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PAGE TWELVE : News of the Week : Told in Paragrapks With Notes and Comments tTATE NEWS OM Port 81. Joe enjoy* the diatinc- Un of having the shortest railroad Um In the V 8. • • • On Christmas day the Lakeland Country Club house was burned to the ground • • * A raid on moonshiner still in Jack oooviUe obtained 200 gallons. ess J H. Wendler. former publisher of the Florida Poet, has been indicted for Misuse of the mails. • • • J. L. Loftin was shot to death at Hawthorne the day after Christmas. Mis wife la under arresL s s s Tarpon Springs had her first com munity Christinas tree the past Christmas and It was a pronounced J s • s Peter Thomas, colored, was found dead the day after Christmas because of too much shine. s s • The bond election in Willlston for the Issuance of bands in the sum of for the purchase of the elec tric light, water works, ice and cold storage plant front the Willistoin Manufacturing Company was carried by a vote of two to one. • • s Florida ia putting In a large grape • e e Miami get for her Christmas pres eat a ret unmendation from the army engineers of a Congressional appro priation of lI.Mfr.OOO for the improve ment of her harbor. m e e Paris dispatches state that Sara Bernhardt ia recovering from a sud den and serious illness. • s s The Plant City Courier is still bragging about ha berry shipments. • • • Or. A. B. Prince, living just across ton Florida line, shot and killed him •••f on Christmas day. • # • University of Florida's Thanksgiv ing football game ia 1923 will her •toyed with University of Alabama at Birmingham. Two other games tome bean scheduled by Flbrida, one ATTENTION I Auto Dealers "The wholesale represen tative of the Durant and Star cars will be in Ocala at the Colonial Hotel | Friday and Saturday, Dec. 29 and 30, and will be glad to * interview prospective dealers for thia line of automobiles for Marion county. I | JOHN DICKERSON Representative. MILKIE, THE PRINTER’S DEVIL By Charles Sughroe : " " ~ . ■ i Ask Dad; He Knows 99 (>, t GOT ( % % ' TO > -W’ Prowmotw. MM> msoweo /- 1 l J — N i pw, ) ' n ww *. Apreß * s * ,u ’*<*>a u wwrf*v caumcd | ( | wkt -'sovreo 'To ms uem>\* suffers 1 'I UM I Jl \ —N. ll— 1 M _ —' jtSSf, with the Army, at West Point, on October 6, and the other with Georgia Tech. • • • GENERAL NEWS Eight times the volume of water that flows pver Niagara Falls was re cently turned loose in the Panama Canal, to test the 14 spillway gates. • • • For the first time in 105 years the Planters hotel of St. Louis, Missouri, recently stopped receiving guests. The "Old Planters House” will be converted into an office building af ter New Year’s Day. This old hos telry in the ’4o’s and ’so's was con sidered the social center of the South land. • • • On Christmas day violent tempests of the sort only known to seasoned | mariners of the north Atlantic, against the howling power of which ocean liners are but fimsy cockleshells, have raged through the past week, threatening vessels with destruction, wrecking steamer's deck equipment, driving fast liners out of their usual lanes and striking terror to the hearts of hundreds of passengers. • * • Some time in August masked and hooded men kidnapped five prominent citizens of Mer Rouge, La., and after flogging them, chained and threw them into a lake which was recently dynamited and two of the bodies rose to the surface. It is believed that the guilty parties will soon be arrested. • • • Delightful Christmas weather pre vailed all over the country and it was everywhere pronounced a season of good cheer. m • m Two men are under arrest in Shel by, Ohio, charged with murder, for having sold poisoned moonshine on Christmas day. After taking a drink one man was dead in two hours and a number of others are totally blind. • • • A woman in Louisville, Ky., after keeping an all night vigil over the dead body of her husband, Christmas and at dawn confessed to having killed him. • • • The Standard Oil Company of In diana has increased its capital stock from $14,000,000 to $25,000,000. • • • Brig. Gen. Marcus Joseph Wright, 91, Confederate leader, died in Wash ington Wednesday. * * • A dozen men met in a cemetery in Columbus, Ga„ and planned to blow’ up the homes of 11 members of the city commission and a large manu facturing plant. The plot was for tunately nipped in the bud; 100 pounds fit T. N. T. w r as captured. • * • Dr. B. M. McKoin, ex-mayor of Mer Rouge, La.,, who is taking a post graduate course at Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore is under ar rest charged with murder upon the finding of a grand jury over the bodies of two men kidnapped in August, chained and thrown into a lake whose bodies were raised by dynamiting. HOW JOHN WANAMAKER BUILT A CHURCH Reminiscences of John Wanameker are incomplete without the story of the building of Bethany Church- The merchant had a Sunday school of more than a thousand boys. He ex horted each of them to bring one brick each Sunday until there wers enough for the new place of worship. An old Quaker owned a brickyard a few blocks away. After it was all over he wrote to Mr. Wanamaker: “Your plan worked all right, but it was rather hard on my supply of bricks. I knew* what was going on every Sunday, but didn’t interfere. Accept my congratulations."