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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-01
A Narrow Escape.

Mounted Officer Jones had a mar
row escape at the same time He was
going to the station to make his first
report, when his horse touched the end
of the wire. The animal gave a squeal
and fell to the ground, the officer leap
ing from the saddle to the ground
without touching the wire. 1t was
thought the horse was dead. as it lay
ON the ground for shout FIVE minutes,
but when Hnemen arrived and cut
the wire il arose to its feet and an
hour later did not appear to have
been injured.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-01
Theatre Crowd Notified.

The patrons of the Opera House
who left the building just at this time
were notified as they passed out by
officers to take the north side OF the
street, so as not to come in contact
with the wire. Several officers were
sent from the station. and in addition
to notifying the people, several stood
in the street to direct all not to pass
on the south side.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-19
Especial to the AR4rs.)

Savannah, Ga, March 17-What
promises TO be one of the greatest
automobile race meetings that has
ever taken place in America will begin
over the Savannah course near this
city tomorrow.
Preparations tor the event have been
going on for several and are
now complete.
The course is in excellent shape.
iEn'rmuus crowds of people are ex-
pected to congregate along the circuit,
which will be thoroughly policed from
end to end to prevent accidents.
Grand stands for the accommodation
Of spectators have been erected at sew
eral points and seats al tAree dollars
each are selling like bot oaIes.
Famous racing au5omobIles, guided
ny 5lis best drivers ~ America, are en-
tered IN ,te variou. events that make
up the programme. Among the drjv-
ers entered there are SO many sklfuI,
fearless 1ll Experienced 0lan with
oars d known pow.r and speed, that
it IS considered useless - attempt to
pick the winners. Thursday, which
will be The big day of the meet, has
been proclaimed y pupI.c holiday III
Savannah.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-19
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Ambitions and Prospects Of Men
Strutting and Fretting Their
Hour on she Stage.
Especial to the ARGUS
Washington, d. G., March

Washington, d. G., March II.
Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr., son of +.
T. ~Crittenden, former governor of Mis-
souri,, is the Democratic nominee for
mayor OF Kansas City.
James H.. Higgins, the Democratic
governor of Rhode Island, says that III
MS opinion The Republicans OF his
state are inclined to favor Hughes for
the Presidency.
Senators Crane and Lodge, eN-Gov-
ernor John l.. Bates and john D.. Long,
former Secretary Of the Navy, com
prise the latest slate for delegates-at
large from Massachusetts, to the Re
publican National Convention.
Charles f. Murphy, the Tammany
leader, has determined, according to-
those in his confidence, that neither
w. Burke Cochran nor Francis Burt IN
Harrison shall be re-nominated for
Congress next fail.
The Taft workers may make a new
move for the delegates from Vermont,
rs Il result of the death Ex-senator Proc
tor. 1t Is probable tina some asl1ra"t>
for the ~senatorship will seek the aid OF
the administration and ofthe Secretary
of War toward furthering their am
olIIon7'
The Connecticut Republican STATE.
convention this spring promises to be
one % Uhe most Interesting helu III me
Nu''leS STATE Iii " h''iloei q years
contrary - 'HV custom lie IVY" C"''e"
! - =" 80 o'eH"F
- Il N"''o'"'
'1o"' l'0 0'"N convention VIII 5'eei
a. II 'E'Ioro III May
Anono the nro,ofnent Democrats
uhosa names A.. .aanri.,Dd i'm oor-
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-19
s.

a. kln9gon and Newborn wlth
Atlantic Coast Line,
"Eraills Nos. 3 and ! connect at
Goldsboro with Z. &. !. trains a8
follows: No. II, Scathbouud: No. ~,
NOrihb1und; and with Southern
Railway Trains Nos. I'll. We4tb0uudo
and No, IL, Easthoun&,"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-19
EASTBOUND

Sunday trains leaves GoIGs6ora at a. m. ana
$50 j. III.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-19

