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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09
BRYCE ENDORSES THE LEAGUE

No other living man has done so
much original research in connection
with problems of government as Wis
count Bryce; few others have aqualled
his in experience, few in disinterested-
ness. none in authority Of the Lea
que of Nations he states, speaking
from a European point of view:
Those for whom l venture to speak.
workers who have nothing to do with
our respective Governments, mean to
preserve in supporting it as the only
plan yet launched with a prospect
of success. We are nearer to the con-
fiagratfon than you are, but prairie
fires spread fast
There are, in Lord Bryce's opinion.
but three possible plans for prevent
ing recurrence of the CONFEDERATION
that consumed the working capital of
civilization and still shoulders menac.
ingly in Central Europe Of these.
the first, the defensive alliance or
balance of power, has proved it's own
utter insecurity The second posi-
bility, superstate embracing all ma
tons, is SO far quite impossible be-
cause there is no demand for its exis-
tence, no International patriotism
wherein to found it. Even. the theory
has obvious faults; in democracy
of nations the most backward and un-
enlightened might smother the more
advanced by sheer weight of mum
bers.
Bue an alliance against war. a Lea
que of Nations to enforce peace, has.
like democracy, prospect of success.
Its chance of success will increase
year by year as peoples learn gradual
ly how much it is to their selfish
advantage to stay out of war and to
keep their neighbors from fighting
The Government of the United States
nurses the Illusion that it has no
neighbors, that no prairie fire can lean
the Atlantic and that it can get along
alone. Yet the last fire did lean the
Atlantic. When facts are so plain as
this none can fail to see them save
those who are wilfully blind World
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09

If the moon isn't just right, plant
that fall garden anyway. The moon
can get right later just as we'll
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09
TIMBER KILLER GUARANTEED

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and size within to SIS days, seldom long
er than (15) days Quickly decays Tim
Der K prevents Sprouts, also kills Pal
metto Immediately. Write for particulars
SURE SHOT TIMBER KILLER CO.
SOcala, Florida.
Exclusive Manufacturers and distriu-
tors for Florida and Cuba.-S- 26-4t
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09
MILLIONS or FARMERS ENJOY
CITY COMFORTS
Census Figures Emphasize Known
Facts As TO Progress
Phones, Autos, Lfuints

I
Information furnished by govern
ment departments from day to day is
/ impressive from many standDoints,
but particularly from that of the edu-
cation of the masses as to the adyan-
tages of modern conveniencc5. Par
ticuiarly is this true in connection
with the awakening of the people OF
the rural sections to the Importance
of conveniences in the way of labor
savers. The census of agriculture for
1920 shows that long strides have
been taken by farmers in providing
themselves with motor yehicies. tele-
phones, water and light.
Out of 1,970,564 farms reporting on
automobiles, representing 307 of all
the farms, the number of cars listed
was 2,146,512. The number Of ma
chimes per 1000 farms was 1929. A
total of 1851. or 2 per cent of all
the farms reported motor trucks
owned to the number of 130,169,
while the number of tractors farm
owned reached the surprising number
of 246,139.
Water Piped to Houses
In addition, $50 per cent of the
farms, or 2.5OS,002, reported tele-
phones installed in residences, while
10 per cent of all, of the houses on
64400S farms, have water piped into
them. Almost half a million, or 1872
500 farm homes, are supplied with
electricity or gas,
The building of good roads, togeth-
er with the intensive efforts being
made by disinterested friends of edu-
cation, are working to the end that
the rural communities be not behind
their advances in farm comforts in the
number and character of school
houses which they enjoy The COM
missioner of education has recently
said that no greater task can be I'M
dertaken by the people of the United
States than the giving of attention
from a sanitary and recreational
standpoint, to the improvement of the
little red school houses, and the pro-
viding of such inducements in the way
OF salaries and pleasing atmosphere as
to insure instruction for the youth of
the countryside equal to that afforded
the youth of the city.
~**
NJ Rene Bache, eminent French
Scientist says: Before long we shall
have forecasts three or six months in
advance, based on observations of the
Solar Luminary.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09

