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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29
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In Society

NMiMMii0G0M0I0l0 i0ii0fSN Ii0s
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Quaintance
To Celebrate Their Golden Weddina
In jacksonville on Jan. 18th.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. G. p
Quaintance are in receipt of the fol
lowing invitation:
1S67-1917
The pleasure of your company
is requested at the
Golden Wedding Reception
of
Mr.. and Mrs. Greenbury P. Quaintance
on Saturday evening, January 18th
at o'clock
Jacksonville, Florida
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

1--WE just can't realize that this is
the Christmas season-it's more like
May" is the way nearly all the
tourists express themselves.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Florida was entitled to one OF
those farm loan banks, if for no 9TH
er reason than that her senior SEN
ator was the central force behind the
movement. that credited them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Pity the poor railroads, which re-
received only beggarly billion net in
come during the past year! Their
affecting claims of poverty make us
wonder why some one doesn't pass
the hat for them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Stovall has had the cap-sheaf Of
fame placed on his column of achieve
ment. When Harry Floyd writes a
mans biography, that man has ar
rived
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Republicans, both of the open
face and disguised Democrat genus,
continue to knock President Wilson,
and to criticise his every public ac-
ton; but if you want to see what the
people think Of him, take your stand
in thea.er, and watch the crowd go
wild when his picture is flashed on
the screen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

The Daytona Journal has leading
editorial on the intensely interesting
subject How to Raise Hundred Mil
lion Dollars" Unfortunately, Editor
Sparkman deals only in glittering gen.
teralties which the average man finds
difficult to reduce to practical process
es. However, you tell 'em, Hugh,
while we whistle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Gen. Goethals hasn't had his spade
shipped down to the Everglades yet.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Let your first New Year resolution
be to pay up the man who has been
carrying you the past year-and act
upon this resolution before you have
time to break it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

The Tallahassee Democrat has a
headline which reads, May Be Fowl
Murder in Wakulla County" This
is the season for fowl murders and
they have been committed in lots Of
places the past few days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Reports from various Florida cities
show that Community Christmas
trees figured as a very pleasing fea-
ture. serving to bring the people to-
gether in friendly and kindly spirit,
appropriate to the occasion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Editor Wayne Thomas, of the
Plant City Courier, was down on the
bill to send all the other editors of
the State box of strawberries, but
he seems to have been a missing fac
tor in this benevolent scheme-the
Strawberries being missing, also, so
far as our observation extends.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Tampa brags about sending
PCivilization" out to Lakeland
which would be something like that
lefty sending Goals to Newcastle.
Then, too, like everything else
Lakeland gets from Tampa, she paid
for her Civilization.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

Being Southern born and bred,
Christmas has always been pleasant
ly associated in our memory with the
cheerful pop and the pungent smell
of the fire-cracker. 1t may be bar
barous custom, as some hold, but moth
ing gives the children more pleasure
than fireworks, and to give the chill
dren pleasure is one of the first con-
siderations in the Christmas season.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-29

You can't tell anything about
folks from the way they write.
Here's Editor Jordan out in a ire
mendous diatribe, aimed at those
who favor the abolition of capital
punishment, to read which you
would think he was one of the most
blood-thirsty of men-when, as a
matter of fact. Wen bet he had to
hire somebody to kill his Christmas
turkey. Editorially, he seems to
favor the merciless despatch Of every
offender, from the police court
habitue upz-or down; while, actual
", If he were Governor, he'd leave
he penitentiary doors unlocked ev-
ny night. and pardon every cuiprit
d whose behalf a woman came
dwelling around. Il
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
The Injustice Of II.

