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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
THE PRIMITIVE OLD TUNES I
Meridian Dispatch Z
Q O O O O Q O O O O Q O o O Z

The Confederate veterans of Ala
bama are to meet in Mobile in No
vember, and preparations are being
made for a great and glorious time
One of the chief attractions will be a
hddlers' contest, in which at least fif.
ty natural-born, old-time f1ddlers are
to take part, who, playing altogether
by ear, are expected to scratch some
genuine, soulful music out of the I'D.
jlestrings which cultivated violinists
who play by note will be incapacitat
ed TO fully appreciate.
The following are some of the old.
time classics that are TO be played
Mississippi Sawyer" "Cotton-Eyed
Joe Run, Niger, Run" Sugar in
the Gourd," odd Molly Hare" BILLY
in the Low Grounds" "Natchez I'm
der the HiIl," Jennie. Get Your Hoe.
cake Done" Leather Breeches,'' AR
kansaw Traveller" Hell Broke
Loose in Georgia. After the Year
ings," Alabama Gals THE Old
Hen Cackled" Sweet Gals In the
Piney Woods" sally Put the Saddle
on the Old Gray Mule, Home, Sweet
Home"
If all of these are properly rendered
with the spirit and ginger that belong
to them. it will be worth going down
to Mobile in the old-fashiOned way
before railroad times, to hear it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
COTTONDALE'S
VOTE TUESDAY

Cottondale, Fla, Nov. 1.-The fol-
lowing vote was cast here yesterday:
Gilchrist 81, Cheney 8.
Crawford 53, Horr 10.
Trammell So, Cubberly 4.
Groom 81, Skipper 8.
Knott 81, Webster s.
Holloway So, Holmes s.
McLin 53, Strunker 6.
Hooker 81, Bly, 8, Shackleford 40,
Marsh 7.
Dunn 81. Rowley ).
Mayes 81, .Northup >.
For amending section 8, article 5
3; against, %.
For amending section 16, article Il
3; against q.
For amending section 80, article 3,
3; against %.
Election passed off quietly. Quite
a negro vote was cast. There was nc
opposition for county officers in this
county. Democratic electors elected
3 to /.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
THE FORBES
PURCHASE OPEN
Lands in Calhoun and Wash
ington Counties Can Be
HomeSteaded.

Henry S. Chubb, register of the
United States land office at Gaines
vile, has made the following an
nouncement regarding lands in Cal
houn and Washington counties:
All vacant United States lands in
Calhoun and Washington counties
south of the northern boundary of
township one Cd north, have been for
some time reserved so that the United
States forestry service could inyesti-
gate same with view of creating it
into a national forest.
These are the same lands which
were involved in the suit by the pri-
vate land claimants under the John
Forbes company.
The assistant forester has decided,
after investigation, that these lands
are not suited for a national forest.
In view of this decision the commits
sioner of the general land office has
declared the reservation of the said
lands to be at an end.
Therefore this office gives notice
that application filings, etc, will be
accepted on this land provided they
are properly filed and there are no
other reservations on the land applied
for
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

Z, Francis c. Plat 6, W. r. Peterson,
Jr. 4, e. c. Smith 9, c. H. Stewart "a,
L. P. Thompson 4.
For congress-Dannitte II Mays 50,
VIM. H Northup %, c. y. Wood ).
"a, A. P. Pettigrew z, John VI. Che
ney 20.
For secretary of state-H. Clay
Crawford 81, A. C. Sill 4, John F.
Horr, %.
For attorney general-Park NJ.
Trammen 70, Fred c. Cubberly %.
For Comptroller-A. c. Groom 81,
J. l.. Skipper p, c. Meitin ).
For auditor.W. V. Knott 90, A B.
kimball Is.
For supt. public instruction-W. NJ.
Holloway II, Geo. w. Holmes "a, Mrs.
S: F. J. Linn Is.
For commissioner of agriculture-B.
E. McLin Sc, ]. F. StunkeI 10, Charles
E. Schneider 9.
For supreme court judse-Wm. A.
Hooker 81, Thos. NJ. Shackleford 60,
E. Bly, 10, Fred w. Marsh 23.
For railroad commissiOner-Roy
c. Dunn SO. S. w. Rowley IA, J. Clark
Beach g.
For state senator, 5th district-R
s. Horsford 81.
For representative, Franklin county
E r. l.. Moon SO.
Amendments. For section 8, article
D, 6: against section 8, article D, IA;
for section 16, article II, Il, against
section u, article Is, 10; for section
50. article ), 4; against section So.
article 5, Is.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
DESIRES BIC
ATTENDANCE
Secretary Henderson Wants
Many Delegates at Water,
ways Convention.

