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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08
NOVEMBER CELESTIAL EVENTS

Two interesting celestial events are
scheduled for November and sky-gazers
will not miss them.
On the fifteenth, just a few days be-
fore the full moon. the earth passes
through swarm of tiny fragments. NOV
ing around the sun They appear as
meteors. or falling stars, always seen in
greater numbers after midnight
On the night of the seventeenth the
earth passes between the sun and the
moon, and the shadow of the earth. sweep
ing through space. will cause an eclipse Of
the moon. visible over the entire United
States and Canada. Ii will not be q total
eclipse, but around one o'clock. on the
morning of the eighteenth. the moon will
enter this phase. gradually assuming a
darker color. until at 3.l9 a m. il viii be
about fifteen per cent covered By the arc
Observation-Disclosures az the earth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08
EDUCATION PROSPECT CHEEKY

Principal Horace O'Bryant of Monroe
County High School reports very inter-
esting fact to The Citizen.
The honor rolls for the Junior and
Senior divisions of the High School for the
first six weeks of the present semester is
the largest since he has been principal. A
total of 149 pupils attained an average
better than the 1.5O required to make the
rolls.
AS yet, no raising of the scholarship
requirements is contemplated, Mr.. o.
Bryant added, but the work of the pupils
will be carefully studied and if it continues
to improve it is quite probable that re-
quirements will be stiffened.
This means the educational standard
will be lifted a notch
Local interest in education is most
certainly rising. During the past six
years, there has been nearly a hundred per-
cent increase in the number of college
students from this city.
This way lies progress!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08
WEATHER CONDITIONS


Pressure is high this morning
over southeastern and southwest
ern districts, Wilmington, N. c.,
and Charleston, S, c., 5000 inch
es, and San Francisco, Cal, 1910
inches; while low pressure areas
of marked intensity, centered
over the Lake Superior region
and Canadian Northwest over
spread most o. the remainder of
the country, Duluth, Mimi, 1924
inches, and Edmonton, Alberta,
1920 inches.
Light to moderate precipita.
ton, mostly in the form of rain,
has occurred during the last "a
hours from the Lake region, and
upper Mississippi Valley south
ward over portions of eastern
Texas, and there has been light
to moderate rain on the north Pa
cifie coast, and rain or snow in
portions of the Rocky Mountain
States.
Temperatures have fallen in
the central and northern Plains
States and throughout most. of
the Rocky Mountain region, and
have risen in other districts. The
lowest temperature at 1880 this
morning was 30 degrees at Sheri-
dan, Wyoming, and the highest
"a degrees at Miami, Fla, and
Brownsville, Texas.
G. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

Material for the construction of
landing places for the ferries is
being placed at the two locations
by the county force and dredging
will start at once, said County En-
gineer Joseph Watkins today. The
county's dragline will be placed at
No Name Key today, and within
day or so operations will begin.
There fill of about 1900 feet
must be thrown up to reach water
of sufficient depth for landing
the boats. Piling will support a
dock at each place with an apron
to compensate for the rise and
fall of the tide. The force will
be greatly increased as soon as
all the material is placed and con-
struction will proceed with all
possible haste. The landing stages
should be in place when the fer
ries are completed. At the Lower
Matecumbe side there will be lit
tie to do, the engineer shows, as
deep water goes practically up to
the shore line. This leaves only
the matter of building a dock.
Ferry Number l will be launched
about November Is, the Gibbs
Company believes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

Sulnhanilamide for the past two years
las been a medicinal sensation. but when
) drug company i'll Bristol. Tenn. con-
ceived the idea of preparing the drug in
liquid instead of powder form and dis
solved it in diethylene gIyeoi. he innocent
IN became the cause of more than 90
deaths. when he shipped the preparation
TO druggists and physicians in several
states, who sold and prescribed the medi-
cine in that form. Sulphanilamide was
used on Franklin d. Roosevelt. Jr to cure
streptoeoceic throat infection about a
year ago with success, after which the
drug became in great demand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08
Today's Horoscope
~eoeo eee . . . . . eeoeea

