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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-04-20
DUNNELLON SCHOOL DISTRICT
It's Relation to the Public Education
system of Marion County

Editor Advocate: Inasmuch as there
has been much criticism of the admin
istration of the school interests Of
Dunnellon and many assertions that
they We're not being treated with the
proper consideration by the county au-
thorities. feel that il is due the good
people of your town and the balance
of the county TO know something of
the relations that have and do exist
in the matter of schools
At the time that the appropriations
were being made for the year 1910
1911 il was found by the final report
that the Dunnellon school for the pre-
vious year had made an average Of "a,
which at the same rate that the re-
mainder Of the county was receiving
would have made an appropriation of
$21l.9O per month for the regular
county term of six months. The coun-
| ty board, however, made it s215. The
county board knowing that the fl
nances of the Dunnellon district were
such that il would be utterly impossi-
BILE to supplement salaries or furnish
another teacher from district funds for
| the regular term and then extend the
! term for the usual extension Of two
months, conceived the possibility of
opera ting the school with three teach
ters, which with an average of "a
would make an average of a little
more than 81 pupils to the teacher or
with the enrolment of 100 would make
the largest number at any one time
for any teacher 43.
| In consideration OF the exhausted f.
nances OF the district and further in
consideration of the fact that there
had been but one graduate from the
| twelfth grade for each of the last two
years, and considering the amount OF
money and expense Of carrying the
two last high school grades, also con-
but very limited library facilities and
no illustrative apparatus for the ad-
vanced grades. and further that it is
| the best judgment of practical school
men that a senior high school with
out sufficient teaching force and IL
Illustrative material, is in a large meas
ure a poor makeshift for a high school
OF the first rank; in consideration OF
these conditions IL was the judgment
of the school board that Dunnellon as
we'll some other places of the coun-
lty could work much more thoroughly
and satisfactorily a Junior high
ed 10 reduce the curriculum TO tina;
of a Junior or ten-grade school, where
the energies of the school could be
most economically and advantageous
lily exercised.
The superintendent recognized from
the beginning that the only difficulty
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-04-20
SAVED HIS MOTHERS LIFE

-Four doctors had given me up"
writes Mrs. Laura Gaines OF Avoca.
La, land my children and all my
friends were looking for me 10 die
when my son insisted that l use Elec-
trio Bitters. l did so. and they have
done me a world OF god. l will al
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Use them and gain new health, vigor
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-04-20

your pest. lou narp on iove so con-
stantly perchance honor is not enough
TO strengthen your arm against me"
a hiss of rage was his only answer.
ITO achievement, Knights. cried the
herald. Sound trumpets"'
As the blast rang out / turned my
horse, and the next moment the count
and We're rushing madly at each 9TH
er. In that instant my mind was
blank. Action had driven out even
the thought of fear. We met. His
lance shivered against my shield. a
blow which shook me, but did not
make me reel in the saddle. Either
my aim was untrue or he avoided the
blow, for my lance only glanced along
his armor, and / continued my rush
toward the opposite side of the lists.
Perhaps there was some surprise that
I was still in the saddle, a satisfac-
ton that the combat was not to be a
one sided affair. that If not all claim.
ed TO be was at least no craven car
pet knight. At any rate, a cheer rang
out. and felt encouraged
Turning, ] saw that the count had
DVCil SupplIcO Win oAokACi anu
was ready 10 charge again. There was
a moments pause; then the trumpets
sounded. and once more we rushed
upon each other. The spirit OF battle
was upon me. / had more confidence,
and l dug the spurs into my horse.
leaning forward to the charge.
| hardly knew what had happened.
brought as was to a sudden standstill
| by a blow which seemed to strike me
! full in the body. | reeled back ward.
/ but my horse, being thrown upon his
! launches, saved me, and with a
mighty effort l succeeded in keeping
| my seat As my horse struggled up
regained my full consciousness. to find
! Vasca's horse also struggling to his
/ feet, his rider still in the saddle. and
| to see that both our. lances were bro
ken short to the handle. My blow had
| been as fierce as bis. Victory was
with neither Of US yet.
A great roar Of applause arose
around US as we passed to opposite
sides of the lists
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-04-20
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering 1t
through the mucous surfaces. Such ar
ticles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is
tenfold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O.. contains no mercury, and is
taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine 1t is TAX
en- internally and made in Toledo, Ohio
by F. j. Cheney Co. Testimonials free
Sold by druggists. Price. IS cents
per bottle. Take Halls Family Pills
for constipation.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-04-20
MIDNIGHT IN THE OZARKS

