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OCALA EVENING STAB, TUESDAY, JUNE 6. 1916TWO

WONDER OF SHAKESPEARE"OKLAVMHA RIVER ITEMS

gree and imprisonment for life wasthe least he deserved. The statehasn't done anything for the widow

OCALA EVENING STAR- PUBLISHED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY

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R. R. Carroll, General Haiae 7 i Port V. Jjtmremmd, BaalacM MtitnrJ. H. Bcajanla, Editor

11, Entered at Ocala, Fla., postoffice aa second class matter.

SUBSCRIPTION RATESCDameatle) Frl- - ,v

One year, in advance.. ...$5.00 One year. In advance... ft.00eix months. In advance ........ Z.B0 8ix month, in advance......... 4.25Three months, in advance 1.25 Three months, in advance.. 2.MOne month, in advance 50 One month, in advance t .50

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ference. We are 32 minutes behind!sun time: if we set our clocks up we j

would be only 28 minutes ahead. Ifwe set them an hour ahead of suntime, we would be an hour and '28minutes ahead of railroad time, whichwould be a little too much of a good I

thing. People living on the latitudeof Chicago would gain their hour. Butthose on the latitude of San Antoniowould gain two. This would be all l

right for about four. months in the!year. The other eight months in the

underwea:Yoii are paying 50c per Garment

We are selllin tffinemni, allyear they would have to take moreipay. ; It amounts to a fine on the Tin- -

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per Garment

This is a clear saving of

We are also selling the famous

Paris Sattle Pa (SarQeFs

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cold, fresh and salt. Running iall ships. Accommodation u ism.information cheerfully furni

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Essay by Miss Ruby Fausett at theClosing Exercises of the Ocala

High School

On the twnty-thir- d of last April,there was celebrated throughout theUnited States and probably the en-

tire world, the three hundredth anni-versary of William Shakespeare. Hedied April 23, 1616 on the fifty-nin- th

anniversary of his birth. It has beenwell said by Dr. Claxton, the. UnitedStates Commissioner of Education.that the most valuable possession ofany people is its greaty literature,which interprets its life, expresses itsideals, and fosters its objects andaspirations. The greatest literarygenius yet produced by the Englishspeaking peoples is Shakespeare. Hisdramas constitute our richest literaryheritage.

Shakespeare holds an unique placein literature. He was the most versatile of English writers, and also themost expressive. Where he obtainedthe fund of information necessary tocompose his plays and poems, it isimpossible to form an idea. Here isan unknown country boy, poor andpoorly educated according to : thestandards of his age, who arrives atthe great city of London and goes towork at add jobs in a theater. In ayear or two he is associated withscholars and dramatists, the mastersof their age, writing plays of kingsand clowns, of gentlemen and heroesand noble women, all of whose liveshe seems to know by intimate association. In a few years more he leadsall of those brilliant poets and dra-matists who have given undying gloryto the age of Elizabeth. Play afterplay runs from his pen, mighty dramas of human life and character following one another so rapidly thatgood work seems impossible; yet theystand the test of time, and theirpoetry is still unrivaled in any la-gua- ge.

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Nothing has ever so depicted thesorrows of neglected age, the ingratitude of some children, the devotion ofothers, as King Lear. No love storyever more beautiful than "Romeo andJuliet." No where else has the hol-lowne- ss

of ambition and the evils itbreeds been so clearly depicted as in"Macbeth." s In a number of his playsShakespeare seems to have done, withlittle notice at the time," what thepublic later paid Charles Read inmoney and fame for: namely, scoringEome of the evils of his day.

It is impossible to read many linesin ' any of Shakespeare's plays without coming to some thought worthtreasuring. Forty years ago, a knowl-edge of Shakespeare and a knowledgeof the scriptures formed a commonunderstanding for the reading publicShakespeare was of the - people, andthere are few phases in every day lifethat he has not: described. He wasalso a historian as well as a dramatist.His historical plays were the prede-cessors of the historical novels of lateryears. It is to one of his historicalplays and to" "Midsummer , Night'sDream" that Shakespeare owed themoderate fortune that enabled him topass his latter days in comparativecomfort A flattering allusion toQueen Elizabeth in the latter playbrought him into favorable notice e.tthe court, and his last historical play"Henry VIII" was a most artistic defence of the queen's father and moth-er, King Henry and Anna Boleyn, fortheir marriage, following the divorceof Queen Catherine.

