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The Washington times., 1908-08-09
Permits Show Decrease.

Permits were taken out in July in
th1rty-eight OF the principal cities. ac-
cording to official reports. for the cree
tion Of s.712 buildings, involving a total
cost of SIS, ,522. .S21, as compared with
1899 buildings and $39. $50, $40 To- the cor
responding month a year ago, a de-
crease OF 1s7 buildings and E,R9. rs.
equivalent TO per cent
The list OF cities with the number OF
buildings and approx mate cost for 1903.
with the pe- cent, gain. OF loss over
the corresponding period OF 1907, is as
follows:
J,tavss+i,o Statistic
The Washington times., 1908-08-09
THE CYNIC.

Many a man repents at leisure who
didn't marry in haste.
Those who raise objections are pretty
sure of a large crop.
Every girl has an idea she is not like
other girls.
The Washington times., 1908-08-09
H. {. WILCOX BUYS
LOTS IN OAK VIEW
Amusement Company Plans
to Build Fine Moving
Picture Theater.

In Oak View. just south Of Cleveland
Park, Grover CleVeland's former coun-
try home. two lots with a frontage OF
ninety feet or wisconsin avenue have
been sold TO H. r. Wilcox. by Thomas
J. Fisher & Co. The price paid was
20 cents a square foot, OF So 81 lot.
The same firm reports the sale Of
the property at 92T Pennsylvania ave
nue. northwest, 10 the Brown & Baum
Amusement Cor Iany. The price paid
was So. .4l2. IT, purchasers expect to
remove the present old buildings and
build at a cost OF about s25 600. a NOV
ing picture theatcr. The price was az
the rate Of so q square foot.
The property at 1s43 Massachusetts
avenue has been sold for the estate of
Philip c.. Russell. The house has three
stories and a basement, containing four
teen rooms. The price paid was about
1920 The purchaser was Anna B.
Howell
To Build Home.
The property at 1891 Fifteenth street
northwest has been sold by Fisher s. CO.
to q purchaser who expects to remove
the frame house that is there and to
DuiId a residence for her own use.
There IS also a stable on the premises.
The estate was sold for A NJ Cooper,
the price not being given out. The lot
is "A by 100 feet. and is located on the
east side of Fifteenth street, just north
OF Rhode Island avenue.
Z. D. Lewis has bought two lots In
Chevy Chase, y. c, for 5000. on the
south side Of Patterson street.
George L. Whitford has bought on
the north side of NeWlands street. in
Chevy Chase, D. c., a section with
seventy-five-foot frontage, costing about
$1,000 MI Whitford expects TO start
building a residence for his own use IN
about two weeks
w. T. DOllison has purchased lot on
the north side OF Kirze street, Chevy
Chase. west of Connecticut avenue. The
lot is 60 by 125 feet. and the price
paid was $3.50.
New Bank Planned.
The washington Mechanics Savings
Bank is contemplating the erection of a
building for its use at 556 Eighth street
southeast. on the property purchased
for the purpose several months ago
Plans for the building have been pre-
The Washington times., 1908-08-09
interesting Statistics.

CITY, Bids. Cost Gain Loss
New York, in
cluding Man
The Washington times., 1908-08-09
All Modern improvements.

The first floor will contain a large
living room, a dining room with a
beamed ceiling, reception hall, q
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
WHY FLORIDA WAS so SLOW IN
ATTRACTING IMMIGRATION

Persons who are puzzled to know
why Florida was so slow in settling
up will understand the reasons if they
will read Ex-Governor DuvaTs letter,
which is printed in the Banner this
morning.
The fertility of the soil and charac-
ter of the country were entirely mis-
understood.
Soon after this letter was written
the Seminole Indian war followed,
which lasted a long time, and broke
out afresh in 1857; then followed the
civil war and the reconstruction pc
riOd.
From this on Florida will have no
drawbacks, and no state in the I'm
ion is making more solid and sub.
stantial growth.
1t is going to keep on that way. 1t
lis destined TO be a garden in which
will be found every luscious fruit and
vegetable that will grow in a tropical
and semi-tropical cline.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
PUTTING ITS SINS ON TO THE
SHOULDERS OF OTHERS

