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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
CORN CLUB BOY MAKES
UNIQUE RECORD

Joan Register did his best in the
corn club He made high yield, but
he di, not stop with that. He figured
the n. profit from his acre of corn
from he records which he had kept
du-in the summer and he made a
gooI nrofit. But lie was not satisfied
with that. He wrote the best essay
he knew how on he way he raised his
corn. And still he was not through.
He had to select the ten best ears of
corn that he had raised and exhibit
ed them at the Volusia county con-
test.
Job, went to work and applied the
principles which he had learned in
seed corn selections. There were a
lot of ears to select from but he was
d tcrmined to show the best he had.
He learned many things about seed
corn II that selection. He had been
tod a great deal about how the ears
should look and he Rad considerable
more about staight rows OF kernels,
sma., butts, covered tips, medium
sizes cobs, and the various things
that are said about good seed corn.
All .hese things had been bit hazy
before but they began to take con-
crete form as he studied his corn !.
Finally he had the best ten ears that
he d find.
!, was ready for the contest. He
did rot know what the other boys
would have. but he knew that he had
dom lis best all along, from the
time he prepared the land till he
Nickti his sample. Somebody else
might win the prize, but he had
lear cd how corn ought to be raised
AMI re had learned to select seed q.
Thai "as worth all the effort he had
put forth.
WH2n the day of the contest came,
joan. was there. He was not worried,
bacs'.C he had done the best he
could with what he had When the
prizes were awarded he took first
place FIRST in yield. first in net
prCF' FIRST on his essay and first on
his e" err exhibit. His yield was
only I bushels and his net profit
was o''y s@746. Many boys in the
sat" lave done better, but he is the
only ''.c thus far who has made
Frs ~ every count in any county
aec"'1ins to records of G. L. Her.
r'nr.'H. club agent for the Univer.
city q Florida Extension Division.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
RUE ENDORSES THE CANNON

r.. rand Jury ri Lafayette coun-
~ demands that Shell Fish Commits
sop Hodres disarm his war craft,
the Roamer, as an affront to the
peac. - le citizens Of the state who
arr o. hitting for place in the line
to nay their fishing licenses. They
eith'r foreet about or approve of
that killing that TOOK place couple
Of y,Grs ago of a deputy in this de-
part1' mt in this state and of the
nm 'rous threats OF killing that
were uttered. They are also un-
aware of the numerous poachers in
Florida waters who drop anchor in
fee. oats and on the approach Of
the Poamer would escape but for the
nice little cannon that is more eff
fective for law enforcement and fish
protection than any moral suasion
we know Of The cannon has our
rsement.-Sarasota Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
CAREFUL HANDLING
OF CITRUS FRUITS

There is no use in raising good
fruit If it is not cared for at picking
time and during the shipping season.
The grower should not lose interest
in the fruit until it is in the hands
of the consumer. If he consigns, he
should use every possible care to
have the fruit reach market in good
order.
II. E. Stevens, plant patholoigst to
the University of Florida experiment
station, calls attention to recent
statement issued by the United
States department of agriculture:
ut is estimated that more than 95
per cent of the decay in cirrus fruits
after they reach market is due to
fungi induced by mechanical injur-
les Blue mold decay in oranges,
grapefruit, lemons and other citrus
fruits is frequently so serious as to
demo"alize the market. There is not
only the direct loss of fruit throueh
decay, but the indirect losses due
to depreciation in prices for fruit
actually sound, to reputation for
poor keeping quality, and to the
proportionabely high overhead ex-
penscs of handling a perishable pro-
duct which develops great waste and
spoilage in transit and after arrival
at narket."
Results of handling and shipping
Investigations carried out by the de-
partment will be found in Farmers
Bulletin SOS, which may
applying to Washington. 1t was
found in shipping experiments dur.
ing 1911. that blue mold damaged
only per cent of the oranges care.
fully picked and packed, while thai
of tie commercially picked and care
fully packed was $50 per cent. ant
of the commercially picked ant
packed 6S.1 per cent.
In all these experiments compari
sons were made from fruit picked
the same day, packed and shipped in
the same lots. There could have
been no difference except in the
methods of picking and handling
/ The figures are full of meaning &c
the thoughtful grower.-Uniyersity
News Service.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Races Within Races In Balkans.

