The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-12-09
STAT NEWS

STATE NEWS
Percy H. Smith Of Palmetto was
He'd on December 1, in collision Of
fplanes at Ft. Sill, Okla.
$50
Arthur McElveen, of Jacksonville
filed his wife and then killed him
elf. He left a note saying he loved
mt she was unfaithful to him. The
todies of both were sent to Register
Ca, their old home for burial.
B The county commissioners In SEES
<ion at Titusville, accepted the bid
3. r Maule, one of the most prom
nent roadbuilders in the state. tic
#nrnish all labor and material for the
ompletion OF the Melbourne st
loud Kississimmee rfoad from Mel
#ourne to the Osceola county line
m the sum of s11s,S52.5O, subject
the approval of the state road de
&artment
DR.. George Morgan Ward, president
Rollins College, has resigned. DR.
Ward is one of the most prominent
Ggines in the country and last win.
er was pastor of the elites church
West Palm Beach, in addition to his
Iuties as president of Rollins College
Two negroes attempted a Iold-up
d Greek merchant in Pensacola
arly Monday night A clerk WIS ser.
Ously wounded and it is believed one
the negroes wss shot but both
escaped capture
II Lena Clarke ever leaves the
tate hospital for the insane at
hattahoochee to which she has been
committed on order of Circuit Court
udge C. o. Andrews following her
equittal on the ground of insanity at
Ter trial for the murder of Fred Milt-
bore, she will Immediately be turned
Ver to federal authorities to answer
harges of endorsement and rob-
cry of West Palm Beach postoffice
nds. -
Declaring that the city department
ipublic safety has been formally put
m notice through the public state
nents of County Solicitor Fred w.
Pine that the, department can continue
b expect no cooperation from the
county authorities in stopping boot
sgging, H. G. Ralston, director of
public safety, will ask for ordinances
giving the city the right to adequately
punish all persons who illegally
Transport liquor and who illegally have
qour in their possession.
Thai Lake county is prosperous be-
ond compare is again attested by
be report made Tax Collector w G.
ang, for the month of November,
l2l, when s4s,159.59 of county taxes
'ere collected these figures do not
1clude state tax returns. For the
lne period in 1920 $34,415.94 Tex
lusive of state taxes) were collect
This is an increase of s14,743,65, or
pc recent.
The 1920 taxes we're paid when
Y financial orgy had not been com
city dissipated and money was
asy throughout the country.
Lake county sends out challenge
the rest of the South to beat It's
cord.
Congregations in nearly all OF the
y churches of Miami on Sunday by
sing vote called on the city com
llssion to pass necessary ordinances
y the suppression Of bootlegglng'
Professional gambling and immoral
onen. Rarely in the city Of Miami
g a single feature in city AFFAIRS
<aWn the great attention from church
s0ple as did the proposed ordin,
aees Sunday.
GENERAL NEWS
The weather bureau reports heavy
'QKfall over portions of middle a,
1'lc States and upper Ohio Valley
ezing temperatures as far south az
ntgomery, Alabama. and he ssi
sts to Alabama, coast and northern
ida last twenty four hours re-
Ped today to- weather Bureau!
pts far south as Central Florida
cast for tonight.
ne sixty-seventh congress conven'
vi IunCf3ax, 81 Drocsdar1f Harding