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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

San Francisco, July 22.-The first
motor truck to start across the con-
tinent laden with military supplies en-
route from Australia to France, left
the Golden Gate July IL for New York
city via the Lincoln Highway. The
ocean to ocean haul is being made by
Maxwell Truck in cooperation with
army authorities of the United States
government and is laid out on a sched-
ule that will convey the load from
coast to coast at the rate of more
than 100 miles day-the time ordin-
arily made by passenger automobile
tourists.
With Ray Mcnamara, Maxwell road
ngineer at the wheel. the truck took a
ton of army supplies from an Aus
tralian ner at the San Francisco
wharves, was ferried across the bay
to Oakland and started on it's first
days run to Sacramento, Cal.-127
miles.
AS the distance from San Francisco
TO New York by speedometer record is
3,41S.9 miles, every possible effort
will be made to put the truck over
the highway route in the shortest pos
sible running time and to establish a
trcnscont mental record in truck trans
port.
| By this trip, a Detrot-made motor
truck will for the first time, serve as
the overland link in an international
haul by sea and land of more than
10000 mles-more than half way
round the world.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
UNCLE SAM PRACTICES
THRIFT BY PATCHING
SOLDIERS GARMENTS

Methods of thrift now enforced in
the army quartermaster generals Of
flee including the repair of clothing
and shoes, where possible, have cut
down the issue of new clothing and
shoes from 80 to 40 per cent in some
instances.
The pants where the mending is
done are run in connection with forts
and camps by the camp quartermas-
ter. When a soldier tears or rips a
garment he turns it in to his supply
officer. When the soles of his shoes
wear out or the heel runs down, the
SHOES go back to the same officer.
These garments and shoes are taken
to the repair shops managed by the
conservation and reclamation officer.
When repaired and put in order they
are returned to the original owner if
possible, and if the orig nal owner can
net be located they serve some other
soldier.
Hundreds of women are being en-
ployed by the war department in the
work of repairing the garments of
soldiers and in the laundries at camps
and environments. Preference in
this employment is given the wives,
S sters and mothers of men in the
service. By paying 81 a month a
soldier is entitled to a weekly bundle
Of laundry in which the number Of
articles is not limited. The women
mend and repair all garments before
they are Numbered.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

Good News For Express Employees.
The increase i'm express rates re-
Gently granted by the interstate COM
merce commission makes it possible
to Immediately revise the wage sched-
ules of the American Railway Express
Co.
President Taylor of the new COM
pany says that he has been in session
with his chief operating officials and
that they will begin Immediately a
readjustment of the wage schedules
of the larger number of express en-
ployes throughout the entire country
and that it is the intention of the
new company to utilize substantially
the ent re revenue accruing from the
increased rates that will be available
to the express company in an advance
i'm wages. 1t will be appreciated
that with such an enormous organiza-
tion throughout the entire country it
will necessarily take some little time
to work out the increases in a sys-
tematic and equitable manner. It
is hoped this entire question can be
disposed of within a period of 80
days. However, the employees will
not suffer in consequence of this de-
lay inasmuch as all increases when
announced will be made to take effect
from July l, 1918. None Of this mo-
ney will be used TO increase the sal
aries of the higher-paid men or the
officials of the company. The addf-
tional revenue accruing from the in
creased rates will be distributed upon
the basis of doing the greatest good
to the largest number. 1t is hoped
that the use of this money exclusively
fer the purpose of increasing the sal
aries of express workers will encour-
age them TO do everything possible
to insure an improved service to the
public.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

Ships were not the only thing that
was launched for your Uncle Sam the
9TH. A pair of husky young soldiers
was launched at st. Mary's hospital
in Grand Rapids that same day when
twin boys were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Coady. One weighed Tbs, 2
o., the other lbs. 6 or. Of course
Tom will have to feed them lot of
spuds and give them lot of training
before they will be big enough to be
soldiers, but we will wager they will
be big enough to be real soldiers by
the time the war is over.-Coral
News.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
Devil Answers Kaiser.
Confidential Correspondence from
the Devil to the Kaiser.)

