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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12
JET BoWDEN's OPINION
OF DILATORY ALDERMEN
(Times-Union. 11th)

Editor Tfmes-Union: Believing
that a great many of our people do
not have the slightest idea of some of
the conditions now existing in jack
sonviIIe, this morning / went over
the records in the recorders Office.
and I propose to show some Of the
outrageous conditions now existing.
in this city.
1t seems to me that the time has
come when the business men and
property holders. and rent payers
should wake up and rid this govern
ment of a lot of non tax-paying poll
ficians
The present council, as it now
exists, is composed Of eighteen mem
bers. Three of these members pay
less than So a year taxes, five less
than SO year and sixteen out Of
the eighteen pay the sum total OF
s447.74, an average of about $21
each. There are only two members
in the present city council that pay
more than $50 a year, and notice
by the tax collectors books that four
of those who are assessed for less
/ than SO have not paid one cent OF
their assessments.
Now I hope that the people OF
/ Jacksonville will get busy and see to
lit that the next council is made up
of taxpayers and business men In
i stead of a lot of men that are simply
members of the council for what
i there is to be made out of it, not car
ling one iota how they squander the
/ peoples money and before / get thru
\ / propose to show one or two In
stances wherein the taxpayers mon.
} ey has been squandered by this coun
Gil for no other purpose than tx
make their salaries large.
The present council has rule o
meeting regularly twice month. /
1 they adhered to that rule, it woul
: cost the city $3.50 a month to pa.
81 their councilmen. Instead of that
] they call and hold special meeting
: at a cost of $50 per meeting for tn,
II pay 1A0 IAtC 4AAoAAS4
d of October last they held specia
: meetings to the extent of S1,49O, il
o November $3.50. in January $3.50 an
y in May and June of this year $54
# each. These figures are taken fror
the recorders books and cannot b
refuted.
1t The city council. as required b
IS law, published notice referring t
3 the last tax assessments reading a
II follows:
Of Notice is hereby given that tn
a. preliminary assessment roll for tn
pr year 1914 has been submitted TO tn
al city council for approval, and a
r persons desiring any correction {
lie property or otherwise, are hereby r,
oil quired to file with the tax assesse
e on or before the 18th day of Angus
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The capture of Antwerp is a great
success for the Germans. 1t releases
them from the threat such strong
hold would be to their rear and will
allow them to increase the might OF
their attack on the allies in North.
ern France. It is not possible fol-
Germany to use Antwerp as naya
base during this war, unless the Ger
man fleet inficts such a defeat on the
British that it will virtually contro
that part of the North Sea. Ant
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

werp is on a river 81 miles from the
sea. The lower forty miles OF this
river IS in the territory OF Holland.
which of course cant allow German
ships TO use it without violating neu-
trality The Germans would likely
brush aside the neutrality Of Hollana
as they have that OF Belgium, but the
British fleet not only controls the
North sea and guards the mouth OF
the ScheIdt, but domineers the coast
Of Holland If the German feet
comes out of its ports and infiicts a
smashing defeat on the British, ii
can do about as it pleases with Hoi-
lands neutrality. but it is likely that
Britain does not desire anything more
earnestly than chance to fight that
same German feet. 1t is also pre-
dfcted that the Germans will use
Antwerp as a base for their Zeppelin
feet which is intended to devastate
IEng1and. But Brussels, which is on.
Ily a few miles further from England
has been in the hands of the Ger
mans for the last six weeks, so the
Germans would hardly have waited
to take Antwerp before making then
aerial attack had they intended it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

