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EVEN TTTT TT 1 f .1 Jl 11 lw NQ ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE STAR LOCAL NEWS TO PRESS TIME OGALA, JULY 19, 1915 THE STAR IS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MARION COUNTY TAKING TELEGRAPH SERVICE c IT r 0) fill VOL. 21. In Consultation HUB 1 1 EAS Pursued by Mob Hatred to his Prison Forest of Corn on the Oklawaha Farm inet Advisers DESPERATELY YdDED BY A FELLOW ALMOST SURE TO DIE For the last three or four years, the editor of the Star has been hear- ing of and desiring to see the Okla- waha River Farm, but none of his friends have been thoughtful enough to take him in sight of those broad and fertile acres. The sin of omission was removed yesterday, when Mr. D. S. Welch, formerly a citizen of the world re- nowned Iowa corn belt, and desirous of seeing something equal to it, took Mr. L. W. Duval and the Star man in his swift and staunch auto, to the fa- mous farm. The party left Ocala about 1:30 p. m., and in a little over an hour reach- ed the farm, which is on the little Oklawaha river, about twenty miles south of Ocala. Everybody in this section has heard of the Oklawaha Farm, re- claimed at immense expense from the river swamp, and setting an example that will in time be followed along every river in Florida. The promot- ers selected a place where the river was more than usually crooked, and cut across a navigable canal six miles in length. Into this they turn- -' NO. 169 Pi M 4 Lm3 LwZ3 coming up in profusion. Wild rice and wild millet, uncultivated, was growing rank. Almost everything except wheat will grow on this great farm. In many places in Florida, this same work can be repeated. In many locations, companies can establish farms, with soil of inexhaustible rich- ness, operated from offices with homes nearby on high pine ridges a mile or less away. Pure air and wa- ter are to be had in abundance. When the party returned to the settlement, it was a thirsty little crowd. It repaired to the well, where there was an abundance of the best water, clear and cool. The fact is that the farm settlement is an ideal residence location. Returning, .the party came over the Lake Bryant road to Sharpe's Ferry. A number of pretty and flourishing homes, surrounded by fields and groves, were passed. The public road was a fairly good one, but going thru the flat wood 3 from the Daytona road to Lake- - Bryant caused Mr. Welch to show a good deal of skill in guiding the car. Once on the public road, he made the auto go at a lively clip, bringing the party back to Ocala in an hour and ten minutes after leaving the farm. AliOTDED SDIP LOST ID W AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SUNK THE CRUISER GUISEPPE GARIBALDI (Associated Press) Berlin, July 19. An official com- munication received from Vienna, dat- ed last night, says an Austrian sub- marine yesterday torpedoed and sank the Italian cruiser Guiseppe Gari- baldi, south of Ragusa. i 1 Price fully equipped 5670 withl7newfcatures The biggest automo- bile value ever offered for less than $1,000. One of the sweetest running Roadsters in the world. i S Holds the road at 50 miles an hour. The easiest car to drive in the world. The greatest all around hill climbing car in the world. With Gray : Darn electric self-tarte- x and electric lijhts 55 csira. R. TL CARROLL Agent for Marion County FLOKIDA, MONDAY, r t PRISONER HE IS Press) MANY LUMBER MEN ORGANIZED IN OCALA TO PRO- TECT THEIR MUTUAL INTERESTS A number of the largest lumber manufacturers and dealers in Central Florida met in this city Friday aft- ernoon for the purpose of forming an organization to take over, the finished lumber of their mills and market same on an equitable basis. The company is now in process of organization and will start out with a paid in capital of $150,000. The home office of the concern will be lo- cated in Ocala with branch offices in Jacksonville and several points in the eastern states where most of this class of lumber is sold. The marketing of this class of lum- ber for the past year has been any- thing but satisfactory to the manu- facturers, and the present plan is to have all their product