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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
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In spite of the bad roads, the pie
social held at Milford grange hall on
last Friday evening was we'll attend
ed and neat sum was cleared.
Joseph Crumrine of McComb spent
a few days last week with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. T. r. Ewing.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Mitchell, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Ramey and Mrs. Maria Jack
son were entertained on Tuesday by
Mr.. and Mrs. Terrence Mitchell, hon
orlng Mrs. Mitchell's birthday ami
yersary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ready OF Cen
terburg are spending a few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Spear spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
Thomas.
A. r. CAN'T has gone to Colorado
on business trip.
l.. G. Walker closed his work as
minister at First Milford church last
Sunday, speaking to a good audience
both morning and evening, An offer
ing was taken for foreign missions
amounting to $32.70. Brother Walker
has been preaching for this congrega.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

BLADENSBURG
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Mrs. Otto Horn and son, Dwight,
are visiting her parents for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Beckley, Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Hull, Miss Clara Beck
ley and friend, Carl Pipes, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Laird Ash
craft Sunday.
Mrs. Lena Porterfield and children
spent Sunday with Mrs. Priscilla Por-
terfield.
Miss Elsie Mckee spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. Cloise Hayes.
Wallace Cummins and Lee Rice at
tended meeting at the New church
Sunday.
T. ]. Porterfield spent Sunday
night with relatives at Mt. Vernon,
returning home Monday with new
runabout.
Mrs. Mary Ann Rine spent Satur.
day night and Sunday with her son,
George, and family, near Esto.
Mrs. Pauline McCament received
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SCAN old-fashioned spelling con-
test will be held at Weaver school
house in Liberty township, on Satur-
day evening, March rs. McGuffy's
Eclectic Spelling Book will be used.
Jessie Hyatt is captain of the East
erners, and Guy EarIywine is captain
of the Westerners. A prize will be
given to the best speller present from
Liberty township. The pronouncing
will be in charge of Messrs. Horn and
Ransom.
"'There will be an all-day meeting
of the ladies Of Pleasant View grange
at the home of Mrs. Lewis Welsh,
Wednesday, March 49, Chicken din
ner will be served at IL o'clock.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

The changing tones OF the fire bell
ring out, the hoarse shrill OF the auto
fire truck horn is heard. an excited
group OF people Is seen running In the
direction taken by the truck. Is there
a fire? The inference Ia. "yes."
Irrespective OF the non-partisan
character of DR.. William Foster
Peirce's lecture on ''lt Washington
We're President" at the public library
last Wednesday night. and irrespec-
tive OF the fact that he rightly avoid.
ed present-day politics and thrice-lr-
respective OF the fact that he sought
merely an analogy of the times of
Washington with the present trOub-
ious months, there was an inference
logical conclusion to be arrived at,
whether the Kenyon president had
such in mind or not.
II was clear to many who attended
the lecture and afterwards comment.
ed on the fact that President Pelrces
splendid plea for preparedness ndl
rectly extolled President Woodrow
Wilson and that his presentation OF
Washington's strong handling OF in
ternational situations. together with
the weakness OF his SUCCESSOR Jefrer-
son, when confronted likewise. indi-
rectly advocated the election OF u
man whose abilities and worth are
known and, II was not far step In
logic, TO see that Woodrow Wilson Is
ths man
The editor Of the Republican bus.
led himself, after reading the account
in the Banner. In seeking from Presl-
dent Peirce the real meaning OF his
lecture. He received an answer, pub
lished in Mondays edition OF that
paper in connection with the original
letter OF the editor, setting forth that
DR.. Peirce had purposely avoided all
political discussion in his disserta
tion.
Why, bless you, the Banner never
claimed that DR.. Peirce delivered a
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

word Tuesday of the death of her
father at Perryton.
Miss Bertha Martin returned home
Saturday after spending a few weeks
with relatives at Newark.
The condition of S. c. Horn is
about the same.
Mrs. Thomas Davis, west of town,
was moved to the hospital at Mt. Yer
non this week.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will give an entertainment
and parcel post sale Saturday even
inc, April 1. Supper will also be
served.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
WHY TOLERATE lT2
New York Worldly

