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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10
SPONGES COMING BACK
Reports that Key Vests once profit

Reports that Key Vests once profit
able sponge industry is beginning to get
back on its feet strike hopeful note, both
for the fishermen and dealers directly in
volved and for the city as whole.
Tests in the waters aound Key West
seem to have revealed a complete absence
of the blight which gave the already totter-
ing industry its final blow in 1889. At that
time, experts found from 80 to 80 percent
of the sponges had been ruined by the blight
andthe industry came to a standstill.
Today, with Tapon Springs divers
finding increasing difficulty in locating
spCnges as far away as the South American
coast hackers of the local industry are
praying for a comeback.
Sponge fishing in the United States,
generally considered to be an almost exclu
sively Tarpon Springs business, began at
Key West 1t was Key West sponge fisher
men, driven from these waters by fear of
Spanish naval action during the war year
of 1898, who began the Tarpon Springs
fisheries.
1t also was a Key West sponge mer-
chant who first sent to Greece in 1905 and
launched the present thriving colony of
Greek divers at Tarpon Springs.
Key West was riding the wave of the
sponge industry in those years. In l849,
the first shipment had been sent to New
York, and in 1891, this city had achieved
complete monopoly Of the United States
market.
More than 100 vessels were bringing
home crop valued at upwards of S750,OOO
a year and some 1 200 Key Westers earned
their livings in one way or another from
the sale of sponges.
The fisheries here in the days Of the
city's greatest prosperity always ran far
behind the cigar industry in revenue, but
return to something like the old figures
would be a valuable addition to local IL
nances.
The sight of the new sponges on the
dock and word that the blight is over is
good news, and Key West is hoping for
the best in the battle of one of its reliable
meal tickets for comeback.
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WHO KNOWS?
See The Answers" on Page 4

/. How many nations are now
included in the Axis partner
ship?
2 What is the strength of the
Turk army?
8. What trustee of the Warm
Springs Foundation represents a
foreign country in Washington?
4, What movie stars were re-
Gently honored for best per-
Torrance" in 1910?
S. Is. San Francisco closer to
Tokyo or Manila?
s. What present member of
the Supreme Court resigned to
run for the presidency?
7. What is an ichthyologiSt?
! 8. What is a CLOSED shop?
8. Where is the center of pop
ulation" in the United States?
TO- Has Germany any modern
battleships?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10
PROPER FOOD CURES DISEASE

What YOU eat and the quantity thereof
probably measures the length of your lie.
The Importance Of diet in the weh-oe-
ing of individuals has been Increasingly
recognized in recent decades although one
easily wonders why, for SO many years, no
one seems to have undertaken a real study
of The fuel. content OF the human body.
There are wise people who believe
that, given a proper diet, the individual
would avoid disease. OF course. proper
diet. spread over several generations would
he necessary because of physical weak
neSSes that are transmitted.
Doctors have learned that lack OF Ger
tain substances in food are responsible Tor
some of our Ills The same discovery may
lie made about other scourges that inflict
suffering and death upon human beings.
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EXCHANGE

$50 ACRES, some excellent land,
all disable, once cleared but UNI
fenced. Half-mile frontage on
railroad and paved highway.
Fishing creek 8 tenant hous-
es. 5 miles west of Perry, Flor
i6a. Churches, schools near.
Too old to operate it. Will ex-
change for comfortable small
Key West home. Good opening
fer hustler with vision. E. r.
Freeman, Hampton Springs,
Florida. marl0-ltx
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The Treasury Department wants to
'eqaljze weaker brands of whiSkey. brandy,
lum and gin. 1t proposes To reduce the
minimum proof of these liquors from eighty
to siztY per cent in order to provide prod
nets to compete with bootleg liquor in some
yrea o5 he country. That's one way to
meet The situation; another is 20 make
rrateg effort 10 catch the bootleggers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

BABY CHICKS. Now booking
orders for delivery any time
after March 18th. order direct
from Advertisement, or will
book for ST per hundred, bal
ance to reach us 10 days before
shipment. All leading breeds
"A. grade; English White Leg
horns. RI. Reds, New Hamp-
shire Reds, Barred and White
Plymouth Rocks, White Wyon-
dottes. $1,000 per hundred de-
livered. Send for complete
price list. Seminole Hatchery.
Fort Myers. Florida. mar4-l5t
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ALONG CAME CINDERELLA
By WHEN GREY

