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The Way to Florida.

The Southern Railway Co.'s pas
senger department has issued beau
tiful winter book-entitled the Right
Road to Florida" 1t was written by
Mr.. William +. Curtis, the widely
known newspaper correspondent, and
the illustrations are from original
photographs and artists drawings es-
pecially prepared for these publica-
tionS.
The cover is a delicate bit of color
printing. and presents an enticing pic
ture representing a scene at one Of
the great resorts of the American
Riviera. Within the reading matter
surrounds pretty half-tOnes environed
by a border in a tasteful shade OF
green. The letter press, written in an
interesting style. gives complete in
formation concerning the railroad ia
cilities and the points reached by
them.
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A Hit at Marion's Commissioners.

The county commissioners of Cit
rus county advertised in the Chron.
icle for bids for working the county
convicts during the present year, and
on Monday several bids were received.
The highest bid was that of Pierson
x Sexton at $2710 each, per month,
for the males and 81 each for the fe-
males. Last year we received $3.50
per month, Il difference Of $11.6O each,
per month. And the convicts will re-
main in the county
Marion county did not advertise
for bids and she gets SIC per month.
which shows that she is losing S1I.1O
per month on every prisoner sentence
ed to the county gang.
1t pays to advertise as one little
notice in the Chronicle will bring into
the county treasury several thousand
dollars this year above what we have
been heretofore receiving.
1t pays to advertise.-Citrus County
Chronicle.
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The Beavers.

The Ocala Dam Of Beav-
ers met Friday night at
their halls in the Gary block.
and Installed their new officers for w
next six months. The following is a
list of the officers: y. /. Gottlieb.
president; +. p. Pitman. guide; r. d.
Bryan. guardian; Robt d. Mathews.
sentry; II. NJ. Hampton, secretary; G..
J. Bitch, treasurer; Rev. w. c. Lind
say. chaplain; w. II. Powers, physi-
clan; V. L. Martinot, Jas. b. Carlisle
and Fred G. r. Weihe, trustees.
After the regular order of business
the Dam was treated to an excellent
entertainment for half hour or more
by Mr.. Peter Mcintosh and his four
sons with music and dancing. They
rendered in fine style several Scotch
dances which were greatly enjoyed
by the Beavers. Ed. Pitman also rem
dered several musical and vocal selec-
tions.
At about ten thirty the entire Dam
adjourned to Harry Stalberg's restau-
rant and partook of big oyster sup
per To tell how we'll Beavers enjoy
this lucious edible would be impossi-
bic
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Prosperous in His New Home.

Mr.. L. T. Norwood, who lived in this
county in the Biltchton and Fantvine
neighborhood for more than twenty
years, moved to Black Point, in the
southern portion of Dade county. after
losing his orange grove here in the
big freeze of 1895. He wanted to get
below the frost line and thinks he has
succeeded in doing so. Writing to us
recently he says:
1 have been down here nearly four
years and have a fine place. Am on a
homestead of $50 acres of fine red soil
pine land adapted to AL kinds of fruits
and vegetables, such as oranges. grape
fruit. pineapples, bananas, guavas. av-
acado pears, mangoes, figs, peaches.
lines. lemons and many of the purely
tropical fruits. At this writing / have
ripe tomatoes from the vines; guavas.
both ripe and green hanging on the
branches of the trees; beautiful bum
ches of bananas. have seen no frost
so far this winter. The orange and
grapefruit trees of my neighbors. older
than my own, arc loaded down with
fruit. l think this is destined to be a
great section"
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MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
The Old Officers go Out and the New
Officers Come In.

