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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
An Optirnist in
Railway Operation.

According to T. S. Stevens, presi-
dent Of the Railway Signal Associa-
ton, there viii be no railroad acci-
dents within five years excepting
those due to human fallibility. Mr..
Stevens is at the head Of an organiza-
ton whose efforts are devoted almost
exclusively to the prevention of rail-
way disasters and is in position to
speak with as much authority as any,
one on this subject. There are many
factors, however, besides the single
factor Of human frailty that lead to
wrecks upon railroads, and while i'm
terlocking signals and block systems
have done much to do away with
fatal accidents, the fact remains that
signals and block systems, even with
the factor of human frailty eliminated
viii rot prevent disasters.
The Creeping of rails, which has
beer responsible for more than one
reilway disaster, is something that
has never yet been overcome. Elk
pansion, due to extreme heat and brit
tlcness due to extreme cold have both
caused disasters which all the signals
and block systems in creation could
not have prevented The breaking OF
q hanee, the sudden dropping of q
brake beam or the falling of rock
in a tunnel cannot be prevented with
signals, and accidents due to any Of
these cannot be directly chargeable
to human frailty.
No matter what the experts may
say as long as there are railroads
there will be accidents, and while
it viii eventually come to pass tina
their number viii be minimized b!
the adoption Of various safety ap
planes, there are many causes which
arc beyond human control, as vel
as beyond the control Of every devic'
SO far devised. Me-. Stevens is al
optimist of the most pronounced typ
and while his prediction is pleasing
it Is hardly based upon the experience
OF railroad managers in the year
since rail transportation became
necessity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

questions of his counsel, admitted
that there existed a shortage he said
of $7,391.94, and he was trying to
find out where that discrepancy ex-
listed and the reason for the same
when an auditor arrived and assumed
control of the records. He told the
court that he had not only decided
away his home, but had assigned his
life insurance, totalling $17,500. This
part of the testimony was regarded
as irrelevant and immaterial by the
state, and this is what was read into
the record after the jury had retired
in charge of the bailiff. The objection
of the state was sustained by the
court, it being announced that the
line of examination was irnmaterial
to the issue on trial.
The case will be continued this
morning, with the state taking the de-
PENDANT in hand at the opening of the
days session of the court. An arm
full of cancelled warrants, all the re-
cords, ETC., were in the court room
yesterday, and these will be extensive
ly delved into by the county solicitor
The defendant is represented by
R. Pope Reese and J. Walter Kehoe
while the prosecution is being assisted
by w. A. Blount, Jr., appearing fol
the surety company which is really
the instigator of the prosecution.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
FORMER TREASURER
FACING CHARGE OF.
.EMBEZzL|NG FUNDS
WILLIAMS TRIAL LASTED PRAC-
TICALLY ALL DAY, THE JURY
MEN BEING KEPT IN A BODY
BY THE COURT.

It required about two hours to get
satisfactory jury to try the case
against j. Ed. Williams, on charges
of embezzling funds, in the court of
record, and last night at 6 o'clock, the
court having patiently listened to the
case in all its preliminary phases
throughout the day, ordered an adj
journment until the usual hour this
morning. Before adjournment, how
ever, Judge Monroe directed that the
jury be kept in body, and that the
county provide meals and suitable
hotel accommodations for the half a
dozen men who are to determine
whether or not the defendant wrong
fully appropriated the funds as al
legged.
The jury is composed of Messrs.
A. D. Bowman, John Campbell, Wal
ter j. Joseph, Benjamin F. Bryars, j.
A. Litchfield and F. o. Bryars.
Eight witnesses were examined by
the state during the day, the first of
whom was Ernest Amos, state audi
tor, who gave a resume of the docu-
mentary evidence which was presented
for his examination. All records of
the Office of treasurer, as well as the
cancelled checks, reports to the board
of commissioners, ETC., and in fact
all the records from the Office of the
treasurer when Mr.. Williams occupied
it, were in evidence. 1t is possible
that an all-day examination of the
defendant will be launched by the
state this morning, for the defendant,
being examined by his counsel, was
turned over to the state. This was
shortly before o'clock, and the
county solicitor announced that he
could not finish his cross-examination
under thirty minutes, and asked the
courts wishes in tbs matter. The
adjournment was then ordered.
Just previous to adjournment, and
after the jury had been excluded in
order to get the subject matter which
the state had objected to into the re-
cord, the defendant, replying to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
The visual" VS.. the
"Aural" Reader.

