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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20
LAST YEARS GOLD OUTPUT

The worlds gold stock received the
enormous addition of $445, 100000 dur
ing 1913, according to estimates of
George E. Roberts, director of the
mint. Thus continues the enormous
gold output of recent years, although
the 1913 production fell 81, 100000 be-
low that of 1912 OF the total the
United States produced $8S,301 ,023, or
about one-ffth the entire production
of the world.
This is tremendous increase over
the annual gold production prior to
the present century, and is especially
marked as compared with the output
of gold during the period of our poll
tics when free silver was most agi-
tated. The gold production for a sim
gle year first crossed the two hun
dred million mark in 1896, the year of
Mr.. Bryan's debut as a presidential
candidate, when it was $202, PSI 500.
1t arose constantly from that year I'M
til in 1906 it crossed the four hundred
million mark, totaling $400,342, 100
practically doubling in a decade.
Since 1906 the increase has been
slower, but has continued constant,
with an occasional slight fiuctuation
such as the difference between 1912
and 1913. The probabilities are. how
ever. that within few years the an
nual production of gold will cross the
half-billion mark.
1t was owing to the largely increas-
ed gold production, of course, that the
free silver agitation died down The
plentitude of gold coin removed the
only reason worth while for the un-
limited coinage of silver But it un-
doubleday had the additional effect
of increasing the relative prices OF
commodities. and thus played by no
means unimportant part in causing
the present high cost of living.
So long as the world production of
gold continues at the present level or
shows a marked increase there will
remain one stubborn factor opposed
to general reduction in living cost as
measured in money, unless the use of
gold in the arts should show a notable
increase its measure value will be
less, and consequently it will take
more of it to purchase other commod.
tiles.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20
THE COMMERCE COMMISSION
AND THE EXPRESS COMPANY

In dismissing the case brought be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by the Railroad Com
missioners of the State CT Florida VS..
The Southern Express Company, the
commission at the close u a some
what lengthy opinion says:
I'VE have fully considered the facts,
circumstances and conditions present
ed bv the record in the case now be-
fore us in view of our findings, con
illusions, and order in the general pro
ceedings referred to. We are con
WINGED that many of the rates nVolv,
ed in this case are unreasonable and
unjust, and that improper and un
justiiable adjustments and relation
ships in rates have grown up. We
do not deem it necessary, however
at this time to make an order in TINS
case. because. as a result of our re
port and conclusions in the general
! proceedings, the defendant company
has filed supplements to its tarlns
effective Feb. 1st, 1914, providing LOT
the application on the commodities
here involved of the second class rates
prescribed by this commission IN all
instances where the rates are now IN
excess thereof This will result II
substantial reduction of many OF the
rates in question, and will be mark
ed degree afford relief from inequali-
ties now existing. We a-e not con
: yinced that the ends of Juice re
ouire at this time greater reductions
than will result in the manner lndl'
Gated We think it will be generally
agreed that there should be a fair
test of the rates resulting from our
order in the general case before we
make exceptions requiring lower
rates on particular commodities
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20
PLANT ORANGE GROVES

We have before us copy of the
Bloomington Herald, printed at
Bloomington, California, 1t gives
several accounts of the purchase and
sale of orange groves in its vicinity
one twenty-five acre grove for forty
thousand dollars.
Now, California has been hit as
many times by the cold as Florida
has, and with perhaps one exception,
quite as severely, yet those people
did not grow faint-hearted nor dis
couraged, and, as a result, the great
majority of them who stuck TO orange
grove planting have made good.
We are led also to say that Califor-
MIA is much further away from Chica-
go, Cincinnati, st. Louis, New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
many of the bigger cities, than Flor
ida, and under the operations of the
recasting of the express rates by the
interstate commerce commission Flor
ida will have a decided advantage
over its far-western neighbor in the
matter of rates, so orange groves in
Florida ought certainly to be worth
much more here than there, but at
present they do not seem to be worth
half as much, or at least they are not
bringing more than half the prices in
Florida as they command in Califor-
mia.
There is another thing. The orange
trees were not killed any deader
here than they were at any point two
hundred miles south of us. The his
tory of the past shows that they will
grow as we'll here as they will any
where in Florida. The wild orange
was indigenous to the soil of this
county. We had more wild orange
groves than any other section of the
state.
We want to go back to planting or
ange groves. They are profitable 1t
is beautiful business. We need not
have fifty and one hundred-acre
groves, but let's put out five, ten and
twenty-acre groves as kind of side
line, and when visitors come we can
show them the groves in full bearing.
They can pluck the fruit from the
trees and feel as if they are, indeed,
in Florida. If this were done our
lands would instantly enhance in val
ue, and we would reap benefits in
more than one direction.
Plant orange groves, cotton and to.
bacco, and we will have all other sec
tons cinched.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

