The Ocala evening star. [volume], August 12, 1918, Image 3

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OCALA EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1918
NEW SWEET POTATOES
PECK 50c
Pettijohn's Breakfast Food
Quaker Corn Puffs
Quaker Puffed Wheat
Quaker Puffed Rice
Quaker Rolled Oats
Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Cream of Wheat
Roxane Wheat Cereals
Roxane Wheat Bran
Shredded Wheat Biscuit
Post Toasties (Com Flakes)
Pearl Barley
Phone 16 & 174
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NOW IN
Beans
Irish Potatoes
Onion Sets
Garden Peas
All Kinds of
Small Seeds
OCALA SEED STORE
Ocala, Florida.
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS 7 '
Own Your Own Home
, A House and Two Lots -$850
A House and 3 Acres
$2,000
A House and 2 Lots
Can be Bought With Monthly Pay
ments of .
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Room 5, Holder Block,
Ocala. Florida
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AND OPTICIAN
-80 PER CENT OP HEADACHES are
due '. to eyestrain or weak muscles. I
will thoroughly examine your eyes
without using drujfs and advise if the
muscles need exercise or the eyes need
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(With WeLhe Co., Jewelers) 7 .
-Phone 25 South Side of Square
OCAIxA, FLORIDA .
L. ALEXANDER
PRACTICAL CARPENTER
AND BUILDER
Careful Estimates made on all Con
tract work. Gives More and Better
Work for the Money than any other
contractor in the city. -
W. K. Lane, M. D Physician and
Surgeon, specialist Ey?. Ear, Nose and
Throat Law Library Building, Ocala,
Florida. tf
OCALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS
If You Hare Any News for this De
partment, Call Five Doable-One
or Two-Seven
Love's Magic
Time touched the light by leaving but
a trace;
Care gave her lips that softness
when they speak;
Now love has wrought a marvel on
her, face,
And youth returns once more to
kiss her cheek.
Eldredge Denison.
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Weighing the Baby
Picking up a newspaper here, there
and anywhere, the headline "Weigh
ing the Baby," is likely to be noticed,
and even those people who are not
particularly interested will soon find
out that a strong effort is being made
to conserve the baby crop.
Everybody loves a baby, and the
universal tribute paid to babyhood is
right and very necessary, in order
that provision be made for the rights
and ' privileges of " infancy, without
which the natural handicaps of civili
zation would prove too much for the
helpless little being.
Weighing nd measuring and grad
ing the baby, which heretofore has
been arranged by woman's clubs,, to
display the darlings and obtain prizes
for the fattest and prettiest of them,
now, however, is being carried on by
competent ones who realize baby must
not be neglected, even in the unrest
of war times. Everybody can not get
a perfect score, but mothers may get
a good idea as to where improvement
may be made. May Florida soon show
in this good work another champion
ship medal with the highest percent
age of A. No. 1 young Americans.
Exchange. v
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Mr. Stewart Simms of Anthony is
the guest of relatives here for a few
days.
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. Miss Pearl Fausett has returned
from a very pleasant visit with friends
at Magnesia Springs.
The friends of Mrs. Tom . Pasteui
will be glad to know that she is doing
splendidly and will soon be at home
again.
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Mrs. Alfred J. Beck of Fort Lau
derdale, formerly society editor of the
Star, is a member of the food conser
vation committee of Broward county.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Morrison re
turned yesterday from a delightful
visit in South Florida, which included
Orlando, St. Petersburg and Tampa.
Mr. and Mrs. Lurvey and daughter,
Frances, who have been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Marsha for two
weeks, left for their home in Tampa
yesterday. -
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Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Braddock of St.
Petersburg, are moving into Mr.. C. V.
Roberts' new. bungalow on Lime
street, Mr. Braddock is the new ticket
agent at the union station.; '"' k:
Mrs. L. K. Edwards and daughter,
Miss Ruby, and little son, of Irvine,
are visiting at the home of Mrs, Ed
wards' sister, Mrs. Charles Binnicker
in Fernandina. . .
