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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
BROKEN DOWN BY
SLUMP IN BUSINESS
Roess Lumber Company Has Made an
Assignment for Benefit of
Its Creditors

News was received in this city to-
day that an involuntary petition in
bankruptcy had been filled on the
18th Saturday, against the Roess
Lumber Company, incorporated in
this city. but with Offices in Tampa.
1t is charged IN the petition that the
company has made a general assign
ment for the benefit of it's creditors
and that Mr.. d. U. McGinnis was
named as assignee. When the pro-
ceedings were instituted, the officers
Of the company admitted that the as
signment had been made and that
the company's liabilities were great
~ in excess of it's assets. The offie-
ers hope to get the business Of the
company arranged in short time,
make some satisfactory arrangement
with its creditors and continue bust
ness.
No statement has been made so
far of the actual amount of the liza
bilities and assets, but a schedule
twill doubtless be filed in a few days.
| Among the company's assets are
the big brick manufacturing plant at
Whitney, shingle mill at Lochloosa,
| big brick dry kiln at Branford, a
| half interest in a saw mill location
and mills at Trilby, some timber
lands at Tampa, ETC., together with
accounts and bills receivable. The
| liabilities are mostly for lumber
i purchased from other manufacture
ers, as the company was primarily a
I-of business on a very extensive
scale.
! The Roess Lumber Company was
organized in this city in 1908. Mr..
NJ. j. Roess is the president, Mr.. C.
| L. Anderson vice-president, Mr.. C.
C. Bailey secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. Roess is the principal stock hold
err
The company moved it's Offices to
Tampa on the first of this year The
jfbad condition of the lumber market,
low prices and little demand, back
ward collections and the general
tightness of the money market has
combined to bring on the company s
embarrassment.
The big lumber companies of this
section have been peculiarly unfor-
/ tunate and three of them have fail
ed during the past eighteen months
Mr.. Roess and his associates have
many friends here who will be very
sorry to learn that they have gotten
into difficulties with their. financies
and hope that the companies affairs
can be arranged and business continu-
II ed,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
ARDEN FIGS

Arden figs in any quantity 10
cents per quart. Phone log.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
CIVIC UGLINESS A LIABILITY
Communities Are Now Generally
Awake to the Fact That Attrac-
tlveness Is an Asset

Practically every community is now
awake to the Importance of some un-
usual and generally hitherto unknown
move looking to civic identifying. 1t
is well that special stimulus in this
work occasionally comes to us, for the
results are often, in some cases, and
always in others, of permanent bene-
mt. Many private grounds and some
whole cities or communities will never
again drop back to the ranks of the
uncared-for.
1t must be Impressed upon all cen
tiers of population, SO far as is pos
sible, that civic ugliness is a liability
just as much as civic beauty is an
asset and that the public suffers or
enjoys just in proportion to the neg
lect or the care manifested in neigh
borhood surroundings. Slovenly munic-
ipal housekeeping is reflection upon
the general public, even upon the one
whose private premises are above re-
proach, for even though the individual
qualities as neat and clearly in the
care of his home grounds, his efforts
may be without effect or influence ex-
of all, ever insistent upon a high local
standard of civic beauty.
Cities and towns should keep clean
streets, sidewalks, vacant lots, school
grounds, etc.; various organizations
should look to churchyards, GENE
teries, clubhouse grounds and all COM
munity or sectional properties. In
dividuals should not only clean and
beautify their own premises, but strive
with their neighbors, both individu-
ally and collectively, toward the ac-
complishment of like results. All
should mend. paint, plant. rake and
sweep, both publicly and privately, for
rest assured that none labor in vain
| who serve the cause Alright. Some or
ganization will be necessary, for zeal
Gus, energetic cooperation is needed
for the successful prosecution of all
civic Improvement.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
sEABoARD AIR LINE SCHEDULE
Southbound

No. /, local leaves Jacksonville
$3.50 D. M; arrives Ocala lao a
H.; arrives Tampa $50 a. N.
No. local leaves Jacksonville
a:30 a. M; arrives ocala 1908 p. M;
arrives Tampa 5:40 p. m.
No. limited leaves Jacksonville
1880 a. M; arrives Ocala 1880 p
H.; arrives Tampa 6 p. m.
NorthbOund
No. 2. local leaves Tampa 9 p. m;
arrives Ocala 2:30 a. m; arrive.
Jacksonville 6:45 a. n.
No. local leaves Tampa 9 a. m;
arrives Ocala 1:12 p. M; leaves
Ocala 1870 p. m; arrives Jackson
Vile 500 p. N.
No. 10 limited leaves Tampa 1 p.
~; arrives Ocala 1920 T.. m; arrives
Jacksonville 1880 p. %.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
WHERE SHALL GO TO SCHOOL ;?
FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE FOR
WOMEN-TALLAHA

