The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-06
OPPORTUNITIES IN
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
(ey CAPT. J. c. PATTERSON

Wishing YOU all a happy and pros
porous New Year, thanking you kind
! ly for the year that has past and wish
ing YOU a bright anG prosperous New
| Year
| The question asked by writer some
time ago in regard to the dock ques-
ton and erecting smoke stack for the
various enterprises and utilizing va
rious articles laying at our doors, he
asked. oh Lord how long? The Heav-
emily Father has blessed us with Won
derful blessings in climate and unsur-
passed surroundings, but the good
Lord is not going to erect smoke
stacks or erect docks Use the brains
will power and energy that he has be
slowed upon the people of Escamhia
county and Pensacola, and put these
blessings and wonderful opportunities
! into practice. 1t is the duty of all HUI
man beings to make use of anything
that is for the good and uplifting OF
any and all things that would be bene-
fetal in following fruit and stock rails
! ing, or putting into practical use Of all
the various industries that are lay
ing at our very doors.
Minerals, clays of all kinds for
bricks and tiles, pottery and the put
ting up canneries for our tomatoes.
sweet potatoes, berries, blue, black
and dewberry, agricultural department
pronounces that potatoes make fine
rup, the native grape grows prolific
here and IS very Profitable. They have
the yellow scuppernong, the black, the
single. large and the bunch. These
grapes are very hardy and free from
insects and grows very prolific They
can raise in this county also the NAL
aga and the Concord. Escambia coun-
ty offers all kinds OF inducement to
settler and home seekers, and on this
'blessed New Year the slogan should
be for each one to try. to do some
thing for the good of y.ur faIlowman
whether it is actual service or infor-
nation that would help the stranger
that would come here to get facts and
truthful statements of the county and
city that we haze. There are various
ways to help among the various bless
ings we have, and among the many
blessings we have insurance compan-
les they deserve praise for the good
they are constantly doing for others. ,
Among the many we have the Gulf
Life & Accident Company, who to my
own knowledge, have been and are a /
great blessing to this community The |
genial and able and polite Z. L. Rice, !
superintendent, the company could not |
have put better man on the job and |
he is surrounded By a staff of workers |
that would be hard to duplicate. Mr.. I
l.. NJ. Phillips, r. o. Donovan, y. p. !
Mcdonald, r. o. Hughes. r. E. Har !
vey, c. A. Canady. These are fine !.
young men and good workers. Many |!
a sick family has been helped out of |
their dire need and distress by this !
company. These men see some sad |
types of poverty enG sickness. $4,000 |
paid last year in sick and accident |
benefit and $4,000 in death claims. |
had occasion TO see and talk with col |
ored persons about their poverty and !
need when these mkn helped. Some
men viii say these abe paid for their !
services. That is true, but they do /
many. acts Of kindness that they are !
not paid for and that are not known /
except to the Heavenly Father they
VIII not lose their reward Tor even . !
cup of cold water given and prompted .
by the Holy Spirit will be recorded !
Each individual as he comes in con- /
tact with his fellow man possesses
some influence and leaves some inn /
preston on those he comes in con-
tact with and if the individual cannot
always respond with gifts he or she
can give a kind word, a handshake
and in nine cases out of ten always
help in the material. Sometimes sym
pathy with our neighbors in their
tro2tles is more appreciated than gifts