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thoughts as I hurried back TO my ov
apartment and the bedside Of
mother-in-law. dreaded inexpres
bly, the conflict forc>aw when
autocratic old woman should find
that had sent for a physician as
+ her wishes.
As I entered the living room ave
rose from her seat at the door . hs
mother in-laws room. @ 49,.
"She not move while you gone 81
said. she sleep all time. but IA
she awful seeck. she breathe 50 little
The doctor Will be here then we
while" ! said in a low t"how i'll she
will be able 10 tell - .,o,rr work
is. You may go SacA ~ g. watching
now. Thank you SO '''u0''
her" ,.ao-n any time
weur H9ntiy rtre--..----,---.----. and
stood looking down upon the austere
old face against the pillow. IL was
flushed old face NOW and the eyeiids
twitched as If there were pain some
where in the body. Her breathing, too,
WAS more rapid and heavy than when /
had left her, or so ! fancied.
I dared not TOUCH her wrist or put
my hand upon her forehead for fear Of
waking her. Time enough for that
when the physician should arrive. But
feeling Of impotence crept over me,
feeling which held terror as well.
Was it possible that my husbands
mother stepped across the threshold Of
our home? l had had enough expert
ence in illness TO know that my mother
| in-law was in serious danger Of pneu-
m0nia If she had not already contract
ed it.
| realized also how little chance she
had Of surviving the disease. Her weak
heart made recovery from pneumonia
at her age a very doubtful thing az
best.
My inability to do anything for her
depressed me. By slipping my hand
under the blankets / had ascertained
! that the hot water bags were suffi-
/ GENTLY warm. There was nothing
more for me TO do but 10 sit quietly
and watch her until the PHYSICIANS
arrival
| ! wanted IN bring DR.. Petit TO her
> bedside before she should awaken.
! Then / would Jet him deal with her
obstinate refusal 10 see a physician.
But how I wished that Dicky would
| come home.
I As If I had rubbed Aladdin's lamp.
heard the hall door slam, and my hus-
| band came rushing into the room.
Continued tomorrow
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Economy Must Follow Wartime
ENfravanance

1t is evident to the most casual OBJ
| server that the h. c. |. has started on
| its downward course. The heavens
are full of signs, and those dealers who
are wise will recognize the signifi-
cance Of the movement and trim their
sails accordingly. Henry Ford was one
of the first to see the coming tide
and gave~it something of an impetus
by reducing the prices of his tin Liz
zies to prewar prices, and that with
out reducing wages in his factory The
big department stores in New York
and Chicago have followed suit. and
Sears, ROebuck & Co., will continue 10
hold their place in the famous trilogy
of the Crackers friends'-according TO
st. Cats.
Wheat dropped 10 to IL cents in Ne
Chicago market yesterday, CARRYING
with 1t a promise Of cheaper flour and
bread. Wool and cotton are both on
the down grade. and prices Of wool and
cotton goods have been reduced 40 par
cent or more. Production In MANY lines
has over taken consumption not be-
cause the people are any better sun
piled. but because they have ceased to
buy at the exorbitant prices they were
charged. An era Of economy has set
in following the orgy of extravaganza
which had its beginning in the unpre-
cedented high wages of war time,
For the first time since the war be-
gan in many Of our large manufacture
ing centers there is an overplus NJ
labor and men are hunting Jobs and
not finding them as plentiful as fo~-,-
erly. There is a lesson in all this
which labor will do we'll to n,,.,..
Is no time to strike and thus add TO
the general Generalization and dis
organization Of business which seems
TO be coming. Labor viii best con-
serve It's own int -
to the pobs which it has, rendering
efficient service and maAiug MS. .--
dispensable to its employers. In that
way only. combined with careful econ
omy in expenditures, lies the way of
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disslmilarity to the slim youth who
had waited upon me when I had visited
the drug store before. and read il
mechanically.
DR.. Petit. Madison Square 425S''
"Dr. Petit" repeated to myself
Why that must be the physician who
come to the apartment the night OF my
chatting dish party, when the baby
across the hall was brought TO US in
a convulsion'
A sudden swift remembrance came
to me of the tact and firmness with
which the tall young physician had
handled the difficult situation he had
found in our apartment In the alb
sence Of its parents the maid had
brought the suffering, unconscious
child to US. He had dominated the
tie abtide1erihg dfGfHIlY and had coSSed
delighted to remember.
an Half an Hour"
He was just the man, | decided. TO
handle my refractory mOther-in-law.
she was i'll enough to need physi-
clan, but had refused to have one.
Dicky was not at his studio. and l real
ly did not dare TO wait until he came
home before summoning medical at
tendance for his mother. I returned to
the telephone booth and took down the
receiver.
Madison Square 1851
"Dr. PETITE A feminine voice, evil
IDENTIFY that Of an office girl. came
over the wire. Eyes. he is here. Wait
a minute"
The minute stretched into two he
fore I heard DR.. Pettits calm. rather
slow tones.
This is DR.. Petit. Who is this
please?"
q am Mrs. Richard Graham, Dr.
Petit. Of &c East Twenty eighth Street
Apartment 4. Perhaps you remember
being called to that apartment TO at
tend a baby in a CONFUSION ?'
Il recall the visit perfectly. The
voice had the same grave cadence
remembered. The baby was the child
Of your neighbor across the hall What
can I do you your"
My husbands mother is Ill, Or. Pet
tit. l wish you would come to sec her
as soon as possible. She insists that
she does not wish a physician, but
am afraid not 10 have one, she appears
so ill.,"
My office hours will be over in d
half hour. Then I viii come to you
Good-by."
Thank you, doctor. GOod-by."
Dicky Arrives at Last.
My feet Travelled no faster than my
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Revelations
Ofu Wife
How Madge Summoned a Physician.
By ADELE GARRISON.

