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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
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DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
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Governor-Park Trammell
Secretary OF state H. Clay Craw-
ford
Attorney General Thomas F.
West.
Treasurer G. Luning.
Comptroller v. Knott.
Commissioner of Agriculture w.
4. McRac
superintendent of Public Instruc-
tlon-W n. Sheats.
AGjutant General. C. R. Fos-
ter.
State Examiner-Ernest Amos.
State Chemist-R. E. Rose.
Board of Trustees Internal I'M
provement Fund-The Governor.
Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney
General and Commissioner Of Agri-
culture.
Board of Pardons The Governor,
Secretary of State, Attorney General
and Commissioner of Agriculture.
U. S. Senators-Hon. Nathan P.
Bryan, Jacksonville; Hon. Duncan
U. Fletcher, Jacksonville.
Board of Education-Th Cover
nor, Secretary of State, Attorney
General, Treasurer and Superintend-
ent of Public INSTRUCTION.
Board Of State Institutions-Ths
Governor, Secretary of State, Treas
urer, Attorney-G General, Commission
er Of Agriculture, and Superintend-
ent Of Public Instruction.
Board or state lnstitutIons-The
Secretary of State. Treasurer, At
torney General, Commissioner Of
Agriculture and Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
U. S. ngressman-First District,
Stephen NJ. Sparkman, Tampa; Sec
ond District, Frank Clark, Gaines
Vile; Third District, Emmett VIII
son, Pensacola; Fourth, District, w.
J. Sears, Kissimmee.
Count. Officials
Circuit Court Jrdge-Hon. F. A.
Whitney, Arcadia.
County Court Judge Hon. C. NJ.
Trammell.
Circuit Court Cie-,y j. A. John
son.
Prosecuting / corney-R. B. HUI
faker.
Tax ,sessor-J. J. Boynton.
Tax Collector. p. Murdaugh.
Treasurer-W. G. Jones.
Sheriff-John Logan.
Supt. Public 4nstruction-C. A.
Parker.
Supervisor of Registration-P. w.
Daniels.
County Commissioners-J. c.
Swindel, chairman; A. T. Mann,
Barlow; F. b. Swearingen, FIT.
Meade; r. II. Bryson, Winter Haven;
J. e. Lancaster, Bradley.
Board of Public Instruction.. c.
Owens, chairman; C. A. Parker.
Barlow, superintendent; E. M. Law.
Barlow; ]. w. Keen. FIT. Needle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
NATAL GRASS PROMISES
HAY FOR FLORIDA

rhe "a, .'lopment OF the Natal
hay :atvStry promises TO make Flor
ida independent of Northern grass
hays. For ions time the south
lts Econ ;mport:n hay from the
y rtA, ana a grass which would ap-
r.u>inate the feeding value Of tim,
.o.hy las u ry snn2ht For
arida Ae ned seems ID have been
Jfri.#a IA Natal
Analysis snow that it is about
clual in protein content to timothy
iur samples. accordin. TO \. p
|, Spc.csr, district agent for the Uni
N.r.i.y Of Florida Extension Divis-
iea, have run slightly higher than
thh ~ erage OF timothy. When the
sta : cut at the rieth stage and
properly cured, it makes palatable
has OF fine quality 1t seems to be
abb tc smother out weeds and thus
sells well on the market
Natal grass has proved itself we'll
adarted to the high pine sections Of
Middle Florida and seems especially
we'll adapted to the lake region of
Polk and Lake counties on land
which was formerly considered
worthless except for citrus. Flat
wood, lands have been used to some
extent for growing the crop, but it
is the opinion of thse who have OBJ
served its habits of growth that
sucii lands must be well drained be-
fore satisfactory results can be OBJ
tanned.
Mr., Spencer is OF the opinion that
the grass should not be sown on new
raw land. New land should be cul-
titated at least one season to some
other crop. Legumes or some other
cover crop should be grown and
turned under to furnish organic
lands in Florida might be brought
into Natal production lfy proper
preparation.
he grass seems to be adopted. to
the south and central parts of the
State 1t is possible that with i'm
pro, ID varieties and cultural meth
DDS it may be grown farther north.
While some phenomenal yields have
been reported from Natal sections,
it is Lest to expect only moderate
tonnage. 1t seems capable of max
ing only a moderate tonnage, 1t
seems capable of making about a ton
to the acre on average land and this
is about all that can be expected
of timothy in the North. With a
ton to theacre, Florida could be-
core practically Independent of i'm
ported hay jacksonville Metropo-
lis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
aFather of Modern Screy..

