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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-01-02
REPORT SUBMITTED
ON AGRICULTURE
Secretary Of Agriculture Houston
Forecasts Reorganization OF
the 0epartment-To Garry
Out the Work In Groups.

Washington - Reorganization Of
the Depar;mentot OF Agriculture is tore.
shadoeed in Secretary Houston,
first annual report presented to Pres,
itent Wilson. A plan to he submit,
ted to Congress "a the fiscal esli'
mates for 1910 proposes to carry oui
the work Of the department in tiyC
or SIX mairgroupts. SuchaS research,
State relations, rural orEarization,
forest service. weather and regula.
ton. Such a plan. Secretary HouS.
ton believes. will promote co-ordina.
ton.
Plans tor rediS,ricting the country
for the enforcement Of the pure food
law are announced, and the Secre.
tary announces his intention to ask
for authority to prepare amendments
TO the pure food law to improve the
food supply, protect the public health
and promote uniformity in food leg.
iSlation.
Free distribution Of seeds by Con.
greSsmen should be discontinued,
the Secretary recommends. He would
conduct in It's stead a constructive
work in securing ana distributing
new seeds and plants.
Conditions vary widely in the
United States, says the report, be.
cause farmers do not equally need
better credit arrangements. and al
sections are not similarly eireum.
Stanced. Il contends that when all
necessary allowances have been made
for fundamental factors, it is prob
ably clear that the rural communi-
ties are not as efficiently served as
they should be by existing financial
arrangements. The Secretary be-
lleves there does not appear to be
need for unique or special legislation
which shall aim to give the farmer
credit on easier terms than other
members Of society. What is needed
is the creation Of conditions and ma.
chinery which will enable him on
similar credit foundations to secure
money at the same rates as those
that prevail for other classes and for
other sections.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-01-02
COMMITTEE AGREES
ON BANKING LAW
Joint Committee Agrees Upon
Principal Features, and Meas
urs WIN Be Sent To Other
Members for Examination.

The Joint legislative committee
appointed to frame a new State bank
inspection law has practically finished
its work. Copies Of the new meas
ure have been drafted and sent to
all members for their approval. The
salient points Of the proposed law
are as follows:
ID The bill calls for the creation
Of new State department to be
known as the banking commission.
II is to be composed Of three COM
misSioners, one Of whom must be a
banker, one a lawyer and one an
expert accountant. The banker is
to be appointed by the Governor
the lawyer by the attomey-general
and the accountant by tile auditor Of
public accounts. The commissioners,
so chosen. are to hold their Office
for. a term Of four years, vacancies
in the commission being filled by the
officer making the appoiEtmentwhich
has become vacant.
(2) The commissioners to select
three competent exNminers who are
to 90 the actual work Of checking up
banks. Applicants for these positions
must first stand an examination to
test their competency. and the COM
mSSioners viii appoint the three ap-
plcants making the highest grade in
the examination. The salaries of
the examiners are fixed at 5000
per annum, their term Of office is
four years, and they may succeed
themselves only by a gain making
the examination. 1t IS also provided
that no examiner may examine the
same bank twice in succession.
(5) The expense of the banking
commission department will entail
no additional burden on the taxpay-
'erS, since It is TO be supplied with
necessary funds by levy of one
fourth Of one per cent upon the re-
sources Of all State banks. On the
basis Of their present condition, this
small tax will afford the banking
commission a revenue OF About $751;
600 per annum, which viii be ample
for all purposes.
l4) The bill contains What is
known as the double liability"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-01-02
Establish Model POstoiflces.

II IS announced that Postmaster
BurleSon proposes To Standardle the
postal system by the establishment
OF model offices throughou, the
country thatwill show the best meth.
odS for the collection. handling and
distribution Of the mail. As Il is now
every postmaster handles the busi.
ness accorjiag to his own method.
There should be q standard Of excel.
lence IN everything.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-01-02
BOARD OF HEALTH
DOING GREAT WORK
Expert Auditor Reports State
Health Board Records in &.
ceIlent Shape.-Al MOniss
Accounted For.

