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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10
THIRTY YEARS AGO

Thirty years ago
Ladies wore aossLes
operations we're rare
Nobody s"ste4 .ae IF
-<o0ody h@1 seen " 7'i'@-
Mooosy had ap2-2~i'!t-7-
-NoDo0y "ot1 ""-~5 ''-'~99
Nobody sp-15ol c-oAaf7
Cream vas 2 Cent? q pint
most y0aA5 mon aa- '
O2nE2lcu-'e5 YER -'-.- S,-ae 81.
Y0H never 1oaf1 ., p 1'A '-a-7
''o11oF5 wanted - see your tongue
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Fe-e'Se'7 '--'- 1'1 '7.- ta7 -FAoi',
''y 1 Isl. 'i7 f-.-7 II s'
'S
Farmers CAME So town sor their
~ait
The ajre4 grit 1re-e 0u4-d6gy per
week.
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10
ALL ARE COMING

Col. Henry Wattecsor # tie dds
vile Courier-JournaI Accompanied by
Mrs. Watterson. is reyeliug in the de-
lights Of Miami Later n the season
they viii Join General Efaideman and
family at Naples-on-the-G Gale In
few days Thomas Edison and Henry
Ford will arrive at their winter
estates at Fort Myers Thus it VIII
be seen that the distinguished citi-
zenry Of the country are rapidly ind
ing out the charms of the west coast
Tampa Tribuns
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Ii other citizens of Ocala had been
as liberal and as loyal as Mr.. John
II. Taylor and a few others Ocaia
could have had a packing plant and
could have told such story. perhaps
even better story than the follow
ing from the Chipley Verdict.
The people of Washington county
can hardly realize the value to this
section OF the Chipley Packing Com
pany. This concern is buying thOus
ands of hogs every month. according
to the newspapers. and paying excel
lent prices for the hogs, in cash.
The money goes directly to the
growers and thus gets into immediate
circulation. The paper gives some
figures. as furnished by the packing
company. and they are such as 10 a.
tonish those VINO have perhaps only
considered the packing house a small
affair. During the month OF Deem,
Der 1918. the Chpley Packing COM
paEy purchased over half > million
pounds 81 hOgs for which they paid
$i>se The company killed 3,l62
hc@s during December The packing
concern "a been in operation only
Ia little more than a year and since
T. enlistment ID mas been doubled
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10
IN capacity
WAR FRlGHTFULNGss MAxjms

TIE Minneapolis Journal prints the
following which shows the horrible
ness of war:
Frederick the Great: Stripping
your neighbors is only to take away
from them the means Of doing you
mischief.
Bismarck Above all you must in
flict the maximum OF suffering. You
must leave the people through whom
you march nothing but their eyes to
weep with
Hinden0urg: The more unmerciful
the conduct OF war the more merci-
full in reality. for the war is thereby
sooner ended.
General Won Kissing: The innocent
must suffer with the outlay All that
is as nothing compared with the life
of a single German soldier.
German War Book: International
law German versiou) is by no means
opposed TO the exploitation of the
crimes of third parties assassination
incendiarism, robbery and the like)
to the prejudice of the enemy.
Wilhelm II: Create examples
which by their frightfulness will be a
warning to the whole country.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Senator Fletcher has made an an.
nouncement that will please every
farmer in Florida. when he gives nc
tice that the government has secured
supply of nitrate of soda which it
will sell to farmers at the cost price
of sS1 per ton, free on board at load
ing point The farmer will have 20
pay the freight charges and any Incl
dental expense he may incnr The
value of this element in Florida agri-
culture cannot be over estimated.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10
TAG ONE GREAT ,oEA

The one great idea behind ana IN
der the league Of nations is that no
one nation is good enough to be trus-
ted with the keeping OF the liberty
and peace of any other people That
same principle underlies pretty near
~ all of Mr. Wilson's fourteen points
and every treaty OF peace made
hereafter, whether between two o.
among score of nations, will have
State
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Two Englishmen were entrapped
at Ostend at the beginning OF the
German-made world war and for four
years lived concealed in garnet
with a secret door. Their presence
were known to a number of Belgian
people and for not denouncing them
the penalty was death. but they lived
on in security What if they had fail
len i'll? In their self-imposed impris-
onment they were fortunately not Ill
a day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10
INJUSTICE Of MONEY POWER

