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THE. PENS ACOLA JOURNAL, FillDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,v 1919 DAILY WEEKLY SUNDAY Journal Publishing Company - LOTS K. MAYES. President. . ' VVAVNB THOMAS. Vice-President and Manager. HOWARD LEE MATES. Secretary and Treasurer. Conducted from 1892 "to 19)5 TTnder the Editorship and Management of Col Frank L- Mayes. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS American Newspaper Publisher Association Florida tTess A Bsoc!2.t Ion. Rorthern Newspaper Publishers Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES Qn Week, Daily ard Sunday Twj Weeks, Dally and Sunday One Month. Dally and Sunday Three Month. Dally and Sunday 8tx Months. Dally and Sunday .. One Tear. Dallv and Sunday .... f-unaay only. One Tear The Weekly Journal. One Tear Mill snhscrtptlors are payable In advance. .13 . . 1.65 t. 2S .50 1.(0 1 M BVSINr'S OFFICE .f EDITORIAL DEFT PHONES SfrggS PHONES Prf a. rd Mrr.-1501 ' Managtnr Editor S Advertl.xlne; Mrr. S "ti Society Editor M Office: Journal Bid.. Cor. Intendencia and PeLnna Sta The Associated Press In exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also to local newt publlrhed. Entered second class matter at the postofflce in Pensacola. Fla., under Act of Congress. Mr.rch 3. 1879. Represented In the General Advertising Field by CONK. LORENZEN & WOODMAN New York, Cftlceo. Detroit. Kansas City. Atlanta. PENKACOLA. FLA, FRIDAY. SEPT. 26. 1919. WE DELIVER THE GOODS. The launching of the R.ockpqrt yesterday added one more to the fleet of the Pensacola Shipbuilding company, which has already made Pensacola fa mous an one of the south's greatest shipbuilding centers. The tonnage of vessels built In Pensacola exceeds that of any yard In this part of the country, and la far ahead of all the Mobile yards combined, according to officials who are authority for the statement. Four of the great 9,000 ton fabricated steel ves sels have already been launched, nine are building, and another, the Escambia, will soon take the water. According to Paul P. Stewart, . general manager of the shipbuilding company, the work at the plant has Just begun. The company has enough ships to keep labor employed for the next year, and more offers from the Emergency Fleet Corporation than can possibly be filled. This means that the shipbiulding plant will be maintained here as one of Pensacola's Important industries, and that the people of this city and sec tion will continue to derive financial benefit there from. But it must be remembered that the revenue de rived an put into circulation In this city, Is but ode of the many benefits which accrue from the work at the Pensacola Shipbuilding plant. The advertising that Pensacola receives each time that a home-built whip ste.'.ms out of the harbor, is of lasting value. There are many kinds of advertising, and all pub licity has its value. But there is nothing that will bo advertise a community as the delivery of the goods. . At the convention of advertising men. Just con vened in New Orleans, truth and honesty in ad vertising, and elimination of undesirable methods In business promotion, were among the themes dis cussed, and the fact was stressed that the value of advertising space in any medium, rises or falls in accordance with the belief in Jhe advertisement published. This t true of all publicity. It pays to advertise when you deliver the goods, as represented. Pensacola is delivering the goods. The ships we are turning out over here are the real thing. They are great, seagoing vessels, such as were promised the public when the shipbuilding plant was opened. When the Cushnoc went to Mobile for docking, the people were amazed at the size of the immense vessel, built at the Pensac -la. shipbuilding plant, and the largest ever anchored in that porju a These great fabricated steel vessels, 9,000 tons each, were made possible not only because the Pen sacola Shipbuilding company has a good plant, hut because that plant has a good location. Nowhere else in the world could there be found . location spot more admirably adapted to shipbuilding. We have here not only the deepest water south of Newport News, but the best climate in the world, and it is far cheaper to live here in the wintertime than farther north, where clothing and fuel are so much more costly, on account of the long winters. These facts are patent, and every time a govern ment official visits the shipbuilding plant, every time a business man views the location, every time a ship is sent out to another port, Pensacola is ad vertlsed, not only as a good location for such a Plant, bat for any kind of a plant that needs a good pout, a good climate and a good people back of It. We are petting tho very best advertising today that any city could possibly get. We are writing the name of Pensacola all over the civilized world, and the Pensacola shipbuilding plant helps largely in doing it. PROCESS OF ELIMINATION. While Republican senators persecute the presi dent and 'hold this country up to ridicule, they pretend to favor a league of nations of the right kind, what ' constitutes the right kind being - left to their own discretion, it would Seem. But, be it said to their credit, the fight for the treaty is not entirely without the camp of the Re publican party. There are many Republican lead