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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
JUDGE BULLOCK ADVISES CON-
STITUTIONAL CONVENTION

Among the recommendations con-
corning needed legislation made to
the attorney general of the state by
Circuit Judge w. S. Bullock of Ocala,
the rIllowing is poted as peculiarly
significant and as directly according
with the Journals contention during
long period of time:
In my judgment there should be a
general revision of the constitution of
the state, and, for this purpose, a
constitutional convention should be
held. There have been so many
amendments proposed by the legisla-
ture, some Of which have been adopt
ed, and some not, that it makes it
extremely difficult now. to know just
what are the constitutional prOvis-
ions of the state. | favor a cOnstitu-
tional convention because, in my
judgment, men VINO are elected for
their peculiar fitness for such SER
vice, are better qualified to frame an
organic law than the legislator who
has not been specially elected with
that view
The constitution of Florida, most
imperfect instrument to serve its pur-
pose, even at the time of its adop-
tion is now antiquated. 1t is an act
ual hindrance to the development of
the state. And, as Judge Bullock de-
clares, it should be Overhauled and
revised throughout by a convention of
men selected because of their pecu-
liar fitness for such service"
The plan of amending the instru-
ment piecemeal through legislative
enactment and submission to the peo-
pie has proved a dismal failure. The
various sections of a constitution
should be more or less Independent
and should be made to harmonic in
the interests of good government
They may be likened to the ten COM
mandments, to break one of which,
We are told, is equivalent to break
ing them all.
And, besides, Florida's basic law
contains provisions which do not be-
long to such an instrument, but
should be subject to basic control
These should all be stricken out, and
a constitution broad in its sphere of
influence, but cOnned to its specific
provisions, should be adopted.-Pen-
sacola Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
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ELOQUENCE IN CONGRESS

Mr.. Chairman, in behalf of $4,000
wage-earners in the state of Louisi-
ana; in behalf of the eight hundred
thousand in the United States engag-
ed in the manufacture of lumber; in
behalf of the two and one-half million
people dependent upon the continu-
ance of this great industry; in behalf
of the thriving communities which
have been built up because of the de-
velopment and activity in those lines;
in behalf of of the people who have
loaned their money for the construc
ton of the great sawmills and the de-
velopment of the Industry and the up
building of towns; and, lastly, in be-
half of the consumer who will have
to consume if you destroy the
origin of production, l express the
hope that the existing rates upon
lumber will be reincorporated in this
measure before it leaves this house
and becomes the law of the land ZAP
-Arsene P. Pupo, Louisiana.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
SOMETHING TO EXPECT

Colonel o. J. Coogler. Jonesboro's
debonair and clever attorney. is at
HomosasSa, Fla, this week. engaged
on some extensive abstract work for
big land company. 1t is scarcely to
be expected that With such excellent
fishing facilities at hand as exist at
Homosassa, the colonel will give his
time exclusively to labor while there,
and his home friends may safely an
ticipate some rare fish tales upon his
return a few days hence.-Jonesboro
(Ga-) Enterprise.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
THE MILD-EYED ALLIGATOR
He Has a Fondness for Hog Meat
and Dog Meat-Not AVerse %
Morsel Of Human Flesh

In your issue of March 3Oth. read
Mr.. A. V. Hiscock's letter about the
dangerous alligator. Yes. he D. dan.
gerous. and he gave three statements
where it is known facts that they
have caught two boys aud one glri
can add two more cases OF similar
occurrence to three Mr.. Hiscock has
given. l know where they have
caught men. If you do not think so.
try one of the brutes when ne o. hun
cry.
They are one of the worst brutas 90
catch hogs in the world. In one sum
mer they caught five sOws for me
One of the sows had seven little pirs
and enc had nine. and all Of hem
starved to death. can give a true
statement that they catch as many AZ
fifteen to twenty head Of hogs for me
every year, to say nothing of nv
nelghbors' hogs. They also catch
COWS as well as hogs, and no matter
how valuable your dog Is. the gator
never fails to catch him IL he gets a
chance. They are one Of the worst
enemies of fish. destroying many
thousands every year.
Instead Of protecting the alligator
by the law a bounty should be- paid
Tor the head of every one that 10 XIII
ed that measures twelve inches In
length'-B. L. Griffin. Of Enterprise.
in Times-Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16

