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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02
THE RETURN OF The HUN

The vivid and circumstantial &C
count Of Mr. Don Martin Of the lo0ting
and destruction wreaked by the Ger,
mans at Chateau Thierry is just what
might have been expected, says the
New York Herald. Nevertheless, it is
lamentable to reflect that this digni-
fed and historic old town, the below
ed home of La Fontaine. should also
have fallen a victim to Hunnish
frightfulness and rapacity
Some comfort may be derived from
the reflection that this beautiful and
typical old French town is very likely
to be the last point in France where
the Beast will be able to crafty his
natural and cultivated tendencies for
destruction. dedlemaut and theft. The
German had high hopes when he en-,
tered for the second time during the
present war into the fair and fertile
Champagne regions, with its wide ex,
tending vineyards and It's rich and re
n0wned towns. villages and chateaus.
which abound between the Aisne and
Paris. But Chateau Thierry was his
furthecest point OF advance, for there
he was met and turned back by the
men he had been instructed to des-
pise. The Americans had the honor
of throwing him across the Marine;
and now. mile by mile. he is being
pressed back by the allied forces, and
the visions of ample food, millions Of
dozens Of champagne and rich loot
which lad been held before him by
his leaders have faded away.
Slowly but surely the German is be
ing repealed over the ground he has
ravaged aud made hideous. He is go
ing back into the area OF famine and
pesulence which he himself created
No longer will he be a0le to gorge
himself at the expense Of terrorized
people, to crafty his malice by
smashing pianos. mirrors and porce,
lain by looting plate and linen chests
and by stealing the rainment and the
lingerie Of refined French women for
his own coarse and clumsy fraus.
There are no more churches left for
him to destroy or libraries to burn on
the way back to Germany, until he
should take it into his head to inflict
further Brightness on Belgium as he
.recedes toward the Rhine
The Beast is going back to his lair,
followed there by the allied infantry,
cavalry, artillery and flying men, I'M
til he realize within his own borders
some of the horror aud misery which
he has wreaked in the lands which
he has invaded and defled.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02
lie COTTON CROP

AS the time approaches for the har-
yesting Of cotton, the farmers are BE-
coming more and more interested in
the best policy 10 pursue in market
ing
From the best authority with which
the Banner is acquainted, it is learn
ed that there is large amount of
1917 crop still remaining unS0ld and
for he most part is in the hands Of
spectators and not in the hands OF
farmers-a considerable quantity be
ing owned and stored by the govern
ment itself
The methods pursued in the past
by spectators have ever been to
force down prices when farmers are
marketing and then holding for top
prices when the control has passed
into the hands Of spectators.
The farmers Of the south are now
endeavoring to break up the system
that has robbed them annual
ly by preventing participation in
the better price, and to this
end the association of cotton
growers are agitating the plan of hold
ing the greatest possible quantity of
the market and even from the gins
until the spectators are squeezed out
OF the way.
And that this is as it should be
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02
CANE

The editor takes pleasure in call
ing your attention to an editorial by
Mr.. a, E. Philips in this issue on the
subject of sugar cane growing IN
Florida. Since the receipt of Mr.,
Philips letter we have made some in
quiry and find that his statements
are quite correct as regards the cult,
walton of cane in Middle Florida, and
that the growing of this important
crop should be neglected seems a
crime and not a mistake.
Within the memory of the writer
the farmers of Marion. Orange, Vol
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

If press dispatches speak truly. and
we have every reason to believe they
do, the German army has found the
despised American about the toughest
proposition he has gone up against
so far. He is never sure OF his man
even after capture, so long as rocks
lay handy. The American boys know
how to outwit the Heinies-and they
do
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

Ocala is sometimes bothered with
a small avaraicous insect ,known as
the mosquito. of which there are
many specie, and we had an idea We
had seen-and felt-'em all, until VIZ
were introduced to the east coast
from about the 9th to the goth paral-
lei. We are free to acknowledge that
we never saw mosquitoes before.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

