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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20

Columbus, Ca, Sept. 20-The In
dustrial Index says in its issue OF
last week:
Prosperity is at hand.
at is not full grown, but it is eX-
panding steadily, which is one of the
best features of the situation.
There is a remarkable increase il
volume of business generally. The
marketing of cotton is beginning at
prices much better than were anticl-
pated. Considering the cost OF pro-
ducing the crop, the prices are FAR
from unsatisfactory. In addition to
the good prices for cotton, this part
of the country has produced more
grain than ever before in any one
year and has produced much more
of other things for which there are
markets or which can be used at
home with saving of expenditure.
THAT prosperity is at hand is not
matter of opinion-activities and
Developments show it. Here are
some of the illustrative items of the
week:
palm Beach county, Florida, has
sold 100000 of road construction
bonds at $7S5,560 and accrued inter
est and will expend the proceeds in
the construction of good roads. SEM
mole county in the same state has
Just voted $45O,000 of road construc
tion bonds.
"A bank with capital stock o
100000 and surplus of 100000
has been organized at Pensacola
Fla.
Three manufacturing plants Ii
Rome, Ga, which have been operat
ing on short time with depletet
forces have begun to operate on full
schedule as to time and number o
employees. Another plant in tn
same city is being operated doubl
time
What is described as the larges
cash real estate transaction in tn
history of Birmingham, Ala, ha
Just been consummated in the sal
of a downtown building on sit
1OOx1OO feet for 100000. The pay
rolls of the great industries of tn
Birmingham district are rapid
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
AN EDITORS COMMISSION

Says the d.itchfield, I'LL, News Her
aid: Not long ago man came into
this office and stopped his paper be-
cause he said it was always print
ing lot of things about the same
peonle and he said he was sick or
it. Now when something goes
wrong with the country the govern
ment appoints commission to in
vestigate and find out what is the
matter, and and the first thing a
commission investigates is the man
who made the boiler to see if the
holler was reasonable holler. So
we appointed a commission consist
ing of ourselves to investigate this
man. We just followed the man !
career ever since we knew him
| The first thing that happened to that
man was that he was born, but h.
had nothing to do with it. How
ever, we mentioned him, although
his parents were entitled to the
credit. When he was in his early
twenties he got married. We men
toned that, including the name OF
the bride, the preacher, etc. in fact
we mentioned everything but thu
preachers fee, which was not WORT
mentioning We never mentioned
the fact that he never won an!
, premiums at the county fair, De
cause he never exhibited anything
We never mentioned his name in tn
list of committees, because he neve
attended anything. We never men
toned his name in the list of donors
because he never donated as mucl
as a doughnut. We certainly hav
been treating this man shamefully
but we will agree to run mic
obituary when the time comes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Rain.

There are so many things worse than
rain that we refuse to fret about 1t.
II we had the toothache every other
day for two months straight we might
growl. Ii an amateur cornetist lived
next door and practiced regularly we
should complain: II bills were sent in
ouce week instead Of once a month;
If bOres never went home; II all friend
ship were mercenary and false in ad-
versity; If sickness visited us oftener
and stayed longer than health; If ma
liciOus people were many and the kind
few we might justiflably be miserable
and remain 80.
But 80 long as so many worse things
that could be don't arrive 1t can rain
every day IL 1t wants to. Most of our
Joy is weather proOf.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20

this country two years ago because
he had been hired to become gen.
eral manager of the Great Eastern
railway of England-efficiency be-
ing what the directors wanted.
Thorton, it is reported, took the
leading part in carrying into effect
Kitchener's orders, and in forty
eight hours after the conference ad-
journed the railroad equipment was
ready, with steam up.
The Columbus, Ohio, Journal, says:
sixteen years ago Mr.. Thornton
then holding comparatively hum,
BILE position with the Pennsylvania
railroad company, was resident Of
this city and many of us remembe,
the big. good-natured, hard-workins
fellow, who. starting with no NOR
chance in life than million othel
American youths of his day, in six
teen years has becomeone of tn,
giggest railroad men anywhere"
His education fitted him for hi
work.-Jackson CMich.) Patriot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Most Awkward.

