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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
CONCERNING GEN. HAGOOD

Quite furore has been created by
the order relieving Major Gen. Johnson
Hagood from command of the Eighth
Corps Area as result of testimony given
before the House Committee in December
but not made public until this month
1t appears that the General, admit
tedly an efficient officer with a creditable
service record, was seeking funds for Army
housing and other permanent improve
ments, and that he was somewhat sarcas-
tic in referring to the expenditure of what
he called "stage money" by the Govern
ment in other activities.
The General, it appears, had been
given permission by his superiors to speak
freely before the committee, but APP
parently the idea was to authorize express
sion of his views along military lines and
not in contemplation of utterances severe
Iy critical of other government depart
ments and agencies. When the testimony
was made public General Hagood admit
ted that he had been quoted with sub
stantial accuracy and regretted that his
statements were made public without an
opportunity being afforded him. to delete
the critical phrases.
While it is to be regretted that an Of
ficer of the high type of General Hagood
should suffer such a severe reprimand in
the closing years of his distinguished serv
ice, it~should be apparent even to his
closes. friends, that his remarks relating
to Their activities of the Government were
entirely improper. While he would have
been entirely justified, in view of the per-
missiQc accorded him, to have given free
utteranceTo his opinion on military affairs,
it has long beer an accepted policy in this
country that Army and Navy officers, par
ticularIx. those holding high commands
should ,gefrain from any venture outside of
their Raehliar sphere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
TODAY'S WEATHER

tie change in temperature; gentle
to moderate easterly winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy, occa-
siOnal rain in extreme northwest
portion tonight and in extreme
north portion Thursday; little
change in temperature.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits:
Gentle to moderate shifting winds,
mostly easterly over south portion
and partly overcast weather to-
night and Thursday, probably
showers over north portion Thurs
day.
East Gulf: Gentle to moderate
winds mostly easterly and mostly
overcast weather tonight and
Thursday with scattered showers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Sometime last year The Citizen sug-
gested that pyramid be built from the
dirt dug from the tranS-State canal as a
boondoggling project. This column thought
the suggestion wa original, but P E. B. in
the Tampa Tribune claims he said it first.
We will not enter disclaimer to the state
ing to it as a boondoggling project, and no
more fantastic than many others.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The northern disturbance has
moved eastward to the Canadian
Province of Ontario, Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich, 29.60 inches, and
pressure is moderately low this
morning from Texas westward to
California. Phoenix, Ariz., 1882
inches; while high pressure areas
over the South Atlantic States,
northern Plains States and far
Northwest overspread most of the
remainder of the country, Charles
ton. S. c., 30.16 inches. and Huron,
S. D., and Seattle, Wash, 1924
inches. Light to moderate snow
has occurred during the last "a
hours in the Lake Superior region
and in portions of New England.
and light to moderate rain in p0r-
tions of the West Gulf Stares,
Washington, Colorado. and on the
Florida Keys. Temperatures have
risen from Texas northeastward
over the Ohio Valley and lower
Lake region, and colder weather
has overspread the northern Rock
les and Plains States and extreme
upper Mississippi Valley, with
readings near zero this morning in
northern Minnesota. Temperatures
continue above normal in most
sections of the country, except in
northern Minnesota, and range
this morning from 70 degrees at
Miami and Key West. Fla, to 2
degrees at Duluth, Mimi.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

If it hadn't been for Walter WiEchell,
The Municipal Record might have never
known that City Manager Claude A Rem
shaw of Miami Beach was formerly the
mayor of Round-Up, Montana, or that
Miami Bes IL started life as Alton Beach.
Neither would we have known that the
Miami Beach publicity department keeps
an accurate check the comings and go
ings of the more important residents and
visitors with the aid of daily reports from
the garbage collecting department.
ida Municipal Record. Wouldn't it have
been terrible to have gone through life
without knowledge of the above.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Exchange papers from. the north
hasten to greet the month of March be-
cause it brings them Spring, while in Key
West we have it all the time. But we do
not think it is too much of good thing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
Federal Judge Halsted l.. Ritter was

Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter was
impeached by the House during Monday
session. Four articles of misconduct were
cited. The case now goes to the Senate
which will act both as judge and jury
Our guess is lie will not be convict d,
though this does not express our wish pro
or con. Judge Ritter sat in the House gal
lery during the entire impeachment pro-
ceedings with different feelings than those
when he is presiuing on the bench.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

DR.. E. H. Cary, former president of
the American Medical Association makes
a bid for popularity among the nations
youngsters by declaring that forcing chill
dren to eat spinach for the iron it is sup
posed to contain is the bunk. So far as
the iron is concerned, he said it would be
just as we'll to let kid suck 20-penny
nail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

The FidelsS Cas- q Ehe FEEE
Baptist church IS plz1naE a cE-
Gus 70 be he'd en- ~ lzEa e rAe
church. NARA Is TIE clrc1S = %
be given for me purpose o. 49,
ing funds for q n1rsery - - CO.
Quoted IN the chErrh bzsemezr.
50 mothers Ray leave rhelr CO.
dren there whIle z<1e11aE Exzze
service
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen

At the recessed meeting of the
county commissioners held this
morning the county attorney was
iRStEpctedoto prepare an agree
MeA{siuh legal form to be signed
BY the chairman of the board and
QTArRI Tufners of the Turner
Engihseribg company relative to
construction of the overseas high
way bridges. Last night a number
ofAtelegranls were received from
railroad engineers, city engineers
and engineering firms from all
over the country recommending
Mr.. Turner and his accomplish
ments of the consideration of
the commissioners.
The school board is now pro-
ceeding by the old method OF
petitioning percent of the Tree
holders to decide whether the
100000 bond issue for new
school buildings will 60 through
or not. 1t was voted in the last
election to create a fund by rails
ing taxes. The legislature de-
clared this unconstitutional. How
ever if rs percent of the people
desire the new buildings the law
will be passed over the legislature.
School children are now being
seen all over the city petitiOning
the parents and citizens in gen.
eral to sign the document.
The Baltimore and Tampa
Steamship company is contemplat
ing having their ships stop at Key
West, according to an announce
ment made by the Porter Dock
company. This company, COM
monty known as the Bat Line,
operates a large number of fine
boats between Tampa and Balti-
more. They have both freight and
passenger service and are large
and modern.
Mrs. Isobel E. Crittenden an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter Florence Cecilia to VIII
liam Earl Dodge Stokes of Len
nox. Mass. son of William Earl
Dodge Stokes and Mrs. Rita Her
nandez De Alba de Acosta Lydig.
Miss Crittenden is a daughter of
the late Venerable C. r. ID. Crit
tenden, one time archdeacon of
Texas and late rector of St. Paul's
Parish, Key West.
The city council met in regular
session last night and discussed a,
number of important matters.
One of the most interesting was
that of building a bulkhead at the
foot of Front street near the fish
docks, in order to improve that
unsightly section of the city. In
a communication submitted by
Mayor Curry who requested the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
Advertisement

paper: "You are hereby notified not to
take our daughter, Vallie Harper, in your
car. Anyone not needing this notice will
be dealt with to the full limit of the law.
Mr. and Mrs. William Harper"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

The Boston Transcript tells of a sys-
tenn whereby favored persons in Russia are
given permits to buy theater tickets with
out having to stand in line awaiting their
turn. But after obtaining the coveted per-
nit the customer must take his place IL
another line composed of those who do no:
have to stand in line.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Selfishly we hope Miami will be
crowded to reorganization, and that the
overflow will seek shelter. sunlight and
comfort in Key West. Surely Miami, in
her bountiful generosity, will forgive US
this selfishness, under that circumstance
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Now the brain trusters speak of OUR
money when they refer to the various al
lotments made to states and municipalities
for projects granted. Do you see how the
wind is blowing?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

