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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01


Ga, chamber of commerce to develop
the resources of Troup county as a
whole, as well as those of the city it.
self The far-sighted leaders of this
organization realize that the interests
of town and county, far from being
distinct, are inseparably blended;
that municipal growth depends upon
rural &owth; that good farms are the
foundation of good business. This
idea is appealing more and more keen
ly to the agencies of civic progress
the courfry over, but it is doubtful
that it has ever before been worked
out in scarborough and far-reaching
detail as b. the LaGrange chamber
of commerce.
The proposed development will be
carried forward along three main lines
of activity. For one thing the land
owners Of tho county are asked to
pledge themselves and their tenants
to a systematic plan of progressive
! farming. To al those who enlist in
this movement, ahe chamber of com
merce will sendsregular bulletins OF
agricultural makers, and will alsj
maintain freely Dor their benefit a
bureau Of information One of the dis
tinctiye features a this system viii
De an insistence uIpn the planting Of
a certain number of acres III corn, sor-
ghum, hay and othsr food products,
and the raising of a certain amount OF
meat.
Another method of development will
be the establishment Through a stock
company, organized under the direc
ton of the chamber 6f commerce, OF
a series of so-called Mural neighbor
| hoods" each comprising from ten to
twenty-five hundred-acfe farms; sixty
acres being allotted to cultivation and
forty to pasture and Woodland. On
each farm, We are told, will be erected
modern farm houses, up TO date barns
and each will be equipped with what
ever is necessary for really modern
| farming. In the midst oE each settle
ment there will be a we'll equipped
and we'll conducted school The com
munity will keep at theS disposal OF
each neighborhood, forces of work
men and machinery, SO that farmers
who have sickness or labor troubles
will nevertheless be able 10 get their
work done, and practically at cost
prices. With such a plan n operation
the success, financially, socially and
economically of each neighborhood is
assured. If the LaGrance chamber OF
commerce succeeds in Carrying into
effect even one of these Interesting
enterprises, vast deal wilEhave been
done for the, upbuilding III the city
and the county as a whola The all
important fact is that hissalert body
of business leaders have SIT out with
method as well as energy TO develop
the great sources of urban prosper
ity-the sources of food supply and
of the material on which, commerce
and industry depend. Their purpose
is to make their county fich garden
that will beckon home-seekers and
investors from every part If the south
and the nation, and when that is done
the future of their city Itself will be
assured of prosperity zeven more
abundant than that it has hitherto en-
ioyed.
Ia DAVID H. KIRKLAND.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

The Georgia legislature is urged to
pass an appropriation of $500 a year
for swamp drainage so as 10 secure
an equal sum from the federal gov
eminent. The need of drainage is
chiefly for the sake of sanitation. The
belief is now becoming universal that
large swamp regions breed mosqui-
toes and mosquitoes breed malaria
and all of its concomitant oE evils.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01
Chancellor Kirkland and the Van

Chancellor Kirkland and the Van.
derbilt board of trustees ignored the
vote of the Methodi& bishops, and
took over the one million dollar gift
to the medical depart hent of Wander.
bilt. The bishops wanted to ignore
and reject the gift ba cause the string
attached to it was thkt all students be
admitted to the mddical department
regardless sof their UNCONVENTIONAL af.
citations. The obiSctions of the bish-
ops seem out of Harmony with the
spirit of the age
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Just why a set Of bond trustees
would desire to conlrol the police
system OF a. city isl entirely beyond
our comprehension outside of Jack
sonville.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Dun's Review for JULY 2Sth says
that there is the customary mid-sum-
mer pause in mercantile and indus
trial activities, yet thu volume OF
transactions continues large, and
confidence is fully sus& lined There
are no reactiOnary NOV ements either
in business or political circles.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

The Gonzales (Tex) Inquirer re-
prints the most of the address deliv-
cred by the editor of this paper at the
session of the Florida State Press
Association at Tampa.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Kansas farmers have another visi-
tation from an Invading army of
grasshoppers. All the insect pests
are not confined 20 Florida, though. if
the truth must be told, We have our
full share. which seems a plenty.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Mayor Woodward of Att hta says
that Recorder Broyles isl petty
car and a joke" and th recorder
saws that the mayor is a nenace to
civilization" There is suspicion
that both are correct. Ia
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

