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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27
SOUTHPORT.

Southport, Sept. 26.-Mr. ]. D
Nepper, agent and Mr.. Bloxham
Campbell, both of Chipley, paid a
visit to Southport yesterday.
Southport high school, with Mr.. Sim
gletary of Grand Ridge as principal
and Miss Clyde Ball of Graceville as
first assistant and Miss Myrtle Hol-
land of Southport, second assistant
is progressing fine, they have some
thing over one hundred students en-
rolled already.
N. A. Ball, agent for the B. G. &
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27
10000 Get Free
Timber.


Of the 6ss, $4,000 board feet Of
timber cut on the national forests
during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1915, according to statistics just
compiled by the United States forest
service, 123,16s,O0o feet was taken
under free-use permits given to set
tiers and others living in or near
national forests. There were 10000
free-use permittees, and the value Of
the timber they cut was $206, 464.13.
The remainder, or 565, 754, 900
board feet, was cut under sales con-
tracts, for the most part with lun-
Der operators, but including 1926
600 feet sold at cost to farmers and
settlers, as required by special pro-
vision Of law. The prices received
for all sold timber varied from so
rents to $4 per thousand feet, and
the total value was 81 ,179, 448.39.
The statement shows that the for
ests of Alaska are furnishing large
amount Of timber for local consump-
ton. More than 100000 feet, ac-
cording to the forest service, was
cut under sales contracts during the
fiscal year in the two national for
ests Of Alaska, and it is estimated
that the quantity taken under the
free-use privilege amounts to at least
ten per cent Of that cut under sales.
No figures are available on the
Alaskan free-use cut, however, as
residents of the territory are allowed
on account Of the relative sparsity
of the population, to take all the tim.
Der they need for personal use with
Out going through any formalities.
Outside Of Alaska permits are is
slued to those entitled to share in the
free-use privilege, as a means of pre-
venting its abuse and to regulate this
form of utilization along lines which
will tend to improve the forest con
ditions. The material taken By free
use permittees Is restricted largely
to dead, insect-infested, or diseased
timber, trimmings, and inferior spe-
cies. Forest officers often set aside
suitable areas from which those
granted free use under the terms Of
the law may help themselves under
certain general rules, but where
green timber will be cut the trees Il
be used are designated just as il
all timber sales. The amount of free
use material allowed individuals i,
limited to twenty dollars wortl
yearly.
Montana leads the national fores
states in the amount of timber Gu
under sales, with more than 101 900,
600 feet, but takes second place Il
the free-use cut, with $4,000, 0o
feet. Idaho leads the free-use list
with cut of nearly 25,Ooo,OOO fee,
and is . close second in the amour
of timber cut under sales contract
with over 1Oo,OOo,Ooo feet. Oregon
Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Cal
ifornia, Wyoming, Utah, New Mex
leo, and South Dakota, in the orde
named, contributed from 100000
to 24yOo0, 900 feet under both FIRE
use and sales. The middle wester
and eastern national forest state
furnished relatively insignifcan
quantities.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27

The Zeppelin must increase the
popularity of London's subways
when its hit-or-miss aim can bring
down fourteen passengers in one bus
in Trafalgar square. Peace hath her
trenches no less than war.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27

Edison is about to market a cheap
electric delivery wagon. He calls it
''haIf horse" because it may be fed
with current for $1,000 a month.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27
NOTICE

All pupils in the grammar grades
excepting fifth at No. 2 and a
fifth and sixth at No. 43 VIII assem-
bic at No. / today for enrolment.
A. S. EDWARDS,
Superintendent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27

st. A. railroad, who has been with
US for the past seven or eight months
has been appointed justice of the
peace of this district to I'LL the unex-
pired trm of w. J. Dykes. resigned.
Mr.. ]. ]. Willis, superintendent for
Sales-Davis Co. has been away for
several days on visit to relatives in
Calhoun county.
Mr.. ]. ]. Alday and wife spent the
day in Chipley Wednesday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27

Babies frequently cry becznse they
are uncomfortable and when such is
the case, use Ammen's Prickly Heat &
Baby Powder, because 1t gives the
youngster perfect comfort. What's
sweeter than the smile of babYf %
cents at your druggist.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27

The Germans are saturating Bel
GUM with Kult1r and covering it
with concrete foundations for heavy
guns.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27

William Lawrence Saunders,
member of the naval advisory board,
is graduate of the University Of
Pennsylvania. From 1878 to 1881 he
was in charge of the work of build
ing docks, warehouses and ship chan
nels in New York harbor. He de-
signed and patented apparatus for
subaqueous drilling, using the tube
and water jet system now IN general
use.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27
Hog Raising Increasing
In the South.

