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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28

If some people knew Charlie Jones,
associate editor of Claude L'Engle's
Dixie, as some other people know
him, and if the same people knew d.
H. Mcmillan as he is, they would
scott the idea that he used a pair of
brass knucks in administering to
Jones a good, sound threshing. Nc.
MILAN is big enough, man enough and
courageous enough to take Charlie
Jones by the heels and brush the
cobwebs from the ceiling with his
hair. No, d. H. Mcmillan didn't use
pair of brass knucks on Jones, and
if Claude L'nEgle will think back a
couple of years or so ago, he can bear
evidence to the fact.-Miami News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28
AN APPRECIATED COMPLIMENT
TO THE NESTOR

A letter from Hon. Frank Harris,
editor of the Ocala Banner, and Mes
tor of the Florida Press, is to acquaint
US with the fact that he cannot be
present at the meeting of the Florida
Press Association. Mr.. Harris is one
of the delegates from the state at
large to the national democratic con-
vention in Baltimore, and he had ar
ranged to take steamer for that city
in company with his daughter, Mrs.
Powers. His ship will sail on Friday
afternoon from Jacksonville.
Mr. Harris was on the program for
Thursday night, when he was to de-
liver the response to the address of
welcome by Mayor Warren. This,
Mr.. Harris assures us, will be read by
his business manager, Mr.. P. V.
Leavengood. Mr.. Harris was also on
the program for the banquet Friday
night.
Aside from the loss to the associa-
ton by reason of Mr.. Harris inabil-
ity to take part in the deliberations,
the fact that he cannot be here to
mingle with the boys, of whom he is
always one of the youngest in heart,
will have a depressing effect on the
gathering. Mr.. Harris presence al
ways adds tone to any assembly he
chooses to grace. knowledge of that
fact is one of the chief reasons for
his receiving such a tremendous vote
throughout the state for delegate to
Baltimore. He is a first class speci-
men of the high-tonned lorida dem
ocrat.-Palatka News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28

Frank Mayes of the Pensacola
Journal, answering Frank Harris Of
the Ocala Banner, rather wrathfully
protests that there is no unit rule in
Florida" to bind delegates to the ma
tional convention. But there is two
thirds rule, and, by heck! we are go
ing to enforce it and make the Jour
nal Frank vote with the Banner
Frank. They are both delegates, the
former being a .Wilsonian and the
latter an Underwoodian; and this
writer is also a delegate, and there
are ten of us, and only two of Frank
Mayes, and we are going to make him
behave himself He didn't do it in
the last primary and that is why we
are going to put leash and a muZ-
zle on him. He is too reckless with
his pen, and he may be the same way
with his tongue and his vote.-Pun.
ia Gorda Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28

Press Association held another SEES
sion, and besides routine business,
listened to addresses by Mr.. Flag and
Mr.. Clyde Glenn, of the Glenn-Ragin
Advertising Agency, Tampa. They ar
rived in the Gem City in time for sup
per, greatly pleased with every mo-
ment they had spent on the river
| trip.
The evening session was held in
the parlors of the Putnam Hotel, and
besides the regular routine affairs OF
the association, the members were
treated to a splendid speech on the
subject of advertising rates by Mr.. H
c. Thomson of Jacksonville.
At ten o'clock Friday evening the
members of the association and their
friends, including the members of a
special committee of the Good Roads
Association, were invited to partake
of another banquet, rendered by the
Palatka board of trade. This affair
was also everything that could be
desired, and the spirit of hospitality
shown all who were so fortunate as
to be present was most highly appre-
ciated. Many eloquent speeches were
made, and almost without exception
they were interspersed with witty
sayings, thus keeping everyone in the
best of humor until after twelve
o'clock, the hour of adjournment
The association concluded its ses-
sion Saturday forenoon by winding
up all it's routine business, including
! the election of officers for the ensu-
ing year The new officers are: Hon.
Frank l.. Mayes of the Pensacola
Journal, president; Hon. w. A. Rus
sell of the Palatka News, vice presi-
| dent; Hon. Thomas ]. Appleyard of
the Jasper News, secretary; Mr.. j.
w. White of the Jacksonville Frater-
nal Record, treasurer.
The association will hold it's next
meeting at Tampa, the date to be
made known later.
Immediately after the adjournment
the guests were invited to take a
spin over the good roads leading out
from Palatka, and all whose leaving
train allowed time for this additional
pleasure took advantage of the OPP
portunity.
And all this was made possible by
the untiring efforts of Editors Rus
sell, Vickers and Mckenzie of Palat-
ka, to whom the thanks of every
member of the association is due.
These gentlemen seemed to take a
personal interest in every visiting
newspaper man in the city, and il
anyone was sighted it was not be-
cause of any dereliction on their
part
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28
FLORIDA PARTY LEAVES ON
SEABOARD

