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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
What Nation Is Backing
Anti Preparedness
Advocates?

The "Anti Preparedness Commit
tee," an organization composed of
many women and some men with
rather foreign sounding names, has
just mailed out circular letter to the
newspapers Of the country in which,
among other things, it says headquar-
tiers have been opened in the Munsey
building, Washington. The question
naturally arises: What nation is
backing this undergraduates pro-
gram and who is footing the biIls7
In the letter, which states that "it
is released for publication ON Monday,
Jan. TO-" the "anti-preparedness" adj
vocates say that efforts are now being
made to saddle upon America an i'm
mense navy and standing army far
above the actual needs of the coun-
try; that America is not threatened
by invasion and If Germany is vic
torious she win be so surrounded by
jealous nations that she win not dare
attack America. Therefore, say
these "anti-preparedness" advocates,
the United States needs no navy and
an army is a useless expense.
The "antis" take Senator Williams
to task for his recent talk before the
senate and presume to pick flaws in
his statements. Hear the '1ogic'" of
the s'antis" as to why no preparation
is necessaryz eff American diplomacy
has been able to adjust difficulties
with Germany arising in the strain
and effort of world war, why should
not our diplomacy be able to take care
of post-beIlum difficulties?"
Another paragraph giving a reason
for opposition to America having an
adequate navy and an army of suffi-
cient size to protect its shores says:
ssThe Anti Preparedness Committee
believes that the country is not intim-
idated by war scares, sincere or other
wise, and that it is unalterably OPP
posed to any such break with our ma
tional policy as the various prepared
ness schemes propose"
How the "Anti-Preparedness Com
nittee" reached the conclusion that
the people of this country are opposed
to their native land being prepared
for emergencies The Journal is at a
loss torunderstand. It is possible that
such statement is only a wish on
the part of the @antis," for it is
hardly probable that any American is
otherwise than in full accord with the
government in its work for larger
army and navy.
The department of justice has re-
Gently investigated several of these
'apeace" societies and found them
financed by foreign nation. It would
be wen to turn the searchlight on
this new "anti-preparedness" organi-
Eation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
POLITICS AND
POLITICIANS.

Another?-
1t is by no means too late for
other entries in the congressional
race. Indeed, we learn it is quite
probable that there will be another
candidate in the person of Hon. c. O..
Andrews, at present the efficient and
popular assistant attorney general.
Mr.. Andrews would be a strong can
didate and his entry in the race would
be hailed with delight in almost every
precinct in the district.-Bonifay Ad-
vertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
HAIR COMING OUT7

Dandruff causes a feverish irrita-
ton of the scalp, the hair roots shrink,
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once and
rid the scalp of every particle of
dandruff, get 25-cent bottle of DAN
derine at any drug store, pour a lit
tie in your hand and rub it into the
scalp. After a few applications the
hair stops coming out and you can't
find any dandruff-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
Raney For Gov,

Raney For Governor
An effort is to be made we under
stand to get Georget P. Raney of
Tampa, chairman of the State Dem
ocratic executive committee, to run
for governor in the coming primary.
This effort it is understood will be
brought to elimination at the meet
ing of the executive committee next
week in Jacksonville. How does the
idea strike you? Takes you back a
generation or two to the time when
the name, Raney, was something to
conjure with in Florida politics, don't
it? And there is no name given
among the men of Florida that would
be more powerful with old-time Flo
ridians even now. Geo. P. Raney, a
son of one of F'lorida's greatest menI
And a Democrat, sound to the core.
Worthy of the honor? Sure he is,
or he wouldn't be the official head of
the party organization. There has
been much talk of a "dark horse"
candidate for governor to announce
after the holidays; here he is-a
young man, comparatively; clean and
polished in manner; dignifed, learned
and son of one of Florida's greatest
statesmen and jurists. Raney would
run like CREASED lightning. Palatka
News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACOLIANS
smithwick's Judgment

Congressional Candidate Smithwick
in the Third district did good thing
for his candidacy when he selected
Bryan Mack to manage his campaign.
Mack is the editor of the State up
IN Jacksonville, but the greater part
of his life was passed in West Florida
and he knows those people well. There
are four or five candidates for con-
gress in that district, with Bill Ma
poles still to hear from, but with
Mack to boost for Smithwick we
should play him for favorite.-Lake-
land Telegram.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
Florida the Place

