The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-12-08
GETTING NEAR THE GOAL

Ny belief in the impending per-
fectedness of Wednesday was justi-
fed. 4 had little time to look for dol
lars for the industrial schools Christ
mas tree, but they persistently sought
me.
To begin with, in came D. w.
Tompkins to consult about bust
ness matter; he thought it also good
business to deplete his bank account
in favor of the school.
During my only trip out on the
street that morning / met. up with DR..
Watt, and stopped to PROFOUND to
him one of the many questions with
which / poster professional men, and
the replies to which often come out
in the Star as my own ideas, by
which gain reputation for wisdom
| do not possess. The doctor was
talking with another eminent citizen
at the time, and without even looking
at me, except to see who it was, he
pushed dollar in my direction. His
example was so infammatory to
the zeal of very close friend of his
that ] soon after received an addi-
tlonal four dollars, and | didn't have
to speak a word. You'll just have to
hand it to Dr. Watt when it comes to
setting an effectual example.
And before l went back to my
sanctum, there came smiling that
most charming and helpful young
lady, Mrs. John Taylor, and the fund
was another dollar to the good.
AS strayed out to corral some
lunch, stepped in to see that little
coterie of good friends who hold
forth in the Ocala National Bank,
and found them laying for me in this
wise: Henry D. Stokes, Henry H.
Henderson, Frank Churchill, James
Gilmore, Miss Mabel Atkins and Miss
Ruby Cappleman, a PUNK apiece
total, Sc. A pleasant and profitable
visit.
knew when began the campaign
that j. ]. Gerig had dollar for me,
so / didn't bother to ask him for it,
and waited so long that he became
nervous and ran me down and forced
it on me.
Mr.. Christian Ak was feeling in
his bones that he had bone for me,
but didn't realize what it was for un-
til he had handed it over.
Going down to the union station,
late in the afternoon, like any other
cracker, to see the limited come in,
] met Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Anderson,
who were going down to Jacksonville
for brief visit to some of their
children. And Mrs Anderson, whose
heart is better than gold, straightway
extracted dollar from her Christ |
mas fund and added it to the schools. |
knew that w. NJ Davidson of the
hcmelize union station restaurant had
a dollar for me, so made no bones
about going after it. There are no
bones about Shorty" either, not so
you COulQ HOGIC0 InSnls anu Ln6Te |
won't be any visible about anybody |
who eats at his dining hall long
enough.
As came back up town, ran into
q Golconda on the corner of Main
and Washington. There was A. C.
Blowers, talking about his favorite
fad, good roads, to Alderman Sim
mons and DR.. Harry Walters. Each
came across, and DR.. Harry came
across twice, once for himself and
once for his charming wife.
When /, returned to the Star, there
was George Taylor, the commercial
printer, who had come over from his
own place to see Port Leavengood
and pay dollar on the industrial
school fund. There was also a letter
from one of my old standbys, C. G.
Fraser, the limekiln man, and in it
one of those bright and shiny pieces
of paper that viii buy from fist
full to a bale of the currency of any
other country in the world
little while after I met q friend