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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-17
prosperity Of South Depends
upon diversified Farming and
Stock Raising.
ERADICATE CATTLE TICK
mo South, Adapted to Live Stock
Srowins, Should Lead the United
states In Production Of Cattle
DO Not Import Food
Products-keep Money
at Home.
ny 9. y. Afford, Agricultural Ex.
tension Department, international
Harvester Company Of New jersey.


tension Department, international
Harvester Company Of New Jersey.
During the last ten years our acre
yield increased. but not half as much
as the increase in population. We
nave all heard the old Dutch
proverb quoted before, but we
cannot quote 1t too often mo grass,
no stock; no stock, no manure: no
manure, no crops" Holland Is almost
entirely grass and stock country,
and lands are worth on an average
sooo per acre. These people have
round that they can make more out
OF land from grass and live stock than
they can by cultivating 1t.
Unnumbered acres Of hill land in
the cotton belt are making less than
one-third bale Of cotton per acre, and
at the same time making poverty for
those tilling them The cost Of com.
mercial fertilizer applied annually il
appalling The razor-back terraces,
covered with weeds, grass and briars.
and the circles and short rows pre-
vent the use Of labor.saving imple-
ments
We are sending millions to the
northern states every year to pay for
pork products, dairy products and
beef. This money should be kept at
home and deposited in our banks un-
til they are full to overlooking and the
rate Of interest lowered to, say, six
per cent, because OF the abundance
OF money. Then we will have tho
necessary money to build good roads,
to pay good teachers better salaries
to teach longer terms, to improve our
farms and to build comfortable homes
and put telephones and libraries in
them. Then our boys and girls will
stay on tho farm, and we will behold
prosperity In every department of the
commercial world.
The south has an overwhelming ad-
vantage over every other section in
live stock raising. We have great
climatic advantages that permit out.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-17
lids OF WISDOM FOR
TELEGRAM READERS

Hauta spirit built Atlanta.
Aeiahd spirit will build Lake
r. tsuu your money at home. Help
r. Up your home town
n, s'.ofles build towns. Towns can
u factories.
BY fostering home trading
instance, if you smoke, why
4oAe a good smoke, a home
n smoke, a Lakeland smoke.
y Tine you DO this you have
@'eu the output of one of Lake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
Many Congratulations
 for James Weatherly

Scudder Ryall stated yesterdav that there must be something wrong with the oihcial count of Mondays election. Tor only something over 1000 votes were accounted for. He states that iudeine. rom the number of messages, telephone calls. telegrams and personal calls ra- ceiVed at the city hall yesterday ex tending congratulations to Commits sloner Jim on his recollection there could not possibly have been less than 10000 votes cast.
 He also states that in almost every instance the person extending congratu- iations< stated they put one in for Mr. Weatherly," and Scudder inclined to inc opinion that all the votes were not counted
 Harry Jones met Commissioner eatherly yesterday almost at the point where last week they had the street corner confab. Genial" Harry held out his hand to Sunny" Jim with d smile that extended all over his face and about halfway down his back ana said; Jim, l congratulate you on your great victory. I thought the election would be close and so did my friends. but none of us anticipated such land slide. A defeat by few hundred votes would not have been so bad, but a landslide, good night. I wish you every success during your term of office"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
Suits Filed

Suit for $5000 damages for an al- lo ged wrongful arrest and imprison- ment was filed yesterday in the city court The complaint alleges that plain tiffs name is Ethel Johnson, "who is sometimes known as Ethel Barrymore'' and that at the instance of Dr. Robert A. Jones and Mrs. Lena L. Jones she was arrested on charge of grand lar ctny and placed in foul and ill., smelling jail and as a consequence suffered much humiliation and great mental and physical pain and anguish. The plaintiff also asks for punitive damages Among other suits filed in the city and circuit courts were the fol- lowing;
 F. W. Favish vs. Western Union Tel egrarh company $2O0O damages claimed for an alleged failure to de- liver a telegram announcing the sick ness of relative.
 Henry Edwards vs Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company; ss000 damages claimed for alleged personal injuries
 Wnl Spencer vs. Herndon- Hettrick Engineering company; ssooo damag ges claimed for alleged personal injuries
 Frank Murphy vs. Birmingham Slae company; -S5O00 damages claimed fol alleged personal injuries.
 k. E. Lovelace vs. Parker Taxicat company; $5o00 damages claimed foi alleged personal injuries
 r. M. Foster vs. Alabama Great Southern railroad; S2500 damages claimed for alleged personal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
Dallas Convention