The epototR. q. Canch, ca.
/ Ipert auditor ilrthe legislative inyes.
Iugatng committee. ltg nves.,1.
tion % the books. acsounts anI
affairs in general ot tlis State Burl
lot Health. IS interesting
Dr. T.. q. Galloway. Secpt3r, o..
the Board oi Health, Is ea,eI ove.
the report as i shows the board %
be doing a great work in this State.
Some features OF the report fonoy:
We lind al cash appropriated to
this board correctly accounted tor
and economically used. The tondt
ton OF the records IS excellent, md
the health department deserves COM
mendition tot their careful and PAINS
taking work.
The State Boariof Health works
IN conjunction with me Rockefeller
sanitary commission in the cudica.
ton % the hooswom disease. This
commission has voted over $4,000
per year to this work for the past
two years.
The income from examination
fees Is not SO 50 WeIl kept as me ap.
preparation income, bot the moncy
has been accounted tor and divided
between the members Of the boud
Of health who mlolge lhe examlha-
tons and correcl the papers Z
The iess selleGtd- ii.issaA I've.
bureau Of vital statisIics.gd NdoircA
to be TUNED over to the Stare trcas-
urer.
In section Of the report headed
Observations" the auditor. among
Otler ihlngsi says.
"Our first comment An the health
department. is that the people Of the
State are certainly receiving 100
cents for every dollar appropriated to
and expended by the Board Of
Health.
WHEN Il is realized that only
about three ytars ago the boarteon.
fined itself to little more than exam
lining applicants ior Licenses TO plat.
tee medicine il can be seen what
Tremendous strides hgve been taken
by the State public health depat-
fnent. Officials say il IS essential for
the Legislature oappfoprJieat least
s45, 600 for 1914, and $1,000 for
1915, to properly carry on the work
Of the department During the year
1918 the expenditures of the board
amounted to Sl7,7l949. and the
vital statistics bureau, started ia
1912, $1,000.
Nothing is more degrading THAI 10
prhmisp murh atd ncffntm but lit 10.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01
THE TWENTY-THIRD
PSALM, REVISED EDITION

sThe Lord is my partner, shall
not want. He maketh me 10 lie down
IN green pastures, He leadeth me be-
side the still waters. He restoreth
my reputation. He leadeth me in the
paths of big philanthrOpies for my
names sake. Yea, tho walk thru
the valley Of labor strikes and revolu-
ton, win fear no evil. For thou
are with me. Thy church and thy
priestcraft, they comfort me. Thou
preparest a table before me IN the
presence Of starving enemies. Thou
anointest my tongue with oil; nv
cup runneth over. Surely homage
and fiattery shall follow me al the
days OF my life. and viii dwell ii i
big tomb hereafter Bouck White
In sThe Cali Of the Carpenter
r. b. b.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Some wop who signs himself sob
server" has written an ill-natured let
ter from Jacksonville to the Marion
County Board of Trade, in which he
recommends the board to keep all
useless" persons out of it's head
quarters room. 1t is no use to answer
either cantankerous critic or an
anonymous writer, but it isn't out OF
place to say that the Marion County
Board of, Trade does not consider as
useless anybody that comes to It's
rooms. Most of them are good, some
very good and all some good. More
than one man or woman in doubt OF
in hard luck has found that Board OF
Trade room a gateway to usefulness
even prosperity. Those who enter in
search of information or friendship
are never so devoid of talent thai
they can't find something helpful and
interesting. Any blame fool can crit.
icise, but the Board of Trade does
things.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

