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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
THE WISE VIRGINS

Then shall the kingdom of heaven
be Hkened unto ten virgins, which
took their lamps, and went forth TO
meet the bridegroom.
2. And five of them were wise, and
i've were foolish.
). They that were foolish took
their lamps, and took nc oil with
them:
4. ~ the wise took oil il t1eir
vessels ml.h their lamps.
5. While the Bridegroom tarried,
they all slumbered slept.
s. Ana at nlJ4.:ght there was a
cry made Behold, the bridegru,l--
cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Z. Then all those virgins arose,
and trimmed their lamps.
8. And the foolish said unto tine
wise, give US your oil, for our lamps
are gone out.
8. But the wise answered, saying.
Not so; let there be not enough for
us and you; but go We rather to them
that SELL and buy for yourselves.
10. And while they went to buy,
the bridegroom came; and they that
were ready went in with him to the
| marriage; and the door was shut
II. Afterwards came also the other
virgins, saying Lord, Lord, open to us.
II. But he answered and said Yer.
ly l say unto you, I know you not.
IS. Watch therefore; for We know
neither the day nor the hour wherein
he Son OF man cometh.
-Matt-24: 1-13.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
ILLUSTRATED TALK FRIDAY
NIGHT

Mr Byron A. Lick. who is sent out
hy the Panama Pacific Exposition.
gave an illustrated talk Friday night
on the public square. advertising and
Illustrating this gigantic enterprise
which Is 20 be one Of the biggest ex.
position ever undertaken. Il will Gel
citrate the opening OF the wonderful
Panama canal which Is 90 revolution
ize the commerce Of the nations. toll
or no ton.
Mr.. Lick's lecture was very inter
esfing and was Of much educational
value 10 those who expect 10 visit the
exposition. and also 20 those who do
not On a big screen on the court
house many exquisite pictures OF the
great canal. the great work Of digging
Il. etc. the beautiful scenery on route
60 san Francisco on many OF the va
rious r0utes-hy Denver. by the
Grand Canyon. pictures OF the Yosem-
ite Valley and many places in Califor-
MA. the greatest state On the country.
except Florida. and pictures OF the ex-
position grounds and buildings. and
many others 4 big crowd Witnessed
the pictures and enjoyed them as well
a. Nr Lexis excellent talk.
The title % the lot recently pre-
scented 70 the woman's Club by Mrs.
Jake Brown has been cleared up OF
the slight flaws IN Il. and very soor
now the work on the pretty club
building WIN be commenced. On ac-
count Of the change in the lot the
plans have also had 70 be changed,
and as soon as they can be gotten
IN shape the work viii begin as the
building materials have already ar
rived and the same are on the ground.
just waiting until the plans are en-
tirely finished
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case Of Catarrh thar
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known +. J.
Cheney for the last IS years. and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able TO Gerry
out any obligations made by his firm
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and nlii@
cous surfaces OF tho system. Testimonials
sent free. Price IS cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
lake Halls Family Plus for constipation.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
MEMBERS ONLY"

At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Lake Weir Yacht Club,
in connection with the directors of
the incorporated Club Association,
the following rule was adopted:
Members are prohibited from in
viting to the club house any male
guest who resides within 80 miles OF
East Lake, except when the house has
been rented for private party. The
executive committee shall expel any
member who violates this RULE"
1t was alleged that the club had
been quite literally patronized the
past year by men who are not mem
bers. 1t was also reported that sew
eral members had declined to pay
their dues, saying that they would use
the club privileges without paying
The new rule is very plain. II any
man wishes to attend the club parties
use the bath houses or fish from the
dock, be mus become a member. He
can no longer enjoy these privileges
as an invited guest of some member
The officers of the club are determin
ed to prevent any further abuse of its
privileges.
Members vino desire to entertain
their male friends at the club house
may rent it. The rental fee was re
duced from 81 to SIS, including use O
the Victrola.
S. R. Hall, postmaster at East Lake
was elected a member of the house
committee to succeed n. H. DeLane
resigned. J. G. Lege is chairman O
the committee. Applications for rent
al of the club house should be made
to Mr.. Lege or to Mr.. Hail. Keys K
the club house may be purchased By
members from Mr.. Hall.
The club house will be open ever!
Thursday evening during the sprins
and summer for an informal dance.
The membership continues to grow
Six residents of Belleview were elect
ed and one from Ocala and one from
East Lake at the committee meeting
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
ALCOHOL AND THE ARMY

