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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-04
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
SOUTHERN VARSlTIES

Columbia, 8. c., Feb. 3.---An ath-
letic conference. composed of the
Universities Of Virginia. North Caro-
lima, Tennessee. Georgia and South
Carolina has been formed here.
W. a. Lambeth. of the University
of Virginia. was eiected prcEid ent,
and j. Bruce Coleman, of the Uni
versity OF South Carolina, secretary.
Only State universities are eligible
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-04

Governor Stuart yesterday after
noon designated Judge Jesse +, West,
Of the Third Judicial Circuit. TO pre-
side at the next term OF the Norfolk
Circuit Court. February | .. in the case
Of the Commonwealth against e. {.
Blowe. Judge Coleman. OF that court,
having certified to the Governor that
1t would lie improper for him to sit In
that case.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-04
At the Theaters

Academy of Nusic--"Nia Wireless
Night, $50.
Bfjou--"Oid Heidelberg" Matinee,
.iSO, night. $50.
Understandable and pictures. Mat
iBees. 100, night. y,3O.
Colonial 5000 Continuous motion mic
lures.
Experimentation pictures.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-04
CHICAGO GRAIN AND FRopttf
{ FURNISHED ny Miller Co.. bf"AF'"'
Richmond, ka.t

,,hirapo Teb 3.--N neat A orazy
parhet. closing finally about - to
Z rants lower than last night The
nneonnrned report -7bf the taking Of
naraanelles forts caused the opening
break and thereafter Il was pretty
,auch Of red and black famt
throughout the day Cash Houses 9es
terday IA cent over tbs May TO h!i
tx port orders.
ttern-Iower.
oats Broke sharply IN the after
noon. Supplies are rapidly lheFeaslh q
and based on the hog population the
.,,,1n,. men, az labor and Southern con-
,s,tions We look for still further heavy
,nereases and regard present price
levels as marfautine confident short
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
HIS TYPHOID BROKE
UP HIS DAIRY

Under ord~fs for mDr. w. J. Tan
ner, pure food inspector and with
the cooperation of the dairymen
concerned, all the cows and appli-
ances used in connection with the
dairy have ben moved from the farm
of Elias Belcher, the dairyman who
is critically ill with typhoid fever.
Dr. Tanner learned of Mr.. Belchar's
illness and the day the disease was
pronounced typhoid fever had every-
thing used in connection with the
dairy sterilized and moved to the
Templeton dairy. The cows also
were moved to the Templeton place
NO milk has been handled at the
Belcher place since the case OF ty-
phoid developed and DR.. Tanner saws
he believes there is no danger of
spread of the disease. He saws he
mas done everything possible to pre-
vent infection. No milk is handled
at the Belcher place.
MI. Belcher has been very ill for
several days and it is feared that he
cannot live. Where he caught ty-
phoid cannot be learned but inves-
tigation is being made of water sup
ply in an effort to learn the source
OF infection.-St. Petersburg Inde-
pendent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
Noracloua Mole.

The British encyclopedia says:
THE food Of the mole consists chiefly
of earthworms, in pursuit Of which 1t
forms its well-known underground ex.
cavations. The mole Is one Of the
most voracious of mammals, and. If
deprived of food, is said to succumb
In from ten to twelve hours. Almost
any kind Of flesh is eagerly devoured
by captive moles, which have been
seen, as IL maddened by hunger, to at
tack animals nearly as large as them
selves, such as birds, lizards, frogs
and even snakes; toads, however.
they will not touch, and no form of
vegetable food attracts their notice.
II two moles be confined together
without food, the weaker is invariably
devoured by the stronger" Techni.
cally the mole belongs to tho Talpidae
family (from Latin talpus, a mole)
OF which there are several species, all
insectivorous or flesh-eating. The un.
foreground burrowing Of the mole ia
done In search of worms, for which
1t mas keen scent, and no naturalist
speaks OF 1t as consuming corn or any
other vegetable product
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
WRITE A MILLION WORDS
AS PRACTICE, SAYS FITCH