It is natural to suppose that every
reader hears the sound of the words
as he sits in silence and his eyes
travel back and forth across printed
page, but according to A. T. CUTLER
Cuoch, the British novelist and Cam
bridge professor, there are two classes
of readers-the rapid and merely
'visual'' reader and the slower "aural"
reader. In the course of lecture on
"Jargon" Prof. Quiller-Couch has
been reported as saying in this con-
nection:
We should teach children to hear
what they read, instead of scampering
over the printed page with a rapid
glance that gathers its meaning direct
from the printed symbol. The reader
who uses his ears as well as his eyes,
of necessity reads slowly. He is in
tolerant of verbiage; he is wearied
bv circumlocution; he is critical of
RHYTHM. He resents the average novel
of commerce and the padded news
paper article, because he must needs
spend SO long in reading them. The
visual reader consumes the page 50
quickly that he has no leisure to re
feet. The aural reader Ito invent a
name for him) comments upon it as
he reads with the same freedom and
autonomy of mind which we will exer-
else in iisterARS to speach or q
conversation. The one habit makes
a forgetful and omniverous reader
The other a retentive and critical
student. A reader who listens t.
every word of a printed page win nc
more have patience to read an indif,
ferent book that a man who is mod
crate linguist viii care to read any
thing save the best in language witt
which he is not quite familiar.
It would appear that this interest
ing subject has received less attention
than it deserves. IF the view ex
pressed above may be relied on there
Is stfll another important reason VIII.
some really intelligent readers arr
satisfied with mere substance while
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

y ARLY in December came General
n Greene to take the place Of Gates.
and new difacuIties faced the Eng
fish commander.
Greene kept no single force afield. to
be met and checkmated. but sent one
part OF his little army towards the coast
to cut Corvallis communications, ana
another southwark against the inland
posts and settlements where scattered
garrisons lay between the commander-in-
chief and his base at Charleston in the
south.
With the first detachment went Francis
Marion, q man as formidable in strategy
and sudden action as Ferguson, and the
men who had attached themselves to him
as to a modern Robin Hood. With the
second went Daniel Morgan, man made
after the fashion Of the redoubtable
frontiersmen who had brought Fergu-
son his day of doom at Kings Mountain.
TarIeton was sent after Morgan with
eleven hundred men, found him at the
Cowpens (January II. 17SD, just within
the border upon which Kings Mountain
lay, and came back a fugitive. with only
two hundred and seventy men. Greene
drew his forces together again, and al
Guilford Court House CORVALLIS beat
him, outnumbered though he was
March 15th). But to beat Greene, II
seemed, was of no more avail than tc
beat General washington The country
was no safer, the communications of the
army were as seriously threatened, the
defeated army was as steady and as vel
in hand after the battle as before: and
the English withdrew 10 Wilmington, or
the coast.
It seemed hazardous thing to take
an army thence southwark again, with
supplies. through the forests where
Greene moved: news came that Genera
Arnold was in Virginia with a consider
able body of Clinton's troops from New
York, to anticipate what the southern
commander had planned to do for the
conquest Of the Old Dominion when the
Carolinas should have been ''pacihed'
| from end to end; and CORVALLIS deter
mined to move northward instead o.
| southwark, and join Arnold In Virginia
Greene moved little way in his track
and then turned southwark again
| against the garrisons Of the inland posts
Lord Rawdon beat him at 15obkirk'
Hill (April 25th) and held him of a
Eutaw Springs September Sthl: but boil
times tbs English withdrew to saw
their communications; and. though tn
work was slow in the doing, before win
ter came again they were shut within tn
forti1cations OF Charleston and the coun
| try-sides were once more in American
possession. to be purged of loyalist band
| at leisure.
In Virginia. Lord CORVALLIS moved 70
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
CIRCUIT COURT IN
SESSION, NO GRAND
JURY EMPANEL.LED
JUDGE WILSON CONVENES
COURT, SOUNDS DOCKET AND
ADJOURNS UNTIL NEXT MON
DAY.

