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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02
CENTURY

Century, Jan. 1.-The Century
Christmas tree was quite success,
the weather being fine for the oe-
casion. A good number of children
were made happy by Santa Claus.
Those who arrived in time to spend
Christmas at home were Misses Alice
Rhodes, Myrtle Alexander, Ruby Nc
Donald, Anna Hixson, Dora Sheppard,
Mr.. Hamlin Ranney and John w.
Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Vaughn and
family of Pensacola, visited friends
and relatives here Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Smith and
daughter, Faye, spent Christmas with
friends and relatives in Admission,
Ala.
Joe Frank Nelson of Montgomery,
Ala, also spent Christmas with
friends and relatives in our city.
John Cardwell is spending the
holidays with his brother, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. B. Norris of Pace, Fla.
Miss Faye Rhodes, who is teaching
school at Daytona, is at home for the
holidays.
Miss Aggie Brewton and Grand
mother, Mrs. Carter, of McDavid,
Fla, were the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs,
| w. L. Hall and family Christmas day.
Mr.. o. H. Cardwell of Chumuckla,
Fla, visited his parents and friends
in Century and Pollard Christmas.
Burt Davis Of DeFuniak spent
Christmas at home with friends and
relatives.
Miss Willie Bell Mcdonald is
spending the holidays at home.
Miss Lettie Jones, who has beer
away at school, is at home for the
holidays also.
Jim Gay is at home for a while.
Raymond Vaughn came up from
the city to spend Christmas with hi
friends and relatives.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Hall, and twt
daughters end Miss Gunter motorec
to McDavid Christmas day.
| George Hollinghead and Miss Eff
Cardwell were quietly married at tn
home of the bride last Sunday night
| Miss Anna Lee Vaughn is spendin,
the holidays with friends and rela
tives in Pensacola.
Howard McDavid, from Montgom
lery, Ala, was at home for Christmas
Mrs. H. P. Sullivan is visiting
friends and relatives in Mississippi
Mrs. S. T. Tracy and son an
daughter have moved to Georgia t
the regret of their many friends i
Century.
Mr.. Willie Davis of Mobile wa
also at home for Christmas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02
Printers Ink Turns Little Country Store Into Proposition

type were sent to Rudolph by a friend
who couldn't sell them in Columbus.
Rudolph set up a circular announcing
certain alluring propositions the firm
had to offer. There were no newspa-
pers in Strasburg.
No sooner had the circular been
distributed than the stimulus to bus
mess was felt. The next month a Sec
ond circular was distributed. then q
third and fourth.
In spite of tie prediction of the
boys father that they would bust
because they were spending too much
money for advertising, they showed
a gain the first year, and the bust
ness has shown :. gain every year
since, except one.
Advertising thus has become a reg
ular part of the Carver Bros. half
million -dollar-a-year business insti-
tuition. OF the big annual approprf-
alton for advertising huge sum goes
to newspapers.
Page advertisements bring results,
G. Alfred says. And every psper
within 16 miles and some as far away
as 20 and % miles are employed.
Newspaper ads attract to the store
scores Of customers even from Cam
ton, % miles away. People living at
distance drive to the store in rigs
and autos to take advantage of bar
gains advertised. Ninety per cent
of the volume of trade comes from
outside of Strasburg.
Carver calls his advertising cam
paigns the process of fertilization.
Il advertise" he says, ':for the
same reason the farmer uses phos-
pilates and lime. The fertilized sec
tons yield greater returns. What the
farmer calls the process of cultiva-
ton Of his crops call the giving Of
service"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02
THE SCRATCH PAD.
By THOMAS EWING DABNEY.