The following is from the pen OF
John w. C. Abbott, captain of the
Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. Army.
commanding the Seyenty-Seventh Co.
Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Barrancas,
Fla
"The post exchange as now run IS
really a cooperative general merchan-
disc store for the benefit of the en-
listed men of the post; the invest
ment of my company in the exchange
here is s1040, and my company re-
ceives a dividend of about $50 a
month.
THE men are permitted credit at
the post exchange each month to the
amount of one-third of their pay.
Many of the men use their entire
credit allowance purchasing articles
of food and clothing, which are useful
to them, and which they would do
without if they could use their credit
in purchasing beer or other alcoholic
/ liquor.
| "That the health of the men would
be improved by selling beer on the
reservation is. statement that / do
not credit at all. With my own COM
pany it could not be true, as l have
practically no sickness in the organi-
cation. Day after day there is no one
/ sick in the, company and its enlisted
strength is about 100 men.
Neither do / credit the statement
that the discipline of the command
would be improved by the sale of al
cohol to the men.
I Il know of no fact that favors the
sale of liquor to the men under any
conditions and my observation is that
any sale to them is injurious mental
ly, morally and physically and breaks
down instead of promoting discip-
line. - Chicago Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Ocala is to have yet another lovely
representative at the big reunion i'm
Jacksonville next month in the person
of Miss Josephine Bullock, who will
be on the staff of her cousin, General
Julian Carr of North Carolina, one OF
the most prominent Confederate Vet
Grams in the entire, south. This hon
or is peculiarly fitting, Miss Bullock
being a lovely granddaughter of the
late General Robert Bullock of this
city, one of Florida's grand old men,
and one beloved wherever he was
known. ocala's other representatives
for the Veterans and Sons of Veter-
ans, already noted in these columns.
are Misses Janet Weathers, Betty Nc
liver, Lucy Moorhead, Victoria Ray
sor and Mamie Taylor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

In an automobile ride around the
city Saturday, showing friend from
Tampa "the sights" reporter oil
this paper, in going through the
grounds of Col. r. L. Anderson, stop
ped long enough to look at his straw
berry patch. Every vine seemed to
be loaded down with fruit, and OF
very large size. The fruit was sc
large and aof such perfect color that
enough to fill small jar was left with
Secretary Rooney, and he has them
preserved in alcohol, to show visitors
what can be grown in the strawberry
line. They were as sweet and lus-
cious as they were immense in size.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
THREE BIG MEN HAVE A BIG
TIME IN FLORIDA

