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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
That Song About Father"

Everybody works but Father" car
oled the thoughtless singer. He sits
round all day"
Feet in front of the fire" she warb
led, heedlessly, smoking his pipe of
clay"
Then followed a tuneful enumera
ton of the cares Of the real tOilers
of the household.
Everybody works around our
house." was the ribald conclusion.
but my old man And the careless
hearers laughed.
But "A grave judge of the St. Louis
court of appeals thought differently.
A 13-year- old girl had been awarded
$4,000 for the death of her father, and
the lawyers for the defense had ap-
pealed the case alleging that the YER
dict was excessive and due to senti-
ment"
THE value of a father TO a girl of
this age cannot be overestimated," de-
clared the judge in a written opinion.
The education and the intellectual
and moral training the father would
have given her, had he lived, cannot
be replaced by money
The appeal was denied and the YER
dict ordered to stand. Father was
INDICATED.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
Robbing Us of Our Good Name.

The st. Lucie Tribune is one of the
most excellent newspapers that reach
es our exchange table and being ex-
cellent it must have all the good quail
tiles of eXcellency, broad mindedness.
and all that comes within it's scope !:
and, possessing the same, We know it
has no desire to violate any part of
the decalogue, so We mildly protest
against its appropriating for St. Lu-
Gle county the title so fairly won by
Marion county, to-wit: THE Banner
county of Florida
This title fairly belongs Ia Marion
county. She has SO often won ii in
an open contest at so many of our
state fairs that it ought to belong To
her by right. Then, remember. too
it is the home of the ocala Banner.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
FROM FERTILE FLORIDA.
Items of interest from the Land of
Grapefruit and Pine.

Some pine are blooming at Punta
Gorda
Some potatoes were planted this
week at Ormond.
Joseph Hafner of Estero is still
shipping eggplant.
Farmers at Mckinley are still plant
ing Irish potatoes.
At Coleman cabbage is selling for
90c. @$1. crate f. o. D.
There are some cukes and beans
above the ground at Keysville.
Some elephants and tomatoes were
set out at Arcadia last week.
Vegetables are doing we'll at o.
clio and the orange trees are bloom
ing.
Walter Lorenz Of st. Cloud has
raised a sweet potato weighing II IL
pounds.
1t is believed the melon acreage at
Cater will be greatly increased this
year.
The cold weather last week at Ow-
ensboro did some damage to the Irish
potatoes.
Messrs. Weyland, Schauer, Popple
and Leitner of Estero are still ship
ping some fruit
Rutland growers are planting Irish
potatoes and preparing the ground for
other crops.
AT Inverness vegetables are grow
ing very fast and growers are pre-
pairing for the spring crop.
At Lake Helen peach trees are in
full bloom and on some trees there
are peaches as large as walnuts.
The acreage in cantaloupes and
beans at Anthony will be much less
than last year, but greater in other
crops.
County Commissioner Chappell of
Sanford has shipped some very fine
lettuce which has Melted him big
prices.
w. l.. Grantham, d. L. Grantham,
Jack James and Larney Hall Of Spar
each have an acre planted to lettuce.
The Seminole Power d Ice Co.. at
Fort Myers is putting up one of the
finest cold storage plants in the state.
The cabbage crop near Coleman is
looking fine. Three to five ears
day are being moved. Tomato plant
ing is in fun blast
j. p. Mace Of Lake Helen has nut
out 40 acres more of peaches" in the
last month. making over 100 acres he
has now in this fruit
Scott Swindul of Theresa shipped
crate of Strawberries from there
last week, the first one that has been
shipped from there
Lee Howell is putting in 400 acres
OF cants at Anthony. There are about
5000 acres in cants at this place and
it is great melon center.
DR.. Phillips of Kissimee City has
bought an orange grove near Orlando
containing 35 acres which bore $4,000
boxes the past season
There is every indication that the
pineapple crop on the East Coast will
be one of the largest for several years.
The plants are in fine condition.
Bowling Green farmers are plant
ing a large acreage in vegetables. A
shipment of $4,000 crates of vegetables
and $50 acres Of watermelons is look
ed for.
The DeLand Record sees bloom on
orange trees already and suggests that
II the trees are not checked they will
be in full bloom By the middle of the
month.
w. f. Wainwright John Uglow,
Jas. Kite. f. f. Wills, Silas Kite. ]. NJ.
TRULY. Sam De Sue. Jonas Hall and
F. G. Goodwine are early strawberry
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
IN EMORIAM.