How Madge Summoned a Physician.
will you kindly tell me who is the
best physician here?"
The drug store attendant started
guiltily at my innocent question. He
had been so absorbed in his own re-
Election in the enormous mirror back
Of the soda counter that he had not
noticed my progress from the telephone
booth to the counter in front Of him
until l spoke
"Why-1-pardon me" ne stammer-
ed Wait a moment. and I'll inquire.
I'm a stranger here"
And yet I said to myself, 'one Of
the stock jokes Of the comic papers is
that concerning women's eternal prink-
ing before mirrors
As he came back to the counter he
bestowed another surreptitious glance
upon his reflection before he spoke.
The boss says this chaps the best
around here" He held out a penciled
card 10 me.
| took the card. mentally commenting
on the uncouthness Of the man and his
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THE HOPEFUL BROTHER.

In thorny ways an lonesome days,
when sorrow thrills the breast,
sorter spend hope or two in hopin'
fer the best.
In sayin'; Light
Comes after night,
An there will be mornin' brightr
When life seems but a rain of tears
all dreary an unblest,
j sorter say, I'm cheer the way, by
hopin' for the best!
Away with signs =
Lights in the skies,
An suns-they only set to riser
An so it is. from day to day l walk
The way along
An when the sorrow shakes my soul
weave It into songI
An so il seems
The mornin' beams,
An life is sweeter than my dreams |
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HOW ABOUT THIS?

The history of DeSoto. Polk and
Pinellas counties offer us an oppor-
tunity to study the effect of this road
development on the tax rate DcSoto
county with its I5.5 per cent bonded
Indebtedness for roads, has a total
county millase of % for 1919. PineIas
county, with its ti.6 has a millage of
81 and Polk County with 1873 per cent
has a millage of 81, and so on. Our
present millage is &c for Escambia
county and when our roads are COM
pleted. we will have invested onlv Q
per cent of our resources on a so per
cent basis of assessment, for roads.
From these figures we can we'll see
that the estimate forecasting the re-
suit OF the bond issue. will work out
in actual practice. and that our taxes
will not increase.
II Polk county can build i47 miles of
paved road at a cost Of LAYS. no when
her total assessment is much less than
st74T5000. we can surely build i02
miles Of road. making our total bonds
at s2.t90,0O0 on our present assess
ment of si92s3.0O0. with the probabili-
ties OF the assessment reaching s23 =
900, 900 when the bond issue is COM
pleted, and our ratio Of bonds TO as
assed property being per cent as
against their 1873 per cent. If they can
hold their millase at 81, we can hold
ours much lower.
They are now at the peak of their
load, as their roads were competed over
two years ago, and their millage will
decrese from now on, owing to The re-
tirement of their bonds and the stoD-
ping Of their interest. Escambia coun-
ty is not making an experiment in vot-
ing for these bonds. We have before
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Respectfully,
J. N. ANDREWS,

