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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Some OF The TerrOrS
OF The Davis Law

want at noon, or send a friend for
it at any time, and are always liable
to take it to their homes or places
of business, which is far worse than
taking it across the bar.
Some optimistic prohibitionists
are talking about the Davis law
strangling the liquor business to
death and causing the saloons to
shut up for want of business.
Shucks and stuff.
They are selling as much liquor
as ever. They are working as hard
as ever to keep the county wet. Let
no one suppose because they are not
making any noise that they are not
making a fight. They count on car
rying the county, on holding Ocala
and recapturing Dunnellon And they
will do it, too, if the prohibitionists
do not put in their best work.
Can the prohibitionists win?
We think they can, if they all
work and all vote.-Ocala Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Work of Earthworms,

The soil in which plants take root
and grow is the product, not of inor.
ganic disintegration, but of continual
tillage by innumerable minute organ.
isms.
Attention was first called to the
work performed by earthworms in the
production of humus by Charles Oar.
win in 1881, Darwin demonstrated that
earthworms regularly eat earth, as.
simulate the digestible organic consti.
tuents and deposit the residue as excre-
ment in little heaps on the ground. In
this way they necessarily till the SUI
perttcial stratum of soil and carry
downward stones and other coarse
parts. All of the soil passes through
their bodies every two years, and it is
thus loosened, fortified and prepared
for the growth of plants better than
can be done by human agency. Earth.
worms improve the soil also by bury
ing leaves, which rot and are then
eaten by the worms.
Hence earthworms are among the
most valuable of animals and they
should never be killed, but their
enemies, moles. field mice and the
large running beetles and millipedes,
should be DESTROYED.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
KEEP FLAVOR OF FLA. SYRUP

Nothing will quite equal that pal
ate-tickling flavor of Florida syrup.
Nature made it especially for hot
biscuit and butter You cannot help
pausing between heIpings to pity
those hundreds of Northern people
who have never been introduced TO
it. But they will come to know it
by and by and then-well, the flavor
may go where so many old home
made llavors have gone. The
limited supply has kept the market
from growing. AS soon as the peo-
pie Of this country elarn what they
have been missing some one will
commercialiZe the industry. In
creasing demands will exhaust the
supply and invite adulturation.
For the sake of making more
money manufacturers will concot a
product Just as good" Florida sy-
run will join the ranks of good
things past in the regard Of the
markets Some of the older persons
will remember the New Orleans mo-
lasses. That product was commercial
lied and now it cannot be had I'M
adulterated on the northern markets.
According to C. x. McQuirrie,
state agent for the University CT
Florida extension division, there is
a great opportunity for the produc-
ton of Florida syrup on larger
commercial scale. This demand is
constantly growing and has ever
been greater than the supply. But
the standard must be kept up II the
industry is to prosper. -Agricultural
News Service.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

see good deal of pleasure for hard
worker like myself. It's better to
wait, though" he added consolingly.
though with sigh.
Think that, eh?"
Tell you, uncle" explained Mark
yesterday would have taken the ma
chine, for could pay half for it and
I'm not afraid that there will be no
surplus when l get rid Of my two
crops this fall. You see, though. our
neighbor, MIR. Warner, came to me
this morning. His wife is very i'll and
the doctor says that all that will save
her is an expensive operation in the
city. Poor Warner. He's in debt, the
bank won't loan him and-well, I'm
going to let him have the money
Why, Mark" exclaimed his pru-
dent. farseeing uncle, Warner is in
pretty risky fix. He's got his place
mortgaged and can hardly pay the in
terest"
It's life or death to him." answered
Mark. IF he never pays me. shall
have the satisfaction of knowing
tried to help an honest worthy man in
his darkest hour"
Good boy" muttered the uncle, but
to himself, as Mark turned away.
Bless me. if taters go up and sell
that corner ten acres. if | don't give
him lift on the automobile myself.
And if Mary Dove sets up any pouting
pipes. he's too good for her. that's
ALL"
But Mary did not A sensible. truly
loving girl, she rewarded Mark with
a sweeter smile than ever when he
told her of his decision.
why Mark" she cried brightly, and
with spice of mischief we can't sit
half as close together in one of those
big. sprawling machines as in the
coy. comfortable farm wagon, And
| don't care one bit for whizzing
through the air, and getting my hair
out of order, and scared to death at
every narrow road. And you're to
help poor Mr.. Warner-you dear. good
fellow, 1t shows your noble. unseltish
heart. and I'm prouder of you than
ever,"
Mary, you are a jewell" enthused
Mark. "No-more than that. an an.
gel, | know you are hiding a disap.
pointment. for nearly all your girl
friends have auto rides innumerable,
but-well have our own machine
yet"
Ours" felicitated Mary. beaming
with happiness. How nice that
sounds."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

