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THE PENS ACOL A JOURNAL SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1921.
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Business. 1DUU
It U suggested by the American
Legion Weekly that since a drink
made from prunes is called prunelle,
that made from raisins should be call
ed ralln'-cllo. . ,
Jut because a burglar says he'll
(shoot is no sign he wants to be faded.
Blreet car men don't like accidents.
Kvcry time thoy have one they lose
a dinner by It.
o , .
Counted six ornamental lamp posts
missinK yesterday knocked down by
reckless autoietn. .
o
A mid-week payday In the . outfit
iiu-ann week-end en the ship, station
or guanlo.
o .
The Mississippi Valley Association
rt'r-ro.ienta- n territory which lias SO
per cent ot the congressmen and sen
ators, i j .
And the association says it wants
fairer freight rates to the Florida gulf
coast.
Home men pi ly rooletto and others
invest In brcken-down automobiles.
Pups and fins eom to be- ns Insep
arably connected an trenches and
cooties,
o '
"Hokum" Is the players' ntyne for
faked and Impromptu slap-atlek com
edy, lines, etc. It is a term closely
bordering on opprobrium and yet
nome audiencc:i call for it by the way
they respond to real effort.
Miss Alice Robertson, representative
from Oklahoma was talking with some
newspapermen recently about- tho
"good old daya."
"ThinKs are quite different now."
said Mian Robertson. "When my
greatgrandfather was ordained to the
ministry such a big crowd gathered
fur the ceremony that he had to open
three barrels of whiskey". ,
o
Turn back the hand of time and
graduate a fresh class from the seml-
nary.
; How quiet It la at Tallahassee.- No
, ahotguns, no "cannings", nothing but
..buainesa. Gosh I
HER LOST FREEDOM.
, V
A Young Mother Speaks.
' t
By Mary Carolyn Daviea.
Breathing, live things on my arm.
Soft, and still, and red, and warm.
In a few years you will be,
Small, strange thing, a girl like ni.
Ere you cam, my whim and mood
Were my own. Now you intrude.
I must live, my nights and days
'Neath your scrutiny always.
I, who used to pout and mope
When I wished, must sing and hope,
And bo kind, that you, ome day,
May, Intruder, be that 'way.
I, so young still, may not be
Evar, while I live, now, free.
You will build your life like mine.
How can I, then, dare to pine.
Or be aught but brave and fine?
I. your mother, am, beside.
Your 'child, for your wt-et eyea to
guide.
February Good Housekeeping.
Sweet Potatoes.
Bake medium sized potatoes. When
they are soft, cut In two length-wise
nd scoop out the Inside with a spoon.
Put it through a potato rlcer, and
have butter, salt, pepper and enough
thick cream to moisten. Whip with
a fork until light and fluffy, refill
the skins, heaping the potatoes into
rough little mounds, and bak a light
brown. A marshmallow baked on top
of each makes them delicious.
Ham Balls.
Miace lean ham and mix with an
equal " quantity of mashed potatoes.
Mold into small, flat cakes, roll In
flour and brown in a spider with slices
cf salt pork fried out.
SUNDAY
-3 .15
. .65
- 1.
- 3.80
- 7.50
- 1.50 i
. 1.50
are payable In advance.
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ACCIDENT PREVENTION.
The Pensacola Electric Co. has . an
Interesting and valuable plan for the
prevention of accidents on Its street
cars. The motormen and conductors
of the system are divided into two
teams and these teams are in constant
competition to hold the number of ac
cidents of every kind at the lowest
possible point.
The various' kinds of accidents are
graded in accordance with their seri
ousness, the least Important having the
lowest number of demerits, etc. up the
scale. The teams strive to have as
few demerits as possible and at the
end of each two months period a ban
quet la given to the winning team.
Now the important part of this
scheme is that it keeps the men think
ing about rules and regulations for the
prevention of accidents and serves as
a constant check on them against care
lessness. The electric company is to
be congratulated for the success of the
plan and for initiative it had In start
ing the movement.
If every automobile driver and every
pedestrianfor not all accidents are
due to careless drivers would remem
ber to be careful the number of acci
dents would be reduced to almost zero.
