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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
A Solution of the
immigration Problem.

One of the most serious problems
OF the Southern states is the problem
of immigration. While vast mum
Ders OF desirable immigrants arrive
IN this country annually, nearly all OF
them lind a home in the north. and
west, comparatively few coming to
the south, notwithstanding the fact
that the Southern states to-day offer
unequalled advantages to both the Ia.
boring man and the farmer.
TO overcome these conditions the
Southern immigration and Industrial
Association was formed and has since
worked intelligently toward the end
sought. A meeting of the association
was recently held at Columbia, s. c.,
at which the immigration question
was discussed in all its phases and
plans formulated as the basis of an
intelligent campaign. The plans, in
substance, are:
The establishment by every south.
ern state Of departments of immi.
grafton and commerce.
Such modification of existing i'm.
migration laws as will render effec-
tual the work of these state depart,
ments.
The diversion of Atlantic steamship
service to southern ports to the end
of building up an Independent south.
ern commerce, and securing desir-
able immigrants for this section.
The systematic refutation of SIAN
ders tending TO impede immigration
to the south.
The best endeavors to correct
abuses that may reflect in any way
injuriously upon the people of this
section.
A thorough compaign of education
to increase interest in and attendance
on technical, agricultural and indus
trial schools in the interest of the
south.
All of these methods have been dis.
cussed in a more or less desultory
manner from time to time, but pre-
vious to the meeting of the assoei-
alton had not been put before the
people Of the South in concrete form.
All that is now needed apparently,
is practical assistance toward putting
the plans outlined into operation.
There can be but one result if the
work is carried on intelI1gently and
energetically, and that result will be
success.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
First Crack at
Pardon Board.

The Journal predicted few days
ago that the action of the pardoning
board in Tallahassee last week would
bring forth the usual class and
amount of criticisms. Here is one,
from South Florida paper:
"On Thursday last the Pardoning
Board of the state met at jackson
vile. AS usual, it displayed the want
of judgment that has characterized
its sittings for many a long day, up
setting long and tedious inquiries
and court trials which resulted in the
conviction of dangerous criminals
some of them murderers-by granting
them conditional" pardons, nearly
always equivelant to absolute free
dom. 1t will not be long, at this
rate, before a trial in a Florida court
will be looked upon as farce and
the thing known as punishment will
cease to have any terror for the felon.
In the hands OF these exceedingly
sympathetic gentlemen it is gradually
becoming myth"
The editor was evidently in such
a hurry to get in the first shot at
the boards action that he overlooked
the fact that the capital is located at
Tallahassee and has been there con.
tinuously for eighty-two years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
~ Coast Defenses Needed ~
ATLANTA JOURNAL.

have begun at the Philippines, or at
both at once; or they might have
taken fancy for the rich cities on
Puget Sound; but they would have
met with little real resistance SO lar
as any land Notifications went, no
matter where they started. Whatever
ships We have in Pacific waters would
have been compelled to have made
forts out of themselves, so to speak;
taking the aggressive against Japan
would have been out of the question.
Z On the other hand, Japan has navy
which is the efficient fighting force
it is because it can take the aggres'
sive. 1t is not tied to the task OF
defending home ports. 1t can get
loose and start something. The JAP
anese naval commanders kept carry
ing the fight to Russia all the time
in the recent war. They could do that
because the coast of Japan-and
there's a lot of coast to the area in
that island empire-was adequately
defended.
The finest navy on earth is cramped
and crippled unless it can be used as
.
battleshiDs along the coast as make It
impossible for our steel ones to leave
the vicinity of the important ports.
The rich cities of the Atlantic coast, in
their present .inadeuuately protected
condition. must constitute almost a
temptation to some first-class power
The bill which proposes the in
crease in the coast artillery should
pass without any serious opposition.
1t is approved by both the war de-
partment and the president. The
most singularly illogical thing on
earth would be for congress to make
large appropriations for naval in
crease. and neglect to lay the founda-
ton which alone can make a navy
useful. We need the naval appropria-
tons, too, of course; but the greatest
need in military way is adequate
coast defenses. That is the kew to our
whole military establishment. We
trust that no narrow view point will
;Tnpel any congressman from this part
of the world to do other than give the
measure his support.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