The fall term of the circuit court
for Escambia county convened yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock with
Judge c. L. Wilson of Mariana pre-
siding in the place of Judge A. G..
Campbell.
The court decided not to empanel a
grand jury. There have been two
murders in the county since the last
term, but neither of the murderers
has been apprehended, so it was de-
cided to wait until the next term of
court to investigate the cases.
The civil docket was sounded and
court adjourned until next Monday
morning at 1890 o'clock, by which
time Judge Campbell will be in the
city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12


others demand substance clothed in
attractive form-why, for example
some readers can not "wade through"
an essentially good story if it be
written in bold style, while others of
equal intelligence are disposed to
make no complaint. Undoubtedly the
beauty and harmony Of well chosen
words can not be fully appreciated
unless the silent reader hears the
sound of them with his inner ears,
while his eyes are fixed on the printed
forms and their significance is con-
veyed to his brain.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
When Baby Has the Group.

When a mother is awakened from
sound sleep to find her child who has
gone to bed apparently in the best
of health struggling for breath, she
is naturally alarmed. Yet il she can
keep her presence of mind and give
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy every
ten minutes until vomiting is pro-
duced, quick relief will follow and
the child will drop to sleep to awaken
in the morning as well as ever. This
remedy has been in use for many
years. Obtainable everywhere. Adv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

acid within the body. Send to DR..
Pierce, of the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, for a
pamphlet on "An4uric," and send 10
cents for trial package or "An-uric''
Tablets.
If you feel that tired, worn-out feel
ing, backache, neuralgia, or if your
slep is deisturbed by too frequent uri-
nation, go to your best drug store
and ask for Doctor Pierce's "An-uric''
Tablets.
Doctor Pierce's reputation is back
of this medicine and you know that
his Pleasant Pellets" for the liver
and his "Favorite Prescription" for
the ills of women have had splendid
reputation for the past fifty years.
(Adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

little while freely and safely enough;
but only for a little while Baron Steu-
ben had been busy, winter and spring,
raising recruits there for an army of de-
Tense; General Washington hurried the
Marqu1se de Lafayette southwark with
twelve hundred light infantry from his
own command; and by midsummer. 1881.
Lafayette was at the British front with q
force strong enough to make ii prudent
that CORVALLIS should concentrate his
strength and once more make sure of
his base of supplies at the coast.
His watchful opponents out-maneu-
vered him, caught his forces once and
again in detail, and made his outposts
unsafe. BY the first week in August he
had withdrawn to the sea and had taken
post behind intrenchmenfs at Yorktown,
something more than seven thousand
strong.
There. upon the peninsula which he
deemed his safest coign OF vantage. he
was trapped and taken.
At last the French were at hand The
Comte de Grasse, with twenty-eight
ships of the line, six frigates, and TWEEN
ty thousand men, was in the West In
dies. Washington had begged him to
come at once either to New York or to
the Chesapeake In August he sent word
that he would come to the Chesapeake.
Thereupon Washington once again NOV
cd with the sudden directneSS he hao
| shown at Trenton and Princeton.
Rochambeau was free now to lend him
| aid. With four thousand Frenchmen and
| two thousand of his own continentals,
Washington marched all the long four
hundred miles straightway to the YORK
River, in Virginia. There he found Corn
wallis, as he had hoped and expected.
already penned between Grasses feet In
the bay and Lafayette's trenches across
| the peninsula
His six thousand men. added to Lafay-
cites dve thousand and the three thou
sand put ashore from the fleet, made
short work enouah of the siege. drawn
closer and closer about the British; and
by the 18th of October Q7sD they accept
i ed the inevitable and surrendered.
| The gallant CORVALLIS himself could
not withhold an expression of his ad-
miration for the quick consummate ex-
! ecution of the plans which had undone
1 him, and avowed 1t with manly frank
ness to Washington.
i But, after ALL" he cried, your Ex-
cellency's achievements in New Jersey
were such that nothing could surpass
i them
4 He liked the mastery by which he had
i been outplayed and taken.
Tomorrow, Peace Necessity 70.
i England.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

Many an American business man
who has tried repeatedly during the
past year to secure a small loan from
the banks in order to carry en- his bus
mess and has been as often turned
down now wishes he was a French
man, no doubt.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
OUR JITNEY oFFER-This and SC

