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1 1 ff ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE LOCALN TO PRESS TE.IE VOL. 21. OCALA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1915 NO. 228 THE STAR IS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MARION COUNTY TAKING TELEGRAPH SERVICE 0 111 Ml J EVEN NO OIC OIL Punished the Advancing Teuton Armies Near Pinsk liiHIG IHE AUSlRlAtiS v- London, Sept. 25. The Russian po sition from Vilna to the Galician frontier appears to be greatly im proved. Three distinct victories are recorded at widely scattered points. This mitigates the uneasiness felt here regarding the Bulgarian atti tude. .The situation far noith is less fav orable. The Russians are resisting Hindenburg's men stubbornly, but their admission that fighting is pro ceeding at Smislin, three miles from Novo Alexandre vsk, indicates the approaches of the latter town are in German hands. The fate of Dvinsk is in doubt, last of Vilna, north of Pinsk and in the vicinity of Lutsk, the Russians scored heavily. The Germans call the reverses east of Vilna temporary in character, notwithstanding losses fii guns and prisoners. .Near Pinsk MacKensen was thrown back in an engagement that has shaken his grip on the city. Farther south the Russians holding Lutsk are pressing their advantage and seem to be assuming the dominancy on the southern end of the line, in a manner recalling the fighting of last spring. ITIli TOGETHER AGGRESSIVE ACTS OF BULGARIA CAUSE THE GREEKS TO AGREE (Associated Press) Athens, Sept. 25. King Constan tine and -Premier Venizelos have ar rived at a complete agreement on steps already taken by the govern ment in measures demanded to meet the Balkan situation. These measures include the maintenance of Greece's treaty obligations. WILL DECLARE MARTIAL LAW NEXT WEEK Paris, Sept. 25. The Greek parlia ment next, Wednesday will be called upon to proclaim martial Jaw, declare a state of siege in Macedonia and take any other steps the situation de mands, says a Havas Athens dis patch. SENSIBLE BULGARS London, Fept. 25. Reuters' Moc cow corespondent says the Bulgar ians there refused to obey the mob ilization order, telegraphing the king they will not fight against Serbia. ENTHUSIASM AT ATHENS A dispatch from Athens states that mobiliaztion is proceeding, thousands of men having already reported. PRIMARY SCHOOL The Ocala primary school, situated on South Third street, will open on Monday, September 27. The teachers for the school year are as follows: Beginners, boy's room 1, Mrs. W. T. Evans, teacher. Beginners, girls room 2, Miss Eu nice Marsh, teacher. Advanced first, boys room, 4 Miss Lulu Griffiin, teacher. Advanced first, girls room 8, Miss Fannie Clark, teacher. Second grade, boys and girls, room 3, Miss Edith Griffin and Miss Nellie Stevens, teachers. Third grade, boys and girls, room 6, Mrs. Maud Rochford, teacher. Third grade, boys and girls, room 7, Miss Marcella McLain, teacher. Patrons are requested not to get any supplies until they receive the lists from the teachers, and . not to ask admittance for pupils who are not of school age. Nellie C Stevens, Principal. For plumbing ana electrical work ecq II. W. Tucker. Phone 300. tf pip rr MflPffCMQPI 111 GALICIA BUI SLOWLY HIHDEIIBERG (Associated Press) BOMBARDED BY THE BRITISH ZEBRUGGE SHOWERED WITH SHELLS FROM SHIPS OUT AT SEA Associated Press) Amsterdam, Sept. 25. British war ships again bombarded Zebrugge to day. The flashes of the guns of three ships were seen from the Dutch coast. EVIDENCE ALL IN FOR THE STATE IN THE TRIA', OF MENDENHALL AT CLEARWATER (Associated Press) Clearwater, Sept. 25. The state closed its case this morning in the trial of ' J. J. Mendenhall, charged with the murder of Mrs. Bessie Eliot and her . daughter Susie. The motion of the defense for a verdict, of ac quittal because of an alleged defective indictment was denied. MONEY WILL REWARD THE BRIGHT MIND W hich Suggests the Most Appropriate Name for Ocala's New Club With twenty-five charter members present, Ocala's newest club met last night for the purpose of ratifying its constitution and the election of offi cers. The purposes of the new organiza tion are to promote good feeling among local business men; to attract new citizens to Ocala and Marion county; to co-operate with other or ganizations for the