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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05

The Deutschland il with us again.
Here is brave GermA n captain and a
seaman too god for the fate that
awaits him.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05

Beethoven composed some of his
greatest works when he was deaf.
equipped with an alarm that sounds a
signal if it is extinguished accidently
debt. but he ought to run in as slowly
a G n0SSihln
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05
WHISKY LAW is HELD VALID

Waycross. Nov BIN the first test
case challenging the legality of the
new Waycross whisky ordinance, the
city won. Judge John C. Mcdonald de-
Gliding with the city today in the ha
beas corpus. proceedings instituted
to liberate three negroes convicted
a few weeks ago. Attorneys will ap-
peal from Judge McDonald's to the
supreme court.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05

Philadelphia has 100000 school
children.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05

British women are taking up the cul-
ture of herbs.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05

Philadelphia finds much goat meat
being sold as mutton.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05

About twelve out of every hundred
marriages are second marriages.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05

Published Every "Wednesday and Sun
day by Dispatch Publishing Company
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
GOALS OF
FIRE
BY ROYCE HAMILTON

u. I ,
Society in Freelands turned up its
collective nose at little Ella La Monte.
The said Society consisted of the rec
tors lady, the doctors lady, three or
four other ladies who had followed
their spouses to Freelands from the
East and Mrs. Andrew Germaine, the
wife of the big Spectator.
To understand the cause of this in
tense antipathy one must search into
the roots of human nature. Freelands
was one of those large western towns
that are in the transition stage be-
tween mining camp and metropolis Its
population of thirty thousand consist.
ed of cowboys. gamblers, saloonkeep-
ers, ranchers, etc, with large assert
ment of feminine interest in the shape
of theatrical performers and partners
for the cowboys at the dance halls.
Naturally the respectable element,
which was engaged in uplifting the
status of the town, looked askance at
this state of affairs.
But Eta La Monte had the hardi.
hood to be the most attractive of the
Unbiased girls in Freelands. She had
drifted into the town from nowhere in
particular and secured a job behind
the bar of pig" Mahoney's English
style saloon Ousted by indignant
feminine protests, she had danced
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
PA Judd SEES LIFE
BY II. M. EGBERT.

Now, I've heard enough of that talk,
Pa Judd!' exclaimed Lucinda Judd,
pushing back her spectacles and con-
fronting her husband angrily across
the table. You ought to be ashamed
to think of such things"
Maybe | ought" admitted Mr. Judd
But was only soliloquizing, ma
You can ventriloquize all you want,
pa. But this has got to stop. Wanting
to see life at sixty, indeed, Amt life
enough for your"
Yes, my dear. you are. But what l
meant is this. We married when we
were only children, and then the
babies came so fast, and it wasn't until
and somehow l feel wish Id had my
fling. Not bad fling, you know, ma
but just cutting sort of caper.'
such as how" demanded his wife
ominously.
Why, I'd like t run into New Yorl
and see the shows and put up at no
tel, and"
And some hussy'd get you, sure a:
fate. pa"
"Nobody's ever in my eyes but you
ma" answered pa automatically. NC
my dear, but then there's Adam Green
who writes me regular every New
Year. Fine big grocery store he ha
in Harlem, and haven't seen him 70
twenty years. And Cy Harris. An
let me see-Jim Brathwaite, who
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29

