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The Ocala evening star., 1915-02-12
State of Ohio. City, of Toledo,

Lucas County, S.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F.
]. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore-
said, and that said firm will 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 & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sod by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton. Ad.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-02-12

Daughter-Then you really think
George has financial ability and can
support me?
Father-You bet I've talked with
him and he has got people on his
notes that I've been trying for years
to hook on mine.-Puck.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-02-12
UNCLASSIFIED ADS
WANTED, LOST, FOUND, FOR
SALE, FOR RENT AND SIM
LIAR LOCAL NEEDS

FOR SALE-A small hotel business
for sale; well located, paying the
year around; always filed with
guests; cash only considered. APP
ply at Star office. 2-6-6t
The Ocala evening star., 1915-02-12
A Leaaex.

Johnston has inherited a wonderful
collection of art works, antiques and
bric-a-brac. From an ancestor who
was connoisseur, l presume?" Not
exactly. From an uncle who was a
pawnbroker"
The Ocala evening star., 1915-02-12
Hand Shaking Dangerous.

Bacteriologists recently found un-
der the fingernaiis of men, women and
children no less than thirteen differ
ent kinds of disease germs, including
those of tuberculosis, diphtheria and
Influenza.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-02-12
Do
YOU
NOT
BELIEVE

in the statement of Sir
George PaiSh, famous
British economist, that
this war will make the
United States the bank
ing center of the world.
the industrial center of
the world, and the COM
mercial center Of the
world?
Look the facts in the
face.
You cannot, of course,
afford to disregard local
conditions, b ut you
ought to look outside.
Observe the trend of
things.
Florida will have a big
share of the nations
prosperity.
LOUIS r. CHAZAL
& SONS co.
REAL ESTATE
Holder Building p. o. Box ATS
Telephone 228 OcaIa, Fla.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
APPREcIATEs NEWSPAPER

An appreciation of the local news
paper and of what it's editor does for
the community is Well expressed in
an article we have noticed in some
Of the exchanges credited to Elk
Governor Francis, of Missouri. 1t
follows: Ex-Governor Francis once
said the following of newspapers:
Each year the local paper. gives from
$500 to $1,000 in free lines to the
community in which it is located.
No other agency can or will do this
The editor in proportion to his
means, does more for his town than
any other ten men, and in all fair
ness he ought to be supported not
because you like him or admire his
writings, but because the local pa
per is the best investment a com
munity can make. It may not be
brilliantly edited or crowded with
thought, but financially it is of
more benefit to the community than
the preacher or teacher. Understand
me I do not, mean mentally and yet
on moral questions you will find
most of the papers on the right side.
Today the editor of the local papers
do the most for the least money of
any people on earth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
COMMUNITY CENTER SECTION
ESTABLISHED IN STATE
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

MADISON, April 9-.m connection
with the convention of supeuinten-
dents and principals held at Madison
last week. City Supt. T. J. Jones of
West Al is, upon request of num-
Der of school men and women inter
ested in community center develop
ment called a conference to consider
organizing a state association of com
munity center workers At this con
ference, which was participated in
by school administrators from var
ious parts of the state, it was de
clared that the need lis not for an
organization of propaganda, but Of
interchange OF professional experien-
ces between men and women who an
serving as community secretaries.
City Supt. Mary D. Bradford of Ke-
nosha Principal NJ. T. Buckley of
Sank City and others addressed the
conference On the Importance of ad
ministratiVe efficiency. Upon motion
Of State Supt. Cary the organization
of the State Association of Commun-
ity Center Workers vas effected,
Supt. T. ]. Jones being elected pres
ident, and Edward j.. Ward of the
University of Wisconsin Extension
community center bureau, secretary.
The teachers association formally
endorsed the community center move
ment four years ago, but the action
just taken places the secretaIial
work connected with the wider use
of the sehoolhouse ON parity with
the work of teaching. The Wiscon-
sin association is among the first an
hand in the United States to def
nitely recognize community center
development as an integral part of
the ed''cator's function.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
MAY 7 ARB0R DAY