ers who have openly endorsed the treaty and vho have refused to drag an issue so broad through the mire of partisan, politics. Former President Taft is leading the fight in that party. And there are many who follow his views, in spite of the" charge made by Senator Johnson that Taft is respected but not followed. No more popular president than Taft ever occupied the position of chief executive during a Republican administration, with the exception of . Theodore Roosevelt, and both of these men favored the league of nations. Roosevelt and Taft were not friends, politically, but the influence of both on Republican party has been tremendous. In- regard to the proposed amendment, Mr. Taft says: "The committee's reservation is far more drastic and of wider application, (than the present form). It not only eliminates article ten and any obligations arising under it, but it eliminates the one positive and mandatory obligation of the cove nant in article sixteen, by which if a pation, a member of the league, violates Its covenant and begins war, all members of the league are bound to levy a boycott against them. Senators Johnson, Reed and Borah are not mentioning this In any of their speeches. They are begging the American voters to permit them to Inject the amendments, but they are not ex plaining why. But the - American public has long since made up Its mind about the peace treaty and the league of nations, and these gentlemen had best sign up, and be done with it. unless they wish to find them selves in much the same position that another cer tain senator from Wisconsin found himself, during the world war. ' The American people are not fools, nor are they eo partisan that they will place party above prin ciple, in spite of political demagogues. The people are sick of politics and they wanl peace, with honor, that is what the war was fought for: not peace at the dictation of a few Republicans who are not even representative of their own party, much less the great mass of American people. And they most certainly do not want the very THE DAYS OF RECONSTRUCTION. There is a great hue and cry. all over the country, and on every hand we hear of strikes and disturb ances pf every kind. But those who have lived through -other wars view these things with greater equanimity than do the members of the- younger generation. In commenting on the present situation, Colliers J says, editorially: A. woman who has seen many decades of American life passed her early and most im- . presslonable years in the shadow of the Civil war and the period that followed after it. She, says that we of this generation cannot realize the bitterness and sadness of those days. Her father and his friends, struggling as best they could with dangers and discomforts of every sort, said over and over that things could never be as they had been, and that life could never be happy again. Now, she says, when she picks up a newspaper and reads of catastrophes and wrangles and strikes and high prices, she does not feel the same hopelessness that younger people may feel. She has been there before. It is worth while in these days to consult persons of her age and experience. Not always can we safely assume that everything runs in regular cycles, and that a rainy today is invariably followed by a sunny tomorrow. But our ventures are mord useful now than they have ever been. Talk to them sometimes when your own horizonlooks stormy Find a man or woman who lived through an other great war and great period of reconstruc tion; he or she has infinite possibilities of use fulness to you. INTERESTED LISTENER . The Escambia will make her maiden voyage earjy in October, and will visit Mobile, letting those peo ple over there see another real ship, and then, will sail to the British isles, with a cargo from Pensa-t cola, the city that has built the best ships in the south, and that by next year will build all that she needs and dock all that she builds. The Florida Hotel and Highway magazine 'says that the centennial belongs to Pensacola by every rule of fairness, and if-the commission don't give It to her, we'd like to know what game they are play ing." Well, Pensacola believes that Jacksonville and Tampa are playing fair. B. Iv. Hanafourde says he is "up to his neck" with fair business, and when Escambia goes over to Jacksonville and carries off all his blue ribbons. clause eliminated which is mandatory to Berlin. : he will be swept off his feet, just like he was last year. BONDS SHOULD BE SOLD. A Washington dispatch has Just announced that New Orleans has become the second largest sea- ;L .;., '-. : zzd. I , , I , is a large, artistically Three thousand barrels of bunker oil from the' terminals of the Texas Oil Company, to the tanks port in the United States, having thus displaced of the big steamer, Ilargrave, is just an incident Philadelphia Yet there are men in high places j of our busy day. j who will tell you that Pensacola has a more fa- j vorable geographical location than has New Or- leans. , But, because New Orleans has become second in importance only to New York, does not mean that that city is resting on its laureals, by any means. New Orleans business men are not pnly boosting their town, but are equipping their docks with the latest improved ship loading machinery. and Florida Press Opinion TO DIVERT HIGHWAY (DeFuniak