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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

There was q certain natural grace and
sweetness in the man CAndrew Jackson)
when he was at ease, and an impressive
dignity always.
presidential than those of any OF the
candidates." wrote leading member Of
the House who was his opponent. HE
Is grave, mild, and reserved. My wife
10 for him decidedly
But his nature was compact OF passion.
IEis prejudices, once fixed, were ineradi-
gable. He believed with all the terrible
force that was In him, when once en-
Naged In any public matter. that those
Who were with him were his friends and
the country's those who were against
Eim enemies Of the country as well as
Of himself.
Knowing his own convictions to be
honest and formed without selhshness, he
took their wisdom and their reasonable
ness for granted. and believed every one
who held opinions opposed to them to be
neoved by some sort Of public or private
nEaIice.
He had declined at first to let his name
be used In connection with the presidency
dEeming himself old at ffty-four QS2l),
feeling ill from the effects OF the hard
Ships he had undergone In Florida and
believing himself unfit for the office. But,
cPndidacy once undertaken, his passion
played along every line of emotion and
conviction opened py the noNeA 0usAH1sSs'
az If he were again In the field with
troops. and his friends were themselves
at loss how to govern him.
1t had needed such striking personal
ify as this to bring parties to head
Is4ey took form rapidly enough when he
come upon the field.
The coalition between Mr.. Adams and
Mr.. Clay had been not only incorrupt
hs1t an arrangement to be looked for In
tLe nature OF things
Mr.. Clay stood in all his thought fol
the same principles of liberal construc-
ton In applying the constitution and FOL
the same purposes OF legislative action II
f,rthering national interests that Mr.
Adams frankly avowed and earnestly ad
vpcated: protective tariffs. internal i'm
provements: the deliberate building u
and binding together of the nation Gen
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

trict, but It is safe to say not less
than It's miles; probably 200 miles
would be nearer correct.
Two hundred miles of roads in
wolves quite maintenance problem
which viii never be satisfactorily
solved by convict labor and a big
cumbersome grader that was never
intended to do repair work.
Once a good road is in passable
condition the use of this grader makes
it next to impossible.
This fact has been demonstrated
time and time again.
With the district subdivided, light
road instruments provided, and con-
tracts let to some reliable resident in
each subdivision, and the entire sys-
tenn in charge of duly qualified
chief, the maintenance problem would
be simply, economically, and salts
factorily accomplished.
Each subdivision would be properly
taken care of when work is needed,
applying the old adage that a "stitch
in time saves nine"
Under the present method one sec
ton gets the work done while the
others fume and fuss about being
neglected, and scheme to put in a
commissioner at the next election,
who will favor their neighborhood.
The reconstruction which is so
much needed would eliminate all
these grievances, save the county
money, and produce what everybody
is anxious to see-good roads in Els
Gambia county.
Is there sufficient enterprise and
executive ability in the city of Pen
sacola and our county to get behind
this proposition and put it over? We
believe there is if it can be awakened.
Yours very truly,
A. E. HINMAN,
FRANK C. HECKER.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
A Good Test of
Newspaper Advertising.

Even In this progressive day when
the worlds biggest corporations ap-
lpropriate annually vast sums of
money to be expended in advertising,
1.-THE bulk of it in newspaper advertis-
ing) there are still some people who
seem bit doubtful as whether or not
advertising gets results.
1t Is not an uncommon thing to hear
people remark: ooh, well, people
don't read the newspapers anyhow"
Of course, there is no ground for any
such assertion, but some people have
gotten into the habit of saying it and
sometimes somebody, without STOP
ping to think for himself, is foolish
enough to believe 1t.
The comments that are heard on the
street corners every day about the
events of the day-the European war,
for instance, are enough to explode
the theory that newspapers are not
read by the masses.
Pensacola had most forcibIe ex-
ample a day or SO ago, and one which
should remove the last vestige of
doubt in the mind of any resident of
this city.
Tuesday night, steep1e- jack called
mt the the Office of The Journal and
stated that at 4:30 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon he would scale the
American National Bank building and
asked that this paper announce the
fact. Wednesday morning a brief
news story appeared in The Journal,
simply announcing what the steeple-
jack would do. This was absolutely
the only announcement, or advertise
ment, of the feat. No other paper
had published it, no circulars had been
distributed and no billboard adver-
Using used.
Practically everybody in Pensacola
knows what the result of that small
news story was. Some time before
the appointed hour, crowd said to be
the largest ever seen on one corner
In this city, and estimated at from
two to four thousand people, had
gathered at the corner of Pa1afox and
Government streets to witness the ex-
hibition of the dare devil.
Just remember this little incident
the next time you feel inclined to
doubt the value of a newspaper as an
advertising medium.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

