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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

to the last Be sensible. men! II !
bring your prisoner out to you"
You can have five minutes, then"
retorted the leader, taking out his
watch.
In his cell the wretched negro, hear
ing the clamor and knowing what it
portended, covered in terror. He
heard the cries cease and begin again.
Then he heard footsteps, the door of
his cell snapped open, and Artemus ap-
peared.
Save mel" pleaded the wretched
man.
Come with me-" answered the
sheriff.
He rushed him along the passage
and through his house into the little
garage where his car was waiting. He
pushed the negro inside.
Crouch down. and not sound!" he
whispered.
He went back into the house. where
his little girl was still playing.
Its time for you to go to bed,
Dorothy he said
The little girl began to put her
dolls together.
Never mind I'll do that tonight"
he said
Outside the crowd was waiting.
Their leader, watch in hand, counted
the half-minutes. The time seemed to
pass with incredible slowness. At last
the five minutes were up. The mob
advanced.
Come along. sheriff." shouted their
leader again.
There was no answer. He ham.
mered upon the door. Times up!"
he yelled.
And. as no reply came. he began bat
tering at the panels. The mob. sus-
picious of trickery brought forward
the plank with which they had
smashed down the outer doors.
Watch the back" yelled their lead.
er, as the sudden sound of a cranking
engine reached their ears.
A concerted rush to the back doors
was made. But before the mob
reached them they swung wide open.
There was moments pause-and out
sped the sheriff's machine. in it the
sheriff and the grotesque form of the
panic-stricken negro.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
Pressed for Time.

Mrs. Hooligan was suffering from
the common complaint of having more
to do than there was time to do il in.
She looked up at the clock and then
slapped the iron she had lifted from
the stove back on the lid with a cla..
ter Talk about tonne and toide
waitin' for no man." she muttered as
she hurried into the pantry: there's
tonnes they waits an tonnes they
don't. Yistherday at this blessed mint
twas but tin O'Clock an today it's a
quarther to twilve."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

So sudden was this maneuver that
the mob was taken aback. The rush
Of the automobile scattered them;
shots were fired, but in the darkness
they went wide. The machine, gath
ering momentum, sped down the road.
For moment or two Sheriff Arte-
mus breathed freely as he sped down
the road. Then the cries. which had
grown faint, began to become louder
again. Casting a hurried look back
he saw the headlights of distant cars
pursuing him. So the mob had come
in automobiles! Everything seemed to
have been foreseen.
He let out his machine to the full.
He believed that he could outdistance
his pursuers. He heard family the
crack of revolvers behind him, but the
bullets did not reach him. He was
distancing them. At the bend of the
road, five miles from the prison, he
saw only tiny, distant flashes of light,
indicating the presence OF the pursu-
ing machines
He slowed down until he saw their
lights swiftly approaching, and, with a
roar and a rattle of his engine, started
again.
Yells of triumph pursued him. The
bullets Glove the air about him. He
put on speed. The distance remained
about the same. Then slowly he be-
gan to draw ahead of them.
He led them a dance that night that
was never forgotten. Mile after mile
was reeled off, until the gasoline be-
gan to fail. Three counties were
crossed. Still the sheriff sped on, and
the pursuers, trailing off, began to lose
hope. Then the sheriff would slow
down and wait for them.
They caught him at dawn. Only
one car had followed him, but in it
were the leader of the lynching party
and three of the most determined. By
the faint light they saw the sheriff and
their victim.
Surrender" they yelled. and Sheriff
Artemus held up his hands.
A rope was brought out and, looped,
flung round the throat of the grotesque
figure in the car One end was fas-
tened to limb of water oak. Amid
a chorus of yells the figure, jerked
from its place at the sheriff's SIDE
swung swiftly aloft. The revolvers
were emptied into it.
Sheriff Artemus suddenly pulled a
revolver with either hand and covered
the little group of four.
The leader turned to him with a puz-
zled look.
Say, what's the game, sheriff." he
asked. tits over now"
Get into your car and drive slowly
ahead" answered Artemus. Il can
OUTRAGE you, and I'll shoot every man
who doesn't sit quiet. You're going to
drive to the Jail at Ransome First.
look at that tree again."
They looked. and, in the gathering
light, saw the grotesque figure of
Dorothy's rag doll with the negro face
swinging sardonically from the limb.
II dropped Jim Sanford twenty
miles back" announced the sheriff
softly. Hop in, gentlemen, if you
want to get to Ransome alive
Copyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
, q q q q q . q q q q (
Governor-Park Trammell

