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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

few days should so amend the pre-
sent law, that the board of health who
employ the state health officer should
not be embarrassed in procuring the
services of a competent man Let
the legislature place maximum salary
that the board of health can pay the
state officer, and let the board fix
salary that would commensurate with
his ability and training.
On the eve of retiring, Major Greene
has made specific recommendations
that the legislature should consider
carefully, and act on.
He points to the fact that the state
board of health is attempting to ad
minister the health affairs of the en-
tire state representing an area of
approximately $4,000 square miles.
The tendency all over the United
States is to maintain a state board of
health at its highest efficiency; but In
addition to establish a full time
county board of health for each county
with a full time county health officer.
Local citizens should be appointed to
serve as a county board of health
without compensation, and should be
authorized to employ a full time county
health officer whose qualifications and
employment and discharge shall be
approved by the state board of health.
The county health officer to be a
salaried man.
Written into the constitution of the
state of Florida in 1885 under article
XIV we find the following:
Sec. 1.-The Legislature shall estab-
lish State Board of Health, and also
County boards of Health in all coun-
ties where it may be necessary.
Sec. 3-The County Board of Health
shall have such powers, and be under
the supervision of the State Board to
such extent as the Legislature may
prescribe.
Here is the authority under which
the legislature can act on Major
Greene's recommendations. In this
way, a great deal of public work that is
now Of necessity being neglected, can
be accomplished successfully in no
other way.
We believe that as a state health
officer Ralph N. Greene has made good
We feel that we voice the sentiment
of the vast majority of the citizens of
the state who know or care anything
about public health matters, when we
emphatically state that he should re-
main as state health officer.
We also realize that at the present
salary he, and no other man who is
competent to fill this position, can af-
ford to accept it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
stream before he spoke.

stream before he spoke.
"On the whole, I think not" he
said, and as he turned toward me [
saw that his eyes We're sparkling with
excitement. "TlA,re's no immediate
danger to the pictures, and I think it
will be awfully good sport to let the
lady go along imagining she Is going
to get away with the stunt, and then
at the last minute step in and spoil
her plans. Then there's that spiel of
hers, saying she had a plan to get
even with you. l owe her an extra one
for that. Besides, I'm curious as to,
what her plans are. anyway"
Woman-hke I loved him for the
vindictiveness in his voice when he
spoke of Mrs. Allis' declaration to her.
accomphce that her plan to steal the
paintings included getting even with
me. But I made no reply to that part
of Dicky's speech, simply answering
demurely:
Il am glad you feel that way about
telling the Cosgroves. Personally
would much rather wait and see what
the week will bring forth It prom
Uses to be awfully exciting"
And here's something else thas
promises to be awfully exciting
drawled DiclIy, who had been care
fully watching the stream as wa
walked along. Look at those enor-,
nous stones. will you? There ought
to be some great hiding places for
trout under them"
1 stopped promptly, all the exciting
happenings of the morning and the
night before Slipping out of nv mind
as though they had never been there.
In my vacations with my mother, all
ways at quiet lake resorts, for her
heart could not stand high attitudes, I
never had had an opportunity to ga
trout fishing. All my life l had longed
for mountain streams and the sport
of catching the elusive mountain trout
and it seemed too good to be true that
was actually about to try the sport
l had anticipated so long,
AS Dicky opened the creels and took
out the flies from their compartments,
l watched him, fascinated with every
and. when he adjusted my
rod and reel and handed 1t to me /
was almost trembling with joyful ex4
Citment. The sudden loud snapping
of twigs just behind US in the underl
brush startled me. AS 1 looked too
ward the sound, I caught sight OF d
man evidently recovering his balance
from slip in the dense undergrowth
His face, covered with a growth Of
brown beard looked out at me wildly
and then he started on a run up thu
hill as if a thousand pursuers were
after him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
THE DEPARTED GUEST.