advancement of Ocala's interests; to secure as much favorable publicity as possible for Ocala, and to suppress knockers and knocking. Only one member of each business house in the city will be eligible to membership, and no member shall be under the age of 21 nor over the age of 38. Politically the club . is absolutely neutral and the discussion of local is sues in the club is prohibited. The present membership of the club is made up of the livest and most progressive of the city's young element, and, with the perfection and strengthening of the organization, a great deal of good may be accom plished. Having failecr to agree upon a name for the organization the club decided to offer a prize of five dollars for a name which will meet the approval of the club. Contestants for the prize are required to file their suggestions with Secretary Bunyan Stephens be fore the next meeting night, October 5th, when a name for the new club will be selected. The name must not contain the word "Booster." OKLAWAHA VALLEY RAILROAD SCHEDULE No. 71 Leave Palatka, 7:30 a. m., arrive Ocala, 11:35 a. m. No. 72 Leave Ocala, 1:05 p. m.; arrive Palatka, 5:25 p. m. Those cakes made at Carter's Bak ery under the name "DELICIOUS" are everything that the name indi cates. Six flavors made fresh every day and put up in 10c packages. Ac cept no other. tf YIELDING 111 THE NORTH TO VOII THAT AUSTRO-GERMANY WILL DEFINITELY RECALL DR. DUMBA (Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 25 United States Ambassador Penfield at Vienna has been instructed to make clear to the Austro-Hungarian government the United States must insist upon the recall of the Austrian ambassa dor to this country, Dr. Dumba. His departure on "a leave of absence" is not satisfactory, as it would leave him still accredited. Messages received by the state department from Ambas sador Penfield indicate that Austria misunderstands the United States wishes, as it is intimated that Austria might recall Dr. Dumba on leave and desires his safe conduct. Dr. Dumba notified the state department later and asked for safe conduct. Nothing has been done yet. SEWERAGE CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED AH Legal Formalities Preceding the Work Have Been Carried Out The contract between the city of Ocala and Bryan & Co. of Jackson ville for the construction of Ocala's sewer system has been signed by President Meffert, of the council, May or J. D. Robertson and H. C. Sistrunk, city clerk, and the Bryan Co., and the work will now proceed in a hurry, as soon as the sewer pipe arrive, sev eral carloads of it having already been shipped from Chattanooga. Mr. H. G. Bryan, of the firm of Bryan & Co., is in the city and will have charge of the work. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCn Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., L. M. Murray superintendent. Organized Bible classes for men and women. Now is the time to enlist for young and old, all together studying the word of God. . Rev. John R. Herndon, the pastor, will preach at 11 a. m. on "The Gideon Type of Christian." There will be good music and a cordial welcome to all who will worship with us. In the evening the pastor will preach at a union service held at the First Meth odist church at 7:30 p. m. The pub lic is cordially invited io both these services. NEGRO BURGLAR KILLED AT SUMMERFIELD A negro by the name of Joshua was killed at Summerfield last night, or rather before daylight this morn ing, in the store of H. J. Wall lb Son. Some one had been breaking into and stealing things out of the store, and the proprietors determined to put a stop to it. Last night it was agreed that one of the firm remain on watch in the rear of the store until mid night, when he would be relieved by the other. Shortly after the morn ing watch, four negro men, who aft erwards proved to be the four Joshua brothers, entered the store and when all were inside and helping them selves to the stock, Mr. J. L. Wall ordered them to throw up their hands and surrender. A break was made for liberty and Mr. Wall fired, killing one of the brothers. One escaped and he captured two others, Solomon and Watley Joshua, who were brought to town this morning. An affidavit was made against them by Mr. Wall and they were locked up to await a hear ing. Advertise in the Star. ATTACK AMERICANS AT