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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10
AN ATTRACTIVE INVITATION
To the Editor Ocala Banner:

To the Editor Ocala Banner:
l note in your Thursdays issue that
sneak thieves are doing about at
night Permit me to call their atten-
ton to my larder. Just now try to
keep on hand as much as half box
of shredded wheat, an equal amount
of corn flakes and grape nuts, and a
half pound of butter / will continue
to leave the back lattice unlocked,
for their convenience in getting in
and going out. My clothes are all
hanging at the head of my bed out on
the upstairs porch. / sleep on the
bed, and within reach / have blum
derbus," that if aroused would make
a noise like war" In addition to the
above belongings, l carry in my right
hand pants pocket a quarter for gas
stove emergencies, when l can spare
it. Come in friends" and help your
selves. JOHN B. LEY.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10
HONEST OLD CHAMP CLARK

The Tampa Tribune is authority for
the statement that some time just
previous to the extra session Of con
gress, Hon. Champ Clark, speaker of
the house of representatives, had
chautauqua engagements to the
'amount Of fifteen thousand dollars,
and he is by no means rich man, yet
he cancelled every engagement, be-
cause he clung to the old fashioned
idea that his post of duty was in the
speakers chair as long as the extra
session lasted.
There were times, of course, whel
he could have called others to occu-
pv it: there vase often lulls in the
nroceedings for long DAYS the tariff
bill was before the caucus, and for
much longer time it was before the
committee that had it specially in
charge but the speaker could not get
awav from the idea that he had been
called by the vote of his people and
his party to preside over the house
of representatives. and that that was
his first and paramount duty.
Although very poor man. he made
no complaint that he needed the
money" nor did he make public his
losses nor his sacrifices. and DO one
can tell us that he is not richer in
the public estimation for having pur
sued the course he did.
Honest Old Champ" is the way his
champions spoke of him at the Balti-
more convention, and they have the
right to call him that now more so
than ever.
Honest Old Champ" You deserve,
old man, to be decorated with flow
ers, and more than ever you have won
riches more enduring and less corrod-
ing than either gold or silver.
1t may we'll be sad of you that you
are neither as sounding brass or
4 tinkling cymbal"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10


many intelligent men in this country
do not cons-aer democracy a cult or
a political doctrine They believe 1t
is disease-from which we must Pc
riodically suffer. And we are now in
process. But we are cheerful over
the prospect that the disorder cannot
probably last longer than three years
more. The thing which will finally
knock out democracy is not its weak
and vacillating foreign policy, but a
serious and emergent economic con-
dition existing in America. The re-
publican party went out of power be-
cause ii was charged with the re-
sponsibility for the high cost of liy-
ing, so keenly felt by men of small
means, salaried men, and that vast
horde cf wage-earners in tho conn
try. THE democrats have prescribed
4 reduct'en nj the Fsrift 10 correct
this evil. The cost of living has
mounted h;gE er md higher each
month einoe Earca 1913. II WI con-
tinue to increase, high tariff or low
tariff, fr the very excellent reason
that the tariff has nothing to do with
the case. When your doctor makes
a wrong diagnosis. yon no longer re-
quire his ehrvices. When it is DEM
onstrated that the democratic pana-
cea is rot good treatment for the
evils We are suffering. the American
people will call in another set of ply
sicians- and this old synonym for
what the Bible terms original sin"
will again fall into its proper place as
the party of opposition and objection
where only it seems democracy can
thrive.
H. L. ANDERSON.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10
A GEORGIA GIRLS TOMATO SIDE
LINE

A special from Washington says:
"The boys corn clubs, established
by Secretary Houston of the depart
ment of agriculture, that have done
so much to improve corn growing in
the .soufh. have been supplemented
this year by girls tomato clubs. They
seeL. to have been equally successful.
"One Georgia girl not only grew
prize tomatoes, but sold enough OF
the greatest tomato pest-the tomato
worr-to fishermen. for bait, to pay
for Working end harvesting her crop.
'"rwo eshermen offered her cent
"a piece for al the tomato worms she
wcul1 bring them. In one week she
turned in over 500, and. got more than
SIS. This she kept MP all season. and
when the supply of worms became
scarce On her patch. she went to work
in her ne'ghbor's patch. The depart
ment won't tell her name yet.
s'The Irize winners Of the corn and
tcmato clubs viii come to Washing
: ton in December to receive honors."
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

