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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-14

In announcing myself as a candidate for
Superintendent of Public Instruction OF
Marion county, wish first to thank the peo-
pie for their many past favors to me, and
again pledge myself to the best interests
of the county and especially the schools.
/ find the schools in a condition requiring
serious consideration. While we have
number of good schools and many excellent
teachers, the school interest as whole In
the county is low. When the schools opened
last fall, we lacked at least fifty white
teachers of having a supply and finally
about fifteen schools had to wait until other
schools were taught before teachers could
be secured. This waiting is demoralizing.
Before these schools can open, pupils and
patrons are completely discouraged and in
terest lost.
We have many teachers in the county en-
tirely too young to teach; without ability
and without experience.
These conditions have been brought
about, not through any fault of the School
Board or the County Superintendent. They
have done all that any board or superin-
tendent could have done under the circum-
stances. These conditions have rushed upon
US on account of the great war, and rapid
wages in other professions and the lack OF
funds to meet these changes. Teachers
could almost double their salaries at almost
anything else.
The schools are the greatest institutions
of our land, the boys and girls are the
greatest assets of our county and to my
mind they should be taken care of regard
less of work or cost
For the next four years-the most cruc-
ial times in the history of our schools-we
should have as superintendent, am active,
experienced man, with knowledge Of bust
ness affairs.
AS / see it there are only two ways to
secure better teachers; one is to pay higher
salaries for trained teachers, and the other
il to better train the teachers we have. Both
these methods can and should be worked.
We should create a school interest through
out the county; we should select our teach
ers early and have. If possible, all schools IN
operation at the same time. We should
devise some plan to aid our weaker teachers
with our stronger ones.
We should eliminate all unnecessary fads
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-14
UNCLE BILLY VOTED FOR 1T

Well, this blouse Joint Resolution
49," the cupola on the staggering
and crushing edifice of taxation which
the legislature will pile on us if it can,
was voted for in the House by our
wise and economical Uncle Billy
Folks, who the people of Marion fond
ly thought they were sending to
Tallahassee as their watchdog of the
treasury.
The bill is in the interest of the
big automobile manufacturers of the
United States, who are among the
slickest manipulators of legislatures
in the country. Alongside these auto
experts, the railroad trust and the
other trusts we used to hear of in the
good old days "befo' de wah," were
rank amateurs. They can bore hole
in poker chip and induce an ordl-
nary man to look thru it at a dime
and he will think said dime is twer-
ty dollar gold piece.
Our state and county taxes last
year were 1914 mills. This year they
will be heavier. Controller Amos has
advised Gov Cats of plan by which
the state tax may be reduced / mill
but it is doubtful that his reverence
needs the advice. The commissioners
may possibly reduce the county tax 6
mill or two. but the school board is
preparing to stack on US that add
tional 3 mills that the voters of othel
counties gave them the power to IN
pose. In addition to this, the people
have voted bonds for two big roads
a 81 mill tax must be levied to nay
the interest on this, and possibly a:
much more for the sinking fund A
the very least, the tax levy, outside
Ocala, next year, will be from 35 Il
40 mills. Property holders in tht
city pay 1615 mills this year. and {
3-mill special school district tax. The
miilage is bound to be somewhat big
ger next year.
And now on top of all this our deal
Uncle Billy votes for bill which witt
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-14

slick manipulation may be adopted by
the people of the state. If it does 1t
will not do Marion county any good.
What proportion of the money raised
by it that doesn't go into the pockets
of grafters will go to help build roads
in some backward county that is TOO
stingy to build for itself.
And how much will that tax be?
Nobody knows except that it will be
ali the traffic can bear. It's wording
is indefinite, but it may be ten mills
and it certainly won't be less than
two.
Uncle Billy not only let this rotter
piece of legislation get by him, but
helped it on its way. And yet he ex
poets the people of Marion county t.
send him to Tallahassee again.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-14
Financial Condition of the County


