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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-04-08

also had his money in the other bank
at Dunnellon, so We went to Dunnel-
Ion and got our money, took it up to
the exchange and gave it to the ope-
rator to count and then went out into
the Office room where Sherwood was
figuring out how much his part
would be- He then made out a
ticket for his share of the money,
and gave il TO Kempfer TO buy a Ger
tain stock for him. He then went
out to see his auditor. When he came
back to ask Kempfer what he had
done, old Kempfer got mixed up and
told the manager 70 put all the money
up on that stock. The stock he bid
on went down two points and Sher-
wood made it appear that We could
not put up a point and that it was all
lost; that we had all lost our money
and that there was nothing there for
US any more.
The amount of money l lost was
SIS, 500, all in 500 bills, except one,
which was an old $500 bill. the money
| drew out of the Bank of Dunnellon
on Feb. 18th, 1921. The banker
didn't think it was anything out of
the ordinary, as he said every two
weeks he handled 100000 on pay
day, and he seemed to know this
Sherwood
Also Kempfer drew his money out
of the other bank at Dunnellon. 1t
can easily be ascertained whether he
had any money in the bank, or wheth-
er they had the money between them.
He showed me his money on the way
coming back.
Please let US know what you think
could be done about this. If it would
be well for one of US to go down, we
could probably do so. We also wrote
the sheriff some time ago and had his
answer and in reply we referred him
to you, as you have the full particu-
lars of the matter. Please let US hear
your opinion.
Yours very truly,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-04-08

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-04-08
Descriptions

The first man we met was Charles
Kempfer, at Orlando. He was % or
80 years old, about five feet six in
ches tall, blue eyes, sandy complexion,
small red, sandy mustache, wore gray
suit and soft hat; quite active in his
walk, stoop-shouldered, weighed about
135 pounds; he drove a 1920 Nash
car, four-passenger sport model, with
green body, wire wheels and Florida
license.
Second man met was o. T. Kemp
fer, about 60 years old or older. six
feet tall or over; weighed about 200
pounds; stood very straight, square
shouldered. His hair was light gray or
nearly white; blue eyes, light eye
brows; wore heavy glasses; a red
dich face; never talked very much;
wore gray checked suit. Had quite
lot of travelling bags with him and
claimed he was Charles Kempfer's
father. Stopped at rooming house
opposite the Ford garage, near rail
road crossing while at Ocala.
Third man met was ]. T. Sherwood
at Ocala; age about As years, brown
eyes, dark hair. smooth face; weigh
ed about $50 pounds; stood straight;
was very active in his walk, a good
talker; wore brown suit and soft hat
While at Ocala stopped at the ......
hotel, where you can probably see his
name on the register and get more in.
formation from the clerk.
Fourth man met, the manager OF
the stock exchange, called himself
Mr.. Flood: was about 65 years old
heavy set, weighed about 200 pounds;
height about feet z inches; bald.
headed, white beard on face, not
shaved; had kind of correct. slow
way of speaking.
Fifth man, the operator at the ex
change, about 80 or 35 years old, darl
hair and rather dark complexion
slim built, about 5 feet 8 inches il
height; wore a shield over his face
while working the instrument. CoulC
not learn his name.
Also, there were five or six men il
the exchange room on the 18th Of
February. Some of them were deal
ing in stocks. One was a tall, raw
boned man about 80 years old. si1
feet in height, smooth faced, higf
cheek bones, slow in his voice, wore {
dark suit and heavy flannel shirt
Also one remember was heavy SCI
man about So years old; dark hair
round looking face, black mustache
probably 5 feet inches tall; wore q
dark coat and soft hat.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-04-08

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-04-08
A foot expert

No matter whether the trouble is corns,
callouses, bunions, weak arches, fat foot,
cramPing toes, rheumatic" foot and leg
pains, weak ankles or something else, DIR.
SchoRs Foot Expert can demonstrate to you
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08

~ HOPEFUL.
Hope springs eternal Eyes. Ms
pretty hard to convince people there's
no market for poetry"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
R%EITERATING PROMISES.

