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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06
SENATOR FLETCHER UNEARTHS
EO0A SWINDLlNG GAME.
Continued from Page Ia


The business OF the brokers has
grown to big proportions, and it will
continue to thrive until the public
learns a thing or two or Congress
stops 1t.
The matter was called to the at
tsntion of the joint printing commit
tee by Senator Fletcher of Florida,
its chairman. A Jacksonville at
torney received one of the broke )
circulars, anil sent 4 dollar for the
bargain" thus advertised. When it
came under a government frank,
postage free, the attorney began to
think. He took up the matter with
his senator.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06

That sonorous prophet Of wal
with Japan, always on the job, Hon
Richmond p. Hobson, of Alabama
Can now take fresh grip on his
propretic functions, wag his head
with new assurance, cry havoc and
Let slip the dogs in the best style OF
the croakor's art. But believe us
Mr.. liohson, there will be no wal
between Japan and this country. II
takes a big cause, something really
Worth while, to create a state OF
war between modern nations. Nosucl
cause exists in this case, and Japan
knows that in any struggle with this
mighty continental republic there
could be but one issue-her own de-
feat. The little flowery kingdom
likes to pose, but she knows who to
tackle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06
THE DAYS WORK.
The days work counts
1t isn't what

Inc udy WOTk COuuIS-
1t isn't what
You mean to do a week ahea.l;
1t isn't what you know You'll gala
When all annoyances have fled;
1t isn't what you dieamed and
planned
Such hopes are but phantom
band
The days work counts.
The days work counts
The foot you gained
Since yonder sun dispellcd the dark.
Next week, next month, next year
are vain
Unto the present summons bark;
How have you fared ahead since
In garnering life's oil and corn?
The days work counts.
The days work counts
1t isn't much.
The gain of those few painful hours,
But be content if there is shown
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06

When an act of the Legislature
can repeal a section of the constitu-
ton it will be competent for the
Legislature to carve q new State out
of part of the present one without
submitting the matter to the people,
but not before.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06

A story of extraordinary deafness
was recently related at meeting ol
molical society in Philadelphia
An elderly lady, exceedingly hard OF
bearing, lived near the river. One
afternoon warship fired q salute
OF ten guns. The woman, alone in
her little house, waited until the
booming ceased. Then she smoothed
her dress, brushed back her hair, and
said sweetly:
Come in" -Everybody's.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06

That legislative junket to Pensa-
cola is holiday unearncd and I'M
deserved, but it is very likely that
if we had been a member we would
have gone with the crowd end fully
i:rbibed the spirit Of relaxation.
Thic is merely a figure Of speech and
has no covert meaning.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06

It is hard to tlink OF Jack Lon
don, the registering story writer, as
q champion OF prohibition, but
that's what he Is. His John Bar
leycorn" in the Saturday Evening
Post is the best prohibition ar3u-
ment ever made.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06
Little Nonsense
Now and Then
Experienced.

Employer---Do you know the dutie
OF tn Office boy?
Office Boy-Ye,, sir; wake up the
bookkeeper when he-r the boss
coming. New Orleans Times-DemO-
crat.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06

Some product of those sacred pow
ers
Which guide each mini, uphold each
hand.
Strive with the best at your COM
mand-
The days work counts
The days work counts.
Denver Republican.
NOTICE.
The annual STOCKHOLDERS mCetln ;
of the ChuutauQua Auditorium assc-
citation met at the Auditorium OIL
Monday, May >. 1913, at | O'CLOCK
Il. IN. InGre not Being q majority OF
| STOCK Represented ut this mGctln5,
said meeting was postponed until
Friday, May ., at 2:30 p. m. All
stockholders are urgently requested
| to be present at this meeting, as mat
tiers of great Importance arc to be
attended to.
CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM AS
ISOLATION,
H. d. Bassett, President.
L. Nj. Futch. See. and Trons.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06

II would be ill-advispd LEGISLATION
to make burglary capital crime.
Tie reasoning on this point by 1.-THE
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-06

From the same Office 10 issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS
4 weekly newspaper giving . r.
sumo Of local matters, crop eondl,
uons, county affairs, etc. Sent any
whore for 800 per year,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30
THE eJEFFERSONEAN

