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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02

cumulating spot cotton at eight
cents early in the present season and
have held for a rise are now looking
for good place to invest their
profits.
The tenants are paying out of
debt and will have some spending
money left.
The landlords have paid up this
years debts and are paying off some
that hung over from last year.
Merchants are enjoying better
trade already than they had dared
to hope for in December.
The deposit accounts are swelling
at the banks.
Everybody is getting a share of
the profits of twelve cents cotton.
and everybody is cheerful, optimistic
and prosperous
And it is all because the crop this
year is extremely small instead of
extremity large.
It is a splendid lesson for the
farmer but one he never has and we
fear never win profit BY.
After all 1t was a reduction in
yield per acre rather than a educ
tion Of acreage that made the 1915
crop small and Observation-Disclosures
(Ga.), Observer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
WOOD ASHES
SUBTI7UTE FOR
POTASH

Miami, Oct. 2-Tn search for a
means to overcome the shortage of
potashsince the European was pre-
vented the shipment of this much
needed commodity from the German
mines, Thomas j. Peters, Dade
county's largest tomato grower, has
imported three hundred tons of hard
wood ashes from Venezula.
This is said to be the first ship
ment of the kind ever coming to
this part of the United States. The
ashes contain three per cent of pot
ash, and in some instances more than
this amount three per cent being the
average.
Mr.. Peters declares it Is the finest
lot of ashes he has ever seen, con-
tanning less than one per cent Of
moisture. He attributes this to the
fact that the ashes were shipped in
bulk in the hold of schooner and
died out considerably on the way to
America.
While trying to locate a source
Of potash supply Mr. Peters got In
touch with the Venezuelan consul at
New York, and through him order
ed the shipment from the South
American republic.
The initial shipment will be fol-
lowed by others, as the potash con-
tanned in the three hundred tons will
be sufficient to plant only about
three hundred acres, which is con-
siderably less than the entire acreage
Mr.. Peters will plant this year.
While discussing with Herald
reporter yesterday, the condition of
the fertilizer market, Mr.. Peters
said:
There is one thing | think the
local papers should take UP for the
benefit of the growers. This sub
iect is the excessive price the fer
tilizer houses are asking for their
product
Notwithstanding that the per-
centage of potash has been cut down
to three per cent, the price Of fer
tilizers has been raised thirty per
cent. There is no reason whatever
for the increase. as potash is the
only ingredient that has increased
in price.
Mr.. Peters said there are a few
companies manufacturing fertilizers
which claim to be putting five per
cent of potash in their wares, but
that they have cut down the amounts
of nitrogen and phosphate in proper
tion to the additional two per cent
of potash.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
THE MAN AT THE HELM

There is a man who sits alone in
the still hours of the night and faces
his God. All day he goes about His
Fathers business and at night he
must make an accounting of his
days work-.he must face his Maker
and give an account Of his steward
ship.
Did he who was bred in a parson-
age-whose adolescence knew the
quiet ways of the village and whose
manhood found the academic halls
rather than the campus their chosen
environment, in those years Of quiet
thought and long research. presage
the striking Of an hour when the
clocks Of the world would tell the
time Of strife-an hour when he
alone of all the leaders of all the
world, must hold in his hands the
scales Of justice.
In those long hours that came
to him in still watches of the night
he hears the cry of the world din
ming in his ears-the nations Of the
earth clamoring at his doors-the
armies of Europe tramping past the
White House.
And as they go they turn their
haggard faces to the man who sits
alone.
10 hn oil aln fnh hap
all the affairs Of state are ended and
gives an accounting of his day is the
greatest leader the world has ever
known. Nor Caesar, nor Napoleon.
nor Lee, nor Lincoln faced what this
leader of men must face, carried with
him the burden of power that this
man carries.
He does not waver. he does not fall
ter, he does not bluster. He who
was bred in quiet paths and nutured
| in academic ways, somehow found
there the iron that goes to the max
ing of men This academic professor,
in the years spent among his books,
lived with the great souls of the CEN
turies for some purpose. For some
where, somehow, he found courage,
strength, firmness. and force. Such
courage and such strength as no
leader before has ever found.
With turmoil and tumult at his
doors, with the black waves of 1t
beating upon the southern shores Of
his country with intrigue stalking In
his midst and massacre menacing
his people on the high seas, he has
not mistaken bragadocio for bravery
or strife for strength.-Pensacol
| Jounal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
DuF0FkST0RN WHICH SWEPT
DUlSlANAI;AND MISS. Placed
/ 54&; $l2,000,000s DAMAGE
IT IS CRIME TO BEAT
BOARD BILL IN MIAMI