We are powerful glad to be in
" Flurida" this winter, especially when
we read the headlines of valued ex-
change as follows: "Fifty-Two-F Foot
Fall of Snow In Arizona Town" Ugh!
Surely there must be some mistake
about that. Even a fifty-two-inch
snow would be one of Andrew Car
ter's 'ehumdingers." Wonder what
word he would use to express himself
in regard to fifty-tWo-foot snow p
Arcadia News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11

No, Hazel, dear, those Mobile edi-
tors are not going to fight. The Reg
lister and Item are just looking at
each other through the periscope.
General Public is not much interested
in what's going to happen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11

John ID. says he's going to put John
Barleycorn out of business. A battle
between Standard Oil and General
Booze VIII doubtless make a noise
like exploding ascent gasoline.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11

A Key West citizen says he dream
ed he saw snake a mile long. Geel
that's awful stuff they have down
there through Christmas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11

Right next to sc. F. & A. Day" in
Pensacola will come Mardi Gras and
Wasnington's birthday. My! what
lot of noise weIl all makel
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
Holmes Is Humpin'

The Holmes County Old Spanish
Trail Association is now a corporate
entity. It's aims are made clear in
another column of this paper. The
citizens of this county are too wide
awake to give this matter but luke
warm support. The good roads move
ment is spreading all over the coun-
try because people have discovered
that it means substantial pecuniary
returns.-Holmes County Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
Pensacola ON Trail

Pensacola on Trail
A report comes from Mobile that
Pensacola win not be on the Old
Spanish Trail. AS three Florida men
select the Florida route, Pensacola
should worry over the report Quincy
Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
GiIchrist's Coon Skin

UIICnFIsLs Coon Skill
Gilchrist is the only candidate who
owns the skin of white 'coon. Now,
you wags, it's not Gilchrist's own
bodily skin, but white skin that was
stripped from a coon. Whether he
wears it as sort of an amulet or not,
we hope it will bring him even
greater luck than his three monkeys
did.-Punta Gorda Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
PensacoIa,s Celebration

On the 18th of January Pensacola
will celebrate an event of great i'm
portance to her welfare. 1t will be
the running of through train from
Birmingham to Pensacola over the
new G., F. & A. railroad, and 'sPen-
sacola will be forever emancipated
from the prestige of being a one rail-
road town." as the News puts it,
Lake City Index.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
An Anomoly..-

Fffty-two inches of snow is report
ed IN Colorado, not away up in the
mountains, but where people live,
while here in West Florida, children
are running barefooted and picking
dowers.-Milton Gazette.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
Hawks In Town

Chicken hawks are becoming quite
bold in DeFuniak. Mr.. S. K. ellis
shot the stufin' out of one just back
of his Office yesterday and a lady
killed one few days ago with a
broom.-DeFuniak Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
State Exchanges

Some of the state papers that come
to the exchange table here are SO Sc
curely wrapped that one needs a can
opener to get the paper out to be
read.-St. Petersburg Independent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
Fine For sportsmen-

Two or three of Millions well
known Nimrods were out hunting
several days this week and renort
birds quite plentiful. What with an
abundance of game, lakes, rivers and
bays Astounding in fish, acres of the
finest oyster beds in the world, a eli
mate that beats sunny California, or
southern Italy, who would not want
to live in West Fqorida.-Milton Ga
zette.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11

Ccopyrisht by the Mcclure
a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
Discussing Andrews

Discussing Andrews
Friends of Chas. o. Andrews, as
sistant attorney general, are discuss
ing the probability Of his entering
the race for congress.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
TERSE COMMENT ON
VARIOUS SUBJECTS
Fearful Happenings

Fearful Happenings-
Bill Maypoles' paper at Crestview
tells of woman who "fe1I from win
dow and lit on her back porch" and
the Apalachicola Times saws a man
IN that town ''was bitten by dog in
the fracas." Some funny things hap
pen in Florida.-DeFuniak Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-11
A Champion Of the West.