In writing of the anniversaries OF
Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas
]. Jackson last week, Gen. E. NJ. Law
of the Barlow Courier-Informant,
says: THE writer is one of the few,
if not the only man now living who
knew them both personally, who serv-
ed under the command of both and
who received orders on the battle
field directly from the lips of both.
1t is a memory he will carry with
him when he crosses over the river
to meet them under the shade of the
trees
And we might add that Gen. Law
has many of the noble traits of char
acter of these great men. Possibly
his coming in personal contact with
them caused him to cultivate high
ideals and noble traits of character
that has made him one of the beloved
and highly esteemed citizens of Flor
ida.-Wauchula Advocate.
And yet in his old age this man,
when he asked for so small a pit
lance as the postmastership at Bar
tow, of which city he had long been
a resident, it was denied him.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Editor Andrews of the Estero Ea.
gle, down in Lee county. was the vic.
tim of assault and battery when he
was In Fort Myers one day last week
at the hands of the chairman of the
board of county commissioners, the
latter alleging that the editor had
been talking too much about county
affairs. The very poorest way in the
world to make self-respecting news
paper man stop talking about matters
Of legitimate public interest when he
Is impeiled to do so by a sense of duty
to his readers is by the assault and
battery, process, and If Editor An
drews is backed up by his conscience
and his convictions, we expect him
TO keep on talking about county af-
fairs. with possibly little added zest
on account of the Fort Myers episode.
Editors who can be bulldozed into ST.
lence from fear of physical assault
when they feel that they are in the
line Of right and duty are happily
scarce. and It is good for the country
that they are.--LAkeland Telegram.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Mr.. w. X. Zewadski has received a
very distinctive compliment from
Governor Trammell, in that he has
suggested his name as a member of
the Florida committee to act with the
American committee to celebrate the
One Hundredth Anniversary of Peace
among English speaking people. One
cannot say too much in favor of peace
nor can it be celebrated in too joyous
manner. The nations yearn for
peace, and if left to the voice of the
people, after a free, fair and untram-
meled expression, there would be no
wars.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Among the visitors to Ocala during
the express rate convention was Mr..
Luther L. Meiggs of Jacksonville, but
for long time a citizen of Marion
county. Mr.. Meiggs has been a citi'
zen of Jacksonville for a number OF
years and is among the nabobs of the
metropolis. Like any number of 9th
ers, he carved his own way to sue
cess, and having built himself up from
the ranks he is inherently and per
force of circumstances solid through
and through This is the kind of men
who have made QUE country great.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Under an execution issued out OF
the circuit court of Leon county. nea"
" the whole of Liberty county was
sold on last sales day for the sum OF
$3.50. The county was bought by a
Mr.. Lee Jones for some Jacksonville
parties. People from all sections of
the county protested against the sale
as dastardly and fraudulent. and ii
Is not believed that the sale will
stand for a minute. The sheriff will
refuse 10 make deeds to the lands IN
less compelled to do so by the heavy
hand of the courts.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

The Ocala Daily Banner presents its
greetings and compliments to Uncle
Peter" Durisoe for a jar of excel
lent orange jelly and bottle of a very
appetizing drink, which he has label,
ed Candidates Delight" He has a
new wagon, and its sides bear the in.
scription in very ornate letters, "Un.
Gle Peter" Besides supplying the
Ocala market with various products
he has shipped any number Of wild or
ange seed to other parts OF the state,
for which he has received very at
tractive price.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20
EXPRESS RATES ON AGGREGATE
SHIPMENTS

