The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-16

eend him a turkey; he didn't get It.
Then he prayed fervently one naenh
that the good Lord would send HIM,
Uncle Daniel, after turkey, end ne
got it."
LAUGHTER and applause followed this
story as It did after several otnee
stories and homely illustrations OF his
points made by MI. BoNs.
In good voice and eloquence ne
held the audience for the entire
speech he made. He paid tribute
to the south as "self-expafraated
Yankee that brought long applause.
The SOUTH" he said, standing at
tho close of the war, from ooang
over the damnation Of devastation has
now awakened to q realization OF her
own wonderful resources. And coin
ctdent thereto is the northern man
who, no longer harboring a prejudice
has Joined him in coming to live as
his neighbor. Wars fires have burned
out and the Goals Of fire OF years ago
heaped upon the ashen breast OF Sec
tionalism have burned the dead past
away into forgetfulness.
Mr.. Bolls talked Of the necessity
OF organization, citing his own Board
Of Trade. the Southern Commercial
Congress-, the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress, and various other
organizations as to what can be done.
From hds opening to the close he
kept his audience constantly applaud
| ing.
NIGHT SESSION.
/ That the best was saved for the
last, was the opinion Of many dele
{ gates and members as they turned
away from the convention hall last
night. j. Hampton Moore, member of
congress from the Philadelphia dis
trict, and president of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association, and
s. A. Thompson, of Richmond, Va.
field secretary of the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress, were the
speakers.
The people Of Pensacola and ,espe-
cially the leading business men OF the
city were awake last night to the I'M
portance of the convention and to the
rare treat in oratory that 1t held.
This was evidenced in the greatly in
creased attendance at that time. The
convention hall was we'll filed and the
interest in the proceedings was in
tense.
Mr.. Thompson was the first speak
er, occupying about one hour and a
half In the delivery of his excellent
address. Congressman Moore follow
ed him. Both addresses were tech
nichal. relieved by wit and a. bril-
| liancy which has not been equaled
heretofore In the convention. Live
topics were discussed and the vital
importance of the national and Sec
tional transportation question was
presented in a new light, that i'm
pressed itself upon the convention as
nothing else has done.
Both speakers appealed for an
awakened interest ON the part of the
masses, that public sentiment might
be crystalized to s1ch an extent that
congress and the national government
should be compelled to answer the
cries Of the deeper waterway agita-
ton.
| ToDAY's PROGRAM.
| Todays program OF the convention
ton In the convention. as a courtesy
to the visitors. It includes a trip
about the bay and to Fort Pickens,
where, through the courtesy Of the Of
fcers commanding, target practice
with twelve-inch gins will be wit
messed. This will be rare treat to
| the delegates as occasions of this ma
tnre rarely present themselves to the
laymen.
| From Fort Pickens, the party will
80 to Fort Barrancas and to the navy
yard and thence back to the city. The
start will be made at o'clock from
the Palafox street wharf. The party
will return at 2:05 and at 4 O'Clock the
last session will be convened.
The last session will be the bust.
ness session. Ofhcers for the ensuing
year will be elected. The reports of
the various committees will be filed
and the place for next years conven-
ton will be selected. A night session
may also be held.
DELEGATES LEAVING.
Some of the delegates have already
gone. Among these are John H.
Small congressman from North Caro-
lima. who delivered an address Mon.
day night. Others will leave during
the day, but the majority stayed over
for the last session and will leave to
morrow. Some. however, intend spend.
ing the remainder Of the week here
visiting various parts Of the city and
the points of interest in Pensacola
and West Florida.
The majority of those actively IN
terested in the deeper and inland va
terway movement will go from here
to st. Louis. where. December 22-24
will be held the annual session Of the
l-akes-to-the-Gulf Deeper Waterwa,
Association. Following that conven
tion will be the annual session of thu
National Rivers and Hcrbors Con
gress at Washington, ID. c., later IL
December. Many Of those atteudinf
this weeks convention will also at
tend the Washington convention.
TO REMAIN OVER.
One Of those to remain over in Pen
sacola for at least a week or ten day.
is Mrs. Maude Woody Henry, fel<
secretary Of the Mississippi to the At
Iantic Inland Waterways Association
Mrs. Henry will assist the local com
! mittee in raising the remainder O
. the $4,000 which Pensacola pledged
to the association last year when thi,
city WAS selected as the place Of thi,
years session.
But about 500 of this fund remains
but it is thought that the remainde,
h. n{1~v