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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
The Deaoon's Propensity.

An amusing incident occurred in
one of our churches a long time ago.
The clergyman gave out this hymn
81 love to steal awhile away
From every numbering care
And spend the hours of sitting day
In humble, grateful prayer"
The regular chorister being alb
sent, the duty devolved upon Deacon
NJ, who commenced. 81 love to steal"
and then broke down Raising his
voice a little higher he then sung. 81
love to steal" AS before, he concluded
he had got the wrong pitch; and de-
ploring that he had not his pitch
tuner" he determined to succeed next
time. All the ladies were tittering be-
hind their fans, while the faces of the
young ones We're in broad grin. At
length, after a desperate cough, he
made a final demonstration and roar
ed out, Il love TO steal" The effort
was too much. Everyone but the
clergyman was laughing. He arose
and said: Seeing our brothers pro-
pensities. let US pray" 1t is needless
to add that but few of the congrega-
ton heard the prayer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
A New Money Crop.

The peach crop of Florida Is this
year one of its most important items.
The state places the peach in the
market earlier than any other sec
ton, and therefore gets the best
prices. The crop this year has been
unusually large and excellent, and the
returns have been correspondingiy
gratifying. It is hoped some compe-
tent authority will make a careful and
reliable estimate of the results OF the
peach culture for the season, so that
the public may be fully informed as
10 the extent to which this newly dis
covered resource may be exploited
commercially.
The Times is under the impression
that there is scarcely limit to what
may be done in the way of marketing
peaches if they are grown with intel
ligent care and can be shipped at rea-
sonable charges. There is no posi-
bility of competition in the earlier
weeks of the season. and the whole
United States is our undisputed mar
ket. The peach has come to join
the strawberry in giving rich income
to Florida. For the first of any sea-
son elsewhere-they are the twin peb-
bles on the beach.-Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
Baraca Social.

Last Friday evening the Baraca
society of the Baptist church gave one
of their monthly socials About forty
young friends Of this growing society
gathered at the home Miss Evelyn
Pelot and from eight to eleven o'clock
had a most enjoyable time. Never
was the saying How noiseless falls
the feet Of time that only treads on
flowers" more fully realized than by
this crown of gay young people and
each. one seemed loath to leave the
place where so enjoyable an evening
had been spent.
Among those present were Misses
Nellie Stevens, Rhoda Liddon, Margu-
rite Spellman. Lucille Standby, Mar
guerite Porter, Pursa Christian.
Blanche and Meeks Ausley. Marion
Galloway, Jettie McConn, Ida Gates.
Bessie Biting, Elsie Hall, Minnie
Peterson, Mary Gates, Eloize and
Burton Smoak. Ethel Carter. Clara
May Lard. Ollie Leavengoodfi Minnie
Lee Carlisle, Carrie Pelot, and Messrs.
j. o. Dekle. Robert Caldwell. Harry
Rubin, Claude and Warren Gates,
Frank Gates, Andrew Faucet, Ben
Briggs, Edwin Spencer, Harry Cole,
Clarence Schenck, Tom Proctor, .asse
Smoak and Mrs William Coin.
REPORTER.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
The Issue. Not the Man.

The defeat of Editor Jordan in De.
Soto county for the legislature, wa:
not due to the man, but the issue in
volved. The vote demonstrated the fac
beyond all reasonable doubt that the
people of ,DeSoto who advocate a di-
vision of the county plums in the way
of court house and the varied officials
are in the minority. Editor Jordan
however has not lost any of his popu-
larity and had he entered the politica
arena upon any other issue, he would
have been elected without opposition
Judge Hooker, however, is one of the
strongest men in DeSoto county, and
will make a most excellent legislator
To him the Tribune extends congrat-
ulations, while sincere coincidence, as
we wipe a tear from our optics, i:
whispered to Adrian P. Jordan. the
prince of good fellows and one of tbs
leading journalists of Florida.-Tamps
Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

Marion county congratulates Duval
county on the election of Mr.. Ion Far
ris to the legislature in the recent pri-
mary. We believe the honor to have
been worthily bestowed and the young
legislator will make a record of which
both counties will be proud. Mr.. Far
ris, considering the circumstances I'M
der which he made the race, made a
splendid record. He went to Jackson
vile without friends or prestige and
came within a few votes Of winning
out in the first race against competl-
tors with prestige. money, influence
and friends Keep your eye on this
young man. He is going to keep right
on climbing until he reaches some
where near the top. where there is al
ways room for the restless and ambi-
tiouS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

