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OCALA EVENING STAB. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918 OCALA EVENING STAR PablUfced Every Day Except Sunday by STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY OF OCALA, FLA. R. Jl. Carroll, Prerideat P. V. LeaTeasood, Secretary -Tr J. H. Beajamla, Editor Entered at Ocala, Fia, vostoffic M iecond-class matter. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled for the use for repa.blioa.tion of all news dispatches credited to it or J.ut otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. ADVERTISING RATES Dlapiayt Plate 10c per Inch for. con secutive insertions. Alternate inser tions 25 per cent, additional. Composi tion charged on ads. that run less than hi times 5c. per inch. Special position 20 per cent, additional. Rates based -on 4-inch minimum. Less than four Inches will take higher rate, which will be furnished on application. Heading; Notice i 5c. per line, for first Insertion; 3c. per line for each -subsequent insertion. One change a .week allowed on readers without extra com oosltlor charges. i ' " ; Legal advertisements. at legal. rat. Electros must be mounted, or charge will be made for mounting. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Deneatle One year, in advance...... Six months, In advance.... Three months. In advance. One month. In advance.... Forefsra ' One year, in advance Six months, in advance.... Three months, in advance. One, month, in advance.... .$5.00 . 2.50 . 1.35 .50 .18.00 , 4.25 . 2.25 . . THE TEN-MILL AMENDMENT so far off in this part of his argu ment, how near is he in the rest of it? Mr. Brinson says, "Let the voter remember that the adoption of the amendment does not make the levy." He is right. The school board will make the levy. And it will make it eyery mill. You needn't doubt that. If you vote an amendment giving it a right to make a twenty-mill levy, it will make that, too. You know that without our telling you. ' i Mr. Brinson tells you how for twenty-five years the teachers of the state have met and discussed matters of public interest. They have. Some of their discussions have been very interesting. There is one thing, how ever, they never discussed, and that was how to save the people money. Whn the constitutional convention of 1886 restricted the school tax to seven mills, it thought it was being generous and preventing extrav agance. In the -first instance, it was right. Seven mills is a big tax. And when you add to it two or three mills for your school district, and two or three more to pay interest arid prin cipal on bonds for your schoolhouse, the tax is progressing from big to awful. ' - How many of you common, tax paying people" asked your representa tives in the legislature to, help the teachers impose, this additional, three mill tax? How many of you heard PRINCES OR PEOPLE? of it? How many of you would haveJthe street. "Halt!" fiercely cried a German of ficer to me, as I innocently turned a street corner. It was in Frankfort, Germany, one sunny afternoon about ten years ago. Thinking that some terrible thing had happened, I in stantly obeyed. The entire traffic of one of Frankfort's .busiest . streets was held up by this German officer. For more than twenty minutes we stood there wondering what was the matter. Finally the cause of the trouble became known. The empress and a friend were in a jewelry store near by doing some shopping and the German military had forbidden peo ple to pass while she was inside. One summer afternoon in Glouces ter, Mass., I was standing on a street corner while the funeral procession of a humble fisherman passed. As the street was very narrow and a busy one, a policeman stopped all au tomobiles until the funeral had gone y- - Y. ' '.' ' While standing there, I caught sight of a large man with a gray mustache in a touring car among the crowd of autoes, carts and . trucks. The man looked exactly like pictures of President Taf t. I went nearer to look and found that it really was the president. He was staying near by in Beverly, and had come to Gloucester to do a little shopping! The policeman had forbidden him to pass while the funeral was crossing Editor Star; No. sir, my question of vesterday afternoon was neither inconsistent nor in bad taste. It was in good time and in perfectly good taste. Your answer has a rather peevish ring. You persistently hold up . the ten mills as if it were hanging right over the taxpayer's head and in yester day's paper when it suits your pur pose you say "you ought to know ydu can't get 'it this year." That is true. The levy is made for this year and the school board cannot change it; un til next year and then in. all . proba bility the war wil be over , and things b beginning to resume normal condi tions. The present unsettled condi tions are temporary but thet amend? ment if, adopted will be permanent, Let the , voter . remember that; the adoption of the amendment does not