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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05
WIFE TAMES SPOUSE
ReIpmeet of Oregonian Shows
How 1t Is Done.
Mrs. Nellie Brewster Arrests Run
away and Brings His Waitress
Friend to Prison So She Can
See Him Incarcerated.

Portland, Ore.-"Here's a man for
whom for two weeks you've had a
warrant for non-support- Put him in
Jail" commanded Mrs. Nellie Brew
ster, marching into the sheriff's Office
with her husband, Ben Brewster in
tow. Il found him mighty quick when
I made up my mind to go after him
myself"
Brewster was taken to the seventh
floor of the courthouse and locked up.
As soon as she had satisfied herself
that he was safely incarcerated Mrs.
brewster turned on her heel and
walked down town again. She went
directly to a restaurant in which is
employed the young woman she
charges with having stolen her hus-
bands affections
Put on your hat and come with
me. | want to show you where I put
your sweetheart" the wife ordered.
The waitress protested. but all in
vain. Mrs. Brewster threatened TO
make scene in the establishment
and the waitress, fearful of losing her
job, went along. Up to the court
house they travelled and straight to
the seventh floor
Look at him. He's there in jail
I just brought you up so that you
would know first hand where he was
and not miss him tonight" Mrs.
Brewster flung in the teeth of her
rival. He's ruined my life, but he
is the father of my two babies. You
say he has ruined your life. All right.
you may be fooling me- but I'll take
your word for it. You may CO."
Mrs. Brewster refused the request
of the waitress to be allowed to speak
to the man in the case. She escort
ed her husbands waitress friend to
the door of the courthouse. where they
parted
''On the way up from the room
where / found them together Ben
was smoking a cigarette" said Mrs.
Brewster in county court when her
husband was before Judge Cleeton.
81 ordered him to throw it away, and
he did it after had told him that he
was breaking the hearts of his father
and mother and that he had no re-
L
Ben. maybe this will be the last two
blocks you will ever walk with ME in
your life, but you're going to respect
me fer as long as it takes US to walk
1t. Throw that cigarette away
Judge Cleeton postponed the hear
ing after informing Brewster that he
would require him to put up a bond
for $500 to guarantee the payment of
eight dollars a week to his wife and
babies. the younger of whom is just
four months old.
you may go back to your mother
at Umatilla. There is no necessity
of your staying and adding to your
expense. Your husband Mas practical
ly pleaded guilty" the judge said to
] Mrs. Brewster.
mo. sir; am going to stay here
J and see this thing through. I want
/ to make sure that it is done right. I
want to teach him lesson that he'll
/ promised his mother that / would al
ways do my best TO KEEP him straight,
returned the woman.
Get a divorce from him? And
give him chance to marry that other
girl and probably go to the devil en-.
tirely? I should say not" Mrs. Brew.
ster said in answer to a question
'He can't get. q divorce from me. and
won't give him the satisfaction OF
getting one from him. Resides, 1 dc
not believe in divorce"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05
At 90 Is a Stole.

Seattle, Wash.-Thomas a. Wardall,
9S years of age. refused to be placed
under an anaesthetic at a local hos
pital when doctors were ready to pro-
coed with an operation for internal
trouble Il don't need it. I'm still young
enough to stand the operation" the
brave nonogenarian told the surgeons.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05
Kills Himself When He Is Sentence

San Luis Obispo, Cal-When a SEN
tence of twelve years for robbery was
imposed on Jack Darby at San Luis
Obispo. Cal, this week. he slashed
his throat with a clasp knife and died
In the court room.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05
OCALA LODGE NO cS6. b. p. o. E..

Ocala Lodge No. 2s6, Benevolent and
Protective Order Of EIks, meets the
second and fourth Tuesday evenings in
each month. Visiting brethren always
welcome. Howell VI. Hampton, z. r.
Joseph Bell. Secretary Ad
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05
ODD FELLOWS

Tulula Lodge No. %, Independent
Order Of Odd Fellows, meets every
Tuesday evening. at $50 o'clock in
Yonge's hall, Fort King avenue. Visit
ors in the city invited to be with US.
A. NJ. Lansford, y. G.
w. l. Colbert, Secretary. Ad.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05
wOODMEN OF THE WORLD

