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Evening journal., 1922-06-09
Identification.

Identification.
A representative OF the telephone
industry produced some startiihs
statistics. His companies, he SAID
handled sO,OOo,000 telephone calls q
day. BY cutting out the "hellos" al
least one second OF time would De
saved on each call. On S0'OOo,oVo
daily calls, this would be equal 10
one mans working time for l'oOO
days. or we'll over three years. lt
one second we're saved on each OF
Philadelphia's 100000 daily calls
il would be equivalent of one man s
time for a month. New York city
has 1900. 900 telephone calls day;
at this rate If second were saved
on each OF them, the total would
amount practically to the working
time of six men for a month.
AS for the "wait-a-minute" delays,
running as they often do TO from
thirty seconds to a minute or over.
there are enough Of them to war
rant the statement that "wait-a-
minute" in It's aggregate holdup OF
the other fellow and OF the tele-
phone business. means wait two or
three years"
The problem Of supressing waste
Of time on the telephone is intri-
cate and irritating. There is little
hope that the leakage will ever be
entirely stopped. But by education
Il may be reduced to minimum,
and when that Is done the better
L will be for telephone users-and
hat means everybody in the
country.
Evening journal., 1922-06-09
NEW BIJIIDrNG PERMITS

Inspector Preston has issued the
following building permits:
Elwood Bartram. 500 East Sixth
street, garage, 500.
Mrs. r. Lindsay. e1a vandever
avenue, addition, $3.50.
David Lowe, 20 West Twentieth
street, addition, s25.
James O'Connor, 1901 Linden
street. addition, $3.50.
Gus De Bartolemeis, 17f4 Penn
sylvania avenue. addition, 5000.
Samuel Aiken, 700 North Van
Buren, street, alteration, ss5.
Evening journal., 1922-06-09
PFNN,s GROVE FIRM FAILS.

TRENTON, N. j., June 9.-Peti'
ton in bankruptcy was filed in the
Federal Court here yesterday by
Harry Roberts and Joseph Riley. in
dividually, and as the partnership OF
Roberts and Riley. Penn's Grove.
The liabilities are s4.427, the assets
s2,5Os, composed OF stock in trade,
s1,s0O; carriages and other vehicles.
$50; machinery. s125; bills due,
$3.50. The court has referred the
petition for hearing at Salem. June
2s. before s. Conard OFT. OF Cam
den. referee.
Evening journal., 1922-06-09

beth Pyle, Audra Raker. Irene
Tribbit, Edgar Beale. Clarence Gar
Der, Harry Hoagland, Clarence John
SON, Walter Lyman, Grantly Mad
dox. Arthur schuman. corwin Van
SAINT. Robert Wilson and Walter
Newman.
Evening journal., 1922-06-09
ASK REVIEW OF
sweeney Will
Petitioners Allege Injured
Aunt Lacked Testament
ary Capacity
LEFT MUCH OF
ESTATE TO HOME

Hearing Of testimony was started
before Register of Wills Isaac r.
Brown this morning on the petition
Of Anna d. Hopes and Katharine
Daley, of West Chester, for a re-
view of the granting of probate and
Issuance Of letters testamentary on
the proof of the last will and testa-
ment Of Lucy B. NJ. Sweeney. de-
ceased, who lived in Philadelphia.
The petitioners. who are nieces Of
the testatrix. allege that she lacked
Evening journal., 1922-06-09
FESTIVAL FOR oHURoH FUND

A strawberry festival and bazaar
was given last evening by the
ladies' Aid Society Of the Elsmere
Presbyterian Church. on the lawn Of
the Elsmere Civics Club. The pro-
ceeds of the evening will go to the
building fund of the church.
Evening journal., 1922-06-09
20 GRADUATES
NPARK CLASS.
School Too Small, Closing
Exercises Are Held in
Methodist Church
GERTRUDE HUTT
is HONOR PUPIL
Special to The Evening Journal.