Mr.. William E. Verplank contrib
utes an article to the Outlook in de-
fense of Tammany, which is so terri
bly, maligned by republican politi-
clans and democrats of the Sulzer
brand. Mr.. Verplank's grandfather
was the orator of the day when the
present Tammany wigwam was built
in 1867. He says that since the Tam
many society in 1857 some of the pur-
est and ablest jurists and business
men of New York City have been
amongst its most active members.
That it has rarely failed to interpret
the spirit of the city, her aims, her
progress, and pride of achievement.
Tammany is more sinned against
than SHINING. When John Kelly was
at its head he was maligned the same
as Murphy is now. So was Richard
Croker. It's enemies hate the organi
cation because of its loyalty to its
principles and its traditions.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10
DEATH OF JUDGE LYLEs

The legion of friends of Judge ].
". Lyles throughout the county viii
regret to learn of his death, which
occurred at the home of his daughter
in Orlando, on Sunday.
Judge Lyles had been in bad health
for some time, and had gone to Or
lando for the purpose of having an
operation performed, and owing to
his age and weakened condition he
was unable to survive the shock.
Judge I.yles' forbears lived at New
berry, S. c., and occupy very prom
inent mention in Judge O'Nears his
tory of South Carolina.
Judge Lyles' parents moved to
Mississippi when he was quite a
small boy, and he had not yet reach
ed his majority when the tocsin of
war was sounded. Full of youthful
ardor he was among the first to enlist.
! He Joined home company, which
was assigned a place in the Sixth
Mississippi, which regiment stood the
brunt of the battle at Shiloh, sustain
ing a loss of eighty per cent. The
worlds history shows few parallels.
The record of the Sixth Mississippi
, did not stop at Shiloh. 1t kept up its
reputation for fierce fighting until the
end OF the struggle
Judge IyIes was a peaceful, quiet
citizen, bat it was frequently demon
strated that these were the men who
made the fercest, most heroic and de-
termined fighters.
Judge Lyles came to Marion county
more than thirty years ago, and de-
voted his time to farming and school
teaching. He married early in life,
and the union was a most happy
one. 1t was blessed with sons and
daughters who grew to manhood and
womanhood under his watchful care.
He leaves two sons, Robert, of this
city, and Ernest, of Gainesville: two
daughters, Mrs. E.. L. Freyermuth of
Palmetto and Mrs. J. NJ. Se,lars of
Orlando.
After the death OF his wife, which
occurred some years ago. Judge
Lyles became a citizen of Ocala, and
was elected justice of the peace for
the Ocala district, and he performed
the duties of the office to such COM
plete satisfaction of the community
that he was constantly reelected as
his own successor. This was in it
self a fitting tribute of his capacity
and faithfulness
Judge Lyles' body was brought
from Orlando on Monday, and was
taken to Fellowship for interment,
and was accompanied by the bereaved
ones and many sorrowing friends. 1t
now sleeps beside the remains of his
wife, who for so long a time shared
his joys and sorrows, and a son, who
was cut down early in career full
Of hope and promise.
Under the shade and music of the
soughing pines their bodies viii
peacefully await the resurrection
morn.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10
HUMANE SOCIETY IN
VITED TO MEET IN FLORIDA

The Ocala Humane Society and the
Marion county board OF trade have
Jointly extended an invitation to the
National Humane Society to hold its
next annual meeting in Florida. 1t
has a membership in every state and
territory in the Union and the gath
erings at the annual meetings reach
into the thousands. The meeting this
year will be held on October 18th at
Rochester, N. Y.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10
COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE
McRAE WILL BE WITH US
Tallahassee, Fla, Oct. 1, 1s1'

