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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-03-01
MACK CRETCHER'S OBSERvA.
TONS.

MACK CRETCHER'S oBSERvA.
TONS.
(From the sedgwick Photography
II ,nu dent try to help Yourself lie n
safe bet no one else will undertake th.
job.
When you find man who claims he
doesn't like fa,try, lay 1t on thick
He'll stand for IL.
II you are Satisfied with the results
you accomplish it's a pretty sure slgn
YOU have reached your limit.
Worry Kills more people than work,
yet neither one Of them make business
very bri.k for the undertaken.
Your friends are the people who
boost for you when your rk Is turned.
They are not SO numerous % you might
Imagine.
II you don't know what Alice ROose-
velt's petticoat is trimmed with, it,
certainly because you don't read the
papers.
We remember the pleasant things
We forget the disagreeable. That's
one re SOU why the good old days seem
20 COED.
II there are no objections we would
like to suggest the words "lsdy" and
"Esq" as possible winners In bod
Gaston's useless word contest.
Considering the fact that they didn't
get to print The u vitaiioDs, the nsws-
papers gave the Roosevelt Long worth
wedding n good deal Of advertising.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-03-01
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
j. A. RIcKART,
L. 8. Correspondent.

pitching, Blind Bleeding or Protruding
piles. druggists refund money PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no matter
OF how iong stan ding, in TO II DAYS. First
app,ica, Ion gives ease and rest zoe. IL your
drusgis, nasn't II send SIC In stamps and 1t
wiz be forwarded postpaid by PARA hedi
sine 90 e Louis. No.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-03-01
PUBLIC SALE

l will sell ut Public Auction ut the
Ed. Burrsll place 8 miles southwest
Of Dodge City, and 81 miles south and
] mile east II Howell station on
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1905.
The following described property
q HEAU OF HORSES a
fine Black Mare 6 yenrs old,
weight 400; / fire Black Mare, s
yeurs old, weight 1900, heavy with
foal to Jack; 2 Bay Colts, 2 Years oldt
2 Mich Cows, ! coming fresh soon:
! Fat Hog
] Studebaker wagon; 1'spring wag-
on, ! 'iudebaker luggy, new; l gang
pillow; ] new model harrow cart, sew;
] IL in. walking pillow; l IA in. Moline
us er; bay rake; ] go-devil; 2 header
barges; 3 s. ts Of work harness; set
# double driving harness; ! single
driving harness, new; ! Colorado
Saddle, nearly new. 8 0 bushels
ground barley in bin. 10 bushels
seed potatoes. Is tons sorghum in
stack. Pitch forks, saws, scoop shovel
and other articles.
TERMS OF SALE Six months
time will be given on bankable notes
drawing $ per cent inte eat from date
il phi when due, If not paid when
due 10 per cent. All sum- under $40
cash.
Melvin BIackman
JACK LILLlS, Auctioneer.
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Land For Sale.

480 acres good ram hand. Q miles north
Of Dodge, price $500. Fenced. 30 acres
growing wheat. Phone r. J. EsHoM.
Fitzgerald Line. If
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-08
NUTSHELL BIOGRAPHY.
by Frank McDonald)

upright and fair standard they adopt
ed and have religiously adhered TO in
all their transactions in a measure ac-
counts for their phenomenal success,
yet the fact remains that if Ocala
were not accounted by their custom
ers central and easy of access their
astonishing trade could not have been
attained.
The members of the firm are L. z.
Lang, a capitalist who acquired a for
tune in the turpentine business and is
now an esteemed resident of this city;
w. w. STRIPPING, one of the oldest gro
Gerry statesmen in the South, who repre-
sents the firm among the trade, and
A. T. Swartz, the organizer of the firm
upon whom the practical management
of the firms business devolves and
mainly to whose energy and enterprise
is to be accredited it's achievements.
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SHERIFF HENRY GORDON.

In the important sheriffalty office
Ocala and Marion county has an indeal
peace officer. He is native to the land
Of brave men and fair wonderland
fighting men as weEl-the picturesque
Lone Star State.
Mr. Gordon may be termed a CEN
tennial boy. having first seen the light
in Beel county, Texas. May 2Sth, 1876,
our one hundredth natal year of ma
tional independence, which perhaps ac-
counts for his intense patriotism and
love of law and order.
He was raised on a farm and fol-
lowed pastoral pursuits until migrat-
ing to Florida fourteen years ago.
He first located at Tampa and seven
years thereafter removed to Dunnel-
lon. He first clerked for a time in our
neighboring flourishin~ - 80 then
made city marshal and filled this office
without opposition for four years, be-
ing admittedly the best CONSERVATION of
the peace the city had ever had.
1t was this demonstrated eminent
fitness for the discharge of duties of
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THE BLoUNT REAL ESTATE CO.

