The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 29, 1934, Page 2

i K{_ LSS — aly Daly Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. ERR SSG SEIS 008 aes SS aS - _stered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter : v-rirtu VHAR Member of the Axsociated Press ae Associated Press is exclusiyely entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to at or not the local new: credited tn thip paper and also a here. i cane e epee bd SPRCIAL NOTICE aie on al jh cards of thanks, resolut! of 4 gry My = tices, rs will be charged for at ~ ne rate of 10 cents a line. " jotices for entertainments by churches from which ‘ & revenue ts to be derived are '6 cents a line, ane Citizen is an open forum and invites diseus- public issues an@ subjects of local or general est but it will not publish anonymous communi- ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES FROST, LANDIS & KOHN 200 Park Ave, New York; 85 East Wacker Drive, ClsCAGO; General Motors Bidg., DETROIT; Walton bidg. ATLANTA. -——- j 'MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. 2, , Bridges to complete Road to Main land. 3. Free Port. 4. Hotels and Apartments 5. Bathing Pavilion. 6. Aquarium. 7. Airports—Land and Sea. 3. Consolidation of County and City Governments. People do odd things to get even. eee en err atereeeewene : “To err is human—to admit it is not. : Success takes no account of misses— © qaly hits. One thing can be said for the modern chorus; its members seldom try to sing. A teacher says she finds her pupils more or less alike. No doubt, in many dis- respects. A singer declares that music students never commit suicide. But the neighbors often feel like it. %. 2 Those who object to the publication of crime news may be reminded that the Good Book set the example. Certainly we can learn from experi- ments. At least one thing, that we have -heen all wrong, if nothing else. Claimed Sunday is no longer a day of . worship, but a good many people in Kéy ** West. are always down on their knees Sun- days, changing punctured tires. Formerly people werd determined to own their own homes, but*now they seem to be satisfied with the down payment on the automobile. pearnreere The world can’t improve its schools, because it takes most of its money to pay for wars, and it has to spend its money for wars because its schools did not teach the people any better, The nickle is losing cast. go so far any more, but it does It doesn’t serve a handy purpose when the collection is taken | - up at the Sunday service, Key West pas- - tors will attest. A Jacksonville man found a $100 bill and the next day his wife bought a $100 - coat.—Tampa Tribune. Tampa man won > $500 at poker and the next day his wife * went downtown and bought a $500 Fall outfit.—Times Union. As soon as an Ananias Club is formed in Key West, we'll augment the narrative. The editor of the Sunday Star says he cannot understand how anybody can be foolish enough to play bolita with only one chance in 100 to win. Like all gambling, bolita depends on suckers to remain in existence, and as Barnum estimated there is one born every minute, In the general distribution Key West got a little more than its share, hence the flourishing con- * dition of this undesirable importation from Cuba. | fact, they were at first known as “love ap- j,emotional life of the present generation. wenger sadidiiiean eich dc ots PEG SLE OE PLO CL PORE RN SREP REGLD PEEL DD A BHC * RISE OF THE TOMATO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AMENDMENT WILL PREVENT SUCH OUTRAGES IN THE FUTURE TODAY’S WEATHER ae Gentle to moderate east or south! 8] east winds and generally fair 8! weather tunight and Sunday, = East Gulf: Moderate east. | Southeast winds. It seems a little strange to us that tomatoes were not used as human food by the white race until only a little more than a hundred years ago, being thought poisonous, | In fact, it is related that about Temperature” Normal Mean 1833 a New Jersey child who had eaten ! Rainfall* ; | Yesterday’s Precipitation .02 Ins J : of a raw tomato was rushed to a doctor by asec ne iphesies WEATHER CONDITIONS © 5 her parents, who feared she would die. Deessuse: a leet: thin” Sell There were early superstitions con- nected with the tomato, one of which was that they were eaten by witches, another that they were effective as love potion; in , from the Lake region southwest, et ward over Texas, Chicago, Bly and Detroit, Mich., 29.86 inched ; Moon rises tand Abilene, Texas, 29.82 incheg, | Moon sets Last quarter, 30th and is moderately high along the the north. Atlantic coast and ove’ ples.” Even in recent years it has been H —— Lee aieine: Stes - thought by some that eating of tomatoes High cre dnd. Huron, &..D.,.2619 meal tended to produce cancer, but science has | Low . 