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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
An Awful Suicide.

With feeling of deep disgrace and
the burden of which he
could not stand, Henry Parish, a
young white man twenty-four years Of
age, committed suicide in the con-
Wet camp managed by Means& Com
pany, eight miles south of Bronson,
at late hour Wednesday afternoon.
1t was a queer method by which
Parish decided to take his own life,
but it was probably on account OF the
fact that he could devise no; other
way. He was working in the woods
and it is said that he begged the
guard several times during the day to
kill him. In fact, is Is asserted that
he endeavored to make his escape for
no other purpose but to get the
guards to shoot him, with the hope
that the bullet would cause instant
death; but the guard, realizing his
condition did not shoot but captured
him easily in foot race.
Late in the afternoon, Parish with
the other prisoners, was lining up
to return to the stockade. Suddenly
Parish left the platoon and began tc
bump his head on log. Three or fouI
tremendous ticks finished the job. He
was unconscious when when taker
from the log, and died during thu
night.
Parrish was arranged in a. justic'
court about two weeks ago In Brad
ford county upon a charge OF petit
larceny, and was convicted and sen
fenced to spend three months II
prison. He was young man OF nm
appearance, has good connections II
Alachua county, and was so mortifie'
at his predicament that he could no
stand the disgrace and humiliation o
being a prisoner.-Gainesville CORE
spondent Times-Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
A Florida War Incident.

Perhaps many of our citizens do
not know that at the beginning OF
the war between the states General
Beauregard was in supreme command,
while General Lee was in command
OF South Carolina, Georgia and Flor
ida. While in Florida his headquar-
tiers were at Fernandina. General
Benjamin Hopkins, brother Of the
late General Edward Hopkins, of this
city, raised a cavalry company OF
over 100 men, Of which company | was
clerk and acting quartermaster and
commissary. We were stationed at
different places in Putnam and ad-
joining county. 1t came to the knowl-
edge of our captain that there was a
large quantity Of live oak ready for
shipment on the Halifax river. He
thought that the federalst might be
after it for building vessels. He sent
me to General Lee at Fernandina fol-
an order for our company to go at
once to Dunlawton tnow Daytona and
Ormond) to protect the live oak. Gen
Lee sat down on one side OF a table
and asked me to take seat on the
opposite side, and after talking about
the matter for awhile. he gave me the
order for Captain Hopkins company
of cavalry to repair at once to this
point for the purpose named. The gen
eral then was In the prime OF life
He was about my height and probabl,
weighed 100 pounds. He wrote on
the order himself. The next time
saw him was in Jacksonville. som'
time after the war. He had age
rapidly and had become much stouter
our captain died at Dunlawton, whel
Lieutenant Stevens became cantain
III. C. Greedy in Jacksonville Metror
oils.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
Opening Of the ocala High School.

Vacation days will soon be over
and the ringing of the school bell
will summon the boys and girls OF
this city to another winters pleas
ant study.
At nine o'clock on Monday morn
ing, October the first, the Ocala pub
lie school will reopen for the term
1sO6-O7 with Mr.. j. H. Workman, the
popular principal again in charge. He
will be ably assisted by the follow
ing litutenants:
Tst assistant, II. l.. Matics; End as
sistant, Miss Sarah McCreery; 9Th
grade, Miss Georgia Bergen; 7tf
grade, Miss Hattie Dye; 9Th grade
Miss May Turnkey; 9Th grade, Miss
Miriam Pasteur; 4th grade, Miss
Susie Fort: Bird grade, Miss Fannie
Clark; End grade, Miss Margaret
Taylor; LIST grade. Miss Nellie Stew
ems; assistant, Miss Ella Mendenhall
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
GIVE US A CALL,
The Boston Store
GIVE US A CALI

