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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-12


The Dutch are welded to ex.KaiseI
and refuse to give him up. That tells
where the heart of the Dutch is locat-
ed.
Shreveport, La, has increased more
than fifty-six per cent since the last
census.
The Presbpterians have undertaken
to reform the movies. Some of them
need censoring. None but clean pic
lures should be shown.
Judge j. Barton Payne is the new
secretary of the interior. He Vir-
ginian by birth.
Palmetto is going to vote for a $50,
900 school building. Better make the
amount larger so as to save enlarge.
ment later on.
The state encampment for the de-
partment of Florida, G. A. r., and the
seventh encampment for the seventh
annual convention of the department
of Florida of the Womens Relief
Corps, will both be held in ST. Cloud
March so and 81.
The School Board of Palm Beach
county is paying the teachers for the
time lost in closing the schools on ac-
count of the epidemic of flu
Barlow station had up to the end of
last week shipped 20 car loads of cab
bage
The SebringWhite Way is another
newspaper that has purchased limo
type machine The newspapers of
Florida are prospecting which shows
that the people of Florida patrons of
tn press and keep in touch with pass
ing events.
The Lee County Fair surpassed All
previous efforts. The Fort Myers
Tropical News celebrated the event by
assuring mammoth edition which
was excellent throughout
Sanford was for five days without
any electricity. If Ocala was to hap
pen to sub misfortune it would put
the newspapers and number Of other
enterprises out of commission.
Ex-Postmaster B. S. Hancock, of
Pensacola, has formally announced his
candidacy for congress against Mr..
Smithwick, the presenent incumbent.
So far Mr. Smithwick is the anly con-
gresham who has opposition.
Mrs. Theodore w. Bravard, daugh-
ter Of the, late Governor Richard *.
Call, one of the most estimable women
in Florida, is dead She was a sister
of Mrs. Ellen Call Long, one of the
most notable women of Florida
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-12
ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR SUPERINTENDENT or PUB
Lie INSTRUCTION

To the Democratic Voters of Marion
county:
hereby make announcement thar
will be candidate for the Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction
for Marion county in the June demo
cratic primary and earnestly solicit
your support
H. G. SHEALY, Spar, Fla.
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To the People of Marion county:
hereby announce as a candidate
for the Office of Superintendent OF
Public Instruction of Marion county.
Florida. | will greatly appreciate
your support during the campaign
and your vote in the June primary.
pledge my whole interest and
energy to the schools of the county.
w ID. earn
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CANDIDATE FOR CLERK OF cir.
CUT COURT

To the Democratic Voters Of Marion
county:
| announce my candidacy for the
office of Clerk of Circuit Court. sub
ject to the primaries June Sth. 1899.
/ was born in this county % years
ago and have ever since lived here. 4
have been employed in the clerks
office since 1915 and from actual ex-
perience am thoroughly conversant
with the several duties and require
ments of same. Since attaining my
majority / have been a member OF the
Democratic Party. true 10 same IN
name and in fact. If elected 7 promise
the patrons Of the office 20 keep the
affairs OF same al an times IN nv
personal charge and an efficient ana
courteous administration OF rs var-
ious duties and responsibilities.
/ respectfully solicit your support
T. =. LANCASTER. JR.
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NEWS OF The WEEK TOLD N PARAGRAPHS

groes. A physician has been secued
who will lecture through the state
and will reinforce his lectures show
ing the frightful ravages Of certain
diseases. The movement is to be com
mended.
NEW EENGLAND PEACH CROP
RUINED
Mr. Il. w. Wesson, uperintendent
of the Mortimer peach farm at Graf
ton, Mass, who has studied conditions,
announces that the peach crop of New
Englad has been ruined by the Excess
sive winter weather.
Peaches will range from So to $3.50
a bushel this year because OF the fail
ure, he asserts. The failure probably
will be one Of the most complete ever
known.
Mr.. Wesson says that owners Of the
big peach orchards in Grafton, Boston
and Sutton have thrown up their
hands after looking over their orch
ards and will make no preparations to
harvest the peaches. The failure will
come from frozen buds.
Plant City is still shipping celery in
car lots Notwithstanding the drop IN
the themomoer..
The collection of two billions N
back taxes it is stated will lessen the
burdens Of the tax payers in the flu.
ture.
There are on exhibition in some of
the grocery stores cabbages weighing
so pounds the purchasing price 4 cents
per pound.
Under date of March s special
from Boston says:
Railroads, industries and volunteers
combined efforts to restore the pas
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eos cLeRk OF claculr couar