thick, shiny hair so high on her pretty
head. One o'clock
Something must have happened to
the child. He ought to have gone
with her-he who hadn't been to a
ball since his college DAYS. That
chaperon he had trusted her with
must be very lax. Nearly two o'clock.
There. thank goodness, was her step
on the stair.
is that you, Elsie?"
Yes. daddy. dear
"Why"-in tone of deep sarcasm
why did you come home so early9"
Il did hate to leave the party, dad.
dy, but | was afraid you'd worry
about me-"
oh"
And, daddy, as you are awake,
may | come in and sit on the edge of
your bed? want to talk to you.
May ! stay a little while?"
Yes, child, but you ought to be in
bed. Little girls need their sleep"
Your little girl has something
something to tell you. daddy. Jack
wanted to speak to you tomorrow,
but | said | wanted to tell you first.
You know | have always told you
everything first and this time it's such
a big, strange, happy thing to tell.
lt's-well, daddy. you know-it's Jack
and me. He loves me-"
The young rascal"
But. daddy. YOU know you like him
best of all the boys who come here"
My child. this is all foolishness.
You're baby yet, dear"
"A baby at 10, Why, daddy. have
you forgotten? I'm whole year older
than mother was when she-when
she was taken away from us. and
and love Jack"
There's no going back? Oh, is
there no going back?'
Why. daddy. what do YOU mean
Why do you speak so oddly? Your
voice sounds so strange and sad"
Its nothing, dear. was dreaming
before YOU came in that we could turn
our lives back for a little while at
least ana rs hard 10 wake up to the
fact that we cannot"
But | wouldn't want to. daddy.
Just think how much there is to look
forward to, All that is coming is so
sweet and so beautiful.
God grant Il, Good night Elsie
daughter. Run away TO bed and to
happy dreams of the future. and God
bless you"
And Jack. daddy9"
Yes, and-and Jack, of course. God
bless Jack. too
Moving lightly down the hall with
the first words of love still ringing in
her ears, the girl could not hear the
lonely man she had left saving be,
meath his breath: There's no turning
baok-no turning back. Oh, my baby
girl! Chicago Daily News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

males tha,'s got the name Of bCil'
limber-tonGucd an free with the broom
handle, an there amt nary one that |
can call to mind that would take fust
prize at beauty show. They're
mostly homelier than sin in SER
mon.
1.-The human man is so constitooted
that he has got to be driven or coaXed.
one o. the two. The human woman is
so constitooted that she's got to coax
or drive, one o the two. That bein'
the case. if she can't coax. by reason
of havin' face fifteen to stop a clock
an a figger to match. she's got to get
a flow of language"
81 don't see why she can't talk de-
cent, even if she amt no beauty"
said Aunt Hetty.
THE trouble is that she cant set
on her husbands knee and pull his
whiskers," said my Uncle Alexander.
"She can't coozle. If a woman's
plump. an has got rosy cheeks an
bright eyes she can get anything she
wants out of man by just coozlin'
up to him an talkin' baby talk
I'D like to know how you found
that out" said my Aunt Hetty, tartly.
Il should think you'd be ashamed to
talk that way before a young boy"
Il amt never ashamed to tell the
truth" said my Uncle Alexander. You
never see good-lookin' young wom-
an resortin' to hardware and kitchen
supplies to carry her point. She don't
have to- An YOU don't never see a
lady like Huldah Reddick caressin'
her husbands bald spot an cooin' TO
him If she did he'd have her put in
an insane asylum, an she knows 1t.
Its easier To coax, an it's sight
pleasanter. but it amt everybody that
can do it. even if they wanted to.
That's the reason that feel sorry for
Eds wife an make allowances for her.
That's the reason that whenever
hear a right good lookin' woman sayin'
that she can't understand why any
body should take tlatiron TO her man.
or call him out of his proper name at
the top of her voice | feel as if she
needed eulightenin.
Its easy for folks to set back an
find fault with their neighhors. but If
YOU wasn't the cood-lookin' woman
that YOU are, Het. an you had a
tritin', no-account. mean cuss like
Eben Reddick for husband, Std of a
sober stiddy. sweet-tempered. lib'ral.
hardworkin'. uncomplainin'. sensible
man like me. there's no tellin' but
what you'd let loose some time an
give him taste o the rough side o
your tongue Mebbe you'd throw pot
lids, but anyway you'd say things that
wasn't Complementary"
You'd be s'prised out of your life
IL did. wouldn't you?" said my Aunt
Hetty, sarcastically.
I'D never get over it," said my
Uncle Alexander.
Then you'd better put that fence
around my flowers that you've been
agoin to for the last three weeks"
said my Aunt Hetty. grimly. I've
waited jest about as long as | intend
to-"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
ABOUT
HUSH
Uncle Alexander Tells How to
Manage Them.