1t is scarcely possible for the independent
candidates who were recently elected to state po-
sitions to repeat the journeys and addresses of the
recent campaign. Prior to the election these men
were engaged constantly for a period Of six weeks
or more in visiting the various sections of the state
and placing before the people of those communities
their views on state issues and declaring the policy
which they intended to pursue if elected. In the
month between the;- election and their Inaugural
tionSit would manifestly be impossible for them to
see the same people again and discuss those same
policies as they now view them in the light OF their
erection.
While this is impossible, the officers elect are
giving expression to their attitude frequently
enough and publicly enough to reassure the public
If reinsurance were needed--that on the manage
ment of the states affairs they stand exactly where
they stood before election, and that they intend
now to carry out faithfully and to the letter the
pledges which they made then.
1t is idle to speculate on what the new Of
fcials are required to do under the law in redeem
ing platform pledges. They are required by every
consideration OF horesty, and sound morality and
public policy to carry out the pledges which they
made, no matter whether the statutes say they
must do SO or not. And, wherever they speak,
whether at Minot, at Devils Lake, at Grand Forks,
at Fargo. or elsewhere they are declaring in words
OF one syllable that this is just what they intend
to do.
The failure of the initiated amendments and
statutes has no bearing on this feature of the case.
With the exception of the election laws, which do
not enter into the case at all, the measures initiated
by the independent petitions were intended chiefly
to limit the powers of the state government in in
curing Indebtedness and in the management of
state industries. By a peculiar accident, to which
certain political manipulations contributed, these
laws were not approved, and the powers which it
was sought to curtail remain just what they were
before. But, while the elected officials have the
power, under the law as it remains, to ignore all
their prediction promises, they have also full
power to fulfill every one of them, and, like honest
men, they are going to do this thing. If they failed
to do so, and to do it thoroughly and completely
they would be unworthy to occupy the places to
which they have been elected.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
POLITICS AND THE BONUS.
t was inevitable that an effort would

1t was inevitable that an effort would be made
to use the movement for a soldiers bonus as the
basis for the manufacture of political capital. That.
movement is under way and has been for some
time. The soldiers bonus is also made to do duty
as the basis for efforts to put over special legisla-.
ton desired by individuals not in any way related
to the bonus itself. Such an effort has been made
by Senator Reed who has coupled the soldiers
bonus with the excess profits tax. Seeking to cap
italize on. the interest that is felt in the welfare of
the soldiers Of the country, he uses this to promote
the retention of the excess profits tax which has
dwlndled in popularity for some time.
Mr.. Reeds proposal is that the excess profits
tax be retained, and that out of the revenues de-
rived from it provision be made for a soldiers
bonus. Mr.. Reed wants the excess profits tax law
retained. Most people who are in a position to be
informed on the subject have long since concluded
that the excess profits tax is a delusion and a snare.
1t has been constantly failing as a revenue produc-
er, and its influence in retarding the industrial re-
Mobilization of the country is we'll known and I'M
derlable; but Mr.. Reed is a man who cannot easily
be convinced and he is as persistent as he is posi-
tive. BY hook or by crook, he intends to hang
onto the excess profits tax, and for this reason in
order to popularize it, he bitches onto it the SOL
diers bonus in the hope that the one will pull the
other through.
In the house the suggestion has been made
that a liquor tax be levied in expectation of the for
mutation of plans making legal the use OF wine and
beer as beverages, and out Of the proceeds of this
tax, the soldiers bonus is to be paid. The interest
in this case lies not in the soldiers bonus, but in the
Iegalizing Of the sale of mild alcoholic beverages.
In a similar way, the liquor traffic in general has
il the past been defended on the ground that it pro-
duced revenues for many laudable purposes, nota-
bly, for the support Of schools.
In addition to these s%particulai purposes which
are in view. we have the desire lie Democratic
minority in both houses to emba. Is the Republi-
can majority by placing the ma ority, if possible,
a an attitude of antagonism toward the ex-service
men. The majority will vote against such pro
posals1as those advanced by MI. Reed, and as those
inst advanced in the house with reference to liquor
taxation. And, as the soldiers bonus is made a
wifi Of course be recorded against those proposals
IS well In this way q little political capital may
III made in 4 manner which has been very custom
ary and As reprehensible as it has been customary.
N ~ seems to be 4 difficult thing when parties are
arrayed against each other and where special inter
rsts aresto be promoted to get matters Of legisla.
stion considered fairly and sqdarely on their own
merits
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
EVENING Epr1oN.

