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The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE

u. S., A.
w IHAT is the matter with
w the United States?
w AS | have been residing
in London since the beginning
of the war, have been hearing
this question asked on all sides.
| have never heard any satisfac-
tory answer. No one seems to
know.
Why are the American fac
tories not running night and
day? Why are the railroads not
opening up new territories and
getting ready for the millions of
immigrants who have already
made up their minds to leave
Europe as soon as the war is
over?
Why are there not fifty Amer
lean drummers in London right
now, trying to sell $20O,OOO,OOO
worth of American goods in
place of the goods that were
bought last year from Germany
and Austria?
Why have advertisers become
quitters, just at the time when
their advertisements were most
needed, most effective in cheer
ing on the business forces of the
United States?
From the European point of
view, the United States is
haven CT peace and security and
prosperity. It has no troubles
that it dare mention to Belgium
or Austria or France or Ger
many or Servia or Great Brit
ain or Russia.
If | could afford it, / would
charter the Mauretania and
Lusitania, and convey party
Of 5000 American advertisers to
Europe for a trip of education.-
| would give them a week in
London, a week in Paris, and a
week in Antwerp.
| would let them look at the
United States from the scene of
war. | would give them look
at real trouble. would let them
see trains, ten at time, five
minutes apart, packed with the
manned and the dying.
| would let them hear. from
fragmentary survivors, the in
credible story of battlefelds $50
miles wide, and armies that are
greater than the entire popula-
tion Of Texas.
| would let them see graves
100 yards long and full, and Bel
gium, the country that was,
nothing now but 10000 square
miles of wreckage.
Then, when they began to un-
derstand, to some slight extent,
the magnitude and awfulness of
this war, I'd say to them:
"Now go back and appreciate
the United States. Realize YOUR
opportunities. Don't start dig
ging trenches when nobody is
firing at you. Don't fall down
when you have not been hit.
Don't be blind to the most glor-
ious chance you have ever had
in your life.
go back and advertise. Get
ready for the most tremendous
business boom that any nation
ever had. Build your factories
bigger. Train more statesmen.
Borrow more money. Go ahead,
and thank God that you are alive
and that your family is alive,
and that you are living in a land
that &c, of nnoaa ri ~, xr,I, ~,
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

There are still some women in
our town as in all others who
prate a good deal about wom-
ans place being in the home. Try
calling a few of these up some
of these fine spring days and see
how many Of them are practis-
ing what they preach.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

We only know of one man who
ever got even with Billy Sunday
and that was Rev. Samuel Smith.
Mr.. Smith expressed himself
pretty frankly about the ener-
getic William and then died be-
fore Billy could get his come
back" fixed UP.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Mayor Harrison of Chicago,
says, 81 have served five terms
and have earned a rest" By the
same token so have some of the
boys at Saltwater.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Eight Vessels Wrecked Off
Diamond Shoals" says a head
line. This is not the first big
wreck "of diamonds" whether
red, sparkling or grass-grown.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Does Frank Day wear his
white vest every day now to cele-
brate the dryness of his beloved
Fairmont?
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Editor Tudhope of the Glen
coe Enterprise got off a good
one on his readers last week by
telling them on April Fools
day that a wealthy man died in
Alaska and left an immense
fortune to the city of Glencoe.
Big fortunes were donated to
Olivia on one or two occasions
in the past, but just as we were
abut to reach for the money,
the slat broke in the bed.-Oli-
via Times.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Every tenth Briton has en-
listed. Every tenth Frenchmen
is at the front. Every tenth
Belgian is dead. What does the
United States know about
trouble?
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Three jitney accidents in one
week in Duluth! There is GER
tainly an up-to-dateness about
those little range towns. And
we've heard it limited, merely
suggested, you know, that some
of them are extravagant, too.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

When called upon to make a
speech Jess Willard modestly re-
piled Gentlemen, if l was a
speaker | wouldn't be no fight
en-" IS it possible the Village
Blacksmith never heard of one
IT. Roosevelt?
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14
/ SMALL TOWN DEMOCRACY
1.-THE average small town in
the United States is Amer

T'HE average small town in
the United States is Amer
lean to the backbone. That
is to say, the average small town
in this country embodies the
best ideals of American life. Ev-
cry man, providing he obeys the
commandments, is as good as
his neighbor. There are no false
standards of life. A mans merit
is not measured by the size Of
his deposit in the bank. His de-
STABILITY as a citizen is not
gagged by the extensiveness of
his wardrobe. The small town
has a different and better stan
dard of citizenship. That stan
dard is that man shall pay his
bills, live cleanly, avoid snob-
bishness, speak we'll Of his neigh
Dor, be imbued with a proper
amount Of public spirit-and
stand up for the town in which
he lives and makes his daily
bread and butter.-F. E. Hadley.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14
LISTEN!

