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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-31
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE
TELEPHONE CONVENTION

At the close of the meeting of the
Florida State Telephone Association
the following resolutions were pre-
sented and passed unanimously:
Resolved, That the thanks of the
Florida State Telephone Association
be extended to the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks for the use
Of their club rooms for the holding Of
the sessions of this association in an
nual convention and to the citizens of
Ocala generally for the generous vel
come given and the courteous treat
ment shown the members collective
~ and individually.
Resolved, That the thanks of the
Florida State Telephone Convention
be given to the Ocala Telephone Com
pany for courtesies shown by permit
ting the use of its lines and exchange
in demonstrating the practical work
ing of instruments, appliances, etc,
on exhibition and in the carrying on
OF long distance talks with Gaines
vile, Tampa and Jacksonville, there
by promoting interest in this all i'm
portant phase of the telephone bust
ness.
Resolved, That the sincere thanks
of the Florida State Telephone Asso-
citation be extended to Mr.. c. L. Bit
finger, editor of the Ocala Evening
Star, for his most excellent report of
the proceedings of the convention,
and for the inspiring response made
at the banquet to the toast, THE Tel
ephone as an Evidence of a Towns
Prosperity and Progress" and that
he be requested to publish same.
Resolved, That a copy of the adj
dress of Mr.. c. L. Bittinger on the
Telephone as an Evidence of a
Towns Prosperity and Progress" be
published in the leading telephone
journals of the United States in or
der that the telephone world as a
whole may be benefited by it's peru.
sal.
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A FoRGER SHOT

From Saturdays Daily:
A young man claiming that his
name was Allen Roberts came up
from DunnellOn yesterday with a
check purpOrting TO have been given
by j. /. TrOtter TO one James Rob
erts for S35. Il Immediately went
TO the store Of NJ. Fishel & Son and
purchased a suit of clothes. and gave
the check IN payment, receiving the
difference in cash. Mr.. Fishel told
.Che young man TO come with him to
have the paper identified, but as he
wanted TO catch the train to Dunnel-
Ion ne was allowed to proceed to the
junction. He arrived there too late
for the train and then offered a hack
man $40 to take him 10 Juliette. In
the meantime the proceeding had
been reported to Sheriff Gordon. who
drove west OF the city several miles
in the hopes of heading off Roberts.
When several miles west of the CITY
the sheriff had found no trace of him
and started 10 return to town. He
had not come far when he met his
man on the road going westward
When he met him the sheriff told him
that he wanted him and to get into
his buggy and return TO Ocala. Rob
erts replied with an oath that he
would do nothing of the kind and
started TO run. The sheriff told him
to stop or he would shoot him, when
he was again replied to with an oath
and to do his worst. Sheriff Gordon
then shot him in the right leg below
the knee, breaking it, when the run
ner fell to the ground and tried to
make away with a note which he had
in his possession by tearing it into
shreds. This the sheriff gathered up
and found that his name was not
Roberts. but Slaughter.
Slaughter was brought to the city
and put into the county Jail, and DR..
Newsom summoned to set his leg.
A warrant has been lodged against
him, and he Will be tried before Judge
Bell as soon as his condition warrnts
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ACCIDENT AT THE RENTZ MILL

We were honOred with q visit las
Friday from MIR. JlO. ". Stevens c..
Fort Mccoy. He came in on ~.
Rentz's road as far as Silver Springs.
and there took a slow wagon AM
reached Ocala in less than two hours.
He says it was the quickest "Trip tina,
he has ever made to the county site.
Besides the shooting there, an ac-
count of which has already appeared
in these columns, Mr.. Stevens says 4
very serious accident occurred at the
Rentz mill the other day. Something
got wrong with some part of the ma
chinery, and Mr.. AchesOn, the super
intendent, tried to rectify it and in
doing so was caught in a belt, and
was thrown violently to the floor and
had not two of the hands been stand
ing near and grabbed him he would
in all probability have been killed.
As it was his clothing was torn from
him and he was considerably bruised.
1t was a narrow escape.
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MADE IN OcALA"

DIR. John NJ. Thompson called at
our Office yesterday and left us some
peaches of his growing. They were
grown from the seed of the famous
Elberta, but are an improvement over
the original fruit in that they are a
great deal more firm. Better peach
es We have never tasted, and it only
proves what is so often asserted that
Florida is the natural home Of good
peaches. The doctor says that as the
improvement has been so great over
the original fruit he has named them
the "Ocalas," as they were made in
Ocala."
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HELLO PEOPLE IN SESSION
From Fridays Daily:

From Fridays Daily:
The state telephone association
met at the Elks' Hail in this city yes
terday afternoon at $50.
Judge W. S. Bullock, a member Of
the Ocala Telephone Company, made
an informal address of welcome.
which was responded 10 by ex-senator
P. ". Butler Of Leesblrg. Both Of
these speeches We're felicitous and
were roundly applauded.
The principal address was on Toll
Lines, Their Cost and How TO Con
struct Them" by Mr.. E. E. VoyIe.
president o. The East Florida Tele-
phone Company, Gainesville.
Addresses were also made by the
following gentlemen on the respect
i've subjects:
directories. How often should
they be issued and how may they be
made a source OF revenue."-W. I.
LatbrOp, Bradentown.
Subscribers and Collections. A
recital of the troubles along this line
that the telephone man is heir to and
how to treat them. Ed Scott, Area
dia
Rates; when and how to raise
them."-W. G. Brorien, Tampa.
Mr.. J. A. Kelvin of the Stromberg-
Carlson Telephone Manufacturing
Company of Rochester, n. Y. and
Charlotte, n. c.; Mr.. H. H. Grant of
the Florida Electric Company, Jack
sonville; Mr.. F. B. Vary of the Kel-
logg Switchboard and Supply Com
pany Of Chicago and Atlanta: Mr.. H.
B. DiXsOn Of the Ericsson Telephone
Manufacturing Company of Buffalo
ana Atlanta; Mr.. H. G. Stanton Of
the Western Electric Company of
New York and Atlanta, and Mr.. A. /.
Shaw of the Sumter Telephone Com
pany of Sumter, S. c.. were present
and all gave FIVE and ten minute adj
dresses, after which an adjournment
was taken and their goods were care
fully Inspected.
A banquet was given the associa-
ton at the Ocala House at 8 p. m.
Mr.. George r. Mexican. secretary
CT the state association and president
Of the Ocala Telephone Company.
was master Of ceremonies and a mum
Der OF eloquent addresses were made
by local and visiting members.
An executive session Of the asso-
citation will he held at the Elks hall
beginning at o'clock this forenoon.
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A HANDKERCHIEF SHOWER

From Fridays Daily:
On last afternoon, from 4 TO 6
o'clock Miss Caro- Liddon gave a
handkerchief shower at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Lid
don, on OkIawaha- avenue. cOmpli
mentary to Miss Annie Mathews. who
on next Wednesday will become the
bride of DR.. George Yancey Of Bra
I'll.
This was the first Of a series Of
lovely entertainments that will be
given in honor of Miss Mathews. who
is one of Ocala's most popular young
ladies.
Miss LiddOn, Miss Mathews, Miss
Askew of Savannah and Miss Mellon
OF Tampa, each very beComingly
gowned and looking unusually sweet,
received the guests in the spacious
front parlor. In the library. conceal
ed in a large white umbrella. were
the many dainty handkerchiefs. AZ
Mathews was requested to stand I'M
der the umbrella, which opened. as n
by magic, and the fair young lady
was literally shOwered with handker-
chiefs-tokens OF love and esteem in
which she is held by her many
friends.
Tables for whist and dOminOes
were placed in the rooms, and these
interesting games were enjoyed for
some time. No prizes were given.
Little Misses Frances Liddon and
Ethel Haycraft assisted In serving
the delicious ice cream and cake.
Miss LiddOn is a most charming
young lady and an ideal hostess. and
to be her guest means % have a good
time
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OIL IN FLORIDA

