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The Irish standard., 1915-12-18

L nenign principles and those gen.
pulses of your hearts, it is
stand between the prisoner
he. Review his life.
le Of His Country.
pgthened by his fathers
haps, to a dangerous ex-
ather recounted to him
last memorable night of
II independence, he had
~ burning words of Grattan,
11ket and of Bushe; how he had
been persuaded by the gravity of their
arguments, transported by their elo.
quence and inflamed by their patriotic
ardor.
Those lessons taught by his parent
he has never forgotten, and believing
that the Union was carried by cor.
ruption, he struggled for it's repeal and
to restore to Ireland its Parliamentary
existence. In that has been the labor
Of his life-a delusion, admit; but
is not death upon the scaftold ter
rible punishment for believing that
1rishmen have the capacity and intel
lect to rule the affairs of their native
country? Would to God that Smith
O'Brien were my only client. The hap
piness of an honorable, ancient ant
royal family is at stake this day. The
The Irish standard., 1915-12-18

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-23

to loan money at low rate of inter
est on long time loans.
In my judgment the best way to
procure the money would be for the
state to issue 2 per cent state bonds
and deposit them with the United
States treasury and borrow money
from the federal government and
loan those funds to the farmer at five
per cent for 20 years on half of val
uation of said farms or lands of said
farm or lands secured by the bor-
rover on real estate mortgages.
During the session of the last legis-
lature wrote to a certain member
of the legislature suggesting four i'm
portant measures that l am anxious
to see enacted in a law. These are
state rural credit, for the state to
publish her own school books and
sell them at cost, special graduated
income tax on large bodies of land
now held for speculation, and free
medical examination for all school
children.
Now, before any of these measures
can be percured there will have to
be men elected in 1916 to agitate
these measures in the 1917 legisla-
ture.
L. P. GORDON,
Laurel Hill, Fla.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-23
PRAISES HAYES LEWIS FOR
SCHEME TO AID FARMERS
Editor Pensacola Journal.

Editor Pensacola Journal.
1 was delighted to read Hayes
Lewis article on state rural credit. /
am glad to know that there is one
man in West Florida who is agitating
state rural credits for the farmers.
To my mind this is long felt need
that the farmers should be favored
with. When look at the broad acres
lying idle and not producing any
thing for man or beast when if these
lands were developed and put into
cultivation we would see West Florida
prosper and her citizens be contented
and satisfied since they will produce
such a variety of crops, such as corn,
beans, oats, sweet potatoes and sugar
cane, COW peas vegetables and fruits,
t alas there are two barriers in the
way for these lands to be developed.
The first of these is cheap capital for
the average man to procure to bring
those into cultivation.
The second is large tracts of land
held by corporations for speculation.
Then the question naturally arises
how can the farmer and others want
ing to open up farms do this without
state or federal aid?
In the first place there has got to
be law enacted authorizing the state
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-23
MUSCOGEE.

Muscogee, Aug. 22.-Miss Nellie
Mae Nudge is visiting relatives In
Pensacola this week.
Misses Ethel and Eleanor McKin-
non and Miss Ella Price, also Mr..
Alex McKinnon spent Wednesday in
Pensacola.
Misses Hattie Lee and Middle
Trammell and DR.. Trammel return
ed home Thursday after weeks
visit with relatives in Atmore.
Mrs. S. A. Carr spent the latter
part of the week with home folks
here.
Mr.. Fred Merritt has accepted
position in Pensacola and will be
much missed here by his many friends
in the social circle.
Messrs. Clinton Tompkins, Robert
Bell, Brooks Merritt and Pleas Lewis
attended the several school convention
at Clear Springs Sunday, last.
Misses Beulah and Leila Garrett OF
Beulah, spent several days here the
! past week as the guests of Mrs. H.
Yonker.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Yonker entertain
ed very delightfully."- Tuesday night In
honor of the Misses Garrett. Games
were enjoyed until a late hour, when
the guests were shown into the dining
room, where a delicious ice course
was served. At a later hour the
happy guests departed, all reporting
grand time, despite the inclement
weather.
Rev. F. Smith filled his regular ap-
pointment here Sunday.
Other attending the convention at
Clear Spring Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Yonker and son, Roger, Miss
Leila Garrett and Mr.. Vernon Hinote,
and Mr.. Sidney Dickson and Miss
Beulah Garrett.
Mrs. ]. M. WEIGH spent Saturday
and Sunday last, with her daughter
in Pensacola.
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Vox POPULI
MR.. SHACKELFORD SAYS THERE
is A FEELING OF UNREST"
) : 4~NNN~~A~NAA~~