Did 1t ever occur to you that it is
money and money only that amounts
to anything in these old United
States2 Did it ever occur to you that
it is the money power of this old
world that moves it at all times? Tt
Is always money grabbing that makes
the heart Of man hard. I refer now
to the action OF the bond holders of
the Oklawaha Valley railroad. These
bondholders in all probability do not
even know where the railroad is.
They don't care where it is It sim
ply represents SO much money 10
them. Their headquarters are in
New York but in sumptuous apart.
ments which represents large sums
Of money invested They don't care
where or what in as long as they
receive their interest. dividends. Or
IN other words their pound Of flesh.
It makes no difference to them il the
5unking OF our railroad ruins from
one thousand to two thousand people.
What do they care? They must have
their pound of flesh whatever hap
pens Somewhat over q year ago
when the railroad was not paying or
seemingly 50 lit looks to ne as
though somebody was paid to make
It seem So these same parties at
tempted to junk the railroad and
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10
SEED POTATOES

For Spring planting: Decembe- January delivery:
Highest Quality MAINE grown
Write for Prices giving quantity desired
sPALDNG No. I ROSE, 7isA CossLER. EARLY REQ BLISS
TRIuMPH.
New Crop Turnp Cabbage Onion Seeds
leading of Seeds thar have
been tested and known climate
Latest R>e Rape vetch Barley
BLUE RIBBON MASH MAKES YOUR HENS lAv
ITALIAN RYE FOR LAWNS
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

AS our electric lights diminish in
power and brilliancy the price is in
creased and on top of it all Mr.. Ben
jamin Thompson. through his attor-
neys, Mr.. John p Wall of Tampa, and
Mr.. Robt A. BurfOrd of this city, has
filed suit against the city for 100000.
If the history of the plant is ever
authenticity written it will make a
chapter of most interesting reading.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

In the light Of the facts and forces
confronting the world today We can
find no fault with the clear. imam
biguous statement of that vigorous
thinker who says: "A democratic
league of nations may seem an ITO
plan dream, but the war is a witness
that we have no other choice. It il
Utopia or hell-Our Dumb Animals.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10
HEAVY TRAVEL 10 TIE SOUTH

Tourist travel 10 the south is start
ing earlier than usual aud promise
10 be the heaviest ever known. It IS
we'll that Railroad Administrator NC
Adoo has authorized increased faciI-
tiles for travel from the east to flor
ida ana intermediate points. Ii will
all be needed, judged by present in
dications. Manufactures Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Sergeant Ruth Farnum, decorated
three times by the King of Serbia
for distinguished and meritorious SER
vice to that country when in dire need.
it is reported is to visit Jacksonville
and other points in Florida Where
yer she goes she should be showered
with the richest honOrs for she is a
woman among women.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

The Tampa Times asks IF the
horse will disappear" 1t. does not
seem so. The total number OF hor-
ses exported from the United States
to Europe even before 1918 were 925,-
SGT, besides Sl4.S92 mules. In the
face of this the increase IL the pro
duction OF horses for 19t7-1S was 1885,
OOG This was the biggest increase
than fer q number of years.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Nineteen hundred and nineteen
promises to be marked with illumin.
ated letters on the calendar if q lea,
que of nations is formed There will
be no such year since the birth OF
Christ.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Keep the winter garden cultivated.
c. X McQuarrie of the University of
Florida extension division says that
frequent cultivation will keep the
plants growing. and he advocates the
persistent use of the garden hoe and
rake.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

The huns and the Turks carried out
the following text: Let there be
none to extend mercy unto him;
neither let there be any to favor his
fatherless children
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Mr.. McAdoo is willing that the rail
roads exchange intraState passes for
advertisements and time tables in To-
cal papers. The boys should keep
this in mind when making their
choice for 1919 Chattanooga News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

The T. U. says that Georgia news
paper calls the SUITS who are doing
Halloween stunts in Washington
'bolshevixens." Some name, but they
appear to deserve it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10
THE VICE PRESIDENT = REAL
POET