head of the packing department of
Ebenezer Jeffrey's china store"
And you want to leave me here?'
demanded Mrs. Judd.
well, my dear, after I've explored
the city a bit, maybe I'll write you to
come on. We ought to have little
trip for once. But we cant both go
there, knowing nothing of city ways.
Why, it wouldn't be safe for settled
woman like you until l learned the
ropes"
There! That's enough, pa. You
shan't CO. How can | face my niece,
Lizzie Spears, and you not here, and
tell her you've gone off on a spree
alone?"
Lizzie? You amt going to Liz
zies?"
NO, but Lizzie's coming here on a
visit. Read that" She pushed let
ter across the table. Wonder if she
favors her ma or her pa. Pretty girl,
her ma writes me, and she's been run
down from overwork and is going to
spend month with us to recover. I'm
going over to Watertown to fetch her
next week."
Let me go, ma"
You'll stay here" answered his wife
firmly.
Stay he did, while his wife departed
on the three days of her little holiday
Pa Judd was under instructions to
have the house as neat as pin for
their coming. But on that morning he
received a letter from his wife, inclos-
ing a hundred-dollar bill. He gasped
as it futtered out. His wife was the
family banker, but-what was she
sending him hundred dollars for?
The letter informed him that she
had had such a good time she had
changed her mind and thought he
ought to have his little holiday.
But you'll have to get off tomorrow
before noon," the letter ran, because
I've told Lizzie you're away, and it
wouldn't look decent for you to go
after she comes"
Pa Judd needed no second invitation.
A few hours later saw him firmly es-
tablished in New York, in an mex
pensive hotel, which seemed to him,
nevertheless, the height of magnifi-
cence.
He spent a happy evening wander
ing up and down Broadway, looking
into the moving picture shows and
staring in wonder, and with rather a
guilty conscience, at the specimens of
feminine beauty on the famous thor
oughfare.
When he got back TO the hotel he
felt that he was seeing life at last.
Next day he meant to look up his
friends.
But the next morning he found a
lady at his table, one of the most raw
ishing young women whom he had
ever seen. She was dressed in the
height of fashion, and she showed a
marked inclination to be friendly to
pa. Before the meal was over they
were chatting like old friends, and he
had told her the story OF his life five
times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
him somewhere where they could start

him somewhere where they could start
life anew. Eta La Monte, who had |
been her keenest incentive to anger
in the old days. was forgotten.
On the fourth night the young cler.
gyman called on her AT first she re-
fused to see him When he persisted
she came down.
Il am going to take you to your hus-
band" he said. Mrs. Germaine. he
himself was deceived by his associ
ates. 1t will all come right. But now,
to give himself up means his death at
the hands of mob. He is going to
the state capital at midnight on board
the express by special arrangement.
1t will stop for him at the water tank.
Pack a suitcase and come"
He led her along the streets remot-
est from the central thoroughfareS,
where she would not be recognized.
into a neighborhood where she had
never been. But she did not know
that the little shack they entered was
Eta La Monte's until Lucia Germaine
saw and recognized the girl who stood
nervously before her Then her anger
famed out.
"My husband is here?" she cried.
How dared you bring him here?"
But before the girl could answer, the
curtains at the back of the room part
ed and Andrew Germaine entered. He
was the wreck of the former buoyant,
jaunty, prosperous business man, at
whose appearance all hats were lifted.
But Lucia Germaine cared nothing
for that. With a sob she ran forward
and fell into his protecting arms.
Andrew, why did you come here?'
she wept. What is this woman to
your"
Eta La Monte answered that ques
ton.
III tell you why he came here" she
answered Because he didn't have
time to get away and was afraid fol
his life Because they all come to me
when they're in trouble, when the,
don't dare to go to their own families
| the only man friend he's got in thu
world. And when he knew where h
| was he was afraid all the time l wa
| going to betray him. Weren't you
Andy?
But I'll tell you why took him Il
and sheltered him." continued Eta
1T was because | thought he was Jir
Smith, the man who shot his pal owe
a game of cards After | found on
who he was"
Eta"
A keen-faced old woman stood i
the room, wrinkled and avariciou
looking
Now you be quiet, ma" She turne
to Lucia again. After | knew who b
was pited him and let him stay Bl
do you suppose I'd have had him
my house if had known from the b
ginning? That's ALL You can tai
him away as fast as you like"
Eta"
Eta La Monte pulled the old woma
out of the room.
Eta" she walled, you didn't t.
them that we've lost two thousand d.
lars, every cent we had, in them go
mines"
~ "Ah. what's the use. ma? He wouldr
w understand, nor pay up, neither
+ Perhaps the girls revenge on Luc
ia Germaine was worth that much to hi
or For one can always dance for Il
ia ing, but one cannot always get ba
,r ones self-esteem.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
TO DECEIVE THE MUSCLES
Batsman's Regular Act Has Sienifi'
canoe That Perhaps All Have Not
Fully Realized.

