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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
LITTLE HARRY IN
A NEW ROLE.

That erratic and sporadic lumlnary
on the far western horizon, Little
Harry Floyd, OF Pensacola expert In
sowing slar-dust, has descended from
the stellar spaces and is trying his
hand at singing mud with Lake.
land and her daily paper as his tar.
get. And all because of paragraph
in the Telegram, in which We quoted
Harry, describing himself as being
Without any particular body, maybe
a leopard, a moth. or a human being,
and remarked that it read like bug
house talk to us.
And so it did. and does, but when
We wrote the paragraph we had no
III oWledge that Harry had been a
resident OF Chattahooche. That lets
Us out, but it doesn't let Harry out.
for even had we known OF his one
time misfortune and been mean
enough to twit him with it, it would
have offered no excuse for his coarse,
vicious and silly diatribe in the
Pensacola News against the beauti-
ful and progressive city OF Lakeland
ard her daily paper, performance
by little Harry as destitute OF wit
and deceney as IL was of truth. Harry
should keep his muddled maunder-
iEgs. shot with cleaning threads OF
genius here and there though they
be. out of the public prints if he
claims for them the immunity of the
royal purple and holds it 'lese ma
jesty' for the press to dare word
o. criticism.
Go to, young man, go to. You
are grOtesquely unique and interest
iEgly original more often than 9TH
erwise, and for the nuggets ami
gems we find here and there amid
your ilorid waste OF words, and the
occasional CLEAN of fine thought and
high meaning in your preposterOus
flights Of mystic phrase making, We
read all you write and hold you an
asset of real but indeterminate value
in the literature of our State; but in
your latest role of hOodlum slanderer
you are fatally out of drawing" and
you read cheap and yapid as a dime
detective story by some penny-a- liner
stribbling in a garnet.
Stick to your text, Harry, which
you have found in the shining star
lanes and amid the murk and gloom
of your transcendental mysteries, for
there you have a field where you will
meet no rival; but don't make your
self commonplace, dull and vulgar by
descending to the tactics of the fish
market wench because a paragraph
from a source not hostile sometimes
touches you Ion the raw"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
Got There First.

The lovely girl. having fingered a
minute in her room TO adjust her
transformation, change the angle of
her Grecian band, and make sure
that her skirt fitted like the peeling
OF plum, descended to the parlOr
t. find the family pet enscOnced upon
her surly head nestled comfortably
against his shoulder.
"Why. Mabel the young lady ex-
claimed. aren't you ashamed Of
yourself. Get right down.
- got here first. =
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
Working Like q Dog.

The Georgetown News observes:
You have heard people say that they
have worked like a dog all day. II
this were literally true, the twenty
four hours would be spent thus: One
hour digging for a rat. two hours
gliawing a bone. one hour waiting
for a cat to come down out of a tree.
half an hour begging to get into the
louise, and the rest of the time In
sleeping on mat in front of the
door fighting fleas.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
A LITTLE NONSENSE
NOW AND THIN
The Cause.

Madam. am just out of the
III pital. and
Don't tell me any such story as
that You are the same man l gave
i piece of pie to not two weeks ago.
"Yes'm, dat was just fore l went
i de hospital"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30

Over in Fort Pierce the editor OF
tie News wants the pOstOflice under
the Democratic administration and
the editor of the Tribune doesn't
want him to get it. and as a result
those two brethren have been saying
things about each other in their re-
spective papers which were personal
in high degree A libel suit now
looms menacing on the horizon and
the bone of contention, the aforesaid
pCstOflice, has been lost sight of amid
the new issues created by the inter-
esting situation. Neither editor has
az yet thrown off all the restraints
Of prudence and denounced the other
as a "hornswoggler." and SO long as
they stop short of this extreme out
rage in personal journalism, annie
able adjustment remains possible.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30

The pardon of Albert G. Patrick
the Texas lawyer convicted of the
murder by poison in New York CITY
o. Millionaire Rice in order to bene-
HI by will alleged to have been
made by the latter in favor Of Pat
rick, ends one Of the most nemark.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. TENTH

