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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

well acquainted with the fact that the
enterprise means the total eXDendl-
ture OF a half million in cold cash;
that the bar, the pool parlors, the best
cafe in the south, and two concerts
daily by the popular San Carlos ladies'
orchestra are among the attractions;
that it is an ideal place for either
winter or summer tourists is also
knoWn-where life may be lived I'M
der the most ideal of conditions-all
this is known.
Pensacola in short holds the reputa-
ton of possessing one of the very
finest hotels in the south and should
be infinitely proud of the fact-d good
local patronage should of course re
suit.
Every man who has the interests of
Pensacola at heart, too, should conStl-
tute himself a boost committee to act
Immediately and to extol the good
points Of the new hostelry-becaus not
only a great deal of Pensacola money
is at stake, but the city's very best
means of introduction to The outside
world. The hotel should also enjoy
full local patronage in its various de-
partments.
Boosting, in fact, you know, is in
order.
So boost the new hotel!
1t will be a most paying and salts
factory proposition.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

When he realized that, he turned
down the New York proposition, not
brusquely but finally.
The brewer then called in a young
man in town whom he knew fairly
we'll. This young man was connected
with life insurance agency, had been
the secretary of a high public official,
and had originally come from the news
paper ranks-a good combination for
the work that the brewer had cut out
for him. He knows how to handle
men, to turn corners without knock
ing them down, and to reach the news
papers.
The brewer outlined to this young
man the possibilities that lie III New
Jersey casualty insurance company,
organized along modern lines and
financed mostly in the city itself. His
own friends, he said, would undoubt-
eddy support it. An immense amount
of insurance business in casualty and
indemnity lines was directly under his
own control. Would the young man
go in with him and help to get up
such a company?
The young man said that he would
They enlisted the help of another
young man, one with more experience
IN organization work, and they
launched the new company, First OF
all, they organized little company of
their own. Its mission was to float
the new casualty company, sell its
stock, and take a good commission
for such sale;~ then, when the larger
company was in operation, to act as
general agents foE-it in the richest
casualty territory-New York, New
Jersey, Massachusetts. Illinois. and
Pennsylvania. The brewer nd not
want to he bothered with details. He
put up $4,000 cash with which to
start the wheels going, and Will ~
satisfied with one-third of the profits
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

has some remarks TO make:
"Mr Blank" he says, IF you want
us 10 take our policies away from the
CId-line company in which we have
been satisfactorily insured for the
last ten years you must have good
reasons. What are they2 Show US
how strong is this new company. We
are here as trustees for our stock
holders, not rs pullcTs-jn for new IN
surance company. What are your IN
ducements?"
Stated badly. this whole scheme Of
the new insurance company looks ike
a deadfaU The reason why there
have been more casualty companies
organized in the last year than EXIST
ed in this country before that time
lies in this theory that if business
men can be induced 70 become dIrec=-
oTs they Will bring big business with
them. To q certain extent il = true
but in the main i Is a palpable false
hood. No honest business man viii
IimpnTil himself and his partners Il
business by psGen.I.E-, a rev CgIG-
Dany il which l- h.U-@.E il Interested
If by 20 doing b" waaEel- t.e safe
guards Of his Own ls-5-@ss.
The theory IS based o. q Eun~o=-..~-
that seItjDterpst is.sCECEger Khan tae
sense CT trusteeshtp in the minds Cl
business men Of America. In other
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