The School Board now owes against the
general fund in bonds and coupon warrants,
which can not be met with the present an
nual income, $1,000 The Ocala, Dunnellon
and Citra districts owe in bonds $1O7, 500.
All of these financial conditions have got
to be cared for and at the same time we
must not increase our Indebtedness. This
Indebtedness must finally be reduced. In
doing so, however, we must not cripple our
schools.
Coming into Office, / found that the Ocala
district had $4,000 in its interest and sink
ing fund. The banks are paying four per
cent. interest on this money, while the bonds
are drawing five per cent. / Immediately
wrote the holders of these bonds that we
would like to buy $4,000 worth of them,
offering them SO per cent. / have a letter
from them Offering to take SO per cent, but
asking US to hold the offer open for two
weeks. / believe we can buy them for the
80 per cent, but at SO per cent. we can buy
our own bonds and save $3.50 per year In
interest for fourteen years when the bonds
are due, and another $3.50 in discount. A
number of matters like this. if watched
closely, can be taken care of and money
saved.
In closing, wish to say, that if elected,
/ shall give my entire time to the work.
shall dispose of all my other interests and
devote myself wholly to the schools. l shall
visit every school in the county at least
once each school term and oftener if neces-
sary.
l shall advocate combination of schools
and transportation of pupils wherever prac-
teal and for the best interest Of those con-
cerned.
/ believe in good school houses well
equipped with furniture.
| believe in the best of sanitary condi-
tons and the training of pupils to take care
of house and grounds.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-14
w. D. earn
Candidate for
SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Marion County, Florida
Marion County, Florida.

and teach only necessary and practical
studies and ideas. We should cut out all
unnecessary expenses and force the state
to do the same. We are wasting enough IN
state overhead expeness-such as school
inspectors and grading committees-to save
thousands of dollars that should go to the
teachers
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-14
C. o. s. SPECIAL

Among the other startling values
to be found at the big Closing Out
Sale are 100 genuine Georgstte waits
just in. which we are Offering while
they last (Which will not be long) for
1898 each. Assorted designs. They
are worth double the price. G. Gold
man. "Why Pay More?" 13-3t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-14
Seems Like a Smoke Screen

Mr.. Blowers doubtless is sincere
and probably thinks he has made a
definite answer, but the careful reader
viii be of the opinion that he has not
nailed himself down to anything. His
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-05-14

Read the ads. They'll save you coin
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
Little Bennv's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Is fellows was standing GROUND the
lampost taWking about different sub
jecks. and skinny Martin came up all
iNcited. saying, Hay fellows. holey
SmoakS. watts you think. Sam Crosses
cHzzlp frum the country hes came to see
him and they're errOund i'm Sans yard
now and Jimminy krissmas. watts YOU
think. he's a funny looking Kid and his
hair IS parted rite in the middle. holey
smoaks fellows.
The darn sissey. we'll watts you know
about that. G wiz can you beet that.
ne must be reguler mQma's boy. the
darn slSSey. all Us fellows sCd. and Pubs
Smkins sed. Lets go GROUND and in
Itlate him. we don't wunt euy darn sis
sizes errOund hCer, the darn sissev.
Lets duck him under the hydrant.
the darn sissey, sed Leroy Shooster.
Sounding like a pritty good of ideer.
and we all went erround to Sam Crosses
back yard making noises like turf guys.
ana the gate was locked and we all
climbed mp and sat on the tents and
some freckle face kid was in there
teetching Sam Cross how to box, Sam
Jest standing there trying to keep from
being hit and the frecklc face kid lump
ing GROUND quick as lightning and maxi
ing his fists 60 Jest like a prize fighter
US feIIoWs thinking, Gosh wiz. holcy
smoaks.
WITCH as soon as the freckIe face kid
saw us setting on the tents he came over
and started to jump Ground rite under
neeth, still making his fists go. saying.
Wen, watts you guys wunt? If eny of
you guys wunt a fife come down heer
and III show you a thing or >, and if
you don't wunt fife get the heck down
off that tents before ] pull you down.
WITCH we all got down agpn. laffng
as II we thawt we was jest getting down
because We felt like it. and we went
and started to stand GROUND the lam
post agen, and nobody hadent even no.
hced weather his hair was parted in the
middle or not.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
The Census Figures.

