The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-06
BELIEVES REGULAR
ORANGE IS BETTER
THAN SATSUMA
Johnnie Williams, Bagdad Farm
er, Preparing Several Acres
of Real Variety.

business people Of Bagdad, who are all |
either sand pear or Satsuma orange en- /
| thusiasts, says that the best PROPOSE :
/ ton for this section is the regular ,
orange, like they grow in South Florida, |
and he is backing up his judgment by |
set in this variety of orange this winter !
instead Of the Satsuma.
He says that there is only one critical |
night during the winter when the !
weather gets to the hurting points for |
the sweet orange, and that he is going |
| TO prepare for that night with srnudges, |
Just as they protect the orange groves, |
he says, AL over South Florida. He |
pronounces the South Florida orange !
worth two in the bunch to the Satsuma, |
are quicker grown and more in demand. !
ME- Williams fgures that the expense |
OF providing field lamps to be nominal, |
and furthermore states that as matter !
OF fact to have any safe guarantee for |
success even with the Satsuma the eau
tious grower viii provide for this one
or two cold nights during the West |
Florida winters. He says that there are
| many sweet orange trees throughout this ,
| section WHICH are bearing large crops,
| having been protected by the owners.
The Methodist ladies came to the front
on Halloween night and furnished Bag
dad the much Welcomed entertainment
| usually expected on this mystic occasion.
1t was in the shape Of 2 negro amateur
| minstrel participated in by the young
people Of the town. There were several
comic songs and dancing, after which
came the event Of the evening, a negro
wedding. AS bridegroom, Prof. Laird Of
Aciated demurely enough, while the hap
py~ bride, whom he led to the hilarious
altar, Miss Grace Sellers, acted the dar-
key part splendidly. Perhaps, however,
the mock soIemnity of Jimmie Nc
Nair, in his long robes and ministerial
dignity, essaying the part of officiating
knot-tier, caught the audience as mirth-
fully as any. Jimmie carried the part |
off excellently. Edgar Greene officiated
as master Of ceremonies, and the ladies
Of the church officiated at the gumbo
tables.
1t is estimated that in dollars and cents
the affair also proved very successful
Baadad Mill Notes.
Mr.. McNair, superintendent of ma
chinery at the round house, spent a day
or two this week up on the farm at
MuRson, putting into operation the new
syrup mill which is being installed for
the makeup of the years cane crop. The
company has bount 40 acres in cane
this year, and it is said to be Of a very
fine variety. 1t is being made up with
the latest improved syrup machinery,
Capt. Jimmy McNair knows cane mills
as well, they say, as he does steam To-
cemotives.
The planer mill inventory, taken the
first of the month, showed on hand in
this particular department something |
around million and a quarter of dlmen-
sion stuff. This, However, is not spe-
cially notable, but should an invoice have ,
been taken Of the yards it is said that
there would have been many millions
more. AS a matter of fact the company
still is handicapped by a lack of cars. |
4 great deal of shipping has been done
by water routes. but after all the de-
mand in the interior of the country, par
ticularly north of the Ohio river, has 6
been for more direct and speedy ship :
ments. The company, however, hope !
the car service will gradually improve. \
Since the resignation of Johnnie Cav 4
thon as manager of the commissary,
which took effect on the first, there APP I.
pears to have been no official appoint e
ment to take his place. Charlie Camp s
bell, who is one of the old employees of \
the big store, Is at present acting man r
ager. and the presumption and hope of t
his friends is that he will be definitely u
named as manager. Charlie is generally Il
liked by everybody, and is said to meas
ure UP to the standards set fer mana u
ger, being conversant with the. stock A
and the needs of the trade. q
The carpenter repair crew has been .
mighty busy for some weeks past re-
roofing many Of the houses in the quar- =.
ters, and also remodeling many OF tho =;
houses occupied by white operatives.
This work is still in progress and 1t is r
expected before the repair squad has L
rested, new enclosures will be placed
While the company was OPP
rating thus around the school house,
aew steps were erected on the four sides
IF the school house enclosure and other
repairs done on the premises. The Bag P
lad company is always interested in u
promoting the welfare of the public te
schools. ~
The company having completed the
lew residence of it's two prominent Of ~
icials, Captain Sweat, superintendent, =.
md Mr.. House, auditor, these two gen. n
lernen have moved in, and are occupy mr.
ng two as pretty bungalows as are 70
,e found in the county. Captain Swsat's BY
esidence 10 on tho corner north Of the ia
,ffice, and Mr.. Houses new house fronts mi
he Bagdad inn. BIZ
The company is making homemade eli
electors to be used on their electric tn
irhts about the mills, a wooden box
boxing sort of arrangement, which is 10
aid to be superior as q light reflector i
o any that are usually supplied by the
Iactric manufacturing companies. The
sardad officials are often found pos
essed of inventive genius. thus adopt
ny contrivances about the mills which -
re really better than those supplied by to-
proprietary concerns. ch
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