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.
/ Superintendent of Public Instru,-
tion-W. N. Sheats.
AGjutant General. C. R. Eos.
i ter.
State Examiner-Ernest Amos.
state Chemist-R. E. Rose.
Board Of Trustees Internal I'm
provement Fnnd-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-Hon. 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 Institutions-The
Governor, Secretary of State, Treas
urer. Attorney-General, Commission
er of Agriculture. and Superintend-
ent OF Public Instruction.
Board of State Institutions-The
Secretary of State, Treasurer, At
torney General, Commissioner Of
Agriculture and Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
U. 5. Congressman-Firs 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 Assessed. ]. Boynton.
Tax Collector. P. Murdaugh.
Treasurer-W. G.. Jones.
Sherin-John Logan.
Supt. Public qnstruction-c. A.
Parker.
supervisor Of Registration-P. w,
Daniels.
County CommissionersHJ. c.
Swindel, chairman: A. T. Mann.
Bartov 3. Svezrinren. Ft.
Meade; r. H. Bryson. Winter Haven:
j. e. Lancaster. Bradley.
Board Of Public Tnstruetion-J. c.
Owens. chairman; c. A. Parker.
Barlow. superintendent: Z. N. Lac.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
WILLIAMS BAFGAIN COUNTER

FOR SALE-Ford QUITO truck in good
condition; bargain for cash.
must be sold at once.
FARM of 20 acres on edge of town,
all in cultivation, newly fenced
and cross-fenced, grove of 100
trees, fine water, good land. Own
err must sell. s3,1OO Terms.
FOR SALE or trade for country prop
erty, or will take vacant lots or
automobile part payment, for good
S-room house, modern convent
ences, large corner lot with shade
and fruit trees, fine locality, con-
yenient business section and
school. Very reasonable price.
Also modern 4-room bungalow,
lake front, two lots, convenient to
jitney line, for sale or exchange.
Small payment, easy terms.
4-ROOM HOUSE, and lot 6Ox15O;
nice shady yard; good locality.
For quick move $3.50.
A RARE BARGAIN-New Groom
house and lot in Dixieland, we'll
located. Must sell at once at sac
riiicce price. See me for particu-
lars. Don't miss this opportunity
to get a real nice little home.
20 ACRES 3 IA miles south Of Lake.
land, 10 acres in cultivation and
set to orange and grapefruit one
and two years old. All fenced.
Small house, on public hard road
Price $4,000. Easy terms
20 ACRES combination truck and
citrus farm, modern 5-room house,
2-story barn and out buildings, all
fenced, good land, fine water, an
ideal country home 21-2 miles
from Lakeland, ON hard road
Price $4,000 cash, or terms can be
arranged.
20 ACRES fine truck land all cleared
and in cultivation, under fence;
good farm house; only 3 miles
from Lakeland This is a rare bar
gain at $1,000; half cash, balance
in two years.
II ACRES near town, lake view, all
fenced, acres in cultivation
splendid land. one room and 3
room house and barn, excellent
water. About Is young orange
trees; one of the best propositions
in this session Price $4,000.
Terms II wanted.
g. ]. WILLIAMS.
Phone, 86 Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
Street Car Etiquette.

Right back of you in the street car
Is another seat in which other persons
may be riding. II you forget to lay
your arm over the back of your own
seat and also to fold your overcoat
back of your seat you may not cause
sufficient annoyance to your neighbors
IN the rear. In that event they may
spread their newspapers and maya
zines in such way as not TO tip your
hat and tickle your ears. One cannot
be too careful about street car dis
courtesy. 1t might go out of fashion
at any minute.-Los Angeles Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

In the Circuit Court of the Tenth
Judicial Circuit of the State of
Florida, in and for Polk County
In Chancery.-Sue Smith VS.. F. A.
Whitehead, ct al.-Bill to Quiet
Title.
In the above stated cause it is
hereby ordered that all persons, firms
and corporations claiming any right,
title or interest by, through or under
F. A. Whitehead, Sherrod E. Rob-
erts, Owen II. Dishong, Thomas P.
Kennedy, James NJ. Marley. Howard
A. Snodgrass, w B. Henderson, as
heirs at law. grantees, devisees, cred
itors, lienors, legal representatives
or otherwise, and all persons claim
ing interest of any kind or character
of. in and to the following described
land in Polk county, Florida, to- wit:
Beginning 15S links north and 15S
links east from the southwest corner
OF northeast quarter of southwest
quarter of section 90, township 81
south, range % east, and run thence
east 113 feet. thence south 80 feet,
thence west l1S feet, thence north
9S feet to point of beginning. be and
appear to complainant's bill of com
plant herein filed at the office of the
clerk of this court at Barlow, Flor
ida, on the rule day in January.
1916, the same being the Srd day CT
said month, and that this order be
published once each week for twelve
consecutive weeks prior to said day
in the Lakeland Evening Telegram.
a newspaper published and of gener-
al circulation in said county.
Witness my hand and seal of said
court at Barlow, Florida, this 9th
day of October, 1915.
j. A. JOHNSON,
1886. Clerk Circuit Court.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
Newspapers o. Buffers.

Nothing fills the place OF a buffer
IN q trunk like newspapers: they are
% unyieldins that wrinkles and pro.
tuoeranees cannot make themselves
rsit IL Is useless to try to arrange
heavy articles at the bottom Of the
trunk and light ones on top-the bag.
ease handlers know no top and no
bottom. Convenience In handling In
All that concerns them. BY keepinr
an even. smooth surface for each sue
ssasive layer one Is doing ones best
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
AR. Grimm "a. = KILL

4 know him well enough to say
How are you?' to him." stated Gaunt
n. CHI I'M. But never do so if I
can avoid Il, for the Internal bore
thinks really vent to know, and tells
me'"--1ansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
Brides Present 70 Groom
g. J. WILLIAMS.
Phone. SO Black

With modern Arabians the bride
groom makes the bride presents,
which are sent day or two before
the nuptials. AS soon as the bride
reaches the bridegroom's house she
makes him presents of household fur
niture, a spear and a tent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
Peer Father!

A scottdale CPa.) man got the baby
to sleep easily for the FIRST time In
four years and refused to shoot at 4
burglar for fear OF awakening the
child Few men have been 30 hard
put and proper resolutions Of indorse-
ment viii doubtless be passed By the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
FARMER WANTED

Unusual opportunity for good
farmer with small family. Good
growing crops and everything furn-
ished. No rent first year. Farm near
Fl. Myers. Must act quick. Call at
oom 22, Raymondo Building. Lake
Fla 4ea2
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
AUTOMOBILE WANTED

An up-to-date auto wanted in ex-
change for real estate and some
cash. Call at room %. Raymondo
building, Lakeland, Fla. 1868
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

Having purchased and subdivided
the Jesse Keene estate of $50 acres
one-half mile west OF city limits, we
are now selling in 10 and 20-acre
tracts some of the finest truck and
farm lands in this section at the
right price and terms. For particu-
lars see G. C. Rogan. Rooms l and
2. cen & Bryant Bldg. Phone 14s.
2sss
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

PUBLIC STENoGRAPHER - ccu-
rate work done promptly. Room
200, Drane Bldg. Phone 6.
1855
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

Lakeland Business College-Com-
plete courses in bookkeeping and
stenography.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
For Rent

FOR RENT-One front furnished
room to one or two gentlemen. All
conveniences. 301 South New
York avenue. Phone 405.
1927
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
Miscellaneous
FRANK McC0LLUM'S AUTO
SERVICE
Safety First. New Car

Frances Beach soc. Phone me for
long or short trips. Phone 430 or 25.
1929
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT

On Tuesday evening next, at the
Memorial Continental Hall, the
Zionist movement will be discussed
in a public address by Louis D.
Brandeis, of Boston, one of the lead
>rs in the great movement which
looks to restoring the Jewish people
to their national character and sta
ton in the world. 1t is particularly
timely topic, not only by reason Of
the important accomplishments that
have been effected thus far toward
rehabilitation of Palestine, but be-
cause the war in Europe is certain
to influence in some important ways
the movement toward restoration of
the Jewish state. Mr.. Brandeis is
thoroughly familiar with the work
that has been done, and has made
study of the probable effects of
the war on that work.
Americans need not be concerned
lest the Zionist movement designs to
take away the great Jewish element
that has contributed so much toward
the material, intellectual, and civic
advance of this country. Nothing
of the kind is contemplated, Zionism
rather concerns itself with the mil
lions of Jews who in other parts OF
the world have suffered and yet sur.
vived the most persistent persecu.
tions ever aimed against a people
The movement is one that deserves
and is fast getting, the understand.
ing support of the worlds best in.
telligence.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07

Operntlon Unique In Annals Of Surg

Operation IniQuc In Annals Of Surg
cry Performed In France.
An operation unique in the annals
of surgery the extraction OF d
fragment of hand grenade from tho
heart. was described recently in the
Paris Academy OF Medicine by Prof.
Armaingaud. OF Bordeaux, says TIT
BITS.
The patient. young Psrisiah ser
Eeant of rather delicate constitution.
who was present at the session. was
wounded at St. Hubert. In the Ar
gonnC on October / last year. A
splinter one-half inch square and ono
eighth inch thick lodged In the heart.
where II remained four and half
mcrths. On February II DR.. Maurice
Beaussonat, chief of the ambulance
in the Rue JACQUES Dulud. Ncuilly.
d,rtouk to extract II.
Once the heart was laid open the
difficulties began. The fragment
was very awkward to catch. and
slipped, from the forceps several
but the heart continued to beat all
the time. Although complications
were feared, everything went well
and the sergeant could be considered
cured month after. Members OF
the academy were able TO see for
themselves that the heart was now
acting normally and that II cure had
been established beyond all doubt.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07

church, to schemes for civic better
ment.
But in the social conditions where
the lines Of her life have fallen, with
her modern training for more than
domestic service, she feels some of
the same unrest man would feel
with overabundant leisure and the
necessity of stringent self-denial in
things Of esthetic value, while the
ever-pressing need of providing for
the future did not cease to obtrude.
The search for part-time posts is
alluring, but usually fruitless. The
woman with genius for decorating,
for sketching costumes, for devising
schemes of entertainment, finds full
scope for her initiative. But poor is
the market for the one who has
ability, not in art, but in business.
Writing, Of little profit to those of
little talent; tutoring, eagerly
grasped by those engaged in regular
teaching and in close touch with the
deficient pupil and his parents; en-
broidery, specious device for i'm
pairing eyesight at lowest price, are
occupations oftenest suggested to
the would-be helped in financial
stress. They cannot solve the prob
lem.
Trade at present must perforce
put up what to some eager souls
seems cruel barrier to those who
can render only limited service. To
use to good pecuniary advantage this
margin Of time, often broad one in
,, the case of capable housekeeper, is
a puzzle for the economists looking
into the future.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
0ERMANY'S FOOD PROBLEM

From many sources comes cumu-
lative testimony that the economic
situation in Germany is growing
more and more serious. The Ger
man press has of late been giving
about as much attention to the food
news as to the military news.
Despite rigorous government regu-
lations, which now are rapidly be-
ing extended into new fields and
over more commodities, the country
is facing the fact that there is not
food enough to go round. Regula-
tion may make it impossible to in
crease prices unduly; but regulation
cannot make two loaves come from
the oven where the material for only
one has been put in.
At the wars outset German sys-
tenn was set at the particular task
of preventing waste of food ma
terials, and wonderful accomplish
ment resulted. 1t was, of course,
not so great as like regulations
would have produced in the United
States, simply because the German
people never have been so wasteful
as the American. Real economies,
conservation to the last degree, by
all the American people, would save
enough pretty nearly to feed the
German nation.
Economies have not met the de-
mands on Germany. There must be
something more; and despite all eff
forts to prevent the world knowing
details, the fact is now patent that
real crisis is impending. The scale
of living among multitudes of the
poorer classes in Germany is de-
scribed as so depressed as gravely
to menace the health and physical
efficiency of millions of the people
There is all willingness and wish to
look the situation bravely in the
/ face, and to do the best; but the cold
fact is that Germany is cut off from
the world as no great country ever
has been in war, and that her eco
nomic independence, on which SC
much has been staked, and which
even her enemies have regarded as
chief element of strength, is moi
being sustained. Hunger looks
grimly in at the windows of million!
of German homes, and there is no'
wherewith to satisfy it. A winter
of war will bring horrors in Iom'
sections comparable to those which
Germany has inflicted on Belgium
and is now inflicting on Serbia.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07

as the way a man does his job
within his period of work, whether
1t be twelve hours, ten hours or
eight hours.
We dare say the New Haven rail-
road under Mr.. Elliott's management
is as good an example Of this as
anything we could cite. Under the
right leadership and inspiration the
thousands of workers on the New
Haven. railway are now producing
results--more service, better service,
safer service-than there is any rea-
son to suppose could have been pro-
duced under the old management in
twice the number of working hours
now constituting the average work.
day on that system.
But we can agree that it is be-
coming habit among a large part
of the American people not to put in
their hardest and best licks at work
whether their workday is one Of
eight, ten or twelve hours. They
fail to deliver the goods, not be-
cause the workday is too short, but
because they don't do their best in
that workday period. Loafing on the
job is exactly what the trouble is.
And there is no question that II
an individual, community or q race
falls down in its work, which means
production, 1t cannot compete with
those who are on their jobs and
keep up with their production, can
not long maintain it's standard OF
living and cannot escape ultimate
lapse into the industrial conditions
of the Dark Ages.
And if, while we exert dimin.
ished working energy at the same
time we exert an increased spending
energy in private and in public life
we must all the sooner reach the
stage Of economic collapse and socia
degradation.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
WILLING HANDS, BUT IDLE

In many families of moderate
means the desire of the women for
some occupation that shall bring in
a little money grows more compell-
ing. The majority of them do not
wish to diminish their obligations to
care for housekeeping details to de-
vote a reasonable amount of time to
social demands apd to make FOR the
comfort of husband and children
such provision as lies in their prov
ince and power; but they want to
contribute an efficient service that
shall tighten their own burdens and
make more promising the careers of
those who are dearest.
After few years of early mar
ried life, when the care Of the chill
dren is all-absorbing, the mother
sees herself supplanted by the
teacher during the hours of the day
which bring the really thrilling ex-
periences to young life. Under the
work-play study system home train,
ing and diversions tend more and
more to be swept into community
. interests.
The healthy woman Of executive
ability who, through the help Of one
maid, is not Obliged to "do her owl
work." which in common parlanct
means to wash, iron, cook, and "do'
dishes, finds precious unoccupiec
time on her hands. If she were much
poorer her work would have produc
tive economic value. If she wer'
wealthy she could cheerfully devote
that margin of time left to ever!
Susch woman to philanthropy, to tn,
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
ORIGIN OF "CARPET BAGGER"
Term Has Different Signihcntion In
English POltics.

English POli<ics.
Discussing the origin of the word
carpet bagger." the Manchester Guard
iCM says:
There hss been some discussion
lately in the American press as to
the origin of the word carpet bagger'
a term which has very different sig
niflcation In American from English
politics Its English use would. in
deed, be impossible In the United States.
where the candidates at Congressional
election are always chosen from among
the residents IN the constituency.
In America carpet bagger' denotes
one of the Northern politicians who
bringing with them only the ordinary
travellers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS upon
the Southern States in search of office
during the "Reconstruction' period
after the civil war. The nickname
seems to have been the invention of
certain Captain Parr, who at one
Of the political conventions. warned
his hearers against "lhe fellow that
sneaked down there with nothing but
black carpet bag" FOR, he said:
There was a snake in that bag" The
carpet bag itself Is nowadays so little
known an article of luggage that 1t
has been necessary in the recent dia-
| cussion to explain. for the benefit OF
the present generation, what 1t actual
ly was.