The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-19
POWELL WRITES
OF PRESS FOLK
FORMER NEWSPAPER MAN PAYS
RESPECTS TO COMRADES AND
PRAISES HERvEY AND SAN
CARLOS.

iChamber of Commerce has much t
say of the Florida Press Association
ESPECIALLY with reference to the pres
lent convention being held in Pensa
cola.
Mr.. Powell is a retired newspaper
man that is to say, he has retired IA
lenough to look with regret at tn,
lcrimes he committed in the happy day,
OF yore, but not SO far that he doesn'
meet all the newspaper people ever,
now and then and swap troubles will
them.
Here is what Powell has written t.
the folks back home:
To the Lake Region, Eustis, Florida.
Pensacola, June 18.-I promised t.
write you about the State Press AS.
ISOLATION at Pensacola and as / am {
man of promises l am sending yol
this, the first installment. 1 do mos
OF my affairs on the installment plan
/ The Lake county delegation consists
of Miss Edith L. Edeburn, of the Mt
Dora Topics. Gilbert d. Leach, OF
Ieachburg Commercial; Clarence e
! Woods. formerly of the Lake Region
/ and later edited the Dynamite issued
| in Florida during the war, and myself
newspaper man who has reformed.
We drove from Tavares to Wild
wood, where r. H. Rolfe, district pas
senger of the Seaboard, had arranged
for the fast train to stop and pick Us
up He knows newspaper folks, and
realized that we would take the train
at any event and thought best to let
US and add one more crime to our rec
ords.
Going over we recounted many
things. Sixteen years ago / was the
only newspaper man in the state that
owned an automobile. 1t was dis
tinction. Now / am the only man who
doesn't own one. 1 have a Ford.
On the train there were Mr.. and Mrs.
Adrian p. Jordan. of Punta Gorda Mr.
EGordan is the most disliked man in the
state. He has been census director
and failed to give every community
from 200 to 500 per cent increases. He
says he is too old man for people to
expect great things from him.
Another splendid spirit on the train
was Frank X. Anderson of Tampa who
is so many different things that space
will not permit me to enumerate them.
On his business card he refers a few
fashioned sale bill adds: "And other
things too numerous to mention" Mr..
Anderson assumed the responsibility
of being cheer and song leader for the
crowd Like near beer he lacked or
ganization. Frank did all the singing.
He said that he dreamed once that
he died and went to Heaven and st.
Peter said: you are the man we are
We fn cta rf a
celestial choir"
Whenever Frank K. can accommo-
date he accommodates and said: Lead
me to the Heavenly hosts" ST. Peter
asked him what sort of force he
would need.
.'Oh, let me have 100000 bassos. 10O,-
900 altos and 100000 sopranos
who will sing tenor?" asked ST.
Peter.
Leave that to me-" replied Frank.
Jack Worthington, of the Tampa
Times, was also on the train. After
serious conference it was agreed that
they would allow him to remain if he
kept to himself in the Jim Grow coach.
Jack persisted in talking about Cats
and as he belongs to the dodo bird
and red liquir period it was taboo.
Miss Gail Binkley. associate editor
of the Barlow Record, the Mary Sun
shine of the party, was the center
of much attention from all the bald
headed fellows who left their wives at
home. The south Florida contingent
was sponsor to her all through the
as they felt proud of such
a charming maid of honor.
Mrs. c. V. S. Wilson, of Sarasota
Times, was another lady of distinc-
ton on the train. When press meet
is held and Mrs. Wilson and Miss Eide
burn are not present they simply add
journ until the train arrives. The ,
press gang is proud of these ladies.
/ would like to let my musings run
% many things happening ION that
sventful journey to Lake City. But I .
noticed that every time the train blew
he whistle for station every news
PAPER person pressed on an imaginary .
,rake and reached for the emergency.
Gilbert Leach was lurched into a
eat and sat on a most beautiful lady's
lat Gilbert is resourceful. He i'm
nediately arose to the occasion and
lpologized. The reason his repartee
vas so swift was that he had sat on
he hat pin. Madam" said he. ''the
lext time the train lurches I shall
se elaboration and choose where
hall set
At Lake City we met some thirty
r forty other newspaper folks from
he east coast and north Florida, both !
aale and female species, and the whole
arty made merry all the wy in to
IL l had time and the inclination
could write volume or two of the
plendid stories that were cracked in
ne smoker, of the good fellowship pre-
ailing. The air was permeated with
ne good spirit of the occasion and
ONE of the valises smelled suspicious
Ike.
1t was after midnight before the por-
.rs had tucked the gang to bed and
zen that each had said their prayers
nd quiet reigned.
Approaching Pensacola the welcome
romised US became evident. For
iree miles they had laid the dust of :!
lie roadbed by turning the gulf of !,
Lexico over and under the tracks. But !,
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