John Burroughs, the naturalist of
world renown. stopped in Atlanta for
an hour on his way back to New
York from his trip to Fort Myers,
where he was the guest with Henry
Ford. Of automobile fame, with
Thomas Edison.
lie told Of how Edison is sleeping
twelve hours ont OF the twenty-four,
how TIE three OF them went fishing
in the Caloosahatchee for tarpon ana
perch. how Ford shot a water moe
casin through the head at fifty yards
range. how they drove twenty miles
10 Lake oRechobee; of the curious
sect near Fort Myers that believes
everybody is living inside the earth,
OF their guests at Edison's home
there. Dr.. Cook, Detective Burns and
others
Wen" he said, I'VE had q great
time. Edison is a wonderful man.
He Is resting, sleeping half the time,
doing very little work. We went fish
ing lots of tines and got tsrrihlv sun
burned. Edison is the best fisherman
Of the three OF US. He is so patient. /
would sit for an hour and the fish
wouldn't bite. so I'd get Disguised
and leave. And just about that time
they'd begin biting for him.
Blu. Ford is the crack shot. One
snake stuck his head up ON a lily pad
about fifty yards away. We could
Just see the tip of his head, cut Ford
took a revolver out Of his pocket and
shot him right through tlfe eye. I've
seen him at a shooting gallery down
there hit twelve clay pigeons one
after the other.
Then Ford had two or three aut1o
mobiles at Fort Myers and we rode
all around the country"
While at Fort Myers, Ford, Edison
and Burroughs went to hear a lecture
by Detective Burns, who was there
on the Chautauqua platform, together
with DIR. Cock and other notables.
Burns is a very interesting man,
said Burrougs. He came out to the
house ard talked TO US most enter
tainingly. But | didn't like his lee
ture much. He was too much like a
Methodist exhorter at times.
las for Or. Cook, he is the biggest
fakfr that ever lived. The people
went to see him just because he was
the man who tried to steal the north
pole. | didn't go to his lecture; but
one day he came out to Edisons. We
didn't want to Sc him, especially
Edison, but Cook traced Edison way
down 10 a pier and talked to him a
long time. Cook gave us all copy
OF his book. never opened mine.
Left il down there Orlando Senti-
mel.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

In his speech closing the debate on
he bill repeating the tolls exemption
2ct Speaker Clark cited the oopinion
Of Mr.. Justice White, now Chief JUS
ice White, Of the United States Su-
preme court in the case of Olsen
against Smith in which Great Britain
protested against compulsory pilotage
on, the ground that there was discrim-
nation against her shipping because
our coastwise ships were exempted
from the payment of pilotage fees In
his opinion Mr.. Justice White said
that there could be no discrimination
where there was no competition.
There was no competition between
British shipping and American coast
wise shipping because Great Britain
couldn't engage in American coast
wise trade. Mr.. Clark contended that
there was no discrimination against
great Britain in the Panama canal
tolls exemption act because only
American ships engaged in our coast
wise trade were exempted from the
payment of tolls.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

It's a far cry from Alexander H
Stephens to Claude L'Engle. The roll
ing chair is about the only point o.
resemblence.-Tampa Times. Tut
tut! Little Alex" was quite indie
pendent and courageous. He voted
for back pay" and said that Hayes
was more entitled to his seat than any
other occupant of the White House
because the legal pronouncements in
his favor made it so. Little Aleck
was quite brave in his day if he was
little.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Colonel Fl. NJ Hampton has recent
ly returned from trip to Alto, Ga
The people of Alto set up the claim
that it is the garden spot of the
world" It is the center Of the great
peach growing section, but a peach
orchard lacks a great deal of possess
ing the tropical beauty of bearing
orange grove, SO there can be no
garden spot of the world" minus
these beautiful bearing fruit trees.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
Runs on banks are often mex

Runs on banks are often mex
plicable. The Bank of Savings in New
York City. one of the largest institu-
tons of its kind in the world, not long
ago had an experience of this sort.
For some unknown reason it's deposit
tors, largely foreigners, began to with
draw their accounts. In FIVE days near
ly $2,500,000 was withdrawn by the
long line of anxious depositors. Many
of these after few days redeposited
heir savings in the same bank.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
Keep II Before the People

Keep it before the people that
drink is "a curse and a snare" and
fail not to remind them that the only
way to effectually and finally dispose
of this curse is to secure national leg
islation prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of alcoholic liquors. Nation
al constitutional prohibition has been
the slogan of the. National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union for
many years, and now that it has be-
come the watchword of every temper
ance organization in America, white
ribboners look confidently forward to
the fulufillment of the prophecy
saloonless nation in the next decade.
To this end it must be kept constant
ly before the people by printed word.
by song, by prayer, by sermon. Let
it be the keynote of every local union
meeting; refer to it. in the Bible
school; remind your pastor to preach
upon it; make it subject of prayer
at your midweek devotional service,
and forget not to mention it every
morning at the family altar
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Speaking about those progress
sives"-who at least in their own esti-
nation are the very salt of the earth
the Times Union seems to be like
good Ben Adhen. 1t leads all the
rest!" 1t is occupying place at the
top of the column and has snug
place in the very middle of the bed.
Indeed, the Times-Union was like
John in the wilderness. In the canal
tolls affair it blazed the way for the
president
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