A. ID. 1914. their petitions to the city
council, setting forth their objec-1
tons to said assessments and the.
correction desired to he made
On the night OF Aug II the coun-
ell met to consider these petitions.
and 4 am Informed by member or
that body that in accordance with
the above advertisement only one
petition was presented, and that, as
required by the rule, was referred TO
the committee on taxation for inves-
Isigation.
This council met eight different
times to consider what should have
been done at one regular meeting,
costing the taxpayers for these extra
sessions 81 $50, for what should not
have cost the city exceeding $50. |
am also informed that petitions we.e
received at each session, disregard
ing the requirements that they
should all be fled before the 18th
of August as per advertisement.
las another example, Two extra
sessions OF the city council were
deemed necessary to elect three mem
bers of the board of bond trustees
when it should be bee ndone at a reg
ular session The regular meeting
for the general business was deferred
until another extra meeting Satur-
day night, showing that it cost the
city $3.50 to elect the three bond
trustees, which should have been
done at a regular meeting without
costing the city one dollar.
Since the inception of the presenl
council it has been divided into fac
i tions. one faction pulling against
the other, causing these unnecessary
meetings. with nothing to be accom-.
Iip1ished except the qualification Of
their political wl1ims and spleen ex-
listing against some of the business
men on the board of bond trustees.
Now i ask the taxpayers of this
town If they do not feel that some.
thing should be done.
The Duval Democratic Club form
ed for the purpose OF trying to get q
business administration for this city
Many people object to joining this
club, believing that 1t has been form.
ed for cut and dried purposes. Now
had nothing to do with the forma-
| ton of this club have not taken
active part in this club, but from
what can ascertain believe the
club was formed for the purpose OF
the upbuilding Of and the best inter.
ests of this city. And for those who
still refuse to join this club, It seems
to me that it would be a good idea
for the business men in each ward tc
form clubs Of their own, looking fol
| the selection of business council &C
transact the affairs of this govern.
] ment during the coming admfnistra,
tion; for there is no other alter.
NATIVE, unless something is done
looking to the cessation of the squan
dering of the taxpayers money Blu
that this government will soon be Il
such a chaotic condition and take.
VIII be so burdensome that prUpert.
Instead Of Increasing ia value VIII de
preciate to such an extent that IN
vestors will not look upon our cit.
with view to investing
J. E. T. Bowden
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12


Everybody wonders what effect the
death of King Charles, of Roumania,
will have on the European situation.
It has been generally believed for
some time that the king, who is a
German, was about the only restrain
ing power that kept his country from
declaring war on Austria King
Charles was a scion of the older
brareh Of the house of HohenzolIern.
He was 70 years old and had been
sovereign of Roumania, first as prince
and as king since 1866 He had, in
fact reigned longer than any other
sovereign on the globe. He did great
things for his kingdom and his queen,
the famous Carmen SYLVIA led the
movement that won for iRoumania a
high place in the art and literature
of Europe. The Roumanians are a
Latin nation, off by themselves In
that part of the world The Hungar-
ian. province of Pennsylvania, which
adjoins their territory, is habi-
tated by a Kindred race of people,
and it is believed that the Rouman-
ians desire to possess it. Their very
efficient army of 100000 men would
be an awkward addition to the enc.
mics of Austria and Germany.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12
CAN'T TAKE CARE OF
THE COTTON CROP
Secretary NIcAdoo says Such Policy
Would be Undemocratic I'm tine
Extreme