The recent death of Senator Proctor,
of Vermont, caused the fifth vacancy
in the Senate within a year. Senators
John I. Morgan and Edmund w. Pet
of Congress and Senator stephen Nal
Tory, Of Florida, and Senate a. c.
Latimer, OF South Carolina, have died
since Congress met III December.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

communication, the Mississippi sound
rating as inland water and being
connected with New Orleans by two
route-Lake Borgne and Lake Ponch-
artrain from which three fine com
merciaI canals, or basins lead into
the heart of New Orleans. and Lake
Borgne and the Lake BCrgne canal,
connecting Lake BorSne with the Mis-
sissippi river by means of locks about
forty miles below New Orleans.
Other agencies, therefore, have al
ready reduced the field of necessary
work by the Gulf Coast Inland Water
way Association to the stretch he
tween Mobile and ApaIacnlcola via
Pensacola and Santa Rosa Sound.
Jacksonville and the East Florida
interests will undoubtedly be able to
take good care of that section of the
proposed work affecting the peninsula
as a special locality.
West Florida and Alabama are es-
pecially interested in the project as it
affects the Perdido country. between
Mobile and Pensacola bays. and the
territory east of Pensacola as far as
Apalachicola. And this is the part Of
the project which is the simplest
problem, whittier viewed from the
STANDPOINT OF money or engineering
Very little dredging wOuld give an
S-fOot channel from the waters Of
Mobile bay through Ben SecOur bay
Thence, an Smile canal would be
necessary TO connect Ben SecOur bay,
by inland water through south Bald
win county, with from s to Is feet
natural depth in Wolf bay 10 to y
feet natural depth in Bay La Launch.
and to Is feet natural deDth in Per
dido bay. Then, two small shadows
might have TO be removed and about
half a mile of channel deepening on a
straight line and q one mile canal
would connect Perdido bay by a mini
mum depth of 8 feet with the natural
depth of from s to % feet in Grand
Lagoon. At the eastern end of Grand
Lagoon, one mile of channeling would
complete the inland, wsteTCouTse from
Mobile to Pensacola bay. more than
40 feet of water. and give to both Mo
bile and Pensacola inland water com
munication with one of the finest farm
ing and choicest residence sections in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

the world The shores of Perdido bay
and its connecting waters are equally
mt for the praises of poets or the en-
cOmiUms of promoters
Nine miles of canal and about > IL
miles of channel deepening would
connect Mobile and Pensacola via the
PeTdidO bay dS the commercial object
of both Mobile and Pensacola.
To say that Senator Bankhead of
Alabama is an enthusiast upon the
government dOinr this work is to put
it mildly. | talked with him last Mon
Gay on his waE through Pensacola
from the Perdido bay to Birmingham
He Is UnTeservedly in favor of the
federal government doing this work
with the least possible delay Furt n
er, he could not be stronger in his
declaration for the project between
Pensacola and ApaIachicola if all his
material interests were in these places
instead of Alabama
West FIoridians are familiar with
Santa Rosa sound They know that
very little channel work in spots
viii give a minimum OF s feet from the
PenSa cola end of the sound to Chloe
tawhatChee bay. through territory
and a residence and truck section OF
highly desirable quality From Choc-
tawhatchee bay to Apalachi cola forty
miles of channel work and canal work
is all that is necessary. ANY one of
several different routes, OF about equal
engineering and monetary aspect could
be selected II this section
Reference has been made TO Senator
Bdnkhedd's enthusiasm over the pro
ject SenatOT-eleCt Fletcher of FIOTi-
da is on record "a being committed
TO the project Indeed, he has declar
ed in terms that the establishment Of
inland water communication between
Mobile and ApalaChicOla via Pensacola
will be his special work II the United
States senate In this connection it
would be unfair not 10 say. even at
the risk of violating a personal inter
view, that Senator TalifeTro is very
deeply interested in the project. a
recent conversation I had with him
left me with the very comfortable
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30
NEWS FORECAST
FOR The WEEK

New York. Aug. 2a.-Amou- the
fnuCrtart news eve--s ON tho pro
gam flr the comm. week are the
following
Sunday
Eugene Y Debs. Socialist prcSi-
Dental candidate will leave Chicago
on { special train 10 begin d ten
thousand mile campaign tour o. ne
country
Monday
F1rtv-secOud national oucam Jmeut
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
and meetings Of affiliated bodies. VIII
convene in Toledo.
Twenty-eighJh birthday OF Wilhei-
nina Queen Of the Netherlands vii
10 celebrated by the Dutch every
where
National Association Of COLLEGIATE
Alumni NilI meet II annual session
a san Francisco
State fairs N Minnesota. al Ham
linz. Nebraska a Lincoln Ohio a.
Columbus Maryland. ~ TlmOniUu-
California. a. Sacramento. and Cana
dian National Exhibition Al Toronto
Tuesday.
Republican National Con sreSsIonaI
Headquarters viii De formally opened
ia he Auditorium Hotel Chicago
Fifth annual encampment OF the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

