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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

From the way it speaks about
teachers" eevry now and then, we
much fear MS the esteemed Ocala Star
had to 60 to school against its
wishes; or else took whipping from
some school marin whom, of course
it could not afterward thresh.-Tam.
pa Tribune.
The editor of the Star, friend Trib.
had only a few weeks of schooling
about as many weeks as he neede(
and wanted years. His few teacher,
were men and none of them SHOWED
any signs of wanting to thrash him
How much study have you given Il
this school business, friend Trib
Have you tried to obtain opinions
from all, from the state superinten
dent of public education down thr,
all the grades. the teachers of al
classes, the young men and women il
high school, the little chaps in tn
primary school, and the parents Of tn,
children? Have you taken the troubl
to lock over and compare the books
their cost, the weight of taxes an,
ability of men and women in differen
stations in life to pay them? Well
the Star has. and when you do tn
same you will probably agree with u
that our school system is inadequat
and expensive and badly in need O
reform-and if all the papers in tn
state would do likewise they could re
form the system. give the childrel
better teaching, the teachers bette
pay and save the taxpayers tens o
thousands of dollars.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Times-Union Short Talks will
please take notice that the acorns
nuts, etc., in the woods, on which
hogs love to feed, is "mast" and not
"mass." Very few but wild and half.
wild hogs have had a chance to feec
On this very sustaining food, which
gives firmness as well as fat to the
flesh. We would like to see some OF
the improved stock farmers are rails.
ing now fed on it two or three months
before killing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Irwin Cobb has announced several
valuable inventions he is planning to
introduce, but for some inexplicable
reason he failed to mention an at
tachment that will keep ROSTERS from
Growing in the early morning.
Jacksonville Metropolis.
What's the matter with tying up
your ROSTERS bill with wrapping
Irvine every night before he retires to
rest?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Looks like that traffic marker on
the southeast corner of the square has
started west. At its present rate OF
progress it will have reached the
Seaboard crossing on West Broadway
by Jan. l next. People coming from
the north have to make baseball
curve to pass it now-they will soon
have to perform a jughandle crook to
get by.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

There is no greater fallacy than
that so freely preached by many Am
ericans-that we need big navy and
next to nothing as an army. In 1914
Great Britain had navy twice as
powerful as that of Germany, and
promptly shut the Germans up in the
Baltic or under the guns of their forti-
fications. But the German army went
sweeping on over Belgium and
France to the Marne. England had
only $4,000 men Do throw on the Ger
man flank. Had that force been
250, 900 men, it would have cut in be-
hind the Germans when they stag
gered back from the defeat before
Paris, and ended the war. A feet is q
good thing. but in the men who fight
witt their feet ON the ground is the
main strength of nation.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

The United States doesn't need
its taxpayers do not want-the
strongest navy in the world. We do
not want to conquer any other ma
ton, and if our commerce on the seas
can be maintained only at the cost
of war, we had better let it go. No
amount of trade we can send and
bring in American ships would be
worth a world war If we build, as
we can. a navy stronger than Brit
AIMS, that empire will simply form
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

If that "lord" mayor of Cork had
been one of the British soldiers who
side by side with our boys broke the
Hindenburg line, if he had been pen
niless and slowed away to come to
America, hoping to make an honest
living, the department of labor would
have hustled him back to England
but the trouble-maker from the ranks
of Sim Feinism is treated with dis.
Itirguished consideration.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
DOMESTIC SUBSCRIPTION RATES
.nxERTIsING harEs

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fiona 25 per cent additional Compost
ton charges ON ads. that run less than
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aour inches will take higher rate,
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subseQuent insertion. One change .
week allowed on readers without extra
composition charges.
Legal advertisements Il legal rates
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
ocALA LODGE No. 2ss. B. P. o. e.

