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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17
ABRAHAM LINCOLN


Sunday was the anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln, the most
unique figure in American history.
He was of exceedingly humble origin.
His parents were excessively poor.
They belonged to that class denomi-
mated by the slave-owners as the
mud sills of society" and by the ne
groes as poor white trash" Before
their illustrious son was born, the pa
rents, Thomas Lincoln and Nancy
Hanks Lincoln, had emigrated from
North Carolina to the then unknown
wilds of Kentucky Mr.. Lincoln was
born in a log cabin immensely less
pretentious than many of the homes
of the slaves just after the close of our
civil war. Here, in squalor, poverty
and want, and the fear of want, the
future president remained until he
was seven years old, when his parents
removed to Indiana and afterwards to
Illinois, where his transcendant great
ness was achieved.
AS our earliest impressions are
the strongest and most lasting, we
can only surmise what passed through
the brain of this man as to his hum
BILE surroundings in his "old Kentucky
home"
1t is safe to say that Mr.. Lincoln s
first impressions were enduring, and
largely helped to shape his future ca
reer, because it is an old axiom that
AS the twig is bent the tree is in
clined." We do not believe that one
can get away from his early impress
sions and come veal or woe there is
a sentiment in ones nature that i'm
pels him to love the place of his ma
tivity and his early childhood. So we
believe that if Mr.. Lincoln had not
been assassinated he would have been
friendly to the south, and, having such
strong hold upon his party, that in
his friendly measures to this section
he could have carried his party with
him. That we would have had no re-
construction measures and that that
intensely bitter epoch in our history
would have been avoided, and that the
bloody chasm,' dividing the sections,
would have been bridged at the clos
ing of military activities, and, forget
ting bygones, a spirit of fraternity
would have at once been ushered in.
The south, in common with the bal
ance of the country, recognizes more
and more Mr.. Lincoln's virtues, and
more and more is proud of the fact
that he was southern born.
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, in
the minds of a majority of the Amer
lean people, will always occupy the
forefront of American history, and the
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Rev. James A. Kimmons, tall, raw
boned mountain preacher, charged
with killing Carter Lingerfelt, has
begun serving his eight year-service in
the Atlanta prison He denies that he
fired the gun that killed Lingerfelt.
He says that he will serve his time
out, giving the state faithful service
and at the end of his term he will
take up his religious work where he
left off.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Prof. Miner Lee Bates, president of
Hiram University of Indianapolis, pre-
diets that ex-President Roosevelt will
regain his popularity, which has been
on the wane for so long time, and
will become more popular than ever.
Perhaps the colonel has abandoned
his new nationalism and is willing to
open his eyes to the liberty of the
press without swearing or blinking.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The Orlando Daily Reporte-Star is
giving very excellent reports of the
Orange county fair. The exhibits
have been astonishing in their abund-
ance and magnificence and the attend
lance has been large. The Reporter
Star says that visitors are there from
all sections of the state many having
come in automobiles from Ocala,
DeLand, Daytona, Tampa and Jack
sonville
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

We can all sympathize with that
modest Oklahoma editor who indited
the following touching epistle to his
delinquent subscribers: There is a
little matter that some of ourA Sub
$criber$ have Seemingly forgotten en-
tirely-$ome of them make us prom
ises but have not kept them. With Us
it is a very important matter-it's ne
cessary in our business. We are very
modest and don't like to Speak about
it."
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17
FRANK HARRIS, Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
God bless the flag! Let 1t aoat AM


