than con-
tract based upon the graduated scale
suggested by the city, and that his
company was prepared to enter a
new contract on the basis of six cents
per kilowatt, fiat. 81 present the
city is paying seven cents per kilo-
watt for the first 5000 kilowatts and
six and one-half cents per kilowatt
for all current in excess of the first
3 1000. A contract at the six cent
rate would, said Mr. Skies, save the
city about $4,000 year.
1t seems from the discussion that
he city is adverse to entering into
4 new contract for a period of ten
years on fiat rate basis of even six
cents but might be willing to renew
for five years at this rate. On the
other hand, according to Mr. Skies
4 his company enters into new con-
tract IL means that expensive new
equipment must be added to the
plant to take care of the business
md the company would not be justi-
led in making these additions with
contract running but five years, or
1t least Mr. Skies gave II as his opin-
on that this would be the attitude
If the company. THE town wants
md demands tip-top service" he
aid, "and if we enter into contract
With the city that is the kind of serv-
ce | want to give and expect to
5ive.' He said that another 100
watt unit would be required TO give
his service.
rs stated in the beginning no def
ite conclusion was reached as to
hat course the city might take. but
here will be another meeting of the
tonight, when it is ex-
octcd that the light and water prob
IN, which has been occupying the
Ltention OF the commission and
anager for several months, will be
2tinitNly disposed Of one way or the
her. or at least a start made in that
reCtion.
The report of the chief of police
+ the month showed that the office
I'd turned over to the city total
$167.50 for fines, dog take and
lenses.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24
METHOD OF TRANSPLANTING
YOUNG CITRUS HEES
Expert Gives Several Reasons Why
Trees Should BE Started With
Short Trunks

In setting young citrus trees to
the field, prune back the trunk to
form twelve to sixteen inches in
height. There are more reasons than
one for this" says L. L. Lord, pro
fessor of citriculture of the Florida
College Of Agriculture.
These reasons are: l. Short trunks
do not dry out like long ones; 2.
trees headed loW-such as grow from
low pruned trunks are less liable to
cold damage; 8. Sucn trees are
easier to spray than those with high
tops; 4, harvesting is easier: >, carli-
er bearing is secured.
zone of the commonest mistakes
made by citrus growers is the failure
to cut the trunks Of their young trees
back" Professor Lord says. THE
longer the trunk, the more of it there
is to dry ont and become sun-scaIded.
And with . long trunk growth de-
veiops at the top. leaving several
inches bare, and subjecting the tree
to sun-scald. Then, too, a dried out
trung means that little sap and plant
food can be lifted from the roots to
the leaves thru those long, dry, hard |
cned fibro-vascular bundles. The re- |
suit is that the top Neakens and |
iroops over"
In planting young trees. set them
!, I,,
ches above the surface Of the earth
and cut the trunk back to twelve to
sixteen inches in height. When so
cut back, young shoots grow out all
along to shade the trunk from the
iirect rays of the sun and to keep
he bark alive and active. At The
md of the growing season, remove
I'll but five or six of the shoots or
prounts, LEAVING these properly spac-
ID to form the main scaffold limbs
# the tree
4 question often asked is, why
10 nurserymen send out young trees
With long trunks, if they should be
ut back?" Professor Lord answers
hat question by saying, "The nur-
eryman does not know whether the
rec is to be set in the grove or in a
ard where a high-headed tree is de-
ired, where persons may move about
nder them When set in the grove.
he young tree should be cut back
nd q tree with low top developed"
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24
Beautiful Grounds

The grounds around the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. +. NJ. Glover, on Char
fottc avenue near the school, are Il
revelation 10 people who visit and in
spect them for the first time. They
contain fifty varieties of palms, some
Of which are very rare, and lot of
them are loaded with as much as {?
car load of cocOanuts. Besides
these, there are many fruit trees and
many plants bearing beautiful flow
ers are absent, they do not object TO
in the most attractive condition,
which is delight to the behoIder
A visit to Punta Gorda would be in
if it did not include a visit
10 the Glover home. When the own
Frs are abs Mt, they do not object to
visitors coming in and inspecting the
place. If they do not disturb the
plants and shrubbery.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24