It would be exceedingly worthwhile
if every citizen of Pensacola should
make and keep a solemn resolution
every morning to go through the day
without being careless.
CANCELLED CONTRACTS.
The wave of cancellation which for
some months threatened to put manu
facturers and wholesalers out of bus
iness via the bankruptcy route is about
over, if indications are correct. Many
mills are re-opening and freight ship
ments are Increasing after a period of
marked lightness.
However, some merchants still per
sist in cancelling their trade agree
ments. Although many contracts were
made and are customarily made with
cancellation clauses, yet such agree
ments are intended to be used only in
certain rather definitely defined in
stances, as, for instance. In case of fire
or other damage
Some merchants, however, have per.
alsted in cancelling orders which were
made in good faith, not because pres
ent retail prices are lower than the
wholesale prices under their contracts
but because they are waiting for yet
lower prices!
Fortunately the number of such "un
wise and unfair persons was not great
enough to cause wrecking of the na
tion's trade structure, although It did
cast a heavy burden upon it.
Such trade cancellations are no more
the indication of square dealing than
it Is for a man to rush to the bank and
withdraw his money without making
an honest inquiry when he hears an
unfounded rumor that the bank is about
to fall.
FEW HAVE SEEN RADIUM.
Radium Is a metal that Is described
as having a white metallic luster. It
has been isolated only once or twice,
and few persona have seen it. It Is
ordinarily obtained from its ores In
the form of sulphate, chloride, or bro
mide, according to the United States
geographical survey, department of
the interior,, and it is In the form of
these salts that it is usually sold and
used. These are all white or nearly
white substances, whose appearance
is no more remarkable than that of
common salt or baking powder. Tubes
containing radium salts glow mostly
because, they include impurities which
the radiations from the radium cause
to give light. Radium minerals are
very rarely, if ever, luminescent.
WHEAT PRICES DROP.
CHICAGO, Jan. 21. Announcement
that seaboard exporters were offer
ing to resell brought about a col
lapse of wheat prices oday after a
bulge due largely to inquiries from
Portugal. The market closed heavy,
33 ?i to 5 cents net lower. Corn lost
1 to 1. cent ahd oats 14 to 14 cent
In provisions, the outcome varied from
unchanged to 12 cents higher.
Press Comment
Anglo-American Friendship
There was a toast last evening In
Miami at the banquet of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,
which was in commemoration of the
tercentenary of the landing of the pil
grims, to Anglo-American friendship.
It was a pretty gesture and ttee ex
pression of a gracious thought. A few
more of the same kind will not do any
harm. Just" at present anything that
emphasizes the idea of friendship be.
tween this country and Great Britairr,
or between any two countries, should
be encouraged. ..'
It is an unpleasant truth that the
relations between the erstwhile devot
ed allies are none too cordial, and
show a tendency to become worse In
stead of better. Great Britain and
the United States are no exceptions.'
It is Impossible to know just what the
public on the other side of the Atlan
tic does feel for us, but its press and
its public men are wont to growl on
occasions. The lecturers and authors
who have got In the habit of visiting
us since the ' war are generally most
affable, but they don't quite suffice to
dispel the suspicion " that the run of
our English cousins are not our ar
dent admirers.
Perhaps we judge by our own senti
ments, which are not remarkable for
their degree of brotherly or cousinly
love. The old prejudice of before-the-war
days which ; was temporarily
downed by common interests is abroad
again; all of the soldiers who came
back from English camps or billets
with English regiments have not been
loud in their praise of their brothers-in-arms
as human beings although
they give them credit for their fight
ing ability, and generally they have
not been cast down by the realization
that the Tommies liked them little
better.
The Irish question has had it effect
also on our side, just as England per
haps has its grudges against us. The
l'st of grievances, real and imagined,
is long but intrinsically of small im
portance. If speeches and expressions
of good will can interrupt the train
of thought they have too freely1 arous
ed, so much the better.