The figures compiled from reports
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, just issued, shows in
percentages the number of hogs on
September / as compared with Sep
tenaber 1, 1914, as follows:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-27

There is enough ingenuity in
America to depopulate the earth, !"
says Henry Ford. His love for the
peace movement has the right string
10 It
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CUP COUNTW-:
WOUR PRESIDENT
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WOODROW wilson
THE HATED HESSIANS.
Possd By special arrangement NTH the Pyesde1 fhos
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Special Notchese
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
To Maintain Prices.

The quick advance IN cotton Is due
3rfnas5l more to thai: letter and the
s!s.s
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
Number A.

1 am to address a mass meeting Of
the farmers of Georgia on the 21st In
Atlanta, where this matter will be un.
der discussion and desire to be as
conservative as possible.
"To some extent I have the ear Of
the cotton planters and feel the re-
sponsibility. If you will advise me,
marking your letter personal j.
promise not to use what you say ex.
cept for MY personal guidance
While we made this crop at less cost
than the 1914 crop, it is so short that
at u cents we will barely break even.
ut is a shortsighted policy, because
this crop will be about 5,5O0,OO0 bales
under 1911, and II 1t does not show
q profit to the producers, the 1915 crop
will be curtailed to where manufac-
turer will not have the raw material to
supply their spindles. You can see
the far-reaching effect on finances as
well as labor. .t
"If the representative Of the allies
arranging credit here can be induced
to use a portion in purchasing low
Grade cotton carried over from the last
crop, no, power can keep prices down.
The question will settle itself. had
this idea when I wrote you In August,
and I still think this is the solution
which will relieve your administration
Of embarrassment. II they intend to
purchase through New York banks,
and these force the cotton out of our
hands, it will be a grave injustice to
the helpless"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
TO RECOMPENSE
NATIONAL GUARD
Hay Has Puan to Add Attractions

Washington, Sept. 20.--The sugges-
tions made today b. Representative
Hay of Virginia, chairman Of the house
military affairs committee, that one
good way to improve the national de-
fense of this country would be to pay
every National Guardsman in the Uni.
ted States at least $50 year out cf the
federal treasury, will doubtless meet
with approval among the National
Guard throughout the country.
Mr.. Hay does not believe we should
have an army of 100000, neither does
he believe that the American people
want compulsory military service.
81 heartily agree with the president
that our citizen soldiery should be
given more attention." said Mr.. Hay.
1T might be proper, for instance, to
encourage enlistment in the National
Guard by paying It's members 25 per
cent. Of the amount paid to regular
soldiers, which would be $50 a year
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
Banks Charging Heavy Interest

Raleigh, n. c., Sept. 20.-Facts
concerning high interest rates charged
by national banks throughout the
country. particularly in the South,
were disclosed by w. P. G. Harding
of the federal reserve board in a
of the federal reserve board in a
Chamber of Commerce. Mr.. Harding
was explaining the reserve board reg
ulatiCnS granting preferential redis-
count rates to notes secured by staple
commodity warehouse receipts pro-
vided the maker has been charged
not more than 6 per cent. interest
and defending the action of Secretary
McAdoo in dcpositing S15,000,O00 in
the Southern federal reserve hanks to
aid in financing the cotton crop.
"The comptroller Of the currency"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
GROWING YOUNG