PROGRAM FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY TEACHERS
INSTITUTE, PUNTk G0RDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER |
MORNING SESSION
oClock-Invocation
Miss Carolyn Rogers
$3.50 to 1O:00-Necessary Legislation
Principal J. w. Shelley
1o:OO TO 1O:l5-Mahematics ~~-~
Professor c. Headley
Discussion by f. Riley Others
1915 to 1O35Rccitaton Primary Work, Pepper
Discussion by Mrs. Rosa Pearce Shelley andO Others
1910 to 11:OO-Recess
Discussion by 7. $. Knight and Others
ll:25 to 114OHow to Cooperation Patrons
III the Country Schools Professor S. d. Huffman
Discussion by Misses Eleanor Thgpen Goudng
zoo oClock-lnVocation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Rev. w. N.
2:1O to 2:25-Dscpinc A. f Riley
Discussion by Mrs. Isabel
2:S5 to 2:50-How to Interest Patrons Country
School Libraries +
Discussion by Miss Inez Roland Others
500 to S15Advantage by Teachers Who Attend the
State summer Normal Mrs. C, G. HeadIey
Discussion by Miss Swatie /. Others
o3:4OAdvantages by Home Demonstration Work
in the County and Domestic Science High School
Miss Oliver
Discussion by Mrs. Marina Richardson n Others
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24

There are suns whose rays have
never reached the earth. Still some
men hold their opinions to be the
sum total Of infnity and destiny.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24

The crown princess OF Roumania,
who was Princess Helen of Greece, is
one Of the few royal beau
ties.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24

Value of the eountry's crops this
year is estimated at more than $12,-
600, 600 OG0.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24

Mackenzie, the largest political di-
vision of Canada, has an area of 562,-
1872 square miles.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24

Japan has a decimal of currency
like that Of the United States.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24

Florida leads all other states OF
the south in percentage OF farms u.s.
ing autos, motor trucks and tractors.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-11-24
Punta GOrda

Is the county seat of
Charlotte county. Popu-
lation of town, 1920 CEN
sus, 1895. Increase for
10 years 90 percent.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-01
kEcHl NEWS ITEMS.
Too Late for Last Week }

(Too Late for Last Week.)
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tillman spent
Sunday with relatives at Poccaset
The Kechi school board was in
Chickasha saturday for the purpose
of awarding the contract for the
construction OF the one-room addi-
tion to the school house
Miss Lima Dryden of Chickasha
spent Friday and Friday night with
Mr.. and Mrs Otto Dahl and family.
The closing exercises Friday night
were well attended. II. +. Allen,
county superintendent, delivered the
closing address. 0. A. Gasaway, as
sistant superintendent, accompanied
Mr.. Allan. He also made q short
address. The graduating class con-
sists of Bertha Dahl, Vivian Tunnel,
Otis Black, Jack IIuddleston and
Rable Cook. Because of her excel
lent record, the latter was chosen to
deliver the valedictOry address. Ruby
Black was awarded a perfect attend
ance certificate for having been
neither absent nor tardy during the
entire year. Eugene Thomas was
absent but one day during the year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-01


several from Lucille. ireton. Harris
Oak Ridge and Alex communities
were present.
A program will be rendered nj
Hawkins Sunday school Mothers
Day"-May II. The second Sunday
In June has been designated "Chll.
dren's Day." at which time pro
gram suitable for the occasion will
be rendered.
The Hawkins community club will
meet Friday night. May 2S. After
q business meeting. program OF
entertainment will be rendered.
Candidates are invited TO speak a.
the regular meetings OF the club
which meets every two weeks.
Rev. w. A. Heron IL at Payne
whore he breaches every fourth Sun.
day
Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Abornnthy
visited w. A. Gnyno and wife nj
lrcton Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Windle were guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Marve Goyne, sun.
day.
Mrs. Bessie Trammcl, who has
peen sick. is recovering.
Misses Hazel and Lizzie Foster
/ and Sybil Heron were guests at the
jeff Attaway home Sunday after
noon.
Misses Nora Sparkman and Ger
tie Nickamie are visiting at the
Dolph Nickamie home near Halco.
Miss Vera Voss of Chickasha Wis.
tied her sister, Mrs. A. Mckenzie
this week.
Mrs Mckenzie was n Chickasha
visitor Sunday
Mrs. w. A. Hayes was a visitor
at the Dave Burns home Sunday.
Mrs. w. A. Heron visited her
parents. Judge and Mrs J. T. Col.
leps in Alex Saturday.
Some damage resulted from the
heavy rains Sunday and Monday
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-01
o. c. W. CALENDAR.

