The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-09-24
A Bio OIL Hoop

On Monday the Times-Union carried
the following in three cline scar
head:
All West Florida is wild by excite
ment today over the finding OF oil
about a mile from DeFuniak and thou
sands have visited the little city to-
cay and inspected the spot where
great quantities of oil is running from
a small spring. Bankers and the most
conservative business men OF the
place have seen the oil and examined
the spot from which it is running and
samples of it have been sent to Pensa-
cola for analysis.
The flow of oil was discovered We'd
nesday. 1t is near small tree, and
the oil runs into a small creek. The
water of, tbs creek is covered with
it to a depth of two and three inches,
and it is being dipped up by the
bucketful. 1t is estimated that the
flow thus far is two to three barrels
per day.
A half-million dollar oil company
has been formed over night at De-
Fuinak to buy up tracts of land and
bore for oil, while Texas parties will
reach here tomorrow and will sink a
we'll at Mossyhead, few miles out
from DeFuniak. There is wild
scramble to buy and lease land in Wal
ton county.
But the next day the excitment all
subsidized.
The following telegram was sent out
from DeFuniak:
The reported finding of oil near
here is all hoax, a flow of lubricat-
ing oil of a high quality was found
flowing into a small branch on dairy
farm here last week, but investiga-
tors discovered the fact that it was
piped into the creek. Great excite.
ment prevailed for day or two and
local company was organized but it
has all drowned out.
League Of Nations Doing its Good
Work-Prevents Two Wars
The ninth session of the council of
the League of Nations adjourned at
Paris Monday after having smoothed
Ollf difforouooS hofwoop fOur pa4;o,c
in controversies which at one time
Threatened to result in war. Through
its action in the Polish-Lithuanian
crisis the council succeeded in getting
the two countries to agree to an imme-
date suspension of hostilities pending
a settlement of their dispute which
both sides agreed to accept.
ssAa
Corrupt Practice Act Set Aside
Hon. w. N. sheats, tried for violat-
ing corrupt practice act, was acquitted
by Judge Graham, of he Hillsborough
county criminal court of record, hold
ing that the. act is in conflict with the
State constitution.
Stolen Bonds Recovered
Bonds recovered in San Francisco
following the arrest of Jim Smith. 81.
and Chas. CUTLERY, 16, have been
identified as belonging to Mr.. R. P.
Daniel, of Jacksonville, stolen last
June. The bonds are to the value OF
$4,000.
A Chicago special says: Three ne.
groes were besieged for. more than an
hour in ST. Gabriels church on the
South Side Monday, by mob of a
thousand persons after the negroes
had killed white man. Charles PAR.
ret, who is said to have gone to the
rescue of a white girl insuIted bv the
negroes. They were rescued and nlac
ed IN jail when squads of policemen
were sent to avert a possible race riot
a*sa
i.
Tor violating the corrupt pracises act
oy attacking his opponent in the June
primary, Dixie NJ. Hollins of Pinellas
county, without furnishing Mr.. Hollins
with copy of the attack. The at
tack was published in the Tampa citi.
gen. local weekly newspaper.
Inc Wall street blast still hangs
over the country as an alarming
mystery.
Six persons arrested in Detroit |
charged with shipping s2oO. 900 worth |
OF stolen automobiles to Scandinavian |
countries. One was a woman.
Three Of the five Socialists in the
New York State assembly have been
expelled for the second time this year. |