And yet sleepless, Hiram Scranton OF
Clay City. Ill. coughed and coughed-
He was in the mountains. on the ad-
vice Of FIVE doctors. who said he had
but found no relief In
the climate and started home Hear
ing OF DR.. Kings New Discovery. he
began to use IT. 81 believe IL saved
my life" he writes. for IL made a new
man Of me. so that i can now do good
work again For all lung diseases.
coughs, colds, Ia grippe. asthma, hay
fever. Group. whoOping cough, hemor-
rhages. hoarseness or quinsy. IL Is the
best known remedy. Price, so cents
and 81 Trial bottles free Guaranteed
by Tydings & Company.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-04-20

strued TO mean that the person so vot-
ing Is in favor Of the city Of Ocala is
suing bonds TO the amount Of one hun
dred thousand dollars for the purpose
OF buying and equipping or construct
ing and equipping water works for
the said city of Ocala- The words
against bonds shall mean and be con-
strued to mean that the person so vot-
ing is opposed TO the city Of Ocala is
suing said bonds to the amount of one
hundred thousand dollars. IL a ma
jority OF the registered voters Of the
said city OF Ocala shall vote for bonds,
then bonds shall be issued. but IL a ma
jority of the registered voters OF the
said city Of Ocala shall not vote for
bonds. then no bonds shall be issued.
Sec T. If a majority OF the regis
tered voters of the said city OF Ocala
shall have voted for bonds. then the
mayor and city council shall cause
said bonds to be issued TO the amount
of one hundred thousand dollars Cor as
many thereof as may be necessary TO
carry out the purpose and intention Of
this ordinanceD OF the denomination OF
ten hundred dollars each and payable
in not less than ten nor more than
thirty years from the date the same
are issued
Sec. 5. When said bonds are SO is
sued the same shall be denominated
bonds for water works" and the words
bonds for water works" shall be
stamped on the face thereof; and said
bonds shall be applied TO no other
purpose or use than for the buying and
equipping or constructing and equip
ping Of water works for the said city
of Ocala-
Sec. 6. Said bonds so issued shall be
signed by the mayor and city clerk.
with interest coupons attached which
shall be signed By the city treasurer.
Sec. =. There shall be annually
sessed and collected upon the real and
personal property within the corpor-
ate limits OF the said city OF ocala a
tax TO pay the interest on all OF said
bonds so issued and also a tax TO form
a sinking fund for the payment OF the
principal OF said bonds 50 issued as
the same shall become due and pay
able
Sec. S. The amount OF said tax SO
collected each year shall be paid by
the city treasurer to the three per-
sons to be appointed by the governor
Of the state. as trustees of said bonds
and their successors in office
Sec 5. Such amount Of the bonds
80 issued and at such time and in
such manner as the city council shall
OF may provide. shall be sold by said
trustees Immediately upon receipt OF
3 same but not less than for par value
I thereof and they shall proceed to pay
V for the purchase OF construction and
equipping Of water works for the city
Z OF. Ocala from the proceeds thereof
J Introduced. placed on first reading
and referred TO the judiciary committee
March u, 1911.
1 Placed on second reading and adopt
. ed by sections April 4th, 1911.
Placed on third and final reading and
adopted April 4th. 1911 II c Jones.
President OF the City Council
E Approved by the mayor OF ocala this
April sth. 4. u. 1911.
J. ID. Robertson.
Mayor of the City of Ocala. Fla
Attest II. c. SIstrunk.
Clerk OF the City of Ocala-
Recorded in city ordinance book.
pages from Z to inclusive. April sth,
1911. III. c. SIstrunk. City Clerk
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-04-20

TO THE EAST
THE PALMETTO LIMITED
FLORIDA AND WEST INDIA LTD.
NEW YORK x FLORIDA SPECIAL.
THE COAST LINE FLORIDA MAIL
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-04-20
DYSPEPSIA

Having taken your wonderful Casca-
rets' for three months and being entirely
cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia,
'Cascarets' for their wonderful compost
ton. I have taken numerous other 90
called remedies out without avail, and
find that Cascarets relieve more In a day
than all the others have taken would in
year" James McGune,
IoS Mercer ST., Jersey City. N. ].
Pleasant Palatable, Potent. Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe.
l0c sc, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gen
uine tablet stamped &C G. GuArAnteed 10
cure or your mooey back. I'D
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L. ALEXANDER
PRACTICAL
CARPENTER AND BUILDER

Careful Estimates Made on All Con-
tract Work. Gives more and better
work for the money than any other
contractor in town.
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a
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JOSEPHS ACADEMY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27


