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The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
REPORT SHOWS MARKED
 INCREASE IN INTEREST

Little Rock, Dec. 10.-The report of J. w. Jernigan, government agent in charge of the Boys Corn Club, and allied club work in Arkansas, and that of Miss Emma Archer, in charge of the Girls Canning Clubs, will show a marked increase in interest in this work during the year. The member ship of the canning clubs totaled 17O0 and each member cultivated one tenth of an acre of tomatoes.
 The government officials state that they now have good foundation, and hereafter the work will make even greater progress, but because of the large number already holding mem berships in the clubs, the per cent of increase will not be so high. They will next year devote considerable time to community breeding of pedi- gred stock, which will be done in con- nection with the pig clubs.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
LITTLE ROCK CAPITAL
 ISTS HAVE OIL-GAS FEVER

Little Rock, Dec. 10.-Citizens of Little Rock have caught the oil and gas fever and some of the leading capitalists are negotiating for leases in the vicinity of the big gas we'll of Crawford county. If these are se- cured the local company, or the one that is to be formed, will have ample capital to develop it. The local com pany will have no connection with any of the larger concerns which discover oil and then bottle up the field. If they are successful in discovering oil or gas they will develop their holdings to the limit.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
Open Submarine Bids

Washington, Dec. 9.-Announce- ment was made today that bids for the two fleet submarines would be open ed at the Navy Department February 6. Specifications for the boats de- signed to have a surface speed of 25 knots have been sent out to prospec- tive bidders. Eighteen similar or larger submersibles are included in the five year building program for the navy recommended to congress by President Wilson. The new vessels mark a departure in naval construc- tion the department announcement says and were designed by the depart ment itself So far as known no Flu ropean power has yet produced a sub mersble approaching 25 knot surface speed.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
MACHINE FOR TESTING
 CLOTH IS DESCRIBED

An interesting description of a val |uble machine for testing the wearing |Gvng them a uniform number of rubs Consul Augustus E. Ingram of Brad |iord, England.
 Relative wearing qualities of differ Isat pieces of cloth may be determined |bg placing them in the machine and Cylinder. This cylinder makes one perhaps 200 each.
 A piece of cloth is clamped in rig 10 jaw and presses over a rubbing sur
 face formed by dull blades set in a cylinder. Thisc ylinder makes one revolution clockwise, then one in the opposite direction, and this is record 'ed by a counter as one rub. The other
 end of the cloth is clamped to a roller,
 on which is placed the quadrant, from
 which any number of weights can be
 suspended, and thus put the cloth in
 tension. The machine can be driven
 Oy an electric motor. When the eloth is worn through, the machine automatically stops.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
FIXES PRIMARY MARCH 3l
p.rry County Dispute Tempo
 rarily Settled-RepresentatiOn One for 175 VOters-Endorse Judre Cook for Appointment.

r;ttle Rock, Dec. 10.-The Demo-
 ...t;c State Central Committee held
 really harmonic session in Little pock Thursday afternoon, in which
 he date for the state primary was avad for March 31, and the Perry ,o,nty dispute settled temporarily by ,oference to a subcommittee which will meet again in one week. The committee also fixed the representa- bon for the State Convention at one delegate for each 175 votes in the urinary, or for fraction over 30 over Il75. TlYs is the customary basis, and at the Pine Bluff convention seat
 cd 5SS delegates. The committee also indorsed Judge Henry Cook of Chicot county for appointment as district at- torney for the Hawaiian Islands.
 The Perry county dispute caused practically the only debate. This is an effort on the part of certain mem- brs of the County Central committee to oust others who are alleged to have supported others than the Demo- cratic nominees in the general cleo ton.
 Judge A. J. Walls presided over the meeting.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10

