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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
AND START SOON.

INCREASINGLY on the job, the Graceville
Advertiser issues timely warning to the
Watermelon Association of Jackson county
to announce its working plans in order that
it may boost this enterprise, for we believe
much good will result when our growers
organize and get in shape SO as to receive
the best prices for their products
The time of spring draws on apace, when
young mems fancies lightly turn to
thoughts of-not only love-but blowing.
What to- plant is no SO much the ques-
ton as whom to plant with? Because of
the increased demand, any food product
will go, and we know already that it will
grow; but it cannot be marketed proftably
unless there is cooperative selling. Such
organizations as the Watermelon Associa-
ton already mentioned not only can buy
seed and fertilizer at more favorable rates
than individual tillers of the glebe, but also
standing united with uniform product and
offering quantity shipments, they can get a
higher price.
This is the message that Florida's press
especially the country press-which IS
more thoroughly read and serves a greater
mission than the metropolitan dailies-
should continually be carrying before the
people-the ring bearers of prosperity. The
witching time of spring is here, and the
press must show people how to sow the
seeds of Thanksgiving.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
PoPuLARIz1NG POTATOES.

Interesting announcement comes from
New Orleans to the effect that the Southern
Sweet Potato Growers Association of Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas is
to start a publicity campaign to stimulate
a demand 1.-THE north for canned yams
Canning sweets is very recent de
velopment, but the growing trade is indi-
Gated in the report by the Association that
over 100000 cases of yams were shipped
from twelve designated points during 1916.
Though West Florida is not included in
the membership, this is movement in
which we are vitality interested. The Molino
sweet potato cannery, not to leave our own
county, is showing what a valuable agricul-
tural product the swelling tubers are for
this region; and the sales of that enterprise
already embrace some distant states.
AS stock feed, the sweet potato ranks
high, both for nutrition and cheapness of
production; it makes where other crops
fail and the planting season extends over
period of six months
Planting to can or to feed is a certain
source of profit and is not attended by the
risks incident to early-market production
though Sweets" DO bring astonishing
prices up north in July and August
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
HISTORY REPEATS.

Former wars have been Just as insistent
tor copper-riveted, double-bottomed, in
destructible peace as this one; even SO is
history repeating itself in the obfuscation
of the causes and purposes of the war.
Victor and vanquished," writes Guibert in
his "Essai General de Tactique," which
Napoleon is said to have carried with him
on his campaigns, with this particular pas
sage annotated in his hand Victor and
vanquished become aboutequally exhausted.
The total of the public debt increases.
Credit fails. Money is scarce. The navies
find no more sailors. Peace is made. Often
the source of dispute is not closed, and each
Of the belligerents remains seated among
the ruins, busy paying his debts and sharp
ching his sword"
Paying his debts and sharpening his
sword The misery of this war is nothing
new in the world, the guarantees for per-
manent peace are not new idea, the ques-
ton 'Why are we fghting?" is ignored as
futile by the men who manipulate the ma
chine guns as it was by the men who shot
the cross bow.
After fighting, peace; after peace, fight
ing-such has been the cycle of the ages
However much we desire peace, let us not
have any decisions about the permanence
thereof. s&sz
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

upon lines similar to those of the Y.
M. c. A., with the prospective fea-
ture of that institution omitted.
The Association has the support
of the Reverend Father Leonard, and
of all who have the welfare of the
youths of our community at heart.
All male persons of 16 years and
over are eligible for membership,
and strangers are to be taken care
of, and are to be allowed the priv
ilege of library, pool and billiard
tables-in fact it is the declared pur-
pose of the Association to make of
its home a meeting place at all times,
between tbs hours of II noon to IL
p. M, for all well behaved persons.
Neither gambling nor the use of in
toxicants are to be permitted, and
for violation of any of the rules OF
the Association fitting penalties are
provided. M. A. CHAMBERS.
Warrington, Jan. 16, 1917.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
PopuH.

