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OGALA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1920
VOL. 26, SO. 2G5
COX S DEFEAT
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TACATAGLV
Republican - Vote in the North and
West Buried Democratic almcri-
ties Out of Sight
(Associated Press)
New York, Nov'. 4. Tennessee
svung into the swelling: republican
Column 'shattering' democratic tradi
tions of a solid south.
Unofficial but nearly complete re
tarns show that Tennessee coupled
with a similar upset in Oklahoma as
sured Harding of 385 electoral votes
against 127 for Cox, leaving 18 still
doubtful, divided -among Arizona,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and
North Dakota.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal on
thr returns from 93 out of 95 counties
in Tennessee gives Harding a lead of
20,000. Governor Roberts was beaten
by Alf Taylor decisively. ' V
No further actual unsets have been
reported from the south, - although
several towns in Florida and Louisi
ana and several counties in Georgia
and Alabama broke precedents by
large Harding pluralities.
The . republicans secured 254 'seats
in the House of Representatives and
the democrats 131, and other parties
four with 43 contested.
Fqrmer Speaker Champ Clark was
beaten.
i - The republicans are assured of a
'lend in the Senate of ten with -five
undetermined.
. HARDING'S LEAD IN OHIO
Columbus, O., Nov. 4. Later re
turns in. Ohio increased "Harding's
"lead. At noon the. returns showed
.Harding holding at 378,000 lead, with
all except one republican congress
man elected.
" LITTLE TOWN WILL BE LIT UP
Marion, Nov. 4. Senator Harding
was busy today clearing his desk for
departure on a vacation two . days
hence to a Texas resort.
Marion will formally celebrate the
republican victory tonight.
SO AKFn TT TO SMTTTT .
New York, Nov. 4. The returns
majority of 56.381 over Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, democrat, in the state gub
ernatorial contest. The vote was:
Miller-1,303,89; Smith 1,247,508."
ALICE IS AHEAD
Oklahoma City, Nov. 4. Miss Alice
Robertson, republican, is leading Rep
resentative Hastings in the Second
tistrict. -
WORSE AND WORSER
Memphis, Nov. .4. There is a possi
bility on the available returns that
Tennessee may add two republicans to
her congressional- delegation, making
four republicans from the state.
AsheviUe, Nov. 4. Laban L. Jen
kins, republican defeated congress
ional candidate, charges wholesale
fraud in the election and has written
republican national headquarters that
he will contest the election of Zebulon
Weaver. '
A SIGNIFICANT EVENT
German Ship Arrives at New .York
Right -After Harding's
Election ,. V
(Associated Press
New York, Nov. 4,-r-A Germt-n ship
with a German crew arrived here to
day. This is the first German ship to
come to this port since 1914.
WANTS NO JAPS,
- 'BUT WANTS WINE
San Francisco, Nov. 4. California
Tuesday emphatically registered its
approval of the legislation against
a'ien land ownership in the state. The
amendment which was, aimed at the
Japanese, prohibiting them from own
ing or "holding any land in the state
was carried - three, to one. The state
prohibition act, modeled after the
Volsted act, giving the state officials
the power to enforce prohibition was
defeated over two to one.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
LATEST APPOINTMENT
(Associated Press)- ,
Washington, D. C, Nov. 4. Presi
dent Wilson has appointed Julien
Gunn, of Richmond, as federal attor
ney for the Eastern Virginia district.
Mei
the American Cafe.
Union Station, Ocal3,-for a regular
dinner family style. Best dinner ir
the state for 75c. Eat and drink all
yc;? want. Time for dinner 11 a. in. to
2:35 p. m
17-tf
You will find those ?01e Mammy"
Pralines the finest Savored nut candy
you ever tasted. For sale only at the
Court Pharmacy. 1-Cfc
Si J
Storing Ammunition and Attacking
the Whites Doea Not .
Pay Thsxa .
