The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 5, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, July 5, 1952 BARNEY GOCGLE AND SNUFEY SALTS EVER BLESSET TIME I THINK ABOUT THAT WILD, RAMPAGIN' BOAR RUNNIN' LOOSE (N HOOTIN' HOLLER, I GIT WEAKER'N oUGHAID i ESS WHAR HOW DAST YE MENTION SNORT“ wuz \ THAT N-EN-NAME TH' LAST TIME (N FRONT OF YORE I SEEN HIM, PORE OL' AUNT LOWEEZY / wit You Git OUT OF MY SIGHT? I DINNER WISH YOU'D GO 16 ON OUT AND GET —~ : THE, TABLE: FOO-GOO'S BIRTHDAY” DO YOU WANT TO SIT THINK I WANT IT ON TH’ FLOOR - EWEEPER, DON'T {WORRY--- | WON'T Hi—Yes7His WY | Hey.’ oust over is ETA L— OH, HERE TO THE OFFICE A HONE.’ FOR 5 S! HELLO, TOMMY— | | ON THE DOUBLE! I you, GORGEOUS. By Fred Lasswell SO TOMMY THE OFFICE BOY SMELLS BIG NEWS “’— WONDEe WHAT IT CAN THINK I'VE GOT'SOME- THING TERRIFIC! SOMEBODY WITH NEWS /, ..) NO, NO! SHOOT ME! HANG ME! BUT DON’T TIE ME UP NEAR THIS INDIAN GAL! ANDO iF TH ROOKIE CONTINUES po emg ga HITTING WELL MISS ZIP ZALEN a 3 | | SOME SLUGGIN: SMP S... ELMER HORNBLO LOOKED GREAT IN HIS FIRST GAME AT en SHORTSTOP BE TO GET HIM SO HOPPED — = _ = Chapter Six is WAS three weeks defore Meli- ande found enough courage to! re-visit John Taylor at the play- ground. Snowball saw hercoming through | the gates and at the sight of her he emitted a howl of glee that threatened to disgorge his larynx, and came, running, his padding feet several shades blacker than the natural hue of his skin. “Hullo, Miss!” » “Hullo.” Snowball’s face shone eloquent- | ly with the pleasure of remem-| brance. “You're the Miss who minded my tooth, ain’t you, Miss?” Melisande smiled and enquired after the subsequent fate of the tooth. “Gave it to.a kid for a connie agate an’ a peekay.” Melisande nodded her approval of the transaction, “You're a smart kid, Snowball.” “Miss, do you take fits?” “No, I don’t think so. Why do you ask?” “Well, there’s a kid at our schoo] takes fits—like this.” Whereupon Snowball instantly proceeded to demonstrate the epi- leptic evolutions of the afflicted one, This was accomplished by of the eyes, followed in turn by a series of sharp, pig-like grunts, a stiffening of the arms and legs, a falling to the ground, and a squirming and writhing finale that culminated in a kind of death- like trance. Melisande burst into loud spasms of laughter. Snow- ball swiftly came to his feet, breathing heavily from his dis- play. “Miss, can you climb rt iad “I haven't tried in ye “T can! Do you want to <: climb one now?” “The trees aren't very big, Snowball. Would Mr. Tay.or ap-! prove of you damaging the trees} in the playground?” Snowbail waved a hand to- wards the office. . “Skipper’s in there, drinkin’ tea. He_wouldn’t see me, anyway.” e me, means of, firstly, a realistic rolling | word— “Perhaps you'd better not. Skip- per might be angry.” “Not Skip. He ain't ever angry!” “That's a very isn’t —I meant ain't it——?” Taylor appeared. “Snowy, how much longer are you going to say ‘ain’t’——2?” “Good morning, Mr, Taylor.” “Good morning. What's Snowy been up to?” | “Nuthin’, Skip.” round ex! tly, di: bes Oe Seta eta ote aie a-téte. “Ts this a new Miss, Skip) a “We don’t know that yet.” ‘HEY watched him vanish into the gymnasium, punching holes in the air.as he went, and then “That's the kid whom Paul paints as_a being without life.” _ For the first time Melisande turned and squarely faced the supervisor. “What does Snowy himself think of the picture?” “He's been awfully scared of Paul ever since—How are you making out with your new land- lord, anyway, Miss Brandon?” Melisande permitted her to play deliberately upon Taylor’s questing face. “Skipper——” Melisande hesi- byraeers became canted. “Oh, that! Kids j ive to put labels on pon ap ” “Skipper—what do you think of Paul? It’s very important that I should know.” Taylor gently took her arm and steered her into his office. “Tm glad we Fe round to that,” he said. “Eventually, of course, I'd have had to tackle you, Miss Brandon.” Melisande intently studied the toes of her shoes. “I’m very fond of Paul.” “Paul won't marry you, Meli- sande. You might as well know that right away.” “How do you know that?” “I expect you've met Kate— Why don’t you ask her?” “I have asked her. She says the So they called him Skipper. Not sir, or Mr. Taylor—merely The Southernmost Corner By CHARLES DUERKES same as you.” The supervisor plunged a fin, into the burnt-out bowl of 4i A