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The Penn's Grove record., 1917-11-02
TO THE VOTERS
of Upper Penns Neck Township

being a candidate for constable.
have heard that some persons have
spread the report that / am not el-
'igible for office in this township. In
population | would say that / have
been a vote. in this county forty
and have held office fftee% IS.
My residence is now 100 !
in the Permanent VIZ
thank my frienF
they may give
election.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-11-02
To the Voters of Salem County

-
If elected your representative
in the Senate | will favor and
support any measure that will
bring local option to the people
of Salem County.
I viii work for more liberal
fish and game laws and for a re-
peal Of the unjust Stallion Law.
I favor legislation that will
enable soldiers and sailors now
cncamped TO travel to and from
their homes for a half-fare.
I believe in the maintenance
and extension of the public
S ool system and the creation
of agricultural and vocational
taining schools as rapidly as
needed.
/ promise to work diligently
for The interests of all the-people
lily ask for your votes regardless
next.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-11-02
TO THE VOTERS OF SALEM COUNTY

Never in the entire history of
Salem County has there been
such urgent need as now exists
foT securing q competent, careful
end level-headed High Sheriff
to protect The People and Prop
erty Of Salem County during the
coming three years.
And Democrats have been es-
pecially fortunate in selecting
for this important office
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-11-02
George A. Elk

q very successful farmer and
trucker of Quinton Township
who after helping the late Ex-
Sheriff Caspar, several years as
Auctioneer. finally succeeded
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-11-02

him as leading auctioneer of Salem County.
Experience that acquainted him with people and property
throughout the entire County and which with his natural
ability and honesty should insure his triumphant election.
Paid for by George A. Elk
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-11-02

of Salem County and I respectfully ask for your votes regardless
of party lines on November 9Th next.
Much as / desire to do so, It win be impossible for me to meet
personally all the voters Of Salem County, but l will appreciate
your assistance at the election on Tuesday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

The war department had better
train negro soldiers in the north and
west. 1t will save trouble If they
are trained in the South, riots that
will gladden. the hearts of the leu
tons will almost certainly follow. 1t
will not be altogether the fault of the
negroes, either. A regard for truth
compels us to admit that there are
white men in every Southern COM
munity that seem to consider it
virtue to humiliate and often i'll treat
negroes. A close study of the trou-
BILE at Houston shows that some of
these men were on the job. They
treated some of the men of the oath
Infantry in a manner in which they
would not have treated white men. Of
course this did not justify the negroes
for going on the rampage and COM
hitting the crimes they are now I'M
der arrest for. But it is more than
likely that if the whites had acted
with good sense and justice, the trou-
BILE would not have started. The oath
has good army record. 1t has been
camped in various parts of the Unit
ed States since the Spanish-American
war, and it had thousand times more
trouble in a few hours at Houston
than it had had in the nineteen years
preceding. Come to think of it, an
American soldier, even if his skin is
dark, is excusable in feeling angry
to be treated like a chicken thief or
a would-be rapist, and no sensible
white man will treat him so. It's a
notorious fact that the negro regi-
ments in the American army have
little trouble as long as they are
camped in northern or western towns.
There has been a training camp for
negro officers at DesMoines, Ia, all
summer, and there has been no trou-
BILE between the soldiers and the citi-
zens If it had been at Columbia or
Atlanta or Austin there would prob
ably have been the devil to pay.
There will probably be hundred
thousand negroes in the national
army and they should have their
training where they will not be likely
to cause riots. Of course, there will
be some bad men among them, but
not any more than their officers can
control. Some of these men will be
from Marion county, working,
well-behaved men, proud of their uni
forms and loyal to their flag, and the
white people they have been brought
up among would be sorry and indig
nant to know they were in any trou-
BILE unjust1y forced upon them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28
CLARK AND CATS