YESTERDAY: Lovely Daye
and Roger CoSgrdUe haze met BY
accident, and by chance also
Roger is to be married to Emily
Perry in q month. Yet in spite
of Rogers background of ,Uealth
and LoUely's hard life in the
tenement district of Ne,D York,
their attraction for each other
is grotCing. NoU Roger has left
Emily at her beautiful home
after a party and is drifting mad
ly to Netp York. And he knops
he is mad 4ff;5
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10
KEY WEST in
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings On This Date Ten
Years Ago AS Taken From
Files Of The Citizen

! w. w. Demeritt, superintendent
of the seventh lighthouse dis
trict, left yesterday afternoon for
Miami, where he is to meet the
superintendent of the fifth and
sixth districts.
Proceeding by lighthouse ten
der and train. the party will in
spect navigation aids as far north
as Baltimore, returning here in
about 10 days.
! Almo, German shepherd dog
who saved the life of his master
a former Key Wester, was dec
Grated for bravery at Los An
geles recently.
, When fire destroyed the Oak
lana hotel last September, Almc
led his blind master to safety
through heat and almost suffocat-
ing smoke. The dogs owner, w
A. ChristianSon. is well-knowr
in Key West ard has numerou;
relatives living here.
Miss America Anna Lopez Al.
fonso and John Russell Faba
were married yesterday by the
Rev p l. Marianne at quie
= ceremony at ST Mary's Star o.
the Sea Catholic church.
! Only immediate members 0,
the family We're present. The
pair will make their home at 81:
Simonton street.
| Mrs. Agnes Malone and Wat
son Carey were married Satur
day night at the office of The
county judge. Both are Key
Westers, we'll known in the city
The Citizen, in editorial para
graphs. said:
IF the Woman's club can per
suade the police to enforce tn
ordinance against allowing live
stock to run at large on the is
land, the whole community will
be the gamer.
"A visitor to Key West recent
ly expressed surprise that writ
er has come forward with bool
which assails the character 0
General Robert E. Lee. Whel
one remembers, however, tn
many harsh things that have beer
written and said about the "Meel
and Lowly Nazarene", this ism
as surprising as it might be
Councils stand that occupa
tional license taxes are to be col
lected without regard to the per
sons involved, is to be commend
ed. The pity of it is that there
is so little of this sort of thinl
where law enforcement is con
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

Never assume. when one asks your adj
wee, that the QueSuoner. is interested in
.oar oririon he wants your consent or APP
prevail. Theodore Roosevelt, while preSi-
1auJ. once asked Senator Spooner about his
opinion concerning a certain matter. and
the senator told him to ask his cabinet. to
which Teddy replied that he had but they
Didn't agree with him.
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Today's Horoscope

THIS day nlsy produce an agi-
,aior Tn the calucr natures &
produces q refurmer If the social
character u the more couten-
uous . sobdfer. political leader ar
even az anarchist There is AL
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WANTED

we'll established
concern, ambitious young man,
preferably high school graduate,
with knowledge of tipping.
Chance to learn bookkeeping
and general office work. Ex-
perience unnecessary, but will
hngneSs to work and learn, es-
Sential. Good chance to adj
vance in permanent employ
ment. Write Box IA. care
Citizen. mar8-2t
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Are we in the war? Maybe not, but
Hre are on our way. Extreme precautions
gre aiken against any emergency. In Wash
Hgtcn 2i-hour guard is on duty at all en-
frances TO the Capitol. No packages of any
description are permitted. unless carried by
employees properly designated, or shipped
h maN.
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statesmen WANTED

