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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

RACE HAS BEEN
POSTPONED
1t Will Be Pulled OFF, How
ever, in d Week or Ten
Days.
THE ROAD Is IN BAD CONDITION,
SEVERAL CANNOT ENTER MA
CHIMES AND a NUMBER HAVE
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS THE
REASON FoR'PosTPoNEMENT

The automobile race, which was
scheduled for tomorrow, was last night
postponed for d week or ten days,
when it will be run over the same
course as had been selected, except
ing that it will start south of Fiona
ton several miles. The pOStpOnement
was decided upon after a consultation
of the promoters and those who had
entered their cars.
One of the principal reasons was
that the county has just commenced
work on the road at a point near
Pine Barren, which precludad any pos
sible chance of making fast time, SO
it was decided to wait until this por-
ton of the road is rolled. Another
reason was that several owners of
cars wanted a postpOnement so they
could participate in the Thanksgiving
hunt, while a number of others want
ed DR.. Kennedy's Buick roadster in
the race, which could not have been
tle case had the postponenent not
been decided upon, as one OF the
wheels was smashed Sunday in an &C
cident north of Pine Barren. The doc
tor with some friends was making an
inspection of the road when the acct
dent occurred, but none of them were
injured
BY postponing the race a least two
more cars will be entered t1an would
have been. Mr.. Haight will be here
from Mobile with a White steamer
while Mr.. Bradley will have a Ram
bier in the contest
The judges of the race will prob
ably by G. A. Waterman, Tino Brent
Dr. Blocker and Albert Avery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
Once More the
Pistol TOter.

Once more the deadly pistol has
been called in to arbitrate a personal
dispute in Florida and, as is usual, the
result is a corpse or two and one or
more wounded and the dispute very
much further from settlement than il
was before. 1t will probably now take
the form of a family feud, and be
transmitted to the next generation as
q family heritage.
We know nothing about the merits
of the quarrel in Quincy which led to
the slaughter told in Our dispatches,
been left at home. in all probability
there wouldn't have been any killing
and the dispute would have been ami
cably adjusted as there was a peace
maker right at hand TO help settle the
trouble without violence.
If increasing density of population
is the parent of most modern evils as
some political economists insist, then
by all means let us vote more power
10 the pistol toter. multiply him and
mis- gun" in all possible ways, acclaim
him a public benefactor and crown
him with laurels, set him Up as an
ideal for the boys in our schools and
parade him through the streets with
brass band Accomplishments as a hero
when he comes fresh and reeking from
his slaughter, for he is the most active
agent we have in these highly civil
ICED states of ours just now in depict.
ing the population and relieving the
strain of it's density.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
ONLY $4,000
FOR LOCAL YARD
Rear Admiral Hollyday
Makes Recommendations
For Appropriations.

Rear Admiral Hollyday, chief of the
bureau of yards and docks has sub
mitted his annual report, including
recommendations for appropriations,
and in the latter $4,000 is requested
for the Pensacola yard. A special
from Washington says of the report:
Rear Admiral r. c. Holiday, CHEF
of the bureau of yards and docks OF
the United States navy, makes d
strong plea for more extensive i'm
rrOvements at insular stations and for
a higher standard in the maintenance
of home navy yards, in his annual
report to the secretary of the navy
No extensive Improvements he says,
have been made during the last year
at the insular stations.
The estimates for navy yards and
stations recommended to be submit
ted TO congress at its coming session
are as follows: Public works, inclCd-
ing repairs and preservation, s9,S11,-
$50: maintenance yards and docks. ST.
500 900; contingent yards and docks,
sac, 900: total S11,341,730.
The need for additional dry docks
is urged to accommodate the largest
vessels likely TO be built within the
nea; future.
The estimates include: Navy yard.
Charleston, S. c.. SAP. 500; naval sta
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

Pensacola's manifest destiny, aside
from her commercial future, is to be
one of the great tourist resorts of the
South But tourists are critical and
until We make a beautiful Pensacola
they will not come in the large num-
bers we may be sure of after'th that con-
summation. 1t is money in the pocket
of every business man and property
owner in this city to join heartily in
the movement to make "a beautiful
city here on the finest harbor on the
gulf.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
VOX POPULI
Meridian, Miss, Nov. 20.


