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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
Parcels Post Inevitable.

Parcels Post Inevitable.
The sentiment for the parcels post
in this country has grown slowly. 1t
has never ceased to grow, however,
and each year sees greater and
greater impetus given to, it, says the
Atlanta Georgian.
1t has been the product OF educa-
ton more than anything else. AS soon
as the people came to know what it IS
and what its benefits are, they gave it
their hearty approval, and are now in
sisting that it be established without
delay.
John Sharp Williams. senator-elect
from Mississippi gave expression TO
this feeling in his address before the
parcels post convention at Nashvil!e
Wednesday. 1.-THE parcels post is
coming" said he. It's an evolution.
and if you don't favor the proper kind
you will get parcels post with uniform
postage, or nothing. You needn't hope
to get nothing. A wise man never
tries to prevent the Misunderstanding
against the pricks only makes sore
heels"
The benefits of the parcels post are
too general-everybody shares them
for the interest of any class or classes
to stand in the way of it much longer.
The sensible thing to do, as Mr..
Williams points out, is to cease dis
cussing whether we should have the
parcels post-that conclusion is fore
gone-and begin discussing what sys-
tenn will best fit the needs of the
American people and do ullNjustice to
all persons concerned.-Tampa Tri.
hume
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
VOX PoPULI.
THE CITY AND
PRIVATE REAL ESTATE

Editor Pensacola Journal
1 notice III this mornings Journal
suggestion from Mayor Reilly that
the city appropriate $1,000 to cut
down the weeds in vacant lots. Will
some one inform the public why the
peoples money should be used to cut
weeds on any property not belonging
to the city? All these lots are owned
by private parties, whose business it
is to keep them free of weeds If the
city council so directs. They hold
them at an exorbitant price and
should be willing to pay the expenses
on them. The waste of public money
for the advantage of private land
holders should be stopped.
During the last fever scare" lots
were cleaned at public expense that
belonged to wealthy people, or if this
were not done the order TO clear off
weeds was simply ignored by them.
This is all wrong and the citizens
should protest against such waste of
their money. There is no more rea-
son why my vacant lot should be
kept clean by the city than the yard
of my dwelling house. l would like to
hear from some of the council on this
subject.
Respectfully,
rT-Tl
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
The Anti-Fee Bill
For County Officials.

Elsewhere IN The Journal today ap-
pears q bfl prepared By Representa-
tive ". ]. singietary Of Jackson
county designed to abolish the fee sys-
tam for tas payment OF county ON
Gals ana 70 substitute 3 salary sys-
tenn therefor.
Representative Singfetary is ON the
right track and his bill should receive
thorough consideration 1t contains.
however. several defects which should
be pointed out and corrected. If pos
sible, before the bin Is introduced.
Some Of these The Journal viii mem
tion:
The bin should include within its
terms clerks Of county courts. clerks
of criminal courts Of record. the clerk
of the court Of record Of Escambia
county, county solicitors, constabIes in
the larger districts. and perhaps jus
tees Of the peace.
The salaries of all officials should
be greater than those provided in the
proposed bill as 1t now reads.
Some provision should be made for
Incidental expenses Of the various Of
fees mentioned in the bill. For in
stance. horse hire for the sheriff. tele-
grams. postage. and necessary railroad
fare for deputies. The present law
provides that the sheriff may ride on
pass.
"A penalty should be provided in this
BIN for the embezzlement of fees COL
lected by any OF the oficials men
toned This matter Is too important
TO be left to the general law of the
state
The provision in section author
fling the sheriff to continue feeding
the prisoners for the same fees as now
provided. should be eliminated. The
prisoners should be fed by the county
and not by the sheriff. The tempta-
ton to speculate in the matter of the
quality and quantity Of food to be
furnished helpless prisoners should he
eliminated The county can feed the
prisoners better than they are now fed
and for less money. The city OF Pen
sacola feeds its prisoners.
In section G. article 8. constitution
OF the state. provision is made in a
general way that the legislature shall
prescribe the duties and compensation
OF county officers. sherifs. clerks of
circuit court. constables. tax assessor,
tax collector. and others. inclusive.
Section 80. article 5. provides that
the sheriff shah be the executive Of
ficer OF criminal courts OF record, aud
that his duties and fees shall be fixed
by law. Under this provision It would
seem that the sheriff would have to be
paid In fees for services rendered as
the executive oficer OF criminal courts
OF record. These fees. however, could
be fixed so low that they would amount
to practically nothing and the sherirs
real compensation could be included r.
his salary.
Section provides that the bin shall
take effect Immediately on its passag,
and approval. In The journal:
Judgment it should take effect on Jan
/. 1919 On that date the terms q
most OF the officers elected under tn,
present system win expire. The new
eficers win also have been elected an'
win know exactly what to expect whel
they are elected. The Inauguration o
the new system with the beginning o
a calendar year viii also have its ad
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

