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The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10
women MUST PAY POLL
TAX IF They WANT VOTE
Attorney General Buford Clears In
Uncertainty in OpinionsGiven
Few Days Ago.

In view of the uncertainty regard
ing the question as to whether or
not women must pay poll tax in or
der to qualify to vote in the coming
primary and general election the fol-
lowing opinion by ATTORNEY General
Buford, published in the Tampa Trib-
une few days ago, will be of inter
est:
Under the nineteenth amendment
to the federal constitution there can
be no difference between the require
ments of the law as to the uualifica-
ton of an eleCtOr between male and
female voters, and under the law of
the state of Florida, all persons be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
fifty-five years, except those who have
lost limb in battle, are required to
pay poll tax for the two years next
preceding the date of the election
to become qualified to vote. The law
specifically makes an exception to all
persons who became eligible to quail
fy to vote in the year 1920, and pro-
vides that such persons shall not be
denied the right to vote because of
not having paid poll tax for the year
1920. Under the existing conditions
such persons will be required to pay
the poll tax for 1921 to qualify to
vote in any election in 1922.
Some persons have assumed that
the poll tax was not collectible be-
cause there was no law authorizing
the assessment of poll tax against
women on January LIST, 1921. This
position however is not correct be
cause it makes no difference under
the law whether a poll tax was as
sessable or not, the payment thereof
may be made prerequisite to the
qualification to vote and under our
and the nonassessability thereof is
only recognized as a valid reason for
the nonpayment when and only when
it is not assessed because of the pro-
posed elector being not of age, or be-
ing over fifty five years of age, or
having lost limb in battle, or shall
have become disabled in the United
States army or navy service.
"A man, who moved to the state of
Florida in April, 1921, is entitled to
register and vote in the June primary
this year but it will be necessary for
him to pay poll tax to qualify al
though he was not in the state Jan
uary 1st, 1921, and no poll tax was
assessable against him. The same
rule applies to a woman who became
a resident of the state under like cir
cumstances, and the same rule ap-
plies to all persons, male or female,
residing in the state of Florida, who
are otherwise eligible to qualify and
who became eligible to qualify in
1920.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10
COUNTY SEAT ELECTION
TO Be HELD ON June 20
County Commissioners Hold Monthly
Meeting and Decide on Date TO
Hold County Seat Election

The county commissioners met in
regular monthly session. Monday
morning, all the members eing pres
ent, namely: Chairman Windham,
Messrs. Whitten, Knight, Hobson and
GottfTied.
After the minutes were read and
approved, the clerk read several COM
munications from various parties, the
first being one from the town clerk
of Moore Haven urging prompt pay
ment of a bill for that towns alleged
share of the road fund of the old
District No. 3. Mr.. Whitten took the
position that the claim does not justly
lie against Charlotte, but against De-
Soto county. 1t was referred to the
boards attorney for Investigation and
report
An invitation from the Lee county
commissioners, and also one each
from the Hillsborough commissioners
and the Tampa board of trade urging
this board to attend a meeting of all
the county commissioners of the state
TO be held in Tampa on May 9th,
10th and 11th, was read and con-
Sidered favorably.
The clerk read letter from Comp
troller Amos enclosing a statement
of the taxable mileage of the Char
lotte Harbor & Northern Railroad ly-
ing in the two districts north of the
bay and asking that any corrections
claimed be promptly reported to him.
The statement was referred to Com
missiOners Knight and Gottfried for
investigation, who took the view that
it was correct.
b Vance, auditor for DeSoto coun-
ty, notified the board that $2,3O6. So
interest on the bonds of the Punta
Gorda special road and bridge dis
trict would fall due in April, and that
it was in order for this board to send
warrant to pay the same.
H. D. Evans of the Mars Turpen-
tine Co, Evaland, filed a proposition
for the hire of the county convicts,
Continued on last page.)
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10
Mrs. Jack Waltmire Entertains

