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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-11
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVoR NEWS

The last month and what many of
us think. the busiest one of the whole
year. Let us not wait till the first day
of 1910 TO begin plans for a better
year coming"
There is a splendid offer now plac-
ed before Endeavorers, and this is the
getting of the Christian Endeavor
World next year for 81. instead Of the
usual one and a half dollar price. if
the order is made out on a 1911 cam
paign offer coupon. This reduction is
only for new subscriptions and has no
premium with it. Send to Interlachen
for coupons. We need and need badly
more copies of our paper taken in
Florida
In Kissimmee there is a missionary
committee that is more active than
some such committees are. Among
other good things it accomplished is a
prayermeeting in the county jail near
ly every Sunday afternoon. We have
other societies in towns where there
are prisons that might go and do like
wise in following the Kissimmee ex-
ample
The convention for northeastern and
north central districts which was to
have convened this week in Inter
lachen has had to be postponed, dis
appointment to many. but it is all for
the best some day Both districts
have good officers who intend to ac-
complish something in their lengthen-
Cd official year.
President .Winnard writes us that
the Tampa Heights Presbyterian so
ciety did not hold meetings the month
of special revival services in their city
but have resumed regular work again.
Mr.. Winnard's juniors are doing fine
! ~.
Now that the state press superin-
tendent is at home TO stay there prob
ably all winter. the press local report
ers are asked TO get busy and send us
a budget of news at least once a month
| from every society. Will you do it?
An active EndeavOr friend has en-
joyed a prosperous year in business
and in a letter mentioning this sue
! cess adds that his zeal in the Endeav-
or and other parts of the church work
| has not lessened because the temporal
wealth has come from God and il is
/ lutItlOIc ullAA AASLAL ~ NC Oh LAAC ii4''A Z
! industrious in religious duties. This
is a thought that more of us need TO
take home-that blessings come from
: God and he expects US 10 use them in
! his service. instead Of them taking our
! time and heart away from him as is
sometimes true.
Orange and Osceola district work
ers are enjoying memories Of their
fine convention. This district though
one Of the smallest in number OF So
cieties and territory it covers, Is one
of the most active in all the state
union.
Here are the subjects for prayer as
given in the Christian Endeavor World
! for December:
l. Pray that the thought of Christ's
coming 10 earth may lead to a grow
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-11

brewer, hire servants and buy silks
for his wife. and dress your own wife
i'll rags, make her take in washing to
support the family and finally send
her to the poorhouse and bury her in
the potter's field?
Does it pay to levy a tax to support
orphans and widows and license the
murder of husbands and fathers? Does
il pay to license a thing which is al
ways and everywhere known to be the
enemy of everything sacred to God
and man?
Does it pay to maintain on our
coast 275 life saving stations at a cost
of a little more than a million and a
half and out of the same pockets and
under the same flag maintain 100000
life destroying stations at two billions
and a half?
Does il pay TO listen to the sophis-
tries and falsehoOds of passion, preju-
dice. ignorance, appetite and greed
and close your ears to the voice OF
conscience. reason, judgment, suffer-
ing. religion and God?
Does it pay to do that which will
blanche the cheeks with fear and
make you dumb with terror when at
last you stand in the presence of the
Judge of the quick and the dead
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". C. 7. U. WORK
Does Ii Pay2
(Tract by Charles ScanlonD