So far as we hayE seen, Frank
Clarks patriotic Fourth of July ora
ton in Ocala has not yet been printed
in the Congressional Record, so the
nation is not in any immediate danger
of bankruptcy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Frank Clark's Ocala Fourth of
July Grafton was actually printed in
the Congressional Record at the ex-
pense of the people and the treasury
was not wrecked.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

The board of trade IEndows now
present a most PLEASING picture, and
almost every passer-by hops to view
the corn and other crops produced by
Marion's farmers, the tomatoes can.
ned by members of the GIRLS canning
clubs. etc. The sight is butte an in,
spring one.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Mr.. Mallaby-Doble member OF
the British house bf parliament. is 90.
ing to build Sd ond Titanic in the
shape OF hotel London. opposite
the entrance to Hy e Park. It will &C.
eupy nearly two a res and will be the
largest hotel in I'd world II is 70
cost six millions.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Horror of horrors-and more of it!
Senator Hoke Smiths speech, deliv-
cred before the Georgia legislature
is to be printed in the Congressional
Record right alongside of Frank
Clark's.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

The Savannah News takes
hopeful viewlof the efforts OF .ne :,
tie men to eradicate the ca''ls
1t says that bust as soon as the =
ping is begud it should be ear'''s g.. Z
vigorously. Il it is pushed for =.
and then allowed to lag the
spent and thS time consumed 1'
be wasted, fo1 the tick would 90, =.
appear. A number Of states
fought the tick to a finish ana ~. =.
him entirely lradicated. and 8.
states are now put down on tns 2. :
as immune. We want FIOrida ? Z
pear in the Ii st of immune 80
When that time shall have am
will mean mudh to her wealth.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Grape-juice and mllk are favorite
progressive beverageb Plain water,
the beverage of the "prohibs." does
not seem to make ouch Roadway.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Pensacola is no iaegard. She is
keeping right up WITH the procession.
She has a little graft in her local pol
itics.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

Sod bless the tags Lea II Goat and
oil
TIE bky with a. beauty: our heart
strings thtll
50 the low, swtPt chant OF It's WIND
swept tarA
And the chorus OF all Its clustered
stars.
Embrace it, o nothers! and heroes
shall grow
While its colOrs klusn warn on your
boSoms of 4pow
OFFEND q. & fathe&; there's no sweet
er death
Than 20 feat its fair folds with q sol
dier'r last bteath!
And love Il. o chilfenl be true to the
sires
who wove II In plaIh by the old camp
fires.
--sauheI l. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01
FRIDAY. ,ulv IS. 1918

Harry Floyd is fgling his Hall of
Fame so rapidly thk Il few Floridians
viii escape.-Tamps3 Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

The summerheld chrOniel' e
past week entered upon = g..
year. It is a fine little puPA
and deserves to live.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

The war department favors fund
to open rivers in the Everglades.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
ERUPTION OF VOLCANO KILLS 500 IRIDESMfN
Destroying VilIages-FIames Go
More Than 1000 Feet High.

Sydney, n. S. W.-Incoming steam
ers bring terrible details of the re
cent volcanic eruptions on the Islands
of Ambrin, in the New Hebrides
group, in which 500 natives lost their
lives. Witnesses of the disturbance
describe it as having been so sudden
and violent that they expected to see
the whole western side of the island
disappear.
With terrific roar, which was fol
lowed with a rapid succession of ara
tiilerylike detonations, all the craters
of the volcano entered into full &C
tivity, shooting. flames and lava and
throwing out huge boulders.
Streams of lava were soon rushing
down the slopes. cutting off the vii
layers from escape. In one instance
two torrents of the molten mass Join
ed and made an island of one entire
section of a village. Here fifty or
sixty persons persisted
The scenes at night were aws-in-
spring. Flames shot into the air to
height of more than a thousand
feet, Illuminating the whole scene OF
destruction. The ocean seemed to
boil as huge superheated masses of
stone fell into the sea and streams of
lava poured into the bay.
Dust from the craters gradually
formed a black cloud which blotted
out the light of the stars.
The bay after the eruption was fill.
ed with dead fish. The water in the
river was hot.
The British hospital buildings were
wiped out, but previous to their de
struction the doctors pIuckily remov-
ed all the patients to a launch and
escaped with them.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
Governor Makes Appointments.