(Associated Press)
Orlando, Nov. 4. This vicinity is
quiet after former service men pa
trolled the territory adjacent to the
scene of the rioting Tuesday night.
Two whites and six blacks were killed
during the rioting.
As a result of the electien day fight
at Ocoee, twelve miles west of Orlan
do, when July Perry, negro, carried a
shotgun to 'the polls and insisted he!
would vote regardless of the fact that
he had not paid a poll tax, followed by
the killing in cold blood of two white
young men by the same Perry, the sit
uation may be summarized as follows:
Leo Borgard of Winter Garden, and
Eimer McDaniels, of Ocoee,. soldiers.
in the world war, dead : Sam Salis
bury, Charles Beatty, Young Wilson,
Frank Robmson, John Haner and sev
eral other whites wounded; July Per
ry, negro, dead, an unknown number
of negroes killed at the scene of the
riot; twenty-five negro houses, two"
negro churches and a negro lodge de
stroyed by fire; Ocoee and the immed
iate, section of the scene patrolled by
armed white men and irf the woods
and swamps intermittent firing from
blacks at bay as they are being press
ed further into the woods by the en
circling whites. Comparative calm
prevails though the air is surcharged
vith the intensity of the drama.
As the .negro houses blazed Tues
day morning there was the incessant
crackling and popping of shells and
cartridges, and when the church was.;
mearit was statea mat me detona
tions resembled the explosions of
miniature ammunition dumps on a
battle front. "It is declared that be
tween 500 and 1000 rounds of ammu
nition exploded in the church and in
Perry's house where the congregated
and desperate blacks fought like de
mons, 2000 rounds of ammunition ex
ploded. Examinations of. the debris
of the destroyed negro bouses reveal
ed numerous ftre arms . of large and
small caliber.
A gruesome credation scene was ex
posed in all its f rightfulness as the
morning sun peeped over the smoke
laden field. One scene showed two
charred bodies of negroes who fought
to the last. One negro women is
known to have been killed. No 'chil
dren were victims. The situation is
in the hands of reliable citizens, ex
service men and home guards and no
further trouble is anticipated.
A VERITABLE HORSE FAIR
IS THE SPARKS CIRCUS
Despite the. fact that the automo
bile business is increasing month by
month, there yet remains the keenest
interest in the horse, perhaps not as
a beast of burden, but as an animal
of symmetry, intelligence and beauty.
And that is one of the reasons why
the Sparks circus which is to appear
in Ocala on Tuesday, Kov. 16th, car
ries with a horse fair equalled by no
other circus in the world.
"In the large tent adjoining the
menagerie, the horse fair forms a
daily adjunct to the trip into the "big
show."1 And so when the circus arrives
and ' you have paid your admission, do
not forget that feature of the circus,
for it is worth seeing. In the fair
this year will be found specimens of
the purest; bred Percfceroa possible to
obtain, as f well as representatives of
the thoroughbred, standard bred Suf
folk punch, coach horses, hackneys,
hunters and horses for. general pur
poses.
But in the maze of attractions, the
horse fair forms only cne of the feat
ures of the Sparks . circus. The
clowns? They always form an impor
tant part of any circus and that is
the case with this vast amusement
enterprise. Forty- of' them are pres
ent m the performance every minute
and their presence can result in only
one thing laughter and lots of it.
By .the way there sis to be the two
mile long parade at 10:30 o'clock the
morning of the circus arrival in the
city, with all cages open, tableaux
wagons and floats of wondrous, splen
dor, herds of elephants and camels
most-of them driven in harness, 200
lady riders -and cavaliers, all mounted
on beautifully .caparisoned, spirited
horses in splendid fettle. It .will be
worth coming many miles to see, so
don't miss it.