and will set a pineapple field about
thirty miles from Havana.
L. Tedder. of Spring Garden, sec
ton around DeLand last season ship
ped from five acres 800 crates OF
tomatoes, which made him a net pro-
fit Of over $4,000. Mr.. Tedder also
grows a few pines.
Capt. George Sanders, of Fort
Pierce, has a fine banana field, which
not only shows splendid growth. but
each plant has its quota OF bananas
with which he has been supplying the
local market for some time.
Orange buyers are getting plenti-
full around Fort Myers. looking for
the early shipments Of oranges and
grapefruit, Lee county is now admit
ted to be few weeks ahead OF other
sections of the state In orange ripen-
ling.
G. H. Ruge, OF Apalachicola, has I'm
his garden q Pondorosa Wondor lem
on that is bearing its first fruit. There
are sixteen lemons on the tree, one
OF which measures Is IL inches by
six and one half inches. One OF these
lemons contains as much juice as six
ordinary lemons.
For the past two years peaches
have been given much attention by
San Mateo fruit growers. The Florida
East Coast railway company has dem
onstrated on a twelveacre lot. test
ing all varieties. and experimenting
with all fertilizers and different
kind of treatment. Individual grow
ers have watched the experiments
and planted such varieties as stood
the test, with the result that the
peach industry bids fair to assume
great proportions.-New York Fruit
Produce News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
FROM FERTILE FLORIDA.
Wrst The are Doing in the Land OF
the GRAPEFRUIT and Pine.

Wrst The are Doing in the Land OF
the Grapefruit and Pine.
Many of the planters In Dade county
are putting out pine slips between
their citrus trees.
The peach and orange trees are
looking fine. There will be large
crop of oranges in Gambler this year.
Oscar Lessiter and Sheriff Lenard,
of Fort Pierce, now have about seven
acres of pineapples near vicking.
A number of Georgia business men
will plant peaches and pecans to the
extent of about $50 acres near st.
Petersburg.
The Tampa Times figures the COM
ing orange crop at trifie over $780,
900 boxes and says the quality prom
Uses to be extra good.
At Captiva preparations are going
on rapidly for the fall and winter
crops. and the season seems very
favorable, timely showers regularly.
There has been the largest crop OF
bananas raised at Lotus this yeaI
than for years before, and a ready
market near home is found for them
all.
S. A. Osteen is spraying the groves
of Capron, Provost, Walker and Chalk
er, at Lotus. They all have fail
crops, of which 80 or 95 per cent are
bright.
Hon. Geo. M. McLane, OF Punts
Gorda, has in his garden six stalks o
okra, the fruit from which has beer
netting him II IL cents day To-
the past several weeks.
B. F. Chiffon, president OF the Cit
council of New Smyrna, is the owne
| of fifty-acre grove, one Of the larges
and handsomest pieces Of property il
| his section of the state.
| Last week about forty Thousand
pineapple slips in one shipment wer
sent from Miami to Cuba. A MI
Laughlin bought the slips at Jensel
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
what to do With the Editor.

AT a recent editorial convention
minister offered the following toast:
ITO save an editor from starvation,
take his paper and pay for it promptly.
TO save him from bankruptcy, adver-
tise in his paper literally. To save
him from despair, send him every
item of news which you can get hold
of. To save him from profanity, write
your correspondence plainly on one
side of the sheet and send it in as
early as possible. To save him from
mistakes. bury him. Dead people are
the only ones who never make mis-
takes"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. Robert Allen Burford, jr., ar
rived home Friday afternoon from An.
apolis, Maryland, having just been
graduated from the naval academy
He finished his course after having
won many honors during his four
years, both in his studies and in
athletics, and was graduated before
his nineteenth birthday. His friends
are all very proud of him. After
spending two weeks here with his par
ents he will return to Annapolis and
will begin several years cruise to
China and other foreign countries.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

