The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
Miss Bell Writes of Life,
People and Topics at
Tallahassee.
Noted Visitors Were There
Last Week.
RAILROAD COMMISSION IMPOSES
FINE OF $4,000 ON sEAsoARp
AIR LINE AND PUTS NEW
RULES INTO EFFECT.
BY jefferson Bell.

''t BY Jefferson Bell.
Tallahassee, Nov. 3.-"The Faith
once Delivered to the Saints" was the
! theme of beautiful sermon nv
Bishop Weed at st. Johns Epsicopal
church Sunday morning to a large
congregation of Tallahassee church
! people. st. Johns church outwardly
Is one of the show places of Tallahas-
, see. Now it is gorgeous mass of
red and. gold, for the summers rest.
full green to the warmer tints of au-
tumn. Around the churchyard is the
fineSt OF Tallahassee's famed hedges.
and a well-kept flower garden, full of
old fashioned favorites.
On either side of the entrance is a
pyramidal shaft of marble One is
erected to the memory of an Epis.
copal clergyman, drowned near Hat
teras, the other to Mr.. Hardy Bryan
Groom and his family who were lost
in a storm off Cape Hatteras many
years ago Mr.. Groom was an uncle
OF the present Comptroller, Hon. A. c.
Groom, and was the wealthiest man
In the state. The disposition of his
vast property caused law suit
which lasted for twenty years, and is
one OF the most famous cases In the
Florida reports.
The church within is an expression
of the marked characteristics of Tai
lahassee, properly speaking. The
stained glass windows, the carved
oak altar, the lectern, the oaken shelf
where the communion service is kept,
the baptismal font of gray marble,
the pulpit, and almost every piece of
furnishing are memorials. The beau
ttful pulpit of carved oak was placed
in the church last year as a memorial
to the late Mrs William D. BIoxham,
whose death was so greatly deplored
in Tallahassee. On Sunday the altar
was mass of pink roses and above
them rose the branching candelabra,
| polished TO the last degrees. The
font held great armful of crimson
dahlias. DR.. Carter. frail and veneer
able, and Bishop Weed, radiating
goodness, conducted the impressive
service. At night there was a class
confirmed. by the Bishop
Bishop Weeds visits are alwaN a
season of delight to his friends here.
On this visit he was entertained by
Judge and Mrs. Robert Spratt Cock
rell.
Tallahassee Visitors.
The supreme court handed down a
batch of opinions this Weektand heard
oral arguments in a couple of cases
Hon. ". Wade Hampton. of Gaines.
vile. Major st. Clair Abrams and MI.
Julien Hartridse were here to argue
cases. Major Abrams had expected
to make an anti.drainage speech
Tuesday night, but cancelled his en-
gagement on account of urgent bust
ness elsewhere. 49,.
Mr.. Hampton. Mr. H. l.. Grady and
Mr.. John G. Ruge of Apalachicola
and Col. F. f. Twitty. of Brunswick.
| Ga, were members of rartv CT
| friends talking in the Leon /. bbv
! Tuesday. Mr.. Hampton and Col.
Twitty are well known lawyers. Mr.
| Grady is merchant and Mr.. Ruge
operated a big packing plant at Apa-
lachicola and has ideas On child labor
| legislation. All are fine men; sue
cessful men.
Mr. Hampton enjoys the distinction
Of being the only Gainesville man the
Lake City people do not blame for
his part in the removal of the uni
versity.
Il opposed the Buchanan bill Just
as hard as | could" said Mr.. Hamp-
ton, and the Lake City people know
that ! did and they give me credit
for being consistent. OF course after
it was passed | wanted Gainesville to
have all she could get under it,
! The talk drifted along do you
remember the Duke of Dade?' asked
Mr.. Hampton Of Mr.. Grady. 81 think
| his name was Evan. He represented
Dade county in the legislature when
the county only had two or three
/ dozen votes, most of them were the
Office holders. They had things prac
ticaliv their own way down there
then" Mr.. Grady served In the leg.
! islature with the Duke o. Dade-and
| thereby hangs tale of the old days
when the capital started to go to
Monticello-but that is another story,
and will keep for another time.
The Long Agony.
The long agony will be over next
week when the election Is held. nat
urally we are anxious at the capital
over the result and are hoping for
good majority, especially for the
drainage amendment and the amend
ment to increase the salaries of the
judiciary. Whatever the result it
wal be relief to have the matter
settled.
Railroad Commission at Work.
The railroad commission this week
ordered the SeabOard Air Line Rail.
way to pay fine of five hundred
dollars for refusing to perform the
duties of a common carrier in the
matter OF the complaints Of the otter