If the moon isn't just right, plant
that fall garden anyway. The moon
can get right later just as well.
The farms are the sources that
have always supplied our country with
its true Americanism, its new and
fresh minds. its physical and moral
strength.-Herbert Hoover.
Mirfie Mae Smell, club girl of Bar
tow. n'e a net profit of S366.97 on
poultry turing the first six months of
the year Beginning with a flock of
36 hens, her gross receipts were $685.
80, while her expenditures were only
s2227s.
Vital Concern to Our Fruit
Growers
Mr.. p. H. MCGOWAN, the useful
Washington correspondent says:
The American Fruit Growers Asso-
citation is much interested in plan
that is of vital concern to the fruit
people of Florida and Georgia. They
desire the early passage by congress
of bill now pending in the house to
fix standards for hampers, round staFe
baskets and splint baskets for fruits
and vegetables.
II is said that by standardizing these
would be reduced, there would be a
saving in the expense of packing,
loading in cars would reach their
destination in better condition than
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09
oLDsMAR eARDeN TRAcroe

Biggest small tractor and Smallest bi,
tractor on the market today. Does the
work OF one horse quicker, cheaper and
better, Just the thing TO work your crops
cost of maintaining q horse. send for.
literature or come and see it work All
!. s. Reitz's, local agent. Weirsdale. Fla.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09

See Grover Griffin. at 1fe Magnolia for
the best buy in the city; if you want good
house with TWO acre lot. All city conven-
iences.-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09
SWEET euAvAs

S1.50 per six basket crate, f. o. b., cash
with order. Now ready.
r.. 3. SHOOK,
Wersdaie, Florida.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09


they now do The consumer would
also be assured of full measure. which
is not the case with many odd sizes
of packages that are now manufacture
ed and sold.
Hens "RoIi Their own"-Hish
Egg Records Follow
AS result of eight years feeding
tests at the United States Department
of Agriculture poultry yards at Belt
vile. Md. mash feed has been COM
pounded which gives uniform high egg
production This mash, which has
been tested for three years. is made
of 4 per cent bran, 4 per cent MIDI
lings, 26 per cent meat scrop. and SIS
per cent corn meal. In the expert
ments the hens were allowed to Sc
lect their own mash ingredients. This
is the proportion of those different
feeds which they ate during the year.
Several pens of 30 hens each, both of
Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds have
averaged from 40 to 155 eggs apiece
while this mash was fed. While the
mash seems to be especially adapted
for Leghorns, it has given very good
results with Reds. Wyandottes and
Plymouth Rocks were found to get
too fat on the ration and mash some
what lower in meat scrap has given
better results with these breeds. Both
the Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks
at Beltsyille are large standard sized
fowls The tendency to become over
fat on this mash probably would not
be found in a smaller type. of Ply
mouth Rocks, such as is often found
on commercial poultry farms.
The Over Feeding of Chicks
The great mortality among chicks
is due in a large measure to over
feeding. The person in charge wants
the chicks to do well and to grow
rapidly; he feeds them all they will
eat every little while, with the result
that their appetites are impaired,
and they are soon with indigestion.
The crop of chick will not hold
more than. thimbleful, and this
cropful will last the chick for a long
time, SO when you force more food
down them and laugh with delight
at the full crop, you are doing them
an irreparable injury They will
stand this for a time, but after
while a lot of them will be off their
feed and moping around You will
wonder what is. the matter, inasmuch
as you have fed them so literally, and
they have eaten so WE'LL 1t will pay
to keep their appetites so keen, just
so that they will act as though they
were hungry every time you go to
feed them They will be eager for
every meal and will appreciate their
food. At night it is well to give them
all they will eat, in order that they
may have a FIJI crop for the night.
This food in the crop gradually pass
es into the gizzard will me pretty well
emptied Keep these things in mind
however, and do not overfeed through
kindness of heart.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09

NJ Rene Bache, eminent French
Scientist says: Before long we shall
have forecasts three or six months in
advance, based on observations of the
Solar Luminary.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09

they now do. The consumer would
also be assured of full measure. which
is not the case with many odd sizes
of packages that are now manufacture
ed and sold
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-09

sss cures Bilious Fever.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06
bird Degree.

