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Washington Journal., 1912-04-13

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Washington Journal., 1912-04-13

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
MY EXPERIENCE IN
THE LEGISLATURE
BY c. H. FLOYD, IN ApaIsehIeOIa Times.

through Jax I get a room ana sleep
with a Winchester by my side ike
was in Cripple Creek to guard my
thirty-five dollars expense money;
they will murder a man for two bits
in JacksonviI and they need ter
rible prosecutor. When I get to be
governor | will prevail on you to be
state attorney for DuvaI county or
the prosecutor for the criminal court
of record, whichever has jurisdiction
OF homicide cases. My wife tells me
/ have a letter from Judge Parkhill
inquiring what was the matter with
him for congress. will answer that
letter now. wanted the job myself
and if an archangel was running for
anything / was after l would pull his
wings off If I got close enough. The
reason / have not read the judges
letter is that I have been too busy to
read my mail since returning from
West Florida have been consider
ing breaking of at this time nv visit
tic Fred Lee and have decided this
afternoon TO break II off, / am going
back next week to old Franklin to
run for the legislature.
Judge Parkhill is very fine.
Notice a child.
Now notice an adult
Observe that one is natural. full OF
play. creature Of impulse, an aeo--
Ian harp musical with every passing
emotion. Observe that the other is
artificial. cold, formal, a wooden I'm
age. The one is a colt running like
a beautiful deer over the free grassy
plain. The other is a dray horse, har-
messed. suIlen. beaten, pathetic, ig-
ncble-you shudder and pass on. The
child is Homer, Plato. Milton, Whit
man, Alexander the Great The dray
horse is the average man. Say, how
do we lose the care-free visitor atti-
tude? The visitor attitude of the
child? Why do we lose the clours
OF glory" we trail with US from the
Ir finite? Why do we let the prison
house shut US in? who made us
dead to rapture and despair" the most
terrible shape between the stars and
hell? Why. each man is a falling
raindrop mirroring the world. The
incarnation of an old caress. he giides
glorious moment from birth to death
upon a star. And as he sees himself
when he is alone, what is he? He is
the estuary juttfng into the CONT
nent of matter. He is the arm-of-t the
sea of mystery-the mystery of death
and love and space and truth and
honor and purity and RrosSness, of
! beauty and music and God, Of doubt
and calm and madness, the mystery
of life contracted into one souI-you-
Ny fingers hold this lead pencil loop
ing along over the white paper; Her
bert Johnston in the Apalachicola
Times building sets the corresponding
type with his fingers; your eyes rest
on the printed words-what are you?
You are not your eyes nor your hands,
for you may lose your eyes ard your
hands and you remain yourself
There is but one great poem in the
world: it is a question Of three words;
the brute that put this giant inter-
rogatory first became at once man
ccntented he never again with wife
or child could he be long contented:
cities rose beside his path: he rested
il them and would rest, forever-but
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