Breeze) j A number of the more prominent business men througTi their fine board of trade are planning many ana citizens of Crestview held a good roads meet- new enterprises. - ing at the court house last Thursil.iv Pvenlns at Up in North Carolina," Fayetteville. on the Cape which time an earnest effort was made to have Fear river, has just voted bonds for municipal the Atlantic-Gulf Highway changed from its former docks. Tampa has Just organised for an ocean pianhed route from. Washington, D. C, to the gulf, steamship line, Miami is putting in many harbor At first houte was to come from that citv improvements, and so is Jacksonville. f through the eastern states touching Andalusia, Flo- Here in Pensacola a tnlng we need right now, is maton. Bluff Springs. McDavid and into Pensacola. municipal docks. Pensacola has already voted $400,- but an effort will be made since this mootin- t 000 of bonds for such improvements, but business have it come through Andalusia. Florala. Laurel men claim .that such a sum would not be sufficient Hill Crestview, Milton and into Pensacola and south for contemplated improvements, and urge that the from Crestview to Camp Walton. This route is city be Ebnded for $60,000 additional. It is point- much shorter but calls for a bridge over Escambia ed out, by some, that in the event that the centen- Kav - nlal is held in Pensacola, the government probably j Waiton county should helD in that movement for could be induced-to appropriate such a sum for dock we both" Have good roads from Florala and Crest- improvement. But this is problematical. view anf .the advertised attractions of DeFuniak One thing Is very certain. Pensacola needs these Springs would bring many people here to visit our docks, and the people have already voted for them. city even if we are off the main stem a little bit. A public official who visited Pensacola recently I declared that Pensacola was, by far, the most ideal- I a Good Record ly locaiea seaport ne naa ever seen, rie sam mat ; The United States Railroad Administration Bui- 1 he had heard much of our natural advantages, but letjn ot recent date contains the following refer that he had had no conception of how great these ence of Mr. iIilea Varren ,of DeFuniak Springs, advantages really were. t who ls a former citizen of Bradford county and has -Pensacola has to work harder than any other many Mends here who will be interested in reading port in the United States," he said, "to overcome" her of hi3 flne record as a railroad man: handicaps. You have more to offer the. world in j Superintendent Saltmarsh gives the following many Ways, but you have missed out in many fa- "gpndid service record: M. A. Warren began as duties that other ports have. Now, you must of- a track laborer at IIolts Nov 5 1882. prornot fer greater inducements to capital than other ed to section foreman 188; promoted to supervisor POTtS. !lRlB nnw " Kll nervtcnr iuHV. Y,nn nuirlom o T VIEWS OP J O U RN AL READERS The Journal is glad to print short communications from read ers on any topic of interest. Letters should be typewritten if possible, and double spaced. SOJOURNER HAS PLEASANT WORD FOR MUSCOGEE TELLS OF MILLS, SCHOOLS AND PARKS, AND OTHER INTEREST ING FEATURES OF NEAR-BY TOWN. Yet, while Fayettevnie, N. C, an inland town, is bonding for municipal docks, we who have every advantage in the world, are allowing our improve ments to be held up. A FEATHER FOR MOBILE. .The docking of the Cushnoc in Mobile, by the Alabama Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, is commented on by the Mobile Register, as follows: A large white feather in Mobile's cap ia a suitable decoration in honor of the docking here of & 9,600 ton dead weight seamshlp by the Alabama Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The pssession of a dry dock capable of lifting such u great vessel is something to be proud of; and it la said that the dock has a reserve power of as much as -.000 tons in excess of whit was called into use on this occasion. The value of a great doc kU twofold: it gives to commerco a much-needed facility and it brings extra business to the repair plants of Mobile. The presence here of so large a dock completes the mechanical parphernalia required to give the port a high rating in" marine circles. The excellence of Mobile's equipment in this respect is a causr. for geenral congratulation. While Pensacola congratulates Mobile on its docking faciliteis, this city takes pride in the fact that by next spring ships built in Pensacola will not be compelled to leave this harbor, but may be docked here. Those at the head 'of the Bruce Dry Dock Company estimate that the dock will be com pleted -by" next May, and will be able to take care of some work as early of February or March. The great steel vessel built In Pensacola and Just docked in Mobile, is the largest which has ever been in' Mobile harbor, and its docking is a big ad vertisement for the Alabama city. Let Us hope that the .time is not far distanct when Pensacola will get all the. business which should, rightfully be hers, not "only in docking and repair, but along every other legitimate line. Funiak Springs, Fla., having been fin continuous service thirty-six years, seven months and nine days without a suspension. During this time he has lost only forty-eight days on account of sickness a.ru3 