Older writers do not regard
those born today as very for
tunate. The mind, unless spurred
to action, is liable to be listless
and inactive in a way to take
things as they come, rather than
to make much effort to compel
results. Later interpreters of
the day describe it as restless yet
working as if in a dream. There
is power if the mind can be awak-
ened.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

A few weeks ago, the writer in
formed friend in the frigid north that
he was forwarding to him full grown sea
horse. But instead of going to the post
office he went to the freight station in
quest of the horse. Imagine his surprise
when he received the gift in three-inch
container. 1t was a horse on him-but a
little one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08
Translations from one

TRANSACTIONS from one language to
another are often odious. For instance the
Spanish "Semana Allegro translated to a
Week of JOY doesn't get over the frivol-
ity implied in "allegre." "Simpatico" is
another Spanish word for which there is
none in the English language. The near
est approach perhaps, is agreeable" or
Charming" yet is not exactly expressive
of the word.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08
WEATHER FORECAST

(Till 1880 p. M, Tuesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Gen
orally fair tonight and Tuesday !;
moderate easterly winds.
Florida: Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday; slightly warmer in
extreme northwest portion to-
night.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate east
winds and partly overcast wealth
er tonight and Tuesday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

The Tampa Tribune objects to West
brook Pegler clubbing Florida as ''the we'll
kept woman of the well-to-do" and so say
ave all. The paper states further that
tFiorida may stand for criticisms of her
politics. her gambling, her officials. her
courts, her lax law enforcement and what
not-but when her virtue is assailed. she
ought to resent it, Righto: when our
Nhastity is assaulted we must put on our
Armor and come to her defense.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

Battling Jackson. of Key West,
made that hard hitting pug from
Miami quit the fight in the fifth
round Of last nights setto. Knock
ed down twice. once for the count
OF nine. Jackson came back in
great shape and by the fifth had
the Miami man so tired and suf-
fering from the terrific lacing ad-
ministered that be had 10 Quit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

The Miami Herald has been sold to a
republican and this should be news after
they looked for the other one in 1896
The Lake City Reporter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

KNOW, from very extensive
travels, that there is no place
comparable with it in which to
spend the winter writes George
Allen England, in a recent letter
to the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. England indicates he will ar
rive about December l and re-
main until late in 1928.
Editorial comment: Old Buck
says it must be hard for the mod
ern mother to smoke a cigarette
and put clean overalls ON the
baby at the same time.
A. G. Lund, of the local Gus
toms service, returned yesterday
from a vacation during which he
attended the Regional Red Cross
conference at Fort Lauderdale.
There were 50 representatives
present for the eight counties
comprising the region. These
counties are Broward, Dade, In
dian River, Monroe, Martin, Okee-
chobee, Palm Beach an d st.
Lucie.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

Hint to suckers-stay out of the stock
market
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

The list of citizens qualified to
vote in the election next Tuesday
will be published in The Citizen
tomorrow. 1t generally happens
that there are many persons who
desire copies of the list. In order
to make certain of securing these
it will be necessary to call at The
Citizen office or telephone the
number desired before 3 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

). Crime pays only in free board and
lodging -Times-Union. And the 'vittels'
have lost their taste
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

As YOU know, am tremend.
ously sold on Key West. and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

Important problems: a fourth at
bridge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
@ ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN
!. Water and Sewerage.
2. Bridges to complete Road to Main
land.
8. Free Port.
4. Hotels and Apartments
5. Bathing Pavilion.
6. Airports-Land and Sea.
z. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

Save little of thy income, and thy hde-bound
pocket will soon begin to thrive and thou wilt
cry again with empty stomach; neither
will creditors insult thee, want oppress nor
hunger bite, nor will nakedness freeze thee. The
whole hemisphere will shine brighter, and
pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart.
Benjamin Franklin.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST
Member of the Federal Reserve
Member of the F. D. |. C.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

The Key West-Havana air line
company is to be joined by other
mail and passenger lines connect.
ing North and South America
and connecting this city with
numerous Caribbean countries,
The local line is also to be hooked
up with lines which are to extend
to the north and the east. An
nouncement was made to this eff
feet yesterday by Hayden Stone
and Company, widely known bank
ing firm which is backing the Key
West Havana line. Captain ]. C.
Whitbeck, local representative of
the Pan American Lines, said to.
day that number of the men
who are backing the line would
be in Key West next week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-08

