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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
Examinations of
Uncle Henry

Dear Editer: This is to let you
know that We had q merry Christ
mas and wish you the same. Bobby
and Clara Louise is still here. Bobby
enjoyed his viset to your offs but
he says he didn't see you much as
you was rushin a round like chick
en- with your head off. | am a little
sorry as | wanted you to see him and
see if he want about as good lookia
as that boy of yOurn. but maybe you
have nOtised him on the street. He
says he was reel impressed with the
peple he did see in your offs. he says
they are smart peple and he knows
that the Telegram is bound to be 4:
suksess with SO much brains and
business sense behind it. to say moth
in of good looks which-dOnt show
in paper but is all right to make
a offs look attraktive to the strang-
ers that happens in as we'll as the
citezens of the town.
I've been thinkin a good deel about
not havin any special edition Of the
News this year and nothin bein done
as yet by the bord of trade. and
have thought of somethin. This idee
has SO many parts to 1t that | cant
tell which part had better tackle
first. To jump right in with both
feet as it were SO to speek, why cant
we have a Homeseekers edition of
The Telegram say Oncet month
about the time when there is the
hOseseekers In the state. Now. just
taking it like that. there wouldn' t
be no expense and not much more
work, II the paper was left the same
size. only made with the wants Of the
homeseekers in the state Now. just
than on other days. Which would
you buy first II you was hOmeseek-
err, an Evening Telegram or Home
seekers edition of the Evening Tele-
gram? And this would give a paper
ever SO often more than usual fitted
to be sent out to the outside world
by our citizens, our bord of trade and
our reel estate men. But. II the bOrd
of trade or reel estate men was ia
buy more than the usual number OF
these papers on account of there bein
reel suited to the purpose, mebbe you
could make the said paper little
bigger or better than usual. Or II
the bOrd Of trade was to want to
donate a little mony to this enter.
prize, see how it could be a still
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

committee Of delegates a, ,bs e..
convention OF St. Petersburg ~
these leaders though we'll quaIis., -
every way. and trained in c. f vo,a
have the htndicap Of being ey,.''
busy people. Therefore in s.1
plishing the forward-mo,en.n,
of their residents. they ms, 4
the continued support O. wo-k Il
their fields of duty.
Mrs. w. II. Bruce. Stat. I,,.
Superintendent. has had NJ,
tie chance to do Endeila~ NJ :.
several months, the au,uma n-oyi,
an unusually busy season -.
fession, that OF nurse. s, a-4A.
husband and daughter ia !,
Christmas with Fred Brarr \. H.,
mellon, the only son o. 1-,.,
superintendent.
We would like local aea, ~,
more societies. also ,hp -.4.s..
shown in the press depA.,24-. ),
Endeavorers gettin., spa, y.
newspapers OF their hom- ,oYr. e..
c. E. items We would e,r, !.
once month or more o.t.r, .e
tors are willing.
In the holidays cord'al .-44,iry,
came to US from DR.. EaGsa- n,s,e,
CT the Memorial Presby,erlsn mr.,
In st. Augustine, and froa. III. n
his leading Endeavor wo!krs ,5rs,
of whom are also Officer, = Nn.,,
| eastern district. This va. apo-.
ciated.
F.; There were nearly fot saa.~s o.
the birthday calendar ior Dy,a.5..
kept by the Sunshine >an.-in,rrt
ent of Florida Christian H,2psyc,
Among other, remember II ps
card greetings from state AID li,,.t
union cO-workers, was Our picS.!e.,
Mr.. Alex Linn, of st. Pete -aars wh
thus celebrated December tee'h.
GRACE A. TOW NSENu
Interlachen. Dec. IS. l!l
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
ONE LUCKY EDITOR.

Tw eks ago we followed be-
fore ,,ere hurt" as common par
lance would put it. We had just said,
and sent our say to the printer. that
of all the quail that were being kill
ed hereabouts none had found their
way to the editors commisary. when
Mr.. C. A. Parrish came In from
hunting and handed US several birds
which made US most delicious meal.
We hereby apologize and await fur
Their ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mes
scnger.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

frequently employed by the police In
ish inquisition." This soon gave
way under the opposing attack Of
certain European powers, and was alb
0lished. Later, In France. a crime
was enacted. as it was supposed to
have been committed before the sus.
pcct, which necessarily called for the
many grewsomc spectacles without
any real assurance of a correct "cOn.
fcssion." This system OF playing
crime was known as THE Recon.
struction," and IL still In vogue Ia
France. though in milder form.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

questioning Il susp ected person. This
system is known as The Third De
gree" The mere modern idea OF the
third degree constitutes long. try
ing series of Questions with or with
out some form Of physical tortnra
but never without some mental shock
or discomfort.
The third degree as used in the
Sixteenth century was worked onl*
by means of physical hortce nd tor
,ture. aud was kpowa ss The span
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
THE THIRD DEGREE.