MADISON, April 9.-Gov. Pbuinn
on Thursday filed in the office Of
Inc secretary of state a. procIama-
ton designating May Z as Arbor and
Bird day in Wisconsin, and recon-
menddng that it be appropriately Oh
served III all schools. He says:
1T is the object Of this holiday to
urn the attention of the growing
generation to those useful forms of
me that are too easily DESTROYED
and by imparting an insight Of their
beauty and a deeper knowledge Of
their useful purpose, to create a
spirit Of protection and conservation
in place of the spirit of destruction.
Teachers in all graded SCHOOLS
are urged to prepare lessons and
plan exercises such as VIII impress
upon children the functions perform
ed by birds and trees and teach them
20 take pleasure in cooperating. with
the benign purpose of nature"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
ARE YOU PLANNING
4 GARDEN

| Let US help you make it beautiful.
Perhaps one Of the following books
in the Public Library will save you
time trouble and experimenting.
BaiIey-Am.deurs Practical Garden
Baker-Yard and Garden
ElIiot-Landscape Gardening
Rexford- Garden Craft
AlIen-Window Gardening
| CUthbertson-Pansi
Dykes-Irises
JacObs-Daffodils
Jacobs Tulips
Wrig ht-SWeet Peas
Parsons hildrens Gardens
Bolte-Back Yard Farmer
Wlkinson-Modern Strawberry Grow
ing
French-Book Of Vegetables
Fertilizers and Manures
Fraser-Dhe Potato
argent-Corn PLANTS
Watts-Vegetable Gardening
Bafley-Garden Making
FTetcher-SiIos
The Craftsman magazine gives
many helpfu1 hints for flower gar
dens and landscape gardening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
PROTECTION AGAINST
CLOTHES MOTHS
Camphor, Tar Paper Cedar Chests
and Other PreventatlVes Use
less When Eggs are
Present

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The var
ious substances used TO keep away
moths, such as tobacco, Compton, ma
hthalene cones or balls, tarred pa
per and cedar chips have no effects
If the eggs are already present in
the clothes, and entomology spec
ialists in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture therefore recon-
mend a thorough beating shaking
and brushing off all articles likely
to attract moths, before they are
laid away for the summer. The brush.
| ing of garments is especially import
amt in order to remove eggs which
may have escaped notice. If the ar
| ticles are quite free from eggs OF
larvae when laid away, the odoT
from the various repelIents already
mentioned or from cedar chests and
wardrCbes will serve to keep the
moths away. This odor, however, les
sens with age, SO that the protec-
ton it affords is greatly decreased
after a few years. For this reason
when furs and other valuable gar
ments are wrapped in tarred paper OF
placed in sacks of tarred paper
these containers should be renewed
every year or two.
In general moths are likely to af-
feet only articles which are put
away and left undisturbed for some
little time. Apartments and closets
that are frequently aired and swept
are not apt to be seriously affect
ed. In fact airing and sunlight are
probably the best as Wen as the
oldest remedies. Where circumstance
demand that the articles be put
away however, a convenient and eff
fective device is to place them in
large paste-board boxes such as tai
lors use and gum a strip of wrap
ping paper aroung the edge so as
to seal up the box completely and
leave no cracks. If the garments
have beeen thoroughly cleaned be
fore being placed in these boxes.
no additional protection is necessary
and there is none of the objection
able odor which is characteristic of
so many moth repeIlants.
For valuable articles the safest
plan is to place tn m in cold stor-
age Recent experiments have shown.
that the larvae f-the clothes moth
will resist for a long time low tenn
peratures if these are uniform. but
that the alienation OF low and high
temperatures quickly results in death.
It is recommended thedefore that
storage companies submit their
goods to two or three changes, vary
ing the temperature from about Is
degrees F TO 20 or 80 degrees. F.
After this preliminary treatment, they
should be kept permanently at about
70 degrees F Any lower temp era
-uTe Is needless expense
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15

