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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-08
The Ascendancy of Good in FlOrala
By
Methodist Church Florala

No one but those who passed through
the battles that were fought in that
period of transition, can ever know
the struggles of the conflict.
1t was a battle of right against
wrong, and FIorala's worthy sons and
daughters deserve to have a crown of
victory placed on their brow.
They fought like brave men, and
won the victory like sons OF God.
The influence of such men as ]. L.
Hughes, S. II. Williams and G. +.
Petry, and such women as Mrs. w.
Cawthon, Mrs. c. G. McCrae and Mrs.
w. c. Whit and a host Of others, can
never be forgotten.
There was a combined effort on the
part Of all those noble characters, and
the forces of sin were compelled to
give way beneath their assaults.
All the evil influences did not leave
cur city with the passage Of the sa-
looms.
Following in the pathway OF the
demon of terror, the blind tigers sprang
up, and multitude of other influences,
that make for the destruction Of civil
cation.
The pastors, followed by all the good
people of town, still continued the war
fare.
They were not as dead forces in their
positions.
They were not willing to win one
victory, and then to fall on their arms,
and be content to slumber in the pres
ence of the foe.
The first victory nerved them for the
second conflict, and the second vic
tory inspired them for the third bat
tie, and thus they journeyed from con-
quest to victory with the forces OF
evil ever falling back IN defeat.
In Conclusion.
At this time we do not claim that
F1orala is better than any other city
in the state of Alabama, but we do
claim that we will rank with the best
The morals are not all that we de-
sire, but the good is in the ascendancy
and there are still brighter days ahead.
Our churches and our pastors and
people, stand as a bulwark to guard
the safety of our citizenship.
When wrong Is on the throne, we'll
might the people weep, for the demon
of murder will walk abroad in the land
with his hands red with blood, but
when wrong is dethroned, and right IS
exalted to rule, the people can shout
for joy.
Then prosperity and peace will smile
on every home, and in every life.
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Facts Concerning the Great Florala Section
By W. urauhrt Pubn e4by eFkr.h1nd 1Leaue,

This folder is not gotten out by the
land owners, but by the Florala Indus
trial League, whose members realize
the immense benefit to be derived by
the merchant, banker, professional and
business men of F1orala from convert
ing these stump lands into farms and
the increase in population.
Soil Production.
Now as to the soils, frankly, 1t would
be hard to find better. They are a
gray, sandy loan with red clay sub
soil, capable of being built up to the
highest state of fertility, and can be
made to produce as follows:
Cotton, per acre, 1 1-2 bales.
Corn, per acre, 75 bushels or more.
Sweet potatoes, per acre, 200 to 400
bushels.
Sugar cane (syrup) 400 to 500 gall
Ions.
Fruit and Truck.
In addition the following do SPLEEN
didIy, lie: Strawberries, raspberries,
cultivated black berries and buckle
berries, figs, pomegranates, peaches,
pecans, satsuma oranges, water melons,
canteloupes, grapes, scuppernongs, etc,
while all kinds of truck such as cab
bage, sweet and Irish potatoes, snap
beans, tomatoes, butter beans, turnips,
onions, ETC., gro VITO perfection. Vel
vet beans, soy beans, peanuts and ber-
muda grass furnish splendid forage.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-08

Florala, and surrounding sections, there
were scores Of the best citizens that
ever blessed any community.
They came here with noble ideals of
living, and with the golden rule as the
base of conduct, and they became the
leaven that has saved our city.
Those noble men and women brought
the church along with them, and placed
her in the most prominent places of
the town.
Consecrated men were secured as
pastors, and the faithful. few, led by
their dilligent shepherd, were soon
ready to begin the warfare against
wrong.
At first the pastors of the several
churches, were not shepherds in the
true sense of the word-they were
rather generals" and their docks were
soldiers.
The enemy was strong and fierce,
and was not willing to yield a single
inch of ground without resistance, and
for that reason the good people of
the town had to form wisely, move
slowly, and execute with a strong hand.
1t is well to say just here that all
the soldiers" in those fierce battles
that were fought in the early history
of F1orala, were not all men.
There were at least two women to
every man, and they made soldiers"
who were not afraid to fight, and who
would not murnur in the time of dis
coura cement or defeat
They stood shoulder to shoulder with
the men, and in reality knew nothing
about defeat.
They were a source Of inspiration to
their general, and when he looked
about him and saw those brave hearted
mothers who were clamoring for the
safety of their sons, he knew no foes
against which he would not lead them.
On the Sabbath the pastors would
attack all existing evils, and then dur
ing the week, go out among the citi-
zenship and mould public sentiment
When they found that public senti-
ment was in favor of demo.shing a
certain existing evil, they would mar
shall all of their strength, and march
out to battle
Thus, the saloons had to go.
The bawdy houses were driven from
town.
