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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24
Phosphate Shipments.

A comparative statement compiled
by Messrs. j. M. Lang & Co., 124 Bay
street east, Savannah, Ca, for the
years between 1900 and 1905, inclu-
sive, showing the total annual ship
ments of American phosphate rock
Of all grades, indicates a steady in
crease each year over each pre-
ceeding year. Shipments include both
those for export and domestic trade,
and consist of the following products:
Florida hard rock, Florida land peb-
bic, Peace river phosphate; Tennes-
see, Maury county; Tennessee, Hick-
man county; South Carolina land peb-
BILE phosphate; Coosaw river phos-
plate and Arkansas and North Caro-
lima, the aggregate shipments being
1,377,46 tons for 1900, 1,433, 4S2 tons
for 1901, 1.591,3O6 tons for 1902,
1,614,944 tons for 1903, 1,S19,755 tons
for 1904 and 2,101, 1920 tons for 1905.
The average price of each product f..
o. b. mines has also shown a steady
advance.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24

What IL tainted money" anyhow?
Here Is dollar bill that has found its
way to church this morning and pre-
sents itself at the affairs of worship
with the Offering. Look at it! Where
have you been all last week. old dol
lar bill? well. I've been going about
doing good, for the most part / have
bought food for the hungry and help
ed to pay the rent for the poor.
came to town Monday with a poultry
rancher and got smell of live poul-
try on me. He bought some CONNER
cial fertilizer with me. and took on
new faint Of phosphate and acids.
That man paid his butcher with me
and l got a suggestion of ham rind
added to me. The butcher bought
kerosene with me and enriched my
breath with a new combination. The
oil man bought some plug tobacco
with me. and l got paid out to a
street sweeper. He got drink with
me, and that night. while you people
were at prayer meeting, sat in a
poker game, changed hands a dozen
times. and the bar tender got me in
the morning. He paid his car fare
with me. The conductor turned me in
to the company and was paid out to
a machinist, who was good Catholic,
and bought fish with me on Friday.
The fish man paid me to the cobbler
for mending his sea boots. and the
cobbler paid me to the plumber, who
repaired the sewer connection for
him. The plumber bought beauti-
full little book with me for birth
day present for his little daughter,
and the bookseller brought me here.
Amt welcomeT-Rev. Robt. ]. Bur.
dette.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24
Range of the Thermometer in Death
Valley.

w. H. Adams, a mineralogist, has
just returned from a three weeks
stay up in the Death Valley country,
where he has been doing some ex-
perimenting. He says this is the hot
test summer he has experienced In
twenty years of desert mining.
The average daily temperature for
the past three weeks at Ballarat has
been 100, says Mr.. Adams, while the
average minimum or nightly tempera-
ture has been 104. On June IL it was
135 in the shade at noon, and lie at
midnight. Thermometers marked 100
and over in the sun.
Burros have dropped on the trails
frequently during the hot spell, and
daylight travelling has been aban-
doned.
i Frank Howard, driver of the Bala-
rat stage. picked up man at Shep-
pard's canyon, who was naked and
who had been SO long without water
that his tongue was swollen so he
could not talk. He was given orange
juice and taken to nearby spring.
He recovered after two days of care.
Eight men have lost their lives on the
desert within the past three weeks.
On the other hand, there are terri
BILE storms every afternoon on the top
of the Argus range and Panamint
mountains, resulting from the hot
desert wind meeting the cold breeze
from the west. Four days ago there
was a waterspout in Panamint can
yon, which flooded that locality. The
mountains are located about the
Death Vally region but the rain on
their tops does not seem to have any
effect on the temperature of the val
ley below.-Los Angeles (CaL) Rec
ord.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24
Money in an Ornament.