Shakespeare's plays, as renderedon the stage, had their greatest popularity in the nineteenth century, inthe day when the education of thepeople had progressed far enough tounderstand them. The ' presentationnow in comparison with the numberof other plays is meager. The carefulobserver does not like to see Shakespeare rendered, by an inferior actor oractress, and only ;the good ones cando the subject justice. There seemsno prospect that .Shakespeare willbe more largely presented on thestage than at present, but his place inliterature is secure for all time.

MEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD

Notice is hereby given that theboard of public instruction of Marioncounty will not meet at the regulartime in June on account of theteachers' examinations being in progress at that time, but will meet onTuesday, June 13, 1916.

.J. H. Brinson, Secretary.

SMALL CAR AT A BARGAIN

1 have a small car (a "10" Buick)cut down and in fair condition, forsale cheap. Cash or very easy payments. R. R. Carroll.

We give prompt and accurate ser-vice on all prescription .work. ; Tellyour doctor to leave yours withus. The Court Pharmacy. tf.

Fresh seeds of all kinds at theOcala Seed Store. tf

Carter's Butternut Bread ii madeof pure flour, sugar, yeast, malt,milk, lard and salt; it is made andwrapped by machinery and bakedwith steam. 20-tf- ?

Swimming time's here.. Get yourbath caps at The Court Pharmacy, tf

VEGETABLES, MILK AND EGGSfrom our own farm daily. Open nighand day. Merchant's Cafe. tf

and orphan of the murdered man, whoare struggling along bereft of theirnatural provider and defender, and itwill disgrace itself if it lets a mur-derer off with less punishment than itoften awards to a negro for stealinga few dollars worth of goods.

TOO MUCH OF A TAX

County Clerk Nugent informs theStar that the amount paid in by thecandidates in , assessments in thiscounty was over two thousand doilars. The law does not specify whatshall be done with the money. Mr.Nugent might have put it in his ownpocket for all the law said to the contrary. He put it in the county treas- -BIT, which was a good move, for aswe all know the county needed themoney.

: The trouble is that it made an unjust tax on tne candidates, it was astiff price for the successful ones to

successful ones. It's the Star's opinn fhot t h a itnnntv ' AAmmieDitnA.ew vwuukj vvuuuiaoiuuwo,

unless they have legal advice to thecontrary, should retain enough of thismoney to pay the expenses of the pri--mary not more than $400 and re--tiarn what is left over to the candidates.

The idea in framing the law was, ofcourse, to assess the candidatesenough to pay primary expenses. On

basis of two candidates for each ofnee, it would serve that purpose, but

jwith three, four and more for each,amount taken in is excessive. It

unjust anyhow. A man should haveprivilege of running for office if

desires to without paying anyassessment.

The primary law is mainly a goodDut it needs revising in some of

features, and this is one of them.

IT IS IN SIGHT

Another man in Tampa townSuits Times and Trib. is Chas. H.

Brown;on a few more they agree,

Millenium soonly we shall see.

OCALA FRATERHAL ORDERS

ORDER OF EASTERN faTAR

Oeala Chanter. No. 29. O. E. Smeets at-Yon- ge hall the second andfourth Thursday evenings of eachmonth at 730 o'clock.

Mrs. Myrtle G. Kramer, W. M.lira Lillian ssimmoos. Secy.

: WOODMJfixM OF THE WOULD

Fort King Camp No. 14 sstets atthe K. of P. hall at 7 :30 p. m. everysecond ana lourtn mnaay. visitingsovereigns are - always welcome.

, J. W. Lamar, C. C.Chas. K. Saze. Clerk.

OCALA LODGE NO. ZS, B. P. O. E.

Ocaia Lodge No. 286, Benevolentand Protective Order of Elks, meetsthe second and fourth Huesday evra-Ing- s

in each month. .Visiting' breth-

ren always welcome. Club houseopposite postofflce, east. side.

I. EL von Engelken, E. R.D. S. Williams, Sec'y.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Ocala Lodge No. 19. f Conventionsheld every Monday at 7:30 p. m. atCastle Hall, over the James Carlisledrugstore. A cordial welcome to visiting brothers. W. M. Gober; C C

Chas. K. sage. K. of R. s. '

ODD FELLOWS

Tulula Lodge No. 22, I. O. O. Fmeets every Tuesday evening in theOdd Fellows' tall on the third floor ofthe Star office building at? 8 o'clockpromptly. A warm welcome alwaysextended to visiting brothers.

L. E. Yonce, N. G.W. L. Colbert. Secretary.

OuALA TEMPLEPYTHIAN SISTERS

The Ocala Temple Lodge No. 28Pythian Sisters, meets every Tuesdayafternoon at 2:30 at Castle Hall, westof courthouse. Visiting members arecordially invited to meet with us.

