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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
GIRL Baked AT TIGHTS

Miss Almyra Sessions. one OF the
most prominent society girls in WASH
ington, who secretly made her stage
debut here one week ago, baked at
appearing in tights in ut Happened
in NordIand." in which she was TO
have had her second part at the Ma
tionaI Theater lately, just before the
performance. Her part was taken by
Lenna Duer, another member OF the
company. Miss Sessions put on her
street clothes just as the curtain was
ringing I'D, and left the stage, says
the New York World, went out and
bought a seat in the orchestra and
witnessed the performance.
Miss Sessions is the daughter of
Mrs. Benjamin Reeves Russell, wife
of Col. Russell, Of the marine corps.
She has appeared in the principal
parts OF several amateur performance
es which have been given each sea-
son by members of the exclusive
Younger set. She has a fine voice, and
recently she returned from abroad,
where she had studied under celebrat-
ed teachers.
Without notifying any of her
friends Miss Sessions obtained an en-
gagement with the Aborn Opera Co.,
here and appeared professional for
the first time in a small part in The
Sultan OF Sulu." She made hit and
was engaged for the second week.
She was TOLD that she was to lead
the soldiers" in the second act, but
nothing was said to her about wear
ing tights. The costumes did not
reach Washington until just before
the performance, and when Miss Ses-
sions was handed out her soldier
pants in the second act she nearly
collapsed. She told the management
she would not appear in tights. The
management said she must. Miss
Sessions had visions of her society
friends our N front and refused tic go
on. She was told she could "take her
clothes and go"
Miss Ducr is tiny bit of a gir;, and
she made petite colonel of the
guards"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
A FREAK STORY TURNS TO BE A
TRUTH

The Seav, Ala, Messenger says:
The report published in the Mes
.senger several days since of the birth
of a strange looking child near the
line Of Alabama and Florida did not
impress itself upon our people as be-
ing strictly truthful. Not that they
doubted the source from whence it
came to Troy, but it seemed impossi-
BILE that such a thing could happen in
these days.
But the Messenger is in position to
verify the report and add a little in
.teresting facts to it.
The child Gf it can be called a
child), was born, and lived several
days. 1t was covered from head to
foot with hair; it had two short
horns, one over each ear, and it's feet
were like the hoofs of a COW.
After living several days the child
died. Some think it was murdered.
1t is now in Dothan, where the re-
mains are being embalmed for pre-
servatiOn. The child was born in
Vernon, Fla, of black parentage, and
its mother, when she saw it, asked
the doctor to kill it. Being refused,
some think it was murdered.
The story has sounded pretty fishy
all along, but today the story is in
the press dispatches and there can
be no doubt of it.
No doubt someone is having it en-
balmed and will present it over the
country in a freak museum.
1t is said that thousands of negroes
and many white have visited the
freak baby in Vernon, Fla, and that
hundreds of negroes are leaving that
section through fear, many claiming
that the devil has come to earth.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH

With the advent of hot weather,
the old controversy between Yuma
and Needles, the first in Arizona and
the other in California. as to which is
the hottest place in the United States
has been revived. Neither is clamor-
ing for the distinction-oh, no; each
is striving to thrust it upon the 9th
er! AS a matter of fact, the difference
is so slight that it is not worth quar-
reling about.
From now until late in September
the mercury will climb up in the tube
until it reaches the 12O mark nearly
every day in both places; and there
are weeks at a stretch when it never
falls below 100, even at night. One
can cook eggs hard by simply bury
ing them in the hot sand.
The Mojave Indians of the lower
valley of the Colorado River always
go barefooted, and the hot sands and
stones have calloused their feet until
they are as hard and as insensible TO
pain as the hoofs of a horse; they
can walk through fire and trample
red hot Goals without 1inching.
The extreme heat is due to the low
altitude, combined with the proximity
of the Colorado and Mojave deserts.
For a thousand miles on the east and
FIVE hundred on the north and west
stretches a waste Of sand and cacti.
With every mile traversed by the
winds they gather heat, so that a cool
ing breeze from any direction is an
impossibility. The man that traverS-
es the desert doesn't wonder that
Yuma and Needles are HOT. He only
wonders that they are not white hot.
Persons who can stand the excess
I've heat find Needles and Yuma
health resorts admirably adapted TO
the cure of consumption, bronchitis
and rheumatism. However. most peo-
pie would consider the disease more
tolerable than the cure. 1t is an
right in winter time, but in the sum-
mer months New York's tenement
districts are cool and delightful in
comparison. If anyone feels uncom-
Portable on Manhattan Island let him
think Of Needles or Yuma. and give
thanks that things are no worse
New York Press.
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NOTICE TO BUILDING CONTRACT.