Editor Pensacola Journal:
After an absence of fifteen years,
We find Ourself again among the thor
oughly progressive people OF this won
derful city.
The changes that have been wrought
during the interim since our last visit
here, are so striking, in number and
magnitude that, but for the meeting
of former friends to remind us where
we are, it would be impossible to as
sociate this city of today with that of
fifteen years ago.
The old passenger station has been
supplanted by modern structure that
would be credit to a city five times
the size of this. Two substantial
building of modern design are in evil
dence for blocks in every direction
from the magnificent federal building
which has been erected upon lots one
of which the writer occupied as a
residence seventeen years ago At
that time we lived outside the business
section of the city
Among the buildings to which ref
erenca has been made are five to
six story hotel, bank. store and office
buildings, all of modern design and
admirably adapted to the purposes for
which they were erected. To these
great Improvement are added a fine
sewer system, miles of paved streets
and sidewalks, an adequate electric
service both in illumination and tISis-
portaiOn, as fine street car equipment
as any city in the south and all kept
neat and clean, giving to the city an
appearance that forcibly and favor
ably impresses the visitor with its
civic pride and progressive spirit.
Among the number of old friend
ships we have renewed, is that OF Mr..
L. c. Moore, with whom we were for
merly associated in the railroad SER
vice. who is now tae highly efficient
secretary of the Meridian Chamber
of commerce.
We find this gentleman full of con-
fidence in the ability and inclination
of the promoters of the Memphis and
Pensacola railroad to build and ope-
rates the road in the near future.
In fact, Meridian, with its numer-
Gus lines radiating in every direction.
Is as much interested in securing this
road which when constructed viii pass
through the city, as Pensacola, its
southern terminus. should be- The
latter can rely upon the full Symna-
thy and substantial assistance OF Me-
ridian to secure for both the incalcu-
able benefits that would result from
the construction and operation of this
great artery of freight and passenger
traffic.
Carrabelle, Apalachicola. Panama
City are now, and st. Andrews will
soon be, in Pensacola's class in point
of railroad facilities. 1t now helooves
Pensacola, if it would assume its right
full position in the sisterhood of great
Southern cities. to get out of the class
of its little sisters in this respect, and
get into the class of Meridian. Hat
tieSburg and LUmbertOn.
Concerted action brought the Mis-
sissippi cities relief from the ruinouS
oppression of monopoly and gave
them the blessing of competitive ser
vice Concert of action would be as
effective in Florida as it mas been in
Mississippi if it could be ipaugurate,t
along similar lines. Tle history of
Jacksonville we believe amply sup
ports our contention
G. Il PORTER
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

The Farmers Union recently met in
New Orleans and the Southern Cotton
Association in Memphis both with the
leading purpose to take some action
that would raise the price of cotton.
But thus far no effect is appreciable
The birmingham, Ala, Ledger, prob
ably gets at the core of the trouble
in this way:
1t is a well nigh hopeless task to
raise the price of cotton after raising
a big crop. The buyers are sharper
than the sellers. 1t is we'll to try Ill
the plans, but sure one is not 20
raise more than 100000 bales of
cotton. That will put the price to -
cents steady A farmer can make
money with 9 cent cotton, but a
planter needs 10 cents for his At Il
cents everybody would make money
and the South would boom beyond
precedent.
Organization is undoubtedly a long
step in the direction of helping the
cause of the farmer, but not even or
ganizatiOn can successfully combat
fixed economic principles. Too much
cotton production just as inevitably
means low price IS too much water
melon production is followed by a
similar consequence.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
The Wisdom of
Separate Education.