The last meeting of the city council
under the administration of Mayor Ed
wards was held in the city council
chamber Tuesday night.
Those present were Aldermen Gates,
Ford, Weathers, Chace and Owen. .
After finishing up the odds and ends
of the old years busines ssuch as ap-
pointing a special committee to insure
the new electric light plant and sell
the old boilers and other abandoned
property of the old plant, the old
council adjourned sine die.
The clerk then called the roll Of the
newly elected aldermen, to-wit: II. a.
Ford, alderman at large; A. G. Gates,
alderman from the first ward; Chas. X
Sage, alderman from the second ward;
and they were sworn in by city at
torney T. E. Biggs acting as notary
public.
Mr.. f. x. Nelson alderman elect
from the third ward and Mr.. G. a.
Carmichael, alderman elect from the
fourth ward, were not present.
City attorney Biggs next administer
ed the oath of office to RICHARD Nc
COnathy, Mayor elect, who was pres
ent.
After these formalities were ended,
the new council convened by electing
Mr.. b. A. Weathers temporary pre-
siding officer.
Alderman Ford arose and in very
pleasant and felicitous speech named
Hon. A. G. Gates for president of the
council and he was unanimously elect
ed.
This is Mr.. Gates's third term, and
it tells of his efficiency and faithful
ness to duty, and no better tribute, in
deed, could be paid him.
Hon. T. ]. Owen, on motion of AL
derman Weathers, was unanimously
elected president pro TEN of the coun-
ell.
After a few unofficial but very pleas
ant remarks, the new council adjourn
ed
EX-Mayor Edwards was present and
paid his respects most pleasantly to,
the new mayor
1t was an interesting meeting.
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Epworth League Meeting.

Monday night the Epworth League
held an enthusiastic business meeting
in the lecture room of the Methodist
church, our newly elected president,
Mr.. George L Taylor. in the chair.
About twenty four members includ-
ing nearly all of the newly elected Off
GERS We're present. As this years work
has scarcely begun. last years busi-
ness was wound up ana the new off-
GERS reported plans for the new year.
committees were appointed and meth
DDS for forwarding the work We're dis
cussed. Special stress was laid upon
the Importance of keeping up the Ep-
worth League public reading rooms
and it is hoped that Leaguers, their
friends and the public in general will
realize the good that may be accom-
plished through this medium and do all
in their power 10 forward this move
ment
Mr.. Taylor presides with ease and
ability and shows that his heart is in
the work, and with about seventy
members, the cooperation of the
church and earnest prayers for Gods
blessing upon the work, we predict for
the Ocala EpwOrth League, the best
year of its life.
E. p. II.
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Meeting of the Reading Club.

The first meeting or the reading
club for the new year was held Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Frank league. Eleven members were
present and the afternoon was an eX
ceedingly pleasant and profitable one.
The club is now studying French his
tory, literature and art in the Bay
View reading course and the meetings
are proving to be very interesting
ones. The second book of the course,
How to Look at Pictures" was begun
at this meeting and besides the reg
ular lesson current events were dis
cussed.
Next week the club will meet with
Miss Esther Weathers.
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The Tourist Season is Now On.

The winter tourist season is now on
in earnest. All of the magnificent
East Coast and west coast hotels are
open to the public, and Tuesday all
the special trains from the north on
the various lines. rolled into Jackson
vile on their initial trips for this win
ter. Much interest at present is be-
Ing manifested in the automobile
meet on the Ormond- -Daytona course
the last week in January, and will be
very large attended from all over this
country and Europe
The indications are that the tourist
season this year will be the biggest in
her history.
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Meaning of the Word "Chauffeur''

Every time 1 pick up a newspaper"
said Col Remson Montague Il see
chauffeur has run his car at a rate of
ninety miles an hour a chauffeur
nearly run over Kaiser Wilhelm A
chauffeur has been fined for over
speeding and so on. Now 1 will wag-
er a large 10 cent Milo DeyO cigar
that not one person out of thousand
who reads those articles or the man
that writes them knows the real mean
ing Of the word chauffeur. 1t is an
old French word and was originally
applied to robbers who went tbOut the
country entering farm houses and tor
tuing farmers to tell where they had
hidden their money. 1t was used as
a derisive appellation by the French
to the drivers OF the first smoke wag-
ons and now it has come into general
use. The French also use it To desig-
nate a fireman or a stoker and in En-
glish chemistry il denotes a small
stove for melting purposes. 1t is en-
tirely out of place when used for the
driver of motor car and he should
be called a motorist or something like
that"-Broklyn Eagle
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The WOodman Lodge of this place
was visited Friday night by Sovereign
Dame. who is State organizer for
Florida. The lodge rendered Mr.. Dame
a banquet, which was elaborate in all
details. 1t was held at the home of
Mr.. 3. +. Carter, which had been
tastily decorated by the ladies, who,
tho not Woodmen themselves, took
great pride in making everything
pleasant and agreeable. and it is due
them that his feature was a success.
After this the WOodmen retired to the
lodge, where a candidate was carried
through in the good old way, after
which Sovereign Dame proceeded TO
install the officers for the ensuing
year,-Williston cor. in Times Union.
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TUXEDO PARK CLUB OPENING.
Magnificent Club Rooms Thrown Open
at North Essington Monday.
SDecial TO the Ocala PaDner.