In days Of old when we had feasts
We had one stout and jolly guest:
He got his invitation first
More welcome he than all the rest:
He brought us laughter, mirth and joy
He gave US spirits all night long---
Saints praise that merry gentleman
His name was John ]. Bareycorn.
But those old days are gone, alas;
Our guest is changed beyond belief
He's thin and sour--a nasty cuss,
A source OF nothing much but grief;
And yet for old times sake we bid
This weak and watery guest forlorn
And hope TO see real spirits rise
Ia our old friend John Barleycorn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

don't forget to take along a lot of
observation-disclosures County Advertiser.
As the Editor Sees II.
Mr.. Harding says that he owes ev-
erything to his wife. That is an hon.
est confession for which the presi-
dent is to be commended.
We cen not al be presidents but
there is nothing to prevent our rec
ognition of the value and assistance
our wives are to us.
A good woman is always an in
spiration to a man, whether she be
wife or mother.
Men are prone to profit from wife
ly wisdom without according the rec
ognition it deserves. Often it is only
the usual thoughtlessness of the
sterner sex, but at times it is pure
egotistical selfishness.
The mother of man justifies her ex-
istence a million-fold. Her mere pres
ence is as enervating as a, fresh breeze
on a sultry summer day.
The most that we can possibly say
is not a tenth of what she deserves
Bristol Free Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

The world is upheld by the veracity
Of good men; they make the earth
wholesome. We call our children and
our lands by their names. Their
names are wrought into the words of
the language, their works and effigies
are in our houses. Every day recalls
some anecdote of them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
Should Be Retained In Office.

There is evry probability that the
president of the state board of health,
Hon Joe L. Earman. and Dr.o Ralph
N Greene, secretary and health Off
Ger of the same board. will be retained
in their respective positions-in spite
of the determination of each to ce-
sign his post. 1t now appears that
sufficient pressure will be brought TO
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

We all have visions, but how few Of
us transform these visions into actua-
Titles?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

Some men advertise, while others
merely spend their money for space
AThat's the difference between profit
and loss.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
Fishing.

Fishing.
Lots of Bombay folks do not care
to fish, and generally speaking, it's
because they do not know how. More
over, it is equally true that in most
OF these cases the fish know that these
people know nothing about fishing. A
friend of ours, who drops around &C.
casionally with an invitation 10 go
fishing, always interests us with his
fishing stores. He fishes because he
likes to, and knows how. And, of
course, under the circumstances, he
catches fish. He says the average
man hasn't enough patience to catch
fish, and that's why there are so many
poor fishermen.
Two things you've got to have plen-
ty of, he told US the other day, are
good bait and patience. Location
doesn't always have the most to do
with it. he says, and he argues you
can catch fish, like finding trouble,
right where you least expect to. He
says he don't spit on the bait" and
don't know why some people do, but
he adds that if it gives a fisherman
confidence in doing so, then it's like
a woman going to fortune teller and
learning that which she already knew
its nobody's business but her own.
The fishing season is with us again
and we can't think of better way
for a fellow to ease his soul and body
and rest his mind from business cares
for d Few hours than to get rod and
reel or pole and line and few worms
and hike out to some nook where he
thinks they'll bi+e Rut-ba sIlre and
take along the right kind of bait. and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

1t is rather significant that you
never hear OF a man marrying a wo-
man to reform her.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

Some girls are natural "peacherinos"
some acquire the "peacherino" state,
while others succeed in overcoming it,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

II you don't contribute something
to the general good, IL no more than a
cheerful grin, why are you here?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
PRESS COMMENT
No Territory For Sale