There are not many persons in Ocala
who realize that within the city's con-
fines is one of the strongest and most
important realty companies in the
state and as regards the lands of
which it makes a pecialty-princi-
pally turpentine timber-is in the very
van of all Southern real estate dealers.
Since its incorporation in Feb, 1905,
the Blount Real Estate Company has
brought into the state over 100000,
most of which is invested in labor en-
ploying enterprises.
In Marion county alone it has caused
the investment of half million dollars
in fourteen mills and turpentine indus
tries, the business of which Is all
transacted through Ocala's local banks
and the wages of the employees OF
which is mostly spent here.
The officers of the Blount Real Es-
tate Company are: President, B. w.
Blount; Vice President, A. P. Stuckey;
Secretary and Treasurer, E. K. Nelson.
The first named is one of the largest
and most successful naval stores OPP
orators in the state and extensively
interested in other ventures. Mr..
Stuckey is head of the large turpen-
tine firm of the Stuckey Miller Co. and
Vice President of the Gainesville and
Gulf railroad, which now runs from
Gainesville to Fairfield, but which will
eventually terminate at Tampa, trav-
ersing and opening up en- route one Of
the richest vegetable, timber and phos-
phate belts of Florida.
f. K. Nelson is recognized timber
and phosphate expert of twenty-five
years Floridian experience.
The company operates principally in
Florida. but also deals in Georgia lands
through its representatives at Bruins
wick, the banking firm of c. Downing
& Co.
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POST OFFICE DRUG STORE
Prescriptions Carefully Filled
Meeting of City Council.

The regular monthly meeting of
the city council was held in the city
hall Tuesday night
Those present were: Aldermen
Gates, Ford, Weathers, Carmichael
Robertson, Chase, Owen and Sage.
After several ballots the follow ing
officers were elected:
Clerk-Henry Sistrunk.
Assessor and Collector. VI. Ora
hacl.
POlicenan-TI. Dean.
Street Experimentation
ELECTION of second ward policeman
deferred until next regular meeting.
number of unsuccessful ballots
were cast
The mileage assessment wss defer
red until next regular meeting.
Mr. Ford arose to question of per-
sonal privilege and stated that he mad
his resignation as a member of the
council written out, but at the solicit
tation of friends had withdrawn it.
Tha cause of his proposed resigna-
ton was on account of his frequent
absence from the city.
Every member tossed a bouquet to-
wards Mr.. Ford with evident SINGER
ity.
Mr.. Brown, representing the West
inghouse Electric Company, was pres
emit, demanding payment for machinery
according to the terms of the contract.
II was shown that the machinery
was four months delayed, and wnon
finally arriving and after being in
stalled was not as represented.
The defects were promised to be
remedied, and on motion of Alderman
Ford fifty per cent. of the amount was
paid.
Alderman Ford then submitted a re-
port of the finance committee. which
will be printed in our next issue.
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Death of Mr.. Robert Frost.

Mr.. Robert Frost, who was brought
here quite sick from Tampa some
weeks ago, SO as to be with hts family,
continued to grow worse, and breathed
his last Tuesday morning about IL
O'Clock, at his residence on Exposition
street
He was born in England about sixty
years ago. and coming to the United
States, settled in Chicago. He came to
Florida seventeen years ago and To-
Gated in Ocala and did business here
as a merchant.
About three years ago he bought
mercantile business In Tampa, but all
the while his family continued to re-
side in this city.
Mr.. Frost leaves wife and four
children; Mrs. j. w. Sanders of Early
Bird; Mrs. BERTHE Crook, of Palatka;
Miss Lille Frost, of Ocala; and Mr..
Bert Frost, of Tampa, and large cir
Gle of friends and acquaintance to
mourn his loss.
Mr.. Frost was a quiet, unpretentious
and most excellent citizen, and his
death is loss both to Tampa and
Ocala.
He was a member of the Episcopal
church. His remains will be buried
from his residence at 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon.
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A. BROWN G. BRO.

