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THE PENS ACOLiA JOURNAL; SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1921.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT.
After many months in which the
shinny makers appeared to be having
their own way, a move to enforce the
law is now being: made. Prlubition
Enforcement Agen Tarrants, work
ing in the closest co-operation with
the sheriffs office,' has made success
ful raids almost daily for many weeks,
with the result that the district court
has been in almost' constant serslon.
The combination appears to be an ef
fective one and, if continued,, will go
far toward stamping out the' illicit
liquor business.
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'In the city it looks like a good
campa.'gn and a bum election.
Harding is now in Washington. We
wonder if "his pre-inaugural tour will
satisfy his wanderlust.
Probably the republicans were saving-
money on the inaugural in order
to pay off their election liabilities.
Apparently, the onus Is still left in
bonus. ,
Bob Dalton says he'll build a tourist
hotel. Well, that's Just another way to
engage in the hold-up business.
- Germanv denies resposibility for the
war. We expect some Hun relchstag
candidate to lay it on the democratic
party.
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Mr. Wilson will become a lawer, 'tis
said. In other words, he must recoup
his damaged fortunes.
Employees of the A., B. & A. stage
a walk-out because of a cut in wages.
Lack of supplies along the line will
now cause a boost in prle"""--
Harding's cabinet was announced In
The Journal on February 23. Just nine
days lead on MI other news gathering
Association is what the Associated
Press accomplished.
HARDING'S SPEECH.
Not a great public document, per
haps, will be the verdict of America
concerning the president's inaugural
addreas, but surely the entire nation
will see In it a message of optim'sm
in the midst of obstacles. Endowed
with a high courage, a faith in the
justice of his principles, belief in the
perpetual strength of his country,
President Harding declared in his in
augural address for a benediction of
understanding, not for the people of
the United States alone, but for the
whole world:
"Mankind sees, a world-wide
benediction of understanding. It
is needed among "individuals,
among peoples, among" govern
ments, and it will inaugurate an"
era of good feeling to mark -the
birth of a new order, in such un
derstanding me will strive.confl
dently for the promotion of their
better relationships and nations,
will promote the comities so es
sential to peace."
Turning from the international
problems to the questions of domestic
tranquility, he says: .
mrmrrrtris the goal of
our national endeavor. Wealth is
V1CKSBURG PARK. '
The war department has authorized
the creation at Vicksburg, Miss., of a
national park and a commission has
been appointed to carry out the plans
of the department. At the cost of the
park funds a portrait bust of Major
General W. W. Loring has been placed
In the park by the war department.
But this is not enough. This is, in
deed, an opportunity to honor the
memory of Florida soldiers who took
part in the campaign and defense of
Vicksburg. The Florida legislature
should adequately provide for a fitting
monument to their devotion, patriot
ism and faithful service.
PRESS COMMENT
Liquorites See the End.
Even the pro-liquor newspapers are
beginning to acknowledge that prohi
bition is going to prohibit. One paper
that railed and stormed against the
adoption of prohibition amendment,
running the scale of "liquorites," "ar
gymints," from "state's rights" to
"personal liberty," soberly announces
that in ten years' time the present
stocks of liquor will be gone, and
mournfully predicts, that even' beforef ing of dangers of attack It i3 satia.
The Biflgest Navy Afloat.
We are much pleased that Mr-j
Harding, who is soon to become presi-!
dent, and Mr. Denby,, who is soon to!
become secretary of the navy, have
both declared in favor a navy for the
United States second to none. We are
not In favor of such a navy because
the incoming administration is in fa
vor of it, nor yet because the outgoing
administration is in favor of it. We
have long advocated it, under existing
condition, regardless of the opinion of
anyone else,
It. is not Improbable that now that
the republican administration has de
clared for the building of the strongest
navy afloat a number of democrats
will oppose it. It Is quite probable, be
cause of the fact that there is no pos
sibility of estimating the folly to
whicte the men may sometimes go. As
a party measure this is not republican.
If any party is to have credit for it
the credit would belong to the demo
cratic party, for Secretary Daniels has
been advocating the very policy that
his successor proposes to carry out.
