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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-10-25

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HasrIs. F. E. T.
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dacriSs, Albert g
Harfis, C. A.
harl n, Smith
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
BOARD Of EDUCATION HOLDS
FIRST REGULAR MEETING

Promptly at 7:30 Friday evening
President Mann of the newly elected
Board of Education sounded the
gavel and the first regular ses-
sion fthe new administration of the
Fcity's schools was open for business.
Secretary-Treasurer G. A. Jolly,
Vice-President, C. A. Fretwell and
associate members, Prentiss and
Pittman, responded to the roh call.
Minutes OF previous impromptn SEES
sions were read by Secretary Jolly
and made the official acts of the
Board. Ex-Secretary Osborne of the
former Board presented an annual
report of the outgoing board, copy of
which is made a part of this report.
Former President Turner also pre-
sented brief statement of the
boards state of feeling in regard to
the change and filed an inventory for
the information of the new executive
department of the schools. Supt T..
f.. Rcketson reported that the teach
ers elected to fill the vacancies in the
third ward building, secured positions
before his message reached them
and stated that he had other applica-
tons filed with him. On motion. Prof
Rlcketson was authorized to secure
the two best teachers he could find
for the position and to make such ar
rangements as seemed best. Presi-
dent Mann announced the commit
tees for the year as follows:
Finance and Supplies-Jolley, Fret
we'll and Pittman.
Buildings AMI Grounds-Pittman,
Prentiss and Fretwell.
Teachers and Salaries-Prentiss,
Mann and Jolley
Rules and Northumberland.
Mann and Pittman.
The statement of the old board
which covers receipts and expendi-
lures from Jan. 1st, 1917 to December
3lst. 1917, is as follows:
Receipts
Cash balance from 1916. $0O,OO0OO
Interest received from Elk
change National Bank on
account ..25.28
Cash from book damage for
A9i| '........... ............o .0S
Cash from book sales in 1917. $3.50
Tuition for 1917 .o22.86
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
DAMON AND PYTHIAs
SPIRIT. STILL EXISTS

A pathetic incident before the Ben
Hill exemption board the past week
showed that the spirit of Damon and
Pythias is as alive in the fields of old
Georgia as it was on the Isle of Sicily
of old. Two young tenant farmers,
u and "a years old respectively, sons
OF widowed mother, with younger
son twelve years old, the only other
member OF the family, presented
themselves before the board to pre-
sent their questionnaires. The mo-
Their, loving both alike and also fully
approaching the patriotic duty she
owed the Government, declined to
make affidavit for either of the boys,
as both equally contributed to her
support. S. L. Livingston, the young
er of the two brothers. insisted that
he be allowed to enter the army, as
the older, J. |. Livingston, was the
better provider for his mother and
younger brother. and as he put it,
was more needed at home and
thought most Of" ]. |. Livingston,
the older, thought it was his duty to
go, as the younger one was not able
to stand the hardships that were to
be met in the war. Both pleaded
for the privilege of taking the others
place until they finally reached an
agreement and the older was allowed
the privilege of entering the service,
while the younger will remain at
home to look after his mother and
the boy. The board was sympatheti-
cally affected by this affectionatc
demonstration of these plain coun-
try boys, both heroes already in their
manner OF responding. to the coun-
try's call
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
COAL SHORTAGE
LAID To bLUNDER.
Of Dr.. GARFIELD

South Charleston, Ohio, Jan. A.
In an address at a farmers meeting
here today, Governor Cox, OF Ohio,
declared that the one million-ton ex-
cess OF coal in the northwest "occa-
stoned by the blunder of Fuel AID
ministrator Garfield" is responsible
in large measure for lack of fuel in
the east and for transports loaded
with supplies reported tied up at
ports.
The governor severely criticised
the fuel administrator, particularly in
regard to DIR. Garfield's reported
statements before senate investi-
eating committee, in which DR.. Gar
field was credited with remarking
that "the condition in Ohio is psy-
Geological"
Il see that the professor in his
testimony before senate committee
that the conditions in Ohio were psy-
Geological" said Governor Cox. IRE
duced to simple terms the meaning
OF his observation is that the people
only thought they were cold. Eight
hundreds miles away he Knew they
were not"
After pointing out that the task
now faced is to keep mines going,
congestion cleared away and sensible
distribution made, he concluded
Mr.. McAdoo, as practical man.
will attend to this. Meanwhile | feel
quite sure that the country will have
no objection to DR.. Garheld's Confirm
ing his study of psychology. That
will keep him out of the coal business
and Mr.. McAdoo in it, for which God
be praised"
Governor Cox and Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield FLASHED several weeks
ago when Governor Cox ordered the
taking over of 1000 cars of coal that
was tied up on Ohio railroad sidinps
when freezing of lakes prevented fur
Their shipments to the northwest
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
GOOD SERVICE
FOR End WEEK

