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< C L Bittinger and R R Carrollt Proprietors and Publishers

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J W Bingham pastor of theFirst Methodist church Jacksonvillespoke in the courthouse last evening-toIt a good sized audience many ofwhom were ladles The meeting wasadvertised as a Stockton gatheringarid was in the sense that Stocktonwas a better temperance man than-

againstGUchrist yet it was a plea theefforts of the liquor interests of Jack-sonville

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H c and the state at large to electMJ Albert Gilchrist governor with their

4 money and whiskyf The speaker was introduced by Mr> William Hocker as a Kentuckian of

eloquence and resolution The speak-er

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said he had ever fought for temperIt ence sobriety home and native land

He gave his experience of his pastorate in Tallahassee He saw the townwas cursed with saloons He told hiswife he was up against it and hewould see what was to b ° done That

J 1 was some eight years ago He madeinquiry if the town had a W C T UIt did consisting of eleven members-He presented himself at one of itsmeetings very much to the delight ofthose present as he was the first manto honor them with a visit Thesituation was discussed He said ac-

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was necessary and work was atw 1f truce begun The business men were

1 Interviewed by him Did they wantthe saloon expelled It was a shockTO them The saloon had existed forseventy years in their midst Theydidnt see how it could be done if they

i tried After great effort twentysix t

business men conceded the saloon wasI

1 rot a desirable institution in theirmidst but only part of this numberwere willing to fight the issue Tomake a long story short the camlaign was on and after an eventful I

end fierce fight temperance won andI

the saloon is now a back number inthe Capitol City While in Tallahesseele made the acquaintance of MessrsJefferson B Browne and Albert WGilchrist

When the campaign came on havinglciown Browne and Gilchrist and ob-

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their record as public men hewas interested in the statements macloby those candidates He took to JeffBrowne because of his pronouncedposition on state prohibition He did

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not know Stockton but after the firstrrlmary began to look into the mansqualifications and his position on pro-hibition

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as he did not like the waytlc liquor men had supported Gi ¬

0christHe said he read several editorials-

in the TimesUnion in which thewriter deeply regretted injecting intothe campaign temperance sentimentThe paper quoted Watterson in thatthe democratic party was greater than

r any man hence voters should shunsuch sophistry that if persisted invould disrupt the glorious old dem ¬

ocracy The speake said he knewHenry Watterson all his life saw

4 him so drunk he could not spit overhis chin and it came with bad gracefrom men of that class to say thatwhen the democratic party injects the

it temperance question into the issues ofthe day it will dier He spoke of the enormous sums of

tr oney pouring into the state used toElect Gilchrist and control the legi-

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in the interests of the liquormen He said the handwriting was onthe wall the liquor men saw it andfor this they were doing everything

>in their power to avert their defeat

He read letters showing a whiskyfirm in Chattanooga was sending jugs-cf

t liquor to various parties in thisstate with their compliments and hop- ¬

ing the recipients would vote for GiI

christ He detailed how the Jackson-ville

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Ministers Union got possession1F of the fact that large sums of money

were being sent into the state to electOilchrist Said the sun up to a few I

I weeks ago was 360000 That Rev

i Dr Boggs whose character was un-impeachable

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unearthed this story ItL was this fact that made the ministers-

of the gospel in Jacksonville band to-gether

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and go forth to battle for tem-perance

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I in this campaign He read aletter from those ministers calling onhill to give his services in the causeso that the people of the state might-be apprised of the facts

Inasmuch as Mr Stocktons charac-ter

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had been assailed he stated whatMr Stocktons pastor had said aboutills home life and of the pleasant andcongenial conditions that prevailedthere Such a man could not be badOthers who had known Mr Stockton-all their lives said the same thing

r Spoke of the condemnation by theliquor men of the preachers of the

r land because they fought against thisv monster evil but it was all right for

Inevery well for Jacksonville to snort forf local option You cant change thet conditions there for a thousand years

Why because these same cohorts fory vihisky pay the poll taxes for a thou-

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negroes and by those names augmenting1 the registration books there

ir is no possibility of securing a wet anddry election He then asked the au-

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to stand up if they favored theI r negro in politics None stood up

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tf begro into politics he said the liquormen Who is paying their poll tax-

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The liquor men and hence it comeswith poor grace from that part of ourcommunity to teach respectable andfed fearing men what is their duty inthe premises He had nothing to sayjcrsonally of General Gilchrist exceptrhut he ought to wash his hands ofthe crowd that is bursting his candiracy with mon y and home to elect1iin I

The speaker said that it was onlybecause of this death grapple of theliquor interests in Florida politics to-

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that he and others who thoughtlke him were making the fight andtrying to place a man in the guber-natorial

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chair who will not owe hisseat to whisky

Rev Bingham told several storieso illustrate and emphasize his con

tntion He is a very earnest speakerhas a fine flow of language and drewseveral impressive pictures of thepower and glory of the ministry and-

f the women of the land for the bettriment of society He ia a good mimicand made several hits by the facialexpression he threw into his discourse