How could the governor conscien.
tiously sign bill creating a new
county so long as the legislature
shows bad faith, refuses to reappor-
uon representation and continues its
present membership of 1O1 in def.
ance of the constitution? The gov
ernor's oath includes the preservation
of the states most sacred document,
its basic law, and Governor Gilchrist
is not the man 10 evade this respon-
sibility of observing it to the letter
and compelling such observation on
the part of others who may fall with
in his sphere of influence or control.
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
THE GOVERNORS PLEA FOR Lo-
CAL SELF GOVERNMENT

The Journal calls the particular at
tention of its readers to the following
recommendation made by Governor
Gilchrist in his message to the legis-
lature.
Much time of the legislature is US
ually taken up in tbe consideration OF
town and city charters. Such meas
ures affect the local interests of the
various members of the legislature.
They are usually of more importance
to them than general legislation, that
affects the entire state. 1t is recon-
mended that an act be passed by
which these various charters can be
amended by the councils of the va
rious towns and cities, the same to
be submitted to the qualified electors
as a referendum. This is undoubted-
ly a better plan of safeguarding the
interests of the people of the various
towns and cities than the usual man
ner of passing any old bill which may
be introduced, without giving it any
attention whatever"
There is not a session of the legis
lature, as the governor declares, dur
ing which a great deal of time that
could be put to better use is not &C.
cupied by squabbles over charter
changes desired by various cities.
And these changes do not, by any
means, always represent the wishes of
the people of those cities, but are de-
sired for some special purpose by
some particular clique. In this way
many a charter has been amended in
a way to work a direct injury to a
municipality.
The governors recommendation is
democratic, moral and progressive in
character. 1t conforms to the well
beloved principles of local self gov
eminent. Its adoption would most
certainly make all future efforts to
have the state tamper with city char.
tiers very unpopular and would thus
minimize the activities of various sell
fish interests in that direction. And
it would throw upon the citizens of
municipalities new responsibilities
which would awaken them to a high
er sense of civic duty and place in
their hands the means to readily real
ize a more perfect progress toward
good government than they now pos
sess, hampered as they are by the
present laws.
1t is certain that no aggregation of
men selected from all portions of a
state can judge of the requirements
of any city as well as the city's own
people. No argument is needed to
convince a sane man of this postu- |
late. And as the governors plan is
simply to transfer power to make |
changes in municipal government |
from those who know very little |
about what is needed to those who |
know all about II, it sigaON. e. LAG |
know all about 1t, it is a good plan, |
and sohuld be adopted Pensacola /
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
ACQUITTED OF MURDER

Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson. wild
ow Of the nephew of Admiral Samn-
son, who has been on trial at LYONS.
n. Y, for the murder of her husband
was acquitted. Notwithstanding that
her own mother testified against her
the state made out a very weak case
against the young woman, and her at
torneys had no difficulty in winnino
a verdict for acquittal. She nerar
lost her composure during the trial
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
ABUSED, BUT WONDERFUL

