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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29
NATURE AND OLD AGE

We have sometimes thought that
nature was unkind to old age Ma
ture, inexorable in her demands, de-
prives the old of their faculties one
after another until total oblivion hides
them all. One begins to grow stiff
in the joints; his eyesight gradually
fails him-he is deprived of seeing
the beauties and grandeur of nature
and the loved ones of his household.
His hearing begins to grow dull-he
is deprived of the music made by the
prattle of his grandchildren; the
songs that were once dear to him, and
he becomes cut off from the concord
of sweet sounds" He is imprisoned,
as if in a cell. His teeth decay and
fall out, and he can no longer masti-
cate the things his appetite Graves
for. His speech begins to quaver;
his shanks shrink and wither; his
hands become palsied, and one after
another his vital organs desert him.
AS Shakespeare puts it:
"Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste,
sans everything"
Fortunately there are two ways of
viewing this picture. Thomas Jeffer-
son gives us the opposite view.
In a letter to Mrs. Abigail Adams
of Quincy, Mass, under date of jan
uary II, 1917, Mr.. Jefferson recalls
her visit of twenty or more years be-
fore that date, and says:
But those twenty years! Alas!
where are they? With those beyond
the flood. Our next meeting must
then be in the country to which they
have fiown-a country for us not
very far distant. For this journey
we shall need neither gold nor sill
yer in our purse, nor scrip, nor coats,
nor slaves. Nor is the provision for
it more easy than the preparation
has been kind. Nothing proves more
than this the Being who presides
over the world is essentially benevo-
lent. Stealing from us, one by one,
the faculties of enjoyment, soaring
our sensibilities, leading us, like the
horse in his mill, round and round the
same beaten circle
To see what we have seen,
To taste the tasted, and at each re-
turn
Less tasteful; DER our palates to de-
cant
Another vintage
Until satiated and fatigued with this
loaded iteration, we ask our own
congo.
Il heard once a very old friend,
who had troubled with neither poets
nor philosophers, say the same thing
in plain prose, that he was tired OF
pulling off his shoes and stockings at
night and putting them on again in
the morning.
''The wish to stay here is thus
gradually extinguished; but not so
easily that of returning once in a
while to see how things have gone
on. Perhaps, however, one of the
elements of future felicity is to be
Constant and unimpassioned view
of what is passing here. If so, this
may well supply the wish of occasion
al visits"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

DR.. Carrie Mitchell is not only a
practicing physician, but she now has
a drug store, and is ser own prescrin-
ZIONIST. She has also soda fountain
OF the latest model, and her place is
headquarters for the tony members
of our colored population.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

A party in automobiles came over
from Gainesville Friday morning, on
their way out to Silver Springs, to
spend the day. They stopped in Ocala
for an hour visiting friends. Among
the party were Mr.. and Mrs. Gaber
and children, Miss Alice Butler, Mr..
Frank Fisher, Mrs. L. C. Fisher. Miss
Mahr of Spartanburg, S. c., and sew
eral others.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

We rwNrei verF much 90 learn that
Mr Leo Howell ~ TITS city was
sffIekea wifh paralysis Saturday aft
sfnaan a. nTe o'eiock Mr Howell
Bssf Fereafiy moved % oar city and
fhe many ffiends Ne has made since
can.us here Wlil hope FOR encourag.
ia nana from him today Mr.. Howell
Isl nsamlnenily cunnected wlth the
A meH crate MN AZ Oak. Fla
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

VIA fho approach ~ Easter the
eolonel will fnd nat Ms Is not the
Gals haf that - attracting attention.
.-Tallahmnaea DEMOCRAT
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Telephone communication was re-
renlig established between Denver
and nostnn. a distance Of 2too miles.
rats d said 20 BE- the greatest dis.
fanoe ever iFaFeraed by the human
voice
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

