The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-29
DECIDED TO CONTINUE DANCING
Unique Campaign and Election in
the City OF Oaks

Unique Campaign and Election in
the City of Oaks
Mr.. David c. Stanley, Mr. J. o.
Hightower and Mr.. c. A. Tremere,
spent several days in Jacksonville
representing the Belleview lodge at
the Grand Lodge of Masons for the
state of Florida Mr.. Stanley at
tended the meetings promptly and
studied the procedure and work as
exemplified by the grand lodge OFF,
GERS Mr. Stanley found time, how
ever, to pay visit to Rev. j. R.
Wenrich and family in South Jack
sonville, where nv. Wenrich has
been returned for the ensuing
church year and they sent their
kindest regards to all their friends
in BelIeview. Mr.. Stanley also en-
braced the opportunity to visit and
inspect some of the points of inter
est in Jacksonville. Mr.. Tremere
found Mr. Hightower in the clutches
of one of the sl;ckest and most con-
vincing of the Jacksonville real
estate contingent. and forwith butted
in, t. save Griend from possible
indi ,.reetSbdying of real estate. This
particular real estate man could
talk an ostrich out of its plumage
and had shown Mr. Hightower a
number of gilt edge propositions
with a guaranteed profit of 1000
per cent, with in six months time on
a basis of nothing down, and moth
was high time to step in, but with
real live talking machine and a
Chalmers touring car, to combat
with numerous meals, refreshments,
entertainments, and other accouter-
ments to overcome, he finally sue
ceeded in dissuading Mr.. Hightower
from, buying half of Jacksonville
and three quarter interest in the
new million dollar telephone ex-
change, now being installed in Jack
sonville. All three parties will long
remember their three day stay in
Jacksonville, as one of the events of
their lives.
AS a preliminary to the exercis-
ing their universal right of suffrage,
the ladies of Belleview, have been
practicing with, and playing a little
politics the past week or so, just to
get their hand in so to speak. They
say that water boils at two hundred
and twelve degrees, but the glass has
| been showing somewhere around
five hundred and still boiling. The
subject mater before the house is the
old question that has been agitated
for years and years, shall dancing
be permitted in the town hall" and
the way that the proposition was
handled by both sides shows that
when the days of universal suffrage
arrives there will be some warm
times. The council was invaded by
a body of the representative ladies
of the town, divided pro and con as
to the merits of the question. The
city fathers scratched their heads
hemmed and hawed, and did some
pretty tall thinking and decided that
the water was getting little toe
warm and failed to fall for the bait
for no matter which side they took
4 Ina +n faI in, hn+ tor.
So giving the resolution the once
over and considering their fate they
decided to pass the matter up to the
legal voters and tax payers of the
town with a three days campaign
the matter to be decided Friday
morning, January %. The women
voted and the men voted, the result
showing skillful political work or
both sides with a vote of thirty in
favor of dancing and twenty-nine a.
gainst it.
Mr.. Geo. B. Blaksley left last Sat
urday for New Smyrna, after a very
pleasant visit at the Hotel Marion.
Mrs. r. L. Sumner and little
daughter, Virginia Fay, have return
ed from visit to relatives in south
Florida.
Mr.. w. T. Bozeman, the velve
bean king, from Leesburg, was il
town one day last week looking af.
ter his bean interests.
Several weeks ago We mentioned
that Prof. A. B. Conner was trying
to interest Chase & Co. in the hand.
ling and marketing of the tomatoe
crop of this section for the coming
season and the matter has progress
ed so far that Mr.. A NJ Middlemas
representing Chase & Co., will be
here Saturday, January 81, and viii
meet the growers and ayplaiD the