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ft 1 THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22,1919! f ezz DAILY VEEKLY SUNDAY Journal Publishing Company WATNF! THOMAS. Vtee-Frealdent and JUbic' HOWARD LEE MATES. Secretary and TrttBUW. edged to be the best south of Newport News. The fact of the matter is that Pensacola has every claim to the centennial and everything: to back that claim, and Jacksonville has no claim, whatsoever. MIAMI ALSO HAS COMPLAINT Declaring: that the tax-payers, are becoming: tired Conducted from I8i to im trader the Editorship nd0 the continual request for money for state fair Management of Col. Frank l aumjm, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS American Newspaper Publishers' Association Florida iress Association. Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association !ts Wk, DatlT and 8undy 1? Trr v,ii M . - M w tvefHB, um.ny V II Li nunu ....... -------- 5re Month. Dally and Sunday ............ frre Months. Pally and Sunday .... Ore Tear. Dally and Sunday I" 1 Svnday Only. One Year ...........- r-M Mall subscriptions sre payahle In advance. BCSXNB8S OFFICE rfE2it EDITORIAL DEPT. Pres. and Mgr. 1503 Managing; Editor .. .1.1 - "tF"' rinclttr Editor Office: Journal BMr.. Cor. Intendencla and DeLona Bta The Associated Press is exclusively entitled te tne U for republication of aU news crecmea ro J" rr; otherwise credited In this paper ana pibllrhed. Entered as second class matter at the postemce n Pensacola. Fla.. under Act of congress. mmu -. Represented in the General Advertising Field by Cur;, UJnr..r.n a. v wv--.j Kw Tork, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Atlanta, TENSACOLA. FLA.. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22. 1919. PENSACOLA DEMANDS ITS RIGHTS The Pensacola delegation which returned yester day from Tallahassee came back firm in their faith Tcoia. is the Centennial city by every claim t-f right and Justice, and determined to stand fast to their guns, and to demand or the state conm ,ion that the great world exposition be held In Mie rirVHa nf Went Florida. The Pensacola delegation outnumbered that of Jacksonville two to one, and put up a splendid fight . ,t . so West Florida, to a wn .howed Itself back of this city in its demands, Jacksonville has never had a legitimate ciaim the Centennial, but has attempted to ursup what Is ours and has not only sought to secure an exposi tlon to which it has absolutely no claim, but nas repeatedly, through the columns of the Jacksonville Metropolis, cast unfounded reflections on this city. One of the recent Jibes from the Metropolis ae- clares that the "second railroad Pensacola has been bragging about, the Gulf. Florida and Alabama, has been sold for $500,000. There is but one real road Into Pensacola the Louisville and Nashvilleand it ha held away there for years, controlling the municipality." This unprovoked and misleading statement Is In keeping with the spirit of animosity that the Me tropolis has displayed towards Pensacola since the centennial movement was launched. But. in spite of the fact that the Metropolis is misinformed, the other newspapers of the state keep more closely in touch with public matters, and Know i Those states of the north and especially the north that the sale of the Gulf, Florida and Alabama rail- I wegt, with the "promiscuous" population, pretend road resulted in a reorganization of the company. I to te more loyal, more American.' than the old an- and that the new railroad, the Gulf, Pensacola and J cient pioneer settlers of the south, and on wiring Northern, has entered upon a new era of usefulness. I their senators to vote against the league of nations One of the reasons for the fight that Jacksonville I &0 so for the reason that they stand for those who Is putting up at this time, is the fact that the cen- I wno favor the league are more European than tennlal in Pensacola would mean not only the con- I American, says the Ocala Banner. nection of the Gulf, Pensacola and Northern with tne i while The Journal would not question the loyal- purposes, and that Miami has no money to waste, the Miami Metropolis In a recent issue says: "It is never too late to mend. At any rate, we can take a new start onr this proposition of fairs, and get down to real business for Miami here at home." Soliciting money of Miami citizens for the an nual fairs and expositions In Jacksonville is be coming a regular nuisance and waste which In duces weariness on the part of those who would have to pay. Somehow it has come to be under stood that about this .time of the year, when the official sporsor for this appropriation visits the county commissioners and the city 'council. aU that Is required Is to name the sum of money desired and it will be voted. Perhaps when the city council meets tonight this time-worn application for a bunch of Mi ami's money will be made again. If it la, there are reasons why the city council should think , twice and act once negatively. Money appropriated in Miami and Dade county for. a fair m Jacksonville is Just as certainly thrown away as though, it