At the meeting of the growers anu
express representatives in this city
Thursday a very amicable agreement
was reached. 1t was shown that lots
aggregating over one hundred pounds
could be shipped on much cheaper
basis than the single crate rate
which has been the system in force
ND to February 1st, but which was
abandoned through the recent ruling
of the interstate commerce commits
sion.
The express companies are now ao-
vertising the new rates and the meth
DDS of figuring them, which. If not
understood by the general pubic
will be understood by the shippers
and express agents, and in the doing
Of which the shippers will save few
cents on every shipment of ten or
more crates.
The express representatives also
promised to reimburse all shippers
for all overcharges made by any OF
the employees of the company because
of a misunderstanding as to the prop
er method of figuring the rates under
the rules prescribed by the interstate
commerce commission.
A new rate was granted on beets in
barrels or crates, which will make 1t
possible to ship beets by express.
| Pity the woes of a congressman.
/ We are constrained to make this re-
mark from the fact that the Key
/ West Journal, after reprinting the ap-
preparations recommended for the riv-
! ers and harbors of Florida, says that
Key West is left out of the budget
she comes in for not one penny. Then
the Journal goes on to say: land
when our representative, the Hon.
Claude L'Engle, promised the people
of this city SO faithfully that he would
| look after Key Vests interests" tLat
he would get everything for Key
West that possibly could be secured.
Key West gave Mr.. L'Engle a mighty
handsome vote last time; it rolled up
a majority that must have made him
feel mighty good over his showing in
this city and county. And. with all
that, could you. Mr.. L'Engle, forget
your promises so soon? We wonder
If Congressman L'Engle ever appear
ed before the committee and urged
Key Vests claims for portion of
that appropriation. Did you, Mr..
L'Engle? If you did, you owe it to
yourself and your Key West friends
and former supporters to state the
fact, and explain why we did not come
in for part of that forty-three millions
OF dollars"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Morton F. Plants offer to pay the
city's one-third and third of the
county's cost in paving Fort Harrison
avenue with brick Is a generous and
public-spirited one and should be &C
cepted unanimously. The mayor and
council OF Clearwater have already
acted favorably upon the proposition.
and County Commissioner Lowe can
do nothing less than Join hands with
the city and show Mr. Plant that Pi
neilas county as we'll as the city OF
Clearwater, appreciates the public
spirit and kindly feeling which
prompted this gift.-Clearwater
News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Lakeland's great white way shone
forth in all its resplendant glory to-
night, and Lakeland now bears the
distinction of being the only town
between Tampa and Jacksonville with
a white way system. There is in the
system over 1900 feet of installation,
sixty-three handsome iron standards,
bearing five cluster lamps, each clus-
ter giving out $40 candle power light,
or 3400 candle power to the block,
there being an average of ten stand
ards to each block, five on either side
of the street, and about sixty to sew
enty feet apart-Lakeland Notes in
Times-Union of the 9Th.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

With sobs and signs and shrieks,
a brigade of moral uplift' agitators
tells us the country is going to the
dogs along the sloping. slippery road
of irreligion. Now comes the Federal
Council of Churches with facts and
figures Church membership is grow
ing as fast as population. 1t is cruel
thus TO balk the sob squad-or would
be II Il ever regarded facts.-WOrld.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

cod bless the flagi Let it float and
The sky with its beauty; our heart
strings thrill
To the low, sweet chant of its wind
swept bars,
And the chorus of all its clustered
stars.
Embrace II, o mothers! and heroes
shall grow,
while its colors blush warm on your
bosom Gf snow.
defend IL o fathers; there's no sweet
er death
Than To float its fair folds with sol
dier's last breath.
And love IL. O children, be true to
the sires
Who woye Il in plain by the old camp
fires.
Samuel l.. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

A reading-glass of good magnifying
mower has many uses in the home be-
aides helping the sight of the aged
If such a glass is kept in the sewing
>machine drawer 1t will add in thread
ing a fine needle quickly. II is also
useful to locate the splinter in the
chiid's hurt finger. and examine any
wounds and sores. The names of
places on small maps are in such fine
type that II will be OF much use with
any atlas, especially in the evening.
n ought to be used frequently to
snare straining the sight.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

The invasion of mans domain con-
tinues with increasing vigOr. A num-
Der of women propose to run a farm
of 400 acres in Sussex without the aid
of men. Some fly women will be EN-
ployed and the managers estimate
that a profit of $4,000 year will be
realized after all expenses are met
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Miss Mary Burford. after a pleasant
visit with Miss Carol Perrenot, at the
Conservatory of Music at Cincinnati.
is Row visiting Mr.. and Mrs Lewis A.
Shepherd in Chicago.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Former Governor Sulzer pinning
his hopes of good government upon
the return to power of former Gov.
Roosevelt is an episode worthy of
historical painting. II the two can
carry each other to a political resur-
yectiou, something interesting may
come of it.-World.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Mr.. John Fabyan was in from
Leesburg Monday. He is building an
elegant home on his Sunnyside place
on Lake Harris. near Leesburg.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

The Order OF Moose Of ocaIa are
anticipating a big time at the Gaspar.
TIA festivities a. Tampa Hext week.
Fhey have chartered a special can
and will go down In a hody.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Mrs. Zellner of Atlanta is a guest
al the home of her brother, Mr. u. T.
Chambliss, having arrived in the city
last week.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

a wise old owl sat in an oak,
The more he looked the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard
Let's imitae this wise old bird"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

MIR. and Mrs. r. A. Green OF Ocala
spent Sunday in the city guests at
the DeSoto hotel.-Tampa Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Mr.. r. l.. Anderson. who has been
quite sick for the past few weeks Is
very much better.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

"Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
The which her father sold in town,
And he was fieeced also"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

Plans are being made for the re-
modelling and improvements On the
Commercial Bank building
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-20

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
IS BEGUN
INTO SEIZURE
Of BODY
Border Commander Ordered to
See That Reported Raid by
Rangers Isn't Repeated.
Continued From Page I.