Unfortunately more than a toast
seems to be demanded by the situa
tion not to avoid a conflagration, but
to bring the two nations out of their
chronic grouch and habit of calling
attention to the motes in each other's
eyes. Offhand, a cessation of compet.
ltive armament, of tariff laws falsely
called protective, since they protect
nothing except our politicians' incom
petence from exposure to the voters'
eyes; a little less eagerness to beat
the other to the ownership of a cable
line or a new oil field might work
wonders. Neither nation was exactly
perfect in the days when it fought a
war side by side, but the two people
pulled together very well as long as
they were pulling towards the same
goal. Now every nation on earth
seems to be working itself Into hys
terics for fear some other will have
more of something than it has.
Greed and jealously are rampant at
a time when the world can least af
ford to' indulge in such follies. By all
means if it will help to lay their
ghosts, a toast to Anglo-American
friendship, and all friendship. We
need it. Miami Herald.
Merchant Marine
WJiile a hot discussion goes on as
to navies between the United States,
Great Britain and Japan which of
these powers shall outbuild the others
in dreadnaughts and other men-of-war
there Is little or no contest in the
matter of the merchant marine. The
lead In this matter is conceded to Great
Britain by a large margin, and that
country is rapidly regaining- its posi
tion on the seas as far as merchant
vessels are concerned.
Following the great war, under the
stimulus of the shipping board, the
United States continued extensively
and energetically its construction of
ships. Our program was far in ad
vance of that of Great' Britain and our
annual outturn of new tonnage was
heavier. For. some years we led that
country and we hoped soon to catch up
with it. Just a the civil war had cut
our shipping down to very slender pro
portions, so the late war reduced that
of Great Britain and threatened Its
supremacy on the seas.
But the new figures for 1920 have
changed all these expectations. Great
Britain not only has gone to the front
as the heaviest' ship builder, but today
Is turning out a larger tonnage than
all the rest of the world combined. We
divided the construction In 1919 al
most evenly; but we dropped back this
year a million and a half tons, where
as, British construction Increased its
merchant fleet 800,000 tons.
Not only has American construction
declined, but the shipping board has
found it advisable to withdraw many
of our vessels from the sea as being
no longer needed. Trade conditions
aid the slump in cargoes have already
brought about the withdrawal of 1,262,
000 tons of government vessels; and it
is expected that there will be a further
reduction of a million tons in- the next
few months, including most of the
wooden ships for good, and many of
the vessels on the Pacific.
This is, of course, discouraging after
our confident expectations, but it may
be only temporary and due to general
commercial depression. We have cer
tainly made a great advance in our
shipping position in the last few years
and there is no chance of our ever
dropping back to our former status of
unimportance. We can count definite,
ly upon holding' second place against
any possible rival, although we may
not be abla to wrest from Great Brit
ain its leadership in the carrying trade
of the world. Tampa Tribune.
The Superiority of the American
Dollar
Two customers enter a store in a
Canadian city, the one a resident, the
other an American visitor, says the
Mail and Empire, Toronto, Can. Each
makes a purchase of the same kind,
let it be a hat or a pair of boots or
anything else, the quality being the
same, and the price say, $10. The resi
dent pays with a $10 note of a Canad
ian b?nk and gets his parcel. The
American visitor puts down a $10 note
of a United States bank, and gets, be
sides his parcel, $1.55 in change. Tliere
was no difference of any kind, certain,
not a difference of price, in the arti
cles purchased. The only difference
was in the value of the $10 notes ten
dered in payment. The American $10
note is valued at $1.55 more than the
Canadian $10 note Normally the one
note is the equivalent of the other.
But today the Canadian w'ho buys
American money must pay for every
dollar of it he gets nearly 116 cents
of our own money. Legally the Ca
nadian dollar calls for as much gold
as the American dollar, but a situa
tion has been brought about that has
thrown a great part of the world's gold
on the United States side of the scales.
So far as Canada is concerned, the
present disparity between the value of
the Canadian and the American dol
lar Is largely the result of ; her own
people's thoughtfulness. When a man
wants an article he is so pre-occupied
with tho business, of purchasing it
that he is likely to be unmindful of
the national interest that is Involved.
