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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
"Peeriess For Ability"

So far as ability is concerned The
Sun does not consider that Col Blount
has his peer in Florida, and his cleo
ton to seat in the United States
senate would not only have reflected
credit upon the state of Florida, but
upon the entire South, for in point Of
intellect there is not a member of
that body who towers above w. A.
Blount.
The Sun had not formally announc-
ed its choice of candidates, but now
that Col. Blount has withdrawn from
the race, we unsheath our sword and
shall do what we can for the re-elec-
ton of Senator Taliaferro, who has so
successfully represented the state
during the past two terms. Senator
Taliaferro may not be what is termed
a brilliant man, but when it comes to
doing things" for Florida, he is
Johnny on the spot and that IS
what the people want in these days
Gainesville Sun
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
VOX POPULI.
ROBBERS OF CHRIST,
SAYS Mr., HUNYAN


Editor Pensacola Journal.
| look around and see the people
bowling down to the gods of this world
and wonder how they can call them
eslves Christians. Matt. 7:2D #
there is any form or fashion they
fancy it is adopted and set up in the
name of Christ or His church. The
worldly church has set apart two
days of the 365 as Christs, viz,
Christmas and Easter. You might say
Sunday is His day" but just think
a moment Doesn't that belong to
the denominations? Isn't it the day
the world puts on their best clothes
and manners and parade themselves
to my church" to hear my minis
ter, the musical program advertised
in the morning S paper: or to see and
be seen? There are few starving
souls who go to hear the word of
Cod Can they hear it for the
sounding of brass and tinkling Gym
balls" 'TiS true the word" is still
read in their temples, but compare
lively few ministers are preaching 1t.
God said at this time these things
would be so. e Tim, 3:15: Tim.
4:3. ~
Christmas was set apart as the
birthday of Jesus. How many chill
dren are taught this? Aren't We
teaching them to lie when we bring
them up on fairy tales and Santa
Claus yarns; telling to be good or
Santa will not bring them anything.
instead of leading them to Christ for
strength of goodness?
In Christian 60 America we use
patron saints, rabbit feet, lucky
stones, prayer beads. prayer books.
Billiken dolls. etc Well. almost any
thing to take the place of Jesus and
His word
So we let Santa and his trees and
the rabbit and his eggs rob Him of
the only two days the worldly church
has left Him.
MANUEL G. RUNYAN.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

Mr.. Bryan visited Ft. Lauderdale
and went over the drainage work
when, a few days ago, he passed
through Florida on his way to the
warm Cuban cline. He is quoted as
saying: II believe the people of Flor
ha are to have a very large and pro-
duCtlve area of land in the Ever.
glades." Some people, 1t seems, are
disappointed by the Nebraskan's COM
ment. for they expected him TO say
more. But what more did he need to
say. and how much better could he
have expressed the drainage situation?
Many men have visited the Everglades
and. after a hurried whirI around the
scene of operations, have gone away
to proclaim thus early the complete
success of the reclamation project"
which they hadn't stayed around the
place long enough to certify to their
own satisfaction or to that of anybody
else. Mr.. Bryan. the most eminent
man that yet has been into the drain
age country to see for himself, modest
iy maintains his belief that the Ever,
vIades arc to be made productive. He
was not shallow fool enough to try to
analyze and solve in a day a whole
great question like the reclamation OF
the great south Florida swamp coun-
try. He realized that cursory exam.
nation never could accomplish that.
After all. the greatest men are always
80 simplest
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
SroWard Feels sure.

