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U. s. CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open COM
petitive examination Nov. 6 at Gaines
vile to secure eigibles from which TO
make certifcation to fill vacancies as
they may occur in first grade, or cler-
ical, positions in the customs service;
in the positions Of clerk, storekeeper,
gauger, and storekeeper-gauger in
the internal revenue service; and in
other positions that require similar
qualifications in the United States
classified service in the city named or
it's vicinity.
Competitors will be examined in
spelling, arithmetic, penmanship, re-
port writing, copying and correcting
manuscript, geography and civil
government of the United States.
Applications must be properly ex-
ecuted and filed with the district Sec
retary in time for him to arrange for
the examination.
Sec'y., Fifth Civil Service Dist.
202 Postoffice Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
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AN OCALA MAN

Tells of a Hard Time in His Life
This Ocala business mans willing
ness to tell about his experience with
Doan's Kidney Pills, shows his faith
in them. He has always had quick
relief and his experience furnishes a
good reason for everyone in Ocala
who is similarly afflicted TO at least
try Doan's Kidney Pills. Does his
statement interest you?
It. VI. Shaw, prop, Palmetto Ho-
tel, sos Magnolia St, Ocala, says:
My kidneys have long been my one
weak spot and whenever l caught
cold or over worked, IL made me
miserable. Besides ! had dull ache
in my back and 1 didn't seem TO
have any ambition to do my work.
The kidney Secretions were also IN
natural. Doan's Kidney Pills have
always put me in good shape after
short USE"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney PiIls-the same
that Mr.. Shaw had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. u
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taxation will be so great that a poor
man cannot own property in Pinellas
county.
There was more property sold for
taxes in Pinellas county this year
than has been sold in HiIlsborough
county in any one year. This is con-
elusive proof that the burden of tax
alton is enormous, but nothing like
what it will be when we build a court
house and jail and complete the other
Improvements.
don't see how in the world the
people of Bloxham county can expect
to maintain a county with only ST.
10000 in assessed valuation of prop
erty. When Pinellas county was
created we had approximately S3,-
100000 in assessed valuation of prop
erty, and now we have 100000.
While some improvements have taken
place since Pinellas was created, the
improvements nothing like equal the
100000 increased valuation on the
tax books.
whether or not the actual cash values
of property have increased in pro-
portion to our taxes, | will say they
certainly have not. The only way our
pl loperty has increased in value down
here is on the tax books; and if Blox-
ham county is created, you will find
that your increase would also be on
the tax books.
Almost daily / hear great many
people who worked for the creation
of Pinellas county complaining of
high taxes and wishing they were
back in Hillsborough county. As /
understand conditions with you, Blox-
ham county is to be created out of
part of Levy and Marion. Common
sense should teach any person that
three counties cannot be run as
cheaply as two counties. Tt takes
money to build courthouses, jails,
hard roads and other improvements,
and this expense must be borne by
the taxpayers.
would like to see the people of
the proposed Bloxham county benefit
by the experience of the people down
here, and if they do, they will certain
ly vote against the creation of Blox-
ham county.
With regards, beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
T.. +. Mccall.
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CREATION OF NEW COUNTIES
CALLS FOR COIN
Clearwater, Fla, Sept. 3. 1915.

clearwater, + Ia, sept . 1919.
Mr.. E. A. Osborne, Ocala, Fla.
Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry
as to my opinion Of new counties and
experience in one, viii say that /
think the creation of new counties is
a great misfortune to the taxpayer
and when / give you some of our ex-
perience | think you will agree with
me. Ny taxes have nearly trebled on
practically the same property in the
past four years, with no increased
benefit to me or my community. was
always opposed to county division,
because | could see no benefit to the
great majority of our citizens. But
great many who were in favor of
county division wish we were back in
the old county. Some who are pleas
that property has doubled in value.
viii tell you it has doubled only on
the tax books, except in rare in
stances. | value property according
to revenue received from it and my
income has decreased rather than in
1A0dcGd III Tie pdS1 100I years, OT
since division. Notwithstanding this
fact, my taxes have gone steadily up.
The only people who are benefited by
the creation of the new county, so far
as | can see, are the politicians and
newspaper men. They have recently
fooled our people into voting an ad-
ditional road bond of $715,00O, which
makes altogether, since our county
was created, $1,085,O0O for road
bonds. In addition to this large
amount we are indebted over $780,
900 for school bonds.
Will say further that we have no
court house or Jail worthy of the
name. By the time these necessities
are provided for, we will owe some
thing like one and one-half million
dollars. You can readily see what an
awful burden of taxation we will be
under.
Hoping that you may be able to
keep the great misfortune from be-
falling yourself and neighbors, am
Yours respectfully,
Brit L. McMullen,
Secretary Democratic ExecW Wi Com
mittee, Pinellas County, F=.
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WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD

"I have used Chamberlain's Tablets
and found them to be just as repre-
sented, a quick relief for headaches,
dizzy spells and other symptoms de-
noting a torpid liver and a disorder
ed condition of the digestive organs
They are worth their weight in gold" |"
writes Miss Clara A. briggs, Elba, N.
V Obtainable everywhere.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
Mr.. McCall's Letter
st. Petersburg, Fla, Aug. 8


Dear Sir: Your inquiry received.
Replying to same, beg to say that
taxes in Pinellas county have in
creased three fold over what they
were in Hillsborough.
For 1915 the state and county mill
age for Pinellas county is about "a
mills. The city millage for st. Pc
tersburg is % mills. The millage for
the town of Clearwater is % mills.
Thus, the town of Clearwater has SO
mills and St. Petersburg has So mills.
So, you can readily see the burden of
taxation is enormous.
I opposed the creation of Pinellas
county for the reason / foresaw that
if Pinellas was created, our taxes
would be trebled, and I felt sure that
the benefits we would receive from
having a new county would moth
ing like equal the cost of the new
county, and the public records will
bear this statement out.
Now, as to the $4,000 indebted
ness that Pinellas county inherited
from Hil1sborough, the supreme court
of Florida has recently decided that
Pinellas county will have to pay Hills
borough the inherited Indebtedness.
I understand that, if Bloxham county
is created, she viii inherit approx
mately $4,000 Indebtedness from
Marion county; and while some of
your people argue they will not have
to pay Marion, they viii awaken to
the fact sooner or later that they are
mistaken, and that Bloxham will have
to hand over the Indebtedness that
she inherits from Marion and Levy.
I have resided here for twenty
years, and am perhaps one of the
largest taxpayers in Pinellas county,
also having owned property in this
part of Hillsborough before Pinellas
was created. I am therefore in a
position to know that our taxes in
Pinellas county have trebled over
what they were in Hillsborough.
The benefits that we have derived
from the creation of Pinellas county
are very, very few. We have only a
few miles of hard surfaced road that
were built by Pinellass county. We
have no permanent court house nor
Jail; in fact, practically nothing to
show for the enormous increase OF
taxes we have had to bear.
I am very much afraid that after
we build our system of hard roads
build a court house and jail and dc
other improvements that viii be alb
solutely necessary, that the burden OF
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ocALA LODGE NO. 2s6, B. P. o. E.

OcaIa Lodge No. 2S6, Benev olent
aud Protective Order OF Elks. meets
the second and fourth Tuesday even
ings in each month. Visiting breth-
rem always welcome. Club house
opposite postoffice, east side.
l. II. Won Engelken, z. r.
Nelson Geise Secretary. AT.
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OCALA FRATERNAL ORDERS
MASONIC LODGE

Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 70, +. C.
A. NJ, meets on the first and third
Thursday evening" OF each month at
$500 o'clock, until further notice.
A. 4. Burnett, wv. M.
Jake Brown, Secretary. Ad
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

Ocala Lodge No. l9. Conventions
held every Monday at p. m, at
Castle Hall, over the James Carlisle
drugstore. A cordial welcome to Wis
iting brothers. c. B. Howell, c. G.
Ckas. K. Sage, K. of r. 5. Ad
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR

Ocala Chapter, No. %, o. z. s.,
meets at Yonge's hall the second and
fourth Thursday evenings of eacL
month at TAO O'Clock.
Mrs. Emily Webb, w. MI.
Mrs. Lillian Simmons, Sec'y.
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ODD FELLOWS

