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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03
ORANGE

Truckers ar ebeginning to ship cab
bag eagain C. c. Waits is loading a
car this week in hopes of getting bet
ter prices.
r. B. Hickson Of Atlanta was Wis
iting in our twon Sunday.
Mr.. Mcclellan preached two inter-
esting sermons at the Baptist church
last Sunday Quite number came
up from Reddick to attend the SER
vices, including Mr.. and Mrs. Horn
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chore.
Mr.. Keefer and his daughter, SteI-
la, from Michigan, left on Tuesday
for home. They have spent six
weeks in our town and made many
friends, and we hope to see them
back next winter.
Mrs. Crowse and daughter, Miss
Nellie, who have been visiting Mrs.
Waits this winter, were called bach
to their home in Meridian, Miss, last
uCSQdy I'll cCNO4At VA ttAC 4AAA&CS2 ~
Mrs Crowse's brother.
Misses Georgia Busy and Opal
Smith were initiated into the order of
Eastern Stars on the evening of Feb
ruary 10th.
The Valentine party given by Misses
Gladys and Georgia 1ussy was quite
a success. They entertained delight
fully with games and a contest in
spelling The one who made the most
words out of the letters in Saint
Valentine was given prize after the
contest. Refreshments were served
in two courses. Then came the re-
freshing punch and cake, which was
most heartily enjoyed. After this the
Valentines were read. and created
much merriment Everyone left in
happy mood.
Miss Matte Bailey of Raleigh, N. c.,
arrived Monday to spend few days
with Mrs. Waits.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03
GROWTH Of BRICK CITY
SHOWN ALONG ALL LINES

He did, The mayor, sent another let
ter to Baker and informed him that
he knew good ball player when he
saw one, even if he was ''hick town"
mayor. He claimed the distinction
of having sent Jack Pfiester to the
Cubs, Earl Gardner to the Yanks, gave
the Giants a tip on jeff Tesreau and
gave the Braves the info that got
them Hugh McQuillen. When the au-
thor of the story that Told the world
that hick town mayor was trying
to send player to the Pills" heard
this he inquired of Baker what he did.
He answered that he had sent Epper-
son contract and that if Epp was
as good as he was painted he would
make the baseball world sit up and
take notice-Times- Union
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03
SUNDAY IN ocALA

Sunday was an ideal day in Ocala.
The weather conditions were perfect
The zephyrs were soft and soothing.
The Sunday schools were largely at
tended and during the morning ser
vices there were more than the usual
compliment of worshippers at the diff
ferent churches
In the afternoon many were at
tracted to the woods in search of
the yellow jasmine and degwood bios
SONS and gathering the wild violets.
This is Florida's most delightful
season of the year and the weather
is truly elysian, yielding the sweetest
of delights.
The woods, just beginning to be
garbed in their spring attire are fresh
and inviting as they are redolent with
the perfume of flowers and alive with
the. song Of birds
An hour in the woods at this vernal
season is almost like Paradise Re
gained!"
If Milton were alive and in Florida
a new and greater volume would be
added to his immortal verse.
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The 0cala correspondent of the
Times Union speaks of Ocala's growth
along all lines optimistically as fol-
lows:
The future of Ocala never appear
ed brighter than it does ct present.
The growth of the city is shown very
conclusively by the demand for the
enlargement of public utilities. Re-
cent developments have shown that
the consumption of electric current
during 1921 increased over fifty per
cent and the municipal plant must be
enlarged to meet the demands upon it.
The Ocala Telephone Company has
found it necessary to install an en-
tirely new switch board in order to
meet the demands for new phones.
The new switch board will be of the
most modern design. 1t will be of
the automatic type and designed to
meet the growth of the city.
Ocala is faced with housing short
dSS anu q O1tdSC VI SlOAC lOOAktS.
A new high school building will have
to be erected at once to accommodate
the increased number of students. Ad-
-ditional property for the city schools
has just been purchased. The exten-
sion and enlargement of the water
system has become necessary.
There has undoubtedly been an in
crease in the population of OcaIa
since the census was taken in 1920
The value of new buildings erected
during the past twelve months and
now under construction is estimated
to exceed 100000. This does not in
clude the several handsome buildings
that win replace those destroyed by
the recent fire in the business Sec
ton OF the city The new city man
ager is at work on plans for exten-
sive street paving. the enlargement
of the light and water plant and sys-
TENS.
The records CT the Marion County
Board of Trade, which after March
1, will be known as the Marion Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce, show that
during the past year an increased
number of people in other states have
made inquiry concerning OcaIa and
Marion county.
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TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY or
THE LATE j. M. THOMAS