The tournament at the county fair
did not turn out as well as had been
expected, principally because it was
in the way of the races ,or the races
were in its way, according to wheth-
er the people were the most interest
ed in tournament or races. There is
plenty of evidence, however, that a
great deal of interest was taken in
this noble sport, and number of
young men, in whose natures the
knightly spirit yet predominates ov-
er the mechanical, desire to have a
tournament at some time when it will
not be hampered by other matters.
With this end in view, many are con-
sidering having a full-size fitting
match at the fair grounds on the
fourth of July. It would be SPLEEN
did idea if fully worked out. A man
who has never ridden a good horse
doesn't really know what it is to feel
proud, and our young men are max
ing great mistake in neglecting
horsemanship as they have been doing
for the last twenty years. Marion
county should be able to furnish at
least two hundred good riders, and
if we can have well-conducted tour
nament on our next fourth we will
have an attraction that may be ini-
tated but won't be equalled anywhere
in the country.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

We see by the Herald that the
people of Sanford are somewhat i'm
pressed with the idea of making the
81 Johns river into. an east coast
eznal. which could be done by cutting
Ehru the narrow strip between the
headwaters of the river, and the In
dian river at Eau Gallie. IT would
have a great advantage over the
present East Coast canal in depth of
water along most of its route; also,
after It was established the current
OF the river would do more toward
keeping the channel dredged than is
sanssible in the tidewater canal, which
1s constantly filling up. A meeting
al Palatka will be held Dec. IA, to
deal with the question. A delegation
from Ocala should be present, as it
nseuld be greatly to the advantage OF
Dcala if this route should be adopted.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01


not yet been naval battle between
British and Germans that has given
the world a fair chance to decide be-
tween the respective merits of the
ships and men. In the North Sea bat
tie, the British seem to have had a
considerable superiority over the
Germans; in the battle of the Chill
can coast, the Germans had a great
advantage over the British, and when
the German cruiser Emden was de-
stroyed by the Australian warship
Sidney, the former vessel was hope
lessly outclassed. A stand-up fight
between two squadrons of equal force
would be welcomed by the warning
nations and the world at large.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

The Miami Herald stoutly main
TzTns that the death of Adam Boggs
and his daughter in their home at
C0coanut Grove one night last week
~zx an accident and not murder.
Perhaps so. Unless these two people,
both of whom were healthy and Wig
GRsus, chloroformed themselves before
geIng TO bed, it is difficult to see why
xhey couldn't escape when the fire
Euoke out; also, it is peculiar that
beth had fractured skulls. But we
hope the Herald is correct. IF it isn't,
END the guilty parties are found, we
hope they will be lynched at once,
and the east coast spared another
disgrace like the Packwood case.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

The Times Union makes COMPARE
son between Belgium in the present
war and the South in 1865, showing
the South had the hardest fight and
suffered most. The figures of our
civil war, particularly of the fighting
in Northern Virginia, should be kept
in the minds not only of Southerners,
but all Americans. About the only
time the opposing armies were any
where near equal were in the six
days fight near Richmond in 1862
and the second Manassas, when the
Confede1ates lacked only about TO-
900 men of having as many soldiers
as their opponents. At Antietam Lee
had $4,000 men against McClellan's
$4,000; at Fredericksburg he oppos-
ed about $4,000 to at least twice as
many; at Charlottesville he had 49,
900 to Hooker's $4,000; at Gettys-
burg he had 10000 to Meade's 3d.
600; in the Wilderness he had $4,000
men against Grants 100000. The
record of the army of Northern Vir-
ginia has not been equalled in his
tory.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

The military system of Switzerland
Is the one needed in the United
States. In Switzerland, every able
bodied man belongs to the standing
army. The state furnishes him with
rifle and ammunition, he must drill
two weeks every year and practice
shooting at targets until he is fairly
proficient with his gun. Such a sys-
fem In the United States would pro-
1nre host that would smother any
invading army before it could adj
vance hundred miles.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Little Holland declines offers of f.
nancial aid from Americans in car
ing for the Belgian refugees in the
Netherlands. There are million of
xhese unfortunate people in Holland,
and 100000 of them are penniless.
Holland always one of the biggest
little nations in the world. She has
less than $4,000 miles of territory and
about 100000 population, and tax
ing care of million homeless people
would be big job for country four
times as large.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

