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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13
SUMTR COUNTY IS IN
LINE FOR GOOD ROADS

Webster, July 1O.-The county
commissioners of Sumter county
have passed resolutions, agreeing to
| call an election in the very near fu-
ture for the purpose of giving the
voters of the county an opportunity
of expressing their opinion on bond
ing the county for $500 for road
Improvement There is no doubt but
what this bond issue will be carried
by large majority. The residents
of Sumter county are fully awake to
the fact that we have not in the past
been keeping pace with the develop
| ments in other sections of the State,
and are fully determined that the
inactivity OF the past shall be remed-
led and realize that the construction
of good roads throughout the coun-
| ty will do more to arouse interest
and increase land values than any
other one factor. 1t is the intention
of the commissioners to improve the
principal county roads if this bond
issue is carried.
Wednesday night the most pro-
gressive citizens of Webster held an
enthusiastic meeting, at which time
chamber of commerce was organ
lied All present agreed that all
Webster needed to bring her to the
front was the right kind of adver-
Using The natural resources and
, advantages are here, but owing to
the fact that our town and commun-
, ity have never been advertised and
that there has never been a united
effort on the part of our people to
: attract settlers to this section, Web
: ster has not been receiving her share
of the immigration which is coming
a to our State.
4 Mr.. C. J. Huber, cashier of thu
o Sumter County State bank, wal
q elected president; DR.. S. C. Wood
p vice president, and C. l.. Richard
u son, Jr., secretary and treasurer. 4
q board of governors was also elected
The membership fee and MONTH.
) dues were placed at such a figur
t that there has already been raise'
a sufficient amount of money to en-
@ gage in an active advertising cam
It paign. There is no doubt but wha
a with the chamber of commerce &C
lively at work for the interes tot tn
v town and surrounding country,
v radical change for the better is wha
: the future holds in store for Web
ster.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13
County Demonstration Work
To be Widely Extended

ial needs of that particular
ty. Se""
The excellence of the
by these agents can . Work done
pressed in figure be foreibly ex-
corn crop p q when we take the
1914 ~ - an illustration. In
the ...e average yield per acre Of
!. state was sixteen bushels, whdie
{ TIE average yield per acre for the
corn grown under the instruction
of the demonstration agents was
26S. If all farmers did their work
as we'll as those who demonstrate
for the county agent, Florida would
be in the frone rank of corn-produc-
ing states.
The County Canning Clubs.
The home is the cornerstone OF
the state. No work is more import
ant than the making of happy
homes. This extension work goes
right into the homes of the rural
/population The women folks of the
home are more vitality interested in
abundant crop production than are
the men. The home is the first to
: suffer from poor crop production and
first to be benefited by good crop
production. Hand-in-hand with
, good crop production goes the i'm
provement of the house. There is
l.; hot ir 6tra nj tr
keeping our boys on the farm than
to make for them home where
, wholesome food is provided and
:, where the comforts of life may be
found.
c The county canning club agent
n does for the home what the demon
I stration agent does for the farmer
The canning club agents work il
: cooperation with the county super
il intendent, through the rural schoo
r principally. Every county demon
Il stration agent is obliged to do al
he can to further theinterests o.
the canning clubs. Splendid co
ODeIdLlOI DtlWctH lHCot uuPhi I
q ments has been had during the pas
q wear
% In many farm homes there ha
been a constant supply of came
- vegetables where formerly such
10 thing was unknown. In many case
~ the school girls have been able t
% sell their products and thereby be
come money producers. In one es
40 IRENE case where the father an
al mother became ill., the school gil
a became the supporting member
w. the family. This was made pOss
'o Bile, because she had learned no
" to can vegetables at the cannin
" clubs.
ty
a.. The work of the canning clu
will be extended to include oth'
-, lines of household work as soon
the funds and other conditions W
, permit.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS:

We do not know much. But we
do know that Winding Your Own
Business will never become the
Great American Pastime.
The man who tells you that you
are looking fine when he knows that
you are looking rotten may bea liar.
but he has as good a chance ii get
to Heaven as the rest of us.
Why is it that other things never
taste half as good as the things that
do not agree with you?
A College Education is a great
thing. But this country is filled
with fathers who have to support
sons who know ten times as much
as their fathers know.
After it has lived on canned beans
and canned salmon for three weeks
the Honeymoon gets hungry and
disappears for keeps.
If a woman wouldn't believe a
thing a man told her before mar
riage and believed everything he
told her after marriage, there would
be mighty few marriages. but there
wouldn't be any divorces.
Why did they kill off poor old
Ananias when they let the man live
who tells you that it isn't the Mon
ey he is kicking about, it is the
Principle of the Thing?
You never have any trouble tell
ing when a man is making an as!
, of himself, you'll hear him brayins
about it.
A whole lot of the Evangelist
who are always roaring about Hell
Fire and Birthstone have nerve en-
!, ough to laugh at old Doc Cook be
cause he couldn't produce his Eski
mos.
A big hood will sit down beside
girl and hold the girls hand an
let the girl force him to ask her t
y marry him. But If you told tn
boob that there was such thin
as Hypnotism, he would give 20
; the laugh and tell you to go hav
your head examined.
Even the man who regards CANT
II ling as a sin will go ahead and gt
married.
Every woman is an Optimist. Sh
= knows it is Dimple when the res
: of the world knows that 1t
n Wrinkle.
\ Some men cant see why the
\ should lay IN anything for Rain
i Day when they already own a Sc
Il cent umbrella.
III The old-fashioned man who use
II to have fever and anger" and VIII
III cured himself by taking QUINN
III pills as big as moth balls now has
III son who gets influenza and has
IL put up at a sanatorium and hol
III hands with pretty nurse before !
III becomes convalescent.
Hi You can win at other games. B,
III the Game of Love always results
III tie.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13
Arrested For
Murder Committed
Fifty Years Ago

podford iowa. July 13-Charseu
With the murder in 1919 VI
wealthy but unidentified ea''iellan
-. HE son. and facing the ailesa-
.ion ,sst he was a member OF the
no,orsous counterfieting gang whicn
opeated in this section during ~,
neriod Just subsequent to the oin
war Bates Huntsman, 49, meiiiOe'
of family prominent in TINS se'
,ion was arrested Saturday
Two other warrants were 10
eued Henry Scribner. wealthy
oo,,,oman was arrested on one
charge of being an accomplish anu
authorities were searching for the
third man implicated tonight. fi'
name has not been made pubic
The issuance of the warrants ioi-
lowed on attempt by Samuei Anuei
con Of Iucas. iowa, to file a clVli
suit against the men named IN Tue
warrants forcing them to give MIN
fourth share of 100000 said TO
have been found twelve years ago
in chest buried on farm neai
Siam. Iowa. Huntsman, Scrlohei
and the third defendant. Anderson
told the police, hired Anderson u
die up the chest and they took pos
session of it.
information made public tonlsh.
at the office of the attorney general
in Des Moines gave the history Oh
the case. A gang of counterfelters
in the fall of 1868, it was said, at
tackled and killed wealthy cattle
man and his son, who had come &c
Iowa to buy land on which to starr
a cattle ranch. The victim brough'
100000 with him in trunk. inns
the counterfeiters buried on Ander
sons farm.
According to the story told D!
residents. Jesse James and his DanI
made a foray into Iowa in an at
tempt to find the treasure, but tall
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13
THE RIFLE A TOY IN WAR

Strange accounts come from the
battlefields of Europe of modern
death dealing implements. The Rus
slams lack them, the Germans have
them, and hence the victories won
by the latter.
Seven lights of the wounds in the
Galicia fighting were caused by
shells, half of which were fired from
big calibre guns, said a Russian sur
eeon to an interviewer on return
ing to Warsaw from the front.
Bullets play not part now" he
! continued, land the infantymen's
rifle is toy. infantry merely &C.
cupies the trenches the cannon
won
Most devastating of all, accord
ing to reports, are the new Skoda
shells used by the Germans, which
are seventeen inches in diameter
and weigh $500 pounds. The how
itzer shoots at a high angle, and
the shell penetrates twenty feet in
to soft earth before exploding, two
seconds after striking.
Modern inventions have made
war horrible. Bravery does not
count. The machine tells the story
When a Skoda shell hits it means
death to everything within a radius
of $50 yards, and even more.
| The gas is terribly destructive. II
enters the cavities of the body ant
tears the flesh asunder, sometimes
stripping the men of their clothes
All in the immediate neighborhoot
of the explosion are annihilated
and so fierce is the heat let loose
by the exploded shell that it melt.
rifle barrels as if they had beer
struck by lightning.
The purpose in view in publish
ing such murderous facts is to le
people know what modern wa
means.-Jackson (Mich.) J, Patriot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13

why the people of the State should
in building their roads. BY working
after scientific plans, well thought
out and digested by good roads
commission, Florida ought to have
the best system of good roads in
America.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13
By P. H. Rolls, Dean College of
Agriculture, University OF Fla.

"A VI |
The college of agriculture of the
University of Florida has begun the
most extensive and far-reaching
educational project ever taken up by
any nation of people. Briefly stat
ed. it is a plan to carry the posi-
bilities of an education to
citizen of the great ,ntrv
ne pass .-.s Of the Smith Lever
a." AZ. marked the beginning of a new
era-=the era of cooper. .tion and ex-
tension in education. The federal
government is cooperating with the
state government in extending the
possibilities TO all parts of the state
of Florida, not as charity or a
gift, but as a right to be enjoyed
by all people desiring the benefits.
The extension division is carry
ing the university to every NOOK
and corner of the state. The work
goes on without interruption or va
cation. No one but the fiscal Off
GERS are cognizant of the closing OF
one year and the opening of new
one
Extension may be broadly defined
as all of the AGRICULTURAL activities
conducted away from theu University
campus The university has join.
ed with the Florida State College
for Women and the United States
department of agriculture, whereby
all of the extension activities are
co-ordained and harmonized so as
to push forward with one idea il
mind-that of building up grea'
and prosperous commonwealth.
The basic thought in this progress
sive work is that the farmers shall
receive greater return in crop TO
the amount of labor expended ant
the amount of land employed.
County Demonstration Agents
The Smith-Lever extension fun
gives $16,491 this year, provide
that the state of Florida make
available $6,491 for extension pur
poses. The last legislature passe
unanimously an act accepting thi
fund, and made provision for tn
amount required. The United State
department of agriculture, by az
vice of DR.. Bradford Knapp, ha
made available large additions
amount to be expended in cooper;
ton with the Smith-Lever fun
BY means of these funds we hay
been able to provide county c.
operative demonstration agents fl
thirty-eight counties and coun
canning club agents for TWEEN
counties. Every county that desir
to cooperate receives $500 iowa
paying the salary OF demonstr
ton agent of $500 toward payil
for the salary of county cannil
club agent.
The county agent is required
report weekly to the state agent
we'll as to the United States depal
ment of agriculture. He spends
of his time in the county to viii
he is assigned. His main duty
to carry out demonstrations wi
farmers, fruit growers and trucke
thus adapting his work to the sp'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13
CoNv1CTs TO BE
ELEcTR0CUTEu

Frankfort, KY, July 13-Turner
Graham, Jr., slayer of Sheriff Rob-
ert McMurty of Hardin county, and
Will Lane, wife murderer of Bell
county, paid thepenalty for their
crimes in the electric chairs at sun
rise here today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13

AsaAIns and 1n's
Reading furnishes tns
with materials Of kno'
thinking makes what w"
Locka.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-13

II We have had no love for ths
nt deceased relative We can oftsn
= -, up strenuous fight to get q BIZ
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
Senator Hubbard
 May be Appointed

There was a TumOr around town today that Judge 0. P. Hubbard has been appointed assistant district at torney by District Attorney Spence to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Brubaker. This rumor has not been confirmed but there is every reason to believe that the ap- pointment has been made. Hubbard ran on the Wickersham ticket at the last election but steps were being taken by his opponents to have his seat in the senate vacated on the grounds that Hubbard was not a bonafide resident of the territory
 Should it be a fact that he has been appointed assistant district at torney 1t will create another va cancy in the senate. It is stated thar the governor can call for a special election without special act of the legislature or congress and the chances are that he would do so. so there is a possibility that we might have to vote again Seward Gateway
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
PUBLIC SCHOOL FEDS.

"One touch of nature makes the world akin" say the wise men. ana ! it is certainly true also that if the touch of nature" involves whole. someness of youth, the effect is more marked.
 This idea presented itself to some of those who were fortunate enough to witness the athletic sports of the young men of the public school i Thursday night. The activity and ! skill of the strong young northernera won the hearts of the businessmen who were invited there to see tha games, and when the affair was end ed it is certain that the tie of sym pathy between the young men ami ! their more mature guests had been materially strengthened
 | In this athletic exhibition, the | businessmen of the community had
 their eyes opened to the needs of i q new gymnasium for the public school one which would tend 10 draw the young people away from i dangerous enjoyments to the health 1 ful sports that the city can provide
 n time
 1 Not only does the school building need an addition for athletic sports.
 but it needs also more class room
 and it is about time that the people
 Of tie city began to plan means Of
 providing this needed additional
 room. IL is true that the city does
 not have the means now to spend
 more on the schools. for it is just
 getting out of debt, but it takes some
 time to work up a thing of that nature. so tbat plans will be ready
 when the time comes to build and
 no delay will then be necessary. ! As soon as railroad work starts
 near Fairbanks, it is almost certaiH
 that the population of the town will
 begin a rapid growth and school
 facilities at that time will have to
 be increased It may be that some
 way can be found for reducing the
 running expenses of the city next year. and in that way fund may
 Anyhow, would it not be well to give the matter some serious thought
 right now3
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
PUBLIC ENEMIES.

If you build a line of railway over hills and barren lands, giving lucra tive employment to about a million hands if you cause a score Of cities by your right of way to rise, where there formerly was nothing but rat tlesnakes and flies; if, when bringing kale to others you acquire a little kale, then you've surely robbed the peepul, and you ought to be in jail
 If by planning and by tOiiing you have won some wealth and fame, it will make no odds how sQuarely you have played your little game; your success is proof sufficient that malefactor, to the dump you ought to go; it's a crime for you to pros per where so many others fail; you have surely robbed the peepul and you ought to be in iaii. Be a chronic politician. deal in superheated air roast the banks and money barons- there is always safety there; but to sound the note of business is q crime so mean and base that the fellow guilty of it ought to go and hide his face; change the builders song triumphant for the politician $ wall, or we'll think you've robbed the peepul and we'll pack you off tO jail.-Walt Mason.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
DEMOCRATS GAIN VOTES.

! Many of the Republican newspa- the November elections proved that the Democrats are losing ground. President Wilson in more than one speech since that time has asserted the contrary, and that he is correct is borne out ly statistics that have been compiled by the New York World
 By compiling the votes of the various States in the November cleo though the Republicans made a gain in the total votes cast, the com bined Progressive and Republican votes showed a decrease, and that the Democratic votes showed a gain.
 This proves that MT Wilson's ad- ministration is meeting with the ap- proval of the people of the United States, and that he can be re-elect-
 
 the World says in part:
 Tn 1912 the Democrats polled ap- proximately 45 per cent of the total D m "a tic Republican Progressive vote. The Republicans boiled 25 per cent and the Progressives boiled 30 per cent In 1914 the Democratic congressional candidates boiled 474S per cent of this total vote, the Republ: cans boiled 45.59 per cent and the Progressives boiled 692 per cent This shows Democratic gain of nearly 2R ger cent, Republican gain of 211a per cent and Progress sive loss of nearly 23 per cent It shows combined Republican-Pro- eressive loss of 21a per cent
 "The official returns from the var ious districts indicate a total Demo- cratic vote for members of congress of 5,276.707, total Republican vote of 5,O66923, and a total Progressive vote of 769,863. In addition 153,456 votes were cast for Republican-Pro- gressive fusion candidates. There is no basis on which this fusion vote can be apportioned But it is plain that at best the total Pro- gressive vote was well below a mil lion, as against 4119507 two years ago.
 There were no general Republican gains in the popular vote in 1914 at the expense of the Progressive party.
 "The Republican gains were all at the expense of the Republican party, and even the return of the lost sheep left the Republicans far below the Democrats in actual numbers"
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
Rev. Lumpkin Proves
 To be Popular Host

Between 40 and 50 leading men of Fairbanks were the guests of the Rev. II. II. Lumpkin, pastor of St Matthews church, at smoker giN en Thursday evening at the kellun residence.
 Between whiffs of smoke there were good stories told, and home made candies and more formal re- treatments were served. The min ister who has not been in Fair banks more than few months entered into the spirit of the occa- sion in d way that appealed to his guests, and he is now being voted by them as true Sourdough in spirit, if not in actual length of resi- dence.
 There was no regular program at the occasion which was simply T get-together affair for mutual enter tainment, and to get better acquaint- ed with the minister
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

papers should have been too much interested in the welfare of the com munity to allow themselves 10 ente:
 Into a discussion ot the letter lr such a way as to hamper MT WicS- arsham in his efforts to get the gov -rnment 10 open the hospital.
 In his letter 10 the Commercial
 lab Mr. WiCkersham enclosed ono
 e had sent to the attorney genera of the United States asking that steps be taken to open the hos p.taL .u this letter to the attorney gener- al. Mir WIckersham put the blame su the local United States marshal
 or the fact that the hospital Wa au. opened. and he declared tha; inc women prisoners in the jail ar"
 ept in an uncIean place. much to the detriment of their health Gr' bodily comfort He intimated that if Mir Erwin had explained the condi- tions here properly to the attorney general. the place would have been opened. even though the money used for it would be limited to the amount already expended for the care of in sane prisoners here.
 ! The Times published this letter. and in the same issue editorially blamed Mir. Wickersham for the con i ditions in the jail and for not having the detention hospital opened. This i is where the Times hurt itself and the community. for that newspaper should have published only such parts of the letters as contained the news of the effort being made by i MT. Wickersham for the opening of Hthe hospital.
 Instead of letting MT Wickersham land Mir. Erwin, the United States marshal settle their own fight in
 their own way. the Times took up
 the fight on behalf of MT Erwin.
 while the News-Miner retaliated by i taking the side of Mr Wickersham
 The differences between MT Wick
 ersham and MT Erwin which ar" 1 of a political nature, are not of vital i interest to the public. The Citizen
 believes that everybody, and especi-
 ally the newspapers, should work l for the welfare of Fairbanks and
 Alaska. and to this end should sup port either MT Wickersham or NJ. | Erwin in any effort having that pur- 1 nose in view
 i Any man who holds public of ! flee and dabbles in petty politics 10 l the detriment of the people he serves
 is not deserving of the job he holds. i regardless of the qualifications he may possess Such tactics will b. ] sure to react upon him in time, and
 he need not be surprised if public sentiment forces him to obscuri' Y later on. It is poor politics, and no i big man mentally will stoop to 1T ! The newspaper, too which sacri- l fees public welfare for personal ami mostly or for the hope of securin 2 political favors. is shallow, and can
 never hope to gain and control pub | lie respect and confidence.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15

who can bear the sting of the Are
 tic winter and the long drcagy
 nights and trails. II needs a gov
 ernment of men conYersant with the
 needs of the Territory. Now there
 are eleven different bureaus in four
 government departments to superin- tendent the development of Alaska This division of responsibility causes delay and eNasperating red tape
 fiCkleness in looking 10 Alaska's needs. and results in partly stopping the phenomenal development that is sure to come with the passage Of Lanes program.
 Alaska and the Northwest owe great debt to President Wilson and Secretary Lane
The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-15
HARMFUL POLITICS.

Now that election is over, political fights should come to an end, es- pecially when such fights tend to hinder the best interests of Fair banks, or Alaska in general.
 Last Monday night a letter was read to some of the members of the Commercial club from Delegate Wickersham concerning his efforts to have the government open the detention hospital here, and the pub iication of the letter in the Times two days later started wordy war between the local daily newspapers.
 In the first place, MT. Wickersham was in error when he wrote let ter of the nature mentioned. which was an indirect attack on the Unit ed States marshal here, and. in the second place, the two daily news