College OF Arts and Sciences; Normal
School; School OF Music; School of Art
Extension Division; Graduate School
pool, Basket ball and tennis courts
new and modern buildings; beautiful
campus; dormitories have all modern
conveniences new dining room and
kitchen most hygenic in Florida; AS
young women from 40 counties and IL
states last session.
TUITION FREE in College and Nor
NAL School Board and entrance fees
for the year 1924. For catalogue write
EDWARD CONRADI, President.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE

Colleges and Divisions; Liberal
Arts; Law; Engineering; agriculture;
Teachers College; Experiment Station;
Extension Division; Graduate School
Ten new brick buildings. besides gym
|nasium, swimming. pool and many sub
|sidiary buildings 81 officers. instruc-
tors and assistants. 354 young men
from Al Florida counties and "a states
land foreign countries last session.
TUITION FREE, Board and Entrance
Fees, S132-50 per year. Write today for
catalogue. A A MCRPHREE, Pres
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
CLEARWATER IS COMING.
Our Hosts of Last Week Will be Our
Guests Next Month

Clearwater's clever and efficient
ball team, attended. we hope, by
many of the Sunset City people, will
be in Ocala during the second week
in August. Let us prepare to beat
their team but otherwise make ev-
erything pleasant for them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
GAME THURSDAY WITH
SUMMERFIELD TEAM

The husky Symmetrical Tigers
will be in Ocala Thursday for game
with the local team.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20
MUSIC PUPILS WANTED

I am now prepared to give piano
lessons to a limited number of pupils
7-13-12t MISS ETHEL HAYCRAFT.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-20

We can repair your ola Furniture,
make those old discarded pieces look
good and give dot more service and
the price will be reasonable. z. c.
Jordan e. Co. 7-6-tf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
CAN YOU BEAT
THESE FISH TALES?
1e.Pound Trout Hooked In Yellowstone
and 6oneless Fish With Legs
Caught at Los Angeles.

Cheyenne, Wyo, Aug. 19.--The larg-
est trout ever caught in the northern
part of the country and probably in
the state was caught In Lake Shoshone
In Yellowstone National Park, recently
by fisherman for the Yellowstone
Park transportation Company, Fred
Dergendorf.
The fish weighed IS pounds and
was landed after struggle Of one
and one-half hours. Dergendorf being
assisted by another man who was in
the boat with him. 1t was caught with
a line. rod and spinner and about
mile from shore.
1t was lake trout. and it is esti-
mated that it is twenty,four years old.
the first fish being planted in this
lake May 13, 1890. At that time 10000
lake trout were planted there and It
is estimated that at the present time
there are more than million in the
lake. ..r
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
GOVERNOR ASKED
TO PARDON FIVE
Petitions Are Pending Consideration
BY Governor At Early Date.

Jackson, Miss, Aug, 19.LThe follow.
ing pardon petitions have been re-
ceived at the Governors office and are
pending for consideration:
William Boone, sent up from lie.
Flore county in 1913 to serve twenty
year term for manslaughter.
Simon Smith, sent up from Oktib.
beha county in 1912 to serve seven
year term for manslaughter. In a dit.
ficulty with several OTHER negroes
Smith killed negro named Ben Tay.
lor, and claims 1t was wholly uninten-
tional.
George Hamer, sent up from Leflore
county to serve life term for muir.
der. Hamer asserts that the man he
killed was a desperate character and
he believed his own life was in dan.
ger
j, L. Pennington, sent up from Mon
roe county to serve Eve years for at.
tempted criminal assault. Pennington
has served about one year.
Walter Cooper, sent up from Carroll
county to serve a life term for murder.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
HAVE DARK HAIR
And LOOK YOUNG
NOBODY CAN TELL WHEN you
pARkEN GRAY, FADED HAIR /,
WITH SAGE TEA.

