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THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE
DAUGHTERS
One of the Most Exciting Contests
U. D. c. Convention Has
Ever =zperie need

Vic VI LIC MO9l EANIIittA GOHtGSLS
U. D. c. Convention Has
Ever Experienced
A Richmond special, under date of
November 18th, says that on the sec
ond ballot in a contest marked by a
great display of spirit and excitement
Mrs. Alexander g. White of Tennes-
see. was today elected president gen
eral of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, defeating Mrs. Living
stone Rose Schuyler of New York,
after Mrs. Jas. B. CAN'T of Missouri
had withdrawn from the race.
1t required 935 votes to elect. On
the first ballot Mrs. White received
8OS, Mrs. Schuyler COZ and Mrs. CAN'T
459 Just as the convention was
ready to proceed with the second )al-
lot, Mrs. CAN'T arose, and in an ap-
propriate speech of thanks, requested
that her name be withdrawn. The
second ballot resulted: Mrs. White,
1877, and Mrs. Schuyler 742.
The vote was by states, and was
cast by the state chairman. The re-
turns as announced by the secretary
provoked tremendous applause from
the various factions.
Opposition to the election of Mrs.
Schuyler was based largely upon the
fact that she resided in New York
and not in one of the Confederate
states But Immediately on the an
nouncement of the final vote and in
the midst of a remarkable demonstra-
ton, Mrs. Schuyler got the attention
of the presiding officer and asked per-
mission to escort the new president
general to the platform. Standing by
her side the defeated candidate, by
her courteous speech, brought the
applause of the assembled forth.
Election of minor officers resulted:
Mrs. Frank G. Odenheimer, Maryland,
first vice president general; Mrs.
Drewry C. Ludlow of Washington,
second vice president general; Mrs.
u. J. McAllister, Oklahoma, third vice
president general; Mrs. Roy Weaks
Mckinney, Kentucky, recording Sec
rotary general; Miss Kate Childress
Schnabel, Louisville, corresponding
secretary general; Mrs. c. E. Tate,
Virginia, treasurer general; Mrs. Jas.
B. CAN'T, Missouri, registrar general;
Miss Mildred Rutherford, Georgia,
historian general; Mrs. L. H. Raines.
Georgia, custodian crosses of honor !;
Mrs. Frank Anthony Wake, Virginia,
custodian for records and pennants.
Mrs. Livingstone Schuyler was for
merly Miss Leila Rogers, who was
born and spent her girlhood in this
city. She is a daughter of the late
Colonel Samuel st. George Rogers,
who was colonel of the Second Flor
ida regiment, serving in the Virginia
army, and was afterwards a member
of the Confederate congress.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17
Attend the Fair Sale at Fisheps.
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE

Take her up tenderly,>
Lift her with care;
Skirt fashioned slenderly,
Too strong to tear.
So. when she tripped bit,
Where it was rough,
Though the thing ripped a bit,
'Twasn't enough.
Down she went, tottering
Into the dirt,
Fervently muttering:
Blame such a skirt"
Loop up her tresses;
Great Scott! what thatch!
Her many-hued tresses
While wonderment guesses
Why don't they match?
Fashioned so slenderly,
Come, gentlemen,
Take her up tenderly,
Start her again!
Walter G. Doty, in Puck
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Mrs. o. T. Green's pretty little
cottage on Ocklawaha avenue next to
the residence occupied by Mr.. David
S. Woodrow is now entirely finished
and it is a most attractive place Mr..
Jack Rentz and family will occupy
this new cottage and began moving
into it yesterday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17
DunneIIon Merchant Bankrupt

Jas. L. Morrow, a merchant of Dun
Mellon, Fla, filed a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy in the United States
court Wednesday morning at Jack
sonville. He gives his liabilities as
SS,341.63 and assets of S2S64 Morrow
claims an exemption of $500 on real
estate and personal property.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

The Munroe & Chambliss Bank as
regular subscribers to Comfort Lodge
requests not only its patrons but the
public generally to make use of the
Lodge room during the fair. 1t will
also keep open the banks private
waiting room for the convenience OF
out of town people. See their ad. in
this issue.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Miss Margaret Eagleton OF Potts-
town. Penn. is enjoying very lovely
visit with Mrs. VERNE Stevens OF
her home in Shawnee, Oklahoma
Both of these ladies formerly hVeo
in Ocala and any news of them is al
WAYS if interest to their many ocaia
friends
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17
Attend the Fair Sale at Fishels.