The dispensary was ordered closed.
The Sabbath was recognized, and the
demon of terror was driven from his
throne.
A Battle Royal.
Those were days of fighting.
The demon of terror died hard.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-08

These are only a part of the things
that are produced right here in the
heart of the wire grass region of Ala
bama, for many years scorned as be-
ing fit for nothing but the timber on
the land and. as the natural habitat OF
the gopher and sa1amander. But now
they are the most sought after lands
in Alabama. Well watered with num-
erous springs and running streams,
there are fewer droughts and more
regular seasons than can be said OF
any other section of Alabama.
Health and Climate. :.
Health conditions are unsurpassed.
There is very little sickness of any
sort. The water is pure and abundant.
Thirty five miles to the South ON a
bee line is the Gulf of Mexico, whose
balmy breezes serve to modify the ex-
tremes of heat and cold. This is a
climate with such length of seasons
that the same land may produce three
crops a year. So to you, o. Reader, We
extend this invitation:
Come and be one of us. Come and
be prosperous. Come where health and
happiness abound. Come where there
are ample educational facilities and
church privileges. Come and you will
never leave us.
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The reason Is that elsewhere the
lands have been exploited by COLOMBIA
ton Companies and land spectators
who, by sensational advertising
methods, have been able to obtain a
high price for the lands they had to
offer.
Such is not the case with us. The
majority of lands around F'lorala are
owned by three large lumber con-
Germs, the Jackson Lumber Company,
at Lockhart, the Florala Saw Mill Com
pany, at Paxton, and the Britton Lprn-
Der Company, at Lakewood. These
are three mill towns, one, one and a
half and two and a half miles, re-
spective1y, from FTorala. The Florala
Land CO. also owns many sections.
The owners of these lands are pur-
suing a very wise and conservative
course. They realize the harm to any
given section resulting from the dis
content of disappointed settlers. so fire.
quent1y brought about by unduly in
flated descriptive phrases, If not fraud
and Misrepresentation, INDUCED in by
some get rich-quick land companies
They therefore are not adopting any
such methods to dispose of their lands,
but will sell at the above mentioned
low prices, and if desired will erect a
dwelling, all to be paid for on easy
terms, to parties desiring to make &C
tual settlement thereon.
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by old time tourists" I had a vague
notion that I would have to work all
day in the office, and after hours get
up the lockwood, mills the COW and
dc the chores about the editors home.
Much was my relief, therefore, when
I found ] was to be located in a thriV-
ing, growing town, with a fairly well
equipped Office and a boss" that had
had every newspaper experience.
At that time there were two papers
published in Andalusia-the News,
edited by Edward Doty, with whom I
cast my lot, and the Covington Times,
edited by Rev. w. P. Howell.
In June, 1906, the News bought out
the Times and I became managing
editor of the latter sheet.
Three weeks was about as long as I
could stand the prosperity of my new
position, particularly as it carried with
1t the new and novel experience of
pulling hand press in getting out
my weekly edition. and I returned to
the cases on the News.
These l held until the fall and winter
of 1908, when circumstances again
forced me out.
The Star came into existence April
LIST, 1909, and I assumed mana gem ent
of the composing room.
In May of that year the Star and
the News were consolidated, and then
was laid the foundation of the present
splendid spe cimen of the country week
ly newspaper, which is the pride of its
publisher. and an apparent satisfaction
to it's patrons.
Star Enjoys Success.
The country Campbell press, the
gasoline engine, the hand folding and
mailing process have all given way
before the advent of new and improved
machinery, and today the AndaluSia
Star can boast Of about as comfortable
and conveniently arranged office as
you will find in a days journey.
A model 10 linotype machine was in
stalled last June, and this wonderful
achievement of an inventive genius
makes it possible to print regularly the
paper that is now issued, and when
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-08
6THE "REMINISCENCES OF AN
ANDALUSIA NEWSPAPER MAN

necessary add any number of extra
pages.
During my connection with AndaIu-
sia's newspaper life many, very many,
pleasant acquaintances have. been
made and lasting friendships have been
formed.
The class of people who go to make
up the population of both city and
county are courteous, kind and hos
pitable to a degree that at once in
spires confidence in the stranger and
causes him to feel that he is indeed
in the house of his friends.
During my connection with the Star
I have also seen number Of changes
in the personnel of the composing room
force.
The old hobo printer has dropped in,
tarried for a day and passed on to
greener fields and pastures new.
The young man, just taking his first
lessons in life on the road, has put in
a few weeks or perhaps months, and
gone forth for fresh worlds to conquer;
others have come and gone, and often
wonder if the fates will ever decree
that we shall meet again.
As for myself, l have reached that
stage in life where I am satisfied to
settle down in one place and spend
the remainder of my days in pleasant,
peaceful occupation, striving to serve
my employer faithfully and surround
myself with some of the comforts
of a home life.