Washington, Oct I0.-The plan
for direct federal aid to cotton grow
ers to the extent OF SOC, 900, 900 was.
the subject Of sharp criticism IN q
letter to Representative Henry Of
Texas, made public last night BY
Secretary NcAdoo The letter IS IN
reply to recent statements TO the
House by Mr.. Henry
Mr.. IMcAdoo announces that the
proposal to sell $3.50. 100000 Of Pa
mama Canal bonds to bolster the cot
ton crop is not practicable, and gen
orally objects to all the features Of
the Henry plan. He calls attention
to the fact that those wtlo deal in to-
bacco, naval stores, copper, silver
and other commodities have sought
government aid
IF we disregard every suffering In
terest except cotton, he said, and
make it the sole beneficiary Of gov
ernmenta1 favor, what becomes Of
the democratic principal OF equal
rights for all, special privileges &c
none?'
If we enter upon the course YOU
suggest we must help every distress
ed industry impartially. To do thai
would necessitate the issue of many
/ more than $500. 100000 in bond,
and greenbacks and dangerously In
volve the credit of the government
1t would be a hopeless undertaking
in defiance of every sound principle
of finance and economics, with Ger
tain disaster at the end
Representative Henry has intro
duced in the House a compromis
loan proposal presented in bill
framed by a conference of Southern
members of Congress. 1t would re
duce the proposed loan to s250,oo0,
900. Mr.. Henry also sent letter t
the House Banking Committee ask
ing prompt hearing of the bill.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The Palatka News prints some
rough articles on Dr. Geo. Selden
Waldo, rather more than insinuating
that he is a confidence man. The
Star would like to know the News
reason for making such an aIlega-
ton. Ocalas relations with the doc
tor have been pleasant In his Chan
tauqua, he furnished the town in
struction and clean entertainment
and he discharged his obligations
faithfully.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The law that compells the property
owner to defray one third of the ex-
pense of improving the street before
his home is most unjust one and
should be repealed. It taxes the
property owner twice over, for he
must also bear his share in the taxa
ton that pays for all the street as
well as his particular frontage. The
law was passed, we understand, on
sl,e piea that the Improvement of the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The Belgians seem to have ex-
tricated their army from Antwerp,
and blown up most of their heavy
guns defending the city. Three bri-
gades of British marines aided in the
defense-two fbrigades escaped with
the Belgians and the other entered
into Holland, where the inen were
taken in charge by the Dutch author.
tiles.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The following will represent John
NJ. Martin Camp. S. C. ", at the
Florida Confederate reunion in
lakeland: DIR. 4. c. walkup, McIn-
tosh; e. D. Rbu, Reddick; E. L.
wartmann. Cit ia: D. .E. McIyer, D.
N. Ferguson, q. L. Carney, ]. L. Ed
wards. w. w Martin, j. E. chace
L. R. chazal. ocala. and S. F Rou
~x.oyen.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

During an exchange of iback-hand-
ed compliments in the House of Rep
resentatives Saturday. Minority
Leader Mann said Congressman
Helm of alabama had insulted the
sunraget5es. and Hefiin called Mann
a liar. The remarks of both were
expurged from the record.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The commissioners of Pinellas
have been indicted for malfeasance
in Office. which shows that the grand
Jurors of that county think the COM
missioners should be in Jail. But
the said commissioners want to build
a county jail to cost 100000, which
proves that they should be in a luna
tic asylum instead of a prison.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

When Austria bullied Servia be-
yond the point of forbearance, she at
tackled Russia's Monroe doctrine.
And Russia was as bound to fight as
the United States would be If an
European nation tried to wipe out a
South American state
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The women of Germany are said to
be giving up their jewelry to help
their government buy munitions of
war. The Star is afraid that before
the war ends, diamonds will be cheap
er than iron in Europe.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The federal reserve board has an
nounced its approval in principle, of
the plan for $3.50, 100000 loan
fund to take care of the surplus cot
ton crop.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

Columbia University has the great
est number of students ever gathered
IN any school in the world. 1t has
over 10000 scholars, and the num-
Der this year may reach IA 900.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The Tampa Tribune says the adj
vance guard of tourists is arriving.
Reservations have been taken at the
Tampa hotels by travellers from Eng
land. France and Germany, beside
many from our northern states
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

"A factory is to be started at Red
dick, Florida, for the manufacture
of peanut butter. That is the sort
of news that is worth publish
Ing.-sIiami Metropolis.
Yes. its che of the varieties Of
news the Star takes greatest pleasure
in publishing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

This is national cigar day, and 1t
is appropriate for Tampa to be the
biggest town on the map.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

"A good home is the best place on
earth, but a bad home is worse than
any corner OF Sheol.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-12

The best ice cream in town at the
Court Pharmacy Sunday orders a
specially. 1o-2-6t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28
THIEVES AGAIN AT WORK.
Break Into Saloon of f.. G. delCOra,
But Get Little For Their
Trouble.

In emulation OF the recent at
tempts at burglary of banks and pos.
offices, petit thieves attempted tn
arge job Of getting into the safe a
lelCoral's barroom. Evidently the;
had had little experience at this k-nt
of work, for they made little mpres
SION on the safe. and must have has
40 tools to work W tn. Had the.
succeeded they would have gottei
several hundred dollars in cash, az
there s considerable demand for tht
-ashing of checks on Saturday nigh
md sufficient money IS kept on hanl
or this purpose. All they got wa
four dollars in cash from the mont
drawer and two pistols, valued
$40, one be ng the property Of Mr.
delCoral and one belonging to {
friend who had left It there for saka
Entrance was gained by a window
at the side. the big glass beng lifte.
out and set to one side, withou,
breaking. The tn ewes first made a..
attempt to enter the saloon of w. Il
3adon, but IA led.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28

