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{{date|1907|1909}}
==Statistics<ref>"Stamp Sales Reflect Growth and Prosperity of Pensacola." ''Pensacola Journal'', January 3, 1909.</ref>=={{| aligncolbegin}}*Births:<ref name="rightdec07nov08">Figures were released in January 1909 and covered December 1907 through November 1908, inclusive. Please replace with full 1908 figures if available.</ref> 627**White males: 179| __TOC__**White females: 175**Colored males: 133**Colored females: 120**Creole males: 2|}**Creole females: 10*Deaths:<ref name==Notable events=="dec07nov08"/> 428**White males: 111**White females: 84**Colored males: 108**Colored females: 115**Creole males: 5**Creole females: 4*Marriage licenses: 526*Date unknown &ndash; a new Suits filed in [[Pensacola City Hallcircuit court]] is completed at 300 South [[Jefferson Street]] on the east side : 587*Exports: $18,680,125*Building permits:**Within fire limits: 9 brick, 4 iron**Outside fire limits: 428 wooden buildings**Total (including repair permits): 1,028**Total cost of finished new buildings: $251,870**Total cost of finished repair work: $18,849*Fire losses:<ref name="dec07nov08" />**Buildings destroyed by fire: 37 (19 within reach of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]water)**Buildings damaged by fire: 62**Losses covered by insurance: $56,594. The building currently houses the [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum]]98**153 new alarms installed (38 box, 105 telephone, 10 still)*Stamp sales: $61,272.21{{colend}}==Events==*[[April 75]] &ndash; Streetcar operators of the [[Pensacola Electric Company]] [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|go on strike]].*[[April 1211]] &ndash; National Guard troops are ordered into Pensacola to protect [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|strikebreakers]] and restore order.
*[[May 13]] &ndash; [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|Streetcar operators' strike]] ends.
*[[July 29]] &ndash; [[Leander Shaw]] is hanged by a lynch-mob in [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] for the rape and murder of [[Lillie Davis]].
*A new [[Pensacola City Hall]] is completed at 300 South [[Jefferson Street]] on the east side of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]. The building currently houses the [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum]].
 
==Deaths==
*[[August 9]] &ndash; [[Emma Lucy Varner Sanders]]
==Candidates for office==
All candidates were affiliated with the Democratic Party.:''See [[Municipal elections, 1908]]
===U.S. Congress===*[[C. F. Schad]]*[[J. P. Stokes]]===Judge of the Criminal Court of Record, Escambia===*[[Elmore Dixie Beggs, Sr.]] '''(winner)'''*[[J. Campbell Avery, Jr.]]===County Judge, Escambia===*[[William Edward Anderson]]*[[Henry Bellinger]]===[[Escambia County Clerk of the Circuit Court]]===*[[Jason Macgibbon]]*[[Angus M. McMillan]]*[[L. S. Brown]]*[[Frank Johnson]]===[[Escambia County Sheriff]]===*[[W. H. Kilbee]]*[[J. C. Van Pelt]] '''(winner)'''*[[Frank Sanders]]===Escambia County Solicitor===*[[William A. Blount, Jr.]]*[[Scott M. Loftin]]===Escambia County Clerk of the Criminal Court===*[[John L. Pinney]]===Escambia County Treasurer===*[[W. M. J. Scott]]*[[J. Ed Williams]]*[[W. G. Dailey]]*[[T. M. Wilson]]===[[Escambia County Tax Collector]]===*[[J. S. Roberts]]*[[A. H. D'Alemberte]]===Escambia County Tax Assessor===*[[W. W. Richards]]===[[Escambia County Superintendent of Schools|Escambia County Superintendent of Public Instruction]]===*[[Clifford J. Bell]]*[[N. B. Cook]] '''(winner)'''*[[Clyde E. Wilson]]===Pensacola Harbor Master===*[[J. Ed Abercrombie]]*[[Alex Zelius]]*[[Frank A. Boghich]]===[[Escambia County Board of County Commissioners|Escambia County Commission]]=======[[Escambia County District 1|District 1]]====*[[Neils McKenzie Oerting]]====[[Escambia County District 2|District 2]]====*[[Joseph Brown]]====[[Escambia County District 3|District 3]]====*[[J. Fisher]]*[[George H. Davis]]====[[Escambia County District 4|District 4]]====*[[John Gates]]*[[D. R. McQuarrie]]*[[John A. Wiggins]]*[[D. M. Merritt]]*[[A. C. Berry]]*[[E. H. Sweat]]====[[Escambia County District 5|District 5]]====*[[J. T. Fillingim]]*[[J. R. Steward]]*[[Ernest Ward]]===Justice of the Peace, Escambia===*[[R. L. Nichelsen]]===Constable, 2nd District===*[[William M. Ray]]*[[M. J. Murphy]]*[[C. P. Bobe]]*[[Arthur Fillingim]]===[[Escambia County Supervisor of Elections|Escambia County Supervisor of Registration]]===*[[A. H. Clopton]]*[[R. M. Merritt]]*[[Joe E. Maura, Jr.]]*[[J. D. Goss]]===Escambia County SurveyorReferences & notes==*[[W. C. Beck]]{{reflist}}
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