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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06
WORLDS MOST
NOTED TRAMP
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upon his journeys he gives him
s,Iod iaik!hs t.dt - ;,....J.. 'r.'''''
to make the lad homesick and glad
when 4 No purchases a ticket
sending him to his parents.
Ii the boy is already a confirmed
wanderer, A No. teaches him his
own motto: "A solemn. promise hr'-
err to associate with anyone in whose
company | would be ashamed to pass
my mothers home in broad day
light
About $4,000 minors run away
from home annually said A No. l..
"Ot this number over $4,000 becOm ;
confirmed hObOes. 1000 are crippled,
3,5tU are killed and the rest can only
stand the hardships OF tramp lite
about ten years, until they are In
the poorhOuse Ninety out Of every
hundred tramps one meets started rs
boys on their aimlesS wanderlngs.
So many mothers, ii they only knew
it, are the cause Of many young me''
living the hobo life II "a rceuia:
grown-up tramp comes to the house
and asks for meal she turns him
away and tells him to go to work fol
il, but when the young fellow come:
along just starting out to be a traml
she takes him in and feeds him OF
the best she has, not realizing tina
within few short years the SAM
lyoungster will be an exact prOtOtyp'
OF the burly tramp she has JUS
turned away.
Instead she should get his nam
and address from him, and talk I
him in a nice way about his HON
and mother and tell him OF his fool
ishness in trying to become worth
less and despised vagrant. Shout
the lad show signs OF weakness sh
should notify the police, that his pAl
ents can be communicated with an
another victim OF the 'wanderlust' /
saved TO society at large. Ii this yer
ladys own son should disappear, ST
would pray TO have some one stop an
return to her her son, but how man
would do like charitable act Il
some other Maynard boys broh,
hearted mother"
This famous tramp makes tran
lent expenses by the sale of "
books. the first being Life and Al
ventures OF A No. l." telling Of h
travels among tramps all over Il
= world. The second Is Hobo Can
Fire Tales" true story of the pit
full hardships Of the road. Both sho
the dark side of tramp life. 80 tn
any restless boy will get a good Id
OF It's disgusting features. The
= books may be found on trains al
y sell for Is cents. and are worth G
. cry cent of 1t in keeping boys
home.
> A No. | has proofs in the shape
numbers OF letters of gratitude al
numerous newspaper clippings me
liOning names OF men In all walks
life whom he has sent home in 1
/! past. He devOtes nearly every &c
> of his revenue in sending boys ba
TO their homes and future usefulnc'
Il In 1894 he received $1,000 ca
and a beautiful medal from the L
lice Gazette for tramping from Nt
York to San Francisco in eleven da
and six hours, and with $3.50 OF III
: prize he bought a tomb in ccmcte
IS in Cambridge Springs, Pa. The 81
a taph will be silent everlastil
y warning to others who seem aflict
), with this strange longing to rOal
: very aptly called "wanderlust" and
II simply:
"A No. H.
The Rambler.
| Dat nc,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06
NEW BUILDING.

Say, MIR. Smith, did you notice my
new building going up?" eyes,
where did you buy your MATERIAL"
why. bought from the Lakeland
Manufacturing Go. They sell every
thing you need to build a house and
will surely treat you right"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

Mr.. {. r. Weaver and family.
kho have been living in the Crazy
Io,,age on South Missouri avenue,
Is,urped yesterday to their home In
indiana They were much pleased
kitb Florida. and will return 10
atelaud again next winter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

Mrs. Singletary. of Homeland,
came up yesterday to attend the fu-
neral of Col. J. l.. ROquemOre. Mrs.
Slngletary has many friends here
among the older residents no are al
avs glad TO see her.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06
"A No. l."
The Rambler,
At Rest At Last.
Good News!

