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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

Isn't this Moran person the lucky
guy? He's got a job which will pay
him at the rate of 100000 for an
eight-hour day. But at that, he
doesn't have to work but half an
hour or so, for which he will receive
1922 5OO-and all the rest of the time
to himself. All he has to do to earn
the money is to stand up before Jess
Willard for the length of time men,
toned Perhaps you want the job7
Yes? No?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22
EXECUTIVE COM.
FIX ASSESSMENTS
OF CANDIDATES

The Democratic Executive Com
mittee for Polk county, Florida, met
in regular called session in the court
house in Barlow, Florida, on Wednes-
day, the 18th day of March, A. D.,
1916. at which the following mem
bers were present:
Thomas Prime, G. T. Hill, C. A.
Boswell, ]. l.. Robinson, Henry Lew
is, T. E. Meeks, Vernon Whidden,
John A. Williams, T. A. Currie, ].
T. Miller, M. H. LaRue, B. G. Mayo,
J. L. Knowles, David Burns and o. ].
Pope.
The meeting was called to order
by c. A. Boswell, chairman, with G..
| T. Hill as secretary.
The chairman stated that in accOr-
dance with his notice, the meeting
was called for the purpose of revis-
ing the assessment made against the
iifferent candidates for the respec-
IlNC tOuIty Oilltto, IL Wdo lOuuu
hat if the per cent. of the net earn
ings of the various officers were col
lected, it would place large surplus
of money in the treasury, for which
the Executive Committee had no
need and it would complicate matters
in the end and cause dissatisfaction
by trying to return the percentage to
the different candidates after the
election.
Thereupon, T. A. Currie moved
that resolution be passed by the
Executive Committee resembling the
assessment of 2 per cent. of the net
earnings of the various county Of
fees to be paid the Executive Com
mite by the various candidates for
the respective offices, which motion
was seconded by J. l.. Robinson and,
after discussion, the motion was I'M
animously adopted.
A motion was then made that the
Committee take up the matter Of a
new assessment of amounts to he
paid in by the different candidates FOR
the respective county Offices and, at.
ter discussion, the motion was adopt
ed
Thereupon the Committee, after
going over returns made by differ
ent officers of the county, fixed the
assessment, and B. G. Mayo offered
the following resolution:
Be it Resolved. That the Executive
COMMITTEE of the Democratic party
in and for the county of Polk and
state of Florida, hereby assess the
amounts set opposite the various fol-
flowing named officers as the amount
to be paid to the County Executive
COMMITTEE by each candidate for the
Irrespective offices. as provided by the
Primary Laws of the State of Flor
ida:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

in making the Hillsborough county
board of trade one of the best county
boards in the state of Florida and
wants to do the same work for the
South Florida Chamber of Commerce.
PLANT City Courier.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

We do not blame young folks for
getting a little restless in school
these ideal spring days, but when
their restlessness takes the form of
setting the school buildings afire to
get a vacation, as isx boys did at
Gainesville, Ga, the other day, a
copious dose of strap oil seems the
best remedy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

While Wood and Knott are max
ing the fur fly" Hudson is quietly
annexing the votes necessary to make
him Florida's next Governor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

Gilchrist is an irrepressible opti-
mist. He declares that he will be the
leading candidate in thirty-four of
the forty-fve counties, and second
choice in every county in the State.
What's the use in Park and Nat
pummeling one another over the
State If the thing is already fixed
like that?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

So far nobody seems to be warm
ing up politically to any great ex-
tent, except the candidates.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

The Ocala Banner notes that re-
Gently The Commoner copied an ar
ticle from the Miami Herald and the
World copied one from the Jackson
vile Times-Union. Huh! That's
nothing. We've copied articles from
both the Commoner and the World.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

Despite the high price of gasoline
the Fords continue to run. Some
people will dig up the price of a
gallon if they have to do without
their steak.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

A top price of 1913 per box was
paid for Florida oranges in New
York the other day. However, people
who grow Indifferent fruit and mar
ket theirc rops in the most hap-haz-
ard manner will continue to claim
that there is no money in the citrus
game.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

all the Democratic voters in their
respective precincts registered which
motion was unanimously adopted.
There being no further business,
the committee adjourned subject to
call of the chairman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22
LABOR NEWS AND NOTES.