II belonged to pioneers from the Pal
metto state to point out to Floridians
that Ocala, as pertaining to central To-
cation and natural advantages, was
pre-destined to become a great whole
sailing center.
The Messrs. Brown-Jacob and
Abraham-familiarly and affection
ately known to myriads of Florida
friends and customers as Abe and
Jake-enjoy the distinction of being
the first wholesalers of Ocala and Ma
rion county.
They migrated thither from South
Carolina and established the Teapot"
Grocery-the leading establishment Of
the kind in the city-in the fall of
1890. Always from the inception of the
firm they did more or less jobbing, and
five years ago established the whole
sale grocery firm of A. Brown & Bro.
adding separate and additional store
room for the purpose of catering to the
trade and securing several warehouses,
that adjoining the A. c. l.. tracks, a
slightly brick structure two stories in
height and 50x100 feet in dimensions,
being the largest storage warehouse in
the city.
Ever since it's establishment the firm
of A. Brown & Bro. has done a -four
fishing and ever increasing business,
each recurring season showing a graf
flying increase both in its retail and
wholesale departments.
Through their travelin grepresenta-
tives they cover the state for a radius
of fifty miles in every cardinal direc-
ton of the compass from Ocala.
The Messrs. Brown Bros. are mem
bers of the board of trade. public spir-
tied in every regard and typical OF the
type of men who are building the new
and greater South.
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The .Reavers,s Picnic.

The Beaversis picnic, under the ro-
mantle shades Of Oak Hurst, Tuesday
was in every way successful. No more
lovely spot could have been selected
and the children, to the number of
more than one hundred, enjoyed the
day to the fullest.
The grounds had been prettily pre-
pared, swings, rustic seats and other
things, added to the enjoyment, and
all sorts of games were played.
There was an abundance of lemon
ade, ice cream, candy, sandwiches,
pickles, salads, chicken and other good
things, to quench the thirst and satisfy
the appetite.
These picnics for the little folks
is a feature with the Beavers which
is growing in favor and may be looked
forward to annually in Ocala.
Among the older ones attending the
picnic were Mrs. Pittman, Mrs. Wal
lis, Mrs Chambers, Mrs. Gottlieb, Mrs.
Lindsay, Mrs. B. w. Mcdonald, Mrs.
Sydney E. Perry, and a number of
others.
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COL. v. J. SHIPMAN.

"All the world loves lover" and all
the chivalrous South loves a gallant
fighter whether or not he wore the
loved gray or the bonny blue.
Col. v. ]. Shipman, the popular boni-
face of the Montezuma hotel, is the
beau ideal of those who heroically
played a prominent part in this re-
gard, and while he fought against the
South, has been lured to this sunny
cline in the sere of life to imbibe
health from its hygienic ozone
Colonel Shipman first saw the light
| in western New York. April IT, 1889,
was educated IN the common and high
schools of the Empire state, raised on
farm and remained a tiller of the
soil till the age of Is when he became
school teacher. He later entered the
mercantile field as clerk at $35 a
month and shortly thereafter was re-
ceiving salary of $1,000 a year
At the outbreak of the great inferno
cine strife he enlisted as a private in
the First New York State Sharp
Shooters, and whilst lack of space pre-
cludes a detailed statement of his
many deeds of gallantry, it will suffice
to say that he was mustered out a
Colonel, his promotion having been
won for gallantry in action and strate-
gle resource.
At the close of the war he began
business in Iowa, doing a volume of
$4,000 his first year and $4,000 his
last season-77-when he sold out his
business and came to Florida to recoup
his waning health.
| He founded the town of Lawtey,
near Starke, raised and shipped the
first strawberries ever sent from Flor
ida, and at the advent of the big freeze
was the owner of nine bearing orange
groves.
He came TO Ocala in 1898, and save
for a few months has been proprietor
of the Montezuma hotel since that
time. He has secured a ten-year lease
on this favorite hostelry and has re-
Gently expended $4,000 in renovating
and repairing it,
Colonel Shipman, in 1888, was the
Hast republican gunernatorial candi-
date and received more votes than any
aspirant for the governorship who
ever ran on that ticket, or in fact any
republican candidate who ever ran for
state Office in Florida.
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PITMAN G. SON.