the pastime of the ''snow girl" OF
the North. There were in the bunch
Mrs. B. B. Warren, Mrs. T. N. Burns,
! Mrs. Wallace Poole, Mrs. Lionel
Adams, Mrs. A. r. Smith. Mrs. A. v.
SIN tn. Miss Gabrielle Boudousqu,e,
Miss Cecile Warren, Misses Anna and
Ruth Frederick. and what they .dn t
do to those who were unfortunate
enough to present themselves as sub
;ects for disaster ISN'T worth record
ing. Judge I. NJ. Burns, who thought
he was playing Foxy Grandpa, slip
ped into a barker's chair and was just
getting ready to be lathered with
soap-well, he was lathered with
snow, instead. Ask him what q snow
man feels ke. And not even money
could save E. V. Richard from Ike
experience, for they went into the
bank after him. He's shivering yet.
Don't ask him anything. But yor
might ask D. J. Sanders whether he
put any more coal in the stove after
he ladies left, Oh, but there were
lot Of others who dare not laugh
For instance there were EN- le Fred
er.ck, A. Frederick, w. A. White. DR.
Grimmer, Dr. Fisher, Whit Riggs, A
:. Mccormack, p. E. Ther;ot, Oliver
Hebert, and even the manager of ths
Farmer, E. D. Kentzel, who ought to
know better. came in for his share
Of the frost of the cake. The editor
had just stepped through snowbanl
nto hidden lake and was warming
b s feet and cuss!ng his luck, when
he manager came in and told him
all about now he had showed unde'
band of defenseless women who
wanted to wash his face. We listen
ed. and were glad we had stepped in
the lake.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28
Notes from the Schools
of St. Tammany Parish

parents. And we know that the
teachers, Prof. r chardson and NJ ss
Bessie Fauntleroy, deserve credit. II
! takes all three forces work ng to-
gether in harmony to have good
school, and that's what they are do
ing in the Middle Roads settlement.
We hope to have large number OF
letters to report next week. We
want every school in the parish repre-
|sented.
The writer wants to thank Mr.. c.
NJ. Liddle for the good work he is
doing for the Rally Edition at 81 dell
Also Prof. Hooper, the principal. As
all know, Slidell does tn ngs when
they go about it. Mr.. Liddle mas sent
in number of advertisements from
the enterpr-s.ng business men OF his
town and engaged number OF papers
for sale. We shall appreciate a n;-
lar response from citizens OF other
wards. MIR. Hooper VIII nave a good
write up, to be carr ed with a nam
Der of cuts from his school.
One of the best events OF the rally
will be the spelling contests. 1t Il
fortunate that there IS revival n
spelling all over the country The
spell ng book is goou, put the schoo.
that has an old Webster around to ap-
peal to in case Of doubt of pronInc- a.
ton is in a, much better cond.t-on'
And the children should be tra4nea
to Wis the old gentleman gu te ire
Quently. He IS q mighty good fr-eno
to one want ng to know the English
language.
AS we had two days vacation, Mon
day and Tuesday, and 1t snoweu us
under Wednesday, the foregoing VII
have to be offered in lieu Of ''school
notes" this week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28