On the contrary, 1t specifically sub.
mits the question to the legislators
Chat is, the politicians). the result Of
which Will be that a state like Idaho
with less than 100000 population. Will
have the same voice in determining
the question as New York state with
nearly ten million population. Ari-
IONA with less than 200,0 population
VIII nave the same voice as Pennsyl-
vanla with nearly eight million and
Ohio with nearly five million popula-
ton.
Proof Of the fact that the drys are
opposed to this question being left uD
to all the people is much in evidence
right now. Ex-Governor ]. f. Hanly.
Of Indiana, accepted the nomination as
president of the Prohibition party, but
only on condition that the plank favor
ing the initiative and referendum
adopted at the st. Paul convention
should be eliminated The initiative
and referendum primarily stands for
rule by the people instead OF rule by
the politicians.
This is not only the attitude Of At
torney Wheeler, but of Ex-Governor
HanlE, presidential nominee of the
PrOhi6itiOniSts, who refuses to run as
candidate Of that party until the
plank granting rule by the people is
elm mated from the PLATFORM"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
WHAT PROHIBITION
LAW DID TO DENVER

The ensuing is cullcd from the Oma-
ha (Neb) Protector:
The prohibitiOnists argue that if we
Will destroy the saloon, the brewery.
the winery, it Will only be a short time
before the employees in these trades
will find jobs in other industries.
They told us in Colorado more bread
would be consumed, more meat eaten,
and more clothes worn. Has this
been true? Colorado has answered the
question. We found in organizing the
unemployed IN Denver, following the
enactment OF prohibition, there were
over 300 bakers and more than 200
butchers absolutely without hope Of a
job. The very class prOhibiti0rist3
told us would have more work were
thrown out OF work. '-HuiIGinE Trader
Council and Unions Of California.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
HIST AND HARK! REAL
WHlSKEY IN A CHURCH!

Here is an account of 4 little hap
pening in prohibition Tacoma.
Washington, as reported by the Ia
coma Ledger:
Andy VicoVicE< is in the county
jail in default OF $1,000 bail because
Deputy Prosecutor Thompson and
County Detectives Shaw and Jacobs
went to church" Friday night near
EIbe.
The edlfice WAS quiet and empty
when the officers entered at dead of
night. They made straight for the
pulpit, craWIed underneath and
dragged out by the necks-not
some Of the members of the con
gregation-but 10 empty whisky
bottles and half gallon demiiohn.
II was after this that they took Vi
covick into custody and charged
him with violating the dry law. 1t
is alleged that the prisoner kept a
cache Of liquor just over the line
In Lewis county and used the
church for hiding and distrlbut-
ing point for small quantities.
}. M. Blanton, aged Gu, was lock-
ed in the county Jail on Il federal
warrant charging him with retail
ing intoxicating liquor without hav-
ing a government license. 1t is said
at the Jail that he once served a
short term for violating the state
prohibition law and that the fed
era' charge is follow-up on the
matter.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
ms ..hID CIDER
NOT HARD CIDER
WnEW IT'S VINEGAR!

Tn" New YORK Times says:
The case OF state vs.. Matthews
before the Supreme Judicial Court
Of Maine wa: Il prosecution for sell
ing an Intoxicating beverage con-
5tStng Of Old, or "hard' cider. Tho
defendant cOntcndCd that what he
sold WAS vinegar and not a bcvcr-
az" At All The evidence showed
chat when the defendant was asked
il he had any Old cider he REPLIED,
80. but have some vinegar" Tho
trial judE" then asked tho witness,
Was it old cider, which the re-
&pONdCnt may have called vinegar
with twinkle in his cyc?" The
defendant complained on aDDcal Of
this !ntcrrOgatOry by the court,
and concerning it the highest court
SHil:
'l!ut we think that expression
was nothing more than sugges-
ton TO the jury, for their consider
alton, OF the possibility that, even
II respondent in answer to Mar
Hhall'S inquiry for old cider, called
what he sold him vinegar, never
thclcSS he did not mean 1T and so
indicated to Marshall"
The court then goes on to argue
that it was plain from the evidence
that this was what was meant. be-
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
HOTELS CLOSED
BY "DRY" LAWS.

Financial ruin is faced by the hotels
Of Manitoba, Canada as result Of
the prohibition law Of that province
according to the following dispatch
from Winnipeg to the Minneapolis
Tribune:
The economic distress Of the hotel
trade Of Manitoba, after one months
experience with prohibition, is strik.
ingly illustrated by the closing of a
large number Of places and by re-
quests for relief Of some character by
those remaining open.
conference Of the representatives
Of the government, Commercial Ira
yelers' association, the Social Service
counsel and the Hotel Mems league
has been arranged to see what can
be done in the interest Of public &C,
commodation.
The governments first concession
to the trade was the announcement
that, by order in council, the hotels
under long leases at high fgures,
based upon liquor licenses, would be
relieved of the lease terms. This pro-
Clamation automatically resulted in
the rent Of many hotels all over the
province being reduced substantially
by the owner at once.
But this is declared not to have
been sufficient inducement If an ade-
Guate number Of hotels are to oon-
tinue operation OF the 1870 hotels in
Winnipeg, one-third have closed and
the proprietors Of those remaining in.
sist that they are losing money and
must ultimately suspend unless they
receive assistance,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
AND STILL THEY DRINK.

