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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
CHANGE OF GENERALS
MIGHT DO GOOD

A change of generals in the con-
duct of a war is sometimes very nee
essary as was strikingly illustrated
in the case of the Army of the Po-
tomac during our Civil War in
which Mr.. Lincoln tried one general
after another without success until
finally Grant arrived and filled the
bill. But on the Southern side it
didn't work that way, for the only
notable change in generals made
during the war was when President
Davis removed General Joseph E.
Johnston from command of the
Army of Tennessee and put Hood in
his place. A campaign of terrible
disaster and total failure to the
Confederate cause followed and it
was the beginning of the end. With
no results worth mentioning in
France and Flanders the cry now is
that French and Joffre are old men
who can't deliver the goods and
other and younger generals should
supersede them. Maybe 80, but with
those trenches and wire fences as
they are and battle line three hun
dred miles long, we doubt if either
ENGLAND or France could improve on
the present commanders. The time
is ripe for a mighty military genius
to arise and maybe he is in process
of incubation somewhere, but he is
not in sight. But the world would
be glad of change, for it is eager
for decisive result or anything
better than the sporadic skirmish-
ing and petty potshot warfare now
in progress and which gets neither
side anywhere. Safety first" is no
proper motto for the commander of
an army. He must take big risks to
get big results.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
A CASE IN POINT

In one county of this state alone,
81 head of valuable dairy cattle, for
which the owners had paid $4,000,
were lost through tick fever last
year This county tDadel is MAX
ing systematic and energetic efforts
to eradicate the tick for all time.
And the estimated cost of doing this
is less than $4,000. In other words,
the cost of totally exterminating the
fatal parasite is less than five
twelfths of the loss through ticks
in one year in that county.
When Dade county has succeeded
it will be entirely safe to import
bloodede cattle Unto her borders for
REINFORCEMENT of her breeds, and
her native cattle will be fit to ex-
port into tick-free territory. Their
value will be greater. They will
take on more flesh for the same
amount of feed. They will yield
more milk for the same amount of
lieu. Dtll plOStHy Will NC Sttohc-
err and more valuable. All this gain
for all time to come at a cost less
than one-ahlf of what her cattle
owners lost in one year through the
prevalence of the tick.
Yet there are some farmers who,
through blind prejudice against
anything new or from interested
motives, are opposed to the attempts
to clean the state of the pest. Their
grandfathers, who knew everything
worth knowing, knew nothing of
this, and therefore there must be
wrong about the warfare
on the tick-or they have selfish
reasons for their opposition
Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
CATS POSING AS A MARTYR

One of the jokes of the early po-
litical campaign is Cats posing as
martyr, defying the Catholics to
kill him, and not a Catholic lifts his
hands to smite even his noble brow.
We do not want a man for governor
who will not be governor for the
whole people. And this is written
by one of the strongest Professionals
in the State of Florida Cats is a
bluff" In Clearwater he stated
that if he had been Governor Slaton
he would have let Frank hang.
There was a dead silence after he
shouted this to the crowd. Then he
hedged. He would hedge on any
question to get few votes Clear
water Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

"Ah, the mutations of time!"
signs the St. Petersburg Times, and
wants to know why the reasons the
Telegram formerly urged for the re-
tention of Mr. Sparkman in Con-
gross do not apply now. 1t is those
very mutations, Bro. Straub, that
keep this world moving, and outside
the fundamental principles and the
eternal verities upon which are
founded all things earthly mutation
is the benign order of nature with
out which decay would soon set in
and ruin us all. What we have said
in previous campaigns about Mr..
Sparkman and the eXpediency of re-
electing him was obviously and es-
sentially intended to apply only to
those campaigns, and to say that We
were thereby bound to a political
allie Glance to that gentleman to ter
inmate only with his death or his
desire to retire is to insist on a con-
StruC.i ion of language never intend
ed and which won't stand in the
court of reason.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
Who would have thought it of the

