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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
MR.. JEWETT APPROVES MAYORS
. MESSAGE
Ocala, Fla, Oct. q, 1911.

To the Editor Ocala Banner:
The message of the mayor, publish
ed in the Banner Friday morning, is
very much to the point, and opens up
a subject of which have been think
ing for several days past would
ask the members of the council, eth.
er individually or collectively, if
there is any justice in a few of the
citizens paying for a benefit or i'm.
provement that is enjoyed by all?
The manner in which the city is
conducting the electric light business
shows what we may expect. if it pur.
chases the water works plant That
much 'cussed" and discussed corpora
ton is much more fair to it's custom
ers with its water monopoly than the
city is to it's customers with it's cleo
trio light monopoly, Notwithstanding
the fact that these customers are f.
nancially interested in the latter
Why should those who use the cleo
trio lights be forced to pay for light
ing the whole city, besides a goodly
portion of the revenue threfrom go
ing to street work also? 1t seems to
me that to carry on the general ex
penses of the city, and certainly the
lighting of the city should be consid
nrnH hn oh Ln
made sufficiently large to cover ev.
trything
Again, why should the light custom
ers be forced to pay for electricity
which they do not use? For instance
Il will take my own case, because
know about that, am charged fiat
rate of 81 month. If, by strict econ.
omy, | use only Is K. W., or $3.50
worth, | must still pay the So; if |
use 80 K. W., | must pay So. There
is no rebate at the end of the year
for any excess payment over quantity
consumed, as the water company al
lows.
The council should not only act at
once on the mayors suggestion, but
should make arrangements to use the
Florida Power Company's plant, even
if our pet plant should have to lie
idle. In this way the city could get
rid of several employees, and the prof
it charged be sufficient to cover inter
est and sinking fund for electric light
bonds; besides, it would then be in
position to charge the consumers for
only what they actually used, as the
city would be charged only for the
quantity it used.
No matter what is done, the users
of electricity should not be forced to
pay for lighting the city-it should be
provided for in the taxes.
The subject is now open; let's hear
from others.
W. L. JEWETT.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
GROWING VALUE. OF HARD
ROADS

| Our hammock lands are regarded
| as the most valuable in Florida for
agricultural uses. But the future
may give the uncut hammock a great
er value than is implied in the agri-
cultural possibilities they possess.
They are stores of hardwoods. There
are but few of the trees known in the
United States that have no represent
atives in our forests, but the hard
woods are found chiefly in the ham,
mocks. The yellow pine of the fat
woods has contributed immensely,
mostly through the naval stores it af-
fords, to the wealth and prosperity Of
the state. The cypress is another
wood which, for some purposes, has
no equal and the value of which is
constantly increasing.
Particularly is the supply of hard
woods useful for the manufacture of
furniture, vehicles and agricultural
implements diminishing in this coun-
|
haps, in the mountains at the head
waters of streams, but the forests of
| the Northwest are almost exhausted.
| Those of Canada are generally sup
posed to be inexhaustible. But word
comes from Quebec province that the
| supply of such woods in that section
is rapidly diminishing. The consul
at Rimouski reports that there is
scarcely enough of cherry, ash and
local demands of the wagon makers
and that other varieties are found
only in scattered clumps in districts
so remote that they become expen-
sive by the time they are delivered to
the manufacturer Not until the more
northern and western provinces of
the dominion are far better develop
ed than they are now will it be profit
able to exploit their wealth of hard
woods.
All this has a bearing on the
future welfare of Florida. For in
stance, judging from editorial para
graphs that we have occasionally re-
printed from the Alphabetical Times,
Franklin county, and the entire West
Gulf Coast section of Florida posses
ses great store of valuable hardwoods.
Our valued contemporary does but
its duty in persistently calling atten-
ton to the alrge opportunity that in
vites the manufacturer to that Sec
ton, but it can afford, while still
keeping up the agitation, to possess
its soul in patience, for the longer
the manufacturer delays in getting
into that region the higher prices he
! will have to pay for his woods, if
owners are mindful of the rise in
prices, and, at the same time, the
greater profits he will make upon
his products, both happy circumstan-
ces insuring to the benefit of the COM
munity.
BY all means, the hardwood re-
sources of Florida should be conserv-
ed and as little as possible wasted in
the flames in clearing ground, or al
lowed to rot after being cut Right
fully used it means larger source
of profit to the citizens of the state
the hardwood growth of Florida -
Times-U Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
THE CLOSE OF THE ci,nnrn
TOUR
Live Oak, Fla. Oct. 2e. 1911