Dallas, Tex, September 22.-The lgi-J cotton crop should be reduced one-haif in comparison with the average yield and no money should be loaned b. sanks or. business men in the south to any grower not willing to pledge himself to so cut his output, in the belief of the Texas ui- vision, Southern Cotton association as expressed in resolutions adopted he.e to- day
 The convention indorsed the ''buA -a . bale movement, and enlarging on that plan, urged business interests to lend sur plus funds on distressed cotton at per cent interest a basis of cents per pound.
 Enough money would thus be available. il is declared to re-establish normal con ditions in every kind of business.
 Farmers were asked to demand substi- tuition of cotton for iute and burlap wrap- pings con all supplies bought by them Congressman 1atton W. Summers Of T ex- as, discussing the governments attitude in the present situation. told the farmers 1t was useless 10 expect the valoriza ton of cotton.
 The convention elected delegates to the national convention of cotton men ;o be held in New Orleans September 20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
Would Have Bankers Meet

Alexandra, La, September 22-Callins n convention of bankers of the cotton belt iE an effort to get their cooperation in the withholding Of credit from planters and tenants who will not agree to q re- duction of their cotton acreage of 1915 to one-half that of 1914, was urged in resotu- tion adopted here today in the Louisiana division of the Southern Cotton assoea- ton. The resolutions pledged all dele gates of the convention to use all their influence toward the 50 per cent curtail- ment of production recommended by utc resolutions Delegates to the national convention to be held at New Orleans September 29 were instructed to vote for minimum price of 12 cents pound for the staple and SEQ ton for cotton ed
 The convention went on record as in dorsng a state system of warehouses, and urged the more liberal use of cotton for other mercantile purposes than the raanu- facture of cloth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
WOULD PLANT NO COTTON IN 1915 Mississippi Division Cotton Association Meets --- CONVENTIONS tnters Would Have Bank Texas Farmers Urge
 Iction of Cot
 lon Acreage
CONVENTIONS


 Jackson. Miss September 22.-NA 'otton al all should be planted in 1915, in he opinion of the majority of the members of the Mississippi division of the Southern Cotton association. in convention here to- day. The 50 delegates to the general cot ton convention, to take place in New or leans Septemebr 29. will be instructed io place that recommendation before the con venton.
 The planters took this stand because they said they believed cotton left over from last year and the surplus that prob ably will be grown this year would sup ply the world for more than year, and to cease planting for a year would be the best method of stamping out the boil weevil and other insects that damage cot ton. They will ask the New Orleans con vention to urge every governor to call a special session of the legislature in his state to pass laws prohibiting planting il 1915.
 The delegates also were instructed tc ask the convention at New Orleans tc adopt uniform plan to hold 25 per cent of this years crop from the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
DISCUSS RURAL | CREDITS PROBLEM

Dallas, Tex, September 22.-That the rural credit problem in the United States cannot be solved by the application by Representative Hatton W. Summers of Texas, in ar address before the Amer. ican Institute of Banking. in session here. Conditions in the United States and in Europe were so different, MT. Summers asserted, that an entirely different sys- tenn must be devised. He declared the time was approaching when the food sup ply of this country would not meet the demand, due largely to the fact that rural conditions do not hold the young farmer to the soil
 cial aid upon a basis and rate of interest industries" he asserted
 Papers prepared by Frederick E. Farms worth. general secretary of the Ameri- can Bankers association. and John Bar rett, director general of the Pan American union, were read today and report was made of the educational work of the in- stitute by George E. Cole of New York. MT. Farnsworth's paper dealt with "Fi- nahcial Patriotism, and Mr. Barrett S with conditions in South and Central America and business opportunities of the United States.
 F1fty-eight chapters were represented at the first session of the convention. which will continue tomorrow and Thursl day Pacific coast delegates are urging the selection of San Francisco as the 1918 meeting place. and the Ohio delegation has proposed Toledo So far William :, Evans is the only announced candidate for the presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
MUNICIPAL. ELECTIONS
 OVER THE STATE MONDAY