Language and religion are not the
only basis Of the intense subdivision of
feeling in the Balkans. The whole re-
gion is paroled out among race frac-
tions, some OF which are no larger
than a hamlet. Roumanians, Bulgari-
ans, Servians ard Greeks have a sharp
consciousness Of race persistence, and
at the same time every state is intent
upon breaking up the FACE units OF
other people which exist within its
borders. II Greece were peopled only
by Greeks, and Bulgaria by Bulgarians,
and Servia by Servians. the task
would be easier. 1t is curse to the
peninsula that the villagers have
pushed this way and that wherever
there was vacant land or wherever
they could make a vacancy by driving
out the previous holders The result
is the creation OF race islands in the
midst OF angry race seas-Albert
Bushnell Hart in the Outlook.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Miami Women
Organize Belgian
Relief Society

Miami, Dec. 10-At the conclus-
ion OF the Woman's Club meeting
yesterday afternoon a number of
the members remained to form
Belgian Relief Committee to obtain
aid in the shape Of clothing and
money for the war sufferers in Bel
GUM and northern France. The
meeting was led by Mrs. F. s.
Knight, formerly of Jacksonville,
but not a resident OF Miami, who
was instrumental in the arousing OF
public interest in the great need for
such an organization.
Mrs. F. s. Knight was elected
president and Mrs T v. Moore, to
whom all contributions are to be
sent, treasurer. Mrs X. D. Douglas
was given charge Of publicity work
while the members soliciting COM
mittee are Mrs. H. w. Dougherty,
Mrs. Carolyn Webb and Mrs. C. NJ.
Phelps.
A series of musical teas for the
Relief Fund were planned. The first
of these will be held at the Woman's
Club next Monday afternoon at three
o'clock. The music will be in charge
Of Mrs. Iva Sproule-Baker, which
fact touches for its excellence with
out further explanation. The fol-
lowing Monday the musical tea
will be held at the home of Mrs.
W. w. Dougherty on Eighteenth
street, south.
The Relief Committee is organized
with the clear Relation that Am
erica can be only thankful that she
has the means of Helping to relieve
terrible torture and suffering that
the war has wrought to the limo
cent women and children, to the
aged and infirm of Belgium and
northern France. With no feeling
Of prejudice or partizanship, with no
desire to forget the needs of our
own poor, the Miami Relief Com
mittoe yet duplicates the generosity
of the people of Miami for aid for
the people of that country, that live.
America plunged its citizens into
the horrors of vicarious blOodshed
only for the sake Of great prin-
ciple. Little Belgium, that will go
down into the records of the years
as 0reat Belgium. looks to America,
as she has learned. with so much
thanksgiving and hope to look in the
past, for that aid which only Ameri-
ca can so fully and so surely give
Will all the people Of Miami not re-
member that winter which SO light
ly ic touching our sunny southern
skies, already Is tightening its
bleak grasp over the desolate regions
of Belgium and northern France
where even in summer it has been
difficult to find supplies for all? Ant
can We not, of our comfort and pros
perity. spare the little that to then
will mean so much'
Money is particularly needed
since, more than clothing, we can bt
assured OF its safe arrival where Il
Is needed. But clothing will be re
cei"ed gladly also. Donations SHOULD
be sent to Mrs T. V. Moore, eli
avenue B.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
RECOGNIZING FLoRIDA'S :.
GREAT WORK

That Florida is taking the lead
among Southern States in the con-
struction of a system of roads that
would do credit to any State In this
nation and to any country under the
sun is rapidly being recognized in
the digerent sections of the nation,
Florida's great progress in this d.
rection in the past year or so has not
gone by unnoticed. The heavy ex-
penditures and the evident recogni-
ton OF the great value Of good roads
by the people of this State is at
tracing nationwide attention. 1t
may be safely said that in no State
in the nation has there been such a
unanimous demand for improved
highways.
In this connection the following
editorial from the Atlanta Joural,
based or one of similar character in
The Florida Metropolis, will be Of
interest :.
"The well-guided enthusiasm with
whic.i Floriua is building good roads
makes one of the most striking chap
tiers in the current history of South
ern development. Within the past
twelve months. approximately four
million dollars has been spent or al
lotted for highway Improvement in
that State and it Is conservatively
reckoned that within the next two
years the expenditures for this pur-
pose will total ten million. In ST.
Johns county, the seat of historic
St. Augustine, seven hundred and
fifty thousand-dollar contract is
nearing completion; and Escambia
county, where Pensacola thrives, is
planning to vote million dollar
bond issue for permanent highways.
In no county where bonds for bet
ter roads have been proposed says
The Florida Metropolis, has failure
met the efforts of those behind the
move ment.'
Florida is distinguishing itself in
many fields of enterprise, but from
| none will it derive benefits more
| substantial or far reaching than
from that Of highway construction
It's problems in this regard are ex-
ceptional because Of it's peculiar
shape. AS the Metropolis points
out, it now costs more to trave
from Key West, at the tip of the
peninsula, to Pensacola on the ex'
IRENE west than II costs to trave
from Pensacola to Chicago An ade
Quate system of highways will cos
millions. but the people are alert tt
it's Importance and the thoughtful
energy with which they have begun
is assurance that they will not paus,
until the task is complete.
THE Florida example is worth,
of tho entire South's emulation, no
simply because that State is build
ing so many miles of roadway, bu
also because 1t is building every mil
by sound methods and in acordanc
with a well designed, coherent plan
1t Is building scientifically and
therefore economically, and with en-
during results. Jacksonville Me
tropolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10