Live Oak, Fla, Oct 2e ,o,,
To the ocala Banner:
The last days trip out threw .
pail over our auto association no
cause OF the terrible tragedy that
occurred just outside of Triton 90
Our speedomitor marked the tbir
teenth hundred mile.
! We were going on one of the hos+
roads that we had encountered uha,
suddenly the steering gear of rho
pacemaker's car became locked and
the chauffeur lost all control Of Il
and 1t plunged over an embankment
and into a pit on the roadside
II turned completely over. pinniny
Mr.. w. j. Butler, a prominent of.
fetal of the association, under one
OF the wheels killing him instantly
Mr. and Mrs. Walker and the chanf.
feur escaped with their lives. hut
with broken bones and their bodies
and limbs more or less bruised and
broken.
The accident delayed us for an
hour or more and We came into Live
Oak with less buoyant spirits than
any time since leaving New York.
Live Oak had made big prepara-
tions for a generous welcome. but
the principal function, a general re-
ception. 10 be followed by speech
making and dance. were called off.
and the sneaker" a magnificent
affair. alone held good.
AS We approached the city we
were welcomed with flying banners,
electric lights spanning the principal
streets, bearing the words: "Wel-
come" music by the Ocala brass
band and all sorts of noise provoking
instruments in the hands of small
boys.
We were entertained at the home
of Capt w. J. Hillman, who has one
OF the finest residences in the city
and is very much beloved by it's peo-
pie.
A beautiful loving cup adorns the
center table of the reception hall.
The cup was just presented to him
for his generous public spirit in the
promotion of good roads, public
schools and his pushing spirit for
Live Oak which is manifested on all
occasions and in every way.
We leave at an early hour for
Jacksonville, where the fourteen
hundred mile automobile race ends
the greatest we believe that was
ever pulled of in this country or in
any country
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03

Jacksonville. Fla. Oct. q. 1911.
To the Ocala Banner:
The great Glldden tour of 1911 end
/, ed yesterday and will take its place
In history as being the most notable
automobile race on record.
The first car to come in was Cad
lilac. model 1912, owned and driven
by MIR Russell A. King of Arcadia.
Mr. King is a son OF the late Hon.
Zba King. and was on his honey
moon. His bride is a sweet little lady
and stood the trip like heroine.
The next car 10 enter was that of
Mr.. Mcmillan of Jacksonville, and the
Times-Union car came in third, all
1912 Cadillacs.
The three Maxwell cars, one of
which was entered by Governor Hoke
smith of Georgia. are reported to
have made perfect scores. and won
the team trophy, and the beautiful
Anderson. S. c.. trophy was awarded
Governor Smith.
But, in truth and in fact, no car
made q perfect score.
AT Roanoke these cars came in 26
minutes late. but. by agreement, these
points were not counted against
them.
No car behaved more beautifully
than ours. Had We not picked up
nail just before we went into control
AZ Charlotte, so far as the car itself
n concerned, 1t would have had a
perfect score. We did not have to
examine the machinery for a single
moment, and I'm going down the
mountain sides in a downpour of rain
a did not have a single skid to its
credit.
At the termination of our tour we
are treated most royalty by the peo-
pie OF Jacksonville.
We were met at Baldwin by num-
Der OF automobiles and given lunches.
put up In tempting little boxes.
As we approached nearer the city
we were met by any number OF auto
mobiles and. escorted into the city.
The cavalcade presented a very spec
tacular appearance.
A magnificent supper was given the
tourists and their immediate friends
al the Windsor. which was followed
by q smoker" at the board OF trade
rooms.
The usual speeches were made'
some OF which were most felicitous
aud pleasing.
The object of the tour was to SIM
uIate an interest in good roads, and
Il in believed that IL will accomplish
its purpose.
Wherever We saw evidences of
prosperity-good barns. plenty OF
haystacks, fields white with cotton,
busy, bustllng towns-we found good
roads. aud wherever the convicts are
working the roads, as they are doing
IN North Carolina and Georgia, we
found the most perfect roads.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03

The Glidden tour is all over, the
closing series of the ball games be-
tween the two major leagues is. over.
Now let's get busy on that union de
pot for Ocala
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03

: Corn Whistles from s175 70 81 90
per gallon Jug Goods shipped same
day order is received. G. p. Hogan,
Ocala, Fla. x
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS
Respectfully,

]. D. ROBERTSON, Mayor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-18
BOYS CORN CLUBS
To Be DISCUSSED
SUPERINTENDENT EGGLESTON
URGES COUNTY OFFICERS TO
ATTEND MEETING IN RICH
MOND.