Miami, Oct. 1.-Two persons were
arrested yesterday on charges of
beating board bills in Miami. Byrl
Havercamp, well-known young
man who has been here for some
time, was arrested yesterday on a
warrant sworn out by Mrs. Flan-
nigan of the Fort Dallas hotel. He
is charged with obtaining board and
lodging with intent to defraud, and
his hearing is set for Saturday morn
ing.
John Yawn, brother-in-law of
G. A. Black, wwho recently deserted
his children on the streets of Miami,
was arrested yesterday in Fort
by authorities of that
place, and was brought back to
Miami by Deputy Sheriff Pratt A
warrant sworn out by w. b. Pennell
charges him with beating his board
bill at the home of Mr.. Pennell on
Third street, where he was a boarder
for ten and one half months.
1t is claimed by Mr.. Pennell that
Yawn was on his way to Quitman.
Ga, where his brother-in-law re-
sides. The authorities at Fort
were notified by wire of
his departure and when the train
reached that place he was appre-
hended.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
MORE FLORIDA CATTLE
HEADED FOR TEXAS

Kissimmee, Oct 2-Heavy ship
ments of cattle from this section to
Kissimmee continue. Another ship
ment of eleven cars went from this
place this week to LaPorte, Texas.
the same being made by the Lykes
brothers. The cattle will be grazed
at LaPorte before being placed on
the market.
]. T. McElroy, of Odessa, Tex,
purchased 900 head on last Saturday
and shipped them to that point.
This shipment followed close behind
a shipment of 1,200 head
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
rifle TEAMS
ASSEMBLING IN
JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville, Oct. 2-lRife teams
from all parts of the country will
be in Jacksonville before another
week to participate in the. matches
on the State rifle range in October.
1t is estimated that already over
l,20O soldiers, including the regulars
on duty and the rifle teams, are
camped on the grounds, and many
other teams are due to arrive.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
has received notification of teams
that are coming and they represent
some of the finest marksmen in the
world. Information received to
date gives the schedule of arrivals us
follows:
Kansas, October /; Wyoming,
Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas,
on October 8; Vermont and Geor-
gia, on October 4; Wisconsin, Octo-
Der s; District Of Columbia, October
6; Connecticut, October z; Louis
lana, October g.; New Hampshire,
October IA, and New York State
team, October IA.
These teams are composed of
twenty-five men, on an average,
sometimes officers accompanying
the teams. Those already here are
Massachusetts,. North Dakota, Mimi
esota, Florida, U. s. Marine and in
fantry teams. The cavalry team,
which was said to have arrived yes
terday. will leave Fort Sheridan, ILL.,,
shortly for Jacksonville.
This number of marksmen, 1877
marines and 800 men of the 23d in
fantry are now on the camp grounds.
Practically all of the match officers
are here, including several adjutant
generals from other States. The A.
c. IL. handles all of these teams from
Jacksonville to the State camp and
will maintain a daily shuttle train
service between the city and camp
during the matches. October to
22.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
|bULCAR|ANS MOVING TOWARD
SERBIAN >AND.CREEk FRONTIERS:
Allies .URCEDsTO ACT QUICKLY
JAX SALOONIST ARRESTED TO
HAVE DAVIS LAW TESTED