The Chipley correspondent Of the
Times-Union says: The unhidden
wealth and resources Of Florida have
been discovered in the form of petro-
Ieum, nine miles south of here, on the
plantation of John Brock, near the ia
nous Old Orange Hill pOstOffice. This
great discovery Will mark the epoch
Of developing one of the largest oil
fields Of the south. The oil shale is
seventy-twO feet thick on the top and
burns like pine tar. A chemical anal
ysis Of sample of the oil shows that
it is of the very highest grade of pc
UOieum, and within a few months
the oil region Will be densely popu-
lated with workers at the oil wells
and derricks. Work of drilling for oil
is progressing rapidly, and the well
has now reached a depth Of over 900
feet and the work will not be com
pIeted until the we'll has attained a
depth of 1000 feet. The company in
charge of the operations have the
latest improved rotary drilling rig and
outfit, built in Beaumont, Texas. The
work is in charge of Charley Smith,
a Texas ranger, who is thoroughly ex-
perienced in the oil drilling business
and competent in every way to push
the work through to a asuccessful
conclusion. Mr.. Smith is highly elat-
ed over the prospects and is entirely
satisfied with the progress thus far
made and is confident that he will
get a gusher in the Land of Flowers
that will be a financial blessing to
that section of the state"
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We had a delightful spin in Mr.
RObertsOn's auto Saturday morning
down to the Withlacoochee river
while the dewdrops were yet glisten-
ing in the sun and looking like myr-
lad of sparkling diamonds. We left
Ocala at o'clock and were back a
little after Z. Colonel Venable, who
superintendent the paving of our
streets around the court house square,
is now experimenting the construc-
ton or straight road as the crow
flies from Ocala to the WithlacOOchee
river, and across that stream to In
veTness, in Citrus county. Fourteen
miles from Ocala the road branches
off to Dunnellon, which is now being
made into a hard road by our county
authorities, and will be extended on
up to Ocala. Then it viii be harden
ed on down to the river and the Cit
rus county authorities will take it up
and continue it on down until it cross
es the fernando county line. So we
shall soon have a hard road to Dun
Mellon and Brooksville. A steel bridge
has been erected across the Withla-
coOchee river at Stokes Ferry. 1t
will be completed in time for the
board of county commissioners to
pass upon il at their August meeting.
We are growing right along. AS good
roads are extended automobiles will
multiply and they certainly add a
great deal to the luxury of living.
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ocALA WINS AGAIN
BY q Score of 4 to the Locals Won
From OciIIa Yesterday
From FRIDAYS Daily:

From Fridays Daily:
The rain came near causing disap-
pOintment TO the ball players and
fans yesterday, but by quarter past
four it had ceased, and the game was
called. However, it did interfere
with the playing, as the ball was wet,
which is the excuse for the number
Of errors made. 1t also interfered
with the attendance, which was not
as large as the management expected
for a Thursday afternoon.
It was discovered in the game Yes
terday that the locals have another
pitcher, and a good one, too, in the
person OF Mr. Witherspoon Dodge, VIII
has been playing a fast third bass
this season. He has speed, and good
curves. which he used to excellent
advantage until the ball became toe
wet. After his exhibition yesterday
ii is the judgment of the fans that
be should take his regular turn in the
box with Harris and Clark. In these
three pitchers the local team has a.
good a corps OF box artists as any
amateur club in the state.
For five innings a string of goose
eggs was credited to each team. II
the sixth inning the monotony wa
broken. On one safe hit, a fielder's
choice. three stolen bases, a wild
pitch and two errors, Jewett, Ford
and Bennett scored. In the seventh
the home team added one more tally
which was made by WitherspoCa
Dodge.
OciIa filed the bases in the SIKH
inning. with none out, but they failed
TO score. With Rogers on third, Sin
mons on second and Antnohy en-
first. Bowen hit a high nfeld 81 q,
short which Jewett purposely Above.
TO hit the ground. Bowen was OFT
and Rogers started for the plate aad
was touched out by Harris. Simmons
reached third, but was caught o& n.
sack by Harris.
The visitors scored three rams f.
the seventh on one hit and four e.
rors. but this was the only inning il
which they crossed the plate.
Ocala. 80 o q o @ > / @ O.
Ocilla.. e.. 30 0 O o G , q C.
Summary: Sacrifice hits, Snow. S;L
ley. Harris >. Stolen bases. Simmons
>. Wills. Dodge, w. Raysor. Jeweu.
Ford ., IZlar. Double play. JeWotJ To
Bullock to Harris. Left on base
Ocala 9. Ocilla Z. Base on balls. by
Goodwin .. Hit 10y pitched ball. sim
mons. Anthony. Dodge. W. Struck
out by Dodge, W. :. by Goodwin /.
Passed bali, Bullock. Time Of game.
l:50. Umpire: Judge Bell.
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BOYS LIFE SAVED

