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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20
THE "DRYS" ARE MARCHING ON

Wisconsin brews more beer THAI
any other state, with three excep-
tions Beer the advertisements say,
made Milwaukee famous Yet the
capital OF Wisconsin, Madison. has
gone dry, and with apparently about
half the towns throughout the state
under local option law.
Illinois distils more hard liquor
than any two other states-almost
quarter If the output of the country.
Springfield. the capital. has snubbed
the great state industry by forbidding
the retail sale of liquor Duluth, re
NTH city of the unsalted seas" where
not only the miners and lumber-iacks
on their visits but the local handlers
of enormous freights are supposed to
be chronjcally afflicted with a greet
drought has by vote denied it's as
suagement; Minnesota as a whole has
leanings toward prohibition
Springfield is almost the geograph-
ical center Of the group of six states
which are the stronghold of the liquor
producing interests. Wisconsin. Mis-.
souri,. Indiana. Illinois, Kentucky and
Ohio produce much more than one
third of the beer and one-half of the
strong liquors of the country. New
York. California and Louisiana are
outposts of the trade, separated from
each other by twenty-five dry states
and three expectant-dry ones. neatly
arranged in belts of aridity which rail
way trains west and southwest by anv
route must cross for from 500 to 1000
miles
Springfield and Madison are not
very big cities. But they are so plac-
ed that the host of King Barleycorn
will keenly feel their detection
World.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

General John w Bale of Rome,
Ga, has been appointed commander
of the army of the Tennessee Sons Of
Confederate Veterans to succeed Gen
eral Thomas r. Hooker, resigned, and
has assumed command and entered
upon the discharge of his duties. He
has made Colonel James Maddox ad-
jutant and chief of staff. The depart
ment of the army of Tennessee in
cludes Florida, and in the appoint
ment of his official staff and sponsor
ial staff General Bale has appointed
a number of Floridians. Colonel Don
aid E. McIver of Ocala is made assist
ant adjutant and Miss Amelia Bird
Burroughs of Jacksonville maid of hon
or.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

This is the vernal season of the
year. Nature is no longer bleak and
bare. The earth is carpeted with
grass ana the woods are clothed in
garments designed and fashioned by
a master hand. Behold the lilies OF
the field; they toll not, neither do
they spin, yet Solomon in all his Clio
ry was not arrayed like one of these"
The woods and fields thus clothed
seem to produce rhapsodies of praise.
The featnered songsters. catching the
inspiration, are alert and are singing
their sweetest roundelays The mock
ing bird, For example. in his notes de-
fies the efforts of man. dad as he
pours forth his gladness, puts cur Ca.
rusos to the bad. The inimitable
concerts of these feathered songsters
add Joy to country life, and the MIN
ble-footed squirrel, as he lithely
springs from bough to Dough, adds
his quota to the enchantment Of the
woods. Well may L0rd Byron have
exclaimed: There is pleasure in
the painless woods"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20
WONDERFUL PROBLEmG FOR
THE FUTURE


Mr.. Albert Williamson, in the last
issue of mis- newspaper. the Jackson
Vile Fl0ridian, prints entire the re-
cent lecture of Mr.. Alexander Graham
Bell inventor of the telephone, before
the graduating class of the Mckinley
Training School.
It is !. wonderful production. and
should be read by every scholar inter
ested in physics and chemistry, and
indeed. Uy all persons interested in
the problems awaiting solution. and
which must be solved by those who
are to tare our places.
This 9teat inventor tells in most
from candles to electricity; from the
hobby horse to the motorcycles from
the open WATERFALL to the thermos
bottle: from the OK to the auto.
And yst inventions are still in their
infancy In the revelations of ma
lures hidden mysteries We are yet not
beyond the yestibule.
1t is very certain that in the no dis
tant future we shall utilize the suns
rays for beat and power and shall cool
our houses in the summer time with
frozen air. as we now heat them in
the winter time with hot air Indeed,
the great inventor seems to think that
our cities will be artifcially heated
and cooled This will add to the com
fort as well as the health Of the popu-
lation
1t is safe to say that the world will
become a paradise regained.'
This paper believes that we shall
have universal peace That instead
of depending on wood. coal and oil for
purposese of heat, power and illumina-
ton, we shall utilize the waves of the
sea and he rays of the sun.
AS cities are now artificially light
ed. in the future they will be artif-
cially he1ted and cooled. Good roads
will become universal all over the
world, and travel on sea and land, in
the air and under the sea will be
cheap and comfortable, and all forms
of labor in shop, kitchen and field will
be done ~ electrical machinery. and
living will be almost like it is in heav-
en-.
The silfulness of sin will be largely
blotted ont: pensions will be granted
to the aged of both sexes and there
will be greater and more even dis
tribution OF wealth and happiness.
What has already been accomplish
ed is only the beginning of prepared
ness for the greater blessings of the
future
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

