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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
SENATORIAL Bee
BUzzING AROUND

Atlanta, Ga.-Tnteresting politi-
cal events in connection with ai-
fairs still two years or more of. are
beginning to transpire.
Former Governor Joseph M.
Browns senatorial aspirations are
beginning again to be indicated.
The former Governor whose popu.
larity is in the ascendant just now
for various reasons, IS said to be
seriously contemplating make the
race for the United States Senate in
1918 against Senator T. w. Hard
wick.
In fact there are those who state
positively they have seen a letter or
letters sent by Governor Brown to
close and intimate political friends,
into the situation with this
particular race in view. The state
primary at which this particular
race will be decided is more than
three years off; the actual race itself
will DOT begin for nearly three years,
and yet it would seem, in a tenta-
.1 :
tive way at least, it has begun al.
ready.
There has never been any Ques-
ton about Governor Browns sena-
torial aspirations. In his last effort
in this direction, he ran under con-
ditions that were impossible fol
him; it has always been believed
that he would make another effort,
It is said to be Governor Browns
fambition to follow in the political
footsteps Of his late distinguished
father, Governor and United States
Senator Joseph E. Brown, who was
governor Of Georgia during thu
war.
Twice governorof Georgia, follow
ing a term on the State Railroad
Commission, aud once defeated fOl
the United States Senate, it is moi
believed that Governor Brown viii
let go until he either gets to the
Senate or demonstrates the impos-
sibility Of it.
Governor Browns friends not on
" point to his official record and
his fearlessness in handling impor.
tant problems, but they assert also
that his attitude relative to thC
Frank case, in which he took a
decided stand against communication
of the death sentence, has added to
his popularity. They admit that
it has probably also made him some
enemies as did his published letters
relative to organized labor.
On the other hand they point to
the fact that it is with the country
or rural vote that Governor Brown
has always been popular, as demon
.strated in his race for governor,
and they contend that his attitude
in both these matters, has greatly
strengthened him in the country.
The race is long way of and there
is much that can develop between
now and then; but developments
are already beginning TO make their
appearance, and the first Of them
appears to be Governor Browns
inquiry looking to his own entran-
ce into the contest.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
INTERES ting NEWS
FROM SMITHVILLE

Smithville, Ga. The dinner at
which Mr., and Mrs. Ernest Simp-
son entertained on Wednesday
evening was a pretty
compliment to their sister, Miss
Diddie Dudley, Of Benton, Ala,
who has been their guest for several
weeks. The guests included, Misses
Pearl Hale. Alice Claire Ellerbee,
Annie Randall, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
H. Randall, Jr., D. J. Buchanan,
Messrs. Hugh McKenney, and
RUDE Daniel.
Mrs. H. t. Simpson was hostess
to the Embroidery Club Tuesday
afternoon. Iced tea and sandwiches
were served.
Mrs. e. Y. Turner entertained a
few friends at an informal dinner
Monday evening. The guests in
cluded, Misses Kate Mckinney,
Vera Clarke and Inez Doles; Messrs.
E.. P. Cater Of Macon, and Tom
Lloyd Of Montgomery.
Miss Katie May Flowers and Mr..
Ear Flowers, Of Sylvester, are
guests this week Of their sister, Mrs.
Herchal Booker.
| Miss Agnes Wells and little sis
| ter, Hattie Sue, left Monday for a
visit to relatives at Plains.
Mrs. Matte Avon, Of Birming-
ham, is the guest Of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Fuller, fol
several weeks.
Helen and Annette MckenneN
were little guests Of Mrs. J. w
Harris, Jry, in Americas for sever
al days this week..
Mrs. Jim Andrews and it'll,
daughter, of Hawkinsville, ar,
guests Of her mother, Mrs. Ton
IGodby, this week
Miss Ruth Ansley has returned
to her home in Plains, after :
pleasant visit to Misses Mary ant
Alice Ansley.
Misses Mamie Mae Thoms anC
Matte Turner, Of Dawson, are
guests this week OF Miss Rosa
Christie.
Miss Edith Mckinney has re-
turned from short visit to Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Martin in Leesburg.
Mr.. Charlie Fuller, Of Albany,
spent Sunday here with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. M. =. Fuller.
Miss Alice Claire Ellerbee, who
has been the guest Of Miss Pearl
Hale for the past week. has return
ed to her home in Shellman.
| Mrs. B. |. Mckinney and Miss
Nell McKenney spent Wednesday
with friends in Albany.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

