The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-05-22

Christmas day to receive a box from
st. Augustine, addressed to the little
fellow, in our care, and upon opening
it to find metal train of cars, bear.
ing the following inscription: The
Florida East Coast Railway, Harris
Powers, General Superintendent
with so many cares and RESPONSE
bilities crowding upon him, so many
colossal enterprises to keep in touch
with, busy fighting peonage and other
cases in the United States court, and
an hundred other things to occupy his
attention, 1t seems to us that it was a
most remarkable thing for him to car
ry so small a matter in his mind as
that for so long a time and to formu-
late SO pleasing and fitting a termi-
nation to the incident. To our mind
1t exhibits a phase of character that
is as pleasing as it is wonderful, and
shows a striking kinship to one who
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child in his arms and blessed it and
likened the kingdom of heaven unto
little children.
All up and down the east coast
many stories are in circulation of Mr..
Flagler's generosity.
His munificence is not confined to
gifts to schools nor the building of
chapels and churches, but many in
the lowly walks of life have sto-
ries to tell of his bounty. If half the
stories told of him be true he has a
stream of warm, sympathetic blood
flowing through his veins.
I'm the funeral Grafton over the re-
mains of his brother, Colonel Robert
Ingersoll said that if a single flower
were placed on his grave for every
good deed that he had done he would
be buried beneath a wilderness OF
flowers.
when Mr.. Flagler shall have run
his course if those whom he has ben
Gifted deposit tiny twig on his grave
he will need no other shaft to perpet
uate his memory.
His benefactions have been many
but his gifts have never been accom-
panied by the blowing of trumpets
He has rather followed the biblical in
junction in not permitting his left
hand to know the doings of his right
hand.
Every application for help is care
fully examined, and if the applicant
is found worthy, whether having any
claims on his bounty or not, he is
rarely turned away empty handed.
"Mr. Flagler can say in the Ian
guage of Logan, one of the most cele
brated Indian chieftains: No white
| man ever entered Logan's cabin hun
cry and he gave him not food; naked
and he clothed him not
''Mr. Flagler carries his broad-mind
ed catholicism into his business life
when he was building one of his
famous notes.-the Royal Palm-ht
! became acquainted with DR.. j. M
Jackson, young piney-woods physi
clan from Levy county, and made hin
hotel physician. When he began the
construction OF the East Coast extern
sion he got acquainted with Mayor
Lummus of Miami, also a product o
Levy county, and put him in charge
of the commissaTy department ant
he furnished all the supplies for thu
line of the road. Mr.. Flagler owns j.;
controlling share of the stock of tht
Times.Union, and as he wanted it tt
promote the highest interest of thu
state his quick perception and liberia
policy told him to place the destiny o
| that paper in the hands of those ma
tive to the south and to the name
born, and he did so; and in the selec
ton of wife he chose a southern wo
man.
when he became either
amongst us he became a citizen IN
deed and he can we'll say in the Ian
guage of Ruth: Thy people shall b.
my people, and thy God my God"
From Daily Banner, May goth:
FAMOUS AND FAMILIAR FIRMS