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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20
Mr.. FORD ON NEWSPAPERS

Mr.. Henry Ford contributes a
special page to the Dearborn indie
pendent each week on matters of pass
ing moment.
In the Independent for December
he contributed page article on the
newspapers; their mission and in
fuence, from which the following ex-
tract gives the gist of his conclusions:
Many people are now talking about
newspapers. The Press does not com
mand the awe it once did; instead of
being the unchallenged moulder of
public opinion it has become the sub
ject of public opinion. It's circulation
has increased, but its influence has
not. The reason is that newspapers
were once Voices" Now they are
properties. Signs multiply, however.
that editors are discovering that the
pen is mightier than the advertising
contract or the bank account, if thew
only think so. Newspapers are being
divided-good or bad. The distinc-
ton is full of promise. Like the stage
like art, the Press has the choice of
being low-down vaudeville and indie.
cent portraiture, or of being high
grade, educational, inspirational. con.
trloutlve to the social good
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20
THE SOUTH'S RIGHT

Senator Park Trammell. of Flor
ida, has introduced a bill in congress
providing that the United States
shall be divided into ten districts.
each to be represented by one seat
on the interstate commerce commits
sion, with one commissioner to be
appointed from the country at large.
1t is measure which has sound
merit and one of vital interest and
bearing upon the economic life of the
country.
AS matters stand the South has no
representative upon the commission
and has not had, since before Presi-
dent Wilson's administration and
has suffered in many ways by not hav-
ing anyone at all interested in our
transportation and rate problems.
Senator Trammell charged that
Commissioner Aitcheson, who halls
from Oregon, used his good offices
to- obtain a decrease of 16 per cent
on lumber freight rates from the West
and Central West, but vigorously OPP
posed a reduction in lumber rates for
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

TO act as judge lynch, the better it
will be for them When a man com
mits a crime revolving to the sensi-
biIities of good men, it is a sad re-
Election upon the officers of their gov
eminent to say that he can not be
punished by due process OF law upon
a full. fair trial A people who will
condone, excuse. justify or applaud
mob law have but to wait to CLEAN OPP
pressiOns harvest and eat the bitter
fruits of remorse and despair"
I'VE suspect there are not many
of our readers who can tell what
southern governor gave utterance to
those fearless words quoted above.
Probably there are not many men
occupying executive offices in the
southern states today who would re-
fuse to give them their endorsement.
ITO a certain extent at least, But
those words were spoken by Govern
or Hogg. of Texas, q years ago, be-
fore the public sentiment of the South
had crystallized in opposition to
lynching as it has today. They were
bold words when spoken for they
were not entirely in accord with pub
lie sentiment of the day and it takes
some degree of moral bravery for an
aspiring politician to run counter to
public opinion. But Governor Hogg
was simply a few years in advance of
his time. Indeed it is fact that the
influential papers of the South were
at one time with him, even then, in
his condemnation of mob law. In the
27 years that have passed since Gov.
Hogg spoke those words, sentiment
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20
ONE GOVERNORS IDEA OF LYNCH.
ING

"A band of men that goes to iail
takes out prisoner, white or black
and hangs him, is composed of blood.
thirsty murderers who possess no re-.
spect for constitutional guarantees
OF the stability of the. government or
the lives of human beings. They are
cowardly criminal outlaws. They can
not be depended on to enforce the
laws through the courts of the conn.,
try. If one of them should get ON a
Jury ne would be too criminal in heart
70 execute.a criminal according to- law.
he would prefer to sneak around with
band of towards and assassins at
midnight and take an unarmed, de,
ienseless person from his home. or a
helpless prisoner from Jail and muir.
der him in cold blood.
The sooner the people of this
state pass laws that will insure a few
neck-breakings of these cowa&dly
murderers and assassins, who claim
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20
ONE OF FLORlDA'S MOST PROM
iNENT CITIZEN ANSWERS
LAST CALL

Hon John NJ C. Stockton. one of
the most notable men in Florida died
suddenly at his Riverside home in
Jacksonville or Friday last from acute
indigestion.
Mr.. Stockton was born in Quincy in
1857, but when yet quite young moved
with his mother to Jacksonville.
For a number of years he was one
of the leading citizens of that city
both in its business and political life
and bacame a recognized state figure
in the old convention days.
He was a member of the legislature
and led the fight for Senator Call in
the memorable Calf hipley contest for
United States senator
Mr.. Stockton was fighter of dyna-
mis- force and while he made warm
friends he made bitter enemies, but
time softened these asperitus and in
his later years he was recognized for
his many noble qualities.
! He was generous, bighearted. loyal,
whoie-hearted. progressive, benevolent
and patriotic.
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the South. Senators Cummins. of
Iowa, and McNarry, of Oregon, de-
Tended AitchesOn and commended his
fairness and justicei" Cummins,
however. did admit that the South
should have representation, upon the
commission. Senator Overman, Of
North Carolina. said he had "held up"
confirmation by the Senate of men
named on the commissions to insist
to the president that he should name
one from the South.
The entire southern delegation in
Congress should back the demand
of Senator Oyerman. Certainly com
missioners from other parts of the
country are not going to thOrouhgIy
understand our wants and necessities,
or be more than mildly interested in
our affairs. TheY-are going TO do as
AitchesOn has done-look out for their
own regions. It is indefensible that
a section as large as the South should
be ignored in selecting the men for
the commission.-Birm News
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The INEVITABLE sTRINeENcy''

