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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
THE CALLING OF EDISON

The calling of Thomas A. Euisoh
into the service of this country, and
his acceptance of Imposition of chief
of an advisory board of civilian in
ventors, for bureau of invention
and development, created in the
navy department promises less
guesswork in preparing our national
defense.
Scan all countries and Edison is
the foremost name in the world, and
will be mentioned and honored when
that of every military chief is for
gotten. He has brought this nation
to the front in the constructive elec-
trical world, and he will mot be
found wanting when asked to ap-
ply practical mechanics to the work
of destruction.
Thelessons of the European war
arep lain, and the appointment of
Edison is the fruit of the teachings
vi iHdt Woiiu sei uSSiV' - 10 INV
expected that secretary of war
will know much of the best means of
naval defense. Politics is a differ
ent sphere. The war has developed
from contest in which courageous
numbers are the deciding factors
| into a struggle where mechanics
and big guns turn the tide of vic
tory.
The defeat of the Russians in Ga
licia was due to the skill of German
inventors rather than to the num-
Der of German soldiers, or the
strategy of their leaders. The Rus
slams were admitted to be superior
in numbers, well drilled and cour-
ageous. Yet the trained regiments
of the car were unable to with
stand the battering of the big guns
and the avalanche of high eNplos-
i've shells that rained upon them.
Science is Germans greatest helper.
The selection of Edison as an adj
wiser brings the best brains of Am
erica to the the aid of our army and
navy. Big guns and destructive
shells will not be lacking If needed,
and the advice of civilian inventors
may prevent war in the future. He
is more than an American David
fronting the European Goliath.
laundering politicians take a
back seat with the coming to the
front IF Thomas A. Edison.-Jack-
sol (Mich.), Patriot
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
MORE GRAIN DOWN SOUTH

The decrease of 16 per cent in the
number of acres planted with cot
ton, as recently reported by the gov
eminent, naturally suggests that the
South this year must be growing
more grain.
Statistics just made public con-
firm this idea. The estimated yield
for the entire country of all kinds
of grain this year, including rice,
is 5,414, 100000 bushels, an in
crease of 400, 100000 bushels, or al
most five bushels for each inhabit-
ant. OF this total the gain of 1922
900, 200 bushels, or nearly 60 per
cent, is due to the increase in the
South--a gain of % per cent over
last year, as compared with only
1-2 per cent for the remainder of
the country.
In the year 1900 the production
of wheat, corn and oats in the South
was 100000 bushels, compared
with this years yield of 1,540,OO0,-
600 bushels
In the South corn commands a
much higher figure than in the
West, running often from ten to
twenty cents bushel more. On
this basis. the grain crops of the
South will represent gain of at
least s250,0O0,OOO over last year.
Florida papers that come to our
notice daily and weekly from places
as far south as in Polk county, men
tion fields of corn as large as forty
acres with an estimated yield of
fifty bushels per acre, while boys
connected with corn clubs have
grown over 100 bushels per acre in
the state, and yet Florida has never
been REGARDED as corn state.
"Diversification of crops" has
been the text of innumerable ser
mons preached to southern farmers
in recent years, but with small re-
suits. Cotton, with the good prices
that have prevailed for several years
with every fiber and seed bringing
money to the producer, has been a
most fascinating crop; but the low
price for the staple last year. caused
by the war. has turned the attention
of farmers to using more grain
, Jackson tMich.), Patriot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
bases of future prosperity

bottom bases of future prosperity
was laid.
This is the day of the automoDiie.
The far greater part of the winter
tourists. to whom we cater anu
whom we invite to visit our winter
playground, are auto owners anu
&c II were known that one could
comfortably travel from one end or
the state to the other over 2ood
roads the far greater part OF these
wel,-to-do people would bring their
machines with them and thus be en-
ob,ed IN see the country as never De-
fore.
We are among those that believe
that to see is to admire and that ad-
miration often leads to love and love
to an investment. Surely we need
this type of people to help us devel-
Cd Florida. 1T is this type that has
built California and made it the
wonderful state that it is. They
are the type of men who do things,
who beautify, who make two blades
grow where none grew before, and
such men are worth untold thous-
ands to the community in which
they settle, not alone for the money
they spend, but for the example they
bring and the further fact that one
such man induces others of his ilk
to invest, and the next man does
likewise; an endless chain of de-
velopment: of Identification and of
prosperity. Grower.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24