Talk of selling to Alabama that part
of Florida west of the Apalachicola
river has been heard for many years
but The Times-U Union has treated it
just as it would the proposition to sell
the United States of America to Sene-
gambia. We have not considered 1t
worthy even of a paragraph and we
did not dignity it with one Lately
however, the matter has taken definite
shape and we have discussed it as a
possibility-not as a proba bility. We
were led to believe that a very large
number of the voters of the counties
involved favored the cha nge-possibly
the majority of them-and we knew
there were currents of thought in other
parts Of the state that might assist
to make 1t possible. The Panama CITY
Pilot seems to have construed the edi-
torial in this paper, which discussed
only the possibilities, as favoring the
sale and it says:
A sections newspapers reflect
the views of the country they are
published in. There is not a paper
in west Florida that has approved
of this sale, and so far as we have
noticed anything being said about
it, none but have denounced II.
Why then this attempt Of the T.-U.
to misrepresent our people? Does
its editor never read the local pa
pers? Or is it backing south Flor
ida and Alabama for a sale of this
part of Florida?
The Times Union has not been try
ing to deceive the people, that is a
thing it never does. When the editorial
referred to was written W. had not
seen any expression from a west Flor
ida paper on the subject probably be-
cause they had not expressed them
selves. 1t is natural that those who
propose any change should be heard
from before those who oppose it Have
anything to say. The latter do not
notice any proposition until it seems
to have enough backing to be worthy
Of discussion. And so it may be that
the few men in west Florida who were
in favor of this sale did the talking
at first while the many who were op-
posed to 1t kept silent. We agree with
The Pilot, that newspaper expression
Is the best indication of public senti-
ment, though it is not an infallible one.
It is also true that since this discus
sion started we have seen no express
son by any west Florida paper in favor
Of the sale and have seen some express
sions bitterly hostile to it. So we take
It for granted that the people of west
Florida are generally opposed to it and,
as we said in the editorial referred to,
Il the members of the Legislature who
west Florida are opposed to
It that will end the matter.
There is no sense in talk about south
Florida desiring to sell west Florida.
All agitation for the sale of that part
Of the state that has been within the
limits Of Florida has started in west
Florida and has not spread. Kill it
here and nobody will ever hear again
IF the idea Of dividing Florida. We
.hink, and we believe the large ma
iority of the people of the state agree
with us, that Florida has no territory
20 sell. We are sure it would be the
unanimous verdict that the state has
'or sale no territory whose people do
not desire the sale.-TImes- Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

never hear or a man marrying %o-
man to reform her.
we all have visions, but how few Of
us transform those visions into actua-
Titles?
Some men advertise while others
merely spend their money for space
AThats the difference between profit
and loss.
Some girls are natural "peacherinos"
some acquire the ''peacherino" state,
while others succeed in overcoming it,
IL you don't contribute something
TO the general good, IL no more than
cheerful grin. why are you here?
This will be a better world to live in
when men cease to kill innocent things
wantonly.
Don't condemn in others what you
might easily find in yourself. when the
fox and the hound run in a circle, it is
mighty hard to tell the pursuer from
the pursued.
Shame on the man who expects what
he does to return to him! We have
not risen to an exalted sphere until we
give as the night gives the dew, or as
the flower sheds It's fragrance
When Uncle Bobbie Wicks was dis
GUESSING the tramp, Dick Faulkner.
with his wife, he made a truthful
statement: There's some fellers go to
the devil jest because they amt got no.
where's else to 60"
The same act Of God that shut Noah
and his family in the ark at the same
time shut the world out. The approval
of right is at once the condemnation OF
evil.
You haven't elbow room? That's
nothing. Make a place for yourself.
Dig up the virgin soil Bore a we'll
not all the underground streams are
yet tapped.
Your range OF vision depends on the
size of the hole through which you are
peeping. The man with a small cali
Der never gets the larger vision Of this
good old world.
o
You can't sing the sweeter songs
until you dwell amidst the shadows.
Had you not noticed that the hooking
bird sings the sweetest in the dead of
the night?
Some very poor people have nothing
but money. That's the very reason
why they can't break into some high
circles. There are some things money
won't buy-brains and character, for
instance.
Phillips Brooks. the great New Eng
land preacher, poet and thinker never
uttered a more beautiful truth than
when he said: Life is too short to
nurse ones misery. Hurry across the
iowlands that you may spend more
time on the mountain top.
There is so much that Is unreal. A
great amount OF what ought to be real
In only mere apparition. DO not
trouble yourself too much about the
light on your statue" said Michael
Angelo to the young sculptor. THE |
light Of the public eye will test its
value.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
National Editors Praise Florida.

