The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-09-19


Hsss sou been reading THE Friend
4 read. By David Grayson. in the
Amenran Nagazlne2 I often thought
= hlm II my tramps along mountain
al. aad beautiful little streams ali
s,ane hai never lonely; but I decided
q spend q Nhole day In town. diff
saH thlna 10 DO M a town as small
= Franklin
arrt went 70 the court house.
stlsh i old dingy and dirty. supe.
~ court was Ia session. and the
sr room floor b. Inclined like a the.
A. and eas ailed with mountaineers
~ hH bll'.es a. town people are
aaai io mll them. who used the floor
- cspldou until the amber stream
80 down and banked up against the
nEma n front Of the judges stand.
A court scene there Is about the
nne As one here An lawyers act
sI8e io ne ihey make their motions
49, escases they Aave writs from In
artou to habeas corpus they have
neN summons az respondendum and
mmmous duces tecum they plead
40 lheg demur they make objec-
laas and note exceptions. they spar
m ney apaf they wrangle and wit
aasses she's eudeayor 20 tangle: they
eas mueh Latin. One lawyer said
tsi a. the witness was falsum in
aalo De- was ialsum IN omnibus. The
aaaess said that he had never been
m an auto nor an omnibus. They
Ga noi seem to succeed with any trial
ufspi that % the patience OF the
N8se Winding nothing novel or new.
ga NOS remain long
uext visited the tax assessors Of
fee and examined the tax books he
sas making up. They looked crude
eampared % those Mr.. Aver has TO
uase. There Bill Jones Is simply as
.sssed with flfty acres of land in
Sleepy Hollow district The assessor
eoes not waste his time or take up
back room with witness trees. water
eaafses, degrees and minutes. links
and chains. sections. townships and
ranges lie anticipated a great howl
a tax paying time. as there had been
slight raise IN the tax rate. which
hgought the rate for state and county
Purposes nearly up TO 10 mills. I won
Ger What would happen to the lungs
of those Tar Heels" II they were
slyen an unadulterated dose of the
Marion county tax rate?
J next went over and took a seat
on TIE loafers' bench in front of the
posioilce. where | was Joined by a
man about town-one Of those genius
e. who knows everybody and every
ihing from whom learned that they
have not advanced from Just plain
democracy 10 progressive democra-
~" a. We have: they have no bette
n1ire nor Times.Uni0n 10 menace
lhsiF democracy as We have; in the
absence OF which Wall Street and
Tammany Hail are the best political
aesels lie said his town was very
particular. that they kept the 'mov-
ies" out BY demanding a $500 town IL
sense. and OF course no one has dared
appear with september Morn" They
- tolerate nothing nude except the
IN the winter time, and even
f1Aeu they must be draped frequently
q snow and icicle pendants. told
bins that the picture was so popular
n FLORIDA that the members of the
ssislaiure. after they had gazed upon
y we're so entranced that they pass
H. a law requiring. among other
ialnga. that octagon soap should be
aold nude lie thought that they
pant have gone farther. and required
citizens 20 tell the naked truth.
ihink be- doubted my veracitv.
They have union services there dur
rs TIE summer Of all the churches in
ieen. including the Episcopalians. at
saieh I expressed some surprise. and
Nas debating 10 my mind whether It
Neald BE- safe to spring one OF the
eFeral ancient stories have heard
% 81 the expense OF that demonmi-
aiion, when be volunteered an ex-
Anaiion which will give in his
- words You see. Il is this way:
AZ ne union services are held in the
ari house. 80 that the Episcopal
sareh vas IN no danger OF deseera-
~ and when Il comes the rector's
- 20 preach. he leaves on his frock
nsi breaches ordinary. like the
aodisis and Baptlsts. YOU know. 3"
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