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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

stocks he was burned to death Oy
some Of the villagers.
In the reign of Queen Anne a man
named Prothero was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life for writing a pam
phlet proving that communication with
the dead WAS possible; and even so
late as the reign of George I there are
records of severe punlshments being
inflicted Oh people who prOfessed that
they had received messages from the
dead
In the reign of James Dutch mer-
chant named Kolep. living IN London.
was sent to the Tower for alleging
that during a bad illness he had actu-
ally died and that his soul had passed
for two hours in the world beyond,
when II returned to his body.
KoIep was deprived Of his property
and was sentenced TO Imprisonment
for life. He escaped from prison, how
ever, and managed to make his way
back to his native country, where he
afterwards published a book giving
the experiences of his visit to the
world beyond the grave.-Stray
Stories.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
ROBERTS & SPENCER'S
ANNOUNCEMENT

We wish to announce to our friends
and the general public that on and
after this date we will not be with
the firm of George MacKay & Com.
pany, formerly McIver &, MacKay. Il
has been rumored that we are going
to leave Ocala. We want to state
that we are not going to leave. We
will be located for the present at No.
III West Broadway. We are going
to carry one of the best and most COM
plete lines of funeral goods ever car
ried in this section. Also will buy,
sell, repair and re-fnish furniture,
mattresses renovated and made 70
order; upholstering of all kinds and
picture framing. If our services are
NEEDED call phones 305 or 431.
ROBERTS & SPENCER,
25-tf By c. V. Roberts.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
RULED By TREATY POWERS
Shanghai only Great City in the
World That Is Under That
Form of Control.

Shanghai Is an International city
the only international city in the
world. 1t is controlled and governed
by the treaty powers, which include
all the principal powers that have es-
tablished treaty relations with China.
except France, which has its own ter
ritory or concession adjoining the In
ternatiOnaI settlement. In such q
community unique solutions have to be
found for unique problems, and no
problem has been more difficult than
that of the administration Of Justice
For the foreign resident 1t is sim
pie matter, writes Nathaniel PETER In
Asia magazine He is subject only to
che laws of his own country. because
Of the privilege of extra-territoriality
which China conceded to foreign
powers some 20 years ago, when she
was forced to cOncede so much else.
Including parts of her territory. Thus
for the American. there is an Ameri.
can district attorney to administer
American law, just as In New York.
Chicago, San Francisco or Joplin. AS
for the British. Russian, Japanese or
Italian. even If no special court has
been established for him, there Is al
least a consular court. The result Is
Of course. that your neighbOr can d"
things with impunity that would mel
you SIS. and costs, or vice versa.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
STATEMENT FROM THE
UNIVERSITY BOYS
(Florida AlliRator1


st. Augustine Record: In answer to
on article which appeared in your pa
Der on the front page of the issue of
December 9Th, under the head:
Gainesville Hazing Gets Out of Con-
troll" the freshman class of the Uni
versity of Florida declares it to be
made up almost wholly of absolute
falsehoods.
1t is true that there has been some
Iunpleasantness during the past week
at the university, but to say that the
trouble has gone beyond the control
of the president and faculty is a ri
diculous absurdity.
Let us take up each statement as
it occurs in the article:
That DR.. Farr has sent away scores
Of students for protection in the alb
sence of President Murphree is pre-
posterous. AS a matter of fact, four
men have left the University since
this unpleasantness started, one of
whom has since returned. These men
left of their own accord.
The statement that several sopho-
mores were knocked unconscious by
freshmen has no ground whatever,
and it is untrue also, that the fresh
men have been beaten nearly every
night since the opening Of school, as
was stated. We will admit that the
freshmen have undergone some rat
ting in a mild manner, but only as is
customary in all universities and col
leges. We do not know where the
writer of this article CLEANED his in
formation as to what certain fresh
man said but we are inclined to be-
lieve he is subject to pipe dreams. If
there is any freshman with those
thoughts we do not know it.
This episode was started by several
upper-classmen cutting the hair Of a
part of the members of the freshman
class. These freshmen did not whip
their "barbers," nor did the BARRIERS
hunt out those who escaped as was
stated in your article.
AS to the reported statement Of an
overseas man, we will reply that all
CT the overseas men in the freshman
class have been interviewed and they
declare that this statement is posi-
lively foolish and silly.
We want to emphasize the fact that
the mems hair was merely cut and not
shaved. Syrup was not used and "the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

