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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-06-30

the limestone beneath. form
ing a vast underground ressr.
voir.,
In wet seasons, some of this
water forced its way through
the old sand-filled channels, top
ped with muck. These are the
transverse glades" which nour-
ish much of South Florida's win
ter vegetable crops.
The general flow of the water
was south and west, toward Cape
Sable, which might be called the
delta of the, Everglades.
Muck is thin there. The land
within the new national park is
literally good for nothing ex-
cept what 1t is-the wild Ever
glades.
X X
But human hands have been
changing the Everglades fast for
the past 40 years. The richness
OF its soil-where it is thick
led to the digging of canals to
drain off the water.
Effects Of drainage began to
be visible in the Everglades.
Parchsd muck caught fire and
burned. leaving bare gray
stone. New kinds of vegetation
grew in what had always been
swampland. Birds. animals and
fishes died.
Ailigators were almost wiped
out before their possession in
Florida was made illegal. Or
chids and air plants were snatch
ed from the hammocks by the
truckload to be sold for dimes
ad quarters.ass
Drained by the canals. the
water level in the underground
reservoir fell and shrank inland
from the coastline, where salt
water took its place in the honey
combed rock.
Geological studies within the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-06-30
Your Horoscope

SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1917
Today's native will be sympa-
thetic. There will be a certain
amount of the gift of acquisition,
and considerable good fortune
with, possibly but little knowl-
edge of how to use wealth. The
impulses are extravagant to ex-
cess. A CURLING of the, nature
will do much to assure success.
SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1947-To-
day gives an extremely forceful
nature. Progress is likely to be
made by sheer force Of strength,
without any consideration of what
stands in the way. There are
good powers of application, but
the danger is in the native be-
coming tyranous.
MONDAY, JUNE 80, 1947-If
this nature is carefully trained,
there is the making of worthy
person, if the disposition is not
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-06-30

The Miami HeraId)
!yT1SITORS to the Everglades
Y National Park win add more
than $Se,ooo,0oo 4 year TO Flor
ida's economy.
/ This estimate Is based on the
fact that Ill national parks and
monuments last year drew a.
1000 visitors. The Everglades
win attract At least 5 per cent
OF that number more than Il
100000.
Il ihsss l.0ooDoo psrosns
spend only six days saeh =
Flesida = - asday. they will
spsna 1oe.eoAooo fes food and
lodein0 alene.
10 reach the park, they must
make = round trip inside Florida
Of almost 900 miles By the short
est distance, or 1900 miles BY
the longest way.
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AZElZIEI\4

past eight years showed what
was happening to the Ever
blades. These led to measures
TO counterfeit the destruction.
Creation of the Everglades Ma
tional park came just in time to
preserve forever a part OF the
United States unlike any other.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-06-30

,given over"to license. In this
latter case, it is liable to lead to
domestic unhappiness. Guard
carefully against any desire to
break away from straight path.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-06-30
Ne,U Photo Print
Method To Be
ShO,vn At Center

Camera fans who would
like to print their own
photographs will have the
opportunity at st. MarYs
Parish Center. under Noes
auspices. on Tuesday. at 1880
.. m. when Mrs. May De.
Laureal and Joe Galinski
will demonstrate q new
method.
Registrants for the Cam
era Club are invited to bring
their own negatives tor
printing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-06-30

