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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
Complaints Against Tom Tagoart

Indianapolis, June Ex-Governor
Handley has received a letter from
Harry A. Carnes, prominent attor-
ney of southern Indiana, in which he
complains of the gambling that is go
ing on at French Lick, Tom Taggert's
resort, and says that the local officers
take 10 steps whatever TO suppress 1t
notwithstanding the fact that it is
done openly and in defiance Of law. He
says that there have been many com
plants from persons who have In>l
nony at the resort.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
Woman Accused of Murder.

Guthrie, Okla, June 21.-Charged
with numbering W. L. Hall, aged Is
years, father OF Mrs. Annie Babcock.
of ST. Paul, and Mrs. McFarauan, of
Minneapolis, Mrs. VIII Loudenbach, Sc
years of age, was lodged in jail here
for trial. The murder, which occurred
Tuesday at Orlando, Okla, was the
outcome OF the erection by Mrs. Lou
denbach OF a pig pen beneath a null
berry tree which stood close TO the
house in which Hall lived alone.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
Wife Gets $4,000 Alinony.

600 is said to have been given by
Charles T. Thaw, of New York, To
Francis Rush, formerly a chorus girl,
who received a divorce from Thaw
here. The divorce was granted by
Judge Albert Akers on statutory
grounds, Tbaw making no defense. No
mention Of alimony was made in the
decree granted Mrs. Thaw, but her
lawyer declares a check for the sum
named was given to her by Thaw, the
lawyer negotiating the transaction.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
Russians Repulse Japanese.

Headquarters of the Russian Army,
GodZyandani, Manchuria, Sunday, Jnue
1S.-The Russian cavalry have re-tak-
en- the town of Liaoyangwopeng.
The Japanese occupied the village
of Sumiencheng on the main road to
Changtufu and Mamakai in the morn
ing of June 16. but they did not sue
coed in crossing the river. At 3 in
the afternoon the Russians recaptured
Sumiencheng. three squadrons of Japs
nese refining n a sou0w esterIy dlrec
ton.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
FRANCE ACCEPTS INVITATION.
Will Take Part In Proposed Confer
ence Over Moroeeo's Affairs.

enee Over Moroeso's Affairs.
Berlin, June 20-Premier Rouv-er
has informed Prince Radolin, the G--
man ambassador at Paris, that Fra.-ce
is inclined to accept the invitation %
take part in the proposed cOnfereE- &c
Oh Morocco. provided the German d.
French governments can reach 1-lu-
tually satisfactory agreement as to TIE
precise points to be considered by tie
conferees The conviction exists at
the foreign office that France and Ger
many will be able to agree upon tE.s
program. Although earnest differences
of view are yet to be reconciled, the
authoritative judgment Of the foreign
Office is that they will be able TO close
the negotiations. NJ. Rouvier has
thus far yielded to Prince Won Bue-
low on two essential points, on which
NJ. DelcasSe, former foreign minister,
had refused the invitation to take part
in the Morocco conference. NJ. Rou-
Vier first consented to reopen the
question and second, agreed to take
part in the conference provided the
protocol is in conformity with French
interests. This will be accepted by
Germany, which will limit the deiiber-
atoms of the conference. Great Brit
ain, supporting France, had also re-
fused to join the proposed conference,
but Foreign Sescretary LansdoWne
has, it is understood, said that if
France accepted Great Britain would
also accept
great diplomatic battle is in prog
ress with the probability leaning to-
ward the German success.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
The Biggest Vet.

Mr.. John D.Robertson presented US
Tuesday morning with the biggest
melon of the season. 1t was grown
by Mr.. George Close, the successful
Lemon Avenue trucker, and weighed
over fifty pounds. Up to Monday
night Mr.. Close had sent fifty car
Besides being the largest melon we
have vet seen it was also a very delie-
iOuS one.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
Portland Wants Conference.

Portland, Ore, June 20.-Portland
has applied for the privilege OF hold
ing the meetings Of the pIenipotentia-
ries Of Russia and Japan in this city
In messages to President Governor
George E. Chamberlain, of Oregon,
and Mayor George H. Williams, of
Portland, called the presidents atten-
ton to the fact that Portland is stu
ated half way between Russia and
Japan.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
Kansas VIII Need Many Men.

