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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09
SOCIAL LIFE IN FLORAI1A
BY Luther G. Ray.

In Florala, opportunities are album
AM TOR the enjoyment of social pleas
,,ras There is the FloraIa Opera
1lo-,se. 10 which under the able man
o.,.nent of French & Miller, there
h,,r come many excellent companies
-, would have been a-credit in many
crie. many times the age and thrice
In -ize OF ours.
The lNceum numbers, furnished by
,ra I.ockala club. have been of the
,,~, nest. in each one the personnel
~ b,,en of the highest, each perform
.. has been an artist in his or her
line.
IN this Land of the Pines" We
nave he best of climatic conditions
Or the enjoyment. of outdoor life at
a. seasons. Riding and driving are
o,zavs Dopular forms of amusement,
o,d here where our country roads and
d-,yeWays are lined on either side by
+,u dark mines. where the ground is
Covprad with pine needles, dotted pro-
f,salv with the many beautiful wild
flowers planted and cultivated by ma
11ra's own hand. one likes TO live close
9, nature: and there is no more pleas
ant place than in the woods.
often Il party is gotten together
ar 4 visit to some one OF the many
manufacturing plants in or around our
TOWN. These are themselves gigantic
monuments to human engineering
skill and one cannot but be delighted
10 have an opportunity of visiting one
or them. and seeing how much of the
labor which but short time since
was thought necessary to be done by
men. is now done by steam. 1t is both
interesting and instructive in pleas
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09
HORALA, PAST
AND PRESENT

Moonlight on Lake Jackson. 1t is
in the Springtime and all nature
seems aglow with the mellow light of
the solemn moon as its rays light up
the sleeping city and extend out over
the waters of the lake soft and sub
dued radiance.
Yonder on the northern shore is
where band of gaudy Indian war
riors We're met by small company of
frontiersmen in a fierce conflict for
the supremacy of the region. Under
meath that cluster of pines lie the
bones of a dozen white mne. Beside
these bones lie strange medieval I'M
plements OF war and the crucifix with
its iron-bead chain tells of perhaps a
priest that met his death with the
others. From the number of arrow
heads that lie buried beside these
bodies the Indian band must have
been very large, and small wonder
that the company of explorers met
their DOOM
= Over on the south side We see an
old tree with broken trunk and splin-
tered sides shining in the light of the
moon. That is all that is left of the
gigantic OAK that sheltered General
Andrew Jackson the night he slept on
the banks of the lake. And just be-
yond that cid tree at the top of the
hill is where the bellies and beauX of
ante-belfum Montgomery, Troy and
Union Springs, were wont to camp for
weeks in the summer while ON their
annual pilgrimage to the famous fish
ing grounds. These gay beauX may
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09

ant way to- watch the processes by
which yellow pine is converted into
yellow coin, which is in turn convert
ed into dwellings and other improve
ments to make the home of the south
erner, which is now the sweetest and
happiest home on earth; sweeter and
happier. These visits are always look
ed forward to with much pleasure by
bothsyoung and old.
We have music and dancing, social
gatherings of different kinds. skating
parties, hay rides. doninoe parties,
moonlight picnics and manyO other
amusements Intended for our pleasure.
But perhaps the source of more pleas
ure than any ether is Lake Jackson.
There are row boats and rowing par
ties (and rowing. couples often, too),
naphtha launches<an launch parties,
both in the daytime and by moonlight
Perhaps the most popular amuse-
ment for the younger set is the
launch party by moonlight, They
gather together a party sufficient to
load one of the larger pleasure boats
and start for d Jolly trip" They have
music and singing and story telling,
and here the: ssweet old story is often
told, always in an original way, but
told for the. ears of only one
Such is the social life Of our town
as it might be seen by casual Wis
itOr. And well it might be SO. for is
not the very ali, laden with life?
Health borne on the wings OF, peace
and beauty from the thumb .r.ng
breakers of the Gulf of Mexico. Peace
in the meaning needles of the yellow
pine; Beauty in the s1in7kissed waters
of Lake jackson: Hope from the star
ry blossom of the laurel; Rest in, the
fragrant perfume of the grand magno-
liza with its .waxen whiteness and .glis-
teniug green
Who could but be. happy!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09

