davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lambertville record., 1915-07-01
CELEBRATED HIS
PRIVATE FOURTH
How Grandfather Watts Recog-
nized Day of Signing Of IN
dependence Declaration.

Grandfather Watts used to tell 70
r.. Eonrth want Fourth with
out any noise. -.
He would say, with thumP o' '"'
hickory stick,
That It made an American right oo"'
sick
To see his sons, on the Nations Day'
Sit round In a Iistless sort OF way
With no oration and no train band,
No firework show and no root-beer
stand,
While his arandsons, before they were
out of bbs,
Were acknowledgment Scott! to fire
off squibs.
And so each independence morn,
Grandfather Watts took his poWoer
horn,
And the fIintlock-gun his father hao
When he fought under Schuyler,
country lad,
And Grandfather Watts Wouio starr
and tramp
Ten miles to the woods at Beaver
Camp;
For Grandfather Watts used to say
and scowI-
That a decent chipmunk, or wood
chuck, or owl
Was better company, friendly or shy,
Than folks who didn't keep Fourth OF
July.
And so he would pull his hat down on
his brow,
And march for the woods, SOU east-by
SOUL
But once-ah! long, long years ago,
For grandfathers gone where good
men 60
One hot, hot Fourth, by ways of our
own,
Such short cuts as boys have always
known,
We hurried, and followed the dear old
Beyond where the wilderness began,
To the deep, black woods at the foot
of the Hump,
And there was a clearing and a stump,
And there on the stump our grandfath-
er stood,
Talking and shouting out there in the
sun,
And firing that funny old flintlock-gun
Once in minute, his head all bare,
Having his Fourth of July out there
The Fourth of July he used to know
Back in eighteen and twenty or so.
First, with his face to the heavens
blue,
He read the "DecIaration" through;
And then, with gestures to left and
right,
He made an oration erudite,
Full of words six syllables long;
And then our grandfather broke into
song,
And, soaring the squirrels In the trees,
Gave "Hail Columbia" to the breeze.
And tell you the old man never heard
When we Joined In the chorus, word
for word!
But he sang out strong to the briqht
blue sky;
And If voices Joined In his Fourth Of
July
He heard them as echoes of days gone
by.
And when he had done, we all slipped
back,
AS still as we came, on our twlstino
track,
While words more clear than the flint.
lock shots
Rang in our ears. And Grsnafa4hs.
Watts?
he shouidered the gun his father bore
And marched off home, nor west-by
Nyg
The Lambertville record., 1915-07-01
FLAG Day Pon,,I,r

Although Flag day is a comparative.
~ recent addition to the national rad
letter days, it has been so heartily an.
proved by popular sentiment that its
observance in future is likelv to .s hs
general. w ps
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18

of troubled parents and erring or ig-
norsnt girls.
The woman Judge viii be known as
q referee. Her findings will be in
the nature of recommendations to Ju-
venile Judge. She viii hear virtually
all cases involving women defendants
and juvenile offenders.
A civil service examination viii be
held to create list of eligibles for
the position. Only those women who
have been admitted to the bar of
California, and who have had expert
ence In probation work will be consid-
cred as qualified to take the test. If
the Office fills the sphere intended
it is expected that similar positions
will be created for women in every
county where they are allowed to
hold public Office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18


ENGLIsH fleets and armies had not
been sent to America and equipped
Tor warfare there, sustained In war
season and out of IT, without enormous
expense; and that expense, which had set
the colonies free to live without dread
OF danger or Of confinement at any Dor
der, England had borne.
It had been part OF Mr.. FranklIn's plan
OF union, proposed at Albany, that the
congress Of the colonies should sustain
the armies used In their defense and pay
for them by taxes levied in America; but
that plan had been rejected. and this
war for the busting OF the French had
been fought at Engiand's cost-much as
the colonies had given of their own blood,
and OF their own substance for the equip
nent Of their provincial leviea. and much
as they had suffered in all the obscure
and painful fighting to protect their from
tiers against the redskins. far away from
set fields Of battle
They had done more, indeed, than pay
the costs which inevitably fell to them.
They had raised, paid, and clothed
twenty-five thousand men-a number il
Mr.. Franklin was right. equal to those
sent from Great Britain and far beyond
their proportion. They went deeply in
debt in doing this; and all their estates
and taxes are mortgaged for many years
TO come in discharging that debt
Parliament had itself acknowledged
their loyal uberality and self-sac rihce
and had even voted them 100000 q year
for i've years. when the war was over
by way of just reimbursement
But. though they had made sacrifices
they had, of course, not shared with the
royal treasury the chief OUTLAWS Of the
war.
Colonial governors. viewing affairs al
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
WEEKLY FORECAST
OF THE WEATHER