Sealed bids will be received af the
office of r. +. Yonge for the consfruc-
ton of the Masonic Lodge Opera
House building Of the Marion Dunn
lodge No. 10. F. Il A. NJ. 90 b. erect
ed at Ocala, Florida, until noon. An
gust 18th, next.
Each bid for the construc.Ilu uf
the building must be- accompanied
with a certified check for $500. made
payable to r. f. YOnge. chairman
building committee, a. guarlu'.s
that If awarded the contract fne 500
cessful bidder will promptly enter .u.
to contract and furnish bis bond 1s
required by specifications. The night
is reserved TO reject any and 8li UIls.
Drawing and specifications ml. lf
seen at the Office % r. r illEa
South Main street. Ocala. FLORIDA.
Contractors wishing 90 bid may ln-
tain drawings and Specifications .r1m
r. Z. YOnge By depOsiting win him
a certified check for So a. a zIlan.
tee that they will present a bona fia
bid on the work. and as a guarantee
Of the safe and prompt return OFT rhe
drawings and specifications tO The o.
fee Of r. +. YOnge Ocala. Florida.
without cost C. the committee.
BUILDING COMMITTEE
Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 19. p. a. A.
u, Ocala. Florida.
Sc r. z. YONGE. Chairman.
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WHAT DID DIoNIFIED JUDGES
WANT WITH coRsETs
Are Made the Target From Fierce
Black Feminine Eyes and Beat a
Retreat in Confusion

A special to the New York World
from Trenton, n. j., is made 20 ex-
claim: What in the wide world two
justices Of the court of errors and ap-
meals should want of dainty Partisan
corsets, trimmed with Daby blue rib
bons and lace it is hard to say, but
that they did want those mysterious
articles of feminine attire and other
bits of lingerie OF quaint design and
delicate workmanship was evident to-
day. They showed it by the unblush-
ing way in which they bid upon the
corsets and robes de mutt and-well,
on the other things which State Mar
shall Thomas J. AIcott knocked down
to the highest bidder by order of IN
Gle Samuel.
"The things had been struggled in
to the state at Hoboken and seized by
the customs men. They were valued
by the government appraisers at
$4,000. Advertising and other expens-
es incident to their sale at auction
cost 5000. They brought $500.
Pretty stenographers by the dozen
attended the sale and many state Off
Gals were present, for the auction
was held in the old state capitol.
The girls thought they we're going to
have things all their own way, but
when the grave and dignified judges
began to bid on the corsets and slum-
Der robes and chemisettes there was
a deal of excitement and annoyance
shown by the stenographers, and they
said that they thought the judges
we're just horrid to run the prices up
against them so. The judges seemed
a trifle confused when they were
made the target of angry glances
from so many bright eyes, and finally
they backed out of the room and left
the girls in sole possession"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
DIARRHOEA CURED

MY father has for years been trou-
bled with diarrhoea, and tried every
means possible to affect a cure, but
without avail" writes John H. Zirkle,
of Philippi, w. Va. "He saw Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy advertised in the Philippi
Republican and decided to try it. The
result is one bottle cured him and he
has not suffered with the disease for
eighteen months. Before taking this
remedy he was a constant sufferer
He is now sound and well, and al
though sixty years old, can. do as
much work as a young man." Sold
by all druggists. m
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THING OF BEAUTY
Special to the ocaIa Banner:

Special to the Ocala Banner:
Dilapidated, a monster eye-sore to
the optics of our Immediate common
wealth's civilized citizens is the old
gulch known as Powl Creek, that
winding crack in the earth travers-
ing the Minute Railroad from the east
rim of Santa Singerland to the Okla
waha, entering it below the dancing
pavilion on Pacific Boulevard.
Shall this, the only thing we know
iof mar our sweet and blooming white
city of Los Kiss forever?-Morning
Los Nissan, March 25th, 1908.
The property known as Powl Creek,
the old dilapidated gulch the Los Kis-
san spoke of as being an eye-sore to
everyone, belonged to Mr.. Vancouver
of Eureka. And that same day the
Just Us Girls Club met in special con-
ference. They set Mr.. Pete Button
to the task of drawing maps of the
gulch Mr.. Vancouver was cOmmuni-
Gated with by a special committee of
the club and was induced to sell the
property to Los Kiss for 81, 200 in
gold. Miss Irene Button, who was
then president of the ]. U. G. Club,
bought the property and Immediately
paid for the same, several thousand
dollars of the money passing through
an Ocala bank. Miss Button had ideas
in her head, and so did her intelligent
brother, Pete. Within a week the
property was owned by the city and
the ideas of the club were carried
out, in that it was to be a sunken gar
den. Six gardeners from Scotland
were employed. They set to work at
Santa Singerland and worked north
ward. A little later three more gar
deners arrived, and were stationed at
the Los Kiss end. Now, wondrous
are the gardens, yearly completed.
Rose bushes, magnolias, palm, fig and
mulberry trees are bordering the rims
and on the sides are the holly berry,
cedar, kumQuats, lilies, pansies and
other flowers, grasses and trees. The
immediate bottom is only foot wide,
and is a cement basin through which
water runs continuously.-Los Kiss
Cor. st. Helena Irrigati-Mist.
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CHRONIC DIARRHoEA RELIEVED

Mr.. Edward E. Henry. with the
United States Express Co. Chicago,
writes: Our general superintendent,
Mr.. Quick. handed me a bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Di-
arrhoea. | have used it since that
check an attack on the old chronic di-
arrhoea. Iha We used it since that
time and cured many on our trains
who have been sick. I am an old SOL
der who served with Rutherford B.
Hayes and William Mckinley four
years in the 23rd Ohio regiment. and
have no ailment except chronic diar-
rhoea. which this remedy stops at
once For sale by all druggists. m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
BRILLIANT WIT AND REPARTEE

The following Uncle Remus anec-
dote is revived by the Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph: "Joel Chandler
Harris" said an Albanian, used to
write comic newspaper editorials.
Sometimes he made fun of rival edi-
tors in them, too. Simon Simpson, a
rival editor in Mobile, having been
made fun of, wrote angrily in his
rage: Joel Chandler Harris has been
getting off some cheap wit at our ex-
pense.' Harris, on reading this,
grabbed up his pen and dashed off as
quick as a flash for next days issue
1t must have been cheap, Simon, to
be at your expense"
George D. Prentice, editor of the
Louisville Journal, had the reputation
of being the most cutting and sarcas-
tic Photographer of his times. The fol-
lowing is a sample of his wit. a rival
paper contained the following limo
cent item one morning:
at was so cold last night that the
editor slept all curled up in his bed
Prentice, copying the item, replied
This proves what we have said all
along, that this fellow lies like a
dog"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
IN THE U. S. COURT

At the session of the U. S. court
at chambers at Jacksonville Monday,
the following business was transact.
ed:
An order was filed granting to the
defendants in the case of the Heal
Naval Stores Company VS.. R. w Mat.
tox and others a hearing of their de-
murrer.
An order was given in the case of
d. H. Horne, bankrupt, which declar-
ed no referee necessary, and also ex.
empted certain property of the de.
PENDANT
An application for adjudication as
bankrupt was filed by A. Mendelson,
and the same was granted.
In the case of D. R. Henderson VS..
the Peninsular Naval Stores Com
pany, subpoenas were issued to the
defendants.
Notice of the appearance of J. w.
Pearson in the case of Howard Tut
tie and others VS.. Edward Holder was
filed.
w. NJ. Brown, formerly president of
the Fort Dallas National Bank of Mi
ami, fled answer 10 the charges
brought by ]. K. Mcdonald, former re-
.ceiver of the bank.
J. S. Street filed an application to
be adjudged bankrupt, and the same
was granted by William Hunter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06

1t is not a case of will be-" but a
very present fact that Claude Len
gle is already a candidate to succeed
Taliafarro in the United States SEN
ate. The gentleman has started on a
railroad tour of the state for the pur-
pose of distributing his literature and
making his candidacy otherwise
known to the voting public. On or
about the first of October he will
stert from Pensacola in an automo-
bile and go into every section of the
state, spreading the gospel of
'L'Engle for the senate" The very
uniqueness of his campaign scheme
will attract enough attention TO in
sure him some votes in the primary.
but it remains to be seen whether
those votes will be enough to land
him in the United States senate
Madison New Enterprise.
And now the representative bee is
buzzing around Frank WalpoIe's
head. but as Franks better-half is
spending the summer north he is ex-
cusable for having queer notions. and
it's just as honorable to take to poll
tics as it is to take to drink.-Wau-
chula Advocate.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
ATLANTA TO ERECT FINE MON
UMENT

