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The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Let the Fiend Be Caught
and LEGALLY Killed.

Another one of those diabolical but
unspeakable crimes has been commit
ted in Escambia county and the brute
who committed it is still at large
There is but one penalty for this
crime and that penalty should be and
will be meted out In short order to
the guilty wretch when he is cap
tured, identified, and his guilt proven.
And in this connection just one
word-Iet the punishment be LEGAL
LY administered. Let every citizen
of the county join IN an effort to cap
tHFe the brute. Then let a special
term of court be Immediately called,
let an immediate trial be had, and an
immediate conviction and execution
follow.
This can be done and should be
done. 1t is the way sieEised and pro-
vided by the men who made the law
applying to such cases.
No punishment can be devised
which is severe enough for a crime
of this kind, but the only punishment
which is possible can be meted out
according to the law.
1t is not question OF whether OF
not the fend will be punished when
caught. 1t is simply a question as tc
the METHOD legal method or an IL
legal one.
Let the brute in human form be
caught and legally executed. The peo
pie Of Escambia county cannot afford
to have it any other way.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

between the shipper and the trans
portatiOn company, which wss salts
factory to both parties concerned.
The law aims to prevent favoritism
and discrimination by the common
carriers. Newspapers, among them
the Lake Butler Star, have been loud
in their demands for a square deal,
and no free passes or favoritism- 1t
is too soon yet for any of our breth-
rem to begin to take water, and The
Journal hopes the Star will recOnsid-
er its hasty declaration as above
quoted. Newspapers must not de-
mand any regulations regarding trans
portation TO which they are unwilling
TO submit cheerfully themselves.
That the Georgia Press Association
has asked for, and received, a con-
stTUction of the law in their interest
is not to their credit nor that of the
Georgia railroad commission.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

the people had grown up while the
republicans were in power.
Now that it is known that all the
trusts and mOnOpolies are going to
contribute money heavily 10 secure
the election Of Judge Taft. il is not
strange that he is not willing to have
the names Of subscribers 10 his cam
paign fund published until after the
election Mr. Bryan asa- for imm Pc
diate publicity for every cent that may
be subscribed in his own behalf
This fact that the republican cleo
tiOr fund IS to be. made up by the
great corporations and capitalists is
the strongest argument in favor Of
BTyan's oIecaOn- II he is TO win in
the election IL will be through the un-
nribed support Of the American peO-
pie. If he Is 10 he defeated II will he
through the power Of money. which
while if Is hard to Withstand in poll
tics. is not Yet OmnipOtent At any
rate tho problem TO he solved IS
whether money and monopoly are
more powerful than the people and
democracy. That is the question
New Orleans PiCayunr-
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
It Is Up to the
Board of Public Works.

Elsewhere in these columns today,
The Journal publishes a copy of the
anti-weed ordinance about which so
much has recently been said and writ
ten.
From this ordinance it appears per
fectly plain that the board of public
works is responsible for the enforce
ment of the ordinance and il conse-
quently follows that the same board
is responsible for the lack of enforce
ment which has resulted in the pres
ent unsightly and unsanitary condi-
ton of Pensacola's streets and of
many pieces of private property
throughout the city.
Now, what is the board OF public
works going to do about it2 Is II go
ing to enforce this ordinance or not ?
Is Pensacola TO look like a city or a
jungle?
The city health officer would like
to have an ordinance which would
vest responsibility in the health de
partment for its enforcement. and The
Journal thinks that the city health
officer is right about ii. but there is
no such ordinance. The ordinance
we have puts 1t up to the board OF
public works What does the board
of public works propose 10 do about
lit9
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Newspapers and
the Railroads.

The Georgia railroad commission
has ruled that newspapers in the state
NAV accept transportation in exchange
for advertising. This decision is OF
particular interest in view of the re
cent ruling in the federal court IN
Chicago in the MonOn railroad case
that such contracts are not legal
Gainesville Sun
II happens that Georgia Is blessed
with a live press association and a
railroad commission that has too
much business sense to try to en-
force an unconstitutional law passed
under the delusion and popular cor
Doration howl which would foOlishIy
try to prevent any business contract
being made between parties or per
sons when satisfactory terms and re-
muneration is given and received by
both parties. Any prohibition of this
right is an infringement OF the laws
of trade and guaranteed constitutional
right to every citizen whether he be
a railroad. man, a newspaper man or OF
any other occupation TO make q buSI-
ness contract. The ruling is a high
compliment to the justice and sound
sense of the Georgia railroad com
mission.-Lake Butler Star.
Now, Mr.. l. B. Star, Just listen al
yourself for a minute. Apply yOUr
logic to the case in which Judge Ian
dis imposed a fine of more tLan 2g
millions of dollars, because a corpO-
ration had shipped oil upon q contract
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
State COuVIctS.