Harris pleaded for the Craftsmanship Of
the Macon Convention on the ground that has
getting what he wanted would harmonic the
factions.
Harris pleads for another Senatorial term
for Smith, upon the ground that the factions
are harmonized.
The quantity and quality Of the harmony
which J. j. Brown and his majority vote got
from Harris, at Macon, hasn't quit tasting
yet.
The quality and the quantity Of the har-
mony which the Underwood men of Georgia
have been getting from Smith, was recently
the subject of some comments from Hon. G.
r. Hutchens, the Underwood manager.
This harmony which Harris and Smith
praise SO highly seems to give nobody any
thing to eat excepting Smith and the Smith
ties.
While Harris was in Atlanta handing out
his harmony interview, Smith was also there,
when both Of them were more or less needed
in Washington, and neither had any unselfish
business in Georgia.
If Smith and Harris will mind their own
affairs in Washington, the voters of Georgia
will prepare their own harmony, down here
in Georgia.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30
DO You KnOW These Things L?
Do YOVz Care =?

n the letter written to me by the Roman
Catholic priest who has quit them-as so
many other priests have quit them am
asked
''Do you know that in Indian Schools,
Luther is placarded as a heather and an
enemy to Christianity"
My answer is, No did not hn01O It,
But | am not surprised to learn it. In a
general way, | knew, as most of our people
know, that the Roman priests hate Luther
worse than they hate Lucifer
It is no secret that the priests teach their
followers that Luther was a bad man, a
drunkard, an adulterer, a despicable human
being.
Nearly two years ago, the Pope published
a proclamation which vilely sandered
Luther and all his works.
This insult to Germany aroused such indig-
nation, that the Haiser ordered the Pope to
2oithd2u10 the Nbez-AND THE POPE DID
TT
The priest in his letter puts another ques-
ton
do you know that in Washington, D. c.,
there IS an organization, a house, near the
Capitol, under the dictatorship ofsone Father
Ketcham? This Father Ketcham is the pro-
moter OF Roman Catholics to office"
Yes, | had read about Ketcham. In a gen
lobbyist for the Italian church.
I knew that Ketcham was accused Of MAX
ing trades with Congressman in whose dis
tricts the Romanist vote is strong.
Ketcham is said to go to these Congress-
men and to offer them the solid Romanist
vote of their districts, if they, the Congress-
men, will support measures that Ketcham and
his Pappy are interested in.
Ketcham is also accused of bulldozing Con
gressmen who do not willingly obey his
orders. He threatens these Congressman
with the Romanist vote of their districts
In other Words | knew that the Italian
Pope maintained a lobby in Washington, that
it was lodged in splendid palace near the
capitol, and that the business of this Italian
lobby was to use every means known to the
professional lobbyist, to Influence patronage
and legislation.
That's the way the Italian machine got our
War Department to viO1ate the y. s. C0nstj-
tuition, and give away to the Pope a part of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30

Academy. On this vantage ground, the
priests get at the boys ocho erjU command the
L. s. Army.
Through Ketchams lobby, the Pope is get
ting his priests appointed to the chaplain
ships Of the army and navy. These chaplains
get at the men in the ranks while the chapels
at West Point and Annapolis get at the boys
who Will be the officers Of the Army and
Navy.
DO yOu see?
Through Ketcham's lobby, the Ronoo,aists
keep control Of more than three ouyths Of
the government offices in Washington City.
Through Ketcham's lobby, public money is
wheedfed out Of Congress- for the priests,
under the pretext that it is needed to pay the
Sisters who teach the Indian Schools
Those Sisters Gre rot oWo1ced to keep one
cent Of that money. THEY HAVE 70
GIVE EVERY Biz or IT 70 THEIR
MASTERS, TIE PRIESTS.
Thus the Roman priests are continually
robbing the taxpayers, violating our high
est law, and fattening on public plumber,
because of the insidious work of Ketcham,
the lobbyist
And with the Jesuit, Tumulty, as the stop
gap between President Wilson and the whole
outside world the Italian machine is getting
IN its work more effectively, under this
administration, than it has ever done before
DO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS?
DO you CARE?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30
4 Book All Young People Should Read

