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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

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utaff of gr3Nth potato growth
Wat amusing and may be true
Tav Commercial saws that Prof
Nea con has been harvesting his po-
fafa nu The sweet potatoes are
ffun arntt four 20 thirty inches
laae ana eroN straight down. Con
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is r.aa red before il can be extracted
fram ae faund The variety would
gnh he very valuable 10 anyone
usHHs to manufacture post holes -
We anu.t snxrcst that this is one
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taea m.eht be feasible to ship a
Tee fae POTATOES 20 the party max
tae der Tor holes and let him
p'aaf aem atoms Ms fence line where
the ho.ss are sired-Tampa
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

r. A. Green arrived yesterday from
Ocala on a business errand-Tampa
Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-20

Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Carmichael are
visiting in st. Augustine. They
drove over in their automobile.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
OFFER COLORED BOYS
PRIZES FOR BEST CORN
WILL BE AWARDED At COLORED
STATE FAIR At MACON.

Savannah, Ga.-President K. II.
Wright of the Georgia State Industrial
College and Of the Georgia Colorea
State Fair has been advised by A. r.
Jackson, immigration agent OF inc
Central of Georgia Railway. that tho
railroad will offer five prizes for inc
fair to be given as prizes to colorea
boys raising the greatest amount u
corn on an acre.
The first prize will be $50 cow anu
the four other prizes will be so"s
valued at $25. No two prizes Will ~
given in the same county and the con-
testants are limited to countles
through which the Central Railway
passes.
The Georgia State Industrial COZ
lege also offers a scholarship to any
boy under 10 years Of age for the oes'
acre Of corn raised inside the sta'e
The scholarship includes board anu d.
expenses.
The Fair Association offers prllo
of 500 to any boy in any county IL
the state for the best acre OF corn.
The fair will be held in Macon NOV
GIG.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
TRACED BACK TO AR.:.;lANs
Delivers In History Find Beginnings Of
the Church etsspis Reach Far
Into the Centuries.

There 10 . theory which 1nds tha
spirs Of the New England meeting.
house in the mountain peaks Of Ara
bia.
Tracing back the process Of evolu
ton. We come frst to London. where
the clean sweep Of the Great Fire gave
Sir Christopher Wren his opportunity
TO experiment In steeples; and then to
Venice. where the campanile 10 Q
shining example Of q tower beside
church but separate from It: and then
70 Alexandria. where the famous light.
house ON the 1sle of Pharos contrib.
uted to the religion Of Mahomet both
the form and the name OF the minaret;
and then to the "Tower OF Babel" at
Borsippa, and the xikkurats Of the
temples of Babylonia and Assyria.
A zikkurat 10 a huge quadrangular
mass Of brick. rising In diminishing
stories--as a child places a big block
on the floor, and puts a smaller one
on 1t, and on that smaller still-and
ascended by q winding balustraded
stair to shrine on top.
This, according to the theory. was
the ritual equivalent of q mountain.
Into the fiat lands between the
Tigris and Euphrates came the ances'
tors Of the Babylonians and Assyrians
out Of the mountains Of Arabia. There
they had worshiped the storm-god.
who dwelt upon the heights among
-
muned. IKE Moses, by climbing up and
making their offerings and saying
their prayers upon the summit.
And because there were no noun.
tains in their new country they erect
ed beside every temple q little noun
tain In the yard. Thus the xikkurat
and then the minaret. and then ths
campanile. and then the steep]e Of
the parish church!-Atlantic.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
Why Colonel COULDN'T HELD.