Editor Pensacola Journal.
We of our town have many things
to be thankful for, that while other
places have been swept with storms
and have had troubles both various
and numerous, we have been merciful-
ly passed by.
Our sympathy goes cut to these
stricken cities and we are more than
willing to share our means with them
and in every way alleviate their suf-
ferings.
While our city has been exempted
from these visitations of providence,
still there is feeling of unrest and dis
satisfaction manifestly abroad in our
city, prompted by causes. unknown to
the writer. What we need in our
town is a concerted movement by all
the people to magnify our towns ad-
vantages and minify its disadvan-
tages, if it has any.
am proud of our town. In fact,
love it, and though / have spent the
best part of my life here, l have
no desire to move my resident else
where, and when I shuttle off this
mortal COIL" I am sure I shall rest
the easier if am laid away in Pen
sacola soil.
My love for our town prompts me
on all occasions, in season and out OF
season, to boost it with all the en-
ergy / possess, and when say boost
/ mean it, in its truest sense.
Our town should be regarded very
much as we regard our families. We
guard family secrets with scrupulous
care and give out to the public only
what concerns them and what will moi
hurt our family.
II broader sense this applies with
equal force to communities. We as
community have our problems and
difficulties that are purely local, with
which the outside world has no con-
Germ. These problems and difficulties
are easy of solution if gone at in the
proper way, and to advertise to the
world through the press, questions
that place our town at disadvsn.
tage and bring it into disrepute, is
not the way to boost our town. Tc
the contrary, it is the very best way
to knock it. Concentrated effort il
any direction with an object in view
will bring results, and if we as {
! community are to ever to realize or
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n%szmG

the natural advantages, we must i'm
bue all our people with the. boosting
spirit, and if perchance some ques-
ton arises that vitality affects our
town as a health or bathirg resort,
it viii be settled by this family Of
pensacolians in secret family council
AID not furnished abroad 60 the detr:-
ment of our town.
1t is an axiom of law that man is
presumed to be innocent until he is
l!'tven guilty, but to judge from the
editorials appearing in papers the
past few Gays, the commissioners
have been prejudged. That they have
been derelict in the performance of
their duties, is the inference convey
ed by the editorials. This is is wrong
for they are laboring under difficulties
greater than imposed on any admins
tration since this has been a city,
and it behooves all good citizens to
uphold them by word and act, if this is
done and they are not hampered, the
sooner will our town resume normal
conditions.
Our commissioners have all twice
received the stamp of approval by the
people in being returned to their re-
spective places, and we should as citi-
zens perform our part and if we can
not praise them, let as at least with
hold our public censure.
There is little ditty that runs like
this: "What sort of town would this
town be, if everybody in it was just
like me-"
So let US all apply this to ur indi-
vidual selves and work for our town,
magnify her virtues and minify her
faults, especially to the outside world.
J ours for Pensacola,
CADE E. SHACKELFORD.
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HOPES NEWSPAPERS WILL
LET THAW AND FRANK ALONE
Bluff Springs, Aug. 10, 1915.

