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q THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 25 1908
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DAILY WEEKLY SUNDAY >
PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING EXCEPT MONDAY
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THE JOURNAL COMPANY
FRANK L MAYES Prasident and General Manager
1 MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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One Year 5 00 One Month 45
Six Months 2 50 One Week 10
Three fonths 1 25 Weekly Edition per yeaT1 co
The Only Pensacola Newspaper From Which a Detailed
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Irrtendencla and DeLuna Sts
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PENSACOLA FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 25 1908 I I
Once More the I
Pistol Toter I
Once more the deadly pistol has
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been called in to arbitrate a personal
dispute In Florida and as is usual the
result is a corpse or two and one or
more wounded and the dispute very
much further from settlement than It
was Ibefore It will probably now take
the form of a family feud and be
transmitted to the next generation as
a family heritage
We know nothing about the merits
of the quarrel in Quincy which led to
i the sliymhtqr told in our dispatches
but we oo know that if the pistols had
been left at home In all probability
there wouldnt have beerf any Killing
tend the dispute would have been ami
cably adjusted as there was a peace
maker right at hand to help settle the
trouble without violence
If increasing density of population
is the parent of most modern evils as
come political cponomists insist then
by all means let us vote more power
to the pistol toter multiply him and
ibis gun in all possible ways acclaim
bim a public benefactor and crown
him with laurels set him up as an
ideal for the boys In our schools and
iparado him through the streets with
brass band accompaniments as a hero
when he comes fresh and reeking from
his slaughter for he Is the most active
agent we have in these highly civil
ized states of ours just now in deplet
ing the population and relieving the
strain of Its density
Pensacolas manifest destiny aside
from her commercial future is to be
one of the great tourist resorts of the
South But tourists are critical and
until we make a beautiful Pensacola
they will not come in the large nirm
fcers wo may be sure of afterthat con
Bummatonj It is money in the pocket
of every business man and property
owner in this city to join heartily in
the movement to make a beautiful
city hAre on the finest harbor on the
gulf
The Wisdom of
Separate Education
In commenting on a paragraph in
The Journal concerning the recent de
cision of the supreme court of the
United States to the effect that the
state = may constituionally legislate
to prevent the coeducation of the
white and negro races the Bartow
CourierInformant says
We really vlo not believe that the
respectable conservative element of
the colored race in the south or any
where else in this country desire to
nttend the white schools In the few
ca80 < where such attempts have been
made In the south it has been the
work of meddlesome carpetbaggers
from the north and where it has
been attempted in the footer free
states the leaders have been crazy
fanatics who are never satisfied ex
capt when stirring up Strife A move
ment was made in this state in the
early nineties to establish an Insti
tution at Orange Park for the coeiu
cation of whites and negroes but it
was nipped in the bud by the pass
age of what was known at the time
ns tha Sheats bill which if we
mistake not is still on our statute
books There was some talk at the
time of testing the constitutionality
of the law in the United States courts
but it was never done
We agree with our Bartow contem
porary in thinking that the best ele
ments among our colored people do
not want such coeducation It is very
sure that the Southern people would
not nave taxed themselves to the ex
tent of about 25000000 during all
these long years just to provide free
schools for negro children exception
the condition of absolute reparation
and sensible negroes understand this
The system of separate schools Is
working well now and always ha
but if the negrophiles whose phil an
throp is not unmixed with malice
toward the Southern whites could
have had their way we would have
had enless disturbances and bloody
race riots in the Impossible effort to i
bring about coeducation i
Charles Francis Adam is the wis I
est man at the North today on the I
negro question and he says that the
KauUbLern people arc most competent
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to deal with that question in all its
phases and that tbey should be left
alone to do so Happily for whites
and negroes alike the supreme court
of the United States agrees with him