Mr.. A. A. Blanchard, skilled oper-
ating electrical engineer, has just
arrived in Ocala from Ohio. He has
secured a position with Mr.. Waiter
son Tucker. He is accompanied by
his wife and three children.
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Attend the Fair Sale at Fishel's.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Irby and cniidreh
were Thursday visitors. Mr.. lrby is
from Macon, Ca, and Mrs. lrby is a
native and to the manners born. Tney
have three very attractive children.
They are. as Mr.. Roosevelt says, the
hope and stay, the bone and sinew OF
our land
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Now that Mr. Louis Savarese' sec
retary of the board of trade, has re-
turned from his vacation, he Will I'M
mediately get busy with the union
depot proposition. He is hustler
and when he goes after anything he
usually lets people know that there
is something doing" in his vicinity
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Banners were presented to the four
Christian church Sunday schools in
Florida that belong to the front rank
class, and the Ocala Sunday school
received one of these pretty banners.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Judge Lester Warner, after a very
pleasant visit to his old home at
Dorster, Mich, has returned home
and says that he is glad to get back
His friends are certainly glad to see
him and are already beginning 10
plan fishing expeditions.
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Attend the Fair Sale at Fisheps.

Mr.. Grant Mccall, who in former
years was citizen of Ocala, was
here yesterday on business. He is
travelling for furniture house and is
now living in Norfolk, Va, having
purchased him beautiful home there.
His Ocala friends are always glad to
greet him on his visits.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

The engagement of Miss Addie Re
bekah Thompson, of Orlando, and
Mr.. Harry Root, of Plant City has
sbeen announced, the wedding to oc-
cur early in the new year. The young
groom has a number of friends in
this city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Ocala is building up quite medical
center. One of our physicians has
had in the last week patients come
to him from Jacksonville, Tampa, In
verness and fernando within and
Minnesota and Illinois without the
state.
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the club is located in the next block,
it is exceedingly convenient.

Mrs. William Hooker, Mrs. L. w.
Duval, Mrs. B. T. Perdue, Mrs. c. H.
Lloyd, Mrs. R. S. ILL and Mrs. B. Fl.
Seymour are representing the Ocala
club at the federation.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Mr. Emmett E. Robinson has been
spending several days in Jacksonville
this week.
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Local and Personal.

Mr.. Frank Lyle of Stanton was a
Wednesday visitor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Dickerson of
Pensacola are guests of the Monte
yuma
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

Big assortment of ladies' long
sleeve vests, heavy weight, just in;
so cent values for 25 cents, at
l0-2O-tf Klein's Big Store, Ocala.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-17

All colors in ladies' long coats
shawl collars and handsomely trim
med; finest collection you ever saw
at
1O-20-tf Klein's Big Store, Ocala
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Attend the Fair Sale at Fishel's.
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Attend the Fair Sale at FishePs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-12

section of the state being part
of the land of the big red apples.
Elberta peaches, the finest raised
in the Mississippi valley, grow big
as tin cups, and are often drug
on the market at fifty cents a
bushel. Cherries, plums, pears,
grapes and fruits of all kinds grow
in the greatest profusion. Pecans.
walnuts and other nuts are abund-
ant.
1t must not be imagined for an
instant, however, that Oklahoma has
yet come into her own in the mat
ter of agricultural development. The
state board of agriculture is author
ity for the statement that at the
present time, taking into considera-
tion all known data, only about 25
per cent of the tillable land in the
state is yet in cultivation. That
is to say, three-fourths Of our acre
age, which includes much of the fin
est agricultural land in the United
States, is still lying idle.
Live Stock.
In former years, Oklahoma was the
stockman's paradise. Before the
opening of the country to settle
ment, great herds of long-horned
Texas cattle roamed at will over
the prairies. The nutritious grass
es, indigenous to our soil, and the
abundant water made Oklahoma the
best cattle country in the world.
These conditions have passed. In
stead of the half-wild, long-horned
cattle, we have welkkept herds or
Herefords and Jerseys; instead of the
tough and wiry COW pony, the draft
horse and the racer; and instead OF
the wild hog. the Poland China and
Berkshire. In 1910, Oklahoma rank
ed third among the Southern states
in the number OF cattle and fifth
in the number of hogs produced.
Mineral Wealth.
No state in the union possesses a
greater variety or larger amount OF
undeveloped mineral wealth than
does Oklahoma. During the past
three years she has led the United
States in the production of petrol
cum, and last year produced $4,000.
600 barrels of crude oil. The amoun,
of natural gas in sight, including
that being utilized. that going to
waste and that shut in, will approx
mate 100000 200 cubic feet per day.
At a conservative estimate, not to
exceed 20 per cent of the productive
oil and gas fields has been devel-
oped. The United States geological
survey is authority for the state
ment that the amount OF coal in Ok
lahoma is $4,000, 600 900 tons. These
facts being true, it is obvious that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-12