Klondyke, Sept. give have had
very nice weather for the past week
ana the farmers have been gathering
their corn in for the winter. Mrs
James Snowden has been seriously i'll
for the past week. James Olsen Is now
making his home with his father, w.
M. Olsen. Mrs. James Fisher and two
grandchildren called on Mrs. Sunda last
Sunday. Misses Maxine Dawkins and
Viola Cowan attended Sunday School
at Pine Forest last Sunday. W. NJ.
Olsen spent Monday afternoon at Beau
ian. Tom Muld0ne spent Sunday at
Pine Forest. o. w. jefferson called
on friends in Beulah Sunday. Mrs. A.
II. BAILEY has canned quantities Of
frult for the winter. Jack Bailey, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Bailey is expect-
ed nome soon from Mobile. Miss Leila
Cowan is making her home with Mr..
ana Mrs. Vernie Brewton, Of Pensacola.
,. Z. Jernigan was able to return Mon
day morning to his work on the new
Drloge over Perdido river. Dennie
shelby, of Alabama. spent Saturday and
sunday with homefolks. Minos Sunda
spent Monday in Pensacola on business.
MP. ana Mrs. Jefferson, Of Ballvieyv were
tne guests of friends here Monday.
MT ana Mrs. Dock Mathis, of Pensacola
spent Monday in Klondyke on a fishing
Trip Joe Reader and little son. Char
Ie! MADE business trip to Pensacola
Monday. George Davis and Birdie Gar
ret were Pensacola visitors Monday
Miss Banna Hancock, of Pensacola,
was a caller here SUNDAY afternoon
MRS. P. c. Awkins called at the home
OF Mr.: and Mrs. James Snowden Mon
Jay afternoon. Frank Barrineau. At
Gonzalez spent Monday in Klondyke.
MISS Ruby Dawkins was the cuest OF
Misses Stella and Eta Weaver sunday
afternoon. Miss Matte Bailey spent
Monday night with Miss Stella Weaver.
BIZ Shelby was in Pensacola Tuesday
on business. Ben King of Beulah wsS
caller In Klondyke Monday afternoon
a. Il. Bailey was in. the Deep water
lily tuesday. C. L. Taylor and r. D
DAVIS We're in Pensacola Tuesday on
business. Master Alfred Lisfon Of
beuiah spent Tuesday in KIoniyke
Aaster George Shelby was in Pensa-
cola Tuesday on business. Miss Eta
weaver has returned to Pensacola
where she is with her sister Mrs. II
NJ 1onker. after visit Of seyeral
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COLORED CLUBS TO TRY TO co.
ERCE VOTERS.
Pensacola. Sept. %.

Pensacola, Sept. %.
Editor Journal:
I am going to inform you through
your paper. the general public, OF
some things that are going on that
should be nipped in the bud. Some Of
the newly enfranchised colored women
are organizing clubs to enforce the reg
istration and voting of ali their women
where they find any that do not wish
TO do so. They are threatening them
with what will happen to them. They
threaten them also if they shall be
seen carrying a bundle of clothes.
Now | have passed through old re-
construction times and know what
this means. In January, 1891 my wife
employed a good woman to do the fam
lily washing. After she died, her daugh-
ter took 1t and has been serving us
faithfully up to this date, about thirty
years in all for the two. And l here
by ci,-a- NOTICE tibet I do nat i.a4~--ei for
these clubs to interfere or intimidate
any one satisfied to serve us. The
COlored preachers would do we'll to see
that such things are not started here
as they will not be tolerated.
| have always wanted the colored
people to have everything that was
their right and know that the women
have a right to their franchise. But
| do not recognize their right to med
die with other people who are quietly
attending to their business. And if they
force the issue we will take steps to
rid our town Of such pests.
A word to the wise ought to be suf-
ficient
Respectfully,
J. N. ANDREWS
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us many successful ventures here in
our own state, and they tell us just
exactly what we can do and what we
can depend on. and the, example Is
very tempting to follow.
Polk county has a soil inferior 10 our
own, and many other disadvantages.
II is in the interior portion OF the
state yet the building of these roads
and the progressive spirit that went
with it, has made the county prosper
Gus beyond the dreams Of the men VINO
voted them, and has made the county
one to which every person who has
passed points with pride, and 1t is
known as one Of the banner counties
Of the state.
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safety of the working man. He had
his fling at careless extravaganza, and
must now prepare for different times
If he would keep out of the bread
lines.
There is no forecast Of evil in these
words. They are intended as simple
warning of the change that is newt
ably coming. We could not live for
ever on the high planes, and must
adapt ourselves to the changing condi-
tfons. The sooner we do that, the bet
ter it will be for us.-Tanpa Times.
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The Maine supreme court rules that
woman does not have to disclose her
age. Says the Mobile Register: Wise
old court! 1t knew woman wouldn't
do it, no matter what the court ruled"
To which the Times-Union responds {:
But the face that this is the Jaw IN
Maine doesn't help the women Of other
states one bit" From the tone of the
Times Union comment we opine that
this fact is JUNCTION to its soul.-pro.
vlded of course. that it has a soul.
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LOCAL NOTICE 10 MARINERS.

