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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14

few years ago, deprecated and de-
| spised as they were. Will surely be re-
peated in the South.
And on top of all this, We have a
| climate that is worth 500 per acre of
any mans money.
I believe no section of the great
South possesses SO generally the IN
developed opportunities referred to,
as does West Florida the territory OF
which Pensacola is the metropolis
and which extends from the famous
Baldwin county. Alabama. on the
west. where through development OF
trucking and other agricultural and
horticultural interests in the past Ave
years lands nave increased five to ten
fold in value. 10 the famous Gadsden
county. Florida, on the east, where the
cultivation of wrapper tobacco has
given il national reputation and has
made the lands in demand from $lGU
| to 5000 per acre
: Great West Florida Section.
This great West Florida section
| lies in the same latitude and possesses
the same soil characteristics as these
! two counties. That West Florida has
not kept pace with the rapid develop
ment of the above mentioned locali-
| ties is due in part to lack of railroad
T
/ built with more sure 10 follow in the
near future, and West Florida is just
| as sure to rise TO the standard set by
/ these sections and keep pace with
/ them in the march OF progress and
! industrial developments. as that va
/ ter viii rise to its own level
In this connection I would say that
| the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
/ which traverses this section, has been
/ foremost in the efforts toward devel-
! ODment and has been very generous in
/ its policy toward Pensacola, especial
/ ~. but one railroad is not enough for
the proper development of such q
/ country as We have here, OF OF city
| that possesses such exceptional natu-
! raj advantages as Pensacola.
I have been in the real estate
! business for ten years, and have han
/ died personally and Tor clients 4 large
amount OF property in Pensacola and
/ West Florida. I have never bought ?
| piece of property that I have not sold
or could not sell at q generous profit.
nor have I known of any property
! changing hands at a loss TO the own
! CT. except in an isolated case or Two.
( where the parties bought more than
/ they could digest. and had 10 follow
/ nature law, and throw il up A few
instances OF many profitable deals
| that I recall might be of interest
/ herewith
/ In 1892. I sold 10000 acres or
J cheap timber land in Walton and
Santa Rosa COuEties. price - cents
( per acre The purchasers within 2,
I year or 50 after sold the turpentine
/ privileges for two dollars and fifty
/ cents per acre, and al expiration OF
these privileges sold the timber for
81 per acre On large part OF Il, and
can sell the balance of timber for as
much. and still have the land left. A
conservative estimate OF the profits on
/ this $4,000 deal would be S15e,00
In the same year, sold a suburban
tract adjacent 10 Pensacola f6T 8 200.
The pure haseTs have since refused
$50 coo for this tract. I participated
In another suburban transs ctiOn in
which the tract vas sold less than
nvs years age for S5,s0e. Since then
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14