One of the most delightful social
party which was given, Monday eve
ming, by Mr.. and Mrs. Jack c. Walt
mire in honor of the formers sister.
Miss Martha Waltmire, who is spend
ing a two months vacation visiting
her parents and brothers. This affair
was greatly enjoyed by some thirty
guests, who, during the progress of
ed with refreshments of delicious
cake and ice cream. Miss Waltmire
as is well known, is a professional
nurse and is engaged by a hospital
in Decatur, Georgia.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10
VOLUNTEERS REBUILD
500 FEET OF CITY PIER
Large Number of Tourists and Citi-
zenS Rebuild Pier From Shore
to BathhOuse

Responding to the call of the
ladies of the Civic Association for
voluntary help to rebuild the dock
from the shore to the bath-house,
twice as many men as could work at
one time appeared promptly on the
ground, Saturday; and as many as
could get at it went at it vigorously
and continued till nightfall, by which
time the dock was finished and ready
for use. 1t was a remarkable days
work, for the length of dock rebuilt
was over five hundred feet; but the
materials were all at hand and not
very great amount of saving had
to be done. The ladies' treated the
workers to fine dinner, which all
greatly enpoyed.
Following are the names of most
of those who contributed cash:
NJ. C. Price. $40; A. G. Grunwell,
So; p. C. Goldie, So; S. F, j. Trabue,
50; A, F. Dewey, 50; j. N. Skies, SIS;
j. H. Hancock, SIS; C. NJ Carrier, 81;
F. X. Adams, 81.
Following are those Cor at least
part of those) who helped with the
actual reconstruction of the pier: )
j. j. Mccain, |. w. Miller, Jim
Denton, Geo. F. Sutton, H. w. Pla-
cier, T. Frank Sparks, DR.. H. b.
Matthias, Clay Chadwick, G. NJ. Tag
laner, Dan Midkiff, j. o. Matthews,
+. l.. Enggfen. W. w. Hart, l..
Oliver, Chas. ]. Laubenheimer V. S.
Hewitt T. B. Patterson, Leonard
Smith. Eugene Koon. Olan Atkinson,
Augtin Turner, Quednau, Dreggors,
Mccullough. 10. Mayes, George Geek,
j. r. Mauck (two days as foreman)
j. H. Topper, p. C. Goldie, D. B.
Jones, j. j. Gouldng, Mr.. Scott
1t may be that the names of some
of those who contributed time and
money have been omitted from the
above list and it is likely that there
are many errors in the spelling of
names, since the list was handed in
so badly written as to be almost un-
readable.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10

1t is estimated that the acreage of
watermelons in Lake County this sea-
son will be larger than ever before.
and even the pioneer growers will
admit that they have learned some
thing about melon growing within
the past two years that they did not
know before. If the tourists want to
taste real joys in living in Florida
let them remain until May when the
melons get ripe.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10

The Fernandina post office, erected
in 1911 at cost of more than $685.
600, which has been undergoing re-
pairs, is now in ship-shape, the work
men having finished their work sew
eral days ago.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10

A few rows of early sweet corn
planted in your tomato field will
greatly reduce the damage done by
tomato caterpillers.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10

Gratitude is the most inexpensive
commodity of which the world never
had an over-supply.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10

The Manatee County Fair, held at
Bradentown, was bigger and better
than ever.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10
Punta GOrda

Is the county seat of
Charlotte county. Popu-
lation of town, 1920 CEN
sus, 1925. Increase for
10 years 2S percent.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-03-10
The Herald

Is the oldest newspaper
published on the lower
southwest coast and the
only one in Charlotte
county.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
PRAISE new PEACE DOLLAR
Assay Commissioners Also Find Unit
ed States Coins of 1921
Up to Standard.

Washington. - All United States
coins of 1921 have successfully passed
their official examination, according to
the report completed tonight by the
annual assay commission appointed by
President Harding to test the years
coinage. ....
Examination Of the 1921 coins was
made at the Philadelphia mint, the
commission testing number of pieces
out of each batch Of metal melted for
coinage during the year and reporting
that all of them we're found to be fully
within the requirements of the law. 6
Resolutions commencing the opera
ton of the mint and the new standard
silver peace dollar were adopted by
the commission, which noted with ap-
prevail the coinage of "a silver dollar
commemorative of the peace following
the World war, thus completing the
redesigning Of the entire silver coin
age of the government; and also that
the designs Of the new coinage have
now been brought to state of artistic
excellence compared with the best
coinage Of existing nations"
The commission is headed by Con.
troller Of the Currency Crissinger.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
DEAD. EAGLE KILLS SOL DER
Birds Claws Clutch Trigger Of Gun
in Struggle, Fatally Shooting
Owner.

