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The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-05
NEWS AND VIEWS
OF The STATE PRESS.
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Broome a Worker.

Senator BrOome q Worker.
AS a rule a talker is not much of
d worker. But an exception must be
noted in the case of Hon. James
BrOOme, of Gadsden, who is recOg-
nized as one of the most eloquent ora
tors on the floors of the senate, and
who is perhaps the most diligent
member in that august bOdy.-Palat-
ka Times-Herald.
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fortunate neighbors over in Gadsden.
-Palatka TimeS-Herald.
a Wdqon Factory.

A Wagon Factory.
We have often wondered why A
buggy and wagon factory has not
been located here, as we have some OF
as fine timber as any one could de
sire. If the material can be bought
and shipped hundreds of miles TO 4
factory. and then make it pay, what
could be done if the plant was where
the wood is? We need. manufactur-
ing industries here, and nothing adds
more to any section of a country than
Industries of this kind.-Marianna
TimeS-C Courier.
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What Andrews Should Have Done.

The chairman of the Board of COun-
ty Commissioners of Escambia county
(Pensacola) is charged with serious
crimes in connection with his Office
in the matter of having warrants
drawn in favor of fictitious persons.
forging their names, obtaining the
money from the county treasury, and
similar little irregularities. Those fel-
lows over in Pensacola are green.
crude, uncOuth. Andrews ought to
have owned a few dozen mules. Il
shell pit. road machine. and some
other public utilities. then he might
have avoided all these little unpIeas-
antries and. like the festive bedbug.
got there just the same" Andrews
deserves to go to jail-Or to be eaten
by the Cows.-DeLand News.
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The Montgomery Advertiser, al
ways and forever and-Bryan, makes
this concession as to- Alabama:
1t is not probable that there will
be any opposition to a delegation
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As to Capitol Removal.

The mention of capitol removal
has caused several newspapers to
mention their towns as suitable lOCa-
tiOnS. If this question is agitated
again wont il wake up West FlOrida2
The capitol will never be removed
from Tallahassee, though, unless the
people of central and south Florida
unite on one aspirant. With half-a-
dozen towns to be decided between
the vote will be divided so that the
capitol will remain where it is
Punta GOrda Herald.
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Jump In.

Jump In.
And the Hon T Albert Jennings
publicly proclaims that he will be a
candidate for governor only if assured
that a majority of me people OF
Florida preferred him. Well, Albert,
my dear, the primary is the only in
strument of torture. that can tell you
how much the people prefer you. So
jump in my boy and take your
chance, e,-Jacksonville Floridian.
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Jennings Will Hold ! hem Down.
Still they come; Jefferson Brown
of Key West, one time a railroad
commissioner, is mentioned for
governor. Let them come. Our T.
Albert Jennings will hold them down.
Milton Index.
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Jacksonville wants the permanent
site for the camp of the Florida state
troops and is willing to raise $4,000
for it. Other things being equal. it
is the city that puts up the cash that
usually gets what she wants.
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What's in a Name?

WHAT'S m Name!
We hear of only one objection to
the gubernatorial candidacy of T. AL
bert Jennings, the Pensacola naval
stores operator. and that is his name.
which of course, he cannot help. But
his name will come very near defeat
ing him. even if the opposition is not
dangerous under other conditions
DeLand Record.
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Direct Election Principle
Has Been INDICATED.


Some weeks ago the proposition to
make all city officers elective direct
by the people caused more or less
discussion in Pensacola.
The proposition was combatted by
what is known as the ''conserva-
tive" class on two grounds: first, that
good men could not be induced to run
for the Offices; and, second, that if
they did run they could not be
elected
There has never been any question
in The Journals mind about the cor
rectness of the principle of direct
elections and if there were any real
doubt in anyone's mind about it the
result of Pensacola's first experience
constitutes complete vindication Of
the direct election idea. Let us see
what that result was. Following are
the men chosen at the recent primary:
President of the Council-C. c.
Goodman.
Board of Public Works-Lee Daniel,
w j. Forbes. NJ. O'Leary, c. Thiesen,
and James o. Walker.
Board of Public Safety-H o. An
son, w G. Daley, Jno. G. Oliver,
Frank Radcliffe, and c. F. Schad.
City Attorney-Jno. B. Jones.
City Physician-E. F. Bruce
TaX-Assessor-Thos Johnson.
Board of Equalization-W. E. An
derson, H. G. DeSilva, and J. Geo.
White.
Registration Oficer-J. d. Goss.
Street Superintendent-Jo Burns
City Electrician-Len LeBarOn..
Building Inspector-Jno. D. Rem
dali
We submit that no more capable
Or representative set of men have
ever served the city in an official ca
pacity than the ones named above
and they were selected by the people
direct.
The principle of direct elections
has been indicated in Pensacola TO
"a marked degree and We trust that
no more opposition to it will ever be
heard.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan has
come out boldly for the initiative and
referendum The Florida legislature
sat down hard on a proposition OF
this sort. Query: is Florida, there
fore, Bryan state?-Lake City Index
If you are going to accept the state
legislature as representative of the
people of the state on questions like
this, first thing you know the people
will be in a bad fix. However. the
legislature is, we believe, for Bryan,
so that feature of the case at least
is settled.
Jacksonville wants the permanent
site for the camp of the Florida state
troops and is willing to raise $4,000
for it. Other things being equal. it
is the city that puts up the cash that
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Shaking Hands.