North Essington, Pa, Jan. S.-The
Tuxedo Park Club, of which Tom
O'Rourke Is the leading spirit, will
formally open its magnificent club
house this evening. 1t is not quite
completed in every detail of it's equip
ment, but the work is far enough ad-
vanced to enable the new club to give
an elaborate housewarming. The club
has been formed for the purpose of
fostering every branch of lawful anna
teur and professional sport, but es-
pecially boxing. In accordance with
every month a number of twenty
round boxing contests between some
Of the best boxers of this country
Particular attention viii be paid to
the physical condition of the contes-
tants, in order that accidents may
not occur which would arouse antag-
onism to the club. The company will
operate under a charter granted by
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to
encourage by contests and exhibitions
of baseball, boxing. footracing, auto
mobile trials and all other forms of in
door and. outdoor sports. Under its
charter the club has not the right to
sell or give away liquor on its prem
ises and no for mof gambling is to be
tolerated. The land upon which the
large club house has been built is To-
Gated at North Essington, Delaware
county, Pa, and has been leased for a
term of ten years. 1t runs parallel
with the Chester branch of the Phila-
delphia & Reading Railroad The
building includes a large ampotheatre.
seating 5000 people, dressing and
locker rooms and a thoroughly equipp-
ed arena. The building is so arrang-
ed that it can be quickly turned into
a convention hall, exhibition room or
auditorium in which musical festivals
can be given.
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MIR. John r. Lewis. OF Moss Bluff is
enthusiastic for the building of a new
court house. He says that as Marion
county is the banner agricultural coun-
" Of the state. the banner stock coun-
ty, the banner newspaper county, and
the baner county in almost all other
respects. it is entitled to the banner
court house. He wants a new court
house built at once and wants it to be
beautiful and substantial.
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Mr.. l.. NJ. Graham. of COnnor, under
date of January ninth. writes us that
he killed six hogs. which weighed as
follows: hog, No. 1, 331 pounds, raised
in the woods and only fed at night;
was fifteen months old and had the run
of the pinder and chufer field three
months and twenty days. Hog. Ne.
?, raised in the pasture. was fed about
half, was nine months old and was in
and twenty days. weighed 245 pounds
These hogs were a general mixture
from good To scrub, or from Berkshire
to razor back
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StandIey & Company's Auction.

The auction sale Of horses and mules
belonging 10 the Standley & Co. 5
stables took place Friday afternoon.
Twenty-three horses and five mules
were sold and brought fine prices.
The auction had been we'll advertis
ed and quite a crowd were in from the
country TO attend it. vThe sale took
place in front of the stable and over
hundred persons, were present at
the sale. Mr.. Standby acted as auc-
tioneer and proved a most efficient
one.
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Portland, Ore. Jan. S.-The Demo-
Gratis of this city will celebrate Jack
son Day today by holding a big meet
in gthis evening. at which the mem
bers Of the State Central Committee,
the Multonomah Democratic Club, the
Young Mems Democratic Club and
many prominent Democrats from 9TH
er parts of the state viii lie present
A number of distinguished orators will
address the mass meetin-.
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New York, Jan. S.-FIags were
raised all day on all public buildings
in honor of Jackson day, the anniver-
sary of the day on which Andrew
Jackson, later President of the United
States, routed the English in the bat
tie Of New Orleans. As in former years
the members of the Veteran Corps of
Artillery will hold a meeting in the
Governors Room of the city hall with
addresses by prominent orators. and
followed by the customary Jackson
day banquet. The banquet will be
held at DelmOnico's.
The Veteran Corps of Artillery was
organized in the CityTavern, at the
corner of Broadway and Thames street.
in November 1890. by officers and sol
diers who had served in the COntinen-
tai Corps of Artillery in the Revolu-
ton. After the War of 1912 another
body of ex-soldiers was formed, call
ing itself The Society of the War
of 1872" Later this consolidated with
the Veteran Corps Of Artillery. The
last of the original members was Hi
ram Cronk the Veteran, who died last
year. The corps has. at present. 10
members, among whom are many
prominent men, like Rear Admiral
Rogers. Rear Admiral Allen, Asa Bird
Gardiner. Charles A. Schermerhorn.
Perry Belmont, Loyal Farragut, NJ.
Livingston Delafield, Calvin Tompkins
and Howard PelI
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Mr.. and Mrs. \. A. Hewitt, OF Bos-
ton, Mass arrived Monday afternoon
and are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
]. Owen. Mrs. Hewitt is a sister of
Mr.. Owen. In few days they will SO
dawn to Lake Weir for the winter,
where Mr.. Hewitt owns a pretty cot
tage and grove.
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THE SPEED KING.
Winner of the Automobile Races at
Ornond to be Crowned by Flor
ida Girl.