Fort King Camp, No. II, Woodmen
Of the World, Will hold their next reg
uIar meeting FRIDAY evening, Oct II.
at Yonge's Hall Every member Is
urged 20 be present and visitors al
ways welcome. 3. y. Dosh, c. c.
c X sage. Clerk. AID.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Ocala Lodge No. 70. Conventions
held every Monday a. $50 p. n. a.
Castle Hall, over Peyser's Carlisle
drugstore. A cordial welcome TO visit
ing brothers. F. E. Wetherbee, c. c.
Chas. X. SAGE. X r. :. Al.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-05

Concordia Lodge, Fraternal Union of
America, meets in Yonge's Hall on the
second Thursday evening of each
month. Geo. l. Taylor, F. NJ
Chas. K. Sage, Secretary. Adj
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
posTOTFTCE PROBLEMS.

In his message 10 Congress transmitting the
report of the PostmasterGeneral and that of the
Commission on Second Glass Mail Matter Mr..
Taft calls attention to the remarkable results
II efficiency in the postal service, the spread o.
postal savings banks, recommends the estab'
lishmeht-of a parcels post, to be inaugurated on
rural free delivery lines, disagrees with Mr..
Hitchcock's recommendation of government
ownership of telegraph systems, and advises an
increase In second class mail rates from one
10 two cents per pound
At the end of the fiscal year ending June 80.
1911, the long standing deficit in the postoffict
department gave way to surplus OF s2l9.11s.l2,
and this despite general extension Of the sys-
tern, increases In the number OF employees. and
higher salary schedules. In two years de-
felt of $17,473 .77o:47 had been wiped out a
most encouraging sign OF the new regime OF
business adminietr alton OF the government,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
REV. LUKE WHITE
DOING FINE WORK

The Rev. Luke Mathew White. SON.
in law of Bishop Tucker. of the South
ern diocese Of Virginia. Is evidently
doing fine work Mt ST. Marks. Shreve-
port. La. accordi- g to special CORES
'pondence from that place In the cur-
rent issue Of the Southern Churchman.
A mems club has recently been or
ganized and new organ installed
The instrument Is said To be costly and
beautiful.
When he married the Bishop's
daughter seven years age, soon after
his graduation from the seminary. DR..
White was assigned to the same
charge In King George county. which
was held by his father-in-law when In
first entered upon his ministerial
duties forty years previously. On 40.
count OF i'll health. however. DR.. White
was transferred to Pulaski in the
mountain section Of the State. Later.
he accepted the call to Shreveport
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

is in the marriage ceremony for the wife--and
nowhere else
The Richmond bride referred to knew this,
as all women know It, by instinct, training and
observation. Did she accept In practice a mas
tership denied in form? She did not. Not even
to so ancient and honorable sacrament as that
OF marriage would she lend her modern counte-
nance. Divided between the tug of church and
that CT woman's rights she went to the great
day In a woman's life with head high and ban
ner flung to the b. eeze.
To spirit such this one thing only remains
before final conquest: that the woman about to
be married shall not only refuse to promise
to obey, but, by reversing the formula, incor-
porate obedience the solemn oath and dec
laration Of the husband.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

upon which Mr. Taft has been working ever
since he took Office IL such results can be
shown In one department. II needs only that
the annual saving In expense to amount to
hundreds of millions Of dollars.
In opposing Mr.. Hitchcock's recommendation
as TO teleg aph lines, the President takes the
ground that such action would be against public
policy as tending 10 greatly increase the num-
Der of public servants, without 1t appearing
that there would follow the increased efficiency
and smaller cost to the public which alone
would justify such departure. Holding such
an opinion, his recommendation of a parcels
post cal RIGS the clear inference that the present
express business of the country is being used as
the engine OF extortion. With respect to inter.
state business of distinctly public or quasi
public character the suggestion OF the message
is that such business generally will avoid being
taken over by the government only SO long as,
under pl vate management, 1t exercises its
practical monopoly for the public good. Hands
off of such agencies by the government is no
longer a matter of principle, but expediency. In
spite of the implied threat, such warning
would seem both timely and salutary
We doubt that the country will take kindly
to the proposed increase in the rate Of second
class matter, though 1t be true 1t is handled
at cost several times greater than the revenue
it produces Second class mail rat are based
upon the theory that the government owes the
people the duty Of aiding far as possible the
dissemination Of information among them. Mr..
Taft notes this truth, but replies that periodi
Gals and newspapers which once needed this
sort of subsidy in the aid of popular education
are now so prosperous to oe longer en-
parently forgets that the majority of papers
which carry real and intimate Information TO
the people are not prosperous. The papers OF
the cities would In many cases not sci iously
feel the hundred per cent. increase In their
pound rates. the hundreds on hundreds of small
country journals, the text books of the masses
Information, would on The other hand be
seriously hampered or absolutely destroyed.
There is decided room In the adjustment or
second class rates to exempt from the increase
legitimate papers and periodicals of a certa.n
circulation. or certain income and profit ex-
ceptions which, under the provisions of the
corporation tax are easily dscoverabe, and
which would be automatically applied In case
a new and graduated rate should be established.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
CONGRATULATIONS.