The National German-American AL
lance was Incorporated by congress
during the Roosevelt administration,
the bill having been approved Feb. 20,
1907.
The act provides that this corpor-
alton shall be perpetual" its purpos-
es being educational and patriotic" !"
Section 3 defines those educational
and patriotic purposes in the follow
ing terms:
The conservation Of the principle
of representative government and the
protection and maintenance of all civ.
II and political rights; the protection
of German immigrants against impo-
sition and deception and to assist in
their naturalization: the study of
American institutions and the publi-
cation Of American history; the culti-
walton Of the German language, liter
ature and drama, and the perpetual
tion of the memory and deeds Of
those early German pioneers whose
influence has been of incalculable
benefit to the intellectual and eco
nomic development of the country,
and whose loyalty In times of stress
and strife is a matter OF history.
The loyalty" of the National Ger
man-American Alliance "in times of
stress and strife" is also matter OF
history, thanks to the documentary
evidence published from time to time
by The World. Since August l, 1914,
there has never been minute when
the loyalty of the National German
American Alliance to the kaiser, to
the Hohenzollerns and to Prussian
autocracy has wavered or wabbled.
Whenever American rights have con
ilicted with German policy and Ameri-
can welfare conflicted with German
military necessity, the National Ger
man-American Alliance has been
stanchly on the side of Germany.
That Alliance is now waglng bit
ter political warfare upon the presi.
dent of the United States because he
has refused to make the United States
an ally Of the Teutonic powers. 1t is
plotting to gain control of the Repub-
lioan national convention in order to
PIussianize the foreign policies OF
the United States And all this Is
done in the name of education ana
fDatriotism.
How much longer is this Alliance to
operate under the cover of charter
granted by the congress of the United
States? Is not only the National
German.Amerlcan Alliance to be per
petual," but are it's present methods
and it's present attitude toward Amer
lean institutions to be perpetual?
No other country In the world
would tolerate such an organization
under a national charter Why should
the United States tolerate lt?
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

tion most of the time for the last i9
years. He leaves us with the best
wishes of all lie ministers the com
ing year for Centerburg one-half the
time and for the Grove congregation,
four miles east Of Gambler, the other
half.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

farm near Perryton, moved last week.
Grover Harris and Miss Evaline
Schooler spent Sunday with Mr.. ana
Mrs. Benjamin Johns of Martinsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fowls spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Don
ahey.
Percy Donahey spent part of last
week at Newark.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

FOR SALE-Nine head of horses
from to IL years old and from 1000
to 400 in weight, all good workers;
must hitch to suit purchaser. j. B.
tIissong, rear Of FIildreth's feed store.
24d&s
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

FOR SALE-Incubators. Prairie
State and Buckeye incubators, hov.
ers. stove brooders and brooder hous-
es. Write for catalogues and price
list to The Woolson Co, Mt. Vernon,
Ohio. i-1d&s
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

WANTED--Man and wife with no
children to work on farm. Call Clti-
zens' phone 2s2-R, Fredericktown ex-
change. 25d24s
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

FOR SALE - Beautiful spotted
pony, perfectly gentle, at bargain.
Inquire the Rosenthall Co 24s25d
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
visited
Copyright Hart schaiiner d Mars

Superintendent Cummins visited
the school Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wolfe spent Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Schooler.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

FOR SALE OR RENT-See J. w.
Blubaugh, Danville, for rs acres and
buildings 24s
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

FOR SALE-Mill property at Mon.
roe Mills. Inquire of Moore & Sper-
ry, attorneys. 25d2Ss
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

Mrs. @. F.. Dial and Mrs. Scott Rob
inson are visiting friends in Gambler.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

FOR SALE-Farm of 131 acres, to
close an estate. Located in Milford
township, Knox county. For partic-
ulars address J. e. Litzenberg, exec
utor, Centerburg, o., r. d. 4. 24s
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Wanted, For Sale, &c

Rates cents per line, each inser
tion. Six words to line.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
LOST

Lost on last Wednesday. between
Socrum cemetery and Lakeland, a
cameo pin. Finder please return to
Mrs. R. L. Wilder. Tampa, or D.
H. Sloan, Lakeland. 524e
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
REV. HOLT RESIGNS AS BAPTIST
PASTOR AT KISSIMMEE