You hear SO much about Caesar
wouldn't you like a brief, up-to-date
sketch of his marvellous career, his
creation of the Roman Empire, his
murder and his great funeral?
Wouldn't you like to know about the
noble pair of brothers, the Graceful?
And about Marius and Sylla? And
about the Great Instruction of White
Slaves led by Spartacus?
Also the immortal love-story Of
Antony and Cleopatra!
All this, and much more you will
find in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30

Bethany, by Thos. E. Watson. A Romance
of the Civil War, with vivid pen pictures Of
plantation life, before the war. Price, $1.O0,
postpaid. The Jefersonian Publishing Com
pany, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30

4 mr.
TIE PEOPLE OUT or THEIR CHOICE
FOR THE HEADSHIP or THE ONLY
DEPARTMENT THAT DEALS LARGE
" AND DIRECTLY WITH THE Pro-
PIE.
Harris measured up, and made good. He
swindled j. J. Brown, the peoples choice, in
a way that would have given Benedict Arm
old new light in the practise of fraud and
betrayal.
A false standard of duty for instructed
delegates was established by Harris.
A false count, qchich made a te was
encouraged and manipulated by Harris.
j. J. Brown, the peoples choice, was, an his
absence, allowed to be outrageously slandered
and slaughtered-6y the c0nn5vance of H0y-
ri8.
Thus the majority rule which Judge
Broyles and the Convention, and Harris him
self, had declared ought to rule in the selec-
ton Of Judge Pottle, was Immediately repu-
dated and trampled upon in the case of j. J.
Brown.
HARRIS HAS GOT HIS PAY. His Boss
had him made Federal officer, at a salary
that Harris, on his merits, would never have
earned in this world.
Harris has supposed post of duty That
post is in Washington City. He ought to
stay there
Harris has some duties; and they are sup
posed to have some connection with taking
another Census some years hence,
Harris ought to confne his faculties to
these public duties.
But since there is no census to take just
now, Harris draws his salary and travels
around for his health.
incidentally, he carries messages from his
Boss
lie brings these messages doaon to Georgia,
and unloads upon the newspapers.
The latest message which the Boss obse-
quious ape has brought to Georgia concerns
the GoUcrnorship and the SenatorShip.
Strange to say, these two things appear to
be in the mind of Harris pair of Siamese
Twins. They are inseparably connected.
The Governorship in the mind of Harris is
named Chang: the Senatorship is named
Eng. They dwell together, eat together,
sleep together, and love each other raptu-
rously.
Harris says lin all the newspapers,) that
Chang may be governor a third time, IT Eng
is permitted to be Senator, again.
What could sound fairer than that?
Harris came all the way from Washington,
D. c., to tell us about it.
THINK YOU, HARRIS!!!
But you forgot, Harris that there is such
a trife as the Constitution of the State which
says the same man shall not be governor more
than tacice without an interval of four years.
Harris has lnever read the Constitution of
Georgia, any more than his Boss has done it.
But it's there, all the same.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30

There are two books every American father
and mother should read One is the story of
Maria Monk, and the other is "Why Priests
Should Wed" The Jeffs sell both
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30
DO You WaEat Large, Hanging
Map of tEae United States :? 3

WHAT better educational chart can you
have in the house than large up-to-date
Map?
What sheet contains more varied and more
useful information?
Send US subscriptions, and $500, and get
one Of these Maps.
JEFFERSONIAN PUBLISHING CO.,
Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-10-30

