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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
IS SORRY HE BURIED
HIS VICTIMS BODY

Fort Lauderdale. Fla, Nov. 22-
When Prosecuting Attorney T. A .
Frost of the county court, called at
the county Jail Saturday morning for
conference with Jimmie Read, now
being held on the charge of murder
of his employer, w. Mack l. Smith,
at McNab's camp, three miles
southwest of Pomparo. he found the
prisoner lightly nervous but will
ing and ready to discuss the crime.
During the consultation between
the prisoner and the prosecuting ,at-
torney, Read told tie same story
that he told his captors Tuesday af-
ternoon. He reiterated his claim
that lie shot in SELF defense and that
Smith had reached for the shotgun
but that he got the gun first and
tireG blowing the top of Smiths head
off. He also gave a very good ac-
count of his actions following the
crime.
ReaG told the prosecuting attorney
that he now realizes the great mis-
take he made in burying the body
and trying to hide the crime. Il
should have gone to Pompano and
told my friends what | had done" is
the statement he is said to have
made to the county prosecutor. Ac-
cordlrs to the Information received
here from Pompano another wave
oi INDIGNATION passed. over the city
against Read and every precaution
was taken in case an attempt was
made to take the prisoner from the
jail.
Sheriff Turner made the statement
that he would not remove the pris-
oner to the Palm Reach county Jail
mt West Palm Beach until he found
it absolutely necessary and that he
hoped this would not prove to be
the case. 81 am confident that | can
handle the situation and give my
prisoner ample NrotCction, said
Sheriff Turner
The records Of the mayors court
in West Palm Beach show that Jim
mic Read was taken before the may
or on the morning of November TO-,
charCcd with drunkenness and fined
S. lnG costs. CIV Marshal Mat
Mack Y. Smith camn to this city
from Fompano the day following,
paid Reads fine and took him back
to Pompano.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
Barnet'S
Second Wife
Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz

Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The woman slashed the air with the
little whip. She had taken great pains
to buy it. 1t was slender, 1.-THE, keen
Again and again she slashed the air
with it, practicing.
The night before she had been to a
little party. 1t had been deadly dull
People sang songs she had heard be-
fore. They recited the "Curfew,"
There was one man particularly who
bored her to extinction. He had had too
many cocktails, and showed it. Her
hostess gave him coffee, whcreuron
the effect was obliterated to a certain
extent but not entirely He became
a trifle more bearable to the general
company.
Her hostess came to the woman and
whispered
He is charming fellow. really.
want you to have a good impression
of him. That's why am giving him
the coffee"
He also apparently wished her i'm
preston of him to be good, for the
coffee had no sooner had the desired
effect than he came and sat down by
her. He was great artist, her host
ess informed her. He. too, gave that
general impression, though he insisted
so upon the fact of his association
with the nobility among the craft she
came near putting him with the Down
and Out club.
There is, generally speaking, no bet
ter evidence.
However, presently, apropos of his
association with many artists, she
asked him, quietly.
DO you know Barnett"
"Oh, yes" he answered. 81 know
him very we'll"
What do you think of him?" she
pursued.
"A fine sort of fellow" he replied.
Very amiable. Full of fun. Takes
life easily. Has had good deal of mar
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
BIG BUSINESS AND
ADVERTISING

In these days of big business and
big means of getting it in the face
OF big competition, one frequently
is astounded at some facts in the
game. Probably most astounding in
the list of wonderful facts about
business today is the investment in
advertising
Two typical periodicals of large
general circulation are said to de-
mand and receive compensation for
. advertising space as follows:
Advertising rates for Ladies Home
Journal:
$500 line; inside page, $4,000;
secon! or third cover, two colors,
, $1,000. fourth cover, $4,000.
! Saturday Evening Post advertis-
ing rates: $500 line; full page,
! $4,000; second or third cover,
, $6.( 0c; fourth cover, $500 center
double page, one color, $4,000;
center double page, two colors, $12,-
600.
Many of the leading periodicals of
the United States are carrying up
| wards of a quarter of a million dol
| lars worth of advertising in a single
| issue-because the big business mon
of the United States, with their big
methods, in coping with big compe-
tition, have found that advertising
IS the best selling agent in the field
today.
This is talking big stuff-bieger
probably than most of us ever will
reach but is hits the point of The
Evening Leader and thebusiness man
and his business methods and bust
ness competition in Tarpon Springs.
The Evenine Leader covers its field
that is all the greatest publica-
tlon on earth ever will do or can do
That advertising pays is established
as principle, and principles are
good wherever applied either in
! Tarpon Springs, or New York city.
in veritable Canaan or veritable
Sahara. Therefore Tarpon Sprin IS
business man essay the road on
which others have Travelled to sue
cess and independence. - Tarpon
Springs Leader.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23

