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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

occasional references in this column
to the information brought here from
Florida. The striking growth of the
citv of Jacksonville and the indica-
ton that this increase in wealth and
population is to be continued have
been commented upon by men famil-
lar with conditions in Florida, men
like Henry NJ. Flagler. The mana
gers of some of the railways whose
trains run continuously from New
York or Philadelphia TO and through
Florida have spoken with gratifica-
ton and sometimes with amazement
of the material development of the
Florida peninsula The late Samuel
Spencer, when president of the South
ern railway. predicted that Florida
would become one of the richest of
the southern states
This development is a phenomenon,
unique in several respects; for one
thing, the state is attracting a large
immigration. no small part of which
comes from the west, and while there
are now at all OF the states winter re-
sorts many people who, as a whole,
represent the larger cities of the
north. New York, Philadelphia. Gin
cinnati, Chicago and Boston, yet
these constitute only small portion
of the passengers brought into Flor
ida by the railways. Southern Florida
and central Florida are likened to new
stretches of country in the far west,
into which the pioneer has gone seek
ing opportunity. Take, for instance,
the city of Tampa.
On the average, two trainloads of
prospectors come in each week, some
of them from the southwest, but the
majority of them from Iowa, Missouri,
and other western states. They are
so numerous that some of them are
compelled to sleep in the cars. In
this respect the community takes on
the aspect of a frontier town. Of
course, this impulse has led to specu-
lation in land, but the majority of
farmers are astute; they do not listen
to the tempting propositions of the
land Spectator, but seek reliable and
authoritative advice.
The Question of Transportation
Soon after the close of the civil war
some attempt was made to develop
the agricultural resources of Florida,
especially fruit. But progress was not
very rapid, chiefly owing to lack of
transportation from the interior of
Florida to the north. The Astors
owned a little railroad. about twenty
milese in length, running from the st.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

ooo- Total assets, now considerable
over half q million dollars
At the time of the financial panic
Of 1897, when most Of the banks OF
the United States refused cash pay
ments. the Munroe and Chambliss
Bank was one Of the few that rigid
" honored the checks of its deposit
ors as rapidly as they were present
ed.
Ready to meet changing demands
and more prosperous conditions. the
Munroe and Chambliss Bank opened
on December 9Th, 1910, a department
for small savings. which has now
more than seven hundred depositors,
and TO whom were paid, April LIST,
1911, more than $1,000 as the first
quarterly division of profits This
department is building up a band of
savers who will soon be among our
most valuable citizens
The pioneer bank is keeping pace
with the growth of its home town. 1t
has recently made some splendid al
terations and additions. 1t absorbed
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

nioneer families, is a graduate OF 'he
University of Florida. has been Tor d
number of terms city treasurer ana
is active in church and temperance
work He is also owner of stock IN
the bank, as are most OF the o'"e-
attaches.
Mr.. Royal E. Cole, the teller is an
exnert in his line, and if he has ever
made an error in the vast sums pass
ing through his hands no one mas
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

ever heard Of it. He has made him
self extremely popular with the Gus
toners of the bank.
The other employees are Messrs. T.
D. Lancaster. Jr., Mr.. Chas W.
Cleveland, Mr.. Robert NJ. Curtis,
and Miss L. J. Brmby, nine in all
Mr.. Cleveland is graduate of Rol-
Inns. is a model in his department
has high aspirations and is following
along a line that spells success. Mr.
Lancaster is a son of Major Lancas-
ter. is a native of this city, and in
manners and department has nothing
bur good marks to his credit. Mr.
Curtis joined the bank when the say
ings department was added to it, and
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