An old, steady going farmer was ~
,ustomed to ride to the market 'o"A
mon a rather bad tempered horse.
One day his man Bob brought 'he
animal which was especially VICIOUS
that morning. to the door. the morse
irving to bite and kick ana slVihs :"
GOOD deal of trouble
The farmer mounted the morse WIN
some difficulty and began to walk !.
out of the yard when Bob. VINO sun
entertained i'll feeling against TIE am.
NAL picked up stone and flung II III
him with I'll his force; but. aias' us
aim was cratic. and the missile STRUCK
his master On the head.
Half dazed for moment, the Iarinei
Turned slowly in his saddle. and, mol
suspecting the real cause of<the dow
he measured with his eye the morse
hind boots and his own head and' set
Ting himself in the saddle aeaih
started off with the remark. well, ne
allus was an okard beggar." -LonooI
Mail
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Copsrnicus.

Nicholas Copernicus was the founder
Of modern astronomy. He was born
In Poland in 1913. His father was a
Pole. and his mother was a German.
He went to the university at Craeow.
where he studied medicine, theology,
mathematics and astronomy. Later
he devoted his whole attention to as
tronomy and developed the "Coperni
can" system. which is the one now
universally accepted. 1t regards the
sun as the center of the solar system
and the planets, of which the earth is
one, as revolving around it. while
around the majority of these primary.
one or more secondary orbs. known
as moons. revolve The first stars are
regarded as suns, each with its own
planetary system.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Prosperity Is Near
South, Says Index

climbing to the level of the most
prosperous periods.
"A brick company in Gadsden.
Ala, will begin operation of its plant
which has long been idle. A jack
sonville, Fla, company with capital
stock of s2,0OO,OOO will Immediately
complete and operate extensive lum-
Der plant. A California oil company
Is beginning the construction OF
storage and shipping facilities at
Tampa, Fla, cost of about $780,
600. Tallahassee. Fla, has awarded
contract at $67,463 for paving
streets.
1.-The Jacksonville, Fla, school
district sold 100000 of bonds at a
premium.
"Thirty-one corporations were
formed during the week, with mini
mum capital stocks aggregating ST.
741,500.
Eight railway bridges in South
Carolina; church buildings, Atlanta
and Glenwood, Ca; factory build
ings, Hogansville, Ca, and Tampa
Fla; hospital building, Spartan
burg, S. c., and plans for hospita
building accepted at Miami. Fla.
sewers and waterworks, Green, S. c..
office building, Fl. Pearce, Fla; paw
ing, Americas, Ga. and Lakeland ant
Palmetto, Fla; school buildings
Greenwood, S. c., and Live Oak, Fla
warehouses, Hogansville, Fla. Con
struction contracts have been award
ed as follows: Church building, En-
faula, Ala; canals for draining 81,
600 acres, Manatee county, Flcriaa
school buildings, Carrolton, Ala
Bethune and Blaney, S. c., and M,
Vernon, Ala; bridge, Melbourne
Fla.
industrial plants will be estat
, lished as follows:
Gold storage plants, Blackshea
t and Cornelia, Ga; -four and girls
, mills. Bennettsville, S. c., Lawrenct
Vile and Loxley, Ala, and Locus
; Ca; ice factories, Mariana an
, Tampa, Fla, and Greer, S. c.; cir
: neries, Flowery Branch, Ca, an
e Jacksonville, Fla; electric ligi
Y plant, Green, S. c.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Bright Prospect
For Road Across
Everglades