Kansas City, June 20.-Kansas farm
ers will need $4,000 me nand 2,240
teams to harvest their crops, according
to a report made by the superinten-
dent Of tn estate labor department OF
Kansas. The harvest, including the
threshing, viii last about so days, and
the wages VIII, it is said. range from
$17S to $3.50 a day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23
Must Leave Port Arthur.

Che Foo, June 20--American and
European firms. still in Port Arthur,
have been notified by the Japanese au-
thorities to depart and to remove their
merchandise. Many Of the firms are
arranging to charter steamers for that
purpose.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23

Mrs F. L. Watson and Mrs. c. "
Miller left Monday for Pablo Beach
to attend house party to be given
by Mrs WatsOn'S cousin, Miss
lydia Bars. They will be joined on
Saturday by Mr.. Watson and Mr..
Miller, who will spend Sunday with
them.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23

IN the case of our public1schools. But
if we try to pay SIS, 900 and fail. how
are we going to pay s1O6. 900? Then,
II anything should happen, (but, of
course, the board say it won't hap
penn that we do not pay these bonds
when they become due, what then?
Simply this: the men who hold the
bonds will go before a United States
court and have a mandamus issued
compelling the county commissioners
to levy a tax sufficient to pay The
bonds, and perhaps ali in one year,
as was the case iii another state; then
the cost willsalso be toSpay.
Our county at this time, in all hu-
man probability, is in better shape
financially than it will be in ten CIR
twenty years from now At that
time our immense pine forests will be
thing OF the pasta thing DER
which the raven flaps her funeral
wing" The saw mill and turpentine
industry will have left Us thousands
and thousands of acres of land divest-
Ell of its timber, and which no one
will pay taxes on and which will 90
to the state. Those lands are now
helping US to bear our tax burdens,
but then there will be no one left but
the farmers and merchants 20 pay the
taxes. Even the phosphate industry
will probably be gone at that time.
Before we decide to vote for bonds
let US look at the history of two bond
deals made by our state. Before the
civil war the state became response
bic for d million dollars of the bonds
of certain railroads then being built
in the state After the war she had
to take the railroads and sell them,
but was only able to sci, them for
enough to pay the interest On the
bonds. So she had to sell four mil
lion acres of land at twenty five cents
an acre to pay the debt-(tile Diston
purchaser What would those lands
be worth to the state today? From
twelve to fifteen million dollars.
In 1870 the state issued bonds to
the amount of S1.O32, 800, and Cover
nor Jennings says that in thirty years
prior to 1900 we had paid in interest
8, 1915, 900, double the face value of
the bonds in interest, and not a dol
lars worth of those bonds redeemed.
We are paying that interest over
again.
Fellow taxpayers, if you want to
mortgage yourselves and your chill
dren for an up to date court house
you can do so, but if not, you had
better be at the polls on the 9Th of
July to vote Against Bonds" You
can count on the other side being
there in full force. AS for us and our
house, we don't want bonds at any
price. JOHN ROUNDABOUT.
Reddick, Fla, June 20. 1905.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-06-23