Ocala Lodge No. 2s6. Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks. meets
the second and fourth Tuesday eve
rings of each month. Visiting breth-
ren always welcome. Lodge rooms
upstairs over Troxler's and the Book
Shop, 113 Main street.
c. Y. Miller, E. r.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR

ocala Chapter No. %, o. E. s
meets at the Masonic hall the second
and fourth Thursday evenings of each
month at 8 O'Clock
Mrs. Lillian Simmons, W. M.
Mrs. Susan Cook. Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
wooDMEN OF THE WORLD

Fort King Camp No. Ia meets at
X. of P. hall at 7:30 p. m. every Sec
old and fourth Friday. Visiting SOW
'reigns are always welcome.
]. c. Bray, c. c.
Chas. K. Sage. Clerk.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

The historical society would like te
set good recipe for eggnog to show
future generations what we used te
Grink.-Tampa Times.
We haven't quit using it yet.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Make that Irish mayor conform to
the laws of the United States.-Tam-
pa Tribune.
American mayors don't do that. You
expect too much.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Secretary of Labor Wilson is stand
ing just as he has stood all along
when it came to favoring anything
wanted by "unionism. Tampa Tri-
bune.
The other departments have done
pretty much likewise.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Twice as many people treated in
1920 for alcoholism as there were In
1919. Makes one see snakes, giraffes
and gyascutises when they stop all OF
q sudden.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

We feel more kindly toward the
Germans since events of the last two
years have taught us that q large
number of our own people are willing
to starve or freeze yet larger num-
Der.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Elect Hardwick of Georgia
called on Gov. Hardee of Florida in
Tallahassee the other day. But Mr..
Hardee couldn't help himself.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Budapest is afflicted with hiccups,
which it thinks are the forerunners OF
a plague. In this country they used
to be the accompaniment Of drunk.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Flagler hospital opened in st. Au-
gustine Jan. 5. Probably the great
est, most useful monument to Mr.
Elagler's name.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

We are sorry that RUDE Allyn,
charged with the murder of Harry
IIigel of Sarasota, is in trouble, and
hope he will be able to prove his in
nocence.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Old man Cats is no longer COVER
nor and Col. Chas. P. Lowell is adJu-
tant general of the state of Florida.
Ocala needs a military company.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
ODD FELLOWS

Tulula Lodge No. %, I. o. o. F.,
meets every Tuesday evening at the
Odd Fellows hall at the corner of
Fort King Ave. and Osceola street. A
warm welcome always extended to
visiting brothers.
J. d. McCaskill. N. G.
III. r. Huffman. Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

The dispatches from Samoa add
testimony to the already well-estab-
lished belief that the American is not
good at ruling over other people.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

Ocala Lodge No. 19. Conventions
held every Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock at the castle hall, over the G..
c. Greene Co. drugstore. A cordial
Welcome to visiting brothers.
j. w. Akin, c. C.
Chas. x. Sage, K. of R. & S.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

There is plenty of room out in the
country; there is plenty of ground to
Weld food and raiment. Only the
fools and weaklings will stand in the
city breadlines.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS

rhe Associated Press IL exclusively
entitled for the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited 10 II OF
not otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news published herein
All rights of republication or spscia
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
ROYAL ARCH MASONS

Regular conventions of the Ocala
Chapter No. 13. r. A. NJ, on the fourth
Friday in every month at D. m.
Fl. s. Wesson, II. P.
Jake Brown, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
aDevil AnseY Hatfield is dead again

A modest woman or sensible man
will not give testimony to a patent
medicine faker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
MARIoN-DUNN MASONIC LODGE

Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 19, F. & A.
NJ, meets on the first and third
thursday evenings Of each month at
7:30 o'clock until further notice.
A. L. Lucas, w. NJ.
Jake Brown. Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Meet me at the American Cafe,
Union Station, ocala. for a regular
style. Best dinner in
the state for 75c. Eat and drink all
You want. Time for dinner IL a. m to
2:30 p. m. Owned and operated by
Americans. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10

Advertising builds business.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-10
DIR. Charles Watson Morem
Dental Surgeon

Commercial Bank Building, Ocala,
Fla. Office phone 211; residence
phone 29S. TT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Even a sick child loves the "fruity
taste of California Fig Syrup" II the
little tongue is coated. or il your
child is listless, cross, feverish, full
Of cold, or has collie, give a teaspoon
full to cleanse the liver and bowels.
In few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly it works all the
constipation poison, sour bile aud
waste out of the bowels, and you have
a wen. playful child again.
Millions of mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
inc California Fig syrup which has
directions for babies and children OF
all ages printed on bottle. Mother.
You must say California" or you may
get an imitation fig syrup.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
Is the Place to Buy
a NEW BATTER Y
Scots aEIshn With Swimmers.

