The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-04
CAPT. PATTERSON
SINGS PRAISES OF
ECAMBIA COUNTY
Makes Plea for Unity of People, urs-
ing General Boost for City and
County.
az cAPr. J. c. PATTERSON.

cities and states that deserve songs
and poetry dedicated to these respec-
Tive places, and among the many
states that should be praised in song
is Florida, and should be Florida, My
Florida" the land of perpetual sun
shine, blessed by the heavenly Father
above any state in the United States
flor the three most essential require
ments for the human life, pure air,
lpure surroundings and pure water.
Write about and put it into song and
/ poetry and talk about it and let other
portions OF our beloved United States,
the land of the free and the home Of
the brave, know about it. Give truth
full, indisputable facts about what we
have In Florida, of the states in gen
era1 and Escambia county and Pen
sacola in particular.
| Pensacola, the oldest city In the
United States and the most historic
cal There is no other city on this
continent that is blessed with so
many wonderful blessings. Situated on
one of the finest and deepest bays in
the United States, completely land
Santa Rosa Island 45 miles long and,
on an average Of nearly two miles
| wide. High snow white sand hills
studded with the oak, magnolia and
pine; some of these hills are about
200 feet above tide water, forming
complete shelter for Pensacola bay,
and Santa Rosa Sound and Chackto-
whatchee bay, some IS miles long.
The waters of the bays and sounds
abound in fish of all kinds mullet,
trout, Spanish mackerel, sheephead,
and numerous other varieties, and of
the salmon of the south, the pompano.
Every kind of shellfish, crabs, soft
and hard, shrimp, and of the finest
oysters of the world, both for size and
flavor. Pensacola, Escambia and
Blackwater bays in Santa Rosa
Sound, these. respective waters, salt
waters, are the fisherman's Ell Dorado
and besides these mentioned we have
bayous, 1agoons and rivers where one
can exercise skill as fisherman
and other numerous and bountiful
fresh water finny tribes.
To the hunters, these bayous, la
goons and various bays one can find
an ample supply of wild ducks and
wild geese, and in tie woods all
kinds of game from a turkey to a
wildcat, and to the hunters of the
historical landmarks from the steps
| of the first white mans foot on San
Ia Rosa Island, in 1928, from the
various battle grounds fought over
| by Spanish, French, English and In
dams, the oldest and most historical
port and the rendezvous Of the pi-
rates both in Santa Rosa Sound, PEN
sacola bay, Bayou Chico and Perdido.
j These all can be seen, and you can
walk over and put your feet on the
very spots that were occupied and
fought over $50 years ago and on the
| top of the Alto Tomas CHigh Hillsl
back of the ancient city of Pensacola
you can stand and look all over the
Gulf of Mexico entrance of Pensacola
ibay and the old Qualifications and
picture in your eye the entrance of
the various naval fleets of Spanish,
/ French and English, and hear the
thunder of these various guns firing
on Fort Barrancas and on the batter
les on Santa Rosa Island and pic
ture the pirate vessels entering and
proceeding to their hiding places,
sheltered by the high hills of Santa
Rosa Island from. the eyes of the
Spanish corvets that was hunting
them. In the city you can see good
many of the historical landmarks
that cannot be seen in any other place
| in the United States
Pensacola possesses the only sea
port in the u. S. that vessel can be
along side of any dock or wharf with
in one hour from the time of entering
and handle all commodities from the
ship to cars to warehouses without
irehandling and room TO handle hun
dreds Of vessels at the same time. The
| finest harbor in the United states
and only thirty hours from the manu-,
featuring center of the middle west
Offer special inducements for hand
ling South American and Oriental
and Canal Zone shipments, also ships
may take in bunker coal and cargo
at the same time at the terminal slips
assuring economy and speed. All
these blessings and many more PEN
sacola possesses.
All we need is pluck, push and pep
and the united efforts of the citizens
to build up a greater Pensacola, elm
mating mad burying manana and the
remainder of the Rip Van Wrinkle
family, and apply the spanking pro-
cess to all knockers.
One thing you can be sure of, that
you never accomplish and build up
your city by pickering, slandering and
cowardly remarks and fighting You
know the good book says a house di-
vided n itself cannot stand, and also
rememfHr that we are not living under
a monarShial government-thisi is a re-
public; aRd all the people as a people
must run not a handful OF men
clothed win temporary authority; and
don't forget that any wrong that may
be done by these as against the in
terest and welfare of the entire COM
munity. cannot stand and win recoil
upon their own head sooner or later to
their own ruin.
am proud to say that we have
few citizens who are able and noble
mem who are working for Pensacola