make the levy. ; No oe can do this except the school board and itjsj per fectly proper arid good public" policy liis i biic uvax u vic is ao a vdjvioiuiu the public for . maintaining and: ope- a. : a. r J.. a: ruling a sysieui 04 puunc euucauuu should have the s power to levy taxes sufficient to meet the 1 needs of : the public as presented by the people. No, I am not "bawling" for lack of funds but, he people, of the, various parts of the county who have been putting up with the most indifferent accommodations for years upon years and the board doing the very - best that could be done with the means at command, are "bawling" and . have a right to "bawl." Very respectfully, yours, v J. H. Brinson. v- There may be a difference of opin ion between Mr. Brinson and other people about this . question. f For ,one thing, when ,the Star proposed .to. try to raise the money for the drilling; equipment, Mr. . Brinson gaye,: it bv unqualified approval The, Star r , has made the attempt not; in any s criticism of the school board, nor wth,any. refT erence to .the ten-mill amendment. It is doing, it simply to help in a ,muchr needed branch of instruction , Mr. Brinson -has, in i our opinion, himself shown peevishness as well , as , ba4 taste in trying to use this matter as an, argument; for his pet amen4ment Mr, Brinson speaks of. the people putting up. with indifferent, accommo. dations and "Darling.". He has, chang-r ed Jus tune,! Less than two years age" he. was bragging, on Marion ,. county schoolhouses- we heard him, .bragging on them the other day, too. How, many of you people ot Marion counpy are , "bawling" about; , your "indifferent" school houses? How many of you are bawling for more taxes? Don't -all speak at, once, j We , promised,, last,, week., that: we would take Mr. Brinson's argument for . the ten-mill , amendment to pieces and stiowvVou what made. it.tickj but on examination , we hnd it nas no tick to, it.. It is not built, like a watch, but lik'ea clock, and, jWhen he spins it, it hum: "more,, more, more.. You will remember that Mr. Brin BUII W1U VUU ,viitiy '"5 bcu-uiu auiciiu ment ."would not increase, the sajary of the superintendent," etc., Weljj ,if this amendment's passed.it vnU in crease, his salary, quite considerably. He told us that Marion county; . is . paying . less , than,, $50,000 per year in ' school, taxes. The. law says-, that a emintv navinc over. S50.00d shall nav . . W f r O ' ' T yr - 7- TT k - its superintendent . about $300 a year , more than one paying, less.. If Mr. Brinson doesn t believe us he can go into the county , judge's office and , Mr. bmith will show him the lawAnd another. three. mills in proportion. will increase your school taxes-from. less than , $50,000 to nearly, $70,000. The sine.rulewill apply to almost eyery counpy superintendent m the, state. , To dp . Mr. Brinson justice, . we , do not think he is , mercenary An this matter. We think he more t;han, earns his salary, and we would not object to its being increased. But if he is heard I of it if the Star hadn't made a kick? Doesn't it bear every evi dence of being gumshoed? Why didn't the legislature instead pass a bill giv ing each county the right by the vote of its people to levy , more taxes? That's what Alabama did. 4. Well tell you. It's because the members of the "educational autocra cy" didn't want the matter discussed. WAR KEOC The War Relics train of Hie Fourth Liberty Loan will stop at Citra on the evening of Sat urday, Octdher 5th. The train will open for exhibit from 7 to 11 o'clock p. m. There will be an opportunity to hear talented speakers drawn from the several countries now allied in the war on the subfect of Liberty Loans. Let us all get together and turn out with a big crowd. THE COMMERCIAL BANK THE OCALA NATIONAL BANK THE MUNROE & CHAMBUSS NATIONAL BANK These two stories show the differ ence between the two. great princi ples at stake in this war. Germany, Austria and Turkey are fighting for the principles of autocracy which say that the poor shall serve the" rich; the weak shall work for the strong, and the ignorant shall be , crushed by the wise. From this German principle of ntittiner the tirinees hefor the nennla They couldn't induce a county to Urows militarv rule. BeWn crimes. vote more . taxes on itself without sneakinc- Sries ' crueltv to women. discussion, and they don't want dis- Ubrise of urisoners anH the ssunnres- cussion. They want to keep the thing sion 'of everything which tends to-' qujet. They know most of.tlje people war(j democracy. ! art , careless about amendments France and her alies are fighting j some, mark them without reading for the Christian principle of democ themand, some, don't mark them at racy. This is ythat the rich shall allf- lhey counted on pushing it thru serve the poor. the str0ng shall work by, the votes , of the wise ones. The for the weakj and vriae shall help teachers, thruout the state are not the ignorant. From this principle