The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-14
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS
THE IDEAL HOME TOWN 'N"'@01

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is the liberal spirit and the kind and
brotheriy feeling one for the other.
DR.. H. W. Thomas Ca relative of mine
by marriage) says he has never
known d community where such a
beautiful spirit exists among the
churches, and Dr. Thomas is regard
ed as authority on ecclesiastical cour-
tesies (see archives of the M. E.
church, 1881
Medical Attendance.
While the health of the community
is excellent, yet in emergencies there
are physicians ample to care for all
needs. One physician recently usher
ed into this happy, ideal world, three
little dimpled sisters at one sitting.
do not say all could do this every
time. probably not. Few people can
strike twelve on all occasions, but
they would do the best they could. As
soon as it was heralded about, an old
soldier seized his cane and gathered
up is bundles of clothing and money
for several packages Of Melons Food.
A peighboring paper said it took tour
mules to carry the congratulations or
DeFuniak people. The writer felt I'M
White House:
President Roosevelt,
"Honored Sir:-There is no race
problem or race suicide in these
parts. Mrs. John Brown has just
presented to the country three COM
ing voters. all girls, and all crying
Justify for square deaT"-this
rounding out family of seven in six
years.
Three, magical number, What
less can it mean than a third term,
Now, the Woman's Improvement
Association of DeFuniak is not ask
ing for a cabinet position for the
father, but the mother-what of her.
Sincerely yours.
Directly there came an acknowl-
edgment from Secretary Loeb, say
ing the matter would be called to the
attention of the president at once, but
as yet no reply has come. Perhaps
it is not strange. as since then the
some ugly rents through his profess
tive has been laid by for repairs.
Meanwhile the mother waits-waits
upon the babies.
(Upon reflection 1 am satisfied the
letter should have been sent to John
Temple Graves, as he seems to be in
charge of the southern interests. By
the way, Brother Mayes, what do you
think is behind this Jonathan and Da-
vid alliance?)
Inhabitants.
There is a large contingent of old
settlers, whose names bark back to
the braes= and dunes OF auld Scotland.
They founded the Presbyterian
Church and and supply a goodly por-
ton of the brain and Drawn of the
community. They say they are Scotch,
and I suppose it is true. But we
miss The gentle brosues of our child
hood days, the rigid observance of the
Sabbath-when beds were made and
dinner cooked the day before We
miss the quaint little bonnetS of the
women at kirk-bonnets that fashion
never fiirted with We miss the sing
ing of the psalms in which one word
often waved up and down through a
whole long meter line can still
hear salvation" sail on over the sur
face of an air and finally land Sc
curely on the last four letters made
into as many syllables, she-i-o-on.
And I know. If l were a child again
should miss the old-time dominic who
made his rounds at even intervals and
brought the BARNS up standing on
their catechism. They were taken
from school that day, and the silent
gaps On the benches told the story
of the faithfulness of the man Of the
pulpit. / never asked my seat-mate
much about it, for she was shy on
that subject, but I knew half of the
happiness and most of the noise was
gone when she was snatched from
fractions and delivered over to the
first duty of man"
In my old town two-thirds of the
people were Scotch and all Republi-
the other fellows
and slept on and awoke by the New
York Tribune. They knew the Lord
made the world, but neld to a sneak
ing belief that the editor of the TFi-
bune, Horace Greeley. had something
to do with it. The degenerate world
without dubbed the Tribune the
Scotch Bible" oh, how these good
people chung together-struck through
think and thin like rosin chips, or
one of Bensin's PIasters, It was
only in national elections that the
Democrats thought it worth while to
go to the polls. But as my father
looked at it then, the Scotch people
were always pretty close to the right,
only I'm glad that in later days the
old town went enthusiastically tum-
bled head over heels into the camp.
It's good to break the shell and give
a chance for daylight. The Populist
movement was regular shell-break-
or. Nothing has wrought better for
the country than this uprising of the
plain people OF course they were
hayseeds and hair-brained dema-
gogues and soreheads-the others