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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
d.. Edwards Olive Tablets

4 the one dependable remedy for bad
complexions. They act on the liver and
bowels like calomel. yet have no dam
gerous after-efect. They assist nature
% throw of the impurities that get in
% the blood. They will surely clear up
sven the most distressing condition
quickly and tone up the entire system,
swing pure. fresh. ruddy skin. They
orc absolutely pure--easy to take and
correct constipation. They act quickly,
cleanse and puify-and make you feel
1nc. Start treatment now. Get bog
l1om any druggist-I0c and 25c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
December 10th.

Early morning-before dawn.
At midnight / went to Miles
room, to relieve the doctor. APP
parently it gave Miles comfort to
see me standing by his bedside, In
the dlmly lighted room. with my
hand on his forehead. He became
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
-ACAaalRs.
Complexion
Most every woman

wants nice. clear COM wv
plexion. and can have it at trifling cost.
Constipation in women i, increasing
y an alarming extent and this causes
poor circulation. which accounts for
yellow. pimply complexions which so
many women are trying to overcome.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31

| heart was in Une grave. ne S-
this to Mrs. Jones by saying that a live
man was better any day than a dead
one and Ethel was sure to find it out.
1t must be admitted that there is more
wisdom In the explanation than senti-
ment In the statement.
All things have an end, and the
plumbers courtship was no exception.
The wedding day came round, and
with it came coincidence. When the
wedding party was assembling in walk
ed Horace Morton. who had failed to
get on the dead list in accordance with
the navy regulations. And there was
no time for an investigation. He
had walked out Of the hospital in deli
rum, and the party responsible for him
had been looking for him up to the
very moment of the sailing Of the feet
hOmeward
Upon his appearance as a wedding
| guest, pale and eIaaciated, there was a
scattering of those present. The bride
! alone seemed to consider him flesh and
! blood and. rushing toward him, fell
into his arms. He had been aware of
| Mrs. Jones opposition to him and her
: preference for the plumber; conse-
| quently he took in the situation with
out its being explained to him.
| Il reckon he said, that since every,
thing is handy for wedding we may
as well have one"
Mrs. Jones. seeing that she had lost,
threw up the sponge. The plumber re-
marked that there were as good fish in
the sea as ever were caught and walked
away without any evident disappoint-
ment Ethel was presently prevailed
upon to celebrate the wedding with the
change of grooms, and when the par
son came in she was married to the
sailor.
This is not the only case of a mans
being officially dead and turning up
at time when he is not expected.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Gladys Writes
To p. C.'S
Dear Col. Edwards
prominent citizens)

Dear Col. Edwards,
l .eel thai / oIght 70 write you
few lines about y,uf hair. I think
you worry entirely too much about
it. Suppose you were required to
have as many tresses as do. look
terrible without my switch on, but
think you look lovely just as you
are.
You have such nice face I often
wonder whether it is because you
drink Chero-Cola, or whether it is
natural with you. You know Chero-
Cola does give one that happy, pop
ular look. ! was talking to George
Moore the other day when you went
along, and I said to him, "Col. Ed
wards certainly has a Chero-Cola
face if ever man had" He aid, 81
thought you were boosting Chero-
Cola; haven't had a scrap with jim
ME Nesbit, have you?" George is
just naturally jealous, and don't
think. he can help it But | said,
''Well, a bottle of Chero-Cola would
do you good right now"
/ always think of Chero-Cola when
feel blue or mad or jealous. And
then l think of it when | am happy
because it always seems to give the
| finishing touch to my happiness.
What l started to tell you is that
you need not be SO envious of Col
Spencer. Your face really makes up
for any deficiency in the framing of
it Such face is very rightly
called a Chero-Cola face. You know
the kind that cheers but does not
we'll that doesn't sound right, but
am sure you get the idea.
Your True Friend,
GLADYS.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31

