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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23
FINE OUTLOOK
FOR THE FAIR
EVERYBODY WORKING. FOR IT'S
SUCCESS WITH INTEREST
AND ENTHUSIASM

Everybody connected with the fair
took advantage of the bright, cheer
full weather this morning to push al
preparations forward The fair
grounds are an animated scene with
the officers, exhibitors and workmen
making ready and quite a number OF
interested spectators looking On.
People are coming in from the
country with agricultural exhibits,
and lot Of stuff is already in place
in that big department.
The canning club folks have the
entire big room that has so far been
given to the household display. They
have put it in good shape and are.
helping to ill It full
The ladies in charge of the house
hold display are much pleased with
their transfer to the Ocaia Lumber
and supply Cos. building They
have more room and better light.
They have shown great care and good
taste in the decorations, and are ex-
pecting the best display ever.
Mr.. Bennett was busy with his
chicken coops and said he was expect
ing the best poultry exhibit OF his
fair young life He wants to see all
the good-1ooking chickens in the
county at the fair.
Workmen were busy arranging
booths in the industrial department,
but it is TOO soon to tell about the
displays
McIver e MacKay are going to fill
their big building with the best dis
play they have had. Competent
VERNE Roberts is looking after the
beautiful as well as the useful, and
has already arranged an artistic and
patiotic display of flags and bunting
The ladies of the w C. r. u, the
Presbyterian and Christian churches
are as busy as bees with their rest
rooms and restaurants. which are
going to he attractive and helpful to
all the visitors -
Gerig's sureenough Drugstore viii
be ready to open with the fair gates,
and is going to be one of the smartest
and most appropriate features of the
occasion
The showmen of the Greater
Sheesley Attractions are busily erect
ing their tents. Everybody who saw
these shows in Gainesville last week
was we'll pleased with them,
The colored people are at work
with their usual enthusiasm to fill
their department with specimens OF
their skill and industry.
Live stock, except race horses, OF
course, hasn't begun to come in yet,
but the prospects are that the exhibit
will be 'better than last year
i Secretary Williams is here, there
and everywhere, helping with the
skill of his long experience and mex
haustfb1e good nature Judge Will.
Jams has done good work for Marion
and Sumter counties On his untirine
efforts for the fair 40 one could ex.
eel the public-spirited devotion with
which ne has worked for this greai
institution, in which all the people
of the two counties are vitality con
cerned Nearly everybody On Marion
and Sumter knows the venerable sec
; Rotary, and few there be who do no
, honor him for the unfailing helpful
ness and blindness toward his fellow
J citizens that have characterized hi
J long and useful life.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23


Mrs. w. III. Dodge has returned
home from attending the meetings
of the FLORIDA Synodical in Monticel-
10. Mrs. Dodge while in Monticello
was entertained by DIR. and Mrs G.
b. Glover.
Miss Sara Agnew was in the city
from her Lake Weir home today
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Chambliss. Mrs.
Eugene Beall and Mr.. Wallace Davis
enjoyed pleasant auto trip to Bus-
tbs Sunday
Mrs. Eugene Bea1l, who has been
the guest of her aunt, Mrs e. C.
Chamlbliss, for some weeks. left for
her home in Chattanooga today.
The ladies of the East Broadway
Christian church are busy today get
ting their booth at the fair grounds
in readiness for the lunch sale which
they will conduct each day during
the fair. Their prices win be mod
crate and it is hoped the ladies vii
receive liberal patronage as they are
working hard in order to help with
some necessary Improvements tina
are to be made at an early date OF
the interior of the church. Theil
booth will be located next to the res
room, SO call there If you get hungr,
and you will be served with sand
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

The only Hotel on the Square
now offers you the service of its
dining room You'll come again If
you try it. 2s-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Zewadski. Jr.s
Master w. K. Zewadski, III, and Mr..
Guy Zewadski viii arrive tomorrow
afternoon from Tasnnabo remain I'M
til after Thanksgiving. visiting Mr..
and Mrs w X Zewadski. ST..
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23
COL. ROGERS ILL

Postmaster r.. F. Rogers has been
quite iii at his residence in the first
ward since Friday The colonel is
suffering with an aggravated spell
of malaria. This morning his condi-
ton was decidedly better and his
many friends hope to see him back
at has post of duty in a few days.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

The members of the Methodist
sewing circle spent busy afternoon
today at the home of Mrs. George
Rentz. sewing and making final ar
rangements for their annual bazaar
to be held December 4th and 5th.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