First Baptist
301 North Florida avenue.
Wallace Wear, pastor.
GAS a. Sunday school. Ral-
" day in the Sunday school.
1900 a. Preaching service
5:45 d. m.-Junior b. Y. Z. U.
$3.50 D. m.-Senior B. Y. +. J.
7:45 D. Evening worship
Special music by Philathea class
Sermon by DR.. S. b. Rogers. Sub
ject, "The Borrowing Christ"
We welcome friends and strangers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
SalvatiOn--Different Sorts

shall me in position to face them
with courage, knowing that we have
a shot in the locker
What are you earning and what
are You saving?
1T is not what we earn, but what
we save that counts.
Steady savers are sound sleepers.
There is no greater sense of security
nor surer source of contentment
than the knowledge that you have a
little barricade of monye built up
between you and a possible time of
trouble.
by travelling along this road, and
making a payment Of SO much per
month, you are placing to your
credit money which will not disap-
pear in a night. 1t will be ready
at your pressing call, to C are for
many Necessary things, which aid in
making up the sum of human happi-
ness, either in your youth, middle
age, or when thesun of life is set
ting in the west.
with hardly an exception, in
talking with people who have be-
come savers by investing in the CO.
operative banks, I find they express
surprise to see how much money will
accumulate by the payment of 81 to
$25 per month.
1.-The great trouble with the CO.
operative banks is that they hide
their light under a bushel,' and fail
to appreciate the fact that they are
esta blished under the law for the
purpose of helping as many people
as possible to become savers and
home-owners which means indie
pendence and comfort in old age.
1.-The watchword of the co-opera-
tive bank should be publicity. This
new note was sounded very strongly
at the recent session of the Massa-
chusetts Cooperative Bank League,
and it is hoped that this publicity
will make these banks better known,
and that they will turn their faces
to the sunrise and away from the
sunset
1T should be the ambition or
every man to assist in the encour-
agement of thrift so as to drive out
of the advertising columns of the
newspapers the loan shark, who Of
fers to loan money upon unsecured
notes. life insurance policies, second
mortgages and personal property OF
every description. and whose per-
sistent publicity makes the money
lenders business profitable.
There are many good but weak
people who are wwrecked on the
rocks of the loan shark and broker,
I and lose their equities IN their prop
critics by foreclosure. These I'M
fortunate people should be made TO
learn the lessons OF the thrift, and
nv friendly help, save to meet the
lean times"
do you realize that only two per
cent of all work 70 ra living are
only two weeks away from the poor
house when their pay envelope
stops? The cooperative banks
must come to the public with open
arms and welcome them as deposit
ors and borrowers, with the bene-
fits of membership therein"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
BEGINNING OF FLOR.
IDA'S REAL GROWTH

Florida is now at the real begin
ming of its development. An amaz-
ing and gratifying awakening for
good roads all over the state will un-
doubtedly result in linking up all
parts, of the state with roads that
can be travelled over with comfort.
Autoists will for the first time be
able to see the real beauties of Flor
ida, which certainly cannot be seen
from the window of a railroad train.
We have always maintained that
when Florida had roads the rock
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
(By NJ. G. Willard, Secretary Lake
land Savings-Loan Co..