MONTHLY MEETINGCONEDERATE VETERANS

Marion Camp No 56 U C V metin regular session at the city councilchamber Tuesday morning Comrader E Harris presided in the absence ofCommander L M Graham Thosepresent were-

D H Irvine E T Williams F MTownsend Thomas Sistrunk D ASmith B H Norris W P MoormanJohn M Martin J H Livingston TD Lancaster H W Long R A Kelsry L L Aiken W L Ditto Frank-E Harris

A letter was received from theI

Southern Railway to the effect thatthat road had been selected by GeneralMcGill as th official route and thatspecial provisions had been made forthe comfort of the veterans attending-the reunion at Birmingham MiHarrison representing the Southernwas present and addressed the meet-ing

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A special train will leave Jack ¬

sonville Sunday night at 730 oclockarriving at Birmingham at noon Mon ¬

day This will give the veteransmple time to reach the city for theopening session Tuesday morning

Two new members were elected inthe persons of Mr H C Mills of Ocalaand Mr J O Turnipseed of McIntoshThe following members were electeddelegates to the reunion viz DrD A Smith of Anthony J O Turnipseed McIntosh B H Norris J HMcKinney and W O Massey of Ocalaand D H Irvine of Orange Lake-

V L Ditto chairman of the mem ¬

orial committee read the resolution-and report of the committee whichwas printed yesterdays Star

The camp accepted the invitation ofthe Daughters of the Confederacy tobe present at the dinner given today-in honor of Jefferson Davis 100th aniversary and the members agreed tomeet at the council chamber at tenoclock this morning The camp thenadjourned

THE GRINDING OF LENSES FORSPECTACLES

Is a delicate operation It requiresskilled workmen at high salaries togrind lenses by prescription Thesmallest deviation from the propercurvature makes a big difference inthe lens The measurements are madewith very sensitive Instruments andmy lenses are ground for me by work¬

men of the highest skill and scientifictraining DR D M BONEY

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Office Hours 8 to 12 a m and130 to 430 p m Optical Office andLaboratory Rdoms 2 and 4 GaryBlock

Dr Blitch attended the commence ¬ 1

ment exercises of Columbia College atLake City where his daughter MissLcgie and son Master Landis werestudents The doctor was greatlypleased with the exercises and show ¬

ing made by the students

The A C L railway has put on arassenger coach on the Leesburg localfreight which reaches Ocala at from9 to 10 a m and returns in the afternoon between 4 and 6 oclock Thecoach is attached in the morning atWeirsdale and left there in the even-ing

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It will prove a great convenienceto summer residents on the lake

Jack McCully the farmer and truck-er

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In the Berlin section was in townyesterday and reported continued dryweather but notwithstanding this hemade his bean crop pay all the ex-penses

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attached to its gathering andshipping Jack says crops generally-look well and with a rain in a day ortwo things will turn out nicely for thefarmer

FOR RENTThe corner store nowoccupied by the Berlin Theater Oc ¬

cupancy June 1st Apply to Mrs TH Wallis

Mr Drew Jones of the Willistonsection was in town the other day andreports continued dry weather in hispart of Marion Speaking of the po ¬

litical crowd at Williston last weeksaid it was the largest gathering ofthe kind in the history of the village

BICYCLES BICYCLES-JNO S PEDRICK SON

Never too late to mend If your bic3 cle needs mending no matter what-is the nature of the trouble call tosee us Bicycles for sale or rent Ap-

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R C Davis Co of Jacksonvillewill sell any make of secondhandtypewriter upon easy terms if desired

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OLD SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED-

A Splendid Dinner Given to the Mar ¬

ion County ConfederateVeterans

Dickison Chapter U D C to com-memorate

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the 100th anniversary ofJefferson Davis president of the Conf < derate States tendered the membersof Marion Camp No 56 U C V amagnificent dinner in the Gary groveAhich was served promptly at noonend although a slight shower fell at115 it in no way disturbed the meet ¬

ing The veterans gathered aroundtie festive board and did justice tothe repast that had been prepared bythe noble women who constitute theOcala chapter

After dinner the veterans were call-ed

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to order by Comrade H W Longu ho introduced Captain W LDitto as the oldest member in thecamp he being past 81 and still haleand hearty He returned thanks forthe bounteous feast served them bythe ladies and in doing so gracefullyifferred to the memorable personagell hose memory they celebrated todaythat of Jefferson Davis He gave anumber of incidents of his life andthe distinguished services he had ren-dered

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his country and the SouthRev C C Carroll was called on and

made one of his characteristic bril-liant and inspiring addresses Heput everyone in a good humor by tell-ing a story about the darkey and pos-sum and then gave thrilling incidents-of his life as a soldier for six monthsduring the SpanishAmerican War

Mr Carroll then told of some of thegreat men of the Lost Cause inwhich the names of Davis and Leebrought forth applause-

As all the other comrades declined-to speak Hon Henry W Long a gal-lant soldier of Marion during the 60swas asked to add his mite to the day3reminiscences and did so in a thrillingnarrative of his experience at CoalHarbor Va on the 3rd of June 1864lulling how his regiment got into Pbloody fight and almost in a breathO-C of them had been killed or wound-

