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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
HINTS TO THE
YOUNG GARDENERS.

Editor Pensacola Journal:
Just now We have hundreds of boys
and girls in this city hard at work
in their first efforts in gardening and
if their first years work Is a sue
cess they will have obtained an edu-
cation that will be valuable to them
all through life
Boys and girls, keep d note book
and record what you accomplish.
Don't be satisfied with scratching
the ground Work it deep either
with the pillow or with the spade, as
this permits the nitrogen from the
air, which Is a valuable fertilizer to
penetrate the earth and reach the
roots of the plants, and in dry times
the moisture from below and from the
air will more easily reach these same
roots.
This is why We cultivate the soil.
Ashes, although refuse matter and
no longer used even in making soap,
are valuable, and it pays to save and
use them in the garden.
This is true of both wood and coal
ashes, although wood ashes are worth
about per cent. potash, and soft
wood ashes about per cent.
This potash is wonderfully useful
as a plant food.
Wood ashes also contain about 2
per cent phOsphoTic acid and about
so per cent of lime.
Potash and phOsphoTic acid are
both essential soil ingredients for
plant growth-lime sweetens sour
soil and is frequently useful in all
soil.
These are good for all garden crops
and especially good for potatoes and
other root crops, and for corn From
practical tests, potash or wood ashes
is especially valuable in fertilizing all
kinds of fruits, giving it larger gorwth
and better and richer color, but in
using, be careful not to put it too
near the plant or the tree. as it will
burn the plant and cause the bark of
the tree to rot where the ashes touch
is
In winter time the ashes should be
saved and kept in a dry place until
needed for the garden. In riding
about the city We frequently see
coal ashes dumped in the roadway.
This is wasting good material
There is nothing better than coal
ashes to scatter on the hen house
floor or in the stable. They are good
absoTbeTs for liquids and gases and
all animal eXOTetia. They perform
the double Office Of purifying animal
quarters and at the same time hold
ing valuable fertilizer elements from
escaping. These fertilizers may be
made nearly double in value by the
liberal use of coal ashes. Have a
large dry goods box or pen that you
can keep covered, convenient to your
garden. In this put everything that
Will make fertilizer for use when you
need it. Fertilizer is the gardeners
capital, but il must be put to use to
get the interest Tin cans and bones
should be buried by the fruit trees
as they are useful there and not
especially ornamental scattered about
the yaTd.
GEO. W. JOHNSTON.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
A HELPING HAND
Is Gladly Extended by a Pensacola
Citizen.

There are many enthusiastic citi-
zens in Pensacola prepared to tell
their experience for the public good.
Testimony from such a source is the
best of evidence, and will prove a
helping hand" TO scores Of readers.
Read the following statement:
c. l. Brown, PeTdido wharf, Pen
sacoIa, Fla. says: Both my wife
and self have used Doans Kidney
Pills and the results were all that
could be wished for. Some years ago
my wife was suffering from kidney
trouble and this disease had afflicted
her for a long time She used DOan's
Kidney Pills and they cured her so ef-
fectively that she has never had a re-
turn OF the trouble. At times hard
work causes my back to ache. but on
such occasions, a few doses of Doan's
Kidney Pills always drives the pain
away. I know of several other peo-
pie in Pensacola who have procured
DOan's Kidney Pills at The Crystal
Pharmacy and used them with entire
satisfaction. l have never heard any
one speak of this remedy except in
the very highest terms"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. FcsteT-MiIburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
La. FLORIDA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL II, 1909

ment he would "cloSe the saloons
within three months as tight as a
drum" The offer was a mighty one,
but smacks of an exaggerated concep-
ton of self-importance, and one can't
help thinking that he would find it
easier for his strength OF conscience
to paint the great White Way" red
than for his mental and physical power
to be equal to the task he would i'm
pose upon it-at least for the present.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
About Loan Sharks