9:58 Rains have been general during refuted that ide ® | Barometer at 8 a. m., today: the last 24 hours in most sections N ap . ne d keti f | Sea level, 30.02. | from the Plains States eastward, OP, PO Tene Sno MIATK CHE, OF 10: | | except in Atlantic and east Gulf matoes, both fresh and canned, has become a great industry. In 1931 more than 20 WEATHER FORECAST coast districts, be heavy in the {lower Ohio and middle Mississip million cases of canned tomatoes were pro- | ——— -— ——--—--—- | (Till 8 p, m., Soniey) ico ans Ce dagerge pede duced in the United States, including whole | -—-—-—-—-~—-—— ' ring teh recrgero erp EN Tae Birthdays!" ‘ ‘oniett snd _ Sintevs) an” Temperatures from the middle Mi tomatoes paste, pulp, sauce and juice. ee) oday In History The rise of tomato juice in popularity | KEY WEST IN day's | LOTTERIES (Fort Myers News-Press) “A Lottery is a Taxation Upon all the Fools in Creation And Heaven be praised ’Tis easily raised For Credulity’s always in Fashion.” Henry Fielding wrote that two centuries ago when it was not commonly considered a function of government to protect fools from their folly. } That is a modern development, as exemplified by i nal I several places, Southern Beli Telephone and Tele- graph company in Key West, will be in charge of the broadcasting program of the San Calos Inter- onal Celebration, The broad- cast will be sent out from the nav- al radio station in Key West. Mr.| Hopper will begin his work on! October 7, the day before the celebration starts and will give to the world an outline of the pro-! gram arranged for the period. The county road on Stock 1 land. which is in bad condition in| will be repaired from end to end by the county commissione The work will 1862—Gen. Jefferson C, Davis, Union commander, shot and kill- ed his superior, G William Nel- son, in quarrel. Never brought to trial. kish War be- of them seem to be in danger of breaking through. Final arrangements for the con- struction of a club house for the Key West Country Club are to be made at a meeting to be held this evening, Charter members of the club said yesterday that ali plans perance lecturer, born at Spring- field, O., 67 years ago. Guy A. Thompson of St. Louis, ! noted lawyer, born there, years ago. | east winds, Florida: , and Sunday. i Robert R, Lewis of Cleveland, adviser on foreign affairs in China, born at Berkshire, Vt.. 65} years ago. William C. Shepherd of Denver, | newspaper publisher, born in New! York, 60 years ago. emer owen anes emauesoouns | Today’s Horoscope! gentle to moderate east or south- Generally fair tonight Jacksonville to Florida Straits: ; : T Web dishold- dhe ecaledsecaditaes one ley and southern Lake region easte during the last five years has been most DAYS GONE BY i 1720—Coliapse of the sd-called' William W. Husband of Vt.,/ ward over the M spectacular, increasing from an output of | Happenings Here Just 10 Years south Sea Bubble, a visionary fi. Second Assistant Seeretary of | States, and are : n 165,251 cases in 1929 to about five million} Ase Today As Taken From aiciat scheme which involved Labor. born at East Highgate,‘ most eastern and see. The Files Of The Citizen ee nee ‘Uk. BR yeaa s j tions; while coal cases last year. thousands of families in England ; 63 years ago. } caties seaveile as: If, tomato juice is really a love potion, Me ee Sie ae in ruin, : eee ' ani ‘it must be contributing very greatly to the R. J. Hopper, manager of the ie Ea Edwin C. Dinwiddie, noted tem-i 1 Plains BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Established 49 Years Key West's Oldest 24-Hour Ambulance 5: Licensed Embalmer | Phone 135 Night 698.W lee of the NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM Your building is an investment in living. Neg- } MCORP aww meee rewcvose. | Today's mentality is more crit-| ical and less balanced. The nature! is too sensitive and the health will} need to be carefully guarded.! During a certain period of the life the native may be obliged to contend with severe and laborious | work, but the fortunes will work itself out. The e: arly hours are n no in- lected, it pays no dividends and brings come, Protected and improved your many times over in convenience, comfort for your family. The coming tourist many opportunities for profit if your building ‘ “up to the standards of the times.” art as soon as the bridge from Stock Island to Boca Chica is completed. It is the intention of the commissioners to elevate that ection of the road which now s to the loop so that high tides will not come up to the road bed. Ricardo Gutierrez Lee, member of the Rotary Club of Havana, are in readiness and every other detail has been attended to, so there will be no further delay in having the work started. The our blue sky laws and stock’ control bills. A century after Fielding wrote his satire lot- teries were abolished, but not because of any shame- home pa cost of the building will be $10,- 000 : happiness and faced reluctance on the part of governments to 1 their Neither does it appear that the moral is- though that was often the and it is hoped to have arted at once in order to completed by collect from those easily money. separated from ason is going to preser » the structure sue was the real reason, INVESTIGATE THE ADVANTAGES TO YOU | } ! made the basis of attack. In 1758, shortly after in Key West Miss Grace P, Guzman delight- ae ing’s death, the Rev. Samuel Seabury, ntertained by T fully cntertained as of the better. i For Loans Under