One of the big financial writer's in
one of our big newspapers says:
FOLLOWING the war; when money
was easy to almost everyone. We had
the usual spending spree which we al
WAYS have under just such conditions.
Then came the inevitable period of
stringency, and instead of profiting
from our gains in the flush and easy
times of the proceeding two years. the
American people really underwent
great hardship.
Why the inevitable period of
stringency?a
What causes it?
1t seems to us that these stringen-
cies are not inevitable and are I'm
natural
There was more money in circula-
ton during the years of the World
war than was ever before known since
tie world begun
What became. of it? Where did it
go to?
1t was not burned UP. 1t was not
sunk into the bottom of the sea. It
was not hid away in tin cans nor
hollow logs
So what became of it?
The able editor of the Manufacture
ers' Record tells us.
Mr.. Edison tells us.
Mr Honrxr E,nrd toIc
1t was all caused by the Wall street
financial manipulations-the same
manipulators who brought on BLACK
Friday" and other financial panics and
stringencies.
And then we are told by the same
writer of the quoted extract that to
bring about prosperity we must prac-
tice rigid economy-buy only those
things necessary to supply our daily
wants; spending not penny except
for things notwithstanding every pen
ny for a still worse rainy day,
1t seems to us that that would be
an unwise policy.
To bring about more prosperous
times we would suggest the spending
of money freely by those who possess
it.
The extending of credits; the start
ing of industries and enterprises thai
will give employment to labor and ia
cilitate trade and traffic in every con
ceivable way in order to force money
into circulation-that,i it seems to us
is the right road to a comfortable
prosperity.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

Senator Borah wants to know
whether the 'Four-power Pacific
treaty based on justice is therefore
a peace treaty or based on force be-
comes military alliance If a
treaty with force behind it is capable
of creating sufficient amount of fear
to keep nation from provoking a
war and because of which keeps the
world at peace it certainly is more
entitled to be called saF peace treaty
than treaty based on justice with
no potentiality back Of it to make its
DEGREES respected. Our courts are
not regarded as military tribunals yet
they are backed by power to make
their degrees affective. Shorn of
this power they would soon be regard
ed as farcical.
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-. 1O5,71O,620 s1.s72,266

AOtdlS 1UO, IU,0ZU Sl,J lZ,ZOO
The rate of increase in the white
population for the decade $1,000 was
16 per cent, compared with 22.3 per
cent for the decade 19O0-1O. This
decline is accounted for mainly by
the large reduction in the volume of
immigration during the period of the
World War. The rate of increase for
the negro population during $1,000
was only 6.5 per cent-the lowest on
reoord-against 11.2 per cent for the
previous decade.
The decrease in the Indian popuIa-
ton, it is explained, is an apparent
one only. due to the fact that in 1920
those with only a slight trace of In
dian blood were enumerated as whites,
while in previous censuses they were
classed as Indians.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20
RUMOREO THAT FORD WILL BUY
THE SEABOARD

Rumors came from Durham, n. c.,
that Henry Ford may negotiate for
the purchase of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad. if his offer for the purchase
of the Muscle Shoals plant is accepted
by the government. 1t is believed the
report emanated from the New York
Stock Exchange. due to the rise in
Seaboard Air Line Saturday after
months of stagnatiOn and inactivity
in the stock market.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

has greatly changed, and it would be
difficult to find an apologist -for>lyn-
ching in these days. Still it sometimes
happens that some outrageous crime.
or some atrocious pervision of JUS
tice. permits a criminal to escape his
just deserts, until the people arise in
their wrath and execute what they be-
lieve to be justice upon the malefact-
or.-Tarpon Springs Leader
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

The Eustis Lake Region has grown
into robust, vigorous daily and can
measure up to any of the smaller
dailies of the country. Eustis is. per-
haps, the smallest city in the United
States supporting a daily newspaper
carrying the Associated Press and
other up-to-date accessories. Eustis
expects, soon to be big city and the
Region is taking time by the fore
lock.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

