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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08
USELESS EXPENSE

This food conservation campaign is
fine idea, and if consistently carried
out will be vast help, but we have
been brought in personal contact with
on2 useless expense that will not only
counteract a great deal of saving but
create a scandal.
The editor of this paper is director
of publicity for this county, and Mr..
w. D. earn is chairman. Both received
notice of their appointments and
what they were expected to do by
telegraph. Next day the editor had a
dispatch about something that took
place the night before. When the
Marion county committee met Friday
night, an unpleasant impression was
made on the meeting by two long tele-
grams about what the committee was
expected to do. The committee was
also requested to report all its work
by wire Saturday. Chairman earn
and Director Benjamin were invited
by wire to attend a conservation ban,
quet given by the Tampa Rotarians at
the Hillsborough Hotel in Tampa next
Tuesday evening.
All these kilograms were sent out at
government expense. Even the invi-
tations to the banquet were marked
Govt"
Every one of these communications
could have been sent by mail. There
was no reason whatever for their be-
ing wired, and the only reason why
they were wired was that Mr.. Leroy
Hodges, campaign director, has been
given "carte blanche" at the tele-
graph office. If he has treated every
county in the state as he treated this
one, his telegraph bills have cost the
government a thousand dollars; and if
every state in the Union has a cam
paign director like him, they have
thousand dollars by their extravagant
damphoolishness by this time. AS one
of Our business men said, "They have
their hands in Uncle Sans pockets
and they will scatter his money just
to see it fly"
We are going to call the attention
of Mr.. Hoover and Secretary Baker
to this wanton waste of government
money, and ask them to either reform
Mr.. Hodges or put in his place some
one that can carry on food conserva-
ton in Florida without throwing
away the price of farm week in
useless telegraph tolls.
Remember, we are director OF pub
licity" for this county, and we think
it is strictly in the line of our duties
to give publicity to this unconservaton
of government money.
We do not mean, however, to cast
any reflection on the Tampa Rotar-
'ians and their banquet. They are a
public spirited bunch and more likely
to split all they have fifty-ffty with
the government than to throw
away any of its money. We would
be mighty glad to attend their feed,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08
FAIRS AND CELEBRATIONS

October. 16-20-BradfOrd. County
Fair at Lake Butler.
October 90 to November 3-Har-
vest Festival and Fair at West Palm
Beach.
November 6-1O-West Florida Fair
at Mariana.
November 12-17-Escambia COun-
ty Fair, at MOlinO.
November 13-17-Suwanee County
Fair at Live Oak.
November 21-23-Orange Springs
Fair at Orange Springs.
November 2O-23-Alachua County
Fair, at Gainesville.
November 27-30-MariOn County
Fair, at Ocala.
December 4-S-Jacksonville POul-
try Show.
January 20 to February Lake
County School Fair, at Tavares.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

shot, the mystery ship is seen sudden
Iy to bristle with guns large and
small, and showers of shells are fall
ing all around the submarine. If he
survives the guns there is only one
thing to do and that is to dive as fast
as possible. Add to the mystery ships
the focks of destroyers that are con-
stantly patroling the areas in which
the presence of submarines is sus-
pected, and the knowledge that two
out of every three ships they sight
are hunting submarines instead of be-
ing hunted by them, and it will be
plain that the German U-boat service
has ceased to be desirable"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Announcement is made of the ap-
preaching marriage of one of Lees
burg's most popular young ladies,
| Miss Katherine, only daughter of
Judge and Mrs. Joseph Breckenridge
Gaines, to Mr.. Goode Mercer Query,
editor of the Howey Tribune, captain
of the Lake county home guards, and
one of the ablest and best liked news
paper men of Florida. The wedding
will be solemnized Wednesday, Oct.
"a, at the home of the brides par
ents, and will be strictly informal,
only the intimate friends of the fam
lilies being present. After a brief
trip Mr.. and Mrs. Query will be at
home to their friends in their resi-
dence on Orange avenue. The bride
is one of the most handsome, charm
ing and accomplished of Leesburg's
young ladies and is popular among
those of all ages and loved for her
kindly traits of character and her I'M
failing courtesy to age and youth. Mr.
Query is to be congratulated with
out reserve upon his having won for
his bride one so universally respected,
admired and loved. She is a graduate
of the noted finishing school at Fair
mont, Tenn, and has studied art and
music. The groom made name for
himself in newspaper work in Georv
gia and other states before coming to
fredericksburg Commercial.
The Star joins their ether friends
in best wishes for this young couple.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Good seamanship, good gunnery
and personal bravery are yet the
controlling factors in naval warfare.
"bring England to her knees" in thus
explained by a special writer in the
New York Sun: "The Germans are
turning out new submarines faster
than the Allies can sink them. and the
new submarines are bigger, faster
and in every way more destructive
than their predecessors. Neverthe-
less there are fewer of them out in
the fighting areas than there were
three months ago. The explanation
is the difficulty of getting crews. Too
much emphasis cannot be laid on the
terrific strain under which the sub
marine crews labor. The commander
never goes to his coming tower with
out realization that it may be shot
away with him in it. The boat never
submerges without every man on
board feeling that it may never come
up again There is no sleep, no rest,
no relaxation of strain from the
moment the cruise begins. Lately an
element has been added to the battle
between the ship and the submarine
that increases the nervous strain on
the U-boat crews. This element is the
mystery ship. No one has been per-
mitted to give more than very gen
eral description of these ships, but it
is known that they have been turned
out in great numbers. They look like
merchantmen, steer the course of
merchantmen, and the captain of a
submarine when he peers through his
periscope cannot tell the difference
between this deadly fighting ship and
a peaceful trader. By the time he
gets near enough to make a sure
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08


