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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
MANY TRAGEDIES IN ONE
TOWN ON THIRTEENTH
BY Associated Press.

Hopkinsville, Ky, Nov. 14.-Numer-
Gus tragedies marked the passing of
the night of the thirteenth in Hopkins
vile.
Mamie Williams, a pretty girl who
came here from Beechwood, killed her
self.
Calvin Allen, aged 40, killed himself
by swallowing laudanum.
Mile Moore was fatally shot by
George Sanders, said to have been an
admirer whose attentions she did not
seriously regard.
Tom Young and John VIM, resi-
dents of the outlying country, plung-
ed over a rock quarry bluff. Young
was instantly killed and Winn is
dying.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
COATS NO LONGER A
PART OF FIELD UNIFORM
BY Associates Press.

Washington. Nov. 14.-Coats will no
longer form part Of the uniform of
United States troops in the field. The
war department has decided that a
light sweater will be just as COM
Portable and a more practical garment
than the present service coat Not
only will the sweater be worn when
the men are up and about, but it will
be also used to supplement the
blanket as a sleeping garment.
However, this does not mean that
the soldier will not be as dressed
up" in appearance when parading as
heretofore. 1t is ordered that the
sweater is for use only in the field,
around camp and on the march when
the weather is too cold to make the
flannel shirt alone sufficiently warm.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
FOUR TO BE EXECUTED
IN LOUISIANA JAN. II
by Associated Presa,

Baton Rouge, La. Nov. 14.-Four
death warrants have been signed by
Governor Jared Y. Sanders to be
executed in the state penitentiary, this
city, on January IL next. One white
man and three negroes will be hanged
unless the pardon board intervenes.
The white man, Frank Oteri, stands
convicted of numbering ]. F. Stevenson
in shanty boat, September Is, 1910.
The three negroes were also convicted
of murder.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15

Ladies sample suits, skirts,
coats, dresses, waists, save
half if they fit you. Loeb, III
North Palafox.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
Tampa Leads State.

From these figures it is readily seen
that the general impression in jack
sonYille that Duval county leads the
state in population is erroneous. De-
spite the claims of the home folks
Hillsboro county has 3,1S4 more in
habitants than Duval.
Hillsboro gained 1851 during the 1C
years. and Duval 35,430. This gives
Hillsboro a percetange gain of 1873
while Duval has made gain of 10S
per cent.
That there are three counties in the
state that lost in population during
the period will doubtless prove a sur
prise, they being Hamilton, Wakulla
and Leon. Their total loss was S63.
With the exception of these three
counties, Florida has made a remark
able growth and is apparently destined
to become even greater within the
next few years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
You Get the Dog.

= Oh OGt LTI6 OO9s
The Pensacola Journal boasts that
Escambia county boys (Escambia
Florida) raised as high as ninety-two
bushels of corn to the acre this year.
That's great, but a Tallapoosa, Ala,
boy got a bundle of prizes and bou-
quets at our fair by growing 224 ga
bushels on one acre, besides the fod-
der, which he didn't have time to
pull.-Montgomery Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
Governor Baked at KISSING.

Governor Gilchrist at the Pensacola
Interstate Fair baby show inspected
over 200 babies and gave each a pres
! ent. He wouldn't have done it, prob
| ably, but all of the babies couldn't
win first prize, so he compromised by
presenting each with a gift. That
beats kissing 200 babies at one full
| swoop.-Montgomery Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15

If a man were as cheap as almost
any woman can make him feel, no
woman could resist him merely as
bargain.-Puck.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
"UseIess Each Without the Other, -

THE Tampa Times still refuses to
believe that alfalfa abounds near ST.
Augustine. We have an idea that The
Record was referring to alfalfa widows
and put one over on the Tampa man."
remarks The Pensacola Journal. None
of that kind of widows here. But
we've got the alfalfa.-St. Augustine
Record
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
Instica ParkhiIlIs ExamnIa.