the twO-St0Tied, iron -balcOnied build
ingS characteristic of the old South.
( Even in the face of a panic the build
ing is going on new plans are afOOt
municipal improvements are keeping
pace with the individual and the as
sessed valuation of property has
jumped nearly 81 SEQ 900 the last
year. now aggregating S13,336 315-
which of course does not nearly rep
resent real value
All the articles in this paper tell
the story of PensaCOlas outlook The
following interviews with leading rea.
estate ard business men. speak for its
land values. values that have doubled
and tTeOled everywhere in the last
three years and gone far higher in
many Instances, and that are advsnc-
ing at the same steady rate in spite OF
every obstacle.
John <, StiiIman's View.
What do I think about real estate
in this section" asked Hon. John +.
StillmaD, one of the most progressive
men in Pensacola and collector of
customs OF this port. why. ! just
think il is all right. ! think it so
strongly that I know ii. The Bible
admonishes us to prove all things and
hold fast 70 that which is EC1d.'
in the south than I'm any other secUion
of our country. The South is a new
country industriaIIy- UndevelOped re-
sources. riCh beyond any human ap-
pTehenSI01. are everywhere waiting
for some one TO lay hold Of them.
The war and its attendant results
kept hack the development Of indus
trial conditions in the South. but that
Is nov ancient history as everybody
knows. and as every misfortune has
I It's Coup ensatIon, the native resources
ana opportunities OF this great section
have only been held iu reserve. as II
would seem. tor the present genera
ton. instead OF having been to q
great extent already exploited. as IS
the case IN the North and Middle
! West at least
The South produces the cotton for
the world and viii always continue to
do so. ShOuld the consumption sof
the world demand q CTOD OF one hun
CTed million bales. the South can pro-
Vide IL
The South has more square miles
Of iron and coal than all OF the bal
an-e OF our country and all Of Europe
and Great Britain combined.
1t has the greatest oil deposits and
the greatest phosphate deposits in our
country
But the greatest of all its re-
sources are the millions and millions
Of acre OF rich lands. large proper
ton Of them TOO covered with timber
Of the finest quality. lying within easy
reach Of the highways Of the worlds
commerce. While the value OF tim
Der IS now appreciated the value OF
Southern lands is not by any means.
Millions Of acres that acre for acre
VIII produce as much in value as
Northern farm lands. that sell for 500
10 $500 can be bought for few dol
lars per acre IntTinsicalIv thev are
worth as much as the Northern farm
lands. and the day viii come When
they viii sell for as much.
IT Is just as sure IS the fact that
history repeats itself and the history
Of the wonderful results ACCOMPLISHED
IN tbs development OF the cut-ever
lands OF the Northern tim5er fields,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14

shire banker at $50 an acre. and was
offered $50 IN less than twelve
months, which was refused This is
but the beginning of real estate valu-
atoms here. | expect to see preSent
values doubled in the next two or
three years.
Mr.. Geo. T. Wentworth, secretary
and general manager OF the Escambia
Realty Co, one of the leading real
estate firms of Pensacola, and who
probably loans for their clients as
much money as any real estate firm
in the city. SAYS:
Pensacola probably offers a better
market for the investment of money
than any city in the South Our in
terest rates are fixed by statute at
eight per cent. with limit Of ten BY
written contract. We confine our CD
eTatiOns, as far as loans are concern
ed, TO the city proper. and lend on A
basis of not exceeding sixty per cenT
of the value OF the mortgaged prop
eTty. All loans made by us cover
Continued on Page FifteenD
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14
The Capital Stock
of
The First National
Bank Grows From
$3OO,OOO.OO
$5OO,OOO.OO

The latest evidence of PensacoIas
business development is contained in
tho following telegram received yes
terday by the First National Bank.
authorizing an increase in the capital
stock of that Institution from $780,
00C.00 20 $500,000.00:
Increase Approved.
Washington, March II, 1919.
Cashier First National Bank, PensR-
cola. Fla.
Increase capital stock Of your bank
approved today. Certificate mailed.
LAWRENCE o. MURRAY,
ComptTt1 der
Thus does PenSacola's oldest and
largest banking house Indicate its
faith In the future Of the Deep Water
City-a future not remote but right at
handI-FFom the Pensacola Journal,
March II.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14
i Say Alabastine please.

OF Water ST.. New York City.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14

orator will prepare a special
color scheme for you.
If you prefer to apply the
Alabastine, tell US that, and
we will help you with a SIM
pie color scheme you can
easily work out, or if you pre-
fer to have a local decorator
do the work. we will furnish
you a scheme IN the latest
style for him to work out.
The effect of the rooms
when completed viii be m
good taste. good style. Then,
too the sanitary effect viii be
perfect. Bugs. insects and
vermin are all killed when the
wall Is tinted with AIabasine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14

AIabastHie IS the best ma
teial for hndng a wall and
the tinted wall IS the fashion
able mode of wall decoration.
Sufficient Alabastine for dec
Grating a moderate sized room
can be purchased for $l.I0.
The colors do not rub of, viii
not fade and never fake if the
Aabashne IS properly applied.
Alabastine IS a powder
ready to mix with cold water.
1t Is prepared IN many soft
velyety hnts as well as a bril-
liant beautiful white. 1t sells
for s. cents a package for he
tints and so cents a package
for the white. One package
Be sure and write us tc
The best dealers sell
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14