Most of the Florida delegation for
the Baltimore convention left Jack
sonville Saturday on the Seaboard in
charge of Col. S. c. Boylston, Jr., as.
sistant general passenger agent.
Besides Governor Gilchrist, the
personnel of the Seaboard party is
as follows:
H. Clay Crawford, secretary OF
state.
Thomas ]. Appleyard, state printer
E. D. Lambright of Tampa.
DR.. E. S. Grill of Palatka.
R. S. Hall of Ocala.
r. E. Davis of Gainesville
DR.. Alternately of Orlando.
J. F. c. Griggs Of Apalachicola.
Frank L. Mayes of Pensacola.
George M. Powell and James
Dodge, Jacksonville.
r. P. Mcintosh, editor of the Trib-
une, Lynn Haven.
Col. T. j. Appleyard, who is del
egate to the convention and also Sec
rotary of the Florida State Press AS
sociation, has arranged to extensively
advertise Florida while in Baltimore
He has secured a quantity of silk rib
bon badges bearing the word, Flor
ida" in big green letters on the up
per half, while the other half is de-
voted to the various things the state
is famous for. "Come and see it,
The badges are unique, neat and will
doubtless attract much attention in
Baltimore, as they will be worn con-
spicuously by all Floridians.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28
WoMAN's MISSIONARY SOCIETY

The Womans' Missionary Society
held its regular monthly literary
meeting in the Methodist church Fri
day afternoon, Mrs. Zewadski, presi-
dent, leading. Scripture lesson, Matt.
III, 9. Prayer by Mrs. Nixon.
We had four our study the bylaws
of the society. If the members would
procure these books and study the
bylaws, they would at least be bet
ter prepared to do their part of the
work, and l am sure they would feel
very much benefited thereby.
1t was moved and seconded that in
asmuch as so many of the officers
were absent from the meeting, we
would dispose of the further study of
the bylaws of the society until the
next regular meeting.
Mrs. Ley said that she was going
to try to get the young people of the
League to devote one Sunday in
each month to the study of missions,
as she felt thta it would be almost
impossible to organize Young Peo-
pies Missionary Society.
We then had violin solo by Miss
Gladys Martin, which was very great
ly enjoyed by the society.
Annual report of board meeting
was read by Mrs. Bridges.
Next came vocal solo by Mrs.
Fred Weihe. which was very pretty.
Things We Need to Know" was
read by Mrs. McConathy This was
in reference to books to be used by
the society.
Report on periodicals by Miss
RouA
Piano solo by Miss Lorayne Kemp
Poem, He Careth," by Mrs Walter
Hood. This was very sweet poem.
We have plenty of good talent in
our society, if they could just be per-
suaded to attend the meetings and
help us out, but some of them are hid
away so far it is almost impossible
to "dig them out"
The program was very interesting
Friday afternoon, and it is to be re-
gretted that more of the members
were not in attendance.
Next meeting with Mrs. Lev. at
the parsonage. third Friday in July
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28

The name Frank was a mascotte in
the late Florida primaries. All the
Franks won-Frank Clark for con-
for delegates to the national conven-
tion and Frank Cooper for state SEN
ator for the 9th district. 1t appears
that Frank Walpole missed it by not
running for something, but some of
the newspapers sought to recompense
him by electing him chief honorary
member of the Florida Ananias club.
Gorda Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28
$2oo,ooo,ooO A YEAR FOR FOREIGN
LUXURIES