form- The ny plays an important part
in the spread Of diseases. but the mos
quito is far worse.
WIN not everyone join with the doc
tors and demand that the city council
use every effort to make Pensacola free
from mosquitoes. VIII not every boy
in the city do his part toward destroy
ing every place that viii breed mos
quitoes?
Talk the matter on the streets, in
the homes and in the school rooms.
The health of the community depends
upon the concerted efforts of the peo-
pie.
A city without mosquitoes viii mean
city without malaria VIII we have
it?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Testimon-
falls sent free. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold
BY all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
Hon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Do you know that of all the minor
ailments colds are by far the most
dangerous. 1t is not the cold itself
that you need to fear, but the serious
diseases that it often leads to. Most
Of these are known as germ diseases.
Pneumonia and consumption are
among them. Why not take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and cure your
cold while you can? For sale by all
dealers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

vantages. and the interim of Is or %
months between it's passage and the
date when 1t becomes effective will
give everyone time to study and adj
just conditions to the new system.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
Attitude Of the Foolish.

It is really a funny conincfdence
that just now as the Southern Express
Company of this city has DISCARD
ED its CITY DELIVERY OFFICE and
forces us all to go to the RAILROAD
TERMINAL OFFICE for our express
packages, that our Retail Dealers As
sociation would come out and "reso-
lutte" against PARCELS POST. But
such always is, the attitude of horde
of fools.-Floridian.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
should Remain h Florida.

Should Remain in Florida.
1t is noted, from the Atlanta papers
that William Bailey Lamar and his
wife will build an Italian villa on the
PAGES Ferry road out from Atlanta,
and will live there permanently. TIL :
DeSoto County News hopes that Bill
Bailey has not given up his home in
Florida for always. The list of Florida
self-expatriated politicians is growing.
There's Lamar, for example, AMI
John Beard, both ex-candidates for
the senate, who have shed the dust
of their state and hiked away to re
pose in the shadows of more ancient
piles than Florida affords. There is a
little lesson in this that the peopl"
should learn. There is public duty
yet to be performed; if they were il
love with with the cause of the people
they would stay in Florida and help
with the battles that have yet to be
fought.-Miami Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

in my side, sick
headaches and ner-
vousness. Ihad Ia
ken so many medi-
cines that / w a S
discouraged a n d
thought I uld
never get well. A
friend told me of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound and 1t re-
stored me to health.
/ have no more
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

The fragrance of the virtuous or
ange blossom, the blushing China lilac
and the voluptuous rose, the babbling
of the clear brook which heads in the
cavernous depths of the ice factory,
the fakirs going north and empty
trains going south, the hooking bird
worrying the cat, the lean kline having
departed for the woods and cider and
ginger pop being discarded for lemon
ade at the drink stands. all these
signs proclaim that spring has come
in earnest.-Starke Telegraph.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
Running a HoId-up Game.

Running HoId-UP Came.
Somehow we can't get over the OPP
position to parcels post by the Flor
ida Retail Dealers Association. These
people seem to like the express SER
vice all right, but if there ever was a
cancer eating at the body of this ma
ton it is the express companies. Here
in Jacksonville only money and jew
elry is now to be had from them at
their downtown Office. You have to
go to the depot for everything else
F1oridian.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

An exchange says that the women Of
today do not have as many children as
their mothers, but forgot to say that
the woman of today has quit fainting.
and that will excuse her in the other
matter. The woman who faints to.
day is an exception and not the rule.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Those New Orleans editors cannot
fight their duel They were only
bIuffin' anyway. for when an editor is
in the fighting mood he grabs up
paste pot and hunts his man.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

According to the Times Courier peo-
pie around Mariana are dynamiting
the streams to kin the fish. This is
contrary to the laws of the state and X
the officers of Jackson county will only
do their duty there Will be no cause
for complaint
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
LARGE Clam caraoes.

The schooner Reliance, Capt Goldie,
arrived early last night from Caxam-
has with cargo of 800 cases of clam
products which will go to the northern
market via the Mallory line. The
schooner returns today with a full load
of empty cases which will be imme-
diately filled with the now famous
made in Florida" bullion.-Key West
Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
A Citizen For Every Dollar.

