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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
TURKEY SUGGESTED
AS ACCEPTABLE GIFT

Dressed Turkeys and chickens
would make excellent presents for
farmers to send their city relatives
and friends, suggests Postmaster
Beck. Farmers have already taken ad-
vantage Of the suggestion and every
day, several packages of "perishable"
goods are transferred by the parcel
post carrier to the homes of city folks.
THE movement should be encour-
aged said Postmaster Beck. Turkeys
and chickens would not only make an
acceptable Christmas gift but it would
also be SO handy for the farmer. All
he has to do is wrap the fowl in a
piece of paper, put few stamps on it,
hand it to the mail man and Uncle
Sam does the rest w.
The receiving clerk at the post Of
flee states that an increasing number
of these packages are received each
day as Christmas approaches. - -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20

REALTY TRANSFERS
IN wayne COUNTY

Transfers December 18th to De-
cember 18th, 1915:
Richard Garner to Rudolph Schlon-
kare $4,000 PIT. S. E. 27-16-13. Stamp
$3.50.
Ereley Forbes to Manford L. White
etal $4,000 Pit. S. W. 11-16-1. Stamp
$500. :
Benz. L. Inman to G. A. Began etal
81. Lot Is Peacock's Add. Richmond.
Oscar NJ. Jennings to Nathan E.
Davis etal $4,000. PIT. S. E. 2s-15-1.
Stamp $500.
Effie Harvey etal to Douglas Mon
ger etal 81. Pt. N. w. 27-1613.
Adelaide Barton to Kathryn. Will
liams $4,000. PIT. lot 2O6 e. Starr s
Add. Richmond. Stamp $500.
John Mayhew to Thos. A. Oler etal
s10O. Pit lot Fetta's Add. Richmond.
Joseph M. Foster to Eleanor H.
White $500. Lots II and 7S Maxwells
Sub. Richmond. Stamp $1.00.
Silas A. Canada etal to Edward V.
DeBoy etal $1,000 PIT. s. w. 23-18-13.
Stamp $3.50
Richmond Lake & Park Co., to
George W. Newbern, $1,000; part N.
w 33-14-1 Stamp S1.5O.
Jesse F. Hunt to Orville Price etal.,
81; part S. E. 3-16-14. !
Mary J. Scantland to William !Wad.
man, 5000; part N. E. 32-1S-13. Stamp
81.
-~orfando MARSHALL to- Ira g: Turner
etal, $500; part N. E. 21-18-13. Stamp
81
Robert Gibson to Benz G. Price Co.,
$135; part N. f. 1864.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
WHAT WIIl5Y0uR XMAS
MEAL COST THIS YEAR?

The best of Christmas dinners may
be 9scufed without too great expense
thiss year for simplicity and science
agres that 1t 10 useless to stuff tho
dint with three or four dishes Of the
same food value. according to Miss
Bah, Ben Of Missouri College of Agri.
cult4re. II the dinner is to be served
In lhe country, homegrown fruits,
vegetables, and fowls and fresh eggs,
butssr, and milk give the housewife
great advantage. and such simple
things % buckberries from the road
sidei"o geranium from the window.
sill add to the attractiveness of the
table. A few evergreen wreaths and
some autumn leaves will help greatly.
I'M order that nothing may be for
gotten. and that big rush Christmas
morning may be avoided, preparation
shoUad begin several days before
Christmas. The chicken. turkey or
goose may be dressed and kept In q
cool place, crumbs for the dressing
prepared and seasoned, lettuce washed
for Nhe salad, and mayonnaise made
ready. Mince pies may be baked and
kept ready for reheating, cranberry
jelly, kept on hand for several days,
and! cakes baked and mints prepared.
WitD all these things ready, the
hostess will have much more Of the
ChrDtmas spirit, and be able to enter.
tain her guests much better.
-, Menus to Suit Purses.
Although prices vary greatly from
place to place, Miss Bell has UNDER
tak(p to select menus to fit pocket.
boots Of various sizes.
Dinner for six, $1.75.-Clear soup,
waf4rs, roast chicken, giblet sauce.
cranberry jelly, baked potatoes, green
peaA cottage cheese and pimentos.
pluA pudding, hard sauce, coffee or
milk. mints. .,-
Dinner for six, $1.75.-Cream of Gel.
cry soup. waters. roast duck, tomato
sauce, mashed potatoes, stuffed baked
apples. cabbage salad, custard with
whipped cream, fruit cake, coffee.
mintS.
Dhner for six. $3OO.-Cream Of
tomato soup. waters. baked turkey
with nuts and raisin dressing, mash.
ed potatoes. baked stuffed onions, jel-
lied salad with cabbage and pimentos,
minee pie. coffee or milk, mints.
The feast is tasted with the eye be-
fore 1t reaches the palate and a very
simple meal may be made delicious
when served on spotless linen and a
large dish of fruit, or something else
of that kind will be availab BILE in every
house. The food itself helps to deco
rate='the table. The browl fowl is al.
ways in pleasing harmony with the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20

