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OCALA, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1920
VOL 26, NO. 263
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ELECI1IM
.: III AMERICA
Between Twenty and Thirty ' Million
-Voters Today ' are Expected to
Cast their Ballots
New York, Nov. 2. Before the
dawn of another day the country in
all likelihood will know whether Sen
ator Warren G. Harding or-. Governor
James M. Cox will be their next pres
ident, as it is generally agreed that
none of the other five, candidates has
a chance. It is estimated thit between
twenty and thirty million yotes will
be cast, many women throughout the
country voting for the first time.
, There is intense interest in the fight
.for the Senate and House. Thirty-four-senators
ace to be elected, 32 to
fill seats now occupied by 17 demo
crats and 15 republicans and two to
fill the unexpired terms of the late
Senators Bankhead' and Martin. An
entire new House, consisting of 435
members, is being chosen. C '
' Chairman Hays of the : republican
committee and Chairman White of
the democratic Committee continue
confident oi victory;
COX AND MRS. COX VOTED AT
THE CROSSROADS V
Dayton,- Nov.. 2. Gov. Cox return
ed from Toledo this morning and cast
his ballot with Mrs. Cox at a cross
roads store', going thence to his home,
where he will remain until tonight,
when he will receive the election, re
turns at his newspaper office.
BONFIRE MAY NOT BURN
Marion, Nov." 2. Senator Harding
motored to Columbus, where he play
ed golf. Returning he cast hisjballot
with Mrs. Harding. Senator Harding
will receive the returns at his home,
surrounded xby his friends. . A bonfire
celebration has been planned for to
night. ' .
' . THE FIRST RETURNS
Boston, Nov. 2. The first returns
of the general election from the town
of New Ashford," gave, the republicans
20 and the democrats .6. Four -years
ago Hughes received 16 votes and
'Wilson 7. '.',
HOOVER IS THE MOST RELIABLE
San "Francisco, Nov. .2. Zest was
added to , the election today by the
publication f statements by Senator
Hiram Johnson, an opponent of the
League of Nations, and Herbert
Hoover, an advocate of the league;
Johnson claims, Harding is against
the league and Hoover says .Harding
is going intG the league.
f GEORGIA LAW SAYS NO
Savannah, Nov, 2. A negro wom
an appeared at the polls this morning
but was denied the privilege of voting
because of the Georgia law. No white
women have appeared at the ; polls
here. , ;r.;: v - "' -
SURE TO KEEP THE SOUTH1 SOLID
Atlanta, . &0V. 2. Heavy voting in
the South with thousands of women
participating for the first time is pre
dicted by election officials, ; claiming
the woman vote will help the demo
cratic cause. Fair weather prevailed
' in most localities. The democrats are
confident they will make & clean sweep
In all southern states. 'Many Georgia
women are expected to demand, the
vote despite the state law requiring
registration six months before an
election. ""'" ' '
MR. AND MRS. COOLIDGE YOTE
5 Northampton, Mass.; Nov. 2.Go v.
Cool idge and wife, voted here today;
After an informal reception the gov
ernor and Mrs. Coolidge returned to
Boston, where they will receive the
election returns tonight.
CLOSE IN KANSAS
' Topeka, Kan., Nov. 2. Incomplete
returns from four precincts out of 36
in Topeka gave Harding 109 and Cox
COX IS CONFIDENT
- Dayton, Nov. 2. Gov. Cox issued
an election day statement as follows:
"I am confident that the cause for
which I have stood during the entire
campaign will be victorious today.
The campaign has been entirely nipon
' a great moral issue and m all the his
tory of the world whenever a great
moral issue has been presented to the
people it has not failed. It will not
fail today." ' t
DEBS WONT BE DISAPPOINTED
. Atlanta, Nov. 2. Eugene Debs, the
socialist , candidate for president, is
sued a statement from the federal
prison here today: "I shall not be dis
appointed as the people will get what
.they tlfink they want, insofar as they
think at all." . ; ,
A GRATIFYING DECREASE
1 (Associated Press) . "
Washington, Nov. 2. -Fewer per
sons were killed on the railroads last
year than since 1898;' the Interstate
Commerce Commission announced to
day. ' , . - '-- . ;
The
council
didn't
pass the ordi-
nance,
ccrviee.
but
we put
in the individual
Geris'3 Drug Store- 3-tf
ELECTION RETURNS
THIS EVENING
From the Associated Pres3, the State
Press and the Western
. , . ' Union - . . "
A number of .cur citizens have, made
up as fund to take the Western Union
report of the election, which will be
delivered from the handstand.