At the business meeting of the
First Baptist church Wednesday
night, DR.. A. j. Holt, who has been
pastor of this church for over four
years, presented his resignation.
There was a motion made at once
that the resignation be not accepted
but at DR.. Hollis insistence, it was
finally accepted, to become effective
June first, or earlier if convenient
to DR.. Holt. There is no trouble in
the church, DR.. Holt feeling that it
would be in the interest of the
church that change should be
made
DR.. Holt has made no definite
plans as yet, but the Valley Gazette
Joins with his many friends here in
wishing him health, happiness and
continued success in his noble cal
ing wherever his new work may call
him. -Kissimmee Gazette.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
FOR SALE BY THE OWNER

Ten room, plastered dwelling, four
blocks from passenger depot; lot 73x
80 feet, corner, No. 500 North Ken
lucky avenue. RARE BARGAIN.
Seven room, modern, plastered
dwelling, corner lot, 85x135, 20 bear
ing citrus fruit trees. No. Sol So.
Fla. avenue. Splendid house, CHEAP,
if sold before Monday noon, cash or
terms.
Ten room, two-story modern
dwelling, plastered, lot 66x135,
plenty of fruit and flowers, or 'front.'
age can be increased to 1875 feet at
reasonable additional cost. The ideal
Florida home. Biggest kind Of bar
gain if sold at once. No. 805 South
Florida avenue.
Modern five room bungalow, with
bath, ETC., complete, six blocks from
Main street. 20 per cent below list
price if sold Monday, March TO-.
Beautiful five room bungalow with
bath and sleeping porch, just off So.
Fla. avenue, corner lot. Sold for
$4,000 recently Will discount list
price Is per cent if sold for cash
within ten days.
0ne-half of city block. Just six
blocks from Main street, $4,000 for
prompt sale.
See w. Fiske Johnson, owner, at
once. Phone 102 and $50, or call
on me at my office, Room II, Ken
lucky building, or my residence, S05
So. Fla. Ave. 1854
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
Classified Advertising
WILLIAMS BARGAIN COUNTER

~ Acres, ( IA miles from Lakeland,
II at-eG cultivated and fenced. s
acres in woodland, fair country
house and out buildings-good land
and bargain for $3.50. Half cash
balance in two years
30 acres fertile land, fenced,-16
acres planted to Natal hay. Bal
ance in woodland. miles from
Lakeland on good road $500.
$40 acres in good location, combina-
ton, citrus, truck, farming and
stock land. A fine place for colo
nization purposes. Will sell at
$25 per acre.
IL ACRES near town. lake view, all
fenced, acres in cultivation,
splendid land, one 5-room and g.
room house and barn, excellent
water. About rs young orange
trees; one Of the best propositions
in this section. Price $500.
Terms IL wanted.
2 ACRES with boat house, improved
and fenced on Lake Parker, keel
lent trucking land, desirable
place to build; borders city limits.3
VIII sacrifice for $500.
WANT TO EXCHANGE modern six
room bungalow and large lot,
well located, III st. Petersburg,
for improved farm near Lakeland.
MODERN 5-ROOM BUNGALOW and
garage, lot 106x140, set to trees,
in excellent residence section,
cost $4,000 Will sell much
cheaper for quick move.
20 ACRES IL miles south of Lake
land, some good citrus land, and
some of the best truck and straw
berry land in the State, comfort
able house and out houses. II sold
soon will take $1,2500 with terms
IL ACRES improved, fair 2-story
house and barn, an assortment of
citrus and other fruits, partly IT.
rigated, good citrus and truck
land on Lake Parker, adjoining
city limits. Will sell part or all.
Prce $4,000
G.. J. WILLIAMS,
Telee ram Bldg. Phone sc Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11