~ GelaF baruos has one OF the
nFeHeaf fafma Ia the county Il Is
aarniled eiih the latest and most up
tnaste implements iie all be heard
ifam she's tie roll Of proeressives is
eaffed
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

hod BLISS ths nax. Tel n fioat and
Fhs sky win Sc beauty: our heart
NtrinWa thrill
SO the low. sweet chant OF its wind
swept rara.
And the chorus of al It's clustered
Kmhraee a. q motheral and heroes
shall Nrow.
While ifa coi0ra blush warn on your
bosolna az sn0w,
Oefend d. q fathers; there's no sweet
80 death
mas 20 noat - fair folds with q sol
dinr'r last hraathi
and love n. D chiidrenl be true TO the
WE uove Il In plain By the old camp
Samuel l. simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Kefpta pyramids. sphynxes. seor-
abs aHa mummlee are all very flne in
tha.F mfNtie. peetie way About her
ouiens fhefe il ia edor Of poetry. but
thefa premises % be- a pile OF profit
fhls eamlna season And profit, not
rsefff. b. ehai Csants la this wOrka-
dag mofld Fruumana Guide.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Mllnaua face starvation in England,
90 neoouui % tbe coal strike. and is
i estimated that n h costing that
eounfgy ss8.e8a ono weckly.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

The Clark-Hilburn debate was not
pulled off at Archer, as promised.
Mr. Clark was absent from his home
IN Gainesville. and did not get the
challenge in time.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Tha rains ava not Wait as yesterday
e. uas forccaated By the weather bu-
roan. ana we are atiil having almost
summer weather
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

The colonel wants 90 know II the
psopls ara az % rule n they turn
the eolonei down a ain be an affirm
ailxa mnMwor to the aaeation
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

flan 1ohn VI watson. wh0 reached
Oeal4 to Saturday. remained over un.
ga yesterday. when BE- left for Gaines.
bite ~ ~ makes me same impress
sien in ufhor places that he did in
Ooala ~ eil oeftaluly have to be
FeeApnna mth Ia che second primary.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

to use it to any large extent, SAID MT.
Perkins. "The only way in which this
vast area of intellectually rich SOIL
can be cultivated is by carrying out
the drainage projects which are being
advocated, construct levees and pump
and drain the water ON.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

The moving picutre men have re-
enacted the tragedy at the Hillsville,
Virginia, court house for a picture
film, and created a bigger disturb
ance than the real tragedy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

The Good Roads Association should
naxoeate a standard tread for Flor
iaa reads. u woaia help In many
waYn
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Charles w. Morse, the pardoned
federal prisoner, is rapidly regaining
his health under the tender minis
trations of his faithful wife and the
bracing and soothing atmosphere of
the Mediterranean.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Frank Munsey, the great magazine
publisher, says that Roosevelt threw
his hat into the ring too late in the
day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Meat and vegetable dealers in Jack.
sonVilie must screen their products.
IL should be done everywhere
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Senator LaFollette has not surren-
dered to the colonel, and will take
the stump.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

mla shovel and tongs" today at
Archer bstween Frank Clark and Sam
Hllhurn
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Equal suffrage has been granted 10
inc women of China. Just think of
tnat. The heathens beat the Chris
tians to it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Mrs. G. B. Tucker went to ocala
saturday on a visit to friends.-Cit.
rus County Chronicle.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

A convict at Cochran, Ca, who kill
ed the guard with spade. was
promptly lynched.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

Palatka is ready for the meeting of
the State Press Association next
June
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

After enc Chicago convention the
coionel ulll feel like taking another
brolonEed hunt
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

The coal operators turn down the
demands of the miners in the west
ern coal fields.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

an summer hats we're called in yes
terday
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29
EDITOR WATTERSON ON VOL
CANIC REFORM

