davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
SPECIAL GOOD
ROADS TRAIN
Will Be in Lakeland February s and
8. to Demonstrate Highway
Improvement.

Practical illustrations of roat
building will be seen in Lakeland
when the Special Good Roads Trai:
of the American Association of High
way Improvement, operated over tn
Atlantic Coast Line Railway, ar
rives here Tuesday. February s, car
rying three cars full of various sam
pies of road paving and other ma
terials for highway improvement.
This train will remain in Lake
land from 4:3O p. M, Tuesday Feb
ruay s, until noon of February 9th
when 1t leaves for four hours stay
in Auburndale.
The train left Washington som,
weeks ago in charge of A. B. Dun
ming, an expert on road building
who represents the highway asso
citation. Mr.. Cunning in his lectur.
es at the different places the train
stops. explains the qualities and ad.
aptability for road use of the mater.
ials forming the display on the train
Thus the people in the Southern
States are receiving much valuable
instruction in road building. The
association has the support of the
national government in the under.
taking.
Much interest is being manifested
locally over the coming OF the train
and the board of trade is arranging
for a meeting on arrival of the train
here.
An. effort is also being made to in
terest the county commissioners in
all the counties OF Florida through
which the train will pass, an invita-
ton being extended to all of them
to visit the special and hear Mr..
Dunning's lectures.
The train will proceed south from
Jacksonville over the Atlantic Coast
Line touching all important points
on the system and returning here
February 90, 1912.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
. 90 . 90 ooooo ooooo
CHURCH CALENDAR.

10 ooooooooooo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
INSTITUTE TRAIN
COMPLETES WORK
Made Five Weeks Tour THROUGH
State, and Spread Much Val.
liable Information.

After a most faithful service O
five weeks, during which thousand.
OF farmers. horticulturists. schoo
children and others were interesting
~ and prOfitably entertained, thu
Farmers Institute train of the Uni
versity of Florida is taking a res.
the long journey having ended Mon.
day morning. The last public an.
pearance of the train was at Can.
tenement. Escambia county, las;
Saturday. and Prof. c. X. McQuarrie
and A. P. Spencer, as we'll as all at.
taches Of the train, have returned Ia
Gainesville.
The train, which consisted of five
cars of interesting farm, fruit, stock
and other exhibits left Gainesville
over the Atlantic Coast Line on the
morning of November 10th. The
train was equipped and operated un-
der the auspices OF the University Of
Florida and the Florida Experiment
Farm. in conjunction with the At
lantic Coast Line, the SeabOard Air
Line, the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, and the Live Oak, Perry and
Gulf, railroad, all of whom perform
ed gratituOus service. The territory
covered embraced South, East, Mid
Gle and West Florida. and everywhere
the train stopped the party wa,
greeted by enthusiastic crowds.
During the five weeks IS stops
were made. and 3O,555 residents of
the State visited the cars, viewed the
exhibits and heard the instructiv.
addresses by experts along their var
iOus lines.
OF course, it is estimated that
there were considerably more than
this number, as it was impossible to
check them all. At every point the
deepest interest was manifested in
the exhibits and suggestions on prac-
teal farming and stock raising, and
1t goes without saying that much
good was accomplished, as the farm
ers and stock men everywhere alb
sOrbed the instructions with the ~
most attention.
In West Florida, where the train
has been for the past three weeks,
the crowds were very large, fully 80
per cent. of the farmers in that Sec
ton visited the train within a radius
OF ten miles from each stopping
point.
While no definite arrangement has
been made, 1t is thought that the Sea-
board Air Line will again take up
the train the first OF the coming
year, and will operate same through
South and West Florida. exhibiting
at points where the party did not
stop on it's itinerary just closed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
M. E. Church, South.

/. c. jenkins, Pastor.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Morning sermon 1890 a. m.
Epworth League 500 p. m.
Evening service, 700 p. m.
Prayer-meeting Wednesday 700
u.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

Corner Florida avenue and Bay St.
The Rev. William Dudley Nowlin,
D. D., pastor.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m. H. &.
Stevens, superintendent.
Preaching Sunday at II a. m. and
7:15 p. m.
Weekly prayermeeting Wednesday
evening at 1880.
Woman's Missionary and Aid So
ciety Monday $3.50 p. m.
Baptist Young Peoples Meeting
Ct Sis p. m.
Regular monthly business meeting
first Wednesday at 1880 p. m.
East Lakeland Mission.
Sunday school at 3 p. m. E. A.
Milton. superintendent. Prayer
meeting Thursday at Z p. m.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
RAILROADS BUILDING
NEW FLORIDA LINES.