Shaking Hands.
Albert Jennings, the former Hamil-
ton county cracker, but who now halls
from Pensacola and who is in the
swim to succeed BrOward as governor
two years from now was shaking
hands with his many Tallahassee
friends Monday.-Madison Recorder.
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Gooo imber."
There's mighty good gubernatorial
timber in Hon. John W. Watson
Lake City Index.
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Most Likely.

Most Likely.
Hon. 7. A. Jennings of Pensacola
now seems the most likely occupant
of the gubernatorial chair of Florida
for the next term.-Citrus County
Chronicle.
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A Prediction.

Work the predictions: John Beard
will contest with Mallory for the seat
in the L. s. senate now occupied by
The latter gentleman. That much We
are reasonably sure of. And We
shan't be very much surprised TO find
Frank Adams and Will Bryan running
after the same plum.-Madison New
Enterprise.
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We like the spirit and tone of the
Miami Metropolis. No one can &C
cuse it of being controlled by the in
terests. Journal. And if
anyone does make this accusation we
will send him TO Washington so that
Teddy can tell him what he is
Miami Metropolis.
A malicious Rooseveltion" is the
latest approved term for it.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-05

8roward Holding His Own.
Notwithstanding the onSlaughts of
the corporate influence, which is now
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-05

Mr.. Hearst says he may not be a
democrat, but he believes in the prin-
ciples of Thomas Jefferson. A demo
crat is man who votes the democrat
ic ticket A mere believer in princl-
pies will not do.-Birmingham Ledger.
Hearst should have learned that
from the illustrious examples of the
Palmer and Buckner people of 1896.
In the senatorial election held in
Suwannee county Friday to elect a
successor to succeed Senator .Newlan,
deceased, Col. J. B. Johnson was elec-
ted by a good majority.
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Jennings AdmIrcr.
Hon. T. Albert Jennings, of Pensa-
cola, who has for the past several
months been very prominent and IA
vOrably mentioned for governor. spent
several days in the city this week, and
was a pleasant visitor at this Office
Tuesday afternoon
Mr. Jennings is a good citizen. cap
able and worthy Of being FlOTida's
chief executive, but we fear that Mr..
Jennings is not a modest politician
from the fact that he made the fol
lowing remark TO us in course Of the
conversation:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
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DIED FOR HER HONOR.


Resisting an attack on her honor
at her home in Lambcrtvillc n. Y,
Mrs. Frank Congilio. IS years Of age,
was shot and Killed while fleeing
from Michael Thomas. a boardcr. 80
years Of age. Thomas was captured
in Trenton. y. j.. and is in the Hun
tcrdOn county Jail. Mrs. Congilio
was a cOmcly matron and had been
conducting a boarding house for
some years.
From the facts the woman was
able TO give before her death. ii was
learned that she had been annoyed
by Thomas attentions for some time
and that she had repeatedly rcpulScd
him. On the day OF the shooting
he returned earlier from work than
usual. He found Mrs. CongiliO busy
ut her houscwOrk and once more ap
preached her. She demanded that
he leave the house at once. Instead
ne attempted to embrace her. She
broke away and fed to the street
Thomas followed, and. standing III
'hc doorway ordered the woman tt
come back She ran from the infur
lated man Then he drew a rcvolvc'
nd fired four shots into her body AZ
short range. All four took effect.
Mrs Congilio died few hours lat
~ in Trenton hospital. Thomas was
,apturcd late in the same evening In
Trenton and placed In Jail.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
NOTED SCIENTIST DEAD.
Sentenced Once to be Hanged, Lived
and Became Famous.