Lena Tompkins, M. . U.Kate B. Howell, M. R. -

ILUUOX-DUN- X 3IASOMIC LODGE

llarion-Dun- n Lodge No. 19, F. AA. M., meets on the first and thirdThursday evening of each month at8:00 o'clock, until further notice.

E. U. Webb, W. M.Jake Brown, secretary. Ad

CHAPTEB NO. IS, K. A. Bl.

Regular convocations of the OcalaChapter No. 13, R. A. M., on thefourth Friday in every r month an

p. m. A. E. Burnett, H. P.Jake Brown. Sec'y.

TYDIfJGS 1 60.Druggist and Seedsmen

MAIL ORDER HOUSE

We deliver all parcels of reasonableweight when cash accompanies order.Ask your doctor to leave your pre-

scriptions with us, as they are carefully compounded and prompt deliv-

ery made. Phone 30.

IMver & MacKayUNDERTAKERS and EUDUILIERS

June FeastingsConner, June 5.-- In the merry

month' of May, fish," frog legs, alli-gator steak, bulbs of the palmetto,cabbage and honey from the apiary ofGourd Neck, Lacota, Oklawaha river,were the "fillin' ins" for the folks ofthe stream.

The June green crops out in thegardens of the raging stream yieldedabundantly; sugar corn, okra, squash,tomatoes, Irish potatoes, beans, wa-

termelons . and cantaloupes and ascore or so more of garden sass, including peaches of the orchards. Sonow we've added the above stuffs ofMay, with this of June and wind upwith the best milk and peaches and a.little Lacota honey.

The Raging Stream'When the river is low, the Okla

waha, it runs the fastest. It is nowreaiiy a raging stream, rne rivernow stands at its lowest marks. It isstated by old timers that in 1866 thisriver sunk to a lower ebb and in thesame year overflowed the banks. Solook out, little fishes.

New Stations VRed Hot, Heartsease, Good Hope,

Avenue of Basses, Los Kiss, Douglas--on-Can- al, Muclan, Tiger Den, Amen,Shirt TaU, Trust Us p God, Dice,Carmichael, Tobacco , Patch and Jen-kins' Cut ' are the newest stations.The station of Piny Point was de-

stroyed in 1914 by the dredge Flor-ida. The lone pine there was up-rooted and the station is no' more.Brobery, near by, is the river pointfor hailing 'in this, the Narrows, portion of the river. Brobery is thenorthern limb of the.Florida nationalpark, a telephone station down therein-- the Jonely reaches of the fastnessesof the Oklawaha.

Skeletons

Great ghost-lik- e skeletons standguard all up and down the Oklawahariver. These immense skeletons arethe dead cypress trees all over thewierd wilderness where the Oklawahaflows. Ages ago they were deadenedoy logging men and tne iorest waspicked over, leaving these for guarding ghosts for the river night.

These great trees look like skele-tons, the trunks and limbs are sowhite ,and ghostly. It is said thatshould you see on the limb of one ofthese trees a limkin bird and hearhim oo, in answer to a steamboat's whistle (a limkin will alwaysanswer a steam whistle) the giantskeleton of an ancient Oklawahan willresurrect at the root of the tree. Andalthough he is only bones, you wouldsee him eat a bushel of grapes, a hamof a pork, four dozen doughnuts,twenty alligator eggs, two rabbits,six trout and two dozen oranges at ameal.

Mills Steamboat LineThe Mills Steamboat Line, owned

and operated by Captain E. L. Mills,of Conner, now operates a sawmill.This mill is located at the Sand Bars,Grahamville. The logs for the millare towed in by the Sharpshooter,which in the : early forenoons listslog dredging apparatus and goes outinto the river and reclaims the timbers from the river bed. '

Oranges and Snakes

Oranges may be found on the treesin the Randall orange grove here, anddown on ; the Fry's snake farm atEureka is where you might enjoyuttie wmie witn tne snaKes; now,many snakes crawl over the . woodroads.

Ninety-Nin- e TripsThe G. A. Carmichael has made to

Jacksonville 9 trips. The steamer onaccount of low water is laid up atpresent. V ?

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Plans are now for some largersteamers to haul the Ocala freight,in joint with the G. A. CarmichaeL

Remember, when the new steamersgo on the run, give to them every tonof freight you can, for there is a saving in the river freight.