proval by majority vote of members
present at the particular meeting.
Bylaw No. after once adopted
these bylaws cannot be changed with
out majority vote of two-thirds of the
full number of members, and after a
change has been published. Said
change shall be read at two consecu-
tive meetings before they are in full
force and effective.
Regular semi-monthly meetings CT
this club will be held on the first and
fifteenth day of each month, providing
the dates do not come on Sunday. In
such cases meeting will be held on the
following day. Meeting room at office
of DR.. E. L. Adams
List of members: D. c. Hart, R. S.
Larkin; James Burgess. R. L. Miller,
VI. D., Massey Barden, ]. E. Turner,
S. A.. Hutchinson, D. r Whitcomb,
c. w. -Congleton. w G. Smith. G. o.
Euckabaa, W. F. Meigs. D. H. Mcleod,
G. p. Cawthon, E. l.. Adams, J. T. Pen
ton. ] 7. George, G. w. Barnes. A.
g CawthOn, G. w Watson, G.. F. Nc
LeOd, J. R. Smith J. H. OneaI, c.
Barnes. J. NJ Williams, John Meigs.
]. E. Turner Sec and Treas.
D. r. Whitcomb, Pres.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09
BYLAWS OF
THE FLORALA
GUN CLUB

A number of representative men
of F'lorala, lovers, more or less, OF
outdoor I;fe. have formed what is
known, as the Florala Gun club, and on
the tenth day of last November, by
vote of all the members present,
adopted the following bylaws:
Game.
Object-The object of this orsanl-
cation is to prohibit the killing or
game out of the proper season, viz:
Nov. / to March l of each year. Excess
sive killing of the different classes
of game and to protect game against
non-legittmate hunters.
Bylaw No. Amy members of this
organization shall injure or kill deer,
turkey, or game other than quail ard
by the Jackson Lumber company On
other lands, members will be govern
ed according to the state game law of
Alabama and certain conditions on
which special permits are issued.
Penalties for violating the above
bylaw:
First offense-Deer. SO: turkey, So.
Second offense-Deer, S20; turkey.
SO.
Third offense-Forfeiture Of permits.
BYLAW No. Amy member of this
club who discover, or have knowledge
C person or persons treSpasS1ng "a
lands of the Jackson Lumber company
or others, without holding proper Il
cense and permits, are bound by their
sacred promise. to report the name OF
said trespasser to either the lad
owner or game warden.
Bylaw No At is strictly under
stood by alt members, and positively
forhS>ien for any member of this club
TO XII to exceed twenty-five t25C quail
or FIVE (5) squirrel on lands Of Jack
son Lumber company in any one day.
On land owned ry others. members
shall comply fully with the state game
law and conditions on which certain
permits are granted.
These violating these bylaws are
subject to the following penalties:
First offepse. So; second offense, So;
third offense. $40: fourth offense, for
fixture Of permits.
BYLAW No. All members join
ing at the time OF organization. o"
after. will be assessed a fee of 81 to
defray expenses of this club. All
members aUnlYing for membersh1p
both AT TIE time cf organization and
otter will accnmDsny said applica-
tim with their hunting license Estate
or county,. the latter which will be
held IN Iosse- sion c. the PRESIDENT so
long ac the Dartv wishes 70 remain
y y, VIPER. ShOu'' NV member de-
''-Uo his mem '"''7- j. 9" tGn@- L
g b-Ifws are effeo-;--' avis or0au-
f-:.,1 IN reserves the right - make
void al permits granted said e 80
Der through the influence OF the o.
garizatiOn.
TIE n~~leS Of Al parties anplring
rc,r mem be~ship, after organization,
will be posted conspicuouSly in the
regular meeting room, subject to ap-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09
Some Pointed as Well
as Eloquent Comment
on Current Events :: ::

