The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-18

That politics is rotten
And he amt goin' to be mixed up
In any sich mess.
Sister says thets jist like a man;
Poutin, cause they lost
A bet
But ma. says
That she reckons pa will vote;
She reckons he always has
An he always will;
Ma says she amt raised pa
To be a gutter;
Not if she knows it.
An if ne don't register
An pay his poll tax
He'll be sorry.
That's all.
'rYassun. dis am lazy weather;
GIFTS be feelin' kinder goood;
Yassum, L gwine weed de gyardin,
An rs kwiner cut de wood;
Yassunn, is kinder lazy.
Desc OF bones is kinder slow;
OATS case L is got to thinkin
Bout q place 1 hopes to go;
No. mann, 1 amt gwiner quit you,
T'wel l got dis job all done;
But / sho'ly laks my fishin',
Sittin' in de sun"
Register and pay your poll taxes
How about dip in the Gulf of
Mexico?
Things seldom go the right way for
the man who takes the wrong road.
It could hardly be said that Havana
is in the lime-Ight, now could it?
That worldwide strike on May first
may cripple something besides indus
try.
The war seems to be continuous
performance-and so does the public
ity monger.
The pig clubs and the canning clubs
and the corn clubs beat the political
clubs all hollow.
If all of our prayers were answered.
what a lot of useless junk we would
have around. cluttering up our lives.
A man is getting we'll along in years
when he forgets to try to hide the bald
spot in the middle of his Uranium.
The candidates are so welded to the
peoples interests that you couldn't
divorce 'em, even if you promised 'em
alimony.
The political pot will soon be boiling
over, and Oscar Johnson has already
begun to tell us all about it. Good
dope, too, as usual.
A number of men are talking about
themselves in connection with the
presidency, who must be in the habit
OF talking in their sleep.
1t is coming to the point where it
is all a man can do to keep his own
expenses down, without paying the
bills of the propagandists.
It is very kind for the hens to reduce
the price of eggs. Shows most ac-
commodating. spirit, and sets a good
example to other profiteers.
If a secretary of the navy should
have a knowledge of naval affairs,
why should not a secretary of war
know how to carry gun?
The housing question has ceased to
trouble Washington, since the state /
ment made by the Silent Partner, that
he is not seeking presidential honors.
Pensacola has received more advan- !
tageous advertising in the past year
than ever before in all its history.
Now let's make this year record |
breaker.
Why shouldn't the United States
have the biggest navy in the world?
Uncle Sam has the biggest bank roll !
in the world; why let the politicians
spend all of it?
Now Georgia is after Amos. The
cuss what carries malaria around in
his beak. Georgia is always up to
something, and if she gets rid of the
Stegomyia family she will advertise to ,
some advantage.
THE Pensacola Journal says the
way of the transgressor is a we'll /
beaten path. Not always, not always; |
there are trails, you know.''-Tampa
Tribune. Better keep TO de middle of /
de road, Brother.
"a Citizen sends The Tribune a !
most worthy communication on city |
affairs. If il were not anonymous The
Tribune would print il with glee. The ,
Tribune would not print the Lords
prayer without the name of the author
Tampa Tribune.
The San Carlos Hotel, Pensacola, is I
inviting personally the editors and I,
their wives 10 be guests of the hotel
during the Press association meeting
in June with our compliments"
reads ours.-Tampa Tribune. And the
Tribune also agrees with Mr.. Lowell |
that there is nothing SO rare as
day in June" only the Trib goes far
ther and says. ''in Pensacola" June, :
Pensacola and the San Carlos are
hard to beat, and with the addition
OF the members of the Fourth Estate,