Jesse Ramsden. az English inven.
tor. is credited with being the father
of the modern screw. He began in
l775 to pay especial attention to the
making Of screws by machinery. and
his invention may be regarded as the
first example of the modern form of
screw-cutting lathe. although % years
before there had been made in France
a machine for cutting the thread on
the fusees of watches, and 200 years
before Jacob Bessoni had designed a
rude lathe for cutting wooden screws.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
Chum Bob's Sporting Talk

lew York, Jan. SO many ru-
are current about changes in
eball that it will require more
II prophetic ability to tell what
f condition OF things actually is.
1. Brooklyn club is happy, how
r. over thep respects of securing
/ fielder Jimmy Johnson, the Pa
Coast League Star, as a result
he peace treaty. Johnson si.ned
E.h the Feds since the close of the
,.,cn. AS he never played in the
4eral League, however. he reverts
the San Francisco club and the
oklyn club is now in a position
get him. The outtielder is a
her of Doc Johnson. first base
CT the Pittsburgh club, and he
tried out two years ago by the
cago Cubs. He was one of the
?is OF the Pacific Coast League
season.
q
=oe AzevedO has been putting up
II good fights recently that he
r been in great demand. He and
;e Wagon have fought twice
in thepast six weeks and ffht
are yet undecided as to which
he better man as Eddie has also
Ii an excellent account for him
New Haven will be the next
to see Azevedo in action.
an Morgan has added still an
-r fighter to his string of bat
j.. He is Sailor Grande, the San
lcisco middleweight, who has
ut many hard battles in Cali
lie and only was bested twice
= be came east. His recent
S In Philadelphia were all hum
and Morgan is of the opinion
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05

tina; be can make a star out of
Grande.
lhe Windsor arena, which is the
Canadian mecca of so many prize
fighters. has been dark for the past
few weeks. Things, however, Will
beein anew tonight The early
matche- for the CLUB find sammy
Taylor Phil Bloom and Patsy
Drou;llard among the headliners.
Hap ards hockey team has the
most ambitious schedule in its his
tory this season 1t includes games
with the B. R. A., Queens Univer-
sity. of Canada; Cornell, Princeton.
McGill University, Canada, Dart
mouth and Yale 1t looks as
though the Crimson is going out
for as brilliant a record on the ice
as its football team made last sea-
son on the gridiron.
Syracuse University is to revise
its eligibility rules. Acting under
Instructions from the Athletic Gov
erning Board. a committee is now
working on the problem with a view
of establishing rue which bars
man from competing in various ath-
letics for more than three years, the
edict to become effective beginning
January l, 1917. A committee com
posed of Graduate Manager Smith
Prof w. c. Lowe, and all the stu
dent managers has been appointed
to revise the regulations relative to
the election of assistant managers
Now that. the cruel war is over
Portland will probably retain its
place in the Pacific Coast League.
There was much talk of dropping
the club a little while back
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
Parents Presence Sufficient,

Little Harry had an operation and
while coming out of the ancethetic
looked up at his nurse and said rs
my mamma hore?" The nurse said.
Yes Then he said. rs my papa
here" Again the muse assured him
that his parents We're hoh at his bed
side. Thinking little he said; Then
you can go. When child has it's
mother and father that's all it wants"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
Oldest Writinu.

According to the claims of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania museum. the
Oldest pieces of writing known to us
are from the Babylonian tablets re-
Gently deciphered by Professor Barton
OF the University of Pennsylvania.
They deal with events az far back as
EOO0 II c.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
GLER'S FAITH AND MO-
TIVES IN HIS FLORIDA
DEVELOPMENT WORK