DR.. Strath-Gordon of the British Medi-
cal Corps asserts that an inscription or
one OF the great pyramids of Egypt pre-
die, he present depression, also that it
would end on September 16, 1886. We dc
not ADVISE our readers to plunge too
heavily or the strength of this forecast,
however
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

The American Magazine is authority
for the statement that William H. Warren
of Atlanta, Ga years old and twice mar
ried, is the father of AZ children, includ-
ing Is sets of twins.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
S9DEL IGHT rs
dF By MARCY B. DARNALL.
Fohher Editor of The Key West Citizen

Iftan effort to hang himself COM
fortaHy, H. w. Dyer of Lewisham, Eng
land, padded his neck before adjusting the
rope AS result, his effort to shuttle off
the mortal coil was a total failure
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Among the prominent fisherwOmen
angling in Key West waters recently was
Nancy Carroll, and Nancy caught 'em, too.
Times Union. She caught 'em in the sea
and on land.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Quite a moving job was recently ex-
ecuted in Lake Forest, a Chicago suburb,
when an elm tree rs feet high and weigh
ing some as tons was dug up and replanted
or the estate of Mrs. J. Ogden Armour. 1t
is believed to be one of the largest trees
ever moved and replanted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Trade at home and your home town
will grow richer and finer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

A Cincinnati society editor is credited
with this catty paragraph in her write-up
OF swell reception: Mrs. Jones appeared
encascd in the green chiffon which has
graced so many previous occasions"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Newspapermen. as a rlle, know a
little about everything an. not much about
anything. But the life is interesting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

1t is said they never fail who always
do their best-with the usual exceptions
of course.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

A popular presidential slogan I'M
doubtcdly would BE-: "A chicken in every
coupe" Although after lection it very
likely will be found to be an old hen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

When anything is not used, it is
abused. Furthermore, there may be wear
without tear
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

The city clock should have its face
washed Immediately. Funds for that pur-
pose should be found somewhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
WEATHER FORECAST

(Til s p. M, Thursday
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday; lit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04
bulkhead be constructed the
council so ordered

John Ranger. age 25 years. the
young man who 1t Is claimed Was
shot by Arthur Baker. breathed
his last 1 O'Clock this afternoon
Until last night it was thought
this young man was on the road
to recovery but shortly before
midnight he took a sudden change
for the worse and within the next
hour passed On
Editorial comment II was pr0b-
ably a dry proofreader who let IL
get by as ''Dr. Nicholas Murray.
butler of Columbia University.
Records in the office OF Claude
Albury. in charge of the immigra-
tion bureau, show that s.510
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-21

to plans of the State Democratic
Headquarters.
The night has been designated as
precinct Speaking Night and every
county chairman has been asked to
provide a good speaker for the voters
of every precinct In the rural Sec
tons each precinct will have it's own
speaker while in the cities and towns,
where the precincts are small in area
there will be a Democratic meeting
in easy reach of every voter, whe. her
the meeting be held in his precinct
or not.
State Democratic Chairman J. Wal
lace WinbOrne has called on each of
the 1851 precinct chairmen to bear
down" during the last two weeks be-
fore the primary. A precinct-by-pre-
cinct survey of the conditions in
each county of the State indicates
that the majority Of the precincts
are better organi; ed than ever be-
fore, although both organization and
enthusiasm are tagging in number
of counties. There has been more
work than ever before among the
Democratic women of the State and
among the Democratic veterans
while the Young Democratic Clubs
are more numerous and more active
than during any election year since
the movement started, Headquarters
reported.
Reports from every county of the
State indicate that at least 43 of the
100 counties the Democratic vote will
be greater than it was in 1892. the
banner year of Democracy in North
Carolina On the other hand, the sur
veys show that unless a great deal
of work is done during the last two
weeks the vote in 81 counties will
be less than in 1882. The situation in
the remaining 36 counties caused OBJ
servers to forecast a vote about
equal to that of four years ago. tt
II these surveys and reports prove
accurate, the total Democratic vote
should go above the half million
mark. However, Chairman Winborne
pointed out that this year the Repub-
l1cans as we'll as, the Democrats are
doing more wark than usual. "And
there is an awful lot of Republican
money from somewhere being turned
loose in the State" he added. "It is
of the utmost Importance that we
keep driving ahead until shutdown
November g."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-21
CONSERVATION BODY
WILL HOLD MEETING
Special Sitting To Be At Mt. Nit
chell Tomorrow and Thursday;
Governor Absent
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel
nv y C. RASV[ER WILL