An intsrs1tipg suit involving third degrss
mslAods q Dolics authoEitiss has bssn Rafted
= ~ yot Ths widow q m Italian arrest
49, = olaDsct = . bomb outrage has brought
acsicn u rscovsr 100000 damages for the
dsalA " bsr husband who. It il declared.
made insane by. beatinss and privstions to
which b vas subjected In IN effort to wiring
. eou6ossspa fron him. jumped to his death
iron 4 14-story building. where he had been
oonAned thSse months.
ne third degree u . barbarous procedure
and shoald b eliminated from police work
Il has sent more than one innocent man to
his doom. One can sec the frightened Italian
In room with several bullies ell concentrat-
ing their oral and physical attacks upon him.
It was only question Of time until ne ~ould
assent to any suggestions they might make to
him or collapse mentally. 1t appears the lat.
ter was his fate and in his liberated state of
mind went to his death. There ought to be
full exposure Of the New York case and states
should enact laws curling the cruelties prac-
ticed By police authorities upon prisoners
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06
The Circus Kick.

Time was when the girl in the pink tights
drew dollars to the circus ticket wagon, But
the diaphanous costumes to be seen on the
public street nowadays has sort Of taken the
kick out of the circus stuff, managers declare,
and they are scratching their heads to think
out something more daring for their female
performers to do The circus manager has
never yet failed to meet an emergency-and
the public may depend upon it that he will
find way to keep the money flowing towards
the ticket window
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06

Says Jonathan Bourne, Jr, once senator:
Success must always be achieved at the ex-
pense of some other individual or state"
Is that SO? Do you think this country can
be successful only at the expense of another
country? That you can be successful only at
the expense of another human being! II that
be true, success is having something which
belongs to another. Then the thief is success
full! The highway robber is successful!
Countless millions OF humans have achieved
success, and without achieving it at the ex-
pense of another. They produced! They did
something better than it had been done be-
FORE Tom Edison is success. isn't he. Mr..
Bourne? How about Burroughs? How about
other distinguished scientists? They achieve
the most remarkable successes, surely not at
the expense of another. but rather for the bene-
fit and in the best interest of other humans.
How about the worlds literary successes!
How about the lawmakers! Inventors?
Builders?
1t may be true that Napoleon achieved sue
cess at the expense Of other humans? And
Caesar! And Captain Kidd! And Jesse
James! But, was what they achieved Sue
CESS? That sort Of success" we'll may be
eliminated from human ambition.
Bourne's idea of success is to GET some
thing from fellow human; the worth while
idea of success is to DO something for the hui
man race The latter brand of success is
never achieved at the expense Of another.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06
Il Isn't 4 Monopoly.

1&f4he interstate commerce commission has
loved the merger. consolidating the
s17S wells Fargo, Southern and American
s1sSK companisA-
This ends, - far - private express COM
panies are concerned, competition in the car
fSe ef packages over railroads excepting IS
I'D xNsof mail Fur some years this has been
. facts. there has been TO actual competition
betwssa The four companies. and 1t Is just -
ven 70 stop pretending that they arc four
H4&edat Scontsndins opponents.
I .scpmmissioaer NeChord objects to % con-
ltlkfhx IN existing monopoly
sm Hvxhinin the railroads should conduct the
y HI y guinness going over their linss. Just
~ - ISeW tAsy fokAard freight He fears an
expesa6 monopoly. His fearl though, seem
.4eUgndsss. there can be NO express monopoly
.ios 66k y the 0. 3 sovsramsnt continues IN
Y bSfpafesls post hssinasA At one tina tAs
1nu1ry mightsAass trsnAisd e . combination
- IN vgiyaAs szyseass companies. That was
~ ths day q tAs pareais post
Axnenna acnDof1ng fnif.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06
The Gambling Instinct.

