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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09
EXCESSIVE MILEAGE

Manatee county will have to pay
rather heavy Mileage. ~ Four
companies of troops to guard one ne
gro. A ridiculous, yet expensive
joke. There are almost as
faany soldiers in Bradentown as there
are able-bodied citizens.-Tampa Tri-
bune.
We are glad to see the Tribune
criticise the ridiculous and extrava-
CANT conduct of the governor-in re-
gard to the Miles trial. To begin
with, he sent two companies of troops
from Tampa to Jacksonville to take
Miles to Tampa The railroad fare
alone of these two companies must
have cost the state $1,000, probably
more. Then Cats modified" two
additional companies of infantry flour
in all) and a machine gun squad-at
least $50 men-and sent them with
the prisoner to Bradentown, where
they have remained for five days, at
the expense of at least 81 per man a
the machine gun squad are to remain
at Bradentown until the negro is
hung, which may be Friday All in
all, the trial and execution of this
criminal will cost not less than $4,000.
In addition to this, the men are with
drawn from their homes and business
for week or more to serve for 50
cents day, which will not be paid
them for weeks, perhaps months.
We thought that in calling out the
entire force of state troops to put
down street car strike in Jackson
vile, Gov. Gilchrist had committed
the champion militaristic damphool-
ishness of Florida, but Cats has Gil
christ beaten clear out of sight. 1t
was the governors duty to see the
negro was protected, and that he had
fair trial, but not more than one
company, in addition to the local
company, was needed for the duty. 1t
was not necessary to send two COM
panied to Jacksonville to take Miles
TO Tampa. A couple Of squads would
have been amply sufficient. Forty of
the men who have been on the border,
with their rifles, in an ordinary jail
building, could drive off any mob
that could be assembled in this state
outside of one of the bigger cities.
We had a rape fend in the Marion
county Jail little less than five years
ago. He was guarded by our local
company, less than thirty men, AS
sisting the sheriff and a couple of
deputies, they brought him from the
Jail to the courthouse thru a threat
ening assemblage, stood guard over
him while he was being tried and took
him back to the Jail. They stood
guard over the Jail three or four days
and nights, not more than half of
them on duty at time Then the
sheriff and two deputies carried the
negro to Tampa one night. A few
weeks later, the sheriff, alone, brought
the man back to Ocala for execution.
We have no idea that more than
forty or fifty men were needed to
guard Miles, and the commissioners
of Manatee should refuse to allow
their county to pay any expense in
excess of that amount.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09
sEABOARD LOCAL SCHEDULE
SOuthbOund

No. 9-Leaves Jacksonville 1920 p.
M; Ocala Ais p. m. Arrives Tampa,
1885 p. m.
No. LEAVES Jacksonville $3.50 p.
M; Ocala, LAS a. m. Arrives st. Pc
tersburg, 7:45 a. m.
No. 3-Leaves Jacksonville $3.50 a.
M; Ocala, 1859 p. m.
NOrthbOund
No. 10-Leaves Tampa at 1 p. m;
Ocala, 4:15 p. m. Arrives Jackson
vile, 7:15 p. m.
No. 2-Leaves Tampa 9 p. M;
Ocala, 1:55 a. m. Arrives Jackson
vile, GAS a. m.
No. 4-Leaves Tampa, 9:10 a. M;
arrive Ocala 1:10 p. m; arrive jack
sonville $40 p. m.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Well, Mr.. Messer made enough po-
litical "mess of it" to get the people
to thinking some.-Palatka Times
Herald.
Messer's Office may not have
amounted to much, but the manner in
which he was ousted from it was one
of those high-handed acts Cats was
so ready to denounce before he took
office.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Yes, father will also be sorry to
have his big boy march away to the
front, just as he was beginning to be
regular side-partner.-Times-
Union.
We are afraid there are not enough
of the side-partner boys to win the
war. But they generally make the
best of soldiers and their fathers
seldom hold them back from their
duty.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

At Bradentown Saturday night,
Will Miles, the murderer and rape
fiend, was found guilty of murder in
the first degree. He will probably be
hung Friday, 18th. The crime for
which he was tried was the murder
of the five-months- baby of w. S.
Palmer of Erie. He also killed the
baby's mother and committed rape on
q 13-yearaold white girl, the girl dy-
ing a few weeks after. Miles had a
much fairer trial than many white
man accused of less crime. Gov.
Cats called out between two and
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