The extreme northwestern part OF
the state, old NO Mans Land" lies
in the semi-arid region of the plains,
the rainfall varying from 10 to 25
inches per annum.
Oklahoma is well watered by
streams. Ten large rivers cross the
state. All the drainage is into the
Mississippi through the Arkansas
and Red Rivers. The chief tribu-
taries to the Arkansas are the Grand,
Verdigris, Poteau, South Canadian,
North Canadian, Cimarron and Salt
Fork. The chief tributaries of the
Red are the Kiamichi, Blue, Boggy
and Washita. The general course
of these streams is from the north
west to the southeast across the
state. In each stream valley there is
broad belt of exceedingly fertile
bottom land, averaging from one TO
two miles in width. The upland
soil throughout the greater part of
the state is also very fertile. In
western oklahoma much of the soil
is red, which color is due TO the
large per cent of iron which it con-
tains. Eastern Oklahoma contains
several large areas of limestone soil.
Agricultural Resources.
The happy combination of abund-
ant rainfall, warm climate and fer
tile soil, all conspire to render Ok
lahoma one of the most productive
of the agricultural states. Practical
ly everything that is cultivated be-
tween the Canadian line and he Gulf
of Mexico, and between the Atlantic
and the Rocky Mountains can be
raised in Oklahoma. The four sta
pies are corn. wheat, cotton and
oats. In 1910 Oklahoma led the
states in the production of wheat,
more than 25,000,0O0 bushels being
harvested. She ranks second in
the production of oats, with $4,000,
600 bushels: fourth in the produc-
tion of corn. with 100000 bushels
and seventh in the production of cot
ton, with $4,000 bales. In addition
DO these crops, OlIahoma ranks
first in the production of broom
corn. and among the first in the
production of alfal' Many of
her farmers have become wealthy
shipping potatoes to northern mar.
kets. two crops a year being pro-
duced. Truck and vegetables are
grown in all localities. Wild hay
every year adds hundreds OF thou,
sands of dollars to the total wealth
of the state.
Practically all kinds OF fruits grow
well. The apples OF eastern Okla
homa rival those raised in the fam
Gus Ozark country of northern Ar
kansas and southern Missouri, this
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-12