The friends of Hon. Geo. G. Mathews
are congratulating him upon the re-
suit of the second primary when
gives him a majority of eight over
his popular opponent. Mr.. Matthew's
is not without legislative experience
having been once before honored with
a seat in the lower house from TINS
county. Besides serving in the legis-
lature he was member of the schooi
board from This county and was con-
sul under President Cleveland TO
Para. South America. We cannot
saw anything better of Mr.. Mathews
nerhaps, than repeat what writer 10
this paper said of him just before the
close OF the last campaign. he sara
..NIr. Mathews comes of distinguish
ed ancestry and has been with US
A long time. He has always been
democrat. When populism swept
over The land and threatened TINS
country. George stood firm and was
true 10 his party. His father, noble
old man, went off with this movement
and was given high honors. HIS pro-
Their. also. was swept along with the
current. But George stood as nrm
and steadfast as the eternal rocks. de
remained true TO his colors ana was
the only sailor In the Mathews mousse
hold that refused TO leave the demo-
cratic ship" In his election party n
deity was rewarded. We congratulate
him and the party.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

Kentucky has long been famous for
her attractive women, and now one
of them is figuring in a mild sensa-
ton that lis worth noting. A blue grass
belle had finished her course of study
at a Lexington college with credits
that entitled her to a diploma, but be-
tween the close of the term examina-
tions and the commencement exercises
she went to a ball and danced. The
old curmudgeons OF the faculty there
upon withheld the coveted sheepskin.
on no other ground. The father of
the young woman is sueing for the
bestowal of the diploma and $4,000
damages. The query now is. What
relation is there between dancing and
the comforting OF diploma that has
been earned? The findings of the
court will be awaited with much in
terest--Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
Allan Rodgers Falls into Poetry.
IN MEMORIAM.

~ N1E~i1OISlAM.
Here are a few lines for your kick
column in memory of the late DIR.
William McLaws Dancy, d. S. who
yielded UP the political ghost May Is,
A. d. 1906:
Go bury doc" Dancy out in the
woods
In a neat little hole in the ground,
where the doodle bugs work and the
grasshoppers sing
And the straddle bugs tumble around.
Plant at his feet the willow that
weeps.
At his head plant the mighty oak:
Under this mound the candidate
sleeps
When the voter gets in his soak.
Place at his grave a mighty stone
And carve on the solid rock.
That candidates come and candidates
go.
But here goes the last Of DOC"
Then carve on the side of the lasting
stone
These facts and figures and rotes.
That DOC" didn't die from over
work
He simply persisted for votes.
Allan Rogers. in Kick Kolum'
Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
The State DRUGGISTS.

The third annual Pharmaceutical
association closed it's meeting yes
te-day after one of the most success
full and pleasant meetings.
Tfc morning session was DEVOTED a
reading papers on interesting cop:c.
pertaining to the drug business.
Several new clauses were made in
pharmacy laws to be offered to the
next legislature. after the election o.
the following officers:
!. NJ. Stantield. Bradent ,wn presi
dent
J. Il ;Ianghton, Palstl,l. vl,e- pres
ider
W. S. Oppenheimer, Tampa, second
vice president
B. NJ. Wade, Punta Gorda, thirt
vice president.
D. NJ. Ramsaw, Gainesville, Treas.
urer
Executive committee-J E. Kirk
Jacksonville. chairman; ]. H. Haugh.
ton, Palatka; n. j. Merck, Orlando.
| The committee on entertainment hac
planned a delightful automible ride
but owing to the weather being SC
bad it had TO be postponed.
A delightful dance was given at tbs
San Juan last night and was we'll at,
tended and all enjoyed themselves.
All left Orlando hoping that a.
some early date they may have the
pleasure of holding another meetins
here Atlantic Beach. Fla, was Sc
lected as the next meeting place or
the second Wednesday in June, 1907
Fridays Orlando Reporter Star.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
A LAY SERMON.
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Individual Responsibility.