NEW SOCIETY FORMED
IN WARRINGTON
Editor The Journal:
Warrington has awakened; and it
has set an example Of liberalized
Christian spirit that might well be
emulated by communities more pre-
tentious.
On Sunday, the 14th inst, the
Warrington Catholic Mutual Aid
Association" was launched, with 80
members, a president and full COM
plement of other officers. The As
ISOLATION has for its declared pur-
pose the especial care of the young
men of our community, and nom
Catholics are cordially invited to
membership, and upon equal terms
and with equal advantages with the
Catholic members.
The Association viii be conducted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
MODEL TOWN FARMING.

Florida should take a lesion from the
model town soon to be established in Geor-
gia, about ten miles from Savannah, in the
center of a rich farming district About
hundred residences are to be erected bun
galow pattern; neat lawns; streets the
proper width; drainage as perfect as engi-
neering skill can make it; water supply
system and electric lights At the converg-
ing point of all roads and streets will be
the community building, to be used as
church, school, and lodge headquarters: as
well as for moving pictures, lectures, and
entertainments of all kinds Surrounding
the little city will be the farms of the resi-
dents, which they will go forth daily to Gull
tivate.
As you have guessed, it is a land de-
velopment proposition-but what fine
onei Not single acre will be sold, how
ever, until the town has been built Is no
man or group of interests in Florida big
enough to finance such plan here?
What an improvement over the old-style
country life-a house here and there-the
nearest neighbor a couple of miles off! Is
it any wonder that there have been so many
desertions from the country?
Not one, but hundred such model COM
munitfes should be building in Florida. 1t
is no more necessary for a farmer to live on
his land nowadays than it is for the mer-
chant to live in his store or the banker in
his vaults.
F. And besides the JOY of life, think of the
community enterprise that will result
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Congress recently enacted a law
called the Federal Farm Loan Act
which is almost revolutionary. Few
people yet appreciate the far-reach-
ing effect this law will have. The
Farm Loan Act contains provisions
of intense interest to every farmer in
the United States; every city resi-
dent who hopes to own farm; every
tenant who wants to become land
owner; every resident of city or
country who has money to invest
The Farm Loan Act is little under
stood. The Journal has made an ar
rangement with Frank B. Wilson of
the Federal Farm Loan Bureau,
Washington, D. c., to write a series
of six articles explaining the import
ant features of this act. The first
of this series VIII appear in The
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
The Federal Farm L Oam Law
70 sEIzg Iag ga oeeeoTgHlry DscossEr

Journal tomorrow. The subjects of
these six articles will be as follows
First day = "The Cooperative
Banking Machinery Established I'M
der the Farm Loan Act"
Second day-"What the Farmer or
Prospective Farmer TIust Do to Get
the Benefits of the Farm Loan Act. -
Third day-"Amortization-Wh What
1t Means and How Applied in the
Federal Farm Loan Act"
Fourth eay-"The Farm Loan Act
from the Point of View of the In
weston"
Fifth day-"Effect of the Farm
Loan Act on Tenanrry-s=zow the In
terest of the Farmer is Safeguard
ed"
Sixth day-"Effect of the Farm
Loan Act as Social and Financial
Stabilizer."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
THE SCRATCH PAD.
LESSONS IN LOVE: NO. /.
By THOMAS EWING DAsNEY.

