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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26
The Turning Point
With the Colonel.

While Florida voters are DUSTY en-
gagged In nominating state, county ana
national officers next Tuesday, fight
between the Taft and Roosevelt forces
will be going on In the state Of Massa-
chusetts. There will be a Democratic
urinary election in that state the
same day, but so important Is the re-
suit of the Republican primary re-
garded that the Democratic one Is al
most forgotten in the meantime.
Democrats are interested in the re-
suit of the Massachusetts, primary
scarcely less than the Republicans are
interested, because upon the result OF
Massachusetts depends largely Presi-
dent Tafts chances Of being renomi-
mated, and the Democrats throughout
the country want him nominated. He
will be an easier man to defeat, even
If he Is a better man, than the colonel
who would make the public believe
otherwise.
Should Colonel Roosevelt be sue
cessful and win the delegates in Mas
sachusetts it would give him such a
tremendous uplift that the Taft forces
would find it a hard matter to over :
come it, and with Massachusetts, to his
credit the uninstructed delegates would
develop a kindly feeling toward him
which they do not seem to have for
either Of the candidates at present.
Most Of the uninstructed delegates so
far are what are commonly termed
thigh siders."
On the other hand If President Taft
wins out in Massachusetts, the dele
gates added to the number he already
has will be sufficient to almost put the
colonel out of the running, and his
candidacy will be on the wane from
then until the convention.
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt
both have sense enough to know that
upon Massachusetts depends their
chances and the candidates are there
in person, working as never candidates
worked before. The president OF the
United States and the man who said IF
you don't take Taft you will have to
take me-" are in one of the greatest
commonwealth Of the nation working
for delegates in a presidential primary.
The result is merely speculation.
The president of the Upited States
ought TO have a powerful influence in
making political speeches and the coun-
try knows what the colonel can do.
Wherever he has had a chance with
the voters they have expressed a pref
erence for him over the president. and
taking the dope from past perform
ances'' he will come out of Massachu-
sets winner of the handicap.
The primaries will at least let the
people decide and 1t will prevent d
political machine making the nomina-
tion-and the people have a right to
make the decision
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26
What DO You Want2

What Do You Want?
II you wish the convicts worked on
the State Road, and care to pay the
expense by taxation, then vote against
W. H. Milton for Governor.
III you are in favor of putting them
on a State Farm where they will
make their own expenses and will be
putting money in the Road and School
Funds, then vote for w. H. Milton for
Governor.
It's up to you. There is no side
stepping in this affair. Say what you
went by your ballot on April 30th.-
Milton Gazette.
His Enemies.
The railroads and corporations are
active in their fight against Milton for
governor. He stands too close TO the
people to suit them.-Montana Record.
Well Worth Trial.
As far as we have observed a large
majority of the newspapers of our
State favor Millions platform. Many
are enthusiastic about Millions plan of
employing the convicts on the re-
claimed lands of the Everglades in the
production of sugar and thus making
them produce a large annual revenue
for the State and at the same time
releasing them from the cruelties and
barbarities which, it is alleged, exist
under the lease system. This is all
right and proper, and good as far as it
goes, but IT seems to us that there are
other points in Mr.. Millions plan which
arc of equal Importance to the one
just alluded to.
One of these is, that the establish
ment of a State Sugar Refinery in the
Everglades at, or near, Fort Lauder
dale would release the farmers Of that
section from extortionate express rates
on vegetables; from eXorbitant COM
missions to commission merchants on
their products, and establish for them
a stable market on a product much
more easily raised and harvested than
vegetables.
Sugar cane is one of the easiest
crops to cultivate in the world. The
planting of it is half the work. and in
the Everglades this would have to be
done only once in every three Or four
years.
The State Sugar Refinery would buy
all the cane raised in that section at
50 much per ton delivered anywhere
on the canals where q State barge
could get it and the farmer could work
cn a certain basis. because, he would
know before he planted his crop just
how much per ton he would be paid
for his cane. The question with the
farmer would not be one of price,
but quantity-how much cane he could
raise
Another most important point in
Millions plan, is the Equalization of
Taxes. Let each county raise it's own
revenues in its own way and let the
State derive its revenue from indirect
taxation on franchises, licenses, inner
itances, and so on. This. it seems to
as is one of the most important things
that has been advocated since Florida
was admitted into the Union and is
we'll worthy of a trial at any rate
Jasper News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