special TO Ine evening JourHhi.
RICHARDSON PARK. June g.
Owing to the poor school facilities
here the annual graduating exercises
of the school were held in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church last night.
The edifce was crowded to the doors
with parents and friends OF the TWEEN
ty graduates. This years class was
the largest in the history Of the dis
trict.
The program opened with an over
ture followed by prayer by the Rev.
v. p. Northrup. pastor of the church.
The address OF welcome was made
by Miss Roberta Clough, president
of the class, Miss Pearle Bahrke
made the commencement greetings.
Corwin Vansant read a well writ
ten essay on The Injury Derived
from Smoking" Miss Mildred Mat
thes read an essay on "Our Need
for a Better School"
Grantley Maddox read the class
history. Miss Audra Baker and
Clarence johnson made the class
presentations.
MISS Evelyn Evans ana MISS irene
Smith sang a vocal duet. Robert
Hackett. contributed a violin solo.
Wilbur H. Jump. superintendent
Of public schools made the address
OF the evening and Mrs. Samuel H.
Cauffman, president OF the Women's
Civic Club presented the club prize,
$3.50 in gold. to Miss Gertrude HUT
for having the highest average OF
any pupil In the school. Miss HUT
had percentage OF 100. Miss Ida
Barnes presented the diplomas. The
exercises came to a close with bene-
diction by Mr.. Northrup.
Those who were graduated were;
Pearl Bahrke, Roberta Clough. Eve
lyn Evans, Marguerite Harlan, Mil
dred Matthes. Coda Mitchell, Eliza
Evening journal., 1922-06-09
NEGRO VOTERS TO
ORGANIZE In KENT
Special to The Evening Journal.

special TO The Evening Journal.
DOVER, June 9.-Alfred Raikes,
negro, member of the Republican
state Committee. has called a meet
Ing OF the negro Republican voters
Of Kent county TO be held here this
evening. in the K. OF p. Hall. The
object of the meeting is to organize
league OF negro voters.
Evening journal., 1922-06-09
FOUNDERS DAY AT HOME

Founders Day was observed yes
terday at the Children's Home, at
Riverview. There was no formal
celebration, but a chicken dinner
was served to all the children.
The home takes care OF about fifty
children and provides them with al
most a myriad OF things not usually
Evening journal., 1922-06-09
Q. p. Y. A. DANCE.

The G. P. Y. A. will hold a dance
this evening in the Green Lantern at
Claymont. Dancing will begin at
SIS o'clock and oontinus until mid
night
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
FACTORY Is GROWING
Kinsel Factory is Now Making Shoes
of Gator Hides

Wednesday A. j. Kinsel brought to
the Herald office samples of shoes
made of alligator hides that are be-
ing manufactured by the Kinsel fac
tory. The uppers of the shoes is
made of alligator hide while the soles
are of cowhide. They are solid
leather throughout-and everything
about them except the strings and
rubber heels is Florida-or rather
a Punta Gorda-product. In ap-
pearance they are the equal of any
such goods produced in Massachusetts,
or any other state in the country.
They ar2 ade entirely by hand and
while not heavy or rough in appear
ance are very substantial looking.
Mr.. Kinsel is making these shoes to
order and now has six people en-
ployed on this and other work in his
factory. Some day, not far dis
tant," he says, II hope to have a
factory employing six hundred in
stead Of six people
In addition to shoes large quanti-
ties of belts, leggins, purses, hand
bags, travelling bags and suitcases are
being turned out, for all of which
a ready sale has been found. Mr..
Kinsel expects to take large lot of
his goods to the Tampa fair as part
of Charlotte county's exhibit.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13

COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL
MEET TONIGHT; TO MEET
every WEEK IN FUTURE
Schedule for Meetings
is Unsatisfactory and Will be
Abandoned

During the summer, when many
were away and there was not much
activity, 1t was decided to hold semi
monthly meetings of the Commercial
Club for the remainder of the sum-
mer, up to November first. From
the start, this Arrangement proved
unsatisfactory, as but few could re-
member whether it was the first and
third Thursday or the second and
fourth Thursday when the club met,
so beginning with this Friday (Janu-
airy 13th) the weekly meetings will
be resumed and in future, or until
the schedule is again changed, the
club will meet weekly on Friday at
1890 o'clock.
There are several subjects of i'm
portance that will probably be dis
cussed at the meeting tonight. One
of these will be the proposed i'm
provements to the local harbor and
the road bonding proposition, the
latter being a real live subject at
this time and a matter of general
discussion. Information brought back
from Lee county by Chairman Wind
ham and Commissioner Whitten is
said to have convinced several who
were formerly opposed, or at least
undecided, of the necessity for i'm
mediate action on the part of Char
lotte county in building her part of
the Tamiami trail.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
Bank Officers Elected

