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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
CALL FOR CONVENTION UNITED
DAUGHTERS OF THE
coNFEDERAcY.

The twenty-fourth annual conven-
ton of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy will convene in the city
of Chattanooga, Tenn, on Wednes-
day, November IA, 1917. The open
ing exercises will be held Tuesday
evening, November 13, at $3.50 O'Clock
Chapters are entitled to represen-
tation according to membership, as
follows: Zone vote for the first seven
members and one additional vote for
every additional twenty-five mem
bers, provided per capita tax has
been paid. Any one or more repre-.
sentatives may cast the full vote to
which said chapter is entitled, but
such vote must be cast through the
chairman of the delegation" Act vi,
Sec. 4.
1t is urged that chapters send del
egates to convention, but where this
is impossible, they may name as
proxy any duly elected delegate from
the same division"
Three credential blanks will be
sent each chapter president, and you
are requested to adhere closely to the
rules governing them. Elect your
delegates at once, fill QUIT the blanks
and send as follows: One to Mrs. W.
e. Wheelock, 23S South Prospect ST.,
Chattanooga, Tenn; the second to
your division president, that she may
be able to forward to credential COM
mittee ten days before the conven-
ton; the third to be taken by your
delegate to convention for identifica-
ton. No credentials will be recog-
nized not in the hands of the creden-
tial committee five days before con-
vention.
The Hotel Patten has been chosen
as headquarters of the u. D. c.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Hugh and Paul Barco left yester
day afternoon for Camp Wheeler, Ga
where they will join their company
the machine gun company, 124th Fla
Infantry, who preceded them to camp
week. Owing to the illness of Col
Nick Barco, father of these BOYS
Hugh and Paul were allowed to- re
turn home on furlough. The host OF
friends of Col. Barco will rejoice to
know that he is very much better
and was resting quite comfortably
yesterday.-Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
tatoes were so badly infested by the

tatoes were SO badly infested by the
weevil in some instances that even
hogs and cattle refused to eat them.
| Investigations made by Plant Com
missioner Wilmon Newell, of the
state plant board, during the past few
months have revealed the presence OF
the weevil in the area of northern
areas on the west coast and one rath-
er extensive area on the east coast
AS no satisfactory remedy" for the
pest has ever been discovered, it is OF
the utmost Importance that the rest
of the state be protected from in
! festation. This species of weevil
does not fly, hence it is spread from
one locality to another by the move.
ment and shipment of sweet potatoes
and sweet potato vines which are in
tested. The plant board has already
stopped the shipment of sweet pota-
toes and sweet potato plants into
/ Florida from other states and coun.
tries. Among the farmers of Flor
! ida the work of the plant board has
thus far been largely educational. 1t
is pointed out by the plant commits
sioner that the farmer who buys
sweet potatoes and thus establishing
the pest on his own farm. Therefore
every farmer should grow his own
supply of sweet potatoes and not be
compelled to purchase any. 1t is also
pointed out that the farmer must be
extremely careful where he buys his
sweet potato draws and slips. If he
lives in a neigrborhood where the
weevil is unknown the safest plan is
to get plants from his near neighbors,
or better still, to raise them himself
from tubers which he knows are free
from weevil. If this cannot be done
he should buy plants only from those
dealers who have had their paintings
inspected and certified by the state
plant board. Many of the leading
dealers in the state have had their
paintings inspected by the board the
past summer and those on whose
places the weevil was NOT found
have been furnished with plant GER
tificates. Accept no sweet potato
plants unless they are accompanied
by the plant board certificate for by
failing to do so you run the risk Of
establishing this pest on your own
farm, and, once established, it will
remain there "for good"
Florida county and also in two small
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
FLORIDA GIRLS INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL IN FINE SHAPE