"a dainty little daughter arrives
Sunday to gladden. the hearts of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James e. John
son. For several years. little Miss
Sarah johnson has been the only
child and the arrival of little sister
has made her snpremely happy /and
the envy of her p1aymates.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

Call $50 for Information at the
fair grounds Gerig's. 2s-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

Pennan+s and pillow tops, latest
styles, at KREGER'S.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

Mrs. William Wolf at her attract
i've home on rWatula street, enter
tafned a few friends informally last
evening at a delightful musical COM
plfmenlting Miss Goldie Buck of New
York.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

Mr.. Tom Mcclure, who is enrolled
at the University of Florida this
winter, spent Sunday in Oca1a a
guest of the, Harrington Hall. GMr.
McGuire's parents. Mr. and Mrs. w.
A. Mcclure of Chicago. are expected
this week at the Harrington to
spend the winter
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

DR. Frances Sage Bradley of At
lanta and DR.. Ellen lowell Stevens
of Jacksonville left yesterday for
their homes. They came Saturday
especially TO deliver addresses before
the Woman's Club and during their
short stay in the city made many
friends. Yesterday morning they
we're guests of Mrs c. r. Tydings
ON a motoring trip to Silver Springs,
and after spending an hour and 4
half on the water both declared the
springs to be the most beautiful
place they had ever seen.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

CT you have items for this
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

Miss Sara Agnew was in the city
from her Lake Weir home today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

Mr. C. v. Miller of Tampa was the
guest Sunday of Mrs. Miller's par
ents. Judge and Mrs. w S. Bullock.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-23

MIR. eugene Dodge of Jacksonville
will spend Thanksgiving in the city.
the guest of his parents. DIR. and efrs.
w. III. Dodge.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
POST LEAVES 20 MILLIONS
Daughter-Executors Of viii
Put Up Big Bond.

Washington, will OF Charles
w. Post, Of Battle Creek. Mich, who
died at Santa barbara, Cal, on May
3 filed here for probate leaves the
bulk of an estate estimated at $20,,
100000 to the widow, Mrs. Leila Y.
Post, and daughter, Marjorie Post
Close. t,.a..
The stocks, bonds and other person
al property Of the estate were esti-
mated at about s1S,0O0,000. Carroll
l.. Post, Marshall X. Howe, Henry c.
Hawk, Harry L. BuSt, Samuel II. Small,
Edward l.. Branson, Frank C. Gran
din and Arthur E. Williams were
named as Executors and gave bonds
for $2,3O0,00O.
One-half Of Mr.. Posts estate, vari.
Gus parcels of other property, rs per
cent Of all the personal property, aside
from holdings In Battle Creek cereal
companies, and one.half the latter
were left to the daughter.
Mrs. Post inherits all other real es-
tate at Battle Creek, In Santa Bar
bara and In Texas; the remainder Of
the holdings in the Battle Creek COM
panies and rs per cent of the remain
ing property.
To two granddaughters, Adelaide
Close and Eleanor Close, Mr.. Post left
10 per cent of his personal estate; an
other small portion goes to various
persons, among them the executors,
and the remainder is divided equally
between the mother and daughter.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
JACOB RIS, SOCIAL
WORKER, IS DEAD.
NOTED SOCIAL WORKER CHAR.
ACTERizED BY ROOSEVELT
MOST USEFUL CITIZEN"
KNEW SLUMS FIRST HAND
From Almost Pcnniess Immigrant
Rits, Impressed With RepeIiant
Tenement Conditions in New
York, Wages Sanitary Fight.

Barre, Mass.---Jacoh Augustus Riis,
author and social writer, died at has
summer home here after long illness.
Riis became, through his work In
behalf OF the poorer people in New
York City, the most useful citizen" Of
the metropolis, according 10 a tribute
once paid to him b. Theodore Roose-
welt, his intimate friend.
AS an almost penniless immigrant
he obtained knowledge of the slums al
first hand and found conditions there
so repellant that he consecrated his
whole life to warfare against wretch
edness.
Riis was the thirteenth child OF a
Latin teacher In Ribe, Ntland, Den.
mark. He was born in 1S49. Protest
ing at the literary career which his IA
ther had cut out for him, young Riis
decided to work with his hands and
became carpenters apprentice,
AS reporter on the New York Trl-
bune and later on the New York Sun,
Riis took up his real work in slum
fighting
He brought sunlight to the tene'
ment districts by forcing the destruc-
tion Of rear tenements. He entirely
cleared Mulberry Bend, one of the
worst tenement sections In the city,
and replaced the squalid homes by
shady parks.
Col. Roosevelt was police commits
sioner of New York when Ris at.
tackled the evils Of police station
lodging houses. He won his point and
incidentally strong ally in Mr.. Rose
welt.
After twenty.seven years as re-
porter, Riis resigned TO continue his
fight by writing and lecturing, Among
the products of his pen are How the
Other Half Lives" The Children Of
the Poor" "The Making Of an Amer.
lean" this autobiography, The Bat
tie With the Sum-" Children Of the
Tenements." THE Old Town" "Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the Citizen" and Hero
Tales From the Far North
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
TRIAL Or ooosey,
Odd Incident interrupts Hearing.
New Trial Ordered.

