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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
WAS IN THE SERVICE OF THE
coNFEDERAcY
To the Confederate Veterans of Flor

To the Confederate Veterans of Flor
ida:
Comrades: As the commander of
the naval survivors of the Confeder-
ate States, I take great pleasure in
saying good word for my old ship
mate, Tom Appleyard, who l under
stand is a candidate for state comp
troller.
In 1864 l was one of the lieutenants
on board the Confederate steamship
Patrick Henry, and Tom AppIayard
was powder boy at my gun. Although
but mere lad, and although his shape
was against him-he being almost as
broad as he was long, he was one of
the most active lads on the ship, and
in the campaign Of 1864 on James riv-
er he rendered valuable service.
was transferred to Fort Fisher for a
few months, but on my return to the
James river squadron, | met him
again, still serving as powder boy on
his hip.
Together we saw Richmond fall;
together, in failing to find Lee. W.
went to Danville, where. learning OF
Lees surrender, our command, under
Admiral Raphael Semmes, was or
dered to join J. E. Johnston's army
Just as this was done the surrender
came at Greensboro, n. c., on April
&c, 1865. He returned to Richmond
and | went to my Alabama home.
Again we were thrown together in
1882, and served on c. H. Jones' pa
per, the Florida Daily Times-he rs
superintendent and | as city edito!,
and this continued until Mr.. Jones
left Florida.
My association with Tom Apple
yard has impressed me with the fact
that if there be one trait in his char
acter stronger than another it is his
unfiinching devotion to duty, even ir
the presence of danger, and my OppOr-
tunities for Judging him have been
ample
When most boys were at school
Tom was serving the COnfederacy.
In fact he was too young to be taken
on board ship in any other capacity
than that of powder boy.
AS his friend and former shipmate,
sign myself. yours truly,
4. 0. WRIGHT.
Jack Tile. Fla, May II.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
BURKE cocKRAN's FUTURE

A New York letter says that Cock
ran feels his retirement very keenly;
also the refusal to re-nominate him
for congress is another unhappy cpl
sOde with him. However there were
democrats here about who had a story
to the effect that if President Roose-
welt is renominated Cochran will take
the stump for him, and in the event
of the presidents reelection Cochran
is to have a foreign mission. Indeed
this story was guaranteed by those
who said their sources of information
as to White House affairs was good
1t was recalled that it was Cochran
who wrote the resolutions adopted By
Tammany after the Portsmouth treaty
of peace between Russia and Japan
was signed praising Roosevelt as a
peacemaker and at the dinner Of the
Friendly Sons Of st. Patrick shortly
afterwards Cockran's speech was eu-
logistic in the highest degree Of
Roosevelt. Not even the Oldest.living
member of Tammany can recall
when the organization, save on The
occasion mentioned, has patted a re-
publican president on the back.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
Mr.. {. W. IRVINE FOR RAILROAD
COMMISSIONER

Mr.. Irvine Of Lake City is a eandI-
date for railroad commissioner. In
reviewing his declaration Of principles
the Sun, printed at Tallahassee, says
that they are the fairest to all parties
at interest Of any that 1t has seen. and
pays Mr.. Irvine a high compliment.
The Palatka News last week re-
views Mr.. Irvine's platform and says
that it strikes the key note and shows
that the author has a thorough con
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
METHODlSTS ARE NOW READY
TO ALLOW DANCING
Bishops Also Recommend Striking
Theater-Going From Book of
Discipline