PROGRESSO MAY ROUSE EVEII THIS ADMII1ISTRATI0I1 (Associated Washington, Sept. 25. The possi bility of American troops crossing the Rio Grande, to deal with Mexican raiders is talked of here as a result of yesterday's fight between United States soldiers and Mexicans near Progresso, Texas. One soldier was killed and an officer wounded. Four Mexicans, perhaps more, were shot. An incident adding seriousness to the situation in the eyes of war de partment officials, was the fact re ported by General Funston that sev eral hundred uniformed Mexicans covered the retreating raiders. "LOCKING THE DOOR" Brownsville, Sept. 23. Strong army patrols are stationed along ev ery foot of "the Rio Grande near Pro gresso. The raiders, numbering eighty, are said to have escaped safe ly into the interior of Mexico. Peace officers and citizens have renewed precautions for the protection of iso lated settlements and ranches. DENY IT, OF COURSE Washington, Sept.' 25. General Nafarrato wired the Carranza agency here that there were no Carranza troops engaged in the Progresso fight yesterday. VILLA'S MEN QUITTING Laredo, Texas, Sept. 25. Many de tached bands of Villa soldiers are sur rendering to the Carranza forces marching against Torreon, it was re ported by General Obreon to the Car ranza authorities at Neuvo Laredo to day. ISOLATED" RANCH ATTACKED Brownsville, Sept. 25. J. C. Mc- Allen, the millionaire ranchman, and his woman cook -yesterday fought off a band of fourteen Mexicans who at tacked the ranch house, in Hidalgo county. Two bandits were killed and three wounded during the fight. WOODMEN MEETEN'G Fort King Camp Will Form a Degree Team Fort King Camp, W. O. W., met last evening in semi-monthly session and though the attendance was not as large as might have been expected, an excellent meeting was held. Fol lowing the business session .the camp introduced three candidates into the mysteries of the order. Although they found the thickets and byways of the forest numerous and very hazardous to traverse, all of them successfully penetrated it. The candidates in structed in the work at last evening's session were J. D. Wilkes, Charles Mills and E. C. Green. Several members of the Reddick camp were guests of the local lodge. Since the weather is growing cooler the officers of Fort King Camp look forward to having a larger attendance at these semi-monthly sessions. A movement was started to form a degree team. Several attempts to make up a team have started and stopped, but it is believed this one will be a success. The committee to work, on the team consists of Chas. E. Harris, chairman, D. E. Busier and J. D. Wilkes, and they intend to hus tle the other members into line. The next meeting of the camp will be held on Friday October 8, and it is hoped that each member will make an especial effort to attend. NICHOLS AND IGOU HAVE PUT IN A CORN MILL Messrs. Nichols & Igou have put in a big corn sheller, grinder and feed mixer at their big barn and feed sup ply house on West Exposition street. The machinery is operated by an elec tric motor and will be used exclusive ly to grind corn and feed and mix them for use in the stables or for the feed sales business. The mill will soon pay for itself in the saving that it will be to the firm, in being able to save on freight alone on these ground and mixed feeds. BEAN SEED We have just received our new bean seed for the fall. planting; all varieties. Ocala Seed Store. 8-11-tf 1 Press) OCALA SHOULD BE WELL REPRESENTED AT THE DIXIE IIIGIIWAY 3IEET ING IN JAXSONVILLE SEP TEMBER 28 AND 29 At the recent Board of Trade meet ing action was taken to secure at least 20 automobiles well filled to at tend the Dixie Highway meeting in Jacksonville, September 28 and 29. Unless our people wake up, we may not be on this highway. So far the following parties with cars and those who have not, but are willing to go to the meeting have given us their names: D. S. Welch, car. R. F. Rogers, car. R. S. Rogers, car. George Rentz, car. J. P. Theus, car. D. E. Mclver, J. J. Guynn, W. D. Cam, II. J. Ashley, R. T. Adam?, Charles Goddard, C. H. Lloyd, Harvey Clark, H. W. Tucker, R. B. Sanders. Please telephone at once to 381 if you will go'and swell the number, al so kindly let us have your name so all arrangements can be made by Monday noon. Cars should be decor ated with Penants and