were dropped into a , sewer. Jacksonville has always been the center of anti-Miami propaganda. The city up the road his thrived largely because ofits misrepresen tations of the southern portion of the state. Tourists have been diverted from continuing down the east coast to Mjaml time and again, by means of tales which were not true, and the facts have been related In Miami by many of them. Therefore, to invest Miar.il and Dade county money In a show given at the very camp cf an unfair enemy could not, in the very nature of things, be productive of good. The stat3 fair and its agents would profit, to be sure, but Mi ami and Dade county would be the losers. . We understand the county commissioners have already acted agreeing to give the representative of state and county fairs something like $3,000, nearly all left in the agricultural fund of the county, to be divided as he sees fit between the Dade county fair and the state fair. It is there fore too late to protest against the expenditure this year, no matter how- the people feel about it. There is also an understanding that the city council, in giving the publicity fund of $19,000 to the chamber of commerce for this year. In- ' tended to have that- organization look after whatever monies are wanted for fairs. If that be true, the representative of the Jacksonville fair will probably make his application to the chamber of commerce. Nomatter how the funds are handled, the tax payers are becoming quite tired of the continual request for money for state fair purposes which Is worse than useless. themselves to the founding of this country and its government must hold the south American against all comers. : In the past the foreign born population of the south., has been of a class that Is frugal and law abiding; but with the cessation of hostilities and the injection of a trouble-making element into this country, the south faces its first serious racial or labor troubles. It will depend upon the men of American stock how these troubles will be met. And upon them, too, -may largely depend the safety of the nation. FOR HOME AND SOUTHLAND Central of Georgia or the Frisco, but the comple tion of the old Pensacola, Mobile and Memphis, and. In all probability one or more linesfrom Mobile en tering this city. Pensacola is admirably situated for additional railroad facilities and the centennial would mean at ty of any section of the United States, the Banner is right when it calls attention to the fact that the south is the seat of true Americanism. It is not too much .to say that the south is the stronghold of the nation today. The great bulk of its population is American born and bred, and the least four more roads to aid in the development of I roots of many a family tree spring from old Cavalier this section, besides the. completion of the automo- I anj even puritan stock, for it is well known that bile highways, which would further aid in solving I many of the first settlers on the New England coast traffic problems. I later found their way southward, settlincr in Vir The Tampa Tribune declares that Jacksonville is I ginla and the Carollnas, mad because It has discovered that Pensacola Is em- I it was pointed out by an official of the Sons of powered by legislative enactment to bond for a mU- the American Revolution, on a visit to Pensacola. lion dollars to hold the exposition and adds that that the south is the very bulwark of Americanism, Jacksonville has not even sold its state fair bonds for here is to be found the purest strain in this yet. . I country, The Gainesville News says: I In New England the great manufacturing lntr.t4 Pensacola. has certainly made Jacksonville sit (have Introduced a tremendous foreign population up and take notice in the fight for the centen nial. Our personal desires for the location of the exposition are Jacksonville, but we must admire the spirit of the westerners and will re joice with them if they win out In the fight. Florida -Press. Opinion ALL BOUND ROUND By MORRIS Who Held the Silver Platter? v (Jacksonville Metropolis) Jacksonville has an opportunity presented her on a silver platter. ,The Centennial Exposition, it Is believed, can be brought here. Jacksonville is the logical place for it. There is no question about that part. The exposition will push Jacksonville at least twenty-fiveyears ahead. That is the experience of other, cities that have staged expositions of this character. Is It worth while to have this city shoved forward a quarter of a century? v Is It worth while to have hundreds of thousands of people come to this city to spend from a few days to several months during the life of the exposition? Is it worth while to have the city undergo an im mediate -season of increased prosperity due to the building of the exposition? Is It worth while to have ten dollars, at least. spent here by exposition visitors for every dollar put into the Centennial? Is It worth while to have hundreds and thousands of columns of advertising devoted to Jacksonville in every paper and magazine in the country? Is it worth while to bring thousands of permanent settlers to