conducted by the following officers A Presl-
dent; vice-President; ana Secretary and
Treasurer and such other officers as NAV
from time TO time be deemed necessary. The
officers Of said corporation shall be elected
annually, TO serve for a term OF one % year
by the stockholders Of the corporation, at an
election to be held on the first Monday in
July Of each year The following persons shall
be the officers OF this corporation and con-
duct the business thereof until those elected
at the first annual meeting Of the stockholders
shall be elected and qualified: c. NJ. Clayton,
President; D. o. Rogers, Vice President; w
T. Overstreet, Secretary and Treasurer
Article W.
The highest amount Of Indebtedness or LA.
bility to which this corporation can al any
time subject itself shall be One Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
Article VII
The names and residences Of the subscribing
incorporators, and the amount of capital stock
subscribed for by each, are as follows:
Name Residence Shares
C. NJ Clayton, Lakeland, 400
| w. T. Overstreet, Lakeland, Fla----------S99
D. 0. Rogers, Lakeland Fla ---------one N
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said incor.
, porators have hereunto set their hands and
seals this 9Th day Of May, A D. 1916.
C. NJ. CLAYTON (SeaD
W. T. OVERSTREET (SeaD
D. 0. ROGERS (SedD
STATE OF FLORIDA,
COUNTY OF POLK
| Hereby certify, that before me. the under.
signed authority, personally appeared c. NJ
Clayton, w. r. Overstreet, and D. o. Rogers
! to me well known to be the persons described
| in and who executed the proposed Charter of
Winter Haven Fruit Company, and acknowl-
edged TO and before me, each for himself, that
| they executed the same for the uses and pur-
poses therein set forth and expressed.
| WITNESS my hand and official seal al Lake
land, Polk county, Florida, this Sth day OF
| May. A. d. 1916.
THOS X. CURETON. Notary Public
(Notarial Seal)
| 545S NV commission expires Sept. Il, 1918
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Awful Thought.

Frances has been taught to use only
the choicest English, colloquialisms
and all other departures from the lin
guistic straight and narrow way meet
ing with serious disapproval. One day
Frances desired to play near some
workmen. but was refused permission
on the ground that they sometimes
used bad language. What do you sup
pose they say, mammal" inquired the
diminutive daughter of Eve, ali eager
interest. oh, couldn't tell you" was
the mothers natural rejoinder Just
bad words" Mother" whispered
Frances after a period OF self-commuDs
! Ing, dc you suppose they say ANTI =
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Beuan Stanley's Career.

David Livingstone started on his
last great journey into the heart Of
the Dark Continent in 1865. 1t was
not until November 1871, that Stan
ley found him. Stanley's book, How
| Found Livingstone" had a most
enormous sale, and his meeting with
Livingstone turned Stanley from a
newspaper correspondent into the
most enthusiastic of African explor.
ers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Couldn't Talk ANY More.

Wilma and mother were at home
alone one evening when Wilma s
brother informed them by telephone
that he had just married. 1t sur
prised his mother so that she started
|, to cry, and so did little Wilma. In
the meantime one of his old sweet
hearts called up and asked to speak
to him, and Wilma, at the telephone,
sobbed her answer: You cant talk
to my brother no more. He just
phoned mamma he got him a wife to.
night.''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Moses Not to Blame.

What do you mean by
cheating me like this? You said this
chain l bought here would last a life
time. and here's all the plating worn
off in a month" Moses-'AIine
friendt, | said dot shain would last you
lifetime because ven you puy it you
look so ill I didn't tipk you would live
der week oudt."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Bearded Freak.

One of the earliest of the American
bearded freaks was Louis Jasper. who
lived in southern Virginia at about the
time of the close of the Revolutionary
war. His beard was nine and half
feet long and correspondingly thick
and heavy. He could take his mus.
tache between his fingers and extend
his arms to their full length and still
the ends of the mustache were over a
foot beyond his finger Exchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Mans Heaviest Burden.

1t is what a man has to do for a
living that pals on him. If it were to
become the custom for ball teams to
pay rooters. it would not be long be-
fore there would be a rooters' union
that would demand Il reduction of in
nings, more wages and pint of suds
per capita between innings.-Houston
Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Novel Eskimo Belief.

The Eskimos have an original SUI
perstition. They say that one day
Amiga, the moon, chased his sister, the
sun, in wrath. Just as he was about
to catch her, however. she turned
round and threw a great handful of
SCOT in his face, and thus escaped
him; and of that SCOT he bears the
traces to this day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Self-Examination First.

No one can hope to make any real
progress i'll the pursuit and apprehen-
sion of truth who does not Industrious
ly ply the broom of impartial judg-
ment, mercilessly sweeping down the
cobwebs of misconception and error.
Part of this work We can do for others,
but we must begin by removing the
beam from our own eye before seek
ing to cast out the mote that dims our
brothers vision. -Zions Herald
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Strong Temptation.