Persons not even of a statistical
mind may derive some benefit from the
| study OF the census figures announced
/ to date and they may feel gratified to
/ note that three states only show a de-
crease in population, the three being
! MiSSlSSlppi Nevada and Vermont. The
( percentage Of decrease is small in the
three cases, being greatest in Nevada,
/ which lost 50 per cent.
Ncvada's loss is not surprising. 1t
was at best an emergency state; its as
set consists mostly of silver and the rest
I OF the country hears of it generally in
connection with prizefights or divorces
and neither of these tends to encourage
a permanent growth in population As
we recall IL the entire population of the
state Is about half that of this city.
One regrets the loss recorded in Yer
mont not only because it is a part of
New England but because it is an ag-
rIcuitural state but we may reflect for
our comfort that the state might not
nave shown this loss had the census been
taken on June / instead of in January.
WINTER IN Vermont is a fact not to be
dISregarded and because it is such an
imposing verify Florida NAV have in
Hated its returns by counting persons.
who rIghtfully belonged in the Green
Mountain state. We may admit a fall
ing off in the smaller towns as farm
ing in Vermont is never likely to be a
recreation and there are more easy WAYS
of acquiring wealth than bv working
on hill farm. Still. we think that a
January census is largely responsible
TOR the apparent decrease in popuIa-
ton.
The loss in Mississippi may be traced
to the World war and to the abnormal
demand for unskilled labor which the
conflict created The negroes migrated.
going north. where they were losers in
the matter of climate but gamers in the |
matter of coin and were a shade less
likely to be lynched. They are not dis
posed to return to Mississippi unless
wages drop considerably below the pres |
ent level. The decrease in rural and in |
crease in urban residents is the one |
grave feature of the census reports be. |
cause, for one thing, the figures tell us |
frankly that the cost of foodstuffs is not /
likely to decrease greatly as long as men
and women leave the country where they
have heen producing food and go to the
city where they do not produce though
they continue to consume. 1t is a bad
state of things which may grow worse.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
JACK PINE USEFUL.
Timber Once Despised Found to BE
Adapted to Making Wall Board.

The announcement that manufacturers
nave found a use for the despised jack
! pine as source of pulp for making wall
| board continues an old story into new
chapter.
There was a time when Michigan for
ests were counted valuable mainly for
their white pine. with Norway a much
less esteemed second choice. Michigan
white pine was the best in the world and
so common that anybody might have all
ne wanted of the finest and clearest
lumber. Then the quality began to run
down a little as the best trees fell. and
hnally there was no more white pine
Norway followed and hemI0ck, which had
been considered worthless, came into the
market. In early days also there was
no end of walnut for interior work and
a good deal of it was used as rough
lumber. At the same time what was
then called white wood, but is more com
monty known now as yellow poplar. was
a common building material cut in Mich
iigan forests and built into Michigan
homes. But the walnut grew scarce and
the beautiful tree from which the white
wood came was even scarcer. About
that time builders began to use white
pine where the better woods had been
used, and 50 another descending scale of
lumber quality began to be run.
But nobody thought that anything |
would ever BE- done with jack pine ex- /
cept to rcyilc ii as worthless. Is it |
doomed also, and has the old experience !
IN destructive exploitation taught Mich /
igan nothing about forestry? It's saliva
ton thus far has been the general belief
that 1T is good for nothing, but even if
It proves to have only q very moderate
degree of usefulness it viii claim an out
virtue i'm the fact that it
grows on the worst land in the state. If
-he worst tree can still make the worst
land good for something. surely it de-
5erves careful considcration.-Detr
Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
Today S Events

