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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05

The Jacksonville Harpoon says that
the Times-Union is largely responsible
for the number of automobiles in that
city, whereat a contemporary ex-
presses doubt and indicates a desire to
be shown how the T.-U. could force
people to buy these expensive ma
chimes" That's easy: the everlasting
booming and boosting of an able and
widely circulated newspaper such as
the Times Union promotes prosperity
to such a pitch that the poorest cit
izen can easily afford what would be
extravaganza and wastefulness in an
other city.-Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05
CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM

special from Tallahassee of May l
says that the abolition of the convict
lease system was given a hard blow
when the house refused, by a tie vote,
to pass the bill by Lamb, providing
that all counties work their convicts
on roads and prohibiting leasing them.
For over an hour members debated
and attempted to amend the bill, and
when the vote was taken it was a tie,
which means failure to pass.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05
AN ATTEMPT AT BRIBERY

Tallahassee is all agog over the at
tempted bribery of Representative
Wall of Bradford. AS he was going to
his room Tuesday afternoon he was
given a telegraph envelope by a mes
senger, and upon opening it found
one one-hundred dollar bill and two
f1fty-dollar bills in it, without a
scratch of a pen to indicate who it
was from or what it meant. Mr.. Wall
did not know whether it came from
the race track promoters, the county
divisionists or what was the intention
of the sender. The messenger said
that the envelope was given to him
by an entire stranger. He was told
to return the envelope with the mon
ey Othe sender. At this point the
messenger boy said he went to the
Leon hotel and seeing a roup of
men there, asked if anyone of them
knew who was handing out money in
telegraph envelopes. One man pres
ent said that he believed he knew,
and the messenger handed him the
money, or rather the envelope con-
tanning it, and enjoined him to turn
it over to the owner.
The messenger said the man to
whom he gave the envelope was a
stranger to him. He acknowledged
he acted hastily, but explains it by
saying he was excited over the
thought that his name might thus be
connected with scandal, and he
wanted oget it off his hands as quick
as he could, and seized the first op-
portunity to do so.
A committee of five was appointed
to probe the matter to the bottom.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR THE
SOUTH

Henry M. Flagler is authority for
the statement that outside of the
great rush into Oklahoma some sew
enteen or eighteen years ago, and
one or two similar movements of pop
Llation in the history of the country,
nothing like the present movement to
Florida has ever been known in the
United States. Florida is prospecting
at the present time not because any
gold has been discovered down there,
not because the land in the peninsula
is any richer this year than it was
last, not because the possibilities of
its climate have increased, but be-
cause the growth of the whole United
States is making Florida's products
economically necessary. In other
words, the country is catching up
with Florida, just as it is catching up
with the rest of the south, and just
as it has caught up with the west. In
the past the country as not needed
the things Florida is capable of rails
ing so much as it needs them now.
The country is drawing more and
more heavily year by year on all the
states Of the south, as witness the
immense early vegetable and fruit
business of that whole section. 1t
took many years, too, for the world
to catch up with the southern cotton
crop; the demand is so closely upon
the heels of the supply now that the
south is called upon not to diminish
its output of the staple, but to in
crease it.
The next twenty-five years will be-
long to the south, in the sense that in
the next quarter of a century the
south is going to grow as it has never
grown before. The west had to be
peopled, the northwest had to be
opened. the southwest had to be set
tled-even the Canadian west had
first to feel the impulse of the con-
ventional immigrant trend-and now
the old south, the new south, is feel
ing for the first time the thrill of real
development.-C Science Mon
itor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
2. o. FULLER G. 3. AVER
FULLER G. AVER
DENTIST.

Over Munroe & Chambliss' Bank
oCArh, FLORlJ~
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05

Judge Alton B. Parker, democratic
candidate for president in 1904, is said
to tell as a favorite story the tale of a
young man in Savannah named Du-
bose, who invited his sweetheart to
take a ride with him. The young wo-
man had a very fetching lisp. When
they reached a rather lonesome bit of
road the young man announced:
This is where you have to pay toll.
The toll is either a kiss or a squeeze. -
"Oh, Mr.. DuBoth," exclaimed his
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05
FOR A LARGER, LlvELIER, LOVE
LlER ocALA