n0les AZ inc I0P u nafroW
snout.
\ Legend tells q red-Deardeo
remperory VINO ruled "a TINS re.
gion g years ago. Accused q
staying three men IN Georgia, ne
(4ied ~ ne Ten ! scusand islands
with haS~w1fe' enq son. Other ~
gitives came - work on his sugar
cane platatation. He paid them
~ with bulletS:
= 1ssaM hem Key West
leaste1 i 7 ~ would capture
~ 6lll6s. Invaded his te4Ei-
Aes1s 49, eapfu1ed himsslf
- feesed - Eosk r he cane
Hold. > n6nth before being
/ Ghipped1 hes1o.
Alters reign Of 80 years, the
emperor forced = companion to
murder ! na4n and 9 woman on
I nearby. Key. His subjects re-
belled. Organised 2 posse and
shot him q death.
just north Of Lostman's river,
the boundary Of the Everglades
s % sesarlf Neprns inaano g f liI
san water marsnes, wet prairies,
1iaE pineW00as AOrests ana = COT
ner g ne cypFess forest.
i Sfivery tr!9ks o. tme cypress
trees pony s.yward IKE 1osnl !,
spires. ~ w.nser sney stano
IKE srosss. a sprans' qencate
ereen saves Draensen tne top
pFancns
4 lsfanl l2Ms sne Ssa Pay piains
dotted wltn nammocks ana Tree.
islands: these ana me cypress
sWamps are me nome q tne
wnite inis. tne eeret mat decks
'itseH Wtn nuptiai piumes az
mating time, the black water
turkey whose twisting neck mas
brought It the nickname snake
bird.
The piercing scream OF the
long LEGGED limpkin breaks the
silence, and sometimes at night 2
heron overhead gives q cultural
"quowlk.'
Over these savannahs. rose
ate spocnbills used % rise in
1lceIrs q dense that 4he whole
earfh was Hinged pink BY sum
/ Hah4 ssearaine through their
pink. feafhsra. 1ipped With
fIams color.
"A few roseate spoonbills still
stalk on their stilt-like legs. prob
inr the shallow water with the
spoon-shaped ends Of their long
sins Al, mating time. the male
Offers the female 4 stick IF
she refuses 10 accent II. the court
ship ends. # she takes the stick
a her beak. both birds shake
the stick together, then use il to
stsr4 I nest
A,,;..tcr. and tnr,,e. r,,,,,e
49, hsrr. - streams s. doze IN
. -. h..ts
''
An three 81 North Americas
.,,,;sc.,n. srsLe. live = The
40 s~.--. =, sha ,,s+.r a., ~
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frIse3 win p6ru,isaixu
n1>oe -. 90. - ..'.,..s1. n. q.
81, 5 ~. y. 4" 6
- ~ = v ..s. n -. !.
~ - sn'
~ .
s'eV eeres q una ana
= - Ne park-to be extend
O. ~ 70 more than 400 0oo
-oro part a. The only sub.
- ,,s.s,,. - n. Iy.;t.,,
s->-. :" :.
- UNDUE oeausy VIZ
preserved intact.
I1o6s - wo1oe trails Win
~aro oore1,.1nv Hhreu,.h -
e,~ = ~. ....,.--. 800.
49, 49, - o sss
oD1n0y1oo may eoouo cloee -
49, 0owsss. his1s. snimals
ncs, viDeas q 80 and skY
- . eemhana1Ion unlike any
- - II NE world.
Imagine z vast lake Of fresh
WEI extending IN every direc-
studded Win thousands q
OF various sizes ana
1acn are generally covered with
e unickets o. snruDDery and
49,
me surrounding waters are
e.yered with the tall saw-grass.
water y pure ana ilIrpid,
- Almost imperceptibiy moves,
"a partial currents, but asst
014m8 IN mass, slIently ami
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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14

ties were soon on their trail. They
were caught just little before sail
ing time of the ship, their trunk
opened and in it was found all the
evidence.
Back in Hagerstown, each of the
three was found guilty of murder
in the first degree, and condemned
to die on the gallows. The gallows
was erected just over the hill on
West Church street, where the exc
cutions took place on February %,
1920.
All during the day previous to
the execution and that night, there
was a great concourse of people
gathering in Hagerstown. On the
morning of the 23rd the roads were
crowded in every direction with peo-
pie coming to witness the hanging.
BY eight o'clock the streets near the
Jail were almost impossible At
ten-thirty the three condemned men
came up the hill on a wagon, follow
ing another wagon bearing their
three collins. Hymns were sung, the
sermon and prayer made, and then
the youngest Cotterill addressed the
crowd, admonishing them to take
warning by the example about to be
made, and refrain from sinful prac-
tices," and exorted them to cen
deavor to become religious, as the
only means of ensuring happiness in
this world and the world to come :"
Their caps were then drawn and
while the three Cotterills continued
to pray twenty-thousand people
watched them die.
Plans for the new Jail had been
made; the building was to cost not
over $l2,00000, and the money was
to be raised by County levy over
a period of four years, or to be Dor
rowed at SO interest. The contrac-
tor was not a County man, and this
caused some dissatisfaction among
local labors. This building, built by
Lloyd, burned down in 1857 and the
Jail was once more rebuilt by John
B. Thirsten
At various times the Jail was pro
claimed to be a public shame. This
was true for a number of years prior
to 1888, when men and women had
to be thrown together in the Jail, as
there was no separate section for the
women. The Jail was remodeled in
1888, steel cages and a second floor
being added.
From the earliest days of Wash
ington County till the Civil War, our
iails were used to hold runaway
slaves. Hagerstown was notorious
as a slave market There were pro-
fessional -catchers who spec
ialized in catching fugitives on their
way to Pennsylvania, where they
would be safe. Indeed, many an un-
fortunate slave was brought back
from the other side of the famed
Mason and Dixon Line when these
catchers got them before they had
chance to seek protection.
But the most of our county people
were anti-slave minded, and com
plants increased over the use of the
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
Wheat Production Goals