Bluff Springs, Aug 10, 1915.
Editor Pensacola Journal.
1t is to be hoped that the reading
public will get breathing spell now
and not have to meet Harry Thaw and
Leo Frank on the front page of every
newspaper picked up Through the
manipulations of courts and jury
Thaw has been given his freedom and
is allowed to run at will to commit
some other dastardly crime and Leo
Frank has been launched into eterni-
ty by Georgia mob, gone to meet
Mary Phagan, who was murdered by
him when she was only defending her
virtue.
The mobbing of Frank was the re-
suit of one man power. Ex-Governor
Slaton knew the temper of the Geor-
gia people. He had to annul the
power and justice of the courts, over
ride the decisions of the pardoning
board and disregard the viii of the
people He hied himself out of Geor-
gia for the storm to blow over and
was not surprised when Frank was
lynched. Now the order of the
courts has been carried out to the
disgrace of the good name of the
state. This is all to be regretted.
When the criminal rich learn that
money and friends can't protect them
before the courts of the land, but
that all criminals look alike in the
courts, and when the courts and
juries look only for justice, then
we will have other display head
lines in our newspapers. If all
the halter that has been printed
ed of the two noted criminals were
spread out it would cover a goodly
space of mother earth.
Were they worth it?
G. M. GENTRY.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-23

A few members Of Parliament pro-
tested against the Stamp Act
Colonel Barre, standing there in his
place, square, swarthy, a soldier from
the field, that staring wound upon his
face which he had taken where Wolfe
died, on the Plains of Abraham, told
the ministers very fatty that the col
onists, whom he had seen and fought
for, owed to them neither the planting
nor the nourishing Of their colonies.
had liberty they had made for them
selves. were very Jealous OF that lib
erty. and would vindicate it
Benjamin Franklin was in London
to make protest for Pennsylvania: and
the agents of the other colonies were
as active as he,y and as ready to prom
| Use that the colonial legislatures would
treasures more than the act could
yield. IL only they were left to do it
in their own way.
Mr.. Franklin had pointed out in
very plain terms how sharp a depart
ure there was In such measures from
the traditional dealings of the crown
with the colonies. how loyal they had
been in granting supplies when re-
quired, and how i'll a new way of
taxation would sit upon the spirits of
the colonists.
But the vote for the bill was i've
to one.
Neither the ministers nor the com
mons showed the least hesitation or
misgiving.
The act operated in America Ike
| q spark dropped on finder.
First dismay. then anger, then riot
and open defiance, showed what the
colonfsts thought and meant to do.
Their own agents in London were
as little prepared as the ministers
themselves for the sudden passion.
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They had asked for appointments for
their friends as stamp distributors
under the act. Richard Henry Lee. of
| Virginia, even asked for a place for
himself under 1t, SO different a look
did things wear IN London from that
! which they wore at home in the Old
| Dominion.
temper of America, and changed their
own, soon enough.
The act was in no way extraor-
binary or oppressive in its provisions.
1t required OF the colonists only what
was already required in respect of
business transactions in England;
namely, that revenue stamps. of values
varying with the character of the
transaction or the amount involved,
should be attached to all deeds, Wills.
policies or insurance and clearance pa
pers for ships, to legal papers of al
most every kind, to all written con-
tracts and most of the business pa
pers used by merchants in their formal
dealings. and to all periodical publica-
tions and advertisements
The colonies themselves had imposed
such taxes; in England they had been
used since William and Mary, and had
proved eminently convenient and easy
/ of collection.
| Governor Shirley, of Massachusetts,,
| haA AiHASeA4 urBeO IudI FarllaInenC use
them in America, American though he
was
Mr.. Franklin had taken it for
granted. when he saw the act become
law, that they must be submitted to-
But America fatty refused obedience,
and. except In the newly acquired
provinces OF Nova Scotia and Canada
the stamps were not used
TOnOrrowa The Stamp Act Inoper-
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Education.