Clarksdaie. - The Godsey murde
trial took a sudden and unlocked for
turn when Special Judge Maynard ex.
cused Juror Wellman from further
service on account of illness. There
upon the state Immediately moved for
a mistrial This was granted by the
court, who ordered that trial de novo
begin at once and that the nine jurors
who had already qualified and been
accepted by both sides previous to
Mr.. Wellman's illness, should be
placed In the jury box as the begin.
ming of new jury.
This being technically a new trial,
however, It was necessary that these
nine be rendered TO both state ana
defense to challenge for cause or per.
emptorily. The state then challenged
two for cause. The jury box was aft
erwards filled and again rendered the
state, during which process a number
were challenged by the state for
cause.
The jury box was Ilnally filled and
again rendered the state for peremp-
tory challenges, four of these chal-
lenges being exercised, three OF them
being of the original nine jurors. For
the third time the box was filled and
rendered the state, one being chal
lenged peremptorily. The fourth time
the box was filled 1t was accepted by
the state. Then 1t was rendered the
defense, two being challenged for
cause.
At this point In the proceedings
Sheriff Fitzgerald announced that not
only had the special venire of 200 been
exhausted, but in addition a large
number of others, who had been sum.
moned, The defense has not yet
taken advantage of any Of its right to
twelve peremptory challenges.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
BRYAN OUTLINES
u. S. TRADE PLANS
WOULD SECURE EQUALITY or
OPPORTUNITY OF WORLD
MARKETS.
FOREIGN TRADE DISCUSSED
Fairfax Harrison Says American Man
ufacturers Have Not Taken Up
invasion Of Foreign Markets
With Any Consistency.

Washington.--Five hundred mann
tacturers and representatives of com
merclal organizations launched tho
first national foreign trade convention
here. Al a banquet Secretary Bryan
outlined the administrations attitude
toward the campaign for industrial
relations with other countries.
so far as it il possible TO do so"
the secretary said, 1T Ia our desire to
obtain for Americans equality of op
portunity In the markets Of the world
But while this government wishes to
expand its foreign trade and to Ell.
courage those who seek In foreign
lands field for American capital and
labor, 1t cannot assume responsibility
for or guarantee the financial stand
ing of Americans who engage In com
mercial or industrial enterprises be
yond the boundary Of the United
States"
Mr.. Bryan said that II wrong were
done an American citizen in his legit'
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
OKLAHOMA WANTS 10000
Need Large Number Of Men TO Take
Care Of Crops---BuIIetins Placed
In Post Offices.

Washington. Acting on information
OF Charles L. Dougherty. labor com.
missioner Of Oklahoma, that from H..
900 to $1,000 men would be required
TO help harvest and thresh the wheat
crop in that state, Secretary Wilson
ordered bulletins placed in postoffices
throughout the country describing OK.
lahomas needs.
Inquiry has been made OF state OF.
ficials in Kansas. Nebraska. North and
South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Mis-.
souri, and Minnesota about their re.
quiremepts for extra help during the
harvest time.
Commissioner Dougherty stated in
telegram to Secretary Wilson that
wages in Oklahoma would be from 81
to $3.50 day, with board, and that of
the 10000 or $4,000 men required for
the wheat harvest Sc per cent would
find additional employment handling
the forage crops, promising four to siJ
months steady work.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Cerinth Depot Case.