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. TENTH
Judicial Circuit. Polk County.
Florida-ln chancery.-A. P. NAL
10y and J. T. Miller vs.. Guilford
Higgins, ct al.-Bill to remove
cloud from title.
1t appearing by the affidavit of w.
S. Preston in the above stated cause
that Guilford Higgins, Daniel 5.
Cole. T. o. Roam, Edward Olsen, Ka-
rem Olsen, l. N. Vetter. Agnes NJ.
Vetter, Sallie Hughes. R. B. Smith
end James A. Knox, the defendants
named in the bill of complaint, are
non-residents of the State of Florida
but are residents of the United
States.
That there is no person within the
State of Florida, the service of sub
poena upon whom would bind said
defendants and that the said defend
ants are over the age of twenty-one
years it is therefore ordered tina.
said resident defendants be and
they are hereby required to appear
to the bill of complaint filed in said
cause on or before Monday, the Sec
ond day Of December, A. d. 1912.
otherwise the allegations of said bill
will be taken as confessed by said
defendant.
It is further ordered that this or
der be published once a week for
five consecutive weeks in the Lake.
land Telegram, a newspaper pub
lished in said county and State.
This November 1, 1912.
A. B. FERGUSON,
1l-2-5S Clerk Circuit Court
TAMPA PROPERTY
IS THE BEST INVESTMENT
IN FLORIDA.
We buy or sell developed business
property, city and suburban,
building lots and suburban farm
and trucking land. Write or see
TAMPA BAY LAND co.,
American National Bank Building.
TAMPA, FLORIDA.
11-23-4satS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
From the same ONCE te Issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS

II the primary is to be relied on
to settle the question Of postmasters
under the new administration il Will
save the congressman much wOrr:
ard embarrassment. but il will also
,lcnriy. them OF much patronage and
make il difficult To build UP con-
sless .onaI machine in ca h district.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
oopslairs dey run down. and ven
ar awnstairs dey run oop."
Clothes and the Man.

4 olporteur in South Carolina,
walsirg many miles through mud,
&C 4 passerby and suggested
The Ylrchase of the Bible. He was
refs / The next day. says the Rec
ord II Christian Work, after u
nights rest and cleanup, he set up
his stand in town and had the pleas
ure OF selling Bible to the very
nan who had refused to purchase
the day before. II met muddy
nan Yesterday with Bibles" he said.
who looked like Methodist tramp.
When buys Bible | buys it from
a Baptist gentleman"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, TENTH
JUDICIAL. CIRCUIT, POLK COUN-
Tf, FIORlDA.-ln CHANCERY.
Martha 4. Foote VS.. w. B. Owen.
Helen NJ Foote. Frederick r.
Foote, Albert Foote. Charles X.
Foote, W. A. Foote, W. 4. Foote.
Trustee. Bill to Remove Cloud
from Title.
1t appearing by the affidavit of ".
). Preston in the above stated cause
that w. b. Owen, Helen Nj. Foote.
Frederick r. Foote. Albert Foote.
Charles X. Foote, w. A. Foote and
W. A. Foote, trustee, the defendants
named in the bill of complaint, are
nUn-residents of the State of Flor
ida but are residents of the United
States.
That there is no person within the
State of Florida, the service of
subpoena upon whom would bind
said defendants and that the said de-
PENDANTS are over the age of twenty
one years; it is therefore ordered that
said nonresident defendants be and
they are hereby required to appear
IL the bill of complaint filed in said
cause on or before Monday, the 9Th
day of January, A. d. 1913, other
wise the allegations of said bill will
be taken as confessed by said de-
PENDANTS.
1t is further ordered that this or
Ger be published once week for five
consecutive weeks in the Lakeland
Evening Telegram. a newspaper pub-
lished in said county and State.
This 9th day of November. A. d
1912.
A. B. FERGUSON.
Clerk Circuit Court
W s. PRESTON,
SOLICITED for Complainant. |
11-30-5Sats.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30

We should think New York would
feel like throwing up the windows
and letting in some fresh air.-Bal-
timore Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30

You don't hear our old friend, Alb
Hamid. asking for another cup Of
coffee. do you9
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
Old Friend Mary.
ry had a little Skin

Mary had a little skirt,
And it was built so tight
About her person that she had
To peal it off at night.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-30
WOOD.