Anniston. September 22-(Special.) ) Mayor J. l. Wikle defeated ]. A. Bur gess, the independent candidate for mayor, in Mondays election by a vote of C to l. Very little interest was man. ifested in the election, as none of the candidates, except Dr. Wikle, had op- position. and it has been conceded for several weeks by all parties that pr. WilSle would easily be reelected.
 Councilman Burgess realized early in the evening that he had been beaten and called at the city hall to oongrat- ulate Dr. Wikle on his splendid vote. Tho entire vote cast in all of the wards was very little more than the voting strength of the First ward alone. Mayor WilSle received 502 votes and MT. Bur Eess received so votes. The new ad ministration will take office the first Monday in October and the mayor and members of the council are being be- sicEe1 by officeseekers who wish to be appointed to jobs with the new ad- Eiinistration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
NOTABLE FUNERAL
 OF DIR. PETTIFORD
Remarkable Tributes Paid to Negro Who Was Highly Respected by
 Entire Community

Between 2500 and 3000 people, filling every available seat and crowdng the aisles of the Sixteenth Street Baptist church, of pr. w. R. Pettiford, negro leader so- biologist and financier. whose funeral was observed at that church yesterday after | noon. Expressive of the sentiment of the whole city that felt his life and mourned his death were seven-mnute addresses from representatives of various negro or garizations, touching on Dr, Pettiford' S varied and useful career while from the white people were equally effective testi- mony voiced by Belton Gilreath and a committee from the Birmingham Bap- tst association, now in session at Ems ley
 Negroes of high and low degree, repre- senting every interest in Birmingham, and visitors from various points in the state and the south, together with telegraphic communications, established the fact of the wide esteem in which the distinguished negro was held by his own people
 It was a memorial exercise rather than a funeral. Seated on the rostrum were a number of leading negroes. among them pr. C. B. Jones of Mississippi R. C.. Judkins, pastor Dexter Avenue Baptist church, Montgomery; Victor H. Tulane, trustee of Tuskegee institute and cashier Penny bank branch, Montgomery: the Rev W. M. Crane, presiding elder C.. M. D. church.; pr. James A Bray, edu- cationai secretary of the c. M E. church; Dr. J. H. Eason, president Alabama Bap- tist State conventions; Dr. M. W. Gilbert, president Selma university Dr. R. If. Boyd, secretary and manager national Baptist publishins- board, Nashville: pr. S Nj. Hall, moderator Alt. Pilgrim Baptist association; Dr. John W. Goodgame, pas Siyfb pan oh o,,l many others.
 large number of prominent white peo- pie attended the funeral and occupied reserved seats. Among them were: The Rev James NJ. Shellburns Dr. Preston Blake, the Rev. John w. Inzer. the Rev. A. J. Dickinson, Dr. w. P. Crumpton, rep resenting the Birmingham Baptist associa- tion; D. NJ. Lewis of the Birmin gham library board, Miss A. l.. Sparkes of the Associated Charities. D. P. Coleman. Dr. Charles Whelan, city physician; M Lee Bonner, James Bailey. Belton Gilreath, William w. Burroughs, Mrs F. Nelson Andrews, J. A. Hard.
 During the day messages from repre- sentative negroes throughout the country continued to come in.
 "Dr. Pettiford was a good man and a citizen from every viewpoint and our city and state can. i'll afford to jose so good a man." said w. w. Craw- ioru. president of the American Trust and Savings bank in letter which was read at the funeral.
 No more elaborate floral designs have been seen at the funeral of any negro than were at this one. Especially significant was the design from the Old Folks Home, which alone lay upon the casket Among the handsome ones was one bearing the card of George B. Ward, president of the city com mission. From his business associates the directors of the Alabama Penny Savings bank. sthe employees of the bank came other handsome floral tri-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
JUDGE MCCLELLAN RETURNS ID WORK All Members of Supreme Court Are Now in
 Montgomery

