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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
THE RAILROADS INNOCENT BY.
ISLANDERS

A committee of railroad presi-
dents, headed by Mr.. Frank Trum-
bull, has presented to President Will
son a brief of the difficulties confront
ing the railroads brought on by the
European war. The president, in
turn, has transmitted the memoranda
to the American people, directing at
tention to the extraordinary emer-
gency now confronting the railroads.
The railroads are innocent by
ISLANDERS in this war and they have
b cen more severely wounded than
any other industry, for railroad prop
erty, although privately owned, is de-
voted to public service, and while
the government makes the rates and
requires expenditures, it does not
guarantee receipts.
The farmers suffer for lack of a
market and business stagnates by the
closing of foreign ports, but the ware
house and the bank vaults will pre-
serve their property from destruction
while the railroads, like Tennyson's
brook, must run on and and cannot
resort to any such expediency to pro-
tect their interests.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
MARKETING COTTON

The announcement that the bust
ness men and farmers are organizing
in an effort to finance the southern
cotton crop through the European
crisis, is one of the most important
events that has shown up on the In
dustrial horizon for many years.
There have been numerous plans
sprung out of this great problem
whereby the farmer could chase the
bear to his den at so much per chase,
but the bear always escaped, and the
farmer was usually caught, and many
would-be financiers have talked as
unanimously on the subject as a
book farmer discussing the boil wee
vii. But the present plan cuts out
the middleman. The man with the
cotton and the man with money are
now talking face to face, and it is a
great hour for Dixeland.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
FARM FACTS

Get the difficulties out Of the farm
ers way and the farmers problem
will solve themselves.
The increase in prices 81 farm pro.
duets has not kept pace with the Ia
creased cost Of living
The farmer can produce without
organization, but 20 successfully
market he must unite his neighbor
The farmer is the directing head
and operating hand Of bis business
He combines. directs and carries All
responsibilities.
The farmer cannot be helped until
he organizes and the government can
not help the farmer except through
organization.
The farmer sells At prices fixed IN
free trade markets and buys every
thing he wears and uses In q high
protective market.
The value Of farm CROPS 10 determ
ined not only by the amount of labor
necessary TO produce them but ~
having them on the market when
needed.
by Peter Radford. national lsetarsr
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
COURAGE is THE SOUTH'S
CREED

The history of the south the last
forty years has been one of self-help.
and the men who have made the in
dustrial south of today are still in
the saddle. I believe that they are
able to meet this crisis themselves.
Though we are undoubtedly en-
titled to rely upon, and will have the
cooperation, of all of the agencies of
government, federal or state, to
which freemen should look in emer-
gency, we are being tempted by the
suggestion that government, federal
or state, should do more for us than
it has ever done for anyone before.
We have become so used to the prin-
ciple that government shall inter
fere in business for the regulation of
it that some of us seem to have for
gotten that justifiable regulation is a
treatment of a disease and not a
habit of nutrition.
The Southern Railway Company
and the companies associated with it
are going ahead with undiminished
vigor to accomplish the improvements
for which capital has been provided
and is in hand, and which have been
found to be necessary to enable us to
take care of the demands of the com
merce of the south as we have exper-
fenced them, to say nothing of the
future.
I believe in the south today and in
the future of the south. It's record of
achievement in the past is an earnest
of what it will accomplish in the
future. Those who have the vision
to see and to believe in this must
have the courage now to act on their
belief-President Fairfax Harrison
of the Southern Railway.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
If PASSED AT ALL, RIVER AND
HARBOR BILL WILL ONLY BE
A VERY SMALL ONE