The church breaches soul saliva
ton.
The doctor breaches physical sal
walton.
The teacher breaches intellectual
salvation.
The settlement worker breaches
social salvation.
The business college breaches bust
ness salvation. and yet, beyond and
above them all is financial salvation,
because, without money, there is lit
tie that can be acquired from any of
the other situations"
The above and what follows, is
taken from a recent address by Hon,
VIM. n. Swain, of Boston, Mass, on
the uses and purposes of the CO.
operative banks, the common Massa-
chusetts name for the Building and
Loan Associations, and Savings
Loan Companies, of other States,
that are doing so much for thrift.
saving and home-building. among
the rank and file of the American
people. So all that we Lakelanders
and Floridians need do to under
stand the situation, and what these
concerns can and will do for us and
our communities, in reading Mr..
SWANS address, is simply to say in
stead of cooperative bank, Lakeland
Savings-Loan Co., or any other
name used for these helpful institu-
tions, operating under the recent
law passed for their encouragement.
And we would remind the public,
as an additional reason for fostering
them, that that law provides for
their control and examination by
the State, which is guaranty of
their strength safety and durability.
While we may not agree with Mr..
Swain that financial salvation is
above and beyond all other sorts, it
is very fitting in this connection, to
remind all readesr that the great
author of soul salvation taught his
disciples a great lesson in common,
every day savings, by admonishing
them, after feeding five thousand
people literally on bread and fish, to
gather up the fragments that re-
main. that nothing be lost"
why should one desire to save
money? The obvious answer is:
Because money is essential to COM
fort. If we want food, business
clothing, shelter, pleasure, society;
if we wish to aid in charitable work,
to relieve distress, to educate and be
educated, to be comfortable in old
age, we must have money, provided
we wish to be active factors in the
business of living"
"How can the cooperative banks
help you, and many thousands more,
to own their own homes? Nothing
is obtained in this world except by
sacrifice. If we are determined to
spend $1.1O for every 81 we earn
we will always be in debt, and
eventually become bankrupt. II we
are determined to save from our in.
come, as near as possible ten pei
cent, and set this aside as a nest
egg land to my mind it is best in
vested in the cooperative bank)
then when the lean days come, WI
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
All Saints Episcopal

Holy Eucharist, 1880 a. m.
Morning prayer, II a. m.
Evening prayer, 1880 p. m.
Sunday school, 10-ll a. m,
Special contributions to the emer-
gency fund of the board of missions
will be taken up at Sunday school
service and also at both morning
and evening servicee. Contributors
are requested to mark their contrl-
button for this cause accordingly
The vestry of All Saints church
will assemble at the close OF the
church service in order to draft
suitable memorial for their former
rector, Rev. ] Fl Weddell. }
Visitors cordially invited to at
tend all church services PRAYER
books and hymn books provided
REV. R. BOLTON,
Phone No. 31S Black.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
First Methodist

First Methodist
j. E. Wray, pastor.
1880 a. m.-Sunday school.
1900 a. m.-Morning worship,
with sermon by the pastor. Sing
Me to Sleep" violin duet by
Messrs. Warren and Robinson. A
vocal solo by Miss Vera McRae.
4 p. m.-Junior Epworth League.
4 p. m.-Intermediate Epworth
League.
$50 p. m.-Senior Epworth
League.
1880 p. Evening worship,
with sermon by the pastor. Solo by
Mr.. Clarke and selections by the
horchestra. A hearty welcome for
lleverybody.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24

The Estero Eagle referring to the
proposed 100000 bond issue in
this county. justifies the amount
proposed and believes it to be wise
economy to raise enough to build all
the needed roads at once because
the people will not only have the
profit to be derived from the use of
good roads, but also by having re-
duced the annual cost of keeping
the roads in repair, they will be able
to meet the annual interest and
sinking fund, without increasing
their road tax little if any, over and
above what it would require to keep
these old dirt roads in passable con-
dition !"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
Christian Church

Christian Church
Bible school, 10 a. m.
Lords Supper and preaching at
IL a. m. Subject of discourse,
Some Things That Every Follower
of the Christ Should Try to Do"
Preaching at 1880 p. m. Subject
Some Things That God Has Done
for the Human Family
Prayer meeting Wednesday night
at 1880.
Let every one who will come to
the house of God to worship.
H. L. VEACH,
Pastor.
d. H. CUMBIE,
Bible School Superintendent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
UNFAIR TO Gov
ERNOR TRAMMELL