,, Not many parie chick
tne ~, l now but we mig just hap !
VI ~ rim onto a smallSovey.
pen ,ssad oyer his l1unng-kit Haij
~ NE hin boots out t6uik lenglnSf
pu,eu aran,;ne them for holes lie
am .h,w counted his shoun shells: 7
ieve.ls her on the qkltties OF
Hscena,ass powder. He dry n new
an,rnarlass shotgun out oits ileavy
H a iaather case and mad e pee
aro,rh the barrels to sethoW oaz-
sinelv free they were .
n,ho uor,d Of hunting anscaInping-
.Nt and FISHING -tackleW was un- =
an ~, = to her, and in Kentcottss
aAns. sbe found somethinl creative
s .e.ss ;ovo,,s She examined Y smooth
al n. 40 carved hard ruoer butt
~ The gun. The shells, tMn tnelr
braw CAPS and\sleek green 1nales ing
bieroelyphics on the wads, ere COOL
and comfortably heavy in ~ hands.
xenn,cott wore a brown canvas
,,ntinp-coat with vast pockS lining
the insi5e. corduroy trouseft which
h,,leed at the wrinkles peed and
sca FRED shoes, a scarecrow PIT that.
~ thi.i uniform he felt virile,Y They
clnmped out to the livery buey, ts1ey
sacked the kit and the box fglunch
INTO the back, crying to ead other
that it was a magnificent DAY.
Kennicott had borrowed tnixson
1.,der's red and white Englisf6etter,
a complacent dog with a waytg tail
If silver hair which flickeredn n the
sunshine. As they started, tbs dos;
yelped. and leaped at the hrses'
heads, till K%ennicott took hin2into
the buggy, where he nuzzled frors
r knees and leaned out to sheer alarm
mongrels. Il
The grays clattered out on thepard
dirt road with A pleasant SOM of.
boots: s.Ta ia t. rat! Ia ia, Ia rat 1t
was early and fresh, the air Wht:Sns.
frost bright on the golden rod. AS
the sun warmed the world OF stuple
into a we'ter of yellow they tu10d
from the highroad. through the Ars
of a farmers gate into a field. Stony
humping over the uneven earth IN
a hollow Of the rolling prairie thy
lost sight even Of the country roo
It was warm and placid. LocuA
trilled among the dry wheat-stalN
and brilliant little flies hurtled acro'
the buggy. A. buzz OF content file
the air. Crows loitered and gossdpe
in he sky.
The dog had been let out and aft
a dance Of excitement he settled dow
to a steady quartering of the fia
forth and back, forth and back, II
nose down. '
= "Pete Rustad owns this farm. al
he told me he saw a small covey
chickens in the west forty. last wee
Maybe well get some sport after all
~ 'a
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
The Story Of Carol Kennieott
By Sinclair Lewis

Even when the food was gone they
remained cheerful. They could go
home, any time now. and go to bed!
They went. with a flutter Of coats,
chiffon ~scarfs, and gooIbys.
Carol and kennicott walked home.
did you like them" he asked.
"Tney were terribly sweet to me-"
"Uh, Carrie You ought to be
more careful about shocking folks.
Talking about gold stockings, and
about showing your ankles to school,
teachers and ALL" More mildly:
"You gave 'em a good time, but I'd
Juanita Hayaock is such a damn cat.
I. wouldn't give her a chance ia criti-
cizc me-"
my poor effort to lift up the party!
Was I wrong to try to amuse them?'
mo! No! Honey, ! didn't mean
- You were the only up-and-com-
ing person in the bunch. / just mean
get onto legs and all, that
immoral stuff. Pretty conservative
crowd i, - ...,.gi&
full thought that the attentive circle
might have been c%riticizing her,
laughing at her.
Don't please don't worry" he
pleaded.
Silence.
Gosh. I'm sorry I spoke about it
I just meant But they were crazy
about ou. Sam said to me That lii.
tie lady of yours is the slckest thing
that ever came to this town he said
and Ma DawsonT didn't hardly
know whether she'd like you or not
she's such a dried-up old bird, bu'
she said. Your bride is 80 quick AM
bright, I declare, she just wakes m,
up"
Carol liked praise, the flavor ant
fairness OF it, but she was so ener
getical1y being sorry for herself tina
n could not taste this commenda
ton.
please! Come on! Cheer up!' Hi
lips said it, his anxious shoulder sal,
1t, his arm o her said it. as the,
halted on the obscure porch Of thei
house.
do you are if they think Tn
Tightly, WIFI"
Me? Why. I wouldn't care il tn
whole world thought you were this o
that or anything else. You're my
well, you're my soul!"
He was an underlined mass, as sol
discerning as rock. She found hi
sleeve, pinched it, cried, I'm glad
It's sweet to be wanted! You mus
tolerate my frivolousnees. You're a,
I have!"
He lifted her. carried her into tn
house. and with her arms about hi
neck she forgot Main Street.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08

