The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-15
By BRYAN MACK

When the next state campaign comes
around Albert w. Gilchrist will not be
a candidate for office. This is a fore
cast, and that is about all 1 will say in
reference to who will not run for office
at that time. I might give you some very
accurate information as to who will be
among the also rams.
Perhaps you might wonder why I feel
50 certain about the former governor, so
| will tell you. He has stopped his sub
SCription to the Pensacola Journal, and
l know one with political sagacity, and
discriminating judgment would not do
this, even if living in Waycross, Ga, is
liable to cause one to do foolish things.
Don't get the idea that I am peaved
about the good old bachelor friend of
mine stopping the Journal. Far from it.
He is very fine man, and I am just
sorry to know that he won't be on the
ticket. Not very often do / take the lib
erty of printing letters from persons
when they are not intended for publica-
ton, but as this letter sounds so much
like him, frank, open and above board.
and as ne has many friends who will be
pleased to hear what he is doing at this
time, am giving it to you:
Your notice of subscription due, just
received. l take pleasure in enclosing
check for the same. Kindly discontinue
my subscription. I really subscribed for
it to be sent during the short time
thought ] was running for the United
States senate. 1t is a great paper and in
valuable to one residing in West Florida.
My home is in Punta Gorda. Business
affairs have forced me to spend far more
time here than I wish. My tenants here
are practically all employees of the A. c.
L. shops They are now on a strike. They
~, 1Rr1i, IL
woul darrive a day late in Punta Gorda
would arrive late if mailed here. Hence I
wish to discontinue the same. Best
wishes. Albert w. Gichrist."
I see where Mayor Bayliss is going to !
preach tonight at the Universalist church
on the subject OF Religion and Politics.
That's fine. It would be a great thing if
all of our office holders were to preach
on Sunday and all of the following week
practice what they preached.
When this is being read Sunday morn
ing there ought to be a glorious storm
raging-that is if there is anything in
mental suggestion, for it appears that
most every body in town called up to find
out how soon the storm would get here.
They didn't ask whether it was coming.
but when it would arrive, just like it
was a long lost friend. The telegraph
editor also was working all night pulling
for the storm for he wanted a large head
line this morning.
Yesterday I met a friend of mine who
remarked: 1T is fine to see The Journal
taking a stand to develop Pensacola and
West Florida. but we must have more
industries If the town ever amounts to
a damn" I then asked him why we do
not have more industries, and he said he
didn't know. but he did know that we
needed them. Then l asked him whether
he ever smoked a Pensacola made cigar, !
whether he slept on a Pensacola made |
mattress: whether his wife insisted upon /
eggs that came from the farms of Escam- |
bia county, or il she used Tennessee ship |
ped eggs and accepted. shipped vege- |
tables? He was smoking a Tampa cigar |
at the time and said he didn't know why |
sleeping on a Pensacola made mattress |
would help any, and so far as eggs and |
vegetables were concerned he took what /
was given him and was mighty glad to |
get that, and unless taxes were reduced !
he wouldn't be able TO get anything to |
eat.
This is one question that the citizens
of Pensacola have to face. We can build !
I'D wonderful industries here II we want |
to- We can. by buying Escambia grown
and home-raised poultry and |
eggs double the acreage used for trucking |
in this county the first year. and we can !
have numerous thriving industries if we
will partonize and boost them. The in
dividual citizens. the wholesalers. the re-
tailers and newspapers all must join |
TO build a great city. It is an
easy matter If we want to do 1.-THE /
question is. do We?
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