The following beautiful poem :
from the zen Of Vice President Mar
shall.
Ike years rot dead It cannot die.
It's record lights the future sky
Il walks beside all upright men
it's gaze outstrips all moral ken.
1t moves with France to lily fields,
Where peace her bounteous harvest
yields.
1t smiles once more on Flanders plain
Where pIoughshares hide the sword
again
1t marches back across the sea.
To all our mOOrs and ali our leas
1t sits by each ones fireside
To be for aye Gods human guide
1t is not dead nor can it die.
While men lift up our banner high
1t will have an eternal youth
Whilst we love Liberty and youth
-Thos. r Marshall.
Dec 81. 1918
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

The FLOWING bowl" even during
the Christmas holidays. will soon be-
come only as a memory or a remin-
iscence
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

If thine enemy hunger. feed him;
if he thirst, give him drink.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Some Gibbon will arise and write
the "Rise and Fall Of the German
Empire"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

All they that take the sword shall
perish with the sword.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Entered az seconc class matter ~
the postoffice az ocaIa, Eta undsr
ncts Of congress regulating second
tlaRs matter
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-01-10

Dec 81. 1918
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16
RED CROSS TELLS
Of HEROIC DEATH
OF LOCAL SOLDIER
LETTER FROM NATIONAL HEAD
QUARTERS GIVES DETAILS or
PASSING OF GEORGE BELL TO
TIE LOCAL CIVILIAN RELIEF
BRANCH.

George Bell who went into the army
with an increment of selects from O..
tawa ana a few months later was re.
ported missing in action and later re-.
ported killed on The day before the
armistice was signed, died without
having a single friend from his home
town near him. No reports could be
gained as TO how or where he met
his death, when Miss Mayme rerrot.
secretary Of the civilian relief depart
ment of the Red Cross. volunteered
to find out how the boy died, ii such q
thing was possible
Thi, morning she received report
from the Red Cross showing that the
OttaWan met his death under circum-
Stances that any man might be proud
10 die. A report Of his death was Sc
cured by the Red Cross from one OF
his 'buddies,' Private Peter AtneOS0n
Of stephen, Mimi. which reads IN
full
We went across the Meuse River
in front OF Stenay with the 3JSth In
fantry Private Bell was carrying am
nluniion and myself a gun. We were
going up a small hill to place the ma
chine gun so as to fig some snipers
We almost reached the position and
were fired upon and took cover, drop
ping the gun and ammunition Pri-
rate Bell volunteered TO get the gun
and ammunition. which he did su.-
Cessfuly, and was crouching on the
edge of the hole. talking to me as We
were putting mp the gun. cautioned
him twice to get down and suddenly
he fell down. thought him asleep,
and. shaking him founi he was shot
through the mead He was buried
whore he was killed
\ report from another boy in the
same company follows:
Private Rell and a few men. in
cluding myself, We're attached to the
"">th Machine Gun Company. We
We're back OF Stenway, At the enge
of the woods Private Bell was about
100 yards from us. placing a machine
gun in position He reached for n
box of ammunition and was shot
through the head"
Private Bell was the son of William
Bell OF this city.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16
MARTIN QUITS AS
ORPHEUM MANAGER

William Martin, 2l9 Campbell
street. who has been manager of the
Orpheum theater for the past five
years. has handed in his resignation
and is to be succeeded by Andrew
Guthrie, 1923 Ottawa avenue.
Mr. Guthrie before taking up his
new position WAS desk clerk at the
Xoller Inn, coming here from La Sale,
where he was employed in the Harr.
son House. Andrews friends KNOW
he will do all in his power to keep up
the good reputation that Martin has
gained for the theater during the five
years which Il was under his manage
mcnt. Nothing but first class pictures
have ever been seen on the screen at
this show house, and, according to
Andy, the good work is going TO be
kept up.
Retiring Manager Martin. whose
success at the helm has been moth.
ing short Of phenomenal, will take u
brief vacation and then go into new
work. AS he is interested IN the
local airplane company an effort IS
being made to ge, him to manage the
affairs of the flying bus.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16
RECOVER REMAINS OF
LOCAL BOY DROWNED
IN WHITE RIVER. IND.