Our hire man came in with a
choice lit, bit of gossip, and my
Uncle Alexander and Aunt Hetty lis
tened with interest. l was interested,
too
He come f1yin' out o the house
with his suspenders streakin' out be-
hind him, an a pot lid come after an
hit one o them fancy cochins of hers
an laid il out stiff" chuckled our
hired man.
ITS an i'll wind that don't blow no
one no good" commented my Uncle
Alexander. That ought to mean a
chicken dinuer.'
Then she stood in the doorway an
gave him the wust tongue lashin' that
you ever heard tell Of" said our hired
man. III there was anythin' ornery
that she didn't call him, my memry
amt what it ulster be.
My Aunt Hetty made deprecatory
noise with her tongue and teeth.
"Sech doin's," she exclaimed
80, | dunno!" said my Uncle Alex
ander.
How'd you like me to throw pot
lids at you?" asked my Aunt Hetty.
Il s'pose you'd like that
I'VE certainly amt had chicken for
quite spell" said my Uncle Alex
ander Not since Brother Piper was
here. She didn't hit him with any
thin. did she, Preston?"
don't ra1'1ntn h., ala vptlfp1
our hired man Not with anythin'
that she threw at him.
Il don't see nothin' to grin about, :
said my Aunt Hetty severely, Il
think she ought TO be ashamed of her
self don't hold with such carryin's
on. Standin' an hollerin' at him SOS
folks could hear her,"
You could have heard her mile, .
said our hired man.
All I can say is | wonder al her, ="
said my Aunt Hetty. shes a real
smart woman. an turrible neat in her
housekeepin'. but that don't excuse
her actin that way"
Il guess Eben didn't get no more
than what was nessry. said my Uncle
Alexander. II don't know as | blame
her, myself Shes got to do somethin'
with him. an all she's got to do it
with is her own two hands an her
tongue Eds too plague-taked mean
an shif'less for any use"
There's other ways, said my Aunt
Hetty
There's one other way" corrected
my Uncle Alexander. You take a
woman like her, though, an she amt
got but the one When a woman is
cross-eyed, an yaller. an slabsided.
an bony, she's got to do the best she
can.
I've took a heap o notice of fe-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

baby Elsie turning into a young wom-
an. Twelve o'clock.
He wished that she were asleep in
the small crib beside his bed, where
he had rocked her night after night
during the first six years of her happy
little life. But of course he could not
make her baby again.
Half past IL,
If she could only have stayed a
schoolgirl a few years longer that
would have been comfort and she
might have done it just as well as not.
1t was really only a matter of the
length of her skirts. They had been
suddenly lowered in the spring from
her shoe tops to within an inch or so
Of the floor and Elsie had gayly an
nounced that she was grown up. OF
course it was all nonsense She wasn't
grown up, even though she piled her
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