| George Fitch, the humorist, auth
or of Vest Pocket Essays, told the
students of Washington University
that million words already writ
ten and gone over carefully is not
too much preliminary to the sub
mission of short story for sale.
Some of the students gasped a lit
| tie.
That's only a short university
course" said Mr.. Fitch, noting the
establishment That's thousand
words day for three years. And a
thousand words day is only fair
practice. The writer should practice
Just as faithfully as the musician,
the painter, the athlete and all who
work to excel must practice.
Just one or two pieces of ad-
vice: Study the marketing as well
as the writing of a story, and be an
omnivorous taker of notes." he said.
THE usual practice among begin
ners in short story writing is to
write a story and then pick out the
magazine in which they would like
to appear, instead Of choosing the
magazine that takes that type of
product. The result is that Century.
Scribner's, the Atlantic, and others
get a vast amount of material that
the editor dislikes; despises and will
not have under$any conditions.
Now, as to the taking of notes:
When was a cub reporter, Robert
}. Burdette. whose heart was over
flowing with kindness, toward all.
told me to fill. notebooks with every
idea Or half-idea that occurred to
me. He said he had done it and
thus had stored up for himself a
supply Of ideads on which he could
Keep running for ten years If not
another idea occurred to him for ten
years more. I took his advice and
have found it excellent beg to
pass 1t on to you"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
time BROUGHT Joy
BY MELVILLE TURNER WARREN

The fluttering blushing bride of an
afternoon gave utterance to a cry Of
bewildering Joy and delight, as she
stepped across the threshold of the
beautiful house that assiduous labor
and love had prepared as her future
home.
How beautiful" she breathed ar
IDENTIFY. "Oh, Elwyn, / never expected
this!"
The eyes Of Elwyn Borden flushed
with pride and pleasure. He had
proved his deep lasting love for this
dainty devoted creature clinging
charmingly to his strong protecting
arm. He was glad of his ability to
pay her the homage Of wealth, and
ease, and comfort.
Leila was almost crying with happi-
ness as he led her from room to room
Of the quaint, but grand old mansion.
At the time Of his fathers death 1t
had been closed. Now it had been
renovated to welcome the young bride.
My fathers favorite room," ex-
F->~SS ASA"yhp % tACy CuIClCu q
somber apartment. A shadow of re-
spectful grief tinged the speakers
tones.
Leila glanced about at the ancient
carvings, the great book cases, the
numerous cabinets Of curios. Her hand
left his arm with a sudden jerk.
Her fair face whitened. Over the
fireplace hung an oil painting.
"Who-who is that" she all but
gasped.
my father. Why, Leila!" and then
slight tap at the door, and the at
tention Of Borden was distracted from
his wife.
"A friend has called to see you,
Sir" a servant announced-"Mr. Bart
ley.
"Ah, am glad!" cried Elwyn. "My
dearest college chum, Leila. l will
return soon."
In his boyish enthusiasm over the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
Ocala Now Leads
Gainesville In
Population

Mr.. Jesse Burtz got up a directory
two or three years before his death
fof the city of Gainesville, and fixed
the population of that city at some
thing over 10000; all the while
Ocala was struggling along with a
population of something less than
5000.
Later, during the year 1914, r L
Polk & Co., the well-known firm
that makes speciality of getting
out city directories, got out one for
Ocala and placed her population at
something over 5000, which show
ed a healthy increase since the
United States census of 1910.
Still later, the same firm-Polk
& Co.-have made a directory for
the city of Gainesville, and places
the population at, little over 1000
or nearly 1000 les than Ocala's.
The Sun claims that there is
something wrong with these figures;
that within the last two or three
years Gainesville has instead of los
ing more than 1000 of her popula-
ton, has gained that many, so she
is really entitled to at least $4,000.
But Ocala is modest and uncon-
and accepts in good faith
what the enumerators give her.
According to the figures of Polk
q Co.. her population is 9,O4S.-
Ocala Banner.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
to her-stealthily under some terrinc
,.ro; 90 ory,,;sb wildly excited