God bless the flag! Let 1t foat and
fill
The sky with its beauty; our heart
strings thrill
TO the low, sweet chant of its wind
swept bars,
And the chorus ; of all its clustered
stars.
Embrace it, o mothers! and heroes
shall grow,
While its colors blush warm on your
bosoms of snow.
Defend it, o fathers; there's no sweet
er death
Than to float its fair folds with a sol
dier's last breathe!
And love it, o children! be true to the
sires
Who wove it in plain by the old camp
fires.
Samuel L. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The pathetic story which we print
elsewhere in this paper, the day fol-
lowing the New York tragedy, had
its duplicate in Oxford, Me. The hus-
band, after entering into a pact with
his wife died, the wife shot their IA
year old son and then killed herself.
They were miserably poor and wanted
their son to escape the terrible mis-
cries they endured.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Three big conventions are to be
held in Jacksonville during the early
spring Conference for Education in
the South, Order of Railway Conduc-
tors and Southern Baptist Convention.
Altogether it is estimated that the
three conventions viii cause the visi-
tation of more than twenty thousand
persons.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Owing to continued ill health Mr.
John M. Caldwell has been compelled
to sever his connection with the
Jasper News paper with which he
has been associated for many years.
His retirement is a direct loss to Flor
ida journalism for he was one of our
brightest, wittiest, cheerful and cheer
lest writer's. We regret the cause also
which compels him to this step.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17
THE POLICY OF PROTECTION

Mr. John Bright was one of the
great statesmen of England. Not
withstanding the fact that he was ar
IDENTIFY opposed to the policy of protec-
ton, and was as ardently in favor of
free trade, Mr. Horace Greeley, the
real father of the protective system
in the United States, dedicated his
history, "The American Conflict" to
Mr.. Bright.
In a great speech delivered in the
city of Birmingham, England, in 1858,
Mr.. Bright, speaking on the subject
of protection, said:
Take also the question of protection.
Not thirty years ago, but twelve years
ago, there was a great party in par
lament, led by duke in one house,
and by the son and brother of duke
in the other, which declared that ut
ter ruin must come, not only on the
agricultural interest, but upon the
manufactures and commerce of Eng
land, if we departed from our old the
cries upon this subject of protection.
They told us that the laborer-the un-
happy laborer-of whom it may be
said in this country
Here landless laborers hopeless toll
and strive,
But taste no portion of the sweets
they hive"
that the laborer was to be ruined;
| that is, that the pauperS were to be
pauperized. These gentlemen were
overthrow The plain, honest, COM
mon sense of the country swept away
their comweb theories, and they are
gone. What is the result? From
| 1916 to 1857 we have received into
this country of grain of all kinds, in
| GLIDING -four, maize, or Indian corn
| all objects heretofore not of absolute
prohibition, but which were intended
| to be prohibited until it was not safe
for people to be starved any more
not less than an amount equal in val
ue to S1,120,000, 000 That is equal to
49,, 100000 per annum on the average
of twelve years. During that period,
too, your home growth has been slim
ulated to an enormous extent. You
have imported annually 100000 tons
of guano, and the result has been a
proportionate increase in the produc-
lions of the soil, for 100000 tons of
guano will grow an equal weight and
lyalue of wheat. With all this, agricul-
ture was never more prosperous, while
manufactures were never, at the same
time, more extensively exported; and
with all this, the laborers, for whom
the tears of the protectionist were
shed have, according to the admission
of the most violent of the class, never
been in better state since the be-
ginning of the great French war.
The same argument is used in this
country, and the same crocodile tears
are shed about the laborer-the un-
HAPPY laborer-who would be ruined
if the government were to cease this
Ipolicy for ever so short time.
i But we are getting saner. Reel
procity," which is but another name
for free trade" is becoming popular.
Blaine advocated it before his death
and so did the martyred Mckinley.
President Taft is now trying to have
reciprocal trade relations with Cana
lda, and in which all sections of the
country are rejoicing.
The true policy is to sell our pro-
ducts in the highest markets and buy
in the cheapest. 1t is coming to that.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The Jacksonville Metropolis says
that the editor of the Ocala Banner
sis weeping and crashing his teeth
because Mr.. Blount was not elected
United States senator" and advises
that he ''go out to Silver Springs, jump
in, cool his fevered brow and forget
it," You can always count on the
Metropolis saying something extreme
" boyish.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

