The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-21

sons over the age OF 10 years VINO ar
without means OF support and remain
in idleness." Miami Metropolis.
Ananias Writes of Florida in a
California Paper
The attention of all citizens and
newspapers of Florida is called to the
following editorial of Los Angeles,
California newspaper. The Beacon
Tribune is unable to learn the name
of the paper as the editorial was sent
without giving the name.
We believe that every newspaper,
every civil organization, the Florida
development board and every citizen
should take some action to stop such
lies from being published. Propa-
ganda such as this, even if untrue,
and the editor who wrote this edi-
torial must know it is untrue, does
more harm to the good name Of Flor
ida than any other work of our jeal-
Gus competitors.
A successful salesman never runs
down his competitors goods. If he
does it generally acts as a boomerang
and weakens his arguments for his
own goods. Florida knows it has Cali
fornia beaten in climate, agriculture,
knows it has no rainy season, few if
any killing frosts, the best citrus and
other fruits In the world. The finest
hotels, the best fishing and hunting,
and in every way leads California as
winter resort and playground. Flor
ida also knows that all this editorial
says is a lie from start to finish and
knows that California knows it too.
The writer of this editorial should be
condemned by all good citizens and
newspapers of California
This kind of newspaper work is not
our idea of playing the game and we
don't believe 1t is the way of any
reputable newspaper.
The editorial follows:
Mr.. Harding Must Face Other Pests.
There are some things in connection
with Florida about which kind friends
should tell Mr.. Harding in an ad-
monitory manner. For instance, the
rattlesnales which infest so great
part of Florida landscape. They are
often six or. eight feet long. and their
bite is most annoying. In any well
regulated Florida party there should
be abundance of snake bite remedy.
Then there are the red bugs, in
finitesimal animals that travel in
groups of millions out of the black
soil and up into the wayfarer's leg,
where they burrow under the skin and
smart like the mischief. This can be
ameliorated by rubbing the afflicted
parts with a piece of salt bacon rind.
And the fleas. Florida is noted for
its fleas. 1t is worse in this respect
than Mecca or Afghanistan. For the
fleas, kerosene oil anointed on the
body at bedtime is said to be effec-
tive.
In addition, there are the mosqui-
toes, the sand flies, the deer flies and
the horse flies to be reckoned with,
according to the region and lateness
of ones stay. A Florida horsefly is
about the size of a bumblebee, but
it's sting is ten times as poisonous.
The deer fly is not quite so bad. If
it bites you on the brow, your brow
and face will only swell up to about
eight times normal proportions, yet
without pain, and the bloating will
wear away within a few hours.
The sand flies are merely a form of
stocky mosquito, and like the latter
can be subdued by smoke screens and
copious netting. A shotgun Is a great
help when they come in flocks, out
in the open. Moreover. there is a
grampus, or mule killer" to be
watched out for. Thisl~fs sort. of
crippled tarantula, which is all the
more savage from the deformity. The
grampus has been known to kill a
mule simply by gnawing at its hoof
Fortunately it does not roam much
further north than Jupiter.
There should also be constant OBJ
servation against upland and cotton
mouth moccasins and the deadly
coral snake, which hides in old stumps.
The shorttailed lizards which run 81
freely about the domestic premises are
harmless and may be caught in the
hand.
II Mr.. Harding will keep in urban
surroundings he will not be much ex-
posed to these traditional infirrnities
Of the Florida subtropical welcome
Yet should he venture into the coun-
tryside, as he doubtless will. golfing
or hunting for gophers, let the secret
service men or other immunes encir-
Gle him on every side to bear the orInt
% vermin attack; otherwise he is ant
to come back looking like a ship
wrecked sailor who has had to wander
in the Ions Island marshes on an
August night.
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