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The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
WE DISCUSS THE QUESTION
WITH MR.. c. u. PORTER.

We to had
hibddon Poters published Popui
The Journal Invites careful persusal of
or at least fails deny any contention made by The Journal He admits
brewer dfer absolutely
then after admitting that o he jushe by dropping the issue
asking the altogether alien question::
grain s 2o the sfms aGn % nm5 appy timber @ dry S gUG & gooeF ]
% it @noes PsseoIs % % % e %caufe tSe ca rom o@ d @e @
ha Sgh prsdn % % o o Articles pg eF any more
Certainly the condition plies,
ing IT. going adopt rule and ask question
Do know that
COAL lumber and timber necessities Of 7 Aad did
of dying he had many of themq
a family getting too
they had too
a
without something
no on the taxi y
have you ever known the ownership OF house causing commit
without ery goods groceries, s iedsus hardware coal lumber and
CITY GETS ABSOLUTELY NO RETURN 1T DOES RETURN
EVERY DOLLAR EXPENDED GOODS GROCERIES,
the OTHER NECESSITIES
a propositions
and that each IS
As abou
with raising howl
communities
he
stay right where they are held and the " assessor can find them just
as Prohibition
gentemany
and altogether admirable communication 1t has
campaign
all honest questions of that kind in the
and open spirit in which they are put
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
HOW CAN Mr.. SCHAO
ENTERTAIN SUCH VIEWS?
Pine Barren, Sept. 9, 1907.

Pine Barren, Sept. 3, 1907.
Editor, Pensacola Journal.
l notice in Saturdays issue of The
Journal that Mr. Fred Schad made a
statement before the county commits
sioners Friday night that polling
places were no places for women and
children, and that they should not mix
up in county politics.
OF course, the women and children
have no vote, but Mr.. Schad seems
to ignore the fact that this fight for
prohibition vitally concerns them. as
they are the real sufferers of the whis-
key traffic.
Think of how many women and
children of -Escambia county suffer for
the necessities Of life. caused by the
of husbands and fathers,
Sesides suffering the abuse and neg
lect in the home that is always caused
by intemperance
How can you say, Mr. Schad, in the
face of all these facts. that the women
and children have no right to mix up
in that fight? Do you suppose that
they have no love or interest in the
happiness and prosperity of their
homes?
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
VOX POPULI

do business with Pensacola raise a
howl because the money they spend
in Pensacola is not returned to them
with the goods they buy. Do you not
know that the liquor men are among
the biggest taxpayers of the city,
that they pay more in salaries and
wages to their employees than any
other men engaged in the commercial
enterprises of the city? Do you not
know that their holdings of realty
are among the most extensive of the
city, and that the city is greatly ben
Gifted by the taxes assessed againsC
these holdings?
Your argument, carried to its logi
ical conclusion, would put the coun-
try's importers out of business, for
the prices they pay for imported goods
is kept by the producers of those
goods, a large proportion of which are
wines and fine liquors
Further on, your discredit the kill
the-town" theory because Moreno
Jones closed the saloons on Sundays,
and it did not kill. the town" Mr.
Jones did the city a distinct service
merited and doubtless won the hearty
approval OF all its best citizens in
SiOSlnS liIC SdHoOuS Ou SUNDAY. IndC
was q fragrant violation of the laws
of God and man but because the city
did not suffer from that highly COM
mendaole Official act of her worthy
mayor, does it necessarily follow that
prohibiting the open, regulated and
restricted operation of saloons every
day in the week would be better?
You conclude by saying: Il am not
oblivious to the effect which the ad-
vocacy of prohibition may have upon
my own personal and business Inter
ests, etc. / don't think that your
advocacy of prohibition will in any
measure operate to your detriment.
1t may cause you the loss of few
subscribers, which l seriously doubt,
but if 1T does, your recompense will
be the assurance that 'fhe Lord loveth
cheerful giver," and you have given
freely and, believe, cheerfuIly. some
very faulty and some very poor reas-
ons why prohibition would benefit
Pensacola.
y c. U. PORTER.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