With the close of 1911. statistics
compiled by the Railway Age Gazette
of New York. give Florida seventh
place in the entire United States in
the matter of new railroad cOnstruc-
ton.
Six railway companies engaged in
construction work in Florida built
ll3.O2 miles of new road, as COM
pared with Texas, which takes first
rank, building Abs miles by ten
companies
In this connection il is interesting
to note that during the preceding
year there were six companies en-
gagged i'm construction work in this
State, though the total mileage fo'
that period was but Sl.3S miles.
The distribution of construction
work in Florida during the past
twelve months is follows:
Charlotte IIarbor and North
crn-Picrcc Ia Mulberry :. 500
Florida East Coast Knights
Key to Key West. forty
miles; Maytown TO Chuluo-
ia. twenty miles; total. -. 6o.0o
Jacksonville Terminal - At
Jacksonville -. . 80
Ocala NOrthern-Ft Mccoy to
Palatka -. ........ 900
Seaboard Air Line-liernando
to Inverness. ... So
Tampa and cksonville-Fair-
field to Blickton ...... 500
Total =. :. ............ 11.oo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13

Christian Church.
Geo. w. Weimer, Pastor.
Sunday school 9:45 q. m.
Communion 10:45 a. m.
Preaching, 1880 a. m.
Y. P. S. c. E. co-operates with
other societies at Cumberland Pres
1yterian church.
Evening sermon, 1880 a. m.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
The One Essential Point.

The permanent interest of every
man is, never to be in false position,
hut to have the weight of nature to
hack him In all he does.-Emerson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
Presbyterian Church.

Rev. W. J lalmers, pastor.
Sunday JCl 9:45 a. m.
Morn sermon 1900 a m.
Ev e sermon at 200 p. m.
Y. p. S. c. E. meets at 6 p. m.
Prayermeeting, Wednesday, 1880
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13

Catholic Church.
Rev. A. B. Fox, Pastor.
Services are held on second and
fourth Sundays at 900 .. N.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
New Excuse for Husbands.

Husbands who spend their evenings
hitting the high spots. encounter aim.
culties In finding the domestic keyhols
and hang their boots on the gas fix
lures, may ROW exuiain that they have
been afflicted with ethereal asrhyxia.-
New YorF Tribune
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13
Episcopal Church.

Rev. J. H. Weddell, rector.
Each Sunday excepting only the
third Sunday of each month.
Sunday school every Sunday at l
q. m.
Service 11:00 a. m.
Evening Prayer $500 p. m.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13

Cumberland Presbyterian.
without pastor.
Sunday school at the regular hour.
Y. p. s. Z. E. at $50 p. m.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-13

Lutheran Church.
Rev. H. ]. Matthias, Pastor.
Sunday school 10000 q. m.
Preaching service 1880 q. m, and
100 p. m, second and fourth Sun.
days,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
TEDDY ANNOUNCES
AS A CANDIDATE
81 WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINA
TON"
Presidency Is Not Matter to Be Decided
With Reference to Personal Inter
ests of Any Man.

New York.-'I will accept the nomins
ton for president if it is rendered to me,
and will adhere to this decision until
the convention has expressed its prefer
ence," is Col. Roosevelt's reply to the
letter OF seven Republican governors ask
ing him to stand for nomination.
The reply was given out at Col.
koosevelt's offices here. 1t was unex-
pectedly brief, but definite. 1t follows:
Gentlemen deeply appreciate your
letter and realize TO the full the heavy
responsibility it puts upon me, express
ing as it does the carefully considered
convictions of the men elected by popu-
lar vote to stand as the heads of gov
eminent in their several states.
Il absolutely agree with you that this
matter is not one to be decided with
any reference to the personal preference
OF interests of any man, but purely from
the standpoint of the interests of the
people as whole.
Il will accept the nomination for presi-
dent If it is rendered me, and l will adj
here to this decision until the convention
has expressed its preference.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
CHILD'S HEAD
A MASS OF HUM0R