to her-stealthily. under some terrinc
strain of anguish, wildly excited
Leila" he had said. as they STOOD
in the garden of the school, Il have to
fee the country. Listen, child, Tor
believe | am followed. Human blood
hounds are on my track. Already
they have forced me to give up nearly
all nv fortune. They hunger for the
rest. They would impoverish me.
am innocent of any crime, but my
thieving business partners. to shield
themselves, have so doctored the
books that they could prove me guilty.
| will never dare return to this coun-
try again. | have arranged for your
care until you are educated. You VIII
hear from me later"
But, oh, my father" sobbed the
broken-hearted girl, "let me go with
you"
Impossible. Listen, Leila! the men
who have brought me to this hideous
pass may live to see dragged down
where 1 have been dragged. There
was one I must tell you of. Here is
his picture. Take it," and he pressed
upon her a photograph. That man
silence! All, as feared!"
He pressed his hand closely across
his lips. She saw two lurking forms
pass down the road. Her fathers pur-
suers! He kissed her swiftly and dis
appeared in the shrubbery.
Since then every year a bank at
tache had visited the school with suf-
ficient money to meet all her expenses
for the coming year. Every year she
had letter ready to be sent to her
father, whose address she did not
know. She knew only the bank
through which the missive was for
warded. Never word from the father
she implored to come to her or send
for her through all those lonely years.
And she had married the son of one
of the men who had made of her
father an outcast! The thought was
horrible.
With the morning Leila proceeded
to the city where the bank was To-
Gated. She implored its officer to give
her the address of her father. He re-
fused, but offered to forward letter.
She wrote all of her sad story and
besought her father to take her away
from her heartbreak and loneliness.
She remained sequestered in the
hotel, where she awaited reply. A
weary month went by. She broke
down with the suspense of the ordeal,
to awaken from a wasting fever one
morning and to stare past her nurse
at figure standing at the side of the
bed.
Father" she cried ecstatically.
81 have come at great risk from
the far West" he told her, when the
rhapsodies of their reunion had sub
sided. my child, there has been a
frightful mistake. That picture-it
was of the one man who stood by
me in all my troubles. l was about to
tell you to 60 to him when those pur-
suers appeared"
"Then-Elwyn!" palpitated Leila.
rs here. Be calm, be happy, my
darling. He has agreed to come with
us to that safer home for me, at a
distance from the cruel city where l
have been so bitterly wronged."
And few days later the united trio
were speeding towards the setting sun,
q fathers devotion, a husbands fer
vent love bringing Joy unutterable to
the tender heart of Leila.
Copyright. 1915, by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
OLD CHURCH FRIENDS
BREAK WITH BRYAN

New York, July 23-The Times
says:
"Old friendships with William
Jennings Bryan have been broken
hence his abrupt resignation from
President Wilson's cabinet. Pres
byterian, Baptist and other denomi-
national friends have quarreled
with him. The Rev. DR.. Len G.
Broughton, of Knoxville, formerly
of Atlanta, and still later of Lon
don, told Sunday after his sermon
in the Fifth avenue Presbyterian
church about a meeting with the
former Secretary of State in Ashe-
vile.
Secretary Bryan had only re-
Gently resigned, and seeing DR..
Brougton in hotel dining room in
Asheville, he crossed to his table
and at once brought on the subject
of what this nation ought to do to
secure and preserve world peace
He had seen reports of a sermon on
the war preached by DR.. Broughton
in Chattanooga the Sunday previous.
He took exception to 1t.
Although in public dining
room, DR.. Broughton admitted that
the alteration that followed was
none too dignified. 1t was a war of
words. DR.. Broughton professed
friendship for the former Secretary,
although he told him he had never
voted Tor him, but he added that
friendship must cease if Mr.. Bryan
persisted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23

where, and with good soil, good
drainage, irrigation, mild climate,
abundant arteries of communication
and a good market, the empire in
the south has no equal.
Dlsston, Flagler and Broward
were born conquerers, therefore they
chose the most unpromising portion
OF Florida for their work. To con-
vert any part of northern Florida
into paradise would not have pre-
sented enough of fight for them.
But coming millionaires with a crea-
tive spirit will invade this part of
the state and then will come our
time.-Starke Telegraph.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
The Jocose Gods.

