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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-21

Owing to the large number OF
British postmen called up for MILL
tary service. women may be en-
ployed temporarily in some rural
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-21
|eration
bsed With
.SentatiOn
DOMAINS CLUB OF
4 AND WERE RE-
TENTS OF THIS
kNDSOME GIFT
! Program Last Night
hit to a Successful
s the 1914 Fedora
|tion Women's
Club

Sius session of the Florida
Of Wlomen's Clubs opened
Ad's beautiful Auditorium,
been made comfortable in
e cold, by oil stoves, with
Hooker in the chair,
&c Wright as local presi-
Mrs. Dimmick as vice
bn the platform. Also
Lowry, Of Tampa, who,
In of the State literary
was presented, and a
hosen words presented
or Bingham, as the club
be evening, who told the
The Blue-Bird." Mrs.
a professional story tell
S been interesting the
bis part of the State in
/ the literary work, and
Is program as a represen-
bis department. For an
quarter she presented
Maeterlink, giving much
his writings and his in
meaning of the same.
CameronM clean, o.
b had been held for this
he urgent request of the
sang two double num-
Delight of all present and
his sweetest voice in the
Home, Sweet Home. "'
b has been a rare treat
ention and they have ap-
S excellent work in this
Townsend and CasOn
by their duet of "Hark
dolin" (Parker) while
Melton's accompaniment
usic was artfully given.
selton had charge of the
the entire convention,
IS due her for it's excel
S We're presented by the
p the hostess club, the
ade, the mayor and city
Elk. Mr.. Hetherington
Fgram force, the Tampa
ltizens for liberal use of
Mr.. Hallam for splen-
at Club House, and all
in making the conven-
Iuccess.
officers were called to
and led by Mrs. w. S.
president were present.
bring officer, Mrs. Hook
ennings then presented
ers present. The crown
interest to the Lakeland
zen Mrs. Hooker in be-
Fate Federation present.
ght, as president of the
[iful loving cup, in an
peech. 1t had been
rs, Wright that the
IS, locker as retiring
she was so completely
Overwhelmed that she
le TO say, 81 cannot ex-
Is the thanks for this
hearts,, to which Mrs.
KY responded, "You
it in deeds" Thus
florida Federation of
Iili be held as a bright
land history.
lity committee placed
homes, l27 Of them be-
ahd 23 in private
many others were pres
and were not regis
oeen the largest con.
state history of the
Gland was selected as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Sufragists Plan
Parade and Street
Rally'W oman 'sDay'

Ella borate plans for the celebration Of
"Woman's Day" on May are being
made by the Georgia Woman's Suffrage
League and local enthusiasts of the
cause generally. II is planned to have
a parade, with speaking from automo-
biles and from the steps TOT the Capitol
or a platform in Piedmont Park
Mrs, Frances Whiteside. president Of
the league, has named a committee to
ask the Atlanta Equal Suffrage Associa-
ton and the Equal Suffrage Party Of
Georgia to take part in the parade and
aid in making the day a success. In
vitations also will be sent to Governor
Slaton, aMyor Woodward. members Of
City Council, the Federation Of Labor
the Fedora ton Of Women's Clubs and
the Chamber Of Commerce and other
civic organizations, urging them to take
part in the celebration
The automobiles in the parade will
be decorated with the suffrage colors
Of yellow and black. and there will be
large yellow banner The women will
dress in white and wear yellow badges
with votes for women" printed upon
them.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
7 OILS BAT TIE
SH|F TS To
SENATE
Continued From Page I.