Congressman Clark made mistake
in challenging Gov Cats to a debate.
We think that in future men who have
"a regard for the rules laid down for
the discussion Of public affairs among
gentleman had better speak Of Gov.
Cats strictly in the third person.
The controversy started in the ap-
pointment Of the governors son. Sid
ney J. Cats Jr., to the command of
Company B, First Regiment. Young
Cats may be competent to command
the company, but his appointment
was contrary to the law of the state,
which gives the men of a national
guard company the right to elect
their their captain. The men resent
ed his being thrust upon them, and in
time of peace could have ousted him
by appeal to the civil law. The
country being at war they were help
less. Mr.. Clark took their case be-
fore the war department. For this,
Gov. Cats put out a statement in
which he abused Mr.. Clark personal
ly. Mr.. Clark, in reply, challenged
Cats to public debate. Cats did
not accept the challenge. Instead he
sent to the press a letter abusing
Clark, and at the end threatened him
with personal violence if he ever in
terfered with his business again.
This is the same as to say that
Governor Cats will exercise personal
violence toward anyone who may
interfere with his plans or criticise'
his actions.
1t may be that some public man
has written more disgraceful and
ridiculous letter than this last eff
fusion of Gov. Cats, but if so our
remembrance of history does not en-
able US to place it.
1t was easy for the governor to
threaten the congressman. Mr.. Clark
was thousand miles off at the time,
and of course he isn't going to hunt
up Cats to give the latter a chance
to carry out a silly threat. Cats
would not have threatened Clark if
the two had been in the same room.
Poor Florida! She has a governor
who is making her the laughing stock
of her sister states. And his term Of
Office has comparatively only begun.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

on reelection. His colleague, Reed,
opposes the government because he
was for many Years prose :uting at
torney, and can never rid his mind of
the conception that a man like Hoov-
er, or a man like Pershing, for that
matter, is guilty Of something and
must be exposed and thwarted He is
said to be honest and to mean well.
Hardwick, Of Georgia, is a man Of
somewhat similar stamp in that, he.
too, is honest and means we'll. But
for him Georgia is the whole of the
civilized world. France and Belgium
might as well be in Mars for all the
interest he has in them.
Pity the Blind
Gore, the blind senator from Okla
homa, and Sherman, of Illinois, are
both pro-Germans, because they be-
lieve that the majority of their sup
porters are pro-Germans. Gore is in
the Senate largely because the people
sympathized with him in his Attic
ton and for the determination he
showed in trying to surmount it. If
he had one eye he would probably be
third-class school-teacher; if both
eyes were in commission he would
probably be fourth-class postal en-
ploye. Vardaman, of Mississippi, is
regarded as a joke by every one who
knows him. In one of his campaigns
he had himself dragged about by 80
milk-white oxen in order that people
might talk of him. He opposes the
war in order to be discussed. If the
general sentiment of the people of
the United States was against Great
Britain and the country were at war
with her, Vardaman probably would
be espousing Britain's cause. He lives
for the limelight. This is the little
group of willful men who can be as
sured of continuance in important
public Office only in the event of a
German victory.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28
IT WAS VERY GOOD COAL.
That 1t Was SPised With Gunpowder
Made IA All the Better.

mace u All the Better,
In review ;u.s his early life in Con-
stantinOpie Sir Edwin Pears tells an
amusing story Of a coal contractor who
was supplying the British feet with
fuel. \ cOmmiSsariat officer on one Oc-
casion went TO him to say that a man
ofwar had just arrived In the Bos-
porus and was ordered to proceed to
the Crimea with distinguished officers
on board but it was short of coal
The contractor answered that one of
his small sailing vessels had just ar
rived laden with a cargo of coal and
that lie would arrange to have it dis
charge the fuel directly on board the
man-Of-war
A day or two later when the contrac-
tor saw his manager he asked what
had been done with about ninety kegs
Of gunpowder that had been slowed on
the top of the coal
"Oh, we found all the kegs empty"
said the manager There was no pow
der to remove
During the next three weeks the
contractor lived in constant dread He
feared that every ship coming from
the Crimea would bring news of an
explosion on the man-of-war and an
order for his arrest. He became ILL
from anxiety.
One day, fortnight later, he heard
with fear and trembling from his inner
Office the voice of the cOmmissariat
officer asking TO see the merchant who
had supplied the ship with coal He
put on a bold face and went out
Yes, you're the man." said the COM
missariat officer In loud voice. you
gave US 800 tons of coal. It's the best
we have ever had. Instead of our
having to stop the ship while we clear
ed the tunnels whenever there is a new
firing up the smoke goes with a puff
that clears the funnel itself | want
300 tons more; but, mind. it must be
of the same quality"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

We do not know how far the Ital-
ians will go in this offensive. We do
know they have done noble fighting
ever since the war begun. The Aus
TRANS had them shut within semi
circle of the most difficult mountains
in the world, and the mountains were
fortified at every point. Thru this
rampant of stone and steel they have
broken in many places, driving the
Austrian off points that seemed ac-
cessible only to the eagles. They arc
drawing closer every day to Trieste,
and if they capture that city it will
ne the most important Entente gain
since the Germans were repulsed at
the Marine
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

United States Commissioner of Ed
ucation Claxton is waging commend
able campaign for the purpose of i'm
pressing upon parents the Importance
of keeping their children in school
throughout the war period.-Tampa
Times.
By all means keep them in school,
but let them cut out some of the use
less studies with which the children
are now burdened.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28
SOUTHERN TIRES

Are the first manufactured in the
South. The manufacturers have spent
two years testing out and perfecting
them. They are as good as any made
regardless of the price asked. They
are built of southern grown long sta
pie Sea Island cotton which in turn
is woven by southern cotton mill
and built in southern tire factory.
Give the South a chance. Try them.
Sold by Edward Tucker. 24-6t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28
OUR FIRST DREADNAUGHTS.
And the Paper 5attIeship the U. 8. S.
Scared o. NOTHING.