The Stewart Fruit Company, Of
this place, handled by George West
Son, the Tragedy prunes obtained
from a row of trees surrounded by
their famous Lucerne vineyard al
Hartford. There was picked from
one row of trees, 1853 twenty-five
pound crates, which sold for a gross
price of over $4,000 in eastern mar
kets and net free-on-board cars al
Hanford over $4,000. Figuring out
the expenses Of packing and selling
these green prunes net the growers
over $50 per ton.
This row of Tragedy prunes was
set out originally around the Lucerne
vineyars as an ornament to the vine
yard, and judging from the returns
the present season, the trees proved
to be very profitable ornament.
Between 5000 and 1000 crates of
Suisun Bartlett pears, which are con-
sidered by fruit men, to be the best
in the state, are being shipped daily
from Antioch by this company, who
also handle the fruit from all the prin-
cipal orchards of Suisun. including
what is known as the Hatch orchard,
now owned by r. d. Robbins. This
is the largest pear orchard in the
state.-Antioch (Cal.) Ledger.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24
The Florida Peach the Best.

Wouldn't it surprise you if Florida
made herself as well known within
ten years for her peaches as she is
now celebrated for her oranges? Well,
If you have seen some of the best she
has done this year and knew some
thing of the orchard bloom in this
state you would begin to sit up. Elk
judges from other states have been
sent samples this year, and there is
but one verdict: Equal to the best"
What we need is peach that takes
kindly to the climate, and then the
same skill in cultivation and packing
now given the orange. You may re-
member that in the old days of rough
handling it was currently believed
that the orange wouldn't stand ship
ment and would prove a failure as a
money crop.-St. Petersburg indie
pendent.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24
Baked Fish.

Have large fish. cut off the head
and draw the entrils out; it must not
be cut open. Take some stale bread
crumbs. season with onion, parsley,
pepper and salt, and stun the fish.
Put the fish in pan, cover with
humps of butter or thin slices of bacon,
pour cup of water or cup of water
and spoonful Of vinegar in the pan,
and bake till fish is done: serve with
tomatoes or potatoes.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24
OFFICERS VIOLATING THE LAW.

The Sun has been requested to pub
iish the state law against officials. both
state, county and municipal. being in
terested In any contract or public
work, which is as follows:
CHAPTER 1920.
can Act to Prohibit Officers From
Bidding For or Entering Into Any
Contract Which They Are Or
May be Interested In the Letting,
and Prescribing a Penalty For the
Same.
BE In Enacted by the Legislature of
the State Of Florida:
Section /. That 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any commissioned or other Of
fcer Of this state, or for any officer
elected or otherwise of any county or
incorporated town or city therein. to
bid for or enter into, or be in any way
interested In, contract for the work
ing Of any public road or street, the
construction of or building Of any
bridge. the erection or building of any
house. or for the performance of any
other public work In which the said
officer was a party to the letting.
Section 2. Any person violating
the provisions Of this act shall be
guilty Of a misdemeaner, and upon
conviction shall be confined in the
county jail not exceeding one year or
fined not exceeding five hundred dol
lars. or both by fine and Imprisonment
at the discretion Of the judge.
Section 3. All laws and parts of
laws in conflict with the provisions Of
this act are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This act shall take ef-
feet from and after its approval by the
governor.
Approved May 10. 1901"
We are informed that the members
of the city council interpret this stat
ute as not applying to their furnishing
supplies to the city of Gainesville.
We advise any member, however. who
has been interested in bills heretofore
paid by the city for supplies of any
kind whatsoever to desist from fur
nishing supplies to the city hereafter,
as the matter has been passed upon
by the supreme court OF the state in
the case brought by Burr ct al. against
the commissioners of Dade county, in
which Commissioner Sewell, who was
president Of company which had
been furnishing supplies to the coun-
ty, was compelled as a compromise, to
furnish to the county all sums in ex-
cess of the actual cost of materials
and supplies furnished. The law is
plain, and any municipal officer who is
In any way interested in firm or cor
poration furnishing supplies to the
city, Of any kind whatever, violates
the law and Is subject to criminal
prosecution. The supreme court has
defined this law, and It's definition is
the highest authority.-Gainesville
Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24
How to Remove : Corn. IN il.

