The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-15
A Forceful Proof That Com
plete Prohibition Is
Among the Best Things, If
Not the Very Best Bless
ing, That a City Can Have
Looks Like Solution of
the Race Problem In
South.

ton of 10000.
Since the saloon went wet two
years ago this number of people has
grown from 10000 (estimated) to the
present figures.
Business in all lines has grown
equally as much.
So has its large banking capital, ag-
gregatipg now $1,50O,000- The city
owns its water plant and controls it
splendidly. Five miles of paved
streets-the best in the south-adds
comfort and beauty to those who
drive or walk. Eight or ten miles of
stone sidewalks with stone curbing
invite the visitor to walk and view the
many beautiful homes and lawns.
1t has a bonded debt Of only $780,
900, and fine system of public
schools for white and black, and has
just completed and furnished a $780,
600 building for this purpose.
A 100000 opera house, just COM
pleted, will open Oct. I. It has two
Olleges-Wafford (male) and Con-
verse (female), situated in the heart
OF the city, covering twenty acres of
well-shaded walks and lawns, with
splendid buildings. Both have large
and increasing patronage. Ten
churches, equal, if not superior in
size and architectural construction,
to any in the state, are all crowded
with Worsh1ppers.
With a sober, industrious people en-
masse, We may say that more intel
hgent, courteous and cultured people
does not exist
Six railroads carry you to or through
the city, and electric cars travel
throughout the various streets.
Some things it has not, of course.
No saloon greets the eye or offers
temptation to the young. l saw no
pawn shops, no loan offices, no lost
angels Haunting paint and murk on
the public streets; no Tarragona or
depot pandemoniums to offend even
the rough edge of decency; no Sab
bath desecradOn by baseball or gun
ming, although the people are base
ball enthusiasts, and the city is q
member of the league.
Herein lies the cause of this charm
ing condition Of things. What they
have wirled and voted to have is for
the betterment of all. the uplifting
OF the fallen, the upbHiIding of the
weak and sorely tempted, holding up
by municipal regulation the banner of
temperance. industry and high moral
character, thereby inviting capital for
use and investment. Children will
not be subjected TO the tempting or
deal of city life, where insidious in
nuences, open saloons and kindred
vices allure the young to destruction.
For these reasons, Spartanburg has
grown, Is growing and will continue
TO be the Mecca of thousands, rich
and poor, for all time.
Pensacola has many advantages de-
MED these people. Why, then, should
the homeseekers pass Us by? MAY it
not be that we have been weighed in
the balance by thoughtful. prudent
men-r1ch and poor-and found woe
FULLY lacking in very many things
which demand and receive recognf-
ton? Wanting in many things which
give evidence that the moral side of
our civic life is neglected and that
our boys and girls, tainted by example
and observation, come TO look upon
life as a stage upon which thew NAV
play win or lose" and yet retain a
degree Of responsibility? If this
shall be so, what wonder that people
turn away and plant their rooftree
elsewhere.
To the CoIored Man.
L want to say word to the colored
man who drinks l know YOU nursed
me in childhood, joined me in
thousand frolics, and between us no
i'll feeling has ever Lived. I feel more
anxiety today for your welfare than
when you were a slave Then knew
that clothing, food and morals would
be guarded and furnished under any
circumstances. 1t is not so now. and
while l hope for the best for You and
your little ones, l fear the future. for
them
To relieve this fear from the mind
of your white friends you should. Won
must, stand alongside the white man
who will be found on the firing line
for total prohibition on Oct /.
Listen TO this. A few weeks since
real estate man advertised a sale
Of lots in Spartanburg, S. c., AT this
sale fifty of these lots were sold IN
and paid for by colored men. | saw
bricks and lumber upon a dozen of
them to build homes for wife and
children. These people work for
much less wages than YOU do. VET
they work. save their money and are
as God intended them to be-inde-
pendent men and women.
SpartanOurg county is full of col
ored farmers. l met them with fat
teams, good wagons and now and
then in good carriages. MANY of
them own farms worth 81 900 to 81. 900.
To these people. said: DO you want
whiskey in your county again. mo. |
sir" was the inyariable reply; We
don't want any more temptation and |
trouble in our county"
Now, answer this question to your
own heart and conscience. Why is If |
that these South Carolina people, max !
ing about half my wages, can save
money, buy homes, buy mules, wag- |
ons, farms and carriages, while own |
live sometimes on short ra-
tons, have no home for wife and |
children, must crowd them in a hut |