May 2. $500 p. m.. Nal Day Festi
val.
May 3. 1905 a. M. Cap and Gown
Day.
May 4. outdoors. C;s0 p. M. As
You Like Il.
(In case OF bad weather, May 9Th
at the same time.)
May 3. s:ib p. M. Burlesquc.
May ,. $3.50 p. m. Junior-Senior
banquet.
May IL, s;i5 p. m. Fine Arts Re.
cital.
May 81. li;O0 n. m., Baccalaurcate
Sermon.
May 22, $3.50 p. M. Fine Arts Re-
cital.
May 2s. 900 to 500 p. M. Exhl.
bits.
May 20, $40 y. m.. Graduation
Exercises OF Preparatory School.
May 81, 1000 a. M, Commence
ment Exercises.
May "a. $500 p. M, Meeting Of
Alumnae.
May "a, 500 p. m. Alumnae Ban.
quet. 26-it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-01
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS

offering sale the waha bottom
growing
o necessary o this
OF
II Is selling has
spent
weeks chekasha home make invest
this Will double few Here the
often anothes opportunity
OF all
75 VIII
during snap
acre. 100000 cash. balance
paved s2500O0
Rooms MODERN s,7500O bargain
good
clear, %
for income property In Chickasha.
$4,000 per
no loan win trade for Chickasha property.
larger
in line
80 Acres well improved bottom. alfalfa
Lindsay chicken In
We the largest company
Have loaned n million
tho
MAJOR BROTHERS
Phone 2SO Bank Bldg
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-01

Those who are bilious. dyspeptic
and constitpated feel miserable a
good share of the time. They would
soon feel fine and enjoy their meals
II they would take few doses OF
ohamberlain's Tablets TO strengthen
their digestion and regulate the liver
and bowels.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-01

We have been told that nearly
every one operated on for appendi-
citis has been troubled with consti.
patton long time before the 1T.
tack. II you would avoid append.
citIs take Chamberlain's Tablets
when needed to keep your bowels
regular.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-01
HARNESS REALTY AND RENTALS

Phone 373 First National Building.
Six room house. pavement close in $780,
Good house, semmodern 5x1G5ft
basement cellar WELL fruit
she'd chicken house. walks and side walks $4,000
$500 cash will handle Surely this satisfactory reduction This well
$4,000.
Twelve oomed house, college,
$4,000, terms
Five roomed house. modern
s. Third street
Four nice place, S. 4th. $165O.; pavement
Best so Washta Valley in alfalfa. $11O
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS
HAWKINS ITEMS.
lToo Late for Last Week.l

(Too Late for Last Week.)
Hawkins school closed Thursday
night with a fine program lasting
about three hours. Mr.. and Mrs.
Windle directed the program in a
very pleasing manner. Mr.. ani
Mrs. Roy Windle of Ninnekah and
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
McHenry Offers To Sell Self
President And Cronies
Step Off Today for
Rest in Florida

President Harding. accom-
panied by several companions of
former vacation parties, will
slip out of the city this after
noon for a rest at St. Angus
tine. Fla.
Attorney General Daugherty,
Undersecretary Of State Fletch-
er, Senators Hale of Maine and
Kellogg Of Minnesota, and Brig.
Gen. Sawyer. will be included in
the party. 1t is understood Mrs.
Harding and the wives Of the
other officials will accompany
their husbands.
The Executive Office at the
White House has been guarding
the information that the trip
would begin today. following the
expressed desire Of the Pyesi-
dent that little publicity be
given his vacation.
Special arrangements were
being made today to ain the
President and his party in leav-
ing the city without the Gus
tomary crowds usually attend
ing the Presidents presence in
the terminal building.
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
GEDDESFA|M|LY
GUARDED SINCE
DEATH THREATS
British Ambassadors Children
Placed in Charge of Secret
Service Men.
By Cosmopolitan News Service.