ida Girl.
The Jacksonville Times Union is
creating unusual interest in the Or
mond-Daytona automobile races this
year by the $1,000 trophy it has offer
ed to the winner and by its contest
for a Florida girl to crown the speed
king" The coupons are printed daily
in the Times Union and the result
of the first count will be announced
in Sundays paper.
The young lady selected, with her
chaperon, will be handsomely enter
tained by the Florida East Coast Aut-
omobiIe Association during the tour
nament. Transportation will also be
provided, and a handsome gold medal
viii be given to the young lady who
wins in the contest by the Florida East
Coast Automobile Association, as a
token and souvenir of the great event.
The design of the handsome trophy,
which will be given the winner of the
races is as follows:
y crown, resting on winged auto
mobile wheel. On the crown are the
words, automobile Speed King" The
crown is surrounded on one side by
a laurel branch and on the other side
by Florida palms. These tokens of vic
tory meet about the crown in a grace
full curve. At the bottom the wheel
rests on a shield. on which are the
words: Presented by the Times I'm
ion Newspaper, Jacksonville, Fla, to
the entrant making the fastest time in
the two-mile- minute event on the
Ormond- -Daytona Beach course, Flor
ida, L. 5. \. Under the auspices of
the Florida East Coast Automobile AS
sociation, January % to 27, 1906. Won
by Observation-Disclosures. Time .......
From the Indianapolis News the
following is taken. and shows that the
"Crowning Of the Speed King Contest"
is attracting attention all over the
country:
The TIMES Union of Jacksonville.
Fla, says Morsans Motoring Mes
sage, has undertaken to find the pret-
test girl in Florida. who will be Sc
lected by vote to crown the automobile
speed king on the Ormond- Daytona
beach. January - to y. The Times
Union has undertaken to provide the
crown trophy. The Crowning will be
distinctive Florida enterprise. and it
is fitting that this is so, as the fast
est time i'm the world by automobile
or anything else will be undoubtedly
accomplished in Florida on the above
dates.
Two miles a minute is the race that
the speed crown will be given for and
the driver that makes the fastest time
in the two mile-a minute race will be
the one selected to receive the speed
crown. 1t is expected that lively
contest for the crowning honors will
take place. The crowning will take
place at the club house of the Florida
East Coast Automobile Association on
the DaytOna end of the beach, and the
grandstand will be erected SO that
spectators will be able to get a good
view of the function.
The prettiest girl in Florida will be |
there with her chapcron. a keen rival |
ry. has begun among the contestants |
in the two-mile-a minute race and |
there is a great deal of speculation in |
regard to whether the crown will re- |
main in the United States or be car |
ried abroad by one Of the nervy driv- !
ers of a swift foreign machine.
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Mr.. Edward l.. Mcintosh who has
been so seriously i'll for several weeks
at Gantts Quarry, near SyIacangua,
Ala, has been taken to his fathers
home at Newberry, S. c. AS soon as
ne Is able to traevl he will come to
Ocala on visit in the hopes of recov-
ering his health.
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS DECORATED.
Banquet at Delmonico's in New York
Between Three and Four Thou
sand Democrats Turn Out.
Special to the Ocala Banner:
Jackson's Memory is Honored.