81 Misfortune overlook a veteran Of the
Civil war who had become rich after
Lees surrender. Everything left him
and he was induced to apply for .
pension
The essential facts were to be pre-.
scented by the other men Of his com.
mand and their signatures to his 20.
ton were easy to get
Still, tho colonel's was the most val.
liable. because he had gone to the res,
cue Of the applicant in ono Of those
life-and-death pinches alike creditab.s
to the two. II
~. The colonel was located on farm
.ea''- Lockport, N. Y. He received the
Two cou~ith a singular lack of inter.
they all depart. apathy. Tho petitioner
ing Mrs. Taylor mnt2d 1t. and was i'm.
Thnrsday -nialn p0-hstHcally the cir.
.rlurch Verni Equi-ad resulted in his
also ). Friday .ss,t.on.r to on. side.
the commander Of the regiment
said: n-.D ~
Il know all that, but you can't we'll
put my name down because. confident
tally, I'm applying for a pension my.
self-for loss Of memory"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
What About It7

! With the caution of science, the two
Germans who have been 80 successful
with cancer In mice warn the world
not to conclude yet that the terrible
disease Is about to be controlled In
humankind. Suppose, however, that
the optimistic view Is right and that
the cure can be transferred, to man,
are the antivivisectionists OF our
proud country going to stand idly by
and let cancer be conquered without
q blow on their part for the mice!
They have introduced another "inves-
tigation" bill in the New York legisla.
ture. to substitute their Judgment
and knowledge for the knowledge
and judgment Of our best scien.
tific bodies, but 10 that enough!
hummer approaches; what are these
humane societies doing for the pro.
lection Of the mosquitoes and the
flies ?-Collier's Weekly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
TRoUBL EsoM e.

my husband has given me checA'
ing account"
Isn't that lovely? Now you can pu,
anything you want aud just write ou'
a check for it."
yes. I'm rather sorry on one a."
count, though. 1t seems lot %"
trouble to have to write a check i''
ones car fare, especially when tne
cars are crowded, or when you nav
to pay as you enter."-Chicago fe'-
ord-Herald.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
JOHNSON FIGURES
FLYNN A SOFT MARK

St. louisa good little man can't
beat a good big man." chirped Jack
Johnson, the heavyweight champion,
when we asked him how he sized up
his coming battle with Fireman Jim
Flynn.
johnson picks himself to win. He
believes it will be via the knockout
route, although he claims he can't
predict how far the contest will pro-
gress. But while he admits that he
classes himself as better man than
the Brooklyn fighter, he says Flynn
may be able to put up good argu-
ment.
Flynn, to my way of thinking, is
the best of the present crop of white
hopes" continued Johnson. Il be-
lieve he has 1t on Morris, Palzer, Wells
and Kennedy. That's because he has
had more experience than the other
men I have named.
But the man whom l regard as
the most dangerous Of the entire
field is Sam McVey. McVey could
wallop any of the men in the heavy
weight class today, outside of myself,
l believe.
Il have seen Morris, Pa]zer, Ken
nedy and Wells work. Morris and
Palzer may develop into dangerous
men in the heavyweight division.
But today they are in a crude state.
1t will require lots Of experience to
make them finished fighters, and then
believe Morris will be too SLOW,
"Palzer, they tell me, isn't a quick
thinker, which is q big handicap for
frst-class fighter. The trouble with
most big fighters, though, is that when
they get tired they wabble. They are
top-heavy and cant hold up. After
you get them in that condition a stir
WALTON will finish the bout"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
Phllatellsts Alarmed,

The Introduction, as an experiment,
Of automatic machines for stamping
letters by the London postoffice has
excited much interest In Austria, and
the chamber Of commerce at Brunn
has petitioned the ministry of com.
merce to introduce the system into
Austria. Stamp collectors, however
are alarmed. as they fear that If this
method Of stamping letters Is univer.
sally adopted. and postage stamps
consequently become obsolete. the
public will no longer take an inter.
est in old postage stamps and existing
collections will lose much OF their
value.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
AFRO-AMER|CAN CU[[|NCS

treaties with the powerful Mohamme.
dan and pagan chiefs Of central A.
RIGA. DR.. Blyden was opposed to
general exodus Of American negroes
to Liberia, but believed that the mi
grafton Of skilled workmen and men
capable OF intellectual leadership
would be good thing. He took lib,
eral view of race prejudice against the
negro In the south. believing 1t to be
due to a natural and proper desire Of
the whites to keep their racial stock
pure"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

themselves a home for the aged,
which admits the aged of both races.
The home Is two-story brick, and
after being paid for, these women
have to their credit $4,000 in govern.
ment bonds; $4,000 In railroad stock.
and $4,000 in the bank. ., r
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
KANSAS GIRLS ANXIOUS.

