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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27
4OO, 900 YANKS ARE
Y. w. c. A. VISITORS

Four hundred thousand persons and
more served in the cafeteria In one
year is the record OF the Y. w. @. A.
Hostess House at Camp Lewis, Amer
lean Lake, Wash.
The majority Of the 100000 diners
were mothers, wives, sweethearts and
friends who went to the camp to visit
their soldiers. The remainder were
soldiers themselves who broke the mo-
notony Of ''chow" with home cooked
meals. In addition to all these guests,
$4,000 little children were cared for In
the nursery and the rest room served
10000 tired wives and mothers.
The workers at the information
desk received and answered 97,00c
questions varying from how to get the
best connections to a destination clear
across the continent, the rates of sol
diers' insurance and the kind Of ere
tonne a girl bride should have IN her
living room now that Private John In
coming home from France. Eleven
thousand Of these queries required tel
ephone conversations with various
company commanders relative to hunt
ing up soldier whose parents had ar.
rived Unexpectedly.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27
FOYERS IN FRANCE.

Four departments of the French
Government have asked the American
Y. w. G. A TO open social and recrea-
ton centers for girls employed by
them-Finance, Commerce, War and
Labor.
Lieutenant POncet of the Ministry
Of Labor recently requested that this
Y. w. G. A. work be begun for girls in
his offices after seeing the social and
recreation centers which had been
opened at the request OF the Ministry
Of War. Sixteen centers Of this kind
are operated I'm six cities In France.
Three OF them are in Paris.
The last Of these Foyers des AIliees
is for girls who are working in the De-
partment of Labor. 1t is far down the
Seine, under the shadow Of the Eiffel
Tower, and oyerlooks the Quai d'Orsay.
The rooms are bright and cheerful,
with chintz hangings and cushions,
comfortable chairs, reading and writ
ing tables and a fireplace. A kitchen
has equipment so that girls can pre-
pare meals for themselves. They 20
to the foyer for their two hour lunch
con time, for social evenings and for
classes in English.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27
RUSSIAN PRINCESSES
LEARN TO TRIM HATS
v. w. c. A. Saves Wife Of General
From Becoming CharWoman.

v. w. c. A. Saves Wife Of General
From Becoming char~oman.
When the war work Of the Y. W. @.
A I'm Russia has all been told one OF
the most interesting stories will lie In
the establishment of the first Women's
Cooperative Association at Moscow.
There day after day princesses work
side by side with peasant girls, wives
of high Russian officials make dresses
or trim hats at long tables with simple,
unlettered women, and the money is
used for self support Of these prin-
cesses and notable women as well as
for the peasant classes.
The need and suffering throughout
all Russia was so great at the time
the Association was established that
1t was a problem to find where the
money would help the greatest num-
Der of people. 1t was thought best TO
expend IL TO help capitalize organiza-
tons for giving work and permanent
opportunities to families and individu-
ais TO earn their own living.
The women bring their handiwork
to the Association for sale or take or
ders TO do dressmaking, millinery, ETC.,
i'm the rooms of the society or at home.
Suitable work was found just In time
not long ago to keep the wife Of one of
Russias greatest generals from going
out as charwOman TO earn bread for
her husband, who was Ill. .
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27
SENATOR FLETCHER
AND SUFFRAGE
(Palatka News)

Some of the good but unthinking
women of Florida are severely criti-
cising Senator Fletcher for his stand
against an amendment to the federal
constitution providing woman suf-
frage.
Senator Fletcher takes the stand
that the right of the several states to
prescribe the qualifications of electors
is fundamental, and believes that IL
women are given the ballot, the right
should be conferred by the several
state governments, as has been the
case in other states, and not by the
federal constitution.
Senator Fletcher makes his point
clear in a letter to Mrs. w. R. O'Neal
Of Orlando, a lady who was partic-
ularly severe on the senator for his
opposition to federal interference.
TIE following is his letter:
Washington, Jan: IL, 1919.
Mrs. w r. O'Neal,
Orlando, Florida:
Ny dear Mrs. O'Neal: Yours of the
Sth has been received. Permit me to
protest that "our senators had, by
their votes against the federal amend
ment, publicly proclaimed that they
did not consider the women of their
state worthy of the confidence shown
in women in many of our states and
in foreign lands.
Speaking for myself, have no such
idea in mind, and never had. My OPP
position to the proposed federal
amendment does not go to the ques-
ton of whether women should be Civ
en- the privilege of the ballot or not.
It does not in any wise mean that ]
am against women being qualified
electors. contend that is a question
fol the state to determine in each in
stance. | do not think it unfair or a
reflection on the women of Florida to
insist that they shall get their right
to vote precisely as the men got
theirs-through their state constitu-
ticn. l do not think it. reflection on
the women of Florida to oppose the
federal government controlling the
elections in that state. The right of
the state to prescribe the qualifica-
lions of electors and to control the
elections is absolutely fundamental
and if that right is taken away from
them, there is very little left of state
sovereignty. / am not yet ready to
centralize all power in the federal
government, and deprive the states OF
those which they reserved from the
beginning. Very truly yours,
Duncan II. Fletcher.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27
NOTICE
OF Application for Dissolution of
Corporation