and was turned away, because knew
you"
"You-what?" queried the amazed
yet interested Willard.
II don't mean exactly that" houn-
dered the boy. 81 mean l knew all
about you. Huh! everybody in Shore
ham does. you bet. And Miss War.
dell. who sort Of thought l might
strike something hunting you up and
asking for position, says the old
town ought to be proud OF you"
A quick aspiration swept the lips
of Bryce Willard. 1t was passing
strange. but here q mere country
pumpkin, invading his business dig
nifty and environment had the power
to move hts heart as 1t had not been
for years.
Say" resumed the lad. encouraged
to prattle by the new softness that
had come into the face OF his host.
you must have been awfully good and
kind back there at the old town. Ev-
erybody speaks Of you as credit to
Shoreham. everybody Is your friend.
Young fellers take you for a model
That's why l came up here to make
my fortune, for Miss Wardell says
you didn't have only your grit and
smartness and honesty to start out on.
That's SO, isn't 1t now? And mebbe
you can show a poor little fellow like
me how to get on in the world"
Willard closed his eyes. Shore
ham! Miss Wardell-peerless Ina
Wardell whom he had almost asked to
marry him! A twinge of reproach
caught him there. She had right to
believe he liked her, and he had shut
out love for sordid gain. and
Go back to Mr.. Jordan" he di-
rected his visitor, a strange huskiness
In his tone. and tell him l say to
start you in at eight dollars week.
"G-glory." gasped the lad. Why,
that's a royal fortune to begin with
by the way. though" Willard add.
ed at glimpse Of the boys dark knot.
ted fingers, you had better wash
those hands before you begin work "
To Wizards surprise the lad laughed
loud and heartily. His eyes bright
ened up in mirthful. jolly way.
That isn't dirt" he disclaimed-
should say not, for I've soaped and
scrubbed and used pumicestone ten
| times a day That's walnut stains
Just before started Tor the city. Miss
Wardell and the children-she's al
ways getting up pleasure trips for the
little ones-went on a nutting jaunt
| and me along. l had TO husk the wal
nuts and the stain won't leave my
hands for month. Say, there's the
kind growing down in the old gully
isn't it whopper?" and the lad pro
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
daced and placed on the desk green
skinned walnut big as potato. :.