Ofticerof-the-decK. lnky black is the
splOtch of "a battleship ahead. Two
shades blacker Is the blotch Of another
in swift pursuit astern.
The fleet is steaming 'darkened' In
column.
A bell rings. The o. o. D. never
takes his tense eyes from the rail.
Hello" shouts Quartermaster down
the enginerOOm vOice-tube. Condenser
tempera lures show we've run out of
the stream" comes the mufTled report.
"U-m-m," grunts the o. o. D. as
though bored. But he isn't He knows
the Gulf Stream has been left behind.
The knowledge is as definite as
Times Square!" shouted by subway
guard.
Streams Of ocean currents are the
great rivers of the sea. Movement of
the water Is caused mostly by winds
prevailing in one direction for long
periods Of time.
The Gulf Stream is 80 to $50 miles
In width and flows at the leisurely
pace of to miles an hour. II swings
up" al u dLOl6 IAC ~ AOAAhn NOAok7 40 0~-
tiected by Hatteras, and shoots cool
three thousand miles to Iceland and
the British Isles. A southern branch
strikes the Belly of Europe" as the
Bay Of Riscay Is awkwardly called.
All these countries 1t warns.
But the American coast shivers In
the chill Of an arctic current. This
frigid stream squirts from the mouth
Of Bafffn bay and drenches with its
,berg-cooled spray the rocks Of Labra-
dor and Maine and the yellow Jersey
sands.
If. as has been proposed, a NAM
moth breakwater were built eastward
from New Foundland shooting the
northern current out, America would
become tropical in climate while our
English brethren built snow iglOos.
In the Pacific a Japan current and
one from Behring sea correspond TO
the warm and cold pair in the At
lantic. The Alaskan coast, like Eng
land, is warm.
Below the continental tips q great
stream runs clean around the world.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
WHEN LAWS WERE CRUEL
5arbarous Death or Life Imprlson
ment the Portion Of Thinkers In
the Sixteenth Century.

They had a rough and ready way OF
dealing with spiritualists In the six
teenth century. An act was placed on
the statute book in the reign OF
Queen Mary which made 1t a capital
offense for many persons "to propose
to hold communications with the
dead" and later the penalty for such
an Offense was made burning at the
stake.
In 1920 a man named Edward Bar
Der. who lived at Ongar In Essex, was
ordered by local magistrate to be
put In the stocks for three days, and
subsequently to stand for trial for
pretending that he had received mes
sages from a dead person, and "for
telling divers persons that he had done
So"
This luckless spiritualist, however.
was never sent for trial, as on the
last night Of his confinement in the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

most painful thing ever went
though" report, is laughable.
We wish that you would kindly give
this statement as conspicuous a place
IN your paper as the article in ques-
ton. We ask this in justice to the
students Of the University of Florida,
and to the University itself. The good
name and reputation of this school
has been imperiled by this article and
we desire that this false impression
be corrected. We also desire that if
any other paper has copied this article
that it will publish our reply also.
Further it is our desire that the edi-
tor correct his editorial headed, "Col-
lege Disloyalty."
We feel sure that you will co-ope-
rate with US to clear this matter up.
(Signed): K. Hughes,
President of the Freshman Class of
the University of Florida.
Gainesville, December 8. 1920.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
SLOP CHEST

