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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
COTTON MARKETS,

Ne" HOEk. Sent. ~.--ADprehenslon Of
break nj Liverpool Monday as the result
OF the complete ;!c-un OF the British rail
ways due TO the strike Of the members o,
free offerings OF cotton here today and the
the market weakened after {; had developed
hrmness following early declines
Iniiia! quotations WIRE u to q points
lower on setting. Aby the South and week
end proft-takinE. The losses were recoy-
cred nromptly on buyinE BY Wal Stres,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
NEW YORK BOND MARKET

Am. Tel. and Tel. COW. ss.............. 1901.
Am Tel aud Tel. dep. es.................. o.
\ American Thread Is Observation-Disclosures. i0liz
Anaconda Copper Co. es.................. SIS.
british SIS $3.50 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .7:s
Canadian Pacific SIS Observation-Disclosures. lao
Central Argentine 6 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
Chicago Great Western IA .............. 81.
Chicago Northwestern 5s ................. IS
Cleveland Electric Illuminating 5s...... -
Chi, Mil and ST. Paul 4+as............ IS
uDan Government Ans .................. ST
Federal Farm Loan 4i-s .......,......... l0l
Federal Farm Loan Observation-Disclosures. Io3u
Ill. Cent. Railway coll. trust 5':s....... ~.
lnterborough Rapid Transit 5s.......... IS
l.ehiEh Valley 6s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ltiN
Pennsylvania Railway gen. 5s........... 81.
Scaboard Air Line cons. 6s............... u
Southern Railway gen. Az ................ t5i+
Union Pacific is .............. ............ 1919.
United States rubber 7s.................. lpii2
United States Steel s. ( 5s.............. ISL.
Virginia Railway IS Observation-Disclosures. IS
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-03-07
Florida Live Stock
In Jacksonville Market

Florida cattlemen who on Wednes-
day disposed Of their live stock in the
Jacksonville market found a ready
sale and at satisfactory prices. Thru
the National Live Stock Commission
Company. Edwards Brothers. of
Ocala sold 100 head Of cattle. These
included some grade stock, Short
horns and Helefords. thirty-seven
head Of which aggregated in weight
252S0 pounds The average weight
was $50 pounds each. and the price
eleven cents per pound.
The balance of the consignment ay.
eraged SOP pounds each, bringing
thirteen cents per pound. The total
Of the sale amounted to $9.099.09 and
the price at which these animals sold
is said to have been the highest ever
paid for Florida cattle The Armour
Company was the purchaser
The National Live stock Commits
sion Company on the same days also
sold for ]. L. Shaw, Of Alachua. one
carload of III hogs, the top selling at
thirteen and three-quarteT cents per
pound, the carload netting S2,529.09
An additional three cents per pound
will be paid if the hogs kill hard.
T. l. Williams, CT Williston, also
through the National Live stock Com
mission Company, sold one car Of
hogs. sixty-eeven in all, thirty-nine
Of them heavies. bringing STATS per
hundred pounds; total amount Of sale
81 1926 net. The same commission
firm sold a mixed car Of hogs and cat
tie for ] G. Braswell Of Monticello
which netted the owner $1.5200S For
W. Luffman Of Spar, they sold a
carload of hogs, eighty-two in mum
ber the tops bringing $12.75 per hun.
dred weight. This load netted the
consignor $2.08476.
All the above sales were made to
Armour & Company The total
amount OF money paid to the cattle
ment was $16,825.18.-T -Times-Union.
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no experimentation.

