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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-24
Bank & Trust Co., To
Succeed First National
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and in responding endorsed the new
scheme and offered to assist the COM
mittee in every way possible at any
time He was heartily applauded, and
after the meeting three cheers were
given for the new bank, the staid
financiers present giving vent to their
feelings of joy like unto care-free COL
lege boys.
The special committee met at $3.50
o'clock last night at the San Carlos to
chose the new committee to solicit
subscriptions
The report of the old committee,
which was adopted by the stockhold-
ers yesterday afternoon, about three
fourths of the stock being present in
as follows:
Pensacola, Fla, January %, 1914.
Your committee reports that they
have carefully examined the assets OF
the First National bank, and in their
opinion feel sure that with proper
management, there is an equity for
the stockholders Of at least $50 per
share.
We would suggest that a, trust COM
pany be organized with a capital stock
Of 100000, and a surplus of $4,000,
selling the stock at s1.25, thus creating
the surplus. We would suggest that
the stock be first offered to the pres
ent stockholders and those holding
stock as collateral, and in the event
Of the failure of this plan, would in
vite foreign capital to organize a COM
pany. This company be organized to
take over the affairs Of the First Ma
tional bank and be given q bonus of
$4,000 to Iiquidate the assets OF said
bank.
We would call the attention to the
depositors to the fact that II the bank
Is Hquidaed, it will no doubt cover a
period Of three to four years before
the depositors are fully paid, and Of
course no stockholder Will receive any
possible dividend before that period
Again in the event of liquidation by
the government, the cost OF such pro-
neighbornood Of $4,000, this of course
at the expense Of the stockholders and
depositors.
We have been very liberal in dis
carding assets that in our opinion
were questionable, and If the trust
company could be organized under
proper mana cement, no dorrbt a sub
stantfaI sum could be realized from
these discarded assets.
Respectfully,
JOHN A MERRITT,
Chairman.
It was announced last night by
John A Merritt, chairman of the or
ganiza&ion Of the stockholders Of the
First National bank, that he had de-
cided to appoint the members of the
old committee as the new committee
to solicit subscriptions for the new or
sanization. This was decided at a
conference held at the San Carlos no.
tel Last night, which was concluded
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-24

n B-write to: Ladies Advisory Dept,
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Tenn. for Special Instructions and 64-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

leading society by the nose, being even more daring and amusing than her mother used to be in the last reign. Mrs. W. B. Leeds will be one of the gay spirits. Lord Curzons American sIsters-in-law are to muster for the royal ball he Is giving for his debun- tante daughter the first week in May and they are all nervous lest anything should arise to spoil it. Half dozen floral artists have been engaged to beautify the house and it appears this Item alone is to cost upwards of 5000. as the scheme is to be most original and elaborate. There is mention of royal dinner party and ball at the American embassy, which Is not yet confirmed. The Pages are very chum-
 my with the Queen and Mrs. Pages made point of being present at every court this season, but they are not yet about in society as the Reids used to be, and they do not care in the least for the ultra-smart and ultra-rich sets Mrs. Beatty has promised Lady Rose mary Levenson Cover. the only daugh- ter of the late Duke of Sutherland, to give for her another semi al fresco ball similar to the one she had for Lady Rosemary's debut Mrs. Beatty and the Sutherlands are inseparable. Milli- cent Duchess of Sutherland thinks her the most interesting and one of the only original American women we have on this side. It is said that Mrs. George J. Gould is to bring over her third daughter shortly and give no end of gieties for her. I know of three or four great parties who are burning to know If it is true, for Miss Gloria Gould is of tremendous interest to the maria geable men on this side.
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Politics Warm in England