Next to educating the young, scien-
tific corn growing by the boys occupies
the most important place in the heart
of J. D. Eggleston. Jr.. Superintendent
of Public Instruction. And 1t can
also be said that not even r. 0. Sandy
or SouthaIl Farrar can make better
/ speech on the subject of boys corn
clubs than the educational superin-
! tendent
y There will be a meeting in Rich
mond on March 81 and % to discuss
the work to be done by the boys this
, year, and Mr.. Eggleston has written
to the county superintendents urging
them 20 attend the meeting. II posi-
BILE. Many of the county demonstra-
tors will be present and will tell about
the work in their various districts.
| Governor William Hodges Mann will
also make an address. and II Is safe
to say that no one In Virginia is more
perfectly conyersant with what has
been accomplished by the boys corn
clubs or the possibilities OF those or
CARNATIONS than the States agricul-
tural executive.
Mr.. Eggieston suggests that It
would be worth while for the school
tTQSteta 10 1A0Ac SAii CthVIt W ocxA0 IuclE
superintendents to the meeting, AZ he
believes the meeting here viii be pro-
ductive OF good results. Following
will be the program OF the sessions:
Morning SeestOn, March ~.
10 A. M.--Outline Of the demon
stration work for the year 191l-T
o. Sandy State agent.
IL A. M.-Boys' corn clubs and the
most effective way OF organising them
IF. s. Farrar. assistant State agent.
IL M.-The best method Of secur-
ing demonstration and co-operators
and the difference between them
William c. Shackleford. Jr.
| Afternoon Session.
! 3 r. M.-Crop rotation and the best
method Of getting humis In the soil
w. w. Long. field agent, Department
OF Agriculture,
1 1850 to 3 r. M.--Discussions--J. 3.
Bryant. farm demonstration and citi-
xenship.
Evening Session.
8 p. M.--VirginIa's agricultural de-
velopment Governor William Hodges
Mann.
3 r. M.--Plan OF Crib work ana
Now The county asents can co-opeFate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-18

FOR rent RI the Richmond virginiau
want ads will get yo0 i tenant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-18

Now, citizen just squarely consider whether bank
and infused with the idea that 1T is its
duty all within it's legitimate functions to foster and
local enterprises and give in matters
of Richmond business making all more pros
perous which it's faith in the and flu
Richmond by erecting of the buildings
on Southeast Atlantic Seaboard equipped with every
and luxury the benefit of It's patrons
right entitled least share of your business?
bank that has, by the lending of its capital and
with wisdom of its officers and directors coincdine with
enterprises and the development OF
those already established the commercial
macy of city and the heartest support of
the whole city?
Should PLEASANT duty patronize bank like
the AMERICAN NATIONAL which has pursued this course
and which methods aggressvey sound that i'm
eleven rendered service that has caused
grow small beginning $500 900 capital and surplus
and to total of over SIS, 900 900?
Firms individuals and corporations respect
fully solicited
Three per compound interest twice year paid
savings accounts.
Ladies' department conveniently equipped.
American National Bank,
Richmond, Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-18
We Hope to See
Him
Governor.

We refer to the lawyer who called to see us
yesterday, and who stated that he was drawing
the will of client, who by his advice, was going
to make this Company his Executor and Trustee.
Our expressed wish in the headline is based
strictly on merit, but the point wish to make
is that this experienced attorney will express to
any one his unqualified opinion, to-wit: that
strong Trust Company is preferable to an in
dvidual as Executor. Trustee or Guardian.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
HalIucinations of Henbane.

