The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-02
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
Death of Willis saIrs Mother.


Death of Willis Balls Mother.
Mrs Christina E. Ball, II years OF
age. mother of Mr.. Willis Nj. Ball.
editor-in-chief OF the Florida Times
Union, died at her home in Tallahas-
see at IL o'clock Saturday morning
after an illness of three weeks Mr.
Ball had been called to her bedsije
and was with her when the end
came. Mrs. Phillip NJ. Bah had been
with her ever since she was first
taken Ill. Mrs. Ball had resided in
Tallahassee during the greater por
ton of her life. and was the wife of
Major Glover Allan Ball, a Confeder-
ate soldier, who died in Tallahassee
several years ago. She was beloved
by large circle of friends, who WIN
be deeply grieyed OF learn of her
death. Besides her son, Mr.. Willis
Nj. Ball, she leaves sister, Mrs. Kate
Sullivan, OF Tallahassee, a brother-ln
law, Mr.. Theodore Ball, OF Jackson
vile, two nieces, Mrs. John K. A. Hus-
sey of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Gordon
Scott, of Ocala, and one grandson
Mr.. Phillip NJ. Ball, of Jacksonville
Jacksonville Times-Union.
The Winter Lawn Boom.
The Pensacola Journal having re-
Gently written strongly in advocacy
OF winter lawns for Florida homes,
the matter has been taken up by many
state papers, and there doubtless viii.
be an appreciable move in this direc.
ton. What has always puzzled us is
the aversion many Floridians seem
to have for grass about their homes.
Many people pluck every little sprig
of grass from their yards. as If it
were a noxious weed There is moth
ing more beautiful than a wellkept
plot of grass. To our mind it is More
attractive than the most lovely flow
ers blooming in a setting OF white
sandwich latter arrangement seems
to be the ideal of many persons. A
lawn carpeted with well trimmed
grass is beautiful without the addition
of flowers or shrubs, but it renders
Coming Back From Yurrup.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. b. Lamar are ex-
pected >shortly at their old home in
Jefferson county, Scott Lodge" Their
continental trip, tking in Berlin,
Vienna, Nice, Dresden, Florence, the
Italian lakes, Rome, Paris and other
places of interest, seems to have been
a very enjoyable one and very re-
freshing after the political campaign
of last spring.-Jacksonville Times
Union.
Good for the Lady In the Case.
The only woman who ever ran for
office in Florida, Mrs. S. F. j. Linn,
the socialist candidate Tor state sup
erintendent Of schools, received near
" 1000 votes. She had 1875 votes
more to her credit than the -candi-
date for governor on that ticket. The
next highest to Mrs. Linn on that
ticket was A. B. Kimball for state
treasurer, VINO received 3,528 votes,
but Kimballs name was first of the
candidates for that office ON such tick
cts as followed. fhe alphabetical ar
rangement, therefore he received
more than thousand votes above
those received by the candidate for
governor.-Jacksonville Times-Union.
An Error Of the First Importance.
The Starke Telegraph and the Index
have embarked on a crusade for lower
taxes, and the Index remarks that no
good along this line can be done by
increasing salaries or creating new Of
fees. That is common error, but an
error of first Importance, neverthe-
less. We can bring the figures to
prove that one man in Jacksonville
came perilousfy near doubling his
profits for the year by doubling the
wages, so as to get a better book
keeper. and another case in which it
proved good business to send a COM
petent salesman on the road. In one
case a salary was increased, and in
the other a new office was created to
the great gain of the firm that paid
the extra dollars. How's that? The
way to do business is to do business.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
Big Money in Pears.