The entire plant of the Pennsylvania
asphalt block manufacturing concern
is mounted on freight cars, so that it
can be taken wherever there is work
for it to do
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
SYSTEM
OF WEIGHTS NEEDED
ASSERTS REDFIelD

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2Q.-The need
OF standard system of weights and
measures is emphasized in N ex-
tract OF the the annual report 0( the
secretary OF commerce, made public
today.
"Without systematic inspection Of
the service throughout the country
the honest dealer is at Z disa1van-
tage," says the report. ALSO. the con-
sumer is helpless"
The railroad track scale tester has
been a busy machine. Three hundred
and thirty-eight scales In Minnfpota,
Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Mialourf,
West Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Alabama have been
examined.
"Manufa cturers are coming more
and more to understand the value of
applied science to them," says the re-
port.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
.ANALYzE. EyIlD0ERS,

% NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-Heretosore
there viii be q new terror for svil-
does in the daily lineup ut police
headquarters. Two psychologists from
Columbia university, DR.. Louis II.
Bisch and Prof. Ashley H. Thorndtke.
will be present every morning to show
the detectives just how to tell . bad
man from . good man having queer
ideas. .... -,--
Commissioner Woods believes the
detectives have been a little bit-or-
miss in their Judgment of crooks.
From now on every suspected con
man and pick-pocket taken up on the
streets will have. the full scientific
benefit of the doubt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
WOMEN BUY GIFTS
AT CIGAR STANDS

Cigars stores are doing rushing
Christmas business these days and
many of their customers are women.
They are not buying bargain counter
grades either but the best. Fancy
pipes and cirgar and cigarette holders
are also in demand. The rush for
smokers articles for Christmas pres
ents is greater than usual.
The women always enter the cigar
stores timidly' seemingly being afraid
that some one will. see them and mis-
constfue their reasons for going there
One woman told a dealer that she had
passed his place seven times before
she had courage enough to enter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
LODGE CALENDAR

Richmond Council, No.-Is. Jr.- O.. U
A. M.-Meets Monday night at 1.B0.
Frank Wore. Councillor.
John =. Highley. Rec. Secretary.
Uniform Rank. Jr. o. u. A. NJ
Meets Tuesday night at 1880 and Sun.
day at 2:30 p. m. -
Theodore Whitney. Captain.
: C. Perry, Company Clerk.
Daughters of America. Pride OF
Richmond Council. No. 15-Meets at
1880 Wednesday evening.
Jennette Wore, Councillor.
Rosetta Hoosier, Rec. Secretary,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
Masonic Calendari

Monday-Webb Lodge. No 2].s F..
and A. NJ. Called meetiuG:- work in
the Fellowcsaft- degree.
: Tuesday-RichInond Lodge, No. 1e6,
F. and A. NJ. Called meeting; work in
Fellowcraft degree.
Wednesday-Webb Lodge, No. : "a,
F. and A. NJ Called meeting: work
In the Entered Apprentice degree, be-
ginning Att O'Clock. ..--:a..!'' !
.Thursday-king Soiomon's CHAPTER
No. 4, r. A. NJ. Called meeting; work
in the Most Excellent Masters de-
gree, beginning a II O'Clock. - 8:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
Letter List