Who would have thought it of the
Lakeland Telegram? 1t used to be
Congressman Sparkman,' or at
least "Mr. Sparkman," and now it
is "Mr. Drane," and just Spark
man. st. Petersburg Times.
We assure the Times that there
is no significance in that uninten-
tional omission of the honored pre-
fix from the name of our Congress
man from this district. We feel only
sincere respect for Mr.. Sparkman
and he has lost nothing in our per-
Sonal esteem because we think that
1t is time for him to give way to
another man as representative from
this district.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
All Saints Episcopal-

Rev. r. Bolton, rector. Phone 31S
Black
Sixth Sunday after Trinity.
Holy Eucharist, 1880 a. m.
Morning prayer, I | a. m.
Sunday school, 10-11 a. m.
Evening prayer, 1888 p. m.
Meeting of the vestry TueGday,
July 10, at 1880 p. m.
Prayer books and hymn books are
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
ADJUSTMENTS
THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE
Second in a Series Of Twelve Dramas
of undiluted Realism

Second in Series Of Twelve Dramas
of Undiluted Realism
The theme-being the story of a
woman who ignored her birthright,
the privilege of bearing children; of
how she repented, and of how it was
too late. Ramified by contributory
/, circumstances in the form of a
clergyman of the hell-fire-and- brim-
| stone variety, disillusioned hus-
band, and an age of civilization
| that isn't.
The Story-A young girl, bub-
bling over with the effervescence of
youth, has her imagination dwarfed,
and her impulses blighted by a
clergyman father who believes that
the business of mortals on earth is
to repent. The fact that repentance
must follow sin, doesn't in the least
affect the benign clarity of his
vision. But the Life Force mocks
his mummery, and by stealth his
daughter marries the man of her
choice, a husband rich and devoted
But now her early life of restriction
has festered into an Unsuitable de-
sire for the sweets of life, and she
dances with Folly in mad and
ever madden swirl. Her husband
wants children; it's the little
things that count with him. He
gets dinner parties -dances-MORE
dances, and all the rest of the fit
ting phantom life of society
And then, through curious cir
cumstance, she becomes imbued with
a desire for motherhood. But here
the God of Compensation steps de-
risively between her and her obses-
sion. A fall necessitating an ope-
ration leaves her incapable of be-
coming a mother, and her spirit is
crushed with the realization.
The Bigoted Father.
The Life Scorched Wife;
The Disillusioned Husband
Who Pays?
Majestic Monday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
irst Baptist

sol North Florida avenue.
Wallace Wear, pastor.
9:45 a. m.-Sunday school.
1880 a. m.-Morning worship
Subject, Lords Supper
2:45 p. m.-Junior B. Y. P. U.
6:30 p. m-Senior B. Y. p. U.
7:45 p. m.-Evening worship
Subject, Can a Saved Soul be Sep
arated from Gods Love and be
Lost?' The Lords Supper observed
at close of morning sermon.
Two doctrinal sermons that ought
to be heard Welcome all
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

Florida is forging anead," saws
the st. Augustine Record. This has
been said so often before that it's
constant iteration may be at times
little tiresome, but it is so true,
and SO important because it is true,
that it is the duty of the State press
to keep the fact to the front. From
some first-hand observation of sew
eral Southern States this past spring
and much reading of conditions in
the others we feel sure that there is
more development work of one kind
and another going on in Florida
now than in any State south of the
Mason and Dixon line. There is
progress in greater or less degree in
nearly every part of the State and
actual stagnation in no part. Says
the Record:
THE people of Polk county wish
q two-million-d dollar bond issue for
good roads. Pinellas county plans
extensive improvements. Columbia
county plans a bond issue for sim
liar purposes. The Daytona district
Of Volusia recently voted for bonds
for brick roads. The Melbourne
Cities and towns throughout the
district of Brevard voted for bonds
State have recently voted bonds for
permanent improvement and others
are planning to follow suit. Clear
waters school district bonds recent
ly sold for LOG, indicating an excel
lent demand for Florida securities.
Progress is decidedly the watch
word of the entire State"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
Grace Evangelical Lutheran

Tennessee Ave. and Orange st.
Rev. w. e. Pugh, pastor.
Fifth Sunday after Trinity.
Morning worship at II o'clock.
Subject of sermon, "The Separated
Life" Romans 6:3-11.
Evening worship at 1880.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
Cumberland Presbyterian