All kinds; prompt delivery; car
load coal and fence posts to arrivt
in a few days. Phone 25s. Lake
land Fuel Supply. 11-So-lmo
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30

have me believe. Therefore, | mean
to poster you until you give In. my
dear Sara"
Very WE'LL" she said resignedly.
When may | expect renewal Of
the conflict"
would tomorrow be convenient"
he asked quantity.
She returned his smile. Come to
luncheon"
Have your permission to start
the portrait?"
"Yes. AS soon as you like"
He left her without feeling that he
had gained an inch along the road to
success. That night, in the cleaning
OF his starlit porch. he smoked many
a pipeful and derived theretrom pro-
found estimate of the value Of tact
and discretion rs opposed To bold and
impulslve measures in the handling OF
a determined woman. He would make
haste slowly, as the saying goes. Many
an unexpected victory IA gained by
dllatory tactics, provided the blow is
struck al the psychological moment
OF least resistance.
CTo RE coNTINUEpl
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
TheHOQOW
h2 5 Of Her Hand
George Barr MoCutCheOn


grimness in the way he said It that
gave her something to cherish during
the months to come; the hope that he
would come back and take her In spite
of herself.
He sailed from Cherbourg on the
first steamship calling there. Awake,
he thought Of her; asleep. he dreamed
of Challis Wrandall. There was some
thing uncanny In the persistence with
which that ruthless despoiler OF peace
forced his way into his dreams, to the
absolute exclusion of all else. The voy.
age home was made horrld by these
nightly reminders OF man he scarce.
ly knew, yet dreaded. He became
more or less obsessed by the idea that
an evil spell had descended upon him
in the shape of ghostly influence.
The weeks passed slowly for Hetty.
There we're no letters from Sara, but
an occasional line or so from Mr.. Car
roll. She had made Brandon Booth
promise that he would not write to
her, nor was he to expect anything
from her. II her intention was to cut
herself of entirely from her recent
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
Tobacco Fools Bears.

AS a safeguard against attacks from
angry bears, a veteran trapper recon-
mends tobacco in the pockets.
He ran into a big cinnamon, com.
ing down the trail at full speed. The
bear struck him in the pit of the stom.
acb with his head, hurling him into
the underbrush and sinking his teeth
into his thigh. The bears teeth were
setting deeper, and he had about given
up when the bear suddenly let 90, sat
up on his launches and began to
strangle, much like dog with a bone
in his throat He continued the per.
formance for few seconds, then rose
to his feet and started up the noun.
tain as fast as he could travel.
The trapper discovered a plug of
chewing tobacco In his pocket had
been ground to a pulp and wet with
the animals saliva The tobacco had
evidently made him so sick that he
was glad to let go.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
Lower Animals That Ween,

Among the creatures that weep most
easily are the ruminants, All hunters
know that the stag weeps, and we are
also assured that the bear sheds tears
when 1t sees its last hour approaching.
The giraffe is not less sensitive, and
regards with fearful eyes the hunter
who has wounded 1t. Dogs weep quite
easily. The same is true of certain
monkeys. AS for the elephant, there
is abundant evidence of the ease with
which 1t weeps. 1t sheds tears when
wounded. or when it sees that it can.
not escape; its tears roll from its eyes
like those of a human being in az.
Fiction.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30