We are told that if we work on a
farm we won't have to go to war, and
that if we go to war we won't have to
work on farm. But what's bother
ing some of our yellow-hided Willies
is, how they can skip 'em both.-Day-
tona Journal.
If the war lasts two or three years
their hides won't be yellow any more
They will be tanned.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Despite the 1ampaign for conser-
walton, we distinctly saw young
man allowing a perfectly good right
arm go to waist in an automobile last
night.-Tampa Tribune.
Our eyesight isn't as good as it
was fifty years ago, but occasionally
there passes us in the shades of
night an auto in which we can't help
suspecting some of that sort of ex-
travagance is being INDUCED in.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Some towns in Florida, notably
Lakeland, are complaining of getting
too much rain. st. Petersburg has
had about enough but certainly not
too much.-St. Petersburg Independ-
ent.
st. Petersburg has the advantage
of having an ocean to pour it's over
flow in.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

The fashion journals say that one
result of the entry of America into
the war is preponderating Ameri-
canism in French clothing. Partisan
dressmakers say american women
always wear the prettiest clothing
and don't mind the COST" statement
the heads of many American families
can corroborate.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

According to figures just issued at
Washington Florida's quota of men
under the draft will be 4,411, which is
.G521 per cent of the 1888 which reg
istered in this state. This percentage
would also apply to each county and
would make Marion county's quota
less than a hundred men.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Some one asked, if an "untruth is
ever pardonable," and the Washing
ton Star replies by saying, Occasion
ally. You often write Dear SIR and
Yours respectfully when you don't
mean a word of it."-Arcadia News.
To make up for that, you some
times write, "Dear Miss" when you
mean it ten thousand times over.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

The two speakers forgot the subject
Of the evening at a mass meeting at
Carnegie Hall, and Colonel Roosevelt
accused Mr.. Gompers of condoning
the recent race riots at East st.
Louis.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

We are not given to printing proph-
ecies. We have noticed that almost
any man who has no real work to do
can make the Bible agree with past
history back to the time when Adam
was a little boy, but there isn't a
blamed one of them that can tell by
it what will happen day after tomor-
row.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Celluloid is made from potatoes
Wonder if the high price of potatoes
has anything to do with the frequent
gaps in the moving picture films. Dc
casionally we see a picture that looks
like a yard or two is cut out Of a
reel to, perhaps, help make an Irish
stew.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

If you could get hold of a file of
Harper's Weekly or of any leading
Southern newspaper from 1861 to
1865, you would find our own people
were abusing each other as much or
more as the British and Germans are
abusing each other now. AS for the
Americans, we haven't fairly started
the abuse yet.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Indignant at the slipshod attempts
at secrecy in the dispatch of the ex-
peditionary force to France, members
of Congress say that the government
will combat the spy menace by selec-
ton of a less open port than New
York and urge the coordination of
the fou ragencies working to sup
press the system.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Cut the trimmings off the Sunday
dinner, advises food expert. Bless
your heart, nearly everybody has had
to do that months ago.-Tampa Tri-
bune.
Do you mean to say that you are
yet able to indulge in Sunday din
ners?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

The Bulgarians have not put their
new territory to the best of use. 1t
has enabled their country to become
one of the leading producers of opium,
taking the unwholesome prominence
away from Turkey.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

German troops on the Roumanian
front put up white flags and called on
the Russians to fraternize, but Rus
sian artillery fired on the flags, said
the official report from Petrograd.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09
MILLIONS IN MURPHIES

The New Florida" says that Palat-
ka's potato district surpasses the
Bonanza gold mines, that five million
dollars worth of spuds have been dug
from $4,000 acres.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

If a girl raises her skirt these days
we take it for a neck ruffle.-Mil-
waukee News.
Neck ruffies have gone out of
fashion among the girls. The nearest
things to them are the sashes they
sometimes wear around their waists.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Says the Arcadia News: "The Ocala
Star, gifted in saying things pun
gently, carried headline in the issue
of July 3rd, reading People of Il
linois Behave Like Prussians.'
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

three hundred of the state troops to
protect him, and Judge Reaves ap-
pointed every lawyer of the Braden-
town bar to aid in his defense. The
evidence against him was direct.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

The American steamship Orleans,
the first vessel to defy the Prussian
submarine decree, has been torpedoed
and sunk by U-boat. Four of the
crew persisted.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

The need of the hour is more food
control and less food control debate.
Americans can't subsist on Washing
ton wind.-Tampa Times.
Now you've said it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

An alteration in which Colonel
Roosevelt and Samuel Gompers near
ly came to blows was an unexpected
feature of New York's reception to
the Russian mission Friday night.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

The German crown prince, after
most careful preparations for sur
prise party, knocked at the wrong
door" when he sent his men against
the French at Chemin-des-Dames; the
Prussians were repulsed on front of
eleven miles and lost trenches when
their surprise attack was turned
against them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

That system of censorship that Mr..
Baker and Mr. Daniels have selected
seems to be the improving variety.
IT is of just about as much service as
an ingrowing toenail and may be-
come more painful.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09
BACKACHE, HEADACHE,
RHEUMATISM.L UMRAGO.