Conferences Friday between Sen
ator D. U. Fletcher, of Florida chair
man of the senate committee on COM
merce, Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, chairman of the committee
on finance, and Congressman s. NJ
Sparkman, Of Florida, chairman of
the house rivers and harbors commit
tee, developed the fact that if there
is any kind of river and harbor bill
at all this year it will be small sized
affair and not anything like one
carrying an appropriation of 3,00O,-
900, as originally reported.
Because of the continuous attack
which several republican members of
the senate have been making on the
bill for the past two weeks they have
emasculated it to a point where it
might be better, it is believed, to
pass no bill at all and wait until the
next session of congress and put
through one that will properly take
care of the situation.
Today saw many cuts in the bill
from the way it stood last week,
when it was reduced by about SIS, 000,-
900, So far as Florida is concerned,
her congressman are endeavoring to
put the best foot forward but to-
night it looks like all the important
projects in the state will suffer more
or less. 1t is probable that if any bill
at all is agreed upon it will carry
about $20,00O,O0O and will leave the
expenditure of the money directly in
the hands of the war department 70
use as may appear best.-P. H. Nc
Gowan to Times-Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
DEFINITION OF THE PORK BAR.
REL

We have been handed for publica.
tion the definition of the pork bar
rel" by George Fitch. The gentle
man handing this to us thinks it so
true that the people, having 60 fur
nish this barrel, ought to have cor
rect idea of what it really is
'The pork barrel is a name given
to the rivers and harbors bill in con.
gress by those who haven't gotten an
appropriation for -heir own district.
"The rivers and harhors bill, is
very important. 1t provides money
for the digging Of harbors and canals
and for the improvement of rivers. If
it were not for the bill only small-siz-
ed steamships would be able to enter
New York harbor, and only large-s1z-
ed statesmen would be able to stay IN
congress.
After a congressman has begun
his career his first duty is to get an
appropriation in the rivers and har-
bors bill. Every district is entitled TO
this. We are free and equal coun-
try, and if New York can have mil
lion spent on it's harbor, Wahoo, Neb,
has a perfect right to harbor, too.
This makes it very difficult for the
government engineers, because they
must find a stream in each congress
sional district upon which a million
dollars can be spent.
Nothing is more pathetic than the
sight of a government engineer sup
porting his throbbing head with one
hand, while he tries to figure some
way of making a ship canal out of
McGoorty's creek, which rises in Hen
nessey's chicken yard, flows 10 miles
through a marvelously fertile coun-
try, with an average depth of six
inches, and empties into duck ponC
760 miles from the nearest ship.
when a congressman cannot find
even creek in his district to be i'm
proved he is allowed to take three
nibbles at the public-building bill,
which is an auxiliary pork barrel.
The United States is densely freckled
with magnificent government build
ings, erected for the purpose of re-
electing congressman. If the postof-
fee department did not have to spend
so much money living up to the post
office buildings, we might be enjoying
1-cent postage in the near future.
"The pork barrel teaches us that
no American is too ignorant or mean
to go to congress and work on the ap-
preparations committee. This is sad,
but not as sad is the fact that if the
appropriations committee didn't do
this sort of thing we couldn't re-elect
it's members"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
THE BELGIAN PROTEST

rho Friendship and admiration"
.ha Belgian land, folk and king
!, "a people who love justice. seek
~ true paths of progress and have
.oss;onate regard for the rights of
,nmanity" were yesterday expressed
president Wilson, welcoming the
n.,o;an ENJOYS, in words that must
AVE touched the hearts of his hear
ers.
~ the message the ENJOYS bring,
!, the wanton waste and horrible
,.ods of cruelty they charge against
.ha German army of occupation in
heir ravaged land, the president, as
~ head of a neutral nation, could
saw nothing. The ENJOYS could have
oypected him to say nothing. They
.ocomplished their purpose In fling
.heir case before "the opinion of
nonkind." which, as the president
.avs to them as well as to the
So;ser. is "the final arbiter."
BEFORE that final arbiter, the Public
oninion of the world, the German
CHANCELLOR set forth a plea in avoid
once when on Aug 5 he declared that
tho invasion of Belgium was wrong
that Germany was compelled by ne
eassitv to commit and would endeav-
or to make good" What may since
have happened in Belgium, whose is
The better excuse or more creditable
denial-for there is another side to
this recital-Public Opinion in weigh
ing the details must be profoundly
IMPRESSED by such a confession of in
itiative in wrong.
Savagery or savage reprisal, the
things that are charged in Belgium
nav. things that known and admitted
have shocked the conscience of
mankind, and the final responsibility
rests ever with those who wantonly
violated their sacred pledges and
made first appeal to the sword
World.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Mr.. Andrew Blocher, who returned
home Friday night, was interviewed
all day Saturday by many of his
friends. He is the first Ocala man
to return home from the seat of war
Mr.. Blocher spent ten days with one
of his bsothers in Germany, but only
got to spend about ten hours with his
mother before things began to get so
uncomfortable in that country that he
decided to return home at once. He
was spotted for spy, but finally
managed to get out of the country
without many difficulties, and got his
passage back on the first boat he
could.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