properly clas- sified and marketed in such a manner to protect the consumer as well as the mill man. Application for a charter has been made and another meeting will be held in the near future to determine more in detail the definite plans upon which the new company will operate. OCKLM'AHA HIVED ITEMS Live Time in Prospect July 24 When the Josephine is Launched Conner, July 17. The Dixie, Cap- tain Harrison, and the Steel, Ivy Long, left this afternoon for Los Kiss. The vessels, manned by Cap- tain Harrison, and these river boys, Eric Mills, Jack Wellhoner, and Ivy Long, passed this station bound down stream at eight o'clock. They will stop at the Durisoe station of Los kiss and pick up a cross tie barge and tow it up stream to the ball room here. On Saturday, July 24th, the day set for the great marine picnic and boat launching (when the Josephine is to christened and launched), the hur-ric- an deck of this big barge will be in commission as a ball room on which the Virginia reel, waltzes and other terpsichorean exercises will be danc- ed. A string band will furnish the music. The barge will be rope banis-tere- d to avoid the chances of Ocala ladies getting their eyes wet. Big Loads on the Freight Boat The G. A. Carmichael, Captain Fred Priest, with freight direct from Jacksonville to Ocala, via Silver Springs, passed this, the signal sta- tion, today at 11 o'clock a. m. She will arrive off Silver Gate- - at 12:30 and the Carmichael terminals a mo- ment later, and then immediately first mate, Carl Mason, unloads cargo mixed freight for Ocalans, which stuff is consigned to these folks at fifty per cent, less than the common carrier rate. At the present only two cargoes four and five carloads are landed each week. Later this old stream will be an awful loss to the common carrier. A. A. G. A stanch and noble soul, a brave Confederate soldier a true southerner, Mr. Thomas Newton Davis, has gone meet his maker. The Chronicle will miss his almost daily visits. Summerfield Chronicle. "DELICIOUS" is the brand under which the Carter Bakery is now put- ting out ten cent packages of cake in five flavors. If you are not now us- ing them try some and avoid the hot oven during this strenuous warm weather. tf J ti With his Cab BE THE FINAL HOLE Oil THE IIIDEIIT Press) MINISTER WILL MEET THE III PERSONAL INFLUENCE OF DA- VID LLOYD GEORGE MAY END THE STRIKE (Associated Press) London, July 19. Davis Lloyd George, minister of munitions, has taken in hand the Wales coal strike. He goes to Cardiff to talk to the men tonight. He is very popular with the miners. It is thought that an appeal from him will have great effect. The conference between Runciman and the miners has been called off. FOUND A LINK IN A MURDER CHAIN (Associated Press) Chicago, July 19. As a result of the confession of Cazimer Areizewaki, Buffalo, to the murder of four per- sons at Blue Island, Ills., in 1914, the police in a number of cities are look- ing up late records of ' mysterious murders. The possibility is that one man committed all the murders, num- bering thirty-on- e, stretching from Colorado Springs to Boston. WEST FLORIDA MURDERERS WERE FOUND GUILTY (Associated Press) Pensacola, July 19. James Percy and Brady Roberts, late Saturday night, were found guilty of the mur- der of Mrs. Weyman. The jury was out thirty minutes. GOLD MEDAL CONTEST A gold medal contest will be held the Methodist church, of Oxford, Wednesday, July 28th, at 7:30 p. m. Everybody is invited. Mrs. T. M. Nichols, Mgr. WEBB-PARKE- R Married at the Methodist parsonage 4:30 p. m., by Dr. Gross, Mr. Nathan V. Webb, of Little River, near Miami, and Miss Laura Parker, of Kendrick. Quite a number of friends and rela- tives were present. NEW AUTOMOBILE ON CREDIT If you want to purchase a new au- tomobile on easy payments, get the information by addressing Box 1G4, Ocala, Fla. 12t AMBER SORGnUM SEED For sale at $1.75 per bushel, choice, fresh, Amber Sorgum Seed for plant- ing. This year's crop. Call on or write Knight & Strange, Dunnellon, Flor- ida. - 14-- 6t COME TO THE SUNSHINE CITY If you want to keep cool and take a plunge in the bay. You will find good rooms and board at $5 per week at 826 Central avenue, St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. L. P. Butler. 