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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

God bless the flag! Let it float and
fill
The sky with it's 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 its colors blush warm on your
bosom of snow.
Defend it o fathers; there's no sweet
er death
Than 10 float IFS fair folds with a sol
dier's last breath!
And love it, o children! be true TO
the sires
Who wove it in plain by the old camp
tiree.
Samuel L. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

DIR. Gunner hits the nail on the head
when he says the growers have the
power to get what they want. Co
operation among them is becoming
more and more noticeable every day.
The new farm loan banking system
will help them to see very forcibly
what can be done this way.-Sanford
Grower
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

By far the greatest development OF
the past year in the domain of this
project is the bringing under cultiva
ton of the rich muck land in the Ock'
lawaha Valley below Lake Griffin
This year there was one field of corn
1000 acres in extent. which produced
approximately 100000 bushels of corn
Grower
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

A ship canal across Florida would
facilitate dreadnaughts going from
the Atlantic othe Pacific and vice
Versa in caseof war with the little
brown men," or with any of the ma
tions of Europe.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

The public debt of the principal ma.
tons at war is estimated by the fed.
eral reserve board at $4,000, 900 900.
This is about one-sixtht of their ma.
tional wealth. as reported before the
beginning of hostilities. 1t is rising
steadily at the rate of $1,000, 900 a
day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

A report was current on our streets
yesterday that the referee in the con.
tested "wet or dry" election case had
hied his report but an examination OF
the records disclosed the fact that
the report was erroneous.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

The criticism of a clever woman
who attended the inaugural ceremo-
MES is quite laconic. She says that
after hearing the governors address
she is quite convinced that he killed
the bear
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

For highly tropically perfumed fam
boyant speeches we think that Gov
ernor Cats inaugural address is en-
titled to the blue ribbon" and should
stand in a class to itself.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

The Gadsden County Times states
that $4,000 worth of corn and pork
win be shipped this season from the
little town of Greensboro in addition
to 1000 barrels of syrup.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

The Ponce de Leon hotel will
throw open it's doors for the season
of 1917 tomorrow.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

The best advertised man i'll the
world today is Santa Claus, and see
how popular he is 1t pays to adver-
tise-Perry Herald.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

If those army aviators do not want
to be numbed by the cold, why not
make their experimental trips across
Florida?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

MEN!--lt's time to discard the old
straws. Send us your old felt or We
our hats. We make them look like
new. Royal Cleaners and Dyers. Da-
vis & Davis. Props. Phone 443-
a14-tf.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

One Charles E. Hughes has learned
that finding fault with prosperity is a
hard road to travel.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

This paper tips its hat to Florida S
new Chief Justice Jefferson B.
Browne.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

Thomas r. Lawson is about to be
hoisted on his own petard.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

The puzzling question is, where do
our banks get so much money
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

Miami is to have a nine-story ho-
tel.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12
PRIZES ALL PURCHASED IN
OCALA

The Two 1917 FORD TOUR
ING CARS were purchased
from fuckers GARAGE the
popular Auto Man.
The $4,000 Diamonds were
purchased from A. E. Burnett
and will be on display in his
windows very soon.
Both Solid Gold Watches were
purchased of WEIHE, The Jew
eler, and can be seen in his
windows shortly.
The Theatre Tickets, good for
Two for 800 performances at
The Temple Theatre were
bought of Mr.. Ed. Bennett. the
Public Amusement King.
The Eastman Kodaks and Cases
were purchased from GERIG,s
Drug Store and will be seen ON
display in his show windows
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-01-12

Makeit a Banner year!
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
"Behaved Like Vandals."