representative Atkins of Alachua
county was in Ocala Saturday. Mr..
Atkins is candidate for speaker of
the house of representatives, and was
mere to see our representatives for
the purpose of securing, if possible, a
stake and rider for the fence he has
already erected. He says that his
chances seem very good. There are,
however, any number of candidates
Tor the position.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
MILLINERY opsNlso sEPr q

As Hil be- aafed lrom heF display
al Ia the Daily Hanuer Mra aianla
A. Boatiek ain hala her annual mm
exhihltion of pattern bats neat week
besinnlnE Mondaf sept 1sfh. ana
she cordially .ntifea all Is can and
Inspect beer hats
Mr. bostlck b one ~ onr oldest
miliners and aieags haa something
pretty o. shos 30 Der customers ana
thia season eiil prove 49, aHcenaaa.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Hon. E. l.. Wartmann was in Ocala
Saturday. He has just returned from
an extended trip to New York, Bos-
ton and other big cities, and says that
unless all signs fail Florida will have
a big tourist trade this coming fall
and winter season. We hope that
Mr.. Wartmann's prophecy will be re-
allied. We want to see the winter
tourist and the color of his coin.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Mrs. D. Greenwood HALEY. who
has been home from the mountains of
North Carolina for the past three
weeks has returned to Asheville,
where she will remain until the late
fall, when she expects to go to Wash.
ton, D. c., for a visit of some length
with her sister, Mrs. Edgar Hillary
Price.-Times1-U Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25
Ala DONE 500 TO M. pvaus

Mr. p n. Welhs who reepaned tha
Air Dome theafer s8me weeha ass.
SATURDAY cold the fheaieF to Mr. ~.
4. purvts. who took caarve ~ taa
business last niEht NJ FurFls Wlii
continua . eivs the Ar noms 90,
runs ne sane serfiee thsy have beea
ealoying undsr taa osnarsaip q ~.
welhs.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

The friends of Mrs. James H. Hill
will be glad to learn that she still ex-
poets to come up to Ocala for the
winter. She will come up from Lake
Weir in a day or two to make ar.
rangements for a place for the win
ter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Because President Wilson has ap-
pointed the 4th of October as a day
for prayer that the war in Europe
may cease, that does not prevent
those who earnestly desire to have it
cease from praying for peace right
now. The prayer for peace should
be sincere and incessant.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Mr.. J. M. Meffert is making some
extensive Improvements near his
lime kiln. He is putting up a crate
mill, a grist mill, planning mill and
a brick dry kiln.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Mr.. Buford Leitner brought US a
pecan branch Saturday loaded with
fruit. 1t was grated on to a hickory
tree five years ago. Mr.. Leitner says
that he could have had . thousand
such trees Just IS well as one.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

DR.. and Mrs. G. c. Sheppard will
shortly move into Miss Fannie
Clark's residence on Fort King ave
nue., where they will keep house, hav-
ing leased the lower floor. Mrs.
Sheppard, who has been in Jackson
vile for the past week, will return
home in a few days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Mr.. Robert Moorhead will leave
soon for Gainesville, where he will
enter the University of Florida for
the coming SESSION.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Miss Ella Bogie mas gone to Jack
sonyille to spend a week as the guest
Of Miss Clara Leonard, formerly of
this city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-25

Miss Eunice Bray left on the noon
train Saturday for Gainesville to at
tend the funeral Of friend.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-20
WHAT SORT ARE YOU?