(Tract by Charles Scanlon.)
Does it pay to license a traffic
which lessons the demand for the
helpful things of life, which Increases
their cost and diminishes the ability
to pay for them?
Does il pay to license a traffic that
makes men less skillful. less steady,
less reliable: which lessons endurance,
lessons self-respect and the respect
OF others; lessons confidence, lessons
credit, lessons the demand for food,
clothing. shelter and tools with which
to work?
Does it pay TO license a traffic
which breeds idiots. paupers, crimi-
mails. lunatics and epileptics and casts
them upon society to be supported by
decent, honest, Industrious people?
Does it pay to license a traffic
which increases taxes by creating a
necessity for jails, penitentiaries. asy
lums, hospitals. almshouses, orphan
ages. reformatories, police and crimi-
nal courts?
Does it pay to license a thing which
decreases mans industrial efficiency
SO that the government reports show
that ~ per cent of agriculturists dis
criminate against him using it, and
that 70 per cent. of manufacturers. IS
per cent. of tradesmen and 80 per
cent of railroad officials do the same
thing?
Does it pay to maintain a national
quarantine against criminal and de-
pendent classes from abroad and Ii
cense 100000 saloon keepers to man.
Ufacture such products at home?
Does it pay TO support the families
OF saloon keepers and bar-tenders and
pay their rent, taxes and insurance,
and buy luXuries for them in order to
get few pennies in revenue and Ii
ceHse out of the many dollars which
they fitch from the pockets Of indus
try?
Does it pay to employ teachers to
teach children the evil effects of alco-
hOI upon the human system and Ii
cense men to sell a thing which in
flames the stomach. hardens the brain
tissue. sOftens and weakens the blood
vessels, impoverisbes the blood. over
works the heart. retards the elimina-
ton of effete matter. dims the eye,
dulis the hearing, diseases the throat.
lungs, kidneys, liver, nerves and mus
cles: the demand for which is wholly
artificial and when supplied serves no
good purpose?
Does it pay to call ministers to
preach the gospel of love. charity,
honesty. purity. forgiveness and re-
demption. and license other men to
engage in a traffic which fosters hate.
engenders strife, breeds dishonesty.
impurity and destruction?
Does il pay to send missionaries to
the heather to point out the way Of
salvation and from the same port and
often in the same vessel send liquid
damnation?'
Does il pay to build a palace for the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-11
NOTICE
Of Final Settlement and Discharge

Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day Of January, A. d. 1910, the
undersigned as administrative de bonis
non Of the estate OF Mary Conyers,
deceased, viii present my final account
Bell. judge of probate in and for Ma
rion county. Florida, at his office in
Ocala, and will make my final settle
ment and will apply for final discharge
as administrative. Joanna Lewis.
As Administrative de bonis non OF
the estate of Mary Conyers. de-
ceased.
Dated. Citra. Fla, July 18th. 1903.
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ing spirit of peace and good will and
renewed conservation to his service.
2. Pray for those to whom the holi-
day season brings added toll or a re-
minder of loss.
8. Pray for the meetings on mis-
sionary ground to be attended by DR..
Clark and Mr.. Shaw as they return
from the Agra convention. and for the
Christian Endeayorers in those lands.
4. Pray for Congress that it may
follow Gods guidance in framing just
and wise laws.
These motives for prayer and the
Christian Endeavor calendar in every
copy of our paper, give unexcelled
foundation for universal observance of
the quiet hour. Grace A. Townsend.
Interlachen, Fla. Dec. 9. 1903.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-11
NOTICE

of Final Settlement and Disehargs
Notice is hereby given that on the
9th day OF February, A. d. 1910. the
undersigned wiz present her accounts
and vouchers to the Hon. Joseph Bell
Judge Of probate in and for Marion
county. at his office in Ocala, and win
make her final settlement and apply
for final discharge.
Ocala, Fla, 21st day Of July, 1909.
ANNIE NJ. PERRY,
Administrative Estate OF S. II. Perry.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-12-11
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR PROPOSALS

Ocala, Fla. Dec. 18th. 1909.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the postoffice until . o'clock p. m
December 18th. 1909, for furnishing
fuel, lights. water. ice. miscellaneous
supplies, washing towels, hauling
ashes, and sprinkling streets for this
building during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1910. or such portion OF the
year as may be deemed advisable. The
right TO reject any and all bids is re-
served by the Treasury Department.
Geo. c. Crom, Custodian.
Oysters served in all styles, night or
daY al the Brick CITY Restaurant.
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A Saloon Becomes a Church

Estherwood La. October 21.-The
transformation of what was formerly
saloon into a house of divine wOr-
ship has been effected by the Catho-
lies of EstherwoOd. The congregation.
temporarily without a worshiping
place, rented the building. Now an
altar stands where once there was a
bar and where there was once heard
the clinking of glasses there will now
be chanted words of prayer.
The monster prohibition parade in
Chicago is to be followed by a six
months campaign TO close the 1000
saloons in the city. Surely they have
great faith. Why should We in Flor
ida hesitate to attack the wet terri
tory in our loved state? DR.. E. E.
Folk says that should the PrOhi's win,
it will pave the way for nationwide
Prohibition. Should they fail. it will
pay as an educative lesson.
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LAKE WEIR
EIGHTEEN MILES FROM ocALA
Houses to Rent at "Woodmar" on the
Bluff Overlooking the Lake.

