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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
NEW PETITIONS NECESSARY

The story carried in the news col
umns of the the Times on Saturday
in relation to the position of this
county and others in which there
have been changes in the precinct
lines or the organization of new pre-
cincts as to the matter of the issu-
ance of liquor licenses, created no lit
tie sensation, and there was. much
consultation of legal authority on the
part of those directly interested.
Mr.. McMullen is undoubtedly cor
rect in the position he has taken and
the opinion he has rendered. The
change in the boundry lines of an
election precinct, or the division of a
previously existing precinct into two
or more certainly brings into exist
ence new precincts, and as these
have not presented petitions for the
granting of license it follows that
permits to obtain license to sell liq-
uors in such precincts cannot be
granted until such petitions, signed
by majorities of the registered voters
are presented to the county commits
sioners.
The requirement of the law in that
regard is that such petition shall
have been presented from the pre-
cinct in which it is desired to sell
liquors at some time since the 1st oil
October, 1897, before permit to OBJ
tain license to sell liquors in that
precinct can be granted.
The effect of this in this county
will simply be, that after the expira
ton of the licenses that are now cur
rent, those who wish to obtain theil
extension or the issuance of new Ii
censes, will have to get up petition
signed by majorities of the registered
/ voters of the district in which the,
= desire to carry On the sale. In som'
} precincts in the city this will be com
= parativeIy easy, in others difficult am
in still others practically impossible
2 Of course in the rural districts wher'
/ such petitions would not be signet
: licenses would not be desired.
. The same situation existed and tn
/ same law applied in Pinellas count.
/ after the organization of their ney
: precincts as here at the present time
E and Mr.. McMullen rendered the sam
e opinion here as there. The count
I collector OF Pinellas acted upon
] and refused to issue licenses withou
. the getting up of petitions, and tn
s liquor dealers did not contest tn
q point, but proceeded TO get up Pc
t titions and obtain their permits il
i accordance with the requirements o
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
WORKING THE WRONG WAY

Tampa Tribune: Among the
early indications of the approach of
the silly season. we note the
movement to close the motion pic
ture theaters on Sunday evenings,
during the hours of church services.
The motives of those advocating
the movement are good, but they
have not taken the trouble to think
about the matter. How the closing
of these places for an hour or so will
increase church attendance cannot be
figured out from this distance.
The same thing was tried in Jack
sonville. Result: Crowds congre-
gated in the streets in front of the
| movies waiting for the doors to
open The people who were denied
| the privilege of seeing the pictures
simply waited until the closed hour
had passed, and literally stormed the
theaters They gathered in such
numbers in the meantime to serious
ly interfere with traffic and really to
| impede chureh-goers on their way to
| worship.
| The movies" do not reduce
| church attendance The thing for
the churches to do is not 10 close the
shows and thus deprive the people
who prefer that method Of spending
their spare time if the privilege
which is their civic right-but to en-
deavor to make the church service
more appealing and more attractive
than the movies" and thus take
their crowds away from them.
They cannot force people into
church by preventing them from go
ing where they want to go. Ordi-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
LET THE COMMISSION
ENFORCE THE LAW

The members OF the railroad COM
mission have heard the complaints
of the people called forth by the fact
that they have not enforced the law
placed in their hands by the legis-
lature to abolish the evils from
which the people suffer.
Now why should the commission
try to further whip the devil around
the stump with long drawn out de-
alterations during which the people
must go on suffering
Let the commission enforce the
law, or try to; and if the railroads
do not obey, call them into the
courts. The responsibility for the
law is with the people, not with the
must be told, act more like a bunch
of railroad clerks than the represen-
tatives of the people.
Other states have railroad COM
missions who do more for their peo-
pie than the Florida commission
does for its state. The personnel OF
the commission has a great deal to
do with it. Some new blood on the
Florida railroad commission would
help a lot. There are men in Flor
ida who might do less for the peo-
pie than Messrs. Burr, Bitch and
Dunn, and there are men who would
do a great deal more.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
EDWIN DID NOT
NEEE ASSISTANCE |