The Gainesville Sun, in referring to
a recent excursion from High Springs
to Ocala via Gainesville, says:
"The entire trip from Ocala to
Gainesville was a scene of drunken
TOwdyism among many of the white
people and beasts in human form
"swigged" down whiskey in the pres
.ence of ladies. Several young boys
were even among the number OF
DRINKS, and had it not been for the
especial vigilance of the railway EN-
ployes in charge of the train more
than one life would probably have
been sacrificed. Palatka is a dry town
Ocala is wet"
The way to stop such occurrences Is
by the adoption of the Louisiana law
which makes it a misdemeanOr fol
any person to drink intoxicants on
train.-Apalachicola Times.
That were a great deal BETTER than
blaming Ocala for the weakness and
sins of its own people. When a man
murders another man the merchant
who sells him the ammunition is not
held responsible.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
HOIST ON HIS OWN PETARD

1t is needless to employ reason and
intelligence in an. effort to show that
the democratic leader is not guilty of
the charges which Tom Watson has
been making ever since he began this
campaign. If ever a man was hoist
by his own petard that man was Tom
Watson when he attempted to show
that Mr.. Bryan had snubbed the Con-
federate soldiers by voting against
Speaker Crisp.
1t was easy to establish the fact
that Mr.. Bryan voted in caucus and
on the floor of the house for Crisp, and
that the latter held him until the day
of his death in the highest esteem.
The unspeakable impudence Of Tom
Watson in going about the country
resenting something on behalf of
Speaker Crisp, which Crisp himself
had never resented, for the simple
reason that it didn't exist is only
paralleled by his superlative gall in
alluding to the Crisp candidacy at all,
| in view of the fact that this arch
egotist was voting for himself for
speaker at the very time of Bryan's
alleged opposition to Judge Crisp.
1t is one of those instances of pO-
litical depravity which make the nor
NAL man exclaim, 80 shame, where is
thy blush" and could not even be
comprehended by anybody who didn't
know Tom Watson.
In spite of the frequent and categOr-
iical denials which have been made
to Watson's charges; in spite of the
fact that he ran on the same ticket
with Bryan and gave him his support
since those alleged "snubs" to Judge
Crisp-in spite of this and everything
else except his vanity and self-inter
est, he will go on traducing the dem
ocratic candidate to the end of the
chapter.-Atlanta Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
JUST A LITTLE HINT

Sunnose the railroads Of Florida had
acted with some degree Of business
acumen and had fOstered and protect
ed the interior towns the same as tEsy
have the seaport cities, who can pic
ture what a great state Florida would
he today? And how such policy would
have built up the railroad systems.
Every niece of freight coming in and
going out would have been so much
grist for the railroad hopper Giving
The interior cities the same freight
rates as given the seaport cities and
making no determinations against
.anv of them, great manufacturing In
dustrips would have been established
lin all these towns and cities and the
railroad companies would today be as
busy as bees in the hOney-storing sea
son. and then the freight would be all
.theirs-they would not have to share
# with the schooner and steamship
companies. Some of these days some
railroad man is going to permit an
idea to penetrate his brain and those
who have their money invested i'm
railroad stocks are going to rise up
and call the name of that man bless
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
CUTICURA CURED
MOTHER AND BABY
Southern Woman Suffered Nth
Itching, Burning Rash Drove
Her Nearly Crazy-Her Baby Had
Sore on Neck, and Two Other
Babies Had Skin Trcu5.es-CaIIs
CUTICURA A STANDBY
THAT NEVER FAILS HER

e lust cant say enough r.r the Crlfi-
C1ra Remedle-. I can't trt V.ri. b. ~
enough Co EXPIRE Uv thanks Fl. Gld
for hearing az tLs wonderful remedies
Nv baby had running -.ra .r he
neck and nothing thar GIl f.r .- Took
effect until J. u-ed tufrura. SIS face
wa nearly fall nf trffer .r -.fr. similar
skin disease. 10 would .... arI after
scratching. 10 burned FOL. chat r r..|f
hardly stand 10. IU. rl..- % J.t.
cura Soap and b.s 90 l.f...rl I.-f-
mput cured U.. U.s.. wears offer II
broke our On ur hands arH wrist.
cured DO for while. U.f .f cam. a-4.-
in the summer. Sometime d would
20 nearly crazy for Do If.t.l -. BADLY.
j used ten dollar worth .f ..-.a "A
blood medicine which 0.I uu good az
all. then I went hoD- o.. uv ..I standby.
that had never failed Us One 60 z
Cuticura Soap. Cuf.,ura Ointment and
CutiCurp Re~..yarf Did fte work One
set also cured my urr.a.s baby whose
head was q cake Of sores. and know q
another woman. baby who was in the
same fix and nothing else did any god.
] speak a word a praise for CutiCua
whenever / SEQ a case thar needs 10.
Mrs Lille WiIcher. 40 Eleventh ST..
Chattanooga. Tenn. Feb. 10. 1907"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