Tho approach of Charles klein's
great drama, THE Third Degree"
which is to appear here on January
I'd, may bring with il some c0njec-
ture as to the meaning OF the title.
Not all theatergocrs are familiar.
through one source or another. with
conditions as they exist In certain
police circles, nor are they acquaint-
ed with the evils of nuch.used
system Of preliminary inquiry too
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

While the wintry blasts are howl
their dreary. costly and desOlating
breath across the cold and frozen
north. the ladies of Lakeland arc
bringing in Marechal Mel roses from
their gardens that measure four In.
ches across and that are as perfect
as any hot house flowers that can
be grown.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

Not a vote was cast in Fort Pierce
against the issuance of $4,000 worth
of bonds for public utilities. Is Lake.
land less lacking in progressive pub
lie spiritedness than Fort Pierce? The
election in this city on Saturday will
show.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

The name, the third degree. as ap-
pied to the present fern OF inquiry
Is phrase given to a sweating or
Ge3l which was given a newspaper
review of the event by \ police re
pcrter." No ore. even the reporter.
himself. could tell just why the
rhrase was applied to thasys' EN-, but
il. won Instant fa.o. Mons his fel-
CIV newspaper men. until new it is
/. term that has an International
sisr iiicance- 81, $3.50. -.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

Mister Man, do you know that the
average man can make more money
from q ten acre patch Of sugar cane
than the average merchant on from
a $4,000 stock Of goods with Q tenth
of the investment and no danger oil
loss? II not. you had better investi.
gate the condition right now and gel
lusy doing yourself some good.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
There are four daily papers II

There are four daily papers in
the State which didn't miss an issue
on Christmas Day and they're blow
ing about it 80 much that they make
us tired, thus depriving us OF the
benefit Of the days rest we taken. :
Dad fetch ye. don't you reckon your
readers want 4 days rest sometime,
even if you don't?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

What will please one will please all
but there Is one thing that seems t.
satisfy a whole lot Of people and that
is a good comfortable income with
as small an outlay of time and ex.
pense as is possible. Better get the
Florida habit and let that matter be
adjusted right now.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

Herbert Felkel, OF the Pensacola
News, denies that he's a self-made
man, but hOnorably refrains from d.
rectly accusing anyone else Of being
responsible for the JOB.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

When Baby Bumps His Head
Hot water 10 better than cold 70
bruises. Il relieves pain and proven,
congestion. II used at once !, v.
invariably keep OF discolorayoa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
From the same Office is issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS

q weekly newspaper giving a re-
sumo of local matters, crop condi-
tions, county affairs, etc. Sent
anywhere for $l.00 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

Foundations Of Empire.
The foundations Of the British EN-.
pire ar laid in the cottages and kitch.
ems Of the people Of England. Lon.
don Daily Mail
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
Insurance on the Capit5i.

The following interesting article
is taken from the St. Louis Repub-
lie under date of Monday, Feb. 20,
1911. 1t needs no comment:
To the editor of the Republic.
The morning after the State Cap
itol burned the city papers stated
that no insurance was carried on
the building for the reason that the
insurance companies would not
carry the risk. | am very reliably
informed by the state agent of one
of the largest companies in the
country that this is not true. The
companies were anxious to carry
insurance on this building, but
Governor Hadley favored the state
carrying its own insurance.
The statement made by various
correspondents at jefferson City was
undoubtedly sent out to head off
criticism, because state officers did
not insure the Capitol
Omar D. Gray.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02

The Ent, rprise had among its
callers yesterday Frank Elliott and
his cousin, Miss Laura Keller, a
pretty and pleasant little lady, of
the Strother neighborhood. They
were called here by the death of
their relative, Mrs. Rebecca Elliott
While Mr.. Elliott is a bachelor he
has raised several orphans, and is
rishtfully proud Of them. Miss Kel-
Ter is the youngest OF family of sew
en- children he raised, she having
lived with her mother at Mr.. Eli
otis home since she was S-year-old.
The balance of the children are mar
ried and have homes of their own.
Mr.. E. is we'll fixed financially, and
is pretty we'll posted on good look
ing women matrimonially inclined.
We have a sneaking idea that there
is a good looking widow down in
this neck O the woods that has
some attractions for him.-Perry
Enterprise.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
BLOWS
UP SALOON KEEPER
His Skull Fractured, Arm Broken
and Teeth Knocked Out by
Explosion,