Two statements are made with fire.
quency by haTassed lenders of money
to lOw-salaried men and needy house
Keepers. These answers summarize
the loan sharks" defense.
Ten per cent. a month is the usual
charge for money.
len per cent. a month is as low a
rate as the sharks can charge and
continue to do business.
Now, compare theSS statements with
tne following statistics:
The average capital invested IN a
loan office is somewhere between So
600 and $4,000.
+ A typical loan office will show a
profit of from $4,000 ~ $4,000 a year.
II some clear thinker among the
men engaged IN the business will re-
Gonctle these figures, he will cast
light into dark places. Our present
opinion, based on a long inveStiga-
ton, IS that the business, as now con-
Quoted by D. H. ToIman, Charles b.
StrattOn, S. J. Masters, John MUlhol'
land, and their many rivals and imi-
tators, Is about all that it ought not
to be The poor man often has need
TO borrow We ought to be able to
arrange methods by which he can es-
cape being skinned by the usuTeTs-
In some early issues We shall give
details. Meanwhile our ears are at
tentive to all who wish 10 prove that
the shark should earn one hundred
per cent. a year on his Investment
Golfers Weekly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, seems TO think his thumb broad
enough and strong enough to suppress
giddy Gotham under its pressure. He
announced the other day that If the
head Of the police department were
discharged and ne were made abso-
lutely responsible and given twenty
men from the states excise depart
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

To-day is Candy Day at
The Crystal. To-day The
Crystal Pharmacy will give
a souvenir box of Whitman's
Fine Candies to each cash
purchaser of % GEMS or over.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Has Changed His Mind.

Several weeks ago the sheriff Of
EsCambia county announced that he
proposed to enforce every law upon
the statute books with reference to
the observance of Sunday. But now
he has changed his mind and Sun
day observance in many things has
gone glimmering, although no laws
have been repealed and the statutes
are just as clear now as they were a
month ago. Any law not enforced
should be wiped from the statute
boOkS.-IRyerness Chronicle.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Walnut Hill Sunday.

~ oILItIL IiLII DuIIUet1.
a d. McKinnon is suffering with
the grip this week.
Sam CTabtree, of Pleasant Grove,
was a caller here Monday.
School closed THURSDAY
T. ID. Burrows left Friday for his
home at BasCom, Fla.
Frank Higgins and family. who
have been visiting relatives at Buck
eye Field, returned to their home here
Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

Congressman Frank Clark is tech
nically right. He represents the peo-
pie of the Second district. TepTesen-
tatives in congress being caosen by
the people, not by the state Iegisla-
lures as is the case with senators.
But the gentleman showed q burning
desire TO justify his recent reclai-
trance in the eyes of Florida solons,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Pensacola Lynching-

Judge Lynch still holds court in
Pensacola, notwithstanding the dras-
tic measures Tesorted to by Sheriff
Van Pelt to dethTOne him some
months ago. A negro was Iynched
there Monday morning for the muir
der of a poliCemau.-BaTtow Courier
Informant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Massachusetts, in Arms.

Massachusetts in Arms.
The Warren anti-IOaD shark bill
was substituted for the adverse re-
port of a committee in the house of
representatives on Beacon Hill today,
by the overwhelming vote of 1873
to l.
Three men were paired" against
the bill; only one man was recorded
as voting against it.
The lone opponent of the antiIoan
shark bill was Representative Daniel
J. CuTley, Democrat. of ward IS, Bos-
ton. CuTley remained at the state
house only long enough to vote no
on the loan shark bill. Then he
went away
The men paired against the bill
were John J. Hayes of ChaTlestown,
Hamlet S. Greenwood of Lowell. and
Henry A Ellis of Yarmouth. all OF
them attorneys. all of them members
of the committee on legal affairs, and
all signerTs of the leave TO with
draw" report which was almost unani-
mOusly overturned today.
Representative David MancovitZ OF
ward s Boston, who did not vote
on the bill in the committee on legal
affairs, was recorded today in favor
of it. As d matter of plain fact and
simple truth the anti-shark bill had
no more valiant and no more effective
support than that of Mr.. Lomasney.
1t was the ward s leader who strip
ped the perfecting amendment Of
Thomas F. Grady of Boston into shreds
and exposed Grady 10 the TidiCuie of
the house.
One hundred and ninety OF the go
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

StUart'S BuChu and Juniper is the
most reliable remedy known for kid
ney and bladder trouble. s &c.,.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
New Steamer Line.