Letter From Bill Lantaff Dear Neighbor: At one time or another you may have wondered how many lobbys there are in Washington, how much Skipper. Trust kids to find a good | pipe. After a considerable absence I} money they spend in attempting have returned to my hogan ‘neath | to influence legislation, and what the poinciana. The termites are) influence they have on Congress, still merrily gnawing away at the! Such questions were posed in a bulkheads, and the heat is quite letter to me) from South Florida intense. Whiskey, my cat, has got. the other day. Surveys on lobbys everything scattered about the | in Washington and their financial rooms and I've just ‘gone through | expenditures have been made for the stack of Citizens that arrived | 1950 and 195i. The results of these while I was gone. | surveys were enlightening to me. I I see by The Citizen that Key | think they may interest you. West is now in the F. I. L. and According to surveys, in 1950— the League’s cellar team is now | 340 lobby groups spent an amazing called the Conchs. With the sea-! total of nearly ten and one-half son pretty well along no one sup- | million dollars in an attempt to in- poses that the Conchs will zoom | fluence national legislation. Last into top position, but I will make | a bet (on the Q. T., natch, as I) Being a lad who likes to bet on a understand betting is frowned upon | sure thing I always wanted to get by the sheriff) .. .. anyhow, I will | wager down on the bunny, but make a bet that come next year‘ such gambling is frowned upon by the Conchs will be up in the top | track officials. Someday I hope to brackets Key West is a baseball town. It is the onl ity in the land boasting a Te League: and, when I was liv there, Sunday | afternoons were pretty big” base- ball afternoons in the Tomatoe | League. Key West fans will polly} | well see to it that the Conchs will become a 1 to be reckoned with next season. | Since Louie Carbonell is ram- | roddding the deal, my bet is a | safe one. All he has to do to in- | sure my bet is to cut loose with | the same enthusiasm he display- }ed in the Cancer and March of Dimes drives. That was when I | first saw him, on a big platform }on Duval street, making with the hone and raising dimes by ull Mr. Carbonell will go in and play first base, 1 am | quite sure. ; As a Sun Sox fan I am, nautral- } ly, now in a bit of a dither. I must | foot for the Sox and the Conchs | and that is going to be a rough | caper when the two teams meet. | Wf a piteber is needed it might } be well to remember that big j Jack Clarke, of the Key West | Barn ~ ~stre, used to make a liv- jing in : Piedmont League by | burning im fast ones from the mound. (Wonder if he remembers | the curve I tossed his way in Sky- lark? News gleaned from the Citizen is | that the Island City is all het up, pro and con, concerning a dog track on Stock Island. Some residents | feel that Key West will go to the dogs if the deal goes through. Establishment of a dog track would introduce legalized gambli. ling in Monroe County. It would | some people aver, draw an unde- | sirable element into the county lt would also bring in 2 lot of moolah Persona witnessing the flash- ing greyix chase a mechan ical rabbit oever made me jump }for joy. The dogs upon which my buck occasionally rode had the re bwolting habit of chasing the other dogs mstead of chasing the bunny. {see the rabbit turn about and{ chase the greyhounds. 1 am .work- ing on the project nights in my bomb shelter. Citizens who like dog racing can go to the track and watch the canines race and there is no law that says they must place bets. But when they do bet the | venerable Mr. Whiskers gets the | biggest percentage of the “han- dle”. It is all quite legal. The il- legal, and unfortunate, angle de- velops when certain gents begin | making book outside the track This is fur the benefit of the folk who are too lazy to go to the track, for people who hate dog racing, and for citizens who merely like to sit about and place bets. Such off-track wagering is what brings in the undesirable element. Of course, the law can prevent His eyes reflected tiny pine points of perplexity. “Has it ever occurred to you, Melisande, that Paul might be in= sien de’s fi inde’s face paled and her hands trembled. as 3 “Yes, it has. Has there ever been—anything?” “I don’t know. But he’s always impr me as a man who lives in extremes of