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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11
Struck Oil in Calhoun County.

STRUCK calhoun
The Blountstown Record which reached ApaIachf-
cola Sunday night contained account of an oil
find at GAINESVILLE in Calhoun county The account
recites that oil found at depth of 46S feet but
the quantity was small and the company decided to
continue the borings 1000 feet it necessary. The
Record says that gas has been struck several times
in the WELL this is the first strike of oil. Indca-
tons that and profitable oil field will
be developed in that vicinity.
1t has been known for some time past that oil
prospectors have been going the territory in
Calhoun and adjacent territory and that considerable
acreage had changed hands to parties who in
terested in oil properties but far the only we'll
started at Observation-Disclosures Times
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

These early birds may catch the worms but the
carly rsers have to make the fires.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

They are threatening to continue the talk-fest in
the senate Indefinitely. And that means that the
present wave of unrest will be continued indef
initely.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

They have talked so much about that 1920 Press
Breakfast that it leads us to wonder what they
served
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

1t is not so much what man does as who he
does, that gets him in bad
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

In the race for place nothing takes the place of
running.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

After all, it is just as pleasant to smiIe-ant
frowns are so costly
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

Here comes St. Valentine Day. And Leap Year,
too.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

One of theicheapest ways to mend your faults is
TO lay the blame the other fellow Like other
cheap things. It is also the most expensive in the
long run.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-11

Yes. this is the thing our souls must ask,
What have we done today?"
Nixon Waterman
The law of averages does not always average UP.
Here comes St. Valentine Day. And Leap Year.
too.
In the race for place nothing takes the place of
running.
After ALL it is just as pleasant to smfle-and
frowns costly.
1t is not so much what a man does as who he
does, that gets him in bad
These early birds may catch the worms, but the
carly risers have to make the fires.
They have talked much about that 1920 Press
Breakfast that it leads us to wonder what they
served.
They are threatening to continue the talk-fest in
the senate indefinitely. And that means that the
present wave of unrest will be continued ndef-
initely
Talk about business men for the presidency. and
national budget system; how about business adj
ministraJion in county affairs and county bud
set system? Sounds good to US
Funny thing how some days you read the state
papers and get inspiration in chunks and other DAVIS
you read the state papers and feel as if Won had
gotten the chunks. minus the inspiration.
Those Pages From the Past History of Florida
published in the Miami Metropolis by Agnew
Welsh, ought to give Pensacola and West Florida
lot OF publicity. They make mighty interesting
reading
With Hungary asking for king looks like re-
version to type. Most kings are hungary lust now
The man who is always looking out for square
deal for himself, frequently overIooks the crooked
deal that he hands out to the other fellow
The newspapers of the state have some brainv
men ct their heads 1t takes more than average in
telligencc to keep up With the mass OF information
news material and clever persiflage that Is beaten
out on the typevrers of the Florida Fourth Estate
Not that we are making any claims
Tampa S 'whooping up" a city manager form Of |
government Miami is working toward the same |
thing. ST. Augustine has tried it out and finds that
1t works, and Tallahassee is giving it chance to
show what it do for the capital city. Putting
cities and counties business basis sounds like
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
HAVE DARK HAIR
AND LOOK YOUNG
Nobody Can Tell When You Darken
Gray, Faded Hair With
Sage Tea

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darl<ened, glossy and attractive
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair took on that dull.
faded or streaked appearance, this
simple mixture was applied with won
derful effect. BY asking at any drug
store for .'Wyeth's Sage and sulphur
Compound" you viii get a large boz
tie of this, old-time recipe, improved
by the addition of o eer ingredients.
all ready 10 use. at very little cost.
This simple mixture can be depended
upon TO restore natural color and
beauty TO the hair
A welI-known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and
sulphur Compound now because it
darkens so naturally and evenly thao
nobody can tell it has been applied
it's so easy to use, too You simply
dampen a comb or soft brush and
draw it through the hair, taking one
strand at a time. BY morning the
gray hair disappears; after another
application or two. it is restored TO
its natural color and looks glossy, soft
and beautiful.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
MERCHANTS CAN
BUILD MARKETS
MORE MONEY FOR FARMERS
WOULD MEAN BIGGER MARKET
FOR SHoP-KEEPERS IN PENSA-
COLA.