Over in canny Scotland they fish"
with swimmers, that Is with students
whs are learning 10 swim.
Swimming instructors have various
methods for teaching their pupils. but
none Is more novel than that used by
some Of the Scotch. These instructors
have rope and pulley arrangement
by which the pupil is suspended at the
end of the rope in the water. The
instructor holds the other end Of the
rope and can raise or lower the pupil
In the water.
IN his other hand the instructor has
q long pole with which he prods the
pupil at various times to correct the
movements of the arms and legs
Should the instructor lose his grip on
the rope what would happen to the
pupil can be imagined. But suppos-
ING, with that pole IN his hand, the
instructor loses his temper? The
field of conjecture is open.-Clevelanf
( News-Leader.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21

Irresolutlen frames thousand hor-
rors, embodying esch.---J. Martyr.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
HOW
FRENCH PHYSICIAN ENDED

FRENCH PHYSICIAN ENDED
WoNfAN'S LONG TRANCE.
The remarkable case Of a
woman who remained In n
trance five years, and the UNI
usual methods by which she
was restored TO normalcy, were
related recently by DR.. Pierre
Janet, leading French neurolo-
gist, at the annual meeting of
the American Neurological as
ISOLATION. This was the first
time that Doctor Janet had
made public the unusual case,
which was extremely interest
Ing to the neurologlsts because
OF the extraordinary period In
which the woman was apparent
ly unconscious.
Doctor Janet said that the pa
tient, a woman OF twenty-one,
had first had lapses OF memory
when she was thirteen, but had
quickly recovered from them.
During the war she suddenly
became unconscious. Forced
feeding was restored to and
for many months her mental
faculties were apparently dor
mant.
Once the hospital in which
she was lying was bombed by
German alrplanes, and a bomb
exploding just outside the win
dow did not cause her to move
a muscle. Doctor Janet was
finally able to hypnotic the pa
tient and learned that she had
subconsciously retained mental
Impressions Of some OF the Incl
dents of the hospital.
Later she was taught to eat
by leaving food beside her bed
at night. In the end Doctor
Janet said he re-established
the patients connection With
the outside world by establish
ing n system of clandestine cor
respondence with her. Letters,
Doctor Janet said, which he
left for the woman We're soon
answered with regularity.
From this time, he said she
began to take an interest in out
side affairs, and In compare
lively short period she regained
apparently complete mental CON
troll OF herself. She is now,
Doctor Janet said, in apparent
good mental and physical health.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
|3'('l'l..)L|.. e: 1It')'s S
"Pape's Cold Compound" is
Quickest Relief Known

Don't stay stuffedup! Quit blowing
and snuffling! A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound taken every two hours un.
til three doses are. taken usually
breaks any cold right up.
The very first dose opens clogged
nostrils and the air passages of the
head; stops nose running; relieves the
headache, dullness, feverishness
"Pape's Cold Compound costs only
few cents at drug stores II acts
without assistance, tastes nice, con-
tains no quinine--lnsist upon pape's.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and VILLAGE and
Advertisements.