What humor could be wilder than
that of life itself? Franz Schubert on
his deathbed. read the complete works
OF }. Fenimore Cooper. John Mil.
hngton Synge wrote Riders to the
Sea- on a secondhand $40 typewriter
and wore a celluloid collar. Richard
wagner made a living, during four
lean years, arranging Italian opera
arias for the cornet. Thomas Henry
huxiey's wife called him Hal Her.
bert Spencer sang bass in a barber
shop quartet and was in love with
George Eliot William Shakespeare
was social pusher and bought him a
bogus coat-of-arms. Martin Iutber
suffered from the jim-jams. Bismarct
was afraid Of his mother. The great.
est soldier in Hungarian history was
named Hunyade Janos.-Owen Hat
teras in the Smart Set
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
80 Car. Loads of
Florida Caatle
To St. Louis

Orlando, July 22.-Mr. w. M
Davis left this morning for Kissim-
NEE where he will superintend the
loading of thirty-odd cars with cat
tie, which will be sent from that
point in a special train over the At
lantic Coast Line, some time duiyng
the day, to St. Louis, Mo. The cat
tie, which are all of the Florida
brand. were raised on the prairies
bordering the banks of the famous
Lake Tohopekaliga and the Kissim-
NEE river, and are owned by the
Southport Cattle Co., composed of
the following we'll known gentle
men: H. l.. Beeman, R. L. Hyer,
w. M. avis, Orlando, and J. M.
Lee and Ruhl Bass, of Kissimmee.
They will be loaded in Mobile and
Ohio railroad cars and will 60 d.
rect to Montgomery. Ala, where
they will be met by Mr.. Davis, who
leaves Thursday afternoon over the
Atlantic Coast Line for that point,
unloaded in pens, fed, watered, and
allowed to rest before continuing
their journey to St. Louis.
Mr.. Davis expects to make his
headquarters in that city for a few
days to look after their marketing.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Delcher will
leave Monday for their home in
Jacksonville, after a pleasant visit
in Lakeland during which time they
were guests of Mrs. Delcher's par
ents, judge and Mrs. J. P. Thomp-
son.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23

spent moonlight nights Of bis youth hunting going
meetings occasionally turning down the community At
has the right in him to make business m
ocas business organizations Of
we're with very exceptions, raised farm and Iva
creek pitch hay chop wood milk the sop the hoes m
thew worldwide business institutions e' as
The to these capable and loyal of the coil
the solution business problems of agriculture Wall st
to be capable financing everything Y c. tn
agriculture? not sufficient to lend money to
lend a banker lend broker to mercba
lend farmer Such financial system son
built and about Neither is a
pee money furnished crop Wt.
to hold the What better security there
receipt bale Of cotton busbe,
why securities travel by the government h
American farmer capable plowman ALWAYS has any
will fill the nations arder bu bo
fixing the price of his products The problem confronting
today marketing solution depends s
organizing action cooperaon M
marketing the Agriculture the bigee
system
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23

arrival Of his old-time chum Borden
hurried from the room, the servant fol
lowed. The door closed after them
"His-father!" painted the bride
his father! That man! Oh, what
have done! what have I done!"
She had fallen to q chair. her eyes
hxed upon the portrait. Oh, there could
be no mistake! She had been shown
the photograph of this same person
under distressing circumstances she
had never forgotten. There was not
a face in q million so peculiarly char
acteristic and marked-the prominent
chin, the bristling brows, one eye gone
and criss-cross scar on one check,
the mementoes Of runaway accident.
sThis-this is no place for mel" she
palpitated. "Oh, the mockery of It!
oh, the heartbreak! Father-father!
why has this blighting curse come to
my poor heart!"
She arose, blinded with tears but
cropping her way through an open door
way let out into the garden. She
crossed 1t in feverish haste. upper.
ceived, emerging into lane. She pur.
sued her way for half a mile until,
tottering and faint, she reached the
limits Of the town where an electric
line ran.
A car came whirling towards her,
Leila hailed it. She sat crouched up
In rear seat until 1t reached the ter.
minus. twenty miles farther on. Here
she took branching route. Beyond
that she became a passenger on a
cross line. 1t was nearly midnight
when she left the last train.
She must have travelled over a hun
dred and fifty miles. Numbed, sick
at heart, she barely sustained her
ebbing strength under the impelling
influence that babe her leave no trail
that could be followed. She traversed
the streets of busy town, found a
hotel, and as she was shown to a
room fell across the couch 1t con.
tanned, Frustrated.
In vivid panoramic array her past
life passed before her mental vision.
AT fourteen, a motherless girl, she
had gone to boarding school. It was
the only home she had known for
eight years. She had graduated, had
met Elwyn Borden. and this day we'd
ded him.
Then, back Of that, what she had
never told him-the story of her faith
er. still alive she believed, but hidden,
an outcast, a refugee in some far cor.
ner OF the world.
One night, month after she had
oeen placed at the school, he had come
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
Disease Prevention

