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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21
DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE
AND THEIR EDUCATION
fAgnes Scott College Bulletinl

(Agnes Scott College Bulletin)
With no schooling of five million,
only 81 won distinction.
With elementary school of SO mill
ion, sos gained distinction.
With high school education of two
million, 1245 attained distinction.
With college education of one mill
ion, 5768 won distinction.
The person with no schooling has
one chance in 10000 of performing
distinguished service for his country;
with elementary education, he has
four times the chance; high school
education increases his chances 81
times, while college education null
tiplies them 800 times.
In your country's time of need, will
you do less than your best in render
ing service?
If you will write to the Bureau of
Education, Washington, D. c., and
ask for 'The Money Value of Educa-
tion," by A. C. Ellis, you will receive
free of charge an interesting pamph-
let from which the enclosed facts
were taken.
We will cheerfully send free to any
person interested in education these
little folders. our catalogue, book of
views and other Agnes Scott liera-
ture.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

required by the legal advertisement.
The matter was discussed and it was
agreed to postpone awarding the
3 per cent of the amount bid as was
bonds until Saturday, March Is, 1918,
at 10 a. m, when the chairman of the
board and the secretary in consulta-
ton with the Ocala trustees were au-
thorized to accept the bid that was
most advantageous to the district In
the meantime, the two bidders were to
be notified to forward at once their
certified checks to the superintendent
to be held as guarantee of perform
ance of the terms of the bid
The board adjourned for the day.
Wednesday Mornings Session
The board met with all present and
acting.
The depository statements were
taken up and that of the Commercial
Bank showed balance at beginning of
month of S376.81, disbursements dur
ing the month of S513.75, leaving a
balance at end of month of $223.06.
Among the disbursements was war
rant for SITS which was payable at
the Munroe & Chambliss National
Bank and this was ordered to be de-
posted back to the credit of the
school fund and $3.50 to- be trans
ferred to the Munroe & Chambliss
National Bank as depository.
The report of the tax collector for
the month was presented and showed
collections for county general school
fund of S3076.72, for bond interest and
sinking funds for Ocala district
s642.60, Dunnellon district, $3.50
Citra district $2196 and for the var
ious special tax school district funds
$1100.66.
Report of the Ocala National Bank
as depository was presented showing
balance. at beginning of month OF
$240.50, receipts during the month
$2333.14, disbursements during the
month as per warrants returned
$2371, leaving balance at end OF
month of $202.64. There being re-
ceipt to the collector of funds deposit
ed on March 2 of the collections fol-
February of $3075.22, it was ordered
that transfer of $500 be made to
the Munroe & Chambliss National
Bank as depository.
Report from the Munroe & Cham.
bliss National Bank as depository
was presented and showed balance
of $1,000 at beginning of the month
and receipts and disbursements dur.
ing the mont has per warrants re.
| turned which wol1Id leave q balance
of $676.62 at close of month.
Reports from teachers were pre-
scented and accounts ordered paid.
1t was agreed to borrow $4,000
upon note of the board from the Banl
of Dunnellon and to deposit this with
the Munroe & Chambliss Nationa
Bank as depository for the genera
school fund.
No further business appearing the
board adjourned to meet in regular
session on Tuesday, April 2, 1918.
J. III. Brinson, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21
CUNNING

I'd rather lose than play the cheat,
I'd rather fail than live lie.
I'd rather suffer in defeat
Than fear to meet another's eye.
I'd rather never win prize
Than gain the topmost rung of glory
And know I must myself despise
Until death ends my sorry story.
What if another never knew
That I had tricked my way to fame,
And all unseen my hand could do
The summing little deeds of shame :?
The stolen prize would not be sweet,
In pride I could not ever show 1t;
Men might not know me for cheat,
But / should ever after know it.
There is no joy in tricky ways.
Who does not Justly earn his goal
The price for such a victory pays,
For shame shall torture long his
soul.
What if / could, by cunning, claim
The victor's share of fame or pelf,
And hide from all the world my
/ could not hide it from myself.
I'd rather fail in every test
That win success by base deceit;
I'd rather stand upon my best,
Be what it may, than play the
cheat
I'd rather never win mems praise
Nor share the victor's sum of laugh
ter,
Than trade my self-respect for bays,
And hate myself ever after.
Exchange.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Fla, March 5, 1918.