Democrats voted against repeal to
220 for It.
The Republican Senators are also
divided though their split is not ex-
pected to be so marked as in the
lower chamber, where 90 voted no and
% voted aye
Chairman O'Gorman, of the Senate
Committee on InterOceanic Canals.
said he would call a meeting Of the
committee next Tuesday to consider
repeal bills
Norris Would Amend.
The repeal bill as passed by the
House was reported to the Senate by
a House messenger at 1855 o'clock.
An amendment TO the Panama tolls
repeal bill providing that the repeal
shall not be construed as a surren
der Of American rights TO control
coast-wise traffic, and directing the
President to move for the arbitration
of the question with Great Britain,
was introduced in the Senate to day
by Senator Norris
A cessation of activity in the SEN
ate on the tolls exemption repeal bill
until President Wilson informs the
Senate in confidence. II he desires,
wha are the unexplained matters of
nearer consequences and greater
dellcacy, referred to in his special
message to Congress, is proposed in
a resolution offered in the Senate to-
Gay by Senator PoindeXter.
Claims Sixteen Majority.
Senator Owen. of Oklahoma called
at the White House to-day and told
President Wilson that the Panama
tolls repeal measure would have a
majority of at least sixteen in the
Senate This was the largest esti-
mate made by any of the Admins
tratlon leaders in the Senate. Sena
tor owen predicted that many Re
publlcans now on the doubtful list
would be found voting with the
Presidents supporters on the Anal
ballot
Senator Owen threw down the gage
of battle to Senator O'Gorman when
ne learned that the chairman Of the
lnteroceanic Canals Committee had
set the first meeting for next Tues
Gay, and that the indications pointed
to long consideration of the repeal
measure in committee.
He made il plain that the Admin
istratiOn does not desire to be put in
the attitude of coercing the commit
tee. but 1t will not submit to any I'M
due delay. Word will be taken to
Senator O'Gorman that any obstruct-
i've tactics on his part will be sharply
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
BUSINESS NOTICE.

Opportunity presents itself often
enough but il is an easy kuOcker, and
YOU seldom give II heed, Here however,
Is another chance 20 be availed at once
The Thornton Lead and steel corpora
tiun IF North Carolina, with branch
office a Knoxville. Tenn. has acquired
tine entire property Of the Piedmont
smelling Company. just across the
Chattahoochee River from Atlanta at
Dakdale. which comprises so acres Of
smelter told type Colorado and the en-
tire equipment with the ores and the
Stag on the ward and dump These ores
and Stag contain gold. silver and copper
values sufficient TO pay for the plant.
The ores for the smelter were obtained
from Georgia but large quantity was
shipped from Colorado The enterprise
was badly handled and managed. The
old type smelter could not obtain all
the values from the ores The Thorn
ton Lead and Steel Corporation VIII re-
place This $50 ton old type smelter by
one W the Just completed new tyne 90
ton Partridge hot blast shelters, the
first one 0f which completed was blown
In blast by them recently at Charlotte,
y c.. and the old type Smelter now
at Dakdale viii be removed to the euor-
nous lead deposit Of the Thornton Lead
and Steel Corporation at Knoxville.
Tenn. and smelt lead there by simply
adding a lead we'll 60 the smelter A
5O-ton hot blast smelter is sufficient
capacity for the location and ores TO be
had az Oakdale until mining is in
creased The ores available at Oa ldale
with Il can produce values Of from s2,500
10 $500 per day net
The preferred stock Of the Thornton
Lead and steel Corporation bears per
cent interest from date OF issue Is ac-
cumulative and additional Interest on
sliding scale with common M 70 "a per
cent
There IS 5000 600 NJ common $500 600
NJ preferred, and 500. 600 900 bonds are
authorized $40 000 of the preferred has
been UNDERWATER In one block hy bank
ers who required q contract allowing
them to underwrite the bonds when is-
sued AS this enterprise is TO be OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
BUSINESS BUSINESS NOTICE
THE CHANCE OF A LIFE
BUSINESS NOTICE.

material advantage to Atlanta and IT is
desirable to operate the smelter Al and
not move II away from Oakdale. the
management has decided to dispose OF
as much OF $50 600 Of the preferred
stock as may be desired in and around
Atlanta. IL is an Atlanta industry and
an old Atlanta boy Col MarceNus r..
Thornton, now of Hickory y. c., IS
president of this great corporation that
has entered into this gigantic branch Of
industrial business-the biggest there IS
In its crude the Guggenheims made
many hundreds Of millions In the West
Col Thornton has for his company
bought not only lead gold, silver and
has for his company bought the patent
for the only smelter furnace that can
successfully smelt economically 9qlz per
cent Of all the values out Of any and all
kinds of ores-refractory or any other
kind Having gone into a monopoly OF
others he proceeded and acquired one
half the stock and control OF the Par
fridge Metailurgical and Manufacturing
Company. which owns the Partridge hot
blast furnace patents. There is -
enormous demand for these smelters
from all over the world where there are
ores Chattanooga wants him to manu-
facture the smelters there. They are
ST. 500, as against S72 900 old TYNE The
Thornton Lead and Steel requires all
the smelters- several hundred that can
be made for some time. The company
has already under control property Of
the value OF over S4.207 900
Shares are 500 each par You can
take any number up to 800 The Oak
dale smelter will have to be mana ged
from Atlanta
ANY Of the old friends ~ Col Thorn
ton. or any one else favorsbly impressed
with the proposition and think they
mi oh this DFpfn~vaT
which in less than two years will he
selling az three for one, or want fur
Their information. can please address at
Hickory. y. c.
THORNTON LEAD AND STEEL COR.
PORATION.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