Pensacola, New Orleans, Mobile
and Apalachicola will be the points
between which a 4O0-ton steamship
will be operated by the Wefing Trans
pOTtation Company. which has just
been organized at ApaIachicOIa. with
Geo Wefng as manager.-Fort Pierce
Tribune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
FOR PRECINCT ALDERMAN, NO. Is.
FOR ALDERMAN, PRECINCT IS.

Saturday night, and there is mo
clue" TO the identity of the murdereTs.
What is the matter with the enforce
ment Of law in FlOrida?-St- Peters,
burg Independent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

which his defiant language Thursday
night was by no means calculated TO
do. OF course, there is no knowing
how the people of Mr. Clark's district
may feel about. it, but if they are
the good Democrats they have been
supposed they viii scarcely look with
favor upon a representative who as
sumes more wisdom and statesman
ship than his party in the aggregate.
and they will compel him to get back
into the traces OF else go out of ser
vice. Democrats who do not realize
the paramount Importance of a per
feet organization and absolute unity
of action during the present political
crisis cannot be regarded as safe rep
ositories of the Peoples confidence
and sane agents for securing their best
interests.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACCLIANS
Not NeN HopefuI

Not Very Hopeful.
Governor Gilchrist's Intentions are
no doubt good, but we are of the
opinion that the usual result will fol-
low the investigation of the lynching
in PensacoIa-no positive proof or
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Metropolis.
Insult to Judge Sheppard.
We are glad that the insult to Judge
W. B. Sheppard. of Pensacola, in At
Ianta last week has brought forth
such a storm of protests and indis-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

nation from the best people of Geor-
gla. The claws of Justices courts in
that state are now to be clipped by
the INSTRUMENTATION Me-
tTopOlis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
The Idaho Variety.

The agitation against the loan
shark continues undated in the East,
Western states, having practically no
legislation on the subject, should
watch the contest closely and profit
by the experience OF those common
weaIths who have felt the palsying eff
feet Of the sharks touch" Thous-
ands of cases are recorded of salaried
people, falling into the clutches OF
Uncle Samuel" being reduced to des-
perate straits because of the Shylock
exactions- and the merciless eXecu-
tons. The loan sharks declare 10 per
cent. a month as low a rate as they
can charge and continue in business.
Statistics show the average capital
invested in these establishments is
5000 10 $4,000 and that the average
profit is $4,000 to $1,000 a year. 1t
seems the country could manage to
get on without that class and that
some means could be devised whereby
the Door man who is forced occasion
ally TO borrow would not be compelled
TO submit to the outrageous demands
of INSCRIPTIONS money Changers
Boise Udaho) Statesman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
A Popular Bill.

Hon. John P. Stokes. Of Escambia.
is the author of and will champion a
loan shark" bill to prohibit the ras-
cally business of the loan sharks in
Tobbing the poor. This bill will be
one of the best measures presented
to the present legislature and will be
a popular one with the people The
Hon. Mr.. Stokes viii be one Of those
members of the present lower house
to shape legislation in that body
Havana News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
THE LOAN SHARKS
IN OTHER STATES

odd members of the house were re
corded on the roll call vote. It was
the distinction of Representative
Thomas J. Fay of ward Is, who made
an entertaining speech against the
sharks on the first day of the debate,
TO be acting speaker wnen the roll
was called. Fay handled the gaYeI to
good purpose.
Grady of ward 6. who had been in
sisting that he was as stOUtly opposed
to loan sharks as anybody, did not
vote at all.-BostOn (Mass.), Traveller.
Crusade in Iowa.
The crusade against loan sharks"
which IS being agitated by DR.. Clar-
ence W. Wassam, calls for the ap-
probation and encouragement of every
thoughtful citizen Of tie state OF Iowa
The loan shark" and the details
of his business, have been so frankly
and frequently exposed by the news
papers of the country during the last
few years that it seems scarcely need
full to describe his methods of making
usuriouS profits. 1t might be stated,
however, that the victims of the
nefarious loan system are always indi-
gent, usually ignorant persons. By
speciouS promises and a well feigned
generosity the loan shark" induces
unfortUnateS to become MS debtors.
For months after a man has borrowed
money from this sort of a loan office
his efforts to pay the principal are
laughed away, The interest thus is
allowed to accumulate until 1t
amounts to more than the sum origin
ally borrowed. A man who bOTrOws,
say $50 frequently pays many times
that amount before he can escape the
clutches Of the "SharE"
That loan sharks" are doing busi-
ness in this state is a well known
fact. Dr. Wassam's campaign against
them is timely and, It IS to be hoped,
will not be fruitless,-Des Moines Qa.)
Tribune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Reward For Proof.