AT the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the First National
Bank, held Tuesday night, the former
directors and officers were reelected
as follows: H. r. Dreggors, E. w.
Smith, l.. George Heusted, c. E.
Lanier, c. A. Skipper, D. N. Mcqueen
and ]. T. Swinney were chosen direc-
tors and they elected e. w. Smith,
president; d. n Mcqueen and L. Geo.
Heusted, vice-presidents; ]. T. Swim
ney, cashier; c. F. Curry, assistant
cashier, and Miss Willette Mayes,
book-keeper A dividend of thirteen
percent was declared and $1,250.00
was carried to surplus. The books
show that 1921 was the most pros
porous year in the history of the
bank.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
Lee COUNTY TO VOTE ON
S1,5OO,0O0 BOND ISSUE
TO BUILD GOOD ROADS
Shortcut Road is Provided for i'm
Plan Countrywide System of
Good Roads

According to Fort Myers papers,
at a joint meeting of delegates rep
resenting all county commissioners
districts in Lee county with the
Board of County Commissioners of
that county on January fourth, the
plan to issue $1,50O,000 of county
bonds for the purpose of retiring all
outstanding issues and building new
roads was approved without a dis
senting voice being raised, and the
commissioners, at a meeting the next
day, instructed their attorney to draw
up the necessary preliminary resolu
tion, which will be considered at
meeting tomorrow Saturday. AS
the road building program has been
agreed upon it is expected that the
commissioners will Immediately call
an election for the purpose of letting
the people decide whether they wish
TO issue the bonds or not.
Following the adoption of a COM
mittee report, recommending that
bonds be issued by Charlotte county
for the construction of this county's
part of the Tamiami trail, last We'd
nesday, Chairman Windham and
Commissioner Written, of the Char
lotte Board of Commissioners, went
to Fort Myers Thursday for the pur-
pose of assuring the peple there that
Charlotte county intended to keep the
agreement made to build her part of
the trail, and according to the Fort
Myers papers Chairman Windham
went before the Lee commissioners
and urged the necessity for the con-
structon of the shortcut road be
tween Punta Gorda and Fort Myers
and assured the Lee commissioners
that Charlotte county would do her
share
- 1t is understood that the Fort My
ers and Lee county people are now
concentrating their efforts on the
cross-state road from West Palm
Beach along the Caloosahatchee to
Olga, where it connects with the
Wilderness way. and they now real
ize the Importance of the shortcut
as a part of this highway, for unless
there is a road leading directly from
the west coast to Fort Myers, travel
must go via the Wilderness way or
the fuckers corner road, in which
case Fort Myers would be IA miles
off the main highway.
While the plan of the Lee county
people is to issue refunding bonds to
take up all outstanding bonds, pro-
vision has been made for the short
cut road, $4,000 having been allotted
it; but if the proposed issue of ST.
100000 should fail it would not eff
feet the building of the shortcut,
since bonds to the amount of $74,-
900 have already been voted for this
purpose, and these bonds cannot be
used for any other purpose.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
A WORD TO KNOCKERS

Are you one of those persons
who are always passing judg-
ment on those around you?
. You do not let it be mental
judgment either; you express in
no uncertain terms just what
you think.
OF course, after you have
been heard in matter and
your opinion proves to be of no
value, you cannot get to cover
gracefully, you have to stand a
lot of odium.
But why be so positive for
or against a certain thing be-
fore you have all the facts?
1t is much easier to suspend
judgment and line up in the
right way in matters concern
ing the public good rather than
to fly off at a tangent and have
to be put in your place rather
hard by those who really have
the facts and can down your
efforts.
Don't be a pest about it un-
less you are sure of your
ground. In any case it does not
pay to be a pest.
Work in a more judicial,
thinking way if you want to
have and keep the respect of
thinking men and women,
1t is somewhat easier to cul-
tivate the debating spirit rather
than to get down to work and
attend to your own business,
but if you are not careful to
be right in your attitude you
injure yourself.-Atlanta Geor-
gian.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
SOLD AT A PREMIUM

Road-building bonds at Lake
county were sold last week at
Tavares, the county seat, for a
handsome premium.
Florida counties which have
already increased their tax and
bonding value by hard-surfaced
roads that permeate the rich
Businesses of their acres never
have trouble in marketing fur
ther issues of road building, or
any other, bonds for permanent
improvement. The security be-
hind them is automatically in
creased by the expenditure of
each dollar for improvements.
We believe it is Lake county
which has records to prove that
in five years after 1t built it's
first permanent roads the as
sessed valuation of the county
for tax purposes had increased
to five times the total assessed
valuation of the county before
1t built a road. There are
other counties which show al
most, if not fully, as good a
report for value increase fol-
lowing the building of a good
roads system.
Lake county is to be congrat-
ulated that it is now in the po-
sition where, practically, it can
set a premium value on its per-
manent improvement bonds,
and get it with less trouble than
most counties have in selling
theirs for below par.-Tampa
Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
FALL OF BABYLON To Be
SHOWN HERE FOR Benefit
OF The BAPTIST CHURCH
Critics Say it is Greater Than Birth
of Nation and Other
Big Pictures