deaths, thirtv rtux-s rt tM (imo l-iolni fnp tv- Mobile says the Cushnoc is the biggest ship ever phoia fever in 1886 While section foreman he re ceived eight certificates for best kept section and one certificate for most improvement, all within a anchored in that harbor. True, but It's just one of ten that we've buijt over here. Mobile may boast of docking -em. but we build 'em. and. next year iod 6f tgn years.starke Telegraph. we intend to build more of 'em, and dock all of 'em. A searching party composed of seven vigilantes, on a still hunt for clay, ought to insur the com pletion of the Crestview-Camp Walton highway by January 1. When it is completed they say it will be a humdinger. Maybe it's because he's a fair manager that L. W. Hardy is some jjumpkins, when it comes to a barbecue. Walt Mason s Daily Poem Next to the Top. Yesterday's Metropolis printed a Washington dis patch stating that New Orleans had become the second largest seaport in the United States, having displaced Philadelphia. New Orleans business men, seeing the opportunity, went to work equipping the docks with the latest improved ship loading ma chinery, etc., and vessels were loaded and unloaded with despatch. This is what majtes a seaport pros perous, and Jacksonville must follow New Orleans ' example and equip its municipal docks with grain elevators, and the very latest mechanical facilities if it wishes to make itselfa great seaport. The city commission should send a representative to New Orleans and Norfolk, and he would get a great deal HALCYON DAYS j of valuable information as to the needs of this port. The happy days of war are gone, and peace's The people here are behind every movement that rightfulness is here, when, we assemble on the will help develop the port of Jacksonville: J(ack lawn, and cuss the ding-donged profiteer. In war sonville Metropolis, we struck for noble things, to undermine the ty- rrant's sway, to overturn the thrones of kings, and Sounds Like Pensacola. now we strike for higher pay. In war we loathed Looal anglers, tiring of the fishing at the docks, the foreign foe, and chased him on his cheap John have lately invaded the deeper waters of the bay shore, and now, alas, as all men know, we loathe with fair . success. There is a pleasing element the man who lives next door. In war we all united of uncertainty about deep water fishing, in that were, we had one purpose and one end; but now we or never knows what he may "hook up with at fill the air with fur, the fur of neighbor and of any moment, and a great variety of fish are taken, friend. I look back on the days of war, that bitter Among the edible fish caught recently near the two war of four long years, and wonder what we stoppetl beacons in the lower bay were red snapper, floun lt for, to usher in the profiteers. . Far better on the der, ling, squirrel fish, and a half dozen different field to die, with fame and glory as your bed, than kind of smaller fish. Groupers, white trout, red starve for lack of coin. to buy. your share of angel .fish, drum, porgies and ronckers (sometimes called cake and bread.- Far better meet a stalwart foe and sand mullet and ground mullet) may also be ex parish where your banner flies, than have a hoarder pected in the day's catch, with a eprinking Of lay you low, with tricks - a soldier would despise, sharks, catfish, leather Jackets. pilot-fish, etc We clamored for the boon of peace' throughout the -Good,; stout gear should be used for such fishing, long and bloody fray, and now we yell for the police -for the different varieties taHen may range any to take the blamed old boon away. (Copyright by where from Inches to 6 feet in length. St. An George Matthew Adams.) jdrews Bay News. Failing to see any contributions from Muscogee in the columns of The Journal, the writer, though only a so journer, takes It for granted that a few items from the place Avould not be devoid of Interest to its readers. However, being a "stranger within the gates," these must be chiefly personal impressions of the place, and the lim ited 'number of acquaintances made during- a brief stay. Lack, of these, however, is more than compensated by the kindness and charming hospitality of those already met. Notwithstanding' more than three score - and ten winters have passed over my head, this is my first visit to the "Land of Flowers," whose early history is so closely associated with that of ourown beautiful southland. Cessation from the prolonged dis agreeable weather and heavy rains of the past summer has at last given place to several weeks of genial sun shin. Muscogee today seems in spired with new life, and Nonce more, after many days, the spirit of our lovely Indian summer has come forth from her hiding place to cheer and bless Mother Earth from whom she has so long withdrawn her smile. It goes without saying that beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant and the period of the old, upright saw, Muscogee has "lived, moved and had her being" in timber, logs and saw mills, and to one unaccustomed to the sight, the Southern States log busi ness seems colossal and rightly de serves to be. spelled with a big 'B.' Themills at this point, four in num ber, and built right on the bank or the Perdido river, twenty miles from Pensacola by rail, and sites Including the quarters which house the em