ing very soon-when that $25O,000, as
Mr.. Frank Mayes tells US, that is sent
out of the city for liquor annually,
will be saved to the city and our
people We will have money a'plenty TO
spend on parks, shade trees and our
public streets.
Had one half of this money that has
been wasted for drink for the last ten
years been spent for these uses, we
would have city beautiful.
Take Wright street on both sides OF
the depot. where the stranger coming
in the city gets his first impression of
Pensacola. What does he see? A lot
of msightly, unpainted, tumble-down
buildings, one saloon after another,
the odor of stale beer in every door
way-and still we are told that the
liquor business is the making of
town.
Put the money we are spending for
police courts, for criminal courts, for
an excessive police force and patrol
wagons into better streets, more shade
trees and public parks, and see which
pays best for the next ten years.
Again, on every arbor day the city
should furnish shade trees to the
school children and require them by
dlsGses to plant, water and care Tor
them TIL the trees are well rooted.
and during the vacation months the
city should fert:fiZo each tree from
th's street scrapings. which would in
sure healthy growth. The influence
of all this will be far reaching. Every
village, home and hamlet in West
Florida will feel it, and not only
Pensacola Beautiful" but West Flor
ida Beautiful" will be passed around
By the hundreds of tourists that will
be making their winter homes among
us.
GEO. w. JOHNSTON. Chrm.,
Park Board for Bay View Pack
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
STRONG PLEA BY
A GENTLE WOMAN

Pensacola, Sept. 9.
Editor Pensacola Journal:
So much has been said in your
columns for and against prohibition,
| would like to say a few words
If you ask the liquor dealer if the
business pays. he will say yes" Il
brings fortunes to those at the head OF
the liquor trFst-a trust almost equal
to Standard Oil in power and wealth
but what does ii pay the state and the
city in which it is sold? 1t brings
business to the lawyer and the Judge,
to the police and the jailer, to the
poorhouse and the asylum, and not in
frequently to the executioner and the
undertaken So ask again, what
does 1t pay the city?
Mrs. H. o. Miller stated In Safur.
days Journal that If the town went
dry, all the vets would leave for other
cities. That is not true, but il there
ils one so low in the scale of morality
that he can't live where whiskey is
not sold, / think 1T would be better
for the town IL he would Turn where
you will and you see men SCARED
within and without, in soul and in
body; fortunes wasted, homes dark
ened, hearts bleeding, hopes bliehted
and poverty and wretchedness engen-
dered In millions of homes as the
price paid for the enriching of the
few and the incidental employment
of many
To leSalize this traffic, to make il
possible for men to go forward under
the protection of law, with a system
or robbery which takes mans
money, his home, his manhood and
his family, and his very life. thus
impoverishing society and the state
cannot be made by any manner Of
means to pay. The best men and
women In the lana are coming in ever
increasing numbers to realize that
this whole system of the drink traf.
nc is suicidal in the extreme; suici.
dai to the state in men and money:
suicidal to the individual in Character
and life.
The liquor traffic not only does not
pay. but those who come under its
blight pay an infinite price for their
own undoing, both for time and eter-
nifty.
Oh, men, l appeal to you-fatbers.
husbands, brothers-to think well on
this subject before the first of Octo.
Der, and cast your vote for Col an1
the uplifting of the human race. no.
for the devil and the poor weak nan
and women who are insane with a
thirst for that which brings misery
and death TO the body and soul,
MRS. i. NJ HOKETT.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
HOW THE QUESTION
APPEARS TO Mr.. MACON.
Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 9, 1907.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. g., 1907
Editor, Pensacola Journal.
In speaking Of that all-absorbing
question, Prohibition, and one with
which the public mind is being agd-
tated at present in Pensacola, it seems
to me that the law before us is re-
sRonsible for that practice of which
it is intended, likewise, to be the
cause, and to be dictated by the
liquor of which it so effectuaIly pro-
notes the use, for surely it never was
conceived by any man or body of men
Entrusted with the administration of
public affairs to raise taxes by the
destruction of the people. Some have
argued to me that wh1skey was a
necessary evil. l say not, for it is al
lowed on both sides of the question
that liquor corrupts the mind and en-
ervates the body, destroys the Vgor
and virtue at the same time that it
makes those who drink it too idle and
feeble for work, and while it impoV-
erishes them by the purchase of it, it
olsabIes them from retrieving it's III
consequences by subsequent industry.
NOW, some of them say that the IL
cense fund is badly needed for school
purposes, when we already have a
fund for that purpose, aside from a
number of other funds, but 1 suppose
they want to shoulder that, so that
Lney may keep the thing going so that
they can have their pungent fun. But
thls tun is costing the people of the
nation too much today, and IL is as
tonishing to me that in this enlight-
ened age, also advanced, that the
world has just begun to notice the
vice entailed with whiskey traffic,
Wnen in fact this curse of intemper-
ance has been putting in dirty work
upon the generations from generation
70 generation, ever since Adam put
forth his hand and partook of the for
hidden fruit.
fhat self same charge had been re-
peated IN every age and nation where
the oracles of God are known, strong
drink being one of the boon causes
OF the most deep-dyed sins ever COM
mitted at the hand of man.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