August II. In the afternoon I had
a look at the little chateau belonging
10 one of the kings secretaries (not at
home). Our men had behaved like
regular vandals. They had looted the
cellar first. and then they had turned
their attention to the bedrooms and
thrown things about all over the place.
They had even made fruitless efforts
to smash the safe open. Everything
was topsy-turvy-magnif furni-
ture, silk, and even china. That's what
happens when the men are allowed to
requisition for themselves. l am sure
they must have taken away a heap OF
useless stuff simply for the pleasure OF
iooting."
August 9th crossed frontier. Inhab-
itants on border very good to US and
give us many things. There is no diff
ference noticeable.
august 23rd. Sunday (between Bir-
nal and Dinant. village of Disonge).
At IL o'clock the order comes to ad-
vance after the artillery has thorough
up prepared the ground ahead. The
Pioneers and Infantry regiment us
were marching in front OF US. Near
n small village the latter were fired on
by the inhabitants. About 30 inhab-
itants We're shot and the village was
burnt-artillery is continuously shoot
ing-the village lies in large ravine.
Just now. six o'clock in the afternoon,
the crossing of the Mas begins near
Dinaut All villages. chateaux,
and houses are burnt down during this
night. IL was a beautiful sight to see
the fires all round US in the distance.
August 2i.-ln every village one
finds only heaps Of ruins and many
dead" From the diary of Matbern,
Fourth company. Eleventh Jager bat
TALON, Marburg)
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
All Male Inhabitants Shot.

a shell burst near the Eleventh
company. and wounded seven men.
three very severely. At five o'clock we
were ordered by the officer in COM
mand of the regiment to shoot all the
male inhabitants of Nomeny, because
the population was foolishly attempt
ing to stay the advance Of the German
troops by force Of arms. We broke into
the houses, and seized all who resisted,
in order TO execute them according to
martial law. The houses which had
not been already destroyed by the
French artillery and our own were set
on fire by US, so that nearly the whole
town was reduced to ashes. 1t is ter
rible sight when helpless women and
children, utterly destitute. are herded
together and driven into France"
From the diary of Private Fischer,
Eighth Bavarian regiment of infantry,
Thirty third reserve divisiOn.)
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
HOME ORCHARDS ARE
NEGLECTED BY MANY
Regarded as Nuisance by Many
Farmers Because of Large
Space They Occupy.

That every farm should have a home
Whitten of the University of Missouri
college Of agriculture. He says that
no part of the farm will produce more
for the land II occupies than will n
home orchard properly selected and
taken care of.
The home orchard helps to make a
background or proper setting for the
farm buildings. 1t affords the needed
shade for poultry, pigs, cows or small
stock. 1t can give succession of
fruit from early until late when fruit
on the market would not be readily
available.
Despite this fact home orchards are
sometimes regarded as almost a
nuisance by the farmer. The greatest
cause for dissatisfaction is that the
home orchard is almost always too
large. 1t occupies too much land, pro-
duces more fruit than the family can
use and is not taken care of unless 1t
Is big enough to become a commercial
enterprise. Again the home orchard
sometimes is planted to single variety
such as Ben Davis apples, which does
not allow a succession Of fruits
throughout the season. Sometimes, on
the other hand. 1t contains too many
unusual varieties. most OF which are
not adapted to the neighborhood and
are not productive.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
Too Many Servants in Britain.

Duncan Miller asked the minister Of
national service. says the London
Times, whether his attention has been
called to the number of advertisements
for servants In households of one, two
or three persons, where seven to ten
indoor servants are already kept, and
whether he proposes to limit the num-
Der Of indoor servants employed in
each household. The minister of na-
tional service replied that he had al
ready pointed out how essential 1t is,
in the national interest, that no per-
son should employ more servants than
are absolutely necessary. The min
lister trusts that the awakened con-
sciences Of those who have tn this
respect failed to appreciate their duty
will provide an immediate and sum
cient remedy. II not, he will tell his
plan in the general statement on maa
nower-
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
WIRE WRAPPERS ARE
MOST SATISFACTORY
Afford Young Fruit Trees Best
Protection Against Rabbits,
Says an Expert.

