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Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Those Dead Can.

President Wilson says that Uncle Sam can afford to wait. Here's hop ing the Americans in Mexico. can too. Detroit Free Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Entertained Suffraae Speakers.

Mrs. William A. Norton entertained at tea Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells and Miss Rese Winslow. who spoke AS tha town hall last night
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
OBITUARY.
T. Henry Dumary,

Albany, N. Y, March 16.-T. Henry Dumary, past grand commander of the grand commandery. Knights Tenn pIar of New York state. died here to- night at the age of 55 years. He had been ill for about a year.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Canned Pears
 al RALLION'S
Another American Killed in Mexico.

Juarez. Mexico, March 16-Oscar Allen. an American, was found dead recently at Pearson, Chihuahua, with his head split by an axe. This was reported today to Consul Thomas Ed wards. who at once began an investi- gation,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

Vale of Kashnir, India. is 70 miles Ions and 20 broad
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

The funeral of George w. Osborne, formerly of Bridgeport and Derby, who died at the Norwich state hos pital, was held at Bridgeport Satur- day afternoon. The bearers were mem- bers of Housatonic Odd Fellow lodge of Derby.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

The S3d birthday of Mrs. Emily Moves was observed at her home in Mystic Friday. MT and Mrs G. Fred Moves of Norwich and Mrs. Frederick Denison of Providence were among the out of town visitors
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

The state agents out after moths worked Monday on the borders of Montville, Salem and Bozrah. At Montville Scout Osgood found but a solitary browntaiPs nest. after miles of tramping
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17
Praise for Norwich Chief.
The Girl Question.

In handling the girl question the real preventive work is not done by the police, because a man cannot do it, she said. The thanks that the po- lice officer gets are few and far be- tween for anything and are possibly least likely to be given when he at- tempts to handle the girl question.
 from her experience in speaking to girls on the street Mrs. Wells said she was seldom rebuffed for there are few who try to point out to these girls the things which others see butat they
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

MT. and Mrs. Harry c. Browne, now in Boston, where The Poor Little Rich Girl, in which MT. Browne is playing, opened Monday, are planning to spend the summer at their home in Quaket-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

In addition to the daily parish low mass at o'clock this (Tuesday) morn ing, there will be a special high mass at 8 o'clock in St. Patrick's church on the patronal feast of the parish.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

English residents of Connecticut are already making plans to go abroad to attend the peace exposition which opens in May in the Shepherds Bush section of London, to commemorate the centenary of the signing of the treaty of Ghent by the United States and Great Britain.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

Mrs. Percy T. Walden of St. Roman street, New Haven, is to be the hostess Thursday afternoon at the meeting of the Connecticut branch of the Asso- ciaticn of Collegiate Alumnae.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-17

The annual business meeting of the regents, delegates and alternates elect ed to represent the Connecticut Daugh- ters of the American Revolution at the Continental congress to be held in Washington will be held by invitation of Sarah Whitman Trumbull chapter
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
NEW INSTRUCTOR 70 UNIVERSE
TY OF FLORIDA

Students in the Department of Bot
any and Bacteriology will be interest.
ed to know that the board of control
has secured Prof. N. L. T. Nelson,
Phi. D., to take the place of Ira D.
Odle, resigned. Prof Nelson came to
the university last week to look over
the situation, to confer with Presi
dent Murphree and Professor Floyd
about the work for next fall, and to
secure house for himself and wife
to live in during the school year.
Prof. Nelson is a native of Mime
sofa, forty-five years of age, man OF
pleasant personality and fine Chris
tian character. After taking his Phi
d. degree from the University of Chi
cargo he was for two years professor
of biology and geology in Des Moines
College where he showed himself q
man of more than usual teaching abil
ity and thoroughly qualified for his
department. From there he went to
he Presbyterian College of South
Carolina, Clinton, S. c., which place
he resigned to accept the more at
tractive opportunities offered at the
University of Florida. Very likely
Prof. Nelson will set up at this insti
tuition his private herbarium of over
fifteen thousand mounts. The Uni
versity of Florida counts itself very
fortunate in securing the services ot
so distinguished gentleman as DR.
Nelson, and the moral interests o.
the city gain by the coming of thi:
desirable family.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
ON TRIAL OF LABOR UNION
TRUSTS

Special to Ocala Banner:
Chicago, ILL.,, July ia special
Federal Grand Jury convened here
today to investigate charges that
building contractors in this city have
paid large sums in blackmail to bust
ness agents of labor unions who
threatened to tie up work by calling
strikes. The complaining contractors,
John j. Mclaughlin, has called seven
witnesses whom he declares will veri-
fly his story of graft. The government
prosecutors have taken up the
charges because it is alleged that in
terstate shipments of building mater
ial have been interfered with owing
to McLaughlin's refusal to submit to
the demands of the unicn labor
agents.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
ABOUT A MATTER OF GRAVE I'M
PORTANCE
Ocala, Fla, July 10, 1914.

