The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO ——+—— = Published Daily Excep* Sunday By THUY CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager ig From The Citizen Building Corner Greene ang Ann Streets in Key West and Monroe Only Daily Newspaper County. the Associated Press is exclusively ent for republication of all uews dispatches cz» it-or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION *\ATES -4one-Year tix Months Three: Mont! =Jne ‘Month ly .. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading no‘’-es, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary >tices, etc., will be charged for at thé rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertain: «nts by churches from which & revenue is to be deri: d are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. —_—$—$—$—$———————<<<— IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. “re Port. Bathing Pa’ Aicports—I : Consolidation of County Governments, and City “and ~-what a mail! Per Only one political candidate has an- nounced thus far. The others are either =feeling around or fooling around. = Some of our friends are such good =fellows that we can almost forgive their =fool notions about religion and politics. 2 A hick town is a place where the folks ‘o down to the railroad station to see the =train come in. Ergo Key West is not a Shick town. Charles Cur the former vice- =president, died sm;ling, according to a Mi- “ami newspaper, and the picture is printed “td= prove it. Congressman Zioncheck, Democrat, wanted to make a $1 a year man out of Postmaster Farley in Congress, but with- drew his amendment when he realized i couldn’t be done, when inter- viewed in Havana, said Roosevelt was a George Bernard Shaw, “Communist but didn’t know ii, but that he | “was gtadually beginning to realize he is one. Oh, Pshaw: It takes a lot of crust ‘to. compare Huey Long, a proven Lribe faker, with that incomparable, cleag pst! stalwart Abraham Lincoln. TSN of consoling thought that chere is, in thékfowledge of ~this writer, :ut one instance of such com- ~parison. ee Without any attempt at a pun, The Citizen trusts W. V. Knott, the state treas- aurer, will not retire, although he is en- ‘titled to do so at half pay. If he desires to retain his post, it wili be very difficult “for atly candidate to oust him solely on ac- “count of his advanced years. 7 News dispatches state that the re- scent: Mdivani marriage ceremony at Palm _Beach, Florida, was brief. And the mar- ~tiage itself may be brief, like all the “Mdivani marriages. The former Louise “Van Alen had been married to a brother of her present husband. These marrying <Mdivanis must have “It” to be able twice to do the trick. Arthur Brisbane has been disillusion- ed about the mother viper opening her mouth to let her young scuttle in when danger lurked. A professor of zoology put him straight. The noted columnist, cormenting on the wish that was father to the thought, adds disconsolately: “It seems there never was a William Tell, and ow we must give up the open-mouth > mother viper.” But we still have the “George Washington and the cherry tree =legend, unless that, too, proves to be a myth. { on necessity. Life-saving fic lare nearest desired direction. BE CAPTAINS OF THE ROAD There is an unwritten law of the sea that is followed religiously—namely, the desire to save life. Why can’t we have the same high purpose on land? Such voluntary action is always based in automobile traffic is now as important as life-saving in sea traffic, Such rules as the following, adhered to with sincerity, would'save. life a hundred-fold. 1. Before making a turn, get in traf- 2. The rear vision mirror is for some- thing beside looking for traffic officers— watch cars behind you. 3. Neved take chances passing and do not crowd the right-of-way. Sav- ing seconds is no excuse for causing one un- necessary risk of life. 4, Learn the feel of the car on the road, like the captain does his ship. Study the action of the car on the dry pavement, wet pavement, gravel road and icy road. Even the highest ability is not one hun- dred per cent perfect in driving. 5. Take driving seriously; you are probably no smarter than the last person whose neck was broken on a_ windshield. The smartest men (supposedly) meet with unfortunate disaster through gross care- lessness. Courtesy is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of character and wisdom, and the ability to be foresighted and obliging. The sea captain doesn’t unnecessarily take chances when they can be avoided, but he willingly risks his life and his ship to prevent an accident or aid another ves- sel in distress. But automobile drivers willfully risk their own lives as well as the lives of others, for no good reason at all; it doesn’t make sense. If ordinary rules of common sense and courtesy were followed in driving (un written laws), accidents would be caused only by freak circumstances. in HOW MUCH SHOULD THE NATION SPEND? Government credit is based upon pub- lie confidence, a very sensitive nnd mys- terious thing, which appears and_ dis- appears for reasons unknown to most ex- perts. Today the U. 8. Government is spend- ing more than its income and the prospect is that the process will continue as long as ast numbers of our people are unemploy- ed. During the next year and a half; it will be necessary for the government to raise many millions of dollars in new money. So long as confidence in the ctabil.cy of the government continues, the task is not insuperable. However, some- where ahead is the limit and government deficits “ust stop short of this point or fi- nancial chaos will ensue. The Citizen does not possess the wis- dom necessary to specify how many bil- lions of dollars the government can borrow without endangering its credit. So far as we know, no human being can do so, or forecast the vagaries that may influence the intangible entities that influence the public mind. At best, it seems to us, gov- ernment spending should be limited to necessity and nothing should be done to increase the strain that grows as long as public expenditures exceed public income. ERRORS IN NEWSPAPERS Frank R. Kent, of the Baltimore Sun, speaking at William and Mary