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The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-09
Hon. W. II. BrittOn, EIOrala'S Most
Optimistic Citizen, a Firm
Believer i'm the City
and Section.

tory hold good with reference to the
products of the farm.
Furniture Factory.
"One industry that would do excep
tionally well in. Florala is a furniture
factory, especially one manufacturing
the low and medium grades of furni-
ture The supply of raw material for
such an industry is practically mex
haustable. timber of almost every des-
cription necessary to the uses OF such
a plant being available in the imme-
diate vicinity. The facilities for
shipping the product are as good as
can be found anywhere, and there is
o large field, within a comparative
short distance where the entire out
put of a large factory could be dis
posed of.
1T is an actual fact that freight on
furniture from manufactures in other
states 10 Forala, and points equally
distant from them, costs as much as
the furniture does to manufacture. A
large proportion of the low and me
dunn grades of furniture that IS used
in this section comes from factory
at High Point N. c. and it costs as
lliuCn 10 get II mere dS tJIle lul uiIui =
could be made for. This. is a condl-
ton of affairs that should appeal dl-
rectly to the pocketbook of the man
ufacturer and will undoubtedly re-
suit, ultimately, in the establishment
OF factory here that will be able 10
supply the demands of not only Flora
la and vicinity but a large section OF
territory contiguous thereto. | ven
trre to say that the trade of Pensacola
and many other gulf coast cities
could, be supplied from this point.
sash and Blind Factory.
wouldn't a large sash, blind and
door factory do well here?" queried
the reporter.
Not the least doubt of it." replied
Mr. Brstton. ut is not only Florala
that is booming, but the entire coun,
try As well. The immense amount of
building. that Is going on, both here
and in the section of which Floral
is the center, is sufficient to keep a.
sash. blind and door factory running
overtime, and the beauty of it is
building operations are on the in
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-09

would be a ready market at good
prices.
Brick Yards.
Three years ago the first brick
house In Florala was built and since
that time the use of brick has steadi
ly and rapidly increased Flcrala al
'eady has brick manufacturing &
)'ant, but there is plenty of room for
mother, as a large amount of the
brick now used is shipped In from
Hher points. There is an abundant
supply OF the finest clay and a
'OricK yard >2m be operated at
as low figure as anywhere
else. The people who are To-
eating in Fqorala are of a class that
can be relied upon to make their per
homes here, and many o.;
these people erect substantial rest
dences. Doubtless brick would be
ueed to a much larger event if local
plants were equal to all requirements.
Will Be a Big City.
"Mr. Britton,' said The Journal
roam, with all of the advantages pos
sessed by Flonala. you ought to have
q big city here, and at no distant
dar"
~F1orala Is going to be a big city
one OIL these days. said Mr.. Brit
ton, land that day is not very far
distant. It's location is such that it
Is bound to be In the near future.
F1ofaa's location cannot be excelled;
the health conditions are all that could
be desired; its people are thrifty and
and there is not even
straw in the way of progress and pros
perity."
Syrup and Sugar.
'wouldnx Forala be an ideal loca,
ton 3or syrup or sugar factory Mr..
Britton?"
1t Is conceded that this country
can produce as fine sugar cane as is
grown anywhere and while the indus
try has not been developed to any ex-
tent, 1t offers great opportunities both
For the cane grower and the manufac C.
turer believe this country will pro-
duce as fine sugar cane as Is grown IN
Louisiana and if a sugar Or syrup fac
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-09

February, 1904, and held that office
continuously until January l, 1906
when the Office was abolished. Find
ing the city government in very un'
stable state he at once took steps to
build up q systematic form Of munich
pal government and his work has beer
a complete success. He injected many
new ideas into the various depart
nents which have been OF great bene-
Il to the community.
Mr.. Monroe has probably the best
practice of any of the young lawyers
II Covington county, being the attor
ney for the Bank of Florala and a
large number of the big business
firms Of the town and also having
numbers of clients in West Florida
end other states. He was leading
council in the famous Hammond
murder case which was recently re
versed by the Supreme Court of Ala
bama
Mr.. Monroe is lawyer in the strict
est sense of the term. He prepares
his cases thoroughly before he enters
the court room and his clients have
confidence in his judgment. He is
a brilliant orator. his de
livery being easy and his arguments
and he is often called on
to deliHed public addresses. D.
Mr.. Monroe's hobby Is education
and he shows his appreciation OF II
by presenting, annually, gold medals
10 successful pupils in the town school
He does not believe in mixing law
and politics and his one ambition is to
become a great lawyer. and although
,nly 81 years of age, he is fast fors-
ing to the front
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-09