Died, at Kendrick, Fla. January 10,
1906. Joseph Drake the only son Of
Joseph and LOrena Drake.
Very young-only nineteen. and in
the death of this young man, Ken
drick mourns the loss Of one who was
dear to every man woman and child
in the community; one who was as
fine and true a gentleman as one reads
Of in the records of olden times. as
only one can be who has the dignity
of a pure and lofty soul.
Though this bright young life. that
made sunshine and joy for the imme-
date loved ones, and gave gladness
and higher aspirations TO every one
with whom it came in contact. has
crossed the bar" beyond our ken. and
the thought is almost too great a
grief 10 be borne, We know that q
bright jewel has been added TO the
list on the Glory Shore" and while
We grieve over the empty place that
can never be filled in the hearts of
those to whom he was life itself. and
we wonder why one, who was so good
and true, should be taken. we know
that he has escaped the burden and
neat OF the day" and in our desola
ton we trust Him, who doeth all
Things WE'LL and by His mercy we
hope to meet our friend in the Eternal
Home where There shall be no part
ings."
ONE WHO LOVED HIM
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
For the Consideration of the Florida
Railway Commission.

Mr.. George Close until This year was
one of Marion county's most pushing
and progressive vegetable growers. He
adopted new methods and worked with
energy, industry and skill Failure
for one or more seasons did not phase
him. He pulled off his coat rolled up
his sleeves and tried it over again the
next season, more bouyant and conf
dent than ever.
Mr.. Close kept up the fight for more
than twenty years-but like the Eas-
terlings, the Deckers and others, he
has had to lay down his hoe and re-
tire. He has been completely van
pushed!
His last year was his best year. He
covered the earth with melons. His
crop was the finest we ever saw. His
melons were the largest. They would
have attracted attention in any mar
ket in the world. But, the freight
rates struck him solar plexus blow
and put him out of business.
He was taxed $3.50 on every car
and, he did the loading. All this he
got as profit the excess freight rates
could have stood, but the excess
freight rates was the feather that
broke the camel's back.
There was an excess charge on ev-
cry car-the excess on the entire ship
ments amounting to more than thir-
teen hundred dollars!
Mr.. Close says that II he could have
charged against him, he would have
been somewhat satisfled-he would
have been able to have kept up the
fight for another season; but with the
finest crop he ever made and the fin
est prices he ever received, he was
knocked out of business. After TWEEN
ty year struggle he is compelled to
retire defeated!
What does a man in Mr.. Closes
shoes care about the Florida railway
commission filming a railway company
fifty or an hundred dollars for not bull
letting a belated traini
Why should We spend millions of
money in an attempt to drain the ever
glades for the purpose of adding more
area to our acres, when the rich acres
we already have are compelled to be
abandoned by our most practical, en-
ergetic and scientific farmers?
Does it not look like folly?
Mr.. Closes farm is located on the
very richest land in Florida. He has
made a study of farming and is ac-
knowledged to be one of the best-and
yet ne is compelled to let his lands lie
idle; not because they do not respond
to his efforts; not because he does not
obtain good prices for what he grows.
but because the freight rates are pro-
hibitive.
These are the conditions that con-
front the Florida farmer from the Per-
dido river to Cape Sable-covering
distance of over seven hundred miles.
when the phosphate. turpentine and
lumber industries are exhausted. what
are we to do?
What are magnificent lands and a
magnificent climate worth to a peo-
pie if the markets are closed against
them by prohibitive freight charges?
And yet. we are admOnished( whis-
per it softlyD that We must not say
one word adverse to our railroad COM
mission because the creation of the
commission was democratic meas
ure.
This paper headed the fight for the
creation of this commission. But the
commission has been thoroughly and
persistently weighed in the balances
and found wanting.
So We now say. "hew it DOWN
Why should ii longer cumber the
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