One of the strongest appeals in the
presidents recent message to congress
is his appeal that the standard of the
army and navy be maintained. And in
this connection he remarks that there
should soon be an increase in the
number of men for our coast defenseS:
these men should be of the right type
and properly trained; and there should
be an increase of pay for certain
skilled grades, especially in the coast
defenses."
The present condition of the coast
defenses of this country seems not to
be generally known. AS a matter of
fact we haven't half enough of them
to start with, and not half enough Off
GERS and men to man the ones we
have. The personnel of that branch
of the service Is all right; but in case
of war with anything like first-class
power our coast defenses would be
ridiculously inadequate.
And upon our coast defenSeS, it is
not too much to say, depends our fight
ing strength in time of war more than
uDon any other one branch of the SER
vice.
We might have navy as strong as
those of Great Britain and Japan put
together, but if the ships were COM
PEELED to act merely as floating forts
in defense of the coast, what good
would that navy do in time of war?
The legitimate function of a navy is
aggression: If we were to get mixed
up with some foreign power now our
navy would have to put in its time
almost entirely at defensive work. The
ports of neither the Atlantic nor the
Pacific coast are none of them able to
take care of themselves in time of
war. And this is to say nothing of the
dependencies, such as the Philippines
and Hawaii
If the recent trouble in San Fran
cisco had actually DEVELOPED into a
war with the Japanese, those clever
little fighters would have had so much
unprotected sea coast to strike at with
their fleets that their only embarrass-
meDt would have been choice be-
tween so many soft spots. They might
have begun at Alaska, or they might
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

The Live Oak Democrat is an ar.
dent admirer of the president and
believes this an i'll time TO speak OF
Roosevelt with lippant disrespect.
Says the Democrat:
President Roosevelt has been a
growing man ever since ne got into
the White House. and especially has
De broadened on Southern questions.
and shown a real sympathy with us
In our efforts to solve the problems
which confront us. He grows less
partisan every day and in his atti.
tude in the discharge of the negro
troops he takes the exact Southern
view, which is manifestly the right
one, and the. Southern press should
give him its cordial and unanimous
endorsement on that issued. This is
no time to be speaking of the Presi.
dent with flippant disrespect and nut
ting him in the attitude of an inveter-
ate enemy of the South. for he loses
no opportunity to show u Just the
contrary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

The New Orleans Picayune says the
"unwritten law in the South is
Landed as the bulwark of female
honor but that it is an extremely
curious institution in that it gives to
the man who shoots in defense of
woman's honor his liberty, while ii
sends to the penitentiary for life the
woman who shoots to protect her own
honor. If the 'unwritten law" de-
Tense is allowed to one sex it should
be allowed to both; 1t is used con.
stantly in behalf of men and its pro.
tecting power should not be denied
to women.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
A Clean Sweep Is hard Sweep.

The feeling is growing pretty gener-
al over the state that there must be
an almost cOmnlete change in the
state Offices at the next election. All
of them are So tea n the present
state administration that thnv share in
the condemnation and criticisms con-
silently coming from tho rnonle. It IS on
administration that is bringing little
credit to the state or her people.-De
land Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Natural Coincidence.

Smith was reading in the paper
this morning about a Texas man who
was struck by lightning while he was
swearing Remarkable occurrence,
wasn't it? 49,.
Brown-Oh, don't know. If light
ming were to strike q Texas man when
he wasn't swearing it would be much
more remarkable.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Who Discovered America?

It was his first lesson in geography.
The teacher had asked him who dis
covered America. He hesitated and a
class mate whispered in his ear tell
her a bold navigator" but the little
fellow misunderstood and shouted IAN
old alligator"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Hot Time in TAYLOR.

! Two of our popular young attorneys
had misunderstanding in the court
house last Monday and went together
in lister encounter. Several rounds
were punched out" in silence when
they We're accidentally discovered and
hostilities declared OF Results bloody
nose for one. black eve for the other:
50 and costs from each for the town
and draw as to who got the best of it.
Perry Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

That MY Dear Maria" letter of the
president to Bellamy Storer's wife
shows Roosevelt to have been very
indiscreet to say the least, Maria is
no exception to the rule about tele-
graph, telephone and tell-a-woman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Poor Pedinree.

1t is not surprising that some of
our young men seem to have such
hard work to be decent. Just remem-
Der that the first man to dwell upon
the earth was no saint If we can
rely upon history he was liar and a
sneak. The first woman kept bad CON
pany. and woman-like pried into things
that did not concern her. The first
child born was a murderer and killed
his brother. Our first ancestors were
q tough lot and IT is hard to get it out
of the blood.-GainesviIle Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

An exchange is cruel enough to re-
mark that if Boni marries again the
nlady in the case will have to get
along without the sympathy of the
Dpress.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Powers of r. R. Commission.

From present ipdications brisk
fight will be wagedsat the next session
Of the legislature On the matter of in
creasing the powers of the state rail-
road commission, giving it authority
to compel railroads to furnish equip
ment and roadbed up to a certain
Standard-Tampa News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

Franklin county has divided this
early in the gubernatorial fight. The
ApalachicOla paper comes out for w.
II. Ellis while the Carrabelle paper
lines up for Albert Jennings.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

Wallace Stovall of the Tampa
Tribune, has the sympathy of his
brethren OF the press in the death of
his sister a few days ago in
Kentucky. His tribute 10 her mem.
DRY in Tuesdays Tribune was a beau
tiful eulogy on her life and character.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
"Foul" Called on Caruso.