And the Paper 6attleship the u. 8. S.
Scared o. Nothins.
One of the most interesting episodes
In Vice Admiral Sims career was his
championship in the years 1904 OF
the all big gun ships, the dreadnaughts
This was two years before the British
brought out their first dreadnaught,
revolutiOnizing the naval construction
policy of the world. The progenitor Of
the dreadnaught idea in the American
navy was Lieutenant Homer c. Pound
stone. POundstone for months had
treasured the idea of all big gun ships,
hoping to win the support of the navy
for such a construction change. Meet
ing encouragement, he sought out
Commander Sims. He quickly won
Sims support.
POundstOne was q good craftsman,
and he and Sims in 1903 and 1904 made
sketches and drew plans for a big gun
ship. The navy heads vetoed the plan
Of the two officers as often as they
brought 1t up for consideration, but
Sims never abandoned the idea. The
ship became a great joke around the
navy department. 1t is a striking CO.
incidence that the name given by these
two officers to their paper battleship
and the name by which the ship was
known in the navy Offices was the
U. 8. s. Scared-o'-Nothing. Two years
afterward the British admiralty called
its first all big gun ship Dreadnaught.
Commander Sims convinced Presi-
dent Roosevelt that the dreadnaught
was bound t. come. AS a result the
plans for the battleships Michigan and
South Carolina, which had already
been authorized to be built in the old
way, were changed SO that they slid
from the ways the first American
dreadnaughts.-Wor Work.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Girls should not take off their shoes
in moving picture shoes. The other
day on leaving the Strand, a gentle
man stumbled over pair of tan
shoes and accidentally kicked one of
them in the aisle, much to the en-
barrassment of the young lady-to
whom he promptly returned the shoe
with neat bow.-Tampa Tribune.
That wouldn't be liable to happen
in an Ocala theater, because the
average Ocala girls shoes are not
big enough to stumble over.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

In an interview, specially cabled
from Paris, Daniel Vincent, French
minister of aeronautics, praises Am
erica's aid in aerial warfare, saying
that the United States needs no
stimulus in it's efforts, but deprecates
talk of an army of 100000 airplanes
as unwise, because the constantly
changing conditions make it necessary
for production always to be proper
toned to requirements.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28
LETTER FROM CATS

1t may occur to some admirer of
the curious to make a collection of
the letters written by Gov Cats dur
ing his administration. If so, they
will make a volume, and very I'M
usual volume at that. The following
is the latest given publicity:
State of Florida, Executive Chamber,
Tallahassee, June 23rd.
D. G. Ten Brook, Fl. Lauderdale, Fla.
Dear Sir: | have your favor of re-
cent date asking me to send YOU maps
of land on east shore Of Lake Okee-
chobee owned by the state and | will
have the same sent to you immedi-
ately.
Yes, l had to appoint Mr.. Carter
because if | had not had Mr.. Carter
during the meeting of the legislature
who organized the house for me, |
would have possibly been impeached
as the senate tried on several occas-
ions to do so, but as soon as | got
him and organized the house had no
trouble and in fact l think held their
feet to the fire during the rest of
the session. Therefore, l feel that it
was due Mr.. Carter this appointment
more than any other man. I hope it
has not left any bitterness in your
heart as you have one position al
ready.
With best wishes, | am,
Yours very truly,
Sidney ]. Cats, Governor.
That is to say that if Mr.. Crosby
or Mr.. Light, who represented this
county in the legislature did not sup
port the measures Mr.. Cats wanted
passed, he sent Mr.. Carter to "hold
their feet to the fire" We do not
know just what Cats means by hold
ing peoples feet to the fire. We
know that for the executive to bring
any pressure to bear on a legislature,
except by his advice for it to supply
what he considers a public need, has
always been denounced a particularly
dirty variety of rotten politics. And
to appoint man to office as reward
for being a go-between in such a
matter, that is another.
We respectfully ask our readers if
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Gov. Cats threat to whip Frank
Clark, who was a thousand miles
away at the time, reminds US of a
story we heard about an interview be-
tween Cats and Judge James w.
Perkins during the recent session of
the legislature. Mr.. Perkins had
been renominated to the judgeship of
the seventh circuit, but Cats ignored
the nomination and appointed Jim
Alexander instead. The senate re-
fused to confirm the appointment,
and Cats had to appoint Perkins.
During the dispute, Perkins had an
interview with Cats in which he
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

