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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15

county and a portion of HAlsbor-
ough, started yesterday from Fruit
vile, for Texas. The shipment con-
sists approximately Of thousand
head, taken from the large herd of
Mrs. Peter Palmer, and goes to the
Ward Packing Company, of Houston,
Texas. Under the supervision of Dr.
vision superintendent Williamon, of
radentown stock pens were built at
Fruitville adjoining the "Y" near
the old Citrus Exchange packing
house, sufficient to handling the i'm
mense herd, which was brought from
Mrs. Palmer's ranch on the famous
Miakka.
Incidentally, as another record
breaker, it may be noted that under
charge of Mr.. Albert E. Blackburn,
who has the management Of Mrs.
Palmer's cattle, the first dipping vat
in this section of the state is to be
erected before long to eradicate ticks
from the great herd, of which the
present shipment is a very small
part.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
SIGNS AND 0MENs
sy isApoRE eENsHiNoHAM.

Now you've done it, Abner!' ex-
claimed Mrs. Post.
Done what?" demanded her hus-
band Grossly, giving the hammer in
his hand a last vicious bang across q
nail head
Killed purple moth-see, with the
head of the hammer, and it's a bad
sign"
Sign, nothing" growled Abner, but
wrathfully The only sign I'm inter
ested in at the present time is the
sign I'm mailing up right here and
now, and it says No Trespassing,
and the first one who questions it
gets dose of salt and pepper"
You think you're quite right, Alb
ner?" insinuated Mrs Post gently.
Il know I'm right" stormed back
her better half. See here, Maria, no
milk-and-water sentiment! This creek
was on my land when l bought it,
wasn't it?'
Yes, Abner, but it's crooked and
cut in on the other side so that neigh.
Dor Dodd has near a third of it,
Let him keep it; let him keep it!
that's all right" shouted Abner I've
no objection, but when he sets his
visitors to fishing all over it, and his
cows wading in to muddy it, and in
trudes on my land, let him look out.
I'm going to stake it OF and set up a
barb-wire fence. Then let him and
his crowd enjoy the two or three feet
Of shallow water to their hearts con-
tent"
Il think you're wrong, Abner," pro-
tested Mrs. Post seriously. 1T didn't
used to be this way, but all neighbor-
ly and pleasant. l do hope because
Mr. Dodd crowed over you a bit when
you insisted about there being no
likelihood of a war, and 1t came, that
you won't harbor up a wicked griev.
ance"
Never mind about that" snapped
her husband. "Dodd can't lord it over
me. The sign goes up, and the fence
later"
And what about the young peo-
ple?" voiced Mrs. Post, gravely. Bob
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
FLA. DRUMMERS TO ORGANIZE
STATE BOOSTER CLUB

Jacksonville, Sept. 15-That the
travelling men of Florida contem-
plate the organization of a Florida
Booster club, was the statement
Monday night of Joe T. Lester, a
well-known representative of the
Hutchinson Shoe Company, of this
city. He said the project has been
talked over informally among groups
of commercial travellers in several
cities of the state recently and those
promoting the idea are enthusiastic
over the prospects of organizing the
club
we feel that it is time for Flor
ida to fight together for it's own
sake. Whatever helps the state helps
business in general; whatever helps
business helps the people we work
for and in their prosperity we are
also happy" declared Mr.. Lester
81 have found that California
people with about the same things
we nave IOF the OUTSIDE WOTlQ are
boosters. Soft drinks made of or
ange juice and such things in New
York are made of California oragnes.
There are lots of other things Flor
ida people are not awake to.
IF the commercial travellers OF
| the state get this enthusiasm all
through them, | believe we can be OF
| help to the state We also want to
meet and exchange ideas and expert.
| ences. No matter what man sells
when he travels over Florida
whether he takes big orders or small
ones he has an interest in the
state said Mr. Lester in conclus-
ion
As to a concrete plan of action, he
is in favor of a meeting of CONNER
cial travellers at some point in thc
state for the purpose of forming a
entative organization. After this
a membership campaign could be
! launched and the various details OF
the organization worked out
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
HEART OF ANCIENT EMPIRE
tween Two Towering Mountain
Ranges.