We have often been asked the
meaning of watch on shipboard
and for the benefit of any who wish
to know, we give the following ex-
planation:
A watch is a division of the crew
into two sections, called the port and
starboard watches, for the reason
that one occupies the port side of the
focsle (forecastle) and the other
the starboard. The reason of the
division is that one set of men may
have charge Of the vessel while the
others rest. The day and night are
divided into watches of four hours
each, except the period from 4 to s
p. M, which is divided into two.
dog-watches of two hours duration
each. The object Of the dog-watches
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27


In expressing his opinion in re-
gard to the freedom of the press,
Hume said: The liberties of the
press and the liberties of the people
must stand or fall together truth
which is fully recognized in free
countries such as England and the
United States. In these countries
even the license of the press is per-
mitted to go unheeded, SO sacred is
this engine Of civilization, enlight-
eminent and truth held by legislators.
Free institutions must rest on free
discussion from the platform and in
the press. The existence Of despot-
ism, on the contrary, depends upon
the suppression of both. Absolute
governments wage continual war
fare on the press, fearing the light
and counting the darkness as their
shield
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

For the benefit and entertainment
of our many readers we have decid-
ed to devote a column, each week
to queries, conundrums, puzzles,
ETC., and it will be open to all who
care to make use of it. As a prepar-
atory measure we have procured,
first and foremost, baseball guide
of the year 1902, (note the p; an
unabridged dictionary; a world al
manac; cyclopedia of facts and
fancies; book containing the Nor
mon creede, including the main at
library, consisting Of 81 volumes.
price 1898, and numerous other
paraphernalia. The reader will. no
doubt, gather from the foregoing
that we are amply prepared. To
start the log a-rolling we will ask
someone to answer the only ques-
ton which has, SO far, stumped u.s.:
Who was the man who said that
Stone walls do not prison make?''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

. man in prison for . crime COM
mitted is for the purpose Of refor-
nation. The sending Of q man to
prison on the indeterminate plan
meansthat prisoner may work out
his own salvation. All men con-
victed are not absolutely bad. There
is good in everybody, more in some
than others, but in most cases it
comes to the surface and predomi-
mates after a few years Of confne-
ment. Then is the time to give the
man who has erred chance to
make good. Saltwater Gazette.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27
blue Devils

When you find yourself in the
possession of sundry blue devils,
proceed to out-devil them. If they
would have you go mile go two
miles. Put your will into it and
see how blue you can be. Pretend
you are a bluer blooded aristocrat
than any of those that have come to
visit. Be polite to them and let
them entertain you. Do anything
they bid you do. Sit down and
mourn and wall to their hearts con-
tent. Berate everything and every
body. just try it. Blue devils are
such contrary imps that they never
stay long where they are well treated.
Their good mission is to torment.
A hearty welcome sends them flying.
Elizabeth Towne in August Nau-
titus.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27


A FEW more wee ks of hot
weather and we shall revel in cool
nights, alternating with sunshiney
days. Now, existence on the whole.
is rather miserable; exertion of any
kind, excruciating; thoughts a tor
ture, and comfort out of the ques-
ton. unless your position enables
you to relinquish all exertion and
seek the coolest hooks on the face
OF the globe. An enviable person
is he who has liberty, time and mon
ey and can shape his own course to
the seashore OF the mountains, where
the .breezes even, in mid summer are
delightfully."- cool. Since We possess
neither of the three essential re-
qulrements we must be content to
toll perspiringly at the editorial oar,
grumbling little, Cat the weather.
but looking forward to autumn and
winter for relief.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

Go awaiting every day. In your
mind. Go higher than the worlds
record for fight, Into the realm Of
pure spirit. Rest there. Let your
mind play there. Be one with The
One. Be absolute with the absolute.
Be infinite with the infinite. Look
out across eternity. Look down
and smile at the little worlds whirl-
ing. Listen to birds and whisper
ing trees. Be one in thought with
AH-Life, All-Wisdom, All Power,
All-Presence, All-Being. You will
come back to your world inspired
with new wisdom, new power, new
joy for your work. Elizabeth Tow
ne in August Nautilus.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

is to prevent the same men being al
ways on duty at the same hours.
There are eight bells to each watch.
For instance: the watch on duty
from 8 a. M. to II M, would be
relieved at s bells or ~ o'clock.
Half past twelve would be | bell;
i p. M, would be 2 bells; and SO on
until 4 p. M, or s bells, when the
watches again change.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

