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MOTTO THE HANNEK BELIEVINGTHOSE AT TIlE TOP WELL ABLE TO

TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES HASTAKEN ITS STAND IN THE BARRI-

CADES

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WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE1 urn ITS FIGHT WILL BE MADE FOR

fcri THE BETTERMENT OF THOSE AT THEBOTTOM

11FRIDAY APRIL 25 1905

FAIRNESS IN ARGUMENT

In reply to an article in the Starthis paper recently ended an articleas follows

More consistency fairness inargument is a jewel

c 1 It will amend what it then said byf adding that worse than unfairness in

I argument is a knowing misstatement-of facts

All its life this paper has preached-and has practiced fairness in argugument and fairness in the statement-of an adversary so when our con¬

temporary says that it does otherwis-eit states what it knows to be untrue

The Banner stated that itwarredagainst conditionsnot against inindividuals The Star seeks to createthe impression that the Banner hasits hands raised against the poor

L and is aiding the rich in their oppres-

sion

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of themThe Banner tries to be consistent

T When everybody is trying to makemoney it does not feel that it is con ¬

sistent to abuse the man that suc-

ceeds

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It does not feel that it is consistent-to pat on the back the turpentineoperators association for selling tur¬

ts pentine for all it can get for itT1 and abuse the Standard Oil com ¬

pany for doing identically the samething holding up the hands of thecotton growers association forstimulating prices and abusing thewestern beef growers for trying toget a bigger price for beef encour ¬

aging the cantaloupe growers to or¬

ganize for better prices and condemn-the wheat growers for organizingalong the same lines and for the samepurpose

t Neither Mr Bryan Mr HenryGeorge Mr Tom Watson nor anyother reformer of respecttul consider-ation

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abuse men for trying to maker a dollar or for succeeding in doing sof1IN These men like the Ocala Banner-

do< not make war on individuals but-

t against existing social political andeconomic conditions and their effortsare made to correct them

t Bub since the time of Job vulgarf abuse has been the penalty for being

rich and the world still has itsEliphazes and Bildads

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z Now Mr MacKaj this is the chance of yourz t life Do as our esteemed contemporary sug-

gests¬

v and our name will go thundering down-l L the ages with a large rainbow ring around it

ie nut ifyou put the cost of gas so low that all< competition is crushed so that everyone will

have to depend on you for artificial sight andi then put the price of gas up to 52 per thousand

l feet r people will call you a hypocritenotwithstanding the Banners assurances to thecontraryOcala Star

Yes but sorely abused John Rock-et

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feller didnt do that Reducing the1 price of oil to distant consumers fromr

2 to 20 cents per gallon he didntput it back to its original price after

IQ crushing out competition It is still

20 cents per gallon 3Iore than con ¬

4 sistency fairness in argument is ac jewel

There seems to be no discourage-ment

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j in the planting of citrus fruitsin Florida For instance the SouthFlorida Grapefruit Company at PlayPoint is putting out four hundred-

S acres in grapefruit and has one hun ¬

2 dred acres already planted

There are in the south millions ofacres needing hands and in the citiesthere are millions of hands needingacres Bringing the two togetherwill solve a difficult problem andring about a large measure of pros

jperityThere continues to be big money in-

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panda at Hastings

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I AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY

Miss Nancy Carnegie has married-

her riding master the man who

taught her horsemanshipAndrew Carnegie the great mil-

lionaire

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applauds the marriage andsays that he much prefers that his

favorita niece should have married atrainer in horsemanship than aworthless duke

He says thatMr Hervey the youngman in question is a strong healthyhonest ambitions young man andthe marriage is purely the result of alove match

From this kind of stock have beenbuilt our American aristocracy-

This leads us to remark thatJohn Adams second president was

the son of a grocer of very moderatemeans The only start he had was agood education

Andrew Jackson was born in a loghut in North Carolina and was rear ¬

ed in the pine woods for which hisstate is famous

James K Polk spent the earlieryears of his life helping to dig a liv-

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out of a new farm in North Caro ¬

lina He was afterward a clerk in acountry store

Millard Fillmore was the son of aNew York farmer and his home wasan humble one He learned the bus-

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of a clothierJames Buchanan was born in a

small town in the Allegheny moun ¬

tains His father cut the logs andbuilt the home in what was then thewilderness

Abraham Lincoln was the son of awretchedly poor farmer in Kentucky-and lived in a log cabin until he wastwentyone years old

Andrew Jackson was apprenticed-to a tailor at the age of ten years byhis widowed mother He was neverable to attend school and picked upall the education he ever had

Ulysees S Grant lived the life of avillage boy in a plain house on thebank of the Ohio river until he wasseventeen years old