The first issue or the Sanford Bier
aid lies on our exchange table. IH~ty-
biography it is a model As soon as
you scan its makeup and its print you
at once realize that it is the work of
a master of his trade. 1t shows in ev-
cry line that those behind it take a
pride in their work and try to excel
When We run across Osborn's name
as one of it's staff we can at once &C
count for its excellence. The paper
would reflect credit on George Burn
side in his palmiest days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
THE AMERICAN PRISON AssocIA.
TON

indianapolis. Ind. Aug 10. zoos.
The next meeting OF On. American
Prison Association viii be- hell 40
Richmond. Va. November 1919. 1875.
under the presidency Of Rev. j. L. NI
ligan. IL. ID.
The headquarters will De- a, the
jefferson, and the general sessions
will be held in its auditorium There
are many other good hotels. among
them Murphys. the Richmond the
Lexington. FOrd's and GiIberts All
these have made Special rates Cor Del
egates and visitors 90 the congress
Reduced railroad rates are practical
ly assured
The plans for the congress insure
Ia pleasant and profitable meeting
A program will De sent at later date
+ or any desired information write che
general secretary. Every member of
the association will De- depended upou
To interes, others in The meeting and
secure the largest tp0ssi1.a attend
ance AMOS W. BUTLER.
General Secretary
% State House. indianapolis Ini
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

1t is d great relief to the people of
Florida to know that Claude L'Engle
has favored the legislature OF the
state with his approval. The verdict
has been breathlessly awaited, and a
sigh of relief went up when in late
issue of the Sun the announcement
was made that Mr. L'Engle had lined
up with the state senators and repre-
sentatives-elect, looked them over. and
pronounced them satisfactory. There
was some fear that the job of elect
ing the legislature might have to be
done over again.-Lakeland News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
NEWSPAPERS ARE ALL
PRAISING BRYAN


More and more it is beginning to
look like g picnic for Bryan.
Nearly all the newspapers that were
very hostile to him in 1896 are now
praising him. Even the New York
Sun and the New York Times are
scattering flowers at his feet, and the
stately and conservative New York
Herald is forced to say that 1T now
begins to look like Bryan
To show that we are not drawing on
our Imagination and that our enthu'
siasm is not running away with our
Judgment we make the following eX
tracts from some of the newspapers
that were formerly in arms against
tn Nebraslan.
After his speech at Des Moines. the
New York SIN comp,imented him as
follows:
Ia w5.,I 5e unfair NOT to recog
Inize The moderation Of language. the
apparent canGor OF tone. the direct
mes and evav.ty o. statement and the
cIearnes of argument which distin
g1:sh tlfs AMI other recent addresses
OF Mr. Bryan from the often frenzied
rhetoric Of his earlier productions
The New York Times is forced to
say:
Nobody can deny that his speech
at Des Moines yesterday vas effect
i've. It was. in fact. the most effective
and soundest speech the man evel
made. Much that he says
is quite beyond disproof or denial. We
recall no other public utterance of his
of which that might be said"
Quoting what the Sun and Times
say the New York World adds the
following:
These testimonials to the changed
tone of Mr.. Bryan's utterances refer
to his recent address at Des MOines
on the subject of the tariff In this
as in his speech of acceptance, the
moderation and dignity of which were
first commended by the World, Mr.
Bryan has done much to convince the
country that he has OutgrOwn some OF
the errors of youth and inexperience
"A political leader who has a Sc
rious message to convey to his coun
trymen adds weight to his words and
gives strength to his cause by cloth
ing his thoughts in the language of so
berness and wisdom. Mr.. Bryan
Ipower as an agitator is admitted. He
makes a creditabIe beginning this
year in much higher role
Yes, and he will gain strength as
he continues, and by the third Of No
vember the country will be pretty
NEARLY unanimous for him.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

