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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
Change Course of
Palafox Street Car Line,

Now that money from the bond is
sue viii soon be available for street
paving purposes and the long looked
Tor street Improvements can be com
menced, there is one feature of con
siderable importance in this connec
ton which viii have to be taken III
and settled before the street paving
fs laid If 1t is settled at all.
We refer 10 the proposition. ure
Tiously mentioned in The Journal. Il
change the course Of the Palafox
street car tracks between Garden and
Wright streets, from the plot in the
center OF the thoroughfare to the
sides OF the street where they should
have been laid in the first place.
When Paiafox street was laid out
as it now exists, It was evidently the
intention 10 have all traffic and travel
take their course along the respective
sides Of the street. ana the center TO
be reserved as a park and a place OF
rest. recreation, and pleasure. This
view Of it is sustained by the fact
that driEeways were laid out and grad
ed on each side Of this center plot.
and the latter would probably never
have been used for any other purpose
than that originally intended had It
not been that the street car company
appropriated it 70 its own use when
che first car track was laid.
As the situation now exists. the
street car company has a. franchise
permitting it to use that portion of the
street and can and probably will con-
t1nue 70 use it if some inducement is
not held out by The city to secure the
desired change. Whatever reasonable
tnducement may be necessary. the
Eity should make, for the car tracks
y changed at all. will have to be
ehanged before the street paving is
commenced.
With this center portion reserved
and improved as a public park. con-
Banning trees, flowers. fountains seats
walks, and other accessories Of such
places, that part of Palafox street
can be made with little expense one
81 the most beautiful streets in the
world. This part of the town is one
which viii first attract the eye Of a,
visitor and with the change and i'm
prOVement which We have suggested
Nc win leave favorable and lasting
Impression on everyone who sees it /
The Journal hopes that the city
council viii take this matter up at
once. The people want that part of
the street, the street car company
does not need it, and the change
Rhpuld be made.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
Another Popular Idol
Has Fallen.

AS the scales fall from their eyes. it
Is gradually beginning to dawn on the
American people that the idol they
have built up in the person of Dis.
trict Attorney Jerome Of New York is.
sitter ALL modelled from nothing but
Ehe same clay Of which they them
selves are a part
Il appears from all that can be
gathered that District Attorney
jerome is not the bold, aggressive,
impartial champion Of right and enemy
Of error which newspaper stage paint
and the glamor Of Official foot lights
have made him appear.
For with all that has been said
about his great deeds, with all that he
himself has said and threatened,
with an inexhaustibIe supply OF evil
or every hand from which 10 choose
victims for his prowess-with all
hese thiugs-when it IS simmered
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
A Pupil of Prof. Allen
Over Fifty Years Ago


Editor Pensacola Journal:
1 read with pleasure in your last
Sundays issue a biographical sketch
and gazed upon the familiar features
of my old friend, and schoolmaster. L
Z. Allen must say / like your
policy in giving a man his Just need
Of praise while he is alive, and can
appreciate it, and not withhold it UNI
til after he is dead. One glance at that
aged cOuntenance and memory rushes
back to the days of "Auld lang syne. -
My father removed from this very
town of Bagdad, to Milton in the year
Of 1854, and two years later, l a boy
of six, together with my sisters, who
were older than ], were attending a
school taught by Mr.. Allen. How
well DO l recall every room in that
Old house. And all the nearby land
scape. 1t seems TO me as if / could
point out the very spot where each
shade tree stood.
A half hundred years ago? In
credible! 1t seems to me twas last
year. 1 was in Milton one day last
week and there I met two or three old
- uy -DOdA uos uOOhDlg JUG AuIOS, hlui
Whitmire, Bud Jernigan and others
who were playmates at that very
school. And can recall others, to-
wit: Lige Hinote. Jack Adams, Old
uncle Jim Cobb, (as he Is now called
and his brother Hugh, Frank Harri-
son and I, who are yet on this side of
the Great Divide" Heigh-ho tits
enough to make one feel ancient, just
to remember those things. Alas!
Time and tide waits for none of us.
Many who attended Mr.. Aliens school
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18

