The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-05
NEWS AND VIEWS


His Life An Open Book.
! John n. c. Stockton has proven his
worth to the people OF Florida. HIS
political and private Life is an open
book He stands for the whole people
and is making the race Tor governor
because the people demanded that ne
should in their inberest.-Manitee Rec
ord.
Turpentine Box Cutting Falling Off.
! The Record is in possession OF IN
| formation to warrant the statement
that the box cutting this year Will
De far below that of last year. This
statement is made after careful
study of all the letters which have
| been received here during the past
| few weeks. Operators have been do
| ing their best this winter to keep the
box cut down. Acting upon the sug-
| SestiOn of the executive committee or
the Turpenttne Operators association,
they have refrained from cutting boxes
! and have only done so when 1T was
! necessary TO protect the leases they
| hold upon timber ''-Industrial Record.
New Candidate for Comptroller.
For some time the friends of Wal
lace w. Stripping have been urging
| him TO make the race for comptroller
Mr. Stripping would make an ideal
man for the place. He is equipped for
the duties Of the office in every par
| ticular. The Record especially would
like to see Wallace Stripping enter
| the race; we We're boys together and
| the editor knows his real worth and
how we'll he would fill the comptrol-
ler's office, and we sincerely trust he
will decide to enter the race. Mr..
Stripping is known from one end OF
the state to the other and his thou
sands of friends declare him a win
ner if he enters the race.-Manitee
Record.
Bouquet for Storrs.
The DeFuniak Breeze was started
sixteen years ago as a very small pa
per, half of which was printed in
Atlanta. Now it runs from eight toi
twelve pages, has an up-to-date plant
and a brick building of its own, and is
one of the most prosperous Weeklies In
the state. Its success is due solely to
the indomitable energy of it owner and !
editor, R. w. Storrs, who Is one OF
the most progressive citizens of West
Florida.-Punta Gorda Herald.
HWet" or "Dry" in OsceoIa.
a sufficient number of names hav-
ing been signed to the petition call
ing for an election on the wet and !
dry question in Osceola county, the
same was presented TO the county COM
missioners Tuesday of last week, and
the elections will be held on March 9.
1t promises to be a bitter tight, as
many OF the citizens of KiSSimme who
are anti-prohibitionists are not in IA
vor of the open saloons of the city.
1t is rumored that both sides will re-
ceive aid in the campaign and every
inch of the ground will be contested.
Should Osceola go wet it viii be the
only moist county between HilIsbor-
ough and Duval counties On the Jack
sonviile and Tampa line, the only
other interior wet county in the state
being MariOn.-St. Augustine Record.
Prohibition Helps Mariana.
Who said the putting out of bar
rooms or wh:skey shops would kill
Mariana? Notwithstanding the won
derful increase in buildings since the
town went dry, there's not a vacant
store in town and we are losing some
good and desirable citizens-some ac-
tually moving away against their will,
because of a lack of homes. Another
move equal to the putting out of wills
key shops and our town would be
dotted with tents for homes. Booze :,
never builds up or improves anything,
but tears down and degrades all the ;
Times-Courfer.
Qualifications Of Candidates.
The campaign committee of the ..
democratic party in Florida, sitting :
in Jacksonville Tuesday, issued the
official call for the primaries for !
May 10 and June 16, and thus defined !,
he qualifications of candidates and
electors: Those, and only those, per- ! ,
sons shall be permitted to become can 7
1idates before or to vote at or particl- :
pate IN the management OF any prl- ,
nary election held by the democratic 6
party in Florida, who are white demo- :
ratio electors, who declare their ad- !
ference to the principals and organi- /,
alton of the democratic party-na
ional, state and Countrywide are by 7
he laws of the state lawful electors
If the district in which they offer to
Tote, who have paid their poll taxes
egally due not less than ten days be-
ore such primary election is held, II
md who shall, when challenged byI Z
my eIector, pledge in writing upon o
,ath before an inspector, his honor v
O abide and support the result of such c
and vote for the nominees s
hereof. ''-Tallahasse True-Democrat. X
Friendly to Stockton.
Hon. John Stockton delivered an a
.ddress at Lakeland Saturday, the 81
End inst. to a large audience, by in a
itation of the Confederate veterans. p
lis subject was Washington, Lee, and II
ackson. For one hour Mr.. Stockton Il
ED the closest attention of the audi g
nee He drew a splendid lesson from 6
he lives of these eminent men; and
.dvised that we stop our lives of ty
reed and initiate the three most gio- a.
h
te
An inclination to be constip- 81
ted is 4 common symptom OF 81 81
ne American people. This is D
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