the poem comes to him; divine Gissat-
1sfaction seizeg him. as strives an
Ga ger horse to throw his rider so man
kind would rid himself OF these three
words, that urge and SPUR him ever
en- and on; this is the giant poem
WHAT AM I?'' It lie as exquisite as
roses: wine. yea, and the evening sea
at twilight dull the soul when one
remembers t.: to II the beauty of
girl is pathoe, FOR the Soul deserts her;
year say these three words and very
rear is God! This poem is the open
ing OF the cave-no ape could look
through It and be the same: no man
can look through it and be at rest.
What am I? what are you? Who
made you dead to this question? Know
ye not this question is the fountain
Of Living Water in the Sahara of the
commonplace? If you do not I've close
to It your soul will die Of unexplained
thirst say that you cannot truly
love God or know God or believe in
God or think about God unless the
music OF this Living Fountain plays
in your soul and you drink OF its
mystic waters! At tA1s o4s1s In the
desert of the Commonplace. the gods
themselves renew their youth and mar
vel at man. And at this oasis under
the royal palms is pitched the tent Of
Judge Parkhill. I recognize him and
that passed the time of the day
with him In Palmyra and that to-
Rether he and raised a sail or
Carthage" HE has been dead many
times and he has learned the secrets
Of the grace. He has been a diver in
deep seas and keeps the father OF
Omar, who sang OF death and love and
wine. He was the father Of Cleopatra
and King David was his son. He was
the poet who dreamed of the sphinx
and persuaded the king TO give him
men to carve the Question on the land
scape Of the Nile
No one has made him dead TO rap
ture and despair. 1t was he who put
f3cWers on the grave Of Nero and in
spired Byron's line. He is as charm
ing as music and as magnetic as the
sound of waves on the coast In the
dark His name and his spirit suggest
leisure and thought. unhurried con-
versation, speculation over red roses
the silver rain Of fountains agitatfng
the blue petals of rare water lilies IN
the Garden of the King. He holds
himself sacred and he holds you
sacred. To be with him an hour cor
roborates you like q pint Of claret
wine; only his confederation does not
later turn to despair and mock you.
He is descended from Shakespeare
end Michael Angelo and Patrick Henry.
He lives on the mountain sides and
comes down with the avalanche. It
was said Of Gladstone that he gave to
debate the thunder Of the Lord. !
know of no others in Florida but Park
bill and Blount OF whom we might ex-
pect this.
He needed just one thing to complete
hina-threc or four years on the Su-
creme Bench Of his native state. Now
Bryan and Fletcher-look outi A Hon
is in your path. I give him my sprig
OF lilac
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
CHAPTER XVI.

This chapter is suggested by q man
who is surely one of the most inter
esting figures in Florida; as 1 write
can think OF no more interesting man
than the thoughtful justice Of the SUI
IRENE Court. who. ACCOMPANIED by
his little girl. occasionally found a
half hour from his judicial labors to
sit outside the railing and listen to
the debates. remember that he tried
to get me to speak on a bill making it
crime to explode drecrackers. But
the inimitable genius Mr.. Daugherty,
bad been assigned the task by the
judiciary committee TO decently bury
that foolish bill and, following Judge
Hicks favorite quotation, When the
sun is in the heavens owls and bats
must keep their holes I remained
silent. Mr.. Daugherty was very hap
by that morning; how we love genius!
wonder IL he could have kept his
genius If he had fought with matri-
mony, because among the many other
things matrimony is, it also is war.
Venus is not love alone; she Is
deathless force: deep hades; high
heaven; majesty and tears and sor-
row..
Woman Is greater than man. A good
argument can be made that man is
tust a deformed woman, as the work
bee is the product Of an underfed
honey cell, the queen bee coming
from the fully-filled cells; in short,
the work-bee being deformed queen
Zee. Woman is the dueen-bee. That
is the reason Byron left his wife. and
Shakespeare spent the most of his
life away from Ann. am certain
that Milton drove his first wife away
because she was about to get his goat.
The reason Judge Parkhill is SO in
terested is that he has retained both
his genius and his wife and 1t has
made him great He needed only one
thing to complete him-three or four
years on the Supreme Bench. But l
advise him to return to Pensacola.
where he is corroberated by the
Now, when the big pilots love you.
YOU are some man. and they love
Judge ParkhiIl Very early in the ses-
sion I asked the biggest of the pilots
il Mr.. Blount would carry Pensacola
against Parkhin. and he reniied with
love In his voice as though he was
sreaking Of his own son, No one can
heat Charlie in Pensacola I think
the judge ought TO go. back to Pensa-
cola just as think Judge Reeves
ought to 20 back to De Funiak
Strings. Senator Pasco did not move
from Monticello. Judge Malone re-
NAMED in Quincy. Cinc1nnatus went
hack to his farm Each child TO MS
own mother-each man to his own
country" Judge, it is this way:
Among strangers you can be president
of the United States, and they don t
care; you are just a spectacle; but IN
Pensacola. when you go into court
with the halo of your judgshfp about
YOU, tides of confederation flow to You
from every man sitting in the court
room. judge Liddon used to say that
WREN YOU had the conclusion for the
state in a criminal case YOU were the
most terrible prosecutor he ever heard
If. Now. Jacksonville needs You more
than Tampa, for it is DANGEROUS to be
safe in Jacksonville. When go
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
WHY