An acetylene gas tank in the
basement of his saloon. in St. Peters
IL miles west of St. Charles, eXplod-
ed Wednesday morning and frac-
tured the skull of Julius H. Spreck-
lemeyer, a saloon keeper there, and
broke his right arm, knocked out
all his front teeth. He had gone in
the cellar with a candle to see what
was wrong with the tank and was
trying to fix it when the explosion
occurred.
The 10 o'clock Wabash train for
St. Louis, stopped at St. Peters a
few minutes after the accident and
Sprecklemeyer, yet unconscious.
was placed on the train to be taken
to St. Johns Hospital in St. Louis.
Sprecklemeyer has wife and
several children Post Dispatch.
Avoid these accidents by buying
the World Beaten Plant" The
Generator of which is placed out in
the yard in the ground. For further
information address,
Geo. 7. Fisher
3542 Park ave-,
Kansas City, Mo
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02

We notice that the business men
of several western towns are organ
izing and agreeing to patronize only
home institutions They agree to
wear homemade shoes; eat home
made -four, and smoke homemade
cigars. They agree with the conten-
ton of the Ledger that the way to
make a prosperous community is
for everybody 10 buy everything at
home. In this way the money is
kept in circulation and business
grows and prOspers generally Mex
leo Ledger.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
Crops Greatest In Its Hist DRY.

Columbia. Mo-, Feb. rs. Accord
ing to the report being prepared by
W. L. Nelson, assistant secretary of
the state board of agriculture, Mis-
souris crops for 1910 broke all rec
ordS, the total being estimated at
$20000,000 The crops included in
the great total are corn, wheat, oats
tame hay and forage, prairie hay,
flax, rye, buckwheat, barley, broom
corn, cotton, potatoes, tobacco Sorg-
hum, seed. clover hay, timothy seed.
kaffir corn, millet, cOwpeas, castor
beans and vegetables
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02

Kentucky mountains in mental
wickednesS, is the name Of one of
the accidents that was from a south
Missouri congressional districts as a
Republican congressman two years
ago. Now this Polite is of course
q great man in his own estimation.
He has crawled under old Joe Can
mons wing and is one of old Joe's
henchmen. When the question Of
redistrictins the c)ngras 5iOnql dis
tricts was up before Congress this
fellow, by suggestion of old Joe and
the other disgraced standpatters,
offered a bill which cut his own
state, Missouri, out of two repre-
sentatives in Congress. This bill
took away from the representatives
of the people in the state legislature
the right to redistrict the state and
placed 1t In the hands OF one Gov
ernor Hadley Thus Polite was
patriotic enough to try and deprive
his own state of two representa-
tives in the national house 10 cats
an insinuating slur upon the state
legislature. Now isn't that kind of
fellow a fine representative Of a
great state like Missouri? Pilite
Elvins! Great Teddy and Dock
Cook But then its owner seems
to size up to it He was shelved
at the last election and will return
home March 18th to accept some
18th rate postmastership in the
mountainous countries of south
Missouri. Platte County Landmark
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
What to do With COnvicts.

Editor Walton of the Armstrong
Herald, who is also Howard coun-
tvs representative in the House has
this to say about the convict prob
lem
If convict labor contracts are to
be abolished in this state, what will
the state do with its convicts?
There are many fellows hoping for
the abolition of convict labor, yet
they offer no reasonable solution as
to what the state will do with 2200
or more conviCts. Some of the
dreamers say they should be work
ed upon the public highways in the
state This is very good in theory
but when put a practical test
wouldn't hold water. How many
guards would it take to guard the
army of convicts while they were
being worked upon the roads.
Would not extra expense of hiring
the guards amount to more than
the labor of the convicts be worth?
And where is there a community
that would a hundred or more pris-
on convicts quartered in its midst
for the purpose of working the
roads? Not one. Before convict
labor contracts can be abolished
some plan must be worked out to
give the prisoners work to do. The
housing up of two thousand or
more convicts with nothing to do
would be an objectionable crime on
the part of the state. Our state
asylums would all have to be en-
larged to accommodate the prison
erS that would 90 insane should
they be housed up with nothing to
do.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02

R. l., Courtney, who has been
suffering from the effects of a brok-
en- limb for the past three months
was able, by the aid of crutcheS, to
be on the streets Saturday for the
first time since the accident. We
are glad to learn that his recovery,
barring accidents, will be complete,
as it was feared for a time, that his
injuries would render him a cripple
for life.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
Will Not Please the Women.