good money was to be gathered in by
becoming the promoter of such a com
pany.
! First, the promoting company, con-
sisting of the brewer and his young
friends, has received a commission of
40 per cent. on the surplus of the
company, a matter of about 100000.
Second, the brewer advanced $4,000
for expenses, which was probably re-
paid out of this 100000.
Third, the promoters paid the ex-
penses Of the promotion. This total
is unknown, but nobody who knows
anything about it supposes that it took
more than half the 100000, including
the $4,000 advanced.
Fourth, the same three men, organ
lied into a general agency company,
have an exclusive contract to collect
the agency commissions in the best
area in the Union for the next decade
or more. This contract was given to
| them as an additional payment or
original plan was to let this contract
cover New York, New Jersey, Penn
| sylvania, Massachusetts, and Illinois.
Some one put up a red flag, and the
area was reduced.
Fifth, the brewer is president; the
/ first young man is secretary; the
| literature Of the company does not say
what the salaries are.
| The fourth item in this little list is
| beautiful thing. The exact amount
| of the commission is unknown to us.
| Representatives of four casualty COM
ipanies were asked to guess at it. The
! lowest guess was per cent: that is
| to say. for every 500 collected in
premiums from the area remaining in
| these five best states during the next
! ten years or so, the three gentlemen
| in the agency company will get So net.
| Now this may or may not amount to
much. If the company is even mod
erately successful, its premium re-
ceipts from this area will run very
age. If it did this. the agency would
divide a commission income of about
! 100000 a year.
| From all the evidence now in hand,
it would seem that this company is a
lgreat success. The gentleman of
hops and malt guessed right. Why
work when one can organize a new
casualty company?
The promoters have Jared Well
What of the stockholders and the
! pOlicy-hOlders? Out of every 500
| contributed by the stakeholder, the
promoters got 500 There remains $50
| to work for the interest of the stock
holder and to safeguard the insurance
! of the pOlicy-holder.
! The company may make good-but
| it is a very long chance. In the
original booklet issued by the pro-
motors to catch stockholders. the
casualty insurance business was out
| lined in very glowing terms. There
was a long list of companies-twenty-
one in all-which had averaged 10 per
cent. a year on their capital stock for
| the last decade. The public was told
| that this was fair resume of the
casualty business. and that the new
company could hardly fail to duDli-
cate the performance. In its intent.
| of course, this statement is tiatlv IN
true. Only the best of the companies
were lined up in parade | can name
nearly as many casualty comnauies
| that have either gone into bankruptcy
| in the last fifteen years, Or are today
tottering toward the grave where lost
| hopes lie buried.
| Then there is an army of mediocre
companies whose annual business
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

words, the new company based on
this theory caters to dishonesty and
seeks for its directorate the class of
business men that can be fooled or
coaXed into a betrayal OF trust.
This campaign of insurance finance
has gone too far. 1t is time that
somebody sounded an alarm Thou-
sands of people throughout the coun-
try have been cajoIed iStG buying tne
stocks Of such companies as this one,
and today the campaign is in full
sE.ng so that ether thousands may
follow Unsound insurance is being
placed every day upon the business
men who ought to be covered by
sound insurance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29
'ONE OF ~PENSACOLA'S PET PROPOSITIONS
TIE SAN CARLOS HOTEL
BY Bonnie Burnham-

'are the best people in the world
hotel people who are well versed in
the gentle art of mixing-and who
give the Knight of the Grip" the
glad hand'-and a real honey sort
of welcome which is so appreciated by
the weary travelling public, shutfling
here and there-making friends occa-
siOnally and sometimes not at all.
The travelling men like to come to
the San Carlos.
1t is live metropolitan place with
la delightfully."- clean, home-like atmos-
phere, and they come as often as they
canal Of them.
On the second floor young George
HerVey and his assistants are doing
their tremendous part in the running
of the big hotel and the San Carlos
Importation Company.
1t takes a lot of will power and
brains and good business ability to
keep the machinery of the big enter
prise going, and those who know Mr.
Hervey know that he works day and
night in doing SO.
He has to have tact and forethought
and great control OF himself, as guar
dian of the interests of other peoples
money and his own.
And he has.
His interest and enthusiasm is in
fictitious, too, for there is absolutely
no one connected about the hotel who
is not tremendously loyal to its in
terests, and ready to make it fit in
with local conditions perfectly.
So much for the San Carlos hotel,
where not only the travelling public
but Pensacola people in general
should and do feel perfectly at home.
As Whole.
Everyone in Pensacola, and lot of
people out of Pensacola are pretty
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