Just before adjourning the Marion
County Board of Trade at its last meet
ing stood in silence for one minute
out of respect for the late Mr.. James
NJ Thomas, who had been one of the
most active members of the organiza-
tion The following resolutions, adopt
ed by the board of governors, were
read:
Whereas, God, in His Infinite Wis
dom, has taken from this life James
NJ Thomas, and
Whereas, James M. Thomas was one
of our most useful and exemplary
citizens, was successfully treasurer,
vice president and member of the
board of governors of the Marion
County Board of Trade, and took an
active interest and part in the well
fare and development of Ocala and
Marion county, and,
Whereas, he gave himself with un-
sparing energy to these public spir-
tied and patriotic works, without re-
gard to his own physical well being,
always ready and willing to do for
others and asking very little of 9TH
ers for himself,
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
Marion County Board Of Trade, OcaIa.
Fla, this twenty-irst day of Febru-
ary, nineteen hundred and twenty
two, that in the death of James NJ.
Thomas we have sustained an irrep-
arabic loss, and that we do hereby
most willingly pay tribute to him as
man, fellow worker, friend and good
citizen, and Be it burther
Resolved, that copies of these res
olutions be sent to the relatives of
Mr.. Thomas, and be given to the To-
cal press.
A letter was read from Judge E.
Perry Thomas of Montgomery ex-
pressing the greatest appreciation for
the many kindnesses to Mr. James M.
Thomas and for the fine tribute paid
to him at his funeral.
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RETIRING FROM OFFICE


1t is not true that all those who have
been in public life for a long period
of time become so welded to the pres
tige and emoluments of Office that
they never voluntarily relinquish their
hold on them.
We have in mind three distinct re-
futations of it.
Hon. Joseph Cannon, a member Of
the present Congress, who has grown
very patriarch in Office, has volun-
tarily announced that at the end Of
his term he viii not be candidate
for reelection.
After so years of perpiexity and
turmoil he expects to seek and find
solace and solid comfort in the tran
guilty of private life.
And likewise the distinguished sa-
ator from Mississippi, Hon. John
Sharpe Williams, in many respects
the most commanding figure in that
august tribunal, has tired of its fierce
combats and acrimonious debates and
will seek the more congenial and de-
lightful pleasures to be found around
the domestic heartstone and among
his neighbors whom ne loves and
whom they venerate.
And we have another instance near
er home.
Hon. Dan Barco has been registTa-
ton officer for this county continu-
ously for twenty years, and If he so
desires, could have life-tenure of
it, but he voluntarily retires so it may
be occupied by a younger and more
active person.
This Office, of course, is not SO
exalted or remunerative as the others
we have named but in relinquishing
it our good friend is actuated by the
belief that rotation in office is a
cardinal virtue, so he is living up to
that tenet of faith.
Mr. Barco is member of a pioneer
family whose citizenship have been
elevating and in all the relations of
life have been most praiseworthy.
And it may be said of Mr.. Barco as
an official and as a citizen that he
has been faithful to every trust, clean,
efficient, impartial and conscientious,
and leaves for his successors in and
out Of office splendid example for
them to follow.
Measuring our words we say in ali
sincerity that good citizenship is a
pearl above price
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GORDON EPPERsoN, SIGNED BY
PILLS, Is A FLORIDA BOY