Having found a live, progressive city,
a happy, contented, congenial people,
and a land that all but flows with
milk and honey, ] am now inclined to
the belief that when the last line of
copy has been written, when the last
type has been set, this earthly form
will find it's last resting place in An
dalusia's Silent City of the Dead, and
the hands of some Of the best people
on earth will perform the last rites
over one who came to them-as a
stra nger-and they took him in.
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who have already erected city school
building which you have declared TO
be the handsomest and best equipped
of its kind in any city OF similar size
in the state; who have organized and
are maintaining a business league with
paid secretary, from which has
sprung a women's civic league for the
Identification of the city, and which
has aroused new life, pride and en-
crgy in the community.
These same men promise that IL the
school be located in Florala they will
erect building even better than that
occupied by. the city school and will,
in addition, build a pavilion, a boat
house and bath houses on Lake Jack
son, where water sports, one OF the
most popular recreations Of the young,
may be enjoyed by the pupils.
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eastern portion Of the state.
The general elevation of the high
land area is 500 feet, with mountains
rising 1000 to 1900 feet higher.
The line along which the highest
attitudes occur, runs in a northeast
southwest direction, with the attitudes
increasing from the southwest towards
the northeast, therefore, the general
slope of the surface is away from this
elevated area towards the NORTHWEST
west, southwest, south and southeast.
Drainage-The extreme southeast
ern, southern, and southwestern parts
of the state are drained by the Chat
tahoochee and numerous smaller rivers
flowing southwark TO the Gulf of Mex
leo. The northern portion is drained
by the Tennessee into the Mississippi
system. The remainder of the state,
including all of the western, north
eastern. central, and south central por-
tions, is drained by the Mobile sys-
tenn, composed of the Nombigbee and
its branches, and the Alabama and it's
tributaries. the Coosa and the ITALIA
poosa. Alabama is indeed a state Of
rivers.
Climate.
Alabama is especially favored in the
factors controlling the climate of the
state; its geogra phic position, eleva-
ton above Sea-leyel, arrangement of
its highlands, proximity to the Gulf of
Mexico. and prevailing winds, al con-
ouce to a temperature and compare
lively uniform climate, with extremes
of temperature rare.
Severe cold weather seldom occurs,
and freezing temperature rarely con-
tinues longer than Is hours.
The summers while long are not
extremely hot, and, even in midsum-
mer the nights are, as q rule, COM
Portable.
Snow rarely falls. except in the
northern counties, where it occurs on
an average of about twice each win
ter, and seldom remains on the ground
for a period of more than forty eight
hours.
The rainfall is abundant and we'll
distributed. except along the gulf coast,
where it is heavy.
The average length of the crop grow
ing season in the extreme northern
counties, is about 100 to 30 days;
in middle counties, 210 to 240 days; in
southern counties, except Mobile and
Baldwin, 240 to 270 days, and in Mo-
bile and Baldwin Counties. 270 to ESQ
days. The growing season is SO long
that often two, and sometimes three.
minor crops are raised on the same
ground in one year.
The following is more detailed
statement of the climate.
Ternperature-The average tempera-
ture of the entire state is 63 degrees:
of the northern portion 81 degrees; of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-08
GOOD CLIMATE
FOR EVERY KIND
Of ENTERPRISE
AN EXHAUSTIVE TREATISE ON
THE CLIMATE OF ALABAMA, IN
GUIDING THE WIREoRAss SEC
TON COMPILED BY p. n. SMYTH.
SECTION DIRECTOR, u. S.
WEATHER BUREAU, MoNTGoM-
cry, ALA.

In the preparation of this climatic
summary of Alabama, the writer has
referred to the reports of the Smith
sonian Institution. Descriptive Mete-
orclcgy," by Prof Willis l.. Moore LII.
D., Sc. D., Chief u. S. Weather Blu
reau; Geological Survey of Alabama, $
by Eugene Allen Smith, Phi. d, State
Ceologist of Alabama; Bulletin O.
Weather Bureau, u. s. Department of
Agriculture; Bulletin Is or the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station at Au-
burn. Ala: and to the reports of the
Co operative Observers in Alabama
cooperating with the u. S. Weather
Rpyeau.
Physical Features.
Alabama is situated between the
eighty nth and eighty ninth meridians
ef west longitude, and between the
thirty first and thirty fifth parallels of
nC.rth latitude. The latest estimates
give the total area of the state as
52.251 square miles, of which 81
square miles constitute the land sur
face
The state may be considered as an
undulating plain, whose mean eleva-
ton above sea-level is approximately
Goo feet, gradually rising from sea-
level in the extreme southwestern
portion. to the rolling prairies and
foothills of the central portion, from
this latter section the rise is much
more pronounced to the southwestern
limit of the Appalachian mountain
chain, which extends into the north
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| tUr, Morgan county, however, the CO.
| operative observer at Oneonta reports
| that there is a record of killing frost
| at that place occurring on September
| 4, 1866.
| Precipitation-The annual average
| for the state, as a whole, is 81 inches.
