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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08
LIFE AT wEIRspALr

IN. Rawls and T. A. Petev,..
transacted business in OcaIa Tim.
day.
w. H. Buckley, wife, mother and Il.
ter were in Leesburg Thursday.
Mrs. R. L. Lyle visited and tradAa
in Ocala Wednesday and THURSDAY
Mrs. VIM. Schmidt of South IaL.
Weir, traded in Ocala Thursday
Rev.sJ. A. Logan was a Leesbu,v
caller Wednesday.
o. W. Gates, brother of C. s Gates
of South Lake Weir. visited here m
Wednesday and Thursday. Mr.. Gates
spends his winters in Jacksonville
ocala claimed as Saturday traders
from here Mr.. and Mrs. ]. s. she,
man, Mrs. Adams and child, Miss MN.
ray and C. w. Willard.
Sam Elder and H. James witnesses
the ball game at Oklawaha SATURDAY.
afternoon. Several from here also
drove over
Mrs. A. Cataruza, whose health does
not improve as all might wish, was
consulting an Oca1a physician Mon.
day.
Joe Rast of Leesburg visited his
brother here the first of the week
VIM. Shook traded in OcaIa Mon
day.
Our winter tourists, who have oc.
cupied one of the Buckley cottages BY
the lake, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Melon.
aid, of Patterson, n. J., left for their
northern home Monday. These good
fcIKJ have rented the same cottage
for another winter, so Lake Weir has
gained new friends.
VIM. Buckley and wife and the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. E. Schnitzler, and
Miss Florence, autoed to Ocala and
return on Tuesday.
The many friends of Mrs. NJ. s. Car.
nahan will be truly glad to learn that
she is considered much better. Mrs
Carnahan has been quite sick for sey.
eral days.
The road men have finished the
road south to the county line, and are
now re-surfacing from the Douglass
store north to the church, We have
not heard what the future plans are
but hope that they will now begin
work west to Summerfield.
Our new mill men are rapidly build
ing houses for their families and lay
ing the foundation for the big new
mill.
Our school closing picnic last Fri.
day at Stanton was well attended and
very much enjoyed. We have had a
very successful school year, and here
is hoping that Miss Cora Murray, the
teacher, will be returned.-Cor. to
Summerfield Chronicle.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08

The silver medal contest, under IVY
auspices of the w. c. T. u, VIM
was held at the Temple Wednesus,,
night, was well attended. The meua'
was won by Master Fred Perry -
subjec tof his recitation was ~
Lips That Touch Liquor win Ns'"
Touch Nine" The medal was p'e
sented by Rev. Bunyan STEPHENS :
the Baptist church. There were 80
entries for the medal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08
TWO FUNERALS WEDNESDAY

Wednesday morning at the Baptist
church, at half past ten o'clock, the
funeral services over the body of the
late Elmer Small were conducted by
Rev. Bunyan Stephens. Following the
body into the church were the young
pail bearers, Messrs. Carlton Erwin,
Claude Hickkel, Dick Stroud, Joe Bor-
den, Welsh Dewey and Charles Simp-
son, and following the pail bearers
came the members of the class of
1914 of the Ocala High School, of
which the deceased was a member
until last year. The coffin was COW
cred with flowers, which had been wa
tered by the tears of those who sent
them. The funeral was a sweetly sol
emn one and very sad Music was
rendered by the Baptist choir.
The body of Mr. Small will be in
tered at $3.50 o'clock this morning,
the burial being deferred until the
young mans sister can arrive from
Alabama.
At four o'clock in the afternoon the
funeral of Mr.. Robert Whitfield.
whose tragic death was noted in these
columns Wednesday, was held from
the home of his aunt, Mrs. C. v. Rob
erts, and the services were attended
by many of the friends of the deceas-
ed and his family. Rev. Bunyan Ste
phens and Rev. Roy Bowers conduct
ed the impressive funerat.
After the service the body was con-
veyed to Greenwood cemetery and
laid away there to await the resurrec-
ton morn.
The pail bearers at the funeral of
Mr. Whitfield, whose sudden death
brought sorrow to his family and
friends, were Messrs. Frank Gates
Neil Ferguson, Walter Marsh. s B.
Hawk, E. A. Mobley and Harry Cole.
all members of his Sunday school
class.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08

Mrs. Willard and Mrs. Grace VIZ
lard Robinson, nee Schnitzler, MIS-
Schnitzler and several other LaAs
Weir residents were in Ocala Wen
nesday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08

In respect to the memory of Elmer
Small, brother of Homer Small, one
of the o H. S. graduates this year, the
balance of the parties planned in hon.
or Of the class have been cancelled.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08

Mr.. Fort and Mr.. Luffman so 10
have no opposition for county Gun
missioner from the fourth and nln
districts, respectively.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08