Atlanta. Ga.-Several Georgia
towns have declared war on the
high, rotting, board fences which
shut out light and make breeding
places for mosquitoes. They are
requiring that all fence erected in
future be either Of light pickets or
Of iron or wire net.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
Special Notice.

The City Drug company
wishes to thank its friends
and customers for past favors
and also wishes to announce
that it has gone on strictly a
CASH BASIS and will in no
wise let out anything without
the money,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

Atlanta, Ga.-The proposed leg
isIation in the general assembly at
this session, looking to the better
protection Of life insurance COM
panies from persecution under the
name of prosecution, has brought
about a general discussion Of insur-
ance conditions among business
men, who have become more in
teresled in the subject than in
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

! Atlanta, Ca Alabama papers
disregard the poker rule that three
Of kind beat two pairs" when
they stack up their legislative BROTH
ers against Georgias.
Georgia has three brothers, the
Arnolds, representing three differ
ent counties in the legislature.
Alabama tries to beat that by hav-
ing pairs Of brothers in the house,
the Carmichaels and the Fites.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

NoTICE---All parties i'm
debted to US will please call
and make prompt settlement.
We are not financially able to
carry your account any longer
and ask that you pay us now.
All work, gas and accessories
CASH to all from this date.
TRACY BROS.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

This hot weather Is bad Oh folks,
but it is good for cottnn

This hot weather IS bad on folks,
but it is good for coLtnn
Not single day comes Sunday
excepted that we don't add some
subscribcr to our list; but still we
want more. If you are not on,
come and 60 with us.
Crops generally are looking good
corn is doing fine and cotton il be-
ginning to put on fruit Dat and
wheat crops have been harvested.
and sweet potatoes are coEAilR along
nicely. So says Our crop reporter.
We note that most Of the towns
III South Georgia have h%d clean
40 days. Why not Leeabnrg9 let
us try and keep the town clean,
healthful and beautiful
Every now and then there is
culver Of local politics ii Lee. The
politicians are feeling around"---
finding bottom as it were. Go
after It boys, and if you expect to
win go after it and stay after it
night and day---and day and night
---until the votes are counted. It's
d great and grand thing to BE- .
servant Of the peoples We may
try it ourself.
The merchant who buys with
care, keeps his store WITH care, adj
vertises iudiciousIy and prices his
goods attractively, is doing great
deal to curtail the mail order bust
ness. The merchant who argues
that it is no use to advertise, as
everybody knows me" and spends
most of his time talking politics or
bemoaning bad business is helping
the mail order houses. In fact, he
is just the kind Of man that they
like to seego in business.
There is not dead line nor q
dead lock about this paper. It's
good to look at, good to read, and
good enough to file away for future
reading. It is the best newspaper
that has ever been published in
Lee county since the county was
born and it is going to Get Better
every issue.
We see that some member.of the
Georgia Legislature is against tip
ping. Darn it anyhow. A lady
came in one day this week and
wanted US t3 find a back number Of
Georgia's best weekly, and, Of cour-
Sc, we did 50. Then We found
when she had gone that she had
left a nickel on ourdeskk. We had
hoped for quarter.
While talking with one Of Lees
burg prominent citizens the repor-
ter casually remarked that he had
heard that said citizen would be a
candidate for. His reply
was Probably SO, but you don't
know it. We would tell his name
but his answer to our inquiry was
entirely to short FOR us TO take that
chance. .''s
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
FOR sALE-100o bushels Of
oats and 100 bushels Of corn.
Id. & II. D. Tyler.