part OF which is suitable for the
manufacture of Portland cement, or
burning into lime and FOR concrete
rock, and much of it for building
stone. Sandstone suitable for build
ing is widely distributed. In the
western counties it is usually red
in color, while the eastern part
of the state, it is gray or brown.
Clays and shales, suitable for the
manufacture of brick, tile, sewer
pipe and a large variety of clay
products, are found In all parts of
the state.
Oklahoma contains considerable
deposits of high grade manganese
iron ore; some of the finest tripoli
in the country; great beds of vol
canic ash; extensive deposits of nov
aculite, and a large variety of other
minerals of minor Importance.
Water Powers.
The water power resources of Ok
lahoma are extensive, but at the
present time practically undeveloped.
A number of swift-flowing streams,
carrying constant volumes OF water,
cross the state. Power plants are
now in operation at only three plac-
es, namely, at Anadarko and Chicka-
sha, on the Washita, and at Tisho-
mingo on the Pennington. Such
rivers as Poteau, Kiamitia, Blue,
Boggy, Grand, Verdigris, Illinois,
North Canadian and Little River,
and creeks such as Rock, Honey and
Mill, contain an ample supply of
water to run scores, not to say hun
dreds of power plants, capable OF
generating many thousands of horse
power.
Two rather ambitious projects are
now being considered, one located in
south-central Oklahoma, contemplates
the construction of 10 Or IL plants,
at val poihlS, dIou6 liC W dSHl-
ia River between Lindsay and Ber-
wyn. The combined power from
these plants is to be carried to Ok
lahoma City, Shawnee, Ardmore and
other towns in the central part of
the state. A second project of near
ly as great magnitude in the east
ern part of the state contemplates
the erection of dam across Grand
River near Muskogee. 1t is estimat-
ed that the power generated at this
point would be sufficient to supply
light and power to a city of 2OO,-
600 people
Other projects have been surveyed
at Keokok Falls and Weleetka on the
North Canadian; at Carnegie, Fort
Cobb, Cloud Chief, Lindsay, Pauls
Valley and Dougherty on the Washi-
ia; near Bolton and Milbum on the
Blue; at Tahlequah and Cookson
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on the Illinois, and at number of
other places In the state. Suffice
1t to say that If the immense de-
posits of coal, oil and gas now ly-
ing dormant in our mills are ever
! exhausted, there is enough water
power yet unutilized to supply all
the plants, factores and mines that
Oklahoma will need.
Transportation.
Oklahoma has 6,106 miles of rail
road. Only Texas, Missouri and
Georgia among the Southern states,
exceed her in mileage Most coun-
ties have two or more competing
lines of railroad.
Five trunk lines cross the state;
namely, the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe; the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas; the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco; the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient, and the Chicago, Rock Is
land and Pacific. The Santa Fe has
sas City, Denver, Galveston and Cali
fornia. The Missouri, Kansas and
Texas connects with ST. Louis, Kan
sas City and Galveston. Four lines
of the St Louis and San Francisco
cross Oklahoma, giving direct con-
nection with Kansas City, st. Louis,
Chicago and Texas points. The Rock
Island crosses Oklahoma from both
the north and east, connecting with
Chicago, Kansas City, Memphis and
Ell Paso. The Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient reaches Kansas City on
the north, and is building toward the
Pacific coast.
Besides these trunk lines, there
are number of lines of minor i'm
portance, including the MissouriPa-
cific; Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf;
Fort Smith and Western; Midland
Valley and several shorter lines.
Need of Factories.
Oklahoma's greatest need today is
more factories. With unlimited nat
ural resources, both agricultural and
mineral, with a larger amount of
fuel than any other state, and in
exhaustible water power, Oklahoma
is, at the present time manufacturing
very few of the comforts and neces-
sites of life used by her people.
Nine-tenths Of the manufactured ar
ticles used in Oklahoma are import
ed from other states. Our people
are today paying the market price
plus the freight for the greater part
of the articles which they use. At
the same time the farmers Of Okla
homa are able to sell their five sta
pie crops; corn, wheat, cotton, cattle
and hogs, only in outside markets,
and for these things they receive the
market price less the freight.
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT
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so far as We have available data,
Oklahoma possesses a greater amount
of fuel than any other state. When
! it is remembered that approximately
80 per cent of all the power used
in manufacturing and other indus
trial purposes is derived from one
of these three fuels, it will be easily
understood what the future devel-
opment of Oklahoma may be.
But not in fuels alone is Okla
homa rich. The asphalt deposits in
the southern part or tne state are
the most extensive in the union.
Complete data are not available, but
at a conservative estimate, there is
enough asphalt in this region to pave
all the streets of all the cities in
the United States for the next hun
dred years, and even then one would
scarcely know from where the ma
terial was taken.
The lead and zinc deposits in
northeastern Oklahoma are among
the most prolific in this country.
Within the last two years a million
dollars have been spent in mines
and mills on a single square mile
near Miami, and more than that
amount has been taken from the
ground at this place in the form of
lead and zinc ore. The area in
which We may expect to find lead
and zinc in paying quantities in
cludes several Thousand square miles.
Oklahoma possesses bnore gyp-
timated that there are 123,000,0 ,000,-
600 tons of this material in sight in
the western counties, which is
enough to keep 100 mills, each man
ufacturing 100 tons a day, busy for
$4,000 years. oklahoma has enough
salt water going to waste to make
100 carloads of salt day. Her glass
sand deposits are among the most
extensive of those of any state.
There is in southern oklahoma
ledge of glass sand, averaging fifty
feet thick, and sixty miles long,
which, on analysis, is found to be
often e9.9S per cent pure silica.
The granite deposits of Oklahoma
are among the finest in the country.
Twenty or more varieties of shades
and textures are found. The Wichita
Mountains, 1000 feet high and 60
miles long in southwestern Okla
homa, are composed entirely of gran
ite. An area of more than 100
square miles in the Arbuckle Noun
tains is covered by granite.
Oolitic limestone, superior to the
famous Bedford stone, occurs in very
large quantities. Six separate areas
in Oklahoma contain inexhaustible
deposits of limestone. the greater
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oklahoma.

