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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

The parcel post is being greatly
improved and is found to be a great
boon to the people and protection
from the cXtortion of heeXpress COM
panios. 1t the same time it will
Inevitably occasion serious inroads
into the business of the local mer-
chant by the large mail order houses.
There is but one way for the local
merchant to protect himself and hold
his trade, and that is by persistent
and judicious advertising packed
up, Of course, by properly deliver
ing the goods"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

the world at very small expense.
If our phosphate mines would put
IL a grinding outfit and grind up
their low grade products and sell it
at a reasonable price direct to the
cultivators they would not only in
crease their own profits, but confer
Il blessing upon the cultivators.
These articles are not written for
the benefit particularly of the renter
or speculator. for they probably can
SET quicker results to 60 to the fer
t,lizer factory, but for those that
want to make this their homes for
he support of themselves and their
posterity.
w. H. CONIBEAR.
(Continued.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02
JULY 2 IN HISTORY.
coo oooooooooooo ooooo ooooc

iS4S--Batt!e OF Acs, hungarian up
rising.
iS9S-Spaniards attempt to retake
San Juan Hill, but after Sc
we're fighting were repulsed,
and Gen. Lawton extended the
lines northward.
190S-Cuba ceded to the United
States two naval stations, and
government of the Isle OF
Pines settled
1903--Janitez Germany won the
Bennett cup at the lnternation-
al Automobile Races, Ireland.
1904-Russia reporter to be trying
to purchase new battleships
through American agents.
l912-CornerstOne of the Pulitzer
School of journalism laid at
Columbia University, New
York.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

The highest tribute any member
Of the State press has resolved for a
long time is that paid by the Tampa
Tribune to Marcy B. Darnall, the
Key West legislator editor, who
has been publishing at great length
the record of what was accomplished
ty the late Legislature The Tribune
says Darnall writes SO well that he
makes it appear the Legislature did
something, after all.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

The Miami Metropolis invokes the
kilograms aid in getting the correct
pronunciation of the Imperator
adopted. 1t is "Im-pe-rah-tor,"
with the accent on the third syllable.
We think this pronunciation a little
rev, and not as euphonious as some
others We could suggest; but any
thing to please the Met. The only
way to get the pronunciation of these
chips down pat is to ride on one of
them and then you prattle it so much
your friends wish it and you had
scne down together AS the old lady
remarked: 81 went over on the Lucy
Tanner, but l came back on the
Naury Tanner" And so it goes
Mawrusa -. ..v'stp
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

There is most unfortunate lot of
people up in Georgia, numbering pos
sibly some two or three thousand
persons from every walk of life but
one. There are preachers lawyers,
doctors. school-teachers, butchers,
bakers and candle-stick makers, but
trere is no editor to help to make life
more pleasant for the bunch. These
folks are the inmates of the penal
camps of Georgia, towards which
there seems to lie no attraction for
editors, though all other avocations
send representatives
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

1t is said OF Editor Clarence E.
Woods, of the Eustis Lake Region
that he abhors booze to such an ex-
,ent that back in his Kentucky home
when fine pitcher named Beers fig
ured in the game. Woods would not
attend. He must be Stovall up as a
result Of attending that Press Asso-
citation bank-wet.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

Two hundred thousand dollars in
additional freight terminals to be
expended by the Atlantic Coast Line
ct once is pretty good evidence that
Lakeland has arrived. Railroads
don't dump sums of money like that
10 unpromising or unprogressive
places.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02
PERMANENT SOIL FERTILITY.