Hon. James r. BrOome is candl-
den county His courtlineSS added to
his ability should secure his cleo
ton without opposition. He is full
he places honor and integrity above
price. as they should be: he is man
of brains and eloquence; one whose
popularity throughout the state and
among his fellow senators will enable
him to WELD a valuable influence for
his county. Gadsden will GRITTY the
by sending him to the senate-Punta
Gorda Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
DR.. Young j. Allen on Conditions in
China.

Or. Young ]. Allen. the well-known
missionary, of Shanghai. China, de-
clares that these are stirring times in
China. and that until the Chinese ex-
clusion question and the consequent
boycott have been disposed of moth
ing but riot and revolution can be ex-
pected. China is hand in hand with
Russia, so far as the revolutionary
game goes.
Things in China are considerably
stirred up and will continue so until
some questions are settled-amOng
them the exclusion bill and the boy
colt. But we are in for a period OF
agitation which will occasionally break
forth in more or less of violence. China
and Russia are running a race, and it
is hard to say which has the advan-
tage in their revolutionary game. At
all events, the end is not yet. for the
students of China, who are just now
beginning To see and feel the depths
of the degradation into which their
country has been sunk. and the in
competence and imbecility and help
fulness of their present rulers, are
more and more clammoring for a
change and reform such as threatens
the overthrow of the dynasty, and by
its accompanying anti foreign spirit
precipitate collisions here and there. if
not generally, with foreign interest.
political and commercial - Atlanta
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

The Atlantic Coast east of the Allie
ghanies was dotted with villages and
filled with colonies which grew TO
such proportions that, combined, they
were able to overthrow the domina
ton of England'in 1875.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

The jamestown Exposition Com
pany is anxious to adopt some official
emblem which will suggest to any i'm
aginative person the subject of their
exposition.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

jamestown was the first English
speaking settlement in America. 1t
might be called the parent of the col
onies.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
Cupid and Cupidity.

Though Cupid gets the credit
For love affairs we see.
There's one matchmaker greater.
And that's cumdity.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

From this first village others grew
until there was a real colony of Vir-
ginia instead Of a nominal one.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

Some pictorial idea embodying the
suggestion of focal point, nest, or
a place of beginning, may make a very
appropriate and suitable emblem.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

At Jamestown was held the first
legislative Assembly ever selected by
popular suffrage in any colony. This
was the forerunner to our state leg
islatures and national congress- This
thought might be incorporated.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

At one time jamestown was a finely
stockaded village capable of sustain
ing the shock of savage attack. These
stockades are but memories, but they
once were important facts.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

The famous Buster Brown RIu.
Mooon Shoes fer boys and girls at
the Fair Store.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

The famous Buster Brown Blue
Ribbon Shoes for boys and girls at
rhe Fair Store.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

There are a number of incidents
which occurred in the early history of
Virginia which might be worthy of
illustration in connection with the
above thought.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

Nothing Is left of jamestown but
the old tower which formerly sur
mounted the entrance to the first
Episcopal church built in America.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
Do You Wish to
MAKE MONEY
Growing Good Watermelle
Next Year
FROM EDEN SEED!