Mr.. Kiping once said something to
the effect that as long as women
would walk gay" it was up to the
men to find the money to furnish the
finery, and glance at the figures
just made public by the bureau of
statistics in Washington indicates
that the American man has not been
giving his women folks any the
worst of it.
The figures show that by the end
of the current fiscal year, which falls
on June 80, the tired business man in
this country will have spent 5000, O0O,-
600 on imported luxuries alone, most
ly for woman-a tidy, stable sum.
According to the bureau we never
have been very stingy when women's
this year We have broken all records
in many of the divisions. The biggest
gain, though, and in a division that
cannont be blamed entirely on wo-
men, is in art works.
The fondness of the ladies for dia-
monds did not fall off any in the past
year. There have been quite a few
million dollars worth in this country
for some time, and by the end of June
We will have imported 100000
worth more. We have already
brought more than s35,0O00OO worth.
There must be a great many more
tired business men in the country
now than there were ten years ago,
for the value of the imports of en-
broidery and laces has increased
more than so per cent in that time.
BY the end of June we will have
brought in more than $4,000, 900
worth of this kind of furbelows, but
1t is quite shock to our reputation
for good taste to learn that three
fourths of it is cotton goods.
Apparently, however, the tired bus
mess man has not forgotten himself
in the past year. He has brought over
enough good wine to make several
large fortunes, and his tobacco is
quite an item. Tobacco and its va
rious manufactures foot up to the
nice little sum of sS2,OOO,O0O, and
this, of course. does not take in the
stupendous sum spent for the weed
that is grown in our own country.
Even the children have their in
nings in the luxury list, and their
toys make quite an item. We bought
100000 worth abroad in the year
for the little ones of these United
States.
But. as has been stated, the works
Of art show the biggest increase. The
money spent for art treasures brought
to this country will approximate s4O,-
100000. as against s22.5OO.OoO for last
year.-Atlanta Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28
THE NIGHT BEFORE WATERLOO

There was sound of rioting by
night,
And in Chicago there were gathered
then
The Bosses and the Pinheads for the
fight
The woodpile full of Senegambian
men,
And bribery charges flying thick
and when
For one brief moment only silence
fell
"Liar!!" and Thief" began the row
again,
And all went merry as cowboys
yell,
But hush! bark! deep sound strikes
the Grand Old Party's knell.
Last noon they talked of smuggling
through the ropes"
Last eve beheld them full of CUFF and
bluff,
At midnight handing out the same
old dopes.
At morn their talk was all the old
rough stuff,
At day, heeled for the scrap, Lay
on, Macduff!"
To the convention hall with yell and
shout,
They rush, they clash, and none will
cry, Enough"
Help! Help! Police!"-thus they
resolve the doubt:
Pinhead and Boss. the G. o 2. knock
ed down and out.
New York Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28

Yard-wide Embroidery &C. Fishers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-28

Ladies' $3.50 Shoes, s1.9s. Fishel's.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
W ESTE RN.

1t is estimated that fifty residences
were destroyed by fire which swept
the portion OF Houston, Texas, inhab-
tied by the working classes.
A foot Of snow has fallen at Lamar.
Colo. with the wind blowing constant
ly. The snow is badly drifted although
the ground is entirely covered.
The burning OF the Gilman hotel, a
landmark Of pioneer days, In Portland,
Ore, resulted in the death OF two
men, and three others are missing.
Tom Gun, the San Francisco
Chinese aviator, had narrow escape
from death at the meet in Oakland
when his biplane fell from height of
$50 feet and buried him beneath the
wrcckage.
A company OF Mexican federal sol
diers led by Commissario Gales OF
Aqua Prieta fought brief battle with
the rebel band which raided the Elias
ranch at Douglas. Ariz. The rebels re-
treated under fire, leaving two dead
on the field.
The municipal government and the
labor unions OF Spokane have united
in a project to form quasl-municipal
bank. which will eliminate the con-
tractor from the municipal work OF
Spokane, according to a statement is
sued by the commissioner Of public
works.
The total area OF the public d.
main that up to date has been classi.
| fled as applicable to the provisions
Of the enlarged homestead act.
amounts to nearly two hundred mil
lion acres. Last month. 10000 acres
in Montana and Oregon were desig.
mated as lands from which 32o-acre
homesteads may be selected, and
moro lands are being classified ev-
cry month.
Gov. Oswald West OF Oregon has an
nounced that he had obtained full
confession from one of the men impli.
Gated in the robbery of the steamer
Humboldt, from which, in September,
1910. was stolen $4,000 worth of gold
bullion Twenty-Five pounds OF this
has Keen recovered and was carried
to Salem and placed in the hands of
the covernor, who turned it over to
Steve Connell, United States Secret
service operative.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
Minor Mention.