Man in his eagerness TO make use
OF such knowledge as he has has
often made the mistake of adopting
theories that have been advanced to
account for phenomena that con-
fronts him.
Chemists years ago taught that all
earthly matter was prepared for plant
foo dby chemical action and held in
solution by the soil waters, hence the
idea of making phosphate of lime
whether found in the bones of ami
mails or in the mines, soluable by
the addition of sulphuric acid. The
fertilizer makers afterward adopted
the term available" which Is al
most universally used by them to
mean treated by the addition of thar
ecid.
1t is now known that sulphuric
acid is the most poisonous of all
acids to plant life.
We're it not for the wise provision
q the Creator, to have large part
of it taken up by other elements OF
the soil, thereby reverting the solu-
bility of the phosphate, it would have
shown its poisonous effetcs much
quicker, but it invariably shows up
i'll course of time. The effects of its
continued use in all the ilder parts
Ct this and other countries are now
showing us. The poisonous effects
shows less plainly where there is
Plenty of lime in the soil because
lime has great a great affinity for
it, producing sulDhate Of lime which
is a stimulant burning up the humas.
Some years ago the farmers of Ger
many and England applied sulphate
OF lime to whip up their soils. but
found by experience that they farther
robbed them of fertility, and in many
cases nearly ruined them. 1t was
the same in Easten Ohio and in some
parts of Pennsylvania where their
lands have deprecated in productive
value fifty per cent. in the past 40
years If this condition can be
brought about by the improper use
CT fertilizers where there was a fair
r.oportion of lime in the soil, haw
much more we should be on our
grard where there is generally de-
iiciency of lime. Conservation OF
what we have and the addition
what we are deficient in, is the motto
of all those that want permanent
sell fertility.
A clear understanding of the mat
ter and little persistent effort along
the lines marked out in these articles
will bring re, ults that will be last
ing and if ltinued in for a long
Period OF a will make us almost
irdependar the fertilizer men.
| do not n that we can get
along withou. Ting potash, and In |
Tost cases phosphates, but with prop
tr methods of returning to the soil
as much as possible Of the Vegetation,
we can save much of this expense.
md by taking advantage of our prox-
unity to the phosphate mines and
using the low grade but plenty OF
il we can increase our phosphhorous
content to that of the richest lands in
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

Cooper Griggs went up to Wash
iEgton after a $4,000 job and got
$4,000 one. His experience should
serve as an example to some other
ambitious souls who have janitorial
capacity and cabinet aspirations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

Somebody shouted "chicken!" at
Miss Jessie Wilson the other day
and she smiled At least, that's the
latest story. Most any woman will
smile if you call her chicken" but
II you call her a hen she'll scratch
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

Little Joe Brown Is now private
citizen, and from his attack on
union labor, made few days ago,
he evidently has made up his mind
tc remain in that state
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

We are forced to confess that we
derive only moderate pleasure from
the perusal of the Greek page OF the
Tarpon Springs Progressive.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
From the same office - Issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

4 weekly newspaper giving resume
ct local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
tor 800 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-02