The Kings Daughters will meet
this afternoon at o'clock at the
Methodist church.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08

Mr.. F. P. Crowell, the well known
gas engineer of Atlanta, Ca, is in the
city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-08

Mr.. ]. E. Howell has gone to Jack
sonville for peep at the reunion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
DECEMBER 10
Countess Warwick Countess of Loveace Emily Dickinson
BY MARY MARSHALL.

q portion of her husbands estate
called the wilderness garden" and
there mediate and pray in solitude.
She devoted her life to works OF piety
and charity, and the home of the
Earl and Countess Of warwick was
a celebrated meeting place for the
leading Puritan divines of the time.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, who
was born December 10, 1880, was an
eccentric American poet of consider
able ability. She was born in Massa-
chusetts and remained there almost
all her life, being one of the early
graduates from Mount E1olyoke Col
lege, not far away from her home.
AS she grew older she developed a
strange distaste for society, and while
at first she simply avoided it, she
later refused to see any one but her
immediate family and finally would
not even write the addresses on the
letters she wrote because of her UNI
willingness to let her handwriting be
seen so publicly But she continued
to keep up q large correspondence,
and through her brilliant letters kept
MANY valuable friendships through
out her life. After her death 1,O00
poems that she had been engaged in
writing throughout her life were dis
covered in her desk. none OF which
had ever been published, or, appar-
entity. ever read by any one save their
author These possessed considerable
merit and were published with great
success not long after her death.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10
COUNTY TAX BOARDS MUST GO.

The county boards of equalization of taxes which
have been fighting for their life for several years
past, appear at last to be doomed. The proposition
to abolish these tribunals has appeared in every Leg
islature since they created but for the first
time it has reached the point of adoption viz
tually caucus program of party in power in both
branches The decision of the joint conference of the
Republican majority in the incoming Legislature
to settle the point that sxty-three pacehoders
to lose their jobs
The chief popular objection to these boards is that
they help maintain a system which favorS the rail-
roads at the expense of the general taxpayer At the
very time when they were established law was
enacted providing that railroad right of way be taxed
at the average rate in the State This has worked to-
gether with the boards OF equalization in the interest
of the railroads. The county boards, however have
done much good work in correcting inequalities of
taxation and in have been the bsne Of
competent corrupt local assessors. What ma
chinery for the review of assessments If any to be
provided in their place is yet undetermined
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10
AMERICAN RIGHTS AT SEA.

The action taken by the Newark Board OF Trade
in sending a protest to Washington against the in
reference with American by British
cruisers is timely. The great commercial interests
OF the American people have been enormously in
jured by the European and this injury is con-
tinued by a begerent power by stopping searching
and for any OBTAINING American ships in voy-
ages to neutral ports.
Neutral nations have their rights and should as
sert them. The exgencies of beigerents are not
justification for what is practically neutral
shipping Unfortunately, the international law is
determined to how far nations at go in
interfering with maritime commerce. but the neutral
knows his own rights and should resoutely stand by
them Weak acquiesence might result in keeping all
neutral ships in their ports unless the belliger-
ents control of the wanted the neutras sup
plies.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10

Two English coantesses and an
American, poet share the birthday
honors of December 10. Ada Augusta,
Countess of LoNelace, was the only
child of the poet Byron. She was
born ninety-nine years ago today.
Aside from the fact that she was the
only child of so celebrated a person
as Lord Byron, she gained consider
able reputation 80 a mathematician.
The other English countess who
was born on December 10 was Mary
Rich, who lived three centuries ago.
She was the daughter of an English
nobieman who had succeeded in
marrying off his six eldest daughters
with great distinction. When it
came time for the youngest one,
Mary, to be married the father tried
to persuade her to marry the only
son of viscount, but Mary was
obdurate and refused to be married.
In fact, she had decided to marry
Charles, the second son of the Earl
of Warwick, man without wealth
and, being the second son, not likely
to come into title. Mary was BAN
islaed from home to little place near
Hampton court, and here she met and
secretly married the man she loved.
AS events turned out the portionless
son eventually did succeed TO his
fathers title and estates.
After her marriage Mary became
very religious. Every morning, Win
ter and summer, she would retire 10
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10