Ex-Governor Broward sends out
word that his candidacy for the Unit
ed States senate is a sure thing, no
matter what may have been rumored
to the contrary, and. with his usual,
but sometimes mistaken, confidence
IN the dear people, he says that If the
vote were taken now he would win
easily over all competitors. The eX>
governor is a formidable man any
where you put him, and he is going to
make strenuous campaign TO realize
his highest ambition, but we hazard
the prediction that senatorial laurels
are not for him-at- least not this
time.-Suwanee Democrat.
The Geographical Argument.
If the pending senatorial contest IS
to be settled on geographical or sec
uonal grounds, then the honor should
go to South Florida, which, If we re-
MEMBER correctly, has never had a
representative in the United States
senate. Pensacola has had two sena-
tors, Hons. Charles w. Jones and :.
r. Mallory, while Tampa, city of
equal, if not greater importance, has
had none. The geographical argument
Is without any solid foundation and II
should not be considered when we
are looking for the man whom We
think would do the state the most
good in the senate.
Indeed, the plea that any particular
section of Florida is entitled to the
exclusion of others, to the senator. is
a covert attack upon the primary;
| for, il we accept it, we may conclude
that a group of five or six counties, or
even a single county may nominate
the senator, and that the remaining
forty-odd counties have no right to a
vote on this matter. In other words,
If West Florida has the right to name
the senator, the people of the rest OF
the state should not be permitted TO
vote In the primary, as they might
vote against the choice and the as
sumed right of their western neigh
Ibors. If the people are to be restrict
ed in their choice to any particular
section. by have general primary
| We submit that the people have a
| right to vote for any man they pre-
| fer, regardless of where he lives; but,
| if any particular section has claims
superior to the others that section is
South Florida. Now, as South Florida
| has no resident candidate, the geo
! graphical argument should induce
them to support that candidate who
has larger interests in their section
| than any OF his rivals. A practical
application of this reasoning would
| and should result in giving the vote
of South Florida to Senator Taliafer-
70, who has very large investments
in Tampa and is closely identified
with the commercial interests of that
city. This being the case, he may be
Expected to give as much attention to
| the interests Of Tampa and South
| Florida in general as to those of Jack
sonville and the East coast. Nor will
he neglect West Florida, although
that section is very likely to give a
majority vote against him in the first
primary.
| If he is continued in the senate he
may be relied on to work faithfully
and without discrimination for each
| and every section of the state, as he
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
The Journals
Circulation Statement.

In accordance with it's custom for
ten years past, The Journal publishes
its circulation statement this morning
showing papers printed for every day
during the past year.
The total number of copies printed
almost reached the two-million mark,
being 1,885,S75 and making an aver
age Of 6,025. This is the best showing
The Journal has ever made and it con-
stitutes gain of nearly 400 daily over
the year 1908.
TIE statement shows also the cir
cui; ton of The Weekly Journal for
1909 with an average of 1854. This is
the best showing the Weekly has ever
made and it gives the advertiser a
pretty concrete idea of how many peo-
pie he can reach by using the columns
OF both the Daily and the Weekly.
Here is what it means:
The Daily Journal. 6,O2s
The Weekly Journal. .2,5e4
IosaI ............ ...........8 $3.50
That means that the advertiser who
uses both papers can carry his mes
sage into more than 5000 homes and
can reach probably 10000 readers.
The advantage of such a circulation
to every business institution that
caters to the trade of West Florida is
apparent. There is no way in the
world by which a merchant can reach
so many West Florida people for so
little money as he can do through the
columns of The Journal. This circu-
lation showing therefore is cause for
as much satisfaction on the part of
the advertiser as it is on the part of
The Journal itself.
What The Journal will do in the
matter of circulation during 1910 re-
mains to be seen. but it expects to
make the same intelligent. active cam
paign for new readers that it has been
making continuously for more than ten
years. 1t expects to grow with the
city and territory, and to keep ahead
of both if possible.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02


Mr.. John B. Foley, for whom a Bald
win county town was named, is on the
right track when he writes letter to
that county's paper. the Foley Onlooker,
In order to warn the farmers of tina.
rich section of Alabama that hogs can
be raised there a whole lot cheaper
and incidentally whole lot better
than in most sections of the South.
He points out the unusual pork-raising
qualifications of Baldwin-its fine Der.
muda grass for pasture, its sorghum
for green feeu, its velvet beans and
sweet potato culls for finishing OFF.
Every farmer who goes to buy a side
of bacon is gradually having rubbed
into him the fact that pork is high,
with every prospect of going higher.
There is money in hogs for the farm
eTs of the South, and unless they are
green to their opportunities they will
heed the admonition of Mr.. Foley
which follows out the line of argument
started by the, Montgomery Advertiser
and the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, and
give an increasing amount of attention
to the production of pork.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