State ConVicts-
ThOes persons who are now clamor-
ing for the abolition of the present
convict lease system would he the
very first ones TO cry ont against the
increase in taxes which would un-
questiOnably come about as Il result
of putting the convicts to work on
the public roads or their Incarceration
in a state prison. The time viii come
when the state can afford to abolish
the lease system but that time Is
not now. The cOnvictS are "a, present
very well treated by the IeSSees, and
most of the reports of cruel treat
ment are sent out by sensational cor
respondents, and are not warranted
by the facts in the case.-Ia-nesvilla
Sun.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Popular Women in EnaIand.

Who are The sIN most popular vo-
men in England, excluding Queen
Alexandria. who. of course. is hOrs
ConcoUrS2 The question Is answered
by readers. who place Florence Night
inEaie a. the head OF the list PTin-
cess Christian. whose personal charm
and bOundless energy in the cause
of DGilaur hrOpy are well known comes
next the remaining four in their or
der being the Princess of Wales. Miss
Ellen Terry the Countess Of Warwick
and Nine Patti. who has never been
able really 10 change the name she
made her own, though she has made
three attempts--London Woman.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

A beautiful young woman who runs
an Illicit still near Sargent, kentucky,
Is an excellent shot with a rifle and
recently put 10 rout a deputy United
States marshal and his posse, who
were trying to effect her arrest. The
journal speaks of her as a beautiful
young woman because as is well
known all Kentucky young women
are beautiful, This maiden moon
sinner is twenty-seven years old and
this makes the third time that single
handed and alone she mas driven on
posses sent to capture her. The old
argument against female suffrage
that "an effective ballot must be
backed by a bullet" falls fat in heI
s2se.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

1t is highly probable tnat Harry
Thaw is sane enough To realize by
this time that killing a man is an
expensive undertaking. BY his rec
ord of accounts it appears that ne
has paid for services of eminent
counsel and experts $43S,5OO and they
still have claims against him amount
ing to $453, ,l40. which they are push
ing for payment. And, he is not a
free man Yet.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

Chicago's new 1908 city directory
gives that burg a population of 2,425,-
600 which is about half a million more
than was found in the city by the
latest census enumerators. The John
son family is found to be the most
numerous, having a little more than
1890 names in the directory, while
the Smiths number only 5000; the
Andersons come next with 4677
names.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

The Tampa Evening News has quit,
thus leaving the newspaper field to
the Tribune and Times. Tampa is a
smart town and a better one for
newspapers than the average town of
its size, but it has now been quite
fully demonstrated that two good
dailies. one morning and one even
ing, are enough for her needs at pres
ent
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
LawIessness in Jacksonville.

Tampa needs to put a hitch in her
lawlessneSS. So does Jacksonville,
The parents who conceal the impish-
ness of their boys and allow them to
become the terTors of the neighbor-
hood are preparing sorrow for them
selves and the expense of mainten-
ance for the community When we
have so reformed our convict system
that punishment is made pleasant
there will be some excuse for raising
children to fill the increasing demand
for cheap labor.-JacksOnvill Times
Union.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

Now that Mr.. Bryan has been for
mally notified of his nomination as
the candidate of the great democratic
party for the high office of president
of the United States, the campaign is
fairly on and earnest work for a dem
ooratic victory will be conducted from
now on till the day of the election,
Democratic doctrines are right and
they must prevail.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Mr.. Bryan's BE Speech.


