The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-11-06
Press Comment


racing IL about as crooked as any /
sport can possibly be. ard set the 4
only way 70 put q stop 70 it's 20 1
put stop % it.-orlando Reporter /
star.
Playing Tsa With Death.
Little boys 8 20 ~ years old. play /
ing Il spC- on Main street On Satur- /
day night when two lines OF ears are /
parked for blocks and two opposing /
streams 81 traffic take up practically 1
all the rest OF the forty foot street. |
are truly playing tag with death.
Automobile drivers would be |
blamed n one or several q these lit,le /
boys should BE- run down and killed 1
or injured The real blame rests up-
On the careless parenla who permit |
their children q expose themselves 20
death Ia the reckless manner or who 1
are 30 negligent % their childrell's +
welfare that they let infants loose 60
be guided ~ Judgment they have not /,
yet acquired.
Last Saturday night we sat for AZ I
least an hour and watched this dan /
geruus play q the children. More 4
than a dozen times we saw boys dart
across the street without looking to /
right or left and only the careful drlv- /
era of slow moving cars saved them (
from being crushed. II there o. a.
tragedy % this nature lee the careless
parents bear their run share % the
blame Sidewalks are fer podes-
TRANS. streets lar wheeled traffic
Leesburg Commercial
The peath Of csnsrai Law
When General r. a. Law died a
A..
yesterday. tho last az the Confederate
max generals crossed over tho river
- rest with Lee and sfouewal
Jackson. under Tho shade az tbs
trees over there where are the mo-
bic spirits q Lee and his generals. f
over there where or Gordon and
Johnston Loring and Kirby sn thu
and Jsso y. Finley over there with
AT the hosts of the confsacracy
where
con flames eternal c1mpinR ground
Their silent tents are spread
And Story guards VITA solemn
The hivOuac 81 tho dead
General law was not only a brave 4
soldier bat ne was a true southern i
gentleman Kind hearted and gener-
Gus 20 fault Brave and chivairous
a. = plumcd knieht. and yet unosten- .
tltt0AB ana as modest as woman. /
Han. General aw-haN nj fare-f
well.--Gainesgllle sun.
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Appiy the Knife.
some people seem 20 think that 1
Newspaper should not mention any
thiag about the town that needs rem I
eiying" says the Winter Haven I
Chief. which reminds as OF the atti- t
tude taken ysome Punta Gorda peo-
pie. The Chief tells its readers that
the way 20 rCmaay anything that in
retardlTg the towns wfox IN = 20 caIi 4
attention - a. The live wires win
wake up and remedy it, continues the 4
paper quoted ~No use 10 ml the
boys O. sleep with the idea that every
thing IL o. X. when they are rot Too
much like giving a dose ~ laudnum
20 ease fhe pain OF a boil The way
20 cure t1e lame thing IL 20 rip u .
open and lee out the pus. Then you
cen apply salvc and heal up the sore .
permanently -Puhta Gorda Herald
Getting Ready TO Blame the Women.
The very organs which for years
have brow beat tho women. charged
that they didn't want the vote and
and ought g be Kept IN a class with
idiots and felons and deprived OF the
suffrage and are now in one breath 4
appealing % them 20 come 10 the aid
Of their -rsarty and IN the next threat
ening that n they don't vote the way
they think they ought 20 vote 1 will
be a poor that suffrage Is rot q sue
cess
No one can accurately pre6t Il. how
the women u America tomorrow are
going 20 vote n most Of them vote
as do other members OF their famllles .
they win show themselves subject 20
human influences just like families II
brothers who usually vote with their
fathers. Subjected 90 the abuse md /
ridicule which have accompanied 4
womsn's entry into poitics II win not .
be surprising that only tlmidily
conventional a. 4 that only 4 small
proportion vote Independently But.
however they vote they are being ac-
corded Justice and Ne look for tho re-
turns also 20 show that they have
been an important and salu.ary In
flueuce ~ the elections The women
- families have AWAY influenced
the mems vote for good they viii
now have an even moro potent IN
fiuence az they arr on an equality
politically. IA the family. Thus the
consensus u opinion that is arrived al
about the family fiFesldo will be with
the wife. sister and daughter oxer-
cising her fun influence IN the dis
cussion.
Those issues which tug az the
heart-strings of women viii arouse
them IN this and more and more tn
future elections for such a use % the
ballot az win 10 the greatest good for
humanity.
II Is significant OF the able leader
ship among tie American women OF
today that Mrs. Gait. tn head az the
League ~ Women Voters. although a
republican. II - concerned over the
league % nations issue that she is
supporting Gov. Cox.
This auEurs for Independence
among women. which o. greatly 20 De
desired. News
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