five bushels of it.
There was not any trouble in fol-
lowing the trail he had left behind
for his feet were as big round as a
peck measure, and you could see
where he had planted 'em, half dozen
rods ahead
The valley became narrower and
narrower as you went up, until at last
the rocks came so close together that
they shut out the sunshine, and kind
of twilight filled the place.
II had just made up my mind that
should find his bearship not far from
here when all at once | heard a deep
growl only little ways afore me-
THE next minute | saw him-he
had seen me and was sitting up on
end, to give me a hugging when
come near enough.
II was good chance for a shot, and
bringing my rifle to bear, ! took good
aim for the spot right between his
fore shoulders and fired The next
moment he was kicking among the
dry leaves, giving up the ghost.
81 knew that there would be no
need of another shot. so did not stop
to load my rifle again. but rushed right
up to the spot.
Il wasn't long in getting there, and
when | did. | found that there was
somebody before me
"A redskin, fellow had had some
trouble with before, was standing over
the bear, who was jest gasping his
last, and the yarmint had sent an
arrow into it. and knew in a moment
that he meant to claim the carcass
for his own. But | had no intention
of being cheated out of my meat in
this way, so ! walked up to the bear,
and whipping out my knife, cut it's
throat
The redskin looked as ugly as p'izen
and in broken English wanted to know
what ! did that for; the bear was his,
and he was going TO have it, he said
Il showed him that it was my bull
let. not his arrow, that had killed it.
but that did not mai the matter any
better
White man let it alone, or Injun
have his scalp he cried. as he drew
his knife.
You'll have to take it first, you
thieving redskin, said l.
Il had not hardly got the words out
Of my mouth before he sprang upon
me. But l was ready for him
Knocked aside his hand. which he
meant to twist into my hair.
For about minute it was as hard
tussle as ever had in my life; but
at last ] managed to trip him up. and
down we went across the carcass of
the bear. AS good luck would have 1t,
| came uppermost, and the next min.
ute ! plunged my knife to the hilt into
his heart
That did for him; and rolled his
carcass of the bear, and went to work
a-skinning the animal took as much
of the meat as | could carry, and the
scalp of the redskin. and started for
home. When | got there l hung the
scalp up where you see il, and 1t
hasn't been moved since"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23

tors OF this company, as well as
capitalists, could not leave their
places of business so early after the
first of the new year. it was decided
to advance the date. The citizens of
Pensacola will give celebration
Which thoy intend 20 make the big
gest thing of that character in the
history of the city when the fir, t
through train arrives. The road is
near completion to its connection
with the Southern over whose tracks
it viii reach Birmingham.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
Sam Harding S
.~~,.. By
! lORlly Duke Cuyler

Among the first who built their
cabins on the shore of the beautiful
Ossipee lake was man by the name
of Sam Harding.
Alone with his wife and child he
had threaded the forest that lay be-
tween the settlements at Dover Point
and the lake. and, once arrived upon
its banks. he built his cabin. and set
about his work at once of clearing up
homestead.
For many yearsNthere had been sus-
pended from smoke-stained beam
above the broad fireplace trophy of
the early days he had spent on the
shore of the lake.
II was an Indians scalp
So long had 1t hung there that it
was as dried and smoke-begrimed as
the beam itself.
Few there we're of his visitors who.
remarking 1t. failed to inquire why it
was thus preserved.
To these he did not fail to tell its
history, as we shall do now.
We will give il in his own words,
so the reader may imagine that he is
sitting In the cabin of the old pio-
neer. with the strange trophy sus-
pended before him.
"You ask me why it is that | keep
that thing in the house? Well, l will
tell you
when I first came up here to set
tie on the banks of the Osspee. it was
a bowling wilderness for miles and
miles on every side.
Il hadn't but one white man for a
neighbor, and he lived two miles away.
down at the foot OF the bay.
But / had plenty of another kind.
There were wild beasts and savages
on all sides. and there we're times
when they both gave me lots of
trouble.
with the beasts / could get along
pretty we'll.
when they got too neighborly, l
would spend a few days in hunting,
and get them thinned out so that for
a time could live in peace.
But with the redskins it was diff
ferent. 1t want no use to try and thin
them out. although there was times
when ] had to try my hand at it. Ny
plan was to keep on the right side of
them IL l could, but | could not al
ways tell which side that was. They
were mighty uncertain You never
could tell for a certainty when they
were friendly to you or when they
were waiting for a good chance to
take your scalp.
"A big bear. one which l judged by
his track would weigh at least 500
pounds. had been into my corn, and
the way he had finished it was enough
TO make anybody's temper rise 1t
seemed as though the critter had
tram2led down and destroyed a good
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
"Younn Rlood.o