1t so can help you start right by suppsl
seed at reasonable price
Last spring the ravages of rats forced Ll
plant my watermelon crop three times -
stand was secured Consequently nv
ripenen too late for profitable shipmen, !
instead of allowing them to decay saveu =
" the following paInstaking manner iI'5
'ectl' shaped, sized and ripeued selectec 4
ketmelons the first on live vines. ~
ho'h ends OF each melon were Gu. - :
thrown away the melon spit and the w.
maluTed seed taken from the center ana n
WI n spehral care No seed were saueo 4
deCaYeo melons
| gua' an;ee these seed 60 be strictly nfs' d
aud as. g rod a. have ever been grown,
A. TO my responsibility ] Ie6er to any =
ChantIle agency or responsible business Gun
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

From Virginia adventurous pioneers
crossed the Appalachian mountains,
first settling the valleys between the
Blue Ridge and Alleghenies, and pro-
ceeding westward, settled the Cis-
Mississippian states.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

The Revolutionary War was con-
Guided in Virginia by the Battle of
Yorktown. The Civil war period is
largely a record of Virginia events
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

OF course more modern history
would not be as appropriate in this
device as some thought connected
with the seventeenth century.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

The men who first made this pill
grimage We're the Knights of the Col
den Horse Shoe, the only purely Am
erican Order of KnighthoOd
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

The jamestown Exposition Com
pany is Offering $4,000 to the artist
or imaginative amateur who can out
of his inner consciousness create a
thought which will subserve their
purpose and will typify the beginning
of the nation.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02
WHO WANTS 500.

The Jamestown Exposition Com
pany is anxious to adopt some official
emblem which will suggest TO any i'm
aginative person the subject of their
exposition.
jamestown was the first English
speaking settlement in America. 1t
might be called the parent of the col
onies.
From this first village others grew
until there was a real colony of Vir-
ginia instead Of nominal one.
The Atlantic Coast east of the Allie
ghanies was dotted with villages and
filled with colonies which grew to
such proportions that combined, they
were able to overthrow the domina-
ton of England'in 1776.
Some pictorial idea embodying the
suggestion of focal point, nest, or
place of beginning, may make very
appropriate and suitable emblem.
There are a number of incidents
which occurred in the early history of
ha Of
Illustration in connection with the
above thought.
Nothing is left of Jamestown but
the old tower which formerly sur
mounted the entrance to the first
Episcopal church built in America.
At one time jamestown was a finely
stockaded village capable of sustain
ing the shock Of savage attack These
stockades are but memories, but they
once were important facts.
At Jamestown was held the first
legislative Assembly ever selected by
popular suffrage in any colony. This
was the forerunner to our state leg
islatures and national congress. This
thought might be incorporated.
crossed the Appalachian mountains,
first settling the valleys between the
Blue Ridge and Alleghenies, and pro-
ceeding westward, settled the Cis-
Mississippian states.
The men who first made this pill
grimage We're the Knights of the Col
den Horse Shoe, the only purely Am
erican Order of Knighthood.
The Revolutionary War was con-
Guided in Virginia by the Battle of
Yorktown The Civil war period is
largely a record of Virginia events.
OF course more modern history
would not be as appropriate in this
device as some thought connected
with the seventeenth century.
The jamestown Exposition Conn
pany is Offering $4,000 to the artist
or imaginative amateur who can out
of his inner consciousness create a
thought which will subserve their
purpose and will typify the beginning
of the nation.
That Song About Father"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-02

ONE WHO LOVED HIM.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-23
Money Circulation

Although there is more money in cir
culation than ever before. vet every
financial center reports a tichtness in
the money market and high interest
rates prevailing. The treasurer of the
United States in his report published
October 80. says the circulation on
October ! was s2.SI2.133.694 or a nor
capita OF S33.0S. In the last thre
months the circulation increased so
4oHooo and yet the frenzied hnanciers
OK Wall street are bowling for more
money. and our obiiging secretary of
the treasury has loaned them. witbon,
charging interest. all the surplus cash
IN the treasury. except just enough IN
pay the immediate expenses of tho
government This money the banks
are loaning at the high rates of inter.
est prevailing. SO there is a fine profit
IN the transaction. which shaw is So
generous with
Inc question naturally arises. why
is money 50 scarce when the volume
IN circulation has increased over 30
per cent in the last ten years9 Tho
ehiei reason is because the surplus
money In the banks mostly finds its
way 10 Wall street. where II naturally
sravitates in consequence of the bet. I
Ter rates IL will bring than ar other \
points. Wall street is a rat hole \
through which all the spare money in
ne country can be absorbed There
now awaiting a favorable money
market hundreds of millions OF new
ssues OF stock and bonds by railroads
md industrial corporations and the
prospect for cheap money is very far
n the future.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-23
FoRTY-TWo LIVES WERE LOST.
Only 81 Of the 70 Passengers on Board
the Dix Rescued.