Funeral services for Frank Fr,s.
chnuf Ottawa boy who met tragic
death Thursday by drowning while
bathing in the White River at Shoals,
Ind, will be held from the late resi-
dence, 100 West Madison street, sun.
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to the
Madison street Evangelical Church.
Burial will be in Ottawa Avenue Gem.
etery Services AT the home viii be
private, while those at the church are
for the public
Word announcing recovery OF the
body was received late yesterday by
+. T. Gladtclter in long distance
telephone call from Shoals The re-
mains were taken from the river at
point not far from whore the young
man lost hi, life in such an unfortu.
nate manner, and last night started
on their way to Ottawa.
II is expected that the body will ar.
rive here at 1881 this afternoon It
win be taken Immediately TO the home
to be received by the heartbroken par.
CntS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16
START NEXT WEEK
TO BUILD OTTAWA
AND MORRIS ROAD
CONTRACTOR WHO LANDED $685.
600 JOB VISITS SCENE OF OPER.
ATlONS--SURVEYS ARE ALL
COMPLETED.

District Engineer Huber and his
corps of assistants have completed
surveys for the Ottawa Morris federal
and state aid roads, contracts for the
construction OF which were let by the
department of public works and build
ings on Thursday Of this week. The
work represents The expenditure OF
nearly million dollars.
Work vii be started Immediately
and must be finished before Dec, l.
1870. The contracts call for the com
pletiOn Of between 20 and 40 per cent
of the work this year.
A representative Of the r f. Con
way Company Of Chicago visited the
district engineers Office a few days
ago and stated that the company
would begin work on the 2O.1 mile
strip of road which they are to build
between Ottawa and Morris some time
next week. The work vii be started
at the Morris end, and it will prop.
ably be the late fall of next year be
fore the Ottawa portion of the road Is
finished and open to traffic. This road
will extend from the Rock Island
tracks east OF the city to the Marse'l-
les west city limits, from the east
Marseiles city limits to the west
SeneCt city limits and from the east
Seneca city limits 10 the west Morris
city limits and will cost $4,000.
Work will probably also be started
by the Warner Construction Company
some time within the next two weeks
upon sections Md and B. Med is
a strip two ana four-tenths miles long
running from the end of the cement
road south Of the city west. Section
Il runs from the Vermillion River
bridge east one and oneh half miles. It
will probably be the hardest piece OF
road to construct, as the present road
course vii be changed, eliminating the
bad curve just east of the bridge and
making II run due east over the top
of the bluff. The cost of the erection
Of these two roads will be $li9,0SS.
II Is likely the work will be started
first at the end of the present cement
road and run TO the west.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16
HOOP LA! CIRCUS
DAYS ARE COMING

HOOP IA.
Summer is surely here. for circus
days are upon Ottawa, or will he soon
with the coming OF the Al G. Barnes
big fCur-rinG wild animal show.
The Barnes circus will open Aug. Is
and will give two performances. being
ushcrcd in by street pageant
The Barnes outfit has many attraC
tions, chief among which is Venus
Fashion, a girl lion tanner. The di
minutivo Miss Fashion is a British
subject, and this is her second soa.
son in the show world She come
from India, where her father was a
soldier, and where she is credited with
having gained her uncanny mastery
over lions and other jungle beasts
Alone in her cage of lions, the eirl
makes them go through maneuvers
that are said to be unique in the cir
Gus world.
As a finale she commands Caesar.
Wallace, an African lion, to open his
jaws, she fixes her eyes on the mon
ster, and pops her pretty blond head
i'm the huge mouth while the rest OF
the lions surround her in their As
signed places.
This is but one of the big thrills o.
the Barnes circus. There are 10 foa.
lures on the program. in which loo
performing animals and coo people
take part The show lasts two hours
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16
PICK Up RUNAWAY
FROM PEORIA HOME
POLICE NAB YOUTH WHO WANT.
ED TO SEE HOME--FlVE OF
THEM CONSPlRED TO MAKE
GETAWAY AT SAME TIME.