schools. Mr.. Mcdowell is boys sec
rotary of the z. NJ. c. A.
Mr.. W. P. Cunningham, educational
director of the Y. M. C. A.. talked IF
the school in its four fold purpose,
viz: the development Of the child in
tellectually, morally. aethetically and
socially. He showed how the schools
now fail IN this purpose to a great
extent He pleaded for greater expen-
ditures along educational lines.
A paper by Mrs. Fairchild of Ferry
Pass, giving the history Of the School
Improvement Association Of Ferry
Pass, showing the development OF q
wonderful work in that community by
that body.
The program was made doubfy in
teresting by several musical numbers,
instrumental selections by Miss Haze
Atsinger and Miss Escambia Jones. a
vocal solo by Miss Ada White and a
quartette by four girls of the Ferry
Pass schools
The association passed q resolution
endorsing medical inspection in the
county public schools, same to be in
stitued and regulate by law.
A magnificent dinner was the
climax to a fine and enjoyable pro-
gram. A resolution of thanks to the
citizens Of Ferry Pass was passed by
the association for their cordial recep-
ton and hospitality.
The next meeting win be held Al
Muscogee on April IL.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
L'ENGLE WILL
SPEAK HERE
ON TOMORROW
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESSMAN
AT LARGE WILL ADDRESS THE
VOTERS OF THIS SECTION AT
COURTHOUSE AT II A. M.

First guns in the political campaign
for the coming primaries win be fred
in Pensacola Monday morning at IL
o'clock in the Escambia county court
house when Claude LEngle. candidate
for the office OF congressman at large.
win address the voters of Escambia
county. Judge Wolfe has consented
for Mr.. LEngle to use the court room
at IL o'clock and many Of the voters
from the country who are here at
tending court as well as the Pensa-
cola people viii have an opportunity
OF hearing him.
Mr.. L'Engie Is a magnetic speaker
and has the happy faculty OF enter
tanning his audience on no matter
what subject he speaks. He has many
admirers in Pensacola who will be
pleased to know that he will speak
here tomorrow. Mr.. L'Engle viii ar
rive In Pensacola tonight
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
THIS new STOMACH REMEDY IS
GUARANTEED TO CURE INSTANTLY
FULL PURCHASE PRICE REFUNDED fYOU ARE NOT CURED

Sufferers with all forms OF stomach
trouble are now promised relief through
the discovery by Harry L. Fowler of
San Antonio Of q new medicine in
wafer form which cures instantly. Mr..
Fowler is q well known chemist and
worked for years to perfect his medi-
cine before putting It on the market
and then cured himself and friends to
Is now on sale at all drst-class drug
stores. This new remedy goes by the
name Of Fowler's Indigestion and
Stomach Waters and so confident is
the maker OF its power to cure all
forms Of stomach trouble. such as indi-
gestton, dyspepsia, gas. sourness.
heartburn and catarrh Of the stomach
that he authorizes every druggist to
sell 1t under an tronbound guarantee
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
TEACHERS OF
COUNTY MEET
INTERESTING SESSION WAS HELD
AT FERRY PASS YESTERDAY,
WHICH WAS WELL ATTENDED.

An interesting and very well at
tended meeting Of the county teachers
association was held at Ferry Pass
yesterday. The meeting was presided
over by the president, Miss Ray, Of
Brent. and after the invocation by
Rev. ". P. Cunningham and the song,
America by the association, Miss
Brewer, principal of the Ferry Pass
school, delivered the address Of well
come. The response was by H E.
Taylor. os Pensacola
A lesson in phonics for the first
grade was admirably presented by
Miss Annie Mcmillan, of Pensacola.
An interesting talk on the value OF
drawing in the schools was given by
Miss Emma Chandler. Miss Maggie
Owsley presented a lesson on Eskimo
life in the arctic by means Of round
table work. It was a highly appre-
ciated talk.
r. A. Mcdowell gave a short adj
dress on playground work for the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
THE REMAINS j
OF ESMEYER
ARE INFERRED
FUNERAL SERVICES OF GULF
PORT MAN, WHO WAS FOUND
DEAD IN THIS CITY. WERE CON-
QUOTED YESTERDAY.