—Brook lyn Eagle. DESTROYING THEIR OWN WEL COME t It must be recorded with sincere regrwt that auto camping parties are no longer received wittj open arms everywhere. There was a time w r hen anywhere from Florida to Maine and from Florida to California they were given the welcome of heartiest ap proval, and many provisions (were made for their comfort, all of which were free for their use. Today hundreds of places, especial ly near the average sized rural city or town, not onry do not welcome them, but actually warn them away. There is a reason; and that reason is the thoughtless carelessness of some of the campers themselves, who fail to recognize that the next party likes a clean place as well as it does. In one of the summer numbers of Outdoor Life there appeared this statement: “Last summer I'saw a beauty spot that was polluted almost beyond re pair for all the remainder of the sea ; son. This was the result of improper jeamp sanitation, the lack of burying jor burning camp refuse, and just ordi nary care. No matter if you intend | never to camp in this particular site : again, remember that auto campers ! represent a huge fraternity, that you : owe the other brothers of the craft a great deal of care. Negligence of a few auto campers can bring state and municipal restrictions within a very short time. Leave a clean camp.” Can it be imagined that the resi dents of that locality will encourage other camping parties after that ex perience with the one to blame for the condition reported? The Michigan portsman says that “camping space and camp privileges are extended as a courtesy and not as a thing due;” yet only those auto campers who have received the prop er home training appear to realize that the ethics of good breeding de mands that the camp place be left clean and sanitary. Then the Sportsman sets down a few of the common requirements of decency, health and pleasure to be observed by camping parties, as fol lows: “Rubbish and garbage should be | buried, as all slops should be, and this i includes greasy dishwater. The camp itjijg place should be neither defiled nor injured, otherwise the goodwill of the Individual, municipality of common wealth so freely extended at present to auto campers will be withdrawn, and withdrawal of privileges will be because auto campers transgressed the conventions of proper conduct. “It is admitted reluctantly that auto campers are prone to bathe nude in waters adjacent to the highway; often very often, fail to include a [ portable toilet stool in the camping equipment; sometimes even steal from farms or gardens and frequently fail to show appreciation of the goodwill extended by the agency that offers hospitality. “Auto campers should be clean, be ! sanitary, make as little noise as pos sible and neither kill game nor catch fish wthout a proper license for the locality where fishing or hunting is done, and. above all, never, never steal. v “Such admonitions should not be necessary but are needed because very many auto campers live in an rexceedingly primitive manner; about on an equality with the ignorant blacks of the African or Australian bush." Tampa maintains an auto camping park and, of course, Tampa is always holding out a welcoming hand to traveling tourists; but even Tampa, with the high class of auto camping ! parties it has, found it necessary, both for the health ami pleasure of the campers and of its own resident citizens, to provide restrictive con ditions and to have an overseer con stantly on hand because there are always some few in every gathering of people who will not observe the ethics of good breeding ami who, if not made to keep clean and sanitary, would jeopardize the health and de stroy the pleasure of those about 'them. The Tampa auto camping park is one of the finest and largest in the South. It is occupied by some five hundred parties every winter, and the health and sanitation of the place is perfect. Tampa invites good, clean, careful parties of campers to come and take advantage of the fine cli mate, good people and beautiful scen ery of this section, and make them- THE OCALA BANNER selves at home in DeSoto park, where hot and cold running water, sewerage, sanitation, fire facilities and fuel, bathing and entertainment, along with watchman’s protection, are offered for the small sum of fifty cents per week per party.