Federal court which convened
yesterday morning for the Fall
term, disposed of Is cases and the
18th went to the jury as court
was recessed until this morning.
The district attorney stated that
the docket would probably be
cleared by this afternoon.
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one

1t is easier to start war than to stop
one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

or Q. q. FLlNTl


Our planet, turning slowly
among other planets and popu.at-
ed with minute creatures called
men, is the scene OF many sudden
changes that spell disaster to popu-
lations.
storms lash Europe, floods creep
upon cities and towns here, TAX
ing their toll Of life. Disease fol-
lows untoward conditions, with in
fluenza ana pneumonia rampant
among the unhoused sufferers.
You might ask, seeing how sud-
denly doom strikes, what is Sc
curity?" Add to the burden of
woe, wars and rumors of wars. z
You mi ght ask, what is civiliza-
tion?" The planet. upon whose
face all these things have been
going on, endless.y, is governed
by laws of balance and attraction
that are exact. Exactness is the
rule in Nature.
Man, by studying Natures
moods, may prepare himself. But
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06
ARMY MEN WAS MEN
In THEM OLD DAYS

FORT RILEYl Kas., Feb. O.
The old army was built along ro-
bust lines, as witness these ex-
eeFpts from an order promulgated
at this frontier army post in
1912:
Members Of this command
viii. when shooting buffaloes on
the parade ground be careful not
20 fire in the direction of the
commanding officers quarters.
"The troop officer having the
best trained remoant for this
year viii be awarded one barrel
Of rye whiskey.
Student officers will discon-
time the practice of roping and
riding buffaloes."
The order also called attention
70 regulations providing that all
officers wear boards.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06
PAUL DEMERITT
TO ACT AS GUIDE
ONE OF NOTED FAMILY OF
E0oAL FISHER
MEN

Appearing in this issue of The
Citizen will be found the announce
ament of Paul Demeritt asia fish
ling guide. Mr.. 'Demeritt has re
Gently acquired the rooniy and
well-equipped launch Dac" and
lis offering the boat and his years
of experience to anglers in search
Of genuine srort, fishing for Sail
fish and others of the many species
natural to the waters around Key
West.
The name of Demeritt is syn
onymous with the fishing indus
try, and it is an established fact
that his father, known to his
friends in Kew West and many
other parts of the country, as Ben
Timex, has the reputation of being
able to take a party to the spot
where they desire to catch certain
fish, and most generally they are
successful.
Paul, the son, has acquired all
of the knowledge gained by his
father, and his experience, it is
said, warrants him in making the
guarantee contained in his an
nouncement that SUCCESS is assur-i
ed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

Miseellaneous Hinis


EtloWERS: When irrigating, lay
u The hose on tie ground ana soak
the soil between the rows. Sphinx
ling requires The use OF more water
and is less thorough.
To get better ana larger blossoms.
cease watering when buds appear.
For a continuation of bloom, pick
flowers regularly. This Is most inn
portant with sweet peas and pans
les. less so with petunias.
VEGETABLES: Avoid the CON-
mon mistake of letting vegetables
grow too large before picking.
Younger vegetables are more tender.
more nourishing and more pala-
table.
With large percentage of the
vegetables, get them comparatively
early. Root crops radish, carrot,
beet-are at their best when hardly
half grown.
Pick peas Just before pods fiji out
completely: Pick corn just at the
'.mflk" stage. that is. when the kerr
mel, gouged with the finger nail,
yields a milky Juice. Use summer
squash when small. soon after the
bloom has dropped OFF
Other vegetables, OF course, should
be allowed to mature more com
pletely before using. Tomatoes
should be ripened wen on the vine,
as should winter squash. Canta-
loupe are at their best when they
need not be pulled from the stem,
but roll on the vine at a touch.
There are exceptions to some OF
these rules Of course For instance,
some may wish to use green toma-
toes for special dishes or for can.
ming, or they may wish to allow
beans to grow to the dry bean stage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

