The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-21

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help being the possessor of a red
head (full of gray matter), and a
Faber tipped with pith and point
Arcadia News.
Don't Need a Convention.
Some OF our brethren of the press
seem to favor the idea Of a conven-
ton for the purpose Of getting down
to Democratic principles again II
they wish to get a clear treatise on
the subject of modern and practical
Democracy, they can read Gov. Gill
chrfst's speech before Tammany Han
on the fourth of July. He comes as
near being the simon pure article as
any man we have had in the govern
or's chair in 10 these many years
Lake Butler Star
Ought to BE Spanked.
Newspaper editors, and especially
those of Florida, who persist in cir
culating rumors of the prevalence OF
yellow fever in Cuba should be Sc
vereIy spanked. That there is abso-
lutely no foundation to these rumors
the marine hospital service and our
own state board of health have ire
quently certified and yet some OF the
authority and publish the asinine
vaporings of a few misguided scan
dal-mongeFs As matter of fact
the sanitary conditions and health OF
Havana will compare favorably with
that of any city in Florida, and the
yellow bugaboo that is continually
bobbing up has no more substance
than the bogey-man OF the nursery
Key West Citizen
Dedicated to Editor Jordan.
Last Friday during the heavy
doWnpour someone noticed Mr.. W, H.
Mann, the popular and jocund Dixon
Company architect, dancing and
prancing in the water in the middle of
the street and this being rather ODD
antic for him TO cut caused some OF
his friends to inquire as to the cause
for such gestieulations; and all were
greatly surprised when Mr.. Mann ex-
planned that a thTee-foot gar hsh had
run through his legs and kept going
back and forth until he could reach
dry spot, and had him thinking al!
the time it was a snake.-CryStal
River News.
FIorida's Pensioners.
Those who find fault with the new
pension law should remember that IN
proportion to wealth Florida pays
more in pensions than any other state,
the amount for the past fiscal year
beng $730,S55.31. 1t must be admit
ted that this is a heavy pension charge
against a taxable wealth OF only $780,
goo, 23O. In this connection an au-
thOrity says South carolina appropFl-
ates for her pensioners $252,353.6O;
Tennessee S375, 900; Texas $5OO,OOO;
Alabama S77S, 361, and Georgia for the
year 1907, 1892. 6S4.65. Florida pays
her Confederate pensioners more than
twice per capita the amount paid by
any other state.-live Oak Democrat.
The Trees of Florida.
The Times Union acknowledges the
receipt of a neat pamphlet entitled
"A List of the Trees OF the state OF
Florida" prepared by DR.. John Clifford
of Cocoanut Grove for Mrs Kirk Mum
roe of the same place, for her depart
ment OF FOrestEyin the Florida Fed
Grafton of lVon1ens Clubs, This cata-
logue gives in fuIlfaced type the bo-
tanicaI and common names or 2S1 or
the native and introduced trees OF
this state, followed, lin many cases, by
a statement, tnSRoman, OF the trees
habitat and other information about
it. Florida, as Dr. Clifford says, pos
sesseS a larger number and greater
variety of trees than any other state
in the Union; many have also been
introduced. and, with her great va
riety of climates, there is hardly a
tree in the word that might not be
successfully introduced here, in some
section of the state.-JacksonYlll
Times Union.
Indeed They Do.
A tariff duty was placed on paper
after all the agitation against 1t, and
no tariff on Egyptian cotton, Inc
reap the benefits OF
protective tariff-Havana News.
Paramount Issues.
If the editor of The Record desires
to enter the next legislative race there
are just two or three things wed
make paramount Issues First, state
of text books Second, the
proper control of express companies
a lust and equitable rate in lieu OF
the present outrageous, hold-up
charges. Third, law compelling re-
frigerator car companies TO give back
to the state a just taxation for the
profits made annually out
o. the peopIe.-Manatee Record.
They Know Already.
What is whiskey?" was the prob
lem President Taft had to solve. Why
not have left it to Deacon Watterson
Of the Louisville Courier-Journal, or
some KENTUCKY cOlopel.-BreWtun
(AIa.) Pine Belt News.
COURT
YESTERDAY MORNING
TWenty-one defendants were up
before Judge Johnson in the record
pr'S courf Yesterday Eighteen were