This report was written ID dug0ut
$50 yards from the German trenches
where he was faced by three German
regiments-two Of infantry and one
Of artllleIy-all so cowed they dared
net attack him in force He wrote
the report on a folding typewriter by
candle hght-he, the candle and his
typewriter being shrouded from view
by a long raincoat.
TWO weeks later, or as soon as he
was relieved, he was promoted to the
rank Of lieutenant colonel and his
two wounds were then entered on the
field hospital record fer the FIRST
time"
It is a fine report and does the
author infinite credit and the young
commanders father, Dr. Dan Morgan
Smith, whose home is in Ocala, is
being warmly congratulated upon the
splendid record his son has made.
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A special from New York to the
Tampa Tribune under date Of Fec
=, says:
Practically all Of the pebble phos-
pbate rcck miners Of Florida nave
united in organizing an export com
pang under the Webb act to handle
their export shipments The new
company is known as the Phosphate
Export Company and represents
twelve mining companies whose
products is one Of the principal IN
gradients Of manufactured fertil2er.
Stephen L. Tleming, president Of
the international Agricultural CCrpcT-
aticn, one Of the organizers Of the
central selling agency, said today that
exports OF phosphate rock to Euro
pean nations had increased greatly
since the signing of the armist@ce,
The principal demand. he stated had
come from Great Britain, France,
Italy, Norway, sweden and Spain
Shipments are expected to 60 for
ward TO Germany after the allied
blockade has been lifted.
During the war, MI. Fleming added.
exports Of phosphate rock to Europe
dropped from an annual rate Of l.,
100000 to 100000 tons because Of the
lack Of shipping facilities. Shipments
are now getting tack to normal, but
they are stn retarded by a scarcity
Of bottoms. Like other commodities
he prices Of the gaficus grades OF
phosphate rock have been increased
to meet the higher cost Of fuel, oil
and dynamite, the latter beng used
extensively for blasting purposes at
the mines.
Mr.. Fleming aid that the artificial
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-03-07
1T. COLONEL DAN MORGAN
SMITH

The Chicago Herald and Examiner
of February 23rd contained a full
pages article from the pen of 1t. Dan
Morgan Smith giving full account
Of what the Herald and Examiner
calls the epic battle in which the
Yanks reached the point nearest Metz
written on the field
Then the Herald and Examiner
gces~0n to say:
This personal report Of Lieut.. Col.
Dan Morgan Smith, commander Of the
First Battalion. 258th Infantry, the
Battalion of Death" Of how his 1921
men started into the battle of St Mi
hiel and. coming out 327 strong, reach
ed the point nearest Metz of any Am
erican troops before the armistice, is
so complete and graphic in itself It
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-03-07
President Wilson Refuses
To Be BundOzed

A group of partisan republicans, led
W Lodge, Knox, Borah, ct al pre-
Vented by flibustering the passage OF
needful legislation in an effort to bull
doze the president into calling an ex'
ira session of congress. but failed to
do so.
Before his departure for France TO
attend the session of the peace con
gress the president issued the fol
lowing statement:
"A gronup of men in the senate
have deliberately chosen to embar-
rass the administration and to imper-
il the financial interests Of the rail-
way systems and to make arbitrary
u.s. of the powers to be used in the
irff Sests of the people.
1T is plainly my present duty to
attend the peace conference in
France. It is also my duty to be IN
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POLLARD is sToRMsWEPT

Mobile, Ala, March Ga tornado
swept through Pollard, Ala, yester-
day afternoon causing heavy damage
0 the business section, according to
reports last night The tornado,
which came from soqthwesterly di-
rection, was accompanied by heavy
rain and it's path was in some places
q quarter Of a mile wide. All wires
were down to Pollard last night but
reports were that no lives had been
lost in the town which has about
$500 residents.
Flomaton also felt the effects of
the tornado, small houses being
wrecked and the. roof of the Louis
Vile & Nashville railroad station be
ing damaged. Total loss in Flomaton
was estimated at $4,000.
Louisville & Nashville train No. 5
was delayed for a time because OF
fallen poles across the track.
The damage at Pollard was listed
last night as fOllOWS,
Telephone exchange building blown
off foundation and almost completely
wrecked, all wires leading into it be
ing down,
Hotel building was wrecked.
Numerous smaller buildings wreck.
ed on damaged,
Louisville & Nashville Lumber com
pany damaged considerably.
Negro church also used as negro
echool was destroyed
Brick store building formerly occu-
pied by Jennigan and Walton badly
damaged,
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Y. M. c. a. DIRECTORS
NEEDED IN FRANCE