The Nevada News-an ALL HOME PRINT PAPER-$1.00 per year.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
CONTRACTS AWARDED
 TO NAVY YARDS
On February 9th at Washington, Bids Will be Opened for Con struction of Two Big Fast Submarines.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Sec. Daniels announced today that the contracts for building the new battleships Numbers 43 and A, had been award ed to the New York and Mare Island navy yards respectively. Bids of pri- vate contractors on the construction work failed to come within the limi- tation placed by congress in authoriz- ing the new vessels. MT. Daniels said the keels of the new ships could be laid in August or September next year and he considered 34 months ample time for completion.
 Secretary Daniels said his determi- nation to order the construction of the ships in navy yards had been ex- plained to the chairman of the sen- ate and house naval committees. MT. Daniels expects both ships to be con- pleted within 34 months. Chairman Tillman of the senate naval commit tee announced today he would intro duce bill for the construction of government armor plant of 20,000- ton capacity and to cost $10,000,000
 Secretary Daniels recommended the construction of such a plant last year and will renew the proposal this win ter.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
BUYS kARAKULE LAMBS

r. A. Flowers, who recently return ed from visit to Kansas points, while there bought head of Karakule lambs and will place them on his farm here fro breeding. The wool on the skin of the animals is glossy black and very attractive and brings good pric- es. Mir. Flowers also bought six head of Lincoln sheep for breeding pur- poses.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
WILL ENDEAVOR WAY TO
 PROVIDE FERTILIZER TAGS

Little Rock, Dec. 10.-A conference between fertilizer manufacturers and Commissioner of Agriculture John H. Page, will be held Saturday in an eff fort to find some way to have ferti- lizer tags for the coming year print ed. The state law requires the man ufacturers to pay tax on all fertili- ger sold in the state, as we'll as give the analysis of the contents. The last legislature failed to make an ap- propriation for the printing of the tags, and as the manufacturers must label their goods, they may be forced to have the tags printed also.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
STORM BLOWS TROUS-
 FRS TWENTY MILES

A pair of trousers belonging to Joe o. Bailey were found on the farm of J. T. Adams, six miles south of this city yesterday. The pants had note in them addressed to MT. Bailey and it is presumed that the storm had re- gently, near Bodcaw, his home, blew them there. a distance of about 20 miles.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10

No More Torture of Convicts-Un- cle Sam has done away with solitary cells in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, form of punishment which has come down from the Dark Ages, the perpetration of which was more criminal than many of the crimes for which men are convicted. Some day all our prisons are to be civilized
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10
Cramped Quarters.

"This flat is very small to live in" hinted the bride.
 Well, my dear, We have folding furniture of all sorts. And we'll just have to keep folded in each others arms.-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-10

hot Springs DeSoto Water. the neal liver medicine.-Buchanan Drug Store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21
Polk County Should Stop
Wasting Money In Road Building

on into the sand road district. there
will be about the same difference In
appearance of the two districts from
the standpoint of neatness and pros
perity as there is in appearance Of
the two different types Of roads.
A bond issue does not ask YOU OF
your chaildren to pay a dollar more
road tax than you pay nowfi it will
not call for an increase in rate OF
tax. But through it, at the same
expenditure for roads by getting
sufficient fund. build a good system
every body will have good roads for
the same money instead of spending
II on our present system for upkeep
OF sand and clay which means no
roads. These are generally so bad
that If trees and stumps were out of
the way the side of the road would
be better than the road.
Polk County Road Commissioners
have agreed to build their portion of
Dixie Highway according to the re-
quirements of Dixie Highway Com
mlssoners. To raise the fund TO
biuld this road for good service, it
Will be necessary to bond the county.
Nothlng means more for Florida
than good roads with home builders
and tourists that will follow Hard
surfaced roads cost more in original
construction than sand or clay roads.
but in 30 years time the total cost
to the farmer and property owner
who pays the taxes and uses the
roads will be much greater for the
clay Or sand roads as exemplified by
my report of the results you have
had from an expenditure of 5000. 600
IN ten years and nothing good to
snow for the money. And whereas
under the old system we drag around
On heavy roads, hard on man and
beast; on good roads there is some
comfort in life and you will have
good people for neighbors, better So
'ial and better civic conditions and
more in life. Vote for $1,5OO,OOO
low.
Polk County has a good honorable |
Jet of road commissioners who arc
apable and if they are intrusted
With this great improvement of maxi
ng 400 miles of hard roads, they |
viii take pride in the DEVELOPMENT
Il perfect system of substantial
Dads that will best serve all the
eople in every section of Polk
ounty.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21
IL. Burns in Winter Haven
Chieftain.) .5