the city chap is drawing as a hired
man from a company that.could find
a thousand ike him in a days time.
The narrow-brained lecturer drops
into the small town, and at the be-
ginning Of his talk, mentions. that he
has changed his subject, for fear the
one announced would be over the
heads Of his audience and then pro
ceeds to rambIe along for a couple
Of hours with stale stories and dis
connected ideas, boring his auditors
half to death. The Chautauqua en-
tertainer, until he has had a good
deal Of experience, the travelling
salesman, up to the time he becomes
Of some value to his house;the tran
sient visitor, Oh a chance. business or
pleasure trip;the young city employe,
before he learns the lessons of the
relation Of capital to business, where
ever it is employed-alI.o f. them make
the same mistake of misjudging the
capacity, Ii e intelligence and the
character of country people.
| If there is such a thing as superb
ority between city and country folks
/ the latter have the best opportunity
of securing it. But as people, there
is no difference between those who
live il cities and those who live in
the country. They all read the same
magazines, the same newspapers and
! the same books; they. hear the same
lecturers, and see the same theatrica
performances; they attend the same
high schools and graduate from thf
same colleges and universities; they
take the same trips, visit the same
vacation resorts, and make as many
excursions abroad; they ride in Pull
mans as often, and pay their bills az
Regularly, and when everything il
counted 1T is hard to point out an!
difference between them, except tina
the country people have the advan
tage of freedom from the life il
} throngs, and from the scramble TO
a ive1 hood with great numbers con
testing for a share.
We have no contempt or criticism
for those who prefer to live in.a.city
but We do object to their attitude O
scorn for the dotngs of those. who 1iy
in the country or in small towns
There is no basis fortheir feeling 0
superiority and, to a person with
proper understanding of the relation
Of things, it is nonsensical and III
called for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
NOW is The TIME
Favor Them With Some of Your
Trade and Pay Your
Old Bills.

The well known firm OF Geo. T.
Rowland & Sons have We are relia-
bly, informed, about $4,000 On their
books and stock of about SIS 900
in merchandise, Yet they are hard
up for ready money to hquidateit their
bills as they come due. Reader, if
you are indebted TO this firm so
and help them out with part of the
amount if you cannot pay it all. Show
your good will in exchange for the
favors granted you. If everybody who
is owing them, SMALL or large. amounts,
Will all do something right away, it
will release the pressing claims
that are passed due. Pay ca-h as
far as possible and others will be
able to do likewise Anybody who
enjoys the personal acquaintance OF
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Rowland &
Sons must realize that they have
put themselves out to help others
now the compliment should be re
turned. Do unto others as you would
like to be done by and the results
will be wonderful. Everybody. should
try and get on the cash basis Pay
as you go. Curtail your expenses
wherever you cam. In other words
get under cover urtil business con
ditions get better. Nothing vii
bring about better times among al
of US like the cash business
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15

acter, some one may call up and ask
IF the coat was al the man had on
To satisfy these nteratists, you must
enumerate item by item the other ar
ticles Of attires or they VIII accuse
you OF making the victim appea- half
naked.
The reader, who digess his pa
per IN the quiet OF his home feels
that he has shown great briIHancy if
he detects an error in grammar or
capitalization 1t Is one thing 10
find mistakes at your leisure in an
other mans work quite another to
turn out high degree Of accuracy an
precision in the haste of newspaper
composition
The banker makes bmnders in his
figures, the lawyer draws up incor-
rect papers, and the business men
submits erroneous bills Such blum
ders are known only to the few per
sons whom they concern. The news
paper is like the actor ON the stage.
whose slightest slip is manifest to
all and seems ridiculous.
1t would be perfectly possible to
produce a newspaper. having. thelsarne
high degree of accuracy as the best
edited magazine. But this would eth
er cost about twice as much for a
more costly force, or else the scope
| and field of the newspaper would
have to be reduced and less matter
printed The public would not pay
| the bills in the first case, and il
| ogatory remark made about him OF
ment of service. So the newspap ers
struggle along as best they can in
that imp disability, a snap shot Of
daily life that shall be permanent
their eternal effort to accomplish
and absolutely truthful history.
The newspaper man is not offende,
when he is iollied on such mistakes
as creep in He merely wishes The
critics could have his job about one
week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15