DiSSi Sl'liC
A special dispatch to the New York
Herald from Baltimore, says:
When the board of bishops recon-
mended to the general conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church last
Thursday that the word dancing,
playing at games of chance, attending
theaters, horse races, circuses, dane
ing parties or dancing schools" be
stricken from the famous paragraph
PAS of the Book of Discipline, they
created a sensation that expressed it.
self in an outburst of applause.
The bishops made it plain that they
do not approve of these amusements,
but believe that the number and kind
of amusements have grown SO great
that the question should be left to
the conscience of the people them
selvs, and that the opposition of the
church to amusements it regards as
unwhOlesome may best be stated In
the terms of general principles. They
recommended that paragraph 248 he
changed back to it soriginal wording,
as it was in 1872, when the certain
kinds of amusements were specified.
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ceptiOn of the duties of this important
office, and unless all signs fail the vot-
ers will make no mistake I'm electing
him as one of the railway commits
siOners.
The following is Mr.. Irvine's declar-
alton of principles:
l. The just and rigid enforcement
Of the laws and rules Of the commits
sion, holding the railroads and all cor
poratiOns amenable to the same as in
dividuals, recognizing at all times the
right and necessity Of corporations 10
exist for the uDbuilding Of our state
and country, and the convenience and
accommodation Of our people.
2. | shall oppose the taxing OF our
selves by granting of rates Doth Of
traffic and passenger fares, to earn
dividends on watered stock, purpOrt-
ing to be none yinyested In the con
structiOn of said railroads.
3. | shall endeavOr with all the
power within me to secure to the poor
man that has the ability to ride only
one dollars worth, the same Just and
equitable rate as the man that rides
a hundred dollars worth or more.
4. | shall oppose, to the utmost.
the cutting and slashing of rates, both
passenger and traffic, thereby Gripping
the efficiency of the service of the
railroads to the people. resulting IN
lamage to both the people and rail
rOads-causing them thereby to EN-
DlOy cheaper and incompetent men,
which means disaster to all and dan
ger to both life and property.
3. | shall advocate, encourage and
demand. at all times, efficient, prompt
and just service-vOid of discrimina-
ton against persons or places; prompt
adjustment and payment of claims and
damages.
6. | recognize that charters and
franchises granted by the state 20
said corporations are creations of the
state, and the states right to control
and govern their dealings with the cit
liens. And if should find, after thor
ough investigation, that the powers al
ready delegated to the commission
are inadequate to meet our necessi-
ties, | shall appeal to the legislature
for the power, from time to time, as
the occasion and circumstances may
demand.
Z. l shall not seek this office at the
expense of the personal character and
reputation Of my opponents, and
would not accept the Office at the cost
of traducing the good name Of either
of my opponents, or the debauching OF
any voter, directly or Indirectly, with
money or otherwise.
If the above principles meet your
appreciation, and you feel warranted
in giving me your support. | will ap-
preciate it as confidence repOsed and
an honor conferred, and promise you
in return that you will never have
cause to regret it.
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FLORIDA HEIRESS FLIES FROM
TITLED ADVENTURES
lowed From Europe by Fortune
Hunters


Vainly striving to get beyond the
reach of titled fortune hunters, who
have followed her across land an |
sea, Mis- Jane BOland Sutherland of
Gainesville Fla, who recently became
the possessCi of a large fortune left
her by he" father, is now in New
York City, planning fight from the
country in order 10 avoid further an
nOyance, says a dispatch to the
Washington Post.
1t was while making an extensive
tour of Europe a trifle more than 4
year ago that the young woman at
tracted the notice of several men
whose names were coupled with high
sounding titles. Among them were an
Italian count and a French vicomte,
who were especially assiduous in their
attentions.
Throughout her stay in Britain the
young American girl was urged first
by one of her admirers and then By
another to look favOrably upon his
suit, but every argument used proved
futile. subsequently she came 70
New York and took up her residence
at the Prince George Hotel.
Since coming to New York Miss
Sutherland, through letters and inter
views, has been beseiged by the for
tune-hunting nOblemen, and is now
planning to make her escape.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
TURNED DOWN"

Under the rules that it has adopt
ed to print no articles of personal
nature on the last week of the cam
paiign, rejecting on some of the 9th
er candidates, this paper has turned
down an article from Mr.. Gus A. Nor
ton. very seriously rejecting on the
business methods of Hon. Jno. y. c.
Stockton, and one from Mr.. J. S.
Bitch. rejecting on Mr.. Morton. Mr..
Stockton is away from home and
would have no opportunity of prepar-
ing and printing a reply, and M..
Bhtch's communication would put
Mr.. Morton at a serious disadvantage,
so according to the rule of fairness
that we have adopted, both commune
cations have been turned down.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
DENoUNcEs EDITORS
Senator Davis Of Arkansas Includes
Newspapers in His Philippe