To the east tower the White Cordil-
lera, beyond which molder the MAS.
matte jungles of the Montana; to the
west rise the snowy attitudes we have
just traversed, writes Ernest Peixotto,
in describing The Land OF the Incas."
in Scribner's. Between these two
ranges lie succession of highland
valleys some 10000 to 10000 feet
above the sea, each separated from
the other by nudos, or knots, of lesser
traverse chains Of mountains.
These valleys in our ATTITUDES would
be covered with eternal snow. Here
under the tropics they blossom with
all the products of the temperate zone,
enjoying a cool, invigorating climate
and supporting large population of
Indians
They constituted the heart of the an.
cient empire of the Incas, that amaz.
ing despotism that stunned the Span.
ish conquerors with the wisdom of its
institutions, the splendor and the size
OF its buildings, the rich produce of its
fields, and, above all, with the wealth
of its mines of gold and silver and its
amassed riches of centuries. When the
Spaniard came, Huayna Capac had al
ready extended his dominions as far
north as Quito and as far south as the
land of the Araucanian indians OF
Chile. Even most of the savage tribes
Of the Montana owed him allegiance.
and only the Pacific bounded his ter
ritories to the westward. The center
OF his empire lay in these high pla-
teaus of the Andes-the fair and fer
tile valleys of Huaylas and vilcanota.
the bare and bleak plains of Cerro de
Pasco and Titicaca's basin.
We were now entering the last
named. the most southern of the four,
and were then to turn northward TO
visit the Inca capital Cuzco. the nave,
of the kingdom, as its name signifies
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
RumOr That Murderer OF
Boggs Was Captured

Several other reports regarding
the arrest of Butler were circulated
on the streets. One placed his ar
rest at Rochester, n. Y, and another
at New Haven, Conn.
C. D. Leffler spoke of seeing a
telegram to R. NJ. Price declaring
that Butler had been arrested some
where in the north, but Mr.. Leffler
could not remember the city.
An attempt to reach Mr.. Price by
telephone was unsuccessful, and it
was not learned which of the tele-
grams conveyed theinformation con-
corning theactual arrest, but it was
reiterated by several persons that
the arrest occurred in Daytona, rs
told by the telegram received yester-
day by Mr.. Cason. Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15

Dodd and our Nell are all but en-.
gagged. Going to disturb their hap
piness?'
Yes, I ami" fairly reared Post. IT
I 30 much as hear of my daughter en-.
couraging the son Of an enemy. I'll
lock her up in a nunnery!"
Mrs. Post sighed and turned away.
When she got home she had good
crying spell. She knew her husband
was in the wrong, and lamented the
fact and feared for the outcome. A
neighborly row, she realized, was a
thing to be dreaded where a man OF
the set ideas of her arbitrary husband
was concerned.
Mrs. Post was superstitious. She
had imbibed all current old-country
lore regarding signs and tokens from
her father and mother, and always
had a trite and hackneyed saying OF
a past generation to fit the case OF
the moment To kill a purple moth
was worse in her estimation than
walking under a ladder, or seeing a
white horse driven by girl with au
burn hair on a Friday.
Her husband was too wrathy to
pay more than passing attention to
the killing of an insect.
Accidental, anyhow" he quoted a
certain respect for the predictions OF
his wife by muttering. There's nc
use! Dodd has been setting down on
me hard since he got comfortably
fixed in a money way, and I'm not 60
ing to stand his high and mighty
pride! There's the warning. | pity
those who don't heed it,"
But Posts work was worse than his
bite. His spell of jealousy and re-
sentiment might have passed by, only
the very next day in the choice of Sc,
lectmen for the township his neigh
Dor, Dodd, was chosen and he was re-
tired. 1t was clearly explained to
him that this was done to give the
north district of the township fair
representation, but Post would not
have it that way.
"Underhand workman. sneaking
tactics somewhere" he insisted on
believing.
Herewith he no longer spoke to
Dodd when he met him, and forbade
Nell to keep company with that
Young sprig OF smartness. Bob Dodd
Once started on a career bolstered
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15

