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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-07

the decks and pumping out the little vessel.
He had reached the dock and was making the
boat fast, when a smooth-faced individual
wearing pair of gold trimmed spectacles
addressed him.
Captain Bradley, believe, master Of the
Sally Qaiyk, and lookin' for charter" in
quired the stranger.
EYRE right, young man. ] be Cap'n
Bradley; that's my schooner anchored off
yonder, and if yer don't want her for stone
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-07

or coal, she's for charter" replied Captain
jeremiah.
Lets go over to my room at the Croker
House and talk things over" suggested the
man in spectacles. Il want to charter the
schooner, and won't kick about the price if
we can agree about the other particulars. If
we can't come to terms you won't be out any
thing cause III pay the car-fare both ways,
and I've got box of good cigars and plenty
of good stuff to drink up at the hotel. Here's
one of the cigars for starter"
Making a selection from the extended
pocket-case, Captain jeremiah critically ex-
amined the band. "Hell's fre!" he ex-
claimed, 81 haven't smoked Romeo in FIVE
years"
Whats the word, Cap2" persisted the
stranger. "WiIl we take the next car down
town."
"We sure WILL" responded Captain Jere-
miah, a and if your booze is as good as your
smokes, you're what call a real, blown-in-
the-bottle sport with capital S."
u y y Il ~
Deeply engrossed in a detective story, a
wireless receiver strapped to his head, Aces
sat in the tiny cabin Of the Sally Qairk one
evening Reaching the end of each chapter
he would lay aside the book, shift the appara-
tus to different tunes" and listen to various
messages. from the sea, patiently waiting for
the letters "a c. Al, the call for bis station.
For the third time that evening he suddenly
threw down his book, grabbed pencil and
paper, and listened intently
During the silence that ensued, Captain
Jeremiah picked nervously at his gray beard,
and even Billy, seasoned old gambler that he
was, felt his heart thump with unwonted
activity. After Aces had repeated the mes
sage and received his 40. K.'', the youth
handed the slip of paper to Billy, and the
latter read with quickening pulse:
A. C. A. VIII have goods for you tomorrow
morning at New Haven Breakwater between one
and three AN. Answer if you can receive them.
P. P. Q. Q.
Billy silently handed the message to Cap
tain Jeremiah, VINO quickly produced coast
chart and eompasses, and after making a
hurried calculation, stated:
"Thatl mean bout fifteen miles sou SOU
east from Montauk Point, nd wen make il
in about four hours if the wind holds"
"Tel Cap'n Pete that wen be there
Aces" ordered Billy, and that if we miss
him, he's to run in and call US up to-morrel
night. When you're finished, come up OF
deck, get your wires out of sight, help US with
Their sails, and Cap'n Jeryn teach you how
to steer the schooner"
Some hours later, when well to the south
ward of Montauk Light, and Aces had beer
taught how to manipulate the helm, Captain
jeremiah left the lad at the wheel and wen
below. Soon after he reappeared on decl
carrying two lighted riding lamps which b
! hoisted to the foretop in such a manner tia
one hung about six feet below the other.
We're swingin' lights now which max
. US look ike tug with barges in tow" re
, marked the Captain to Billy as he returne'
) to the wheel and found the ex-faro deale
gazing into the pinnacle +" If any strang
; craft with curious notions show up III te
i 'em that the extry lights are signals Nv di:
, tress, cause we've run out Nv whisky"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-07