j. C. Lanier, county probation Off
Ger, returning today from trip to
the Florida Industrial School for
Girls, Ocala, Fla, where he went with
two girls committed from the juve-
nile court of this county. Mr.. Lanier
says there are now twenty-seven
girls in the school and that he does
not believe he ever saw a happier
family of this size. The girls are re-
ceiving the best of treatment and be-
ing given an opportunity by the state
that they did not receive at home.
Mr. Lanier visited the first of the
new buildings to be the permanent
location of the school The building
is about completed and will be ready
for occupancy by December 1, and
will accommodate about forty girls
The building is very substantial
and comfortably and conveniently ar
ranged.
The school has been in it's tempo
rary quarters short time and with
the large number of girls that have
been committed from all parts of the
state this fact fully bears out Mr..
Lanier's contentious that the school
was greatly needed with the work of
the juvenile courts in Florida.
Mrs. Florence J. Range, superin-
tendant, is making a splendid record
and the success of the school is
largely attributed to her manage
Notwithstanding Metropolis.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
IN THE COTTON FIELDS.

Mr.. E. c. Beuchler. manager Of
the Anthony Farms, was in Ocala
yesterday and il was a pleasure 10
hear him discuss the present and fu-
ture conditions of this county.
Part of his talk were reminders OF
other days. For example: He said
that he had one hundred and seven
ty-five pickers in his cotton fields.
That he had already picked out
thirty-five bales of the fleecy staple
and before the crop is fully gather.
ed expects TO have an even hundred
bales.
That in one of the cotton fields
near Oak one hundred and fifty
pickers could be seen daily and that
he is told that Mr.. Manly has as
many as two hundred and ten pick
ers in his fields and that they were
making the welkins ring with the
melody of the old plantation songs.
Besides returning to cotton as
profitable and certain cash crop Mr..
Boucher has twenty-five Percheron
mares and is expecting a shipment
of twenty-five more before the end
of the week and he has twenty-five
Percheron colts.
He has some very fine preed OF
hogs, some of the finest costing as
much as five hundred dollars apiece.
He has some very fine pure blood.
ed cows and Jack for which he
paid one thousand dollars.
Mr.. Beuchler thinks that the fu-
ture of farming in this county is des-
tined to be writ in very large let
tiers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
A BIG FLORIDA FARM.

Editor Read of the Milton Gazette
prints lengthy and glowing descrip-
ton of the five thouusand-acre farm
of the Bagdad Land and Lumber
Company at Munson, in Santa Rosa
county,. which shows that this will
compare favorably with any of the
big development work anywhere in
Florida. There are four ten-ton silos
all filed with silage for winter cattle
feed; there. is large crop of sweet
potatoes and the company will build
two large warehouses uunder federal
instruction for drying and saving
the crop. In the fruit section of the
farm there are 5000 peach trees, l.
$50 grape vines, 700 pecan trees, be-
sides number of orange and grape
fruit trees. The company owns two
thousand head of cattle, herd Of
registered Herefords being among
the number. They make a speciality
of breeding and raising registered
and pure-bred Duroc-Jersey hogs.
Closing his write-up, Editor Read
says: Taken as a whole, while a
profitable Investment per Sc, the
work being done by Mr.. Munson in
developing and demonstrating the ag.
ricultural and live stock possibilities
is of untold value to this section OF
the state. He is demonstrating be.
yond any doubt that modern farming
methods will produce profitable
crops on Santa Rosa cut-over lands
and that by proper care and atten
ton hogs and cattle can be grown
TO as near perfection here as in 9th
er sections of the world. In fact he
adding to his country's delightful
climate, splendid rainfall, and health
fulness the assurance that agricul
tnre and stock raising, the funda
METALS of all wealth, can be carried
on here with both pleasure and
profit. "-Tifes- Union Short Talks.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
DANGER IN DELAY
Kidney Diseases Are often Too Dan
gerous for OcaIa People to
Na0Iaef