Expose the corn and pass the finger
tips OF your right hand over it slowly
and caressingly. at the same time
sending a vibration from the brain to
the corn. II 1t is a soft corn, ALB VII
brations per second will suffice; If a
hard corn, put on forced draught. Re-
peat slowly: Il am now sending a cur
tegrating, rendering. splitting. sund-
and SO separating. deducing. disin-
tergrating. rendering. splitting, sund-
ering. splintering. shipping. dwellicat-
ing. whiting dispensing. dislocating,
Gliding, divorcing. pulverizing, slash
ing. slicing. and dissecting it, that
presently it viii pass away Repeat
II three times; then. with rasping
infection: ~Avauntl avaunt. ayauntl
avaunt!" Finish by repeating the pass
word, The universe is mine. am it.
The corn will at first look extremely
surprised. and then will wilt and fade
beautifully from sight.-New Thought
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24

me street corner socialist, when
simmered down. wants the govern
ment to dispossess the farmers OF
their lands. the householders of their
homes, the manufacturers of their
plants. the corporations of their hold
ings and turn them into general pot
where all, the loafer and the worker
the provident and the prodigal, shall
share alike. That's the size of the SO.
cialistic propaganda worked out.-Cal.
ifornia Plaindealer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24

Teamsters Favor Woman Suffrage.
The International Brotherhood Of
Teamsters. in session in Chicago. has
unanimously resolved that We con-
graduate the women of Finland and
Australia upon recently securing ma
tional suffrage and pledge to the
women of the United States our help
and sympathy in obtaining suffrage"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-08-24

Sea island cotton is up another
cent. and is now quoted at % cents
for fancy Floridas. Build the ware.
house. hold the staple, and it will &c
to 80 cents.-Lake City Index.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14
PopuIar MaaazIne for oe,ober.

For those who like adventure stories,
with plenty Of incident, the Popular Mag
azine has a peculiar attraction this
month. There are several big features,
notably the beginning of a new series of
short stories by X. and Hesketh Prltch-
ard, whose don Q" tales made such a
profound impression when they were pub
lished two years ago. Then there is the
first half of a two-part racing story by
W. B. NJ. Ferguson-unquestiona one
of the brightest and most absorbing
stories of the race track ever written.
To many the novelette,, THE Night
Pumper at Green River" will be classed
with the most remarkable offerings in
the months magazines. In the same is
sue appears one of those drol stories of
T. Jenkins Hains-"The Philosophy of
aw-Dog'-which, by the way is not a
western yarn, as the title would suggest,
but is an episode in the life of a South
sea trader who tried to make a unique
deal with a cannibal chief. Another
humorous little story is called TT Pays
to Advertise" and in 1t George Edwin
Hunt reveals something of the humors of
a country newspaper office There are
many other excellent things in the Pop
ular, not the least being Arthur W.
Marchmonts timely Russian story TN
the Cause of Freedom"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
Permanent Organization EeCtedLarger Town Tax for Highways
Advocated Constitution Of Association George w. Pierce
President