OF Application for Dissolution of
Corporation
To All Parties Interested:
Notice is hereby given that the
Carmichael & Son Company, a cor
poration organized under the laws of
Florida; has filed its petition in the
circuit court for Marion county, Flor
ida, for a decree of dissolution, as pro-
vided by the statutes of the state of
Florida, and that In pursuance of an
order entered by the Honorable w. S.
Bullock, judge of said court, on the
10th day of January, A. d. 1919, the
said matter will come on for final
hearing before the court at the Office
of said judge, in the court house in
the city of Ocala, Marion county,
Florida, on the Both day of January,
A. ID. 1919, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon or as soon thereafter as the
said matter may be heard.
Dated this 18th day of January, A.
ID. 1919.
The Carmichael & Son Company,
BY John T. Moore, President.
Mckay az Withers,
Attorneys for Petitioner. 132tmon
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

A dispatch from Washington says
that Secretary Baker has informed
Chairman Dent, of the House mill
tary committee, that the war depart
ment has decided that each discharg-
ed soldier may permanently retain
the uniform and overcoat he wears
when mustered out. Mr.. Dent pre-
pared a bill embodying the necessary
authority. Previously the department
had planned to have the clothing re-
turned TO the government three
months after the soldiers discharge.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

What good George Creefs Commit
tee of Public Information was is much
a matter of dispute. The kind of stuff
it put forth at great expense in Am
erica seems to have been mostly
waste 1t seems however that at the
same time it carried on a vigorous
propaganda all over the world. distri-
buting literature that encouraged our
allies, enlightened neutrals and dis
mayed our enemies. This being the
case, we can well afford to forgive
George for what he didn't do in Amer
lea
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Elsewhere we print letter from
Senator Fletcher to an Orlando lady,
giving his reasons for not voting for
the suffrage measure now before Con-
gress. Senator Fletcher's reasons will
be satisfactory to anyone except those
ladies who forgetting, or not caring,
that the doctrine of states rights is
one of the things that has enabled
them to grow up in white mans
country, want it kicked out like they
would discharge faithful servant
who wouldn't satisfy one of their
momentary whims.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27
Y. w. c. A. CAFETERIA
IN PORTO RICO

Porto Rico has cafeteria. 1t is the
first one established on the island, and
when 1t was opened in the z. w. @. A
Hostess House at Camp Las Casas the
natives crowded around, much amused
at the innovation. They insisted upon
having American dishes
The house became very well known
In short time, and a group OF women
from San Juan volunteered to 60 out
every week to mend socks and sew on
buttons for the soldiers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Congressman Moon of Tennessee is
another southern statesman who is
doing his best to defeat the demo-
cratic party. At hearing before a
House committee of Vice President
Reynolds of the Postal Telegraph
Company, Moon accused Reynolds of
treason. Mr.. Reynolds treason con-
sists in his refusing to obey one of
the orders of Postmaster General
Burleson. If disapproval of Burle-
sons petty tyranny be treason, Am
erica will soon be full of traitors.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

The actions of the doctors and
chemists of Bremen in threatening to
60 on strike if the radicals in that
city do not act moderately is praise
worthy, and is hint what the same
class of men can do toward depressing
disorder in other parts of the world.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

There is one great objection to that
twenty-eight day month, as proposed
by a congressman, an objection tina.
even the Ocala Star did not think of,
and that is that if the scheme is
adopted there would never, never be
five pay days in any one month. That
happens once in while now.-Miami
Herald.
Yes, and it always increases the
gray hairs in the heads of the men
who have to make up the pay roll.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

We think it very likely that If the
republican party was in power at
present it would have in Office some
autocratic bureaucrats who would act
just as tyrannically as certain DEM
ocrats are doing. But this theory isn't
going to help the democratic party
out with the people who are being
made sore right now by ineficiency
and petty tyranny.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

There is trouble in the new nation
of Jugo-Slavia because some of the
people belong to the Roman church
and some to the Greek. Neither church
helped them in their recent war with
Austria. what fools these mortals
be-"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

To solve the problem of unemploy.
ed discharged soldiers, the war de-
partment has ordered that no man be
discharged from the army against his
desire, until such time as he can OBJ
tain employment in civil life. This is
a sensible decision, and one that
should have been made as soon as de-
mobilization began.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