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He told of the gallantry and hero-ism

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of Captains Byrd and Fleming-and many other incidents of intentand thrilling pathos-

Col John M Martins memory wasrefreshed on the incident told of byMr Long and he contributed his voic-et a thrilling narrative of the occa ¬

sion differing with Mr Long is one ortwo minor points

The editor of the Star was calleden for a few remarks but he declined-to make a lengthy address thankingthe ladies for the toothsome spreadhe had been invited to and after mak-ing

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a few remarks about the celebra ¬

tion of such days and nations heroesretired

It was then recalled that Dr W HLodge was also a veteran but whosepresence was overlooked because heceme late to dinner He was called-on and responded in a light vein ofhumor that quickly won his hearers-to him He denied the soft impeach ¬

ment that he was a veteran but hadescaped its glory because of his youthand pointed to his dome of thought asroof of his assertions which hailbeen overlooked by Chairman Longvho apologized to the youthful sol¬

dierHetold of his experience in Colum-

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Ga at the close of the war when-he and a faithful servant of the fam ¬

ily were called to save the stock of hiswidowed mother and how with hairhreadth escapes and thrilling incidentsoi that night they succeeded

Mr H W Long then recalled thefact that one name in this days com-memoration had been overlooked thatof General Stephen D Lee late com-mander

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of the Confederate Veteransto whose brilliant memory as soldierand citizen he paid a glowing tribute

Mrs Fannie R Gary president ofDickison chapter then presented across of honor to Andrew J Harrell-of Lake Weir This worthy veteranwas not present but Mr John EBailey accepted it for him Mrs Garysaid she had no speech but thesentiments she had so often spokenon similar occasions would voice hersentiments today

This closed one of the brightestsweetest and happiest days in the lifeof the old veterans present and everyleek and gesture attested the deeplove and gratitude they felt at th-

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Special Rates During the Summer

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kindness of the members of DickisonChapter U D C j

Those we noted present were ColJno M Martin Joe Shuford L LAiken Col J H Livingston W CJeffords Frank Harris E T WilliamsMajor J T Lancaster Capt W LDitto Wayne MacDonald P H Nor-ris Ocala Dixon Irvine OaklawnMont Atkinson Oldtown Mr HintonSharps Ferry Mr Roller south oftown Uncle Mabe Carter CartersFend C C Stevens Berlin Col LP Miller south of town Mr EvansCandler Robert Frink Fellowship JM Graham Conner Volney Seckinger Merlin Robert Harrison BeckDow Becks father Montbrook and-a few others we cannot recall

Among those daughters who so gen-erously spent themselves that the oldsoldiers might feast were Mrs GaryMrs Waterman the Mesdames Lan-caster

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Mrs J R Moorhead Mrs WD Graham Mrs E P Moody Mrs-E L Carney Mrs R B Bullock MrsR G Blake and others Mrs Gibbs-a guest of Mrs Moody was presentMr Britt Sanders of Dunnellon wasin evidence and did noble service inassisting the ladies It was truly amemorable occasion

BLANDINGHALE

Mr A H Blanding of Gainesville-and Miss Mildred Hale of Dunnellonwere married in the former city Mon-day

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morning The bride is a mostcharming young lady and has manyfriends in Ocala where she severaltimes visited her sister Mrs Q EPeacock

GENERAL BULLER

Sir Henry Redvers Buller the Brit-ish

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general who hammered his wayinto Ladysmith despite the gallant re-sistance

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of the Boers in 1900 died athis home in England yesterday agedGO years

WING THE WINNER

Tampa June 3In the most hotlycontested municipal election in Tamnas history Frank L Wing yesterday-was elected mayor by a majority ofbetween 250 and 300 over William HFrecker the incumbent who was acandidate for reelection-

The following teachers are taking-the examination at the Ocala HighSchool 1 building Misses AlleluiaBeck Berlin Josie Brant ElectraEva D Johnson Reddick MarthaL Maine Leonardsville N Y LeilaMarsh Ocala Irvine Noble RomeoCaroline Pasteur Stanton ElsieSchneider Ocala Shelton Souter-Sparr Annie F Wilson Reddick andMaude J Harter Sparr

The Star acknowledges a pleasantcall from Mrs Van P Kelsey of Stanton who is in town to meet her fatherL E Gaskill of Marion Ind but whopine years ago was sanitary inspector-of Ocala Mrs Kelsey took this oc-

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to surprise her father andsupply the editors table with the fin ¬

est honey ever found by Marion counfy bees

Every person who attended thespeaking at the courthouse last nightwas impressed with the bright yetsoft light that flooded the court roomIt was the work of the Ocala Gas Cowhich company recently installed gasburners throughout the building-

In our special reduction sale we willhave lots of fun in crockery and toiletsets Our bowls and pitchers largeglobe shape now 89 cents whiteplates dinner size now 39 cents set-A t the Ocala Bazaar Store Gadson-

W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennwrites This is to certify that I haveused Foleys Orino Laxative for chron-ic

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