Government has nowhere-not even
in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES such perfec-
ton that reform is not ever and ever
the foremost issue. But reform to be
effectual, to bring lasting good, must
fall, like the dews of Heaven, equally
and gently upon the just and the un-
just, not burst over people like a
cyclone. The body polite is a prey
to constant distempers. But states
men proceed as doctors, with care
and patience, the element of time
playing an important part of the cure.
Never was the world benefited by
havoc. Franklin was right when he
said: "All war is bad-some wars
worse than Others" Even Richelieu
is made by Bulwer to exclaim:
"Take away the sword;
States can be saved without ii"
Yes, and reforms be reached with
out the surgeons knife amendment
without assassination, progress with
out conflagration.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29

FRIDAY. mARcH 20. 1912
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-03-29
SAVING THAT WHICH WAS LOST

J. r. WILLIAMS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
KEARNY ASKS AID
|NBR|DGE TROUBLE
FreehoIder-elect caparn Asked
to Take Hand in REM
edying Conditions.

In an effort to have trolley traffic
restored over the Clay street bridge
Town Clerk William b. Ross, of
Kearny, communicated today with
Freeholder George Caparn, of Harri-
son, and requested him to use his in
fuence in an endeavor to have a set
tlement made between the freeholder
boards and the Public Service Corpo-
ration whereby the Kearny cars can
again use the Clay street route.
The existing conditions at the
Bridge street bridge were scored by
the Kearny town clerk last night The
Public Service officials also came in
for criticism because of the alleged
poor manner in which the traffic was
handled last Tuesday, when there was
a heavy snowfall. It was suggested
that other arrangements could have
been made so that Kearnyites would
not have been compelled to suffer
such inconvenience. Clerk Ross will
communicate with the trolley people
and request that more cars and judg-
ment be exercised in the future.
The Council authorized the expendi-
ture of $4,000 by the Playground
Commission. The latter body ex-
planned it had decided to spend $4,000
for equipment for the new Washing
ton playground, in Belgrove drive,
near Woodland avenue. Improve
ments will be made to the Belgrove
drive playground, at cost of $1,000
The Schuyler avenue and Chestnut
street grounds will also be improved,
at a cost of $4,000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
MRS. HARDWICK'S FUNERAL
WILL BE HELD TOMORROW

Funeral services for Mrs Sarah R.
Harwick will be held tomorrow aft
ernoon at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. NJ. Burr. los Prospect street.
East Orange. The Rev. James D.
Dickinson, a former pastor Of the
North Orange Baptist Church, viii
officiate.
Mrs. Harwick died suddenly late
yesterday afternoon while conversing
with Mrs. Burr and a friend, William
Hills, Of New Rochelle. She had been
i'll for two weeks.
For twenty-seven years Mrs. Hard
wick had lived In East Orange where
she was president of the Ladder
Benevolent Association of the North
Orange Baptist Church. She was al
30 president of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Association Of America.
Mrs. Hardwick was seventy-nine
years old. Besides her daughter she
is survived by a son, Charles C. Hard
wick.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
DETAILS OF ORANGE SHOW
FOR CHURCH COMPLETED

With a dress rehearsal on Sunday
afternoon the minstrel folk of the
Young Mems Catholic Lyceum, Or
ange Valley. who are to give a big
entertainment at Lyceum Hall, VAL
ley and Nassau streets, on New
Years afternoon and evening. for the
benefit of the Church of Our Lady of
the Valley, will complete the final
details for the affair. The show will
be one of the most ambitious of the
many programs arranged for the
holidays by the young people, and
the advance sale of tickets assures a
good house. Dancing will follow the
evening performance.
Thomas F. Fifth will be interloeu-
tor, and the ends will include John
Callahan, of the Institute Club, this
city: Chester Clute, OF the Strollers,
Orange; Thomas McGreevy, John Nc
Greevy, Michael r. Condron and
William Mcmahon. Joseph Merrigan,
of this city; Joseph Dolan, George
Linn. William Hart and Frank Nc
Laughlin will be soloists, and there
will be in addition a host of profess
sional talent.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
MAYOR REFUSES
TO APPROVE BILLS
Seymour Makes Caustic Com
ment Turning Down Orange
Health Board Items.