81 think the Cuticura remedies are
the best remedies for eczema have
ever heard of. My mother had child
who had a rash on its head which, IL
was real young. Doctor called IL baby
rash. He gave us medicine, but II did
no good. In few days the head was.
a solid mass, running sore. ID was
awful; the child cried continually. We.
had to hold him and watch HIM to.
keep him from scratching the sore.
Hts suffering was dreadful. At last
we remembered Cuticura Remedies.
We got dollar bottle of Cuticura Re-
solvent, box Of Cuticura Ointment,
and bar of Cudcura Soap. We gave
the Resolvent as directed, washed the
head with the Cuticura Soap. and APP
piled the Cuticura Ointment. We had
not used half before the child's head
was clear and free from eczema. and
It has never come back again. His.
head was healthy and he had beau
tiful head of hair. think the CUT
cura Ointment very good for the hair.
1t makes the hair grow and prevents
falling hair" (Signed) Mrs. Francis
Lund, Plain City, Utah, Sept. 10. 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Cint'
ment are sold everywhere. sample
of each, with 32-page book, win be
mailed free on application to "Cutt.
cura," Dept. L, Boston.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
one-seventh of World Goes to Mecca.

One-Seventh Of World Goes to Mecca
The city of Mecca is the Oldest
place of resort in existence, yet of all
the millions who have visited 1t not a
score Of Christians are known to have
come out alive. No flag Of citizen
ship would save mans life were he
known to be a Christian within the
sacred precincts of the city, where
the prophet himself decreed that no
unbehever should set foot.
or the 22O,O00OOO Moslems in the
world only t5.5O0.000 live under the
Turkish flag, yet most of them &C
knowledge the sultan of Turkey as
their caliph. the successor of the Pro
phet. As Mohammed shrewdly fore
saw. the Mecca pilgrimage binds to-
gether disciples into a unity which
could be effected In no other way.
Mecca" says DR.. Samuel M. Zwemer.
,f Arabia, has become the religious
capital and the center of universal
pilgrimage of one-seventh of the |
human race"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
Urged Higher Beef Prices.

Chicago. hundred kilograms
sent by Morris & Co., to Eastern repre-.
sentatives, urging higher, prices for
dressed beef, were read to the jury in
the packers trial by government Coun-
sci Butler. The defense made deter
mined effort to exclude the messages on
the ground that the signatures Of Louis
II. Heyman, one of the defendants, and
D. M. Knights, assistant manager Of the
dressed bocf department, We're typewrit-
ten AMI were improperly identified.
Judge Carpenter permitted the kilograms
to be put in evidence.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
AKEo EQUAL TO SITUATION
Example of the Soft Answer That
Turneth Away Wrath--Aiso
the Truth.

One Of DR.. Aked's most ardent sup.f
porters when that divine was pastor
of Mr.. John d. Rockefeller's church
is fond of telling what he considers a
striking example of DR.. Aked's wit.
DR.. Aked was fond Of taking long
country walks, and one day, being far
In the country and wandering through
field, he and his friend noticed sign
nailed to a tree. mo trespassing
here"
Hurrying to get out of the forbidden
ground they met farmer who assailed
them grimly with the remark:
"Trespassers in this field are prose
cuted."
DR.. Aked smiled at the irate farmer.
But we are not trespassers. my
good man." said he.
What be you, then?" demanded the
farmer.
I'VE are Presbyterians, my dear SIR
replied DIR. Aked and walked away.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
Apostle Of Peace.

That incessant Joker, M. Tristan
Bernard, was chatting about the peace
movement with some friends the other
evening. and somebody remarked to
him that peace at any price was quite
an impossibility.
For instance he said, III an
apache cornered you in the street
one dark night. hurt you. and took
your watch and chain away?"
Il don't think / would ever talk to
him again" said Tristan Bernard
quietly
And day or two back, as we were
driving up the Champs Elysees to-
gether in an open, horsedrasyz. cab, a
taxicab bumped into us from behind.
Tristan turned slowly around.
My friend" he said to the chauf-
feur, m you want to get In and drive
with us. get in by all means, but |
warn you beforehand that we haven't
got room for your car."-Paris Core
spondence London Express.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
ORGANIZE TO BRING
| IMMIGRANTS SOUTH
HEADQUARTERS OF ASSOCIATION
AT BALTIMORE.
These Will Be Under Supervision of Gol-
errors With Practical Business
Men in Charge.