)iIOWlug is an extract from the
CT of Mayor ]. E. Ingraham at
Unwilling of the Flagler monu-
in st. Augustine last Sunday:
ring the period when construc-
was being carried on there were
les, floods, hurricanes and pan
enough to has discouraged or
. >ralized any group of men with
faith than Mr.. Flagler had in
ida, but neither floods nor
could dishearten him.
ter the freeze of December,
when millions and millions of
RS Of damage was done to the
-ge industry in the state, fol-
a little more than two years
by that awful freeze of Feb
[. 1897, (that three days of
blast of cold"D, Mr.. Flagler
lost faith for one minute. He
in speaking OF this disaster,
impossible to understand the
of the Aims hty; no one can
rstand and explain them. but
must be some good in them,
1t is for us to try and find it
apply thel essen. so that future
shall be less hurtful.
'nthusiasm and his faith was an
xsple to thousands of men all over
tate, who realized that if Mr..
er, with his great financial
y, had not been discouraged
could afford to renew their
and Keep on with their work,
say without fear OF contradic-
that Mr.. Fla ler by the con-
nee of his great construction
at Miami and Palm Beach at
time did more to restore conf
In the State Than anything
hat could ha 20 happened
TALKING with Mr.. Flagler once
Led him how it happened that
,me to engage in the develop
Of florida. He said that there
tive reasons that actuated him.
waG that he believed that his
ne had been given him for a
lite purp0;e, which was, ITO
his fellow men to help them
s.. and this he could do betted
lorida than elsewhere; the sec
tand he said this with
kle in his eyeD. II wanted to
i a plain American could not
ed where the Spaniard. the
Gilman and theEnglishman had
.ssively failed That he did
led is of worldwide fame. That
OF construction, so called by
OF his enemies and detractors.
$ eier's folly" has been completed
Is most successful, showing the
shtedness and great wisdom of
great philanthropist and prac-
pioneer; this magnificent con-
.on ct work in concrete con-
ing . distant island with the
land by bands of steel, along
b the commerce of the world
Id now; a great viaduct in eff
dividing the waters of the At
C and the waters of the Gulf of
"a. co; class of undertaking that
y 40 precedent in engineering sci
or experience, and that would
ly have even been undertaken
ny body of men, remained for
d TO conceive, to forsee its sue
and to achieve.
the work which he accomplish
a this State Mr.. Flagler was
unselfsh. Had he chosen to
lg- his wealth in other directions,
: his experience and knowledge,
aisht have amassed one of the
lest fortunes of the age. but
ting this opportunity he ex-
s ed his life. energy and money
D eveloping Florida.
2 rough all this great work of
truetion of which there is
len history in the records of Mr..
ler's Companies, there is inter
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
Movements of the Heart.

The heart of an average man makes
about one three-thousandth of volt
of electricity at every beat, and an
instrument sensitive enough to meas.
ure il has been invented
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
Too MANY OF Them.

Hokus-"Old Gotrox is devoted to
music. There Is clause In his win
leaving twenty-five thousand dollars to
establish home for poor singers"
Pokus-"FIow inadequate. Twenty five
millions wouldn't begin to house all
the poor singers Life
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-05
Thoroughness.

Don't half do a thing. Eat the whols
pie-Galveston News
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-01

Denver, June 1.-Denver has the
first municipal industrial bureau in
the L. S. as the result of the election
of Rob't w. Speer as mayor and the
overthrow of commission govern
ment after a three-year trial.
Speer, formerly mayor for two
terms and retired in the face of a re-
form movement four years ago, was
again elected to Office under a char
ter drawn by himself and naming
himself as mayor.
The charter is unique in American
city government because of its pro-
vision for extreme Capitalization of
power under one man and the Gre
alton of the industrial bureau.
Speer will appoint four business
men to the commission in charge of
the bureau and is himself a member.
The commission is to encourage To-
cal industries, investigate businesses
which are not showing proper Re
turns on the capital invested, act as
efficiency experts for local firms and
find jobs for the jObless.
SpeeT plans that wherever the
commission finds a worthy firm la
boring under difficulties the members
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-01

shall examine its methods and, if it
is justified, help secure credit at rea-
sOnable interest.
Speer's industrial plan is the out
growth of a tour of Germany sew
eraI years ago as a member OF the
U. S. chamber of commerce munich
pal investigation commission.
The new charter CentralEes every
executive function of Denver's gov
eminent under Speer. He has power
to make appointments to almost
every city office, except the lower po-
sitions in the fire and police forces,
which remain under civil service. He
will name a cabinet of four to take
charge of the principal city depart
ments. These four can make their
own appointments, but all are direct
Iy responsible to the mayor. He can
remove them at his pleasure.
The legislative side Of the govern
ment is vested in a council of nine
elected members. This council must
also vote all appropriations after the
mayor has made an estimate of the
funds needed.
Speer's chief argument was that a
city should be governed as is a cor
poration - by a single responsible
head who will receive all blame or all
credit. The commission form of gov
eminent tends to scatter the respOn-
sibiity, according to Speer.
-O-O-
WARD ENGINEERS STRIKE OVER
Strike of 40 engineers, Ward bak-
cry, 55th and La Sale, satisfactorily
-o++1oJ +Odoyy NV tnInDbODn Whom
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-01