Poor Sticking.
Sticking to a poor purpose make
m2nv q Moor stick
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
NO INCREASE IN PENSIONS
Confederate Veterans viii Get No
More Money Before 1915.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton ROuge.-The State Pension
Board has finished its quarterly ses.
sion, approving the quarterly pen
sion of s21 for the Confederate yeter-
ans and their widows in order that the
money may be gotten before Christ
mas. The Pension Board put 264 new
names upon the roll during the quar-
ter Eighty of the old soldiers and wild
ows have died and their names were
taken off.
Some of the old soldiers have be-
come impatient because the 1-mill tax
for the Confederate veterans has not
given increased pensions. The mill
was not collected until this month for
1913, as the 1913 taxes are never paif
until the last month Of the year. The
legislature made no appropriation for
1913. The Pension Board has, there
fore, to borrow about 100000 for this
year, 1t will take two years from the
l-mill revenue to pay this back and
continue to meet the present pensions
and 1t will be 1915, for this reason, be.
fore the increase in pensions can bs
given the old soldiers.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
GLYNN'S BILLS ARE PASSED
Many Reform Measures Adopted, by
New York Legislature.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Albany, N. Y.-The legislature COM
pleted the passage of all of Governor
Glynn's bills and adjourned sine die.
All the measures except that relating
to workmen's compensation, will be.
come effective Immediately.
The principal bills passed provide
for compulsory workmen's compensa.
ton for all hazardous employments, di.
rect primaries, Massachusetts ballot
direct nomination and election of
United States senators, constitution
al convention and paying the expenses
of the Sulzer impeachment trial. Fol
the latter purpose $4,000 was appro
priated.
OF this sum 100000 is to recon
pense the attorneys of the Assembl,
Board of Managers. The Board O
Managers gets $4,000 for expenses
while $4,000 is to be divided anon.
Governor Suffers attorneys.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
COMPROMISE MADE
WITH RAILROADS
TERCHANGEABLE LEAGE
BOOKS GOOD WEST OF THE
NJ ,"s>EPl AGREED UPON.
.~. ngsand "a
TRAVELLING MEN APPROVE
Accep. Offer of Roads in Lieu CT Flat
Rate of ~ Cents Per
Mile.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton ROuge.-The railroads propos-
ed, and the Louisiana Commission ac-
cepted a proposition from the railroads
to issue an interchangeable mileage
book, good on all roads west of the
Mississippi river, based on a mileage
rate of 12 cents for 1000 miles.
This was in the nature of COM
promise in lieu of the flat 10 cent
passenger rate which the commission
had been asked to put into effect.
In the past it has been necessary to
secure a 2,000-mile book to get the 2
IL cent rate on the railroads west Of
the Mississippi, and the mileage-book
on one road was not good over the
line of another road.
When the proposition was made the,
representatives of the Travelling Mems
Association accepted it on behalf Of
the drummers, and the commission is
sued a formal order embodying the
result of the proposal from the rail-
road men.
The 2-cent mileage rate on roads
cost Of the Mississippi will remain
in effect as at present.StN
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
METHODIsTs OF STATE MEET
Oppose Dropping Of the Word "south"
From Church Name.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
CrOwley.-The Louisiana Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. went on record very strongly
as being opposed to changing the name
of the church to the Methodist Epis.
copal Church in America, at the an.
nual session held here. The question
was submitted as required by the gen.
eral conference and the vote was 1903
to 80 against the change.
The work of the conference proceed
ed somewhat slowly because of Bish-
op Gamblers desire to give a hearing
to every one who desired to speak.
The preachers were glad that the
bishop believes in the old-fashioned
way of having each preacher report
his work. The idea of having the pre-
siding elders report for the preachers
was never popular in this conference,
and the plan Of giving each preacher
an opportunity to be heard is meeting
with the approval of the ministers.
The reports given to the conference
show that Methodism in Louisiana has
progressed greatly during the last
year. There have been numerous &C.
SESSIONS to the church and a large
number have been added by profession
of faith. The finances of the various
churches have exceeded the expecta.
tons of many of the preachers, and the
great majority Of the charges reported
all collections in full. The number of
baptisms both of adult and infants
have been large.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
SEEK GOVERNMENT REM. "'
Baton Rouge Citizens Ask Aid osl'
isiana Congr.ssmen.
Western Newspaper Onion Nev, Service.

Western Newspaper d MON News Service.
Baton Rouge. Mayo Grouchy al
the officers of theaktR Rouge Chan
Der of Commerce are cooperating in
an effort to secure favorable consider
alton for Baton Rouge as a site for the
fuel oil refinery which the govern
ment may establish.
The Chamber of Commerce wired
the Louisiana congressional delegation
asking the members to act as unit
IN lmpressing on the mind of Secretary
Daniels, of the navy, the advantage of
Baton Rouge as the location for
government oil refinery.
Baton Rouge is considered an ideal
location for a United States Govern.
ment refinery, as the largest ships Of
the navy can come here.
The Standard Oil Company is max
ing the Baton Rouge refinery Its larg-
est refinery, as its distribution sheet
shows the cost of distribution from
this point to be the cheapest and the
point the most available for world
wide distribution.
1t is pointed out that Baton Rouge
would be the most available point
for the piping of oil from the Caddo
and Oklahoma fields, as the Standard
now does.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
VALUE OF FARM CROPS BIG
Total Shows Great increase Over Pre-
vIous Years, Government Reports.