He did not say that anything thai
might be stolen should be put out OF
the reach of all mankind; nor did He
condemn each one to live a hermit's
life with not one of his kind in sight
or reach, whom he might kill He
leaves all things in sight and within
reach, and lays the emphasis on the
thou.
He leaves the responsibility where
He put it in the beginning-on the in
dividual There is no credit to, OF
virtue in the man who does not steal
simply because the things he would
steal are not to be found He is Just
as much the thief in Gods sight as il
he had actually stolen. It is equally
true in regard to murder or any other
act or anything which God has for
hidden as sinful in his sight and hurt
full to soul and degrading to the body
The law of all civilized countries
follow in the main, the same theory
more or less severe for the doing or
neglecting to do things to which are
deemed for the good of the communi-
ties at large. AS a rule no attempt is
made to remove the objects which
might tempt the citizens to violate
the laws, because to do so would be
to deprive the law-abiding of much
that is greatly to their good, and the
good of the country. So the criminal
law says that thou shall and thou
shalt not, for fear of the penalty. 1t
is recognized that man cannot be leg
fslated moral, or virtuous, or honest,
or sober or into gentleman. Such
trirgs have from time tc
time beeen attempted, but
never have such laws accom-
plished the results aimed at They
must always fail, because the scheme
is not in accord with Gods plan. If a
man is thief at heart, he is going to
steal whenever the opportunity offers
itself, law or no law.
If he is a murderer at heart, he will
kill when the object desired comes
his way, and take the chances.
If man is blackguard or vaga-
bond and wants to debase himself
and degrade his body, he will do it,
whether it be condemned by the moral
law and public opinion or not.
So that moral reforms are not to
be obtained by the enactment of
sumptuary laws, but by bringing all
the good influences with which the
gift of God has enlightened us. to
bear with all gentleness and kindness
upon the erring and unfortunate thou.
God has shown us the way, and has
supplied the means through Jesus
Christ and the Holy Comforter, to en-
able the weakest thou to become
strong. and through the great re-
demption, the thief may be made
honest; the murderer a kind and gen.
tie friend; the wallower in the mire
a sober gentle member Of society
and so on through all the blackness of
darkness, can a bright light be made
to shine if we work it Gods way
Don't hope to accomplish it by re-
moving temptations away from man.
but by making strong the weak to
overcome temptation.
Thou shalt-and Thou shalt not!
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

No. Many times, No. Jails. court
houses. school houses, laws, lawyers.
judges, preachers. editors, eloouence
or persuasion. powers. municipalities.
things present nor things to come.
punishment here nor hereafter, do not
stay the murderer's hand. Murder has
been crime since Cain slew Abel, and
continues to soil the pages of all lands.
But murder is not as prevalent as it
once was. We must work with pa
thence. We can feel the soft and soft
ening influences all around us. The
time will come when the earth will not
be soiled with crime, but this can
never be brought about by the arm of
the law, however strong and power
full. The heart and the head must be
educated to better things
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

All, or nearly all. sumptuary legis-
lation is basd upon false premise;
and for that reason all logical deduc-
tons reached by its advocates are err
roneous. Taking the bible as the ba-
sis of all law for the moral govern
ment of mankind and reasoning from
the basic principles declared in that
book, we find hiatt the Great Lawgiver
places the responsibility directly upon
the shoulders OF each individual and
makes him responsible for the doing
or leaving undone the things forbid
den and the things required TO be
done, in order to confirm ones life
to the divine moral code. At the end
of the creation the creator pronoun-
ces all that he had done good. He
knew what he had made and all that
could and would he made out of the
materials he had placed within reach
of the intelligent and inventive crea-
ture whom he had fashioned after
his own image. To gainsay this is ia
deny His omniscience. If man has
used the materials God has furnished
him and out of them has devised
agencies out of which good and evil
may result, God knew it would be so;
but at the same time He knew that
it was with each man individually. as
to whether he would use it as a bene-
ficent gift of God, or use it to his own
- al
moral law. If all that God made is
good (amd He has declared 1T to be)
then it follows that all that is made
out of His creation is good-"an evil
tree cannot bear good fruit" nor can a
good tree bear evil fruit''-"a foun-
tain cannot send forth both sweet
and bitter water" So it follows that
all things are good, and evil comes to
man only from the manner in which
the individual man uses the gifts of
God. This is the Divine plan and ev-
cry thoughtful reader of the book
will find it running through the en-
tire revelation. At the very outset
we find Him saying TO Adam and Eve
all things are created below you and
are subject to you--all things are for
you, and you are master of the whole.
/ have placed ou I'M pleasant and
beautiful garden and surrounded you
with everything good for your happi-
ness. But there is one tree in the
midst of the garden that you must
not eat of the fruit. IL you do ca
lamity will befall you. Thou shalt
surely die. He did not say to Adam
and Eve, / am afraid you will eat OF
that fruit and it is not good for you
to do so, as 1T will certainly degrade
and kill you, and therefore will
pluck that tree up by the roots and
remove IT from the garden and bury it
in the Euphrates so as to remove the
temptation away from you; but He
left 1t right in the midst of the garden
and said "thou shalt not eat of the
fruit thereof" Later on when He de-
livered the Decalogue to Moses
amidst the thunderings of Sinai,
written, with his own hand. and we
find Him saying. "Thou shall love the
Lord. thy God-Thou shall remember
the Sabbath Day--Thou shall not
kill-Thou shalt not STEAL" and so on
through the whole it Is: Thou shall
and thou shall not.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

With all due regard to the honesty
and genuineness and sincerity of Mr.
Appleyard, who was defeated for rail-
road commissioner" says the Crystal
River News. 1--WE take pleasure in con-
graduating our old friend. Senator
Newton A. Bitch. on his very sue
cessful election. Senator Bitch is a
good man in every sense of the mean
ing of the word" And the Index en-
dorses all the good things said Q.
Newt. Bitch. He's a man all over
Lake City Index.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
DRAINAGE OF THE EVERGLADES.
Senator Mallory Wants Survey Made
and a Report Submitted as to
Feasibility of the Project.