the bu lding, as the people expect to
have a NEW one next fall. just
think of that, won't you. This build
ing fever is sure strong in old st.
Tammany. Those teachers out there
are ev IDENTIFY doing good work, and
we venture the patrons are standing
up for them with loyalty and proper
cooperation. You will be interest
ed in the r letter in the Rally Ed ton.
Look for it. 1t VIII show you that
those people out there .are dong
things.
Another interesting letter rece.y-
ed for the Rally Edition is from Prof.
p. A. Ross, Of Bush. Prof. Ross did
not begin the school SESSION at Bush,
but took charge after the school had
been rum ng a month or two. But
he seems to have been there for
years, the way he is carry ng on the
school. One interesting feature of
Prof. Ross letter IN has ability to see
good in his surroundings, in his pu-
lis and patrons. We have little re-
gard for a teacher who cannot see
good n his people. There is good
m all people. All children are aDout
the same. Most OF them are bright
and good, If teachers can only see It.
And approaching Their better quail
les serve to create within them de-
sire for more of those apprec able
rats. The VIZ ter would ke to
visit Prof. Ross and his school. for he
KNOWS that he would receive inspira-
t.on and helpful suggestions. 1t g
unfortunate that teachers cannot Wis
one another at work more often.
We congratulate the good people OF
Bush in what they are dong for their
share of the future items of Louis
ana.
Good letters have been received
also from Audubon and Pearl River
schools. The writer thanks them for
their responses with news letters:
they show that the school spirit up
her way is strong. The mothers
le at work for the upbuilding OF
he r school. The men are ready tn
put up for needed things. The
teachers and pupils are ut work.
!, Prof. j. A. Richardson, Of the N d
lie Roads school, has sent IN as
write up and photograph, for cut
t. accompany same. He says: The
school has been a complete succes
.h-nuchou the entire session. He.
attributes til s excellent cond ton t.
tie faithful efforts of the CHI reE
Aha ,eouap,na4mue eoQDegu1oOp ot the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28
CONVICTION HIGH SCHOOL

. The writer of these notes slipped
! OH to Vaudeville school last Friday
: afternoon. A good program was to
be observed in the Cov.ngton school
celebrating Washington Day. and he
knew his presence was not specially
. needed. He was glad to learn upon
returning that the Covington children
in all the rooms had rendered splen-
did programs, and that the afternoon
/ had been very pleasantly spent.
The writer reached Mandev lie just
as their program was ready to begin.
All the children had been collected
into the town hall, now be ng used
for the primary grades, owing to the
large. number of pupils attending
this yeag, rendering the regular
school house inadequate to hold them
al.
The exercises began by sing ng
Amer ca. 1t was good to listen to
those youngsters. Every one sang,
and Gang with vim. They did not
need an accompan ment. There
were recitations, group exercises,
songs, composit.ons-a general var-e-
ty. properly assorted, rendered WITH
out tagging, and of course interesting
from start to finish. After the pr
gram Mrs. Marks, the prime pal. IN
troduced the writer. who made
short talk, touching the rally with {;
little more emphasis than any othe;
+, topic.
The teachers atJMandeyille are ev
IDENTIFY doing a good work. The ch
dren were as we'll behaved set as
any school can boast Of. That they
have talent was shown by the man
ner they performed their parts. We
feel sure that t is just question of
a short time before the progress We,
public spsr ted citizens of Vaudeville
will oppose the present arrange
ment of scattering the school. and
erect new commcd Gus school 1t. SIS
Those good people VII soon recog
nlze that las children, bright as any
IN Lou ana, are entitled to as good
advantages as any other set.
The teachers and ladies' league
will have wrte-ups n tie -.ai
on OF the Farmer.
NJ SIS Marguerite CHS, of the ST
1a'mtaany school has sent in fine
letter for TIE Rally Sci ::
letter'to the WI ter sae -aJ
~ Dot been my Improvement on
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28

oe Alsobrook had a gun in his hand

Joe Alsobrook had a gun in his hand
and he raised 1t to fire but Porter
and his son had them covered and
Joe and Berlin ran. 1t is thought
that one of them may have been
wounded. CLANCY Parker hid be-
hind log and was captured. It is
sa'd the gun belonged to John Lew s,
and Porter accused him of attempt
ing to help the boys out, but Lewis
denied this, saying that he had s;mp-
ly happened along and was talking
to the boys. CLANCY also said this
was true; that Lewis was simply
passing by and had sat down and
talked to them. CLANCY was brought
to Covington Monday and locked up.
Wiley Alsobrook, the member of the
gang, who was captured at the tine
Of the stew preparat on, was indicted
for petit larceny at the recent sitting
of the grand jury and is held for
trial.
People who raise chickens are
getting tired of having them stolen.
Frequently choice breeds of chickens
are lost in this way. The thieves
make no dist notion. 1t is all the
same to them whether the chickens
are worth $40 apiece or only fifty
cents. they go in the pot just the
same to crafty the appetite of the
evening. A few convictions for this
KIND of thievery will put q stop to
it. Porter says it can't go on in his