for the prohibition ticket What
campaign We. made that fall! Our
school commissioners had grown 80
slack that many schools were not Wis
tied at all. When" We would ask,
from the platform, when did the
commissioner last visit your school ,"
Never. never" came from fathers
and mothers. OF course, we lost. The
populists joined us and now and then
an old party man fell in line, but both
old machines strained every button.
as they always do, 10 defeat third
party. The divine right is theirs. and
woe be to the pretender that dares
lift his headi But We won, in the end.
Our schools have never been neglect
ed since, and better material has been
selected to lead them.
What are the results of woman's
suffrage in these states? / do not
know personally, but judges and
statesmen and clergymen bear mulu-
piled. testimony of changes for the
better. For twenty-three years Wy
oming as a territory had given terri
torial suffrage TO woman. and when
the word was wired from Washington:
Wyoming will be admitted if the
suffrage clause is dropped, the men
of Wyoming flashed back the word
Where We go. our women will go,
even to defeat" But this has always
been found to be true:
l. The election booth is no longer
in saloon or any questionable place.
III. Men of open unsavory domestic
life are defeated; in fact, do not run
nor attempt to run for office.
l can name two among the foremost
of the country once who went down
under woman,s ballot. Death has
claimed both Tow, and We leave them
in peace.
III. Legislation tends more toward
the home, the schools. protection OF
the weak, looks more closely after the
condition of asylums, and poor houses,
the care of young criminals, estab-
lislrment OF Juvenile courts, safeguards
for girls. child labor, lessened hours
of work for women, sweat shops, etc.
But as these are everywhere gaining
ground, ! should not attribute them
directly TO womRn's ballot, but rather
in a large measure, indirectly to wo-
mans influence. Better claim too lit
tie than too much for every innova-
ton.
i am moi, anxious about the results.
know they will disappoint some,
anu eAceou the eApoCea tIO1IS "a oIh
ers. but whether much or little, they
will make for the upward. Right
comes from right Every citizen who
is taxed should have voice in the
disbursement of these taxes. Every Cit
iZen held amenable to. law should
have a voice in framing the law. II
this is not right, the renublic is not
right Anything less Is unjust. To
GLASS taxpayers, thinherS, workers.
houSekeepers, church supporters, with
lunatics, idiots, criminals and children
wrings our men no less thaD our vo-
men. They need us, the state needs
lis, and there are very few enlight-
ened men today who would not be
glad 10 place suffrage on an intelli-
gent basis Politicians object, of
course. the saloons object, but never
theless it will come.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09

have angled for something other than
the finny tribe; perchance if those old
trees could speak they would tell of
ardent wooing and the plighting of
many a troth in the silent watches of
the night.
But all this romantic history has
been made long since, and now beside
the lake sleeps the little city of Flor
ala. The atmosphere has changed
from, that of the primeval to the mod
ern, warriors have given place to cap
tains of industry and a part of the
beating pulse of the nation lies SUBJ
dued and quiet after a day of activity.
The only thing left TO remind us of
the days of yore is the beauty of the
lake and the touch of romance that
is ever present where fair women and
noble men are found. For yonder is
seen a boating party just emerging
from the shadows of the south side of
the lake An old song floats out over
the water and we feel our pulses quick
en- with recollection of the days when
we were Young and full of sentiment,
of song, of story.
The boats glide over the water to
their mornings, the young people de-
part for their homes, and the night is
once more still.
Florala peacefully awaits the COM
ing of the dawn when another days
struggle will begin, when the roman
tic will give place to the prosaic and
the citizens start anew the onward
march toward the realization of a
great city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09
Knife Boys OF the Philippines

In the Philippines The little knife
boys, toddlers OF five or six years. are
bound out by their needy parents 10 re
main in slavery until they are old
enough to run away. which they gen
orally 90 by the time they are twelve
or fourteen The duties OF Il knife
boy are to scour the knives and other
kitchen utensils. empty the slors. lay
the table and fetch and carry for the
family. He is little sculliol ana re-
ceiveS in return only food and lodging.
the food being the scraps left over
from his masters table ard what b"
can purlOin as he carries the fish, rice.
baked chicken sa3d other G2intie$ TO
and fro and The lodging Il ragged mat
spread out among the pots and pans
upon the hard earth tlOo:' Of the ki:ch-
en-. His clothes are hardly worth men
tioning being usually rags, with the
original color weather faded and lost
ia dirt. When the child is furnished
with single garment of potato
sack. made by merely cutting a round
hole for the head and Sits for the
arms. the master feels that lie has
done his duty by w5y of providing his
tiny slave with a wardrobe. - New
York Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09
THIS Is WORTH READING

Leo F. Zelinski, of 6S Gibson ST..
Buffalo. n. Y, says: Il cured the most
annoying cold sore / ever had. with
Bucklen's Arnica Salye. l applied this
salve once a day for two days, when
every trace of the sore was gone"
Heals all sores. Sold under guarantee
at all druggists. 25c.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-09

Six Nights $50, AS You Please Race.
How many tired fathers and moth
ers in this town enter this race every
night carrying baby? And they won
der what the matter is. Chances are
the child is starving-worrls are eat
ing all of its food. Most children have
worms. yours needn't. Whites Cream
Vermffuge Will get rid Of the worms
and strengthen the child.
Price % cents per bottle.
Sold by w. 4. D'Alem5"rte.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02
Sis Hopkins Sayings.
BY Rose Melville.