Florida has given one more base
ball player to the major leagues, the
latest gift to the big show being
Gordon Maxwell Epperson, a south
paw who was the property of the Lees
burg, Fla, semi-pro team last season.
''Epp" is a native-born son of the land
of sunshine and flowers, first seeing
the light of day at Williston.
DR.. W. A. Mckenzie is the cause
of the Philadelphia team of the Ma
tional League, sending the youngster
a contract. DR.. Mckenzie, incidental
ly, the mayor of the township that
claimed him as their man last sea-
son, was so interested ia the young
lefthander's future that he wrote to
William F. Baker, president of the
club that finished last in the Ma
tional circuit last year, and notified
him that world beater was roaming
around Leesburg. "Get him and get
him quick" was the genial mayor 5
advice to the Phillie's head. If you
don't you will lose player that has
the speed of Waddell, the control OF
Mathewson, and the brains of Bender. .
The head of the Phillies received
this communication in more or less
skeptical manner and did not reply
to the Scotchman's letter. He even
went so far as to show the letter to-
sports editor of one Of the Sleepy
City dailies, who Immediately told the
world that "hick' mayor was try
ing to send a player to the Phils.
Some person on the inside with
the mayor of Leeshurg happened to
glance over the paper that this state
ment was printed in and clipped it
with the express purpose in his in
nccent mind to give il to Mckenzie.
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REDDICK

Mrs. E. D. Rou and Mrs. S. L. Fri
dy left last week for short visit with
their sister near Jacksonville.
Mrs J. w. Core and daughter, Eth
Ell, returned last week from Palatka
and Hollister, where they have visited
relatives for the past few weeks
Mrs. w. H Bishop spent part of
last week in Plant City, going down
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Rou. While
there they visited Mrs. Rou's sister.
Miss Evelyn Brabham Of Orange
Lake spent Monday here with her
aunt, Mrs. D. w. Richardson.
The second son OF Mr.. Henry Jones
was thrown from a mule and dragged
several hundred yards by his foot
catching in the harness. While he
received a number of bruises and a
broken collar bone ne is doing very
nicely at this time.
Mrs r. D. Ferguson and Miss Cal
lie Ferguson we're guests of Mrs. E.
+. Hart at Fairfield for dinner Sun
day
Mr. and Mrs H. J. Horner mad Rev.
j. w. Core attended church services
at Orange Lake Sunday.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03
oCALA ROTARY CLUB STANDS
HIGH

The Ccala Rotary Club was the third
club of the Division d of Interna-
tional Rotary during the month of jan
uary. The club is just little proud
of the fact that it not only led the
attendance in Florida and in the
Eighth District comprising the states
of Florida. Georgia and Alabama, but
stood third among the clubs of the
United States and foreign countries
having membership of less than
fifty. During January, the Ocala
club staged five consecutive one hun
dred percent meetings. The club has
a membership of thirty-five. Six clubs
in International Rotary with member
ships of less than fifty had an attend
ance record of FIVE straight one hun
dred percent meetings. Two of these
clubs. Clinton, H.. and Athens Pa,
have memberships larger than the
Ocala club. and Opelika, Ala, Mission,
Texas. and Kenora. Ont, Canada have
memberships smaller than Ocala.
In order to make the record, several
members of the Ocala club had to
make long drives by automobile to
make the attendance at other clubs
in the State and other members made
the attendance at Rotary Clubs in
New York city. Albany, N. Y. Phila-
delphia, Chicago, and Wilmington. NJ
C.
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poN'Ts

Following are a few "don'ts'' for
those who may desire to register on
primary book:
Don't come to register unless you
have had your home in this state for
one year, and in Marion county for
six months.
Don't come. to register unless you
are determined to vote for the pri-
mary nominees in the November
election
Don't come to register if you are Of
foreign birth, without bringing your
naturalization papers.
Do not come to register unless your
husband is an American citizen.
Don't come to register if you are
insane or idiotic. Note: 1t is not
what your husband or sweetheart may
sometimes think, but what the doc
tors say, that determines insanity,
DAN NJ. BARCO.
Supervisor Registration.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03
ocALAr OUTLOOK PROMISING