Up
Ea6arI6ns1d
TO THE 'TOO MUCH TROUBLE,

III IdE "1OO MUCH TROUBCE'
MEN. q.
If we did but the things that We
=, wanted to, .
It's little that mortals would ever do;
If at too much trouble" we. arways
SHE'D -
And stopped to rest when u strength
was tried - "a ~, ". h, .
If We never went out Of our. way or
Close to u task while our neighbors,
played.
II all that we did was to wear q. smile,
We'd never accomplish a thing worth
while.
Work is the father Of all that's good
He gets the fire who will saw the
wood,
He reaches the top who will lar TO
With his face set upwards all the
This Q could nail on the highest
post;
He gets the most who has worked the
most.
And he who lodges the trouble here
Is lodging his chance for a greater
/ sphere.
~ "ioICNcE the LdSK may be.
For it may hold glories YOU cannot
see.
what If you'd rather lie late in bed
Or go out fishing or play, instead?
Few of US here on the earth TODAY
Would go to work it it paid to NAV
And this is the secret Of each mans
II quest
He gets the best who will give his
best.
A fellow must carr what his dream
;. demands. -
Must pay for his joy with his brain
and hands, $500
Must bow to trouble and keep his
grin - 49,
: And conquer his whims If he hope, to
; win.
Fortune or glory will never find
The man OF the "too much trouble"
kind,
For this is the lesson that all must
, Wen get no more than were glad to
t ,a HOPEFUL.
Hope springs eternal" "Yes. nj
3 pretty hard to convince people there's
y mn vnoWLof
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
VOLUBLE

1t has not hitherto been considered OK: of the
functions of diplomacy to inform and instruct the
people of the country to which the diploma: was
accredited. That function has been assumed bv
Ambassador Harvey, with results that carrot Nv
any stretch of the imagination be considered happy.
Mr.. Harvey had scarcely reached England be
fore he felt impelled to explain to the British peo-
pie just why the United States entered tho war. In
doing so he placed the grounds for Americas course
on a basis at once selfish and sordid. His statement
was a direct contradiction of many statement; made
both before and since by the president .; tive United
States, and it was repudiated in statements made Z
few days later by MI. Harvey's superior, Secretary
gion, in convention asscmbledy said pretty plainly
what it thought Of Mr.. Harvey's interpretation. and
we have every reason to believe that wlae the mem
bers of the Legion think was but mildly expressed
IN the resolution of censure adopted at Kansas City
Just about the time Mr.. Harvey was being cen
sured by the Legion convention, he was making an
other break in another speech. This ti,ae. Nith,u ii,
any apparent i%mpelling necessity, he saw TT to take
for his text certain remarks by Lord Derby at a
banquet in Paris. The British foreign minister saw
fit to express the hope that there might vet tie an
alliance in the interest of International peace be
tween Great Britain and france which the Uu,tcd
States might find it possipie to join. TIE hope ex,,
pressed by Lord Derby nay never be realized, BIZ,
the subject is not Of SIGH pressing Importance just
At this moment that it was NECESSARY for the A-:eri.
can ambassador to junlr IN the platform it'd max.
! joint debate of il. II the saggesti ii had sc.n ad.
dressed to the American government the state dc.
lpartmcnt would have beef cutie competent Is give
It such treatment as the occasion v ifInnsi. B,n ii
volunteering his own spscu,ations on American po..
icy, and injecting them II s1ch = manner AZ to in
vite controversy, Mr.. Harvey has demonstrated
again his lack Of the qualities usually considered de
lsirablc in a diplomat
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
r Y

We'll steal the whole day, and 20
hunting. ! want you to see the coun-
try round here" Kennicott announced
at breakfast. IT'D take the car-want
you to see how swell she runs since
i put in a lew piston. But we'll take
a team, SO we can get right out n
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
4YNoPSIS.