Mr.. c. H. Mead of Lansing, Mich,
is responsible for the present move
ment to build the Ocala, Silver
Springs and Lake Weir electric street
and suburban road, the same to be
equipped with the Beach Edison stor-
age battery car.
Coming to Ocala early in January
to escape the snow and ice of the
north, and to rest, Mr.. Mead became
imbued with the notion that Ocala
was not living up to her opportuni-
ties in growth, Improvements or in
advertising. Advising the Beach Ed
ison company of the situation here,
and acting on instructions received,
he associated with him for advice
and for getting more explicit informa-
ton bearing on the subject, Mr.. E. l..
Carney and Mr.. S. T. Sistrunk, and
later Messrs. Kramer and Christian,
Davis & Martin, Mr.. MacKay, Mr..
Woodrow and others.
The proposition and estimates as
formulated were passed upon, and ac-
cording to resolution, embodied in a
statement of estimates and a sub
scription blank, copies of which are in
the hands of the following committee:
George MacKay, d. S. Woodrow, S. T.
Sistrunk, Kramer and Christian and
E. w. Davis.
The selection of the Beach Edison
storage car was made because of it's
superior efficiency, its 80 per cent.
less cost and its 80 per cent. less run
ming expense, as compared with any
other symtem in use. 1t is matter
of record that car No. 1 travelled over
10000 miles, under most unfavorable
conditions of track, traffic and sched-
ules on 2Sth and goth Cross-town
streets, New York City, and neither
the battery, car-body, truck or car
equipment developed the slightest de-
feet. This showing of unheard-of
economy of operation and up-keep, is
a matter of history in the electrical
world 1t is now being operated by
the Erie Railroad company on it's
West Orange and Forest Hill branch,
and according to Vice President J. l.
Stewart, under date April 18th, 1.-The
service has been entirely satisfac-
tory"
The Pennsylvania railroad, on its
Long Island terminals is using the
Beach Edison storage car with COM
plete satisfaction, without mentioning
numerous other cases of successful
installment 1t was decided that there
would be no experiment in adopting
what these two roads had tried out
and accepted as the best.
Now, then it is up to the citizens
of Ocala whether they want this sys-
tenn or not, and the way to say they
do want it is to hunt up someone
with these subscription blanks and
put down their name for as many
: shares as they can possibly carry. Do
not wait for someone to call on you;
get busy, and take your neighbor
along, and sign. When the citizens
have shown by their subscription that
the road is wanted the company will
send their expert and engineer to
Ocala and rush the work to compile
ton
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05
EDITOR JORDAN ON WoMAN's
WEAR
Says That Women Should Be Allowed
to Regulate Their Own Dress
Without Male Interference

VttSb0A@ tb6f~ theSi ~ S'iSNf
The newspapers are making va
rious and sundry remarks about a bill
introduced in the legislature by Rep
resentative Tidwell, which seeks to
prescribe and prescribe what sort of
clothes women shall wear. 1t is said
that the particular object of the bill
is to prohibit women from wearing
the harem skirt.
The Herald hereby and hereon, in
the sight of men and love of women,
votes against the measure. Our wo-
men have a right to dress as they
please, to wear harem skirts or trOus-
ers, Mother Hubbard hats or seven
league boots, rings on their fingers
and bells on their toes. Bless 'emi it
doesn't matter whether they wear any
clothes or not; we will love them if
they only wear smiles.
And as to the harem skirt-why,
from what we have read of it and
the pictures of it We have seen, it is
the most bewitching article of appar-
ell hitherto devised for women. AS an
evidence of this fact, whenever one
has appeared on the streets of any of
our cities Except st. Augustine,
where the beer is stale and people are
accustomed to seeing things) it has
been followed by admiring crowds of
men, boys and dogs.
Not only women, but men also,
should be permitted to wear the har-
EN- skirt. The clothes our men wear
are simply ridiculous, as any refined
and tony" Oriental will tell you.
Take the evening dress suit, for ex-
ample; it is the most outrageous
travesty on costume since Adam and
Eve put on fig leaves. 1t is actually
indecent. and our everyday clothes
are but little better. There is no
grace or dignity or attractiveness in
or about them. Were it not for the
bright colors, graceful draperies and
generally charming costumes which
our women wear, not one Of us in all
America would look as handsome as
jay bird. AS it is, the men are sim
ply rights, and the women are the
only redeeming features in the land
scape.
If we men may not be permitted to
dress respectfully and attractively
there is no reason why women should
be prohibited from doing so. No
harem-scarem legislator has any right
to monkey with their skirts.
Let them wear harem skirts, if
they, wish, and peekaboo hose and
Seymore waists and even fig leaves.
It makes no difference what they
wear, or whether they wear anything
at all, our women are all right; they
are just the dearest, sweetest crea-
lures that ever escaped from heaven
during the Miltonic rebellion up there.
God bless themi Here's to their
health; may they live long and pros
per and continue to rule and gladden.
the world.-Punta Gorda Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05