Seattle. Wash--Forty-two lives were
lost in Sunday nights disaster in Seat
tie harbor, OF DGwamish head. when
the little steamer Dix was run down
by the Alaskan liner Jeanne. Thirty
seven of the 70 passengers on the Dix
were rescued
OF the five female passengers on the
Dix. the only one TO escape was Alice
simpson, l5-year-old girl She is be-
lieved 10 be the only person who es-
capped from the main deck of the
steamer, where more than half OF the
Dix's passengers We're shut in when
the fatal crash came She could not
swim, but her clothing kept her afloat
until she was pulled aboard one Of the
two life boats lowered by the steam
ship Jeanne.
Ii is believed that the 81 passengers
who were rescued included every per-
son who was on the open deck OF the
DIX when the little craft plunged down
stern foremost into 100 fathOms of wa
ter. Il is doubtful whether she can
be raised
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-23
Their Voices Moatlx 4usb.a

The Republicans did not receive
much help in the late campaign from
those whom they have honored with
seats in the United States senate. The
voices of Platt and Depew were hush.
ed in New York. Penrose and Knox
turned their attention to machine polI.
tics rather than to oratory. DRYDEN
and Kean relied upon cash in New Ter.
sey for that is all they know OF mol.
itics. Dick. in Ohio. under the new
pact 10 beat Roosevelt has become n
kind OF 'me-too' TO Foraker. whose
fire alarm utterances are enough for
both of them. Burton is in Jail and poor
old Hipple-Mitchell is dead and Ali.
son is suffering from Old age and 80
The list might be extended. But the
cabinet has done yeoman's service.
what has II amounted to: the result
would have been the same IL they had
stayed in Washington. Wherever
shaw spoke the Republicans lost
Botes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-23
WANT AMERICANS TO GO
GENERAL SPIRIT OF UNREST RE-
PORTED IN CUBA.
Lescee & the Anti-Ameriean Senti-
ment Declares cubans May Again
Take Up Arms"

Havsna-ln spite OF The fact that
Gov Magoon has received reports from
the military commanders in towns that
absolute tranquility reigns throughout
the entire island. there is a general
spirit of unrest abroad, due To the un-
certainty regarding the future course
OF the United States The liberals are
becoming more restless day by day
under the indefinite continuance OF the
government OF Intervention. the liberal
leaders are clamoring that the moder-
Stes be ousted from office and replaced
by liberals, and they are endeavoring
TO bring pressure TO bear 10 secure
the promise that elections will be he'd
at the earliest possible moment.
Threat TO Take Up Arms.
Gen. Loynaz Del Castillo. the leader
or the anti-American sentiment. ad.
dressed a liberal meeting and made
use OF the phrase, The Americans
weigh on the welfare OF the republic
like a curse" lie predicted that if the
government of Intervention continued
for long the patriots OF Cuba would
again take up arms in the defense. OF
heir independence.
There is junta with headquarters
1t Cardenas which is said to ')e work
ng under the direction OF Moderate
eaders in New York for the purpose
II organizing resistance to liberal in
luence in the provinces.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-23
A Serious Situation

Memphis, Tcnn.-As more detailed
reports are received from those Dor.
tons OF Alabama. north and central
Mississippi and west Tennessee. swept
by the wind and rain. the situation In.
creases In seriousness Practically the
entire district is under wafer to a
depth OF several feet. ana creeks and
small streams are leaving their banks.
and many OF the poorer white persons.
as well as scores OF negroes. have been
forced from their homes by the rising
waters. seeking refuge in many in
stances in the trees.