Only one drink served in each cup
at Gerig's Drug Store. 29-tf
Don't fail , to visit the ' Guarantee
Clothing & "Shoe. Company. Every
thing we sell is guaranteed. We're
ighting for QUALITY not prices, tf
Just arrived, York Imperial, Stay
mon and old time JWinesap. Jonathan,
Winter Banana and Delicious, apples,
Emperor grapes, Flemish beauty and
Avocado pears, oranges, pecans, Bra
zil nuts, cucumbers, squash and other
thins. W. A. Stroud's. Phone 218. 2t
Aimcmi l
ET LAST I T
Woman's Auxiliary . has Received Its
Charter and Will Effect Per
manent Organization
Marion County Post No. 27 of the
American Legion met last night in its
club rooms in the armoryjwith a good
attendance. ViceOMnmander Arthur
N. Ron of Reddick, presided in the ab
sence of Commander Izlar. The great
er part of the evening was devoted to
a consideration of the plans for
"Legion Day" at the Marion County
Fair. Much interest was .shown in
this and the members of the legion
are determined to make their day one
of the biggest of fair Veek. An an
nouncement of the special attractions j
for this day will be made very short
ly. -
The Woman's Auxiliary of the le
gion, which also meets the first Wed
nesday night in each month in the
armory club rooms, received its char
ter last .night, and is now ready to
perfect a permanent organization.
. An an attractive ; feature of the
monthly meetings of the legion and
the auxiliary in the future their busi
ness, sessions will be followed by a
special hour during which refresh
ments will be served canteen style.
This is an answer to' the question:
"When do we eat?"
ALL RESTRICTIONS ON
. SUGAR TAKEN OFF
(Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 4. All govern
ment restrictions over sugar were re
moved today by the signature of Pres
ident Wilson to a proclamation pro
viding for' revocation Nov. 15th of the
licenses held by wholesalers,- refiners,
exporters and importers. ' -
HALLOWE'EN ROOK PARTY
Electra, Nov. 3. Saturday evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pil
lons a very interesting game of roolc
was enjoyed by Mrs. J. R. Avery and
son, John and Mrs. Sophia Gregory. A
large dish of fudge" was made by
Miss Gregory which was thoroughly,
enjoyed by all The victrola added to
the pleasure as well as the goblins
and the ghosts that invaded the house.
We are glad to know that Mrs. J.
M. Mock has recovered from her
recent illness and is able to be about
the house again. . .
Cane grinding time has come again
and we are glad. All the" farmers are
getting ready to make syrup. ,
Miss Mozelle Mock and Mr. B. B.
Fletcher of Electra were married" in
Ocala Saturday. They wMl make their
home at the Mucklan farms for a
while. ' -fTi. - ';
Mrs.' Frances McK.ey of Leesburg
visited her parents Sunday night and
returned to Leesburg Monday eve
ning. Miss May Half ord' and Mr. .Tom Sel
lers of Electra were married in the
county judge's office Saturday morn
ing and left Monday for South Flor
ida, where they expect to. make their
future home.
SOUTH LAKE WEIR
South Lake Weir, Nov. 3 The Cen
tral fruit Company has sold all its
property, consisting both ' of orange
groves and timber land to" the Uma
tilla Fruit Co. . We welcome this new
company? far our neighborhood and
hope they will help to build up South
Lake Weir. While we dislike to part
with Mrs. Foss, the treasurer and sec
retary of the Central Fruit Co., she
vill leave with the good wishes of all.
Mrs. Foss has lived here quite a Jong
time and made" many friends while
here. She , will ; go to Orlando to live
as soon as all the papers are passed
between the firms.
November 2nd all the .. ladies and
girls were out to vote for a new pres
ident and are anxious to know who
won. ."
Mr. Milton Albertson's little daugh
ter, Lillian, we are glad to report,
has got entirely over her . bounce out
of the auto . while going-over he bad
place in the Marion county road just
before they reached the Lake county
line. '.. ' k
Mr. M. S. Camahan and party ar
rived from Pleasantville, Pa., Satur
day. They drove through in their
auto .:. f
Oranges are moving from here fast.