Lawyer Bad English-John Dee
Bearup.
His Secretary-Fannie Mae In
graham.
Il s,Judge-Russell Baker.
4 Period-Manuel Fernandez.
+ Jailor-Richard Stewart.
Amt Children Betty Jean
Roberts and Catherine Saunders.
Mother Noun--Ellen Mae Whar-
ton.
Father Verb-Benjamin Lowe.
-Ruthie Stricken.
Gonjbnction-Jennie Hiner.
Adjective and Adverb Twins
Howard Russell and Ruth Thomp-
son.
Interjection-Doris Roberts.
Proposition Barbara Jean
Johnson.
Prisoner Jimmy Slang-John
Lewis Day.
Jury-vera Waite, Fena Rod
riguez, Loretta Kemp, Alice
Suarez, Jewel Fine, Betty Joan
Roberts, Catherine Saunders, Raul
'Cuesta, Tom Alfonso, Iver Russell,
Billy Bethel. Alfred sRonaguera.
Presentation of scholastic prizes
donated by PIT. A. to julius
Napoles and Ellen Mae Wharton
Gift from ga to 6B, a dozen
Classics.
Class Song Harris School.
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DEPICTS SCENES
OF ISLAND CITY

tContinued from Page s0nel
whether tourist or otherwise)
have been informed that they must
take their eats with them and also
extra gas and oil and the water is
not fit to drink believing in jus
tice to all, may l say that / left
Miami last Sunday morning at $50
and arrived at Lower Matecumbe
in plenty of time for the first fer
ny crossing over to Grassy.
Key, you then drive to Hog Key,
where you board the other ferry
for a two-hour ride across the wa
tiers of Florida Bay =. at No
Name Key you alight and drive 80
miles to Key West, where you are
accorded all the courtesies that
you may expect =. there are good
hotels, rooming houses and cafes
I. / arrived at $3.50 that after
noon. With Key West installing
new water lines and sewerage sys.
tenn, real estate has taken an up
ward trend 5. several pieces of
valuable land changing hands /. !.
and an increase in the amount of
taxes being paid.
81 only write these last few
linesgse thatsthe sgood peop,e Of
Key West viii know that not all
the people in Miami are against
them as the first reports may have
indicated !. Key West is a COM
ing town and will keep its pace
with any other in the state of Flor
ida. s. .4
! "The hotels are various in their
accommodations and charges. The
Casa Marina, a Florida East Coast
enterprise, strictly American plan;
the Overseas Hotel, a rehabilita-
tion project of the FERA, just re-
Gently turned back to the First
National Bank, the original own
Fers; the Key West Colonial, n du-
Pont hotel located on Duval street;
the Gibson Hotel, operated by orig
inal Key West boys, very accom-
modating and reasonable in their
rates. May / add that when you
are in the lobby of the Casa Ma
rina you are 375 miles further
south than Cairo, Egypt
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

man forgets. underestimates the
forces he Is dealing with.
When mankind kills he outwits
Nature IN iestrnctivsnssz. War.
greed, hatred and revenge have
no place in Nature. save in the
hearts of men.
It is not q happy picture that
man should be continually at odds
with himself and with Natures
forces.
We try to teach the rules gov.
erning life through education. re-
'ligion and government. Slowly, the
races move cloeer together
through better understanding.
In some future time. perfect
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

:: SOCIETY ::
Mid Term Program Pit
On At Harris School

The mid-term program present
ed IS the Sixth A Class of the
1Iafria school. under the direction
~ Mra. Emma Albury, at a recent
usemblaee In the auditorium, was
10th enjoyable and instructive.
Ellen Mae Wharton, as Highest
Honor giil student, delivered the
welcome Address. while Julius
Napoles. Highest Honor boy stu
lent. gave the closing address.
Class Poem was given by Bar
sara Jean Johnson and John Lew
3 Day presented the Prophecy.
The entire grade sang when /
Was A Sixth Grader"
The Cass Play was entitled
The Trial Of Jimmy Slang" The
.ast included:
Jnnitor Clear Speech-John
Lewis Day.
Written English tmaid)--JeweI
Fine.
Oral English (maid) Vera
Waite.
Polieeman Dictionary - John
Watkins.
Captain Grammar - Armand
Roberts.
Lawyer Good English-Juiius
Napoles.
lis secretary-Rose Marie
Roberts. W
Court stenographer = Mildred
Evans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06
Arrange Dance
At caban Club