James A Garfield was born in a logcabin He worked on the farm nut 1

he was strong enough to use carpen-

ters¬

tools when he learned the tradeHe afterward worked on a canal

Grover Clevelands father was aPresbyterian minister with a smallsalary and a large family The boyshad to earn their living

Joe Brown six times el ected gover-

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of Georgia and died while yet amember of the U S senate drove ayoke of oxen for fifty cents a daywhen a young man

Alexander Stephens vicepresidentof the Southern Confe leracy U Ssenator and governor of Georgia wasan orphan boy educated by a chari ¬

table institutionNapolean B Broward governor of

Florida was a cook on a steamboatand other governors and men of dis¬

tinction rose from very humble be ¬

ginningsHumble origin is the history of our

American aristocracy

A Modern NovelFrom the San Francisco Call

CHAPTER LThe prettiest girl you ever saw

CHAPTER IIThe young man interviews her pa

CHAPTER IIIA wedding grand without a flaw

CHAPTER IVAn oatha teara lot of jaw

CHAPTER VIm going back home to my ma

CHAPTER VIHer maiden name restored by law

Miss Sara Harris of Ocala Fla isthe guest of Miss Margaret Ansley onRemington avenue Miss Harrisis thedaughter of Hon Frank Harris aveteran of the Florida fourth estateand proprietor of the Ocala Banner-a model daily newspaper of influence-and prosperity A feature of theBanner is the bright work of MissHarris who is the city editor of thepaper Her report of the daily lifein her city is distinguished for ac-

curacy and that attrictiveness whichcharacterizes the work of a goodnewspaper woman She has manyfriends in Thomasville to whom hervisits are a pleasure Thomasville

Ga Enterprise

Hnn C M Brown is now havingthe troubles of a real statesman

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A TWENTIETH CENTURY GENII

The building of a railroad from themainland of Florida to Key Westseems to us the most gigantic schemethat has ever been seriously proposed-

on this continent The proposition-

reads like a romance The fairylikeperformances so enchantingly de¬

scribed in the Arabian Nights Entertertainments immediately besrin totroop through the mind

But this prodigious piece of work

Iis proposed to be done not with magicbut with dollars-

Connecting the Atlantic and Pacificoceans with ribs of steel running-over mountains and through tunnels-was a wonderful achievement but itpales into insignificance beside thispiece of engineering skill of runningtrains side by side with ships at sea

We have read with some degree ofinterest the bill now before the legis-

lature¬

authorizing the construction otthis colossal work-

In the construction of surface rail-

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in Florida the bonus granted bythe state has usually been ten thous ¬

and or twenty thousand acres of landper mile but this proposal does notask a bonus of a single acre of land

It is something unusual in Floridalegislation-

All the special privileges asked forare tnat it be assessed per mile thesame as other railroads in the stateand in fixing its passenger and freightrates that the Florida railroad com-

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be required to consider andcompute the actual cost of construc-tion

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Liberal as these terms are the pro ¬

position is not without its opponentsIt does actually seem that if the

road were built and turned over tothe state free of charge and every-body

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offered a free ride with a freelunch to eat on the way and a chromo to hang in the home some peoplewould still be in arms against themeasure and from their ornamentalplaces on fences along the highways-and dry goods boxes in nonprogres ¬

sive communities would blow theirfog horns of disapproval

They are agin things and agindoin things-

THE GOVERNMENT DOING BUSINESSALONG COMMERCIAL LINES

Gov Broward has recommended-that the state of Florida establish aninsurance business and keep at homesome of the ten millions that are an-

nually¬

paid out to foreign insurancecompanies

Some people claim that fire and lifeinsurance is strictly a private businses and should not be engaged in ovthe state These people say that thestate might as well engage in thegrocery business or the dry goodsbusiness or any other business nowconducted by private concerns

Why notThe government is conducting a

printing business and besides itsown records books etc prints en¬

velopes for firms and private indivi-duals

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ah prices barely covering thecost of the material thus deprivingprinters of business which they mightobtain on a fair basis of competition

Have any protests gone up fromI the merchants or farmers of thecountry against the government en ¬

gagingin this business which is legi-timately

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the subject of private enter ¬

prise-

If it is right for the government toengage in the printing business andcome in sharp competition with pri ¬

vate trade why is it not right for thegovernment to go into the insurancebusiness the grocery business thedry goods business and the racketbusiness

Why should the poor printers befed with one spoon and the dry goodsand grocery merchants with another

Let us all stand or fall togetherSenator Browns witnesses went

before the committee on privileges-and elections yesterday and the re¬

port of the committee in all probabil-ity

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will be presented to the senatenext Tuesday The impression isgrowing that Baskin will be seated

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On the reconsideration of the voteon the armory bill Mr Carlos Sistrunk made a speech which put himamong the foremost speakers of thehonse h-

