The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-06-02
CONGRESS CONFRONTED With
SETTLEMENT Of French DEBT
GEORGIA EDITOR TELLS ABOUT
HIS RECENT TRIP TO KEY west

C. c. Brantley. editor of the
Valdosta Daily Times, who was a
member of a large party of Geor-
gia newspaper men visiting this
city recently EN- route to Havana,
told the readers of his paper about
the trip in a complete and very in
teresting way. The articles in his
paper covered the entire tour,
from which the following refer
ence to the stop-over of the edi-
tors in Key West is clipped:
"The voyage from St. Peters
burg to Key West was uneventful,
that city being reached on Friday
morning about six o'clock. Break
fast was ready when the boat
landed, and bunch of Key West
newspaper people were on the dock
waiting to welcome the editors.
The Rotarians of Key West had a
large number of automobiles on
hand to give the visitors a ride
over the city. That was most
interesting as well as unexpected
experience. The ride took the
visitors to some of the famous
wharves where deep sea fish are
loaded for shipment to different
sections.
There were hundreds of small
fishing boats in the Bay, and an
interesting sight was a haul that
was made of minnows for use in
fishing for larger game. That haul
netted about half a bushel Of
small fish, and one of the fisher
men declared that it was one of
the most successful hauls that had
been made lately. He lost no time
in fssttisaes thu issh inshis boat and
pulling out for deeper water.
"At Key West there is small
aquarium where many of the rar-
est kinds of fish are kept. This
includes a fish that resembles an
eel, and which is said to be as
poisonous as a rattle snake. Sea
turtles and other kinds of fish are
also exhibited there. The business
section of Key West is about like
that of any other town of $4,000
or 10000 people, though the build
ings are hardly as large. the
streets are narrow and at that
early hour there were not many
people stirring, The chauffeur
who had the writer in charge,
drove around by the great hotel,
the Flagler System. which is To-
Gated on land that has been built
from the Gulf, and there is large
development there all built up
land.
"The drive included a visit TO
the cemetery where are buried the
victims of the Maine disaster
There is monument to them and
there are also several small head
stones for soldiers and sailors who
were killed in the Spanish Amer
lean War. Among them is a tab
let to Worth Bagley who was kill
cd in Matanzas Bay. He was an
Ensign on one of the torpedo
boats, and was the first man killed
in that war on the American side.
His remains were carried to his
home in North Carolina for burial
The stay in Key West was two or
three hours and was very pleas
ant one, as the Rotarians took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to rem
der service by furnishing convey
ances for visitors who wished TO
see the city.
The secretary Of the Rotary
Club was on the wharf and ass ST.
cd in getting the visitors off. He
declared that the Georgia editors
had done something that nobody
else had accomplished. and that
was to get the Key West Rotarians
out of bed before nine O'Clock in
the morning. Key West. like IIa-
yana, is a town where the folk
stay up late at night and sleep late
he next day.
Another pleasant feature of
the stay in Key West was the
statement that the Cuban Govern
ment would not require the GcoT-
gia editors to go through the usual
inspection upon their arrival n
Havana. This Is an ordeal that
usually takes a good deal Of time
and IS frequently embarrassing.
AT Key West the writer met
up with two former Valdoatans
One Of them being Mr.. Adam.
who was reporter on The tsun
here, and the other Was Mr. Muf-
ray. who was receiver for the Y.
u & ". Railroad. who Is now one
Of the custom officials ~ Key