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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11
BIG CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

Mr.. J. P. Morgan testified before
the senate investigating committed
that the firm of j. P. Morgan and
Company contributed the sum OF
fund of 1908. The statement of Mr.
Cornelius Bliss, treasurer republican
campaign committee, showed that
$2,0SS,000 was raised in 1904; $4,000,
900 in 1910, and $3,350,000 in 1896
But as large as these sums were, the
New York Mail contends that they
were not as large as the amount eX
pended by Mr.. Calvin Brice and Mr.
William c. Whitney in the Cleveland
campaign of 1892 1t goes on further
to say that the sums expended by the
republicans in succeeding years, that
is to say since 1892, were not very
much larger than the sums expended
by the democratic campaign manag
ers since that time. The obliquity
resting upon these large expendi
lures is whether or not they were
used for debauching and corrupting
the elections. Whether these large
sums are collected by popular sub
scriptions of one dollar or one thou
sand dollars the principle involved in
their expenditure is the same. Are
these funds legitimately or illegiti-
mately expended?
At the close of his term as treasur-
er of the republican campaign com
mittee, Mr.. Bliss said: mo political
campaign has ever been conducted on
higher plane than was the presiden-
tial campaign of 1904'-that mo
pledges direct or indirect We're made
to anybody''-that mot a dollar was
received by the committee that they
had not a right to receive, legally and
morally
Mr. Morgan said to the committee:
Il want it distinctly understood that
j. P. Morgan & Co., never made a sin
gle subscription to any election with
any promise or expectation of any
thing in return in any way, shape or
manner, and we never made it with
out We deemed it advantageous for
the improvement of the people"
Mr.. Cleveland's campaign manag-
ers testified that not a dollar of the
funds raised in the campaign of 1892
was corruptly expended.
Let us hope that they were not We
know that in the nomination and cleo
ton of a candidate for president
large sums of money are expended,
some very unwisely, of course, but
we cannot bring ourselves to the be
lief that the men honored with the
disbursement of these enormous sums
would do so with the avOwed pur-
pose of corrupting and debauching
the electorate
Nor do we believe that our presi-
dents are corruptly influenced by
these contributions.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

]. r. Jeffords, of Clearwater, who
has been all over the Pinellas PENN
suIa from St. Petersburg to Port
Richey, examining most of the groves,
is an optimist on the citrus fruit sit
uation. Mr. Jeffords says that the
fruit is better matured than at this
time last year and the yield will be
larg r He estimates that the Pinel-
las peninsula, from Port Richey to
St. Petersburg, will yield this season
fully 100000 boxes of grapefruit and
oranges, averaging the finest he has
ever seen.-Tarpon Springs Leader.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Old General Sickles seems to have
been addicted to marrying foreign
women, and his marriages appear to
have turned out unhappily. The
wife from whom he is now separated
is Spanish woman The generals
first wife was an Italian 1t was on
her account that he killed Phillip
Barton Key on the streets of Wash
ington.-Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Appeal to Laziness would be a more
appropriate name for the Appeal u
Reason. 1t is always pretending thai
toll is the only thing that does moi
pay. If anyone should hold his hands
in idleness the Appeal TO Reason
would quickly see what would happen
The Appeal to Reason should study
the ways of the busy bee. II does not
depend on the drones and complain
ers to store the winters supply OF
honey
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

aod bless the flag! Let 1t float and
fill
The bky with its beauty; our heart.
strings thrill
To the low, sweet chant OF It's wind
swept bars,
And the chorus of all its clustered
stars.
Embrace it, o mothers! and heroes
shall grow
While it's colors blush warm on your
bosoms Of snow
Defend it, G fathers; there's no sweet
er death
Than 70 float it's fair folds with sol.
dier'r last breath!
And love it. o children! be true to the
sireS
Who wove 1t in plain by the old camp
fires.
Samuel L. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