A telegram to Fred Cason, from
Daytona, yesterday, claimed the
capture of James A. Butler, alleged
murderer of A. A. Boggs and daugh-
ter, Miss Marjorie Boggs, at Cocoa
nut Grove in November of last year.
The capture was said to have been
made by Charles Jones, a deputy
sheriff of Jacksonville.
Mr.. Cason. R. NJ. Price and john
Frohock, members of citizens COM
mittee who have been somewhat ac-
tive in searching for evidence to
convict thesupposed murderer held
a conference yesterday with County
Judge Sam Barco relative to having
an affidavit prepared and signed by
Charles Mayberry, who has been
confined in the county Jail for the
past several months as witness
against Butler.
1t appeared from the statements
afterward made by the county
Judge, that the affidavit upon which
a former warrant was issued chars-
ing Butler with the crime, has been
lost and the judge wished to have
Nayberry sign another.
When Judge Barco telephoned to
Deputy Sheriff Hicks to escort May
berry to his office so that he could
fix his signature to the affidavit just
prepared, the officer demurrer, until
the question of jurisdiction was set
tied to his satisfaction. Deputy
Hicks wanted to know, he said, I'M
der whose jurisdiction Mayberry had
been held in Jail for four or five
months, and was told by judge Bar
co that he. Judge Barco held juris-
diction over the witness and could
at any time release him the officer
declared.
Mayberry at first declined to sign
the affidavit submitted to him, de
claring it was not identical with the
onphe had signed originally. He in
sisted that he was willing to say, as
he had done formerly, that Butler
accompanied him to the BoggS home
the night of the double tragedy, hut
he did not see Butler go into the
house Mayberry was assured that
the affidavit was the same as he had
signed before, and after demurring
a little more, signed his name to it,
Judge Barco was asked by MAY
berry how long it would be before
he, Mayberry, would be released and
replied that it would be within
about ten days Yes. we will have
him here in ten days" replied Fred
Cason. To this Mayberry replied:
IF you do get Butler, | have got
something to tell the sheriff, but
won't tell it to anybody else. 7 have
got some dope on this case that I'll
cut loose when the time comes"
Mr. Cason replied I've have got
somebody locked up, anyway
Mr. Frohock was called upon thu
telephone at his house and asked
concerning the reported capture Of
Butler, and informed a Herald re,
.rrorter that there was very little def.
mite to the rumor He said nothing
about the conference in the county
judges office in which he partici
pated
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
Spoiled His Thouohts

Little Billie was lying quietly. with
eyes wide open. but apparently seeing
nothing. After a while his mother
asked, Dreaming, BilIieg Not
dreaming; thinking" replied Billie i'm.
patiently, "and when anybody speaks
to me 1t cuts the think right in two
and have TO begin all over again.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
Do Not All Shed Horns.

The elk. like all other members OF
the deer family, lose their horns ev.
cry year. The hollow-horn animals.
IKE the goats and antelopes, do not
shed their horns.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
Poor Business

Did George talk business. last
night, DEAR" asked mamma
Yes, replied daughter.
What did he saw"
That business was rotten,n
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
BANNER CATTLE SHIPMENT
FROM SOUTH FLORIDA

Manatee, Sept, 1.-THE largest
shipment of beef cattle ever passing
over this division of the Seaboard
Air Lime railroad. includeing this
The midland journal., 1915-08-13

mulched with old manure or lawn clip
pings, or if the plants are set close
enough together to shade the ground
after July 1.
One packet climbing nasturtium foul
to six feet; blooms in July until frost
Set seed one inch deep in May.
One packet nicotiana affinis two ia
three feet; July until frost. Start in
May one foot apart.
One packet candytuft one footr June
and July. Sow seed early in the gar,
den.
One packet poppy one to one and
one-half feet; July and August. Mix
seed with sifted soil, sow the earlier
the better. Firm the soil with a
board or the hand but do not cover,
Not easily transplanted.
One packet petunia dwarf six
inches; July to September. Start in
the house for early bloom. Grown
anywhere. Portulacca (rose moss) is
another annual for dry soil. Grows
in a sand pile, six inches. Sow the
seed middle of May
No. 8. A handy garden that will
bloom the first year with a light
strawy winter protection and improve
in appearance from year to year. After
the first planting they will require
only an occasional mulch of old man.
ure. Pull the weeds and thin the
plants when they begin to crowd,
which will not be before the third
spring.
Start all these seeds in the hot-bed
or box of fine soil in sunny win.
dow
One packet hollyhock four to six
feet; July to August. Get single early
blooming.
One packet delphinium thardy
larkspur) one to three feet; June to
July.
One packet New England asters one
to three feet; June to the end of
August. Sow seed out of doors early.
One packet pompon chrysanthemum
one to three feet; October until snow
flies.
In October plant bulbs of daffodils,
late tulips and crocus in this garden
to have flowers from March Is until
November with practically no work.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
NOTES ON BLOOMING THINGS