Mrs. George Blitch and son, Hardy
Croom, left yesterday in their car foi
Miami .for a visit to Mrs. v Blitch's
brother and sister. Judge Joseph Bell
and Miss Jefferson Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Newburn and a
party of . friends motored to Bartow
from Armours Wednesday and spent
a few hours on business and pleasure
combined.- Bartow Record. " ;
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Williams and
two interesting children left today in
their car for their home at Murdock,
after a most delightful .visit of some
length to Mrs. Williams' uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Maughs.
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Mrs. F. R. Bridges and son, Francis
expect to leave Monday by auto for- a
visit with relatives and friends ." at
Ocala. Miss Susie Lee White will ac
company them and visit her cousin,
Mrs. Ernest Oeland. Bartow Record.
Mrs. P. J. Theus and son, Paul Jr.,
leave tomorrow for Jacksonville,
where they will be guests for a fort
night of Mrs. Theus' mother, Mrs. G.
B. Stein. They will then go to Pablo
Beach for "a short stay before coming
home. . ' - -
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Mr. A. J. Brigance, formerly of the
police force of our city, has a fine
position in one of .the camps near
Nashville. As soon as Mrs. Brigance
finds a suitable tenant for her farm,
she, will join Mr. Brigance for the
winter. : ''.v. .r
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Miss Sallie Whitfield, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. V. Roberts,
left yesterday for Gainesville, going
especially to take the teachers' exami
nation. Miss Cevie Roberts, who at
tended the summer school, remained
in Gainesville and will accompany
Miss Whitfield home.
Mr. Marcus Fagg, superintendent of
the Child rens' Home Society of Flor
ida, has many friends here who will
be interested to know that he conduct
ed the first junior church service held
in the Congregational churclf ;in Jack
sonville yesterday. Those who know
Mr. Fagg know what intensely inter
esting and helpful stories he can tell,
drawing from his personal experience
in connection with h3 work for the
young! people. , These stories told
through, the personality of Mr. Fagg
are indeed inspiration to those fortu
nate enough to hear them.
It is authoritatively, stated that
army training at the university at
Gainesville has not hindered the suc
cess of the summer school, composed
of over 530 students, more than 400
of whom were women. As to how well
the summer school and the army
school get along together no better
evidence could be asked than the joint
letter by Dean Benton and Capt. Al
fred Knight, addressed to Dean H. W.
Cox: "On behalf of the educational
staff and military staff of the army
school, we desire to express to your
self, your staff of teachers and the
student body of the summer school
our thanks for the fine spirit of co
operation shown by you in making
adjustments necessary for the opera
tion of the army school We realized
when the government asked the Uni
versity of Florida to train a body of
'fighting mechanics,' an ordinary task
was not imposed. All had to undergo
inconveniences, and make sacrifices in
order to make the army school a suc
cess; and the adjustments which you,
your teachers and the students have
made have contributed to the 'A' rat
ing, the highest possible, which the
government - has decently given the
educational: and military work don
here. We all want you to feel that you
have had a share in the success of the
army school, and that your fine pat
riotic spirit and co-operation have
been greatly appreciated by all of us.
Before your body of teachers leave
and your students go home, we want
each one of you to know that his
mite has contributed to the success of
our work and the government shares
with us in expressing thanks for the
patriotism and spirit of co-operation
shown by all." It is heartily conceded
that the work done at the summev
school has never been excelled in ser
iousness of effort and consequent
good results. The fact of our nation
at war could never be forgotten while
seeing -these splendid young men con
stantly at their business on the cam
pus. The "fighting mechanics" con
tributed to the success of the summer
school no less than the spirit of the
summer school contributed to the suc
cess of the army school.
The hot weather seemed to have no
effect on the services at the Baptist
church yesterday. There was a large
attendance at both services. The pas
tor preached a fine sermon from th
text, VI will trust and not be afraid."