Tallahassee, Fla, Oct. 1, 1913.
Hon. ]. ID. Rooney, Ocala, Fla:
My Dear Sir-Replying to your ia
for of the goth of September, will say
that appreciate very much your
kind invitation to be present on Oc
tober 10th, and assure you that II
nothing unforeseen prevents, it is my
purpose to try to make one OF the
5000 expected to be present on that
day. This is certainly a novel idea
and I trust the results will ultimately
be everything you and Marion coun
~ desire.
With kind personal regards, | am
Yours very truly.
s W. A. McRAE,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

The insistence of Japan that the
question affecting the national honor
of Japan be settled promptly and for
all time is causing worry to the ad-
ministration. Japan reasserts the vi
olation of the treaty of 1911, and in
sists that the treaty is paramount to
the statutes of the state. The little
Japs are going about with q chip on
their shoulder.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

John T. Tnglis is back from a
2 knrland. His visit was cut
af an attack Of rheumatism.
discovered that there is no
speedy and permanent as at
.ps'nes In Michigan. Just out
oFifuit He was there less
hrtnleht when felt as nimble
4a b his boyhocd days. and
y Indicate Il. lie does not
belong 70 the grow old
ns 3 a. optimistic as ever
'naes 20 dispense sunshine
cheer IN his pathway. We
he Win stay over and
- rlohnnies" at their meet
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10
MEETINcc OF VETERANS

Marion Camp No. 56, u. C. ", met
October 7th. 1918, with w. E. MEGA
hagin commanding.
Prayer by Chaplain Long.
The following members answered
to roll call: NJ Atkinson, Alfred
Aver, J. L. Beck, A NJ. Browning, j.
f. Barron, NJ. T. W. Christian, r. J.
Evans, NJ. p Frinx, l.. NJ Graham, H.
w. Henry, H. N. Knoblock, D. H. Ir.
vine, H. w. Long, T. d. Lancaster, w.
E. NcGahagin, 6 j. McAteer, ]. w.
Nance, B. H. Norris, H. R. Shaw, Joe
Shuford, C. C. Stevens.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
A communication from General
Partridge. congratulating Marion
camp on the payment in full of the
five hundred dollars pledged to the
Woman's Monument, was read and
fully appreciated by the camp.
General Long read an important
correspondence with General Will
liams in regard to said monument.
General Longs resolution is at
tached:
Whereas, Major General B. w.
Partridge, commander of the Florida
Division U. c. ", has made an eff
cient, courteous and affable COM
mander; and, whereas, he has accom-
plished more TO arouse the Sons of
Veterans with spirit of enthusiasm
to organize themselves into camps
throughout the state, upon whom our
mantle as ex-Confederate Veterans,
under the provisions of our constitu-
ton, must fall, with all it's sacred past
Of historic value and dashing hero
ism, to be perpetuated by them when
the last of us with frosty heads, care
worn brows and furrowed cheeks,
have passed to that undiscovered
orntry from whose bourne no trav
eler returns; and,
Whereas, under his administration
the long delayed erection of a suita-
BILE monument to the sacred memory
of the Confederate women of the six
ties is now being erected in Dignan
Parl, Jactso~ville, Florida, which is
70 be completed and unveiled during
he reunion of the General Fedora
tion of the ~ e V of America in the
city of Jacksonville, Florida, during
the month of Nav, 1914; and,
Whereas, it is mete, right and
prorer thot all officers who have been
active and efficient in the erection of
said monument should be continued
in office so as to be able officially to
participate in it's unveil'ng, and Off
cially join the loud acclaim by al
multitude. Behold what the
Florida Division of the U. c. V. has
ia last accomplished; therefore, be it
Resolved, First, that this camp for
the reasons above stated, does hereby
most heartily endorse the nomination
and election of Major General Benia
min w Partridge to be his successor
for the next ensuing year.
Second, that this preamble and I
resolution be published in the Ocala
Banner and Ocala Star, and that the
of the state generally be
to copy"
The resolution was unanimously
Comrades McGahagin, Norris, Kno-
block and Aver were elected dele
gates to Pensacola, and it was resolv-
ed that each delegate be authorized
to appoint an alternate in case he
cannot go.
Comrades Harris, Irvine and Nor
ris were appointed a committee to
write the memorial of our late Com
rade John w. Lyles, and Comrades
Henry and Martin a COM
mittee on the death of Comrade John
B. Chalker.
ALFRED AVER. Adjt.
HUMANE SOCIETY IN
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