the state. and this experience would
prCve invaluable to the State OF
Florida if he was elected Governor. He
is also a stock holder in the Apa-
lachicola Compress Company and the
ueople of Franklin County should<ap-
preciate his interest in their future
prosperity by giving him a rousing
vote in the primary.
Let's vote in Milton this time
Apalachicola Times.
A Word For Milton.
AS the time draws near for the pri-
mary on April so. ii behooves the
voters to consider more and more the
issues involved in the campaign for
governor of this state, and not let the
I OF portunity escape TO nominate Hon.
w H. Milton for that important Office.
We say this after a full considera-
ton of the issues involved in the cam
paIgn, and more especially in view of
the far-reaching' benefit to the state
of the Everglades Sugar Plantation
proposition. We reiterate, that this
cannot be too strongly impressed upon
tie voters, for in our opinion it has
in II the making Of a great deal of
money for the state of Florida, within
the next few years.
When we realize that there is hard
" any Southern crop so certain, so
loEg-liVed. so sure to get sufficient
rains. and so rich in actual profit as
the cane crop, il is not going too far
in saying that from the Everglades
Sugar Plantation the state Of Florida
might soon easily clear a million dol
lars annually; and this means much
to the taxpayers of this state.
And if to Hon. w. II. Milton is due
the credit for this project. an under
taking which seems entirely practica-
| bio and in line with the modern sys-
tenn OF doing things. then ii seems to
lis that the voters of the state should
endorse the proposition by nominating,
as we believe they will. Hon. w. II.
Milton for governor
And having known him as We have
from boyhoOd, no better. safer and
abler man could be named for COVER
nor than he. If there is one thing to
be admired in this age of intense seek
ing after wealth, it is to see a man
whose eye passes by the eXternals and
gets at the very heart of a question,
who takes his stand on the side which
he believes to be right. irrespective
OF interest, whose heart beats for the
great mass of humanity, and who,
though immersed in the affairs of the
day. has yet time to listen to the
humblest and smallest detail of his
fellow man. and what is more, to give
counsel and assistance, If he can.
And if, in addition TO this, one can
| bring to the service of the state a
long and wide experience in matters
Of business. a mind which by training
and natural bent is constructive and
erterprising, a personality which in
| spires confidence i'm it's sterling in
! tegrity and absolute devotion to the
wider interests of the whole mass Of
| the people, and greater than ALL an
| honesty so rugged and deep seated
| that the forces of graft and greed and
| political pressure would affect 1t no
more than the waves which beat upon
Gibraltar, then it is high time that
such a man be made chief executive of
the state.
And such a man is Hon. w. H. Mil
ton. as we have known him for many
Years of close personal contact.-Mari-
anna Times Courier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26
Disposition of the Convicts.

OF the LOnNICIS.
The editor of the Plant City Cou-
rter hits the nail squarely on the head
whenevex 1t comes to discussing mat
tiers of public import, and We were
never more forcibly reminded of this
than in an editorial headed Millions
Message, which We reproduce in this
issue.
We are free to admit that we are in
thorough accord with Senator Milton s
ideas concerning the disposition of
cCnvicts, and we trust that we will not
tie charged with attempting to rob
the candidates of originality when we
say that this scheme has been upper
most in the mind of the writer for n
number of years and who, as State
Senator, canvassed the matter with
Commissioner of Agriculture r. z.
McLin five years ago.
The use of convicts in renitentiarv
surrounded by vast areas of land that
can be put to good account not only
in sustaining themselves but in pro-
ducing handsome revenue from their
labors has been put to good account
in a number of States, notably Texas,
Mississippi and Louisiana
AS the United States will not be able
to produce sufficient sugar~to supply
the needs of the country during the
present century, at least, and as il has
been demonstrated that it is a profit
able money crop where conditions are
as favorable as they are found to be
On the lands of the Everglades, then
indeed, would it seem to be the logical
crop to produce-a crop that would IN
no wise compete with free labor
1t is. therefore with an earnestness
Of purpose that we call the attention
| not only of the voters but of the can
didates for Governor to the wise sug-
sestions contained in candidate Mil
tons message to the people concerning
the best disposition to make of the
convicts of the State.-St. Augustine
Meteor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Avoid the mean after eff
fects of calomel by taking G.
& w. Livertonic, a genuine
substitute. All druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Father never smoked when I was
your age. Will you be able to tell
that to your son.
Willie-Not and keep my face as
straight as you do, dad-Answers,
London.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

The Charleston News and Courier
believes that the Texas delegation will
not only be uninstructed but down
right ignorant. If such is the case we
hope Cone Johnson will withdraw from
the senatorial race and work to have
an intelligent delegation Instructed for
woodrow wilson, downright ignor-
ant, uninstructed delegation would be
sure to vote for Harmon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

The scene is laid in TripoH.
"Ah. a battle!'
Yes. battle. Who is the dauntless
hero who is cheering on the combat
ants?"
4 think he works for a moving
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Funny. isn't 1t. that Mr.. Underwood's
Pensacola newspaper advocate does
not find fault with him because he
favors the parcels post though 1t con-
dennis that institution In others who
are Florida menu
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26
Figures are Correct.

