The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-07-13
WILL MEET IN FLORIDA.
An Interesting Letter From Mr.. Bit
finger.

iAo htNt ihcStthb sHdn take pace u
Florida, aud 0eala will be pleased {,
see the delegates and. give them
sample of their good will and hospi
tality.
The session was one Of the best
most interesting and instructive evel
he'd in the history Of the organiza
tion.
Our welcome here was most cor
dial. The governor of New Jersey
the president of the New Jersey pres.
association and the mayor Of this de,
lightful and wonderful "city by the
ssa," Asbury Park, voiced words ot
welcome, TO which the brainy young
president of the National Association
responded most happily.
These civilities, with the presidents
annual address, reports of committees
an able paper on Postal Progress, y
by Hon. Thomas l.. James, ex-post-
master general under Hayes, and
Personal "reminiscences, by the fa-
nous Joe Howard, of the New York
Herald, and veteral journalist. who
reported in his halycon reportorial
days, Lincoln's trip from Springfield,
Ills, to Washington, d. c., where he
assumed the presidency in 1861.
lt was a most remarkably interest
ing and fascinating story; IN it he
showed the wonderful strides made in
newspaper work during the years 1860
and 1894. Then the perfection press
of the country printed one side of a
metropolitan journal at the rate of
14,000 sheets an hour; now the inn
provements since created works off q
complete eight page paper at the rate
of 72,000 copies an hour.
Joe Howard is the reporter. who
while al Niagara Falls in 1860, report.
ing for the New York Tribune. the
trip made by the Prince of Wales.
through the United States to beat a
fellow reporter, telegraphed the con-
tents of the New Testament to his pa
per, at the rate of four cents a word,
but by it he scooped mis- adversary.
The address or talk of Howards'
captured his audience and it filed the
auditorium to the number of 5000
hearers.
1t was decidedly rich, rare and racy
and never to be forgotten by those
who sat under his spell.
Tuesday was devoted to five minute
papers of special ana general interest
to editors, managers and publishers of
country papers.
Wednesday was the 4th of July,
and to fittingly commemorate it and
to hallow the memory of the patriots
of the Revolution, the Pennsylvania
Central, the greatest, best and most
perfect system of railroads in the
world, rendered the editors and their
wives an excursion to Freehold,
known 100 years ago as Monmouth
Court House, where a battle by that
name was fought, Sunday, June %,
IT'S. The significance of this battle
IS that here continental troops from
every one of the thirteen colonies par
ticipated, led by the generals who be-
Came immortal through The war and
for the first time successfully con-
fronted the trained and disciplined
army of Great Britain, led by the no.
tables: Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Corn
wallis and others. Here developed
the other important fact that history
records, namely: that General Wash
ington, in his rage in seeing General
Henry Lee retreat with his colonial
troops, rode up to him and swore
great oaths of rage and disgust, but
who, by his Jove-like presence, stayed
the retreat and turned retreat into
victory. We visited the scene of the
monument, grand shaft of granite.
circled near its base with tablets of
bronze, commemorative of the thrill
ing and bloody scenes of that day,
among them one which depicts "Mol-
ly Pitcher who, in the early part of
the engagement, was carrying water
from well for the soldiers, her hus-
band being gunner in an artillery
company, was shot down, took his
place and did most noble and heroic
duty during the remainder of the
contest.
AT the monument short addresses
were made by Theo, w. Morris, Esq,
president of the Monmouth Battle
Monument Commission. President
Williams and Lafayette Young, of |
DesAfoines, Iowa
The Id Tennet church. l4O wears |
Of age, was also visited and a short |
and patriotic service held.
The quain ness of this venerable re-
Iigious edifice was of intense interest |
10 all, as it was used during the battle
of Monmouth as a hospital and be-
eause the furniture of the church to-
lay is the same it was when Ameri-
IAN history was traced in blood, 1l6
years ago.
So intensely interested were the ed
torial visitors that day that they say
hey can not feel too kindly towards
md too grateful to the officials of the
pennsylvania Railroad Company for
heir thouehtfulness in taking them
'ver those memorable grounds.
The skies of Asbury Park and
ocean Grove, its neighbor on the
outh, was lurid with 81 900 Fourth
T July luminous pyrotechnic explo-
ives.
Thursdays session was strictly one
i business, while the evening was de-
7oted to hearing Mr.. Wilder and
anthony Comstock in the absence of
sol. A. X. Mcclure, Of the PhiIadel
'hia Times, Bill Nye and Bob Bur-