standpoint He is chairman of the
board Of stewards of the Methodist
church and is also superintendent of
the Methodist Sunday school. He has
an interesting family, the members of
whom are prominent in Florala so.
ciety.
Mr. Bailey is in no sense of the word
a politician, but is an ardent booster
Of Fiorala's unekcelled advantages
along commercial and industrial lines
He Is always found in the front ranks
when call is made for volunteers to
work in any capacity for the interests
of the town and, as its mayor, would
undoubtedly be instrumental in fore
ing it a long way toward the goal for
which all Florala citizens are aiming.
|. e., to make Florala the metropolis
OF south Alabama and the center of
great manufacturing and Industrial
activity.
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-09
FLORALA THE COMING METROPOLIS OF SOUTH ALABAMA
HAS GREAT CONFIDENCE
IN FUTURE OF FIORALA

crease. The lands are being settled
and, OF course every man who settles
in this vicinity has to build house
Not only that, but the fact that raw
material can be secured for such a
factory in unlimited quantities and at
a low figure would, in my estimation,
place plant Of that description, To-
Gated in Florala, in position to colu
pete for trade in sections that cannot
he strictly termed tributary to this
city.
Machine Shop and Foundry.
"a machine shop and foundry will
be in operation here within a shor.
time and. while it will be in position
tc take care of the local trade, there
IS good field for industries of this
character. The large number of mills
turpentine plants and other industries
requiring work at a foundry Or ma
chine shop would make an institu
ton OF that character, pay a good
dividend upon the investment. A
plant of this description could also
manufacture plow points and light
farm machinery, for which there
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-09

10 man in Florala is better quail.
.ed 10 talk about the future of Flora
or the vast advantages and opportu-
lilies offered prospective settlers and
tyestors in that vicinity than Hon.
e H. Br.iton who is Florala
rbcomer" from the word go. Mr.
Rrtion is president OF the Britton
Tunber Company, one Of the largest
concerns of It's kind in the south;
| preslCnt Of The Lake Jackson Hotel
Co., owner and proprietor of The
Bank of Florala, a financial institu-
ion OF the first order: one Of the
owners Of the new opera house. and
Is connected, either directly or indi.
rectiy with every movement tending
70 advance the interests of Florala.
Pc 1Onally he is one of the most gen.
al and democratic gentleman whom
T. has ever been the writer's good for
r1e 10 meet, and that the citizens of
F,0rala appreciate his worth and ably
second his efforts to bring Florala
and the surrounding country to the
front goes without saying. Mr.. Brit
'on Was rounded up" by the inquisi-
tYe Journal representative on the
SPACIOUS veranda of the Colonial and
cueTicd at considerable length rela.
tive 10 his ideas of the future of Flo
rala and the opportunities it offered
10 investors and prospective settlers
!he interview in substance. although
rot absolutely word Tor word, is as
iOll1ws:
Mr. Brltton's Statement.
THE city of F1orala has a great
future" said Mr.. Britton, both as
a manufacturing center and as the
central point of one of the most mag.
Z ficent agricultural and stock rals.
Ing sections in the entire south. In
dustrial and commercial effort is bound
% be successful, by reason Of theafact
that this section furnishes ample raw
material OF nearly every description
for the manufacturer, the shipping
facilities TO good markets are uhex
celled, freight rates are low and the
supply Of labor is abundant. From an
agricultural standpoint tho country in
the vicinity of Florala cannot be ex-
celled and the argument relative 10
a market for the products Of the fac I
The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-09
ONE OFFLORALA'S
LEADING LAWYERS

Hon. VIM. c. Monroe is a represen-
ative type Of the younger element of
Florala business men. In the fall of
1903 he decided to open a law office at
FlOrala, where he Immediately became
identified with every project for the
development of the new town.
He was elected city attorney in
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
A Wonderful River.