—Tampa Tribune. WHY WOODROW WILSON QUITS LAW The announced dissolution on Jan uary 1 of the law firm of Wilson & Colby, with offices in Washington and New York, the firm of which for mer President Woodrow Wilson is the senior and Bainbridge Colby the junior member, has been rather hast ily taken to mean that Mr. Wilson intends to give the energies of his improving health to political activity, possibly to political leadership. It is now explained that this intention is not to be inferred. Motives of delicacy have had most influence in the mind of the former President. Many of the cases in a well-known lawyer’s general practice and possibly the majority of the cases to which Bainbridge Colby would be attracted involve the United States Government, and the action of offi cials who were before appointees. All must be tried before judges, many of whom President Wilson appointed. The forces that would make for great money success in such a practice would be forces suggesting a tempta tion to which Mr. Wilson would never yield. Almost in the same way former President Taft, when he contemplated returning to the Bar, was confronted by like conditions, unpleasant, even revolting to a man who had a keen sense of the properties. The position at Yale offered him ease with dignity. It is hard to avoid the thought that the United States ought to provide definitely and not illiberally for the future of Its ex-Presidents. In all our history not one of them has been a money maker, and few have been money savers. All have been without the genius for investment that accu mulates fortune. America is rich enough to be generous in such mat ters, and should have national rea sons for preserving the dignity of former Chief Executives. —Brooklyn Eagle. PICNIC AND FISHING PLACE FOR OCALANS Sparr, Fla., Dec. 27, 1922. To the Ocala Banner: Christmas day a northern party at | the Ocala House inquired of the writer: “Where can we fish? They do not allow fishing at Silver Springs.” I told them of Orange Lake, but it has since occured to me Indian Lake is much nearer to Ocala. Perhaps there is or really ought to be a direct road, for i tis a beautiful clear lake with plenty of trout and perch. It is three miles east of Anthony, so is not far from Ocala, if there is a straight road- I am sending this to the Star also, so Ocalans can enjoy picnics and fish frys near home. J. A. OWENS. (We have also Lake Weir, the Ock lawaha and Withlacoocbee rivers, and a number of lakes across the Oek a waha. —Editor.) The special correspondent of the New Yoik Times, who gives the world the first detailed account of the dis coveries at Luxor or Ancient Thebes. The find was great. The correspon dent says: “The pure lofty estlieti cism and amazing skill of the craft men show that the. imperial splendor of ancient Egypt was far more deli cate and magnificent than was imag ined or equaled in the world’s his tory, and that the greatest craitmen of ancient Greece were mere hacks compared to the master who design ed and aadorned the Tutankhamen throne.” Our esteemed contemporary, the Lake'and Star-Telegram, for the life of it finds no excuse for celebrating Christmas with the firing of the ringing of bells and other like demonstrations. Why not, if it be for exultation and joy? And surely those things are wonderfully expres sive of jubilation and joy. ARBUCKLE’S DEFENSE “All I ask is the rights of an aer ican citizen —American fair lay. Through misfortune and tragi cci dent, I was tried on a char of which I was absolutely innoc . A jury composed of eight men an our women, all of whom were o iigh character and excellent civic md ing and all of whom were m< >ers of churches of various faiths, und me innocent. Not only that, I the same jury sent a message the American people in this langu s: “ ‘Acquittal is not enough f< Ros coe Arbuckle. We feel that i reat injustice has been done him.| We also feel that it was only ou >lain duty to give him this exoi ition under the evidence, for the was not the slightest proof acdi i to connect him in any way w the commission of a crime.’ “Unlike the jury, those <s>unc j ing me heard no part of the aence and are w ithout knowledge I the facts. The Scripture says p ‘As ye judge, so shall ye be j ged.’ How would, my accusers lik< o be judged as they are judging n “The institutions of ,my ntry, the courts and juries and thdw of the land, have declared me i >cent and I am entitled to the benei and | protection of the law’. The who [are unjustly, untruthfully, ma jusly I and venomously attacking e are j refusing to abide by the est shed law of the land. “I am .not only wholly ij cent, j 1 but more than that, there is < igher j | law which deals with the itual ! i side of mankind, and sure this | Christmas time should not be| i sea son when the verdict of the 3 risee is heard in the land. ‘But even supposing thafc had not been able to establish r inno cence, but that I were eonscit msly endeavoring, though an ord4? life, to atone for mistakes, wool not be entitled to an appeal forfgive ness according to the Scrip i the letter of which so many in pul pit seem to observe, and the *it of which some in the pulpit |n to ignore? “It is not difficult to visv ;e at this time of year, which eo emo rates the birth of Christ, win light have happened if some of who heartlessly denounce me ha been present when the Saviour 3gave the penitent thief on the 4 s in words that have influenced