Washington, Aug. 17.-Middle At
lantic states: Local showers We'd
nesday, followed by comparatively
cool ard generally fair weather for
several days, showers towards the end
of the week
South Atlantic and East Gulf
states: Local thunder showers for a
day or two followed by generally fair
weather with seasonable tenpera-
lures.
West gulf states; Generally fair
weather with seasonable tempera-
lures.
Tennessee: Showers Wednesday
followed by fair weather. Moderate
temperatures.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18

nent by use either entire or IN part.
representatives of the government at
home. had again and again urged the
ministers In London to tax the colonies.
by act OF Parliament, for means to pay
for frontier forts. armies Of defence. and
all the business Of imperial admtnistra-
ton in America.
But the ministers had hitherto known
something of the temper of the colonists
in such matters and had been too wise
70 attempt anything OF the kind
Sir George Keith. who had been COVER
nor Of Pennsylvania, had suggested to
Str Robert Walpole that he should raise
revenues In the colonies; but that shrewd
politician and man of affairs had fatty
declined. What" he exclaimed, IT have
old England against me. and do you think
viii have New England likewise?''
Chatham had held the same tone What
English armies did in America was part
Of England's struggle for empire, for q
leading station in power and riches in the
world. and England should pay for it
The desire for the colonies to control
their own direct taxes should be re-
spected.
English statesmen, so far, had seen the
matter very much as observant Col
Spotswood had seen it thirty odd years
ago
If ministers should direct money to be
paid by act OF Parliament, he said, they
would find 1t no easy matter to put such
an act into execution and he deemed IL
against the right of Engiishmen,'' be-
sides. ito be taxed, but by their repre-
sentatives''-new solonist though he was,
and only the other day a governor OF the
crown in Virginia, the oldest and most
| loyal Of colonies
TOnaOrrow-The Temper of the Cello
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
CADE E. sHACKELFoRD.

Mr.. Shackelford is an efficient and
conscientious inspector of buildings
and Pensacola is fortunate in having
a man of his calibre occupy the posi-
ton. Were he to pronounce build
ing unsafe The journal would most
assuredly protest against its further
use for public gatherings. He is con-
sidered an expert in his line and we
would not seek the advice of a bac-
teriologist, or doctor, or merchant
and give it preference over the opin-
ion of Mr.. Shackelford. The same
applies as to the water of Bayou
Texar. A bacteriologist, one whom
we have every reason to believe is at
the top of his profession, has pro-
nounced it unsafe for bathing pur-
poses. We have taken in his opinion
in preference to others, because we
believe he is in a better position to
know whereof he speaks than the
others.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18

John E. Redmond says he cannot
consider the proposal Of Bishop
O'Dwyer of Limerick that he use the
power Of the Irish party to induce
the government to accept the peace
proposal of Pope Benedict.
81 must respectfully say" he says,
"that in my best judgment the course
Of action you suggest to me would not
be calculated to promote the cause Of
peace, nor do think I would be justi-
fed in endeavoring to bring pressure
on the government to enter any nego-
tiations toward peace at a time when
the German powers, who have been
the aggressors in this war, show nc
sign of a disposition to repair the
wrongs they have inflicted on Belgium
and our other allies"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
MR.. SHACKELFORD STATES HIS
POSITION REGARD TO BAYVIEW

Editor Pensacola Journal.
On your editorial page of this date,
reference was made to the small num-
Der bathing in Bayou Texar, ascribing
as a reason that the public prefers the
opinion of a bacteriologist to that of a
building inspector.
While I am proud of the fact that
the citizens of this city have on more
than one occasion expressed their ap-
proval of me and my fitness for the
position held by me for the past four
years, fail to see the connection be-
tween my official position and the fact
that / disagreed with the report made
on the condition of the water at Bay
view park.
1t was my right as citizen and as
one of the managers of this resort,
to explain my position and reasAns
for non-concurrence, and while / dis
agreed with some of the theories adj
vanced in the controversy, I shall
welcome the day, when, with light
added to light through research and
experimentation, bacteriology will
have become an exact science, not as
now one of approximation, assump-
ton and deductions.
1t was my privilege and honor to
claim as friend the late lamented
Frank L. Mayes, whose friendship ]
valued more than words can express
and whose memory I will ever cher
ish, and whose every effort as editor
of The Journal was to keep it in the
front ranks of journalism by strict
observance of the ethics of the pro-
fession, the writer will indulge the
hope that those on whom his mantle
has fallen, will continue to keep The
Journal up to the high standard sci
by him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
Los Angeles VIII
Have a Woman Judge.