re.-Representatives of South
ern states, heads of railroads and steam
ship lines serving that section and men
who have made study of the agricul-
tural and industrial problems of the
South, met here and formed the South
ern Settlement and Development organl-
cation. Baltimore was made the head
quarters, with S. Davies Warfield OF
this city as chairman and Eli Frank, also
of Baltimore, secretary.
1t was decided to raise funds at once
to establish branch offices and to carry
on educational work in the South with
a view to procuring desirable immigra-
ton bureaus, supported by the state
under the indirect supervision of the gov
ernor with a practical business man in
charge, to cooperate with the federal
government, transportation companies,
commercial bodies, the press and the
Southern Settlement and Development
Organization.
The establishment of farm labor de-
partments in connection with the state
bureaus was also recommended, if the
bureaus found this expedent.
Another resolution adopted cited that
the North Atlantic ports receive very
large percentage of all desirable immi-
grants, who remain in the cities. and
states adjacent thereto. 1t declared the
commercial Importance and possibilities
of the South justify the federal govern
ment Gin providing adequate facilities
for the reception of immigrants at Bal
timore. the South Atlantic and Gulf
ports, from lack of which said ports
are now suffering" and called upon con-
gress and federal officials "to take such
steps as may be necessary to provide
such facilities at Baltimore, the south
Atlantic and Gulf ports as to put these
ports on parity with the said north At
lantic ports"
Delegates were here from Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and
West Virginia.
More than fifty railroad and steamship
companies sent representatives, in some
cases the presidents of the lines acting in
person.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
WHERE THE DIFFERENCE WAS
Little Old Lady Had Not Understood.
but, After All, Matter Was
Quite Simple.

A little old lady came into the sta
ition at Ames and asked for a ticket
20 Greensburg. 'Thirty-nine cents"
said the agent. as he got the ticket.
"Thirty-ninei" exclaimed the wom-
AN. Why. thought it was 40!"
NO." said the man, as he gave her
the change. ut is just 49,"
The woman took the change and the
ticket and sat down, but she did not
put either change or ticket into her
purse. She held them in her hand,
and booked quite troubled. Finally
she went to the agent again.
Il am sure there is some mistake"
she said. II came from Greensburg
yesterday and l paid 40 cents"
Our regular rate to Greensburg Is
80 cents" said the agent. ITS all
right. madam" he added. in reas-
,suring way.
Again she took her seat, but not for
long. Again she came to the window
and spoke to the agent:
will you please explain to me why
the rate from here to Greensburg Is
only 80 cents when the rate from
Greensburg here is 40?"
This was a question that the agent
really could not answer but the wom-
an looked so distressed over the I'M
expected cent received In change that
he felt sorry for her
oh. It's down grade going that way.
you know" he explained. in busi-
Enesslnke way.
tel ch4 eofd TN
enlightenment. Her face cleared at
once. She put the change into her
purse and in great content sat down
to wait for her train.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
S6,OOO,OOO FIRE AT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
MANUFACTURING AND RESIDENT
IAL DISTRICT BURNS.
Was Driven Beyond Control BY Fierc,
Norther.-53, 900 Bales Cotton
Burned.

Houston, Texas.-Houston was visited
early Wednesday morning by the most
destructive fire in the history of the city
one of the most destructive that ever
visited any city in the state. The loss
will total between four and half and
five and half millions, while hundreds
of men were left without employment
due to the destruction of industrial
plants, and other hundreds of men, wo,
men and children were left destitute
many of them having barely escaped
from their burning homes with few
clothes to cover them.
The fire originated in an old two-story
wooden building near the yards of the
Southern Pacific, and was swept by a
terrific northwest gale, cleaning a path
| from three to seven blocks in width
and fully mile and half in length,
taking store buildings, Catholic church
and school, handsome homes, pretty cot
tages, small shacks, large industrial
plants--among them two of the largest
congresses in the state--and large
warehouse, together with total of APP
proximately 10000 bales of cotton, more
than 160 box, and oil tank cars.
Work of compiling in detail list of
the losses has not been completed, nor
will it be for another day at least, but
there are none who even attempt to
place the total destruction at figure
below the gigantic sum Of $1,000 900.
The destroyed area is in what is known
as the Fifth ward for the most part, and
lies in the northeastern section Of the
city, and it comprised both dwelling
and manufacturing section. The Houston
ship canal divides the city, running east
and west, and it was not until the con-
migration had reached its banks that the
slightest Roadway could be made toward
checking it, and it was almost by super
human effort that the line of destruction
ended there.
There were thrilling escapes. A seven
months'old child, Charles A. Favor, Jr.,
suffering from cerebro spinal meningitis
was dying in his sick bed directly in the
path of the flames. Owing to the nature
of his illness, no one wanted to take the
child into home, even rescuers Stunned
the sick child.
Finally, when it became apparent that
the house must burn the mother picked
the little body up in her arms and car
ried her boy tenderly across the railroad
tracks and over refuse-strewn streets to
dim-lighted and cold switch shanty.
Here she sat out the rest of the night,
holding the stricken child.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
STRANGE Methods Of s,noSIno.

