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Published Daily Except Bundav By
THE CITMSBN yiiPUIRBiO CO.. live.
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From The Citizen Building
Corner Greene and Ann Street#
Only Daily Newspaper In Key West and Monroe
County.
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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR
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a revenue is to he derived v* 5 cents a line.
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sion of public issues and subjects of local or general
Interest but it will no| publish anonymous communi
cations. ‘
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Walton Bldg.. ATLANTA.
Advertisements are trade pullers.
Election will soon be here; don’t put
off registering. You can be a good citizen
at least to that extent.
A knocking engine should have im
mediate attention, but a knocking man
be left severely alone.
It is simply impossible to be anybody
unless we dress the part. Imagine a sober
judge opening court in shorts.
President Roosevelt says he is a tough
guy and we know he isn’t, while General
Johnson says he is soft—and how?
The trouble with the reformer is that
• he wants to reform the other fellow in
stead of him who needs it most—himself.
Key West and Monroe County should
consolidate. One government is sufficient
and it should be remembered that the least
governed are the best governed.
... -j
Strange as it may sound but more die
by*, food than by famine. That’s probably
why the government is plowing under
ev#ry third row and killing pigs for
fertilizer.
“The Life of Our Lord,” by Charles
Dickens, now running in The Citizen,
should be read by all, even the irreligious.
It is instructive to the young, and both en
tertaining and comforting to the old.
On March 5, only a few weeks ago,
four Arabs killed Charles Fisher, of Hia
leah, Florida. On April 24, less than two
months after the deed was committed,
the murderers were tried and condemned
t<j* death. The department of justice may
Ufa a leaf from the land of I rati with pro
fit, * *
v : . i.
*’*’ Representative J. Mark Wilcox will
undoubtedly be returned to the House.- He.
is opposed by a man by the name of Crank/
whs took Crook’s place in the dry warfare.
Wilcox came to Florida a few days ago,
turned around and went right back again,
evidently convinced that all is well along
the Atlantic as well as along the Potomac.
A printer can get more mileage out of
a roller towel than any man can get out of
an automobile.—Times-Union. That re
calls to mind an old doggerel which goes
something like this in part: . . Aud if
the mad subscriber comes rushiug on the
floor. I’ll stab him with the towel that
leans against the door." Mark Twain rv
couuts that when he was a disciple of
<iut**Hlerg. it was customary not to semi a
towel to the wash until it was so begrimed
with iak from usage that it could stand up
unassisted.
Resides many achievements of ail en
ergetic ami useful life. Former Governor
Osborn of Michigan, who was a dis
tinguished visitor in Key West yesterday,
discovered the source of the firefly's glow.
An all too hurried visit in The Citizen
sanctum precluded the explanation of this
phenomenon. The governor, who was a
student at Heidelberg, delights in con
versing in the German language whenever
the opportunity present* itself. And hi*
accent is perfect. Auf Wiederechn, Herr
Gohemador.
ABILITY AND SENIORITY
It is no credit to a man to trust to time
alone to assure him the attainment of an
object.
If his advancement is with little or no
effort on his part, and is due solely to the
length of time he has held an office, he is
not worthy of commendation, and his
honor, measured in the terms of accom
plishments, is an empty title.
Advancement by seniority alone in
congress, in the army and the navy, or in
any other department of government, is
not becoming to a democracy, which
should determine the qualifications of its
public men by ability, the dominant factor
in private enterprise.
Honesty, of course, is the most es
sential thing in private or public life but
honesty alone is not enough to warrant the
placing of a man in an office that requires,
besides honesty, skill, efficiency and apti
tude.
Yet congress, in this great democracy
of ours, does not recognize ability so far as
committee appointments and advancements
are concerned.
If John Smith is a livewire and a level
headed thinker and is fresh in congress,
the turning of the hands of the clock de
termines his advancement just as it does
Bill Black, who is a dud and a superficial
thinker. Congress has several of the for
mer type in the ranks and a good many of
the latter on important committees.
Fortunately, not even congress, with
all its hard and fast rules and regulations,
can hold down a man who evolves feasible,
constructive ideas and has the aggressive
ness and tenacity to put them into effect.
It has been many a day, as ha* been
declared time and again in Washington,
since a first-termer in the House strode so
determinedly to the forefront as has J.
Mark Wilcox of this congressional dis
trict.