Santiago, Chile.-A story Of SOL
dier's fatal struggle with a huge eagle
in mountain pass near Los Andes is
told by the newspapers here. The SOL
der shot the eagle and, thinking he
had killed it, approached, but the bird
had only suffered broken wing and
furiously attacked him.
i In the struggle which followed the
eagles claws clutched the trigger Of
the soldiers gun, which was dis
charged, the bullet entering the mans
body. he died in the arms Of his COM
panions, who took his body, and also
the wounded eagle, to Los Andes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
SELLS CORN 5 CENTS KERNEL
Washington Farmer Develops Gigantic
Type of Grain by Careful
: Selection,

Prosser, Wash.-J. D! Sutton, we'll
known farmer residing near Byron, is
selling seed corn at cents per kernel.
1t is species of huge growth de-
veloped within the confines of Sutton's
farm. - ,.s.-.sS~~ 2 -->' ~.
Last fall in county fairs around the
northwest, Sutton took first prizes
with twenty-five stalks Of this corn,
most of which were between twenty
one and twenty-four feet high. Each
stock, some as large as mans fore
arm, maintained several huge ears Of
corn.
He received letter from an eastern
seed house asking for facts regarding
his monster cornstalks. BY CORE
spondence he found it to be valuable
and soon received an offer amounting
to about 5 cents per kernel. Sutton
developed the tall, heavy fodder corn
by growing on rich bottom land and
each season saving for seed only the
earliest and largest specimens of ears.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
KINGS CHAIR en- WHISKY BOX
FeisuI Of lrak Has Gorgeous lnstalla.
tion-Denouement StartIes the
@.. Multitude.

London.-At the installation Of King
Feisul of Irak nothing was left undone
to produce the atmosphere necessary
for such an occasion in the country of
the Caliphs Of Bagdad. The throne
or rather the chair Of state-is a
masterpiece in scarlet rep, tinsel and
gilt.
After the ceremony, which, it will be
remembered, was an open air affair,
the ritual required that the throne
should be removed. A stalwart ETH
opian raised it above his head and
bore it away past the assembled null
titude.
Then, and then only, was the naked
ness Of the land apparent. The frame
beneath the seat was. simple deal, and
across the boarding was the legend
in stencil of firm that exports
Scotch whisky.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
Earth-SIip Moved
Whole Town ii Feet

Renton, Wash. Residents Of
Cedar Falls, mountain town
forty miles from Puget sound,
were terrorized recently when
the entire place moved eleven
feet toward Cedar Lake. Should
the slide continue It will mean
the loss Of all property and the
abandonment Of the town site.
It has been found that the clay
formation upon which the foun-
dati0ns are erected lies In a
slanting rock strata Of extreme
smOothness. There Is really
nothing but the weight Of the.
clay subsoil to keep it balanced.
The winters deep frost and
supposed earthquake shock may
have been cause OF the earth
slip. AS every section Of the
town moved exactly the same d.
rection and space the only dam
/ age was a few broken window
lights.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
Italians Scoop Up Earth
From Ro0seveIt's Grave

Oyster Bay, L. -Four Ital-
ians got of the 2::3O train at
Oyster Bay one afternoon, in
quired the way to Young's GENE
terry and plodded the mile and
half up the hill to the grave Of
Colonel Roosevelt.
They crossed themselves, knelt
in prayer a moment, crossed
themselves again and placed
flowers on the grave. Then they
astounded the attendant by
scraping away the snow from a
spot near the railing and goug-
ing out frozen earth with their
fingers, stuffing it into their
overc0at pockets.
whats the ideaY' demanded
the attendant, strolling over to
them.
@This week." the spokesman
Of the quartette explained, 1--WE
60 back to Italy. We loved Colo
mel Roosevelt. Colonel Roose-
welt loved Italy. All italians
love him. We take back with us
this earth from his grave and
all our families will be glad to
get a little Of it,
The attendant said no more
!, It was learned that the four Pill
grims came from Chicago, where
they had lived for 20 years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
TO BUILD !. CANAL
FOR HOLY Land
Zionist Organization Resurrects
Plan Brought Out by Duke
of Sutherland.
DIVIDED INTO Two SECTIONS
Proposed Cut Would Open Trade Route
by Way of Sea Of oalilee and
Jordan valley-Would
lncrease Humidity. ~