ONdld, lds 51dIIH Is 4O1O-
The board met at the regular time
and place with all members present
andacting as follows: G. S. Scott,
chairman, A J. Stephens and C.. r.
Veal, members, and J. Fl. Brinson,
secretary.
Coupon warrant No. 10 in favor of
Mrs. E. ]. Cardy for S1400 being due
for two years at IS per cent interest,
payable semi-annually as represented
by the coupons attached. Warrant No.
4S was issued in lieu of it.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The Hopewell colored school being
reported in an unsatisfactory condi-
ton, it was ordered that the school be
closed at the end of the fourth month
and that as much of the salaries of
the teachers as would be paid for the
last month as may be found neces-
sary besapplied in repairs to the
property.
Report of the county judge of
hunting licenses collected was pre-
sented, showing net amount deposit
ed to the credit of the school fund of
$3.50 for the month of February.
The superintendent presented the
resignation of Mrs. Kershaw as
teacher of the Orange Lake school,
and stated that Miss Carrie Billings
ley had been secured to finish the
term. The action was approved.
The superintendent reported to the
board the settlement made with Mr..
S. r. Pyles by the assignment of a
note of Mr.. Frank Moses for $500
and the payment of a check for 500
which payment of $500 was endorsed
on the note of Mr. Pyles to the board
for his liability on the bond of the
county treasurer.
It was agreed to pay Fife Brunson
| 1878 for extra work as monitor. at
| Mt. Olive colored school.
The secretary called attention to
the matter of district elections to be
held and notice was ordered published
as a call for the said elections and
meetings for recommending supervi-
sors. (See notice of election else.
where).
/ The board adjourned for noon.
| Tuesday Afternoons Session
The board met at the usual time
time and place with all present and
acting.
| DR.. Dame, district health officer
called and discussed with the board
| the matter of medical examinations
and the necessity of having an as.
sistant health officer to make close in
/ spection of the schools as to the con-
dition of the pupils health. The mat.
ter of making appropriation for this
help was postponed for consideration
at the time of making the next annu.
al budget.
The hour of p. m. having arrived
and this being the hour set and ad.
vertised for the opening of the bids
for the Ocala district bonds, and Mr.
j. l.. Edwards and Mrs. William
| Hooker, trustees of the Ocala district
being with the board, the secretary
proceeded to open the bids and found
them as follows: The Hanchett Bono
Company of Chicago, proposing tc
pay $9057 for the issue, and Mr.. T
P. Drake of Ocala, proposing to pay
price such as would net him an In
come of 6 per cent upon the invest
ment. Neither bid was accompanied
by the deposit of certified check fol
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The colored drafted men who will
leave the end of this month and the
beginning of April for Camp Devens,
Mass, will go into what for them
viii be very cold climate They
will not receive their uniforms until
they reach camp, and as few of them
are able to obtain the necessary heavy
clothing, they may suffer considerab-
ly. Some provision should be made for
seeing to it that they have plenty of
comfortable clothing when they leave
Ocala. There are only A of them and
it will not be any great strain on the
resources of our people to see that
they have enough clothing to keep
them comfortable until they reach
camp. This is something other pap
ers of the state should impress on the
people. 1t will be reflection on Flor
ida if couple of thousand of our col
ored men are unloaded from the trains
in a northern latitude without clothes
enough to keep them warm.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Some guy with a pernicious desire
to fit Scripture to the present war
has advanced the theory that the
Prussians are lineal descendants OF
Cain. IF so, they have greatly de-
Perforated from their ancestor, who
repented the murder of Abel almost
as soon as it was committed. Nobody
has heard of the Prussians repentine
the sinking of the Lusitania or any
of the other murders they have per-
petrated.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The bolsheviki and the other anar-
chists of Europe are bitter against
the "bourgeoise." Bourgeoise is a
French word and applies to that part
of the people that owns property
without being rich In the United
States it includes the farmers, bust
ness and professional men and large
proportion of the mechanics is
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

to say, about 80 per cent Of the popu-
lation The bolsheviki, who are most
ly a lazy set of scamps who never
think without breaking the tenth
commandment, desire to eradicate
this class. They will reduce the world
to savagery if they succeed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

On March 20 and 80, April / and 2,
forty-four sturdy young colored men
of Marion will leave, eleven each day,
for Camp Devens, Mass, to go in
training. These boys have been
brought up close to home, some have
never been out of their native county,
and Aver, Mass, will sem to- them a
long ways from Ocala. Good Ameri-
can hearts are beating under their
dark skins and they are going to learn
how to fight for native land and
worldwide democracy, just the same
as the white men. Our eolored citiz-
ems should give them good send off
and their white friends should help
them
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

One class of men that the govern
ment should not neglect in readjust-
ment of transportation affairs is the
railroad clerks. They do most i'm
portant work, and their salaries, never
very high, are now in proportion a
long way below the cost of living.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

There is no chance that LaFollet-
te's man, Thompson, will be elected TO
the Senate from Wisconsin, because
if Lenroot, the republican candidate,
does not defeat him in the primary,
Davies, the democrat, will simply
smother him in the general election.
It is bad sign, however, that there
are from fifty to sixty thousand cop
perheads in Wisconsin.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