Grand Rapids. kfichisaa
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14
Choosing a color scheme
Free help to artistic homes by skilled
decorators w no supply hand made
designs for the asking

Charming and schemes and the material
for the decoration can be bought a small
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14
The Sanitary Wall Coating
Che INT that Vsoui rub Of

Of Alabastine viii cover from
300 to $50 square feet of
wall surface.
Write today to us at Grand
Rapids. Michigan. tell US the
size of your room. tell us
whether 1t Is q living room,
dining room, CT bed room.
Give the frontage, whether
east, west, north or south.
Say what color your carpet is
and the colors of your drap-
enes. Then our skilled dec
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-14

Be and write us today please
The best dealers sell Alabastine because it is best
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20
A GREAT RUSH
NOW ON IN
CITY
OUTGOING Express and Mail Packages
are More Numerous This Season
Than Ever Before in the His
tory of Grand Junction.
CHRISTMAS TRADING is BRISK


THE outgoing express shipments
are much heavier this year than they
were at this time last year. Saturday
was the record day so far this season
but we expect to have all we can do
every day this week. The incoming
shipments will of course reach the
heaviest stage this week" Thus
commented MIR. Robert Kyle, Grand
Junction agent for the Wells-Fargo
Express company. when asked this
morning how the Christmas express
business this year compares with that
of last year.
The same state of affairs exists at
the Globe express office, the business
is heavier than last year.
At the postoffice the mailing out
of Christmas packages and mail mat
ter is declared to be the heaviest in
the history of the local postoffice, tor
this time of the year and of course
each day for the remainder of the
week the postal business will grow in
size. The postoffice was crowded all
day today.
Christmas trade in the city which
had been little slow up to Saturday
had n great day Saturday, practically
every merchant enjoyed big patron
age.
Today was lively day for Christ
mas trading and shopping from the
very start. Hundreds of ladies have
been on the streets and in the stores
and also a great number of men bent
on making Christmas purchases. A
great many country people have been
in the city today and neighboring
towns have furnished many shop
pers
This week promises to break all
records locally for Christmas shop
ping. In spite of the repeated admon-
itions the great majority of people,
as is always and everywhere the case,
have waited until the last week TO
make many of their purchases.
The merchants of the city are eX-
pecting the biggest week in the his
tory of Christmas shopping in Grand
Junction. They have a right to ex-
pect 1t and they are not very likely
to be disappointed. -e3
Every day this week the shoppers
will be out by the hundreds.
The business houses of the city
have never offered bigger. prettier or
more complete stocks than they are
offering this season.
The rush at the express offices and
at the postoffice is always a splendid
criterion by which to judge the extent
to which a community is indulging in
the Christmas spirit and also by which
to judge the prosperity of COM
munity.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20
YOUNG WOMAN HANGS HERSELF
TSpecial to The Sentinel1


Chicago, Dec. 20.-A woman, be-
lieved to be Miss Lillian Zeller, 20
years old, of Big Rapids, Mich, was
found dead hanging from a chande-
lier in the Palmer house here. She
had hanged herself with a sheet.
Miss Zeller's body was found in the
room of A. NJ. Morris. When he re-
turned to his room at midnight he
was confronted by the dead body of
the woman. He first denied knowl-
edge of her identity, but later ad-
mitted that he knew the woman and
that he had left her in his room. He
said she had been feeling melancholy
and came to his room early in the
morning.
A note on the body read as follows:
Generally when you make a mis-
take you are supposed to correct it /;
but If ii is matrimonial (here a
word is blurred) you are expected to
deny it and stick 1t out"
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Clare O'Neil. son of Chris O'Neil
of the blacksmith shop, is visiting
with his parents and friends in this
city for few days. His home is now
in Salt Lake, where he is in the en-
ploy of the Rio Grande.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

One fare for the round trip via the
Rio Grande between all Colorado
points. Tickets on sale December "a 4,
25 and 81, 1909, and January l.,
1910. Final return limit January
3, 1910. For further information
call on local agent.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

The Colorado Midland ticket agent
Is now booking space in sleepers for
their 4 O'Clock train January 4. S11
for the round trip Call at city of
flee 352 Main street.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Two car tanks of syrup, one weigh
ing 81 tons and the other 62 tons
from the local sugar factory, are be-
ing held for billing in the yards.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20
ROBBERY IN THE CITY.