Ohio State university today begins q
four-day celebration in honor of its
golden jubilee
Governor Cox is scheduled to devote
today to northern Indiana, closing to-
night at Fort Wayne.
The annual Southern California fair
will be opened at Riverside today and
continued for one week.
Senator Harding is to deliver his first
speech in the South since his nomination
for President at Chattanooga tonight.
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Democratic
nominee for vice president, is to be
heard in number of Indiana cities to-
day, closing with a speech tonight at
Terre Haute.
Governors of the several Federal Re
serve banks are to confer with the fed
eral reserve board in Washington today
/ on matters pertaining to the general
credit situation.
In response to call issued by Presi-
dent Charles S. Barrett of the National
Farmers union representatives of agri-
cultural interests are to meet in Wash
! lngton today to protest against govern
ment efforts to begin deiation with the
! farm"
The 50th anniversary of the first pro-
| fessional baseball championship is to be
celebrated by the Old Timers Baseball
association with a banquet in Chicago
! tonight The first worlds pennant was
| won by the Chicago White Stockings
| from the Cincinnati Red Stockings at
! Dexter Park, Chicago, 80 years ago to-
! day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13

left hand rests or the shoulder of her
companion, another left hand is around
her companion s waist. Doubtless the
artist, Trumbull, painted both hands to
sec which pose he preferred, and then
forgot to paint out the superhuous
hand
Diagonally across the rotunda is the
painting of the baptism of Pocahontas.
Sitting in the foreground is Opecana-
canough, the uncle of Pocahontas. He
is barefoot, and the artist has given
him six toes on his left foot.
In the painting of the landing of CO.
lumbus, which used to be reproduced
on the So bank note, the artist has
painted three flags. They are very well
drawn, but one is blowing east, one
west and one south, which indicates a
very variable condition of the wind on
that famous day.
In the picture of the surrender of
CORVALLIS General Washington Is
shown conspicuously seated on n white
horse. But Washington was not pres
ent at the surrender. CORVALLIS did
not surrender his army in person, but
sent 4 subordinate officer. to do so. Ac-
cordfngly, Washington detailed an of
fcer of corresponding rank to receive
the surrender. 1t would have been a
breach of military etiquette for Wash
ington to have been pTesent.-New
FORK Sun ana Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
PAINTED THREE-ARMED GIRL
T-umbull's Capitol Rotund& Picture Of
WASHINGTON Defective.

In the rotunda of the capitol at
Washington there are eight great paint
ings, carfully designed and executed by
the artists for the government of the
nation s greatest building. Yet five of
them are either defective in technique
or in error about natural or historic
facts.
One of the best-known pictures is
that in which Washington is shown re-
signing his commission to the CONT
mental Congress, There are two Young
girls, almost life size, standing in the
foreground They are very pretty girls.
but one of them has three hands. One
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13

Of Ip
u.I.a4;.,, &c ,,ricos for
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came I"h''S P''''. /" '''' '. ~,
co , oo C ono f .a.1 aIIor ' f6r raising
100. 00H 000 bushes more grain this year
than last. That * their contribution 70
~ E,' t,'t a,o fa1J IF +boir ondeavors
Nc raised corn worth $500 0OO0D0,
hut based on t0d@y's prices, they are get,
/ ting - Genus Wa go nno lass fnr
. r., .,.a, did fer last years crop.
.t.r .a.s o'ann makes ND more than half
of their contribution TO io"EE ' r9S Se--o
go ono h.. tbn neral commodi+y trend
in addition to the fact that this years
yield fell l9O32.oOO bushels "c!o" 'It M
OF lasl va L,,I ~, .lo+ orair a
YEAR ago under government control and
the price of the December future TO-DAY.
vrrl'1''I ,rotto" ,, or lie has raised
100 600 900 bushels more this year than
last and for his crop Will get %N''H'9'-
Oh' less owing y" Illc !.-.l III i'07
~ ~, - T. a11... ~, .,,;+o of
., .I-.,.. :, +I,,, ,,rioos of tho
l.er.,-,,,,+ o,,.,;r. oo,.,,r,o,.. in RurIinq-
49,, al o1.o,,.toro orc povinq noorlv as
,.;al ,,,flo-. CO for,no,I, Plainly there
:. .,.;,,, ,,ood If now methods Of market
i,,r and distribution of the Droducts of
+b, soil
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
TOdly's BIRTHDAYS

Ben w. Hooper, former governor of
Tennessee, born at Newport Tenn, 20
years ago today.
Mrs. Langtry Uady de Bathe). long
a prominent actress of the English
stage. born on the Isle of Jersey. GS
years ago today.
Rear Admiral Charles II. Stockton.
I. 5. n, retired, former president of
George Washington university. born in
Philadelphia, - years ago today.
Charles II. Risberg, one of the Chi
cago players indicted for conspiracy 70
throw the 1919 worlds series bern in
San Francisco Pc years ago today.
Fred McMulIin. another of the Chi
cago players indicted for conspiracy to
throw last years worlds series born
at Scammon, Kans., - years ago to-
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
Today's Anniversaries.