Jerusalem. The Zionist Organiza-
ton has resurrected the old plan of
constructing 250-mile canal through
Palestine as supplement to the Suez
canal. This project was first brought
out twenty-five years ago by the late
duke of Sutherland, but was buried
! unceremoniously by, Sultan Abdul
Hamld because of his opposition to
progress. 49,, ..,-...
Traffic through the Suez canal has
become so congested these days that
1t is claimed an alternate canal route
is required. Zionist leaders have be-
come convinced that the ever-expand-
ing trade relations between continent
tai Europe and the Far East have
reached such dimensions that a canal
IN Palestine would fill an urgent need
and reap untold commercial benefits
for Palestine. -
= Canal in Two Sections.
AS planned by F. A. Maier of Hol-
land, it's ardent supporter, the canal
would be divided into two sections, one
OF which would extend from Haifa, on
the Mediterranean, to Afuleh, on the
Lake of Tiberias, or Sea of Galilee.
Then there would be an intervening
part to be formed by a proposed Jor-
dan lake to extend from the Lake of
Liberals toward the Dead sea. This
would be filled with Mediterranean sea
water. Having crossed the Dead sea
the. canal would begin again at Ara
bah, at the foot of the sea, and extend
to Akabah, giving access to the Red
sea. ..~.-.t.. ..,s-..
While the building Of such canal
would necessitate the submergence of
considerable tract of fertile land as
we'll as few towns and villages (along
the Jordan), it's champions claim that
the advantages would far outbalance
| the loss.
s'-'' 2F Would increase Humidity =
1t is claimed that the proposed Jor-
dan lake would increase the humidity
! of all Palestine, which now. suffers
from excessive heat and dryness, thus
improving the climate as we'll as the
| vegetation. Also, it is asserted, the
Jordan valley and the desert lying to
the east with the prairies south of
Houran, owing to the increased area
Of water, would become great centers
for colonization and development.
| With these climatic benefits must be
reckoned the commercial possibilities
in the scheme. Haifa might become q
second Port Said, touching place to
ships of all nations. Raw materials
from Europe and America, so much
needed for the building up of indus.
trial enterprises in Palestine, and
which now are being held back due
to scarcity of calling ships, would be.
gin to flow more freely.
Thus, it is claimed, there would be
opened up to the residents of Pales.
tine great industrial opportunities.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
EXTEND AIR ROUTES
All Nations Making Effort to De-
velop Civil Aviation.
British Observer Says 1922 Appears
to Be Crucial Year IN the Exten-
sion Of Commercial Airv'ays-
Air Travel Popular. IN,