A general apprehension is felt in
Georgia that the peach crop will be
ruined by frost, as the trees are now
in full bloom. There is a general rain
throughout the peach region, and it is
feared that it will be followed by
frost. The peach crop of Florida is
likely to be hurt also.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The home of Mr.. j. E. Lummus OF
Miami, ex-mayor and now president
of the Bank of Bay Biscayne, was
robbed of $4,000 worth of jewelry g
few nights ago. The police are BAT
fed at the audacity and daring o.
the crime.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Ten billion passengers are carried
in year on the electric railways OF
this country. There are $4,000 miles
of electric railway track (single). 75.-
900 cars, and the capitalization of the
companies is $4,OOO.OOO,OOO. Their
annual income is 100000 600 They
have 100000 salaried employees.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

A washington Judge gave negro a
sentence of fifteen years for snatching
a pocketbook from white woman on
the streets of that city, and says that
viii be his sentence for every such
case that is brought before him. He
intends that the women of Washing
ton shall feel safe on the streets of
that city day or night
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Magazine publishers will have to
pay at the rate of four cents pound
on the advertising sections of, their
magazines under the plans of reduc'
ton recommended by the postmaster
general.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

A hunter in New York state has
made fur caps for his friends from a
variety of fur-bearing animals, such as
the otter, skunk, muskrat, bear, squir-
rel, rabbit and raccoon. All of the
animals were killed by him. He would
be regarded as a hunter even in these
parts.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Mr.. Chas. Schwab OF the steel trust
declares that war with Japan is GER
tain. What has this country got
against Japan or what has Japan got
against this country? Even if there
were serious differences they could
easily be arbitrated by neutral and
disinterested nations.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The Washington Star says that the
word, reciprocity" rouses numerous
debaters to as much activity as the
plain old phrase, tariff reform"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

There are some people you never
get thoroughly acquainted with" says
the Atchison Globe, until they owe
you money
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The democrats, with few republi-
cans, made a reapportionment of con-
gress, and in the new deal Florida
gains another member The next leg
islature will have to redistrict the
state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

illustrious trio is the south's contribu-
ton to the fame of the nation, and in
honoring them the south feels that
she is likewise honored, and is jew
eled with supreme distinction.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The interior of the Barnett National
Bank of Jacksonville is going to be re-
modelled and made as beautiful as
architects and artists can make it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

A man who stole electricity in ST
Louis was fined $50. which leads the
ST. Louis Dispatch to say 'only me
tiers can do that and go unpublished. y
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The Tampa Tribune says that ev-
erybody who can buy, beg or borrow
railroad ticket will visit Tampa next
week.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

A peace conference is son to be held
in Honduras.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Progressive Christianity interests
Roosevelt more than political cru
sade. He declares war on all bigots.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Clara Barton, founder and organizer
Of the Red Cross society, is i'll at Ok
ford, Mass.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The ways and means committee is
expected to report favorably on the
reciprocity bill.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The health board in Jacksonville is
determined to enforce the screening
law.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The Illinois legislature. will disre-
gard Uncle" Joe Cannon and endorse
the reciprocity scheme with canada.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Another campaign is booked against
the hookworm.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

Savannah had a big fire Thursday
night. The loss was fixed at 100000.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17

The end of the deadlock is not yet
in sight in New York state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-02-17
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1911.