I am offering one of the best
quarter section farms in south
ern Minnesota, for cattle and
hogs, for pasture and dairying,
for corn and alfalfa, and for all
feed grains.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Rep. C. F. Neitzel of Renville
County wants $1,000 appropri-
ated for the purpose of finding
typhoid germs. If the worthy
gentleman from Renville really
wants some we engage to sup
ply his demand at $10O per
germ or $50 per germlet.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14
READING NOTICES

Local advertising, per line. &c
Ali church notices and entertainments
where an admission is charged will
be classed as local advertising.
Church notices and lodge announce
ments pretaining to services and
meetings will be donated.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Laundry men are making a
campaign to take all washday
troubles out of the homes-to
eliminate once and forever the
horrors Of Blue Monday. So far
as we are concerned the case is
hopeless-it will still be the "day
before press day"-and sure to
dawn with no copy on the hook.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

A Milwaukee man, describes
a highbrow as a "bald-headed
person." The definition exactly
fits in this locality.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

c.. M. Bendixen has introduced
one more bill! How many does
that make-we've lost count.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

"The Redwood Falls Gazette
thinks Hammond would have a
walk-a-way against Flowers in a
gubernatorial race, but suggests
Bjornson as republican hope.
This paper is of the opinion that
the man has not yet been named
who can beat Hammond" Mad
ison Independent Press.
Brother Farnham, where did
you get notion that we had any
such idea as the above? Ger
tainly not directly from our col
umns, unless we've taken to
writing political opinions in our
sleep. Like you, we are backing
Governor Hammond against the
field. Well forgive you this time
but please don't misrepresent us
on this subject again its one
on which we feel very strongly.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14th, 1915.
PrOven to hare the Largest
Circulation of any Paper
in RedycOOd County
ADVERTISING RATE CARD
Display per Inch Column Measure

Display per Inch Column Measure
Suace less than 80 inches. .12 to 15c
Space over that amount. ....... 12c
Other than ordinary display, addition
al charge for extra composition.
Reasonable discount to large yearly
contractors
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

From gentleman of our ac-
quaintance-a near-relative of
Quentin's by the way-comes a
note bearing this single message,
"Think it's just too bad to break
up good row boats by sending
them over the falls" 1t is evil
dent the gentle reader in this
case quite missed the point in
our story of April Z. AS we
have before remarked we are
able to furnish literature (?) to
our readers, but are quite unable
to supply them with the neces-
sary powers of comprehension.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
Different Kinds of
Commission Government.

That the commission form of gov
eminent can be as rotten as any
other kind, or it can be as good or
better than the old aldermanic form,
depends entirely upon the men who
are placed in Office. It is not 50 much
the form as the men, commenting
upon which the Miami Metropolis
says:
Commission government for cities
does not necessarily mean that it is
to be successful or free from weak
nesses and error. It depends upon
the men who are elected as COM
missioners. If they are capable and
honest, the commission government
Is ideal. If rascals or political plot
ters are chosen, then heaven help the
afflicted city. Some times it seems
IS though the commission plan en-
courages wrongful administration.
especially if the citizens go to sleep
and allow the politicians to ssput one
over" on them. We have referred re-
Gently to the case of Nashville, Tenn,
asking for receiver because some
one "went South" with the city funds,
and that was part of a. commission
administration. Chattanooga, in the
same state, has commission. Just
the other day the clerk Of the police
commissioner, armed, murderously
attacked the editor of a paper who
had criticized the department, and the
editor declares the intention was to
kill him. A commission administra-
ton Is all right If the commissioners
are the correct kind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
PHUNMAKERS
COMMITTEES
ANNOUNCED
TOmOrrOw-The Great Awakening.