Wire wrappers afford young fruit
trees the best protection against rab-
bits, according to F. S. Merrill, assist
ant professor of horticulture in the
Kansas State Agricultural college. The
use of poison bats and preventive
washes, as well as such time-honored
methods as shooting and trapping,
also is effective.
Rabbits are a serious pest in or.
chards, and in many localities are SC
numerous as to cause considerable In
jury, especially 10 young trees. One
orchardist in the northeastern part Of
the state lost nearly 40 acres of young
trees last winter from their work.
The best wrappers are made from
galvanized wire. The initial cost Of
wire wrappers is heavy, but since they
are permanent, they are the cheapest
protection in the long run. Either
window screen or quarter-inch mesh
screen may be used. Both are salts
factory, but the window screen serves
to reduce the injury Of borers as well
as rabbits.
In making the wire wrappers, IS to
20 inch wire should be used. depend
ing upon the height of the first limbs
on the trees. 1t should be cut into
12-inch lengths and fastened with wire
or hooks. The lower edge should be
buried few inches in the ground.
This will keep field mice OF.
Poison bats have been successfully
used in the northwest, but their use
Is risky since the bats may be con-
sumed by stock. Preventive washes
should be adhesive. repellent, and nom
injurious. Carbolic acid. lime sulphur,
and mixture Of soft soap, carbolic
acid and sal soda. are all good washes.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
MAINTAIN ORCHARD SOILS IN Fertility

mus which may be supplied by turn
ing under cover crops, applying ma
nure, etc. commercial fertilizer may
be used to excellent advantage.
Winter Killing Frost.
One might think at first thought
that soil fertility, cultivation, pruning,
spraying, etc. would not have much
influence upon winter killing frost. etc
As Il matter Of experience we know
these practices do. When we think OF
it seriously We see the reason. A tree
weakened by lack of fertility, poor cul.
tivation, lack Of moisture, insect de.
predations, ETC., cannot develop strong
fruit buds. The tree cannot mature
the leaf and fruit buds satisfactorily,
consequently sudden or violent "cold
snap" is apt to kill the fruit buds.
Again thin soil lacking in humus,
poor cultivation, pruning. etc, may
cause a large per cent of the trees
to succumb to a severe drouth. At
least experience has shown that this
is likely to be the case.
Fundamental Principle.
The fundamental principle of peach
growing is good soil. Without it there
is very little hope of being successful
in growing peaches either for home
use or for market.
The land if in fair condition and rea-
sonably fertile when the young trees
are set will need no manure nor fer.
tilizer, but as soon as the trees be.
gin TO bear it will be advisable to be-
gin system of cover crops, especial
ly legumes, and supply the soil with
vegetable matter by turning under
crops. Then If the soil is not especial.
ly rich 1t will be well to use acid phos-
phate.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

Orchard soils must be maintained in
fruits. A little neglect may cause the
soil to fail and the result is poor fruit
or none at all.
One reason peach trees seem to fail
quicker than formerly is the failure
of our orchard soils. While people
today perhaps give more attention to
their orchards than they did years ago
yet many do not give enough atten-
tion, says Farm and Ranch. As the
country has been sett'ed, land brought
into cultivation and old farms worn,
the fertility has failed in many in
stances.
In the first place many of the or
chard soils have lost humus, others
have failed in plant food as a result
of heavy crops, washing rains or bare
cultivation.
Those who have given thought to
peach growing know that as soon as
the fertility of the soil begins to fail
the crop is uncertain and of poor quail
ity. This has been shown time and
time again.
Best Peach Soils.
The best peach soils are the soils
that are naturally easily impoverished.
These are the loans, the sandy loans,
the clay loans and the grayelly loans.
Such soils usually produce well for
few years, but unless some attention
is given 10 soil maintenance they will
soon fail.
1t is not difficult matter 10 improve
orchard soils if one begins In time and
works methodically and systematical-
ly. But the soil must have humus be-
fore it will be advisable to use com
mercial fertilizer. With plenty of hu-
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

