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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-02
FISH HrID OYSTER"

1 am now receiving daily fresh sup
plies Of fish and oysters. I will take
care of your orders and give you the
best I also carry a nice stock Of pork
and beef, choice meats at living prices.
Give me share Of your business. 1.
e. Tompkins. the last stall on the
right, City Market.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-02
IT DOES THE BUSINESS

Mr.. E. E. Chamberlain, Of Clinton,
Maine, says Of Bucklens Arnica
Salve: 1T does the business; 1 have
used it for piles and it cured them
Used ! it for chapped hands and it
cured them. Applied it to an old sore
and it healed it without leaving scar
behind" Csc at all drugstores.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-02

WANTED-5O men wanted to chop
wood at Cornell, Fla. Also ten teams.
Apply to Northern & Southern Com
pany. Cornell, Fla, or to NJ. J. Roess,
Ocala, Fla. St
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-02

LOST-A black and white setter
dog near, Oak yesterday. Liberal re-
ward will be paid for his return to DR.
J. G. Boozer, at the Commercial Bank
or Dr. Hendon, at the Hunter Drug
Company.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-02
CONSIDERING THE CRITICISMS
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
Trying to Find Out What is the
Matter With Our Ships

Washington, March 1.-THE senate
committee on naval affairs Saturday
heard the statements of the naval Of
ficers who have been quoted as criti-
cising the construction of battleships
and upon whose authority it has been
suggested the charges made by Mr..
Reuterdahl were based. Lieutenant
Commanders F. K. Hill, Carl T. Vog-
elgesong and Capt. Bradley A. Ffske
were questioned concerning their
views on the naval construction and
Rear Admiral Caps asked questions
and commented upon their testimony
as they proceeded.
Trash in the Powder
That the accident in the turret of
the battleships Georgia and Missouri
in which many men in the navy lost
their lives, was due largely to defec-
tive powder loaded with foreign sub
strances which interefered with its
proper explosion, was the startling
testimony given by Lieutenant Com
mander Vogelgesang. during the in
quiry. Commander Vogelgesang tes-
titled that the powder in the mag
| azines of the Georgia after the explo-
sion was found to contain oily waste
old hinges, matches and bits of wood
He declared that these substances
might easily account for the ''fasf
back when the breach Of the gun was
opened after the load was fired ant
which killed a majority of the crew.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-02
II BENK'S CHHRHCEHR

banks character and should be determined by the
standing and ability Of its officers and directors They
must be who have been successful in their affairs
and give careful attention to the banks affairs
long banking experience of each of the officers of the
Munroe and Chambss Bank and the good standing of its
directors, for the high character and sound
judgment which has marked all of the banks transactions
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-02
c. E. FOY
REAL ESTATE AGENT
Office In Gary Building
Over Martin and earns Seed Store.
RfafS COLLECTED. TAXES PAID
Agent In Ocala and Marion County
4 for the
Jacksonville Development Co.

Following are a few or my specials
for this month:
FOR SALG-The residence, No. So
-, Main street. S2.50o: half cash. bal
ance one year; now. rented for 500
per moth.
For Sale Or Rent on Reasonable
Terms.-The two residences Nos $50
and f52. West Exposition Street. Both
are desirable property and in excel
lent condition. For terms, etc, apply
lat office.
Numerous other properties for sale;
farm. residence. grove and turpentine
tracts. List your property with me IL
you want to sell it, or call on me IL
you want to buy. 1 will give careful
attention to the collection Of rents and
paying Of taxes for any nonresident
property owners.
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g. e. FOY
Plumbing and
Plumbers Supplies

n. f.. Yonge & Son, the original and
reliable plumbers, having gone entire
ly out Of the bicycle business are now
idevoting all Of their time with a COM
petent force Of men to the plumbing
and Timing business and are better
prepared than ever to do first-class
work in quick time and at living
prices. The company has just receiv-
Cd a big shipment Of the Standard
goods In enameled bath tubs, one piece
sinks. lavatories. toilet SETS, etc. and
have also a big line Of medium priced
goods as we'll as q cheaper line, in tin
end galvanized iron for customers who
desire them. The company has a
complete stock of fittings, faucets and
axtures Of all kinds and will be pleas
ed to show the stock to you and give
you an estimate on the cost Of your
work. An experience OF a quarter OF
q century gives this company many
advantages. See r. e. Yonge & Son II
you need their services.
+" r. E. YONGE & SON.
Plumbers OcaIa Fla
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
Library AND Y. NJ. G. A.