We congratulate every of the sixty-two
members of the House of Delegates whose votes
yesterday contributed to the initial triumph OF
the Jordan Enabling Act. They represent in
the truest sense a vast constituency who win
applaud them and their action as giving effect
To majority sentiment that could not otherwise
have made itself felt.
Especially to be commended is that small
body of leaders on whom the brunt of a long
fight fell heaviest Mr. Jordan. the patron Of
the measure. Speaker Byrd. the Trainer of the
legislation which has made possible the ad
vance of the temperance cause by the good
example of its operation Mr.. Williams, whose
logic and eloquence shone so conspicuously in
debate and Mr. Throckmorton of Henrico, who
a MAJ. deeply interested in Richmond mega
lived the assertion that the sentiment of this
community is overwhelmingly wet These men
faced the enemy and led the victory. They were
tireless, enthusiastic, and effective They de-
serve the thanks and congratulations of the
army of those in Virginia who have the moral
interest of the State at heart.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
Lady Pamela Dishonorable Deed

and she went with him. Five years
later, whca Carstairs had come into
money ana ntfe. and Bewshsr had
well---shot himnef in the Casino
Gardens. met Cynthia.
From beautiful girl she had
grown into beautiful woman. she
had two darling boys and was a.
happy AZ 1t woman can be- I invited
her down TO LImlcy Court.
''One evening she showed me =
visiting card. It was one OF my own.
and on It was written the name Car
stairs II was the card she had
drawn on the evening of the ball She
told me she treasured IT IN her most
priceless possession. and--and this.
Helen. Is the other.
II see." l said. 1.-The other. IN which
you had written the name OF Major
Bewsher."
No." said Lady Pamela quietly.
ION which I had also written the
name of Lieutenant Carstairs-'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
REV. MR.. LA MOTHE
WELL KNOWN HERE

The Rev. John D. La Mothe. rector
OF St. Paul's Episcopal church. New
Orleans. who has been called to hiss
toric St Johns. Hampton. Va. to sue.
coed the Rev. Reverdy Estili. who
dropped dead last spring while prs
pairing to hold srevice. Il well known
in this diocese and has number Of
acquaintances In Richmond.
Graduating from the TheoloGtcal
Seminary, near Alexander. In 1894, Mr..
La Motha's first charge was Shell
bourne parish, Leesburg, Va Later.
he served a. assistant and associate
rector at Epiphany. Washington. q.
G. He now has tho cali to Hampton
under consideration and will likely
reach a deeiaien sAortiy, s NH: ,,.ss
Hts present charge u one Vt the
weaithiast and most prosperous in the
Crescent City.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
N.RAYING THE GREAT.

There is peculiar sort of genius which finds
its exercise in putting the pleasant fiction to
the. acid test Of sordd fact and IN resolving
the gentle hypocrisy into the rude and naked
truth. We all Of lis so accustomed to n
species of drapery with which orthodox de-
usions and respected pei sons shrouded that
the ordinary mind is In a state of coma which
refuses TO see either the demonstration of the
one or the skeleton OF the other. Rouse
.Marse Henry" Watterson, and you set ~rexela-
tion OF shlines which Is like an X-ray ex.
position of bare bones.
Take that dignity which doth hedge a king
or, to be explicit, that aloofness from
the mass with which d republic delights to
decorate the man who can with reason aspire
to the kingly functions OF President. With
what careful blindness do we back him in his
protestation OF principle. With what fe,vor do
we swallow his ptatitudes. With what accom-
modating innocence do accept the dummy
of the platform as the measure of the mar
All this is good for patriotism, 1t Ia the stun
out of which popular ideals created. Ii
matters not bit that the frock coat GOV. rs
shil tsloeves and that, once off parade, patent
leather shoes give way to house slippers. We
wish our statesmen to adopt the uncomfortable
pose of infallibilty. 1t shocks us. more than
1t possibly can them, when some coarse and
brutal mind leaves them shivering uncovered
before gaze which has nothing to deceive II.
But hear watterson. on candidates and dele
gates:
Delegates to convention, let me observe by
way of preface. do not shape themselves all
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
MARRIAGE AND OBEDIENCE.