Soldiers at the army posts in New mored motor
York have opened a cooperative used in army
school of instruction at their own service.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22
THE LAKELAND NEWS.

weekly newspaper giving q resume
ii local matters. crop conditions,
county affairs, etc Sent anywhere
tor $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-22

c. A. Boswell,
Attest: Chairman.
o. j. Pope, Secretary.
Barlow Courier Informant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

For many years Sing Sing was notcri-
Gus as about the worst penal institution
man could be committed TO. Great
progress in the direction of treating the
men like human beings who have GONE
wrong instead of beasts that need con
tnement and harsh treatment, has been
made by Warden Osborne and DR..
Kirschway. One of the first improve
ments Mr.. Osborne expects to introduce.
now that he has been reinstated as head
of the institution, is the examination of
every prisoner by an expert in mental
diseases, in order to ascertain what spe-
cial treatment is required to remove the
criminal tendency. The Rockefeller
Foundation is to finance the experiment.
This looks like another step in the
recognition of the fact that prisons
should be schools of citizenship rather
than schools of crime.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
EVENING
HIIR TALE q WARY
80 I>yI S s g.: ! /
FARMLAND BALL.

"For days around this Ball I am
going to tell you about" commenced
Daddy, there was talk of nothing else
in Fairyland. The little Elves would
meet the Brownies and would ask
them if they had their costumes all
ready for the big event. The Fairies
would meet the Butterflies and ask
them if they We're getting ready for
the Party. For the Butterflies had
been invited, and the Party was being
given by the Fairy Queen.
'The Fairy Queen had told all her
Guests that they could ask each other
if they We're getting ready for the
Party, but they must not ask what
anyone'S costume was to be-for there
were to be any number of surprises
at this Ball.
'The Fairy Queen sat on a throne
made of bright pink Phlox and her
gown was of bright pink, too. Her
wand was of silver and pink, and her
wings matched, of course.
opposite the Fairy Queen was q
stand made of Moss and tall Ferns.
But there didn't seem to be a sign of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
WESTMINSTER WEST.

The Ladies Aid society met Thurs
day for supper with Mrs. Frank Har-
low.
Hazel Townsend of Putney was a
guest this week at Mrs Jerome
Holden 5.
Mrs. Harry Sparks and little daugh-
ter, Myrtle, of Townshend are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs jerome Hol-
den.
Miss Carrie Houghton of Springfield
Mass, is spending a two weeks vaca-
tion with her parents, Mr.. AID Mrs
Bert Houghton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard d. Way of
Hartford, Conn, came Saturday in
their automobile to visit Mr.. and Mrs
Seymour Minard.
Hugh Houghton. who has been work
ing for barrow & Akin in Putney
since school closed, has returned home
for the remainder of the summer
family of Burlington and Mrs. Doane
guests Tuesday of Mrs. Walter
Harlow, coming in their automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Sawyer and
babN OF DeS MONIES, Iowa, who are
visiting i'll Walpole, n. H., and Miss
Margaret and Miss Sarah Wright OF
Westminster were guests one day last
week of their aunt, Mrs. Walter Har.
low, coming in an automobile.
Mrs. George Campbell, who was Wis
iting here from Schenectady, n. Y.
was called to Newburgh, New York
last week Monday because of the seri
Gus illness of her mother. Mr.. Camp
bell, who remained here, received word
of her death and went to Newburgh
Thursday. Their many friends here ex
tend sympathy to Mr.. and Mrs. Camp
bell in their bereavement.
The members of the baseball nine
will give a farcical trial entitled The
| Great Pumpkin Case of Cuff We. Mull
at the town hall next Friday evening
August IL. There viii be piano auC
| violin solos also readings by Grac.
Harlow of Cambridge, Mass. After the
play there will be a sale of ice cream
and cake and home made candy. The
proceeds will be used toward paying
| the expenses of the baseball team.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

Brownies all came wearing little suits
of green and tall green hats. Every
one was so surprised to see them in
green for, of course, they seldom wear
any color but their favorite brown.
'The Elves wore costumes made of
pine needles, and they made almost
the greatest impression of all. The
Fairies Wore every color you can pos
sibly think of, so Fairyland was ablaze
with color.
Last of all came the Butterflies in
their very very best. And you know
the best suits and dresses of the But
terflies are about as handsome as any
you can find.
'They all danced for a very long
time until at last the Fairy Queen
called out, Supper is ready, and We're
going to have it around the Throne.
Come gather aroundv
''All the Guests hurried to the Fairy
Queens Throne-but before they had
chance to get there-all of Il sud
den-what should they see before them
but tables-countless tables which
were nothing else but the Toadstool
family who had lent themselves for
the occasion.
around the tables all the Elves
and Brownies, and Fairies sat on still
smaller ToadstOOls which made excel
lent seats. The Butterflies sat on the
Tables-where they were not the least
scrap in the way, and they liked to
filter forth from one Toadstool to an
other and taste the different Flowers.
the Fairy Queen had scattered about.
Eyes, there was delicious Flower
honey for the Butterflies and every
time they flew from one Toadstool to
another the Fairy Queen would wave
her wand and fresh Flowers would fall
down-just like a storm of Flowers.
"For dessert the Butterflies had Won
derful honey from Wild Roses. And
the rest of the guests had all the
goodies they wanted-but at the very
end of the Supper, the Fairy Queen
said:
"'Now for the Grab Bagr
"Just then an enormous black Bird
| flew down, carrying bag many times
larger than he was, and after dropping
it in a corner of the wooded grove, he
flew about over it, blowing and putting
for all he was worth. The Bag seemed
! to get bigger every minute.
| Enough said the Fairy Queen
and the black Bird stopped blowing
| into the Bag, and flew over to saucer
of Worms and dish of fresh Water
| the Fairy Queen had ready for him
| behind her throne.
"Then she waved her wand and tol(
| all her Guests to try for the grab bag
Such fun as they all had, and they got
marvellous presents out of the Bag
For the Butterflies there were Baskets
made of Flowers holding very rare
honey-which was the biggest surprise
of ALL"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
b IL L / A II ID S