EYES," laughed Billy. "Doherty's in the
third story window of the ship chandlery
with pair of binoculars, and Wiley's uptown
smellin' round the laundry where we have
the first batch planted"
Now Billy, listen carefully" directed
Captain Pete as he seated himself on the
edge of a bunk. "The Five Brothers
with myself in command sails next Saturday
morning at high tide with forty yellow pas
sengers. Our papers are regular and the
Dominion officials don't care rap where we
go. They have special regulations for craft
which carry passengers, so to get around them
in legal manner have signed the first load
on the ships articles as cook, mess-boy and
thirty-eight fishermen. We have our dories
and regular fishing gear, and l don't care
what Doherty and Wiley think; there's not
an official of the United States Government
who viii dare to board or modest us as long
as we do not fish in certain waters, and pro-
vided of course that we keep outside the three
mile limit. You take the 7.45 for New York
tonight. All / need on board is four able
seamen that can keep their mouths shut. I've
got EN-. If you are trailed to the city you
know how to shake the sleuths Cut of that
set of red bristles that you call mustache,
change your front and have yourself fitted to
a neat pair of gold-rimmed spectacles, and
then get in touch with bright kid whose adj
dress I'll give you. He used to be a mes
senger boy around the Battery. staked him
to the price of a scholarship, and he's just
been graduated from one of the wireless
operators schools"
Captain Pete produced card and small
morocco-covered book, handed them to Billy
and continued:
Heres our code book and Aces adj
dress. There's only two things for you to
remember about the code-whenever the
word goods is mentioned, it means Chinks
and that wherever locality is specified, such
as Grand Manan', Woods Hole Block
Island, and so forth, IL really means Siat,
nautical miles tysts southeast OF The locality
mentioned"
A carpenter approaching the pair in search
of a mislaid tool interrupted further CON
6dentia1 instructions at the time.
A few mornings later, soon after eigh
O'Clock, the FfVe Brothers was warped on
of her dock. Her departure was attended b,
a crowd who winked knowingly at each othe
as the twoscore Chinese fishermen" boardeC
the schooner with their scanty belongings.
BY nine O'Clock, customers of the North
western Telegraph Company found the littl
Office tenanted by two shirt-sleeved individual
who were writing as if their lives dependet
upon it The lanky Nova-Sootian operate
in charge occasionally opened his key lon
enough to inform his inteHogators that b
had enough stuff on his hook to keep hin
busy for an hour, and that if those Yanks
. did not get the writer's cramp, it would
impossible to say when he would have a
open wire.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-07

Captain Jeremiah Bradley, master of the
schooner S0lly Qxirk, was leisurely sculling
his sharpe to the stone dock fronting his
cottage. Freights had not been plentiful,
the schooner had been anchored just off the
dock for several weeks, and Captain Jeremiah
bed just finished his daily chore of swabbing
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-07

ONT imagine for an
instant that Una quit
ter, or that I'm 1ayin'
down on you, Cap"
complained Billy
Joyce to his sunburnt
vis-A-vis. sirnu1tane-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

Democrats, especially of the South,
should be slow, very slow to advocate
he abolition of the electoral college
and direct voting for president of the
United States. The Southern states,
inder the direct voting system, would
exercise a much smaller power, their
weight in the contest, would be less,
han under the existing system. Not
only that but if We are to have a fed
9ralized republic in anything but
came, we should be slow to enact any
more changes that will tend to the
obliteration Of the state lines.
Some of the sovereign character OF
he states should be maintained. The
,hange in the constitution, making the
senator's Of the United States the rep
'esentatives of the people of the sew.
aral states and not the chosen embassa-
Tors Of the sovereign commonwealth,
as such, shows the tendency toward
the elimination of state lines. There
Is no good reason why any further
changes toward direct or centralized
republic should be made. The states
can still serve useful purpose.
In Tennessee less than 100000 votes
we're cast in the recent presidential
Aelction. In the nation about 100000
votes were cast. This state cast one
sixtieth OF the total vote of the ma
ton. 1t however, had twelve votes in
an electoral college of 535. That is
little more than one-fortieth of the
total. This illustrates the loss OF
prestige in Tennessee that would fol
low a change in the system The loss
would be much greater in Louisiana
and in South carolinr and Mississippi
The change, too, would encourage
corruption and fraud in the presiden
tial elections. 1t would, too, call for
some manner of federal supervision
II the elections that would be distaste-
full to the South. Likewise it would
inevitably mean a uniform qualifica-
ton for the electors of the country
and that would be a danger to the
South. 1t would be better to maintain
the electoral system even If it is
awkward and clumsy, than to fly to the
Ills that we know not of. It is hardly
likely that Southern states can be in
luced to ratify the proposed change
and without them it cannot be made.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
ACADEMY CADETS
PLAY SANTA CLAUS
FIFTEEN DOLLARS is GIVEN BY
THEM FOR THE LITTLE
CHILDREN.