eral Jackson's friends, on the contrary,
were found for the most part among the
men who had reacted against this new
programme, In which every principle and
purpose of the old Federalists seemed re-
vived, and who were barking back to the
principles upon which the Republican
party of Mr. Jefferson had been founded:
a scrupulous limitation Of the powers OF
the federal government studtous re-
gard for the separate powers of the sew
erel States democratic diffusion OF
power throughout the body politic.
Mr. Crawford had latterly been of these
principles; but Mr.. Crawford was now
broken In health, and his followers had
turned to General jackson
whether General Jackson DEFINITELY or
consciously held their views or not
did not stop to ask
What was Of moment to them was,
that he stood IN the eyes OF the whole
nation an unrnistakable type Of the UNI
sophisticated man of the people. His
instincts. they felt sure. could be trust
ed to make and keep him q partisan OF
popular privilege and local self-govern-
ment.
And 30 parties formed: National Re-
pubncans, an they began to call them
selves. turned to Mr.. Clay and Mr..
Adams for leadership, while all Dem
ocrats'' of the older type turned to those
who pressed the candidacy Of '9en-
jackson.
Though the men who thus drew apart
into the one group or the other did not
at once recognize their new comradeships
| IN affairs as the permanent comradeships
| Of principle or feel at Arst the bonds
| Of party in their new association. il
soon became evident enough that the
election OF 1875 had marked q parting
/ Of the ways, at which. consciously or
unconsciously, public men had made their
individual choices upon principles which
must henceforth permanently separate
| them: had arrayed themselves In OPP
posite camps upon a set field Of party
/ contest
They awaited only Mr.. Adams going
/ out to put the fight sfoot-
i Tomorrowt An UnfruitfmI Adam
] tsfration.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
Mr.. MENKO HOME
FOR A FEW DAYS
WILL PUT ON MINSTREL SHOWS
WITH LITTLE CHILDREN AT
FOUR MORE CITIES AT EARLY
DATE.

julius Menko, who has scored great
success in putting on minstrel per-
fornances, with little children as per
formers, returned home yesterday and
will spend a few days with his family
before again taking up the work.
Mr.. Menko has planned to give per-
formances at Brewton, DeFuniak,
Tuscaloosa and Mariana, in the
order named, and will finish up about
May, when he will close the season
with a big performance at Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
VOX POPULT
, y . = NNA~ ~~~A@N
FREE LABOR AND COMPETENT
ROAD BUILDERS NECESSARY

Century, Fla, Jan. Is, 1916.
Editor Pensacola Journal.
We are exceedingly glad to nott
the interest manifested by Chas. A
Born's letter appearing in your issue
of Sunday the 23rd inst. relative t.
good roads in general and the condi
ton of the hard road from Pensacola
to Flonaton in particular.
It is generous, too, Of Mr.. Born Il
commend the work of the county com
missioners in replacing the ole
wooden bridges with new, permanent
structures of brick and concrete, anG
right here is a most practical demon
stration of the need of change in
the system and the substituting of In
telligent free labor for convict labor
and a man at the head who has some
technical knowledge of construction.
We would suggest that some good
roads organization, the Rotary Club
or any body of citizens who are suf-
ficiently interested, appoint a COM
mittee of six or eight members and
we will be pleased to conduct them,
at our own expense, on a tour of in
spection.
We would be glad to have the en-.
tire board of county commissioners
join in the inspection.
We believe that the report will en-
phasize our need of a new system and
stimulate the interest and action
necessary to bring about the change,
and put Escambia county on record
as a model for maintaining good
roads.
We have listened with admiration
to lot of e1oquence on this subject.
We would like to inscribe tablet to
some of our good roads enthusiasts
for their deeds as well as for their
eloquence.
We want it understood that we are
not after anybody's scalp nor criti-
Ching the commissioners.
We are perfectly aware that adj
verse criticism benefits no one.
What we are after is results, and
the results in this case, mean an en-
tfrely new system in our road work
The old convict system may have
been all right and adequate in its day,
but it is passed now.
Conditions have changed with time
and the old system will not meet the
requirements of the present day.
No commissioner can do himself
justice, nor serve the people satisfac-
torily until we adopt entirely new
methods.
The county is settling up rapidly.
The districts are too large for any
one camp of convicts to work to adj
vantage, and to move few of them
any distance involved about as much
expense as to move the whole outfit.
Take, for instance, district No. 5.
1t extends from the state line south a
distance of fourteen miles, and about
twenty miles east and west, between
the two rivers. We are not prepared
to state the exact mileage in this dis
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
Opinions Meritorious-