Mrs. |. Walker of Manchester spent
Saturday in town.
Harold Coy is able 20 De out, after
an illness of a week
Miss Susie Lake of White Creek
spent Saturday in town.
Robert Coy of Manchester spent
the week end in Bennington.
Excellent poultry at the Checker
line. Stop in and look it over. :
Miss Annie Green Of Dewey street
has employment at West Rutland.
Plenty OF large and small oysters,
B,uc Points and clans. Checkerline. =
Turkeys, geese, ducks, very fine
ones. Come in and look them over.
Chockerline.
! Miss Rosetta Tetreault, who Is con-
fined to her home by injuries received
in a fall is improving.
Mrs. A. e. HOLSTER has returned
from New York, where she has been
spending few weeks.
| Mrs. Fred Stollstcmer and Miss
Cecile Kcough Of Arlington we're
| shoppers in town Saturday.
Mrs. Louis Haussler of Hoosick
Falls is visiting her mother Mrs.
John Robinson Of Elm street
Eugene O'Brien. hero of rural
comedy drama, CLAY Dollars and a
Rolin comedy, Harte theatre. tomor-
row.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Stratton, who
have lived for sometime on East
Main street, moved today TO South
Branch street.
Don't forget to leave your name and
address for one OF our pretty House
calendors at j. c.. Jensen. & Co., Mer-
chant Tailors.
Miss Katherine Frazier a nurse at
the Putnam Memorial hospital, left
today for the south, where she will
spend the winter.
Joseph A. Stockwell, Youngest SON
Of Joseph Stockwell was operated
upon Saturday for appendicitis at the
Putnam Memorial hospital.
Richard Elwell, Herbert EiweI and
Harold Galloway of the United States
Navy are at. their respective homes
during their fifteen days leaves of
absence.
Word has been received of the
death of Elizabeth Kc'm, fve-year-old
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Oscar
Kohn OF Lakewood, N. J. Mr. and
Mrs. William A. Root, grandparents
Of the little girl, have gone to Lake
wood
The bennington party consisting
Of Mrs. l.. II. Davis, Miss Fidclia III
we'll Mrs. Ella Murphy and Miss
Harriet Twitchell that left Benning.
ton Wednesday by motor en- route to
st. Petersburg. Fla, arrived in Wash
ington last Friday at 4.45 p. m.
The officers and members of Miri
am Rebekah Lodge are requested to
meet in the Lodge room Tuesday af-
ternoon al 4 O'Clock to tie quits.
Each member Is to bring something
for supper, also thimble, scissors and
darnihg Needle Following supper
there will BE a drill.
They're here. es, the much ram
ed fifty Kitchen Maids" They have
arrived at Home Furniture. Co. and
are ready to begin their duties IN the
home of fifty bennington women at
once. They II agree before you en-
gage them to do your hardest kitchen
work--to save you the drudgery 81
the Kitchen You now endure--to give
your mind rest and peace and relieve
yon OF the servant problem forever
They will put systematic organization.
into yonr kitchen, save your money,
time and material, earn their small
wages mauy, many times each day.
See Home Furniture Co. advertise
ment in this issue, or call at their
store for full details.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
MaIke Your oMn onportunItI.s.

When you feel the fancled greater
opportunities OF other feldss Juggling
at your sleeve just hold a short com.
munlon with Yourself and remember
that IT'S the man and not the line which
achieves success. You win then de-
eide that there is nothing better than
the work you are doing and that you
make your own opportunities by the
spirit YOU put into your task every
day of the year-Selected
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
GEMS or THOUGHT
Genius begins great works; labor
alone finishes them.--Joubert,

GoniuS DeglnS great WORKS. laouT
alone finishes them.-Joubert,
Irresolutlen frames thousand hor-
rors, embodying esch.--J. Martyr.
A man has generally the good or Ill
qualities which he attributes to man
-Shenstone.
A kind heart is n fountain Of glad
ness. making everything In its Vicinity
TO freshen into smiles. Washington
Irving.
He that is good may hope to become
better: he that is bad may fear that
he viii become worse for vice, virtue
and time never stand stlll.--Colton.
IF we would have anything of hene-
fit. we must earn 1t, and earning II
become shrewd, inventive, ingenious.
active. enterprlsing. Henry Ward
Beecher.
Labor is rest from the sorrows that
greet us: from all the petty vexatlons
that meet us; from the sin-promptings
that assail us; from the world sirens
that lure us to ill.--F S. Asgood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21