Montgomery, September 22.-(Special) Judge Thongs C. Mcclellan, associate justice of the supreme court, has re- turned to Montgomery following a vaca- tion of several weeks in north Alabama and Tennessee. Judge Mcclellan divided his time between Athens, Ala, and Put laski, Tenn, the home of Mrs. Mcclellan.
 Judge Mcclellan states he had delight ful vacation and declares he has been much benefited by the rest. Mrs. McClel- Ian and their little daughter. Ruth have also returned to Montgomery.
 With the return to the city of Judge Mcclellan, all of the members of the supreme court are now in the city with the exception of Judge deGraffenried, who is in Greensboro. Judge deGraffenried has spent much of the summer in Montgomery and is scheduled to return to the city in few days.
 The members of the court are all busy getting ready for the next regular term which begins November 9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
EXECUTIVE OFFICE. FLOODED BY MAIL Cr0sland Has Many IndOrse- ments for Tax
 Assessor

Montgomery, September 22.-(Spe- cial. Notwithstanding the governors absence from the city, friends of Da- vid W. Crosland continue to flood the executive offices with letters request ing his appointment as tax assessor of Montgomery county to succeed the late Morgan S. Gilmer. Several hundred let- ters indorsing Mir. Crosland for the of- flee have been received at the gover- nors office.
 No person in Montgomery county has made application for county or a city office who has been so generally indorsed for. the office as has Mir. Cros- land. Citizens of every walk of life and cf every business and profession have indorsed him. and large num- Der of fraternal organizations have, un- solicited. sent petitions to the governor asking for his appointment.
 The governor Is expected to mako the appointment just as soon as he re- turns to Montgomery. It was not an- nounced today when he was expected back. He went to Washington and New Yorl. about 10 days ago and stopped over in Washington on his way back from New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
Charged With Conducting Lottery

Anniston. September 22.-(Special.)-An interesting case was tried before Recorder J. F. Green this morning when W. J. 'McPheron, local tailor, was arraigned on a charge of conducting a lottery. Me- Theron recently organized a club among his patrons whereby each member by pay ing dollar per week for not longer than 25 weeks, or only so long as his name remained undrawn from the box. could secure a tailor-made suit of clothes. Sev- eral of his customers, after paying only a dollar or two had in this manner se- cured a suit. McPheron was arrested sometime ago but his case was deferred on account of the illness of Recorder Green. City Attorney Tate insisted that MT. McPheron had violated the law and asked for conviction. The recorder re- served his decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23

New Orleans, September 22.-After New Orleans had been free from hu- man bubonic plague for 10 days two cases were discovered today. John J. Vath, bakery owner, whose place of business and residence was at 1463 Bourbon street, died today and his trou- ble was declared plague after an au- topsy. Federal health authorities took negress, Clarice Alexander, from SPA Bourbon street to the isolation hospital after her illness had been pronounced plague.
 Health officers said tonight that while there was no danger of infection from the bread that might have gone out from Vath's bakery since he was stricken with the disease, his place had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
Programme Announced

Hattiesburg, Miss. September 22.-(Spe- cial.)-The programme in part for ths Forrest county farm exhibit. which will be held here early in October was an- nounced today by R. c. Haunenstein, sec retary of the Commercial club. The ad- dresses will be on agricultural subjects Among the speakers will be H. F. Blakes- lee, father of the grown in Mississippi
 idea; Professor Moore of the A. and NJ college, who will speak on Live Stock and Dairying;" Prof. l.. A. Higgins, also of the A. and M.. who will demonstrate how to make butter. and E. B. Paris who will discuss the best crops for For rest county. The programme includes a football game between the normal col lege and some other Mississippi team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23