flags. J. D. Rooney J. D. Rooney, Secy. Board of Trade OCALA SHOULD GET A MOVE ON May Otherwise be Frozen Out at the Dixie Highway Meeting Editor Star: It seems if our peo ple will only read yesterday's Times Union they will see the importance of the Dixie Highway meeting in Jack sonville Sept. 28-29. Sit ye idle, no body go to back up the Tallahassee route and its good-bye to the central or western route through Ocala. . Don't forget there is a special pro gram and entertainment for the la dies and Ocala should be well repre sented. Hurry and phone your name to 381, and when you will be ready to start. J. D. Rooney, Secretary. MR. SHUEY'S GRIST MILL Mr. George Shuey is nearly ready to start up his grist mill on the cor ner of his residence lot on North Lime street, near the Seaboard tracks. Mr. Shuey has built a sub stantial building for his mill and has installed- the latest and best machin ery, with a big electric motor to operate it. Mr. Shuey has a corn sheller, a feed grinder that will grind anything including corn on the corn. He has a feed mixer, a mill for grind ing hominy or "grits" and an improv ed meal grinder with imported rock mill-stones. This mill has an at tachment which blows a current of cold air betwen the stones all the time to keep them cool while grind ing. It has a chaff remover anl a bolter or sifter, so that the bran is all removed from the meal, is desired. Mr. Shuey will operate his mill every day, when ready, which will be by next Monday, and expects to be kept quite busy. The big corn crop of Marion county has certainly develop ed the grinding of the product in Ocala in a hurry. MISSIONARY MEETING All children are invited to be pres ent at the missionary meeting of the Junior League Sunday, September 26, at 3 o'clock. Leader Mary Lane. Theme "Big Business." Song "Onward Christian Soldiers" Bible Lesson I Sam. 17-32:47. 'Lesson Talks. Prayer. "Children at Work in Many Lands," Mrs. C. G. Barnett. Quartette "All for Jesus,"; Sam Phillips, Ullainee Barnett, Edward Cook, Mildred Crosby. Roll call Memory verses. Collection for missions. Mr. J. R. Dey had his automobile stolen -in Orlando on Tuesday evening. A New Town Near PL A IIT AT PHDSLIf.lE WILL SOOII BE READY TO UACIEC- TURE THE PRODUCT It certainly looks like business at Phoslime, 18 miles north of Ocala on the Seaboard Air Line railroad, the new town site and plant of the Florida Soft Phosphate and Lime Company. Over 50 acres of land has been cleared of heavy timber and stumps where the new town is to come into being. The grade for the switch and spur track into the company's plant and mine has been finished and is ready for the rails, which will be laid in a short time. The new tool house, water tower and bams are all ready and the big drilled well, nearly 300 feet deep, supplies a stream of inexhaustible water, pure and wholesome. AN UP-TO-DATE PLANT The over-burden is now being re moved from the large pit where "Phoslime" is to be extracted for mar ket as soon as the new plant is com pleted. The plant is under way and is being constructed, as well as all of the other work done under contract, by Messrs. Mclver & MacKay of Ocala, the largest contractors in this section who have built more phos phate plants in the hard rock section of the state than any other two firms put together." : The plant is to be modern in every respect and will be completed and in full operation in a short time. The machinery has all been bought and will be on the ground as soon as the foundations and buildings are ready. ORDER RECEIVED FROM. DR. WILEY Without any advertising whatever the company is receiving orders for "Phoslime" and ground limestone daily, and it will take fully three months of operation to fill the orders already booked. One order received the first of the week was for a car load of "Phoslime" to be shipped to Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the noted chemist, at his Virginia home, which U certainly a good recommendation for this material. Another order re ceived yesterday was from one of the best known and most wealthy Georgia citizens for fifty tons of "Phoslime" and the orders which have been book ed are from all over the state and scattered through many of the south ern states. Work on the company's property is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible and has never