A country editor at Peabody, Kan,
published a letter from q club OF
Swedish girls, who wrote that they
desired to marry Kansas farmers.
The result was that a club Of farmers
was formed to WOO the club Of fair
swedes. One marriage has already
resulted and the girls Of Kansas are
much distressed lest more interna-
tional alliances follow. The editor is
receiving letters from all over the
state which show that there are
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
TOUGH LUCK.

Speaking Of hard luck" remarked
Senator Klutch, II had some hard
luck once during my early days"
'Elucidate." said Senator Graball.
Il had just invested by last $500
in a meal ticket" ~, ia VA
Eyes, yes" TS,s. ti, .N5
AS ] started down the street q
gust Of wind tore the ticket from
my hand. "A lumberjack was passing,
wearing heavy, hobnailed boots" &
~ 60, 20 on 54 sss XII B.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
DEFINING HER CORRECTLY.

Father and son were walking the
streets and passed a large park in
which were many statues. One of
them-the largest of all-was Of
woman.
Father, what is that" asked the
son, pointing to this particular one,
which was inscribed, Woman"
THAT is not a statue, my son." an
swered the father. 1t is but a figure
Of speech."-Life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
A Waltar..

Diner-Is 1t customary to tip tho
waiter In this restaurant?
Observation-Disclosures, sir.
! nner-Then hand me tip rve
waited three-quarters of an hour for
that steak ! ordered.-Sacred Heart
Review. rt-. ~. rs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
KEEP At IT.

He (anxiously) About how long,
darling, will 1t take to complete your
trousseau? 49
Il sheAll the rest Of my married
life.-Life. 555s VI < v. E
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

Some months ago Negro walters on
dining cars OF the Great Northern R.
r. were discharged and their places
given to the Japanese. The laps"
have failed to make good, and the
colorsd brother has come back."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
SAFETY, IN NUMBERS.

Doctor allow you only one dr'ns
q day. Are you following my advice !!
Gayboy-Yes, and the advice OF nv
other doctors who each allow me ~
same Boston Transcript. i91 81.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

"1'he south sides of the lofty peaks
have tor days reflected the glory OF
the coming sun. and 1t does not re-
quire an artist to enjoy the unexam'
pied spendor OF the view. The SHOWS
covering the peaks show all OF the col.
ors, variations and tones OF the ar
lists palette and more. Artists nave
gone with US into the arctic ana
have heard them rave over the won
drous beauties Of the scene and ! have
seen them at work trying to reproduce
some Of 1t with good results. but Win
nothing like the effect Of the original
1t IL color run riot
ITO the northward all Is dark ana
the brighter stars of the heavens are
still visible, but growing fainter daily
with the strengthening Of the sun
light.
when the sun finally gets above
the horizon and swings his daily cir.
Gle the color effects grow less ana
less, but then the sky and cloud et-
fects improve and the shadows IN the
mountains and clefts of the ice show
forth their beauty. cold blues ana
grays, the bare patches Of the land
rich browns, and the Wilderness OF
the snow Is dazzling.
Above us the sky Is blue and
bright. bluer than the sky OF the
Mediterranean, and the clouds, from
the silk cirrus mares tails to the fan
tastic and heavy cumulus. are always
objects of beauty. This is the de-
scription of fine weather"
The closing paragraph OF the Negro
explorers record Is particularly inter-
esting, for into it he weaves two or MS
favorite authors. Shakespeare and
Kipling.
"And now my story is ended; 1t Is a
tale that is told" he writes. NOW Is
Othello's occupation gone. long 10
see them all again. the brave, CHEEKY
companions of the trail of the north.
l long to see again the 1.-THE figure OF
my commander and to hear again his
clear ringing voice urging and encour-
aging me onward with his We'll DONE
my boy I want to be with the party
when they reach the untrod shores OF
Crocker Land yearn to be with
those who reach the south pole; the
lure of the arctic Is Juggling at my
heart: to me the trail is calling.
1.-THE old trail!
The trail that is always newt"
Matt Henson was born in Charles
county, Maryland, in 1866, and MS
mother dying when he was seven, ne
attended the N street school in Wash
ington for six years while making
his home with his uncle in that city.
He began life as cabin boy on an
ocean steamship and before he met
Peary he had already made a voyage
to China.
He was eighteen when he met the
arctic explorer and he has been his
companion for twenty-three years.
During that time he acquired knoWl-
edge of books and got practical I'M
Outstanding of everything that Is a
necessary part of daily life in the ice
bound wildernesses Of polar explora-
ton. He was at times blacksmith,
a carpenter and cook.
He became thoroughly acquainted
with the life, customs and language
of the Eskimos. He himself built the
sledges with which the journey to the
pole was successfully completed. He
could not only drive dog team or
skin a musk OK, but was something of
navigator as we'll. He made himself
not only one of the most trusted but
also the most useful member of the
expedition
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
IlSf n. $50 & "A, ~, fi q .f,s 2
Word az Apoloov