Reorganization of education under
the junior high school plan or some
thing similar is definitely under way,
according to Prof. T. h. Briggs,
whose review of secondary education
has just been issued by the U. S. Blu
reau of Education.
The junior high school has been
defined "as an organization Of grades
z and or Z to to provide means
for individual differences, especially
by an earlier introduction of prevo-
cational work and of subjects usually
taught in the high school," There
are now 81 cities in the United States
where junior high schools are organ
lied in unmistakable form.
"One advantage claimed for the
junior high schools" declares DR..
Briggs, "is that it groups children so
that subjects seldom taught in the
grammar grades may be introduced,
thereby giving each pupil a mere in
telligent understanding of the work
of the world, of the possibilities in
the subject and in the pupil himself.
"The junior high school also makes
easier the transition of pupils to the
high school. That the change between
the elementary and the high school
should be so sharp permits no justi-
fcation. To bridge this gap by earlier
introduction to high school subjects
and methods of teaching has greatly
improved results, it is claimed.
"The junior high school has fur
thermore greatly decreased elimina-
ton of pupils from school. This elm
nation after the seventh, eighth, and
ninth grades has been one of the
greatest reproaches to our educational
system. Any plan that promises to
retain children In school beyond these
grades is worthy of the most careful
consideration"
The statistics given by DR.. Briggs
show that a much larger per cent of
students enter high school where jun
Tor high schools exist than before they
were organized.
That the junior high school fur.
nishes an opportunity for various
needed reforms in instruction is the
final claim of the new movement, &C,
cording to DR.. Briggs. He points out
that in the junior high school course
of study based on the newer princi-
pies of psychology, sociology, and es-
pecially an improved method of teach.
ing, can now be introduced.
Los Angeles (Ca1.) High School;
Butte (Mont.) Tigh School; Wiscon-
sin High Schoolfi Madison, Wis; and
Horace Mann School, New York city,
are cited as successfully organized
junior high schools, t1.os Angeles
having far outstripped all other cities
in developing them"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-23
THE ART OF LETTER-WRTT'
TAH

I've got to answer Jennie's letter,
and / haven't the slightest idea what
to sayF' exclaimed Bessie Norris, as
she leaned her elbows on the lid OF
her secretary and tried to think
whether she had any thoughts to col
lect
"Oh, nonsenseP' said Kitty Wins
low, briskly; "it's awfully easy to
answer a letter. Give me her latest
effusien and I'll show you how It's
done Let me see what she says;-um
-yes-an right I'll write this out
fer you and you can copy II"
Dear Jennie:
OF course, you must be happy
Seated on the sweet Moorish balcony,
overlooking such lovely stretch of
country, with Edith lying IN the ham
mock swung In front of your rocker,
and two of the men lounging against
the railing and smoking. How can you
deceive those poor fellows so? Natur-
ally they would be furious If they
thought you were writing to man.
You must have been greatly sur
prised to find Fred Travis and VIII
Meadowbrooke and Clifford Noyes
there, when you didn't think there
was going to be q man in the house.
But that Is just your luck. If you
went to the North Pole. my dear, the
inevitable man would turn up as soon
as you had unpacked your trunk and
shaken the wrinkles out of your best
gowns.
So you went out for a moonlight
drive with VIII? No wonder you got
in awfuiiy latel l guess the horse was
the only one of the trio that really
wanted to GO home | had to smile
at the idea of Mrs. Wyckof refusing
to be shocked because she knew you
were safe with Will; he Is such a
good young msni
So he is; but Not too good for
human natures daily food" AS you
probably found eutl
quite envy you the Van Nos
trands' dance. It will surely be a
swell AFFAIR." especially as so many nice
people are coming up from New York
for it. You must write and tell me
all about 1t.
It Is very stupid here now; but !
am going to Lenox next week. Give
my love to Edith and the rest of the
girls, and tell them / wish l were
there tee. Yours devetedly,
'ThereF said Kitty. "Yoa see how
easy L &. I have fusd nearly two
sheets of paper"
How Mnnyp exclaimed Bessie,
ct reads all tight, and yet you have
only repeated her own letter right
back to her, and ! don't have to tell
her blessed new thingF
Yes replied Kitty, that's the
proper way to aaswef a hstter, aad
save your brains for more inportant
purposes. And really. you know,
believe people are dattered to receive
that kind 81 an answer"
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EXPLAINED.

Chinese Guide-There is a legend,
sir, that at certain times the god rains
money upon this region.
American Tourist-Huhi Get the
idea out of your head right now.
That's only the money that's been
sunk in American gold mines com
ing through
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-23
Constiuation Cured Overnight.