Already there has been 54 carloads
shipped from here. . . . k.
Miss Davis, Misses C7 E. Brown and
Lizzie Brown of Webster were visitors
her last week. s . .
Mr. and Mrs. Speennan of Lees
burg were callers here Tuesday on
Mrse. Gates.,
W. K. Lane, 2L U, Physiei&n and
Surgeon, specialist Eye, ar. Nose and
-Throat. OSice over 5 and 10 cent store.
Ocala, Fla. tf -
Ask the Court Pharmacy for the
"Story of the Candy of the South"
Pralines. 15 cents each. l-ti
IECTII HilS
OF HO
Bond Amendment and the Republican
Ticket Were Both Given a '
Tremendous Beating
While we are not able to give a de
tailed report of the vote in 'Marion
Tuesday, the following will plainly
establish the general result:
For the amendment, '219.
Against the amendment, 1861. Ma
jority against amendment. 1642; al
most eight to one. ' ' , ,
Senator Fletcher received 2574
votes. His combined ' opponents re
ceived 811 votes.
Congressman Clark, 2538. Governor
Hardee, 2543. '
For representatives,' Hunter and
Mayo, democrats, received respective
ly 2539 and 2468. Hampton, the re
publican candidate, received 442,
nearly all of which were cast in Ocala.
For commissioner - first district,
Meffert - received 1926 votes; Pickett,
580. .
BRITISH POLICE WENT
(Associated Pra)
Granard County, Ireland, Nov. 4.
Reprisals for the killing of a police
inspector were made last night when
eleven motor lorries filled with uni
fofmed men fired into the, town of
Longford and burned the hotel and
market house. .
j , - ; ' ,, " . -
WONDER IF THEY SHOT-
THE RIGHT ONE
(Associated Press)'
Washington, Nov; 4. The summary
trial and execution of an unnamed
Mexican charged with the murder of
two Mexicans has been reported at the
Mexicain embassy in Mexico City, the
state department announces.
The road to successes advertising, j
.sat h i h-i -.1
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Red Cross Work In South, Including Health, Nursing, Llilitsr ' Rdlz:
And Other Activities, Illustrated By One ,
Typical Month,
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. The man or
woman who gives a ' dollar for mem
bership In the American Red Cross
witen the . Fourth . RoU Call is held-
from November 11 ; to November 2S,
win want to know, among other things,
r what that dollar will help to do in
the southern division, of which his
'chapter, is a part.''.''-; .n' -'A
; Fifty cents of the dollar is retained
by the chapter, for chapter work. The
other fifty cents goes to Jthe national
headquarters in Washington, to keep
. up the national work of the Red Cross.
. la this connection, it Is interesting to
note that the Red Cross last year spent
: more ,1a ; the south than It received
from the south in money for member-
i ships, The budget tor , next year con
templates a, similar program in the
south.;;. Z' : s
The southern division of the Red
, Cross consists cf the states of North
, and South Carolina, Tennessee, (feeor
fcia and Florida. Headquarters of the
division at' Atlanta, in. order to show
jmst how the money given the Red
Cross is spent '. in the south, has pre
pared a detailed statement, showins
one month's activities in the division.
This month Is typical of Red Cross
work in the southern division. From
the . summary of its . activities. Red
Cross members may gain a concrete
Illustration of the work their member
ship fees will help to keep going
through the coming year. -
During this month .the Red Cross
had sixty-one nursing services ' operat
ing in various parts of the division,'
employing a total of seventy - four
tablished "by chapters during the
month, one service was rjeopened, five
were withdrawn, and, in addition, the
Red Cross ; placed 7 one nurse, paying
her salary, with, another organization
that had started health work, in that
particular community. That is the pol
icy of the. Red Cross to do health
work where it is most needed, and,
where others are doing the same work,
not to compete with them, but to help
them as far, as possible.
