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July 81. 1921.

Lear JbuTIl1l.
was handed, yesterday, a little
pamphlet entitled Pensacola Pep" the
title Get the Pep" Read it and after
the proper digestion, practice its pre-
scription. The first is to join the
chamber Of commerce. The upbuilding
and the prosperity of your city, county
and country, and this part of West
Florida, is largely in the hands of this
splendid body of citizens. who are de-
voting their time, energies and means
to make known to the outside inhabi-
tants of our country and state what
a wonderful city and county we have
making it known not alone the great
God given blessings we possess. but
also the great possibilities for the fu-
ture that are lying dormant and no use
to ourselves and others; but if every
right thinking citizen will help and as
sist, the chamber of commerce will not
alone enlighten and bring to life these
now unutilized and dead opportunities
to the knowledge Of our citizens of the
city and county, but to the citizens OF
the north and northwest whose people
are suffering from cold in the winter
and heat In the summer, that they car
come here to this God-given climate
that is neither too cold or too hot, and
that with one-half of the energies and
means required in the north or west
they can live longer and enjoy life 100
per cent better here than in any other
portion of our beloved Florida.
The old song, maryland, Ny Mary
land" ought to be made over to ''FIor-
ida, My Florida The good things you
may have locked up in your trunk viii
do nobody any good Take now each
citizen a few doses of the prescribed
pep and realize that our chamber of
commerce is serving and working
without any remuneration to make
known by literature in pamphlet form
giving to the outside world all impor-
tant facts of the wonderful blessings
we enjoy in everything. The most i'm
portant of these is health, in the purest
air in the world. Next, the purest and
best drinking water. Next, high rolling
country, free from swamps, low lands
and malaria infected districts, and
soil that will produce anything planted
in fruits, nuts, etc, and everything ir
the vegetable kingdom. The forests
with game, from the wild turkey and
deer to the fat delicious oppossum. i.
is said that a colored preacher was
asked what he loved best on earth, and
he said: Christ. and baked ,possum
with sweet Eaters"
We have the gulf, bays, inlets
bayous and rivers stocked with the
finest of fish, and bays and inlets with
the finest of oysters, crabs, shrimp
turtle and all kinds of delicious sea
foods. I like to forgot to mention one
of the great Florida forest products
that is the staple food of hundreds OF
families--the Florida gopher, and
without fear of contradiction, there is
no place in the United States where
we have all these combined God given
blessings, and it is our duty to make
known to our neighbors who do not
possess one-haIf in eking out a mis-
cradle existence, and while you and
as individuals can do much to enlight-
en- the people in the surrounding To-
calities, each one can try, aiding the
efforts made by your unselfish. public
spirited chamber of commerce in Civ
ing public information.
The pep says, Lets Boost and MOI
Knock" I would like for all to learr
my little poem
'I want to be a booster.
And with the booster stand,
A knocFer over a barrel,
And the spanker in my hand"
. Now, seeing the citizens of Pensa-
cola and Escambia county are the
possessors of all these. wonderful bless
ings, what manner of people ought We
to be? We have some powerful
that will penetTate and
reveal many obscure and hidden
things and bring light out of dark,
ness and bring out truthful facts ano
public information as to some Of
these. am sorry to say, damnable dens
of gambling and booze drinking thai
are rumored to be scattered through
out our beautiful city of Pensacola.
In order that our city government
and its officers may know without any
doubt that they may be able to effec-
tually eradicate forever and all time
everything that IS detrimental to the
uplifting and upbuilding of a clean ano
law abiding community, and that the
word "Schuluoto" will not alone be
truthfully applied to the outward city
but to the moral and spiritual Schul.
uoto. oh, what a beautiful Pensacola
And, lest we forget, take the watch
word, Get Pensacola Pepi"
J. C. PATTERSON.