The Star expects a dispatch, sum
ming up the situation, about midnight,
or sooner, if the result is known. Un
less there is a landslide, the result
will hardly' be known tonight. The
polls in the states west of us close
one, two and three hours later than
ours, wmcn will probably make dispatches-very'
late coming in. We
have arranged .with another of the
state's big dailies' to ; exchan ge dis
patches regarding the ; amendment,
which we hope will be in by midnight.
Kfhe Star office will remain onen untij
l a. m. tomorrow morningand , ais
patches wilV be bulletined on one of
its northern windows, under a -big
electric light. Some of them "are al
ready up. ' . .
The Star can't be very definite
about its dispatches when they will
come, if at all. It jhas found by. past
experience that wh'en 'the Western
Union is delivering dispatches of any
event, it throws the Associated Press
down, , delivering its dispatches only
after the Western Unions are out of
the way. During the World's Series,
the Sar's dispatches came Art from
forty minutes to an hour and. five
minutes after the Western . Union &.
This is not the faull! of the local
office, but, we believe, of Jacksonville.
However, We'll do the best' we can.
EAST HALL BURNED
(Times-Union)
Tallahassee,-Oct.- SI. East Hall,
the only framed dormitory on the
campus oi the Florida state . uoiiege
ior Women, tonight lies in ashes, fire
or unknown origin, hut whicn, is gen
erally ascribed as defective flue, broke
out shortly after 11 o'clock this
morning, and before the alarm was
sounded calling the Tallahassee fire
Lcompany, the flames had progressed
as far as to make it impossible to save
the 1 building, though the ; firemen
worked heroically and effectively aft
er their , arrival on the scene. The
building was1 onlyr partly covered by
insurance. -
There was not even the slightest
accident in connection with the fire,
a great many of the occupants being
iir church services in the city. .There
were .about -eighty-five, students who
occupied the building and a number
cf them lost everything .they had
sjive the clothes in which they were
attired.' The people of Tallahassee
have offered their homes to the young
ladies but it is not yet known wheth
er the offer will be accepted. ;. '-
John C. Kellum, business manager
of the college, stated that he had
managed to get an ample number of
beds and . other; -furniture and it is
probable the , accommodations will., be
made 'for the girls inother buildings
on - the campus, a More than enough
rooms have been jpff ered by the citi
zens of Tallahassee, .however, to take
care of these young ladies in the
everit, that their, offer is accepted.
The- Elks lodge of Tallahassee im
mediately began the collection from
its members ofa,ypurse of one thou
sand dollars to be turned over to Dr.
Edward ' Conradi, president of the
college, for use towaf d replacing the
clothing and other; property lot by
the girls. At an early hour this; eve
ning it was le'arned that .arrangements
had been .made for comfortably tak
ing care of all the students who had
room ift East Hall. .
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
The children of the - North Ocala
school spent one of the happiest aft
ernoons of their lives last Friday, the
occasion being a most delightful and
unique Hallowe'en party given the
pupils by their teachers, Mrs. P. H.
Hensley and Mrs. A. E. Ashworth.
An effort is being made to beautify
the North Ocala sehool grounds and
tlfe pupils have been cleaning and
pulling, weeds for weeks, so the bon
fires .were an interesting part of the
program and were participated in
with great enthusiasm and due cere
monial. ; C : "
Many of the children wore amusing
and grotesque costumes, some" of
which were V decidedly clever. The
building was appropriately decorated
for the occasion. There was bobbing
for apples and a - candy hunt in the
building and a nut scramble on the
school grounds which caused much
fun and frolic. Some Hallowe'en
songs were given and some folk
dances, all of which showed careful,
efficient training. Many useful arti
cles are being made by these children
and the writer was much pleased, by
the fine school spirit that prevailed in
tins school.
The happy afternoon passed all too
quickly and the memory of it . will
stay with these children for many
Hallowe'ens to come.-' ' '
Don't fail to visit the Guarantee
Clothing & Shoe Company. Every
thing we sell is guaranteed. We're
ighting for QUALITY not prices, tf
ELECTION DAY 111
illlDii GDUNTY
In Ocala, the Polling Place was Some
what Crowded, but Everything is
Progressing Smoothly :
If everything goes along as smooth
ly everywhere in America as it has
been going today in Ocala, there will
have been a quiet and orderly election.