Funeral services ever the remains
OF J. Fl. l. Esmeyer. the Gulfport man
who was found dead at the corner OF
Romano and Cevallos streets carry
Thursday morning. were conducted
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from
the undertaking pariors OF r. r. Pou
and tnterment was made In Sc REs y
chaers cemetery fmmediatsiy follow
ing. -1a
The funeral arrangements were IN
charge of the nrm for which the UNI
fortunate stranger worked, a. he hadl
no relatives in the United States.
No further DEVELOPMENTS occuFred
during yesterday which might shed
light on the time and place Ia which
the deceased came to his end.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

that If not cured the full purchase
price viii be refunded Immediately.
Fowler's Indigestion and Stomach
Waters are, as the name implies, in
wafer form. These little black waters
are easy and pleasant to take, quick
" dissolve in the mouth and have no
bad taste of medicine. Their ingredf-
ents are known to the United States
Government and every box is sold and
guaranteed. under the pure food and
drug law. If you suffer with the raw
ages of stomach trouble get a box to-
day. Remember that every druggist
win refund the full purchase price on
your statement alone that these waters
have not cured you. For sale at all
first class druggists. Trial size sent to
any address on receipt of 10 cents In
stamps. Address Harry L. Fowler,
San Antonio, Tex.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
THE SEAMAN'S
SOCIETY MAKES
A GOOD REPORT
REGULAR MONTHLY STATEMENT
OF ORGANIZATION SHOWS Ac.
TIVITIEs HAVE NOT CEASED
AND THAT GOOD WORK HAS
BEEN DONE DURING THE PAST
MONTH.

Following is the monthly report Of
the Pensacola Seanans Friend So
ciety for January. which shows that
city society, as usual, has been busy
during the past month and has done
a good work.
The report, In detail, is as follows:
Arrival of deep water vessels: Brit
ish rs, other nationalities II; total, So.
Religious services ashore, IA: at
tendance Of seamen at services, 40: at
tendance OF landspeople, 400; visits to
ships, &; visits to hospitals, 8: attend
ance at reading room, 235; Bibles and
testaments in two languages dis
tributed. 8; portions Of scripture in 4
languages distributed, 20; tracts in 5
languages distributed. IL: bundles Of
literature In languages distributed,
81.
Free meals to destitute seamen, IL,
letters written by seamsn, "a; letters
received, 80.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

You are not pursuing the same
lines of argument as you were some
years ago?" NO." replied Senator
Sorghum; "the way they dig up old
speeches is annoying. Those old lines
OF argument are now pursuing me-
Washington Star
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

10-centfi yard-wide Indian
Head, Monday, 10 yards for
S4c. mo one over 2 cuts
Brawner-Riera Co.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11
ARRESTS WILL BE MADE
OF DTNAMlTERS SOON
BY Associated Press.

Indianapolis. Ind. Feb 1o.-The
for arraignment on March IL the
forty or more indicted in the dynamite
conspiracy in the federal districts
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

One odd lot of Mems Shoes
$500, $500 and $500 values,
Monday only, 1920. Draw
ner-Riera Co.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

Soc Ladies' Silk Hose.
Monday, 8 pair for $1.00. mo
one over 6 pair Brawner-
Riera Co.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

where the defendants reside has been
completed
All the necessary papers for the ar :
rests OF the men had been sent and
probably will reach the United States
marshals at the proper places in time
to permit the arrests early next week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

Have you read what the
papers say about Flournoy7.
See page 8.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