of talking about the amendment. Only puing the people before the princes a few papers haye referred to it. If grows the freedom, public schools, ; the, teachers can poll a dozen votes free speech, decent wages and all the in; each county and , the, other ' Side; other, goad, things, which we have in! doesn't vote, tfte amendment will car- the . United States. We YOU CALL A DOCTOR Because -HE IS A GOOD DOCTOR SEND 01S PRESCRIPTIONS To The COURT PHART.IACY For the Same Reason Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit Open, sluleea of. the system each morning and. wash away the poisonous, stagnant matter.' S A L T , S PR ING S 1 HOTEL Now Open Under New Management Comfortable Rooms and Good Meals Rates Reasonable Good Hunting, Bathing and Fishing Write for Rates and Reservations IIS. A. N. GALLANT, Prop. 0 P. O. Address, Ocala, Fla. - The principal argument for '. the. United States.; We still are far tfrom Derf ect in this eountrv. Thpre lent ior . xnis are rnanv reforms whicli we need. Rut I amendment is to pay- better, salaries n i' 'arn'nnv.'wiW wtnM to the teachers.' We think the teach-'i,e a terrible blow to each one of us. ers should be better- paid, but an Therefore let us all realize that if honest and economical state govern-1 Germany should dictate the terms of ment -could pay ' them more without saddling an amendment on the people, pur state government; is careless and extravagant, and some of its officials are-dishqaest,- The people had better turn ..their attention to electing an honest and , capable legislature instead of i voting rnpre . tftjees . op. theniselves. Th teachers, ure . not, so, badly off raj comparison. with other people, KWe saw? ini another paperttheother day a statement; that they, only received an average of. $365. a .year, - Thai is bad, bUt the authpor of the statement didn't ad,d, as. he should, that a majority, of the teachjers are ypung women, out of school from one to jLaJfa dozen years, an,4 1 95fc tea.cl j five, .or, six , months in the year They hye the rest of the year to oDtain ; otner - employment ; j also, the statedoesf fortthem what it does for no c one . else ; , it . gives them free schooling; to,, advance themselves in, their work. No teacher in the state puts in more than, eight:, months in the year teachjnjgjt and,"t tey can all find wprlc,ta rest, of. the .time if they want to. We notice that a, good many of them somehow fint time and t money fqr a much better 4 vacation than is obtained by, a majority, of ? the people who pay ;taixes. Taxes, by the way. is somethrae . ; comparatively few teachers . have to, f WQvry r, abput. The ayerage f manr teacbr. seldom pays anythjinghut jbiis poll tax. The women don't pay ; that, . t When the war is over, and the govr ernment ari4 , the war industries do not have to pay., sunpracticed girls, who donjt even , know how .to run a typewriter,; more thag . a v man's , wages i4 ordinary tinies, hundreds of teach-: ers will be mighty glad; to get $365 a, yeaf 1 . teacher, is bound to" $30 pr $40 Ka mpnthl. That is only for be ginnefs, and it's gpod pay, for beginners.- - : . . , Any man or.wqman.whp has a tal ent for teachnig. and .will stick to it, trying to advance hirii or herself, will clim r in : the educational profession, as men and women do 4n; other profes sions, make more money and hay e an influence mt Js : better than . noney. We have examples here , in Ocala. We did not, intend to go into these matters.f We objected to the amend ment on ike, sound business and legal principle that it is.; very - bad . policy to increase taxes by; constitutional amendment. . We also safd , that the schools, like everything . else, could do for the.presei wjthout" raope income, and, Jthat i was.their patriotic duty to do so until the, war is oyer. , ? lf. Brinson. has not replied to either, of, these ; objections. He . has bragged f on the good.., condition of Marion county schools, shown us some joCtheni.showfi - us i how, much better. f. off r they are .than any, other countyV work , anil then ? chjrped , for more money. And, he says we are vicious an(l ,talV like a demagogue. We leave that to our readers. Is there anything , vicious in anything we have, written, , and does ..our. argu ment on this subject read like that of a demagogue? peace, it would mean . the ' end of democracy. Let us do something if I if be only to accomplish our daily task a little better to help in this great war , between the princes and the people. - ' x The government is now asking us to j sub scribe to the fourth liberty loan. Everyone of us should give what we cap toward backing our country in this war. ' . ome of us can only give a little; but let us give what little we can. By doing this we are sure of . the safety of our- money; we are helping, to win ths war for te freedom of the world, and we are helping ourselves by putting something aside for a "rainy-day." .; ...... r; Let's all s do our part toward