A Citizen For Every Dollar.
A visit to the department Of agri-
culture of Florida, presided over so
ably by Hon. r. e. McLin, gives one
some idea of the rapid growth of the
state. Col. Henry S. Elliott, who has
more to do with the outside CORE
spondence than any other clerk in the
department, informs US that never be-
fore has so many inquiries been had
as to the prospects of making a liv-
ing in Florida, and these requests for
information come from Maine to Cali
fornia, and from the state of Wash
ington, in the extreme northwest, to
people in our own state who have
just arrived. Information is wanted
as to how to grow certain crops, and
whether such-and- such a thing would
pay. Col. Elliott says that If the
legislature would give the department
$4,000 a year for exploiting the state,
he would put one new citizen here for
every dollar expended. This ought to
be done. One of the subjects assign
ed to a speaker at the State Press
Association meeting is The State
Should Furnish Means For Advertis-
ing Her Resources From an Official
and Therefore Authentic Standpoint:
How to Secure Funds For the Pur-
pose" Col c. L. Bittinger, of the
Ocala Star, one of the forcefuI and
vigorous of the states editors, will
handle the subject and will give the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Very little is being said about the
speaker of the house, it being generally
understood that T. A Jennings of Es-
Gambia county will be the favorite IN
the race.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

vance-go onward and try to look
upward. Put down the forces of greed
and seif1shness as much as we may
and inJure none of the parts because
these make up the whole. The voice
OF the Times-Union is for peace at
nome. because it so well appreciates
the forces Of rivalry abroad In the
land. -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

One best bet: Jacksonville Second
best bet: Tampa. Third best bet:
Pensacola. Left at the post: ITALIA
hassee.- Metropolis.
Just an example of the bum handi-
Wait until the race is finished. Jack
sonville got off in front. but ten years
from today she will do well to show
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Maybe you think Fido a darling"
but when he bites your neighbours little
child it will be too late to put muzz'e
on him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Tourists and winter visitors are all
right, but one homeseeker is worth
more to the state than a dozen tourists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Trammell, Burr. Milton and Gibbons
all seem to have an ace card up their
sleeves
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Some enthusiastic editor wants 20
create a fund of several thousand dol
lars and force Colonel Bob Davis 70
make the race for governor. Just a
little journey back to where the office
seeks the man.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

ket for poultry and eggs, we must
have a cash market for all other
products of the farm.-DeFuniall
Breeze.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

The anti-kissing campaign when
dealing with babies will be welcomed
by the politicians.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
Goats and Cattle.

B. P. Wilder. a Polk county stock
man near Lakeland, was in town to-
day looking for goats. He had Frank
Turner cornered and was about to
purchase several hundred goats. NJ.
Wilder told Star reporter that in the
days of Sesteryear his father, Mr.. l..
G. Wilder was in the same business
and paid frequent visits to the stock
men of Marion. buying cattle for Cap
tain Leslie of Tampa. Marion has now
what she had then, as fine beef catt' :
as ever were fattened on the hoof.--
Ocala Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Nat Goodwin is once more single
man, and, he says. for keeps this time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

If coca cola will kill, then The Jour
nal has at least a dozen ghosts in its
Office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Laying all jokes aside, we are just
dying to see a harem skirt
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Pine straw would make a delicious
breakfast food-provided it was well
advertised.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Biggest City in Florida should be
the motto.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
Could Not Stand Defeat.

Judge William Bailey Lamar's
charming better half is to build Il
beautiful Italian villa near Atlanta,
and Florida viii know Bill Bailey"
as citizen no more. Since his defeat
for the United States senate the for
mer Floridian has displayed about as
much interest in his native state as
William Waldorf Astor, of London,
displays in the United States of Amer
lea The Arcadia News says: The
News hopes that Bill Bailey Lamar.
one of our heroes in defeat will not
permanently leave Florida. He should
come back home and help the people
Than the genial congressman, no
public man ever had friends more loyal
and numerous. All will be pleased TO
know he has wealth, and a queenly
wife, who carries sunshine every
where. Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
Preparina For the WssxiI.

preparing or the WeeNIls
What are you going to do, when the
boil weevil comes, you people who have
been depending upon cotton for a
money crop. Oh, but you say "tha
pestiferous little cuss hasn't come yet,
and maybe he won't" Pardon tn.
slang and take it from us that he IS
coming, and you had just as well get
ready for his arrival. In this section
the solution is more hogs, more cattle,
good cattle, and more chickens Pen
sacola last year sent north $3.50, 900 for
dairy products. DeFuniak is sending
to Tallahassee for good butter. Jack
sonville and Tampa get Tennessee eggs
and chickens by the carload. We get
carload after carload of hay and corn
here on which freight is paid for a
thousand miles or more There arc
hints in these facts. hints which our
farmers may profitably make COOL
use of, and which might well be
taken notice of by our business men,
whose duty il is to assist in making
a market for those home grown
products. We now have a cash mar
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Red snappers in quantities sufficient
to supply the army are daily brought
to the docks in Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

California won the fair, but hel
climate compared with the FIoridJ
brand isn't in it at all.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

A city Healthful. say the doctors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

NATION
AND PAIN
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Creston, Iowa. I was troubled for
a long time with Inflammation, pains
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

Teddy is loud but the yells of his
rival will no doubt put him in the
background
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

lemon bush is all there is to some
family trees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30
Spring In Its Glory.

people a good talk.-Tallahassee True
Democrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-30

MINNIE WOLFE RUTHERFORD.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-25
PARTIES FOR
CHILDREN IN ORDER
Games Offer Amusement for
Little People-Many Suit
able Prizes.