Baton ROuge.-Governo Hall Satur-
day issued commissions to G. f.
Claiborne as Judge of the court of
appeals for Organs, vice Horace Du-
four deceased other appointments
made by the governor We're: Officers
OF the town of Kenner. Antonio Wat
tiguy. mayor; Sol Block, Philip klees
and Victor d. GerUlamo, aldermen;
Angelo Maggiero, marshal; ii. 7. Nun
son. alderman of the town Of Slaugh-
ter, y. +. FTuge. marshal, town OF
Mcrmcntau; J. s. Howell, marshal,
town of Arcadia; Edgar b. Stern,
member of the board of admintstra-
tors of the Charity Hospital, vice himS
self. term expired; John A. SaXton,
vice Henry J. Maloche, member OF
the board of commissioners of the Or
leans leyee board: J. T. BOltar, New
Orleans, vice Peter Rupp. and Gustave
Seeman, New Orleans. vice himself,
members of the State board Of phar-
macy.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
VILLA REPLIES TO lElcHER
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE Ph0-
TECTEO. SAYS REBEL.
Offers TO Provide Train TO Transport
families to the Frontief-No
Orders to Contrary

Chihuahua City. Mex. - GeneTal
Francisco Villa Sunday made pubic
a note which he delivered to United
States Consul Marion Letcher in ref
ercncr To- the reported detention IN
Chihuahua by rebels of Mexican "om-
en- and children The note was IN
reply TO am inquiry sent by the state
deuartment at Washington.
Although me- had detained no wom-
en- and children. General villa said
there still remained in Chihuahua the
wives and children of MeXicans who
had been detained on suspicion Of
having aided the Hucrta forces.
In his note. which is the first of its
kind framed by him, General Villa
said.
My Dear Sir. ! beg TO acknowi
edge receipt of your attentive note OF
this Date, which I hasten to answer.
mauifcsuns to- ynu that have taken
careful note OF the fact that on the
18th day OF This month the depart
ment of state OF your government adj
dressed message to you relative to
having received information that
women and children of this commun.
ity, relatives of refugees of Chihua-
hua, are detained here. / having re
fused TO give them SaiVO cOnductOs
AS this. in essence. is not wholly
the truth Of what has taken place. To-
gives me great pleasure to inform
yen that all those who had intended
60 leave have not done so. not be-
cause ! have detained them, but be
carse they would not leave unless &C
companied by certain individuals who
must remain to explain some acts for
which they are responsible Up 10
the present time no orders have been
given which prevent any families who
wish to leave from so doing. On the
contrary, I have even offered to give
them a special train which would con.
vey them 10 the frontier and which
l am still disposed to do.
Il wish also to state and J hope
that with your accustomed impartial
ity in these matters yOu wiz make il
known TO your honorable secretary
Of state that our conduct can not be
compared TO that OF the Hucrtistas.
for il is we'll known that the families
Of our followers are transported by
the Huertaistas from one place TO an
other in trains carrying soldiers and
munitions of war, hoping thus TO
avoid attacks by our forces. Our
families also are sent to the Maria
Islands, which has been the abode.
of petty thieves and 1owborn crimi-
nails
Il take pleasure in treating in detail
with matters which bring to light the
difference OF procedure between the
government of the usurper, Huerta,
and that which we are trying to i'm
plant for the welfare of our country
legal and noble one"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
TELEPHONE LINES WILL COST S9OO,OOO,OOO
Congressman Wants Government Buy
Telephone Lines and Compete
With Private Lines.