The platform that F. A. Wood, cam
didate for governor, submits to the
people, contains number of straight
forward and practical business propo-
sitions. Mr.. Wood is business man
and seems to want the business of
the state attended to as he would
want his own business attended to.
It's the Stars opinion that all his
propositions are meritorious and that
the state would be better off If they
were put in practice.-Ocala Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

Lloyd George boasts that Great
Britain now has the best equipped
army in the world. Alright, old sport,
France, Russia, little Belgium and
wrecked Serbia would possibly enjoy
seeing this equipment put to use.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
Promising Contest

The contest for the nomination for
governor, among the several candi-
dates now on, promises to be the most
interesting had in Florida for num-
Der of years. At present the leaders
in the contest are State Controller
w. v. Knott and Senator F. M. Hud-
son of Dade, but the Jacksonville can
didate is bound to be a formidable
factor before the campaign pro-
crosses very far.--Colusia County
Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

Roosevelt is a consistent cuss. He
praises the Prussian thoroughness,
possibly because the kaiser holds his
job for life and the American policy
is opposed to third termers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
no CHARCE FoR THEs BooK.

Send three dime (or stampa) 70 pay for
wrapping and mailing and enclose this
notice, and DR.. Pierce Of the Invalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, win send YOU a
revised copy Of his Common Sense
Medical Adviser" in cloth binding, zoos
pages, with color plates Just what you
need in case of sickness or accident.
Treats Of Physiology, Anatomy, Sex prob
lens, Marriage relations Hygiene, Exer-
cises Disease.
Adv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

About the most CHASTITY joke yet
perpetrated by Germany is that of
saying to the United States that Tur-
key will accept responsibility for
sinking the Persia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
Good Platform

F. A. Wood, the banker politician
of st. Petersburg, has formally an
nounced his candidacy for governor.
He has a good platform, to say the
least, whether he carries it out or
not, but there will be some 'Knotty''
problems for him to solve ere he
reaches Che goal.-Zolfo Springs
Truth.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
Fred Loses

Commenting on the laughter of the
state press about his candidacy for
governor, ]. Fred DeBerry remarks
that Nero fdd1ed when Rome was
burning" The point of Fred's retort
is not altogether clear. But Fred
loses again, anyhow, for Nero did
nothing of the kind; that story was
only a campaign hoax of that time.-
st. Petersburg Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
STATE PRESS ON
GOVERNORSHIP
Reads Good.

Reads Good
The platform of F. A. Woods reads
good, but there is a big Knott in the
path to the governors chair-Quincy
Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR COUNTY MISSIONER, NO. Q.
/ hereby announce my candidacy as
county commissioner from District No. B.
subject TO the action Of the Democlatic
primary. June s. Your vote win be-
appreciated. -. WARD.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININF
Tablets. Druggists refund money If
it fails to cure. e. w. GROVES sig
nature is on each box. 25c.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28
ANOTHER PARTING OF THE WAYS.
Published by special arrangement President fToag
The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

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enfie In
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

CITY TRANSFER COMPANY.
{ South Palafox Street. Phone 400.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-28

HARRISON BROS.
t2c-12z East Ip+andRRNiA Rbaz9 -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28
SHOE SHOP SUSPECT
BURGLAR T0C0UNTY
YOUNG NEGRO WHO WAS SAID
TO HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN
TRYING TO PRY OPEN DOOR
AT NIGHT, is HELD.