k1ng-GhOSen Smith, OF the q. Sc
Senate, Orders Census Taker
Harris 10 Come Down do Ge0p-
gia and Tell the People What
They Must DO.
IT was a slick piece of card-shuffling, when
". j. Harris persuaded the anti-Smith
men that he Was the very person that ought
to be made Chairman of the Macon Conven-
ton, last year.
Harris went there to do dirt, and he did it.
He did it partly for himself and partly for
his Boss. His Boss was Smith, of course
the only Smith who can benefit by a most
profitable liquor-saloon, and at the same time
be the hero of the Prohibitionists
As Chairman of the Macon Convention,
the main eo0rh Of Harris aOaS 20 SWINDLE
TIE PEOPLE OUT or THEIR CHOICE
ron THE HEADSHIP or THE ONLY
DEPARTMENT TINT DEALS LARGE
LT AND DIRECTLY WITH THE PEO-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
.OVERGRAEO STOCK
RANGES CONE BACK
SHOWS THAT IN
TELLIGENr SYSTEM WILL
WORK WONDERS ON LAND.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
WASHINGTON. July 5.-The i'm
proved condition Of the national forest
range after regulated grazing IL point
ed to by experts OF tho department
OF agriculture as a demonstration that
areas which have been severely dam
ged through overstocking by sheep
and cattle can be brought back to
their former carrying power through
a system OF sufficiently Intelligent use.
When the government took charge
of the live stock ranges within the
national forests some of them were
so badly overgrazed and otherwise in
jured from reckless handling OF the
stock that their grazing value APP
peared to have been almost entirely
destroyed. Many OF these ranges,
however, have been restored and made
as valuable as ever On several OF
the forests results have more than
Justified the expectations and the
range Is in better condition than Il
ever was.
An example of this Improvement, is
cited in the Nebo national forest.
Utah. In 1908. when that forest was
created. the ranges within the forest
pounuaIleS were AouHu u NC odoiS
overgrazed and trampled because
there was q lack of any control or
supervision over the areas. One OF
the areas was at that time estimated
to be capable of carrying only 5000
head of cattle. Now, through con-
sentative management and judicious
distribution of the cattle over the
ranges, and Improvements in water
conditions, the carrying capacity OF
the range has been increased until, In
the present grazing season. nearly
900 head OF cattle are using this
particular area, and forest officers
feel that a few hundred head more
can be safely grazed there without in
fury.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
HOLIDAYS BREAK
INTO BUSINESS

Beyond a few scattering sales--none
of any great consequence-the real
estate market the past week has been
exceedingly quiet
The excessive hot weather that char
acterized the period coupled with the
intervening holiday. put quietus on
things. In fact both Friday and yes
terday were observed by q majority
of the agents, the few who kept their
Offices open yesterday doing 30 simply
for the accommodation Of small rent
era
None of the agents. however, are at
all down in the mouth over the situa-
ton. Most of them report good in
quiries with money somewhat easier
and q bright outlook for a good sum-
mer business, even II the weather does
stay hot
J. Thompson Brown & Co. report
the sale of a Grove Avenue home as
the gum total practically OF the week.
but they are very optimistic as to the
future. Colonel Leroy Brown spent
his Fourth Of July motoring through
the country with prospective farm
land customer, and covered ninety
miles during the day.
Gibboney & Nuchols sold big farm
on the Williamsburg Road and closed
a number of other pending deals in the
West End.
The agents are perfectly willing to
admit that the weather has much to
do with IL with appreciate relief
to the oppressive temperatures the
coming week. they believe, will boost
business considerably.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
URGES FARMERS
No RAISE HOGS

ATLANTA, GA, July SIN the
effort to encourage Southern farm
ers TO raise more hAss. the South
ern Railway. through its live stock
department. has issued q booklet en-
titled. Hog Production and Condi-
items for Success in the SoTth," a
copy of which will be furnished on
reqCty. hv r. l.. Word. live stock
ageS. .a.LntA Ga.
Tho bcohle. contains much prac-
teal rru vaiu3b,e Information as to
the caro- anu feeding of hogs. selec-
zion OF bs@No. treatment Of diseases,
and cutting and Curing u@at. Chap
ters or ca.as subJece have been sup
j4d-i by eEseres.
That tho South consumer more
pork and RAISED les than any oth>r
ioars &C thu United States o.>spite the
facr that ror': car be- produced more
caeapiy In the South than In the
N-rth or West, Ii a we'll known fact
and a condition that greatly impedes
the progress or the section. The long
open season and the great variety OF
food crops at his command give the
Southern farmer tho opportunity to
make more money raising hogs khan
is possible ia any other territory.
Tho live stock department OF the
Southern Railway devotes its efforts
entirely to stimulating interest in live
stock raising In the territory along
the Southern Railway and the SER
vices of its experts are available with
out charge Of any kind to any farmer
or other person interested in live stock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
SUGGESTIONSFORMAKING
RURAL LIFE ATTRACTIVE
Conditions Must Be Improved for the Benefit Of the Farmer
Declares Senator Fletcher We VIII Soon Find Ourselves
Producing Less Of the Necessities Of Life Than We Need for
Home Consumption