stamps in any foreign country, will
afford a convenient means of foreign
exchange for small amounts. Twenty
cents on the dollar, however, is a high
rate to pay for such remtttances.
Why couldn't the postoffice Just as
we'll sell coupons good for larger
amounts in foreign stamps, making
the charge only large enough to cover
the cost of international exchange and
bookkeeping.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
For Railroad Commissioner.

Senator W. K Jackson, of Citrrs
county, has announced that he viii
be a candidate for the office of rail.
road commissioner. Senator JACK.
son is an able man and would 10
doubt make good commissioner. He
is OF very thri4iy turn also. as viii
be noted by perusal of the pub
lished list Of legislative clerks and at
taches, and believes in keeping as
much of the states money as posi-.
bic in the family.-Madison New En-.
terprise.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
Pastor First Baptist Church
Approves Journals Course

of Pensacola and Escambia county
will rally to your support, and you
will not be the loser in the manly
and courageous course you are pursu-
ing. / shall recommend to the Pub
licity Committee to- have printed in
circular form your editorial, and
scatter it over the county.
With my very best wishes, am,
Yours for The Journal
THOMAS NJ. CALLAWAY.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

But the time viii come, and is at
hand, when every man shall clothe
Tn his right mind and every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess,
and one of these confessions viii be
that strong drink was the hindering
cause which kept them from linking
on to Christ, in whom to die is life
everlasting. ]. H. MACON.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 9, 1907.
Dear Mr.. Mayes: 1 desire to ex-
press my qualification at the firm
stand you take in your editorial of
Sabbath day, and to congratulate you
on the able manner in which you
wrote. You will find that the people
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

l think they have a right-a double
right-to have something TO do and
something to say in this fight, for il
is fight for the good of men and
boys of Escambia county.
1t is the women and children of
this county who should work the hard
est for prohibition, and may they win
is the wish OF
T. F. WESTMARK.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
The conins-out Convention.

General Albert w. Gilchrist left his
home at Punta Gorda for Spartan
burg, S. c., where he will visit his
sister, Mrs. Walter S. Montgomery,
and afterwards will spend a while at
Toxaway, n. c. He writes us a per-
sonal letter to know the exact date
the Ocala board of trade will fix for
that "Coming-Out Convention" as he
is particularly anxious to attend it.
1t promises to be the biggest event
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
The Silent Candidate.

s. r. Mallory, of Pensacola, is now
dubbed by the boys as the silent
candidate" for United States senator
Mr.. Mallory is the present incumbent,
and may feel SO sure of reelection
that 1t is unnecessary for him to talk
but just listen to his competitors
Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
September 8, 1907.

September 8, 1907.
Mr.. Frank L. Mayes, Editor. Pensa-
cola Journal
My Dear Sir: / wish to express my
appreciation and most hearty approval
Of your editorial on Prohibition in
Yesterdays Journal. As l stated pub
iicly on two occasions yesterday, it
IS a clear-cut and unanswerabie ar
gument-
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
MANY ARE GOING TO
GRAND ARMY REUNION.

Saratoga, \. Y, Sept. 9.-NOtwith-
standing that railroads of the West
refused to make any material reduc-
ton in the fare to Saratoga, veterans
are pouring in from many sections of
the country for the forty-first reunion
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Every train brings them from Penn
sylyania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, the
New England states and many others.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

Special interest should be taken in
Pensacola day at the jamestown eX-
position, September %. Florida as
state has made literally notshowing,
and it would be profitable to have
one day which would be regarded as
conferring credit upon its leading city
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
Rev. Julian S. SibIey
Expresses Qualification

will stand by you, and 1 trust that
the influence of your columns will ma
terially assist in leading the Prohib-
ttion forces to victory on Oct. 1.
With best wishes, l am,
Cordially yours,
JULIAN S. SIBLEY.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
A Tremendous Relief 1.