Sydney Dugan, colored, who was
caught by Joe johnson while he was
said to have been trying to force the
door of the Boston Shoe Shop open,
and who was arrested charged with
being a dangerous and suspicious
character, was yesterday bound over
to the county from the city courts.
The negro had no statement to make
except to attempt to deny that he had
been working on the shoe shop door
as Mr.. johnson testified to later.
The attempt to get into the shoe
shop was amply proven yesterday
when the doors and locks were ex-
amined. It was found that they had
been tempered with, and that the
stout Yale lock which fastened the
front door was the only thing which
prevented him from getting inside the
shop. 1t was stated that his identi-
fication was without doubt. In the
county he will be charged with break
ing and entering.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28
GAP TAINS BUSY
PREPARING FOR Y.
N. c. A. CAMPAIGN
HEADQUARTERS ARE OPENED
AT NO. 8 SOUTH PALAFox
STREET, AND PERSONNEL OF
TEAMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED

The preliminary preparation for
the Y. NJ. G. A. campaign is assum-
ing interesting proportions.
There seems not the slightest doubt
of the success of the plan.
A busy executive of a large corpo-
ration was found at the phone yester-
day calling up men to serve on his
team, another had three calls to be
a leading man upon as many differ
ent teams.
Early in the day the Rotary division
was complete and Division Comman-
der /. H. Aiken coached his captains
as to where the best men could be
found, so that the lead on the Y. M.
G. A. division could be taken advan-
tage of.
DR.. j. H. Pierpont was on the Job
bright and early, and found four out
of the five captains before the Ro-
tary Division men had secured the
outside edge of good timber. He has
no hesitation in stating that the Ro-
tarians will have to go some if they
expect to put it over the old cam
paigners.
The following is the connlete line
up of officials and captains:
General chairman, ]. S. Reese.
Rotary Observation-Disclosures, l. H.
Aiken; Captains, E. R. Malone, J. B.
Harris, o. J. Semmes, Jr., C. F. Geek,
J. D. Carroll, w. P. Cunningham, sec
rotary of division.
Y. M. C. A. division-H. B. Allison,
w. B. Ferriss, H. A. Lurton, w. c..
Diffenderfer, J. L. Hendrick, ]. H.
Sheriff., secretary of division.
Campaign headquarters have been
opened at South Palafox street,
where all information may be con-
veniently secured by the teams. The
names of the members of the teams
will be handed in to the general
| chairman today.
The opening meeting will be held
with supper at Z p. m. Monday
at headquarters, where the final in
structions will be given for the first
days work, which is to begin Tues
day. The campaign proper will last
three days.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28
ANOTHER FINE FOR
SUNDAY SELLING
GREEK, WHO WAS SHOWN TO
HAVE SOLD GROCERIES TO
CUSTOMER, PAID TEN DOL
LARS TO CITY.

Cases against two more Greeks,
who were arrested for selling gro
ceries on Sunday, were disposed of
in the city court yesterday, when one
was fined SO and the other had
his case mol pressed. Action in the
latter case was taken as stated be-
cause he was only a clerk in the
store of a Greek named Thekados,
who was fined.
There have. been instructions Civ
en- to the police to see that grocery
selling on Sunday is stopped, and
those stores which are reported TO
have been making a habit of doing
quite business on the day when all
first-class establishments Of that
class are closed by law, will have to
discontinue the practice, or else stand
the chance of arrest and being fined
the established penalty of SO and
costs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28
Big Fox Feature-Tsis Tomorrow.

A red-blooded aristocrat himself is
George Walsh, who is the hero in the
new Fox drama, "Blue Blood and
Red" which shows at the Isis to-
morrow. Fox film fans will remem-
Der him as the lover in the "Ser-
pent," who with the strength of a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28
STEAMER PICKED
Up LOG IN WHEEL
IN LEAVING DOCK
THE MEXICAN VESSEL WHICH
BROUGHT MAHOGANY FROM
BELIZE, HAD TROUBLE WHEN
LEAVING PORT.

