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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15
Providing Funds For Schools

Providing Funds For Schools
The problem of furnishing the
requisite amount OF money to carry on
the imperative work of the public
shoots is one that Is not peculiar to
any one locality, being general
throughout the country. st. Louis.
Mo, held an election last Friday to
decide as to whether authority should
be. granted to levy a total tax of 50
cents on each 800. Sixty cents is the
maximum tax the board of educa ton
in that city may now legally impose
and Of the additional Is cents for
which sanction was desired, Is cents
is for increasing the pay of teachers.
The situation which the voters of st.
Louis were called upon to face Is sim
liar to that which confronts almost all
the communities. little and big. of the
United States. The public school ques-
ton is no longer a local one; it can
not be now viewed from a purely local
standpoint. Of course, in every COM
munity there are influences, even a ma
ton wide problem.
Teachers are coming and going. One
community will attract a particularly
successful teacher from another by Of
fer of increa sed salary, and then the
second community must either accept
an inexperienced teacher or be salts
fed with a less efficient one. In this
manner all the schools of the country
are brought more or less into con-
tact and affect indirectly if not direct
~, one another.
The new teacher material which Is
now coming into the schools Is scant
in quantity and often lacking in quail
ity, owing, mainly. to the insufficient
remuneration which is paid them for
their services. Much of the best teach
er-material has left the schools and
gone into business, while the new ma
terial which has come in is not, in the
main, up to the standard.
To show how the people throughout
the country realize the need of coming
to the assistance of the schools, we will
cite the instances of Atlanta, Ga, and
Louisville, Ky. In Atlanta recently an
election was held to vote bonds for
school purposes, and by the largest
majority ever given in that city in any
election a bond issue of $4,OO0.00O was
voted, one-fourth of the sum to be
used this year by the board of educa-
ton. One million is asked for by the
school authorities of Louisville, KY, all
Of which is to be used in making i'm
prOvements in the schools of that city,
and this sum is to be provided with
out contest. These things go to show
that the state of Florida is not the
only one with the problem to solve of
raising the necessary funds to carry
on efficiently its public schools
Miami Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15
PRESS COMMENT
Publicity AS the Cure For
Present DaY Evils

(
Rev. John Roach Stratton of New
divorce problem in this country said:
"Sickening as the details are. I am
glad the newspapers are publishing
them. Let those who are guilty Of
these infamies be brought to the bar
of enlightened and righteous public
opinion"
This is viewpoint widely at vari-
ance with the viewpoints of many peo-
pie, who seem to think that a news
paper should only print social items
announcements, births and deaths and
the weather reports. Publicity in it
self is not cure; but it does present
the facts to the public-the supreme
body of judges. IF the moral people do
not know that immortality exists, where
are they TO preach morality?
Newspapers do not form the morals
Of a nation. It is not their business.
True they can exert a moral Influence.
but their primary purpose is to print
the news-and let the chips fall where
they may. A man is entitled to know
what is going on. If it is a scandal
the details should be available to him.
or if it is a business transaction of
general interest it should be his privi
lege to know about it. He hasn't time
to dig up the facts for himself A news
paper does not create facts; it prints
them. where all the world may read.
The Springfield Republican in this
connection, says: Publicity can at
least be said to put the responsibility,
squarely up to society. If society
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15
COUNTING THE SHEEP
BY Helen =. Carroll, in the Miami