Supreme Court Justice Charles Park
hill. in announcing that he would re-
sign his Office January 1, in order to
become a candidate for congress from
the Third district against Hon. D. H.
Mays, sets an example that is well
worth emulation upon the part of
officeholders who, while continuing to
dray salaries from the state, spend
several months immersed in campaign
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15

to be worthless in the event of a
period of business depression"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15

Drummers' sample ladies'
suits, skirts, coats, dresses,
waists, half-price. Loeb, III
North Pa1afox.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
4 Big Advertisement.

A Big Advertisement.
Pensacola has appropriated the
princely sum of $500 with which to
fight mosquitoes. The object of such
an appropriation must have been 20
create an impression abroad that mos
quitoes are mighty scarce in the Deep
Water City. However, if judiciously
expended, this sum may result in the
slaughter of at least 500 mosquitoes
Lakeland Telegram.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
A Beauty Contest.

A Beauty Contest.
Whoever gets elected for governor
next time has got to fire Frank Mays
from the military staff and give us the
job. We are better looking than
Frank, if we were taken for Bill Ma
poles on our last trip to Pensacola
Chipley Verdict.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15

work. The political attitude of TIL
cling to what I've got and grab some
thing else while drawing full pay from
the state" is not a laudable one. to
say the least. However, candidates
for various offices in every part of
Florida are doing and will continue to
do this very thing until the close of
the primaries next spring. While can
didates are discussing reform in it's
every conceivable phrase it would not
be amiss to take up this important
subject and follow Justice Parkhills
example.-Tallahass True Democrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
Disarn the Thua.

Disarm the Thug.
A Georgia grand jury is being di
rected to investigate whether the law
against carrying concealed weapons
thereby meaning the vicious and in
excEsable pistol toting habits being
violated. OF course it is, in every
state in the Union and in every city
and county. The same day this grand
jury was charged two unarmed citi-
zens of Georgia were assassinated on
the streets by men who had made the
unfortunate Combination of gun and
a few surplus drinks. 1t is true that
the enforcement of the law puts the
law abiding citizens to the disadvan-
tage Of the thug, for the latter always
goes armed. The remedy, however,
is not to equalize the chances by arm
ing the decent CITIZEN but to disarm
the thug.
There should be a crusade against
the concealed weapon habit. The
first step should be to reduce to a
minimum the habit of law officers of
carrying pistols. This should be fol-
lowed by a systematic search of every
man who may be reasonable suspected
Of being a pistol toter. When con-
victed the wearer of concealed weap-
ons should every time get the limit
of the law in prison at hard labor.
This is a class of crime which visits
great loss upon the community, and it
should be signally punished, driven
out of existence. There is no partfcu-
lar difficulty in any community in
learning who are habitually gun toters,
and when they are hailed into court
in numbers the habit will soon die
Tampa Times.
The College Yell.
In nothing does the modern college
show forth the progress of intellectual
1sNr low J..
the composition of the college yell. In
it's perfected form it stands as the
concrete results of what college train
ing and environment can do for the
brain. Let US quote an example,
proudly used as the battleship cry of
one of our leading universities:
Boom a-lacka. boom a-lacka, bow,
Chick-a- lacka, chick a-lacka, chow
chow, chow!
Boom a-lacka, chick -lacka! Well
I guessi
We are the girls Of the u. of F."
Some class, Ell? Rhyme, rythm,
reason-don't you think? Shakespeare
never did anything like that But
then Shake, didn't have the advantage
of the intellectual training afforded by
the modern institutions of learning
Lakeland Telegram.
Corn Contest.
The boys corn contest came off at
the court house Saturday afternoon at
o'clock, and the exhibit of corn and
the records made by the boys, of
whom there were eleven in the con-
test, may be taken as an indication
that the coming generation of farm
ers will be bunch Of men who are
onto their business.
Frank Mccullough won the first
premium with a yield of Sc bushels
per acre.
Wesley Smith and Edgar Gray tied
for second premium with 80 bushels.
Tommy Wilkerson won fourth pre-
MUM with 81 bushels.
All the boys say the experience
they gained will be big help to them
in the contest next year, and some of
them are going to back their ears, roll
up their sleeves and go into it with a
determination to get a hundred bush
els per acre.-DeFuniak Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACOLIANS

Finest Ever.
Formally opened by Governor Albert
w. Gilchrist and attended by thou
sands of people, the big Interstate Fair
opened at Pensacola Monday. This
great event will without doubt result
in great good to all West Florida
st. Augustine Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15
FLORIDA GAINS
POPULATION BY
GIANT STRIDES
NET GAIN DURING TEN YEARS
FOR THIS STATE Is 224,o77, Ac.
NORTHERN PEOPLE RUSHING
TO ESCAPE SNOW AND ICE.

While figures are ordinarily dull
reading, they frequently give inforna-
ton which, when thoroughly under
stood, proves of more than passing in
terest, says the Jacksonville Metropo-
lis. This is true of a tabulation of
figures by local statistician, showing
the number of people added to Florida
counties during the ten years between
1900 and 1910. The net gain was
224,077.
Following is a tabulation showing
the number of people added to Florida
counties in the years 1900 to 1910 by
rank in the class:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-15

st. Johns-St. Augustine. .....
Bradford-Starke ..... .....
Holmes-Westville 80. ...
Brevard-Titusville est. Lucie
1nc.) $500.
Monroe-key West .........
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
A B0YH0OD RECOLLECTION.

Remember the old swimmin'
hole? The hot midsummer days
bring the picture back with all it's
delightful colorings. 1t was down
by the river or creek--we called it
a "crick" then--and there were
low-hanging elms over the bank,
under whose roots boy could al
most hide. Most of it was hardly
more than waist deep, although
over at one end it was most five
feet, and unless you were an aw-
fully big boy the water was over
your head. You could take as
many as five swimming strokes
there without being able to touch
bottom once.
Pity the poor unfortunate lad
who had to wear shoes and stock
ings in those days. How he did
envy the boys whose toilet consist
ed in getting into or out of two gar
ments-shirt and overalls! You
assembled at the mystic sign of two
fingers and hurried to the pool.
There was a mad haste to get out
of your clothes and an unwilling
ness to come out of the water even
if it was supper time. Often you
were half-dressed when some more
boys arrived, whereupon you
promptly stripped again and went
in with them.
Sanitary? Lord, no! But what
fun! You may 60 bathing in the
surf and all the panoply of steriliz-
ed bathing suits from now till
doomsday, but you can never equal
that muddy old swimmin' hole.
But then, alas! you can never be
boy again. Boston Traveller.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
THE CHURCH AND THE LODGE.

In concluding an address on fra
ternal societies, Rev. Keene Ryan,
pastor of Garfield Boulevard Pres
byterian Church, Chicago, sreport-
ed to have said:
'Let us say in conclusion, andin
refutation of the charges brought
against the Masens and Odd Fell
lows, that the most faithful men,
bers of the Garfield Boulevard
Presbyterian Church, the most
spirited and consecrated in their
homes and lives, the most exempla-
ry in their dealings with their fell
low-men, the most charitable in
their conversations and the most
tirelesss in their endeavors to ad-
vance the interests of this congre-
cation, and in their attendance up
on worship, are the Masons and
Odd Fellows. Membership in these
Orders is highly beneficial and pro-
ductive of Christian growth, and,
instead of retarding the work of
the Church, is an actual aid to it.
1t makes a better church member
of man to belong to these two
Orders, and | for one do not hesi-
tate to advocate and advise it. Any
institution in existence to-day
which elevates morals, refnes SEN .
sibilities, advances education, re-
lieves distress, visits the sick room,
buries the dead, and cares for the
aged and infrm, is doing the work
Christ commended, and is pure re-
ligion and undefiled before God,
the Father. 1t is this: TO visit
the fatherless and widows in their
affiiction, and to keep ourselves un-
spotted from the world And in
so far as any man, woman, church,
or secret organization does this
they are doing the command of
Jesus Christ. And so far as they
refrain from doing this, or interfere
with those who do, they become an
absolute detriment to Christianity
and a blighting curse to the world,
and an enemy to humanity. After
all, BY their fruits We shall know
them, said Christ, and the Masons
and Odd Fellows are content to be
thus known"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