Lady Stafford had an extraordinary experience as a hostess the other night at a dinner party. There were people of various shades of political thought present and two women, both brilliant spekers, started a discussion on the Belfast troubles, one sympathizing and the other denouncing. The hostess be- haved with great tact. preserving a neutral attitude Eventually she gave the signal for departure to the drawing room, but even this did not silence the comb mbatants. Men who have been in parliament for years were present, but do you think they could get in a word edgeways? Not one. The women who made the unseemly row are being os- tracised for the moment. but in these days nobody is ostracised for long. The all-important is to make yourself felt somehow. Politics are the burning sub ject and little else is discussed. Even the calmest men lose their heads and the most cultured and distinguished say outrageous things. The miracle is that there are not serious libel ac- tions. Lady Granard. who shares her husbands liberal politics, has. I hear. intimated that politics is not to be disucssed her tables
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that for weeks before he took the de- eision of parting with these treasures he never slept and used to walk about the grounds at Chatsworth for hours at time His excuse for selling Is that he was driven to it by the want of ready money. No petty esquire com ing into the debts of his forbears ever had a more miserable existence than properties of his late uncle, for with
 by others, the poor man was nearly out of his head. Some say he was anxious to spite the radicals when he decided to part with his famous books. Intel- lectually society Is thoroughly dis gusted with the duke for, it says, there is no excuse for this action. If he liked he could raise tens of thou sands of dollars by selling even a DOT tion of his gardens and tennis courts behind Devonshire House which ex- tend down Berkley street as far as the gardens of Lansdowne House. Every square inch of this property is worth gold and yet he would rather part with these priceless volumes than dis pose of one bit of the tennis court It seems he is intensely proud of the fact that he can play tennis in Piccadilly
 and that the duchess is in a position to give a garden party there as big as Queen Mary's at Buckingham palace.
 Well, he has to pay through the nose for the Piccadilly tennis court. This and Lord Lansdonwe's gardens are taxed at three times tue rate of ord- nary property in that neighhorhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
When Paris Might Starve

r TOI lut DdltlDioTt INeWe-
 We are reminded that Paris Is stf&i France in a military sense by the present perturbation of the French general staff over what would happen to that city in case of war. If 1t should be besieged again it's situation would be as desperate as in the days when the Germans invested it. Even if it should not be compelled to fight behind trenches the staff declares that if mobilization were ordered the city would be without bread, milk and meat within four days.
 So the military authorities are seeking an arrangement with the municipal coun- ell by which wheat and flour can be stored in order to save the population from possible starvation during the period when all transportation would be used for purposes of mobilization. Nothing is pro- posed by way of assuring a water sup ply, although the danger from seizure of the waterworks by besiegers is set in food. Berlin and Vienna are exposed to similar attack, although they may have made better provision for it. Moscow and St. Petersburg have felt safe since Napoleons time. and London relies as much as ever upon British sea power for protection.
 American cities share the general care lessness of this country as to what would happen in war. Their experiences in the revolution and in 1S12-14 have been for gotten as completely as Paris appears to have tucked away it's own sad lessons in the niche of history until the general staff brought them out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
CONGRESSMAN CAPS
 EDITORS RHYMES

Representative Samuel l~Nalln of the Thirtieth New York district. Amsterdams millionaire carpet manufacturer. franked to the editor of tho Fort Plaln Standard an assortment of garden seeds. says u Fort Plain. N Y. special to the New York World Then the editor wrote for flower and garden seeds for others and also for a few rose bushes and peach trees. He voiced his acknowledgement i'll these words In the Standards.
 Away with doubt. away with fear! At last I know that spring is near. for sam uel w, our NJ. C., has had the mail bring right to me lot of seeds that sure will grow. for Uncle sam has told me so. 1 find that I'm to have some beans. also some beets. and with them greens. Of squashes I will have enough to warrant the giving of this puff to one fot whom I did not vote and whose election gos my goat. And corn? Why, what a lot I'll have-perhaps enough to make somo salve And radishes galore I'll own if ever l get those free seeds sown. While pumpkins. lettuce and turnips long will all be mine. can't go wrong if I but to my garden stick and hand 1t many a hardy lick instead of writing stuff like this, which shows how far my minds amiss. I thank you. Samuel. for spring seeds, but I wish you'd come and plant the seeds and keep my garden nice and neat-the best thing I can do Is eat
 Congressman Wallin came back with this:
 I have your favor. writ in print. in which you give to mo the hint that flower seeds will do for you and ask the same for others. too To send you these it is my pleasure. Your hate fer garden work note; also for me you did not vote. I'm tempted now to spade your range if you will find 1t wise to change. If your sole. pleasure Is to eat, surely I can't afford defeat; so let us all together get and We may be quite happy yet. As far as roses arc concerned, I'll be dog oned and also derned if Uncle Sam gives out root though you walk from there to here afoot. there are limits tb which he reaches. but not to roses or to peaches.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
TOWN TOO LAZY
 ID FEED ITSELF