Washington, D. C.-With the most
valuable crop of corn ever produced
and the second most valuable oat crop,
the value of the nations IA principal
farm crops this year aggregates the
enormous total of S4,S4O,3O1,OOO, the
Depertment of Agriculture announced
IT. its final estimates of acreage pro-
duction and value. Tals is an increase
of s12Se5S, 900 over the value OF the
anne crops last year and of O.772,-
600 over those of 1911, based on the
prices paid to farmers on December l.
The acreage of these crops is equiv
a,ent to farm one-seventh the size
~ continental United States. The ex-
act area planted to these IA crops
which is more than s5 per cent OF the
tota, of all crops area was 2ss'4SS'ooo
acres, an increase of almost 100000
acres over the last years area ana
more than 100000 over the 1911 area
More than one-third of the total acre
age was planted to corn.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
FARMER HELD FOR ROBBERY
Accused, With Two Sons, of Blowing
Postofflce Safe.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Observation-Disclosures Inspectors
Charles G. Kinsel and G.. A. Arthur
Bloebaum, of Austin and Shreveport,
respectively, and Sheriff J. E. Currie,
OF Bienville parish completed an in.
vestigation that resulted in William F.
Vaughan. aged 6l, a farmeriof Athens,
La, and his sons, Homer, aged 16, and
Walter, aged 81, the latter being fire
man for the sawmill of the Huie-Hodge
Lumber Company, being incarcerated
IN the Caddo parish Jail on the charge
of robbing the postoffice and sawmill
commissary at Bienville, La, October
a.
The safes were blown with gun.
powder secured from shells stolen
from the Huie-Hodge Lumber Co.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
COTTON CROP Is
l3,67O,OOO BALES
THIS is ESTIMATE MADE BY GOV.
EMINENT FOR THE
YEAR 1918.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington-A crop of 6,542,850,O0O
pounds of cotton, or 13,677,000 bales,
s, 80. *; Enters, Yas produced il.
the United States during 1854, the
Department of Agriculture has an
nounced. This is the third in size,
that of 1911, which amounted to l.
459,94O,OOO pounds, being the record,
and that of last year, when 6,S5l,1lo'-
900 pounds were grown, being second
This years crop probably Will be the
most valuable ever grown in the Unit
ed States. At the average farm value
of cotton on November /, which was
IS cents a pound, it is worth $85O,57o,-
500 for the lint alone. To this about
s125,OOo,OO9 probably will be added by
The value of the seed and linters. The
previous most valuable crop was that
of 1910, which was valued at $S2O,32O,-
900 and with seed and lint at $685..
10000.
All the states, with the exception OF
Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri and
Oklahoma, produced crops better than
the average of the past five years
while Georgia, Alabama and South Car
DINA produced their second largest
crops, and Texas its third largest.
Arkansas has a total production Of
100000 bales, compared with 792,O9'
bales last year, and S56,32S bales, the
average 19O7-1l. The value of the crop
with seed last year was S53,630,O00.
The total production in Louisiana
this year is estimated at 10000 bales
compared with 376,O96 bales last yea
and an average of 405,S 44 bales for fiv'
years previous.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
VILLA EXECUTES
MANY CIVILIANS
REFUGEES FROM CHIHUAHUA
TELL OF ATROCITIES BY
REBEL CHIEF.
MAKES HIMSELF DICTATOR
seizes Property, Expels spaniards and
compels Foreign Consuis to
obey His Orders.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Wpa'e-n Newspaper Union News Service.
Ell PaSO, TeX.-Americans, Germans
and Spaniards who have arrived from
Chihuahua, Mexico, report that Fran
cisco Villa, the rebel leader, virtually
has constituted himself dictator there
and that he refused to heed tho re-
quests of representatives of foreign
governments.
The refugees asserted that the rebel
leader had seized $5,0O0000 worth OF
property belonging to foreigners, had
put to death about 20 Mexican civi.
llans, including Sergeic Canchez, law.
yer and former state official, and had
commanded the American, German
and British consuls to obey rebel or
ders.
Villas expulsion of citizens of
valued at $1,500,OOO and owned by Ger.
man, French, English and Spanish in
terests, but chiefly by Spanish, and
placed in command of the store Gen.
eral Chao, rebel leader. He also
seized a brewery, clothing factory
and all the grocery and other stores
owned by Spaniards, valued at $780,
000
Villas expulsion of citizens of
Spain, all of whom were progressive
merchants. was on pain of death. He
at first notified them that they must
be out of the country within five days,
but later after an appeal by Harry
Scobell, the British vice consul, he ex.
tended the time to 10 days. None -
the Spaniards was allowed to take AZ
thing except personal effects. a,..s. {, =
were 'tofu never 10 return.
1t was reported to the foreign gov.
ernments that Villa had ignored the
friendly inquiries Of the consuls when
they sought information as to the prob
able fate of Louis Terrazas Jr.. son Of
one of the richest men in the republic
who is held for $4,000 ransom. and
that Villa violated the rules of inter.
national warfare in refusing protection
to Spaniards. His holding of Terra
zas, a Mexican, for a ransom, was
described as the act Of a brigand.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
ROOT FLAY CURRENCY BILL
New York s4tor Declare. It May
Result In sadfu| Catastrophe.
Western Newspapl nion News serv,c.

