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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-05
Thc N,'.ll-t:loycd lInnd

Great gauntlet gloves for motoring
often have Il strap-and- buckle or a
snap fastener at the wrist to render
them wind-proof. For colder weather
they are To he had fleece lined. as
shown.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-05
a lit Formal.

To accompany the getaway, some
times termed the morning cost. the
waiStcoat. shown alongside is often
TO be met this season. 1t is double
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-05

hreaSted OF White. snulf- brown or
doNe-Eray linen or cotton. with two
rows Of four buttons grouped some
what i'll the outline of top. The
collar is extremely low, the lapels
show straight peak and the gar
incnt is decidedly curved over the
hips. The linen collar is the slant
tabled wing and the throw over
scarf is fastened with a pearl min.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
POLA NECRI In PLAY
OF ORIENTAL HAREM
Another Unique Production by Lu-
bitsch, Creator of passion"
A romance Of the haremi

A romance Of the hareml
1t is a phrase that kindles the mag
nation. quickens the pulse and stirs
that dormant longing TO visit the
Orient-the land Of mysticism. loye and
splendor. For in every man, be he mil
lionaire. shopkeeper or iaborer, there
is a hidden desire for romance-and
the East has long been tabled, and
rightly so. for it's romance
This is the spirit of zone Arabian
Night" which is to start a two day en-
gagement at the Isis theatre on Thurs
day The star OF this production is
Pola Negri. who leaped to international
fame through her work in Passion
and Gypsy Blood" 1t was directed BY
Ernest Lubitsch. who produced all
three OF these First National attrac-
tons
The dancing girl. who is a member
OF a stroIling group Of players, cap
lures the hearts Of all who come into
,ontact with her, regardless Of rank or
caste. Among her most persistent suit
ors is her master. hunchback But TO
the girl love is but a passing fancy
and in momentary whims she casts
aside all of her numerous lovers
One day they reach Bagdad. and
there she meets the prince the son Of
the shell who rules all the land. For
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
When VIII We Get Our First
Harvest? When Will 1t Pay
Cash Dividends?

According to an official book or re-
port published by the State of Florida,
oysters in Florida waters grow to a
lawful marketable size Of three inches
or more in twelve months. However,
we do not intend to harvest our first
crop Of oysters from our 5OO-acre 4oy-
ster farm until the annual opening OF
the oyster season Oct. /, 1922, and OF
course, our FIRST cash dividend will
he paid from our FIRST harvest (the
same season..
Every cent OF the net profits OF
this Association will be ANNUALLY
distributed among its members in cash
dividends once each year until the
end of the world. For example. should
your investment pay you 5000 net per
month. you would get your annual
dividend check at the close Of the sea-
son. for So, 400--alI in one check.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
How to Remit.

Remit by check or postoffice money
order, and make all checks or money
orders payable to the OYSTER
GROWERS COOPERATIVE Asso-
CITATION. Apalachicola, Florida.
On receipt OF a remittance OF $50
Cor more. as you choose) and an appIi-
cation properly signed-we Will upon
receipt of same. IMMEDIATELY issue
TO you a beautiful engraved certificate
for one share and FULL membership
UNDER THE CORPORATE SEAL Of
he Oyster Growers Cooperative As
ISOLATION and under the signature OF
the president and treasurer, and viii
end same TO you by USE Of the United
States NAIL.
Or If your application is received
TOO LATE to get share, we viii
RETURN your remittance promptly.
Notice: Clip the following applica-
ton and mail same. but KEEP the ball
ance OF the printed matter pe.A.ining
TO this proposition-for your PRO-
LECTION. as we use the United states
mails for this project. and it MUST Be
AS REPRESENTED.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Popham Calls the Doubters'
Bluff.