The sad plight of a town which is too poor because it is too rich Is now giving food for thought and a great amount of trouble to the Italian authorities, says the Baltimore Sun. For such, indeed, is the fate of poor Coma chic, a sleepy fish ermen's town on the Venetian "laguna."
 Neglected by tourists because the in haibtants seem to think 1t beneath their dignity to undertake that systematic eN- ploitation of foreign visitors for which Venice, their prosperous neighbor, has be- come famous. Comacchio is nevertheless just as picturesque.
 The ruins of days gone by are just as beautiful, the nights are just as wonder full there as in the Pearl of the Adriat- ic." but the good citizens of Comacchio are starving, showing thereby that towns, like individuals, are often more hampered than helped by inherited wealth.
 The situation reached its climax in las April, when the municipality became so heavily involved in debt that the munich pality was declared a bankrnupt, and a. trustee, appointed by a royal commission from Rome, took charge.
 Two months ago, following the exodus of the town council, all payments of sal aries were stopped for lack of funds, and only the town clerk, a faithful old em- ploye, who had spent the better part of
  work without pay than abandon the desk at which he has worked for so many years remained in offce
 For the last two weeks all the official letters have been accommodating on the town clerks desk ready to be mailed but this is impossible. because there is no money for the postage stamps. Banns of marriage cannot be published as re- quired by law, because there is neither mayor nor aldermen to sign them.
 The property of the little town is the source of all its troubles. This property is represented by the "laguna," a vast expanse of stagnant sea water. from which the town emerges like rustic Venice.
 The inhabitants have never had any other trade than of fisherman, and the "laguna' Is supposed to teem with the fattest cells on the coast.
 The mode of life was all right until the town began to grow. In the last 50 years Comacchio has doubled in population, the easy-going life of it's citizens evidently having attracted many others from neigh boring districts.
 And whether 1t is that these people found even fishing too strenuous an oc- cupation or that the fish have grown lazy, too, and refuse to bite, the fact re- mains that the ''laguna" no longer yields a sufficient number of eels to keep them all fat and well, and having no other re- sources to fall back upon, Comacchio is simply starving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
BRILLIANT SEASON |NLONDON SOCIETY , NOW ANTICIPATED Americans Intend to Make
 Up for Retirement
 Last Summer
LORD CURZON WILL
 GIVE ROYAL BALL
Mrs. David Beatty to Entertain for Daughter of a Duchess-Sale of CaxtOns to Americans
 Arouses Indignation
Ny LADY MARY

London. April 11.-(Special)-If an- ticipations are realized. we are going to have the gayest after-Easter season of years. The only thing that could spoil 1t would be a general election or trouble in Ireland which, of course, would be disastrous, as in such cir cumstances the King and Queen would not go out anywhere Judging by what all smart American women tell me, they intend to make things hum to make up for their retirement last sum- mer. Mrs. George keppel has been inun- aated With offers from rich Yankees for what is defined as "the Kunnel
 house" in Grosvenor street, but she says she wants it for herself and "Vio-
 let" her daughter, who is these times
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it's breadwinners who are worried into ends meet" Reports of the state board of administration to Governor Cox show that over IS per cent of the 2S99 ohioans whose mentality weakened last year sut- fered because of causes akin to financial t~ouble-overwork, worry and nervous ex- haustion.
 Statistics of the occupations of those admitted show that more and more per- sons in walks of life where the remuner- alton is not great are committed each year--laborers. mechanics. miners. paint CTS and carpenters. The percentage of professional inmates has correspondingly decreased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Masked Wnmen
rom the Wide World Magazine.