thßman race more than any other wofever uttered. Would not some (these persons have denounced Chi and stoned him for what he said* “No one ever saw r a picture Ini ne that was not clean and whdbme. No one ever will see such a ure. I claim the right of work and rice. “The sentiment of every ch i on Christmas Day will be ‘peace c arth and good w ill to all mankind r hgt will be the attitude the day fter Christinas to me?” TWO CARS BURNED Wednesday afternoon when lout a mile from the forks on the Irps Feriy road, Mr. Grady ReynoHis covered that his Buick six w on fire. He lost no time in bring] the ear to a stop and made every bit to extinguish the blaze, but ed, and in a short while the car ' al most a totai Joss. Thursday morning Mr. Sam les drove his Chalmers car out |iis farm about four miles south |he city, and as he reached the g; he noticed that the car was sn ng considerably' under the hood a: ip on investigation found that ti n -gine had back-fired and ignite' ts o ine from the carburetor. Mr. es threw sand on the blaze, bu tao •avail, and this car also was i st a total loss. We extend oar sympathy to Lh these gentlemen in their losses Mr. Leon Fishel of Baltimore is amoDg the Christmas visitor n Ocala, a guest at the home ois mother, Mrs- M. Fishel and far One carload of St. Lucie ct y beans, growfi and shipped by .>. Edwards of Quay, brought ins New York market, recently $1(, ! FRIDAY, DECEMB&ft 29. 192” selling at $9 a crate for the 129© crates. On ten acres, Mr. Entrants expects to receive gross about $Si. 000 for his crop. A PECULIAR ACCIDENT Thursday morning Mr. Hubert Bitting, the North Magnolia street *j druggist, was driving north on Mam street at a leisurely rate of speed, when suddenly from son e where there came a smal mouse racing up the leg of his trousers and on to his shirt front. Now, everybody know* Hu bert Bitting is almost big enough to fight a bear without a gun, bat thia ferocious loking mouse, attacking him so unexpectedly aud while his mind was entirely occupied with more pleasant things, thoroughly unnerved him, and while he did not utualiy scream, he took both hands off the steering wheel in an effort to pro<e< t himself. Just at this time hie ear itook a header into one of the big oak trees in front of the navis b trding house. The car struck with cobmiu erable force and was baul> wrecked, but aside from a few * rat the* Mr. Bitting came through this very try ing ordeal in good shape, and seem ingly enjoyed the “Joke” much ae did his friends. SOCIETY - Yesterday afternoon Mrs. J. K. Chace had as her gue*t. Mrs Nellie H. Allred, formerly of this city Bhe invited in to see Mrs. Allred a half dozen or more of her old friends and on a cup of tea these mutual freiada j renewed the friendship of former days and the hour spent together proved one of the very pieaasct “small affairs” of Christmas Trash • * * It will be delightful news to the many friends of Mr Thomas H. Har ris to know that he is slowly recover ing from bis recent severe imeas. He will soon, be able to be up aad around agaiu. • • • Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Glass sad tMr two daughters, Misses Ramsford and i Eva Lee Glass, are guests of Ocals friends for a few days enroute to Orange Lake from a Christmas visit with friends at Orlando. • • • Miss Mamie Ruth Sanders of Dun nel on was a visitor at the homo of her aunt, Mrs. G. W. Martin, for set* eral days during the Christmas week. a • • Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Carmichael (Ed) are the happy parents of a splendid little son, who was born Thursday morning at the Marion County hospital. Friends offer their congratulations to Mr. and Mrs Car mich&e). • • • Mrs. K&rl Roesch (Isabel Davis) and small son spent several days tins week with friends at Bummerfteld They expect to leave Sunday for their home in Bradentown. • mm Mrs. B. S. Weathers expects to leave Sunday for her home in Jack sonville after a holiday vieit in Ocala and Lakeland with/ her husband’s family. *• • • The frierds of Mr. Nelson T. MU Shell will be delighted to know that he is steadily improving from his recent severe illness and that he and Mrs. Mitchell and their two children will soon be able to return to their home in this city. They are st pres ent the guests of Relatives ia Albany. Ga. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Seyles. of Greenville, S. C., are announcing the birth of a baby daughter, who was born at their home on Christmas day Old Saint Nicholas could not have brought to them a more precious gift *cd coming on Christmas day *aa a very delightru* coincidence, the baby’s mother <Blair Woodrow) huv ing come to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Woodrow’ on Christmas day. Mrs. Seyle g friends feel < her Christmas baby will prove the same joy to her and Mr. Seyle that she has proven to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J R. Brumby, J r ., .nd their little daughter left early y*nd nesday morning to spend a few in Duneden with Mr. Brumb> s fth*