Florida? These are some of the questions that Jacksonville business men the sound, substantial, clear-thinking, reasoning business men should ask themselves. If these things are worth while, then every busi ness man who thinks so should turn out for tonight's meeting. And every man should pledge mmseii to give his best support and efforts to making the Cen tennial a success. Think it over. Reason it out. Then come out to the Chamber of Commerce tonight to add weight to the meeting. It Is worth while. :- -S - v ; ,v . .... . v . : They Don't Do It For Money Value. , " The average negro fireman is pulling down io per month wages. Many bank cashiers witn nun dreds of thousands of dollars in trust only get $150 per month." while the school teachers who have spent a life-time in preparing for their vocation, average from $65 to $90 per month. Tet at that salary they are supposed to make men and women out of our children. Moore Haven Times. - A Few Shekels Left in the Treasury. According to a news story In the St. Augustine Record, the legislature failed to appropriate money to conduct the primary, but Secretary of fatate Crawford says there is some money left of that fund, which with a part of the printing fund will, he thinks, enable him to carry on the work. It would be a good thing if there were no money for the pur pose. The state has no business paying for the op erations of a political party, and the next primary will be a farce anyway. Ocala Star. Made Up Their Minds For Themselves Without consulting the supreme council the leg islature of Alabama has passed a 'bill to annex nine Florida counties with the assent of the state of Florida and of congress. Not an objecting voice was raised. Several of these counties have the names of Alabama counties, but those can be changed later. In the same easy manner it was decided to abolish Columbus day in Atlanta. New Tork Even ing Post. , in the northwest, the German, Scandinavians and Swedes outnumber the American-born; on the Pa cific coast the peoples of the Orient have encroach ed. While the Gulf states are made up largely of French and Spanish extraction, these people were The people of Florida may rest assured that Pen- ne original Americans of this part of the country, saoola intends to win the fight. In all of the pyro- have have imbibed American ideals. But it is"the technics and the asservations of Jacksonville, which Inland population of the south that Is truly Amer- Jnsists upon looking at the centennial as a state fair, lean. The small towns, thousands of them, where Pensacola has never lost sight of the fact that this tt foreigner Is almost unknown. And it Is to the Is a world's fafr; that it had its reason for being in south,-with Its American population, that the gov- the history which was made in Pensacola; that the ernment has a right to look for aid in its hour of Idea of the centennial was born in Pensacola; that PrIL the legislature, through special act, has empowered Tho Sons of the American Revolution haVe made Pensacola to sell one million dollars worth of bonds i4 one of their duties to teach the foreign population for the purpose of holding the centennial here; and the tenets of the creed of liberty. But the south that It is hardly probable that the state legislature. after such an act would pass any legislation em powering Jacksonville to bond in order that she might take away what the legislature has already granted. . If Jacksonville holds the centennial In that city she will have to tax the people direct. If she does not tax them direct, but through a special legisla ture asks to sell bonds for a centennial, she is In effect going before the state law-makers and asking them to rescind their former action, empowering Pensacola to bond for a centennial. " , Jacksonville has about as much chance of getting the centenniar as Pensacola has of going over and taking away the Florida State Fair, and Jackson ville's claims are quite as Just. The State Centen nial Purchase Commission , will meet in "Pensacola on Saturday and in Jacksonville on Monday. The fair thing to both cities would be to have the final decision made in Tallahassee on Tuesday. Pensacola has made a fair fight for the big show. The claims that have been made have been backed by substantial proof. Every historic and commercial reason points to this city as the site of the great exposition. Jacksonville is far better situated than Pensacola for a state fair, but for a world's fair there Is absolutely no comparison. , ""The most Important asset to any world's fair that might be held in the United States is its proximity to South American countries, and the arteries of trade of the United States. Pensacola is the nearest port to the rich deposits of Alabama and Tennessee, and the nearest port to the Panama canal in the United States, which means that It is most con veniently located for South American and Oriental exhibits. It is nearer the centre of population than any other city in Florida, which means that it is most conveniently situated to the markets of the trade of the United States. It has a harbor the deepest