A Richmond suffragette has just sacrificed the
sentiment attaching to marriage under the
1 tsrras 81 lsss .esen .eauroi baeaase- the .eeFc.
mony contained The word obey"
The circumstance goes far toward illustrating
the passion with which women who desire the
ballot invest their cause Not by jot nor title
will they yield even the sembance Of inferiorty
To the species niala Even when the substance
Hes fair before them, they chatter for the form.
ture of love and scorn with witch the bride
In this case must have contemplated her future
husband.
OF course It really ves all matter IT Gus.
tor In ninety aud nine marriages out % a
fpndred. the obedience, far IL exists, Is
by the husband and to the wife. The declara-
ton Of the marriage ceremony Ia no more than
the formal courtesy which the woman makes to
the empty pretension of the man. Immediately
thereafter begins the inauguration Of the true
status OF the marital relation. The captain OF
the house takes hold. The captive Of duty bends
the rice has been swept off the pavement. the re-
pcently created lord OF woman has COM
meneed 10 wonder how much she knows. and
how far he can 90. That men obey their wives is
best ps owed by the pains they take to secretly
disobey them. How many wives. think you,
stcop to the manly excuses that go to shield
manly pleasures and indulgencies? How many
wives, impressed with the guilt Of having done
something without asking. hurry themselves
INTO yoluble explanation? No. the word "obey'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
ANNOUNCE RECTORS
FOR LENTEN SERVICE

At the union services IN Holy Trim.
ity church. Richmond. on the Wednes-
day afternoons IN Lent. the specjof
preachers VIII - IN Follows: n Al
February 2S-The Rev. r. p. nans
bridge. rector Of st. Paul's church.
Petersburg, Va.
March 6-The Rt Rev. A. ~. RAa-
dolph. D. D.. Bishop Of Southern sylr-.
xinia.
March 1.-THE Rev. Pembroke w.
Reed. rector OF st. Johns church.
Petersburg. VI.
March 20--Ths Rev. J. Henning
Nelms. rector Of Ascension parish.
washington. p. g
March 27-The Rev. D. W. Howard.
rector OF St.. sLuke's church. Norfolk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
AN END TO EoUIvoCATION.

BY the decisive vote of CO to 30 Counting
day passed the Jordan Enabling Act thereby
more tEan iustifying the faith which the tenn
abundautly meeting the expectations OF the peo-
pie from whom they freshly come and fully rep
resent
This result after weeks and days of
patient but determined waiting 1t represented
an unaiterable resolution TO reflect the we'll
known sentjr mt of q majority If the people
adroit legislative strategy that could be bent to
the purpose OF embarrassment and delay. 1t
followed Misrepresentation. Indifferent effort at
coercion. hattery and cajolery. IL denied
sreeioas argument and confusing Collateral con-
teftion. II stood for the peiformance OF the
highest duty legislative body can perform the
yoicing through legal statute OF the popular de-
mand
The deck having been thus cleared in the
Hon. the action now shifts to the Senate Be.
fore the higher body the bill will come with the
splendid endorsement given 1t by the House. 1t
will come with the prestige attaching to a
measure which rndubftabIy speaks the desire
and demand of the people whom the Senate. as
well the House, represents Under such cir
cumstances 1t depends upon the Senate to
examine it's own mind and the purpose with
which 1t was sent by the votes of it's con-
stituents to compose the highest legislative body
In the State
What will the Senate say to measure that
sriumphantly passed by the House. comes to 1t,
as 1t were. fresh from the soil of tho peoples
will?
What will those senator's especially who
come from districts In which the sentiment has
already expressed itself against tho sale OF
liquor. say 10 proposition which they know
expresses the hope and appeal of majority OF
the voters by whom they have been honored
and by a majority of the people of the whole
State by whom both the Senate and the House
have. their being?
What will the Senate say 10 the opportunity
ment In death erapplo with the growing curse
Of strong drink
VIII Ii avail itself of that opportunity? Or
Will 1t take the responsibility of the aiterna-
tive and deny hope trembling the brink
Of realization?
AT last the liquor problem In Virginia has
reached the point where the Legislature comes
to the necessity Of giving categorical answer to
its affiliation There is no longer opportunity
for evasion for delay. for substitution. The an
swer must be clear and unequivocal. The House
has spoken. The Senate must now speak.
How an obligation OF such importance is met
depends now solely upon what the Senate says.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23
RUSH WORK ON
CHURCH ANNEX.