QUALITY OF INTELLIGENCE QUALITY of INDUSTRY
ALL OF THE SHERIFF
FICER anda POLICE.
SYSTEM
the the
sbies for GRAFT and VIII equally PERSECUTION
FENSELESS appalling
I UNALTERABLY and UNEQUIvoCALLY OPPOSED
SYSTEM
solely SALARY BASIS but shall CONSISTENTLY DISCOURAGE
by
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

TO VOTERS -
Therefore n
M@
PEOPLE COMMUNITY
the people SUPPORT VOTES without
SOUND REASON -
UNALTERABLE
G
il o o -
SHERIFF ESCANBIA COUNTY;
that wills n
LAS BELIEVE SHALL
believe CHIEF DEPU
SHERIFF Sheriff
a some years my a
to
FAITHFULLY
of all
in ADVANCEMENT
thar in
PROMOTIONS
uOn and thereby better perform my to family and
SACRED VOL
OF HONOR QUALITY OF
+ r AN K d.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-11

elected SHERIFF and believe you going
the Office with the dignity dehttng it. but shall apply the
conduct, and during my ABSENCE from the OFFICE
OFFICE HOURS shall to that there shall always be
shall also require and al deputies employ
and CONSIDERATION of all classes of citizens alike.
It mas oee1 urged N cases wnn my 1oVedge as PEA%
petty of alleged nfracons of law could be controlled
missioned such deputies To such PLEA is ABSURD.
If entrusted by with the responsibilities of tn
above all things that WILL BE SHERIFF IN FACT; that
permitted to dictate any the CONDUCT of the Office
CARE and DISCRETION in the selection of my deputies
for criticism of their Judgment officers their CHI
revoke the commission of any deputy who may violate tia
CONDUCT of the Office which may establish
In conclusion: If the foregoing platform pledges appeal
EMPHASIZING my SINCERITY in every of these PIE
dacy your MORAL SUPPORT and important of all in
ton, that you GO TO THE POLLS and VOTE for me-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08
MONASTERIES IN THE SKY
Religious Retreats Picuresquey Situated SUBMITS OF
Precpitous Rocks-A Relic of Turnultuous Days.

meteora or mid-air monasteries,
diminutive in the midst of what
looks like a huge forest of slender
rocky elevations, whose fantastic
shapes suggest COLLINS, elves and
fairies. Ingenious methods of ascent
are in operation, climbing being out
of the question. At first these airy
retreats were reached by fearsome
swinging ladders, which required
strength and a steady nerve, but now
the guest can reach the dizzy Lodges
by means of fixed and covered lad
der. If he balks at the exertion OF
climbing the monks will haul him
up in net bag worked by windlass
and pulleys from above.
Where cultivation is at all possible
the monks are engaged in agricult-
ure, gardening and the care of bees.
They are strict vegetarians. The
principal source of their support is
the donations from guests and pill
grims, but this precarious revenue is
supplemented by the manufacture of
religious emblems and small articles
of furniture, which they dispose of in
the neighboring villages. No female,
even of any animal, is permitted to
enter the sacred portals, of these
picturesque retreats.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08

We get fancy candy at Fultonis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08

The traveller in the Balkans, who
is not bound by the itinerary of the
ubiquitous Cook and is willing to
risk the perils of an always active
brigandage, can find much to inter
est him in the survivals of a tur-
bulent past, when safety was pur-
chased at the cost of much exertion
and discomfort. In those ancient
days, when Thessaly and Macedonia
formed the cockpit for the chaotic
struggles that followed the collapse
of imperial Rome, the claims of the
christian religion were ignored, mon
asteries and churches were plumber
ed and life itself was unsafe. The
curious old monasteries of Thessaly,
perched on top of the precipitous
pillared rocks, which are a feature
of the country, recall this period OF
unrest when fierce raids and ransack-
ings impelIed the monks to seek
strategical sites for their habitations
on the lodges of the almost inacces-
sible mountains. From the summit
of one of these rocks, rising sheer
from the plain to height of 2,0OQ
feet, the visitor can discern other