Caruso should not have monkeyed
with the wife of Stanhope, the base.
ball player. 1t was foul and out" with
him on his first attempt at a base hit.
Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

It would make old Noah Webster
swell with pride if he could listen to
the eulogies being paid him by the
members of congress who object to
the new system of spelling.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

To miss a kiss is more amiss
Than 1t would be to kiss a miss;
Provided. that the kiss you miss,
The Miss 'erself would never miss.
But If YOU try tn kiss Miss
With whom the kiss would be smiss,
You'd better always miss the -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Returns the Beast,

The St Lucie County Tribune
credits to the Democrat one of the
polished and incisive editorial para
graphs of the Palatka News-that one
in which it talks about the "serio-unc-
tious comments of the whangdoodles."
We hereby return the property to its
Owner.-Live Oak Democrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
A Elunk.

A funk, as used in school, was once
defined by a collegian to be the pro
cess of changing a four years course
to an indefinite course but he was
careful to add that the "funkie" al.
ways "hootlicked' through in the
shortest time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

The Carrabelle Advertiser says that
even the oyster gets an occasional
roast.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Made One.

Are man and his wife both oneo""
asked the wife of n gentleman who.
in state of stupefactiou, was hold
ing his aching head with both of his
hands. eyes. I suppose So" was the
reply. "Well then" said she, az came
home drunk last night. and ought to
be ashamed OF myself"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
me Gainesville Sun defines tho
printers devil as follows.

The Gainesville Sun defines the
printers devil as follows:
The term printers devil as apnIied
10 the boy who does the choring
around a printing office has a pecul.
lar romantic history. In early DAYS
pruning was styled the black ART. -
ana printers were supposed to be in
league with Satan. But il was in the
time OF Aldus Minutius in Venice that
the matter took serious turn. This
was the famous printer who first pub.
hshed the Greek and Roman classics
He took into his employ a negro bow
who was homeless on the streets of
venice. The people supposed the
boy was an imp from Satan and that
ne assisted In printing. Mobs col.
lected about the Office and were
about to wreck il, when the bow was
brought forward and exhibited and If
was shown that the hoy was flesh
and blood, but he was still called "tbe
printers devil" and every boy in his
position ever since has been SO
called.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

II affairs in Utah are as bad as
Senator Burrows pictures them it is
about time for the federal govern.
ment to do a little investigating out
there and see to the proper enforce.
ment of the laws. In a recent speech
In the senate the Michigan senator,
who is of the same political faith as
Reed SmOot, said: The moment IT
is known that a candidate has the en-.
dcrsement of the church and the per-
mission Of the hierarchy to be a can.
didate, that moment he has back of
MIN the whole power of the Mormon
church and his election is assured.
There has been no case in which q
candidate for high Office in Utah
mas obtained the consent of the
church to run and has been defeated "
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Get Ready,

The time is near at hand, you know,
When. standing meath some mistletoe,
a maiden with a lovely phiz
Will not remember where she is.
Paul Cook.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

Mrs. StOrer says she made Roose-
welt. Very unkind of Theodore then
to be the unmaking of poor Bethany.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Democracy and Cotton.

After producing half million bales
of cotton, Oklahoma went Democratic.
She evidently got the wrong tip as to
whom she owes her sperity-Green
Cove Springs Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
| Sensible Advice

John Collins of the Tallahassee True
Democrat, is deserving of all the nice
things recently said about him and
his paper by the press of the state.
But John, my boy. it is now time to
take that chip off your shoulder.
Don't do as we do, but do as We say
do. Try just little more lasses and
little less vinegar.-Jacksonv
Floridian.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Pronunciation.

A popular Latin word with the
male student is 'juhetvecissom,' In
latin il is pronounced "you-bet-we-
kiSs-em."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
ALL SORTS.
Adam and Eve to Date.

When Adam in bliss
Asked Eve for kiss,
She puckered up her mouth with a
coo;
With look quite estactic,
She said most emphatic,
Il don't give Adam if you do
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Consider the Bee.

You never hear the bee complain
Nor hear it weep or wall;
But if it will it can unfold
A very painful tail
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Too Much Candy.

There was a young girl named
Mirandy,
Who ate too mich pop corn and
candy,
The next day she swore
She'd not eat any more,
Except with a stomach pump handy"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

Poor Noah Webster was never ap-
preciated until Teddy tried to butcher
his dictionary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
PENSACOLA FLORIDA FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER IA. 1906

Thus far Smoot has survived the
Burrows roast.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
TEN DOLLARS
is all you need.