George E. Paddock, 70 years of age. used
the funds OF a bank at Prophetstown, Ill, of
which he was president to speculate in the
stock market He lost. The bank closed its
doors. Depositors lost $15o,00o. Paddock has
about forty thousand dollars left. He has Of
fered to turn this over for distribution among
those whose money hs> gambled away. Then
he will be pauper. Paddock says then he and
his wife will have to go to the poorhouse to
pass their remaining days. Rather sad plight
for man who had spent SO many years in
building for himself place in his home COM
munity. Little sympathy is felt for the average
man who gets in on the wrong side Of the stock
market There is nothing sure in speculation.
Tho man who speculates necessarily takes
chances.
The man who has money to invest has
plenty Of safe places to put it He does not
have to put It where there is danger of losing
1t. The banker should set the pace for the less
experienced in financial matters. The ordinary
citizen looks to the banker for guidance when
he is seeking safe investment for his funds.
1t is . bad example when a banker fails in
taking q chance that he wouldn't advise one Of
his clients to take.
Paddock doubtless enjoyed the confidence of
hundreds Of his neighbors. He had made fair
success in lie. He didn't have to make the
ventures that no resorted to in order to enjoy
life. He merely couldn't resist the gambling
instinct. He played his Judgment against that
Of the other fellow and he lost And others
lost also.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06
Poor Religion.

At Danville, ILL.,, a man says if his wife will
60 without food long enough her abstinence
may result in his conversion to the Christian
religion. The wife already has gone without
food 80 days and still is refusing to eat, cling
Ing to the hope that her prayers and denial will
bring her husband into the church. II she per-
sists in her campaign she may bring whole
lot Of others besides her husband into the
church-to pay their final respects to an old
friend who made fool Of herself.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06

long and the other chap said it was ono four
hundredth Of q millimeter.
There's nothing much new about this theory
that all We know-iron and gold; the cir we
breathe and the body itself-;s built Of incon-
ccivably small particles.
List to Lucretius.
He was Roman, Lucretius was, and he
was born in IS B. c.. and wrote poem called,
ION the.Nature Of Mngs."
Therein. he said:
I'VE perceive the different smells of things
yet never SEQ the smells coming to our nos
trils; nor do We behold heat nor can We OBJ
serve cold with eyes. nor are We used to see
voices. Yet all these things must have . bodily
nature, since they are able to move the senses,
Nor nothing but body can touch and be touched
= Nature, therefore, works BY unseen
bodies"
Then 10 proceeds to prove" that IN thinss,
no matter how solid. have small holes IN them
through which the powder Of things can
move.
A bit shsly. Lucrsdus vas, ON tbines IN
he light Of modern information. but lust the
same-ths wise men Of . day far bsyoud his
agree With him and are busy trying to meas
ars the powder It thing. b mt dasuns6
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06

Like the schoolmen Of the middle ages who
squsbblsd CONCERNING the exact number of an
gels who could dance on . needle point
Americas wisest scientists gathered in Chi
cago the other day and held great argument
about the sue ot The ultimate atom. The
ochootmsA used to slit each others throats.
The scientidc men shed no blood In Chicago.
Ono scientist declared the electroo, super
small atnm Nas - triuionth Il q 1Sltmetar
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06
The Daily Short Story