learned that in govt also rheumatism, the kidneys do
work properly to throw off the uric acid poison;
consequently uric acid crystals deposited in and
about the joints, in the muscles, where infam-
nation is up in the nearby tissues
Hague has said that '"gout is rheumatism, and
rheumatism govt. If uric acid is formed in excess
within the body it is passed the kidneys, which
filter to pass off this poison If the is
excreted by the kidneys it is distributed thru the
tissues The choice sites for such storage in the
Joints muscle sheahs where the circulation is weak
est and where also the akanity of the blood is lowest
Consequently must do everything to throw off this
uric acid poison and simple methods are best Flush
the kidneys by drinking six to eight glasses of
between meals During winter months the circulation
apt to be sluggish and the blood retarded.
Eat less meat, drink water, and take ANURIC
double or triple strength) after each meal and
bed time for several weeks time and you will be
free from uric acid and the diseases that follow.
The urine is often cloudy, full OF sediment;
channels often get and sleep is disturbed two
three times night. This is the time you should
consult some physician of wide experience such as
Doctor Pierce of the Invads Hotel and Surgical
Institute, in Buffalo, New York. Send him ten
cents for sample of his discovery, ANURIc.
for test
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Attorney General Van Swearingen,
who is forceful man, reports after
returning from visit to Mariana
that the reform" school is still sadly
in need of reformation. Furthermore,
he promises to do what he can to re-
form it. If he does he will surely
have the support of the Times
Tampa Times.
Also of the Star. Four years ago
eight boys were burned to death at
that school, and it hasn't been made
decent yet. What a black mark
against the state?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08
SKILLED MAXWELL MECHANIC

/ am located at the Maxwell Ser.
vice Station, on the corner of Osceola
and Fort King avenue (Yonge block
where l will be prepared to do al
kinds of automobile repair work and
regulating. l have had a good many
years experience with all kinds OF
motors, electric appliances, magnetic
generator and carburetor traubles a
speciality. Any kind of motor work
done at reasonable prices. Maxwell
work a speciality. Satisfaction is as
sure all who come to me.
Respectfully,
29-tf L. W. Sterrett.
Advertise in the Star.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

tive to the ripened crops. It seems
to the Star foolish and unjust to for
bid a man from shooting a wild ami
NAL that is destroying his property.
The game law looks like a crazy
quilt and every time the Legislature
fools with it. it makes it worse.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

The following from the Times
Union is timely: every orange Flor
ida can grow will be needed in our
training camps, where the consump-
ton of fruit means health-in the
hospitals behind the trenches they
would often save life From the
poorer fruit or that which will not
bear shipment every possible quart
of vinegar should be saved as a mu-
milton of war;"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Members of the county guard COM
panies in st. Petersburg received with
much pleasure the announcement by
Major Brown that he has bought guns
for the men. The guard here will soon
be real soldiers.-St. Petersburg In
dependent.
1t will have to learn how to handle
the guns first. Men who can shoot
effectively with an army rife are the
exception rather than the rule.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Wonder what is the matter with our
goor neighbors of Suwanee county
that they threaten to lynch couple
of embezzlers. Embezzlement isn't
an unwritten law crime and the peo-
pie of Suwanee should calm down.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

It's no surprise to Americans that
Mr.. Hearst was a personal friend of
Balo Pasha. Mr.. Hearst's papers
have been voicing Bolo's sentiments
ever since last April.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

We mildly suggest to Governor
Cats that he have all those guns be-
longing to the Knights of Columbus
seized. They would come in mighty
handy right now to arm the home
guard.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

A number of people have found out
all of sudden that Sheriff Galloway
is to retain his office The Star gave
its readers that information a week
ago today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

The Germans have called the Brit
ish cannonades barrage fire, and
drumfre, and now they are naming
the downpour of shells on the Fland-
ers front hurricane fire. When they
come to face the blaze of Uncle Sam
guns they will call it hellfire.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

which we know will be an enjoyable
and instructive occasion. Sending in
vitations to the occasion at govern
ment expense was not their fault.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