Confidential Correspondence from
the Devil to the Kaiser.)
Decorded by Eugene III. Blake Of the
Vigilantes.
Internal Palace, Hades.
Friend Wilhelm:
see by my asbestos copy Of the
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger that you broke
silence recently west Of the battlefield
of Cambria and asked one of your
officers: What have / not done to
preserve the world from such hor-
rors ?" Don't you know what folks
will say to that, Wilhelm 2"
1t is sure to bring up how you did
not let Austria accept Serbia's abject
surrender of her national rights TO
preserve peace. And that you did not
accept England's offer to arbitrate
and save the world from war.
Then besides, my dear Willie, ev-
erybody knows by this time that you
haven't treated Belgiu min a way to
make for early peace. You remem-
Der | kept warning you that this is
good frightfulness but bad business.
You know you did not leave very
many homes standing in the parts of
France and Italy and Russia and Rou-
mania where you have been. This
kind of business doesn't preserve the
world from horrors and you can't ex-
pect to make folks believe it does. Be-
sides you have not spared the lives of
neutrals who happened to be below
your bombers or above your subma-
rines. You have not kept your Bern
storffs. from burning in America and
your Won Luxburgs A,om sinking
without q trace"
Another thing, my dear boy, you
haven't got off the neck of the German
people long enough to let them make
peace. The one greatest thing you
hav not done to preserve the world
from these horrors is to give up the
idea of piling up enough dead Ger
man soldiers and suffering German
citizens to climb to that high throne
of world power you covet. Of course
understand when you asked that
question in public you were just try
ing to keep them fooe |, but il don't
sti lie me that you put anything over
by saying it. Yours for the hest way
ou;. The Devil.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

Don't miss seeing Pershing's Cru
saders," the boys who are doing things
"over there, at the Empress theater
Belding on Wednesday. July 81, af-
ternoon and evening; seven thousand
five hundred feet of actual scenes
of our boys here and over there. Pro-
ceeds accruing go for the benefit of
the dependents of Michigan boys who
are in the army and navy; shown I'M
der auspices of the Michigan War
Preparedness board.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
TAKE IT IN Time
Just as Scores of Bedding People
Have.

Just as Scores oil Beldmg People
Have.
Waiting doesn't pay.
If you neglect kidney backache,
Urinary troubles often follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for kidney
backache, and for other kidney Hiss
Bedding citizens. endorse them.
f.. o. Hildebrand. 1923 S. Alderman
St., Belding, says: Il have had some
annoyance from my back aching and
being lame. | have taken Doan's
kidney Pills on different occasions
and they have always given me quick
and lasting relief. Doan's Kidney
Pills are a good medicine and / ad-
wise anyone to get bcx at Wortley
g. French IS drug store, if suffering
from kidney complaint.
Price Coo at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Hildebrand had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
PAGE SIX

The Army Medical department has
developed mobile X-ray outfit to be
carried on the standard army ambu-
lance to the front-line trench for the
benefit of wounded soldiers. 1t is
desired by army surgeons TO lose no
time in ascertaining the extent and
conditions of wounds. The outfit Is
made up of the Delce gas-electric. set,
the high tension transformer and the
special type of Coolidge tube.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
Two Eyes Are Your Birthright

Guard your eyes carefully as it is
hard to see the bright side Of life
through a glass eye.
A janitor recently was engaged in
running an elevator to an upper floor
and nearing the stopping point, looked
upward. AS he looked up something
fell in his eye. Through neglect he
did not secure prompt medical atten-
ton. The result was that the eye
became so seriously infected that it
was found necessary TO remove it in
order to save the other eye.
Getting something in the eye is a
frequent occurrence. Infection may
result from neglect of apparently tri-
vial cases. If the slightest irritation
or soreness develops, medical atten-
t. on should be secured Immediately.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
w. c. L. u. to Meet.

Regular meeting of the w. c. T. u.
Friday afternoon. July 26, at 2:30,
with Mrs. Mark Brown, Front street.
Roll call, patriotic quotations.; topic,
"The Flag, Its History and What 1t
Stands For; leader, Mrs. Mary +. H.
Coville. Visitors welcome.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
Fairplains Festival.