Polk County has paid enough road
tax together with extra individual
work in ten years to build 100 miles
of permanent hard surfaced roads
which would last 80 years and Polk
! county's present population would
be doubled If these roads had been
built ten years ago. Good roads
would have saved the man who
teams or travels over them by lessen
ing the actual cost of teaming and
travelling enough to have built 100
miles more roads and every one
would be able to enjoy the comforts
of good roads.
This could have been accomplished
with amount saved by good roads
together with the tax collected.
100000 at the same rate of taxa
tion we have paid, with no extra ex-
pense and we would have 200 miles
of good hard surfaced roads with a
future life of at least 20 years more,
with a very small expense of up
keep.
Now what have you had for this
100000 and other excessive road
costs What have you in the fu-
ture for this expenditure.
You have poor roads and Polk
County has the reputation of the
poorest roads in Florida. No county
can better afford good roads. No
section of Polk county can afford to
be left without the good system of
good roads that can be developed
with $1,500,O00 bond issue.
To any district pleading against a
bond issue, or to be left out of the
bonded district, I would say: I know
you can not afford it. No section of
Polk county has road material which
will make as good, serviceable and
economical roads as Sand-Asphalt-
I'm, Concrete or Brick when you take /
INTO consideration 80 years service.
No section can afford to wait for
he development of a GOOD system by
he revenue through annual tax. It |
axes all your annual tax to keen up
md repair the old system, which |
wastes your money and you never
an create large enough fund with
ut bonding.
In ten years after bond issue.
nd good roads are built, if we travel
through the district that has had
God roads ten years and then drop
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

With the European nations rend-
ing one another in war that may
last for years and with no one of the
combattant countries willing to
yield an inch, there is a pathos al
most shading into comedy in the
weil-meant efforts of those three busy
bees-Bill Taft, Bill Bryan and Sister
Jane Addams-to construct peace
machine on the ruins of The Hague
tribunal that will end the bloody
business and have Kaiser Wilhelm
and King George once more kissing
each other on their royal and imper-
ial cheeks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

Don't be too certain that the gov
ernor won't call special session of
the Legislature to rectify that tech
nical error which makes the Davis
package bill unconstitutional. The
governor of Texas once called a spe-
cial session of the legislature in that
big State to amend a law to stop
fist fight between two professional
sluggers. and the public opinion of
the State overwhelmingly backed him
up.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

Florida people better than that.
They are supreme rulers in gov
ernmental affairs and they have TAX
en- enough in the way Of crooked
legislation.
The facts in the case are merely
these:
Section seventeen of Article three
or the state constitution as amend
! ed in 1896 says:
Every*bill shall be read on three
several days, unless two-tbirds NJ
the members present when such bill
may be pending shall deem it ex-
pedlent to dispense with this rule. !"
The record of the senate of April
20 shows that the bill was passed on
second and third readings on the
same day, and fails, however. to
snow that the rules were waived.
1t may be possible that the rules
were waived but the senate journal
fails to so record it and it is prob
able that Mr.. D isavtogtats hhrhd
able that Mr.. Davis got stage fright
or something worse when. the biu
was being passed and forgot the
procedure to follow.
On page 35 of the senate journal
for April % the record shows the
process of passage was as follows:
"A bill to be entitled An Act to
regulate the sale or furnishing of
intoxicating liquors, wines or beer.
and prescribing penalty for the
violation of certain of it's provisions.
and repeating laws in conflict here
with.
"Was taken up and read a second
time in full"
At this point Senator Hines Offer
ed an amendment which excepted
certain clubs. but his amendment
was voted down.
Various senators offered amend
nents and the only one being adopt-
ed was the one by Senator Hines
changing the closing hour from To
6.
On PAGE 40 of the same journal
the official record says.
Mr.. Davis moved that Senate
Bill No. 222 be made special order
for consideration at O'Clock D. m.
today, at which time it shall be read
the third time and put upon its
passage.
Which was agreed to-"
Tt appears that here is where Mr..
Davis spilled the beans, for the con-
stitution plainly says every bill
shall be read on three several DAYS.
unless two-thirds of the members
present when such bill may be pend
ing shall deem it expedient to dis
pense with this rule
The record does not show that the
rules were dispensed with by con,
sent of two-thirds of the members.
and it is evident that this technical
will kill the effect of the bill.
The supreme court of Florida has
held that the journal of either house
is accepted on its face. and even If it
should develop that the rules were
waived by two-thirds consent it is |
likely that the failure of the journal |
to show such action would not
change the matter in the least.
On page so of the same journal
he record says:
THE hour for the special con-
'ideration of Senate Bill No. 222
having arrived
"A bill to be entitled an act to
regulate the sale or furnishing Of
intoxicating liquors, wines or beer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21
DAVIS LIQUOR
LAW IS CLAIMED
TO Be invalid