In the night the inhabitants
OF Liege became mutinOus. Forty per-
sons were shot and Is houses demol-
ished. 10 soldiers shot. The sights here
make you cry.
"On the 23rd Of August everything
quiet. The inhabitants have so far
given In. Seventy students were shot,
200 kept prisoners. Inhabitants re-
turning to Liege.
august "a. At noon with SO men on
sentry duty. Sentry duty is A /. no post
allocated TO me. Our occupation. apart
from bathing. is eating and drinking.
We live like God in Belgium" (From
the diary of job. van der School. re-
servist of the Tenth company. Thirty
ninth reserve infantry regiment, Sew
enth reserve army corps)
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

wide areas Of Belgium and France In
which not a penny's worth Of wanton
destruction had been permitted to oc-
cur. in which the ripe pears hung un-
touched upon the garden walls; and ]
saw other wide areas where scarcely
one stone had been left to stand upon
another: where the fields were raw
aged; where the male villagers had
been shot in squads: where the miser.
able survivors had been left to den In
holes, like wild beasts"
Even Soldiers Horrifed.
Some German soldiers. we are glad
to see, showed their horror at the foul
deeds committed in Belgium.
THE inhabitants have fed in the vii
lage. II was horrible. There was clot-
ted blood on all the boards. and what
faces one saw. terrible to behold The
dead, 60 in all. were at once buried.
Among them were many old women,
some old men, and a half-delivered
woman. awful to see; three children
had clasped each other, and died thus.
The altar and the vaults of the church
are shattered. They had telephone
there to communicate with the enemy.
This morning. September 2. all the sur
yivors were expelled, and I saw four
little boys carrying cradle, with a
baby five or six months old in IL. on
two sticks. All this was terrible to
see. Shot after shot, ThunderbOlt
after thunderbolt, Everything is given
over to pillage; fowls and the rest all
killed. l saw a mother. too. with her
two children; one had a great wound
on the head and had lost an eye"
CFrom the diary of Lance Corporal
Paul Spielman of the Ersatz. first bri-
gade of Infantry of the Guard.)
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
IMPORTANT FACTOR IN FEED
Bunch q Steers VIII Not Touch Dry
Corn Fodder While siIaoe 10 In
Front Of Them.

Place silage and dry corn-fodder be-
fore q bunch Of steers and they will
not touch the latter until they have
entirely disposed Of the first. This Is
an important factor In feeding. be
caure palatability adds to digestive
qualities Of feed, and the more steer
digests the more fat he will put on.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30

BE sure to keep the best of the tur-
key hens which are two. three and
four years old to be used as breeders
next spring, for the pullet will not
prove satisfactory for mat purpose.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
Horrors Told in Soldiers Diaries.

"a horrible bath Of blood. The whole
village burnt. the French thrown into
the blazing houses. civilians with the
rest" (From the diary of Private
HasSemer of the Eighth army corps.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
WIRELESS FLASHES
 GREETING TO SHIPS
Daniels Sends Christmas Message to Nayics of U. 5. end Allied
 Nations.

San Diego, Cal, Dec. 25.-Christmas greetings from Secretary of the Navy Daniels to the officers and men, of the United States and allies navies, flashed from the Arlington station, near Washington, at midnight Christ mas eve, was received here by the high power radio station. The sta ton immediately relayed the message to the government plant at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which in turn sent it to the government station at Manila. The Manila wireless station then flashed the greetings to the American warships scattered along the China and Japanese coasts. At the same time the Pearl Harbor station was relaying the secretary's greetings across the Pacific to the Philippines, the Point Loma station was sending the message to all ships and store stations from Panama to Sitka, Alaska
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
LOST HIS
 ENGINE,
Had Brights Diseanse-Took "Hobo" Got His Engine Back
 Again.