HUSTLER WANTED. To intro
ducc. a4ppiy demand for Raw
ielaf Necessities. Good routes
apen nearby RawIe1gh METH
usts get business. No selling
experience Geeste4 - start. We
supply saies. Advertising liter
allure All yea need. Profits
should intvease every nannfh.
I<Qw prices. god vaiuea. com
plete service HsWieigfs's. Dept
FAC ttE 81. Nempfia. Tenn
mars Ak
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DESIRE TO RENT furnished cot
tage or bungalow in or near
Key West month of April. Ref
erences; small family. Write
K. @. Lewis, Box 507, Poplar
Bluff, Mo. MARI -4tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

Senator Barbour of New Jersey said
recently that the powers of the President
ordomestic matters are not affected in any
'anncr by this Lease-Lend Bill" We quite
'-rce, but are worried about the extra
ordinary powers yielded to him on foreign
var measures.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

incisIve sharp intellect that may
ieaa t. great distinction. If the et-
fort l. deycsu-td above exciting
the passions a. mankind
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

This country is not going to the bow
like l0-year-old Robert Stanley Archer, who
likes Uncle Sam even better than mother
irawberry jam
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

Germ manufacturing shGrkmea to supply
laaao -aet0rers of dog, cat and poultry
foods. There are such concerns in other
places in Florida, why not in this area?
The Chamber of Commerce should interest
itself in this matter. if il has not done so al
ready
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TRANSPORTATION

ANY ONE DRIVING to California
within the next two weeks con-
tact Thomas M. Hart, Lands
End Inn. mara lwkX
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

The people Of Monroe county can prac-
ice neighborliness and promote their own
general welfare without waiting on outside
help.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

When the average American shouts
for unity he means that other people should
fall in line With his views.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

Forty e Eht thousand n NfA
aid defense and learn trades for
private jobs.
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FOR SALE

FOR QUICK SALE-Lots 5 and 6,
square 6, TRAIT 81, each 50xl00.
North side Flagler County
Road Avenue, between 5th
and 9th Streets. Price 5000.
Apply Box LG, The Citizen.
san4-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

We know a u. S. senator who could
operate the government to the satisfaction
o., at least, one u. s. senator.
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IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

Water and Sewerage N
2 More Hotels and Apartments.
B. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
A. Airports-Land and Sea.
s. Consolidation If County and City Gov
Crnments.
8 A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10
PICTURE FRAMING

PICTURE FRAMING, Diplomas:
antique frames refinished. Sign
painting. Paul DiNegro. GA
Francis street, janl8-tf
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Maybe the world. crisis will die dowr
whom the baseball season begins.
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ONE PALACE COACH TRAIL
FIR. All furnished, Apply
Mastic Trailer Camp. Frank
Bowers, Chief cgtd. mart Six
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

To the baseball fans the spring often
size begins when the umpire ,yells, play
ball!"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

A.FofL. bids nation take steps
~ ease post-3escnse slump.
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WESTINGHOUSE EcTRIc
ICE BOX. Apply quarters 80,
Air Station. Phone 554-W.
mar3-lwkx
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FOR SALE-New SNlPE boat at
cost. $275. Best materials, ex-
ouisitc workmanship, See Col.
Putnam. Army Barracks. Tel.
AL. mari -3tx
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HOTELS

BRING YOUR VISITING friends
in need n q good nights rest
10 TIE OVERSEAS HOTEL.
Clean rooms, enjoy the honey
atmosphere Satisfactory rates.
0f7 Fleming st. iani7-u
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CORNER LOT N GOOD Resi-
Dental Section and two blocks
from City Park. Apply 523
Eaton Street. febl3-u
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cerned-not only here but almost
everywhere else.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

Personals-Milton A. Roberts,
Key West fireman, who went for
short visit in Miami, returned
here yesterday w. r. Sellers
was an outgoing passenger on the
train yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Burrell Lowe. who now make
their home in Miami, arrived on
the morning train for a visit with
relatives. Mrs Cameron j.
Smith and her daughter, Virginia
Rose, arrived yesterday for a
visit with Mrs Smiths parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ Lowe. at their
home. at Ala William street.
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FOR RENT