Ocala, Fla, July 10, 1914.
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
From careful reading of the report
of the light and water committee
and discussion of same with a mum
ber of citizens, we are more than ever
convinced that the city's welfare de
mands that it own and maintain pub
lie utilities.
We are proud of the record made
by the electric light plant. Ocala
now enjoys the lowest electric rate
of any city in this country, with pos
sibly one or two exceptions, and is
yet making profit.
1t is unwise to give franchises OF
exclusive rights for term of years
as witness the recent purchase al
largely more than its value, of the
Ocala water plant, solely because its
franchise ran five years longer. and
to the city's detriment.
Another reason against contracts
is that the lowest offer to the city OF
electric current, two years ago, was
&c. per K. W.; now the offer is &c
per X. W., and soon, perhaps, it will
be 1c per K. w.
The figures of Mr.. Tucker and Mr..
Twombley for the erection of new
plant show the possibilities of produc-
ing current at it's beginning for 2Ac.
to 21@c. per K. W., and with the com
bined plant, by utilizing power for
pumping water, at periods, night or
day, when the electric load is light
est, the power would always be at
work, thereby greatly reducing the
cost of operation.
If current be purchased at the
switchboard, the city must stand all
line losses of current and maintain a
superintendent and corps of linemen.
If current be purchased at &C., no
lower rate can be offered manufac-
turers, but, with city plant, a lower
rate can perhaps be offered, which,
by it's volume, may reduce the cost of
all current produced, to the manufac-
turer's figures.
There is no merit in either of the
bids for furnishing current, suffi-
cient for the council to even consid
er cancelling the orders heretofore
given to it at the water works bond
election, to buy or build water plant
combined with the electric plant.
LOUIS r. CHAZAL.
q. C. CHAMBLISS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
JULY 14TH IN HISTORY

15S4-The first exploring ship landed
at Roanoke Island.
1S53-Commodore Perry arrived in
Japan.
1S21-Junius Brutus Booth, the actor
made his first appearance in
America.
1S53-The Crystal Palace, New York,
was opened.
1861-Battle of Carrick's Ford, w.
Va.
1S62-Gen. Pope became commander
of the army of Virginia.
1863-Anti-draft roats occurred in New
York City.
1864-Battle of Harrisburg, Miss.
1S66-The Great Eastern started to
lay the third Atlantic cable.
1S7O-Act to authorize refunding the
national debt was passed.
187S-The Berlin treaty of peace
with honor" was signed.
190S-Oscar Erbslach and four of the
crew of a dirigible balloon kill
ed.
1913-The presidents of "a railroads
and the brotherhoods agreed on
terms of arbitration at the
White House.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
GOLF TOURNAMENTS
$50 A YEAR

Special to Ocala Banner:
New York, July 13.-The open
tournament for golfers, held on the
Shawnee Links, commenced today,
and will continue tomorrow and
Wednesday. It had been planned to
hold this meeting in the middle of
August, but the dates originally de-
cided upon confiicted with those of
the national open championship.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 13.-The open
golf championship of the Pennsyl-
vania State Golf Association is being
played today. The competition con-
sists of SO holes medal play.
Parkerburg, w. Va. July 13.-The
annual state gold tourney will be
played here during the week com
mencing today. A large number of
players from the various clubs
throughout the state have entered.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
MR.. KNOTT PASSES THROUGH
OCALA

Mr.. w. v. Knott, Florida's popular
comptroller, passed through Ocala on
Sunday on his way to the southern
section of the state.
Mr.. Knott stopped over long enough
for us to have short interview with
him.
In answer to, the criticism of the
Orlando Reporter-Star Mr.. Knott gave
what seems to us a most satisfactory
explanation.
That paper charged that Mr.. Knott,
as chairman of the board which fixes
the assessment of railroad mileage,
lowered the assessment, thereby plac-
ing heavier burden on the shoulders
of the people.
Mr.. Knott says that in fixing the as
sessment on railroad mileage it has
been the policy of the board to fix the
assessment in those counties where
the railroads have their shops and ex-
ira terminals and sidings located. as
at High Springs, Sanford, Fernandina,
Jacksonville, etc., on the entire length
of the road in said counties so the
counties as whole might reap the
benefits of the same and not the i'm
mediate locality in which the shops
are located.
For instance, hitherto the shops To-
Gated at Sanford were valued say at
$4,000. Instead of giving the city of
! Sanford full benefit of the extra as.
sessment it was distributed on the en-.
tire length of the road throughout the
county so the various sub-school dis.
tricts could share in the benefits OF
| the same
So instead of assessing the A. c. L.
at seven Thousand dollars mile as
| in Marion and other counties where
no shops are located in Orange coun
ty the valuation was fixed at seventy
five hundred dollars per mile.
This continued until the legislature
created the county of Seminole max
ing Sanford the county site of the
new county, so the assessment board
could no longer give to Orange county
the benefit of the extra assessment
placed on the shops and terminals at
Sanford, but were compelled to give
the same to Seminole county.
This explains the apparent lessen
ing of the valuation of railroad prop
erty in Orange county.
In reality Mr.. Knott says that the
valuations were increased in that
county for hitherto the valuations
were fixed at seven thousand dol
lars a mile, now they are fixed at sew
enty-two hundred dollars per mile.
The explanation seems clear to us
and we hope that we have made the
same clear to our readers.
OF course the Reporter-Star will
make the proper amende honorable.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
TO DISCUSS RURAL WORK