When L-was young and In my prime
And that is looking back some time,
A woman who was forty-fve
Looked like she hardly was alive.
She wore q cap and set around
And Knit and gazed down at the
ground.
At, fifty she would dress in black
And look like the back end Of hack
But, nowadays, when she's seventy
A wcman's purity fair to see,
She wears them corsets called straight
fronts"
And does a lot Of funny stunts.
Is she not prime? Yes she Is not,
For she kin do the new fox trot.
Instead of waitin' fer to die,
She's purity frisky and right spry.
She has he time to sit and nit,
She's ia intention to quit,
This sad and mornful vale Of tears
and keeps on knockin' off five years.
Instead Of ploddin' up life's ridge,
She's Off somewhere a playin' bbridge
Or with the young folks at some
dance;
And waltzilr when she has chance
It's pleasant that this can be told;
The women nowadays don't grow old
Fit Smith is confined in jail al
Tickville. He has bought himself
bottle Of patent medicine and ex
poets to be out in few days.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
Life With an Inspiration.

Stick to your dream, boy. Let
nothing swerve you from the path
that leads upward toward the fulfill
ment of your LIES ambition.
You will meet with difficulties and
discouragements, but when Sou do,
Just think Of the man Herreshof, the,
boat building. who died the other day
~ Az Rhode island. In his life yqnE
s. IIl 10 s:{rf zratIufs erca rol
you over nv obstacle. ~
A writer In one Of four exchanges
SAYS that when John B. Herreshon was
a boy his ambition was to design and
build the fastest boats In the world.
He became blind when yet a boy. That
would have discouraged any ordinary
boy, for how could blind man design
a model that he could not see! But
Herreshoff was no ordinary boy. He
stuck to his dream. The heavy hand
leap of blindness only made him press
OIL all the harder.
The blind boy sat in eternal dark
ness and whitfield out his boat models.
Gradually there devoted In his nngures
a muscle sense that was worth more to
him than eyesight would have been.
Slipping the model CT boat through
his hands he could tell how 1t should
be shaped to slip through the water
with the least resistance. Other de-
signers figured out thenr models by
complex mathematical calculations.
But the Blind boy felt with his
sensitive fingures, and his models were
the best, for when he was twenty-four
years old he built the fastest yacht the
world has ever known and, while he
could not see the boat 60, he felt the
dash and plunge and swiftness OF 1t,
and he wept when they told him his
beat had won the race.
The fame Of the bind designer OF
fast boats spread round the world and
England, Russia and Italy gave him
contracts for their fastest torpedo
boats. He died few days age, q
wealthy man and, better than that, a
successful man, for he had stuck to
his boyhood's dream and achieved 1t
fully.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
DISCUSS GREAT CANAL
Engineers In Congress Talk About Pa.
mama.

San Farncisco, Sept. 2O.-The Pan
anna canal was the cheif topic today
at the opening session Of the Inter-
national Engineering congress, the
firsttoh held since q similar conven-
item the Columbian exposition in
1s9a Hal. Geu. George W. Goethals
pres "a.
SifAkers paid tribute to the sue
eess0f ne canal and to the American
peob5e
TIE American nation was congrat-
ulat3d as fortunate In finding such
a man as Gen. Boethas to build the
cane by Jean J.. De Puligny chief
eng 5(dr OF gbbbridges and highways
for Ehceg TIE said he had been called
froA tl1e trenches, where he had been
for months, to attend the congress.
ca .Goethals revoiewed the hi
tory 6f the Panama car
four generations and gave technical
dese btlcns Of problems encountered
in work and their solution.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23

- sfic "Sa1..-Stesee>1 spp-''.'
crop. This will later sustain prices,
IL there is no combination Of moneyed
interests to force cotton on the mar
ket.
Last spring the New York banks
freely loaned Z cents per pound when
the market price was much lower than
now. The same banks are refusing
to loan over 6, cents. This is very
short crop, and at 10 cents a pound
will not bring what the last crop did
to the producers.
"The banks Of the South are, as u
rule, opposed to lowering the interest
rate. They are afraid since your letter
to come out openly and are working
through the New York banks"
At this point in the letter follow
some matters Of confidential nature
ard the charge that certain bankers
in the South are writing letters to
influential bankers in New York, ad-
vising that it Is best not to extend ac-
commcylations to hold cotton; that 1t
should he sold at 10 cents a pound
and that the best manner to accom-
plish this is to make the financing as
difficult as possible by unfavorable In
terest rates and the refusal to loan
over cents a pound. This summary
was furnished by Mr.. McLaurin.
Basis of Trouble.
You will observe" the letter con-
tinues. "that the basis Of the trouble
is with the Southern, not the New
York, banks. I do not wish to stir
strife and incite hatred among our
people by letting it he known what
some Of our large banks are doing.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
SOuTH'S PROSPERITY
DEPENDS ON BANKS
President Through His Secretary Gives
Opinion on Cotton Situation.