in one of the most important of those
phases
Rich Hobson is still obsessed with
tne nightmare that Japan is lying in
wait for us and will hurl ail her bat
tleships at us just as soon as she
thinks the moment is favorable Con
sequently he writes an open letter to
the president urging him to rescind u
the order for the withdrawal of our
fleet from the Pacific Its of no use
to attempt to either write down or
laugh down that young man Hobson
He is in such deadly earnest and his
patriotism is so undoubted that as
S S Prentiss said of Calhoun Ills
very fear = almost command our con
fidence but for all that he reminds us
of some of those good souls of a gen
eration ago at the north who for years
after Appomatox insisted that the
South was crouching for another
spring at the throat of the Union and
no precaution must be neglected to
prevent that catastrophe Waf be
tween the United State and Japan is
a possibility too remote to worry this
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generation
The Journal acknowledges the re
ceipt of an invitation to be in Gaines
ville in this state on Saturday even
Jhg NoYember 28 to attend the
twentyfifth anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr and Mrs Henry Hamilton
McCreary It would indeed be a rare
pleasure to accept this invitation and
be present in person to extend heart
felt congratulations to our friend Mc
Creary the editor of the Gainesville
Sun and his good wife upon the happy
occasion But Mack knows how it is
with newspaper men especially those
on the treadmill of the daily press and
so for this anniversary he must ac
cept our presence in spirit accom
panied by our best wishes extended in
no perfunctory fashion When a good
man and a good woman live twenty
five happy years together in the divine
relationship of marriage it is testi
mony to the enduring character of our
civilization and the purity of OUT so
cial state well worth noting and
when that particular man happens to
be a Florida editor of the best type
as in this case we feel a peculiar
pleasure in helping to preserve the tes
timony in the archives of the press
Mr Speaker I am opposed to this
measure Florida Is not worth buy
ing It is a land of swamps and quag
mires of frogs alligators and mos
quitoes A man sir would not immi
grate into Florida No sir No ma c
would immigrate into Florida no
not from hell ltseltJohn Randolph
in congress in 1835
The above quotation from the most
eccentric statesman we ever had in
this country is going the rounds OL
such papers in Florida as are opposed
to Governor Browards splendid work
to hring about the reclamation of the
Everglaues and make it a great asset
in the wealth of the state as it un
doubtedly will be Some day and this
too on the initiative Broward has al
ready given it Let us remind these
papers which quote the dense ignor
ance as to Florida of the provincial
Virginia fox hunter scholar and crank
that Daniel Webster himself who
loomed as the colossus of the senate in
his day in one of his speeches de
nounced the whole of the Unitcu
States west of the Missouri river as a
desert region of shifting sands that
would always be worthless for the pur
poses of civilized man and not worth
a dollar of appropriation on the part
of the government That country today
is cut up into great and prosperous
states highly productive and populat
ed by many millions of American peo
ple of the best type living amid all the
environments of modern civilization
and growing foodstuffs enough to feed
half the nation If John Randolphs
vords were solemn nonsense what must
be said of the Websterian drivel which
made half the republic an eternal Sa
hara The next generation of Florid
ians will probably see the despised
Everglades one of the most fertile
areas in the world under high cultiva
tion contributing millions to the an
nual wealth of the state and Governor
Broward will have an honorable page
in Florida history because he did so
much under so many discouragements
to help make it so t
The Sea Island cotton growers of
Florida should not fail to make a
good showing before the ways and
means committee in Washington City
on December 1st when the question
of cotton and cotton manufactures
will be taken up by that committee
Congressman Frank Clark will be
there to assist them and help make
it plain to the committee that as long
as protection is being handed out to
the rest of the country the Sea Island
cotton region should get its share by
a tax on Egyptian cotton that wiN
make it unable to compete with the
home product
The Farmers Union recently met in
New Orleans and the Southern Cotton
Association in Memphis both with the
leading purpose to take some action
that would raise the price of cotton
But thus far no effect is appreciable
The Birmingham Ala Ledger prob
ably gets at the core of the trouble
in this way
It is a well nigh hopeless task to
raise the price of cotton after raising
a big crop The buyers are sharper
