The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-10-27
FAIRFIELD FACTS

we nave been greatly disappointed
at the failure of our school to open on
the past Monday. Mr.. Brinson had
informed us of the appointment of a
Prof. Brown of Maine, but the ap-
pointee finally declined to- come
south. The getting of our school
house in readiness had already so de-
layed opening that we felt we could
not wait longer, but it seems that
we must. Mr.. Brinson seems to have
a scarcity of good availables this sea-
son.
Our farmers report that almost the
whole cotton crop is in the house.
The fair weather has given good OPP
portunity for saving all the staple,
and most of it has been saved. The
yield is only moderate.
The community has suffered con-
siderable inconvenience from the
temporary suspension of the opera
tons of our grist mill The engine
has been out of repair for two weeks,
and folks will be glad to hear that it
will be ready to do its regular grind
on Saturday.
Our forests are still sending out
regular supplies of crossties and
round timbers over the T. & j. Mr..
L. w. Jackson of Gainesville has
been moving some immense white
pines.
We had visit from Mr.. Robert
Conner of Ocala on Wednesday. He
brought up a mechanic, Mr. Hoover,
to doctor Smoak's sick l. H. c. en-
CINE. Bob's services were effective,
and the engine was ''chugging' mer-
rily as he took his departure.
S. w. Tongue and L. C. Dodd have
gone for the winter vegetable season
to Pompano, north of Miami, where
they will try a variety of crops. We
wish these two enterprising young
men the fullest measure of success,
and return next summer with
pocketfull of money.
We are pleased to announce the
wedding last Thursday afternoon of
Mr.. S. w. Tongue and Miss Mary
Burnsed. The nuptials were cele
brated at the home of Mr.. John B.
Tongue, brother of the groom The
bride, as we'll as her popular hus-
band, is well known and highly es-
teemed in our community, and is tru-
| ly possessed of many charms. No
couple has enjoyed at their wedding
fuller portion of our good wishes.
The newly welded couple left at once
for their winter sojourn at Pompano.
John w. Smoak visited Gainesville
| Wednesday on business
Mr.. Adam Rou continues quite sick.
No improvement can at present be
reported.
Your correspondent is a Bryan
man." of course He doesn't want to
weary you or your readers, but he
requests the insertion of this clip
ping from the Commoner
To the President
| The following are Mr. Bryan's re-
marks proposing the health of the
president on the occasion of Mr..
! Taft's visit to Lincoln:
Lincoln is honored today by the
presence of the highest official in the
world. The presidents position is
greater than a kings. His authority
is more vast than any civilized people
would entrust to a hereditary ruler,
and he holds the place, not by acct
dent of birth but by the suffrages of
his countrymen. Though in cam
paigns he is the leader of a party, he
is after election the chief executive
of a nation, and his arm yields the
strength of ninety millions of peo-
pie. Lifted by voters to this position
of supreme command, he becomes the
most exalted of our public servants.
| 1t is fitting that we, a group of the
sovereigns whom he serves, should
pay our respects to him and to the
office which he holds. | ask you to
rise, fill your glasses with the bever-
age upon which the Almighty has set
the seal of his approval and drink to
| the health of President Taft, and may
God give him wisdom to discharge
Alright the onerous duties imposed
upon him"
Tom Watson's Jeffersonian thun-
dered, and the Banner echoed back,
Bryan has fallen. He drank intoxi-
eating liquor in public!" AS before,
many time, when Mr.. Bryan is criti-
cized, the matter of the criticism is
another's manufacture Read the
Banners clipping of last week from
the Jeffersonian and above read, Fill
your glasses with the beverage upon
which the Almighty has set the seal
of his approval"
P. w. GREEN