Cumberland PreSDyIerlaH-
Rev. F. II. Callahan, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. IL.
B. Morse superintendent.
Preaching by the pastor at | a.
m. Subject, Mans Desire for God. y
Preaching by the pastor at 1880
p. m. Subject, Living Before God. !"
PRAYER meeting Wednesday even
ing at 1880.
We welcome strangers and visit
ors to all services
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

Sir Edwin ID. Lambright, the
courtly and accomplished associate
editor of the Tampa Tribune, is be-
ing boosted by several newspapers
as good man to put in Representa-
tive Sparkman's place in Congress.
He certainly would make fine rep
resentative, but he is going to try to
give the job to Senator Drane, who
is also good one.-Punta Gorda
Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

FOR SALE-Or will exchange for
automobile of equivalent value,
two high-class horses, young,
sound, handsome. Address Box
6l5, City. 1929
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
| Dixieland Methodist

Dixieland Methodist
w. H. Steinmeyer, pastor
Sabbath school, 10 a. m.
Preaching, / a. m.
Prayer service Wednesday, night
at 1880 O'Clock.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

East Lakeland MISSION
East Morton street.
Sunday school, $3.50 p. m. every
Sunday. The school has been re-
organized with added teachers and
we hope for a large and growing
school.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

The last three days of next week
Elwood, the Boy Wonder on roller
skates, will appear at the Majestic.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

One Of the maddest men we ever
'aw was a chap who yelled loudly for
square deal and got it-Philadelphia
inquirer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

The Brusie Sisters have filled the
Majestic the past two days and will
make their last appearance tonight
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
Christian Church.

Bible school at 10 a. m.
Communion service and a STUDY OF
the subject of prayer by the congre-
cation and pastor at II a. m.
Christian Endeavor prayer meet
ing at $50 p. m.
Preaching at 1880, subject, The
Wonderful Christ"
Song practice and prayer meet
ing Thursday night beginning at Z.
The public is cordially invited.
H. L. Veach, pastor.
D. H. Cumbie, Bible school supt.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
ENGLAND MISSED CHANCE
TO END THE WAR

A London special to the New
York Sun gives the following story
of how England missed a chance to
make Germany's petition hopeless
by putting ban on cotton. The
special says:
The Daily Express, which led the
London newspapers in calling to
the governments attention the
great danger in permitting the i'm
portation of cotton into Germany,
prints an article on the cotton sit
uation since the war began. 1t is
said that at that time Germany's
supply of cotton was sufficient to
last only eight months, at the end
of which time, had no more been
available, the manufacture of ex-
plosives would have stopped auto
matically. Even during the first
few months of the present year the
government refused to regard the
subject as the one worthy of serious
consideration. Meanwhile Germany
was buying cotton from the United
States at double the peace price.
Importance Of Cotton
The article, which is headed Am
munition for the Enemy" says in
part:
at is only by examining the facts
in the order in which they occurred
that the full magnitude of the cot
ton ms stery can be appreciated.
Cotton was of little Importance
for the manufacture of high exxplos-
ives, yet for more than ten months
the authorities, despite great and
persistent, pressure, have refused to
declare it cOntraband of war and
thus prevent Germany obtaining ad-
ditional supplies. At first they
argued that
Cotton was of littlei Importance
in the manufacture of explosives.
Germany had plenty of cotton.
Germany could use cotton rags.
Later the authorities admitted
that
Imports of raw cotton were es-
sential if Germany was to maintain
her output of ammunition.
Cotton was the one material
which Germany could not obtain
without our consent.
Cotton RAGS were out of the
, question.
"Germany's stocks of cotton must
be low, since she was willing to pay
three times the normal price for it.
THE final arguments put forward
were:
Every possible effort was being
made to prevent cotton reaching
Germany and the steps taken were
completely effective.
Even if Germany was obtaining
cotton the advantage was on our
side, for she was paying in gold for
it and thus depicting her resources.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
MYRTLE St. Methodist

w. H. Steinmeyer, pastor.
Sabbath school, 10 a. m.
Preaching, 1880 ,p. m.
Prayer service Tuesday night at
1880 O'Clock.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

Two fine comedies at the Males
tic tonight
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

a weekly newspaper giving q resume
Of local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

Mass at 8 a. m. Father Bashnall
of Tampa in charge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
First Methodist

First Methodist
Sunday school, $3.50 m.
Epworth League at $50 p. m.
The public cordially invited to
these services.
l.. c. HULL,
Supt. Sunday School.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
At The Churches Tomorrow
.s,.s...s.,.s,ss.sss%,.s:.s::stss,ss..s.sss.'
Rible school at 10 a. m.

