The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-20
PENSACOLA DEBATE
GOVERNOR BRowARD WILL MEET
 JOHN g. BEARD.
They Wfu he Heard In Seville sauare xyn Drainage of the Everglades
 --Death of General scott.

Pensacola, Fla. August 1s.--tspec- 1aI 3---c Governor Napoleon B. Broward will arrive here tomorrow ana eiab- crate preuarations to entertain him are being made by the citizens.
 The visit of the Governor IS for the purpose of meeting Hon. John ?. Beard in joint debate upon the aues- tlnn Of the drainage of the Florida cveroiades, and so widely advertised haa been this debate that crowds from every section will be here to near the two nrominent orators speak seville suuare has been selected as the point where the speaking Is to take place and hundreds of seats have cen pro. vided. while the park has been well rented with many additional lights.
 Pensacolians are especially ints,es- fed in the debate by the reason of the fact that one of it's own citizens IS fo engage the Governor in oratorlcai combat and that, too. upon suplrrs which the latter has studied for the past three years, ana the rlank m n'S rnbernatorial platform upon which ne was elected and carried Escambia county.
 Mayor Bliss, who arranged the de- hate has appointed the following re- centi6n and entertainment committee which will meet the Governor upon his arrival at Il o'clock tcmotfo" naroning and escort him to notei'
 William E. Anderson. c. Moreno acnes. T. E. welles, John q. Ward, Frank L. Mayes, w. A. blount, E. D. Begsg, Henry Bellinger, T. A. Jen- nfnrs. J. Walter Kehoe. Scott M I.offin. J. c. Avery. IT,, John Y. Jones. P. K. Yonge, ". B. Wright' Alex zuIeius. Walker Ingraham, Mlleh Jacoby. James McfIugh. D. Hale Wll- son. c. w Lamar, w. K. Heyer' IT simpson Reese, H. l.. coving- ton. Fl. Aiken. P Mcclellan, T. K. ssnders. Thomas Kent, c. M CovipS- snn Thomas Johnson, O. L. Bass. Ja- eob KryKsr, J. B. Roberts, R, M. Cary. J. Ed Williams. A. M. McMillan, w l.. Meyer. F. E, Brawner, John II. Caro- n. H. whalsy and ". Q Freeiand.
 Transactions Go North.
 Over two hundred persons left here last night on the cheap excursion Tor points in the North, where, they Will remain for the next ten days. one hundred and twenty-five of the tickets were sold to Chicago apd the remain der to Louisville. St. Louis and cin- cinnati While some business men took advantage of the lew rates to ge North and purchase their fall and winter goods. the majority of the ex- euTsionists are on pleasure bent.
 Soldiers Had Narrow Escape.
 Two artillerymen, stationed at Fort Darrancas, had narrow escape from drowning late yesterday afternon and put for the timely arrival of a doFy launched from the fishtng smack Os- ce0la they would have perished. The two soldiers, neither of whom knew much about handling boat, stsrted for a sail in the harhoT late in the afternoon. They had been Sut only . short time when the wind became strong and the tide started out car- rying the boat along as if 1t were match When the breakers on the bar were struck the craft capsized. The men erasped the upturned boa and held on fer more than an hour while the vessel was tossed about and they were in such a state that they would soon nave given up the struggle, when the fishing schoone: Osceoia, bound from the gulf for ths port, steered across the bar, and see lnk the plight of the two men, launch. ed a boat in, the heavy sea. whicf manned by fishermen who Tisked fhsil lives, rescued the two soldiers ant landed them on the Fort Barrancal wharf.
 The New Bank Building.
 The work of preparing for the erec- fion of the new First National Bank building is fast progressing. and work men will commence during the early portion of this week demolishing the fwo-story structure. known as the Pitt building, which now occupies the site All of the former occupants of the olC building have moved out, and the build ing is be razed at once, Is being th' intention to start construction work or