The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-26
FAME Of BIC
ADVERTISING
SPREADS
Resident of Missouri Sees
Advertisement and Writes
for Information.
WOULD LOCATE
NEAR PENSACOLA
Plans to Invest in Property
and Start Stock Farm
and Small Farm.

The fame of the Alaflamiss move
ment has reached the north and pro-
duced. results even before the adver-
Using campaign is under way. Yes
terday T. w. Goodhart president of
the National Bank of Commerce, and
first vice president of the Gulf Coast
Development League, received letter
from an interior Missouri town, so
characteristic of the type of results
the advertising campaign is calcu-
lated to produce and so illustrative
of the way in which the south and the
gulf coast country appeals to tbs
imagination of desirable homeseekers
in other parts of the country, that he
gave the letter to The Journal, with
holding only the name of the party.
1t is as follows:
"In reading over Pensacola news
paper the other day, / noticed the
advertisement of the great movement
/ that is now on foot TO boost the gulf
coast country of Alabama, Florida
and Mississippi, 'Alaflamiss' as it is
known, and bring it before the out
side world with the object of inducing
/ outsiders to come in and help build up
the country.
1t is with reference to this subject
that | am writing to you, and | hope
you will try and be patient with me
4 if l ask few questions.
81 am city bred boy, twenty three
years old, but all my life l have had
1 desire to be a farmer Although
have lived in the city most of my
life, | have had quite little exper-
fence in farming, possibly two or
three good years in addition to two
years at the Missouri State Agricul-
tural College. ] was forced to quit
school and go to work owing to lack
of funds, and it has been lack of cap
ital all along that has kept me from
going on with my chosen profession,
at least for the present.
| "But / have been saving every cent
/ could possibly make, hoping to some
day be able to get start and at the
present have put by about thou
sand dollars. What | want to ask
you now, Mr.. Goodhart, is whether
you think there is a chance down
there for a young fellow of my ex-
perience and means. My heart has al
ways been set on farm in the SOUTH
and | gave Up good position in
Pennsylvania with one of the large
Berkshire breeders of the country
because wanted some day to &c
south The man to whom ! refer is
!. DIR. , of Fawn Grove, Pa.
and without trying to boast or set
myself up at all, honestly believe
made good, for he did his best to gel
lme to st;y and has been little dis
pleased with me ever since, because
would not go back with HIM.
sit seems 30 me that with this new
, federal farm loan and land bank bill
: can now get start if / can fine
something good down there. / do no
!. want to trouble you, but just thought
that possibly you could give me ;
) little information about this new
country or could put me next to son'
good opening.
"What | would like to do is to Sc
out small pecan orchard and thel
raise intermediate croas ba
! rows, along with little live stock
This would give me a chance to scr
/, of get on my feet while waiting TO
/ the trees to come into bearing.
AT present | am employed at tn
Pierce Oil Corporation, but my on
: ambition is to get on farm as 500
2 as 1 can see my way clear to do Sc
: and that / hope is not so very ia
h off.
/. IF you can give me any inforra
; ton or advice along this line, / ca
. assure you it will certainly be appre
: ciated."
p Tu0TTCHT T. g STR