Atlanta. March G.-Udgent need Of
" NJ G. a Dbvstcal directors in
France is EXPRESSED in a letter from
= Davis in paris On the staff of
Dr . p Carnenter assigned to the
French army bv spectal reouest OF
the French war denar+menv, The
ending If tho war and the recopstruc>
tion nroblame If Franco are demand
mo baln from tho American ~"
"p,ea.a tal,a nm with wboave, i
n ohoroa If tbe nbvsicaI worl, tba
matter # secnrino these mon J.
writes mr. D,,,is ..yo,, win ha ron.
dar.,c oood .or,,ico - tho rreeon,
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PHOSPHATE INTERESTS HAVE
COMBINED FOR EXPORT BUSINESS


lei t'ii@eI mar het was ~ eooo shapt
oul ne "lo hot iooh lol much improve
iuen' ~ senefdl business peloIe neA'
July i was ms OPINION that u VIII
be seFefai mon'hs before many cor
p"l@'io"s WIN inventories @0cl-l Z
la'e' y war prices ooulo oe Of018h'
ooN" y Z peace lliie 0d9i9
80 idr o. me lh'efhalohal As'-
eal'eiaI corporation own business
was oohoefneo' ne s5lo tnal me iosz
= - ~o''0'i . 'o.o' o''''''.~
si'aiieF a11ease had Deen oHse' y
.l'7 i''' ~ 'e'ii1oiS gwen over 70 '"e
p'"n'ins % gram
me international Agricultural cor
poration recently made inquiries a
Inc state department 70 leaIn "neii
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OFFICERS AND PRWATES TO
RECEIVE SIXTY DOLLARS

Washington, March, With the
signing of the revenue bill the pro
vision for paying each officer and
enlisted man OF the army, navy and
marine corps honorably discharged a
bonus Of 100000 becomes a law
This allowance is the elimination
Trammell, the second day after the
Of the efforts begun by Senator Park
Trammel, the second day after the
armistice was signed, TO have an ex-
ira sum paid to all officers and en-
listed men of the army, navy and ma
rine corps serving during the war
with Germany.
Senator Trammell has proven his
friendship for our fighting boys in
this as well as in many other mat
ters
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Efforts of Florida
Press Appreciated

Tampa, Fla, March 4, 1919
Editor Ocala Banner,
Ocala, Florida
Dear Sir:
When the directors Of the South
Florida Fair and Gasparira associa
ticn undertook the promotion Of the
fair this year in response TO sugges
tons by the local press followed gen
orally the endorsement OF the press
Of South Florida, they were confront
ed not ONLY with an empty treasury
but with an indebtedness Of a con
siderable amount
Confronted by this financial situa.
tion and also by the great difficulty
of developing a successful fair in a
short time, the directors felt that it
was their duty to restrict expendi-
lures to the fullest extent possible to
avoid a further deficit, and to safe
guard against this possibility the di-
rectors personally provided fund OF
$4,000.
On account Of the generous offer Of
publicity Of the local press, without
charge. and knowing that the repre-
sentation Of the South Florida Press
are always ready to support to their
fullest ability every enterprise and
every effort put forth for the develop
ment and comman good Of south
Florida no appropriation was made
by the directors for publicity
As you have, Of course, learned, the
fair achieved success beyond expec-
tation in every respect. This sue
cess was in a great measure due to
the patriotic cooperation Of the press
If south Florida with the directors
md management Of the fair without
the expectation Of compensation. In
recognition Of this cooperation it was
Gecvided by unanimous vote Of the
directors at their last meeting to send
to YOU the enclosed check as a slight
token Of their deep appreciation Of
your splendid service and cooperation
for the success Of the South Florida
air. which has in the past, and win
continue in the future, to play such
very important part in the develop
ment Of the splendid resources Of our
state
Respectfully yours,
w. G. BROREIN,
John L. McWhOrter, President
0. =. Wetherell,
Directors Newspaper Publicity.
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Judge BiIlingsley Has
Many Narrow Escapes