I then are scattered to many parts Of
the world. Some have become noted
in various paths of life; some have
gone on that long Journey" from
which no traveller ever returns
Whilst I, (now an aged and confirmed
crlpple) am shelved and forgotten by
many; waiting. only waiting, to see
what the future has yet to disclose;
and my Masters command to LAY
down the shovel ana the hoe"
Looking backward through life
very few will contradict me
when / say that our school-boy DAYS
are the only really happy ones. We
are then free from care and RESPONSE.
bility, which can not be said of any
other subsequent period.
One reason Of Mr.. aAllen's success
as a teacher is this: he never spares
praise when it is due. And he has
the happy faculty of making one Of
his pupils feel that the President, y
and a few other men of note might
have been as smart as he, but no
smarter. And then at our games Mr.
Allen was ever "one of the boys
None could ever play marbles better
S4AS'A Nc VI a. CO"h-Oe4As n ne tOVA
no active part he never failed to UNI.
pire the game, and all were well
pleased to have him settle any 6Isput-
ed point. No wonder we loved him
then, and reverence him now.
Wishing the grand old man may
live to see his latest grand-child trip
the light fantastic toe to the sound OF
his merry fiddle, subscribe myself,
yours truly,
d. w. WENTWORTH.
Bagdad, Fla, Feb. 1906.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18

would probably aggregate a larger
revenue 10 the government than is
received from the present money or
der system.
This system would, aside from be
ing a cheap and convenient means OF
sending money through the mails, re
suit in the cancellation and retirement
of all of the dirty paper currency
which now circulates and the issuance
of bright new bills in its place
The general public wants the Post
Check system and it will feel gratified
if the attempt to expel Senator Plat
from the senate shall prove success
full.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
Said of Pensacola
and PenSaCOianS
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Florida is on the highway Of pros
Perity, and the rapidity with which it
IS progressing is astonishing its neigh.
boring states.-Fort Pierce News.
A Sweet Smelling Morsel.
Pensacola is to have a fish sau-
sage" factory in the near future. We
imagine such a preparation will be a
sweet smelling morsel.-Blountstown
Democrat
Gypsy Band Routed.
The bands of. gypsies camped at
Pensacola have been routed. with the
warning never to return there again
What good on earth such people are
Is hard to conceive. They are more
Of nuisance than anything else
Jacksonville Metropolis.
Hon. 7. A. Jennings.
Rumor has it that Hon. T. A. Jan-
ningS, one of the brainy and wealthy
citizens of Pensacola, will be a can.
didate for gubernatorial honors two
years hence. From all indications the
1908 campaign will equal in interest
and excitement that of 1904.-Palatka
Times Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
The Post Check Currency
| system