Raleigh, Oct. 21-The State Board
of Conservation and Development will
hold special meeting at the Mount
Mitchell State Game Refuge at
Busick, in Yancey county, on Oc-
tober 22-23, r. Bruce Etheridge, di-
rector of the department, announced
today. This meeting, will give mem
bers an opportunity to inspect &C
Invites of the department in that
part of Western North Carolina and
to plan for future developments in
the section, Mr.. Etheridge said.
The meeting site is only few miles
from the summit of Mount Mitchell,
where a Civilian Conservation Corps
camp has been hOsy for several
months in the development of the
State Park of the same name. One
of the nations outstanding game con-
servation. projects is 3eing carried out
on the refuge which includes the
park, a small tract of State land
where the game farm is located, and
several thousand acres of national
forest lands on which a game pro-
gram is being administered by the
conservation department.
Five of the six State fish hatcher
les, the director pointed out, are lo-
Gated in the mountains of North Car
DINA. These include a new hatchery
which has been developed recently as
an adjunct of the Mount Mitchell
game farm.
Other matters expected to receive
attention at the board meeting in
clude proposed legislation for sub
mission to the General Assembly of
1887.
Governor j. c. B. Ehringhaus
chairman ex-officio of the board, is
not expected to be able to attend, but
the meeting will be presided over by
J. v. Gilkey, Marion, vice-chairman
Other members include: E. S. AS
kew, Windsor; Cantford Martin, Win
ston-Salem; w. c. Ewing, Fayette-
vile; D. L. Ward, New Bern; ]. l..
Horne, Jr., Rocky Mount; Jos. j.
Stone, Greensboro; J. P. Rawley
High Point; J. w. HARRISON, Raleigh;
JAS L. McNair, Laurinburg; Harry
r. Lindsey, Leaksville; and F. Percy
Carter, Asheville.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-21

New York, Oct. 21-The doctor said
rest. Take a day off. Forget about
the column, about the stories you
promised for the Sunday sections,
about that fiction after midnight,
about the personal problems. Let your
mind go blank. That ought not to
be hard-judging from some of the
stuff I've read (said the doctor)
Just loaf and wander; break all APP
pointments. Coast.
That's the way doctors talk. A man
can pull down couple of little
shades in his head and shut out
thought, even the automatic, surface
cerebrations of a New York chat
terist. That's what doctors tell you;
and they are the same doctors who,
very likely, will. go to pieces sudden
ly at fifty because they hear bells
ringing and are being followed about
by little green man with big ears.
Still, it was an experience to try the
impossible. "I'll go blank" 1 said.
After an appropriate pause had the
uneasy feeling that, while pleasant
ly blank, 1 wasn't much different up
stairs from usual.
But it was best to get away from
the sight of typewriters. Typewrit-
ers had been the straw, az il were
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-21