Grandmother kept her hair oeauti'
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with a brew of Sage tea and Sulphur,
When ever her hair fell out or took on
that dull, faded or streaky appearance,
this simple mixture was applied with
wonderful effect. BY asking at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
nhur Hair Remedy" you will get a
large bottle of this old.time recipe,
ready to use. for about so cents. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair is splendid for dandruff,
dry, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and
sulphur, because 1t darkens so natur.
ally and evenly that nobody can tell 1t
has been applied--it's so easy to use,
too, You simply dampen sponge or
soft brush and draw 1t through your
hair, taking one strand at time. BY
morning the gray hair disappears; aft.
er another application or two, II is re.
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy. soft and abundant.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
SUMNER CONSTIPATION
DANGEROUS

Constipation in summertime Is more
dangerous than in the fall, winter or
spring. The food you eat, is often con
taminated and is more likely to fer
ment in your stomach Then you are
apt to drink much cold water during
the hote weather. thus iniuring your
stomach. Collie, Fever, Ptomsine Pois-
oning and other ills are natural re-
suits. Po-DoLax will keep you well.
as It increases the Bile, the natural
laxative, which rids the bowels of the
congested poisonous waste. Pc Do
Lax will make you feel better. Pleas
ant and effective. Take a dose to-
night. soc at your Druggist
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
(From the Washington Times.)


Sir Edward Grey, speaking Of Servia,
brought the commons to its feet with
cheers. by declaring emphatically that
the time was past when the world
would stand by unconcerned while
the small nations were remorsely
crushed by over-weehing power.
Sir Edward was right. The small
nations have latterly shown a pretty
practical understanding of his the
orem. They have discovered that 1t
Is quite possible to command respect.
The despised little Balkan states
taught Turkey the lesson.
The Beers shot It into the armies of
Britain.
Japan astounded the world by the
effectiveness with which she impress
sed 1t on Russia.
Servia, by all accounts, is right now
giving highly creditable account of
herself as against the might of Austria.
Belgium-well, local wit and philos-
opher observed the other day that
probably Germany was powerful
enough to defeat Russia, France and
Britain combined: but what was the
use, so long as Belgium wouldn't let
her!"
The little countries are doing right
well. There will probably be more,
rather than fewer of them, when the
settlement is made at the end of this
war.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
FARMERS
NOW IN SESSION
Branch Of National Union viii Discuss
Cooperation and Extension.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. l9.-pro.
sressive farmers from every county Of
the state were on hand today at the
opening of the annual convention of
the Alabama division of the National
Farmers Union, The sessions of the
convention will last three days and
viii be devoted largely to the discus
sion Of plans for cooperation and for
extending the membership and infiu.
ence Of the organization in Alabama.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
Battle LIKELY TO
LAST TWO WEEKS
MILITARY EXPERTS DO NOT Ex.
prcr STARTLING STRATEGIC
BUT LONG STRUGGLE.

Washington. Aug. 1g.-Miitary ex-
perts here have been frequently asked
BY lay folk about the probable length
OF the first great battle in Belgium.
which appears to be imminent. They
are replying to such questions by re-
SQUIRTING the history of the Russo.
Japanese war, which provides the
most recent examples of fighting on
large scale.
AT NJukden conditions were some.
what s(milar to those now existing in
Belgium. There were 100000 men en-
gage9 In a series of conflicts alsting
fronf Feb. 25 to March 10. thirteen
day. over a bittle front about fifty
mil Is in length.
The experts believe that there will
(bst probably be series of clashes
fetween the Germans and the Anglo
IeFranco-Belsisn forces over front
nearly that long, and that the first
Fighting will probably last as long as
1t did at Mukden.
About Liao-Ysng. in the Russo-Jap-
anese war, bodies of men somewhat
lesser in numbers than 100000, were
engaged across about forty miles. This
battle too lasted almost a fortnight.
from Aug. "a to Sept 3.
The experts point out that the lay
observer should not expect to hear of
any quick, decisive, one-day battle be-
tween the contendants, but rather a
succession of fights. all tending toward
one general result They look for a
line-te-line struggle, rather than any
brilliant strategieal moves.
They feel that Germany has been
obliged to abandon all idea of a quick
dash toward Paris and will now ex-
pend their struggle in straightfor
ward push.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.