In commenting on a paragraph i'll
The Journal concerning the recent de-
cision of the supreme court of the
United States to the effect that the
states may constituionally legislate
to prevent the co-education of the
white and negro races the Barlow
Courier-Informant says:
We really do not believe that the
respectable, conservative element of
the colored race in the south or any
where else in this country, desire to
attend the white schools. In the few
cases where such attempts have been
made in the south II has been the
work of meddlesome carpetbaggers
from the north, and where it has
been attempted in the former free
states, the leaders have been crazy
fanatics who are never satisfied eX-
cept when stirring up strife. A move
ment was made in this state in the
early nineties to establish an insti-
tuition at Orange Park, for the cO-e1u-
cation of whites and negroes, but it
was "nippSd in the bud" by the pass
age of what was known at the time
as the "Sheats bill,' which, if we
mistake not. is still on our statute
books. There was some talk. at the
ll0e, OF testing the cOnStituDOnalltY
of the law in the United States courts,
but 1t was never done.
We agree with our Barlow contem-
porary in thinking that the hest ele-
nents among our cOlOred people do
not want such cO-education. 1t is very
sure that. the Southern people would
not have taxed themselves to the ex-
tent of about S25.O00.OOO during all
these long years just to provide free
schools for negro children except on
the condition of absolute separation,
and sensible negroes understand this.
The system of separate schools is
working we'll now and always has,
but if the negrophiles, whose philan-
thropy is not unmiXed with malice
toward the Southern whites, could
have had their way we would have
had enless disturbances and bloody
race riots in the impossible effort to
bring about co-education.
Charles Francis Adams is the wis
sst man at the North today on the
negro question, and ne says that the
Southern people are most competent
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

The Sea Island cotton growers of
Florida should not fail to make a
good showing before the ways and
means committee in Washington City
on December 1st, when the question
of cotton and cotton manufactures
will be taken up by that committee
Congressman Frank Clark will be
there to assist them and help make
it plain TO the committee that as long
as protection is being handed out to
the rest of the country the Sea Island
cotton region should get its share by
a tax on Egyptian cotton that win
make it unable TO compete with the
home product.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
but in hands of sheriff"

but in hands of sheriff.
The body arrived on the tuboat
Rosa this afternoon. The tug boat
was expected last night, but was de-
layed by the coroner's inquest, held
at Alec yesterday. and did not leave
there until 10 o'clock last night
Undertaken Marcus Conant left the
city yesterday ON the receipt of the
telegram telling of Rawls death, and
went as far as Palatka by launch
When he reached Palatka and mad not
met the tugboat Rosa he left the
launch and returned TO the city by
rail. A telegram was then received
giving the cause of the delay.
The body will be prepared for bur-
ial and will be taken to South Caro-
lima tonight.
7. S. Glover was cOmmiSSary
clerk at the lumber camp of the
Bradford Lumber company at Alec.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

Rich HobsOn is still obsessed with
the nightmare that Japan is lying in
wait for us and will hurl all her bat
tleships at us just as soon as she
thinks the moment is favorable. Con-
sequently ne writes an open letter to
the president urging him 10 rescind
the order for the withdrawal of our
fleet from the Pacific. Its of no use
to attempt to either write down or
laugh down that young man Hobson.
He is in such deadly earnest and his
patriotism is so undoubted that, as
S. S. Prentiss said of Calhoun, his
very fears almost command our con-
fidence; hut for all that he reminds us
of some of those good souls of a gen.
Grafton ago at the north who for years
after AppomatOx insisted that the
South was crouching for another
spring at the throat of the Union and
no precaution must be neglected to
prevent that catastrophe. War be-
tween the United States and Japan is
a possibility too remote to worry this
generation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