A favorable report has been made
by the army engineers on the entire
inland waterway from ST. Georges
Sound on the west coast of the PENN
sular of Florida, to the Rio Grande.
The portion from Galveston to Cor
pus Christi, in Texas, is already in
operation and the pending river and
harbor bill makes provision for the
sections from Corpus Christi to the
Rio Grande and from Galveston to
the Louisiana line.-Orlando Sentinel.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
THE GROWTH OF NORTH ocALA

When Mr.. B. H. Seymour's dwelling
was burned in North Ocala now five
years ago there was but one dwelling
left standing in that entire section of
the city. Today there are as many
as forty, and some of them are quite
pretentious ones.
The overlapping row of trees on
one of the principal avenues are said
to be the prettiest in the city which
emphasize the fact that our wateroa6s
give beauty to city all their own.
Fully one third of the forty houses
are two stories and many are orna-
meEted with lawns and flower gar
dens which like the trees enhance the
beauty and AID to the attractions.
Among the other improvements is
a brick store building ant the neigh
bors say that its proprietors do a
very fine wholesale as well as retail
grocery business.
Mr.. Alfred Aver, our county tax
assessor, has some very pretty lots
in North Ocala and has let contracts
for the building of seven very attrac-
tive bungalows. Two of the seven
are already under construction. They
promise to be little gems in the
architectural line. The interior are
/ to be finished in beaver boards and
the cornices, doors and windows will
be of very catchy designs. Mr.. Aver
already has three houses rented in
advance of their completion and Mr..
Seymour says that there is not a va
cant house in that section of the city
and is not likely to be.
Mr.. Moffett has very pretty build
ing under way and we noticed sever
! al others.
The plans for the pretty $4,000
primary school building are already
! SO1upICtCu anu VIII OC SuUAIlIIOu W
the county school board and the sub
/ school district for their approval at
their session Monday and if they are
accepted work on the building will
commence at once.
1t is proposed to locate the canning
factory in this section of the city and
if it starts off as large as now indi-
Gated and it proves a successful VEN
ture it will add largely to the growth
of North Ocala and will give a boom
to property values.
Mr.. ]. A. Klock, a former partner
of Mr.. H. A. Kramer, has purchased
thirty acres in that part of Ocala and
expects to make some valuable i'm
provements.
Mr.. Klock has been spending the
greater part of the winter at st.
Petersburg and has been quite sue
cessful in his speculations there and
for some several weeks has been at
Lake Weir and has been equally sue
cessful there and he thinks that he
ought to be quite as successful in
Ocala and at least has the nerve to
make a trial as Ocala looks an in
viting field to him.
Altogether North Ocala is forging
ahead quite briskly and those living
there are quite contented and hope !
full.
They said to us: Watch North |
Ocala grow!"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Friday Messrs. c. +. Simmons. L.
y. Blalock. Jake Brown. b. c. Webb,
". A. Kramer. e. r. Common J. J..
Giles and j. A. Bowler went down to
Leesburg TO participate In the install
ing service OF the ROYAL Arch Ma
sons % that city. Part OF the crowd
went down in automobiles and the
balance on the train.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Commander w. w. Harriss of the
second brigade, Sons of United Con-
federate Veterans, has appointed Miss
Mamie Taylor of this city, sister of
Messrs. John, Will and James Taylor,
to represent his brigade at the re-un-
ion in Jacksonville as maid of honor,
and the honor conferred upon her has
been gracefully accepted. Miss Tay-
lor's father was a fighting soldier, and
was a member of North Carolina
regiment, whose record stands out
very prominently in Confederate an
nails. II. $3.50 81
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Christian AK who have
spent the winter in Ocala, left on
Wednesday for Jacksonville, making
the trip to that city in their automo-
bile They will ship the car to Balti-
more from that city and they will
leave on Friday for Baltimore. The
many Ocala friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
AK will be delighted to know that
they expect to return to Ocala next
winter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Reports from lower California are
to the effect that it has seeded from
Mexico and set ap a government of
its own. 1t has an army of 200 men,
one gunboat, a train of cars loaded
with building material, and little
money, which is a luxurious begin
ming for revolution in that region
World.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

