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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
EAST COAST BRANCH OF
THE DIXIE HIGHWAY
miami Metropolis)

AS puDllSneQ IN the DlX1e highway
Magazine, official paper of the Dixie
Highway Association, the Florida
state road department plans, indicated
by blue prints on file at Titusville, are
to make the road from Jacksonville to
Miami one of the finest roads in the
state, IS feet wide, Is feet hard sur
faced, and an air line practically the
entire distance, with all railroad
crossings eliminated.
A special to the magazine from Tit
usville continues:
"At three places, Bayard in Duval
county, north of Oak Hill in Voiusia
county and at the Indian river bridge
in Titusville, the tracks of the East
Coast railway will be crossed in via
ducts. 1t will enable autos to go from
Jacksonville to Miami without touch
ing a railroad track. The highway
will be on the east side of the tracks
wherever possible.
"In Brevard county two dangerous
railroad crossings will be eliminated,
Valkaria and Niece. The proceeds
from the 100000 bonds voted by Bre,
ward county three years ago have been
turned over to the state road depart
ment and actual work has been COM
menced by the department to rebuild
the highway the entire length of the
county, ~ miles, on federal specifi-
cations. 1t will practically be an ali
line.- sharp curves and corners elimin.
ated. The old road will be used while
the new road is being built so as not
to interfere with traffic Two seven
mile stretches will be first built in this
county, seven miles north from the
end of the asphalt at Shapes and
seven miles south from the end of
asphalt at Bonaventure
can immense stockade is being
built at Delispine, nine miles south of
Titusville, for the convenience of road
workers. One hundred state convicts
are now there and additions are ar
irving daily. AS a 66-foot right of
way the entire length of the county
must be acquired by the state road
department, the convicts will be used
to repair the bad stretch of the Dixie
Highway in Turnbull hammock near
Minis until the right of way is secur-
ed This bad stretch of road has
greatly interfered with traffic between
Jacksonville and Miami and the trav-
cling public will be glad to hear it soon
will be only memory"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

A Polk county girl, Miss Mildred
Brantley of Lake Wales, has been ac-
claimed the most beautiful girl in
Florida by the judges in the beauty
contest recently conducted by the
Tampa Daily Times. The decision
was based on photographs, nearly
400 of which were entered.
Miss Brantley, who has just grad
uated from high school and is only Is
years of age, will receive a cash prize
of $500 given by the Times, and her
picture will be published by leading
newspapers and magazines all over
the country. She will also be asked
to play in the movies.
The contest brought out the fact
that Florida is a state of beautiful
girls, in the opinion of the judges,
who worked many hours owe rthe hun
dreds of photographs submitted.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
Mysteries Of the. Infinite,

What do the stars above Us mean?
what's around them? What is their
purpose in creation? Our star" which
Fe call the sun. we fondly believe
for the purpose Of giving our little
grain we call the earth, warmth and
light, so that we may live and move
and have Our being. AS We strut
about and enjoy our petty achieve
nents we do not often contemplate the
starry vault above US. Perhaps it is
lust as well so. for when we search
out the knowledge of the heavens
how we shrink How we shrink -
Chicago Journal of Commerce.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
OCALA TWENTY YEARS AGO