An up-to- date. scientific farmer OF
the Escambia community, in talking
with The Journal recently, indicated
a few of the many advantages to be
derived by the Pensacola people them
selves, from cooperation in a move
ment for an Escambia County Farm
ers' Cooperative association. The
farmer talked substantially as fol-
lows
AS a factor in the development of
the section, an Escambia Farmers
cooperative association is obviously
worthy of serious consideration.
If the Pensacola merchant, and BUSH
ness and professional man of every
line should, however. look inJo the
proposition with an eye to the posi-
bilities in the Undertaking, for him
personally, he would find it eminently
worth while from financial stand
point
America is prosperous today, be-
cause of her great agricultural devel-
opmen5. Great cities are prosperous
because of their advantageous position
with relation to the well-developed
farming countries about them. Pen
sacola could many times multiply her
prosperity by a greater development
Of her surrounding ou5.lands. With
the development of the out-lands
would come the farmers prosperity
With the farmers prosperity would
come increased demand of the mer-
chant and the benefit to the merchant
as a result of that demand would be
in direct proportion to the farmers
Increased prosperity, so Immediately
"a ferllf al ha n
benefit. With the merchants pros
perity resulting. manufacturing posi-
bilities could be developed, and the
port could come into its own. The
lawyer, the abstracaor, the loan man,
the real estate, insurance, hotel,
movie, hotel and lumber man, the car
penter, the plumber, the cabinet max
er and the gas man, all would have
the concrete evidence Of a business
picking up"
Small beginnings have been tDo fire.
quently unsuccessful The association
of single small community is not
practicable because it cannot produce
in quantities sufficient to make for
eign shipping profitable.
A big county drive. gone after in. a
businesslile manner, on business
basis, providing for the farmers pr
age and market, would mean the most
wonderful opportunity for Pensacola s
financial and Industrial development
That development is entirely possi-
BILE. Production is easy, so easy that
one large farm could, without undue
initial expense, glut the local market
But the farmer has no incentive to
produce. He has no market for his
wares. The local demand is quickly
supplied and he has no foreign mar
ket to receive his surplus. The indi-
vidual farmer cannot advantageousIy
produce by carload if he cannot sell
by dhe carload. What can he do but
turn the hogs into his cultivated
fields?
And what can me people who are
dependent on him do, but reap the
harvest of the waste?
They can solve the problem if they
will
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
ELIZABETH MERRITT
TO CHRISTEN SHIP

Miss Elizabeth Merritt has been
chosen to act as sponsor for the ship
City of Sherman to be launched from
the yard of the Pensacola Shipbuilding
company at 4 o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon. Miss Merritt's maids will be
the Misses Judith Maxwell, Elizabeth
Durham, Marjorie Christie Eleanor
Mitchell, Valerie Reese and Adelaide
Garfield.
Community Service, Inc, is arrang-
ing a sing to be held just before tho
launching and John Frenkel has been
secured to act as song leader.
Officials from the Emergency Ship
building company offices at Mobile
and New Orleans will be present ia
see the first ship ever launched from
a gulf plant SO nearly completed as
the City of Sherman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
Old People Who Are Feeble and
Children Who Are Pale and Weak

Would be greatly benefited by the
General Strengthening Tonic Effect of
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC.
It purifies and enriches the blood and
builds up the whole system. A Gen.
eral strengthening Tonic for Adults
and Children. 60c.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
TRAVELLING MAN
GAINS IS POUNDS
TAKING TANLAC
Miller Sage He Is Now Working
Every Day Since Tanlac Has
Built Him Up So Wonder
fully-Is Well in Every Way.