The act of batsman in netting two
bats together around a few times be-
fore he takes his place at the plate
to hit at a ball with single bat is
now considered an event of deep psy-
Geological significance. AS all the
world knows, the reason the batter
does this is to make the single heavy
bat feel lighter, and to fool his arm
into believing that it can make the
single bat gambol through the at
mosphere with great speed, having
been freed of the incubus of the other
bat.
Psychology has found out that 1t
is actually possible to fool the mus
cles as If they were people-almost.
This is demonstrated in the labora-
tory by making the arm, say, go
through certain rhythmic movements
for a short while, and then running in
a variation on it.
For instance, person Is told TO
lift and put down in succession COM
paratively heavy weight, then light
weight, etc. He goes through these
motions several times, and then the
light weight is changed for one some
what heavier OF course it is the same
size as all the others, so that the per-
sons mind will not be prejudiced be-
forehand. When the hand goes to
lift this one it rises as spontaneously
az with the very light weight used
before.
Ordinarily it is shown in the labora-
tory that weights are lifted by the sub
ject at different rates of speed, the
heavier the slower. This takes place
unconsciously.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29

nightly at Jim Bronson's cabaret. Her
circle of admirers included not a few
of the men of the respectable element,
to the anger of their wives. For Eta
La Monte danced like fairy, and her
voice was irresistible, whether she
sang the latest ragtime melody or
some old ballad calculated to raise
maudlin tears.
Her GROWING insolence had been
her appearance behind stall at the
ladies' bazaar.
81 don't see what's wrong with the
girl protested Rev. Arthur Smith, the
earnest young clergyman. I've been
to call at her place. She supports her
widowed mother and appears perfectly
respectable in private life. She says
she isn't allowed to work in a saloon.
and she can't do anything but dance.
IF you dare to speak to that crea-
ture again." replied the wife OF An
drew Germaine, you may as well give
up your church, because nobody Will
go to it. You know very well that
when that wicked gambler Smith COM
mitted murder last month he hid three
days in her house before getting
away"
"She told me she had never set eyes
on him." protested the young clergy
| man.
"She lied, of course All those wom-
en- shelter the criminal element IN
those rookeries down by the yards.
But the rising anger against Eta
was forgotten few days later IN the
first big excitement that had stirred
Freelands, for Andrew Germaine, the
big man, who held the town in the
hollow of his hand, absconded with
eight million dollars.
His gold mines, fifty miles away, on
which Freelands had lived, wnlcn
alone had justified it's construction IN
that arid desert, had never had golo
in them except for few pockets mere
and there. 1t had all been colossal
fraud from the beginning. All the
prosperity of Freelands was built up
l
one lost nearly everything. There wa:
no store, no saloon, even, but SUFFERED
in the crash. The six banks CLOSED
their doors.
The anger of Freelands blazed GU
white.hot against Germaine. Mel
gathered in the streets and talked o
lynching. The man was reported nur
rying East, hurrying West; the ponce
of every western city were WATCHING
for him. And, of all who suffered
none suffered more than Lucia Ger
maine, who had known nothing OF ne
husbands business affairs.
All day she sat in the big mouse
weeping, trying to revive her hope tina
the monstrous story was lie. But
dozen little things told her that 1t wa
true. He had deceived her, too, as n
had deceived everybody.
, And yet she loved him. She love-
him better now that he was down. Sh
I wanted only to find him. to go Wit
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
Wonders OF America.

We have islands mile In circun.
Renee composed entirely Of sulphur,
Pasted the man from New Zealahu'
[You ought to see our big trees, came
hck the American. You could PICK
p one of the islands on the TIP Oh
Pc Of our trees and let it serve as
BE head of a match. "-LouisViiis
Fourier-Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
Automatic TESTING Machine

The machines turned out by large
tvpewriter mandatory are tested by
an automatic electrical machine which
does the work much faster than hu'
man hands.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
LOOKING Ahead.

A somewhat impecunious young fel-
low in Philadelphia rashly engaged
himself to a charming young thing,
who. shortly after the excitement had
subsidized, began to evince doubts. Said
she:
How long. dearie, do you think
we shall have to be engaged?'
well, sweetheart said the young
man cheerily. Il have enough money
IN last for six months, / think.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
un 10 Date.

Mr. Wise-I understand that Mrs.
bargain Hunter is to be operated
upon for appendicitis.
Mrs. Wise-Yes; the doctor onereu
q do the operation for 5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
su. That's Asking Too Much.

politics might be easier. said
Uncle Eben, "ef people would think
as hard about de questions OF ae
hour as dey does about de puzzles In
a funny paper"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
Clan. ostriches of the Past.