MetropollS.
Sometimes when l wake at night cry
out for my mother,
And then she kneels beside my bed
and takes hold OF my hand,
And kisses me and cuddles me, 'sif /
was Little Brother
And then before know it am back
in Slumber Land.
This Is how 1t happens: She says,
CLOSE your eyes now, Bobbie,
Wen play that 1t is summer, and
that you and I again
Are standing by the stone wall down in
Grandpa's apple orchard,
And watching all the pretty sheep as
they come down the lane. I
"When they reach the broken stone
wall, l am sure they will jump
over;
Then you and I will count and see
how many, just for fun"
SO / shut my eyes still tighter and l
see a big black fellow
A-making for that stone wall. and l
shout out, There goes one!'"
But Mother says, flush, Bobbie, you
must count them to yourself,
dear.
II you call so loud and clear, son, you
will Brighten those mild sheep"
SO do as Mother tells me, but before
the sheep are over
don't know how it happens, but I'm
always fast asleep.
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later he came nonchalantly upstairs
again.
AS he reached the top Of the stair
case I heard his voice and that Of a
woman-Mrs. Allis-s was sure-and
then he came into the room, closing the
door quietly after him.
II wish I knew what that woman
was up to-" he said thoughtfully.
why" I asked.
I just met her, fully dressed, going
down the stairs. She said she had to
make a trip down to Kinston, wouldn't
be back until late, and that she was
going down into the kitchen to get
some breakfast. heard the rafting Of
the kitchen stove, so I suppose some
of the Cosgroves are on the job"
"Something Tells Me"
But if ever I read deviltry in a
womans eyes it was in hers" Dicky
went on. thoughtfully. THE pictures
are all right so far. just took a look
at them. But that stunt will be pulled
off tonight I'll bet a cookie"
And something tells me she'll pull
some little private game of her own on
us. 1 don't know why I have that i'm
preston, but have"
1t was the middle of the forenoon
when Dickys words were brought back
to my remembrance in a manner that
I shall never forget. The forenoon had
been a dreary one, with a cold, driz-
cling rain effectively preventing our
leaving the house. Mr.. Cosgrove built
a glorious fire of logs in the living
room, and Dicky and I and our two
young masculine fellow boarders loafed
around it reading after breakfast.
1t was I who first caught the glimpse
Of the spare. ern-loOling countryman
in conversation with Mr.. Cosgrove
upon the veranda. AS they turned and
came in through the front door. Mr..
Cosgrove's voice was pitched founder
than I had ever heard it.
He kept the man in conversation for
a long minute in the hall before he
brought him into the living room, and
as I caught his first words I knew in
tuitively that he was giving Dicky and
me a covert warning.
Il tell you, Drake, you're barking up
the wrong tree" he said. "Of course,
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham are stopping
here. I'll take you right in to see them
in a minute. But they haven't been
breaking any laws or doing any trout
ing that I know about. and I guess I'd
know it If anybody did"
Tie can to that line of talk. Cos
grove" the other man admonished
grimly. I've got the goods on these
folks. I've got warrant for their ar
rest, and I want EN-"
(TO Be COntinued.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON.
Who Was 1t Clipped. OFF,. the. Con-
stable to DicE<y's "Quiet"
BY AIDE
Fishind.

Dicky, I think we ought to tell the
Cosgroves of our suspicious now before
waiting any longer"
why the sudden qualms?" Dicky
looked up at me wonderingly from the
he had ensconced himself with bath
robe, slippers and a book.
Il thought you agreed with me-"
Dicky went on ENORMOUSLY, that we
were to carry this thing through on
our own. I, for one, want the chance
of spelling this little game myself.
Time enough to let the Cosgroves in on
in on it when we have the william cor
rallied"
Dicky's tone held the set obstinate
note which I knew there was no use
combating unless I wanted a scene. SO
did not answer him, only sat down
close to the stove and warmed my
hands, which were trembling as much
with excitement as from the cold.
When I looked up l found Dicky
watching me narrowly.
Something's troubling YOU" he said.
whats the great idea?"
I'm afraid of that woman in there,
Dicky," 1 returned. "She had such
queer look in her eye when she found
I wasn't coming in for tea"
She'll have a queerer one when we
catch her red handed. trying TO get
those pictures" Dicky said grimly.
"I've got everything doped out for to-
morrow night. Wen throw her off the
track completely.
I'll plead a headache. and you go in
and ask her prettily for two cups of
tea, saying that you think one will do
me good, and that you'll drink yours
with me. Look at something in the
room so as TO give her a chance to fix
up the cups, then bring them back in
here and we'll empty them and return
her the empty cups. She'll think were
doped for fair. It will throw her COM
pletely off the track.
A Long Night.
IT hope So l returned, making a
mental reservation, however. to the eff
feet that it would be very hard to pull
the wool over Mrs. Allis's eyes.
Dicky and I spent the night as we
had planned in alternate watches of
three hours each. When the first rays
of daylight came we were both awake
-Dicky, because it was his watch, and
I because the excitement of waiting for
we knew not what, had caused me to
waken
I'm sure there hasn't been a mouse
stirring" said Dicky, "but I'll just take
a look downstairs. I can pretend TO be
finding out what kind of weather it is
He went down the stairs without any
attempt at concealment. I heard him
open the front door. go out on the
veranda, and a moment later come
back in again. I knew he had stopped
in the living room ard EaessenSI
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
"THE MONKEYS soNe-
sY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