Two members were received into the
church. The male quartet, composed
of Messrs. Frank Gates, Clem Purvis,
Leighton and Baker gave a beautiful
number. Mr. Leighton is from Tam
pa and Mr. Baker is a ; new member
from Macon. Both gentlemen have
fine voices, and are quite an acquisi
tion to the music at the Baptist
church.
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Mrs. R. A. Burford, who for the
past two months has been visiting her
son, Lieut. Robert Allen Burford and,
family in Philadelphia,', will return
home within the next few days. Her
younger son, Sam Burford, who lately
joined the navy, has probably gone to
sea. Lieut. Burford has been ashore
for a short time, but is expecting to
go to sea again at any day.
Mrs. John B. Floyd, a well known
member of Maria Jefferson Chapter,
D. A." R. has just been advised of her
appointment as state chairman of the
committee on the preservation of his
toric spots. This appointment has
been made by Mrs. George Thacher
Guernsey, president general of the N.
S. D. A. R., through Mrs. Arthur
Giles, state regent. St. Augustine
Record7:
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Miss Winnie Hunt left yesterday
afternoon for New York, where she
will! spend a week or so the guest of
Mr. and Mrs; Marcus Frank and will
help Mr. Frank, select a stock of au
tumn and winter goods for his big
store t in Ocala. She will then visit
her uncle and family at Bayonne, N.
J. Miss Hunt will be absent from
Ocala three weeks or a month.
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i Next Saturday afternoon in Jack
sonville the Queen Mary Chapter,
Daughters of the British Empire will
give an elaborate moonlight dance and
fete.' Dancing will take place in the
studio on Main and Ninth streets. The
grounds around the studio will be il
luminated by colored lights donated
by the city for this war relief enter
tainment. Mrs. J. H. Pittman will
have charge of the Canadian booth.
Mr. J. F. Segle of Gainesville came
to Ocala yesterday, bringing in his
car Misses Terbin and Myrtle Hollins,
students at the summer school and
Mr. Travis Collier, who came especial
ly to say good-bye . to his mother, be
fore leaving the university tomorrow.
His destination is not yet known.
Mrs. ; W. D. Richey returned Wed
nesday night from a delightful two
weeks visit with her parents at Mil
ledgeville, Ga., and will spend the re
mainder of the week with her hus
band on a business trip to Clearwa
ter. Bartow Record.
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Mr. W. C. Mead, who is in theY. M.
C. A. work at Camp Wheeler, spent
Sunday here with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Blackburn mo
tored to Daytona Beach Friday and
returned home Sunday. -
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AMERICAN FOOD
SAVINGS LARGE
United States Sent to Allies
141,000,000 Bushels
of Wheat
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Allies Qot ' 844,600,000 Peunds Mora
Meat and Fata in 1917-18
Than In Year Before,
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AMERICAN FOOD SHIPMENTS
. TO ALLIES
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MEAT. -,'
1916-1T.. ...... .2,166,500,000 lbs.
1917-18. J .3,011,100,000 lbs.
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Increase. 844,600,000 lbs.
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CEREALS.
1916-17........... 259,900,000 bu.
1917-ia ......... .340,800,000 bu.
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Increase... 80,900,000 bu.
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In spite of a subnormal food supply
In this country the American people
hare been able to ship to the Allies
as well as our own forces overseas
141,000,000 bushels of wheat, besides
844,600,000 pounds of meat, during the
year ending June 30 last This has
been made possible by the whole
souled co-operation of the people,
Who,' besides practicing self-denial,
have speeded up production and re
sponded nobly to the appeal from
abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, In a
letter to President Wilson, gives a
brief summary of the results of food
conservation In the United States and
of the activities of "the Food Admin
istration to this end.' 'The conserva
tion measures have been put through
practically on a voluntary basis which
Is regarded as a splendid tribute to
the patriotism of the American people.