The Star advised - houskeeping la
dies to hold back until after 9 o'clock
to vote, so -as to give men who had to
go to work a" chance. Advice is meant
to : be given and not taken, so the
Star reporter was. not surprised when
he reached the polls promptly at 8 a.
m. to find one j bunch of ladies before
him, nor to see them rapidly and con
stantly reinforced. - - ; '
On account of one inspector not
showing up, opening the polls was de
layed a few minutes,, but at 8:15 the
inspectors began to to call the p'eople
forward.; By this time both the east
and west openings were crowded, the
first with whites, the second witft col
ored voters. On the white side, some
cf the men .went in first. The first
frcven white women to pass in were
the following: " .Mrs. C. W, Moremen,
Miss Alice Bullock. Mrs. J. J." Gerig,'
Mrs. J. P. Phillips, Mrs. W. S. Bul
lock, Mrs. E. W. Merrill and Mrs. R.
N. Dosh. Mrs. C. W.f Moremen Vas
the first Ocala woman to vote, , Miss
Alice Bullock was immediately after
her ? and it was not possible to tell
the order in which the others voted,
as often one had to wait, for a booth
until some one after her had voted;
the succession' being broken by; the
time it took e'aeVto vote, and by men
voters coming io between.' In the few
minutes the Star man was inside the
polling place, iti looked to him like the
women were voting right along and
marking their ballots rapidly, but as
to how accurately will not be known
until the count commences.
It soon became evident that i the
number of boojths, altho double. those
of previous elections, was nqt enough,
and all would not be able to vote, so
the sheriff sent out and had - some
tables brought in, after which the
voting proceeded more rapidly. There
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By Special Arrangement
GLADYS RICE
will give ; her favorite program,
" Songs that America Loves."
The . great American soprano
will appear herself in what will
be the most notable musicale
of the season;
. '. Friday Afternoon
November 5, at 4 O'clock
V Temple Theatre.'
Appearing with Mis3 Rice will be Adeline
Packard, Violinist and Pianist, and Mr.
, Thorhas A. Edison's favorite invention, The
New Edison, "The Phonograph with a soul."
FREE TICKETS
Call on or write us for free tickets of admission,
will be issued in order of application.
Kelly-Miller Music Co.
Harrington Hall Cornor
was a rush up to eleven o'clock, after
which there was a. slump until noon,
by wrhich time there were very few
voters, present. '
This afternoon, the voting resumed,
but more in a steady stream than in
crushes. That is on the white side.
Up, to 3 o'clock, 1100 votes had been
cast. At that time most of the booths
on the white side were : almost con-
(stantly filled, but with no crowding.
Most of the voters at that time were
women. " . ,
On the '.'colored side this morning
early there was a crush, lasting about
three hours, then a falling off until
by 3 p. m. there was a colored voter
only once hi a while A' majority of
the colored voters are women.
There may be another rush from
five o'clock1 until the polls close. Sher
iff Galloway estimates that there will
be 1500 votes cast in this precinct. ,
There has been no disorder; of any
kind today. .-.'
LOYAL HEARTS ARE
BEATING AT'pELLEVIEW
Editor Star: I enclose check, my
$2 to apply on the democratic short
age, $1 from Mayor T- L. Hames, $1
from Mrs. J. F. Hames, $1 for Mrs.
I.- I; Strong, $1. from Mrs. M. T. Bo
hannon. ..'';. ' .". '
I haveTvoted straight democratic
ticket, against, the amendment and
for Bruce Meffert.
, C Eleanor Tremere.
GERMANS GOLNG
N AFTER RUSSIAN TRADE
A Berlin, Oct. 15. A new bank cap
italized at 11,000,000 marks has been
organized here by a syndicate of Ger
man bankers and industrialists to fos
ter trade relations between Germany
and Russia. The new institution will
co-operate with Petrograd and Mos
cow banks as. well as with leading
Russian industrialists. It is proposed
to . include the .Baltic and border
states in the newly formed ; bajnkVs
sphere of influence. - .
The . Vossische's financial editor
says that the lively , interest display
ed by the United States , and England
in Russian- trade relations should he
an incentive for Germany to .turn her
trade to the east.