A correspondent in Norton. Va. re,
ports a current rum0r that only 10
per cent Of the money collected by
the Red Cross goes to the relief and
benefit Of the persons for whom sub
scriptions are taken.
The credit so often given to such
charges against the Red Cross IS
probably due to the general ignorance
of the way in which the organization is
managed. It Is taken for granted that
because subscriptions 70 the society
are voluntary that it is private char,
liable association. That IS not the
case. Red Cross is the government s
agency for war relief President
Wilson is its president. The secretary
of the treasury is the treasurer Of it's
war relief fund. Among its officers
are the secretary Of state. the sur
geon general Of the army, the surgeon
general Of the navy, the comptroller
of the currency and the solicitor gen
eral of the United States. Moreover,
it reports to congress. and its ac-I
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

We were brought several bolls OF
cotton OF the short staple variety on
Tuesday last that were full open and
tae fleece looked mighty good to Us.
Ihe gentleman who brought them In
would not give US his name. bur he
said he had more than eighty acres
tnat ne viii start piokers n the com
ing week and that he expects TO har-
vest fully $500 pounds 20 the acre
PROBABLY more. He and a neighbor
VIII ship about three carloads OF hogs
70 Jacksonville this tall-hoes fatten-
ing now in the pea fields and will be
turned into the peanut fields in Sep
TENDER
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

If, as the st. Augustine Record
says, the work or fight order has
driven many men to marriage, it must
be the st. Augustine boys have a
misconception of the kind Of fighting
Uncle Sam was talking about.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

Oklawaha avenue from the coast
line railroad to the Silver Springs
highway is being thoroughly over
hauled and put in fine condition. La
Dor has been plentiful in town since
crops are laid by and work is being
pushed rapidly in order to complete
as far as possible all road repairs be,
fore harvest time
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

An English sparrow may not be a
bird, but she knows a farmers wag-
on from all others 1t is a stoCehOuse
of great value to the female If the
specie, because of many chOise pieces
of building mater:al-and grut.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

If the Kaiser throw +: at the fail,
ure of Won Hendenrhrg, We wonder
what he will throw at his simlin pated
son, now that he ha sgone Won H. one
or two better on the failure business,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

Entered as second class matter a.
the postoffIee at ocaIa, Fla, under
sofa of congress regulating second
IIass matter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

Yis, yis, hun captain told a
schooner captain that he used to live
in Maine And he could have added
that he left one or two relatives in
that and other states who are still hu !
in heart and haven't been hung.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

Our worst fears may yet be realized
Henry Ford is nov making a study
of the German process of making
everything out OF papet
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

The cotton growers OF central Flor
ida are up ami doing and will not be
the easy mark for the spectators as
OF old-no more.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

And Pensacola is going dry too,
Ell? The herd on the burn is gro Wig
larger every day.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

The scorching heat of the allied FIRE
has somewhat wilted tue flower If the
German army. yah!
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

The health officers Of Florida are
in session in Jacksonville today.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02
The DAILY GERMAN LIE

A story is circulating in Los Angel,
es, Cal, to the effect that Camp Lewis
is to be discontinued because it is
unhealthy, and that soldiers there
who have no families or close friends
and who do not want to take out
insurance are practically forced to
do so by their officers.
AS this is typical pro-German
SANDER. the committee on public in
formation has taken the trouble to
have it officially reported upon by the
commanding general at Camp Lewis
He replies; THE two statements
are equally incorrect. Health reports
of Camp Lewis, as well as census bu-
reau records covering this region,
show that it is one Of the healthiest
localities in the United States The
surroundings and climatic conditions
at the camp are exceptionally favor,
able, and the water supply sewerage
system, and general sanitary condi-
tons are excellent Far from being
discontinued. Camp Lewis ts al pres
ent being enlarged in order TO accom-
modate more troops.
Notwithstanding these exceptionaL
ly favorable health conditions, all
men have been earnestly advised to
take out government war risk insur-
ance. but care has been exercised to
inform them that such insurance is a
privilege only. and that they are not
compelled to apply for it. Practically
all insurance applications at this
camp are taken at the mastering Of
fee by enlisted men who are in com
mand Of the soldiers whom they in
terview. and who are therefore not in
a position to exercise even the slight
est coercion
The desirability OF government
war risk insurance as a protection
against total disability and future
noninsurability for soldiers having
at present no immediate relatives is,
of course. too plain to require com
ment."
In other words, part of this story is
a deliberate lie and part of it is an
obvious misrepresentation. All such
stories of ill health in the camps are
disproved in the mass by the weekly
reports of the surgeon generals Of
fee These reports show that the
annual death rate from all causes
among our soldiers in this country is
4.87 per thousand. while the annual
death rate among men Of military age
in civil life is 6.78 per thousand. The
annual death rate from disease among
our troops in camps here during the
first three weeks Of June was about
3 per thousand. Contrast this with a
death rate from disease during the
Spanish-American war of nearly %
per thousand per annum
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-08-02