His Municipal Bankruptcy Bill, which
he succeeded in having passed by the
House, is, if it becomes a law, as is likely,
the first piece of major legislation by a
Floridian that has been adopted by con
gress in many a year.
Last week, twice within a few days,
Mr. Wilcox had conferences wits Presi
dent Roosevelt, one about the bankruptcy
bill, and the other about the proposed
Everglades National Park, and in each in
stance the presidential support was ob
tained.
And what is the reason for the almost
unprecedented success of a first-termer
that has attended Mark Wilcox in con
gress ?
The answer is found in one word:
ability. Seniority wjill retard his advance
ment on committees but it will be swept
aside by that more important role of action
and capability.
Seniority is drifting along with the
current; ability is making headway against
the current.
He who depends on seniority alone
folds his arms and waits, and, after he ha*
waited long enough, points proudly to his
“accomplishment”; ability adds success to
success and is not concerned with watching
tbe\<;h\ck. j , ( -> V* i
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MIAMI COURTESY
(Havana Post)
Reporters to Miss Cuba, on her return
from the Pan-American beauty pageant in
Miami:
“Well, how did you like your trip?”
Miss Cuba: “It was terrible. We
traveled too fast, and the yacht bumped so
much that we all were terribly sick.”
Reporters: “But you traveled ou the
presidential yacht, didn't you?”
Miss Cuba: "Yes, but the whole trip
wus a deception.”
Reporters: “Did you have a good
time in Miami?”
Miss Cuba: “Terrible. Everything
was disorder. Ami they were most dis
courteous.”
Reporters: “How’s that ?”
Miss Cuba; “At the banquet where I
was to be guest of honor, the other people
had finished eating when I arrived.”
Reporters: “What do you plan to do
HOW?”
Ml*s Cuba: "I’m going to try and
forget that 1 was a beauty queen.”
Despite the popular impression of the
Pilgrim Fathers as old men and women,
only nine were over 40, only two over &0*
more than one-third of the party coMMting
of boys and girls under 21.
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
The Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript Kept Secret 85 Years
Jesus at a Healer and a Friend of the Lowly,
Succoring the 111 and Stilling the Sea,
Depicted in Novelist's Story.
Editor’s Note.—The inconsistencies tn punctuation and speUino
which appeared, in the original manuscript, intended by Dickens only
/or the eyes of his children and not for the printer, have been followed
m the present publication.
. CHAPTER THE FOURTH.
were in that country where Our Saviour per
formed his Miracles, certain people who were called
Pharisees. They were very proud, and believed that no
people were good but themselves; and they were all afraid
of Jesus Christ, because he taught the people better. So
were the Jews, in general. Most of the inhabitants of that
country were Jews.
Our Saviour, walking once in the fields with his
Disciples on a Sunday (which the Jews called, and still
call, the Sabbath) they gathered some ears of the corn
that was growing there, to eat. This, the Pharisees said,
was wrong; and in the same way, when Our Saviour went
into one of their churches—they were called Synagogues
—and looked compassionately on a poor man who had his
hand all withered and wasted away, these Pharisees said
“la it right to cure people on a Sunday?” Our Saviour
answered them by saying, “If any of you had a sheep, and
it fell into a pit, would you not take it out, even though it
happened on a Sunday? And how much better is a man
than a sheep?” Then he said to the poor man, “Stretch
out thine hand!" And it was cured immediately, and was
smooth arod useful like the other. So Jesus Christ told
them “You may always do good, no matter what the
day is.”
* • *
THERE was a city called Nain Into which Our Saviour
went, soon after this, followed by great numbers of
people, and especially by those who had sick relations, or
friends, or children. For they brought sick people out
into the streets and roads through which he passed, and
cried out to him to touch them, and when he did, they
became well. Going on, in the midst of this crowd, and
near the Gate of the city, He met a funeral, it was the
funeral of a young man, who was carried on what is called
a Bier, which was open, as the custom was in that country
aitd is now in many parts of Italy. His poor mother fol
lowed the Bier, and wept very much, for she had no other
child. When Our Saviour saw her, he was touched to the
heart to see her so sorry, and said “Weep not!” Then, the
bearers of the Bier standing still, he walked up to it, and
touched it with his hand, and said “Young Man! Arise.”
The dead man, coming to life again at the sound of The
Saviours’ voice, rose up and began to speak. And Jesus
Christ, leaving him with his Mother —ah how happy they
both were—went away.