acquaintance of his future partner.
For six years they together placed
the loans of this bank, which brought
them in contact with large business
interests, which has since been use
full to them in their banking business.
Mr. Munroe is methodical and per
sonally is approachable and is quite
popular.
z. C. ChambIiss
Mr.. Z. c. Chambliss, the vice presi-
dent of the firm, came from Monroe
county Ga, in 1884, cleared land and
burned stumps east of Lake Weir
He next conducted a general store at
Stanton and moved TO Ocala in 1889
He accepted a place with the Buffum
Loan and Trust Company, which po-
sition he held until the big freeze
Travelling over the orange section
placing loans gave him as il did his
partner I'm intimate knowledge Of
men and conditions. which has since
proven most serviceabla 10 both Of
them II is said that poets are born
not made. Traders must be classad
under the same head Mr.. Chambliss
is Of the born variety He is fond OF
il. and posse ssina q frank magnetic
Personality pleasing and persuasive
manners, and judgment that has
rarely failed him. his success along
manE lines reads like an Arabian
Niehts story lie is pioneer in
nearly ali of our industries. and
where he is not a pioneer he is a pat
ron and a promoter.
Mr. Chambliss' example has been
worth a great deal to the county. and
few men stand higher in the public
estimation
Possessing. as We have said before.
an intuitive knowledge of men
Messis. Munroe and Chambliss have
naturally surrounded themselves in
their banking business with a fine
lot Of young men.
Mr.. Albert E Gerig, cashier. has
been with the bank almost since IT'S
establishment, and is now one of its
stockholders. He has for a number
OF years been leader OF our Metropol-
itan Band, and no society event
would be complete without his pres
ence He counts his friends by the
score.
Mr.. VIII T. Gary. another attache
OF the bank, is a son of one of our
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

he has made that part of it one OF
its most attractive feaures.
Miss Brumby, typewriter and stem
osrapher, is a sister Of our late MI
L. j Brumby, and comes of a family
noted for talents in many directions,
and is not unlike other members OF
her family. She is an expert, and
no member of the bank performs the
duties assigned to them to better sat
isfactiOn.
The pioneer bank is We'll grounded
in the affections of our people, and
the confidence the people have in it
is shown by the number of its de
positors and the size of its deposits
and the bouquets With which the
members OF the bank are always he
ing decorated.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14
MESSRS. MUNROE AND CHAM
BLISS-OUR PIONEER
BANKERS

The Munroe and Chambliss Bank
was not the first bank established in
Ocala, but it is our pioneer bank un-
der our new order of things, or since
Ocala has had a new birth.
Like a majority of the successful
concerns in the United States, our
pioneer bank began its career in a
modest way.
On January 18th, 1897, small shop
was opened in the Baer-Cox building
(now occupied by Knight & Lang to
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

inc of the amazing changes IN prog
,oes there and of the reasons why
tbe state may be expected from now
on 10 grow as rapidly, relatively at
least as any other state in the IN
ion
What Governor Gilchrist has writ
ron has been a topic among men Of
commerce, finance, manufacture and
transnortation in this city for the past
two or three years. There have been
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14
FLORIDA DESTINED TO BE ONE
OF THE RICHEST STATES

Under the heading. Hollands Let
ter" the Wall Street Journal. which
is New York's leading fnancia1 or
gan, says:
An article recently published from
the pen OF Gov. Albert W. Gilchrist of
Florida, is the first formal and detail
ed statement made by anyone of high
political authority in that state, tell
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

The want expressed for "gilt-edge'
security does not lessen the service
rendered. but shows the intention 10
care for the welfare OF depositors. as
Well as borrowers.
The giving Of information of gener-
al interest is a rule adhered to by this
bank
Most OF us have forgotten the in
convenience and cost of which We
We're relieved about the time this ap-
peared:
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14

Johns river to St. Augustine, and they
made the most Of their opportunity in
the way OF charging for passenger
fares. the regular fare being two dol
lars. English capital. in combination
With some from Philadelphia. under
TOOK large transportation develop
ment in southern Florida A little
railroad was built from the village of
SANFORD the terminal OF navigation ON
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14
leases of any kind of instruments al
ter July 1st, 1902.
MUNROE G. CHAMBLISS
Bankers