! The annual average for the northern
| portion is 81 inches, and for the south
i ern portion 81 inches. The greatest an
nua1 average is in the southwestern
counties bordering on the Gulf of Mex
! leo, where it is between SO and So
| inches. Another area of heavy precip-
ltation is in the mountainous, or north
central and northeastern portions of
The state. where it averages between
53 and 81 inches. The region of least
precipitation is near the center of the
state, where the annual average is
about As inches.
The precipitation is practically all
IN the form Of rain. Snow occurs on
an average of twice each winter in
the northern half of the state, and, on
an average, of about once or twice
season, that is sometime during the
winter or early spring in the southern
half The depth of snowfall varies
n ON an inappreciable amount in the
extreme southern portion, to about 8
To IA inches in the north central and
northern portion.
1t is not uncommon for a winter to
pass without snow enough to cover
the ground in any part of the state.
The precipitation is, as rule, well
distributed in the growing sections,
especially in the middle or more i'm
pcrtant agricultural counties. The au-
tumns are in general favorable for
the maturing and harvesting of staple
crops.
The average number of days in the
year on which Dol Of an inch or
more Of precipitation occurs is 102,
divided as follows: Winter, 26 days:
spring, % days; summer, 80 days;
autumn, % days.
Nind-The prevailing direction of
the wind for the year is south; for
winter, north; spring, south; summer.
south; September. east; remainder of
the autumn, north. The highest We
locity ever recorded in the state was
~ miles per hour, from the southeast,
at Mobile, October 2. 1893.
Fog-Dense fog seldom occurs, and
then, as rule, in the winter and
spring months, and is usually confined
to the coast regions.
Haii-Ha1 occurs occasionally dur
ing the spring and summer months,
but destructive hail storms are rare.
Thunder storms-Thunder storms
occur in some portion of the state
during every month of the year, being
most frequent during the summer
months. Thunder storms are most Sc
we're in the west-central counties, and
along the gulf coast.
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| the middle portion 81 degrees, and OF
| the southern portion, IS degrees. The
mean temperature is highest in Bald
win and Mobile counties, and lowest
| in DeKalb county in the northeastern
portion of the state. The highest mean
| temperature is ST degrees, and the
lowest so degrees. The average tenn
perature by seasons for the stats as a
whole, is as follows: Winter, IS de-
grees; spring, So degrees; summer, 70
degrees: autumn, "a degrees. The
average summer maximum tempera-
ture is 80 degrees, and the average
winter temperature 30 degrees The
highest maximum temperature of rec
ord in the state, is 100 degrees, which
occurred at Lock No. (Lincoln),
Talladega County, July Z, 1902. The
lowest minimum temperature of record
in the state is Is degrees below zero,
which occurred at Valley Head, De-
kalb County, February IA, 1905.
Average number of days during the
year with the temperature above 80
degrees, 81; average number of days
during the year with temperature be-
low 80 degrees, So.
The temperature seldoms falls be-
low zero, even in the northern por
ton of the state, and it has been be-
low zero in the southern portion of
the state only once in the last SO or
40 years.
On February 1s. 1899, the tempera-
ture fell to degrees below zero at
Montgomery, and to 1 degree below
zero at Mobile; this was the coolest
weather ever recorded or remembered
in the southern portion of state.
Killing frost-The average dates of
the last killing frost in spring, are as
fellows: In Baldwin and Mobile eoun-
ties, February goth, to March 1st; in
Washington and Clarke counties and
the counties Wing east of those two
counties, March LIST to March 10th; in
middle counties, March 10th to March
goth, and in northern counties. March
to April 9Th.
The average dates of the first kill
ing frost in autumn, are as follows:
In the northern tier of counties, about
October 25th; from the Tennessee Val
ley south to a line drawn from Gle
burne county to Pickens county, Oc-
tcber 25th. to November 1st; in middle
Counties. November LIST to November
10th; in southern counties, except
Baldwin and Mobile counties, Novem-
Der 10th to November Goth to De-
GEM Der 1st.
The latest known killing frost, oc-
Cured May , 1897, at Oneonta,
Blount county; with the exception,
the latest killing fros on record foc-
CURED April 30th. at Valley Head, De-
kalh county. The earliest killing
frost. of which there is an official
record, occurred October End. at Deca-
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"They say that chess is the Oldest
game" remarked an Old Fogy.
Poker is older than chess" said the
Wise Guy.
Fogy.
Didn't Noah draw two pairs on the
ark and get a full house, 2" replied the
Wise Guy.-Cincinnai Enquirer.