The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-01
TERsELY TOLD.

The maximum temperature at Pen
sacola yesterday was 81 degrees at [ /
a. m, while the minimum was SO de.
Srees at $50 a. m. Last year on the
same date the maximum was a de
gresS and the minimum CT degrees
The average maximum for this date
Is % degrees and the average mini
mum 81 degrees.
The board of managers of the wo.
mans Home win meet with Mrs
Laura Thornton 20 West Belmont. al
$50 O'Clock, Wednesday afternoon.
March 4. Recent Illness at the home
prevents the meeting being held there
A full attendance is desired.
Rev. c. H. Motley, formerly pastor
or the Methodist church at Escambia
was In the city yesterday, en- route for
points on the P. & A. line. Rev. Mr.
Motley Is now assistant editor of the
alabama Christian Advocate, publish
ed at Birmingham.
j. H. O'Neil. proprietor of the Colo
NAL hotel at FloraIa, was ID the city
yesterday.
Messrs. Evelyn Harris, Jno. c.
Wheatley, and Macon Martin. from the
Southern Bell Telephone company's
Atlanta Office, are in the city for a
rev days, or until after the Mardi
Gras carnival. Mr.. Harris is a son OF
joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus)
ana ne has charge of the company's
advertising department : Messrs.
Wheatiey and Martin are in the con-
tracting department.
]. r. Eddins, of Gainesville. is
among the registered guests of the
EScambia
Tax Assessor Johnson has moved
his office from the Thiesen building
to the new city Jail. His Office is ON
the first floor. just across the hall
from the tax collectors office
Chairman Ed Forcheimer, of the
costume committee of the carnival. de-
sires all who anticipate taking part in
the parade on the arrival of the king,
and also in the mystic parade Of
tuesday night, to call this afternoon
at o'clock at room No. $40 Blount
building.
F. Russ Smith, of the firm of O. II.
Smith & Son, who has been in New
Orleans. Gulfport and Mobile, for the
past few days, returned home yester-
day morning. He says the prices on
timber at this port are about the ruI
ing quotations along the entire gull
coast.
The customs OFFICIALS have received
instructions from the treasury depart
ment 20 recognize Ignacio ]. Diaz as
An ar ff0 SHT
Pensacola, he having been appointed
to that position by the Mexican gov
eminent His father, A. Diaz, Is con-
sui at the port.
J. r. McLane. of Geneva. Ala. is in
the city On a short business visit.
John G. Oliver, buyer for William
Johnson & Son, returned yesterday
afternoon from New York. where he
bought The firm ~~-'7g stock.
Every visitor IN the city will want
a Journal "Extra"-a unique picture
postal card-which can be purchased
at any news or card stand. 1t tells
of your advent in Pensacola and con-
VeyS the information that an Extra
was issued in honor Of your arrival.
Whoever the king is this year, 1
hope he will have good pair of
legs, said a critical Mardi Gras visit
tor to a Journal representative yes
terday. Il have been a regular Mardi
Gras visitor to Pensacola ever since
the first carnival was held here and
[ must say that. for the most part.
your kings seem to have been select
ed with an eye TO kingIy stature as
well as to the other essential kingiy
attributes. Ordinarily I like to see
man with good underpinnIng-hand-
some legs, as it were-but l am not
so particular about the size of his
legs if his legs are only straight n
hope the kings committee took this
into consideration, but we shall see