'Mr. Speaker, / am opposed TO this
measure. Florida is not worth buy
ing. 1t is land of swamps and uuag-
mires, of frogs, alligators and mos
qultoes. A man, sir, would not immi-
crate into Florida. No. sir No mau
would immigrate- into Florida-no
not from hell itself"-JOhn Randolph,
In congress, in 1885.
The above quotation from the most
eccentric statesman we ever had in
this country is going the rounds u.
such papers in Florida as are opposed
to Governor Broward's splendid work
to bring about the reclamation of the
Everglades and make it a great asset
in the wealth of the state. as it I'M
doubtedly will be some day, and this.
too, on the initiative Broward has al
ready given it. Let us remind these
papers which quote the dense ignor-
ance as to Florida of the provincial
Virginia fox hunter, scholar and crank
that Daniel Webster himself, who
doomed as the colossus of the senate in
his day, in one of his speeches de-
nounced the whole of the United
States west of the Missouri river as a
desert region of shifting sands that
would always be worthless for the pur-
poses of civilized man and not worth
a dollar of appropriation on the part
of the government. That country today
is cut up into great and prosperous
states, highly productive and populat-
ed by many millions of American peo-
pie of the best type living amid all the
environments of modern civilization
and growing foodstuffs enough to feed
half the nation, If John Randolph's
words were solemn nonsense what must
be said of the Websterian drivel which
made half the republic an eternal Sa-
hara? The next generation of Florid-
ians will probably see the deSpised
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

ton, Guantanamo, Cuba, including
$780, 900 for a dry dock to cost 81 .500,-
600. S450.000. naval station Key West,
Fla, 100000; navy yard, Norfolk, Va,
1911, 900; naval station, Pearl Harbor.
including an estimate of 100000 to-
ward the construction of dry dock
to cost S2,000.00O. s1,30G,00; navy
yard, Pensacola, Fla, $35. 900.
The need for more civil engineers
and high class TECHNICAL assistants is
emphasized, and the wisdom of having
government purchase dredging plants
instead of having dredging at navy
yard and naval stations by contract is
urged.
Increase of pay and rank for officers
and employees are asked for
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
BECAUSE
HE CRITICISED
Edward S. RaWl Killed by
an Enploye at Alec,
Florida.

Slain because he criticised an en-
ploye who resented criticism. the body
of Edward S. Rawl. president of the
Bradford Lumber company, was
brought to this city this afternoon
from Alec. Fla, and will be taken to
Batesburg, S. c., for bIrial, says the
Jacksonville Metropolis.
The first details of the shooting
were received this morning by G. -
McGehee, vice president of the lum-
Der company, in a telegram from the
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line at
Euistis, Pla. The information contain
ed in this message was confirmed
by those who arrived with tie body.
The Lie Passed.
The message reads:
WAS at Alec last night. They say
quarreled about loading a lighter. Mr.
Rawl accused Glover of not doing his
duty, and he gave him the lie. Rawl
went after him with his first and
Glover shot him. l saw Mr.. Glover
last night and he said he awfully sor-
ry over having TO do il. Glover was
still at Alec at midnight last night,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
,LA, FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER g. 1908.

to deal with that question in all it's
phases and that they should be left
alone to do So. Happily for whites
and negroes alike the supreme court
of the United States agrees with him
in one of the most important of those
phases.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
PLANTER SUIcIDED BY
SHOOTING HIMSELF IN BREAST

Magnolia. Miss. Nov. 24-News was
received mere this morning that Jep-
tina Mcdaniel, a prominent farmer
living ten or twelve miles southwest
of this place. had committed suicide
by shooting himself with a shotgun
shortly after daylight. No further par
ticulars have been received. Coroner
Quin and Sheriff Holmes were noti-
fed, and are now on the scene making
an investigation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

Everglades one OF the most fertile
areas in the world under high cultiva-
ton contributing millions 10 the an
nual wealth of the state, and Governor
Broward will have an honorable page
in Florida history because he did so
much, under so many discouragements
to help make it so.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

The Journal acknowledges the re-
ceipt of an invitation to be in Gaines
Vile, in this state, on Saturday even
mig, November %, to attend the
twenty-hfth anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr.. and Mrs Henry Hamilton
McCreary. 1t would indeed be a rare
pleasure to accept this invitation and
be present in person to extend heart
felt congratulations to our friend Nc
Creary, the editor of the Gainesville
Sun, and his good wife upon the happy
occasion. But Mack knows how it is
with newspaper men, especially those
on the treadmill of the daily press. and
so for this anniversary he must &C
cept our presence in spirit accom-
panied by our best wishes extended in
no perfunctOry fashion. When a good
man and a good woman live twenty
five happy years together in the divine
relationship of marriage it is testi-
mony to the enduring character of our
civilization and the purity of OUT So
cial state well worth noting; and
when that particular man happens to
be Florida editor of the best type.
as in this case, we feel a peculiar
pleasure in helping to preserve the tes-
timony in the archives of the press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
Our Fruits are Luxuries.