Washington, ID. c., June 15.-When
the senate met, Mr. Mallory tried to
secure the adoption of resolution di-
recting the secretary of agriculture to
have the Florida everglades surveyed
and to report as to the feasibility of
draining them for agricultural pur-
poses. Messrs. Burrows and Gallinger
objected, and the resolution went to
the calender
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

Mr.. A. NJ. C. Russell. Jr, and his
sister, Miss Annie Russell. of Brooks
vile, passed through Ocala Friday aft
ernoon on their way home. They went
on the editorial trip to the mountains
OF North Carolina and then extended
their visit to Chattanooga, Tenn
where they had most delightful time
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22
neath From Lockiaw

never follows an injury dressed with
Rucklen's Arnica Salve. Its anticep-
tic and healing properties prevent
blood poisoning. Chas. Oswald. mer-
chant. of Rensselaerville, n. Y, writes:
1T cured Seth Birch. Of this place, Of
the ugliest sore on his neck ever
saw" Cures cuts, wounds, burns and
sores. % cts. at Tydtngs & Co, drug
gists. m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

Wouldn't it be a good idea for the
Jacksonville baseball league to call OFF
few of their games-say for two
weeks-and let them come up to Lake
City and learn how to play ball? Our
boys would take pleasure in instruct
ing thems-Lake City Index.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

The laxative effect OF Chamberlain
stomach and Liver Tablets is 50
agreeable and 50 natural that you 90
not realize II Is the effect OF a medi-
Gina For sale NV all druggists. m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

Are does nto dim the intellectual
Ares OF "Uncle Henry" Watterson. On
the contrary, like good wine. he grows
more pleasing and mellow with age.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

Henry Watterson is happy. The
@Star-Eyed Goddess" is again being
cooed by the politicians.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-22

Mrs. e. c. Herrick and daughter,
little Miss Eunice Amy Herrick' spent
Friday in ocala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
piaz Receives Americans.

Mexico City, January 1s.-President Diaz has received in special audience
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
GRAY BEARDS ARE
 PUZZLED GREATLY. Cannot Explain Present Situa-
 ton in the Market IT IS DUE TO PROSPERITY Admitted That a Merger of the Re- public and Tennessee Companies and Other Southern Properties
 Is Being Considered.
IT IS DUE TO PROSPERITY
BY W. G. NICHOLAS.

New York, January 13.-The greybeardA of Wall street. those who have weatherd the stress and storms and panics for the past generation or longer, stand aghast at the present market conditions and aver that they cannot understand it. They de- clare that no rule of law that was appli- cable to bull markets in the past, fits the present case. Stocks go up on enormous tradings of million and a half shares day after day in spite of adverse news and high money rates that in former times would have presaged a panic or at least, would have shocked the market into a decline from which 1t could not have recovered for many weeks and even months. But there is the market advanc- ing day after day and gaining ground with which the Japanese advanced and gained Port Arthur, In spite of all obstacles It took a long while for the public to grasp the idea that this was a well sus- taned bull market, with every indication of long continuance, and ultimate of much higher prices. It generally does take the public a long time to catch on to the underlying facts effecting the stock mar ket But now 1t is evident that 1t has grasped the idea and 1t Is coming in on the wave. At the present moment there seems but little to check the markets up- ward movement. The general prosperity of the country has never been equalled and In certain lines 1t passes all calcula- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14

In spite of general good business condi- tions and of it's increased profits 1t seems to have fallen on evil times. There was Ia period of gross mismanagement after the present controlling interest took the property over, which has sadly handi- capped it for many months. But the Rock Island Is a property that must even- tually come to the fore. It may take a little time to work out the vast merger plan which the present management has undertaken with view to the future, but that it will ultimately take It's posi- ton among the great and prosperous railway systems of the country is ad- mitted even by its bitterest critic. The management has undoubtedly some very comprehensive plans still inmind. and it Is believed it has never abandoned the original idea of reaching the Atlantic seaboard and that 1t has secured the control of two or three independent lines extending from Birmingham. Ala. to Brunswick, Ga, which will finally make its great seaport. At Brunswick 1t VII have, perhaps, tho finest harbor on the coast south of Chesapeake Bay