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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-11-27

ments are taken to indicate more than
a precautionary measure to cover a
possible German retreat.
The Germans are making every pre-
paration for holding and fortifying the
coast The entire coast between Zee
brugge and Knocke has been cleared
of inhabitants. No civilian has bee:l
permitted to remain within two miles
of Zeebrugge for several weeks.
Six submarines are said to be il
big engineering works have been in
progress for some time. Some CT
them are ready for immediate service
Others are being assembled.
The whole coast from Knocke to
Newport is fortified with heavy art1l,
lery, in anticipation of possible bonn
bardment by warships.
Turks at Suez Canal.
LONDON Reuters CONSTANT,
nople correspondent gives the fol.
lowing official Turkish statement:
1.-THE Turkish troops have reached the
Suez Canal. In fighting near Ell Kan
tara the EngIihs suffered heavy
Loses and took flight" Ell Kantara IS
a port on the right bank of the canal,
about twenty-five miles south of Port
Said.
Mayor of Upres Shot by Allies. Report.
London, Nov PA Daily News
correspondent in the north of France
says that the mayor of Ypres was
shot by the allies as a spy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-11-27
GROWING Old by Degrees.

Growing old has many stages. You
can remember the time when, in read
ing your favorite author, you were dis
gusted to find that he had made his
hero forty years old, and you won
dered how he could be guilty OF I'M
putting romance to such an unconscion-
able age. BY and by, even though you
found forty years to be the old age
of youth, you we're solaced by the
thought that it was the youth of old
age, and still later you will wonder
where youth ends and old age begins.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-11-27
u. S. WILL HAVE DIRIGIBLES
Government Makes Contract for Six
War Balloons.

AKRON, OHIO. = The United
States government has placed con
tract with the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company Of this city for the
construction Of six or more dirigibIe
armored air ships, suitable for often
sive or defensive work in time Of
war.
Plans for the construction of the
first Of the big air craft are complete.
The air ship will be ready within six
months 1t will be equipped with
machine guns, wireless apparatus,
two powerful engines, oxygen tanks
and air pumps and will have a raising
capacity of 10000 pounds. 1t will
carry a crew of twelve men.
The bag for the craft will be 1875
feet long and 40 feet in diameter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-11-27
Civilizations Advance.

How timid and puny seem the old
time roar of the ocean, the growing Of
roosters and the creak Of farm wagons
when nowadays, as we linger in some
distant caravansary, we recruit our
wasted energies on hesitation, rag
time, monographs, telephone bells
and siren horns.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-11-27
TEETOTALISM GETS BOOST
AhsintheIess Army of France Gives
Temperance Big Boom.

PARIS, = An argument for tenn
perance is afforded by the physical
condition of the French army.
When the war started the govern
ment banned the sale of absinthe and
of most spirits Reports from the
trent show that confirmed absintne
drinkers, deprived of their fayorite
liquor, have attained splendid lie
gree of fitness.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-11-27
100000 SOLDIERS VOTED
House of Commons Passes War Mea
sure Asked by Asquith.

LONDON, ENG.-The house OF
commons passed the bill for the sup
Elementary army estimate, which pro
vides for an additional million men
mentioned by Premier Asquith in the
house of commons last Monday
1t is apart from the territorials and
is additional to the 100000 men sai~
to be now under arms.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-11-27
De Vets Forces Almost All Captured.