There viii be a dance at the
Cuban Club tomorrow afternoon
from 5 until 3 o'clock.
Sugar sweeting's Swing Band
which has recently added several
expert musicians to the organiza-
zion. win furnish a lively program
Of late swing music for this af.
fair.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06
Dance Tonight
At Raul's Club

A large attendance is predicted
for the regular Saturday evening
dance at Raurs Club to be held
this evening at 10 o'clock.
John Pritchard's Dance Or
chestra has prepared a select pro-
gram of dance rhythm for this af-
fair.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06
new ARRIVAL AT
BARMEAS HOME

Announcement has been made
of the birth of a girl, weighing
eight and a half pounds, to Mr..
and Mrs. Rabel Ybsrmea at their.
home, 1919 Division street.
Mother and baby are reported
to be getting along nicely.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

The serial at the local theater
every week, with gunfire and
fast riding in every reel. doesn't
attract us as much as the children
who go to see it. We remember
that we used to whoop at the hero
and hiss the villain much the same
way, disproving the modern theory
that the younger generation is not
the same as the former ones.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06
Know Your Language
BY C. L. Bushnell
School Of English.
International Correspondence
Schools
SOME writer's have q tendency to

COME writer's have a tendency to
~ make too frequent use of the
comma, but how important the
comma can be is illustrated by a
document discovered a few years
ago in Spain, which seemed TO show
that Sir Walter Raleigh was not, as
is generally supposed, the first to
introduce tobacco to Europe.
The document was a will drawn IN
the year 1923, more than half q CEN
tury before Sir Walter smoked his
first pipe. The testator named as one
of his heirs a man seemingly des-
cribed as Antonio, tobacco mer-
chant of Lisbon" Closer exanlina-
ton of the will, however, convinced
scholars that the proper reading
was Antonio Tobasso, merchant of
Lisbon" Thus the placing of a
comma threatened to deprive
Raleigh of his fame as the patron
saint of tobacco.
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PERSONAL MENTION


George Buchanan, regular win
ter visitor to Key West and guest
a. the Casa Marina. left on the
Cuba yesterday afternoon accom-
panying his friend w. L. Meffert
a. far as Tampa, and plans to re.
turn Monday morning. Mr.. Mef-
fert Is en- route to New York.
r. G. Kelly, division counsel of
the Southern Railway, located at
Greensboro, N. c., and Mrs. Kelly,
who were visiting in Key West,
left yesterday afternoon foHi
Tampa.
". T. Fripp, manager of a 10.
cal department store. left yester-
day afternoon on the Cuba for .
brief business visit in Tampa.
Mrs. g. II. Startling and son
David. who came here to attend
the funeral services of Mrs. Star
iing's mother, Mrs. AdelIa Skel-
ten, left over the highway this
morning for the home at Lake
Placid, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Will
Iiams are due TO arrive in Key
West next week and be guests
over the week end of their SON
and eaaughter-iu-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Don Williams in their app
partments at the corner of Simon
ton and Fleming streets.
Among the recent arrivals in
Key West j. Anthony Jenkinson,
o. London, England, who decided
that key West was the place in
which to write the final chapters
10 a novel, came here, secured
quarters adapted to his needs and
plans 20 remain until the final
words 10 his book are written.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

The young bride who looked so,
intently at Niagara Falls wasn't
entranced by the Falls, but trying
to remember whether she shut the
water off in the bath tub or not.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

A man walked into the office
yesterday, inquiring whether this
was the fish market. After as
surfing him that it wasn't We be-
gan to wonder what aspects of the
building would lead anyone to
think this was the fish market. 1t
may have been just coincidental,
but we are still wondering.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-06

Attend a wedding and see both
Cupid and stupid.-Davis, in the
Lake City Reporter. We feel that
lot of guys wouldn't care to have
their brides referred to as Soup
i'd"