"stampeded" by the sensational re-
ports telegraphed from the border,
and sat tight on the Mexican lid.
The President minated that he
had received official advices that
Mexican officials had consented to
the removal of Vergars's body. al
though the administration had no
knowledge in advance of plans for
getting Nergara's remains.
It is understood the President
wants a complete statement from
Governor Colquitt, of Texas, but be-
lieves there are no complications in
sight a t present.
Alarm High at First.
Alarm over the Mexican situation
ran high in Government circles for
many hours o-day, following the re-
ceipt of dispatches from the border
sta ting that party of Texas Rangers
had invaded Mexico and had recov-
cred the body of Vergara, the Ameri
can hanged by Federal troops near
Hidalgo.
Belief that Intervention in Mexico
would be forced by the methods Of the
Texans was frankly expressed in
many quarters, but the excitement
was quelled in great measure by the
ItCClBl VI TIC AOtAONlnb bASRoNNA iNOii
Governor 0. B. Colquitt, of the Lone
Star State:
Captain John B. Sanders, COM
handing Company B. Texas Rangers,
at Laredo. advises me by telegraph
that he has recovered the body Of
Clemente Nargara.
Body Secretly Delivered.
Il wired him for full particulars. he
advises me that he did not go into
Mexico at all. but was Informed that
the body OF Vergara would be deliv-
cred on the Texas side Of the river at
a placed named at $3.50 O'Clock Sun
day morning. He went there and
found It,
AS to VINO brought it across TIE
river he says he does not know. He
said he had no assistance in this mat
ter from the family and relatives OF
Vereara. who. however, fully ident-
fed the body"
Secretary of State Bryan returned
early to-day from his trip TO Spring
field. Mass, and Immediately took the
helm at the State Department, where
Assistant Secretary Osborne mao
been in charge during the absence OF
his chief Mr. Bryan Immediately
sent a long cipher dispatch to United
State Consul Garrett at LAREDO, ask
ing for a full report on the case.
Secretary Bryan refused g dlscuss
the recovery OF Vergara's body
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09

der and other outrageous crimes by
Mexicans upon Americans which ne
personally has investigated.
After discussing the dut'' which the
United States owes in Mexico. TO its
own citizens and TO other countries,
Senator Fall said:
I'VE owe the duty to ourselves 20
avoid the imminent danger OF con-
f1ict with some other country growing
out of the conditions in Mexico ana
our policy in dealing with that coun-
try. We owe a duty to the Mexican
people themselves, and we owe a duty
to humanity which we can not escape
Situation Grows Worse.
Il realize, Mr.. President, and no
one more fully, the consequences
which might ensue in taking the nec-
essary step to discharge the duty to
which | have referred. To deter ac-
ton is to aggravate the condition aud
invite more serious consequences.
with the solemn declaration that
we do not war upon the Mexican ma
ton or people, that it is not our pur-
pose to acquire territory, upset their
laws, or overturn their Constitution
and with an invitation to the masses
of the Mexican people to cooperate
with us, we should Immediately d.
rect the use of the land and naval
forces of this Government for the
protection of our citizens and other
foreigners in Mexico, wherever found,
and lend their assistance to the res
toration of order and the mainten-
ance OF people in that unhappy coun-
try, and the placing of the admin
istrative functions in the hands of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
Texans Threaten to
"Kill the Greasers. -

LAREDO, TEXAS, March 9.-open
threats to xiii the greasers' were
heard on the streets Of Laredo to-day
following the discovery of proof that
Clements Vergara, the American ranch
man murdered by Mexican Federals'
had been brutally tortured before death
ended his sufterings. The local au-
thorities fear that MeXicans living here
will he attacked tonight and citizens
OF the southern republic were warned
to keep off the streets.
Vergara's body, following its recovery
from a shallow grave in Hidalgo Gem
etery. lay on a slab in the local under
taking shop to-day, while Mrs. Nergara
wept over 1t.
tntiI the body was brought here she
refused to give up hope that her hus-
band was still alive. and it was fearel
that the shock will drive her insane.
The body Of Vergara itself gave evil
dence to prove that he had been tor
tured by fire and beatings. This is the
evidence:
Charred fingers on the left hand.
Two bullet holes in the head and one
in the neck.
That cowboys from vergara's ranch
were the raiders who crossed the
border and recovered the body of their
employer was the general belief here.
Official denials from Captain John b.
Sanders set at rest rumors that Texas
Rangers had gone into Mexico.
Captain Sanders said that he had
been notified that the body could be
found on American soil near the YER
CARA ranch and had gone TO the snot
Indicated with his men and found the
remains.
There is little doubt, however, that
the men who recovered the body were
Americans. though the only clew by
which they can be traced is shovel
with which they opened the grave.
This was left At rhe "tacs NJ hnriai with
card attached bearing the single
word "recuerdos,' meaning ''remem-
brances"