Strange are the variations of the
strange habit that has become world
wide in the last 400 years. The Neg
ritos of the Philippines are cigar
smokers and they are said to hold a
cigar with the lighted end in their
mouths. A nice cool smoke is not
what they want. The Hottentot OF
Africa will sacrifice as much as any
man for his smoke. He will sell
his wife for tobacco The Patago-
MAN Of the Straits of Magellan has
a system of smoke swallowing by
which he throws himself down on his
stomach and secures few moments
of drugged ecstasy.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
WOMAN CONFESSES
POISONING BABIES
BROOKLYN HOSPITAL NURSE PUT
OXALIC ACID Ii, MILK.
Was Angered at Nurses-Did Not In
tend to Kill the Little Ones-Be-
Heve She Is Demented.

New York.-The mystery of eight
deaths of babies in the Brooklyn Nursery
and Infants Hospital was solved by the
confession of Winifred Ankers, a kitchen
woman at the hospital, admitting that
she placed oxalic acid in the babies milk
bottles.
The alleged confession was obtained by
police lieutenant and detective, after
| two hours examination of the women,
who had been under surveillance since
autopsies developed the probability that
the infants had been poisoned.
Winifred Ankers is "a years old. She
came to the hospital last July, with her
infant, and after placing the baby in the
care of the hospital, found work in the
kitchen. She had been regarded as a
phlegmatic sort of character, but occa-
sionally displayed temper, complaining
of the small pay and poor food she said
she received.
When visited by the police officers the
young woman was told that unless she
related the whole truth it would be
necessary to remove her baby to some
other hospital, and she thereupon made
the alleged confession.
IF you take my baby from me, I'll
kill YOU" she screamed. She then sank
back into chair crying Historically.
When the officers Gained her, she said
well, I'll tell you all about it"
and went to relate how She turned the
oxalic acid into the milk bottles in the
ice box.
IL did it in hurry, fearing some one
would come," she said, "and don't know
how many bottles | put it in"
There was another interruption by
Mysteries, and then she lamented:
Il did not want to kill the babies. All
/ wanted to do was to make them sick.
knew if they were sick they would be
cross and cry and cause a lot of trouble
for the nurses. The nurses have snubbed
me and they were my enemies. l am
very sorry for the poor babies."
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
Rismarck,s Hair on Sale

Quite an outburst OF indignation has
arisen in Berlin over the action OF a
well-known coiffeur named Roehrig.
who Is advertising the hair of Bis
marck for sale. In the last eight years
OF the famous statesmans life Roeh-
rig. with the assistance OF valet,
collected all the stray hairs OF his
fllustrious patron These he had made
into curIs, more than hundred IN
number. each OF which. before being
placed on the Market, has been ar
fixed to bronze bust representing
--~ cl---ncar ehanceIlnr-
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
Receiver Asked For.

Philadelphia. that the firm
was organized to defraud the public and
that it is insolvent, four stockholders
of the international Lumber and De-
velopmemnt Company, with offices in
this city petitioned for the appointments
OF receiver.
The corporation was chartered under
the laws of Delaware and has capital
of 100000. 1t was organized for the
development of timber and agricultural
Lands in Mexico.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
Kept Silent Thirteen Years.

Des Moines, Ia.-After maintaining ST.
lence for thirteen years, G. F. Ryerson,
a street car conductor, told the board of
parole that Mabel Schofield rode on his
car to the vicinity of the Des Moines
river and then walked in the direction
of the stream the day before her body
was found in the water. Ten years ago
Charles Thomas was given life SEN
tenee for her murder. Rynerson said he
was newcomer to Des Moines at the
time and did not want to get himself
mixed up with the case.