The editors have seen Florida. Com
ing from every corner of the nation,
they gathered together about 400
strong at Pensacola and toured the
state to Miami Much of what we
possess they have seen and enjoyed.
They have come and seen and re-
turned. 1t is for us to ask ourselves,
did they form favorable impressions
of our slate?
We had the pleasure Of being with
the editors on their tour for a few
days. OF course every occasion was
taken to learn their thoughts and i'm
pressions of what they were seeing,
and in many cases the particular ed
itor did not know us to be of Florida
All the editors with whom we talked
were very warm in their praises of
the land of flowers. 1t was evident
that many of them were greatly sur
prised. A large number said they had
always felt that the statements cor
corning the glories of the< state were
nothing more than dreams and mag
nations advertised as realities.
Our agricultural organizations and
methods and our agricultural posi-
bilities drew from the scribes an un-
usual amount of praise. The work of
the county and home demonstr
agents proved very interesting to them
and none lost an opportunity to con-
verse with the agents.
1t is beyond questioning. that the
editors are going back home well
pleased with Florida and glad they
visited it.-Agricultural News Service.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

This will be a better world to live in
when men cease to kill innocent things
wantonly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04
Senator Lodges Error.


Senator Lodges Error.
Republican plans for multiplying the
present system OF selecting first, Sec
ond and third class postmasters under
civil service standards should be ana
lyzed by the public and rated for
what they are. A specious case has
been made out for the abolition of
former President Wilson's order ex-
tending the merit system to the post
masterships and has been advertised
so extensively that the public mind
has been confused on the issue. But
the whole republican contention, in the
light of the exact facts, has fallen to
the ground.
Senator'S Lodge stated the admins
tration case recently when he said the
Wilson order was "cunningly drawn"
because it created vacancies only in
the case Of death, resignation or re-
moval," and did not provide for the
holding of examinations in cases
where the incumbents of postmaster
ships came up for reappointment. He
made the flat statement that the sys-
tenn perpetuated all present postmas-
tiers in office because it was not nee
essary for them to undergo a COM
petitive examination to obtain reap
pointment.
The fact is that the statute-which
the existing executive order in no way
enthusiastically says that a va
cancy exists whenever a postmaster's
term expires. 1t is true that the Will
son order does not expressly provide
that postmasters coming up for re-
appointment shall undergo a new ex-
animation, but there is nothing in it
which would prevent President Hard
ing and the civil service commission
from requiring every such office hold
er to show the right to retain the Of
flee in competition with any aspirant
in the field against him. This is the
unvarnished fact, and there is not
single postmaster in the country today
who is "perpetuated" in office by the.
operation of the Wilson order.
Under these circumstances repub-
lican notification of the merit sys-
tenn affecting the postal service will
be an unblushing return to the "spOils
SYSTEM" a confession that candidates
for office fear the result Of civic serv-
ice tests in fair and honest matching
OF merit with the present office hold
ers. That the order is slated for de
doubt. 1t IS important that the coun-
try should understand it's significance
and not be misled by the sophistry OF
administration apologists.-FOrt My
ers Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

Don't condemn in others what you
might easily find in yourself. when the
fox and the hound run in a circle, it is
mighty hard to tell the pursuer from
the pursued.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

Phillips Brooks. the great New Eng
land preacher. poet and thinker, never
uttered more beautiful truth than
when he said: Life is too short to
nurse ones misery. Hurry across the
lowlands that you may spend more
time on the mountain top.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