My little boy, four years old, had a
severe attack Of dysentery. We had
two physicians; both of them gave
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarr-
hoea remedy which cured him and be-
heve that saved his life.-William H.
Stroling, Carbon Hill, Ala. There is
no doubt but this remedy saves the
lives Of many children each year. Give
it with castor oil according to the
plain printed directions and a cure is
certain. For sale by all druggists. NJ.
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The latest entry for speed hOnOrs
on Silver Springs is the launch Sill
yer Sides. owned by Otto Schwartz
and Harry LeavengOOd They have
lust had il painted a beautiful white,
while the engine and other applianc-
Is are aluminium colored, with gold
en- trimmings. The speed of this lit
tie craft is said to be such as to lit
orally burn the swamp as she glides
by.
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Mrs. W. II. Dodge Of this city has
received an appeal from the Inter
national Committee of Young Mems
Christian Associations" at New York,
asking for aid in their work in the
south and southwest. Having a per
sonsI acquaintance with the secre-
gary. Mr.. Thomas K. Cree, she ex-
tends this appeal to the citizens of
ocsla. This work is not denomina-
,ional Anyone interested in this
~ork may leave their contributions
With Mr. TrO1ler.
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Mr.. ]. c. McCraney, our efficient
game warden, was in OcaIa Satur-
day. He has recently had two par
ties, one white and one cOlOred, ar
rested for violating the game laws of
the state in shooting deer out of sea
son, and next week expects to arrest
quite a number of persons for dyna-
hitting fish in the WithlacOOchee Tiv-
er. Mr.. McCraney is quite vigilant
and is determined that the game
laws shall be respected.
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ocALA WON THE RUBBER
The Georgia Boys Failed to Get Re-
Venge for Three Defeats in June

From Saturdays Daily:
The third game of the series with
Ocilla was played at the baseball.
park yesterday afternoon before a
good sized crowd. The applause re
ceived by the home boys was enough
to make them play ball, and the way
they used the stick was the reason
for their victory.
The locals took the field first. and
before the first half Of the frst il.
ming was over it looked as thoug1
the Ocilla team would make good their
promise TO win the series. Simmons
hit the first ball to the first baeenan.
and was safe on an error. and pilfered
the second sack. Anthony singled L.
left, Simmons going to third. Boweu
braced himself and drove the bail 70
deep center for two bases, Simmons
and Anthony scoring. Bowen wss
sacrificed to third by Snow, and tai
lied on Godwin's hit TO left. Wills
popped up a fly to Harris. Sibley r.
tired the side by going out, Jewett 10
Bullock, H. Three hits and three
runs.
Ocala did not score until the fourth
inning. Ford was safe at first on Sim
mons error, was sacrificed to second
by Hutchins, rachel third, when
Howell failed to handle Izlar's hi.
and crossed the plat on Harry Bull
locks drive to left. Izlar also tried
to tally on this hit, but was thrown
out at the plate, Bullock going TO
third on the play Bullock was watch
ing his chance and stole home when
Wills returned the ball slowly 10 An
thony. Two runs.
The locals got very busy in tn
fifth inning and tailed six runs on
six hits, one of them a twO-baggcr.
al error and a base OF balls. In die
sixth they added one more tally. Ear-
ris hit safely down the third bas
line, and was out when Bennett hi
TO short. Bennett reached seconJ
when Simmons failed to handle Forts
short hit, and scored on a two-bagga~
by Hutchins to right field. Nine runs
for Ocala, which was all they could
make.
In nthe ninth inning Ocilla put two
more scores across the pan on On
safe hit and three errors, bat rha:r
rally was short-lived and they were
retired with the score standing nm
to five against them
The visitors looked for a run or
two in the fifth inning, when til
had a runner on third and another on
second, with only one out. Snow than
hit a line drive 10 center which Ford
caught and completed a double play
by retiring Anthony at third.
The score:
Ocilla.. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Ocala.. o.. .....0 0 0 o 0 SIS
Summary: Two-base hits, Bowen >.
Ford, Hutchins. Bullock, H. Sacri-
fee hits, Snow. Sibley, Hutchins. Sto-
len bases, Simmons, Bowen, Goodwin.
Dodge 3, Jewett ,, Ford, Hutchins.
Izlar Bullock, H., ,. Left on bases,
Ocilla 6, Ocala 10. Double play, Ford
to Dodge. Struck out, by Anthony
z, by Harris 5. Time of game, 100.
Umpire: Judge Bell.
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chamberIain's Collie, Cholera and Dia-
.rrhoea Remedy Would Have Saved.
Him $4,000.

/" In 1902 had a very severe attack
of diarrhOea," says r. n. Farrar Of
Cat Island, La For several weeks
was unable to do anything. On
March Is, 1907, had a similar attack,
and took Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and DiarThoea Remedy which
gave me prompt relief. I consider it
one of the best medicines Of its kind
in the world, and had used it in 1902
believe il would have saved me a hun
dred dollar doctors bill" Sold by all
druggists. N
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CATARRH MADE LIFE
a BURDEN TO Ne.