Saturday night, +. J. Rowe, broth
er of the proprietor of the Up-To- Date
Cleaning and Pressing Works, was
robbed of S46.S5 which was taken
from his clothes in his absence. The
police have been notified to be on a
lookout for n suspect whose descrip-
ton was furnished. A gold watch in
one of the pockets of the trousers was
not molested.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20
Discount on credit. Crown Fur. Co

For that boy of yours buy men,
bership in the Y. NJ. C. A. as a Christ
mas remembrance. 1t is the greatest
of all gifts for the boy. 1t is a gift
that can be enjoyed every day in the
year and will have a lasting influence
for the good.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

There Will be no Gay coaches on
Grand Valley Special via d. & r. G.
for National Apple Show Denver jan
uary A. All Pullmans and parlor OBJ
servation car. Make your berth res
ervations now at ID. & r. G. city ticket
office, Sll for round trip.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

S11 for the round trip will be the
rate ON the Colorado Midland 4
o'clock January 4th to Denver and
return. Telephone Junction 116 for
particulars.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

This is the month to pay up your
annual subscription to The Sentinel.
Yearly in advance So, six months in
advance $3.50.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Call up the city ticket agent juno.
tion 116 and make your reservations
on the Midland o'clock train Jan
uary 4.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20
NEWS OF RAIL
ROAD YARDS

The machinists are making prep
arations for their Christmas eve dance
and 1t promises to be the biggest
event OF the year and even more
elaborate than past events of this
order.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

r. II. Thompson. a business mar
of Aspen. is in the city today. Mr.
Thompson is one of the old timers OF
that city.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Engine 722 pulling a freight train
blew out a cylinder head at Eagle
this noon and will be brought to this
city for repairs.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

o. II. Shoup. the Colorado Springs
capitalist. is a business visitor to the
city today.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Sanitary pIumo,us commends It
self to everybody See E Ne
Kenzie. the plumber.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20
REFUSES. TO
SUPPORT WIFE

Charged with refusing to sup
port his young wife although she
is in bad health, Joseph ID.
Moore, young man who is
member of well known family
of the lower valley. was arrested
yesterday by Sheriff Charles
Schrader and brought to Grand
Junction.
The warrant on which young
Moore was arrested was sworn
out by his young wife, Vira
Moore. She charges that her
husband has repeatedly refused
to provide for her support.
The young man was arraigned be-
fore justice of the peace and his
trial set for December 30. He gave
bond and was released.
There Is quite a story connected
with the Moore domestic troubles.
1t seems that Moore was determin.
ed not to support his wife from the
time he married her and he deserted
her. Some time ago Mr.. Williamson
the girls father, brought suit against
his son-in-law to force him to pay
board for his wife. The father-in-law
won out but 1t is said that he after
ward returned the money secured by
suit from the young man and the do.
mestic troubles were thought to have
been settled but such was not the
case and young Moore's arrest has
followed.
Some details of the case have moi
been given to the public.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

One car of fruit was shipped out
Saturday night by the Grand juno
tion Fruit Growers association.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Let us make your old clothes look
new again.-The Suitorium. Phone
Black 662: 125 South Fifth-st.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Rev. j. Nj. Dickey, of Glenwood
Springs, is transacting business in
the city this afternoon.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Engineer Rayburn has reported for
work after lay off of month.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Stkn's chill has reputation back
of X. Sold by the bowl or for use
IN the home.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Engine III is in the shops for re-
pairs for her "nigger head" this week.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Your clothes will keep their shane
and look nice longer If YOU have
ehem cleaned and pressed by us. The
suitorium. Phone Black 662.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

