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L BITTINGERI Editor and General Manager-

R R CARROLL

d City Editor and Business Manager

March 25 In History I

liiToachlin Burnt Ponapartist ling I

a of Naples French marshal etcI

horn near Cuhors Franco shot inCalabria Oct 1 1SJ

1802 Walt Whitman pool tiled atGnnukii N L born 1S19

1907Ireach troops advanced to oc-

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i Oudja as a stop to enforcereparation for the murder of aFrench subject in January 1X7Nicaragua forces captured Teguci-galpa

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capital of Hondurastr

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTSTonight and Tomorrow Morning

Sun sots 613 rises Z4fJ moon rises215 a in 411 a m moon In conJunction with Uranus passing theplanet from west to east planet Mer-

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DR WILLIAM GRIFFITH

As will he seen elsewhere in the an-

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011111111 the gentlemanwhose name heads this article is a-

rtcandidate for the legislature DrGriffith is not as well known in theCounty at large as lie is in his homeDunneil ri where fur nearly a decade

r ho has been in pirtncrship with DrJ G Baskin whose tale is a house-hold

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word Dr Griffith since his ad ¬

1 vent into his practice at Dunnelloncom ing from Green Cove Springs andthe town of Middlcburg in Clay

4 county has built up a tine practiceestablished himself in the confidence

e and respect of the people of Dunnel ¬

Ion and made a citizen that any com-munity

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I could well feel proud of inthe interest he has taken in everylaudable and worthy movement for

4 the material advancement of theplace in which he resides along alllines of moral and educational ad ¬

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vancement Dr Griffith is a genialsocial gentleman with cultured hab ¬

G its of sobriety and manly conductwith a good presence and ability tjpromote and further any legislationthat might come under his obser-vance

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ami consideration and should I

he be honored with the position hoseeks he would flU it to the satisfac-tion

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t of all Again We say men possess ¬1

ing the character and qualificationsY of Dr Griffith are to be commended

Mr Vm E McGahagin of Laker Weir drove up from his home yes ¬

terday to get a load of velvet beansf which he had delivered some time ago

to be hulled so he could plant themSpeaking of the velvet bean as a foodproduct he said there was nothinglike it in the country and without itdid not know what the Florida far¬

mer would do Speaking of its feed-s

Ing and fattening properties he said-a volunteer crop in a tenacre lothad maintained several feed cows allfall winter and spring causing them

w to give great quantities of milk ofrare richness This same Held fatten-ed

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W half a dozen hogs and then MrRube Redding drove into the fieldtwenty cdd head of cattle and madethem rolling fat for beef and if tthad not been that the field was need ¬

ed for a summer crop the stray beanslying around would have made morebeef Mr McGahagin said the velvet

ti bean was the main stay of the stockand cattle man and would be moreso as the range was reduced and cat-tle

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had to maintained and fed athome-

rCaptain J B Webb the lime king-

of Kendrick was in town this morn-ing

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on business bent and made the Ia Star office a pleasant call While the

rush of lime orders has subsidedstill then is plenty of business tolook after and to keep the captaincomfortably busy The captain isplanning a vacation to his old home1 among the granite hills and pictur-esque

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4 valleys of Vermont this sum-mer

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If renew old acquaintances of thei section in which he first saw the light

of day and go fishing in the Con-necticut

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river to renew his boyhood4

experiences lie expects to leave tiltlast of June and return in October

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A GOOD COUNTRY-FOR A POOR MAN

Tin titan had an interesting chatwith Mr Robert H Cleveland who-

p nt th past three years at or n arPort of tort z Spanish Hondurasand has been engaged in buildingrailroads and planting banana grovesPrior to the lat residence Mr < hadMlnt ttv years in that country II

slid th principal products of thacountry wen bananas ric coffee

inber and tobacco The banant in-

dustiy was immense and growingrapidly The principal market wasth Inited States and four largestrainers were making tv ekly tripto Mobil and New Orleans Eachvessel when loaded with bananasloaded a train of from twentyliveto thirty cars Tin price per bunchon the plantation is 50 r1115 It takes

I a year from tin time it is planted un-

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it produces a bunch of fruit andI from tlrit time on a bunch a monthcan be cut the original stalk multi-plying

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until a dozen stalks take theplaice of the original one Eaily in

I the spring the old stalks are cut tothe round but come up smiling auntproductive Mr Cleveland said it wasa very fascinating industry one thatpermitted the owner of a good sizedplantation to rest must of the year inthe shade Land is very fertile and

I productive There is really no such athing as farming as implied in this

I country For instance in the plantingof corn a pointed stick is used tomake a hole in the ground severalseeds dropped in and fifty bushels isthe usual yield To clear the groundthe rant growth of weeds and grass-is cut and when dried is burned theprimitiv way of planting proceedsand good crops result In the three