William Jennings Bryan happened
in" at the meeting of the Florida Edu-
scational Association at Orlando this
week. apds though he was not ION the
program" the press, reports say that
the address he made was the out
standing feature of the session. Mr..
Bryan has a way that commands this
distinction wherever he goes, and
Florida is glad to have him for a cit
iizen.-Plaat City Courier.
Mr.. Bryan is a wonderful man and
as citizen is a great asset TO Florida
We are glad that he is given warm
and generous welcome by the people
of Florida. ar q
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Mr.. BRYAN ON THE LYNcHiNG
BILL


The bill which attempts to give TO
Federal Courts jurisdiction over local
lynching reflects no credit upon It's
partizan advocates. The purpose OF
the measure is to please the colored
vote of the North but it will ALLEVIATE
more voters than it wins,
The race question is a very serious
problem to deal with-too serious to
be used for political purposes. IL
ought to be approached in an entire
ly different spirit. Lynchings IN the
South are not as numerous as they
used to be and the lynching of the
black man is by no means connneu
to the South. Race riots~in''Northern
cities ought to warn the Republican
leaders of the danger of further IN
flaming race passion. The States that
have to deal with the crimes that lead
to lynching ought to be permitted to
deal with the lynchings also. To lay
greater emphasis upon the form OF
punishment than upon the character
of the crime. is apt to mislead those
with whom the Republican politicians
are attempting to curry favor.
Republicans who put the permanent
welfare of their country above party
necessity will be slow TO approve of
A. sr+f
measure proposed during this genera
ton
The above was handed the editor
of The Observer by William Jennings
Bryan following a discussion of pub
| lie matters in Mr. Bryan's room in
the Mason Hotel few days since.
Mr.. Bryan, as usual, hits the nail on
the head
Our Republican friends and our Re-
publican newspapers are laying great
er emphasis upon the lynching of a
negro than the rape of white women.
The Observer regrets to see some
kRepublican papers take stand in
favor of the anti-lynching bill, be-
cause Republican paper should at
least chagrin more over assaults upon
white women than over lynching of
the heinous offender
Lynchings are always deplorable,
but the States themselves should
handle the matter. AS long as there
women are ssaulted-lynchings will
prevail in the South, regardless of the
Federal government-regardle of the
Republican newspapers.
Our Republican friends indignate
over lynchings, but do not get excited
over the brutal outrage upon a white
woman unless the same gets close to
their homes-then they sing another
tune.
The proposed antiIynching bill will
merely encourage attacks upon white
women by ignorant and vicious black
brutes. The women of the South
the women-loving men of the South
need William Jennings Bryan in the
Senate.
What he could. and would. say in
fighting this bill would go ringing
around the world. Jacksonville Or
server
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

A single battleship costs, it is said
S4O,OOO,O00. In ten years it is obsolete
and finds its way to the scrap heap
or is blown up by bomb and sinks
to the bottom of the sea- Ten battle
ships cost the enormous sum of four
hundred millions. With that sum of
money the entire nation from ocean
to ocean and from the Great Lakes
to the Gulf could be cobwebbed with
roads as good and lasting as those
that Caesar built Why not build
more roads aud fewer battleships?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

If Mr.. Henry Ford had known that
seats in the United States Senate
were for sale he could now be oc-
cupying place in that august body
that's what comes of one being ignor-
ant of modern politics as pursued by
the party of great moral ideas"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

Your Uncle Samuel" is caring for
the nations. Besides loanng Millions to
her allies in the Great World War.
feeding the Russians and adjacent
nations, her last act OF benovelence
is the loan OF five millions to Cuba.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

The Philadelphia Record says that
the emblem on the new silver dollar
is broken sword. but it might be a
broken pocket-book.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20
COLOR CENSUS OF THE UNITED
STATES

Revised figures published by the
Bureau of the Census give the compo-
sition of the population of the United
States according to color and race on
January 1, 1920, as follows, as COM
pared with the results of the previous
census.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

Senator King. democrat, has intro
duced bill reducing the personnel
Of the army and commissioned of
ficers to $4,000 and the navy to 5O,-
900.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

Senator Lodge says it will cost
$2,750,O00,0O0 to give the soldiers the
bonus they deserve The Lake Region
says all right The allies owe us $14.-
O00, 100000. Make them come across.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

Speaking of the Newberry cam
paign fund, Senator Willis (Rep.)
from Ohio, says: 1--WE severely con-
denim mad disapProve of excessive
campaign expenses as harmful to the
honor mad dignity of the senate, and
dangerous to the perpetuity of free
government"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

The little town of Perry has more
than thirty miles of fine asphalt
streets and one of the best printed
and cleanest weekly newspapers in
the state. Perry is gradually grow
ing out of it's swaddling clothes and
will soon emerge into a city.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

The Apalachicola river orange was
famous for it's fiavor.-Apalachico
Times. How did it lose its flavor?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

De Valera is delightfully."- Irish. He
is "agin" the government, identically
like the average Irishman in the Unit
ed States.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-01-20