Tulula Lodge No. p, I. o. o. F.,
meets in Yonge's Hall every Tuesday
evening at O'Clock a warm well
come always extend ed TO visiting
brethren. M. NJ. Little, N. G.
w. l.. Colbert, Secretary.
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Fort King Camp No. IA meets at
the K. of p. Hall at 8 d. m, every
second and fourth Friday. Visiting
sovereigns are always welcome.
j. w. Lamar, c. c.
Chas. z. Sage, Clerk.
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Concordia Lodge, FraternaT Union
of America, meets In Yonge's Hall
On the second Thursday evening o.
each month. Geo. L. Taylor. +. M
Chas. K. Sage, Secretary. Ad.
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pILING UP TAXES IN P1NELLAs
(From the ocala Starr

tFfom tne UcaIa starr
Editor Star: In Wednesdays issue
OF the Star you publish letter from
Mr.. John S. Taylor, member of the
board of county commissioners of
PinelIas county in which he say.
GAS matter of fact, our milIage has
not been increased in Pinellas coun-
ty." Herewith am enclosing letter
from Mr.. 7. F. Mccall, a former
member of the legislature from Hills
borough county, and now a resident
OF Pinellas. Taxpayer.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11
OCALA TEMPLE
PYTHIAN SISTERS

The Ocala Temple Lodge No. %
Pythian Sisters, meets every Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 at Castle Hall, west
of courthouse. Visiting members are
cordially invited to meet with us.
Lena Tompkins, M. z. G.
Kate 3. Howell, NJ R.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-11

Regular convocaticns of the Ocala
Chapter No. 13, r. A. NJ, on the
fourth Friday in every month at
8 p. m. H. S. Wesson, III. p.
Jake Brown, Sec'y.
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SEED POTATOES

Our new Irish potatoes for fall
planting are now in. Ocala Seed
Store 8-11-H
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WHAT THE LUSITANTA DID.
A Plain Statement OF the Effect Of
the Ships Destruction.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-Sir. There
is only one answer 10 be made to Mr..
Won NittinghoN's defence Of Germany
in the atrocity charges in THE SuN.
No matter how great the doubts one
might nave held concerning the value
OF the Belgian evidence and english
verdict. as hat Of interested nations,
the horrible attack upon the Lus .tan!a,
an undefended passenger ship. loaded
with non-combatants. hundreds OF
women and children among them. re-
veals them all and forces the acceptance
Of any story, however atrocious and
cruel II may be.
| am one OF those who, eve though
their ~sympathles were all with the AL
Hes. had looked upon the accounts OF
G'rman cruelty 10 IN. Belgiaus as gross
eNtggeration, born OF intense feeling
and hot passions. But. alas upon the
lIus!tania horror no doubt could be
cast II was coidly and carefully pre-
meditated and afterward ever accepted
by tn Germans as an occasion for re-
jo.cing.
Why, then. are the other revolving
tales TO be dlsbelieved2
The instigator of one crime could
well hav ordered the others. This has
been and must contiHue to be the effect
Of the sinking of the Lusitania upon tho
neutral mind and In consequence all the
arguments o. re!utatinn o' the Belgian
charges against the Germans fall TO the
ground, uUconvlnclug and unhelieyod.
l.. II TARLEroN.
CARRoNnALr, Pa, July IS.
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CITY EXPERT HITS
COURT HOUSE PLANS
Tildcn AdamsOn Recommends,
Reducing Building to Half
Proposed Size.
CLUB FEATURE ASSAILEn