We want to live long enough to see
country homes in all respects as eIe-
giant and palatial as town homes. We
want TO see as much taste displayed
in their construction and in their UP.
keep. We want to see the lawns as
green and the flower gardens as beau
tiful. We want to see the fields free
of stumps and the crops cultivated
with up-to-date machinery We want
to see fine horses, mules and colts.
graded and thoroughbred cows and
hogs, chickens, peafowls and guineas.
We want to see life on the farm be-
come more attractive We want to
see material evidence that life on the
farm means something more than a
bare existence
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

The Ocala Daily Banner has limited.
now and again, that kissing has grown
to be an epidemic in the Sunshine
City. These editorial observations bob
up every so often and are neither one
thing or t'Other-for or agin'. If the
Banner is attempting a shrewd adver-
Using stunt to bring young men TO
Ocala to settle for life, then Ocala
has newspaper to be proud of. The
campaign can't fail-we've met a few
Ocala girls, and we know.-St. Angus.
tine Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20
AN "oLo GLORY THAT Is GONE

Quite a number of efforts at various
times and places have been made to
establish a magazine in Florida, but
after a lingering existence, one after
another, they have gone the way of
all flesh and grass.
We hope that the career of the
Breeze of st. Petersburg, by Caroline
Hull Griswold, will not be as "a tale
that is told for it is the most credita-
BILE publication of the kind that has
come under our observation.
We hope that it will gather infiu-
ence and popularity as it grows in
age. and will live long and will be-
come an influential factor in our lit
erary life.
On the fronts page of the Breeze
is the picture of the flag of the Con
federacy, with the lines, "Old Glory
that is Gone
Speaking of the Breeze and the ban
ner of the Lost Cause" the Key
West Journal says:
Strange how the sight of your flag
will cause the blood to course
through the veins, and the face to
burn, and the pulse beat faster. There
is no American soul so dead who in
these days of war and rumOrs of war
does not do homage to Old Glory
wherever it flies. There is no niece
or nephew of Uncle Sam who does
not raise the eyes heayenWard and
breathe a prayer of thanksgiving
when 20, say can you see by the
dawn's early light" is ringing trium-
plant. But in those states made
twice as nice as Paradise and called
Dixieland there is another flag en-
twined with the Stars and Stripes
that will always live.
THE April number of the Breeze
has just reached our desk, and its
frontispiece potrays the old Glory
that is gone The flag of Dixie under
which our fathers fought and march
ed in the sixties is there in all it's sa-
cred grandeur. We love the United
States and none are more loyal and
true than those of the southland. But
the sight of that flag, under which the
bravest men history tells of bled and
lost and Gied. always brings sigh
from the soul for cause that was lost
There is no dislOyalty in the love for
the Stars and Bars. 1t was born and
bred in we of the south. The country
is now and always will be one of uni
ty, but the most sacred recesses of
the heart hold a niche for the flag of
Dixie. We love the Breeze for its
frontispiece. In the magazines of the
country that fly the flag Of Lee and
Jackson nc treason will ever be found.
The sons and daughters of the Con
federacy will fight as loyal and AS
bravely for the Stars and Stripes as
their fathers did for an Old Glory
that is gone
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