Copyright, 1916 by W. @. Chapman)
Six hundred dollars"
No"
Five hundred. It's my last offer
and it's the biggest bargain on the
market. Cost eleven hundred. And
say-you've got three hundred dollars
cash. Good, pay that down and the
rest on any kind Of installments. See?'
Mark Bartlett gazed admiringly and
longingly at the really handsome auto
mobile that professional salesman
had just driven into the'farmyard. 1t
had Of course been especially burn
ished up for the occasion, but the
make was standard, and there was no
doubt that the price named was ex-
ceedingly low.
Nearly all the young farmer friends
of Mark had machines. Most of them
were counting, or engaged, just as
Mark was to pretty Mary Dove. Mark
had felt for some time that it gave
distinction to a man to own one Of the
handsome flyers, and show his adored
one how fast it could run. In fact,
the agent had appeared because Mark
had been making inquiries about
machine.
Not now" finally decided Mark,
his lips setting resolutely as if it was
hard work to say it. Next season,
maybe. Come and see me then"
The agent got back into his ma
chine and returned townwards disap-
pointed. Marks uncle, sharpening
scythe on bench near by, looked up
and addressed his nephew.
Wanted it bad, didn't you, Mark"
he suggested.
Il did that-for Mary's sake" re-
piled Mark, frankly, and because l
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
More Than One Universe

With the naked eye one may see
S.oOO stars, with the telescope Sc. ooo,.
ooo. And beyond planet and star and
milky way are the nebulae, of which
herschel counted more than 1000
stellar disks. composed of billions of
suns-unexplored universes far out
SIDE our own, not friendly, next-door
heighoors to us, like the North star.
whose light requires only so years to
reach US, or like SiriGs or Hercules.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

If the county votes wet, we shall
speedily made and put in effect.
There are a number of places in
Ocala where rooms will be fitted up
as drinking places. Chairs and
tables will be provided free, glasses,
ice, sugar and lemons will be fur
nished at small cost, and those
convivially inclined can, after buy
ing liquor at the saloon, enter, sit
down, mix their own drinks or have
them mixed, or drink them straight
or out of the bottles, as they feel in
clined
Such places will be a great deal
Their worst enemies must admit that
Ocala saloons for the past twenty
derby in the country The saloon
keepers have restrained disorderly
drinking. Moreover, the saloons have
heen open to public view, in the most
public places of town, and always
under police supervision.
No such rules will apply to drink
ing parlors, such as are bound to
spring up under the Davis law; such
as are already in operation in Jack
sonville, Tampa and Pensacola, and
Will be in operation in Ocala unless
the county goes dry They can he
located in any part of town, and as
long as their proprietors do not sell
liquor or allow too much disorder
suppress them. Men can go into
them and drink themselves blind, or
make themselves outrageous and
stagger out on the street to annoy.
maybe injure, the passersby.
To the Stars absolute knowledge.
arrangements are being made to
start up several of these joints as
soon as the election is held, provid-
ed the county remains wet The
regular saloon men are not concern
ed in them. They will be in the
hands of far less responsible ele-
ment.
One of the results of the Davis law
is that man can get at least four
times as much whiskey for Is cents
as he could before the law went in
effect Before October /, man
could obtain only one drink for :
cents. Now he can obtain a half
pint, with four big drinks in it, and
any one of the four more detrimental
to him than the one of the old style.
II is becoming a common trick now
for three men to club nickIeg and
buy half pint, which is one big
drink and one little drink all
around.
It's true that men who go to work
early or remain at work late cant
procure drink at either end Of the
day. But they can obtain all they
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

an has been engaged, WI,
much work along this liz.
duct such lectures. A,
there will be an authors.
of the department accor,.
car.
To Show Plainly TO y.
81 believe we can aia'.
better through the eye ,b.'
the ear. You have .ot IA :.
pie what you talk abou, y.
We are all more Or less :.
ouri,' he declared.
Besides the free hapIi,.
train the various railro.
stated that they will ASST,
ing after the condition q,
at all times.
All sections of the st.,.
listed and then in car,,;.
is believed the cars NAV i
to go to other states for h.,
ings, such showing that II.
Florida is being safeaa,,
therefore constitutin in 4
a good advertisement.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Control Torpedo by Electricity.

The dirigible torpedo of 4 New York
inventor is propelled electrically. guild.
ed by a single insulated wire. and kept
at the required distance below the sur.
face by an automatic depth regulator.
Al the will of the operator. a Jet Of
water or a beam of light can be
thrown up from the torpedo.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
THE TURNING

LEVEN o'clock,
murmured { h e
man. We'll, Ell
sic will be home
sool now, but !
won't wait up"
He went to bed,
but not to sleep.
The fact that his
little girl was at
tending her first
grown-up part y
made him wake
full and thought
full, for it was
hard for him to
reconcile himself
to the idea of his
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Imitation Not Always Well.