We do not remember that President
Wilson has personally taken any posi
tion on this matter, but it goes witn
out saying that he is in agreement
with his secretary of the navy. The
building of a strong navy is one policy
of the Wilson administration that the
Harding administration endorses and
will carry out. So it would be unutter
ably foolish for a democrat to oppose
it on party grounds.
The Panama canal and every insu
lar possession held by the United
States is at the mercy of the nation
having the strongest navy. Fortunate
ly we are in no danger now of attack
by the only nation that has a stronger
navy than we have because, while it
could take the Panama canal and s'l
our islands, we could take Canada,
which is much more valuable than all
our colonial possessions. But this
not sufficient reason why we should
continue to play second fiddle on the
sea. The Times-Union is not one of
the alarmists who are always dream
THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME
Tom Tarrants is making the shinny
business a precarious occupation.
Long and Block are responsible for
the Porter wreck. Apparently Long
took a long chance In going through
the block.
Milton high debaters hold that or
ganised labor, as at present constituted
is a menace to society. When the de
baters get a little older and go to
work for a living they may change
tholr minds.
Harding has many pressing ques
tions to settle. Wo hope his luck will
hofd.
Octapon soap Is now 4 1-2 cents a
bar. Clean-up season has failed to
ereato the usual demand, it would
seem.
Roast beef at 20 cents a pound looks
like tha good old days when the mer
chant "threw In" a piece of liver for
jrood measure.
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Over an area of only 36 square miles
the Island of Ukara, In Lake Victoria,
Nyanza, Africa, has a population of
19.000.
FLORIDA.
(Tune Maryland.)
Oh! lovely land of aunny skies,
Florida, my Florida.
My praise of thee shall ever rise,
Florida, mv Florida.
No wintry storms 'ere rule o'er thee.
The land which lies 'twlxt gulf and
sea
Forever fanned by breezes fr.ee,
Florida, my Florida.
A thousand lakes reflect thy skies,
Florida, my Florida.
Hera many a fairy prospect lies,
Florida, my Florida.
Thy groves a perfume fling the breeze,
Thy flowers a fortune- give the bes,
Thy forests yield the giant trees,
Florida, my Florida.
Twaa thou the Spaniards try to tame,
Florida, my Florida.
And gare to thee thy lovely name,
Florida, my Florida.
Bat riot for him thy. weddod hand,
Thou fairest of Columbia's baud. . -Beneath
the starry flag we stand, .:
Florlda, my Florida.
Borne boast the Joys of winter tlmo,
Florida, my Florida.
Or seek the rugged mountain clime,
Florida, my Florida..
But 'monr the woods and orango
groves.
Rich fields bp neath blue skies above,
Here would I ever live and love, ' j
Florida, my Florida.
not Inimical to welfare; it ought
to be its friendliest agency.
"Tttere Is no short gut to the
making of these ideals into glad
realities. The world has witnessed
again and again,- the futility and
mischief of ill-considered remedies
for social and economic disorders.
But we are mindful today as never
before of the friction of modern
-industrialism and we must learn
its causes and reduce its evil con
sequences by sober and tested
methods. Where genius has made
for great possibilities justice and
happiness must be reflected In a
greater common welfare.
"Service is the supreme commit
ment of life. I would rejoice to
acclaim the era of the golden rule
and crown it with the autocracy
of service. I ploIgo an administra
tion wherein all the agencies of
government are called to serve, and
. ever promote an understanding of
government purely es an expres
sion of popular will."
For four months the nation has
waited for the inauguration of Presi
dent Harding. Business has waited for
him to speak. Labor has looked for
ward to his administration. All classes
of Americans have listened for him to
pronounce a policy of conservative en
deavor leading to domestic peace. The
task is a great one, and it will re
quire the earnest co-operation of alt,
President Harding must bear a
great and troublesome burden and he
cannot hope to reach the goal of pros
perity and happiness unless he is
aided by every American citizen. This
Is no time for quibbling over politics
and parties, but rather it is the duty
of every man and woman to lend to
the president earnest support In bring
ing the nation back to peace and pros
perity. .