A cut-and-dried speech rarely
hndles burning thoughts.
A politician doesn't have to 90 to
to a dentist for pull.
The execution of some painters
should be encouraged
Pa says it is not a Venitian
Blind to get kicked in the stats.
Many a good farmer is spoiled
by a term at an agricultural COL
lege.
1t is as easy to live quietly at
Sound Beach as to reside soberly at
Rye.
A pug-nosed woman naturally re-
sents being asked if she wants the
elevator.
Boxcar Mudsock and Slam
Sprinkler are the champion high
ball team of Perkins Puddle.
Ma says some men are so stingy
that they never tell story at their
own expense.
Some men are "nursed in pleas
ure's flOwery lap" while athers have
only napkin there.
When you see a farmer with a
short-tailed team and a wide-tread
wagon you know he isn't on to the
job.
Pa says one of the finest things
about wimin is that when a man
makes fool of himself and is will
ing to admit it-they will up and
forgive sometimes, according to
circumstances.
Pansy Bonehead's poem: There
lives in Helena, Montona, simple
young thing named Anna. He ask
ed for her fin, she gasped, You
win" and up to the parsOn he ran
her.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02

Watertown, Conn, June 25.-
Frank Baldwin, a retired manufac-
turer of Watertown, lost shepherd
collie by the bite of a poisonous
snake. An autopsy revealed that
the dogs heart was full of animal
life, which, under a microscope
proved to be tiny snakes. The
heart will be sent to Yale universe
ty for examination
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02
Brilliants.

Be still and strong,
and keep thy souls large
window pure from wrong.
e. B. Browning.
Refrain tonight,
And that shall lend a kind of east
ness
To the next abstinence; the next
more easy
For use almost can change the
stamp of nature.
Shakespeare.
Away with the flimsy idea that life
with a past is attended,
There's now-only now-and nc
past-there's never a past; it has
ended.
Away with its obsolete story and all
of its yesterday sorrow; ~
There's only to-day. almost gone
and in front of to-day stands to
morrow. Whittier.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1908.
AnOId-Fashioned Independence Day.
By Edwin L. Sabin.

By Edwin L. Sabin.
When grandpa was a boy, you know
AS much as sixty years ago
UNLESS he's fooling me with fibs),
Upon the Fourth he just had
"squibs,"
Which only made a little noise
Not half enough for modern boys
Not bigger than tOrpedoes do,
The kind that's shot by fraidy Sue.
And he got up at midnight, he
And other fellows, two or three,
And rang the church bell in the
spire
Until some people thought twas fire
And nightcaps stuck out through
the town,
And the old Waterman hustled
down.
And then SCampered of unseen
And banged" an anvil on the
green"
The anvil raised as big fuss
AS cannon crackers do for us;
And then, l guess the people knew
Twas independence Day, don't you?
Our Independence Day" was how
They named it! not the Fourth" as
now.
And then the boys sneaked home
again
And chuckled meath the counter
panel
Twas on the green" or common"
they
All gathered independence Day.
The town militia drilled! Huzza!
The band played Hail, Columbian
And old Squire Taylor read out loud
The Declaration to the crowd
He couldn't read it worth cent,
But every one knew what he meant.
And Henry Clay once made a
speech
My grandpa could remember each
And every word long time, for
Clay was so great an orator!
And there weren't any fireworks
fired
The people all went home to tired
The next days work doomed W
ahead!
And shutdown sent them straight t.
bed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02
Expect Great Things of Yourself.
(Orison SWEET Marden, in Success
Magazine"

A soldier once took a message to
Napoleon in such great haste that
the horse he rode dropped dead be-
fore he delivered the paper. Ma
poleOn dictated his answer and,
handing it to the messenger, order
ed him to mount his own horse and
deliver it with all possible speed.
The messenger looked at the
magnificent animal, with its superb
trappings. and said, Nay, General
but this is too gorgeous, too mag
nificent for a common soldier"
Napoleon said, Nothing is too
good or too magnificent for a French
soldier"
The world is full of people like
this poor French soldier, who think
that what others have is too good
for them; that it does not fit their
humble condition; that they are
not expected to have as good things
as those who are more favored"
They do not realize how they weak
themselves by this mental attitude
of self-depreciatiOn or self-efface-
ment. They do not claim enough
for, do not expect enough, not de-
mand enough of themselves.
You will never become giant if
you only make a pigmy's claim for
yourself, if you only expect a pig
my's part. There is no law which
will cause a pigmy'S thinking to
produce a giant. The statue follows
the model.
Most people have been educated
to think that they were not intend
ed to the best there is in the world;
that the good and beautiful things
of life were not intended for them
that these were reserved for those
= especially favored by fortune. They
have grown up, under this convic-
ton of their inferiority, and Of
: course, they will be comparatively
: inferior until they claim SUPERIOR
| ty as their birthright. A vast mum
} Der of men and women who arr
t really capable Of doing great things
! do small thugs, live mediocre lives
E because they do not expect enough
do not demand enough of them
selves They do not know how t.
lcall out their best.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02