For the erection of a monument at
the cost Of 100000 on the capitol
grounds, to commemorate the fame
of the COnfederates, a bill will prob
ably be introduced in the Georgia
legislature next week.
It is suggested that the Davis mon
ument at Richmond, Va, be used as
a design. erecting a towering granite
monument, and placing at the cor
ners bronze figures, life size, repre-
senting respectively the infantrymen,
the artillerymen and the sailor, and
on the top the figure of a southern
woman holding a wreath in her out
stretched arms.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06

The Tenth U. s. cavalry (cOlOredJ
is back from the Philippines. and
have been ordered to camp az Bur
lington. VT, whereat the Burlington
ians are in sack cloths and ashes.
The World says that the grandchil-
dren of the most rank and rabid abO-
litionists are calling for Jim Crow"
cars. The mayor Of Burlington says;
I'VE regret that the war department
has seen fit to quarter this regiment
on US, but we must make the best OF
it. We must expect trouble. espe-
-cially on pay days" So il has come
TO this!
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06

While at Silver Springs Saturday.
says a correspondent to a Banner
man, the William Howard, Capt. How
ard, and the Sharp Shooter, Capt. Ev-
.erette Mills, We're at the Seaboard
docks unloading Daval stores. Two
freight trains were in the yards un-
loading merchandise for Ocala and
Fort Mccoy merchants. Silver
Springs, the biggest spring in the
world, is coming to the front.
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NOTICE.

Of Application for Tax Deed Under
Section OF Chapter isSS. Laws
Of Florida
Notice is Lereby given thai L. d.
Curry, purchaser Of tax certificate No
422, dated the Bird day OF June A ~
1907, has filed said certificate On my
Office, and has made application for
tax deed TO issue in accordance with
law. Said certificate embraces the
following described property situated
in Marion county. Florida. JO-wif.
Southwest quarter, section %. town
ship Is, south, range 10. east. The
said land being assessed al the date
of the issuance OF such certificate in
the name OF c. Fl. Hargraves. Unless
said certificate shall be redeemed ac
cording to law, tax deed will issue
thereon on the 9th day Of September.
4. d. 1909.
Witness my official signature and
seal this the 4tb day Of August A
D. 1909. (Seal.) S. T. SISTRUNk.
Clerk Circuit Court, Marion Co. Fla
216
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
TWAS A GLORIOUS VICTORY

There's rejoicing IN Fedora, Tenn.
A mans life has been saved, and now
DR.. Kings New Discovery is the talk
of the town for curing c. V. Pepper of
deadly lung bemOrrhageS. I could
not work nor get about he writes,
and the doctors did me no good. but
after using DR.. Kings New Discovery
three weeks. l feel ike a new man.
and can DO good work again" For
weak, sore or diseased lungs. coughs
and colds, hemorrhages. hay fever. la
grippe, asthma or any broncial affec-
ton it stands unrivaled. Price soc.
and s1.00. Trial bottle free. Sold and
guaranteed by Tydings & Co. IA
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wAsHINeToNs PLAGUE SPOTS

lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the
Potomac, the breeding ground of ma
laria germs. These germs cause
chills, fever and ague, biliousness
jaundice, lassitude, weakness and gen.
eral debility and bring suffering or
death to thousands yearly. But Elec.
trio Bitters never fail to destroy them
and cure malaria troubles. "They are
the best all round tonic and cure for
malaria l ever used" writes R. NJ
James, of Louellen, S. c. They cure
stomach, liver, kidney and blood trou-
bles and will prevent typhoid. Try
them, soc. Guaranteed by Tydings &
CO m
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A GOOD HOTEL MEANS MUCH TO
A TOWN

The Waldo News says that next to
its local paper the drummer who Wis
its a town is it's best advertising me-
dunn. If a drummer likes a town he
talks it; if he does not like it he talks
against it. Talk he will-that's his
calling-and nothing makes a drum
mer like town more than a good no.
tel, nor dislike it more than a poor
hotel. The knights of commerce do
much TO build or destroy a town.-De-
Funiak Breeze.
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TILL SHE FOUND OUT