The Gulf Coast Inland Waterway
association was organized on May z,
1908, at a convention held in the Com
mercial Club, of Mobile, which was
given the presidency in the person OF
Hon. John Craft of Mobile. Leland j.
Henderson, secretary of the Apalachi-
cola Board of Trade and the initiatOr
of the convention, was elected Secre-
tary, and Gov Broward was elected
vice president at large. The Pensacola
Chamber of Commerce was a prime
mover in the convention, and Presi-
dent Yonge was elected vice-pre3ident
for Florida, and Secretary Waterman
was made treasurer. A constitution
WAS adopted by the association, and
adjournment taken until November 9
at Columbus, Ga, when, ii is thought,
, very large convention will be held.
The purpose Of the Gulf Coast In
7A2d Waterway association is to ere
ate an effective national sentiment in
favor of federal appropriations suffi-
Q8t to establish continuous inland
water communication between New
Orleans and the west coast of the
Florida peninsula by deepening pres
ent waters where necessary to mini
mum depth of feet and by digging
present inland waters, the canals to
have a minimum depth of feet: also,
by means of some canalling and some
improvement of natural water courses,
30 give water communication across
the northern end of the peninsula of
Florida TO connect the Gulf Coast In
land Waterway" with the projected
'Atlantic Coast Waterway" extending
from Maine to Florida.
The project, at first thought seems
a vast one. In reality Il is not. On
the contrary, the monetary and elgi-
neeTing aspects are insignificant in
comparison with the sstainable re-
suits.
A large and powerful interstate or
Ranization is already connecting the
mouth of the Rio Gr&rGS with New
Orleans by using some canalling and
making use of the vast inland waters
along the coasts of Texas and Louisi-
ana
From New Orleans to Mobile there
IS already continuous inland water
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

United Spanish War Veterans of
America viii open il Faneuil Hall,
Boston
Cassidy bill by which bucket shops
are made Illegal in New York state,
goes into effect.
National Association Of Master
Bakers begins its annual convention
IN Indianapolis
Home Manufacturers Exhibition
an Interstate Industrial fair, opens in
New Orleans.
Farmers Educational and Co
operative Union. q national OrgaIiZa-
ton Of aEricUltuTiSts. COnvenes in
Fort Worth
Republicans OF Idaho viii hold
state nominating convention in Boise.
Wednesday.
New York state Prohibition cOnven-
ton will ne held in Syracuse
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

and west hardly believe possible until
they try
Perhaps ! should write only as treas
urer OF the association, but | can not
help writing. in part as q resident OF
Pensacola Pensacola can well afford
TO be generous and help the whole pro
icct. but this is what [ would impress
on PensacOIiauS who read this article
Pensacola absolutely cannot afford not
to take a selfish interest and a selfish
zeal in q project which means so
much To Pensacola.
Inland wafer communication with
St. Louis and Memphis inland water
communication with Birminzham =
coal fields and steel and iron plants
Think what that means to this city.
We are about TO build 2 hotel that
will attract hundreds OF tourists
Think what inland water cOmmUnica-
ton with Mobile viii mean 10 a pleas
IRE craft. what II viii mean 10 the in
expensive freight carriers that Pensa-
cola capital can put into the tTanspOr-
tariOn business. Think what II viii
mean to this city. beside the finest har-
Dor on the gulf Of Mexico. to have
water communication with the great
hearts Of the Mississippi valleys world
record prOductivencSs-tO he in posi-
ton. because Of inland water cOmmun-
iCation. 10 compete with New Orleans
on export goods from St LOui- AMI
Chicago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