1Qa, very lew, nave SUCH d hAou
habit of criticizing Governor Tram
nell that they seem willing to hold
him responsible for any defect, de-
fault or shortcoming of any kind on
the part of others who may be di-
rectly or indirectly related to any
branch of the State government.
This is not fair to the governor
He is a constitutional executive.
with his official limitations pre-
scribed by statute and constitution,
and in neither law nor morals is he
required to be a vicarious sacrifice
for the sins of others nor to bear
the burden of reproach and con-
tumely for broken-down corpora
tions or escaped default whose bust
ness may have been more or less
under the supervision of some de-
partment of the State government.
These newspaper critics have laid
at the door of the governor the re-
sponsibility for the recent failure of
an insurance company in this State
and seem to think that it was his
duty to have under his constant in
spection the officials of said corpor
alton and be as watchful of their
proceedings as though they were
clerks in his office AS a matter of
fact the governor was not required
by law to have anything whatever
to do with the affairs of that insur-
ance company; and the following
clear statement of the facts by the
Daytona Journal ought to silence
his critics and shut off the stream of
their aspersions.
Those who know Governor Tram
nell and are fair in their attitude
toward him, know him to be a thor
oughly conscientious public servant
incapable of the gross neglect of
duty charged against him in the
matter of this wrecked insurance
company. Says the Daytona Jour
nal.
"A few newspapers in Florida
have been unfair to Governor
Trammen, and have either dis
played gross ignorance or been
guilty Of malicious effort to injure
him, by attempting to place the
Onus of the failure of certain Jack
Ia: In io1 inc ifrt ~ hic
discredit.
1.-THE facts are that prior to the
recent legislature the laws placed
insurance matters under board
composed of the State treasurer, the
comptroller and attorney general
and not a duty was prescribed fol
the governor in administering the
insurance laws. These officers are
elected by the people and not under
the direction or control of the gov.
ernor. They are not subject to re,
moval by the governor, but are only
subject to impeachment by the leg.
islature.
"The recent Legislature passed a
law imposing upon the State treas.
urer all the duties heretofore re-
quired of the former board. The ad.
ministration of the banking law /.
and has for several years been re-
quired of the State comptroller. He
appoints the bank examiners and is
the State officer having exclusive su.
pervision over the banks.
I'm view of the law governing the
supervision of these institutions, il
is the grossest unfairness to the gov.
ernor and the public for these few
enemies to try to poison the public
mind AGAINST him regarding thes:
matters ="
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
Grace Evangelical Lutheran

Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Tennessee Ave. and Orange st.
Rev. w. E. Pugh, pastor.
Eighth Sunday after Trinity.
Bible school at 10 a m.
Morning and evening worship at
II and 1880 o'clock resnectivnlv
Subject of morning sermon, "Evi-
dences of Adoption Romans
S:12-17. Evening subject, "The
Terrible Earnestness of Gods
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24

The full text of the American
note to Germany, which we publish
in this issue, is a very clear docu-
ment and its meaning is unmistak-
able. The gist of it all is in the
last four lines in which the issue is
sharply defined and Germany is in
formed in plain language that the
further murder of non-resisting
American citizens on the high seas
by German naval vessels will be con-
sidered as deliberately unfriendly."
If Germany stands pat in her reply
it will mean a severance of diplomat
ic relations. and if any more such
murders occur it would logically
seem to mean war between the two
nations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
At The Churches Tomorrow

Word +" Rev 22:I7-21. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend all
services of the church.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
Dixieland Methodist

w. H. Steinmeyer, pastor.
Sabbath school, 10 a m.
Preaching, IL a. m.
PRAYER service Wednesday night,
1880 o'clock.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
East Lakeland Mission

East Lakeland Mission
Sunday school $3.50 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night. The Baptists of East Lake
land invited to come to the services.
J. w. Martin, superintendent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
shIp's DRAFT"

Draft is the distance in feet from
the lowest part of the bottom OF
vessel to the actual water line at
which the vessel is floating.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
MYRTLE St. Methodist

Myrtle St. Methodist
w. H. Steinmeyer, pastor
Sabbath school, 10 a m.
Preaching, 1880 p. m.
Prayer Service Tuesday night a
A:3O o'clock.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

A weekly newspaper giving q resume
Of local matters. crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
, 1915-05-20

l am the guy called printers ink.
l put hard times upon the blink
My face is black as Erebus,
But I'm a lively, hustling cuss.
make men rich who once we're poor,
I'm on the job, l am for sure.
l get work for the lab'ring man
And help to fill his dinner can;
l aid girls who must earn their feed,
l am the friend of all in need.
sell all things from pins to guns,
In cargoes of ten thousand tons.
I'm on the job both night and day.
Away from work / never stay.
l am ZAP" 20 X" and at"
And | take a vacation-nit.
l serve the small as we'll as great
(See Business Office for my rate
am the guy that brings the dough,
just try me and you'll find it SO.
-Danville Commercial News.
, 1915-05-20

