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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

Messer says that he will only sur
render the Office Of hotel inspector by
an order from court. Hon. F. M. Hud-
son and three other attorneys have
volunteered to carry the matter to the
supreme court for adjudication. Mes
ser knows a good thing when it falls
his way, and is not going to turn go
unless compelled to. There Is abso-
lutely no need for state hotel in.
spector If the local authorities win
do their duty.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22
OUR EXAMPLE 10 RUSSIA

The Russian leaders and the Rus
sian people can learn an invaluable
lesson in the practical workings OF
democratic government from the ar
my registration in the United States.
This registration took place under
an act of congress which in its pre-
Iiminary stages was marked by great
passion and bitterness. There was
seemingly irreconcilable differences
about the necessity and the wisdom
of such legislation. Veteran mem.
bers of congress whose patriotism
cannot be questioned were vehement
~ opposed to the measure
After the act became a law the dis
cussion continued German sympa
thizers and professional pacifists
threatened resistance. There were
isolated instances of organized con-
spiracies TO oppose the enforcement
of the law; but when the day came
the 10000 900 men within the age linn
its prescribed went to the booths and
registered. There was no violence
There were no serious disturbances.
There was less disorder throughout
the country and fewer arrests than
ordinarily on election day.
The government acted with a strong
hand, butt it was possible to act with
a strong hand because the great mass
of the American people supported
their government in its determine.
ton to win the war 1t is only in
such spirit and by such methods
that democracy can triumph over its
enemies, domestic and foreign.
II each little group and each sec.
ton of the country had determined
to decide this matter for itself. to
obey the law if the law suited it, we
should have anarchy and disintegra.
ton and the United States would be
helpless in the conflict against Ger
man aristocracy. Our own democra.
cy would have been shattered
Elihu Root, who is now in Russia
as an ambassador extraordinary
from the United States and chief of
the American commission, once said
that popular government is organ.
lied self-oontrol" No wiser words,
no truer words were ever uttered.
Fitness for self-government depends
wholly upon the acceptance and ap-
plication of that great principle. and
until the Russian people have learned
it they can never establish republi
can institutions
There is no other road to self-gov-
eminent. Democracy knows no other
rule. and its life depends upon that
rule
Our concern with Russia is not re-
stricted TO the assistance that it can
render to the entente powers in this
war. In no small measure the peace
of the world depends upon the abil.
ity of the Russian people to estab.
hsh and maintain free institutions I'M
der which they can work out their
destiny. If they fail, their failure
means the return of autocracy and
despotism and the re-establishment of
the regime of darkness, with all that
II implies to the rest of mankind.
The first lesson they have to learn
IS the lesson Of organized self-con-
troll; until that is mastered they can
make no progress in democracy
World.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

AS did their sires of old the young
men of the nation are dedicating them
selves to their country to use them
as it sees fit so that free government
shall not be blotted from the earth
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

God bless the flag! bet it float and
I'LL
The sky with its beauty; our heart
strings thrill
To the low, sweet chant of its wind.
swept bars,
And the chorus Of all les clustered
stars.
Embrace 1t, o mothers! and heroes
shall grow,
While fits colors blush warm on your
bosom of snow.
Defend II o fathers; there's no sweet
er death
Thai TO float its fair folds with sol
dier's ,last BREATH
And love it, o children! be true TO
the sires
Who wove II in plain by the old camp
fires.
Samuel l.. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

The man who now gives a listen.
ing ear to the mouthings and mutter.
ings OF The Menace, the Appeal to
Reason and Tom Watson is don.
himself grave injustice. He should
not permit himself to become obsess.
cd by these unbalanced publicati IN
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

The nation had it's birth in war.
War seems to be the panacea for the
eradication and destruction of evil. 1t
seems that war was necessary to hurl
the devil over the battlements of
heaven. and make it fit habitation
for angels and archangels.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

Cotton now not only helps to clothe
but helps to feed the world Were
this crop destroyed a large part of the
world would so an hungered and in
rags. It is princely staple,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

The quicker Germany asks for
terms Of peace the better it will be
for her. Every day the war is CON
tinued she will feel it that much the
more
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