There will be festival at the Fair
plains church July 80. Proceeds are
to go to the Red Cross. Everyone
welcome.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07
Hours of Sunrise
Hour of Sunset
FAIRFIELD

Fairfield, Nov. 6.-This community
was deeply saddened last week by the
death of Mrs. Henry Gatrell Jr. and
MIR. Ashley Tongue, both caused from
influenza. Mrs. Gatrell was young
bride Of two months and had made
her home in this community since her
marriage to Mr.. Gatrell. She was
loved and admired by all who knew
her. Mr.. Tongue was taken with in
fiuenza which was followed by pneu-
monia, from which he suffered for
over a week. He passed away last
Wednesday. His remains were laid to
rest Thursday morning in the ceme-
terry at Fairfield. The funeral serv-
ices were conducted by Rev. E. F..
Montgomery, the Presbyterian minis
ter. Mr.. Tongue was a we'll known
citizen in this and surrounding COM
munities, having lived here for a num-
Der of years. He leaves a wife, three
children, three brothers and a host of
friends and relatives to mourn his
death.
We are glad to say that at this
writing all the other influenza pa
tients are improving
Mr.. w. M. Thomas of Waldo was a
visitor in this community last week,
combining business with pleasure
Miss Irene Rou returned to Ocala
Sunday afternoon to attend school.
Messrs. j. A. Jones and C.. B. Rou
were visitors at Spar last Friday aft
ernoon.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07
BURN THIS INTO YOUR BRAIN
Tampa Tribune)

Men and women of Florida! Accord
ing to the Mariana Times Courier OF
October 81, in the two Companies" at
the Florida Industrial School for
Boys, there were in Company l." IS
boys; in Company H." As boys; That
makes a total of ITO boys.
According to the report of Lieuten-
ant Cox, u. S. Public Health Service
there were 35 of these boys i'll with
pneumonia; more than one third OF
them!
Then let this paragraph of his re-
port, burn itself into your brain untrl
you are ready to demand that this
place be either celaned out, or abolish
ed:
There were thirty-five cases OF
pneumonia and lack of medicine and
lack of proper nourishment, no linen
boys lying under wool blankets, naked
with dirty husk mattresses on the
cement floor
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07

The election of J. w. Rast as tax
collector of Duval county, although he
has just. been indicted by the grand
jury for a shortage of over $140,O
in his accounts, is regrettable event,
but it is not to be wondered at. It is
but the last line Of another dirty
page in the history of Florida politics.
Rast seems to have been guilty of
nothing but carelessness, but such
carelessness should put him behind
the bars unless he can fix the blame
on some one else, or can make good
his shortage. However, it is no won
der that the citizens of Duval voted
for him, in preference to either of his
opponents. One was the governors
|son-in-law, appointed by the governor
to an Office in county where he had
hardly a transient residence. The
other was favored by ]. " Burke, a
politician who the citizens not only of
Duval county but the entire state
have reason to >distrust. Small won
der that the people of Duval preferred
Rast to either of them, and his cleo
ton is singing rebuke to Rev. Sid
ney and another proof that he will
soon be swinging at the end of his
political rope. But there are plenty
of honest and competent men in Du-
val. It's great pity one of them did
not ask his fellow citizens for the Of
flee. 1t is likely he could have defeat
e6 all the other three.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07

A number of good democrats in this
vicinity consider the closely contested
congressional election of Tuesday a
sons popularity and are correspond
ingly downcast. We do not regard the
election as a test of Mr.. Wilson's
strength. We are entirely certain
that if he had been a candidate for
election he would have, swept the
country. Mr.. Wilson,, we think, made
mistake a few weeks ago in asking
his fellow countrymen to vote demo-
cratic as an endorsement of his adj
ministration. He had better have said
nothing or. like Lincoln in '64, asked
the people to return those senators
and representatives who had proven
themselves loyal AS it was, his ap-
peal probably caused the reelection
of some democrats who would other
wise have been showed under. But
Mr.. Wilson was too much handicapped
by the conduct of some members OF
his own party to make such an appeal
Congressman Kitchin, for instance
. who opposed the war and then pub.
licly declared he intended to make the
North pay for it. A man who hao
anything of the statesman in his com
position would not think of sectional.
ism, particularly at this time. and q
competent politician would remember
that the North has the most votes. II
is pity that sensible and patriotic
republican can't replace Mr. Kitchin
Nobody need suppose that the republi-
cans in the next Congress will "give
aid and comfort to the enemy" Some
OF them will misbehave, of course, but
not any more than some democrats
The great majority will push the wal
right along. Even if they felt inclin.
ed to thwart Mr.. Wilson, they know
that such a policy would rebound or
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
OF TRAINS AT OCALA