Marvels have crowded upon the
world so fast in the last two decades
that they have almost ceased to be
marvellous.
Wireless telegraphy, for example,
was received as a matter of course;
and thus its subsequent development
has hardly been remarked.
The Roentgen rays, by which the
interior of the opaque bodies may be
observed and the skeleton photo
graphed within a f1eshy envelope,
hardly caused a ripple in the world
accustomed to a daily diet of revolu-
tionary discoveries and inventions.
We are not so stated with mechan-
zeal sensations when the first phOnO-
graphs were placed on the market a
few years ago, and the event attract
ed much attention; but the improve
ment of the invention, almost to the
point OF perfection, has not received
sufficient notice from a public which
no longer is capable of wonder.
Henceforward the voices of all the
great men and women will be pre-
served forever for future generations.
All the great orators, the great sing
ers, the great musicians and the great
actors shall live perpetually and shall
be ready at any time to serve the
pleasure and convenience of even the
humblest and poorest.
Coupled with the moving picture
device, the photograph will make
records of every great event, and
thus will create the most trustwor-
thy and valuable sources of histori-
cal information.
A thousand years hence our remote
posterity shall view the animated re-
production of the Inauguration of
President Taft and the departure OF
Theodore Roosevelt for Africa, the
busy scenes of Broadway in 1909, and
all the activities of this generation of
human beings.
What an interesting thing for US
would be a reproduction in the cam
of such events as the
preaching of Savonarola, the behead- /
ing of Charles l., and of Mary, Queen |
Of Scots, the progresses of Elizabeth,
surrounded by her cOurtiers, Oliver |
Cromwell at the head of his army. the
abdicatiOn of Napoleon, or the crown |
ing of Charlemag"e at Rome.
What a vivid picture such records !
would give us of past times!
But, while we can enjoy only in
fancy the pleasures of this kind,
which are being stored up for remote
generations to come, the photograph
s serving also for the pleasure of the
age.
1t has carried good music and va
'iOus sorts of entertainment to the
Isolated farmhouse and mining camp,
rs we'll as to the urban parlor, and
t has provided for most folk a better
lass of musical entertainment at a
over cost.
In brief, it has been an active agent
If genuine civilization, making the
vilds more inhabWable, solitude less
Onely and life in many conditions
ess dull and sterile-San Francisco
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT {
EAST COAST RAILWAY
Mr. parrott is Promoted-t1e 10 hos
President Of the Road-other
Promotions


President Of the Road-other
Promotions
At the annual meeting Of the board
of directors of the Florida East Coast
Railway. held in 81. Augustine Fri-
day. the following officers were elect
ed:
H. NJ. FIagler. chairman Of ihr
board. 26 Broadway. New York.
]. R. Parrot. president. Jackson
vile and St. Augustine. Mr.. Parrot
also remains general manager
J. p. Beckwith. vice president IN
charge of operating and trafic s.
Augustine.
]. f. Ingraham, vice president in
charge of lands and industries. ST.
Augustine.
w. H. Beardsley. treasurer 20
Broadway, New York.
J. c. Salter. secretary. 20 Broad
way, New York.
H. S. Jenison, assistant secretary.
Jacksonville, Fla.
w. H. Chambers. comptroller. 81
Augustine.
r. W. Parsons. assistant 90 The
president, &c Broadway. New York.
These important. changes IN the
rank of the officials OF the Florida
East Coast Railway are Of general tn
terest. The honor given Mr.. Parrot
in his selection as president OF this
great railway is one so well deserved
that it will have the hearty commen-
dation of the public at large. Mr.
Beckwith, in his advance 20 vice pres
ident in charge of operating and traf.
fic also gets a deserved promotion
Mr.. Ingraham. who was formerly
third vice president. is also pr0mot
ed to vice president. sill retaining
charge Of lands and industries OF
the system.-St. Augustine Record
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16

The milk Of human Kindness
the shirt that prompts the throwing
81 rome Of hope TO the unfortunate
and condemned Of the wOrld-re-
c-1vcs but little applause in these
zines Of great moral reforms. We
.urbt not to let The fountain of for
-svcness dry up altogether.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16

Funny reason to admit 100000 tons
of Philippine sugar into the Country
annually without duty just because
Taft and Warren, president of the
Michigan Sugar Company, had an
agreement to that effect, and the SEN
ate committee desires to protect the
feelings of the president. This is
craftsmanship with a vengeance, is it
Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16

Into my poetic soul
There came an inspiration.
took unto myself a wife
And moved out to this station.
Going from my poetic soul
Is every Inspiration
burned If l don't believe I've gone
And married Carrie Nation.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16

Sometimes waiting is the trues+
speed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
Actor and Critic,