A few nights ago, Edwin Spencer,
Jr., the young lawyer and legislator
who framed the long and short haul
law, and who was entrusted by the
people of Marion county thru the
Board Of Trade with the task of sup
porting the law and the cause of the
people before the railroad commits
sion, feeling that in his youth and
comparative inexperience he was
hardly a match for the battery of
legal and technical skill sure to be
brought against him at the rate
hearing, asked the Star and the
Board of Trade to request the gov
ernor to send the attorney general
to his assistance. His request was
complied with, but, as the readers of
the Star know, the legal adviser of
the state of Florida was not availa-
BILE. Mr.. Spencer's friends are glad
now that he was not, for Edwin
needed no assistance. He has been
more than equal to the emergency
and his home county is glad that
there is no one to share the credit
with him.
The railroad men came to the
contest equipped like Goliath with
sword and spear, with buckler and
helm. Their law books and trans
| portation books were piled up noun.
tain high, and they knew the tricks
of their trade by heart. But this
young David of the people, with nc
equipment but his own intellect and
knowledge of the law, met them or
their own ground, confuted then
with their own arguments and show
ed the Inconsistency and unfairnes:
of their position by their own tariff
sheets.
Edwin Spencer, Jr., has intel1ec
and eloquence in far greater meas
ure than the average man. 1t is il
his power to do great work for tn,
people-and the people will rewart
him, not so richly as the corpora
lions would in gold, but in homo
that the corporations cannot give
and which is more precious to tn
F honorable man than anything tina
gold will buy; also in the sense O
duty we'll done, which is better eve
:, than the honor and riches that ca
be given by others.
The Star glories in his genius an
rejoices in his victory and hope
+ that it will be its privilege to recor
q for him many more.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
COMMODORE CONTRIBUTES

Editor Star: | sympathize heart
lily with you in your efforts to raise
d. Rooney, the efficient secretary of
the Marion County Board of Trade.
II will greatly extend his usefulness
have given him rental free of my
bungalow, The Oaks for month
this summer. confident that the rest
on Lake Weir will lend more power
to his elbow already powerful
This amounts to $50 contributed to
his work, but ] will give the last $40
to the auto fund. W. r. Boodwin
The Oaks" Eastlake.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

sion will grant the relief sought as
they are not likely TO force a hard
ship on the railroads not on this or
any other community where there is
no material benefit TO be derived TO
other communities | am quite sure
the good people OF Ocala have no de-
sire 10 force such a condition of
affairs
A comparison OF Mr. Bowers
remarks with the almost verbatim
reports of the meeting printed in the
Ocala papers will show that he is
not fair or accurate in his state
ments; yet a great majority of Tam
pa business men will read what he
says and most probably approve of it.
There are great many more peo-
pie in the interior OF Florida than in
its seaports. They are also the sort
of people who can have great deal
more weight in government than
those of Jacksonville and Tampa If
these two towns have no more sense
of justice and public spirit than to
go on being participants in and bene-
ficiaries of a system that retards all
the balance of the state, it is not only
proper but self-preservation for the
people of the interior to combine
and send men to the legislature who
will. look after their interests. Two
ion county, and it is to the interest
of the whole state to hold up the
hands of such.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

ex-miStress, Spain, and Great Brit
ain, who they fear, than they have
to the United States, which has pro-
tected them for the last century Let
the people who desire to make a
dence and good will of Latin AmeI2
lea pay for the same out of their
private funds. The love of the mon
grels of Central and South America
is not valuable enough to the people
of the United States to tax them
for il.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
FINAL MEETING FOR
TERM OF 1913-1914
OF Teachers of Marion County in
Ocala April Eleventh

The last meeting of the Marion
County Education Association fol-
the school year of 1924, will be
held Saturday, April IL.
The meeting will be held in the
Woman's Club room and will begin
at II o'clock The following pro-
gram has been arranged:
Invocation.
'sWeak Points in intermediate
Work''-Mr. w. D. earn.
History Demonstration
Elizabeth Mays.
Aims and Methods in Intermedi.
ate Work.-Miss Elizabeth Mizelle
Open discussion
This will be the last meeting Of
the association for the school veal
and a full attendance is especially
desired.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

The interests that are in favor of
the United States paying Colombia
some fifty to d hundred millions for
the Panama canal-which Colombia
lost by dog in the manger policy
advance the argument that if the
money is handed over, it will restore
the confidence of the Latin American
countries in ours, and they will give
us their trade. That would be dol
lar diplomacy sure enough. Judg-
ing by what the Star has read OF
History, Latin American countries
never had any great amount of con-
given more of their trade to their
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

in which saloon licenses have been
issued in that county petitions were
btained.-Tampa Tribune.
1t is a matter of doubt as to
whether this law will apply in Mar
ion county or not. The only saloons
in the county are in the Ocala pre-
not been changed for a number OF
years
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

Railroad Commissioner Burr has
done his best to impress on the peo-
pie of Ocala that their greatest hope
Of permanent relief from the tyranny
of high freight rates lies in the Ok
lawaha route. He does not see why
they do not use the river more right
now, without waiting for rail line
hauling freight in their wagons; and
I'm this the Star entirely concurs
with Mr.. Burr.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

The Mexican officer who surren-
= dered a gunboat to the enemy at the
request of a "Greaserette'' would
probably give a Pensacola blue-eyed
belle the whole darned fleet if shed
Just hint that she wanted it.-Pen-
sacola News.
We are real glad to hear the blue
eyed belle racket break out in the
News again.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