WARD ENGINEERS STRIKE OVER
Strike of 40 engineers, Ward bak-
cry, 55th and La Sale, satisfactorily
settled today by telephone. When
men walked out, Al Peterson, bust
ness agent, Local 4O1, United Steam
Engineers, got the Ward manager on
the telephone and got a Is per cent
increase in wages.
Seventeen railroads will issue
statement this evening in reply to
demands of freight handlers for Is
per cent increase in wages, an eight
hour day, half Saturday holiday and
overtime pay. Five railroads have
signed up.
Fed Judge Lands confirmed sale of
\ TTT-,A--s,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-15
Passengers in Dire Peril.

An exciting experience befell the passengers in a train travelling from Shrewsbury to Llanymynech, Wales, the other day. The train was de- railed while crossing the girder bridge that spans the River Severn at Shrawardine, And all the passenger coaches were thrown against the sides of the iron bridge. The pas sengers' position was perilous, as the bridge is 60 feet above the river, and even when they escaped from the coaches they were faced with the dan ger of falling through the spaces be- tween the girders of the bridge into the wa r below. Although none of the passengers were actually injured, many women among them were great ly alarmed. One fell out of the train on one of the girders of the bridge. She was saved from falling into the river by a Shrewsbury solici- .or, who managed to grasp her as she clutched the girder; but she was so frightened that she, could not be per ,uaded to release her hold for nearly half an hour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-15
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Notice is hereby given that pursu- ant to an execution directed to the urde rsigned by the Clerk of the Jef- ferscn Circuit Court, Jefferson Coun- ty, Arkansas, in certain cause therein pending wherein Mrs. A. B. P. Fallunl is the plaintiff and A. R. Cal houn is the defendant, the said undersigned will on e '
 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916, N between the hours prescribed by law for sales of real estate under execution process, expose to sale publicly, by auction, to the highest bidder. at the south door of the Jeff ferson County Courthouse in the city o. Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ar kansas, the right, title and interest uf the said defendant in and to the following described real property situated in Jefferson county, Arkan- sas, to-wit:
 Lots eight: nine and ten in block twelve of Jefferson Heights addition, same being located in the east half Cf the west half of section one, town ship six south, ransa ten west.
 The south half of the south halt of the southeast quarter of the north west quarter of section twenty-three, township five south, range ten west:
 Also the following parcel or lot of land described by metes and bounds as follows:
 Comm encing at the northeast corner of the north half of the south half of the southeast quarter of the ncrthwsst quarter of section twenty three,' township five south, range ten west. thence west eleven and sixteen one-hundredths (11.16) chains for point of beginning; thence west eight and eighty-four one-hundredths (S.S4) chains; thence south five chains (5); thence east twelve CPD chains; thence north enc and eighty -four one hundredths (1.84 chains; thence west three and sixteen one-hun- dredths (316) chains; thence north three and sixteen one-hundredths
 S.l6) chains to the point of begin ming.
 TERMS OF SALE: On credit or three months, purchaser being re- auired to give bond and good security for payment of the purchase price as required By law.
 Said sale is for the purpose Of satisfying a judgment in the above ertitled cause in favor of the plain tiff. Mrs. A. B. ,P. Hallum against the defendant. A, R. Calhoun, for the sum of two hundred and eighteen dollars and fifteen cents, interest tnereoh' and costs.
 Given under my hand and seal on this the 14th day of January, 1916.
 R. H. WILLIAMS, Sheriff of Jefferson County, ArAan.
 sas 1-15-22-29
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-15
REPORTS OF
 MARKETS COTTON-GRAIN-LIVESTOCK.
New. York Cotton.