r.. C. Camp, president OF the Flor
ida Power Company, will arrive here
this evening and will address the
beard of trade Tuesday evening on
the proposed new electric supply sys-
tenn. Messrs. James Murphy and
Bird Latham, Of the new company,
went to Tarpon Springs this morning
ard will accompany Mr.. Camp from
that point to st. Petersburg along the
line of the proposed interurban rail-
way.-St. Petersburg Independent.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

lost a very pretty baby, or was max
ing believe she had, and wrote poem
TO fit the event. If you will re-read
Mr.. Wimpy's verses, you will see that
they rather express the sorrow OF
parting than the joy we should like
al people to feel IN thinking Of
oeala. We disremember the lost
cfild's name, but it was Margarita or
Evalina or some other four sylIabled
handle that fitted the meter better
than ocaIa's three. The first verse
read:
Margaritai Angels named her,
And they took the light
Of the laughing stars and framed her
| In a robe of white
| And they made her hair OF gloomy
Midnight, and her eyes Of bloomy
Moonshine, and they brought her te
me
IN the hush Of night.
Waking up after sleep Of thirty
odd years has caused the Muse q
limp a little perhaps her foot stay
ed asleep after the rest Of her woke
Iup. And she can't be blamed fol
changing d few words after such !
long nap. All things considered, sh.
remembered very well.
] The verses were printed, some timl
in the 80's, in one of the compare
lively few magazines published d
America at that time. And, as u
fear there may be some copies yet Il
existence, and Ocala might be accus
ed Of plagiarism, or dreamchil'
stealing, if she adopted the poem, n
would advise against doing so, th'
we think the pretty thing should B
petted and given bouquet.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Rev. William H. Dodge, D. D., pas
tor Of the Presbyterian church in
Ocala, in telegram to the Times
Union last night, stated that he has
under consideration the call to the
East Jacksonville Presbyterian
church in this city, and win probably
accept.-Times-Un Union.
DR.. Dodge, on being Intercepted
by the Star, says the Times-Union
has quoted him correctly.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01
The Marion county friends of DIE

The Marion county friends of Mrs.
A. S. Mann and Mrs. William 8.
Jennings, of Jacksonville, viii learn
with much regret of the painful in
juries sustained by the former Sat
urday when the street car on which
she was the only passenger, crashed
into another car. Mrs. Mann was
thrown nearly the full length of the
car and her back and head were
bruised by the fall.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

eComrade' Schneider Of the Cold
en- Acre" was in town yesterday, and
tried to wager a package Of cheroots
that the Kaiser would eat Christmas
dinner in London. He found no TAX
ers, however, as his friends feared
they would win the bet.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

The Russians have pushed an army
thru the Carpathians south of Lem
berg aud invaded Hungary. The adj
vance seems to have been made in the
face of bitter winter weather and OPP
position from the Austrian troops and
uas as great military exploit as
Hannibal's passage of the Alps.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Judge J. L. Billingsley Of Miami, 4
former Marion county citizen, adj
dressed large audience at the Tam
pa Y. NJ G. a. Sunday, taking the az.
firmative side Of the wet or dry cam
paign now being waged ia Hills
borough county. Judge Bi1IingsIey' s
address was very forceful.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Mr.. Fl. A. Kramer, who spent last
week at the Robinson residence at
Lake Weir, of which he has charge,
says that several times during his
stay there, on opening the doors in
4he morning, he found quail walking
around in the yard as tame as chick
ems. lie considered them too tame
to shoot.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

It is reported that the German
squadron which defeated a British
mva1 force off the coast of Chile a
Few weeks ago has come around the
Kern into the Atlantic. If it has, it
xz1U play havoc with British merch-
amt shipping to South America and
sSonfh Africa; it also increases its
.1hances of destruction. There has
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01
NEWCOMERS TO OCALA

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. n. Cotner and
son, Of Hope Indiana, arrived in the
city last night to make their home
here. They have carload Of house
hold goods, feed and team Of horses
en- route that will arrive today to-
morrow and are today engaged IN To-
eating house.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