The petition asking for the expul-
! sion Of Senator Thos. c. Plat. which
was laid before the senate last Mon
day. and. referred to the committee on
privileges and elections, will bring
into prominence the efforts now
pending to secure what is known as
the Post Check system for sending
money through the mails. -.
The petition asking for the expul-
sion of Senator Plat alleges that
Platt should be deprived of his seat
because as president of the United
States Express Company he is an Off
Ger of a combination or trust consist
ing of ell the principal express COM
panies Of the country, who cooperate
to keep rates up and thus restrict
and hinder trade and commerce, in
violation of the Sherman antitrust
law. The petition is supported by
afidavits to the effect that Mr.. Plat
in the course Of an interview, an
nounced that he would fight the Post
Check bill because Post Checks would
tend to lessen his express company's
money order business, and that he
would oppose any other measure that
seemed against the interest Of the
express companies, as what affected
one affected all"
Knowing him as it has come to-
know him during the past year orr
two. the public will not be surprised
that Senator Plat should oppose any
thing which might prove detrimental
10 the special interests which hireI
him to represent them in the senate.
and it only remains to be seen
whether or not those special interests
can control a majority of that body. |
The Post Check currency system is
intenOled 10 provide a means if send
ing money through the mails which
is simple, safe, and CONVENIENT and
which is cheaper than a bank draft or
an express order.
It is proposed by this system to re-
print all S1OO. $500 and $500 Treas
ury notes, coin or silver certificates
now in circulation and have the faces
Of the new bills provided with blank
lines on which to write the name and
address of the person or firm to whom
the remittance is sent.
This would be the ordinary money
Of the day. Then when one wishes
to send money by mail, say $500 he
takes such a bill from his pocketbOok.
writes on its face the name of the
person or firm 10 whom it is to go,
the city and state, ana afixes a two
cent stamp in a square Indicated
(one7csnt stamp for fractional bills)
the stamp with his initials
and date, and signs his name on back.
The bill. which previously was nego-
liable money, is Instantly transformed
INTO a personal check on the L. S.
government for $500, as safe for
transmission as any bank check This
s enclosed in a letter to the person
Dr. firm desired and can be collected
ly the receiver upon naturalization
It the poSt-ofice named.
The tiresome and time consuming
rip to the postoh6ce TO secure a I
money order is avoided and a conven-
ent. safe, and instantly available
rom of safe money is supplied with
which the public can transact mail |
BUSINESS which now aggregates in
mall sums upwards of two billion )
Ioliars a year. The small fee charged !
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
Facts About
Advertising.

If you have never been a careful
reader of ads. to form the habit now
is equivalent to a small increase OF
salary.
Whether weather is pleasant "out-
side" makes little difference to the
miner. And the days bargains and
buying chances make little difference
to those who do not read the ads.
Something saved, on six purchases
out of ten-that is possible to the ad.
reading householder; enough saved,
perhaps, to purchase the something
else" so much wanted.
The merchant pays you for your
time when you read his ad. He is I'M
der every obligation to see that your
time is not wasted. Unless, in effect,
he could always do this, through spe,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
Hon. T. A. Jennings.
Beginning to Simmer.

non. J. w. KehOe will be a eandi.
date for Congress to succeed Mr.
Lamar in the Third District While
early yet it is noticeable that the DO.
litical pot is beginning to simmer in
other parts of the State-LeesbUrg
Commercial.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
BEGINNING to Simmer.

Hon. J. w. Kehoe, will be candidate
for Congress to-succeed Mr.. Lamar in
the Third District. While early yet il
Is noticeable that the political pot is
beginning to simmer in other portions
of the state.-I.eesbuTg Commercial.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18

8. Writing for a journal of their own
! * an excellent exercise in compost
( ton, and seeing their writings in print
\ il calculated to give the pupils ideas
/ they might never gain elsewhere
Jacksonville, Times,Union.
Fun and Frolic Will Reign.
Pensacola is making elaborate
preparations for her coming Mardl
Gras festivities Fun and frolic will
reign supreme in that city on the
great occasion and the people Of the
state should visit the deep water
city and have real good time once
Tampa Herald.
A Sensible Move.
Young Marzoni. the Pensacola nav
a, cadet who was recently dismissed
from Annapolis for hazing. DIDN'T 60
back home and waste any time posing
as martyr or staggering as a hero,
He started in to get job and he got
tia good one in New York City in
the employ Of big steel construction
comparative Oak Democrat.
Generally Make Good.
Int GcnoaSOld OhIulNdl AbSOCldJlOu
promises the best Mardi Gras cele-
bration ever before seen in Pensacola.
Those Pensacola fellows generally
make good all they say, so we MAJ
sure look Tor good turn Out-Milton
Index.
Pensacola Diaries.
Pensacola is trying to move her
aairiss outside the corporation line.
and the dairy people don't like it a
little bit. Milk has gone UP twenty
cents a gallon. Those dairy people
don't want to get too far from the
water supply.-Milton Index.
Clean Up Now.
The Pensacola Journal very properly
SAYS in regard to that city that If it
is going to be in proper sanitary con
diton for the advent Of warm weather,
Sonne extensive cleaning up will have
TO Be done. and that this is imperative
and the time to do It is now Delay
in this respect Is dangerous to our
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
The Hioh sohnoI ECHO.