Cranberry jelly isn't the only thing
overrated. there's young blood. If
anything in this world has value
placed on it that is ridiculously high,
IT is young blood A man does pretty
well In business, and finally gets in
some young blood Immediately he
spends half his days In covering up
mistakes made by the young blood
and his nights In frGtting about them.
Old friends are offended. innovations
are made that mea- a loss of business.
overy one is disturbed. and mistakes
appear that the old man wonders II a
school child wouldn't do better. All
due to the young blood.-Atchison
IKanD Globe
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
Might Have Been Worse

Romeo johnson of indianapolis once
gave this explanation of how he came
by his first name: My father was a
great admirer Of classical acting"
said he, and was an especial admirer
OF Edwin Booth. Shortly before
was born he was in the East and
stayed over a day to see Booth In
Romeo and Juliet The impression
was so strong that be named me Ro-
meo. It's a good thing that he left
when he did. for the performance the
next night was 'Pygmalion and Ca
Iatea-s
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
Wedding Ring Always Used.

Wedding customs have varied with
changing periods but the wedding ring
has always been used. Its earliest
form was iron, then. in turn, copper,
brass, leather, sedge and adamant;
and, after this, the precious metals.
The first record OF its use is in Gen.
esis 4. The old Gimmal ring was
cunningly fitted in two sections, so
that one went to the bride and the
other to the bridegroom; and It is
often copied for modern hFstss.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
,ATE FOR RAILROAD
CELEBRATIONS POSTPONED

Pensacola. Nov. 2s-The date for
celebration of the first
through train from Birmingham to
his city over the Gulf, Florida and
Alabama railraid. has been changed
o January 10. II has been prev
ously scheduled for earlier in Jan
iary. but owing to the fact that
many Of the stockholders and direc-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
Horses in the Civil War.

During the last years OF our civil
var the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. report
shows that the consumption OF horses
and mules. on the northern side alone,
amounted to 500 a day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
Secret of Good Memorx-

The secret of good memory is at
tention, and attention to a subject
depends upon our interest in it. We
rarely forget that which has made
deep impression on our minds
Tryon Edwards.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
q y y q q q q q q q n 1
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
!, Q Q q O q q q q o o q

Governor-Park Trammell.
Secretary OF State H. Clay Craw-
ford.
Attorney General-Thomas F.
West.
treasurer. c. Luning.
Comptroller-W. " Knott.
Commissioner of Agriculture-W.
A. McRae.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-W. N. Sheats.
AGjutant General. C. R. Fos-
ter.
State Examiner-Ernest Amos.
State Chemist-R. E. Rose.
Board of Trustees Internal I'm
provement Fund-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-
emit 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 or state lnstitutIons-The
Secretary Of State, Treasurer, At
torney General. Commissioner Of
Agriculture and Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
U. s. ongressman-First District,
Stephen NJ. Sparkman, Tampa; Sec
ond District. Frank Clark, Gaines
Vile; Third District, Emmett Will
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.
NlTCulI court NlIPTh--J. A. JONI
son.
Prosecuting Attorney-R. B. HUFF
faker.
Tax Assessor J. Boynton.
Tax Collector. p. Murdaugh.
Treasurer-W G.. Jones.
Sheriff John logan.
Supt Public 1nstruction-C. A.
Parker.
Supervisor of Registration-P. w.
Daniels.
County Commissioners-J. c.
Swindcl, chairman; A. Il. Mann.
Barlow; F. b. Swearingen, FIT.
Meade: r. II. Bryson, Winter Haven;
]. f.. Lancaster, Bradley.
Board of Public Instruction.. c.
Owens, chairman; G.. A. Parker.
Barlow, superintendent; r.. M. Law,
Barlow; j. w. Keen. FIT. M'.de.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
Great Steel Countries.

me United States of America Is by
faf the greatest steel producing coun-
Try on earth. Germany comes next.
with Great britain third.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
Prolific Poet.

'Blowhard is the most prolific poet
I ever saw"
What meter does he use?"
Gas. very lik",y yale Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23

The Be'oved- y feet bother me.
The Lover You shouldn't worry
al,1ut such little things
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23


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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
prevent s0FT.sHELLED EGGS
One Suggestion Is That Hens Are Not
; Getting Enough Lime-Over-Feed-
ing Is Another Cause.

Soft-shelled eggs may possibly be
suggestion that the hens are not
getting enough lime. Far more like
ly it is, when your hens start laying
soft-shelled eggs, that you have been
.oyer-feeding, and in consequence the
fowls are too fat. Therefore a re-
duction in quantity, as we'll as a
change of diet is necessary.
F, An excellent plan is to find out
which particular hen is at fault, and
confine her to less fattening ration,
with only a small amount Of water.
AT the end of week restore her to
the flock, and generally increase
amount of lime given in food. A Pc
::riod of this dieting, followed by an
abundance Of oyster shells is almost
certain to speedily correct the trouble.
When the egg has normal shell,
but one which is very thin, 1t is a very
Igood indication that the hen is all
right, but that lime is too scant. In
this case supplying oyster shells, or
lime in another form, is quite sure to
make the egg shells thicker and
stronger very quickly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
AfflIctIone Appointed.