and widest in the south, and theGulf, Pen aacola and Northern railroad has terminals acknowl- - -x Walt Masons Daily Poem should go farther than. this. Every American born should hold himself morally responsible for the sentiment of the town in which he lives and works, under the folds of the flag that the sons of the south dyed with their blood at the battle of the Marne, at the Argonne Forest and at Chateau Thierry. Every southern man nad woman should not only cherish the flag of bis country, but should see that others so cherish it. ' The men of the south, whose .forefathers gave Cane and Cotton From a Railroad Car. If the sugarcane observed from the windows of a Georgia, Florida and Alabama railroad car is ground and the "'juice made into syrup, that portion of Georgia and Florida will be well supplied with sweets this winter. The writer also observed many fields white with unpicked cotton, although the staple Is quoted at 40 cents per pound. We wereinformed that the farmers could not secure the labor, and the result Is that much cotton will be wasted. Apalachicola Times. Okaloosa Has Been Doing Good Work. The board of county commissioners. In regular session Tuesday, passed a resolution that $100,000 bonds of Special Road' District No. 5 (Commis sioners' District No. 2) be issued. As soon as these bondj are validated they will be sold, or so much thereof as may be needed from time to time, and the work of building 75 to 100 mHs of hard road in the northwestern part of the county, in the Baker neighborhood, will be begun The same course was taken in Road Di3:rict No. . the Old Spanish Trail. These bonis, rceM'tly voted, aggregate $20,000. This amount vill be matched by the United States government, through the state, and the road will be made good and hard to the "Walton county line. Thus it will be seen that Okaloosa county is in for an extensive program of hard road building. While some of our neighboring counties have been talking". Vigorous Okaloosa has been at work. Okaloosa News-JournaL THE CHEERFUL CHERUB mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Im gl-a-d I Vra-ve to work to live. Id rva-te. to re-acK my FiTYo.1 d-fcjy And Kb-ve &. cjullty feelirttf tKerw 1 tiX i ntd never p'&id my wb-y. n.TCMr- 1 TALES TAHRAET TOLD ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL TOUR Joe Johnson and his pals took some of the spirit out of the Jacksonville delegation when he brought in a goat, labeled "Jacksonville. Gerald I haven't anything to oc cupy my mind. Geraldlne Can't you find anything small enough? Is What's His Hen's and What's Hen's Her Own? -Caruso has agreed to sing 11 times In Mexico Cityfor $77,000. The Bos ton Globe xwjmders whether the ban dits will. let him bring that much money out. Perhaps he got his pay in advance and deposited it Mn some New York bank. Or wouldn't it be safe there? Perhaps and this is a happy thought perhaps he was paid in the form of a certified check which his wife discretely placed In her first National bank. Berkshire Eagle. CONTENTED . . There's one who is contented the bard who writes this pome though men around have vented harsh language flecked with foam; I like the work I'm do ing, the errands I'm pursuing, the kind of rags I'm chewing, the wreath upon my dome. I- like the pay Fm drawing It keeps me out of debt though other guys are Jawingr about the wage they get; I like the way I'm dining; I have no. cause for whining; al though my face Is shjning and damp with honest sweat-. I like my little cottage, it's humble, but It'si nice; I lfke my frugal pottage, composed of prunes and rice; I like' the lyre I'm thrumming, I like the book I'm thumbing; 111 have no kick a-coming until Tm placed on ice. I like the Autumn weather, be fore the winter wakes; I like the kind of leather of which they make our steaks; this world is good to stay in. to put up wood and hay in. to work around and play In, and all complaints are fakes. Oh, evils are existing; Tre known it all along; I'm weening and Tm wisting that many things are wrong; but beefing will not cure them, or help me to endure them, and so I Just abjure them, and sing my dippy song. Copyright by George Matthew Adam a. Dippinj the Tick Is the Only Way. , Tho Holmes county cattle owners voluntarily dipped 3,371 cattle during the past month, which was a high record for this county. There were $203,205 cattle dippings In the state. Information has been received from the United States bureau of animal industry officials in Wash ington that the straying of ticky cattle from Flori da Into Alabama hag been a menace to their work, resulting as some of our cattle owners know in the enforcement of a stray law, one which Is pretty ex pensive to stock owners whose cattle drift across the line, carrying cattle ticks. Announcement is made that all of the southern Alabama counties will be released from quarantine on December 1st, at which means that systematic tick eradication work more strictly enforced until there is no more danger of reinfecting their country with cattle fever ticks whish' means that systematic tick eradication work In Holmes county