Cromwell Gibbons has broken out
in a Metropolis interview in which he
disseminates the information that he
will positively not be candidate for
governor. Well, now, that is a tre-
mendous relief-Madison New Enter
prise.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

Quincy Times one of the very best,
az net the best, of the weekly papers
in the state. Their last weeks is
sue was a jam-up good one. Hope
they keep it up.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
West For Governor.

west For Governor.
The Arcadia Champion nominates
Thomas F. West, of Santa Rosa cocn-
ty, for governor, and that gentlemans s
distinguished standing as profession
al man and progressive citizen fully
equips him for the performance of the
duties OF the chief executive of the
state should the honor be conferred
upon him.-Tampa Tribune
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

The Journal is hard at work on its
Apaiachicola Edition, and the latter
will appear in about two weeks.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10

The new stamp coupon TO be sold
1t the postofices all over the United
States, beginning Oct. l. costing s.
cents, and good for cents worth OF
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
A Foreqone conelusion.

That there will be a candidate N
take the place of Mr.. Jennings in the
campaign is foregone conclusion
No announcement made yet has bear
received with much enthusiasm. ana
the man who will be the next governor
OF Florida has not yet been announced
Florida Star.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
A Friend Worth HAVING.

1t is said that John n. c. Stocs,o,
will enter the race for governor -
he does, the Times-Democrat can ba
put down in the Stockton column. W.
are proud TO support any man WIN
will fight for the people like the IN.
trepid Stockton He is friend worth
having, and a foe worthy any mans
steel.-Levy Times-Democrat.
The Pensacola journal., 1907-09-10
POLITICS AND
POLITICIANS
By
the State
Press

that has ever been seen in FIorid.
All the candidates and their friendS
all the politicians. prospective and -s
mote, will be here.
The board of trade will fix if fo,
some time in October. The exact dat.
will be given later-Ocala Banner
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31

The man Who went out TO milk snd
sat down on boulder In the middle
Of the pasture and waited for the eow
to back up, Was brother 60 the man
who kept Q store and wouldn't cd.
vsrtise because he reasoned that the
purchasing public would back up 60
his place Of business, when 10 wanted
omethipg.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case OF Cstarrh that can.
not be cured by Halls Cstsrrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY q Co., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known
r. J. Cheney for the last is years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions snd financially
able to carry out any obligations made
BY his firm.
wALDNa. KINSoS 4 MARVIN,
Wholesale Drut Rists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure 10 taken inter
nslly, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price rs
cents per bottle. Sold By al drug
gists.
Take Halls Family Pills fer sQpzIIx
p&tions
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31

OF death hope sees . STAR sDd liste mini
love can hear the rustic OF wing. HI
Who slseps here when dying. mistak
Ing the approach Of death for the re-
torn OF health, whispered With hi
latest breath, L am better now Lei
% believe, In spite OF doubts and dog
mss, OF fears and tears, that these desI
words are true of ell the countless
dead" The question stapds ct the
door OF she universal heart;
"Can &c be?
Matter immortal? Aud shall spirit die!
Above the nobler, shall iess noble rises
Shall man alone. for whom oil else re-
wives,
No resurrection know? Shall man
alone,
Imperial man! be sown in barren
ground,
Less privileged than the grain on
which he feeds"
There's grandeur in the thought
they shall sleep, but not forever ;
there will be q glorious dawn! That 10
q meanipgiol illustration-Sleep. Pro-
foundly restful; IL 10 endisturbed By
the last OF foes. Profoundly satisfy
Jog; its argument 10 life, its triumph-
ant contamination a glorious awaken.
ing. We dread the chsrnsl.bouse OF
the dead because OF unmeasured years
that may sndedste the resurrection
morning. To sleep forever, in @ damp
and narrow grave, iss though: intol|
cradle. We forget ahst Q peaceful
slumber has no consciousness OF the
passing years. Death 10 only q dream
lees sleep. In the tomb's unbroken
hush thousand years are bot ss q day.
Anemones have been known tospring
into bloom from seed that had been
buried amidst the ruins OF an ancient
city for two thousand years. The doe.
trine OF the resurrection 10 the sne-
none OF the Gospel--the wind. flower.
II has been waited over decaying cen.
turtles and spostate ages with the
freshness OF q new-blown flower. Amid
the worlds history of changing creeds
and shifting faiths, the universal race
waves its last farewell. Across the
,hasm Of sighs and sobs II cries In ex.
oltant Joy: "T believe in the resur-
reciion OF the dead !"
Each recurring Easter revives the
memory OF the great resurrection tri-
,mph. Resting on IL: promised hope,
.srth's lingering hosts
Go not like the qusrry-slsve ss night,
scourged 10 his dungeon, but sus-
tanned and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approseh thy
grave
ike one Who wraps the drapery Of his
couch
| boot him. and Lies down 20 pleasant
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31