I " is not surpe-s.7z thai the only
man the kaiser fears. according 10
-0Ef'' : Ma5imillan Harden. an edi-
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will never go back into domestic serv.

will never so back into domestic serv.
ice.
Here is the formula for the mobili-
cation of national man power and ma
tiOnal financial resources: Discharge
your servants and see that they get
enlisted in national service. Save the
money that you would have paid them
in wages and buy war bonds. The
government will pay that money to
your former servants as wages for
making munitions. The rest of the
money that you save by reason of cir
cumscribiBg your domestic establish
ments will be deity taken away from
you by the government through its in
StrumentalitieS of taxation and used
TO maintain the armies in France and
in almost all the other quarters of the
world. Another energy that is being
tapped is the great class of women
who have never imagined that it was
part of their life TO engage in gainful
occupation. There are fewer of them
in England by good many hundreds
Of thousands than there were before
the war. But there are still many Of
them, and the effort is TO enlist them
for useful service.
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going to be n cancer. I told you 1t
was only pimple, and i could drive
ii away with q little alcohol or ar
MICA, but you must have the advice Of
4 doctor"
"And he averted what might have
been an awful cancer, and cost me
my life"
perhaps so. You came home here
one evening and said you were In for
spinal meningitis. You had been using
q step-ladder at the Office and 1t was
only a backache. However, you had
the doctor over, and that was three
dollars more. Then you used some
thing on your scalp to make the hair
grow. 1t didn't make one hair come
out, but 1t brought an eruption. II
would have gone of itself, but you had
the doctor come. You were afraid
It was smallpox. l could 90 right
along and name the whole eight times
the doctor was over here. He did not
have to come and see me one single
time"
Mr.. Bowser knew that she spoke
truly and he chewed on ii for ten min
utes before he said:
This matter of his bill comes in
pat. / have been thinking oil day
of how we had made fools Of our
selves. In the old days all the fam
lilies doctored themselves with a con-
coction made of herbs, roots a2d
banks. OF course, there were cases
of sickness the simple remedies could
not cure, but doctor was not called
once where he is now called ten times.
/ am going back to the simple rene
dies. I am going to make a sum-
mer drink which will keep our sys-
TENS above par, and II we take a
glass of It every morning the doc
tors may starve before they make
any bills against Us. However.
Anmst uroS%ana IN nav any auch hill
The herald., 1918-01-10

weeks ago and went TO ST. Joseph
ASaS ItE lie met with exhausted
Inc room rent was due but the husband bread
mk
find job the
When he had Mrs opened
magazine which
she read tod OF young straits similar forged
eheN ana mad repaid
Mrs thought
out payable
The
Joseph keShleS who took
to Sg Michael Cassidy,
among the policemen
with steaming things Il
The husband
she had
help
charge of the family the
Terminal
detectives paid the with little left
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dence to send in a bill for S24, BY
the great horn spoon, but l will talk
to that doctor in a way to make his
head whirl!"
His bill is for eight visits" re-
piled Mrs. Bowser, land he has sure
~ made them. It's three dollars n
visit, you know
Eight visits! Not by the bones of
Columbus! Are you in cahoOts with
him to rob me?~
Let me see" said Mrs. Bowser.
as she sat down. You had him
once. when you thought a bug had
crawled into your ear, and you were
going insane. 1t was only wax. and
l could have syringed it out as well
as he, but you were bound and de-
termined to have the doctor over.
81 am not satisfied yet that it
wasn't bug as big as peach stone :"
growled Mr.. Bowser.
And you had a pimple come on
your cheek, and you were sure it was
The herald., 1918-01-10
il BR|TONS TO DO THEIR BIT"