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
District Attorney Jerome of New York
was praising at the Union club resource
full lawyer.
Get him in hole" said Mr.. Jerome.
land he is out Of 1t the very next second.
He is as resourceful as an actor recently
heard about.
This actor, at 2 or o'clock one morn
ing, got in a taxicab to drive home, and
when almost there discovered that his
money was spent. He had nothing for
cab fare.
"A famous physician lived near by. and
the resourceful actor told the chauffeur
to stop there. Then he jumped out, rang
the physician's night bell and screamed
up the tube in an agonized voice:
Doctor, our baby! 1t has swallowed
its rattlel Quickl I've got a taxicab walt
ing"
"Tn be down at once said the doc
tor.
And he appeared at once, an overcoat
over his pajamas, and a case Of instru-
ments under his arm
THE actor bundled him into the taxi
cab.
ITO "a West Steenth street. he said
to the chauffeur. TIL go on to the drug
gist's.
and the actor walked of chuckling,
for the address he had given was that of
an old maid critic who had dared to roast
his last play"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03

alcoholic liquors, is under the ban.
But the law officially takes cognizance
of beer as beer only when 1t contains
as much as per cent of alcohol. So,
as soon as the manufacturers got
hep to this provision they began food
ing the state with beverage that
misses being the real article by 1 per
cent of alcohol. That 1t Is to say, it is
sure enough beer to all intents and
purposes, except that 1t contains only
2 per cent of alcohol. Now, 1t stands
to reason that il person can arrive
at state of intoxication by drinking a
liquid containing 3 per cent alcohol,
by consuming enough of the 2-per-cent
article to make up for the difference
he finally will fetch up in the same
condition. Consequently it was not
long better the Georgia authorities
found themselves with a constantly In
creasing number Of near beer jags" to
contend with.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
DAYS RECORD IN
COUNTY COURTS

The judges in the various divisions
of the county courts all got down to
business early yesterday morning and
a majority of the courts were busy
throughout the day.
In the first division of the city court.
Judge Nesmith presiding, the case of
Hugh Robbins VS.. Sam Levy was taken
up for trial and will probably not be
concluded today.
The case of c.. w. Austin VS.. F. G.
Sheppard is on trial in the second divis-
ion OF the city court. The suit now be-
ing heard grew out of a fight between
Mr.. Austin and Mr.. Sheppard during
the term of the former as fire inspec-
tor. The case was heard once before
and resulted in mistrial. The case
of Mrs. Cecil Thompson VS.. Birming-
ham Railway, Light and Power COM
pany has been placed in the hands OF
the jury.
The case of Mrs. Jennie Jungles VS..
Birmingham Railway, Light and Pow
err company was concluded yesterday.
The jury did not report yesterday aft
ernoon, however.
A bill was filed in the chancery court
yesterday by e. o. Early against Rob-
ert Early which seeks a sal eof certain
property for a division. The following
cases were dismissed by Chancellor
Benners:. Lee Hammonds VS.. Minnie
Hammonds, Annie Jackson ct al VS..
Amelia Ayers, Elizabeth Downey VS.. H.
K. Pearce, S. M. Lucas VS.. Claud l..
Lucas.
Disposition was made Of the follow
ing cases in the circuit court yester-
day: Ocre Floyd VS.. Southern Railway
ct al, verdict for the plaintiff for 1925:
Sherman & Sons company VS.. Louis
Pizitz, verdict for the defendant; Amos
Rutland VS.. Osborn Loan and Trust
company. verdict for the plaintiff for
500.
In the first division OF the criminal
court, Judge William q. Fort presid-
ing, the case of c. c. Mardis, charged
with forgery. was tried and placed i,
the hands of the jury. No verdict was
reached yesterday afternoon. however.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
LOCALS TO MEET
PREDESTINARIANS