GOODWIN BUNGALOW-Furnish-
ed: modern plumbing: running water;
acetylene gas. SO per week.
ARGYLE COTTAGE-Furnishe
running water. IS per week.
BLAIR VILLA-To rent on Octob ar
l. for the winter; furnished; running
water: modern plumbing, acetylene
gas. SIS per month.
David s. Woodrow,
Holder Block. Ocala, Fla.
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woodmen meet Friday evening.
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IN TIME IF PEACE. PREPARE FUR WAR; 1lE'a
 UNITED STATES READY FUR UNEXPECTED

the station. with a railroad running over the station to transport heavy material used in the several depart ments. One of the features of the sta ton is it's pattern department and it's draughting rooms. where some of the most important works in these line:; are perfected
 At Newport also is located the Naval War college, enc of the most iInpor. ment.
 As an illustration of how practical is the work of the college 1t is relatea that the late Rear Admiral Sampson one day visited the college after the close of his victorious campaign in Cuban waters and there saw suspend cd on the wall large chart of th1 Cuban coast It bore certain mar that denoted the movements Of war vessels. The admiral took it to be . chart that had been recently prepared for the purpose of Illustrating certaiT features of the Spanish war. II turned out. as matter of fact, that he was looking at a working model that had been put 10 rse two years before the war in the study of an imaginary campaign against Spain.
 The college is in charge of Rear Ad miral John P. Merrell. U. s. N, who retired last September, but was rs quested to remain in charge un-l next October. when he will be relieved by Rear Admiral Raymond Perry Rod gers. U s. N. at present chief maya 1 intelligence officer.
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AMERICA READY WHEN DOGS OF
 WAR ARE LOOSED
Narragansett Bay Is Completely Equipped tUith Forts and Batteries That Guard the "Back Door Of New York; The Nations Great Drilling Place.