so sharp as almost to make Christ
mas seem a mockery, and we might
be pardoned for yielding to cynicism
but for one thing, and that is that In
this country, at least, we are in a
fair way to learn the lesson which
the war was perhaps designed to
teach, to apply practically the mes
sage Of peace and good will With
many Of us, probably with most of
us, Christmas in times of long-con-
tinued national prosperity is in dan
ger of losing much Of it's vitality and
meaning. We are inclined to regard
it simply as holiday, festival of
indulgence and jollification, and to
forget the idea that is behind it all
the proclamation of brotherhood, the
declaration of independence from the
tyranny of hate and prejudice.
But this year we shall all dwell on
this idea as we have not done for
many year in the past, and the real
spirit Of Christmas will fill our hearts
as never before. 1t is horrible time.
and yet it is a beautiful time, be-
cause amid the blood and agony Of
the nations and the smoke OF battle
we hear distinctly once more the
angelic song of good will, and feel. as
seldom before, the impulse to respond
to it. Baltimore is showing at this
moment that it has awakened to tho
realization of the real Christmas
spirit, and so is every other section Of
the country. With generosity un-
paralleled we are sending out ship
after ship with suceor for the dis
tressed abroad, and with equal ear
nestness and devotion we are giving
of our abundance or of our poverty
to those among us who are ready TO
perish.
We are learning wars lesson on this
side of the water at least, the lesson
that loving kindness and helpfulness
are the true conquerors OF the earth,
the only princes whose sway will ever
last. In the gloom Of the dreadful
tragedy that holds Europe in its
awful grasp we should be thankful
| that it has brought TO us again the
real Christmas. a Christmas to be
remembered always as one set apart
by it's RECONSIDERATION of ourselves to
the higher life Of genuine kindness
| and service.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10
UPLTFT TALKS
THE MIGHT OF TRIPLES
by oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN,
Author OF Pushing to the Front Etc
Copyrighted 1914.

tiers into our life structure 40
matter of fact there are no little
things considered from their results
The great majority of things we do
in life seem in themselves trifies. bur
the accumulated mass of these
throughout the years and the results
which follow are not little THINGS.
they determine our destiny.
The man who has no detail in his
nature, who feels above the smallest
things, viii never succeed in any
thing.
We often see a $5,000-man in a
81 900 situation, and wonder whv II
is So That is, we often see a, Young
man with splendid abilities and fine
education; a man who, in MANY re
spects, is much superior to the man
ager or foreman over him, yet who
is kept down by some bad habit. some
little weakness, or some little defect
somewhere. Young people do moi
seem to realize that the strength of
a chain lies in its weakest, and moi
in its strongest, link. We are all apt
to be proud of our strong links, and
are constantly trying to make them
stronger, but we are sensitive about
the weak ones; we do not like to
dwell upon our deficiencies. Conse-
quent1y, the weak links grow weaker
and weaker, until they finally break.
We all know how a mere trifie will
sometimes seriously injure mans
or a FIRMS credit Just a. breath OF
suspicion that the firm is hard press
ed for money, and the creditors all
rush for their money! breath OF
suspicion about the solvency OF a
banking institution, and immediately
there is a run on the bank.
1t is the same with a person's char
aoter. Many a seemingly trifiing re-
mark has blasted a good reputation
and ruined an innocent life.
''It is but the littleness Of men that
seeth no greatness in trifies.'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10
REGISTRATION BY MAI

There is wisdom and justice, TOO, in the reported
purpose of Governor-elect Whitman, of New York
State, to recommend amendment to the election
laws that will permit commercial travellers regis
ter by mail The purpose of registration law is to
prevent fraud but it also prevents voting the
part of many desirable citizens Among these are
clergymen teachers schools and colleges, well
as statesmen 1t frequently happens that some clergy
men whose duties require them to meet appointments
here and there are considerable distances from
home registration day and cannot return for reg
istration without loss of time and money. CONNER
cia travellers even more at a disadvantage when
it comes registration day and they many miles
away from home. The expedient of permitting them
to register by mail is good They usually
Well known in their voting ward or precinct and
cannot be mistaken for repeaters The object OF
registration provide list OF prospective voters
for inquiry if necessary.
The requirement making it necessary for voter
removing from State into another to remain for
year before he vote often deprives clergymen
and college teachers of the privilege of voting An
instance in illustration is that of a clergyman who
unable to vote in four presidential elections be-
cause in the changes that he made four States we're
involved, and it happened that he was not in
quite long enough when the presidential election
rolled around to permit him to vote The same fact
dppHeS 10 the Oh coleBe when
going TO fields in another State. Clergymen and
teachers of the classes from which repeaters
come, and the votes that express their judgment
might be regarded desirable.
1t would seem that registration card, difficult to
issued by the State application, might
prove expedient that would guard desirable voters
in their rights and privileges Such card.
mova to another State, or to another part of the
same State, could be deposited with the registration
officers of his place residence by the applicant
or the registration officers in State could forward
1t to the registration officers in another State at the
voters request. Such method in addition to regis
tration by mail would the rights of voters.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10