L
Chancellor P. 2. Jones will give 4
hearing to the celebrated Corinth de.
pot case, which has been pending on
the Kinds county chancery docket for
several months,
The Mobile & Ohio and Southern
railway are resisting An order issued
by the railroad commission requiring
them to erect depot on certain site
At Corinth. The two common carriers
have conceded the necessity for larger
depot accommodation at Corinth, but
are opposed to the site chosen by the
commission, which 10 located In an an
gle formed by the two lines, and they
claim that the tfact is not large
enough.
The litigation involves the right OF
the railroad commission to arbitrarily
AZ depot sites. a question that never
has been passed upon by the courts
In this state. Commissioner w. R.
Wilson OF the Northern district, is
making the fight for the site chosen
by the commission.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
PRIZE BANNER FOR LUcEDALE.
Editor L. G. Sellers of George County
sTimes Wins Honor.

Lucedale.--Editor l.. G. Sellers of the
grand lodge of !. 0. o. f., brought back
the bacon in the shape of the prize
banner awarded by the grand lodge OF
the state of Mississippi to the Luce
dale Lodge No. 1870, l. o. o. F., for the
largest gain in membership of any
lodge in the state. The grand lodge
has recently been in session at Lau-
rel, Miss. To judge Editor Sellers from
his optimistic disposition and beaming
countenance you would know that if
not the original of Mark Twain's "Col.
Mulberry Sellers" he is at least d.
rect descendant of that illustrious gen.
tleman.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
MOTORCYCLE RIDERS KILLED


Chicago A man and woman were
killed and another man was probably
fatally injured here when two motor.
cycles dashed into loaded express
wagon.
Adolph Mashos first ran into the
rear Of the wagon, and while the driv.
er was carrying the unconscious man
into drug store, leaving his wagon
standing in the middle Of the street.
the second machine crashed into the
wagon.
The riders were Edward Bomark
and Marie Herman. Both were killed.
and Mashons is not expected to re.
cover.
Marie's sister, riding with another
man, was saved when they saw the
lantern of the wagon driver, who was
returning to his horses. unaware that
a second machine had run into his vo
hicle in the dark. ~
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
CAMPBELL REELECTED.
kosclusko Holds Second Primary for
MunicipaI Officers

Kosciusko.--The second primary
eection for the nomination OF mayor
marshal and board of aldermen wai
held here, Considerable interest was
manifested in the election. Mayor M
Q. Campbell being opposed for re-elec
ton by Capt. H. A. Sawyer.
The marshafs race was between W
Nv Davis, the present incumbent, and
HC. Miller, popular young business
man and proprietor of the Kosciuske
Brick Manufacturing plant.
s. H. Atkinson, w. D, Mussellwhite
Lee Thornton and c. o. Townsend
we're In the run-off for aldermen.
The vote stood as follows: NJ. 9
Campbell, 142; H. A. Sawyer, 1876; w
| y. Davis, 142; H. G. Miller, 1856; s. P
Atkinson, 1877; w. D. Mussellwhite
lo7; Lee Thornton, 1863; C. 0. Town
send, l47.
State politics was injected into the
contest, which determined to q great
extent the result.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Confession Of
| MURDER REJECTED
!. / JOHNSON ACCUSED OF KILL.
ING ELsToN BREWER At
vIckssuRG LAST July.
|1HE VERDICT IS REVERSED
euereme Court Holds Alleged confes-
sion Extracted by E. A. Fitzgerald
Of vicksburg Herald Not
Enough for Death.

Jackson. n.---AccOTulnS TO lne view OF q
majority of the supreme court Judges
paed and Cook, the Confession ex.
,,aeted from S. l.. Johnson, the alleged
nnrderer of Elston Brewer, whose
dead body was fished up from the bot
rom of the Yazoo canal near Vicksburg
during last July, by e. A. Fitzgerald,
manager of the Vicksburg Herald, and
IN which the prosecution was mainly
huilt up was not sufficient in law, or
The rules and precedents laid down by
mat court, and the defendant, there
fore will not hang, as decreed. This
case was handed down by Justice
Reed, who gave an interesting state
ment of the facts involved, and bring
ing out clearly the salient feature OF
The CHASTITY tragedy Of which it was an
echo. Eston Brewer, young itin.
Grant printer from Batesville, Ark, to-
eether with Johnson and Gillen, were
journeying down the Mississippi in a
shanty boat 1t was known that on
reaching Vicksburg Brewer cashed a
draft for a certain amount Of money,
and this money, according to the the
ory of, the state, was the primary
cause OF the tragedy.
Johnson was arrested on suspicion,
and was held pending inquest and ju-
dicial Investigation. In narrating the
facts as set forth in the record, Justice
Cook set out in detail the circum-
stances surrounding the Confession"
extracted by Mr.. Fitzgerald. 1t was
evident to the majority of the court
that the admissions made by Johnson
were due to undue influences and per-
suasion, and that it was only after re-
peated visits to the prisoner by the
newspaper man, as he lay in the Jail
at Vicksburg, and certain psychic in
nuences exerted, that ne unburdened
himself, and made the statement
which ultimately led to his conviction.
/ It seemed clear to the court that the
appellant was in a nervous and over
wrought frame of mind, and being in
such physical and mental state, with
out power of resistance, made the
statement, which became part of
Fitzgerad's testimony,
The appellant had been convicted as
charged and without any e&tenuating
recommendations, and SO the sentence
followed. The trial took place at Port
Gibson on change Of venue from
Warren county. where Johnson, who
was without means to employ counsel,
| was defended by A. A. Chaney, of the
/ Vicksburg court, who was appointed bv
the court. The case was ordered re-
yersed and remanded and Just what
| the result will be is uncertain.
Chief Justice Smith expressed hts
dissent from the views of the majority
Of the court in a strongly drawn dis.
senting document, covering the points
involved fully and in circumstantial
detail
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received by the Board
OF Supervisors Of LeHore County, Miss.
on the first Monday in June, 1914, for
recovering and building cutters on the
county Jail building; said roof CUTTERS
to be Of galvanized iron. Bids will
also be received for repairing the root
now on the county Jail.
A. r. BEW, Clerk.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Secure Lease,