grave defect in the system of coast de feDse that the war department adopt ed the plan of requiring the militia forces of the sea coast states to spend ten days or more in duty within the forts instead of in summer encamp- nents, as had formerly been the rule. rms change was for the purpose of fainiliarizing the militia with the handling of the big, guns. thus forming reserve that might be quickly util- ized in case of some sudden emer- sency.
 Man New Forts This Year.
 In accordance with this general plan the infantry and artillery of ths Rhode Island militia will this year man the forts in Narragansett bay and Fort Mansfield. below Watch Hill. The latter is in the New London ar. tillery district. and the men assigned to that post will be doing the same work under the commandant of New London that the bulk of the state troops will do at the Narragansett bay forts under Col. Howe in June.
 By reason of the great shortage of men, only six companies of coast ar ullery are now stationed in the forts These are Companies 7s. 97, 1l0. IT. 129 and 130. But that the war depart. ment contemplates making this region around Newport and Narragansett bay the chief drill ground of the depart ment of the east is shown by the fact that board of army officers recently made an elaborate survey of the shores of Narragansett bay and mapped out camp sites sn.Sciently ex- tensive to encamp an army of 300, ,0O0 men.
 This board also selected places where additional batteries could be placed if need be. and where signal stations and searchlights could be in stalled. Report had it that some of these sites included some of those oc- cupied by the summer colony in the vicinity of Ocean avenue. The report so much exercised some of the land owners that a delegation of these went to Washington to make inquiries at the war department But. following its usual policy. tho department kept its plans to itself. If it ever becomes necessary to use the sites, it will use them, no matter what landlords may say or think.
 No Real Cause for Worry.
 Heavy firing heard off the New England coast" was Q newspaper headline that had frequent employ ment in the early days of the Spanish. American war. As a matter of fact. there was no firing there at all. but Newport, as well as other seaports. trembled every time the report was made. If the city only had known it, its defenses even then were puissant enough to fend of any attack that poor Spain could have made. But while the army and navy knew this. the average citizen did not And until Cervera's fleet was blockaded in Santi- ago. the average seaboard citizen was generally obsessed with a notion that i he had cause to worry.
 But thanks to the awakening which that little war brought about and to
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sibil!ty of firing mortars from pit al an unseen target end hitting it al, most every time.
 Tn addition to its mortar battery the armament of Fort Creole includes . battery of 12-incb- breeeh-lcading rifles. three ten-inch rifles. two six, inch rifles. and a rapid-fre battery.
 Its supply of water is taken from submarine pipes running under the west passage of Narragansett bay from Saunderstown, where the war de partment, under the supervision of the .srmy engineers office. last year com. pleted what is considered the most complete water system any post or the Atlantic coast possesses.
 Fort Getty. on Fox Hin. which is the flank line for Fort Creole and ia the west passage. is being made ready for a two-company post. and has a Battery of 12-inch rifles and fine hat tery of rapid-fire guns.
 Work Of Torpedo Station.
 The torpedo station at Newport is the only one of it's kind in America. Here the seamen gunners are trained for the work of manipulating these machines. taught how to build and how to repair them. Here also the submarines and the destroyer fiotilla customarily rendezvous for the greater part of rhe year
 Adjoining the torpedo station lies Rose island. commonly known as the torpedo station annex. where torpe- does. waT heads, and other deadly products from the torpedo station are stored under charge of warrant of. fcer of the navy. who is under the command of Lieut.. Commander Bris, tol. the commanding officer of the tor. redo station. While the capacity of the torpedo factory is but 100 year at present. ali departments at the tor pedo station are being increased. so that the time is not far distant when the capacity will be 300 and more
 A. present the station is turning out Whiteheads. BfisE-Leavitts. and SC. cret torpedo known as the Wilson. but nothing can be learned of this or the other work which Is being carried on there. When the kncck-off whistle blows at she station each afternoon the number of civilian employees who come streaming out gives the appear ance of a navy yard force ending its day's work. so numerous are the civil ians that are now employed.
 yMaee Into Torpedo Factory.
 Up to a few years ago smokeless powder and gun cotton were made as this station, but this work is now be- ing done by private firms. and one of the large buildings formerly used for this purpose is being transformed into a torpedo factory. An immense steel crane is in use at the wharf front of
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with destructive ions-range fire. The tort is fanEed with numerous bat yenes of rap.d-fre guns designed for rapelling attacks from landing parties. The ten and twelve inch rifles of the fort are of the disappearing type, be- ing mounted on carriages which lift them into firing position at the mo- R.ert wanted. the heavy rifles sinking lack Co the shelter of emplacements aster tSe.r missiles have been sped on their way.
 The mortar batteries that have been inbe6ded in Forts Adams and Creole can be reckoned as powerful adjuncts ,o the defenses of the place. For orc taias. no missile from any sea-borne sun can reach them. and, amply pro ,eeted by superb batteries of rapid-fire guns. the artillerymen who man them have nothing to fear from any assault.