M ASTLESS battleships before long.
AVA A few years hence the last rem
nant Of oldtime spars will be uprOOted
and laid In the navy yards to rot. Rig
Sing has already gone. Upperworks
are going. Elimination Of the useless
10 the cry.
There Is also metamorphOsis. No,
that's not kind Of bug Metamorpho-
sis is change, such as dough to flap
Jacks mot to dimes) mud to bricks;
apes to men. Though the samples will
not bear too keen philosophical scru-
tiny they serve to illustrate the way
old naval customs have become SO
rooted In the service that they do not
disappear even after centuries, and
when the old Roman catapult has
given way to hundred-ton breech load
ers. They merely change.
On long cruise the sailorman runs
shy Of clothing. His work suffers In
proportion to his ill-clad condition.
Shippers have recognized this mari
time maxim by keeping a slop-chest.
Aboard tidy man-of-war any mess is
known as Stops Slop-chests hold a
miscellaneous supply of seaman's
clothing. Hence the name.
An account Of the first siOp-chest
was chronicled In $50 B. G. It con-
tanned 1000 garments, assorted in
three sizes. The garments were ex-
actly alike and cut to fit the stern
sheets OF galley slaves. EthnoIogists
sometimes refer to them (the gar
ments) as breech-clouts. The largest
was a nautical cubit in circumference
or nearly life-size fathom.
Columbus gave US the next authentic
account Of slop-chests in 1892. He in
cluded leather boots. woven shirts
dirks. breeches, sea-bOnnets and neck.
erchiefs. He makes no mention Of
wrist watches.
John Paul Jones turned the "slop-
Job" over to his supercargo or purser.
However. he got his little rake-off at
the end of the cruise. For 1t must be
understood that 1000 miles and a
month out fixes pretty good price on
necessary apparel.
Gum-boots we're the greatest step
GAlGE IHC N&Fli "dIs C1N SSd-uOSS put
them down as q sign that the navy was
going to HI. "The Idea of tar mind
Ing wet feet!" Yet they daily turned
70 the chest for sewing gear. needles
and thimbles. and the like.
Then the Twentieth Century broke
ike typhoon over our world. A holo-
caust OF progress swept away the
relics Of mans past. Mechanical
genius was supreme. Only the char
red stubble Of original ideas remained.
The slop-chest was one.
Now we have the Clothing and
Small Stores Room" In 1t our mechan-
zeal Jack may procure silk necker-
chiefs, Sheffield steel knives. and hand
sewn shoes. not boots, but gloves for
bis feet. The captain makes no rake
of, and the purchase record Is in quad
duplicate. It's still the sIop-chest. how
ever. only different.
That is metamorphOsis which Is
sometimes better than liver pills for
cleansing life.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
CRIMINALS AND POLITICIANS

Editor Star: / have seen nothing in
the newspapers about one extraordi-
rary feature of the Mendenhall case,
to-wit: the apparent fact that our
state officials actually arranged a
special meeting of the pardoning
board to hear Mendenhall, and grant
ed him the special privilege of leaving
his place Of confinement to present his
application in person, at the state
capital.
To the writer this seems amazing
A regular meeting of the board was
held in Tallahassee in November last
and this was supposed to be the f1nal
one for 1920, or for the present admin
istration. Mendenhall made no appli
cation at that time.
No law of the state authorizes oil
provides for convicts leaving prison
and making the journey to Tallahas
see, there to present their own cases
On the contrary, the procedure is re
quired to be by written application
after published notice, supported by
r,etitions and other written documents
Why was this Especial dispense
ton" granted to Mendenhall? Who il
or are responsible for it? Was ther'
no risk involved. and was there not a
least some danger that the prisoner OF
such an expedition might escape, b.
fcrcibly rescued, or captured by {
mob, real or fictitious. and thus become
forever lost to the cause o. Christian
ity in Florida?
The whole business looks like jol
framed up by politicians friendly t.
crime, with purposes and for result
hest known to the trainers.
Did they lose their nerve at the las
moment? Yours, etc,
Old-Timer.
Looks like they did.-Ed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
TULULA LODGE /. o. 0. F.