A10OO4NO IN AON Ls 4NOs -
The following is not original, but
In the short time that remains be-
tween now and spring, when a young
mans fancy lightly reconciles itself
to the inevitable June event, we
doubt if our humble flame could pro-
duce such a boil as John Uri Lloyd's
once popular novel, "Etidorpha," so
we quote shamelessly: "Crush the
colors of the rainbow into a single
hue, possessed of the attributes of all
the others, and multiply that entity
to infinity, and you have less rich
ness than rested in any Of the COM
pick colors shown in the trimming of
her raiment." If a young man makes
this moan into a shell-like ear-not
too shelly, you Understandable is,
not too clammy-changing cher raj
ment" to "your raiment," she will
be as grateful as a poultice and
won't stop to inquire how color can
be crushed.
Lawson's Senator go" must feel
as much up in the air as a smoke
ring.
Pictures of Lawson on the stand
depict him in the general attitude of
a setting hen.
We prefer to spell it ''stude," but
as you say, Imogen, at college it is
often "stewed."
"Don't sing at the table" is some
good advice that might be applied to
a lot of pianos.
The worst thing about fire is
that someone is almost certain to be
painfully hurt"
Many a smile in the ball room is
due to the irresistible impulse to grin
when somebody steps on your corns
Germany has learned to her horror
that some things can be treated
worse than scrap of paper, and her
peace proposal is one of them.
There may be nothing in a name
but Billy Coin, of Biloxi, has beer
arrested for running an illicit still
and maybe he will stay in now.
In Umatilla, the MAYOR, members
of the town council, and other off.
Gals, are women; and while theil
better halves are running the govern.
ment, the men get chance to play
a little poker. ~
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
URGES COLORED PEOPLE
TO REMAIN IN THE SOUTH

Editor The Journal:
1t would afford me great pleasure
to have you publish this statement in
your paper for the benefit of my
people. A good many of them are
being misled by shrewd agents to
believe that the North is a far bet
ter place to live in than the South
for a negro. That's vast mistake.
1t is better for my race to remain
here in the South than to go North
and face the competition. When it
comes to business pure and simple,
it's here in the South that the negro
is given a mans chance. The South
ern white man knows the black man,
and the black man knows the South
ern white man. The majority of ne
groes have always resided in the
South and the wisest negroes of the
South know very well that we have
some warm Southern white friends
who have never sought to impede our
progress.
Now a good many of US have by
thrift and economy acquired some
real estate. Shall We dispose of our
little farms because someone comes
along and tells us that the North is
the place for us? God forbid that
we allow ourselves to be misled.
What we want to do is to stick to our
farms, raise plenty of chickens and
eggs, fresh vegetables, etc.
REV. H. /. FUNSTALL,
Cantonment, Florida.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
WHEN FARMERS GOVERN.

A state with a non-partlsan government;
no political plums; wrested in two years
from a misunderstanding rule; with such
immediate reforms projected as state-own-
ed and operated terminals, elevators, hail
insurance, rural credit packing plant and
flour mills, resulting in the annual saving
of $50,000,000 to the farmers; a state run
entirely by farmers-you would say the
thing couldn't be done, wouldn't you?
But it has been done by North Dakota,
whose new governor, Lynn ]. Frazier, took
his oath of office the other day; the man
who few months ago was blowing his fra7e
grant wheat fields when somebody called
him to the telephone to be told of his nom
ination-the most amazed man in the state
and who though he had never made a
speech in his life, made over two hundred
during his mpaign-rattling good ones
and swung an 81 900 vote out of total of
100000.
The North Dakota Farmers Non-Parti-
san League is the organization that put the
miracle across Miracle? Declaration of
independence, rather The North Dakota
Wheat Party of Politics.
Does not the farmer everywhere Except
in North Dakota), contribute more to and
get less from national life than anybody
else? Is his not the basic industry and the
political goat at the same time No miracle !;
but no taxation without representation, and
lest the organization fall into alien control,
none but actual tillers of the soil are adj
mitted to membership of the league-and it
has $4,000 members whose object is to Sc
cure rational government-not class leg
islation-conducted for the benefit of the
majority or the people and not for the
emolument of private interests.
Will they get it? The revolt that elected
Governor Frazier also captured the legis-
lature, the supreme court and every state
office except one. Yes, it,looks as if they
will get what they want
How the various plans will be translated
into fact, will be watched with keen inter
est emulation is sure to follow-in fact,
similar leagues are being organized in other
states already.
In this connection the strong bid for the
farmer-vote by the democratic party is
i signiHcant-the attention President Will
son has devoted to rural legislation
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
THEY SAY
eyT. e. ..