Wednesdays issue of the Pensacola
Journal gave a part Of its second page
to The High School Echo, edited BIZ
pupils of the Pensacola High School.
L bore the date of the previous Sun.
day, and the folio number, Vol. 1 No.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
La Isl sausaae PIant.

Fish sausage will soon be a Pensa'
cola product, as a plant will soon be
installed for such manufacture in that
city. The process IS a secret, but the
promoters claim that the food is a
delicacy, and will rapidly find public
fayor.-St. Augustine Meteor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
Ask Il. H. Rogers.

The Pensacola Journal, in hea0-
line asks What are We coming tor
The Herald gives It up and refers The
Journal 10 Rogers. He evidently
knows many things, for he won't tell
anything.-Tampa Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
New Union Depot.

Pensacola is 70 have new union
depot. and we are living in hopes that
our various railroad companies will
before a great while be sufficiently
proud of Live Oak and realize her de-
serts strongly enough to build new
one here.-Live Oak Democrat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
The -Four Leaders.

Jacksonville. Tampa Pensacola and
Miami are destined to become four OF
the finest cities in the south. Each
will be deep water harbors, with
ocean traffic and the developments
have been almost startling In the
past few years. The whole state of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
An Epicurean Dellcscy.

Pensacola announces fish sausage
as the latest epicurean delicacy. The
contents are being kept a scret in this,
as we'll as the other kind.-Tampa
Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
During Mardi Gras.

The mayor of Pensacola promises to
allow the young people to enjoy them
selves and annoy others with confetti
during the Mardi Gras festivities
Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
Doing Valiant Work.

Hon. J. Ed. O'Brien. of Pensacola, /:
doing valiant work in Washington fol
the pilots of the country It is his Gus
tom to have 'pilOted" TO destruction
all bills unfavorable 10 their interest
.-Palatl1a Times-Herald
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18


cial Drice;inducements and bargain
news, he would have to stop advertis'
ing-it. wouldn't pay MIN.
Store-news' comes nearer home
to us than most other kinds of news
foreshadows, in a manner what we
shall wear presently, and eat; and
what new thing will soon be found in
the house.
To people "who live in the world"
the practice of reading ads. and shop
ping afterwards is the simplest pru-
dence.
Thrift is not the only motive of
the advertisement reader-for there is
useful knowledge to be gotten from
the ads, and glimpses Of PERSONAL
ties and ideals-a general broadening
of outlook.
Prudent people are coming, more
and more. to confne their purchases
TO advertised things-and this is pos
sible most of the time, and profitable
always.
Advertising space is costly, and
the merchant whose message to you
is important enough to fill lot Of It'll
has earned your consideration.
In the ads today there are prob
ably several offers Of the article which
heads your shopping list-and of
every article on the list, making your
task simple.
Shoppers headache" is prevented |
by reading the ads. before you go
shOnnino
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
Reports not Complete.

Accordingly to a recent story 40
years ago citizen Of Pensacola lost d
silver watch in the gulf Recently a
captured shark was opened at Pensa-
cola and the watch was found in the
sharks stomach. Reports fail to say
il the watch was still running.-Apa-
lachicola Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18
All Treated Alike.

The Pensacola officer ares not ex-
empt from arrest for disorderly con-
duct by policemen, as was demonstrate
ed there Saturday last. That is the
kind of law that should prevail every
where-all treated alike.-JacksOn-
vile Metropolis
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18

western city and other sections of the
state Do it now is the thing Jack
sonville Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18

PENSACOLA, FLoRIDA SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 49, 1906
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-18

meet the increasing demand for good printing Trust
with your work and you will not regret it. Our phone number
181, number "a West Government street. and
whether you resident not your work will be given
our best attention and DELIVERED WHEN PROMISED
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-01-11
Shipping Birds in Coffin.