DR.. Frank l.. James. a noted scient
lest, who was once sentenced to be
hanged, died n natural death at his
home in st. Louis.
Once an enemy Of the federal gov
ernment, he was afterward it's chief
expert in the investigation OF the
"cmbalmed beef" scandal during the
Spanish hAmcrican war. For his SER
vices at the inquiry in Chicago he
received $50 a day from the same
power that once tried to hang him.
AS scientific editor Of the National
Druggist and associate editor OF the
Medical Brief, st. Louis publications,
DR.. James made his name known to
physicians and chemists all over the
world during the 80 years of his res
idcnce there.
When the Civil War began he was
IL young student Of chemistry in Mo-
bile, Ala. He invented submarine
mines. which were planted I'm Mobile
bay to blow up Federal gunboats.
They were SO effective that a price
was set on James head. lie was cap
turcd and taken to New Orleans,
where Gen. B. T.. Butler condemned
him to death.
Through the aid Of friends he cs-
capped from the New Orleans jail a
week before the date set for his hang
ing and went to Japan. Seven years
later he returned to America. but the
death sentence was never carried out
His death was due to crySipelaS
4 bug few into his left eye ten years
ago. binding him. Physicians at the
Bethesda Hospital. where he died
believe that this may have been the
indirect cause Of his death.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
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TERRORIXIGD by YEGGNIEN.
One Killed and Several Injured ut
HOrnCll, n. Y.

Honell, n. Y, was terrorized Fri
day morning by a gang OF ycggmen.
Night Watchman Henry was fatally
shot, Night Watchman Kelly badly
beaten and others injured. Three
yeggmcn were arrested after two
of the gang mad been shot.
The robbers first appeared at a
grocery where they blew open the
safe. a private residence was next
entered, where articles af value were
taken woman next door put her
head out Of window when shots
we're fired at her, flying glass cutting
her. The gang next broke into the
Steuben silk mills. Being apprised
by Night Watchman Kelly, they
bcaat him into insensibility. They
secured no plumber there.
AT the street railways Offices they
were confronted by Night Watchman
llcndy, who was shot fatally BY
this time the town was aroused The
robbers jumped on a morning
freight, police and posse following on
switch engine. One robbcr jumped
from the train into the river and was
captured by the police, after a swim
Of 100 yards. At Canlnscto. where
the police met them two were
wounded with buckshot before Civ
inC ND.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
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GIRLS SHIPPED IN BOXES.
Were Being Smugglcd Into the Coun-
try From Japan.

Six Japanese girls, each nailed in a
high box were nearly killed by sui
phur fumigatiOn on board the steam
OF Canfa at Victoria. The girls. said
to be imported for immoral purposes
Stccrago passenger, alleged to be
Taxi KaijorO, a procurcr. who was
dcportcd from San Francisco two
years ago. Through exchange of
courtesics between British and Amer
lean authorities the six women and
Scsookon were brought to Port Town
send. Wash. and will be sent back
to Japan on the Canfa.
Smallpox broke out on the Canfa
during the ships last previous trip
from the Orient. and on reaching Vic
toria on the present trip the entire
Stccraagc was fumigaatcd. The
matches were battcned down and a
large quantity Of sulphur was ignltcd
below. In a short time violent and
prolracted sncczing was heard I'm the
freight compartment.
The compartment was hurriedly
opened, officers Of the ship fearing
hat Il pet cat was cuffcring In the
sulphur fumes Their surprise was
great when chorus Of sneezcs issued
from the heavy wooden boxes, while
frantic scratching In the cases be
tokcred great anxiety to escape.
On opening the cases an amond
eyed girl appeared in each. Food
and water supply was ingcniously
places in each box, which was fixed
up like Il toy room.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
A TAINTED FORTUNE.
Texas Farmer Getting Rich by
Growing Bermuda Onions.
This Years Crop Is Estimated at
1900 Car Loads and tho Profits to
Growers Amount to $I,OOO,OOO.