TIE NUN n = = SONG
Mr.. and Mrs. Monkey were singing a
loud duet, not a bit musical or pretty
the twins thought. and Fuppety- Flap
too, made a wry face. It was a mix
ture Of frog croaking, dog barking,
-mooing, and the squealing of 20
pigs, perhaps Il. also the chattering of
parrots.
And the words, Here they are:
We're the smartest things that live
above the ground.
On the top Of all the world so big
and round.
We can jump from tree to tree
Just as easy as can be,
It's the finest way of travelling,
we've found.
We use our tails, a most conven-
lent thing.
Without them we could never,
never climb nor cling,
In this (jungleIaceous) tangIe
We can safely hang and dangIe.
Tails are far ahead of rope to make
a swing.
some night were gong - swing
far out and Sump,
And land upon tire moon kerflop
kerflump,
And wen fetch it down much
nearer.
And Wen use it for a mirror.
And Ven keep it hid within a hol-
lew stump.
And wen ask it all it's secrets to
disclose,
Whore that stuff that folks call
rice so thickly grows.
Once a circus-man officious
Fed us on this food delicious,
And we hope the moon will tell us
all it knows.
Land save us" exclaimed Flip
pety-Flap. They don't like themselves
bit do they Not a bit better than
I do my-my nose' IF the rice doesn't
do the business, the looking glass
will"
The twins looked puzzled and the
fairyman laughed Just be patient
and you'll find out everything. We've
got to get these two monkeys back to
the circus someway and I'm counting
on two things. their appetites and their
ITO Be Continued)
Copyright, 1921, N. e. A.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

shirks that responsibility and amiably
condones the offenses of people of So
cial prominence, nothing further can
be done till a wave of reform clears
the moral atmosphere. The actual con-
ditiOns may not be so bad as Mr..
Stratton depicted them or as an occa-
sional sensation case aired in the
courts and the newspapers would sug-
gest. But it is admitted that the
moral tone which prevails is far from
ideal, and it is rather generally felt
that laxity is increasing. If this Is the
case the cure is qnite certainly not to
be found in the suppression Of the
facts; 1t may perhaps be found in pub
tcity, but only if public opinion gives
firm support to the cause of morality"
The great trouble with SOC allied re-
formers today is that they appear to
think that a concealing of the facts
is removal of the rotten spots. 1t is
not. Cures must begin from the decad-
ency is held up for public inspection.
the responsibility then rests upon the.
public. The newspapers have done
their part when they present the facts
and the facts must be presented be-
fore reformation can begin. Consid-
cred as whole and as an institution,
there is no institution in America to-
day that follows out it's purpose more
than the press. It is constantly at
tackled and yet when the occasion
arises it is the recognized power in
unearthing the things to be reform
ed. Publicity is the life or death OF
every business and practice; the peo-
pie decide-the papers just print
Ia ok SOnVi1la MetrOp0lis
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15
BUYERS STRIKE is BLAMED.