The able 3ech of Hon. William J.
BRYAN. accpuc the presidential nom-
inatiOn, mushaIlenge the aduiratiOn
of every paDtic American citizen
who hopes tsee the achievement of
those reform for which the Demo
cratic party stood during so many
years
This addTe is comparatively brief,
for. aS has In previously indicated.
the distinguid candidate will deal
with the varf issues now before the
people mOTeNha ustively in several
separate spenes during the cam
paisn-
In his rcshse to the notification
Comittee todi he contents himself
with import suggestions which
come MP Casfy in the course Of his
general thet Shall the People
Rule"
This X tFhasiC issue Il is the
one question Itch U1deTIies and over
shadows evet other question with
which the tvbaTties must go before
the people a the address of Mr..
Bryan Ieave4n room TO doubt that
II the queStitiS TO he answered i'm
the affiTmatl1 II will have to come
through the tmph OF the democrat
ic party
Out of the1wn mouths the reuub-
Hcau leaderSe condemned. They
have made Fl and frank confession
OF the gross ESes which have crept
into governn1aI affairs. but the
crushing ansi 10 all this is that
these abuses Fe. for the most part.
grown up dut the period when the
| Republican y was in control. and
the failure tdnedy them lies at the
door of the rbIican administrations
/ which have , in power during the
continuance GUse abuses.
| The spirit bOastfuiness has led
! the repubhcaarty to recall that It
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
The A BIC and X YZof
ADVERTISING
SERIES OF Ten TALKS on ADVERTISING
written nv Seymour Eaton Of PhiisdeIPhIs

Most department store advertising may be
divided into three classes: bad, very bad and
damned bad.
Bargain advertising is in the first class IT does
sell goods; but if well done it could easily make
three blades of grass grow where grows now.
The worth $40 now So bargain offer has
been done to death. The people buy the $3.50
article because $3.50 is much they pay;
because they have the goods; because they
have intelligence enough to know that they getting
good value for the price; but for every who buys
there two others shOo-ed off by the roll-up,
tumble-up, thTow-up-y your-mOney hurTah.
An honest bargain properly announced is always
good advertising. If [ controlled newspaper page
should onethird of it. down the side, for legiti
mate bargains. I should put the word Bargains
TOdays Bargains at the top and with the desCrip-
tons of the articles should give selling prices only
say nothing in figures about values cost prices;
that space for describing the goods. l should
make the descriptions brief possible, leave
everything to the imagination of the customer except
the selling price; and now and then should omit
that; let the customer to the store to find out
Then should make these bargains look like charity
by contrast by using the remainder of the
advertise my Sular- priced, awaysin stock cloth
ing and dress goods and carpets and furniture and all
that of thing; and should make this department
full of life and spirit and enthusiasm for the goods
to make my counters irresistible.
The store that pIeaChes is in the second class.
Preaching isn't advertising. 1t may be entertaining
and instructive may analyze to nicely the ethical
policy of the store; it may impress the weakminded
with the fact that this store is great public benefaCor
powerful influence for good in the community sort
OF merchandise university which ought to be endowed
by the State. But preaching doesn't sell goods; 1t
doesn't even draw a crowd.
The formal, refrigerator my brass plate-is suffi-
Cien advertising is in the third class 1t has all the
dignity and drawing power of corpse. Mark you,
not CTtCisin9 the idea. The idea is fine. To be
a chosen people clothed in purple and fine linen to
bask in the sunshine of wealth, of arstOCraCy,
of fame where it to drink what it drinks
to what it wears, to buy where it buys, to talk
what it talks, to dress your poodle dog with what it
dresses its poodle dog to be somebody exclusive,
two removed second hand; that is
greatness and people pay big money for greatness,
for the varn1Sh veneer. 1t is the adver-
Using that is bad. 1t might easily quadrupe the
trade and keep within the boundaries Of the elect Ex
people don't think You don't need salt their
They follow leader like lot of sheep. Your business
advertiser capture the leader the beeer of the
The easy The others will pay the privilege
of standing IN line.
Embalm and bury the brassplate advertising Use the
customers. of them read adveT
pebeian should happen TO read about
goods wander shop by mistake let him do
the worrying.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

Sir Thomas Upton is certainly a
perseyering old sport He is now
trying to arrange another race for the
Americas cup as he has another new
Shamrock that he believes would be
a winner.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

If those young Turks keep on en-
forcing demands upon the sultan he
stands a chance to come out OF ii
pretty well plucked. Not only is he
asked 10 give up his harem, but now
ne is called on to give up half Of his
personal fortune Being a sultan now
ant what it used to be.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