(SpActal to Tho Rick msnd virginian.)
FREDERICKSBURG. Feb. La
meeting ~ the building committee q
tho Be1tist church. NJ \ has charge
Oe the improvements 70 be made an
the church. heId Monday NIGHT Cal.
r. p. Cole. chairman. presiding. cloo-
"a the contract with p. q. HefIin ana
oomrIssion ~ ~ Y ~ rsc s.
3S6 for building the annex ana el.01n
for the improvements IL b. made. i
subcommittee. compoee0 Of Col. "A. h,
Coils. Neesrs. ~. q. Willis ana VI. L
Chesiey. was ~-notntAd % UupofvioS
tho work and IL NJ main come
mittee when nA0elAlx.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

ways and wholly out of the insubstanlal vapors
not the Offspring Of nebulous conditions de-
scending from heaven. Agitation Is essentlaI
to organization. and both require money II
is sordid fact It Is discreditable but recog-
nized method Taking hint from the prize
ring and the stage presidential candidates. ike
pugs and prir1a donnas. have latterly had their
literary bureau. their advance agents and their
publicity promoters. Too many Of them have
had their stunts of political advertisement and
personal exploitation.
This, of cou. se is anent the Watterson coi-
troversy with Woodrow Wilson. That 1t is just
not only of Or. Wilson, but of all candidates
who are of sufficient Importance to get beyond
the point where they are mentioned COM
mon honesty cannot gainsay. No pug" Or
vaudeville actress looks more closely to what
the press agent may get off" than do the man.
ayers Of men who are playing, not to an enter
tainment at 80 much head, but to a people with
the suffrage in their possession. No story IL
too trivial but it has it's value. No "reminiscences
only it serve to celebrate the name in
printers ink. No opportunity to pose Is too
remote to be consider ed. No chance OF creating
a sensation for the front page ever presents
ITSELF that 1t is not seized on with the avidity
of pike going after ducklng. The presi-
Dental candidate may hays originally taken the
hint from the prize ring and the stage, but he
has used the suggestion to develop special
science That prima donna who could today
create the system OF publicity which is the
stock in trade of even an Indifferent candi
date could well afford to burst her larynx for
her profits
We consider. however that Colonel Waiter
son has not done well TO force upon realiza-
ton a thing already known. but carefully blink
ed. Great" men have a habit Of shrinking a.
we approach them. One of the reasons of
this country's soidity is the combination of
familiarity and fable which marks the popular
conception OF the countrys rulers. When a
blow s struck at a sort of -hypnotism that
is no less than patriotism aforethought dreams
of more value than any mans candidacy fol-
low their inspiration to the scrap heap.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

1t Is to be hoped that the high honor of being
included in the membership of the Supreme
Court will suffice to compensate Judge Pitney
for the intimation that he was the only man
in the country who had done little that
nobody could be dspleased with him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

Mr. Shuster was wise to get home before &C.
cusing England OF cowardice in the Persian
troubles. Mr.. Shustsr may be brave himself.
but he has evidently learned the value OF dis
erection.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

When Hobson submitted to arbitration OF the
differences between himself and Mr.. Hay, tho
last hope of the war party vanished into thin
peace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

George Washington is said to have been a
distiler of brandy, but his wreath decked statue
seemed to smile yesterday when the House filed
out after having voted to abolish the sale and
manufacture Of liquor In Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

English woman in a hobble skirt attempted
to go stiIe, pushed her leg through the
dress broke 1t and died as a result A tragedy
of stylish concentration.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

Girls who committed arson for the purpose Of
getting in a reform school were certainly fired
with ambition
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-23

The Brandt case now seems to have reached
the point where everybody wants to turn loose
and nobody is able to.