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LEGISLATIVE DOINGS

Key West Extension BillBaskin vsBrownSocial FunctionsAppro ¬

priation Bills GaloreSpecial to the OcaIi Banner

TALLAHASSEE APRIL 5Thelong and excessive quietness that hasprevailed the past three weeks ofthe legislative session is about to be

I disturbed and from now on therewill be something doing-

A number of the most prominentmen in railroad circles are in the city-in anticipation of the fight for andagainst the passage for what isknown as the Key West railroad billwhich provides for the extension of-

a railroad from the mainland to theIsland City While tin bill does notso specify it is of course known thatthe road if built will be a continu ¬

ation of the Florida East Coast rail-way

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front Miami and as has beenstated on the floor of tne senateHenry M Fiagler is the only man inthe world who would undertake the I

gigantic task While it is believedi

that tha bill will pass the senate itsI

fate is very doubtful in the house j

As a matter of fact the senate is alsoclose On the vote on the amend ¬

ments offered which it is claimedwould have nullified the bill theseamendments were only defeated bya vote of 16 to 15 The advocates ofthe measure will make a most heroiceffort for its success

At last the troubled waters of thehigher educational seas bid fair to becalmed by the soothing oil of dip-lomacy

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It is understood a compro ¬

mise has been affected whereby theboard of fifteen trustees to be ap¬

pointed will embrace at least twonow serving on the board of trustees-of each of the educational institu-tions

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affected The bill was thespecial order in the senate for yes ¬

terday but was again postponed andmade the special order for next Tues ¬

day morning Representatives of allthe colleges are here and all at work

hard work at thatThe representatives of Marion

county in the house keep up theirgood work All the bills introducedby Messrs Sistrunk and Wartmannhave either passed the house or onthe calendar with favorable commit-tee

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report and are sure of passageTheir fate however when they reachthe senate is not so sure partlvthough by no means altogether fromthe fact that until the BrownBaskincontest is settled little work can bedone for the 20th senatorial districtThe conclusion of the argument inthis case yesterday afternoon leavesthe case now entirely in the hands ofthe senate committee on privilegesand elections Just when their re ¬

port will be made cannot here beforcasted any more than can the sub ¬

stance of that report It may be to-

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tomorrow or next week If itis decided to have all the testimonyprinted and submitted to the senatewith the committee report this willof course require time Some idea ofthe extent of the testimony may begathered from the fact that only lateyesterday afternoon did the steno ¬

grapher complete the work of trans-cribing

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her notesHon II W Long chairman of the

board of county commissioners ofMarion county and president of thecounty commissioners and good roadsassociation of Florida arrived in Tal ¬

lahassee yesterday and will remain toattend the good roads meeting thisweek Mr Long has many warmfriends both in the city and amongthe members of the legislature someof whom were his colleagues in yearsgone by He is always here the

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center of an interested group-So far the lobby has not put in any

very distinguished presence An ex¬

ception might be made of some em ¬

ployes in the capitol building one of f

whom in addition to drawiug his pay t

from the state does some more-or less ethical work for the newspa ¬

pers and whose latest feat was theelectioneering against McCrearysuniform school book bill

The social side of capital life is I

beginning since Sunday marked theclose of lent to assert itself Mon-day

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night General A W Gilchristcomplimented his mother and sisterMrs and Miss Gibbes with a pro¬

gressive whist party in the parlors of-e Lou hotel The scene was a

s= t A i < v JfiMfj r >r k l

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i very bright one and Ocala was wellrepresented Last Sunday Miss Clem-

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Hampton started the series of inforI

I maf dinners The first was infor-

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I to Mrs McCreary wife of AlachI uas able young statesman NextI Tuesday night at the residence ofI Mrs E M Brevard a reception willI

I be tendered to the large number ofI visiting delegates of the UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy whoare expected to stop aver on their

I way to the annual meeting at Pensacola The date of the governorsreception to the members of the leg¬

islature has not yet been announced-but

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I it is thought this event will equalI is not eclipse any of its predecessorsj

I Other receptions card parties anddinners will follow in rapid order-It is however certain we are tohave no banquet this year

Many of the counties are followingI

Marions example as set by her wideawake board of county commission-ers

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and prsenting hills to the statefor the payment of rent paid in thepast years for armories Under thedecision of tha supreme court theseamounts are fairly due but from theirnumber there is some doubt of theiradjudication this session and Marionmay fair with the others but thisdoes not lessen the credid due hercommissioners The state and theUnited States in turn will in thecourse of time finally acquire the ar-

mories¬

by purchase and the nationalgovernment take complete and abso ¬

lute or almost complete control ofour troops and those of other states-as well The Dick bill is but the firststep in this direction That its par ¬

tial adoption by legislative enact ¬

ment by most of the southern stateshas not received greater attention-from the press and people is one ofthe unfathonable mysteries of legis¬

lationEvery department of the state

government is crying for more helpand more money so are all thestate institutions so are all the var-ious