HeDbane bears a remarkable reputa-
ton for creating the most extraOrdi-
nary halIUcinations. Dr. HOultOn re
lates that some monks who ate the
roots by mistake for parsnips trans
formed their monastery into a lunatic
asylum. One monk rang the bell for
mathis at midnight, and of those of
the community who attended some
could not read. others ''fancied the
and some read what was not IN their
books. Even the exhalatiOns from
these pretty but very poisonous flow
ers produce these weird effects.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
SHOCKED THE GUIDE.
The Visitor at the National Capitol
Was of thC Kind That Come
Prepared to Kick

A big man with a fierce, bristling
gray beard and wearing a broad 5rim
med SLOUGH hat marched down the
main corridor of the capitol. closely
followed by a guide at d dOgtrot
They had inspected statuary hall and
the rOtunda and looked in at the cham
Der of the supreme court, and the Wis
itor had made no other comment on
the sights shown him than to utter an
occasional grunt, snort or growl.
The big man paused at the end of
the corridor and jerked his head to-
ward a carpeted passage.
whats them burglars doing to-
day" he demanded.
''The senate is not in session, sir, -
said the guide in q shocked voice.
After the visitor had departed the
guide sat down on his chair in frOnt of
the statue of Daniel Webster and
mOpped his heated brow.
That's one kind that comes here, -
he said. I'VE have all kinds, but his
style is the hardest to deal with.
Called the senate burglars-yOu heard
him-and he kicked at everything else
l showed him. That kind comes pre-
pared to kick. They amt got no pa
triOtism at all, and a United States
senator amt no more to them than a
d0orkeeper. Why, I'm afraid to take
men like him into the supreme court.
Likely as not they'll say something
disTespectful right out loud. Do you
know what that one said when | show
ed him statuary hall? He says, Who
are all these crooks? Then he wanted
to know how much all them statues
cost the government and who got the
rakeOff. l told him they were given
by the states. and he said that was
once when the states put one over.
You wouldn't think" said the guide,
with sigh, that patriotic Americans
could come here and be so callOus
about the things they see. They seem
to begTudge giving a dollar to be shown
the place where Webster stood when
he made his reply to Hayne. l don't
know what the cOuntry's coming to.
I've been a guide here twenty years,
but 1 never thought I'd live to hear
the senate called burglars. washing
ton Cor. Kansas City Star.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
LIGHTNING VERSUS STEAM.
Testing the Telegraph In the Early
Days of Its Invention.

beSCn9 t1e ASls9raPn IN tnS Larry
Days of Its Invention.
Years ago, when the electric tele-
graph was a new idea and q mystery
to the masses, there came trouble one
Saturday night in the Bank Of Eng
land. The business of the day had
closed and the balance was not right.
There was a deficit Of just E100- 1t was
not the money, but the error, that
must be found. For the officers and
the clerks there could be no sleep until
the mystery had been cleared up. All
that night and all Sunday a force Of
men were busy; money was surely
gone from the vaults, but no one could
discover whence.
On the following morning a clerk
suggested that the mistake might have
occurred in packing for the West In
dies some boxes of specie that had
been sent to Southampton for ship
ment. His chief acted on the sUgges-
ton. Here was an opportunity to test
the powers of the telegraph-lightning
against steam, and steam with forty
eight hours the start. Very soon the
telegraph asked a man in SOuthamp-
ton, HAS the ship MercatOT sailed|
The answer came back, Just weigh
ing anchor"
stop her in the queens name,
flashed back the telegraph. "She is
stopped" was returned.
"Have on deck certain boxes marks
givenJ, weigh them carefully and let
me know the result" telegraphed the
chief
This order was obeyed, and one box
was found to be somewhere about one
pound and ten ounces heavier than its
mateS-just the weight of the missing
sovereigns. "All right. Let the ship
gOp' was the next order.
The West India house was debited
with the f1OO and the Bank of Eng
land was at peace agaiI.-Harper' )
Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
A Bullet stoppsd the Game

Alfred de Musset, the poet and
dramatist, was almost as fond of
chess as of poetry. He played nearly
every night at the Cafe de Ia Regence,
and even the revolution Of February,
1S4S, did not divert him from his
habit. He turned up as usual and,
finding no one there to play with, in
sisted that the waiter should make d
game for him. The waiter did so,
though a fusillade was raging in the
street outside. and all went well until
a musket bullet smashed a mirror in
immediate proximity to the board.
Musset was anxious to continue in
spite of the interruption, but his OPP
pOnent would not with mOnsieur's
permission he said, 1--WE will adjourn
the game until after the republic has
been proclaimed. Paris GaulOis.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
Sentimental Juries,

Maitre Henri Robert, the most IA
nous advocate in criminal cases at the
Paris bar, told an audience almost
entirely composed Of ladies that before
any jury a woman with some youth,
some looks and pretty voice has fifty
chances out of a hundred Of being
acquitted, whereas a man would have
only one. If she knows how to shed
tears at the right moment she need
not wOrry-a verdict of not guilty is
a dead certainty.-Paris Letter
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
COLORED PEOPLE TO
HAVE FINE Y. ri. c. A.
FUND MEMBERS OF RACE ASK
ED TO GIVE IS INCREASED
RV ST oco
Enthusiasm is So Great That the De
cision is Reached to Increase the
Total to $4,000.