The president's message indicates
an earnest and honest intention on his
part to lead the nation in the ways of
honor and Justice, in the paths of pros
perity and good fortune, in the broad
highways of generous fellowship with
all men and all nations, In so far as
that may be done without sacrificing
national honor and opportunity on the
altar of mistaken zeal for an elusive
world peace.
that time the adulteration of the good
stuff will have become so obnoxious
that bootleggers will have to go out
business for a very lack of patronage.
Here in Miami where prohibition
voted for by the home people had done
wonders to tid the country of undesir
ables long before the federal amend
ment was adopted the national prohi
bition law has been detrimental. Being
so close to Blmlni and Nassau and
having a coast that admits of easy
smuggling, 'South Florida has become
the port-ofentry for enormous quan
tities of liqftor. Miami and Dade coun
ty and Broward county and Palm
Beach county, on far up the East
Coast, voted out the liquor traffic
years ago, but they are. now at the
mercy of booze runners that the fed
eral authorities apparently are .una
ble to stop. Uncle Sam with all his
boasted power cannot protect the peo
ple of Florida against a traffic- that
they outlawed and eliminated before it
became a question of federal authority.
But the liquor paper is right in its
prediction of a natural death for tve
liquor traffic. The old rummies are dy
ing off, the old' Hquor . cannot last
rreh TnogeT7"and few new rummies
are being created and no liquor in this
country is lawfully being made. Occa
sionally a bootlegger fills old whiskey
bottles with Vood alcohol and some
more removals are hastened. Often the
stuff in the bottles is sickening enough
to. cause a complete antipathy for the
brand under which it was sold. And ev
ery day brings hope of better enforce
ment of the prohibition laws and
cleaner courts for the handling men
caught in this particularly obnoxious
traffic.
It will take less than ten years, we
believe, to bring an end to the liquor
in the United States. In places re
mote from the coast and from the
Canadian and Mexican border, . it ;4s
already well under control. Miami has
a loaal problem to deal with in pro
tecting itself against the last stand
of the liquor traffickers. Miami Me
tropolis.
HAWKINS ON BEEKEEPING.
Kennith Hawkins, formerly mana
ging editor of The Journal, has written
ap interesting book on beekeeping in
the south. The book is 'published by
the American Bee Journal of Hamil
ton, 111. The advance notice says:
"There is a general demand for a
book giving detailed information re
lating to beekeeping conditions in the
south. ' Kennith Hawkins ,as a bee
keeping specialist for the United
States department of agriculture, vis
ited all of the southern states and has
made a special study of the character
istics of this region. This Is not a text
book of beekeeping, but rather a book
of information about a great region
where beekeeping offers exceptional
possibilities and where there is a great vastated portions
variation of the climate and flora of France. St. Andrews Bay News.
Progress of St. Andrews.
Those who have been investigating
the charge made by the A. & St. A. B.
Rwy. in Its effort to abandon the rail
way into this city, that there was "no
increase in business year after year,
and no prospect of any, have been sur
prised at what the figures really dis
close In the way of steady and in
creasing prosperity.
There is not an item In the way of
railway business but- shows an in
crease, while the business done by the
bank, an infallible barometer of a
city's business, shows a gain of 196.2
per cent in the last five years, these
being the years under review by th
railroad company. This is an average
of 65.4 per cent per year.
Our principal traffic Is the fish
business, which has increased to a re
markable extent. The figures returned
by the express company show that St,
Andrews furnishes 33 per cent of all
the express business done on the A. &
St. A. B. R. R. This business has in
creased at this point 84 per cent dur
ing the past five years. The railroad
company declares that this business is
irregular and unprofitable. " A busf
ness that furnishes the raftread one
third of all its express traffic, a high
class rated commodity, with all costs
of handling, payment of Josses, etc.,
cared for by the express company, does
not appeal to business men t be un
profitable. This tusiness has. been created and
developed through the building of the
rauroaa into mis city, citizens who
have resided here but a few years can
remember when this fish business con
sisted of what was taken from here
In wagons to points in Alabama, a
very small percentage of what is
now moved out of here daily by the
railroad.