25-- tf WANTED To contract for forty thousand 6x8-- 8 hearts, 40 thousand 6x8-- 8 saps L. L. Y. P., sound and square edged. -3t C. A. Noyes, 1832 Main St., Jacksonville. You have mosquitos? We have the chaser. Court Pharmacy. 6t. Norris ifafnous candies never failed to satisfy. To be had only at the Court Pharmacy. 6t IMMENSE FORCES OF GERMANS ATTACK RUSSIAN LINE FROM END TO END ( As.-aoiat- Press) London, July 19. Attention is now centered on the gigantic operations in the east. Fighting is in full swing on nearly every section of the Rus- sian line from the Baltic to the Dncister. General von Buelow is pushing the German advance towards Riga, at the northern end. Move- ments of cavalry are on a scale ex- ceeding anything heretofore during the war. On Gen. von Buelow's right Gen. von Echorn is being held up by the fortress of Ossowetz. To the right of him Gen. von Gallwitz is pressing an attack on Narew. There is com- parative quiet on the Rawka and Bzura lines, also southwest of War- saw. The southeast movement against Lublin is in full swing. The Russians must fight a defen- sive battle for Warsaw or abandon all Foland. It is believed here the latter move is likely. WILL LIGHTEN PRESSURE IN THE WEST It is believed the Germans have lit- tle reserve to devote to the west. This offers the Entente Allies a chance to enhance their munitions supply or attempt to recapture Lille. Another view is the best aid to give the Russians is to open the Darda- nelles. The Allies may combine both attempts. f ITALIANS ADVANCE Italy reports some progress in the mountains east of Trentino. DREADFUL AT DARDANELLES OVER FORTY THOUSAND MEN KILLED, WOUNDE AND MISSINGAMONG THE ALLIES (Associated Press) London, July 19. The allied losses in the Dardanelles to date are 42,430 officers and men killed, wounded and missing, Premier Asquith told the House of Commons today. This in- cludes the army and navy. SUNDAY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH Good congregations were present at both the morning and evening servi- ces. 230 in Sunday school. Good Junior Epworth League at 3 p. m., and Senior League at 4 p. m. The Business Men's Bible class was well attended. The young men's Bi- ble class visited the men's class dur- ing the lesson which was very inter- esting and helpful. Mr. M. M. Little is a fine teacher and is doing a fine work with our men. At the close of the lesson a short programme was rendered consisting of short talks by Supt. Duval, Dr. Gross and Mrs. F. R. Bridges. A quartette was render- ed by M. M. Little and other members of the class. Men if you want some- thing interesting and helpful, go to the Men's Bible class at the Metho- dist church on Sunday mornings. Mr. Joseph C. Mathews one of Ma- rion's lest known citizens of the Flemington section, is in the city to- day to attend the special meeting of the board of county commissioners. Mr. Mathews was for many years tax assessor of Marion and says he knows whereof he speaks when he says that the people of the proposed Bloxham county would vote down the proposi- tion if they knew what the formation of it meant in the way of increased taxation. AUTOMOBILES ON CREDIT Do you want to get the latest model, most popular medium priced automobile on easy payments? If so address 'Box 164, Ocala, Fla. 1-- m. Another fresh shipment of Triola sweets just in at Gerig's. tf. Among the Co cent phonograph disc records we are selling for 39 cents is "Cohen on ths Telephone." Ocala Pawn and Loan Office, B- - Gold- man, proprietor. "Why Pay More? A full Jine of loose leaf ledgers, note books and memorandums al- ways on hand at Gerig's. tf Oil WHAT WILL PROBABLY L I AH A (Associated Washington, July 19. President Wilson returned to Washington from Cornish, N. IL, this morning, and went to the White House at once and began a conference with Secretary Lansing and other officials, prepara- tory to tomorrow's cabinet meeting, which takes up the American reply to the German note on submarine war- fare. The president discussed with Secretary Lansing the formulation of a policy the tentative draft of which has been prepared