Secretary Leland j. Henderson OF
the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways as
ISOLATION, is sending out the following
Will you use your influence to Sc
cure a large attendance at the con-
vention of the Gulf Coast Inland Wa
terways association at Columbus, Ga,
November $40?
May 9TH, 1908, the association was
organized in the rooms of the Com
merciai club. Mobile, Ala. with SO
members. Today the membership is
316. S930.50 has been paid into the
treasurer.
Memberships have been secured
from all Gulf states, Georgia, Tonnes
see. Washington, Michigan, Illinois
and Pennsylvania, and are increasing
daily.
Delegates have been reported from
all Gulf Coast States. Georgia, Ten.
nessee, Illinois and Michigan, and to-
tai 42S, with many promised ajdi-
lions. Pensacola alone promising 100.
Fourteen men of note have accept
ed invitations to deliver addresses.
Gov Hoke Smith of Georgia, o. NJ.
Leighton. Chief u. s. photographer,
Duncan u. Fletcher and S. A. Thomp-
son. Field Secretary of National Riv-
ers and Harbors congress. are among
them.
Columbus has provided as enter
tainment. a banquet, seeing Colunl-
bus in automobiles, and river ex-
cursion.
The railroads will sell tickets Nov.
6. 7 and s, with a coupon attached
good for one-half fare on return trip
until November 18th.
There is no project that will do
more to develop the south into
great manufacturing and industrial
region, than the construction of an in
land waterway to connect the Missis-
sippi river and other rivers flowing
to the Gulf with each other and the
Atlantic seaboard
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
WAUSAU.

Wausau, Nov. A. w. Payne, OF
near Vernon, was mingling with
friends here Monday
F. +. Simmons was a business call
ef Monday
o. c. Parker, of near Green Head,
was in town Monday and presented us
with a vial of his snow flower honey
which was as clear as water.
Mr.. aud Mrs. J. J. Nichols, of near
Bradfor&. were shopping in town Mon
day.
Buster Bush, of this place, made a
business trip to RockhiIl Monday.
A w. Weeks was ''polliticking" here
Saturday
The large store building of Parish
Bros, at this place, is nearing compile
ton
J. j. Cox. of this place, made a bust
ness trip TO Chipley Tuesday.
w. G. Jockey, of Vernon, was in
town for two or three days this week.
R. l.. Mckenzie, of Panama CITY.
and by tn eway, Washington countv's
next representative, was mingling
with friends here Saturday.
R. NJ. Peel was a business caller
Friday
County Treasurer H. B. Tiller, of
Vernon, was a business caller Friday
and Saturday.
T. j. Lawrence, of Vernon. was in
town Friday and Saturday
Hon. w. B. Gamer, of Econfina, was
in the city Friday.
S. NJ. Robinson, of near ChipIev.
was in town Saturday
The big Democratic barbecue which
was pulled off here on the 31st was a
grand success.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
Probable Causes
of Defeat.

For the third time Mr.. Bryan and
the democratic ticket have gone down
in defeat in a presidential election.
and the event is accepted in philo-
sophie spirit by a party long accus-
toned TO such experiences and TO
which victory would have been almost
as surprising as to the enemy
But this time, we were all unusual
~ sanguine because We felt that
definite causes and new factors not
present in previous campaigns We're
working in our behalf and that these
might be reasonably hoped to make a
breach in the stolid ranks of north
ern republicsnism. But the bourbon
ism of that section has proved Irwin
chile, and while democracy has gain
ed recruits and cut down the republi-
can majOrities in some of the states.
the general result has been an over
whelming victory for the enemy and
no analysis of the election figures can
disguise the fact that we are badly
beaten.
The trusts and their unlimited
wealth have been too much for us,
for. in view of the fact that they are
the creations of the republican party,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

IDLE, and while its policies will>change
to meet chansed conditions in the fu-
ture as in the past, it will always be
here as the only organization with
any hope of success against the forces
of plutocracy and monopoly. 1t takes
not years nor decades but generations
to work great reforms, and though
beaten time and again, the undis-
couraged democracy will plod patient
ly along and win the emf. 1t is the
only party in opposition worth the
name. and tne millions of American
citizens who voted for its principles
and policies Tuesday prove that it is
neither dead nor dying.
Here in the south under conditions
from which we can't escape it is in
dispensable to our very civilization,
and in the home rule it gives us and
the supremacy of the white race il
the government of our states We find
our ample warrant 10 remain stead
tasty loyal to it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
QUIET ELECTION
AT CARRABELLE
Social to The urnai.