Zone of my tomato club girls al
ready has tomato plants with their
true leaves" said Miss Lonny Lam
drum, home demonstration agent.
"She is planting for the early mar
ket, and it looks as if she will make
it. The other girls are. planting right
along. There are almost hundred
of them, and they are scattered in
every part of the county in. twenty
two communities. Yes, we expect a
good season; the girls are all enthus-
iastic-they have found out what the
work means in dollars and cents,
aside from the pleasure of raising
their own things"
"And he was the gladdest man to
get back" said ]. w. Malone, telling
of colored man who tried work in
the north, "that you ever saw. He
thought $3.50 was big money, but
his board cost him S. week, and
his carfare $1.20, so that he had an
expense of $500 to begin with. Then
because Of the weather no one could
work every day, and he froze all the
time. In less than two months he
was broke and sick and almost dead;
he wired and wrote me for ticket to
get back, and / sent it: Hes now
working at the rosin plant for $1.6C
and saving money. A mighty gooc
boy" continued Mr.. Malone, "ano
was glad to help him back. Dowr
at Quincy about five years ago, ou1
barn caught on fire with ten horse:
in it. 1t was in fierce blaze and he
was the only one who would buck it
He opened the door, ran in, anC
brought eight of the horses out-go
severely burned, too. He says he'C
rather be burned than frozen
though"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
Best of States
Great Strides

treat Strides
The cause of prohibition made
three great strides forward this week
when the United States supreme
court pronounced as constitutional
and valid the Webb-Kenyon law
which prohibits the shipment of
liquor from wet into dry states, and
sustained the West Virginia law pro-
hibiting the importation, in inter-
state commerce, Of liquor for even
personal use; and when the Sheppard
bill prohibiting the sale of liquor in
the District of Columbia passed. Ma
tional prohibition is inevitable, and
the day of its coming is not far in the
distance.-Fort Pierce Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

During the past fiscal year there were
constructed on the national forests 227
miles of new road, 1,975 miles of trails, 2,124
miles of telephone line, 80 miles of fire lines
Eighty-one structures, 40 bridges, 222
miles of fence, $40 dwellings,. barns and
other structures, II corrals, and 202 water
improvements.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

Piano production in the United States
during 1916 was close to 10000 instru-
ments as compared with $4,000 instru-
ments in 1914
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

farmers, Jacob Reinhardt, VIM. Hal
liwell and P. A. Poister, made sau-
sages 81, 81 and 55 feet long re-
spectively.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
State Press Comment
Bigger Conviction

Bigger Conviction
The treatment accorded John w.
Bigger by the officers of the Second
Florida regiment will strengthen the
state militia-nixey. She peacock
has nothing on the average militia
officer when he begins to defend his
"honah. Tampa Times.
Best of States
Florida, above all the states in the
union, should be able to laugh at the
high cost of living. There is enough
idle land in the state, available for
cultivation, to feed ten times her
population and then leave an enor-
nous amount for out-state shipment.
There needs to be radical change
in our agricultural methods, with a
greater diversification and more at
tention to the staples.-Ft. Pierce
Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17
ODD, ISN'T 1T?

Bucyrus, so.-The day of big sau-
sages again has arrived. Three
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

There may be nothing in name,
but Billy Coin, of Biloxi, has been
arrested for running an illicit still,
and maybe he will stay in now.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

In Umatilla, the MAYOR, members
of the town council, and other Off
Gals, are women; and while their
better halves are running the govern
ment, the men get chance to play
a little poker. ~
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

Germany has learned to her horror
that some things can be treated
worse than scrap of paper, and her
peace proposal is one of them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

Many a smile in the ball room is
due to the irresistible impulse to grin
when somebody steps on your corns.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

The worst thing about a fire is
that someone is almost certain to be
painfully hurt"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

f'Don't sing at the table" is some
good advice that might be applied to
lot of pianos.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-17