 And h is no hit-or-miss chance that these mortar pits take when they be- come irruptive. In each is a group of 16 mortars of the 12-ineh type. each throwing a shell whose impact on the Geck of any ship would be sufficient to send that sessel to the bottom if the shell be luckily or. on the other hand. unlucllily placed.
 Poor Show for Attscke-
 If one could go down into .sa inner recesses of these two fort. and gain access to the charts and plans and maps which are guarded there as a miser guards his gold. he would un' doubtedly come across chart of the approaches to the harbor and find il blocked off into numbered squares And fl he was in the confidence of the commanding officer be might be told Of tho system by which the gunners of the mortar batteries are informed Of the ezact squaro in which their un seen target lays, or the square toward which it is travelling, if it be under way, aad the sceed at which it is go ing. The instant and almost auto niatic means of communicating and registering this intelligence might also be learned. Then the visitor would nc longer wonder at the seeming impos
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the great impetus which it gave to the upbuilding of the navy and to the es- tablishmen1 Of an adequate system of coast defense, the resident of the New port li.toral has no longer any need to worry over any sudden raid from oyer-sea. Even without the aid of that strong right arm of national defense, the United States navy, the forts alone could keep at bay half dozen fleets of the size of the one which caused 80 much uneasiness to the city and it's neighbors during the early days of the Spanish war.
 Need Fear No Foe.
 The chain of forts which has been strung along the approaches to this eastern entrance to the sound com, pr!ses in its martial links Forts weth- erill and Adams. wh;c. guard the mid ale channel: Fort Getty, OF the west ern shore of Jamestown; Fort Phil Kearny, on the mainland opposite. and Fort Grebic. on Dutch island. The 12. inch rifles of Fort Wetherill are SO em- placed as to sweep the approaches
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- - EW YORK.--lf one were to N ask which port on the At
 MI lantic coast has become
 the most important center A for joint army and navy
 maneuvers. which is re- gardec as being the most important from a strategic standpoint. which contains the most numerous stations for the advancement of the science of war. and which is now the most strongly fortified. probably very few persons outside of the regular estab- iishments.' the army and navy. could give correct reply.
 Quite certain it is that very few would even think Of the leading sum mer resort of the Atlantic coast as combining all of these grim equip ments. and combining them on a greater scale than does any other city or the eastern seaboard Yet this is just now what Newport does-the sarue Newport that is the summer home of the fashionable world: the Newport of cottages, villas, bathing beaches and yachts. But, incongru- ous as it may seem and surprising as may be the statement, yet Newport to- day Is one of the strongest fortified posts, if not the stronger, on the At iantie seaboard, possessins. long line Of massive. grim. defens 5. most of which have been construc ed since the Spanish war. fortresses witch not only guard the city and the yitally impor- tant entrance to Narragansett bay. but also protect the torpedo school wEere the seamen gunners of the navy receive the final course in their edu- cation. the torpedo station where these missiles are constructed, the naval training station, the Naval War col lege, the navy wireless plant. one of the most powerful on the coast, and ;,lso the fields where mines would be laid in time of war.
 Defenses of Highest Order
 q would not call the Gefenses fun preamble" said Col. Walter Howe. commandant of Fort Adams and of the .Sdrregansett district. Perhaps no de- lenses are impregnable. # was once thought that Port Arthur vas impreg- btN tliS iNSA4hI VT AtAT dAseNhS made upon it showed that it was not. Eut have no hesitation in saying that the present defenses arc thoroughly efficient and adequate in every re- spect.''
 In the system of Atlantic coast ce- fense the strategic value of Newport and Cf defenses that could guard tbe eastern entrance to the sound was iong ago recognized by the military authorities. For in military sense this entrance is literally the back door to New York, door that it is neccs- sary to keep strongly guarded. A hos. tile fleet that could force its way through this entrance and past the several Notifications distributed along the sound might reach within striking distance of the metropolis and place New York and Brooklyn under a ran som past the counting of man.
 Five forts constitute the chain oi land defenses which now guard the en. trance to Newport and the sound
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These are Forts WetheriIl, Adams. Getty. Phil Rearney and Creole. They are es,aiPped with numerous batteries of higf power eoast-defense rifles of the latest model. tie main armaments consisting of 1z4nch and teninch rifes
 Fort Weiherfll cn Canonicut island, was ., gun five years ago. and is now fin lsIHrs trim alfhough guns are si;l! beGf mouE.cd in the batteries wbieh join t along the shore. Bu. aitholsf ready for use and turned s.er by tite suEiucering corps to the fgNfiag branch 0f lhe army, needing onls bsrg8ails for inc troops to com pIei, iiz cauipr eft he fort which is tesflrai5 Co be tas longest and most :fapariaft e tse Hagragansett bay de. fcugqs Ha- rot ye' cen put into com if5ssi1s oG -l f1 ack of men. At pfcea,t a Ht .by small de- tacl,rc n; ts1 rom Fort Adams, ~Lieh rIH ss euty there unti. aare and be provided. It .sg iJi .sC rcibcdying this