London. - Sundays developments
appear to furnish new proofs that
Austria is fully determined to make
war on Servia. and the possibilities OF
general European war seem greater
than have ever confronted the pres.
ent generation.
The Seryian reply to the Austro
Hungarian ultimatum was an accept
ance of almost all the imperious de.
mands, except that Austrian officials
shall participate in the investigation
and fix the responsibility for the anti
Austrian propaganda.
Servia proposed an appeal to the
powers at The Hague for the settle
ment of that feature. Notwithstand.
Ing this humiliating surrender, which
was more than Europe expected OF
the proud little nation, the Austrian
Government today gave the ServiaD
Minister his passports, which may be
construed as a virtual declaration OF
war.
Austria committed an act of war by
arresting the chief of the Servlan gen
eral STAFF, General Putnik, near Buda
pest, but he was soon released by the
Emperor's direct command.
No Formal Declaration.
A formal declaration OF war is not
expected, because Servia is not
,,a,t, 20 Tho Ia o,,ta onpyaptgon ,vbicb
requires this. The suspension of all
Parliamentary and judicial institu-
tions has been decreed in Austria, and
an ironclad censorship has drawn a
Gordon of secrecy around the country.
so that the outside world is in COM
plete ignorance of everything happen
ing there, except what the Govern
ment wants the world to know.
Even now the Austrian armies may
be closing in upon Servia and launch.
ing sudden blow, as Japan did when
she sent her feet against the Russian
ships without warning.
While Austria announces a partial
mobilization" the Austrian Ambas.
sador at London has issued a signi-
ficant notice to all Austrians liable
for military service to remain home.
The only possibility of averting war
at the eleventh hour which Austria
recognizes is that Servia shall recon-
slider her reply to the Austrian note
and bow to all the demands. Even
then Austria proposes to exact pay
ment for all her expenses in connec.
ton with her military measures.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30

and oh, l shall always believe in
fairies"
A long time afterward the throbbinC
ceased, bell-buoys whistled and changed
about them; the sea suddenly grew
calm and lifeless; they Slid over 1t as
II 1t were a quavering sheet OF ice
and lights sneaked out Of the fog and
approached with stealthy swiftness.
Bells rang below and above them,
sailors sprang up from everywhere and
calls were heard below; the rattllng Of
chains and the humping of heavy lug
gage took the place of that steady,
monotonous beat of the engines. Peo.
pie began to infest the deck, limp and
groaning, harassed but voiceless. A
mighty sigh seemed to envelop the
whole shiD-a sigh OF relief.
Then 1t was that these two arose
stifliy from their sheltered bench and
gave heed to the things that were
about them.
The channel was behind them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30

world and its people. as she might
have done in another way by pursuing
the time-honored and rather cowardly
plan Of entering a convent, she was
soon to discover that success in the
undertaking brought deeper sense OF
exile than she could have imagined
herself able to endure at the outset.
She found herself more utterly alone
and friendless than at any time In her
life. The chance companions she
formed at Interlaken-despite we'll
meant reserve-served only to In
crease her feeling of loneliness and de-
spair The very natural attentions Of
men, young and old, depressed her, In
stead Of encouraging that essentially
feminine thing called vanity. She
lived as one without an aim. without a
single purpose except to close one day
that she might begin the next.
After a time. she went on to Lu-
cerne. Here the life on the surface
was gayer. and she was reused from
her state of lethargy in spite OF her
self. Once, from her little balcony In
the National, she saw two OF her old
acquaintances In the chorus at the
Gaiety. They were wearing many
pearls. Another time, she met them In
the street. She was rather quietly
dressed. They did not notice her. But
the prosperous Hebraic gentlemen who
attended them were not SO careless.
One day a card wss brought to her
rooms. For the next two weeks she
had true and unavoidable friend in
Lucerne. 1t would appear that Mrs.
Rowe-Martin had not been apprlsed Of
the rift in the Wrandall lutte. She
had no reason to consider the exclu.
siee Miss Castleton as anything but
the most desirable of companions. Mrs
Rowe-Martin was not long In finding
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30