Published b. sbeea arrangement rvifh the President through
The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
MADE Big MISTAKE
TRAVELLING MAN "GoT GAY" WITH
THE WRONG MAN.
Meant His Remarks as Joke, but
Sleepy Individual Whom He Had
Abused Could Not See 1t
That Way.

A Columbus travelling man tells of
an unusual and humorous experience
on the road down in south Georgia a
few days ago.
A salesman had been working that
section and found business fine. Cot
ton sales had been good and the folks
had money to buy his commodity and
did buy. SO, his work over and an
envelope stuffed with orders mailed in
the post office, he felt in extraordinary
fine spirits when he boarded the train
to go to the next town.
The train started off and the sales
man stood on the back platform, srnok-
ing a good cigar and surveying the
scenery with great satisfaction. A
rather shiftleSs looking individual was
leaning against post near the track,
hundred yards or so from the depot.
The train had gathered considerable
momentum and was going fast when
it passed the post.
The salesman was in extraordinary
high spirits and his good humor had to
vent itself some way; and it expressed
itself in this most unusual manner.
When the rapidiy-moving train passed
the shiftless-looking man the traveller
leaned off the platform, shook his fin
gers in the others face and in the
course of two or three hilarious Sec
onds gave him his complete industrial
and personal history in terse, crisp
phrases. The travelling man was smil-
ing, and If the citizen had but known
1t, his apparently derogatory remarks
were really an expression Of overflow
ing good nature and satisfaction with
the world, but the Strengthening man
cOuldn't see anything in it but malice
of the. most astonishing and uneXpect-
ed kind. ,t&&
70 the travelling mans establishment,
the sleepy-looking man, galvanized into
life, started down the track at full
speed after the train, now going quite
fast. 1t was apparently an unequal
race and the man on the platform was
lightly amused, although admiring the
others pluck and endurance. In two
or three minutes, however, he was sur
prised to find the speed of the train
lessening, and as it did so the runner
made another squirt. In just little
bit the train came to a dead stop
the engine always paused to get water
there, although this passenger was Of
course, unaware Of that fact. The
Marathon runner in the rear arrived
in time TO jerk the traveller off the plat
form. The classiest kind Of fight fol-
lowed, but when the travelling man
managed to climb back on the platform
as the train started off again, he had
two well-blacked eyes and his new suit
was sadly torn, while the gentleman
whom he had decorated with several
titles a quarter mile back down The
track, had found and was utilizing an
other post and seemed in state of
perfect cOntent.-Macon Telegraph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17

something wild in his blood, something
that made him fear himself.
Euchre wagged his old head sympa-
thetically. "Reckon you feel little
sick. When it comes to shootin', run.
What's your age?"
'Tm twenty-three," replied Duane.
Euchre showed surprise. "You're
only boy! I thought you thirty any.
ways. Buck, I heard what you told
Bland, an putin tibet with my own
figgerin', I reckon you're no criminal
yet. THROWN gun in self-defense-
tibet amt no crime"
Duane, finding relief In talking, told
more about himself.
"Huh," replied the old man. "Tve
seen hundreds of boys come in on the
dodge. Most of them, though, was no
good. An tibet kind don't last long.
This river country has been an Is the
refuge fer criminals from all over the
states. I've bunked with bank CASH
iers, forgers, plain thieves, an out.
an'-out murderers, all Of which had no
bizness on the Texas border. Fellers
like Bland are exceptions. He's no
Texan-you seen tibet. The gang he
rules here come from all over, an
they're tough cusses, you can bet on
tibet. They live fat an easy. If 1t
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17

dead weight into Duane's arms, and
one look at the haggard face showed
Duane that the outlaw had taken his
last ride. He knew 1t, too. Yet that
cheerfulness prevailed:
"Buck, will you take off my boots?'
he asked, with a faint smile on his
pallid face.
Duane removed them, wondering II
the outlaw had the thought that he
did not want to die with his boots on.
Stevens seemed to read his mind.
"Buck, my old daddy used to say
tibet I was born to be hanged. But I
wasn't-an' dyin' with your boots on
is the next wust way to croak."
you've a chance TOTO get over
this" said Duane.
ashore. But I want to be correct
about the boots-an' say, pard. if do
go over, jest you remember tibet was
appreciatin' your kindness"
This matter of the outlaws boots
was strange, Duane thought. He made
Stevens as comfortable as possible,
then attended to his own needs. And
the outlaw took up the thread Of his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
al Want the Hoss an Them Guns"