DR. W S Elkin, Jr., president of
the Elkin Drug Company and one Of
Atlanta's best known business men,
has received notice Of his election az
a member Of the board Of directors
of the United Drug Company, manu-
faCturer of the famous ReXaN RENE
dies and probably the most extensive
business of its kind in the world. DIR,
Elkin was chosen rs one of the fif-
teen men to have control Of the bust
ness out Of a field of 900 possible
candidates for the place. inasmuCh as
every stockholder Of the company is
eligible TO serve on the board
To be chosen as a director OF the
United Drug Company is considered
high honor. and tribute to the
work Of the individual - advancing
both the interests Of the company
and the high mark of efficiency the
N@mpany has set for its stores. DR.
Flkin, although a stakeholder for only
three years, was until last August
president of the International Rexall
Clubs and is now president of the
Rexall State Club Of Georgia, com
posed OF deal ers throughout the State
who are stockholders in the United
Drug COMPANY and handle its rem
edies
Upon his retirement from the pres
idency Of the International orga MIA
ton DIR Elktn was presented with
magnificent chest Of solid silver as
token of the personal esteem of the
stockholders and as an appreciation
Of his work as head of the organiza-
ton
Through DR. Elkins efforts the
stockholders Of the company will hold
their twelfth annual convention in
Atlanta June 2, 3 and 4. The Rexall
conventions are usually attended by
about $500 druggists from all parts
Of the United States and Canada
William c. Nelly, convention mana
ger for the company. has arrived IN
Atlanta to arrange for the big gath
ering and declares that the conven-
ton promises to Ae the most notable
in the history of the organization
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Court Gives Him Legacy From
Grandfather, Who Died Before
He Was Born,

NEW i''NN' Aprl' h'oush
decree signed by Justice Weeks, John
Nicholas Brown IA wears old known
for ,.o,........ a.t. $780,. -,
"u' III I''e
world Will add another $lO,OoO.OOO
70 his fortune. This WITH make him
the rossasso,, op 500 ooo mn rho Ia,
'S' 'esa'F comes from lhe estate or
the textile manufacturer. John Carter
Brown, the boys grandfather, who
died &c years before the child wa
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
THAT TIRED FEELING
IN THE SPRING

That tired feeling that comes to you
in the spring, year after year Is
sign that your blood lacks vitality,
Just as pimples, boils and other erup-
tons are signs that it is impure; and
it is also a sign that your system is
in low or run down condition in
which il will be easy for YOU to con-
tract disease il exposed to It,
Ask your druggist for Hoods Sar-
saparilla This old standard tried and
true blood medicine relieves that tired
feeling Get Hoods to-day.-AD-
VERTISEMENT
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
8 DAYS LEFT FOR
TRIPLE VOTES
IN CONTEST
Period Closes Saturday Night at
10 o'CIock-Enter at Once
and Win Big Prize,

Three daNs are left in which to talta
.a,.aa,a..a. - 49, en- ~,
auaa"''F' Oh ''le irlpie vote Feriod
OF The Georgian and Americans Great
Prize Contest and win one of the Ave
grand automobiles ar ono ., .bo &c
49,. -,
other 5"dIus. 'hiy tne hard- work
. ny d"1 auloIl,ouS coilteslahts VIII ge.
.l,V.I S.'" oL me HI-'"pp worth q
piIIeS T." oe gwen away IN Htue
oN ri, ri W. w, WteNS
ne 1Plg o.e ner'tod lastS untll
-, -, tuiu'l His"t ~ Cloch' DuIlhs
ei'ta WeeN 'ie Sups'r ptIoh VIII count
e, '..'ee lIiIeS as many VOTES as
uIu ,aSl NtoN' IL wiz count more
. .Ie ~ tilles ~ many votes 5
D nv, suo5 lIPt!oh VIZ set curing inc
'aS' "eVN ~ ~ I9i
ast Ea'i Is lssueo.
~. 40 ilo' Eo.t C@ ,, WI oe gwen
~ - 81 "a IlIT means ''ldl III
orueI 20 .Uf7e mo me ilsl OF gran9
pIile MINERS - IL necessary 70 eet
s SUE 'p,Iui ne ontesI aan says
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Soil Bureau S Aid by
Rockefeller Probed