Sumter county lost one of its most
valuable citizens in the death of Capt.
ID. II. Baker of Orange Home. the ed
itor of this paper one of his closest
friends, and the state one of its most
valuable assets-a statesman
Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

Sun-kissed and liberty-crowned the
flag stands ready to again be bathed
in the blood of heroes that our liber-
ties may be preserved.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
serial No. nlJ4S2.l
Department OF the Interior.
United States Land Office.

nlted states Land Office.
Gainesville, Fla. June Is. 1917
Notice is hereby given that John II
Taylor of Ocala. Florida. has filed in
this office has application No O154s2
to purchase. under section OF the act
OF March g. 1887. ga Stat. 566D. the
nwA of nwi4 section 5. township Is.
south, range %. east, Tallahassee me-
ridian; and thar said party will sub.
NIT proof 10 establish his claim TO
said land, under said act of March 3.
1897. before county Judge. in Ocala.
Florida, on August 2. 1917.
Applicant names the following wit
nesses:
;. T. Sistrunk. Ocala. Florida.
W a MOorhead. Ocala. Florida
r. L. Martin. Ocala. Florida.
l.. ". Duvai. Ocala. Florida.
ROBT. W. DAVIS.
6-22-tt Register.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

Won Hindenberg is optimistic. He
tells his soldiers that If they will cour-
ageously hold out in the trenches the
submarines will do the rest.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

There are more women in British
India than there are men. women and
Children in the United States.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

II is asserted that the private for
tunes of Car Nicholas total seven
billions-almost enough to have
bought liberty bond"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

The appointment of Felix Frank.
furter as Secretary Bakers aid adds
another link to the deadly chain
Washington Post
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

The newspapers of the country did
their bit" in popularizing the sale
of the liberty bonds.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

IL bad men were ostracised the
same as bad women we would have
little need for the Mann act"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

None were more active in the lib
erty loan campaign than the Catholic
University.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

ocaia has any number of sweet
singers mockingbirds and nigbtin.
gales. They win be heard on the 9Th.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

Honey is valuable sweet. The
honey bee will help you reduce the
cost of your sugar and syrup bills.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

The nation is passing through his
tory-making epoch.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

The cigarette ad is barred in Kan
sas.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

Brazil will assist in ships and in
foodstuffs.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-06-22

Stacker arrests in the south are few
and far between.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
Learn 70 Write WetI.

First legibility; second, sightliness,
should be the endeavor in handwriting
and let the Character" and the "indi-
viduality" take care OF themselves. II
you wish to devise signature hard to
forge. that is another thing; but ones
everyday handwriting should be plain
and as good-looking as one can make
1t. The art Of writing neat, legible,
well-punctuated, correctly expressed
and spelled letter should belong to
every highschool graduate much
more to every college graduate; and
the thanks OF the community are due
to those who are testing and trying to
Improve our methods of education:
but they must remember that the let.
ter-style is properly more loose and
conversational than any other and
therefore should not be criticized In
lust the same way.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
MACON, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1917
improving Submarines.

The day is approaching when sea-
going submarines Of high surfaoe
speed will accompany the main feet
on the high seas. Large vessels of
this type, Of 21 knots speed, have
oeen designed for the United States
navy, Great Britain is building, In
the Nautilus, the largest submarine In
existence. which Is intended to be 40
seaworthy while on the surface as the
latest type OF destroyer. Its surface
speed will he not less than 21 knots
and 1t will have a submerged speed
OF from Is to IS knots It will carry
Six torpedo tubes. and the surface dis.
placement will be about one thousand
I've hundred tons.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
68th YEAR
Women'a Clubs Growing.