Misses Louise Sims and EHie
Adams, of Weston, are the guests
of Mrs. Homer Hay.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
SECRETARY SPEAKS UP
FOR OUR STATE SCHOOLS

Editor Star: / feel warranted In
voicing what l believe should be
known by every parent in our state,
especially, those having daughters to
educate.
| have been at loss for some time
to understand why so many of Flor
ida's daughters were, being sent out
of the state to other schools to finish
their education. 1t must be that our
female college at Tallahassee has not
been investigated. Surely, any one
who will take the time to go to ITALIA
hassee, meet its faculty, go through
it from top to bottom, investigate
every nook and corner thereof, care
fully note its location, the grounds
and general makeup of this seat of
learning, when its last building has
been erected and equipped, will see
that there is no finer in our south
land. We people of Florida should be
ashamed of ourselves by not standing
right behind this institution, and not
only this, but the University of Flor
ida at Gainesville. No. state can
boast of any better arranged, officer
ed and managed institutions of learn
ing. We should feel proud of our fell
low citizens that make up the board
of control that has given our fair
state these great schools. / want to
see our good people rally in their 10y
atty and quit sending our boys and
girls away from home, when we have
just as good in our own land of Flor
ida. Let US all be boosters for our
own products in every department of
life. feel we do not seriously study
these great problems of life. How
would the home doctor, merchant,
lawyer or whatever vocation or bust
ness feel to know his townsmen were
sending to other states to secure
what they had for them at home?
Equally and as strongly said, why
not educate our boys and girls al
home? l hope every citizen of oul
state will take this home to them
selves and let our next scholastic
year show Florida boys and girls en-
rolled in our own colleges, making the
coming statesmen and noble women q
real and true Florida product. Here's
to the success of both our university
at Gainesville and female college al
Tallahassee-onward in your noble
work of making and shaping the flu.
ture destiny of our precious sons anc
daughters j. D. Rooney,
Secretary Marion Co. Board of Trade
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
PETITION FOR STATE
WIDE PROHIBITION

A movement has been launched by
the State Anti-Saloon League to
have the next session of the legisla-
ture act upon a constitutional amend
ment to be voted upon at the next
general election. A campaign is now
being waged over the state by the
leaders in the work, headed by Rev.
G. w. Crook, president OF the organ
ization..
Meetings have been called for to-
morrow in this city. One for the
women will be held at the Baptist
church at 8 O'Clock in the afternoon
while the mems meeting will be held
at the Methodist church at o'clock
in the evening.
Ex-Governor Glenn of North Car
DINA, will address the Ocala audi
ences.
It is proposed to send to the legis-
lature a monster petition, asking that
body to pass the following amend
ment:
'tThat article xix of the constitu.
rion of the state of Florida be and the
same is hereby amended so as. to reaC
as follows:
article XIX. Section l.. The
manufacture, sale, barter or exchange
of all alcoholic or Intoxicating liquors
and beverages, whether spirituous
vinous or malt, are hereby forevel
prohibited in the state of Florida, ex
cept alcohol for medical, scientific OF
mechanical purposes, and wine fol
sacramenta1 purposes; the sale o.
which alcohol and wine for the pur
pose aforesaid, shall be regulated b!
| law
This petition is being presented tt
practically all the church and kindred
organizations over the state at tn,
same time. The present schedule O
the league is to have ex-Governo-
Patterson of Tennessee address tn,
Legislature on the subject at its open
ing in April.
Three of the most noted stemper
anee orators in the country have beer
engaged to assist the Florida leagu,
in this work, viz: George R. Stuart
Ex-Governor Glenn and ex-Governo
Patterson. Every county in the stat
will be covered by these men durin,
| the coming six weeks.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
ALL SHOULD SEE IT
State Board Of Health Exhibit. which
viii be Here this Week