When a man has an idea that the
weight of the world rests on his shout
ders he is almost invariably tempted
to kick, regardless of the risk of up
setting his precious luggage.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Brouuht Up to Date.

Take care of your pennies and some
one will come along with a get-rich-
quick scheme and take care of your
dollars
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Good Enouuh.

rs that a good fountain pen OF
yours?" THE best ever. 1t never
leaks-except, of course, when I'm
wearing a white vest
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
Classified
Advertising
FOR SALE

FOR SALE male French poodles
six months old. Inquire at Telegram
office. 5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31

FOR SALE-Good baled hay, cured
with hay caps. 81 per 100. S.
A. Sylvester, Hollingsworth.
$500
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
c. NJ. CLAYTON.
W. t. OyERSTREET.
PROPOSED CHARTER OF WINTER HAVEN
EptJT rnMPANN

PROPOSED CHARTER OF WINTER HAVEN
FRUIT COMPANY
The undersigned incorporators hereby asso-
ciate themselves together for the purpose OF
state of Florida with the following proposed
Charter
Article |.
The name of said corporation shall be Winter
Haven Fruit Company, and its principal place
Of business shall be located in Winter Haven,
Florida, but IL may establish ranch offices
anywhere in the United States Of America.
Article ~.
The purpose for which this corporation is
organized is to conduct a general real estate
business: to buy, own. acquire. cultivate, de-
yelop, and otherwise deal in and mortgage,
sell. convey and otherwise dispose Of real
estate and personal property of any and all
kinds whatsoever: to erect houses and build
ngs and sell and dispose of same; to own
and cultivate orange and citrus fruit groves
and manage same, either for themselves or
others: to buy. sell, and deal in all kinds OF
citrus fruits and farm products; to own and
operate stock farms TO act as general and
local commission merchants and conduct a pro-
duce brokerage business: TO manufacture into
the finished product any and all kinds OF raw
material: to own, operate and conduct hotels,
packing houses and warehouses: to borrow and
loan money; to own and operate wholesale and
retail stores for the purpose Of disposing of
any and all kinds Of personal property: and
to do any and all such acts as are legitimate
and not prohibited by the laws Of the State
Of Florida and this Charter
ARTICLE ~.
The amount Of capital stock Of the said
corporation shall he eighty thousand dollars
1880 OOOl TO be divided into eight hundred
shares Of the par value Of One Hundred Dol.
lars t$lO00Ol each, to be paid for in cash or
in labor and services a Just and fair val
uaton to be fixed by the stockholders OF said
corporation at any regular special meeting.
Article W.
The term for which this corporation shall
exist shall be perpetual.
Article v.
The business of this corporation shall be
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31

FOR SALE CHEAP-Three-bu
blue-fiame oil stove. Also 30 gal
Ion galvanized tank ready to con-
meet to stove. Address Stove,
care Teegrani. 5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-31
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR
LETTERS PATENT

Notice is hereby given mat the undersigned
will apply TO the Honorable Park NJ. Trammell,
Governor Of the State Of Florida, at his office
In Tallahassee, Florida, the 10th day OF
June, A. d. 1915, for Letters Patent, incor-
porating Winter Haven Fruit Company under
the following proposed Charter, the original OF
which is now on file in the office Of the Sec
rotary Of State Of Florida.
Witness our names this sth day Of May.
A d. 1916
& NJ CLAYTON
Evening star., 1916-12-24
BY H. C. BYRD.

How is a big league base ball cup
directing the great diamond organlZa-
tions obtain the services OF competent
youngsters to take the places of Vet
Grams when the latter begin to SUI cutho
to the strain of years? WHAT is the
secret OF the vast fund of information
at the hands of the maEa2"r OF the big
league nine concerning the cal aoilitles
of players in even the most remote sec
tons?
No qustions are more vital TO the
interests of the thousands that follow
base ball year in and year out, yet
there are few to which more complete
answers could not De giEea. rae aver ,
age fan knows trades are hiade ana
players bought outright. put that ~
about the extent OF his lniorna.loii
The men who engineer base baii deais
are c!ose-mouthed, and there Is lttle
that passes their lips concerning the
business of the club which employs
them. In order to protect hilAseH ana
his euployer from vigilant rivals. the
major league scout says nothing TO
the public through the medium OF the
press and the manager or the team
-nows better than TO divulge the IN
formation hich al Ways 81 presented to
him in private conference. Just as the
representative of a big manufacturing
concern watches carefully lest he give
away in an unguarded moment some
valuable trade secret, SO does the scout
Evening star., 1916-12-24
DARCY NOT A STACKER"
Australian Boxer Says He Will En-
list After Few Fights
in This Country.