The above firm is known far and
wide as 1.-THE furniture men" and are
the leading exclusive furniture dealers
of Ocala and Marion county.
The members of the firm are J. A.
and E. P. Pitman, respectively father
and son.
The senior member of the firm was
born in the old North State, which has
sent so many Of her hardy sons TO
develop Florida, Feb. II, 1889, and is
hence in his 9th year although look
ing far removed from the allotted
three score and ten.
Mr.. Pitman was gallant Confeder-
ate soldier, serving practically all
through the war with the renowned
General Forrest, the greatest cavalry
leader of the South, and by many au-
thorities said to have been the finest
fighting cavalry officer the world has
ever seen.
At the close of the war Mr. Pitman
became a merchant at Bells, West
Tenn, remained in business for eight
years and followed farming there for
seven when he migrated 70 Florida
and took up his residence at Ocala
% years ago.
Here he followed orange growing
with good success until the big freeze
which wiped out so many flourishing
groves.
Ten years ago he established his
present business as J. A Pitman &
Son., and has met with uniform and
ever increasing success. His son and
associate, E. P. Pitman, is in his 26th
year, active, vigorous and enterpris-
ing, a great believer in printers ink
and the best ad writer in Ocala.
The firms commodious furniture
emporium is at the corner of Magnolia
and Fort King avenue, they occupy
ing the lower and a large portion of
the upper story of the building.
Besides E. P, Mr. Pitmah ST., is also
the father of two other sons, who have
achieved eminence in their respective
professions, DR.. j. II. Pitman, of jack
sonville, and Sam P. Pitman, who is a
professor in a Bible school at Nash
Vile Tenn.
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LANG, sWARTz G. co.

Having in mind the historical truth
and accuracy with which we wish to
mark this column, we yet unhesitat-
ingly assert that the firm whose name
furnishes the caption for this article
have done untold good to the mercan-
tile interests of Ocala the past year.
They have demonstrated beyond per
adventure that Ocala is one of the best
distributing points in the state. and is
only in its incipiency as a wholesale
center.
The nucleus of the present large
wholesale grocery, hay, grain and feed
firm of Lang. Swartz & Co. was the
brokerage and commission business in
these staples inaugurated July last by
A. T. Swartz. Mr.. Swartz soon per-
ceived the possibilities of his field and
the firm of Lang, Swartz & Co., organ
lied in November last, is the result OF
his Judgment and perspicuity. This
firm is now the main source of sup
ply of the dealers in some $50 towns
in a. radius or fifty miles, covering all
points of the compass, from Ocala-
And the only difficulty which confronts
Lang, Swartz & Co. today is made
ouacy Of facilities TO supply their
constantly increasing trade. While the
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-08

The wonderful PREPARATIONS he has
made and the errors he has rectifed
in regard to this most important and
delicately constituted, member of the
anatomy is attested by the leading
business and professional men of the
city.
DIR. Boney comes of an old southern
family, his father having been, in ante
bellum days, one of the largest plant
ers and slave owners of Ceddo Par
IRISH, louisiana
He is a graduate of the most dis
tinguished schools of the profession
which he practices, and is the quintes-
sence of a southern gentleman as re-
CARDS the information he imparts and
the treatment he advises pertaining to
the subject on which he is an author
ity-the eye
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this nature which caused his being
chosen sheriff of Marion county last
year in a holly contested field of four
candidates.
Mr.. Gordon is quiet and pleasing in
address, discharges his duties without
ostentation or display and in physical
proportion and mental equipment is,
as heretofore stated, the beau ideal OF
a peace officer.
(Other Nutshell Biographies" which
should have appeared today are de-
layed in printing, by reason of lack of
space, until our next issue.)
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-08
3. n. SEYMOUR.

With its stragetically superior stu
alton and unrivalled shipping facili-
ties, Ocala is bound to become an i'm
portant manufacturing center
Clustered already around its north
ern neighborhood where the Seaboard
and A. C. L. tracks intersect, familiar
ly known as the crossing" are many
| industrial enterprises, Here, indubita-
bly,, will be Ocala's great wage earn
ing Scenter when the city attains its
destined metropolitan proportions.
The subject of this sketch, albeit
heavy sufferer in years past>from the
holocaust of fire, is most fortunate in
possessing the only land, comprising
600 or 700 acres, available for manu-
featuring sites in this section.
Mr.. Seymour's property adjoins the
corporate limits, is high, dry and san
itary; its contiguity permits of tap
ping the city water mains and utilizing
city sewage, when established and
withal enjoys immunity from corporate
taxation, being just outside the city
boundaries. A spur track of the A. c.
L. now traverses the property and the
| Seaboard stands ready to install a
similar accommodation when develop
ment demands.
AS a desirable place for people of
meagre means to build homes this
property has no peer. Lots 1O5x105
can be purchased for s25 and upwards
on easy terms, and if persons desire to
build Mr.. Seymour will furnish the
lumber from his mill practically at
cost.
On this property, moreover, is a
| splendid deposit of the superior build
| ing sand brick clay which is rapidly
taking the place of brick clay in the
construction of new and modern build
/ ings in the South. 1t is said to sur
pass the old style brick in beauty, du-
rability and every desirable concomi-
tant.
B. H. Seymour was born in Jack
son county, Ga, Dec. 18th, 1859. School
facilities were practically non-existent
| in his youth and his education was
mainly received by readings from the
| light of hickory pine nuts when the
days plantation work was done
Throughout life ne has followed the
saw milling business. Came to Florida
twenty years ago; for seven years ran
saw-mill at Reddick and for thirteen
years past has been a respected resi-
dent of Ocala.
Mr.. Seymour has been twice burned
out at great loss, but has ever met ad-
versity with a smiling face. and is still
one Of the city's most substantial citi-
Zens.
He is the inventor of the Seymour
Crosstie Hewer which eliminates much
of the labor in preparing crossties and
saves all the scores and chops of the
timber, which had hitherto gone to
waste. Associated with him in intro
ducing and developing this patent is
one of Ocala's most far-seeing capital
lists. This machine will shortly be put
into practical operation at Mr.. Sey-
mour's yard near the Seaboard depot.
Mr.. Seymour has a handsome home
on his property near the crossing"
and has raised a family of three, who
are, respectively. Mrs. Kenneth Nc
pherson. Of Lakeland, the Misses Mary
and Ethel Seymour. popular favorites
in Ocafa's social circles.
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We were visited with a terrific rain
and thunderstorm Tuesday after noon.
The rain first came down in unpre-
tentious showers, the sun shining the
while; but soon the heavens became
overspread with threatening clouds
and for an hour or more there was an
explosion as of heavy artillery in the
heavens. The sight was one of grand
eur. One or two bolts must have struck
something near by, but we have heard
of no damage being done. The rain
came down in sheets. 1t easily capped
anything of the season. The streets ran
rivers
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-08

Mr.. w. A. Pelot, who has just fin
ished setting out a twenty-acre orange
grove some miles south of Arcadia, is
home for a short time. He says that
DeSoto is the ideal location for orange
growing; that there is no white fly
in the county, and the soil is of good
quality and is especially adapted to
the perfecting of the orange. He eT-
poets to add to the size of his grove.
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Mr.. Ham Dobbin. of Altoona, was
an ocala Tuesday. He was at one time
politician of Lake county, but has
now eschewed politics and has gone to
making money and we are glad that
ms efforts are successful He is pros
porous merchant and in two years has
paced $4,000 on the right side of his
seuger account. This is good news to
ms friends, as he is an all-round good
fellow.
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The pardoning board has granted a
conditional pardon to Mr.. Walter L.
Taylor, who it will be remembered was
convicted for making an assault on
Congressman VIM. B. Lamar. Mr.. Tay-
Tor, at the time of his pardon, was serv-
ing a five years sentence. His pardon
is conditional on good behavior.
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friends, Mrs. j. K. Pierce and Mrs
Waterman in Jacksonville. She will re-
turn to ocala next week and later ac-
company her parents, DR.. and Mrs
Marean. to Seabreeze for the rest OF
the summer where later i'm the sea-
son Mr.. Owens will join theri.
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Mr.. Elmore Davidson, who for some
time past has been with the Carrnich-
ael Son. Co., has moved to Leesburg,
where he will go into business for
himself He formerly resided in the
second ward
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-08

Mr.. III. H Whitworth, who is MAX
ing a reputation for himself and Ma
rion county as grower of the finest
Duroc hogs, is visiting his old home at
Nashville, Tenn.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-08

Mrs. Handley, who has a violin class
OF nine, gave recital at the residence
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rheinauer
Tuesday afternoon. 1t was very great
ly enjoyed by all who were present.
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Hon. w. X. Zewadsh has selected
Springfield, H., as his future domicile,
and viii move there before long. He
win continue the practice of his pro-
feesion.