State Board of Health Exhibit, which
will be Here this Week
Don't forget that on Thursday and
Friday the state board of health ex-
hibit will be at the Board of Trade
rooms as a great educational feature
to every man, woman and child We
want you to come and study this ex-
hibit while it is in our city Our
school board could not do a wiser
thing than to instruct our schools on
one of these days to turn out their
scholars at the noon hour and bring
every teacher and pupil and let them
learn these great lessons of health
and sanitation.
These exhibits will be in charge of
DR.. Young of the state board and
Miss Henderson, who is connected also
with the board and is so proficient in
tuberculosis diseases. No one should
miss this opportunity for these les
sons as this information cannot be
obtained except on occasions of this
kind. It is all free and all are well
come. Be sure to come.
J. D. Rooney, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
ocALA NAY COME INTO IT'S OWN

With the national and international
tourist agencies routing parties down
the OkIawaha and Silver rivers to
Ocala, it looks very much like this
city was about to come into its own,
in this particular thing at least.
These same rivers are going to
make Ocala one Of the largest towns
in Florida. For Ocala has back
country as fertile as any in the state.
All that is necessary is to develop
passenger and freight transportation
on these rivers. The railroads will
then fall in line and the trick will be
done.
Central Florida has advantages
possessed by neither northern nor
southern Florida. It is strange that
so many people coming into this state
should overlook the geological and
geographical advantages of this sec
ton.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

Us, there can. be little doubt of their
attitude. We have yet to find one
who isn't good American citizen,
and glad of It. It should be remen-
bered that some of the best fighters
for America in the Revolutionary
War were natives of Great Britain,
who had made their homes in this
country and believed in the justice of
it's cause. 1t is not likely that the
United States viii force a war, just
or unjust, on Germany or any other
country, SO the position of German
Americans on that subject need not
cause any worry.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

The Jacksonville Metropolis makes
good suggestion. It proposes that
March 27, the anniversary of the day
on which Florida was discovered in
1913, be set aside by the press of the
state for printing and sending out
papers filed with information about
Florida. It will be good policy for
the state press to put the Nets prop
osition into practice. March 27 should
certainly be observed in Florida in
some way. As it is now, we doubt
that one Floridian in a hundred could
tell off hand the day, perhaps not the
year, in which Ponce de Leon first
landed on our shores.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
A. T. THOMAS co.
BRANCHING OUT

Monday morning Mr.. A. T. Thomas,
for the A. T. Thomas Company, sign
ed long lease and entered into con-
tract with Messrs. Klock e Lee of
East1ake, to mine and sell for long
term of years all of the Lake Weir
sand that lies directly in front of the
property these gentlemen have just
bought and are now so extensively
improving. Mr.. Thomas will imme-
diately install plant on this prop
erty and begin mining and loading the
sand which he will ship to all parts
of the state. The property leased
has on it one of the best deposits of
Lake Weir sand in the lake and Mr..
Thomas was very fortunate to be able
to obtain control of it.
The A. T. Thomas Company has
been doing business in Ocala for sew
eral years, having the main office here
and loading plants at a number of
places in Marion, Citrus and fernando
counties. Besides the crushed rock,
road material and Lake Weir sand,
this company represents the Atlas
Portland Cement CO., one of the larg-
est cement companies in the world and
m a few months time Mr.. Thomas ex-
poets to add several other commod-
tiles to his line of building materials,
making it one of the largest bust
nesses of its kind in Central and
South Florida. Already this company
ships into nearly every county in the
state with the exception of the ex-
treme east coast section, doing the
largest business in road material that
is done by any one company in the
state.
Mr.. Thomas, as president of the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
FOR COMMISSION GOVERNMENT

A number of citizens met last eve
ming in the law offices of Mr.. H. M.
Hampton to discuss further the pro-
posed plan of commission government
for Ocala. A rough draft of the
charter that is to be submitted to the
legislature was read. 1t was neces-
sary that publication of notice of in
tention to. apply to the legislature for
such charter be commenced at once,
and committee to sign such notice
named, in Messrs. F. E. Harris, R. r.
Carroll and George Rentz. The idea
is to get the necessary authority
from the legislature. When this is
done, time can be taken to draft the
proposed charter and this will then
be submitted to the voters of the city,
and if adopted by them, will go into
effect. If rejected, under the author
ity that is expected of the legislature,
the measure can again be submitted
to vote of the people after a lapse
of six months. A petition will be cir
culated in the city before the legis-
lature meets, so that every voter who
is in favor of submitting the matter
! to the legislature can sign said petit
| ton.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