the Darling Pains and Aches of ATticuIar or
Muscular rheumatism, DTopsy,-of those diseases
which caused by too much uric acid such Gout,
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prolongs life because old people usually suffer from
hardening and thickening of the walls of the arter-
ies due to the of uric acid in the blood and
tissues. Send ten cents for large trial package or
obtain 7row from your druggist. It IN ty-cent
packages, IN tablet FORM
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

The board of trade will meet next
Friday evening at its new and pleas
ant quarters at No. 100 East Broad
way.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

Let US MT your car up with the
famous GOODRICH TIRES. There
are none better. Blalock Bros, lot
Oklawaha avenue 6-8-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

A very good work in behalf of the
states crippled children at the hospi-
tai is to begin this month. Miss Mel
lie Stevens, principal of the primary
school, viii give them kindergarten
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09
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d get
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

The Porto Rican regiment has gone
to Colon, to help guard the Panama
canal.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09

NOTE You've all undoubtedly heard of the
famous Doctor Pierce and his well-known medicines
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for weak women
and DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for the
blood have been favoraby known for the past forty
years and more They are standard remedies today
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09
"A N U R c."

has been discovered by DR.. Pierce of the Invaids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, that will ward off
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-07-09
IS WITH RHEUMATISM GONE
YOU'LL PLAY WITH
me TO MORROW"

It asserted with confidence that painful effects
acid in the system entirely eradicated. remedy
The Washington times., 1917-12-16


United States who either of Teuon birth extraction whose general
beverages ab and light st good thing do particularly during
which they and theirs have been accustomed for gneraons Is
likely their good will and whoeheaed support when their daily
ordinary conservative habits threatened to be nteered with?
Aarge number whether natives adoption drink
and instances light wines, part of their daily meals prohibit
ton the threat prohibition calculated tnqIze and win them the
support our country and the great cause which we are engaged or other
wise? bring great controversial question to the foreground
these crucial days when need the united support spirit
ton of all our people?
quite apart from the injury which prohib
ton amendment the Constitution would nct the workers primarily
involved constrained that the turmoil and dnson which are
be generated the minds people the result of this prohibition
proposition mental and conscious disturbance:
From the highest authority from everyone enlisted the great enterprise
in which country embaed-the fighting and the winning of the
has the word for unity spirit and action Of all beovng Amer
submit that there could scarcely be designed any great subject affect
ing many people Judgment
conduct and practice involved in this subject
you through you Judiciary Committee
any organization, CITIZEN
in this crucial time omtys life who understanding of the
makeup the character the feelings and the conduct of men and how their
influenced Already there exists pro- German
propaganda which every opportunity create feeling dst with
into and the What could be
ed the hands the popagans than
of the people the drink most beer and light wine drinkers drink
that mild beverage to which they accustomed?
Already the States which have elected have absolute prohibition
within their borders secured their full and protection hereunder by
State and Federal law. The States however, which elect and prefer
avail themselves Of that should not submit coered into becoming
prohibition territory against their will,
may be said that the proposed constitutional amendment
adopted by the House, will enforce prohibition until ratified within the
time specified by the Joint Resolution but the discussion and dssension
ton of the questions by which vitality
affected and respectfully that in of the law already prohibiting
the whey and the placed the hands the P
dent modify limit prohibit the production of beers and light the
entire proposition might well lie allegiance least until after have
the
difficult understand how dsaected will large portion
people become could addition the the proposed prohibit
amendment hfuy stated that this faeachmg question had
passed without either the Senate the House hearing
protest before final by Congress and the
submission and therefore respectfully submit that the Commit
tee should determine upon full hearings on the proposition
2122 First Street N. w. Very respectfully yours,
Washington, D. c.. (Sgnedl SAMUEL GOMPERS.
Emerge Lher,Le Joseph
The Washington times., 1917-12-16
December 6, 1917.