World Work says; The world is less
familiar with the Snake river of Idaho
than with any other river of import
ance in the United States, and yet it is
our seventh largest riyer-more than
1000 miles long. II i one OF the most
wonderful and impressive waterways
in the world The few who have tried
to follow its winding course through
wild and forbidding extents of lava
plateaus, do not wonder that 20 little
Is known OF it, for no railroads tray-
erse the lifeless desert that borders it
and no bat, for hundreds of miles at
stretch dare ply its waters. 1t is
nayigable for only 100 miles from it's
junction with the Columbia TO the
Idaho boundary and in several Isolated
sections of its course it flows through
old and magnificent canyons OF its
own making, through desolate and
awful wastes. the result of vomiting
craters and of commissions of the
earth, aI
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
HUNDRED DOLLARS
| Bequeathed to Editor Who Took Ex
| ception to Dickens Muck Rake
Article on Cairo.

A mans last will and testament
Outlines tells its own story of the
eccentric and peculiar nature of its
composer. One of the most eccentric
clauses ever seen in will hereabouts
was recently resurrected from a pile
of old papers at the court house. 1t
was the willof an old gentleman. He
had read The works of Dickens. He
had also read American Notes" He
was a staunch Cairoite. He died.
But an humble editor of local sheet
had also read American Notes, aud
he was not forgotten in the old gen.
tleman's will. The editor had warmly
resented, in words of glowing fire,
through the columns of his paper, the
manner in which Charles Dickens had
berated the ''mud-hole" and expressed
his disregard for Cairo's great and
glorious future, and when the will was
opened there was found clause, a
clause which provided that the sum
of one hundred dollars be presented
to the humble editor, who took except.
ion to Dickens fame.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
WILLARD A KICKER
Wants Cairo & Thebes Railroad to
Come Out OF the Swamp and Go
After Business.

The East Willard correspondent of
the Thebes Star gives some strong
reasons why the Cairo & Thebes rail
road should not go through the
swamps as seems now intended. He
says:
"The Cairo G. Thebes railroad seems
to be In utter darkness, but perhaps
they will see the error OF their way
before they choose their right-ofway
through the county. II seems now that
they are bearing north through the
swamps of Lake creek. That route
would be no benefit to the farmers of
Willard We have the finest land,
which produces more than $50 cars of
wheat and corn each year. and aal this
goes by river to Cairo and st. Louis
The fruit and vegetable growers ship
annually over the c. & f. |. and |. c.
over forty cars. 1t seems that any
railroad would consider this quite an
item and would surely decide to run
through Willard and tap the finest
farming country in the state instead
of going through the swamps. 1t is
cheaper to pay 500 per acre through
our country than TO get the swamp
land for nothing. However, we will
wait and see what they will do. We
need the road badly and we believe
will open their eyes and come out OF
the swamps of darkness into the land
of milk and honey"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
Big Passenger Steamers.

The Scientific American says:
Among the advantages claimed for
the increasing popular passenger ship
of large size and moderate speed
should be mentioned the fact that
many of them are shoying in regular
service a rate of speed which Is fully
as high as that which they maintained
on their trials in smooth water. More.
over, because of their great weight
and momentum and moderate speed,
they are not so greatly affected by adj
verse weather conditions as the faster
ships, and their coming and going is
marked by geat regularity and a close
adherence to the sailing schedule "
a twenty-three knot ship runs into a
heavy head sea it must make a much
greater reduction in its speed than is
necessary in a vessel Of say fifteen to
seventeen knots speed; and, conse-
quently. it will be more liable to miss
a tide and suffer a nights detention,
say at Quarantine, New York, than a
ship of the slower type. As showing
how the big vessels of the informed ar
type are running well up to their trial
speeds. we may take The case Of the
Amrika. which in a recent passage
from Cherbotfrg TO Sandy Hook Of
3,li0 miles. maintained an average
speed Of 1871 miles an hour. while
on its preceding easterly passage t
covered a distance of BOSS miles IN
seven days six hours and twentyfour
minutes. which works out an average
speed of 177l miles an hour. The
high speed liner. however. is not in
any danger OF being forced out of the
field by it, slower sisters. as witness
the fact hat the North German Lloyd
has MISREPRESENTATION a twin ship to
the twenty-three an done half knot
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. and that
the Cunard Company will shortly put
a pair Of tweniyfour and one half to
twenty-five knot vessels in service. So
rapid is the increase in the number Of
those who can afford 10 pay the high
est rates for Atlantic travel and 50
great is the demand for radid transit
on the part IF those to whom time Is
an object that We look Ia see admitted
number Of twenty five knot vessels
built from tine 70 time for the At
lantic service. The majority Of the
transatlantic liners Of the future. how
ever will undoubtedly be Of the Amer
ika and Baltic type. for not only are
these the ships upon which the com
panies depend for he greater part OF
their revenues. but because Of their
absence Of vibration and
the more lengthy sea trip which they
aford. theyiare becoming increasingly
popular witt the travelling public"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
DIED OF INJURIES
Joseph c, peval Succumbs to Shot
Gun Wounds Received at UIlin
EfiifgF Saturday.