Texas - Galveston Bay - Galveston
Harbor-Second Turn Light relighted
September 22nd, having been found ex-
tlnguished
C. & G. 6. Charts, Nos. 204, 500. 1i16.
List List, Atlantic Coast, 1920, p. 374
No. 2i92.
Buoy List, 18th District. 1918. p. 48.
Coast Pilot, Section E, 1916. p. 1872.
By order Of the Commissioner OF
Lighthouses.
z. s. LANPHIER,
Superintendent of Lighthouses.
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LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Texas-GalvestOn Bay-FOrt Point
Gas Buoy, fl. relighted September 23rd
having been found extinguished.
C. & G. S. Charts Nos. 204, 500. 1ii6.
Light List, Atlantic Coast. 1920, p.
374, No. 2i9O.
Buoy List, 9Th District, 1913, p. 48.
Coast Pilot, Section E. 1916. p. 1872
BY order Of the Commissioner of
Lighthouses.
f. s. LANPHIER
Superintendent of Lighthouses.
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LET'S MAKE IT g THEN.

Talking about campaign contribu-
tions. it must be remembered that a
dollar contributed this year to elect a
president is only worth fifty cents,
compared with the dollar contributed
in 1916. The Republicans are after the
presidency hard. and will buy the COW
eted chair if possible. The doubtful
states in the Midwest will settle the
controversy.-Moore Haven Times.
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SEND THEM TO PENSACOLA.

Clearwater has been asked by near
by city to take care of three families
who are coming to Florida November
4. Thar accommodations are exhaust
ed and relief has been asked. It
seems that the state will be called
upon to take care of more people than
ever this winter and 1t is necessary for
all TO assist.-Clearwate Sun.
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WE WILL.

Take care OF your papers,
Transfer your Liberty Bonds,
Make out your income tax,
Draw your checks and drafts,
Make out your deposit ticket,
Transfer your funds,
Hold your horse.
Crank your Ford. or,
Mind your baby
But we will NOT
Pay your overdrafts.
-!Ad of Bank Of Eatonton. Eatonton, Ga
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Don't forget to Vote.

O.
Vote for Good Roads For Escambia
Are you going to hlep Pull Escambia
County Out Of the Sand?
All Together, Nowl Put it over Boys
Also GirlsI Let's have a Real County.
Some people are so afraid that they
may have to pay few taxes that they
forget about how much they are pay
ing out every year, to keep from pay
ing those taxes.
How many tires do you buy for that
automobile every year? When we get
good roads for Escambia county. you
can cut down your tire bills.
Now come the Autumn days when the
leaves begin to turn all kind of colors,
blushing at the idea of denuding the
trees.
Because you have not registered for
the bond election, don't forget to reg
lister for the general election in No
vember.
Good citizens want good roads.
Originality is all right. but don't be
too unique.
Says the Macon Telegraph: Far be
1t from us TO bite the hand that feeds
us, but in the matter Of this here
tale in the papers about the whale that
followed an Atlantic liner In order to
scratch its back on the keel, why, we
are not going to believe it unless a
laws passed requiring us to-"
%
Where do we go when we go TO
sleep"-lecture subject. 1t depends on
what we were drinking before we
started and how much.
O.
With 5000 spell binders hustling for
Harding. he ought to stay at home in
his rocking chair and enjoy life ON his
front porch. Judging from his speeches
that would be a safe thing for him to
do. and might make it easier for the
Five Hundred.
Now they are talking about moon
eyeu girls, me KIM we uSeQ 10 know
were star-eyed. and know how to
twinkle.
Pensacola Is beginning to look like II
intends to clean up and keep clean.
O.
The senate investigating committee
will look into the activity OF the liquor
interests in this campaign. Some of the
senators better not go too far. they
might find something
Everybody's doing IL. The Tampa
Times carries an editorial and adver-
tisement Of Pensacola and the Fishing
Gazette OF New York devotes the first
three pages OF its September issue to
the Red Snapper industry OF this city
Russell Conwell has been lecturing
through Florida about the acres OF dia-
monds that we have in our door yards
II we will only go after them. What
about those acres of diamonds In Pen
sacola and Escambia county? Aren't
we willing to invest little money for
81, IL
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Pa says
Cast your vote for
Good Roads;
Sister says
Thank Goodness
She kin vote For Good Roads;
Ma says
She expected to Camp
At the Polls all Day
And vote f'r Good Roads
And Show Other People How
To Do the Same.
(Ma is Great on Shown
Other people Howl
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Press Comment
Pecan GROWING.