* * *
gY this time the crowd was so very great that Jesus
Christ went down to the waterside, to go in a boat, to
a more retired place. And in the boat, He fell asleep, while
his Disciples were sitting on the deck. While he was still
sleeping, a violent storm arose, so that the waves washed
over the boat, and the howling wind so rocked and shook
it, that they thought it would sink. In their fright the
disciples awoke Our Saviour, and said “Lord! Save us, or
we are lost!” He stood up, and raising his arm, said to
the rolling Sea and to the whistling wind. “Peace! Be
still!” And immediately it was calm and pleasant weather
and the boat went safely on, through the smooth waters
When they came to the other side of the water they
had to pass a wild and lonely burying-ground that was out
side the city to which they were going. All burying
grounds were outside cities in those times. In this place
there was a dreadful madman who lived among the tombs
and howled all day and night, so that it made travellers
afraid, to hear him. They had tried to chain him, but
he broke his chains, he was so strong; and he would throw
himself on the sharp stones, and cut himself in the most
dreadful manner: crying and howling all the while: when
this wretched man saw Jesus Christ, a long way off, h*
cried out “It is the son of God! Oh sen of God! do not
torment me!” Jesus, coming near him, perceived that he
was torn by an Evil Spirit, and cast the madness out o!
h‘*£, and into a herd of swine (cr pigs) who were feeding
"lc L*\ and who directly ran headlong down a steep place
• into the sea and were dashed to pieces.
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KEYWESTIN ;
DAYS GONE BY
•> i ?*.. 1 ,If
H>u>xi|i Hoc* Juat 10 Yawii
Ago Today Ae Taken From
Thn File* Of The Citisen
This evening Otto Encampment,
1. O. O. F., will celebrate the an
niversary of the organization of
the order. Three subordinate
lodge.* will joiu in the celebration.'
The affair will 1* held in Odd!
Fellow* Mall and will consist of
an entertainment and serving of
refreshments. Following: are the
committee* in charge of the cele
bration: Key Went Lo<lge, .lame*
Curry. Dr. Cornelius F. Kemp and
William Siaughwu ; Cuba Lodg~,
Mario l*erex. George Toledo and
Gahrial d* Arm is; Kquity Lodge. F.
F. Hoffman, V. I*. Archer and R.
i. Hopper.
Work was started this morning
installing the playthings at Bay
view Park. The paraphernalia ar
rived from the Fverwear Manu
| factuitag company yesterday con
signed t. the board of public
works. They comprise aa ocean
wav*, chair seat for the younger
children, double teeter ladder, six
rocking hui.i and hrsioaUl lad
der. The complete outfit cost $I .-
176. Other improvements at the
park consist m planting a number
of trees given by the state plant
board. There are twelve wild
date trees, twenty-four wild fig
trees and others.
Joseph Watkins left yesterday
for f*| Largo to attend to im-
portent aiatters in connection
with construction of the bridge
from that key to the Dade county
line. As county surveyor, Mr.
Watkfli)* will "have all the prelim
inary work finished so that when
the contract for the work is
awarded there will be little or no
time lost in starting. After com.
pleting the work at Key Largo,
Mr. Watkins will leave to inspect
the road work on that part of the
Tamiami Trail that is in Monroe
county.
Fifty-two carloads of pineapples
arrived yesterday and were re
packed and r**hipped. There
were 2.‘ carloads arriving today.
There are now more than 150 men
working at the transfer rack, and
more will he added as the *e*son
advances.
Monroe county commissioners
will hold a special meeting tonight
to <all for bd for the construc
tion of roadways and bridge* from
Stock Island to Saddle Bunches
aiel the bridge from Key Largo to
Dade county. The county attor
ney will be instructed to start
condemnation proceedings against
the owner* of property on Boca
Chiea and Geiger's Key through
which it is intended to build the
road to Saddle Bunche* and Geig
er's Key. Regarding the bids for
construction work they are to be
opened one month from the time
they are advertised aad Ihopld
any of them prove satisfactory
the ceramismoaers will award the
contract*.
Carl F- Auharhea and the htt
ne* man who are activelveogag
ed is veiling thv **eek fw tl Sf
iPPfy yjjj
f T /i.a***. t
“Christ Healing the Sick.” by C. Schonbew. t reproduction of one of the notable paintings of
the scene as described in the New Testament.