out (though how she did It, heaven
knows), that Lord Murgatroyd's grand
niece was no longer the intimate OF
that impossible person. Sara Gooch.
She couldn't think OF Sara without
thinking OF Gooch.
But at last Mrs. Rowe-Martin depart
ed. much to Hetty's secret relief, but
not before she had increased the girls
burthens by introducing her into
cold-nosed cosmopolitan set from
which there were but three ways OF es-
cape. She refused to marry one OF
them, denied another the privilege OF
making love TO her, and declined to
play auction bridge with all OF them.
They were not long in dropping her. al.
though It must be said there was real
regret among the men.
From Mrs. Rowe. Martin and others
she heard that Mrs. Redmond Wran-
dali and Vivian we're to be in Scotland
In October. for somebody-or.other's
christening. and that Leslie had been
doing some really wonderful flying at
Pau.
81 am so glad, my dear" said Mrs.
Rowe.Martin, that you refused to
marry Leslie. He is a cad. Besides,
you would have been In a perpetual
state of nerves over his flying"
or Sara, there was no news, as might
have been expected. Mrs. Rowe Mar.
tin made II very clear that Sara was
respectable person-but heayensl
The chill days OF autumn came and
the crowd began to dwindle. Hetty
made preparations to Join in the ex.
odus. As the days grew short and
bleak, she found herself thinking more
and more OF the happy-hearted. sym
bollc dicky.blrd on faraway window
ledge. His life was neither a travesty
nor tragedy; hers was both OF these.
Something told her too that Brandon
Booth had wormed the truth out OF
Sara, and that she would Dever see
him again. II hurt her to think that
while Sara believed in her. the man
who loved her did not. 1t is a way
men have.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
BELIEVE PIECEWORK IS BEST
Employers Of Labor Bring Strong Ar.
euments to Bear In Favor Of
That System.

The point is often made that the
trade union with its day-rate mini
mum assumes that all of its crafts
men are equally efficient and that
they should be paid accordingly. EN-
ployers are not likely to admit this al
legation, but sometimes they act as II
they also believed in a dead level
among workmen.
The president Of large electrical
railway system Is consistently opposed
to piecework or premium systems, not
because of any fear of labor troubles
or the special conditions Of electric
railway maintenance, but simply on
the assumption that no shopman can
possibly be worth more than So to
$3.50 day. The shop superintendent
Of this railway has been able to
strengthen his argument for piece
work system by making careful study
Of practices in other shops, and he
has determined that large increase
in the production of some jobs could
be brought about by some form Of pre-
MUM system. In fact, he has calcu-
lated that the abolition of the day
rate would produce a net saving Of
about twenty per cent. In labor cost.
He is also convinced that the piece
work system would actually result in
better workmanship because the pres
ent day rates are too low to appeal to
good shopmen.
This has been the result on most
roads where the piecework system has
been introduced. But 1t seems to take
long time to overcome the prejudice
against workman earning more than
the ordinary wages of his craft even
when his production is corresponding.
ly greater. After ALL the prime con-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30

\ Jrs dla door and you'll see me wither
Rer| |e y, VI sleepleesness, for one or the
IA, VI my eyes will always be open. "
\ mnr, am so tired. SO miserable" ;"
n WI W.T. little sweetheart"
n " "'sn you would hate me-"
Feet! ''u are dearest, and
R... 4 only could-forget,.
In w., | will hold you tight and
bssin11 warm We're in for nasty
! maS s' , out 1t is paradise for me.
b, ho,sin slln the delight of having you
II in DU'ulng Uo' You close to me. feeling
! betto. arms. The wilder the night
hi Sn , ior | am wild with the ioy
saIpoS ! love you! love you'll" He
koyysm e' closer to him in a sort OF
! b,eo,ss was quiet for a long time. Then
yo0 yO'ealhed into his ear: w
\ lona,i WIN never know how much !
n Brsngsi us Tor you, just as you are
you uon, and in the midst of II
IL is like a fairy story,