For the purpose of providing San
ia Claus for some of the poor little
children of the community who might
otherwise be deprived of visit from
that patron saint, the boys of the Co.
lumbia Military Academy before leav-
ing for their homes to spend the
Christmas holidays subscribed fifteen
dollars and gave the money to Mrs.
Charles Speed to be used for this laud-
able purpose. Mrs. Speed asks that
those who know the names of deserv.
ng children in needy circumstances
communicate their names to her be.
'ore Saturday evening.
The contribution of the boys was a
very generous one and reflects much
credit on the cadets OF the Academy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22

administration will depend very large
ly upon the measure of cooperation
which he receives in the legislature.
His achievements during his first term
were due in no small degree to the
fact that generally he had legisla-
tive majority ready and anxious to
assist him in the proper government
of the state.
Under the system of parliamentary
government in this state the speakers
If the senate and house WELD a ire
mendous power. They name all OF
he committees. Anyone familiar with
legislative procedure knows that the
major portion of all legislation is
worked out in the committee rooms. A
hostile committee sometimes thwarts
legislative majority.
Surely Gov. Rye cannot regard with
out concern the possible election OF a
speaker of either house who is not
whole-heartedly in sympathy with the
splendid policies of his administra-
ton. one who will not stand with him
in the future for those measures that
may be necessary to the further carry
ng out of these politicies, Assuerdly
he would view with some concern, or
should at least, the election to this
important office of one who less than
year ago was cheek by joWP' with
those who scorned the governor and
who resolved that under no circum-
stances would they ever, ever support
Tom C.. Rye or stand for the law en-
torcement achievements of his admin
lstration 1t is inconceivable that the
governor would welcome the election
TO the responsible office of speaker
one who is an avowed champion OF
Sunday baseball in Tennessee and one
who has been allied with the interests
IN politics that have no sort of sympa-
thy with the moral progress that this
state has made in the recent years.
II the governor agrees with The
Herald on these matters, then he
should lose no time in making certain
that these untoward incidents do not
occur. .,i - So
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
TURKEY REVENUE.

The produce merchants Of Maury
county have shipped to the markets
an aggregate of 100000 worth of tur-
keys to meet the Thanksgiving de-
mand. This is neat sum paid to the
farmers of that county, in fact, the
largest amount they have ever re-
ceived from any other Thanksgiving
shipments. This branch of the poultry
Industry has paid handsomely. These
shipments. however, have not exhaust
ed the crop of big birds. as nearly the
same sum will be realized from the
sale of turkeys to meet the Christmas
demand. Thus approximately 100000
will come this season to the farmers
Of our sister county for turkeys, and
much more would be realized but for
the fact that the wet spring and early
summer initiated somewhat against
the raising of young turkeys.
Adding to the returns for turkeys
sAe receipts for chickens, eggs, ducks
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
ELECTORS WILL
MEET JANUARY 8
FORMALLY NOTIFIED OF THEIR
ELECTION BY GOVERNOR
TOM c. RYE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec 1S.-Gov
Rye issued Saturday the official certi.
fication of the election Of democratic
presidential electors as required by
the statutes governing the election OF
electors, and the certificate will be
published in newspapers in Nashville,
Knoxville and Memphis, as the law re.
CURES. Certificates to the several
electors have been forwarded to them
and the only remaining duty is to as
semble in Nashville and cast their
votes for Wilson and Marshall.
The following is the official certifi
cation of the result of the presidential
election in Tennessee November Z:
State of Tennessee, Executive De
partment, Tom c. Rye, Governor.
ITO Honorable Hill McAlister, Ben
H. Taylor, ]. M. Harris, Sam Johnson
T. L. Stewart, Woodall Murray
George w. Sutton, j. w. Rice, Tyler
Berry, J. A. Shelton, G. C. Sherrod
A. M. Prewitt:
1T appearing from the official re
turns and certificates on file in the
office of the secretary of state that. at
the general election, held in all the
precincts of the several counties OF
the state of Tennessee, on the It'll day
of November, 1916, you were legally
and constitutionally elected an cleo
tor for President and vice-president
fro mthe state at large of the state OF
Tennessee.
"This certificate is therefore issued
as an evidence of your election as
such elector.
TON C. RYE, Governor.
"R. R. Sneed, Secretary OF State
This, 9th day of December, 1916"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