Evening Star August 25, 1902
Mrs. Vereen and her sister return
ed today from very pleasant visit in
Clearwater.
Ocala experienced a fearful storm
this morning which made the dust
clouds fly.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Sylvester re-
turned today from a very pleasant
outing at Clearwater.
Miss May TURNKEY, one of Ocala's
accomplished teachers who has been
visiting her parents in Palmetto, is
now with friends in Tampa.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Sage have gone
to Lakeland, where they will make
their home with their daughter, Mrs.
]. B. Armistead. Mr.. Sage is an in
valid. Mrs. Sage is a Jealous worker
in the Episcopal church and will be
greatly missed.
J. R. Moorhead returned today from
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Mrs. J. L. Edwards and children
are visiting in Cedar Key.
J. w. Pearson went down to his oil
we'll today.
Mrs. S. R.. .Pyles who has been in
St. Petersburg for some time, has
returned home.
Miss Bobbie Harrison of York, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ell
more Davidson, has returned home.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Recently the Times printed "syn-
dictate" article citing what was BELIEF
ed to be the smallest store in the
world-a jewelry store on one of the
main streets of New York which oc-
cupies a space 3x5 feet. But our at
tention has been directed to a smaller
business establishment near at hand.
We are told that there is "store" on
the main street of ST. Petersburg,
conducted by decrepit Union veteran,
which is only two feet wide and tw.
feet deep. The merchant specializes
in silk hosiery, and~it is said that he
does thriving business. The rent On
this small store is S35 per month";
Tampa Times.
We presume the veteran keeps his
own two feet on the sidewalk, while
keeping store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
EIGHT YEARS AGO

Aug. 25, 1914.-Opinion prevalent
among British military and financial
experts that the end of the war was
near.
Austrian government ordered Aus
trian cruiser at Kiao Crau to aid
Germans in defense Of the town.
Terrific battle at Charleroi. Ger
mans took and retook the town siA
times from the British and French,
finally holding it. Carnage was fear
full. Allies retired in good order.
Zeppelin dropped two bombs in
Antwerp this morning, causing de-
struction and panic.
Russians captured Soldau and Neid-
enburg in East Prussia.
Capture of Namur by Germans Off
cially reported.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Says the Eustis Lake Region:
"More than seventy miles of road,
leading from Astor to the Polk coun-
ty line. running, from north to south
i'm Lake county, will have width of
sixty feet, with twenty-four feet grade
and sixteen feet of surfacing. Follow
ing this improvement, the Lake county
unrk- commission will beautify the
highway the entire length with trees
and flowers, making it the longest
beautified highway in the entire South
Th;s- Identification program will be
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
1T WOULD BE A BIG GRAFT

The Tampa Tribune expresses the !
Stars sentiments in the following:
That foolish looking, pertinacious
thing, a statewide publicity commits
sion. with a statewide collected pub
Lefty tax to be spent by a state pub
LEFTY head for advertising Florida as
a whole" has bobbed up again.
Florida is too large, too diverse III
It's climatic and production interests
and possibilities to be advertised as
a whole" 1t would be almost as if
'-Pan Handle" Texas, and the region
about Brownsville, should join in an
advertising scheme fitted to the two
and handled from Austin Or Dallas, or
New Mexico, by a publicity expert q
whose main interest in the whole thing
is the salary and 'perquisites."
And don't overlook the possible, and
probable "quisites.'
The commercial secretary of one
south Florida county, in preparing his
! country wide" booklet this summer
had more than forty pages as big as
| the Saturday Evening Post, filled with
! trucking and citrus developments and
possibilities of his county. Imagine
that same proportion of matter gath
cred for each of the sixty one counties
! in Florida put into one great "Book OF
Florida" as is proposed by the state
| wide publicitv proUOnentsi
| But the issuing of a booklet is the
small part of the cost of a statewide
commission for publicity and adver-
Using.
| There would be the national distri-
| button campaign, with it's cost of thou
sands of dollars for stamps to SEND
this great booklet to the world. And
I! the follow up" system, and the COR
respondence with prospects and Curl
osity seekers 1t would take forty to
fifty clerks and stenographers and
heads of departments, and a force OF
boys and girls to fold and insert cit
erature" in envelopes, and lick stamps.
And there would be multigraph and
addressograph machines and oper-
ators. Why the office help, station
cry and stamps cost alone would run
close to half million dollars year!
And the worst of it is that every
county, to get any real benefit from
the thing, would have to maintain at
least as efficient a chamber of COM
merce, board of trade, or other civic
organization, as it has now, and spend
at least as much money in calling at
tention to it's particular advantages
and offerings, so there would be all
the "state-wide" publicity and cost,
duplicated in the counties, by them
selves.
This. statewide publicity campaign
!. and the demand for state tax to
maintain and sustain it is one of the
most iniquitous possibilities the people
OF Florida have been called on to kill
since the attempt to bond Florida for
five per cent of its assessed valuation
every time bunch of road building
supply men wanted to cut off another
million-dollar profit for building mat.
erials.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
SPARR