This large and increasing business
the A. & St. A. B. R R. Company
proposes to. drive away from St. An
drews Fay to some city where rail
way facilities could be procured.
Without such facilities- here, the dus
lness could not be carried on, and the
forced removal of it would equal in
brutality the destruction by the Huns
of the cities and business of the 2e-
of Belgium and
fied that the combined world could
not cross the ocean and conquer this
country, but the question would be
settled even with the most timid if
we had a navy that would make it
obviously Impossible for an enemy to
cros the ocean. We would not need to
bother about an army except a very
small one. No- enemy could possibly
reach us, and we could reach any en;
emy that tested our power." If the free
dom of the seas were conceded we
would not need so great naval prepar
ation but as long as this is not con
ceded this country should insist that
if the ocean Is to have a master it
will take the job. Times-Union.
The Half-Inclinations
In New Administrations.
Mr. Ha. ding, in his daily conference
with correspondents, Tuesday, stated
that he Is "half-inclined" to adopt Mr.
Wilson's plan of addressing congress
in person instead of having presiden
tial messages read before that body.
On first thought there is nothing par
ticularly significant in this, for the
emphasis added by personal contact
cannot be disputed, and the practice
of speaking "in person appeals to the
American Idea of statemanship and it
is certain that the president-elect will
not be the object of criticism because
of his half-inclination.
Half-Inclinations are going to play
a leading part in the. new administra
tion. It will be interesting for the pub
lic to wateir these semi-ideas materi
alize and in the long run turn out to
be the completion of democratic plans!
their, own brain children, and demo
crats will register no objections, since
conduct of , the government affairs will
require rare judgment and discretion,
and if these qualities prove to be'
characteristic of the new administra
tion, Mr; Harding and his associates
will be "half-inclined" to adppt MY
Wilson's policies, and those of his as-'
sociates, as they progress in their ac
tivities. But the element of humor -Is to be
found in the fact that the leaders of
the republican party deliberately cre
ated the Impression that everything
democratic would be thrown overboard
If they were placed In power, and now
finding themselves at the helm, these
same leaders are "half-inclined" to
follow out many of the policies of gov
ernment inauguated by the passing ad
ministration. The republicans severely
criticised Josephus Daniels for his ex
tensive naval program, yet Mr. Denby,
the new secretary of the navy, an
nounces that we must have a navy
"second to none in the world." So it
will be in many other things.
Officials of the new administration
will find a great solution of the most
important problems confronting them
by obeying the impulse of "half-incll
nations, the most of which can be
termed "reflected impression's." The
public Is' half-inclined to forget, - but
it will be highly interesting to keep
up with the old administration policies
that are carried over into- the new ad
ministration. Florida Metropolis.-
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sorrows small, but the sorrow of a
small boy who hath desired to see
the fire engine and hath not seen it is
the sorrow of calamity.
And the little lad cried sore, saying,
I want to see the fire engine.
And I said, Come with me, for we
shall surely see the fire engine.
And as we started there, came a
man to see me, but I said, Tarry thou
till' I return, or come again another
day, for I am busy.
And we went into the engine house.
And I spake unto the chief, and I sa
luted him, and he saluted me. And I
said, We desire to see the fire engine.
And the chief took the little lad and
set him on high, so that he sat far
up on the seat behind the steering
wheel. And the chief gave him the
bell rope, and the little lad pulled the
rope so that the bell rang.
. And we saw the ladders and the
truck, and the chemical engine, and
the whole business.
And certain of the firemen ascended
the stairs, and slid down the brass
ptole that he might see how they de
scended when there was a fire.
And the littlevlad had the time of
his life. . '
Moreover, I had a pretty tolerably
good time myself. For I am not too
old to remember when I chased the
fire engine.
So the little lad and I we came again,
and I left him with Keturah.and with
his mother, the daughter of Keturth,
And they said. Have ydu two small
boys seen the fire engine?
And we answered and said. We have
seen It. And my grandson toldr about
the high seat and the bell and the'
brass pole and the chief,
Nov It
brain. It's from the Map. The May
says go straight through the Cave of
Gems to Capricorn, where the cave
ends. After that there will be no more
trouble. The Magic Green Shoes will
take you children safely to the South
Pole and the Cave of Snitcher-Snatch.