duced and placed on the desk groen'
skinned walnut big as q potato. :.
Bryce Willard sat regarding
dreamily after his visitor had gone.
Memory, sentiment. vague iongins
stirred him intensely. The boys
simple words, you must have peen
good and kind" contrasted goou
deal with his own realization OF the
hard selfish ways Of money making
Still, 1t warmed his heart to think Una,
back at the home town he was ioVeu
and respected, and Ina Willard-she
was proud Of him" Her presen.
life was all her gentle girlhood nau
promised-everybod friend anu the
idol of the children. Bryce Willard
made a sudden resolve. He placed
the bulky walnut in his pocket Is
though it were a cherished amulet
He called in his ONCE manager.
shoot that new boy ahead fast as
he earns it," was his explicit direc-
ton. Il am going away for few
days vacation" and the next morn.
ing Willard arrived at Shoreham.
He sent his luggage to the hotel
and began q desultory stroll. Inc
lure of the wildwood was upon MIN
and he could not resist its influence.
He was a barefooted boy again amid
cherished familiar scenes. II was
rare delight to penetrate copses ne
had visited in the long ago, to note
spots where he had often camped Win
merry companions, to inhale the sweet
air redolent with the last subtle per-
fume Of the dying flowers.
At last he came to a spot near an
old gully lined by giant walnut trees
A horse attached to light wagon
stood browsing, near some under.
brush lay a tired-out little fellow on
the green sward. He had been pound
ing the husks from a heap Of nuts
across a great log and the paddle had
fallen by his side. The shucked nuts
had been thrown into the wagon and
there was a heap Of them.
A whimsical idea seized Willard.
He seated himself and seized the pad
die, whack-whack, what though the
Juice of the husks despatched hands
and clothing, In joyous, riotous
way he seemed in harmony with the
great surging chorus Of nature around
him. Then suddenly children's ap-
preaching voices, and then
"Why-Mr. Willard"
It was Ina, nut-brown maid that
she was, breathing health and happi-
ness, her eyes brighter than eve, her
handclasp warm and welcome. A
moment Of explanation and then she
deplored his carelessness in staining
his hands.
You should have worn gloves she
declared. I'VE are going home, and
you had better join us and let me get
some turpentine on your hands or the
stain will last for weeks"
Bryce Willard thrilled, as half an
hour later the soft, soothing hands oil
, Ina Wardell bathed his own with the
cooling liquid that would prevent them
being a sight" His enraptured lips
| could have kissed them-which he
did-later!
Copyright. 1915 by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
CHRISTMAS TREE FOR HOME.
SICK TOURISTS IN ST. PETE

ST. Petersburg's municial Christ
mas tree will sparkle again this
year and the enterta inment planned
by the Board of Trade will take
wider scope than last year for those
tourists who feel lonesome in a.
strange city will be invited to have
their Christmas around the tree and
will be afforded the opportunity to
distribute presents from the tree.
The city itself will give no presents.
merely putting UP big tree, decor
ating 1t and providing an attractive
program for the crowd, but there
will he nothing to prevent tourist So
cieties or small groups of winter yis-
itors using the tree as the center of
their private celebrations.
Tic municipal tree this year will
be set up at the entrance TO the
Plaza theatre Manager George
Candy has offered the space to the
Board of Trade which will have
charge OF the Christmas celebration
and this offer will be accepted. The
tree would be placed on the steps
leading to the theatre foyer and the
st. Petersburg Conce,t Band will be
in TIE foyer to furnish appropriate
music for the entertainment A short
program will be given.
AT the meeting Of the Board VI
Trade tonight plans for the tree will
be discussed and it is expected that
committee will be appointed to ar
range the details o. the entertain
ment. This committee will be OK
pectcd to start work right away AID
get the work started so that there
can I've no hitch Tho tree will be
ready for the crowd in the early
evinlns of Christmas day, the lights
being turned on about dark. 1t is
expected that the illuminations will
be unusually attractive. The light
ing Of the tree will be the donation
of the ST. Petersburg Lighting Com
pany which will make special eff
fort 10 have the tree more attrac-
| tive than ever before.-St. Peters
burg independent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
President of A. C.. L. Sees
Bright Southern Future

Savannah, Ca, Dec. 10-Messrs
j. H. Kenly, president Of the At
lantic Coast Line, and E. H. Cope
man vice president and general
manager of the Southern Railway,
both of whom reached the city early
Tuesday night, are very optimistic
concerning the outlook in the rail-
reading world.
Mr.. Kenly said that business gen.
orally with the carriers is steadily
improving. While the volume Of
traffic now being handled is not as
great as that of 1918, he is san
guine that it will at least equal that
Of two years ago before the New
Year
Lumber Industry.
The upturn of business, says Mr..
Kenly, is largely due TO the improve
ment in THE lumber industry, in
which all classes of the commodity
are now in good demand, with GER
tain price improvements, and the in
crea.e In the movement Of naval
stores. Both of these lines arc now
moving freely.
Are Optimistic.
"I have never seen the people OF
the South so optimistic as they row
are" said Mr.. Keuly. This state
Of mind is a hopeful sign Of the
tines. The volume of business WI
are now experiencing cannot DC COM
pared with that OF last year. because
of tie unusually quie. conditions
then obtaining, but | ice quite Ger
tain we will see a f,rthcr lmprol e.
ment before the end of December
WI ich will bring general business to
a par with the traffic handled dur
ing 1913 at least. >
The unusual congestion which
now obtains at New Yo'E says Mr..
Kenly. will be relieved somewhat by
the action of the carriers terminal
in at New York in placing a prac-
tical embargo on ocean frei2hts.
There will be relief, however, only
when freight steamship bottoms can
be secured. This is now a matter Of
perplexity with the steam carriers
of the country"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
THE WALNUT stain
BY JUNlATA FAIRFAX.

