The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-16

Anne HiIIyer, Our Talented loryer
Tried to Reform BingVIIIe 8
Thus Get a ReputashiOn, but
Anne Made a Awful FizzIe

For several years past Amos HiIlyer,
our talented loryer, legal light, ]. of the
P, notary republick and municipal
counsel of Bingville, has had an am
bishion to go to the Legislature. Anne
believes that he was cut out TO be q
great politician, but Hen Weathersby,
prop of our general store, says he calki-
lates when Anne was cut out to be
politician, the shears must of slipped
and made hinr>a misht. Anne has allus
had idee that if he could go to the
Legislature he could frame up better
laws than have ever been framed up
by them as have been elected in the
past, and for this reason he has looked
forward to the time when the people
would call him forth to be candidate,
but he has looked forward in vain. If
the voters of this congressional district
have called Anne Hillyer to become
legislator they have spoke in SIGH soft
voice that Anne hasn't heared it For
this reason he has become kind of dis
currigged, as you might say, and has
almost give up hope of ever being called
to office, and so he decided to bring
hisself into popular notice by another
method
Last week Anne called on us and had
a conhdenshil talk He told us that he
had been thinking the matter over and
had come to the conclushion that if he
was to ever be a publick politician he
would have to do something to get a
reputashion He said that his posishion
as town attorney of Bingville was
posishion of authority and he calkilated
if he would start IN as reformer and
give this town a thorough cleaning up
and purge it of the evil which exists in
our midst and reform it of vice that
he would be the most talked of eharac-
ter in this neck of the woods, and that
it would not then be any trouble to
kbecome elected to any office which he
might desire. Anne wanted to know
what our advice was, supposin he was
to start in and cleanse Bingville of its
pollushion. We said that there was a
good many worse towns than Bingville,
and if he went on trying to improve it
he would like as not make hissef un-
popular and despised. When Anne found
that our advice wasn't the kind of adj
vice he wanted he left the office pretty
hot under the collar saying that he
wouldn't be dicktated to by US or any
buddy else, but would do his duty as
he seen it.
Last Monday morning Anne started
out on his crusade of reform in Bing-
vile. The first thing he done was to
hunt up Seth Dewberry, our lion heart
ed town constable, Anne told Seth that
he wanted him to perform his duties as
constable leetle mite more constituent
iously hereafter or he would have him
approached for malformation of duty.
Seth wanted to know what business it
was of Ame's whether he performed
his sworn duty or not. Anne said it was
his duty as district attorney of Bing-
vile to see that the law was inforced
and he proposed to do so regardless of
fear or favor. Seth then told Anne to
go and chase hisself, or words to that
effeckt.
/ Next Anne went to Hen Weathersbys
store and served notice on Hen that
hereafter all gambling in Hens store
must cease in the evekAng, such as play
ling Hold sledge" or "seven-up" for
matches or seegar Anne said it was
corrupting the morals of Bingville and
must be put stop to. Hen was a good
Teal surprised, being as heretofore Anne
has been the best "old sledge" playeI