The following letters remain un-
called for at the local post office and
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office
If not called for within two weeks:
Women-Mrs. Doris Baxter, Mrs J.
A. Blasdel, Mrs. Fannie Carmichael,
Miss Elma Clark, Miss Ola d. Gentry,
Merle Heilman, Mrs. Lorena Hodson,
Miss Ruth E. Mcfarland, Mrs Mad
sen, Mrs. Alice Martin, Miss Lois
Mashburn, Miss Mabel Maxton, Mrs.
Emma Miller, Mrs. Electrice Ousley,
Miss Mary Puckett, Mrs. Edith Stoner,
Miss Miriam Williams.
MiscellaneOus-Mr and Mrs. Batter,
S. w. End, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lamb.
Men-Y. c. Bounced, Jack Bowers,
o. P. Burlington, o. E. Burkett, Cecil
Franklin Cloud, Edward Condit (2),
Harbert Harp, l.. B. Harrison, Leigh
A. Hunt, J. II. Jackson, John e. Mann,
Charles Mavor (3), Russell Mennis, A.
E. Petry, H: Rheinhardt, Samuel p.
Rodes. Reginald Silvers, c. L. Smith,
p. A. Zindorf.
c. B. BECK, P. NJ.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
CASES FILL RECORDS
IN LAST EIGHT YEARS

Holding the record Of complaints
made in circuit court during the past
nine years, the civil docket book In the
office of the county clerk, has been
filled and the next case to be filed
will be placed on a new book. The
last complaint filed was No. 21,346.
Since January l, 1907, when the first
complaint was filed on the present
docket, there have been 1850 cases
filed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20
FRIEND
AN NOON tuNcI

LONDON. Dee. 10.-Laaehe
come into its own in. Lea1on
meol Of the day for. sselAs .ano
tAi1ing frisnds, and this IN
above those where the men Is
~ an opportunity to eluoe I
On treating. Not only fosh3Qna
taurants. but the little pfen
Italian restaurants are loGoeG !
diners who do not care - {;
da1kened streets But tAeQo h.
. netable increase IN the .Aur
lunch patrons, % much, % 4hai
have to be ordered N 1dva
quite modest establishnensg.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20

In the front of the court between
two large gates, is the power house,
in which are the power plant and
grinding room. A coal oil engine
and motor generates the electricity
for grinding, lighting and power for
hay carrier and fork, the mechanical
milking system, the milk separator
and the air compressor. s-y-.-...
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20

fsreen Of parsley or cress, and. the
ference in the taste Of tho baked
potato 10 made BY two slashss nedS
to hold butter and . little parsley. A
large share Of the Joy Of Christmas
dinner Is found In the trimmings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20

: Andrew Bonar Law secretary Ter
the Colonies In the British Cabinet
has threatened to retire from the gov
eminent If. the revolt. in Parliament
by Sir Edward Carson and .othpr
Unionist members continues. The
Unionists are attempting to block the
move Of. the government to continue
tie present Parliament beyond tho
ftve.year period and the postponement
Of general election until after the
conclusion of the war. ~ :;
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-12-20

french hospital sttsndant
succeeded in .'impreOnaAi4G
gloves with the salts Of cet1ain
and making: them impeEv10us
rays for the protection -of 'Ders
ing the rays. -.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08
State Demonstration
Agent Makes
Crop Report

Since last report in this work, the
writer has been privileged to cover
a considerable portion of the state,
east and west, north and as lar
south as Hillsborough and Polk
counties. The indications for a
bumper corn crop were never better.
The agents in the different coun-
ties report better conditions. and
better prospects for a larger corn
crop than this state has ever pro-
duced. Some of the western coun-
ties have particularly fine crops.
| have also visited counties in the
central and south central parts OF
the state that are producing staple
| crops in larg, quantities, such as
Marion, Sumter, Polk and Hills
borough. The promise of corn,
sweet potatoes, sugar cane, and such
, crops in those counties is equally as
good ala in the western section.
Level Cultivation Pays Best.
One cannot help observing, in 60
ing over the state, the difference in
the results between the old method
of bedding and the newer method of
level cultivation. In all my travels
| have not met with one single in
stance of fired corn where level cul-
tiyation was practiced, but | have
seen thousands of cases of fed corn
where the old methods of BEDDING
and using deep working tools We're
practiced.
Upon the whole, the cooperative
demonstration work this year looms
up very satisfactorily indeed, and
the farmers of the state are begin
ming to realize that they can be
benefited in this work by calling on
the agents in the counties where
they are located.
Some object lessons have also
been achieved in the matter of fer
tilizers. Farmers are beginning to
find out they can do with a good
deal less fertilizer than they thought,
for prices have been so high this
season and the suitable material so
difficult to get at any price. The
advice given to the farmers through
the demonstration agents at the be-
ginning of the season was that
where it was impossible to get fer
tilizer to try to make up for it's lack
by increasing the number of cult
vations given the crop. This has
worked out good deal more salts
factorily than was anticipated. The
farmers who practiced this method
have found out there is just as much
in frequent and shallow cultivation
at the right time as there is in dos
ing the crop with commercial fer
Those particular points we want
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08
Business of Florida Life
Insurance Go. To Be Turned
Over To State Treasurer

