The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-07
MARTEL

MarteL Aug. 7-Mr. W. B. Johnson
left for his home in Atlanta last sun
day.
-.iss Davis, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. ]. 4. Hicks, returned
TO her home near White Springs last
Saturday.
We believe the editorial in a recent
tissue of the Star regarding the poor
mail service on the Homosassa-O cala
division of the 4. c. L. met with the
hearty approval of every resident on
this line, as il hit the nail squarely on
the head. We had been intending to
write something about it in these
items, which probably would not have
been clothed in quite such mild Ian
guage as used by the editor. How
ever, We will let it go at that for the
present and in the meantime hope
that other towns along the line will
get busy and see if we cannot get a
square deal
| Mr.. Jack Sims of Port Inglis, one of
our former residents, was a business
caller here the fore part of the week.
Martel has long been noted for its
social functions, the most of which
have been engineered by the fairer
/ sex of our town, but it remained for
our respected citizens, Messrs. ]. r.
| Warren and B. B. Register, to digress
from the long established rules of So
ciety and really and truly entertain
some OF their friends last Friday eve
ming. This party which was composed
exclusively of mere men," was held
at the home of Mr.. Register, who is
keeping bachelors hall during the alb
sence of his better half. who is visit
ing relatives in Georgia. The only
guests invited were members of the
Masonic order and as the writer has
not as yet reached this high pinnacle
of manhood, We were not present on
this suspicious occasion and conse-
quently have to rely upon hearsay
for what took place there, but we be-
lieve the question under discussion
was something ike Our rights as
poor henpecked husbands and dare we
assert them?" The subject of the
founding of the great Masonic order
for the purpose of solving this mo-
mentous problem was discussed pro
and con and some resolutions adopted
that is hoped will materially aid in the
emancipation of man from his thrall-
dom of slavery. The writer as a man
of a family deeply appreciates the eff
fort of this noble order in this direc-
ton and trusts that at some future
time he may reach that standard of
perfection necessary to become a MEM
Der and pledges his support and CO.
operation in the great work At a
late hour the hosts of the evening con-
Quoted their guests into the dining
room and seated them at a long table
covered with snowy white spread
md t1r- H.
delicious ice cream and other edibles
all of which had been prepared by
their own brawny hands in a way that
would have done justice to the most
expert hostess. This part of the eve
ming proved an inspiration for those
present, as they were impressed with
the absurdity of the Masonic motto Gas
we are not a Mason there can be no
harm in exposing one of their secrets)
that woman is a necessary evil" as
it was conclusively proven that she is
an article of furniture that could be
dispensed with, and all left feeling
that the time had now arrived to come
out squarely and assert their indie
pendence.
| Mrs. Hanson Connor of Ludawissa
Ga, the widowed sister of Mrs. T. f
Sullivan, is to spend month or SO
with the Sullivans
| Rev. w. F. Allen and family were in
Martel a few hours last Wednesday
en- route to Georgia and North Caro-
lima.
Mr.. b. G. Lakes father and mother
who have been spending a few weeks
in Martel, returned to their home ir
Jacksonville last Friday.
Mrs. H. w. Long is spending the
week in Jacksonville with relatives