Republics arc ungrateful." said the
feadymade philosopher.
WELL replied Farmer Corntossel.
.al. the governments ! ever read about
got imposed on % often that you
couldn't blame 'em for CROWN sort
D. cynical an suspicious. ;.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

The home Of Champion Jack john
son was raided by customs ofncers
recently. who found $4,000 worth OF
diamonds which Johnson il said to
have smuggled over into this coun-
TRY without paying duties on same.
1t will cost $4,000 to recover same.
Poor Jack! He seems bent on getting
tangled up "a the machinery Of the
law at al hazards. I. "A y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
Fixed.

HAS Dinny got a stiddy Job VT,
Mrs. Mulcahey!" asked Mrs. Branni.
gan.
He has that" said Mrs. Mulcahey.
"They've STINT him to the pinitintchery
for twinty years."-Harper's Weekly.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

There are 25,000,0OO negroes in the
new world. distributed as follows:
Thirty thousand in the Dominion of
Canada; 100000 in the United
States; 5,756,000 in the West Indies;
$4,000 in Central America; $4,000 in
Venezuela and Colombia; 225,OOO in
the Guineas; 100000 in Brazil and
10000 in the remainder Of South
America.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

A mans reputation Is what his fell
low-men think Of him; his character
is what God knows Of him.-Anon.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
It's Nature,

It's Nature. ,l.a 4
"The officers arrested tho photo
grapher they suspected as he was
working In his dark room" .
"Ha! ha! A case of arrested devel.
opment." 49, ..,~..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05
Natural Aninjtlesl

81 s Natural Afllnttlss. III.
..Msn have one thing IN common
WITH lambs when they stop gamblins
On the green. Il Il 5
What's that K. ..g v:
Both have shsepish feeling. !. 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

plenty of Kansas girls who would be
mates for the Kansas farmers If they
were only asked,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

70 the credit Of the negro women
OF New Bedford. Mass, Il can Be said
they own and conduct entirely by
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

In an editorial on French Exclu.
sion Law" the Washington Post en-
deavors to show that when a nation
becomes exclusive 1t ceases to grow,
but strangely closes with this para
graph:
1T is to the benefit of the United
States, certainly, to keep her doors
open to all healthy white immigrants,
of good character"
The Post ought not be so exclusive
as to use the word white" Perhaps
some day the people of the United
States will awaken to the fact that
color prejudice has been Of incalcula-
BILE injury to the Countrywide Ap-
peal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

VI We have met the enemy and they
are under investigation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

And he stepped on my ticket anu
punched out $4.S5. kansas '''t'
Star. .. ..r...
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

You'll be misjudged by the compan
you're trying hard to keep. 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