Jacksonville, July Sat the al
day session held yesterday in the of.
fees of the Florida Life Insurance
Company members of the recently
appointed committee devoted the
morning to deliberations of what
was best to be done concerning the
interests of the numerous policy
holders of the company and decided
On a set of resolutions to be pre-
sented to the directors at the after
noon session of the board, this be-
ing done and resulting in the
courts to be asked to turn the bust
ness affairs of the Florida Life In
surance Company over to ]. c. Lun-
ing, treasurer of the State of Flor
ida.
1t was conceded and generally
agreed by all present that this plan
and method would best conserve the
interests of the policyholders of the
company and at the meeting of the
directors held in the afternoon the
resolutions presented by the COM
mittee were passed and adopted.
AS soon as the order of the court
is made, the state treasurer will
take over the company and operate
it, having full charge and manage
ment, and will so continue unless
the court at some subsequent time
shall direct and order and authorize
that the officers and directors of
the company shall resume the man
agement of the company.
The members of the committee
included J. J. Heard, chairman;
Frank Richardson, secretary; r. S.
Hall of Ocala, e. B. Seller of Quincy
and w. c. Groom of Jacksonville.
Report of Committee.
The report of the committee and
it's adopted resolution follows:
The committee appointed at the
stockholders meeting of the Flor
ida Life Insurance Company held on
June |, after a careful considera-
ton of all of the various PROPOSE
lions made the Florida Life Insur-
ance Company by other insurance
companies and careful considera-
tion of all phases of the present
condition of the company and bust
ness conditions generally. and fur
ther careful consideration of the act
of the legislature of the State of
Florida which became a law on June
4 authorizing the state treasurer of
the state of Florida to make appli-
cation to the courts and thereby
obtain authority to take over the
management of the company and to
run or liquidate the same upon such
terms and conditions as the courts
shall authorize, has decided that it
will be to the best interests of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08
British Credit In
The United States

lures of American tourists, and has
since had to provide the sum need
ed to meet the Indebtedness. For
the nine months to the end of April
the expkorts of merchandise were
no less than $2,074, 100000. On
the other hand the imports were
worth only $1,214 100000. Inelud-
ing gold and silver, exports exceed
ed imports by over 100000 200.
For the whole IL months the excess
of exports over imports will LARGELY
exceed this figure, and will provide
the whole of its interest, tourist,
and other charges as well as about
$500, 100000 of capital which the
country is now placing abroad.
In the next ~ months from June
of this year to June of next year the
amount of capital which America
will be able to lend to other coun-
tries will show very large increase,
as there will be practically no tour
list expenditures abroad in the cur
rent summer to be provided for by
exports. This means that America
will have some $300,0OO,O00 of ad-
ditional money available for foreign
loans if the American people con-
tinue their present policy of econ
omy Indeed, if the American peo-
pie were so to desire they could
easily have surplus of exports over
imports in the next fiscal year of
nearly $4,000. 700, and after de-
Quoting the $500, 100000 they send
abroad for interest, gifts, freights,
etc, they should have about 81 $780,
600, or 300,000,000 pounds of mon
ey available for loans to Canada, to
South America and Europe.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08

Florida Life Insurance Company to
have the state treasurer take over
the management of the company
and the handling of same, upon
such terms and conditions as the
courts shall authorize, and such
committee hereby recommends to
the Florida Life Insurance Com
pany, and its board of directors that
the following resolution be passed
Resolution Adopted.
Resolved, that the officers of the
Florida Life Insurance Company be
and they are hereby authorized and
directed to request the state treas
urer of the State of Florida to take
such steps in the courts as may be
necessary for him to obtain author
lty to take over the management
of the Florida Life Insurance Com
pany and the handling of the same
upon such terms and conditions as
the courts shall authorize under the
provisions of chapter No. 6S43,
acts of 1915, Laws og the State of
Florida, that the officers of such
company shall assist the state treas
urer in procuring though the courts
such orders as may be necessary in
the premises; that upon the enter
ing of an order authorizing the
state treasurer to take over the
management of the company; that
all salaries of the officers, directors
and employees of the company shall
cease and terminate and that the
state treasurer shall, under the au-
thority and direction of the courts,
remain in complete charge and con-
troll of the company until and I'M
less the courts shall authorize the
company, through it's officers and
to resume the manage
ment of the same
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08