The Oldest newspaper in h e
world is said to be the British Press,
which was first issued in 1862 and
b 8 recently celebrated it's 249th
birthday. Three years later the Lon
don Gazette appeared, being pub
lished at Oxford on account of the
plague in London.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

stormy weather off the cape of Good
Hope, and thought to forebode bad
luck. The legend is that it was
a vessel laden with precious metal.
but a murder having been COM
mitted on board, the plague broke
out among the crew, and no port
would allow the ship to enter, SO
that it was doomed to float about
like ghost, and never to enjoy rest.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27
The Narket-place

There strobe Bedouin through the market-place,
frown like some archangels on his face,
And as the merchants spread their richest ware,
Their silver woofs and gold, their jeweed lace,
Their gems of Samarkand and perfumes rare,
He cried them Off. i seek gift more fine
All these Maisuna hath and still doth pine"
Thnn ruhisnnrAd ii ssarte from afeee-e.
Yet since no trinket, pearl vesture seems
Of worth to her whom thou dost hold most dear
know HARDLY little booth of dreams
Wherein gentle scribe of Persia writes
Such fond gAasaA as bring the heart delights
In vain were gilt and santald case unroled:
Songs like to these she hath in heaps untold
What ho!-some witch, some scholar from the East.
With spells for sale for good Tunisian gold!"
Then at his cloak plucked Ishmael the priest
And whispered Lay beneath her feet thy pride:
lis with the meek of heart that love and Allah bde
Thomas Walsh
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

ONE often hears the expression:
Wait for the wagon" Yes, pass
the flower of lifetime in waiting
for it, and it is ten to one that it
will pass you with a disdainful
creakjng of its broad-tired wheels
when you want to take ride.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

IT seems wonderful that anybody
should shuttle off this mortal coil
nowadays. One has only to look
into the advertising pages of the va
rious publications to see specific
for every ill that flesh is heir to.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

we're abandoned By the unfortunate
men and women incarcerated within
their walls. Discipline was enforced
by lash, by shower, by solitary con-
fnement in dark cells, and other in
human ingenuities. The individual
became number a unit-in a line
Of shutting prisoners who were con-
demned to live in dark, unventilated
holes by courtesy called cells. In
nearly all prison buildings, the walls
of these cells were damp and nm
wholesome, exuding foul odor that
told a story of years Of unsanitation.
The high, grated windows on the
corridors were SO arranged as to
prevent any ray Of health-giving
sunlight from reaching the interior
of these cells; and no green, grow
ing plant or tree could ever be seen
to relieve in a measure the endless
monotony Of prison life.
On Christmas Day, in the year
1921, at Auburn Prison, eighty three
men were condemned to silence,
idleness and solitary confinement.
In less than year five of the eighty
three were dead, one had become
an idiot, and the remainder were
pitifully pleading for work. Not
until four years later did the public
come to realization of its folly and
cruelty and recommended i'll the
State Assembly that prisoners should
be kept at work for their own health
and the public welfare. In these
old-time dungeons there was no
classification of the inmates, the un-
fortunate were associated with the
depraved, the weak with the vicious.
The discipline was farce Of justice;
i the personnel Of the officials then,
as now in many instances, the spoil
of each successive political admin
istration.
j Human beings emerged from these
corrals of crime brutalized by a life
within prison walls that pandered
only to the lowest instincts within
their natures.
i Much has been done to remedy
these intolerable conditions, but pro-
gress has been given SO slow that
we still need more than one Gals
worthy to point with accusing finger
and ask, What shall we do with
Eour prisons?" The reformation Of
offenders is possible only when the
entire gamut of individuality is
freed to expression as unified
whole. Restrict the activities of a
prisoner to monotone-a dead
level of feeling and expression and
the result is an abnormal condition
that balks all efforts at reformation.
The old prison regime was based on
the erroneous assumption that penal
discipline had to deal with an alb
straction called crime, not with hui
man beings, and thus reduced life
to this dead level. It had the same
effect upon the character that cover
ing the pores of the skin with paint
has upon the body. It killed aspi-
ration and hope by restricting the
normal activities of the human mind.
From Thu Care Of Women in
State Prisons" by Jeanne Robert.
in the American Review of Reviews
| for July.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27
Evils Of the Old Prison Regime

Over the doors of the old state
prisons should have been Inscribed
the words Abandon hope all ye.
who enter here Not hope alone
but also self-respect and decency
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27
EDITORIAL REMARKS.

IF it is true that man is the master
OF his own destiny how comes it
that some seven hundred masters
have met a destiny here which they
are unable to master?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

WE don't understand that legal
punishment calls for revenge or pub
lie vengeance, as that is degrading
as well as brutal. The combining of