Within i've years after leaving his
native village for the great busting
city, MIR. Bryce Willard had made .
small fortune. Every thousand dol
lars acquired had hardened his heart,
but he had succeeded. OF this he was
thinking, wondering II the sacrifice Of
love. pleasure. the real friendship Of
fellow men was worth the reward.
when q timid knock came at the door
Of his private Office.
"Come in," ordered Willard.
He frowned as his visitor was re-
vealed-an understood but husky lit
tie fellow of about fifteen. Every
thing about him suggested the raw
rural youth just come to the city
clothes, shoes, the home.cut shock of
hair, the honest smiling eyes, the
weather.bronzed face. It was like a
whiff from some patch of woods. a
reminder 80 vivid of his own far past,
that the hardened business man felt
. quick heart CULVER. reproachful but
yearning, so much so that he did not
~ OuC0 lcSChl LILO I'LL uoioh Va Co AaAA-
BILE visitor. for usually men Of money
only were admitted to that select
sanctum of finance. underlings being
turned over to the Office subordinates.
We'll, who are your" challenged
Willard.
The lad fumbled his worn and mis-
shapen cap through his fingers with an
embarrassed grimace and said:
They tell me I'm a nuisance in
your outside Office"
"Eh?" propounded Willard. attract.
ed by the oddly Of the declaration.
Eyes sir" continued the boy naive
ly, you see, I've been here every day
for a week asking for job, and your
manager said was driving him to
desperation bothering about place,
when everything was filled. He said
to come in and see you this morning,
when I told him you might be awful
mad II you found out Id been here
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
The Only Truth.

Every clean, upright, spiritually
minded man is an exponent of the So
cial progress on his own behalf. 1t is
not the thing you belong to; it is your
self 1t is better for a good man to
belong to a poor order than for bad
man to belong to a good order, for it
Is the man himself that counts. But
he should be discerning man and be
able to discern between moral and
material assistance. Lowell tells the
difference in his poem of Sir Launfal
Millions of dollars are thrown away,
when the giver is not in the gift, ana
he isn't In it il his faith is in matter
alone. 1t is a great problem. Nearly
everything is running to materialism
these days. 1t is so in religion, in
education. in society, in court. in pol
itics. The only truth in this world is
In the man who will do the just, up
right, unselfish thing-who thus makes
himself q part of the good he does
Ohio State Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Feminine Wisdop,

He had proposed to the idol OF his
heart. but things had failed to come
his way.
Do you know" he said as he was
leaving her presence forever that
you are wringing my heart from nv
BOSOM"
Possibly" she replied. coldly. but
that is better than to marry you and
be compelled to wiring the bosoros
from your shirts every week"
Realizing that it was a homeless
case. the party of the masculine nart
lighted a cigarette and meandered
hence into the hither.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
.o1,ce 70 CONTRACTORS

So,ice Is hereby given that the ooafr ror.
,,,s,nes for the city OF Lakeiahu' ~.
d. viii receive sealed proposals 9sn, an and to
,'rn,sbing Of materials and lapor .,,s a"" On
.-sct abricE and frame hospital ou,i ar.,,nd
wissouri avenue in the city OF snscia'
r,or,ra in accordance with plans. ST. Nv
ra,ions and proposal h'anks as P,e ."a. nm.
!, roteet. architect LaselaSu. ,'o :, .bIcb
VI, - ia nropoeals will lie opened
Each hid must be accompanied ps ,u,,sd
sad check in the sum Of n'e
T ~ nsN d.llars made PAYABLE 10 n A.
- w w ,ha,rn,n ~ The board OF bond tr,is-
WE a. guarantee that the successful plu-
~ ,rill enter into and furnish surety
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
First Idea Of Steam ploul,o

The idea Of the use of engines and
machinery to pillow the ground seems
to hav originated with David Ram.
sey and Thomas Wildgoose in 1s1s
but the motive power they pronosad
to use is not quite clear Franoia
Moore in 1863 first attempted 10 use
the steam engine for this mrposa
The history of practical steam NOV.
ing dates from the invention Of Fowl.
or, assisted by Smith, in 1854