Seaboard Air Line, N0rthbound
No. A: Arrives 12:43 p. m. Departs
1888 p. m.
No. Is (Limited): Arrives and de-
parts 4:08 p. m.
No. 2: Arrives so a. m. Departs
I:55 a. m.
Seaboard Air Line, Southbound
No. 3: Arrives ZIP p. m. Departs
1:27 p. m.
No. Is (Limited): Arrives and de-
parts 4:08 p. m.
No. l: Arrives 1:45 a. m. Departs
parts 2 p. m.
Atlantic Coast Line main Line)
Northbound
No. 10: Arrives and departs SAP a.
No. 40: Arrives l p. m. Departs
1:20 p. m.
No. So: Arrives and departs 2:27
a. m.
Atlantic Coast Line (Main Line)
SouthbOund
No. 81: Arrives and departs 2:16
a. m.
No. 80: Arrives and departs 2:35
p. m.
No. 9: Arrives and departs 9:13p.m.
Atlantic Coast Line Branches, South.
No. Isl (Sunny JIM: For Wilcox,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
leaves 6:10 a. m.
No. 35 (Sunny Jim): For Lakeland,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
leaves $40 a. m.
No. 141: Daily except Sunday, ar
rives 1850 a. m. from Wilcox.
No. 40: For Homosassa, leaves 2:25
p. N.
Atlantic Coast Line Branches, North.
bound
No. 48: From Homosassa: Arrives
1858 p. m.
No. $50 (Sunny JIM: From Will
cox, Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
arrives 5:45 p. m.
No. 80 Sunny JIM: From Lake
land, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, arrives 9:48 p. m.
No. 140: Daily except Sunday,
leaves 3:45 p. m. for Wilcox.
Oklawaha Valley Railroad
Train No. II, first class passenger
and mixed, leaves Palatka at $50 a.
m. every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, arriving at Ocala at 1920 a.
M, same days.
Train No. II leaves Ocala at 2 p.
m. Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays
Train No. 70 leaves Palatka Tues
days, Thursday and Saturdays at
and arrives in Palatka at $50 p. m.
same days.
TAO a. M, and runs only to Rodman,
at which place it arrives at 8:25.
Train No. IA leaves Rodman at
4:30 p. m. Tuesdays, Thursday and
Saturdays and arrives at Palatka at
$50 D. m. same days.-Palatka News.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07
EASTERN OR CENTRAL TIME

Several citizens have spoken to
Mayor Chace in regard to whether
Ocala shall run on eastern or central
time, and the mayor desires gener-
al expression of opinion from the peo
pie on the subject.
At present Ocala is on central time
the time it has been on ever since
standard time was instituted. Last
April, in compliance with the daylight
saving law, the time was moved up an
hour, and it was very convenient for
everybody here, though on the other
hand it was inconvenient for the peo
pie of Savannah and other places on
the western verge of the eastern belt.
Late in October, time was moved
back an hour, and it is fresh in the
memory of our people that even at
that early date getting up at a. m.
(which was $50 a. m. sun time) was
the limit of convenience.
Jacksonville, st. Petersburg and
some other Florida towns have not
moved their clocks back to conform
with central time, but are now on
eastern time. 1t is reported that on
Jan. / the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which is another high sal
aried body with nothing to do. is GO
ing to put Florida east of the Chat
tahoochee river on eastern time,
which is an. hour ahead of central.
This, however, is hearsay. There has
been no official notification of it.
Some of our citizens, however, want
us to go on eastern time right away,
and the mayor desires to know the
wishes of all.
We don't see what the city can do
about it. The council can pass an
ordinance, but it has no jurisdiction in
| the case over anybody but its own en-
| ployes, and the only effect that will
have will be to make the men of the
street and sanitary department go to
work before daylight, which would be
/ blame foolishness. The railroads and
telegraph lines wouldn't change time,
and people who set their watches and
clocks up would always have to be re-
membering, and sometimes forget
ting, that they were an hour ahead.
The present time suits Ocala very
we'll during the autumn and wintel
months. It is half an hour behind the
sun, and is just about right for the
men who work in our factories and
stores. We guarantee they don't want
it changed. AS for professional men,
there is nobody holding a clock on
them. If they, or anybody else, want
to get up an hour ahead of time, no.
body hinders them.
We would advise our people to stick
to railroad time. They will save them
selves lot of trouble if they do
We clip from the Tampa Times the
following table, which will show ou1
people the hours of sunrise and sun.
set by our present time and eastern
time:
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07

