The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-01

NEWS ANDS VIEWS
FROM STATE PAPERS.
A SIGNIFICANT Honor.
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A Significant Honor.
1t is significant as well as partic-
ularly pleasing to the people of st.
Petersburg that Governor BFoward
mas accepted an invitation to be prec-
ent and deliver the address at the
Washington birthday exercises Of our
school 1t is pleasing that the high
est official of the state and a gentle
man personally held in such high
esteem here should take time from
his many duties at the capital TO
honor US with a visit at this great
distance and il is significant of the
! fame our. splendid schools have
achieved that this occasion should
be deemed worthy Of this especial
recognition by the governor. Mr..
Broward has visited our schools be-
fore, and Governor Broward will find
that their growth and advancement
have been continuous. The governor
will also have a personal knowledge
TO guide him when later the st. Pet
ersburg schools are again subjects for
legislation at Tallahsssee-st. Peters
burg Times.
Forty Cars Of Lettuce.
Palmetto shipped forty carloads of
lettuce last week. Apalachicola coulI
have done as well il the truckers had
planted the lettuce. Lettuce is
profitable crop. and Franklin county
truckers should plant in quantities
sufficient for shipment to up country.
-Apalachicola Times.
Should Subscribe at Once,
Mr.. Roosevelt will be very migrate
full II he doesn't subscribe to The
Commoner while Mr.. Bryan is saying
those nice things about him.-Braden-
town journal.
A Legal TangIe.
A negress of Carrabelle whose hus-
band is recently deceased. applied 10
Judge Patton to be appointed as admin
lstratrix Of her late husbands effects.
Armed with the papers from the
court, she returned 10 Carrabelle to
md that her late husbands effects
were IN the possession of a former
sweetheart of the late husband. The
wife was nonplussed and desperate
and finally she sent the following tele-
gram to Judge Patton: DE odder wo-
man got dem things. What do?"
Judge Patton is now engaged in un-
raveling the tangle.-Apalachic
Times.
Sea Island Cotton.
Seeral years ago Sea Island cotton
babe fair to become a popular proJuc-
ton in Holmes county. but for some
cause. probably the necessity for
gin of particular construction to gin
1t, the cultivation fell off, and from
report of S bales for the county in
1899, it has fallen to only 6 bales in
1908, the last census report of cotton :
available. In 1902 only two bales of Sea
Island cotton was reported for Holmes ,
county
In 1908 the total number of bales
OF cotton reported for this county was
LOSS commercial bales, of which G
was Sea Island.
jackson county is the banner cotton |
county for the state. producing in 1909 /
1917 bales, of which ASS was Sea Is. !
land. The production of Sea Island /
IN Jackson maintains about an aver /
age the last five years.-Westville AID.
yocate and Advertiser. !
Stores All Occupied.
We had an inquiry from Mr.. Sam.
OF Pensacola, this week. who wants a
store in which to do business here.
Mr. Capitalist, here is where YOU lose
out again. We had to tell Mr.. Sam
that there was not a vacant store in
the city to be had. or at least within
our knowledge. Keep your eve omen.
Mr.. Sapp, there is talk of the erection
Of some new stores here in the near
futude and don't froget that Mariana
Is a town in which much business is
done. A good town with good country
TO back it up.-Marianna Times Con-
rier.