Neglect
The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they so often get a firm hold
before the sufferer recognizes them
Health will be gradually undermined
Backache,, headache, nervousness
lameness, soreness, lumbago, urinary
troubles, dropsy, gravel and Bright's
disease may follow as the kidneys get
worse. Don't neglect your kidneys.
Help the kidneys with Doan's Kidney
Pills, which are so strongly recon.
mended right here in Ocala.
L. c. Pafford, carpenter, 20 e. Mon.
70 est, Ocala, says: Il had a severe
case of backache. / couldn't stright-
en- up after once stopped over unless
/ took hold of something for support.
Often l could see dark spots floating
in front of me and sometimes every.
thing before me became black. A
druggist recommended Doan's Kidney
Pills, saying they wer ethe best in
the store. SO l began using them. One
box cured me-"
Price Coo. at all dealers. Don't sim.
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
cured Mr.. Pafford. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-ad az
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mrs. Clarence Camp and her daugh.
tiers, Misses Stella and Nina Camp
left Tuesday afternoon for Washing.
ton, D. c., where they will spend sew.
eral days, going from there to Bos.
ton, Mass, where they will join Mr.
Camp, who went up about ten DAYS
ago. Miss Stella Camp will enter the
Whittier school at Merrimac, Mass.
and Miss Nina Camp will attend Miss
Evans and Miss Guilds school in
Boston. Mr.. and Mrs Camp will
visit New York and points in Virgin
la before returning home.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
SWEET POTATO ROOT wEEvIL

The sweet potato root weevil, OF
which mention has previously been
made in these columns, is an insect
which reaches it's maximum of de-
structiveness in an area lying within
seventy miles of the Gulf coast and
the Atlantic coast. Wherever the
weevil occurs, in such a strip extend.
ing from the mouth of the Rio Grande
at Brownsville, Texas, on around the
Gulf coast of Louisiana, Mississippi
Alabama to Key West and hence up
the Atlantic coast to South Carolina
destruction of the sweet potato crop
is well-night complete. II one will
look at a map of Florida he will see
that there is not locality in the en-,
tire state that is not within seventy
miles of either the Gulf coast or the
Atlantic coast. This means that
wherever the weevil gets started in
Florida it will do the maximum
amount of damage. This conclusion
Is borne out by the fact that in one
OF the northern countries of the state
the weevil was noticed for the first
time three seasons ago. This county
Is further removed from both the Gull
OF Mexico and the Atlantic ocean
than any other country in the state
yet last year the farmers lost from
80 to so per cent Of the potato cror
at time OF digging, this percentage
OF the tubers being discarded ON &C
count Of being "weevily." Where
these potatoes were stored in bed Of
building their destruction by thu
weevil was completed BY spring. Pc
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
Mrs. Frank Moorhead and daugh-

Mrs. Frank Moorhead and daugh
ter, Miss Frances Moorhead, oil
Charleston, S. c., are visitors in the
city for few days and are the
guests of Mrs. E. J. Redding while
here. The Moorhead family former
ly resided in Ocala and have a mum
Der of friends here who always en-
joy a visit from them. Mrs. Moor
heads younger son, Brown, is now
in the navy, and her other older son
Grady, is in the revenue service in
Philadelphia.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
ONLY TWENTY YEARS AGO.