1T1O-Port Royal was taken by NichoI-
son.
1791-Beujamin Hammett was fined
5000 for refusing the office of
lord mayer of London.
lS22-Antonio Canova. who ranked as
enc of the greatest sculptors of
his time. died in Venice. Born
lS4J-Dr. Douglas HoughtCn state
geologist of Michigan. drowned in
Lake Superior. Born at Troy.
\. y. Sept. 81. 1909.
lS70-President Grant issued a procIa-
nation against Fenian raids into
Canada.
1S74-American Woman Suffrage asso-
citation opened it's sixth annual
convention at Detroit.
1SS4-Greenwich time adopted by the
Prime Meridian Conference at
Washington.
1911-Duke of Connaught installed as
governor general of Canada.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13

the ground there lay rattlesnake. It
had bitten his thumb. After killing the
snake Nate sucked out the poison, bound
Oh a chew Of tobacco and went to the doc
tor-Jewell.
Mrs. J. w. Phillis has sold her fine COW
to NJ. L. Curtiss of Chenoa. Her son
Byron led the animal to that city. The
COW got pretty tired before the end of the
journey was reached, and Melvin Phil
lis, who accompanied his brother, had to
twist her tail occasionally to make her
move along-Gridley.
News is scarce and our time is all occu-
pied.-Ncrth Buffalo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
In the DAYS News.

L. S. n. retired. who celebrates r4eA'I his
10th birthday anniversary today. had an
active career of 46 years in the navy. \
native Of Philadelphia, he saw his first
active service as a cadet aboard the
Macedonian in the closing days of the
Civil war. After the war he went to
the Pacific squadron and in the years
that followed he saw service in all parts
of the world. His service at sea was
interspersed with important posts
ashore, including the command of vari-
Gus navy yards and positions on naval
boards In 1910, three years after his
retirement from the navy, Admiral
Stockton was chosen president of George
Washington university, a positions he
continued to fill for eight years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
From Here and There

PcrlPy Foss is home from his work at
the mountains. | think he found a good
place for he is locking fine. Now. girls.
North Hyde Park
Marjorie and katherine Kittredge are
still wandering over the hills Of Yer
mont.-IrOn Mt. Road item.
Fred Sweet says he discovered while his
wife was sick that any baby could have
a nice quiet time squeezing out tube of
tooth paste.-Ionia.
Nate Basye went out to the farm for
fodder last Monday When he ran his
arm under a bunch of fodder to lift il he
felt singing sensation, and looking on
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13

IS burning up our beef. our chickens
our milk and butter, our eggs and ba-
con. For it is in such commodities of
the. table that we make our contact
with corn. And as the farmer burns
corn he thereby helps keep up the price
Of the things into which corn is manu-
featured by nature. Still we have no
right to blame the farmer. He is under
no obligation to lose money that the
rest of us may profit thereby. The pub
lie should interest itself in the ques-
ton of why soft coal should cost the
Iowa farmer $50 a ton. That is the
nub of the question
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
Burn Corn Instead of Coal.
(St. Adams Messenger

1t is reported that farmers of Iowa
are planning to burn corn this winter
in the place of the soft coal on which
they generally rely. The reason is one
of dollars and cents and heat units. BIZ
luminous coal is costing them 500 q ton.
while their corn brings in only SO. -
for the same weight. Corn and soft
coal are the same in heat units. it is
said therefore the Iowa farmer is re-
ducing his coal bill by S425 a ton by
burning his corn instead of buying coal.
But it isn't all so simple for the rest
of Us as that. For us the Iowa farmer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13
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TO TIE SUBSCRIBERS.

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on the morning following the omission, in
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abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied It il only by this
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service