The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-22

And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedoms song;
Let mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partake
| Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our fathers God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
| Long may our lands be bright
With freedoms holy light,
Protect US by Thy might,
Great God, our King
IS. F. Smith.
Another Beautiful Tribute to Lieuten-
ant BurfOrd
The following from the pen of Miss
Jefferson Bell appeared in the Miami
Herald:
In. darkened home at Ocala a
mother lies utterly crushed and brok-
en- and father mourns the death of a
dearly loved son. dead on the field of
honor, his young life ended by a Ger
man bullet on the fields of France.
Wiley HARRISON Burford was the
first officer from Florida to give his
life for the great cause. He was one
of the first to offer for service ana
entered the first training camp for
officers. 1t was with personal sense
of loss the news of his death came to
one, who knew him as a fair-haired
child, the joy and life of the home,
and later as a young man of brilliant
achievement and promise, always 10y
al, fine and brave. He was ordered
to France Immediately after he was
commissioned second lieutenant at
Fort Mcpherson and assigned to ac-
tive duty with the field artillery,
| American expeditionary forces. After
six months of training in France his
command went to the front, his bat.
terry being the first to take up posi-
ton and the second to fire upon the
enemy.
The news of his death has brought
to Florida a sickening sense of tbs
stern reality of the war, which has
seemed far away and all glitter and
glory. It is from the youth and flower
of the nation war will take it's grim
toll and there will be other darkened
homes and mothers weeping for their
sons sleeping afar on foreign fields.
One can almost envy the young
hero the immortal fame that is his. 1t
is thrilling to think of him going
forth like young crusader to do bat
tie with the modern incarnations of
evil, backing his faith in the right
eousness of his cause with his life.
To, have died in the flush of youth for
a. great cause is glorious
"Men die but once, and the opportu-
O ia noble 5bl death is not an everyday
Of a noble death is not an everyday
1t is gift noble spirits pray for"
At the Temple Tonight
Manager Bennett regrets that his
patrons were disappointed last night
in not seeing the "Gift o. Cab, :"
which, arrived on the midnight train.
"The Burglar" has been booked for
tonight. Tt is an exceptional, picture
and the newest Brady-made. It is the
dining of a famous best selling novel,
and William A. Brady declares it to
be the best five-reel feature ever
made. It is jammed full and running
over with entertainment, and pre-
sents three big stars, Carlyle Black
well, Madge Evans and Evelyn Gree
ley. A Ford Weekly will also be
shown.
If "The Burglar" arrives as it is
scheduled, it will be shown this aft
ernoon and tonight and if it fails to
come, the "Gift O. Gab," booked for
Thursday, will be shown, as Manager
Bennett held this film over in case
''The Burglar" missed connections.
Mrs. S. E. Leigh accompanied Mr..
Leigh on his usual motor trip to
Gainesville this morning. They will
return home this evening.
Mrs. Annie Easterling of Aiken, s..
c., sister-in-law of Mr.. George
Easterling, of this city, has been Wis
iting Mrs. T. Fl. johnson for several
days. Mrs. Easterling left this after
noon for short visit to friends in
Jacksonville, from where she will re-
turn to South Carolina.
Mr.. Charles Hardage expects to
leave tonight for Birmingham, Ala,
after a weeks visit to his Ocala
friends Mr.. Hardage lived in Ocala
about three years ago with his moth
Ter, Mrs. Lamar, who now resides In
Atlanta. Mr.. Hardage is in the gov
lernment service and has spent the
past three years between Charleston