Harry Thaw's progress appears
like confused double quick of sher-
ifs. lawyers newspaper correspond.
ents, bailiffs and jailors, Thaw fam.
ily and citizens on foot and in auto
mobiles streaming across the coun
Itry.-St. Louis Globe Demicfat
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

Raymond b. Bullock returned
|Haay from Tavares, where he
sone on professional business.
. very busy man these days. at
proaecuting and at others de-
Rg IN criminal cases. On Satur-
3 9as before Judge Smith pros
s a case from Sumter county,
a. opposing counsel Hon.
Terrell OF Sumter county and
tdNin Spencer Of this city. The
sAni vas convicted.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

Leon Fishel has returned from
|irchaslng trip north. Mrs. Fish
n little Miss Elizabeth Fishel
femain in Baltimore another
! with relatives.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

The mayor of st. Augustine has
made a rather strange find in the
shape of a street. One never knows
what he is going TO stumble up
against.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

Edward Tucker has returned
a short but enjoyable visit to
York. While in the big city Mr..
stopped at the Hotel Meal
the largest hotel in the world.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

5 May Davies of Jacksonville is
ala enjoying a visit with her
y, Mr.. Z. ]. Davies, and her
|er. Mr.. II. A. Davies, at Mrs.
Davis boarding house, on Okla
avenue.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

z. ]. Redding returned yester-
Rom Michigan, where she spent
Simmer with relatives.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

| L. Montgomery, one of the old
|edical doctors in this section of
IA, was an Ocala visitor Mon
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

w. d. Richey. who has had a
Mid vocation in New York City,
|me again.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

]. f. Johnson is enjoying a
from her sister, Mrs. Robert
=, who is en- route to her new
Al Tampa from Thomasville,
"a, where she formerly resided.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

board of county commission
u their meeting Monday, offer
reward of two hundred and fifty
) for the apprehension of the
erer of Mrs. p. T. Wilson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

F. and Mrs. R. L. Heating are
Sing few days at Daytona
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-10

and Mrs. r. S. Rogers and son,
will have rooms at Mrs. VIII
|Anderson's during the winter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-06
GOULD MONEY
INTO LITERATURE
TWO Hundred Thousand Dollars Has
Been Invested In Hearst
Magazine.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. l
NEW YORK, March 6.-Financial
circles were decidedly inquisitive to-
day over the report, made public by
Dow Jones and Company, in their fl
nancial bulletin, that George J. Goulc
had purchased 100000 worth OF
bonds of the international Magazine
company. owned by VIM. r. Hearst.
The fact tina. Hearst had fought
the signing of the new subway operat-
ing contracts and that Gould, at the
eleventh hour, had come to his aid By
objecting to the contracts IS failins
70 safeguard the interests of the ele-
waited railway combine, in which he
is very heavy stakeholder, was said
in financial quarters to be douhly sig
nificant when it was followed by the
announcement that Could had be.
come interested financially in the
Hearst enterprises.
It was reported that Hearst repre-
sentatives had tried vainly to dis
pose of the magazine bond issue on
the street and the declaration that
Gould had taken over 100000 worth
Of them, and that another well
known banker" whose Identity was no,
known had purchased $4,000 worth
was interpreted as meaning that the
Gould millions might yet be diverted
into literature under the Hearst direc.
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-06
WATER POWER CO.
GIVES UP PROPERTY
Voluntarily surrenders the Property
Rights Granted by City When
Thought II Would be
Used.
RECEIVE NOTHING FOR IT
Power Company Merely Conveyed the
Land Back to the City at the
instance Of Mayor
Elder.