produces a surplus OF LIES necessities
which other nations must come to II
10 obtain or ID hungry and uncfothed
ID In q position OF supreme power. The
chief factors contributing to the crea-
ton and in some instances and por-
lions Of the country, restoration. ideal
rural conditions. would be: First. i'm
proving the intellectual and social life:
second. diminishing the hurdenA and
har1shfps and inconveniences: third.
increasing the returns from the labor
expended and capital invested.
Elements Needed.
''Sufficient schools. churches, good
road. telephones. rural free delivery
OF mails, and increaAed transportation
facilities, are slowly but surely sup
plying tho first and second factors.
Some other elements are needed. or
some stimulation and extension Of
those mentioned.
Il would suggest the formation in
every county Of a chamber Of Agri-
culture. Such societies Tor the coun-
ty should be somewhat similar to
boards OF trade or chambers OF COM
merce now established in the cities
showing enterprise Ind pro9ress !
would hnve such organizations, au-
thorized and directed by law. Per-
haps some adaptation, OF the act OF
1854 under which such chambers Of
agriculture were estAhliehed lii Prus-
sian provinces y feaAlble They
would have the caft Of al matters
pertaining to agriculture and forestry
u their districts. with spsciAc re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
WASHINGTON, u. Jplys s6.---In
response to q request the Nationai
News Bureau, of New York city. for
an expression on the Back to the
Farm movement. Senator Duncan Y.
Fletcher, Of Florida, chairman of the
American commission on agricultural
cooperation and president OF the
Southern commercial congress, In the
following 1etter makes plain the dis
advantages under which the Amer
lean farmer now labors. and points
out remedies Of these conditions.
A suggestion concerning farm CO.
operation in the organization OF county
"Chambers OF Agriculture" IL made
by Senator Fletcher. which farmers
and editors interested In improving
the rural life of America will ma
worthy OF taking up AZ an active pro-
paganda in every locality. Senator
Fletcher wrote:
Must Improve Conditions.
.sTo induce people to remain on or
return to athe farm we must improve
the conditions OF rural life. TO at
tract peopls to the farm We must
make the farm more interesting, more
remunerative, more free from Excessive
hard work and drudgery for male and
female.
This must be done, or we will soon
md ourselves producing less OF the
prime Necessities Of life than are re-
sQutred for home consumptt This
condition would mean. hrst. ~ kness.
then distresA That nation only which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06

exception to this rule and depends
largely upon the demand; X then, We
wish higher grade seeds handled by
our dealers we must increase the de-
mand for such grades. and inhist upon
the enforcement Of the law.
The Value Of STANDARD Seeds"
II farmers wish to obtain on the ave-
rage, larger yields, more vigorous
plants, fewer poor stands and larger
net PROFIT for the money invested. they
must use in nearly all cases tthere are.
perhaps. q few exceptions) the higher
grade seeds--namely. the seeds that
are practically pure. true to name, and
high in termination. Seeds sold in
Virginia under a guarantee OF stand
ard Seeds should be purchased even
II they do cost more than the over
grade, for investigation and experience
have both shown that IL is much better
economy to pay more attention to
grade and less to price. In realty. as
is readily seen from the following COM
parison Of analyses of two grades OF
alfalfa seed. standard Seeds" cost less
for the actual amount Of pure viable
seeds and their use results in most In
stances In" larger and more vigorous
crops and fewer poor stands than do
the cheaper grades
Seed Legislation Mt Home and Abroad.
Legislation controlling and regulat-
ing the sale Of agricultural seeds Is
in all States OF this country. Though
In al States of this country. Though
seed laws are being enacted each year
and though SOME Of the States have
had such laws for several yearA at
present . very small number. proba-
bly, not over twenty. have seed laws
that are being enforced. There are
some federal laws and several seed
laboratories supported entirely or In
part by the national government. but
in general seed legislation in the
United States is far behind that of
Canada and OF European countries
Several Of these foreign countries, no.
tably the German States. have had
seed laws and seed control laboratories
for more than fifty years. The nat
ural result OF this condition is as would
be expected, low grade seeds have
been imported into the United States