Don't let yuh admiration make you
initiate de bad qualities of great men,"
said Uncle Eben. DE fact dat de
rose hab its thorn ain no apology fob
de thistle"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Pointer for the Worker,

II clock goes fitfully nobody knows
the time of day: and If your allotted
task is a necessary link in the chain
of another mans work. you are his
clock and he ourht ~ ha nt'e to rely
on you.--1ohn S'rart plackie
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Steps Wind His Watch.

A Californian is the owner of what
Is said to be the only watch of the
kind in the world in which lever os-
cillates and winds the spring with
every step that he takes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
STATE HEALTH EXHIBIT
CARS REACH JAX

The three cars purchased from the
Pullman Company by the Florida
rate Board of Health to be used for
exhibit purposes arrived in the city
Tuesday. and under the direction oil
pr. j. Y. Porter will Immediately be
equipped for service. 1t is the aim
of the State Board of Health to keep
the cars constantly on the go over
the state, making large and small
places where the best ideas on sanl-
tation, sanitary housekeeping and
disease prevention will be set forth
to the public. The department has
a motion picture machine and NIL
merous films teaching sanitary les
sons. as we'll as a screen which can
be erected easily outside the cars
so that all may benefit in the lee
lures.
Work Given Assistance
DR.. Porter stated last night that
every assistance has been given TINS
work, the same including that of the
Pullman Company, the railway lines
of the state and also the Florida leg
isature. The cars were sold to the
state at the nominal sum of $500
each through the officers of the Pull
man Company in Chicago. The rail
ways operating in the state had pre-
yiously stated to DR.. Porter IN reply
to a request about free transporta-
ion of the same that if such could
be made le2al they would gladly
Give their aid to the movement. At
the last LEGISLATURE a bill was passed
allowing the roads to handle the
health exhibit free of transportation
charges.
Exhibit to Be Great One
Many models, panels, literature
bearing on various diseases and other
data have been collected and are in
the store rooms of the state board of
health building in Jacksonville at
the present. The car which will be
used for the living quarters of the
health board staff has been arranged,
showing the latest and most approx
ed plans Of sanitary housekeeping
DR.. Porter states that young wom-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11
Test of Good Flour

Good flour adheres to the hands and
retains the imprint of their lines when
pressed lightly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

IN Tho Tenth Jrdic:. cir
C Flcr:ia, in and for Pa.
Lakeland Manrfac,n-
pany, a Corporation. y
Wilson and Anna Wis.
closure of Lien.
Under and by virtura +.
of foreclosure of litr mai
Hon. Judge of the above
the 1st day of Noyember
will sell at public sale 10 1.
and best bidder for casb
front door of the Couw
Barlow, on Monday, 3pca,
1915, between the legal Ia.
the following real e>ts
four, block M" of Dixie
cording to Carter Eeen Re
rany's Revised map OF biz
Lakeland, Florida, to satist
cree EDWIN SPENCE
4701 Special Master in
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

She-HOw do you like that bust in
comparison with the other statues?
He-Head and shoulders over all of
EN-.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

Mr.. Grimm Has a Xii,
II know him well enoug.
How are your to him." STATE
N. CHI am. But | never d.
can avoid it, for the iufa-
thinks l really want to know q
me!'--Eansos ~itv 9
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-11

see good deal of pleasure for hard
worker like myself It's better to
wait, though" he added consolingly.
though with a sigh.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-17
BUCKET
TO SHOOT GROWER
FOUND ON HOBOES

Joe Martin and Joe St Clair, both
white men, dropped from an east
bound freight train last night and pro
ceeded to inspect conditions generally
In that end of town. One of the
men carried leather suit case. an
unusual bit Of paraphernalia for the
average tourist. and among other
things concealed therein was collap-
sible bucket, used in shooting the
can" The two Joes proceeded to
shoot" few. using a north end
saloon as the source of supply.
When Patrolman Bundy appeared
and informed the visitors that shoot
ing the can was recognized in Rich
mond only as an Indoor SPORT" and
could not be carried on in the open.
the two Joes grew snappy and said
various things, punctuating their re-
marks with language forceful If not
elegant.
Both men were soon riding to police
headquarters and the contents of the
suitcase investigated, divulging more
or less feminine wearing apparel
Martin claimed that this belonged to
his deceased wife and that he was en-
route to the home of relatives. The
men were fined for intoxication today
and during their enforced stay with
Sheriff Steen, the police will endeavor
to find something of their past
records.