The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-23

the same time, anu al ltiSl ACCOUNTS
was able to hit the vacant lot in front
of his feed store two throws out of
five.-DeFuniak Herold.
FOREIGN Possessions
1t has been intimated more than
once that Great Britain, France and
other allied powers indebted to the
United States for big war loans would
not be averse to paying those DEBTS
by turning over to this country some
of their outlying colonial territory. 1t
would be especially easy for Great
Britain and France to do that, because
they have odd bits of more or less SUI
perfluous land scattered pretty Well
all over the world.
There might be an occasional bit of
such property that would be accept
able to this country, as the Danish
West Indies were, for the sake of a
desirable naval base or bulwark for
exposed territory already under the
American flag. 1t would be easy, no
doubt, to persuade Washington to
make a dicker for the Island of zap, if
any foreign debtor had clear title to
| that spot But generally speaking,
there is not the least bit of enthusiasm
| in the hearts of the American people
for extending our dominions abroad.
| Colonial possessions, according to
the American idea, have always been
overrated. The majority of Americans
realized that the real mission of the
American people is to develop their
own country and their own continent.
That field offers work and profit
enough for some centuries. For any
country possessing such a vast and
undeveloped inheritance at home, for
eign possessions would mean only adj
ditional trouble and perhaps costly
war. About half the wars in history
have started in defense of useless ter
ritory.-St. Petersburg Times.
Civic Pride At Stake
At Atlanta the other day $4,000 citi.
zens turned out at the polls and voted
S8.S5O.0 900 in bonds for municipal i'm
provements.
Such things are what have develop
ed what is commonly known as "th'
Atlanta spirit"
When an issue is presented involv
ing expenditure of the public money
| the citizens of Atlanta do not stink a
home or in their counting rooms an
slet the other fellow do II" They g.
to the polls and vote for or agains
the proposition, and the very fact tina
they take the trouble and interest t
vote is the best indication that the
want something done.
While this sum of nearly nine mil
lion dollars is not all the money in tn
world it is quite an item even for AT
lanta. and the proper, intelligent ex
penditure of that sum will secure mu
nicipal improvements which shout
add much to Atlanta's past ands pres
ent glory.
Somehow it has come to pass ths
when illustrations are wanted of ae
gressive communities in the south, al
tention is directed to Atlanta, and tt
spirit of the old city has done its pal
in setting the pace for all of this sec
ton.
The Dallas New Era sees Atlanta
this light:
Atlanta is funny town. The peo-
pie there can get up more kinds
of a fight than any other burg in
Georgia. And yet when any ques-
ton comes up that is for the good
of the city as a whole, they unite
and pull together like sixteen
cylinder Packmobile. And, what is
more. they generally get what they
go after.
And what Atlanta has done and
doing is an open game for all others.