The editor of this paper was re-
Gently shown a copy of a booklet is
sued in 1902 by the enterprising mem
bers of this firm covering the growth
and uses of velvet beans. The book
let was widely advertised in the cot
ton states and was instrumental in
bringing this bean into notice as a
soil renovater, and it now occupies
a prominent place in our agricultural
products. It's virtues have not yet
been fully exploited and it is destined
to bring our county into still more
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14
WAR STAMPS

Recently taken off checks and notes
are now repealed entirely. and will
not be needed on deeds, mortgages.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14
an old copy OF this paper
SMALL LOANS

I'm most localities farmers are neg
lected and find it hard to get small
loans We make speciality of fur
nShing them All We want is gilt
edge endorsements.
MUNROE & CHAMBLtSS
Ranknrs
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continued on Page seven)
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
life INSURANCE COMPANIES
They Are Closely Observing Public
Health Conditions

An examining physician for one Of
the prominent Life Insurance Compa-
MES, in an interview on the subject,
made the astonishing statement that
the reason why SO many applicants for
insurance are rejected is because kid
ney trouble is SO common to the Amer
lean people, and the large majority Of
applicants do not even suspect that
they have the disease.
He states that Judging from his own
experience and reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has probably been more successful in
relieving and curing these diseases than
any remedy known. The mild and heal
ing influence Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root is soon realized. It stands the
highest for its remarkable record Of
cures.
We find that Swamp Root Is strictly
an herbal compound and We would ad-
wise our readers who feel in need 81
such remedy to give it trial. II Il
on sale at all drug stores in bottles o1
two sizes fifty cents and one dollar.
However, if you wish first to test the
preparation, the manufacturers viii
gladly forward you a sample bottle by
mail, absolutely free. Address DR.. Xii
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. r., and men
ton this paper.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
STOPPING THE SMALL LEAKS
Many Dollars Are Wasted on Average
Farm In Many Things TOO
Small to Notice."
(By c. s. MILLER.)

(By G. 8. MILLER.)
The most impressive thing l ever
saw was man who kept 5000 sheep
pick little wisp of wool off fence
board and put it in his vest pocket.
couldn't help asking him how much
wool he saved in the course of the
year in that way. He said probably
about two pounds. That seemed like
pretty small business to me, but after
I got better acquainted with that man
learned that he had habit of pick
ing up loose nails, scraps of iron and
all that sort of junk, and began to
think him very close, until at last it
dawned upon me that the old man
ran his whole farm on the same idea.
He wasted nothing, but was not
stingy He kept the big things going
as we'll as saving the small ones, and
he was immensely, rich. A good many
dollars are wasted on the average
farm every year in, things too small
to notice." Many a farmer would get
out of his buggy to pick up cent
who allows a nickeps worth of grain
to dribble here, hay to be lost there,
and so on all around the farm. The
little things are worth thinking
about
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
How Women Buy Cigars.

when women buy cigars they often
show more common sense and finer
discrimination than the average man"
writes Carl Werner in Harper's Week
ly Woman is, by nature, a better
shopper than man. In buying neck
ties or shirts or slippers or suits of
clothes for her boys, for instance, she
has a man beaten forty ways. And
those articles are not in women's
sphere by any means. 1t all comes
down to the fact that woman, first by
instinct, and second by constant prac-
tice and experience, is better all
round shopper than her mate. She
has learned how to ask intelligent
questions of the salespeople
learned, in short, all the little tricks
and turns that enable one to get the
best value for the least money with
the least possible waste of time or
words"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06

How treasures of bygone kings and
queens were discovered in Castle
Frohsdorf, the seat of the Carlis. lead
err, Don Jaime de Bourbon, is told by
James F. ]. Archibald in Harper's
Weekly The author was invited to
visit Don Jaime, and the two ex-
plored the treasures Of the castle
Among relics found were: the last OF
the French Bourbon flags: chair en-
broidered by Marie Antoinette; tresses
from the head Of Marie Antoinette
and a little note written by her in
prison and rolled into pellet: the
skirt and suspenders worn by the
Duke of Palma on the night of his as.
sassination. Thousands Of miniatures
and portraits and countless other
treasures are being brought to light.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
THEY LEARN BY EXPERIENCE
Data Collected by German Naturalist
Show That Animals OFTEN Become
Wiser Than Their Parents.