Railroad companies are strict about the physical condition of their locomotive engineers. An engineer
 has hundreds of lives in his custody every time he takes out a train load of passengers. So when Engineer E. S. Hardy of Marshall, Tex, got sick and was examined by the chief sur geon of the Texas Pacific hospital, he was made to quit work when the doctor found he had very bad case of Brights disease. Hardy then went to Denver Col.-to specialist-who found the blood pressure 225 and
 urine full of albumin. Doctor told him he would never be able to work any more. Hardy then returned home and some friend suggested that he take the celebrated Hobo Kidney and Bladder Remedy. He took thir- teen bottles, was again examined by chief surgeon, who said his blood pressure was normal and no albumin. Got his engine back and-heartily recommends "Hobo" to all afflicted with kidney trouble. Try "Hobo.' Your druggist can supply you-$1 per bottle. Or write to Hobo Medi, cine Manufacturing Co.,, Singer, La., for descriptive booklet and sworn tes- timonisls. Advt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
NO PACKING HOUSE,
 STRIKE DURING WAR

Chicago, Dec. 25.-John E. williams, fuel administrator of Illinois, early to- day was appointed referee in all labor disputes arising in the packing house industries of the United States during the war. The appointment was agreed upon by representatives of packers and laborers after conferences with President Wilson's labor mediation board, which started yesterday morn- ing and diG not end until nearly day light this morning. The packing houses represented were the Armour, Swift, Morris, Cudahy and Wilson concerns. The agreement affects all of theil' plants, located in. Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, St. Louis, East St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Sioux City, St. Paul, Omaha and St. Joseph. The workers directly affected are said to number close to 100000.
 Both sides agreed that while the United States is at war there should be no strikes or lockouts in packing plants, and that MT. Williams, deci- 'sions should be final in all matters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
BARGES LIGHTEN
 RAILWAYS BURDEN

Washington, Dec. 25.-Thousands of tons of freight are being taken from the wartime burden of the rail roads by river barges, according to information made public yesterday by the department of commerce. ITO cope with the increased traffic, new terminals are under" construction, Peoria, St. Paul and Minneapolis, and Improvements are being made at New Orleans, Mobile and 'Montgom- cry.
 Government barges are being used on the Mississippi supplemented by steamers under the jurisdiction of the department of commerce. The Uni ted States Steel Corporation has un der construction a fleet of 70 barges for use on the upper Ohio and Mon- ongahela rivers. A fleet of "A barg cs of 2,000 tons capicity, and foul tOwboats are being built for use from St. Louis to St. Paul.
 ,. iFoodstuffsl are' being moved in large quantities on Southern streams particularly the Alabama rivers which are being utilized to float corr to the gulf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26
POSTOFFICE FORGE
 MAKES FINE RECORD

Despite the enormous quantity of Christmas mail handled thru the To- cal postoffice, all of it. was out of the way last night. Every outgoing package was on it's way, and ex- cept those packages arriving last night, all address to local people had been delivered yesterday evening.
 Postal clerks and carriers worked like Trojjans to distribute and deliver the heavy Christmas mail, and hours were ignored. One man worked from 9 o'clock Sunday morning until o. clock Monday evening, with but two rest periods one of an hour and an other of 45 minutes.
 The shortage of clerks made, the work more arduous this year, and it was only thru the most self-sacr- ficinss labor that the great piles of packages and leters were handled.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26

From 100000 feet of ship timbers a day which were going to shipyards the middle of November, Southern pine mills are now furnishing the government 100000 feet a day. Production is increasing rapidly, and soon it is believed the goal of 2,00O,- 900 feet day which the Shipping Board set as necessary to operate all shipbuilding plants at full time will be reached.
 In order that every man engaged in mill and woods operations might be thoroughly impressed with the vital necessity of eXerting his utmost efforts to furnish the enormous quantities of ship timbers needed by the government to construct ships to transport men and supplies to the battle line in France, the Southern
 Pine Association engaged the serv-
 ices of a number of forceful speak
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-26

CTS, who are now canvassing the en- tire Southern lumber producing territory. Congressman, former gov ernors and other notables have lent their services. Alter making three, sometimes five addresses day, cam paigners frequently travel from point to point at night in automo- piles, in order to lose no time, The ship timbers producing area, which extends from the east coast of Flor ida 100 miles into Texas, is being thoroughly covered.
 Indications are that the wooden fleet program will be we'll ahead of schedule by the middle of next sum- mer," said J. E. Rhodes, secretary manager of the Southern Pine As sociation. "The South's lumbermen are thoroughly aroused, and may be expected to do their full duty to the nation"