He declares that world conferences
will discuss the European situation in
vain so long as they continue to ex
elude Russia from their economic cal
culations. , -
They
"LEGION DAY" AT
THE couiim FAIH
Marion County Post No. 27 Meets
Wednesday Night and 'Will Dis
t cuss Program and Plans
for the Occasion
Fridav. Nov. 27. will be "Ameri
can Legion Day" at the Marion Coun
ty Fair. The special committee ap
pointed at the last meeting of Marion
County Post No. 27 of 4he legion has
6mpleted arrangements with the fair
officials for the conduct of the last
day of the fair. By this" arrangement
the legion post will share. in the re
ceipts of the day. Special attractions
or the day will be arranged for by
the legion, and with the pep that the
ex-service men will put into it the
. ..t. .
ast day ot tne lair tnis year is going
o be a humdinger.
Marion County Post No. 27 meets
in regular session in the armory club
rooms Wednesday night at 8 o'clock,
and it is hoped that there will be a
arge attendance. It will take the co
operation of every member of the
post to put tne "Legion uay oi tne
air. over in good style. .The special
committee in charge of "Legion Day",
will have a report to make Wednesday
night and it is urged that every mem
ber be present to hear it and in readi
iness to take a hand. The members
of the special committee 'are: R. G.
Sumner, chairman; A. P. Parry, Mas
ton O'Neal, Robert VanOsten and
Dr. C. W. Moreroen. This committee
met Saturday niglit and decided to
make a go of "Legion Day."' '
On Armistice night, November 11,
Marion County Post No. 27 will have
a masquerade ball at the armory. This
will be a public affair and an admis
sion of ?1 for gentlemen and 50 cents
or ladies will be charged. The mem
bers of the Woman's Auxiliary will
serve punch. -
Members of the legion are urged to
bring their wives, mothers, sisters
and daughters with them Wednesday
night. The Woman's Auxiliary , meets
at the armory at the same time as
he post and the mothers, wives, sis
ters and daughters of the legion men
should become members of the auxil
iary. And in this connection it vwill
be of . interest to know what was de
cided with regard to the Woman's
Auxiliary at the recent national con
vention of the American Legion.' The
convention decided that - a national
convention of the Woman's Auxiliary
be held as .soon, as twenty per cent -of
the state departments of. the -legion
have organized auxiliaries; that the
first national convention of the worn
an's organization be permitted - to
change the name of the organization
so asto do away with the now un
satisfactory word "auxiliary"; and it
was decided .that the legion in dealing
with its affiliated woman's organiza
tion accept without . question- the
policy and management of such or
ganization without any ., reservations
whatsoever, so long as the ideals and
purposes of the American Legion as
an organization are upheld.
HALLOWE'EN PARTY AT CITRA
Friday evening at the,Citra school
auditorium the league of the Metho
dist church entertained at a .Hal
lowe'en party.
Each guest was met at the door by
Messrs. Crosby and Metchtensimon,
who Were dressed as , ghosts. They
were ushered into the auditorium,
which was lighted by jack-o -lanterns
and other Hallowe'en colors of black
and yellow.
After the. march of the ghost, the
guests were invited to visit "Pluto's
Regioq," which was a dark and quite
spooky room.
Many games were played and much
fun was derived from bobbing apples
in tubs of water.
During the evening the guests were
favpred with a reading by Mis Win
nie Crosby and several piano selec
tions by Mr. Metchtensimon.
..Prizes were offered for the best
costumes, the . winners being Miss
Winnifred Warner and Mr. Broward
Sherouse.
Delightful refreshments were serv
ed at the close of the evening.
GUARDS HAD TO
USE THEIR GUNS
(Associated Press)
New Orleans, Nov. 2. Eleven Chi
nese members of the crew of 'the
British, steamer Almleaf were vound
ed when guards resorted to pisto
fire to quell mutiny aboard resulting
from refusal to erant shore leave
Two will die.
DISORDERS MAY
: . ' COME ALONG LATER
Havana, Noy. 2. Compilation o
the presidential election returns 13
slow. Both Zayas and Gomez claim
election. The disorders of the elec
tion were negligible.
Double recleaned seed oats and rye.