The Government, faced with high
grain and food prices and with con-
tinued shortages abroad, has aban-
doned plans to reduce wheat pro-
duction goals for next years crop,
despite its awareness that much of
the wheat land has been under a
heavy production strain since early
in the war and stands in need of a
rest. In fact, it is probable that the
wheat acreage next year will be
even greater than this year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14

Jail for imprisoning negroes. In 1919
petition, signed by many of the
leading citizens of the county, was
sent to the legislature, asking that
a stop be put to the slave traffic and
improper use of the Jail in Hagers-
town
But Maryland was border state,
with people both for and against
slavery, and these problems were
not completely settled until the end
of the Civil War.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
Horse And Buggy Days
BY IDA 10 MARTIN

For many years Mr. Thomas E.
Mittag, famous for his work with
the Herald and Torchlight, had in
his office a curious relic of old Ha-
gerstown It was a huge wrought
iron key, the key to the old Jail that
stood just south of the square. This
old building was poor one for such
purposes, and the prisoners had to
be secured in inhumane ways to pre-
vent their escape.
In 1871 a writer complained that
a man who had been sentenced to
the wheelbarrow had been kept for
nearly a year chained to the floor
by such a heavy chain that he could
scarcely bear the burden. The same
man, as well as other prisoners, was
nearly naked through the winters,
as there was no fund to supply either
clothing or heat for the building.
The writer reported that these pris-
oners surely would have persisted
had it not been for the sympathy of
charitable neighbors.
Shortly after this, part of the bur
den of the old Jail was relieved by
the building of an aims house. The
trustees of the poor who arranged
for this construction were Henry
Schnebly, William Heyser and
George Ney.
In 1897 a band of four men, regu-
lar dealers i'm horse stealing, were
arrested and tried in Hagerstown.
One of the men turned States Evil
dence and reported list of thefts
and robberies that nearly filled a
newspaper column. One of the men
was sentenced to twelve years hard
labor at the "wheelbarrow," another,
four years; another, to be burned in
the hand; the last man was taken
to court at Annapolis. One of them,
named Gibbs, served his term, and
Immediately returned to the same
area and stole another horse.
The beginning of the Jail at its
present location was in 1918, when
the Assembly passed an act COM
missioning Samuel Ringgold, VIII
liam Gabby, o. H, Williams, Henry
Lewis, and William Heyser to sell
the old Jail then standing on East
Franklin street, and to build a new
one.
Among the last of the prisoners to
be confined in the old Jail were the
Cotterills, involved and condemned
in one of our county's most cele
brated court cases. Evidence in the
trial revealed that the Cotterills-
father, William, and sons, William
and john had sailed from Liverpool,
England, to Baltimore, in company
with James Adams. Mr.. Adams had
on his person a large sum of money,
which fact became known to the
Cotterills. All four men came to the
western part of the state to seek
employment, where the Cotterills
murdered Adams, robbed him, hid
the body in wild mountain pass
and Immediately set out for Balti
more and booked passage back to
England. But someone accidentally
found Adams body, and the autori-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
Employment Record

For the first time in the history of
the United States, employment has
reached the 10000 mark, according
to the Board of Census. The num-
Der of civilians with jobs rose to
60,055,O0O in June, surprising even
the war years. Adding to this num-
Der the 100000 in the armed forces
puts the total number of American
workers "for pay or profit at 6l,-
$4,000.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
New Subs Under Construction

The Navy has disclosed that two
experimental submarines the
worlds fastest undersea combat
craft - will be completed in 1851
and will be radically different from
those which sank two-thirds of
Japan's merchant fleet in World
War H. They will incorporate Sec
rets known only to the u. S. Navy,
plus secrets captured from the Ger
mans and the Japanese in the war.
Both ships will carry new-type
weapons and more efficient sonar
equipment.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
Absent Minded

Stirring up a cake while waiting
for a voice pupil to arrive, Mrs.
Paul Lago, voice teacher of Wichita,
Kansas, set the alarm clock so the
cake would cook only thirty min
utes. Later, she heard a rather
mufiled alarm go off and, investi-
eating, she found the cake batter
on the window sill and a we'll
cooked clock in the oven.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
No Gain

Thinking three youths were going
to attempt to rob him, Luther Dom
aldson, 52-year-old Oklahoma farm
er, threw his wallet containing 500
in front of his pillow. He saved the
wallet from the youths by blowing
it into the ground, but later he
could not find it.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
Whore PoIlteness Really Paid