The Birmingham College team is har
at work preparing for the game whic
they will play at Admission Saturda
against DR.. Stages, Predestinarians TIL
local boys are rapidly getting the stiff
ness out of their joints and Manage
Lovelady will lead his crowd of Indian
over to Admission in confident mood
The game Saturday should prove an in
teresting one and It is needless to sa.
that it will be a hard fought battle
Each of the opposing teams has been de
feated once this season. Birmingham b,
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
and Admission by Marion.
Quite large number Of the Birming
ham college students have signified thei
intention Of making the trip to Annistol
to cheer their colors, the gold and black
on to victory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03

coins. He was one of the best collectors
l ever saw When a piece of currency
passed into his possession, there was a
permanent gap created in the circulation
right there. He was the original human
safety clutch. Every time he had to
spend as much as two dollars he bled in
ternally. But when he died his collec-
ton passed into the hands of his oldest
son who had everything in his head that
would naturally belong there, except
brains, and in time the various coins
composing 1t became badly scattered.
But now everybody you see nearly is
collecting something. The Standard Oil
Company collects competitors and dives
them and puts pins through them and
stores them away in a file. Uncle Joe
Cannon collects insurgents. President
Taft goes through the west on a private
car collecting western republicans W.
like the new tariff. At last accounts
he had one and hoped to get another dur
ing the winter. Mr.. Bryan collects NOM
nations. Society leaders collect hus-
bands. The antitrust law collects dust
and the trusts also collect dust, only it's
a different sort. The musical comedy
them In show because the public resents
such innovations, preferring the jokes
that are familiar to ALL because then they
know exactly where the point is and
when to laugh. I collect my salary
with more or less difficulty and spend It
without hardly noticing 1t. You collect
the gems of wisdom and truth that I let
fall from time to time. Yes sir every
body collects something. There's the
prominent steel magnate that put his old
wife aside and hooked up with a lovely
lady out of a comic opera And No. rs
been engaged in the business of collecting
few intimate friends in exclusive New
York society ever since. Here only the
other day l was reading about her return
from Europe. She had more trunks Of
wardrobe than the whole troupe used to
carry when she was In the chorus. And
she stated on landing that it was her
present intention of restoring the golden
period of Pompadour and Du Barry
and those other French ladies whose
names are familiar to all readers OF mod
ern advertising literature, on account
of SO many face powders and new ways
of doing up the hair, having been named
for them. And then she started right off
to her castle to resume her work of COL
lecting those society friends. But
don't think that to date It's been what
you'd call an unqualified success
''Wots the troubleY' asked the House
Detective.
We'll" said the Hotel Clerk, shes got
magniADent gold-lined cabinet to put
the specimens in, but SO far, she hasn't
got any specimens"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03

From the Buffalo Inquirer.
Senator Beveridge was criticsing the
ludicrous speeches of certain upright
but hot-headed congressman.
''He does make queer blunders, doesn't
he?" said Senator Beveridge. Have you
heard his latest?
''Well, 1t seems that constituent, Wis
iting him recently, complained of the
shabbiness of a pair of ink-stained crash
trousers that he had on.
IA man of your position said the
constituent reproachfully, ought to wear
handsomer trousers than those
THE congressman, offended, answered
reproachfully:
MY trousers may be shabby but they
cover warm and honest heart F"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03

We Sell Rebullts
ALL MAKES
$4,000 TO $4,000
Repairs-Rents
$500 Per Month
REBUILT
Typewriter Co.
110 N. 21st st,
Phone hoo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
Near Drinks In Dixie,
From the New York Press.

=
A traveller lately returned from the
south says the prevalence of prohibit
ton In the country below Mason and
Dfxon's line and the efforts of bever-
age manufacturers to skate as near
the edge of the law as they dare has
given rise to some queer inventions in
the way Of names for these drinks, the
manufacturers of which strive to give
the consumer the impression that he
is getting something wicked. He
amused himself down there making a
collection Of these various names, such
as near beer" "beer1ne," "beerette,"
wiltshire" "whiskyette," "ginno,"
"ginnette," ''hoplOo," and "winka-
blink" They have had serious time
with near beer" down In Georgia.
Beer In that state, as well as all other