As win be seen by dispatch else
where, Senator Fletcher is brave
man. He denounces the unbridled
License Of the press, and calls on pub
nc men to defy it. Some of his re-
marks might be considered as favor
ing 2 censorship. No doubt that the
American press is entirely too free,
not ~ ITS opinion, but in its misrepre-
sentation; but this is an evil that
must he LETT to correct itself. No
man nor set Of men will ever he inst
and wise enough to frame any set of
rules as to what the newspapers shall
not say.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

Congressman Frank Clark and fam
.ily, says the Jacksonville Metropolis
will take an outing to Hawaii, guests
Of the Hawaiian government. That's
like carrying Goals to Newcastle, for
any Floridian to visit any place to find
more attractive spot than Florida.
But we won't hold it against the con-
gresham, particularly if he viii come
back and tell Florida people how to
make sugar as good as that of Hawaii,
and bring them up to the point Of
making sugar in this state.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

One thing is certain, and that is
that when the European powers are
thru fighting each other, they will re-
store order in Mexico. This country
will either have to stand aside and
see it done, or fight to maintain Pres
ident Wilson's declaration, that he
will protect the Mexicans in their
right to rob and murder each other,
and the people of other nations living
among them, until they are tired of
the pastime.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

There is entirely too much uncom-
plimentary talk in some American
papers about 'hyphenated" Ameri-
cans, referring to citizens of German
origin or descent, and specializing
about their position in case of war
with Germany. No American can
consistently blame man born in Ger
many. or whose parents were born
there, for sympathizing with that
country IN this war. A German
American sympathizing with the al.
lies would not be entitled to respect.
AS for the position of German-Amer-
leans in case of war with Germany, if
Germany forces an unjust war upon
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

The numerous friends of Congress-
man L'Engle will be glad to hear that
he Is steadily recovering his health.
He expects to be present when the
legislature meets in Tallahassee and
to take citizens share in shaping
public measures.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
RECOGNIZED ADVANTAGES

You will find that Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has recognized advan-
tages over most medicines in use for
coughs and colds. It does not sup
press a cough but loosens and reliev-
es It. 1t aids expectoration and opens
the secretions, which enables the gys-
tenn to throw off a cold. It counter
acts any tendency of a cold to re-
suit IN pneumonia. It contains no
opium or other narcotics, and may be
given TO child as confidently as To
an adult. For sale By All drug
stores. ADV.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

Owing mostly to the efforts of Com
modore Goodwin, backed by other en-
terprising citizens, Eastlake has been
made a telegraph and express station
-conveniences that have long been
needed and deserved by that live and
g owing community.
The question occurs: If the Coast
Line can maintain a telegraph office
a Eastlake, what excuse has it for
cutting out the one at Reddick?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

war would have been. felt as severely,
if not more so, under a republican
administration. President Wilson's
Mexican policy furnishes another. We
can't make the defense for this that
we can for the results of the war.
Neither Taft nor Roosevelt would
have allowed Mexico to impose on this
country in the way Wilson has allow
ed it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
State Of Ohio, City, of Toledo,


Lucas County, IS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm Of F
j. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore.
said, and that said firm viii pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before. me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cember, A. d. 1886.
(SeaD A. w. Gleason,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Send for testimonials free.
F. j. Cheney e. Co., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton. AID
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
"THE BEST LAXATIVE
THAT / KNOW OF"

"I have sold Chamberlain's Tablets
for several years. People who have
used them win take nothing else. /
can recommend them to my customers
as the best laxative and cure for con-
stipation that / know of !" writes Mr..
Frank Strouse, Fruitland, Iowa. For
sale by all dealers. Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23

Woodnar Sand & Stone Co., uses a
great deal of his building material in
and around Ocala, especially in the
sidewalk business, this company hav-
ing a contract with the city at the
present time to put down the side
walks in the second ward.