The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-07-29
GENERAL NEWS

ports OF threatened "semi-famina ),
coupled with an epidemic Of pellaara
"a q large section of the Sauthern rot.
ton belt. has requested both tba p,h
TIC Hath Service and the Amar;can
Hed Cross to make immediate invas.
tgations and report what can he done
by the federal government to relieve
the situation.
mere is no pellagra in Florida
and growing crops were never bat-
ter Reports are coming in from
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and
other states, saying that the reports
are unfounded.
IN the lower house of the Texas
legislature, now in session. Renre-
sentative Putnam of Cass county de-
clared that William ], Simmons. Of
Atlanta, Ca, leader of the Ku Klux
Khan and ANY other man who admits
membership of the Ku Klux Khan. Is 4
party to every crime the organization
commits. =
Congress may increase letter post
age to three cents.
Germany lost 7S2,36S men killed and
4,z46,874 wounded from 1914 to 1918.
according to revised compilation of
the German causalties during the war
In addition, 5000 men are still re-
ported missing. The losses in the navy.
includd in the causalties given above,
were 34,256 men killed and s1,Ds5
wounded.
attend the disarmament meeting. 1t
now looks like the league Of nations
program will be put into action.
Mr.. William Jennings Bryan was
arrested at Waukegan, H., for speed
ing. He was trying to keep lecture
appointment.
Poor business, poor market condi-
tions and tremendous shrinkage in
all securities recently, caused the
Chandler Brothrs& Company, widely
known bankers and brokers Of Phila-
deiphia to close doors.
u. S. Mail steamships start legal
action to regain ships seized by the.
shipping board.
A white woman has been iogged by
masked men at Birmingham. The
Imperial Wizard has his hands
full in trying to lift the responsibility
for these fragrant violations from his
organization.
..Jim Barnes of Pelham, n. Y, won
the "open national golf championship.
$50
Fifty anarchists were ambushed and
killed in Italy Monday by communists.
A Chicago banker got away with
a round million and escaped to Can
ada.
At an early hour on Monday a mob
at Wampum, Pa, set fire to the VII
Iage Jail attempting to get John Por-
ter. accused of attacking white wo-
man. The same punishment is meted
out alike in all sections.
$50
The Cincinnati Knoxville Chatta-
naoga automobile route (eastern divis-
ion of the Dixie Highway will be in
condition for travel in September.
A meteor weighing between 200
and 600 pounds fell in Hatchetts
orchard on Missionary Ridge yesterday
afternoon. The meteor made a swish
ing noise in its passage through tRe
air and struck the ground with iouo
crash that was heard for g distance
If several blocks. The missile tore
down a section of the orchard fence
and partly buried itself in the ground.
1855
4 resolution requesting that q bill
to prescribe penalties for persons
"disguising themselves and violating
the laws Of the state by infiicting
punishment upon persons against
wnom no legal complaint had been
s,od ), i to be submitted to the Texas
legislature.
The BeaumcAt, Tex, local <. (. :.
has sent letter to local newspapers
for the recent beating, tarrlng ana
paul a local pny-