Advocates of the Miami-MarcO
road across the Everglades, express
the belief that state aid will be CIV
en- to the project as soon as it is
practicable for the drainage COM
mission to go into the details of the
plan. They base their belief on
statements made to them directly By
members of the drainage board, and
by the recent receipt of letters from
Governor Trammell and the other
members of the commission, and also
one received yesterday from State
Drainage Engineer F. c. Elliott.
! The latter communication, ad-
dresser by Captain J. F. Jaudon,
Acknowledges the receipt of the Of
fetal report of Hobert Crabtree,
county engineer, on the result Of his
, surveying expedition to the Lee
county line.
"All of the data, profile, reports
and other matter submitted by you
and your committee have been at
tached to a report from this office
and submitted to the Board of Com
missioners of the Everglades Drain
age District. The proposition re-
garding the Miami-Marco Road and
canal is now before the board fol-
their consideration, Mr.. Elliott
writes.
A letter from Governor Trammel
which also was received by Captain
Jaudon yesterday, is interpreted a.
being favorable to the plan, the gov
ernor concluding his communities
tion by saying:
Il beg to advise that ! shall D.
pleased to endeavor to get this mat
ter considered as soon as possible
w. A. McRae, commissioner c
agriculture, under date of the 18th
takes an optimistic view of tn
scheme, and says:
"As soon as this matter can D
taken up by our board shall be gla
to give the proposition the most ear
nest and serious consideration.
am sure the governor will have thi
matter called up at the very firs
opportunity and when it comes be
fore the board that it will be SCI
iously considered
other letters state that the boar
| members consider the question c
great importance to this section
well as to the general draina2
scheme. This is emphasized In
letter from T. F. West, attorney ger
. eral.-Miami Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Try Associated Press J

Toxic. Sept. 20-The Chemical
Industrial Investigation Society is
working in conjunction with the
government in an effort to obtain an
Independent home supply of phos-
phorus and hydro-chlorate of pot
ash or substitutes for these materials
which are indispensable in the
manufacture of matches, an indus
try of large proportions in Japan
Before the war these materials were
imported almost entirely from Ger
many. The supply having been
exhausted and importations having
ceased, the match industry faces
serious situation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
EXAMPLE OF EFFICIENCY

Germany is not the only country
that produces efficient men-men
with a practical education-an edu-
cation that enables them to do
things.
When England entered the Europ-
can war. about thirteen months ago,
her first great problem was the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
The Vatican.

The Vatican was not originally in
tended as a place Of residence. Com
paratively a small part Of it is now
residential; the remainder serves the
purposes Of science. art and the ad-
ministration Of the Catholic church.
OF the 1000 rooms in the great palace
200 serve as residences for the pope.
secretary Of state and the other high
officials of the church.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20

tions to Southampton, the port of
embarkation for France and Bel
GUM, in the quickest possible time.
Earl Kitchener called a conference
of railroad managers and gave therl
sixty hours in which to get ready ia
perform the service.
transportation of troops and NUM-
One of these managers was Henry
W. Thornton, an American who left
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Not Worth SoIylno.

Il have pondered all my life," says
B. P. Walker, ION which was more i'm
portant in this world, brains or money.
But when look around and see how
many get along on little OF either. |
conclude | am wasting ny time trying
to solve the question. kansas City
Sear.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
CAUGHT With the Gooda.

How do you happen TO be in pris-
on. my poor friend?"
Because | was man Of property.
num-"
81 don't understand"
Yes, see, mum, it wuz other peoples
property. "-Birmingham Age Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20

Precocity may be defined as a form
Of premature mental development that
is instanced when a child five years
old has learned that the drumstick is
not the best part of a turkey gobbler.
Houston Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20

FORCES 10 Be Destroyed.
The forces OF nature we must en-
deavor to avoid. Working blindly as
they do We can do nothing to over.
come them. At most we can avoid
their destructive influence and allevi.
ate the suffering they give rise to.
But the forces that are thrust out by
ourselves, that spring from our own
minds, must be controlled and over.
come. They are primitive. They are
brutal They are animal forces.
Against these We must direct our en-.
orgies.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Gray Buzzards.