When you place the letter (x) on
the official ballot remember that when
she votes sre counted there will be
several OK candidates.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31
7Hs EASTER FESTIVAL.
Written for The Sun.

81 icursh century Of the Christian
uss q stormy period. Its history
poehept 10 marked by the rise anC
n 81 smpires, the marvellous and
111ss shifting Of creeds, and thu
udy scenes Of religious perseeu'
"a The Emperor Diocletisn intro
- ne century by q sweeping ex'
psnstion Of the Christians. In IL,
Seesde, Diocletian and Maximiar
late their thrones. Galerips and
ssnBtins become Augusti. Maxi
- and severus are made Caesars
pefor Constantine (successor to
&iskher, Constantius) IL converted
Christianity. Saint Martin OF
~ b born. The great Arian con.
&e>ny 10 opened. The first general
s1esil OF the Church 10 held at Nice.
b sspitol Of the empire 10 moved
~ Rome 70 Constantinople. Con-
slice dies. and the Roman Empire
nssitioned. What a period = The
ie civil var BETWEEN the sons OF
1ssantine opens lie terrible history.
y komans suffer defeat &C the hands
'he Persians. and Constantine be.
|1>s sole emperor. The Synod OF
- toEvenes and the century, only
eooe. witnesses the birth Of Saint
nzslne. Julian 10 made q Cesar
ttifpds his beloved Gsul. On
t1s1{h OF Constantius. Julian as.
e1tshe throne and psgsnism il once
y ID Che saddle. Julian makes an
qedifion into Persia, he retreats.
y dee. Before the century vas
Fs.ieerths passed, Julian had died Z.
E'sn was emperor OF all Rome. aud
lsiianity was again In full sway.
hsss wonderful century! Won
pc In ice rise and fall OF creeds,
yns and thrones. And yet, what 10
z more wonderful. this century saw
met regal acknowledgement Of the
'sess OF the worlds Christ. Under
., the empire lspsed into
''snism. They built again the
eeni groves snd shrines where once
~ isthers gathered After the
s'an defeat, when Julian lay dying,
szelsimed: 20 Gallilean, thou
eonqaered 7"
- now, in serenest peace and in
'p'endor Of her power, the Chris
~of'd comes again 10 her Easter
<es day tina, eommemorstes the
eetion OF her Priest and King.
'fe varied interpretations Of
ssnd formulas have come multi
seores OF organizations. However
NJ these may be, they all stand
e'f sleeping dust and shout the
Hph Of the dead.
sFeat majority OF the ancient
cooked upon death a. an eternal
one OF the old Greek muses.
so; "The best thing 10 not to
zen born, and the next best
y TO pass away AZ soon 40 possi.
another one OF the Greek poets
The beet gift OF the gods TO
sthe power 10 take ones own
In this utter blindness, and
en' eare-nothingness OF the TO-
: we old Grecian drank the fatal
with stoIeal impunity. While
y aeid this view, Others were ter.
- by The tomb and the thought
's'h was to them 0 thing unbesr-
'ef-this nov universal festival
ks 70 the Christian world. Some
- said that in the age Of chivalry,
snng wished 20 raise q brave man
hihood, be struck him lightly
20 sword, spd then pronounced
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31

A Fish nigh, NOS live out OF water
bot the Illionis Central has one in
the shape Of q presidents who lives in o
mansion.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31

The day after the electiop--"I told
You so"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31

Weather Forecsst-No rain Jet il
sight.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-31

n B-April the ninth.