A feature of the Marion county fair,
which is to open November Goth in
Ocala will be the farmers institute
to be conducted by the officers of the
government experiment station in
Gainesville. This will attract many
who otherwise would not think it es-
sential to attend and the information
that those seeking knowledge will
gain will no doubt repay them amply
for their effort.-St Augustine Rec
ord.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

IL must be apparent to all that ks
simmee would be more beautiful
town if there were more shade trees
on its walks and drives and public
grounds.-Kissimmee Gazette. Her
shade trees give Ocala her peculiar
charm. Take away her shade trees
and her beauty would be DESTROYED.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The editor of the Ocala Banner and
a prominent socialist of that city ar,
having an interesting discussion
through the columns of the Banner
relative to the merits and dement's o.
Socialism, and the Banner man seems
to have his opponent backed up in a
corner.-Key West Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The New York World says that the
Syracuse convention is not honest In
its declaration on direct primaries. o:
course, of course None but the New
York World is honest this year, and
indeed, all years. The World is badly
afflicted with political Phariseeism
and needs a little introspection
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The farmers out west say that al
falfa is a better cure for poverty than
socialism. The results are so over.
whelming that those who are not
farmers and not living in the west
are persuaded to believe il.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The Punta Gorda Herald says that
we must have a new constitution
For goodness sake, let's hold up on it
for a while until we get back to the
old lines blazed out by the fathers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The Chronicle anaff So
ron the party 81 ahnm ae
iarFe petition for iat
We would Ike % knaa s
done we sani q krrp
Our people wanf fhm
must have it-interaam
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Our curiosity is still unsatisfied a.
to the ownership of certain newspa.
pers. We were particularly anxious %
know how much stock Hoke Smith
held in the Atlanta Journal, but We
scanned its columns to no purpose
Our curiosity is unsatisfied in other
directions also.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Mr.. H. NJ. Stafford, manager of the
Tampa Bay Hotel, is making extern
sive and handsome improvements
upon the same. 1t is one of the finest
hotels in the south, and was almost a
gift to the Cigar City.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Mr.. Allan NJ Benson, the socialist
writer, says 10 the socialists: You
can abolish hunger. You can abolish
want" If he will read the farm
journals, he will find that is what the
farmers are doing The increasing au
tomobiles on the farms tell their own
story.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

An uncensored press was once the
proudest boast of our country. When
the present disease of progressive
democracy" shall have run it's course,
we hope that we shall again be able
TO make that boast.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

We are told that the politician
ne'er consent consented" and our
candidate. tired of boss rule" is un-
deatahing the job himself. He is
playing with fire
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The citizens of Zephyrhills put
forth the claim that it's citizens are
strangers to chills and fevers-a case
never having been reported since the
town was started
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

We asked one of the little pupils
how she liked her new teacher. "All
right" was her reply, "but she is too
bossy." A political lesson might be
drawn from the little girls reply.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

This is truly an age OF the cheap
cost OF reading. The newspaper and
the magazine are the cheapest pro
ducts manufactured. They do not en-
ter into the high cost of living"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

AS cattle are becoming scarce, nat
urally the price of beef will hold it's
own, or go higher, so Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson advises people to
eat mutton.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Strange to say, the original Wilson
men, who believe in primaries and
the voice of the people, are against
the proposition for primaries for fed
eral offices. A blind man can sea-
why.-Tampa Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

A Chicago woman says that by be
ing economical one can live on $500
a month. The Charleston News and
Courier says that this is true if the
cook doesn't insist on feeding the pc
lice.-Pensacola News. We did not
know that Charleston still had color
ed policemen.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The presidential candidates are all
happy and expectant. Roosevelt is
delighted with the outlook; Presi-
dent Taft is satisfied and Wilson is
more than gratified. We think there
is some "fibbing" going on.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