Sick headache results from a disor-
dered condition of the stomach, and
can be cured by the use of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Try
it. For sale by all dealers m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05

Twenty-Five hundred brick-makers
are out on strike in Chicago.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-05

There is about to be a worldwide
strike among the seamen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
HUsBANO's RIGHTS
IN HIS HOME

Justice Crutchfeid in police court
Thursday made a ruling that estab-
lished a precedent In regard to the
rights OF a mar in his home.
James Gardner was arrested ON the
complaint Of his wife. Florence, that
he had broken all the furniture In
his household and had threatened her.
He had drawn a revolver in her pres
snce. and II he had not exactly threat
ened to shoot her. Florence was sure
he meant to do SO.
His hoaor wSshsd to know whS;
James had become so rude. rough and
boisterous, and James said he had
been moved to anger and wrath be-
cause his wife had a habit of going
out with other men. stylish waters
In fashionable cafes. for instance. and
otherwise ~neglecting him. Besides, he
insisted. II was his furniture. and he
thought he could do AS he liked with
II.
Go on out OF mere" ruled the court.
When a woman goes ~lemonading up
and down the street with ~nen other
than her husband, / don't blame him
for going home and breaking up the
furniture. He has a perfect right to
do so under the circumstances. II
may teach some OF these lemonading
women q lesson"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
MORB|DLY CURIOUS
W0N'TBEADM|TTED
THOSE WHO DELIGHT TO LISTEN
To SCANDAL TESTIMONY
NEED NOT ATTEND
COURT.

1t IL understood that the morbidly
curious who delight to listen TO IAN
dial testimony In courts of justice
will b. debarred Friday in Hastings
Court, Part 2, when the case of Profht
VS.. Oppleman will be called. Dam
ages to the amount of $4,000 are
claimed for SANDER.
1t has been Guaranty rumored that
a great crowd would be present eager
to devour every word of evidence
that will be advanced in the case
which 10 said to be very sensational
and has attracted a great deal of at
tention. The claim that Mrs. opple-
man has circulated false reports about
Miss Profit is the ground for the suit.
While Judge Wells has not as yet
issued any ruling on the. matter 1t Is
cuYfant talk about the court house
that those who have no business in
the court viii not be allowed to at
tend the session when the court is call
ed.
Hastings Court Part : was engaged
Thursday in hearing civil cases. In
granting the five liquor licenses We'd
nesday Judge Wells ooh occasion to
give a little judicial advice TO the
dispensers of liquid refreshments. He
told them hat the habit of allowing
a gang of loafers to congregate in
the drink resorts had to be dis con-
tinued.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
STAND BY MINES
IN THEIR TROUBLE
UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVEL
ERs ADOPT RESOLUTIONS OF
SYMPATHY.

Declaring that such accidents,
while to he deplored. are common to
the hazardous business of mining.
Richmond Council. United Cmmerciai
Travellers, has adopted resolutions ex-
tending sympathy to the Old Domin-
ion Development Company in onnec
ton with the recent disaster at their
mines near Clayton. Since the action
Of the council the Henrico grand jury
has thoroughly investigated the mat
ter and indicated the company and
Its officers. The resolutions of the
United Commercial Travellers, a copy
Of which has been sent to The yir-
gilman by Secretary D.. D.. McGregor.
follow:
whereas. the Did Dominion Devei-
opment Company has invested thous-
ands OF dollars In developing and OPP
Grating thee oal deposits of Hanover
and Goochland counties and eontem-
plate continued increase of expendf-
ture and output. thereby greatly hene-
hitting. not only Richmond and ad-
jacent territory. but the entire State.
and
!. Whereas. the company has had the
misfortune OF an explosion in the
mines. and
given the same may mislead those
who have invested large capital In our
section itno believing that 1t IN not
fully appreciated; therefore. be 1t
Resolved. That Richmond Council.
No. 1853, United Commercial Trayel-
ers, composed of representative manu-
facturers. wholesale and commercial
men of Richmond. tenders to the Old
Dominion Deveie pment Company sin
cere regrets that II has suffered the
misfortune 80 common to all coal min
ing operations, and hearty good win
and appreciation Of Its enterprise, CO.
operation in its business ~endeavors
and thanks for its generous patronage
of the Richmond market, and further
be It
Resolved. That a copy of these reso-
Ilutions be forwarded to the company
DYER seal OF the council. and also be
printed In the Richmond papers.
tSigned) p. D.. MacGREGOR.
Secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
LADIES FAIL
TO APPRECIATE Joke
AND POLICE THROW OUT LINES
TO CAPTURE FALSE ALARM
MIsCREANTs.f