Billiards Is a pleasing substitute for
the two-mile run which has practical
" the same effect upon the legs, caus-
ing them to droop YEARLY toward the
southwest and wabbIe in their orbit
like shooting star. 1t is very
healthful form of exercise, and is es-
pecially recommended for the use Of
exhausted business men who are try
ing to work up enough ambition to
tackle the lawn mower.
There was a time when billiards was
looked upon by the clergy as snare Of
the devil, but since it has been intro
duced to the Y NJ c. AS and the par
Tors of the church it is considered no
more harmful than the annual rattle
for the pipe-organ fund. Some mothers
and fathers go so far as to say that
they would rather have their boys play
billiards IN the church than in some
basement pool hall with a blind pig in
connection, thus establishing proof Of
the doctrine of total depravity. If
every church in the country had bill
lard room for its boys. presided over
by one of the brethren who at some
time or other was fourtcen-carat bow
himself, there would be fewer poker
games running at full blast in the Ium-
Der yards and along the river banks of
our small towns.
Billiards is played by poki1g ivory
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

anyone on the stand. AS the Guests
began to come in they all wondered
what it was for.
Take your Partners for the first
Dance cried the Fairy Queen.
And then the Ferns on the Moss
stand began to move, and right out in
the front of the stand stepped the
Fairy 1bab with her orchestra of Fai-
ries and little Wood Creatures. They
We're all dressed in gowns of Ferns,
and the Fairy Ybab waved long, big
Fern for the others to keep time by.
"But / must tell you about the cos
tunes, for they were so beautiful. The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
PROFIT IN INSURANCE.
War Risk Bureau Has Earned Over Two
Million Dollars.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. - Over S.
OOo,OOO in profits have been earned bv
the federal war risk insurance bureau.
according to an announcement made bv
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. The
bureau has been in existence one wear
and IL months. 1t will expire bv limi-
tatIon on September next, and Mr..
McAdoo expressed the hope that con
gress would see tit to extend the life of
the bureau until the present European
war Is over. The secretary s official
statement said:
Secretary McAdoO made public a
summary of the operations of the bu-
reau of war risk insurance which, with
a profit of more than $2,0O0,000 to the
federal government in less than two
years, has been of incalculable benefit &c
the business of the country, affordina
war risk insurance where it was umob
tainable from other sources, or obtain
able at high and prohibitiv. rates, and
greatly influencing war risk insurance
rates generally to reasonable and
equitable basis.
From September ,, 1914, the date
of its establishment, to July 81, 1915
the bureau issued / $50 policies cover
ing total amount of $13S, S92, $50 OF
American cargoes and ships carrying
on-contraband goods all over the
world -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
ADVICE CONCERNING EPIDEMIC
Health Officer Says Children Should Be
Kept Scattered.

Editor of The Reformer:-
In view of the fact that infantile
paralysis is spreading and appearing
IN new places nearly every dav few
words of caution and advice to par
ents and others in charge of children
cannot he amiss. As it is thought the
germ of the disease can be carried by
people who are not themselves afflicted
with it, parents should not allow their
children to go to moving picture shows,
socIables, picnics, church services, SUI
day school, or any other public gather
ing. Children should be kept scattered
as much as possible, and to do this il
can be no great hardship for children
to be kept at home until the epidemic
Is checked.
L. b. CHAPMAN
Nlhdhan, Aug. Health Officer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