the National Housing Act j F its, of which Mr: friends last evening with a party! GOES RICH, BUT WORKS ON cobain al hie J s " see. - Prote: tant ‘opal bishop of the United States, FAs! keauuaisine at her home, -1207 Whitehead aes \ pia and the direct ancestor of Samuel Seabury, tha} entert to show Mr.’ street. Captain Jack Maher.) DENVER—John W. Vander-|| THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WES present day New York reform leader, noted in his | Lee the ition of the commanding officer at the arr *, 70, an “odd job’ man of this j Patient Gaara ticuck ava | ESE r in which he harracks, rendered a solo and Liv-' city. fell heir to $350,000, but! a oberct these decal Reserve : fe : "| entertained them when they were ingston Vann was also heard in & kept right on mowing lawns. \ won him $ 0. In that day lotteries were being | on their annual outing in H ong. Je J. Trevor played a used to finance churches, last_ year. number on the piano and E. Sims — entertained with a toe dance. De- hospitals and charities, Mik denuke and funds from the sale of chane s figured largely 3 Mayor Frank H. Ladd an- licious refreshments were s sia ae in the founding of such schools as Harvard, Yale, ! ounces that the Bo. ad Girl ee Brown and Dartmouth. Scout troops in K West have been accorded the sole privilege erpentines ties during the g rlos Celebration. This con- In abolishing lotteries the country did not be- come suddenly conscious of harboring a a mec Alice Roberts, pr sh Carbonell, vice pt moral LM —2 a. ew | =i = | eee | fn — —_ |. mr = Cn a —i a oad evil, nor did the good people of those days yield to FIAAIPLLLLOCLLALA LLL 100 POUND KEG Editorial Comment: Candidates n Key West all claim to be stand- g on their platforms, Guard Armory, courtesy of Captain Warren Wat- but some , rous. came enriched by a lottery prize and quit. So the debauching them- | selves by gambling and lotteries were outlawed to profit thé tills of business. cry was.raised that the poor w 50 POUND KEG ... concern over the parting of a fool and his money. n is made by the Se Phil Archer, se 2 ® . oune . ttee and no others will be Ro ‘am tre: asurer; Pri ot- What ha ened s th pre was c| % contins ek 2 Yr petition for a limited supply of foolish money. | sion granted the scout organ nena an " Dorothy : e Merchants felt that the lotteries were getting too | tions. and ¢ s Mackie. student & O large a share of i he e: a = j Sy visers, arge a share of it, at the expense of frandulent| Key Houdve wexiher _ % groceries and shoddy clothing. Employers were | today with a temperature of 81 Troop 5, Boy ts. has moved % . distressed at Josing a good man at $1 a day who be- | smoeLe into new quarter: ™ N bey “4 23 POUND KEG . ZILO is made of Pure White Lead, Zine, and‘ Pure Li no substitute materials used in ZILO. = A 25-pound keg of ZILO will take about five quarts of Pure I Oil and the cost of approximately 9 quarts of Pure Lead and Zir works out as follows: 1—25 pound keg The lottery was, in fact, a tax on the poor, albeit one which th fully. poor. a, appear to have paid cheer- If restored it will again be a tax on the It will serve, perhaps, to meet the conten- tion of those who_ maintain that part of the cost of relief should come Call - 51 - For OE aS from the economic level toward | which it returns. Any list of recent sweepstakes | winners will show that the patronage in this coun-| es )) $3.50 Mesut BOR AG tata ee i 5—Quarts Pure Linseed Oil 1 62 } little in direct taxation. They escape because they | i Shel s0'gallonr: aa bi are too low in the scale of ability to pay to make | | a the usual devices of taxation profitable. \ | oe 5 sirable that they should contribute, | MENUS | DAMN As 12 a lottery is the way to get them; perhaps even a | Comaper quae Bs better way than the sales tax. A sales tax applies | PROGRAMS Cost per gallon .. to the thrifty and the spendthrift; the destitute | ENVELOPES | For $2.28 per gallon—one of the finest house p ‘ ; (heaviest of all on them) and the well-to-do, Able | ‘“ | where—consisting of nothing but Pure White Lead, Zine : nd Pure I or unable, all pay it. If taxes must be collected STATEMENTS Oil. Phone us your order. ye from that class it would seem that a lottery has! the merit of being optional. ou Wi besa SR NN eat Earmarked for relief, it will not encounter the | AENQURCEMENTS objections which tradesmen found to the lotteries | PERSONAL CARDS Bae pmmetitcayer 20c of 100 years ago, In public instead of _ private PERSONAL STATIONERY hands it will e . toe $1.00 South Florida Contracting & Engineering Co. Phone 598 White and Eliza Streets “Your home is worthy of the — _is cape the tribute to politics which ene: discredited the Louisiana lottery. Morally, it may be bad medicine; but it is difficult to see why souls be blackened by lottery tickets and not by the deacon’s hedge in cotton or a little line of stocks such as Bishop Cannon carried, 1012-Gallon with cover a CITIZEN BUILDING THE ARTMAN PRESS Openmindedness is the pathway to progress. And none of us is openminded to perfection. Jeet eosin a ti: axes MILL LS PPR PAI PPI DP PPS SL SSSI IIS Ss GILL II III SILI ILLS SS