What sort of a father are you?
This question appears on all the
pamphlets of the Fathers Club of
the United States" organized a year
ago and now having ten branch
clubs.
It's a mighty important question,
too. One of the most important
things in this life is to be a father,
which carries with it the obligation
to be the right kind of father.
In the past the rearing of children
has been, supposedly at least, left
pretty much to mothers, but, really,
father ought to always carry a least
half of the burden, and, if mother is
going off into other Spheres" as
some folks claim, the question as to
what sort Of a father father is will be-
come a hotter and hotter one.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-20

If mother becomes more independ-
ent of father, more acceptably his
equal, the chances are that the chill
dren will follow her suit and father
will have to become more the COM
panion and sympathizer and less the
boss and the more or less dreaded
head of the family.
Children are the most important
things on earth because they repre-
sent unequaIled possibilities. It is a
wise father who knows his children's
father and it is a good plan for every
father to often let all else go and
systematically put himself under
cross-examination as to What sort
of father am y" We say cross
examination because he'll, very like
ly, be almighty cross before he has
put to himself many interrogatories,
if he's an honest father.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-20
VoGEL SUSPECTED OF HAVING
COMMITTED SUICIDE

New York, Oct. 2O.-Despite the
emphatic declaration of the attend
ing physician that Frank E. Vogel,
indicted in connection with the fail
ure of the bank of Henry SiegeI &
Co., had died from heart failure, Cor
oner HeIlenstein today was prepared
to hold an autopsy to see if any
traces of poisoning could be found.
The coroner suspected that Vogel
had committed suicide.
VogeI died yesterday afternoon in
his apartment at the Hotel Biltmore.
He had been at his Office all day and
was stricken soon after reaching
home. His wife called DR.. Edwin
Sternberger, their family physician,
but 'Vogel died soon after the doctor
reached him.
Vogel soon was to have gone on
trial on charges of grand larceny,
growing out of the failure Of several
of the Siegel enterprises. Vogel was
SiegePs partner.
Hollands bulb industry will suffer
from the war, but the growers have
determined to pay lower wages and
to destroy third of the crop.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-20

in Joseph and His Brethren" for
sakes her familiar role as temptress
to do some real battling for wOman's
rights. Sydney Booth acts as the
hero of the play and John Charles,
well known to picture fans, takes the
part of a man whose career shows
just how wrong a man can go under
man-made laws.
-O-O-
ASK HIGHER WAGES FOR WOMEN
IN MILWAUKEE,
Madison, Wis.,, Oct. 20.-Higher
wages for women and minor en-
ployes in important industries in Mil
waUkee are asked in a formal petition
filed with the Wisconsin Industrial
Commission today.
The petition declares that in many
industries in Milwaukee women and
girls are being paid less than a living
wage. 1t is signed by Mrs. Carl c.
Stern, president of the Milwaukee
Consumers League, and number
of prominent social workers.
The industries named in the petit
ton and the number of their female
employees follow: Department and
mercantile stores, 2,169; knitting fac
tories, 1923; shoe factories, 836;
laundries, 598; candy factories. SIS.
WHAT SORT ARE YOU?
What sort Of a father are you?
This question appears on all the |
pamphlets of the Fathers Club of |
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-25
Peruna has
Done
Wonders.
Saved
Doctors
Bills.
Prevented
Suffering.

Mrs. Emma Stolt, No. COZ Atlantic st.
Appleton, Wis, writes: "Peruna has
done me a great deal of good since be-
gan taking it, and I am always glad to
speak a good word for it.
"Thrse years ago I was in wretohed
condition with backache, bearing down
pains, and at times was so sore ana lame
that could not move about. l had in
Illumination and irritation, and although
I used different remedies they did me
no good
"a neighbor who had been using Peru
ma advised me to try it. and I am glad
that did"
In a later testimonial. Mrs, stolt
says:
"Allow me to express my lasting graft
tude for the good your valuable reme-
dies. Peruna and Manalin. have done for
myself and family. We have used Peruna
for the past twelve years, with never
failing results, and could not get along
without them in our household. They
have saved us many doctor bills
Those who object TO liquid medicines
can now obtain Peruna Tablets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-25
Butt Hears Three of
His Nephews Killed
in the European War

