The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-13
! MEMS AND VIEWS
FROM STATE PAPERS.
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result OF the passage OF the railroad
rate bill with its abolition of passes.
Yet Mr.. Brobston, as quoted in the
Times Union Tuesday, shows that it is
doing so and why. Since real estate
men in the east can no longer get
passes for the parties they transport,
they are looking nearer home and the
south gains where the west loses
Jacksonville Times-Union.
The Hungarians that struck on the
Apalachicola Northern Railroad ar
rived in town last Sunday, over one
hundred strong to be paid off. 1t was
first thought that they would give our
officers some trouble, but such was
not the case, the cashier, Guest drew
long sigh of relief when he handed
the last one his money. Most of them
departed last Tuesday over the Sea-
board for Chicago and Pittsburg. Mr..
William Baur agent here for the road
announced Wednesday morning that
his ticket sales On Tuesday amounted
to over. sS,000-Gadsden County
Times.
The Lkeland Sun has changed pro-
prietors and is now published by the
Sun Printing Company, with w. w.
Norman, editor, and J. N. Huching.
son, business manager.-Live Oak
Democrat.
The St. Augustine Record has NOV
ed into its elegant new building and
been equipped with new plant
throughout. The Record is one of the
best daily papers in the state and the
Sun is glad to note its prosperity
Gainesville Sun.
Editor Alfred Saint-Cl Abrams, OF
the Tavares Herald, and Cartoonist
Taylor had a trial before Judge l. l..
Farris at Jacksonville last Monday,
charged with uttering a criminal IL
bel against former governor, W. s.
Jennings. The defendants were rep
resented by Attorneys John E. Hart
ridge and Frank w. Pope, and the
prosecution by D. U. Fletcher and A.
w. Cockrell, Jr.
A number of witnesses were eX-
amined and the defendants were held
in a bond of $500 each to await the
action oil the criminal court which
will soon conversational Banner
General Albert w. Gilchrist of Pun
ia Gorda has returned from his Eu,
ropean. trip. The Gentleman from
DeSoto" will now no doubt soon be
heard from regarding his candidacy
for governor. The General is one of
the biggest-hearted men On earth
Gainesville Sun.
Nothing shows more conclusively
the prosperity of any community than
an increase in the amount of its bank
deposits That bank deposits in Flor
ida have increased more than $1S,000,.
900 in four years is the gratifying
showing made in the new publication
of the Seaboard Air Line railways in.
dustrial department, which was repro
duced in condensed form in Thurs.
days Times-Union. Since 1902. that
statement shows the number of na-
tional banks has increased so per cert
from 20 to 36, the state banks have
increased in number nearly 10 per
cent; the total increase in number of
banks in four years was over 100 per
cent In capitalization, surplus and
profits the increase has been enor-
nous. The people Of Florida had de
posted in the banks on October 1, this
year, tho magnificent sum of $780,
3S1, an increase of nearly 134 per
cent in four years. With an estimat-
ed population of 100000 last year.
nearly S54 deposited Fer capita-it is
showing of which F1oridians may
well feel proud-Jacksonville Times
Union.
1t is said that A. K. Taylor, the
well known Florida cartoonist, will go
to Augusta, Ga, to illustrate Tom
Watson's new weekly paper. The pen
is mightier than the sword, and the
cartoon is mightier than the pen
with whole lot of people who read
and think with Authoritative Oak
Democrat.
"The National Campaign Book" is
out and those people who don't know
why they are Democrats would do
well to send to the Democratic Con
gressional Committee in Washington
City and get copy of it. That Will
give them 243 pages Of sound Demo
cratic facts. figures and arguments
enough to keep them Democratic and
convert all their Republican neigh
bors.-Iive Oak Democrat.
The New York correspondent of
Berlin newspaper. in stating the
charges made by one Wilenski, who
accuses Florida turpentine firm of
peonage, says the laws of Florida al
low man to be imprisoned for debt"
The laws of Florida do not allcI i'm
prisonment for debt They have not
allowed 1t for seventy-eight years. One
section of law adopted in 1923
reads: "In no case shall a capias ad
satisfaciendum be issued upon
judgement, nor shall the body of any
defendant be subject to arrest or con-
finement for the payment of money.
except 1t be for fines imposed by law
full authority" This was one of the
first laws passed by the territorial leg
islature Spain ceded what was then
known as East Florida and West
Florida 10 the United States in 1921.
territorial government was set up
and in 1S45 Florida. with its present
boundaries was admitted into the
Union as a state. At the date of its
admission that relic of barbarism, i'm