II is a significant fact that the
strongest animal of its size, the go
rilla. Also has the largest lungs Pow
erful lungs means powerful creatures.
How to keep the breathing organs
right should be mans chiefest study
like thousands of others. Mrs. o. A.
stephens, of Port Williams, D., mas
learned how to do this. She writes:
sTbree bottles of DIR. Kings New
Discovery stopped my cough OF TWO
wears and cured me OF what my
friends thought consumption. .. It's
rrand for throat and lung troubles.
Guaranteed by Tydings & Co, drug.
Egists. Price SO cents and $l.Oo. lr1al
bottle free.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Webb, of Ken
drick, were visietors to Ocala Friday.
They have recently returned home
from trip of several months. They
toured the western states going as
far as the Pacific slope and returned
to the eastern states coming south
from New York on the Clyde Line.
They had good trip and visited
many of their old friends and rela-
tives both in the west and east.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Turpentine Operators Elect Officers.
The following officers were elected
by the turpentine operators at their
meeting in Jacksonville to serve the
ensuing year:
President-Col. w. M. Toomer.
Vice-President-Mr. A. Seasons.
Secretary. A. Holloman.
Treasurer. M. Sassnett.
Executive committee-W. M. Toom
er, A. Seasons, ]. A. Hollomon, r. M
Sassnett, J. B. Padgett, r. s. Hall, A
p. Malloy. F. ]. O'Hara, A. d. Coving
ton, ]. w. Ward and A. Pridgen.
The meeting was largely attended
and a very successful one. The
operators adopted scale of price:
and it is hoped thereby to satisfactor
lily solve the momentous labor prob
lem,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mrs. Henry w. Long, of Martel,
came in Friday to attend the meeting
of the Daughters of the Confederacy
at the home of Brs. ]. A. Walters.
Mrs. Long left Saturday for Jackson
vile to- be present Of the marriage of
her nephew. Mr.. Edward Love,
which took place Tuesday evening.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mrs. r. s. Hall and little sons and
Miss Matte Williams are at home
again after spending the summer
away. The first part of the summer
they spent at Bowling Springs. near
Live Oak, and for the past month and
a half have been at Hendersonville,
N. c. Mr.. Hall accompanied them
home from Jacksonville.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
Visit From the Death ANGEL.

Friday morning at eleven o'clock
after an illness of only two days,
Minnie Gillen, the little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Gillen, passed
away at the home of her parents.
She was nearly five years of age,
and was the sunshine of her parents
home and they are heartbroken over
the death of their loved one. She was
their only daughter and they feel her
loss keenly. Mr.. Gillen is the fore
man of the Ocala Banner job Office
and the editor and the other mem.
bers OF the force unite in expressing
to Mr.. and Mrs. Gillen their sympa'
thy in their bereavement.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. j. S. McAllister, prominent
saw mil man of Reddick. was a visi-
tor to ocala Friday. He says that his
mill has been running continually on
time since the day of its completion
and has orders always ahead. That
the price of lumber is entirely salts
factory and that the lumber men are
yoicless of complaint. He says that
Miss Jessie Owens. one of the most
prominent and successful Of Marion
county farmer recently sold 5000
acres Of round timber lands for q
very handsome sum.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
Mr.. j. ]. Williams, the well known

Mr.. j. ]. Williams, the well known
FISH and oyster man of Homosassa,
was here Friday. He says that the
the fish and oyster season will soon
be on in full force and he anticipates
a larger trade than ever. That the
Florida fish and oysters are coming
more and more into popular favor
The Williams Fish Co., do very
Inc business.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.
From last Fridays Daily.