Senator JEFF Davis of Arkansas In
cluded newspapers in the philippe he
| delivered against trusts in the Senate
last week. He read most Of the time
from typewriter copy, which, he said,
| he had prepared in advance that no
! Incorporate language might escape
| his lips" One newspaper report said
he frequently stumbled over unfamil-
lar words. Referring to editors who,
| he charged, defend the trusts, he said:
| Let scavengers of plutocracy howl!
Truth-GOds living truth-where are
/ its defenders? Miserable travesties
upon noble manhood, pOstgraduates
/ in all sorts of SANDER or defamation,
| challenge the subsidized press. The
people know your designs and spurn
your pretenses, whether under show
of argument or more servient hypo-
| crisies. Go, damnable imps of peif
and greed! l defy your taunts, Tear
to fragments my political career if it
cOmpOrt with your execrable will
Stfle and distort my every utterance.
Not satisfied, if such be your brutal
/ frenzy. lash my poor form into insen-
sibility.
Then if it be your furthe rpleasure,
gnaw from my stiffening bones every
vestige of quivering flesh. Howl in
wretched bestiality through my own
innocent blood as it drips from your
/ fiendish visage. Drag then, if you
want, what remains into the filth OF
/ your foul dens and burn it upon the
altar of Baal or scatter it before the
friendly winds of heaven to your bet
tiers, the CaTriOn crows of the field
/ All that they may do, all and more, If
/ there yet be open further depths of in
/ fanny to polluted, besOtten press.
These ready servants of greed,
what have they not done or attempt
ed to fasten still more securely an
autOcracy upon us? 1t seems to b.
/ their special function not simply 10
prevent truth. but to threaten and
| tarrOrize public men. Dare a Senator
align himself with the people? What?
/ Yes, men, illustriOus servants of the
/ people, have lifted honest voices here
and elsewhere against the march of
pluJocracy to fall ambushed politically
/ assassinated. And by whom? BY
the trusts. wearing masks. An, sir.
newspapers mask
But, Mr.. President insignificant
as l am. if my political career be
marked let them sharpen their blades.
/ for l viii be here at the appointed
hour, and while here only God can
stay my voice in behalf Of organized
united labor and the yeomanry OF
America"
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CHAMP CLARK FOR SPEAKER
Democrats Likely to Elect Him if
They Have Majority in House

Democrats Likely to Elect Him if
They Have Majority in House
Champ Clark of Missouri, who once
declared that no one ever declined
the speakership of the house of rep
resentatives, may have a chance to
eat his words or prove their truth. IN
case the next house is democratic,
which Mr.. Clark and many other DEM
ocrats believe is entirely possible,
the Misourian will probably have be-
hind him as candidate for the speak
ership a large enough number of rep
resentatives to insure his selection.
1t has been announced that the Ala
bama, Louisiana and Virginia delega-
lions have declared for Mr., Clark.
Kentucky is known to be for him and
it is declared that many northern
democrats will rally to him if the
elections next fall indicate a demo
CRATES majority in the house
The only opponent who has so far
appeared is Representative Henry ot
Texas, who has the support of the
delegation from his own state. AS
Mr.. Clark is a close friend of Bryan,
and as a democratic house will ce--
tainly mean a democratic president
it is held that his selection is almost
! inevitable.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
a KENTUCKY BRIDE OF TWELVE

A special from Sargent, KY, says
that a wedding ceremony out Of the
ordinary was performed at Upper
Rock House Creek on May tenth.
Young Leonard Hall, aged Is, son OF
Joe Hall, a hardshell Baptist minis
ter, was married 10 little Miss Annie
Profit. barely II, daughter of Mrs. Sa-
rah Profit, a poor widow. The faith
er of the groom oficiated.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

No. Tom. Lawson was not at one
time editor of the Tallahassee Sun.
This distinction belongs solely and
particularly to Mr.. Claude L'Engle.
He is not as incisive as the Bostonian
but is more versatile and aromatic.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15