Iowa has been dry" nearly a year,
nov. Yet actual conditions in Iowa
are Illustrated by this squib from the
Oes Moines Capital:
Thirty-two persons were charged
with intoXication in municipal court
to-day. The arrests included those
made Saturday and Sunday Most
Of them pleaded guilty and were pre-.
6ented with fines or Jail sentences.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
a KANSAS ALIBI.
LAtchiSOn Ckan.) Globe. I

lAtchisOn G<an) Globe1
An AtchisOn reporter was Mortified
when he thought he smelled whiskey
upon the breath of a prominent Atchi-
son banker who has the reputation of
Delng a teetotaler. Investigation re-
Vealed instead Of whisky the banker
was eating onions and was chewing
champagne-favored tobacco.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
Ed :oriai Comments

MIR. Hughes has made Mr. Wilson's
policy Of deciding II case and then get
ting The facts ;.f!rrWurd one Of the
most pitiah!r exhibitions Of weakness
that even the present administration
can give.
peace. preparedness ana prosperity"
are claimed as the Democratic cam
palGn cries. NG"" appropriate ones
would be 'i'lc pork and pi1ile."
And now nobody seems to know on
actly what the new wage law means
or to whom it applies. Another illus
tration of Democratic inetliciency.
The Democratic congress has voted
tariff on dyes. thereby declaring in
favor Of the principle Of protection.
How the party does change It's colors
IF President Wilson were really ear
nest in telling thr suffrage women ~
cG..:c to fight for yea" lie would have
put suffrage measure through con
gross by the same stop watch method
that he used TO force the railway wage
increase bill through.
= Shadow Lawn rs Il residence for the
next few weeks. Will give its occupant
an opportunity 10 Get accustomed t,
tEe after election gloom.
Here Is reason enough why Mr.. Will
son should be defeated Why should
Mr.. Hughes be preferred? Clifford
PinchOt, the Progressive. answers. Civ
ing facts to support his statement:
Hughes is man Of his word
I cannot vote for Wilson because I CAN
not trust him. He does not do what he
says. Hughes docs. Therefore nv
choice is Hughes"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
NOT AN EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Recent Hoidup Legislation Does
Not Shorten Workday
Minute.

AS 81 matter Of fact, 1t is not &
an eight hour law at all. 1t does {
not curtail the trainmen's's work (
DAY by q single minute. If an (
engineer has been receiving So {
for working ten hours q day this (
law will raise his pay to SG.25, &
but it will not shorten his work {
day even the tenth part Of q sec {
ond This Is no more ike the &
true eight hour principle than (
chalk is like cheese. {
The reason why people call {
this an eight hour law is because (
, 1t says that in the case Of rail {
road trainmcn they shah get (
their days pay for the first eight (
hours work. and all the rest is (
TO he considered overtime. (
Do not tell me that this strike 4
could not have been called off or {
, postponed if President Wilson (
had shown that he meant bust (
, ness. | do not for one minute 1
believe tbat those four brother &
, hood leaders started the blaze 1
going without knowing how to (
put it out. One Of them admit (
ted that he could put it out so (
far as his own brotherhood was (
, concerned, but that his followers {
would think that he had gone (
back on them if he were to do SO. (
, Statement of Congressman A. (
p. Gardner.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
DON'T, OUR LIPS ARE CHAPPED.
Philadelphia Ledgcr.l

lPhiladclphia Ledgcrl
1t will be observed that William Jen-
nings Bryan is campaigning for the
President with self-sacrificing energy
which leave no doubt of his devotion.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
butte (Mont) Miner.1