OUR JITNEY OFFER-This and SC
DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with &c and mail it to
Foley & Co., Chicago, H., writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, for coughs, colds and
Group; Foley Kidney Pills for pain
in sides and back, rheumatism, back
ache, kidney and BLADDER ailments;
and Foley Cathartic Tablets, i whole
some and thoroughly cleansing ca
thartic, for constipation, biliousness,
headache and sluggish bowels. For
sale by D'Alemberte's Pharmacy.
Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

With King Cotton at IL cents, naval
stores advancing, plenty Of hogs in
the pasture and plenty of corn in the
crib why should this blessed South
land feel disappointed?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
CITY WATER DEPT.
MAKES ITS REPORT
COSTS LESS NOW TO PRODUCE
BEST WATER TO BE HAD
ON ACCOUNT OF LATELY IN
STALLED IMPROVEMENTS.

According to a report which was
filed yesterday by the superintendent
of the water department, it costs less
now to produce the best water in the
south than it did a year ago, and it
was stated that the main and only
reason for this was the installation of
the latest improved machinery. Where
in 1914 pound of coal, it was figured,
would pump 875 pounds of water, the
report of yesterday showed that a
pound of coal, with the istallation of
the new machinery, would pump 1,125
pounds of water.
The other features of the report
were as follows:
Total months pumpage,
gallons ................ 49, BIZ 900
Daily average, gallons -. 1,643, 900
Coal used, pounds .... $4,000
Pumpage year ago, gals. .42,619,000
Daily average, 1,420,0o0 gallons.
Coal used, 100000 pounds.
The report also showed that the re-
ceipts for the past month amounted
to $240.77 while the disbursements
amounted to $2,155.s0.
The ending of the quarter was what
made the receipts so much smaller
than the expenditures for the same
periol.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

Foreigners are seeking naturaliza-
ton in Pennsylvania county, so they
may own dogs. Who would have
thought that a law intended to protect
game would help swell the number of
Americans?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
WOMAN AeAINsT WOMAN.

Mrs. Van Washington Cat the Char
lily Ball, condescendingly)-D you
think you can do proper justice to my
gown and my jewels, Miss Wright?
Woman Reporter (meanly)-I fancy
I wasn't a circus press-agent tive
years for nothing!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

Dumba's failure to keep dumb at
the proper time seems to have had a
dum-dum effect upon Austrian diplom-
acy in the United States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
ALWAYS.

Naylor-Hello, old mani Are you
moving?
Taylor Goodness, no! We wouldn't
be taking all this stuff if we were. We
are just going camping for couple Of
daysi
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

We believe in Germany, -Bulgaria's
manifesto.
So did Belgium.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
NOWADAYS.

Willis Bump has an elegant home,
hasn't he?
GiIlis-Yes; it has all the comforts
OF travelling.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

Scientists declare that there is no
atmosphere fifty miles above the earth
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

you or any other man ever did ro1i and put
the fire tol Men, we tell you to wise up.
P. A. is crimp cut and stays put-which
means rolling P. A is as easy as falling off a
log. And it's good to remember P. A is put
up in the toppy red bag especially for you
rollers" Sells for the price of a jtney ride, Sc
Now, will the "pipers" kindly open both ears7
Here's tobacco that has made it possible for
three men to smoke pipes where one
smoked beforel
Any way you hook it up, Prince Albert Is
tobacco insurance! Yes, sir, it guarantees
your future as well as your present smok-
ings And just makes your tongue so jimmy
pipe joyus that your smoke appetite grows
whopping big. You men who 'dassn't, " we
say you go to P. A, natural-ike! Because
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

For you can put your little old b1ue-penc1
0. K. right here that Prince Albert is
regular double-header for a single admission
AS joy'us to your tongue and taste one
way as the other
WIN the rollers" kindly step forward for a
spell and get some Of this listen into their
systems? Because Prince Albert certain
and sure jams more joy into malzin's paper
than ever before was figured up on two hands!
In the plain language of the hills, you can't
any more resist such makin's tobacco than
bullfrog can pass up piece of red flanneIl
Because P. A. hands to you everything any
cigarette roller ever drean7ed-out-ra rare
flavor, and aroma, and mildness, and body;
absolutely the best bet the best smoke
r 4 REYNI0I Ms TORACrO c0MpANv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12
Published By special arrangement zSth the President through
The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
tCnrsisht. Bn, By q BurnaAJ

Three Victors In the South.