II The Herald had followed SOUND
business policy it would have an
pounced its advance In subscription
rates months ago. It hoped against
hope, however, that the situation with
respect to news print paper would inn
Drove. 1t has been disappointed;
frankly disappointed The situation is
much worse today than it was SIX
months ago. The price of print paper
is constantly soaring and it is difficult
at times to buy at all, On last Monday
morning the Birmingham Age Herald,
one of the great newspapers of the
South, appeared with only six pages,
or lust two more than an ordinary is
sue of The Herald contains. 1t very
frankly stated the cause, it did not
have the paper upon which to print
more pages.
Nearly every paper in the state and
In the South has advanced its sub
scription rates. Circulation, except as
a means to securing advertising, has
has always been an expense to mos'
of the newspapers. 1t has come to be
! nm intolerable burden under the in
creased cost of white print paper. A
large number of the weekly papers O.
Tennessee, which do not print as many
pages as The Weekly Herald ordinari
ly contain, have had to advance theil
prices from 81 to $3.50 per annum
The Herald is simply following thu
dictates OF good business policy IL
announcing small increase.
AT present the subscription rate o
ten cents week where the paper |:
delivered by carrier will not be ad
vanced, although on assurance what
ever is given that this may not b.
necessary. The Herald appreciates
the fact that it is an institution il
Columbia and Maury county; that !
Is one of the great assets of the coun
". 1t is simply stating a plain, I'm
vanished fact when 1t says that prob
ably no daily paper, published in ;
city of 5000 inhabitants is so widel!
kn0wn or so geenralyl quoted as TIL,
Herald. 1t has a standard for excel
lency that it must maintain, not tt
do so would dsappoint one of tn
greatest if not one of the largest con
stituencies possessed by any newspa
per in the land. It's readers will no
expect it longer to continue polio
that would be unwse from any view
point.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
AMAs4gm @nse,Ss Sssksy
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IF YOU SEE IT IN OUR AID, IT'S SO

how much would have to be assessed
to pay for the pixies, SO we may know
how much it will cost, if we country
folks have to pay it all. OF course, |
know the city is not going to stand
for anything of the kind, for they
know that every mud hole that is
stopped on a road leading into the
towns and cities, more people come in,
and none can possibly come without
spending money. Please figure it
plainly how much it will cost in dol
lars and cents to each one owning
81, 900 worth of real estate? | do not
know, but l do feel and believe the
land owners in my section will be
willing when they know how little it
will cost them to have an extra assess
ment made to pay for the pixies, and
we won't kick much If our taxes are
raised to better the roads, and we will
not kick at all SO soon as we can see
the money is spent wisely, as some Of
it is now being used for concrete
bridges.
Let's have a representative meeting
Of both town and country and vote
on rs it the sense of this meeting
that we make an extra assessment to
pay for pikes?"
Usually when such meeting votes
on proposition it is a pretty good
indication how the people as whole
stand This vote will give the Off
Gals some idea as to how we feel.
Thanking you now for anything you
may do to help the cause.
| am very truly,
J. B. MARTIN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
and gees the total makes a purse Of

and gees the total makes purse OF
Dig proportions.
Here is convincing evidence that
the poultry industry is most remunera-
tive The turkeys sold for Il cents
per pound. Our farmers should wake
IN to the Importance of the industry.
# the men are Indifferent, let the
women specialize and show their nus
bands, fathers and brothers the large
dividends to be derived from THIS
source. 1t is unquestionably paying
pursuit. What Maury farmers can 90
can be done by Hickman county farm
ers, because poultry will thrive as wen
in this county as in any other county
in the state.-CentreVille News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
THE LEGISLATURE.

