The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-14
vOx POPULI.
WAkULLA WANTS STATE
AID IN ROAD Bull DING
Woodville. Fla, Mar. II, 1918.


Woodville, Fla, Mar. II, 1918.
Editor Pensacola Journal:
Others as well as ourself like very
much your progressive editorials and
the very great efforts. every way, you
are making to advance the interests
OF the natives in needed improved con-
ditfons as well as to induce emigrants
to make their homes in the great I'M
developed Western Florida. The farm
ers are SO isolated and there being so
few OF them that there is no excite
ment at all--no rivalry and no pre-
dominating influence to cause the dull
and careless farmer to get out of the
old rut or make a squirt to improve his
ant1auated methods, or to make his
surroundings more attractive. There
fore, he who would come and be one of
us, is repealed instead of being at
tracted to this exceedingly favored sec
ton. And IL he does come he soon
tires of the daily monotony of a. great
and still dullness. So like the aspiring
youths he pulls up and seeks a livslier
location, and maybe returns with taies
of having lived out of the world down
in Florida.
Sure and indeed the press of the
state Is not alive to the great oppor-
tunity of the times in cattle raising
the great profits and satisfaction it
brings.
But. No! why? Most of the law
makers are mill men and not cattle
men and never think of the great
plague of all plaques, for the best for
the advancement of this great and ia
vored section and for the lowering OF
the price of living, viz: The monstrous
cattle tick. whew! We heard the ma
tives say that the Jersey ard other fine
breeds cannot stand the hot sun here
while it has been proven thousands of
times where kept away from the tick
infected districts and treated as else
where they not only thrive but multi
ply faster than in many other places.
Mind you, we are emigrants but own
no cattle, because those around us
are covered with ticks and we are
called upon to help up one dying with
the fever There are other dangers
from the ticks. One or two instances
suffices. A cursed tick was found be-
tween boys toes after he had died
with the spotted fever. A negro hai.d
was down with fever, could not WORK
because he had "rumatiz," foot swol-
len-tick between his toes on examin-
ation.
Now for the good sake OF those who
might get rich by cattle raising and
for the bad sake of the poor of other
less favored sections who never tastes
meat on account of it's high cost, can't
the press of the state whip he in
coming legislators into line and have
the internal scourge done away with
The less progressive counties OF
which is Wakulla, should have state
aid in road building. We began a
movement six years ago, to have a
boulevard built from the Capital City
to st. Marks, on the gulf.
GIVE like in Wakulla.) The commits
sioners of Leon built it to the south
line. there it stopped and is likely to
stay for the next decade, though this
should not be even If there were only
ten live men in the county. There are
some at Crawfordville, the county site,
who want railroad or the site moved.
Mr.. t. M. Hall, of the burg of
Wakulla. has built a road within
six miles of this place, still they
are so careless of improved conditions
and high values of property, that they
will not help to finish the railroad.
Progress is almost a byword with the,
press and the people of the county
Mr.. Editor, bear in mind when you'll
come among them you will find them al
clever, kind and social people and
given to all good works Of a good,
folk.
They seem to want to be let alone
and to rest in their ways for while
yet. II you try to wake them, they
say, let us alone, taxes are too high
now.
tages and we hope you will give her
Cor slower him) place in your
county write up.
r I, WILKINSON