Fire Chief Joynes called on Mayor
Richardson Thursday morning to see
IL more effective steps could not be
taken to catch the persons responsible
for the W false alarms turned in
from the box at Linden and Main
streets within the past week.
The las alarm turned in from this
box called out the department We'd
nesday evening, and 1t is believed to
have e the work of bad. mischiev-
u boys. The first alarm Is attribu-
ted to the same source.
1t appears that just before the first
alarm was turned In several days ago
a boy rushed into the home of a resi-
dent of the neighborhood and secured
possession of the box key under pre-
tense that a big fire had just broken
u on Cary street.
The department responded TO the
cali and was roundiy iibbed by n
crowd of boys. Wednesday evening
the department had the same expert
ence. and IL is stated thai the box
key. having pee previously located,
was easily obtained on the second oc-
casion.
After his confab with Chief Joynes
Mayor Richardson conferred with
Police Chief Werner. with the result
that Chief Werner agreed to detail a
special man In the neighborhood of
the fire alarm box In an effort TO APP
prehend those responsible for the mis-
chief.
The ordinance carries a penalty of
s10o fine for the offense In question,
and Will be enforced TO the letter,
Mayor Richardson says. IL the mis-
creants are caught.
Meanwhile he 10 thinking OF Offer
Ing a special reward for their capture.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
CHICAGO MINISTER
VISITING THE CITY
REV. n. A. JOHN. FORMER PAS
TOR OF RICHMOND CHURCH.
is GUEST OF RELATIVES,

The Rev. X. A. John. pastor of st,
Paul's Lutheran. Chicago, and .ormer
pastor. of st. Johns German Lutheran,
Richmond. Is in the city as the guest
of his brother-in-law, Mr.. Henry Wen
gel Jr., 2400 Floyd venue
In conversation with the V~irginian
Thursday, Dr. John said that he was
always pleased to visit Richmond.
Last year. he said. he was here with
Mrs. Wenzel for the purpose of cele-
brating their silver wedding along
with his wife's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Wenzel. ST., who celebrated
their golden wedding at the m
time In Masonic Temple,
After p%astorate of three years at
st. John's~, Richmond, during which
he wooed and won his wife, DIT. John
left for Chicago twenty-six years ago
and has been filling his charge in the
Windy City since that time.
Mrs. John. who was formerly Miss
Emile Wenzei, is her husbands clerk
and assistant, and attends to man,
duties IF his church. She Is now in
Chicago directing operations while he
is seeking rest and recreation in the
East for a few weeks.
DR.. John expects to visit Florida
and probably Cuba before returning
home.
During his Chicago p~astorate his
church has liauidated a debt of $780,
600, and Its annual budget now
amounts to s11,o 0
DIR. John estimates that he has
conducted fully 10, 900 funerals dur
ing his pastorate In Chicago and has
married nearly half az many couples.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
THE THUNDERER
is LAUNCHED
BIG BRITISH DREADNAUCHT
WILL HAVE 81. ZOO HORSE
POWER.

LONDON. Feb. 1.-The Thunderer.
the seventh Britain dreadnaught and
the fourth OF the super-dreadnaught
type. WAS launched from the yards Of
the Thames Ironworks Company, nj
Canning Town, Wednesday. The
Archbishop Of Canterbury conducted
the religious services preceding the
christening BY Mrs. Davidson.
Fifteen thousand persons witnessed
the ceremonies.
The Thundsrer has 4 displacement
OF 22.6&0 tons aud Will Be equipped
with turbines with = total OF $1,000
horsepower. She II expected 10 make
= speed of FL knots an hour. The
vessel liz SN feet In length and Il
armed with 10 1875 inch guns and
24t-tnch guns.
launched % far up the Thamea Three
thousand workmen were employed Ia
her construction.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
L L FEVER ON
MARIETTA

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. 2.--AMI
Illness. suspected of being yelI6yN
fever. has appeared on board thS|
United States gunboat Marietta. an
duty on the Honduran coast, and t1zSf
vessel was to-day ordered To. KUN
West, Fla, for observation. Com
mander Cooper cabled that he had NJ
board several cases of fever. nj th&
navy department Immediately ordes20
every preeaution to be taksn-
Marietta has been on duty on x6<I
tons of the revolutionists for about y
month.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
DR.. H. ". WILEY TO
TEST MATR|M0NY
CHEMIST SAYS HE WILL NOT IN
TERrERE WITH FUTURE
MRS. wILEY,s CULINARY
CREATIONS.