FURNISHED ROOM and Sleep
ing Porch Apply COZ Duval
Street. Army and Navy Store.
up@tairT mari IF
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Mr.. and Mrs. HOLSTER Sturgse
of Stone Ridge, N. Y. arriving
here from South America today,
will be guests of Capt. r. T. Men
ncr and Mrs. Menner at their
navy yard quarters tonight.
Invited to the party were Gen.
Harry c. Hale, Major NJ S, LON
bard, DR.. William r. Warren and
Mrs. Warren and Curry Harris.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

Four Key Westers and possibly
more will make up a delegation
to attend the ShrinerS conven-
ton which opened in Miami this
morning.
Shriners from here who will
leave this afternoon are J. r.
Showers, John Park, Godfrey
Thompson and D. n. Gorvas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-10

Mrs. Agnes Malone and Wat
son Carey were married Satur-
day night at the office of the
county judge. Both are Key
Westers, we'll known in the city
Evening star., 1941-07-04

Spread 1t on before and
after exposure to the hot
sun and wind. Use it
right next to your clothes
its greaseless.
The Lexington advertiser., 1941-03-13
LOfstrOm-Spencer

Mrs. Mary !. Spencer Of Vicksburg,
announces the marriage of her daugh-
ter, Annis Matilda, to Charles Pittman
Lofstrom, son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. a.
Lofstrom Of Lexington. The wedding
was solemnized on Friday, February 2e,
in Gibson Memorial Church with Rev.
o. H. Scott officiating. The couples
attendants were Miss Margaret Rhyme
and Ralph Arnold.
Mrs. Lofstrom is a graduate Of Vicks-
burg high school. She is past Worthy
Advisor of Rainbow Girls and an active
worker in the Methodist church. Mr..
Lofstrom has made his home in Vicks-
burg for several years and is employed
in Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s store In
Vieksburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Lofstrom are now at
home to friends at 2129 Washington St.,
Vicksburg, where best wishes Of their
friends have been extended.
The Lexington advertiser., 1941-03-13
Emory Baptists- Organ
ize Sunday School

Yesterday afternoon at the regular
preaching service (2nd Sunday, the
Emory Baptist Church organized COM
munity Sunday school along the follow
ing lines:
Andrew Smith, S. S. Superintendent;
Mrs. Andrew Smith, Cradle Roll Dept;
Mrs. Roscoe Johnson, Begnners-Pri-
mary Dept; Mrs. Claude Cox, Junior
Dept; Mrs. John C. Ammons, Int. and
Young Peoples Dept; Mrs. Bart Melton,
Adult Dept
By unanimous vote an invitation was
extended the entire Oregon Memorial
Sunday school to meet at Emory on the
fourth Sunday afternoon, at Pm,
March 23rd, for joint meeting of the
two schools, followed by brief mes
sage from the pastor, Rev. Judson
Chastain.
The Lexington advertiser., 1941-03-13
Social and General
LOCALS

LOCALS
Friends will be glad to hear this
morning that Mrs. ]. Z. Pickens is
better following an aggravated case of
FIN the past few weeks. She was carried
70 the local hospital Wednesday. All
hone that she will continue to improve.
After several weeks at a hospital in
Jackson. DR.. R. c. Elmore returned to
his home at Durant Tuesday, much to
the delight of his numerous friends IN
the county.
Mrs. Lester Barr and Mrs. Tom
Shepherd spent Tuesday in Greenwood,
Mrs. Barr with the Dalton McBee's and
Mrs. Shepherd with her sister, Mrs.
Flowers Hamrick.
Mesdames o. d. Hooker, N. b. Hooker,
C. o. Povall and l.. P. johnson were
among Lexingtonians in the Capital
City on Tuesday.
Mrs. A. M. Pepper and Miss Leila
Stansbury have been in Jackson since
last Saturday where Mr.. Pepper is a
patient in the Baptist hospital. He has
been extremely ill for several days but
reports today state that he is showing
an improvement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ras Branch of Good
man, are happy over the arrival of
daughter, Betty Branch, that was born
at the Community hospital last Monday
morning.
Mrs. Alice Baker and Mrs. Roy Moran
and Roy spent Sunday with the Roy
Bews in Greenwood.
Mrs. C. H. Peaster of Eden, was Sun
day guest Of her sister, Mrs. Horace
Jordan.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoover of Pickens,
spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs
p. H. williams and family.
Miss Necie Gwin of Greenwood, was
Sunday dinner guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Gwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Mitchell and chill
dren, Will Dyer and Nita, of jackson,
were Sunday night supper guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. H. w. Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collie Gibson spent Sum
day with their daughter, Julia Elizabeth,
at M. S. C. w.
Mrs. Pat Barrett has returned from
little visit with her paprents, Rev. and
Mrs. J. E. Stephens, at Greenwood.
Sympathy is extended to R. c. Moore
in the loss of his brother, Earl Moore,
who died at Columbus hospital Tues
day morning. He was only sick short
time. Burial will be made at the old
The Lexington advertiser., 1941-03-13