The nursing department of the Red
Cross 'has a bureau called the bureau
of Instruction, engaged in promoting
health work." This bureau organized
fourteen classes in Home Hygiene and
Care of the; Sick during the month.
Altogether, thirty-five classes in this
subject were In "operation in the di
vision during the month; two hundred
and fifty-two. new students were en
rolled and one hundred and seventy
women and girls completed the in
WILL SEEK FUI
OHifflG SCALE
Committee of Marion County Board
of Trade Changes Plan to
- Finance Organization
The .special memberships committee
of the Marion County Board of Trade,
it a meeting yesterday afternoon, de
cided upon a sliding scale of subscrip
tions for its proposed budget instead
of the plan to secure $100 each from
100 men and firms. It was found that
the business men favor a sliding scale
as being fairer to all. The "sum of
$10,000 is determined upon as the
minimum for the activities of the
Board of Trade for thef year.
Tomorrow or Friday a letter will be
sent to the business men and firms
advising them of the amount that the
committee expects them to subscribe
to the Board of Trade fund.. This will
give everydne air opportunity to give
careful consideration to .the matter.
Then, beginning Monday, the commit
tee will begin calling on the men and
business houses to ask for ' subscrip-
'tions, one-third cash and the balance
ON A BENDER! in the form of pledges for three, six
.fond nine" months.
The present yearly income of the
Board of Trade, only $3900, is entirely
inadequate. The headquarters,, or of
fice expenses, of the organization
must have at least $5000 yearly, and,
if there is to be any advertising, book
lets, conventions,; motor camp, band
concerts and the like an additional
sum must be raised. It is proposed
to raise it in one lump sum and to do
away with various drives and sub
scriptions, periodically during the year.
A budget will be made and a definite
program adopted by the Board of
Trade and its activities for the year
limited to this budget and program.
The, budget and program will be
adopted at a meeting of the Board of
Trade to be held for the purpose. -
Advertising builds business.
BPS iia Ht Hia IH
an .
struction.
The bureau of 'dietetics,.,' through
which classes are organized to teach
women and girls the right sort of food
to cook and serve to make good
health, carried oh instruction work,
during the month at such , places
as v Converse College at Spar
tanburg, S. C, the West Tennessee
State Normal School and Winthrop
College in North Carolina. The bu
reau reported the appointment of a
city dietitian at Nashville, Ten,
Where the Red Cross Chapter set
aside $2,000 for her salary and $500
for Incidental expenses In connection
with nutrition work. - The bureau, "In
co-operation with other divisions, put
on an exhibit in health at the Trl
State fair at Memphis, Tenn. .
t WTiile such work as this was being
done In the field of health by the Red
Cross, it was equally active In Its work
for returned soldiers and their families
and similar work for civilian families
In like need of help. The Red Cross
had 2,081 new cases oi this sort dur
lg the month, and reopened 1,580 old
cases, a total of 3,661 cas js. An Idea
of the number of soldiers and civilians
helped In the different states may be
gained from the following report for
the month: ?
Georgia, 1,006 soldiers, families aid
e, 65 civilian families aided; Florida,
141 soldiers' families aided and 570
civilian families aided; North Caro
lina, 1,062 soldiers' families aided and
IS civilian families aided; South Car
olina, 1,431 soldiers' families aided, 241
civilian . families aided ; Tennessee, V
CSS soldiers' families aided and 44 ci
vilian families aided. A total of 23,
31 in financial aid was extended to
soldiers families, and $1,239 to civil
fan families.-'."
First aid was taught by the Red
Cross during the month in classes at
the Middle Tennessee Normal and In
dustrial school at Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
the Asheville Summer school at Ashe
ville, N. C the University of Florida
at Gainesville, Fla., the Tennessee
A. and I. State v Normal school ' at
Nashville, and the A. and E. college
at West Ralergh, N. C. New students
to the number of 144 were enrolled
in these classes, and first aid -certificates,
showing the holder was profi
cient in first aid principles, were giv
en to 125 students. .'