WASHINGTON, April THE Sen
ate TODAY passed the Kenyon reso-
luton calling upon the Secretary "
Agriculture 20 inform the Senate
whether amy employees Of the De
partment OF agriculture are being
paid by the genera education board
of the Rockefeller Foundation. and
whether any ~ the administrative or
hcers OF the department are connect
ed n any way with the endowment
and what salaries they receive.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Atlanta Banks Pay
Quarterly Dividends

"Quarterlv Dividend Day cheered
up a rather gloomy looking April ]
for number Of Atlantans. notably
those who owned stock in the Lowry
National Rank and the Trust Compa T.
ny Of Georgia. the two banks which
pay their dividends four times year
instead Of twice.
The Lowry Nationals dividend 2
per cent. amounted to $4,000 and
hat Of the Trust Company, . ~ per
cent, to $4,000
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Bank Cuts Surplus
To Avoid Reserve Act

PlTTSRURG April To avoid
participation IN the Federal reserve
bank soon 10 be orga nised under the
new currency system the German
NaUona Bank NJ Allegheny to-day
divided among .ts stockholders div
idand ~ 'n0 pep cent amounting 10
$500 UNH
The hank had accumulated a sur
Plus of $500 600 and as every nation4 Al
bank must subscribe to- the stock 81
the Federal reserve bank IN propor-
ton TO IT'S capita and surplus. il was
decided TO reduce the surplus
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
], L, Nisbet, Mason
And Churchman, Dies

$1,000. ,t-.... >.ta,.. o. ia
''S'P" i+'h'"" '>'S'e'' ~ No'i ''u
died Wednesday A his home, No. -
v,,,s.,,.o,a a,.o,uo 10 u.,s or,n,o,ad
-, f -
number Of Years. and later entered The
,mplo,.tnent Of Rrown Peruvian &
,,.,'l
'l''"
He was an elder in the West End
PRESBYTERIAN Church and a teacher m
ma Snndav school He was q mem
Nay, ~. D.ttio lIuu I odre - A.
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80, ,n, "rU ', ,,1i ne beIa ~ no raei
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utn't Hul NuHN HlVi mug "' ~ ~
o'locN lhltrIhehl WIN ne IN '"e
Philadelphia Cemetery clayton Coun-
~
Funeral services for Charles j Camp
hell "a who died Tuesday AT his
home 40 ~ crew street. win he con-
Quoted Thursday morning at the
Church Of Inc immaculate Conception
Father Kennedy officiating. and the
iuterment win he in Westvlew Gem
eterr
The funeral OF c. r Wright aged -
who died Tuesday. was held Woduts
day morning AZ his home. No. IS Eng
ltsh avenue followed hN intermrut m
HOLLYWOOD Cemetery The deceased Is
dren
III. no5,, ~ Chatter r,lna,a s+.sd mo
lG.Inn1il oid Son az Nr aoJ Mrs =
Lorraine Sfa.d who 5ie6 M u nri,atn
s,uitar,',r .rmesfa, agferno,n wnl he
rfr. ana lrteruIapt TEs cbud Is
a. ,t 80"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Happiness Cult
Started i nParis

Special Cable 10 The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. April l. Yvonne Chazel an
actress has started a religious revival
She will preach her faith, which Is hap
piness. ia 4 temple she wiu build in
the Valley NJ Lost Affairs She calls her
new religion Beha ism
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
New Chinese Railroad
Taps Rich Territory

Special Gable to Tho Atlanta Georgian.
SHANGHAI, April An agree
ment between the Chinese Govern
ment and a British Chinese corpora
ton for the construction of a railway
from Marking to Changsha was sign
ed to-day
The line viii tap the rich Yang Use
Ktang Valley It will be about loo
miles long
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Green Wig Worn at
Seattle Bridge Game

