The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-17
By ". CTIIPLEY JONES.


Since have been engaged in the cam
| paigu of West Florida publicity. which
| has occupied my entire time during the
| past six CT seven weeks, no less than two
! score of persons have asked me to di'
vu!ge the secret of the main idea"
! How absurd!
| Nevertheless. there are still a few peo-
pie in West Florida who haven't as yet
| grasred the full portent of the wonderful
| forward movement which is sweeping
West i"orlaa from end to end. so one OF
| the objects of the campaign is to en-
detYor TO present the truth Of the sit
uation to these few remaining ones who
! haven't as yet seen the hsnt, though its
| resulgence is everywhere.
! Eut tbat's the minor object of the
caplraign.
It's mayer object is to more intimately
acquainc West FIoridians with West
F1orlda--lc visualize as iEpressiveiy as
the English language is capable OF WIS.,
ua:lzinc to tie men and women : the
different C, 1nfnunities and neig1bu~ goods
OF West F., Tida, what is being done ard
wha. is "ins thought about, i'll The C:her
| communities and neighborhoods If their
section In other words. to make an eff
hrt 10 draw the citizenship OF WsGt
ti.riGa ci:ser, and still closer t"ge:;'tT,
in nc task which is before them Of
selling West Florida" to the world out
side.
West Florida is the most wonderful
section of like area on the North Amer
lean continent and the dream of those
optimistic souls of its citizenship, who
for years, have had the vision 20 recog
nize it's incompatible possibilities, is be-
ing realized in one way and another, day
after day.
1 have told and retoId the story in
most conservative and impartial manner
Of West Floridas marvellous potential
possibilities. Indeed, I've understood,
rather than overstated, this feature OF
the situation. But ! haven't said a great
deal about the wonderful spirit OK cp-
timism which permeates the atmosphere
everywhere; the splendid spirit of 90. p
GRAFTON which is SO forcibly impressed
upon the most casual observer; the in
spring evidences which are nesclpah.e Of
the faith OF hundreds upon hu11 eIls rf
West Florida folk in the incompatible
possibilities Of the sections development.
Nor have I, except in a very inadequate
fashion. undertaken to present to readers
Of The Journal the fine sprit-in a civic
sense-which is so impressively noticeable
IN all of the towns which dot the land
scape of West Florida. And l have Wis
Chlpley.
Nothing could be more impressive or
refreshing.
And my observation is that the spirit
is contagious. This, because one is i'm
pressed, passing from community to COM
munity, that each town in the section is
vicing with every other town, to impress
its spirit OF progress and its appearances
of prosperity upon every stranger who
may he passing through.
Particularly was l impressed with this
thought at Chipley. last Tuesday.
1 spent day at Chipley about year
ago and as l rode over its paved streets
and noted the many other physical i'm
provements which have been made in the
town within the brief period of a twelve
month, including the installation of a
splendid system of sanitary sewers; the
OF a twenty -four hour cleo
trio lighting system; the establishment
OF a paid fire department equipped with |
the very latest type of La France fire !
fighting apparatus; the completion of a |
water system which would do credit tc
a '~v-n four times the size Of Chipley, ] |
couldn't restrain a feeling of extrava- |
3d.. .4u1n!ratlon for the town and its citi- |
zenship, because I recalled that when |
visited the town a year ago the people |
of Chipley had not recovered from the !
disappointment which most naturally re-
suited as an aftermath of the dissipation |
Of the high hopes which they held of |
Chipley's development into a center of oil |
production, and they were blue, and in a |
way disspirited. Nor does any one who
Is familiar with the wonderful promise !
If oil possibilities developed nearby, blame
them for Their disappointment. Neither
can the citizenship Of the town be CEN
sured for the pessimistic view which i'm