BY virtue Of the terms of that GER
tain deed of trust executed on the 9th
day of December, 1910, by M. v. Har-
ris and his wife, S. S. Harris, in favor
of Gulfport Grocery Company, and of
record in Book s, pages 1886 of the
Record of Mortgages and Deeds of
Trust on Land in the office of the
chancery clerk of Forrest County,
State of Mississippi, and by virtue of
that certain instrument of substitu.
ton executed by the said Gulfport
Grocery Company on the 9TH day of
August, 1914, and of record in book
II, pages 445-446 of the said Record
of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on
Land, I, the undersigned Z. H. Selby.
as substituted trustee in said deed of
trust, will sell to the highest bidder
for cash on the
First Monday and seventh day of Sep
temher, A. o.. 1914,
during legal hours, and at the Main
Street door Of the Court House of
said county, in the city of Hatties-
burg, the land embraced in said deed
OF trust, to-wit:
The southwest quarter of the north.
west quarter and the west half of the
southwest quarter of section IA, town
ship north, range IL west in Forrest
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
Legs Where Tail Should Be.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug 19.--Long
Beach has added new Ash to its list
OF curiosities, caught from the pier. It
has these specifications:
Six inches long, two inches wide.
same width whole length OF body. Body
fiat and transparent like jerlyfish. No
bones except rib. Mouth Of q toad.
Near legs where tail ought to be. Fills
with water when It swims. Long
Beach pioneers never saw the like"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
BOY CONES BACK
FROM THE DEAD
Struck BY Lightning He Was Await.
ing Burial When Revived by Rain.

Edmonds, Aug. t9.-Struck by light.
ming, laid away aud covered up as
dead until the storm should end SO
burial could be made. Oscar Rosen-
quist, boy member of a camping
party, the guests of Mrs. L. c. Engel.
near Martha Lake, gave the party a
second shock by creeping around to
their tent twenty minutes after the
electrical storm broke.
It Is believed the severe drenching
revived him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
LEFUSES
TO DISCUSS JAPAN
EFFECT OF uLTiMATuM TO GER.
MANY CENTER OF INTEREST
IN WASHINGTON.

Washington, Aug. 19.-Japan's sud
den entry into the European war stu.
alton as a factor which might quickly
Increase the range of the great conflict
to the Far East commanded wide at
tention today both among officials of
the Washington government and dip
lomats generally.
The attitude of the United States
1t became clear. would be one of non
interference in the controversy be
tween Japan and Germany. This was
reflected somewhat i'm the studied reti-
cence of both President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan. The President had
been asked whether Japan's assurance
that she eventually would restore Kia-
Chau to China in case that territory
was obtained from Germany was salts
factory here. Mr.. Wilson replied that
he saw no reason to question JAPAN
good faith in that connection. but
carefully refrained from expressing
any opinion on the merits of the ul.
timatum or Japans attitude. Published
reports to the effect that the Presi.
dent had expressed himself as salts
fed will be promptly denied by Sec.
rotary Tumulty tonight at the Presi-
dents direction.
Germany Gets Ready
Germany has recently tried to in.
dictate to the United States Govern.
ment the community of interests that
exists between the two in their Asiatic
Last week this took the
waters and shores be neutralized by
mutual consent.
The Japanese belief is that the
German government will be allowed to
take full advantage of the weeks time
allowed in the ultimatum. This Is
upon scarcely concealed
belief that this will be firm and UNI
equivocal refusal to admit the Japa-
nese right to dictate to Germany her
in the Far East. The inter
vening time it is believed, will be
spent fastening the defenses of Using
tau, the single German naval station:
in planting mines in the sea, and in
placing the German feet in secure po-
sitions under the guns of the shore
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19

County, State of Mississippi, default
having been made in the payment of
the Indebtedness secured by said deed
of trust and proper request having
been made upon me to foreclose the
deed of trust.
Witness my signature, this 18th day
OF August, 1914. {. II. SeIby,
12,Sweds Substituted Trustee.
DEAD THE DAILY NEWS.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19

"Kathlyn" Williams will be featur.
ed in Selig drama. Cary of the
Mountains" at the Greater Gem Thea.
tire tonight along with the following
other subjects. "The Living Fear"
Lubin drama in two acts: 1.-THE Price
of Diamond Necklace" Edison
drama in two acts. "Grandad.", Civil
war drama in two acts. music by the
Gem Orchestra
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
KITCHENER SAYS WAR
TO LAST Is MONTHS
British Secretary Of War Predicts Con.
fiict VIII End in 1915.