Spar, Aug. 24.-On Wednesday
afternoon of last week, after the regu-
lar business meeting, the members of
tie Woodmen Circle enjoyed a very
delightful social hour with Mrs. ]. E.
Thomas hostess, assisted by Mrs. w.
o. Huffman. A number of unique and
interesting games were played, after
which Mrs. Thomas served her guests
to strawberry nectar, ice cream and
cake.
Mrs. L. C. Bell of fernando and her
daughter, Mrs. Allen Hawkins. and
the latter's little daughter, Helen,
were guests of Mrs. ]. E. Thomas on
Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Woodward in
vited the community to peanut boil
ing at their home last Friday evening.
There was large crowd and every
one had good time.
The members of the Ladies' Aid met
at the M. E. church last Friday after
noon at four o'clock. The meeting
was we'll attended. The subject for
the afternoon was prayer" At the
close of the devotional service the
business of ceiling the Methodist
church was discussed and it was de-
cided to give this very much needed
work immediate attention. Mrs. Sue
Grantham and Mrs. J. L. Grantham
have been appointed to solicit funds.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Boyles and
children returned Friday evening
from weeks outing at Salt Springs.
Mr.. D. o. Riker and son Orviller
spent several days of last week fish
ing at Salt Springs.
The members of the little Sunbeam
Society enjoyed a picnic at the church
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Donald Matthews, who has been
clerking at Grantham Brothers store
during his vacation, returned to his
home in Hawthorn Thursday.
Mr. Maxwell Thomas has accepted
position with the Ocala National
Bank.
Mrs. H. D. Grantham is enjoying a
two weeks visit from her sister, Mrs.
Robinson and daughter, Ruth, of
Plant City.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Pasteur ana
Mrs. J. E. Thomas spent last Thurs
day at Salt Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Terry Young of An
thony were visitors at the home of
Mrs. Birdie Young last Saturday aft
ernoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Clemmons re-
turned Saturday from weeks visit
in Jacksonville, making the trip in
their car.
Mr.. Ernest Hooker has accepted a
position at Plant City. =
Mr.. John Montgomery of Gaines
vile was the guest of his nephew, Mr..
J. L. Grantham last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Lyles and baby
and Mrs. Ernest Hooker, Mr.. and Mrs.
C II. Huffman and family and Miss
Lille Acre and Mr.. Dave Hooker
spent last Sunday at Salt Springs.
Miss Lille Acre returned today
from a short visit to friends in Island
Grove. She was accompanied home
by Miss Myrt.ce Boulware, who will
BE- her guest for several days.
Mr.. Charles Boyles and family and
Mr.. Jay Boyles, have moved to Pine
and are making their home in the
Jordan place. They will give their
attention to the cultivation of straw
berries and fall beans.
Mr.. John Carlton has recently pur-
chased a Ford touring car from Miss
Shelton Souter.
Mrs. Hogan of Fort Mccoy is the
guets of her daughters, Mrs. Andrew
Taylor and Mrs. Raymond Johnson.
! The series of revival services con-
Quoted at the Baptist church by the
pastor, Rev. Calvin begun last night
and will continue through the week.
Come and help to make these meet
inps a success
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
Ocala Ten Years Ago

Evening Star August 25, 1922
Mrs. C. C. Arms temporarily closed
her boarding house today and tomor-
row she and Miss Aff1eck will leave
for Jacksonville, where they will sail
or the Clyde Line for New York.
Rev. W. H. Coleman left today for
Eustis, where he will attend the state
convention of the Christian church.
Miss Agnes Burford has returned
from her visit to Troy, Ala. She was
accompanied home by her sister-in-
Jaw, Mrs. r. A. Burford of Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Clark have
returned from Lake Weir, where
they have been staying at the Lege
cottage.
Mrs. Nicholas Heintz is visiting
relatives in Nashville.
Messrs. Van Boney and Tom Craw-
FORD lef: yesterday for a visit to
Pablo.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