Joseph c. Devall, who was wounded
in a tragedy at Ullin, Saturday morn.
ing and brought to Cairo for treatment
died yesterday afternoon. shortly after
| o'clock as a result of his injuries
Coroner McManus went to Ullin yes
terday afternoon to take a deposition,
returning at 635 p. m.
DR. McManus gives the following
particulars as obtained by him after
interviewing several witnesses:
Devall entered a saloon where vii
lis Parks, a mill Waterman was drink
ing at the bar. Parks had an old short
barrelled shot gun under his arm and
was well under the influence Of liquo-
As Devall entered the saloon to get
a drink before going to work. Parks
said We'll there's old Joe Devall,
believe I'll shoot him"
Devall laughingly retorted, Il would
not mind being shot with that gum
The men were joking about the gun
for several minutes when without
cause Parks. pointed the weapon al
Devall and pulled the trigger. the full
charge Of shot taking effect in the
victims abdomen.
Parks then ran TO Devall asking
If he was hurt badly. DevalTs reply
was. You've killed me" Parks only
reply was, We'll. I'll hang for this"
He was arrested and placed i'm jail.
Deyall leaves wife and two children.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
SIR OTTER, FISHER
ANIMAL THAT rs CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF TROUT.
Charles John Cornish, English Natu-
ralist, Defends the Industrious
Little Fellows Against the
Accusation.

1t is a great pity that the otter Is
so nocturnal in its habits, otherwise
it would not be credited with deeds
OF darkness to anything like the eX-
tent which it Is at present, these dark
deeds being the murder of trout. In
a small artificial pool or made trout
pond, or up a small river in low water,
land In a dry season, they are mis-
chevous in a degree hardly under
stood. The trout there are easily
caught, and the otter goes for" them
with bloodthirsty perseverance
which would do credit to a polecat In
a warren. Not SO on the large rivers,
and larger lakes, where the water Is
broad and, as in the case of the rivers,
swift or deep, where the stream ling
ers now in pool, now rushes over
rocks. There the trout give them too
much trouble to catch, and they seem
to confine themselves to cells, and
club, among the fish, while they sup
plement this by diet of frogs in sea
SON. Fishing along many miles OF
the Eden and lamont, in Cumberland,
where offers abound, have never
come across the remains of trout or
of a salmon eaten by offers. On the
other hand, | have often found the
scales and bones of club, which they
have taken TO the bank to eat. After
floods, when smooth splits of pink
4 al, 41,.,, +ft
banks, and in the shadows, the offers
always select these places to drop
their "spraint" upon. placing this
on little heaps of sand, carefully
scratched up and patted smooth This
very old habit renders easy examina'
ton of what the creatures have been
feeding on. Scales of any kind are
seldom seen in the spraint, whence
it may be concluded that cells, not
trout, are their main food, which is
have often shown me in the clear
pools marks where the offers have
been scratching and digging under
and round big stones, where they have
smelt an eel lying. BY night they are
quite fearless, running within few
feet of anglers engaged in night FISH
ing on the fiat water. Often they are
seen coming to the river from the
meadows, where probably they nave
been catching frogs.
Fishing with the otter is by all &C.
counts excellent sport. as might be
guessed by anyone who has seen tame
offers catching fish in tank. But
few people would care to use them TO
catch trout. and coarse fish are too
useless for the table to be worth the
trouble Yet offers can be trained tc
fish in the sea, which everyone seems
to have forgotten, There Is no fear
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
Saving Niagara.

The question as to whether Niagara
should be used solely as a source OF
mechanical power, or be preserved as 0
beautiful and wonderful natural fea-
ture. has come up in our day for per
manent decision. There are some
minds that have decided. for them
selves, in favor of the former propo-
sition. But they seem, fortunately. to
he in a minority both in Canana and
in the United States. Niagara is to
be preserved both in what have been
called its little loveliness" and in its
grandeur. America is practical" IT
has allowed its forests to be danger
ously diminished, il has allowed Nj
aEara to bo seriously threatened: but
American sentiment. when once
aroused. IS Irresistible, and American
sentiment has declared in favor Of Nj
aeara IS NIAGARA Century.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
Married Fifteen Years.