The editor of the Banner denies
that he is bilious, but we doubt that a
physicians diagnosis would back him
in that statement. Certain, he is
showing a most uncalled for amount
of vindictiveness toward the church
people. Our friend Harper is not any
more unhampered by creed than we
are, but we have always found il
pleasant and effective to work with
the churches and the church people
in undertakings for the common good
We resent anything like intolerance ir
church, church also has right
to resent intolerance, which by the
way is not confined to church mem.
bers. We have found the pastors anC
members of the Ocala churches very
broad-minded; it is very seldom any
one of them has ever asked us to sup
port anything that would invade the
rights of any citizen, and we have
been so busy working with them late
ly for patriotic purposes that we hat
really forgotten there was any lint
between the church communion ane
the outside world. At the time w,
printed the paragraph announcing WI
! had turned down liquor advertise
ment, we did not know the Banner
had received the same advertisement
/ We did not ask the churches and tn,
w. c.. T. U. to pass the resolutions
but they had perfect right to do so
and we would have been not only dis
courteous to them but somewhat slacl
in the cause we have been working To-
if we had refused to print the reso
l1tions after they were brought to us
Mr.. Harper is hurting himself and hi
/ paper, but that is his funeral and no
ours, and we respectfully decline t.
discuss the matter any further.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07
"CHILDREN'S DAY"

Tuesday, Nov. 10, will be the open
ing day and also Childrens' Day at
the Marion County Fair. On that day
by arrangement between the school
board and the management of the
fair, school children under sixteen and
their teachers will be admitted to the
Fair grounds free.
This is an excellent arrangement
ano we hope every school in Marion
county will be well represented, and
that the parents of the school children
will also be present to give themselves
the great treat of seeing their chill
dren enjoy themselves.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07
MEETING OF TEACHERS

The public school teachers of Mar
ion county are requested to meet in
the Baraca hall of the Ocala Baptist
church next Saturday morning at ten
O'Clock, to discuss the organization OF
Junior Red Cross auxiliaries in the
schools of the county. Any patrons
who are interested are also invited to
be present.
By order of the chairman, W. H
Cassels.
Nellie c. Stevens, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07

Seems like we remember hearing
that the Florida railroad commission
refused to sanction the increase for
installation of telephone charges, or
dered by Mr.. Burleson"; but we have
proof positive that Mr.. Burleson's
boys are charging, and what is more
to the purpose, collecting it, as per
his scheduled order.-Tampa Tribune,
Florida railroad commission has
been an incubus long time. Now it
is also a joke.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07
ADVERTISING RATES

Display: Plate 10c. per inch for con-
secutfve insertions. Alternate inser-
tions 25 per cent. additional Compost
ton charged on ads. that run less than
Sax times sc. per inch. Special position
20 per cent. additional. Rates based on
4-inch minimum. Less than four inches
will take higher rate, which will be
furnished on application.
Reading Notices: sc. per line for first
Insertion Sc. per line for each subse-
Quent insertion. One change a week
allowed on readers without extra COM
position charges.
Legal advertisements at legal rates
Electros must be mounted, or charge
will be made for mounting.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07
oCALA LODGE NO. 2ss, B. p. O. E

Ocala Lodge No. 286, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, NETS
the second and fourth Tuesday eve
nings in each month. Visiting breth-
rem always welcome. Club house oppo-
site postoffice, east side.
C. W. Hunter, E. R..
E. j. Crook, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-11-07

Here when we have all we can do
to put essentials in children's heads,
comes a faddist wanting to establish
a course in "foot culture. Tampa
Tribune.
We are trying to teach several
things less essential than "foot cul-
ture." That is why our public school
system costs so much.