Again The Herald directs Gov. Rye's
attention to the importance of sym.
pathetic organization of the legisla-
.ure, one that will cooperate with him
not only in safeguarding the reforms
hat he has achieved but in the solu-
ton Of problems that have been in
Tennessee too long neglected. Surely
he governor appreciates the fact that
he failure or success of his second
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
FOR REPORT OF
LIBEL STATUES
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF
STATE PRESS is ANNOUNCED
BY PRESIDENT.

For the purpose Of securing from
the coming Legislature needed amend
ments to the present Anticipated libel
laws and for the reform of other pub
licity laws of the state, President Ed
ward Albright, of the Tennessee
Press Association has appointed leg
islative committee, composed of i've
members from each Of the three grand
divisions of the state This commit
tee has been called to meet at Nash
vile at II o'clock on Thursday, Dec.
2S at the Maxwell House.
The following are the members Oh
the committee:
West Tennessee-C. P. ]. Mooney,
Memphis Commercial Appeal; John &.
Rogers, Dyersburg State Gazette;
Frank R. Ogilvie, Brownsville States
Graphic Joe L. Holbrook, Dresden
Enterprise; John R. Rison, Jr, Paris
Post Intelligencer.
Middle Tennessee-James ]. Ffnney'
Columbia Herald: Marmaduke B. MOT
ton, Nashville Banner: J. H. Allison
Nashville Tennessee; W. B. Romine'
Pulaski Citizen; Rob Roy, Alexandrls
Times.
East Tennesseee-Harry c. Adler
Chattanooga Times; James B. Hedge
Athens; Curtis B. Johnson, Knoxvllle
Sentinel; E. M. Slack, Johnson CITY
Staff; w. NJ. Featherly, Hartman
Times.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
PAYING FOR Pixies.
Small Assessment Only Would Be
Necessary for That Purpose, Says
]. Brice Martin.

To Editor The Herald:
| understand there is to be a meet.
ing in your city in early January to
talk over ways and means to raise
money to pay for pixies and the i'm
proving of roads? Is 1t asking too
much Of you to get from the authori-
ties the amount of taxable real estate
in our county? Getting amount of
country and city separately and have
it figured out together and separately,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
SANTA CLAUS AT
ORPHANS HOME
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE CELe
BRATioN MONDAY MORNING
AT TEN O'CLOCK.

Old Santa Claus will visit the IeD'
nessee Orphan Home Christmas morn,
ing at ten O'Clock when the anhua'
Christmas tree will be celebraee''
There are now about sixty children IL
the Home and all will be Handsome
remembered by Old Santa upon tp''
Christmas. Parties who wish 10 eoD
tribute to the happiness OF lnes'
fatherless and motherless chllurep
should send in their contriDu''VD
early so that everything can be =
readiness Monday morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
SOLDIER BOYS TO
REMAIN In TEXAS
NO CHANCE TO GET THEM HOME
IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
DINNER.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 1S.-Gov
Rye telegraphed the War Department
asking if possible to release Tennes
see soldiers in time for holidays. Sec
rotary Baker telegraphed in reply that
it would be impossible now to say
when they would be relieved.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-12-22
BAD NEWS HERE.
Friends And Relatives OF Members OF
Company L viii be Very Much
Disappcinted.

The above telegram will be bad
news here to the many friends and rel
atives of the Columbia company 81. .
1t had been hoped thot the boys would
Re home in time to eat Christmas din
ner, but that is impossible now.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-06
New Mexico.

The Chloride Mining Company of Chloride, Sierra county. capitalized at s100,000, filed incorporation papers.
 The Progress Mining Company has entered the rich mining field of Steeplerock in western New Mexico.
 Another lost mine has been located in New Mexico, this time near Datil, Socorro county. It is known as the Mine of the Little Door,"
 Operators are encouraged by oil indications at several points in San Juan county. The men doing most drilling. Oklahomans, plan extensive extensions of their operations.
 The Santa Rita Development Com pany, capitalized at $1.000,0O0 and en- gagged in mining at Santa Rita, ad- joining the Chino company's prop erty. in Grant county. filed incorpor. ation papers.
 A display of samples of galena from the Grand Central mine at Enbuda. from which a carload was shipped running 1000 ounces in silver and 45 per cent in lead, has been put on exhibition at Denver.