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funds The various appropria-tion

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committees are having a hardtime

Said a member today It looks-as though the collection of the IndianWar Claims was a bad thing for thestate just as the enlarged capitolbuilding is smaller that it was before-

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DAVID S WOODROW

Room is P O Block Oala

REAL EST0TE LOANS

INVESTMENTS

PHOSPHATE LAND APEDIA-

LTYWoodmar4

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Lake Weir

EERY THURSDAY

From now on and each weekduring the summer months Iwill go to Woodmar everyThursday on the 3 oclock AC L afternoon train andcan accommodate three orfour over night at ray housereturning on Friday at oneoclockIf you want to see this beau ¬

tiful property let me know aday ahead at least If you goyou need not feel obliged to in¬

vest in a lot although it is myintention to sell them all

The lots will be sold oneasy term-

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FACE LIKE PitCE-

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j Scalp Covered With Sores Hair and

i EyeBrows Fell OutAgony for

I Eight Long Years Doctors

Were Unable to Cure

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iBY CUTICURA

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U I had suffered terrible agony andpain for eight long years from a ter-rible eczema on the scalp and faceThe best doctors were unable to helpme and I had spent a lot of moneyfor many remedies without receivingany benefit T Iy scalp was coveredwith scabs my face was like a piece-of raw beef my eyebrows and lasheswere falling out and sometimes I felt-as if I was burning up from the ter¬

rible itching and pain I then begantreating myself at home and now myhead and face are clear and I am en¬

tirely well I first bathed my facewith Cuticura Soap then applied Cuticura Ointment to the afflicted partsand took Cuticura Resolvent for theblood I was greatly relieved after thefirst application and continued use ofCuticura soon made a complete cureMiss Mary F Fay Westboro Mas81J

AGONIZING ECZEMA-

And Itching Burning Eruptions-with Loss of Hair Cured

by CuticuraBathe the affected parts with hot

water and Cuticura Soap to cleansethe surface of crusts and scales andsoften the thickened cuticle drywithout hard rubbing and apply Cu¬

ticura Ointment freely to allay itch¬

ing irritation and inflammation andsoothe and heal and lastly takeCuticura Resolvent Pills to cool andcleanse the blood A single set isoften sufScieat to cureCi== 5r oitrapnt end Pill are sold lirocghoat

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OCALA REPRESENTATIVES AT PEN

SACOLA

When the legislature adjournedFriday it did so to visit Pensacola-and take a peep at the big battle-ships

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IThese dignified solons received a

royal welcome had a glorious timeand left with pleasant impressions ofthe deep water city

The Pensacola Journal had a wide ¬

awake writeup of the occasion andthe following items which we trans¬

fer to our columns will be of interest-to Ocala people-

A THIRD HOUSE MEMBEROne ot the most attractive guests

in the part was Srs B T Perdueamember of the third house fromMiami Mrs Perdue has been inTallahassee during the session in theinterest of a bill to prevent the shoot¬

ing of live pigeons from traps andfrom all indications the bill will passMrs Perdue is an interesting conver ¬

sationalist and when the subject ofher bill is mentioned she is all all at¬

tentionTALENTED NEWSPAPER WOMAN

Another charming lady in the party-was Miss Jefferson Bell the talentedcity editor of the Tallahassee Capitaland special representative of theJaeksoMville Sun Miss Bell got overthe battleship like an old sailor andwhat she failed to see isnt worthmentioning Even poorlittle Billythe mascot of the Kearsarge came infor a share of her attention MissBell was one of the most popularmembers of the legislative expedi-tion

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to the Deep Water City Shehas been doing newspaper work forbut little more than a year but dur¬

ing that time she has attracted ¬gent eral attention and much complimen ¬

tary mention among the state pressTHE BROWN CASE

Even on a pleasure trip politics aresure to butt in The BrownBaskincontest for a seat in the state senatewas the subject under discussion be ¬

tween a pair of lawmakers of the up¬per house when the Journal manhove to in their immediate vicinitySaid one of the gentlemen Brownmade a mistake by writing that let ¬ter If he hadnt written to Ocalaknocking that section of the stateand boosting Miami I dont believethere would have been any troubleAs soon as that letter got out theOcala bunch got right in behind himand have been making things goodand lively ever since Do youthink theyll get him asked theother vell replied the firstspeaker its hardto tell but theyreafter his scalp good and hard Theattorneys willargue the case beforethe committee Tuesday and as soonas they are through the case will betaken up in the senate and disposedor

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