Poor doubter, We willing convert of
the knockers slime. you, IN your inno-
cent ignorance, say that this oyster
culture proposition 'is fake" -ignor-
ant of the L. S. Governments report on
half million acres planted in a single
year, and absolutely ignorant on To-
cal facts concerning this particular
proposition. Yes, TITS fake" is tt?
Now. let's see who is the fake, you,
the doubter. or this propositions
In 1921 the oyster Growers Coop
erative Association planted 100000 bar
rels of live oysters and shell on its
500 acres of oyster bottom. to which its
president holds lease title from the
great state OF Florida. and also. for
absolute safety regarding a 100 per
cent perfect title he holds a title to
this same 500 acres Of oyster bottom
from the owner of the abutting land
or shore property adjacent tothis 500
acres of oyster bottom (as good as
gold). Are these genuine titles fake?
No. no! Is our present crop Of multi
Piled millions Of live oysters now
growing and thriving from this great
planting, fake? No. no. Is the
aforesaid quotation from the United
states Government showing harvest
OF from to barrels of oysters from
each barrel planted, a fake2 No, no.
Is our ownership of our ten thousand
dollar planting fleet OF boats and
barges a fake? No. no! Is the fact
that we have $4,000 in one of the
home banks. for the building OF our
oyster raw house and factory a fake?
No. mol Are our two large and adj
joining river front and railroad front
factory sites IN Apalachicola a fake?
which lots cost US IS. 900 cash, and to
which we have a warranty deed. Is
this fact fake? No. no! When oy-
sters have been selling from roc to soc
per quart. is our proposed retail price
of soc per quart Csc per barrel, 3 gal
Ions TO the barreD. Is this fact a fake
No, no, Is it a fake that we can get
such price for our oysters directly from
our factory door to the consumers ia
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20

the first time in her life she feels the
strange pangs OF real love- But caste
is everything in the East, and while the
prince has no objections to clendestine
meetings, the girl wants to be near him
constantly, and is compelled to use
strategy to gain admittance to the
palace.
She dances before the sheik, be-
witches him and becomes the favorite
Of the harem.
The prince comes to her in her
bower. but they are surprised by the
sheik
Tragedy follows, for not even the
son of the sheik can invade the sane
tity of the harem with impunity.
This is but part Of the story Of "One
Arabian Night" a fascinating and In
terest- compelling production Director
Lubitsch plays the part Of the huntch :
back and proves that his genius is not
confined to his directoriaI powers.
Thousands Of persons take part in
the picture. and an entire city was re-
produced to give It fitting back
ground.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
POpham Figures on the Min
imum.

William Lee Popham. president Of
the oyster Growers Cooperative As
ISOLATION, says: ITO be perfectly fair,
safe and sane. / am willing to figure
our harvest at the very minimum OF
80 for THAT is two barrels each year
for every barrel of oysters planted,
and on this low basis, from our 1921
planting OF 100000 barrels. we will
harvest 20O,0 barrels each year until
the end Of the world (barring calami-
ties); and you will say that such an
estimate on the minimum is reasona-
BILE, as oysters are supposed to grow
better and more abundantly as the
years go by and when you realize that
we shall return the empty shell to our
bottom. from our harvest each year,
for increase upon increase"
Therefore. to absolutely prove that
investors are wise who invest $500 for
one share In this Association on our
easy terms OF $50 down and so per
month, III YOU will take your pencil
and figure this for yourself, you win
find that on this very lowest basis.
at the normal and present price of Sc
per barrel for oysters 6 gallons per
barely, we will sell our annual crop
for twelve hundred thousand dollars,
and allowing even one-haR for the to-
tai expenses we would have six hum
dred thousand dollars to equally di-
vide between the owners OF our one
thousand shares, which gives to each
share owner each year. a net cash
dividend OF six hundred dollars. or $50
per month: and really. I believe that
our yield in Floridas far-famed oyster
garden in the Apalachicola Bay-where
the United States Government spent
approximately ten thousand dollars
for its survey and plat of these oyster
bottoms. will be equal to the govern
ment's maximum quotation OF "s FOR
f." instead of the minimum OF 20 for
L." as aforesaid; and furthermore.
do not believe that the associations
total expense will be so per cent, as 1
have allowed in the aforesaid minimum
quotation. However, on the aforesaid
minimum basis you will have to ac-
knowledge that am very fair and
most conservatives and that this prop
osition is not fake. IT, for an in
yestment of $780, it bids fairly to pay
the investor q lifetime cash income
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20