Against tie Issue of Bonds.
To the Editor OF the Ocala Banner:
So, after all, the board of county
commissioners have been compelled
to leave the question of bonding the
county to raise funds to repair our
court house to a vote of our taxpay-
ers. This is the good old democratic
rule they should have followed in the
first instance. instead of hiring a
lawyer to draw up bill and trying
to get that bill put through the last
legislature, allowing the board to
bond the county for $50, 900 without
risking the matter to vote of those
most interested, viz: those who have
to pay the taxes to redeem those
Sbouds.
1t seems that the board was deter
mined to effect the bond issue, so de-
cided to take no chances with the
people; therefore we have the true
democratic members of our legisla-
ture TO thank for defeating that bill,
and compelling the board to submit
the question to the voters to decide
at an election, and not the board of
county commissioners.
In the case of every other bond
issue in Florida, SO far as we know,
the question was left to the voters in
the first instance. Jacksonville,
Tampa, and, we believe. Ocala, can
be cited as instances.
In order to make it appear that the
people were in favor of bonding the
. county, Mr.. Long refers to the time
the board invited the taxpayers to
meet the board and to express them
selves as to repairing the court house,
when, he says, that almost everyone
present favored repairs. But we have
been told that the question of bonds
was not mentioned at that meeting,
but on the contrary Mr. Long stated
to those present that the amount
needed for the work could be raised
without increasing the tax levy one
mill; that some would be taken from
the school levy, and the levy for
roads, and that the amount raised in
that way, with the proceeds of the
sale of the armory building, would be
sufficient to pay for the work. So
this question of bonds is donkey Of
Mother color.
But. in all earnestness, we believe
this question of bonding our county
is one of the most important our peo-
pie have been called upon to decide
in many years. Bonds, like all other
easily made and hard to pay. There
is not fifty thousand dollars we will
have to pay, but nearly, or quite,
ninety thousand. The interest on
these bonds, even at 4 per cent.
amounts to $4,000. Then the COM
treasurer, and the three commission
ers who sell the bonds, are to be
paid. So we will be paying ninety
thousand dollars for fifty thousand
dollar job. Can any ordinary bust
ness stand such financiering? We al
ready owe sixteen thousand dollars
and have owed that for years, and
while the board has been trying to
get out of debt they have failed.
Notwithstanding our tax levy has
been higher and higher from year to
year.
A man told US the other day that
our taxes were near double what they
We're when Mr.. Long first became a
member of the board. We do not
mention this to criticize Mr.. Long,
because we suppose the increase was
necessary in other instances as 1T was
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
Antiquity Of the Cow Pony.

The COW pony is of distinguished
lineage, says writer in Country
Life in America. His ancestral home
was among the Moors Of Barbary, and
his pedigree leads back to the "Go-
dolphin Arabian" Innocently asso-
ciated with the Spanish invasion Of
Mexico, his race was already estab-
llshed on the plains Of the southwest
when the Mayfiower landed. In the
centuries that followed he conformed
his nature to the requirements Of the
plains until he fitted them as the
camel fits the desert, and became so
perfectly adapted to the work Of the
cattle range as to make it doubtful
whether the needs Of the cowboy
evolved the COW pony, or the capaci-
ties Of the pony produced the cowboy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
HORSE KNEW HIS DUTY.
Usual Summons to Divine Service
Found Him Ready.

Usual Summons to Divine Service
Found Him Ready.
My grandfather by marriage, Daniel
Lane, was very devout churchgoer,
and for thirty-eight years Of his life,
was member of the First Unitarian
Congregational church OF Norton,
Mass, and for twelve years one of its
honored deacons. He was a devout
worshiper and / can well remember
that he and one other, Judge Leon
ard, used to stand up in their pews
with bowed heads during the prayer
service while all the other members
of the congregation remained seated.
In those days there was row of
sheds back Of the church, built by
people who wished to protect their
horses and carriages from the driving
storms Of winter, and the scorching
suns OF summer. One of these sheds
belonged to my grandfather.
One Sunday morning the old gentle
man was sick, and, instead Of going to
church, the family horse was turned
into the yard to Craze awhile. The ami
NAL no sooner heard the ringing of
the church bell than off he started at
his usual Sabbath day trot, took his
place in the familiar shed, where he
stood still until the service was over.
when he Joined in the procession Of
the other homeward-bound teams
Boston Hrald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

When Eve appeared to Adams ken,
His words were timorously sage:
Why buy your gowns from Paris when
The woods are full OF foliage?
Go to the fig, my dearest wife,
Select the goods and pick your dress;
All Eden Of the Simnle Life
This is the Eve OF Blissfulnessl"
The years rolled by. A snake one dav
Kissed: China silk--real Irish lacelS
And Mrs. Adam did straightway
In patterns hide her lovely face
Then Adams heart grew adam-ant
AS Ewes new passion he could see
Buy clothes for her? l won't-I can't
This is the Eve OF Bankruptcy"
So cen to-day with girded loin
Poor Adam treads the busy mills;
He patiently runs down the coin
While Eve, at home runs up the bills
Yet tits not all a cheerless plight,
This job Of keeping women fair
And Adam finds a huge delight
In this, the Eve Of his Despairl
Wallace Irwin in Munsey'A
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