they think man who will do such
things is fit to be governor?
As for Hotel Commissioner Carter,
we don't know how he feels about it,
but if we were in his place, after the
governor had written such letter,
we would be ashamed to go into a
town and try to discharge the duties
of the Office.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

talked to him with considerable
plainness. And Cats did not use any
hickory sticks on him, either. If he
ever uses stick on anybody, it will
be some one he is plentifully able to
whip without any stick.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Have your prescriptions filled at the
COURT PHARMACY, where you can
be certain that they are compounded
of the best drugs, the utmost care and
without delay. 17-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Whatever may be the outcome of
the war, Germany is going to make
as active a canvass for the export
trade as it's resources and financial
condition at the end of the war will
allow" is the warning given Ameri-
can business men by the department
of commerce.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

G. 0. Codrington, one of Volusia
county's commissioners, summoned to
Tallahassee to go on the carpet be-
fore the governor for alleged irreg-
ularities in office, fatty refuses.
Chris is very independent sort of a
person, not used to taking orders
from a governor nor anybody else.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

If the Central Powers win the war,
Bulgaria expects to receive the Dob
rudja, Macedonia and the Aegean
littoral. That is to say, Bulgaria will
soon be more formidable barrier to
Teuton expansion to the south than
Serbia was.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

All citizens who receive from $1,000
year up should help pay the income
tax. The $1,000 year man should
pay l per cent and the million year
man so per cent, with proportionate
rates for those between.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Orlando A. Somers, of Kokomo,
Ind, Sc years of age, has just been
elected ommander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic at the
reunion in Boston. Mr.. Somers served
throughout the civil war in an In
diana regiment. He was unopposed
for the place of commander-in-chief.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Merit is generally modest. There
are tens of thousands of men of Ger
man descent in the American army
and navy, but they are not making
any fuss about it. While few thou
sand Teutons and projections are
keeping the country stirred up.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

The greatest human care and the
highest human intelligence ought to
ton. This describes our service. The
Court Pharmacy. lift
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

If party politics could be forgotten
until the world war is over it may be
that a good many men might continue
to forget.-Times-U Union.
Seems to the Star that politics is
becoming more bitter.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Work on Ocala's union station is
steadily progressing. In years to
come, anybody by looking at that
station will be able to tell that it was
built during the war.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Justice T. Nj. Shackelford has re-
signed his place in the state supreme
court, and Attorney General T. F.
West has been appointed to take his
place.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

County Demonstration Blackjack
says he is ready and able to assist
Marion county farmers market their
sweet potatoes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28
Eve on the Presidency

LaFollette represents state where
there is a very large German element,
and he calculates upon his obstruc-
zionist tactics being approved at
home, but after all his eye is on the
presidency again. He has come to
the conclusion, as a writer in the New
York Times Sunday Magazine says,
that this war is going to become I'M
popular and that by opposing it from
the outset he will eventually come to
be regarded as the greatest states,
man of his day and may get nomi
nation for the presidency. LaFollette,
ir other words, is looking out for
himself rather than for the kaiser.
His chief lieutenant is Gronna, of
North Dakota. They sit together and
exchange whispers, at least LaFol-
lette exchanges his own whispers for
the asserting silence of Gronna. The
latter does what LaFollette tells him.
1t is said that he doesn't know what
any of these national or international
questions mean. He is a common
cheap-skate, who fears that the war
is going to cost him some money, and
therefore he is against it.
Honest, But Ignorant
Senator Stone, though a strong
Ipro-German and pacifst, and perhaps
the most conspicuous opponent of the
war in the early days, has not sup
ported the obstructionists Ill the past
couple of months. He comes from a
strong German-American state, Mis-
lsouri, and votes probably with his eye
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28
YOU CAN'T GATHER FIGS FROM
THISTLES

Neither can you secure a decent,
economical and lasting job of paint
ing if your paint contains adultera-
ted Linseed Oil-THE QUALITY IS
NOT THERE. You avoid all risk
VI hen Won use
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Four Fords for sale. r. R. Carroll.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-28

Irish potatoes for fall planting at
the Ocala Seed Store. tt