The toys are in the large cupbward
at the left side of the fireplace. The
Golden Key will unlock it."
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON.
Between Two Fires.
I hoped that my mother-in-law
would not notice my evasion, but she
was too quick for me.
"You may not know him, but have
you ever seen him before?" she asked,
shrewdly.
"Really, mother," Dicky Interspose3,
his face darkening, "you're going a lit
tle too far with that catechism. Madge
says she doesn't know the man, that
settles it. By the way, Madge, is he
annoying you? If he is, I can settle
him In about two seconds."
"Oh, no," I said nervously, "I don't
think the man's really looking at me
at all; he's simply gazing out into
space, thinking, and happens to be fac
ing this way. It would be supremely
ridiculous to call him to account for
it."
My mother-in-law snorted, but made
i no further comment, evidently el-
came to pass that night I lenced by Dicky's reproof.
whenI said my prayers, that I spake j I may have imagined it, but it seem
ed to me mat uicny looitea at me a
little curiously when I protested my
belief that the man was simply ab-
unto Keturah, saying. Some good
things have I done this day, and some
it may be not so-frood. But one mighty
good deed have I done : I let my work
go" hang for an hour while I went with
the lad to see the fire engine.
For he who doeth a kind deed unto
a little child, doeth it for all the long
years that lie ahead of that young life.
Wherefore do I say unto all men.
Skimp not thy deeds of kindness to
any sort of man or woman, but the
good deed that lasteth longest is that
which thus shalt do unto a little child
sorbed in thought and not looking at
me at all.
But I had no time to speculate on
his thoughts. I knew that if I kept my
mother-in-law silenced and Dicky
; from growing suspicious of the real
state of affairs I should have to mask
my very real nervousness and concern
over the stranger's scrutiny, so I ad
dressed myself seriously to the task
And moreover, it is an whole lot ofljn& RQ fagt that neUher Dicky nor hi8
WILLIAM E. BARTON. mother would have time to think
, 1 again of the stranger whose gaze I
felt, even with my back turned toward
mine, and I knew that for once at least
we were of one mind, and that mind
full of pride in the man so dear to us
both. He was easily the most distin
guished figure at the table full of men
who greeted him so joyously. I knew
that his mother noted with mo how
cordial was the welcome earh man :
gnve Dicky, how they all seemed to '
defer to him and hang upon his words, j
Then across my vision came a pic-;
ture most terrifying to me. It was jm f
if my mother-in-law and I were spec
tators of a scries of motion picture
films. Toward the table where Dicky
stood surrounded by his friends, there
sauntered the mysterious stranger,
who had attracted my mother-in-law's
attention by his scrutiny of me.
But he was no stranger to th I mptt (
surrounding Dicky. Most of them greet
ed him warmly. Of course, I was toJ
far away to hear what was said, bu4
I saw the pantomime in which he re4
quested an introduction to Dicky
one of his friends.
Then I saw the stranger meet Dicky
and engage him In earnest conversa
tion. I did not dare to look at my
mother-in-law. I knew she was gaz
ing in open-mouthed wonder at he?
son, but I hoped she did not know the
queer mixture of terror and interest
with which I watched the picture at
the other table.
For It was no surprise to me when
a few minutes later Dicky came back
toward our table. With him, talking
earnestly, as if he had been a child
hood friend, walked the mysterious
stranger. I told myself that I had
known it would be so from the first.
From the moment I had first seen
this, man's haunting eyes gazing at
me in the reception room of the Sy
denham I had felt that a meeting with
him was inevitable. How or where he
would touch my life I did not know,
but that he was destined to wield somo
influence, sinister or favorable over
me, I was sure, and I trembled with
vague terror as I saw him drawing
near.
The largest quill toothpick factory
in the worw, Is near Paris, where 30,
000,000 quills are produced annually.
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my
my
THE FIRE ENGINE
My little grandson came into
house, and he was sobbing.
And I inquired, saying, Why is
little lad grieved?