A mob raided the city prison of
Pensacola on Monday morning, over
towering the officers by force of arms.
and took a negro prisoner. Dave
Alexander, from the prison and
hanged him IN the Plaza. When
strung up by a rope the body of the
negro was riddled with bullets. Alex
sndeF had confessed to the murder of
Police Officer R. J. Carter. The city
council, of Pensacola, has offered re-
wards for proof TO convict the mem
bers of the mob. The Iynching haT
been called to the attention Of Gov
eTnOr GilchriSt, who promises TO
make a thorough investigation before
he acts in the matteT.-Apalachic
Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
What Is the Matter7

At Pensacola an officer who dared
to push the investigation of the re-
cent brutal lynching there was beaten
into insensi5ility Saturday; at Lake
land the late Iynching has been al
lowed 10 pass without even a pre-
tence at Furnishing the guilty per
sons; at Arcadia all is quiet after
the Iynching Saturday; at Tampa a
prominent citizen was assassinated
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
The Danger Threatened.

Try to observe the law, Pensacola
had another lynching. A negro who
had committed a brutal murder was
taken from the Jail and lynched. The
whole community Will suffer because
of this act of a mob We can not
afford to cOndone such lawIessness.
1t is bad enough when the mob acts
for the nameless crime against a
helpless woman. But in this case in
the Deep Water City there was no
danger of the criminal escaping the
severe penalty of the law. Such
acts encourage the mob spirit, always
sleeping in human breasts, and crying
for swift vengeance. mis- spirit. If
not checked or restrained, will over
turn all courts and turn our South
land into a waste, baTbarous section.
Arcadia Champion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

Innocent brethren who are so cock
sure that Taft is grieving his soul
away because the tariff schedules are
not being sufficiently reduced would
do well to take a second think" and
remember to whom the president
owes his election.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17


An Oath's An Oath;
Binding; Una1terable.
A lady wrote TO Governor GiIchrist
the other day pleading for the COM
mutation of a murderer's sentence.
The governor in reply sent the fol-
lowing letter, which The Journal
wishes to place prominently before
its readers:
l will state that after a grand jury
of eighteen men has indicted a man
for murder; after twelve men have
unanimously, as jury. decided him
guilty; and after the judge and states
attorney who tried the case and heard
all the evidence decide him to be
guilty it would take very strong evil
dence to persuade me to undo the
action of the court If 1 were TO
turn loose such criminals on the state
after the grand jury, judge. jury and
states attorney had declared them
guilty, and if other murders should
be committed. l would consider my
self more or less responsible for the
subsequent murders. The governor
is responsible to the people for the
good order of the state, so far as he
is concerned. The turning loose of
murdereTs. thereby encouraging other
murders, | think, is wrong. 1t is not
the governor who sentences convicted
criminalS-it is the law. If you are
opposed to capital punishment you
could possibly get the members of
the legislature from your county to
try to change that law. The gov
ernor of the state has taken an oath
to protect and defend the laws and
the constitution.
Comment is sUperfluous. The gov
ernor told the truth. An oath's an
oath; binding, Unalterable.
DEATH TO THE HOUSEFLY.
The revolution in Turkey didn't
even cause a dTumstick to beat it
Looks as though the Democratic
senators had a surprise in store for the
tariff thinkers.
Mexico is d republic, but, faith,
there's considerable brutality in the
enforcement of order.
BORN IN FILTH AND RAISED IN.
CORRUPTION THE HOUSEFLY DE-
SERVES BUT ONE FATE-EXTER-
NIINATION.
The explosion of a nitro-glycerine
plant does its work thoroughly-nO
cleaning up required afterward-
Woe be unto the land when there's
meddling with the peoples bread.
Paris can tell the story.
An order it out to close the Chi
cage bucket shops-which do not
empty into the wheat pit.
F1orida's postmasters had great fun
at their meeting in jolly Jacksonville
"a regular redIetter time, in fact.
The Coopers have forty reasons for
demanding a new trial. How many
reasons are there against granting the
request?
OF course Florida must present the
handsomest sort of silver service TO
her nautical namesake- To be mig
gardly would be TO invite everybody's
censure.
The people of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi had better commence offering
prayers that the battleship Missis-
sippi doesn't get stuck in the mud
on its way to Natchez; for that would
be a sockdollager in fact.
CONGRESSMAN Frank Clark is tech
nically right. He represents the peo-
pie of the Second district, represen-I
tatives in congress being caosen by.
the people. not by the state legisla-
lures as is the case with senators.
But the gentleman showed q burning
desire TO justify his recent reclai-
trance in the ewes of Florida solons,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