Everybody "looks at his own buying
1 transactions as too inconsiderable to
make any difference in ' the national
trade account. If we alt made a point
of preferring goods of Canadian pro
duction and retrenching our demand
for luxuries of foreign production, the
Canadian, dollar would not be far be
low the value of the American dollar.
We keep on cheapening the Canadian
dollar by . keeping on buying articles
of United States manufacture. Orlan
do Reporter-Star. t
Buyers and Hope
There Is hope. The buyers are
flocking to , New York in such num
bers from all over the country that
the hotels after a brief slump1 are
once more turning guests away, and
the railroads report heavy bookings
for weeks to come. Also the biggest
out-of-town crowd on record' has! been
on hand for the New York auto show.
This seems to indicate that the au
tomobile business is not dead, as
many mourners have feared; but has
merely been sleeping, and not so
soundly at that.
Ordinarily the buyers do not flood
New York until February', but those
conversant with the situation believe
the buying season In most lines will
be in full force by the 20th of Jan
uary. The buying season In New, York is
one of the best business barometers.
Although It is admitted that condi
tions are still far from normal, . still
there is plenty of activity to convince
students of business conditions that
better times are coming earlier than
most people have expected. St. Pet
ersburg Times.
"HOW MY POOR
BACK DOES ACHE!"
Many a woman keeps Sloan's handy
for this, but it's great for
other pains, too.
rm HAT dragging, wearying " back-
I ache, that so many women reg
jp ularly suffer from, is quickly
eased by a little Sloan's Liniment, r r
But it is good for all the family.
Apply it, without rubbing, for all kinds
of aches and pains, from the sharp
neuralgia twinge to the dull, tearing
ache of rheumatism.
Then there's sciatica, lumbago, sore
muscles, stiff joints. Keep a bottle
handy, for you'll never know when you
will need It.
Largest size Is most economical. At
all druggists 35c, 70c, $1.40. Adv.
Linimenii
Income Tax
Facts You
Should Know
Increased rentals added largely to
the profits of the landlords last year,
every dollar of which must be in
cluded in the taxpayer's return of in
come. Gross income includes all
amounts received as rents. Both land
lord and tenant are allowed certain
deductions.
Where property is held for renting
purposes, the, owner may deduct the
cost of securing tenants, such as ad
vertising, and the maintenance ex
penses, such as- light, fuel, janitor ser
vice, insurance, and ordinary repairs.
A tenant may deduct the rent paid
for business premises, ibut hot for
his home, which is a personal or liv
ing expense. Interest and taxes paid
by the tenant on behalf of the land
lord are deductible by the tenant as
additional rental, provided the proper
ty is business property. Such items,
represent income to the landlord and
must be included in his return of gross
income, but are deductible ; by him
also. ! , ; - .
Frequently a tenant agrees to erect
a building or make other permanent
improvements for the benefit of the
landlord. The cost of such improve
ment is a capital expenditure, and in
order to return to the tenant his in
vestment of capital, an annual deduc
tion may be made from gross income
of an amount equal to the total cost
of such improvements divided by the
number of years of the term of the
lease, and such deduction shall be in
lieu of a deduction for depreciation.
- Under the head of depreciation own
ers are allowed a "remarkable amount
for exhaustion, wear and tear of prop
erty used in trade or business, includ
ing a reasonable allowance for obso
lescence." This deduction must be
made as a separate item on the return,
and must be explained by showing
separately each class of property, its
cost or fair market value on March 1,
1913, if acquired prior thereto, value
at the date of acquisition if acquired
by gift, device, or descent, estimated
life, depreciation charged for the year
1920, and total depreciation charged
for all taxable years. ' ."