And he burst into piteous Lamen
tation, and'he cried, I want to see the
fire engine. '
- And his mother spake, saying. We
came past the engine house, and the
firemen were washing the engine. And
he desired to tarry, but I said, We
will stop as we return from the post
office. And behold, when we re
turned, the firemen had taken the en
gine inside, so- that we saw it no
moj-e.
Now, there are sorrows great and
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
The Goat looked down in confusion
when Mr. Bobadil, the clown, told
Nancy and Nick that he had eaten
their precious Map.
"When did you do it?" asked Nick
severely.
"Why did you do it?" asked Nancy
T did it when you turned your back
to crawl out of the cave," confessed
the Goat. "And I did it for two rea
sons. First, because I was starved for
a bite of paper. Second, because I had
promised Snitcher-Snatch to help him
The fact is, I have to help him wheth
er I wish to or not, as I am enchanted."
"Surely not now," Nick reminded
the Goat. "You are standing on the
Equator." '
The goat looKea amazed. " hy. so
I am! I never thought of that! Do you
s'pose I'll blow up, too like the frog?"
"No, of course not," put in the
clown. "You were always a goat,
weren't you?"
"Yes," nodded the goat. "Except
when I was a kid."
-"That doesn't count," said the clown.
"You're safe enough. But the spell Js
broken and you need not serve the
wicked fairy any longer. But how
about the Map? These twins will need
it to- show them the rest of the way
to the South Pole. You're a nice one!"
"Nice one yourself," retorted the
goat. "Dear knows you have caused
them enough trouble, but hark! My
stomach is sending: a message to my
him.
I chatted about everything and about
nothing, plied Mother Graham with
questions as to the hotels and restaur-
ants in the city where she bad former- j
ly lived, quizzed Dicky as to the names ;
and idosyncracies of the men and wo
men to Whom he nodded, and generally
acted the part of a rattle-brained wo
man enjoying to the full her evening's
pleasure.
In the midst of my chatter my mother-in-law
interrupted me.
"1'our mysterious admirer has gone, '
she said, caustically. Tm sure fce
he must think he knows you, Mar
garet, for he kept looking back ns he
went away, as if hoping you would
look around."
"Perhaps he mistakes me for some
one, or sees a resemblance to some
one he has known," I said lightly, and
then turned the talk again in another
channel.
When we were dallying with the cu
riously moulded ices which Dicky had
ordered for dessert I saw his eyes light
up as he caught sight of someone he
evidently knew.
"Pardon me just a minute, will you."
he said, turning to his mother and me,
apologetically, "I see Bob Simmons
over there with a bunch of fellows.
Haven't seen him In a coon's age. He's
been over across the pond In the big
mixup. Didn't know he was back. I
don't want any more of this ice, any
way, and when the waiter comes order
cheese, coffee and a cordial for us all."
He was gone In another Instant,
making his way witfiMhe swift debo
nair grace wihch is always a part of
Diekv. to the group or men at a ta
ble far from ours., who welcomed him
Joyously.
My motfcer-m-iaw s eyes followed
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Editor Journal: ' -Dear
Sir:
I have read the article on prices lri
Pensacola by H. M. B., and beg you
to print this reply. In the first place,
he is not a tourist, as his letter would
Indicate. He i3 from New Jersey, and
worked three or more years at the
shipyards. When work became scarc3
here he returned -to his native state
(where he claimed everything good
could be bad) to seek employment. Af
ter several months of unsuccessful
search in that particular geographical
spot, where all things are perfect and
not a single inflated price, he returned
to Pensacola, where he informed tne
writer that, as he could not gt work
there he could live here cheaper with
out work than. with. work there.
I have been In this city four years,
have been In New Jersey, and knfw
conditions in both states. '.J
I have found the merchants here
fair and their prices no higher than In
other cities.
As I have said, I am acquainted
with II. B. B., and the only thing I
have not heard him find fault with
is the "reds" that are in our country.,
Pensacola Is always glad to have
new citizens, but from my personal
knowledge I don't think H. B. M. suits .
Pensacola.
A Citizen and Journal Reader.
J. R.B.