Yes" said the sad statistician at
the soda fount, cropping absent mind
edly with his right foot, "there is a
whole year in front of US. Yes. It's
big proposition, when you think Of
all you have got to do-all the bills
you have got to pay and all the
kindling you've got to cut and the
pounds of beefsteaks and bushels of
potatoes and barrels of flour and
miles of coca colas you've got to ac-
commodate before December 81 rolls
around again.
Take shaving, for instance. Some
men have got to shave every day, or
they will look like one of the old
time music box rolls. Others shave
three times a week. Say they shave
twice week like me. That means
a hundred and four times a year, and
as shave takes half hour counting
taking off your collar and putting it
on, it means that you have got to
spend at least two days and four
hours in the barber shop; but count
ing the time you lose waiting your
turn, it amounts to about week.
"A hundred and two shaves amount
to $15.30-if I had that much at
Christmas, life would be limpid joy,
but don't because the barber gets it.
/ also lose the interest on it, which
is about seventy-five cents. Then a
hundred and four shoe shines-$5.20;
and hundred and four tips to the
boy who hands me the wrong hat and
dabs at me with a whisk broom-an-
other $500 for a hundred and two
minutes of work which is at the rate
of SO an hour-not bad, not bad. To-
tai $3.50 in the barber shop, not to
count your board for the week you
lose in the House of Scrapes-and
you don't get rebate son your hair
though if you had cow and she died
you could sell her hoofs for money.
"Oh, yes, and estimating fifty
strokes of the razor to a shave, you
run $500 chances of beng cut, anc
Iif all the suds that you breathe uT
your nose were collected, they wouIc
lfill large wash tub. A dope will
a little lemon-no ice."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02

Strasburg, o., Jan. This village
boasts the biggest country store IN
America-Garver Bros, general mer-
chandisingl
Business done by Carver Bros, in
1916 totaled $465, 900.
Can Strasburg, town of 1000 in
habitants buried in the heart of a
rural district, support such store !?
Strasburg can't and doesn't.
To ring up $465,000 on the Carver
cash register, every man, woman and
child in the village would have to
spend in the store S1.50 day.
It's the people who live within a
30-mile radius who make possible the
enormous proportion of Carver Bros.
business. Canton, a city of $4,000
and Massillon, of $4,000, are within
this radius.
Why is it, then, so many people who
might just as well patronize Canton
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02

mediately, e-poweringly with sedition
before it reaches the stage of revolution.
Unless he prove another Porfrio Diaz, who
rescued Mexico from an anarchy similar to
the present, and until the weakness of age
overlook him, was able to straight-jacket
her maniac attempts to do violence to her
self.
If Carranza is trying to bolster falling
cause by lingo appeal to anti-American-
ism, he should receive short shrift from our
government. The way is clear. With or
without his permission, Mexico must be
saved.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02
WHY CARRANzA IS UNWILLING

Mexico" said Secretary of State Lam
sing, referring to the protocol adopted by
the international commission, and indicat-
ing policy which, without being aggres-
sive, would bear closer relationship to
President Wilson's declaration of June 2,
1915, to intervene unless conditions speed
lily improved, Mexico will either do right
without our help or with it. This is her
choice"
The protocol then was an rltimatum It
provided for the withdrawal of our troops
except in the event of some such violence
as sent them to Mexico in the first place,
when they would remain only long enough
to clear up the situation, within forty days
after the ratification; and for the policing
of the border by the respective armies of
Mexico and the United States; the United
States reserving the right, naturally; to
pursue bandits across the border whose
raids penetrate this country.
After weeks of shilly-shallying, Car
ranza's rejection of the protocol is fore
casted. The man who wrote the insulting
note of May 31st, 1915; the man who re-
sented still more bitterly our patient at
tempts to be of assistance, has tortured his
brain to find pretext, and this is what it
is: If the American troops were not with
drawn until after the ratification of the
protocol, Carranza by appending his sig
nature to that august document, would be
giving official consent to their presence on
Mexican soil Therefore the troops should
be withdrawn before arranging for their
withdrawal? The venerable one asks,
However, that the joint commission resume
their sittings-this being the simplest way
of continuing the bamboozling process of
the United States
But is not the real reason simply that
Carranza is unable to police his side of the
international boundary? What could he
do it with? Where is his army? Villa
doesn't have any more trouble with it than
"a game of horseshoes. Does anyone doubt
that Carranza is weaker today than he was
in October, 1915, when he was officially
recognized by this government?
Viii in the meantime is making head
way Z tremendous rate. That he will
topple Tarranza over, is not at all improb-
able; 1T then-according to precedent
some ne will make life burden to him
until e in turn is toppled over. Unless, o
cour he prove himself man of sufficient
brut strength to hold in leash the turbu
lent PASSIONS of his country. Unless he BIZ
bra enough and big enough to deal i'm
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02
LIVE STOCK MEETING
At FLA. UNIVERSITY
SPECIAL 10 THE JOURNAL.