The gray buzzard, now almost ex-
tinct. is said to be the heaviest bird
that flies. the young male when food
is plentiful weighing nearly forty
pounds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Bond Trustees Give Facts
REGARDING L. g w. Site

voir which would take about II feet
more of this expensive lift at the old
site than it would take at a new
site.
No one now doubts that the light
plant now has strong and success
full competitor in the privately
owned gas plant if the price of cleo
trio lights can not be materially re-
duced in cost of production and
corresponding reduction of the price
of electric lights to the consumer. 1t
is therefore important that you place
in the hands of your bond trustees
every means by which they can build
you the most economical light and
water plant that can be made with
the money you have placed in their
hands and help them in every way
that you possibly can to make your
plant the successful competitor of
the gas plant.
Proposed Site the Cheapest
We have taken into consideration
six different new sites for your plant
and have found the one offered by
| Clayton and Deem the most avail
able and cheapest when location and
foundation conditions are taken into
consideration This site is almost
ideal as to railway trackage and
foundation conditions of soil. The
west portion where house and ma
chimes would he put is clay and the
east part where reservoir would b,
put is sand down to about bottom O
reservoir. 1t Is also close in so tina
the minimum amount of big pip'
would be used to connect with tn,
mains and is the right level in re
spect to the cooling water from tn
lake.
The four sites we examined fur
Their east all have poor foundation
conditions which would more thai
take UP in the extra cost Of founda
tions of building and machines tn
difference in the cost of the land
The site offered to be given by DR.
Adair would necessitate the throw
ing away of the we'll we now have
the moving of the tank and towe'
, the laying of 200 to 1900 feet G,
{ ira of the 12-inch water main, tn
: building of a long railroad spur an
, | abost 90 feet more air lift on tn
. water than at the Clayton & Dee
e site, making this site although fire.
p probably the most expensive one I
{ the whole six.
| So your bond trustees recommer
: to you the Clayton & Deem site
e the best suited to build the ne
v plant on and the cheapest when Il
s whole expense is considered.
4 You can instruct your commi
# sioners to buy the new site and Sc
o the old site now or at later da
e or to accept the proposition tn
is have for an exchange of the ty
e properties or any other way tn
lie you may deem best, but we unhe'
Al tatingly say that after investigate
A. we believe 1t will pay you to acqui
r. the new site.
r BOARD OF BOND TRUSTEES.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
All the Sama 70 Him.

Wife-John. there's burglar going
through your pockets. John-All right
You two fight it out between your
selves.-Exchange
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20

A merely fallen enemy may rise
again, but the reconciled one is truly
vanqulshed.-Schiller.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20

TO the Taxpayers of Lakeland:
Before you vote on location Of the
new light and water plant it is due
YOU that the board of bond trustees
should give you at least some Of the
reasons why the engineers advised !
change in the site.
No Room for Reservoir
A plant the size of the new plot
to be built should have reservoir
of about half million gallons ca
pacity with room to increase this to
as much as two millions gallons as
the town grows. There is no room
for this reservoir at the old site
without buying more ground that
would cost as much or more than
the price of new site.
Old Building Could Not Be Used
The old building could not be USED
at all for the new plant; it is not
fire-proof as required by the insur-
ance companies, the foundations are
insufficient for a fire proof concrete
roof, the walls are badly cracked
and settled by the vibrations of the
engine, the entire building includ-
ing foundations would have to be re-
moved and new building with
deeper and broader foundations
built, the concrete floor would have
to be torn out and new foundation
made for the large engine and dyna-
mo that is now in use. This founda-
ton is large enough but it did not
extend down to the clay which is
quite good ways down at this point
and the foundation has gradual!
worked loose until there is consid
cradle vibration, the old boilers are
not economical and would not b.
used and would be very much in the
way If they were not removed be
fore the new boilers were put in, TIN
economic arrangement of the new
plant would be entirely differen
from the old one and but few piece
of the machinery could remain a
they are.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Plant on Present Site Would Cost
More

To build the new plant and install
the machinery and at the same time
operate the old plant, the engineers
estimate would cost somewhere be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 more than
it would to do the work on a site
free from these conditions. The
most vital objection to the old site
is the lift of the immense amount of
cooling water from the lake that will
be necessary to operate the condens-
ing engines and will Offset in large
degree the economical gains made by
the use of these engines. This lift Is
81 feet as against about 4 feet at
a new site maxine a difference of
about II feet, which win run into
money very rapidly when the volume
of cooling water that will be used Is
taken into consideration There are
several other minor objections to the
old site that are not of great or vita
Importance, probably the most i'm
portant is the high cost of the air
lift of the water put into the reser
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-20
Things to Worry About.
Forces to Be pestroxed.