THE President feels that the whole
maintenance Of the cotton situation
depends directly and Immediately upon
The Southern bankers and they have
themselves to blame if it does not
come out satisfactorily" says ]. P.
Tumulty secretary to President Wilson
in letter to John L. McLaurin, State
warehouse commissioner.
THE President" says the letter,
has received your letter Of Septem-
Der 10 and has been greatly interested
In reading it. He asks me to suggest
that you emphasize the letter that
he wrote to Mr.. Harding, and which
Mr.. Harding read In his speech at
Birmingham, Ala"
Mr.. McLaurin left yesterday for
Atlanta, where he will this week de-
liver an address on the cotton ware
house system to a gathering Of Geor-
gia farmers and business nell, which
has been called by G. r. Barrett, pres
ident of the National Farmers union.
On September Is Mr.. McLaurin
sent the following letter tc Presiden:
Wilson:
"You were so generous in the letter
read by Mr.. Harding in his Birming-
ham speech that I feel that you
should be promptly advised Of sit
uation now pending.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23

he said, "has information from sworn
reports to his office regarding the
maximum and average interest rates
chaged by notional banks throughout
the United States. From the report
Of June %, 1915, it appears that there
are five national banks In Alabama
whose maximum rates Of interest
average 26 per cent, the rate in one
case being 60 per cent; in another 81
per cent. The average rate Of interest
which one Of these banks was charging
OH all Of its loans amounted to II
per cent; another 10 per cent. In
Arkansas one national bank admitted
making loan at a rate as high as 12O
per cent; another one at 80 per cent,
another at 60, and another at %.
IN Georgia there were II tanks
interest was about 80 per cent. The
where the average maximum rate OF
interest average 26 per cent, the rate
in one case being 60 per cent; in an0-
ther 81 per cent. The average rate
Of interest which one Of these banks
was charging OH all Of its loans am
ountied to II per cent; another 1O per
cent. In Arkansas one national bank
admitted making Il loan at Il rate as
high as 120 percent; another one at
80 per cent, another at GO, and another
at %.
"In Georgia there were II banks
where the average maximum rate OF
interest was about 80 per cent. The
maximum charge by one of these banks
was 40 per cent. and the average OH all
loans was Is per cent.
No banks in South Carolina admit
ted charging more than 10 per cent.
In Texas number of banks report
ed rates in excess of 100 per cent. and
many of them stated that there aver
age rates on all loans were 1 per cent.
per month rr more.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23

and which would probably cost us
SS,OOO,OOO in addition to the present
army cost for the first year. 1t might
also be wise to increase the field ar
tillery, now consisting Of six regiments,
to twice that number, as the war in
Europe has demonstrated that this is
most potent arm Of the service"
In so far as the South is concerned,
a majority of the National Guard is
composed Of the best citizens. Hence
the statement of Mr.. Hay, holding the
high position that he does, will be
received in the South, at least, with
favor by the Guardsmen.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23

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Better Rural Schools.