In our quest for the prospective de-
feated candidate we have signally
failed. Everyone we encountered is
living in a perfect flower garden of
hope and promise. Pass on each
one said, ito the next fellow"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15
ITINERARY OF CANDIDATES

Pine-May Is, picnic.
Anthony-May Is, s p. m.
Stokes Ferry picnic May 10.
Ocala-May IS, at night.
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15

Remember that the ill-natured Cos
sip you hear concerning others is not
worth remembering.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15

1t is easier for the average man "a
draw the line than it is for him no,
to step over It later.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-15

Jack e. Tile. Fla, May II.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-08

In Principal Gibson of the Reform
School, Mr. Leckenby found a con
genial companion. They visited field
after field, Leckenby explaining how
an indigenous alfalfa could be success
fully bred from that growing on the
grounds. In support of his statement
he pointed to two rows of beans, one
completely devoured bye the japanese
beetle, the other green and immune
from this pest, the first grown from
imported seed, the other from home
seed. According to Leckenby, by Sc
lecting from each crop the strongest,
largest and healthiest plants to breed
from, vigorous lot of plants can be
secured that, after a generation or two,
may be relied upon to breed true and
largely resist the native insects.
Leckenby IS also a great advocate of
every labor-saying farm implement
even for hand use. Mr.. Gihssn grows
pepper for the tobasco factory in Ho-
nolulu and has plenty of the dried
product left over, but at the prevailing
San Francisco rate, eight to twelve
cents a pound, it does not pay to cure
it, but in the mainland off season, when
pepper brings twenty-five cents
pound, there is handsome profit.
At Waialee, | made my first acquan-
lance with taroena, as did Leckenby.
Neither of US had ever been able to
swallow more than one mouthful of
either poi or poi-cocktail, but taroena
tickled our palates so that we asked
for more. Why. this delicate flour and
delicious breakfast porridge should not
have a large sale on the mainland if
properly pushed, I cannot understand
We drove out to the homesteads near
Waimea, and here prosperity seemed to
have tarried a bit. The holdings, from
one to two hundred acres each. were
mostly under cultivation in pineapples,
tomatoes and vegetables, which grew
even on the stretches of land near the
seashore and some creditable homes
have been built, while others are in
course of erection.
We still longed for a return to our
mountain trail, so boarded train.
spun by the wonderful bits of scenery
between Haleiwa and Eva. which we
shall do later on the wheel. stopped
for an hour or so at Sisal to see the
big fiber plantation and the mill at
work. If the leaf could be fully strip
ped it would mean large annual divi-
dends to the company. so my compan-
ion s time was spent examining the
fiber and the machinery in hopes of
being able to solve the problem
Of course there was visit to Eva.
Everyone does that. and then-Hono-
lulu, rested and no longer footsore.
ready for another tramp or any grind
of work. The Punaluu trail is the bit
of real Hawaii that every visitor
should see. 1t is easily accessible anv
day of the week, and walk among
the mountains above the clouds must
rest any person who has a soul. God
bless Castle and will the Promotion
Committee please take hintg
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-08
FLEECED
BY 4 COUNTRYMAV

Several ignorant japanese laborers
are bewailing the sudden detection of
a japanese named Kimura, because he
had several hundred dollars of their
money in his possession and by this
time he is enjoying the cash in San
Francisco.
Kimura was stopping at a hotel near
lwilei where he met several Japanese
who. were strangers in the country. He
persuaded them to give him money ON
the promise that he would procure pass
ports for them to go to the mainland.
He said the Consul was about to leave
for Japan, and, he, Kimura, being a
friend of that official, could make a
present to the consul, and in turn for
this kindness he would make out pass.
ports. The strangers swallowed the
yarn, gave up their money and Kimura
departed
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-08

