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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07

Among them, gazing blankly about
her, and anon starting up savagely
like young tigress, was an immi
grant woman, an Italian. An ignorant
peasant type, gentlemen. One of the
lower human breeds, probably from
Sicily or Corsica, or one of the half
savage islets tucked away in the Medi
terranean. She had been refused ad
mission as liable to become a public
charge.
THE interpreter explained It to her
And she turned on him like fury
pouring out a food of incoherent
words. When they had quieted her
the interpreter told the court what
she had said. She wanted to come to
America. She had had love affair
again. She could not 60 back after
spending her savings of years upon
the passage.
Had she anyone who would he re-
sponsible for herr" asked the court.
NO, but she was strong and could
work.
THE board consulted. Then the de
cision was announced They were
sorry. but since she had no husband
she could not be admitted"
"She glared about her like trapped
beast. She shrieked and raved, q
beautiful. peasant Madonna with the
tragedy of womanhood upon her face
And all the while the young fool
watching her, was taking mental notes
for his big story.
And deep down in his mind horri.
BILE idea was growing. The girl he
loved had given him back his ring
They were to have been married with
in three months. What a chance to
pour out his injured feelings in one
irrevocable act.
"Chivalry, called 1t? Rather chiv.
airy turned inside out Madness
cruelty, a hideous Jest at fate He
spoke to the court
am willing to become this won.
ans husband he said
There were no other reporters pres
ent. What story, il there had been!
The court laughed at him, and then,
realizing that he was actually in earn.
est, scolded and almost threatened. It
was all in vain. The longer he talked,
the more hardened and resolute he
grew. He would marry her, that she
might enter America
They sent her away; he followed
her. He insisted on his right to speak
He bribed an official TO let him talk,
and bribed an interpreter to translate.
She listened in apathetic wonder She
agreed to marry him. She only knew
that by going through this ceremony
she could gain the entrance to the
land of her hearts desire. And So
they were married.
After the ceremony he left her,
stipulating only that a brief notinca-
ton should be sent out He himself
printed a paragraph in his paper,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
IF YOU HEAR HIM
HE'LL GET YOU. :

All Florida will welcome the com
ing OF Hon William j. Bryan, eX-
Secretary OF State in the cabinet of
President Wilson, and three times
candidate of the Democratic party
for president who has just gone
down to Miami to spend three
months OF quiet in bis new Florida
home. Not all Floridians will agree
with MIR. Bryan's position on some
matters Of public concerns, but all
must agree that he is the greatest
platform orator in America today. II
you want to keep on disagrecing with
him, keep away from his lectures.
If you hear him he'll get you.
Palatka News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
The Old Woman's Remarks.

Il don't know what's to become o.
the OF man ef they keep on votin' the
states dry" said the old lady. 1T
didn't cost so much fer him to 20 to
ChattynoOgy. but as Tennessee will be
as dry as bone in July. thatll take
him a step further, an he Jest can
afford the money. OF course he kin
blind-tiger 1t to Georgy, but it's no
longer safe fer him to do SO, seein
that no kin no more kiver up his
tracks. fer ever time he tries II they
ketch up with him an haul him up be.
:ore meetin', an he's gittin too OIL
now ter risk bein' turned out the
church, fer Satan might ketch him on
the outside an sweep him of fore he
has chance to git back ag'in. But
the states air dryin' up one after an
other. an | kin see him buyin' a rail.
road ticket as fur as Kalamazoo-an'
b'Iieye that country would be dry
fore he hit iti"-AtIauta Constitu
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
METHODIST STATE CONFERENCE
IN TAMPA NEXT WEEK

Tampa, Dec. 1.-Two hundred and
twenty-five Methodist ministers will
he lore Wednesday, December Is. to
attend the Florida State Methodist
Conference which will gather at the
Tampa Heights Methodist Church
for a fve-day session. In addition to
these ministers there will also be
present at least fifty lay delegates.
Tampa Methodists have already
made complete plans to take care Of
this large army of Methodists. In
the lrll between the spiritual exer-
cises and the discussion of things
eternal which will occur somewhere
about noon, the ladies of the various
Methodist Churches will see that the
appetites of these members OF the
conference are well looked after.
The ladies of each church will take
turns in supplying the necessary
meals.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
RApTAIN CLAD IN FEATHERS

lew Orleans, Dec. 6-When Capt.
Peterson stepped from the gang
NIX of his vessel he was accosted
q friendly manner by custom
pector. Then, noticing what seem
to be q small feather sticking to
captains wrist, the Federal Of
a attempted to brush it of. The
vement disclosed a long aigret.
Why" Capt. Peterson stam-
rcd. "that's only feather | was
nging to my wife"
Strip OF that vest" the inspector
lied, land we'll see how many
theirs you have"
,apt. Peterson took off his vest,
j swung by a cord about his neck
| surrounding his body were 200
grets, tied in bundles of % each
valued at between $4,000 and
geo. He was thereupon arrested,
importation of aigrets being pro-
tied by a Federal law.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
THE FOOL
BY J. cUTHsERr SPENCE.

There are queer kinks in the hu.
man BRAIN" said Norris at the club.
What you were telling US about TO.
minds me of fool, young fool, l
used to think l knew"
His voice grew meditative and
reminiscent. He looked from one to
another Of his audience. He seemed
to take US all in at a glance, except
the elderly man in the corner.
Norris was about thirty-five. Well
to do, occupying an important post in
the city government, he had never
married, never taken up anything in
particular. He was an inveterate at
tendant at the club. Sometimes he
told US "reminiscences, usually about
some friend. although we often sus-
pected it was about himself that he
spoke.
This young fool was young and
chivalrous.' said Norris. with one OF
his characteristic sneers. 1T was a
crazy act-the act of a typical fool
But then the girl he loved had thrown
him over-a quarrel. gentlemen! I'm.
agine a man of twenty-three quarrel
ing with so sweet a girl as-well, OF
course you wouldn't know her IL
were to mention her name.
He was reporter on a daily news
paper, and at that time he covered the
immigration department. When he
was there he used to gather what were
called human stories. Human
stories. How big story he could
have written about himself-this fool!
"One day he was seated in the court
where they hear the cases of those
who have been put aside as undeserv,
ing Of admission to this country
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
Wood Fires.

DO you know that there is differ
emit fragrance. a different manner OF
burning to each tree, whose parts you
bring to the open campfire or your
own hearth; that some woods Shrek
at this second death after the cutting,
that others pass with gracious calm,
and still others give up their dearest
reality at the moment of breaking un-
der the fire, like the released spirit
of q saint that was articulate hereto
fore only in beautiful deeds win
Lexington Comfort in the Craftsman
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07

winch explained nothing, save that ne
was married. When the news ap-
peared he did not know where the
woman was.
But his fiancee read it and came
to him-came to him, gentlemen. one
morning. to his apartment, and was
shown in. What passed between them
was never revealed, but for year the
young man was not heard of. He had
simply disappeared. Then he turned
up again on Broadway and resumed
his work.
He had gone down into the dust of
humiliation. l told you what a sweet
girl his fiancee was. They realized
too late the intensity of their love.
They promised to be true to one an.
other through life The question of
divorce was never bruited It was
contrary to the girls faith. That was
ALL
You can see the picture, gentle
men," continued Norris. Here was
the man, married to a woman of whose
whereabouts he was ignorant. He
would not even know it when she died.
But more startling event was to fol-
low. For, about three years after the
marrlag0 an Italian man came to see
him. He had married the girl, he ex-
planned in broken English. Yes, he
knew all about her marriage to the
young man. but he regarded it as a
joke. for he was a Catholic, and of
course considered any ceremony by
the civil power as worthless. He was
happily married, and they had BAN.
bino.
The fool went with him to his
home. out OF curiosity. The peasant
woman. who could already speak Eng
fish after a fashion, laughed and
blushed and made him welcome. She
thought as little of the ceremony with
him as her soi-disant husband did.
To them it had been a pretext to en-.
able her to beat the incomprehensible
law Of America. That they were big
amously married meant absolutely
nothing to either.
The young fool kept in touch with
them, for he felt that If ever the wom-
an died he could go to his sweetheart,
whom he saw only very rarely and
claim her as his wife. But the years
passed and the children came. and
nothing developed. Nothing! She
grew stronger and buxom, and after a
while the Madonna face had become
a placid. stolid, motherly one That
all. And that's how it is today. What
young fool! What besotted fool"
l think our faces must have re-.
Elected the horror we felt; and then
the voice of the man in the corner
broke the silence.
You've got one fact wrong. Nor.
ris," he said. The woman did not mar
ry the man after she came to Ameri.
ca, but before"
What's that? What do you saw"
Norris shouted, leaping out of his
chair.
She was already married to him.
The interpreter did not altogether
grasp her dialect. So she never mar.
ried the young fool after all You
see," he added, Il was on the immi.
grafton board"
For a moment the silence was still
more complete. Then we heard a chair
TALL, and saw Norris walking toward
the door. He stopped there.
God bless you!" he said gravely.
Tm-fm going to tell the girl"
Copyright. 1915 by w G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
Chum Bob's Sporting Talk

Now York, Dec. 7-Hhile New
|rk realizes that it would be i'm
|ible to offer the advantages that
Nv Orleans offers for the rivilege
staging the worlds champion
ID, Jimmy Johnson, matchmaker
| the Garden Club, is willing to
the handsome thing. Johnson
IS he IL willing to put up s35, 900
q bout between Jess Willard and
hnk Moran. He is quite willing
leave 1t to the boxers as to how
Ey shall divide the money.
There has been splendid tourna-
Int arranged by the Maine A. C. of
ttland, for tonight. Larry Burns
Lawrence, Mass, will meet
hpny Lustig of New York in the
lin bout Of IL rounds. 1t should
another whirlwind affair similar
the recent Burns-C Gordon battle.
|e winner will be matched against
hdon for the date of December 90.
addition to the main bout tonight,
Ire will be three six-round con-
tn between Pine Tree starters.
Manager Robinson of the Brook
Nationals is quoted as saying
Il he intends to raise the pitchers
b at Ebbett's Field to height
fourteen inches next season.
|bbic plans to have his boxmen
Eject the overthrow delivery. The
|sed box evil attracted to much
len ion last season that there is
movement on foot to induce the
| makers to abolish it entirely.
|ere would be more batting if the
CHEERS were compelled to stand on
eyel with the home plate.
Boxing in Boston has received a
boom in the revival of the
|mory Athletic Association, which
ne to build a permanent club
Use, In the meantime the Hippo
me, formerly the National Thea
will beu sed by the Armory AS
iation. The big building will be
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
M Effects of Worry.

The effect Of worry upon the in
tsrnd glands has not been fully
studied. Enough is known, however
to assure the physician taat it affects
the secretions Of these glands very
seriously through the sympathetic
nerves 1t thus becomes an important
agent in producing exophthalmic goiter
and train Of other ills that can only
be defined when the real functions
Of the glands in question are more
adequately studied
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
Supply Never Exhausted.

The boy was very small and the load
he was pushing in the wheelbarrow
was very, very big.
A benevolent old gentleman, putting
down his bundles, lent him a helping
hand.
Really, my boy" he puffed. Il don't
see how you manage to get that bar
row up the cutters alone"
Il don't" replied the appreciative
kid. "Dere's always some Jays a-stand.
in round as takes it up for me. -
Puck.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07

. invaded tonight and as it has been
called the temporary quarters, -
shows will likely be held there until
the new building is ready. The
building has long been under con-
sideration by the boxing impresarios,
but it has hitherto been rather out
of the question because of the almost
prohibitive rent.
Frank Friend, the well-known
softer will have solved big prob
| lem by spring. He will know
whether to play left or right handed.
His scheme is new. Putting up a
golf net in his cellar, he plays to
use his left side all this month.
January and March, while February
and half of March will be devoted
to the right. Keeping count of all
the best hits. the difference is sure
to be big enough to decide the test.
Carl Lehman of the University of
Pennsylvania, is expected to better
the college plunging standard this
season. The mark stands now at II
feet inches, and not a 50 feet, as
seems to be generally believed. 1t
was 6 varsity contestant, Willis, of
Pennsylvania, who covered 80 feet
in 1912, but the performance was
made in the National A. A. L. cham
| pionship on the same evening that
Willis took the college title with the
lesser distance, in separate contests.
That probaly accounts for the mis-
take ii
If Harvard wants to honor her
| football leader still further, she
micht give him won" Salute
| Captain Eddie con Mahan, gentle
men; the greatest gridion general
of his generation,
There is a fellow named Stretch
playing for the Jersey City Inter
state Basketball League team. And
he doesn't play center
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
9 Q ~ ~ q q q o q q q q q
> DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS o
o ~
. Q Q o o o o q o Q e

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ " " ~
Governor-Park Trammell.
Secretary or state H. Clay Craw-
ford
Attorney General-Thomas F..
West.
Treasurer. c. Luning.
Comptroller-W. V. Knott.
Commissioner Of Agriculture-W.
A. McRae.
tion-W. N. Sheats.
Adjutant General. C. R. Fos-
ter.
State Examiner-Ernest Amos.
State Chemist-R E. Rose.
Board Of Trustees Internal I'm
provement Fund-The Governor,
Comptroller. Treasurer, Attorney
General and Commissioner OF Agri-
culture
Board OF Pardons-The Governor,
Secretary Of State, Attorney General
and Commissioner Of Agriculture.
U. S. Senators Nathan P.
Bryan, jacksonville; Hon. Duncan
U. Fletcher, Jacksonville.
Board Of Education-The Cover
nor, Secretary of State, Attorney
General, Treasurer and Superintend-
ent Of Public INSTRUCTION.
Board Of State Institution-The
Governor. Secretary of State, Treas
urer, Attorney-General, Commission
er OF Agriculture. and Superintend-
ent Of Public Instruction.
Board OF state Institutlons-The
Secretary Of State. Treasurer, At
torney General, Commissioner Of
Agriculture and Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
u. 5. Con ressman-First District,
Stephen NJ. Sparkman. Tampa; Sec
ond District, Frank Clark. Gaines
Vile; Third District, Emmett VIII
son. Pensacola; Fourth, District, w.
J. Sears, Kissimmee
County Officials
Circuit Court Judge-Hon. F. A.
Whitney, Arcadia.
County Court Judge-Hon. C. NJ.
Trammell
Circuit Court Clerk. A. John
son.
Prosecuting Attorney-R. B. HUFF
faker.
Tax Assessor. J. Boynton
Tax Collector. p. Murdaugh.
Treasurer-W. G. Jones'
Sheriff John Logan.
Supt. Public Instruction.. A.
Parker.
Supervisor of Registration-P. w.
Daniels.
County Commissioners-J. C.
Swindel, chairman; A. T. Mann,
Barlow; f. b. Swearingen, FIT.
Meade; r. II. Bryson, Winter Haven;
j. r. Lancaster. Bradley.
Board of Public Instruction.. C.
Owens. chairman; G. A. Parker,
Barlow. superintendent; f. M. Law.
Barlow; j. w. Keen. FIT. Meade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
More Than One Universe.

With the naked eye one may see
5000 stars. with the telescope 5OeeO.-
600. And beyond planet and star and
milky way are the nebulae, of which
Herschel counted more than 1000
stellar disks. composed of billions Of
suns-unexplored universes far out
side our own, not friendly, next-door
neighbors to us, like the North star.
whose light requires only SO years to
reach us. or Ike Sirius or Hercules
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
or Two Evils

Hugh had been left with his grand
parents when his mother was called
away by he Illness OF her father A
few days alter she went away the little
fellow said: Il wish ! was where
mother is" His grandmother said.
Why, just think; If you we're there
you would be missing your school," to
which he replied, Yes. but don't you
know it is a great deal worse TO miss
your mother than your SCHOOL,"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
Oldest WRITING.

According to the claims Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania museum, the
oldest pieces OF writing known to us
are from the Babylonian tablets re-
Gently deciphered by Professor Barton
of the University Of Pennsylvania.
They deal with events as far back as
E0o0 u. G..
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07

in tie week with certified check
for the amount mentioned in Mr..
Miller's will George said he was
willing to come right over to New
York, but the attorney told him
there was no hurry about it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
Too Manv Of Them.

Hokus-"Old Gotrox Is devoted to
music. There is u clause In his will
leaving twenty-five thousand dollars to
Pokus-"llow inadequate. twenty-five
millions wouldn't begin to house all
the poor singers. life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
What They Had.

81 like this quaint little mountain
village of yours, waiter. suppose |
can get plenty Of oxygen here?" No.
sir: we've got local cu'icn
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07

Radium Found In Dew
An Italian university professor
claims to have found radium I'm or.
dinarv dew
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07

There is a fellow named Stretch
playing for the Jersey City Inter
state Basketball League team. And
he doesn't play center.
The Denver star., 1915-07-17
Editor Brown Given Secre-
tary's Chair.

Lexington, Ky.-The Neg
70 Republicans of Kentucky
were given liberal recogni-
ton in the Republican State
Convention which met here
last month. In addition to
representation on all the com :
mittees, two vice-chairmen
were.elected. and Phil H.
Brown, editor of thd Satur-
day News at Hopkinsville,
was elected as recording sec
retary. Mr.. Brown held the
same position in 1912.
The Denver star., 1915-07-17


. lcdgeroom above and a smaller room
adjoining it, which is used for the
meetings of the three subordinate
lodges and the three local Courts of Ca
lanthe.
The value of the property as it now
stands is estimated at between $4,000
and $4,000. 1t has been reliably stated
that within the next three or four years
this whole building will be torn down
and new structure erected thereon.
which will be the only building Of its
kind and character in the middle west
owned by the order.
The committee has been busy giving
special attention to plans for each
days proceedings and entertainment.
although it is true that there will be
a lively time and important events each
day and night from the hour Governor
Frank B. Willis and Mayor George ].
Karb deliver the addresses of welcome
and present to the delegates and WIS.,
itorS the keys to the city.
The chairman of the committee. not
contented with one great vocal artist
of International fame. has secured two.
To mention the name of either one of
these great artists is but to say that
there will be an overflow audience In
the hall which seats 1900 people. This
number of people will so to hear either
one of these great attractions. but with
both of these artists In action on the
same occasion. the citizens of Column
bus and Ohio and thousands of visitors
will vie with each other to get seats
in this most beautiful auditorium.
The leading attraction on this oc
casion will be Miss Rachel l.. Walker
of Cleveland and Nine, Anita Patti
Brown Of Chicago Miss Walker. after
fifteen years spent in study and re-
citals abroad, has triumphed among
the lest artists and the nobility in
Paris and london.
Nine. Anita Patti Brown has earned
the distinction OF the races greatest So
loist and one of Americas prima don
mas of wide international fame. She is
the first and only colored vocalist who
has won n scholarship in the Chicago
Musical college.
Lois B. Depp of Springfield, o.. al
though very young and just beginning
his career as an artist In the musical
world, Is rapidly forging his way to the
front rs a dramatic baritone. He has a
most wonderful voice
The subordinate committee on
grounds. consisting Of Isaac Farley.
Rricadier General C. c. Caldwell and
Robert 8. Allen. have been able to put
the grounds In the very best sanitary
condition. and hnm all indications the
grounds will he lighted abundantly.
The committee has planned to engage a
full orchestra to enliven the occasion.
There win also be several numbers rem
dered by locWl talent. Grand Chancel-
Ior anderson Of Cincinnati Is making
things hum In his xection. and the intii-
cations are that the coming session Of
the supreme lodge and encampment
will I've tie greatest ever held BY The
Pythiano.
The Denver star., 1915-07-17

PROGRAM
Second Day, Thursday, July 20,
Grand Reception and Entertainment at
East Turner Hall
Dancing from $50 p. m. q. Morrison's Full Or.
chestra Adissioa 33c Souvenir Program win b lssued
The Denver star., 1915-07-17
Race.Mayor Welcomed Del
egates.

Lovejoy. Ill.-When the
delegates to the Grand Cawit,
Order of Calanthe, K. of P,
Grand Lodge, gathered here
for their annual session July
I3. ID and IS they enjoyed the
novel experience of being
welcomed to the city by a
mayor of their own race
There was a large attendance
The Denver star., 1915-07-17


Deeds we're recently sign
ed transferring the Tucker
group of eleven mining claims
from w. A. Tucker t. ]. II.
Monjar. These claims are
situated in the Lodi district.
The consideration named is
$4,000. Tucker is colored
man, and his friends are con-
graduating him upon his good
fortune. Mr.. Monjar is op-
Grating the Baron groug, near
Observation-Disclosures Miner.
Reno, Nevada.