In keeping with the policies usually
employed by a rapidly growing city,
policies which tend to boost conditions
skyward in the manner which they
should go, Pensacola has several very
special pet propositions" just now,
which represent a great deal to her
welfare and to her future, in their re-
lations with the present status of ar
fairs.
Prominent among these is the new
San Carlos hotel, a monument to the
enterprise and ambitions of her lead
tIg citizens, and to the fine knowledge
of hotel keeping in general Of the Her
seys.
The hotel represents a high-class
polished mode of introduction between
Pensacola and the outside world-a
sudden tang of the real metropolitan
fsm TO which the city is rapidly ap-
preaching, and those who have been
instrumental in it's being here have
taken the step ideal at most critical
moment.
1t was two years ago this summer
when The Journal was giving its
front page leads" unrestrainedly to
the large and enthusiastic gatherings
Of the hotel promoters.
me mower OF HenSdcOla clLlZen-
ship met frequently in those days in
Brent hall, and under the chairman
ship of Hon. John E. Stillman the
meetings out-equalled anything in pub
lie spirit which had ever been seen in
the city before.
The solid men of the town were
there.
Mr.. T. G. Brent, one Of the leaders,
was in regular attendance and gave
good advice at the right time; Mr.
VIM. Fl. Knowles was another star
which shown in the general illumina-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

ton; Mr.. Jas. NJ. Muldon proved more
than enthusiastically disposed; Mr..
Blount guided the legal end of the
then budding proposition when called
upon to do so-8nd Mr.. Jas. Watson
lead the younger men on those swell
tering summer nights, when, amid
scenes which will be remembered by
all of us, the money was actually sub
scribed for the mammoth concern
money that the interchangeable Mr.. F. F.
Bingham went after right valiantly,
too, it will also be remembered.
These we're Pensacola men who
took stock in the San Carlos hotel
then not because they could really af-
ford to-but to show their calibre of
citizenship
The Hervey proposition was one
which could not lie gainsaid in it's
very evident and tremendous value to
the town.
Pensacola's leading people saw it,
and acted accordingly.
Now the hotel IS here, a fit culmina-
ton to all of these plans, and every
man and woman in the city who has a
spark Of civic pride or an inclination
toward the welfare of the city as a
city, should constitute himself or her.
self as a committee of one to boost
and boom and build up the reputation
of the San Carlos hotel-a work of the
people of Pensacola!
Conditions Are Ideal.
The San Carlos hotel is a hotel with
personality.
You can step out Of Pensacola into
New York in the twinkling of an eye,
where experienced hotel people,
versed in catering to every whim of
the travelling public will courteously
await you.
Down stairs the day and night force
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29
NOW IS THE TIME

To Get Your Liver in Good Condition.
Many case of sickness could be pre-
vented by taking liver medicine in time
DO not thlnk you have to take calomel:
it is too strong and dangerous. and leaves
the liver in an emaciated condition
Dodsons LiVer-Tnne has ali the good
medicinal virtues of caIomel. but none of
It's bad properties. 1t stimulates and
lvenS the liver. and restores its natural
condition DOdsOnS LiVer-Tone is a
liquid with 4 pleasant taste, causes 40 re-
striction of habits or Diet Can be taken
at any time and does not cause any un-
pleasanness or inconvenience. w. 4
D'Alembcrte will refund the price paid
for Dodsons Liver-Tone, il for any rea-
son you are not satisfied.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29
Shall Women Vote?

If they did, millions would vote DR.
Kings New Life Pills the true remedy
for women. For banishing dull
tagged feelings, backache or headache
constipation, dispelling colds, impart
ing appetite and toning up the sys
tenn, they're unequaled. Easy, safe
sure. 25c at Pensacola Drug Co.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

Saving is only part of
the game. Invest your saw
ings in Pensacola real estate
and watch them double. Con-
suit with Owen=Clark- Co. 49,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29

Medicines that aid nature are always
most successful. Chamberlain Cough
Remedy acts on this plan. II Ioosens
the cough, relieves the lungs, opens
the Becretions and aids nature in re-
storing the system 10 a healthy con-
diti0n. Sold by all dealers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-29
Have YOua Little Home to FurniSh?l

If you have Just invite you visit This We
inspect splendid stock and become acquainted with pr
will you find goods and prices right but
great help. "Your credit is always good"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-16
The Flao of Denmark.