Meat shipments were increased 844,
000,000 pounds during the first fiscal
year, as compared with our meat ex
ports during the year before America
entered the war.
The total value of these food ship
ments, Mr. Hoover wrote President
Wilson, "which were In the main pur
chased through or with collaboration
of the Food Administration, amount
to, roundly, 11,400,000,000 during the
fiscal year."
In 1916-17 the United . States sent
the Allies 2,166,500,000 pounds of
meat In 1917-18, with voluntary con
servation practiced in . America, and
aided by extra weight of animals, we
sent the Allies 2,011,100,000 pounds of
meat an increase of 844,600,000
pounds. 7-V . .r 7 o :'-
Wheat Saving Enormous.
When the Food Administration be
gan operations in the summer of 1917,
this country was facing a large deficit
In wheat Counting in all carry-over
wheat from the 1916 crop, we had at
the beginning of the 1917 harvest year
just enough wheat to take care of
"America's normal consumption, not a
bushel of surplus.
At the close of the 1917-18 harvest
year the Food Administration's official
reports showed that our total wheat
shipments to the other side had been
141,000,000 bushels. Every bushel
shipped , was wheat saved by the
American people from their normal
consumption.
In cereals and cereal products re
duced to terms of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations were
340,800,000 bushels, 80,900,000 bushels
more than the amount sent In 1916-17.
Included In . these figures are 13,900,
000 bushels of rye and the 141,000,000
bushels of saved wheat. In addition
we sent the neutrals dependent on us
10,000,000 bushels of prime breadstuffs.
"These figures do not fully,, convey
the volume of the effort and sacrifice
made during the past year by the
whole American people, the Food Ad
ministrator wrote. "I am sure that
all the millions of our people, agricul
tural as well as urban, who have con
tributed to these results should . feel
a very definite satisfaction that In a
year of universal food shortages in
the Northern Hemisphere, all of those
people joined together against Ger
many came through to the new har
vest not only with health and strength
fully maintained, but with only tem
porary periods of hardship.
"It Is difficult to distinguish be
tween various sections of our people
the homes, public eating places, food
trade, urban or agricultural popula
tionsin assessing credit for these
results, but no one will deny the dom
inant part of the American women.
SUGAR SHORTAGE HITS
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
In 8paln and Portugal sugar prices
are soaring. Both countries have been
seriously affected by the short beet
sugar crop in Europe and the lack of
ocean tonnage to move stocks of cane
sugar isolated In far away ports.
Granulated eugar, home grown, was
being sold In Barcelona. Spain, during
the early summer at 19 cents a pound.
The price of brown sugar in Lisbon,
Portugal, fixed by governmental order,
was $L04 to $1.12 a pound.
By comparison the price of beet
sugar In Sweden Is 14 cents a pound.
Have you bought a W. S. S. today?
GENERAL SUGAR CONSERVATION
Is sugar neceuary in the diet?
Neither cane nor beet sugar is necessary. In the
average American diet all the sugar needed may ordi
narily be supplied by using honey, sirups, fresh, pre
served and dried fruits.
What are the general sugar saving rules?
Use all sugar sparingly and wherever possible use
other sweeteners. Be sparing of confections and
sweet cakes. The American people last year spent
enough money for candy to feed all Belgium for two
years. Supplement sugar with honey and sirups.
Cultivate a taste for fruit in its natural sweetness.
Sugar is. a fuel food. Get fuel from potatoes and
other starchy foods rather than from sugar. Sugar
excels them as an energy-food only because it pro
duces .energy more quickly. They excel sugar since
they supply more than merely the fuel need.
How may they sugar ration . be expressed in quantities
known to everyone 7
Two pounds per month means about 8 ounces per
week, or a little more than 1 ounce a day. This daily
ration is a trifle more than 2 tablespoons level full.
It should be remembered that this is to include all
sugar used for any purpose whatsoever for table
use, cooking, in ice cream and desserts, on cereals or
fruit, in sugar sirups used on griddle cakes, etc.
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