]\OW Herod, the son of that cruel King who murdered the
Innocents, reigning over the people there, and hearing
that Jesus Christ was doing these wonders, and was giving
sight to the blind and causing the deaf to hear, and the
dumb to speak, and the lame to walk, and that he was fol
lowed by multitudes and multitudes of people—Herod,
hearing this, said; “This man is a companion and friend
of John the Baptist.” John was the good man, you recol
lect, who wore a garment made of camels’ hair, and ate
wild honey. Herod had taken him prisoner, because he
taught and preached to the people; and had him then
locked up, in the prisons of his Palace.
While was in this angry humour with John, his
birthday came; and his daughter, Herodias, who was a fine
dancer, danced before him, to please him. She pleased him
so much that he swore an oath he would give her what
ever she would ask him for. “Then,” said she, “father
give me the head of John the Baptist in a charger.” Foi
die hated John, and was a wicked, cruel woman.
The King was sorry, for though he had John priaonei
he did not wish to kill him; but having sworn that he wouk
give her what she asked for, he sent some soldiers dowi
into the prison, with directions to cut off the head of
John the Baptist, and give it to Herodies. This they did
and took it to her, as she had said, in a charger, which
was a kind of dish. When Jesus Christ heard from the
apostles of this cruel deed, he left that city, and went with
them (after they had privately buried John’s body in the
night) to another place.
(Continued tomorrow.)
(Copsrleht for North and South America, ttU. hg Vnttad fMliri IM.;
aU nohtu rturnd >
hotel report excellent progress. ]
There remains stuck to the amount
of SIO,OOO aad it is expected this
will be disponed of within a few
days. The slogan of ‘"Let's Go'
is being sounded and Mr. Aubu
ehnn is assured that by day after
tomorrow he will have secured the
rest of the money and ail! leave
f..r Atlanta to make final arrsusge
meuts for the construction nf the
hotel.
Editorial comment: The men
who thiuk that newspaper* are
not active enough in attacking the
♦•vile of the community are often
unwilling to write a letter to the
paper over their own signature.
Another soapfih was place,! in
the auunritim yesterday. The qual
ities of this fish are that l lather*
just a- readily a a cake of soap.
The train arriving from the
north last Bight brought an ex
ceptionally Urge number of pas
senger* for this time of the year.
There were 17d in all. Most of
them were enroute to Havana and
left on the Governor Cobh today.
mmiaHMioiwmiMi
Today's Horoscope
Thts day may produce *hn
wtb A . wonder* m an nteHeetwai
wav nawaaid anth great pene
tra: and rex) understand***
he v rain honor and esteem. The
,lar k < * He* .n a breakdown, wn
•*J! * rhap*. mehading raeiai*-
Itktfa: *r the unfortunate ten
den v nay he toward* •W.litW
'genre both of wkith may be ever
come by careful self-development
•••••••••••••••••••oaooa
Today In History
lf.0? -'PVjrTish' Zionists bouid
for Virginia entered rhesapeako
Bay.
Fir*t Odd Fellows Lodge found
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF KEY WEST
•• at 11m close of bweiaes* March S. 1114,
Comptroller** Call
RESOURCES
Loan* and Investment* . I 245,9ft.*9
Overdrafts WIM
flanking House, Furniture
ami Fixture* ~ SiJsl.ll
•loads of State* and Pwu
vmoM of the United
State* .... Sld4.S7o.th
Municipal. Public Utility.
Railroad and Other
Bonds and Securities M. 141 20
Demand Loan*, Stork Ex
change fftßslersl .... 90,442.<M> ,
Stork Federal Remove
Bank 4.000 OO
Lotted States Dover*-
roanf kLmts#t tact SA
Cash and due from Bask*' 303.5*7 0 1.434 407 hi
H.7UC2T413
LJ ABILITIES
f’aprtai 8 104.044. M
Surplus aat Uwdivtded Profit* 59,418.11
Circulates - - - 100,000.0#
Deposits „ . . - t.444,423.0J
t1.F1h.234 13
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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1934.
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4, The Life
of
Our Lori”
.’if written by Dick
*n* in 1849, in the
arm of • Utter to hie
>wn children. It Ui
oeen jealouaJy guard
:d by the Dickens de
scendants until now.
♦ ♦
<•4 in Ha!um<*rf\
!** -fireomtion Dny ■*!< to
ihve. originated in J*fk*o, Miu.,
Illy Sue K. Vauvhaa.
ItMiJi —John WillM** Booth. Liu*
rolfl'i toaoint *hot to death by
a *Mi#r-**arc her.