No ray of sunlight seems ever to
penetrate into the sanctum of the st.
Augustine Meteor. 1t seems always
overcast with lowering clouds.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The high cost of living has its com
pensating side-it means that the
farmer is beginning to get something
for his labor
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Go ahead with those contributions
The committee writes that $750,000
are imperatively needed Even pro
gressiye democracy" needs the scads.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Women are being made conductors
on the Philadelphia trolley cars. They
work for $12 a week against SIS for
men.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Unless something is speedily done,
he Dunnellon Advocate says that the
issue OF October 5th is its last publ
cation Surely the business men of
Dunnellon will not permit it to sus-
pend
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

With all this great parade and fan
faronade against wealth by the lead
ing politicians of the country, is there
any surprise that the socialists are
under crimson banners and makiuc
war on all capitalists not socialists
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

And the Jacksonville Floridian
seems to be all in the dumps. Cheer
up,Colonel Albert; the sun is shining.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The high cost of living" means a
rich harvest for the farmer He is
coming into the possession of his
own.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The Sunday issue of the Times-Un
ion contained a picture of Harrington
Hall, Ocala's splendid new hotel
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Mr. Luther siaHmf
mer citizen of ihs ras
on a visit lasi Fraaf a m
ling with his formsf ffea
that Tampa ls sim an ~
10 rapidly oCcnps as m
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

Grapefruit is being fastened to mar
ket Two carloads have been shipped
from Crystal River.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The Atlanta Journal suggests that
Taft and Roosevelt do the handsome
thing-retire, and make it unanimous.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

We do not hear much these days
from the fluent and fiowery pen OF
John Temple Graves. Get busy.
John.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The Charleston Naa
SAYS Less than csc an
ton and bar one faarn
needed a. cars oaf ftf
Wilson eampalrn So h
ed BY the rank ana o.
cratic party
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-11

The New York World has its crouch
also, and it is a big one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
Palace of the Yellow King Unocs Book History Sealed Flames

Inc AZtecs, who arrived I'm Mexico
about the seventh century A. D.. and who
conquered the miserable tribes they found
mere, saw only ruins where these massive
cities once stood, and not one of the
indian tribes then occupying these lands
could tell them aught of the builders Of
any ruin, from Nochicalco to Palenque.
They did find. however. traces of their
language and few priests who had kept
the books written by these people Of
Quetzalcoatl. Thus. some priest. probably
Aztec, carved on the diverse side of this
rock, with many hours Of weary work. a
translation of the original hieroglyphs
into Aztec glyphs. which | have been
able to read. His page was the most inn
perishable of all books. save one, and /
am thankful that he wrote it,
In the Nahuatl tongue the name of this
mysterious dead race was Quiche. or Kiche
no one knows Just which-nor does
any one know what the people Of Quot-
zalcOau called themselves i'm their own
language. But on the walls Of Xoch.ca.cO
Quetzalcoatl has left what is supposed TO
be a portrait Of himself, seated cross-
legged beneath the protecting curve Of a
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Head ard coil Of the feathere0 serpent on one
side Of mair, ate doorway 10 the Xocdcaco temple

flying machine would be too much dam
aged to be OF any further use without
extensive repairs. This points plainly to
the necessity of the hydro-aeroplane be
ing able to return directly to her ship
base, and the mishap Of the Italian avi-
ator Guidoni gives us some idea of the
swirling air currents which are created
around large ship, either when she is
in motion or. the counterpart. when the
wind is blowing at all strongly.
Although n great deal has been accom-
plshed in developing the aeroplane, the
desire for speed has led to a serious neg
lect of some Of the elements of safety.
The achievement which will mean prob
ably most in the direction of safety and
military value will be a dying machine OF
optionally low speed at times, no matter
how fast it may be driven securely at
other periods. Slow speed will be an 2p-
proach TO the lowering of the bird. and I'm
that posing will he the chance for the
scout To obtain q deliberate knowledge OF
the enemy and also ample time for the
careful settling Of the aeroplanc to it's
base Only few weeks ago news came
to us that this manmuvre had been accom-
plished by a flying machine of German
design. The details have not yet been
made public, but the source Of the in
formation warrants some credence. IL is
earnestly to be hoped that the report
shall turn out TO be true, because it will
mean a long stride toward reducing the
present dangers of aviation. :
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I7uaSe of Quet3aleoatl
beneath co,1Volutior, OF,
serpent on ide wall Of
Xoch1calco ruin