emotion—a man walking arte he oS ol i a —her mind in confusion. if wirag at/Taylor had said was only helfe disaster, bg she was headed for was t i of man to make hasty assesements Roe tober prety ate da : malice. Of pity, yes— and quiet tolerance—but ohne more. She entered Number Sete, and stood uncertainly. She glanc: up suddenly and saw that Pew was standing carelessly at the top, of the stairs, smiling down at her, He came slowly down and kissed a on ie mouth. lisande,” he said, “The fact is—Melisande—I’ve a sudden urge to take unto myself a wife. So I'm ae you to marry me, Wid you Melisande, gulped and - quiver. She looked into as but they were serious, and the’ blue in them was in the shadows of the room. “Yes,” she said, quietly, “1’ll) marry you, Paul. When?” ‘ “To-night?” 1 ee by h pn wish.” ' were uiet and em- barrassed. It was Melisande who ee pe spell. { ™m _awtu. glad you that, Paul.” et “Because I was on my way tol ur studio to ask you the same! A ecAnd it Thad refused—whatl “Then I should have had to; leave you. But why all this dou- eet geaced ep See 8 up sharply, “What's on your mind?* ‘ “Nothing. There's no time for, talk. A marriage has been ar-/ ranged, and there's such a lot to: do,’ (To be continued) year the total expendityre dropped to about nine and one Halt million dollars; however it was pointed out fewer groups filed financial reports in 1951. The number one spending group im 1950 was the American Medical Association, which reported a total expenditure of close to a million and one-half dollars. It was during this period that National Health Insurance was under consideration by Congress. In 1951, AMA dropped a third on the lobby spending Top suender last year was Am- erican Farm Bureau Federation which reported an all-purpose spending total of over one and one- half million dollars. The Committee for Constitutional Government, which advocates ree duced spending, has teen the sec- ond highest on the expenditure list in both, 1950 and 1951, Other organ- izations which are spending a great deal of money for lobbying activities are the Townsend Plag Group, the United World Federale ist and the National Association of. Electrie Companies, What is my opinion of lobbys an@ the money spent for lobbying? Well, the amount of money spent amazes me, even more so, whem | you realize these reported expen. \ditures do not include additional | hundreds of thousands of dollars | spent for postage and telegrams when these national groups urged a letter-writing campaign to Com gress. I believe, the funds expended by | these organizations for developing unbiased and verified facts and figures on both sides of a question, was weil spent. However, in my opinion, money spent for distribute | ing biased and unverified facts for the purpose of propagandizing an@ | pressuring Congress is waste@ money and effort. Truthfully, to me, the most powe such going-ons. The law can wipe | erful lobby is the one originating it out if it starts. The law can stop | in your home. A Setter from you any form of illegal gambling. The | which contains facts, figures an@ big trouble has been, all around | your honest and conscientious com and about the land, that the law | clusions—one that does not rat allowed the gamblers to gambol | en nor attempt to indicate the num with the “green” until the heat! ber of votes behind it—is the mos was really on. For a cut of the/| persuasive. The letter from home take, naturally. eh these qualities does muck I think that putting the matter | more to influence a Member o@ to a vote is sensible and fair. It) Congress than any organized pre is quite democratic. The will of | fessional lobby group. the people, and all that sort of | aa — thing. And the voters, given the opportunity to vote dog racing in or out, should pause and reflect instead of barking up any wron; high water. Legalized betting in county would be quite an innova- tien. The government would be getting a cut of the handle, for a change Me. 1 would like t have the cry | ing towel cuncession. ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT Phone 258 HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUR JEW MODELS OF NATIONAL ADDING MACHINES model without subtraction mode! with subtraction ELECTRIC MODEL WITH SUBTRACTION SPECIAL BOOKKEEPING MACHINE LOOK THEM OVER THEY CAN BE BOUGHT ON THE MONTHLY SUDGET PLAN We will trade-in your old machig SATURDAY