is the only way to remove re striction oh movement of cattle across the line. Jackson county on our east is going out of quar antine this year and practically , the same restric tions will be enforced along that boundary. Boni fay Advertiser. . " . - ' . Whatl No Buttons? Her Mother Was Henry telling the truth .when he said he had all kinds of money? . Young Mrs. Junebride I guess so. I went through his pockets last night and found a telephone slug, a poker chip, a bar check, a plugged quarter and a Chinese coin. Pittsburg Chron icle Telegraph. - At 17 Dollars a Pair. The ..magazine editor who says he is wearing the same pair of shoes he bought 17 years ago is a lucky guy. Most of us find it hard to buy a pair that will last 17 weeks. Springfield union. R. J. Brewton and Frank Carroll slipped the Jacksonville bunchaknock out when they came in a coffin with "Jacksonville Dead" labeled on it. Frank Carroll, in his beaver hat and red neck-tie was a good undertaker for the Jacksonville funeral, and ex cept for the brilliant decorations was sober enough to be one. John Frenkel made a number of hits both with the men and with the ladies, but he has several invitations to visit the State College, presumably to sing for the girls. "Pete" Rollo went down to the state house after dinner at the Leon Hotel and invited all the stenogra phers to the dance at the Elks' Club. "Pete" told every stenog that she was the only one he was inviting. The dance at. the .Elks' Club was a fine affair. The Tallahassee ladies came out in force and made a pleas ant evening of It. The Pensacola dele gation was present In force. and only a few of them came back. They all left the Capital City at four o'clock in the afternoon, not carini, to be guests at the Pensacola balL COOLER IN PENSACOLA .1 The highest temperature recorded yesterday in Pensacola was 80, and the lowest 73. Other cities of the country bavins higher temperatures than Iensaco!a were: Brownsville, 90; Miami, 84; Mobile, 86; Montgomery, 82. New Or leans. 82; Palestine, 84; Phoenix, S4; San Antonio, 82; Shreveport, 62; Tampa, 88. f? a e a H S3 2C " ? '3 " a NEWS OF RECORD. Here! Herell Here!! - The trouble with most of us is that we don't want money for the sake of saving it; we want it to spend De troit Free Press. A Regular War Tank. Down In New York a physician says that a man can get drunk on 25 quarts of water. Buffalo Courier. Odd Items From Everywhere Due to the scarcity of female domes, tic help", C. J. Huber, superintendent of the Federal Employment Bureau, sent yoking men into homes to do work ordinarily - done by women. One ap plicant for a maid agreed to - try a young man ' as a servant. According to latent reports he is making good. The pay for such work ranges from $8 to $15 a week, including room and board. No snake, frog, toad or " Jizard has ever been seen in Newfoundland. Steamer men along the. Maumee river in Ohio say they are having trouble running their boats because of great schools of gold - fish. Paddle wheels of side-wheel steamers, river men say, throw up bushels of the lit tle fish at every revolution. Sun striking on the red gold sides of the fish made persons ashore think one boat .was Von fire and an alarm was turned in to the fire department. A. T. Barkdull and a " Jacksonville booster had a merry party at the Leon Hotel early in the day. The Jackson ville man had been hanging around the lobby without any badge and had been giving misleading directions to Pensacola ladies. He was given both implicit and explicit rules for conduct and left the hotel in a hurry. CoL W. A. Rawls had numerous spirited discussions with Jacksonville delegates and told them where to get off. The Colonel is a strong Pensa cola man and he was accorded en thusiastic support. The Jacksonville delegates left the Leon Hotel shortly before 10 o'clock S Births Reported. To Zi. and Josephine Falzone, a pirl. To George and Grace Brown, a hoy. New Suits Filed Court of Record. Josephine Quiroga, by Edward Staf ford vs. Ventura Quiroga, Divorce, W. I Zachary, attorney for plaintiff. Thelma Staton by Mrs. M. Cofcrr vs. Samuel F. Stanton, divorce, It. V. Reese attorney for plaintiff. Stromberg Electric Company vs. Pensacola Shipbuilding Co. DanwgM. Blount arid Blount and Carter, attor neys for plaintiff. Maggie White vs. Corrlo A. Whita divorce, R. P. Reese, attorney for plaintiff. Hinman Lumber Company vs. J. P. Gilmore, damages. Blount, Blount & Carter, attorneys for the plaintiff. K K Call on The Journal Wants to p hel rou to cut the corners. They V, point out many practical econ- K; ml!) that are well worth whlie. R Make use of The Journal Wantg K In disposing of obselete articles w and In "picking up" things at B special prices. jS There many a splendid bar- K gain unearthed through Journal jfi Wants every -day many a chance xor gainrui transactions for Dotn the buyer and Her. B S BSCS! 1 1 , ; V Him m One year ago today, October 22, 1918, King George declared: Victory I in sight, and we are aU agreed that it mutt be a complete victory." Find another soldier. 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