Western Newspapnion News Service.
Washington. C.-The administra.
ton currencHl was submitted to a
severe arraiaent in the Senate by
Senator Elihf pot of New York. He
declared thu he measure, without
statutory liI tions on the issuance
Of the propf new currency, could
bring about Initiation of credit that
would "resu IN dreadful catastro.
phe."
1.-THE not$ue section of the BILL"
he said in Fanatic peroration, "ex-
hibits the hions of a very great
leader of democratic party whose
financial hiies have twice been re.
pudiated bye American people,"
After Spr Root concluded his
speech, Stor Gallinger of New
Hampshire punched a presidential
boom for New York senator. In a
statement ding Mr.. Root as "the
ablest al tie of sound economies
and final doctrines in this coun.
try" sen5Gallinger said:
"Unles Republican party nomi.
mates SD Root as their candidate
for the asidency Of the United
States Rill miss the greatest op.
portunidR t has ever presented IL
self to party"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
GREAT PAINTING
HAS BEEN FOUND
THE MONA LISA" STOLEN FROM
THE LOUVRE, IS RECOVERED
IN ITALY.
POSSESSES FABULOUS VALUE
Offer of $4,000 900 for Masterpiece
Said to Have Been Refused at
One Time.
Western Newspapcr Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Florence, Italy.-"Mona Lisa Leon.
ardo Da Vinci's great painting, which
was stolen from the Louvre in Paris
more than two years ago, has been
found. 1t is now in the hands OF the
Italian authorities and will be returned
to France.
Mona Lisa" or la Joconde" as it
is more popularity known, the most
celebrated portrait of woman ever
painted, has been the object of eXhaus-
tive search in all quarters of the globe.
The mystery of its abstraction from
the Louvre, its great intrinsic value
and the strange fascination of the
smile of the woman it portrayed-Ll-
sa del GiOconde-wife of a wealthy
Florentine, have combined to keep
alive interest in it's recovery.
The painting was recovered when
Vincenzo Perugia, who has confessed
to stealing it from the Louvre, tried
to sell the masterpiece.
Perugla was working in the Louvre
at the time he stole the painting. He
declared that his object in taking the
picture was a patriotic one. His ia
miliarity with the Louvre enabled him
to remove the painting and escape de-
lection. He kept the picture conceal
ed, he said, until his patriotism lea
him to offer it to the Italian people.
The painting is a product OF the
seventeenth century and is said to rep
resent the work of four years by Da
Vinci. The intrinsic value OF the
,s ssins,ns re- wy
that an offer of s5,ooo,oOo made a.
one time by the British government
was refused.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
LOUISIANA MERCHANT SLAIN
Either Robbery d Revenge Motive for
Crime, itIs Thought.

Western Newspaper r on News Service.
Shreveport, L u Calvin Ballard.
planter and nero ant, was found dead
in his store neal Blanchard. - miles
from Shreveport shot through the
brain. Two thedes are advanced for
the murder-roblry and revenge
Four years a Ballard shot and
killed his BROTH in a row over a
negro tenant al was sent to the
state penitentiaI where he was made
a trusty A u1er of negro convicts
made break fqliberty while he was
working near TIM, and he seized q
shotgun and fir into the crowd, kill
ing two. This if dent produced par
don for BallaI who resumed bust.
ness at his old sme after being freed.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
|0NFEssEs HE RIBBED BANK
sccused Man Change Plea and Is
Given Five.Year .entence.

festern Newspaper Union New Service.
Bastrop.-A surprise was created
Rre when H. F. Robertson pleaded
2liity to burglarizingl the Bastrop
gate Bank on March s. Judge Daw.
Ems Immediately sentnced him to
I'VE years in the penitatiary. Only
a few days before he vas arraigned
aid pleaded not guilty, ad was taken
u Monroe for safekeepig until trial
next month. He was in jA in Shreve.
prt from the time of hi arrest last
March until he was brouht here for
afraignment.
"A. c. Karslake. arrested i the same
time as Robertson, is on 5000 bond,
robertson made a confession, impli-
eating Karslake and Roy Dix.
Robertson was brought / an auto.
mobile from Monroe in orer to con.
less in open court. Judgs Dawkins
came here for that purpose