A woman judge in the county
superior court win be appointed in
the near future by the civil service
commission of Los Angeles. The
position will be the first of its kind
created in California, if not in the
United States.
Action of the county follows closely
that of the city in placing Mrs.
Altha Gilbert in the Office of "City
Mother where she is at the service
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
Migratory Bird
Law to Be Enforced.

With the approach Of the open sea-
son for shooting wild fowl, the Uni
ted States department Of agriculture
is warning sportsmen that the fed
eral regulations as amended October
/, 1914, win be strictly enforced.
Some misunderstanding has arisen
from the fact that the various state
laws do not always conform to the
federal regulations. This is regard
ed as unfortunate but in such cases
the department must insist upon the
observance of the federal regulations.
The department will consider any
recommendation submitted in good
faith for amendment Of the regula-
tions, but will hold no public hearings
thereon, nor will it amend the regu-
lations prior to October 10, 1915. It
is the purpose of the department to
conform the regulations to the wishes
Of the majority Of sportsmen so far
as it can be done and at the same
time give wild fowl the necessary
protection.
Federal regulations divide the Uni
ted States into two zones, Zone No.
1, the breeding zone, includes the
states of Oregon, Idaho, Colorado,
Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
and all states north of them. Zone
No. 2. the wintering zone, includes
all states south Of those named.
The regulations prescribe seasons
as follows:
Open Seasons for Migratory Birds in
1915 Under Federal Regulations.
Waterfowl-Oct. 1 to Jan. 16.
Exceptions: Delaware, Maryland
District Of Columbia, Virginia, North
Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou
isiana, Nov. / to Feb. 1.
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
Nov. 20 to Feb. is.
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
Sept. 10 to Feb. 1.
Arizona, California, Texas-Oct. IL
to Feb. 1.
Rails, Coots. Gallhules-sept. / to
Dec. 1.
Exceptions: Tennessee, Utah, Oct
j to Dec. /.
Missouri Sept. Is to Jan. /.
Louisiana Nov. to Feb. 1.
Arizona, California (coots), Oct. Ii
10 Feb. 1.
Woodcock-Nov. 1 to Jan. 1.
Exceptions: Delaware, Louisiana
Nov. is to Jan. /.
West virginia-0ct. / 10 Dec. /.
GeorRia--Dec. 1 to Jan. /.
Shore Birds Black Breasted and
Golden.
Plover. Jacksnipe, Yellowlegs-
Sept. to Dec. is.
Exceptions-F7 Florida, Georgia, Soutl
Carolina-Nov. 90 to Feb. /.
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
Texas-Nov. / to Feb. 1.
Tennessee-Oct. l to Dec. 16.
Arizona, California--Oct. is t
Feb. /.
Utah (snipe)--Oct. / to Dec. is.
Utah (plover and yellowlegs)-
Sept. /, 1918.
Insectivorous birds protected in
definitely. Band-tailed pigeons
cranes, swans, curlew, and smalle
shore birds protected until Septembe
/, 1918; wood ducks in Kansas an
West Virginia, rails and wood duck
in California, and woodcock in Mis-
souri, are also protected until Septem
Der /, 1918.
Shooting prohibited between sun
set and sunrise; or at any time on tn
Mississippi river between Minneapoli
and Memphis, after January /, 1915.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
No. Oix-Sixty-Siz

This is a prescription prepared espec-
tally for MALARIA or cHILLS e.
FEVER. Five or six doses will break
any case, and if taken then as a tonic
the Fever win not return. 1t acts on
the liver better than Calomel and does
not grippe or sicken. Csc (Adv)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18

Political House Cleaning
There seems to be q growing SEN
timent in Florida that there should
be political house-cleaning in ITALIA
hassee. Wauchula Advocate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
No .Pinheads"

