The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-10


shipping that large number of fruit.
FROM eight to ten cars of as fine fruit
as has ever left the houses here is
being shipped naw and the prices are
good for this time in the season.
Frost Proof News.
using a plane of the Nc type, En-
sign Cook, at the Naval Air Station,
Saturday forenoon flew to zero wealth
er above the city of Pensacola. His
plane appeared to be about an inch
long so great was the altitude. The
skies were clear and the lofty flier's
machine was easily seen with the
naked eye.
A case of choice wine, believed bur-
led over 100 years ago, was excavat-
ed Saturday by workmen engaged in
dismantling the ruins of an old build
ing in Port st. Joseph near Tallahassee
which was deserted in 1910 following
a virulent yellow fever epidemic. The
wine was buried in what had been the
cellar of the house.
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! President-elect Harding spoke to the
Elks at Bedford, Va, last Sunday.
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Mr.. William Jennings Bryanis con.
Quoting the Tourists Bible Glass in the
first Presbyterian church in Royal
/ Park Miami.
Three young masked bandits Friday
held up and robbed the mail train car
on the c. M. & st. P. mail train be-
tween Morgridge and Minneapolis,
after binding and gagging the three
clerks, escaped with a pouch of regis
tered mail and other packages, estimat-
ed to contain currency and papers
worth between 100000 and $1,000
600.
Senator-elect, Hon. Thomas E. Wat
son, of Georgia is making tour
through Florida. In his party is o. S.
Lice, Miss Georgia Lee, Grover Ed
mundson, Justin Reese and Mrs. Tho
mas e Watson.
Claims amounting to $12,O00,O0O
have been filed against the Govern.
ment by the Pullman Company for
coaches alleged to have been damaged
during the war by soldier passengers.
Jefferson county capitalists will ex-
pend $4,000 in mill at Monticello
that will use all the sugarcane grown
in jefferson county. The principal
product will be syrup, and later may
be sugar.
A party of nearly two hundred bust
fness and professional men are the
guests of w. F. Coachman on tour
of observation and inspection through
the scenic highlands of Florida, Sec
ton of the State in which Mr.. Coach
man has large interests.
In Greenville, S. c., the Chamber OF
Commerce and Merchants Cotton
company have arranged to finance the
cotton growers of that section by ad-
yancing greater or lesser amounts on.
warehouse receipts and 1t is hoped
that the plan will be followed through
ont the cotton growing sections.
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The grand jury of Leon county
Friday afternoon filed its report with
mdge e C. Love of the circuit court.
The report deplores the amount Oh
violence being resorted to in the coun-
~ and urges people to adopt other
,,atbods of settling differences.
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Suwannee Packing Company, con-
Germ recently organized in that city,
has about completed it's new $4,000
hacking plant. Officials announce
that they will be ready to begin oper-
alton on December 15th.N
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District court of appeals has revers-
Cd q recent judgment for S264,ooo
granted by the district supreme court
against the major baseball leagues in
favor of the Baltimore Federal League
club which claimed violation OF the
onti.trust laws, by the use of the RE-
serve clause in the players contract.
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Six fishing schooners, arrived up
today and yesterday with total eaten
! <,f rod cnaDnarS and