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years Mr Cleveland spent there heI did not see a plow Utbor is 2 a dayI The value of their coin is half of oursHe said it is also a fine stock coun-try

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I and on the upland good cattlehorses mules and hogs are raised

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The city of Puerto Cortex is a hustl-ing

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place of FiOOO people livery day-is Sunday in that country The pop ¬

ulation is decidedly mixed and youfind them there from all parts of theworld and like all Spanish blooded

I people it is a constant chase afterI chance and a good time Rum isI made under government control is agood article and is worth 5 a gallon

I All other liquors are imported Thefare for this otum cum dignitate land-is

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25 from Mobile and 30 from NewOrleans They receive a mail everytwo weeks from new Orleans Hosaid American thrift and enterpriseis represented in the person of theleading wholesale merchant anotherruns the hotel of the town rates 5a day while one of the most suc ¬

cessful negro banana growers used-to live in Florida and assisted inbuilding the old F C tC P railroadfrom River Junction to Pensacola-His shipments of bananas averagesome 200 bushels a week

ACME STAPLER FOR SALE

The Star Ocala Fla has for sale a35 Acme Staple Binder almost as

good as new with lot of staples 15

Lot of 10em mailing galleys almostnew at half price A rotary lead andrule cutter 30 for SlO Mustang mail-er

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in good shape for less than halfpricet

Mr Dow Beck of Cottage Hill anda candidate for county commissioner-from the second district was a caller-in the city yesterday and remarked-as a matter of news that the Fellow-ship schbol closing exercises hadbeen postponed from April 3rd to Sat ¬

urday April 4th so that the candi-dates

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could attend the Geiger picnicApril 3rd and he present at Fellow ¬

ship school April 4th

I The Atlantic Coast Line is gettingI

material to build a large brickfreight depot at Tampa How aboutthe Ocala brick depot that has beenshowing up so beautifully for severalyears on paper-

Seventyeight members of the StPetersburg hoard of trade enjoyedtheir annual banquet at PassaGrilleI

with their wives and sweethearts thi <

I week Noel Mitchell the sand manwas master of ceremonies and theevent of the evening were five min-ute

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talks on The power of advertis-ing

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participated in by such lumi-nous

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lights as Editor Willis Powelland W L Slraub for our readersmust remember St Petersburgs phenominal tourist visitors are largely-the result of printers ink How aboutOcala It is not time for the Ocalaboard of tjrade to sound a campaign

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LIQUID REFRESHMENTi

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rk2d4aI host provides for his guests the

aw best he can procure For liquid

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4 = r whiskies gins brandies and wines

of the right sort at the right pricesOAYRGH7-

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C H CAMPBELL BADLY INJURED I

A dispatch was received this morn-ing

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by Mr 1 A Campbell sayingthat his brother C H Campbell hadshot himself and Vas lying There

as no tmther explanation Mr < II< ampbell was in Brooklyn when theaceidtnt ocurred Mr Campbell wasfor 5f V rat years manager of the wa

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tt r 1 orks served one tern as mayorand for a long time vats ehif of thfire delartnnl-i He has many friendhI t ho will await further new = I

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HEAVY DAMAGES-

MrsI Lizzie Clary Sues Tampa Elec-

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i Company for the Death of

Her HusbandI

Suit fM I maies t tje tiiUH I f-

SliOOnO has heel iris ilutd < iins I

the Tampa ICU ctric Co 5 Mrs Liz ¬

zie Clary Mrs Claiy is the widow ofJohn Cliry The suit will b foughtfor tit plaintiff by Attorney Hilton KHampton

buy one night during the fair fellfrom the running board of a street-car to the pavement opposite timeTampa Pay Hotel His skull wascrushed and he lived only a shorttime after the accident

flary uas Hi years of age a resi-dent

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I of tit city and was originallyfrom Marion county Mrs Clarymakes her home here Tampa Even-ing

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hf Florida girls at Cronau Col-lege

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lainesville Ga organized a11 club iast week of which Miss AltaPearson the talented daughter of l r-

and Mrs J V Pearson was madepresident-

Mr Isaac Stevens chairman of thehoard of public instruction showedis a drawing for the proposed newschool building It presents a veryhandsome and imposing appearanceThe work was done by Mr FcwlonThe drawing with estimates will bepresented for the county school board-at its next meeting for considerationSuch a building would be an orna-ment