London.-An countries are making
great efforts to extend their CONNER
clal Always this year, writes Maj. w.
I. Blake, the aeronautical correspond
ent OF the Daily News. Indeed, 1922
appears the crucial year for civil avn
In addition to new air service In
England from London to Manchester
and from London to Ireland, two new
companies have been approval by the
air ministry to operate continental
services. OF these Daimler Hire, Ltd,
Will operate between London and
Paris with a possible extension to
Switzerland, whilst between London
and Brussels the Aerial Routes syn
d1cate, Ltd, proposes to operate.
The 1nstone Air line and Handley
Page Transport will continue their
services to Paris, whilst one or the
other will probably start operations on
the Dutch route.
France, in addition to maintaining
her present services to London, Brus-
sells, Amsterdam, Czechoslovakia,
Warsaw, Morocco, etc., has arranged
to open up the route from Prague to
Constantinople via Budapest and
Bucharest. This will be a branch of
the Paris-Warsaw service, the juno
ton being Prague, A second route to
Constantinople also will be opened up
by the company, which at present op-
crates the service from Bordeaux ou-
louise, Montpelier. This service will be
definitely extended to Marseilles and
Genoa, and will continue to CONSTANT
nople it, circumstances warrant
further extension.
Denmark has recently sent mis-
sion to Germany with a view to inves-,
tigating the possibilities of purchasing
large passenger-carrying machines for
the opening up Of various Scandinavia
an routes.
Portugal-which so far has dis
played little practical interest in COM
mercial flying-is opening up a service
from Lisbon to Paris, via Valladolid
and bordeaux. The capital of this
CO.. company is two million escudos at the
normal rate of exchange about fS75, 900.
This will, of course, bring London into
direct aerial communication with Lis
bon. Other Portuguese air services
contemplated are. from Lisbon to
Oporto; from Lisbon to Madrid; from
Lisbon to Faro. -. =:
Additional links in the European
system which are being opened up by
various companies will enable the
aerial traveller to proceed from Lon
don to Algeria via Paris and Marseilles
and from London to Morocco via
Paris, Toulouse and Barcelona. The
new Portuguese route will give a d.
rect service between London and Lis
bon and the new French service will
give a direct route from London to
Constantinople
England is already linked up by air
with, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenha-
gen and Berlin, SO that there are now
very few European capitals which can
not be reached by regular air services
In, at the outside, two days. air travel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
PEKlNG USING PoLIcEWoMEN
Feminine Officials Are Employed to
Cope With Smuggling
by Own Sex.

: Peking.-Woman police are the lat
est addition to the Peking force, which
has the reputation of being exception
ally good and easily comparable with
police forces in the cities of foreign
countries. It was found that in the
Hatamen Octroi that goods were being
Struggled past the police by women,
and in order to cope with the situation
the ranks of the police In the district
were augmented by ten policewomen.
No report has yet been issued as to
the success of this experiment, which
marks the opening of a new field of
work for the women Of China.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
WELL-TRAINED DOG
Would Not Give Up Postal Missive
on Which 10 Cents Was Due,

Would Not Give Up Postal Missive
on Which 10 Cents Was Due.
A story offered by Charles w. Jeffer-
son, postmaster of fredericksburg, Va,
is vouched for by Sewell Noble and
concerns the sagacity of the formers
pet terrier Rex.
Jefferson has trained the animal 50
that if some one across the street
from the postofice calls for his mail
he places it in the dogs mouth, points
to the recipient and the dog trots
over to deliver it.
Not long ago Noble availed himself
of the "free' delivery being across the
street, and Rex ambled over with one
letter in his teeth, but instead of Civ
ing it to the owner as usual he backed
off and growled when Noble tried to
take the missive.
Puzzled, the postmaster went across
to the recalcitrant dog, only to find
that, without noticing it, he had given
the terrier special delivery letter on
which was due 10 cents. On Mobiles
throwing dime on the sidewalk, Rex
promptly yielded the letter as his mas
ter retrieved the fee. .S
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
TEST EYES OF MILLION KIDS
Vision Of All Pupils In New York Pub
lie Schools Examined In One
Day by Physicians,

New York.-Nearly 100000 BOYS.
and girls of New York's public schools
had their eyes tested in one day
recently. 1t was health day in
the schools, and the Eyesight
Conservation Council Of America CO.
operated with the school authorities in
arranging the wholesale eye testing,
and distributed $4,000 copies Of PAM
phlet on the care Of the eyes.
Teachers in the schools will CO.
operate in the examinations for de-
fects OF vision. Ears, teeth, nutrition
and nasal breathing will also be tested.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-10
PROTEST H4P-HIGH TURNSTILE
Liquor FIasks Are Imperiled in Rush
Home Unless Owners Walk
,. sffE.v.' Backward.

New York.-"They save your time,' -
apologized the subway management in
placards to their patrons when turn
stiles turned by "nickle-in-the-slot''
were installed recently at all stations.
r "But they lost your liquor" pro-
tested those patrons who were ac-
customed to carrying something ION
the hip" s......
The inventor Of the turnstiles made
the mistake Of making them hip high
and scores Of full TASKS were broken
in their owners pockets when they
failed to step lively enough. But pre-
tests to the management were unavail-
ing, and the only satisfaction the vic
tins got was the advice; to walk out
backward. >