The states which have sent no
troops to the Mexican border are West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-.
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Miss
issippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. These
states are hundreds Of miles nearer the
Rio Grande than the New England
states and they are the part of the
country that has received special con.
Idcration from the administration
The answer undoubtedly is that they
were not prepared.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following new; Dealers
Sratteboro, Brattfeboro News Co.
Park Drug Store. c. w. Cleaveland, d
i. Cutler ~ Co. (Esteyville), Brooks
House Pharmacy.
West Brattleboro, j. L. Stockweu.
East Dummerston, NJ. f. Brown.
Putney M. G. Williams.
NeWfane, N. NJ. Batcheldsr.
Townshend, c. W. Cutler.
West Townshend, C. H. Grout
jamaica, Y. j. Daggett
South Londonderry, L. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, +. 3. Buffum.
west Chesterfield, NJ. H., Mrs. w
Streeter.
Alnsdale, N. H., w. H Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Bert0Iino q Bertolino, +. G. Winnewisser.
Windsor, VI, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

According to the latest eomputa-
tiol, Russia has captured a total of
$4,000 prisoners during the present
offensive movement against the leu
tonic allies. Taking these figures as a
basis for their computation, Russian
officers estimate the Teutonic losses in
that campaign so far as being close to
100000. The calculation is reasonable
and it gives some idea of the wearing
away process to which the German and
Austrian armies are being subjected OF
all the fronts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

balls around on table and trying to
making them connect with one eye
screwed into al agonizing squint. There
is only one kind of physical exercise
which calls more muscles of the body
into play than billiards, ana that is
saving wood, but owing to the scarcity
of cord wood men are driven to play
ing billiards. Most men would prefer
to saw a cord of wood before breakfast
ami their wives would prefer to have
them, but our standing timber is too
precious to be thus wasted.
While science helps man to play
billiards, it is not positively necessary
rangv, muscular player who has
horseshoes bullying out of both hip
pockets and enjoys q stand-in with
Providence IS more dangerous TO meet
than a fat man who is on roller skates
for the first time. Thousands of men
are playing billiards every day. when
they ought to be shooting craps for a
living.
Billiards is like the patent medicine
which is % per cent alcohol-it is all
right except when used as a beverage
The man who learns how to gallon
around a billiard table for an hour
aud then remembers that he has bust
ness to look after will have something
to leave his family besides sad regrets
and mortgaged future.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF the paper each night, and 1t solcits
the cooperation Of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, in per
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause OF the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied.
1t is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

y strike Of 100000 members of four
brotherhoods who are employed in the
operating of 30 railroads of the coun-
try would be a national calamity The
public at large would suffer more than
the companies or the railroad mel. The
threatening condition calls attention
again to the Leed of some form of com
pulsory arbitration when the tie-up of
public utilities Is imminent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

+. l.. Ingalls,, state club leader of
the Vermont college of agriculture,
states that there are over 1000 bows
and girls in the state carrying on
some definite club work, and over
1000 are enrolled in clubs. This sounds
encouraging, but the showing is not
large considering the important work
being done at Lyndonville, where all
Of the 1920 school children are en-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

The Manchester Union, the leading
newspaper of New Hampshire, is right
there with the berries in It's issue Of
August >, when one of the features
if its editorial page is "Thc Garden
RS Calendar for June Almost as up
to date as the merchant who used TO
advertise sleigh bells in July and grass
seed in January.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
TO ADVERTISERS,

Transient advertising-Ru Of paper.
80 cents an inch for first insertion: q
cents an inch for each subsequent inser
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Fiys cents
a line first insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with so per cent diseoun
for each subsequent insertion without
change Of copy
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
WEST HALIFAX.

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Cooke of Brattle-
boro were at his fathers Sunday.
Mrs. Briggs, houselleeper for Judge
Worden, is very i'll and under the doctor
care
Mr.. and Mrs Olney Croshier of Shell
burne Falls were at her fathers, Judge
Worden's, Sunday
Mrs. Marble Pratt of Somerville, Mass.
and Mrs. w. E. Pratt were at d. ID
Pratt's the first of the week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

Where are the town representative
candidates! The time is fast approach
i'm when through the primaries nomi-
nations will be made for candidates to
bee voted for in November.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

Russia Will gain more out of the
great conflict than any other nation.
In fact it is the country that has actu-
ally prospered while the war is in
progress. Prohibition has caused the
greatest change, and this has been sup
plcmented by the forced development
of new industries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

listed in the work which Mrs. john B.
Chase has organized and directed with
remarkable success. The boys and girls
of Lyndonville sold over $4,000 worth
of maple sugar products last spring,
and this is only one of many branches
of productive work in which they are
engaged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03
THURSDAY, AUGUST ,. 1916.

With prices around 81 bushel we
shall soon be calling on Saturday nights
for "a small Sirloin of beans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-03

Before laying the blame on another,
1t is well to question ourselves as to
our own share of responsibility for
what has gone wrong