Georgia's next primary does not
come until August, q months after
the bitter Hoke Smith-Joe Brown com.
bat of 1908, but already the political
pot in the Peachtree State has com
menced to sizzle. Gov. Brown is not
averse 10 another term at Atlanta,
although the silent man from Marietta
doesn't say that much; and Gov.
Smith. ~ least according to the best
information obtainable from his
friends, still longs for a senatorial
toga in Washington and may yet be of
the opinion that vindicatory term as
governor would help him to the sena.
torship. The general desire of the
best men that supported Brown and
also of the best men that supported
Smith is that the mud-slinging cam
paign of two years ago, which was a
disgrace to the South in general and
to Georgia in particular, may find no
chance for repetition. One of the
most intelligent of the Southern states
has nothing to gain by recurrence OF
the disgraceful primary contest in
which Joe Brown overthrow the man
who had deprived him of his railroad
commissionership. 1t would be well il
elections came little further apart in
Georgia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
gsACoLA FLORIDA SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 2, 1910.

OF course the Tampa Elks, whom
the reverend gentleman so roundly
roasted, will be deeply grieved to
learn that after another lecture or
two DR.. Len G. Broughton will quit
the platform and devote all his time
to the pulpit!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

Of friends and relatives, the remains
CT the late young Alex. Chestnut were
inferred yesterday morning in the Ma
sonic cemetery. The young mans
death was source of much sorrow
to his numerous friends. A number OF
railroad men attended the funeral.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

a combination Of physical work and
brain work, put in from y to 16 hours
a day, and after several years of ser
vice they may get as high as S1400
year. Congress should without hesita-
ton raise their pay. making the job
worth $1,000, not $500, to begin. with
a possible $500 for the man who, at
the end of five years, passes a high
examination and can show a record
without black marks. These railway
mail clerks earn their wages and more
every day of ordinary duty, and at
holiday time they are fairly inundated
with extra business, which means
physical breakdown for men who are
not above the average of their fellows
in strength and stamina. Because of
the Christmas strain alone their prayer
for an increase of pay should not get
the deaf ear from Uncle Sam.
Praises be, The presidents first
special message is not to run beyond
10000 words. His first regular mes
sage went to 1S,000-and what did he
tell us in that one which the country
did not already know?
The Taft hotel. to be built in New
Haven, Conn, the city of the presi-
dents schooldays, will be II stories
high. The name as well as the size
of the building ought to make it one
of the paying propositions of the Elm
City. So much for Yankee ingenuity.
The incoming district attorney of
New York, former Judge Charles S.
Whitman, is for woman assistant dis
trict attorney to look after business
in the children's court and will proba-
Div name one for this somewhat deli
cate nest, provided competent wo-
man. lawyer or otherwise, Will apply.
This We think, is a long step in the
right direction. The women probation
officers have made good in all the New
York police courts and there seems to
appear HO itdSOh why "Ollah VI
humanity, sense, tact and some legal
ATTITUDE should not find plenty of OPP
portunity for helpful work in connec.
ton with the prosecution of juvenile
cases. of which there are hundreds
monthly in the childTen's court that
was created in Mayor Seth Lows
time.
Admiral Dewey, once the pride of
the navy and the particular pet of
hero-worshiping people in Washing
toms army and navy circles and out
side. has just celebrated his 72d birth.
day in the house that was given him
by the American people out of graft
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

90 per cent. off on all Mems
Furnishings at the NJ. & O.'s
After-Xnas Sale.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

COURAGE to the Others.

Hon. w. A. Blount, of Pensa cola, has
withdrawn from the. race for United
States senator, he having come to the
conclusion that he is not physically
able to make a thorough canvass of
the state. Mr.. Blount's withdrawal
will doubtless give new courage to
the other several candidates in the
race.-Marianna TRANSFORMER.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