mak ing this liberty loan d success and show the kaiser and . his crowd , that we are all behind Uncle Sam and the right. r LINEN , DRIVE FOR PRANCE The "Red Cross commissioner for France has cabled that; the , hospitals of France are in urgent need, of the following, supplies, viz: 1,250,000 bath towels; 2,500,000 hand, towels; 1,750, 0Q0 handkerchiefs; s 125,000,, . napkins, anda, large number; of sheets, either bleached or unbleached muslin, with a tweinch hemt at.the . top and a one- inch hem at the bottom. ...... , The approximate, dimensions of these articles, should.be as follows: Bath towels, 19x38. inches. Hand: towels, 18x30 inches. Handkerchiefs, ; 18x18 inches. Napkins, 14x14 inches. Sheets, 64x102 inches. Beginning Sept. 30th and continu ing f or one week there will, be a "lin en shower" all over the country to secure these articles. Each family in Ocala and Marion county is asked to give one of these articles or a set of articles from their, reserve stock, and in this . way without , material reduc tion of the source of supply, large quantities of useful gifts can be se cured for the Red Cross work. Mar ion county must and will, we feel i . . ' . 1 a n m sure, go oyer tne xop ana oeyona in her . allotment. These gifts must be new or substantially new, and should be of strong rather than fine texture, and are not necessarily to be of linen, but of good cotton material. . Mrs. Jack Camp is the chairman for this linen drive for the Marion, Coun ty Florida Chapter, and she has ap pointed quite a number of the ladies to assist her in this work. A. house to house canvass will be made next week to secure Ocala's allotment and Mrs.. Camp has : also appointed . a chairman for each branch of the chapter to secure the remainder of the county's allotment. .. These gifts are to be ..brought or sent to Mrs. C. H. Lloyd at the food administration office, opposite the Harrington Hall, hotel, not later than Saturday, October 5th. For any tf further ; information I con cerning the drive, please ' telephone Mrs. Jack Camp, No. 96. Those of us who are AcrnnbmaA tn feel dull and heavy when we arise; splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, r nasty breath, acid stomach, lame back; can, instead, both look. and. feel as fresh, as a daisy SJwaVS by washiner thA nnknna anil toxjns from the body with pooBphated hot water each morning... we, snowd drink, before breakfast, a t glass of real hot water with . spoonful of limestone phosphate In it. to nusn ixom tne stomach, liver, kldneyB and ten yards of bowels the previous day's Indfcresttt.iA vera at a antrr bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans ing, sweetenlnsr and Tinrifvlnc h entire alimentary tract before putting more rood into the stomach. j The action of limestone nhnanhafA and hot water on an empty stomach is, wonderfully Invigorating. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, e&ses. raste i and acidity and gives one a Bpienma appetite tor breakfast and it is said to be but a little while until the. roses begin to asoear In. tha cheeks. A quarter pound of limestone phosphate will cost very little at the arug store, out is sufficient to make anyone Who is bothered with Mlfrmo. cess, constipation, stomach trouble or rneumausm a real enthusiast on the subject of internal sanitation. Try it and you are assured that you will look better and fegl better la every war shortly. 6Mi. ffl FEW EH IE0SII Six Tesrs Ao, Ttblaj She I.Iigtt Die, Sayi Tezss Lt $jf Dsl llovt Shis b a XI tH, Sixczj T7csa csd Pndsss Csiid Fcr , Her Rccorery. CONSIDER THIS ARGUMENT Royse City, Tex. Mrs. Mary KU man, of this place, says; "After the birth of my little girl. . .my side com menced to hurt me. I had to go back to bed. We called the doctor. He treated me... but I got no better. I got worse and worse until the misery was unbearable... I was in bed for three months and suffered such agony that I was just drawn up in a knot... I told my husband if he would get me a bottle of Cardul I would try it... I commenced taking, it, however, that evening I called my family about me... for I knew I could not last many days unless. I had a change for the ' betted - That was six years ago and I am still 'here and am a welL strong woman, and I owe my life to CarduL I had only taken half the bottle when I began to feel better. The misery in my side got less..'. 2 continued right on taking the Cardd until I had taken three bottles and I did not need any more for I was well and never felt better in my life... I have never had any trouble from that day to this." Do you suffer from headache, back ache, pains in sides, or other dlacom forts, each month? Or do you feel weak, nervous and fagged-out? If give Cardul, the woman's tonic, a trial J. 71 Which Is More Economical ? 60 Gals. Pure Ready Mixed Paint at. . . .'. .$2.25 $135.00 or SO Gals. DAVIS' 9.4-1 ' PAINT at . . ...... 2.25 67.50 30 Gals. 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