Florida taken over by the Allen Prop
erty Custodian soon after the outbreak
of tAe war has not been materially al
tered by the ratification by the + s
senate Of the separate peace with Ger
many or BY the proclamation OF Pres
ident Harding declaring the state OF
war at an end as Of July 2, It was
said at the alien property custodian
office today
The alien property custodian win
continue TO hold and operate the prop
erty now in its charge until congress
passes special legislation relieving ii OF
its trust and making disposition or
the property that formerly belonged to
alien enemies.
This turning back Of the alien prop
erty cannot be accomplished BY a mere
clause. It was explained today. but the
legislation viii have to be Of a very
intricate nature providing for disposl-
ton Of real property, stocks and bonds.
capital. surplus, profits. etc, and the
winding up Of the details Of govern
ment operations.
1t Is expected that the alien property
custodian win soon frame a bin to b.
passed by congress turning all the
seized property back 70 the former
owners. Passage Of this legislation Is
not expected for at least another two
months.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Free From Enemies.

And, best of all (while oysters have
enemies in some other locations in
Florida and other parts OF the United
States) the United States Government
in official document No. Sal, page So,
paragraph 6 on the said page, says Of
the waters where our chosen oyster
garden is located. The oysters of these
waters have no aggressive enemies and
no diseases were observed. Therefore,
remember the foregoing facts and the
high authority for same, when doubters
speak of oysters being destroyed by
natural enemies or diseases
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20

ble2 No. mol Is 1t a fake that we are
now buying oyster shell from several
raw houses in Apalachicola, their ex-
elusive output for the entire season,
for our guaranteed planting OF another
100000 barrels to be planted on our 500
acres OF bottom in 1922? Is this fact
fake2 No, no! Is it a fake. the fact
that one share In this Association, on
the low minimum Of facts and figures
aforesaid win pay the share owner
$50 per month cash income? Is this
fact on those figures fake? No. no!
Then. In the name OF common sense.
fairness and truth. what feature Of
this Association or its legitimate bust
ness of oyster culture Is fake2
WHAT? Say it plainly. WHAT is a
fake? Get ye} behind me. We doubter,
We are "the fake" for you run into
your hiding hole In company with
your instructor-the knocker-when
faced with these cold, stubborn facts,
facts which no liar can answer and
which no doubter can abridge.
want both the knocker and his
convert. the doubter. to understand
that this Association does not owe a
penny in the world. that it has more
than 500 members in the 4S American
states, among the wisest and most
conservative business men and women
in the United states. who have investi-
gated this proposition sufficiently to
pay their good money for share and
for the cash lifetime income from Ma
lures harvest, which all of US reason
ably expect and 1t makes US smile
when we hear some doubter, after
taking bath in the Knockers slime,
say IT'S fake Yes, it's a fake but
you are the IT which is fake.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Quotes U. S. Government on
Yield of Oyster Culture.

1t matters not how unkindly or un-
friendly doubters may be to the oyster
Growers Cooperative Association or
what misrepresentation are made by
them, the truth and facts remain that
oyster culture Is a success Gas reported
by the Z. S. Government in Economic
Circular No is, revised, page g. on a
half million acres being planted in a
single year,; that this Association.
with an asset Of a half million dollars,
counting our planted 500 acres at only
$1,000 per acre, 10 a great success; and
especially Will doubters sit up and
take notice" when they read the fol-
lowing facts quoted from the United
States government:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Cost of Membership and Terms,

The cost Of one share in the oyster
Growers Cooperative Association is
ONLY Six Hundred Dollars payable
$50 down and 500 per month tthe firA4
of each month"; WITHOUT interest.
Or you may. If you choose. pay ALL
CASH and get a per cent discount, or
may pay any sum in excess Of $50
down and any sum in excess of $40
per month-which you NOW or
LATER CHOOSE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20

Readers Of this paper recently saw
jn these columns double page adver-
tisement regarding tho great sue, ess
attained BY the oyster Growers Co
Operative Association. Of Apalachicola,
Florida. and many were the converts
TO oyster culture from the thousands
who read that great story OF success in
this unique field OF endeavor from
Natures harvest.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Usual Average Yield % for T.
and Up to IS for L.