In alluvial deposits of Madagascar
there have been found skeletons OF os-
triches which. when alive. we're iour'
teen 10 fifteen feet in height.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
cnIiectinu Evidence.

Must be a general cleanup cam
paign going on in the neighborhood-
why so?" My cat came home TO-DAY
with four kinds of fresh paint on her
fur."-Kansas City Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
sunnresslnu Free Speech.

It is a happy fact that attempts to
interfere with freedom of speech al
ways produce a tremendous volume
of it.-New York Evening Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
E-neh National Anthem.

The Marseillaise." the national an
them of the French republic. was writ
ten and composed in 1892 by Rouget
de Isle, an officer in the French army.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
Atleast Esau Got II.

Esau was a better business man
than most of the spendthrifts. He got
the mess of pottase for which he
traded his birthright
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
Composition Of the sedptursa

In the Bible. Old and New TesS
ments. there are 3,5s6,473 letters, 77k
es3 words. 1873 verses, 1889 chap
tiers az ! GS books.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29

Rely on Wind Exclusively.
10 steady are the winds at CurS
p that three wireless telegraph sta
(ons depend on windmills to furnish
fsir power.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
And Trouble Follows,

love may be blind, but If mans
s Ia brunette she can see BLONDE
u on his vest 13 blocks away.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29

American quail are migrating
across the border to CeGa32-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-29
lne Professions

|. n A. n. D. MENDENHALL
CIVIL ENGINEERS
..,tta 2I2-215 Drane Building
LAKELAND, FLA.
,,hate Land Examinations and
III Designs, Earthwork Special
| surveys.
[,asnce Phone 278 Black.
|es Phone 27S Blue.
Evening journal., 1916-04-15
GERMANS SANK THE
SUSSEX, british SAY
Evidence Shows the French
Channel Liner Was
Damaged Fore
NO EXCUSE FOR
THE CATASTROPHE
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
LONDON. April 15-Germanys note
TO the United States reporting a sub
marine attack on an unidentified
steamer in the Channel, leaves no fur
ther doubt that the Sussex was tor
pedoed. said an official statement is
sued by the foreign Office this after
noon
Thorough investigation has shown
that no vessel, except the Sussex.
has been damaged in the Channel by
a torpedo in the manner reported by
the German submarine commander,
who stated that the fore part OF the
vessel his U-boat attacked was blown
away. The fore part of the Sussex
was wrecked by the explosion.
Careful investigation shows that
the Sussex was damaged at precise
" the moment the German comman-
der reported he fred a torpedo, the
statement said.
The foreign office declared the U-boat
commanders report that he thought
the ship attacked was one of the new
mine-lavcrs of the Arabic type, was an
unmstifable plea TO escape response
hility. The Sussex in no way rcsomblcd
vessels Of the Arabic class, it was
stated.
Evening journal., 1916-04-15
CHRISTlANA Gives UP
CORPSE OF NEGRO

The bodv of an unidentified colorcd
map ves found in the Christiana river
early this morning shortly after the
steamer Sylvan Dell had left its pier
at Orange Street wharf The man had
apparently been in the water for a
long time, and owing to its condition it
had 20 be buried at once. Deputy
Coroner Nichols, who took charge Of
the body, said nothing was found on
the body that would furnish clue as
10 the identity Of the man.
John ". Wright, a rivenman. at vari-
Gus intervals during the past six weeks
has gapplcd for the body of woman
or man who was supposed 10 have
fallen overheard. Mr.. Wright had
placed lime in bottle in the Christiana
river in the hope that the lime would
cause the body TO float
Several weeks ago rivermen along
the Christiana river said that they
had heard a splash and cries for help
and later a woman's hat was seen
floating on the water. This caused
rivermen to believe that a woman
had been drowned.
The body found today was said 10
have had a bruise on the forehead but
owing to the condition OF the corpse
mortem examination. When found by
rivermen the body was footing down
the stream from Market street and il
was made fast t. the shore while
Deputy Coroner Nichols was notified.
Evening journal., 1916-04-15
BOMB WAS EMPTY
Gun PROJECTILE
Officer Who Never Whitfield
Powder, SideStepS Sup
posed Life Destroyer
BRAVE" DETECTIVE
RELIEVES ANXIETY