Friends and strangers are cor
daily invited to all services OF the
church.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10

provided for the use of visitor;
rector will be pleased to meet
ors at the close of any of the c
services. Men will find a 2
welcome awaiting them at our
Bible class, which is held at
a. m. in the church.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
Effect of Legal bubbles

HIS lawyer ALTERNATIVE lhedu-
ing might have been effective in a
law suit in which the judge order
ed the jury to shut their eyes to
some of the facts, but legal bubbles
have little weight in fight for eX-
istence. The first Of the two argu-
ments has been proved to be entire
ly untrue, not only, by the mere fact
that the second was put forward,
but by official figures.
"In these circumstances little i'm
pOrtance can be attached to the
second. Germany herself can best
judge whether it is worth her while
to exchange gold for cotton, and she
has never manifested the slightest
doubt on the subject.
AT an early stage of the war it
wak estimated that Germany had
less than 100000 tons of cotton in
stock, and that her expenditure
averaged 1000 tons day. This
meant that, unless she obtained
fresh supplies, at the end of eight
months she would be without am
munition.
Here was an astonishing chance
for us to win the war Chemists,
engineers and experts of all kinds
drew attention to it again and
again. Yet we refused to seize it.
Instead We practically supplied
Germany with enough ammunition
to last several years by allowing her
to obtain as mach cotton as she
pleased to purchase.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
Record American Crop

The facts are as simple as they
are extraordinary. In the first
fortnight in December it was an
nounced that the American crop
would be a record one. On Deem
Der II Senator Smith of South Car
DINA stated in Washington that he
had been advised by prominent
cotton house in Bremen that there
was large market in Germany for
cotton and that two-thirds of the
normal supply could be utilized in
the country at once if American
vessels could be found to transport
it.
American dealers did not let the
opportunity slip by. In less than a
week it was announced in London
that the steamers Greenbrier and
Ell Monte were carrying cotton di-
rect from the United States to Ger
many.
Early in January American cot
ton prices began to advance rapidly,
and the German Government offered
to pay for consignments at twice the
usual peace rate. Private protests
were made to the Government in
vain and on January Sir William
Ramsay uttered the first public
warning, pointing out that to place
cotton on the conraband list was a
necessity If we wished to cripple the
resources of the enemy. Nothing
was done.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-10
East Lakeland Mission

Supt. Sunday School.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09
A PLEASING Remembrance

Sherman L. Berry, captain Of Chemi-
cal No. 1, was very pleasantly surpris-
ed at the hose house Sunday evening
when he was presented with a travel
ing bag by the members of the COM
pany. Mr.. Berry leaves Waterville.
Sept. s as the delegate from the Maine
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, which will
convene in San Francisco. He was
called to the house Sunday evening and
afer all the members Of the company
had arrived he was presented with the
travelling bag, the presentation being
made by Lieut.. Fred D. McAlary of
the company. Mr.. Berry was taken en-
tirely by surprise but thanked the
members Of the company most heartily
for the remembrance. The boys then
all smoked. the cigars being furnished
by Assistant Chief Luke Ivers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09
GANG ON PLAINS
ASSAULTS OFFICER
BUT He GETS man

Patrolman Willett of the Plains beat
vas the victim of gang of ruffians
While on duty Saturday night. About
IL o'clock he started to arrest man
who had been drinking and just after
he had started the fellow for the sta
ton a gang jumped on him, hurting
him to the sidewalk and in the melee
breaking several ribs and his shoulder.
He hung onto his man and succeeded
in beating off the gang and got his
man to the station. He recognized a
number of his assailants and two of
them were captured and locked up and
and they will doubtless be rounded up
within a day or two. Willett after he
got to the station required the SER
vices of a physician and will probably
be unable to resume his beat for sew
eral weeks. Every effort will be made
by the department to round up all
those concerned in the attack upon the
officer and to give them the limit OF
the law. 1t is said by members of the
department that this gang has been
threatening to get" Willett for some
time as he has insisted on their keep
ing off the streets nights or else be-
having like gentlemen and they did
not approve of doing anything like
that. Special Officer Dow has been as
signed to the beat until Willett is able
to get back again, and it is the opin-
ion Of those who are familiar with
him that if the gang there starts some
thing he will be the one to finish it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09

Mrs. Sylvia Letourneau has gone 10
Y,vnn. Mass, to visit her brother.
Rev. Clarence McIntire Of Woodsville.
n. H.. is visiting his mother for few
weeks.
Mrs. Sumner Leach and daughter Gla-
dys have returned from an outing at
Dexter of a few weeks. They were ac-
companied by Mr.. Leach, who returned
to his work Sunday.
Fred Roderick and party Of Winsted.
Ct, were calling on friends Sunday. They
are going to camp on Lake Messalonskee
for few weeks.
Sixty of the young ladies from ST. Ma
rvs Society at Waterville enjoyed an
outing Sunday at Wynona camps on
Lake Messalonskee.
Misses Ethel and Edith Bradford Of
Auburn were calling on Mr.. and Mrs. D.
E. Wheeler Saturday.
Misses Charlotte and Margaret Otis
and Miss Grace Brown passed Sunday at
Moosehead lake.
J. w. Hawlston, Albert Steadfast and
Victor McBane Of Boston enjoyed an out
ing during the week end at Fort Point
House on Lake Messalonskee. the guests
of F. F. Robinson and T. E. Johnson.
Mrs. Ada Wood and daughter. Miss
Wood, Of Philadelphia, who have been
the guests of, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Penney
for several weeks, returned to their home
Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09
YORK COUNTY DEPUTIES
OUT TO RID RESORT
OF CERTAIN VISITORS

Old Orchard, Me-, Aug. S.-The York
county deputies have commenced a
crusade against the undesirable places
and people in this town.
1t is quite generally known that Old
Orchard has been harboring some Of
Bostons questionable characters who
The visit Of the deputy sheriffs on
Friday just before midnight found one
of the probable leaders figuring con-
spicuously, it is alleged, in an attempt
to foil the deputies in the performance
of their duty in making a raid on
Cleaves' restaurant
The deputies again Saturday after
noon were in Old Orchard where they
visited the Olympia Hotel, where they
seized two cases Of beer. five quarts
Of whisky which was found in a suit
case, and eight pints and three half
pints Of whisky, which were contained
in travelling bag. These were found
ma search through the rooms of the
hotel. Mrs. Emma Jordan, the propri-
etor. was taken to the Saco police
court. where she was admitted to bail
Of 5000, the case being continued un-
til Monday.
The case of Thomas L. Cleaves for a
single sale Of liquor was continued
with that of the Boston man who was
held on te charge Of assault, until
Monday morning The bail of the latter
was fixed at $500.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-09
EPIDEMIC OF BURGLARIES
AND SNEAK THIEVERY AT
FAMOUS MAINE RESORT

Old Orchard Beach. Me-. Aug. s.-Never
in a decade has there been such an epi-
demic of burglaries. sneak thieving and
pocket picking at this resort as this
summer. There are many cases, it is
stated, that do not get into the news
papers. The summer residents refuse to
leave their cottages for any length of
time for fear the crooks will ransack
their homes.
1t Is argued by the summer people that
the size of the police force be increased,
and detectives from out-of--the-State
agencies engaged to run down the grang
of house breakers and sneak thieves OPP
Grating here. The loss of Mrs. Libby.
wife of Selectman Frank H. Libby OF Old
Orchard, from her room in the Hotel
Everett, of $3.50 diamond ring was not
made public until Friday. Numerous
cottages, it Is said, have been entered
and nothing has been printed about these
cases. The gang is the boldest that ever
worked a seaside town. They seem to
have little fear of the authorities and in
one store which they looted they left a
note in which they said: II should wor-
ry: to H with the cops of Old Orch
ard"