NEW YORK. December 23-Les
y fcy. the Australian midd!eweight
sho arrived here this morning, said
he wanted to make II clear that he
was not Stacker and had not left
Australia to avoid going to the front.
Il am going to fight for Great Brit
ain as soon as I have had a few fights
here and made enough money to sup
in comfort" he said. After that |
will go to Canada Or England and
enlist.
II would have gone before but
would have left my family in want
then. One of my brothers is older
than / am, but he is cripple. Another
is seventeen and he works day and
night as baker. The others are only
little fellows. After 1 have got enough
money for the family. then l will go to
war. What happens after that won't
make much difference then. / can be
killed then. There is not much chance
of going through without being killed
The immigration authorities waived
the usual examinations in Darcy's case.
Darcy is accompanied by q. j. OSul-
liyan as manager and trainer. He left
Australia as a StoWaWay late in Octo
her and his disappearance caused
much wonderment in sporting circles.
Darcy probably will sign contracts to
meet Jack Dillon or Billy Miske before
the year is out
Evening star., 1916-12-24

zealousjy protect the fund Of informa-
ton he always has stored away.
What is the scout? Just what is the
nature of his profession? What in
teeral rart does he perform in the
game which has been developed into
a great business? Briefly, the scout is
one of the most important factors in
the maintenance of the playing stand
ard of the modern ball club, and some
insight into how he plays his part is
to he given. The scout travels the
country over. visiting the small cities
which maintain minor league teams to
get line on players who in his esti-
nation, have the earmarks of capabil-
tiles which will entitle them to con-
sideration as big leaguers at some
future date. That. in simple language,
is the work of the man V no makes it
his life profession to find men who
measure mp to the requirements of base
ball in the eight cities which support
mines in the American ard National
leagues
There are several classes of scouts.
In almost every town which boasts a
base bail team there is n man who rec
ommends players to some of the major
league clubs. Outlines 1t Is the man
some former player who has gone into
business or set himself up in a profess
sion. None of these is the real article,
though. and it is mighty seldom that
a player is accepted solely upon their
recommendation. The real scout is the
man who Is subject at all times to the
orders of the club officials. and who
receives a.regular salary for his serv-
ices. 1t is not very often that any
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Tia Juana Race Results.
TIA JUANA. December %

IIA il Ana. December
First race three yea -olds and upward selling
one mile-Mike Cohen. los tPickensD. to .
even. l to .. won; Morado. 103 (Depoysteri. u
to 1. s 10 1. to 1. second: Leo H.. Ill fDOrity)
80 TO l. 90 TO l. TO l. third. Time 1.42 Soon
Larkin. Mandadero. Helen N. and Sovereign also
ran.
Second race, three-year-oIds and upward: sell
ing; mile and a sixteenth-Peiit Beu. 10l
Casey, o to 3. to 20. out. won; Ceos. 10.
tGrosst. to 5. 20 3. out, second Dove. 102
(MooreD. - to /, to ]. TO 3. third. Time.
las Mockery and Marguerite W. also ran.
Third race. three year -oIds and upward sell
ing: five and one-half furlongs-krnneth. ITO
,Obrienl. 8 TO 2, 4 10 8, out. won: Cal Curn lG5
no CavanauYhj. 40 to !. Ii 10 l. to l, third.
Time. LOT. Gabrio. Oakland, Palatable. Category
and Handy Andy also
Fourth race, handicap. selling: all ages; one
mile-Justice Goebel. 103 tMsr,inD. 12 to /. to
l. TO ]. won: Colonel Marchmont. 105 fYandrI-
sem. 3 TO /. to 8. to 10, second: John Gra-
ham. los tMathewsi. Q to .. 10 Z. even, third.
Time. 80 is. Prince s.. Bogy johnson. Sam
uel X. Meyer and Camellia also ran.
Fifth race. two year -olds: selling: five and ono.
half furlongs attitude. 110 Uickenst 3 to .
to,10. TO 3. won: Gladys I Am IO7 (Nolan,.
. 10 .. TO 5, 10 10. second; Bngen lO1
tTroHlerl. to ]. . to .. even. third. Time
1-O' 80. Signorette. Mike, Broncho Billy and
Rosills also ran.
Sixth race. three yea -olds and upward: sell.
ing: one mle-Zangaree. Ill (ObrienJ IL TO !,
: to .. TO 3. won; Boala, 103 tScherer) , TO
?, To .. TO 10, second; Plume, III (Smith,.
10 /. TO 1. even. third. Time / Al 10 yireo
Christmas Eve. Acumen. Celebrity and Enzra yer
also
Evening star., 1916-12-24