Another item is now to be added
to the tariff Besides Florida grown
cotton and tobacco, citrus fruits want
protection against foreign importa-
lions. Slorida is a democratic state.
oo.-Jacksonville Metropolis.
These fruits are already on the pro-
tected list, not because they are Flor
ida grown, but largely because they
are California grown. But it is iii
right to place d tax on their importa-
ton under the democratic theory OF
tariff for revenue only, as these fruits
are Injuries and not necessaries. The
democratic theory is TO tax the IO--
mer and not the latter.-Ocala Ban
res
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25

not yet quite three years old. who
knows every automobile / nthe city
land there are quite a number) ~
the difference in the tone of the
whistles, and his cleverness does not
by any means run entirely to auto
mobileS.-Ocala Banner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
A Bright Three-Year-OId.

Ocala has her share of pretty girls.
full measure, pushed down and run
ming over, but for real bright Bows
We believe she stands at the head Of
the class. She has one little fellow,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
Some of the Counties Voted Right.

The Pensacola Journal thus express
es its disgust with the defeat of the
three constitutional amendments:
The easiest platform upon which any
statesman CD in Florida can run for
the Legislature is one which denounces
all forms of taxation, no matter how
strong and clear is the argument to
show that such taxation is necessary
for Increased educational facilities and
such little immaterial things as that
which are merely plutocratic devices
to further Cypress the dear, dear
peepul. He is a dead sure winner on
such an issue. Some of these days
this same increased education will
send these cheap demagOgues to the
rear and men with brains and con-
science will take their places" IL is
interesting to note that while most of
the counties gave heavy majorities
against all the amendments some of
them gave equally heavy majorities
FOR them, but not enough to save
them. 1t will be interesting to study
the returns in that particular when
the report of the official returns come
Out.-JacksOnvilIe Times-Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-25
a Pointer for Iawmaker Liqht.

Andrew Edwards, a colored man,
and professional hunter and fisher
man, was arraigned before Judge Nc
kinnon yesterday and found guilty Of
exposing for sale a wild turkey. anc
fined s25 and costs. This being the
first case of this nature and the negro
claiming innocence of the law, the
judge RENTED the fine, except So and
costs. This will doubtless prove an
example to evil-dOers of this charac-
ter.-Marianna Times-Courier
"Evil-dOers" indeed! II is the law
that is the eviI-doer in this case. 1t
mas come TO pretty pass that a man
Is called an "eviEdoer" who sells game
IN Florida in game season; that a citi-
zen OF this state, who has not the
time to hunt, nor the wherewithal 70
buy gun and dogs, must be denied the
luxury of quail, deer and turkey. we
nope that Mr.. Light will use his in
fUence TO repeal these vicious laws
OCala Banner
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-25

Mr.. Carlos Commacho, who has
been commissioned by the Gov
ernment of Chill to attend the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress and In
ternational Exposition, Albuquer-
que, September 2o-October 10.
has arrived in New York. Mr..
Commacho, who lives at Santa
go. is director of the seed test bu-
reau of Chili's Department of Ag-
riculture.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior.
Land Office at Lamar, Colo,
August 20. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Charles E. Ting
ley. Of Holly. Colo. who. on Feby. 7. 1907.
made Homestead Entry No. O448. H. E. No.
1928. for the southeast quarter Of section 81.
township "a south. range Il west. Of the 9th
principal meridian. hes fled notice Of intention
to make final commutation proof. to establish
claim to the land above described before the
register and receiver. at Lamar. Colo. on the
18th day Of October. 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: John F. Cum
nineham. James T. Csrlin. Nolt N. Dearng.
Silss A. Dawson. all Of Holly. Colo.
JOHN A. WILLIAMS. Register.