USEFUL IMPLEMENT FOR EARTH BOADS.
crusher, and it's weight is such that 1t
can be nicely handled with an ordinary
farm team. There are certain roads
which REQUIRE a good deal Of whipping
into shape before they become good
dirt roads. This work can be done by
a split log drag If time Is taken for it.
1t can be done more readily by the
combination implement herewith Illus
trated, as will be shown on trial,
AS this implement has value IN the
neld that is equaled by that on the
soad, II may be considered distinct
Improvement over both the ordinary
split log drag and the harrow. The
drawing Is sufficiently plain to show
the method of construction, and the
cost for the iron attachments for hold
ing the teeth need not be great. The
teeth, of course, can be set in a wooden
frame, though they are less satisfactory.
so because less readily adjustable,
This implement has been used on the
farm where it was made for q num-
Der Of years and has been found equal
ly effective in the field and on the road.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
KEEP OUT or RUTs.
In That Way Motorists viii Mako
hiahWays Better.

In That Way Motorists VIII Mako
Highways Better.
Few problems with which the mo-
torist has to cope have proved more
refractory than that Of improving the
roads. 1t is so unwieldly a situation
to handle and its ramifications extend
into such multitude Of tangles IN tho
field of legislation and Of public SEN
timent that progress has now been
slow indeed. None the less 1t Is pos
sible for each automobile owner here
aud now to give practical assistance
to the movement if he only will.
Those who have carefully studled
the road maintenance problem fnd
that one of their chief difficulties
arises from the fact that traffic inevi:
tably finds its way into q pair Of ruts'
Each succeeding vehicle digs deeper,
and so the operation continues until
there is only one part Of the road
which can be Travelled with comfort.
Suppose that each vehicle should
seek a new path. What would be the
result? A smooth, firmly packed sur
face, in practically as good condition
as if a steam roller were in constant
operation, Now is the time when 8
policy of avoiding the ruts can pest
be made effective,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
A GOOD LAW SUGGESTED.

Wilmington, Del, Jan. l9.--A
bill to stop the practice ofministers
here who marry runaway couples
has been drafted representation to
the Legislature. The many cere-
monies of this kind which occur in
this city has, it is said, had de-
moralizlng influence, and the move
ment for a stringent law on thesub-
iect has steadily grown.
The bill persoribes aheavy penal
ty for minister who marries mi
nors. If either of the contracting
parties is less than 81 years of age
consent must be given by the par
ent or guardian in person.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
CARE OF COLTS FEET.

The feet of foals frequently need
leveling to prevent an abnormal
development of the legs as result
of unequal wear of the hoofs. Many
foals stand badly at first and if they
are slow in gaining correct posi-
ton of the legs the hoofs may be-
come worn in such way as to pre-
vent a proper standing position or
a straight form of action. Level
ing the feet acts both as prevention
and cure. 1t prevents breakage,
or other cause of rapid wearing
away of any part of the hoof, from
throwing the weight on the wrong
part of the joints. Even if the foal
is born with natural tendency to
stand wrong, as with the feet too
wide apart or too close together or
pigeon-toed, such a tendency may
be gradually corrected in large part
by keeping the feet level. A colt
that stands pigeon-toed, for exam
pie, wears off the outside wall of the
hoof faster than the inside and the
more that condition develops the
worse the tendency TO stand wrong
becomes. By rasping off the inner
wall to correspond with or even
slightly to exceed the wear of the
other side, the foot will be thrown
more nearly into line as it strikes
the ground. While the leg bones
and joints are growing they are
susceptible to the persistent pres
sure from one angle to another
and grow to a correct position or
away from it according to the con-
dition of the4eet. A level foot in
duces the colt to assume a correct
position of the leg. As an exam
pie of the marked effect on the pres
sure on the joints from shortening
one wall or the other of the hoof,
work horses with lameness and
symptoms of SPAWN have frequent
ly been made to 60 sound simply
by taking half an inch off of the in
ner wall of the hoof, thus throwing
the concussion onto the outside of
the hook Joint. If the colts hoofs
are kept fairly short at the toes,
with the inner and outer walls of
equal length, the foot will develop
as nearly a correct shape as it can
be induced to take and the limbs
as we'll will be safeguarded against
deformity.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
VERY CoNsoLING