The pulse of a kangaroo is only
half as fast as that of a man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-28
Closing the Departments.

Sentiment throughout the country
will approve the action of the Presi-
dent in issuing an order giving a
holiday in all government depart
ments and bureaus on the day OF the
6. A. r. parade. The march past the
chief magistrate of the United States
will be in itself an important and inn
pressive incident in the history of
the country. and it will commemorate
an event that marked glowing chap
ter in the annals OF the republic. 1t
will be a. good thing to release all
the government civil employees, so far
as practicable. from their tasks for
the day. and the decision of the
President is pleasing tribute to the
visiting veterans. No injury will be
done the public service by the clos
ing of the government Offices for the
day. Even ii the Offices were kept
open, the public business would be
thrown out of gear, just as private
business will be by the excitement.
the ceremonies and the soiemnities
of the day. 1t may be the last time
the veterans of the civil war will
celebrate a national reunion in the
capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-28
Guard Against Thieves.

All great fetes and celebrations
which cali together large crowds at
tract thieves. A crowded city is their
harvest field. and period of civic
merriment and happiness their har-
vest time. All precautions that can be
taken have been taken by the police
authorities to guard against the
rogues from other cities, but every
citizen should be on his guard. The
list of dont's or rules of safety to be
observed by householders, issued by
the major and superintendent of
police and given wide publicity in
the news columns of The Star, should
be read and needed by all the people
OF Washington. With so many citi-
zens down town to see the sights, to
look at the decorations and the
throngs, And to view the iftieth an
niversary march of the veterans past
the President, countless number of
fats and houses will be without oc-
cupants. In this situation thieves may
find opportunities for their trade.
Pickpockets will be in the street
crowds, and citizens should take pre-
cautions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-28

and the bond Of memory that makes
all the veterans members OF one big
family.
It has become such a usual thing
for the foes of half 4 century ago to
fraternize that it calls forth small
comment. The veterans Of the armies
have been harmonizins, ftaternizing,
shaking hands. hobnobbins. shaping
each other on the back, and all that
for so many years. and swapping
stories. as they once snapped coffee
and tobacco. that any other line of
conduct would seem strange. They
got together in fine shape and great
numbers on the Henry hill at Manas-
sas, and on Culp's hill and the Round
Tops and along Seminary and Gene
terry ridges at Gettysburg.
These young chaps who fought for
the Union half a century ago, and
those equally young chaps who
fought for the Confederacy. have, of
course. got to fight the war over
again whenever they get together,
and they fight it amid the smoke Of
pipes and cigars instead of guns.
They are full Of good memories and
good comradeship. There are many
old Confeds in Washington this week,
and at some Of the eafnpfres Yank
and Reb or Johnny will confab and
sing together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-28
The Boys on Duty.

Though this is primarily reunion
encampnent OF men. we'll along in
years. boys are very active in making
it a success. They are as busy as
boys can be, and that, as everybody
knows, is to be exceedingly busy. As
guides, messengers, ushers and the
like they are lending their hands and
their feet with that alacrity, giadness
and enthusiasm peculiar to youth.
The High School Cadets and the
Boy Scouts have been impressed in
the big work of looking after the
comfort of the veterans, or at least
they did not wait to be impressed,
but promptly volunteered in the good
cause. In addition to the cadets and
the scouts, grandsons and great
grandsons of the 6. A. K. veterans
arc acting as guides at Union station.
These boys. uniformed and bebadged,
are helping in the work of directing
to their places of destination stran-
gers in tho city.
There has been a marked develop
ment within few years of the prac-
tice OF giving boys useful work to do
in connection with special and ex-
traordinary civic ceremonies, and the
boys always bear we'll their response
bilities. This is early education in
the civic spirit and in good citizen
ship.