Mt Aetna commenced eTupting just
as soon as Roosevelt's steamer was
sighted from the coast of Sicily.
What a hospitable land it is where
even the mountains do their best to
make a fellow feel at home.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

The people of Louisiana and Missis.
sippi had better commence offering
prayers that the battleship NIissis-
sippi doesn't get stuck in the mud
on its way to Natchez; for that would
be a sockdoHager in fact.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Envy, or What7

Envy OF WHAT
This is the way The Pensacola
Journal talks about the opening Of
the legislature. On the glorious
Sabbath morning, when the far-famed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
About Loan Sharks.

Hon. John P Stokes of Pensacola,
representative from Escambia county,
has recently exposed, through the
columns Of the popular Pensacola
Journal, the iniquitous and outrageous
expressions of a class of city money
lenders whom he styles loan sharks
and from his description, and there's
no doubt but he relates facts OF daily
occurrence, those heartless oppTes-
sOrs and despoilers of the poor and
unfortunate ought right now TO be
wearing convict stripes, and e1piating
their cruel deeds in the convict
camps. No doubt MT Stokes will
introduce, in this session of the legis-
lature. such amendatoTy measures as
will hereafter effectually prevent the
greedy loan sharks" of our cities and
towns from preying on the poor and
fortunate.-BlounstOw Democrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

I hereby announce my candidacy for
Precinct Alderman from Precinct No T.
subject to the action Of the white Demo-
cratic Primary.
MAX L. BEAR.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

The COopeTs have forty reasons for
demanding a new trial. How many
reasons are there against granting the
request?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17
Primary Announcements.
FOR CITY PHYSICIAN.

Primary Announcements.
FOR CITY PHYSICIAN.
1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for re- election 10 the office of City Physi-
clan, subject to the action of the white
Democratic primaries
E F. BRUCE. NJ. D.
the Office of City Physician, subject to
the action of the White Democratic pri-
s. p. MALLORY KENNEDY.
FOR BUILDING INSPECTOR.
l hereby announce myself as candl-
reelection as Building Inspector
JOHN d Kendall.
hereby announce my candidacy. for
Building Inspector, subject to the action
Of the white Democratic primary.
JAS. NJ JOHNSON.
FOR PRECINCT ALDERMAN, NO. ~.
I hereby announce myself as a Candi
date for Precinct Alderman. Precinct No.
Il, subject to the action of the Demo
JOHN G. OLIVER
I hereby announce my candidacy for
Precinct Alderman from Precinct No. Z,
subject to the action Of the white Demo-
MAX L. BEAR.
run FhGNiiNSt FLOGHMFNNs W. To-
/ hereby announce myself a candidate
for Precinct Alderman from Precinct No.
IS. subject to the action of the White
Democratic primaries, and win appreciate
the support of all voters
e. MEADE WILSON.
FOR PRECINCT ALDERMAN, NO. Is.
FOR ALDERMAN, PRECINCT IS.
[ hereby announces my candidacy for
Precinct Alderman from Precinct No Is,
subject to the action of the white Demo-
cratic primary, and request the support
Of all voters.
J. Z. CONCANNON.
I hereby announce my candidacy for
Precinct Alderman from Precinct No Is,
subject to the action of the white Demo-
cratic primaries, and respectfully ask the
support of all voters.
SAM ROSENAU.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

Florida's pOstmasters had great fun
at their meeting in jolly Jacksonville
"a regular red-letter time, in fact.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-17

/ hereby announce my candidacy for
the Office of City Physician, subject to
the action of the White Democratic pri-
mary
s. z. MALLORY KENNEDY.