From last Fridays Daily.
At the meeting of the board of
trade yesterday afternoon, in the alb
sence of the president and vice-pres-
ident, Mr.. w. j. Chambers was called
to the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and the somewhat glaring
omission of any record of the formal
protest of the board to the proposed
Sunny Jim" Tampa train was noted
and the secretary was instructed to
properly correct his records.
Mr.. E. e. Robinson, Of the commit
tee on publicity reported that upon
further investigation he found that a
majority Of our citizens were in ia
vor of a county exhibit at the state
fair Further investigation develop
ed the fact that there is well or
ganized movement on foot which will
result In a proper representation of
Marion county.
The proposed ordinance for street
naming and house numbering upon
action was deferred until this meeting
was again read, and the necessity for
prompt action along this line was en-
phasized by Postmaster Crom and
others. A resolution was then adopt
ed unanimously approving this ordi-
nance and Mr.. r. L. Martin as the
committee on the part of the board
of trade was directed to present same
to the city council at their next meet
ing. Postmaster Crom was also re-
quested to be present and explain to
the council the necessity Of the work
A special committee on railway
schedules and the layover of locomo
tives at this point made a report
which was received as information
1t was stated that 1t was improbable
that the proposed new schedule tc
Tampa over the A. G. L. would be put
on by that road.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Col. sgd L. Carter, Of Gainesville,
formerly state ATTORNEY for this dis
trict denies that he has made appli-
cation for a permit ito sell liquors,
wines and beer" in the Dunnellon
district in this county. 1t is another
s. L. Carter. IN
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Friday morning at her residence in
this city Mrs. T. Scarborough. daugh-
ter of Mrs. Eliza Smith, died quite
suddenly. She was the neice of Mr..
Charles w. Smith and had many
friends who were panied to learn of
her death. The remains were per-
pared for burial by Messrs. Smith &
Roberts and sent to Oxford, where
the funeral took place Saturday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. Lon X. Edwards, of Irvine, was
visitor to Ocala Friday and stated
to a reporter OF this paper that the
Irvine Crate & Basket factory is now
in full operation and is overrun with
orders for orange and vegetable
crates.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

\ Hon. w. r. Dorman, one of the
best fighters on the floor of the legis-
ltture, declines to be side-tracked by
being made MIR. Speaker" He says
he can be of more service to his peo-
pie elsewhere than in that exalted
position.-Lake City Index.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
THE Big REMOVAL SALE
TaT THE--
BOSTON STORE
Is Still On and Will be On
-, :. !.
Until the Entire Line of Goods
Has Been Disposed of .x&x

Besides the regular lines the big line GOODS order
ed before we knew that should be compelled
arriving and rather than pay freight charges
to other point will also place these sale
actual manufacturers cost Among these goods may be
found all the latest novelties in Dress Goods and the lady
who overlooks this opportunity just what she
need for this of the year the lowest figures
which she bought them will regret it which too late
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Miss Margaret Stilwell, graduate
of the Kate Baldwin Training school,
Of Savannah, will open a private kin
dergarten In Ocala this fall. For par
ticulars address Miss Margaret Still
well, Silver Springs. Fla. 9-15-3t
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. William Knoblock, one of the
pioneer as well as one of the most
successful farmers Of Marion county,
was shaking hands witwh his Ocala
friends Friday. He is one man that
can truthfully say that farming pays
as his bank account will fully attest.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

nv Y. M. Mathews, of Pennington,
member elect OF the county cimrnis-
sioners, was. in Ocala Friday and was
accompanied by his son. He says
the excessive rains shortened the
crops considerably in his section.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. w. s. Norton, one of the prom
inent business men of st. Petersburg,
and promoter of the growth of that
city, is visiting relatives in this
county and will remain here for sew
eral days. He is gentleman that
Marion county points to with pride"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Miss Mary Bull, who has been
spending the summer at Sylvester
Covington, Ca, with her sisters, Mrs.
Afford Foster and Mrs. H. c. Jerni-
gan, and also with friends and rela-
tives In Atlanta, arrived home Friday
afternoon. Miss Bull has had most
delightful summer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
The world is right and wrong

The world is right and wrong
An its hurricanes blow strong.
An life at best Is but q riddle,
But when sorrow comes along
We can drown it with a song,
An it cant stan the music Of
fiddle. Els.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mrs. John l.. Edwards and her two
pretty little daughters have gone to
Oldtown to VISIT Mrs. Edwards par
ents.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. f. NJ. Harp. of Citra, sue
cessful turpentine operator and
partner of Mr.. F. L. Watson, formerly
OF this city, was visiting in Ocala
Friday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
"A New kindergarten School for ocala.
Miss Margaret Stilwell, of Silver