And it is very evident that the pro-
hibition laws in some Of the dry"
states do not prevent visitors from
making some very caustic remarks
about prohibition failing to prohibit"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30

Waterloo Ua.) Times Tribune]
A Dubuque bootlegger told the judge
he resorted to it because he couldn't
get work. Perhaps the excuse was as
good as any
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30

largest Mail Order House OF Its kind In
America. a
All kinds Of Toilet Articles for sale.
Human Hair Goods Of the finest quality.
Our Hair Food and Skin Food never fail.
1t the trouble is with the hair, scalp or
skin, we have the remedy.
We guarantee a remedy to make hair
grow on bald spots and bare temples.
Send iOo, for sample and catalogue.
Send for our terms to agents. ~
Address Mime. /. G. PARRICII.
- 95 Camden Street, Boston, Mass.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
L0vkL NOTES.

The pageafft Preparedness with
the Buffalo Bill and Miller Broth
ers lOl Ranch Shows is one of the
most gorgeous and realistic spec
taclcs eNtant. Everybody See it.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30
THE FUNNY SIDE
OF PROHIBITION
WHAT! GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT

Luke Mc!.ul,c, Cincinnati EnuuirerJ
Every Prohibitionist is a booze
fighter
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-30

Aftera very pleasant vacation
spent with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II \. Hopewell, Miss Hilda
has returned TO her studies at Storer
College
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-17
Nine CAUGHT
When Police Raid an Alleged,
Gambling Room on Fourth
Street. Glen Elk.

Eight men charged with gambling
posted rorfeits OF $l2 each FOR their
appearances before Mayor G. II. Cor
don at the sunday morning session
OF police court ana another man
charged with operating gambling
room posted Il forfeit Of So for his
appearance 1T the same time. late
Saturday night. when they We're
brought to the police station from nm
upstairs roomin a building on Fourth
street, Glen Elk.
The police department. bad been
watching the place for some time and
thought the time was about ripe
10 make a raid Ofices Isenhart
White. Shope aud Howe went to the
room md say they found nine men.
playing CARDS. They were NIL placed
under arrest and taken to the police
station where they put up for their
appearance Sunday morning.
The police department. collected
$l1S from the bunch and 1t Is not.
thought That they will appear FOR
trial Sunday morning. All OF the
men gave fictitious names at the
police station.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-17
HONORABLE PEACE
is Hoped for by the King Of
Bulgaria of Which His Sol
diers Can Be Proud.

Via I,ondo

AMSTERDAM, Via LOndon Dec.
16. The king OF Bulgaria, according
to a Munich despatch to the Lokal
Anziger of Berlin, in an address to
his troops on the peace proposal said
Although do not know yet whether
the peace proposal will be accepted.
I hope it will bring about an honor
able peace corresponding to the sacri-
fees of two and half years OF war, a
peace OF which we can be proud and
which Will safeguard us for many
years.
IF our enemies do not accept the
greater might and greater successes
| that they cannot conquer US
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-17
MILLE..R!: IS. BACK.
Defendant Who Fled Criminal
COURTS 5Nabbed by Officers
at UniontoWn, Pa.

Fred Miller, who escaped from the
criminal court room last June while
officers were looking the other way,
is back In the county jail. He was
returned there Saturday night by
Clarence Vannort, special county Of
fcer, who brought him from Union
town. Pa, where officers had arrested
him as a fugitive.
Miller made his escape from the
court room here just after jury had
found him guilty OF a charge Of boot
Logging but before the jury had re-
ported its verdict to the court. He
will be sentenced under that verdict
by judge james w. Robinson.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-17
Eats Hearty Meal and Goes to.
Clubhouse Where He#is Found
Dead One Hour Later.

