The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-08-08
OXFORD PICNIC LARGELY ATTENDED;
MANY PROMINENT SPEAKERS PRESENT

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Florida Toy was stationed. He mem
toned quite number by name. but
Twelt At length upon the conditions
ne found At Camp Wheeler. near Ma
con.
He found the soldiers there with 40
under garments. no top garments. no
overcoats, no blankets. no stoves, no
nurses, many dying OF pneumonia.
sitting in chairs while in a dying con-
dition. and fed on "weeners"-a kind
OF sausage.
He found the officers paralyzed and
apparently helpless to do anything 20
remedy he tragic condition Of af-
fairs.
He summoned them and demanded
to know what it all meant. They
said that they had written. telegraph
ed and phoned, and that nothing could
be done He said that he would show
them how. That those Macon stores
were chock-a- block with clothing.
blankets and stoves. and yet those
poor soldier boys were shivering with
with cold, and dying. He made those
generals and other officers get busy,
and in little while, as II by magic.
conditions were changed. There was
"a general sanitation, and clothes,
stoves, nurses and everything was
forthcoming
He told the difference between a
one-eyed and a two-eyed man. The
one-eyed man had his eye only Oh
one thing. while the two eyed man on
two things, especially If a pretty wom-
an was in sight. Put it down, ne said
that a two-eyed man is always look
ing two ways, and the ne-eyed man
only one way. and he is looking that
way with direct purpose in view.
He then eulogized Ben Tnlman. the
one eyed senator from South Caro-
lima. He told how "OId Ben" with his
pitchfork Strengthened out things IN
Washington.
On one occasion a dozen dignitaries
called on. the secretary of war, and
were Told to take their seats in the
ante-chamber and await their turn
when along came the ohe-eyed senator
from South Carolina. He was told &C
be seated with the others and wait his
turn-that the secretary would see
him just as soon as possible. Not for
one minute would the rugged old
statesman be seated by a number II
automatons. He would see the secre-
tary, and see him right now. I am
Senator Tillman, ne said; am 4 Unit
ed States senator, and. am a. impor-
tant as the secretary OF war. and !
will see him or know the reason why.
His demand was not complied with
and SO he stamped out OF the building
but before ne got TO his offlce his tel
ephone bell rang. The secretary OF
war was at the other end Of the line.
He would be pleased 10 have an Inn
mediate consulta ton with the sena-
tor The consultation was mad. and
as a result South Caroline was plaa-
tered over with cantOnments and 9th
er governmental favOrs, while Senator
Fletcher. with the assistance OF others
got only one cantonment for Florida,
and two little aviation fields.
That's the difference he said be-
tween One-eyed man bent on sin
gle thing, and a tw0-eyed nan bent
on nothing in particular
The governor said that II he vs.
elected TO the senate, that before ne
expiration Of his first term a. Office ne
would have ocean going steamers ply
ing the Withlacoochee river and navf-
eating the famous Oklawaha % sill
Yer Springs and the upper lakes. That
Florida would get her fun share II
the national appropriations "a whicn
she is entitled by virtue of her laoe
miles of seacoast. and he would SEE
that she got her full share. whether
he was on the Commerce com nmittee Or
not.
The governor is opposed % cattle
dipping. The time Is not pet ripe. ne
said, for so radical a measure. he
told how a cattle delegation visited
Tallahassee some time during the sss-
sion of the legislature. and could not
get a hearing before the committes on
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