The latest news can always be
found at my News Stand, where the
leading newspapers and periodicals,
magazines, etc, are on sale promptly
after publication.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

Having secured the agency for
the Penn, Case. and Maxwell cars,
three OF the best lines on the mar
ket, will open for business next
week. Will have on display Penn
roadster. one five passenger tour
ing car, each Of Case and Maxwell
also two Maxwell runabouts. and II
none of these suit you. select class
car you desire and will get 1t for
you. Let US know II You want a
car. Will show them to you. show
you how they work and how they
ride, whether you buy or not. Come
to see us in Peacock building, room
formerly occupied by Coast Line as
passenger station. Lakeland Auto
mobile and Supply Go. 3-30-''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

Mrs Walter Oakley and sister,
Miss Natalie Roqucmore, of Jack
sonville, arrived in Lakeland last
night. being called here by the death
OF their grandfather. Col. ]. l.. Ro-
quemOre.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06
AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Rev. Chalmers announces his sub
jects for tomorrow as follows:
II a. m.-"PrOOfs of the Resur-
rection from a Lawyers Standpoint :"
1:30 D. m-"The Great Physi-
cicn.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to worship with this
church tomorrow.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

v. A. Woods, one OF Lakeland $
|ubs,antial business men, was min
Cling with his many friends in the
|ity yesterday. While Mr.. Woods was
b the city he was a guest Of the
peSoto hotel.-Tampa Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

Or Oglcsby, of Waycr0ss, is in the
(j,y on a recreating trip. DR.. Ogles-
Is for many years has been head
r-geon of the Atlantic Coast Line
hospital at WaycrOss, and is enjoy
|pg his visit to FlOrida's most i'm
|Ortant railroad center.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

Mrs A. p. Connelly's host of friends
|ssret TO learn that she IL quite I'LL.
|Aeir sympathy and sincere wishes for
p early recovery are hers.-Sanford
Herald.
Mrs. Connolly formerly lived here
nd her many friends will regret to
fafn Of hcr illness.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

Instead of a song service and
,;cni," TO he held tomorrow at the
u,bfran church, the item in yes
Is,aay's paper should have read song
md prase service.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

uss christine Wilson is delight
], ,be members Of her Sunday
t., class this Afternoon with an
Faster egg hunt.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

FOR RENT-Eight room house on
New York avenue, modern convent
ence. Apply TO Mrs F. A. Morrel.
EIbermar hotel. 4-6-tf
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

Miss Kathleen and Mildred Futch,
, Webster. are in the city the
.,.s,. Of the family OF Mr.. d. @.
rngers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

v;ss Eva Hicks went to Lakeland
,,.sday on a visit to the family
,rncle-Inverness Chronicle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06

The new brick building in st.
Cloud, oned by &. w. Penn, has been
completed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-06
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Ms Lrudenslicker spent a few
akeland last week.-BartOw
,cord.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
GOV. HALL APPOINTS
j. A. DAYREs TO
HEAD The CONVEX
SATION COMMITS
SION.

j. A. Dayries formerly assessor
of the parish of Pointe Goupee,
has landed the plum as head of
the Conservation Committee.
There were many applicants for
the position, but the appointee
whose name was not being men
toned by the newspaper cores
pondences, succeeded in securing
the craftsmanship.
His associates have not yet
been named, altho' there is a per
sistent remor to the effect that
e. Z. Leche Of New Orleans, and
a Mr.. Alexandria Of Rapides, are
to be appointed by the Governor
in the near future.
St. Landry had two candidates
for this Office. Judge { Lewis,
who aspired to the cllairmauship
and Mr.. Charles ThibodeauZ,
who desired to get on the Com
mission. Neither name is being
mentioned by the newspaper
correspondents. which would In
dicate they are not ii the running.
Dir. T. T. Tarlton, also Of this
parish, a candidate to succeed
himself on the State Board Of
Health, is about to suffer a SINH
lar disappointment. Reliable in
formation from Baton Rouge
shows his successor had been
agreed upon.
Up to date. st. Landry has ne.
ceiyed nothing. In the wind up,
she may While there is life,
there is hope. Cheer UP appli-
cants, some Of you may vet affect
a landing later on.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
A BATTLE ROYAL Being
FOUGHT in N. 0. BE-
TWEEN REGULARS
and GOOD GOVERN
MENT LEAGURES.
Meetings Are Being Held and A
War of Words Is Being En-
gagged In.