1t doesn't look like the cities of
the Interior have much reason to
hope for any help in building them
selves up from the Jacksonville
board of trade. But if Jacksonville
wants help, in epidemic, fire or riot,
she begins to yell to the interior as
soon as she feels a pinch.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

Mr.. John n. C. Stockton, candi-
{ date for the United States Senate,
has asked for hearing before the
Young Mems Democratic Club of the
city, the members of which will
share the event with all their fellow
citizens who will attend the speak
ing. The date will be announc-
ed later.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

We shall always think hard Of
friend Benjamin of Ocala for not
coming to see us when he was in
Tampa the other day. He ought to
know the door of the Times estab-
Iishment always stands open to him
Tampa Times.
The doors, windows and skyligh1
Of the Times were closed to all the
world and the editor and his efficient
associates were taking their heb
domadal rest when Benjamin reach
ed the threshold of South Florida:
great evening daily at 3 o'clock las
Sunday afternoon. Better luck mex
time.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
MARION COUNTY DIRECTORY

Judge Circuit Court-W. S. Bull
lock. Ocala.
Clerk Circuit Court-P. H. Nngent,
Ocala.
Sheriff.. P. Galloway, Ocala.
Tax Collector-W. L. Colbert,
Ocala.
Tax Assessor-Alfred Aver, Ocala
Treasurer-John NJ. Graham,
Ocala.
Surveyor-W. A Moorhead, Ocala.
Judge of Probate-Wm. E. Smith
Ocala.
County Commissioners-C. Carmi-
chael, OcaIa; ]. W. Davis, Summer
field; " T. Henderson. Lynne; D. G.
WAIKIKI, Dunnellon; Walter Lu5-
man, Spar.
Board Public Ins+ruction-J. q.
Brinson, Superintendent, Ocala; B.
R. Bitch, Biitchton; ]. s. Grantham
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
Back up Rooney; he will obtain it.

At the rate hearing, they took a
rap at Herb Anderson for selling his
Vinegar Route" railroad to the F.
e. & P. But why did he sell it? Be-
cause the people of Ocala did. not
give him business enough to keep it
up. Are they wiser today?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

When Mr.. J. ]. Gerig arrived at
his place of business the other morn
ing, he found a bunch of prominent
come a candidate for representative,
and promised him their very consid-
cradle support. But Mr.. Gerig pre-
fers to go ON selling. one of the best
hair tonics on the market, and
gently but firmly informed his
friends that no legislative bays
should ever decorate his ample brow
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

narily, when people can't go where
they want to go, they go to worse
places, not better.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25

Relief Yes. How OkIawaha
river.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05
START NOW.

II you are one who has been staying
away from church, take this message
as being personally addressed to you.
You have far underest.mated your own
Importance and influence If you think
your action doesn't matter. The very
fact that you are an honorable person
makes your influence-so long as you
stay awaya all the stronger against
the church,
- we afi'waive the question as to
whether or not you yourself would be
any better by attending church lit
wouldn't hurt you any, at least and
put 1t solely on the basis of your
standing in the church's way.
Surely you are not willing to remain
a stone in the church's path--an OBJ
stacle TO It's progress.
Going TO church is not big thing
for one to do, but it is a mighty big
thing for any decent individual not
tC do
Start nowl-Kansas City Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05
AntIcIpatIna a Patriot.

An amusing story that illustrates
the peremptory way in which affairs
are conducted during a war crisis
comes from England to the New York
Telegram.
A gentleman who lives in South
ampton and who owns a speedy power
boat wrote to the commander at Ports
mouth, offering his boat for the SER
vice of his country. In reply, he was
considerably surprised to receive this
letter:
Your offer of power boat to his Maj
esty's government is received and has
been noted tiYill lot be necessary
for you to make a formal transfer,
as the craft Is already in use by his
Majesty's naval forces
Difficulty has been experienced in
getting some one who understands
running her properly, and you could
render your country service by return
ing and operating her for his Maj.
esty's navy
And the man was SO much pleased
at the way his craft had been COM
mandeered that he volunteered, and
is now an assistant engineer, ferry
ing naval officers about in the craft
he used to own--and enjoying it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05
COULD SET YOUR WATCH BY
WOODROW WILSON.