LONDON, ENG. A dispatch &C
Reuters Telegram company from
Pretoria says: 1T is officially an.
nornced that General De Vets rapid
" dwindling rebel commando became
surrounded by loyal forces in the
vicinity of Boshof on the Vaal River
General De Wet succeeded in escap.
ing with only twenty-five men. The
remainder OF his force surrendered.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
MAUDE POWELL COMING

AS chairman Of the music depart
ment of the Woman's. Club we are
very glad to announce that Ocala
will have the great privilege of hear
ing the world famed violinist, Maude
Powell, in concert at the Temple
Theater Wednesday evening, Janu-
airy 21st. We ask the cooperation
OF the press and of every one in
Ocala who cares for real culture to
aid us in filling the opera house on
that evening. Maude Powell's pro-
gram will include classic and light
popular numbers. Any person who
have special selections which they
wish to have rendered will please no.
tify me, phone 164, and | will try to
have them included in the pro-
gram. Marguerite Porter.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
tAGATHERIDAN SOCIETY

The Agatheridan Society met this
AFTERNOON in regular session, The
following program was rendered:
Subject: Music and Musicians.
Song, by school.
Roll call. Answer with the names
Of musicians, telling their national
ity and the date of their life.
Essay, Music, Its Effects on HUI
man Life''-Katie Mae Eagleton.
Vocal solo, The Violet Will
iap Camp.
Essay. Beethoven, His Life and
Work Mae Skies.
I Story of Beethoven's Moonlight
sSonata-Martha Kate Rentz.
Piano solo, Moonlight Sonata
Lorayne Kemp.
Essay, "Mendelssohn, His Life and
k"-Susie Erwin.
Piano solo, selection from Men
delssohn, by Marie Burnett
Story of the opera II Trovatore-
Inez Sandifer.
Vocal solo, All, l Have Sighed to
Rest Me''-Gladys Martin.
After the reports of the critics,
the society adjourned.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
REGISTRATION NOTICE

The registration books Of Marion
county will be open for registration
in each election district during the
months Of January and February,
1914. In district No l (Ocala) the
book will be open from Monday noon
till Saturday noon and Friday nights
till 10 O'Clock OF each week from
first Monday in January ill first
Monday in March
All persons who fail to register in
their respective districts can regis
ter at ny office in Ocala any day
Sundays excepted) between March
18th and April 18th. D. NJ. Barco,
Supervisor Registration Marion Co.
Office upstairs in court house
1-3-sat-3m
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
Bot CHIT L BIG BLOCK
Mr.. ID. W. Tompkins Has Acquired a
Valuable Piece If Property

Judging by the say properly =
changing hands ~ish profit On in
vescment. 1914 IS going TO be q
lively year IN Oca!a.
just as the Star Is going to press
i learns that Nj. D. ". Tompkins
has bought the big and handsome
r. 5. Hall block on North Main
street.
This fine AMI we'll situated build
ing was only finished less than two
years ago. 1t IS we'll constructed and
Is fully tenanJed n both floors.
The Star isn't allowed TO give the
price, but it IS a substantial sum, and
Mr. Hall. the former owner has not
lost anything by the transaction.
Mr.. Tompkins is one of our rising
business men and knows how to put
his money into a good thing
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
Has a Fair Chance for Recovery
OPEN TO ALL
The Chautauqua Ticket Selling
Contest

A cash bonus of $40 will be Civ
en- to the one selling the greatest
number of season tickets before Feb
ruary >, 1914.
A cash bonus of So will be given
to the one selling the next greatest
number of season tickets.
In addition to these prizes, one
child's season ticket will be given for
every five adult tickets sold, or two
children's tickets for every ten adult
season tickets, two adult season
tickets or four children's tickets for
every twenty adult season tickets
sold.
Contest starts Monday. Those
wishing to enter the contest call on
y D. Rooney, secretary of the Board
OF Trade, for tickets and necessary
Instructions. Contest closes Feb,
10TH Start now.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
A LA WALT MASON EFT AL.