EIYUI6s arc OOTFcCI.
Hon. W. H. Milton. candidate for
governor, who is playing UP his pet
issue of State sugar farm in the
Everglades worked by convict labor,
puts his case well and is likely to make
some votes by it. After careful figur-
ing. backed by good authorities. he
says that whereas under the present
lease system the State receives but
S2S1.60 per annum for each convict
under his plan the annual profit on
each convict would he 1910. He gets
this by assuming that each man would
cultivate ten acres, and a fair profit on
the sugar produced on ten acres after
deducting all expenses. would be $3.50
What's Millions Paradise Lost com
pared to Millions Sugar Farm Gained
IL them figgers is reliable ?-Live Oak
Democrat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

And we can forget our political diff
ferences when the home team is win
ming,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Mrs. Edward Rum of San Antonio,
Texas. is asking for a divorce. She
couldn't bear to have Rum near her,
but 1t is very likely that she was fond
of champagne.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Don't like to go into a mans pri-
vate life, but when the president
kneels down by his bed at night we
don't believe he prays very much for
his erstwhile friend, the colonel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

An Underwood supporter said this
week he was opposed to presidential
primaries anyway, and condemned the
man who worked for Florida to have
them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26
Manatee is Riaht.

Manatee county should give w. H.
Milton, candidate for governor, a solid
vote on April 80. for if there is any one
thing We need more than another it is
railroad rate regulation, and if Milton
is elected governor he will use his
official influence and authority to see
that the powers of the Railroad Com
mission are enlarged. Vote for Milton
and assist in putting a real peoples
man in the governors chair-Manatee
Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Jacksonville appears TO have a win
ming baseball team, which it has about
as often as Vermont goes Democratic
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

1t is to be hoped that the newspaper
writers from other states will not see
the really offensive things of the East
Coast, the greatest of which is Frank
Clark
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26
Most Plausible of All.

Most Plausible OF All.
Mr.. Millions plank, suggesting set
ting aside from the State lands in
the Everglades as a sugar farm and
putting the convicts at work upon it.
appeals to the Buoy as the most plaus-
ible, economical and profitable way vet
suggested of disposing of the convict
question. BY his careful and conserv-
alive estimate he shows that the
profits, derived from the sugar farm
would employ more and better free
labor than could possibly be secured
BY convicts for work on the roads. On
this one question, if for no other the
Buoy unhesitatingly endorses Mr..
Millions candidacy for governor. Aside
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

No ones philosophy can make a fell
low murder a polecat with a baseball
bat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

The New York American ball team
is certainly reactionary one, and in
baseball like everything else. the peo-
pie are now demanding progressives.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Everything except safety is provided
on the ocean liners which sometimes
carry to death hundreds of human
lives.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Men object to primaries who would
not give the people a right to take
part in the government.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Pensacola will welcome the Alabama
Cottonseed Crushers' convention when
they come for breath of the invig-
Grating sea breeZes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Give the fly an uppercut and hit him
while he's down.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Joy-rides on the split log drag are
the kind that give Joy to the farmers
who drive to town.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

You are not always treated white by
blondes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Many man tears his shirt for a po-
litical friend but a bulldog usually
tears the shirt of his enemies.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Somehow we always expect the I'M
expected.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

They wouldn't have attempted the
Frame-up If they hadn't thought the
people too ignorant to understand
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

A. j. Angle spent eight cents in
making his race for delegate to the
convention.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Young widows hold the bachelor
crop to minimum.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Captain Edmundson is the friend of
the pleasure seekers in the summer
time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

An appropriate knock in any stage
of the game is a home run.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

picture concern" explained the guide.
Then the tourists started for the
Observation-Disclosures Post
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

So far leap year has been a disap-
pointment
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Men, women and few mules, eat
tobacco.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Jacksonville is preparing for its an
nual mad dog scare.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

You can't expect the weather to be
any better than you are.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Home products are good enough TO
tell of the merits of Woodrow Wilson.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

The hosiery situation is very pleas
ant, thank you.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

Consolidated Taxi Co.
Phone 7S6. Open day and
night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-26