The American Magazine presents a
highly interesting comparison of Mr..
Wilson with Mr.. Roosevelt in the
course Of which is recorded in part
as follows the daily life in the White
House
when Mr.. Roosevelt was in Wash
ingtun crowds Of people always flock
ed to the White House to shake the
presidents hand~-and take his time
and energy People now have just
as free access to the White House as
erer-almost anyone can meet the
presidcnt-but the groups are small
and quiet aud pass quickly in and out
o. the presidents office One day ]
counted ten people going in at the
usual hour TO pay respects to the pres
ident on another day fourteen.
Roosevelt rarely had fewer than TWEEN
tyf.ve and often great many more.
"Ono of Mr.. Rooseyelt's truly re-
markable qualities was his command
OF his energies: his self-regulatlon He
could yring his whole attention to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05

The most wonderful thing in the world
Is love expressed in the helpless infant
And among these aids and comforts for
expectant mothers IS tho well known
Mothers Friend.
This is an external application to
enable the abdominal muscles to become
more plant. to expand naturally without
undue pain from the strain upon cords
and ligaments.
In almost every settled community are
women who have enjoyed the blessing OF
this famous remedial and helpful enbro-
cation. Their daughters have grown up
to learn OF its splendid assistance.
Applied as directed upon those muscles
involved It soothes the fine network Of
nerves with which al the muscles are
supplied. Thus great share OF the pains
so much dreaded may be avoided and the
period Of expectancy passed through In
case and comfort.
Anything that adds so much comfort
must be counted as a blessing indeed.
In a little book sent by mail much USE
ful information is given to inexperienced
mothers. II tells how to use Mothers
Friend" and how TO avoid cakng breasts.
Get q bottle to-day and write for book TO
Hradneit Regulator CO., 4Oo Lamar Bldg,
Atlanta Ga. Bs sure you get Mothers
Friend"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05

bear instantly upon any subject.
therefore he was able to accomplish
a great volume Of work. In this re-
spect Mr.. Wilson is fully his equal.
"Mr- Tumulty told me that one could
almost set his watch by Mr.. Wilson's
incomings and outgoings. He has
breakfast at eight o'clock sharp, and
during the summer, since Mrs. VIII
sons death, has usually breakfasted
alone with Mr. Tumulty and Dr. Gray
son. He then goes at his correspond
ance for an hour or so, until his ap-
pointments begin. These appoint
ments vary from five to fifteen min
ute intervals, rarely longer, and fol-
low each other like clockwork until /
o'clock the luncheon hour. In the
Afternoon there are varied special ap-
pointments and further attendance to
correspondence, and an hour or 80 OF
golf, or motoring, or tramping which
DR.. Grayson often has to insist upon.
This program. Of course, is varied on
cabinet days or to meet special en-
gagements, but upon the whole II is
very regular"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05
STATE PRESS PRATTLE.


Rumors are again affoat that the
Ft. Smith & Western will build south
west in the near future. Every little
while these rumors bob up and as yet
nothing definite toward extending the
Inc has been done, but II is said that
some surveying is now being DONE
and this would indicate that perhaps
the rumors will prove this time. With
in the past few days surveyors have
been at work along the Ft Smith &
Western right of way in the east part
Of the city and 1t is supposed that
they were in the employ of the rail
way. 1t is generally understood that
the Ft. Smith e. Western is owned by
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05

Billy Harking went to New York &
day or SO ago 1t was hot and he didn't
sleep well, so along toward midnight
he went out on the back platform fol
air. And when he got there he found
the porter using that back platform
for a shoe shining parlor 1t was
some time before day-break, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Just then a westbound train came
along on the other track. On the rear
platform of that train was another
shoe shining porter, and he happened
to be a friend of the porter on the
eastbound. Naturally, Skinny's porter
waved his hand unfortunately that
hand had a shoe in it. And the shoe
slipped.
BILLY Harking's porter turned pale
tswears Billy Harking). But Billy was
there with the soothing strip. Don't
get scared he. said, that was my
shoe Throw the other one after it
And the porter grinned and did it.
But It wasn't Billy Harking's shoe.
lie hadn't even put his shoes in the
aisle to get polished. He wonders
vhat happened in the morning though.
lie had gotten ta sleep BY that t,ae.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05

the Santa Fe. which road also pul
chased the Oklahoma Central and the
Clinton, Oklahoma & Western. The
plan OF the Santa Fe is to extend the
TT Smith & Western southwest across
the South Canadian and then west.
ward to Clinton. Okla, where connec-
tions viii be made with the Clinton
road. II is said that the Santa Fe also
plans TO extend the Oklahoma Central
from chickasha, northwest to connect
with the westward extension of the
TT. Smith & Western.-El Reno Dem
acrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05
Got Rare snecles of Whale

While cruising off the coast of Brit
ish Columbia recently the whaling
ship White landed a right whale,
which is now very rare. especially in
northern Pacific waters, and one par
ticularly valuable for its bone. 1t
was the first of its kind captured off
that coast in several years, and was
valued at $2O,OO0
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-05

Square Deal Needed fer Humerlsts.
Let us be fair If man didn't hog
III his change for his personal COM
iorts, and went 5000 with his wife, the
loke about her frisking his pockets at
aight would soon die for want OF nour-
shment.-Cincnnati Enquirer.