Out of the ordinary, but a fact Of
record is the deed made by the Mis-
sissippi River Power company, con
veying to the city of Keokuk all the
property rights the city gave it to
the real estate in front OF the old
Decker plant and the water-works
pumping station. above the Keokuk
and Hamilton bridge on the river
front.
This property including some va
Gated streets was transferred to the
! Water-Power company few years
ago, when the company thought it
needed 1t in its construction work.
Now It discovers that 1t can get
along without It. and accedes to the
request of Mayor Elder that 1t be con-
veyed back to the city OF Keokuk to
be used by the city in the future.
Mayor Elder sees possibilities OF using
1t and asked the Water-Power com
pany to deed 1t back which was done
at once. The company gets nothing
In exchange and the transaction is
merely a conveyance to the city OF
valuable property which the Water
Power company finds it does not need
although at one time it thought it
necessary to own it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-06
BEAUTIFUL WIDOW
BEATEN TO DEATH
Found in Her Apartments in Hotel
With Evidence Of Desperate
Struggle.

81 *
limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, March GA score of
detectives are today searching for
the murderers of Mrs. Katherine God
frey, young widow, who was beaten
to death in her apartments in the
Flag Hotel at 515 West 41st street
early today. The woman, noted for
her beauty, was found in her room
with her head beaten almost to a
pulp. Articles of clothing had been
torn from Ter body and furniture was
overturned indicating that she had
fought hard for her life. Robbery,
the police say, was the motive.
The police arrested James and John
Healy and George Tierney on sus-
picion and they were held to await
the action of the coroner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-06
More Important Than Niagara
a New York Paper Near the Other Big Water-P low
er Considers the One at keokuk Greater
Good to the Country
Good to the Country.

The following editorial in the
Rochester, N. Y. Herald shows how
the Keokuk water power is appreciate
ed near Niagara. The Herald, long
noted for its scholarly editorials,
says:
The first great scheme to utilize
cial purposes was the Harvesting OF
Niagara Falls, from which point cleo
trical energy is transmitted as far
away as Syracuse. Many hundreds of
machines are kept humming in many
manufacturing towns in western New
York through this means. No doubt
the capacity of the power plants at
Niagara could be trebled if 1T were
not for the destruction of the scenic
beauty Of the locality. Utility has to
make concessions to sentiment
But there is more important de-
yelopment of natural water power
than Niagara soon to be made servics.
able on the Mississippi, at Keokuk,
Iowa, where dam will develop 300,-
600 horse power. and which, because
of the modern proficiency Of trans
mission. will enable electrical energy
from this plant to be distributed with
in radius of $50 miles. 1t is planned
to have the streets of st. Louis light
ed from the Keokuk dam, as well as
the street cars operated by It. Fac
tories which now depend upon coal.
and which have made st. Louis dis
gracefully unclean city, will be oper-
ated by this device, thus doing away
largely with the use Of coal and the
consequent CRIME caused by smoke
The cheapness of this electrical en-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-06

ergy will no doubt result in an influx
OF new industries to within the radius
LOT its influence.
The beneficent result of this demon.
stration doubtless will become appar-
ent before the passing of another
decade There are in the middle west,
as well as in other localities east and
west, many streams of water which
might well be turned to efficient ac-
count. and the success of the Keokuk
dam ought to encourage further de-
velopment on that line. The Ohio at
Louisville, the Wabash at Mt. Car
mel, and even that pestiferous little
stream in the Hoosier state known as
White river, could readily be develop.
ed into enormous usefulness. A year
or two ago engineers reported that
100000 horse power could be develop
ed by dam across White river some
fifteen miles from it confluence with
the Wabash, but for no valid reason,
the scheme was not pursued to CON
clusion.
Internationally the time is rapidly
approaching when the scarcity of fuel
win make the utilization of all these
water courses necessary. In this
country, SO prodigal are we of our
natural resources, we seldom do any
thing unless we have to do it. The
Keokuk scheme was not a labor OF
necessity, and it had pretty dis
couraging beginning. But when the
great work approached completion and
its possibilities we're sensed by the
layman, even those who pooh-poohed
it became enthusiastic, and now find
great satisfaction in the early prospect
of "the Harvesting OF the Mississippi. Z