Il gained fifteen pounds since began
taking Tanlac and it is the only thing
that did me any good. said NJ. NJ. Mil
Ter, travelling salesman for the North
western Manufacturing & Milling Co,
who lives at 3O2 n. State street, Aber-
deem, S. D, recently.
Everything / would eat soured on my
stomach he continued. land the gas
made me so miserable i felt like it
would kill me- l could hardly sleep at
night and walked the floor for hours try
ing to get some relief from my suffer-
ings / actually lost seventy five pounds
in weight and was so weak and rundown
that 1 was not able to work more than
two days a week.
Several of my friends recommended
Tanlac to me so highly that 1 decided
to try it and it has fixed me up so
can eat anything 1 want and never have
a sign of Indigestion afterwards. 1 have
gotten my strength back and am rapidly
gaining in weight / feel as well in
every way as 1 ever did in my life and
never lose any time from my work.
Tanlac is one medicine that lives up to
its reputation and 1 am glad to recom-
mend it."
All druggists sell Tanlac.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
FRANKLIN COUNTY
SOCIETY IN COURT

A petition was filed in the federal
court yesterday morning asking that
receiver be appointed for the St.
George Cooperative colony which
owns lands in Franklin county and is
chartered under the laws of Delaware.
The suit is brought by d. L. Suther-
land, Stephen ;. Jones and Jessie A.
Clarke. co-partners. against j. J. Alb
bott, William Lee Popham, Charles n.
Hampton. w. H Collier, William Oar
by, J. L. Mclaughlin, and d. T. Brown.
directors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
No. 4.


Income Tax Facts You Should Know.
In making out his income tax form
for 1919, the taxpayer must report the
following items under gross income:
Salaries, wages, and commissions
for personal services, including bon
uses.
posits in banks. including savings
banks.
Dividends on stock. Only dividends
paid out of earnings or profits ac-
crued since March l, 1913, are taxable,
but dividends are deemed to be dis
tributed out of the most recently ac-
cumulated earnings.
Profits received from the sale of
property, real, or personal. If the
property was purchased prior to
March l, 1913, the profit is based on
the difference between the selling
price and the fair market price or
value as of March 1, 1913.
Profit on Stock Trades.
Profits from stock market transac-
lions.
Income received from fiduciaries,
that is amounts received from incomes
of estates, trusts, ETC., through trus-
tees, administrators or executors.
Partnership profits; partnerships as
such, are not subject to the income
tax. but each individual partner must
pay tax on the income from such
partnership.
Royalties from mines, oil, and gas
wells, patents, copyrights, and fran
chises.
Items Not Taxable.
The following items are not taxable
and need not be included in the re-
turn:
Property received as a gift by will
or by inheritance. The income from
such property, however, is taxable.
Proceeds of life insurance policies.
Returns OF premiums on life insur-
ance, endowment, or annuity con-
tracts.
Amounts received through accident
or health insurance or under work
mems compensation acts, plus the
amount of damages received, whether
by suit or agreement.
Interest on obligations Of any state.
or any city. town county, or village
and the District of Columbia. Inter
est on obligations of the United States
is exempt from tax, except that inter
est on obligations issued after Sep
tember /. 1917, is exempt only to the
acts.
Interest on the securities issued
under the provisions of the Federal
farm loan act Of July It. 1916.
Amounts received during the war by
persons in active military or naval
forces up to $4,000. in addition to per-
sonaI exemption.
Interest on Liberty bonds TO the par
value of $4,000 is exempt from all tax
alton. Holders of large amounts OF
Liberty bonds are advised to consult
their bankers or collectors of internal
revenue as to their exemptions.
Living Expenses Not Oeductible.
The law expressly prohibits the de-
duction OF personal or living expenses
These include rent, wages of servants.
cost OF food and clothing for family,
upkeep of automobiles used for pleas
ure or convenience. education of child
dren, and similar items. Income spent
during the year 1919 for any OF these
items is subject TO the tax.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13

It is a foregone conclusion that the
young people of all The institutions of
higher learning in the state will re-
ceive great inspiration from this stu
dent volunteer convention; and that
the delegates bring back the force
and the purpose of its proceedings to
their colleges; so that all of them may
become sharers in the movement to
lift the peoples of the world to higher
living.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
No Great Act Of Heroism Required