A little boy giving his name as Jo-
scph Kupek, aged 9, who made his
getaway from the Guardian Angel
Home at Peoria early yesterday morn
ing, was picked up last might in the
Rock Island freight yards by Officer
Hart and taken the detention home on
the South eide.
When questioned the boy stated he
and five of his buddies left the home
early yesterday morning. Two OF his
pals got lost from the party in the
downtown district in Peoria while the
others came as far as Utica and this
city. The runaway told the officer
that one of the boys got off the freight
train on which they were travelling at
Utica. He said that he lived there.
The other three came on to Ottawa
Two Of the boys seemed to have lived
here, and upon reaching the city beat
it for their homes leaving their little
Having no place TO go, he wandered
about the freight yards until Capt.
Hart took charge OF the situation.
The little waif has been at the home
for about two months. His mother
has been sick and is now at the hos
pital at Bartonville Owing to the
large family the father, who is a miner
al Wenona. was unable to care for the
family and asked the court to send
two brothers and their three little
sisers TO the home.
The names OF rhe two boys VINO
We're his travelling companions to this
city have not been learned but word
has been sent to the Guardian Angel
Home and it is expected that the of,
iicials Of the home will notify the po-
lice Immediately.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16
LOCAL. FIRMS WAIT
LETTING CONTRACTS
FOR ARM0RY WORK
NO ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE STATE
BUILDING, FOR WHICH $t2,8O0I
WAS APPROPRIATED BY LArTl
LEGISLATURE.

Local contractors and architects
| are resting on their oars pending dis
position by the adiutant generals 8 de-
partment of $l2,S00 appropriation
made by the last legislature with
which to complete the armory in OF
tawa. The money. which should have
been available for use on July |, is
still tied up, with no indications that
there will be any immediate attempt
made to spend it along lines recon-
mended by local representatives. in
the legislature and their advise,
Architect John NJ Hanifen.
The job, which gives promise of re-
qulring many tradesmen, would be
most welcome now, it is said. because
OF general repression in building lines.
The bill carries specifications thar
would require many men in different
lines OF work.
An auxiliary heating plant is to be
installed so that the first and second
lloors i'll the north end Of the buidirg
may be heated without great loss
OF fuel consumed in heating the whole
armory, These rooms have been Of
llttle use IN the winter owing to this
TACT, but with the new system il will
be overcome. Black fertile soil is to
be spread over the fill that is in front
OF the armory now, grass is to be
Oh he,
are To be set out. The basement.
which has never been completed. viii
have its share of improvements. too.
1t Is to be finished off and conCreted.
ana rifle range is to be installed tD
give the boys a chance to keep up
thelr good craftsmanship. \ good
lighting system is to be put IN the
basement, and locker rooms are to be
finished off for the use of the mem.
bers of the local military company.
This place has been an eyeSOre to
the people Of Ottawa for the last year
or two because of its unfinished ap-
pearance, but when the appropriated
money is spent along the lines indi.
Gated ii will be one Of the sights the
people Of this vicinity may well feel
proud Of Ottawa owes a great deal
to Lee O'Neil Browne. local repre-
sentative TO the state legislature. who
through untiring efforts secured the
second appropriation for the compile.
tion of the armory It might also be
said that many requests Of the same
nature were turned down by the leg.
islature.
If the work is to be completed be
fore the snow flies it viii have TO be
started very soon, but owing to the
red tape Of the state department it Isl
impossible to say just when the i'm.
proving will commence
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16
AURORA VEHICLE
TAX CREATES FUND

Aurora, H.. Aug lG An estimat g
Of S2oono per annum additional rcvc.
nue. has been made as result Of the
new vehicle tax ordinance which wcht
into effect here Aug. /. There has
been rush of applicants for licenses.
Ten days are allowed each vehicle
owner to attach plate Owners o.
trucks must pay So to 500 per yea,
according 20 tonnage, while autOmo.
biles pay s. to $40, according to horse
POWER. Motorcycles pay 81 and horse.
drawn vehicles pay s. to So Every
cent Of the revenue will be devoted To
improving city pavement and goes Il
a special fund. ~
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-16

by a One-story building, which they
raised to two stories and completed
the huii ling which now stands as
monument to the energy and pluck OF
the preceding generations.
The officers
The president list of officers VINO
Will nave charge Of the sale and sigl-
ing deeds TO the property are:
Pre- sldcnt John Damgard.
Vice presidcnt-1o John Buchnor.
Secretarv-O Oscar ]. ChriStmaan.
Treasurer C. It. p, Fisher.
First Gymnastic supervisor Paui
Fisher.
Second Gymnastc Supervisor-Ar
thur lrio1.
Librarian Fred Bischoif