In drying the country by July 1,
the states must find some other way
TO raise the government the more
than twenty-five million dollars tax
which the alcoholic and brewing in
|dustries have paid.-Tampa Tribune.
AS the distillers and brewers col
lected some hundreds of millions from
the people in order to pay that tax,
perhaps the states can stand the
deficit.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Gen. Pershing has issued an order
that every man in the American Ex-
peditionary Forces shall write on a
postcard where he is, how he is and
what organization he belongs to, and
mail it at once to the "old folks at
home" Special cards are to be pro-
vided. Make note of this date and
see how long it is before you receive
your card.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Every day people of Ocala are ask
ed by southbound tourists in cars to
point out the road to Leesburg. There
should be signs put up, one at We
mona street, at the top of the hill on
Fort King, another at South Fifth
and third at the turn into Lake Weir
avenue, to guide travellers on their
wav
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

The postoffice department insists
that the delay in soldiers mail is the
fault of the army. Maybe, so, bur
from its performances on this side
the impression prevails that the P. O.
dept is trying to pass the buck.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

It's the Stars opinion that the peace
conference and afterward the Allied
Nations should make such terms with
Germany as will enable the Germans
to sell to other nations the commodi-
ties that they have that other nations
need. We don't believe in being spec
tally cordial to the Germans, neither
do we believe in making it any more
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Chairman Hurley of the U. S. Ship
ping Board says that as soon as Ger
many is in shape to do so she will
make on France a commercial war as
relentless as the military contest she
has just lost. In case of such a war,
Britain and America would be foolish
if they did not help France
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

The people of Williston are mourn
ing the death of j. J. Nixon, an old
and well-known citizen of that COM
munity. Mr.. Nixon was sc years of
age and held in high esteem in both
Marion and Levy counties. He came
from South Carolina and had lived in
the Williston section for over half "a
century.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Now that Congress has appropriate
ed hundred million dollars to feed
the hungry of Europe, what's the
matter with its getting busy and
making it impossible for a discharged
American soldier to be hungry.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

The Star moves that we don't have
any more drives right away. The
Star has been darn near driven thru
itself, and it suspects good many
other people are in the same fix.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

difficult than is absolutely necessary
for them to re-establish themselves.
Germany should be disarmed and COM
PEELED to pay as heavily as it can for
the harm it has done. but it will be
bad policy TO try to make it nation
of outlaws.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Don't cash in your war savings
stamps. They will be worth whole
lot more to you when they are due,
and if you cash them now you add to
the burdens of the government and,
incidentally, your own.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

The government keeps on printing
1.-THE Official Bulletin" and there isn't
a blamed thing in it but what was in
the regular daily papers of the same
day or the day before.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Jess Willard has challenged an
other pug for prizefght. There
wasn't much heard of Jess last year
while the real fighting was going on.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

and quartered them in Belgian fam
lies, where they shared the rations
furnished by the c. R. B. for the peo-
pie of the country.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Ten of the best counties in the
state will make exhibits at the South
Florida Fair in Tampa. The prospects
are that it will be the best fair ever
held IN that city.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

At Orlando Saturday, Mrs. Martha
Simmons Darling killed her husband,
Lloyd E. Darling. That's no way to
treat darling.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27
SPECIAL SALE

Sheet music SC. copy, for 25c,
while they last. Come get yours.
Kindt's Music Store. Harrington Hall
block. 21-t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

The indications are that Mr.. Burle.
son is president while Mr.. Wilson is in
Europe.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Now they say that some of Henry
Ford's eagle boats wouldn't have
swum il they had gone to sea.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

That libel suit of Henry Ford
against the Chicago Tribune hasn't
been settled yeti
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

With the knowledge that much
Egyptian cotton has come in, and
more is coming. Marion county farm
ers are not likely to plant much Sea
Island this year.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Ii the present plan is carried out,
Germany will consist of ten federated
republics.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

1t has come to light that among the
Others mean things done by the Ger
mans during the war that they sent
hundreds of their women into Belgium
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Wonder if all the boys in France
have received their Christmas boxes
yet.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-27