Great crowds are invading Tampa.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-03

like her." Soon as the Deacon got his
bearings he went off home in deep dis
gust and says he's had all the telly-
phone experients he wants.
Glenn Parker had phone put in &
Mehitabel Parker. Clem's wife, thinks il
offul Mise. Mehitabel sets by the hour
with newspaper or book in one hand
and holding the telephone receiver to
her ear with tother lissening to what
ever is said over the phone by all VINO
has 'em in Bingville. We perdickt if
Mehitabel keeps this up she will hear
somethink about herself she don't want
to hear one of these days, and it will
serve her right.
We are thinking somethink of having
phone put into the Bugle offs. Per-
sonally we amt made up our mind as
yet whether we be for or against telly-
phones in BingviIle, & we won't likely
come to a decision until we have talk
with Mr.. Wilson the perrnoter g. find
out whether if we would boost the
phone he would put one into the Bugle
offs free gratis for nothink.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-03

Jared Sparks while shaving hisseif
last Sunday morning in hurry to 60
to church cut his ear by axident and |.
bled turrible. Jared is piller of the
Bingville church but judging by the way
he swore which was heard by the neigh
bors and the winders all down you
nacherly wouldn't think that he was
much of a church piller. Jared didn't
go to church being as he wasn't in no
spiritual condishion to.
Bale Hawkins while eating cherry pie
which his wife baked got cherry seed
betwixt his upper plate and the roof
of his mouth which he said ached him
so before he could git it out that his
eyes watered. Bale says he wishes to
goodness cherries didn't have no seeds
in EN- and then he could eat cherry pie
without fear or faver.
Miss Polly Hoskins had boil on her
21st birthday anniversary. II is the
general opinion that Polly had II on
about her 30th birthday instead of on
her 2lst Polly has been only Il yrs
old for the past yrs.
These are about all the Local Items
Here & There that we can think of
at this time so we will therefore desist
writing same.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-03
Stuk In His Hair

Bud Hinekiey who amt quite rignt
in his head had a pecoclier experients
tother day. Bud he done errand for
Hen Weathersby by carrying q ID of
sugar from the store to Widow Hen
derson and Hen give Bud big stick
of chewing gum. Well, Bud he jammed
the gum into his mouth and chewed
and ehewed and ehewed on II Ill HE
jaws ached him til he almost cried.
Then he thort he'd take the gum out
and hide il somewhere until he wanted
it again, but he was afcard he'd forgit
where he hided it. so to be sure that
he'd have il handy he stuck il In his
hair and then when his jaws got rested
he went to pull il loose but Il was all
snarled up in his hair and the harder
he pulled the more he hollered until his
NAV come running and got him and
marched him home and she had 10
cut a hole lot of Buds hair often his
head to git the chewing gum out after
which she warmed Buds pants for hirn
and Buds lamentations was heefd al
over Bingville. Mrs. Hinekley says the
next time Hen Weathersby gives her
Bud chewing gum to stick In his hair
Hen1l hear from her.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-03
EDDYTORIAL.

Well, Thanksgiving is past &
went. as we might say and wont
happen agin in our midst for a year
hence. AS editor & prop. of the
Bugle we and Our wife had tur-
rible enjoyable time on Thanksgiv-
ling Day. which will finger in our
mer1ry as one of the most ospishest
occasions which it has ever been
our privilege to enjoy.
Up to the last rninnit we didn't
know whether we would be able to
eat turkey on Thanksgiving or not.
We was to of had a turkey from
Jabe Hanson on back subscripshion,
but the day before Jabe sent us
word that being as he could sell
the turkey for spot cash he didn't
perpose to turn it in on subscrip-
shion--the miserable skunk. That's
a nice way for a subscriber who
amt paid a cent for the Bugle sinst
1887 to act, amt it? We are now
trying to find out sonethink skan-
dalous in Jabe's past for publica-
shion in the Bugle-unless he pays
us something on subscripshion soon.
Well, while we was wondering
where our Thanksgiving turkey was
coming from what should Cy Hos
kins, one of our most respected
and philanthropic citizens do except
invite us and our wife to partake
1of Thanksgiving dinner with him
and his wife. We was turrible
lglad Cy gave US this invite, and
we was also turrible surprised being
as Cy is ushually as tight as the
bark to a tree and don't, as rule,
give away somethink for nothink.
I'VE have heretofore referred to Cy
in the Bugle as a ole skinflint, and
we have called him stingy and par
simonious and pusilaninous and
other names too numerous to men
shion, but we shall not do so agin.
Us and our wife enjoyed the tur-
key dinner at Cy's with great gusto,
and we both ct fit to bust and then
felt miserable all the rest of the day.
and in fackt we don't feel very we'll
Iyet.
| On Thanksgiving we tried to
think up what we had to be thank
full for and among other things we
nentshion the follering: We are
thankful that most of our subscrib-
ers are back on their subscripshions
only 10 years instid of 90, We are
| thankful as editor & prop of the
Bugle we can jest manage to exist
Whereas we might of starved to
deth long sinst. We are thankful
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-03
Local Items Here & There