II you win elect me Clerk Of Court /
will prove my gratitude by good and
faithful work, and the counly's inter.
est IN my hands viii be protected.
A county Office is not a matter Of
charity.
ALFRED AVER.
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Jacobs Candy, the good kind" IN
fancy Christmas packages. CSC. to 81
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-12

clutleS Lnab were cut OH IN uOELneTu
New England BY the storm Saturday.
A digging OUT holiday was pro.
claimed several cities and scores
Of industries diverted the energies Of
their employees to the swinging OF
picks and shovels over railroad tires.
The situation in Maine New Hamp-
shire and Vermont was the most
serious in many years. Hundreds OF
passengers were marooned in small
cities and towns where trains had
been stalled since Saturday night and
in some places the feeding Of these
refugees became a serious problem.
oseph Williams, an employee of the
American Smelling and Refining
plant, at Perecen, Mexico, is a captive
in the hands of Francisco Villa, held
for $4,000 ransom, according to pas
sengers from southern Chihuahua who
have arrived at Juarel, Mexico.
The Hotel Chamberlain at Fortress
Monroe, one of the largeSt hotels ON
the Atlantic coast, was destroyed by
fire on Sunday night. 1t was bull,
of pine and the flames gained such
rapid Roadway that the guests barely
escaped and it is feard vt that some
VIZ victims to tn flams.
President Wilson enjoyed an auto
mobile ride Tuesday afternoon.
Lieut.. Whitfield has inaugurated
moonlight air flights at st. Petersburg.
Passengers are taken 1000 feet and
from that altitude they describe the
lights from the city as wonderful.
United States supreme court holds
that stock dividends may not be taxed
as dividends, declaring the provisions
of the 1916 income tax act taxing as
incomes such dividends declared by
corporations out of earnings and pro-
fits accruing after March l, 1913. The
court stood to 4.
Judge w. o. Williams, representa-
tive in the legislature from Polk coun
ty and hotel inspector, died at ms
home at Fort Meade Friday morning
paul e. Hutchinson, a travehns
salesman, died at his home IN Galne
vile Friday afteroon.
The Florida Chief, printed az W
ter Haven, in it's issue OF March 4th
contained the following item OF a mi
lion and a half dollar sale:
probably the largest grove deal eN
trasacted in Florida is being CLOS
in Winter Haven today. The anne
involved is a million and half dollar
The property being sold is practically
all of the Lucerne Parn Groves.
the various owners it will pass 70 the
control of a Corporation. Thus agar
alton ratings erEne vccfovsa
does The Good Old Town of Hun
dred Lakes prove her right to the It'll
of The Citrus Center There is prob
ably no finer Citrus property the
the Lucerne groves in the Unite
States today. That they will net thei
owners splendid income and prov
good investment for years to con
goes without saying. In the pink
condition, with intensive culture an
scientific care they are going to be the
storm center of the industry in til,
state.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-12

Advertise. i. VIM pay you. No
matter what it is. let the Banner sen
Il fer you.-tAdvJ.
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AT $731 200. 600 domestic merchan-
disc exports in January not only set a
new precedent for the period. but rose
50.0OO,000 above those Of last Decem.
Der according to this weeks belated
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-12

Official statement The export exhibit
was considered surprising in most
quarters, in view fthe further depre-
citation Of European exchanges and
the reported interference with over
seas shipments through difficulties in
financing, but the import returns, with
record-breaking figures of $474,000.-
900, were in line with expectations.
Not only is the latter total ssS,000,O0O
above the previous maximum of De
cember, but it is considerably more
than double the aggregate Of January.
1919, when goods to the value of about
$213,OOO,OO0 were imported into this
country.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-12

Judge Graham of Tampa, has SEN
fenced Ray Reid to three months in
the county jail for an assault on Mr..
Z. W. Bloom, editor OF the Lakeland
Star
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-12