ne future Of 0cala never appeared
sushisF than it does at present.
me growth OF the city is shown
w eonclusively by the demand for
'"s enlargement Of public utilities. Re
~'' developments have shown that
Ne consumption Of electric current
'"'ns 1927 increased over fifty per-
.' and the municipal plant must be
~'ssd to meet the demands upon
me 0cala Telephone Company
ii found 4 necessary to install an en-.
- new switch board in order to
ne demands for new phones.
new switch board will be of the
modern design. II viii be of the
4 '.A''e type and designed TO meet
s'e"'h Of the city. Ocala is faced
.- housing shortage and a short
q store rooms. A new high
oa'lding viii have TO be erect
= once to accommodate the in
aamber OF students. Addi-
property for the city schools
'een purchased. The exten-
~ Enlargement OF the city
3s'em has become necessary
o.. - undoubtedly been an in
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03

There is an old adage that reads:
aThe Lord helps those who help
themselves!
Our good friends who live along
tbe route of the Ocklawaha Valley
po;,road should take this adage very
much to heart and profit by it by get
ting busy if they do not want to wake
,,n some morning to the disaster OF
seeing the o. V. r. R. finding its way
10 the scrap heap.
Railroads can not long be operated
At q loss to the owners.
By looking over the column entitled:
aItems of Useful Information" print
ID elsewhere, it will be seen that
throughout the United States within
the last five years 300 miles OF rail-
roads discontinued operations.
We do not want this calamity to be-
fall the little Ocklawaha Valley which
Is the chief dependence of so many
Of our friends living along its route.
We call attention to another little
item we printed last week. It made
the following statement;
"The potato acreage OF the Hast.
ing's section is estimated at 1880,
costing for fertilizers and cultivation,
us6s. .75O. Those engaged in the in.
dustry expect to make profit OF ST.
100000"
If the crop reaches anything like q
normal yield the shipments will keep
the East Coast Railway busy for sew
sral months and there will be no dang
or Of its being lax in the liquidation OF
lis taxes due the state or its finding
its way to the scrap heap.
Those living in the Hastings sec
tion are certainly setting a very fine
example.
Then we printed still another item
saying that the strawberry growers
around Plant City grew the biggest
crops and made the largest profits
ne past season in the history of that
Industry.
Those engaged in growing peppers
n the Fort Myers neighborhood re
late the same story-the first ship
ments bringing as much as fourteen
dollars per hamper.
Then, too. the watermelon and TO
maio growers around Ocala made ex
tfaordinary profits and are enlargine
their acreage this season.
Potatoes. tomatoes, watermelons
psppers and strawberries, will al
uov politically at Burbank and along
the route Of the Ocklawaha Valley
Railroad and we hope that we shall
be able TO tell Of the bumper crops
q those engaged in these activities
end that the story may be heralded
'hai the little o. V. r r. is the best
saying piece Of railroad property ir
Florida.
-1et Busy" should be the motto
4 those living along its route.
We should love To tell that story
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03
FOR SUPERVISOR or REclsTRA.
TIoN

Mr. a. ]. Stephens of sparr has an
nounced his candidacy for the Office
OF county registration officer in the
June primary.
Mr. Stephens is member Of an old
and respected pioneer. family, and is
himself native of the county; SO it
goes without saying thar he is alive
and thoroughly identified with its ev-
cry interest.
he is member of the school board
and his services have given very gen.
eral satisfaction.
mr. Stephens friends are very en-
thusiastic in his behalf.
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: SRYAS 70 THE SENATE FROM
FLORIDA