1t wouldn't surprise US emmy if we
was to have a skirt of snow most emmy
time-its cold enuff to snow-some
thinks its too cold and that that's the
reason it don't snow. There may be
some truth in this.
Subscribe for the BugIe and don't
berry it from your neighbor like dead
beat Your neighbor don't like to have
you do that and we don't neither.
Shame on you'll
Hez Andrews has shaved of his
whiskers which we consider is a awful
fool thing to do at this time of year
when he needs his whiskers to keep
his face warm However, we calkilate
if Hez wants to shave of his whiskers
he can do so being as his whiskers is
his own property. Hezzes whiskers off
makes a turrible change In his face.
Them as thort Hez was the ugliest man
in Bingville with whiskers ort to see
him MOVE
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-03
HELLO!
Telephones in BingViIIe & What
Them as Has En- Thinks Of
Same-..FuII ParticMers as per
FoIIsrs...0ur Judgment Re-
served

In last wia's Bugle we published a
excioosive announcement TO the efeckt
that Bingville was to have telephones.
Well sinst then several phones have
been put into various residences & If
they work as well as Mr.. Wilson of
the. Co. who put the phones in says
they will probably others will be put in.
Hen Weathersby, prop. OF our gen'l
store, had one put into the store, but
Hen says if folks don't stop Fostering
him over the phone by ordering spool
of thread or a paper of pins or some
think else like that to be delivered i'm
mejit when he can't leave the store
without his shutting up same, to say
nothink of there being no profit to
speak of in spool of thread or paper
OF pins ennyhow he'll have the blame
phone tore outen the store.
Doc Livermore, our human speshial-
list & horse dockter, also had phone
put in his office, and Doc considers it a
great thing in case of emergency to
call him up on when ennybuddy is took
sick suddint and needs his services or
at mites when a horse has the colick. for
instants.
Tother day Ranse Hillyer, who has a
phone, called up Doc at p. m and
told Doc he was suffering somethink
awful from cramps and if Doc wanted
to see him alive to hurry right over. On
the way to Ranse's Doc dropped into
Hen Weathersby's store and got into a
game of checkers with Hold Peters and
didn't get to Ranses until past 10 p. m,
when Ranse's cramps was well and he
had went to bed and was sound asleep.
Doc woke Ranse up & Ranse was so
mad he told Doc to go back home and
tend to his own business. Doc says the
phone is a great time saver & helps
him to respond more prompr
Deacon Andrews says he calkilates
the telephone is invenshion of the
devil & if ennybuddy gets one into his
house they will haft to do so over his
dead body. Down to Hens store tother
evg. Hen finally coaxed the Deacon to
call up his wife, the Deacon's wife,
who happened to be spending the evg.
with Hens wife, so the Deacon stepped
up to the phone and rung the bell three
times, then he clapped the receiver to his
ear and lissened. Mrs. Weathersby
come to the phone ard the Deacon told
her he'd like to have word with his
wife Sary. While the Deacon was
waiting for Sary to come they was a
bolt of calico on the 5 elf above the
phone which Hen hadn't put back
proper, and which fell hitting the Des-
con a turrible crack on the head and
ramrning his stiff brimmer hat down
over his ears. The Deacon he jumped
as if he was shot and hollered, "B'gosh,
thet feels like Sary. but it don't sound