A German naturalist has been COL
Iecting data to show that animals learn
by experience, and thus, in some In
stances, become wiser than their un'
instructed parents.
Game animals of all kinds, 1t ap'
pears, have learned the range OF mod
ern rifles. Greyhounds quickly learn
to let rabbits alone, and foxhounds
pay no attention to either rabbits or
hares. Killer whales and gulls follow
whaling vessels, just as vultures fol
low an army. Crows begin to accom-
pany the chamois hunter as soon as
they have seen the result of his first
successful shot, and rough-legged buzz
yards follow the sportsmen after
winged game.
The number of birds that kill or In
jure themselves by flying against tele-
graph wires is much smaller than 1t
used to be. The fact Is also brought
out that birds and quadrupeds have
learned to disregard passing railway
trains, as horses quickly cease to be
frightened by automobiles. Instances
of the intelligent selection exercised
ny sheep dogs are familiar to all.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
The True Equality.

"The late Senator Dolliver," said {
Washington editor, lowed a great par
Of his success to his thorough under
standing of the American character.
"He understood the American PEG
pie and he admired and sympathizec
with them. I'll never forget ar
after dinner speech of his on equal
Hy.
"He said that in America we un
derstood by equality not that we
were all equals in learning, in In
tellect and so forth, but that we
were all equals in the power to be
good and honorable and generous.
"And he told, by way of illustration
how a Fort Dodge church once gave q
charity concert where the best talent
volunteered city's leading sing
ers, elocutionists and actors"
"At the end of the concert the
chairman went up to the organ loft
ad said to the little boy in patched
clothes who had blown the organ:
well, Freddie, what do we owe
you for your work this EVENING"
THE little boy looked at the chair
man in genuine astoishment.
Why. xir,' he said, didn't the
rest Of the talent give their serv
ices?"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
FATTEN TURKEYS AND GEESE
Former Will Put on Flesh R.rId,x !.
reo Corn and Allowed Range
Geese Need Water.

In answer to a query as to the hest
method Of fattening turkeys and
geese an exchange publishes the fol.
lowing reply:
AS 9 rule, turkeys do not fatten
quickly u shut up in yards or small
enclosures, but put on flesh rapidlv
II Ied corn and allowed to range. In
the absence Of corn. wheat would be
the next best with change to oats
every second or third feed. Young
turkeys make rapid growth If given
1air chance, and to turkey a fair
chance means plenty Of room. He is
best contented when he can go where
ever ne likes, and Disconnected one
Will not thrive. At this season of
year he can do no harm II given the
run OF the farm. BY feeding in the
evening sufficient to fill the crop he
Will grow we'll on this, together with
what he has foraged during the day.
If fed heavily in the morning. he will
not forage so well during the day. but
the evening feed will serve to send
him TO roost with full crop and also
induce him to come home to roost.
Don't attempt to induce them to roost
under cover until the really cold
weather comes. If you do they will
probably suffer from cold, which may
lay the foundation for roup later on.
Pullets will not make good breeders
next spring, so save the best Of the
old hens.
IT you mean to 'force feed" your
geese In the way that you would fowl
for the market, don't think that the
quality of the flesh you would thus
add would be appreciated by the con.
sumner. Constant feeding of corn with
plenty of water will make goose
that is not on free range q mass OF
fat without much solid flesh. Plenty
OF corn fed while the flock has free
range and can get sufficient other
food, such as grass, to balance the ra
ton will make good feshed and
well fatted carcass Water plays an
important part in fattening geese, and
they must have plenty of it If the
food they consume Is to produce the
best results. In all cases of fatten
ing 1t is much better for the breed
ing stock that are to be kept over II
they can be separated from the stock
that is to be fattened, and this also
saves on the feed bill. This is where
the colony house plan Of yardine
comes in useful.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
WHAT you RECKON a DAY
Depends on Whether You Are On
Astronomer or Something
Else.