Those Atlanta newspapers never
seem to agree. A little while ago the
Journal could not say enough about
Tom Watson. and John Temple
Graves of the Georgian praised him
the Atlanta Constitution was alone
then the doubling Thomas. Things
are now reversed. Graves and the
Journal are now denOuncing Tom and
the Constitution is weakly endeavOr-
ing to hold up his hands. Tom seems
always to be on the side that subjects
him to criticism-all the while it is
limited that his bank account in
creases.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
DUTY OF FLORIDA DEMOCRATS

Mr.. George c. Martin of BroOksville,
in conversation with his friends, gives
very graphic and thrilling descrip-
ton of the Denver convention.
At a certain stage in the proceed
ings the different delegations march
ed around the hall, with banners wav-
ing and wildly hurrahing.
As if seized with sudden inspiration,
one of the delegates got a banner with
"a picture of Bryan, and climbing over
the cODings and rafters of the great
hall succeeded in placing ii beside a
still larger picture of George Wash
ington. After the applause had about
subsidized this delegate then took the
Bryan banner and placed it beside a
massive picture Of Grover Cleveland.
When this feat was accomplished the
convention went wild. There was
tremendous and deafening cheering.
clapping of hands, waving OF handker-
chiefs and other demonstrations OF
approval
This was the fateful m0ment-the
turning point of the convention. The
two wings of the party had been weld
ed together. From that moment it
presented a solid front to the country.
This was manifest in all the pro
ceedings which followed
Judge Parker was made chairman
of the platform committee. and that
instrument is largely the work of his
hands, and he left the convention
hall a bigger and more popular man
than he had ever been before.
Democracy had had a new birth.
Every democrat was elated!
Democrats are in a majority in the
United States-the trouble has been
that they have not been united. Fac
ton has been warning against faction
and the results that have followed
have proven the maxim that "a house
divided against itself cannot stand"
We rejoice that the party is united
once more, and that victory is in the
air
Why cannot the democracy of Flor
.ida-catching inspiration from the
example set at Denver-"get togeth-
er," and be once more a united, pa
triotic party!
Why should the democrats of Flor
ida use beak and claw against one an
other.
Those democrats who fan the
flames of factionalism and keep alive
the embers of discord and bitterness
are as so many enemies in the camp.
They are "disturbers of the peace
and should be put out.
Let us be big enough to let bygones
be bygones. Let every democrat of
Florida-with his face turned we'll to-
ward the rising sun-pray for a pOlit-
ical regeneration and a new birth,
and once again see the democratic
party of this state unfold itself into a
patriotic and great party.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

The Moon is now the name of the
Quincy Herald. No. The young man
is not moon struck. In looking over
the realms of journalism he found
Suns and Stars, and the thought that
Florida was entitled to everything &C.
lestial, so Quincy has the Moon. BY
the way, it will be observed that the
moon shines brighter in Florida than
in any other state, and We hope that
the Quincy Moon will follow the ex
ample of its celestial namesake in
this respect.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

General Gilchrists mother O. living
in Columbia She is Young enough to
have recently made "a tour Of Err0pe
and stood the trip ar veu as anyone
in the party During the period OF
the civil war and in autebeuum times
she was a leader OF society and vas
then and Is still possessed of the
charm of the most winulu- and at.
.tractiye manners She was an unit
.versal favorite in Quincy where she
then resided When General CD
christ is iuaugurared governor OF
Florida his mother viii io fhe hou0rs
.of the executive mansion Do uiI 1e
"a proud time OF her Ufe
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

Your flag and my flag. and how it flies
today;
In your land and my land and half the
world away:
Rose red and blood red its stripes for
ever CLEAN;
Snow white and soul white, the good
forefathers' dream;
Sky blue and true blue, with stars that
CLEAN Alright.
The glOried guidOn Of the day, a shell
ter through the night.
Your flag and my flag, and oh, how
much IL holds,
Your land and my land secure within
its folds;
Your heart and my heart beat quicker
at the sight;
Sun-kssed and wind-tOssed, the red
and blue and white;
The one flag, the great flag. the flag for
me and you,
Glorified all else beside, the red and
white and blue.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28
CUTICURA OINTMENT
The Worlds Greatest Skin Cure and
Purest and Sweetest OF
EmOllients.