No matter what the calendar says,
do not plant your tuberoses out of
doors until the ground is warm and
spring settles downright
Liquid manure is made by saving
. barrel in two or using tub with q
spigot near the bottom. Punch holes
in an old lard can through the bot
tom and fill with fresh manure. Place
1t on the tub with boards laid across
the tub) and fill the can with water.
Harden plants grown under cover
by exposing them to the sun and air
and outdoor atmosphere. Expose them
but short time at first and increase
the exposure until they are hardy.
However. they must not be left in the
weather during high or cold winds or
when frost, snow or Ice are in the
air
Mulch sweet peas by sowing seeds
sof any of the low growing annuals
along the pea trenches and thereby ex-
tend their growing season.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
WAS QUITE TOO THOUGHTFUL
Husband Who Received Basket of
soft-shell Crabs From Wife Saved
the Bread for Himself.

Eyes, I've heard from my wife and
she's going to hear from me. Down
on the shore where she is they have
the very finest soft-shell crabs that
ever used nipper, and when they're
fried they show themselves for the
kindly disposition critters they are.
Well, this morning / got word from
my wife that she was going to send
some of 'em fried and ready to eat.
"A fine lot is the way she told me
about 'em, and had visions OF about
bushel of EN-; so promptly noti
fed friends in the East end that they
were on the eats.
When the package arrived at the
Office it wasn't as large as had exs
pected, but told myself not to be
greedy and decided to make a fair
division Division seemed easy. for
the package contained two smaller
packages. Opening one, sampled
the goods and found them worth while
and then passed them around in the
Office. They lasted three minutes.
Then with the other package neatly
tied l took a car for the East end.
This is where the drama approaches
the smash
my wife is a very thoughtful wom-
an. When she provides a lunch she
provides the trimmings. It was quite
a little snack she wanted me to have
at the Office and she carefully put the
crabs in one package and
Yes, you have it! When proudly
opened that package in the presence
of my East end friends, found that
1t contained four slices of bread!"-
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
TALE AMUSED SENATOR HoAR
Noted Statesman Told With ! Glee Of
southerner's Visit to Boston, Where
People Ate Beans.

Senator Hoar used to tell with glee
OF a Southerner just home from New
England who said to his friend, "You
know those little white, round beans 2
Yes replied the friend. "the kind
we feed to our horses?"
.The very same. Well, do you
know, sir, that in Boston the enlight
ened citizens take those little white
round beans, boil them for three OF
four hours, mix them with molasses
and know not what other ingredi
ents, bake them. and then-what dc
you suppose they do with the beans r.
They"
"They eat 'em, sir" interrupted the
first Southerner impressively; 'bless
me, sir, they eat 'em!"-C Christian Reg
lister.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
CARE OF'THE LAWN

In dry season don't NOW the lawn
as often as in the showery one. Regu-
late the frequency of your moving by
the appearance of the grass. Aim to
keep it looking green and velvety. 1t
win not have such look If you keep
1t shaved too closely in dry weather.
And don't make the mistake of clip
ping 1t too short. A sward that has
the appearance of having been shaved
with razor cannot be ornamental
There must be enough of the grass
blade left to give the dark. rich color
and the plushlike effect upon which
all lawns depend for their attractive
ness.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
ARE MINUTE GARDENS
BY LULU c. parker.

These spare-minute gardens, de-
signed for busy women, are not formal
affairs; they are border beds about
two by eight feet in size and should
be planted along the walks, drive
ways and fences.
Get good seed from reliable seeds
man. Phlox will not germinate at all
unless it is fresh. Cheap balsam seed
will produce poor flowers.
Plant tall sorts in row at the back,
medium sized sorts in clumps of a
dozen seedlings or more, and use the
low growing sorts for edging.
Any Of these little gardens will
furnish enough cut flowers for the
table, with few to give away, besides
Frightening the yard from June until
frost.
Five minutes each day or half an
hour once week given up to stirring
the top soil and wedding. will be all
the attention required after the plant
ing is done.
No. l. Annuals for sunny garden
with plenty of water. Flowers from
June until November.
One packet cosmos, early towering
three to four feet; blooms in July un-
til frost. Start seed indoors and trans
plant six feet apart in the garden
in May.
One packet balsam one to one and
one-half feet; blooms June and July.
Sow in the garden in May. Thin or
transplant ten inches apart.
One packet phlox drummondi six
inches to one foot; blooms June and
July
One packet dahlia eighteen inches
to two feet; blooms September and
October. Start seed in the house, set
In garden one foot apart after dan
ger from frost Is past.
One packet sweet alyssum six
inches; June to November. Sow seed
in the garden early. This alyssum
will thrive in damp place as well.
No. q Garden in a dry. sandy soil.
These plants win require no water
ing during the driest summer, If
weeds are kept out and the soil is
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
Progressive.