That it takes two to make quar-
rel" is an old saying, and like most
old sayings is untrue. 1t only takes
one to make quarrel. and most of
the quarrels, individual and interna-
1ionAl, are made by one person or one
party bent on making trouble.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Postmaster Rogers, the Star is glad
20 say, passed comfortable night
and is doing well today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Everybody likes to see fine horse.
zand everybody likes to look at pref
w woman. The combination is ire
sistible, so there should be more
equestriennes among our ladies.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

If the combatants in Europe can
become any madden than the people
Sf an American county over a wet or
dry or county-seat election, they must
be some fierce.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Mr.. R. P. Tucker of Lynchburg,
Va, who is a business visitor in the
city, sold carload of Cornell wagons.
to knight and Lang, which is a good
sign.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Americans shouldn't sneer at either
side of the fighters in Europe. Men
who are suffering and dying for a
cause, even a mistaken cause, deserve
respect.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-01

Mr.. Edwin Spencer, OF Lakeland
spent today in the city with his for.
mer partner, Mr.. r. r. Hooker.
University Missourian., 1914-10-26
0uR .BLACK EYE.r

From the notoriously inefficient, In
fact. almost worthless organization OF
three years ago, the Columbia fire oe-
partment has improved until now IT Ii
ranked as second in efficiency by the
state insurance commissioner. This is
certainly an enviable record, for which
Chief Kurtz is largely responsible. He
has not only done good work in fight
ing fires, but has persistently carried
on a fire prevention campaign.
Yet despite this Columbia has
black eye" among the fire insurance
companies. They think the fires are
still too numerous; they. hint at in
cendarism in pretty strong terms, and
they find that the theaters, public
schools, colleges, University buildings
and business blocks are none too well
protected.
Now Chief Kurtz has inspected and
reinspected most of these places and
has offered suggestions as to their i'm
provement To do this would not take
much work or money, and the expense
would in a short time more than be
recovered by the decrease in insurance
rates. This, together with sense OF
public duty, should be enough to cause
the work to be done voluntarily.
But If these improvements are not
so made, there should be some provi-
sion to enforce them. Public safety
demands it. Keep up with the fire
department.
University Missourian., 1914-10-26
The Literary Trawler

The second compensation for this
war is the refutal of another of these
endless lies of which that unhappy
nation sought to impress the world
has been guilty-that is, that we were
decadent race. We heard some
thing of that among our own critics
There were too many cigarette smok-
ers. 1 believe that not to be a lie,
but to be true. There were too many
lookers-on at football in the after
noon. Well, won't even deny that.
can believe that there are amuse-
ments more stimulating, more ener-
getic, and more wholesome than sit
ting looking at football match, with
endless pipes in your mouth. After
all, those were misleading and decep-
tive symptoms.-Lord Rosebery.
University Missourian., 1914-10-26
The Open Column

Editor of The Missourian:-I under
stand that automobilists are trying to
get hedges and shrubbery at the cor
ners of the Horticultural grounds re-
moved in order that they may turn
the corners or keep going at the same
reckless speed that they maintain on
straightroad. / think l am as
nimble as the next one at making a
quick crossing but after having some
close shaves at being run down by
automobiles, and seeing others have
the same experience / am inclined to
believe that what We need is to have
tall shrubbery masses at all corners
where possible and tall buildings at the
remainder. Many drivers in Colum-
bia are not likely to respect our necks
until they first are brought to real
ization that they have necks of their
own. Thus while they are slowing
up at the corners for their own pro-
lection the proletariat can slip across
unnoticed.
Also let us combat the scheme to
change the Stephens Publishing Co.
building into plate glass instead of
brick because otherwise travellers
down the east side of Hit will never
get to Broadway without an elevated
or subway crossing.
The taxfcab drivers are the worst
offenders although there are several
very youthful students who are not
far behind in this regard "Raus init
'em and Rah for the high blinds at
the street crossings" W.