game Of wits. When = e harvest is
reached there is a satisfaction in
your good mess Of garden truck not
10 be had from any vegetables bought
Of the grocer.
The cost Of FOOD has reached a
point where thu money motive. ought
also 70 tempt a good many people
who possess a back yard TO aise a
garden. It is often said that. these
little home patches DO not pay, THAT
after you have deducted cost Of fer
tIizer and seeds and labor hired,
that you have nothing left It is
true that a first year attempt may
show many failures. Mother Nature
| is a shy scm Of a customer. It
takes experience and practice to
adapt your beans, peas or squashes
to her habits. Once you learn the
game, the power Of sun and soil
and rain are sure.
AlILEh US LLz e A5s-t-1+--- wv
I to physical labor. As boys most OF
US dug and hOed in our fathers gar
/ dens and thought nothing Of it. As
/ linen We hire some superannuated Ia
borer to work over the land who
charges us 81 per day for what an
Iactive man could DO in half Of the
time. No wonder there is no ere
Idft account at the end OF the sea
son.
Any indoors worker Will be sur
prfsed. il he will give four or five
hours a week to back yard agricul,
rure. to find how much better mus,
Icle. wind and digestion he has at
tine end Of the summer. There may
Ibe no money profit the first
thine. Another summer should give u:
ali the fresh vegetables Of the sea
sen for practically nothing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
USE THE
GARBAGE BASKET

The city went to the expense of
providing receptacles in which to
place papers, banana skins and like
matter and had these receptacIes
placed at convenient places in the
business district Some people do
not seem to kno-T what they are for
It is just as easy to place the pa
pers, etc, in the places that have
been provided for them as it is to
throw the matter into the street.
Papers, especially, blowing about
the streets may cause a serious run
AWAY besides being an eye sore to
the people of the city. It's time the
people, who are still dreaming Grand
Rapids is a little village, woke up to
the fact that it is a prosperous city
and that if they want to keep up
with the resi- of the town, they must
adopt city ways
Use the waste baskets and keep
the city clean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
THE HABl OF CANCEL

I
LING ORDERS:
There are complaints in the trade
narers about cancellations Of orders
in some lines OF business. It is a sore
subfeor in commercial circles at all
times. IN periods of quiet trade this
nature is likely to be particularly
married. Probably the war situation
has led to some cancellations. Three
or four months ago when many or
ders were given for spring delivery
great many people felt that the wa
would be over before this coming
summer. Few persons take that view
today.
Among manufacturers and.whoIesaIe
dealers. the habit Of oancelling or.
aa4s is one Of the bugbears Of bus
mess Goods that are completed OF
under way and thus refused may be
an cut Of style by another year. The
eaT7eI, may lose just as heavily ais IL
tho customer had taken them, anc
them gone into bankruptcy Thls
oa,,eas friction and Encouragement
and SO common is the habit that II
must restrict business
/ From the viewpoint Of the retail
err a cancellation OF a previous OF
a. - sometimes a necessity fol-
very salvation. If so, a mistake mus
hove been made at the start in
10 ,fberal purchase from some pei
suastxe salesman.
! larga order for future delivery Is
something that a merchant does wei
Il nordar with great searchings o
baart While the smooth agent is tai
fnq ii may look very good. After the
INV has slept over it, he may have
to argue very earnestly with ms
better iudgment to Justify the pur
chase 49,,
Manufacturers say that some deal
ors WIN carry out a contract even "
les 10 themselves and even II Il
is not legally binding. Others canoe
off hand. and order goods with the
feeling that they cam stop them any
time. even if they are finished and
the manufacturer has to haul them
hack from the freight house. Wnlle
some cancellations are no doubt nee
essay as whole it is a trao'
abuse that tends to obstruct business
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
TIE DETERMINATION OF PESTS