2 compare with the building in the other
cities of the Quiches further to the south
/ Down on the Balsas River. in the state
Of Guerrero. about four hundred miles
from the City of Mexico, the largest ruin
: of all Mexico has been uncovered. lnves-
/ tigators sent there by the National Mu-
/ scum of Mexico report that the ruins
/ cover an area fifty miles I'm length by
| tventy-two I'm width, city which must
| bove held three or four million souls at
| the height of its prosperity. The ruined
buildings are close together and there are
four large pyramids and seven large tenn
plcs or palaces The revolution has pre-
vented any investigation OF this great
dead city. hut its size makes it far and
away the largest ruin ever found In the
New World. What it contains no man
knows. but photographs show the feath-
cred serpent in the carvings. so that ii,
also is supposed to have been one of the
capitals of the Quiches.
II seems that Xochicalco was the centre
of the Quiche empire, according TO Pro-
fassor Nena. Here lived the architect,
/ ouetzaIcoatl. while he was not going
from CITY TO city. instructing the people
I'm the building OF their homes, temples
and palaces. His going seems 10 have
been the signal for the beginning OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
The KEY TO THE MYSTERY.

This key has been found in the ruin OF
Xochicalco, seventy-five miles south and
west Of Mexico City. Nochicalco-pro-
nounced Zocheekalko--was a city fifteen
miles IN one dimension by ten in another,
a closely built town Of stone ana cement,
lis centre "a magnificent temple, browning
a lofty artificial mound or pyramid, whose
truncated top has an area of 1000 square
yards In the centre of this plain rises
the ruined temple, seventy-fve feet long
from east 10 west and sixty-iiye feet wide
from north 10 south. 1t stands true 10
the compass, and the height OF the base
walls alone is twelve feet. The temple
topping these walls rose about thirty feet
higher and was constructed not unlike
the noted open-front temples which the
Greeks erected TO Minerva.
Carvings five inches deep. despite the
wear and tear Of fifty centuries, cover
this basic wall, the tale of the race that
built the ruin, preserved from the hands
Of yandal priests forever in imperishable
stone. On one Of these carved stones,
twelve feet long, two feet thick and
nearly four feet wide. is a double carving.
On one side Is the original. done by the
men who built the temple; on the other.
cut by some Aztec priest, is the transa-
ton Of this carving, done into the picture
writing Of the Nahuatl tongue, the name
Of the language spoken by the Aztecs,
and their contemporary race, the Tlascal-
lans
IIglf.Eg.Fa
while digging around the base Of the
ruined temple. Seven months Of hard work
we're put in comparing the characters and
formulating q sort Of picture alphabet OF
the original carving on the ruin. Then
the archeolOgist spent 1--WE months more
translatiug the story Of the four walls
and this IS what they tell:
About five thousand years ago. as nearly
as time can be reckOned by the change
Of the seasons and the calendar stone,
there dwelt in Mexico, ranging from the
head OF the Gulf Of Lower California 10
Guatemala and beyond. q race, light OF
skin, high Of forehead and prominent OF
nose. This race numbered close to lOJ,Vp,VVy
souls. II had FIVE great cities. one was
~ t@it VI 'H4ll'iiiies anu 10 A'N+'-
mas not been declphered. One was Militia,
one was Xochicalco, one was Palenque
and the fifth was either UXmal or Chichen-
Ila' IN far Southern Yucatan. These
names are hs Aztec equivalents Of the
characters used TO represent them in the
original carvings. and 40 man viii ever
Know what these names were in the
language Of the great race.
Even before This discovery it has been
believed that Mexico was inhabited by
inherent races. who bulb at different
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29
Carved arrarnel supposedly a coyote. huge
block granite The upper
Xochlc ALDO Ruin. AGO, Mexico