1t seems to be the fad just now, as
everybody knows, to write bum
verse like this piece here and dress
it up as prose. When Omar smote
is bloomin' Tyre" and strolled rom
place to place, a poet didn't wear a
mask TO cover up his face. When
Sappho sang her lays Of love on
some old Grecian shore, the merry
people stood around and h0llered
out for more. When Dante hit'em
up a few to tell his giddy chums,
what he knew of a place called He'll,
they said he'd copied the plums.
But l never knew of a frst-class
bard, from Horace down to Scott,
who'd stoop TO dress his poems up TO
fool the common lot. There are no
Millions any more, and Keats and
Gray are dead; the Byrons and the
Shelleys have travelled on ahead; so
the living poetasters 10 beguile us
take a pose, and hand us rotten
verses when we think we're reading
prose. Some day some guy who
does know how will write good verse
again. but until then, we'll have to
stand for poet-bunco men.-Ex.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
TEACHERS MEETING
Program for the Marion County Ed
ucationaI Association for Sat
urday, January 10th

Subject for discussion: informed
tie and Grammar Methods.
Paper by Mr. G. -SFs Townsend %
Citra. -,
Demonstration lesson on arithme-
tic conducted by Miss Nora Creek
more of Citra.
Music
Demonstration lesson on geogra-
ply, conducted by Mrs. Rex Todd of
Ocala.
General discussion and opening of
question box.
Teachers are urged to place ques-
tons in box for discussion.
The association cordially invites
all persons interested in education
and the betterment of our schools to
attend these meetings. We are es-
pecially anxious to have the trustees
with US.
The meeting will take place at the
Woman's Club room and not at Miss
Connor's studio as first announced.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

\ Mr.. and Mrs. Lenker and son,
Leslie, Jr-r~retIred for the night at
about nine o'clock, and the latter
was awakened about two O'Clock in
the morning by dense smoke in his
room on the ground floor He at
once ran down stairs and gave the
alarm without dressing.
They did all they could to remove
some of the contents of the house,
but the flames had gained such head
way that the only thing Of value saw
ed was the piano. Even their cloth
ing was burned, except that in which
they retired the evening before.
The loss on the contents of the
house alone will reach over a thou
sand dollars and there was no in
surance. 1t is supposed that a spark
from the fireplace set fire to the
building.
We did not learn whether Mr.
Lenker would rebuild at once or not.
The Lenkers are now making their
home with Mr.. J. II. Carter and fam
lily nearby.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Late yesterday afternoon the jury
in the Ray case brought in a verdict
of assault
victed yesterday of grand larceny,
while Ben Hope, his alleged partner,
was discharged for the want of evil
dence. i.
There are some eight or ten minor
civil cases still on the docket which
will be taken up as they appear dur
ing the coming week.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
ANOTHER SAD, AFFAIR

The people Of Ocala were greatly
shocked at noon today to learn that
1Ir, Carlos L. s:scrunk had shot and
probably fatally wounded himself.
The accident took place at Mr..
sistrunk's room at the Wisteria. The
people in the house heard the shot
and rushed into the room to find Mr.
Sistrunk lying across the bed with
blood streaming from his breast near
the heart and the smoking pistol by
him.
Physicians were at once summon
ed and the unIucky young man was
carried to the hospital. where he now
lies between life and death, and
nearest to the latter.
Mr.. Sistrunk went into Mr.. B.
GOldman's store just before noon and
borrowed a revolver, a 80 S. & w
special. He said he was going hunt
ing, and wanted to carry revolver
along. The pistol was not loaded at
the time, and his friends suppose
that it went off Immediately after he
put the cartridges in it.
Mr.. Sistrunk is a very popular
young man. He has friends all over
the state as we'll as in Ocala and Ma
rion county, and all hope he will
come back from the borderland into
which he has so far entered.
Has a Fair Chance for Recovery
A telephone message from the
hospital as the Star closes up an
nounces that Mr.. Sistrunk may re-
cover. The bullet went nearly thru
his body on the left side near the
heart. but did not touch a vital spot
He is resting easy at this time.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Miss Edna Weber of Chicago. who
was with Mr.. R. S. Rogers in the
abstract office in that city for four
years, has arrived in Ocala to take a
position with the Florida Title and
Abstract Co, which he controls here.
She is a superb business woman and
will be an important addition to the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