No equal area that the sun SHINES
upon has made such rapid material
progress during the last decade as
has the State of Oklahoma. Her
history reads like a romance. Those
of us who have been actively en-
gagged in aiding this development, as
well as those from other states who
have watched the progress of Okla
homa. often stand aghast before the
wonderful latent possibilities of the
state
History.
Twenty-one years ago the greater
part of Oklahoma was a hare prairie
In the eastern part of the state,
which was owned and occupied by
Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes,
there were a few small villages,
little more than trading posts, built
up largely of wooden shacks West
ern Oklahoma was then totally un-
settled. In April, 1889, the first
land in the Territory OF Oklahoma
was thrown open to settlement. Cities
sprang up as If by magic. An area
half as large as that of the state
of Maryland was settled in day.
From time to time, various Indian
reservations We're thrown open to the
public and other cities sprang up
over night. During the past ten
years the land of the Five Civilized
Tribes in Eastern Oklahoma has
been allotted, and much OF it made
available for purchase. Farms have
been Improved, mines and quarries
have been opened, factories erected,
railroads built and cities have grown
until today oklahoma stands at the
forefront of the sisterhood of states
Relative Rank.
To condense into paragraph
few OF the wonderful developments
of this state, it is only necessary to
cite the fact that at the present
time. among the seventeen Southern
states represented at the Southern
Commercial Congress, Oklahoma
stands first in increase of popula-
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0N AH0MA At COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
ADDRESS Of HON. CHARLES \. COULD
OWING OF HON. CHAS NJ Sooto' 'eoIo-
c,er oE 1uE STATE AHoMA, DELIVERED THE PAST
WEEK BEFORE THE souTHE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS- IN
ATLANTA, GA

ton in its two chief cities; first in
the amount of fertile soil lying idle
first in amount of wheat raised; frs
in the production of petroleum and
natural gas; first in the total amoupt
of available fuel; first in glass sand;
and first In the total amount OF
available mineral wealth. Oklahoma
ranks second in size, and second in
the number of bushels of oats pro-
duced. She ranks third in the num-
Der of cattle and third in the amount
of coal lying dormant in the hills
valuation of property, as well as in
the number of miles of railroad. and
the number of bushels of corn. Ok
lahoma stands fifth in the number of
hogs raised and fifth in the amount
of the mineral production the past
year. She ranks sixth among the
Southern states in the amount of to-
tai bank deposits seventh in the
amount of cotton produced, and tenth
in population.
topography.
Oklahoma is larger than any state
east of the Mississippi River: the
total area being little over 10000
square miles. Generally speaking,
the state is a level pain, sloping
from an elevation Of about 5000
feet above sea level in the north.
west corner, to less than 400 feet
in the southeast corner. Western
Oklahoma is flat or rolling prairie.
In southern and eastern Oklahoma,
this plain is interrupted by num-
ber of ranges of high hills. digni-
fled by the term mountains. These
are known as the Wichita, Arbuckle,
Ouachita and Ozark Mountains. The
eastern half OF the state contains
forests of pine, oak and hickory.
Western Oklahoma is almost desti.
tute Of timber.
Rainfall and Soil.
Three-fourths of the state has an
abundant rainfall, varying from 40
inches in the southeastern corner
TO 25 inches near the western line.
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Rainfall and Soil.

Three-fourths of the state has an
abundant rainfall. varying from 40
inches in the southeastern corner
TO 25 inches near the western line.