What we learn from time to time
Of the songs sung by the soldiers
in the war is as much help in MAX
ing their life vivid to US as the
photographs that we see. we Know
that TITS a Long, Long Way to Tip
perary'' is popular to a wonderful
degree among the British, and that
their French comrades have sdopted
if: we hear OF the German troops
singing, as they gayly marched INTO
Louvain, every Little Movement
Has a Meaning of Its Own" We
hear also that they sing In the
Night not to mention the "Wacht
am Rhein' and Deutschland,
Deutschland uber Allies" the music
of which is that of the familiar hymn
tune we know as Austria"
The French use some of the airs
Of the revolution-the "Msrseillaise"
and the "Carmagnole," and also the
famous "Malbrouck," which goes
back to the victory of Marlborough
AT Malplaquet in 1909, and to which
we sing the words, For He's jolly
Good Fellow" We hear, too, of
bands playing John Browns Body
and Marching Through georgia
The comment thst is generally
made on the soldiers taste is that
the patriotic quality in a song seems
to count little with him. He is likely
to prefer some ditty with common,
if not vulgar, associations. Thus, in
Cuba sixteen years ago, the men
took as their favorite song, "A Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight" and
the repetition of the tune never failed
to bring them comfort and cheer.
The explanation of this apparent
depravity is that what the soldier
needs most, both in his round of
daily duties and on the field of bat
tie. is not the inspiration of patriot
ism, but the present certainty that
he and his comrades are one. Mu-
| tual reliance is the spring of both of
attack and of defense, and nothing
spreads that feeling of union so sure
ly as singing. The rhythmic impulse
| OF the music strikes through the men
simultaneously, and binds the indi-
viduals together into a body that has
a power much greater than that of
the sum of all its parts. AS every
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
An Eccentric Lawyer Of the Last Century

which emphasized certain other &C.
centricities4 Tho late John Swinton,
who was for years chief of the staff
under Mr. Dams in the Sun editorial
department, once described to me
what he regarded as the extraordi-
nary eccentricfties of Mr.. Bartlett.
He did this in the most sympathetic
manner, for he was himself Q, pro
found admirer of Mr.. Bartlett's in
tellectual powers.
Mr.. Swinton said; IT have heard
that Rufus Choate never knew how
much money he had in bank or
whether he had any, and ! have been
told on excellent authority that Dan
iel Webster was rather slipshod in
his financial management. Neither OF
these characteristics can be attrib-
uted to Mr.. Bartlett, and yet ] think
his financial methods are without any
parallel. He keeps no bank account.
When he is paid money-and he is
sometimes paid large sums-he keeps
it either in his safe or sometimes in
his inside pocket When he wants TO
pay bill he withdraws the money
either from the safe or the inside
pocket. He has few bills to pay be-
cause he has a horror OF debt.
heard recently of one payment which
was made to him about a year ago
for professional services OF $4,000. He
put all of that money into an inside
pocket, carried it around with him
day after day, and when he wanted
to make use of any money ne with
drew from this fund.
Lawyers, even the best of them,
are capable OF curious personal fnan-
cial methods, but doubt II there is a
case on record equal to Mr.. Bartlett g
ecentricity in this respect. II he
had had little more ambition and il
he had not shrunk so thoroughly
from notoriety he would have gained
by this time one OF the finest repn-
tations for mastery handling Of the
English language secured by any
American"
Copyright, 1914, by e. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10

From an eye witnesses account Of
General Won Kluck's stay at Coulom-
miers, 1t appears that very trif1ing
cause contributed most materially to
the allies victory on the Marine. At
the most critical point of the battle
the German headquarters we're in alb
solute darkness, and it was diScoV-
cred that the gasometers were empty,
the fires out and that the engineers
had fled. Thus, because of a trifiing
oversight of some one in authority,
General Won Kluck was forced next
day to withdraw his troops from the
town he had entered only a short time
before with pride and confidence
Charles Dickens. in "All the Year
Round" says, Some one was asked,
What is a genius?' He replied, "A
being who pays attention to trifies.
One of the hardest things to learn
is that the greatest lives are made up
of trif1es. Emergencies, great things,
occur rarely in our lives. 1t is the
steady stream of little things, trifies,
unimportant events, experiences SO
small as scarcely to warrant consid-
GRAFTON which make up the sum total
of life.
The cackling Of a goose aroused the
sentineIs and saved Rome from the
6duiS, ana the pain from a. JIAStAo
warned Scotch army of the APP
proach of the Danes.
Henry Ward Beecher came within
one vote of being elected superin-
tendsnt of a railway. If he had had
that vote America would probably
have lost its greatest preacher. What
a little thing fixes destiny!
We are apt TO think that it doesn't
matter very much about seemingly
uninportant habits, and that il is of
no account how we do the little
things, the non-essentials, as we call
them. But it does make all the diff
ference in the world because our
manner of doing the little things en-