SYRACUSE. N. X. Feb. 2.--Dr. II.
Wiley, chief chemist OF the de-
part df agriculture. who IL to be mar
ried next month. will not make any
pure food tests on the culinary crea-
ticns Of the coming Mrs. Wiley. The
doctor said SO himself following his
address In Bovine. Hall at Syracuse
University last night.
TAI OF the tests In connection with
the future Mrs. Wiiey's food will be
me-. said the doctor, Incidentally
DR.. Wiley asserted that humanity was
honest: that It Is always advisable TO
consider an oyster gutity until proved
innocent and tnAt he preferred muddy
water TO some water that looks clear.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
E
800, 600 POUNDS

Total sales of tobacco Thursday
amounted to $4,000 pounds on the
local market. 0 1000 pounds of same
being hurley. One of the best ave-
RACES reported was that Of the crop
OF Mr.. l.. A. Eddleton. of Hanover,
who got for 1,130 pounds an average
figure Of sl6.57. his highest figure
being s29.
Al the Shoekoe~ warehouse the high
est figure reported vas s32. Mr.. Haz-
ellis sale Wednesday included a very
large amount of high Grade sun
cured, much of which brought from
SEQ to $40.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
NEWS OF SOUTH RICF|MON
wssAs.stsn ward ue~s s.A Aavssssssnsass received q vtu41s unm
n J. w. raass st@~ ~ Hsn ssrsse -


OF Richm,nd. Va. Incorp6fat0SSe
b. Williamson, president; =. p
renee, yice-president; r. ID. XG4
secretary and treasurer. all of NM
mond, va. Capital stockAMaxtMq
500, 900: minimum. $4,000, 0b3@
and pnrposetEAgents for the prua
ton of stock companies.
A licenae to do business In the
Of Virginia was this day issued w
Monarch Coal Company. q corp0xN@
organized and existing under thu
of the State Of Ohio. . written
of attorney having been hIAd
the commission appointing WsNS3
Wigton. of Leona Mines. Va.
tory agent Maximum capital aue3]
lied by charter, $4,000. OBJECTS h
purposes-Coal mining btsineMs
An amendment was this day
to charter of Thomas & Fretweit q
Company, Inc, of DanviIle, chan
name to Thomas Drug Company.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
CRIPPLED SCHOONER is
CONVEYED TO SAFETY

NORFOLK, VA. Feb. 1.-The tug
Asher J. Hudson to-day brought the
schooner Asher J. Hudson into Hamp-
ton Roads. The schooner lost her
rudder near Cape Lookout several
days ago while making her way up
The coast en- route 70 New York with
1 cargo OF railroad ties.
The tug Hudson happened to be / n
the vicinity. endeavoring to noat the
schooner Martha "a, Wallace, which
went ashore NJ Cape Lookout. and
went to the asuistance OF the Gilbert
Brothers.
The revenue cutter .O~nondaga con-
voyed the craft. y u was feared the
Schooner might become unmanage-
abba
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
FUNERAL OF DIR. HARRISON
HELD AT LEXINGTON

LEXINGTON, VA. Feb. 2-TheE
funera of DR.. James A.. Harrison, pro
lessor at the University Of virGtnsA
Of Teutonic languages and former
professor at Washington and Lee wAa
held at r. e. Lee Memorial Episco~
pal church this morning. conducte4
with interment in Lexington Gems
terry. where his first child II huxie6sa
The remains reached Lexington i4bG
night from Charlottesville. where d.
Harrison died Tuesday morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-02
BOY PIANO
SCARES BURGIl

Mr.. and Mrs, weinfeid. Of 1865
Grace street went visiting WeduM4
night. leaving their small D 4
About the same time a burglar tAc4
was busy ras1sacning a room NheMf&
heard the piano In the parior.
the Weinfeld boy amusing Iii
Panic stricken the burglar fed le44M
behind him his loot.