Early yesterday afternoon the Mex
lean steamship Plan de Guadaloupe.
which had cleared and started for
New Orleans, picked up log in her
wheel when backing out from the
wharf, and as a result instead of get
ting away at the early hour as was
planned, the steamer was forcibly
brought to stop. Lines were run to
Commandments wharf, on the east
side of the vessel, and she was
hauled alongside that dock, pending
the success of a diver, who was en-
gagged to work the log from the pro-
peller.
It was thought the steamer would
be ready to go to sea at an early hour
this morning, and upon reaching New
Orleans, would go into drydock, as
originally planned.
This is the steamer, reaching here
Tuesday, which was moored on the
east side of Central wharf to DIS
charge part Of her cargo of mahog-
any logs. These were dumped over
the side of the ship and afterward
RATED, for later handling as usual
on cars to the inland destination of
the shipment. 1t was believed, in
dumping one of these pieces over.
board, that it went under the steamer
and may have iammed the wheel at
that time, There was plenty of wa
ter in the berth where the vessel was
moored, and larger steamers than the
Guadalupe have frequently occupied
the berth to discharge mahogany.
1t was reported yesterday that part
of the crew had deserted the steamer,
and deputies were asked yesterday to
look out for and return them to the
ship.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28
VESSELS OUT At SEA
SHOULD SHOW THEIR
LIGHT AND C0L0RS
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS ADVISE
THAT THIS PRECAUTION BE
TAKEN, FOLLOWING REPORTS
OF CRUISERS PRESENCE.

During the past week several yes
sells which arrived at gulf ports have
reported the presence of a British
cruiser, several times reported as the
Sydney, in the gulf, plying probably
from gulf ports to the coasts of Cuba.
One or two British ships have been
stopped, one American steamer re-
ported a solid shot having been fired
across her bow, while several other
vessels have been spoken, and some
of them brought to stop, upon sig
nails from the cruiser.
All this trouble, so far as neutral
vessels are concerned, may be stopped
without delay if the instructions from
the treasury department are observed,
for the customs officials ask that the
attention of the masters and owners
of seagoing merchant vessels of the
United States be directed to the fact
that the general custom of the sea
prescribes that merchant ships gen.
orally, and especially in time of war,
show their national colors in the pres
ence of a man-of-war. Compliance
with the custom is in the interest of
the merchant shipping and commerce
of the United States, it is held.
All vessels, therefore, flying either
the Stars and Stripes, or the flags Of
any other nationality, which depart
from Pensacola or any gulf port
would do we'll to exhibit without de-
lay their national colors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28
ADJUSTMENTS

ager Jones has arranged for the ex-
hibition of the great photoplay fea-
ture Julius Caesar" today, in
commemoration of Shakespeare ter
centenary, this picture has been
classed as the greatest picture of all
times, from a production point of
view, coming as it does from the of
flee of Kleine, and produced and ac-
ted by the same company which pic
turized the famous classic "Quo
Vadis." In reviewing the birth of
a Nation" on its initial showing in
New York, the New York Telegraph
paid this glowing tribute to Julius
Caesar "The Birth of Nation" is
unquestionably the greatest produc-
ton of all times, with the possible
exception of "Kleine's" Julius Gaze
sar," it presents in the leading role
of Caesar, the greatest living Ital.
ian actor, Anthony Navelli, who wor
such distinction in "Quo vadis." The
feature is in six acts. On the bill
also, is Triangle feature, Glove
VIII Conquer" featuring Fred Mace
''the inimitable," in two acts. Key.
stone comedy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-28

MATE OF ANOTHER VESSEL, VS.
TING ABOARD THE BARK
LAWHILL, SUSTAINS RATHER
SERIOUS INJURIES.

John Weeher, mate on a Russian
barkentine at one of the railroad piers,
while paying visit to friend aboard
the Russian ship Lawhill, moored at
the east side of Tarragona wharf,
yesterday forenoon lost his balance
and fell headlong into the hatchway
of the Lawhill, sustaining what may
prove permanent injuries. In fact,
some of his comrades were of the
opinion that he would not early re-
cover from the injuries received.
A physician was called in a hurry
and the injured man was treated on
board his own ship, to which he was
later removed. Later in the day,
however, upon a more extended ex-
animation of his injuries he was or
dered conveyed to the Pensacola hos
pital, and the city police automobile
was used for the purpose at the re-
quest of the attending ships physi-
clan.