Enthusiasm is So Great That the De
cision is Reached to Increase the
Total to $4,000.
Columbus, O., Nov. 4.
COlOred people of Columbus are as
sured of y. NJ. c. A. building.
Although called upon to raise onlv
$4,000, 1t was announced at a commit
tee meeting last evening that subsCriD-
tlOns tOtalling $6,IoO.25 had been Sc
cured IN the four days canvass. The
enthusiasm was unique and so pleased
were those IN charge of the fund that
1t was decided to proceed with the
solicitation Of subscriptions until they
reach $1,000.
A few weeks ago, when the commit
tees representing the various Y. M.
and Y. w c. A. organizations met. ].
A. Metcalf was requested to assume
the colored project.
Spirit of Unanimity.
1t was stated that the international
committee would give $4,000 toward
the project, if the colored people
would contribute $4,000. Mr.. Metcalf
got busy at once. Sixteen teams Of
from tIve to ten men each were form
ed. All cOlored churches, at Mr.. Met
calls lnslstence, were united to CO.
operate in the project Colored peo-
pie only were solicited
Z. Z. Ward, colored transfer man.
appeared at last nights meeting and
asked the amount of the largest sub
scription When informed, he at once
said he would double it. Outside of
this, there are no large subscriptions.
All lines of business, trades and pro-
fessions are represented in the list Of
donors
4 never saw anything like the spirit
the colored people have displayed" 4"
said Mr.. Metcalf. There was not a
jar or inharmonious note. All worked
together"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
The Alteration of the WIG.

Wigs were never 50 popular as IN the
reign of Charles II. The author Of
''The BeaUx and the Dandies' tells
US that when Cibber played Sir Fop-
ling Flutter his wig was so much ad-
mired that he had it carried to the
foOtlights every evening in a sedan
chair, from which it was handed to
him that ne might put it on his head"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
What Was LaCkiuo,

The HObO-Please, mum, I'm a sick
man. De doctor gimme dis medicine,
but I needs assistance in tazin' it. The
Lady-PoOr fellow! Do you want a
spoon and a glass of water? The Ho-
bono, mum; 1 wouldn't trouble yer.
But dis medicine has to be took before
meals. Have yer got a meal handy?-
Cleveland Leader.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18

Treasury Department, and she said
because she couldn't obtain Justice at
the Bureau She was called a mali
cious woman. Her reply was 81 didn't
know that l was"
The Treasury Department is inves-
tlgatlng the entire affair from what
can be learned, and there will be
some changes in the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. The colored
girls are opposed on account of their
color.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
Wnas of Wealth

'Tben wealth doesn't bring happi-
nessg"
''NO. Since we inherited money my
people don't want me to loaf H. the
grocery. And l can't get no comfort
out Of lOaing in a bank. The hours
are too short. "-Pittsburg Post
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
Placinu the Blame

Judge Ito burglar on triaD-Haye
you anything to say, prisoner? Bur
glar-Yes, your honor. l was only act
IN on me doctors advice to take some
thin afore goin' ter bed.-Boston
Transcript.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
LATER.

The trouble at the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing continues to
grow. Secretary MacVeagh sent a
demonstration from the Treasury De
partment to watch the colored girls
work, and he reported that their work
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
Not Homemade.

Defending Counsel Ito witness in
bandages)-AFe you married? Wit
aess-NO; was Knocked down by a
eab last week.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18

was satisfactory. Miss Brown, only
had one days trial, and she signed a
paper, so it is said, that She couldn't
do the work Miss Prince was asked
to sign a paper also, but she refused.
She is considered more competent
than any girl in the division, white or
'colored. The last report is that she
has been put back 1t is said that
The Washington bee., 1911-11-18
Trouble In the Air,

Husband-YOu don't 90 shopping
with Mrs. Nearby any more? Wife
No. The last time we went she want
ed a remnant that I wanted.-JUdge.