... The Temple and the Grand

Steamboat men are always tickledwhen on the Ocala end of the longrun at night. Ho! the Temple theater,mate. ' Palatka, ' the Kalbfield Grandlure, the seamen. In Jacksonville,generally, "parousers" overrules.

A. A. G.

STANDING COMMITTEESOF THE CITY COUNCIL

Finance D. W. Tompkins, chairman; G. A. Nash, W. A. Knight.

Cemetery J. T. Moore, chairman;D. E. Mclver, H. A. Weathers.

Judiciary J. M. Meffert, chairman;J. J. Gerig, D. E. Mclver.

Street D. E. Mclver, chairman; D.W. Tompkins, W. A. Knight.

Fire J. J. Gerig, chairman; J M.Meffert, G. A. Nash.

Police W. A". Knight, chairman; G,

A. Nash, H. M. Weathers.Market H. M. Weathers, chair

man; J. M. Meffert, J. J. Gerig.Sanitary H. A. Fausett, chairman;

D. W. Tompkins, J. T. Moore.Building H. M. Weathers, chair

man; H. A. Fausett, D. E. Mclver.Light and Water G. A. Nash,

chairman; D. W. Tompkins, J. M. Meffert.

Now is the time to taxe a goodspring tonic and VTNOL is the best.Sold only at The Court Pharmacy, tf

Eat OCALA-MAD- E bread. There'snone better . than Carter's Butternut. 20--tf

The Tire Man

Service car always ready for tirerouble on the road. Fisk and HoodTires and Tubes. All orders prompt

OUR CANDIDATE

The Star doesn't know whetherSenator Bryan will be elected todayor not, but it is proud of the fact thatit has supported him. The Star neverpicks winners. It tries to pick thebest men, and it would rather be de-

feated with them than win withothers that are not so good.

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TOOLS OF TRAMMELL

Monday evening, after the Star hadgone to press, the following telegramwas received from Senator Bryan:

Jacksonville, June 5, 5:59 p, mv --

The three candidates against me forthe Senate are making absurd claimsof their strength: An anonymousrnmrnunication in Sunday's Times- -

Union is a band wagon appeal tobolster up the . cause of a desperatecandidate. I will win by not less thansix thousand if my friends are activetomorrow. N. P. Bryan.

The Star does not know who com-

piled the estimate in the Times- -

Union and Tribune, reference to whichwas made in this paper, but it was almost similar to that sent out by theAnti-Saloo- n League, ; which was obviously issued in the interest of Gov.Tiammell. .

' The Star has not been altogether inlove with the methods of . the AntiSaloon , League in this state Tor, anumber of years. While claiming tobe non-politic- al and non-partisa- n, ithas shown itself only too ready tomake trades with anybody it thoughtit could control. Local option vie- -

tories have been won in some counties more in spite of it than by itshelp. It would be a good thing for theleague if it was put in a boxcar andfumigated; then, with entirely newmen in control it might do some solidgood. ,

SETTING HIE CLOCKS .

AN HOUR AHEAD

Several nations of Europe, underthe stress of the economy enforced bythe great war, have, set their clocksan hour ahead, in order to use justthat much less artificial light, theend of the working day, in Europe asin America, being nearer darknessthan its beginning.

A number of American newspapersare trying to start an agitation to in-

augurate a similar practice in thiscountry, which shows how pronemany people are to speak withoutthinking; also what an inadequatecomprehension they have of the sizeand their lack of information of thecusloms of the United States.

It used to be a boast of the Englishthat the sun never set on the Britishempire. An, American once made theapt retort that it did set on theUnited States, because that nationwas the only one big enough for it toset on. As a matter of fact, thereare two countries that have more con-

tinuous land east and west than theUnited States Canada and Russia.The former extends from 50 to 140degrees west longitude, the latterfrom 20 to 170 westalmost halfwayaround the northern hemisphere. Butthe United States is a right smart ofa country it extends from 67 to 125,and , it takes the sun in . his diurnaljourney almost four hours to cross it.

The European countries where theclocks are being set ahead are com-paratively small. The greatest isGermany, which is about as widefrom east to west as from New Yorkto St, Louis; that is not near so wideas our central time belt. Great Brit-ain, the next, is , some 300 miles eastto west, Holland is a mere dot on themap; there, is no appreciable differ-ence in the time the sun rises on itseastern and western boundaries.France has not adopted the earliertime; if she did, her territory is but

, little broader than Britain's. .