London, Aug. 19.-When Lord Kitch-
ener British Secretary of State for
War, was asked by a fellow dinner
guest how long he thought the war
would last, he replied. Eighteen
months"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
INFECTION AND INSECT BITES
DANGEROUS

Mosquitoes, flies and other insects
which breed quickly IN garbage pals
PONDS OF stagnant water, barns. must,
places etc, are carriers OF disease
Every time they bite yo,, they iniec,
poison into your system from which
some dread disease may result. &c,
bottle of Sloan's Lfniment. 1t Is
antisepde and few drops will neu
tralize the infection caused by insec,
Mites or rusty nails. Sloan's Iiniment
sisinfects Cuts, Bruises and Sores
You cannot afford 10 be without II m
your home. Money back II not salts.
"a Only a5c at your Druggist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
CONSTIPATION CAUSES SICKNESS

Don't permit yourself to become
constipated, as your system immedi-
ately begins to absorb poison from
the baoked-up waste matter. Use DR..
Kings New Life Pills and keep we'll.
There is no better safeguard against
illness. Just take one dose tonight.
zoe at your Druggist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
CITY BREVITIES.
; News Items and Advertisements
Picked up About Town.

Ford Sterling, comedian, appears AZ
the Lomo Theatre today in one of his
best plays. when smaltz Loves"
Irene Wallace and Walter Miller play
in two-reel Victor.U Universal drama
and the Lubin stars in q two.reel
drama, "The Cross of Crime" Pictures
from the uropean war. and, Lomo six
piece orchestra complete the program
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-19
WHENEVER you NEED A GENE.
RAJ TONIC TAKE GROVES

The old Standard Groves TasteIess
chill Tosic Is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because II contains the
well known tonic properties Of oUI-
NINE and IRON II acts on the Liver,
psttes out Malaria. Enriches the
MO- - Builds W ne Whole sys-
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-22
Leaves Money to Cats.

A bequest of $1,000 for the benefit
of every cat on the island of Madeira
is provided in the will of Miss Caro-
line G. Even, according to statement
before Surrogate Cohalan, in behalf of
John Even, a nephew, who is contest
ing the will. Miss Even gave the bulk
of her estate of 100000 to institutions
which care for cats and dogs, and one
bequest Of $4,000 went to the Animal
Rescue league of the island of Ma
deira.
Counsel for the contestant asked
permission to take testimony in Lon
don to show that many benefic1arles
named in the will do not exist. He
commented on the liberal bequest to
the Madeira cats, which he says are
scarce.
The surrogate reserved decision
New York Sun.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-22
Sneezinq.

1T is worth remembering" says
the Woodbury. Reporter, that a sneeze
may always be suppressed by a firm
pressure on the nose shutting Off the
wind" 1t is better worth knowing
and remembering that though sneeze
may take the form of an unseemly dis
turbance of dignified occasion, it is
too benefcent a provision of nature
to be suppressed.
The Greeks, we know, accepted a
sneeze as a favorable omen. For a
long time we called them superstitious
and laughed at them for thinking SO.
If we use our modern knowledge as to
nature and purpose of a sneeze, we
shall stop calling them superstitious
and deem them prophets. Physi-
ologically considered, a sneeze is a
spontaneous action by which natu
elects a foreign substance, such as
dust, from the sensitive nasal pas
sages. In these days we are coming
to understand that what we used to
think merely irritating dust is often a
compound of many harmful germs. Let
alone, they enter the human system
and do injurious or deadly work.
Elected by a sneeze-they are often
passed on to somebody else.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-22
Mothers Pens:ons,

Criticism of the mothers pension
law during the first few months of it's
operation may very easily be prema-
ture and unfair. The fact that counties
are finding the payment of these PEN
sions a burden may account for a
great deal of it. This, however, does
not disturb the fact that the law was
passed in response to an alleged pub
Tic demand, after full discussion. The
frequent statement is made by coun-
ty officials that the law opens the
door to fraud and improvidence. The
same statement was made regarding
the industrial insurance law. The
same criticism is characteristic of al
most all effective legislation of a
paternal character. 1t is not the
fault, however, Of the law that at
tempts are made to impose on the
generosity or bounty of the public
purse.-Spokane Spokesman-Review.