earthquake comes long an swal-
lers tree an all.
Don't matter whether de worr is
roun' or fiat, it'll take all you spar
time ter keep yo' balance on it.
1t may come ter de pass dat we'll
fly so high in desc airships, we'll
want to break into heaven dat is,
eff Satan don't set fire ter us on de
way.
The Healthy Road.
World is lookin' lonesome
Swallowed are the skies,
But, where the road is rocky,
There's splendid exercise!
Over plain an mountain,
Future dim as doubt,
But you'll feel the more like restin'
When you get there - tired out!
Atlanta Constitution.
DR.. Hornback Oculist and Aurist.
Hannibal, Mo. If
--------- -
Mrs. Cora Turner has been with
Quincy friends.
Mrs. Ada Eakle visited Palmyra
relatives Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02

Is there a man so old in Monroe
Rails or Pike Counties, Missouri,
that he does not remember when
David A. Ball was asking the dear
people to give him an office
This is time of year when the
young college graduate occupies an
easy chair on his fathers front
porch, smokes his fancy pipe. cocks
his feet upon the porch railing and
instructs his dad" how to scientifi-
cally run a farm Grange Indi-
Gator.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02

Mrs. A. STEINER and. Misses Hilda
STEINER, Ellen Muchlberg and lone
McIntire went to Woodland, Thurs.
day to visit relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02
DR.. J. N. SOUTHERN,
Physician and Surgeon.

OfFce over Rogers & Thompson's
Store.
Telephones: Residence F. s. M.
24O. Bell 252.
Office: Bell So.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02

Miss Sadie Calvert is attending
the School Institute in Palmyra.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-02
SONGS AND STORIES.
BY Frank L. Stanton.
At The Reckoning

Az Inc NeSAoninE
In the dim hereafter,
Reckoning with the years,
Time you spent in laughter,
Time you lost in tears.
Then will Love, the rover,
Seek old fields and streams,
Live the same life over,
Dream the same sweet dreamsl
The Old Philosopher.
When Trouble comes along"
says the old philosopher, there's
always a way to get around him:
For instance, if you'll just 60 to
shouting 'Halleluia, and keep up the
lick, Trouble won't be able to hear
himself howl, and he'll come to the
conclusion that he has lost his way,
and make a Decline for the next
settlement. Anyway, the schemes
worth trying.
The June Poets.
Ring the rosy rhymes to June
July has but few;
Keep the flowery month in tune,
Smilin' sweet on you'll
June is easy-glides along
In a rippled rill of song!
Ring your rhymes then, while we
may!
Sweetheart-June's a winner;
July walks a blazing way
Rhyme wears raiment thinner.
June is easy-June is best;
Rhyme her to her rosy restl
The Hungry Jury.
A Billville jury, slow in arriving
at a decision, and feeling the keen
demands of appetite, sent the fol-
lowing note to the Judge:
If you don't send us somethin'
to eat quick, we'll have to find the
defendant guilty; but if you'll send
us three meals a day well stay here
till he's innocent"
The Blows That the People Apply"
Indiana has one poet who sings
of the people in a practical way.
His name is L. o. OKearon, and
here is a stanza from a recent poem
Of his:
oh, wrong may awhile rankly
flourish;
But it cannot endure overlong.
It is certain resentment to nourish,
Till right crushed to earth rises
strong.
And the juggernaut now that is
smashing
All those who its progress defy
May presently find itself crashing
Meath the blows that the people
apply"
His Vacation.
This is the way a Georgia rhym
er writes up his vacation:
Had just all I'm wishin'-
Don't you think to doubt it;
Spent a month a-fishin'
| An another tellin' bout it!'
No Comfort for Them.
A Kentucy poet hasn't a grain o
comfort for the boys on the fishinl
excursion:
"A man with most expensive xii
as fine as one could wish,
And a boy with a pin together 81
and try to snare the fish
"One school If huunorists woiild MA