The Jacksonville State, aweekly
journal issued by A. X. Taylor and
w. b. Mack, comes out this week
with the startling statement that
the Davis liquor law, passed at the
recent session of the legislature, is
Invalid because regular procedure
was not observed in it's passage. The
States story follows:
The Davis liquor package bill is
harmless piece of legislation.
The prohibition people have been
whipped by their own men, or
men who pretended to be for pro,
hibition.
One question that will be in the
minds of the people when they find
out that the Davis bill is inopera-
tive is-was Davis sincere when he
voted against the constitutions al
amendment and then balled up the
bill that bears his name?
Unless Governor Trammell calls a
special session of the legislature the
work of the prohibition people will
go for naught for the senate did not
observe the provisions of the consti-
tuition in passing the Davis bill.
1t is an outrage that the people
have been thus treated, and if any,
one was responsible for the trickery
ne ought to be run out of the state.
ana If 1t is matter of ignorance,
may the Lord in His Infinite mercy
pity us and forgive us for sending
men to the Legislature who cannot
properly pass law that the people
want.
prohibition forces have been fight
ing for years and years to free this
state from the damnable influence of
the liquor traffic and somehow the
liquor crowd always manages to
win.
Ihey defeated the constitutional
amendment which would have given
the people the right to decide the
matter for themselves, by most dis
graceful means. So apparent was
the disgrace that the conduct of one
senator whose actions were suspic-
ious that the senate body did not
dare investigate.
The liquor lobby with much argu-
ment in the form of u-;po ,,,o,u..
and money was taken to Tallahassee,
all of which failed in so far as it per-
tanned to the Davis law, for it was
Davis himself who is responsible for
the law being as worthless as the
buns the saloon people make.
Are the people going to tolerate
the butchery of the Davis bill? Are
they going to allow the damnable
traffic to continue on account of the
technical error in its passage?
1t is possible that the rules were
waived by the senate by the two
thirds consent and by tricksters and
other methods kept out of the sem
ate journal, but this will be looked
into later The question now is.
what are the people going to do
about it?
Do they propose to allow this
technical error to keep in existence
the saloon with all its evil in
nuence! We think we know the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21
FOR SALE OR RENT

Two story, plastered dwelling of
ten rooms, having all modern con.
veniences, being No. 502 North
Kentucky avenue, four blocks from
depot. Terms of rent or sale reason
able. If parties phoning my Office
June 18th relative to above described
property during my absence will fur.
nish me with their address, or phone
number, | will be glad to call and
see them relative to same. w. Fiske
Johnson, owner. Office room H.
kentucky BLDG. Phones 102 and $50
1859
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

About the worst charge we have
heard against the late Legislature is
that one ms cer, forty-nine years of
age, boasts that he has never been
kissed by any one but his mother.
How in the world did a guy as slow
as that ever succeed in getting elect
ed to the Legislature?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