A small dose of Po-Do-Lax tonight
and you enjoy a full, free, easy bowel
movement in the morning. No grip
ing, for Pa-Do-Lax is Podophyllin
MAY Apple) witout the grippe. Po-
Do-Lax corrects the cause of Consti-
patton by arousing the Liver, increas-
ing the flow of bile. Bile is Natures
antiseptic in the bowels. With proper
amount of bile, digestion in bowels is
perfect. No gas, no fermentation, no
Constipation. Don't be sick, nervous,
irritable. Get bottle of Po-Do-Lax
from your Druggist now and cure
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-23
HOW TO KEEP A FRIEND.

HOW TO KEEP A FRIEND.
Always ask him how much he won
at poker, and express surprise if he
says he lost.
Tell him he looks we'll in any old
hat if he asks your opinion of his
new headpiece.
Agree with him that his home town
is a good place to come from, and
don't emphasize come"
Never try to borrow money.
Don't criticize his neckties or his
moustache.
Don't correct his French.
Laugh when he tells a joke, but
don't try to tell him any.
Let him alone when he becomes
foolish about some girl.
Ask him why he never pursued the
study of music when he tries to show
you how the latest song-hit goes, and
don't smile when you do it.
Assure him that you couldn't think
of presuming to advise him if he asks
your opinion on any weighty subject
or the stock market, for example.
Obey these rules, and he will tell
your acquaintance that you are q
Good Guy, but absolutely coiorless.
ROY R. ATKINSON.
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HIs MTERPRETATToAE,

MA HoTubeak Ia the midst OF hei
readingl NY goodnessl Whst's this
country coming tos Here e an arti.
Gle headed: "A Bartender to Every
Two School-teacAers."
Farmer Horubeak-By hickory
professors do drink
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IOUR COUNTRY So.
-FOUR PRESIDENT
AZEsa@I0 91lezM3zaNZealD
SsNOCDRON WILSON
OUR COUNTRY BY OUR PRESIDENT.
By WOODROW WILSON.
Passage of the Stamp Act.

Published stscsaI arrangement through
The MeCIHrs NeSRspabey Syndicate.
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& thers)
Copyright 1915 Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
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VERY LIKELY.

Cousin Silas (reading)-It says in
this here paper that a flea kin jump
two thousand times its own length.
Uncle Heck-That's probably why
we never hear of a flea getting run
over by an antomobilel
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.A!!R -
A Galley o. Fun |!
THE AVERAGE.
The average man proposes once,
The average woman takes him.
II he won't propose (Lord only
knows
just how it's done) she makes him.

The newest fashion, like any other
new thing, will always arouse some
there were those to whom even
fg-leaf looked extreme.
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TOnOrrovva The Stamp Act Inoper-
alive.
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Laurel Hill, Fla.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10
THE URCH UPPER
tCopyright.
FIOWE8rd LRdnn

The church supper represents an
earnest effort on the part of the
Ladies Aid Society to feed an entire
community at the flat rate. Sometimes
this rate is so flat that there is hardly
enough left to furnish 6 rug for
the parsonage bathroom.
Church suppers are given whenever
the women of the church are livestock
ed with courage and can find COM
mittee which has not acted before. 1t
is the duty of the committee TO call up
on the church members and collect
food, money and free criticism, all of
which are thankfully received. On the
day of the supper all the able-bod-
led women of the parish gather at the
church at half-past seven in the morn
ing and labor with the food that has
been handed in, and the next day they
come back and apporticn the silver
ware and angel Is food cake. BY this
method of dividing the labor, an ex-
eellent church supper can be given at q
cost not to exceed IS cents a plate, as
there is nothing to buy except the sailed
almonds.
Church suppers are frequently op
posed by outspoken husbands, who OBJ
iect to the free use of the headache
tablet and nerve restorer which fol
lows them. But as the committees ar,
| Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-10

The national government extends its
forest reservation program by taking
; 800 acres in the White Mountains.
This is commendable step. Logging
companies have cut over large tracts in
this district, and their operations have
been followed by great fires which have
burned off much of the rooty and dry
spongy matter which has covered
the rock. This has made possible the
further injury of the ground as a foot
hold for future forests. 1t has fastened
the run-off of rains, and it has dam
aged the property greatly. These oper-
ations ought to stop and the national
government does well to take such a
tract, for it is now certain that it will
be amply protected.