Evansville, Ind, Jan. S.-The Hen
bricks Club. which now has about four
hundred members, will celebrate Jack
son Day this evening by a big ban
quet. Governor Folk of Missouri and
leading Democrats in all parts of the
country have been invited. The new
Mayor of the city, John w. Boehme,
will act as postmaster.
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one of our valued subscribers in re-
neWing his subscription speaks thus
kindly After my kindest regards, best
wishes. etc. for a prosperous New
Year and hoping the good Lord may
continue to smile on you and be as
good to you as 1 feel towards you and
your excellent paper, enclose check
for renewal"
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y citizen from the country, who is
subscriber to the Daily Banner, said
that our last Sundays issue was to his
way Of thinking, the finest daily paper
ever printed in OcaIa. These little OBJ
seTvations fall upon our ears as
sweetIy as the dew of Hebron.
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Mr.. and Mrs. II. $. Woodrow. An
ME Blair Woodrow, Sidney Harold.
Miss Emily Ford. Miss Meta Jewet
and Rev. J. II. Harrison returned home
Friday afternoon from Lake Weir.
where they spent several days in a
most idyllic manner at the Woodrow
cottage blair Villa" at Woodmar.
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DIR. +. C. Paslay, of Williston.
whose name has appeared on our sub
scription book regularly for the past
thirty nine years, sends a dollar with
the request that his subscription be
moved forward another year. He is
the kind of friend that has made this
paper what it is.
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Albert Miller, who has been at home
for the past few weeks has resumed
his duties on the road for the That
cher Medicine company and started on
his trips Tuesday.
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Miss Millie Nurney. Of Suffolk, Vir-
ginia came Friday night To spend
several weeks in Ocala with her sis
ter. Mrs. Jack Camp. Miss Nurney
was a visitor TO Ocala two winters
ago and the friends she made then
viii be delighted to see her again
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The Griffin, Ga, Fishing Club is
trip to Homosassa, Fla, for a weeks
fishing. The club is composed of the
following well-hnOWn citizens of Grif-
fin: f. c. Smith, Robert Strickland.
Col. Douglas Glessner, Capt. Seaton
Grantland, Eli Brewer and Tom
White. The party will leave Griffin
on January :, and will remain at Ho-
mOsassa about ten days.
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Mr.. Walter Ray, of Martel, and Mr..
j. w. Ward, jr, Of Floral city. were
among the turpentine operators in
Ocala on Tuesday.
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MT Albert Davis, who is in the ex-
press service at Jacksonville, has re-
turned to that city after spending a
few days in Ocala. While here he was
the guest of his uncle and aunt. Mr..
and Mrs. G. T. Maughs.
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Lafayette, Ind, Jan. S.-Following
its custom in formre years the Jack
son Club ofthis city will honor the
memory of Andrew Jackson by Il big
banquet this evening. Many distin-
guished democrats of national promi-
nence have been invited and it is eX-
pected that there will be an exception
ally interesting gathering of demo-
cratic leaders at the banquet tonight
Last year William Jennings Bryan
was the principal orator of the Jack
son day banquet.
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Fishing Clubs to Come to Homosassa.

From Saturdays Daily.
The Atlanta HomOsassa Fishing
Club is coming to Florida again next
week. The club will leave Atlanta for
Homosassa, Fla, on Wednesday, Jan
uary 10th, to remain until the 1st of
February. The party includes George
Muse, DR.. A. W. Calhoun, DR.. ]. S.
Todd. E. c. Peters, George s. LOwn-
des, 4. NJ. Armistead, John Berkele,
David Woodward, w. S. Duncan, w.
VI. Crumley, Henry r. Duand, II. NJ.
McCord, Lawrence Harrison. J. G. S.
Branpan and \. L. kontz, of Atlanta.
and Dr. Hearn, of Philadelphia
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Oklahoma City, Okla. Jan. S.-Be-
tween three hundred anl four hundred
democrats from all parts of Oklahoma
viii attend the banquet IN honor of
Jackson day, which will be given here
this evening by the democrats of this
city. Several distinguished democrats
will deliver addresses on that occasion.
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Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. S-Lewis
F.. Pest. the Chicago editor and single
tax advocate will be the principal
speaker at the Jackson day banquet
has arranged for tonight at the West
Hotel. II is expected that Municipal
ownership will be the keynote of the
speeches at the banquet tonight
Yukon Valley news., 1906-01-10
TRUTH WILL BE WELCOMED.

At first thought the office of district judge for an out-of-the- territory like Alaska would seem to be an insig- nificant affair for the United States senate to squabble over for two sessions of congress and of too small concern to create antagonism between that more or less august body and the president Come to look at it more seriously, how ever, the very remoteness of the field of the judge's duty is the strongest reason why no mistake should be permitted to go uncorrected.
 There has been wrong done some- where in connection with the judgeship of this district Either the judge has been wofully unworthy or a number of persons have been disgustingly and criminally false.
 Now it seems We are in fair way to get the truth. Let us have it, every word of it. Let nothing be passed over, no matter what big man or little mans interests may suffer. Let all the evil dence be made public, and then accept the facts, whatever they may be, and cease complaining.