The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-28
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACOLIANS

Had to Pass.
The Pensacola Journal wants to
know what fruit jim jams is made of.
Never having made" any we will have
to pass this up.-Tampa Tribune.
That's Pensacola.
Pensacola feels quite chesty because
it is to present that silver service to
the battleship Florida. The Lord loves
a cheerful giver.-Tampa Tribune.
Finest In Land.
Escambia is Boosting of her oysters.
Our section need not be left in the race
and our visitors prefer the bivalves
fresh from the Enthusiastically
Times-Union.
The Usual Fate.
The man who wrote the song Just
AS the Sun Went Down" is In poverty,
says The Pensacola Journal So are
several men who wrote books on How
to Make Millions" Me-
tropolis.
ApalachicoIa Boys.
The Journal complains that there
are so many shrimp In the bayous
near Pensacola that they are a nuts
ance to bathers. And the girls say the
shrimp walking the beach are intoler-
Times.
Preparing for Business.
Pensacola is getting ready for the
opening of the canal: what is Jack
sonville doing? Moreover we are to
have the opening Of the Oversee ex-
tension next January and that Is an
almost hfU IN 1Y<-YooIrEnT.
vile Times Union.
Yet There Is Hope.
The Pensacola Journal says that
the Florida tax system is a disgrace to
the state and should be remedied.
Well, the able commission appointed
by the governor last week will 60 a
long way toward giving us the remedy.
Tallahassee True Democrat.
About AlIisator&
Gainesville has invested In squirrels,
and now Pensacola is calling for ALI
gators to show, not to strangers visit
ing the city, but to those who have
grown up in that city and have never
seen one Of F1orida's typical reptiles.
We wouldn't have believed II II The
JorUnal hadn't said it.-Tampa Times.
Betrayed.
The "intuitive smack" is the latest
kiss. Expect to try II once, but II Will
have to go some to beat the brand we
are used to.-Pensacola Journal Just
listen at old Mack. Everybody knows
that he has never been kissed in his
life by any one except his grandma
Bombay Advertiser.
A Bad Place.
"A young man kissed a girl on the
battery the other night" says the
Charleston News and Courier. to
which The Pensacola Journal retorts:
"She had probably been eating onions
or she would have been kissed on the
mouth" II It had occurred In Miami
the young lady might have been kissed
on the spur Of the moment-Miami
Metropolis.
Where Alabama Comes In.
Judging from the editorial columns
Of Alabama newspapers for the past
week, we suppose most of the brethren
attended the Montgomery or Tusca-
loosa fair, or the one IN Birmingham
the week before, or are making ar
engagements TO attend the West Ala
bama Fair at Selma this week, or the
Pensacola exposition still later. Any
way. something happened to reduce the
usual amount OF editorial comment In
most Of the weeklies.-Montgome
Advertiser.
Good Railroad News.
W. F. Dickinson, of Chicago. speak
ing for the Memphis and Pensacola
railroad, has given assurances TO the
people OF Pensacola that, II the right
of-way through the county be granted
and the city gtves.athem a franchise,
work will be begun IN the road at the
Pensacola end before The new year and
that the ia miles, including two steel
bridges between Pensacola and Me-
ridian, will be completed within nine
months from the time Of commencing
the work. The road is not asking for
any help from Pensacola, the COM
pany having ample financial backing.
Mr.. Dickinson says il will require $50
100000 to complete the project, all OF
which will be forthcoming.-Jacks
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Fine Oysters in Pensacola.
Pensacola oystermen are anticipat-
ing the greatest season in the history
Of the industry. The oyster beds in