butes, while another elaborate one bore
 the simple card, Alabama Penny Say 'ngs Bank. Others to send flowers
 were C. First Johnson, Mobile: John
 Brown and wife, Montgomery: So-
 iourner Truth club. Old Folks Home. Atlanta Mutual Insurance company. Twentieth Century club Wilma Byrd
 ana mother, J. c. Baker, R. M Neely and family, w. B. Patterson, principal
 State Normal school. Montgomery ; Jones Valley lodge, l. B. P. O. E.; G. &
 Lewis, l. w. Lacey and wife, Sixteenth Street Baptist Missionary society. h.
 tordenominational Ministers alliance,
 Birmingham Negro Business league. Atlanta-Alabama Special Benefit com pany Mt. Pilgrim Woman's Missionary society, Dr. U. G. Mason, trustees Selma University, J. H. Harris, J. D.. Moseiey and wife, S. c. Mims
 Dignity marked the services held in br. Pettiford's memory. Fully as many people were turned away from the church unable to gain entrance as were on the inside. Several hundred waited outside the church throughout the long services The line of carriages ex- tended for more than two blocks. While on all sides could be heard ia vorable expressions with reference to his public life and works. Dr. l. A. Whitted. pastor of the Sixteenth Street D'PtiS' tithi SH DtiHS uHaDIe lO IedCn the city from the east, the sermon was preached by the venerable Dr. C. O.
 Boothe. S, M. Avery. the assistant pas Tor, presided as master of ceremonies
 Music by the choir and solo by J. A. Moore increased the solemnity of the services. Prayer was offered by
 Rev. r. G. Ragland. president of the
 Ihterdehominationa1 Ministers all
 liance. while Rev D. P. Moore, presid- ing elder of the A. NJ E. church read the scripture
 Particularly effective was seven minute speech by l. r. Washington
 who was boy in school with pr. Pet
 tiford, and between whom there was compact formed then that they would he lifelong friends Tribute to his life ''as friend' was made by this life long comrade while other speak CTS each consuming seven minutes. talked as Follows: His Life as Citizen" ls w. Taylor; AS a Business Man" k. II. Hudson. cashier of the Alabama
 Penny Savings bank. who was with him in the beginning of this enterprise; AS a CIVIC Leader W. P. Saunders sec retary Birmingham Civic and Educa- ,.. A. Bray, representing the Birming- ham Negro Business league. and "As la Christian by s. M Hall
 "A prince, great man has fallen, ' taken from 2 Samuel 338, was the text selected by Dr. c. O. Boothe as the funeral sermon. The directors of the bank, members of the Birmingham Negro Business league and members of the Interdenominationa1 Ministerial Alliance attended in body. The active pallbearers were selected from the foard of directors of the bank, while from the business men and ministers
 came the honorary pallbearers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
2 NEW BUBONIC PLAGUE
 CASES IN NEW ORLEANS

k F. f r. l 2 2 . been closed temporarily Vath was at tackled by the septicaemic type and died before the local physicians, called to attend him.. suspected it was plague
 The Bourbon street section froh. which the cases came today is not a new focus of infection, but no cases had developed there recently. Health off cers have feared human cases would be reported from block bounded by Com mon, Canal, South Rampant and DIyad streets. where 33 plague infected rats have been found in the past few days. but none has developed. Twenty-o one of these came from Chinese restau- rant which was ordered closed. A dozen were found in a small building abut- ting the restaurant, and this structure is being demolished by order of Dr. W. C. Fucker, federal assistant surgeon general, in charge of the plague fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
Decisions Set Aside

Montgomery, September 22-(Spe- cial )-The state tax commission has set aside decisions of the Bullock county board of revenue in refusing to assess solvent credits and November ga for the trial of the cases. The coun- ty board recently tried the cases but rendered Judgments in favor of the tax payers. thus making negative the sol- vent credits law, according to the tax commission. The commission will try solvent credits cases originating in Barbour county on November 25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23

night Oklahoma City 1.S0 inches, Fort Worth 1.44 inches, and Palestine los inches. Rather cloudy skies prevailed over the northern plains states and most of the lake region. Along the eastern coast fair skies were general.
 Temperatures were relatively high over the eastern and western portions Of the country on the map tonight, and quite low over the interior west of the Mississippt; D. m. readings were lower over northern Texas than on Lake Erie. and over 10 degrees lower than in northern New England. Oklahoma City reported temperature of GO de- grees at p. m., but this was the low est reported in the cotton belt Most districts showed readings ranging be- tween 70 and 80 degrees at that hour.
 Summary of observations made at United States Weather Bureau stations during the 24 hours ending p. m., 10th meridian time:
 Dra-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23
Bay Mineffe Election

Bay Minette, September 22.-tSpe : cial. )-Town election was held at this place today, there being five coun- cilmen, a mayor and five members of the school board elected. Those who were decided upon by the voters are: Mayor, W. D. Stapleton; councilmen, A F. Bryars. W. J. Hall, H. H. Nixon, A. M. Thompson and H. R. Kirby; the school board is W. H. Hawkins, c. w. IItmphries, Walter Stuart, R. E. Cooley and T. w Richerson.