New York, Jan. 14.-Reports Of an easier ocean freight situation and bulllsh consumption figures served to offset the influence of disapnointine cables during today's early trading in the cotton market. The narket open- ed at decline of [ points to an ad- vance of 1 point, with March selling at 12.42c and May at 12.64c on in call, but socn steadied up to 12.47c and 12.7Oc for those positions, or to about the closing figures of vester- day. The census report showed do- nestle consumpticn amounting 10 633,5SO bales of lint and linters for December or the heavies st on record comparing witii 476,116 bales las, year.
 Demand failed to broaden materi l. ly on the early rally and Fluctuations later in the morning were irregu,ar with. pnices showing tendency 70 ease eff under further scattering liquidation and Wall street selling. March declined to 1243c and Nav to 12.66c around midday, with old cro, months ruling about 205 points net lower.
 Local cotton men said that there had been no imprc vement in the ocean freight situation so far as ship ments from New York wei. cob- cerned and it was rumored that s2-.5 per 100 had been paid for Februar, sailing out of New York to a Britisu port
 The market was steadier during tho early afternoon in sympathy with s steadisr tone in New Orleans and on renewed covering, with March selling up to 12.43c and May to 12.72c around o'clock, or about net unchanged to 3 points higher.
 The market clos.d steady The range:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-15
New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans. Jan. 14.LPoor cables caused a recession of 507 points around the opening of the cotton market h-re today but buying was stimulated by the bullish showing 9f tho census bureaus statistics on American mill consumption and rt. action was brought about. Half an hour after the opening prices were ac a net decline of 1M2 points.
 The market turn. d dull but steady and toward noon st-ci unchanged D 3>points down compared with yestr4', days closeM ,.
 IA decrease .ia ihs visible. supply cf American cc.Shf64 the wFsek Of A. 452 bales against an increase this week last year of 176,9SS bales, caused buying in the afternoon, which, put prices 3 points over yes terday's final quotations.
 The market closed steady at a net advance of 1@4 points. The range:
 ClOc oI
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-15
TO DO AWAY WITH STEAM
Electric "Juice," Instead of Coal, Is Planned to Haul Trains in
 the West.

With Chicago, Boston, and several other large cities of the country dis cussing the identification of the rail- ways entering the cities with a view of eliminating a large part of the smoke nuisance problems, and the railroad saying it cannot be done because of the excessive cost, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road is preparing to electrify it's road from Harlowton, Mont, to the Pa cific coast, distance of $50 miles, not because of the smoke from it's en- zines, but as a matter of economy:
 As federal engineers investigations into the most efficient uses of the nat ural resources of the country have led them to suggest the electrification of the railways, the power to be sup piled from the rivers and from plants located at the coal mines, they are much interested in the news that comes from the West concerning this railway. Plans have already been completed and contracts let for the electric locomotives, substation ap- paratus and line material for 113 miles of the main line from Three Forks, Mont, to Deer Lodge, the first of four engine divisions from Harlow ton, Mont, to Avery, Mont, aggregat- ing about $50 miles of track, including yards and sidings. While this con- prises the extent of track to be equipped in the near future, it is un- derstood that plans are being made for the identification of $50 miles should the operating results of the initial installation prove as satisfac- tory as anticipated.
 This is said to be the first attempt to install and operate electric locomo- tives on tracks extending over sev- eral engine divisions. The various other installations throughout the country have usually been made be- cause of local conditions. but it is un- derstood that the identification of this road has been undertaken pure- ly on economic grounds, with the ex- pectation that superior operating re- suits with electric locomotives will effect a sufficient reduction from the present cost of steam operation to yield an adequate return on the large investment required. The power will be obtained from various rivers along the route.
 The electric. locomotives to be used will weigh approximately 260 tons, and have a continuous capacity great CT than any steam or electric locomo-5 tive yet constructed. The passen- ger locomotives will be capable of hauling an S00-ton train at a speed of 60 miles an hour, and will be equipped with an oil-fired steam heat ing apparatus for the cars.
 When the four engine divisions are completed, it is the intention to com- bine them into two divisions of 220 mile lengths, changing crews, how ever, at the present division points. As the electric locomotive needs in- spection only after a run of about 2,000 miles, requires no stops for talk ing on coal or water, or lay-over due to dumping ashes, cleaning boilers, or petty roundhouse repairs, it may be expected that the use of these loco motives will result in considerable change in the method of hauling trains now limited by the restrictions of the steam engine.-Washington Star.