Washington. - Government owner
ship OF the nations telephone lines
would cost less than $900,000,000 and
would present no greater difficulties
of financing than did the Panama
canal. Representative Lewis of Mary
land told the house Tuesday in an
exhaustive analysis of his proposal to
have these lines operated by the
postoffice department
Lewis, who took a leading part in
the establishment of the parcel post
does not propose TO have the govern
ment take over the telegraph com
panies. His plan is to have the gov
eminent first own the telephone lines
of the country, operate some OF them
as telegraphS and have the govern
ment system compete with the private
telegraph companies in the same pro
portion as the parcel post now com
petes with the express companies.
Mr. Lewis declared that telegraphic
rates in the United States are the
highest in twenty countries with the
graph users. Against this. he assert
ed, our postal rates average lower
than other countries and the number
of letters here is the highest in the
world.
THE subscribers rates in American
cities, compared with continental
cities, are about three times as high.
For example, New York, where $500
calls, about Is per day, under meas
ured service tariff cost more than
the four unlimited yearly rates of
London, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm
together.
while competition does not supply
a remedy because it divides the sery-
ice and necessitates the payment of
two telephones, yet it throws an in
teresting sideIight on the tendency of
private monopoly to jack up the rates.
Sixty of the great American cities, "a
averaging 342,4S6 in population, pay
an average rental telephone rate of
$50 under competition, while the other
SO cities average but 1885, in popu-
lation without competition pay an
average of $81.
1T will be unnecessary to take over
the telephone lines here, as both
kinds of communication can be hand
led on the telephone wires, which ex-
ceeds the telegraph wires in mileage
and geographical distribution. /
THE cost of acquiring the tele-
phone networks is indicated as some
thing less than $9OO,OOO,OOO for which
it is proposed to issue 8 per cent
bonds, payable in so years. 1t is cal
culated that the postal system, by SUI
perimposing the telegraph service on
the telephone lines at half present
rates, may net some $50,000,000 an
nually from the tariff alone which,
with the present profits Of the teIe-
phones and after the deduction of in
terest on the bonds and depreciation,
would supply the department with a
large surplus for extensions and so
forth"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
TEXAS FLOOD VICTIMS GET GOVERNMENT AID
100000 Packages of Vegetable Seed
Will Be Available for Farmers
in Flood Section.

Washington. - Representative Gar
rett Friday obtained from the depart
ment of agriculture an additional al
lotment of $4,000 packages of vege-
table seed for distribution in the flood
district of Texas In addition to this
consignment Mr. Garrett will give his
regular allotment of 10000 packages
OF seed to the flood district, and Rep
resentative Hatton w. Summers will
give what is left Of his allotment so
that total of 100000 packages of
vegetable seed will be available for
the farmers in the flood section A
little of this seed is cotton, but near
ly all of it is vegetable seed and the
distribution is intended to start farm
gardens. Each package contains sew
eral papers of seed. Mr.. Garrett will
wire the flood conference at Houston
for advice as to the distribution of
the seed.
Representative buchanan, who also
halls from the flood district, intro
duced a bill asking for an appropria-
ton of 100000 for the purchase and
distribution of farm crop seed in large
quantities to the farmers in the flood
area. Mr.. Buchanan's bill provides
that the seed shall be distributed by
the secretary of agriculture and the
governor of Texas.
Railroad building in Texas at the
present time is at standstill, owing
to the incessant rains which have fall
en- all over the State during the past
80 days, and construction of new mile
age will continue to be hampered for
some time on account of the heavy
damage wrought by the recent floods.
There are now IL unfinished railroads
and interurbans in Texas. These in
completed lii es suffered 100000 loss
caused Dy the recent deluge, by was
outs, misplaced and destroyed track
material and bridges, Several of those
roads which have only recently open
ed for operation also suffered severe
impairment, while the total depTiva-
ton to all Texas lines in revenue loss
and physical damage was approx
mately $2.000,OO0, according to author
itative information.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
Wants to Get Back Land.

Baton Rouse.-Nary Leblanc, who
claims 10 be the last of the full-blood-
ed Choctaw Indians from Indian
Point, Iberville parish. called at the
executive office and on Secretary Of
State Alvin Hebert Friday in an eff
fort TO get back some lands which
she says were illegally taken from her
father. The executive office advised
her that they were unable to render
her any assistance. and suggested
that she take the matter up with the
Indian Bureau of the interior depart
ment in Washington.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
Lure Of the Sea Is With Texan.