The Windham County Good Roads
association held a meeting at the Brooks
House Saturday to perfect the organiza-
ton and adopt a constitution and by
laws. President G. w. Pierce called the
gathering to order and Secretary John
e. Gale read the constitution and by
laws drafted by the organization commit
tee and based on the constitution of the
National Good Roads association. Upon
motion of Mr.. Gale the time and place
of the annual meeting was left to the ex-
ecutive committee to decide. 1t was then
voted that a membership committee, con-
sisting of one representative from each
town in the county, be appointed by the
president.
Various questions in the interest of good
roads were discussed and it was agreed
that a county commissioner, acting either
under a state commissioner or independ-
emily, would assure the best results in
the expenditure of state taxes for per-
manent highways. Those present also de-
clared themselves in favor of a small
increase in the state tax, also of Sc
curing the services of one or two expert
engineers who may be called upon to adj
wise and assist in laying out permanent
roads. The tax of 20 per cent. which the
law requires that each town shall raise
for the repair of it's roads was de-
clared to be insufficient in many cases
and 1t was the opinion that II tax of
80 per cent. were required it would not be
too much.
Interesting discussions were entered
into by those former members of the
legislature who were present relative to
the attitude of the legislature toward
bills looking to an increase in the state
highway tax. They were George w
Pierce of Brattleboro, John E.. Gale of
Guilford, H. H. Shaw of Marlboro, E. H.
Jones of Dover and f. II. Miller of Dunn
T.
of such bills usually is due to the in
fluence of large towns which have to pay
in state highway taxes more than they
receive back in the distribution Of the
fund.
The constitution of the Windham
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14

County Good Roads association was then
reread and, after slight changes were
made, was adopted and the meeting ad-
journed.
The constitution states that the object
of the association shall be to educate the
public as to the Importance Of improved
highways; to advance the best and most
economical methods of constructing high
ways; to secure the necessary legislation
and appropriations for their construc-
ton; and to cooperate with other per-
sons seeking the same objects. The
association is to be non-partisan in
character, and will neither favor nor
oppose upon political grounds the election
of candidates of any political party; but
the association reserves the right to sup
port such candidates for Office as are
favorable to and are capable of promot-
ing the purposes for which II is formed
Any person may become member of the
association by signing the constitution
and paying a membership fee of ST per
annum, and each member shall be entitled
to one vote. The money necessary to ac-
complish the purposes of the organization
shall be raised by annual dues from mem
bers, voluntary subscriptions, gifts de-
vises and requests, and by other law
full means. The officers shall be resi-
dents of sWindham county and shall con-
sist of president, first and second vice
presidents, secretary and treasurer, and
a vice president from each town in the
county, to be selected by the executive
committee. The six officers named shall
constitute the executive committee, and
shall have full power to act in all matters
requiring attention during the interval
between the regular meetings of the as
ISOLATION. The officers shall be elected
at the annual meeting, and shall serve
until their successors are chosen, but
until the first annual meeting is held
the officers shall be: President, George
w. Pierce. Brattleboro; first vice presi-
second vice president, w. s. Allen Jack
sonville; secretary, John f. Gale Gull
ford; treasurer, David T. Perry, Brattle-
boro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14
NEW YORK EXCURSION OCT. 3 AND 4.
Boston & Maine Railroad and Hudson
River Steamers $500 Round Trip.

Boston & Maine Railroad and Hudson
River Steamers $500 Round Trip.
October is undoubtedly one of the most
enjoyable months OF the whole year for
vacation trip. At this season OF the
year, especially during the early days.
the air is brisk and invigorating, and the
fields and forests beautified, in their
autumnal array, present a gorgeous and
gala sight to the tourist who is privi-
legged to view this vista on mis- journey to
the mountains or the country. Nowhere
does the splendor of autumn and the
sharp, healthful atmosphere of October
offer such combination as in the heights
of the Hoosac mountains and the peace
full valley, bordering the Hooslck and
Deerfield rivers. On Oct the Boston
& Maine railroad will run its annual ex-
cursion to New York city via train and
steamer route. the train ride is through
the most beautiful section of the
Deerfield valley, through the wonder
full Hoosac tunnel, which Is alone
worth travelling miles to see; wind
ing the beautiful hills of the Berkshires
and the towering Hoosac mountains.
Through the farms and valleys of Mass
ashusetts entering New York state by
one of its most magnificent gateways,
passing through the busting and busy
city of Troy to Albany, N. Y. where we
alight. You can enjoy the steamer trip
down the Hudson river by search light,
arriving in New York city the following
morning, or you can remain over night,
stopping at any one of the magnificent
hostelries in the city, and enjoy the trip
down the Hudson by daylight. Fhe Hud-
son river and its nearby neighbors, the
Catskill mountains, possess a variety of
charms which have been well heralded.
Arriving in New York on the day line
boat the steamer docks in the evening.
Besides giving one an opportunity to
view the beauty of the Hudson in all
its scenic splendor, one can also get an
excellent view of New York harbor and
the thousand of craft plying back and
forth. A two-day stop-over is allowed in
New York city, during which time the
tourist can take in all the noted land
marks and sights of the big city Should
you desire to stop over longer, you may
do so upon payment of 50 extra at the
Fall River office, New York city The
return trip from New York is via the
Fall River line steamers, and all in all,
this is one of the most delightful trips
ever offered. The round trip is only IS,
and special trains will leave Boston on
Oct. 4. From other stations the eXcur-
sion will be on the Sd. A magnificent
and beautifully illustrated booklet, which
will serve as an excellent souvenir and
guide book. giving a complete itinerary
of the entire trip, with all necessary in
formation will be mailed free upon re-
ceipt of address.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14
AT THE AUDITORIUM.
Gage Stock Company In 1.-THE Parish
Priest" Next Monday Night.