Marjory in her pink Chambray
dress, long white box tucked under
one arm. tripped joyously up the little
flight OF steps that led to her dress
makers apartments. Her delicate
blonde face looked very fair and love
ly under the quaint Poke bonnet with
its bunch Of blush roses on top and
the soft liberty ribbons that tied un-
der her chin.
A rich. vivid color had risen to her
cheeks-a perfect match to the fiow-
ers in her hat-and enhancing, II pos
slble, the clear sparkle in her blue
gray eyes. Her lips we're parted slight
Iy, revealing just the edges OF her
milk-colored teeth.
She paused at the landing moment
for breath. and then tapped gently on
the oak-panelled door.
Mariory was regular visitor at the
fashionable establishment aid the
sweet-faced little woman who was the
proprietor always welcomed her with
pleased smile; not so much on &C
count of the big bill which was sure
to follow, but because she enjoyed
listening to the girls merry chatter,
and loved to look at her pure. piquant
face. full Of refreshing animation.
In response to her light tap, the
door was opened from within, and the
young girl, like a sudden sunbeam.
glided into the close little room with
its Inevitable litter Of unfinished gar
ments and bulky packages.
She sank down in one Of the straight
hair-covered chairs, and began to uI-
tie the big twine cord that bound her
box. rafting on gaily to the quiet little
woman who was busily occupied over
her basting table.
Look" she cried TREMENDOUSLY.
isn't it beautifully
She had drawn out rich, simmer
ing mass Of creamy satin from 1er
package and was stroking 1t with ten
der. loving fingers.
My wedding dress" she exclaimed
softly, almost reverently. land have
brought it My very own self for you to
make. l couldn't trust it to a serv-
ant"
Sudden tears filled the eyes of the
older woman and she was silent.
But Marjory was too deeply en-
crossed in contemplation Of the gleam-
ing fabric spread across her knees
the sacred link that was to join to-
gether a glad. tranquil girlhood to
life of fuller happiness-to notice the
others emotion.
She went on, warm light in her
eyes:
Now I want you to do your very
best on this. Your very best. remem-
Der, just as though it were-your very
own Her voice was as soft as an
angels whisper as she added, smiling.
"He is-lbist the bravest, truest man
that ever lived and I--love-him-so
The blood mounted still more vivid
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

you do not laugh as often as young
person would, but"
The dressmaker turned her head a
little uneasily and her eyelids dropped
and quivered until they swept her
worn cheek.
1T IL not the years that age" she
replied falteringly, but life's road."
Her voice trailed of into sob and a
big, hot tear plashed on the piece Of
work in her lap.
Marjorie leaned over to where she
sat and laid one of her soft white
hands over the womans little brown
one, that was hard and roughened by
toll.
"Tell me-" she coaxed softly in the
tone that one would use to hurt
child longing to pour out it's feelings
into some sympathetic ear.
The little woman smiled gratefully
through a mist Of tears. A sudden
sense Of rest stole over her. 1t was so
rarely that anybody gave her more
than mere passing thought.
She did not speak at once; she was
too full for that, and sort OF dreami-
ness came into her eyes as they rest
ed upon her companion. She seemed
to be looking at her through sort
Of reminiscent haze, and living over
her own youth. After while she
spoke:
81, too, was once young and Joyous"
she said slowly and little unsteadily.
Young and joyous like you, with lifes
vista Of happiness stretching out be-
fore me. The world was a veritable
palace and NANNY idol"
She paused and covered her face
with both hands. Low sobs shook her
frame, but she quickly crushed them
down and went on in sort of mono
tone:
1T was not until the day before
out wedding was to take place that
discovered, instead of the pure gold l
had worshiped, my idol was Of
clay"
There was another pause, this time
longer than the last. Twilight had
fallen gradually, and long gray shad-
ows stole into the room and sought
out the woman's bowed head.
When she looked up her face bore
the stamp Of infinite sadness, but the
old settled look of calmness and
sweetness had returned to 1t; the
look Of RESIGNATION
Marjorie's eyes we're swimming In
tears as she listened to the womans
story, but she pressed her hand reas-
suringly as she said, her voice trem-
bling little:
"You did not tell me what happened
ON that--day."
The answer came clear and frm, not
the slightest information betraying the
scar OF bitterness that had scanned
her life.
"He was a married man--that's all.
MY family was poor" she went on
musingly, "and | made my own clothes
my wedding dress, too. have
never made another since. and T.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