Martin Tillman, a deserter, is no.
under arrest at Barlow
Tillman enlisted from Fort Myer.
Battalion, June z, 1917, and was sta
toned at Black Point state camp, ne;
Jacksonville. Two months later !,
got drunk and deserted, spending
some time at Wauchula, Palm Beac
and other points. He has been scr
arated from his wife for three wears
put is now divorced. She lives in Ar
cadia and Monday he, came to see he,
ana was arrested by officer Bates. He
says that the reason he has neve,
gone back to the army is that he haf
been told that if he does he will he
shot at sunrise"
Tillman will probably be tncarcer.
afed at Fort Leavenworth for a tern
OF twelve TO eighteen months. and re.
celve a dishonorable discharge, or al
lowed to re-enlist for three years an6
given a chance to live it down.
One hundred and fifty boxes Of
oranges have been shipped from Frost
prooft odate
The Highland News, printed at
Frostproof, will soon have installed a
new linotype machine and a new
press It is on the high road towards
prosperity It is printed in a fine
section and among a progressive PEG.
pie.
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one hundred and fifty boxes Of
oranges have been shipped from Frost
prooft odate.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
TESTIMONY IS FALSE,
SAYS DOWNEY COMPANY

NEW YORK. November 20.-Testt-
mony given today before the Walsh
committee. investigating Shipping
Board affairs, naming the Downey
Shipbuilding Corporation of New York
in connection with alleged col.usion
to obtain contracts was deci&red by
officials of the corporation tonight to
be absolutely false
Denial Of the allegations and a re-
nnoenaed to anpear hefore the com
mittee to disprove them were made
in telegram sent by officials OF the
corporation tonight to Representa-
tive Walsh. The telegram was signed
by Wallace Downey. president: A "A
Cannon. treasurer, and H. c. Hunter
counsel.
"The Downey Shipbuilding Corpora
tion did not pay any bribe of any
kind or amount to any party or par
ties for procuring contracts" Mr.
Downey said.
Evening star., 1920-11-21

ton, proved to be transactions out
side of and prior to the date on which
Sands charged that Downey paid
over a sum of money. part of which
he charged was given to Mr.. Boiling.
Expert bank accountants from the
Department of Justice traced out all
checks, notes. drafts and other pa
pers that could possibly have any
bearing on the case" the report said,
and failed to find anything that cor
roborated the statement of Sands,
adding:
I'm the belief Of Mr. Thompson. it
was blackmail engineered by Sands to
force Mr.. Boiling to intercede with
the President to save Sands from
prosecution by the Department
Of Justice
I'm view of the fact that this matter
has been investigated by the Depart
ment Of Justice and nothing found
incriminating against Mr.. Boiling.
Mr.. Burke's report said. Il will con-
slider this matter. closed as far as the
division of investigation is concerned,
unless otherwise instructed"
Boiling Makes Statement.
In the presence Of Admiral Benson.
Mr.. Boiling late yesterday made a
public statement explaining his con-
nection with Sands and the Downey
shipbuilding Company He had been
said, and had built a house for the
banker in 1916. out Of which grew an
indebtedness from Sands to him,
which amounted to $4,000 in 1918.
"At that time Mr.. Sands introduced
Mr.. Cramer Cater identified as a rep
resentative Of the Downey Cor?ora-
tion) to me. asking that he get certain
pieces Of neutrality-suspicious. rolls. they
were-which the Fleet Corporation was
to furnish the Downey Shipbu1iding
Company in connection with the con-
struction of vessels" Mr.. Boiling said,
land which, while promised to them,
were going to be shipped to some other
shipbuilding concern. He asked me il
I could help him have these bending
rolls shipped to Downey..
Some time after that, Sands told me
that he had received fee for procur-
ing these bending rolls from Downey
and offered to divide it with me.
think the fee was $1,000. I told Sands
that under no conditions would / ac-
cept any part of 1t.
Says He Owes $500.
Sands then told me that as he had
never paid me any profit on building
the house. I having waived same, he
would Fke to pay me what l.. thought
was fair profit for the work which
mao done d to sod vary him eas5 sSGo
he wanted to pay it. Even then he
then and 5000 later.
That is about all the story, except
that Sands has left out that he still
owes 5000 on the original note on that
another cent Of money except his cur
taifnents on the note. and I have his
last letter. saying he could not cur
tail the same"
Evening star., 1920-11-21