Tilden Adamson. director NJ, N,
bureau OF contract supervision. VIII -.
port to the Board of Estlma,es ,,~
mittee on stock budget to-day tht, -.
plans for the new Court liou., i,. ,
of all proportion TO the u.,.. .,,
would transform II into a prl,t,. ..Ib
Recommending seventeen sN.,..,
changes In the plans. and urR.,'..-n OBJ.
elimination Of loo "striNifg ~fct'..c.
he mentions for elimination sa,l lem,
as sixty-cight bubbling fountains o,
costly marble and a grand dining sin,
for a lawyers club. which he comrare,
in massive grandeur to the Waldorf ana
Ritz-Carlton, to tho disparagement Of IN.
latter hotels.
Mr.. Adanson's report begins with tia
statement that "A partial study Of m.
nians and specifications for the Cou,,
House has revealed $50 many s4rpr..
ing features that he considers IL recs..
sary TO make "A progress report, AZ
he believes that no city, no matter how
wealthy II may he, "can afford a. ere,
a structure of wasteful proportions
simply to advertise the b.ga,ss OF the
community" He says hat he believe,
that the plans and form OF contrac, M
submitted by the Court House Hoard
should be dlsapproved an dreturuei 10
the architect for revision.
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To THE EpiroR OF THE SrN-Sir: The
Leelanaw case brings To light a strange
anomaly In the German post on. Great
Britain and her allies having est hlished
an encctual, hence legal. blockade
against German through Ger
man and adjacent neutral ports, the
German Emperor adopted on April IS.
1915, a "retaliatury measure" whereby a
number of articles inherently incapable
Of any use for war purposes. among
them faN. were added to the list OF alb
solute contrahand." II was under such
conditions that a ship carrying a cargo
Of FAX was destroyed. The only use
81 f'aX which occurs 10 the mind as maxi
Ing II susceptible OF utilization in the
present war is in the form Of a hand
kcrrhicf, which in the pocket OF an allied
soldier might serve as an emergency pro-
lection against Germary's as~phyXiating
ga SOS.
the time has come TO take up with
Germany the question whether she can
make law to suit herself hy calling any,
thing absolute contrahsnd" The sink
ing " an American ship because of the
presence Of n cargo ~ fax on hoard IL
another proof Of tho ruthless arhitrari-
rpss with which Germany violates the
principles 81 International law.
New YORK. July rs, MAURICE LEON.
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law an enormous body Of citizens OF
which 1t previously took no notice.
Just as the village fool OF twenty
Ave years ago is now detained In an
asylum, the village magnate finds
himself inspected and restrained by
laws nobody had thought Of when he
founded his business
The real test Of the state Of crimi.
nality In any town is the security en-
Joyed by Its lawabiding, respectable
and reasonably cautious citizens.
Here the city's millions go about their
business undisturbed and without a
thought Of danger. The man who
keeps sober. minds his business. re-
members to lock the door behind him /;
who refrains from interfering with
others and exercises ordinary pru.
dence in his selection Of companions.
Is not in greater danger Of suffering
from the activities OF criminals than
a resident Of Painted Post. He may,
1t is true, be taken up for violating a
law or ordinance he never heard Of:
II he Is. he goes TO swell the tale Of
l~awbreakers whose mlsdeeds cause
mildly tempered Joy in the breas SITS of
all worshlppers Of statistics.
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Crime in virtuous New York.

When an official report such as
that Just issued by Secretary Of State
HUGO shows a marked increase in the
number Of arrests made In any COM
munity, the first thought to enter the
readers head is that the settlement
Is becoming more lawless. But con
slderation of the facts will frequently
modify this conclusion. Naturally,
the number of deliuquents grows with
the population, and a longer list Of
convictions in the courts does not
mean necessarily a higher proportion
Of criminals among the citizens. The
police are not uniformly vigilant and
severe they enforce a statute or ordl-
nance rlgid.y this year, and next
year they wink mt its violators. Good
natured tolerance Of minor offences
may contlnne for months, producing
a situation in which stern measures
must be adopted to curtail dangerous
abuses of freedom.
wv ~ is'EiciutuiV II I
lawmaking bodies are constantly add.
ing TO the catalogue Of fclonics and
misdemennors. Some of their cOntri-
buttons To regulatory enactments are
merely impertinent and meddlesome
others follow necessarily in the wake
Of new inventions and the applica
Non ~ thA - tn,yNn1tGS ttAA.. ~
government. The practical perfection
Of the gas engine made II essential
for additions to the penal law in or
der that street traffic might he safe
guarded, The astonishing extension
Of State supervision Of industrial en-
terprises accomplished In the last few
years has brought within the puryiew
Of the daily activities Of the crimina
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NAY TRY
Any Action VIII lie Delayed Untii
President Returns.