Mayor Arthur B. Seymour. In what
is probably his final message today
disapproved a batch of bills ordered
paid by the Orange Board of Health
at Its last meeting of the year Some
tart comments are made in the let
ter of the executive, who will retire
from Office on Tuesday at midnight.
in setting forth his reasons Mayor
Seymour says: "The bill of ]. ].
Meyer for automobile hire, amount.
ing to $s.25, is disapproved for
the reason that if automobile service
is required by official bodies of this
city, such service should be hired
from persons residing in or doing
business in Orange. The bill of
George c. Hicinbotham for s5, the
price Of mems rubber boots. Rubber
boots, being personal equipment,
should be purchased and paid for by
the men using them and not by the
board.
"The bill of Miss Mae Preisler for
SIS for clerical services rendered to
the board. These clerical services
consist Of five days work copying
vital statistics and two and a half
days work making annual tabula-
tions, all between November 8 and De-
cember 20 of this year. I cannot see
how this expenditure was necessary.
II there is not enough clerical force
in the boards office to do all Of the
work the little extra work required
for this work should be volunteered
by the clerical force in the office, as
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
Y. M. C. A. SWIMMING
POOL PIPE EXPLODES

A coil of pipe in a furnace leading
to boiler which is used to heat
the water for the swimming pool in
the Y. NJ c. A, Montclair burst to-
day. There was Al strong fire in the
furnace at the time, and the loud
report of the bursting coil led many
in the neighborhood to believe that
a dynamite bomb had been exploded
in the neighborhood.
The janitor OF the building has
tened to the basement, where the
furnace is located, and as he en-
tered the place he was almost over
come by smoke and steam. He
managed to reach the first floor
again, and teiephoned in an alarm
to fire headquarters. Chemical en-
gine No. answered and Chief Fred
ericlx E. williams found there was
no blaze. He had the water shut
off from the main and the excitement
soon subsided. There was no dam
age except to the pipes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
PAY S1O,5OO FOR
TOWN HALL SITE
Belleville Council and Owner of
Plot Agree on
Price.

An agreement has been reached by
the Belleville Town Council and Har-
mon w. Hendricks, owner of the
property at the northeast corner of
Washington avenue and John street,
that town, for the purchase of that
plot as a town haIl site. The price
agreed upon is $40, 500.
A letter was received from Mr..
Hendricks last night in which he
agreed to the price as named by the
council. Town Attorney John De
Graw was instructed to prepare the
necessary papers for the transfer of
the property
That it would be better policy to
accede to the decision of Chief Jus
tice William S. Gummere, of the Su-
preme Court, and pay half of the ex-
penses for the recent recount Of the
votes for councilman in the Second
ward was the opinion of Town sAttor-
ney De Graw He said that although
several precedents covering the case
had been established nevertheless the
recent changes in the election laws
left him in doubt as to whether the
law at present was correctly inter-
preted. However the bill, $62.69, was
so small in comparison with the cost
of defending the decision, Mr. De
Graw said thac it should be. paid.
But two competitors submitted bids
for the $4,000 bonds advertised to de-
fray the expenses of installing the
new water system throughout the
town. The successful bidder was ].
S. Rippal & Co., OF this city, the COM
pany bidding 107. The First National
Bank of Belleville bid par
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
AUTO AMBULANCE DRIVER
is HURT In A COLLISION

Patrick Riley, driver of the Record
ambulance. of Orange, is today re-
covering from a severe injury be-
hind his left ear. which he received
yesterday when the vehicle he was
driving collided with an automobile
owned by Lewis H. Butterfield, OF
that city, at Main and Prospect
streets. East Orange. He was thrown
out and landed on his head. receiving
the wound. A nurse who was seated
with him was able to retain her
place.
When the collision occurred Riley
was answering hurry call from East
Orange City Hall, where Christopher
Anderson. a painter, fell from a
seaffold and was rendered uncon-
scious. He had been working with
other men decorating the City Coun-
ell chamber when he suddenly be-
came dizzy. lost his balance and fell
off the scaffold. After being treated
he declined to go to the hospital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
BRIDGE TO BE BLOWN UP
FOR BENEFIT OF "MOVIES"