Having finished his training rs an
infantry officer in the United states
army, Judge j l. Billingsley has been
discharged and is home again after
having a series Of as narrow escapes
from death as many CT those from
the front line trenches can relate.
FOR eight weeks he lay in hospital,
attended by special nurses day ana
night, suffering successfully from
Spanish Influenza, pneumonia, spinal
meningitis, total paralysis and loss Of
bearing His hearing has been par
TALLY restored 'and physicians believe
it will be as good as ever in six
months time.
Judge Billingsley gives the highest
praise to the medical corps for the
way it handled his case, and says
that as he thinks back over what he
went through it seems almost a mir
acle that the doctors and nurses
brought him out.
They offered the Judge a discharge
from the army as he left the hospital,
but he decided to finish his training
as long as he had started out to get
it. He intends to resume his practice
Of law in this city as soon as he feels
sufficiently strong to do so.-Miami
Metropolis
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Eufala, Ala, March 6.-Four bodies
have been taken from the ruins of the
McRae building, which collapsed dur
storm of tornado proportions that
struck Eufala yesterday afternoon.
Two others are known to be buried
in the ruins Of this building.
Bodies recovered are those Of Z. !,
Searcy. brother, and Rev. w. p.
Dickinson, and two unidentified men.
s. F. Lawton, a travelling insurance.
man from Atlanta is known to be
buried in the ruins, according to Eu-
fala people, as is Dr. ]. L. Adams, an
Optician Both men are believed to
be dead Rescuing parties are work
ing by lantern light and from the
lights of several automobiles
Several negroes are known to have
been killed during the storm by the
collapse of downtown buildings and
other buildings
Among the injured are /. J. A. Nc
rae, proprietor VI Ibe hh0A C'en nIli0 D""l'
ness operating in the McRae build
ing; Mrs. Emma Willie Northrup,
Miss Alice Wells and John Whitlock,
q jeweler
There has been loss Of life but the
number Of dead viii not be known fer
some time
f. ]. Searey's body was eXtricated
from the ruins Of the McRae building
at Z O'Clock tonight,
Stores Of ]. H. Whitlock and J. G.
McRae are a total wreck Lampley's
three-story building and an antomo-
bile warehouse are in ruins.
The Fluff City Inn the Ross Hard
ware com Jany's store, J. Oppenheim-
er's store are badly damaged.
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Former Ocala Man
Dies of Injuries

Charles /. Dorothy of Miami was
killed yesterday morning at AventIna,
about 25 miles southwest Of Miami,
where he was employed as a carpen-
ter on a commissary building on the
George Douglas property. He was
working on the roof Of the small
commissary ind it is thought that ow
ing to a slight rain earlier in the
morning he slipped and was unah'e
to prevent himself from falling li.lo
a pile Of rocks Death was almost
instantaneous, Mr. Dorothy saying
but few words before his death.
He was well known, member If
the local carpenters union and was
a member Of the Redmen, an order
in which ne was at one time Grand
Sachem Some years ago he was the
city sanitary inspector and ne was
Wen thought Of by all local builde s
and carpenters. He came to Miami
% years age and was connected with
the building of most Of the old strEc-
lures in Miami Among the larger
Jobs that ne worked on were the Roy
al Palm hotel. in Miami; the Royal
Poinciani and the Flagler home,
White Hall where he was the house
carpenter for a time
Mr. Dorothy was 56 years old and
is survived by his father, Elias Dor
othy, his widow. four daughters and
an adopted daughter About a month
age his sister died in California The
arrangements are in charge Of w. Y
Comos &C., and the funeral viii prob.
ably be held Saturday. The Rev. J.
L. White, Of the First Baptist church.
Of which Mr.. Dorothy was a member
viii officiate. Miami Herald
Mr. Dorothy and family were form
erly residents Of Ocala and have
many friends who sinderely regret
to learn Of the above accident
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DEATH OF AN OLD
TIME OCALA CITIZEN

Mr.. Simon H. Benjamin, who be
gan his mercantile career in this city
clerking for his cousins. the Benjam-
in Brothers, prominent merchants
here Of the 70's and sos, died at his
home at Newburgh. N. Y. on Febru-
airy 27. He went from Ocala to Mic
anopy where for number Of years
he conducted a very prosperous mer-
camille business. He was g. years
of age. He is survived by a widow,
three sons and two daughters.
He is pleasantly remembered here
and in the northern section of our
county.
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BRIG. GENERAL BLANDING
IS HIGHLY COMMENDED
FlOrida's Ranking Officer Commanding 53rd Infantry
Participates in Heaviest Fighting.