From the Wide World Magazine.
 Upper class Swahih women wear cu- rious masks. which are made of leather and beads on wooden frame. The mask is derived from the traditional usage of Moslem women, who must keep their faces covered in the presence of men. For several centuries Arab trad CTS have frequented this East African coast. and to their influence are due most of the civilized customs found today among the natives of the district. The clothing worn by these prosperous danes is of silk. their shoes are partly of sil- Yer and they wear much silver jewelry. The Moslems in Zanzibar by the way, are less fanatically strict about religious ueages than their brethren in Morocca anG Turkey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
The Two Winston Churchills

Prom the Philadelphia Ledger.
 The American Churchhill is 42 yenrs old and the British B. The American was educated at Annapolis for the navy, while the Briton was educated for the English navy at Sandhurst.
 Both were newspapermen. Both have written books and both have been pol- iticians. The American, Winston Church hill ran for governor of New Hampshire and was a member of the legislature. The English Winston Churchhill was once Home Secretary and is now First Lord of the Admirality--the higest naval post in the British Ministry.
 The American made start for Uncle Sam's navy, in which he never actually served. The Englishman is the head and front of the worlds greatest navy, in which he never served a day.
 Perhaps the analogy which might in- terest each of them personally more than any other is this; Each is the father ct one boy and one girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Domestic Troubles

Frcm the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt ridiculed in Chicago the old anti-sugrage cry of do- mesticity-that woman's place is the home.
 "The trouble is.' said Mrs. Catt, that many women cannot De domestcated i; they have no homes. The word 'domes- tic therefore, should not be used. as Is too often the case, fin loose way"
 The suffrage leader smiled
 Yes, she continued, some people give this word as elastic a meaning as the witness gave 1t in Georgia court Asked why he was not present to testify in a certain case. the man said he had mad a domestic trouble Just about that time.
 What was the domestic trouble, pray?' asked the examining attorney.
 Well, to tell the truth, boss said the witness, I was fin the penitentlary fer stealth a cow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Literary World Indignant

In some quarters there is stronger feeling over the sale of the Devonshire Caxtons to America than over the home rule bill. I am told on the best au- thority that the Queen Is furious and she wrote to the duke herself seeking information. Like the rest of the world her majesty learned of the sale through the press. The fact was the duke ar ranged the whole think so cutely he hoped it would not leak out for long time. The Duchess of Devonshire wept bitterly when she heard 1t and she and the duke are hardly on speaking terms ever since. If only you had spoken" " she walled, "one might have tried to Induce papa 6the Marquis of Lans- downe) to do something in the way of advancing money" It now transpires
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Luck!
From the Manchester Guardian.

FTOm the Manchester GuardIan.
 There was only a thin partition be- tween the bar parlor and the taproom of the suburban hostelry, so that l could not help hearing what was per haps confidence about certain Bilrs terrible condition the previous after noon Well. to cut a long story short" said the voice, which was husky prob ably with emotion q had to set i'm on doorstep and leave I'm there. E must "a fell asleep and is at dropped on to t footpath, and--would yer be- lieve it?-when a woke up there was in it!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Better Than Spanking

Spanking does not cure children of bed wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. NJ. Sum- send free to any mother her successful home treatment, with full instructions. Send no money, but write her today if mers, Box W, Notre Dame. Ind. will your children trouble you In this way. Don't blame the child, the chances are it can't help 1t. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled with urine difficulties ny day or nlp ht.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Real Enioyment