than the sellers It is well to try ill
the plans but a sure ono is not to
raise more than 12000000 bales or
cotton That will put the price to ±
cents steady A farmer can make
money with 9 cent cotton but a
planter needs 10 cents for his At 12
cents everybody would make money
and the South would boom beyond
precedent
Organization is undoubtedly a long
I step in the direction of helping the
cause of the farmer but not
I even or
ganization can successfully combat
fixed economic principles Too much
cotton producton just as inevitably
means a low price as too much water
melon production is followed by a
similar consequence
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Meridian Miss Nov 20
Editor Pensacola Journal
After an absence of fifteen years
we find ourself again among tie thor
oughly progressive people 01 this won
derful city
The changes that have been wrought
during the interim since our last visit
here are so striking in number and
magnitude that but for the meeting
of former friends to remind us where
we are it would be impossible to as
sociate this city of today with that of
fifteen years ago
The old passenger station has been
supplanted by a modern structure that
would he a credit to a city five times
I the size of this Two substantial
building of modern design are in evi
dence for blacks in every direction
from the magnificent federal building
which has been erected upon lots one
of which the writer occupied as a
residence seventeen year ago At
that time we lived outside the business
section of the city
Among the buildings to which ref
erence has been made are five to
six story hotel hank store and office
buildings all of modern design and
admirably adapted to the purpose for I
which they were erected To these
great improvement are added a fine
sewer system miles of paved streets
and sidewalks an adequate electric
service both in illumination and tijisl
portation as fine street car equipment
as any city in tne south and all kept
I neat ami clean giving to the city an
appearance that forcibly and favor
ably impresses the visitor with its
civic pride and progressive spirit
Among the number of old friend
ships we have renewed isthat of Mr
U C Moor with whom we were for
merly associated in the railroad ser
vice who is now the highly efficient
secretary of the Meridian Chamber
of commerce
We find this gentleman full of con
fidence in the ability and iuclinatioa 1
of the promoters of the Mtlnphis and
Pensacola railroad to buiH and ope
rates the road in the near future
In fact Meridian with its numer
ous lines radiating in every direction
is as much interested in securing this
road which when constructed wil pass
through the city as Pensacola its I
southern terminus should be The I
latter can rely upon the full sympa j
thy and substantial assistance of Me
ridian to secure for both the incalcu
able benefits that would result from 1
the construction and operation of this j
great artery of freight and passenger i
traffic I
Carrabelle Apalachicola Panama i
City are now and St Andrews will J
soon he in Pensacolas class in point j
of railroad facilities It now behooves J
Pensacola if it would assume its right t
ful position in the sisterhood of great
Southern cities to get out of the class t
of its little sisters in this respect and I
get into the class of Meridian Hat J
tiesburg and Luniberton j
Concerted action brought the Mis I
sissippi cities relief from the ruinous I
oppression of monopoly and gave
them the hl > ssi1
blessing of competitive ser
vice Concert of action would be as
effective in Florida as it nas been in
Mississippi if it could be inaugurated
along similar lines The history or
Jacksonville we believe amply sup
ports our contention
C IT PORTER
PLANTER SUICIDED BY
SHOOTING HIMSELF IN BREAST
Magnolia Miss Nov 24Xews was
received here this morning that Jep
tha McDaniel a prominent farmer
living ten or twelve miles southwest
of this place had committed suicide
by shooting himself with a shotgun
shortly after daylight No further par
ticulars have been received Coroner
Quin and Sheriff Holmes were noti
fied and are now on the scene making I
an investigation
Subscribe for The Jourual 1
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AUTOMB1LE
RACE HAS BEEN
POSTPONED
It Will Be Pulled Off How
ever in a Week or Ten
Days
THE ROAD IS IN BAD CONDITION
SEVERAL CANNOT ENTER MA
CHINES AND A NUMBER HAVE
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS THE
REASON FORPOSTPONEMENT
The automobile race whicj was
scheduled for tomorrow was last night
postponed for a week or ten days
when it will be run over the same
cours as had been selected except
ing that it will start south of Floma
ton several miles The postponement
was decided upon after a consultation
of the promoters and those who had
entered their cars 1
One of the principal reasons was
that the county has just commenced
work on the road at a point near