Volunteers who have served the
government by assisting registrants
in filling out their questionnaires in
the county are reported by the board
and we take pleasure in publishing
their names and time devoted to this
patriotic work for the information of
the public.
Rev. L. A. Hill, three days.
Judge D. f. Griffin, three days.
Rev. R. M. Mann, three days.
Rev. S. J. Baker, three days.
Col Chas, w, Russell, three days.
Rev. ]. S. Grahl, four days.
r. J, Prentiss, two days.
Atty. Z. p. Keefer, three days.
Atty. T. Wall, four days.
Atty. U. J. Bennett, three days.
Rev J. w. Bleker, three days.
Rev. w. NJ Blackwell, two days.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07

help move trains in the winter wealth
er
By an order issued today all the
railways i'll Canada are required to
report the number of days worked
by each man who obtained exemp-
ton on the application of the rail-
ways. The names of slackers will be
sent to the exemption tribunal with
notification that the request for their
exemption has been withdrawn.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
STRANGE ANIMAL
ATTACKS CHILDREN

Nellie and Viola, young daughters
of Mr.. Ben Barnes, who lives on the
Osierheld road two miles beyond
Ashton school, experienced an unus-
ual sensation Friday afternoon when,
on returning from a ileighbor's home
a'short distance away, strange ami
NAL emerged from branch they
were crossing, uttering weird and
piercing cries.
Greatly frightened, the children
turned back and ran to the home of
colored woman, Mabel Smith, who.
thinking from the sounds that other
children were trying to brighten the
little girls, accompanied them back
to the scene, unarmed. There she be-
held dark-colored animal about the
size Of a large dog, which had climb
ed tree. Seeing the party, the ami
NAL started to climb out of the tree.
but the party retired before it finish
ed its descent.
A man and gun and two dogs were
hurriedly pressed into service, but
darkness coming on in the meantime
the strange animal made its escape.
leaving behind much frightened
community No further trace of it
has been discovered. The animal is
described as resembling a catamount,
though by its short, stubby tail, the
children took it to be a young bear.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
ANOTHER NURSES AID

Miss Ruth Harris, of Leesburg,
greeted a number of friends at the
afternoon train Sunday, enroute to
Douglas where she will instruct a
class in surgical dressing. January
10th she expects to leave for New
York where she will take course to
prepare her for Red Cross Nurses
aid, requiring about three months,
after which she expects to leave for
France.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
COUNCIL TO ELECT
OFFICERS TONIGHT

The city council will hold its first
regular meeting tonight when the
minor officers will be elected by the
Board. A chief of police and the
entire department, chief of FIRE de-
partment and his assistants, street
commissioner, clerk for the city,
sanitary officer and sexton. for the
cemetery are'to be elected. The meet
ing will be an interesting one and the
usual large audience of interested cit
liens will no doubt greet the new ad-
ministration.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
NEW WORK FOR WOMEN

Friends of Mrs. Frederick Emory
Keefer, of Orange, N. J., will be in
terested to know that she is just
completing a course as Red Cross
nurses aid in connection with the
base hospital at that place.
"The weather here is from 6 to 10
below zero,' she writes friends here,
"and our apartment house is without
any fire except small gas range i'll
each kitchen"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
PLAN TO PREVENT
RAILWAY STRIKES

Washington, January 4-Director
General McAdoo and heads of the
four railroad brotherhoods agreed to-
day on plan for threshing out all
wage and labor disputes while gov
eminent operation prevails through
an investigating board which will re-
port recommendations to the director
general.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
CANADA is GOING
after SLACKERS
Railroad Men Who Don't Work to
be Put in Army.