I always said I never would. But. of
course. will take yours. Mine was
not SO fine or so rich as yours win be,
but It vas my wedding dress and
loved it just the same. We were to
be so happy. Neil and Il" She broke
of suddenly and passed her hand
through the caves Of shining hair
that framed her face, and trying to
choke down the gulp that kept rising
to her throat.
Marjory was staring at her with
vide. dry eyes.
"Neil?" she whispered hoarsely.
Nell who?"
The woman glanced at her in quiet
surprise, wondering that another's sor
row should distress the girl so keenly.
But she only answered with studied
indifference, in. which there was q
vague uneasiness:
Neil Godfrey. That was his
name. | shouldn't have worried you,
dear. with this trouble Of mine, at a
time when only the bright and beauti-
full ought to touch your life. You must
try TO forget all about It"
AS she spoke her eyes fingered af-
fectionately on the girls pure face,
from which the red flush of joy had
faded leaving it quite drawn and col
orless.
She reached over and touched the
glistening folds OF satin that had half
fallen from her lap and were trailing
on the floor
Now let us to discussing this dream
Of gown that am going to create
for a certain little lady kn-"
A smothered cry broke from the girls
white lips, but she quickly covered
it with a forced smile. at the same
time gathering up the rich, Ioose fab
ric with cold, trembling hands.
With a mighty effort at self-control,
the young girl silenced the quivering
pang at her breast. and turned to-
ward the dressmaker calmly.
after ALL" she said, in a tired little
way, her voice low and dispassionate,
Il think shall not ask you to make
1t. can understand how painful
1t would be- for you"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

Sir John Bigham has been giving
advice to young lawyers Work
hard" he said, have noble ambitions:
be bold, have confidence in yourselves,
get married" Sir Edward Clarke has
said much the same thing; but Mr..
Justice Maule when giving advice on
the same point declared that there
we're only three things essential. THE
first is high animal spirits, the second
Is high animal spirits, and the third Is
high animal spirits" But he added, III
in addition, the young man will take
the trouble to learn a little law, | do
not think 1t will impede his progress
In the professIou-"-London World.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
Romantic and 4 rrIumph.

"How romantic 1t would be" said
the girl with the blue eyes, for one
to have a big, strong and handsome
lover almost killed in an automobile
wreck or something and then taken to
a hospital, only to toss in delirium
and call ones name, and for one to
go to him and comfort him and marry
him while he lay pale and helpless on
his cot"
wouldn't 1t be beautiful" said the
brown-eyed girl.
"And." concluded the blue-eyed girl,
''have all the nurses just dying with
envy"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

Mrs. Pneuma-"This is my baby,
Mr.. Brakes; she is just 2 weeks old
to-day"
Mr.. Brakes-"Ah, yes, to be sure.
she-ah-she-is well, you know they
say homely babies always grow up to
be beauties, SO you may be thankful
-or-er-that is-well, | mean to say,
how much she resembles her mother" :"
Cleveland Leader.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

Good morning. said the dairy
maid to the limburger. how do you
feel to-day?"
"strong and robust" replied the
cheese. 81 feel as If could clean
out the place. How do you feel?"
"Pretty weak and quite blue" re-
piled the milk.
"You look it," said the cheese,
laughing, unfeelngly. Il told you
there was nothing in this water-cure
business - Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

Police Justice-You say you are a
college graduate and yet here | find
you charged with drunkenness, disor-
derly conduct, assault. melting riot
resisting an officer. A college grad
uate, indeed! What have you TO say?
Prisoner-Nothing. your honor--ex-
cept that ! had forgotten that wasn't
still In college.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09

Forgive me-" she said in the sym
pathetic little way Characteristic OF
her. II did not mean to wound you
I-if | had known"
Never mind, dear. It's--it's nothing,
Pm just a foolish old woman, that's
ALL"
Her voice was low and sweet and
musical like the voice Of girl. but
there was a wistful note in 1t that did
not escape the younger woman's mo-
tice.
why do you say 'old'?" she quer-
led, searching her companions face
with eyes that smiled softly. True,
your hair is white aud you-perhaps
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-09
The Child Aoain.

A young school teacher was endeav-
oring to teach one Of his pupils what
the word 'mamma" meant. and to aid
her in that task, asked What does
your papa sometimes call your
mother?"
"Old seventy-six." was the some
what unexpected reply.