There seems to be no game licenses
yet and by this time each year many
have procured their license for the
season. AS yet there are not any Ii
censes at the Office of the Justice of
the Peace, and we are informed that
none has been received by the depu-
ty warden, who will have them for
sale also. Nj. Wilson, the state war
den we understand was at M time a
travelling man, and perhaps he has
layed the licenses aside thinking
they were order books, or maybe he
is going to get a line of the game an
finals that can be killed and bring
them along as samples, 80 that pros
pective hunters will know what they
will get by buying a license.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Pilon went to
Denver Saturday and returned this
week with another Maxwell for their
agency here,
, 1915-05-20
Notice for Publication Isolated Tract


Department OF the Interior, u. s,
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
May 4th, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that, as di.
rected by the Commissioner Il the
General Land office. under proyis.
ions of Sec. 2455, R. s., pursuant to
the application of Willis E. Sears,
Serial No. O8415, we will offer at pub
lie sale, to the highest bidder, but
at not less than $500 per acre, at
IL o'clock, a. M, on the I'D day of
June, next, at this Office, the follow.
ing tract of land: SE4NW4, Sec. a.,
L. Is N, X. "a W, 9th p. M.
The sale will not be kept open, but
will be declared closed when those
present at the hour named have ceased
bidding. The person making the high
est bid will be required to immediate
ly pay to the Receiver the amount
thereof.
Any person claiming adversely the
above-described land are advised 10
file their claims, or objections, on or
before the time designated for sale.
w. E. Chaplin, Register.
5.2O-6-17
, 1915-05-20
Our Neutralities.

After all is said and nothing done, what of our neutrality Has
Uncle Sam tried very hard to maintain u much houted neutrallhesr
"Fore warned is fore-armed," yet those who sailed n the Inflated
Lusitania, did not heed that old saying. Then again "Premedltated
Murder" can hardly be overlooked, but what of the international law
in war or peace? Who can say Germany, or any other nation, "abides
by that law" How little does the words neutral, non-combatant, or
law, amount to in the stress of a helish war-a war that kings may
live and prosper for another century.
Through it all what of the q. s. neuTaityP Have we tried to
stay the hand of greed in traffic 0 r commereeP Have we taken pre-
caution for women and children on the high seas when we allow
them to board a vessel that flies the colors of a warning nationp Had
Uncle Sam did his duty the fate of the Lusitania would not be ano-
ther dark page in history-and again and again we ask our selves
has Uncle Sam been neutral, and can We expect the respect of a neu-
trial nation from those of the war-swept hell?
, 1915-05-20
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
us Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo.
Nav Is. 1915.


us Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyo.
May Is, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Hattie
M. Kryder, of Saratoga, Wyoming,
who, on May ~, 1911, made desert
land entry, serial No. 07467, for ST
SEA, EfSW4, Lots 6, 7, Sec. 6, NE4
NW1-4, and Lot l, Section Z, Town
ship IL N, Range 81 W., 9th Prin.
Meridian, has filed notice of intep-
ton to make final proof, to establish
claim to the land above described be.
fore D. S. Crawford, U. S. Commits
s%ioner, at Saratoga, Wyo., on the 23d
day of June, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Matthew Watt, Samuel G. Hunter,
George W. Edwards, and James G.
Burnett, all of Saratoga, Wyo.
5-2o-6-17. WE. Chaplin, Register.
, 1915-05-20
5.2O-6.17
Notice.

Hunting, fishing, or trespassing of
any kind is forbidden under penalty
of the law on the following ranches:
Big Creek ranches; Bear Creek ranch
es; Big Greek Park ranches; Huston
ranch on Cow creek; Sterretf ranch
on Brush creek; Canyon ranch (Parr
ranch) on Encampment river, and
any ranches we may have rented for
pasture. Trespassers will be prose-
cuted. Hunter, Casteel &1Hunter.
9.1S-1915.