VIII Floridians, in next years dem
ocratic primary, vote for men who
stand for something, and who are
capable of achieving goals to which
their ideals lead them, or will they
vote for 'spinheads" who do not hold
strong opinions on any question; who
grab for votes in every direction; and
who win by ''never doing nothing to
offend ncbody?" Wake up, good peo-
pie. Give real men chance.-Tampa
Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18

is one or not. In addition, however, TO
winning suavity of manner, and pull
chritude of person candidate might
have to be capable of carrying on a
meat axe campaign in order to trim
the immodest and turgid class Of
orators who can make the CROWDS
yell.-W Wilmington Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
Political Specifications

I UIIBICdI opCNILzOdIIUlts-
The Plant City Courier called fol
specifications of professional poll
tician and the Tampa Times produced
the goods in detail, which, boiled
down, infers that a professional poll,
tician is wart on the body polite
Sarasota Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
The Right Kind

The Right Kind
The Orlando Reporter-Star main
tains that uncompromising candidates
are not popular, a statement which
seems unfortunately true as this is
exactly the variety needed in Florida.
Plant City Courier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
POLITICS AND
POLITICIANS
Senator Rrvan,s Trim

Senator N. P. Bryan is making an
auto trip all over Florida as a pre-
liminary to his general campaign for
return by the people to the senate
of the United States. He was at
DeLand last Friday and Saturday,
DeLand Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
We've Seen Him

We've Seen Him
Pensacola wants to get personally
acquainted with Perry G. Wall. 1t
viii have the opportunity-and the
acquaintance will mean votes for Per-
ry.-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
New Dirieihle-

4NCW 0AA1SADAC-
The new dirigible balloon, which is
scheduled to reach Pensacola October
1, is being built. II is of the semi
rigid type, with a length of ITS feet,
equipped to carry a crew of eight
men and to travel two hours at a
speed of twenty-seven miles an hour
or four hours with a crew of only
four. A floating shed and hydrogen
plant for the dirigibles have also been
ordered and are now being installed
at the Pensacola station.-St. Angus
tine Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
No Great Respect

NO Ofeat respect
To steal the thought and words of
others may not seem so gross an Of
tense as filching purse, but we sup
pose even the apologists for that kind
of business will hardly claim that it
indicates a very lofty conception of
things, and certainly it is not asso-
ciated with a great degree of innate
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
viii They Stick?-

Will They Stick?-
Now that Wood has declared his
intention of being candidate for the
governorship, the question may well
be asked, will the rest stick miami
Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
Coming Fair

Coming Fair
Mobile and Pensacola are preparing
to hold gulf coast fairs during the
fall months. Drop in on US in Feb
ruary and see fair "what is."-Tam-
pa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACOLIANS
One of Them

One of Them
Pensacola has decided on its annual
fair and is calling for public aid. The
Escambia Fair has always been the
chief event in West Florida.-Tampa
Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18

an assessor disregards his pledge to
assess on this basis we have hard
work getting him in line with as
SCISSORS who comply with their prom
Use.
JOHN NEIL,
Chairman Tax Commission.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
Best Camnaipner-

Best Campaigner-
They say that Wood of Pinellas is
the best campaigner in the state. He
will need that talent to defeat Will
Knot.-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
Knotty ProbIem-

knotty Problem
The Hon. w. v. Knott, candidate
for governor Of Florida, may prove
a knotty problem for other candi-
dates. At least the Daytona Halifax
Journal says he is 'unassuming, APP
proachable gentlemanly, kindly-heart-
ed, and yet, reserved and digniied
he has personal grace as well as off,
cial qualifications" That sounds very
much Ike a description of q good
modern politician, whether Mr.. Knott
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18

tcorgrgAt. 1901. 1sR. By Harper BEothGAa
Copyright 1slB. By the Mc1uEs Newspaper syndieataS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
IOUR COUNTRY
| WOUl PRESIDENT
AKszaI a IL ZSI9
NOODlN WILSON
AT ENCLAND'S EXPENSE.