Durango is to have an 100000 su-
gar beet factory.
Horace W. Ferguson, a pioneer OF
Evans, is dead
Denver postoffice is to have two ad'
ditional mail carriers.
A beet dump will be built in the new
farming country east Of Eaton.
The next municipal election in La
mar will be held in April. 1913.
The Sacred Heart church at Boul-
der suffered $500 loss by fire.
The total value OF assessable prop
erty in Colorado is s1,2G7 .160,062.
James H. Smith, one of the wealth.
est citizens in Mesa county, is dead.
During the recent snowstorm about
fifteen inches OF snow fell in Denver.
At Windsor the temperature recent
ly went to fifteen degrees below zero.
Eastern and southern Colorado are
suffering from the effects of the bliz-
zard.
Arbor day Erie will plant tree for
every man, woman and child in the
town.
The cornerstone of the First Baptist
church at Grand Junction was recently
laid.
Jerome L. Terry, an employe of the
o ID cnl; ehoy nd
his wife.
The turkey trot and the bunny hug
dance hav been introduced in Grand
Junction.
The Mineequa steel works at Pueblo
has received an order for $1,000 tons
Of steel rails.
Not in several years has Colorado
experienced as heavy a snowfall as
the recent one.
Derricks are being erected in the
Gross oil field sixteen miles from
Steamboat Springs.
Rudolph Unholz, the fighting Boer,
and Eddie Johnson. fought ten rounds
to a draw at Pueblo.
The state fish hatchery at Steam
boat Springs has just hatched out
100000 brook trout.
Italian, Archuleta county's famous
sub-chief. died recently at his home
near Pagosa Junction.
James A. King, a well-known pio-
neer of northern Colorado, is dead at
his home near Boulder
Business men OF Weld county de-
clare here is more money in the cpup
ty than there is borrowers.s 81 asa
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
GEN ERAl.

In an explosion and panic in NOV
Va. twenty-nine persons were in
1ured.
Never before in the history OF New
York has there been such an epidemic
Of robberies as within the last fort
night.
Presidential preference primaries
are not proving as popular as had
been anticipated. Only seven states
will hold such elections.
Capt. Theodore F. Townsend, one OF
the most noted weather experts in
this country died at his home at Cape
May. N. J. aged seventy-four.
John Harmon, laborer was vic
tim OF the storm in Chicago. His
body was found frozen in q snow
drift in the yard of his home.
President Taft and the German am
bassador. Count Won Bernstorff. both
heartily favor the earliest consumma-
ton OF an arbitration treaty with
Germany.
After escaping from the Kansas pen
itentiary. reforming, marrying and liv.
ing honestly, Pat Harrison was arrest
ed at Bonneville, Ark, and will be re-
turned to the Kansas penitentiary to
serve on. his term.
Seven persons are known to have
been killed and a score injured in a
tornado which swept portions Of Lin
coin, Jefferson and Arkansas counties,
Ark. The greatest destruction was re-
ported near Almyria, in the prairie
and lice lands Of Arkansas county.
The storm which brought a heavy
snow to the Middle Lake region and
rain and thunder on a line south Of
the Ohio river. is moving rapidly east
ward. Snow is falling from the Lake
Erie region on the north to Kentucky.
A binding snowstorm, backed by q
fifty-mile gale swooped down on the
Middle West, blocked traffic, played
pranks with the routine of human af-
fairs and swept eastward in the direc-
ton OF northern Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York. A temperature rang
ing between twenty-nine and twenty
four degrees made the wind and snow
bearable and little suffering was re-
ported. Several deaths in wrecks are
attributed indirectly to the storm. The
storm reached lis greatest intensity in
Chicago and northern and central ILL
nois. although eastern Iowa and Mis-
souri,, southern Wisconsin. Michigan
and Indiana felt the blizzard to con-
siderable extent.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
Steel Combine Earns Billions.

Washington.-The United States
Steel Corporation operates in restraint
of trade, and prevents competition
through manipulation of prices,
through the influence of the so-called
Gary dinners" by control of raw ma
terial, and through a system of inter
locking directors in various compa-
nies. This is the charge made in the
report OF Farquhar J. McRae, an ex-
PERT accountant. made public by the
house steel trust investigating com
mittee. Some of the figures dealt with
in the report are startling. 1t is
shown that J. p. Morgan & Co. re-
ceived approximately s70,0oo,0oo in
cash profits for organizing the big
steel combine, and that the net prof
its of the concern for the first nine
years of its existence were more than
81 600. 100000
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
OF Interest TO Homesteaders.

