The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-02
lHE CHRONICLES OF POWEI7ON MTa1

batim" and leave my readers to APP
praise their value as priceless. There
are, however, in this package, too
many jewels to be exhibited in a
single display. / must content N.Y.
self in this exhibit to the holding up
for your inspection three letters
only. They are taken from a bundle
containing more than a hundred. I
have labeled this package pearls of
Great Price" More than eighty of
these were handed me by the secre-
tary of the Alumni Association of
Roberts High School on the mem
orable night of June 3rd, 1918. A
close examination of the envelopes
show that these letters came from
sixteen different states of the Union
and two foreign countries. At some
future time / may admit the public
to my confidence and permit it with
me to examine these priceless treas
ures. may be censured for making
public that which was intended for
my private eye If such be the case,
my only excuse is that I am so pc
culiarly constituted that | cannot be
contented to enjoy treasure with
out having my friends to enjoy it
with me.
Exhibit ! shows by both the en-
velope and the typewriter sheet that
it came from the office Of The Pen
sacola Journal. This letter came as
an answer to one requesting the dis
continuation on account of inability
to promptly meet my subscription. 1t
was dictated and subscribed by one
whom I had learned to love and honor
as one of Gods true noblemen This
letter is doubly dear on account of
the sentiment and signature. It's
date shows that it was written a few
days prior to the fatal illness which
was to entail an irreparable loss to
his adopted state. But that you may
appreciate it let me give the letter
in it's entirety.
Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 21st, 1915.
Prof. James NJ. Tate, Gonzalez, Fla.
My Dear Old Friend: Your letter |
of Jan. 10th has been received. l /
have instructed the circulation de-
partment to keep The Journal going
to your address. You may, If you
desire, pay for it by an occasional |
contribution to the columns of the
paper. In any event, it will continue |
going to you and should you fail to |
receive it regularly and promptly, |
hope you viii call the fact to my
personal attention.
With very best wishes for your
good health, / am,
Sincerely yours,
FRANK L. MAYES.
Am not to be pardoned if I value
this as one of my richest treasures |
Let me fold it carefully, let me place |
it reverently in its accustomed place
to be again perused whenever my
faith in friendship becomes so weak
as to require a powerful restorative. |
Exhibit 2. This gem is also an au-
Geographic letter, and is an answer to |
one written to my church paper, a
periodical that had been a familiar /
visitor to my home for many years.
Believing as ] did that it was wrong
to receive a paper, no matter how
pay for it, I also asked it's discon
tinuation. Its editors were both per-
sonal strangers to me and were I to
meet them casually might not
recognize them in the promiscuous
throng. But messages of love COM
ing as they did in weekly install
ments, engendered fraternal bond
that will be enduring. But let me
give this also in its entirety:
The Alabama Christian Advocate.
Rev. Jas. NJ. Glenn, editor. H. White
head, assistant editor.
Birmingham, Ala, March 25, 1915.
Prof. James NJ. Tate, Gonzalez, Fla.
Dear Brother: We have had &C.
c." placed after your name on the
mail list. That is the way we mark
our conference claimants, and we do
not bill them.
If at any time you feel flush and !
want to help send the paper to some
one else, that will be all right, but
YOUR paper viii come as if you had
served in the itinerant ranks instead
of with them.
There will be no lines over yopder
and the trophies viii belong to those
who have done most for the King,
and there we shall not be Jealous of
what the other has wrought.
May the Lord give you comfort and
grace, and make you means of
grace to those about you in these
days when you cannot serve as in
other days.
Fraternally,
H. WHITEHEAD.
oh, how precious are such senti-
ments of Christian fraternity Oh,
what sources of comfort do they
prove in our hours of dependency
and depressionl This publicity of a
private and personal letter may not