ceased all summer. GREAT DEMAND FOR LIME The growing demand for lime and phosphate in the soil of the south, the formulas this company has, its capital to develop its property and its plan of advertising assures it success from the very first and the Florida Soft Phosphate and Lime Company is destined to do a great work, in the estimation of this paper, as a soil builder of our country, and is sure to make good money for its investors. OFFICES IN OCALA The offices of the company are in Ocala and Mr. W. S. Hilands, the president, has been on the job all summer, dividing his time between the plant and the office. A BIG PARTY REACHED THE LAKE Dr. and Mrs. J. E, Klock and son, Mr. Harold Klock and daughter, Mrs. J. J. Merrinon, with her three chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Lee . and daughter, of New Hampshire, and Mr. Maynard Pray and Mr. Winters of New York City, arrived at Eastlake last night, having been in the White Mountains of New Hampshire for the summer, and will remain at the lake till next spring. The party came down on the Clyde line steamer yes terday afternoon. Dr. Klock and Mr. Lee own much valuable property 'at the lake and will spend the winter developing it. They expect a number of investors down during the winter who will become interested in the property there. IT o n 1 " r 1 1 3 i 5 t and Industry Ocala VOII PMII'S LETTER IIS LlB'IliSTd GERMAN OFFICER DENIES THAT HE APPLIED OFFENSIVE EX PRESSION TO AMERICANS (Aasocl&ifrd Frew San Francisco, Sept. 25. Captain Franz von Papen, the military attache of the German embassy at Washing-" ton, who is visiting the exposition, denied that the expression "idiotic Yankees," said to have been contained in the letter taken from the American newspaper correspondent, John Archi bald, by British authorities, referred to the American people. . He says ha meant the publishers of a New York paper that had been attacking the embassy. The letter was to Captain von Papen's wife. He said that if "the entire letter had been published its meaning would have been plain. GOING TO MEXICO It was announced that von Papen and Prince von Hatzfeldt, counsellor of the German, embassy, would go to Mexico next Tuesday. Both were silent as to their exact destination or the object of their visit. ' ,it . IMPERIAL STEAM LAUNDHY : Mr. George Pasteur has Bought the . Well Established and Growing , , Business Mr. George Pasteur has purchased the Imperial Steam Laundry, taking over all of the other interests, tlx,' Pasteur will take-charge of the bus iness Monday morning and will be in charge personally after that time. 'All of the force will be retaJaed as now, and the new management will go out after new business with a vim. Th.e Imperial Laundry has a good plant, all new machinery of the latest make, and has enjoyed a fine business and turned out good work. llr. Pas teur has been looking about for an investment since returning to Ocala. and considered this one of the beat opportunities that he saw in or about town. Mr. Pasteur is a good business man and made a success of all his under takings. He expects to give the laun dry business his careful study and the same close application that he formerly gave his mercantile busi-. ness, and feels quite sure of a good success. SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY DAY Tomorrow week is Sunday school rally day, and the business men's class at the Methodist church prom ises to get into training tomorrow for the event by using the class slogan "take one with you today." The class now numbers upward of 125 and the enthusiasts promise to make every effort to make the 200 mark by Jan uary first. The discussions on' the lesson each Sunday are most interest ing, and every meeting brings out a new feature in the work. OF INTEREST TO SnTPPET3 Daily Package Car is Running en the Oklawaha Valley Railroad A daily package car has been plac ed in service between Jacksonville and Ocala via the Florida, East Coast Railway and the Oklawaha Valley , B. R. This car leaves Jacksonville at the close of each day's business, arriv ing in Ocala the following morning. Immediate notice of arrival of freight and efficient service will be given pa trons. On Saturday and pounds of sugar for 1, with cr.e dol lar's worth of ether groceries, foe cash. 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