Freight charges on coal now aver
age 1924 a ton, according to the Ma
tional Coal association. In other words,
1t costs about as much to haul coal
TO market as 1t does to mine it.
With coal production running along
now at about three-fifths the rate in
1920, a good many coal men are Won
dering if the brakes haven't been put
on, to considerable extent, by high
freight charges.
Other industries make the same COM
plaint-that railroad rates are very
near the productive point.
Discussing which, Daniel Willard.
president o. the Baltimore Ohio rail-
road, says:
I have personally asked many
large manufacturers and shippers
of goods what effect it would have
upon their shipments at the pres
ent moment if freight charges
We're Cancelled altogether. and if
the railroads would move the tom
mage offered, free of charge. In
variably the answer has been that
it would practically make no diff
ference at all in the volume of
business, because people were not
buying at the present time.
This, however, does not answer the
real question: Would peoples buy
ing be stimulated if prices were low
cred through lower freight rates?
Some business men, even after
months of business depression, are I'M
able to figure out what caused the
movement known as the buyers
strike" Some attribute 1t to an in
applicable twist of mob psychology.
But the most plausible explanation
is that combined prices reached the
point where they exceeded the pub
lies buyinggpower, automatically COM
pelling the public to curtail it's pur-
chases. The brakes once set, the whole
machine stopped.
Until the sum total of prices is low
cred to the point where it again is on
a level with the public's buying pow
er. there can be no business revival,
and this is recognized by business men
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Burlesque actors say they are play
ing TO small audiences. There's a ba-
rometer Of business conditions that
beats financial experts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Coffee is grown best where the tenn
perature, throughout the year ranges
from so to 80 degrees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Hat checker says he wouldn't mind
prohibition II II hadn't taken all the
quarters out of circulation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Mexico appoints an envoy to Russia.
They'll have fine times discussing
styles IN revolutions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

The sun never sets on the British
empires troubles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Dean Mary Potter of Northwestern
has learned what most men long knew
III. S. A. Girls are o. X"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Standard oil Of Nebraska declares
200 per cent stock dividend. Times are
hard.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Railroads have not monopoly on
Inability to show a profit"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

An empty stomach will knock the
backbone out of most any man.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Labor, It appears, is far ahead of H..
G. L. In the downhill price derby.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

hard.
Mexico appoints an envoy to Russia
They'll have fine times discussing
styles In revolutions.
Hat checker says ne wouldn't mind
prohibition II II hadn't taken all the
quarters out of circulation.
The sun mover sets on the British
empires troubles.
Burlesqre actors say they are play
ing TO small audiences. There's a ba-
rometer Of business conditions that
beats financial experts.
Dean Mary Potter of Northwestern,
has learned what most men long knew
IL. S. A. Girls are o. X"
Railroads have not a monopoly on
Inability to show a profit"
An empty stomach will knock the
backbone out Of most any man.
Labor, It appears, is far ahead of H..
c. L. In the downhill price derby.
o
Hatred is love at low tide The joy
OF life Is in the living. Don't cringe-
that's cowardly. The fast life" al
ways kills. Don't fawn-that's despis-
able
Ones final judge is ones self. If you
can't be n sun be a star If you've
got a thinker" work it. The fit sur
vive-the unfit perish. Haste often
trips on its own heels.
O.
Just as long as society makes it to
our interest to pretend 10 be what we
are not just that long will we court
an hypocrisy in the midst of that self
same society~that kills.
A great many folks around sanitar-
iums are like damaged books come to
be rebound. And sometimes in the re-
binding one can catch some very tan
talking glimpses of the plot.
A modern wag says that n good way
to remove paint is to kiss it OFF. And
II II were at all permissible, lots Of
the dear things would never be kissed
again and painters collie would be
rampant.
o.
A far-off spirit-now our idol-once
said to us that love is the only earthly
thing that the soul may bear beyond
the sea of time; that love alone sur
vives'each severed bond.
o
Content yourself with the common
course Of things. You will be no ex-
ception to the rule. Somebody will
sing your virtues when you are a long
time dead.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Hatred is love at low tide. The joy
OF life Is in the living. Don't cringe-
that's cowardly The fast life" al
ways kills. Don't fawn-that's despis-
able.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

can't be a sun be a star. If you've
got a thinker" work 1t. The fit sur
vive-the unfit perish. Haste often
trips on it's own heels.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-15

Just as long as society makes it to
our interest TO pretend 10 be what we
are not. just that long will we court
an hypocrisy in the midst of that self
same societyrthat kills.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-06
Long Kid Gloves, $3.50
to $3.50