If some great act of heroism was
necessary to protect child from
Group, no mother would hesitate to
protect her offspring. but when it is
only necessary TO keep at hand a bot
lie of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and give it as soon as the first indi-
cation of Group appears, there are
many who neglect it, Chamberlain
Cough Remedy is within the reach Of
a1I aud is prompt and effectuaI.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13

Rub-My-Tism is a powerful
antiseptic; it kills the poison
caused from infected cuts, cures
old sores, letter, etc.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
WOOD
OUTLINES VIEWS

Passaic, y. J., Jan. Smash the
red flag, bar the nations gates to IN
desirable immigrants. Americanize aae
desirable ones, teach Americanism in
our schools and see that teachers are
properly paid and cared for. tolerate
but one flag and one language were
doctrines advocated by Major General
Leonard Wood in an address here to-
night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
Don't Won Foroet II.

Bear in mind that Chamberlain
Tablets not only move the bowles but
improve the appetite and strengthen
the digestion. They contain no pepsin
or other digestive ferment but strength
en- the stomach and enable it to per-
form its functions naturaIIy.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13

They are a pleasure to buy
and a JOY to sell.
They are made of materials
that are us extinct today as go
cent wheat and it would be a
hard matter to replace them.
We bought them when a dollar
of our money did more duty
than it does today-therefore,
you can save some of your
money by buying now.
To make a long story short
we are gong to sell them at the
old price as long as they last.
UollnW1zffe Store
Isss.- c: -. 'sG=::Ssss.--
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
To The Dyspeptie.

Would you not like to feel that your
stomach troubles are over, that you
can eat any kind of food that you
crave? Consider then the fact that
Chamberlain's Tablets have cured
others--why not you. There are many
who have been restored to health by
taking these tablets and can now eat
any kind OF food that they crave
Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13
INCOME TAX FACTS
YOU SHOULD KNOW

This is a series of income-tax
stories of Informative value to
every single person in the United
States whose net income for 1919
was 81 900 or more and every
married person and head of a
family whose net income was
1900 or more. The taxpayer is
told how to make out his in
come-tax form, when and where
to file it, and when and where
to pay the tax. Deductions and
exemptions to which the taxpay-
er is entitled are shown, and
special attention directed to
changes in the rates.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-13

The law expressly prOnlDltS Inc DC
duction OF personal or living expenses.
These include rent, wages of servants.
cost OF food and clothing for family,
upkeep of automobiles used for pleas
ure or convenience. education of child
dren, and similar items. Income spent
during the year 1919 for any OF these
items is subject 10 the tax.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
Miss Jones Entertaines
Members of Class No. IL

Eighteen members of Class No, y,
First Methodist Church, met at the
home of Miss Mary Jones on Mis-
sissippi avenue last Friday for bus
mess and social meeting. Following
a few minutes talk by Rev. A. J..
Gearheard, the teacher of the class,
en- election of officers was held.
H. H. Lester received a unanimous
vote for president; Miss Kate Ben
der, vice-president; Mary E. Jones,
secretary; Harry Rummenhauser,
chairman program committee, and
Rebecca Holden, chairman member
ship committee.
Following the business meeting the
young people, gathered IN the parlor
of the Jones home and played various
games and listened to a number of
musical selections rendered by Misses
Jones and Ball and Nixon. Dainty
refreshments were served and plans
discussed as to who would try and
duplicate the entertainment next
month.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
FANCY DIVING CONTEST
OPEN TO ALL AMATEURS

Fancy diving contest for the cham
pionship of Bogalusa, open to all
male amateurs, viii be held in the
Y. M. c. A. pool Saturday, August
IA, at 8 p. m.
A solid gold medal will be given
for first place; silver for second and
bronze for third. There will be eight
compulsory DIES and two optional
An entrance fee of so cents per
man will be charged. If you are in
terested and want to wear a gold
medal, call at the ''Y' and fill out
entry blank, or see any of the fol
lowing committee: K. S. Starns, w.
Leahy, Leroy Moore, M. Mooney.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
RAILROAD NEWS