By the way, 1t will be rather incon-
venient for the labor socialists to
hold their notification jubilee unless
the warden permits the celebration in
the prison yard
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Bryan Accepts the Nomination

Mr. Bryan i one Of the most militant
orators in American public life. bur
in replying to the address of the com
mittee he INDUCED in none of the
graces of rhetoric On the contrary
what he said was plain AID TO the
point. and when he attacked the re-
publican party and condemned IL ont
Of the mouths of its own leaders and
chief speakers, including the repuBli-
publican candidate, Judge Taft and
President Roosevelt, his logic was IT.
resiStible.
Attacking the republican party in
the very beginning. he showed that all
the abuses Of public power and the
entire brood of private monopoIies
which had oppressed and impoverished
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Political Announcement.
FOR SHERIFF.

] hereby announce myself as "A candidate
for the office Of Sheriff Of FsSrambia COUn-
tv. Independently. in the general election
10 Fa held in November. and solicit the
votes Of all voters in This county
CAPT. FRANK \ ROGHTCH
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

Judge Seabury's latest, one or the
six hest sellers: six reasons for
passing up the Hearst party.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
NOTICE

The City Board OF Equalization
will meet during the month of Aug,
daily at 10 a m, at the Office OF thS
City Tax Assessor
W. +. ANDERSON.
Chairman.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

Taft will not comment on Bryanf
speech. He was probably strlckel
speechIess by Mr.. Bryan's argument
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Comment on Bryan's
Speech of Notification
MIR. erysn's Plea for Popular Rule.

Mr.. 6rysn's Plea for Popular Rule.
After happy tender Of the demo
cratic nomination by Chairman Henry
D. Clayton Mr.. Bryan proceeded yes
terday TO accept the nomination and
to define IN general way the issues
OF the campaign. At the very outset
ne declared the issue to be, Shall
the People RUle2" He read Presidept {
RoOseveltS Indictment of last January.
which certainly was not directed
against the democratic party. for that
party was not and had not in 12 years
been in power. This Indictment also
bears the endorsement of Mr. Taft.
And then Mr. Bryan proceeds to put
the responsibility, the entire respon-
sibility, for nOnaCtiOn. on the repub-
lcan party His case is complete. His
argument IS unanswerable.
The Ron-coTTection of abuses eX-
tends to the tariff, to the trusts. to
railroad regulation, to the over-issue
of stocks and bonds. to the publicity
| OF campaign contributions, to the pop
| UlaT election of Senator's Not" says
| MT- Bryan. 'unuI the republican par
ty passes through a period of fasting
| in the wilderness Will the republican
leaders learn tO'study public ques-
tiOns from the standpoint of the
masses"
The entire campaign turns on the
one question, Sail the people ruIe2''
An obstructive euate and a deSpOtic
| house have stool in the way of popu-
| lar rule, and NF Bryan shows that
| the people CanDt rule until they
elect democratic house and establish
! popular elections; of senator's
| The acceptane speech is wholly
| devoted to the Gershadowing issue of
popular rule OheT issues will be dis
cussed by Mr. Ryan as the campaign
progresses, but in his acceptance
speech he shows that abuses have
crept in becaUS, of the lack of popU-
lar government. and he points out
how the people can come into their
own.
The closing Paragraphs of his com
pact. clOSely-kni speech are devoted
to the record Ofthe democratic party,
which has prOen its worthiness by
it's refusal to ppchase victory by de-
1ivering the peoie into the hands of
those who had espoiled them" He
goes on to show that the democratic
party is the defeIier of honest wealth,
and that it seeks not revolution, but
reformation. HepTomiSes. in conclus-
ion, if elected. tOmake this a govern
ment in which te people rule. The
people of this CUntTy would not be
unjust TO any one This IS the teach
ing of history, au to this Mr.. Bryan
commits himself-Birmingha Age
Herald
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

No, Hiram, the weed ordinance
which was lost but is found, does no
particularly interest users Of tobacco
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

If we would MIKE Pensacola
good place 70 live in, those "eeo
jungIes must go.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Can't Miss Taft.

Can't see how the fellow who shot
at Taft ever managed to miss his
mark, and there is good reason TO
doubt the truth of the story. The
idea, anyway, of attempting to kill
my type with bird shot is utterly
absurd.-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
PENS AcoIA FLORIDA FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST a.
Cut your weeds.