sense, not medicine, was the thin,
most needed to cope with tuhara,'
iosis. Perhaps one day the world
VIII know in what particular d;rao
tlons It's methods Of living are 40
wrong as to cause other diseases
and thus by the simple nrocasa :.
prevention they may be gradn.,,v
smothered out of existence and ~.
span OF life yet further heightened
inis has been accomplished in a nm,
Der of directions already. II i ~
tain to be extended yet further
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
Wanted Point R.n.n....

wnen little Billie was visiting q.
lunch one day he had strawberr,es
and there were but a few on each
ones plate Billie looked at the small
assortment at his place. then wbis
pered: Remember. Aunt Marie
that Pm company"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23

Disease to Exterminate Grasshoppers.
To exterminate havoc-working
droves Of grasshoppers in Salvador
and Guatemala some virus has been
obtained from Brazil. and a number of
insects are to be inoculated and
turned loose The disease thus spread
is remarkably fatal to grasshoppers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
OUR PUBLIC FORI1
IX-Peter Radford

On "Back to the Soil With Wall G..
When Wall Street wants good bus,n
usually goes back to the soil to get then, 90 j
thoroughfare is said to be honeycombed
have plowed barefooted. who have drnnt :.
eaten cornbread and molasses and slept on \
their early days. man is more capable :. |
reins Of business who knows how to driua
mules. shear sheep or put a ring in shos.j
man is better equipped to meet the prob,or0a
in his youth has walked the log across tho
to school, courted the girls at huskns
pitched horse shoes Saturday afternoon
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23
Another for New vo,L

New Yorker Arrested for ACTING
strangely on Street Car"-ProbahlS
gave up his seat to a woman-pbilo.
delphia North American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-23

Every man is his own ancestor and
every man is his own heir. He devises
his own future and he inherits his own
past-Exchange.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-07-08
STOLEN HORSES
QUICKLY FOUND
SHERIFF CAMPBELL AND DEPUTY
HALL MAKE QUICK WORK in
TRACKING HORSE THIEVES
Find the Fugitives With the Property
at Alpowa on Snake River-Men
New Landed in County Jail

Quick detective work on the part OF
Sheriff J. J. Campbell and Deputy John
R. Hall, landed Ray Grant and Freeman
Roach, two young men from the nor
thern part of the county of the age OF
90 or 23, in the county bastile to await
a hearing on charge of grand lar
ceny.
The sheriff's office received word
Tuesday evening that the two men had
left Halter creek range with two
horses, alleged to have been stolen
from the range, and a saddle, the lat
ter belonging to J. w. Torsen, the
complaining witness.
Campbell and Hall picked up their
trail at Princeton and tracked the men
to the outskirts of Moscow where the
trail was lost yesterday. Later they
secured a trace of them in the coun-
try south and found out where the
men had passed west of Un1ontoWn.
Campbell and Hall Immediately went
to Lewiston and down the river to
Alpowa at which point they inter
cepted the men with the stolen horses
and saddle. They have confessed to
the crime. They stated they were on
their way to Oregon. The men say
they picked the horses from the range
and broke them to ride. 1t is not
known TO whom the horses belong but
it is said they may be owned by man
named Coey, whom the authorities are
now trying to locate to inform him OF
the circumstances.