From April l. 1917, to date, the in
land county of Marion contributed "
volunteers to the United States navy.
Of these, 81 were white and IL color
ed. These do not include the young
men who went in the naval reserve.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Chancellor von Hertling has gently
broken the news to the Reichstag
that in spite of the Russian collapse,
no peace is in sight. The other Allies
show no sign of quitting and on their
hard hearts and harder heads, the
chancellor says, rests the blame for
further effusion of blood.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Every time we see movie like
"Thais" or Intolerance" and view the
booze-swilling banquets which they
portray, we wonder how the boys of
ancient days survived the morning
after without any bromo-seltzer.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

We have pretty good little school
board up here in Marion county. We
should appreciate it all the more
when we note that the Hillsborough
board has allowed it's county to be
swindled out of $4,000 by Chicago
broker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

We have had good seasons SO far,
and crops are doing nobly If the
weather continues propitious, there
will be plenty and to spare in Marion
and contiguous counties. If there
should be a frost many of US will
have to tighten our belts.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The government is finding the Boy
Scout organization most valuable
auxiliary in its work. Ocala has a
fine company of the Scouts and they
are steadily increasing in number and
efficiency.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The Star regrets to learn that Mr..
G. S.. Scott feels ike he can't serve
on the county school board after his
present term is up. He has served ten
years altogether and has done excel
lent work, and he feels that some one
else should go in service
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Our Marion county boys at Camp
Wheeler, drilling eight hours day,
and occasionally going on a four-day
hike, are working harder than any of
US stay at homes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The Dutch are between the devil
and the deep sea. They can't use their
ships tied up in American and British
harbors and would probably be glad
to let the allied governments have
them, but they do not know what, in
that event, the Germans will do to
them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Almost year ago, the ideas,
america, too, proud to fight" and
IF you turned he'll over, you would
find Made in Germany marked on the
bottom" occurred to the Star and it
printed them, as can be seen by refer
ence TO its files. Now it finds them
wandering around the country, the
first credited to George Harvey and
the second to Billy Sunday. Either
the ideas were so obvious as to occur
to all feeble minds, or George and
Billy have been stealing our thunder.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Germany took no chances in secur,
ing the greatest efficiency for her
army so she abolished booze in all
forms, and Germany had been pre-
pairing for war for more than forty
years.-Fort Lauderdale Herald.
Wonder where our contemporary
obtained its authority for this state
ment. That the Germans, both mill
tary and civil, consume beer, wine
and spirits in large quantities, is a
fact we never saw disputed before.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The fool who didn't know it was
loaded has blood relation in the fool
who sticks his hand into a hole in the
ground. In st. Petersburg, the doc
tors are having hard work to save the
life of boy who ran his hand into a
hole after rat and was bitten by a
snake.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled for the use for republication of
not otherwfse credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein. All rights Of republication of
special dispatches herein are also re-
served
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The weather clerk knows that a
frost just now would do this section
an immense amount of damage, so he
is doing his darndest to hand US one.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Have you ever used "Alma Zada
Face Powder?" If not, try one box
and be convinced that it is as good as
the expensive imported powders. so
cent sthe box in all colors, at Gerig's
Drugstores. 2-20
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

On Friday, the 10Th, twelve more of
our young men leave to begin train
ing at Camp jackson. Three are from
Ocala and the others from various
points in the county. The town should
give them a godspeed that will take
some of the edge off leaving home.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

There are all the way from three to
thirteen sides to every question, and
the Star always likes to give them all.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Ship carpenters at Baltimore de-
mand $1,000 day, and back their de-
mand with threats to strike. These
gilt-edged wages are not coming out
of their oppressive and extortionate
employers, but out of you and me,
gentle reader, through the taxes we
pay to gour government.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

1t may have been observed that the
Star never advises the generals and
admirals at the front how to run the
war. We have suspicion that any
soldier or sailor in service knows
more about it than any of the mill
tary and naval experts in our news
paper sanctums.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Quit giving reasons why the Unit
ed States entered the war and do
something useful.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

The Germans probably think their
new gas is all to the mustard.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

If food wins the war, the bands will
play "Hail to the Chef"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Board of Trade meets tomorrow
night.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-21

Advertise in the Star.
The evening leader., 1918-07-24
PLANNING FOR AMERICAN
BUSINESS AFTER THE WAR