We prefer to spell it "stude," but
as you say, Imogen, at college it is
often "stewed."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26

such action, notwiths landing the sol
emn engagement Of article Is OF the
treaty of 1899.
"Disregarding these obligations, the
German government has proclaimed
certain zones on the high seas in
which It declared without reservation
that all ships, including those Of
neutrals would be sunk and in those
zones German submarines have IN
fact in accordance with this declara-
ton, ruthlessly sunk merchant yes
sells and jeopardized or destroyed the
lives of American citizens on board.
Moreover, since the severance OF
diplomatic relations between the
United States and Germany, certain
American citizens in Germany have
been prevented from removing freely
from the country. While this is not
a violation Of terms Of treaties men
toned, 1t is a disregard of the reci-
procal liberty of intercourse between
the two countries in time of peace
and cannot be taken otherwise than
as an indication OF a purpose on the
part OF the German government to
disregard in the event of war, the
similar liberty of action provided for
in article % of the treaty of 1893
the very article which it is now pro
posed to interpret and supplement
almost wholly in the interest of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
|,,.al Militia to Recruit to the
proper Strength and Re
bort to Major Reidy
For Duty.
IN ONE YEAR
Men Will be Held in Readiness
at Armory Until Orders
Are Given For
Service.

Company L. First infantry Iowa
mtional guard, Captain Edward l..
chase, commanding, received orders
mis- morning to mobilize. The com
mny is to mobilize here and when
/ ,eady. Captain Chase will report to
Major Reidy at Fairfield, and will
await his orders. The orders are prac-
tIcalIy the same as those given last
lime, and the men will be at the ar
nory from now on.
Recruits are needed by Company L
and a recruiting station has been
onened at the armory. Captain Chase
or some other officer will be on duty
Il the recruiting station. Any able
bodied young man who wants to serve
in the company has the chance now to
enlist and go with the local troops.
The company has roster at present
n fifty men. Sixty-fve must be the
minimum strength of the company,
and 1t is believed that there will be
no trouble in getting the figures up
above this minimum, with prospect of
real service.
The orders to mobilize came to
Captain Chase this morning at 6
o'clock The officers and men were
Immediately notified Of the call, and
we're ordered to report at once to the
srmory and to get in uniform. The
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
Rev. Charles r. Elliott viii Retire
From the Ministry and Ex-
poets to Live In
Washington.
HE LEAVES JUNE FIRST
Came to keokuk Church From Quincy
Five Years Ago and Has Sue
cessfuIIy Conducted Work
Here Since.

The Rev. Charles F. Elliott, pastor
Of the Unitarian church of keokuk
will retire from the ministry the first
of June, and will leave Keokuk for
Medford, Oregon where he has pur-
chased land, and will live. DR.. FL
lott has been pastor Of the Keokuk
church for five years this coming Sep
TENDER. He came to Keokuk from
Quincy.
The congregation at special meet
ing yesterday morning decided to ar
range to allow DR.. Elliott to go June
first, at the time the church will close
for the summer vacation. The local
congregation regrets exceedingly to
have DR.. Elliott leave Keokuk, and
the fact that he is leaving the min
istry will be regretted.
DR.. Elliott has purchased ranch at
Medford, and will retire there, he
said today. His daughter lives there,
and he expects to locate In the west
ern country to which he has always
been partial. DIR. and Mrs. Elliott
came to Keokuk Ave years ago from
Quincy to take charge Of the local
parish.
No steps have been taken by the
Keokuk society to secure a successor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
NO GOOD
WITH GERMANY
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been destroyed by the conduct OF the
German authorities
While the note indicated serious
consideration of abrOgation OF the
treaties, the state department indicat-
ed that it probably will be unable to
act without the senate on that sub
ject.
The note said further:
Since the sinking of the American
steamer William p. Frye, for the car
rage of contraband, there have been
perpetrated by the German naval
forces similar unwaTranted attacks
upon and destruction of numerous
American vessels for the reason, as
alleged, that they were engaged In
TRANSFORMATION of articles OF contra
band, notwithstanding, and, in this
disregard OF article 10 Of the treaty
of. 1899.
lin addition to the sink king Of
American vessels, foreign merchant
vessels carrying American citi-
zens and American property have
been sunk by German submarines
without warning and without any ade-
uuate security for the safety of the
persons on board or compensation foc
the destruction of the property by