Just think, a small $40 pay
ment will procure your fam
lily a high-grade life-lasting
Piano.
Get it now-or buy it now,
and have it delivered just be-
fore Christmas.
This SO payment will get
you a fine CaSwell, Bach,
'Shulz, or a slightly used
Kranich & Bach or Lester,
or one of a number of good
|pianos.
$3.50 a week will pay for
the Piano, without interest.
Prices from $139 up. Get
it now.
GET 1T NOW.
The Clutter Music House
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
A Doubtful Question.

"She blew me kiss through her
hazel hair
And babe me fond farewell.
Just how many others she treats like
wise
OF course can not tell"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

The Tallahassee Sun claims to have
chariot, while we had to go out this
week and borrow a wheel-barrow.-
Fernandina Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
A Lock of Hair,

"Only lock of golden hair"
The lover wrote, "nerchance tonight
IT formeth on her pillow fair
A halo bright"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
SPICY COMMENT
FROM STATE PRESS.
Has a Chariot.

q !g e q 4 @@&@
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14

"Only q lock of golden hair"
The maiden smiling sweetlv said.
And she laid it over the back of the
chair
And went to bed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-14
Miss the Kiss.

I course / can not tell"
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-14
TO TEST SCHOOL STATUTES.
San Francisco Officials Submit UIti.
matum to District Attorney.

San Francisco, Dec. S.-The board OF
education, through City Attorney
William q. Burke, submitted to United
States District Attorney Robert Dew.
lin a statement of the facts bearing
on the segregation of Japanese chill
dren in separate schools, which is
planned to make the basis OF the legal
action that the federal government is
TO take TO test the legality OF the state
statute under which the board OF edu-
cation made its ruling.
The statement OF facts presented to
Mr.. Devlin sets forth all the facts and
conditions leading up to the segrega-
ton OF the japanese and is in the ma.
ture OF an ultimatum from the local
authorities, who declare their inten-
ton of enforcing it.. Mr.. Devlin stated
that 1t would be necessary for him to
personally verify the facts as set forth
and said that on neXt Monday he
would be ready to state whether he
could accept the statement as a basis
for legal action.
The statement was Immediately tel
egraphed to Washington, where It is
expected that II will be considered by
Attorney General Moody.
The complainant in the case is a
Japanese OF the age OF ten years,
who has been barred from the Red
ding primary school.
The United States district attorney
stated his intention to submit the
matter to the state supreme court
He would assign no reason for choosing
this court instead OF a federal court
other than an intimation hat he pre-
ferred to have the matter decided by
the judiciary of the state where it is
In dispute.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-14
SOME CORN CROP FIGURES
Decrease Of Little Over Two Million
Bushels from 1905.

Lincoln, Dec. 7.-According to STA
tistics issued by the state labor bu-
a the total production of corn in
Nebraska the present year is 241 $685.
537 bushels, as compared with 243,-
713 244 bushels in 1905, or a decrease
this year of 2,329,797 bushels. There
was an increase in the acreage of corn
this year of 36S,41S acres owe 1905.
but in spite of this the total produc-
ton of the crop vas lessened by hail
in various sections, together with a
period of dry weather at a critical
time in the crops growth. The aver
age yield last year OF 1855 bushels per
acre was extremely high and the yield
of 1928 bushels is nearer normal, but
a high yield also. This decrease in
the production decreases the total
value S. 3,3SS.92 from the value of
the 1905 crop, which "a s79,4S5,297.
The 1906 crop is valued at $89,3ll, 90S.
Lancaster county ranks first in acre
age, with 243,475 acres, and an aver
age yield of 1922 bushels per acre.
Custer county ranks first in produc.
ton. with S,251, 15S bushels, and Ian.
caster county takes second place, with
a production OF 7,S39,S 95 bushels.
Saunders county takes third place.
with 7,4S4, 003 bushels produced.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-12-14
LAY LASH ON WIFE oEseRTER
Lyons Man Whipped, Stripped and
Soused In Ice Cold River.

Lyons, Neb., Dec. 10.-Sewell Samp-
son, formerly a citizen OF this place,
who ran off with another mans wife
some months ago, returned last night
and was met by a reception commit
tee with a gunny sack, which was
spread owe SIMPSONS head. The
sack was then securely tied under his
chin, he was loaded into a wagon and
carted to the banks Of the Logan river.
The committee stripped him to the
skin and proceeded to lay on the lash.
Sampson was then soused into the ice.
cold waters of the river and when he
clambered, shivering, to the shore he
was told that he had but ten minutes
to leave the place and that he would
not be allowed to return.