I Pine Barren which precluded any pos
sible chance of making fast time so
it was decided to wait until this por
tion of the road is rolled Another
reason was that several owners of
cars wanted a postponement so they
could participate in the Thanksgiving
hunt while a number of others want
ed Dr Kennedys Buick roadster in
the race which could not have been
tae case had the postponement not
been decided upon as one of the
wheel was smashed Sunday in an ac
cident north of Pine Barren The doc
tor with some friends was making an
inspection of the road when the acci
dent occurred but none of them were
injured
By postponing the race at least two
more cars will be entered tan would
have been Mr Haight will be here
from Mobile with a White steamer
while Mr Bradley will have a Ram
bler in the contest
The judges of the race will prob
ably by G A Waterman Tino Brent
Dr Blocker and Albert Avery
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NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
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Some of the Counties Voted Right
The Pensacola Journal thus express
es its disgust with the defeat of the
three constitutional amendments
The easiest platform upon which any
statesman In Florida can run for
the legislature is one which ienounces
all forms of taxation no matter how
strong and clear is the argument to
show that such taxation is necessary
for increased educational facilities and
strch little immaterial things as that
which are merely plutocratic devices
to further oppress the dear dear
peepul He is a dead sure winner on
such an issue Some of these days
this same increased education will
send these cheap demagogues to the
rear and men with brains and con
science will take their places It is
I interesting to note that while most of
the counties gave heavy majorities
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against all the amendments some of
them gave equally heavy majorities
for them but not enough to save
I them It will be interesting to study
I the returns in that particular when
the report of the official returns come
out Jacksonville TimesUnion
I A Pointer for Lawmaker Light I
I Andrew Edwards a colored man
I and professional hunter and fisher
t man was arraigned before Judge Mc
Kinnon yesterday and found guilty ot
exposing for sale a wild turkey ana
fined 25 and costs This being the
I first case of this nature and the negro
I claiming Innocence of the law the
I judge remitted The fine except 5 and
i costs This will doubtless prove an
example to evildoers of this charac
I ter Marianna TimesCourier
Evildoers Indeed It is the law
that is the evildoer in this case It
has come to a pretty pass that a man
is called an evildoer who sells game
in Florida in game season that a citi
zen of this state who has not the
time to hunt nor the wherewithal to
buy gun and dogs must be denied the
luxury of quail deer and turkey W
hope that Mr Light will use his in
i flirence to repeal these vicious laws
Ocala Banner
A Bright ThreeYearOld
Ocala has her hare of pretty girls
full measure pushed down and run
t nin overbut for real brigit boys
twe believe she stands at the head jf
the class She has one little felTou
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X H A Great Big Cut
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K N X K 33 ¼ Off
On Boys Trousers
All This Week
X We are offering our entire line of BOYS
X X TROUSERS consisting of over fifteen
X hundred 1500 pair of elegant highgrade
X Trousers in both plain knee and knicker
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X bocker styles regular prices 50c to 2 per H
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pair this week less
33 ½ t
An opportunity every mother should take
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H X Watson Parker Reese Co X H
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I not yet quite three years old who
knows every automobile i nthe city
and there are puite a number jy
the difference in the tone of the
whistles and his cleverness doe not
by any means run entirely to auto
mobiles Ocala Banner
Our Fruits are Luxuries
Another item is now to be added
to the tariff Besides Florida grown
cotton and tobacco citrus fruits want
protection against foreign importa
tions Jorida is a democratic state
t Jacksonville Metropolis
These fruits are already on the pro
tected list not because they are Flor
ida grown but largely because they
are California grown But It is nil
right to placed tax on their importa
tion under the democratic theory or
tariff for revenue only as these fruits
are luxuries and not necessaries The
democratic theory is to tax the ior
mer and not the latterOcala Ban
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SHOT BECAUSE
HE CRITICISED
Edward S Rawl Killed by
an Employe at Alco
Florida
Slain because he criticised an em
ploye who resented criticim the body
of Edward S Rawl president of the
