The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-08
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of other newspapers along the same
lines. Referring to the resignation
of DR.. Harris, president of Amherst
College, the New York World takes
occasion to refer to the legion of
grand old men who in all times have
retained the faculty of leadership
long past three score and ten"
Judge p. Woodson White of Quincy,
who was a practicing attorney in
middle life when the editor of this
paper was but a mere lad, now in his
92nd year, recently, unaccompanied,
made a combination pleasure and bus
mess trip to Cuba
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, on his 10th
birthday. made a call on his friend,
Mr. John Bigelow, who. though "a
years old, is writing vigorous and
brilliant articles on the necessity Of
tariff reformation and the beauties
and utlitarianism OF democracy
When in New York a few weeks
ago We called on Mr. Henry NJ. Flag
Ter We found him as straight as an
arrow and in full possession of all his
mental powers He had but recently
climbed up fifteen fights of steps be-
cause something had gone wrong
with the elevator, and felt no worse
for the tremendous eXertion-and
climbing to the top of a fifteen-story
building is no ordinary undertaking.
Mr. Flagler is in his send year, and
early in the beginning of 1912 will
see completed his over-thesea rail
road. the most colossal individual en-
terprise perhaps the world has ever
known
We recently noted in the newspa-
pers that Mrs Hettie Green, at the
age of -. was at her desk as usual,
directing her great. colossal enter
prises, and was in a more merry mood
than she was when a young girl in
her teens
At the age 70 - Mr. James B. Nc
Creary was recently elected governor
OF Kentucky, position lie occupied
thirty years before
on las; sunday this paper printed
400 address delivered by Colonel Hen
~ Watterson of the Louisville Cou-
iicrJournal al the dedication
Of q big Christian temple at Louis
VILE which shows that growing age
IS only mclloving his ideas and the
splondor OF his command OF the IN
el.sh laueuaee
AT the age OF 90, Mr. Thomas Edi-
son the worlds greatest inventor, has
hui recently returned from an auto
mobile tour through Europe, and his
vivid observations and comparisons
OF that country with ours show the
splendid activities of his mental pow
ers
S. d. c." in a recent issue of t1e
New York World, gave the ages and
activities of the following distinguish
ed Americans
James Wilson. secretary of agri-
culture. is 76 Franklin MacVeagh,
! secretary of the treasury, is about 20.
John " Carson, chief of the bureau
of manufactures of the department Ct
commerce and labor, is %, and Sec
rotary Charles Nagel of that depart
ment, is 60.
Chief Justice Edward d. White is
Sc, and a majority of his associates
in the United States supreme court
are past GO. w. Holmes. 20; J. D.
McKenna, IS; II. II. I-urton, c.; J. r.
Lamar, g.; W. r. Day. g.
In the senate. Isaac Stephenson
and shelby ~ Cullom are s.: 4. Q.
pacon is =: T. S. Smith, the demo
ratio leoder, 6: Henry Cabot Lodge,
The vigorous "stard-patter.' and A. y.
Cummins. the young progressive"
are ST. EXSpeakcr Cannon is -, and
those warehouses; Of pro. ection." Sc
reno . PAYNE and John DalzeH, are
respectively IS and &C.
n the field Of lieion, Cen. Booth
of The salvation Army is -: Pope
PINS. 7G. Cardinal Gibbons. =: Bish-
or William {. Doane, 70, and Cardinal
designate Farley. 60.
"Of financial leaders, j. p. Morgan
is -; James J. Hill. "a, and Jacob
II Schin. 81.
Thomas T. Edison. who will be G5
in February, is still inventing. An
drew Carnegie was "A on November
. and John D. Rockefeller was .
last July. The older they get the
greater seems to be their interest in
public benefactions.
"Whitelaw Reid, editor and diplo-
mat, is a. Henry Watterson, II;
James Gordon Bennett, 10; John r.
Mclean. 63.
John Wanamaker. who has Just
celebrated fifty years of success in
business, is "A, and one of his com