From the Chicago Nc1s.
 Anatole France, who has just fled from the noise of Paris. has set forth his mo- tion of quiet enjoyment. "Of all tasks open to mankind the task of knocking nails in a wall is probably the most con- ducive to tranquil enjoyment" There have been many attempts at soporihc in dustry-the little mechanical activity
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'decomposed waste matter and constipa- ton poison from the bowels. Then you feel great
 A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning-a 10-cent box from any drug store will keep your head clear, stomach sweet, liver and bowels regulai>and make you feel bully and cheerful for months. Don't forget the children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

equation. Knitting is, perhaps. the best Arctic explorers have averred that knit ting gets one through an Arctic night very well. British athletes. in the ner- Vous hours before the great university boat race, are frequently set to knit ting in order to calm their nerves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
''CASCARETS" F C0NST|PATED. SICK.
 HEADACHY, BILIOUS DIME A BOX

Turn the rascals out-the headache biiiousness, constipation, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases--turn them out tonight with Cascarets.
 Don't put in, another day of distress Let Cascarets sweeter and regulate your stomach; remove the sour, undi- gested and fermenting food and that misery making gas; take the excess bile from your liver and carry off the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
HOW EARTH'S SHADOW OBSCURED THE
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Crazed by Cost of Living

From the Buffalo Express.
 Columbus, O.-The steadily inereasin high cost of living thseatens to compel | Ohio to build more asylums to house
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What My Free Book Gives You

Al stated elsewhere. by sending mo the coupon
 below. you are entitled to receive by return mail. scaled my little tllustrated book of advice ruh5ecb. and will include. we'll. 6 full de-
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scripion q the sandsn vitalizsr. telling you upon what tcrns you may have for your own use if you wish to tzy Therefore. place ssnd coupon today
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-01
FINE COURAGE Of
FRENCHMEN WINS
DAY AT PERONNE
One General Refused to Re-
treat When Farms About Him
Were in Flames.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. L. The corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail at
Amiens, under date of Sunday, in
describing the heavy fighting around
Peronne. which has been taken and
retaken at various times, says it is
impossible to hear of the logged
courage of the French troops without
a thrill of warm admiration.
AT II o'clock one morning" he
says, the French advance was sub
jected to a terrible concentrated fire,
and it seemed impossible for the
troops to hold their ground. The
French artillery had to abandon
position after position.
''At O'Clock shells began TO fall
around the crossroads where the
staff was located, and the general
in command was urged to quit. No
he said. so long as l stay here we
cannot retreat, and we have simply
got to hold on
He said the same thing when
three farms close by were in flames.
He said ii and meant 1t, and he
saved the day. AT 8 o'clock he was
there still, and his men held their
own. At o'clock the German fire
slackened little, and an infantry
attack was pushed forward.
THAT evening the French guns
were occupying the positions which
the German guns had held all day.
The general had held on
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-01
AVENGED DEFEAT
AT SEDAN AFTER ~ YEARS
On the Same Battlefield When Allies We're Reeang from
Belgian Frontier Germans Were Led Into Trap and Their
Forces Defeated With Frightfu Losses


LONDON, Oct 1.-During the
strategical retreat of the allies
southwark from the Belgian frontier
the French troops exacted from the
Germans bloody revenge for the
French defeat at Sedan forty-four
years before.
On this same battlefield, according
to the Paris correspondent of the
Daily Mall, the Germans suffered one
of the worst defeats of their present
invasion. They were led into trap
which cost them thousands of men,
he says. The French could have held
their position indefinitely. but stra-
tegy required them to continue falling
back with the remainder of the allies
along the line. Here is the story of
the second battle of Sedan, as stold
by the correspondent:
THE French general ordered his
troops to fall back across the river
and take up positions on the opposite
heights. The bridges were mined, but
were left standing in order to de-
ceive the Germans into thinking that
the French were retreating hastily.
The ruse succeeded The Germans
advanced across the bridges in close