Ladies wore bustles.
Operations were rare.
Nobody swatted the fly.
Nobody had seen a silo.
Nobody had appendicitis.
Nobody sprayed orchards.
Cream was five cents a pint.
Most young men had livery bills.
Cantaloupes were mushmelons.
You never heard of a "tin lizzie
Doctors wanted to see your tongue
Milk shake was. favorite drink.
Advertisers did not tell the truth
Nobody cared for the price of gas
cline.
Farmers came in .stown for their
mail.
The hired girl drew one-fifty a
week.
The butcher threw in" a chunk
of liver.
Folks said pneumatic tires were a
joke
Nobody listened" on the tele-
phone.
There were no sane Fourth nor
electrict motors.
Strawstacks were burned instead
of baled.
Publishing county newspaper
was not business.
People thought English spar1ows
were birds"
Jules Verne was the only conrcrt
to the submarine.
You stuck tubes in your ears to
hear a monograph and it cost a
dime.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Met Hon. John Luning, state treas
urer, on a train the other night and
he said he was on his way to Lake
county to answer a little For Sale
ad in the Leesburg Commercial. Any
body beat that with country
weekly ?-Leesburg Commercial. Yes
Mr. William B. Schlereth, repre-
senting the United States navy
in this city, says that he received .
recruit for the navy in Pennsylvania
who had read his notice in the Ocals
Weekly Banner.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Irma Blake, after a delightful
visit of several weeks with friends
in Chicago and weeks visit with
relatives at Auburn and Opelika, Ala.
is now enjoying visit with friends
at Jeffersonville, Ga. JeffersonviIle
is just a short distance from Macon
so while there Miss Blake expects
to go out to Camp Wheeler, where
she will have the pleasure of seeing
the members of Company A of this
city. Miss Blake expects to return
home in few days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Janet Weathhers has Just re.
turned to Short Hills, N J., from a
very delightful visit with her friend,
Mrs. Sutton formerly Miss Eolline
Spearman), who visited Miss Wealth.
ers here few years ago While the
guest of Mrs Sutton she enjoyed a
number of delightful motor trips
through New Jersey and New York
states. Miss Weathers will visit her
brother and family of Short Hills for
short while longer before return.
ing home
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
Reading (Pa.), Girl Becomes the
Bride of a New Citizen of OcaIa.

Tuesday night at the Baptist
church in this city a very quiet wed.
ding ceremony was solemniZed, the
pastor, Rev. Bunyan Stephens, per-
forming the marriage in the presence
of few witnesses. The bride OF
this wedding was Miss Dora NJ
Hunter, of Reading, Penn, and the
groom was Mr. Nathan U. Kindt,
formerly of Reading but who has
now moved to Ocala to reside and
who will shortly open a music store
in this city.
The ceremony uniting these two
young people took place at eight o.
clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kindt will go to
housekeeping as soon as they secure
apartments.
In last Saturdays Reading Eagle
we clip the following account of a
pretty party given for Miss Hunter
just before she left her home city for
Ocala to meet her fiancee:
I'm honor of Miss Dora M. Hunter
of Reading, whose marriage to Ma
than U. Kindt, of Ocala, Fla, will
take place in the southern city the
latter part of this month, a linen
shower was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. w. Kindt, 1882 Spring
street Miss Hunter is a bookkeeper
in the employ of H. G. Lands, Sons.
She is pianist and organist of Christ
Evangelical Church and Sunday
school teacher. At the shower she
received numerous gifts of linen and
knit and fancy goods. She will live
in Florida after her marriage. Mr.
Kindt is in the piano business and
is former Reading man.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28
Several Hundred Ocala Women Reg
lister for Service.

Mrs. r. L Anderson, chairfan Of
the Ocala unit of the Women's Coun-
Gil of National Defense, has received
back over two hundred of the regis
tration cards signed by the women of
Ocala at the request of their govern
ment. There are still quite a number
of cards yet out to be turned in and
this number does not include cards
signed by the colored women of the
city, which have net yet been handed
in to the chairman.
Compared to other places the pro-
portion of Ocala women registering
was excellent.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mrs. c. r. Tydings and her sister,
Miss Annie Davis, who have been in
Baltimore, Gainesville, Washington
and other places for the past few
months, will return home this week
The hosts of friends of Mrs. Tydinge
viii regret exceedingly to learn that
her health is no better than when she
went away.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Camp and
children, who have been spending
the summer in Atlanta and at Mont
eagle, Tenn, have returned home.
Mr.. Camp spent last week in Boston,
Mass, on business.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Ophelia Sawtell, who has
been at home with her parents, Capt
and Mrs. S. r. Pyles, for the past
few weeks, returned to Baltimore
Tuesday morning to continue her
studies at the Johns Hopkins hos.
pital.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Weathers, who
have been in New York for the past
few weeks visiting their son, Mr.
Neil Weathers. and family, returned
home Tuesday afternoon. Miss Janet
Weathers, who has also been in New
work for some time, will return hons
in few days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Ellen STRIPPING returned home
Sunday after an absence of some
weeks visiting friends in Jackson.
vile, Savannah, Atlanta and other
places in Georgia.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mrs. w. A. Pelot returned to her
home at Owens, near Arcadia, Tues.
day after visit of several weeks
here and in Jacksonville with rela.
tives. Her sister, Miss Josie Will.
liams. accompanied her home for a
stay Of several months.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