wasn't fer the fightin' among them
selves, they'd shore grow populous.
The Rim Rock is no place for a peace
able, decent Teller. I heard you tell
Bland you wouldn't like to join his
gang. Thet'n not make him take
likin' to you. Have you any money!"
"Not much" replied Duane.
"When the moneys gone how will
you live? There amt any work a de-
cent Teller could do. You can't herd
with greasers. Why, BANDS men
would shoot at you in the fields.
What'll you do, SOM"
"God knows" replied Duane, hope
lessly. "rll make my money last as
long as possible-then starve."
"Wal, I'm pretty pore, but you'll
never starve while got anythin'."
Here it struck Buck again-that
something human and kind and eager
which he had seen in Stevens. Duane's
estimate Of outlaws had lacked this
quality. He had not accorded them
any virtues.
'Tm much obliged to you, Euchre,'
replied Duane. "But Of course won't
live with anyone unless can pay my
share"
"Have it any way you like, my son.
said Euchre, good-humOredly. "You
make a fire, an I'll set about gettin'
grub. I'm a sour-dough, Buck. Tibet
man doesn't live who can beat my
bread"
GLOW do you ever pack supplies
in here" asked Duane, thinking Of the
almost inaccessible nature Of the val
ley.
"Some comes across from Mexico,
an the rest down the river. That
river trip is a bird. It's more'n five
hundred miles to any supply point.
Bland has mozos, greaser boatmen.
Sometimes, too, he gets supplies In
from down-river. You see, Bland sells
thousands Of cattle in Cuba. An all
this stock has to go down by boat to
meet the ships"
'Where on earth are the cattle
driven down to the rivera" asked
Duane.
"Thet's not my secret" replied Eu-
chre shortly. "Fact is, don't know.
I've rustled cattle for Bland, but he
never sent me through the Rim Rock
with them"
Duane experienced a sort Of pleas
ure in the realization that interest had
been stirred In him. He was curious
about Bland and his gang, and glad to
have something to think about. For
every once in a while he had a sensa-
ton that was almost like pang. He
wanted to forget. In the next hour he
did forget, and enjoyed helping In the
preparation and eating Of the meal.
Euchre, after washing and hanging up
the several utensils, put on his hat and
turned to go out.
"Come along or stay here, as you
want" he said to Duane.
"Pli stay" rejoined Duane slowly.
The old outlaw left the room and
trudged away, whistling cheerfully.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Speed of the Turtle.

The slowness of the turtle again is
proved, but he gets there just the
same. While hunting on Dantz run in
Delmar township, L. r. Van Horn
found large mud turtle. He noticed
a steel plate on it's back, Which bore
the inscription "V. d. G., 4-15-13." 1t
was supposed that these were the inl-
tails Of V. D. Gross Of Tyadaghton, and
Van Horn wrote him q letter.
He replied that he had found the
turtle in Pine creek at Tyadaghton and
put on the plate and turned him loose.
In two years and seven months his tur-
tie has travelled Is miles. Van Horn
has had copper plate made with his
initials and address, and he will send
the turtle to some point in the North
Tier and have 1t Neutrality-suspicious.
Pa.) Correspondent New York Sun. +,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Predicts a Simple Relation.

"When the war is over we are going
to have simple religion, religion
without frills," the bishop Of Stepney
said, addressing those who took part
In the second procession of prayer and
intercession service arranged by the
Church League for WOmen's Suffrage
in Hyde Park. mo frills," he added,
pointing, amid laughter, to the frills
on his own sleeves.
"We shall want a religion that will
hold us together. We have had great
deal too much Of individualism In re-
lgion. We have had too much of the
ology of the jolly miller who lived on
the banks of the River Dee, who said,
4 care for nobody, no, not !, and no.
body cares for me-"
The boys when they came back from
the front would not want mere sing
ing, or billiards, diluted with religious
thought, but something stronger and
firmer, he asserted, and with all his
heart he believed we wanted more re-
ligion, but a real, living, simple relig-
ion.-London Observer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Deep-Sea Divinu.