SBEClA1 III The JOURNAL
Gainesville, Fla, Jan. 1.-The
fifth annual mesting of the Florida
State Live Stock Association and Live
Stock Institute will meet Tuesday.
January 16, at a. M, at the Uni
versity of Florida, Gainesville.
The forenoon program is one of
much interest to the farmers and
stockmen of the state. H. B. Minimum
of the Armour Packing Co., of Jack
sonville, will discuss "The Packing
Plant and the Live Stock Farmer. !"
The marketing of live stock has been
one of the problems in the past with
the live stock growers. This viii be
an opportunity for the farmers and
the packing company to talk things
over, giving the farmers a chance to
find out just what class of live stock
the packing house wants and can use
to advantage.
Dean P. H. Rolfe will discuss "The
Relation of the State University to
the Live Stock Industry in Florida. T"
Dean Rolfe needs no introduction to
Florida farmers.
P. L. Sutherland, secretary of the
Florida State Live Stock Association,
will speak on sour Objects and
Aims" Mr.. Sutherland has been
giving great deal of time to the
live stock work in the state for the
past year. Those who attend the
meeting can rest assured that he will
have a message well worth hearing :.
Those not attending the first ses-
sion of the firth annual meeting of
the State Live Stock Association will
miss a very important part of the
program.
The Tuesday afternoon meeting will
be devoted to tick eradication and
needed legislation. These are subjects
of discussion that the stockmen of
Florida cannot afford to miss.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02

and Massillon stores are convinced
Carver Bros. have just as good quail
ity and selection of goods at just as
reasonable prices?
G. Albert Carver, the head of the
firm, answers:
1--WE ADVERTISE"
The store was started by the Gar
yer boys father. Twenty two years
later the father turned the business
over to his sons, the late G. Rudolph
Carver and G. Albert, to be paid for
at the rate of $18 week as long as
either of the parents lived.
The fathers business was just that
of the ordinary country store. An
annual turnover of $4,000 had been
its peak performance.
The boys struggled along a short
time, then accident taught them the
value of advertising.
A hand printing press and some
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02

Or expressed otherwise, the cubic yards
of filth collected for each thousand yards
of sweepings done varied from 075 cubic
yards in Washington, to 1.164 cubic yards
in Dayton. Washington is thus the clean
est city in the United States, ana its
thirteen cubic yards of street dirt a year
to the thousand square yards of pavement
is record that will be hard for any city to
reach. Washington, it will be remember
ed, is not a manufacturing center, and in
gress from the Country is owe splendid
highways from which little dust and no
mud is collected.
Because of the surrounding dirt roads
and dirt streets, Pensacola's sweepings
would probably amount to several times
the Washington fgure-say compacted
layer, if it was not disturbed for year, of
several inches.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02

American pianos in. the fiscal year 1916
found increased favor in the remotest sec
tons of the globe. Over 10000 pianos and
player pianos of domestic manufacture
were sold to foreign countries in that year,
and of that number 5000 went to Australia,
New Zealand, and the Philippine Islands,
over 500 to Africa and 81 to Asia. In the
same year we sold 1,675 to South America,
2,446 to North America, and 1,066 to Eu-
rope No other year eqrals this record. In
fact, the figures of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, department of
commerce. indicate that our exports of
pianos in the fiscal year. 1916 were by far
the largest ever recorded.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02
STREET SWEEPINGS.

If, instead of being swept up and carted
away, all the dirt was allowed to remain on
our (paved) streets, have you ever stop, ed
to wonder what the accumulation would
amount to in year?
It's hard subject to get at, bit The
Municipal Journal has compiled figures in
eight cities, from WHICH the cubic yards of
sweepings per thousand square yards Of
street area were calculated.to be as follows
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02

Wooden merchant vessels of 500 gross
tons CT over, building or under contract to
be built in private shipyards of the United
States Pn December 1, 1916, number 116 of
loo, 615( gross tons. s.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it fails to cure. E. w. GROVES sig
nature is on each box. 25c.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02
ODD, ISN'T TTs