Two polite strangers entered the
Tuscana Cafe, Hammond, Ind, re-
Gently and asked the way to the
managers Office. A few minutes
later, on their way out, the men
politely thanked two employees for
their help and left. The men said
nothing about the $4,000 which
Louis Ciucci said they took from
him before they tied him UP in his
office.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
PeeIs Mans Heart Like Orange"

In an effort to save Johnny
Bridges from lingering, unhappy
and certain DEATH" surgeon
opened Bridges chest and, holding
his heart in one hand, peeled away
the leathery outer tissues that had
been hardening and drawing up,
restricting the organs beat, and like
a tough orange" DR.. Felix Hughes,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14

Gently. In his complaint to police,
Haertl said someone reached
through the window of his bedroom,
lifted the trousers off a chair, and
removed $40 from his wallet. The
trousers and wallet were then re-
/ turned to the chair, Haertl said.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
World Wide Briefs
Of The Past Week
Coast To Coast"

The home Office at Wichita, Kans-
as, was puzzled when Pilot Bert
Briney wired, from Santiago, Chile,
that he had flown coast TO coast in
ten minutes and six seconds. Ex-
PLANTATION revealed that Briney had
piloted Beech Aircraft plane over
the Panama Canal, from ocean TO
ocean in that time, while delivering
the plane to a South American
customer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14

fined $4,000 for treason in serving
as a Nazi radio mouthpiece during
the war. Federal Judge Francis j.
W. Ford, a Harvard classmate Of
the late FDR, imposed the sentence.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14

chief or thoracic surgery at Ken
nedy Veterans Hospital, Memphis,
Tenn, said Bridges would recover.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
Thoughtful Thief

A thief that certainly could not
have been all bad robbed Norbert
Haertl, Of Milwaukee, one night re-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-08-14
Sentenced For Treason

Douglas Chandler, 58-year-old
former Baltimore writer, has been
sentenced to life Imprisonment and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-16
j. B. Hudson Is
Named New Fire
Department Chief

j. B. Jimmie" Hudson has
been named new chief of the
Pascagoula Fire Department, ac-
cording to announcement made
by Mayor John r. Watts. Mr..
Hudson served for several years
as assistant to Fire Chief l.. p.
Smith who last week resigned his
position.
H. l.. Farr, former fire truck
driver, has been promoted to as
sistant chief. On the resignation
of the second truck driver, George
w. Toney, the two new drivers of
the trucks are Albert N. Ferrer
and H. K. Tornton, Mr.. Watts said.
. An additional new member OF
the fire department is Fenimore
Hudson, former county highway
patrolman, according to Mr..
Watts.
The force is stYll short one man
but an additional fireman Will be
employed as soon is possible, Mr..
Watts said.
Mr.. Hudson has served on the
local fire force for IA years. He
is a native of Pascagoula.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-16

blue; Mrs. P. A. Thompson.
white; small arrangement-Mrs.
Donald Simmons, blue; Mrs. LIE
More Kleisner, red; Mrs. P. A.
Thompson, white; miniature
Mrs. Robert Gulley. blue. Mrs.
w. w. Burnett, red; Mrs. o. v.
Streed. white; line and mass
Mrs. F. A. Wages, red; Mrs. r.
o. Cole. white; period-Mrs. F.
A. Wages, blue; Mrs. R. X. Hol-
lister, red; Mrs. Tom Dantzler,
white.
Unusual flowers-Mrs Ivan
MURRAY. blue, red and white.
Mrs. Murray also captured all
three ribbons in an exhibit of
ported plants. Towering shrubs
Kathleen Hays, blue;
Mrs. p. A. Thompson, red and
white; specimens-Mrs. Donald
Simmons, blue; Mrs. Addie Wood
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-16
Highway s. Fill
Condition Brings
Another Protest

