The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-04

Editor Pensacola Journal:
Sunday November Is was most
lovely day, and, in company with my
grandson Felix Robinson, l attended
Sunday school at Montgomery and
was treated to one of the best Bible
class lectures. ] ever heard. There
must have been more than 100 in the
class and it was indeed a pleasure
to see how nicely every point In the
lesson was handled by that grand old
superintendent, Mr.. Washburn. Al
ter the lesson was over, there was a
hearty Misunderstanding which made me
think of the rold time religion"
The next treat we had was some
OF the finest music ever heard which
was rendered by two violins, piano,
and five singers-two ladies and
three gentlemen. Then we were
treated to a sermon from the text:
Education, or the Souls Answer to
the Worlds Call" DR.. Rice handled
the subject in a manner that proved
beyond doubt that he is a gentleman
fully qualified to hold the position
which he fills. In the afternoon we
took ride to Electric Park and
other places of interest.
On Monday l paid a visit to the
Capitol, and had~-sSe pleasure Of
shaking hands with w. d. Jelks, the
governor of Alabama. He is certain
ly one of the finest looking gentle
men | ever saw and was led to think
that Alabama and Florida for once.
had chosen two of the largest and
hnndcnronef ~, -nOnnofiun
states to be governors at the same
time
Next. l visited the "old Jefferson
Davis home" situated on the corner
of Lee and Bib street. You can not
imagine the reverential awe that
filled my soul as l strolled from room
to room and realized that / was tread
ing on the very same floor where that
noble man once walked. Now
| do not wish to dictate to any one or
to say anything that will cause a
wave of trouble to roll across the
breast of any person in Montgomery
but | do think it is a shame to let
that historic mansion go to ruin with
out an effort to preserve it. Why not
have it repaired and creosoted? The
railroads creosote their piling and
why not use the same process on the
Davis house?
While in the photograph parlors of
Mr. Delany, l made the acquaintance
of Prof. John Proctor Mills, poet, mu-
stefan, and artist. BY special invi-
tation / paid a ' isit to the beautiful
home of Prof. Mills, and proved by
actual test that he Is a master OF
music. l also had the pleasure of
meeting his mother and grandmother
whom I found to be estimable ladies',
In my rounds, got acquainted with
'Docius" Turk and family. Mrs. Turk
is handsome lady and plays finely
on the piano.
Montgomery in 1900 had a popula-
ton of 30.546 and probably has at
this time $4,000 1t has So churches,
200 merchandise stores, banks, 2
light and power plants, a fine cleo
trio car system, 125 saloons. and 3
l'large music houses I want to re-
mark that notwithstanding l was on
the streets of Montgomery Is days,
| failed tC see drunken man, or
hear of one being arrested.
/ accidentally struck up with some
of my cousins that had never heard
of, I met a fine man by the name of
Allen. and while we were trying to
trace our relationship. I remarked
that there are many Aliens but that
| was kin to one family whose name
had never been duplicated: namely
Eiland. well" said Mr.. Allen.
there is a man by the name of
Eiland working for the express com.
pany." That expression put me to
work and never stopped till l found