Last evening Mr.. and Mr. Samue
White entertained a party Of friends
at dinner at The Halliday. in celebra
ton of The fifteenth anniversary OF
their marriage II was an informal
afta.r and unostentatious; but a
special menu was served for the ocra
sion. on the order for which The HALL
day is famous. Several tables were
showed together and decked attractive
ly. flowers being prominent in the
center. Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. White and on. Che-te-. Mr.. and
Mrs. David l.. Marx. Mr.. b. Sadler
Mr. Max Kaufman. Mr.. and Mrs. ~
Franklin. Mr.. and Mrs Nassauer. Mr.
and Ms. Cohen. Or. W. F. Grinstsad
Nr, and Mrs White we're married
in their present elegant home at Sew
enth and Washington avenue. fifteen
years. ago and have res ded there hap.
1-iEy eva since.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25
MURDERS HIS WIFE
THEN KILLS
HIMSELF
WILLIAM HARDIN IN A FIT OF
JEALOUSY COMMITS DOUBLE
CRIME,
DAUGHTER IS IN CAIRO
And Received Following Message
From Sister Last Nlght--"Papa
Shot and Killed Mamma
Then Himself"

William ~ Hardin, aged 81 years
in a fit of jealousy, shot and killed hi
wife then killed himself at his home in
Tennyson, Ind, yesterday evening.
His daughter, Mrs. l.. M. Harris, OF
f04 Washington avenue. received the
following message from her sister an
nouncing the horrible double tragedy
Papa shot and killed mamma and
hims elf"
Mrs. Harris is the wife of l.. NJ. Har
ris, an employe of the A. Lohr Bottling
company They will leave for Tenny,
son this morning on the Big Four
train. Tennyson is but a small town
about IL miles north of Evansville,
Ind.
Hardin is said to have been a very
relgiously inclined man and was very
well liked in Tennyson
His letters, recently written to his
daughter show however that the deed
has been premeditated.
In a letter written June 10th, ne
says, Keep this letter it may be the
last you will ever get from me- In
another written on the 10th, he says,
81 hope you are all we'll | would love
to see you, but never expect to see
again. also, Il am having lots of
trouble with my wife. | expec to go
down into my grave all heart broken.
and am afraid, go TO hell over Lina's
dirty meanness."
The trouble between husband and
wife first started Il appears about a
year ago. She was young woman and
is alleged to have been intimate with
a man, Perry Hammond, over whom
the tragedy occurred.
Hardin leaves two small children by
his second wife, three grown children
by his former wife.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-25

workers arrived. they will be about
ready to petition congress for few
steam shovels and few hosting en-
gines and some mules, but not until
then. In these great national affairs
we must move slowly and cautiously
Oily. Shortly you will hear the vi
ciouS press demand to be informed just
what useful purpose eight dozen best
brand white and baby blue corsets will
be put to in the great task, or a re
quest that the purposes for which IL
dozen diamond-set gold toothpicks are
patriot must set aside these senseless
queries and go at the root of the mat
ter. II is herculean task, my boy. In
Chicago or New York. couple Of
thousand Italians, under a hundred
Irish foremen, with the assistance Of 2
couple of active steam diggers. and
some scrapers, would rush the job and
have it finished and water running
Through it six months from the day
the first shovel was put to the ground
but in Panama things are different
Besides 1t is a government job. Moth
ing must be done hastily, my dear
nephew for the concert of Europe Il
looking at our labors and We mus
strike no sour notes.
"0nly last week, Dilly. an order wa:
sent in for so cents worth OF quinint
and six gross of best quality silk hand,
kerchlefs. BY 1908 the purchasing
agent will begin TO buy few wheel
barrows and some childrens gardening
tools. Two years later, should on'
ramble adown that canal rocte one
may find steam shovel at work la
boriously pecking at a hill sido, and
then my dear nephew, we shall be
proud people. for we can think OF th9
day when our grandchildren viii
watch fleet Of stately ships running
aground on the shallow cuts and hid
den dangers of the canal. 1t will be
a great sight. but we shall not be there
to see it. Dilly. There is some comfort
in tue thought that congress will not
either"
But do you not trus. the men in
charge to hurry on the great work
dear uncle?" asked little Oily.
Il would trust them further il there
were more overalls and fewer bottles
of eau de violet ordered for the job,
my boy" replied Uncle George, rehec
lively.