DR.. G. y. Davis, the Sumter coun-
ty promoter, was in the city yester-
day He is now at work on several
cold storage propositions, and also
has a contract for furnishing light
and water to one of that county's
most prosperous towns.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
THE FAMOUS ROYAL

The Murray Company has accept
ed the Ocala agency for the Royal
typewriter. Though they had an OPP
portunity Of taking the agency for
several other we'll know machines
to be the most compact, best built
machine on the market
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Messrs Z. L. Wartmann and D. H.
Kirkland, two inyeterate optimists
from opposite ENDS of the county,
but with the com mon desire to pro-
mote its interests, were talking
about the cold pen yesterday, and
both agreed thai good rather than
harm had resut ted from it, Mr..
Wartman, who Ias been here thirty
years, said we hways had couple
OF cold spells d se, and the sooner
the. first one came the better, as it
kept down the sap in orange trees
and other valuable growths, prevent
ing their being killed later. He also
said that the Florida grower could
always console himself with the
thought that if his produce was nip
ped, the produce Of growers further
north was punished even more
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

STRAYED-From my place in the
first ward Wednesday night, sorrel
mare, white spot in forehead; 8
years old. Suitable reward for re-
turn or information leading to her
recovery. CarF~wenzel, corner We
nona~and Washington streets. 1886
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Nothing nicer for a little remem-
brance than a Kodak picture on a
nice calendar. We have the calen-
dars for all sizes of pictures at 15c
each Gerig's Drug Store 1915 #
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Mr.. s. b. Hawk, in addition to
carrying on his popular business col
1ege, has a position with the Florida
Title & Abstract Co.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Mr.. j. 3. Parish, one of the pop
ular young men in the Coast Line
passenger office, has accepted a posi-
ton in Birmingham, Ala.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

The Atlantic Coast Line north
bound train had another extra long
train today, but it didn't block the
crossings.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Secretary Rooney was on the sick
list this morning, but was able to be
At his office again this afternoon.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Mr. c. r. Kreger is having ex-
tensiye repairs made at his smart
little corner store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Dir. j. A. Owens, with the tele-
phone company, has returned from a
visit to Georgia.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Mr.. II. J. Roess is absent On a
Business visit to Tampa.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Young Mems Democratic Club
meets tonight.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

DIR. w. X. I4ANE-SpeciaIist, Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat. Office Law
Library Building Ocala-AdY
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

So many autos are turning turtle
and trying to climb trees of late that
the suspicion begins to spread that
they are adulterating gasoline with
alcohol
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Call phone 455 if in need Of plain
n fancy dressmaking. 1-8-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Isn't it queer 'that blunt men
usually come to the point quickly
and that dull women sometimes make
cutting remarks?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
OCALA OCCURRENCES

Woodmen meet this evening.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
Being lowed Home

is pretty embarrassing experience.
And it often happens just because
the little repairs the auto owner
thought too small to bother with
suddenly developed into serious
break under some strain. Have Us
overhaul your auto before your next
trip. Then there will be little chance
OF a breakdown and OF hearing
that annoving. cry Get a Horse.'
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
WISE AND OTHERWISE
(Clipped Without Credit

(CHpped Without Credit
Girls cherish ideals but marry real
men.
He who lives only for pleasure
will soon find but little pleasure in
living.
Some people think more of dogs
than they do Of their friends-and
perhaps there's a reason
Some mems business ways are so
oily and their religious ideas so wa
terry that the two won't mix.
Don't everyday your hand when
giving thanks. Gratitude doesn't
mean wealth of words.
It's better to tell the truth your
self than to have someone tell it on
you.
There are a lot Of men who stand
without tying around home and need
strong hitching straps elsewhere.
Most Of US are inclined 10 be too
serious. A sense of humor takes
man over many rough place.
Many a man loves a girl for the
qualities she possesses which he
wouldn't tolerate in his own sister
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