Little Rosemary Dimalet, daughter
OF Carpenter Dimalet and wife, is i'll
at her home on Superior avenue.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
PROF. WEISS ARRIVES

Prof. Paul Weiss, who for num-
Der of years has been superintendent
of the public schools at. Kentwood,
La, and who is to be assistant to
Superintendent Ratliff, arrived in
Bogalusa Friday evening and has
been busy trying to secure a home
in the northeast section of the city.
Prof. Weiss is recognized as one
of the best instructors in the state
and will be a valuable addition to
the staff of the local schools.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
WILLIAMs LOSES INFANT

E. w. Williams and the families Of
B. D. Talley and Mrs. Georgia Cen
try were absent from the city Sat
urdzy, having been called to Pearl
River county to attend the burial Of
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hew-
son Williams.
pIr. Williams is a former citizen
a5f Bcgalusa and his wife, nee Miss
PCarl Martin, will be pleasantly re
member as ore of Bogalusa's public
school teachers, having taught here
for two years.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05

If you are afflicted with Rheu-
rmatism, why waste time with lini-
ments, lotions and other local APP
,plications that never did cure
Rheumatism, and never will?
Do not try to rub the pain away,
foe you never will succeed. Try
the sensible plan of finding the
cause of the pain. Remove the
cause, and there can be no pain
You will never be rid ofRheuna--
1ism until you cleanse your blood
OF the germs that cause the dis
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
You Can't Cure Rheumatism
With Liniments and Lotions

ease. S. S. S. has no equal as a
blood cleanser, scores of sufferers
say that it has cleansed their
blood of Rheumatism, and remoV-
ed all trace of the disease from
Get a bottle of S. S. S. at your
drug store and get on the right
treatment to-day. S. S. S. is a
splendid system cleanser; it is not
sold or recommended for venereal
diseases. If you want special med
ical advice, address Medical Direc-
tor, 49 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta,
Ga.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05

Little Rosemary Dimalet, daughter
OF Carpenter Dimalet and wife, is i'll
at her home on Superior avenue.
The wife of Machinist Earl Tilton
presented him with fine babv bow
last Sunday at the Bogalusa Hospital.
Earl is so proud Of the future ma
chinist that he hasn't worked all
week.
Fred Harms, the shipments second
Vernon Castle, spent the weekend
visiting relatives in McComb, Miss.
It is not stated whether or not he
gave demonstrations Of his dancing
while there.
Arnold Simmons IS reported i'll
with a severe case of fever.
Uncle Billie Page will leave Fri
day for George Anna, Ala.
Machinist J. B. Evans continues to
run the shops strictly according to
HOyle during the absence of Frank
Marshall, VINO is expected to return
from his vacation next week.
=
IIrs. Charles F. Bourgeois and
daughters returned last week from a
few days visit with relatives in Thi-
boLeauX, La.
= *
Engineer blanche and wife are re-
covering from recent spell of ma
laria.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
sECY. BLAYNEY RETURNS

D. V. Blayney, general secretary
of the local Y. NJ. C. T., returned
Monday night from a four weeks
vacation. Secretary Blayney spent
two weeks of his time at the Y. N.
G. A. Camp in Blue Ridge, N. c.,
taking the Industrial Work course,
and the balance of the time with
relatives in Marshall, Mo.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
GAVE DELIGHTFUL PARTY

Mrs. Perry Doerr entertained a
number of friends to a watermelon
party at her home on North Border
Drive last Saturday evening, and
games, wherein watermelons played
q prominent part, were engaged in.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05

Your home is just as likely to
burn as that Of anyone else, and
there are hundreds of homes de-
stroyed each day. Many Of those
who lose their homes, lose their saw
lngs of years. The more thrifty
carry insurance, and if their home is
destroyed, they can soon have a new
one with little loss to them. The
risk is too great for an individual to
carry.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05
VISITS !,

Ma Marshall ;hal Ric6ardssosa
letter last week from
the Idaho, informing ~ r
trip to Alaska and - I'm q
shortly Denver win g I'll
OF the United States ' pa
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-08-05

Uncle Billie Page will leave Fri.
day for George Anna, Ala.