Gary, Ind.-Inspired by criticisms
in Gary newspaper setting forth
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-02

that gambling was rampant, Gary
'coppers" raided editorial rooms Of
the paper, arresting five of the staff
in .siittle game
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-13
Death of Mrs. Guy Hamilton's Father

Postmaster Hamilton is in receipt of
papers giving an account Of the tragic
death OF Chas E. Hall, OF Lincoln Neb,
father Of Mrs. Hamilton. At the time
OF his death, Mr.. Hall who was chief
Of Detectives Of Lincoln, was out in
search Of automobile thieves. 1t seems
that the car in which he and his
chauffeur were riding hit an obstruction
in the road and turned turtle, pinning
both men underneath. Both men
were dead when discovered and il is
thought that death came instantly. Mr..
Hall was an old resident of Nebraska
having come to the state in 1872.
He served as chief OF Police at O'Neil
Nebraska for many years. and was
finally elected sheriff Of his county
serving four successive terms. During
the Spanish American war he went to
Cuba as a First Lieutenant. After his
return from the south he was employed
as a special agent for the Nebraska and
Dakota cattlemen's association, which
position he held until 1915 when he
become chief of Detectives in Lincoln
Neb. He spent most OF his life in
hunting for criminals and fugitives
from Justice, and his friends say he
was splendid officer and supreme
man.
His remains were laid to rest al
O'Neil Neb, on April 4th. Mrs.
Hamilton who is now at O'Neil i:
expected home in a week or ten days.
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PeShaStin

Miss Maude Stewart spent Saturday
and Sunday with friends in Cashmere.
Wilma Moore moved to her ranch
the first of the week after spending the
winter in town.
VIM. Wilbur is home for few days.
He has been working near Krupp in
the farming district.
Several Woodmen attended lodge in
Dryden Wednesday night. A new
camp was organized there with about
twenty-six members.
A. ]. McCulloch, who has been
working on the Fred Wright ranch for
some time, is now located near Cash
mere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Darlington are the
parents OF fine boy, born April 9th!
DR.. Parker, OF Cashmere, was the at
tending physician.
The party held in the hall last Sat
urday night was enjoyed by all pres
emit. Mrs. Gregory and Mrs. Wilma
Moore, who were the hostesses. fur
nished dainty lunch during the even
ing.
The members OF the M. E. church
have IS foot flag pole which is to be
raised on a site near the church. A
large flag will be raised as soon as it
arrives.
A number OF young men in our
community have been getting informa-
ton from Postmaster ]. B. Duncan re-
garding what qualifications it requires
to enlist in the army and navy. There
are several young men here who would
make a good showing in most any OF
the branches which are being filled
daily thruout the country.
R. J. Weken has sued the 1cicle
Canal Co. for $4,000 for damages done
by a food or earth slide which he
claims ruined his orchard and started
from water coming out Of the canal.
The suit is being held in the federal
coure at Spokane this week.
Mrs. c. w. Wheeler, Of Leaven-
worth, spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. B. Duncan last Thursday.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-13

Burt Rutherford had business that
took him to the coast and as far south
as Roslyn the past week.
Mrs. Martha Pardo returned Sunday
from Spokane, where she underwent
an operation for appendicitis.
Florence Elizabeth Stevens the
several days old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Stevens Of Cascade Orchards
passed away Wednesday afternoon.
Burial took place Thursday in the
Leavenworth Gem etery.
Mrs. L. ]. Nelson and Mrs. P. A.
Snyder went to Wenatchee Wednesday
afternoon to attend a meeting OF the
Red Cross society and get in touch
with the work that organization expects
to undertake in the war.
Paul Weigand believes his son Louis
is going to develop into first class
groceryman. Mr.. Weigand JUNIOR who
has been employed in the Cash Grocery
Store for along time, has acquired fair
knowledge of the business, and last
week Paul closed a deal with the store
owners whereby his son becomes the
proprietor. Louis is always on the job
and takes great interest in the business.
That the County Agricultural Agents
will undoubtedly be used for agri-
cultural preparedness in war time was
the intimation received from gov
eminent sources by R. B. Coglon, at
the State College Of Washington, this
week, the full statement OF the pre-
paredness plan to be withheld unit
details are perfected. Systematic
campaigns for effective growing, breed
ing canning and otherwise preparing
products are to be looked for. Sheep
and hogs, peas. beans, potatoes and
all good nourisbing army and civilian
foods are among the products the rails
ing Of which is to be especially en-
couraged.-State College News.
o. S. Sampson, who before coming
to the Wenatchee Valley. some twenty
years ago, resided in the vicinity of
Walla Wala is an old friend Of George
Drumheller, sometimes called the
the wheat king of Washington, Mr..
Drumheller last week sold his 1916
wheat crop of 100000 bushels for
$245,27o. For the past three year his
crop has averaged better than 5000,
900 year. Over thirty years ago
according to Mr.. Sampson, Drum
heller's grocery orders for his army Of
workers, run into thousands Of dollars,
now the money he spends with the
Mercantile establishments must be
enormous. He is in all probability the
largest employer of farm labor in the
state
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Eagle Creek