Jacksonville, Oct. .-Adolpii
of Bay and Washington streets, will
be the defendant in the proceedings
which will be brought before JUS
tice of the State supreme court at
Tallahassee today to test constitu-
tionality of certain sections of the
sO-called Davis Package Law, which
went into effect Thursday at mid
night.
On a warrant sworn out by Dep
uty Sheriff James C. Crawford,
Pricha was placed under arrest at
1890 o'clock yesterday mornins,
when he sold Ben Jones, another
deputy sheriff, drink of whiskey in
an open glass in violation of section
Z of the new law. The warrant was
issued by Judge Philips, of the coun-
ty court.
Judge John E. Hartridge. Of
Hartridge & Hartridge, counsel for
the liquor dealers interested in the
test case, left Jacksonville last night
for Tallahassee, where he will psti-
tion a justice Of the supreme court
for a writ of habeas corpus seeking
the release of the defendant. The
supreme court will convene for the
fall term on Oct. II, and 1t Is ex-
pected that the writ will be made re-
turnable some time between Oct. II
and Oct. 1S. when arguments will
be heard.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
TWELVE CENT COTTON

Everybody turns out to do homage
to twelve cent cotton.
The farmer who planted for eight
cents feels that he has picked up
something in the road
The fellow who Joined the "buy-
a-bale" movement last year can now
pay up his storage. insurance and in
terest and come out even. He is
smiling.
The merchants and guano men
who took in cotton on notes and
accounts. paying from one to three
cents above the market price can
now turn loose with their notes and
accounts netting them a hundred
cents on the dollar. and some clear
money besides. -
The cotton BUYERS who began ac-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
FORMER PENSACOLA WOMAN
RANKS HIGH AS
NASHVILLE SUFFRAGIST

Miss Mary Penn Thompson has
many friends in Pensacola where she
formerly made her home For sew
'eral years Miss Thompson was a
member of the faculty of the Pen
sacola High school, and since leav-
ing Pensacola has been associated
with educational work in Nashville,
Tenn.
Miss Thompson is president Of the
Nashville Business Woman's Suf-
frage League, which has a member
ship of more than 600, of which the
Nashville Tennesseean says:
Although organized just six
months ago, the Nashville Business
Womans Equal Suffrage League
easily takes rank as one OF the lead
ing woman's organizations. not only
in Nashville. but in the whole coun-
try. Indeed, this league. the first
and only one of its kind to be or
ganized, is unique in the great and
growing family OF women's CLUBS.
Organized November 81, 1914, with
a membership of forty, it now has
enrolled on its list of active men,
bers more than six hundred women,
representing more than twenty-five
professions and callings. II is signi-
ficant, also, that those women who
are most prominent in these various
professions and occupations are
those who have identified themselves
with the organization and who are
enthusiastically interested in its
work.-Pensacola Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
(By Associated Press. }

Sydney, Australia, Sept. 29.-
The cruiser Brisbane and two torpe-
do boat destroyers, which will be
launched at the Cockatoo Island
Naval Dock Yard here during the
next two months, will add consider
ably to the Australian navy. The
Brisbane will be he first cruiser en-
tirely constructed in an Australian
yard by Australian workmen. She
is named after the capital of Queens
land. and is sister ship of the sgd
ney-the victor over the Emden-
and the Melbourne. She is 5000
'ons displacement and Is armed with
6-inch guns
The two destroyers are the Tor
rens and the Swan.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
III PLANTATIONS
COMPLETELY
WIPED Ed OUT
- MILES THE COUNTRY IS
HIoODED FOR A DEPTH OF Is
1ET; OVER $50 sCH0oNERs
NnEcKED
ASSOCIATED Press

NV Orleans, Oct. 2.-The mum
persof known dead and reported dead
p91o4n missing in Louisiana and
Miaaissippi as the result of Wednes-
63Ke torn is placed at SAG in to-
III c0mpiled here from reports from
many places on the coast and the
lnteyt0f. 1t is considered certain
that the total dead will number not
49, than $50. The known dead are
olxoa1y 181, with 20s reported dead.
CO hundred are missing undoubted-
~ an1 there are some Implications,
XAicA you'd bring the total to not
4r9 than $50. The property dam
- - conservatively estimated at
44Dy80o. 900.
any places the destruction is
ooe. Relief parties returning
tAe delta section said that rich
IONS there had been wiped
Sg1Sps and orange trees destroyed
buildings demolished and
out to sea. The country for
pas flooded from four to If
5o0 1T and the levees destroyed in
1N Dlaces. River pilots are Of the
that it will be impossible
NJ o44lld the levees in many places.
11y neople are reported marooned
@ tops of undamaged levees.
n $50 schooners were observed
between Gulfport and New
many total wrecks, others
fifteen feet above high tide
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
RWHITE WOMAN
ENTENCED TO THE GANG