MISS ANNIE CATRON, OF Main
4E4 ST., Cincinnati, Ohio, writes:
"As have found Peruna a blessing
for a severe case of catarrh OF the head
and throat which 1 suffered from for a
number of years, am only too pleased
to give it my personal endorsement.
"Catarrh, such as l suffered from,
made life a burden to me, my breath
was offensive, stomach bad, and my
head stopped up so that 1 was usually
troubled with headache, and although
/ tried many sO-called remedies, moth
ing gave me permanent relief. I was
rather discouraged with all medicines
when Peruna was suggested 10 me.
However, L did buy a bottle, and be-
fore that was finished there was a
marked change in my condition. Much
encouraged kept on until was COM
pIefeIy Curedin a months time, and I
find that my general health is also ex-
cellent."
People who prefer solid medicines
should try Peruna tablets. Each tablet
represents one average dose of Peruna.
Man-a-Iin the Ideal Laxative.
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A card to this office from Mr.. Al
bert Arson Graham announces that
he is having the time of his life at
st. Petersburg this week. He will go
up the st. Johns river from Sanford
to MaypOrt, then down the east coast
to the various summer resorts before
returning home. Albert is a hummer
and we await with great anticipatiOns
his write-up of his trip, with its joys
and its sorrows, upon his return.
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ocALA BOY WINS FIRST PRIZE

For some weeks an advertisement
has been running In the columns az
the Ocala Banner in which " r. Du-
Bose & Co. the floor and screen deal
ers of Jacksonville. offered prizes Cor
the most words formed by the letters
contained i'm "DuBOse Floors A.
Screens"
Quite a afew people IN OCala en-
tered the contest. but none won any
of the prizes except Mr.. Max NJ. Fish
el. and he won nthe first prize % a.
teen dollars in cash. He found 2i59
words during his leisure moments On
about ten days. Max as well as his
friends are proud 81 his success IN
this contest as many persons con
tested for this prize from all sections
of Florida and some from south
Georgia
The second and third prizes Weuf
won by Mrs. hcEachern and -
Horace Fretwell, respectively, b0to n
Jacksonville
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Mr.. Frank NJ. Long Of Holder was
among the visitors in our city Thurs
day. having come TO see has friend,
DR.. Mcbride, who has been under the
care OF DR.. E. Van Hood for several
weeks. Mr.. Long arrived just a day
too late. as DR.. Mcbride had been Ia
ken 10 Suwannee Springs the day be-
fore. He is reported improving. Mr..
Longs family is pleasantly located at
White Springs for a few months.
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Rev. B. ]. Hull of Common, one OF
the very best men in Marion county.
was a visitor Friday. He is looking
well and says that he has worked as
hard this year as any year in his life.
This speaks well for one who was a
soldier in the civil war.
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Mrs. Frank HOwse, who has one
Of the finest residences in Ocala, has
recently set the back portions of the
grounds with various fruit trees, the
fig and orange predominating. She
has fifty orange trees and they are
growing and looking we'll The
grounds of a great many residences
IN Ocala are being beautified and they
are altogether different from what
they we're a few years ago.
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Thus sings a Tavares baseball fan:
Who wouldn't be a Eustis baseball
list,
And by the Sanford catcher stand.
And bat a St Augustine pitcher
Into the promised land.
-TavareS Herald.
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Mr Ed Carmichael has purchased
Mr.. r. L. Anderson's interest In the
property al the head of Silver Springs
and is going 10 utilize and beautify
rha same in many ways.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Bitch of Bitch
ton were in the city Thursday On a
shopping expedition. Mr.. Bitch
says their neighborhood got busy sew
eral days ago and cleaned up the GEM
etery and church properties, adding
greatly to their appearance.
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Sir. J. r. Lewis of Moss Bluff. Fla
inspector of convict camps. came III
town last night, and VIII spend the
balance # the week with us. He
has The reputation OF being one OF
the best inspectors Florida ever had.
-BrOoksviIle Argus.
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The ordinance which passed the
council last Tuesday night regarding
the inspection Of milk Will be put in
force on August 1st
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Mrs. G. A. Petteway of Tampa, for
merly of Ocala. is spending the sum-
mer az Asheville. y. c. She is &C
companied by her little baby and
nurse
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Mrs J. s. Haisley of Ocala is in the
city on a short visit 10 Mrs. /. c.
Lynch. She is en- route 10 Delaware.
where she will spend the remainder
of The heated term.-Gainesville Sun.