When William Jennings Bryan is
sued statement few days ago that
he was not candidate, does not ex-
pect to be one and is not seeking any
public Office, he was responding to a
statewide Interrogation, if not actual
II expressed, at least intimated.
The News believed tnen, as 1t knows
new. that Mr.. Bryan would never de-
clare ..::nga!s 4 candidate for any of
flee within the gift of the democrats
of this state It would spell disaster,
not only fer any desire he might have
to take part in the upbuilding of this
state, which ne has adopted as his
place of permanent residence, but
would .jeopardise that high place he
now holds a tne esteem and respect
of the nation and of the world.
If Mr. Bryan were to, upon his own
Initiative, declare himself seeker of
the office of junior senator from Flor
ida he would have descended from
that very thing which might, under
other conditions, make him Florida's
junior senator He would descend to
the place of an aspiring politician
with no other appeal than that of the
moment. He would have all to lose
and nothing to gain, for were he to
set up his great experience, knowl-
edge, talents and attainments as an
appeal for office, and then be defeated
by admittedly the least potent senator
Florida has ever sent to Washington,
and by many regarded as the least eff
fective member of the upper house
today, he could never come back" !"
If Mr.. Bryan regards the principles
for which he has stood so long, and
for which he has suffered much, as
all reformers must suffer, in that
clear and confident light which his
unwavering devotion to them indi-
Gates, he would be foolish, indeed, to
yield to any underlined clamor for a
political brawl with him as one of the
participants To Mr. Bryan, least of
any of the possible aspirants, could
the United States senate hold out a
lure for a personal reason, for it is
true beyond question that the men
best suited to serve in the senate are
those who never would accept the of
flee for the very reason that their
superior qualifications for such office
enables them to higher material at
tainment So, to man Of qualifica-
tions, such as Mr., Bryan possesses,
serving in the senate is truly public
service rendered at sacrifice to
more personal vocations yielding, at
least more material returns.
We would not be at all surprised
to see very general sentiment de-
velop within thee next few weeks for
the formation of a great body of men
and women in Florida with the one
purpose of expressing the desire that
Mr.. Bryan permit his name to be
used in the June primaries for con-
sideration by the electorate as a pos
sible nominee of the party for junior
senator from the state y-Palatka News
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1T ALL STRIVE To KEEP
0.V,R.R FROM SCRAP HEAP

plans for extensive street paving, the
enlargement of the light and water
plant and systems.
The records of the Marion County
Board of Trade, which after March
1st, will be known as the Marion
County Chamber of Commerce, show
that during the past year an increas-
ed number of people in other states
have made inquiry concerning Ocala
and Marion county.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03
GENERAL CARR IMPROVED

The condition of General Julian S.
Carr commander in chief. United
Confederate Veterans, who has been
seriously Ill with influenza at his home
at Durham n c., since Sunday. is
much improved.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03

Next Tuesday, March 7th, the Ma
rion County Chamber OF Commerce
will begin its big drive for new mem
bers. Membership committees are
being appointed to cover every sec
ticn of the county.
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NEW MARION COUNTY TOWN.

Sunset Harbor, the new town lately
lad out and located on the west end
oI beautiful Lake Weir, keeps on
growing, many new settlers having
arrived in the last eight weeks.-Sum-
merfeld Chronicle.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03

TOMATO PLANTS, COTTON SEED
Livingston Globe plants, s to 10 in,
40c. per 100, postal; s175 per 1000,
express; Meade Long Staple, $3.50.
Also Scsnowski Long Staple. J. e.
Futch, Wauchula, Fla 8 8 1t.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03

Mr. NJ. H. Haughton of Jackson
vile spent the past weekend in Ocala
the guest of his brother, Mr.. M.
Haughton. This was Mr.. Haughton's
first visit to 0cala in many years.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-03

Rev. Sam Small, famous in asnumber
of avocations, will preach here in the
Methodist church tomorrow morning.
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rrs Banner War; 80 ror Resulsa
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Supervisor REGISTRATION
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-10

denounced ut the closing session of
the Southern Baptist Convention,
(whlte) here last Tuesday. The report
Of the Social Welfare Commission do
clared that every person charged with
crime Is entitled to a fair trial and
that any other procedure is mob rule.
and IL adopted generally ultimately
Will undermine and overthrow every
thing we hold dear"
I'VE cannot too strongly urge upon
our pastors and churches tho import
ance OF not becoming allied with or
giving approval and support to any
movement or organization that violat
es or tends to violate those sacred ana
fundamental principles" continued tho
report.
Rev. DR.. J. J. Taylor, Leakesville. n.
c.. a vice president Of the convention.
delivered strong address against
Mob Rule and the recent burning OF
Negroes. Congressman Upshaw. or
Georgia. and other speakers Joined IN
decrying lawlcss outbreaks