The Phunnakers wish to announce
the gentlemen VINO are to compose
the committees for their Municipal
Bali at Mallory Co.rt the night of
August 9Th. In doing so this organi-
cation wishes to assure every Pensa-
colian that each and everyone of
these gentlemen ale active and pub
lie spirited members of both the
Phunmakers and Carnival Associa-
ton.
Everything in their powers viii be
done to make this Municipal Ball an
a6oir of the highest moral ealibre.
Every lady and gentleman in Pensa-
cola are invited to attend and dance
to their hearts content for tile Plum
makers have spared no pains or ex-
pense in trying to make this the
greatest novel event they have ever
attempted.
Refreshments-R. NJ. Wells, chair
nan; B. s. Hancock, C. W. Forum,
R. Y. c. Smith, John Frenkel, H. H.
Brickell, DR.. L. DEM. Blocker, E. P.
Brine, o. ]. Semmes, w. Yniestra,
Ed. o. Swain.
Reception-Herbert H. D'Alem-
berte, chairman, Jas. A. White, Percy
S. Hayes, G. E. Dobson, Leo Israel.
Anusements - Edw. Forcheimer,
chairman; T. J. Hanlon, C. H. Mann,
Harry Wagenhein, Johnny Jones.
Prizes-B. S. Hancock, chairman,
M. L. Bear, DR.. n. E. Quina, S. 7.
McAdams, John DLustro.
Dancing-Dr. S. R. NJ. Kennedy,
chairman; Geo. Hervey, S. P. Levy,
o. H. Koker.
Arrangements-E. P. Brine, chair
man; E. R. Malone, Harry Ball, ]. D.
Carroll, Morris Levy, Ed. Motta, E.
D. Robinson, Sam Bosso.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31

Ointment which he did. He was healed in
week
My baby was talxsn with ar itching on
his back and hips. got Cuticwa Soap and
Ointment for him and In = few days he was
we'll Signed Mrs NJ. B. Brooks. R. F. D.
No. ?. Cairo. Ga. March 20. 1915.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With sop. Skin Book on request. Adj
dress postcard -sCnticura, DeTt. 7, Boa-
tom" Sold throughout tha world.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31

At q James oglethorpe had come back
to England Q71S), to take upon himself
the responsibilities which had fallen to
him by reason Of the death Of his elder
brothers; and in 1722 he had entered the
House of Commons, eager as ever TO
learn his duty and do it.
He kept always q sort Of knightR
quality, and the power to plan and hope
and push forward that belongs to youth.
He was a Tory, and believed that the
Stuarts should have the throne from
which they had been thrust before he
was born; but that did not make him
but that did not make him visionary, for
he was also trained in affairs.
His clear-cut features. frank eye, erect
and slender figure bespoke him every
inch the high-bred gentleman and the
decisive man of action.
In Parliament he had been made one
of a committee to inspect prisons; and
he had been keenly touched by the mis-
cradle plight OF the many honest men
whos>-through mere misfortune, were
there languishing in hopeless innprtson-
ment for debt.
He bethought himself Of the POSSIBLE
ity of giving such men a new chance of
life and the recovery of fortune In Amer
lea; and the thought grew into plan
for new colony.
He knew how the southern coast lay
vacant between Charleston and the Span
iards at st. Augustine There were good
lands there, no doubt; and his soldier
eye showed him. by a mere glance at q
map, how fine point OF vantage II
| might be made If fortified against the
| alien power in Florida.
And so he made his plans.
It should be a military colony, q col
| ony Of fortified posts; and honest mer
| who had fallen upon poverty or rnisfor
tune at home should have a chance, s.
| they would work. to profit by the under
| taking, though he should take them from
| debtors prisons.
Both King and Parliament listened
| very willingly to what he proposed. TIL,
| King signed a charter, giving the under
/ taking into the hands of trustees, wht
were in effect to be proprietors (June
| 1922 and Parliament voted 10000 pound
1 as its subscription to the enterprise
/ while men OF as liberal spirit as Ogle
thorpe's associated themselves with hin
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31