Hon. Edwin Y Webb Chairman,
Committee Of the Judiciary,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. G.
Dear Mr. Webb
On the inst Joseph Dehan secretary abor Emergency
Liberty League addressed letter requesting on behalf the and
the organizations he represents that opportunity be afforded Com
miee the presentation of of vital interest connection with Sen
Joint Resolution No. II for national prohibition The following morning
Mr. Dean received letter from which promptly addressed to him.
which stated that meeting the Judiciary Committee the 18th
decided the above proposed constitutional amendment
the meeting the Judiciary Committee to be held tuesday, the lt
..-
assume that understood that Mr. Dehan did not write and
request did his behalf but direction and authority
organizations which formed and constitute the abor Emergency
Liberty League The names of these organizations
United scohaboSd Of cHFsns s 8 Joiner. of America
es. Bottle aa% sa'935s % S
, international G Gs ge. x "A, Ae os..s Engineer, A.
q stationary FEemsno Of America
o snd Restaurant Employees ys' nsm.don. America
The membership Of these organizations vitality and primarily
ed in, and would be nosy affected by, the constitutional
amendment, should it become effective.
your you say hearings been had this subject
From the information which have am led to believe that this statement
the question nationwide
prohibition has been had by the Judiciary Committee either the Senate
the House the three and that about that time what
known Hobson Prohibition proposition and conditions
and the situations have changed from that time until the present
May submit your consideration the that the manufacture p
ious liquors (hey, etc. forbidden by law; that the President is
empowered by law modify limit and prohibit the manufacture of
and light that the President having aVaed himself of the
and authority vested him. has already prescribed modification the
ducon these articles and that therefore the entire subject modification,
prohibition far nations interests concerned
IS safe hands!
course you British Government through its
Board of Liquor Control has made and making provision for the supply
mnion workers, employed the ShpyadS and
other work. and for the general public
all the Allies the the front entirely deprived of
beers light and in instances limited portions spous liquors.
From authentic information am advised that there country
enough beer light the ordinary
last about three months currently and automatically stated that
of puos liquors (whey, etc. there supply hand for about
years. In other words the mde beverages such
light wines should prohibited the people of the United States they de-
beverage character ALL will placed Whsy
Is it, submit practical for Government pohb
ton?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-10
Stars and Stripes League
Given Birth at Loyalty
Demonstration.
S. Cd MENKEN|
Security League Head Gives
Facts and Figures on
German Purposes

Patriotism was paramount in
Grand Forks Saturday when S. Stan
wood Menken of New York. president
OF the National Security league, de-
livered an address on Americas part
in the World War"
Prior to the monster meeting at the
auditorium, national guardsmen, the
Grand Forks band, fraternal orders.
veterans of the Spanish-American war
and a platoon of police paraded the
down town business district and
marched to the armory. Long before
the meeting was called. only standing
room remained for the late corners
W. p. Davies called the meeting
and after a few remarks. introduced
George B. Winship of National City,
Cal, who for 80 years was a resident
of Grand Forks.
Mr.. Winship's appearance brought
q demonstration of enthusiasm that
lasted several minutes. The speaker
expressed his appreciation, lauded the
soldier boys in khaki and the citizens
OF the northwest in general for the
patriotism being manifested. In a
short address he discussed the ma
TONS wal and the part that American
citizens must play to achieve success.
He then introduced Attorney Olger
B. Burtness. chairman of the Stars
and Stripes committee Of the Home
Loyalty league. who reported on the
action of the organization, told of its
purposes and aims and recommended
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-10

that the committe be merged into a
giant league. in which every man,
woman and child In the city OF Grand
Forks. who is over the age OF Is
years. may become q member. He
urged those attending the meeting to
sign the pledges that had been dis
trtbuted, thereby becoming q full
Stripes league. The pledge. ITO loy-
ally support our government; to do
all I a to put down sedition and to
speak no word and do no act which
will end to lessen the chances OF our
government for success In this war"
Loyalty Pledges Distributed.
Attorney J. F. T. O'Connor, in a
brief but eloquent address. put the
motion before the house and the APP
prevail Of the audience was signifled
by a demonstration lasting several
minutes. Rev. w. H. Elfring second
ed the motion. and added to the re-
marks made by Mr.. O'Connor. The
audience as a man. endorsed the mo-
pledge Saturday evening or who fail
ed to return them to the officials, may
mail them to the secretary Of the
Stars and Stripes league. this city,
and they will be delivered. The COM
mittee which formed the nucleus for
the giant organization, was selected
by the audience as the executive COM
mittee.
The Honorable S. Stanwood Mem
ken was then introduced by Mr.. Win
ship. Another long demonstration
followed. Shortly after he commence
ed his address the veterans of the
Civil War. members of the local G.
A. r.. marched to the stage. carrying
a large American flag. They were
given seats of honor.
After Introductory remarks, during
which he Landed the Home Loyalty
league of Grand Forks and expressed
his appreciation Of the attendance,
OF the ladies who are relatives of the
soldiers who have departed OF will
soon depart for France. and declar-
ing that it is the women Of the u
try whom the nation needs to build up
loyalty and bring this war to a sue
cessful conclusion, the speaker said:
Mr.. Menken's Address.
you of the west have been dis
turbed by threatened invasion of the
pro-German pacifst. We have them
with us in the east They are a
chronic disease with us. They are toll
Grated because the people don't know
the facts as to the war or Its cause.
Public opinion Is not entirely united
in its support, Notwithstanding the
noble utterances Of President Wilson
and his clear presentation Of its great
issues.
"Mr. Wilson delayed our entrance
into this war until force and faslehood
destroyed our patience on the highest
conceivable grounds. We fight for the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-10

ID Heavy rains and a guaranteed price
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widespread sentiment in favor 81 a
greatly increased acreage
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