London, July "a The American
chamber OF commerce in London is en-
deavoring to work out a practical plan
for the cooperation of American ex-
port firms for postwar activities so
as to prevent scramble for new bus
mess after the war.
The London body has sent invita-
tions to twenty of the leading for
eign trade organizations in America
and elsewhere to send suggestions.
From these it is hoped it may be pos
sible to work out composite method
of developing American export busi-
ness.
Officers of the chamber say this will
comprise preaching to exporters the
necessity of carefully studying terri
tory and of exporting goods for which
there is the greatest need and for
which there is the least competition.
Since the American labor delegation
visited England and France a desire
has been expressed for the, visit of a
delegation of business men. Should
this not be done during the war the
American chamber of commerce here
proposes to have such an interchange
of ideas after the war.
The evening leader., 1918-07-24
SUGAR BOUGHT FOR HUNS
USED BY AMERICAN ARMY

Paris, July PA thousand tons Of
sugar said to have been destined for
Germany is now being turned into
candy for American soldiers in
France. Swiss agents had purchased
the sugar in the United States. When
the shipment arrived at French port
the government learned that it would
remain in Switzerland just long
enough for reshipment into Germany.
The sugar was stored in a French
warehouse where it remained for three
years and recently it was sold at auc-
ton.
The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation purchased the sugar and now
the association factories in France
are busy manufacturing dainties for
the soldiers.
The system of the sugar card" in
France entities one to one pound of
sugar per month, five hundred gram
mes About the 25th Of the month
there are many who have their coffee
without"
The evening leader., 1918-07-24
Taking Care Of Those Soldiers
Discharged From The Service
On Account of tuberculosis

service for a shorter or longer period
than three months.
The plan for caring for these men
as well as others who may be returned
to the state from time to time includes
a contract with the Southern division
of the American Red Cross, under
which the Florida Anti-TubercuIosrs
association viii work out definite
plan for each of these men, and the
American Red Cross will assist with
the relief. The Florida Anti-Tuber-
culosis association is. putting on q
campaign for $4,000 in the interest Of
this work.
The evening leader., 1918-07-24

At recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Florida Anti
tuberculosis association, plans were
made for the care of 100 soldiers dis
charged and returned to their homes
in this state on account of tuberculo-
sis. These men are classified as hav-
ing been discharged not in line of
duty, and are therefore not eligible
to care in the government sanitoria.
The. distinction between discharge
not in line of duty and a discharge in
line of duty is made on the basis Of
whether the soldier has been. in the
The evening leader., 1918-07-24

Washington, July 24.-The advance
of the Allied and American forces
around the Aisne-Marne salient has
been practically steady the past two
days. despite the fact that fifteen
fresh German divisions have been
thrown into the fighting at and south
of Scissors, General March said to-
day.
General March announced that he
had ordered six new infantry divis-
ions organized in this country during
July, to be composed of two regular
regiments each and the remainder of
drafted men.
The evening leader., 1918-07-24
Military Aid To
Russia Assured
WILSON HAS COMPLETED HIS
PRONoUNCEMENTS; WAIT ON
JAPAN FOR REPLY BEFORE
GIVING DETAILS TO PUBLIC

Washington, July 24,--Presidenr
Wilson has completed his pronounce
ment as TO the United States plans
for participation in an expedition to
give military aid to Russia, and it
will be made public as soon as Japan's
reply to the American proposals is
received.
The evening leader., 1918-07-24
Victory for the Allies is Certainty;
u. S. Army Will Deal Knockout Blow =
Said Major General Eben Swift, Now Commanding
the American Military Mission to Italy

Headquarters of the italian Army,
June S0.-( Correspondence Of the As
sociated Press. )-"victory of the al
TeS is a certainty in my opinion, and
I am sure the American army will be
the one to deal the knockout blow .
said to the correspondent of the AS
sociated Press, Major General Eben
The evening leader., 1918-07-24
Germany Wants
Peace and Tells
Spain About It!
Gives Up Hope Of Annexing France and
England; Would Be Satisfied With
Russia and Roumania; Doesn't Mem
ton America at All.

Amsterdam, July 24.-Germany has
made suggestions for peace confer
ence to Spain, says the socialist news
paper Vorwaerts of Berlin. The sug-
gestions are:
Germany wants no annexations or
indemnities in the west.
Peace treaties with Russia and Ru-
mania may not be questioned.
Principle of self determination of
The evening leader., 1918-07-24
LABOR TROUBLES IN ENGLAND
CAUSE MUCH WORRY
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign VIII Be
Staged Between September 28 ar
October 19; General March Has Just
Ordered Six New Divisions Organized
in This Country During July.

London, July 24.-The trades union
idvisory committee has been summon
I'd by the ministry of munitions to
discuss labor troubles at Coventry, in
which from nine to twelve thousand
men are involved. The strikers are de-
flying their own leaders as well as the
government.