penses of those days. There was a
good deal of fun over the buying
and selling; most Of us received a
very fair training for politics by
the diplomatic trick of seeing that
the right man bought the right
necktie to please the right girl. In
some queer, underground way, con-
genial couples usually found them
selves together.
"As l told you, I was unattached,
but was busy in the kitchen while
the sale was going on, SO l told
Ruth Abbot not to sell my tie to
the cross-eyed, red-haired farm
hand who always attended these
celebrations, and whom we took
turns in lodging"
"You didn't know grandpa was
coming, did your"
mo, l never had seen nor heard
Of him. l just knew somewhere in
my mind, that was watching for a
man six feet tall, with a big heart
and mind to go with it. But
didn't know where he was to be
found, or how the youngest daugh-
ter Of DR.. STATIONS house, tied to
his saddlebags, as it were, was
ever to have chance to find him.
This particular night had just
one desire as far as my partner
was concerned, and that was to get
someone who could dance better
than Tom Alden, and who usually
managed to get my necktie.
Then there came an unusual
commotion which I knew meant
the arrival of q party from
Oldport our neighboring town.
This always made us a little rebel
lious, for we felt the strange note
at once when city folks entered the
crowd; in those days we didn't
have autos and telephones to keep
US mixed together.
II had on my apron, and was
wiping my hands to 60 back into
the hall, when the grandest figure
Of man you ever saw filed the
whole doorway. He was captain OF
q steamer that had anchored that
afternoon in Oldport harbor, and
seeing the notice of the dance, had
made up a party and came out.
They told me l would find the
apron that matched my necktie out
here he said.
Il gasped. oh! in such a funny
way that he looked down, just
looked long and hard, and then
without word, he tucked my hand
under his arm and we went back
into the hall.
mo, that il all. children. We
danced and We ate and We went
home in the moonlight; and later
We were married. But the whole
romance was right there in that
big moment in the town hall kitch-
en- doorway"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06

@. Is the thistle the flower Of
Scotland? II 30, why vas it adopt
ed! N. H. R.
A. The thistle 10 the national
flower of Scotland. and was adopt
cd during the reign Of Malcolm in
1910. At that time the country was
invaded by the Danes, who at
tempted to storm one Of the largest
and most powerful fortresses. The
enemy advanced stealthily at night
and upon reaching the castle re-
moved their shoes and plunged into
the moat, expecting to swim across.
The moat was dry, however, and
filled with . growth OF thistles. The
cries Of the enemy aroused the in
mates Of the castle. % Scotland
was saved.
Q. When was Eadfum discovered
and what 10 1t worth? w. c.
A. This important element was
| discovered BY Monsieur and Madame
Curie in 1898. A gram Of radium
was valued ct 81, 900 in 1915.
Q. Would It Le possible TO Ad-
minister any or all Of the tests for
Immigrants to the United States a
consulate ONCE or the port Of en-
barkation. Could inspectors carry
ON this work without the enact
ment Of further immigration laws,
J. b. W.
A The commissioner Of immi-
grafton says that the present laws
would not permit consular officers
Of the United States to administer
tests at the port Of embArkAtion. e
immigrants coming to the United
States. These Officers when vistnl
passports can tall the immigrant,
that they probably will not be ad.
mittsd II they consider the immi.
0antS arc. undesirable, but i 4
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-06

not possible for them to give an!
tests. This would require the en-
actment Of another law.
@. Is the male ostrich lafs1
than the female? n. W. l.
A. The male ostrich is somewn"
larger than the female and veisn
upward of 200 pounds.
Q. Why don't Cuba and otna
small countries that declared w
on Germany appear on the victoV
medal! G. z. T.
A. The war department AZ
that the reason such countries ~
not represented on the Victory
medal is because they did not pr.
ticipate actively in the war. Uny
the names Of those countries waNn
actually had forces in the fgnups
are engraved on the medal
@. How many federal land DANA
are there! l. N =;
A. There are II Of these banks
@. Is 1t true that Abraham Ian
coin had two wives! A. ..
A. Abraham Lincoln was Ia
ried but once. He became ensss,
TO Ann Rutledge, daughte, -
James Rutledge, in 1885, but sn La
ly after the betrothal the giIi ~ -
of brain fever. On Nov. 4, !o4s' n
married Mary Todd, daugnIe
Hon. Robert Todd OF Leuns~~
Ky. a,,,!
L. A ".
! A. Fairs were held in carry "a
i iods OF civilization In Europe .,,s.
Asia, and were usually OF : u.ist
ious origin. The Festival on a
Denis was held In France ~ ,,,o-
A. D., and such fairs were ~ IN
duced mo Great Britain as 4.
rs $50. in the time OF Aiiis1
Great