college, on the “Errors in Newspapers,” made a striking statement of the case. He ‘said: “In no business and in no profession save that of the pure scientist,” he declares, “is the premium of accuracy so high, the pen- alty for inaccuracy so prompt and the pro- portion of accuracy so great. There isn’t'a newspaperman anywhere who does net know that, trivial though his error may be, someone will :catch it... Even:jwhen it es- capes the watchful editorial “gaze, even when no one in the office picks it up, even when he himself is unaware of it, there are still the old subscribers—thousands of them—vigilant, alert, aggressive, resent- ful, eager to put their finger on the ‘break,’ communicate with the editor and ‘show up’ the writer and the paper. These old sub- scribers, in my judgment, are by far the most valuable asset a newspaperman can have. Their militant, microscopic scrutiny is the finest possible corrective influence.” || Senator, Win. THE KEY ‘WEST CITIZEN number of others, among- whom are members of Rebekkah Lodges, KEY WEST IN il arrive in Key W DAYS GONE BY jzfternoon on a special Uappenings Here Just 10 fo ae eee ied | Ago Today As Taken From Peisee Gil eae The Files Of The Citizen —e—eemee— I ton. ‘Captain Clarke D. Stearns and} —_—— t other members of the Monroe} The Key West Electtie com- county water board returned this| pany has agreed to give bus se morning from St. Augustinejice to the biological station Sun- wherethey went to discuss the|day because of the go!f match possibilitids-of a pipe line for wa-! between Wildy (Mag 4Flgite and a ym wthe mainland to. Key! Harry Hamptga. 4 MacBarlane yseh, another | champion of the United. , States, board; County | Hampton is the local champion. Hilton Curry, State - H. Malone and Two United * States’. déstroyers, Colonel Robert Thompson formed| the Smith Thompson. and; Tracey, the party.‘ The trip was satis-| arrived in port this morning from factory and “we are pleased with! Colon, Panama. Captain, Wat. M. the ‘results,’ Captain Stearns| Cluverius i ted to arrive said. If the plans go through, | Friday and will board one of the other members of the group said, | destroyers to psoceed to Havana Key West will have fresh water|for the dedication of the Maine from the mainland in one year | tablets in that city. under guarantee. | | General John J. Pershing, war time commander of the American in from of the turday ; the visitors will leave for Havana Commissione: Members of city council and board of public works met in joint | session last night to discuss street improvements and other under the ju ction of the: bodies. City Engineer B. Curry Moreno suggested the laying of new sewer pipes to take care of an overflow at the corner of} Margaret and Southard street following heavy rains. ant day in Key West yesterday and left in the evening for Was! ‘ington, The general said he con- sidered the Over-Sea Highway most essential to the city’s de- velopment, Bascom L. Grooms, manager of the Key West Electric company, - was iast night elected to head a Herbert L. Thompson, grand! sire of I, O. O. F., accompanied! erate the movement of by August Hohenstein, adjutant | over the Florida East Coast Rail- general of the Canton or militant! way company, thus obtaining re- branch of the organizations, Wm. lief from the embargo now in F, Janson, grand master of Flor- | force. ida; M. M. Little, grand patriarch | of the encampment branch, and a‘ Editorial comment: One county Friday } where they will organize a Can-' forces in Europe, speat a pleas-} Today’s_ Anniversaries \e | | 1775—Charles Lamb, delight- ful English essayist, born. Died Dec. 27, 1834. 1789—Abner S. Lipscom), Ala- {bama and Texas lawyer and jur- ist, whose decisions were much d, born at Abbeville, S. C. Di Asse. 42% | 1819—Frederick B. Conway, noted American actor of his da) grandfather of Conway Tear! born in England. Died at Man- chester, Mass., Sept. 7, 1874. 1820—Hiram W. Hayden, Con- necticut’s noted brass manufac: , in South Alabama has ready about 80,000 crates of cabbage for | shipment to northern points. Tell ie to Jiggs. fe In the semi-final fights at the Athletic Club this evening, Joe ; Grillo, of New York, and Sailor McClellan of the Submarine T-3, | will be the drawing cards. The |main bout will be between Fili- | pino Delgado, and Jackie Hindle, of New Jersey. Run boats of the Rios Fish com- pany arrived in port yesterday committee to take steps to accel- | with one of the largest kingfish | freight catches of the season. There were 6,000 pounds, all fine specimens. Wrecking Tug Warbler, Cap- tain Snow, is working in the chan- nel at Miami removing a vessel which sunk there recently. © 1936, Liccerr & Myers Tosacco Coy Chesterfields! well that’s neak “Adstin, Tex. Dec. 8, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1936. turer and inventor, born at Hay-! (“Herrmann the Great”), noted denville, Mass. Died at Water-! american magici ion: ie bury, Conn., July 18, 1904. leusee Mied mone Sal x. 1824—Samuel Plimsoll, Eng-| ©” Det 17 398- ilish reformer, wao secured pas-| | sage of the famous law making! the overloading cf ships illegal, born. Died Jure 3, 1898. Sequoyah, a Georgia Indian, m- t of own al- o read or vented an <cipna’ f though he was unable write. Night Coughs 2 Quickly checked 3 without “dosing” -- Just rvb on 1837—Harris Okio’s Union s er, Los Angeles newspaper jublisher and foe to Union labor, born near Mariette, !Ohio. Died in Los Angeles, July 30, 1917. m Gray Otis, 1844 — Alexander Herrma’ VaroRus qeesweweesrsrscreeeN \ For the NEW YEAR IN GIVE THEM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT Nothing teaches a child thrift like a Savings Account. Start one with us for him today for as little as one dollar. From time to time add to it. When graduation and college come ale be prepared for them. He will soon learn the les- ng he will son that it is not what you earn but what you save that makes wealth. The First National Bank of Key West Mentiber of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation TIIITISIIIIISL SSI i PCLLZLZLLALLLLLL LALLA LALALLLLL LAL LA different —their aroma is pleasing —they’re milder —they taste.better —they burn right —they don’t shed tobacco crumbs