The approximate speed of the sunfrom east to west is a thousand milesan hour, or about four minutes foreach degree of longitude. Thirty-fiv- e

years ago, every town in the countryran on its own sun time. And everyrailroad system had its time basedgenerally on its central point. .Thismade endless confusion. A man inNew York could not figure what timeit was in Buffalo in his own state, letalone on .what it was in Chicago orSan Francisco.

In 1883v the railroads adopted

standard time, they divided thecountry into four belts eastern, cen-tral, mountain and Pacific time. Eachroughly covered about a thousandmiles and one hour was assigned toeach. It greatly simplified calculationson railroad travel. A man in NewYork knew that noon with him was 11a. m. in Chicago, 10 in Denver and 9in Frisco.

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The different communities ran foryears on their local time, but afterawhile, also, adopted the railroadreckoning, and standard time is nowofficial in all parts of the UnitedStates. '" :'

So if we set our clocks , an hourahead, we will make nothing, forwhere we gain an hour in one placewe .will lose in another.

In Ocala, it would make little dif--

ly filled.

24 N. MAGNOLIA STREET

3 Thones 43S76 Ocala,

out of the front end of the day than.. .A I 1 J Z M XI J Iuicjr wuuiu receive xxuiu wits rear cnu.

The same condition - obtains in theother: time belts. ,

We cannot do away with standardtime, for it is the only system bywhich the railroads can operate in I

such a big country, and it is inextri-- 1

cably mingled with all the affairs ofour every-da- y life. All s phases andconditions not only of industrial butsocial life are calculated on the ar- ft

rival and departure of the trains. I

If any community wants to gain anhour of daylight, all it has to do is to theget together and resolve that all the!3mercantile and industrial establish-- 1 thements shall open and close an hour I hesooner: It is easier to do this than to 1

have all the railroad systems in thecountry set their clocks an hour joneahead, or to induce one system or lsdivision of systems to put itself outof harmony with all the others.

MISFIT MERCY

Friends of John Wiley Hurst, con-victed Ifin January 1914, of killing L.E. Boiler, and sentenced to five yearsat hard labor for manslaughter, areworking fortius " pardon. A peti-tion for a pardon has been circulatedby "Sunny Jim Robinson, and it willbe placed before the- - state board ofpardons at its June or July session,yivuauiy ouiy according to ivir. xvOD-- 1inson. Mr. Robinson was asked for a J

statement retrardinc the case, and hasaid he would have this in a few days.

The Star puts the pardon board onnotice that the people of this community are opposed to commutingHurst's sentence. Ee was let off veryngnt with five years. His crime waspractically ; murder in the second de-- 1

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What owners are think-ing and ' saying thecountry over.c o n s t i-t- utes

a higher endorserment of the ; car thananything we might sayabout it.

The economy of the car, its qual-

ity, the remarkable things iti does when called upon, are com-

ments you hear wherever the caris discussed.

8--' The Gasoline Consumption la :

Unsnally Low

The tire mileage is unusually high

The motor is 30-3- 5 horse power

The price of the Roadster orTouring car complete is $785

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MERCHANT & MINERS TRAHSP0RTATI0I1 COMPAIIY

SUimER TOURIST FARESFrom Jacksonville to

New York and return... $35.00Baltimore and return... 32.00Philadelphia and return. . 35.00Washington and return. . 34.00Savannah and return . . . 6.00

1 Through tickets to all Eastern resorts, with return limit October, 31,t 1916, with privilege of stopovers at principal points. Sailings iksm

Jacksonville, via Savannah to Baltimore Wednesday and Saturday!, toPhiladelphia Thursday and Sunday 4:00 p.m. 11

5 SteamshiDs Suwannee and Somerset have staterooms de luxe vhKatlis. also shower rooms, hot andin all rooms. Wireless teleCTanh on

I passed. Reservation; foare or anyon amplication. Ask for tour book.

i - TICKET OFFICE East Bay St.,H. C Avery, Agt. L. D. Jones,

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"LOTSOnly Direct Line

OWE"Fare Includes Meals Good on Any Ship.

Tickets Now on Sale, and Stateroom Berth

Final Return Limit October 31st

CHARLESTON EXCURSIONSWrite for schedule and further particulars.

H- - G. VENZEL, Florida Passenger AgentTicket Office, Pier 1, Foot of Lib crty SU Jacksonville, Florida.

CAUF0EMA and WESTERN BUROf Twenty-fiv- e Days Visiting

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CITY, GRAND CANYON, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES,

DENVER, LOOKOUT 3IOUNTAIN, and other points

Price includes all expense, railroad fare, pullman fare, hotels, mealsand certain side trips. For booklet and more definite information write

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