The National tribune., 1911-04-13
An OPEN LETTER.
COmrade TruesdeIl Writes TO His
Friends and Warns ThemAgainst
the knockers" Lynn Haven
is Destined to be a Great City.
Praises the Women at Lynn
Haven As Even More Jealous
Than Their Lords-His Advice,
"When You Start, Go To 1t. v
Panama City. Ella. Apr

Panama City, Fla, April I, 1911.
The National Tribune: A great dea
has been written about your st. An:
drews Bay Colony, both in the columns
of your paper and in the folders you
have sent out, and none too strongly
l have been on the grounds contin-
uously since Jan. l. and have studied
the situation as well as i could with
the work ] have had to do, and i can
but conclude that Lynn Haven is deS-
tined to be a great city-as great, and
perhaps greater, than any other in
Florida. The location is ideal, and the
character and ability of the men be-
hind it warrants me in this conclusion.
As i am receiving more letters OF
inquiry than l can answer promptly,
desire to state that 1 will get around
to them as quickly as possible, and hope
that none will feel that they are
neglected. Let me advise all to read
the folder very carefully, and when
you have read it thru two or three
times take up each point separately
and study it wefl-the same as you
were compelled to study your lessons
when little tot at school. 1t is writ
ten. in great candor by as kind and
conscientious gentleman as you ever
met, and one thai would not misrep-
resent a thing to the old veterans and
their friends OF any one else for the
world
1 am talking to my comrades now
and l am going to be a little bit plain
with you; If you have one of those
timid, chronic grumblers-jn plain
English, a knocker-in your midst, for
heavens sake, keep him there, and
when he is done with this life people
who have known him may possibly look
back and see some little good in him,
and perchance shed tear as he is laid
away.
He is numerous: you will find him
in every town and on every crossroad
He is great talkcr, and knows it all.
Those of you that served in the cavalry
during the first part of the war when
We fought so much on foot, remember
him as nearly ALWAYS No. 4-thc one
that led the other three horses back TO
the rear and waited until the scrap was
over. / don't know how he managed
this thing in the infantry, and wish
some one would tell me-. You will also
remember him as knocking the Gov
eminent and all the officers from dear
Uncle Abe down.
We want good loyal men and women
who will come here and nelp us build
city-the greatest monument that has
ever been erected in memory of the
Federal soldiers. right here in the hot |
bed of rebellion, and one that will en-
dure after the other great shafts of |
stone have crumbled away.
Mr.. Hibbard, of Chicago. a gentle
man high up in the financial world, |
a gentleman who has studied the over
crowded condition OF the Northern |
cities and towns and the ever-increas-
ing surplus of young men in the coun- |
try, foresecs that if some outlet is not
found the same squalor, want and mis-
cry will follow that now exist in Lon
Cen and other foreign cities.
He has been giving the South a |
thorough study, and finds that this is |
the only outlet--the promised land"
He predicts that ten millions people
will be added to the South within the
next 10 years.
of them. If you have made up your
mind to so to any particular place, go
there If some friend advises YOU to
come where he is, and you have de-
cided to do so, go there. If you have
started for Lynn Haven or ST Cloud
go there; don't let any one switch you
off
There are worthy and unworthy
landholders = the unworthy - land
sharks"-have minions out all over the
land; they will invade your car and
they will buttonhole you at every stop
ping place. After yeu have gotten rid
Of, one, another will step up and tell
you iiiol LllS just tdihlUB 10 yOuI
is a liar. Thank him and tell him that
you will save up another thank for the
next fellow. Go right to the town you
started for.
When you arrive in Panama CITY,
you will discover him. He will asumcI
proprietorship over you and follow you
around like hungry pig. He is no
more or less than a "bushwhacker,"
Just trying to pick up a few crumbs
from the Tribune table. Give him one
of the polite thanks you have saved up
and let him go.
cannot close this letter without
taking Off my hat to the women now
on the colony grounds. They are put
ting up with the inconvenience of
frontier life with fortitude; in fact, are
Joyous and happy. They can see the
great future of Lynn Haven AS well as
the men, and are taking hold of the
work of building up with even more
zest IL anything than their great lords
Many of them have set up temporary
housekeeping in tent or a little shack
at the rear of their lots, and doubt If
they were ever more happy in their
lives. enjoying outdoor life under the
spell Of this beautiful weather and in
watching the gradual rise of their more
pretentious dwelling in front All honor
to them.-E. p. Truesdell, Co. c, sth
N. Y. Cav.