What Texas considered an expert
mont four years ago bids fair in the
space or four years more to be the
principle industry OF the state, out
side of cotton growing This Is
nothingl more or less than growing
Bermuda onions, and for the uuali-
ty and lquantit.' OF this product the
Lone Star state bids fair to soon ex-
eel the group Of islands in the A.lan-
tic that these onions have made fam
Gus.
The state is now busly engaged in
harvesting the annual crop of ~
muda onions, and this seasons out
put, which Is expected to be on cars
bound for the north by June /. will
be about 37,500,000 pounds, or about
800 car loads. Considering that
this produce sells for between two
and half and three cents a pound
the value of this new industry to
those engaged in it is apparent.
-FOUR years ago the ground now
used for growing onions, was consid-
cred useless and could be bought for
90 cents or 81 an acre. Today 1t
brings from $3.50 to $500 an acre,
and Is cheap at this price consider
ing that the profits OF onion growing
run from $500 to $500 per acre q
season, the average yield Of an acre
per season is about 10000 jounds.
Tho element in the soil of Texas
give the onions a peculia flavor, and
they are said to excel even those
grown on the Bermuda islands
The planting season is in October.
which is de.ghtful time Of the
year along the Rio Grande border,
l he season for irrigating and culti-
waiting Is during the winter months
when there is just enough GOODNESS in
the air to make working out of doors
a pleasure. The harvesting time Is
In the spring when all nature is
aboom. BY June l the crop is out Of
the way.
That leaves June, July, August
and September to the on'on planter
in which to follow his own inclina~
tions as to pleasure or some other
business. Most Of the men who have
made comfortable fortunes in rails
Ing onions spend the vacation period
of four months at some Northern
resort BY doing this they escape
the enervating heat Of this region in
summer.
The healthgiving properties Of the
onion are we'll known. The people
of Laredo eat onions as thu apple
lover eats apples. Any day here
children can he seen running around
witt. q big onion In one hand and
piece Of bread In the other. iey
take first bite OF bread. The combi-
nation I delicious. Laredo is one Of
the hu.athicst towns in Texas and
the onions is SAID to be the principal
cause Cf IT,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY.
Three Men Die. Terrible Expert
ences of Shooting Party.
Caught in a Mountain Storm and Az
ter Great Suffering Die From Ex-

caught lii q Mountain Storm and AZ.
ter Great Suffering Die From Ex-
posurc.
The London Mail says a Hunting
foray' on the range Of mountains in
the northern part Of County Antrim
has been attended with the loss of
three lives.
Five young men, the sons of farm
ers,. set out from their homes, about
Parkmore, early on Tuesday after
noon, and met at prearranged rem
devious at the foot of Collin noun
tam, which rises 1,700 feet above the
Glens of Antrim.
Ascending about half way, they
became so engrossed in the days
sport that they did not notice a thick
cloudy mantle creeping down the
mountain side, and soon they became
enveloyed. With numerous ravines
around, and night approaching, they
became wildly alarmed. wandered
about for few nouns s, and lost their
bearings.
One of the party, Kielty, seeing,
as he thought, a light in the distance,
and thinking it denoted the small
farmstead of man named Courtney.
whom he knew, went off, with one of
his companions, White, in that di-
rection to obtain guidance. They
were not seen again alive.
The other three, Miller, Smith and
Connolly, remained behind together,
the last having become exhausted and
i'll. Out of the darkness they heard
the voice Of Kielty shouting, pats
down." and understood that Patrick
White had probably fallen into a
bog-hole or down a ravine; but Kiel-
ty did not return.
They suffered SO greatly from cold
during the night that Smith volun-
teered to attempt to reach Courtney's
house and bring assistance. Scarcely
able to crawl, Smith eventually
reached the farmhouse, but fell in
sensible before he could deliver his
message.
With hot lamentations and such
other rough and ready treatment as
the cottage allowed, he revived after
few hours and told his startling
story.
Meanwhile Connolly had died in
the darkness of the mountain side.
His sole companion, Miller realizing
that he could be of no further assis-
tance to his comrade, marked the
place where his dead body. lay, and
with the approach of dawn he also
crawled away. With many rests, he
reached Courtney's farm.
Courtney himself, having previous
ly learned some of the circumstance
es, had set out at break of day down
the mountain to the nearest village
postoffice, Martinstown, and tele-
graphed to Connolly's father. When
ne returned Miller and Smith had
sufficiently revived, and the three
went off to find the body of young
Connolly, which they carried on an
improvised stretcher to the village.
Meantime the elder Connolly had
organized search party of a dozen
friends. When the old man learned
that his sons body had been already
recovered he and his friends remov-
ed the remains to his home.
A large body Of police and civilians
went up the mountain seeking for
Kielty and White. Their bodies were
found late in the afternoon in a
stream which the melting snow and
heavy rains had swollen to a ranging
torrent
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
TOO MrCH PIE.
Frisco Woman'S Husband Made Her
Eat il Three Times Il Day.