The farmer who points the muzzle
of well-flled silo at the moon helps
win the battle all the same as the sol
der who points the muzzle of we'll
loaded cannon at the Teuton lines.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Gov. Cats has proclaimed Friday,
Oct. II, as farmers day, and its a
safe bet that mighty few farmers will
pay any attention to the proclama-
ton.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

The fact that deep mourning is be-
coming to most women, allays the
new widows grief, to some extent
C. H. G. in st. Petersburg Times.
&c. I'll. G." probably intended the
foregoing heartless statement for wit.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08
sUBSCRIPTIoN RATES
Domestic

LaFollette has simply gone back
into the hole he came out of. Now if
he would pull it in on himself, every
thing would be lovely.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

The Star has seen a copy of the
year book for 1917-18 of the Ocala
Woman's Club. 1t is neat little
booklet, well filled with information
about that useful organization. The
Woman,s Club is likely to be more es-
sential to the welfare of Ocala this
year than ever before.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
all news credited to ii or not otherwise
credited IN this paper and also the
local news published herein. All rights
of republication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Senator Fletcher sends US Score
tary Baker explanation why only the
Y. M. c. A. and Knights of Columbus
are allowed to erect recreation build
ings inside the training camps and
environments. 1t is sensible explain
alton and will satisfy any reasonable
man.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Perhaps if we inferred instead of
we would have less trouble with them.
Tampa Tribune.
Interring will come later.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Always insist upon having Carriers
BUTTERNUT bread. Get it 1T your
grocer's or at Carriers Bakery, North
Main street. TIT
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08
PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTING

When you have plumbing or cleo
trical contracting, let US furnish you
estimates. No job too large and none
too small. If H. w Tucker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

A number of the farmers are kick
ing because the new game law pre-
vents them from shooting squirrels at
this time, when they are most destruc-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

The Stone pardon seems to be the
great burden of talk about Winter
Haven these days. While Governor
Cats is blamed for it, the story goes
that people right here in Polk county
are responsible for the vouching Of
the pardon and that men wrote to the
board and gave them to understand
that the pardon would be all right in
Polk county From what we can learn
the crime charged against Stone was
almost objectionable and if the senti-
ment is what we think it is, a great
mistake was made 1t is charged that
$4,000 was the basis of the securing
of the pardon and if there are men in
Polk county who have influence who
used every effort they could to get
him pardoned, they have made
gross mistake. These things of course
come back to the door of the gov
ernor and because of the general
silence following the giving of the
pardon, we are bit suspicious as to
it's author and origin.-Lakeland Star.
The dense silence maintained by
the members of the pardon board is
worse than suspicious. They have no
right to withhold their reasons from
the people.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08
FLUSH THE KIDNEYS!
How Uric Acid Causes Govt Rheumatism, Lumbago
(BY L. H. SMITH, NJ. D. }

BY of
i nha paid t. this mbect ~
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08
CONGRESSMAN REMAINS
IN WASHINGTON

Congress adjourned Saturday and
mos of the members went home TO
enjoy u little well earned rest. Our
own particular representative, Frank
Clark, however, has so much commit
tee business to attend to, in prepar-
ing for the regular session, that he
will not be able to come home for
some weeks yet. AS Mr.. Clark's time
of service lengthens in the House, his
usefulness and influence, and also the
amount of work laid upon him in
creases. Mr.. Clark's family will leave
Washington for their home in Gaines
vile at once. We are in hopes to see
the congressman and his family at
the coming Marion county fair.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-10-08

Chesapeake Bay Oysters received
oai1y at the Delicatessen Shop, 0caIa
House block. Tiff
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-21
Burns Inconsistent In Love.

Burns love affairs were both the
product and the inspiration of his
genius. Although he had written to
Clarinda of Edinburgh that, COM
pared with her, Jean Armour was as
the expiring glimmer of a farthing ia
per beside the glory of the meridian
sun, he married Jean within two
months. Last year at Sotheby's a let
ter written a week after his marriage,
indicating Jean entirely, fetched
$3.50. Later a curious Burns letter
was offered, dated June 26, 1888
Burns was married August 8, 1889,
In which he states: 81 have waited
on Mr.. Aud about my marriage affair
and stated that I was legally fined for
an irregular marriage by a justice Of
the peace. He says If 1 bring an at
testation of this by the two witnesses
there shall be no more litigation about
it." The 'legaI' marriage which fol-
lowed August 3 was apparently the So
luton of the trouble. Doubts raised
in the auction room as to the anthem
ticity of the letter were dispelled.-
London Telegraph.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-21
SOAP BUBBLES ARE DURABLE
If Blown in Accordance With Scien-
lists Directions They Can Be
Made to Last for Months.