As will be seen by a letter from
Hon. \. J. Wicker, he has an impor-
tant place on the committee of pen.
sions in the state legislature. This
is an assurance to the "Old Vet" that
Sumter county will be right in their
favor in any legislation proposed 1t
is reasonably certain that the pension
allowance will be increased and that
payments will be made monthly
Bushnell Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Unusual conditions exist in Wakul-
la and Liberty counties. Although
these counties never held a wet and
dry election and therefore are wet I'M
der the constitution, there has never
been barroom in either county, pub
lie sentiment being strong enough to
Keep them out. They are legally wet,
but sovereignty dry-dry by popular
will of the people.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Senator Stockton of Duval has in
troduced bill in the house requiring
the registration with the state of ev-
cry automobile owned and operated in
Florida, and allowing license taxation
against the machines only by the
state, the funds derived by such IL
cense taAes to go to the construction
and maintenance of the state road de-
partment.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

When Governor Cats wrote his
first message to the legislature we
must conclude that he was in the
hands of his tanners. but when he
wrote those letters to the Manufac-
turers' Record and the attorney gen.
eral of the United States, he must
have gotten loose, for they bear the
ear-marks Of his personality. Well
may The Manufacturers Record saw.
Alas. poor Florida" Burke should
be more watchful.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

This country is engaged in war with
Germany. A condition Of war exists.
If actual conflict has not taken place.
Lloyd George is taxing the wealth Of
England; Woodrow Wilson is ready
to tax the wealth of America. Those
who have amassed huge fortunes are
expected to respond nobly to the call
of the government.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20
A GREAT GATHERING

a 0hEA ia
Along the lines Oh several editorial
articles recently appearing i'll this pa
per. Mr. Louis Ludlow writes from
Washington as follows:
"One OF the most remarkable dem
onstrations in the history OF any c0un-
trv--a demonstration which is expect
ed 10 show to- all the world that the
last vestige of sectional feeling in the
United States has been wiped out
is being arranged to take place here
next June, when the veterans OF the
Confederate army will march in a
grand parade along historic Pennsyl-
yania avenue.
The leading thOrOughfare OF the
nations capital has been the scene OF
many military parades. but never UP
to this hour has it witnessed a pa
rade of those who fought against the
Union. The coming reunion OF the
Confederate Veterans will be the first
reunion To be held north of the Ma
son and Dixon line since the civil war.
IL has been an inviolable rule With
the veterans that all their reunions
be held in he~sOuth. The invitation
extended by Washington's representa-
tives at last years reunion at Biz
mineham. Ala. proved to be so allur-
ing ana irresistible, however. that the
veterans decided to meet here this
summer
"Fifty-three years asc gray-clad
Confederate soldiers We're not at all
welcome in Washington and their en-
deavors 10 visit the national capital
were met with stubborn resistance at
Fort Stevens. on Upper Georgia ave
nue.
To-day however things are differ
ent Confederate soldiers are as vel
come as the flowers in May, and sey-
eral hundred Washington business
and professional men are busy as
bees arranging for the twenty-seventh
annual reunion Of the United Con
federate Veterans, as their assOcia-
ZION is called The gathering of the
southern warriors, which will begin
June 4. will be memorable in many
respects. 1t is estimated that 10000
or 10000 veterans, who followed Lee,
Jackson. Johnson. Longstreet and 9th
er southern chieftains, will partici-
pate in the business session and pa.
rade here.
AS usual, the veterans will be ac-
companied by the cream of southern
beauty and aristocracy in the persons
of lovely sponsors. maids of honor,
Daughters of the Confederacy and
rost OF other visitors. It's expected
that fully 10000 or 100000 persons
will come to Washington to partici-
pate in or watness the reunion and
its innumerable social affairs.
Representative men of Washing
ton are organizing 20 develop ways
and means to give the southern hosts
a royal welcome to the capital Exec
utive and finance committees have
been forced, and have begun their eff
forts to make the reunion a success.
The sum of 100000 has been fixed
tentatively as the amount necessary
to make the reunion one of the most
notable of all Confederate assemblag-
es. The subscriptions already receiv-
ed amount to many thousands of dol
large. The railroads of the south
have conceded a rate of one cent per
mile for the coming; reunion"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