Highest commentator for Big.
Gen. Albert II. Blanding, Of Wauchuia
commanding the 53rd Infantry OF tie
27th division, New York national
guard, has been made public by Mai
Gen. Organ, division commander,
and Gen. Blanding is receiving the
congratulations Of his friends.
Recently transferred from the 27th
division with which he served during
the last months Of the war. Gen.
Blanding is requesting OF Washington
permission to march in the New York
parade of this command.
The following extract from a New
York paper, telling OF the arrival of
the transport President Grant, on
which General Blanding was ranking
officer, will be of more than passing
interest to his many friends in Flor
ida
Out of 1000 men of the 53rd in
fantry of the 27th division, who went
out to break the Hindenburg line
General Blanding said, only $500
came out uninJured. They left 1920
dead and wounded behind them.
No regulars, no marines, no Am
erican fighters ever showed greater
bravery or faced death more willingly
than your New York guardsmen did
The 53rd brigade was composed Of the
1051h and Tooth machine infantry
regiments and the 105th machine gun
battalion The men of the 9th div
ision are wonderful fighters and Ger.
Organ is a great general. The ap-
pointment of Col. Berry as Adjutant
general is a good one He is a gallant
and efficient office and ! am proud
of him.
Three days after going into ac.
tion." he continued, I'VE were trans
ferred to the Somme with the 1st
brigade OF the 27th to prepare to at.
tack the Hindenburg line between
Cambria and St Quentin AS / sur
veyed the line upon line of formidable
barbed wire defenses put up by the
enemy, it seemed incredible that we
should ever break through them, but
we did
And after we got through the leat
appeared to be even more wonderful
than it had looked before from thd
outside The canal extended 800
feet and among the defenses was the
famous tunnel containing thousands
of machine guns and shells Of all des-
criptions.
The cost was heavy one, as We
buried more than a thousand of our
men there after Sept 29 wish also
to say that the 9th division did not
get one replacement from the tine
il went into that fight until We re-
turned on Nov, / to our rest area At
Amiens. do not think the New
York people have. realized that the
9th division was fighting against the
pick Of the German army and very
seldom German machine gunner
was captured They were practically
all killed at their guns protecting the
HindenbuTg line"
Brig. Gen. Blanding sand that he
had been transferred to the e2nd div
ision and was gong to Camp Merritt.
but he intended to apply to Washing.
ton to march with the 27th division
in New York City Before the war
he was colonel in the Florida Ma
tional Guard
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RED CROSS MEETING

Miss Mary Ann Abel, director bu.
reau of after care for disabled soldiers
and sailors, will make an address at
the board Of trade room in Ocala on
Thursday afternoon, March 81, al
30 O'Clock. All chapters are re
quested to be represented.
Returned sailors and soldiers are
especially invited
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-03-07

Mrs. Maude B. Little Of this city
state reporter for the Epworth Lea.
que, spent Sunday at Leesburg. In
the afternoon at the Methodist
church she addressed the Junior Lea
guers and in the evening made anoth
er address
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NOTICE TO DISCHARGED
SOLDIERS AND SAL

- - = - = ~7s' = y = =
Particulars as to obtaining the sixty
dollars bonus for discharged men can
be had by applying to the undersign-
ed
d. MEL FERGUSON,
Chm. Civilian Relief Com American
Red Cross, Ocala, Fla.
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DEVOTED TO THE AGRlCUL.
TURAL INTERESTS AND
GENERAL WELFARE OF MA.
RION COUNTY.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-03-07

NOW is THE PROPER
TIME TO PREPARE FOR TIE
NEXT MARION COUNTY
FAIR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-08
AERIAL MAIL COST
FAST BEING REDUCED
More Than I,OOO,O 900 Letters
Carried First Year.
Special Despatch to TIN Sun.


ATLANTIC CRY, N. j.. May T. IN
checking UP on. the work of the aerial
post as conducted by the United States
postal Authorities. W. w. Young of New
York in a lecture tonight pointed out
that the plan was working out on a
businesslike basis.
He showed that despite the so per
cent. increase in the amount paid to
pilots, helpers and mechanics and the
extra cost Of rebuilding one machine
and entirely overhauling two others. the
cost Of operation had been reduced 8 per
cent in. April over March. That tie
Government has at last found the types
Of machines peculiarly adapted to the
mail service IL indicated in a recent re-
port, which shows that only four OF
the sixteen original types placed in the
service at the start are now being used
according to Mr.. Young.
Aviators Garner and Shank. who were
first in the air service and are now
operating an air passenger line here
were also on the platform. Mr.. Garner
who made the first New York to Chi
cago flight in 6 hours and 40 minutes
flying time, last fall as a pathfinder fol
the air mail, said that in the years ser.
vice more than 10000 pounds of FIRST
class mall, aggregating over 100000
letters, had been carried and the mai
was delivered in despatch from six to
twelve hours.