Miss Margaret StiIWeII, OF SIIVtf
Springs, will open a kindergarten
school in Ocala early in October. This
will be exceedingly good news to
the mothers in Ocala and no doubt
she will have large class.
Miss Stilwell is a graduate of the
Kate Baldwin Training school OF
Savannah and is very charming
young lady. She has recently come
to Silver Springs to make her home
with her father, who is connected with
the Silver Springs Lumber Company.
We bespeak for Miss Stilwell lib
eral patronage.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. II. L. Seckinger, of Martel, was
a prominent visitor to Ocala Fri
day. He was a caller at this Office
and left his autograph on our books
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Strobhar, of
Montgomery, Ala, are visiting Mr..
Strobhar's father. Capt. J. N. Strob-
har, at Panasoffkee.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Claude l. Engle's Sun, under date
Of September Is, only contained three
pages about the governor and bis cab
met. This sinot so much, considering.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Since the above was written we
received the following telegram,
which will explain itself:
Special to the Ocala Banner:
Miami, Fla, Sept. 14.-At Delray
last night, E. T. Hodge, formerly of
Ocala, was struck on the head with
an AK handle by man named Rhoden.
Young Hodge died two hours later.
MORNING NEWS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
DEATH OF E. T. HODGE.

Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Hodge re-
ceived a telegram Friday morning
announcing the death of their son,
Mr.. |. T. Hodge. which took place
list night before at Delray on the
east coast. He was about twenty
five years of age and had been work
ing at Delray for sometime past Be
sides hir parents he Is survived by
several brothers and sisters, one OF
whom is Ernest Hodge. of this Of
fee.
Friends extend their sympaty to
the bereaved family.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21

Mr.. w. F. Hull, of Reddick, was
among our pleasant business visitors
on Friday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-09-21
HAPPENINGS ABOUT TOWN.
MISS SARA ELIZABETH HARRIS.
Local Editor.

Miss Genevieve Smith has returned
home from visit to friends at Nc
lntosh.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Martiuda1e

Attorneys Martindale and
Stevens are both busy with legal
work in Bourbon township this
week.
Robert Eugene Turner, aged
Is, of Norfolk, Va, has just been
granted a patent on an automatic
carriage return for typewriters
that skilled mechanics have tried
to invent for years. The mechan-
ism causes the carriage to return
to the initial writing point auto
nlatically when the end of the
writing line is reached.
James r. Devor, of Elkhart
county, who placed numerous
bombs under the earth on his
farm where he supposed the
right-of-way of a proposed cleo
trio line would traverse, was
found insane on Tuesday by sew
eral commissioners chosen b,
Devor himself. A peculiar phase
of the finding is that Devor is
conscious of his mental derange-
ment and anxious to 60 to Long
cliff where he states he will be
free from trouble and worry.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13

The principal lesson of the
Maine election, as of the election
in Oregon and Vermont, seems
to be the nonappearancc Of the
Democratic landslide which was
to overcome the Republican ma
jority in Congress. So fa- there
is no indication of Democratic
gains on national issues. The
people are standing by President
Roosevelt and the record of the
Republican Congress.
The issue in Maine was prohi-
bition. Democrats, occupying
their immemorial attitude toward
the liquor traffic, sought to take
advantage of the well-known dis
affection with the States prohi-
bition system. Money poured in
from the liquor interests of the
Nation, and doubtless had its
effect. But with this corruption
fund on one side and the moral
and religious forces holding daily
prayer meetings on the other
side, there was hardly more than
one choice, even for those who
under other circumstances might
like to supersede prohibition with
high license.-Indianapolis Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
Invention Brings Fortune.

From the position of fireman
on railroad, receiving salary
OF $50 month, the possessor OF
a patent on steam turbine en-
CINE for whic ne received $685.
600 from the Transatlantic
Steamship company is the re-
markable change made in the. po-
sition of James F. Devlin, a fire.
man employed by the Northwest
ern railroad running out of Es-
canada.
A draft for $975,O0O was turn
ed over to Devlin by Attorney
a. l.. Walch of Lawson, Walch
& Lawson, of New York, who
purchased the patent for the
North German Lloyd Steamship
Company. An agreement was
also signed by Devlin by which
he will receive 800 day for so
days to superintend the construc-
ton of the first engine.
Devlin has been employed as
a fireman on the peninsula divi-
sion for eight years and three
years were spent in completing
the invention. Devlin is 81 years
of age.