The forty-eight states combined
owe little more than one thousand
million dollars. That's about what
the United States government owed
when it went into the war. In little
while the United States had spent
fifty times that amount. Under the
system of tax lodging, allowing those
with plenty of money to buy state
and city bonds. free Of income tax,
public debt in states and cities has
increased tens of billions-Arthur
Brisbane.
Arthur's arguments are intended to
impress the uniformed. If bond
holders had to pay interest on bonds,
they would either not buy Or pass the
buck to the taxpayers. State and
city bonds pay from four to six per
cent. Income tax last year was four
per cent and isn't likely to be less
for many years. So if capitalists had
to pay income tax on their bonds
they would charge at least eight per
cent for their money, and not only
rich put poor taxpayers would have to
pay the difference Also, it would be
just that much more difficult to sell
bonds and make improvements. This
is a specimen of Brisbane's argu-
ments. He also neglects to state that
while bondholders do not pay taxes on
their bonds they have to pay income
tax on the interest of their bonds, and
that evens up the account more than
Brisbane is willing to inform the
Droletariat
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

: Gainesville now boasts of approx
mately 100000 square yards of brick
paved streets, constructed at a cost
of nearly $4,000 and the city council
has just awarded a Savannah concern
contracts which when completed will
double the present mileage of paving,
The contract provides that the paving
must be completed in $50 working
days and the construction company
has assured the council that work will
begin Immediately.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Somebody is always taking the JOY
out of life. Modern car windows are
so easy to open that a fellow can't
&C over and open one for pretty girl
without appearing to fiirt. The old
fashioned kind that used to stick gave
a fellow a chance to stick around a
little-Times-U Union.
Guess you haven't travelled much on
the trains that run thisserway.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Representative Frank Clark has in
PRODUCED into Congress bill for the
taxation of church property in the
District of Columbia. Mr.. Clark
doesn't wishto tax the churches or
property used strictly for church pur-
poses, but all other property, such as
is used to build tenements or apart
ments or any other money earning es-
Establishments on. A just bill and should
become a law.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

The St. Petersburg Chamber OF
Commerce expects to spend more than
SIT 900 during the next fiscal year
with newspapers and magazines in
advertising the city according to pro-
visions in the tentative budget to be
submitted to the membership. The
budget will provide for the expendl-
ture of $48,945.76 of which SIT, 453.16
will be for newspaper and magazine
publicity. Another item calls for
$10,112.60 for the preparation and
distribution of two booklets.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
Canadian Scenic Parks.

The scenic parks of Canada are:
Rocky mountains. Jasper and Western
lakes In Alberta: YohO. Glacier. Mount
Revelstoke and KOOtenay. In British
Columbia: St Lawrence islands and
Point Pelee. in Ontario. The animal
parks are: Buffalo. Elk Island parks
and Foremost Antelope reserve. in Al
berta.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

If anyone asks you who christeneu
the tri-town baseball team Sum- Wild
Ok, just tell them that it was Mr.
Nathan Mayo who coined the name
This new team is made up of the best
players from Summerfeld, Wildwood
and Oxford.-Summerfield Chronicle.
Some name; hope it will be some
team. Nat has nifty knack of coin
ing names.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

The Town SLOUGH in the Orlando
Morning Sentinel is calling on the
vamps toilet him alone while his wife
is gone, to the country. Wonder who
he thinks he is fooling-Tampa Tri-
LuEe.
The clown SLOUGH" is one of the
niftiest young men in Orlando
Shouldn't be surprised to hear of his
being vamped at any time.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Elsewhere we print the picture OF
Miss Mildred Brantley of Lake Wales,
winner of the Tampa Times beauty
contest. Good looking girl-the
newspaper cut doesn't do her justice
But we have lots of prettier girls up
thisserway. It's our opinion that the
best lockers don't go into contests.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
Why "Erench" Eioh Heels.