There is so much that is unreal. A
great amount Of what ought to be real
In only a mere apparition. DO not
trouble yourself too much about the
light on your statue" said Michael
Angelo to the young sculptor THE
light OF the public eye will test its
value.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

Shame on the man who expects what
he does 10 return to him! We have
not risen to an exalted sphere until we
give as the night gives the dew, or as
the flower sheds it's fragrance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

don't forget to take along a lot of
patience.-Holmes County Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

When Uncle Bobbie Wicks was dis
cussing the tramp, Dick Faulkner.
with his wife, he made a truthful
statement There's some fellers go to
the devil Jest because they amt got no
where's else to 60"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

Some very poor people have nothing
but money. That's the very reason
why they can't break into some high
circles. There are some things money
won't buy-brains and character. for
instance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-04

You can't sing the sweeter songs
until you dwell amidst the shadows.
Had you not noticed that the hooking
bird sings the sweetest in the dead of
the night?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-18
BABE RUTH BREAKS
ALL RECORDS WITH
SEVEN HOME RUNS
Dick Kerr, White SOx P ito h e r
Shares Honors of American
League With Batter

Chicago, June 1S-Babe Ruth and
Dick Kerr, White SoX pitcher, share
the honors in the American League
averages released today, which in
clude games of Wednesday. Babe
broke all hitting records and Kerr
stopped the mighty slugger when he
seemed on an endless home run
streak.
Ruth shattered all records by driv-
ing out seven homers in five games
and gathered enough shorter hits to
bring his average from 349 to 375.
Ruth has 70 homers and is 16 days
ahead of his last seasons mark as
of Wednesday.
All the leaders of a week ago suf-
fered slight batting slumps, except
Ruth. Heilmann, of Detroit, con-
tinued to hold the lead at 431, with
Iris Speaker, runner up, with Ala.
Ty Cobb is third, with 1874, while
George Sisler is trailing the Georgian
with 800. Bisler took the lead in
stolen bases with IA.
Other leading batters are: Sever
cid, st. Louis, 1872; Williams, St
Louis, 375; Witt, Philadelphia, 1865.
AuSllH MCI1eLIy VI lie 81 hOulS
Cardinals, is pushing his teammate,
Rogers Hornsby, for the National
League lead. Hornsby dropped from
424 last week to 416. McHenry boost
ed his average from 3S2 to 40. Les
ley Mann and Jacques FORMER, two
other Cardinals, went on batting
rampage for the past week, the lat
ter lacking on 26 points for an aver
age of 1888 while the Frenchman adj
vanced Is points to 376.
Emil Mensel, Philadelphia Outfield-
er, is topping the national circuit
drive hitters with IL round trip
swats, having added one to his string
during the past week.
Max Carey, Pittsburgh, has snatched
the lead from Frisch, of New York,
for stolen base honors, having 10 to
the New Workers II.
Other leading batters: Hargrave,
Cincinnati, 1863; Young, New York,
1862; Marenville, Pittsburgh, 1853.
l. M. Boone, New Orleans, is lead
ing the Southern Association with
37S. Don Brown of Little Rock is
second with 372. McLarry, of Mem
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-18
CARPENTER HAS
ENOUGH MONEY TO
LAST LIFE Time
Story That He Was Ruined by War
and Wants to Recuperate
Branded AS False

Manhasset, June 1S.-The story
that Georges Carpenter lost his for
tune during the war and consented
to fight Dempsey as a means of re-
plenishing his bank account, has been
branded here as idle talk.
One of the challenger's most init
mate friends said today that Carpen-
tier has been much annoyed over
this report and wants the American
public to know that. he is fighting
Dempsey for glory.
Few persons in America know that
Carpenter has money enough to per
nit his retirement from the ring
right now and keep him and his fam
lily in luxury for life" his friend said.
Georges Carpenter wants to be
heavyweight champion of the world.
He is not in the United States with
any greedy desires.
The challenger was much freshed
this morning, after his vacation of
yesterday when he decided to cut the
training program short because of
rain