May is post card day-don't forget
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
e bought /. gold brick the other

he bought a gold brick the other
night"
you mean the Smith deed?" l said.
We'll. rather" he answered. will
liams took 1t down to West Virginia
to have 1t recorded, and discovered. to
use his spectacular language. that It
was not worth three hurrahs In hell.
What was wrong with 1T" said.
ut did not convey the husbands cur
tesy. know: but Williams knew that
too He did not care for that. he
said: he could cut the timber OF in
a year and he was willing to take the
chance of Mrs. Smith living until
then"
That" replied Freddie Harland. "is
a mere bagatelle in the trouble. It
seems that the supreme court of West
Virginia has decided that deed made
by wife. In which the husband does
not Join. conveys no estate of any
character whatever. is merely worth
less piece OF paper The Export Spruce
company has the land under proper
deed. Mrs. Beatrix Smith has van
ished Into the fog beyond Fire Island
and the bobcats have pre-empted old
Williams mills"
Good" said, good! Gilbert stole
half that land. SO the chicken Is home
to roost"
we reminded him Of that" replied
Freddie Harland. when he began to
jump around In the ONCE"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
"fIadam,' said Randolph Mason, do moi worry me
Wlth petty bickerine.e

were returned delinquent for taxes and
sold. They had been warned against
the horde of dangerous and unscrupu-
lous land thieves said to infest the
mountain districts of the Virginias.
But her great care was not sufficient
against the ingenuity of these pirates.
After one of the periodic assessments
OF real estate, one thousand acres of
her estate were listed on the land
books under the name Of Walden. re-
turned delinquent, and sold for taxes.
The land was purchased by Gilbert
Williams, president of the Black Creek
Lumber company. for $36.S5. She had
paid no attention to the sale. not
recognizing her land under this name
until she came to. have the estate sur
veyed a few months ago, some five or
six years after its purchase at the tax
sale by Gilbert Williams. She also
learned that the whole thing was a
well planned and effective scheme of
this owner of the Black Creek Lumber
company to steal her land. These wild
lands had vastly increased in value.
This company and rival one. the
Export Spruce company. were exceed
ingly anxious to purchase the remain
ing tract. They would give, she
thought, twenty dollars an acre for 1t.
The agents of the two companies had
been at her heels ever since she ar
rived in New York. Gilbert Williams
was now at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
He had endeavored to reach her by
telephone this very evening. He Of
fered little better price than the
Export Spruce company. but he could
well afford to. since he 1t was that
had stolen half the land. The agent
of the Export Spruce company was
at the Holland. His note, on the table.
requested an interview with her at
any hour she would name, day or
night. This indicated how very de-
sirous they were for the land. Such
sale would yield her twenty thou
sand dollars All the lands would have
given her the forty thousand which
she needed. Her name now was
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
Yuan's Harsh Discipline.

Although China has become repub.
lie. the views of the sanctity OF human
life. that prevail in western countries
are not yet established In that over
crowded land. This story OF Yuan
Shi Kai. the newly installed president.
is declared by Everybody's Weekly to
be characteristic of the immediate
past OF that statesman-and 30 pre-
sumably Of the present
Yuan began to create an army on
the European model. His discipline
was exceedingly severe. There was
only one form OF punishment in, the
new army-death. On one occasion
an English official. an old acquaint-
ance, visited him, and Yuan held a
special review in his honor.
The viceroy noticed that a soldier
failed to salute the English guest. He
called for the mans ofiicer.
Have that soldier beheaded at
once!" he curtly commanded
The English guest. horrified. pro
tested.
'1t is absurd" he said. "to cut of
mans head because he omitted to
salute me-"
please do not interfere" said
Yuan. 81 know the men | have to
deal with. know what I must do
with them to get them into shape.
You do not" The mans head came
off.-Youth's Companion.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16

sters. his face thrown partly into
shadow by the flaming logs on the
hearth. The masterful iron face, the
lean. hard jaw with its projecting chin.
the fearless. bony nose appearing In
the fantastic light nattened little at
the end. like that of a beast of prey.
and the craggy forehead-all colored.
Drowned. Redeemed by the fre.
| heard the latch OF the door click,
and looked up to see Beatrix Smith
standing on the threshold, looking at
Mason with profound interest. Her lips
were parted and her eyes wide. She
had not thought to come on this curl
ous picture Of the middle ages taken
down from some Italian gallery and
propped up here II The library of the
Won Huberts. She l-wed to me. crossed
the room and sat down by the library
table little beyond Randolph Mason.
at the corner of the fire.
Presently Mason looked up at her.
rs this Nine. Won Hubert?" he said.
without rising. without an infection of
Interest or courtesy. as he would have
said: rs this the contract?" THE
bond in question:"
She flushed little. NO" she an.
swered: II am merely the interesting
case that you came to examine into"
Give me the details of It," said
Mason.
She began at once without introduc-
tion or verbiage and told her story
with brevity and directness that I
could not associate with that rather
silly Beatrix Waldo who used to go
up and down through the drawing
rooms of Newport looking for a rich
husband.
She had inherited from her father
two thousand acres of wild forest land
In the county Of Pocahontas in the
state of West Virginia. She and her
aunt had watched 1t carefully and paid
the taxes on 1t each year; they had
even taken the little local newspaper.
published at the county seat, In or
der that they might know what lands