The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-16
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ante bellum days and made me think of
the time her father and mother stopped
at my mothers home at the 13-mile
house (now the old Shepard place at
Roberts), on their honeymoon tour. Mrs.
Wainwright is a granddaughter of Abra-
ham Milstead, one of Escambia county S
celebrated pioneers.
1 made the acquaintance of c. w.
Thomas, editor of the Citronelle Call, and
The Journal as an exchange. The cit
ronelle CALI is an excellent paper ably
edited by Mr. Thomas, who prefers single
Indebtedness to married bliss. However
l believe he has seen the error of his
ways. for the first time 1 called on him
he was escorting one of the prettiest
young ladies of the place, and dropped
into an ice cream parlor, at which place
l saw them. and therefore know whereof
speak. Everybody at Chronicle speaks
well of Mr.. Thomas. a...
The last night l spent in Citronelle ]
stopped with Mr.. T. B.. Jernigan, whom
| had not seen in twenty-six years. Mr..
Jernisan Is proprietor of the Southern
Hotel, and he and his wife treated me
royalty. The Southern Hotel is a popular
resort and VIII soon be filled with visitors
from the north.
Mr.. n. l.. Seeley is another fine gentle
man whom L met at Chronicle He and
his accomplished wife are prOprietors OF
the Bazaar" and are deservedly popular
Chronicle is $50 feet above the sea level
and the next morning after my arrival ]
felt to be not older than As, although
am in my 10Th year. The famous Chero-
kee Mineral Springs, which won the medal
at the Words Fair. are situated two
miles east of Chronicle.
On Thursday left Chronicle and came
to Whistler. Imagine my surprise, when
instead of finding little village, / found
town of $500 population, four churches
two schools with 300 white and $50 col
ored pupils, five hundred men employed
in the railroad shops, eight large mer-
chandise stores, a fine Masonic lodge
Knights Of Pythias lodge, Odd Fellows
lodge, public library and one school libra
ry. 1 visited the white school and made
the acquaintance of Prof. Bancroft, The
principal of the school. Prof. Baker, as.
sistant superintendent of schools in
Mobile, was visiting the school, and he
captured me with his magnetic person.
atty
After spending a most delightful night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Pringle, I took tn,
car line and came to Mobile and made
my headquarters at the hospitable home
of Rev. John Burge and wife. Mrs. Burgt
! is daughter of Uncle" McShepard, on,
OF the most God-fearing upright citizen:
of Escambia county during his life
| Uncle Mack had the old-time religion
because he loved everybody and every
body loved him. After resting a while
started out to visit the Mobile school:
and the first school visited was the Yves
I Ward school, having eleven teachers, witt
! Prof. Moore as principal. Mr.. Moore tool
me around and showed me all the rooms
and 1t did my heart good to see our futur,
statesmen, doctors, lawyers, teachers anC
preachers working over their lessons
Prof. Moore is the right man in the RICH
place. next visited Barton Academy. ;
school famous before the war, and l wa.
made to rejoice by seeing one of the fines
schools | ever visited. Barton Aeadem,
enrolls 1865 pupils, has thirty rooms an,
five principals.
1. z. ALLEN,