As th2 rate at which depreciation
may be claimed is dependent upon lo
cal conditions, the use to which the
property is pat, and Its probable life
time under normal conditions, no spe
cific rate is established by the law
" THE OLD HOME TOWN"
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: Am eV,c-d Nf - frr Tandy jMlk?S SEErEJvouR. head
TUP mAi rrovr? N
THE FIRE OHPARTA1ENT
ABOUND THE STOVE AT
and regulations. While each taxpayer
must compute the probable lifetime
of his property without regard to the
following figures, it has been estimat
ed that the probable lifetime of a
frame building is 25 years, a brick
building 35 years, a stone, steel, or
concrete building 50 to 100 years, v
To compute the proper amount of
depreciation the taxpayer should de
termine the probable lifetime of the
property, then divide the fair market
value as of March 1, 1913,' or the. cost
if acquired subsequent thereto, by the
number of years so determined. This
will give the annual depreciation al
lowable. For example, a frame build
ing, the probable, lifetime of which Is
25 years, cost $4000. Divide 4000 by
25 and , claim $120 each year as de
preciation. '
Deductions for depreciation are lim
ited strictly to business property,
which includes not only buildings but
machinery, automobiles, farm tractors,
mine and mill equipment, office furni
ture, instruments used by professional
men, and book3.
Adventures of
The Twins
By Olive Roberts Barton
THE WISHING IS LOST.
The wicked Bobadii Jinn was furi
ous when he found Nancy and Nick
sleeping peacefully in the hut of Ishtu.
"If people would only stop inter
fering!" he cried, only no one heard
him. "I should be able to stop these
twins and prevent them from getting
to the South Pole. I have their charms,
however, and that - la a good begin
ning." He patted the carved box that
he had slipped Into the side pocket
of his robe. "I don't believe that they
can get along very well without them."
At that minute Nancy awoke. She
thought Instantly of her dream about
the Fairy Queen and the advice she
had given her. Then Nick sat up in
Ishtu's bed trying to think just where
he was and what had happened. Tho
Bobadii Jinn of course was invisible,
but he was standing close by and
watching and. trying to think what
to do next.
Suddenly Nancy smelled hyacinth
perfume (the Bobadii Jinn always
used it) and she whispered something
to Nick. Quickly she waved her left
arm three times from right to left and
uttered the magic words that the
Fairy Queen had told her in her
dream. .
Instantly the wishing ring rolled
from the Bobadii Jinn's finger to the
floor and there he stood In plain view
of everybody. He was unprepared
for such a proceeding and terribly
mortified at being out, in" his nighties
with only a robe over them.
The wicked thing was a dude in his
way and never dreamed when he had
put his wishing ring on that any one
would see him. H was in a dreadful
way at the occurence, and stooped to
search for his ring at once, growling
like a mother lion whose cubs have
been stolen.
The twins saw their chance. Quick
as scat they grabbed the box out of
Jinn's side pocket, slipped on their
Magic Green Shoes and wished them
selves a hundred miles away.
(Copyright, 1921, N. E. A.)
Revelations
of a Wife
Bv A. DELE GARRISON.
What Was in Grace Draper's Letter
Her Sister Brought To Madge.
The face of Mrs. Gorman, Grace
Draper's sister, was' ashen with fear
as she confronted Lillian Underwood
and me in the hallway of the old Bren
han ' house at Marvin. Her appear
ance was the one thing needed to con
vince me that something .terrible had
happened to Dicky, who with Harry
Underwood, had failed to return from
TPPADWELLS SHOE STOfce
WAS MOT CALLEO OUT AS ALL
THE TME TWO CHECKER BOARDS WErtc JxUriSD ,
the city to keep ah engagement With
us. - . -" v
Lillian and I had heard her flying
feet from th room where we sat wait
ing for whatever the night might bring
forth. Lillian reached the door first.
As she opened it and the woman almost
fell into the room, Lillian caught her
by the shoulder and steadied her. It
was not until I saw Lillian looking In
a puzzled manner from Mrs. Gorman to
me , that I realized that she had no
idea who the visitor was. .
But Mrs. Gorman waited for no for
malities. She cast one swift glance at
Lillian, then shook off her hand and
darted toward me. She seized my wrist
with a grip as of iron arid thrust a
folded sheet of note paper into .my
hand.
"Look at that," she screamed at me,
"and tell me If you know anything
about it. WTiere is my sister Grace?"
4 Lillian reached out a steady hand
past me and took' the paper.