The fight is now on in earnest
in the city of New Orleans be.
tween the Regulars and Good
Government Leagues.
Nightly meetings are being
held and a war of words is being
engaged in. Don Caffery and
Jim Wilkerson are the principal
speakers for the Leagures. while
Chandler L. Luzenburg, Jim
O'Conner and Henriques are hold
ing the Regular end.
The Regulars assert they will
win in a walk. The Leagures
maintain the contrary. In the
meantime, sky rockets artificial
and otherwise are being burned
nightly.
Past elections would indicate
the Regulars are going to win.
They have never lost the city,
but upon two occasion, in 1888
and 1896, and then only through
the assistance of the Republican
votes cast, which were quinto
their opponents.
We believe that If a fair cleo
tion is held, the Regulars are GO
ing to win out as heretofore.
MS 500
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
ANOTHER ST. LANDRY
BOY FORCES TO
The FRONT.
Gus. Voltz, Southern Pacific
Agent at OpeIOusas.
Is Promoted.

The many friends of Mr.. Gus.
VoItz, the agent of the Southern
Pacific at this place, will be
gratifed to learn Of his recent
promotion to the office of travel
ing freight agent at Alexandria.
The Times Democrat of Thurs
day contains the following il
regard to this appointment;
Following the system Of pro-
noting its own employees when-
ever vacancies arise, the traffic
department of the Southern Pa
cific lines Of Louisiana has pro-
NOTED G. A. Voltz, agent at Ope
Iousas, to be travelling freight
agent at Alexandria. IN this
office he will succeed w q.
Wynn, who recently was appoint
ed commercial agent of the com
pany at Little Rock to succeed
e. S. Vincent, resigned to join
the forces of the Gould lines
traffic department. The promo
tion will become effective Aug
20, by which time new agent
at Opelousas will have b cen
checked in to succeed Mr.. Voltz.
There were numerous appll
cations for the position t fro N
men of other lines. but the ap-
pointing officer selected a man Of
long experience with the com
pany, whose record Is particu-
larly good. 3
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
JUDGE DOSSnAN LOSES
RlNG-.FRIENDS CONE
TO The RESCUE.

Judge Dossmann, as has been
his custom for several years, en-
tertained anurnber Of his friends
on a cruise on board the Louisi-
ana.
] While bathing in the surf, in
some manner unknown to the
Judge, he lost both rings on his
fingers. One his wedding ring,
the other a magnificent diamond.
Through the infatigable efforts
Iof our Bill, Six Shooter. Bill =
the diamond was found.
His friends determined he
should not be deprived of the
other. They purchased a hand
some gold one, ernblematic of the
marriage tie, and presented the
same to him in the testimonial
following:
Opelousas. La, 8-15-12.
In token of the high esteem
and appreciation which we en-
terrain for you. and in remem-
brance Of the special trip which
you so kindly honored us with,
it has become our great pleasure
to present you with some mem
orial of our appreciation, and I
have been selected in behalf Of
those who participated in the.
pleasures Of that occasion to pre-
sent you with a little souvenir,
not possessing the science Of the
famous magician, the great Her
man, or of a Bill Prudhome, "
we have been unable to present.
You with the original. "
However, we present to you a
ring, and while it has the many
characteristics of the old ring"
which we believe was near and
dear to your heart, still we be
lieye that it viii be of a much
more permanent character than
the old Sanders Ring, !" and will
remain with you much longer.
We trust that you will ever
cherish IT and keep t among
your most valuable tokens in re-
memberance Of that most mem
orable occasion.
&. B. Dubuisson, +. ]. Deit-
Iein, Chas. Ventre, d. Ne. Fonte-
not, w. A. Hayes and ]. Morn
hinVeg.
While the Judge deplores the
loss of the original ring, worn
for more than a quarter Of q cen
tury, he rejoices in wearing the
new one as evidence Of the es-
TEEN he is held by his friends,
and he ayails himself of this
method of thanking them for the
same.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17

Ths 81 Landry Ga.) Clarion IS Wllhsui
t.aBi sns Of ths best edItsd I'D priarsd
sssllIas in the whole sssth..-aHERIClR
Newspaper UNION.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17

= OF q IIlIlkAI = 2 u u t1N1s Z = ! {
Ths 81. Landry Clarion Is fhs 0fElcial + -
nal OF every public body In the pc ~
iep .Iury SchanI Raard. Iepaa R01ia llAla
cipIatlaS afOneI0usaS, Port Barre auG Il 9EilL8
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17