Bradford Lumber company was
brought to this city this afternoon
from Alco Fla and will be taken to
Batesburg S C for barial says the
Jacksonville Metropolis
The first details of the shooting
were received this morning by CJ
McGehde vice president of the lum
ber company in a telegram from the
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line at
Euistis PJa The information contain
ed in this Tnesaage was confirmed
by those who arrived with tje body
The Lie Passed
The message reads
Was at Alco last night They say
quarreled about loading a lighter Mr
Rawl accused Glover of not doing his
duty and he gave him the lie Rawl
went after him with his first and
Glover shot him I saw Mr Glover
lat night and he said he awfully sor
ry over having to do it Glover was
still at Alco at midnight last night
but in hands of sheriff
The body arrived on the tuboat
Rosa this afternoon The tug boat
was expected last night but was de
layed by the coroners innuest held
at Alco yesterday and did not leave
there until 10 oclock last night
Undertaker Marcus Conant left the
city yesterday on the receipt of the
telegram telling of Rawls death and
went as far as Palatka by launch
When he reached Palatka and had not
met the tugboat Rosa he left tha
launch and returned to the city by
rail A telegram was then received
giving the cause of the delay
The body will be prepared for bur
ial and will be taken to South Caro
lina tonight
T S Glover was a commissary
clerk at the lumber camp of the
Bradford Lumber company at Alco
ONLY 35OOO
FOR LOCAL YARD
Rear Admiral Hollyday
Makes Recommendations
For Appropriations
Rear Admiral Hollyday chief of the
bureau of yards and docks has sub
mitted his annual report including
recommendations for appropriations
and in the latter 35000 is requested
for the Pensucola yard A special
from VashiUgton says of the report
Rear Admiral R C Hollulay ciier
of the bureau of yards and docks of
the united States navy makes a
strong plea for more extensive im
provements at insular stations and for
a higher standard in tho maintenance
of home navy yards in his annual
report to the secretary of the navy
No extensive improvemens he says
have been made during the last year I
at the insular stations
The estimates for navy yards and
stations recommended to be submit
ted to congress at its coming session
are as follows Public works includ
ing repairs and preservation 9811
730 maintenance yards and docks 1 I
500000 contingent yards and docks
30000 total 11341730
The need for additional dry docks
is urged to accommodate the largest
vessels likely to be built within the
flea future
The estimates include Navy yard
Charleston S C 442500 naval sta
tion Guantanamo Cuba Including
400000 for a dry dock to cost 2500
000 450000 naval station Key West
Fla 30000 navy yard Norfolk Va
811000 naval station Pearl Harbor
including an estimate of 2QOOOO to
ward the construction of a dry dock
to cost 2000000 130000 navy
yard Pensacola Fla 35000
The need for more civil engineers
and high class technical assistants is
emphasized and the wisdom of having
government purchase dredging plants
instead of having dredging at navy
yard and naval stations by contract is
urged
Increase of pay and rank for officers
and employes are asked for
WILL PROVIDE h
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FOA THE POOR
THE JOURNAL WILL RECEIVE DO
NATIONS FOR THE LADIES
AUXILIARY B P O E WHO
WILL DISTRIBUTE GIFTS TO
POOR FAMILIES CHRISTMAS
In addition to receiving donations
for the poor of Pensacola to be dis
tributed Christmas by the Salvation
Army The Journal will also receive
donations to be distributed by the La
dies Auxiliary to the B P O K
These donations can he sent to The
Jqurnal office any date afts Decem
ber 1 when the work of providing a
Christmas for the many poor families
of the city will commence
The Ladies Auxiliary a few years
ago undertook to assist the worthy
poor 6T Pensacola and since then the t
good work has been continued each
year nth very marked success The
ladies this year plan to make the dis
jribution upon a larger scale and are
satisfied that the residents of Pensa
cola will assist liberally Their dis
tribution will not include clothing or
food supplies but simply candles tv > s
etc and is more for the children than
for older people
After December 1 parties sending
money toys or any article to The Jour
nal office for the Christmas distribu
tion should specify by whom it is to
be distributed whether the Salvation
Army or Ladies Auxiliary In send
ing clothing however this will not be
necessary as all such articles will be
turned over to the Salvation Army
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Not too late yet to dress up the dining room which should really be the most pleasant room in the
house Prices in many instances so low as to cause pleasant astonishment Quality higher than youVe
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