The Ocala banner., 1922-05-26
]: News of the Week ::
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ment will be left to a popular vosa
'rhere will be no age limit. She NAV
De a child of tender years or a ma.
iron OF mature years. The only con.
uition Is that she lives in Sumter
county Ten cents must accompany
each ballot
W. ., Black, prominent busineaa
man OF Tampa. was found Saturday
morning dead on the side walk bav.
ing as is supposed accidentally fallen
from second story window.
Dig modern hotel is TO be con-
structed at DeLand.
A 100000 school building Is soon
10 be constructed at Macclenny. the
building to be constructed of brick
and located on expansive grounds over
looking the town. An athletic field
VIII be a feature of the new building
and grounds will also be provided for
agricultural study.
Ihe Sanford Herald says Orlando
Is assisting in the waterways nobly.
And when the ST. Johns river is deem
ened Orlando can easily cut a canal
to the river. We said it when we
lived in Orlando and we say it YET,
the Herald paragrapher continues.
Horace Irwin, of Miami, negro
driver whose car struck and killed
little Mildred Hathaway, was charged
by the coroner's jury with being di-
rectly responsible for the chiId's
death and is being held in the county
Jail on charge of murder.
John c. Middleton and Haniford
Mobley. held in connection with the
robbery of the Stuart bank, will spend
the summer in the Palm Beach coun.
ty jail.
L. A. Whitney general secretary of
the Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce
established the first commercial air
line in the world with flying boat at
st. Petersburg in the year 1914 He is
given credit in aviation circles for pro
noting the first air line in the world
with Benoist air boat. a frail craft
as compared with the highly developed
seaplane and airplane of today.
The Fort Myers Tropical News says
that Afford H. Smith, engineer on the
steamship Like, has just patented a
new engine, reversible turbine.
Two hotels at Pass-a-drille have
been completely destroyed by fire
which will prove hurtful to it this
year as a summer resort.
Lake county is going forward in
long and steady strides. She heads
the list in the number of her news
papers and has any number of fine
hotels and banking establishments.
Nearly half of the sum necessary to
stage a Ponce de Leon celebration
in st. Augustine next year has already
been pledged. 1t is expected that a
sum up to $4,000 can be subscribed
A bridge will soon be built over the
Yellow river, in Santa Rosa county
For this bridge Santa Rosa already
has on hand $4,000 and will receive
aid to the amount of $4,000, it is
hoped, from the Federal government
The special election to be held Tues
day, May 23rd. on the question of is.
suing $15O,000 bonds for various pur.
poses, overshadows all other projects
in Plant City just now.
Adj.-Gen. c. P. Lowell has announced
dates for holding the state encamp
ment of National guards at Camp Jos.
eph f. Johnson, near Jacksonville.
The officers training school viii be-
gin August 2 and continue through
August Z. the state encampment of the
troops opening on the following day
and continuing through August %,
more than 1900 guardsmen being ex-
pected to participate. The coast artil-