Washington.-The House passed the
bill, introduced by Congressman Ed
ward T. Taylor of Colorado preventing
contests from being filed against
homestead entrymen under any recla-
nation project prior to the time that
water is available for irrigation
This measure Is of vital interest TO
the Grand valley and its progress has
been eagerly watched. 1t is believed
that the bill will not have much trou.
BILE in getting through the Senate.
This is the most important measure
yet offered in behalf OF the Grand Val
ley Project entrymen, as well as the
entrymen under all government recla-
nation projects.
The House also passed Congressman
Taylors bill allowing adjoining own
ers to purchase isolated tracts OF land,
subject to the order Of a United States
commissioner, when the greater por-
ton of such desired land Is highly ele-
waited.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
FORE EIGN.

Reports from San Jose, Costa Rica
state that the earthquake reported has
been felt generally over the whole OF
the high plateau but no serious dam.
age has been done SO far.
While the memory of George Wash.
ington was celebrated by Americans
throughout the civilized world, the
new Chinese republic took cognizance
Of the event and sent a cablegram OF
greetings to the State Department at
Washington.
The chamber of deputies at Rome
passed the bill for the annexation Of
Tripoli by Italy by a vote of 431 to
3S, amid enthusiastic cheering from
the floor of the chamber and the pub
lie gallery.
Jules Vedrines at Pau. France, broke
the speed record for monoplanes. fIy.
ing sixty-two miles in thirty-seveu
minutes and 124 miles in one hour and
fifteen minutes. The previous record
for sixty-two miles was made by IA.
THAT at Douzy Jan. &c, when he Gov.
cred the distance in forty-one minutes
and twenty-four seconds.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
CANAL WILL BE COMPLETED CON-
siDERABLY BEFORE TIME
HITHERTO NAMED.
MAY OPEN IN 1918
COL. COCKTAILS is IN WASHING
TON, URGING THE kECESSl-
TY OF EARLY ACTION.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-It is regarded as OF
the greatest Importance that the
present Congress shall fix the ratio of
toll on shipping through the Panama
canal and also provide for a civic
government for the canal zone and the
operation of the canal when ready TO
be opened to commerce. So import
ant Is it that Colonel Goethals. In
command of the zone and who is the
supreme head OF the canal construc-
ton, suddenly left Panama about one
month ago and has been in Washing
ton ever since, urging Congress to act
upon the two matters.
This means that the canal will be
completed considerably before the
time hitherto fixed for it. Colonel
Goethals announced before starting
for Washington that ships would pass
through the canal before the end OF
1913 and it is the certainty that they
will which makes the proposed legis
lation a necessity.
While the canal may not be COM
pleted in all its details and may not
be thrown open unreservedly to com
merce in 1913, it will be practically
completed, and were it necessity it
might be opened to the worlds COM
merce within that time.
II the canal may be opened so soon,
It is important that rates for its use
be fixed before this Congress ad-
journs. 1t is but fair to shippers the
world over that they should know in
advance what the tonnage rates will
be. that commerce may prepare for
the revolution in the worlds ocean
carrying trade that the canal will
inaugurate. Besides, civil govern
ment for the zone and canal should
be provided, since before long the
head of the canal will commence the
discharge of laborers and mechanics
by the thousands, will permanently
sidetrack hundreds of locomotives and
store other machinery as yet hard at
work on the gigantic job.
The need for civil government lies
in the fact that another than a mill
tary system OF preferment and ap-
pointment will be imperatvely re-
guired when the canal goes into COM
mercial operation. There must needs
be some other system than priority in
rank, such as prevails in the army, for
the selection and advancement OF
those who will operate the canal, and
these changes needs to be prepared
for very soon.
1t isn't generally known. but it is
the fact that the great concrete locks
on both the Atlantic and Pacific side
of the isthmus are nearly completed,
as is also the great Gatun dam.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-02
Big Irrigation Deal Favored.

Greeley.-At a special election held
in the Greeley-Poudre Irrigation dis
trict at Num-, Pierce and Camfield
land holders in the district voted to
ratify the contract recently made be-
tween the directors of the district and
the Poudre Valley Ditch Company. By
the contract the district becomes the
owner OF the Poudre Valley ditch.
Cobb lake and secures 100.o00.000 GU
bic feet OF storage in Douglas reser-
voir. Former stockholders in the ditch
reserve the right to carry water in the
Poudre Valley ditch and to fill Doug
las reservoir to a capacity Of 275.ooo.-
600 cubic feet.