''SOuth Carolina is making a con-
slant and wonderful stride in matters
Of education and iii improvements in
methods Of farming 1t has been my
hope and my ambition to see the day
when as coed educational advantages
are offered to the child Of the rural
and mill communities as are given
to the children of our cities. BY this
/ mean good. sound practical horse
sense education without any friIlS. In
your own county educational pro-
greSS has been remarkable. If you
are not now living near Il good coun-
try school, l would advise you to cast
about. this fall, and find piece of
land which you will be able to cult
vate successfully, that is located with
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-09-23
REMAIN ON FARMs
Urges MANNING
RAISE HOME SUPPLIES
Chief Executive Favors Ownership OF
Land by White Farmers-Soil
Must Be Improved.
RAISE HOME SUPPLIES

Coy. Manning is q champion OF
farm life in South Carolina. Several
DAYS ago the governor received letter
from NJ. Turner Phillips, farmer in
Cherokee county, asking for advice on
the question of moving to town.
I'm the outset l must advise you to
remain on the farm if possible" says
the governor.
The governor received the following
letter:
81 take pleasure in writing you to-
day, the object being as to whether or
not it would be advisable for man OF
seven in the family, consisting Of four
boys and one girl, my wife and self,
living in nice location, on rented land
to resign position Of farming and move
to town.
II ask you as personal friend OF
mine to give this letter consideration
The ages Of my children range from
II to Z. By moving to the city l
would have better educational advan-
tages, and it is my whole desire to
give my children fair education.
Please give me a few minutes OF your
time advising me as to what Is best
for my family and myself. Please give
me all early reply on this important
subject, and l will probably be able
to help others by having your letter
published In our local county news
paper.
; II am q poor man and have never
-.
goods. Il
Hoping you will give this letter
your immediate consideration"
Stick to Soil.
The governor replied as follows:
II received your letter several days
ago and have given the question which
you proposed careful and thoughtful
consideration. / appreciate your de-
sire for the educational advancement
of your children, but there are some
matters which we must seriously con-
slider before taking rhe step you pro-
pose In the outset / must advise you
to remain on the farm if possible.
Zone Of the big problems Of our
State at the present time is to make
farm life so profitable and so attrac-
tive that it will hold the people in
the country and stop the movement
into our crowded cities. You say you
are a small farmer and have not ac-
cumlated much Of this worlds good.
Years ago as young man was
feeling practically the same problem
that you practically
that you are feeling today. My
choice at that time was the farm. l
believe that with the proper effort
more money, more happiness, more
contentment is to be found among
the men Of South Carolina who till
the soil.
"The city has many advantages to
offer and also many disadvantages.
You must consider, among other
things, the extra items of expense.
III your farm home you have no elec-
trio light bbills, no coal ills no high
monthly rentals, no extra expenditure
for clothing, and many Of the other
eXtrayG gances that 80 ~ make up
the life Of our people in the cities; on
the other hand, You have your fire.
wood, you have your food crops, your
hogs, cattle and live stock, and, above
all, you have thar atmosphere OF
freedom and independence that can
not be found in the city.
Better Rural Schools.
''SOuth Carolina is making a con-
slant and wonderful stride in matters
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-20
RACING SCANDALS
SQUELCHED BY FINE
Metropolitan Stewards Asses,
Taylor 5000 for Accusing
Trainer Hcffncr.
BLUE THISTLE THE CAUSE

The stewards of the Metropoi'a,
Jockey Club squclched a race track Sea,
dial yesterday when they fined Frank
Taylor 5000 for publicly charging
Trainer F.. W. Heffner with corrup,
practices 10 connection with racing o.
the grounds Of the association on
Wednesday last.
Heffner brought the matter to the at.
tention of the stewards after Ta,,o-
had held forth to MANY turfnen IL
front OF the clubhouse that Blue Th.s,l,
trained by Heffner and owned by II Q
Hallenbeck. had been pulled" IN N.
Notions and virlle.
An incident OF that race was that Joe
Byrne. who rode Blue Thistle, was called
into the stand to explain his poor I'd.
He admitted that his effort was not frs,
class and was reprimanded. Later the
same afternoon Heffner excused tie
Jockey and said that the reason for Rlu.
Thistle's poor showing w2s that he mad.
up his mind TO start the horse only Al,
the last moment and that Blue Thistle
had TO be brought from Belmont Park
in a moving van, arriving too late 70
warm up.
Heffner Is one OF the oldest and mor
respected trainers On the race track. He
has been more successful thar any other
trainer this season and has saddled more
winners on the local tracks. His CHEZ
work Is with the horses Of H. 6. Hallen.
beck. Frank Taylor was trainer for
Mr.. Hallenbeck last year.