iingoism has not driven our calmly
clear headed President beside HIM
self. Still in the face of it all ne
has maintained his equanimity,
proving beyond cavil that he is just
wha. he is. The president OF all OF
the people, regardless of party poll
tics or affiliations.
In truth, Woodrow Wilson is
mora nearly the President of all the
people. of all of the U. 5. than is
any one or all of his precedents. For
he was elected by and with the
votes of the American proletariat,
Notwithstanding his Baltimore nomi-
nation. And that very nomination
was the most fateful event in
Americas history For by and with
il are American destinies fixed by
God Almighty's bravest, best provi-
dence.
Our President has made mistakes,
but what would you? He is human
until bumanitarianism
1t seems to me that he ought TO
| have rendered the supreme bench va
cancy to Mr. Taft. | was surprised
in the face of the fact of his deyo-
ton to chivlric gratefulness be-
cause of Judge Lamar that he did
not. Had he kn9wn Americans as
| do, especially F1oridians, he would
have appointed Judge F. A. Whitney
to the place had Mr.. Taft declined,
and by and with my knowledge of
men he would long ago have ap-
pointed ex-Marshal J. c. Brown to
succeed the biggest, self-opinlonated
Garrison as Secretary of War, for
| Brown in his face, his physique is
so like unto the great corsican cap
tain and in his successful life's his
| tory his edo it now" impulses that
actuate him to act Immediately de-
| llDeTdlc III th-Nidi i'Ao"i 80
/ these perilous times prominently
: for the war portfolio for it is a
centuries old axiom, soldiers are like
poets, born ready to wear. But no
one man, be he President, even of
thes, almighty United States, can or
ever will know all of its subjects.
When this European war is end
ed, and its vast concerns and conse-
quences are featured and this God
Almighty's house cleaning is fully
and finally accomplished and ac-
counted Woodrow Wilson will be
written in the front tanks of the
names of the earth's hero, states
man, humanitarian and providential
rulers. For if Washington created
] the U. S., so also and not one iota
the less is Woodrow Wilson it's all
saving savior. For he is saving our
lives, our property and our national
! integrity-viva the Wilson and the
greatest of all of human govern
ments the U. S. A.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
BRIEF FILED IN
/. MENDENHALL CASE

AttOrney-General Thomas F. West
has filed a brief on behalf of the
State in the case of the appeal of J.
j. Mendenhall of Clearwater for
new trial.
There has been considerable I'M
avoidable delay in this case. Men
denhall was tried for the murder of
Miss Susie Elliott of Tampa, in the
Pinellas county circuit court at
Clearwater, and convicted of first de-
gree murder, the jury recommending
the mercy of the court, which
brought Mendenhall life sentence.
Motion for new trial was denied
by Judge o. x. Reaves, as an APP
peal was taken to the supreme court
on several counts. CONVICTION was
had in the court at Clearwater on
September 23 last, but there was
much delay in transcribing the evil
dence and that put back the attor-
ney for Mendenhall, so that Attor-
ney Thomas Palmer Of Tampa did
not file his brief with the supreme
court until February 16 last. The
brief of the attorney-general in be-
half of the State could not be filed
until after that of the attorney for
Mendcnhall had been filed, and there
was no unnecessary delay in the at
torney- generals office.
The supreme court has not as yet
set date for the hearing of Menden-
halls appeal -Ocala Banner
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11

LOST-Notes by Mary H. Blakely to
X. S. Haiti. $500 reward if re-
turned to State Bank Lakeland
$3.50
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
Straw for Panama Hats.

Toquilla straw, from which Panama
mats are made, is obtained from five or
SIX species of the palm The most i'm
portant Of these is known as Carludo.
vlca palmata, and grows in the warm.
moist regions of the Pacific coast in
Colombia and Ecuador. and also in the
forests of Peru along the headwaters
OF the Amazon. This palm attains a
height of six to ten feet The leaves
are fan shaped. Toquilla straw is ex-
ported tossF United States and other
countries. Where the hats are made
by machinery.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
Woodrow Wilson, President,
Patriot and Savior of u. S.
(By Albertus Vogt.)