to carry the humane plan out, giving
money, counsel, and service without so
much as an expectation Of gain to them
selves, or any material return for their
outlay.
Men had ceased by that time to dream
that colonization would make those rich
who fathered it and paid its 6rst bills.
By the end Of October. 1872, the first
shipload OF settlers was of for America,
Oglethorpe himself at their head; and
by February, 1913, they were already
busy building their first settlement on
Yamacraw Biuff, within the broad
stream Of the Savannah.
The colony had In it's charter been
christened Georgia, IN honor OF the King,
who had so cordially approved Of its
foundation; the settlement at Yamacraw.
Ogiethorpe called by the name OF the
river itself. Savannah.
His colonists were no mere company
of released debtors and shiftless ne'er-do-
wells. Men had long ago learned the
folly Of that mistake, and Oglethorpe
was too much a man Of the world to re-
peat the failures of others.
Every emigrant had been subjected to
thorough examination regarding his
antecedents. his honesty his character
for energy and good behavior, and had
been brought because he had beer
| deemed fit.
At1AldnS Sk14le0 m SILK culture were
| introduced into the colony. Sober Ger.
man Professionals came from Morayls
and from saizburg, by Tyrol and were
/ given their separate places Of settlement
las quiet, frugal. industrious. pious fol-
as the frst pilgrims at Plymouth.
| Clansmen from the Scottish Highland
came, and were set at the exfremi
south, As an outpost to meet the Span
lard. Some of the Carolina settlers VIII
would have liked themselves to hav'
i the Highlanders for neighbors tried L
dissuade them from going to the epo
| selected for their settlement.
/ They told them that the Spaniardi
so near at hand that they could shoe
them from the windows Of the house
that stood within the fort.
why, then, we shall beat them ca
Of their fort. and shall have house
ready built to live in!'' cried the me,
in kits, very cheerily. and went on Q
their settlement
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
Better Jails Than
Public Schools.

One farmer with a cheap autono-
bile has more invested in that one
piece Of mechanism than the average
rural community as whole has in
its school plant; and the owner of
the auto frequently spends as much
on the upkeep of his one car as the
community spends for the total main
tenance Of the school, including the
teachers salary. This is one of a
number Of significant comparisons
brought out by the Hon. w. F. Fea-
gin, state superintendent of educa-
ton for Alabama, in survey re-
ported to the United States bureau
of education.
To illustrate further the plight OF
the schools, Superintendent Feagin
shows q dilapidated rural school ir
contrast with the handsomely con.
structed jail in the same county, cost
ing several thousand dollars. "This
JAIL" he says, has sanitary drinking
fountains, shower baths, clean floors.
plenty Of light, good ventilation, and
is otherwise attractive. Could per-
son from this district in which this
school is located be blamed for pre-
ferring the jail?"
Naturally county schools make lit
tie appeal either to pupils or to teach,
ers, under existing conditions. Pu
pills drop out and teachers move. Ouf
of 5,423 pupils entering the frs
grade in the schools inspected in thc
Alabama survey, only sixty completed
the work of the fourth year of thu
high school. Of the teachers, seventy
six per cent are holding their presen
positions for the first time. Of thu
remainder eighteen per cent ar
teaching their second session in thei
first school, and only nineteen pc
cent have stayed more than two year
in the same place.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
WIFE BEARING UP
WELL UNDER STRAIN

New York, July 30.--Mrs. Helen
Becker, according to her brother,
John Lynch, was bearing up well to-
day after the strain she underwent
yesterday and last night. Mrs. Beck
er was resting at her home today and
was not expected to see any one ex-
cept members Of her family.
An undertaken was dispatched to-
day to ossining to get the body of
Charles Becker. The funeral, it was
announced, will take place Monday
A solemn high requiem mass will be
said at the church of st. Nicholas
of Tolentine by the Rev. Nicholas ]
Murray. Interment will be at Wood
lawn cemetery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
ARE YOU FEELING FIT?

Do you envy the man or woman of
untiring energy, strong body and
happy disposition? All these depend
upon good health, and good health
is impossible when the kidneys are
weak, overworked or diseased. Foley
Kidney Pills act promptly and help
the kidneys filter the blood and cast
out the poisonous waste products that
cause sore and swollen muscles and
joints, backache, rheumatism, and the
symptoms that give warning of dan
gerous kidney and BLADDER ailments.
D'Alemberte's Pharmacy. (Adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
Not Biased By
Prejudice.