In response to orders from the new
superintendent the round house,
boiler house and other railroad build
ins are being whitewashed and re-
painted today.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

Engine 701, which has been In the
shops for some time having her steam
pipes ground. was ordered to be ready
for duty tonight. The cold weather
makes IT hard to keep the steam pipes
in repairs.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-20

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-20
Imperial Jefferson

The states pride in her one county
that holds perhaps a quarter of mil
lion of people and gigantic industries
was touched when an attempt was
made to slice away large share of its
natural resources, and the proposed d.
vision was nipped in the bud in the
senate This means when fairly inter-
preted that the states richest and
most populous county is for good or Ill
to remain intact indefinitely. All pos
sible influences and prejudices have
been utilized to promote division, and
all have proven unequal to the task.
The southern end of Jefferson is full
of mineral resources, and assuredly Il
has nothing to gain while it has much
to lose by cutting loose from Jeffer-
son county and its central city. The
railroads of the district are all CEN
tered in Birmingham, and this fact of
itself renders division distasteful to
many in the south end of the county
The better way is to get together for
the common good of the entire county.
Its glory and its prosperity should be
shared by all within its ample bounds,
and every effort should be made to win
back the enthusiasm and patriotism of
those who favored division. All should
stand by the old county, pulling to-
gether 70 make it the greatest county
outside of Orleans parish in all the
southern country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-20
BIRMINGHAM Now and In 1920

The primacy Of New Orleans in the
cotton states is beyond successful dis
pute. Strong as the Crescent City is,
it will be stronger when the Panama
canal is opened. No city in the cotton
belt, not even one in mighty Texas, can
rob it of first place in 1920, and prob
ably not in any succeeding year.
1t is equally certain that Memphis
will next year hold second place. 1t
will, in other words, hold it's own. 1t,
too, is on the Father of Waters, and
has low freight rates. AS distribu-
tive point in the heart of the cotton
country Memphis is well located.
The rank of Birmingham, Atlanta
and Nashville must be left to be deter
mined by the census enumerators.
Even If Birmingham be outranked by
one or both of its competitors in 1910,
1t will not be in 1920. This is not a
mere matter Of Boosting. 1t is demon
strable. A great bond house in New
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-20
nAyiatiol Week" AT Rheims

Beginning next Sunday and lasting
a week a series of contests on the part
of heavier-than-air machines and diri-
gibles will be conducted on Bethany
Plain near the city of Rheims, France
The Wright brothers viii not be there
in an active capacity, but machines
made by them will be, and the hope is
that daring experimenters will there
advance fights in the air beyond all
previous records. For it is in trial flights
in crude imitation of the birds that
progress In the conquest of the air has
been achieved, and no doubt further
progress must be secured in a like
manner
At Rheims next week prizes of a
generous nature will be offered for dis
lance, speed and height in aviation. All
feel that in the new field of human eff
fort and daring great risks are in
yolved. The eyes of the world will be
upon Rheims next week, and the avia-
tors know 1t, and audacious flights are
expected. The hope is that these
fights will add to the worlds practical
knowledge of the attractive art of fly
ing. Nearly every well known aviator
except the Wright brothers will be
present at Rheims, and the Wright
brothers, who are on the continent
may drop in to see what is going on.
They will, however, individually be
mere spectators of a field that they
more than any one else created.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-20

The American should poll the men,
bers of the Georgia senate in order to
see what is biting them. That senate
sits again next summer, and it would
be enlightening to poll them both as 10
how they would vote next summer and
also as to why they postponed action
on the amendment this summer.
AS a matter of fact, it will be seen
that when the matter comes down to
yes and no answers there will be a
great majority in nearly all of the
states in favor of ratification. A few
persons are more than willing to es-
cape their due and proper share of
the burden of government, but those
few have no grip upon public sentiment
or the popular vote The amendment
will be ratified by the 46 states almost
unanimously. Rhode Island and Utah
may reject ratification, but no other
states will be apt to tread in their I'M
savory footsteps.