The Vitality of the League of Ma
tions," says ex-President Wilson, SIS
sure"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-10
MathiIde Mccormick Goes
To Be Guest of John D.;
To Ask Consent, Report

CHICAGO, July 10.-Miss Mathilde
Mccormick left Sunday for New York
She is expected to be guest of her
grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, for
a number of weeks, and then, it was
stated, she may sail to Europe.
Reports published this morning that
Harold F. Mccormick, millionaire har-
vester manufacturer. would leave late
this week for New York and then sail
for Europe with his daughter were
denied today.
Miss Mathilde refused to discuss
her future when reporters surrounded
her as the train was about to leave.
Reports had it, however, that the
heiress was going East to make a
final plea to Mr.. Rockefeller for his
consent to her marriage TO Max Oser,
Swiss riding master. The girl has won
her fathers consent and he has been
appointed to be her legal guardian
by Cook county coRrts.
Under the Swiss law the consent of
a legal guardian would be necessary
before Miss Mccormick could be wed
in that country, because she is not OF
legal age She will attain her ma
jority in April and the possibility that
the wedding may be delayed until
after that time has not been neglected
in discussions of her romance in Chi
cago social circles.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-10
BUSINESS SERVICE

Repairing e
WOMEN
Do you like the heels you
wear? Ask to see the styles of
heels at the Rapid Shoe Repair
shop. $50 Main st.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-10
ROCKEFELLER PARTY
CAUGHT IN BLIZZARD
WITH SUMMER GARB
nv Associated Press)

BOZEMAN, Mont, July 10. - With
their faces bronzed and almost bis
tered from their experiences in facing
the biting winds of the blizzard that
Saturday swept over the mountain
peaks of Yellowstone National Park,
Mrs. Percy Rockefeller and the party
that accompanied her today told OF
their experiences. They arrived in
BoZeman last night.
TT was the most thrilling exper-
fence and one of the most delightful,
too, that | have ever known" said Mrs.
Rockefeller, as she greeted repre-
sentative of the Associated Press on
her arrival here.
I'VE were not lost as had been re-
ported at first but we were caught IN
a fierce snow storm that ragged for
nearly two hours on the very summit
of Mt. Washburn.
when We left the lower station of
Yellowstone canyon, the sun was shin
ing and it was a most beautiful day.
We were in a big touring car. | want
to express my gratitude to C. L. Full
Ter, our chauffeur, who drove the car,
for he showed a pluck and persever-
THE car was an open one without
side curtains and as we neared the
top of Mt Washburn the snow began
to fall and the wind began TO blow a
regular gale We thought nothing of
that, however, at the time and kept
right on up TO the top over ten thous-
and feet above sea level.
by the time we reached the top,
however, the mercury had fallen and
the wind was biting cold, while the
snow fell in regular binding sheet.
At the top of Mount Washburn, for
tunately for us, is a little log cabin.
We were glad to see that, / can tell
you, and we took refuge in it. All Of
our party turned in and secured some
log wood from nearby and some
boards In the cabin was fireplace
and there we started roaring fire.
@Chauffeur Suffers
"Our first concern was to get Mr..
Fuller, our chauffeur, warmed up. He
had failed to bring his ogercoat and
gloves and he had remained steadily
at his post driving the car while we
were sheltered by our wraps from the
> winds that swept over the mountain.
SIN the cabin we found it cozy and
warm. We kept the fire going but as
the snow plled up OUTSIDE ana the
wind increased in fury, we wondered
whether we were going to be ma
rooned and there was little feeling
of anxiety. None of us said anything
about it, however.
After about two hours of a heavy
snowfall, the wind died down and the
clouds rolled away so we could see
some distance. Our chauffeur went
out and inspected the roads and said
he thought we could make the trip
back So we all climbed into the
big car and started.
"All went we'll until we ran into q
snow bank that blocked the way. A
little careful bucking of the drifts by
the machine opened way finally and
we went on down the mountain side
1T seemed odd to all of us to be
caught in such cold bitter snow
storm in the very middle of July, but
we really enjoyed every minute of it
There is one thing You may be sure
of, the next time we come out into
this rugged country we are going tc
wear the attire that the other noun
tain climbers do. 1t is far more sen
sible than the dresses we brought
along"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-10
BUSINESS SERVICE

WORK WITHOUT WORRY
Watch your worry-meteri
How many footpounds of energy you putting
vain fears and an1iees? How much you side
tracking from the outlet of useful activity?
Worry is the of everything you
life. It throws advancement off the track,
uon and Kills happiness. Who's going to wn-you
your worries?
You choose your thoughts If they're anxious
and gloomy, it's because you want them that way
and only holding yourself when you worry
You can wn-if you'd rather work than worry
Copyright 1922 by L. Smith