Only a few months after, they
had completed extensive repairs,
the State Highway Commission
was under fire here again this
week as a result of the condition
of the Escatawpa River fill on
State Highway SO. i
The Moss Point Young Mems
Business Club protested to Com
missioner Mundel Bush this week
that 1.-The fill Cat the north and
south approaches to the bridget
has fallen away fast and the road
will very soon become impossible
again and threatens trans
portation, commerce, life, and the
health of several thousand citi-
zens of Jackson, George, and
Greene counties"
The resolution called on Mr.
Bush to have an inspection made
of the section of the highway and
that immediate action be taken
to restore thesroad permanently
for the heavy traffic involved"
An inspection of the section of
road showed that the fill was
''crumbling Off and the surfac-
ing broken at both approaches to
the bridge.
The condition of the section of
highway. together with the U. S.
Highway 80 bridges west of Pas
cagoula and the highway itself
between Moss Point and Pasca-
goula was the subject of a num-
Der of editorials and other public
protests during the past few years.
The u. S. 80 bridges wer sub
sequently repaired, the highway
between the two cities widened
and resurfaced, and the Escataw-
pa fill repaired but the latter
portion of the work has proven
unsatisfactory.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-16
Head OF Fomily OF
l79 Descendants
Dies On Sunday

Mrs. African Pool, 82-years-old
matriarch of l79 living descend
ents, died Sunday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Matte
Hamilton in Orange Grove. She
was a native of Mobile but had
resided in Jackson County for
the past few years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the
home OF Mrs. Hamilton with in
terment in Forts Lake cemetery.
Fails Funeral Home of Moss
Point was in charge. :
Mrs. Pool, who was a native
of Mobile, is survived by seven
daughters, Mesdames S. w. Bar
ton of Kreole, Clara Bosarge of
Bayou La Batre, Matte Hamil-
ton of Orange Grove, Nettie
Broadus of Coden, Ala, Florence
Tanner of Harleston, Emma Park
er of Lueedale and Minnie Mac
XII of Pecan: four sons, Van, John
and Leroy of Orange Grove and
Albert Pool of Forts Lake; II
grandchildren; "a great grand
children; three great great grand
children and one sister, Mrs. O.
Mcdonald Of Idaho.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-16

Mrs. r. o. Cole, red. Mrs. Donald
j. Simmons, white; Pansies-
Mrs. Ed White, blue, Mrs. N. P.
Emmit, red. Mrs. Wade Burnett,
white. Lilies, Easter-Mrs. Ar
thur Allen, blue, Mrs. Tom Dantz-
Ter, red; Day-Mrs. Addie Wood
ward, blue and red, Mrs. George
Anderson, white: Amaryllis-
Mrs. J. O. Cole, blue; Mrs. Mag
gle Castanera, white. Gladioli-
Mrs. Addie Woodward, blue Mrs.
Ivan Murray, red; Mrs. Maggie
Castanera. white. Irises-Mrs.
Ivan Murray, blue and red, Mrs.
o. V. Streed, white. Perennials-
Mrs. f. White, blue. Mrs. Mag
gle Castanera, red; Mrs. Donald
white: Unusual flow
ers-Mrs. LeNore Kleisner blue
and red; Mrs. o. V. Streed. white.
Flower Arrangements
Mass-Mrs. A. F. Dantzler,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-16
John Holder Are
Birth day Party
County All Girls
Hold Attainment
Day Here Today

The annual Attainment Day
for All Club girls of Jackson
County will be held in the Agri-
cultural building today, Friday,
at 10 a. m. Miss Elaine Massey.
of Hattiesburg, district agent,
will be the Judge and Miss Vela
Mckinley, county home demon
stration agent, will be in charge
of the days program.
Contests and entries registered
late this week were as follows:
foods, class /, Marie Deloney of
st. Martin and Mary Vincent of
Hurley; foods, class II, Helen
Knudsen of Hurley; clothing
class /. Dixie Petersen of Hur-
ley; clothing, class l, Dixie Pc
dersen of Hurley and Edith Webb
of st. Martin; clothing class II,
Carlene Carter of Wade, Betty
Jean Golf of Big Point, Marjorie
Hawley of Vancleave, Dorothy
Holley of ST, Martin, Dolores
Holmes of Gautier; vegetable
judging. class /, Mary Elizabeth
johnson of Hurley and Ruth Nc
MILAN of Vancleave; vegetable
judging, class 2, Lorraine Davis,
Elsie Knudsen and Janis Peder-
sen of Hurley, Jimmie Nell Nit
chell of V~ancleave and Norma
Cogborn of Big Point; food pre-
servation, class l, Annette Bsria
of Hurley, Betty Lou Brodnax
of st. Martin and Laura Quave
of Vancleave; home improve
ment, class |, Jacqueline Draghn
of Gautier. Mary Jane Martin of
Wade, Mary Swendsen of Hur-
ley, Mary Ann Weeks of st.
Martin and Lavelle Garfield of
Escatawpa; home improvement,
class 2, Sylvia Carter of Wade
and Juanita Flowers of st. Mar
tin; poultry. class l (egg judg-
ing) Norma Faye Golf of Esca-
tawpa.