Mr.. and Mrs. M. Cahill and family
spent Easter at the Martin Christensen
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. W. Van DeGrift
and family, S. J. Van DeGrift, and Mr..
and Mrs. H. A. Anderson and family
enjoyed an Easter dinner at the John
Bjork home.
The men in this vicinity spent sew
eral days working on the road and
made big improvement We all be-
lieve in good roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Sharpe and family
spent Sunday at the J. H. Sharpe home
with Grandma Ramage.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Sharpe spent
Easter with their daughter, Mrs. Ed
REYNOLDS, in Leavenworth.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-13
SAVE YOUR WASTE PAPER
SAYS THE KUMTUX CLUB
Will Have a Number of Waste Paper
Days-HOpe to Get Car Load.

At a recent meeting Of the Kumtux
Club it was decided to ask everybody
in Leavenworth to save all the old
paper, magazines and books, in short
everything in the line Of paper in the
hope that by midsummer it will be
possible to get together car load.
One generous member offered to give
the use of an unoccupied residence as
an assembling place until the required
amount is made up. The cooperation
Of the business and professional men,
indeed everybody who may have waste
paper of any kind will take the trouble
to save it and when the waste paper
days are designated help the club
make up the amount necessary to fill a
car.
The club has under consideration
the erection OF a community building
in Leavenworth some time in the future
and already has a substantial sum on
hand and has taken up the waste paper
scheme as a means OF augmenting
their community building fund. The
object is a worry one and the club is
entitled to the help of the community.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-13
CAUGHT Rat and opossum.

Hazel Green, KY. = One night Red
Bob Combes set two steel traps under
his house. The next morning, when he
went to see what be had caught, be
was surprised to see big rat In one
and a small opossum in the other. The
ouossum belonged to Ben Creech and
had escaped. The opossum was caught
bv the foot and was not seriously hurt
ana was returned to he owner In good
condition
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-13
U. S. Still Needs Men.

Seventeen hundred and fifty-eight
men have applied for enlistment in the
Soldiers OF the Sea- during the past
week at their various recruiting stations
from coast to coast. according TO re-
cruiting officials at Washington.
The Marine Corps is still short about
1000 men for war strength and is
making a strong appeal to youths OF
spirit to do their bit" in The First
Line Of Defense"
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For Butter Wrappers 90 to Echo oties
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-13

Mrs. Dean Graves, who will be re-
called as Miss Airline Farmer, passed
thru here Tuesday afternoon on her
way to Wenatchee and met number
of old Leavenworth friends at the de-
pot by appointment. She said she
would return to Leavenworth the latter
part of the week and would be guest
at the L. J. Nelson home for two
weeks. She left here with her mother
eight years ago and has since made her
home in Seattle. With her husband
she expects to leave shortly for Alaska
where they will reside indefinitely.
Mrs. F. E. Bailey arrived here from
Seattle Wednesday afternoon on
mission which combines both business
and pleasure. Mr.. Bailey rented hi:
Cascade orchard place to Mr.. La Point
before leaving here last fall and did moi
then know how long he would remain
on the coast. She says her husband
has secured position as foreman with
the Eddy Ship Building Co. at a gooc
salary and will remain on the coas
indefinitely. She is accompanied BY
Miss Leona Sinclair. Of Seattle, and to
gether they enjoyed their visit.