Editor Telegram:
In your Saturday evenings issue
commenting editorially on the
"damfool" report in re President
Wilson's purpose to resign, there Is
less ink and more sound sense than
I've seen in any editorial concerning
this traitorous rumor, even reckon
ing Tumulty's from the White
House" brief.
No man can, has, or will even do
more to protect the honor, the prop
erty rights or the lives of Americans
anywhere than has and is doing
Woodrow Wilson.
BY and with his own initiation
many months ago, he warned all
Americans to keep off the ships OF
every country going into the zones
of foreign war influences. He even
$50 far as | know without preced-
ent, sent two of the Z. S. Nays
fastest cruisers laden with millions
of dollars of the peoples gold out
of the U. S. treasury post haste to
foreign ports-this community gold
to be used unsecured by and with
which to ticket and succor all
Americans in foreign war zones safe
into their home ports
BY proclamation and precept he
prayed humbly to all American sub
jects to stay home, to come home, to
stand from under''-for his brave
humane spirit neglected fully it were
better to spend our money to fetch
home at public cost all and every
citizen abroad than is it to gamble
among one single American life or
dollar and the thus by creating
foreign entanglements." The
things so much advised against by
Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.
The American victims on the Lusi-
tania were not, are not in any ma
terial sense entitled to presidential
or congressional protection or re-
, dress Several of them were admit
teddy warned on the pier, in the very
hour of the Lusitania's sailing, to
stay off, to keep off that fated ship.
1t was written with sublime en-
phasis and divine truth centuries
ago, "fools rush in where angels fear
to tread" These dead and damned
, fools by their own voltion took their
lives into their own hands and de-
liberately handed them into the keep
ing Of Mars.
Would any unbiased, unprecedented
jury anywhere, for single mo-
ment, consider a suit for damages
in any civil court as against the
U. S. because of the high handed
suicide of the victims willfully going
into "Davy Jones" locker on the
Lusitania.
Tt is surprisingly surprising that
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11

FOR SALE-Barred Plymouth Rock
stock and eggs for utility and ex-
hibition purposes. Eggs $3.50
and up for Is. Cocks and cocker
els IS and up. Specially mated
pens to suit the customer at mod
rate prices. H. L. Kelley, Crit
I'm, Fla. 4436
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11

FOR SALE-1-cylinder 5-passenger
Cadillac, in good condition. Good
for hack or dray. Price 500. A.
NJ. Lansford. $3.50
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
How She Keeps Her Possessions
Down

| love this woman's rule of some
thing sent out of the house every
week. Count that week lost whose
seven days are spent and from thy
house no needless object sent-with
apologies to the copy book.
One of the many methods by which
she keeps her possessions down is
to have an arrangement with chari-
table agency to call once a week for
her magazines and newspapers. An
other is to go over her clothing four
times a year thoroughly and give
away the things she doesn't need, in
stead Of putting them away.
The way those who have hang
on to what they have on. the bare
chance Of wanting to use it is one
of the most shameful results of our
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
FOR SALE

PARK HILL LOTS FOR SAdE-On
easy terms. All streets clayed,
cement sidewalks, electric lights,
city water, shade trees. See G..
:. Rogan or S. NJ. Stephens. S29
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11

am prepared to do all kinds of
we'll work from four inches up. All
work guaranteed. Have had years of
experience, and my work has always
given satisfaction.
W. H. STRAIN. Lakeland, Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11

inherited mania for acquisition and
possession. refer particularly to
the way we let a garment hang in
the closet for a whole season simply
because we can't make up our minds
to give it away
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-11
SIDE TALKS
BY Ruth Cameron
Shedding Things

Wouldn't you and l shed things?
That's the way to live, to shed
things, J. Herrick.
81 try to send something out of
the house every week. a woman said
to me the other day.
She had just given away to a cir
culating library for shut-ins half
dozen novels with which her friends
had provided her on the occasion of
trip abroad
why should l keep them?" she
says. They are pleasant to read,
but they are not books for reference
or rereading. And as to the feel
ings of those who gave them to me
know they would be glad to know
that, having enjoyed them myself,
have passed them on to others who
will also enjoy them"
To Be Taken Out Only for the Semi
annual Cleaning
That is eminently sensible, ism
it? And yet, how many of us from
conventional inertia would have put
away the books and left them in
definitely to cumber our shelves
and be taken out and busted at
housekeeping time.
How most of us do permit our lives
to get cluttered up with the para
phernalia of living!
We really need, even for civilized
living, so few things, and We have
so many. The clothes we actually
wear, utilitarian furniture (and
about half as much as the average
] person has) perhaps one piece of
beautiful bric-a-brac per room, the
books We want for reference or re-
reading-that's about all we need
If we could only keep our posses
sions down to that, how much simp-
Ter life would be,