The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-02-16
THE NEWSPAPERS PAY SPLENDID
TRIBUTES TO CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESSMAN FROM The
THIRD DISTRICT.
COMMENTS OF EDITORS
Clippings from Newspapers Of the
Third d strict Show Colonel
Flournoys Candidacy Meets
With Favor.
TRIBUTES BY HIS HOME PAPERS
I=loUrroy for Congress.

"lt Is wt,h genuine pleasure that
The Breeze eni)rses the cal1idicy
OF Hon. Nm. w. Flouruoy Tor con.
sressmln from this district.
Ia view Of the rapid stride, that
this section jt he state Is making II
Is essentially necessary that the dis.
rr.ct be represented b. an aggres.
siye member 8, congress. ami by u
man possessing ability in q market
degree. ami .aase are combined ia
C)l0uel FiJHnoy as in HJ other c2l
d.Ilte for this position.
TO simply say without ass! gulns a
reason misat be assumed 70 De based
merely upon personal friendship as
true as the Book from wA!ch /, is
quoted thl. n tree shalt be knJwa
by its fruits
lie IL q native born FlDrij,lu. 50
that he started right Al tue ase u
eighteen whea in his freshman year
at the Agricultural college, his father
died, aud 10 one less pers everius AMI
ambitious for an education, under the
circumstances tails would nave meant
the end Of his purpose to get col
lesa eiucl,iou
But nyt SO with him Ha literally
worked his way through college aui
ia spite Of the handicap o. working
al ODD hours. he male such progress
thar In his junior year he was made
assistant instructor In mathematics,
aui after his grldul-.on, without 50.
rcitation on his part, but as a rec0g.
milton Of his character anj attain
ment, he was made cJmman1lnt. A
position h4 held for .hras years, leay.
us there to attend The law depart.
maut Of Cumberland university at
Lebanon. Tenn, where ~ grliuatei
with high h0nors
He began the practice Jt las IN
Penslco'l bur attarnlri> no wed
back to his native comfy w-e.e his
attaiameuts os snccassfa, practitioner
a. tie bar have vJa G.m ilr mora
than a local fame
"lr 1903 ha vas elected a, stl'e
senator from the 1'hiri district cJm'
posed of,W1ltGn and Holmes counties,
aui ar once took u leading position
Ia this law mahrs body by reason OF
! his hard work and Intellectual attain.
meuts. In the session Of 1909 IL was
| l1rgely throuaN his Efforts tha, tAa
| Progressive Dampcr1ts Of that body
were enabled to pass the primary H."
as IL stands today. ami much 9th ar
needed legislation cllcrll-el % pro
| rac' the interests Of the common p3J'
pie as well as ID xii. a number Of
measures which the vested interests
sought 70 make into laws
IN the session Of lali his work
in this direction was even more ef'
tectiye.
AS mayor Of his home city for two
terms his policy was both progressive
and aggressive and It was largely due
TO his efforts and pubIic-spirited policy
that DeFuniak has the best system Of
municipal owned public utilities in the
state.
From his youth UD he has been
known and noted as a man who does
things. He has a wide acquaintance
among the big men OF the nation, both
North and South, and everywhere he
Is recognized as man Of scholarly
attainments and progressive ideas
and the promises OF support that have
come to him unsolicited from leading
men in the district prove that home
az well as abroad he is recognized
and regarded as the best man for the
place by those best in position tn
know. w."-DeFuniak Breeze. January