home in Fulton. Mr.. and Mrs. R. c.
Moore left Tuesday afternoon to attend
the last rites Wednesday.
Gene Gwin Quarles and Helen Kirk,
students at French Camp, spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. James Gwin.
Mrs. Minnie Diggs accompanied her
sister, Mrs. Leroy Hines, and Mr.. Hines
to the Capital City on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Mansfield of
Mansfield, La, were week end guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Haywood Green.
Miss Ruby Lang Scott spent week
end dates in Mantee, guest of relatives.
j. E. McRae enjoyed several days visit
last week in Minter City guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Gray Johnson and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Carr went down to
Louin Sunday and visited his mother,
Mrs. S. Carr.
Mr.. S. L. White, after an enjoyable
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Lavender at Tutwiler, returned home
last Sunday.
Miss Josie Nell Butler enjoyed week
end dates in Summit, guest of relatives
and friends.
Mrs. L. F. Hamrick of Greenwood,
brought over her mother, Mrs. f. v.
Ashley, for short visit Sunday after
noon in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Shepherd. They also went out to see
The Lexington advertiser., 1941-03-13
Mrs. Browns Grandson
HOnOred At Harvard u

Mrs. Sam Brown is duly proud of
recognition paid her grandson, William
Pierce Brown, Jr. of Drew, senior stu
dent at Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass, who has been named as one Of
three class marshals who will lead the
commencement procession in June. He
is a member of the Harvard football
team and on the House Committee for
Dunster House, his Harvard dormitory.
He is also president of the Student
Council. Young Brown is a son Of
Willie Brown of Drew, former Lexins-
tonian. Congratulations are extended
to the young man on his distinction and
honor.
The Lexington advertiser., 1941-03-13

Misses Elizabeth White, Ruth White and
Irene Holloman, who were in the Cap
ital City.
Joe Simpson of Winona, came over
to Lexington Monday and was Joined by
his sister, Mrs. George Patterson and
Ellanor for a visit in Texas. In Goose
Greek they will be guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Shelton and at Dallas, Misses
Mary and Margaret Simpson.
Friends will be glad to hear that Mrs.
Morris Fink is improving at the Bap-
tist hospital in Jackson where she was
carried last Wednesday. Sunday Mr..
Fink with Myra and Inez Fink, Mrs.
Dave Fink and Mrs. Abe Flowers and
The Lexington advertiser., 1941-03-13
Legion Meeting Will
Be Held Friday Night

Commander ]. H. Warner of the local
Daniel W. Beall Post No. IS, announces
a meeting of the Legion at its quarters
in Wilson Community House, Friday
night, March Ia, at 7:30 O'Clock. All
Legionnaires are urged to be present
for the names of all members who
Joined in 1889 are asked to check their
names and correct spelling for the
scroll that will be placed in the War
Memorial Building in Jackson. This is
very important and those who did en-
roll and are not on the list, are asked
to see about this also.
The Lexington advertiser., 1941-03-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Lamensdorf and
Mrs. Tom Moss of Shaw, were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Flowers
Mr.. and Mrs. /. w. Carson were join
ed in Greenwood by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Ashby of Tutwiler, where they all went
to Columbus for the day and visited
Miss Margaret Ashby, student at M s.
c. w.
Friends were glad to greet Jarman
Gibson up town Wednesday afternoon
following an illness that has kept him
at home since last October. "Gip" is
looking fine and everybody hopes he
will be back on the square soon.