God bless the flag! Let it float and
ill
The sky with its beauty; our heart
strings thrill
To the low, sweet chant of its wind
swept bars,
And the chorus Of all its clustered
stars.
Embrace it, o mothers. and heroes
shall grow,
While It's colors blush warm on you!
bosom Of snow.
Defend it o fathers: there's no sweet
er death
Than to float its fair folds with a sol
dler's last breath!
And love it. o children! be true to
the sireS
Who wove 1t In plain by the old camp
nree.
Samuel l.. Simpson
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Bulgaria is ready for peace with
Russia. The beams of peace are be-
ginning to break though the dark
clouds of war. The common people
upon whose shoulders fall the fighting
are becoming tired of the burden.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Editor sd Lambright OF the Tampa
Tribune says that the scenic environ
ments of Tallahassee are unrivaled in
the state. And he might have added
that they are unrivaled by few other
places in any Of the states.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

1t was son of Dixie, Worth Bagley
North Carolina. who was the first vic
tim of the Spanish-American war. and
now a Texan is the first to carry the
Stars and Stripes to the front n
France.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

General Alfred Aver is on visit TO
the capital, and has been rendered the
courtesies of the floor. General Aver
is there looking after the welfare of
the "Old Vets"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Senator Fletcher suggests an inter
esting train of thought in his declara-
ton that this country should eftend
the hand of friendship to the social
democrats of Germany in their efforts
to overthrow NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Journal
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

"Old Glory" has been carried to the
forefront of the battle in France on
a Texas bayonet. It is matter for
public rejoicing that the flag is now
venerated as much in one section of
the country as in another. Patriotism
is not measured by sectional lines.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

The legislature is in session in Tex
as and The governor has recommend
ed so many good laws and has vetoed
a number of bad ones. that he is be-
ing overwhelmed with kilograms of
congratulations. Florida's governor
ought to sit up and take notice
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

The south may as well make up
her mind. before it is too late for
planting, that she must depend on her
own fields for her food supply-she
can depend on the west no longer ex-
cept for wheat. Go to it. Vex the
soil for all that it will produce. The
food supply must be grown at home.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Two dollar wheat means increased
use for corn meal in its many forms.
The people Of the south-especially
Fiorldians-ate precious little cookery
made from -four during the early cos,
and pellagra was unknown in those
days.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20
Why not enlist now?

Representative Wilder of Hillsbor-
ough has introduced bill providing
for the establishment of hospital for
the insane in south Florida.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Don't let's be illiberal or sectional.
Let's drain the Everglades, for by do
ing so we shall add millions to the
taxable values of the state, and all
will be benefited,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

There are twelve thousand acres
In the vicinity of Hastings planted r.
potatoes. The planters expect to be.
come plutocrats aud associate with
J. P. Morgan G Co
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

The man behind the plow.' the
IMAM with the hoe" and the woman
with the garden hose" row have con
spicuous places in the spotlight.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Senator James E. Alexander of Vo-
lusia county is supporting the bill
creating Flagler county. 1t contains
a three-ifths referendum clause.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Billy Sunday expects one hundred
thousand in New York to hit the trail,
and the free-will Offering to foot I'D
one dollar per trailer, or one hundred
thousand dollars. 1t is easy money,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20

Care for the groves-they are Gods
first temples.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-23
Family Reunion.

A very pleasant family reunion
was held at the home of Mrs.
Ruth W. Swope, Needmore, R.
r. l, on Tuesday of last week.
Those present were Miss Lillian
Cuppart, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Nick
Mohser, Somerset, Pa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Swope and child,
Wells Tannery; Mr.. Crissman,
Bedford, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Booty and son Howard and
daughter Ruth. Bedford; Mr.. and
Mrs. S. L. Bedford and daugh-
ters Blanche, Ruth and Jessie,
Shippe nsburg; Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Deshong, son George and
daughters Eva and Helen, And
over; Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Mellott
and sons Austin and Harold,
Needmore; Roy Deshong, Wells
Tannery; Mr.. and Mrs. H. B.
Swope and child, Needmore;
William Gilbert, Shippensburg,
and Mrs. Ruth W. Swope at
home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-23
Runyan the Eye Man at
cConnellsburg August "a and
25.
Home From Extended Trip.