Tulula Lodge No. %, /. o. o. F.,
will have a public installation of Of
fcers next Tuesday night, Jan. 4th.
Other lodges in this district are in
vited to be present and bring their
officers-elect to be installed with the
officers of Tulula lodge. Brother
Gravely of Fort Meade will be present
and deliver an address on Odd Fellow
ship, after which refreshments will be
served. All members and their fam.
lilies as well as the general public IN
vited to attend.
J. D. McCaskill, N. G.
H. R. Huffman, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

The chief of the "Ku Klux Klan'
may insist all he pleases that his or
ganization is harmless, but when we
see it vociferously named before Il
congressional committee as a reason
why the representation of Southern
states should be reduced, mighty few
sensible men will agree with him. 1t
is doing immense harm to the South
and only blithering fool would have
instituted it at this time. If there are
any sensible men in the organization.
let them get out.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

We print elsewhere an article from
the Florida Alligator. the school paper
Of the University of Florida, denying
the charges in a story sent from
Gainesville to the St. Augustine Re-
cord, said charges alleging that the
lower class men at the University had
been badly treated by the older schol-
srs. From ali we hear from Marion
county boys attending the school
some freshmen and some in the upper
classes-the entire matter was exag-
gerated, and a large proportion of the
story sent to the st. Augustine paper
was untrue. Forty-fve scholars were
expelled from the school on account of
the trouble, and we think it possible
this would not have been done had it
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

There is pest which the Palm
Reach Post will be glad to join with
others in eliminating by exterminat-
ing. The pest is the grand-standing,
four-fushing son of a sea-cook who
comes to Florida, hunts out barracks
in which to lodge, eats his meals at a
lunch stand when he eats any at all,
and then goes back home and tells
about having paid 500 a day for a
suite of rooms at a Florida hotel
Palm Beach Post.
The pest aforesaid is only men,
Der of the ancient and honorable order
OF liars, and we fear said order is too
numerous to be exterminated without
seriously thinning out the population.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

We don't know why any paper wants
to take up for the abominable fee
System.-Lakeland Star.
There are many things the Lakeland
Star doesn't know. One is. it often
doesn't know how to read. In our
article, which it refers to, we said we
should not presume to Judge the mat
ter. We have generally opposed the
fee system. But there is more than
enc side to every question, and we
don't want to see offices put on such
a scale of pay that competent men
can't afford to fill them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
ADVERTISING HA.Es

Displays Plate Is cents Per inch for
consecutive insertions. Alternate inseF-
lions rs per cent additional Compost
ton charges on ads. that run less than
six times cel4Cs per inch. Special
based on 4-lnch minimum. Less tnan
lour inches will take higher rate,
which will be furnished upon appiica-
ton.
Reading Notices, 5 cents per line for
Arst insertion; cents per line for each
subsequent insertion. One change a
week allowed on readers without extra
composition charges.
Legal advertisements It legal rates.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

Wonder where the pardoning board
obtained the idea that it had to allow
Mendenhall to go to the state capital
to plead his case? There is no law on
the statute books requiring it to do so.
Perhaps the fact that Tallahassee is
close to the state line had something
to do with it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
NO MORE WAR TAX ON SHOES

If you trade at our place of business,
for every shoe in our entire stock that
was subject to tax has been reduced to
$40 pair. Spot cash. No credit. No
delivery. Titles Shoe ParlOr. 28-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

not been for the sensational charges in
the Record. At any rate, we would
advise the University authorities, on
promise Of good behavior from the
forty-fve students, to take them back.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

A scientist claims that he has found
star bigger than the SUM- Nothing
much to that. We have been working
on this Star over twenty-five years
and it always has attracted our atten-
ton more than the sun.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
CALL MEETING OF MARION
DUNN LODGE NO. 10, F. & A. II.