Carol Milford graduates from Blodg-
EFT college near Minneapolis, goes to
Chicago for q year, and returns to work
in a library in st. Paul. Through col
lege.. and three years of library work,
Carol harbors a desire to go to a small
little upfft work, and spread the gos-
pei of CULTURE as she sees 1t. Then
h meets DR.. Will Kennicott of Gopher
Prairie.
and when they reach Gopher Prairie!
Carol find it the usual small town, and
tries not to be disappointed.
There is a party at the home of Sam
Clark, one OF the owns leading ctti-
zens,' to welcome Carol.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08

Trust the successful young author for general
superior alrnigftincss. F.. Scott Fitzgerald refers
TO the American participation ID the World War
as the whole gorgeous farce Of 1917-1918..
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-20

school auditorium. The cast reprcs-
ents the best talent in the student
body and is doing splendid work. 1t
is believed that the club will score
another success equal to that of last
year. Among the members Of the
cast appear names of many who
gained success in eliza, Come and
Stay" Everybody is urged to sup
port the high school production.
The Reverend Jesse c. Rowan gave
delightful talk on Arbor Day Fri
day morning in chapel. His topic
was "The City Beautiful" which he
said he considered a very laudable
slogan for a town. He urged us
not only to keep inviolate the charms
peculiar to Columbus, but to add new
attractions by frightening up some Of
the ugly streets in our town with a
few parks and patches of flowers and
shrubbing. AS usual Mr.. Rowan was
welcome and his talk was very much
enjoyed by the student body.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-20
ARROR DAY.

Last Friday was Arhor Day. I'M
der the auspices of the Parent Teach
er Associations, the day was observ-
edswith fitting ceremonies in the pub
lie schools. At the Lee High school
the program included an address from
Reverend Jesse Rowan on Citizen
ship and the City Beautiful" several
appropriate songs, and later the
planting of ornamental shrubs on the
border of the campus. At Franklin,
having no available space upon which
to plant a tree, the exercises were Of
an educational nature only, instruct
ing the pupils upon the object for
which the day was instituted and the
benefit resulting from its observ-
ance. At Barrow the exercises also
were observed indoors, the chief fea-
ture of their program being the use
of the stereoptican views exhibiting
plant life in many varieties and
stages of development.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-20
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Conducted by William C. Burgin.

ures read four thousand and five hum
bred million. But if we do not COM
prehend these sums, we will not fail
10 comprehend what they mean to US
when we submit income tax returns
after the proposed increase in rate.
of taxation becomes effective. Every
citizen Of the country will have to be
levied upon in one way or another to
help carry this huge burden Of gov
Ornamental expense. We clamor for
economy in running he government
and yet we submit annually to an
ever Increasing total Of goycrnmon-
tai expense.
1t is 1teresting to examine where
this huge expenditure goes. 6S per
cent Of it goes for past wars, our
national war debt being now some.
thing over twenty billion dollars. Al
most three-fourths OF our annual ap
preparations goes, therefore, TO thC
payment Of the interest on that debt
and a retirement Of a small part Of
the principal 25 per cent of our APP
preparations in 1920 went TO the
Amy and Navy, leavre only G pen
cent for the civil departments the
public works Of the governmel anc
paltry 1 per cent for education!
Or, in other words, 90 per cent Of
our expenditures last year went for
war, and only l per cent for educa
ton. A government statistician whC
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-20
OUR NATIONAL TAX BURDEN

OUR NATIONAL TAX BURDEN
The executive departments Of che
national government have asked Con-
gress to az pre-. riata for the coming
fiscal year the sum Of four and a
half billion dollars. This does not
include whatever additional expense
the government might incur to pay
the railroads their pre-war earnings
guaranteed to Them, nor does it take
account of the numerous urgent de-
ficiences" which usually arise. These
esuin..ls ey "a hat was sgpro-
priated for - pre- n year
By almost a billion dc ,5l5.-
274.00 to be exact. The 2 J ard
Navy have asked for an inc. ease OF
over seven hundred million dollars
over what was granted them last
year, making . total Of over a billion
and half dollars Cor these two de-
partnents. And this come, too, at a
time when the nations Ct the world
are engaged 'n their periodic spasm
of talk Of disarmament!
/ wish that these figures were in.
telligible, that We could grar .heil
full significance. To say tn are
to expend over four and bill
lion dollars in the coming govern
mental year, does not mean very
much to the average citizen. Nor
would it convey much more Of an idea
of their magnitude to make the fig