SEATTLE. WASH. April Mrs
John Considine, a bridge party, wore
society.
Mrs Considine has bought an assort-
ment Of vari-hued "scalps' one for each
night of the coming grand opera sea
son.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Grants
Son Denied Divorce

GOLDFIELD, NEv., April Jesse
Rot Grant. Of New York, third son Of
former President Grant is denied a di-
vorce on the ground Of desertion. The
court held that the fact that Mrs Grant
chose to live At home while her hus-
band went to hotel, did not constitute
desertion on her part.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Poet browns in
Inspiring River

KANSAS CITY. KANS. April H.
Andrew Jackson Sheridan. writer Of
verse. was drowned his friends believe,
in the Kansas River, a stream he often
had memoralized in poems
He lived in a concrete house he him
self constructed on the bank of the
river
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Get 8 Cents
And 7. R. S Picture

PHILLIPsTOWN. n. Y April l.
After blowing safe in Frank & era
hams office burglars found only three
postage stamps
They took picture Of Theodore
Roosevelt off the wall.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Will Cash $4,000
Strathc0na Checks

MONTREAL Nprl I Checks IT,
ceived hy ths late Lord Strathcona for
services rendered as director of the
Canadian Pacific Railway COMPANY and
which he never cashed hut kept as
souvenirs. will he presented for pavnent
bN the executors The value Cf the
checks 10 over $40 geo,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
RuslNEss NOTICE

only one "BROMo QUlNlNE"
Whenever YOU feel a cold coming on,
think of the full name, LAXATIVE
RROMO QITNINE f W. GROVE S
signature is on box Csc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-09

on the part OF England. History plainly
shows that peace has been FASTENED not
through persecution but through the ex-
hibtion of broad mndedness and generos-
lily. Even our own civil war was brought
to close as much by the magnanimity
Of President Lincoln ns by the persistence
OF Gen. Grant.
Considering tho position OF the Germans
as compared with week ago, we find
that the western battle line has not
changed materially. certainly not enough
to affect the duration OF the war. In the
east the Russians report some gains. but
whether or not these are material can
not he told at the moment Altogether 10
seems as II this has been Germany's week.
The surprise of a small British squadron
OF the coast OF Chile and lts defeat there
by a German dotilla in an open sea fight
although the German ships were notably
stronger England does not look for n
naval defeat, AZ she considers the sea az
her especial domain.
On the same day came the news OF the
sinking on the very shores Of England OF
a British submarine by a mine thrown from
a retreating German cruiser. Aside from
| the loss of human life the destruction OF a
| submarine Is a small matter. and natu-
| rally there IL n large element OF luck in
| the throwing overheard OF n mine TO be
| run into. But this success and che
| Chilean victory are especially dishcarten-
| ing to England and the allies because ths
| navy Is confessedly Germanys weakest
point, and In previous ENGAGEMENTS, wher,
| the terms were fairly even. England has
given n first rate account OF herself.
| have been wondering why we did no.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-09

what the English would do when Russia
demanded Constantinople. He replied !:
we are perfectly willing to have Russia
take Constantnople now. provided she
Will neutralize the city, together with the
Dardanelles, placing them under the Joint
control Of the Powers" I then with
temerity suggested that the whole conflict
might be settled by neutralizng other
seaports and placing the control of the
seas under the Joint protection of the
Powers l expected to be sneered ut for
any such suggestion. hut I was not. In
stead this well known EnRlishman replied (:
This suggestion might be considered II
Germany would likewise neutraiize the
KEEL Canal and the United States tho Pan
anna Canal"
To my mind this was the most optimistic
statement that l had heard from England
since war was declared. | specify from
England" because she In the leader Had
England not entered the war II would
have been over now. England knows this
and the other allies know II also. Hence
when England decides that the peycho-
logical moment has come FOR a settlemen,
the other nations will quickly fall into
line.
This changed attitude on the part OF
England In also apparent In her action
relative TO relea-!ng American ships and
especially In relation to her attitude on cot
ton Although England has increased the
list or contraband articles so as to include
automobiles. barbed wire and almost every
other conceivable thing which could be
used by Germany for prolonging the war
she has agreed that cotton shall not be
considered contraband Personally I feel
that this was gracious and worthy nc,