From the September list report Of the
Bureau Of Crop Estimates at Washing
ton, we CLEAN the following relative
to the growing and condition Of Pc
cans in Florida.
The percentage Of number Of trees
bearing, as compared with the preced-
ing year, was t03 per cent, showing a
slight increase. The proportion Of all
trees that are of bearing age was 81
per cent. Trees not producing but OF
bearing age, this year 43, usual year
is, showing that the trees were not
bearing in such numbers this year as
usual. The proportion Of all trees Of
bearing age that are grated. budded,
or top worked, was 62 per cent.
The average price per pound re-
ceived for the 1919 crop was, for i'm
proved, 46 cents; for seedlings and wild,
%; for all, 80 cents per pound. The
proportion Of last years nuts that were
improved varieties was 50 per cent.
The crop was disposed of as follows
sold for local use, 30 per cent; shipped
out, 60 per cent; kept for home use,
10 per cent. This report was based on
T., 800 trees in the state. The five year
average production Of a full crop was
76 per cent, which was exceeded by
but one state, that being Georgia, with
81 per cent. The average Of the Unit
ed States was but 40 per cent of a full
crop for a five year year average.
These latter figures. in fact all of
them, go to show that Florida is one
Of the best pecan producing states in
the Union The northern portion OF
1t, North and West Florida, where they
are grown. produces some of the choic-
est pecans grown, and the crop is
usually very reliable one. Every
one should have a few pecan trees
about their homes. They are a fine
shade tree, subject to but few insect
pests, and in a few years return a big
percentage upon their cost.
On suitable soil they are ADAPTED for
use as shade trees for our streets. and
In places where they have been used
for this purpose, they are now return
ing to the municipalities quite an in
come each year. Wherever hickories
are found growing naturally, the pc
can will thrive-Panama City Pilot.
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When it comes to killing children
Herod was a piker compared with our
ignorance, say the investigators or our
Childrens Bureau in Washington. In
one place, out Of SO babies, 40 died
before they were month old. In an
other place p out of % died the first
month. What is still worse IL out of
10 babies died in less than 80 DAYS
after they We're born. No doctors, not
even a trained nurse, to help the mother
or care for her.
If it is true, that the most accurate
measure Of a civilization is the death
rate of children. we must be pretty
healthier In spots.
Sixteen thousand young American
mothers died in childbirth In 1916.
1900 In 1917 and and $4,000 in 1918.
Probably half if not more of these
deaths were needless. Eleven other
great nation which has no protecting
death rate than ours. Ours is the only
great nation which hs no protecting
legislation for mothers and children.
Senator Capper directs attention to
these facts, giving them as the reason
why he considers the Smith Towner
bill providing instruction for. expec-
tant and nursing mothers and suitable
care for young mothers unable TO pro-
vide it for themselves, as important
legislation as any that will come be-
fore. 0ngress.-Cappers Weekly.
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How many tires do you buy for that
automobile every year? When we get
good roads for Escambia county. you
can cut down your tire bills.
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Some people are so afraid that they
may have to pay few taxes that they
forget about how much they are pay
ing out every year, to keep from pay
ing those taxes.
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Everybody's doing II. The Tampa
Times carries an editorial and adver-
tisement Of Pensacola and the Fishing
Gazette OF New York devotes the, first
three pages OF its September issue to
the Red Snapper industry OF this city
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superintendent Of Lighthouses
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All Together, NowI Put it over Boys
Also Girls Let's have Real County.
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Russell Conwell has been lecturing
through Florida about the acres OF dia-
monds that we have in our door yards
II we will only go after them. What
about those acres of diamonds In Pen
sacola and Escambia county, Aren't
we willing to invest little money for
their developments