WANTED-A young man 10 to 81
years of age, high school education
position assistant manager to learn
the and 10 cent business and be.
come manager. Excellent opportun.
ity for young man that wants to
make good. McCrory Stores, Corp.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Bassett and
family, for ten years residents OF
Lakeland, have moved to this city
and are located at No. S34 South Da-
kota avenue.-Tampa Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Prof. j. H. Workman, principal of
the Miami high school, is still in the
Jacksonville hospital, where he was
compelled to undergo a second oper.
alton this week Prof. Workman will
be confined to the institution for an
other two weeks, it is said.-Miami
Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. Clifford PEABODY was recently
transferred with the quartermasters'
department from Fort Oglethorpe to
Fort Niagara, N. Y. He is very much
pleased with his new location and
with his work.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Rev. E. Lee Smith has returned to
Orlando from Ocklawaha where he
has been conducting an interesting
and very successful Baptist meeting
Orlando Star-Reporter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

/ Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Kelsey and
daughter, Miss Winona Kelsey, have
returned home from New York city,
where they enjoyed a weeks visit
Times Union.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

DR.. P. P. Pillans returned last night
from Rochester, Mimi, where he has
been three weeks. While in Roches.
ter tie attended clinic of the Mayo
Brothers.-Orlando Sentinel.
En- route home DR.. Pillans visited
relatives in this county for a few
days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Bishop William A. Quayle, who was
in Ocala last winter, has been in
yited to address the st. Louis Liquor
Dealers Association.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. z. C. Chambliss, whe
have been spending the past few
weeks visiting friends and relatives
in Georgia returned home Sunday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. o. B. Howse will leave this af-
ternoon for Hot Springs, Ark, where
he will spend the next three weeks
for the benefit of his health. His
many friends hope that he will re-
turn home feeling much improved.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Sarah Pearl Martin will leave
next Tuesday for Washington, d. c.,
where she will attend the national
school of domestic art and science
Miss Martin will finish her course
this term.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

DR.. Klock of East Lake Weir, was
in Ocala Friday en- route to the lake
from New Hampshire, where he has
been spending the summer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Little Miss Ruth Howell has gone
to Demorest, Ca, with her aunt, Mrs
E. A. Shealey, and will spend the
winter with her and will attend
school there. y
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. Joseph Maliver has returned
home from a several weeks stay in
New York and other eastern cities,
where he has been purchasing the
fall and winter stock of goods for his
two stores in this city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rheinauer
will leave on Friday for New Ysrk
City, where they will spend several
weeks.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Ruth Erwin has returned
home from a visit with her mother
and sister at ST. Petersburg. Miss
Mary Erwin accompanied her sister
home.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

MIS- r. A. Burford and Miss Agnes
buriord returned home Tuesday af-
eernoon from Troy, Ala, where they
spent a week the guests OF relatives.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Pansey Souter will again have
charge of the primary department of
the Dunnellon public school this
term.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Misses Olivia and Irene Toffalettj
who have been spending the past two
weeks in the city the guests Of rel.
atives have returned to their home In
ocala. Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. Louis w. ". Duval, who has
been spending the past few weeks in
kentucky with his wife and daughter
at the home of relatives, and IN
Georgia with his relatives, has re-
turned home.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Mary Piatt leaves this after
noon for her former home in Ken
lucky to spend few weeks visiting
her mother and other relatives.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Some of our army boys are see
ing sights that they never expected
to see. They are receiving a big
education.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Mr.. Shealey, of Anthony, who spent
Yesterday in Ocala with his aunt.
Mrs. Edd Carmichael, left on the af-
ternoon train for Butler, Ga.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-09-28

Miss Margaret Porter returned
home yesterday afternoon after
spending the summer IN Chicago,
DesMoines and ct Tuscaloosa, Ala.