The government and the states
pile on millions in pursuit of the
boil weevil, gypsy and other moths,
San Jose and other scales, grasshop-
pers, Beetles, caterpilIars, flies, etc
Yet the damage to crops in this
country from insect pests is placed
at $8O0,0O0, 900 annually.
In the long run these enemies of
the food supply will be fought sue
cessfuIIy only by introducing parasi-
ties, the natural foes Of these in
sects. But that requires years for
scientific investigation and exper-
iment.
For some reason or other pests
seem far more numerous than they
were years ago. The killing off of
birds is probably the principal
cause. Yet this may not be the only
reason. In these days when so much
money is being spent by government
agencies for pest suppression, does
the individual farmer feel the respon-
sibiIity for cleaning them off his
own land? Or does he sit back and
let the state and national agricuItu-
raj departments do the work for him?
The old time former fought pests
with a good deal of diligence Years
ago a, plague of canker worms swept
over the apple growing parts of the
country. Many people will reca" the
care with which farmers in the sec
tons affected used to smear belts
Of sticky substance around the base
of their trees to trap the worms.
Thus many orchards were saved, and
after a few years the plague subsid-
ed. Government agencies need all
the help the individual land owner
caan give in these efforts.
In sections now afflicted with the
caterp9 ar and certain other insects,
oranges aand other farmers rogani
cations are doing a useful work in
enIisting the children to fight
them Many varieties of pests can
be kept down by destroying their
netss. The individual farmer may
say that he individual bug that he
destroys are not the same ones that
attack his crops But if he sets the
example of fighting the insectswhe.r
ever possible It viii encourage his
neighbors to take hold and clean
them out or at least hold them down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
A. L. FONTAINEs Publisher
Thursday, April IS, 1915
PRACTICAL PREACHING

The religious press OF the coun-
try and the secular too. are full OF
discussion for and against the meth
obs Of Rev. Billy Sunday. Ministers
are tlocki1g to Philadelphia by the
hundreds to study his methods. Not
many of them Will care 10 adopt the
more eccentric features OF the sun
day ministry. but there are phases
of the Sunday methods that every
clergyman Wi" find worthy OF study.
Some ministers shut themselves up
in their study and read books on
religion and philosophy. The books
are helpful, mentally stimulating. The
parsons mind is upHated by their
broad outlook. He breaches the next
Sunday from what the philosophers
and theoIogians have said to him.
Now such sermons are occasionally
needed for the broadening OF the
intellectual life. But they deal with
problems that bother the philosopher
and the theoIogians. but may never
have troubled the ordinary man and
woman. The people celebrate abroad
the eIoquence and intellectual pow
ers of their pastor. But lit has
been saudi thathas helped or inspir-
ed them much
Other ministers spend more time
among their people. They learn the
doubts, troubles difficulties and
problems with which their parishon-
ers are suffering. They observe hui
man nature closely. Their minds are
fun OF specific cases of people who
have found rest and peace and help
through various experiences. They
try TO communicate this help to the
members of their congregation. Their
sermons may not be very scholarly.
But they inspire their hearers to
renewed courage and strength to
fight life's battle.
Probably right here is one of
several reasons for Billy Sunday S
marvellous success. He deals with
practical life, with the problems that
meet the average man and woman.
The average preacher, without i'm
itating Billy Sundays slang, can
give his sermons the quality of hui
man interest that the Sunday ser
mons always have
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-15
FACT
Local Evidence

Evidence that can be verified.
Fact is what we want
Opinion is not enough.
Opinions differ.
Here's Grand Rapids fact.
You can test it.
! Mrs. F. Grant, 548 Eighth Ave,
S., Grand Rapids, says: Il was both
cred by a dull, heavy pain in the
small of my back, l knew it was
caused by weak kidneys, and it's
most likely hard work brought on
the trouble. If 1 caught cold,it set
tied in my kidneys, then my back al
ways hurt me badly. Mornings, when
I got up, l felt stiff and lame.
used Doan's Kidney Pills and the
pain in my back left. My kidneys
became normal and 1 felt better in
ev y way, haven't had any trou-
BILE to speak of since
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't simp
ly ask for q kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Grant had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props. Buffalo, N. Y,