WASHINGTON, July Estate Depart
ment officials admitted to-day that the
Administrators next step in the adjust
nent OF Mexican affairs will not he
taken until the return OF President Will
son to Washington. BY that time the
Department hopes to be in p, ssesslon OF
complete information as 10 economic and
military conditions in the southern re-
public.
They expect to get new light on Mex
leo on the arrival in Washington OF
Consul-General Shanklin, who was re-
called from Mexico city several DAYS
ago. Consul Shank.in has travelled cx-
tensively in Mexico in recent months
n lief: Mexico city for the United
States last week.
The opinion is general here that the
next step OF the Administrator VIII I've
to MAKE another effort to persuade the
factions 10 compose their differences by
a conference L select = gruup to So UP
a provisional government.
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and his gixzard; morally, physically,

and his gixzard; morally, physically,
Intellectually wrong. There never
vas and never can be a work day
short enough no man, regardless OF
the situation in which he finds him.
self, has sufficient time to do all tho
loafing he wants to do and should do.
Loatine Is the one thing for which
most men are Ideally equipped; the
one calling in which they might be
reasonably efficient; the one art in
which each and every n Of us, re-
gardless Of birth. education. previous
condition of servitude, prenatal influ-
ences, environment. economic condi.
ton. domestic obligation or taste in
the selection of neckwear might at.
tain eminence and win the bays.
Through the malevolence Of such
men as Mr.. FORD the true beauty, the
sterling virtues Of loafing are oh
scued and hidden. lie and his fel.
lows-his friend EDISON likes to work
twenty-eight hours out Of every
twenty-four-by their wretched per.
~sistence, by their false standards, by
their malignant assaults on mans
best friend, have distorted public
opinion and enforced acceptance Of n
vicious theory that loafing might ad.
v~antageously be dispensed with. and
certainly should be taken in small
doses. A citizenry trained to labor
meekly assents to their demoralizing
doctrines, and sees its most precious
privilege curtailed, shipped of and
utterly destroyed.
There should be no work. All
hands should loaf all the time. All
men are created loafers. The fail was
from luxurious idleness, unvexed by
alarm clocks, factory whistles. ma.
tured notes, engagements that must
be kept. TO the present servile and
task ridden situation Of ADAMS I'm.
fortunate sons and daughters.
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VILLA QUITS TORREO.N.
Army In Full Retreat to ChIhun-
hua city, Americans say.

Ell PAso. July 2S.-Gen villa and
his army Is In retreat ~northward from
Torrcon To Chihuahua city. according
% Americans arriving here to-day from
the south. While still holding Torreou
the villa army is fast c~vaCuatirE Il 81.
face Of the advance Of Gen. Obregou
and his CarrauZt tr' ops.
The Nillista officials IN Iu1rc2 decline
10 comment upon the situation. hut they
have admitted for some timo that VIVA
was making arrangements I'm case Ohra-
o attacked TOrreon and could nor be
turned back to retreat to chihuahua.
Already large supplies fNr the Villa
army have reached chihuahua, Ameri-
cans say. and the city is fun of wounded
men. II Is inferred from this that tho
recent lighting south - Torieon has
been Ia" most disastrous experienced hy
the now rapidly d~is.ntrgra'ing villa
fore.
Al regular hospitals are ful, and
many private residences have been con-
vertcd into temporary hospitals. Within
the last ten days sSO,000 has poured out
of Villas war chest n American firms IN
payment FOR food, clothing, ammunition
and other military necessities.
Americans fr. m villa territory to-day
confirmed recent reports that villa had
executed a number of railroad men for
sending him "A round robin refusing 20
accept his money for wages. The Amer
leans say that he executed ~thirty-thrre
instead ~ twenty-three, as first re-
ported,
Gen. Travlno has announced that VII
listas under Gen Rauul Madcru were
routed recently at ICamole and that
Monterey ana he surrounding G uutry
are completely dominated by his forces.
Magdalena Sonora, about nifty miles
south of Nosai-s, Aril.. has been cap
tured by Cdlies's Carranza z rces. ac-
cording TO passengers arriving from
Guaymas.
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Previous to to-day's disclosures II
had been understood that the study OF
data bearing on the Mexican problem
was one Of the chief tasks which the
President had trapped out for his stay
here. In the past few days 1t had
been said repeatedly hat he was giving
consideration 10 the Mexican policy and
yesterday when he shut himself in his
study 10 plug away on his typewriter
for half an hour he vas believed to
have prepared a rough draft Of the next
White House statement or Mexico.
Authoritative information had been
obtained that steps which had been
urged ugon the President by his official
advisers were the placing of an embargo
on shipments of arms into Mexico ~
the calling ~ n conference OF Mexican
leaders with the warning that within
n certain time they must reach an agree
ment mons themselves.