"The Fall of Babylon" a notion
picture version of a romance of an
ancient day, compared with which
THE Birth of a Nation" and other
big screen spectacles are said to
shrink into insignificance, will be
shown at the plaza theatre for the
benefit of the local Baptist church
Saturday and Sunday, January 21st
and 22nd, the tickets now being on
sale by the ladies of the church and
at Blounts grocery. The picture
will be shown in the afternoon only
at three O'Clock Saturday and at $3.50
Sunday.
''The Fall of Babylon" was shown
in Atlanta during Christmas week,
and according to the Atlanta Consti-
tuition, fully 1000 people were turn
ed away from the Forsyth theatre
where it was being shown. The
l"Georgian" says that Words cannot
do justice to THE Fall of Babylon"
the most gorgeous settings ever
scent" The journal" says when
! j'finis' was flashed on the screen
"the audience burst into spontan-
eous and appreciative applause"
A part of the receipts from sales
of tickets for this picture will go to
the Baptist pastorium fund, the To-
Ical Baptists having contracted for the
Ierection of handsome pastors home.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
TOURIST CLUB GROWING
Membership Now Numbers o.; Many
Local People Join

The Punta Gorda Tourist Club
now mas membership of 92 paid-up
members, Al of whom are local peo-
pie and new members are being re-
ceived nearly every week.
The meeting Tuesday night was an
Interesting one, the program commit
tee having arranged very enjoyable
program. The first number was a
selection by the glee club, which was
followed with reading by Mrs. L. j.
Stafford, Miss Elizabeth Mcneil, Mrs.
Burton Roy and Miss Card. A short
humorous talk was given by Major
sutherland, which was greatly appre-
ciated. The majors talk was fol-
lowed by the singing of "Suwanee
River" by everyone.
The following were received as
mem bers: Elisha Adams, Jackson
Hendrickson, Franklin, Ind; Mrs.
Ernest Coy Kendall, Miss Grace Coy
Kendall, Lawton, Mich; A. G. Card,
Ccottsboro, Ala; H. G. Card and wife
and Miss Sadie Card, Punta Gorda;
Winnie Pugh, Indianola, Ills; Mrs.
G. W. Parker, Kalamazoo; Mrs. b
]. Harrocks, Henry, Ills,
The next meeting will be held
Tuesday, January %, at 1880 p. m,
and townspeople as well as tourists
have a standing invitation to attend
meetings and become members of the
olrh
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
IN SPITE OF HARD Tines
OF 1921, LOCAL BANKS
MAKE GOOD SHOWINGS
Total Resources of Local Banks at
End of 1921 Just Little Less
Than in 1920

In spite of the fact that 1921 was
hard year on all kinds of businesses
and the fact that depositors in local
banks drew out great deal of money
Tor building, most of the money be-
ng sent away for materials, the total
cost of which was perhaps $4,000,
the local banks show only a slight
loss in deposits during the last year
practically no loss in their resources.
Comparison of the statements OF
the three local banks, made at the
close of business on December 81.
1920, with similar statements made
on Decemer 81, 1921, just few days
ago, shows that the deposits this year
are approximately $50, 100000 less
than at the same time last year. while
the figures show lose of approxi-
mately $500 in combined resources.
According to the cashier of one bank,
had his statement been made a week
later 1t would have shown a gain in
deposits that would have made the
total almost equal to that of last
! SS"l anu thio uihouut Wouiu nave
made the combined deposits of all
the banks practically the same as
last year
Those who have occasion to note
the business of banks all over the
country say that the Punta Gorda
banks are in exceptionally good con-
dition when compared with those of
many other places, the deposits of
some being today less than half what
they were a year ago.
On December 31st the three local
banks had on deposit a total of $41S,--
.0S9.S1. If this amount were divided
equally between all the men, women
and children, black and white, of the
town. each one would have $321.60.
In the face of the depressed con-
dtons all over the country, the
serious losses sustained by the fish
business and the smaller losses of
others as a result of the high tide
and storm, and the drain made upon
them by the large amount of build
ing done during the summer, the
statements of the local banks, while
showing loss, indicate a degree Of
stability and prosperity in this COM
munity that is not evident in many
older and larger ones.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13