In the year 1919 King Waldemar of
Denmark. when leading his troops TO
battle against the Livonians. saw. or
thought he saw. bright light in the
form of cross In the sky. He held
this appearance TO be a promise of
divine aid and pressed forward TO vic
tory. From this time he had the
cross placed on the flag of his country
and called 1t the Dannebrog-th is.
the strength of Denmark. Aside from
legend there Is no doubt that this flag
with the cross was adopted by Den
mark In the thirteenth century and that
at about the same date an order.
known as the order OF Dannebrog. was
instituted. TO which only soldiers and
sailors who were distinguished for
courage were allowed to belong. The
flag OF Denmark. plain red banner
bearing on II "a white cross, is the old
est flag now in existence. For 800
years both Norway and Sweden were
united with Denmark under this flag.
-Housekeeper.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-16
The Wolves and the Meat.

81 had thought that 1t was peculiar
to human nature to regard that which
one has as of less value than that
which one has not. but l had reason
to change my opinion the other day."
said visitor to the zoo.
"A keeper tossed four pieces of meat
into the den of two gray wolves. One
piece landed on the roof of the shelter
house. and a wolf with lame fore leg
passed over the pieces on the ground.
and. standing Oh his hind legs. tried
and tried to get that on the roof. which
was Just out of reach. The other hun
CRY wolf gave his attention to the
pieces OH the ground and disposed of
all three. Going over to the house. he
shifted for a moment and then sprang
upon the roof. ate the fourth piece and
stretched out for repose. New York
Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-16
Photooraphino a Panther.

A panther is not easily killed and
will often revive with very unpleasant
results. as on certain occasion In the
Deccan. He appeared to be quite
dead. and one of the spectators rushed
up with camera on stand to obtain
a picture of the supreme moment. He
got his photograph. and. strange to
say. 1t survived what followed. but no
sooner had he taken 1t than the pam
ther revived. tore himself loose and
went for the photographer. Somehow
the man escaped. but the camera was
sent flying. and. disconnected by his
encounter with 1t. the panther turned
and made for the nearest tree. up
which he went as quickly as a mon-
key. Now. the tree was crowded with
interested spectators. and for three or
four strenuous seconds until the pam
ther was shot we enjoyed spectacle
of natives dropping to earth with loud
thuds like ripe plums from jungle
plum tree as the panther approached
them.-Wide World Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-16
TESTED AND PROVEN.
There is a Heap of SoIace in Being
Able to Depend Upon a Well
Earned Reputation.

For months Perrysburg readers
have seen the constant expression of
praise for Doan's Kidney Pills, and
read about the good work they have
done in this locality. Not another
remedy ever produced such convinc-
ing proof of merit.
Erwin Bruce, Fifth St., Perrysburg,
o., says: For some time l was an
noyed by attacks of pain in my back,
just over my kidneys. In the morn
ing when | arose, the trouble was
most noticeable and although | did
not consider 1t serious, was very
anxious to get relief. One day l read
an account of Doan's Kidney Pills
curing similar troubles and | was led
to begin using this remedy. In a few
days my complaint disappeared /
also know of two other instances in
which Doan's Kidney Pills have
cured severe attacks of kidney troub-
le."
Mr.. Bruce gave the above statement
in July, 1906, and on May IL, 1909,
he said: Il gladly confirm my form
er endorsement of Doan's 4-idney
Pills, as time has proven my cure to
be permanent one. / now have but
little trouble from my kidneys and
any slight backache is quickly re-
moved by few doses Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's--a
take no other. IL ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-16
INNS OF CHINA.
A Knock That Wrecked Door and
Raised O Rumpus.