you obtained from the discount of
these notes?"
"The first proceeds, yes, sir" Sands
said.
You swear to that. absolutely. that
Mr.. Boiling received $1,000 out OF the
money you received from oiscountlns
the first note?"
Yes, sir"
Paid cr.nor $1,000. He says.
Sands then said he had put it down
as a loan because it would look
better and not because 1t was any
different"
Sands also testined he had paid
|Cranor $4,000
Did you pay Mr. sisler his'" Mr..
Il think I loaned him $4,000 and 1
think 1 paid him $1,000"
What do you mean by loaned him
five and paid him five?"
Il paid him five. around about .nve,
in money, and then loaned him."
"Out of the proceeds OF this nrst
Il don't know about the proceeds
of the first note. think ! let him
have about $1,000 of the proceeds OF
the first note. Then I loaned him for
his company, which he has not PAID
me. SIS. 600 more. He paid me $500 back
on that"
Personal Lean On Note.
Sands said the loan was personal
loan on his note. He also said Sisler
was then secretary OF the Shipping
Board
And you paid it to him for his in
fiuence with somebody in the Ship
ping Board to get the contract Tor
Downey?' Mr.. Kelley asked.
Well, I cannot say that" Sands
replied.
what was it paid for them
That is about it: yes, sir. We
agreed that If we got the money he
would get his. too" =
The witness said he still had Sis
ler's. note for 5000 on which 5000
was still due, and that he could pro-
duce it to the committee.
Mr.. Kelley asked Sands IL Mr.
Bolling's refusal to help him with the
district attorney at Washington had
anything to do with Sands bringing
him into the case.
NO. sir Sands said. 81 really re-
gret very much bringing him in. be-
cause. II 1 may USE. the expression. 1
am really devoted to him."
Evening star., 1920-11-21
SCHOOL CHILDREN
HELP RELIEF FUND
Mrs. Stevens Offers Flag to
School Making Best Near
East Record.

Further help Of the children of the
public schools Of the District is asked
by Mrs. Cabot Stevens. honorary di-
recor for washington's Near East Re-
lief committee in an appeal for con-
tributions to the relief fund.
Mrs. Stevens announced yesterday
that q flag will be given to the school
making the highest per capita Offer
ing. She hopes that the public schools
during December this year will 1--we
up to the good record made last year.
Recent reports Of the campaign In the
schools show the following results:
The Minor Normal reported 100 per
cent Of givers. the same as last year:
The Americanization school averaged
14k cents per pupil; the O street
Vocational, Is cents; the Franklin
Thompson group, Is cents. The en-
tire third division was the hfgnest,
first, fifth, sixth and seventh divisions
each Is cents, or 15A cents as diyi-
siors, with Powell School. M. %. NC.
Gill. principal, heading the list OF
grade schools. with $222.63, an aver
age Of sos-1o cents pc, per q child L G;han while
principal, gave s227.29, or 80 4-1O
cents per capita. Central Highs gift
was $352.42: Business High, $1S5.21;
Mckinley, $147.05: Western. 800;
Eastern, $500; Wilson Normal,
1851; Business High being the
highest. with 15h cents--a total of
$7,172 from all the schools. an aver
age Of liz cents for the 62,375 pupils.
Not only did the children double last
years gift. but they increased it 250
per cent.
Mrs. Stevens will begin lectures this
S>v tof
Of flags to Business High School and
the Powell School will be made at a
meeting to be held in December at
the D. A. r. Hall. A service star will
be placed on the Armenian flag of the
Minor Normal School.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
HARD|NC'S VIEWS 4
WILL GUIDE us.
BUDGET COURSE
Mccormick Has Bill to EIim.z:
mate Duplication in Gov
ernment Work.