and will be sub- mitted to the cabinet tomorrow. The revised draft will probably be cabled to Berlin before the week end. Official advices are being awaited today as to the circumstances of the German submarine attack on. the British steamer Orduna. GONE FOR GLORY AND SURE OF AT LEAST A WEEK'S FUN, THE OC ALA BALL TEAM IS IN CLEARWATER Big Chief Hunter and his braves at left yesterday afternoon for. Clear- water, where they are hoping to win glory and sure to have lots of fun. Mr. Sage of the Western Union says if the fans will come across with the very small amount of coin neces- sary, he will take the games by in- nings. As it will only cost about a dollar, Ocala ought to have enough baseball patriotism to obtain this very interesting news. Following are the members of the team who accompanied the manager: Raymond Bullock, Clarence Din-kin- s, Julius Brown, Norton Davis, Olaf Zewadski, Welsh Dewey, Frank Harris, Pat Anderson, Landis Blitch, Charles Chazal, Loonis Blitch. STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED Each Side Anxious to Find a Way at Out (Associated Press) London, July 19. As a result of a communication sent after the cabinet meeting to the executive committee of South Wales miners, at Cardiff, the committee immediately started for London. They will confer with Wal- ter Runcian, president of the Board of Trade. The proposals may lead to a settlement of the strike. Both sides are anxious to save their faces. PINE ISLAND PICNIC There will be a picnic at Pine Isl- and, about half a mile west of Romeo, at a point near the old Shipp place, on Thursday, August 5th. Speakers on both sides will be invited to address the people on the question of county division. There will be sack races, foot races and other amusements. The public cordially invited to attend and bring well filled baskets. Re- freshments will be served by Mr. J. T. Hutchins. Respectfully, W. O. Brewer. J. T. Hutchins, J. B. McGehee, J. B. Dean, W. H. Markham, J. D. Wiggins, L. II. Hiers, T. F. Morgan, Joe Walker, J. L. Starling, General Picnic Committee. Diarrhoea Quickly Cured "About two years ago I had a se- vere attack of diarrhoea which lasted for over a week," writes W. C. Jones Buford, N. D. "I became so weak that I could not stand upright. A druggist recommended Chamberlain's - Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose relieved me and within two days I was as well as ever." Obtain- able everywhere. Adv. (Associated Milledgeville, July 19. Physicians j at 8 o'clock this morning said the ' ! condition of Leo Frank was much worse. His throat was badly swollen and his temperature 102 2-- 5. BLOOD POISONING THE PRIN- CIPAL DANGER Frank's family physician, who re turned to Atlanta last night, think ing Frank's condition warranted it, was summoned back today with an- other doctor. Frank was nervous early today and his temperature rose continuously. He was delirious at times and his temperature, which was highest shortly before 8 o'clock, be- gan to drop, then at 9 o'clock was 101. Dr. Compton, the prison physician, wasn't so alarmed as the other at tending physicians. He said fever was to be expected and the swollen neck itself was not a necessarily ex ceedingly dangerous sign. Blood poisoning is most feared. THE ATTACK ON FRANK Frank was attacked in the state prison Saturday night by a fellow as prisoner. His head was cut half off with a prison-mad- e butcher knife that convicts had used during the day in killing hogs. . The attack was made from behind, the left jugular vein being several. The spinal cord was not touched and neither was the windpipe. The wound, however, is a deep, ugly one, and Frank had suffered the loss of a great amount of blood before doctors reached his side. William Creen, who is doing a life term from Columbus, Ga., on a charge of murder, is accused by the prison authorities of cutting Frank's throat. Green has been put in a dungeon. DOESN'T TALK LIKE A GUILTY MAN Frank has asked the prison doctors again if they thought he would live. "You have a' change to recover," he was told. Frank smiled. "Don't punish the man who attacked me," he said. "I have nothing to fear. There is noth ing between me