ployees, white and colored, extend up stream for" a distance of more ,than two miles to the deep water railroad depot, where the large company store, offices, postoffice and other buildings connected with the mill are' locateL Outside of these are numerous shops, boarding houses, bujeher shops and restaurajits which supply the "daily needs of the employees and their families. All are -said to be owned and controlled by the Southern States Lumber Company, and although loca ted along the river swamp and sub ject to .overflow, are sair to be com paratively free from fever and other malarial cotnplainls. The residential portion includes many nicely built, well shaded little homes, three churches Presbyterian. Baptist and Methodist and the Muscogee high schooL All are located on a high ridge to the east of the town. The school building built brick i structure and has the reputation of being one of the best in the State of Florida, Muscogee, though only 9 few miles distant from Pensacolaanrt several other seaport towns, seems (outwardly, at least.) singularly free from the fads, frivolities, follies and vices common to such places. For while a pandemonian of noises from many steam engines and whistles ls almost unbearable from 4 td 5 in the morning, when the works shut down the sudden cessation of noises makes one fee, almost giddy. When this hour comes sorry man gets a move on his- self and (eager to seek his own home. After the early supper Muscogee grows profoundly, quiet, with nothing ,to break it but the merry laugh of children playing, in the street. High cost of living, low priced cotton, boll weevir and other changed conditions are bringing many newcomers to Florida. Among these may be mentioned S. E. and S. C. Weatherford. from south east Alabama. Both have been life long farmers, and both have cast their ot in Florida with the intention of making their home here. The latter has already purchased a small farm within a few miles of Muscogee, and has already taken steps to start a truck farm and hopes in the near future to claim a fair share of tho patronage of the people In Muscogee and vicinity. Both gentlemen express themselves well pleased with Florida as a farming country. The advent of pleasant weather has been bringing a number of visitors to Muscogee. Among them are Miss Pearl Givens, of Pensacola, who ls spending today with her mother, Mrs. Cole. Miss Fannie Weath rf ord and sister Phenio, spent yesterday as the guests of their aunt, Mrs. C. A. An derson. Miss Eva Burke visited friends here last Wednesday and Mrs. S. E. Weatherford panled by their son, Arthur, on their return trip from Gonzalez to their home in Alabama, made a stay of sev eral days with relatives in Muscogee. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carlisle and little Johnnie' after a pleasant visit to their old home in North Alabama, are once more at homo in Muscogee. They report crops "of all kinds fine and plentiful in that part of the state. Mr. Asa and family have moved into the home lately occupied by Mr. Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Norris an.l children visited relatives at McDavid last Sunday. Now that sugar cane is ripe, enough to chew, chips ami nickels rival the old-time nimblenesa of the penny. I A SOJOURNER. The Mr. qecom- Pensacola Journal, Pensacola, Fla. Gentlemen: The governor of the state has been bitterly censured for nepotism, on account of appointing four of his family to office. It is btrange that this apears so black and dark in this case, while all the cabinet officers of the state do the some thing, with the exception of Messrs Swcar ingen and McRae, whoso children are too small to bo put into office. Mr. Crawford, secretary of state, had his son in office on a good salary until he went to war, and he has hi daughter in his office now. Mr. Luning, state treasurer, has his son in his office. Mr. Sheats, upcrin tendent of public instruction, has hi daughter in his office, and had his son until he becamo too ill to work, and Mr. Amos, comptroller, has his father and his wife in his office. Nothing is said about thotie others, and the governor is mado tho scape goat for everything. The Fort Fierce paper, lately said that the governor was running a blind tiger in the cap Itol, when, in fact, a negro janitor had booze in the furnace, and the gov ernor has nothing whatever to do with the care, of the capltol or management of it, but Mr. Crawford, secretary of rtate, has entire charge. The governor was also blamed when Mr. Boone mis managed tho boys' industrial school, when he had worked as hard as any. man for two years to get another man in his place, and I lo not cara to bear the blame for everything. Please srive, this all publicity possi ble, as I back what I have said heru and can prove every word of it Yours very truly, SIDNirr J. CATTS, Governor. P. S. The governor gives out 1800 offices and puts in four of his family The cabinet officers give out from f to 20 offices and put in from one t? three of their families. Whose ox ia gored ? Tallahassee. Sept. 24, 1919. -DAYIJNi t v cr t jrr K-j ,: rr , JE or:2 ta- - 7-l h One year ago today, September 25, 191S, the Americans smashed through the "Hindenburg Line," between the Meusc andSvisne Rivers and took 5,000 prisoners. , Find a prisoner. Answer to yesterday's puzzle: Right side down nose at belt