The suggestion of Norfolk business
man that the proposed public library
and the proposed Y. NJ. C. A. building
be merged into one proposition, for
the sake of economy and for the sake
OF greater enthusiasm is a good one.
The suggestion is that the lot d.
rectly south and across the street from
the postofIice be purchased and that
both the library and the Y. NJ. G. A.
building be placed upon 1t. 1t Is point
ed out that this would reduce the pur-
chase price for each building to half,
that one janitor could handle both
and that one heating plant could sup
ply heat to both. This would give
great economy in operation.
The lot is 10Ox176 feet and could
easily be made available for both
buildings. And in that way both build.
ings would be located in the ideal spot,
inst across the street from the post
office, which always serves more or
less as the axis upon which the COM
munity revolves.
BY merging both into one, all con-
fusion arising over two separate pro-
positions coming at the same time,
would be avoided.
1t should be possible for all Norfolk
to unite upon this combined move
ment and, forgetting all personal pre-.
ferences and petty quarrels over the
matter, unite in one tremendous effort
toward both institutions.
Norfolk needs both the library and
the Y. NJ. C. A. building. 1t has been
a perplexing matter some time as to
Just how both these worthy institutions
should receive deserved support at the
same time.
And apparently the suggestion for
merger would solve the problem and
allow everybody to get together and
rush with might and main for the two
highly desirable improvements.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31

our civilization or make other coun
tries fear us.
The contention is a beautiful one
but unhappily, under existing condit
ions. it does not jibe with the hard
facts.
Only a few years ago the United
states was at war with Spain. The
Old World solemnly warned us of the
power of that poor old, decrepit ma
ton, and for a time we all sat ur
nights expecting hourly that every
city on the Atlantic coast was goina
to be destroyed by the Spanish fleet
we believed it and the world believed
1t because Spain had in the centuries
past demonstrated its power on the
high seas. They had no faith in
American sea power. 1t was only
when Deweys brilliant triumph at
Manila and the great Overwhelming
victory came at Santiago that the
world awoke to the fact that America
would not be trifled with and we be
gan to have some confidence in our
selves.
Since that time, aroused by strife be
tween other nations, the United States
has greatly increased its war arma
ment on the sea. Today sixteen mag
nificent battleships are on their way
around the world. With Old Glory
floating proudly to the breeze, each
one OF them Is an object lesson to the
nations of the earth of the majesty and
power OF the great republic. They
speak a silent and effective tribute
in whatever sea they float, in any
harbor they may anchor. to any people
who gaze upon them, of a free and
kindly nation of eighty million souls
DESTROYS only of peace and progress
but who have the power to meet and
triumph over any i'll disposed govern
ment.
That power, it does not want to use
But if called upon, it is ready and pre-,
pared to assert its rights.
Never was America so secure against
foes from without as it is today
In its battleships is found an index
OF the courage and foresight of a
gentle but determined people. They
are its visible, and therefore potent,
guarantees of peace.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
GUARANTEES OF PEACE.

There is a far cry often times be-
tween the merely academic and the
stern practical facts regarding any
question but it is the latter that have
to be depended upon to meet any
emergency and it is therefore of the
highest Importance that we realize
what they are.
During the past ten years there has
been a great deal said and written
about peace and how to maintain 1t
with other nations. 1t has caused wide
discussion and demonstrated a mark
ed divergence of views.
There are those like Mr.. Bryan, who,
under the cry of "militarism" and
imperialism" deplore the increase of
navy, condemn any enlargement Of
the army and lift up their hands in
CONSERVATION at any show Of force.
They tell you it is all dead wrong.
They say that the only way to win the
respect Of other nations is to be bene-
violently kind in our international re.
latons. They contend that no show
nj brute strength" avails to prove
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
IN THE THIRD DISTRICT,


The rank and file republication in
the Third congressional district in
Nebraska is for Secretary Taft to
succeed President Roosevelt, despite
the feeble attempts of the La Toilette
machine to create sentiment for their
man by threatening to otherwise bolt
the ticket.
There is no enthusiasm being arous.
ed in the Third district over the efforts
of few malcontents to give Presid-
ent Roosevelt a back-handed slap by
supporting La Toilette, whom the pres
ident most thoroughly dislikes and
distrusts, in place of Secretary Taft,
who stands highest of all in the esti.
nation of the president and whom Mr..
Roosevelt, himself most desires as his
successor in the white house.
And it is not likely that the will of
the rank and file of republicans in the
Third district will be thwarted by any
political trickery at the hands of the
La Toilette malcontents into sending
any other than Taft delegates to the
Chicago convention.
Secretary Taft has had training
gest man looming up in the coming
presidential campaign as a candidate
for the white house position, Is good
enough for the republicans Of the
Third district Of Nebraska. He is
good enough for President Roosevelt.
And he Is going to have the support
of the Third Nebraska district, If the
wishes of the rank and file Of Third
district republicanism are adhered to.
La Toilette is being urged only by
very few lgitators belonging to the
down-and-out-club who would do any
thing in any way they could find to
disrupt the republican party. They
have chosen to take up battle with the
friends of President Roosevelt, by the
very act of selecting as their candi-
date man in whom the president is
known to have no confidence and who
would be most distasteful to the presi-
dent as his successor, They have
chosen to create as much dissension
as possible within the party by fight
ing the one man who does stand out
prominently on his own account as
presidential timber, and the one man
whom President Roosevelt does desire
to see as his successor.
Secret
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31