Mrs. Graham is very nervous and
very upset," she said' gently. "If, as I
infer, you. are Miss Draper's sister, I
know as much about the situation as
Mrs. Graham does, and you may be
sure we will do everything possible
to help you." ' -.- -
"There's no help any more, I'm
afraid," the woman said solemnly, with
a sudden stoicism that was, more aw
ful than her wild emotion of the mo
ment before. She sank into the near
est chair, folded her hands quietly,
but her body was bent rigidly forward,
her eyes fixed on Lillian and me.
"Tou must not keep anything from
me, Lillian," I said firmly. T.am strong
enough to bear what has to be. Let
me read this with you."
"I Shall Have Company.
She put out her arm with a swift en
folding gesture and gathered me to
her. Then she spread out the sheet
of note paper and we read its con
tents together. It was" written in a
hand that was steadiness, itself, al
though one might have well expected a
tremor in the fingers that had. penned
the words we read.
"Dear old Sis," the letter began, X
am going to put this under your pil
low because I know that the last thing
you do before you go to bed is to put
your purse and little jewel case there.
I do not want you to find this earlier
than your bed time. ; because by. that
time It will be too late for you to inter,
fere. K ' ' - W-
"There's no use In my saying any
of the usual rot about forgiveness or
love. I guess you know I've thought
as much cf you as I could of anybody
outside myself and one other person
whose name you probably can guess.i
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I voTfer Trtpfr
PoM MYe:.f.
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. Here is a four line verse, with a word of four letters missing in each
line. If you choose the right words, they will form a perfect word square.
The words arc as follows; . A small singing bird; a city in Nevada; a man'0
name: part of the face.
Answer to yesterday's puzzle: Shoe-tree. Apple-tree. Horrbill. Bill
board. Board-bill. Apple-pie. Key-note. Shoe-hor.
By Stanley
8L:W UP TODAY-
OF THE FIREMEN WERE
You've nagged me enough about him.
"Tou can be sure of one thing. You've
done every inch of your duty to me,
and then a lot mere.' I've been a dis
appointment and a i worry to you, I
know, but I am as the Devil made me.
I don't give the Lord any credit in my
case, and I'm sure He wouldn't want
any, so don't waste any time in re
gret. You've done the best you could
for me. I've done the worst I, could
for myself, and there you are.
"By the time you read this I shall
have gone on a long journey, the long,
est of all. There is but on possibility
that will make me defer this journey
till later. That possibility I shall find
out about tonight. But if the answer
to a question if shall ask,, is the one
that-will make me defer my journey, it
is also an answer , that would always
Hfrifirat m- from xon nnm-nv Tf
the answer is such as to mke me tak
my journey, rest assured I will not go
alone. I shall have company, oh, such
rare company along the way.'
"This is a Good-by.
"Of course, there - will probably bo
a mess about this in the papers. I am
sorry for that, for your sake, but glad
because It will hurt someone whom I
hate more than any one in the world.
I think I shall continue to hate her
when I am not in the world any longer.
"All my trinkets are yours. I am
putting my savings bank book with
this. I think there is enough there to
bury me decently..
"Well, this is a good-by. No use to
prolong the agony any longer. ,
GRACE."
Lillian and I finished reading the
letter at almost the same moment, t
felt my strength go from me. I could
not understand the import of the words.
"Oh, Lillian, what does it all mean,"
I moaned, clutching at her arm.
She took my hands in hers.
"Madge, for Dicky's sake, you must
not fail me how," she said. "Tell mj
quickly. When is the next train to tho
city?" -
I fought for remembrance.
"There Is one at 11:45," I said faint
ly. . -
" "Good." Lillian commented. ' "We
can Just make it. Mrs. Gorman, tele
phone for me a taxi, while Mrs. Gra
ham and I get ready. You can go
with us, can you not?"
"I'm not dr "Bed." She looked dow.i
at her house dress.
"I have a rain coat which you can
wear. Hurry now, Madge."
As we started up the stairs, the tele
phone rang, a long, urgent peal. I
looked at Lillian, my face ashen. Was
this the dread newa at last?
v.-