No comments on the war situation
are saner or more unbiased by preju-
dice than those which appear, from
time to time, IN the Journal Of Com
merce. Not only does the editor dis
play an admirable commonsense, but
his familiarity with international law
gives his editorials particular value.
Commenting on the Leelanaw. the
Journal Of Commerce says:
It is unfortunate that Just at this
time another American vessel should
be sunk by a German submarine.
even though no lives were lost. and
apparently warning was given which
enabled the crew to escape. It is
not, however, case to get excited
over and appears to raise no new
question with Germany. It is rather
on all fours with that of the sailing
vessel Willim P. Frye which was sunk
in January by the Prinz EiteI Fried
rich, for which the German govern
ment offered PREPARATION, though il
proposed a prize court proceeding to
which orr government refused to as
sent, as the question was determined
by the obligation of an old treaty.
with Prussia, the validity of which
was admitted. The Leelanaw had car
Eied a cargo of cotton from this
country to Archangel which was not
in itself an ofense that entitled any
belligerent to interfere, as cotton &
not contraband.
On its way back the steamer was
bringing a cargo of, fax to Belfast
Ireland, which is a center of the liner
industry of Great Britain. Some
months ago Germany declared fax 4
be contraband, which is assumed q
justify it in making the seizure anc
destroying the cargo without compen,
sation to the owner. The right t,
sink the vessel, which was CARRYING
the United States flag and is adj
nittedly Of American registry. is an,
other matter. As due warning wa,
given and the crew was enabled {.
escape in safety, while there were NJ
passengers, there is no doubt Of N.
right to take the ship into port 70
the decision Of a prize court. whicI
would presumably release It as neu
trail, the eontraband question bein,
disposed Of by the seizure or the de
struction of the cargo.
As the submarine could not safsl,
take the Leelanaw into port, it woul,
be justified under the general rule. i
is assumed, to sink it instead of per
hitting its crew to proceed with It
but, as in the case of the Frye, it i
contended that this could not be don
without compensation to the owne
under the treaty agreement of 1925
AS this was admitted in the case o
the Frye and compensation has beel
promised, it is to be presumed tina
the same disposition viii be mad
Of this case without further contro
yersy. This, however, may Deepen,
upon the spirit in which the German
authorities may see fit to act. It i
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
Imnortant to Travellers

Never leave home on a journey or
outing without bottle OF Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. It is often needed and when
that time comes is cheap at one hun
dred times its cost. obtainable every
where. (Adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31

to be hoped that there viii be no
equivocation, which might aggravate
situation already sufficiently sensi-
tive, and no undue impotence on the
part of the government or the people
of the United States. This is not a
time for shrinking from any real re-
sponsibility, but it is one for GOODNESS
and calm consideration It is not
worth while to let this incident add
to its difficulty.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
WEEPING ECZEMA
BURNING ITCHING
From Waist to Knees. Could
Hardly Walk or Sleep.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

my husband was afflicted vi d burning
and itching on his body from IDS waist to
his knees. In little while the skin was
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
OUR COUNTRY 50
WOUR PRESIDENT
AMsa@I 0l z1gzzaMzEW9
WOODROW WILSON
OGLETHORPE'S PLANS.
Published by special arrangement Nth the President through
The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
tcOgyrsght; 1901. lsca, 3 Harper =

Copyright pm. By EapE Bpnss
in part
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-31
SAILS
DRAWING q Fl.
LEYLAND LINER NORWEGIAN,
AFTER TAKING PARCEL CAR
GO HERE, STARTS ON EURO
PEAN VOYAGE.

Drawing slightly in excess of 27
feet, the British steamship Norwegian
Capt. Brown, went to sea at o'clock
yesterday afternoon, bound for Eng
land. The steamer left Muscogee
wharf and went into the stream and
to sea with no tugs assistance, pro-
PEELED by her own power. By 6
o'clock the steamer was miles away.
This vessel, arriving Thursday,
went along side Muscogee wharf and
loaded quite miscellaneous cargo,
consisting of 49,017 superficial feet
ash logs, $4,000 superficial feet pop
lar logs, 10000 feet hewn poplar, &c.
600 superficial feet pitch pine lum-
Der, 10000 feet hewn pine, $4,000
superficial feet sawn pitch pine, with
665 tons of bunker coal.
The Chile to Sail.
The British ship Chile will sail at
an early hour this morning for Green
ock, Scotland, with the record cargo
of crossties. This ships stay has
been an eventful one in Pensacola. A
member of her crew was either muir
dered or wounded so badly that,
placed on the bayshore track, he was
struck by a car and his death re-
suited. Several members of the ships
crew were in Jail most of the time of
the vessels stay in port, and only
yesterday were fines paid, releasing
two of the men.