Carrabelle, Nov. 4.-The election
passed off at Carrabelle very quietly
there being no disturbance at all,
and about a one-half vote polled TO
the everlasting shame of Democrats.
The vote at Carrabelie is as follows:
Presidential electors-N. P. Bailey
Sc, E. d. Barger 10. T. ]. Bell Is, q.
T. Beibley 35, H. w. Bishop 81, F.
Prescott Bullock 2, Henry Busch 3, P.
w. Butler 76. l.. H. Cahoon 4, j. F.
Connell &c. Francis G. Coffin 8. J. j.
Collins 9. Robt E. Davis a, Stephen
z. Foster 2. ". c. Harper 0, z. B.
Johnson 1. James Largue. Jr. 0, j. n.
Lee z. r L. McClintock 2. E. J. Nc
Dowell 2, W. l. McKinnon 20. C. G.
Pariin &c, SamL Pasco 40, w c. Post
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
WRIGHT WILL NOT
INITIATE FARMAN
By Associates Press.

Paris. Nov. 4.-Wifbur Wright. the
American aeroplanist, was interview
cd today on the subject of the recent
successful aeroplane flights made by
Farman& and Bierot. He said he had
no intention of initiating them as he
considers cross country trips quite
useless. He admired the courage Of
his two colleagues. but described the
straight-away flights to be dangerous.
In spite of their skill and daring they
sooner or later will encounter fatal
puff of wind, he said. which their ma
chimes are not sufficiently controlled
10 resist. Mr.. Wright is convinced
that his method of careful practice in
turning over a prescribed course will
result in the surer advance of avia-
fiop
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
William ]. Bryan
The Third Time in Defeat.


Ills not in mortals TO command sue
cess,
But well do more, Sempronius,
well deserve it,"
For the third time, William J. Bry-
an has been the candidate of his party
Tor the presidency and, with his party,
has gone down in defeat In three
great, militant campaigns, as the chos-
en- leader of his party, he has waged
such battle as no other man could
wage, he has marshalled his forces
rs no other democrat could marshal
ihem, he has stormed the eaemys bat
Elements as no other leader could
storm them-and yet he and his par
ty have failed.
But Win. j. Bryan has not failed
either for lack OF a just cause or for
want of any single quality Of leader.
ship which success might require. He
has failed-Iike thousands of other
men in every walk of life and at every
stage of the worlds history-simply
because circumstances, conditions, the
times, were not propitious for success.
Why they were not, no man can tell.
History only. at some later day, when
Mr. Bryan's influence on the age has
been justly measured, can tell-and
some day. history, impartial, imper-
sonal, without malice or prejudice,
will tell the true story of this
great mans greatness and render the
true verdict of his place and portion
In the era in which he has been. and
IS, such mighty factor.
He has deserved success, but he
could not command it. He has been
defeated, but in his defeat he looms
bigger and finer and grander than any
single character on the horizon of
contemporary history. He has failed
Of election to the presidency, but in
the hearts of millions of his friends
whose affection is just as warm in de-
feat as it would have been in victory,
he holds a place that no other leader,
defeated or successful, can claim from
his following anywhere
1t Is not likely that Mr.. Bryan will
ever be a candidate for office again.
He accepted the nomination for the
presidency the third time-not because
he himself desired it-but simply be-
cause the vast majority of his party
thought him the strongest candidate
to lead the fight and desired him to
have it, But whether he ever holds
public Office or not. the great force of
his moral influence will be felt in the
affairs of the nation and the world
just as long as he lives anil long after
ne Is dead No cleaner, finer. more
chivalric character has ever appeared
in the life of the republic, and no
knightlier leader has ever battled for
q chosen cause than this courageous
leader of democracy's lost campaign.
We love the man because We believe
In him and in the ideals which he
represents, and his friends have long
since risen to that position where they
care little what his enemies may do
or say concerning him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
HUGHES WILL SPEAK.