The children Of Sir Auckland
Geddes, the British ambassador, have
been kept under close guard as a re-
suit of threats to kidnap and kill
them, it was learned today by the
Cosmopolitan News Service.
1t has just become known that for
q time threatening letters from al
legged Irish sympathizers flooded the
embassy. Most of them, it is said,
contained threats of violence against
the ambassador children.
The letters, 1t is understood, were
turned over to the Department OF
Justice and Secret Service agent
detailed to act as bodyguard for the
embassy children. The youngsters
were kept in the country for some
time with the Secret Service man
and other guards and their where
abouts, somewhere near Washington,
was kept secret.
They are constantly under the
closest watch because Of Lady AUX
lands anxiety.
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
WILSON Joins
WITH b0RAH To-
DEFEAT TREATY
Ex-President in Letter Urges
Idaho Senator to Fight
Ratification
BY J. BART CAMPBELL.
International News Seryice

Woodrow Wilson and Senator
William E. Borah have joined
forces to defeat ratification Of the
four-power Pacific treaty.
Both believe that the treaty Is
an alliance of four powers, and
as such is dangerous to the inter
ests Of the United States. and
both will leave no stone unturned
to prevent its acceptance by the
Senate. =
From his quiet home in S street,
where he has silently observed the
course of events for the last year,
Woodrow Wilson has written a
letter to the Idaho irreconsilable,
outlining his reasons for believing
the treaty to be an ubiquitous
alliance Of the strong.
Letter Is Confidential.
Not only has Mr.. Wilson com
municated with Senator Borah by
letter. but he has also had his
views explained to the Idaho Sena.
tor through Bernard NJ. Baruch
and others who have visited the s
street home since the close of the
armament conference.
The letter has not been made
public and probably will not be, but
its existence Is we'll known to Sen
ator Lodge, the Republican major
'ity leader, and to Senator Under.
wood, the Democrat leader, who so
far has been able to line up only
a handful of Democrats in support
of the pact.
@ % IN A1 Ixy ,f he
treaty. the analogy between the at.
titude of Mr.. Wilson and that of
Senator Borah toward the treaty is
as follows:
G Both are against alliances"
(2) Both regard the four-power
treaty distinctly as an alliance.
(8 Wilson is opposed to alliances
for two reasons; ta), because they
have been a prolific source of war
in the past; tb), because special al
liances like the one the treaty pro-
vides for necessarily destroy the
possibility Of real League OF Ma.
tions.
(Q Wilson has always denounced
alliances, and one Of the great oh.
jects Of the league was to destroy
alliances.
(5) Borah agrees with Wilson that
alliances are dangerous things and
are the causes Of armament and
wars, for one alliance leads to an
other.
(6 Borah also Is opposed to al.
liances because they are "dcstruc-
tive of the foreign policies as enu.l-
ciated by George Washington"
(O Hence Borah and Wilson find
themselves standing IN common
ground with regard to the four.
power treaty.
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
MODERN COLLEGE GIRL
At LEAST THINKS AlOT

SYRACUSE, ". Y, March s.
"She thinks sometimes selfish,y.
sometimes altruistically - but she
generally thinks" And because she
thinks, Miss Jean Marie Richards,
dean Of women at Syracuse Uni.
versity, finds the modern college
girl mo worse and often much be.-
ter than the modern girl in general. y"
An article by Miss Richards ap.
peared in the Daily Orange, Syracuse
student publication, yesterday. en-.
titled THE Modern College Girl, I"
having the above declaration for its
general theme.
The article said "I am quite sure
the modern girl is not doing as much
as she should to make and guard
standards in a young society which
often seems to be as unstable as
quicksand.
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
MODEL WIFE AT LAST;
COOKS IN HER SLEEP

GREENSBURG. Pa. March s.
Harry Walter. a resident OF the Har.
rison City road, was awakened in
the middle Of the night by hearing
his wife moving around in their
bedroom. He say her turn on the
light, open the door, and go down.
stairs. Following. Walton found his
wife. fast asleep busy cooking break
fast at the kitchen stove.
When Mrs. Walton was awakened
she was as much surprised as any
one to find where she was and what
she was doing.
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
SLEEPING SICKNESS CASES
ARE TREBLED IN ONE YEAR

Sleeping sickness has made rapid
strides in the United States in the
last few years. almost three times
aa~xnany persons having died of the
xklady In 1920 than the number who
to the disease the pre-.
ceding year, the Census Bureau an.
nounced today.
This disease took q toll OF 1906
lives in 1920, as compared to the $50
persons why died from II In 1919.
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
KANSAS OPERATORS DEFY
MINERS; STRIKE IMPENDS

KANSAS CITY. Mo, March S.
A general coal strike in the South.
western fields appeared certain to-
day when operators announced
open defiance to the threat by
miners to strike on April II
wages are reduced.
The Southwestern Interstate Coal
Operators Association announced
that not only would wages be re-
bone"
The new scale. 1t was stated,
would be S3.4S for day work. The
present scale is 1881. The check
off system" will be abolished, 1t
was further stated.