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and credit to Ocala

Mr M Fish el returned Sundayfrom his purchasing tour to NewYork where he secured an enviable-assortment of spring goods for hisgrowing trade He said the commer ¬

cial conditions of the great metrop ¬

olis were not as bright as they werebefore the panic of last October andin consequence many factories oerunning with a reduced force manyoperators are out of work thousandsof unemployed workmen are idle andthe condition of the laboring classes-is indeed distressing and pitiable

Editor Lambright of the TampaEvening News paid a beautiful andtouching tribute to the youth geniuworth and promise of the late Sena-tor

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W J Bryan of Florida But thenEditor Lambright is a genius himself-in constructing graceful and forcefuleditorials

Carrie Nation having completed hervisit to Miami by introducing Gov ¬

ernor Broward as our dry governorwhen he was about to make a speech-on draining the Everglades departed-for Orlando Ocala can be looking-for her shortly

Henry Brooks one of the genialcitizens of Inverness and Tampa wasin town today and paid this office apleasant visit He said for the pres ¬

ent he had ceased prospecting forand developing rich phosphate de ¬

posits in Citrus county as in duetime it would be needed and wouldnot require much uncovering Re ¬

ferring to the cigar trade in Tampa-in which he and his brother HenryBrooks are interested he said it wasslowly improving and for the helpthey had had all the orders theycould fill

Mr aurice Rheinauer represe-nts

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an extensive pipe manufacturinghouse of New York City spent Sun-day

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in this city with his brothersHen and Charlie Maurice has manfriends in Ocala who remember himwith pleasure as a former resident ofOcala when he was in the dry goodsbusiness with his brothers-

CARPENTERS UNIONLocal Union 17r Brotherhood of

Carpenters and Joiners of Americaeleven charter members will be heldopen to lay 1st 190S so others cancome in as charter members Officersare president E Ferdon vice presi-dent

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Carlos C Coyle secretary HM Hoehle financial secretary 1V CBlanchnrd acting treasurer WesleyBaIT conductor George Johns war-den

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Ray Long

I FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER-I hereby announce myself a candi ¬

date for the office of Commissionerfor the First Commissioners Districtof Marion County subject to the pri-mary

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I of May llHh and ask the sup-port

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of the Democratic voters of Dis-trict

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Xo 1 If elected I will use myI best efforts in the discharge of theduties of the office Respectfully

C Ed Carmichael

FOR TAX ASSESSOR-I find that the citizens of Ocala de ¬

cide for themselves what candidatethey will support and electioneering-them has little or no effect From thehandsome vote that Ocala has givenme my assessments must be fair and

I just I fully appreciate this supportand indorsement and hope that youwill favor me with it again in the Mayelection Alfred Ayer

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Taylors Models

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I have just returned from New York where Itook a complete course in the art of measuringmen for clothes I am now able to fit the hard-

to fit I am positive that I can fit you YouI

will hnd at my store 400 samples of the latest ef-

fectsI in Spring and Summer Goods for Men Re ¬

member I positively guarantee to make you I

your clothes for less or no sale Come now 1-

I while you are sure of selectionsI am always glad to show my samples 1

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EYE DONTSD-ont buy glasses as you would shoes

they should be fitted by a specialist-Dont wear other peoples glasses

they were probably fitted for othertroubles than yours

Dont let some cheap fakir tamperwith your eyes call on a legitimate

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specialist who has an office 01 aregular place of business

Dont wear blue or colored glassesI

they may seen to give relief butare really must injurious The manwho prescribes them should be abjto give more beneficial results with

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DR D M BONEYI EYESIGHT SPECIALIST

OCALA FLORIDA-I Make a Specialty of Correcting Fail-

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Vision Where Others Have Fail ¬

ed Satisfaction guaranteed or YourMoney Refunded

Office Hours 8 to 12 a m and 130 to430 p m Optical Office and

Labatory Rooms 2 and 4

Gary Block

EARLY BREAKFASTS-You can get an early breakfast ati

the Elks Cafe if you are going out oftown

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ashington D C March 25Fair3tonight and Thursday 1

IN THE MAYORS COURT r

ThereVvvere six cases in the mayorscourt yesterday and five this morningThey were all petty offenses The a

fines collected for both sessions ag-gregated about 50

NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS-

We are pleased to announce that Foleys Honey and Tar for coughs coldiand lung troubles is not affected byithe national pure food and drug lawas it contains no opiates or otherharmful drugs and we recommend Itas a safe remedy for children andadults Sold by all dealers-

ELECTRICAL WORK-

If you are contemplating havingelectrical w < ik done of any kind elec-tric

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lights put in call ells or anywiring in the electrical line be sure tc tet my estimate before placing the

order No job is too large for me todo and none too small to receive my

o1best and careful attention I C8Jtjja full line of electrical IfJtock Respectfully

Walter Tucker

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