On the basis of a net credit bal
ance of $500. 100000 for the Unit
ed States, Sir George Paish in the
London Statist proposes that the
sum might be used in loans to forr-
eign countries. He says:
AT the present time Europe
needs to continue enormous auanti-
ties of goods for which she cannot
pay in goods, and, therefore, needs
to pay in securities. If America
were not to accept yapment in Sc
curities, then it is obvious that
Europe would be compelled to meet
the situation by reducing her con-
sumption, and the American people
would be left with a large part of
their crops lying in elevators and
warehouses. This would mean that
after very short time prices would
fall, and that America would be
compelled to sell her surplus for the
amount of money within the power
of the consuming countries to pro-
vide. If, however, the American
Jpeople are willing to take payment
in securities by making loans freely
to the countries which desire to
purchase American goods, the con-
supmtion of Europe will be main
tanned at it's existing extraordinary
level, prices will remain high, and
the wealth of the American people
will be increased by the securities
they will receive in payment for ex-
ported produce.
Indeed, it should be clearly un-
derstood that the largeness of
Americas exports since the war be-
gan is due to her willingness to
take payment in securities for a
large part of the goods exported
Since the war began the United
States has not only repaid the $780,
100000 of floating debt owed on
balance to the rest of the world
when war broke out but has placed
abroad some $243,00O,O0O of addi-
tional money in subscriptions to
loans, etc.
'The floating debt due by the |
United States to the rest of the |
world was mainly to this country |
But the $243, 100000 of capital that |
has been invested has gone as to
$97 100000 to Canada, and as to |
S 100000 to France and Argen-
ZINC" a~-s. ~ ii. ~
"1n the current year to June the |
United States will probably have to |
place about $500, 100000 for inter-
est, tourist expenditures, gifts, etc. |
The largeness of this sum is due to |
the country, on the outbreak of war,
being indebted to the rest of the |
world for last summers expendi-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08
ADVERTISING THE LORD

An old woman in country church
was praying at" wealthy miser
The man who was oblivious until a
large piece of pdaster fell from the
ceiling plump on his head
Lord, Lord" he roared, jumping
up. "I'll give five dollars"
The old woman, in tones of dis
ust, lifted up her voice in appeal
once more:
Hit him again, Lord; faint en-
ough, hit him again."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08

to emphasize, because the OBJECT ol
the demonstration work is to get the
farmers to produce as good a crop
as possible at the least possible
cost.
C. X. M'QUARRlE,
state Agent, Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration Work U. 5. De-
partment of Agriculture, Games
Vile, Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08
Never Touched Him.

so you are contemplating mar.
riage?" That's what" Have you
paused to consider the high cost Of
living?" mary pause. considered it
on the way to propose, and then put
on more speed. Her father has money"
Houston Post
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08

should some great angel say to
me today,
Thou must retreat thy pathway
from the start,
But God gives thee, in pity for thy
sorrows,
One wish-the dearest to thy heart. ;
This were my wish: for my life's
dim beginning
Let be what has been; wisdom plan
ned the whole
MY wants, my woes, my errors, and
my SHINING,
All-all. were needed lessons to my
SOUL ~ q ,-s ~l.-
,-.-As Wilcox.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08
THE R0ADH0USE

Into an Inn beside the Old Posi-
Road,
Beloved by me in days of head
long youth,
When life was sweet and laughter
lightly flowed,
| entered with the naked eye oil
truth.
Unchanged. 1t seemed as 'twere put
yesterday night
That | babe the madeap scene
farewell;
The same wild crash of song, the
blaze of light,
And Folly there with her old lur-
ing spell.
And yet so changed; or was it |
grown Old,
To thrill no more to joys of youth
agleam?
All, dear dim days agone-the world
is cold
To him who stands within the
husks of dream.
Edmund Leamy.
Feminine Mistake.
A woman who thinks she has met
the ideal man merely thinks SO. There
isn't any such person Albany Jour-
nal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08
arhers fors0oua.

BARRIERS fer'Dogs.
BARRIERS who shave dogs are numer-
Gus in Paris. Some of the shaved AMI
mails are Enthusiastically shorn, with
rings of hair adjoining their bodies, al
tern >tir- with 1cn"an5 ct~ipa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-08
WE DO

Poor Old Bald H.l AU|
Look, mamma" said litt.
a man with bald head and
entered the room. Their
whose hair has all erog.
through his face"