Montreal, Jan. 4-There will be
no escape from CONSUMPTION on the
part OF the Canadian railway men
who Were exempted upon application
OF the railways, but who may be TAX
ing advantage of the situation to stay
at home instead of turning ont TO
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07

Mr.. c. B. Watts received a phone
message from our mutual friend.
Chas. Taliaferro, at Camp Gordon,
stating that he received an appoint
ment to the Officers Training Camp.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07
SUPERIOR COURT
Of BEN HILL IN
SESSION

Judge D. A. R. Crum delivered
an impressive charge to the members
of the Grand Jury at 10 A. NJ urging
the patriotic duty>to make the world
safe for Democracy" to indltde the
duty of making Democracy fit for
the world for as the able jurist stated,
the rule of the majority is mob law
unless guided by the adopted rules of
law and within their limitations. To
the grand jury of county, selected
for their superior intelligence from
among their neighbors, this duty in
wolves, and to them we look tor the
protection OF the rights of the citi-
zen. Besides calling the attention of
the Jury to the usual laws as pre-
scribed by the code, Judge Crum es-
pecially enlarged upon the enforce
ment of the game law, the law against
the sale of liquor and called their at
attention to the laws against false
weights and measures at times used
IN the sale of commodities, which at
This time of high prices may be of
more common practice than under
normal times. The Grand Jury or
gained with w. L. Stovall, Foreman.
II. O. Benton, Clerk, and D. w.
Broadhurst, bailiff. The other men,
bers are
R. E. Lee.
H. A. Rurkhart.
J. R. F. Young.
H. H. James.
J. o. McCuflers.
A. J. Hart.
]. C. Glover.
Scott Walker.
! G. M. Young.
N. M. Jordan.
S. E. R. Young.
- James Barrentine.
D. D. Garrison.
w. M. Troup.
Albert Sherrett.
Guy c. tombstone.
]. T. Smith.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-07

ALL WOOL FILLED COMFORTS-s1O $50
PURE WOOL BLANKETS 700 to $500
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
STARS IN BASEBALL.
They Are Really Essential to the sue-
 cess of Club.

They Are Really Essential to the Sue-
 cess of a Club.
 It is absolutely necessary for each and every major league club to have at least one unusually brilliant per former on its roster 10 De good gate attraction. and more often than not these stars are pitchers. '.
 Remember the Chicago White Sox of 1906? Ed Walsh was the star who did most to place that team in baseball history. though he received not lit tie assistance from Doe White. Who made the GiaIrS of fow years ago the mUst talked uf team in baseball? Why, ChriSty MathewS0n. to De sure. He wilS a star of StuiS. and in fair or foul weather l. was he whom the root CTS paid to zee. Plank. COOmbS and Bender did more tn muke inc Athletics famous than did all of the other great players on the team put together. though the SIWlUD iutieid. consisting of MclnniS. Collins. Barry and Baker. Was d first class attraction in every sense Uf tie wOld. Eut few other clubs ill the, games history ever had any thing approaching this evenly balanced outfit il its lest days. ,..
 Bill James in his time came pretty close to making the Braves. and Bill Donovan. Ed Reulbach. Mordecai Brown. Babe Adams. Joe Wood and Grover Alexander all have played lead ing roles ,lS gate attractions.
 What would the Senators have been for years without Walter Johnson? Is 1t the Tigers or 1y Cobb whom the fans want to see at play? Hal Chase featured the Yankees for years, for many seasons Speaker has been the leading figure with the teams with which he played, and Joe Jackson, Marquard and Lajoie all had large h. dividual followings.
 Today new crop of stars has just about arrived" and are pulling the crOwds.-Ed A. GOewey in Leslie's.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
JUNEAU BOY FTREDk
 FIRST SHOT AT HUNS

It was a Juneau born boy who fired the first shot from the Amer an iron, into the German lines, and 1t made a direct hit. The boy is not yet 20 years of age, and he is credited to San Francisco though his army record shows that Juneau is his birth place. His name is Os- borne W. D. Varila. The old timers in Juneau do not know the boy, nor 60 they recollect the family name as that of former residents of the c'ty, but that is not strange, as Juneau was filled with people 20 years ago who were brought here by the great Klondike rush. Pio- neers who were here in 1898 and '99 say the family probably Were here only a short time.
 Corporal De Varila, of Juneau, was recently sent home with the 50. men who had been lover the top," and injured while in active service, to aid in recruiting. De Varila's credit for firing the first American gun was recognized by President Wilson who congratulated him on the stage of g. Washington City theatre recently.
 De Varila's enlistment card proves hs Juneau birth. A fac simle Of 1t was printed in the United States Army Recruiter recently, and it follows:I
 Date, April 23, 1917; No. 2o,- 267.
 Name, De Varila, Osborne W. Age, 1816, born in Juneau, Al aska.
 Residence, 1895 Valencia St., San Francesca, cal. Forwarded April 2i3I 1917, to Fort McDowell Cal.
 (Signed) John H. Gardner, It., Col, U. S. A, Retired, Recruiting Officer.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