William Butt. who has been greatly
concerned since the outbreak of the war
about seven nephews who are all in the
kaiser's armies, has just received word
that three OF them have been killed. The
three killed were all Uhlans. One was
Killed in the frightful charges on the
Notifications at Liege in the early stages
OF the war. The other two were killed
while charging with the Uhlans on the
allied lines at Nancy some time ago. One
OF the latter two fingered in hospital
some weeks after the battle, but finally
succumbed to his injuries.
Mr.. Butt receives letters only at long
intervals from Germany, and he says he
has no doubt that others of the nephews
have been killed even since the last letter
was written, for they are all a part of
the Ninth Hanoverian corps, which has
been in the thick of the fighting from the
very beginning of hostilties at Liege to
the present time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-25
Manufacturers All
Ready With Mutual
Insurance Company

When the governor issues n proclama-
ton declaring the new workmcn's COM
pensatlon law In effect, the Nebraska
Manufacturers Casualty association will
be ready to do an insurance business for
Its manufacturer members in the state.
This mutual insurance company devel-
oped rapidly following the melting OF the
Nebraska Manufacturers association last
week. ]. w. Stelnhart of Nebraska City
and J. w. Towle of Omaha as a COM
mittee of two finished gathering the sig
natures of the requisite number OF en-
ployors In the state to make II possible
undor the law to form a mutual insurance
company
The directors OF the new casualty COM
pany are J. w. SteInhart, Nebraska
City; J. w. Towle, Omaha C. q. Towle.
Lincoln +. Il. Reyes, Beatrice; Charles
c. Smith. Exeter; George w. Sumner,
Omaha; II. G. Kelly, Omaha: +. s.
Knapp. Omaha: Lewis A. Kinney. Hast
ings; Frank Hammond. Fremont; C. L.
Aller, Crete; c. C. Mari. Fremont; II. E.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-25
BRIEF CITY NEWS


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Fidelity Storage 3 Van co., Doug. asa.
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"roday's Complete Movie program
classified section today. and appears IN
The Bee EXCLUSIVELY Find out what
the various moving picture theaters offer
"An old English Plum Pudding" made
I'm the old-fashioned way and manulac-
tured by Hoenshel & Emery. Lincoln
Neb.. is for sale by G. 5. Cobb at Kill
patrick's
astter business is the feeling of the
best Judges right now. You better your
business by locating in The Bee building
Cthe building that is always newt. Office
Room lO3.
Thieves steal from T.ashop-Thieves
gained entrance Monday evening to Leo
Baroch's tinshop, 1917 Howard street, ana
carried away solder to the value of SIS
besides s. in cash.
Auto for Police Department-City Com
miss oners will purchase Cadillac auto
mobile for the police department. An old
machine will be traded, $1,000 being paid
in addition. The Cadillac company was
considered the lowest bidder.
Gold Fish for Public sohools-ParlS
Commissioner J. h. Hummel is giving
the principals of all city schools big
bowl of gold fish. The fish are taken
from the Hanscom park pool and other
artificial lakes in the parks.
Steals Schultz Turkeys-A. Schultz.
4344 Leavenworth street, brought four
fat turkeys to market Monday afternoon,
and while his team was standing in front
of an establishment at Thirteenth and
Jones street some one made way with
the birds.
Elevator Conductors Ball-The first
annual masquerade ball of the elevator
conductors of Omaha will be given at the
Auditorium this evening. and a
general invitation has been extended TO
the public For those who do not dance
the balcony has been reserved.
In the Divorce Court-Mrs. Emma
Clines has been granted a decree of d.
vorce from Charles b. Clines on grounds
of cruelty. Mrs. Tillie Armstrong charges
Meyer Armstrong with desertion and
non-support. Mrs. Louise Jonnis names
Samuel Jornis in a suit on grounds of
cruelty and non-support. ]. H. Calvert