-Finc qualities. correctly
fashioned. In white. brown.
black. tan, navy and cham
payne; with plain or hoav-
lily embroidered backs.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-06

fail In this IS TO deprive them OF
their rightful opportunity"
Representative OF the various
departments passed In review fol-
lowing Oberhoitscrs talk. IA each
group came ON the platform he cx-
planned the number enrolled In
each department and the number OF
teachers required to instruct them.
Other numbers on the program
were as follows.
Song, America" led by depart
mental and Junior high school
chorus; Ellen Russell, director.
Prayer. Rev Meade T.. Dutt
Songs, America the Beautiful''
land "OklAhoma." by departmental
and Junior high school chorus
Roll call and response OF delcga-
tions.
Songs. plantation Melodies" by
departmental and junior high school
chorus
\ short program by the high
school band was given at the open
ing OF the exercises.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-06

sponsors as tho most proficient boys'
band In the state.
There are two rcasoha for the
visit of Pcrshing 60 Tulsa. one IS
that its residents want To hear the
worlds greatest evangelist Billy
sunday Tho other is that Perish
ingitcs, proud OF their town. want
Tulsans to become better acquainted
with them and more fully aware
that they are enthusiastic town
builders. They expect to attend the
Tuesday afternoon and night mcct-
ings at tho Sunday tabernacle. and
between meetings their band of
youngsters. together with othcrs iu
the delegation. will appear ON one
of the downtown business corners
for a few minutes of music and
speaking
Tho visitors from Pcrshiug will be
met few miles east ot the city on
Federal drive by "a delegation from
tho Tulsa Chamber uf Com mere,
and Informed that tho city await,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-06
BUS ORDINANCE
UP FOR PASSAGE
Means Conversion of All
Jitneys Into Closed
Motor Vehicles

That the proposed new bus ordi-
nance will be passed by the mayor
and commissioners at their meeting
Tuesday morning appeared probable
after a meeting Of the bus commit
tee Monday This committee Is
composed Of Street Commissioner
o. a. Steiner, Police Commissioner
i NJ AdkisoOn and Finance Com
missioner II. II. Newblock.
Tho purpose OF this proposed or
dinance is TO convert all jitncys into
well lighted heated and ventilated
buses. operating under. strict police
supervision. The measure provides
for the appointment OF bus in
spector whose duty II will be TO in
spect all buses at regular intervals.
especially as to their sanitary condi-
tion. 1t was prepared several weeks
ago by City Attorney Frank Il. Dun
can and has been before the city
commission twice, but action was
postponed each time.
Members Of the committee OK
piained yesterday that II the ordi-
nance Is to be passed. action should
be taken Immediately. According to
its terms. 1t becomes effective jan
uary J., the members stated, and
present operators OF open jitneys
who expect TO obtain bus equipment
should have time TO dispose Of their
leasure cars and acquire buses.
There Is no section in the ordinance
that provides for exclusive privi-
leges-it leaves competition open as
It is at present. The city attorney
has pointed out that no bus line
franchise could be given by the city
commission without vote of the
people, the same as though new
franchise were going to he given TO
some existing public service cor
poration.
May Not Operate Buses.
Whether the Tulsa street Railway
company will enter into motor bus
arompetition Is conjectural. G.. II.
Bosler. president of the company,
while in Tulsa several weeks ago,
requested a franchise OF the city for
the operation Of bus feeder lines
to existing street railway lines, but
he gave no expression as to whether
his company will consider such bus
operation without a franchise. Bos-
Ter favors the installation OF track :
less trolleys, which are operated
much the same as motor buses, but
which are driven by electricity ap-
piled through overhead wires.
Several companies are consider
ing the installation Of large fleets OF
buses as soon as the proposed ordi-
nance is passed. one promoter es-
pecially has made thoroush sur
voy Of the entire city not now sup
piled with electric lines, and his
report covers every phase OF bus
operation. including details Of costs
and schedules. Sim!lar investiga-
tions have been made by the other
companies.
The proposed new ordinance
which is to be presented TUESDAY
corning and which. according to
the committees attitude, will be
ADOPTED. provides frther that all
bus operators shall be bonded to
protect citizens and patrons in case
of accident.