The Story of
Our States
BY JONATHAN BRACE
XLI.---WASHINGTON
<ssTHEm tn i w S,oly
!! !. !: !. !. !: !. !.
V sNs lSN state of the
Wy WV In Union, is tied
WS1sSa ~ up with two
SLIM OF our presi-
dents. The first Is obvious, for
it was In honor of our first presl-
dent, George Washington, that
the stare was named, as a last
ing memorial to this great SOL
dier-statesman. But the actual
fate Of this region was due to
President Polk, and formed the
main issue in his campaign for
election in 1874.
Previous to that time, the
country north of California and
extending to Alaska, which was
then owned by Russia, was called
the Oregon territory. Claim was
laid to this region by both Great
Britain and the United States as
has been seen in the story of
Oregon. In 1918, when the boun-
dairy between Canada and the
United States was settled. this
line was definitely placed from
/; the Atlantic coast to the Rocky
] mountains. But no agreement
! could be reached west of that,
!: and it was left under an arrange
| ment whereby this territory was
!. to be Jointly occupied by the
(: British and Americans.
i. Settlers from the United
I States began to come into the
/. Northwest in such numbers that
! the United States felt that they
! should own this section, which
(. included the present states of
Z; Oregon and Washington, and
J British Columbia, through the
! right of possession. Agitation
/. in favor of actively pushing our
/; claims became so strong that
+! when Polk was nominated By the
+: Democrats in 1914, one of the
=: main planks in the party plat
! form was the famous one popu-
:; larly called, "Fifty-four forty or
/! fight"
I; In 1916 a peaceful settlement
!. was made with England on a
+; compromise basis.
I; In 1853 Washington territory
! was separated from Oregon. 1t
| did not, however, become a state
/! until 1889, and then only after
| thirteen years petitlonlng for ad-
{. mission.
!: % BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.)
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
Rheumafo for Rheumatism

Rheuma has relieved the agonizing
pains of thousands who thought moth
ing would give relief. 1t should do as
much for you--it seldom fails. w. L.
Gokay will supply you on the no cure,
no pay basis.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
. FOR SALE:

AS | am moving from
River street to 1874 North
street, / am placing on sale
the following articles:
Eight enameIed beds and springs
partly new; quantity of new silk
floss and cotton mattresses; two
new bsd eouches and mattresses;
two large dining tables; one COM
binatlon desk; one Kitchen cup
board; few chairs; child's crib;
two refriserators; one Sterling
combination range; one shurIuck
range, small size; ons dresser;
several commocss and stands;
one new baskinet: two baby walk.
crs; two Perfection, three burner,
oil stoves; one nursery chair; one
high chair; two boys chairs and
number of articles too numerous
to mention. II you are In nesd
Of any Of the things mentioned,
call end look them over. All will
be sold as quickly as possible as
shall carry another line of goods
at my new place of business.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-21
THINGS WOMEN DISLIKE

The things women dislike, accord
ing to Judge, are:
"Bores.
wrinkles"
"Gray hair.
"Red noses.
"Embcnpolnt.
Double chins.
indifferent men.
"Niascullne mush.
SUNDAY morning
"Tco much truth.
"Yes, the first time.
ANNIVERSARIES Of birthdays.
'Lack of mirrors in elevators.
"Kisses from mustached men.
photographs that look Ike her."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-12-01
HERE'S A SCHEME

Says the Argus-Leader: Gov. Nc
Master will undoubtedly be the maJo-
ity selection at Pierre for governor
and R. o. Richards will be the minor
lily candidate. The dope is that
former Congressman Harry Candy is
likely to be drafted by the democrats
and that Mr. Egan will make the race
as an independent. Then II the Non
partisan league puts up a candidate,
the state campaign in 1922 ought to
be worth going miles to see."
II all these IFS" should take place.
we might put on a national advertis-
ing campaign. open up the Black Hills
a. q summer resort to take care OF
the visitors, charge Q stif admission
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-12-01
tPAIp ADVERTISEMENT

In compliance with the code pro
vision relating to political advertis
ing, /, Herbert w. Blakely, declare the
following advertisement headed Polit
ical Announcement to be in behalf OF
the candidacy Of Herbert w. Blakely
of Brookings, 3. D., for the Office of
Clerk of Courts. that. same is author
lied by myself and that ! am the
author Of the same.
Herbert w. Blakely.