Gage Stock Company In 1.-THE Parish
Priest" Next Monday Night
For the past two years the Gage Stock
Co. have made 1.-THE Parish Priest one
of their leading plays. 1t is a play so
simple, so close to nature, that its
charm is apparent ere one becomes IA
miliar with its characters. Mr.. Hart in
writing this play has built for himself
a reputation seldom attained by so
young a dramatist. II is a play that
touches the heart at all times, while
its humor is so clean and wholesome
that laugh follows laugh in quick sue
cession. Its story is one that young and
old can appreciate and delight in the
old story, THAT true love never runs
smooth" One may see 1t again and
again and always discover some new
charm thatwbad been overlooked before
No play of recent years has given such
entire satisfaction and appealed to all
classes of theatre goers as 1.-The Parish
Priest" 1t will be presented at the
Auditorium Monday night with an ex-
cellent line of specialties between the
acts. Seats are now on sale.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14
Across the Continent by Automobile In
is Days.

Endeavors to make new records for
speed with automobiles Oh public high
ways are not to be encouraged. but Mr.
Whitman's recent achievement was ex-
ceptional enough in character to interest
a great many people. To cross the con-
tinent in one OF these vehicles is GER
tainly an ambitious undertaking, and
few men have tried 1t with anything like
creditable results. Mr.. Whitman has
made the journey at least once before.
In 1904 he needed SO days for the trip.
This time he accomplished II I'm about Is,
the difference being mainly due, no doubt,
to the fact that he had a more powerful
machine than on the previous occasion,
though his added experience and in
creased skill may also have conduced TO
his success.
The chief significance of a run Of such
length-35OO miles-Iies in the test given
to the workmanship OF the vehicle with
which II is made. Mr.. Wnitman's auto
mobile came near being ruined by an
accident near Conneaut, Ohio. and two
of its occupants were painfully injured.
Its efficiency however was not impaired,
and after a day and a half it was able
to take the road again. Aside from this
one mishap, which is attributable to the
difficulty of steering in fog, the machine
gave a good account of itself. The only
repairs required elsewhere than at Con-
neaut were trivial, being limited to an
occasional renewal of the spark plugs.
The question arises, however. II an
equally satisfactory trial of endurance
is not afforded by the annual contests
for the Glidden cup. The distance COW
cred by a run from Buffalo to the Hudson
up into Canada and down into New
Hampshire is much less than $500 miles
and 1t can be traversed in less than a
fortnight but the route presents a wide
Il .foft a. nF fa.,c
An automobile capable of making the
circuit without any delay except that
prescribed by the terms of the competi-
ton is certainly one in which the owner
may well have the utmost confidence
-[New York Tribune.