New Orleans.-The lure Of the sea
calls Luther o. Waite of Dallas, a
railroad clerk, who secured his hon
orabIe discharge from the navy six
years ago. But the land does not
agree with him and he appeared at
the United States navy recruiting sta
ton at New Orleans Monday and ask
ed to be taken in again. Lieutenant
Commander b. II. Bruce accommo-
dated him and as soon as his dis
charge papers can be located, he hav-
ing lost them, he will be navy man
again. Waite is said to come from a
prominent Dallas family.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
MANY INJURED IN PAST Train wreck
Train Loaded With Tourists On Way
to California and Other Points.
Broken Rail Cause.

FL PasO, TeX.-Twenty persons
were injured in wreck of the Texas
and Pacific fast express. about one
mile east of Fort Hancock, Texas,
Saturday 4 relief train brought the
injured to FL Paso Saturday night,
among them the following:
S. w. Smith, Denison, Texas, ribs
broken.
Captain T. P. Boyd, Fort Worth,
ribs broken
J. A. King, Los Angeles. Cal, leg
bruised.
Mrs. w. A. Miller, Rogers, Kan.
badly cut about head, bruised inter
nally.
Mrs. w. p. McClenny, Morenci,
Ariz.. injured internally.
J. r. McCloud, conductor, cut on
right wrist, back sprained, otherwise
injured
Mrs. S. w. Smith, sprained back.
Miss Elizabeth Smith, severely
bruised about body, not seriously.
c. a. Rapp, Aberdeen, S. D., body
bruised.
G. c. Bryant, Ranger, Texas, Shout
der bruised.
Mrs. T. w. Caviness, Magdalena, n.
~, head bruised.
Miss Matilda Moser, Dallas, Texas,
back sprained and hips bruised
Mrs. S. Anderson, Columbus, n. NJ,
bruised about head.
Miss Gladys Mills. Clint, Texas,
bruised about head and body
Mrs. F. 0. Mckinney, Lowell, Ariz.,
skull fractured but not believed to
be in danger of death.
George Thompson, cook in dining
car, right leg broken and body burn
ed, condition serious.
John Spaight, waiter in dining car,
severely burned on body, badly cut
about head and left knee sprained.
T. P. Mitchell, porter in Pullman,
shoulder dislocated.
The train had begun to slow up for
Fort Hancock station when it struck
a broken rail, and with the exception
of engine, tender and baggage car,
turned completely over.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
PROS ASK FOR AMENDMENT
PRESIDENT ASKED TO REQUEST
CONGRESS TO SUBMIT CHANGE.
Petition Signed by Special Committee
Named at AntiSatoon League DEM
onstration on Steps Of Capitol.

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special committee of Twenty-Five
named nj the tuti-S,loon Ieague
demonstration ON the stems Of the
capitol i'm WASHINGTON Dec 10 was
an outprowtb of rho national conveu-
ton of the And-SaIoon League of
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occasion of the WASHINGTON demon
stratiop and the memorial sent 70 the
White Uouse WAS issued in lien of a
personal hearing # assnrts in of.
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would De only am advanced stem in
the aDuIfcafiou nr tre declarations of
the Baltimore pI,tfor,, unop which
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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
Tripoii Cost Italy st,4oo, 600.

Rome.-King Victor Emmanuels
from the throne. delivered at the
opening of parliament last month,
were confirmed in the financial state
ment presented to the chamber Satur-
day by Francisco Tedesco, minister
OF the assembly. The budget of 1913.
the minister said, gave a surplus of
$22, 100000; the budget of 1914 indi-
Gated a surplus of 100000, while in
1915 there would be a surplus of $4,-
100000. Tripoli cost Italy $191, 400, 000
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
Filed Petition for Reduction.

Baton Rouge.-The New Orleans
Board of Trade. through its traffic
expert, John Smith, has filed with the
Louisiana railroad commission four
petitions for a reduction in the rates
on grain and grain products. hay and
feed The board wants a readjust-
ment of the rates over the Illinois
Central, the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley, the Frisco and the New Or
leans and Great Northern. The case
will be set for hearing at the January
session.