Cuticura Ointment b. one of the most
successful curative- for torturing. die
figuring humors of the skin and scalp,
including loss @ hair. ever compounded
in proof Of which a single an0intiLE
with il. preceded by a hot bath with
CutiCura Soap. and followed by mild
doses Of Cutfcura Pills. b. often sum
Cient 20 afford immediate relief in the
most distressing forms a itching burn
ing. and scalv humors. eCzemas. irrita-
tiOns. and infammations, permit rest
and sleep. and point % a speedy cure
when all else fails.
Sold throughout the word Potter Dr-E 90
Chem Corr sole Props Boston Maas
81 Post Free. How ~ cure skn Huu01-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

Claude LEngle is still knocking al
the Jacksonville dailies. He thinks
Hearst should start a paper there
that Florida may have an up-to-date
daily. Claude evidently hasn't the
Times Union or the Metropolis on his
exchange list. Either of these papers
are doing more for Bryan and Kern
than a dozen of such papers as the
Tallahassee Sun. Take into consider
alton the population of the territory
in which they are published, and no
state is producing better dailies than
the two published at Jacksonville
DeLand Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

The stork is the worlds best bird.
although It Is not the pr-tfie-t nor
trills the sweetest Ir is infused with
the true spirit of democracy. and 81
no respecter OF persons o. visits The
mansions and castles of the rich and
the cottages and novels OF che poor
and always with the same gifts of
sunshine and happiness. blessings on
the stork. and may 90 never groE
weary in we'll doing. and may 90 for
ever be kept on IT'S wings. bearing its
gifts OF JOY and gladness
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

''In the rugged grandeur of her
scenery North Carolina has Florida
faded. but in almost all other re-
spects Florida is the better state. and
as a whole her people are in better
shape says the Ocala Banner. whose
editor has just returned home. And
after our return from Denver We have
the same idea as to our state and the
far west.-Lake City Index.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

After furiously and persistently de-
nouncing Mr.. Bryan for voting against
Crisp for speaker because he was a
Confederate soldier, it now turns out
that the records reveal that Bryan
voted for him and Tom Watson voted
against him-he voted for himself.
How is that of man being hoist on
his own petard?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

One of our Nashville cOntemporar-
les having called another a booze
bubbler and hell broth megaphone. 90
it is up to the latter to squeeze from
the lexicon of invective something a
trifie stronger or send over a julep in
acknowledgement of defeat-Courier-
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

The New York World viii regain its
lost popularity and will largely in
crease its circulation. especially in
the south, since it has unequivocally
declared for Bryan and democracy
Jump on the band wagon. boys anC
march along with US to victory.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

To destroy cabbage worms, expert.
enced growers recommend a plan that
is effectual and harmless. A mixture
of one quart of -four and two table,
spoonfuls of soda is sifted into the
plant in the morning when the dew is
on. 1t will do the business.-Ameri
can Farmer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

The Mariana Times-Courier thinks
the sheath gown, which is receiving
so much attention just now, is not
such big thing, after all" That's
what's the matter with it. We refuse
TO print what the editor of the above
paper says in proposing a remedy fol
it.-Lake City Index.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

A birds nest with a diamond ring
in it and a crab with a Spanish doub-
loon in its claws keep cupidity torn
between hunting and fishing-or
merely finding out the truth.-Atlanta
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

Kingdom Gould, son of George J.
Gould, and who is an heir to millions,
will work in the mines of GuanajuatO
for the next month as a common min
or
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

Having ruled that mullet are not
flsh because they have gizzards, the
Apalachicola Times thinks that it is
now probable that certain turtles are
jewels because they wear diamonds
on their backs.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

The Atlanta Journal consoles itself
with the thought that the further we
get away from the melon the nearer
We approach the oyster Yes. and the
sausage, spare-rib and backbone.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

Narrow-minded, selfish bigots are
always finding fault, and the entire
pack is barking at the governors
els.-Apalachicola Times.
Now then. That ought to settle it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia has
called an extra session of the legis-
lature of that state. 1t is called to
convene August 25th.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

There have been ten indictments
found against the Springfield rioters
One of the indictments is against a
woman.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-08-28

Levy county tax payers this year
will be subject to 7-mill county tax.
l for schools, for general revenue.
and only 1 for roads and bridges.