Ocala Seed Store. 6-tf
OSTPONE HEARTNG ,
ON SPRINGS DEPOT
Zailfbad Commission Has Previous
Engagements Which Prevent
. Sending Representative
Here This Week
Not having heard from the railroad
commission as to whether one of its
members would be in Ocala tomorrow
or Thursday for the public hearing in
connection with the proposed removal
of the Seaboard Air "Line freight de
pot and dock at Silver Springs, the
Marion County Board of Trade this
morning telegraphed the commission
o find out when a representative
would be here. This afternoon the
bllowing telegram was received from.
Commissioner Dunn: -
"On account of other pressing en
gagements necessaryTuPostpone in- -vestigation
Silver Springs depot" mat
ter, until later date, of which you will a
De aavisea. . - . . ,
QEN. E. M. LAW
(Times-Union)
Bartow, Oct. 31. Major General
u M. Law, ranking surviving officer
of the army of the Confederate States
cf America, died here, today after a
week's illness.
Evander Mclver Law, schoolmater,
soldier and editor, was born in Dar-
ington, S. C, in 1836. He graduated
rom . the South Carolina Military
Academy in 1S56, and began teaching
at Kings Mountain Military school at
York, S. C, the next year, remaining
here until he moved to,Tuskegee,
Ala., 4n -1860, to establish a military
school. " - --'
Upon the secession of Florida in
January 1861, Gen. Law abandoned
his plans and led a company of Ala
bama volunteers to aid the Floridians,
assisting in the capure of Pensacola
and the forts at that place. He re
mained in Florida two months, going
into the Confederate army as lieuten
ant colonel of the 4th''A4ab?na reg
iment when the states organized. His
first post was an assignment at, Har
per's' Ferry but he shortly returned
o Virginia and was wounded at the
Irst battle of Manassas. He attained
the rank of colonel during the penin
sular campaign and after the battle -of
Seven Pines, was elevated to the
rank of senior colonel of his brigade,
eading his command .with signal gal
antry through the seven days battle
from Gaines Mill to Malvern Hill.
Gen. Law" commanded his brigade
in 1862,. going through the second
battle of Manassas and the battles of
Eoonesboro and Antietam and' emerg
ing as a brigadier general in October
in time for the battle of Fredericks
burg.
Under Longstreet in the Suffolk
campaign the next, year, and at Get- .
tysburg, when upon the wounding of
Gen. Hood, he succeeded to the com-
mand of the division, he was signally
successful, having been breveted on
the field at Gettysburg by General
Longstreet for maneuvering his di
vision on the Round Tops; in such a
manner as to effect the disastrous re
pulse of Kilpatrick's division of
mounted federal troops.
Gen. Law went to the western
army with Longstreet in. 1863, and
commanded a division at Chickamau
ga, Gen. Longstreet commending him
for his "distinguished conduct." In
1864, he returned east and was with
Gen. Lee through the Wilderness and
succeeding campaigns until the "battle,
of Cold Harbor, where his division,
repulsed Smith's Sixteenth army
corps with a loss of 4500 men. and in
Which engagement he was - seriously
wounded.
Returning to duty ' in February. .
1S65, Ge&. Law was assigned to Gen.
Wade Hampton's cavalry corps, later
becoming chief of staff to Gen. Jos.
E. Johnston. Upon the illness ef Gen.
Butler, Gen. Law was elevated to the
rank of major general and. assigned
to command Butler's division. This
command he-held until his surrender
at Greensboro, N. C, on April 25.
Gen. Law came to Florida in 1893,
and the following year established
the South' Florida Military Institute,
the forerunner of the University of
Florida. Later he became editor of
the Bartow Courier-Informant, and
served in that capacity until his re
tirement from active life in 1915.
, He repeatedly had refused honor3
at. the hands of the state organization
of United ' Confederate Veterans and
at the state reunion in 1916 opposed
vigorously the adoption of a resolu
tion proposing his name for commander-in-chief
of the national or
ganization, -declaring that the honor
cf being senior surviving officer of
the Southern armies was sufficient.
This distinction he had held six years
prior to his death.
LAID OUT THE LEADER
(Associated Press?
Montgomery, Nov. 2. Posses re
turned today from Montgomery coun
ty after the excitement of last' night
over the reported renewal cf an. outr
break of .negroes who are alleged to
have .burned much property Sunday
night. Disorder failed to develop and
the officers believe with the killing of
the alleged negro ring leader the dis
turbance has subsided. .

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