 FUR ALASkANS

Juneau, Jun&17.-Ten captains and 30 First Lieutenants in the En- gineers Reserve Corps will be com missioned from Alaska within 8 short time, according to information received this morning by Gov. Thos. Riggs, Jr., from Major General w. M. Black, Chief of Engineers for the United States Army.
 A call was recently issued for g. ,OOO engineers to receive commis- sions in the Engineers Reserve Corp and Gov. Riggs at once wired to find out how many would be ap- pointed from Alaska and how. The wire th's morngin said that ten men would be appointed as Captains from Alaska, between the ages of 36 and t2 years and 30 as First Lieutenants between the ages of 32 and 36 years of age. |. The telegram to Gov. Riggs said that application blanks and full in- structions had been mailed and that instructions had also been mailed to Major w. H. Waugh to co7operat with Gov. Riggs in making the ex' aminations of the applicants tol commissions.
 Several Juneau engineers are thinking of taking the examinations in an endeavor to get commissions prominent among them being Victor Dupuy and Frank Metcalf. This is an excellent opportunity for any person who can pass the required e aminations to receive commission in the highest branch or the Unit ed States Army. It is not known a' yet whether a commission necessarn means active service or not. AS soon as the application blanks and instructions arrive call vii be made for those who desire te take the examinations to make thei applications to he office Of Gov Riggs or some other place which will be designated.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
SEATTLE PICKS UP CANNERY
 CREW OF BURNED RAVILLl

The City of Seattle arrived in this port last evening at lO:30 o'clock and sailed about two hours later for the south sailing. from here for Seattle direct via Sitka, passing up her regular call at Juneau.
 This was made necessary by req son of the fact that she had pick ed up the passengers of the wreck ed RaYilli which was burned at a point south of Ketchikan. The passengers consisted Of fifty young college men who were bound for Port Althorp where they will work in & salmon cannery this summer and the Seattle picked them up st Prince Rupert and win take then on to that point.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
NATIVE FROZEN LAST WINTER

The Natives of the North are not immune from the rigors of the ter
 rife cold as the following article.
 taken from the Dawson News of
 June Sth shows that a Native woman was frozen to death last winter. Adyices received today from Dan
 iel Fred at RamDart House tell Of tragedy there during the winter.
 The letter says:
 About two weeks ago Elias and 1 got pack from Herschel Island. I was going for the doctor at Fort Yu- kon to get him to go to Herschei
 Island to attend MT. Stefansson. Dora and Sallie and two girls, Annie and Elias, went to get meat, when big storm came up after they left. l went to try and find them in the storm. Elias and Old John also started out after me but the storm was so bad they had to turn back. Elias was very badly frozen about the face. I kept on for about two hours, and thought I would have to ., give up as my face was frozen all over when I found them just by chance. They were lying about 100 yards from the trail. Dora was near' ly gone, and Sallies was kneelins beside her, praying, when found them. I got the two girls safely to some timber, but Dors was dead in g few minutes after I arrived. ln little while the two children would have been gone, too, as Annie'g caribou clothes had got down around her knees and her arms were already beginning to freeze trying to fix them, as they were full of snow, and the storm was terrible. I got them back to camp that night, as the storm had ceased and Elias John immediately went pack and brought Dora's body in. stayed next day and helped bury the remains. :, ,-s
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

In response to the courteous and cordial invitation by Mayor Ashley to the business men of Skagway to be present at last nights session of the town council, one business man accepted the invitation and this morning it is reported that after a. free discussion of the observance of the Fourth in Skagway 1t was de- cided to appoint a committee for the purpose of acting with the fra ternal organizations and civic bodies in the matter. Messrs. Reynoldson, Bunting and Wright were appointed on the committee.
 Taking up the question of the
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE

The schedule of steamship ar r.ya,s from the south during the month of June, accord ,.- 10 the various steamship com pauy's schedule as published else ~he-e in this paper, Is as follows: JUNE
 20 Alaska (goEng Elsst)
 20 Princess Alice
 21 Jefferson 2l Alameda Cgoiag south)
 26 Spokane
 27 Princess Sopha
 29 Cit~ of Seattle
 29 Northwestern (going vest 2g Primes George.
 For further details see the yari- ols local steamship company agents
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
JEFF HAS CUT SITkA
 FROM CALLING LIST

The Alaska Steamship company 5 steamship Jefferson is due to ar rive in this port Thursday, and she will sail direct for Seattle from here via Juneau, cutting out the S1tka trip.
 In speaking of the omission of the trip to Sitka, Mir. Shaw, stated that according to tthe best informa- tion obtainable the Jefferson would not make the Sitka calls this year as formerly.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
TRAP LICENSES ARE
 ISSUED WHICH BRING
 TERRITORY MONEY

Juneau, June 1S.-Up to yester- day Walstein G. Smith, Territorial Treasurer, had issued 509 fish trap licenses for 1918. This represents an income to the Territory of $5O,- 300. This sum is already in eX- cess of the 1917 fish trap license income. The total number Of li- cesnes issued in 1917 was 495 and the money taken from this source was S49,5OO.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
FIRST SAOT FIRED IN SKACVAY'S
 ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF 4TH

entertainment of the skagway draft ed boys, a committed was appointed to confer with the committees which have already been appointed by the fraternal organizations with the idea in mind of getting up some suitable entertainment at an early date. Messrs. Kennedy, selmer and Gultfeld Were appointed.
 The matter of the condition of the exterior of the school building came up for discussion and it was finally settled by the council authorizing the school board to have the build ing painted.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
ALICE DUE IN PORT
 : 4. VI. WEDNESDAY,

The Canadian Pacific Steamship Princess Alice is due to arrive n this port at ! o'clock tomorrow morning.
 From information obtained this morning from Agent Johnston, lo- cal representative of the C. P. R. there is a big passenger list for Skagway and there are over 50 round trippers on board.
 The Alice will remain in port un- til o'clock Thursday evening, thus permitting those of her passengers who may desire to do so, to make the trip ove.. the White Pass.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
PERSHING MAKES
 REPORT OF CASUALTIES

Washington, June IS. - The cas- ualties to American troops in France in today's report from General Pershlg contains the names of 49 men, twelve of whom were killed and 34 wounded.
 The casualties to the U. s, Ma rines fighting in France is report ed to have been 72 killed or dead from wounds and S1 wounded.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

R. R. Whitney, mail inspector of this division who has just re turned from a trip to the interior was a passenger out on the Seattle Hast evening. He was accompanied by his sister, Miss E. Whitney.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
ATTENTION RED CROSS
 WORKERS

The Red Cross knitting classes will meet as usual Tuesday after moons at 8 o'clock. Skagway's al lottment for May, June and July is 1855 pr. socks and 20 sweaters.
 The sewing committee will be at the workroom Wednesday afternoon to cut out and distribute Hospital Bed Shirts.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

MT. and Mrs. Frank Wilcox, who resided in Skagway for a few years where MT. Wilcox was member Of the White Pass auditing department force have taken up their residence in Philadelphia, Pa.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
REWARD

Paid for information concerning whereabouts Tborvael Rasmussen, last heard Of near Dawson. For ward information to c. Rasmussen, Great Falls, Montsnt. SIP. 19'
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

Hans Owen, L. F. Forbes, Alex McVeath, Howard Clapp, Mir. and Mrs. D. E. Brown, Emma Miller, J. w. Green and B. Bentman were arrivals in this port on the Seattle last evening.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18
PHONE 10

* If your paper is not deliver .* promptly, or you are missed. < hone l9. The Daily Alas < kan goes to press after receipt < of the days cables, between
 : 4 and D. n.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

nose glasses either at Haines Saturday night or on the way home. Finder kindly return to Alaskan office.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

Mother never made better ice cream. than that which Is served by Keller Bros. ct their sanitary soda fountain. Have you tried it?
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

Harry Ask is on his way home from Seattle, after spending va cation extending over several weeks.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

Peter J. Dutficy sailed for Seat .le on the City of Seattle last night.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

We'll substitute corn for wheat and victory for defeat.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-18

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