Read the present anti-weed law
thea cut your weeds
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

II looks to some people as though
the city might have cut down the
weeds in the streets without waiting
10 find a weed ordinance.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Florida Manufacturers Prospering.

All classes of Florida manufactur-
ers are prOspering this year OF these
one of the greatest is the Tampa
Cigar trade, of which the Times says:
Shipments of cigars from Tampa for
the week ending July 1S were 4,590,-
600, which is slightly below the de
sired average of 100000. The gen
eraI conditions surrounding the trade
are encouraging, all the factories are
making preparations for a heavy out
put during the fall season, and it be-
gins to look as though the record
breaking output OF 1907 will be equal
ed this year" This means many
thousands of dollars to Tampa, OF
which the greater part goes out in
wages to employees, who spend it in
the city.-TimeS-Unio
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

A lot of old newspapers,
tied up in neat bundles for
sale, sc a bundle, at The Jour-
nal Office.
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14
Mr.. Bryan's Accetance.

= One cannot red the speech of ac-
ceptance of Hon William Jennings
Bryan. remarkabltin its brevity when
compared to the extremely long and
labored address ofHOn. William H.
Taft. delivered uner similar circum-
stances, without being impressed
with its TREMENDOUS earnestness.
Shall the people hle?" is the burden
of his thought ard interviewer with
his plea for the masses Is terrible
Indictment Of the republican party,
which for a generation has drawn
its campaign funds from the benef1c-
iaries of speiaI legislation"
After recHng some of the abuses
of which th{republicans have been
guilty Mr.. bryan demands with re-
IentlesS inSfe1ce, Why have these
known abuSk not been cOrrected2"
The addTessbTistles with frequent
questions, T{ny of which the oppos-
ing party vi have difficulty in an
sweTing bUtFhich he is determined
they shall tt evade. He touches
upOu the Wit. issues of the campaign,
tariff reforI antitrust legislation,
publicity champaign contributions
and the eledOn of senators by pOpU-
lar vote, anboints out with unerTing
precision tn evasive tactics of the
republicans when confronted with
these issues
In cOnClusn he voices his devotion
to the demtatic principle of pOpu-
lar governn1t in these words:
Il promisSif entrusted with the
responsibility of this high office. to
ConssCrate 4atever ability 7 have to
the one puDse of making this, in
| fact, a govetnent in which the peo-
pie rUle-a FeTnment which will do
/ Justice TO al and offer to every one
| the highest SsibIe stimulus to great
and persiste effort by assuring to
each the eminent of his just share
/ of the process of his toll. no matter
/ in what parOf the vineyard he Ia
borS. or to hat occupation. prOfes-
/ sion OF Callii he devOteS himself. -
/ birmingham PwS
The Pensacola journal., 1908-08-14

has been in control of all or at least
part of the government since the war.
with the exception of two years But
this boast rises up TO plague the re-
publicanS themselves when il carries
with il a responsibility for the deIin-
quencies under which the people Suf-
fer
Mr. Taft's personal wishes count for
little in the matter of popular election
of senators for instance or publicity
Of campaign contributions. or many
other democratic doctrines toward
which he has thrown an anchor.
when the republican party itself, in
convention assembled. has distinctly
repudiated these measures. The clear
cut position of the Democratic party.
voiced in the platform, leaves no
doubt as to what the people can ex-
pect if the democrats are placed in
power. while the position Of the nom
mess is in exact accord with the ut
terances of his party
Mr. Bryan dweIIs at some length
on the question of tariff reform and
the trusts Their inter-reIatiCn is
pointed out and emphasized But re-
form in the tariff like the publication
OF campaign expenses. is to be left ny
the Republicans until after the cleo
tiOn-and the people know ONLY too
we'll by the experience of the past just
what TO expect from the beneficiaries
of special interests which have con
tributed 50 largely to campaign funds
IN the past and may be expected to do
so in the future.
On the whole. Mr.. Bryan has given
his party keynote speech which Is
nothing short of inspiring Read in
the light of history, and the tradition
al alliances Of the republican party.
too deeply entangIed to he freed by an
individual republican leader however
sincere he might be. IT points the wsv
for the people of the United States
and gives encouragement in the homes
which are being raised higher every
day that victory awaits US next No
Vember-Atlanta JouraI.