It is said that Louis XVI appeared
in court wearing high wooden heels on
his shoes. He was not tall man, and
adopted this expedient TO make HIM
self regalIy impressive. The term
French heel was applied to high heels
and finally to a certain type of high
heel
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Georgia legislature has passed "a
law compelling all men to tell their
wives the truth. 1t will now be neces.
sary to pass another law compelling
all wives to believe it.-St. Petersburg
Times.
What's the use of accusing the
Georgia legislature of being bigger
fool than it is.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Harding has saddle horse named
Democrat. Write your own head
ine.-St. Augustine Record.
Rough to Ride, or, if two lines are
required "Perilous Steed for Presi-
dent"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Wlliiston now has a state road
which removes one of its arguments
Tor new county.-Bronson Times
Democrat.
We are afraid Brother Farmer is
fooling himself.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

applied to other thoroughfares as
rapidly as they are widened to sixty
six feet. In a few years every thor
.oughfare in Lake county will present
a vista of unexcelled beauty to those
who travel our velvet roads"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

The society reporters are constant
~ writing that some couple of another
were quietly married." AS it is very
seldom that people are uproariusly
married, we think the quietly" might
be taken for granted.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Albert's Plant Food is the thing for
making your flower garden and pot
plants bloom. It is odorless and is
sold in 25c. and SOC. packages and 50
sacks. At the Court Pharmacy. #
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

We are glad the army has cleared
the reputation of Lieut.. Col. Paul w.
Beck. We have never believed the
yarn Jean P. Day and wife of Okla
homa City told to excuse killing the
young soldier.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

The position taken by some South
FLORIDA papers against reapportion-
ment Is that of being willing to bite
on their noses to spite their own faces.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25
ADVERTISING RATES

LIpiayt Plate Is cents per inch for
Ssvnsecutlve Insertions Alternate inser-
s s,ons 20 per cent additional, Compost
L ss charges on ads that run less than
s1 times 10 cents per inch. Special
kosl.J5pn - per cent additional Rates
1sseu on Iour-inch minimum. Less than
TOUT inches will take a higher rate,
ssat VIII be furnished upon applica-
Reading Notices. Five cents DER line
TOT nrst Insertion; three cents per line
Lor each subsequent insertion. One
cnaHBe week allowed on readers with
OUT extra composition charges.
legal advertisements at legal rates
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Albert's Plant Food for flowers; 25c
and soc. packages Sold at the Court
Pharmacy. 18-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

Try our roasts. They are good. The
Eagle Market. Phone "A. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-25

BETTER insure BEFORE rather than
after the fire. Let Ditto insure you. II
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The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-27
COLUMBIA'S HOSPITALITY.

During this thirteenth annual Journal,
ism Week Columbia's townspeople, fac.
ulty and students have shown themselves
gracious and helpful in making it sue
cess. They have spared no effort to live
up to the hospitality for which the city
is famous.
Especially to be thanked are those in
charge Of the Flower Show, The CONNER
cial Club, the townspeople who so kindly
cared for the visitors Thursday evening
by inviting them to their homes, and the
students who helped TO keep up the social
end Of the program.
Constant anticipation of what would
make the visitors happy has been the
thought of all who co-operated.
Columbia has shown the real spirit OF
q city beautiful.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-27
Sensible Dress Means Added
Health for the Modern Miss

of women, for where is the man who will
urge bobbed locks? Where is the woman
who will ask man whether she shall
bob her hair or not? Every day beauty
parlors are lined with women waiting to
be ''bobbed.' There seems to be no
age limit set for this head dress. and il
is not at all unusual TO see matron with
short grey locks.
Women who have naturally cu.ly hail
or who look well with short. straight hair
need have no qualms about bobbing their
hair for the summer months, as hair
grows so speedily after being cut that
by the time winter is here. il will be long
enough to pin back and cover with hair
net. But the girl with thin. scrawny
locks had better beware of the scissors
or she is liable to feel terribly cut up
about it later on.