The Jacksonville State has dis
covered that the Davis package law
regulating the sale of liquor in Flor
ida and which was designed to prac
tlcally put every saloon, in the State
out of business, is no good because
the Senate journal doesn't show that
the Dill was read on three several
Gays prior to its passage as required
by the constitution, or that this rule
was waived by a two thirds vote OF
the Senate. The State is Indignant
at such gross and ineXcusable care
lessness in matter of such vital i'm
port and Is apparently willing to stop
just short of lynching, as proper pen :
atty for the solons guilty in the prem.
Uses. Meanwhile the saloon men and
their patrons face the first of October
when the bill goes into effect with
out fear, for they feel sure that the
supreme court will stamp "unconsti-
tutional" On the Davis package bill
and send it to the discard as a worth
less law. The State remarks that If
the defect in the law was the result
or trickery the author of that trick
ought to be run GU of Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21
A Lasting Cure

and prescribing a penalty for the
violation of certain of it's provisions,
and repeating the laws in conflict
herewith.
Was taken up in it's order and
read the third time in full.
Upon the passage of Senate Bill
No. 222 the roll was called and the
vote was:
"Yeas-2O.
"Nays-11.
so the bill passed title as stated
And the same was ordered to be
certified to the House of Represen-
tatives."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

A few cases have been mentioned
for young men to think over. They
are selected at random. No young
man need work. about himself SO
long as he can honestly say that he
is doing his best. Being in the same
place at the same salary for seven
years can, do you no harm if you
are developing during that time what
is in you But you may we'll worry
If you are drifting aimlessly, plying
yourself, making no effort. If your
mind stays in the same spot for
years that is dangerous. But don't
worry about anything else.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Solomon Fl. Page and wife to
Seasons Investment Co.
N. b. Childs let al. to E. w.
Shepard.
w. Fl. Brown and wife to r. l..
King.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

1: weekly newspaper giving a resume
ct local matters. crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

This will save delay at close of con-
test.
", tr.de hooks must be signed in
ink and dated.
Special Notice
Majestic theater books are not
transferable
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21
ATLANTA Georgian)

| oScA SAohJ
! There are many young men on
earth who fail because they lack
ambition and determination to ad-
vance. There are many more whose
trouble is hasty ambition. They
fail to realize their present chances
IN their hurried reaching out for
something better You may see in
any club. poor room or other resort
Tor wasting time crowds of young
men smoking and deploring their
Lack of success.
I've been working three years at
tine same job and the same salary"
one will say, land / don't see what
chance ! have for getting ahead"
The young man who talks in this
way does not realize that success de-
Ponds on developing the qualities
which are in him. He can develop
them if he will, no matter what his
place in the world. Once he is ready
TO do good work, once he is develop
ed, the work will find him out.
When Napoleon Bonaparte was
resting from his labors at st. Helena
he used to tell this story:
"One day on parade a young lieu
tenant stepped out of the ranks
much excited to appeal to me per-
sonally. He said to me that he had
been lieutenant for five years and
had not been able to advance in
rank. l said to him, Calm Yourself.
l was seven years a lieutenant, and
yet you see that man may push
forward, for all that"
Napoleon, when he preached this
lesson to the young dissatisfied Of
hcer, was the self-made emperor of
the French and of a great many
other nations. He had come to |
Paris a thin, hollow-cheeked, under
sized boy from the conquered and
1espised land of Corsica. He stuck |
n the humble grade of lieutenant |
or seven years. When the time
'ame he blossomed out.
When he was lieutenant he was
developing himself. He studied and
mastered the art of war. He wrote
he history of Corsica, and no one
would publish it. He wrote a drama
Which was never acted. He wrote a
rize essay for the Academy of
lyons, and did not win the prize.
IN the contrary, his effort was con-
emned as incoherent and poor in
lyle. These were few failures:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

The Perfect Thirty-Six," a three
act Pathe comedy drama, written by
the author of Potash and Perlmutter
at the Majestic Thursday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

recommended. Foster-Milburn Co.
props, Buffalo, N. Y.