Women's clubs are still made the
target for good deal Of criticism,
but It Is all wasted in 30 far as 1t
Is intended to prevent the growth and
prosperity OF such organizations. 1t
may bring about certain improve
ments and correct small defects, but
1t will never stop the progress OF
the women's clubs in any part Of the
country. Their great prosperity proves
that they meet q real need. 1t Is the
best possible evidence that they are
doing work OF value to very large
number Of women. The quality OF
their membership Is as noteworthy as
It's increase In numerical strength.
Several phases Of the changing posi-
tion Of women In the life OF the mod
ern world are too plain to be ques-
toned, except In blind intolerance.
One OF them Is the permanent en-
largement Of tho field In which WON.
en- earn their own living. Another Is
the broadening and deepening lnfu-
ence and usefulness Of women's clubs
and similar OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Leader.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
Tho Unnamed Locality.

"And this" said the alleged old sol.
der, Destering long-suffering editor
who was an old soldier, "is where
Arabs were massec = front of Us.
Here"-pointing to another place on q
dirty pocket-map-"is where our d.
vision was drawn up In Eareba. We
deployed In this direction, and our left
wing was attacked by the enemy on
this knoll. Just at this point l weo
wounded on the left shoulder. and
hundred yards fcrther on got my
right arm shattered by a piece Of one
OF our own shells. and" But" in.
terrupted the bored editor. where did
you get your brains blown out."-Lon.
DON Tit-Bits.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
Half Your Living
Without Money Cost

A right or wrong start in 1917 will
make or break most farmers in the
South. We are all facing a crisis.
This war in Europe puts things in
such uncertainty that no man can
foresee the future with any degree Of
clearness.
The sure and certain increase in
cotton acreage means lower cotton
prices next fall. Cost Of all food and
grain products Is high, so high that
no one can afford to buy and expect
to pay out with cotton.
It's time above all others to play
safe; to produce all possible food,
grain and forage supplies on your
own acres; to cut down the store bill.
A good piece of garden ground,
rightly planted, rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
made to pay half your living. 1t will
save you more money than you made
on the best five acres of cotton you
ever grew!
Hastings 1917 Seed Book tells all
about the right kind of money say.
ing garden and the vegetables to put
In 1t. 1t tells about the field crops as
well and shows you the clear road to
real farm prosperity. It's Free. Send
for 1t today to n. @. HASTINGS &C.
Atlanta. Ga.-Advt.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
NUMBER %
Sir A. Conan Doyle,

Sir A. Conan Doyle, who ID in this
country for a visit, Is a giant in
stature but most delightful man to
meet. He is an enthusiastic fisher
man. When he was last in this coun.
try in 1894 he stopped for time at
saranac lake in the Adirondacks. A
guest at the same hotel at that time
describes him as attired in steel blue
Scotch tweed. knee breeches and q
Lochinvar cap. The coat was made
as a Norfolk jacket and between the
belt and his ponderous bulk was a
pair Of gloves which he disdained to
wear because the weather was not
cold enough, although It was late fall
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
LOYAL Irlsh Father.

II is certain that no immigrant 10
more loyal to wife and child than the
Irishman. Out of nearly ten thousand
charity cases In which a wife was the
head Of the family, the greatest fire.
quency of widowhood. and the least
frequency Of desertion or separation
% among the Irish--The Century.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
The Rubber Stamp.

Filson Young admits that 1t Is no
longer thought impolite for busy per-
sons to send typewriter letters which
may not treat of business But there
IL piece of laziness which should
not be tolerated and that is the sign
Ing of n typewriter letter with a
rubber stamp purporting to give fac
simile Of the sendor's handwriting.
This really Is to reduce what is in
dtvidual In the communication to
the vanishing pCI-:t There is nothing
to show that your correspondent has
over seen the letter sent in his name.
II Is the least human of all methods
OF communication For my part. I
decline to answer or take any notice
or document 30 subscribed 1t has
all the dreariness, and none of the
honesty, OF personal circular" Mr..
Young adds: 81 notice that 1t Ia
the members OF the Thos., Chas. and
Jno. brigade who are chiefly addict
ed to this unsoem!y practise.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
Duke of Northumberland.