A representative of a moving pic
ture film company secured permis-
sion from the Bellevil1e Town Coun-
ell last night to blow up a bridge in
Hillside Park The bridge is a frame
structure and is used across the lake
in the amusement resort.
The proposed blow-up is not a pub
lie affair. No admission will be
charged. The company has con-
tracted to rebuild the bridge in one
months time. The request was
granted with the provision that the
blow-up be under the supervision of
Chief of Police Flynn.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
MANY SUMMONED FOR
FAILURE TO CLEAN WALKS

Chief Of Police William Fl. o'Neill,
Of East Orange. had several Of his
men assigned today to summon to
court tomorrow large number of
property-owners who have failed to
remove snow from their walks. Com
plants are being made from all sec
tions Of the city, and Chief O'Neill
insists that the ordinance must be
lived up to in the future.
Up to a year ago men in the en-
ploy of the street department shov-
eled off the snow from walks where
there are vacant houses and lots and
the cost was assessed on the tax bills
and the scheme worked we'll, many
owners agreeing to the plan. Last
year there was constant trouble be-
cause the practise was stopped and
the same is forecast for this winter.
There has been talk that Engineer
William d. Willegerod will recon-
mend that the old scheme be carried
out again.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
TO FIND
HER MOTHER DEAD
Daughters Efforts Fail to
Rouse Mrs. Georgina Daw-
son, of Harrison.

When Miss Elsie Dawson. Of 5o4
Passaie avenue. Harrison, awoke to~
day she tried to arouse her mothers
Mrs. Georgiana Dawson. with wboul
she slept. Her efforts we're futile.
The young woman summoned neigh. .
bors, and It was found that airs.
Dawson was dead.
The woman retired last night a.
usual Mrs. Dawson seemed in the
best of health. Three years age next
month Mrs. Dawson's husband vas
killed while at work in New 1orik.
The woman appeared to brood cpna
tinually since the time Of the fatality.
Mrs. Dawson was 55 years old. and
had resided in Harrison a number "a
years. Two daughters and three sIs3
ters survive.
Deputy County Physician Henry
Alters, of Harrison. viii view ti14
body some time today. The funerz
will likely take place Sunday a<ter1
noon. The Rev. Thomas J. Villers. q
Peddie Memorial Church. Newark
will oficiate Interment viii b II
Arlington Cemetery
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
FATHER is HELD FOR
DESERVING 5 chill LDREN

Charged with deserting his five
young children. Thomas Hooley. of I
Johnston avenue, Kearny, was ar
rested in that town early today by
Roundsman William Magee and Pa
trolman Edward Davey. A warrant
for Hooley's arrest was issued yester-
day, after the police listened to stories
Of neighbors. who said the children
appeared to be half-starved. Their
mother died only a short time ago.
Since her death the youngsters have
been neglected, the neighbors say.
Hooley, who is said to work every
DAY, is always supplied with money.
but has failed to provide for the chill
dren, according to the police He will
be arraigned in court tonight.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-27
ANOTHER PATRICK j." ON
SO. ORANGE POLICE FORCE

Just one more Patrick J." was
added to the membership of the South
Orange police force last night, when
Patrick ]. Fahey donned a uniform.
Fahey makes the number of Patrick
J.s now on the force four. and, incl
dentally, the number of cops on the
force whose middle initial is j. reach
eight. That means that just one
half of the villages finest are J.s
mot 1ays). and a fourth of them Pat
rick J.s.
Besides Patrick j. Fahey, who is
now patrolman, there are Patrick j.
ShefIington and Patrick J. Kelley,
also patrolmen, and Patrick ]. Ma
gu.re, sergeant. Then, too, there
are Sergeant Thomas j. Sherry.
Patrolmen Robert j. Lloyd, John J.
Matte and John ]. Manion.