Fol a birthday or any other juvenile
inerrymaking these early spring days
nothing could be prettier than the idea
Of flowers.
Unless the weather should prove I'M
expectedly forbidding, the headquarters
for such a jollification will probably be
the porch instead of the parlor, and
very charming indeed it can look.
For the roof of the porch there will
be garlands of tissue ape flowers. as
these will not wither in the sun. Pink
or yellow paper lanterns should be
added, n below, the corners will be
banked with wild flowers and ferns ar
ranged in buckets n pans, the recep-
tacles concealed with vines and green
| cry.
The chairs will be twined with the
artificial garlands, and there will be u
charming little bouquet of flowers.
either wild or of the garden variety
Proposing on a bed of moss to keep
fresh) for each member of the expect
ed party.
The children can be asked to come
dressed as flowers If so desired. n
afterward the blossoms which are rep
resented in the different costumes can
be guessed for a prize.
The program can be made up of the
following games, using all or some. &C.
cording to the length of the frolic:
The names of different flowers are
written on slips OF paper, which are
then folded and collected in a basket.
Little paper tablets. with covers deco
rated with designs of flowers, are
passed around with pencils, and each
player draws a slip. He or she, after
the signal is given. must draw a picture
Of the flower named on the slip, tha
subjects of all the drawings to be after
ward guessed by the children, with a
prize for the best guess.
Again, secur a dozen picture postals
of the series having different kinds Of
flowers on them. Clip these cards into
little pieces Of irregular shape-after
the manner of a jigsaw puzzle-jumble
the pieces. heap them in the center of a
table and gather around. it. The object
Is to see Who can, in Is minutes, form q
completed postcard from the jumbled
pieces. Each child is allowed to hold
b certain lumber Of clips at one time.
returning those which do not seem to
ut into his picture to the pile. The
person who completes most in the
given time wins the prize, or If several
are equally successful they can draw.
All kinds of pretty things are avail
able as prizes for a flower frolic. They
come at prices which can suit every
purse. For example, there are very in
expensive but very pretty baskets
which can be trimmed with tissue pa
per and ribbon and filled with flowers.
A little more expensive, but still not
extravaganza, are the enameled stick
pins with heads In the shape OF flow
ers. A little girls prize might be q
violet sachet, and either boys or girls
would revel in a little book with verse;
about the blossoms.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-25

never, except by war, could you have
got rid of slavery
"Bu why-why did you not?"-the
reporter %guardedly asked. General
Pryor replied:
You ask me why? / could not! It
would have looked theatrical and he
rested his right hand firmly on an
autograph copy Of a photograph of
General Lee, a photograph which he
later "complimented" as the only pic
ture of Lee which rightly contained his
subtle blend of majesty and Rentle-
manliness. 81 did not accept General
Beauregard's kind offer because ii
would have been bad acting, and Il
was not for me to accept it."
And did everything go well? he was
asked.
Night vas coming on, and General
Pryor. sturdy old gentleman that he
Is. had almost said his full. "oh, yes."
he replied at length, 1.-THE genera was
persuaded. Ruffin fired the shot. Vir-
GINA thereupOn seeded, uniting b
entire south. Ruffin then renewed his
allegiance to Virginia, living in
Amelia county, not far from Richmond.
And 1t was there, when he heard az
the surrender Of General Lee. h q he
blew ~ his brains literally. thus Ar
Ing h last shot as well al the fIrsf -.
General Pryor concluded his "eve-
ming chat" by telling how ..old Abe
Lincoln" had once come to his re.c,,e
"A kindly deed which I valued then
ana nave not since forgotten the zen.
800 OGA0s -. 4-I"tn7EF kerN 81. f
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-25

A government estimate Of the water
powers Of Canada gives the total horse
power capable OF being developed at
$500. 900. The province Of Quebec is
richest in water power and the figure
sf that province alone is given at H.
900. 900. but the actual horse power de-
yeloped is but $4,000. Ontario has
100000 horse power available and IL
developing 100000 horse power. There
. great interest at the present time In
II them are being developed by capital
from abroad and the United States.