them know just how I stood in
trying to obtain any factory or
improvement that will tend to
help the uplifting and material
welfare Of the City of Opelousas.
Trusting that you will publish
this letter together with the
above referred to items,
I beg to remain,
Yours truly,
Z. Z. DANIEL.
New Orleans, La, Aug. II, 1912.
r L. Daniel.
0pelousas, La,
My dear Mr.. Daniel:
We have your favor of the 18th
inst.
You failed to enclose clipping
from the Clarion, but we sup
pose it was along the lines Of the
items appearing in the New Or
leans papers, which were sub
stantially correct. We have no
cause to feel i'll towards any
members of the City Council of
0peleusas, and we thank them
I
all very much for the interest
they took in the enterprise we
had hoped to locate in your City.
The manner in which you and
the other members Of the Coun-
Gil treated our proposition was
all any reasonable person could
expect. but we feel sure that you
especially went out of your way
to help us. We are very sorry
that in the end we could not see
our way clear to locate among
you, butwe could not do SO In.
the face Of the opposition Of the
Mayor Of your City, especially as
our operations in Opelousas would
necessitate a contract with the.
City to supply us with the neces-
sary water to run our plant.
We appreciate the fact that
the entire City Council with the
exception Of the Mayor, was
heartily in favor of granting to
us the accommodations we asked,
but our people were afraid that
there might be trouble IN t h e
future on account Of changes IN
the City Administration.
We hesitated quite a while be-
fore making final decision as we
were anxious to give you q n d
your City all the consideration
we possibly could, but we could
not resist the public spirit of the
citizens of Port Barre and the
business-like manner in which
they took hold Of our PROPOSE
ton.
Again thanking YOU and the
other members of the City Coun-
Gil as well as parties outside Of
the Council, for the assistance
rendered US, we beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
THE KERN CO., LTD.
a a unhnnann Coaav
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
OPELOUsAs La, SATURDAY, AUGUST II 1912
said that this cody with gratify

ing unanimity followed the sug
gestions of its distinguished
chairman when. after accepting
some amendments to the pla1
which he had carefully and Ia
boriously drawn up, he declared
that he would allow no pride d
opinion to interfere with the OBJ
.ject they all had in vieW-tht
making of what Judge Provosty
subsequently described as the
best work of It's kind that the
world ever saw.
It is of course impossible te
Egive in such an article as this
the need of praise due tc
all the men who took an active
part in the making Of this great
work; but the people of st. Lam
dry as we'll as those of the en-
tire State should know and treas
ure in grateful remembrance the
names of the most prominent.
They are Associate Justice Pro
vosty, NJ. Fl. Carver of Natchi-
toches. T. C. Barret, Z. =.
Thomas and L. r. nj t h Of
Caddo, w. j. Burke Of Iberia,
Leon Locke of Calcasieu, R. B.
Butler of Terrebonne, Robt. Rob
erts of Webster, Senators Voegtle
and Favrot of Orleans, Senators
Barrow and Clinton and Repre-
sentatiYes F. w. Price, Delos
johnson and E. Austin Fontenot.
And towering above them all
stands the massive figure of Ed
gar Il. Farrar, the distinguished
President of the American Bar
Association, the master mind
without whose assistance his
colleagues unanimously declared
the plan would never have been
worked out.
On Monday afternoon, the 18th
inst, an impressive enc took
place IN tins Sele enaEabe
The commission having COM
pleted its Iabors d resolution was
offered rendering to the chair
man the thanks of his colleagues,
and this was followed by brief
but feeling speeches from sew
eral of the most prominent mem-
bers. These speeches were not
the merely banal and perfunctory
expressions usually heard on such
occasions but rung sosincere and
true that Mr.. Farrar was visibly
effected. He arose to reply but
had not uttered two sentences
before his voice was so ehoked
with emotion that he could not
proceed. Shading his eyes with
his left hand he stood silent.
One could have heard a pin drop.
With a mighty effort the strong
man attempted to shake off the
spell that bound him, tried to ut
ter another inarticuIate sentence
and then broke completely down.
With his hand to his face he
stood a full minute trembling.
with emotion, his eyes like those
of many of his hearers suffused
with tears. Finally he managed
to calculate: T value the
esteem and affection Of m e n.
more than any honor they can
pay mel" Thank God that there
are men in Louisiana who can
utter such sentiments
and other men who can be
moved to tears by their express
sion. In closing let me say:
9 All hail to the dawn of bet
ter era ii louisiana
A TAX REFORMER. ).
HRstIing for Votes.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
THE TAX COMMIss
HANDS In IT'S
Al New System Which Comes
from California, ana Ii Said
10 BE a Success.