Henry George Percy, seventh duke
Of Northumberland, is the largest
landowner In England His estates
stretch almost from sea to sea, and
he can ride 100 miles and not once
leave his own domain. In appearance
he Is tall and thin, with reddish hair
and flowing whiskers. To Americans
1t will be interesting to note that
James Smithson, who bequeathed the
sum Of 100000 to establish the Smith.
sonian institution at Washington, waa
q greatuncle Of the present duke 0
Northumberland.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23

Yet one nan stand at my right hand
no'" us qdoth. quoth he. let one
Ahlar { my left side and keep the
Drid37 With me. Three men, wot.
can make II hot for caitiff foes like
these, aud when we whte about the
tg't. 'eli share the royalties. Pitts
W SAsr
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
StSpnd Point.

There's one strong point in favor
o. Divorces" remarked the man who
had married widow. Il don't sup
pose they are always telling a fellow
their first husbands were the best
men who ever lived"
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23
LAND FOL SALE

l have in my possession for sale 22O
acres of good post oak land one mile
south otBrooksville, with a large 5
room dwelling house; good wells for
water, 3 good 2 room cabins, fenced all
around with hedge posts and three
strands of best wire. Known as the
A. E. Keyes place.
DAN HARLAN,
Post Office, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon., 1917-03-23

5 BILLS big Spring line of samples on
isplay. Large ends to select from.
City Pressing Club.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-06-28
Abode of the Mastodon.

Cyril Wood, one of the best-known
mining men Of the Tolstoi district, has
Just shipped to San Francisco friend
a mastodon tusk which he found on his
Boob Creek claims. The tusk Is just
short Of nine feet long and is in prac-
tically perfect state of preservation.
Wood says that mastodon tusks and
teeth are so common as not to attract
particular attention throughout the
Boob Creek region, many being much
larger than the one he Is shipping out,
but none he has seen so we'll preserved.
Scores of tusks, teeth and bones Of
these prehistoric animals have been
found in the Riley & Mounier work
ings on Boob Creek, and in their drifts
there is a pungent odor which is at
tributed by the miners to the age-old
remains of the mammoths, found there.
While not offensive, like the odor of re-
Gently decayed animals, the smell Is
strong enough, according to Wood, to
be readily distinguishable at consider
able distances.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-06-28
GOLD HARD METAL TO CARRY
Average Man Cannot Transport Moro
Than $4,000 Worth for a Mile
Without Discomfort.

When geld shipment is o-be made
by ship he necessary number of kegs
are taken in truck to the assay office,
where they are received at door In
the rear The gold bars are then
placed on hand truck and rolled to
the kegs. In the presence Of the agents
of the shippers and of the officials OF
the assay office the bars are packed In
the kegs, and sawdust Is placed around
them TO prevent abrasion. When the
heads of the kegs have been placed
over the packed bars, piece OF red
tape Is stretched across and fastened
between the chime and the edge or
the head. The seal of the shipping
house is then attached to the head and
the bottom of each keg.
After sealing, the kegs are rolled to
the wagon and lifted on. 1t takes two
men to handle each keg, as there are
ten bars to a keg, with total gold
weight of about 100 pounds. 1t may
be mentioned that 100000 weighs in
gold about $50 pounds, and $1,0OOOOO
weighs $500 pounds. Some time ago
one Of the officials Of an assay office
compiled figures showing how much
gold man could actually handle. 1t
Is a singular thing that great difficulty
Is experienced in carrying gold for any
distance. The weight seems to be
more dead" than that Of other metals,
although that may be an illusion.
For instance, the average man could
carry 100 pounds Of gold one mile
without much discomfort. It's value
would be about $4,000. A strong man
could carry, say, $50 pounds a mile,
reaching the end of his journey with
just under $4,000. A very powerful
man might carry 200 pounds, or nearly
$4,000, a mile without exhaustion.
Carrying gold Is almost as difficult as
getting 1t.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-06-28


Lady POOre, the wife of Sir Rich
ard Poore, who had just been placed
on the retired list at his own request
in orter to facilitate the promotion OF
younger officers, has published a new
volume of "reminiscences, can Ad'
miral's Wife in the Making" which Is
full Of good stories.
Here Is one concerning a Lleuten'
ant Thrupp, who was, one gathers.
rather self-important parsonage.
One morning, writes Lady Poore,
he was rung up on the telephone. and
the question: "Have you any beef?"
surprised his attentive ear.
mo" he replied, II have no beef"
"Have you any mutton?" followed
"No, I have no mutton" said Mr.
rhrupp.
"Well, then, have you any veal OF
Iamb?"
mo" he answered CURLY.
"And you call yourself a butcher!
said the voice, conveying, even through
the telephone the contempt Of his fe-'
male interlOcutor.
IT don't" roared Mr.. Thrupp, I'm
Thrupp of the Royal Artillery" and
rang off.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-06-28
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Flour, Hay and Grain.