How much of an income do you
think YOU could live on comfortably? %
1 think l could manage to be very
comfortable on about $4,000 a year
until my wife found out that I was
getting that much.'-Chicago Record.
Herald.
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NO NEWS IN PUTNAM

Prof. Carl Pearson, in a lecture az
the Royal Institute, London, made
the startling concession that Il was
scientifically possible that existing
white races are descended from a
dark skinned people of the negro
type" That's not new here. a colOred
Baptist preacher Of Putnam county
having maintained that Adam and
Eve were "coons. ''-Palatka News.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors, distributes and all other per
sons having claims or demands
against the estate of Frank D. Rob-
erts, deceased, to present the same to
the undersigned, duly authenticated,
within one year from this date.
Dated, Levon, Florida, August 2,
1909. MARY V. ROBERTS,
AS Administrative of the Estate of
Frank D. Roberts, Deceased. S-6-St
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-06
THE CRIME OF IDLENEss

Idleness means trouble for anyone.
It's the same with a lazy liver. 1t
causes constipation, headache, jaun-
dice, sallow complexion, pimples and
blotches, loss of appetite, nausea, but
DR.. Kings New Life Pills soon Danish
liver troubles and build up your
health. CSC. at Tydings & Co. m
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dFuL ocALAs
ally 25th, we spent in the
little city of Ocala, the geo.


little city of ocala, the geo.
al center of the state, or as
NJ the center as any other place.
Ocala is now, and has been for a
number of years past, one of the
most thriving of all our smaller cit
les. Her prosperity is of the solid
kind, being backed up by a magnifi-
cent farming section, while her for
ests and mines surrounding yield her
their wealth of lumber, turpentine
and phosphate. Ocala's true riches,
however, are in her good people. If
those we met are a fair sample, we
allow her Boosting in this regard to
be well founded indeed, for we have
never been treated with more respect
full consideration anywhere than we
were at Ocala. We are under special
obligations to Brother and Sister d.
w. Tompkins for lavish entertain
ment and good fellowship in their
home.
We visited the Sunday school in
the morning, and while there were
many absentees because of summer
vacations, and the general ''let down"
we Florida people experience in the
summer time, it was indeed a good
Sunday school. We have heard DIR.
Liars fame as a superintendent sung
before, as well as that of his corps Of
teachers, and we are prepared now to
believe the report.
1t was our great pleasure, and we
hope the peoples profit to preach in
the Methodist church both morning
and evening. The congregations were
not large, but very attentive. We
represented the Advocate at the
morning service, but received no new
subscribers nor renewals. Practical
~ all the Methodists in the congrega-
ton were taking the paper and we're
all paid up. Moral: If you want your
people to go to church get them to
subscribe for the Advocate. We had
TO solace ourselves by an attempt at
comforting and edifying the saints.
At the evening hour we spoke to the
1aymen, but we did not have a repre-
sentative audience present. We ap-
preciate the patient hearing We re-
ceived, however, from those who we're
present. We believe the service will
do good.
Brother Barnett, the much beloved
pastor, and his family are expected
home this week from their vacation
TO the mountains of North Carolina.
Brother Nixon was out on his district.
We met Sister Nixon, who told us
that he was well and that the district
work is in good shape.
We did not visit the League, but
heard good reports from it The mis-
sionary societies are ably oficered
and are doing good work. Ocala has
some choice workers in both the Lea
que and in the Missionary societies.
We were pleased to note the distribu-
ton of mite boxes for the Orphanage
among the children. Later We hope
TO visit Ocala again.-N. H. W., in
Editorial Cor. Florida Christian Ad-
Tocate.
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FOR SALE-Household furniture
consisting of bedroom sets. 3 fancy
center tables, ice box, kitchen safe:
all IN good condition. Must be sold
at once. Call at Jake Klein's dry
goods store. S-6-5t
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GRADUATED SORE EYES CURED

For twenty years l suffered from a
bad case of graduated sore eyes. ;,
says Martin Boyd of Henrietta. XIV.
In February, 1903, a gentleman ask
ed me to try Chamberlain's Salve. I
bought one box and used about two
thirds Of it and my eyes have not Civ
en- me any trouble SINCE This salve
is fer sale by all druggists.