Notice that when we quote the
United States Government on oyster
culture. we always give tho exact
number OF the Document ana Page.
70 that no doubt may arise.
As medicine to cure the critic and
aoubter, and to prove that oyster cul-
ture IS not a fake. as the doubter
would have you believe, we now quote
rom the worlds greatest authority:
In official Document No. SAC, page 500
Me United States Government saws
that the usual average yield in many
localities from cultivated oysters Is
two or three times the amount of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20

oysters planted. and in another para
graph on the same page, the govern
ment says: Gases are known where
five hundred bushels of shells yielded
three thousand bushels Of salable oy-
sters."
Therefore. IN many localities, the
yield OF cultivated oysters shown by
official document issued by the u. s.
Government, as above quoted, is two
to six times the amount OF oysters
planted. or from to barrels for
each barrel planted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
A Few More Shares Left.

or the 900 shares which this Assoc
citation originally had for sale. we now
have probably 100 shares left, and
first come, will be first served" in
the sale of the few which are left.
We have never asked any person
to join US, and will never ask you or
any other person to buy share. but
we simply tell plain facts, and leave it
to your good business Judgment
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Popham Does Not Promise or
Guarantee Cent Dividend.

While I sincerely and honestly be-
lieve that we can depend on harvesting
from two to six barrels for every bar
rel Of oysters which we have planted
or which we shall in the future plant
on our 5oO-acre bottom, yet In my adj
vertising this Associations shares for
sale, I have said in the said ads that
all we guarantee in results is that each
shareholder viii annually get an
EQUAL part for each share he or she
holds Of ALL profits from ALL har-
vests-less expenses.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Do Not Have to Live in Florida.

you do not have to live in Florida and
you do NOT have to leave your pres
ent position or business to own a
share IN this Association.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20

The first cross-country flight was
accomplished IN 1912.
Copper takes its name from the Is
land of Cyprus.
Paste diamonds are made Of LEAD
glass.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Popham Does Not Claim to
Know Future Results.
But Is Willing to Leave the Harvest to
Natures God.

am frank to say that do not know
what the harvests viii be. but the soil
farmer plants his corn and potatoes
expecting, Of course, to reap two or
more times the amount Of seed planted
but content to leave the amount of
the harvest in the hands of Natures
God, and we are certainly content to
do the same. Leave it to Him. the Ill
les do-and they grow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20

or $50 per month (without even
counting our additional spring planting
OF another 100000 barrels guaranteed
and future plantings).
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Popham Pays His Compliments
to the KnOcker.

When God finished creating the
earth. with it's noble men, queealy
women. playing children. golden
fruits, blooming flowers. singing birds.
mighty rivers, crystal lakes, towering
mountains. dimpled valleys and rip
pling streams. He had, made the earth
so beautiful He saw that there was
imminent danger OF the angels In
heaven going on strike and desert
ing the Land OF Milk and Honey for
"a better abode in the Garden Of Eden.
Therefore, to make the earth less at
tractive than heaven. He took a rattle
snake, peanut politician, a lying tat
tier, sneaking thief hungry buzz
Yard Florida sandspur and mos
quito, tossed them all together in a
cesspool of vilest filth. rescued them
collectively In bag. and Of this
damnable combination made the
.KNoCKER.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
CONTINUE TO HOLD
ALIEN PROPERTIES
Status in Florida Has Not Been Ma,
teriaIly Altered by End Of
War With Germany.
(BY GEORGE Il. MANNINe.)

WASHINGTON. d. c., Nov. 19-The
status Of the numerous properties in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
Knoeker Seeks the Doubser.

The knocker, despised by strong men
who have mind OF their own with
which TO think, in his misery and lone
illness. seeks those human weaklings
of the earth who would rather hear
the worlds badness than its goodness,
and occasionally the knoclSer makes Of
such human weddings, doubter; and
this convert Of the knockers slime
(the doubter) has little sense enough
to say of every new but legitimate en-
terprise. It's Fake!"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20
WONDERFUL SUCCESS
Planted 100000 Barrels Of Oysters and
Shell This Year.