"Well, like your cheek!" exclaimed
the indignant maid, after the young
man had landed kiss on her complex.
ion.
"And like yours" he rejoined. "But
L imagine l would like your lips bet
ter"
Whereupon he planted another mi
.crobe breeder right under her nose.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
carelessness.

Mr. Flatbush--I see during some re-
cent explorations at Pompeii an an
cient kitchen was unearthed. In the
fireplace there was a kettle on the
crate, Just as it was left 1925 years
ago by some cook residing in that
city.
Mrs. Flatbush- -Sucn carelessness!
You can't tell me she hasn't had an
opportunity to put that kettle away in
all this time!
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
Nee,ded sleen.

please give me the price to get
into a moving-picture show?" pleaded
the tramp to the man passing.
But will you spend it to get to the
movies?' asked the suspicious man.
Indeed l will, sir. You see. since
the cops have chased us off the park
benches there's no other place we can
go to sleep as cheap as the movies"
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
IL Certainly Would.

Flatbush-It is said that the letter
carriers in Portugal save themselves
much work on Sunday by delivering
letters in church.
Bensonhurst-Would think 1t might
interfere with his enjoyment of the
service If man In his pew is hand
ed q bunch of bills.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
Hard 70 Get.

"Have plenty of trouble with cooks,
suppose?'
"The cooks would be all right IL
could only get the necessary sup
plies"
What do you mean?"
well, last week | had a southern
nanny who was fine possum artist,
and this week got Finnish cook
who is strong on reindeer dishes"
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
A cuttIno Remark.

"You have cut my hair too short" |"
said the man to the barber. Now cut
it longer"
And the barber, being a man of
many sides and much resource, did SO.
He cut it three minutes longer.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
PATS Solution.

"Plaze, sir" said an Irishman to q
farmer going to market one day,
would yez be so obliging as to take
me greatcoat here to B-wid ye?"
"Yes," said the farmer; but how
will you get it again?"
"Oh, that's mighty aisy. so 1t is,N
said Pat; "for shure I'll remain inside
NV it!"-Tit-Bits
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
Putting 1t Nicely.

Former Mistress-I would like to
give you good recommendation,
Della, but my conscience compels me
to state that you never get the meals
on time. / wonder how can put it
in nice sort of way.
Delia-Yez moight jist say thct OF
got the meals the same as Oh got me
pay-Puck.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
SAVE GRASS CLIPPINGS

Save the grass clippings from the
lawn to serve as mulch for the bed
Of tea roses. These plants like to
have the soil about their roots cool
and moist Spread the grass over the
bed to depth of two or three inches.
When 1t withers. work it into the soil
to act as a fertilizer as 1t decays, and
apply fresh clippings.
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
Astray.

at is my intention to lead you on
the way to righteousness" said the
reformer.
Stranger" replied Bronco Bob.
you're lost. If that's your destina-
ton your trail never would have led
you through Crimson Gulch"
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
Base Deception.

Rankin-That's the greatest skin
game ever saw.
Phyle-What do you mean?
That show adyertises a tattooed
man.
'Well%
And the gink inside is simply COW
cred with transfer pictures"
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
For BacheIors,

"Why are you unhappy" we asked
the unspeakable Turk. Here you
have just wed third beautiful wife"
That's all right so far as 1t goes.
he responded. But when l had only
two I held the balance of power, but
now"
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
woozy Decorations.

81 understand" said Uncle Bill Bot
tletop. that the Turks are total alb
stainers."
Eyes"
''Well, maybe they are. But can't
see how any total abstainer could
think up some of the designs they put
in Turkish rugs"
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
WIRE NETTING SUPPORT

This arrangement makes an excel
lent support for any of the climbing
plants Any kind of chicken wire will
answer the purpose. The posts should
be driven solidly into the ground so
that the weight of the plants will not
cause them to sag.
Plants supported In this way will
grow faster and blossom more freely
The midland journal., 1915-08-13
The Modern Method.

'Your new novel is in some ways s
bit out of date"
How, for example?"
"Well, you make the heroine sweeE
the room with a glance. when todaS
everybody is using vacuum cleaners