HE performeth the thing that is ap-
pointed for me."-Job 1914.
The trails OF time were appointed
in eternity. He that chose US into
eternal life, ordained the path by
which we were to reach 1t. Nothing
ever happens to us by chance. Our
little trials, our great troubles, our
heavy crosses, and our painful losses.
are all part of Gods plan. Nor were
they appointed for Us merely in the
exercise of divine sovereignty, but
because our God saw them to be nee
essary. and intended to make them
real blessings to us. Every cross is
a mercy, every loss a gain, every trou-
BILE a covenant blessing. every trial a
seed of Joy. We shall be better In fu-
ture for what we suffer now. If we
SOW in tears, we shall reap in Joy. A
wet spring will introduce glorious
harvest. Many of our present tears
will crystalize into pearls, and will be
an ornament to us in glory. And not
only so, but the same love that or.
dained our trials, ordained our
strength to bear them.-Rev. Jos.
Smith.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
"Get the Gang Habit"

We were watching a gang of rail-
road laborers loading rails on fiat
car. It took about a dozen men to
carry the rail to the side Of the car
Then, at word from the boss. all the
men lifted the iron together, and with
one synchronized swapping of their
muscles tossed it aloft and dropped
1t on the platform Of the car. 1t was
q striking illustration Of the advan-
tages of team work. So sailors, haul
ing on rope, get the cutter aboard,
because they all heave and strain at
the same instant. If we are to pre-
vail in educational, religious or social
fields of work, we must develop the
team system. Get the gang habit
not the habit of the Bowery gang, or
Of the hoodlum bunch" but the habit
of ganging to church, to Sunday
school. to conventions, to any and all
scenes of useful labor. We can do it
all If we all do it.-Zion's Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
MEANING OF DOUBLE MATING
Subject Of Interest to Faneiers Of
Some Breeds, Particularly Barred
+. Plymouth Rocks.

Real poultry fanciers often go into
details that have little interest for
the practical man and little real bear
ing ON egg production. One subject
the fanciers of some breeds, particu-
iarly Barred Plymouth Rocks, have to
deal with is double mating" or "pul-
let mating" and "cockerel mating"
which needs explanation for those not
familiar with the topic.
This is a result of the breed stand
ard calling for one color or shade for
the cock and another for the hen.
Plymouth Rock standards, for exam
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
Good Deed VIII Flourish.

We can furnish nothing In this life.
but we may make beginning and
bequeath a noble example. Thus
character Is the true antisepuc Of So
ciety-the good deed leaves an in
delible stamp; it lives on and on,
and while the frame moulders and
disappears, the great worker lives for
ever in the memory Of his. Death, T"
says the philosopher, "is coming
ling of Eternity with Time. In the
death CT a good man, Eternity is
seen looking through Time. Samuel
Smiles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23

pie, call for darker males than would
normally be produced by mating
properly colored males with properly
colored females, and they also call for
lighter colored females than would
be secured by the same mating. To
overcome this and to get results up
TO breed qualifications it is customary
TO mate rather comparatively dark
males and comparatively dark females
when exhibition cockerels are desired,
and lighter than normal birds for ex-
hibition pullets. The first is a cock
erel mating" the second "pullet
mating" The breed specifications
thus tend to make extra work for the
breeder, who should be permitted to
breed only for color, form and egg
production.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
DAMPNEss DOES MUCH HARM
Young Duck or GosIins Cannot Stand
Heavy Wettine-cause of Rhes-
matism and Colds.

Getting the body wet in spring or
early summer will generally kill
young duck or gosling.
'Dampness will give them rheuma-
tism and cold, and cold will bring on
sore eyes.
A young duck caught in the rain
will often raise its head, open its
mouth, and stand stone still until it
browns, when but few feet farther
along il could have found shelter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
All Threads Of Gold,

Little self-deniais, little honesties,
little passing words Of sympathy, lit
tie nameless acts Of kindness. little
silent victories over favorite tempta-
tions--.hese are the silent threads Of
gold which, when woven together,
CLEAN out SO brightly in the pattern
of life that God approves. - Canon
Farrar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
Feed Meat In Some Form,

There must be meat in some form
In the daily bill of fare of laying and
growing stock. But that amount
should not exceed over rs per cent Of
the total amount of feed fed. Too
much meat and bone produces laxity
of the bowels, impairs the digestive
organs, and often results in soft
Bhelled, thin-shelled and infertile eggs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-06-23
Value of Nest Eoqs.

While nest eggs have nothing to do
with increased egg production, they
have good mission in teaching the
hens to Icy in certain places, instead
Of dropping their eggs any and every
where.