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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
JUDGE REAVES TELLS WHY
HE JOINED THE CHURCH

The Mulberry Herald says that
Judge o. X. Reaves, of Bradentown.
who is presiding over the circuit
court now in session at Barlow. at
tended the Wednesday night service
at the Baptist church of that city.
He was introduced by the pastor as
a genuine South Florida Cracker
The talk of JUDGE Reaves was so in
teresting and helpful that we give
below the report of his speech as
furnished by the Herald:
Judge Reaves, after expressing
his appreciation of the occasion be-
ing prayer service, told or how he
had been led to accept the RELIGION
of Jesus Christ through a conversa-
tion with the pastor of this church,
during which he had promised to
think over the matter. And. said
the speaker, this is the way
thought: The religion of Jesus
Christ is cverythipy, or it is nothing.
If it is nothing, it is the greatest
farce and fake on earth: If il is
everything. then ii is worthy of the
most serious thought. said to my
self. l do not believe ii is nothinq.
for I believe in God and believe in
the Bible. There are too many
thangs that impress me with the
fact of my Creator for me to dis
believe these facts. There mus, hn
a power, and that power must bc
who holds and n:rols
this world Of ours Then If Il Is
everything. the Bible is the Word |
of God. and according TO the way j
mans life is measured by that Word |
he will have eternal life or Death |
Now, having come to the conclusion |
that religion IS everything. shat ls
the proper course for me Can one
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
BIGNESS AND RETIREMENT

Excitement over the new State CEN
sus begins to arise. Signs of it al
ready appear in many quarters. With
the lapse of time it will become more
acute until, at the climax, it fairly
vies with the tabulation of winter
tourist arrivals.
But this absorbing interest in the
census applies, of course. to only one
feature of it-that feature which Is
connected the eager inquiry:
How big are WEI"
How much has Tampa cut down
Jacksonville's lead? Is St. Petersburg
almost as big as Miami? What is
the relative population of Orlando
and Lakeland? Just what ratio of
growth does Pinellas show?
To these questions we breathlessly
await the official answer to the CELL
sus.
We learn that Florida has increas-
ed 33 per cent in growth, and that
Jacksonville has 100000 inhabitants
but mere rumors as yet.
We would like to know too, If the
State is growing better-that the
cities are better governed. But this
is academic. We suppose there is no
self-respecting Florida city that
would not rejoice more generally and
more keenly to know that it had
Leaten its rival in the number of in
habitants than to know it had beaten
The same rival in the comparatively
Try and uninspiring matter of pro-
riding good government. Indeed,
strong motive for providing good
government is that it may prove a
means of attracting more
inhabitants. If an a2ent should Of
er any live city the alternative of
growing in size or in grace, that
'ity would be very unhappy. Prob
.bly it would petition the angel to
his offer, preferring to re
ain its precious prospects of getting |
Tiger, and hopefully taking its
hances of also gettin,? better
clearwater Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
UNTOLD VALUE OF THE
FARM DEMONSTRATORS

The Board of County Commission
ers Of Putnam county showed their
faith in the general work and value
of the farm demonstration. when at
their regular monthly meeting in
Palatka recently when they decided
to appropriate the sum of 5000,
with which sum subscribed by the
government for this purpose, namely,
5000. makes a total of $500 for
the annual salary of a man to fill
this important office. The sum is
small, indeed. and by it they will not
be able to command the services of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

one of the best ben, but the chief
point to note at this time is the en-
dorsement which this action of the
commissioners gives to the value and
usefulness of thework done in this
way. There was one man who OPP
posed the appointment of a demon
strator on the ground that the re-
suits elsewhere did not prove the
necessity or value of such appoint
ment. Another Commissioner who
voted to the contrary when the mo-
tion was put, did SO because he
thought that $500, the sum pro-
posed to be paid as salary, was too
small to induce a good man to accept
the job. We venture to utter the
prophecy that after Putnam county
has had a man on the job for a year.
they would not be without demon
strator. or advisor, as we prefer to
call him, if they had to pay him
twice the sum at present named as
Augustine Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

leo and everything he does and says,
including his engagement to the
Washington widow. 1t is kick, kick.
kick at everything on the horizon,
and foolish as it seems from the
viewpoint of the philosopher who has
good health and an ample income,
with nothing to kick about, all this
kicking is part of the order of ma
ture, for without the churning there
wouldn't be any butter. When the
last kicker has passed from earth we
will all settle down to a placid,
automatic existence in which perfect
efficiency will have been reached, and
there won't be anymore fun or joy
in living.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
WHAT ONE FLORIDA BOY DID

While the average Florida Farmer
is satisfied with yield of from ten
to thirty bushels of corn to the acre
and the average corn yield of the
United States is under thirty bushels,
Malcolm Miller, one of Santa Rosa
county boys, who is farming scienti-
fictl'y under the direction Of the Di-
rectors of the Boys Corn Club, pro-
duce 1902 bushels of corn on an
acre of ground. This too, on the
semi-sandy soil of Santa Rosa coun-
ty, which many people are firmly
convinced will not pay the expense of
cultivation. AS matter of fact.
when properly cultivated Santa Rosa
county soil is as productive as any
in the world, as is demonstrated by
the enormous yield recorded above,
! and several other yields almost. If
not equally as good made by other
members of the Boys Corn Club the
same season that Malcolm made his
big yield. There is at least two les
sons for widely separated people in
the above facts, The first is for
the Santa Rosa farmer who is al
ready here, possibly been here all his
life, who has been content to exc
out bare eXistance upon soil that.
# properly cultivated would make
lin fortune. This class of people
should learn how Malcolm made
Santa Rosa soil yield her treasures
20 him, and lgo do likewise. The sec
ond lesson is for the farmer and
want-to-be farmer of the states north
of us who are also eking out
scanty eXistance upon farms for
which they are paying from one
third to one-half of what they make
fol rent This class should acquaiht
themselves with the facts that there
are thousands of acres of land in
Santa Rosa county that are as fertile
as the acre upoi which Malcolm made
this yield. originally was, which can
10 bought for as little or less than
they are now paying annually pcr
acre for rent. Then they should
come to Florida and do likewise
Milton Gazette.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
ST. PETE WOMAN LOSES
BROTHER IN GERMAN ARMY

Word that one of her brothers ha
teen killed and two others wounde,
while fighting with the Kaiser's fore
es in Russia has been received b.
Mrs. Paula Muller, head of the dress
making department in the Ladies
emporium. The one who was killed
Christian Baumann, was "a years o.
age and is survived by widow ant
four children who live in Vaikingen
Wurttemberg
The circumstances of his death
were peculiar. He had been in a
number of important engagements
in France. Belgium and Russia and
had written his family that so often
had death claimed comrades fighting
by his side and left him unscatched
that he had absolutely no fear but
that he would go through the entire
war in safety. Finally, after the
capture of a fort in Russia he was
standing one Sunday evening, con-
versing with friend when a sharp
shooter "sniped' him. He was
knocked down and rendered uncon-
scious Medical treatment was not
at hand and fellow soldiers made \
crude bed for him to rest on during
Tho piubt ua CT, fforod o,ap;oc opd
being taken on the following morn
ing to a hospital, died.
Two other brothers of Mrs. Muller
have been put out of action by
wounds. Carl Baumann, aged 80, is
permanently disabled and has to use
a tame in walking because of tiple
fracture of the knee sustained when
a high explosive shell burst near
him. He is now aiding in the work OF
uniforms to the f,?hting
Teutons and frequently VISITS his
wife and two children.
Fritz Raumann, aged 80, Mrs. Null
lei youngest DTOlHeT, WAS lelleu
while charging with his battalion
against the Russians and is now in
the hospital convalescing. An ex
rloding shrapnel shell killed man
1t his side and Jagged piece of
metal entered Baumann's left hand
and came out at the elbow. How
serious his injury may be is not
Known to his sister in st. Petersburg. !
He had previously been wounded |
while fighting in France last Sep !,
ember aid was given six months
cave of absence, which he spent |
With his wife and child. He was
present at the fall of Louvain and
alter was ordered into Russia. Sew
rely hurt soldiers are kept in the
'arious hospitals by the imperial
government until they are well en-
ugh be returned to their homes
When last heard Of he was yet in
he hospital.-St. Petersburg Inde-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

The suggestion of the Palm Beach
Post that this State should celebrate
the centennial of the ceding of Flor
ida to the United States on February
%, 1919 and it's admission as ter
ritory month later by a great ex-
position worthy of the event, de-
serves consideration. The passing cf
that title from Spain to Uncle Sam
was a big thing, much bigger than
was then realized and the magnitude
of its Importance is increasing
every year The anniversary is
more than three years ahead, but #
the exposition is to be what it should
be--a really national affair, it is not
too early to begin to make prepare
tions.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

The fine, strong old timers in Flor
Ida are passing rapidly and soon
there will not be one left of the yirile
pioneers in the States DEVELOPMENT
who were born for leadership be-
cause they were strong and MASTER
fGl and obstacles aroused them TO
greater effort. We accept the results
OF their lahors without thinking of
the heavy difficulties under which
these results were worked out when
Florida was jungle and waste
and things easy to do now required
all the strength of strong men to do
then. Captain w b. Genham, the
railroad builder. was the last of this
KIND TO go and the others left can
almost be counted on the fingers of
one hand. Each generation produces
ITS own type, and there was never SO
much broad. deep knowledge and
efficiency in the world as now. hIt
the leaders of today don't tower
above the mass as they did in the
old days when they stood out like
peaks. Universal education largely
makes the difference. and yet there
is something lost which we all miss
and want back again. and for which
the gradinT up of the people fails to
fully compensate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
Handy Men of Zealand

mere are no trades or guilds in
iceiahd' every man being compelled
TO depend upon his own skill for his
supplies The natives make their own
snoes, shoe their own horses and man
fracture their saddles. A few ar.
tisans are found in the capital-for ex-
ample bookbinder. jeweler and
others.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
harbors on the Adrlatic

The principal CULTS of the Adriatic
are those OF Manfredonia on the west,
Venice and Trieste on the north, and
Quarnero on the northeast. There
are numerous and admirable bay har.
bors extending from Fiume and cul
minating in the wonderful landlocked
harbor. the Bocche di Cattaro. The
Strait of Otranto, where Italy ap.
Nroaches nearest to the Balkan main
land. is As miles wide Here is the
l---e-.-eeut albanian harbor, Avlona
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
TEN MILLIONS ON FLA. ROADS
IN NEXT TWO YEARS

Ten million dollars VIII be spen
OH the construction of permanen
roads in Florida in the next tive
years, according to the most conser
vative estimates based upon bone
issues proposed in the various coun-
ties and issues already adopted with
IN thepat six months.
Almost overnight Florida became
imbued with the spirit of permanent
road building not SO long ago. and
since that timethere has been ac-
tivity in actual construction and in
! planning for future work, such as
has been seldom, if ever. witnessed
in any part of the country
I'm no county where a bond issue
for better highways has been pro-
posed has failure met the efforts of
the enthusiasts behind the move
ment. Many counties have already
adopted issues varying from $780,
600 to s225,O00 for improved hi?h-
ways and it is figured that within
the past year or less, no fewer than
100000 have been voted by coun-
ties and cities in the State for this
purpose
Florida is the most peculiarly
shaped State in the Union. 1t costs
more to travel from Key West, the
extreme southern city of the United
States, at the tip of the Florida
to Pensacola, on the ex-
IRENE west, than it costs to travel
from Pensacola to Chicago. And the
result is that millionswillhave to be
spent to give Florida a system of
highways of which she may justly
boast. But the spirit of road-build-
ing has caught every section. Escam-
bia county, in which is located Pen
sacola, and which is the most wester-
ly of the Florida counties has pust
proposed a bond issue of $1,OOO,UO0
Tor permanent highways. This coun-
ty already has system of hard-sur-
faced highways that would do credit
TO any community in the Union. 1t is
Is on the line of the proposed Gulf
Coast Highway, which is planned to
extend from Tampa, on the west
coast of the tip of Florida, to
Texas, stretching along
the shore line Of the entire Gulf
coast in the United States. 1t is al
20 on the route of highway that is
lropesed to stretch directly from
Jacksonville to New Orleans. 1t will
also be 4 on a branch of the Jack
osnville Highway, to extend from
WASHINGTON, ID. c., to New Orleans.
Escambia Not Alone
But Escambia county is not alone
among the Florida counties which
propose to spend cool million for
improved and permanent highways.
Polk, one of the most progressive and
one of the largest counties in the
over end of the State, has proposed
l million dollar issue. This is a
simple evidence of the fact that the
spirit of permanent road building
1as caught every section.
st. Johns county is just completing
contract representing the expendi-
.ure of $750,0OO on permanent roads.
II st. ohns is located the historic
'ity of st. Augustine, the oldst city
IN the American continent Jack
onville Metropolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
To Avoid Taking Cold.

How shall We avoid taking cold? To
begin with, lead the physiological life.
Is the advice Of a well-known physi-
clan. Get up in good time; battle
well; eat three meals of wholesome
food a day. and don't hurry about it.
BE In the fresh air all the time, day
and night; and get in the sunshine
whenever you can, and It isn't too hot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

To the Creditors Of s. s. Griffin, Of Grif-
nm, Poik County and District aforesaid:
Notice is hereby given that on the 25tb dav
OF October. 1915. the said s. s. Griffin was
duly adjudicated bankrupt and that the first
meeting OF his creditors will be held at the
ONCE OF Rogers x Spencer In Lakeland, Flor
laa. on the 10th day Of November. 1915, at
nine o'clock a. m, at which time the creditors
may attend. prove their claims examine the
bankrupt, elect a trustee and transact such
other business as may properly come before
said meeting
dated at Tampa, Florida. this 30th day Of
October, 1915
T. NJ SHACKLEFORD IT,
Referee in Bankruptcy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
THE LAKELAND NEWS,
4 weekly newspaper giving . resume
OF local matters. crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.

The federal inspectors are begin
ming to catch up with some of the
Florida growers who prematurely
ship their premature fruit to north
ern markets to get the high prices
at the opening of the season. A car
load of grapefruit confiscated for dis
obedience of law is a severe but eff
fective way of teaching the lesson
of obedience to law.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
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AT the AirCone tonight that great
Edison tragic feature in four parts.
June Friday" The story of a
rounding who is left without marks
OF identification. Her father, whom
she does not know, masks as a clergy
man, marries her to a william. who
anandons her. Don't fail to see the
climax scene where the father
finally recognizes the man, whom he
helped to ruin his daughter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
The New wheexe.

Out OF job?" asked Yorick Hamm
Aside from the fact that the same IN
couched IN unprofessional language"
replied Hamlet Fatt, with dignity.
your inquiry savors of ribaldry and
Is, moreover. uncouth. An actor ia
never at liberty these days. If YOU
don't see his name on Broadway
bill, he is gettin r,orc money from
the movies Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

1t is a kick against the green
fruit law, kick against the federal
inspection law, kick against the
citrus canker agitation. kick
against the fish law, kick against the
game law, kick against bond issues
for good roads, kick AGAINST the gov
ernors proclamations on any and
all subjects, kick against all his an
pointments and all his policies. kick
against all taxes. kick against pro-
hibition and woman suffrage, kick
against the presidents policy con-
corning Europe and concerning Mex
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
A IL IL Today.

Aunt Mary Visiting in the city,
II want to hear at least one OF your
famous grand opera singers and then
see some Of your leading actors"
Nephew Ito office boy)-"Jimmy. get
us some tickets for the vaudeville and
movies "-Tjfa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

NJ. >. Cnism drew a large crwd
at the Majestic yesterday and all
we're intensely interested in his
south American lecture. Tonight
the Colonel will give talk on South
America without slides, and also will
do his sharp-shooting feature.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

afford to he a half way worker, and
c"n one afford TO be a member Of The
church and not be actively eneae 4
in its work. Continuing. JUDGE
Reaves said. when arrived at this
conclusion. Immediately 3o,ned the
church: the only regret now hay,
i that did not do 40 LONE before
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

The decisive battles of the world,
by which great issues were per-
manently settled, have been few and
far between, and they were not al
ways great battles either in point Of
numbers engaged and casualties suf-
fered. The battle of San Jacinto. for
instance, achieved the indepen dence
Of Texas from Mexican dominion and
1t was nothing more than a skirmish,
with a few hundred soldiers on each
side, and the Texans had only one
man killed. The Mexicans were
stampeded almost at the first volley,
and yet San Jacinto ranks among
the fifteen or twenty decisive bat
ties of the world because it settled
the political destiny of Texas. We
are hoping that the battle in prog
ress today on the Mexican border
Just across the line from Douglas,
Arizona, between the forces of villa
and Carranza will also be decisive
and that Villa and his horde of
bandits will be wiped off the earth.
VI is probably the last army that he
can collect, and If he loses he will
be done for permanently.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
Pointer for the Worker,

II a clock goes fitfully nobody knows
the time Of day; and If your allotted
task is a necessary link in the chain
of another mans work. you are his
clock and be ourh. - h. ah'e to RELY
on vow. In',u ~ tfactie.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

Size up all the notable men of
Florida you can think of on the spur
OF the moment, or at your leisure
and mention one who has earned as
much distinction for himself and his
State and done as much real GOOD by
way of high example and encourage
ment, within the same length of
time. as the boy Malcolm Miller, over
in Santa Rosa county, who last
season grew 172 bushels of corn on
one acre of land. He deserves the
medal the Governor of Florida will
confer upon him, and some of these
days, If he keeps up his lick. he is
likely to be governor of Florida.
himself, or maybe, secretary of agri-
culture in the presidents cabinet at
Washington.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02
FIywheeIs Of Paper.

Paper iywheels are coming into use
The tensile str Myth Of paper lie enor-
nous. hence rs advantage over iron
for iris rrrte
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

Thursday, at the Airdome, Mrs.
Leslie Carter, in Madam Du Barry.
that great Kleine masterpiece in six
parts.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

Optimistic Thought.
Where the cause Is Just even the
small conQuers the great.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-02

IN the DISTRICT COURT OF the UNITED
SIAIES, IN AND FOR the SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. IN Res. s.
GRlFFIh, BANkkRuPT-iN BANKRUPT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-11
HEADS OF COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS TO
 MEET AT CAPITAL
Will Have Conference With William F. Feagin, Superintendent of Ed ucation, on November
 Is and 19

Montgomery. November 10.--(Spe- cial )-For the purpose of discussing g matters of interest to them in their high school work, Superintendent Will liam F. Feagin has called a meeting of the county high school principals in Montgomery on November 1S and 19. Every principal in the state is ex- pected to be present at the meeting
 The meeting of the high school prin- cipals will be one of three educational conferences to be held in Montgom- cry at that time. As previously an- nounced. the Alabama School Improve mcnt association has meeting sched- uled for November 19 and 20. and an- nouncement is made that represents lives of the. Alabama illiteracy com mission will assemble here at the same time.
 In calling the meeting of high school principals, Superintendent Feagin said
 ..The county high school principals will be in session Thursday night and Friday morning for the purpose of dis cussing those things of interest to