VERY OONSOLlNG
Mr.. Brown had gone up to the
attic and hanged himself. While
the sorrow of the widow was keen
est, her neighbor, Mrs. Jones, came
to comfort her. Mrs. Jones, be-
cause of her reputation for always
saying the wrong thing, had secur-
ed the consent of her own family
to make the visit only on her prom
ise that she would talk about SUBJ
jects foreign to the cause of her
friends grief. She commenced on
safe ground by talking about the
weather.
"Rather nice weather we've
been having, Mrs. Brown" :"
"Yes," said Mrs. Brown; "but
it has been to wet to get our wash
ing dry"
ooh, we'll, you need Mt worry
about that, Mrs. Brown, as you
have such nice attic to hang
| things in. "-P. R. H.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
DEMONSTRATION.

One great criticism of our road I'M
provement policy here in Pennsylva-
mia is that it is too long in accomplish
ing its object, says the National Stock
man and Farmer. We know Of one
road on which improvements were be-
gun last year. The grading was com.
pleted far ahead of the paving, which,
Of course, left the unpaved portion a
big mudhole when winter came. This
year the grading on this three mile
stretch has been completed. but no
more paving is being done. Another
winter will find the public struggling
In the mud on this new grading, while
the road will have to be reshaped when
the paving is finally reached. There
should be so.,o plan OF improvement
whereby 4 r":.d Ea.d not lie torn up
three yeGrS n ;i;a milking. The public
is ready tG suffer inconvenlences for
the sake Of better roads, but it should
not have to suffer them for so long @
time
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
ANOTHER AIRSHIP RECORD.

San Francisco, Jan. 19.-Eugene
B. Ely flew thirteen miles in an
aeroplane, made a successful land
ing on the cruiser Pennsylvania and
flew back to Selfridge Field twelve
miles south of San Francisco.
The feat was accomplished with
out mishap. Not wire or a bolt
of the biplane was injured.
1t was 1O:45 o'clock when he left
the aviation grounds. His motor
worked perfectly and after few
circles, he headed northeast, swept
over the San Bruno hills and disap-
peared towards San Francisco.
In the meantime the wireless ad-
vised the cruiser at anchor with
the fleet in the bay, that he would
make the attempt, and final prepa-
rations were made for his reception.
A wooden platform l30 feet long
and 50feet wide had been construct
ed over the afterdeck of the ship.
Ely had installed two seven-foot
pontoons under his aeroplane to
float the machine in case he was
forced to descend on the water, and
forward he had built a hydroplane
to keep the aeroplane from diving
in the street.
At 1888 o'clock the lookout on
the cruiser Pennsylvania sighted
Ely through the haze and the
ships siren roared a blast of well
come. He game on at a terrific
'speed and circled around the fleet,
dipping IN salute to each ship, and
came up in the wind for the stern
of the Pennsylvania.
He was flying low as he neared
the ship and dropped down lighly,
striking the platform about DO feet
from the inner end. The hooks on
the aeroplane caught the ropes and
stopped the biplane within sixty
feet.
One of the first to reach Ely was
his wife, who was on the bridge
with Capt. Pond.
Exactly one hour from the time
he landed on the cruiser Ely took
his seat in the machine and gave
the word to let 60. The aeroplane
shot down the 130-foot platform at
high speed, dropped off the stern
with a gentle dip, and then rose
rapidly over the other ships in the
harbor Rising to a height of g.
900 feet, Ely circled over San Fran
cisco and then headed for the avia-
ton field. He landed there at II:
13 o'clock.