+. M. Cooper, of Punta Gorda,
and other men of this communi-
ty, who, in the face of repeated
defeats, kept up the fight and
gave without stint of their time
and means.
Fully 100000 were spent
during the year for new build
ings, in the main dwellings Of
substantial character, in Punta
Gorda and other communities
of the county, and $4,000
probably would not cover the
cost of repairs, alterations and
extensions. Practically all this
work was done with the private
means of the builders or was
financed by the three local
banks.
The Punta Gorda golf course
was completed January first,
and while there is yet much
work to be done to bring it to
a state near perfection, those
who know say it is splendid
new course, much better than
many older ones, and was built
for comparatively little.
About the middle of the year
Punta Gorda voters changed
the form of government, adopt
ing the commission-manager
form, which has given the OPP
portunity to place the towns
affairs on a business basis with
resultant economy in admins
tration.
These are the five outstand-
ing accomplishments of the
year, and alone serve to show
that in spite of adverse condi-
tions, Punta Gorda and Char
lotte county did not stand still
but really made substantial
progress during 1921.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
Stockholders Meeting

The stockholders of the Fidelity
Trust Company met thursday, January
fifth, and reelected the old board of
directors with the addition of j. N.
Skies, as follows: H. r. Dreggors, S.
C. Mccullough, A. P. Hatch, d. N.
Mcqueen, j. Mizell. c. f. Lanier, c.
A. Skipper, Ira Rigdon. The direc-
tors then reelected all the old
officers: H. r. Dreggors, president;
S. c. Mccullough and A. P. Hatch,
vice-presidents; ]. E. Skipper, cash
ier. A five percent dividend was de-
clared and $500 placed in the reserve
fund.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13
SIXTEEN LOCAL GIRLS IN
NEAR.SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Three Painfully Hurt When Thrown
Out of Auto and All Badly
Shaken Up

Sixteen girls, three boys and two
men of this place had a narrow es-
|cape from serious if not fatal injury,
just before o'clock, Friday evening,
when the auto truck in which they
were going to Wauchula and which
was being driven by Vivian Griggs,
met with an accident at the concrete
bridge, a mile south of Wauchula,
and they were thrown headlong into
1.-THE ditch. The accident resulted
from a bolt falling out of the steer
ling gear which caused the truck to
turn abruptly to the right, strike the
end of the side-rail of the bridge
and come to sudden stop on the
edge of the ditch. Had it gone
little further, it would have turned
over and have fallen upon the pros
trate girls and their male compan-
ions, who were lying in the ditch AS
it was, it is wonder that no one
was seriously injured.
Only three girls received any visi-
BILE injuries. They are: Marie Rick
enbach received a cash above her
right eye that required two stitches
to close, and her right leg was pain
fully bruised from ankle to hip. She
was unconscious when picked up.
Ruby May Henderickson was also
found unconscious. She also had
cash above her right eye, which was
black from the blow; her right arm
was badly bruised up to the elbow,
and her right ankle sprained. Mary
Larrimore's right ankle also was
sprained, and she had a cash over
her left eye. Miss Rickenbach was
the only one whose cut on the fore
head required TO be stitched up; the
wounds on the foreheads of the other
two were closed with adhesive plaster.
People in cars following the party
picked up the girls and their COM
panions and carried them into Wau-
chula, where the injured ones were
given prompt surgical attention. All
came back by rail the same night
The girls were going to Wauchula
to play a game of basket bail with
team of that city-and they played it,
despite the accident. However, they
were beaten. They were chaperoned
by two Of their high school teachers,
Professor and Mrs. c. G. Headley, and
were accompanied by Charley Lam
caster, Curtis Roberts, Beryl Chad
wick and George Golf. Besides the
three injured girls, the following
composed the party: Addie and Ger
aldine Larrimore, Florence McLane,
Alma Howland, Allie Burnham,
Thelma Davis, Sarah Parkinson,
Charlotte Tucker, Iris Bassett, Stella
Goff, Myrtle Bell. Lille Hayman and
Mary Roberts.
The only injury suffered by the
truck was a bent front axel. The
driver, Vivian Griggs, received Sc
we're blow in the stomach from the
steering wheel. |
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-13

Seminole county, which discontinue
ed the production of cotton several
years ago because of the boil weevil.
will plant the staple again next sea-
son, many acres of land around Long
wood, Markham and other parts of
the county already having been brok-
en-. L. p. Hagan, of Markham, will
plant 100 acres. l.. A. Brumley will
plant 100 acres near Sanford, and
several other farmers have expressed
a willingness to plant from so to 100
acres.