for the eminent position to which he
aspires. He has had judicial exper-
fence on the bench fitting him for the
responsibility. He Is conservative
and yet pure In his motives for the
common good. He stands for progress
and for clean government. He Is not
the man for those who see virtue in
the ranting of La Toilette. He would
not be a menace to business prosper
ity, as The News has remarked before
and as La Toilette unquestionably
would be.
There are no two ways about 1t in
the Third district. Taft, the big,
broadgauged statesman in his own
name, the choice of President Roose-
welt and the choice of the republicans
throughout the Third district of Ne.
braska, must have and will have the
support of this district In the Chicago
convention, if the wishes of the rank
and file are carried out. And no
chicanery by the crowd Of La Toilette
agitators, in their eagerness to obtain
control Of the party will be tolerated.
The republican party In the Third dis.
trict is no football to be booted back
and forth by crowd of disconnected
disturbers, willing to disrupt the party
If possible and determined, by threats
of boiling, to run things with high
hand or desert and go over to the
other side.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
PROSPERITY is AHEAD.

The cablegram from London and
Paris that the discount rates in those
countries, is good news indeed to
America. 1t will mean the immediate
restoration of confidence, business ac-
tivity will at once take on new vim
and new blood.
The east has been the only section
of the country that seriously felt the
and officially at an end. The west,
independently banked up behind its
great grain.cash, never had cause for
alarm. But now even the east can
cheer up.
In this connection an optimistic let
ter received this week by Norfolk
business man from a st. Louis whole
sale house is worth repetition. 1t so
truly sounds the keynote to the stu
alton and so logically dispels all gloom
that it would iron the wrinkles out of
any mans worrying forehead. This
is what is says:
When the pessimist fell from the
twelfth story, as he passed the fifth
he commented he was doing very we'll
so far. A good many people for no
sound reason, are afraid business will
never reach bottom. Stop and con-
slider, our population is increasing at
an enormous ratio, all of which must
be fed. clad, shod and housed; in addi-
ton, there is a scarcity abroad of ourr
great agricultural products, which
with the home demand maintains a
very high average price, thus increas-
ing tremendously the purchasing pow.
err of the farmer.
The recent "unpleasantness" has ELI
minated the Get rick quick" specul-
ator, and placed conservative public
service corporations on a known basis,
which will shortly permit them to mar.
ket securities to the investor, and
make needed improvements, to proper.
| ly handle the present business offered.
With the farmers ability TO buy and
pay at the highest level known before,
and the railroads only purchasing for
actual requirements, new enterprises
need hardly be considered, for with
| this combined consumption Of manu-
| featured goods We have a buying pow
er equal to present production, which
will necessarily keep business on an
even keel.
Do not worry about your banker, he
is usually a keen business man, and
it is to his interest to iron out the
rough places, and he will do so very
quickly if let alone.-particularly since
he has made more money in the last
twelve months than at any previous
time, and is actually in stronger con-
dition today than ever before, and as
rule with more currency locked in
his vaults than he knows what to do
with if not frightened into holding it.
Every industry has made greater
profits in 1907 than in any previous
year, and stocks of raw material and
merchandise are proportionately much
less than year ago, and every man,
woman and child, merchant and man.
ufacturer, needs more, wants more,
and consumes more than ever and
necessarily these demands must be
supplied.
Think over these facts, and you can
not but conclude that there is not
today one sound, sensible, tangible or
visible reason why everybody should
not have a successful. prcer7' and
prosperous business during fsoo.g%
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
THE THIINDERER.

The making of a great newspaper
has in it so much of human interest
that it commands the attention of the
world. The London Times has been
a great newspaper in the largest sense
of the word for several generations
It has been so definitely and tremen.
dously associated with the glory of
Great Britain that 1t has been appro-
priately called "The Thunderer" for
many years.
Now that 1t has passed by the recent
sale from the family which has made
it one of the most potent journals In
the English world into the hands Of a
promoter of popular literature the
event is far more than an incident and
compels us to wonder If its future will
equal its past.
The Times demanded and obtained
the respect of the great nation it re.
presented, not by any appeal to the
eye, not by anything that savored of
sensationalism, but absolutely and un-
ceasingly by the dominancy which
comes from great ideas, we'll and fear
lessly expressed. Sometimes it thun-
dered when the noise was anything but
pleasant to English ears but 1t was
always respected. Its editorials, like
Caesars wife. were always above sus-
picion of bargain or sale.
The Times not only Numbered but
1t Numbered long. Its leaders were
always long and often when any great
question was up for consideration,
three full columns were given up to
it. And the English people read them.
They might gnash their teeth, they
might excite their dissent or provoke
them to rage but all classes and all
parties read the Times.
A perusal of it was a liberal edu.
cation. There was no froth in it's
columns but every paragraph of every
article contained food for solid thought
It's prosperity and popularity for so
many years is a great tribute to
great people. Such paper could new
er flourish where people refuse to
think. Some people called it dull. 1t
was a reflection on themselves-notI
on the Times.
Now that it has passed into Mr..
Pearson's hands it is said that it will
l..
mean?
Let us hope that it does not mean
deterioration in its characteristic. fear
lessness or a shrinking from the high
ideals which have made it a mighty
power in English life.
The world still needs great men and
great newspapers. Let the thunder
er" continue to thunder!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31