Since women have been given the
right of suffrage in Washington
some of them are Directing to jury
duty, and have requested the gov
ernor to recommend a law exempt
ing them. He, however, has declin-
ed to take the step, saying that the
majority of the women in the state
are not adverse to such service. :.
West Plains Gazette
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
Score One for Stevens

Ex- Governor Lon V. Stevens may
may say the wrong thing sometimes
but the following by him is hit
with every Missouri Democrat who
hates Snobbery: The St. Louis Re-
public is entitled to much of the
credit for the exploitation of Her
bert Hadley 1t has more to say of
Hadley than of all Democratic
officials combined. If Hadley
sneezeS it is hurriedly telegraphed
to the Republic and a full account
with the trimmings and photograph
appear on the front page Platte
County Gazette.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02

Salesman Wanted-to look after
our interest in Monroe and adjacent
Counties. Salary or Commission.
Address, The Harvey Oil Co., Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
What Does Taft Mean?

When President Taft says he will
bow to the will of the people in the
matter of reciprocity with Canada
does he mean the people he bowed
to when the Payne-Aldrich law was
framed2 Let US hope for the, best
Atchison County Mail.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
Lorimer Must Be Guilty.

Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, spoke
in the senate the other day in de-
fence of Lorimer. 1t begins to look
like the Illinois senator is surely
guilty. Howell County Gazette.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
The New Source of Supply.

An egg 400 years old has been
found in Madagascar. We are snr-
prised to learn that the cold storage
business has gained a foothold in
Madagascar.-Macon Times-Demo-
crat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
Give the People a Chance.

We do not believe it would be
right and proper to give the loca-
ton of our state capitol to the high
est bidder, but we do think it right
to give the people who will pay for
it a chance to express their opinion
on the location. Glasgow Nilsson
rian.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saying
On the Gridiron.

The boy who stood on the burn
ing deck had nothing on some of
our Twentieth century statesmen,
under the limelight.-DeKalb Coun-
ty Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
How the Trust Loves Them?

The steel trust fears Canadian
reciprocity would hurt the Ameri-
can farmer. The steel trust loves
the American farmer almost as de-
votedly as he does the windows and
orpans.-Kansas City Star.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-03-02
Why Not Consider7
To Wallaces' Farmer:


the general trend of affairs. The
farmer, without argument, is the
bulwark of the nation. The fruits
Of his labors feed the hungry. strue-
Cling multitudes. The distribution
of his product, be it greater or less
stimulates, accordingly, all the av-
enues of commerce.
The great host of parasites, from
producer to consumer, all sip their
annual toll as he unloads his yearly
output. Upon his skill, his energy
and his ever-varying prospects is
focused the financial eye of the
country. He makes a pretty good
thermometer for the variations of
railroad stocks, bank rates, manu-
featuring capacities, and business
in general. He is, in fact, the pry-
pole of the nation. When his pros.
perity is waxing, we have good
times; all avocations are flush with
business; eve. ybody has a dollar to
spend, and spends it, knowing it
isn't difficult to replace. But, when
his fortunes are waning, he is COM
PEELED to curtail, in rigid economy,
not only all luxuries, but many alb
sOlute necessities. This curtail-
ment dispatches, directly or indi-
rectly, its chilling sensation into
every nerve center of business, I'M
til every man, woman and child
feels hard up"
Taking a retrospective view along
all the channels of business, capital
and labor, we find the railroad pad
dy and the farmer are about the on
ly fellows left unorganized. The
paddy draws about the same as he
did twenty years ago. The farmer
still takes what they give him, and
pays what they ask him same az
they did twenty years ago.
Every organization emblazons its
invisible motto: In union there is
strength" Such an organization
unlike other organizations founded
for the control of prices, could leave
that to supply and demand, and
still find plenty to do in a free-for-
all fight for a square deal and the
elimination of special privilege. To
do this it would need shake the
sandy foundation of all questiona-
BILE politics.
In these days, when people are
realizing that rigid party lines are
as means, used for a rut to be
fallen into; when principle and the
man are chiefly to be sought for;
such an organization of the agricul-
tural interests would be no shabby
balance of power. When the rep
resentativeS of suol an organization
demanded parcels post as a help
to defray the government postal ex-
penses, and as blessing to every
class of American citizens, with the
exception of possibly a few express
company Inillionaires, would our
entreaties be pigeon-holed from year
to year?
When our demands for this
which foreign nations have enjoyed
for years, became vexatiously dis
concerning to express companies,
would we except the spoonful of
soothing syrup administered to us
in the way of a reduction in express
rates under the hypocritical pre-
tense of cooperation of express
companies, as though they had
been alien strangers all these de-
cades?
When an administration, of any
color or politics, asserted before 90
ing into power that their plank of