Bar thinking about these things viii
not give the inland water connections
Work Is needed and money Is needed
Many Hundreds Of dollars must be
scent for literature that viii advertise
the reasons why the national funds,
which belong to Alaska a we'll as 10
us should DC spent on inland water
wave that would especially benefit Us
We know that the stuDeudOUS
weight Of the National Rivers and
HarbOrs Congress. which advocates "a
policy. not q project" IS with u. even
# We are advocating 4 particular pro
fect. because our project is a part of
the great policy Of the national asso-
citation.
The time Is ripe for the inception
Of general hard work, which must fall
r-. a cOu1IarativeIv few men. fo~ them
10 DO with the funds furnished by the
people at large
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

Annual PittshurS Exposition will be
formally opened in PiJtsbUrg.
Thursday
Thirty-fOurth annual convention
of the Catholic Young Mems National
Union of America opens in PhiIadei-
phia-
FifUy-ninth Michigan state fair
opens in Detroit
Democrats of California viii hold
state nominating convention IN Stock
ton.
Saturday,
Ohio Republican state campaign
will be opened n Youngstown, with
Governor Hughes Of New York. Gov
eruOT Harris Of Ohio and Senator
Beverage Of Indiana the speakers.
American batt1eship fleet viii lea.ve
Melbourne for Albany. a distance of
,332 miles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

feeling that he would leave unuoue
nothing that he could do to transform
the project into an accomplished fact.
The first work in congress has al
ready been done The house sent 10
death in committee a bill by the late
Representative Wiley 10 order pre-
Iimfnary survey for an inland water
route between Mobile and Pensacola,
Chairman Burton of the rivers and
harbor5 committee being unwilling at
the time for mis- bill 10 carry any aP-
preparation for any new project S2na-
tor Morgan. however, carried through
the senate the provision that Mr. vi
ley was unable 10 get through IN"
house. / believe that had Mobile Is
community then understood the mat
ter as well as leading MObilians now
do. Mr.. Wiley would have had better
support and perhaps would have car
ried the matter through the house
In auv event the United States sen
ate Is on record as favOTing most i'm
pOTtant part Of the project The aver
age history of national legislation car
ryinS appropriations for projects that
mean continuous policies tells this
story: the hardest tight 5 TO get the
bill through either senate or house
the first time when bill has @Once
gotten through one branch of the ma
tionaI congress. persistent effort usU-
ally carries the projec; TO a success
full realization. 50 far as the apprOpria-
ton : concerned. In this gulf coast
inland waterways project. therefore.
the entering wedge has been driven
by the late John Morgan Shall We
keep working where he drove the
wedge. or shall We let the good work
he partially did die with him?
In This day Of great Improvement
works the inland waterway / have out
lined would be pigmy play in compari-
son with the Roosevelt and ShoshOne
dams built by the government as part
Of a federal plan and policy of actually
creating agricultural acreage ny
changing deserts into irrigated areas.
The Gulf Coast Inland Waterway as
socIatiOn axis. not that ne govern
ment turn deserts into gardens at
colossal cost BY titanic engineering
feats. but merely that the government
create At small cost inland water COM
munication between section of what
the whole world knows. as i has
known since Ponce de Icons day. 20
be the flower spot of the whole earth.
But. Florida Is now fairly beginning
to be understood as more than a Land
of Flowers Her newer name land
her truer name) is The Poor Mans
Paradise" The home Of the pine
trees Is yielding the best tobacco crops
in the world. and only fragment of
the new science of fertilization is
needed here 10 change the turpentiue
camp into farm that yields wealth
that the hardy farmers % the north
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

feeling that he would leave undone
nothing that he could do to transform
the project into an accomplished fact
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

Annual PittshurS Exposition will be
Enr-r--- L. a-.-n-L IN n---. ------
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-30

$500 for Corners, $3.50 for
Inside Lots; 10 per cent cash
down, $40 per month on
every pair of Lots, with 6 per
cent interest per anrurn on
deferred payments.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-28
THACKERAY's SUBSTITUTE.