Philadelphia, Nov 4-FOr the pur-
pose of joining all Christian believers
into closer unity. the Federal Council
of Churches of Christ in America will
hold a nationwide love feast il the
Quaker City early in December. Ac-
ceptances nave already been received
from Governor Hughes of New ork,
Governor Ansen of South Carolina.
Senator Dolliver of Iowa and other
prominent speakers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

In the last speech Mr.. Bryan made
before the election Tuesday ne used
these impressive words:
Il know not what the future has for
me, l know not whether it is the peo-
pies wish that shall be their spokes-
man in the White House or continue
to perform the work which 1 have
tried to perform, as a private citizen;
but 1 have not lived in wand l have
given an impetus to honest politics;
l have helped to create a sentiment
in favor of reform, and as a candidate
/ have one thing to rely upon, the
confidence OF the masses in my fidelity
to their interests"
And who will deny today while he
stands in the shadow of overwhelming
defeat that these words are true? Our
politics are purer, our ideals higher,
and our public servants are leading
cleaner lives today because Bryan has
lived and fought and wrought among
us. What the measure of his inffu-
ence has been no man can tell, but
that it has been potent viii not be
doubted.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

Hon. Sidney Tapp, liberal candidate
for president, seems to have struck an
illiberal crowd Tuesday. Sid~was too
modest to vote for-himself and if any
body else voted for him the press dis
patches failed to run down the item.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05
The winning candidate in
the smoke line is the FL Pro-
viso Cigar. Sold for sc at
Imperial Cigar Stores.
COTTON MEN TO MEET.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. Arrange
ments are nearing completion for next
weeks monster mass meetings of cot
ton planters. bankers, brokers. and
allied interests, called for the purpose
of taking steps to increase the price
of cotton. Inquiries are pouring in
by the thousands and the meeting will
certainly be the greatest of its kind
the south has ever known
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

The solid South is no challenge to
a solid North, but circumstances over
which we have no control compel us
to keep it so. Reconstruction chaos
come again might readily result If it
were otherwise and we can take no
chances.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

There have been heavy accessions
to the membership of the Also-Ran
club since Tuesday night as we note
by careful observation of the local
field and a close reading of our ex-
changes. The initiation fee comes
high, but we must have 'em.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

Governor Conner. of Alabama, has
been burned in effigy by some of his
constituents in an obscure village be-
cause he didn't appoint the man they
wanted to local office. Such a burn
ing protest as that ought to convince
the governor that he did wrong.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

Judge Taft, the president-elect, is
as high a type of the American citi-
zen 4sewe have and on his personal
side he is irreproachable. That is
one compromising feature of the result
Tuesday
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

BY typographical error that good
old Republican saint, Hon j. Warren
Keifer, was made to say last Tuesday
that Nebraska would go for Taft by
$4,000. The mistake was not such
lars~a and republican majorities are al
most synonymous phrases during the
decisive hours of political campaign.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

The day before the election Mr..
Hearst gave out an interview in which
he said: Il am proud OF the work of
the Independence party in this cam
paign" Wonder what he thinks of it
now?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

Missouri and Kentucky took adyant-
age of the opportunity Tuesday and
got back in the house of their father.
To recover these two lost sheep is
some thing, anyway.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

Short Talks" in the Jacksonville
Times-Union makes this valuable sug-
gestiOn:
If a convention of the sheriffs OF
Florida could be held to consider rea-
sons why some of the laws are diff
cult of enforcement, it would afford
much light to the next legislature
They have practical knowledge as to
the workings OF many state regula-
tons.
No class OF people should know bet
ter than the sheriffS wherein our laws
are defective, and the legislature
should and would welcome suggestions
from them as to the proper remedy
for those defects
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

The invisible and irresistible forces
of evolution will carry the country
right along to it's appointed destiny.
no matter who is in the White House.
No political party can control those
forces, for they are in the keeping OF
the Geat LawgiVer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

Montgomery is mourning the death
of Clifford Lanier, brother of Sidney
Lanier, the famous poet, and himself
a highly cultured man who had made
valuable contributions in both prose
and poetry to the literature of his
state
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-05

The Honorable Thomas Watson, as
ia presidential candidate. looms like a
midget among the giants in the cleo
ton returns, from Tuesdays battle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-13
KIDNAPPING Of
LITTLE HE|RESS
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT MARGARET
FRANCES MITCHELL STOLEN
IN CHICAGO.
COUN iRY WIDE SEARCH
Instituted BY Authorities - Believe
kidnappers Left City at Once
Girls Grandmother Knocked
Down.