The case is being laid before the
British people now in the very sim
plest terms. Not only is everybody
urged to eat the least possible amount
of food necessary TO maintain good
physical condition but everybody is
told that he must wear his clothes
longer, must be satisfied with patched
boots, must cut down his expenditures
for every kind of luxury, for amuse-
ment.
But that Is only the beginning. The
hands that would have been occupied
in making the new dress that my lady
is not going to buy and that therefore
will not be made; the fingers that
would have employed themselves pre-
pairing the CONNECTION of 4 hat that is
going to be forsworn; the skill and
handicraft that would have found &C.
cupGtion producing suits of clothes
that are not going to be bought or
worn; all these must find employment
of another kind; employment at pro-
ducing the things necessary, and abb
SNi' hSNCoooAy, W hltlOhui lllS uuu
national war.
Domestic Service a ProbI m.
Particular attention is being given
to the problems of domestic service,
which represent immense wastes of
human energy. Nowadays a woman is
likely to lose her social standing IL
she advertises for servant, especial
ly II she mentions in the advertise
ment. rs many English housewives do,
that her establishment Is based On the
butler anG three maids model, c, the
butler, houseman and four maids
model, or something Of that sort. For
her advertisement is likely to become
the basis of derisive comment by folks
who wonder why the butler is not in
uniform and some OF the maids at
least in munitions factory.
While the authorities who are hunt
ing for man power and woman power
insist that altogether too much of II
is wasted in domestic service, house
holders declare that II is becoming
practically impossible TO get service
at all. Moreover, it is likely to con-
tinue so for n long period, because
women, young and old, who have
tasted the satisfaction of that more
Independent existence that is vouch-
safed to other workers are almost
without exception determined that they
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swamp grass. 1t was pulled from
some frog pond, and you can almost
smell the frogs as you touch il to
your nose. There is what seems to he
wild onion. 1t will probably make
you go wild with joy when mixed with
your summer drink. That's all. Mr..
Bowser, and I advise you to pay that
doctor bill and let the simple old
remedy keep right on going out of
fashion"
Mr.. Bowser retied the package and
was going down the hall for his hat,
when Mrs. Bowser asked where he
was going.
81 am going to the drug store to sec
IL you have told me the truth" he
warned, shaking his finger at her as a
warning of what would happen If she
had prevaricated. But she had not
The druggist corroborated with her
in every particular. and as Mr.. Bowser
left the store he scattered his samples
all over the sidewalk. He had nothing
to say when he got home, but next
morning he left the house a quarter
of an hour ahead Of time. He left his
car at the market and began to look
| for his farmer friend. They got sight
| of each other. when yet few yards
apart. Mr.. Bowser started for the
farmer and the farmer started fol-
home. The farmer was the best run
ner of the two, and he made good his
escape. Just as Mr.. Bowser had halt
ed to turn back he encountered the
family doctor.
"Bowser, 1 think my secretary sen,
you little bill yesterday
"Yes-ah-um Yes, got your lit
tie bill. 1t was a very moderate bill
l expected 1t would be dDuble what II
was. / will send you q check before
| tomorrow. Yes-ah-um! got your
little bill. and l hope you win eoml
| often this year."
The herald., 1918-01-10
Geld Nuggets Worth S1,155.