downfall Of the great race of the Qulches
How they went-pestilence famine. earth
quakes or floods-no man knows or ever
will know. Only, it IL certain that they
did not end their racial existence I'm war.
No bones Of defending armies are found
round these ruins, but many are uncoV-
cred i'm the houses which, in each in
stance fill the valleys below the giant
mounds on which the ruined temples and
palaces stand. This would indicate that
they died from some disease, but, at a
time contemporaneou with the wholesale
deaths, there appear indications on prac-
tically all the ruins of some great seismic
disturbance which RACED the walls. In
the lower towns, such as Uxmal and the
great city on the Balsas rivers, some Of
the ruined houses are filled with powders,
pointing to floods as the source of de-
struction, but neither Mena nor Abadiano
has even hazarded a guess as to how
the race was wiped out
Neither is there any indication of how
these ancient Egyptians of the New World
moved the huge masses of stone which
make, up the walls of the ruins. In
Xochicalco, a small ruin compared to
some Of the others, there are blocks of
stone estimated to weigh ten tons These
do not rest on the ground. but are high in
the walls, or used for purposes Of en-
tablature above the plinth around the
base of the temple. In Militia there are
pillars. still standing upright which weigh
even more, yet no carving remains to tell
by what machinery they were lifted into
place.
From Xochicalco to the nearest quarry
OF such stone as makes up the wall of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

ages Of Nishnu. Everything points TO the
Oriental origin OF at least the architect
If not the race.
What became of the Quiches is the
question which is puzzling the wise men
Of the National Museum Of Mexico. Some
where between three thousand years be-
fore the time of Christ and seven hum
dred years thereafter this mighty race,
which the carvings say possessed as
many members as the United States has
inhabitants, passed away as silently and
mysteriously as II came. Where it came
from, where IL went and what wiped it
off the face of the earth are the ques-
tons to be answered, and deep study will
be made of all the five cities to see il
the answers can be found.
The Aztecs possessed the Quich legend
Of QuetzalcOatl and his promise TO re-
turn, 50 when the fair skinned CorteZ,
50 unlike the bronze Aztecs, came to their
shores they hailed him as the lost leader
Of the great tribe which had preceded
them. Moctezuma was surprised that
Cortez could not tell him the story of all p
the massive buildings which stood I'm
TcnochtitIan, though they were nothing to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

the force of tho wlnd-the ship being sta
tionary-was sufficient TO produce trouble
some atmospheric eddies or perturbutions
Again, the casualty gave food for specu-
Iation as to how Far it would be safe to
count on launching flying machine from
vessel at sea, and especially il the
man-ofwar was In motion. To be Of any
military value in connection with the
fleet, the hydro-aeroplane must not only
be capable of getting away from the ship
properly but it must be equal to the
pretty difficult feat of getting back again
upon the vessel without necessarily set
Ting first upon the sea. The hydro-aero-
planes floats are really safety feature
having buoyancy enough to keep the fly
ing machine afioat after reaching the
water. They do not constitute an abso-
lutte safeguard against casualty, because
II was only the other day that one Of
them struck the water at such a sharp
angle that the hydro-aeroplane took
nasty dive.
1t is true that the pontoons make Il
possible for the waterplane to rise from
the sea il the surface be substantially
calm, but this is quite out of the ques-
ton II the waves are running with any
force. Not only can the hydro-aeroplane
not make a flight from the water when
the surface is boisterous, but it cannot
settle there In any security if the wind
and the sea are at all rough and bius-
terry. Before the fighting ship could pick
up from the water its own aircraft under
such conditions II Is quite likely that the