The railway mail clerks, the hardest
worked and most miserably paid men
in he employ of Uncle Sam, are
abundantly justified in the effort they
are making to get more money for
what they do and what they know.
Too many of these men, whose job is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

and visitors to the city are invited to
make use of it.
Sunday afternoon at 3: - o'clock the
Bible class meets, and good program
will be rendered; also in the evening
at 7:30, song service and sermon. the
latter by Rev. r. w. Simpson. Visitors
are invited to both of these meetings,
also to the weekday meetings, Tues
day and Thursday.
At Fort Barrancas.
Service will be held at the gym
nasium this morning at 1920 o'clock.
Bugle call at 10:15 O'Clock. The Rev.
Mr.. Simpson, who conducts the SER
vice, will leave on the $50 car. Miss
Eula Hutchinson will sing a solo and
take charge of the music. Visitors to
the city are especially invited to come,
and are assured of having not only a
pleasant but a profitable hour. Re
turning, the car will reach the city at
l2:15 p. m.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

want to use this space In the Sun
day paper to advertise my
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
At Fort Barrancas.

REMAINS OF LATE ALEX.
CHESTNUT WERE INFERRED
In the presence of a large number
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
FLORIDA POLITICS
AND POLITICIANS

has done in the past. And the records
show that his work has proved OF
vast value to the state.-Punta Gorda
Herald
Letter To BIount's Credit.
The senatorial problem in this state
has been made less problematical by
| the Withdrawing of Mr.. Blount from
| the race. The latter has published q
| letter in which he states that his
health is being impaired by the cam
paigning that he has already under
taken. and also that he realizes that
he must do such political work to
secure the approval of the electorate
as is repugnant to his ideas of the
dignity of man.
The letter is very much to Mr..
Biount's credit and will add to his
list of newly-made friends and in
crease the admiration Of those who,
have long known him. The step was
one which but few men would have
had the moral courage to have taken
in the face of the approval that the
gentleman has met with in his cam
paigning, and illustrates a phase OF
character that materially adds to his
strength as one Of Fiorida's noble
! men.-Panama City Pilot.
Tried and Found Trusty.
Hon. w. A Blount has, on account
of i'll health. withdrawn from the
race for the United States senate
| We regret this, for while the News
had not made any definite selection
| from the list of candidates, we real
| lied that Mr.. Blount was a very able
man, one fully competent to discharge
the duties of the office he sought.
Florida has placed him in position Of
honor and trust before and not found
! him wanting, and had he continued in
the race and been elected we should
have had nothing to fear.-Havana
! News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

and visitors to the city are invited to
make use of it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02
The Pensacola Journals Circulation Statement for 1903

The Pensacola Journal
the year19N wa as
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

has done in the past. And the records
show that his work has proved OF
vast value to the state.-Punta Gorda
Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-02

Praises be, The presidents first
special message is not to run beyond
10000 words. His first regular mes
sage went to 1S,O0O-and what did he
tell us in that one which the country
did not already know?
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-06
The STORY OF THE NEGRO

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
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the fear, that the Negro would some
time or other again secure the upper
hand in the south as he was supposed
to have done directly after the war
As -mattef~of~ fact the Negro was
never in control in the south. The
people who were in control were rep
resentatiyes Of the Republican party
in the north who came south and used
their influence with the Negro and
With the government at Washington
to control the course Of events. Just
such condition never Will and never
can arise again. EVENT. 1t were DOS
sible the Negro does not desire it any
more than the white man. 1t Is we'll
however, that the Negro should know
that his future must, as his past has
been, In a large measure distinct from
that Of tho white man. AS people
dwelling together In one country the
two races have comm on interest but
the progress and development Of each
must BIO ever on distinct lines.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-06
ANDERSON.

Miss Katie Pack of Huntington,
who has, been spending the holidays
with her aunt, Mrs. Ella Smith, re-
turned to her home Friday. -.... .-..-...
:Wrista Hill Of Institute, spent sew
eral days here last week visiting
friends.
h. Leonard Brown and Basil Braxton
OF Institute, were the holiday guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Brown.
Arthur Trice and Garfield Craw-
ford spent several days in Charleston
last week visiting friends.
Mrs. I. E. Smithers, of Hinton, is
here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jas. Brown.
Mrs. Jessie Smith entertained a
large number. Of friends at dinner
Sunday.
Mrs. Jas. Davis entertained at din
ner Thursday, Miss Katie Pack, Mr..
and Mrs. Jessie Smith and J. NJ.
Trice.
Roman Burger, who has been
spending the holidays with his daugh-
ter in Philadelphia, returned home
Thursday.
Mrs. Julia Rucker and son Fitzhugh
are visiting friends in Columbus,
Ohio
MRS. Taylor Crawford entertained
large number Of friends at dinner
Sunday at her hospitable home In
North Anderson.
Walter Banks, Of Fire Creek, spent
a few days here last week with his
parents.
The annual banquet OF the Odd Eel
lows was held at the Odd Fellows
Hall Tuesday, Jam 4.
The Baptist Church Aid Society
met at Mrs. Ellen Smiths Tuesday.
A large number were present and re,
treshments were served. --,--------z---
Joseph Freeman, Sr., is suffering
from an attack Of Ia grippe
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GREETINGS.
To the Travelling Public:

TO the Travelling Public:
We extend to you many thanks
Tor your patronage the past year,
hoping to give better accommoda-
tons the ensuing year.
We are pleased to note the change
OF sentiment in the travelling public,
who are giving up the old idea of
roaming the city looking up friends
for n nights lodging. They now call
up their friends, giving notice Of
their stopping at Hotel Brown.
We give notice to conventions
that may convene in Charleston here
after that we will be in position to
accommodate 100 people.
Having now secured the entire del
egation Of the coming State A. NJ. L..
conference, we will proceed to make
room as soon as weather permits.
Respectfully,
HOTEL BROWN,
w. Va.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
There are many mulattoes aud other
degrees Of mixed bloodB In the South,
but the undistinguishable Negro Ia
rare. Where he occurs be is always;
mere or less curiosity. The Negro
feature, besides black skin and woody
hair, are SO fixed and distinct that
they appear plainly in the progeny
TO remote degrees. But 1t strangely
Delights the educated Negro to be-
lieve amalgamauon imminent, though
the mixed bloods carry in their color
the inevitable badge Of bastardy, In
themselves or their immediate ancest-
ors. The educated Negroes ions for
the abolition Of the color line, and in
that respect exhibit lack of race
pride observed in no other people the
world has ever produced. This pas
sage contradicts the lesson the book
seems otherwise intended to incul-
cate.
outside Of passages like this the
DOCK gives great deal of gratifying
and interesting information concern
Ing the progress Of the Negro. It Is
WIltten- ia direct unostent aious style
and is valuable as a contribution to
one Of the important subjects Of the
day from a source peculiarly authen-
tic.
The following which touches on
the Negroes political status ia one we'll
worth Observing: Ever since the
war tho normal political de-
velopment Of the south has been
tunnod by the fear or the ghost Of .,
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Let Your Money Work For You
Pythian Mutual -.-----
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L. Q. WILSON, President, Weston, w. Va.

lard, Ohio, where they went to at
tend the funeral of Mr.. Clifford s
mother, Mrs. F.. A. Clifford, who
died December 26, at the advanced
age of seVenty-one years. The obse-
quies were held December 80 at ST.
Johns A. M. E. Church, Of which
Mrs. Clifford had been a member for
many years. Rev. J. M. Gilmer Oil
ciated, assisted by DR.. Charles Bun
dy and Rev. G. V. Clark. The pail
bearers wore Messrs. William H.
and John Clifford, II. T. Eubanks,
Alex. Stanley, Crales E. Gordon and
John P. Green. MI. and Mrs. Cliff
ford have the sympathy Of their host
Of friends in this city
The solid gold elephant scarf-pin,
presented to Auditor Ralph w. Tyler
by Minister Ernest Lyon as a token
of the latter's appreciation Of Mr..
Tyler's ices in connec-
ton with ll,v .uuu.., Lyon-Scott BAN
quet, was made Of gold taken from
one Of the richest mines in the Ii
berian Republic. Naturally, Mr.. Ty-
Ter values the unique gift very
highly.
Hon. w. l.. Houston, Grand Mas
ter Of the GU OF O. e. row located
at Chicago, is spending the week
here with his family. He is to at
tend the meeting Of the Sub-Commit-
tee Of Management in Philadelphia
while In the East Former Grand
Master E. H. Morris and Mr.. Noah
D. Thompson, Of Chicago, are ex-
pected In the city later in the week.