The Tax Commission which
has been in session for some time
in Baton Rouge, reported to the
Legislature now in session since
the 18th inst.
This latter body is now wres
ting with the problem. E hi ls
is a new system, sought % be igl
troduced in this State. It comes
from California where it i pro
nounced d success.
The papers are not all agreed
as to its efficiency. The Legis
lature it would seem, IS baking
at some Of its provisions. New
Orleans IS entering q formal pro-
test to the effect she will be left
without sufficient revenues TO
meet her annual expenses. The
banks, principally the country
ones, are declaring they are be-
ing unjustly dealt By. The AS
Sc sors are opposing it.
A number Of amendments are
being offered BY these various
opponents. Some are bein
adopted. others rejected. What
the final outcome is going to be,
no one can ait this writing fore
Esee.
The Legislature may or may
not adopt the Commissions re-
port. We incline to the opinion
Iit will do so, but ii a modified
form When II. does the same
wall be published in this paper
for some two months, when our
readers can go over the matter
carefully and then vote for Of
against the same, as their jldg-
ment may dictate.
The Clarion proposes to give
the matter its best thought. #,
latter a proper study of Ii q
amendment, we believe # IS go
ling to prove q relief 50 the peo-
pie, we will support IL 0ther
| wise we viii oppose i.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-08-17
KERN PEOPLE BLAME
MAYOR EDDIE LOEB
writes Letter to Alderman DaneI. Saying that
Council Vas Not TO Blame.
PUBLIC SPIRIT OF PT. BARRE
il Commended .--DaBeI Writes Letter 10 De-
tense Of the Beard Of
Aldermen.

IS self explanatory.
It refers to the matter Of Porr
Barre securing a stave factory
when negotiations for its loca-
ton at Opelousas were pending,
Port Barre, Aug. Z. Ar.
rangements were effected today
between the citizens of Port
Barre and the representatives Of
the Kern Co., New Orleans, fol-
the erection of their stave plant
at this place. Construction work
was started today, and it is ex-
pected that the plant will be in
operation within two or three
months. 1t will employ about
$50 men altogether.
The Kern Go. had about con-
cIuded arrangements to locate
this plant in OpeloHsas, but were
afforded no cooperation on the
part of it's city council, and owing
to the many natural advantages
and hearty cooperation of the
people decided to bring their
plant here.
'This plant will be erected on
an ideal site embracing ten acres
of land situated at the intersec-
ton Of the New Iberia Northern
and the Opelousas, Gulf n d
Northeastern, about two thou
sand feet from Bayou Courta-
bleau, thereby enabling it to se-
cure connection with the four
railoads for the movement of its
inbound and outbound product.
The people here are gratified at
securing this enterprise, as with
in two hours a cash subscription
Of S500.00 was deposited in a
local bank in order to secure for
the Kern Co., the free use and
enjoyment Of the ten acres Of
landreferred to above. "
Gpelousas, La. Aug. 18th, 1912.
Editor of St. Landry Clarion,
Dear Sir:
In reference to an article ap-
pearing in your paper of last
issue, dated Port Barre, Aug. 7th,
under the caption Of 'Stave Fac
tory viii Be Located At Port
Barre, La, and which clipping
Of said article I enclose you. to-
gether with a letter from the
Kern Co., Ltd, dated Aug. 18th,
1912, which kindly ask that you
publish, in Difference to me and
the other members of the City
Council, who voted to give to the
stave factory the small conces-
sion they asked for, and to also
let the people know just who was
responsible for the lack of coop
GRAFTON on the part of the City
Council, as was stated in the
article published in your paper
of the last issue, under date of
7th inst, from Port Barre. As
there is a good deal of UNJUST
criticism going on in this city,
and there is a disposition on the
part of some people to blame the.
council, as result of the erro-
neous impression created in their
minds by reading the clipping of
the aforementioned item ap-
pearing in the last issue of your
paper and also a similar clipping
appearing in the New Orleans
Item, | therefore ask thai you
reproduce the said item and pub
llsh the same together with the
letter from the Kern Co, Ltd,
50 that the people viii know who
to criticise and it will dsabuse#
their minds of any lack Of coop
Grafton on the part OF the City
Council of Opelousas, and my
self as member Of said body,
Tor ! feel that it is a duty that Il
owe my constituents from the
Ward, that I represent, to let