REV. DR.. Edward Wilmot Blyden,
who has just died at the age of sew
enty-nine, was one Of the most distin-
guished members Of the negro race, a
scholar of notable attachments, a wise
statesman and successful diplomat"
comments the Springfield (Mass.) Re-
publican in an informing reference to
this eminent parsonage. "He was born
in the Danish island of St. Thomas in
the West Indies, of pure negro blood.
His early ambition for a liberal educa-
ton received setback by the refusal
Of several American colleges to admit
him as student. This was just after
the passage Of the fugitive slave law,
in 1850. He had intended, after a
course of study in this country, to 60
to Liberia. As 1t was, he went with
out waiting, entered the high school
in Monrovia, and in the course Of
time became president of Liberia col.
lege. He resigned in 1884 and took up
Independent work among the Moham-
medans Of Sierra Leone. He was
somewhat proficient in French, Ger.
man, Italian, Spanish. Hebrew, Greek
and Latin, but his special field was
Arabic. He had the acquaintance Of
many distinguished scholars and other
famous men and was the author Of
several books and many magazine ar
ticles. Hamilton college conferred
upon him the degree Of A. NJ, Lafay-
cite the degree of D. D., and Lincoln
university the degree Of LII. D. DR..
Bsyden had served as secretary Of
state and secretary of the interior in
tho cabinet Of the president of Libe-
fe, in 1862 was commissioner to the
United States for Liberia, in 1879
was minister to Great Britain, and at
one time served the British govern
nlent al diplomatic agent to make
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

Governors and other leaders from
several southern states recently con-
ferred in Baltimore on labor and In
dustrial conditions in that section. The
reawakened south, industrially and ag-
riculturally expanding at a rate I'M
Dor. There is insistent demand that
European immigrants be steered to
the south to supply this demand.
1.-THE negro Is almost ignored in this
demand for immigration. He Is set
down as hopeless. trifling, futile, i'm.
possible. But Is it safe to rush to
that conclusion?
Though the white population Of the
south Is increasing more rapidly than
the black, and though every decennial
census makes it more clear that there
Is no possible danger Of the black, as
once was feared, coming to predomi-
nate-despite all this, the fact remains
that there are some eleven millions OF
colored people in the country, and that
they cannot be got rid of. There
stands the hard fact.
1T may be that the negro Is not
so desirable a. worker In factory or
field as the immigrant; but If the i'm
migrant takes his place the negro
will be left on the hands Of society,
demanding the means Of livelihood.
a menace to the community in greater
and greater degree just in proportion
as the hopelessness Of his condition Is
made more apparent.
III the south's eleven million ne
groes could be traded of for eleven
millions Of whites, that would be
solution. But they cannot be. The
negroes are there and will stay there.
They must be provided for; made as
useful as possible; made to support
themselves.
ITO make the most, the best, Of its
negro workers is the first big duty Of
the south. 1t Is the most difficult prob
lem before the nation.
1T cannot be solved by the effort
to drive the negro out; he will not be
driven out. He must be looked after,
educated in the right way, given
chance to be self-respecting, encour-
aged to improve his condition. -
Hampton's Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-04-05

There's a man in the world who is
never turned down, wherever he
chances to stray; he gets the glad
hand in the populous town, or out
where the farmers make hay; he's
greeted with pleasure on deserts of
sand, and deep in the aisles of the
woods; wherever he goes there's the
welcoming hand-He's the Man Who
Delivers the Goods.
The failures of life sit around and
complain; the gods haven't treated
them white they've lost their umbrel-
las whenever there's rain; and they
haven't their lanterns at night; men
tire of the failures who fill with their
signs the air Of their own neighbor-
hoods; there's the man who is greeted
with love-lighted eyes-he's The Man
Who Delivers the Goods.
One fellow Is lazy, and watches the
clock, and waits for the whistle to
blow; one has hammer, with which
he will knock, and one tells the story
of woe; and one, If requested to travel
a mile, will measure the perches and
roods; but one does his stunt with
whistle or smile-he's The Man Who
Delivers the Goods.
One man is afraid he'll labor too
hard-the world isn't yearning for
such; and one man is ever alert, on his
guard, lest he put in minute too
much; and one has crouch or tenn
per that's bad, and one is a creature of
moods, so it's hey for the joyous and
rollicking lad-for The One Who De-
livers the Goods!-Old Hickory.