The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-03
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nal, which We have always considered
to D. possessed Of good Judgment. But
now that The Journal is beginning TO
believe" we hope in a short time to
strengthen that belief 1t would not
be hard to make the fact apparent to
man Of good judgment. if he would
only come here and see for himself.
There has been a steady growth in
Gainesville for over two years that aas
almost bordered on TO a BOOM and
still the good work goes merrily on.
Every man who wants work can find If
here, and We feel sure that it Is "one
Of the best towns in the state. -
Gainesville Sun.
In a Hurry
Fresh oysters are now being served
n Pensacola restaurants In a hurry
Jacksonville Metropolis.
Pensacola Will Try It.
Pensacola will now try Jim Crow
car. When the legislature hands
law. When the legislature hands
obligatory. In Jacksonville only a
little patience is needed and all I'M
pleasant features wipe themselves off.
the book. 1t is not so that laws make
themselves respected and respectable.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
"In the SWIM"
tSensacOla will have a SOCIETY. paper.
Il will be nameN In the SWIM" and
be published Is weeks, or during the
social season, and after that time it'll
will be in the soup Gainesville Sun
Will Do the Work.
Pensacola's council has passed a
Jim Grow" street car law. and the
people over there are of the opinion
that it viii do the work.-Madison
New Enterprise.
Uncle RUSS Penchant.
The Pensacola Journal says that
Russell Sage took a holiday" on his
recent birthday. The old man will take
everything that isn't chained down.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
viii Now Hold On TO II.
The esteemed Pensacola Journal /
says that "the Jacksonville baseball !
team has at last won a game The /
fans of that city should Immediately /
proceed to invest their spare change /
Il sl1yrockets, etc, and hold a cele-
bration" Don't have to. We will /
continue TO just hold our own-Jack- |
sOnville Times-UniOn.
Vigilent Health Officers.
1t is well enough to keep an eye on /
the yellow fever situation, ana the
pTOmptness with which the fellow /
Dickens was arrested at Pensacola for 1
trying to dodge the quarantine at
FlOmatOn, is evidence that the officers
are attentive TO their business. The 1
task is a difficult one, but DR.. Porter /
and his men deserve the praise of the
people of florida for their earnest en-
deavOrs.-Gainesville Sun.
Lawyers Won't Help.
Mayor Bliss of Pensacola, is unde-
cided as to the consdtutionality of
the new Jim Crow street car law
passed by the city council of that mu-
and the lawyers don't seem
Inclined to help him out.-Gainesville
sun.
The Cocaine Traffic.
Pensacola has a very severe Ordi-
nance forbidding under heavy penal
ties the indiscriminate traffic in CO.
oaine that has prevailed for several
years, and two prominent druggists
have been under arrest for violating
It's provisions
There should be a state law on the
subject, not only in Florida but on
every other Southern state. In Geor-
sia, the negro population IS becoming
lopelessly injected with the cocaine
habit, the result being a rapid in
3rease in crime and insanity, and the
evil promises to become as dangerous
n Florida.
It is said that the northern manu-
lecturers Of the drug are sending
secret agents to introduce it and en-
courage the habit among southern ne
,rOes, and where these agents cannot
make sales they give the stun away I
Ii order to establish a demand for it.
Whether this is true or not, the