Oklahoma City, Okla.--The Atchi.
son, Topeka e. Santa Fe railroad com.
pany has secured iye,year lease on
the properties OF the Oklahoma Cen
trail railroad company, with an option
of purchase at any time. for approx
mately $4,000, 900.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
STEAMER STRIKES ICEBERG
Captain Sends Message Saying That
Nobody Was Hurt and That Dam
age Is Not Very Serious.

London.---The steamer Royal Ed.
Sard, of the Canadian Northern Steam.
ship Company, collided with an ice.
berg I10 miles east Of Cape Race
while on her voyage from Montreal to
AvoHmouth. E..
The captain in a wireless message
to the owners described the iceberg
as very large one, and said that the
steamer struck 1t end.on while going
dead slow" in a dense fog,
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29

A dirigible balloon carrying fifty
passengers was blown up by bone
head" who lighted q cigar in spite Of
warnings. Unfortunately, the rock
the boat" idiot and the didn't know
II was loaded" imbecile were no! IN
board.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received on the first Mon.
day in June, 1914, by the Board Of su.
parvisors of Lcfore County, Miss. for
raising the gil and approach TO the
river bridge near Minter
City, on the Lefore County side thereof,
above the high water mark as per spec.
idcations on file.
A. R. BEw, Clerk.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Shoot at Soldiers.

Trinidad Colo.--For the first time
since they asssmed control In the
strike districts Of the Colorado coal
fields, the United States troops were
fired on. The shooting. 1t was learned,
occurred at a miners camp
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
NOTICE OF PURCHASE or DYNA
MITE.

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Supervisors of Leaore Codn.
ty. Miss. on the first Monday of June.
1914, for the purchase of one car Of
ten tons Of different strengths of dyna-
mite for the purpose Of blowing stumps
ON the public roads. Said bids shall
be on delivered prices in different quan-
titles to all railroad stations in the
county, q.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29

Then there 10 TO be another war
waged against the drug habit. Do
not get the wars mixed. Remember
that there 10 difference between
the drug habit and the bug habit.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Boy Accidentally Shot.

Plue Mountain. Harvey Goodwin and
Mark Fower were using a .22-caliher
target rifle which was accidentally dis.
charged and sent ball through the
flesh Of the latter's thigh.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Arrested on SUSPICION.

Brownsville, Tex.-While on bust.
ness mission to Matomores Giro Beeta
and Alfonso Beeta, said to be wealthy
TampicO property owners, were arrest.
ed on charge OF being Huertaistas.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Stamp Out Vice.

chicago.--Commerclallzed vice in
Chicago has almost been stamped
out In the past year Of unremitting
war against It, according TO summa.
ry Of events made public BY the citi-
zens' committee Of fifteen.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Quarterly Conferences.

Summit.--The quarterly conference
y the Methodist church, Brookhaven
district. is in session here with Rev.
Robert Selby, presiding elder, In tho
shair; Rev. B. w. Lewis, pastor IN
charge.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-29
Ready for Merchants.

west Point. - Final arrangements
nave been completed for the reception
and entertainment OF the delegates to
'he Mississippi Mrchants' association,
which holds It's annual meeting here.