Senator Hariing's views as to whether
the national budget b'H should Be passed
at the coming session OF Congress or
should wait until the new Congress
meets in special session next March,
after he has become President. will be
obtained by the Senate leaders before
determining their course with regard to
the measure. according to Senator Nc
Cormick Of Illinois, co-author OF the
budget bill with Representative Good
OF Iowa Senator Mccormick was in
Washington yesterday.
President Wilson vetoed the budget
bill because he believed its provisions
relating to an auditor for the system
infringed upon the chief executives au-
thority. The House, in the closing
hours of the last session. repassed the
bill amended to meet the Presidents
objections. The bill was caught in the
legislative jam in the Senate. however
and failed to pass.
Senator Mccormick takes the view
that nee the budget plan does not be-
come really effective until the first reg
uLar session of the next Congress. whiel,
meets in December. 1921, there is no
particular reason for hurrying IL through
at the coming short session. But IL IL
is decided TO press for action at the
ment which shall withhold the power Of
the President to appoint the various inn
portant officers. including the auditor.
until after President-elect Harding
comes into office
Senator Mccormick has drafted
bill for the reorganization OF the
governments executive departments,
doing away with the hundreds of in
stances of duplication of work by one
or more departments and bureaus
| that now exist. He regards this piece
of legislation as one Of the most
| important which will come before the
new Congress.
While he will introduce 1t at the
coming session. he does not believe
| there will be time for more tran
hearings on it, and that action will
have to go over until the next Con-
gress Also, he considers 1t ad-
visab1e to have the bill sent to a
republican President in the first in
stance rather than to President Will.
son.
great appropriation bill covering all
government expenditures are being
considered by the leaders here. Un-
doubtediy such plan will be adopted
after the budget system has become
effective, according to Senator Nc
provided for a single enlarged ap-'
preparations committee, effective in
the coming session Of Congress. to
handle all the bills. and Senator Cur
tis of Kansas is planning to offer an
amendment to the Senate rules pro-.
viding for similar committee In the
Senate. II the plan goes through
only one other appropriation bill will
be handled. a deficiency bill When
tho budget bill is in operation 1t IL.
believed there will be no further need
Of the many deficiency appropriation
bills which have become the custom.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
CHARLES WANTS INCOME.
Asks Austrian Provision for House
Of Hapsburg.

GENEVA. November 2o.-Former
Emperor Charles Of Austria, accord:
ing to dispatches from Prangins,
where he is living. has just sent his
secretary. Capt. Werkmann. to
Vienna to negotiate with the Aus
trian republic financial arrangement
for the house Of Hapsburg and an al
lowance for Charles. who is extremely
short of money and is living simply
with former Empress Zita. who has
sold her jewels to pay household ex-
penses.
Charles expressed pleasure at the
possible recall OF Constantine to the
throne Of Greece. and IL said to have
declared the hope that he soon would
have . similar call from Hungary.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
KILLING OF TWO BOYS
CHARGED TO LAD OF 18
Youngsters, g and 8, Shot and
Mauled to Death and Bodies
Il Thrown in Creek Is Claim.

GAFFNEY. S. c.. November 2o.-of-
ficers tonight are searching for Roy
Henderson. aged eighteen, who is al
legged to have killed two small boys.
Frank and Floyd Kirby, aged six and
eight years. late today in the Blue
branch neighborhood, six miles from
Gaffney. 80
Henderson. according to the account
given out by the officers. enticed the
smaller boys away from home with
him to go hunting, and when near
creek he shot the younger lad. blowing
or the top of his head and part Of
his hand; then beat the larger boy
over the head with his gun until he
was dead. after which he threw both
bodies into the creek. where they were
found later by their father, who be-
came, anxious and went to search for
them. -,s
Evening star., 1920-11-21
BABY ON RED HOT STOVE.
Accused Mother Says Husband Was
"Cool' After Infants Birth.

NEW YORK. November 20.-After
she had been arrested, accused of
placing her seven-month-ol old boy on
a red-hot stove, Mrs. Grace Randell
told the Brooklyn police tonight that
her husband. whom she loves better
than anything else in the world" had
treated her coolly" since the child
was born.
The child. taken from the top Of q
stove by police whom neighbors sum-
moned. may die from its burns, hos
pital physicians said. The husband i.
serving a sentence in Jail.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
GERMANS STIR SUSPICION.
Send Marksmen to Tournament Al
Innsbruck-Plot Feared.

VIENNA. November 18.-Seyeral
hundred German marksmen are to ar
rive tomorrow at Innsbruck, CAPITAL
Of the Tyrol, for the Tyrolese shoot
ing tournament.
In the diet today social democratic
members affirmed that the meeting
was merely an excuse to discuss mill
tary plans for the overthrow Of the
Austrian republic. and moved that the
tournament be suppressed. The mo.
ton was rejected. after which the
railwaymen at Innsbruck determined
to refuse to move trains carrying the
military visitors.