He who lives only for pleasure
will soon find but little pleasure il
living.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Girls cherish ideals but marry real
men.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09

Many a man loves a girl for the
qualities she possesses which he
wouldn't tolerate in his own sister
for a minute.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-09
FIRE DESTROYED
FAIRFIELD RESIDENCE

/Mr. Leslie Lenseg had the misfotS
tune to lose his reddeGee near Fair1i
field early "Wednesday morning byI
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-03

Masons meet Thursday night.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-03
MURDER0US DRAIN
ON MEXICO
Forty-Fiye Thousand Federal Sol
diers Killed in the Twelve
Months of Internecine
Fighting

Mexico City, Feb. 3.-The as
founding fact that secret records of
the ministry of war show that A.
600 federals have been killed and
over $4,000 have been wounded in
conflicts with the rebels since Ma
dero was driven from Office, has been
revealed by an attache of the govern
ment. A majority of those killed
were soldiers! drafted into the army
and placed in the advance guard in
battles in order that the trained
troops might be held in reserve.
Rough estimates place the prop
erty loss for the past nine months at
one hundred and fifty millions. Loss
es indirectly due to the revolution,
including paralysis of business, de-
probation of the national currency,
etc, swell this total to five hundred
millions.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-03
UNIFORM RATES
FOR EXPRESS
Commerce Commission Has Pre-
e. scribed the Block System for
the Companies

New York, Feb. 3.-The new
prices of interstate express service at
6 per cent, below that heretofore in
force went into effect yesterday on
the order OF the interstate commerce
commission.
Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Ohio, Maryland. New Jersey, Illi-
nois and Louisiana will have a new
system OF interstate express bust
ness.
The interstate rates are based
upon a block system, the country be-
ing divided into S26 blocks formed
by intersections o. the meridians OF
longitude and parallels OF latitude
The first AMI second-class charges
are based upon rates per 100 pounds.
Third-class rates are one cent for
each two ounces, not to exceed the
first-class rate. a new feature is
that every express Office is able to
determine a rate to every other office
in the country.
The new uniform express receipt
also became effective yesterday
Heretofore each company used a sep
arate form.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-03

Harrington on any one and there is
no foundation for this report. After
her death her body was carried to
Norfolk and wireless instructions
were given to take care of it,
Many passengers of the Monroe
received on board the Nantucket
would have died had they not been
resuscitated by the vigorous, prompt
and successful work of those assign
ed TO that duty. The reported state
ment indicating that one of the Nan
tucket's boats had a plug out and
was not equipped with life preserv-
ers is proven untrue by the fact that
the Nantucket's boats returned with
all the people they could find
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-03
SERVED TINE FOR
HIS BROTHERS SINS
Either Much Imposed On, or a Gaudy
Liar, is A. ID. Oliver

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 3.-A. D..
Oliver, a merchant of Thomasville,
Ga, was on his way home yesterday
after having served two months on a
Mississippi prison farm, the victim
of mistaken identity. He was ar
rested last November, after the es-
cape from a prison at Aberdeen of a
man known as l.. Charles Harding,
whom Oliver resemblei. Several
days ago Oliver obtained a writ Of
habeas corpus. He was taken be-
fore a chancellor and established an
alibi and his release was ordered.
Oliver is the man whose transac-
tions with the Climax bank caused
such a sensation in South Carolina
some years ago.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-02-03
.0K[AWAHA RIVER ITEMS
Tourist Travel Was Heavy Last Week
and Promise is Good
for This

Silver Springs, Feb. 3.-Goiden
and glorious the weather has been
the past week. Hens cackled then
opened AMI bloomed Spring time
mornings dawne1 with Venus in the
eastern armament; and Old Sol
was he 10 shine on the moss festoon-
ed, dew draped river basin. All days
were sunshined on with the excep-
tion of the after half of Friday when
Weihe reported rain. The torrents
fell that evening long after Evening g
Star Mercury went to sleep.