The Canal tolls dispute has caused
quite a mix-up in Florida factional
politics. Ranged on one side is the
Times-Union, the Pensacola Journal,
John Stockton, Congressman Spark
man, Congressman Wilson, ETC. On
the other, the Tampa Tribune, the
Ocala Banner, Dixie, Frank Clark,
Claude LEngle, etc.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
The pen used by Speaker Clal

The pen used by Speaker Clark
adm Vice President Marshall to sign
the Alaska Bill was made from gold
mined in Alaska and the holder was
made from the tusk of a mastodon
which is believed to have roamed
through the territory fifty thousand
years ago. The penholder was carved
by a native Alaskan Indian and rep
resents totem.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Champ Clark says he is not candi-
date for the president OF the United
States. Certainly not; it will be yet
seven years before there will be a
change of White House occupancy
Tarpon Springs Leader-Not so, I'M
less another plank in the democratic
platform is knocked into a cooked
hat"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

South Dokato claims the worlds
record for concentrated sweetness.
This is in the form of a variety of
sugar beet which the agricultural exl
perts of that state believe will Yield
a quarter of it's weight in saccharine
matter. The average sugar content of
sugar beets is less than Is per cent.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Mr. Charles Peyser is the latest ad-
dition % the list Of automobile own
ers. he having purchased a six-cylin-
der Chevrolet" from Mr. b. F. Con
don. lie sold his horse. Milo DeyO. "
TO Mr.. Marcus Frank and Mr.. Frank
has sold his horse 20 Mr.. Condor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Mr.. J. F. McGilvary of Cater was
numbered among the many visitors in
the city on Saturday and while here
purchased from Marion Hardware
Company fine wagon and outfit.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

The Ocala House, under the splen-
did management of Louis Long of
Fernandina an exceptionally fine hotel
man, continues to have full list of
arrivals daily.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

The Gainesville Sun is in a percu-
liar attitude. 1t is supporting Stockton
and Clark. One stands for and the
other against the repeal of the Pana-
ma canal tolls for coastwise vessels.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

DR.. Mary Walker claims that she
twice refused to wed the late Presi-
dent Arthur and that President
Arthur was described as the height
of fashion and the mold of form"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Mrs. John H. Taylor gave her sun
day school class a very enjoyable pic
nie az her pretty summer home on
Lake Weir Saturday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

DR.. Eugene West of Orange, n. J.,
wrote treatise on the Scientific
Methods for the Prolongation of Life.'
and before he delivered it was taken
sick with scarlet fever and died.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10
There is no belief.

There is no belief.
Whoever plants seed beneath the
sod
And waits to see it push away the
clod,
Trust in God.
-Bulwer-Lytton.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Miss Bobbie Baldwin, who spent
several days in Ocala, the guest of
Mrs. F. w. Ditto, returned to her
home in Dunnellon on Saturday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Mr.. and Mrs. F =. OSBORNE of Nor
ristci. were Saturday visitors to
Ocala, coming over in their automo-
bile
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Hand made Hampers and Cabbage
Crates. The best Is always the eheaD
est My hampers with iron hoops on
bottom make them better. The price
Il the same as others G.. Allison.
Gainesville. Fia.-2-G-3mO
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

Mr.. Herbert Eagle of Island Grove
was brought to Ocala Saturday. and
had to undergo an operation for ap-
pendicitis. D.. ,a
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

DR.. S. Fl. Bitch has again gone to
Fort Myers and other places in that
section on official business.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-10

There is a baby camel in Grant
park in Atlanta. The little fellow is
attracting a great deal of attention.