at will The Australasians now build
their homes on their own land, and
are contented with themselves and
their laws with a contentment that
passeth understanding.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
We left Hauu1a early in the morn.
ing, stopping only long enough to
make a picture of the only real Ha-
waiian grass house we saw on our jour
new. Two others had been burned re-
Gently to make way for a cane field,
a field Of green that stretches for
miles and miles now, seemingly from
the mountains to the sea and from
horizon to horizon. The hills become
bare after leaving Hauuia, but forty
years ago, before cattle were ranched
here, there were dense forests. Now
lantana creeps everywhere, surrounds
the few clumps of native trees that
are left and smothers them The CO.
coanut is seen but seldom, and the nut
scarcely at all Even the algaroba
declines to thrive on the windward
side Companion Leckenbv says it is
land for peanut crops, and the Chinese
farmers seem to agree with him, for
they raise acres and acres of the little
goober.
Leckenby knows something of pea
nuts; he grows them in his yard; has
a machine for turning them into pea
nut butter. which costs about one
fourth as much as the article derived
from the cow, is more nutritious, and
children seem to like it as well. He
advocates a mill for extracting the
oil, which has a ready sale on the
mainland at a good price. Every
where on the windward side the soil
seems adapted to the growing of the
pindar, and it will be interesting to
watch the results from a homestead
planted in peanuts instead of pines.
As we footed it over the ties and
made way for the section hands
who were pulling up the weeds, my
companion told me of an experiment
he had tried in Dakota that proved
so successful that the plan has been
adopted by all the railways of the
Northwest. Accustomed to do some
of his wedding by gasoline torch
power, he suggested a handcar with
four torches to run over the tracks
and send down their blazes. Tt was
tried, killed the grass, hardened the
titH' anu NhiS hdpItth dS Il
means of keeping down weeds along
the railway.
Just out of Kahuku is an old ruin
of a church, four splendid stone walls,
firm and strong, owned by the govern
ment. a little change at slight ex-
pense and it would make a splendid
resth that would, without doubt.
pay the expense of its upkeep and
prove boon to travellers from Homo
lulu and elsewhere. Sometimes walk
ing parties of sixteen or more tramp
around the island, dependent on the
openhanded hospitality of friends or
strangers. 1t is humiliation that
some responsible body should elimi-
nate. New Zealand s Tourist Bureau
makes her rest-houses pay They cost
little and are almost as easy to erect
as to talk about. The time seems ripe
now for several of these at eonve-
nient stages on the windward side, and
| believe they viii be either built or
provided.
We stopped briefly at Kahuku and
trudged on to the Reform School Agri-
cultural Station at Waialee, for we
were sti1 enthusiastic about returning
to the Punaluu trail with an adequate
camera.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-08
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-08
THE JAPANESE RED
CROSS DOING WELL

The Japanese Red Cross Society
branch of Hawaii has reported to the
main office in Japan for the year end
ing June 80. 1908. The report shows
a large increase in membership, AT
new members being added for the year,
bringing the total up to $500, of whom
307 are life members. The amount Of
money. sent to Japan during the year
was $3.50 yen. The average member
ship of the Red Cross in Japan is one
man in every so, while in Hawaii tht
average is. one man in every "a. Con
sui General Saito was chairman Of tho
local branch.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-08
TRAMP|NC OVER W|NDWARD
OAHU AND SEEING THINGS
Lumber vs. Stone---Prevaing Pests of Agri-
ture---Mongoose, Japanese Beetle
and Corporation.

scientists to spread contagious disease
among the mongooses until they are ex-
terminated, so that the birds may re-
turn TO lay and the toad live to devour
insects; but he shakes his head over the
corporation problem. I informed him,
however, that there is hope there too,
for / was in the outer Office of the
Governor of Hawaii when the chairman
of the Land Commission came out from
the Governor with his appointment. He
stopped to ask me how he could get
from New Zealand a copy of its land
laws. / promised that a copy giving
a gist of the laws should be on his desk
the following morning and it was placed
there. The land laws of New Zealand
give the state the right to purchase, at
assessed valuation, I believe, any large
estate, that it may be cut up into small
farms which the purchasers are loaned
money by the state at low rate of
interest to pay for.
HAustralasia for the White Man
is the cry south of US, and the Aus
tralasians live up to their principles.
Shacks are no longer built for tenants