Published By special arrangement the President through
The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18

Sins Be Found Out
Be sure your sins will find you out
If you are ever a candidate for of
ice.-Orlando Sentinel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-18
VOX POPULI

; NeNN~e~~N~e~@Ne'
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Chairman Tax Commission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-18
COL. BLOCKSOM IN OFFICIAL REPORT
SAYS MEXICANS AGGRESSORS
IN ACTION OF YESTERDAY
MEX|CANS KILLED IN FIGHT
NEAR DONNA GIVEN AT II

Colonel Rluck~nn. \
declared to wa Yesterday the Ranurna. with
h ,,ty limits undoubtedly brought soldiers
blame American trooper" charging that the Americans
fired r.
uU I'm the fight a,r Rio trnd
nord from army and today Colonel A. r. B,kom
-i.atc
u1 - ffar minnie detachment the Twelfth
Colonel Bockm his
fears curtc~ the American side M
hn luu,r.d " M
nadea to tc M,Nicgn casualties
The fighting IrccptatI when McXo began firing
bank \
I. fire wrr additional
NJ. a. unda, de
latcr romno Chs fight
Heer today sent considerable force If the
nj ID ci-
z and bands Mc''n~
tlcrcvc IVY II the
soldiers w the
cngd draggo, lou.ht the ruho theM
" men lazy the
according 10 information
rnrcra c tuatc-
- n,.r N during also
fy, huu,tr
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-18

went to the river hank on reaching the
scene hc wa~ fred on from the Mexican
side. liz mcu were not ID sight from the
Mexican side. Reaching the bank of the
river hc saw an old Mexican and boy
fishing un the Mexican side He stepped
eut from the hank and onto 4 ~audbar III
the river to make an observation. IT. asked
the Mexican on the opposite side what the
trouble was. The Mexican replied that
Nv did not know. and getting up started ~
the river bank Almost instantly and a~
Lieutenant Glu~~ started back mp the bank
five MrNican- showed themselves out of the
brush and levclne their rifles began shoot
iug at Gla-- The officer. handicapped bv
the 1uick-and on the bar. stepped back
ward up the bank and drawing hi- pistol
cmptied il in the direction Of the McXicanS
The troopers. who ~ this time had -lid
up IL within ritlc'~ length NJ the bank of
thc river. began firing to ASSIST Glass III
escaping from h~ dangerous position This
fire was surprise tn the MeNican-. who up
tn that time ala not know that Gla~~ was
not alone They continued firing. bat all
their shots went from two 10 three feet
over the American troopers. The elderly
Mexican who had been on the bank Of the
river. and who-erompanion had fled with
the first firing was the first u ~ wounded.
IT. received three wounds. one of them
SCATTERING hi~ knee.
After fifteen minutes vi firing two Car
rama officers appeared on the Mexican
side. Nv the loft ut the Americans One
drew sword and held II over hi- head.
which the Americans accepted a- flag of
truce. and Lieutenant Glass ordered firing
stopped
Colonel F. s. Chapa. chief y arms in
Matamoro~. ID hi~ protest To- Consul J. II
Johnson of Matamoro~. claimed that the
McNcau~ ala not start the firing and that
the MrNicau~ had not dome any firing
Colonel Chapa. III hi protest made nc
rcfcrancc to the appearance of the tw,
Carranza officers. Who the American army
officer officially reported m having com,
down the river and ~fnpnrd the firing
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-18
QUESTION
STILL UNS0LVED
DIFFICULTY HAD NOT BEEN ANSWER
ED AT LATE HOUR TODAY. CON-
FEREES STILL ARE IN SESSION
tBy Associated Press.

New York. Sept. ls.-Today'~ confer
ence on the International credit question
had moi solved tie difficulty wy late hour.
although the session III conicrcc~ had not
been adjourned.
The Anglo French financial commission
met with the American banker Iu secret
session this morning wv au etfu( to adjust
differences over THE question Ut whether
the proposed billion dollar credit should hr
used solely tor food and other innocent
commodities. or include war munitions.
This question i~ expected to he settled bc-
fore the end OF the day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-18
CONSUMPTION Is
OPPOSED, MIGHT
BRING A REVOLT
WAR SITUATION IS GIVEN A NEW
SIGNIFICANCE AS RESULT or
PARLIAMENT ADDRESS
FEDERATED WORKERS ENDORSE
STATEMTRT THAT WORKERS FOR
RAIL ROADS WOULD WALK OUT

london. Sept III -hlc war situation
was given wv ucW significance today Whru
the federated railroad workers WY England.
whole. endorsed ihe speech uI u I
Thomas iu parliament that consumption WV
i.u- and WuuId bring ahou. an mdu trial
revolt. and THAT thc railroad WORKERS
throughout thr country would walk uut
t"u-rrintiH M growing topic in Eua-
land and rhc tension i- hrcumu4 more
strained between the opposing faction.
THE subject hu- been discussed almost com
~tantly TOR thc past -x months.