Us,.I s,sIis sFs FUN. @
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

there isn't a bite in a
barrel of this national
joy smoke.
Unlirnber your old jim
my pipel Dig it out of
the dark corner, jam it
brirnful of P. A. And
m axe fire with a
matchl Me-o-my!
You get acquainted Gcith Prince
Albert IN the foppy red bag, Sc; %
tidy red tin, Zoe, bat for the double
b0ck-aetiOn-joy, you buy a crystal
glass pound h1naidor. And then
you're set! You see, Il has the
spOnge-noistener top and Keeps
r. A. at the highest top-notck point
of perfection. Prince Albert IS oiso
sold IA pound and hGLf.p0uRd tn
kuE1i6oEs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

to be photographed
No other pipe and ciga-
rette tobacco can be like
Prince Albert, because
no other tobacco can
be made like Prince
Albert. The patented
process fixes that and
removes the tongue-bite
and throat parchl Let
that digestl
And that line of CONVEX
sation is "a KIT, whether
you play P. A. in your
old jimmy pipe or roll it
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

Yes, sir, p. A. puts razor edge on your
ppetite-division that's nobbY enough
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-12

Tomorrows Peace = Necessity fOr
England.
The Home news., 1915-11-19
L.B. WINFREE, J.P.
  CONFERENCES
McCRORY HIGH WINS TWO

Our High School Eleven de- feated Newport High on the local gridiron this, Friday, after noon with a score of AS to 0. Winfree and Rhodes never failed to make big gains at every op- portunity. The team work of our boys was excellent while Newport fumbled many times.
 Following the above game the High School Basket Ball Girls defeated the Newport ladies ' to 5 in a fast game. Florence Kyle and Margaret Hargis starred for the locals. Bessie Graham and Dorsey Bullard's work for the visitors was perfect.
The Home news., 1915-11-19
NEGRO NEWS NOTES
Concerning the Negroes of McCrory and Woodruff County. Edited by J. E. Livingston, Principal
 McCrory Negro School

Morning View Baptist Church, was here Sunday to conduct his Rally Day service, but the incli- mate weather prevented the meeting.
 Mrs. E. G. Ferguson. wife of the editor of the Wynne Pilot, visited McCrory Saturday, solici- ting subscribers for the Wynne Pilot. She was the guest of Mrs. Emma Thompson and returned home Sunday.
 Rev. J. w. Harman of Angus ta passed through McCrory Mon day enroute to Colt, Ark, making his annual visit to the St. Joseph s Aid Lodge as Grand Worthy Travelling Deputy. He made his visit. to the McCrory lodge last night.
 The Woodruff County Colored Teachers Association will meet in it's quarterly session in St. Luke Baptist Church at Augusta, Ark, Friday night, Dec. IT, 1915. The following is a synopsis of the program: Invocation-Rev. J. w. Harman. Address of Vel come Miss Ida B. Wells. Vocal Solo Miss Katie Jones. Re- sponse e-Pro1. J. H. Carter. h. strumental Solo Miss Oportia Lacy. Why 1 Should Attend the County Teachers Association = Prof. T. B. Stegall. The Teach CT, His Qualifications Prof. E.. D. Dinwiddie. The Teacher, His Personality-M Mrs. Alice Charac- ter. Three Uses of the Recita- tion-Mrs. R. A. Love. J. E.. LIVINGSTON, President, TEARIE FOWLER, Secretary.
 The c. w. R. M. B. District Singing School Convention was held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, beginning on Nov. II, 1915. The rain prevented an early meeting Thursday, but a short meeting was held in the afternoon and at night. The president, s. w. James, called the convention to order on Fri day morning and rushed the re- tarded work of the convention. Rev. D. T. Wilson preached an inspiring sermon at II o'clock, after which dinner was served in the church. The convention worked hard in the afternoon tc gain the lost time. Rev. H. R. McMillan preached an able ser mon at night on singing, taking a text concerning the Hebrews singing in the land of captivity Prof. J. Fl. Haywood. the District musical director, furnished the music for the night service, using the entire convention. This con. vention constituted the remain ing work of the convention held at Weldon in September which was prevented by the high water. The total collection at Weldon was $22. 50. The total collection at McCrOrv was S75 C5 The