PLAYER is bought or secured IN any
wise without the approval OF the IN
diyidual who holds that relationship.
The number of scouts carried oE the
-arious clubs differs. one club IN the
American lea que has had but one man
on its roster for the last two years,
while there are others which employ
half dozen or more.
which is the more successful system
would be difficult TO judge. II wonld
Iannear that the more men who were
scouting the minor circuits tor team
The better chance il would have OF Sc
curing the capable players, though iof
various reasons this is not true IL IL
rather remarkable, but washington
which has, pehaps paid less attention
in the last Ave years to securing the
minor leagues for players than any
Other club in The American League has
nicked I'D more valuable youngsters IN
that period than any other one team.
The requisites of good scout are
MANY. and there are few who survive
the exacting tests. He must nave un-
failing judgment, must be much more
Intelligent than the average ball play
er. and know enough of law to keep
within the technical bounds of con-
tract. There is the prime requisite that
he shall possess that instinct which
makes a man recognize brilliant play
er in the rough: there must be all the
Qualities of the gentleman in his make
IN and. most OF all. he must be able
TO keep a close mouth. 1t is not
scouts main work to determine the
hest player on a certain minor league
club. His duty is not to determine the
star of a professional or semi-profes-
Evening star., 1916-12-24
Called as Pinch Hitter.

The time finally came when he got a
chance to break into the game. He
was sent up as pinch hitter. and
obliged the visitors by tanning. And
on two following appearances in the
same ca paci:y >Ee cmulated the famous
Casey. Finally he was given a chance
to start a game, as one of the regular
outfielders had injured his leg. He
played regularly for Il week. and his
poor helalug was responsible for the
loss of two games. He did not hit much
e--- nan the weakest hitting pitcher,
and altogether he had failed dismally.
eat asset in base
ball. Ball players viii put up with a
los Of BAD plays on the part of an ath-
i.te whom they regard as being game.
T'"ev VIII tolera t mighty little from a
fellow whom they consider yellow. =
and beca uss. OF the continued failures
Of the recruit 10 deliver when called
'...~rl is t"a inmates formed the opinion
that he was yellow" They did not
10 mes op MONS to themselves,
either, but frequently expressed them
to the youngster himself. who became
a constant target for abuse, all Of
which be took w!thout demonstrating
A nluffed fly bali that lost bitterly
contested extra inning game was what
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1916-12-24
DARCY A HARD HITTER.
California Boxer Says Australian Is
q Wonder.

Babe Picato, the Californian, who W as
member of the Dime string of boxers
who went to Australia, has arrived on
the coast. and says this of Darcy:
"Of course. he's wonder. The harder
you hit Darcy the faster he comes. I've
seen better boxers. He chops his blows
a little when he hits. 1 think Mike
Gibbons could outpoint him for ten
hounds. But WOW. how he can hit,
Hes done nothing but sling n ham
mer in n blacksmith shop all his life
and has arms as big around as Jess
WIZARDS. His chest sticks out with
muscle like a pouter pigeons. Only he
doesn't get his body into his swings.
because he chops when he hits. All he
uses is his arms. If he could only get
his body muscles behind his blows he'd
knock 'em dead every time he landed"
Regarding the system of deciding
bouts in Kangarooland, Pica&o says:
They sure Judge fights phoney over
there Knocking guy down only
counts one point for you, but If you
swing and miss a guy 1t counts twenty
against you. l saw Chip knock down
F1tZ Holland six times in twenty
rounds In the tenth round Fitz took
the count of nine and in the fourteenth
he went down four times. The rest of
the fight he hung on, yet Holland got
the decision because Chip was carrying
the fight to him and missing some of
his swings