Punkin pie three times Il day for a
diet. supplemented by salmon, when
she did not like either and preferred
striped bass and soups, led Mrs.
Elanor Doe Stctson to sue her veal
thy husband, j. B. Stetson, president
Of a San Francisco railroad company,
for divorce. He not only made her
eat things she didn't like, but sub
iccted her to all kinds Of sights.
Mrs. Stctson said she had to eat
her Christmas dinner alone, while
her husband dincd with his daugh-
tcrS, and that she was never invited
to social affairs given by the latter.
When he sold pair of horses and
hroushnm belonging to her, he re-
fused to give her the money and She
said that the only say she could get
what was coming to her was to take
Il out in board
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
CROP LAST YEAR.
Cotton Figures Compiled by the
National Census Bureau.
THE BANNER COUNTY

In This State Is Orangcburg, Which
Is About tho Third Cotton Pro.
ducing County i'm tho Cotton Belt
The Total Crop Is Put Down M
f3'3o5,2o5 Bales, Which Is q
Bumper Crop.
The census bureau Of the depart-
ment OF commerce and labor has
Just issued bulletin (No. 76) Civ
ing the production OF cotton by states
and territories, with per cent of uual-
ity produced in each, forms of the
'otal crop, and rank according to the
quantity produced from 1902 to / 9Oe
Including linters and counting
round as half bales, the crop OF 9O6
Is 13,305,265 bales, compared with
ao,125,6O2 for 1905 and 13,697.31n
Tor 1904. The 1906 crop for Texas
exceeds all previous records 4.2S1.-
oHf Daies, or 31.5 per cent OF the
countrys production. The next lar
eese contributor is Georgia, with L.
o,So;oHf Daies, or 2 per cent. Mis-
sissippl ranks third, Alabama fourth
ahd south Carolina seventh. The
SUITES OF FLORIDA, Georgia, North Car
olna' south Carolina and Virginia
each produced less cotton in 1906
than In 1905, the combined loss
amounted to 33S,762 bales.
South Carolina produced in 1906.
IN pounds. 447,565,601; in 1905,
7,999,716.
The sea-island crop of 1906. con
sisting Of $3.50 bales, or 22,2S1,889
pounds, Is the smallest production
since 1892, when the crop was but
40, 8 bales.
The production Of Sea-island cot
ton IN this country. s confined at pre-
sent to fourteen counties In Florida
"a In Georgia and in South Caro-.
lima, or a total Of AZ counties.
South Carolina has 23,9O2 acres
IN Sea-isand cotton. The failure OF
this staple in Texas shows that Il can
only be grown to advantage in Ger
tain places in South Carolina, Florida
and Georgia. The increased demand
Tor superior staples in recent years
Is developing better upland varieties
ny seed selection and more careful
cultivation. The average price per
pound for upland cotton this season
is 1901 cents, while the sea-island
varieties sold from II to 80 cents.
States showing largest per cent OF
water power for cotton mills are
Florida, 10 per cent; Alabama, 10;
Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, each ten.
Snnfh CorDIt,,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31

EVERY county Ill SOutn carolina
produces the staple Of cotton. George
town being the lowest with only
,344 bales.
New Mexico. appears in the list Of
states and territories, in the produc-
ton of cotton in 1906, for the first
time. 1t shows a production Of near
ly 100000 pounds. 1t is ahead Of
Kansas and is expected to pass Vir
ginia soon.
The average crop for the past five
years Is 11,790,558 bales.
OF the total production in 1906,
the territory west of the Mississippi
contributed Z, 233,210 bales, or 53.2
per cent. while the states east con-
tributed 6,362.288 bales or 46.S per
cent, showing that the country west
OF the Mississippi has passed that
east Of the Mississippi, nowithstand-
ing the ravages of the boll-weavil in
parts OF Texas.
The production OF Texas, 38.2 per
cent of the total for the country,
compared with 30.5 per cent in 1905,
a gain Of II per cent.
The production of 1887 bales In
Oklahoma and Indian territory gives
the new state a respectable rank
among the cotton producing states
beng larger than North Carolina and
Tennessee combined