/ 1IoQta, Ga, Oct. 2-Can you i'm
young white woman in
working on the public roads
ia, with a guard armed with
~ keep her on the job? That
~ you would see IL the SEN
(oD ~ the local criminal court in
~ 1oGo of Mrs. jamie Smith, Of
| Holnt, were carried out.
~ young woman was charged
y ting drunk and disorderly on
~ U61ic highway, and as there
y 0gravated features of the Of
~, he Judge felt it his duty to
Go D fine of IL months on the
: ~ o6ag. There is the usual alter
H. q 800 fine, but this the
oS woman cannot pay.
101rf has been suspended pend
III to the higher courts, and
ugh the appeal is not sus-
11 q is probable that the SEN
o IN be modified in some way.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
MENDENHALL GETS
LIFE SENTENCE

Clearwater, Oct. al. j. Men
denhall was sentenced by Judge
Reaves yesterday to life imprison-
ment.
When asked IL he had anything to
say. Mendenhall replied that he be-
lieved he would have been acquitted
had not nine jurymen been from st.
Petersburg, where, he said, the pa
pers were 30 bitter, editorially,
against him.
The judge replied that his peers
had rendered their verdict and his
fault was the dual life he had been
living.
Attorneys appealed to the supreme
court on thirty-three points. taking
twenty typewriter pages.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
Allies Must Act Quickly
(By Associated Press.

London, Oct. 2.-The eastern sit
uation is still regarded here as Of
greatest Importance despite the new
western offensive. The transfer of
the center Of gravity of war to the
western front is now the task con-
fronting the British and French.
Bulgaria's menacing attitude doubt
less is having marked bearing on
the activity of the allies in France
and Belgium. Increasing pressure ON
the German lines would exert a de-
cided influence on the plans of the
Teutons to concentrate heavy force
on the Serbian border should they
commit themselves to q fresh Bal
kan campaign with Bulgaria's assist
ance.
Some British newspapers urge
Greece and the allies to strike
quickly as 1t has been determined
that diplomacy will not avert Bal
kan crisis. To wait until Bulgaria
actually moves. says the Manchester
Guardian, is to surrender the strate-
gle initiative to her.
Petrograd specials speak of i'm
provement in the Russian position,
although there has been no change
worthy of mention on the eastern
front for some days.
The British are clinging tenacious
ly to positions wrested from the Ger
mans, excepting some ground lost.
The series Of engagements on the
French front for the last few days
has not altered conditions apprecia-
bly,.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
B. Y. P. U. Business
Meeting Tonight

The quarterly b. Y. p. U. busi-
ness meeting will meet tonight at
1880 in the Annex Written reports
are expected from all officers and
committees, and other important
business will be transacted. Every
member is urged to be In attend
ance. A social hour will complete
the evening.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
ARABIC CASE TO
Be ADJUSTED
SATISFACTORILY
(By Associated Press J

New York, Oct. Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ,ambassad dor
delivered to Secretary Lansing. who
from the German government con-
cerning the Arabic case. It is under
stood that the note affords q nego-
table basis for settlement of the
question.
Secretary Lansing and tho am6as-
sador were closcted only few min
utes, and both agreed that nothins
should be announced
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
ATTENTION, BARACAS
AND PHILATHEAS

There will be a union meeting of
the Philathea and Baraca classes Of
the Baptist and Methodist churches
tomorrow, Sunday. Oct. 3. at 4
o'clock Mr.. Singleton, well-known
over the State as an enthusiastic or
ganizer, will be present and make
an address, which will be of inter
est to every member OF these classes.
All members are urgently requested
to be present
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
SEM-CENTENNIAL
OF sCHWABS TOWN