After patrolman Carminc DiMare
is said to have refused to carry
shell weighing IA pounds. which was
thought to be bomb" from the
yard Of No sos West Fourth street
this morning. residents OF that section
sighed with relief when Detective Ma
honey strutted from the yard with
the bomb safely tucked under his
arm
Mrs. Herbert u. Stroud. OF tho
Fourth street address. notified Chief
Blacks Office that tenant in an
apartment az the address. who work.
ed at Carney Point. had vacated. leav-
iRg the bomb" In the yard officer
DiNaro was appealed 20. hut he sug-
gesied that the owner of The property
send for the person who left Inc
bomb on the premises.
When Detective Muhoncy arrived ho
found the occupants OF tho building
standing about as il expecting 10 hear
an explosion
The supposed bomb" was taken fo
detective headquarters. whorc 70 was
found 10 be- steel proioctilc. Acoord-
ing to Sergeant of Detectives Grcon
the she'll was solid and contained no
explosives. although 70 was not
opened this morning
The police we're unable 90 learn Tho
Identity of the persons who vacated
the house or where thcy had re-
moved.
Evening journal., 1916-04-15
smallpox
victim FOUND IN CITY

With the discovery this morning
of another case OF smallpox making
seven now IN the city. Health officials
we're again busy. The case found TO-
iav was that of q colored man whose
name had not been obt-ined by the
nealth authorities up to noon but he
was located at No. 909 French street
and sent to the Emergency hospital
AT Farnhurst at once. II was said that
the patient had been lere but a week,
having come from the South
With the discovery of the new case,
vaccine physicians and DR.. Myers
citv physician. az once started vac
cinating employees of the contractors
of the DUPONT annex where one OF the
afflicted men worked.
Residents in the vicinity Of Ninth
and French streets also were vaccl-
nated.
According to DR.. A. L. Frantz' sec
retary OF the State Board Of Health,
he present outbreak is the most seri-
Gus this city has had to cope with
Tor years. and he stated to a friend
.oday that he did not think the peo-
ole fully realized what they had to
contend with in stamping out the
nalady. DR.. Frantz also said that the
,ase at Middletown had been traced
o this city.
This opinion is not shared by city
health officials. who think thai the
case reported from Middletown had
nothing to do with the outbreak here.
Evening journal., 1916-04-15
final ARTICLES FOR
HERACL BOUT SIGNED

John Heracl, the local strong man.
and Hcrold Christensen, who claims
the 19O-pound wrestling title Of the
world will meet at The Playhouse on
Tuesday evening, April 25th, in a
handicap match. The final articles
Of agreement were signed at the Of
fee Of William A. Brady. the noted
theatrical promoter. In New York
yesterday. Mr. Brady represented
The Playhouse Henry B. Nelms.
New York representative for the Will
mington Athletic Association, acted
for Heracl. and B. c. Sandow. man
ager OF I'd (Strangler) Lewis. repre-
sented Christensen. Under the agree
ment Christensen is TO throw Heracl
three times within an hour or forfeit
500. ard if he succeeds Heracl for
feits 500. The money has been
posted and both men are now train
ing.
Evening journal., 1916-04-15
Democrats NAME
CONVENTION DELEGATES

Harry T. Graham, chairman OF the
Democratic County Committee, an
nounccd TODAY that the delegates and
altenates TO the Democratic state Con
vcntion at Dover next Tuesday, from
Wilmington. will he a. follows:
First Representative Dstrict-Sccond
ward. Charles A. Cannon, delegate;
Robert Wallace. alternate.
Fourth ward DR.. H. g.. Buckmastcr,
delegate; John R. Iannm, alternate.
Sixth ward William johnson, dele
gate.
Second Representative District
Sixth ward, Thomas \. Stayton,
delegate.
Eighth ward, James Taylor. dele
gate; George Moore. alternate.
Ninth ward. John T. Ahrens. dele
gate.
Third Representative District 80
Fifth ward Hugh Boettger. delegate.
Seventh ward. Matthew d. Murphy
and Ezekial Cooper. delegates.
Fourth Representative District,
First ward, Charles p. Saylor. dele
gate.
Third ward. william Mcmahon,
delegate; Edward Carr. alternate.
Fifth ward, Charles W. Gooding-
delegate.
Fifth Representative District Tenth
ward. Thomas n. Newell, delegate; NJ.
J. Kelly. alternate.
Twelfth ward James l. Ford. dele
gate. and Sylvester Haley. alternate.