Good morning, Mr.. BurlesonI
My mail is out of tune,
1t used to come at ten o'clock,
And now it comes at noon.
Exchange.
Sometimes it comes after supper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-04-15
PROPOSED TAX SYSTEM MEETS
WITH OPPOSITION OVER STATE
Changes Must Be Made by Amend
ment. SAID to Be Doubtful if the
Measure Will Pass.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Opposition to the
proposed new tax system is develop
ing throughout the state, a number
of the newspapers having expressed
the sentiment of many in making the
point that Georgia already has a
good tax system and that some of
the requirements outlined in the pro.
posed system may react against the
states interests.
The clause providing for the tax
ing of bank accounts in particular is
deemed unwise by many who fore
see that such tax will result in a
cutting down of the bank deposits
and send the omney into other chan
nels. Others see no reason for plac-
ing tax upon the percentage OF
merchants sales, which is another
proviso of the proposed system.
Taxation for government purpos-
es IS already heavy, in the opinion of
those who have discussed the matter,
and that is an additional reason for
not tampering at the present at least
with the present tax laws which have
brought much revenue to the state.
The proposed changes must be made
by constitutional amendment, how
ever, and it is doubtful if the meas
ure will pass.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-04-15
HE FIRED ''OLD BETSY" IN
CHICAGO WHEN HE GOT LOST
Visitor Used His Miniature Field
Piece to Give an Alarm and Found
Where He Was cat"

CHICAGO, Ill.-Bang! bang! A
dozen or more shots from a miniature
field-piece made several Chicago loop
workers take to cover. All in hearing
took cover, peeping from windows
and doorways to see see "who took
off the lid"
A policeman arrived just as Steve
Howl, from anywhere "west of Dem
ver," pockoted the gun.
whats the idea?" asked the of
ficer.
Lost" answered Howl
"But why the big noise?"
Lost, | tell you, so l started OF
Betsy barkin' so some one would
come to my assistance"
The same story told the next day
to Judge Hayes set Howl back $25.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-04-15
WILL TRY POISONING
OF The BOIL WEEVIL
STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICUL-
TURE WILL MAKE IMPORT
ANT TESTS IN GEORGIA.

Since the advent Of the boil weevil
efforts have been made to control the
pest by poisoning The first efforts
were unsuccessful, but later expert
ments have given more promising re-
suits.
All early efforts were directed to
ward applying poison in such manner
that the boil weevil would take it in
feeding. The feeding habit of the wee
vii made this practically impossible,
for the weevil has a long, slender
snout, and feeds largely on the in
ner tissues of the plant. 1t has been
determined, however, that the wee
vii drinks water very regularly and
drinks from the rain or dew which
collects in droplets on the plant. 1t
occurred to the Investigators that an
effort to poison the drinking water of
the weevil would probably be more
successful. Experiments were con-
Quoted to determine this point and
these were decidedly successful.
Several methods of application and
several forms Of poisons have been
experimental with. The greatest de-
gree of success has been obtained
from the use of arsenicals carrying
high percentages of arsenic pentox-
ide and applied in powdered form
with a dust gun. Calcium arsenate
seems to be the most desirable form
in that it has so high percentage of
arsenic pentoXide and is relatively in
expensive. Since the poison is to be
taken from the droplets of water it is
more effective if applied when the
plants are moist from dew or rain.
The investigators are still experiment
ing with methods of application, and
the methods that are found most eff
fective will be recommended to the
cotton growers.
These discoveries are valuable in
that they will greatly decrease the
cost of production of cotton in wee
vii infested territories, since the cost
of application was the objection to
the first method tried. A few demon
STATIONS Of the methods suggested in
this article will be made this year un-
der the direction of the Georgia
State College Of Agriculture.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-04-15
A "SPOTLESS TOWN" is THE
PROGRAM OF DAWSON LADIES
Woman's Club to Make War on All
Trash and Disease Germs.

The Woman's Club and as many
of the citizens, white and colored, as
they can enlist under the banner of
the Getty Beautiful" will rally forth
this week to achieve the spotless
town.
There is no longer room for dis
cussion as to the necessity of max
ing war on flies and mosquitoes and
disease germs by a general cleaning
up of every nook and corner. That
matter was settled in Dawson several
years ago. and the marked improve
ment in the city's health record has
convinced the most skeptical that
cleanup week is about the most nee
essary thing imaginable.
To make it the success so much de-
sired every man, woman and child
must have a part Everybody get
busy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-04-15
DAWSON MEN ATTEND THE
STATE GOOD ROADS MEETING
Georgia Highways Association Is Or
ganized at Macon.

Messrs. J. C. Hollingsworth, K. S.
Worthy and w. B. Parks represented
the Dawson Chamber of Commerce
at the good roads convention in Ma
con Thursday. There was organized
at that time the State Highways AS
ISOLATION, with statewide member
ship, which pledges it's efforts to the
ultimate connection by surfaced
roads of every county seat in Geor-
gia.
The association will seek to have
enacted appropriate legislation on
the subject, and to bring every ener-
gy to bear in improving the high
ways. 1t will also endeavor to gath
err a great deal of data which will be
of practical value to county authori-
ties in their road-building plans.