their assertions that the frank and
file" OF the party Is for LaFollette,
they find that ninety per cent of the
republication voters of Nebraska are
| for Taft, and that he will have the
state delegation no matter In what
form the selection of delegates is
made. Taft Is popular with the PEG.
pie, largely because of his individual.
ity and partly because he is the man
whom President Roosevelt is anxious
to have succeed him.
OF all the candidates that have been
mentioned for the republican nomin.
alton for the presidency 1t is becom.
ing more and more apparent as the
days speed by, that Secretary Taft
is far in the lead in public favor in
all parts of the land.
Nor is the reason difficult to dis.
cover. To begin with, his personal
ity is a charming one. Taft is big
in every way. He has a big body, com
bined with a big mind and a big heart.
Now that he Is home again every time
he comes in contact with the people
they are more fully convinced of this.
He has a great record for doing
things in a great way. This always
appeals to the American people. He
has shown a capacity for handling
perpleXing and disagreeable under
takings in a most happy and tactful
way. Then again, no other man in
public life, outside of Elihu b. Root,
| secretary of state, has such a recog-
nized knowledge and comprehensive
grasp of national and world affairs
and the people are conscious as never
before that a kindergarten teacher,
however amiable and interesting he
may be to listen to, is not wanted in
the white house, to succeed Roosevelt.
But above and beyond Taft is what
Taft stands for. He is committed
thoroughly to the progressive and
statesmanike policies which are based
on tne country nlSneSl Welldre ana
on equal justice to all. He is in line
with the moral forces of the universe
which can no more be overthrow than
the law of gravitation.
The country believes in his inhex-
ible honesty, his sincerity and his
courage. 1t is confident that he will
carry out the ideas which have COM
mended the Roosevelt administration,
in a sane, sensible, large minded and
large hearted way, which will make
them even more successful.
In a word, the country needs and
seeks a great president--a man who
can and will handle veXed problems
effectively without noise or buster
Secretary Taft fills the bill and his
nomination and election can even now
be safely predicted if the will of the
people is not thwarted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
NO GAG RULE ABOUT IT.

The LaFollette edition of the Taft
State Journal, together with Frank
Harrison and the Omaha World-Her-
aid, have been throwing conniptions
because the republican congressional
committee Of the Third district rec
commended that delegates to the COM
ing delegates must necessarily be, TO
lected in the various counties in such
manner as seems most practicable 10
the seveal county central committees.
It is true that the LaFolletteites are
In favor of a state primary, but they
fail to state just how such an elect
ion is to be held. 1t is doubtful If a
single county central committee in the
state has available funds with which
to carry on such primaries, and the
question naturally confronts the cen
trail committeeman, who will foot
the bills?" The recommendation OF
the congressional committee was simp-
ly that the delegates be chosen in
such manner as the several central
committees deem advisable. In the
decision of this question, each COM
mittee will have to determine it from
the conditions existing in its own
county. The three methods of select
ing delegates must necessarily be to
hold county primary, hold precinct
caucuses and a county convention,
which has been decided as not the
thing to do, or appoint the delegates
themselves. That the latter plan will
be generally observed there is perhaps
no doubt.
On a test vote showing individual
preference, taken at the melting of
the congressional committee, it was
found that the members are unani-
mously in favor of Taft, but the con-
gressional committee does not compose
nor control the county committees,
and without reference to the congress
sional committee the county commit
tees will select delegates in whatever
manner seems best to them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31

Remember every legitimate bus
mess, retail, wholesale, manufactur.
ing, railroading and banking has been
and is now on a firm basis. Stocks are
extremely low with no surplus In sight.
Better yet, the farming and railroad
interests never needed so much as
right now, and there never was so
much money in the country with which
to buy II.
You can readily see there is no &C.
tual reason for fear and to repeat
my former offer, | will sell you pract.
ically on your own terms, and at the
right price too, which is the strong.
est evidence that believe what |
am talking about and have confidence
in you.
Pass the good word" along, and let
me hear from you anyway-the coun.
try is not Going to ask Father"