The transient existence of the soap
bubble is proverbial, but Prof. ]. Dew
err, in a discourse delivered at the
Royal institution in London, explained
how soar bubbles could be made to
last for months, and exhibited several
specimens.
The first requisite is that the air
used in blowing the bubble shall be
free from dust. In Professor Dewar's
process the air is filtered through cot
ton wool, and the bubbles are blown by
opening a stopcock in the ~air-supply
tube. For the soap solution he prefers
the purest oleic acid (tested by the
iodine number) and ammonium soap
(not potassium or sodium.)
To make a bubble durable the sac of
liquid must be removed from its bot
tom by suction through tubes applied
from outside. The lecturer showed
bubbles more than half a yard in d.
ameter, blown in glass vessels contain
ing pure air at atmospheric pressure.
A little water is kept at the bottom
of the vessel. A uniform temperature
of about so degrees Fahrenheit is IA
vorable to longevity.
Professor Dewar said some Of the
smaller bubbles were a year old.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-21
LIVE CHIEFLY ON TURTLES
Residents of Small Islands Off Coast
of ceylon Find Plenty of Food
Near at Hand.

A correspondent of a Ceylon journal
gives some interesting information
about the turtles on the coast in the
neighborhood of Jaffna, in the north Of
the island, which are said to be In
Vulnerable. They are of three species,
called sea, milk and pariah turtles, re-
spectively.
The ordinary, or sea turtle, is gener-
ally large in size, and Is met with
everywhere at sea around Jaffna. Two
tiny islands, called Iranativu, are liter
ally swarming with the creatures.
The islands themselves are sterile
and always exposed to inundation the
inhabitants are poor and ignorant of
agriculture, and live chiefly on the tur-
ties. They use the shells of the large
ones as seats.
In the town of Jaffna the ordinary
turtle is always procurable, and is a
favorite article of food with the peo-
pie. The milk turtle is small in size
and Is to be found only in wells and
banks. 1t is not an article of food ex-
cept with the poorer classes. The
pariah turtle has a high back, and a
shell which somewhat resembles that
of the tortoise. 1t is found in marshes
and bitches. 1t is not an article of
food, but is highly valued by native
medical men, because it's flesh and
blood are supposed to be a panacea for
ailments peculiar to children.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-21

a pocket knife and began digging in
the soft, yielding earth beside it. His
lips were set grimly. His face was a
map of blank despair. He took from
his bosom the red ear of corn.
1.-THE funeral of all my hopes" he
mourned, and placed the red ear in
the hole he had dug.
Then he lifted the priced token of
the husking bee to his lips. Sadly,
but reverently, he held it there for a
moment. He closed his eyes in mourn
full thought.
And all the time Airline was in sight
and hearing. She had stolen after him
into the wood, troubled with maidenly
scruples, tempered, however, with a
sense of cu~lpability that stirred her
heart to kinder emotions. Then, not
five feet away from Ned, she peered
through a screen of vines, wondering,
curious, interested, and finally her
soul was stirred to the depths at what
she observed.
1t might have been ludicrous, this
mock burial, to a callous woman of
the world, but to gentle, sensitive
Airline the circumstance was intensely
soulful and pathetic.
Eyes, | will leave home," spoke Ned
half audibly. 81 must forget her. /
may in time and-good bye! good
byer"
Gently he brushed the earth over
the cherished red ear, as though he
were shutting from sight and memory
the most sacred memento of his first
love experience.
"Don't oh, please, don't"
Ned Dawson lifted his eyes to gaze
transfixed. Airline had burst through
the frail foliage. She was at his side,
timid, though resolute, flushed and
pale by turns, the ring of real pathos
in her mellow accent, the glow of
true love in her bonny eyes.
"Why, Airline" stammered the poor
fellow. "You here"
az followed you," voiced Airline In a
wild fiutter.
"And ran away from me that night
of the husking bee, and let the other
fellows kiss you, and not me. You
did not run away from Them"
Because l did not love them-can't
you see?" !
Observation-Disclosures"
She covered her burning face with
both hands and kept it from tell-tale
view. In muff1ed tones she sobbed
out:
"You won't go away from homer
"T1l stay here all my life, If you tell
me to-" he cried, and his soul seemed
lifted to the heights.
"You didn't kiss me at the husking
bee" whispered Airline, "but-"
II may now" and her lips, not her
cheek, met his in true love submits
sion.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-21
No Place Like Home.

Neighbor-Hello, Jenkins! How are
you? Haven't seen you for quite a
time, and you never come and see the
wife and me now. Why Is that?
Jenkins-Well, the fact is, old chap,
that it's not through i'll will or bad
feeling, or anything like that, you
know OILY you and Mrs. Posmore have
borrowed so many things from me that
when I see your place it makes me feel
homesick.