Mystery surrounds the death of an
unknown man who was found dead
at a o'clock Saturday afternoon in an
clubhouse belonging to Carl Myers,
who conducts a boarding house at
Meadow brook. However, from the
circumstances it is thought his death
was due to a sudden attack Of lung
and heart disease So far as is known
now All inquest Will not be held as
one lsregarded unnecessary.
Shortly after o'clock Saturday
morning the man applied to Frank
Rawlings, who is building number
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-17

went to Meadowbrook and made an
investigation of the affair which re-
suited In the finding Of the facts
above mentioned.
He had the body removed to the
Warne Undertaking Company'ss estab-
.lishment on West Pike street where
it will remain until it is Identified
or all efforts to have it identified fail.
The man looked to be about SIS
years old, was i've feet i've and a
half inches tall and weighed about
$50 pounds. He had blue eyes and
light brown hair The only mark
on his body by which he might be
identified is a small blue tattoo mark
on his left hand near the thumb. II
is q small blue dot with a. ring drawn
around it. The two toes next to the
big toe on each foot are grown to-
gether about two-th1rds of the way.
A peculiar thing about the whole
affair is that he failed to tell any OF
the persons he talked to his name and
he had nothing at all in his pockets
by which he might be IDENTIFIED.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-17
COURT HOUSE.
Occupants Resort to the Use of
Coal and Wood for Heat
ing- Purposes.

On of the coy places in the city.
during the cold wave and gas fam
inc is the Office Of 1. Wade Coffman,
circuit clerk. in the court house. as
q result Of an old-fashioned coal ilre
he has there. County Clerk j. u.
Crews did good work tooin finally lo-
eating two wagonloads of old cross
ties at Point Comfort which he had
hauled to the court house basement
and is having It split for use in the
furnace there, using wood instead OF
coal as the furnace is not equipped
for coal. The jail received less at
tention and there was considerable
complaint there.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-17
SUDDEN IS DEATH
or JJlNKNO WIN MAN


of houses for the Grasselli Chemical.
Company at Meadowbrook, for a job.
Rawlings hired him to work as a.
day laborer and advised him TO SCI
cure a boarding house and report for
work Monday morning.
After leaving RaWlings's he met
David and w. M. Marley and in his
conversation with them he said he
came from Clarksburg where he had
been working for several weeks and
while he told them where he had
been working they could not remem-
Der the name Of the firm. He also
said that he had a friend in Clarks-
burg who was going to Meadowbroolc
to work Monday. According to his
story he also had a friend working on
the coke ovens at Gypsy.
After leaving the Marley brothers
he went to the home Of Carl Myers
and made arrangements to board
there. After eating his dinner he
walked out to the clubhouse where
he was found dead an hour later by
Mr.. Myers. He was lying on the
floor on his face and from the ap=
pearance OF the floor 1t was thought
that lie had had hemorrhage.
DIR. s.. NJ. Mason, coroner, was noti-
fed but on account Of being gusy he
asked Magistrate William E.EStarcher
to act as coroner and Mr.. Starcher
II i M III
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-17
Charles Hardman, of This City,
lis Killed When Trains Col
Tide near Salem.

Charles Hartman. fireman OF
this city was killed and f. p. Bailey.
brakeman, of Parkeraburgi was in
jured, though not seriously when
two freight trains crashed together
In head-on collision Mt 500 o'clock
Saturday night on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad two and quarter
miles west of Salem.
The trains IN the collision were
NO. Sc. eastbound. drawn by engine
No. 1851, and No. "a. Westbound,
drawn by engine No: 1881. Hard
man, who was Killed was fireman
In train No Sc, while Bailey was alTr
member OF the crew of No. Sc.
The engines Hnd ten freight cars
were thrown from the track am
wrecked. The wrecklng train WINS.
sent#to$tlle scene from from Grafton
to clear the track and In the mean
time through passenger trains we're
ldetoured by way of New Martins
vile over the Ohio River and Short
Line divisions. Passenger train No
a was returned to Pnrkersburg and
dctouTed that way while passenger
train No. westbound. was sent to
New Martinsvllle from this city. This
Isis. g. something US f0u' h0nfs
Ia order to take care Of passenger
traffic and mails from Clarksburg
eastward. division Headquarters at
Grafton made up a special train in
this city TO take the place or no. n
and sent it eastward. 1T left here
after the regular scheduled
time for No. 4 which Is due to leave
here at 4 sp m.
1t was stated at division headquarS
tiers at Grafton that the wreck was
caused BY the crew OF train No n
oyerlooking train Nc. Sc.
arrangements were being made to
have them brou g1lt here as soon as
possible. Bailey was taken to Sa-
lem, where his injuries were given
attention.