The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

win forfeit the aforesaid sum to IN,
charitable institution in Florida i
2 any person will prove that the pres
ident Of this association since tae
day that he was born ever unlawful
ly or dishonesty received a doiaal
from any person, persons. company
or organization; and in ats sncs Gi
such proof the accuser makes the
aforesaid forfeit. We use the intel
States mail to make this challenge,
as well as In the newspapers.
II You Doubt, Stay Out.
To a business and professional
man like the president OF this $3.50
citation, and in the face of "cold
facts, absolute challenge and sworn
statements, the doubling OF q
doubling Thomas is an insult to his
intelligence. Also. II you doubt the
sincerity Of the United States gov.
ernment in making the plat and
survey of the famous oyster bot
toms Of Florida among which our
500 acres are located at an approu-
mate cost to the government OF sI0,-
600 for the said survey, or IL you
doubt the good intentions of the
State of Florida to which we pay our
tax on our oyster bottom and from
which we have received our title,
then STAY OUT.
RI our national government cas-
afford to make the aforesaid survey,
IL the State Of Florida can afford to
put her fair name to our title and Il
an estate OF $4,000. 900 can afford
to engage in oyster culture In the
very VICINITY of the waters sur
rounding orr 50D-acre oyster farm,
DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT YOU
CAN NOT AFFORD TO JOIN
THESE MONEY MAKERS?
One Hundred Per Cent Pledge.
To make good the GUARAN-
TEES and PLEDGES made herein.
the president - she Oyster Growers
lCo-operatiye Association hereby
pledges by this advertisement and
through the United States mail.
EVERY cent OF the wealth from his
eighteen copyrighted books recorded
by the United States government at
Washington, ID. c., and his S5 Chau.
tauqua lectures. EVERY cent of his
wealth from ,is rice land OF more
than 1000 As on which he does
not owe a penny. his $4,000 home
lplace of eight beautiful springs in
Hillsborough County and his other
real estate in Florida. It is not
enough that man pledge his honor.
name and reputation. but it is
ENOUGH that he pledge all of
those and ALL HIS WEALTH and
home also. Remember, we are deal
Ing in FACTS.
THE LAND WHERE TEE
OYSTER GROWS.
By William Lee Popiiam.
- L.. -.
ter grows
Where the sea and the river meet
Where the water never overflows
And the air IS fres' and sweet:
Where sunsets leave an aftergsow
Der fields Of liquid gold
10. give me the land where the oys.
tiers grow
Whore the young can not grow
old.
aood-by to the fields Of dads old
| Good.oy to the pillow and hoe:
Hard work" TO me has lost Its
charm
Where the weeds ana grasses
grow:
I'm plant my oysters In the deep
Where nature makes lem grow
Into harvest while sleep
While sea-tides come and 80.
o. give me the land that the rainbow
spans
And points to pot Of gold;
And here I'll I'LL my pots end pans
Where billion waves have rolled.
I'VE found the land where the rain.
bow ends
/ 80 Swyf.faF, 20 y.fan 449H---
Where oysters have become my
friends.
And THE IRE my pots Of gold
WHAT FLORIDA NEWSPAPERS
SAY OF POPHAM AND OYS-
TER CULTURE.
Oyster Cultivation Promises To Be
Great Industry In
Florida.
civilian Lee Pophan, author OF
| Poems of Truth. Love and Power.
and president Of the Oyster Grow
ers' Cooperative Association. IS
guest at the Seminole Hotel this
week, and is most enthusiastic on
the possibilities Of oyster culture in
t Florida"
FLORIDA has more than 1000 miles
| Of seashore: and where the salt
water nalngles with the fresh water
| from the hundreds of streams ana
rivers finding their home in the
sea. il suitable bottom. can be made
to produce cultivated oysters by uIl-
numbered millions"
when thousands OF our neigh
bors, North, East and West. think
OF Florida, they draw q mental pic
| ture Of orange-gold among the
greenland globes Of Sealdsweet,
which have made famous this citrus
land OF sunshine and flowers but
few indeed think Of Florida as the
land Of oysters.
However, as a matter Of fact. the
United States government In 1915.
made q survey and plat OF the FAR
famed water of the Apalachscola Bay,
in Franklin County, Fla. at an ap.
proximate cost to the government OF
$40 600. finding in these waters about
1000 acres of natural oyster beds,
and this survey shows the oysters to
be EIGHT or nine feet deem on some
of these natural beds-clitfs Of oys-
ters almost like a stone wall.
s.TheS- famous oyster beds grow
in~ m-a h. mans hand in
wa a til ef from SIX 70 twelve
fa-s sslIv to-ida and the South
ern s.tates with multiplied thousands
e cations Of this dainty sea food
which IS probably destined to bring
as much fanse to Florida as her cit
FIts fruits
"Mr. Ponha.l who has converted
nearly 1000 citizens Of Florida to 0ys-
ter culture IN 1920. resides on his
celebrated plantation OF eight beau
ftfci ever.flowi.1g springs near Tam
pa, and Is most emphatic in his con-
victiol that Florida VIII be the nat