The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-11
PAST WEEK At
CHAU AUQUA
DeFuniak People and Visit
ors are Enjoying Some
Fine Entertainments.
Special to The journal.

- Oh uilldh OprInSS, March 9.-MrS
Kenneth Bruce has been enjoying the
L. Peavey and her nephews. Dudley
and Richard Peavey, from Atmore.
Ala, and also Miss Parthena George.
from Demopolis, Ala.
ID. b. Powell, from Camp Walton,
has been here, for. a day or two. ar
ranging to build combined house
boat, and naptha launch for l.. l.
Smith, who has fine cottage at Camp
Walton, and while spending his sum
mers there, intends to take his fam
lily and friends on fishing trips TO diff
ferent points on the sound, and Choc-
tawhatchie bay.
Miss Gussie McCaskill is entertain
ing her friends, Miss Elizabeth Miller,
of Ripley, Tenn; Miss Fannie May
Baker, of Gadsden. Ala, and Miss En-
ma A. Campbell, of Montgomery. dur
ing the chautauqua session. On Fri
day last she took them on a carriage
ride to the Morrison spring, fourteen
miles east of town, having the follow
ing young gentlemen as invited guests,
along for company: j. Moss .Flournoy,
Howard CawthOn, Chipley Campbell,
and DIR. Harley Cawthon. A more
pleasant place for a picnic and for
boating and fishing would be hard to
lind. The spring is some 500 feet in
diameter and shaded by tall cypress
trees and has water so clear that trout
can be plainly seen swimming over SO
feet down from the surface The
winding outlet into Choctawhatchie
river is broad and deep and old set
tiers claim that some Confederate gun
boats found their way up into the
spring, taking refuge from some Union
boats that were on their track.
T. p. BludWOrth, manager of the
steamer Eugene. came up from Free
port on Saturday in time to hear the
governor speak, and spend Sunday
with his family.
On Thursday a press club was form
ed, and Col. H. P. LaSon was elected
president, and Mrs. G. A Landrum as
secretary, and DR. J. w. Walden, n.
Colver and Kenneth Bruce, executive
committee. On Wednesday the Press
and Camera clubs were hauled out to
Lakes Stanly on a large wagon be-
hind four yoke of oxen. Baskets OF
provisions were taken along and 1t
was astonishing how SO great guam
tity could vanish so quickly after the
arrival at the lakes.
In the evening a reception was given
in the Chautauqua hotel parlors, 10
give strangers a chance to get &C
Quainted with our people. A fine mu-
steal program was arranged for the
occasion and there was a large at
tendance.
The Bible hour in the tabernacle
for the past week has been made I'M
usually interesting under the charge of
DR. A. Hummer.
In the afternoons good audiences en-
loved hearing readings by Miss Maude
Hayes, who has remarkably clear
voice and an entertaining way Win
her when on the platform.
Tuesday evening we had an illus
trated lecture on Naples by Dr. Kun
mer. and one on the life OF Christ, on
Thursday evening. His views were
highly colored and described in a
pleasing and instructive manner,
greatly enjoyed by the audience.
Friday evening the OtteTbe1n maze
quartet and bell-ringers gave con
cert and as they had been here be-
fore. we expected something very
GOOD. and we're not disappointed
when they gave us The Blue Bells
of ScotIand," and Home Sweet
Home with their clear, Sweet-toned
bells. The hearers were almost en-
SATURDAY. morning the excursionists
were given concert, and another
ar 2 30 o. M, and at , o'clock the TAD
ernacIe was filled with a crowd wait
ing TO see and hear Governor Broward.
Msyor Campbell and President Bruce
cave him welcome addresses. and the
governor, having no regularly pre-
Dared speech for the occasion, gave
rs over an hours talk that did not
seem over twenty minutes long.
Sitting on the platform and LOOKING
into the faces of that large audience
one could see that the governor sat
iofied his hearers; that he had done
hic dutv and had been a faithful work
or doing all he could for Florida ana
her neoDle. Of course he told us OF
the work being done in draining the
Everglades, and of the addition TO the
school funds. He said he was glad
though We believe his hearers were
not-that our governors could not De
nominated for second term at the
close of the first, as a governor VINO
does his duty faithfully for four years
needs a rest
THE day closed with a concert in the
evening by the Otterbein quartet, and
readings by Miss Hayes, and more
nleased audience We have never seen
i'm our tabernacle
Sunday we had an excellent and I'M
Drssive sermon by Prof j. r. Shearer,
n n of Davidson college, North Car
olina. At 5 o'clock p. m vesper ser@i
vices were held at Alpine park, one
IF the beauty spots or DeFunlak