Shell This Year.
The 100000 barrels OF live oysters
and shell planted in 1921 on the 500
acres OF oyster bottom for the oyster
Growers Co-Operative Association.
are growing rapidly. and recent ex-
animation Of this planting proves that
multiplied millions Of live. young oy-
s.ers are now growing from this plant
ing, showing many single shells to
contain from to small oysters cling
ing TO a single shell--malSing to 8
oysters for one shell planted in the
spring and summer OF 1921. and still
growing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-20

No Interest Or Extra Charges
The talented Victor artists pre-
fer to have you hear their selec-
tons on Victrolas. So when you
are getting a Victrola choose SO
worth of Victor Records and we
won't increase the terms of pay
ment. Simply matter of adding
the $40 to the bill.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-12
Two Minutes Of Optimism
Ry HERMAN ]. STITCH


fact that in prosperous Ohio agruua sec
$3.50 $500
extended
not powed
Nobody
the finally and his wife went to
bright
During of the jacket swapping
by the United States
thing before too Tar
commodities
other what be double triple the real value
vicious circle
which injured everybody
all troubled
passed
realizing realized rather
loud talk and expedence
President Harding Our
of normal Reconstruction
United
employerin
job at it! Do
and Give all have Treat
kids and
employer possibly keep
split of with the 'help You
his efforts won't work
Selshness nensies reciprocal feeling latter
invariably capitalize
at
or compete
Resume! Go
Nothing happen either individual corporation that
prosperous
but by workers and believers by shirers
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-12
Ripping Rhymes
-" BY WALT MASON
LLOYD GEORGE.

He meets a crisis every morning
and knocks it, groggy, to the floor;
the crises come, with scanty warning,
and find him clamoring for more; he
views the day with lofty scorning that
does not bring him three or four. 1t
seems at times he will be shaken,
when adversaries loom up strong; lat
last" they cry, he'll lose his bacon:
Wen show him where he got in wrong
but when they're by their goats for
saken, Lloyd George puts up grand
sweet song. His foes are always adj
vertising that they will fire him from
his chair: they have him where his
tricks surprising will never get him
anywhere; he does some fancy COM
promising, and 10, he's right side up
with care. Oh, kings lament their
over-turning, the fame of many states
men fades, and ministers for death are
yearning, who lately headed the pa
rades but Lloyd George keeps the
home firses burning, and laughs at all
your hand grenades. At home his
foes are out to pot him, as they would
bag blooming hare; abroad his enc
mics would swat him and comb his
ringlets with a chair; but at this writ
ing none has shot him. and he has
beaming smiles to spare. A crisis
meets him in the dawning, and tells
him that his jig is up, and cries, with
roaring and doggoning, that he must
drink the hemlock cup; and in min
ute it is fawning around him like
spaniel pup.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-12

feared that / might come to harm For
an instant it had crossed my mind that
perhaps what she really feared was
that he might come to harm, for
could not doubt that she knew who
this man was, and what he meant by
these strange signals. But there is a
tone in my wife's voice, Mr. Holmes.
and look in her eyes which forbid
doubt, and / am sure that it was in
deed my own safety that was in her
mind. There's the whole case, and
now / want your advice as to what I
ought to do. My own inclination it to
put half dozen Of my farm lads in
the shrubbery, and when this fellow
comes again to give him such a hiding
that he will leave us in peace for the
future"
Il fear it is too deep a case for such
simple remedies" said Holmes. How
long can you stay in London"
Il must go back today. would not
leave my wife alone at night for any
thing. She is very nervous, and beg
ged me to come back"
Il dare say you are right. But if
you could have stopped, might posi-
bly, have been able to return with you
in day or two. Meanwhile you will
leave me these papers and think that
it is very likely that shall be able
to pay you visit shortly and to throw
some light upon your case"
Tomorrow-The Adventure of the
Dancing Men, continued.