and God. I will be able to prove to the world that I am innocent of the crime of which they accuse me if they give me a chance." be "Doctor," he said late yesterday af- ternoon, "I am going to live. I must live. I must vindicate myself." George Moore, one of the popular proprietors of the Red Cross drug store, leaves today for a much needed vacation, a part of which he will spend at the home of his parents in Alexander City, Ala. Lakeland Star. SEE 1HK FARM on the Silver Springs road which furnishes the Merchant's Cafe every day with fresh vegetf les, milk and eggs, tf Benefited by Chamberlain's Liniment "Last winter I used Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatic pains, stiff-me- ss of and soreness of the knees, and can conscientiously say that I never used anything that did me so much good." Edward Craft, Elba, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. Adv. PEA SEED FOR SALE I have for sale 100 bushels of choice seed Clay and Whipporwill Peas. Will ship to order or deliver at my farm, four miles from Ocala on Anthony road (Boiler farm.) Meade to Oliver, P. O. Ocala. 4t Beauty More Than Skin Deep A beautiful woman always has good digestion. If your digestion is faulty, Chamberlain's Tablets will do you good. Obtainable everywhere. Adv. For plumbiiig and electrical work ee II. W. Tucker. Phone 300 i ed the river, leaving comparatively dry a space of many hundreds of acres, which they cleared and put in cultivation. A visitor to the farms first finds himself in a little town of neat cot- tages, with a commissary, a deep well and water tank. This, tho in a few hundred yards of bottom land that was river swamp half a dozen years ago, is on a high pine ridge, dry and healthy as any part of Flor- ida. Leaving the auto in the settlement, the party took shank's mare, and in a few minutes came to the canal that drains the farm. This is a wide, deep ditch, cutting off several miles of in- tricate river navigation, and thereby doing the whole Oklawaha valley a service. There will be. plenty of boats along it by and by. It is a good canal, and if Bob Martin was big enough he would carry it off some dark night and put it. down between Silver Springs and Ocala. .Crossing the canal and passing several flourishing fields of rice, sorghum and other products, the party took a road that led them into the heart of the corn forest. A forest it is, with the cornstalks standing up like young trees. The shortest are ten feet high, twelve are common; some shoot up to twenty. The stalks stand so close together that there is no " going thru them without cutting a way. Two and three ears to the stalk, and the ears as heavy and long as are seen any- where. As aforesaid, Mr. Welch 13 from the Iow3 corn belt, but he says he never saw anything like that Okla- waha valley corn. Any person who should get off one of the tracks cut thru the field would be lost. He couldn't see ten feet in any direction, and his only chance to get out would be to tie three or four stalks to- gether and climb up them. Four of the stalks combined would hold an ordinary sized man up. The "Star man thought he saw something like a hill ahead, ancT pro- posed going to it, but Mr. Duval laughed and said it was only where the corn was higher by a couple of feet than it was right around the party. The fertility of this soil will not be exhausted for untold centuries. For thousands of years the river manufactured muck, till in some places it is forty feetdeep. The two indispensable things soil and irriga- tion are combined. In every place where the ground has been allowed to go uncultivated a few weeks, the weeds have grown in forests of their own. Some of these weeds are twenty and thirty feet high. With much hard work, Mr. Welch, using a big, sharp pocketkiiife, cut one down and took, a piece off the butt. It was hollow, or he couldn't have cut it down with anything less than an ax. The piece he took off to bring to town was almost a foot in diameter. It is estimated that this field of 700 acres will average 100 bushels to the acre. A great deal of this will pro- duce 125. bushels. The . very worst will yield forty to fifty. Rice planted a few days ago was