Mr.. Roy M. Daniels who, ac-
companied by his wife and their
son Marshall, left Hancock about
two months ago in Mr.. Daniels
Overland for points in the middle
and far west, returned home by
rail last week, leaving Mrs. Dan
iels and Marshall at Taylorville,
ILL.,. from which point the former
will drive the car homeward in a
few weeks. Roy reports having
one of the best times of his life.
Hancock News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-06-07
Contractor Curren Starts
Another, Big Improvement

w. J. Curren consummated a deal
Thursday whereby he purchased the
property on Fifth avenue between the
Fifth Avenue hotel and the VIM
Story property from the First Nation
al bank. Early Friday morning he had
a wrecking crew at work tearing down
the frame structure which he will re-
place with modern brick Office build
ing. It will be 25x100 feet, two stor-
les and basement. Mr.. Curren will
have his Office in part of the building
and rent the other Offices and rooms
This along with the VIM. Story build
ing on the corner will make a great
improvement in that block. We un-
derstand that other property owners
near there are getting the building
fever, and it is possible that other
new structures may soon be planned
for Fifth avenue between the Kindred
hotel and the 500 Office.
Mr.. Curren also contracted Thurs
day to erect modern store building
at Mandan for VIM. Story to cost ap-
proximately $4,000.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-06-07
State Bank Resources
Show Wealth Of State

Bismarck, June 2. Resources of
North Dakota bank and trust CON-
panies increased $16,232,5S676 be-
tween May l, 1916, and May l, 1917,
according to the official abstract Of
bank statements made in response to
the call of May /, 1917, issued today
by State Examiner J. r. Waters.
The largest single increase in depos-
its is in time certificates, of which the
total was $11,84S,57611 greater May
l, 1917, than a year ago. There is a
gain of $1,505,179.S4 in deposits sub
ject to check, and $1,002,00O in cap.
ital stock.
Between March and May 1, this
year, there was a gain of $3,609,5 5O.63
in all resources, the total reported by
686 state banks and four trust com
panies May being 1O7,O61,941.85 as
compared with $103,452,39O.98 March
5, 1917, and $90,729,354.S5 May l, 1916.
The increase in loans and discounts
for the year is $17,129174.98, and for
the period from March to May /,
$3.750,797.56. In 1915 reports were re-
ceiyed from $50 state banks, as com.
pared with 687 in 1917.
The showing is one Of the best ever
reported by the state examiners Of
flee, both for the year and for the
two-month period.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-06-07
President Wilson Hears
Farmers Of Northwest

attract the major portion of grain
dealings.
The president summed up the mat.
ter by saying that it was very desir.
able that the government be prepared
to use the information gained during
the war as a guide to improving mar
ket conditions in peace times. Such
reforms as were found applicable to
normal conditions could then be in.
stituted, he said.
At the termination of the audience
the visitors were taken by guide
through the famous east room, scene
of many formal receptions, and
through the lower floor of the White
House. This was a favor which no
other visitors have enjoyed since the
extra guard was placed around the
capitol as a result Of the war.
1t was made plain in fact, that in
granting the audience today the pres.
ident was making exception to rules
which now call for his entire concen-
tration on official business.
Those in the party which visited the
president were congressman Young
and Norton of North Dakota, Attorney
General hanger, Chairman S. j. Aan
dahl of the state railroad commission,
Rate Expert ]. A. Little of the COM
mission, State Senator Thomas Pen
dray of jamestown, F. A. Bennett of
Great Falls, Mont, C. w. Holman of
Madison, Wis. and the editor of The
Fargo ,Courier-News: