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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15

hesitate to address herself openly 10
the backward suitor.'"
Dreadful" exclaimed Miss Mary
Campbell, one of the most select Of
the young ladies. why, think it
was grand!"
We'll, now just listen to this" int ar
posed Miss Millicent Day, who was
taking the economics course 1.-The
custom which restraints the female
half of the community from taking the
first step leading toward the marriage
contract is Of economic origin and due
to the fact that, in our modern civil.
cation, the male is the bread-winner.
When the earning capacities of both
parties are equal this archaic survival
should be, and often is, abrogated'"
Miss Browne said that?" inquired
Miss Mary breathlesslv.
"She surely did," answered Miss Mil.
licent.
obi" exclaimed the chorus breath
lessly.
! Professor Boylett appeared unusual
ly preoccupied on the second day aft
erward. His lecture on Roman his
tory, in fact, was distinctly an absent
minded one.
"Er-one moment, ladies'" he began
as the class waited its dismis. NJ. "Can
anyone tell me whether ;hc.e is a-cr
any attache of this ins;itp il nc e
initials are A. B?
Miss Agatha Browne. professor of
economics" chanted the class. And
the professor. after staring speeches.
ly at them for en- instant, suddenly
bolted thr ough the door.
At that instant Miss Browne was
saying:
"A most insulting thing has hap.
pened to me, girls. hesitate to men.
ton it, and should not, did not Gear
it is some practical joke engineered
by some unworthy member of this
seminary. l have received an anoay.
nous letter containing-in short, a
proposal of marriage"
"Oh, no, Miss Browne!" exclaimed
the class in horror.
Ladies, your attitude does YOU
credit" said the professor of econo.
mics. "Er-by the way, is there any
person connected with this seminary
whose initials are S. B.?"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15

~prof SAMPSON Boylett," shouted
-, o,oss in economics In unison.
Then an extraordinary thirg nap,
nened Behind Miss Brownies lafE
snec,ac,es a reddish hue, arising u
the neighborhood OF either ear spre"u
and expanded until it completely 81
cred her face. .s,,,.
"Dear me this is very painful'
murmured Miss Browne.
is dismissed. ,.,;os
The class. released from its dlnes'
rushed to the windows and looked ou'
rron the campus. 1t saw Miss browne
emerge from the portals OF inc "a
nous institution of learning WIN
hurried and yet furtive step, II sue,. q
term could be applied TO any quaint!
or attribute of Miss Browne WIN
her umbrella folded in her hand the
professor of economics picked her way
down the gravelly walk toward 'hs Gu
trance. Then the class ana .'i's'
Browne simultaneously perceived
second figure, a bent, irresolute. MD
dle-aged figure approaching the same
portals from the classroom IN Roman
history.
And then occurred peculiar phe-
nomenon such as had never been
known to happen during the memory
of the class. For Mss Browne, instead
of continuing upon her resolute va.
toward the gate, made a short CUT
across the soggy grass-Miss Browne,
whose state of health was al"e%s
known to be exactly commensurate
with the hygienic condition OF Der
overshoes.
And, as an immovable body encoua-
tiers an irresistible force, so MISS
Agatha Browne encountered Professor
Boylett beside the portals OF the LED
ham Seminary for Young Ladies. The
professor saw her, Strengthened him
self, and spoke.
"Er-among the Samnites there ex-
listed a custom"-he began.
81 have always told my class Miss
Browne remarked at the same mo-
ment, that the custom which re-
strains the female half of the CON-
munity--"
(Which l would be the last to con-
denim"
From taking the first step
when hints and gentle glances
failed"
Leading toward the marriage con.
tract"
ITO effect matrimonial proposition
-er-"
"Oh, professor" exclaimed Miss
Agatha, and could say no more.
Inside the seminary there was a
great hustle at this moment.
"Milly. Milly," cried the voice Of
Mary Campbell, 1--WE got dandy pair
of opera glasses upstairs"
Don't need them shouted her
friend. ooh, Mary didn't you see?
Look! Look. Professor Boylett has
kissed Miss Agatha. Isn't it dread.
ful?
Dreadful" answered Miss Mary.
why, / think it's grand. And just
think; Next term the classes in
economics and Roman history will be
merged"
Copyright. 1913. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
Plant Trees
Along The
Highway

Gentlemen OF Marion ana "a
orange ana OF Usceoia and o.
every otncr county through
winch this central route Oh the
LING tllSnway passes, VIII you
JOIN LeesDurg and Lake county
III planting trees along the hign-
way!
we believe that all of Lake
county Will do this. we can
safely guarantee that Leesburg
Will, IL it becomes necessary to
carry out the idea IN that way,
take care OF the mileage within
her Immediate vicinity. In many
parts OF Lake county and III
other counties as well, the trees
are already there, but would it
not be striking feature to have
this highway one long avenue OF
trees!
Suppose each county selected
different tree, one eucalyptus,
one camphor, one Australian
pine, another Australian oak, an
other silk oak, until all had dit
ferent tree lining this splendid
highway from county line to
county line.
Let us hear from others
Leesburg Commercial.
Capital idea, and we hope it
will prove contagious all along
the line. That will be carrying
out the Florida spirit in charm
ing detail. Miami Metropolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
HE FLED BEFORE THE BROOM
Plucky Los Angeles Woman Puts
Burglar to Flight With Domes.
tic Weapon.

Armed with kitchen broom Mrs. A.
e. Howard batted sneak thief
through the window of her home the
other day after he had cooked and
eaten midnight repast in her kitchen
and was in the act Of carrying away
the dining room silver, which he had
carefully wrapped in tablecloth.
Mrs. Howard and her husband live
at 1923 College street. Her slumbers
early in the morning were disturbed
by rafting sound downstairs in the
dining room. Descending, she beheld
young man wrapping her silver in a
tablecloth. Grabbing a broom, Mrs.
Howard rushed into the dining room,
crying:
Get out of here."
The burglar recovered from his
labors just in time to dodge a
mighty swipe of the broom aimed at
his head.
Get out of here; do you hear ?
what DO you mean by trying to steal
my silver" angrly exclaimed Mrs.
Howard as she made the broom fairly
: sing through the air The burglar
stood transfxed, gazing at her in 81.
lent awe.
Don't you hear me-" cried the
woman as she swung a third time at
the intruder, who ducked Just as the
broom whizzed by his ear
Then Mrs. Howard charged. This
seemed to awaken him to full reali.
zation OF his peril, for he turned and
ran toward an open window, through
which he had made his entrance AZ
ne started to leap into space the broom
landed, fairly battering him through
the easement.
Later Mrs. Howard discovered that
the burglar before wrapping IN her ell.
verware had prepared and eaten a
nearly meal in the kitchen.-Ios An.
geles Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
VOluSia County
To Build Some
Good Roads

The following from the Day
tona Journal shows the forward
step Nolusia county is taking IN
the building OF good roads:
The total bond issues voted
and pending in Nolusia county
for good roads will go we'll over
the million-dollar mark. if sufti-
cient signers are obtained on the
petitions now being circulated in
New SMYRNA district Tor the
calling OF an election to vote
$4,000 bonds.
MIR. NJ. Leidersdorf is cir
culating the petition in the New
SMYRNA district this week and
hopes to have it completed by
Saturday night in that it may be
presented and the election order
ed at the regular meeting OF the
county commissioners on Tues
day. He has little doubt that
they will find the citizens OF the
southern portion OF the county
as wide-awake and progressive
as the other four commissioners
districts where elections have al
ready been held or ordered.
With the $4,000 bond issue.
ii carried. in the New Smyrna
district it is proposed to build a
brick or other permanent hard
surface road from Rose Bay,
where the Daytona district road
will end, south through New
Smyrna and Oak Hill to the
Brcvard county line. Also a
similar road west from New
Smyrna toward DeLand to join
up with the DeLand district road
to that city. Branching off from
this road north OF Briggsville it
is proposed to construct road
to the east coast ferry across the
st. Johns. passing through.
If this bond issue is success
ful it will give brick highway
through NoluSia county north
and south along the coast, and
also to the Seminole county line,
branching off at New SMYRNA.
Already the Daytona district
has voted 100000 bonds for this
and other roads in this district.
On July 18th the DeLand and
Orange City districts will vote
Oh $4,000 and $4,000 bond
issues respectively TO carry the
road through from the connec-
ton with the Davtona district
Daytona-DeLand road to the
Seminole county line at Monroe
ferry. The DeLand district
will also build east to the New
SMYRNA district and other roads
OF minor Importance.
~ bond issue is also probable
in the northwestern portion OF
the county for 100000 to build
a highway to DeLand along the
line OF the \. c. L. railway south
from the Putnam county line.
Should all the bond issues
carry. and there seems little
doubt that they will, the total is
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
Wasted Iine

Well, what did you do when the
problem came up?"
wasted time. Went out and asked
the advice of II friends"
What did you get?"
Seventeen different solutions"
And them"
men ! took the advice of an eipb.
teenth friend and won out"
AND who was your eigbtesnth
friend?"
Myself.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15

sue will amount to $I,I75,ooo.
The network of roads proposed
to be constructed will give Vo-
lusia county the best and most
complete highway system in the
state, if not in the entire south. "
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
Her Criticism

Wee Mabel had little d;s..
ment with her grandmother one dav
She was relating the AFFAIR next no.
ing to her parents and in conclns;on
sne said with sigh, Well drandma
Is certainly a very tweer lady"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
The First Perfumes

When you use perfume and call It
such, do you think how the name
came about? II means, in Latin,
from smoke" and the name proves
that the first perfumes we're only
aromatic woods or gums that scented
the air when burned.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
Fashion Editors Idea.

There is nothing more important to
a woman than saving her soul" shout
ed the evangelist. Unless 1t is keep
ing her shape" murmured the fashion
editor, who had been sent to report
the proceedings-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
Honor and COURAGE.

Whether you be men or women, you
will never do anything in the world
without courage 1t is the greatest
quality of the mind-neXt to honor
James l.. Allen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
Little Headwav

"Jorkin boasts that he n,vs
goes" aS ne
mat explains a remark heord
one OF Jorkin's friends make tho or
er day" o'ii-
And what was it?"
He said Jorkin never seemed %
get anywhere" 10
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
Why Do They Count ,En7

statistics are always uninteres,.
ing So? Then why does every.
oody count the elephants in a circu.
parade?"-Judge. vi Gus
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
The Price Thew Paw

Little Lola-'Do people have to pay
to get into heaven" Small Elmer
Sure, they do They have to be
good. News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15
Daily Thouob+
rh> TsIephone.

our want is the old spirit Alexander Graham Bell
that nor Nv ehe nrm conviction venor of the telephone
we INNS, but by sympathy Menlo Park greatly imp
more What We want wonderful instrument but
man.v more love. hui the invention belongs
O -sph-F W. Robertson has been so decided sn
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-17
UNCLE SAM CAN REAP
HARVEST BY STUDYING
EUROPEAN TRADE

COPENHAGEN May 14.-American
trade opportunities in Europe were
pictured in promising light by DR..
Maurice F. Egan, the United States
Minister to Denmark, in speaking re-
Gently to a number Of business men
who have of late been in close rela-
ton with the United States legation
and consulate general here
If the American man would divesc
himself of some preconceived ideas
and carefully study actual conditions
in foreign countries, he need neither
fear financial panics nor the results OF
over-production in his own country,
DR.. Egan believed.
He said while he could sympathize
with the position in which many Amer
ican business men had been placed by
the conditions on the high seas result
ing from the war, he belived that these
very interests-now so much impaired
would profit in the end He had
many umeS deplored the "proVlncial'
point of view of many Americans in
business as to foreign conditions. 1t
had been most difficult to induce them
to study Europe except as a mere
pleasure ground or as a place which
might be utilized for the increase of
their business without any previous
scientific study. At present there were
many business men in the United
States who were terribly shocked to
discover that the security of business
had been shaken by the wan. Their
period of tranquility had been so long
that the chance of any interest outside
of the United States affecting them
seemed to be so impossible that many
of them were amazed, angry and help
less in the presence of such unexpect-
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-17


school attendance laws
Georgia
territory periods
problems
the compulsory
endents education have the
Sup Britain declares his annual report mo
that the has the right the
his child the lawbreakng child
society the
his child
Jail and make producer rather
of the State? Georgia needs form
be rigid ability
make possible
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-17
ed disasters.

ed disasters.
However strange it might seem, the
present unhappy conditions had open
ed both the eyes of the American bus
mess men and the citizens of the neu-
tral countries to the necessity of scien-
titically Strengthening the commercial
relations between the United States
and foreign countries. The neutral
countries had begun to look to the
United States from new and pract-
ical point of view. They had begun to
understand that there were certain
products which could be better obtain
ed in the United States than in any
other. At present the abnormal rate
of freight stood in the way and had to
be considered. The risks otherwise
for instance and Oregon apples sell at
premium and disappear from the
market in the shortest possible time
Cargoes of apefruit-recently made
fashionable in Denmark by the King
are readily sold and a more amusing
condition is that Denmark is at pres
ent obliged to get its spaghetti in New
York.
The superiority of certain American
canned goods, as for instance aspar-
agus and tomatoes, is acknowledges
and there is even demand for Amer
ican candles since the price of candles
in Germany has risen. A great oppor-
tunity, too, exists for the sale of Am
erican plumbing appliances, he said,
but firms handling these things in the
United States must send competent
man, speaking the language and under
standing all the niceties of American
plumbing as applied to foreign build
ings.
"Our Consular reports, in which
there appear many communications
from Consul General Winslow, show
many other needs. Curiously enough,
the interest in American products, the
existence of which seems to have hith-
ertO been unsuspected in Europe, is
growing and will continue to grow if
properly nursed by our business men
after the war"
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-17
TWO MORE STATES ADOPT COMPULSORY LAWS

enrolled list
Mississippi
Carolina Texas
distinct recognition
represent big step forward in the two States
hoo60 the 80 days the there
The into effect 1916
Carolina
the districts will
urging that district
compulsory attendance petition its
n during
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-17

half the civilized world
full of
o
be Woodrow Wilson
For a convincing we ookno to
themselves a
the night the
speech
n Philadelphia Monday
comparison,
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-17
President Wilson.

America must have the conscious
ness that on all sides it touches elbows
and touches heart with all the nations
of mankind. The example Of America
must be a special example. And it
must be an example not merely of
peace because it will not fight, but be-
cause peace is healing and elevating
influence of the world and strife is not,
There is such thing as man be-
ing too proud to fight. There is such a
thing as being so right that it does not
need to convince others by force that
it is right
Our passions must not be allowed to
overthrow our reason. If we can, with
out sacrifice of our honor and dignity,
Ipreserve our peace with other nations,
we shall be in a better position to help
them when the war shall. end.
Il am sorry for the man who seeks
to make personal capital out of the
passions of his fellow men. He has
lost the touch and ideal of America, for
America was created to unite mankind
by those passions which lift, and not
by the passions which separate and de-
base. 1t was but historical accident,
no doubt, that this great country was
called The United States,' and yet I
am very thankful that it has the word
united in its title, and the man who
seeks to divide man from man, group
from group, interest from interest, in
the United States, is striking at it's
very heart"
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-17


the parallel
by hundreds thousands of fellow cins
held to be 'he greatest living
But reality how small unsound unsafe seemsn the
face with the thoughtful cultured patriotic
guides his
most turbulent boodred which it
time of
those single that
timely delivered Wilson Philadelphia
into the flesh Theodore the brands profes
sonal malconent" and political maverick upon him.
verify
a a
Americus times-recorder., 1915-05-17
Ex-President Roosevelt.

EX~EEeSIueUJ hOOSefeIIs
"On the night of the day that the dis
aster occurred, | called the attention of
our people that the sinking of the
Lusitania was not only an act of simple
piracy but that it represented piracy
accompanied by murder on a vaster
scale tha any old-time pirate had ever
practiced before being hung for his
misdeeds.
Il called attention to the fact that
this was merely the application on the
high seas and at our expense of the
principles which, when applied on
land, had produced the innumNrable
hideous tragedies that have occurred
in Belgium and in northern France.
II said that not only duty to human
ity at large, but our duty to preserve
our own national self-respect, demand
ed instant action on our part and for
bade all delay. l can do little more
than reiterate what | thus said When
the German decree established the war
zone and, of course, plainly threatened
exactly the type of tragedy which has
occurred, our government notified Ger
many that in the event of any such
wrongdoing at the expense of our cit
izens, we would hold the German gov
ernment to strict accountability.
THE use of this phrase strict ac-
countability,' of course, must mean and
can only mean that action will be TAX
en- by us without an hours unnecessary
delay. 1t was eminently proper to use
the exact phrase that was used; and
having used it our own self-respect de-
mands that we forthwith abide by it."
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-19
i'd Del1e's =ss.s!ser

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,ss t ~ gg,sn tnsl
isN oy "
- ttiat s'tie
.aras.. e Ms.s y, no tsiansss orsesneI rs
-. svg,q slt ~
s!,e sss aIRtiia ep
ne sas.s see $ ssol.ls' i.ltsee, went 20 inl
-, ~ s;essSs ~, fos we coLlp:
.,vs 49, . On t'I.s s.pe 2t;sts 1A.iantic. ~ Bl.
49,. = w, tss1ssl 70 ls =
sseM. "a .Ms s!tuation. ats Inc SOLIDARITY
"a sne hAllsl race ss 9 tact What
% ~ TnIlNsls eqn7
ss.ns 81, psrss: ana .especiaily 20 this
= ~ ~ sIsle since tFsle CONSISTS OF
- u,.slss ,vr5 l.ntnai psent. tls great.
er s slse trAae7otner Things peing; e1uai
sn = z. 4h impoRer
,n..es, t..ah an can trade lttsie because
49,. ~ sil.s 70 stys, ne can luxe httlo.
shen iSarope IS pEospsFons pn> sends
as sooes IN guantities and taxed COR
80 Pohcihs ii1 aonnss3 IN turn. When
sne - .ilpoFer,sneu sne can neither
Wy, uoE sen mncn.
Nv sgaue WIN y ~ rope ihefefoFe.
w.. ..lfom tue restricted pro-
uueuon y. nat accompanies the war.
ssor. VIII tne high prices that the war
rlng nations pay 'for our cotton and
tooassuns pc OF permanent benefit to
~ LoI 1eat 20 the extent that they ex-
naus, tneir credit now VIII their de-
~, .asaa pe lessened by and by. And
nosn sli IN ine high prices we pay Tor
eoo1 i uefahg ihe war and Ia the slack
snen trade Q atter ward we shall be pay
lhs e t,aFtt9 OF the cost. 1t must be
iappafent upon 9 little reelection that,
ssllliess we ( ssnaiiS hssre no dead 9Yd
Ssnaha g ssl. QsT es so carp for the
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-19

ed here Sunday. Mrs. Heard. who
was az years Of age, died Sunday
morning at II O'clock. iler death he
Ing. due to failing health aud the in
firmities of old age. She was a con-
secrated Christian and had been n de-
yout church woman for many years.
Mr.. Heard left here Sunday to attend
the funeral, which was held yesterday
afternoon. SANs
!, Mrs, Heard is survived by her hus-
band. Mir. Lawrence Heard. who is so
years OF age. five daughters and three
sons. The daughters are: Mrs, Charl-
ton and Mrs. Fred McCiinton OF Okla
homa; Mrs, J. A. Davis OF Georgia:
Mrs, @. r. Johnson and Mrs. ]. II.
Dennis of Elberton. The sons are:
0. NJ. Heard OF this city and L. M. and
Parks Heard OF EIlberton.
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9. % . 0 o . 0 . . . : !
LOWNDEsvIbLE NEWS.

= 80 0 0 q go 0 90 o. Q
Mra. Leona clinkscales and Mrs.
0wlda of Anderson. who have been
visiting relatives here. have gone to
WilliISton for few days.
Misc k5te- Liddell has returned from
Anderson and will make her home
With her brother. T. C. Liddell.
Mrs. Lewie Barksdale and Miss
Lucy Powell have returned from e
visit TO Abbeville.
3 Mrs. Samuel McAdams OF Iva is yis-
iting her parents. Rev and Mrs. Fen
mel.
adr. William Bell OF Iva was here
On business this week.
The union prayer meeting is being
held at the Presbyterian church this
month. The attendance is very good.
Mr. and Mrs. Below gave a dining
to several friends Thursday.
Mrs. NJ. L. Alewine OF Iva has been
visiting her father, Mr.. L. o. Speer,
this week.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-19
Sick Headache.

Sick headache ia nearly aiways
caused by disorders OF the stomach.
Correct them and the periodic attacks
OF sick headache will disappear. Mrs.
John Bishop or Roseville. Ohio,
writes: About q year ago was
troubled with indigestion and bad
sick headache that lasted for two or
three days at time. / doctored and
tried q number of remedies but moth
ing helped me until during ono of
those sick spells a friend advised me
to take Chamberiain's Tablets. This
medicine relieved me Ia q short
time" For sale BY ell dealers.