Since stringent laws prohibiting
shipment Of quail TO parties outside
the State went into effect dealers
have resorted to many schemes to
dispose of the birds purchased on
the various local markets, and good
story in connection Herewith comes
from Greensboro, wherein the little
dog Of Game Warden Weatheriy cuts
considerable ice. Last week while
the warden was examining the con-
tents Of an express car at the depot
in Greensboro the dog insisted that
. coffin in the car contained birds.
The coffin case was properly marked
to party in New York and had the
usual death certificate On it, but upon
opening the case coffin was found,
and instead of a corpse about three
thousand quail was the CHASTITY sight
that was exposed to view. The coffin
and contents were seized in accord
ance with the game law, and a burial
outfit can now be secured at bar
gain by applying to Warden Wealth
erly.-MouEt Airy Leader.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-01-11
A Shocking State OF A fairs.

The startling report comes from
Raleigh that, according to the an.
nual report of the State Board OF
Charities, "there are twenty county
convict camps in North Carolina in
which the white and black prisoners
are confined in the same room and
sleep in the same apartments" and
that 'the blacks and whites are
chained together" This is indeed
"white supremacy" with ven
geance, and taking this in connec.
ton with the INDECENT insane all
over the State who are not provided
for, we have about as bad a state OF
affairs as could be we'll imagined
among civilized people. One won
ders what is being done with the
peoples tax money. Further par
ticulars of this report will be given
in next weeks issue.-Union Re
publican.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-01-11
a GRIM TRAGEDY

is daily enact. d, in thousands Of
homes, as Death claims, in each one,
another victim Of Consumption or
Pneumonia. But when Coughs and
Colds are properly treated, the trsg-
edy is averted. T. G. IIuntley, Of
Oaklandon, Ind writes "My wife
had the consumption, and three doe
tors gave her up. Finally she took
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, which
cured her, and today she is " ell and
strong" 1t kills the germs Of all
diseases. One dose relieves Guar
anteed at SOC and 500 by all IL.
gists. Trial bottle free.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-01-11
The Liquor Law.

The amendment to the Watts law.
known as the Ward bill, went into
effect the first of the year, 1905, and
as result the distilleries at Shore,
Advance, and Williams have been
closed down. In the meantime re-
ports have it that blockade distille.
ries are popping up over the country
and are making the juice just the
same, and we scarcely hear any dis.
turbsnce of them by the sheriffs,
except every now and then Re-
publican sheriff gets il behind one,
1t yet remains 10 be seen what will
be the ultimate result of the stem
perance legislation" in this State
Unless the State authorities enforce
the law they had better take 1t of
the statute books.-Union Republi
can.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-01-11
It Was Only q Joke.

A certain old darkey made habit
Of going out to tree which grew
near his cabin and praying half an
hour each day. One day, near the
end Of his supplication, boy who
was not far Off, heard him say, ooh,
Lawd, if dis POI sinner done inny
thing wrong jes drap big rock on
his haid."
IF he prays that same thing to
morrow his prayer will be an
swered," said the boy to himself as
he walked away.
The next day he climbed to the
top Of the tree, taking a fifteen
pound rock with him. AT the usual
time the darkey came forward, and
after praying for some time, said, as
before, ooh, Lawd, ef dis POI sin
ner done anything wrong jes dral
q big rock on his bald"
The boy Immediately let go the
rock, which, In falling, struck the
pious old man on thu head AMI sent
him sprawling in the dirt. Leapine
to his feet, the excited black shouted
at the top Of his voice, "Ob, Lawd
can't yer take 8 joker"
THAT'S just it," said the boy
''too many people are just joking
when they pray."-Selected.