Life saving corps were organized
by the Red Cross during the month
at a number of places, and other
corps, previously organized, did fine
work at some of the beaches. srcnl
r
mil
People of Florida Turn Down the
Crazy Scheme by . a Vote cf at
Least Two to One
While the returns are not near all
in, it is certain that the bond anend-
ment has been decisively defeated.
The vote against it is "heavy la almost
every county, but so far Marion's re
cord of eight to one .has not been
equaled. ' .
ELKUS WILL HELP SPITTLE
DISPUTE OVER ALAND
(Associated Preits)
Washington, Nov. 4. Abram I. El
kus, former ambassador to Turkey,
has been chosen American, member of
the commission to settle the status cf
Aland Island, the state department
announces. . ,
ALEXANDER WOULD
LI?,llT COAL EXPORT
(Associates Fresit)
Washington, Nov. 4. Secretary of
Commerce Alexander today advocat
ed limitations on the export of coal to
insure an 'adequate supply for hozh
industries and to direct trade to coun
tries that are natural m-irkets for
American coal and to tkoste whence
American, ships tail in ballast. He said
the export, of coal comes almost en
tirely from the Appalachian field,
which supplies the most highly de
veloped, industrial, .districts and . too
extensive export development is likely
to result in a high price domestically.
We lead in boy's suits. Prices. ?7.50
up. Your size is here.. II. A. Water
man, The Haberdasher.
Dont fail to visit the Guarantee
Clothing & Shoe Company. Every
thing we sell is guaranteed. We're
Ightmg for QUALITY net prkis.
610'?
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rescues by members cf tha ccrps trcra
reported, while others ai&iited rz
cues.
The " Red Cross 4ii no disaster re
lief work during the month & ela
tion, as no disasters occurred, lit, tit
any time the " Red Crosi is rciiy to.
respond to cities stricken by tire, Ccci
tornado or pestilence. , Eec&uia tts
rschools were closed during this month.
there were no activities cf the Jun'cr
Red Cross to report, but with . t-s
opening of the schools In Cepter.b
thousands of children t'irots-c-t the
southeast Joined In viirlozs hcZpfd
plans cf the Junior Rol Cress.
With all cf this work, the Red Cress
continued to , carry on its first duly
and lts responsibility fc the din - la
uniform.
During the month the Red
Cress
maintained ade-j-ata forcis cf work
ers at twelve different tsrzj posts,
camps and hospitals in the . dirislos,
serving a total of 13,752 men, cf wbooi
700 or more were- patients , In two
general array . hospitals. . - In adwliiea.
Home Service, as it ' Is called, ttxj
given to L142 new cases," 12 ctcs&l
cases and 4,071 other cssea .hcra ts
formation cf all sorts in regard to j'ay,
Liberty bonds, insurance and the
was furnished. '
. One of the most 'pcteri liifluisc.jf at
these posts was the "home : lnQucncs
of the Red Cross. .The men vice en
couraged to write lettern home, statfear
ery was provided, and, where & sa
was Illiterate, the Rel Cress wrote
his letters for him. " The beys were
made tb feel that the Red Cross worri
ers were their friends, that they ha I
some one to go to, some one wha tCl
a sympathetic Interest la their wtl-
fare.
The Red" Cross also did vrczlz tt
six United States public health to
pltals In the southern division, tsJ
served United States public health ser
vice patients at eight other hospitals
of which they were Inmates. EzzlZ
"home service," the Red Cross gars
them recreation,- distributed necessary
supplies and developed the local in
terest of the respective communiti;!
In the patients Mid the hospitals.'
This is the sort cf work in heilth.
social service, aaocit the posts ac:2
camps, for disaster relief, firrt 44
heme dietetics, horns 'hygisae" sal cara
of the sick, and the Junior Rel Crr5
that will be carried on durLu; ths
comiiig year through the dollars c!
those who Join the Red Cress is ti
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