Special to Ocala Banner:
Austin. Tex. July 13.-Commencing
today, a full week will be devoted TO
rural education in Texas, uEder the
auspices of the University of Texas.
The lecturers and leaders of round
tables for the week have been chosen
from experienced school men, and the
program promises to he Unusually
interesting. Prof. Harold w. Foght,
who is a member of the staff of the
American Commission of Education,
will deliver lectures daily. as viii also
Eli NJ. Rapp. one of the most sue
cessful county superintendents in the
state of Pennsylvania.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

A good many persons are early aft
er the Florida gxbernatorial plum. 1t
is announced that Hon. Stephen M.
Sparkman, for long time a member
of congress, Hon. w. v. Knott, our
present comptroller, Hon. Fred M.
Hudson, special counsel for the Flor
ida railway commission, will be can
didates. Frank Mayes' name has had
prominent mention for a long time.
There1l be something doing in 1916.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Rev. and Mrs. c.. H. Poland and
little granddaughter, Miss Helen Viii
son, are spending their vacation on
the east coast, visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Abbott, at Indianola, Fla.-Sor.
rento Items in Eustis Lake Region
Rev. and Mrs. Poland formerly resid
ed at Levon. Mrs. Abbott, their
daughter, before her marriage cou
pie of months ago, was Miss Ida Fo
land.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Special to ocala Banner:

Special to Ocala Banner:
New York, July 13.-The United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion announces that the Oregon State
championship games are being held
today at Portland, Oregon, under the
auspices of the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club; and the Georgia State
Championship games are being play
ed at Atlanta. under the management
of the Atlanta Athletic Glib.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
AN oRLANo ROMANCE
Entire Decade-About to Die
Her Sex Is Discovered.

Her sex is DtSCoveTeO.
Every winter for the past ten or
twelve years a samll, quiet and unas-
suming man has made Orlando his
home, giving the name of Hiram e.
Calder. He came and went, quietly
and unassumingly, and no one sus-
pected that he carried a secret start
lingly bold and difficult to conceal.
Calder came to Orlando one winter
about ten years ago and secured en-
ployment with Mr.. c. T. Hungerford
in his bakery. He was accompanied
by his wife, who died in Tampa about
three years ago. They made their
home with Mr.. Hungerford and in the
bakery Calder waited upon thousands
of customers as the years passed.
In the summer he would leave, II
being the popular supposition that
during the summer time he and his
wife were connected with a circus,
but the coming of winter each year
brought them back to this city to re-
sumo his place with Mr.. Hungerford.
! A little more than a year ago Cal
der's health began to fail, and his
wife being dead, out of pure kindness
OF ceart Mr.. Hungerford gave him a
home, where he had everything need
ed for his comfort. But he was con-
tentious and hard to please, so was
finally taken to the county home, and
now is at the point of death from
pellagra.
1t is the custom in the home for
the stronger patients to wait upon
the weak and ill, and some of the
other inmates, constantly waiting on
Calder, began to suspect that he was
not just what he claimed to be. Ac-
cordingly DR.. C. d. Christ, the county
physician, was summoned yesterday
and discovered that Calder was wo-
man.
Many who had known "her" well
and had been closely associated with
"her' could hardly believe the report.
None were more surprised than Mr..
Hungerford, in whose home "she"
had been known so long as a man. He
says he had often told Calder that
"he''acted like an old grandmother,
but never dreamed how near the truth
he was. While "his" wife was living
Mr.. Hungerford says they were the
most affectionate couple he ever saw,
and that Calder was heartbroken at
her death.
| The mystery behind it all, the story
of some event in the life of this wo-
man, that caused her to masquerade
| for so many years as a man, may
never, be known. She is now at the
point of death and will cot be able
to tell it herself, even if willing to
do so. No one here knows of any re-
latives or close friends upon whom to
call for the true story.
The hidden identity may conceal
some crime, or it may have been the
result of some freakish notion. The
more likely explanation is that Cal
der and the woman she claimed as
wife agreed that one of them would
stand as a buffer between them and
the hard knocks of the world. The
real cause will probably go with Cal
der to the grave.-Orlando Sentinel.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mrs. Eva Bitch and children, who
ave been visiting at the home of w.
4 Hughey, Mrs. Blitch's father, for
fveral weeks, left this morning for
3orriston, Fla, where she will spend
week, at the end of which time she
I'll be joined by her husband and
aey will proceed to Jacksonville
1learwater Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
LORIMERBANK INQUIRY
pecial to, Ocala Banner:

Special to, Ocala Banner:
Chicago, ILL.,, July 13.-Federal
grand jury inquiry into the conduct
of the LaSalle Trust and Savings
Bank was commenced by the United
States District Attorney today.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

If there is any better all-round
newspaper printed in the south than
the Tampa Tribune, it has not come
to our notice.-St. Cloud Tribune.
Nor to ours.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Again T. r. Marshall voices the
sentiments of hen-pecked husbands
when he declares that free speech
does not exist in this country.-Pen-
sacola News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mrs. G. C. Pasteur and children,
who have been spending some time
in Ocala and at Lake Weir, have re-
turned to their home at Charlotte,
N. c.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mr. Oscar NJ. Eaton, mayor of the
owing city of Lakeland, was a bus
ess visitor to Ocala Friday. Mayor
'ton says that Lakeland is growing
remarkably rapid rate, and all
pds of industries are prospering.
Us applies especially to newspaper
q Job printing establishments. He
4s that Editor Hetherington of the
7egram has one of the most COM
Pc printing establishments in any
En Of the size of Lakeland to be
pa anywhere. and that it simply
W on his hands. Editor Hether-
ION also has a very fine building.
Telegram and its prosperous ca.
Is only one index pointing to the
uilding of Lakeland.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
The Exception is the Rule

Philosophers tell us that there is
no such thing as wasted effort, but
that was before the mediators started
their undertakings News
and Courier.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Secretary McAdoo silenced a NAL
titude of calamity howlers by simply
asking how much money would be
needed to move the crops.-Pensa-
cola. News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mrs. M. A. Williams expects to
spend the next two weeks visiting
her sons and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
". H. McDougald and Mr.. and Mrs.
arthur Williams. in south Florida.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

A piece of real good news-Senator
John W. Kern of Indiana has denied
that his friends are preparing a pres
idential boom for him for 1916.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mrs. s. H. Bitch of Blitchton left
on Saturday for Chester, S. c., where
she will join her youngest son, Loo
nis, and it will be about a month be-
Tore they will return home.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Barmaids are being imported into
New Bedford. Mass. to break the bar
tenders strike. Putting young girls
behind the bars in this country viii
help along the sentiment for total pro-
hibition.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Defuniak Springs, postoffice site,
$4,000; Key West, postoffice. court
house and customs house site,s7O.0OO;
Kissimmee. postoffice site, $4,000;
Sanford, site and commencement Of
postoffice, $500.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

All west Florida is behind w. H.
Milton in his candidacy for a posi-
tiun ON the board of directors of the
regional reserve bank.-Pensacola
News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Hampton of
Floral City are visiting Ocala, and
are the guests of their son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Colonel and Mrs. H. M.
Hampton.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

The citizen who doesn't believe st.
Cloud is the best town in Florida,
taken from every viewpoint needs the
services of brain specialist.-St.
ClOud Tribune
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mrs. A. ]. Douglas of Citrus, who
has been the guest of her son, Mr.
Douglas here, returned to her home
Friday morring.-Dade City items in
Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Lindsay and
Mr.. and Mrs. Kibler came up from
Dunnellon Friday to attend the Swain
concert.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mrs. w. d. Graham and a party of
friends were down from Reddick on
Friday for the day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Swain and Mrs
Wesley Meadows were in from An
thony for the Swain concert.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
BOXING NOTES

Special to Ocala Banner:
Nelson, B. c.. July 1S.-Frank Bar
rieau and Billy Weews are matched
for a fight of 20 rounds here tonight.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

1t is not always what you put in
a newspaper that attracts attention
it is what you leave out.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17
Following An Example

The irony of fate. Mr.. Bryan had
recall his good friend, George Fred
Villains, because George talked too
luch.-Miami Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-17

Harry Floyd is writing some Nigh
ty fine letters to the Pensacola News.