Some OF the inns of modern China
are badly built The correspondent of
the London Times in travelling across
the country recently had this expert
ence; ''At only one village had | any
difficulty. We were marching late in
the dark. and had sent my groom
on ahend to End ne an inn. as he had
often done before. He entered the
village. and. finding the lnrge inn door
closed. he called out to the people to
open 1t. But, his Peking speech Is not
easily understood In Kansu. and no one
answered him. Then he knocked. and
TO his dismay the crazy door fell down.
Immediately there was row. The
innkeeper and his vociferous spouse
shouted out their wrongs.
Every one came into the street to
hear; the whole village was reused.
When | arrived It seemed like dem.
onstration in my honor As Is the
custom. u dozen people together told
me what had happened. | soon salts
fled every one by first examining the
damage and then paying compensa
ton in full. paid 100 cash rather
more than twopence,. and my gener.
osity was approved
'"rhe structure thus damaged re.
minded one OF the jerry built houses
familiar to students In Edinburgh.
where 1t Is on record that lodger
once complained to his landlord that
the ceiling in his room had fallen
down. But how do you account for
that" asked the landlord. Somebody
in the next fiat sneezed.' replied the
lOdger"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-16
Doubling Her Capacity.

~ want II nurse girl who is capable
of taking care of twins" said a woman
to the manager of an employ ment
agency.
A dozen maids ranged against the
wall were questioned as to their fa-
miliarity with twins. Finally one girl
produced documentary evidence that
for the last five years most of her
waking moments had been spent In
the company Of twins. She got the
job. When she reported for work In
the afternoon she was Introduced to
but one infant
Where is the other one?" she asked
"Oh. there are no twins about this
house." said her mistress. Il just
said twins so would be sure to get a
competent nurse. Any girl who is
capable of handling two children can
give extra good care to one. That is
little ruse | always employ when I
hire nurse."-New York Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-16
BULL BATTING.
A Brutal "Sport" That Was Popular In
Former Days.

A Brutal "sport" That Was Popular In
Former Days.
The principle of bull batting was ex-
tremely simple. A collar was fasten-
ed round the bulls neck. and by this
the bull was attached by rope to a
stake The rope varied from nine to
fifteen feet In length and therefore al
The audience wils accommodated in a
circle or ring"
The bulldogs duty was to grasp the
bulls nose. and when he had succeed
ed in obtaining II grip he was required
to maintain his hold. despite the eff
forts of the larger animal to dlslodge
him. The bull awaited the attack with
lowered horns. which the dog sought
to evade by crouching toward the head
of his opponent. Sometimes the bull
managed to get his horns under or
into the dog which was then thrown
high into the air.
Writer'S state that dogs had been
tossed up to height of thirty or forty
feet. The dog. If he survived, would
"retire hurt" On the other hand. once
the dog. which was trained to grip only
the nose. obtained hold his adver
sary would have little chance of shak-
ing him off. The bull would whirl the
dog in the air and struggle frantically
to wrench his nose free from the ter
rible grip. When. from sheer exhaus-
ton. the dog dropped clear Of the bull
a fresh dog was sent into the ring.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-09-16
A SAMOAN FISHING BEE.
Trapping the Game With a Leaf Chain
Hat Mile Long.

Halt Mile Long.
A Samoan fishing bee Is unique
sight to witness. Cocuanut leaves are
gathered III abundance aud secured.
doubru ana irirlrd. rnd Ia end. TO
form II ,uus prickly chain. round in
appearance and about three feet In di-
ameter. These leat chains are often
woven to length of half mile.
When the chain il complete all the
men OF that particular village turn
out en- masse with their 'paopans." or
Samoan canoes
When the tide IL high the chain Is
stretched across some convenient
place. supported by natives in their
paopaos or simply wading where
the shallowness will permit. The CO.
coanut seine is then submerged and
slowly forced shoreward. the prickly
points driving the fish before them.
When the point is reached where the
chain can rest upon the bottom and
still protrude slightly from the water
the natives after securing the ends to
the beach retire and wait for the tide
to recede. leaving the fish high and
dry.
1t is often found that large fish are
driven and caught in this manner.
but since they are capable of jumping
the barrier they are dispatched with
spears at once. The catches OF fish
thus made are sometimes enormous
and often number thousands.-Los An
geles Times.