The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-10-06
a PROPHET NOT without ron
Oh SAVE IN HIS OWN LAND

how swiftly time passes. Anothor
year mas rolled around, with its ar
'enoing blessings, successes and fail.
ures' vice and dissipation, disapnoint-
ments and discomfitures. This ro.
MINDS me that l am indebted to me
banner for a years subscr;nt;o,,
the amount of which I herewith in.
close.
nave read the Banner with both
proht and unfailing interest II is
the pest paper published in the south
Letters of ENCOURAGEMENT and cooa
florida, the Nestor of the press. who
writes with diction and force. and
when he mounts his Pegasus. kid cd.
ltors and the small fry would do
well to give him free range and a
VIDE berth. Age, ability, experience
and long service have fitted him for
the highest honors of the profession.
ana whether along fiowery paths.
through pastures and fields of emer-
aid green, or by the still waters of
the lakes and streams, he rides his
steed with ease, grace. honor and dig
nifty He has labored long and faith
fully, untiring in the interest of the
masses and for the public good, in
the upbuilding of cities and the
state, without honor, recompense or
public recognition, and as a fitting ac-
acknowledgement of his sterling worth
it is not only the duty of the public
press but of all the people of the
peninsula state, in one grand, unani-
nous voice, tc~ elect him governor
chief magistrate of the common
wealth.
Is it coincident in life, or was it
so ordained by higher power, that
two of the most able and brilliant ed
itors of sister southern states should
each be named Harris? The labor
ious duties of one of them are finish
ed on this old spheroid, but the good
he did, his high moral character, his
ments to his memory and well spent
life. The other is still busy moulding
public opinion on the vital issues of
The day, spreading cheerfulness, char
ity and religion, elevating humanity,
advocating honesty and morality, JUS
tice and right, and in every way as
etek;r. I,;c %oIIorx, vx,on
This has been poor year for crops.
The early corn, hay and potatoes
were almost a failure in many coun-
ties of the state. On five acres one
man got only one peck of potatoes.
Old Timothy hay is $26 per ton
about Sc per ton higher than it was
a year ago. Corn is selling at SIS per
barrel, in the field, at Danville. At
one point only five barrels of apples
were sold. The same station in 1910
shipped 1900 barrels. Still, in the
western counties and in a few coun-
ties to the east, the crops were fair
ly good Since the 25th of August it
has rained at frequent intervals, and
while it has been fine for grass, late
corn and the second crop of potatoes,
it has played havoc with tobacco,
keeping it too rank and green to
ripen. In some districts tn eleaves
are falling from the stalks. Not over
a half crop of anything will be har-
vested. On the 18th of June beans
sold for $13 per barrel, both in Louis
vile and Chicago; cabbage, 10 cents
per pound; potatoes, SIS barrel, now
$3.50.
This crop failure is not confined to
Kentucky alone, but extends through
the middle west and to the north and
east. The influx of northern pota-
toes has reduced the price temporar-
ily. but they will be selling at S. or
Sc per barrel before Christmas, which
will increase the cost of living, and
make it hard on poor people.
Pellagra, that loathsome disease,
has acquired an alarming foothold in
Kentucky. There are about nifty cas-
es in the three asylums and one case
at the feeble-mind institution. Tnere
have been three cases in Louisville
and all terminated fatally. In three
of the mountain counties there are lou
cases. 1t has been named as SUD-
tropical disease, and while its raw
ages have been confined to the SOUTH
ern states-in no instant has II ever
appeared further north than Cnlcago'
ul-one striking and peculiar feature ,
is observable, that is, it is connheo
principally to billy or mountainous
districts-the limestone lands OF tne
Cumberland and Appalachian noun
tains in five states, Kentucky ZEN
nessee. North Carolina, South caro-
lima and Georgia. OF course tne.e
have been a few exceptions 10 'nis
general rule, as few cases nave ap
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