eyes, sir; it seems simple enough to
put on a diving dress and go down into
the sea, but can assure you that 1t Is
not quite so easy as it looks" said
deep-sea diver. 1.-THE farther one goes
down below the water the greater the
pressure, and, consequently, the labor
and exhaustion of working Is greater.
You would probably find 70 feet quite
deep enough for your first dive. The
pressure on your head would be so
great that, not being used to 1t, your
ears and nose might bleed. In diving
the rate Of ascent is important. If
the diver is less than so feet below
the surface he can be pulled up two
feet a second with safety; for greater
depths the rate Of ascent must be
slower"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
The Lone Star Ranger
A Fine Tale OF the Open Country By ZANE GREY

I The outlaw had a bloody foam on his
lips, and he was splitting blood.
"Oh, why didn't you say sol" cried
Duane. Il never thought. You seemed
all right"
oval, Luke Stevens may be as gabby
as an old woman, but sometimes he
doesn't say anythin'. It wouldn't have
done no good"
Duane babe him sit down, removed
his shirt, and washed the blood from
his breast and back. Stevens had been
shot in the breast, fairly low down,
and the bullet had gone clear through
him. His ride, holding himself and
that heavy pack in the saddle, had
been a feat little short of marvellous.
Duane did not see how it had been
possible, and he felt no hope for the
outlaw. But he plugged the wounds
and bound them tightly.
"Feller's name was Brown" Stevens
said. "Me an him fell out over boss
I stole from him over in Huntsville.
We had shootin' scrape then. Wal,
as was standin' my boss back there
in Mercer I seen this Brown, an seen
him before he seen me. Could have
killed him, too. But wasn't breakin'
my word to you. I kind Of hoped he
wouldn't spot me. But he did-an'
fust shot he got me here. What do
you think of this hole?"
cts pretty bad" replied Duane !;
and he could not look the cheerful out
law in the eyes.
ST reckon it is. Wal, I've had some
bad wounds lived over. Guess mebbe
I can stand this one. Now, Buck, get
me some place in the brakes, leave me
some grub an water at my hand, an
then you clear out"
'Ieave you here alone?" asked Du-
ane sharply.
ashore. You see I can't keep up
with you. Brown an his friends will
foller us acrest the river a ways.
You've got to think Of number one in
this game"
"What would you do in my case"
asked Duane curiously.
"Wal, reckon I'd clear out an save
my hide" replied Stevens.
Duane felt inclined to doubt the out
laws assertion. For his own part, he
decided his conduct without further
speech. First he watered the horses,
filled canteens and water bag, and then
tied the pack upon his own horse.
That done, he lifted Stevens upon his
horse, and, holding him in the saddle,
turned into the brakes, being careful
to pick out hard or grassy ground that
left little signs of tracks. Just about
dark he ran across q trail that Ste
vens said was a good one to take into
the wild country.
"Reckon we'd better keep right on
in the dark-till I DROP" continued
Stevens, with laugh.
All that night Duane, gloomy and
thoughtful, attentive to the wounded
outlaw, walked the trail and never
halted. Dawn caught the fugitives at
a green camping site on the bank Of
rocky little stream. Stevens fell a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
CHAPTER w.

Two days later, about the middle of
the forenoon, Duane dragged the two
horses up the last ascent Of an exceed
ingly rough trail and found himself on
top Of the Rim Rock, with beautiful,
green valley at his feet, the yellow,
sluggish Rio Grande shining in the
sun, and the great, wild mountainous
barren Of Mexico stretching to the
south.
No wonder outlaws were safe in that
wild refuge! Duane had spent the last
two days climbing the toughest and
most difficult trail he had ever seen.
From the looks Of the descent he
imagined the worst part Of his travel
was vet to come
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
WHEN MATING LARGE BREEDS
Use Ono Male With Every Six or
Eight Females-With Leehorns
One to Ten or Fifteen.

When mating the larger breeds, like
Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, use
one male to every six or eight females.
II medium-sized breeds, like Plymouth
Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, etc., one
male to eight to twelve females. With
smaller breeds. like Leghorns, one
male to ten to fifteen females.