Coffee Creek, Cal.-Three gold mug.
gets, with n total valuation of S1,155,
were portions of cleanup made re-
Gently by Patrick Holland in his placer
mine near here. One of the nuggets
was valued at 5000, another $500 and
the third S155. These are the largest
nuggets found in the county for sew
eral years. The remainder of the
cleanup. which amounted TO 5000. was
in small gold, several pieces of which
were valued at IS each.
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as this. lie really did nothing after
he got here and he will cut the bill
in half or he may sue me.
Mrs. Bowser did not proIong the
conversation. She thought Mr.. Bow
ser would have forgotten all about II
by morning. Morning came, but he
had not forgotten It, He trampcd
around the market until he found u
farmer and told him what ne wanted
you are on the right track. old
man." WAS replied. my family re
turned 10 the simple remedies of forty
years ago some five years since. and
none of us have had an ailmcnt since
that time. There are three country
doctors within three miles of US anI
all of them are in starving con
dtion."
And how much money do you want
10 gather these things ana bring them
in 70 my house," asked Mr.. Bowscr.
We'll" replied the son of toll
whose face wore the look of an In
nocgnt child, you want the best, Of
course. I shall have to spend two
days at least to get what you want,
and l think five dollars will make
things about right"
Mr.. BOwser handed him the money
and his address. and inside of three
days he drove up To the BOwSer resi-
denCe and handed in a big bun
die. Mrs BOwSer knew what the
contents We're. and she did not med
die with it. When Mr. Bowser came
up 10 dinner and found that his sim
pie remedies had arrived, he was In
great hurry to have his meal over
with and make an examination. The
bundle was opened. as soon as they
reached the sitting room, and he re-
piled TO Mrs. Bowser:
You may help me with these
things. if you will. As a boy. living
in the country, knew all about herbs.
roots and banks. but / am afraid l am
Il little rusty now"
~ think you can tell every one"
replied Mrs. BOwser. This bark is
from q hemlock tree. 1t is used by
tanners 10 tan their skins and hides.
The farmer evidently thought your
hide needed tanning beautiful
brown"
"The blamed fool" growled Mr..
BowSer
"And this root ] am holding up is
an old burdock root. Sect is about
three feet long. never yet heard
that burdock root had a medicinal
quality. Perhaps. however, drink
made of it will cure frost bite"
THAT farmer had an honest face,
but. if he has put burdock in here,
he is either a fool or q scoundrel"
"And here is some slippery elm"
continued Mrs. BowSer. "Some folk
chew it instead of gum, but you can
do as you like about it. And here is
a buEch of smart weed. You could
have gathered it yourself on any vacant
lot. If you crush it up and rub the
juice into your eyes, you will have ii
fine time of it. / don't think it ever
cured anybody. And now we come
to bunch of catnip. If a baby has
collie, catnip tea will ease it. Did
you lead the doctor to think, Mr.. Bow
ser, that you were subjected TO colic?"
"I'll subject him TO collie and more
too when / get sight of him." was the
awful threat. rs Mr.. Bowser clenched
his teeth and doubled up his fists.
There are two or three things left"
said Mrs. Bowser. 1--WE have some
mandrake root, which is almost II
deadly poison. and we have bunch Of
The herald., 1918-01-10

remove animal heat and sent to market
In a barrel In direct contact with
cracked ice, it Is pointed out, absorbs
water for which the consumer has to
pay chicken prices. The water also
dissolves out from the chicken valua-
BILE fiavoring and nutritive substances.
These go into the water ut the bottom
Of the barrel along with filth that IL
washed from dirty feet and bloody
heads. and trickles downward over the
poultry.
With a dry-packed chicken the ami
NAL heat is removed by hanging the
bird In an artifcially cooled room
maintained at nearly freezing tempera-
ture. The chicken is then packed into
box containing II birds and sent to
market. The box is hauled In refriger-
ator cars and is kept by good retailers
In good Ice boxes until sold. The bird
Is never wet. has no chance to absorb
water or becomes washed out. A bird
should never be wet until II gets q
final quick rinsing Off in the house
wife's kitchen. The practice Of some
housewives Of soaking q chicken after
1t Is dressed, In a pan of water, even
for an hour or two, helps to leach out
valuable Qualities.
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|FR UNIVERSAL DRILL
R'anal Army at Camp Grant
Favors Measure.
" wv to 1856 for the Military
training Of All Boys Of
Nineteen.

lofo, ln.-The Eighty-sixth di.
~ - " The National army emphat.
sosocates universal military
- iof young men. By the .di-
= meant not its officers but
~. listed men-its privntes, SER
= s :. and corporals-men taken from
a'e 10 the last three months I'M.
= 'e'ective service act.
: = 81 mt sergeants of IS companies
= .uefies have polled their men
~. weston and have reported the
= weston asked was:
ia !, ~ mink all young men should
bI.,,". 'east elk months military
IS. = s0en they reach nineteen