South Bethlehem, Pa, Oct. q
This town is celebrating its semi
centennial today and Lehigh Uni
versity and the Bethlehem Steel Co.
are taking an active part in the cele-
bration. Charles Schwsb, chairman
Of the general town committee, con-
tributed $1,000 toward the celebra-
tion and his company will spend
SIS, 200, 900 expanding Its plant
here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
MEN IN TRENCHES LIKE HYMNS

london, Oct 2.-Sanon Scott
Holland, one of the most prominent
Of Britain churchmen, has just re-
turned from a visit to the camp and
he says that the soldiers like nothing
better than to hear and sing hymns.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
'CLAIRv0YANT TRUST"
SLEUTHS ON TRIAL

Chicago, Oct. 2.-Argument was
made today in the superior court be-
fore Judge o'Connor on a motion for
new trials for William Egan and
Walter o'Brien. convicted OF bribery
In connection with the so-called
"clairvoyant trust i" Counsel for the
sleuths declare that much new evil
dence has been found that will hel
their case.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
GREAT CROWD AT
RIFLE MATCHES

Jacksonville, Fla. Oct. 2.-The
greatest rife matches ever held in
this country began here today on the
State Rifle Range at Black Point
under the auspices of the National
Rife Association of America, the
Southern Rifle Association and the
Florida State Rifle Association.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
Bulgarians MobilHing
(By Associated Press.)

Milan. Italy. .Uc'. 2-Th9 Pulgar-
,ans are moblllLing all men up to
5s years old, according to Corriere
Della Seras' Bucharest correspond
ent. No citizen under 45 VIII be al
lowed to leave the country. There
are pro-Germap manifestations along
the Danube. The Bulgarian artil-
lary is massed along the frontier Of
Dobrudja. Territory taken from Bull
garia in 1873 will be given to Ru-
mania.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
(By Associated Press.) J

Suya, Fiji Islands, Sept. 80
Out Of a population OF q little over
1000 Europeans, the British colony
of Fipi has. officialIy sent lie men
to the front. and another 1870 have
gone independently. The total Is
thus 246 or abou lie OF the entire
white population.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
TO UNvEIL THE
BRoWNLow MONUMENT

Johnston City. Tenn, Oct. =
The monument to the late Congress-
man Brownlow will be unveiled here
tomorrow afternoon at the National
Soldiers Home. with appropriate en-
ercises. Speakers of national promi-
nence will take pat In the exercises.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
SCHEDULE FOR
WORLDS Series
ANNOUNCED
(By Associated Press. J

New York, Oct. 2.-The national
has adopted the follow
ing schedule for the world series:
Philadelphia, Oct. SO: Boston, Oct.
11-12; Philadelphia. 1S; Boston, IL.
If a seventh day is necessary the
game will be played on Oct Is, the
place to be decided by tossing coin,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
DIPLOMACY
Cannot AVERT
BALKAN CRISIS
TEUTONS MAY CONCENTRATE
HEAVY FORCE ON SERBIAN
BORDER; NO CHANGE ON THE
EASTERN FRONT
(By Associated Press. }

Paris, Oct. 2.-4Havas Athens
correspondent reports that he learns
on good authority that Bulgarian
troops are moving in the direction
of the Serbian and Greek frontiers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
LEAVES MORGAN FIRM

New York, Oct. 1.-willard d.
Straight. one Of the partners of the
J. P. Morgan firm, retired today. to
study international law.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
French Advance
(By Associated Press. }

Paris. Oct. 2.-There is a heavy
German bombardment in the Artcis
district says a French official dis
patch, but, nevertheless. the French
have advanced in this district on to
the LaFolle Heights
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
TO SEND
R0UMAN|A
(By Associated Press. }

London, Oct. AN Amsicr dam
telegram says that Austria is about
to send an ultimatum to Rumania
demanding the free passage Of am
munition.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-02
British Repulsed
Continued from Page 1.)

Constantinople, Oct. 2.-The war
Office announces that the British
forces in Mezopotamia were repulsed
in the recent fighting and lest heav-
ilv.
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