Many American readers of ThaCkeray have
wondered how he was able TO write so graphic
and correct an account of George Warringron's
escape from Fort DuqUesne. on his journey
through the wilderness 70 the banks of the
Potomac, as Thackeray had never seen the
magnificent valley through which MS gallant
hero fed after his daring escape. 1t will he
q surprise 10 many people to hear that Thack-
cray did not write that chapter at all. but
that the well known author John P. Kennedy
did. This is the story as Colonel John H. B.
Latrobe once told il:
Kennedy was at dinner in London with
Thackeray. Anthony TrolIope. Wilkie Collins
and other celebrities. The dinner was over and
the guests were settling down 10 the wine and
cigars, when Thackeray. who was entertaining
the company with his wit and satire, suddenly
stopped. and. taking out his watch. exclaimed.
Gentlemen. I must leave YOU I hate TO 90.
but I must. 7 have promised the printer chap
ter of The Virginians' tomorrow morning, and
I haven't written line of it yet. The printer
is memorable. So, wishing you all another meet
ing when 1 can be longer with you. bid you
good evening"
Thackeray had almost reached the door when
Kennedy called him back and said:
Perhaps I can write the chapter for you.
What are you going to desCribe2"
The great novelist seemed a little surprised.
but being perfect man Of the World said:
would I let you write that chapter for me for
I hate to leave a jolly party.
Then don't" all the company cried. Stay
with and let Mr.. Kennedy write the proposed
chapter"
I've half a mind to let you do it. just for the
run or Ine InlnS II IS a CndpCer cnieny or de-
scription giving account of George War
rngtons escape from Fort Duquesne and his
journey to the Potomac"
IF that's what you writing about. I can
do it, for I know every foot of the ground.
All right, then said Thackeray. resuming
his seat at the board. Let me have it early
tomorrow morning"
Mr.. kennedy withdrew and. going TO his
hotel wrote the fourth chapter of the second
volume Of The Virginians," and thus il hap
pened that George Warringtous narrative of
his flight was so accurate as TO the topography
Of the country through which he passed.-D. K
Janowitz. in LippinCotts.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-28
THE CALL OF AFRICA

There Is one profession-and only one-that
man cant be trained into or kicked into, or
driven into. unless he's born into II as well By
this 1 mean thar unless he has natural love
for il he'll be worse than useless in II. for he
will never be able 10 stand the gruelllng he 5
bound to get in If. That is my proiession-lvory
hunting You can make a lawyer. or q nler-
chant or q banker. even doctor or a sailor
out Of almost any man Of average Intelligence,
but you cant make hunter out OF him unless
he was born hunter
Many 4 time I've come back from q trip. leaV-
ing half nv and all my ivory rottIng IN
some deadly African swamp. half dead with
fever swearing that I'm done with the business
for good And some bright day. in six months.
or even IN three the smell of the jungle gets
into my nostrils: through all the roar of the
street traffic I hear the squeal of an elephant or
the coughing roar OF lions challenge-and that
settles the business. Back go again, knowing
precisely what IS conling-the sweating days and
the chilling nights. the torrnents of insects and
OF thirsts the risks and hardships and the pri-
vations. For once Africa has laid her spell upon
man 1e's hers forever He'll dream Of her
of the black tangle Of forests he's broken
through hot on the trail of wounded bull
tusker: Of the parched and blistered veldts he's
crossed under the blazing sunlight, Of the
nights those n1oonlit haunted nights. when he's
watched beside a runway, waiting fer the game
to come down drink. and listened to the ripple
of the water on the fats. the splash Of a croco
Ollie the stealthy swapping Of branches all
around him. the scurry of monkeys overhead.
listened to the vast black silence. into which all
smaller sounds are cast pebbles are dropped
into a pool.-Berkley Hutton, in Everybody's-
New-York tribune., 1908-06-28
THE ALPHABET.

And there thou art before me. wondrous host
4 army small In numbeTs. yet the most
I7VinCibie the world has ever known
Thy com oinatlonE various enthrone
The gods Of poesy and song, through thee
The nohlesr minds gain immortality.
Thou art the friend Of humble and Of great.
Tholl'st forged the links 10 unity the state.
Thou art the honored aid Of Church and law:
through thee the Past it's glorious future saw;
On thee the Present plnnaciss It's might;
x rhout thee day would journey back 10 night;
The medium thou twixt lovers and 'tV'ixt
friends
Tho pzrh that leads 20 unconputed ENDS.
small wonder then. before thy marching band
Of fesr!ess men and few, feel my hand
In1neIIed 10 wave. my voice 70 shout IN praise,
NJ x ee TO seek the earth, nay heart 10 pIaze,
Lee v,-oT,5iv py the Mind. try warrior king.
-Lot,ise AT-res Ga-nert, in The American Mass-