What Is day? In the sense In
which the word is commonly used
day" includes the period Of light as
distinguished from that of darkness
The period Of light to people in the
middle states means merely certain
number Of hours out of the "a, but it
may mean any length of time under
six months. according to the latitude
of the observer and the season of the
year.
Another popular meaning is the
space of "a hours, including a period
of light and a period of darkness
This. again, is not the same all the
world over, as the time of the com
mercement and termination vary in
different countries. Some reckon
from sunset to sunset. some from
dawn to dawn, while modern civilized
nations count from midnight to mid
night.
Astronomers also have their vari
iOus days; the absolute solar day
ranging from about half a minute
hours at different times of the year
the mean solar day being our common
day of "a hours; the lunar day OF
nearly rs hours, and the sidereal day
OF about four seconds short of "a
hours.
The succession of day and night de
ponds on the rotation of the earth on
its axis, and since the earth is of a
globular shape, it is evident that the
whole of its surface can not be turn.
ed toward the sun at one and the
same moment. In other words, it can
not be noon all over the earth at pre-
cisely the same time. A little thought
will show that whenever it is noon
at any one place it is midnight on the
opposite side of the earth, and at the
different points between all the times
Of day are at one and the same mo.
ment to be found.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
INCREASE OF CANCER DENIED
Timely Warning Against Popular
Terror Created by Mass of Liter
allure on Subject.

Denials Of any modern increase of
cancer are being made by those who
are competent to Judge, both here and
In Europe, and it is a timely warning
against the popular terror which has
been created by the mass of lay liter
AZURE on the subject.
there is no doubt that more cases
aEe reported since we learned how to
recognize them, so that the statistic
increase does not necessarily mean
al actual increase.
Again, there are more people who
survive early diseases and reach the
cdncer age so that there should be
oil actual relative increase of number
u cases, but that is far from saying
W8' d person in the cancer age is any
lioEe liable to contract that disease
Aan were those who lived so years
ago.
taxing into consideration all the
a'allaole data, it has been decided by
muse VINO have looked into the mat
eAnaustlvely that the proportion
ue population of cancer age who
oO1'iacl malignant disease is the
'A'ie as 1t always has been.
lew thousand years ago, when
~ W. lighting ancestors rarely reached
MA. 'eaiS OF age, or even IS, there
~ 'Iisnty few cases of cancer, but
a' proportion was probably the same
brr no"' thus vanishes another of the
m asa0oos due to improper study o.
'0ueFn medical statistics.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-06
MEAN TRICK ON OPPONENT
How a Western Lawyer Won Case
by Making the Court Think Il
i Had Been Insulted.

Joseph H. Choate, at dinner at the
Lawyers club in New York. said Of 9
piece Of legal chicanery:
1T was mean; too mean. It remind
ed me of a sneak of a lawyer in prac-
tice in the far west. This chap was
defending a man in promissory note
case, and he knew he was going to
lose. But in the lunch hour, in his
tricky way he changed the markers
In all the prosecuting counsers refer
ence books. The Judge. after consult
Ing all these reference books two
hours later, pronounced, sternly:
Il should certainly have decreed
for the plaintiff, but, on referring to
the citations quoted by plaintiffs coun-
Sci, find that they none OF them bear
even remotely on the case before us,
and I decline to think that q gross
insult has been perpetrated on this
court. Counsel, with idiotic levity,
has referred me to the action OF a
Frenchman who sued geological so
ciety for having been bitten by bear.
The second reference is to case OF
SANDER. Next, l am directed to an
infanticide, a forged will and safe
robbing. What have these things to
do with an action to recover on a
promissory note? But perhaps, the
most shameless insult to this court
lies in counsers final reference to the
notorious Lippman VS.. Henshaw case
the silliest and most ribald breach
of promise suit in all the annals OF
western jurisprudence. Judgment for
defendants. with costs"