Chicago Oct. 12.--In broad day
light Margaret Frances Mitchell
years old said to be heiress to $3.50,
900, was kidnapped here today and the
authorities have instituted country
wide search for the child.
While on the street with her grand
mother the child was snatched by one
b fthree men in an automobile, AMI
after the grandmother, Mrs. Caroline
f. Mitchell, was knocked down, was
taken away
The police are working on the clew
that she was taken Immediately out CT
the city, probably to Sparta, n. c.
The kidnapping is said to be the eli
max of prolonged struggle for pos
session of the girl. She has been liy,
ing with her father, Robert Mitchell
at 1929 St. Lawrence avenue, while
her mother, Mrs. Margaret B. Mitchell,
has lived separately
A fortune was left the girl by he.
mothers father. The child is also
said to be a relative of Miss Minnie
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-13
Mitchell. who six years ago was muir
dered by William Bartholn.
JAPS KILLED KOREANS
Fact Just Comes to lieht-Gendsrme
Say They Mistook Band Of 40 For
lnolreents.

Seoul. Oct. l2.-Tt has just been
learned that 22 members Of the n
chinhoi," a pro-Japanese organization
Of Korea, we're killed by Japanese
gendarmes at Cholado few days ago.
The affair had been kept quiet, but
has occasi9ned much uneasiness be
cause IL might be considered ruthless
slaughter Of unoffending Koreans by
the japanese soldiers and ealuculate'l
to confirm previous reports of unnee-
essary cruelty practiced by the Jan
anese in Korea. II is explained that
the japanese mistOok a band Of 40
Koreans. on their way TO visit the
shrine. for insurgents. and attacked
them
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-13
DIVIDE WEALTH
OF CIRCUS MAN
DAUGHTERS OF JOHN ROBINSON
GO INTO COURT-HElRS
ANGRY OVER MARRIAGE
EACH HAS BIG CLAIM
One Wants S12o,755 and other De
mands $4,000 Having Been
Left BY Mother in Stock
Of Printing Concern.

Cincinnati, O., Oct 12.-"Gov
ernorp John F. Robinson. who re
Gently surprised his family by mar
rying his young nurse, was made the
defendant Saturday in actions
brought by two of his daughters for
a quarter of million dollars.
The suits We're filed in the common
! pleas court by Attorneys Healy
Ferris and McAvoy on behalf OF
Mrs Pearl A. Lamkin and Mrs Caro-
line r. Steyents, who demand an ac.
counting from their father as guar
idian of their estates, Mrs. Stevens
iclaims $120,755 and Mrs, Lamkin
$f1S 000
The daughters claim that their
mother died in 1889, leaving 95
shares OF Russell Morgan Printing
company stock of $1,000 each in trust
fot her minor children. Their father
was appointed their guardian, they
charge, and took care of their estate
and refined the stock certificates.
Children Opposed Marriage.
These have, through the various
mergers, resulted in the present
United States Playing Card com.
pany, increased greatly in value, be-
sides drawing large dividends dur.
ing all the years that their father
has held them
No aecuuatina has ever been made
CT the dividends on their share OF
the stock. Each demands a full ac
counting for the amount stated and
the transfer of the stock certificates
to them
Governor" Robinson was mar.
ried to Miss Maud Logan in Clarks.
Vile Tenn, on Sept. % He is SO
and she is much younger. She was
a trained nurse and had been in con
stant attendance upon Governor
Robinson. At the time of the mar.
riage she was accompanying him In
his travels with the Robinson circus
They had made an attempt to get
at Hopkinsville the day be-
fore the ceremony. but having been
warned, the clerk would not issue
HEM a license.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-13
SEVENTEEN OHIO
TOWNS SEE TAF I.
CANDIDATE STARTING ON NEW
TRIP TALKS FROM CiNCiN-
MATT TO AKRON.
FORAKER STRONGHOLD
Travelled Through, and Part OF Ter
rtory Was Called Democratic
Large Crowds Fairly
Enthusiastic.

Akkron, Ohio, Oct. 12.-Seventeer
Ohio towns heard and saw VIM. H
Taft today He talked from Cincin
natl to Akron, through a portion OF
the state conceded to have been For
aker's stronghold, with portion OF
the territory Democratic.
While there was not the same vim
and snap to the enthusiasm which
the candidate got in some portions
of the west, he was listened to by
large crowds, numbering thousands
in many places, and what he said
was well applauded and many cheers
We're proposed and executed with a
will. There was no shout for Bryan
heard.
Taft's important speeches of the
day were at GAINESVILLE. Cambridge
and Akron, where, in each instance,
the candidate left the train to meet
his audience. In his GAINESVILLE
speech Taft went after both Bryan
and Gompers.
Bryan goes around the country
saying that am the father of the
Injunction declared Taft. 1T is not