that crushed the cameps Tbac4Sr-for
with three of them in the houSesI had
suddenly discovered that not one was
in working order and there had fol-
lowed wild morning carrying To-
pound noiseless up Park Avenue to
swap it for a mill in working order,
only to find the firm in uproar over
shipment of 100 machines to Bombay
and too upset to worry over one
humble scrivener's dilemma.
So I got away from typewriters al
together. I strolled out in Stuyve-
SAINT Park, among the strange fences
and concrete mixers and modernistic
rest rooms of a frantic WPA summer.
The leaves were falling and I sat
down on a bench.
What did 1 think about? In that
dutifully blank state on a fine fall
morning with only a little SCOT in
the air-say a concentration of 1 to
1000, which is bracing for this town
what did I moon about? About
the item that had just come to my
desk and would make nice para
graph-the one dealing with "Kated,
Incorporated" which is the name Of
Kate Smiths firm and has a payroll
of 55 persons just to answer fan mail
attend to theatrical and radio book
ings, charities and the "Celtics," a pro
fessional basketball team Kate bought
during an attack of whimsy-did I
think of that, through habit?
I did not. Instead 1 wondered how
the several well-dressed persons who
sat around me with a placid, prop
rietary air-the mein of veteran park
bench-setters-e a living. And
1 wondered how all the thousands
and thousands of men who are to be
found in morning movies all over town
earn living Are they night watch
men? Are they all chatter-writers
taking a day off?
Then 1 got interested in the old
gentleman who was carefully wrap
ping up his shiny patent leather
shoes in old newspapers. When he
got them all wrapped nicely he I'M
wrapped them again. A lady in lace
shawl with jabots and patrician fea-
| lures passed me twice, strolling. Sud-
denly she paused, looked me straight
in the eye and said, ut all happened
| after the fire.
| So I moved cut of the park 1t
was high time, if people got like that
from staying there; my resistance
was too low ~.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-21
TODAY,S BIRTHDAYS

DR.. Howard H. Russell of Ohio,
founder of the Anti-Saloon League,
born at Saltwater, Mimi, 81 years
ago.
William E. Dodd of Chicago, Am
bassador to Germany, born. at Clay
ton, N. c., 81 years ago.
Jay ~ Darling q. N. Ding) of Des
Moines, a., cartoonist, ex-chief of
the U. S. Bureau of Biological Sur
vey, born at Norwood, Mich, go years
ago.
DR.. Albert w. Beaver, president of
the Colgate-Rochester, N. Y. Divin-
ity School, born at Moscow, Ida, 81
years ago.
Axtell J. Byles, president of the
American" Petroleum Institute, New
York, born at T1tusvilles Pab Sc
years ago.
Stanley Walker of New York City
newspaperman, born at Lampassas
Tex, 38 years ago.
Dr. James L. McConaughy, presi-
dent of Wesleyan University, Middle
town, Conn, born in New York, 49
years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-10-21
ANSWERS

L. Immediately after the killing of
former Governor Richard Dobbs
Spaight by Congressman John STAN
ley at New Bern, in 1902, the legisla-
ture passed an act making "ineligi-
BILE to any office of trust. honor or
profit, anyone sending, accepting or
bearing a challenge, and he shall be
liable to ice indicted, despite any par
don or reprieve; and in case of a duel
and either party is killed, the survivor
shall suffer death and all aiding and
abetting shall likewise suffer death"
T. No person who has been declared
to be insane is allowed to vote in
North Carolina
3. The following children of DR..
Robert Hall Morrison were connected
with the war as follows: Major Will
liam Morrison was a staff officer;
Captain ]. G. Morrison was aid to
General Stonewall Jackson, and Capt.
tain r. Fl. Morrison was aid to Gen.
D. H Hill. Five daughters married
Confederate Army officers, viz.-Gen-
eral Stonewall Jackson, General D.
II. Hill, Colonel John E. Brown, Cen
eral Rufus Barringer and Major AL
phonso c. Avery
4. Memecum Hunt, of Granville,
resigned in 1887 when it was discover
ed that he was implicated in the re-
demption of fraudulent state due bills
ard certificates. He had been appoint
ed that he was implicated in the re-
earlier when a change had been made
from district treasurers to state
treasurer.
5. Miss Julia Alexander, of Char
lotte, admitted to the bar in 1914.
6. In 1874, in the State of Franklin,
now Tennessee. At that time all of
that Tennessee section had not been
but off from North Carolina. Only
certain land owners were allowed tc
vote.