Flour-Winter patents $13Q1350,
winter fancy $12.50Q13, winter family
$12@12.50, winter extras $11@11.5O,
low grade $40 50@11, hard patent $13
Q1350, hard fancy S1225@12.75.
Corn-No. 2 white $1.73, No. white
$173, No. 2 yellow $1.72@1.73, No. 8
yellow s1.72d1.79, No. 2 mixed $1.72@
1.73, No. mixed $1.720L72R, white
ear $1.72@1.74, mixed ear $I7101.73,
yellow ear $1.72@1.74.
Hay-No. l timothy $19@1925, No.
2 $1S.5O019, No. $17.5O@1S, No. l
clover mixed S1S@1S.50, No. 2 $1,000
Is, No. clover $3.50.
Oats-No. 2 white 6S1a Q69c, stand
ard white 6SQ6S1ac, No. white
67@6Sc, No. 4 white 65Q67c, No. 2
mixed 671k Q6Sc, No. mixed 66967c,
No. 4 mixed 64966c.
Wheat--No. 2 red $2.45924S, No. 8
red $2SOd2.35, No. red $1sO@2.2O.
Butter, Poultry and Eggs.
Butter-Whole milk creamery ex-
tras 3Sc, centralized creamery extras
SEC, frsts 34c, seconds soc.
Eggs-Prime flrsts Soc, f1rsts go,
ordinary firsts CSC, seconds BE.
Live Poultry-Broilers, IL ID and
over, Csc; under 1 to IL Id, 25q soc;
fowls, 5 lbs and over, 22lkc; under 8
lbs, 22Ikc; ROSTERS, 15c.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers S9d12s5; butcher
steers, extra $1O.756I225, good to
choice $1O610.50, common to fair
s7.50de5O; heifers. extra Sl0.75ql2.
good to choice S1Od1e.50. common to
fair S769.50; cows, extra sS.756s.S0,
good to choice s7.75dS.5O, common to
fair S6d7.5O
Calves-Extra S145O, fair to good
81. 5O01425, common and large $3.50
Oil
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-06-28
Cat That Went Back.

"They say the streets in Boston are
frightfully crooked"
"They are. Why, do you know when
I first went there could hardly find
my way around"
"That must be embarrassing"
at is. The first week l was there
I wanted to get rid Of an old cat we
had, and my wife got me to take 1t to
the river a mile away"
And you lost the cat all right"
Lost nothing! 1 never would have
found my way home If I hadn't fol-
lowed the cat!"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-06-28

to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken it with good
results. I did so, my weakness dis.
appeared, I gained in strength, moved
into our new home, did all kinds OF
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build
ing and cement work, and raised hum
dreds of chickens and ducks. l can
not say enough in praise of Lydia E;
Pirkham's Vegetable Compound and
if these facts are useful you may pub
lish them" for the benefit of other
women. Mrs. M. 0. JOHNSTON, Routs
d. Box 1870, Richmond. Ind.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-06-28
uroes State To Do Its Duty.

The war department, in telegraphic
communications to Rutledge Smith,
state registration officer, urges that
steps be taken at once to recruit Ten
nessee's full strength by June 80. Mr..
Smith at once got in touch with re-
cruiting officers in the state and call
ed attention of eligible soldiers of a
golden opportunity to volunteer. Mr..
Smith, in speaking of the message,
said: "As Tennesseans have always
been ready to rally 20 the colors, we
are sure that they will do so in this
instance, and we ask all patriotic citi-
zens between the ages of Is and 40 to
volunteer until the full quota is Sc.
cured"