There will be a call meeting Of
Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 10, F. & A.
NJ, Thursday, December 90, 8 o'clock
p. m. Installation of officers for the en-
suing year. Officers and members
urged to be present.
29-2t A. L. Lucas, w. NJ.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

The Ocala Star says: "Mr. Harding
will be the first president since Nc
Kinley to smoke" How does the Star
know Mckinley is smoking Clear
water Sun.
Alas, friend Sun, you've added an
other to the long list of fool questions.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

On January l, Herb Felkel will sue
coed Harry Brown as editor of the St.
Augustine Record. Wonder if the Re-
cord will become bromide all over.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
TrouhIes Of the Poor,

1t doesn't matter how rich they gel
the Door still have their troubles. A
waitress In a New York restaurant re-
ported to the police that some thief
had stolen her $3.50 fur coat.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

65 pairs Lunn & Sweets lace boots
for ladies, black and brown. Goodyear
welt soles. Former price $12, now SO.
Titles Shoe Parior. 2s-a
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
NOTICE

Mr.. G. B. Overton is now our
funeral director and embalmer. Night
phone SIS, day phone Az.
25-tf George MacKay & Company.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

Seems to US that disproportionate
amount of the space of the newspapers
at this time is being given to prize
fighting.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled for the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news published herein
All rights of republication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30
That DenendR-

Don't you believe the fruits Of any
hard work compensate for It's toilT'
mot when you are handed q
lemon"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-30

~ BE bridge Is shrouded in Inn
= penetrahle gloom. So IS the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-03
Edwin Christensen, Mgr.
NEW ALUMNI
OFFICERS ELECTED

The commencement exercises
held In the High School Auditorium
Friday evening completed the pro-
gram for the school year of 1919
20. Immediately following the ex-
erclses the alumni banquet was
served in the gymnasium to about
seventy members and friends. John
Rasmussen of the class of 1919 ac-
ted as toastmaster.
The banquet was served by the
ladies OF the Community Woman's
Association.
The new officers for the next wear
We're then elected as follows: Frank
Dlmlck. president; Maude Olda-
ker, sub-president; John Rasmus-
sen, vice president; Frances Voss,
sub-vlce president; Lillian Dyer,
secretary; Pete Stone, treasurer.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-03
Resolutions of Respect
In Memory of

Brother James P. Lair, who died
May 23rd, 1920.
Once again a Brother Mason,
having completed the designs writ
ten for him on life's trestle board,
has passed through the portals of
Eternity and entered the Grand
Lodge of the New Jerusalem and
hath received as his reward, the
white stone with the new name
written thereon.
And Whereas, the all wise and
merciful Master of the universe has
called from labor to refreshments
our beloved and respected brother,
he having been a true and faithful
member Of our beloved Order,
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Exodus Lodge
No. 342, A. F. & A. M. of Extra,
Iowa, in testimony of her loss, drape
its Charter in mourning for thirty
days, and that we tender to the
family of our deceased brother our
sincere coincidence in their deep
affliction and that a copy Of these
resolutions be sent to the family.
L. NJ. RASMUSSEN
JOHN NELSON
A. G. WELLS,
Committee.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-06-03
OUR WEATHER EYE
An Election Reflection

Politics is a perverted game.
Here honesty is Its own reward,
Tor it gets no other.
Here ability is deemed of small
consequence, receiving little consid-.
Grafton from those in whose behalf
it is exercised.
Here fidelity too often does not
count; for even the most conscien-
tlous public servant must learn the
hard lesson that neither approval
nor any more tangible reward is to
be commonly expected from those
ne has served faithfully and we'll.
Here high ideals and zeal for the
things that are decent and right
pass for nothing; uprightness of
character is a negligible matter;
and honor and devotion to duty
are trifes to be lightly dismissed
from mind.
And yet,--
Politics is only another nam fo
public service.
And we want public servants
who are honest, capable, faithful,
Jealous for the common GOOD mn
right In character, and devoted to
the interests of their constituents.
How shall we get them if we do
not recognize and reward these
qualities when we find them?
We can, if we will. set up the
high standards above; and we can
demand that candidates measure
up to them or go down in defeat.
These standards are RIGHT.
Not only public servants but every
other citizen should strive to con-
form to them.
By requiring that our public SER
wants do so, we can have clean pol
itics and honest government con-
Quoted in the interests of the peo-
pie rather than the politicians.
Is there any other way?
A good motto is: No compro-
mise with conscience on election
day. 1t is the day when the fate
of the polite ians is determined
and the voter is the Judge who pro-
nounces the sentence. The Judge
is responsible for the result.